[applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the assistant democrat leader of the united states senate. the honorable dick durbin. >> good afternoon. think back for a moment. where were you on september 11 2001? we all have that memory. something you will never forget. 60 years before, there was another day just like that in american history. december 7, 1941. a message which electrified america, we had been attacked pearl harbor. brave men and women had died. war was declared just hours after in the hall of the u.s. house of representatives when president franklin delano roosevelt came and describes that day that would live in infamy. it was his job as commander-in-chief to rally the american people and our forces to win that war. he summoned winston churchill to come across the ocean in need in the white house. two weeks after pearl harbor, franklin roosevelt sent the order to the military, attack japan. he knew he had to make the point that they were not invulnerable and he had to prove to the american people that we had the will to stand up and fight back against the odds. lucky for

kennedy institute for the united states senate. this wonderful new building and this wonderful innovative technology exhibit outside leads to this wonderful replica of the united states senate chamber. it outside leads to this wonderful replica of the united states senate chamber. it is the heart and soul of the institute. it is a full-scale replica with a little bit more technology, as you can see. if this is your first digit -- visit, i hope you will come again to see all that we offer you we are very pleased to welcome you today for the launch of one of our public program series, "get to the point." we are very excited have majority leader mitch mcconnell be our first speaker. our formula today will include remarks from senator mcconnell. it is my pleasure to introduce mrs. victoria reggie kennedy. we know her well in massachusetts. [applause] >> i think all has been said but you do know that she is a founding president of the institute and we would not be here without her energy, determination and her vision for making this pla

i realize i had plenty of company when i went to the united states senate. [applause] [laughter] i also failed spanish and english. when you fail spanish and english, they don't call you bilingual. they call you by-ignorance, because you can't speak in any language. that is where i found myself. i have a mentor who believes in me, and a mother who believed that all things were truly possible when facing god, and the power of a switch. [laughter] the switch is the southern apparatus of encouragement. it was applied from my belt to my ankles as often as necessary. i think god, because of the strength of my mother i finished , high school on time, went to college, and continued on the journey. i believe that the best days of this class, the class of 2015, is ahead of you. the thing that you can do for this country and this world has not been imagined before. i believe that the cure to cancer may be in the seats in front of me. i believe that the next technological discovery can be found in the heart and in the minds of the students, for cash you are -- who are

states senate. i do think it would have been a lot better if that debate had been started by the intelligence leadership. in fact, the intelligence leadership didn't do it and when i asked them at a public hearing, the director, i said does the government collect any type of data at all on millions of americans? the director of national intelligence said no and that was false. >> do you think that james claper should step down?

states senate and what we are hopeful is that every member of the united states senate can summons the spirit on display at the senate finance committee to work through this procedural snafu and the good news is that we have seen statements in public already today from people like leader mcconnell from senator wyden and even senatortch who obviously was instrumental to crafting this bipartisan compromise to a willingness to work in a bipartisan fashion to untangle this procedural not that the senate right now is mired in. so we are obviously going to continue to remain engaged with members of the united states senate that the truth is most of our discussions are focused on substance and the senate has a process for working through these procedural challenges and we are pleased to see democrats and republicans both indicating a willingness to work through these procedural challenges. .. activities on the international space station. >> the only time i felt a shiver of fear go up my back was on the dark side of the earth looking at eastern australia in the darkness and watching a shootin

he's one of ten sitting united states senators who formally served as governor. they bring a critical perspective. they are problem solvers charged by their state to govern. their residents expected action. they oversaw state agencies. they oversaw crisis. they oversaw a public that demanded a lot out of them. m the expectation was for them to deliver. together the ten members formed the former governor's caucus a group committed to bringing their governing experience to bear in ways that not only form public policy, but the new institution that they serve in, the united states congress. before i turn the podium over to the senator i'd like to offer a bit of a brief introduction. joe mansion is now the senior senator from wefsz, having been a senator since 2010 previously, as i said, he served as governor from 2005 to 2010. over the course of a more than 30 year career in public service, senator mansion served in the west virginia house of delegates, the state senate, and west virginia secretary of state. it's my pleasure to welcome senator mansion to brookings.

