states need to reevaluate the achievements of the united states and the failures of the united states in our region. >> rose: but does iran -- >> and based on that reassessment, it will see. the role and the place of various countries in the region. we're not competing with saudi arabia. we believe that iran and saudi arabia should be a part of a regional dialogue forum. i wrote an op ed in the "new york times" several years ago. >> rose: i remember. >> calling for a regional dialogue forum and i believe that is what's lacking in our region. we are ready for it. i believe as soon as our saudi neighbors are ready to engage in dialogue, in resolving issues through dialogue. not through pressure because unfortunately this has become a habit of the united states to impose pressure or to impose direct pressure. >> rose: does this include israel. >> i'm modest, i'm talking about our immediate neighbor and that is the persian gulf. in recent years from the iraqi invasion of iran to the iraqi invasion of kuwait to u.s. operations to liberate kuwait from iraq, to liberate operations from iraq.

united states only six times while he was president. three of these trips, and the only two-state visits truman made during his presidency, were to latin america. the first in early march, 1947, to mexico. the second in september the same year, was to brazil. cubahird trip, he went to very briefly, and only two to guantanamo bay. he also went to the virgin islands. the most important visit was to puerto rico. we will talk about that one. let's see what these visits tell us about the themes of the legacy that president truman was to leave. the first was to mexico city. .ruman kept a diary in 1947, he wrote quite a few entries about his visit to mexico. visit throughthe his diary. we will try to do so. his plane is landing. he writes, "perfect day, my pilot never misses a schedule. step down from the plane, the mexican president comes down the steps from the observation tower at the same time. we meet, i like him at once. he introduces his cabinet, i introduce my secretaries and aides. the platform is beautifully decorated and flowers. th

well the united states have to go back to why the united states wants to be in asia at all ok why does the united states intervene ten thousand miles from a chore and to answer that question you have to go back to the open door policy sounds boring but the bedrock foreign policy of the united states is the open door policy and when china closed the door after world war two initially the united states wanted to set up a client regime in china but that failed the communists took over and closed the open door and so the united states decided that career would be its first bastin against the encroachment of china and the closing of asia to american economic penetration ok but i mean let's talk about this the in this new killer thread i mean why don't they want to talk about that that's very important and that's pressing right now can you answer that boris go ahead home well you know the the real the real threat for the united states from the beginning was always china and you know we talk about one hundred sixty thousand troops stationed across the. western pacific but there are also nucle

unraveled two days later that was backed by the united states funded by the united states and then subsequently you know the u.s. has only increased its channeling of funds from agencies like usaid national noun for democracy amongst others you know cia special missions all kinds of things to try to undermine the venezuelan government first under chavez now and now we're seeing at they're not even trying to cover it up they're just doing it openly expressing you know the fact that either mature or decide to leave or they're going to take them out so i mean it's it's completely outrageous violation of venice our sovereignty and i mean it goes against all the promises that trump made during his campaign of being less interventionist now we're seeing the direct intervention aggression and pure violation not just of venezuela's sovereignty but of international law you can't just say you're going to go in and take out a president who was democratically elected by his people. tell you no authorities have seized the boat that belongs to a german group rescuing migrants whose footage released by italy'

russia and the united states and here it is the united states that has walked out of it for some unknown reasons they have to come back and explain the situation in afghanistan turn a wristwatch when truong i don't want to get us on to become an area of competition and rivalry well i want afghanistan to become a place of cooperation i appreciate very much your aspirations but you know again better than i do that competition is a ruling the day in international side only yes it shouldn't be bad though why would the afghanistan of all the other war torn countries be an exception it should be an exception because if they don't call parades afghans will rise against those who have the key to the students in afghanistan today it is the united states they just bombed us with the biggest of the bomb that they had short of a nuclear bomb a country that they call allies and would one expect me to give quite. well at least they would say that they they have the green light from the from your successor as afghanistan's wrong and wrong no they didn't even from the off going to go well at least this

