[applause] senator booker: thank you very much. it is incredible to be here, and i want to thank you all for inviting me to be a part of this day of history in your lives, i want to thank you for allowing me to be a small part of this extraordinary community. i want to congratulate the graduates, and i want to thank everyone who helped to make this possible and when i say everyone, so many people helped to make this day possible. i want to thank the parents and the grandparents, and the family members. i want to thank everyone from the incredible president and astounding provost, all the way up to those people who cleaned floors and manicured lawns and served food, to contribute to this community. [applause] and so i confess to you, when i was graduating from college, i felt like i knew a lot, and now that i'm about twice your age, i'm not as confident in what i know. in fact, i am a person that believes i am in struggle, as we all are. the beautiful thing that i've realized is that we're all in this struggle together. we perceive

[applause] senator booker: thank you very much. o be here, and i want to thank you all for inviting me to be a part of this day of history in your lives, i want to thank you for allowing me to be a small part of this extraordinary community. i want to congratulate the graduates, and i want to thank everyone who helped to make this possible and when i say everyone, so many people helped to make this day possible. i want to thank the parents and the grandparents, and the family members. i want to thank everyone from the incredible president and astounding provost, all the way up to those people who cleaned floors and manicured lawns and served food, to contribute to this community. [applause] and so i confess to you, when i was graduating from college, i felt like i knew a lot, and now that i'm about twice your age, i'm not as confident in what i know. in fact, i am a person that believes i am in struggle, as we all are. the beautiful thing that i've realized is that we're all in this struggle together. we perceive that there are dif

we start with senator booker, who export to graduates of the commitment ceremony at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia. [applause] thank you very much. it is incredible to be here and i want to thank you all for inviting me to be a part of this day of history in your lives, i want to thank you for allowing me to be a small part of this extraordinary community. i want to congratulate the graduates, and i want to thank everyone who helped to make this possible and when i say everyone, it took so many people to make this day possible. i want to thank the parents and the grandparents, and the family members. i want to thank everyone from the incredible president and astounding provost, all the way up to those people who cleaned floors and manicured lawns and served food to contribute to this community. [applause] and so i confessed to you, when i was graduating from college, i felt like i knew a lot and now that i'm about twice your age, i'm not as confident in what i know. in fact, i am a person who believes i am in struggle, as we all are. the beautiful thing that i've reali

senator booker? sen. booker: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, secretary chao for coming to a spirit i want to bring attention to the gratitude for the letter that senator schumer and senator menendez and myself sent you regarding the gateway project and the real crisis we have. your letter which i have here was just really gracious. you put forth hone that you're willing to visit. en that is -- visit, and that is really assuring. it is also nice to hear you travel on amtrak through the gateway area as well. sec. chao: i've been delayed as well. sen. booker yes. : well, that's really the crisis we have right now. as you probably heard, we now have delays that are stranding literally hundreds of thousands of americans. it's become in one of the planet earth's most economically productive region, literal busiest river crossing in all of north america. we have a system of rail that has hit a choke point. it is so bad now that it is costing our region millions of dollars in productivity every week and the outrage of people. people in new j

eastern, commencement addresses from new jersey senator cory booker, vice president mike pence, illinois senator tammy duckworth, former president bill clinton, former senator kelly ayotte, and the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, marine general joseph dunford. that starts at 10 p.m. eastern tonight. today is memorial day for remembrance of the men and women while serving in the nation's armed forces. this morning, c-span cameras were at the national all in d.c.ngton ec -- washington we visited the veterans memorial and the world war ii memorial.