the majority leader of united states senate, the senior senator from kentucky, mitch mcconnell. [applause] sen. mcconnell: it won't surprise you when i say that everybody loves vicki. [applause] elaine does. i do. our colleagues in the united states senate, regardless of party, have deep respect and admiration vicki, for what you provided for ted and what you are doing now. this is an extraordinary contribution to the country. not only in commemoration of ted, but to underscore the importance of the institution of the senate. i don't think it is any secret that vicki, you gave ted a sense of stability and tranquility in his later life. even as he retained all of the passion and intensity with which we associate him. boy was he passionate. that bellowing voice from the back of the room. there was no mistaking when kennedy was up and doing his thing. you made more of him than he was without you. it was an extraordinary coming together of two outstanding people. i want to thank all of you for coming here. i see justice prior sitting there, you must have had a slow afternoon. [laugh

i've been saying get it on the floor of the united states senate. when the american people find out that there is a big gap between what they think is in the patriot act and what is the secret interpretation they're going to be very angry. they have been and today, the court said that that secret

she is not a member of the united states senate. if she were in we might but in this case she has a campaign to run. what she is indicated is consistent with what the president has said about this in terms of the goal of the negotiations which is to open up opportunity for american businesses overseas in a way that we can ensure benefits to middle-class families across the country. the president shares those values and that goal. >> to questions. russia. secretary kerry bringing a message? >> i i don't know that there is a personal message that the secretary of state is taking with him but there are a range of issues that will be discussed by the secretary of state. i was informed. so there are a range of issues, everything from obviously the situation in syria to the ongoing negotiations with iran. russia has played a key part command we are certainly going to spend a lot of time talking about the situation in ukraine and the need for russia and the separatists that they back in eastern ukraine to live up to the terms of the minsk

so i would ask you senator leahy, in your experience as a prosecutor and as a united states senator what do you see as the major benefits to this legislation and the major pitfalls to the n.s.a.'s current practice of bulk data collection? mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president the distinguished senator from utah has laid out very well the reasons for the changes proposed in the house and proposed by his and my bill. he also said something that we should all think about just a couple minutes ago. he said, what about assuming everybody is following the rules today, are they going to follow them tomorrow or next year or the year after? and when he mentioned that and also mentioned my years as a prosecutor let me tell you a short story on this. i became one of the officers of the national district attorneys association and eventually vice president. a number of us, four or five of us had occasion to meet with then-director of the f.b.i., j. edgar hoover. i've thought back to many 10 of the frightening things he said about investiga

senators are here to address issues in the united states senate. are there many things the house passes that i agree with? yes. my party controls the house. are there things here that i don't agree with that they've passed? yes, but we as senators act our prerogative in terms to weigh in on terms of where we stand and ultimately we take a vote and we either win or lose. sometimes it coordinates with the house of representatives and other times it doesn't but then we go to conference if we pass an alternative. but to say that there hasn't been debate relative to this program and the program that the house passed is just simply not -- not true. there has been such a significant unfortunate misrepresentation of what this program is and what this program isn't and that has caused a lot of angst in which we're trying to deal with this. much of the public -- at least some portion of the public is convinced that the government is listening to every phone call that they make. it's been said on this floor that they're listening to all your calls that they'r

and that one area that i think unites every member of this committee and the united states senate is that we all stand together and our aspirations to see the cuban people have the opportunity to build a society where human rights and fundamental freedoms are respected and democratic values and political plural six tolerated and where individuals can work unobstructed to improve living conditions. this is particularly true with the afro cuban population. we also share concerns about the critical issues such as the cuban government's on going abuses of human rights and the presence of american fugitives in cuba, especially those wanted for the murder of u.s. law enforcement. but the central question is -- how can we best advance the adds conspiraciations while also addressing the concerns? our previous policy did not achieve the progress that we wanted to see. so a new approach is needed. they laid out a new path based on the believe that principled engagement brings new results. i think this is the right path to follow for the following reasons. first, for far too long the cuban gove

