the more important part of this is how lines are drawn from state to state. republicans get to draw the maps in 20 states totaling 187 districts. that is because state legislatures for the most part their responsibility for this compared to 75 district in eight states the democrats control. republicans get to draw more than twice as many districts as a democrat there also ten states independent bipartisan commission that total 121 districts. there are six states with control that is split between a legislature of one party and the governor of the other. that adds up to 46 districts. then there are six states that only have a one district in this upcoming decade and do not need to divide their states into multiple seats. while six states are gaining members of congress texas, florida, north carolina, oregon montana colorado. seven states are losing a member of congress new york, pennsylvania, michigan, ohio, illinois and west virginia. when people move out of a state like illinois or west virginia, two states that loss of population or two states each losing a

into blue states. these positions matter. attorneys general in the united states matter. >> next, i will ask our co-chair , agent healey, we have heard about the great work that attorneys general are doing. what can these -- what are some ways that people can get involved with this panel so we can keep our democratic ag's? >> just what general nessel just said. we have mark in virginia. we have to get him reelected. i want to be really clear. if you don't have democratic attorneys general in these underground states, that is a serious issue for democracy. we were the ones who could go to court. -- who can go to court, represent the state, stop donald trump from his shameful acts time and time again. they are now perpetrated by his followers to say nothing of the rule of law, nothing of the constitution, nothing of their american brothers and system, -- sisters. the way they treated this whole thing. go to our website and you can read about our wonderful ag's and candidates. we are looking to compete he

states into multiple seats. >> six states organic members of congress texas, florida, north carolina, oregon, montana and colorado seven states are losing a member of congress new york, pennsylvania michigan, ohio, illinois and west virginia. when people move out of a state like illinois or west virginia, two states have lost a population each are you losing a seat as well, do they take the politics with them or frustration of the politics? >> we increasingly hear of voters were throwing their hands up in the air become to inhospitable for their beliefs and choosing to move elsewhere. it takes a lot of vigorous research to determine the size of that affects, how blue or red estate becomes. but, what we know is that over time as voters either choose to live in places that are more politically comfortable or as independent voters began to lean more and more towards whatever party isn't dominant because of an echo chamber affect whether social media or the predominant feeling in their community that we are seeing more geographic polarization. that plays into redistricting in a big way.

we see that state after state. they hadn't yet become citizens and somehow suggesting that that population had cast votes fraudulently.er there was absolutely no evidence to that effect and many of the voters had previously been in thaty pool of legally admitted resident aliens went on to become citizens and should have been entitled to vote. the effort to intimidate them into not coming back has been consistent throughout and that's where we say they are intended to disenfranchise future voters. >> thank you very much. i appreciate that. >> thank you for all of your work in this area. senator haggerty is next. >> secretary adams, i'd like to turn my next question to you set by the members of the community in accordance with local conditions and preferences or when the for all 50 states they are dictated and completely partisan fashion. >> i can't say that i have lived through that experience but i can tell you that i think part of thef reason we are able to produce this reform created through washington and around

basically by the time missouri is a state in 1818 they are to have the slave states in the free states formed. there are two parts of the country the one part where slavery is on the way out and one part where slavery is growing and you don't agree on what the future is going to be so missouri is kind of, missouri is where they realized that and were they both reached for the same place. of course the title of the event attached as an amendment that says no further slaves and a lot of the white missourians reaction to that is. >> we got the recognizable commercial agriculture that craig described and recognize a lot of other states. agricultural community populated largely by southerners and we have all the factors that you mentioned, the war and the increase of slavery and economic factories and microcreations factors but this episode in missouri where it all comes to a head involves a number of major players. john quincy allen's, jon jay and you just mentioned james talmage. what is in fact a national conversation about what to do about missouri? >> i would say something larger than