and cory booker takes more money from want street than the senate. he's a sell-out and a phone any. >> and kennedy, what did you make of elizabeth warren's words and how she said them? she brought out her finger at one point. >> it's very entertaining. these a condescending politics. this faction of the democratic party, of the status, they are the most controlling and these one of those people -- obviously a very smart person. there's times when she's very good articulating her beliefs. the unfortunate thing is when people like that get into power, they don't trust you. they see everyone else being beneath them. they're intellectual inferior. they have to tell you how to run your life. whether that is healthcare or the economy, it's a very, very overbearing and overwrought form of government. i mean that in a good way. >> totally good way. take away the ideology and the fact that she's a complete and total radical. she's dangerous for this country. i thought that about president obama as well. when he spoke, he had a charm and a way he gave speeches

this will cost american lives if it ever becomes law. >> so congressman, senator booker was very dire there. how is he wrong? >> the good news for senator booker is now he is going to get a chance to work on the bill the senate. i'm grateful the senate is going to get their turn with this bill. both have been pretty critical of house members and we're anxious to see the improvements they can make on the nation's health care system. >> americans, including constituents hear people like us say it's dead on arrival. >> there was an election in 2010, an election in 2014, 2016 that were largely refer rendau on obamacare and if you'll recall, republicans won all of those elections fairly handily. governor romney was not successful in 2012 and my opinion has always been because he refused to engage on this issue. there have been a number of campaigns that have smug on this issue. a number of special elections, one i recall in florida when congressman died and his seat was replaced. a republican won that quite handily on the issue of obamacare. so it is -- this is something that the people ha

corey booker? >> actually and playing corey booker's golf tournament in newark. i support everything he does in the city of newark. he has change the culture there. if there is a democratic, it is without a doubt, corey booker. >> what about you steve? >> i don't think we have identified that person you. i'm looking forward for some young kid with fresh, bright ideas in the democratic party to step forward and try to findry ways to reach over the aisle and with common sense stop this nonsense, businesses usual. this is why president trump on. >> it's great to see you alwaysw >> it meanwhile, coming up we uncover interesting details about the judge parked the century city's order. is it time to break up the circuit court? n plus, do you remember these guys? >> welcome, we're back. all right. >> we just want to pump you up. >> the real-life hans and franz and they're in trouble. >> it's time to pick a used car. >> i really don't want to get ripped off. >> it show me the carfax. >> is start your for free. [car engine failing to start] [wind blows] yo- wh- ah- he- [g

[applause] senator booker: thank you very much. it is incredible to be here, and i want to thank you all for inviting me to be a part of this day of history in your lives, i want to thank you for allowing

[applause] senator booker: thank you very much. o be here, and i want to thank you all for inviting me to be a part of this day of history in your lives, i want to thank you for allowing me to be a small part of this extraordinary community. i want to congratulate the graduates, and i want to thank everyone who helped to make this possible and when i say everyone, so many people helped to make this day possible. i want to thank the parents and the grandparents, and the family members. i want to thank everyone from the incredible president and astounding provost, all the way up to those people who cleaned floors and manicured lawns and served food, to contribute to this community. [applause]

proposal that had among its cosponsors a diverse group of senators, ranging from senators durbin and booker on the democratic side to senators lee and paul on the conservative side. unfortunately, those efforts to strike a compromise to bring much-needed reform to our nation's criminal justice system were derailed by the obstruction of, guess what? then-senator sessions, with the cooperation of the republican leadership. and now after making progress under president obama and attorney general holder, attorney general sessions has chosen to simply revert back to the one-size-fits-all approach that criminologists, police leaders and bipartisan lawmakers have determined is not the right answer. in order to truly be tough on crime, we must be smart on crime. this approach is dumb on crime. congress, of course, still has the power to legislate this issue. we have the power to override the attorney general's decision. so i hope this misguided change in the department of justice's policy revives a bipartisan desire to pursue sentencing reform. when we look for areas where there can be -- significa

