as much as we're awe of tom., tom was in awe of his family. what a big family it is. if you spend more than five minutes talking to him, you knew all about his 17 grandchildren and two daughters. he would include his dog. when asked about how he define himself, tom said, first, and foremost, i think of myself as the husband of a remarkable woman. it was so clear how much he loved annette more than anything. the nearly 60 years they spent married today, only bright ended twinkle in his eye. thank you annette. for everything that you do to make sure that the human rights torch that tom lit with you stays lit. tom said he was a humble worker in the vineyard of the enterprise to make this world a saner place. we all know the truth, that he had a unique call to conscious, a permanent vigilance against discrimination, genocide, oppression and anti-semitism. as annette, he was democracy's staunchest defender and that was the core value of his existence. you may not know that he was also a staunch defender of the rights of women. he led the charge to expand access to healthca

as ambassador tom was the architect between the u.s. and eriod offter a p someone lays in the relationship. in the malays relationship. president obama made an unprecedented early visit to to a veryhis address congregation, he observed it was time that brazil and the u.s. enjoy a level of engagement on par with that of u.s. with china and india for example. it helped reset the relationship . the openness and engagement was a constructive step and it was followed by president rousseff visit here. as brazil-u.s.me strategic partnerships for the 21st century. agendas were set at the level that we need to get on with. this mutual high-level outreach would not have happened without the skill and diplomacy of our ambassador at work in brazil and back home. as we know, further elevation in the brazil-u.s. relationship was emphasized by the state visit planned a couple months ago. visit, state visit to washington, was more than 18 years ago. all of you are aware of the depth elements -- the developments that led to the two presidents to announc

as tom shannon likes to say, the challenge for the u.s. and brazilian government is to catch up and line it policy to this reality. and that's wh why tom shannon is here today, help us understand the landscape in this hopeful, hopefully post-snowden air. let me now turn the program over to brazil institute chair tony herrington. tony served as u.s. ambassador to brazil in the clinton administration and is chair of the managing board of the albright group. welcome, tony. >> thank you, jane. >> thank you, jane, and thank you for the fine leadership that you bring to this important institution here in washington, energy and reached of the programs under your leadership. i first met tom shannon in 1999 when i was unexpectedly preparing to go to brasilia as u.s. ambassador. not something i had envisioned, but with a mandate from president clinton to upgrade an important and as most of you know, under attended bilateral relationship. happily, i also met this other fell on the stage, alice otero, about the same time. to folks who accelerated my a

to sure that tom's dream, tom's life, the examples of the award e recipient with us and those unable to come like the dalai lama bring out in each of us our own commitments to what we will do to further the cause of human rights universal human rights for every man, woman, boy and girl in the world. it is certainly what tom would expect us to do. to hold high his ideal. bicepping this award and knowing tom wouldn't let me off the hook otherwise. it's something i will continue to be committed to in every way that i can with every fiber of my being. because the kind of world we want is a tbhorld which the nelson mandelas and the tom lantoss can be proud. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] coming up tonight in about 20 minute we'll bring you highlights from today's memorial service in johannesburg. with remarks from president obama and other world leaders. that's tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. again right here on c-span2. programs for next year. in it language strengthening for victims of military assault. it also keeps open grant moe bay. we spoke with a capitol hill reporter th

tom was the director in the southern cone at the time. it was apparent that tom was not only knowledgeable about brazil but developed an unusual awareness and affection while serving to a prior u.s. ambassador. with tom's advice we were able to conclude a lot of significant agreements and open new space in the u.s.-brazil cooperation. tom has been a rising star in our foreign service since then. serving as whitehouse senior direct and assistant director of the state for the western hemsphire. and with informal indication from the brazilian government that they would be delighted to see tom back in brazil. he served as an accomplished ambassador to brazil and returned long enough to add a couple gray hair and serving as political aware at the request of secretary clinton. two jobs, one salary, i believe it was. last year, tom was nominateed and c-- nominated -- to the ambassador ranking and that is a rare recognition given to only 53 diplomats over the last 50 years. and secretary kerry, as jane noted, has brought tom to the int int interc