the state. that is what we are seeing here. i read the thune hill that if we are here on behalf of the state that is distinct and separate and apart from whatever institutional interest the attorney general may have. chief justice roberts, do they be have of the department of social services or whatever it is or is there no separate designation for that? mr. kuhn: i think it is different if we are retained as counsel, as we were by the secretary for the six circuit. when kentucky's attorney general comes into court for the commonwealth, we know -- note that it is through an attorney general action. if you look at the cases we cited on pages four and five, they are attorney general on behalf of the commonwealth. so when appearing for another state official, which is counsel. from a kentucky law perspective, that makes sense because the attorney general is not just a lawyer for the commonwealth. kentucky law tells us he is the chief law for the commonwealth. for that reason there is a state reason

the size of the state department. the state department and diplomacy are essentially the relationship building part of how we deal with other nations. military represents hopefully a deterrent, but if necessary a coercive force. you want that to be your last option. unfortunately, we have it always prioritized, or built up, the infrastructure for diplomacy that were allowed -- that would allow us to reduce tensions and build alliances around the world to make sure we are in the strongest position in terms of allies and support. it is interesting you mentioned the number of diplomats china has committed they are -- there is right now an imbalance between the u.s. military positions around the world. china only has one military base outside of mainline -- mainland china, that's in djibouti. they are trying to get to other continents around the world, but the u.s. is far ahead of china in that respect. still, they have done a lot of work under their belt and wrote initiative to expand their alliances around the world. wh

all swing states. in every single one of those states we are seeing an extreme republican run who is either at the insurrection or spreading the big lie. we cannot have key election officers in these states not believe in democracy and the will of the people. the good thing is is that we are working really hard, we have great candidates. of course great incumbents, but great candidates emerging where we have open seats. we have a pathway to every one of these seats. although it seems that the weight of the world, the weight of democracy is on our shoulders and we have to push through, i'm very hopeful we are going to win these seats. please follow us on twitter, come to events, tell your friends, tell your neighbors to check out the democratic association of secretaries of state because we are the people defending democracy so that every eligible american, republican, democrat, and independent alike, has access to safe and secure elections. and has the ability to choose who their elected officials will

we have seen that in state after state. texas is a good example, where a previous investigation words in that -- was conducted focused on individuals who were legally resident but had not yet become citizens, and somehow suggesting that population had cast votes urgently. there was no evidence to that effect. many of the voters who had previously been in that pool, legally admitted resident aliens, went on to become u.s. citizens and should have been entitled to vote. the effort to intimidate them into not coming back at future elections has been consistent throughout states that have chosen to have these audits. that is why we say there intended to disenfranchise future voters. >> thank you, i appreciate that. >> senator hagerty is next. >> thank you chair global chart -- chair klobuchar. in your experience, secretary adams, in accordance with local conditions and preferences? or when the rules are wrong, is it dictated in partisan fashion by washington politicians and bureaucrats? >> i cannot say that i have lived through

to ensure it targets states with a persistent pattern of discrimination, it captures the states that only meet a high numeric threshold of violation in the past 25 years, and that review period is critical. it is not frozen in time but rolls forward. jurisdictions without recent violations will automatically drop out. stronger tools are needed to address discrimination and other places and that is why it is important the bill also expands other national protections. as justice kagan observed, this is a perilous moment for the nation's commitment to equal citizenship. safeguarding our democracy and protecting voting rights is one of the most sacred responsibilities this body has. the house has passed the bill and now it's up to the senate to act without delay to pass the john lewis act and freedom to vote act. thank you. >> thank you. do we have attorney general roe kita? we are still waiting. mr. greenbaum, you may proceed for five minutes. >> thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify today on ways in which congress can restore and improve one of the nation's most important

the agent of the state. [inaudible] >> that is just contesting the premise the attorney general could not of appealed that he would've taken in the first place but. >> that's not my position my position stepping outside the hypothetical because of the way the stipulation was written the attorney general could have appealed because it is consistent with him reserving his rights to participate in any subsequent appeal and benefit from any favorable ruling for. >> i apologize for pressing on this. maybe i'm just not understanding and it may be my fault entirely. if you agree and that torres type case to grant intervention rights which i take you to agree, that's a very simple case. it seems to me the petitioners would say that is exactly what happened here because the ag could have appealed, it didn't and is now seeking intervention. if we assume that's the point the ag could have appealed, why doesn't the same result follow? and buffoon hill the fact the virginia house of delegates participated in that case br