but cory booker made it clear to dana bash that he would not be adding his voice to that chorus. listen. >> there was a major speech at wellesley college by hillary clinton and she talked about the mood back in 1969 when she was still a student. take a listen. >> we were furious about the past presidential election of a man whose presidency would eventually end in disgrace with his impeachment for obstruction of justice. after firing the person running the investigation into him at the department of justice. >> now to be clear, nixon was never impeached. he resigned before that happened. but are democrats getting ahead of themselves by imagining the demise of trump's presidency? >> well, first of all, cut secretary clinton some slack. listen to the whole speech. it was a very beautiful speech, many inspiring words for folks. we often take little sound bites out. >> to be clear, that wasn't a criticism. >> she's had an incredible career. >> that was a question about whether you agree. >> oh, i just wanted to tell you right now, i'm not going to rush to impeachment. i think we need

but booker's reference to reverend martin luther king jr. was also interesting in light of how comey has required f.b.i. trainees to study the lessons from this shameful investigation f the civil rights leader. in an interview with n.p.r. back on november 8, 2016, senator corey booker of new jersey had an interviewer say this to him. now, earlier today, we had house minority leader nancy pelosi calling the f.b.i. director james comey's recent announcements a molotov cocktail, and she was saying it might have affected down-ballot races for house and senate, saying it might have made things more of an obstacle for democrats. what concerns do you have about that in the senate? senator booker, again, this is november 8, 2016, said, well i really think that it was a big impact on the election. i don't have any obviously data to back that up and hopefully through an analysis we'll see but clearly our senate candidates and our president candidate -- presidential candidates were surging. at the time that news came out, it sucked the momentum out of

corey booker. this is one of the main stays of the dem's future electorally. corey booker. and listen to what the man actually said. >> we get back to the focus of what is going on which is a moment in american history we have are had an unprecedented attack on the election. donald trump did not take it seriously in a moment in our country when the people are talking about the russians are coming not only in the past election but continuing the behavior. what is our response be? >> lou: that senator refuses to acknowledge that the russians are not coming, they are here and in the democratic servers and walk throughing the democratic national headquarters and the fbi. it was an fbi moment was thrown out. how do you explain that guy? he doesn't understand the history of the country and the number of times the soviet union attacked our elections over 50 years. >> they have been great television series about spy networks in the reagan years and they have our navy secret and now our parties. >> lou: chi

commencement addresses from vice president mike pence, former president bill clinton, senators cory booker of new jersey, tammy duckworth of illinois, and former senator of new hampshire, kelly ayotte. commencement speeches on c-span starting at 1:00 eastern time. former california governor and actor arnold schwarzenegger spoke at a summit on afterschool programs recently. he criticized the trump administration's proposal to cut funding for learning programs and high-poverty and low performing schools. this is half an hour. [applause] mr. schwarzenegger: thank you. thank you very much. thank you. and i want to say, thank all of you for being here today. this is really extraordinary to have a whole nation of after-school providers to come here to this summit. thank you very much. i want to say thank you to our director of the schwarzenegger institute right here at usc. thank you for the great work you are doing. team, hasur team, our been responsible for putting this together, so thank you very much for the extraordinary work. the reality is i cannot do any of this without you so i just wan

senator cory booker? impeachment snow said not so fast. >> i'm not going to rush to impeachment. i think we need to deal with this in a sobered way. this can't be a relit gaiftion an election that's already passed. kennedy: let me take to it my certified preowned party panel. kirsten haglund. and guy benson. welcome back. so much news to get to as we kick off with a glorious tuesday. i hear hillary clinton making the nixon-trump comparisons. i think they are incredibly lazy and short-sighted coming from democrats who didn't lose the presidential race. i didn't think it was possible to drudge up any more rage against her. ben: she said i would note rather be anywhere else in the world than here today. i was like fact check false. you would like to be the president of the white house and you are not and you seem awfully bitter. shy got the thing wrong about impeachment. but laudable circumspection from cory booker, the senator from new jersey who isn't peace quite that way. between the two of them his approach is responsible. kennedy: what he's doilings obviously running for presid