it should be the united states. you can talk to north korea and say we not going to these negotiations -- in washingtonency and in think tanks to negotiate north korea policy side. they will have a list of demands for us and we have to decide if we are ready to meet. i thought it was curious they did not have that either especially after trump-pence that i would be willing to meet with the leader of north korea face to face. everyone thought that was a bit over-the-top. curious they do not take advantage of a low-level meeting. i think congress can play a useful role and is playing a greater role in foreign policy. it is particularly a good comment by john mccain, a hawk and well-established. basically said the president should not have said what he said. the president basically implied we will use nuclear weapons and threaten a country with nuclear weapons here we have not heard that in a long time if ever we have heard it before. behink john f. kennedy may with the cuban missile crisis, but that is ill advised, to

we disagree with the united states. against thetervene united states cooperating with the iraqi government. we believe that is a decision the iraqi government should make. we may oppose it, but it is their decision. charlie: would you encourage the government of iraq to make sure sunniunni members of the out fromnot get shut government so they do not see what we have seen time after time? first al qaeda and that isis. >> exactly. we believe the iraqi government should be inclusive. charlie: encourage the iraqi government to do that. guest: we have done that. we have done it. charlie: the government did not do it, a strong friend of iran. guest: the prime minister is a strong friend of iraq. ,very government in iraq thankfully, has been a strong friend of iraq, and this is our advice on them. iraq needs to be an inclusive government with all segments of the iraqi population represented in the government. hereon maintains extremely -- relationsains good with the sunni community. parliamentr of the -- charlie: you do not d

along the united states, the united kingdom and ukraine. that provided ukraine with assurances that all parties would respect its independence, sovereignty and existing borders. in that memorandum, russia also promised to refrain from the threat or use of force in exchange for the ukraine's relinquishment of nuclear weapons. once again, under the 1997 nato russia founding act, russia agreed to refrain from the threat or use of force against each other or any other state in sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence. unfortunately, russia is not adhering to the letter, much less the spirit of these international commitments. the u.s. and our allies will continue to press russia to honor its minsk commitments and our sanctions will remain in place until moscow reverses the actions that triggered them. as president trump has made clear, the united states remains committed to diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict in eastern ukraine. i too am especially pleased to be here today with the u.s. special representative. ambassa

what did it get the united states? >> well, it really is a diplomatic coup in that the united states was able first of all to get china to go along with the u.s. in drafting these sanctions and then to get a unanimous security council approval. that is definitely a diplomatic slap on the wrist or maybe more to north korea from its closest ally china. and a number of other countries that don't always go along with what the u.s. wants them do at the u.n. so on that side, it's a win. the practical effect is very much still tbd including whether china enforces it and of course in light of the rapid advances on north korean nuclear weapons capabilities, a lot of this really may just be too late. >> has the per spepgs gloceptio changed? >> i would say yes very much. for a long time north korea was more of an annoyance than a real threat to almost every other country except south korea. certainly they have been a real threat to south korea, japan, u.s. ships at sea. and a number of other entities in the region. but less of a

we serve in the united states army, united states navy, etc. in that regard, it is a widely diverse force. on the battlefield, we are one team and that is where we stayed. thank you. >> question from the japanese media. i have a question to and a questions dera oninister ono military defense. we are seeing tensions mounting. in the two plus two joint statement, it is incorporated would ben's role [indiscernible] in the alliance. what specific actions with the u.s. take? japan, what would japan's role be in missile-defense? and what would the u.s. expect japan to do in the case of a lunch of a messiah -- of a missile? sec. mattis: we would take military action to take it down. , in the onodera: simply event there is an attack on japan, we will use the assets available to us for the missile defense and we will defend japan. but showed different circumstances occur, we will solidify the relationship we have with the u.s. with close communication. country.efend the that is what we discussed today. >> thank you, everyone. [captioning performed by th

side in the united states. when i felt that i reached out to walter green. when you came to japan i was able to talk to you to gain more perspective and also talk to you about the need for more active discussion. [inaudible] there are differences in the two countries but this is the fourth-round. we have been discussing a lot of discussions about wide-ranging issues in the discussion connected here will be submitted to the government and the us forces and i think the goal is to give those institutions and. [inaudible] >> thank you. one of the major topics and focus was north korea and is in the news again this morning, as i mentioned. it's one of the drivers of change in our alliance. two years ago japan was still largely in the rear area and today there are so many threats to japan directly from north korea, missiles, cyber, so forth. and now directed towards the american homeland. that creates the necessity of joint preparedness and we are okay. it also creates potential forfeitures and different assessments