the states. well, six of them are gaining members of congress, florida, montana, colorado, seven states are losing a member of congress, ohio, illinois and other states as well. and do they take the politics with them? are they moving out of frustration? >> we are increasingly hearing of voters that are throwing their hands up in the air with the state becoming inhospitable for their political beliefs. now it takes a lot of rigorous research to determine the size and that affects and how blue or red state becomes. and what we know is that over time as voters choose to live in places that are politically more comfortable, those that are independent voters that are leaning more towards whichever party is dominant because of this echo chamber effect, whether it is social media or a predominant feeling in the community, we are seeing more and more geographic polarization and that plays into reject the redistricting and a big way. every precinct that was 5050 between the party it would be impossible f

i have no doubt that it took place here in the state of texas. >> our secretary of state has said that the election was safe, secure, and successful. in fact you have twice as much of a chance to be hit by lightning in the state of texas than you have to find a case of voter fraud. >> you're more likely to be hit by lightning than you are to have a case of voter fraud? well, the difference is i can't do anything to stop somebody from getting hit by lightning. but i think you're obligated to do something in the state to keep fraud from occurring. >> despite what even many texas republicans admit was a safe and secure election, the gop-controlled legislature proposed a new voting bill under the banner of election integrity. >> we're making it easier to vote but also making it harder to cheat. >> the new law bans drive-through voting and 24-hour voting. another 2020 change in houston's harris county, which gave shift workers more flexibility in voting. if you want to make it easier for people to vote, why not take that experiment in harris county, 24-hour voting, drive-in voting, and do i

partnering with states and the capacity of states to respond. states are more easy. there's it's easier for them to communities so with fema providing assistance to the states, to increase their particular floodplain management capacity and in other words staffing, they can in turn then work with the local communities. we think that is a efficient way to go about that. and an example, simon mentioned that ohio didn't get any of the competitive brick funding that it needed in michigan. only the senate side and that's an area where within brick there could be a program within brick that just simply funds state assistance to increase the capacity of state governments to assist the local communities. >> thank you. miss merick for a long time i heard from management professionals in my state about the need to reduce the complexity of many fema programs and possibilities. femaannounced an initiative to co-locate teams of field staffers with state and local partners to improve communication and at coordination between federal state and local partners . these teams known as

imperialism in your absence to draw what was initially what were the first states when the united states was developed draw a quick map of what to united states look like not expounding. i don't have those about how many states because i might tip them off but most of them do drugs in the continental i got them from them immediately, it is a subconscious memphis destiny that it will always be but of course it wasn't always to be it took more than 100 years of daily unrelenting warfare to march across the continent later invasion of mexico and annexation of half of mexico. in that time the continent was not sold until 1890 which is a marker of the massacre in 1890 is a moment when all native people were herded onto concentration camps guarded by army bases and later became reservations, this is something that can be mapped i don't think educators are telling students as or throwing them but it's so pervasive in the national consciousness the people in the united states that they see as having been that way, they immediately know they made a mistake and that can't be and it's a way of teac

they are used to, to work in different member states. and this is why it's so important because now we have a p p o. but also it's all important to work together with the national authorities . now is the you by setting up the european public prosecutor's office using you as political cover, for example, it would be very easy for the you to say, actually we have your opinion, public prosecutor's office, that's a box text. and so we're doing something wrong, corruption, but if they're not giving you the money that you need, how serious is the european commission? all they serious about your office? i cannot comment on this. i will give you some statistics in the 1st 3 months off e p, p o. we already processed more than 1700 crime reports. we started 3 more than $300.00 investigations and many more are still under the evaluation. there is already an estimated damage to the budget of point, a 4500000000 euros in those activity that are under our investigation. so only in 3 months with this call voted damage is that more than a 4 and a half