bring the facts about this issue to the united states senate. and, you know, what i think is fascinating and the thing i always look at is the other side. their latest -- the deniers here their latest argument is, wirewe're not scientists. well that's obvious. and we're not either. and that's the reason you listen to the scientists. there's no scientist that is going to say something because he feels it's going to benefit him or her. they're fog tell going to tell the truth. and 98%-99% of the scientists believe what is happening is hurting this planet and will hurt it irreversely forever. and anybody who doesn't listen to this, who turns away from this will be judged by history and their maker. but, you know what? that's not good enough. because it's my grandkids and their grand kids and kids that are going to have to deal with this. i'll close with this: this whole notion of i'm not a scientist is ridiculous and it is ludicrous. if one of our republican friends went to the doctor and god forbid the doctor said you have a serious cancer and tum

she served as our first lady of the united states, senator of new york and secretary of state and no matter where she served she has been a tireless champion for women, children, and families. south carolina, join me in welcoming hillary clinton to the palmetto state. \[cheers and applause] sec. clinton: well, this is so exciting, to be here with all of you and to be here for such an important cause to make sure that the democratic party and particularly the democratic women's council recruits and trains and fields more women for public office right here in south carolina. \[cheers and applause] sec. clinton: there are a lot of long-time friends here. i won't try to mention everybody, but i do want to thank susan and the entire board for d.w.c. i want to thank gilda who i think has been in the legislature since 1992, started in elementary school and worked her way up. former governor jim hodges we're delighted he is here, thank you. \[applause] sec. clinton: a national democratic chair, a state democratic chair, of course, don and carol fowler, so happy to see them. \[applause] sec.

clinton, you were in the united states senate. the united states senate has already voted on the trade agreement. they voted last week. and it was passing. no question about it. now it's up to the house. it's a lot of democrats in the house that want to know where the leading candidate stands on what is going to be a massive trade deal for this country. now, hillary's position on trade, i think, is anything but clear. she's outlined what she wants in a deal. she's outlined what she wants in a trade deal. but she wants to see exactly what's in it? hasn't the senate seen what's in it? she wants to see it before she makes a decision. give me a break. hillary clinton was secretary of state when this deal was being negotiated. i find it hard to believe that the secretary of state is so in the dark about the tpp. i agree with senator sanders. i find it hard to believe that hillary clinton can't come to some kind of conclusion on this an absolute. not a parameter of what she's looking for. the clinton campaign is hoping that the house wi

states senator from maine, when i did not have the money that my opposition did, when i did not have the professional party organization that my opposition had, when it was said that the senate is no place for a woman -- [ laughter ] when my physical strength was sapped during the campaign with a broken arm, when my conservative opponent and my liberal opponent in maine were not restricted in campaigning by official duties in washington such as i had and when practically no one gave me a chance to win. my candidacy in the new hampshire primary will be a test in several ways. one, it will be a test of how much support will be given to a candidate without campaign funds and whose expense will be limited to personal and travel expense paid by the candidate. two, it will be a test of how much support will be given the candidate without a professional party organization of paid campaign workers, but instead composed of nonpaid volunteers. three, it will be a test of how much support will be given a can candidate who refuses to absence herself from the official duties to which she's been e

i know the irony of someone currently serving the united states senate talking about us getting out of debt. i get that. [applause] mr. lankford: i would say this is one of those things you will want to get off your back as quick as you can. if you have any debt, do whatever you can to start knocking that out as fast as you can. i know you want to get a real car, real furniture. all those things in the days ahead as you start to land a job in a mortgage and wonderful responsibility. knockout the debt as fast as you can. you'll be grateful to be able to have that off your back and be able to focus on other things. reconnect with your faith. i'm amazed at the number of students that i interact with that had a practicing faith up until they got midway through college and somehow drifted. i understand this is the united states, not everyone has to have a faith but for those who choose to have faith, i encourage them to actually live the faith they had and be able to walk the faith in that. if you've grown cold in your faith, reengage. there are a lot of terrifying moments that are both ter

wyden: today the senate is formally kicking off the trade debate here in the united states senate. and what i i intend to do starting today, but in the days ahead is come back to what i think needs to be the central statement of this discussion, and that is the nafta playbook, the playbook for trade in the 1990's, is gone and it is a new day in trade policy. so i have summarized mr. president, why the trade promotion act is not the trade policy of the 1990's, is not the north american free trade agreement and what we're going to do today is essentially start with the question of how vigorous trade enforcement ought to be at the forefront of america's trade policy in 2015 and beyond and how our new approach on enforcement is different than the policy of the 1990's. the reality is, you can pack trade agreements full of lofty goals and principles. you can amass all of the enforcement ideas you might want. but it doesn't do any good, mr. president, if you don't have real enforcement tools and you make sure that they aren't locked in a shed. and, in my view, that has been happening for