tom is a self-starter. tom developed his practice by looking at the most likely route for cases to get to the supreme court and the lower courts are divided. one of the functions the supreme court sees for itself, harmonize how the law is enforced and viewed around the country. and so when that is what they call a circuit split, that's a likely case for the supreme court. tom developed a way to analyze the circuit split and to start saying maybe that's th a case tt can come to the supreme court. a lot of big law firms in washington were killed in a scotusblog. they had the people to do it. they had the smarts to do. they didn't do it. so one of the things we have to celebrate here today i think is the incredible spirit of entrepreneurship that kind to have brought to this, and they will never tell you that. but having imitators that have tried to be like scotusblog that have fizzled out in the heat of the sun pretty fast. so it's an enormous the congressman and they make it sound like it was just as easy as

tom is right. number one, adam the pack was on -- who writes for the new times, with talk about this phenomenon at a seminar earlier this year and he said you just get better the longer you stay on the supreme court beat because you understand the institution that much better. you know more about the case law. there's a reason people look over the supreme court tend to stay there. but the other part of it is, we could talk all day about whether the supreme court is political in the sense that it follows the election returns as has been nobody said, but it's fundamentally not a political branch. these folks are appointed for life. it's not like the congress but it's not like an executive branch agency. the sort of day-to-day push and pull, political appointee, who is in, who's out stuff that you want to try to insulate yourself from if you're covering an executive branch agency or the white house or clinical institution or candidate. it doesn't really apply at the supreme court. fundamentally the co

embodiesdation really tom's spirit. it is quite humbling for people like madeline albright, my dear friend, and i, to know that secretaries of state, go, but what remains is that profound commitment to making a difference in whatever position we find ourselves in standing up and speaking out for those who might otherwise never have a voice. be givenly honored to this award, particularly on behalf of two causes that are near and dear to my heart, women's rights and internet freedom. i want to acknowledge publicly tom'seat work that grandson done for me in the state department and continues to do at the intersection of civil siding government. we can help people help themselves. they can make sure that their voices continue to be heard. critical thatt is globally, about why this mission that many of us for the full participation of women and girls in society is so important. it is not just the right thing to do. it is not just the recognition that women and girls, just like men and boys, deserve the opportunity to live up

we have to make sure that tom's dreams, tom's life, the examples of the award recipients with us and those unable to come like the dalai lama and elie wiesel bring out each of us our own commitments to what we will do to further the cause of human rights, universal human rights, for every man, woman, boy and girl in the world. it is what tom would expect us to do to hold high his ideals. by accepting this award and by accepting this award and knowing that tom would not let me off the hook otherwise, it is something that i will continue to be committed to and every way that i can with every fiber of my being because the kind of world we want is a world in which the nelson mandelas and tom lantoses can be proud. [applause] >> i was tremendously grateful give me was going to another chance. i had breast cancer and i had survived that and now i was addiction.with and by golly, i made up my mind to survive that, too. program on first lady betty ford saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c span and monday night the series continues. >> i got upset with the president because they covered the fir

tom? >> i am in touch with a guy who does this kind of fundraising, clearly people give money for specific kinds of weapons. wherecase in kuwait, the aim was to raise money for possible,s much as 75,000 dollars, they raised enough money for 11, and there was a certain amount of bidding amonga months -- going the high-profile individuals. that kind of attitude. i think money is given specifically for purchasing weapons and trade where does weapons come from, i do not know. >> ma'am, you have a question here? i am with the wilson center. there was a report this week shias killed in syria. i was wondering if you can elaborate about that help that the shia community into weight is doing for hezbollah and in syria, and look underfunding, fighting with the syrian regime and that? to comment on what the man just said, and i agree with him, there is a fear now when you concentrate on the issue like this, without making a distinction, and i thank you for making the station between the organizations