southern states throw up every barrier they could to education. and black people broke them down time and time again. northern states erected barriers too. even if not always as overtly. jump forward a little bit : : arguing that if a black student wants to attend a law school in oklahoma it will just take some time, they will have to wait for it and he is rebutting that argument saying how do you expect them to set up a law school and the state admits they have no money to establish a law school besides the cost of setting up the school isn't the citizens problem. we do not compose the dual education and if it is expensive it is not our fault. i think that line, that after all this history yes it will be expensive to just think about the proposition of educational equity is important because it is not the responsibility of those that had the system placed upon them but those that placed the system. i'm excited for the conversation and look forward to joining you all. >> thank you and thank you to the bookstore and adam for inviting us to this dis

the idea that when state election administrators or state supreme court's under state constitutions, under state legislative command act in the electoral process, that is somehow unconstitutional. there is no basis for that. it has been made up. it was rejected in all of these courts. it was floated by the attorney general of texas who sued. it was rejected. then it was floated again on the house floor on january 6, as the violent insurrection mob attacked us. it was rejected again. yet, the big lie lives now in the sodi audits around the country. it was amazing to hear the gentleman from arizona essentially -- i think he is trying to ally the fact that this audit rejected the claim that donald trump won in arizona. i never really understood members from arizona challenging the result by which they themselves were elected in the exact same election where they were elected, yet, still -- mr. biggs can correct me if i am wrong -- i hear him not even accepting the results of this audit who say that joe biden got more votes that were lawfully reported by the states. >> will determine yie

it is further ordered that the state of texas shall inform all state court judges and state court clerks of this preliminary injunction and distribute this preliminary injunction to all state court judges and state court clerks. leading off our discussion of this breaking news tonight are cecile richards, the former president of planned parenthood federation of america. she's currently co-chair of american bridge 21st century. and senior editor and legal correspondent for slate.com and host of the podcast atticus, and neal katyal, a former acting solicitor general and an msnbc legal contributor, and dahlia, i want to go to you first with what you think the supreme court's reaction to this might be, that is your beat, the supreme court. they took a different view about any possible injunction here. >> i never want to predict, lawrence, what the supreme court is going to do. i want to say that this is an extraordinary piece of judicial writing, judicial fact finding. this in contrast to a paragraph, a page and a half on the shadow docket that took no notice of any of the suffering of peopl

the state of nevada. if you look at the resort industry, as you said, brings in 45-ish visitors a year, they use less than 1/10 of 1% of the water. >> are you working with bri on any water conservation project? >> week ordinate with them regularly, on water conservation issues, water quality issues, lake weed and others with respect to the numbers. >> are you involved it all with the st. george water project north of here? >> i am not, but mr. shaw is, if you would like to ask him. >> i will save that for next time. thank you, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> we will go to your nevada neighbor, congresswoman susie lee. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for hosting this really important meeting, and to all of our witnesses for their excellent testimony. as congresswoman titus said, southern nevada and the entire southwest are facing unprecedented drought. as we know, in my district, lake mead, which supplies water for over 25 million people across nevada, arizona and california, is at its low

new jersey is one of seven states plus washington, d.c. that doesn't put a time restriction on how far along in the presidency someone can still have an abortion. would you seek to change that? sixty seconds. >> i would. i know the governor somewhat supports the science. we know that the baby is viable after 20 weeks and the baby feels pain during an abortion. that is the science but the reason why this bill hasn't been sent by a legislature that's overwhelmingly controlled by democrats is because they know it's a bad bill. they keep talking about passing it lame-duck. every time they look to do something lame-duck it's usually because it is a bad bill. i don't know if anyone across the state of new jersey either side of the aisle talked to more people than i have the past 22 months no one supports an abortion in months seven, eight and nine let alone having it performed by somebody other than me. nobody supports their daughter seeking an abortion and the parents not knowing if the daughter is under age. that is extremism. that isn't new j

you're one of the leaders in the state department. you're supposed to have your finger on the pulse of the morale of folks at the state department. i think you can at least make a generalization about institutionally, organizationally how folks on the line are doing right now. so that we in congress might fulfill our oversight responsibilities. brian mckeon: well, senator, the people who volunteer to go to kabul kabul or worked during the crisis i think felt they did the best they could and managed to save a lot of lives, but i know a lot of people who came back from kabul airport who are undergoing an emotional toll about the experience they went through. i think many people in the department served in afghanistan over 20 years, so there's an array of emotions about what was invested and what was lost. sen. young: how can we possibly say that we are better face -- equipped to base diplomatic challenges? brian mckeon: we are investing substantial sums in human resources both at the defense department and usaid which in some respects w

