., now we are seeing it in the u.s. that is much faster than delta, which we thought was already really bad. but this is going to be potentially the dominant viral strain in the u.s. in just two to three weeks, at the rate it is going. >> i guess we should add [indiscernible] what is your concern about these two things searching together? >> your right to mention delta, even though we have a lot of focus written on the new kid, omicron. the old could, delta, is still causing a great deal of trouble in the u.s. and elsewhere. we are seeing more than 100,000 new cases every day in the u.s.. most of those are delta. we are seeing hospitalizations going up again. saddest of all, we are seeing deaths every day come over 1000 in the u.s. -- and those are mostly delta and mostly unvaccinated people. those were potentially preventable. omicron is a bit of a mystery. while we know it is incredibly country just -- incredibly contagious, it might not be as severe in terms of putting you in the hospital or the icu. but the data is

he talked about threats from china, russia, and iran, the u.s. withdraw from afghanistan, and climate change. this is about an hour. mr. sullivan: it is like old times. with slight exceptions. welcome to today's meeting at the council on foreign relations, one of the final meetings of our 100 year as an institution. for those of you i have not seen in a year or two, i'm still the president of the council and our guest today is jake sullivan, the 28th assistant to the president for

that afternoon on c-span three, the senate foreign relations committee holds a hearing on u.s. relations with russia as a country gathers more troops on its border with ukraine. on wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span.org on the c-span out mobile video app at the house financial services committee it looks at crypto currency on other digital assets with testimony from the ceo of several digital currency companies at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span three, instagram ceo testifies before a senate commerce, science and transportation subcommittee are its efforts to perfect kids online, watch this week on the c-span network. or you can watch our full coverage on c-span now, our new mobile video app. also head of the c-span.org for scheduling information or to stream video live or on-demand any time, c-span unfiltered view of government. ♪ ♪ c-span offers a variety of podcast for every listener. weekday washington today gives delays in the nation's capitol and every week book notes plus has in-depth interviews with writers about their latest works while the weekly uses audio fro

many come with english language because they worked with u.s. agencies, they work for u.s. nonprofits or media organizations. many come with language, but there are over 35,000 working age men and women in need of employment and while many come with language skills, many do not. what has been really heartening to see is private sector companies coming forward, offering jobs, but also offering training and mentorship programs that can help overcome the language and cultural and context barriers are newest afghan neighbors find their way in the united states. host: let's hear from danny in maryland. caller: good morning. my question is we have a mixed bag of good and bad refugees from afghanistan. for example, some dudes came over and they had child brides. my question is out of all of the refugees that came, how many got sent back and how many were allowed to enter the country? you are on the side that sees the good ones but i wonder how many of the bad ones got sent back. thank you. guest: as we talked about earlier in the program, all of the afghan evacuees receive extensi

the u.s. and china. i hope we can have those global conversations. in some ways china is ahead of us on things like electric buses. there needs to be a commitment globally. the u.s. can show that leadership and show we can make that commitment to not only transition to a clean energy economy but create jobs that come along with it and make sure everyone has access to energy. we will absolutely doing that as we transition. there is not going to be an abrupt change. it will be a transition. i had the opportunity to write in electric freight truck. -- ride in an electric freight truck. it's a partnership between daimler and general electric. there was a charging station right there for trucks and school buses. we are working on making sure there is reliable energy for everyone as we transition. a lot of the transition away from coal, that is market driven and voluntary. renewables are lowering -- lower in cost. there is also how savings and the savings that come with making sure we are not cleani

he is exercising the judicial power of the u.s. what she couldn't do, if he were not a federal judge -- which he couldn't do, if he were not a federal judge. i think he is a federal justice because that is what the statute says and there's actually a supreme court case on this week to bring out a lower court judge, who took senior status, then congress tried to cut his pay, and one of the other constitutional provisions that protect judicial independence says your pay cannot be reduced while you hold the office. so here's this guy who has taken senior status under the same statute that governs supreme court retirement. they now say that they are cutting your pay because you are not really a judge anymore, and the supreme court says no, he retains the office. congress has lightened his duties, they changed the duties of the office, but he still holds that office. it seems to me that the most strict forward analysis is that answers the questions of whether the good behavior clause prohibits this. because if you are not taking someone

