with hawaii's second congressional district number two, at about 175,000, our community in hawaii stands at about 375,000, one quarter of all hawaii residents. we observe filipino american history month in october because the first recorded arrival of filipinos in the continental united states took lozanos 587 when the came ashore in california. in 1906, 113 years ago, the first 15 sacata, or contract labor laborers arrived in honolulu marking the furs sustained immigration into our country and humble beginnings in hawaii. today our community numbers some four million throughout our contry, second largest of our asian american groups. the store riff filipino americans is the story of america. from very humble beginnings they have risen through hard work, sacrifice, commitment to advancing the next generations and mutual support to achieve so much already. trail blazers. benjamin became the first pil-am justice of the hawaii state september. ben was the first pino american governor of the u.s. state, major general antonio was the second filipino american promoted to general officer rank i

aloha,ittle hot, i am so i am so grateful to call hawaii home. in this spirit that binds us all together. beautifulul for our oceans and towering mountains but most of all, i am grateful to all of you, the people of hawaii for allowing me the honor and privilege of serving you in so many ways over the years. was just 21 years old and the people entrusted me with their vote. electing me to serve as their state representative at a pivotal time of rapid growth when then our community. --

king said of his visit to hawaii -- as i have looked at all of these faces of different colors mingled together like the waters of the sea, i could see only one thing. the face of the future. and will always be my home. and you, the people of how white will always be my heart. i carry my love for hawaii and our people everywhere i go and i want you to know that i will always do my best. to serve you, to serve our state, and to serve our country with aloha. mahalo. ♪ ♪ >>>> campaign in may 20, watch our live coverage of the presidential candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind. c-span's campaign 2020 your unfiltered view of politics. chiefh me is susan, the congressional correspondent of the washington examiner looking at the week ahead in congress. the house is considering bipartisan legislation that would impose new sanctions on turkey while the senate is blocking. can you tell me about the response -- >> at this point, the house is willing to take up some legislation that would sanction -- it isd their possible they will take it up in the senate. because the rep

they looked at one in hawaii, two in utah, and the mar-a-lago facility in florida. and it became apparent at the end of that process that doral was by far and away, far and away the best physical facility for this meeting. in fact, i was talking to one of the advanced teams and said, they almost built this facility to host this type of event. if any of you have been there, you know that there are separate buildings with their own rooms separate from other buildings. one country could have one building and the common areas are going to be perfect for our needs down there. again, anticipating your questions, how is this not an

they looked at one in hawaii, two in utah, and the mar-a-lago facility in florida. and it became apparent at the end of that process that doral was by far and away, far and away the best physical facility for this meeting. in fact, i was talking to one of the advanced teams and said, they almost built this facility to host this type of event. if any of you have been there, you know that there are separate buildings with their own rooms separate from other buildings. one country could have one building and the common areas are going to be perfect for our needs down there. again, anticipating your questions, how is this not an and monuments valuation? is the president going to profit from this? i think the president has pretty much made it clear that he doesn't profit from being here and doesn't have an interest and the he has given his salary to charity. he will not profit here. we have talked about the possibility of whether or not the president could do it at no cost. there are difficulties of doing it that way. there are also difficulties doing it at market rates.

view, do, the most likely second amendment case to come to the horse -- court is george young versus hawaii. theii has a prohibition on carrying of pistols outside of the home. the carrying of pistols outside of the home. it does not grant permits for carrying for self-defense. the district court sustained this law against the second amendment challenge. the ninth circuit, in a three-judge panel, reversed. saying the second amendment does encompass the right to carry out as well as the right to possess. the ninththe ninth circuit was t that and going to do an on bank review of the final determination. they suspended that. first to see what indeed happens in new york city which may address the question of what extent does the second amendment extend beyond the home. that is where we are. >> thank you. the wall street journal editorial boardfirst to see whas in new york memorably called whitehouse's brief an enemy of the court brief. [laughter] the republican senators weighed in with a letter saying do not pay attention to them. roberts' favoritehouse thing. andave democrats republicans argui