the majority of the state's population also lives in the southern half of the state near the coast. coastal louisiana sits at the epicenter of climate change. sea level rise and subsidence coexcesses as threats that are major threats for the corps and the state. consequently, my major missions are navigation, coastal and environmental restoration, coastal storm risk management, and flood risk management, flooding of any kind, whether from rainfall, storm surge, or river flooding or in what has been occurring on a more frequent basis, the occurrence of all three at the same time, is a major concern for the state and for my district. the men and women of my district are residents of south louisiana. during a storm, they endure the same impacts as their neighbors. for them, working with our partners to insure a promising future in coastal louisiana is not just a professional responsibility. it is a personal commitment. during ida, almost a third of my 1100 person workforce evacuated out of state. to include my wife and children. almost all of us lost power, and almost half saw some for

jersey state emergency centers. subject matter experts and water removal and on watering information for the pennsylvania dot. fema regions 2, 3 and the states they supported, pennsylvania, new jersey and new york were satisfied with our proactive approach to this event. in the aftermath of superstorm sandy, congress asked us to prepare a performance report. that and other work following sandy has heightened our intent to build resilience into our coastal storm risk management and flood risk management projects. together with our federal and nonfederal partners, we are currently completing post norm evaluations to determine impact and develop efficiency reports for projects. initial assessment showed damages incurred to project elements which will require an investment in repairs. in addition to maintenance on these projects, in some cases, corps recommends a comp or hence of assessment of their status to include review of performance criteria and recommendation for updating based on current science, recent storm ev

without in theg swing states we no longer have a democracy in the united states of america. we have these massive efforts. it was the then president of the united states and but for the fact we had an attorney general in pennsylvania and wisconsin and michigan and nevada we simply would not have had an outcome where the person who won those states so joe biden won the state of michigan by 154,000 votes. that's not even close. but effort t after effort wa made. whether it was joining with my democratic colleagues to ensure the global pandemic that people have the ability to even go to vote by mail they would never be received in time whether you had things b like the republican colleagues trying to decertify 5.5 million that would have been disenfranchised had that occurred to try to decertify the election and by d doing so november 4th of this year i will be arguing for the disbarment so people can never step into the court of law and make those unsupported completely and in doing so undermine our very democracy. that person would have gone along with of the lawsuit and it w

supreme court heard oral arguments in the united states versus zubaydah, a case on state secrets and detention and torture at various black sites, and a man accused of being an al qaeda operative. the government can restrict actions to legal proceedings if exposure is believed to be a threat to national security. >> justice kavanaugh is participating remotely. we will hear arguments in case 2827, mr. fletcher. the united states versus zubaydah. >> our covert intelligence partnerships depend on trust that we will keep those relationships confidential. the respondent seeks discovery that would compel a breach of that trust by confirming or denying the existence of an alleged cia facility and poland -- in poland. and they seek discovery knock to indicate rights under u.s. law, but an application aimed at sending evidence abroad to a foreign investigation whose purpose is to prosecute alleged involvement of polish officials in covert cia activity. the cia director lane why that compelled disclosure would harm national security. the ninth circuit should have afforded deference and failed

member states. it is also concerned about attacks on journalists and hostility towards activists defending women's and lgbtq rights. 11 member states including austria and ireland say the e.u. should respect their authority to set their own policies on education, childcare, and labor laws. let's bring in our guest for today's discussion from warsaw. a lawyer and cofounder of the #threecourts initiative. from dresden and from brussels, peter. a lawyer and editor of brussels report.eu. gentlemen, welcome to you all. is poland heading for the e.u.'s exit door? >> that is a very serious concern because that is a consequence of the battle that we have for the last six years. when the constitutional court issues the verdict saying that the polish government and -- they do not have to accept, do not have to execute the rulings of the european court of justice. that is the issue because the polish government do not have -- do not want to have the control from the european institutions when it comes to the i