but also and this is not from tom joe bean but from tom shannon, brazil is not for short timers. it's not for people who are going to come in and come out. it's for people who are prepared to make a long-term commitment simply because it does take a long time to establish yourself and then to find a way forward. we believe that given the direction that brazil is going and given the size of its domestic market and given a platform that could be for exports into the region and beyond it is attractive to american industries but again you know, we have very clear instructions from the president and from the secretary of state and the secretary of commerce that our number one priority is commercial diplomacy. this was my priority and i'm sure it is dilma rouseff's priority as the ambassador. although i'm not there now i recommend you work closely with the embassy in their consulates because we will provide all the help we can. >> paul johnson. thank you so much pablo and ambassador shannon it's always good to hear you talk. we have heard over the years about opportunities for trilater

wilson center knows a lot about brazil, and so does our keynote speaker and good friend, ambassador tom shannon. our brazil institute is the premier place in washington for dialogue on u.s. brazil policy. we were first to honor dilma rousseff and sponsored the brazil economic conference. we regularly hosted brazilian government and legislative in our interest a platform to air the good, the bad and the ugly in our relationship.

this foundation really embodies tom's spirit. and it is quite humbling for people like madeline albright, to knowfriend and i, that secretaries of state come and go. is that remains profound commitment to making a difference. in whatever position we find ourselves, standing up and speaking out for those that might otherwise never have a voice. honored to be given this award, particularly on behalf of two causes near and dear to my heart. i want to acknowledge publicly in great work that micah did the state department and continues to do in the intersection of civil society and governments. helping people help themselves to make sure their voices continue to be heard. thato think it is critical we look broadly, globally, about why this mission that many of us embrace for the full participation of women and girls. it is not just the right thing to do. girls just like men and boys deserve the right to fulfill their potential. they can participate in economies and economic growth. where they are given the chance to be educated and ge

we know what netanyahu is saying but tom? >> that's a very good question. the next question over here. [laughter] even paranoids have enemies as dr. kissinger said and the fact is under ahmadinejad he did have a regime that you know they will always say that was the exact with the right translation. we want to wipe you off the map but you know we had a regime leader who played -- made extremely hostile statements about israel. any israeli leader including ehud ahmed believed it was prudent for israel to take steps to try to engineer lovell sanctions and even if necessary threaten war to ensure that iran did not get a nuclear weapon. so i don't think that is wrong or it was crazy at all. i do though i have been critical of the fact that i think it can't also be an excuse for not working on the israeli-palestinian front and there are people who expect to some degree it was a legitimate threat. what you have in israel is diversity of opinion but what israel should do a about it. we know this former generals have come out against any military option and really

tom is a healt health care expe. he's written two books on this subject to elections across the subject of. is a very close personal friend. he's a senior advisor and he's agreed to join us today. and tom will give a presentation and take some questions and answers. tom, thank you very much. welcome tom daschle. [applause] >> byron, thank you very much for that generous introduction. thank you all for your warm reception this morning. i really appreciate the opportunity to be with you and to talk as denis edney, about something that we all care deeply about. and i think it is appropriate that i'm the third in this line of midwestern speakers, minnesota, north dakota. the gateway to south dakota and it's only appropriate that i come third. denis and byron and i grew up in states where, in most of the kids you put in turning and leaving on the same post. those kids are about seven years old before they realize the name of the town isn't resume speed. so we have a lot in common. but obviously you can understand why i'm

i have been calling in to c-span for 30 years, tom coburn is a hero. i think the only answer is to elect more people like you and ted cruz. i am a member of the tea party. we have amy cramer coming down to be on my television show. we have a guy running for governor just like you. he is running against the incumbent governor. he is a champion just like you. the only answer is to elect super taxpayer champions like you and ted cruz. what do you think? guest: i do not vote for people who are career politicians anymore, i do not care what party. i do not think you fix washington by sending people up here to fix it. i think the states have to restrict the power of the federal government. it is out of control. we need a convention of the states and we need to rein in the power of the government. we need term limits in congress. we need to limit the authority of the executive branch. regulations that have major impact on the economy that do not have any basis in science but have a basis in political philosophy. there is a lot of things the states could do if