states irradiance could not go back to toronto to say that united states would be willing to except the enrichment they needed that it right -- writing. because their fear was if they did they could seek to cause a significant disunity in the gaithersburg book festival + 1 so it was creating a problem when actually they were getting much closer to each other but something was needed to bridge that trust gap and that is where oman's stepped in once again to the raw onions and writing explaining under no circumstances the person of both of president of the united states and the supreme leader could protect and then traveled to iran which he did in me directly face-to-face with the iranian supreme leader and convey to the iranian supreme leader the contents of the letter. they no longer rejected because they did not trust the united states but because they had confidence in the united states had confidence waiting for the breakthrough to actually happen. right now we hear so much about the sectarian straits and the arab persian division after this was settled will sides were lucky and

is he really going to come after the united states knowing what the united states can do back? he has got to make that calculation. he now has to decide that i think what the united states does is he we continue to know what our options are. and we continue to be able to. ainsley: what are our options if our sanctions aren't working. is it to put ground troops? what is the next step? >> i think it depends on what he does. if he goes and he still tests small things. is he going to watch his hard currency go way down. see hard kicks when it comes to ballistic missile program. if he chooses to do something more dangerous, the united states will respond accordingly. i think the international community will respond accordingly. brian: one thing you did not do and correct me if i am wrong, you did not sanction the chinese bank to deal with north korea. would that be the next step. >> what we did do is we sanctioned one of the primary banks that north korea deals with. that was a hard-hitting bank that we did do. so we went after coal, lead, iron, seafood. we went after sanction desig

. >> the book is called "an american genocide" the united states and the california indian catastrophe: 1846-1873. the author ucla professor of history benjamin madley. professor madley in your book you write between 1846 and 1870 california is native american population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. how did that occur? >> guest: there are many things we understand already about this story. we know disease, exposure, starvation, those were all major factors not only in the population decline but in the suppression of the demographic rebound through we didn't know was how much detail and clarity before this book with all of the other factors and how they played in. systematic regimes, kidnapping, hundreds of homicides and upward 370 separate massacres carried out by vigilantes, volunteer state militiamen and elements of united states army all of which come together to provide very convincing, if he will come argument that what took place in california between 1846 in 1873 was in fact a case of genocide according to the 1948 genocide convention. >> host: y. 1846? >> guest: 1846

robert: i was looking at edwin morris's long history of the united states. korea has long had hostility of the united states and japan in has been going on for more than a century. the crisis now for president trump? >> it certainly was a feature of the presidential election discussion. it was in the memories of those who remember the korean war of the 1950's and for a 71-year-old president it's part of what he remembers about american history too. robert: we'll have to leave it there. the north korean crisis or programs, michael, the crisis that's being overblown from your perspective. thanks so much. great to have you. alexis, yeganeh, nancy, michael. we have to leave awe few minutes early to give you an opportunity to support your local pbs station. stay tuned and our conversation will continue online on the "washington week" extra where we'll tell you about a mysterious situation in cuba ha that is caused hearing loss for some diplomats. i'm robert costa, enjoy your weekend. >> funding for "washington week" is provided by -- 1 >> their leadership is inst

can attack the united states of america. we have tolerated this for decades from the soef yet union and russia and now china. it is really up to the president and his team whether we'll rely on deterrence to deal with this north korean capability but it's our decision. >> jeffrey, the united nations security council interestingly enough passed the 8th version of sanctions. it depends how you count them. but i think the eighth version on saturday. they really haven't had -- in fairness to robert, they did have some effect in an earlier round of negotiations but haven't had the desired effect here what are we looking for to fix this? it doesn't seem to be rhetoric that's going to fix it. it plain diplomacy? is it china? does russia have a role in this? what are we looking for to deescalate this. >> deescalate is exactly the right word. we're at the point where the north koreans do the capabilities to reach targets through the united states, including new york and los angeles with a nuclear weapon. what we've seen is sanctions

united states? beverly: schenck did start this decision about the constitution and what it was going to mean. i also think schenck symbolizes a dark moment in american history, which is to say it is a moment when the federal government mobilizes at a lot of levels for the first time to begin to conduct surveillance and contain american opinion. we have seen both of these trends continue. host: thanks to beverly gage and tom goldstein for being in our conversation of schenck v. united states in she's been's c-span's landmark cases series. thank you to the callers for contributing your ideas to the discussion. ♪ >> landmark cases returns live next february on c-span. join us to hear more stories about the people that sparked groundbreaking cases and the justices and lawyers who were key to the supreme court's review. >> 40 years ago on august 4, 1977, president jimmy carter signed a bill creating the energy department, consolidating a variety of bases dealing with nuclear defense and other energy re