jeb bush: i'm not a united states senator, thank god. i live in miami. i'm outside of washington. i've written a book about this. what i was describing was my idea. my idea is to narrow the amount of people coming and expanding. you're not increasing the number overall. we have huge shortages in all sorts of fields. what i'm saying canada stole our immigration plan and made it better. we should resteal canadian plan and make it american. there are more immigrants from canada coming in annually than we have and they're ten times bigger. which system will be the one that works? the one focused on economic growth or focused on family petitioning? >> one last crack at this. i'll describe position on immigration that i think is reasonable and you tell me what's wrong. we secure the border first and secure at the point of employment to an e-verify system and visa system that really works and you pass this and it passes all the -- gets through all the legal challenges it's going to have from the a.c.l. u. and others and when it works then you do some form of amnesty for many illegal immi

i've been saying get it on the floor of the united states senate. when the american people find out that there is a big gap between what they think is in the patriot act and what is the secret interpretation they're going to be very angry. they have been and today, the court said that that secret program and secret law is illegal. >> senator, edward snowden is in large part the reason this case was brought to court. should this exonerate him at least in name? >> my view is that having a public debate on this has been long overdue and that's what i tried to start with my talk on the floor of the united states senate. i do think it would have been a lot better if that debate had been started by the intelligence leadership. in fact, the intelligence leadership didn't do it and when i asked them at a public hearing, the director, i said does the government collect any type of data at all on millions of americans? the director of national intelligence said no and that was false. >> do you think that james claper should step down? >> that's a judgment for

that was true when democrats were in charge of the united states senate. we've talked about before about how that's been true when republicans have been in charge of the united states senate. and what we're hopeful is that every member of the united states senate can summon the bipartisan spirit that was on display in the senate finance committee to work through this procedural snafu. and the good news is that we have seen statements in public already today from people like leader mcconnell from senator wyden, even senator hatch who obviously, was instrumental to crafting this bipartisan compromise to a willingness to work in bipartisan fashion to untangle this procedural knot that the senate right now is mired in. so we're obviously going to continue to remain engaged with members of the united states senate, but the truth is most of our discussions are focused on the substance. and, you know, the senate has a process for working through these procedural challenges and we're pleased to see democrats and republicans both indicating a willingness to work th

i have the honor of representing the great state of nebraska in the united states senate. for generations our military has answered the call to protect our freedom at home and our interests around the world. these service members are men and women of uncommon courage from the shores of normandy to the fields of korea and beyond. america's sons and daughters have never wavered in the defense of liberty, both as a fighting force and a force for good. because of their sacrifice, the 20th century was the american century. our work is far from done. every generation faces evil. every generation has been called

as a congressman, and now as a united states senator. [applause] i also want to thank my long time friends and supporters for all that they do, and for their very generous remarks made . thanks also to jenny nelson for moderating this event and for incredible leadership. [applause] i also want to thank my family my wife jane, my brother larry, my children for their love and support and my beautiful seven grandchildren. [applause] they provide so much joy in my life. [applause] today, here in our small state a state that has lead this nation in so many ways, i am proud to announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. [applause] senator sanders: today, with your support, and the support of millions of people throughout our country, we begin a political revolution to transform our country economically, politically, socially, and environmentally. [applause] senator sanders: today we stand here and say loudly and clearly enough is enough. this great nation and its government belong to all of the people, and not to a han

i say to myself and my colleagues in the united states senate this is not acceptable. this is not acceptable for us to ask the young men and women who are serving our military in uniform to have their lives put in greater danger because we down and failed to address the issue of increasing and unsustainable deficits. we're making them pay the price. 13 percent of the budget is allocated to defense. defense is taking 50 percent of the cuts. the ryan murray agreement is something that was welcomed. we need another ryan murray every we knew the men and women who are serving as members of congress to understand that we have no greater responsibility than the defense of this nation. i can assure my colleagues that working with my friend senator reid the rhode island we will be working we will reduce the waste and mismanagement, address acquisition, reform acquisition. we will the cutting the size of these huge staff that have grown and grown and grown and be making significant reforms in the way that the military does business. these reforms will not have the impact necessa

