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I am pleased to have him on this program. Thank you for doing this. Ted it is my pleasure. Charlie where do we stand this evening on the legal issues . Ted a magistrate judge in San Bernardino county has asked the parties to prepare and submit prepareand to arguments as to whether or not the order the fbi is seeking here to cause apple to change the structure of the operating system is something that they will be required to do. Charlie you will make your argument . They will make theres. Eirs. ...

Elected head of footballs world governing body. Voting has begun in irans first election since the lifting of International Sanctions following the nuclear deal. Turn out is so far reported to be high. Voters are taking part in two polls, one for parliament and one for the assembly of experts. That body will choose the next supreme leader. It is currently dominated by conservatives. Alarge number of hopefuls have been banned from running. About 12,000 wanted to stand for the 290 seat parliament....

Speech recently that the u. S. Faces a dramatically different security environment than anytime in the last 12 years. To confront an array of threats like the Islamic State and russia and you are no longer able to focus on one threat at a time. I would like to walk through those threats if we may. What is the biggest threat today . Sec. Carter all five of them are large. All five of them have to be countered. So we do not have the luxury of deciding one has a higher priority over the other. The ...

Mr. Secretary, you said in a speech recently that the u. S. Faces a dramatically different thanity environment anytime in the last 12 years. To confront an array of threats like the Islamic State and russia and you are no longer able to focus on one threat at a time. I would like to walk through those threats if we may. What is the biggest threat today . All five of them are large. All five of them have to be countered. So we do not have the luxury of deciding one has a higher priority over the ...

When they do that it alienates potentially the Central Government in baghdad but to me the important aspect here and the important theme would be to sustain the pressure. One of the sources that has been surprisingly consequential is blackmarket antiquities sales for the looting. It is my understanding that the u. S. Has sanctions it can impose on anyone who imports antiquities stolen by isis but it doesnt have separate abilities to sanction individuals who purchase looted syrian antiquities. Wo...

Every morning when i wake up to do my work i think about exactly that. I want to talk about what Refugee Programs fit in the context of those threats. We heard Refugee Programs described as purely humanitarian and optional i am here among other things to suggest to you that the Refugee Program is a vital part of our Foreign Policy and National Security. Lets talk about the specific syriac case. The 4 million refugees now dispersed throughout the middle east and youre on the hole a victim of indi...

North korea continues down today poses a direct threat to the United States and our allies, particularly south korea and japan. We must go further and take action to punish the north korean regime and those who aid and abet in its provocative actions. The legislation before us today would significantly enhance our ability to curb the north Korean Nuclear program. The bill requires the president to sanction anyone who knowingly supports the north korean regime, whether by if you are furnishing ma...

With people they felt were smarter. Q and a, former secretary of defense and former director of the cia robert gates discusses his book. He has served under several president s, most recently, george w. Bush and barack obama. At the at the end of the cold war, i came to believe very strongly that the American People had given the cia a pass on a lot of things because of this exit essential conflict with the soviet union. I believe that after the end of the cold war, we would have to be more open...

[indiscernible chatter] [applause] this event is wrapping up with president ial candidate Bernie Sanders. The democratic primary is this saturday and we will have live coverage of the results on cspan. The republican primary yesterday was one way donald with 32 of the vote. Marco rubio edged out ted cruz for second place. Speaking of the race and the campaigns moving forward. I was a member of the gop,lishment of the a proudly. I gave 350,000 to the Republican Governors Association before i ran....

Were going to win with calls, his impact on the high court, and the looming political battle over his successor. This is washington journal for sunday morning, february 14. Our phone lines are open at 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. If youre an independent, 2027488002. Join us on social media on facebook and twitter. Good sunday morning to you. Thank you very much for being with us. As we look at the life and legacy of Justice Scalia, he was talked about last night in the c...