senator cory booker? impeachment snow said t so st. >> i'm n going trush to impeachment. i think we need to deal with this in a sobered way. this can't be a relit gaiftion an election that's already passed. kennedy: let me take to it my certified preowned party panel. kirsten haglund. and guy benson. welcome back. so much news to get to as we kick off with a glorious tuesday. i hear hillary clinton making the nixon-trump comparisons. i think they are incredibly lazy and short-sighted coming from democrats who didn't lose the presidential race. i didn't think it was possible to drudge up any more rage against her. ben: she said i would note rather be anywhere else in the world than here today. i was like fact check false. you would like to be the president of the white house and you are not and you seem awfully bitter. shy got the thing wrong about impeachment. but laudable circumspection from cory booker, the senator from new jersey who isn't peace quite that way. between the two of them his approach is responsible. kennedy: what he's doilings obviously running for presid

corey booker. this is one of the main stays of the dem's future electorally. corey booker. and listen to what the man actually said. >> we get back to the focus of what is going on which is a moment in history we have are had an unprecedented attack on the election. donald trump did not take it seriously in a moment in our country when the people are talking about the russians are coming not only in the past election but continuing the behavior. what is our response be? >> lou: that senator refuses to acknowledge that the russians are not coming, they are here and in the democratic servers and walk throughing the democratic national headquarters and the fbi. it was an fbi moment was thrown out. how do you explain that guy? he doesn't understand the history of the country and the number of times the soviet union attacked our elections over 50 years. >> they have been great television series about spy networks in the reagan years and they have our navy secret and now our parties. >> lou: chinese are

corey booker. this is one of the main stays of the dem's future electorally. corey booker. and listen to what the man actually said. >> we get back to the focus of what is going on which is a moment in american history we have are had an unprecedented attack on the election. donald trump did not take it seriously in a moment in our country when the people are talking about the russians are coming not only in the past election but continuing the behavior. what is our response be? >> lou: that srefuses to acknowledge that the russians are not coming, they are here and in the democratic servers and walk throughing the democratic national headquarters and the fbi. it was an fbi moment was thrown out. how do you explain that guy? he doesn't understand the history of the country and the number of times the soviet union attacked our elections over 50 years. >> they have been great television series about spy networks in the reagan years and they have our navy secret and now our parties. >> lou: chinese ar

president bill clinton, chair of the joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford, and senators cory booker of new jersey, tammy duckworth of illinois, and former senator of new hampshire, kelly ayotte pit commencement speeches on c-span, we will have the starting at 1:00 eastern time. vice president mike pence along , karen, ande national security adviser hr mcmaster and ivanka trump posted military families recently at an event marking national military appreciation month. [applause] >> hello, everyone. look at all these amazing kids. i love it. thank you. and my are in here somewhere. lla, joseph, theodore, floating around. good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for being here. it is an incredible privilege for us all to welcome you here to the white house. i specially want to thank the vice president and karen pence for hosting us today. as i'm sure many of you know, pences our military parents. their son michael is an officer in the united states marine corps. they know firsthand the many sacrifices required by military families across this country. we are so grateful, so incredibly g

with me are pippa crerar, political correspondent at the london evening standard, and michael booker, deputy editor of the daily express. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the financial times, which leads on what it says is theresa may's break with the tories's thatcherite past to woo labour voters. the telegraph calls it theresa may's "manifesto for the mainstream" as she promises to make britain fairer. tomorrow's express ramps up the fighting talk over the uk's brexit deal with europe. the mirror says may will strip 10 million pensioners of their winter fuel payments and warns of possible tory tax rises for working families. the times is another paper to focus on theresa may's bid to win voters from right and left as she launches her manifesto in the labour seat of halifax. the guardian's front page features the latest photo of chelsea manning, the first released since the former us soldier was released from military prison