so if the u.s. actually lifts some sanctions, but other sanctions remain, then the effects on the iranian economy will be minimal. and i don't think that's a position the iranian government will accept. the second issue regarding having guarantees that the u.s. will not withdraw again is also important. i mean, just a few days ago, the former french ambassador to washington tweeted that no western company or bank would dare to invest in iran when there's a threat of the republicans would withdraw in 2025. so i think that's also a very important red line f for iran. >> is that something that the u.s. can do? could the u.s. make that assurance that future administrations won't pull out of this deal? >> no. the -- the u.s. would not be able to do that. even if president biden took the deal to congress which he has to do in any circumstance. there's a new deal. he has to take it to congress. some of his critics here in washington say take it to congress as a treaty not just through the process that's al

u.s. military in the 1991 persian gulf war joint chiefs of staff. as a holder of the distinguished leadership award achieved in 2005, and honorary atlantic household and advisor. one jamaican immigrants, he really was an american success story. first back chairman of the joint chiefs selected by president george w. bush and lake 2000 secretary of state making the first black person to leave the state department. i asked him during one of our conversations whether he prefer i call him general or secretary, i refused to call him -- i told him about harm our relationship. he said i prefer you call me general rather than secretary and i said why? he said i earned that so i always loved that statement. that's a good segue really to our event today. we are joined by two generals with impressive extensive backgrounds in u.s. security and defense. general james also executive chair, two-time chairman of the atlantic council of major general arnold so thank you for joining us and i'm sure you and e

u.s.? and if not why not? >> i struggled with the title initially. first i began imagining the book it was just cuban : history. but someone convinced me that i needed something a little more provocative. else suggested cuba -- in american history. when i first heard it i resisted it. i said to her at the time, the price for admission into the history of cuba could not be whatever episode or character or something to do with the u.s. there should be no u.s. price of admission to human history. i was also worried about turning over in his grave a little bit. as i kept working on the project i came to the conclusion he would really appreciate this title. one of the things i really like about it, as it is a little unsettling. you do not know what it means. that's kind of what i wanted to do with the book. i wanted to shift the ground a little bit underneath the reader. may be questioned what they take for granted. heartache a little less for granted. i think the title does that. that is one t

these extended hours had to start in the u.s. ports, and now need to spread, as they are beginning to spread across the entire supply. another lesson learned, even incentives that don't actually get put in place, like the levees for drilling containers, they work. john alluded to other types of incentives that ocean carriers are putting in place. these have definitely contributed to the easing up off-port property like the pop up container yards. the are a crucial element in accelerating freight movement. secretary pete, i believe he saw that first hand last friday down in savannah, the georgia port authority has put that in place. this is just smart business and will allow us to move more freight through that footprint. finally looking ahead and a few comments on the iika which was signed into law on november 15. as the president mentioned, this includes significant funding for ports and is sorely needed and is a crucial step in repositioning america's competitive posture in global trade. the port industry looks forward to worki

here to talk with us this morning about their new report on hate in u.s. schools and violence in u.s. schools. jacqueline nowicki, welcome to "washington journal." guest: thank you for having me. host: first, tell me the overall mission of the government accountability office. guest: gao is a nonpartisan congressional agency. we are tasked with providing objective fact-based analysis for both sides of the aisle. gao analyzes and audits programs and provides information to congress for them to use in their decision-making. we are not policymakers ourselves. host: the way your reports are generated, you get a request from a lawmaker or somebody else within the administration to follow-up on this particular issue? guest: correct. like almost all gao work, this work was punted by congressional interest. it is obviously a high interest topic. this specifically was done in response to a request from the house committee on education and labor. host: this report was generated, covering what years? guest: we looked at nationally generalized survey data over a serie