>> tom was behind. the person that masterminded these. >> i can shed more light on it but inyone else here it am restricted in what i really can say. there have been reports of a bilateral channel going back before the election on that. and it is clear that president said ias personally would like to have bilateral u.s. iranian talks. we need to restore dialogue. the administration has been for that for quite some time. at the un general assembly, you had a foreign ministers meeting they met for 30 minutes afterwards. all of that was very good. the bilateral dialogue continued after that. it has been revealed since then that there had been a lot of side discussions. and in that crucial second what happened, was the document that was handed, she called document, but it was largely under rainy and and american document. resolved, butly ofwas largely the work bilateral discussions working very efficiently together. my own view is that the u.s. might have done a better job at consulting its partners, but we

the last part of what tom has been trying to say they have really resisted. it is hard work, but it serves the national interest other comments? yes, joanne. >> someone in one all of you might think about the whole landscape of trade agreements has changed. it is not just the united states that has been negotiating trade agreements but just about everybody else. with the wto having lost effectiveness, at least until the last few days in trade negotiations have been so many regional and bilateral trade agreements. the composition of trade, a much larger percentage of trade now is in components and not finished goods and that we need to be able to have access to global supply chains in order to have competitive sectors. how does u.s. trade policy fit within that? thank you. >> you want to take that one? >> well, first of all, one of the most transformational developments was the change between 200 years of trading agreements which stow with tariffs, cutting border taxes, and limits on the amount of stuff, raising quotas. and in nafta and wto in the mid-1990s wh

tom standage, what do cicero and twitter have in common? >> guest: well, the idea of the book is that social media is a very old idea. we think that it's recent and only people alive today have ever done it. but really what i'm arguing is there's a very long and rich tradition of social media that goes back to the era of cicero, so that's the first century b.c., and the point is that you don't need a digital network to do social media. if you have one, it goes faster, but you could actually do it in the old days. cicero did it with papyrus rolls and ore members -- other members of the roman elites were linked to him and all spoke to each other, and it's very much a social environment. but there are many examples that occur throughout history, martin luther and his use of pamphlets, thomas paine and his pamphlet, "common sense," and the way they were used more broadly in the runup to the american and french revolutions. really what i'm arguing is when we use social media today, it's a reversion, actually, to the way media operated for centur

tom, i want to turn to you now and talk about kuwait counterfeit financing laws. one of the points that beth mixup, points out in her paper is that kuwait became attractive as they have for this kind of either fundraising. because its laws are particularly lacks. can you talk about that? can you put kuwait's laws in the context of the gulf and in the region? are they particularly lacks? >> sure, okay, just by adding my congratulations to beth on the paper. i think to answer the question you need to go back to 1989 to i won't take too long to get to the present-day but in 1989 the financial action task force was set up and initially it was set up to counter money laundering, the function of the trade from latin america. fast forward to 9/11, and in fact one of the things which is often overlooked is the first shot in the global war on terrorism fired by the then administration was a financial shock, executive order which basically put in place the option for -- sanctioned organizations that seem to be financing terrorist organizations. the same time the ball was th

. >> tom standage is here with us and he is the author of "writing on the wall" what is your day job? >> i am a digital editor at the economist and part of that led to my interest in historical media. we have returning to the way things used to work. and the economist came out of culture of clubs and coffee shops and discussions. there is a lot we can learn from looking at the history of how we should deal with the changes in the media environment place. >> how did tom pain contribute to the american revolution? >> he took advantage of the social media environment that was constructed by ben franklin. ben franklin constructed a platform for social discourse. he was a publisher and one of the many jobs was postmaster general for the american colony. he improved the efficiency of the postal service. and he made a rule that newspaper publishers could use the service for me and collaborate with other papers. it is mostly letters from scribers or speeches or reports of funny happenings or stuff copied from other newspapers. there are not professional journalist writing reports. this is a s

i agree with tom. there is an american side. what we want to impose on iran and how far we are prepared to go with insistence on arrangements. in addition to be strict -- to strict, can be humiliating and the structure. change with iran is in our interest, to make iran more constructive in a part of the world in which we have a variety of interests. all of which are increasingly under stress and may be increasingly challenged. i do not think any of us want to repeat some of the recent experiences we have had in that region. >> it is hard to think of anything that has damaged our interests more or caused more expense,more grief, and wasted energy than the iran- u.s. cold war -- 34 years. >> i am in favor of an adequate arrangement with iran. foolproof, failsafe parachute that has the effect of forcing someone to commit suicide and take us with them. >> right here. national security administration. is it possible that iran's perception of its environment has changed to the point they have decided they might not need nuclear weapon