at least some understanding of the united states behaves in the world that you do not have in the united states you have germany now of closing u.s. sanctions on russia you have the public you know this is not the german government this is the german public this is not the swedish government this is the swedish public so you have people who are opposed to war opposed to militarism opposed to nato expansion of close to us bases in germany expressing their viewpoint and that's you know not typically in news in europe and especially not in the united states. you know you could say that over the last four years trump and obama helped make america great again or at least a great threat. the british government is facing coverup claims the after israel's downing street refusing to make public a record number of documents twenty boyko has more details. well look the way the system in britain works is that once a government document turns thirty it's then supposed to be made public it goes into the national archives unless government departments specifically apply to withhold or to redact a parti

well yes of course you know the united states has been in. for about a hundred years and since the first iranian parliament was declared between ninety six and nine hundred eleven so it's no surprise to you once more u.s. secretary of state there was a senate committee that the united states' policy is essentially to overthrow the government it's important i think to see that this is not a threat for the future but it's almost a statement aboard the president's the good the united states has over the course even know of the past few years of them did to destabilize the government in iran including of course perhaps having a hand in the assassination well for iranian nuclear scientists between then and do indeed. as part of their effort to ramp up tensions with iran the administration has consistently threatened to pull out of the joint comprehensive action plan concerning the iran nuclear deal one of the main accomplishments of the obama administration do you take that risk seriously and where might u.s. around relations go from there. well y

states, then the united states won't mess with it. so they see the nuclear arsenal, most the missiles and the war head as very important to their survival and by their survival i really mean kim jong un and his regime and the people they have around them. they see this as critical. and when you hear the foreign minister of north korea spoke as he did at the manila, philippines summit yesterday saying that is not on the negotiating table. he wasn't just bluffing. again, the thinking otherwise from the united states and the u.n. is that maybe sanctions may be pressure get them to change their minds. >> harris: all right, greg palkot. thank you for that. in addition to awful your great reporting, we appreciate it. the new analysis by the u.s. defense intelligence agency is estimating north korea now has nuclear weapons in its arsenal. that is the breaking news this hour. republican congressman darrell issa is on the house foreign affairs committee. congressman, i'm glad you are here for the breaking news. we were going to talk about othe

selling to the enemies of the united states. he was pardoned after his wife donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the clintons. then you have dangerous criminals. president clinton pardoned susan roseburg, a member of the weathered underground. part of a bank robbery that led to a guard and two police officers being killed. drug dealers. president clinton commuted the sentence of a central player in a cocaine ring that stretched from california to minnesota. criminal leaker. you've heard the word leaker? president obama commuted the sentence of chelsea manning, who leaked countless classified documents to wikileaks, perhaps and others. but horrible, horrible thing that he did, commuted the sentence. and perhaps pardoned. president obama commuted the sentence of oscar lopez rivera, who was charged as part of a violent independence group from puerto rico, responsible for 28 chicago area bombings and many deaths in the 1970's and 1980's. sheriff joe is a patriot. sheriff joe loves our country. sheriff joe protected our border

i would agree that the united states cannot really just let it go. if we got to the point where they carry that out. -- where they carried that out. from the north korean 1's, whiche, the b- overup and make dry runs the southern half of the peninsula that they claim is still their territory, theoretically -- this is hostile. we call it a deterrent. they consider it provocation. essentially, we are both right. if they go through with this, they are stepping it up significantly. the united states would have to figure out a way to respond in kind. i would argue in the most restrained and yet still strong way possible. i do not think we want to get to that point, though. let's say we fire a couple of coast of thethe north korean, essentially do the same thing of and then pulling -- of enveloping fire. both sides can pretend we are not at war yet, but where do we go from there? i think we want to head this off. not get to the point where they go through with the bomb plan -- and move on with a kind of diplomacy that i am happy to hear patrick cronin is sa