now for me, united states assistant secretary state on skype from alexandria virginia. condolences, i would say, 1st of all, i'm sure you knew mister power. and the fact that as a saying with kimberly how could correspond to before column. how it was a man who seemed to transcend political, divides, didn't matter which party you were from. he certainly elevated, was elevated to the role of statesmen. late in his life where he provided quiet counsel to a president of both parties and that spirit of bipartisanship and statesmanship is something that, you know, we're, we're certainly struggling to hold onto, you know, given here in the united states, we're in an error of hyper partisanship and political expediency, we can't talk about colon power without talking about his legacy as a secretary of state and the iraq war of 2003 it's, it's been talked about so much. lawrence called was saying to us earlier about how the speech that he gave to the united nations was actually turned down from what his bosses wanted. but even so it leaves that market is what people will certainly, as is diplo

they do collect varies from state to state. this afternoon, we're going to hear from witnesses who will tell us about their experience living with and fighting against conservatorships. they'll also tell us about how there are other options, better alternatives to these legal straight jackets. and they may be available to people who need that kind of extra support but can do without a conservatorship. one alternative that is gaining increased prominence is supported decision making. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses about that alternative and others, particularly when they've had some success. finally, let me just say ms. spears' next public hearing in her own conservatorship battle is literally tomorrow. while she continues to fight to make her own decisions and to live her own life, we can and we must fight for reforms in these legal straight jackets, arrangements that are potentially abusive and certainly a disservice to many people that are under them. and that's why i'm so pleased that the ranking member and i c

of indiana, ambassador, is the most manufacturing-intensive state in the united states. and our businesses rely on a diversified supply chain and market access. over the years, china has used localization requirements, intellectual property theft, enforced transfer of data, to hamstring our enterprises that are depend on technology. i firmly believe the united states should advocate for integrity in digital trade provisions of our trade agreements. this includes holding bad actors accountable, especially communist china. i'm currently working on a resolution to solidify the u.s. commitment to high standard digital trade principles. if confirmed, how will you address continued action by china that purposefully causes harm to american businesses, knowing that you'll need to coordinate with ambassador tie on this? >> senator, thank you. and in my opening statement i focused on this issue of trade because of the enormous damage to your state and every other state, to our workers and to our businesses. this is a high priority for the biden administration and obviously if conf

it's a example of state and local. there's so much training and so much rear expertise that fema essentially gets for free because you can have the firefighters and others, doctors, people with trained dogs and so on, and they do a lot of this [inaudible] justice volunteers and provide so much help and resources on a national level, so the search and rescue teams that every one of our [inaudible] response with mutual aid. so i'm a huge supporter, and i think it's, you know, frankly, it's an investment that really pays off. so i thank you for your service and thanks for what you said today. it will follow up with you on your comments. and miss, thanks for what you do in ohio, again. one thing you're talking about in your testimony, [inaudible] was the safe room rebate program to help prevent ohioans from needing assistance from an urban search and rescue team, as an example. can you talk about that and what other ways individuals and families can better prepare in order to avoid situations that would require rescue? >>

the future of our state's estate. so this electionseason on november 2, i ask you to ask yourself are you better off today than you were four years ago . i ask for your vote. [applause]. >> thank you both and that brings us to the end of our debate. we thank the candidates for taking part . we hope tonight will help was helpful and informative to help you make your decision for. >> thank you to all the partners, new jersey advanced media , univision 41. . and for this beautiful facility tonight, i'm brian in philadelphia. >> i'm with w abc. we encourage you to exercise your right to vote on tuesday november 2,but not .