. >> thank you senator booker. senator fisher. >> thank you for joining us secretary chao on discussing infrastructure and for highlighting the proposals that the department of transportation is including in the infrastructure package. i look forward to working with the administration in order to enhance the mutual priorities for the benefit of all american f families. as you know, our infrastructure is in a critical condition. the most recent report card from the american society of civil engineers rated the united states infrastructure as d-plus, and this is unacceptable. members of congress must work together on a commonsense solution to keep the country moving. the fast act, and it was an important first step to address the infrastructure needs to be done, and you know that the work has not been done. and i want to look at the two major chals facing the transportation system, and the first is the near-term solvency of the trust fund and the second is the lack of oflexibility in states starting and finishing sta

pamela harris, a former san francisco district toerp, cory booker a former stanford football player and scott a south carolina senator. >>> speaking about transgender issues. the activist and former olympic gold medalist will share her personal journey in becoming a woman. it's tonight at the interconned nenl hopkins hotel. tickets are $40. >>> after the nasty breakup, bo they get together for dinner. 49ers owner jed york would love to have dinner with jim harbaugh who he fired a few years ago. in a podcast, york talked about the contentious relationship he had with harbaugh and perhaps still has. york believes enough time, though, has passed where the two can put any issues behind them. not sure that will happen any time soon. no response, by the way, from harbaugh. >>> a $20 million discount. you can now nab a mansion for $68 million. kumar mal valley is cutting the price on his elegant mansion off 280. two years ago it was listed for $88 million. but it didn't sell. the home is 21,000 square feet, a massage room, a wine cellular and an indoor pool with a retractible roof. they appare

cory booker is the fella -- sean, i swear. doesn't he realize the democrats missed their paul revere moment altogether when the fbi was knocking on the door of the dnc? not only on the russians coming, they are there and they have broken into your servers and were told to go away by the dnc. we still don't know why they got away with that.ol >> sean: exactly. how did they get away with the fbi not looking at their servers and they bring in their own people? >> isn't it shocking that the dems aren't demanding a full on special prosecutor, every kind of investigation -- to find outi why the dnc could get away with telling the fbi to go away? we are not going to worry about the russians. >> sean: how do you give an immunity deal to two people and then lou, i have never heard about this -- and all the years we've been broadcastingen together -- and then let them destroy their laptops, the evidence in the case? >> i suppose you could make the case that if you're going to do one, you might as well do the other. 13 handheld devices.

cory booker is the fella -- sean, i swear. doesn't he realize the democrats missed their paul revere moment altogether when the fbi was knocking on the door of the dnc? not only on the russians coming, they are there and they have broken into your servers and were told to go away by the dnc. we still don't know why they got away with that. >> sean: exactly. how did they get away with the fbi not looking at their servers and they bring in their own people? >> the dems aren't demanding a full on special prosecutor, every kind of investigation -- to find out why the dnc could get away with telling the fbi to go away? we are not going to worry about the russians. >> sean: how do you give an immunity deal to two people and then lou, i have never heard about this -- and all the years we've been broadcasting together -- and then let them destroy their laptops, the evidence in the case? >> i suppose you could make the case that if you're going to do one, you might as well do the other. 13 handheld devices. laptops going every which wa

stabenow: senator booker? sen. booker: it is tough not to get emotional when you hear these incredible stories and i want to thank you all for your testimony today and you know, it hits home because the stories you share our stories that i and seen in my own state from people who tell me that the affordable care act literally, once they were able to sign up, it changed their lives. you are struggling and you all tell the story so courageously, that to struggle with an illness alone, but to add on the anxiety, the stress and the worry, i would even say the trauma of not knowing if you are going to be up at the balance your illness with rent, or with about a dadyou talk with parkinson's and i was just speaking with my mother about fighting to hold onto dignity, and to do the things that people take for granted. and to think i live in a country where, this is what got me last guy, because i am just a that was taught to love and respect everyone, but to watch people pass a piece of legislation and literally not even kn