states senate. the purpose of the usda catfish office is purportedly to make sure catfish is safe for human consumption. i'm all in favor of ensuring that american consumers enjoy wholesome catfish. the problem is, the food and drug administration already inexpects all seafood including catfish. the true purpose of the catfish program is to create a temporary to -- trade barrier to protect catfish farmers in two or three southern states. let's be clear what this is all about. protect catfish farmers in two or three southern states and we are endangering the entire agreement here. that's not right and it's not right for the american people. in classic farm bill politics, southern catfish farmers worked up some specious talking points which will probably be repeated here today about how americans need a whole new government agency to inspect catfish imports. as a result, usda will soon hire and train roughly 95 catfish inspectors to work right alongside the f.d.a. inspector doppelgangers in seafood pr

i know the irony of someone currently serving the united states senate talking about us getting out of debt. i get that. [laughter] [applause] i would say this is one of those things you will want to get off your back as quick as you can. if you have any debt, do whatever you can to start knocking that out as fast as you can. i know you want to get a real car, real furniture. all those things in the days ahead as you start to land a job in a mortgage and wonderful responsibility. knockout the debt as fast as you can. you'll be grateful to be able to have that off your back and be able to focus on other things. reconnect with your faith. i'm amazed at the number of students that i interact with that had a practicing faith up until they got midway through college and somehow drifted. i understand this is the united states, not everyone has to have a faith but for those who choose to have faith, i encourage them to actually live the faith they had and be able to walk the faith in that. if you've grown cold in your faith, reengage. there are a lot of terrifying moments that are both terrif

>> there will be an announcement for the united states senate to make. we'll defer to senator widen to do that. >> on the hill? >> i know there have been a lot of discussions about a variety of proposals for finding this credible path forward but we'll see what senator widen has to announce if it's the bill. thanks, everybody. have a good afternoon. >>> at a news briefing today the ntsb shows the amtrak train was traveling 106 miles per hour before it derailed in philadelphia yesterday. on the senate floor bob menendez spoke about the crash that killed seven people and injured over 140 passenger ss. >> i rise to bring attention to the tragic amtrak derailment that took seven lives. and injured 140 people. including jim gaines of plains borrow new jersey. our thoughts and players are with the families that are with their lives. to those in new jersey and that live along the northeast corridor, they're our neighbors, our friends, our relatives. they could be us and it hits especially close to home. i know because i take amtrak virtually every week back to

. >> hello, this is united states senator johnny isakson from the great state of georgia. in my state of georgia, 1.2 million jobs are directly related to international trade. in the last 10 years, georgia's exports to our trading partners grew by 69%. with negotiation on trade deals that are ongoing, we expect that to just continue. next year the panama canal is opening to the larger shifts of the 21st century. we are accommodating those larger ships bringing goods and services from the rest of the globe to america. this project will make the city of savannah, the state of georgia and the entire southeast a hub of exports and imports. we're losing all of those goods

states, senate, of senior staff members from several different transportation authoring committee to tour the various transportation projects in the bay area, and we were and we did participate in that and i spoke to them as well and it was just, it is especially coming shortly after we were in washington, d.c., and meeting with some of these staff and senator and members of the congress, and just being able to bring them out, and show them physically what is happening in the bay area and not just having them hear the words but seeing the project is an effective way of making sure that the people understand how important it is to fix the funding situation. we also, i know that many of us participated in walk to workday recently which was really great, every year to see the changes, to our streets scape and some of the streets safety improvements, and year after year, and every time that we walk to work it is different and bet and her so that is a positive thing, and i also participated in bike and roll to school day, at mckinley elementary school and in addition, colleagues as i know

very rare sunday session in the united states senate. the senate is due to return some eight hours before keep provisions of the patriot about are set to expire. let's take a look at some of the key points. date time and numbers called. what's known as bulge collection of phone records. roving wiretap authority allowing the fbi to wiretap extra phone lines linked to a suspect without requesting new warrants and a lone wolf provision allowing latitude to go after people not affiliated but believed to be plotting terror activity. rand paul is standing in the way. >> they're not too happy with me in washington. i made a mess of their vacation. and i'm making them come back an sunday. i'm expecting sort of a very cool reception from the other senators but the thing is these are important debates. >> the house passed the plan called the usa freedom about with overwhelming bipartisan support earning 348 votes. it would make the telecom companies raen maintaining the records. unless all 100 senators agree to pass that bill or an extension, terr