i think states should really be looking at the performance-based funding model. and a lot of states sorted think about you know the enrollment of students, so how many students andma institution has come in their graduation rates, but they should be building in on equity and was students and institutions are actually surveying. if you are only serving students from the you know top 10% of income households, then-- [inaudible] yeah, i think it's going to be a very different result in terms of what students actually cannot do and what supports they need, i should say. hbcus i think something like 60% of hbcu students are pell eligible. so, really thinking about how institutions are funded and making sure they are funded equitably is incredibly important and on top of that i think looking to the federal government i know there are several bills working their way through the legislature right now to help rebuild some infrastructure at hbcus. i think we are thinking of creative ways through legislation and also through funding models to sort of mood-- move towards bui

we fought in state after state and now have it in over two dozen states. at the same time we did that just a small group of women broke up the hearing for the 18 rolled votes there finally be a hearing in the senate on the equal rights amendment for the reason it's taken so long, this 100 years as we lost about 50 of them. and i mean 50 bright wonderful leaders, how did we lose them? they botched it up inmmittee. they would not vote. in fact to get the first vote to ratify in the house took 50 years because it wasn't boxed up and the judiciary committee and they would not allow a vote. why would they allow a vote? this is not been so popular they knew it would pass overwhelmingly when it is placed on the floor. and when it was after a discharge petition and i had the pleasure to work with hereginning of my own career path 354 -- 24 people great overwhelmingly i would say. to get it going in the senate we disrupted the hearings of the 18-year-old vote. and got a promise a cosponsor in the senate or the major sponsor in the senate they would finally hold hea

that kind of surveillance police state is a scary state of affairs. the judiciary committee's report on donald trump's attempt to use the doj to his own ends is a chilling thing to keep in mind when we are talking about the integrity of democracy and the next presidential election and frankly, the midterms leading up to that. in my view that will dictate what happens to the presidential election. host: that judiciary report issued last week. what we found out during this eight month investigation, how close do you think we came at the end of 2020, beginning of 2021 to a full-blown constitutional crisis? guest: we absolutely were probably there. we were there. i live outside washington dc. i was appalled watching people literally climbing over and desecrating the capitol. we have elected officials running for their lives, as well as those of their staff, many republicans still met and what was a ceremonial process of recognizing the state's certifications of their electors. that is something states do, they hand it to the congress. the january 6 moment

but is significant not only to the state's cattle industry but the state's ecology. whether on private land or public land ranchers have had to make hard decisions in order to reduce numbers, to prevent overgrazing and encourage regrowth of needed grasses. because the brand expection program, had a chance to see these decisions play out in real time. many reduced their heard sizes because the forage simply isn't there. we've seen a 24% increase in sales this year with north dakota ranchers selling 148,000 cows as of july, the average for an entire year is 200,000. it is a painstaking decision for families because it is not only the foundation of the heard the generations of selection and improvement that cannot be replicated overnight. there are other threats too, fire is the most widespread and distractive. fires have burned 6 million acres and 125,000 across north dakota. nearly double that of last year. fire and drought impact livestock and our ability to steward the land. ranchers prioritize retention for our livestock but also critical in feeding wildlife, provi

and reporting at least seven additional states. in addition, experts project the economic impact over $90 billion making it the seventh costliest hurricane to hit the united states since the year 2000. seven hurricanes each responsible for $90 billion in economic impact all within 20 years. like all major storms, it will teach a lot including what works and what does not work and while we can all be thankful for the engineering protected as one of the most vital systems from the destruction we must also recognize that until we address the root causes the u.s. will continue to face natural disasters and increasing severity and intensity leaving more devastating impacts and that's why we need to dramatically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions while we reduce investments andnd resiliency and create a lot of jobs while doing so. the prevention is worth a pound of cure and here is where it's still ringing the truth today. the corps of engineers provides tremendous value to the nation as a primary product with the resources infrastructu

the lower basin states. in contrast the upper basin we've taken shortages nearly every year for 20 years. without that large reservoir we are reliant on current runoff. it's for this reason the upper basin uses are variable. when the snow is abundant, water is available but when the snow is thin, the water isn't there and the users go without. a perfect example of the impact of climate change. having increased absorption of snowmelt and reduced spring runoff this year has been especially difficult. 90% of the state is experiencing drought. an example of the difficult situations that colorado is dealing with a major storage project in southwestern colorado received only one tenth of its water allocation this year and due to the compounding years of shortages, people across the state are considering heartbreaking decisions. there's sociological and economic impacts to the community. the water shortages facing southwest colorado the last two years felt heavily on the tribes whose economy and communities depend