with the leireminder that we ar connected to the united states. california being so far west, and not a lot in between, the idea that we could create the look of the capitol, with as close to what the united states capitol looked like, we're the wild west, they are building this huge building with a dome and columns, very similar in look and style to the united states capitol, that wasn't by mistake. it was the idea that we were part of this particular government right now, this is who our identity is. and so you see a lot of symbolism in the rooms, in fact the green color of the assembly and the red color of the senate are stemmed from what was being used during the united states capitol at that time in the united states -- in their house and senate and it actually has roots that go back to british parliament where we got our two house system. green house of commons. red house of lords. well now we're in the senate. and we're actually on the third floor of the capitol. and the third floor was a gallery. so the chairs you see around you are for th

turn the united states into a "sea of fire" and saying the united states would suffer "its final doom." but kim jong-un himself has not said a word. even the regime's threat to test a missile off the coast of guam was issued by a north korean general and trump tonight asked about north korea's threat made the point loud and clear, he wants to hear the tough talk from him himself. he said "let me hear kim john un say it, okay? he hasn't been saying much for the last three days, you let me hear him say it" perhaps giving north korea an off ramp. athena jones is out front near where the president is staying in bedminster, new jersey. is anyone inside the trump inner circle worried about the president's continued rampup of rhetoric against north korea? >> hi, erin. if anyone in the president's inner circle is worried about his fiery rhetoric, they're not saying so publicly and if they're expressing that concern to the president privately, he clearly isn't heeding it because we continue to hear this rhetoric several times this week. as you mentioned, five times this week, whether it's on t

an effort to make cuba of state of the united states of america. that is one idea circulating in the minds of spanish rulers in cuba. another thing circulating was they should be in camaraderie with the slave owners in the south in order to defeat the north. but as i said, if the south had they would be after cuba ousting the spanish. at the end of the day they decided to open the report to the confederate state of america. after the defeat of the confederates, there was tremendous pressure on cuba to abolish slavery, and a bloody war interrupted to that end, leading to the rise of a figure who may be known to many, antonio masao. he was considered to be a hero amongst black americans. you have many black americans today who carry the name. come on now. >> [laughter] prof. horne: this eventuated in years of war, and as so often happens -- as the cubans and spanish are slugging it out, tiring out both sides, the united states decides to intervene in the war of 1898 and knocks out both sides and takes over the island of cuba, and as noted tried to im

states most units making up h.t.s. had previously been rallying under the banner of al nusra front brutal massacre torture rape there have been no boundaries and how far will go to win this war. wound generate the highly effective. gap to bucket full of the extremely toxic chemical weapons on the city this is one of the methods of torture that was used by the militants. and you know the group that is part of the h.t.s. now is neuros in key spine chilling pictures of a child being executed apparently broad recognition over other tera factions after filming this video the boy was beheaded. this atrocity raised many questions about washington's vetting in syria if you're able to report is this the kind of thing that would. the fact assistance. us is to. this specific group but also just in general we have to say. well i think you know if as you said if we can. prove that this was indeed what happened and this group was involved in and i think it would certainly give us pause would you give your cause will give us pause ab

they do not have to lose jobs to the united states. not parters -- this is of nafta, but is hanging over it, the question about building a wall between the united states and mexico. that is a huge issue between the united states and mexico. there are potential elections in mexico next year. you can expect that to become a big part of discussions, this free flow of people over the border. there are certain conditions in nafta that they allow professionals to come over with visas, but i do not know how much they are going to talk about immigration at this point. host: from alaska, independent caller. caller: good morning. the fellow asked about people driving in from mexico and canada into the united states. i spoke to you on the phone about six to eight months ago. you guys told me they had to drop their loads, and the loads were picked up by american drivers. i had mentioned that d.o.t. has regulations for a logbook and everything. so at that point, it was a nonissue. regardless of what the regulations are in mexico, they have to drop

at least some understanding of the united states in the world that you do not have in the united states you have germany now opposing u.s. sanctions on russia. the public you know this is not the german government this is the german public this is not the swedish government this is the swedish public so you have people who are opposed to war opposed to militarism opposed to nato expansion of close to us bases in germany expressing their viewpoint and that's you know not typically in news in europe and especially not in the united states. you know you could say that over the last four years trump and obama helped make america great again or at least a great threat. one of the countries that views the u.s. as the major threat is turkey it comes amid a rile between the two nato allies but the pentagon recently slamming ankara's our present decision to buy a russian air defense system rather than opting for nato technology washington says the russian equipment could be incompatible with other systems used by the nato alliance generally speaking it's a good idea for allies to buy into or pro