senator and president of the united states. he's seen this evolution from so many different stand points and his takeaway in order to form a more perfect union we have to make sure that the conversation is more inclusive, not just statistically but anecdotically. we're seeing young men of color, young african-american men, who are not part this conversation so to see him devoting so much time and energy not just to his time in office and even his time out of office is incredibly exciting. >> why do you think it stopped him from having a marshall plan, young african-american men to be president, a year and a half left. why for all these years hasn't he said i look at our cities, we all drive through them, take a neighborhood or two in every city and say this area is in big trouble and it's getting worse. why hasn't he done that before? >> well, i -- i don't want to -- don't want to separate some of the other policies that he's made and say the impact that it actually has had. >> why hasn't he addressed this problem before? >> if

states senate. mr. president, with 96% of the world's consumers outside the borders of the united states trade is essential to growing our economy and opening new markets for products marked "made in the u.s.a." over the past few years exports have been a bright spot in our economy supporting an increasing number of american jobs each and every year. in fact, in 2014 exports supported 11.7 million u.s. jobs and made up 13% of our nation's economy. my home state of south dakota alone, exports support more than 15,000 jobs in industries that range from farming and ranching to machinery and electronics. we need to continue to open markets around the globe to american goods and services. and the best way to do that, mr. president is through new trade agreements. countries with which we have free and fair trade agreements purchase substantially more from us than other countries. in fact, in 2013 free trade agreement countries purchased 3412 times more goods and services per capita from the united states

i'm look at people like ted cruz who is in the united states senate, and rand paul who is in the united states senate, both of whom are running for president. both of whom are running presumably to be president of all the people, and to become president of the very institution that they're sowing fear and distrust about, the federal government. that's always been a pattern in american politics. but this is taking it to a dangerous extreme when you're basically saying the united states military is against you and is going try to lock you up. that's a huge paranoid theme in right wing literature. it's been that way for 50, 75 years. and it's come back around again in a way we haven't seen in a long time. >> i want to appreciate both of you guys coming on. but i want to especially thank todd smith coming from fort worth. that republican party you speak of the party of james baker and george herbert walker bush is still alive. good luck in taking back your party down there. >>> coming up, deflategate. that's what we're calling it. the national football league finds that some personnel on th

there's six republican female united states senators as i stands here before you here. three pro-life. if you can name for me five prominent female office holders who are pro-life. you can't. four three? one. you can't. they have been personaleded ed you can't. they have been personaleded ed you can't. they have been personaleded ed you can't. they have been personaleded ed purged from the party. there's no pro-life democrats left. nope. she's not an elected official. think about it. so let's ask mrs. clinton and people on the left. what's it mean to be pro-choice? i'm curious. what's it mean. does it mean abortion any time, anyone, anywhere? taxpayer funded abortion? half billion dollars planned parenthood gets and support's one party's candidates and does no mammograms? how about partial birth seven, eight, and nine month abortions. what about the halfway point? what about sex selection abortion? we need a two-way conversation on abortion, and that should be this year. the gender card will be played. idea of a female president, i think that's terrific. wait for them,

truman, president of the united states, distinguished senator from the state of missouri for ten year and vice president since the last national election he brings to the high office an understanding of the great american war effort, second to that the president roosevelt. climbing senate leadership chief of the famous truman committee on war production, his work was a vital factor in the war effort. at last summer's democratic

them battle it out on the floor of the united states senate. sunday. sunday. host: and that was an ad from america's liberty super pac supporting rand paul that talks about the usa freedom act. i would like both of you to comment on the ad itself and the broader issue of whether the nsa surveillance program has legs to the 2016 election. guest: i have to tell you i have not seen the ad. it is my first time. i am a little stunned, both as a you message strategist, a you democrat, and as an and you american, actually. i i think that is the definition is of over-the-top. what is interesting is what is its job? it's job is to break through to a specific audience using a specific medium in a very crowded republican field, as we talked about. now, is that the right ad? maybe. it is not an audience i know a lot about. i will not kid you. i'm still a little stunned because that ad was obviously very contrasted. he it literally called out, by name, some of the other republicans in the race. it referred to senator ted cruz as a canadian, which is true but kind of funny.