tom will pull me off stage. [laughter] the one thing we need to think about is taking that startup mentality and placing it within larger organizations. give them the chief innovators hat and start to create a culture of innovation. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. next up is nicole. nicole and i first met when a company acquired sink or swim. she now runs the largest trader group and trader technology in the world. they do over $3 billion of transactional business every hour. when you think about las vegas, they do about $2.3 billion of transactional business every year. just showing you how huge that segment is. nicole. >> that is a lot of benjamins. >> a lot of benjamins. [applause] >> great. like tom said, i used to work for him. when he went to start his new media company, he plopped off all of the smartest people and left me behind. it is great to be here. i want to talk about some of the things that our firm has been focused on from a problem- solving perspective. i have been spending a lot of time rec

as tom friedman has seen in shanghai and has written about. number three, parents are really engaged. they are really engage not just in terms of being told what to do, but they are very engaged. number four, the common core matters. standards matter. but they must be done the right way, not just thrown out there and told to go do it. it must be implemented well. you see that in countries that outcompete us. last -- poverty matters, but we have to lead with equity investments and equity strategies in order to address that. things like prekindergarten, like wraparound services that is what it says. the bottom line is, what do you do about it? there are a whole bunch of groups, including our union and other groups. a group of community partners, parents, who actually started talking about this for the last two or three years. we have what we call now the "principles for unity." we plan to reclaim public education, not as it is today, not as it was 50 years ago, but to be something that fulfills our collective responsibility for individual opport

my name is tom sosnoff. i have been in the chicago money world for a pretty long time, almost 33 years. started at chicago board options exchange, build sink or swim and i would building a financial media company called tastytrade. i'm excited to be here. a little different than a user do. i've been on the vote for 13 years doing talks about financial engagement opportunities empowerment. now i'm talking about the benjamin. critical. never talked about money before. trying to keep a light. i know everybody wants to have some fun today. thank you again so much for coming out. it's an amazing lineup and some people i know come some people i work with, some people i just met today for the first time. it's kind of an incredible assortment, so i hope you enjoyed. i thought i would start off with a fun little story. when brad or whoever called me up and said which is like to speak at chicago ideas week, i was bitching at them because i'd never done before, this was the first time asked and i said what's the topic?

tom carper is an honorable man, a man ever integrity. this is a controversial nomination on the other side of the aisle. there are some who question the integrity of mr. mayorkas and his fitness to be chosen for this position. i've met him. he makes a very positive impression and a very strong case that he should continue in public service. but what i respect the most is that my colleague, senator tom carper, chairman of this committee, has gone to extraordinary lengths to investigate every allegation, to answer every question, and to be there to work with the other side of the aisle, to try to resolve any problems that they have with this nomination. sadly, he's not been successful. there are still some on the other side who will oppose him. but i spoke to senator reid, the majority leader, earlier this week and said, if tom carper believes that alejandro mayorkas is an honorable man, based on his investigation, i trust tom carper. i don't believe he would ever mislead the american people, the people of delaware, or the united states se

a republican from northern ,irginia, jim matheson of utah and tom latham all announced their retirement. politico said that the most again begin departure came from utah where jim matheson is vacating a conservative seat, almost certainly handing it to republicans in next year's midterms. democrats got good news in iowa where tom latham declared that he was retiring from the swing district he has held for two terms. virginia, another gop congressmen announced that he would not be running for reelection in and up for grabs district. oft announcement marks three the most high-profile congressional retirements ahead of next year's midterms. raise therying to deficit the face in the house. >> help republicans -- 12 republicans voted on the budget measure. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell voted against the bill. the house approved it last week. here is some of tuesday's senate debate. >> the budget conference did not meet. leaders discuss the legislation that is now before us. it had a number of problems. this is not the right way to conduct this process. the question is, should we adv