it is not just about the united states during the war. everything from the summer of 1914 to the peace treaty of june 1919. our collection is the most comprehensive collection of world war i materials in the world. it is not the largest, but it is comprehensive in that we do deal with all nations involved in the war. we are not just centric to the country we are located in. in the museum, when you are going to the exhibition, you see about 10% of the museum collection at one time. the rest we use for research, references, loans to other institutions, and just to make sure we have an encyclopedic collection of the war. when we are teaching about the history of it, we want to cover everything. point z.t a to where i am standing right now is in front of a wall that depicts the various shoulder sleeve insignia worn by the american expeditionary forces in world war i. these were used to identify the units and to create a feeling of belonging to a particular unit. our visitors are fascinated with the shoulder sleeve insignia but they were not r

united states. president richard nixon visited this rogue state in 1972, changing the course of america's relationship with it, and transforming the international situation in ways that greatly favored the united states at the time. the reason i'm starting with this is not because i think the situations are completely analogous, but it do believe that there are parallels between them in the options we face. in 1972, there really was no way to make the people's republic of china give up its nuclear weapons or give up its ideology, although the united states had and everything in its power to prevent it from getting nuclear weapons before hand. but the nixon administration realized that it had two choices. the first was to have a powerful and nuclear armed china that was completely isolated from the rest of the world and had no contact with the united states. the second option was to have a nuclear armed china that was integrated into the international community and work together with the united state

states to participate in discussions to discuss a resolution for afghanistan but the united states refused. unbelievable the u.s. needs a strategy it doesn't have one and the it's not going to have one if they're going to rely solely on a military solution. and other stories from the week seems the u.s. government's allegedly prioritizing diplomacy with afghanistan's leadership by apparently turning an eye to a now illegal afghan custom which boys are abused. if you. see. this. little bit what this is six was the next year. that was. something unless there is. a former cia officer jack rice says knowledge of abuses are being kept from the american public. at a certain point i think the american people just turned away and as they have turned away what we're saying is various abuses various things sometimes just even the lack of success the united states has inside of afghanistan is something they did american people don't see. and don't even understand so the idea that sexual abuse may be going on it doesn't surprise me that the american people are just missing it and they are you don't un

free trade between the united states and mexico. also he and exceeded a plan -- he initiated a plan was colombia that basically rescued colombia. most americans don't know we have been giving money to colombia every year since 1999 and that has transformed the country into a peaceful and prosperous place. barack obama, wildly popular in latin america. free-trade agreements with places like peru and panama. respected for normalizing relations with cuba. obama perhaps received the highest honor a u.s. leader could receive in latin america. he was at a state dinner in 2008 in one of sarah's -- in buenos best, and the world's tango dancer asked him to dance. the president did do very well. sure, not all latin americans would want to dance with democratic presidents. mexicans would denounce woodrow wilson for dispatching general pershing in 1916 into mexico trying to chase down contra via -- pancho villa. lyndon johnson, any discussions would probably never get tested the anon. -- never get past vietnam. thinkin americans tend to favorab

what is the united states? the united states is a republic. a republic. an island of republican practice in a sea of monarchies and dictatorships. what kind of an example do we think we're setting as a republic if we tolerate slavery? in fact, encourage its growth? what are we saying about the very idea most precious to all of us and that is the idea of republican government in which all men are created equal and in which the people are sovereign? doesn't that suggest that republicanism is a fraud? how can you talk about sovereignty of the people and then take a big chunk of the people and then say they can never participate? why do they do that? doesn't that make republicanism laughable? i mean, least the monarchs are consistent. give them credit. you know? the king of barateria says, i am the king, you do what i say, you jump when i say, and ask how high on the way up. there's no attempt by a king to put a sugarcoating around monarchy. but here we are as a republic, we're supposed to be enunciating this enlightenment principle of the sovereignty of the