i have the honor of representing the great state of nebraska in the united states senate. for generations our military has answered the call to protect our freedom at home and our interests around the world. these service members are men and women of uncommon courage from the shores of normandy to the fields of korea and beyond. america's sons and daughters have never wavered in the defense of liberty, both as a fighting force and a force for good. because of their sacrifice, the 20th century was the american century. our work is far from done. every generation faces evil. every generation has been called upon to step forth and protect our way of life. the federal government has no higher priority than protecting the american people in an increasingly dangerous world. with this responsibility in mind, the senate will consider its annual bill to authorize funding, known as the national defense authorization act. i am honored to serve on the senate armed services committee. bipartisan legislation was overwhelmingly approved by our committee earlier this month. this bill take

>> that passed with 99 votes in the united states senate as well. so it is veto-proof margins for the president. we will have a month to review the deal if the president signs on and if the iranians agree. you look at this belligerent activity by the ayatollah. it is almost like he is saying we're going to get it no matter what. you cannot stop us. congress is prepared to say, this is a bad deal. we will vote that it is a bad deal this summer when we get a chns chance to really look at it if it does allow iran to get a nuclear weapon. they would be a nuclear as well as an industrial and a military powerhouse in the middle east which adds incredible instability to the area. we know and i was in saudi arabia earlier this year. they are going to want nuclear weapons. there is going to be a nuclear arms race middle east if iran gets a nuclear weapon. you are going to see it in egypt, in turkey in the emirates. all of those people will want that. congress will have a say this summer when we get a look at the specific deals if the president agrees to a de

the people that i have the honor to represent in the united states senate want policies that advance their security and protect their liberty. the program that we have been talking about here tonight in the united states senate really doesn't deliver either. it doesn't make us safer and it chips away at our liberties. and, mr. president i'm going to spend a little bit of time this evening making the case for those kinds of arguments and laying out the challenge for the days ahead. now, with respect to the safety issue -- and all of us understand particularly, mr. president, if you've been on the intelligence committee as i have for over 14 years, it is a dangerous world. anyone who serves on the intelligence committee knows that beyond any kind of debate. so we want policies that really deliver both security and liberty, and here's what the president's own experts had to say with respect to this program that involves collecting millions and millions of phone records on law-abiding americans. and this was a group that was appointed, mr. president and spent a considerable amount of tim

states senate. right now it doesn't because unfortunately we see some members of the senate play games with the civil liberties and national security of the united states and the american people. >> one last question. wednesday the supreme leader said i read would never allow the military side through interviews under any nuclear deal with major powers. he told us yesterday the president will take a bad deal. and do you swear those two perspectives? and is a bad deal mean it can't do with the supreme leader says and does a good deal mean the supreme leader had to eat his words? >> we have been clear in the context of the political agreement was reached in in the first week in april about how we would shut down every pathway of a nuclear weapon and how we wed the international community and international experts would verify compliance with the agreement and verify their compliance includes the most intrusive set of inspections imposed on the country's nuclear program. that is what will have to be co

this afternoon, the united states senate will keep its part of the bargain. we will follow through on our promise and will make clear to the american people that we are committed to getting our fiscal house in order with this important first step. mr. president, i yield the floor. >> mr. president. >> senator from washington. >> mr. president, a budget is far more than a series of numbers on a piece of paper. a budget is really a statement of values and priorities a statement of the kind of nation we are in the kind of nation we want to be. for many of us these values and priorities are clear. we believe that a budget should help us move towards an economy that is built from the middle out, not from the top down. a company that works for all of our families, not just the wealthy few. mr. president, the republican budget we are here debating today would move us in the opposite direction. instead of working with us to build on the bipartisan budget deal that was struck last congress, republicans have introduced a budget that would lock in sequestration, that wo