the hawaii instance was sent out by the department countermanded about 40 minutes later after the call of the officials realized it was the incoming missile. the japanese missile alarm was sounded by a broadcaster and then was retracted. offering some reassurance for the other nations to minimize the possibility of the calculation transparency as to strategic stability. the nation has a great capability to understand the threats it faces and the department of defense does and for other elements of the federal government of responsibility for the warning from jens described and we take those very seriously. >> in the aftermath we needed to grapple with here they did an investigation and imposed additional requirements with respect to the early alert systems that are often managed. they were involved in the after action analysis as well but this is something i think we will have to continue to focus on and give the public the confidence that there will not be an accidental use of these or other weapons. i was impressed with your thought about how the space command could pertain to our st

the state of hawaii has a prohibition on the carrying of pistols outside of the home and does not grant permits for carrying for self-defense. the district court sustained this law against a second amendment challenge, but the ninth circuit in a three-judge panel reversed, basically saying the second amendment does, in fact, encompass the right to carry as well as the right to possess. the ninth circuit was looking at that and going to do an en banc review of the panel determination but they have suspended that, first to see what, indeed, happens in new york state rifle and pistol association, which may address the question of what extent does the second amendment extend beyond the home. so, that's sort of where we are at this point. >> thank you very much. "wall street journal" editorial board memorably called senator whitehouse's brief an enemy of the court brief. and then the republican senators weighed in with a letter saying, don't pay attention to them. so, this is really, you know, john roberts' favorite thing, is to have democrats and republicans arguing about the court. >> when

they looked at one in hawaii, o in utah and the mar-a-lago facility. florida. and it became apparent at the end of that process that doral was by far and away, far and away the best physical facility for this meeting. i was talking to one of the advanced teams and said, they almost built this facility to host this type of event. if you have been there, there are separate buildings with air thone rooms separate. one country could have one building and the common areas are going to be perfect for our needs. anticipating your questions, how s this not an amol youments. the president has pretty much made it clear that he doesn't profit from being here and doesn't have an interest and the he has given his salary to charity. we have talked about the possibility of whether or not the president could do it at no cost and there are difficulties of doing it that way and there are difficulties. so they are doing it at cost. it will be cheaper for us to do it doral compared to the other final sites we had. we are looking forward to that meeting. june 10-12 of next year for

to makeo do something sure a regime cannot hit our friends and allies, hawaii, these important outposts with a nuclear weapon. he has no other choice now. the person leading the negotiations for the american government used to be on the board at ecu and is very capable. i trust them to make the decisions. and mike pompeo, i have complete confidence. they will make the right decisions. don't be deceived. they were given the status quo, which is a very dangerous status quo. they have to try to change that. it doesn't mean that president trump really likes little rocket man or wants to hang out with rodman, but heis is willing to do the things other presidents wouldn't do to try to change the status quo. he is doing that in every key area. himong kong, i would love to be talking about how these democracy protesters deserve our support. host: did you tell him that? guest: i don't talk about what i talk to the president about but i believe he understands they have an affinity towards him. he is trying to figure out a way to get to a better place. host: germantown tennessee, peter, were walki

i know that having been born in hawaii and raised in oregon. and looked pacific my whole life. for some people you need a little reminding that we are pacific nation. but we are not resident asia pacific nation. even as far as guam stretches or the aleutian island china in alaska, or other territories, we are still not fully resident in asia. we are very reliant on partners and allies for their own capability they can bring to bear with respect to this emerging china pal challeng. more capable partners to look after their own sovereignty, deal with the security challenges and contribute. we are also very dependent on partners and allies for basing, presence, for access opportunities. as we develop these partners and allies, all these things are in our thinking. we work with very mature allies like japan, and we look at how our national defense strategy and national defense program guidelines align and what it means to implement and operationalize those strategies and what that means to promote the free and open indo pacific. we also look at emerging partners. countries like vie