u.s. would default on its debt which of course this is the fear going back to the treasury secretary. alexander hamilton, you can't do that if youha did that, it would be relate mayhem and they understand why the treasury secretary many people said enough, and i personally think it is not a bad way to remind the public that we do have this enormous debt but again it does not raise the death and not allowing it to be raise and allowing to pay, would be just so chaotic and would have so many professions. >> they should focus on the deficit, the year-to-year spending and explain the difference between what they year-to-year that deficit is and what we are talking about without debt. >> the deficit is the year-to-year for fall between what were going to spend and how much money we have to do it from passes another revenue and if you going to spend or money, then you have to issue that debt. and the deficit, that is a deficit each year and the debt is the accumulation of of all those annual def

politics, policies of u.s. presidents and first ladies. the ronald reagan presidential library in california marks its 30th anniversary with an address by former secretary of state. the

tuesday morning, the inspector general of the u.s. capitol police testifies on the january 6 attack at the u.s. capitol. watch live at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three, online at c-span.org or watch full coverage on c-span now. our new video app. quite president biden unveiled the new plan to combat covid-19 this winter season after the omicron variant was detected in the u.s.. to our vaccine research center to thank all of you, the world class doctors, scientists, researchers for the incredible work you have done during the pandemic. developing vaccines, saving lives, giving us hope, also, continuing to give me advice on the development as they occur. i see dr. fauci more than my wife, i kid. not that any of us are surprised because combined with advice from all of you, we develop this plan. that does not include shutdowns or lockdowns but the widespread vaccinations and boosters. there are five key actions i want to see us take this winter. first of all, the person expanding the nationwide booster campaign with more outreach, more

guest: there are about 40 u.s. capitol right defendants that are in jail. they are in jail in washington dc. that jail, for generations, has been the source of complaints. it is an old, shoddy facility with poor systems, bad water systems and a general concern about the food, medical care and sanitary conditions. it is a generational complaint. the january 6 defendants are now in that world. they are in the same jail, issuing their complaints, challenging intentions. almost overwhelmingly, there were attempts to get released, citing the conditions of the jail. there are concerns and they are pressing the jail to upgrade initiatives, but as far as they are concerned, arguments have not really moved the meter. one was released after expressing concern over medical care. this is a distinctive defendant. he has been released to get better medical care. that said, the marshall did an inspection of the jail based on these complaints, and they found evidence of standing sewage, evidence of water pipes or water systems not working properly. concerns about retaliati

[inaudible]. >> after resigning from the u.s. senate, bob dole plus 1996, presidential race to bill clinton and senator dole done and sunday at the age of 98. >> cspan is your unfiltered view of government, hunted by these television companies and more, including cox. cox is committed to providing eligible families access to affordable internet through the connect program and urging the digital divide one connection it at a time. cox, keeping us closer. cox support cspan is a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> download cspan's new mobile app and stay up-to-date with live coverage of today's political events from live streams to the house and the senate floor and the congressional hearing some of the house events and supreme court oral arguments and even a live interactive it programs washington journal, for we hear your voices every day, cspan now has you covered, download the app for free today. the biden administration has decided that will be a diplomatic bre

can you characterize the leadpipe problem in the u.s. and what it's causing? >> lead is a neurotoxin that can flake off -- it's a legacy infrastructure issue. reports have shown that there are leadpipe's in the united states across the nation. right now the united states is in the process of the water systems in the united states are in the process of mapping these lead pipes because they are a danger. it's not known exactly where they are and that's why this regulatory work is so important. this is a legacy issue that has plagued the united states for decades. host: can you tell what the proposal is? guest: the white house released a multipronged plan and it's essentially more than a dozen pathways they are pursuing to eradicate lead in drinking water . it's a big deal for the united states. the administration announced the release of $3 billion from the infrastructure package and that's part of a larger pot of money in the infrastructure package. they also clarified that states can use relief funds and that is a change. on top of that they also took regulato