it's the largest all wooden dome in the united states. it is built entirely without structural nails. it's held together with joints and elaborate iron strapping. it is truly an architectural masterpiece. the dome is recognizable. it is truly spectacular thing. it is topped by a gilded acorn. the acorn is a reproduction of the original 18th century acorn. and it is topped by a lightening rod designed to benjamin franklin's specifications. in the 19dth century, the state house was used as a look-out. we have tremendous documentation one of maryland naval heros going to the state house dome using his glass to observe the troop movements. on their way back and forth up the bay in september 1814. we have now ventured out of the 18th century portion of the state house and into the -- another part. it added a grand entrance. you see a very grand set of steps, which lead to a pair of massive bronze doors. we are now standing on the floor of the house of delegates chamber, one of the spaces that's added in the new annex. it's a side of the buildi

the united states. we can't take it for granted. her description of what was put in place after world war ii has led to -- and again, with a lot of problems and challenges and mistakes -- but the overall arc of the story is enormously positive for the united states with respect to prosperity and security, and positive for large parts of the world. i do think it is under pressure. i think the key element here is continued u.s. leadership of that. the thing after world war ii, among others, was that the u.s. did not act like a normal country. that was not the play the u.s. ran after world war ii. it was an entirely different .pproach we just were not a normal country. the united states engaged in a very special undertaking after world war ii. -- we reallys all have seen now the reemergence of great power of edition. we had an extraordinary. period -- extraordinary after the fall of the great berlin wall. i think that has come to an end, particularly with respect to russia, who after the return of vladimir

quite frankly if you enter the united states illegally, you are removable from the united states, without a visa or permission. if you come over with a visa and overstay you are removable as a judge. it's not up to me to decide whether it's the right or wrong thing to do. the one thing i'll tell you is it you allow individuals who enter the united states illegally to remain in the united states illegally, as unmolested as jonathan sandwig said likely would happen to individuals who simply entered the united states illegally. you're going to get more of them and this docket will swell. that's what we're talking about today. why is the backlog so high? because we weren't enforcing the immigration laws against people we created perverse incentives for people to smuggle their children to the united states and we created perverse ways to enter the united states illegally. the smuggling fee went way down because people would just simply come across the border and claim credible fear. this was a problem for the smuggling gangs and they didn't have anybody to smuggle because quite frankly, you di

he is trying to do it across europe and the united states. he wants to be a will to turn to his people and say keep me in power because the alternatives are these broken down systems with all this chaos, whether it is germany, france, or the united states. sowing chaos in democracies is part of putin's number one way of obtaining power for himself in russia. that was part of it. in addition he had personal beef with hillary clinton going back years. part of that was her gender and part of it the fact she took tough stances against putin's behavior in eastern europe and against his own people. and then i think he genuinely thought it was a birthday present for him that he had a candidate like donald trump who not only adopted kremlin-favored positions on almost every issue but also adopted the language and logic of the kremlin, talking about how we cannot say anything about what happened in russia because we have killers, too. that is exactly the kind of thing putin would say. charlie: he said that in an interview. do you also believe presiden

of the united states. the confederate states of america existed for a single purpose. protect the right to own slaves. there is no accomplishment to point to and say this should be honored and it is something we of our put at the center community and honor these two before accomplishing the that is the difference. host: you are on the line with james grossman. caller: i appreciate james coming on here to speak the truth about that. a lot of people get this misconstrued and think differently because that is what they see on the news. ist you are pointing out very important. if people will base this on, this is part of our history, blah, blah, blah, there is a lot more to the history like you said. madison, washington, jefferson were not necessarily great guys but they made this country a great place. general lee and other guys wanted people to be slaves. would point out a lot of white men regardless of the age now, our country was founded on two major crimes. of native americans and slavery of african-ameri

you are breaking up the united states. that is your goal. >> they are hostile to each other, and we are a nonviolent movement. california is nonviolent. you know our gun policy. it does not have to be hostile, tucker. we are all still here. >> tucker: why would the rest of us americans lets california go without a war? >> well, i mean, it is really not up to the rest of the states, really, but do the rest of the states really love california from what i have been hearing, from the rest of the states, we are snowflakes and hippies and we do not -- we are in huge debt crisis, the hospitals are overcrowded, although rumors -- >> tucker: those are not rumors, i do not think of californians as hippies or snowflakes, i think of them as poor people because there is more poverty in their state than any other. that is a fact. it is not out to california, it is up to the rest of the states whether california can leave the union. but this could easily turn into conflict. it did in the 1860s when south carolina tried it. have you thou