the united states has led the world in reducing emissions. we've reduced emissions more than the next 12 emissions reducing countries combined. during that period as we've led the world in reducing emissions and bringing energy solution to the table, for every one ton of emissions we've reduced china increased by four. as we continue out of the quandary there will be a 50% increase on global demand moving forward. we've got to be aware of that and make sure the solutions we make available, that they're abundant and affordable because some of these third world countries are not going to take up on affordable and more expensive energy solutions, so really, really thoughtful process forward really deliberate in making sure that it's based upon u.s. resources to where we can continue leading the world in energy innovation in solving this problem we're facing. host: the president is headed at the end of the week to the u.s. climate change summit and you're going as well with a group of republicans. what will be your role? guest: it's important for

the majority of the state's population lives in the southern half of the state and the coast. coastal louisiana sits at the epicenter of climate change. sea level rise and subsidence coexist as threats for both the corps and the state. consequentially my major missions are navigation, coastal storm risk management, and flood risk management. flooding of any kind, whether from rainfall, storm surge, or river rain flooding or in what has been occurring on more frequent bass, the occurrence of all three at the same time is a major concern for the state and for my district. the men and women of my district are residents of south louisiana. during a storm, they endure the same impacts as their neighbors. for them working with our partners to ensure a promising future in coastal louisiana is not just a professional responsibility. it is a personal commitment. during ida, almost a third of my 1,100 person work force evacuated out of state, to include my wife and children. almost all of us lost power, and almost half saw some form of damage to their homes with 37 of us experiencing so

so, it is more republican states than democratic states. more states had republican control then democratic control. host: is it unusual that there are so few controls in the 50 states? guest: it is. this is the lowest number that have existed in the u.s. -- and has been over a hundred years since we have seen such a split. host: would that be a sign of how polarized the country is? guest: i think that is a fair characterization. people are moving around. people are moving from place to place. people might be sorting themselves. this is something -- the big sort is one of them. it postulates this theory that americans are moving into places with people who agree with them politically. i doubt that is the only factor. people also change their view as well. host: 1.2 more calls. this is julia. good morning. caller: good morning. this call is in reference to the new york times newspaper, october 12, 2021, in reference to people who were incarcerated and had done their time, and they were given a bill to vote. host: julia, we will take up the i

when the united states was attempting to curtail china's foreign direct investment in the united states, the flooding of u.s. -- into the u.s. of japanese produced automobiles and semiconductors, while japan was dramatically limiting foreign market access to goods and services. with much of the rhetoric we see today related to china, one could simply substitute the word japan and substitute china and you'd find the sunday morning talk shows topics of 1989 and 1990. but of course there's one extraordinary distinction. democratic japan was, is, and continues to be our ally and partner. china, while collaborator in many things, description as partner andall lie would not be accurate. could it be in the future? only time and the years ahead will tell. this speaks to the balance outlined in today's discussion of degrees of separation. your framework is of assistance to the legislative branch in that it provides a rubric whereby our committees and members can evaluate the best possible alternatives to achieving our u.s. objectives. in the context of this thoughtful framework let me mention a

you've been state assembly, mayor, senator, governor. how about president of the united states? not too late. gayle, you'd be in, wouldn't you? i would be in. get some folks there to be in. why not. we need good solid leadership like pete wilson offered the state of california for many years. we need that for our country. so pete, give it a thought. give it a go. have a great evening. >> honoring pete wilson with the champion of the american dream award. pete was a strong governor of california and a fine united states senator. pete is an exemplary citizen of the united states, fine public servant and a friend. laura and i send our very best wishes to everyone involved with the nixon foundation, and god bless. >> good evening. i'm janice rogers brown, another of the governor's legal affairs secretaries. [applause] it is interesting to think that the golden state really did have a golden age, but maybe it was a golden hour, but have any of you noticed that the state began its decline into the [inaudible] just when pete wilson stopped being actively involved in its politics? i'm j