i understand why cory booker would want her testify. the notion that she would know something -- for 40 years administrations have had rules about contacts between staff and an ongoing investigation, so because there was an ongoing investigation and there was during the obama administration, the idea that susan rice knows something about this, there's actually no proof of it, so the idea that -- i understand the politics of wanting her to sort of testify. but in terms of substance, she's standing on solid ground. >> jason, why wouldn't she just come out and if there is nothing, she didn't mention a game why wouldn't she come out and say so? >> i think the problem is her t.j. would be chock full of taking the fifth. i don't think she wants that big p.r. nightmare. at a certain point they need to get through this so we can move on. the president had a huge win today with health care. most americans want to see health care reform, tax reform. it's been eight months in this without one threat of us, i think we should put this behind us. >>

stabenow: senator booker? sen. booker: it is tough not to get emotional when you hear these incredible stories and i want to thank you all for your testimony today and you know, it hits home because the stories you share our stories that i have seen in my own state and from people who tell me that the affordable care act literally, once they were able to sign up, it changed their lives. you are struggling and you all tell the story so courageously, that to struggle with an illness alone, but to add on the anxiety, the stress and the worry, i would even say the trauma of not knowing if you are going to be up at the balance your illness with rent, or with food -- um, you talk about a dad with parkinson's and i was just speaking with my mother about fighting to hold onto dignity, and to do the things that people take for granted. and to think i live in a country where, this is what got me last week, because i am just a guy that was taught to love and respect everyone, but to watch people pass a piece of legislation an

. >>> new jersey democratic senator cory booker sits on the foreign relations committee and joins me now. so the scorecard on this trip so far, the big summit , a hard lie anti-semitism speech which is understandable, it's the position of this administration, but no mention of the human rights issues. deliberate reference to we're not going to electric which you were you, we won't talk to you about human rights. and then what happened in israel. do you want to take it from there? >> yeah. look, to me it's a glaring hole in this trip. and it's anguishing not just to me, but you see republican senators speaking out about the importance of us being a nation that stands for values, not just sort of our self interests, but larger values. to go to saudi arabia and not call out critical human rights issues, not to even talk about the dangerous exportation that they are involved in affecting the safety and security ranging from bosnia all the way to nations in asia, this is very problematic. and then to announce an arms deal, something that the obama administration rejected pulling out of ce

. >> i'm joined by cory booker. are you surprised they're going to vote on this tomorrow? >> i'm actually very surprised. after the incredible outpouring of americans that really shut a lot of folks down, this bill isn't better. they actually moved this bill to the right. a lot of these folks who are signing onto this now, i don't see how they don't understand that this craven bill is going to hurt many, many more americans. frankly, in my opinion, should this ever pass, and that's another issue, both houses, the folks who are voting for this will pay for this at the polls. i don't understand what they're doing. they didn't try to come to the middle. they didn't try to reach out to democrats. they didn't try to build a bipartisan coalition. they moved this further to the right and are pushing this now through. so i'm surprised at the outcome. >> i honestly don't know the answer to this question. do you talk to like new jersey members of the house on stuff like this? i mean you must work together on sfuf like medicaid and there's certain things you've got to deliver for you

there's the kamala harris and cory booker and the mayor of south bend, indiana that could come out of nowhere. >> this is what jeb bush ran into. had he a younger son. the next generation has got to take over and we'll probably see that in the george p. bushes of the world. there's been a lot of talk about chelsea. hillary clinton can be part of the resistance but then she's got to allow her daughter to grow into that if that's what she plans on doing. >> guys, stand by. interesting discussion there. >>> more breaking news to discuss as conservatives say president trump caved on the spending bill. he sends out his budget director to go off on democrats. hear what he just said and why he says the wall is being built right now. we'll be right back. stay with us. people confuse nice and kind but they're different... nice tells you what you want to hear. but kind is honest. this bar is made with cranberries and almonds. so, guess what? we call it cranberry almond. give kind a try. at where instead of payinging a befor middlemen,em. we work directly with family farms to deliver higher qual