treasuries by buying u.s. tees -- you can head to the currency risk back into yen, back into euros, and still be way ahead. in a way, it is not surprising there's a lot of demand for u.s. sovereigns in a risk-free world where there is -- they are yielding so much more than jgb's. that's a big part of it. i also think that, you know, there may be some assessment about what the neutral rate is or what the terminal rate is -- i don't know about that. i would just say that we write down our own estimates of the terminal rate or the neutral rate of interest. those are highly uncertain. and will make policy based on what we are seeing been -- we will make policy based on what we are seeing in the economy based on -- rather than what the neutral rate is. will have the experience of the last cycle, where we all through that cycle, trying to estimate what the neutral rate was and it turned out, i think we learned a lot from seeing what happens. we end up cutting rates three times after raising them 2.5%. i'm not troubl

this is a parallel, my field before this was thinking about the roll of the u.s. military and the national security and the marine corps has a concept called the strategic corporal and the idea behind that was remember that guy that peed on the charon and protested around the islamic world because an american soldier was called on video peeing on the charon, he was a low ranking soldier and it was his own stupid obnoxious act and it lead to chaos for the u.s. forces globally. and the concept of the strategic corporal was there is no such thing as a purely tactical citizen anymore. even the lowest ranking person the whole world is going to know about it ten minutes later because somebody will have it on their cell phone and we have to train to that. here is the kind of challenges that you will face. we need them to be critical thinkers and people of good judgment. we need them to have a nuanced understanding of exactly what we are trying to do because we have to expect and that is totally fair people are going to put us under a microscope. you give people that much

and now we are seeing it in the u.s.. that is much faster than delta which we already thought was very fast. this is going to be the dominant viral strain in the united states. >> omicron is coming in and then we should add those things. what is your concern about these two things surging together? >> you are right to mention delta because even though we have a lot of focus on the new kid, the old kid is still causing a great deal of trouble in the united states and elsewhere. we are seeing more than 100,000 new cases every day in the u.s. and most of those are delta. we are seeing hospitalizations going up again. we are seeing deaths every day, over 1000 in the united states. those are mostly delta and mostly unvaccinated people which is to say those were potentially preventable. while we know that omicron is incredibly contagious, there is some suggestion that maybe it is not as severe. let's be clear, that data is kind of early. in terms of the age of our population, we need to be very vigilant in doing everything we c

that's more doses shipped by the u.s. in a single day than what all but seven other countries have delivered in total since the start of this pandemic. of the 11 million, nine million are shipping to africa, bringing our total doses donated to africa to 100 million. that's american leadership and we are calling on the rest of the world to step up and join us. we're also continuing to work with partners around the world to turn those vaccines into vaccinations. from supporting communication campaigns to build vaccine confidence to funding for vaccinators on the front lines, we are leading the global vaccination effort. with that, let's open it up for some questions. >> first question, let's go to dan at buzzfeed. reporter: thanks. i guess this is for dr. walensky or dr. fauci. what's the point in which we'll know how transmissible or immune even evasive -- immune evasive the omicron is? is there a share of infections we should be seeing? when will it be clear how bad this thing is? jeff: dr. fauci. dr. fauci: there are two

and the democracy underlining the u.s. t as it tries to the competition with china so i think the hope of this administration is that both iraq and afghanistan would just be kept as calm as possible so not to cause more difficulties with the regions and undermine the u.s. even further as it really takes on the great strategic challenge in the competitionha with china. >> one thing that runs through the book and decisions with the war tell us about about whether you get that descendents not only from americans you talk to in the broader societal discussion but the discussions that are talked about on the afghan side and particular areas. >> what is often talked about his people that knew it's been going on for 40 years for them and the reasonon it's different for us it begins in 2001. for them we are a participant in a much longer conflict than was in existence before and unless the peace process results in genuine peace it will be there after we leave. so it is a forever war in a far more real way than the way the american

importantly, the u.s. state department and usaid are leading the administration efforts to work to turn vaccines into vaccinations. that does mean you need to make sure there are enough syringes and needles and our team has been helping with the global effort to ensure there are syringes and needles. the iid and state team are working to train health workers to vaccinate people on the ground. we are local media. campaigns have lunch food we have done here, mobile vaccination contents. last week, usaid added 400 million dollars. that brings the total to one one $7 billion for global vaccine readiness. -- that includes within that 400, efforts to bolster storage in various countries and set up field hospitals and train health workers, building data systems, and a support campaign to increase vaccine confidence. we will continue to do all we can to support getting vaccines to countries. importantly, as you point out, taking vaccines to make sure they become needles in arms and actual vaccinations. that includ

