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With nicaragua to build a commercial waterway envisioned three times as long as the panama canal. u.s. officials dismiss suggestions that while china embarks on bold transcontinental ventures, american prestige and standing are suffering. >> we said as china grows, we will be a partner with them. were working on a host of security challenges around the world and well work with them when we can. when we have disagreements well weigh them. >> china is investing in africa, spending $100 billion to ...

>> go back to november 19th, when you testified. you had the security concerns and other three. have you had a chance to sort of review the website and have the security challenges still there? >> i have. so, theres a few of them. theres one thats been addressed and that was one of the easiest ones to fix. i dont know if you saw a few weeks ago there was -- when you went to the web page and search field, you can put in a semicolon and show different attackers trying to break into the website. in...

Public, be very clear about what has happened but also about the dramatic steps that are going to be taken to put these programs back into some acceptable form. the american public knows that weve got major security challenges. we have to keep the american public safe. but right now, you know, i think i saw a washington post editorial that said the nsa is losing the benefit of the doubt. they get the benefit of the doubt because theyre keeping us safe, but these recent revelations are causing th...

The last four or five or six years than we have in the last few years. weve had skyrocketing natural gas, the biggest oil production. weve had falling oil consumption and weve seen a doubling in renewable energy over the last four or five. these are big changes even one of them alone but all put together, theyre huge. they come at a time where we have big challenges, economic challenges, security challenges. we have climate challenges that we need to be tackling. >> i guess this comes at the mos...

Can i get criminal justice reform into my second term? the problem is the white house doesnt think him talking about it is the issue. hes too divisive a figure. the only time in his presidency or his time in the national light where hes really been able to succeed in addressing race was in the jeremiah wright comments. his entry in the discussions tends to complicate things further. the skip gates situation was the best example. when you see eric holder going down to florida to address the naacp...

Production? is it a big thing to do this? >> i wish we were if you cussing on other energy challenges and opportunities. the keystone pipeline has real but pretty small climate consequences and real but small economic consequences. weve gotten wound up on both sides and increasingly blown it out of proportion for its impact. all at the same time we have general challenges in cutting our emissions in our power plants and we have real opportunities on the production side that we ought to be focusi...

Before the hearing >> let me do this. chairman, stick around for a minute. i want to ask you about this irs story. ambassador pickering, you led this investigation along with admiral mullen. and the criticism about this investigation is, it didnt go far enough. you didnt specifically interview secretary of state clinton. you didnt probe into what she did or did not do in the immediate aftermath of the attacks. you focused on lower level officials and didnt sufficiently address the very point the...

Sufficient address to the fact that there was a deteriorating security situation if benghazi? >> let me say that i hope the chairman has read our report. our report has 29 recommendations. the bulk of them concern the insufficiency of the state departments preparation of that post to deal with the security challenges. i dont think that there is any other explanation. and i cant believe that in fact, he still sits here and makes those charges. the second issue he raised was the seven hours. we lo...

Drop can kill you. well bring you any details as they happen, and were awaiting a press conference. now that briefing carries, i think -- >> it is a tenuous time right now. were worried about safety, worried about your loved up withes. we have a report on the security challenges and nightmares were all facing. >> reporter: when it comes to security at big events, despite the number of people attending,

Insisted it was critically important for the united states to disrupt the terrorist attacks, dismantle al qaeda, its affiliate, and meet the broad array of security challenges that the united states faces right now. that statement just coming in from the president. meanwhile, president obamas also reaching out once again today to republicans. he seems to think the way to win concessions is through their stomachs. he had lunch today with a former campaign rival. lets bring in jim acosta. hes ov...