. >>> i'm joined by senator cory booker, democrat from new jersey. senator, do you feel you understand why the president fired jim comey? >> i mean i don't. there's a lot of speculation as to that right now. i think my biggest worry comes back to what should be worrying all americans, is that we have had an attack on our country by a foreign power trying to undermine an essential part of our democracy, our electoral process. an investigation was ongoing by comey, which happened to involve ongoing criminal investigations to trump associates in his campaign. and the president has just moved to fire the person that was investigating his associates. so this is a very problematic reality dealing with a grave threat to our democracy. my biggest concern right now is that we have an independent investigation into this crisis. >> so independent investigation. there's two different routes here, and democrats don't seem to have arrived at consensus. one would be a special prosecutor or special counsel appointed in doj. the other is an independent investigation,

. >> elaborate year booker photos are a trend in 35 states. kids bring their personalities, parents bring their credit cards, tonkin's typical family sends $2,000. >> so for people watching saying this is a little nutty to spend this much money. >> you can't have that day again. you can't have that time again. but we will always have the pictures. >> lots of families feel the same way. dijismiles has started booking senior portraits for the class of 2019. >> mark strauss man, cbs news, texas. >> pelley: it was the '70s. and that is the cbs evening news for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. >>> tonight -- what you didn't see backstage at the billboard baby news. ♪ if if you believe in >> celine dion shares in a singalong and her son's first interview, all grown up. >> he's into music. >>> i'm in london with clooney baby news. what we just learned about george and amal's twins. >>> will normani's ankle hold up under pressure? only we are inside the ballroom with tonight's rehearsals. >>> and i call in reinforcement to in

. >> elaborate year booker photos are a trend in 35 states. kids bring their personalities, parents bring their credit cards, tonkin's typical family sends $2,000. >> so for people watching saying this is a little nutty to spend this much money. >> you can't have that day again. you can't have that time again. but we will always have the pictures. >> lots of families feel the same way. dijismiles has started booking senior portraits for the class of 2019. >> mark strauss man, cbs news, texas. >> pelley: it was the '70s. and that is the cbs evening news for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, >>> right now students at buoy state university are getting ready for a candle light vigil for richard collins who was fatally stabbed over the weekend. the question everybody is asking tonight is why? he was killed by somebody he didn't even know. somebody who didn't even know him. richard collins should have been graduating from bowie state and beginning a military career as a second lieutenant in the united states army. john urbanski is under a

commencement addresses, from former president bill clinton, vice president mike pence, and senators cory booker, tammy duckworth, and kelly ayotte. commencement speeches starting at 1:00 eastern time. gary lynn foot, army aviation officer, broke his back and helicopter act to than in a rack. he now uses full-bodied technology to walk. he talked about his experiences at the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. melissa: good evening. i'm the chief marketing officer for the reagan foundation institute. thank you for being with us this evening. if you haven't attended an event before, you know that we start each program by reciting the pledge of allegiance in the honor of the men and women who defend our freedom around the world. tonight i ask do so in honor of those currently fighting, those who are missing, those who have perished, and those who are veterans.

you know, no one special like hillary clinton or michelle obama or my colleague cory booker. it can't be that tough, right? and to president knapp, thank you for your service to gw over the last decade. i really want you to pay close attention here, mr. president -- not only because i have a lot to say about all the work you've done to make this university a better place, but also because i've been asked by some students to distract you for a few minutes as they try to kidnap ruffles, who i hear is quite the celebrity. in fact, go, go, go. go get her. we're going to keep her. mr. president, you get this one. [laughter] [applause] [laughter] sen. duckworth: i'm sure it's not the first commencement ruffles has come to. seriously, though, we are here at a crucial time in our nation's history. every day we are reminded of the challenges and threats that we face abroad and here at home. our infrastructure is crumbling, student debt is sky rocketing. in fact, there is more student debt held in this country than there is credit card debt, over $1.3 trillion. and we still have troops