. >> flags are flying at half staff at the u.s. to commemorate former senate majority leader harry reid, who died yesterday. president biden issued a statement on senator reid's death, which said in part, harry reid was instrumental in passing landmark legislation that made a difference in the lives of countless americans and made our nation stronger and safer. his devoted service was not about power for power's sake. it was about the power to do right by the american people. note why the flag over the united states capital is at half-staff this morning. that's because we learned late yesterday that armor senate majority leader harry reid has died. he died yesterday at his home in henderson, nevada. a clip of one of his many appearances on capitol hill and he is one of the leaders in terms of appearances in the c-span archives. this is from 2013, senator harry reid, taking reporter questions at the u.s. capitol. [video clip] >> it's been held up for an average of nine months. doesn't need to be changed? yes. you always get through

we all know that u.s. agencies have not made honest reporting easy for us or for you about america's longest war. we have a recent example we talked about in this quarterly report that i would like to discuss replete with you today. as we reported today, shortly after the fall of kabul, state department wrote to me and other oversight agencies requesting that we temporarily suspend access to all of our audit inspection and financial reports. they were on our website. because the department was afraid that information included there in would put afghan allies at risk. let me be clear, i strongly believe that afghans who are at risk of reprisal due to their work for the united states government and news outlets and other groups should be protected. the protection of afghans at legitimate risk of harm is not an issue to quibble over. it's something our agency has respected over the 10 years i've been there. despite repeated requests, the state department was never able to describe any specific threat to indiv

after the release of the report, president biden give an update on the u.s. economy. this is about 20 minutes. pres. biden: good morning. before i start, i want to report later today, i will be signing a bill funding the government operations for the next few months. it's a bare minimum we need to get done. bipartisan cooperation is worth recognition. i want to thank senator schumer and mcconnell and speaker pelosi for getting this done. i want to thank a substantial bipartisan vote in the senate for sending this bill to my desk today to avoid disruptions of government operations. i want to urge congress to use the time this bill provides to work toward a bipartisan agreement on a fullyear funding bill that makes the needed investments in our economy and our people. from public health, education, to national security. now, for today's news. every year december brings the joy of the holiday season and gives us an opportunity to reflect on the year gone by and look ahead and begin to imagine the new year to come. this year we can reflect on an extraordinary bit of progr

they being the democrats and republicans of the u.s. senate. that is what he did. he tried to keep people together. he would tell us we have a bigger agenda than trying to -- clinton. beside -- if i tried that, that would be like the roadrunner thing. he rolled up the bomb and throw it down there and bill would pick it up and roll it around and roll it right back to him. he did not waste any time doing tricks. no tricks. cunning, but no tricks. host: alan simpson, thank you, and lawmakers will be paying their respects and giving tributes. one of them is senator chuck grassley, republican of iowa. senator grassley, tell us about your friendship. when did you first meet? guest: first of all, thank you for having me here to talk about bob dole and my mentor when i first went to the united states senate. i assumed that my first meeting with him -- i don't remember exactly -- but i was a member of the u.s. house when he was in his second term in the senate. i really got acquainted with him because i was campaigning for the united states senate in 1979 and 1980 and that

we take you back to the u.s. senate today is considering how many to the mediation board the nomination of chris, had customs and border protection currently the police chief in tucson arizona. live coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2 delaware. a senator: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to speak for two minutes, if i may. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. carper: thank you, madam president. 234 years ago today, the state of delaware became the first state to ratify the constitution. for one whole week, delaware was the entire united states of america, and we opened it up and 49 other states have joined us since then. for the most part, i think it's turned out well. the preamble to the constitution doesn't say we're going to form a perfect union when they adopted it all those years ago. they said in order to move toward a more perfect union, acknowledging that we're not perfect, haven't got at any right, and we may never get it right. but today, we take a big step,