we reached an accord with hawaii where they would not enforce their loss similar to california's against any pro-life resource center. these are the reasons that we are putting on the board. a matter of institutionalizing these protections. andtarted a conscious religious freedom division within the office of civil rights to make sure these rights are treated as least as well as any other civil right. expand to see this the rest of the federal agencies to make sure we are changing the course of government so that little sisters of the poor will not face a situation that they face, but it would become unthinkable for the government to do such a thing. to make sure there is space for everybody of all religious convictions or faith to partner with the federal government. we are institutionalizing it by having a full division that will enforce these laws. there are 25 different provisions that we discovered. we issued a notice that, identified statutes affecting health care that congress passed and are finally being given life enforce. the effective date has been pushed to november 22. there

hawaii, washington, rhode island, colorado, delaware, new mexico, oregon. i am reading off of wikipedia. did i miss anyone? votes, 74ral college seems easy. is it? i don't know if the supreme court would sanction it this way. i believe 200 years later it ites sense and say hey, does make as much sense as a full national voting system with national registration to really fix the system. i think we should do it the right way. >> bay doing at the right way in that state get to make the decision? >> you cannot be for a national popular vote [indiscernible] you want it decided by democracy. that is an agreement requires states to agree and in order to get the 74, i think you would need to give purple states or rest states on board -- read states on board. goese way would be if it in the opposite direction as 2004 and another way would be to appeal to the candidates. will take, it is a years long's project -- year-long project to a all of the other concerns i think are important for one to go the distance. i think if you're going to do it, it should be done the r

the district of columbia, maryland, new jersey, hawaii, massachusetts, california, connecticut, colorado, new mexico, and oregon. hopefully those are right. did i miss anyone? votes.ctoral college to me, not knowing anything of these folks have gone through, 74 more seems easy. is it? i don't know whether the supreme court would sanction the efforts this way. i do believe we have a process for change. 200 years later it makes sense to sit down and say, does the electoral college make as much sense as a full national voting ?ystem isn't this a state-based decision? >> i believe the national popular vote compact that requires 270 electoral votes. you would have to get purple states or red states on board. obvious way that could happen is if the electoral vote stuff goes in the opposite direction. another would be to appeal to people sense of good government this is obviously tough right now when we are under conditions of national division. it is a years long project. a pretty long project. to get over to 70. all of these other concerns are important. but one needs to be and it from a dist

i believe alaska and hawaii are among them, but i do not have the other two in my back pocket right now. it seems something that these states are considering. if you think about it, several states still use caucuses. mark: when i heard about it, the idealized iowa caucus, hanging out all night and trading off, more time-consuming form. second row here. hi, this on? i'm sam with delicious democracy, and we're working on -- they just introduced a local d.c. ranked choice voting bill, and right now i'm building a coalition. right now we see the dynamic you're talking about, where you reference where a lot of the black politicians are worried it will be bad for black people and low information voters. their vote will count yes. there's a lot of scared tactics. but when you talk to racial justice and equity groups, they're all on board with it. i'm wondering, one, how do you deal with these scare tactics? i think there are legitimate concerns, even you guys didn't bring up, of doing it at scale might be hard. some people say you can't do it with a big election. a presidentialin or electoral

andrew in hawaii, mr. trump loves to dish it out, but is too soft skinned to take it himself. arodies everyone he doesn't like, including disabled journalists. he is attacking the accuser, acting guilty, let the facts come out. let's hear from sandra in massachusetts. caller: good morning. confidence inny the democrats or schiff. watching the hearing the other day -- it is funny because the to anybody who is in there and think they are part when forhiding stuff two years, we had to listen to collusion. written and plus, it is not -- the whistleblower is the original question. there is a lot of questions i .ave who we have to pick from of the democrats, the president, i truly believe trump is going to pull it out despite having all these issues being brought up. trump ondon't see foreign affairs really trying to bribe anybody, but you see that the ukraineen, with and him firing that attorney. then we heard him on tv with obama with russia. if they are trying to compare that to what trump did, there is nothing there. i hope people wake up and see democrats are playing a sick gam