looking back at his 20 years in office, it is clear how much tom menino has done for our city. mayor menino revitalized boston, from the waterfront and the own ovation district -- innovation district to dudley square and rocksbury, he expanded our neighborhoods, livable parks and creative spaces, and created a city whose potential is unlimited. mayor menino worked for boston with confirm convictions, he cautioned against predatory lenders starting the "don't borrow trouble" long before the great recession. with political will and courage, he improved education for all our kids, creating full-day current gardekindergarten and ms school some of the best in the country. with foresight of the next frontiers, he fought for hospitals and scientific research, giving boston the world's leading health care institutions. and with fierce moral clarity, he stood firmly for equality, equal opportunity for immigrants, equal rights and equal marriage for the lgbt community, equal pay for women. but perhaps most importantly, mayor menino has been there for boston. now, it's often said that mor

tom coburn's "back in the black," comments that he's had there. specifically, it specifically shows where cuts can be done. and i think this is what we need to do, is to look at what actually can be done. if you look, excuse me, if you look at "back in the black," it would save about $9 trillion, and it's very specific. i've gone through it several times to show where this could be done. so i would ask that you would consider this. >> guest: well, we need to consider every idea to reform thing system. the affordable health care act has within it the exchange with all of the controversy that we're presently seeing about the exchanges, national and state exchanges, but it also has some very, very important reforms to the way in which medical practice is done across the nation. one of them that's already having a profound effect is that hospitals are not paid for readmissions on hospital-acquired infections. and guess what? they're going, oh, we're not going to get paid? well, we better make sure there's no hospital infections. so we're seeing a sign

you know it from tom clancy before tom clancy made it famous it was a line in the holmes opinion and the idea is that speech is protected unless it poses a clear and present danger meaning unless the danger is one that we can divert in any other way. and you can't avert the stampede in the theater in any other way other than to say about it time it's against the law to do it. so you now i think it's very hard to adopt an absolutist interpretation of the first amendment. the problem becomes then how do you figure out what's protected and let's not protected and that is what gives people like me a job, to come up with theories and explanations. >> talking about a different

welcome, tom daschle. [applause] >> byron, thank you for that generous introduction and thank you all for your warm reception this morning. i really appreciate the opportunity to be with you and to talk, as dennis has, about something we all care deeply about. i think it's appropriate that i'm the third in this line of midwestern speakers -- minnesota, north dakota, the gateway to south dakota and it's only appropriate that i come third. [laughter] dennis, byron, and i grew up in states where, in most of the communities, you put entering and leaving on the same post. most kids are about seven years old when they realize the name of their town is not "resume speed." we have a lot in common. you can understand why i'm as proud of dennis's work and commitment as i am this morning. i've known him for close to now 20 years and i had the good fortune to work very closely with him even after i left the senate. and i have the opportunity to work together. it's a real honor to have heard him this morning and to see

tom? >> there's a sort of bigger picture issue here as welt, which is that -- one is a specific recommendation are deemed to be a vulnerable in the counter terrorist finance effort. so things like are talking about may well be scrifn by -- driven by the fact that controlling where charitable monies are going not just where they're going but being received from is something which the global threat finance community looks at closely. now there are -- there's a not forum for this but there are unintended consequences of nap but monetarying where they are going. so trying to corral that going through safe corridor where you know with the money is going. something that countries are heavily incentivized to do if they want to get a clean bill of health. >> another question here. >> thank you. [inaudible] iraq embassy. thank you for an informative panel. very informative. one question maybe a little bit of personal experience on what kind of insurgency which i was young and crazy. i was part of a

ladies, united states representative from the fourth district of oklahoma, the honorable tom cole. [applause] >> as a native american, and as a grandson of a career naval officer, the son of a career united states air force noncommissioned officer, and the nephew and namesake of an uncle that fought and served honorably in japanese prison camps in the philippines on the main island of japan, it is an honor of me to share this moment with each and every one of you. in the long history of american rms, no one has fought against an alliance -- in alliance with and for the united states of america like native americans, and that is true to this day. native americans still enlisted a higher level than any other race or ethnicity in this blessed land and they do so proudly with a determination to defend it. [applause] among the most famous of those warriors are the navajo code talkers of world war ii, but in all, 33 different tribes ontributed, pen from my home state of oklahoma, and three from my district. they saved lives, they won battles, and they did so by giving the united states a