senator and president of the united states. he's seen this evolution from so many different stand points and his takeaway in order to form a more perfect union we have to make sure that the conversation is more inclusive, not just statistically but anecdotically. we're seeing young men of color, young african-american men, who are not part this conversation so to see him devoting so much time and energy not just to his time in office and even his time out of office is incredibly exciting. >> why do you think it stopped him from having a marshall plan young african-american men to be president, a year and a half left. why for all these years hasn't he said i look at our cities we all drive through them take a neighborhood or two in every city and say this area is in big trouble and it's getting worse. why hasn't he done that before? >> well i -- i don't want to -- don't want to separate some of the other policies that he's made and say the impact that it actually has had. >> why hasn't he addressed this problem before? >> if you

watch them battle it out on the floor of the united states senate. sunday. sunday. host: and that was an ad from america's liberty super pac supporting rand paul that talks about the usa freedom act. i would like both of you to comment on the ad itself and the broader issue of whether the nsa surveillance program has legs to the 2016 election. guest: i have to tell you i have not seen the ad. it is my first time. i am a little stunned, both as a you message strategist, a you democrat, and as an and you american, actually. i i think that is the definition is of over-the-top. what is interesting is what is its job? it's job is to break through to a specific audience using a specific medium in a very crowded republican field, as we talked about. now, is that the right a

. >> candidate for united states senate? california runs from reporters. the controversial commends she now is apologying for. >> uber takes off. who will go for a ride in the new high flyinged a venture? for over 60,000 california foster children, it's a challenge to replace clothes that are too small or worn out. i grew 3 inches last year. i don't need anything fancy. i never had much to begin with. when i look nice on the outside i feel better on the inside. to help, sleep train is collecting new clothes for kids big and small. bring your gift to any sleep train and help make a foster child's day a little brighter. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>who... is this?! >>hi, i am heinz new mustard. hi na na na na >>she's just jealous because you have better taste. whatever. >>hey. keep your chin up. for years, heinz ketchup has been with the wrong mustard. well, not anymore. introducing heinz new better tasting yellow mustard. mmm! >> covering benicia, san ramon san mateo, and all the bay area this is abc

catherine says, i want to work in the united states senate. i want to work with daddy. and caroline says, that is born. she tosses out the singer. she says, besides, daddy will be dead by then. [laughter] this is a real conversation. i wonder if caroline had been speaking with republican leadership. the reason so many of us are here in this great gathering. we love our grandkids and this nation is in crisis. this is not a typical time in politics. we are at the edge of a precipice. i don't think we have hit the point of no return yet but it is close. it is now or never. we either pull this country back or we risk losing the greatest country in the history of the world. today, for the first time in history, a majority of americans believe that our kids will have a worse life than we do. 65%, that has never been true in history of america until this instant right now. maybe the most un-american idea you can imagine. i think the central issue in 2016 is going to be how do we reignite the promise of america. how do we get back to that fundamental american ideal that our kid

>> rep t s of the edward snowden spying allegations hestates as well with rand paul united states senator doing sort of a mini filibuster on the senate floor against the patriot act. now there's some real question about whether the provisions of the patriot act that apply to spying on meta data for telephone records for american citizens whether those provisions will be reauthorized by the june 1st deadline or not. there's some question about whether or not there a votes in the senate to do that. the house has passed its version, not clear at this point what's going to happen here. >> we also heard from fbi director who expressed concerns over tech companies and their encryption. >> yeah broad number of companies wrote a letter to president obama thi week saying they don't want any limits placed in u.s. law on their ability to sell encryption. law enforcement, including fbi director comey said they want encry so they can get into the iphones and devices of criminals they are targeting with a warrant, but the companies would like to sell encryption to their companies uninhibited by the u.s

as a congressman, and now as united states senator. [applause] senator sanders: i also want to thank my long time friends and supporters for all that they do, and for their very generous remarks made thanks also to jenny nelson for moderating this event and for incredible leadership. i also want to thank my family my wife jane, for their love and support you in my beautiful seven grandchildren. you provide so much joy in my life. today, here in our small state a state that has lead this nation in so many ways, i am proud to announce my candidacy or presidents of the united states of america. [applause] senator sanders: today, with your support of the support of millions of people throughout our country, we begin a political revolution to transform our country economically, politically, socially, and environmentally. [applause] senator sanders: today we stand here and say it loudly and clearly, enough is enough. this great nation and its government belong to all of the people, and not to a handful of billionaires. [applause] brothers an