we go to hawaii and hear from linda. good morning. caller: good morning. a.m. in hawaii. and: thanks for staying up enjoying --joining us. caller: we don't sleep well these days worried about our country. i want him removed from office. i was hoping the mueller investigation would do it, but then he got bold and nancy pelosi was right, she said he would hang himself and he is. i would like william barr removed from office. i would like these people that are traitors to our country to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. no one is above the law in our country. this man is sick. he is definitely mentally ill and he needs to be removed before something happens to us. it is serious, it is timely and they need to take the group of them out including pence. they need to be removed quickly and get it done and i am grateful to nancy pelosi for being very good at what she does. host: dave is next in south dakota, opposing impeachment. caller: yes. ever since the night of the election, the socialist democrats with their visceral hatred for our president have been going a

to help those rationale the logic behind this, about three or four years ago while i was in hawaii, during a congressional visit by some members that were traveling to asia, i sketched over the top of them of a map three time frames that i thought were relevant. i was talking about both poor posture and the composition of the force. 1950, arguably from about 1951 until 1981, 1990 when a , we had a very clear picture of who are pure threat was, it was a bipolar world in both conventional and strategic deterrence and play, but everybody knew who the opponent was. but all that changed in 1990 but 1990 until 2012 to 2015, 2016 we shifted deliberately into the capability mode. we did not have a threat, we had advantages and resourcing. we went after capabilities, because we had no peer adversary, no peer threat. along comes peer threats again into some in this room, it is not back to the future, but it is in a way and approach that some are familiar with with the 1970's and 1980's. that is where we are right now. we have a threat perhaps for conventional deterrence and strategic nuclear deterre

the state of hawaii is sued to have the travel ban struck down. but in june 2018 the united states supreme court reversed and the finding that the plaintiffs were unlikely to prevail on the claim. of course i agree with those who have suggested, secretary john, that the limitation of the initial travel executive order should of been better. it was not rolled out will and communication on the government partners were lacking and it was confused. during the importance of the issue of the national security and those affected, the administration should of been better. only my democratic partners would argue. president trump promised the immigration vetting and screening. a revised executive order, and presidents approximation, aimed at doing just that. has been successful in getting the majority of the world his countries access to better information. for purposes of immigration vetting. in his actions have made it safer. for that i am grateful. i look forward to the witnesses testimony today and i yelled back. >> i would now turn to my colleague in t

we have to win -- and this is why you and i stand with bernie -- because somewhere in new york, in hawaii, in puerto rico, there is a man or woman that cannot afford to buy insulin. and they must decide whether to live or die -- we stand with bernie. because medicare for all is the answer to ending corporate greed that allows -- to get the medication they need, and for those that do not have to die. we must win! say it with me, we must win! [crowd chanting "we must win"] mayor cruz: we must win! we must win because bernie together.s -- if anyone of us is left behind while there is a man, a woman, a the lgbter, people of community, our muslim brother and sisters, our jewish brothers and sisters, we are all in this together. that is why we must win. [crowd chanting "we must win"] mayor cruz: come on. everybody. come on. come on. come on, new york. [crowd chanting "we must win"] mayor cruz: we must win. we must win because of our fundamental, universal values, to goeople should be able to college and afford to have a life after college. we must win because of the thatmental value that says p

i think it was one in hawaii, two in utah and mar-a-lago in florida. it became apparent at the end of that process that -- was far and away the best physical facility for this meeting. talking to one of the advanced teams when they came back and he said, it is almost like they built this facility to host this type of event. you know there are separate buildings with their own rooms separate and apart from each building so one country can have a building, another can have another and the common areas are going to be perfect for our needs down there. host: the resort set among office parks near the miami airport has been in sharp decline in recent years. the net operating income fell 69%. the trump organization representative testified last year the reason was trump's damaged brand. in the new york times, legal experts said hosting the group of 7 summit might violate the constitution in two ways, first, the constitution prohibits the president from accepting a payment from the foreign payment -- the president is prohibited from taking payment from the fe

host: thanks for joining us from hawaii. back to -- we talked about how the president is portrayed in the media but i wanted to ask you about his relationships with capitol hill following that famous fall out of a couple of weeks ago with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer leaving that meeting at the white house, are there back channel communications between the white house and capitol hill? does the white house have a point person that can communicate with congressional and particular with democratic leaders? alex: they got a former mcconnell aide who is the legislative liaison these days. he is a former republican aid in congress. plenty of republican aides working in the white house to have relationships in congress. on the lower levels of the government, any the principles, nancy pelosi and donald trump, there is a working relationship to get things done expending bills. there definitely is a broken rope relation special brokered relationship between the democratic leaders of congress and the white house right now. i don't t