at the same time it allows the space with a sectarian rhetoric. >> tom, turning to you now. and that points this out. it became attractive as a hub for this kind of situation. and could you put kuwait in kuwait's laws in the context of the golf in the region? and are they particularly lax? >> i think to answer that question, we need to go back to 1989 and at that time, it was set up initially set up to counter money laundering from latin america. one of the things that is overlooked is the first part of the global war on terror. and i basically put in place the sanction of organizations and at the same time they were told that you need to come up with an addition to your money laundering regulations and guidelines. and they were monitored and this implementation in the most recent valuation is done in 2010. in the context of this, it is fair to say that kuwait did not -- they were not doing a good job. and it was very frustrated by the lack of progress in the report at that time highlighted what they called many shortcomings in this includes finance and a poor level of preve

and tom don lane hinted that the. i would say that this is probably more modest than has been portrayed when you look at, not only the fact that the security threats that iran presents to u.s. -- the support for terrorist groups and other things. the fact we have been there for decades in region,er don't actually see us retreating in any way, if we were going do that, we might have done that in bahrain or other places, if we really want the to make that a clear issue. but even if, i was talking to people in the administration, dealing with the sanctions on iran, they made an interesting point said even if on the slim chance that we can get to a final agreement, and i don't think there's any nigh yaift about that. the set of sections that remain in place because of iran's missiles program, its support for terror organizations. this is a country we with have significant problem with. i think just from a cool calculus -- i don't think that yet represents anything but sort of an attempt at diplomacy. that may not succeed.

once tom got accepted to school, i decided to get out as well. so here i am in new york. i was from a small town in kentucky. really require something. these ladies understand it. but i think it is really something that we tell the story of our transitions so the people who are not in new york city where veterans do want to speak and people want to listen -- and the rest of the country, i think --erans are isolated area at isolated. if veterans are not self asntifying as that's -- fats, and for various reasons as veterans, and ,or various reasons, some don't if they hear stories that are similar to theirs, i think they become more comfortable speaking out. i think veterans are incredibly resilient just by virtue -- i am by virtue oft's the type of people who want to serve and feel called to serve or the experiences they have in the military that shape and mold them into the people they are. but i have learned that we are great at overcoming adversity. we are really good at working with people that are not too much like ourselves because of the dynamic of bringing people f

tom mentioned behavior. i have heard that strenuous exercise can actually produce interferon, and antiviral and anti-carcinogen naturally produced through exercise. me take those questions separately. do private companies give money to the nih? that goes on.of we also have the foundation for nih, a private foundation that raises funds. there are many collaborative projects done with nih researchers and the foundation. i will also tell you, dr. collins talked about this, and works with-- nih many private sector entities. both in the country and around the world. the ecosystem of biomedical research is one where nih plays a major role. almost the center of the universe for research. we do this in close partnership with the private sector and with our own foundation. as well as other funding agencies. the question about exercise and how exercise has been shown to result in the production of chemicals that are important for fighting infection, absolutely. doctor and your other health-care professionals are alway

[laughter] >> well, tom is a very smart observer. and i know that my friend, bibi, is going to be speaking later, and if tom wants to characterize bibi the way you just described, that's his -- >> i didn't say that. >> that's his prerogative, that's not my view. [laughter] prime minister netanyahu and i have had constant consultations on these issues throughout the last five years. and something that i think bears repeating -- the united states military cooperation with israel has never been stronger. our intelligence cooperation with israel has never been stronger. our support of israel's security has never been stronger. whether you're talking about iron dome, whether you're talking about trying to manage the situation in gaza a little over a year ago, across the board, our coordination on the concrete issues facing israel's security has never been stronger. and that's not just my opinion. i think that's something that can be verified. there are times where i, as president of the united states, am going to have different tactical p