speakers include senator cory booker at the university of pennsylvania, vice president mike pence at notre dame, senator tammy duckworth at george washington university, former president bill clinton at hobart and william smith colleges, former senator kelly ayotte at the university of new hampshire, and jennifer joseph dunford at st. michael's college. tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. announcer: army aviation officer linfotnn foot -- gary broke his back in a helicopter crash in iraq in 2008. he is the first matter into useful body technology called an exit skeleton to allow him to walk again. he talks about surviving the crash and what it is like to walk again. melissa: good evening. i'm the chief marketing officer for the reagan foundation institute. thank you for being with us this evening. if you have attended an event before, you know that we start melissa: good evening. each proe pledge of allegiance in the honor of the men and women who defend our freedom around the

the world and progress ivz and other lawmakers currently in senate and house and like senator corey booker and senator carson gilbrand and familiar faces like joe biden or bernie sanders. >> i'm curious are there any strong contenders if you think back years ago and everything remembers barack obama giving that speech at the dnc and he all of a sudden just you know seemingly came out of nowhere. is there anyone like that that you have been hearing who might be that big surprise for the democrat. >> right. well, one of the senators that we hear a lot is pamela harris she's been in the senate for four hose but she's constantly floated as someone who you could be a potential conteer not worried about future campaigns but she's one of the people that can emerge as fresh face, rising star within the party and then i know "new york times" floated a lot of times representatives seth mullton from massachusetts. so he's a young guy he's a veteran. we can see a loft those potential people coming to the forefront. >> when i saw moleton i covered his run unseed aid very popular incumbent delegate in g

booker, vice president mike pence, senator tammy duckworth coming --, former president bill clinton, former senator kelly joseph dunford. monday on c-span and c-span.org. announcer: now look at the future of u.s. iran elections. from washington journal, this is 30 minutes. founder ands the president of the national iranian american council. to talk about a couple of issues . the reelection -- reelection last weekend of the president. and that president trump just wrapped up last night here in washington. the first part of that trip was in saudi arabia as the elections were underway in iran. up, the returnps of president trump and the speech he gave, how do you assess u.s.-iran relations? they're moving in a more negative direction. it has been a shaky relationship . a negative relationship for the last 37 years. as i wrote in my previous book, it is institutionalized. both sides have institutions till on the idea that they will be enemies. this is not something that will change. in the past two years with the nuclear deal, there were some positive movements. noted to be able to undo

here is cory booker's assessment. >> the craven bill i see coming to vote tomorrow is just cruel and just wrong. this will cost american lives if it ever becomes law. >> for more we're joined by nbc's edward lawrence from washington. good morning to you. what makes the majority leader so confident this will pass and then what? >> reporter: good morning, francis. last-minute negotiations with republicans on the fence over this health care bill seemed to have worked. it looks like it will eke by todayment under this revised bill, states can omt out of mandated coverage with pre-existing conditions. to get the moderate republicans on board, they added an amendment giving $8 billion over five years to insurance companies in order to offset the premium costs for those folks in those states that opt out of this coverage. this should pass today. the house is going on an extended vacation, so to speak, or break tonight, so they wanted to get this done today. the bill goes to the senate after that. it will be an even bigger fight over the pre-existing condition clause. it's not a done deal by

speakers include senator cory booker at the university of pennsylvania, vice president mike pence at notre dame, senator tammy duckworth at george washington university, former president though clinton at hobart and william smith colleges, former senator kelly ayotte university of new hampshire, and general joseph done for as in michael's college. tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. c-span, a look at the politics and security of the asia-pacific region. and tensions on the korean peninsula. live at the international institute for strategic studies at 10:00 eastern on c-span. later in the day, symposium exploring school integrations in brown versus board of education. the landmark 1954 supreme court decision that found state laws establishing separate schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. live coverage from the third of marshall college fund tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ >> c-span, for history unfold daily. created as aan was public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or sat