to makeo do something sure a regime cannot hit our friends and allies, hawaii, these important outposts with a nuclear weapon. he has no other choice now. the person leading the negotiations for the american government used to be on the board at ecu and is very capable. i trust them to make the decisions. and mike pompeo, i have complete confidence. they will make the right decisions. don't be deceived. they were given the status quo, which is a very dangerous status quo. they have to try to change that. it doesn't mean that president trump really likes little rocket man or wants to hang out with rodman, but heis is willing to do the things other presidents wouldn't do to try to change the status quo. he is doing that in every key area. himong kong, i would love to be talking about how these democracy protesters deserve our support. host: did you tell him that? guest: i don't talk about what i talk to the president about but i believe he understands they have an affinity towards him. he is trying to figure out a way to get to a better place. host: germantown tennessee, peter, were walki

ask you, whatt me is the biggest issue, not impeachment, but hawaii right now? what do you want lawmakers to work on? caller: the biggest issue as they were spying on this campaign, which is why carter page was being tagged with the fisa warrant, ok? and then when they could not get , then theyoffice went to states to, phase two of the plan, which was a more .ggressive attack in and on numerous parts, john clapper, and, oh, by the way, nancy pelosi's son also worked for a gas company in ukraine. host: mark, let me ask you, then congress handle both of those things at the same time? can they handle impeachment and lawmaking? caller: i have been watching democrats for the last two years, and i do not think they have accomplished a single thing. they run around attacking with verbal assaults, and i cannot compare it to anything other than schoolyard violence. mark, thank you calling. steve in los angeles, steve, can congress balance impeachment and legislating? caller: absolutely. congress is professional. they know exactly what they are doing. it is written and th

you know, where i come from in hawaii, many of you know, we greet each other with "aloha." it's not a word that means hello and goodbye. it actually means something much more powerful than that. it means i come to you with respect and a recognition that we're all connected, we're all brothers and sisters, we're all god's children. so i've developed friendships that some people may be surprised about within the washington circles, especially, with republicans, like trey gowdy, for example. he and i disagree a lot and very strongly on a lot of political issues. we've developed a friendship that's based on respect. and he's been there for me during some personally challenging times. the challenge before us today is that our country is very divided. donald trump must be defeated. but we must do more than just defeat donald trump. we need to deliver a win for the american people. we must stand united as americans, remembering that we are all brothers and sisters, that we are all connected. this is the kind of leadership that i seek to bring as president, inspired by the example

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from hawaii seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. gabbard: the history of the united states has been intertwined with the armenian people and the armenian genocide. american missionaries and diplomats let the world know that the ottoman empire was attempting to cleanse itself from the armenian and christian population. the u.s. became home to many survivors. limpkin to rafael have the term genocide. the denial of the armenian genocide has had consequences. i have visited and saw turkey which denies genocide and no fear of committing it again. turkey has become ethnic cleansing of the syrian kurds in northern syria. i called on our government to officially recognize the armenian genocide. the house has spoken with a clear voice. breaking the silence recognizing the armenian genocide and call on the senate and president trump to do the same. we cannot allow hist

turn tothe world will hawaii as they search for world peace because hawaii as -- has the key and the key is aloha. dr. martin luther king saw the power of aloha when he visited and said, we look to you for inspiration and as a noble example for you have already accomplished in the area of racial harmony and racial justice what we are struggling to accomplish in other sections of the country and you can never know what it means to those of us caught for the moment in the tragic and often dark midnight of man's inhumanity to man to the to a place where we see glowing daybreak of freedom and dignity and racial justice. after returning to the mainland, dr. king said of his visit to hawaii -- as i have looked at all of these faces of different colors mingled together like the waters of the sea, i could see only one thing. the face of the future. and will always be my home. and you, the people of how white will always be my heart. i carry my love for hawaii and our people everywhere i go and i want you to know that i will always do my best. to serve you, to serve our state, and to serve ou