tom coburn put out a great book. but each of these items has a constituency, some of which is even watching that would violently disagree with and march on washington in order to maintain. it is not quite as simple as here is the list, everybody agrees, let's pass it. there is usually more to it. host: this tweet. dems will not consider changes to social security. do you consider them extreme? guest: anyone who says nothing can be changed, yes. that is just as extreme. i am typically asked about the tea party because i am a republican. no one cares about my opinion on democrats because they assume my answer. it is not true. i have worked with many good democrats across the aisle, some of my favorite people -- i am not going to mention names -- i will mention one. i enjoyed working with turley rangle -- charlie wrangel. he is a war hero. he and i disagree on just about everything. i know he got in trouble i am not speaking about that. he is a good guy and i enjoyed working with them. we could find common ground. even

postmodernists call comes from tom in texas. thank you for calling into the program. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i am extremely interested in the treatment of adult leukemia and it started when i was about seven years old and a juvenile and i didn't know what they were doing in the 50s. and i am now 54 years old. and he spent a year with his family and they said that he was making progress and all of a sudden he was gone. and i saw a two hour nova they have indicated that there have been some progress. >> host: thank you for your call, tom. we will talk to the director of the national cancer institute. so that will be part of it. and leukemia has multiple different types. it is not one-size-fits-all. and so it actually blocked the particular component of a genetic defect in the cell that leads to leukemia for what was otherwise a devastating leukemia situation. we have a little bit different nuance regarding treatment. >> host: we have been speaking with vicky. >> caller: yes, one more question about the research so

in 45 minutes, senator tom coburn of oklahoma talks about his report on government waste. we will look at the upcoming congressional focus on tax reform. we will look a.m., at the 2013 survey of the best places to host: good morning. here are your headlines. the senate approved a two-year budget compromise, sending the fudge it -- budget measures to the white house. a presidential advisory panel urged the white house to rein in key parts of the national security agency's program. a programke announced to trim the stimulus efforts of the fed. that is where we will begin with our

i fully agree that tom donlin was the point man for the saudi's. the system is not been fixed of that there is somebody whom they and we view as the intermediary. that is unfortunate. we do want to influence them. they have a lot of influence in syria. they have an active syria policy. they have a very active bahrain olicy. i completely agree with the instinct, but the devil is in the details of how you implement that. what i glided over, and the first year, the saudis felt they were on their heels. they lost partners. they thought the united states and president obama had thrown ust be rack under the bus. - mubarak under the bus. because of the lack of credible economic and democratic reforms. on yemen, they played a constructive role, a curious thing that a monarchy is playing role in mediating a pathway towards what could have potential for continued openness in the political system. yemen has terrorism problems. i think again, they have punch below their rate tried to ontain iran. their response to the situation in bahrain, they perceive that t

tom from tuckerton, new jersey, good morning. morning.ood aim right in understanding with all the talk that's come out over the years about what people are associating their disease or it's in discovery my jeans we predisposition and it behavior to allow that gene to express its elf and manifest the disease. >>'s more complicated than that very important point. i'm talking a lot about general d.n.a. but i don't want to leave the -- leave you ith the impression that all disease or everything we do is cripted in our d.n.a. and no other influences. of course there are other influences. we're talking about d.n.a. we can read out and study differences in d.n.a.. point.u make a great some of these things give us a but sposition to a disease that tkupbts mean we'll get the disease. the environment, behavior, all things influence it. nd it's the inner play, especially for the most common diseases, hypertension, diabetes and so forth, we know that an inner play of genetic predisposition and outside factors. this is where it gets complicat

you know it from tom clancy before tom clancy made it famous it was a line in the holmes opinion and the idea is that speech is protected unless it poses a clear and present danger meaning unless the danger is one that we can divert in any other way. and you can't avert the stampede in the theater in any other way other than to say about it time it's against the law to do it. so you now i think it's very hard to adopt an absolutist interpretation of the first amendment. the problem becomes then how do you figure out what's protected and let's not protected and that is what gives people like me a job, to come up with theories and explanations. >> talking about a different character in the book that you didn't mention. learned hand, a wonderful name for a judge. so he is not a young person. he's a middle-aged person. he also plays a role in justice holmes changing of his mind. can you talk about that a little bit? an interesting interplay of judges and this question. >> learned hand was on on the federal district court at the time. he was in his mid-40s. he was a very well regarded jud