why are we doing all of this stuff and not making sure we use a u.s. a product and doing it? there are some challenges in doing that and he understood. how much source material he had et cetera. the point is that it took common sense to say why aren't we making america? lester's visit menstruation were told over and over again enough signed a trade agreement and there's nothing we can do about it. okay, trump came in and said i don't really care it is a bad deal for our workers. why are our workers getting screwed wire wisconsin dairy markets getting skewed wiser technologicaler get screwed were going to tear it up and redo it. you can't just can't't do that. it's not how it's supposed to work and he goes i don't care. when you think about it, why wouldn't we have done it why not modernize it the mentality in washington, no one can take it out you can look brought common sense and so many issues why would letting china walk all over us when we stand up t them? the heart of thisal is we need more common sense and that is what i think more than anything when i talked to him abo

obviously, the u.s. has stated its intention of dragging ukraine into nato, even though a small minority want to be part of nato. furthermore, they did not simply sign an agreement with the eu. there was a coup backed by the united states and the eu. because of this, the russians reacted, by holding onto its naval base in crimea. again, if the west had not backed a coup in ukraine, if nato hadn't threatened to expand into ukraine, russia would have never taken back crimea. anchor: i would want to give the last word on this to teresa farren. >> i think it's always important to try to understand how the russians see the world. it's different from most other people. i think that status quo, season crimea, 14,000 people have died. the idea that nato is changing the status quo, the evidence is there on the ground. as we see moscow rattling sabers outside of ukraine, it six really worrisome. they are using that as a way to try to change the agreement. the agreement was signed, codified that nato could expand.

20 years ago december 13 u.s. pulled, where going to be on this discussion and supreme court justice in california empire was the director of the spending institute at stanford which is the cutting edge research and other related issues. in that capacity in developing programming with the foundation, he is quite versed in the policy. therefore eager as one of his first public items as new president to address this topic with the honorable rose so i'm going to get out of the way and turn it over. >> thank you, george and thank you everybody for joining us today. it my pleasure to host this event and moderate this event. we are lucky to have giants in the field from a former national security advisor and rose from one of the most nuclear negotiators in history. i've had to work in the past with them but just to get a bit of context, it's not unusual to find us engage people when i had a chance to work with others in the stand, it struck me that difficulties facing up to the nuclear threats in the world, not only wit

they see this as a sign of u.s. weakness they see it as a sign also that the biden administration is focussed on issues at home which is understandable. this might be -- that could mean 2022 is a rare moment for president xi in taiwan and president putin in ukraine to get what they want for their legacy what can we do about it? the administration is acting wisely in terms of diplomacy i think the call yesterday at putin's initiative -- he is trying to keep the pressure on there will be talks january 10th probably in geneva between the u.s. and russia. followed by talks on the 12th. followed by esce talks that's good. but what is it that's going to force put ton stand down it isn't military action it's one has to ratchet up what he sees as the cost so it becomes prohibitive to him at this point, i think that putin is not going to consider the cost prohibitive unless he gets something diplomatic out of that we can't give what he wants, which is a promise that ukraine would never come into nato and a promise we would n

jeff: let me start with the fact that the u.s. has strict protocols in place to help tech the american people and stop the spread of the disease. foreign nationals all foreign nationals coming into the u.s. from a part of the world where the travel is not restricted due to omicron must be fully vaccinated and show proof of a negative test and we have tightened that deadline or that timeframe for the test to be within one day of boarding a flight. the cdc also strongly recommends that everyone get tested three to five days after they arrive in the u.s.. we will continue to follow the silence -- science. we will keep people up-to-date and the american people safe. dr. walensky: we are in a very different place this year than last year. we want people to be able to gather safely. we have the tools to do it. what we are saying is please rely on those tools. get vaccinated. if you are eligible, get boosted. a week before the holidays, indoor mask in those areas that have 90% of our counties at substantial or high transmission. practice

meanwhile the u.s. army today is virtually bereft of these capabilities and so should thereforera accelerate the fielding of the systems in the digital and core military units. if you are a maneuver commander all the way up to brigade and the enemy is able to take away the gps capabilities of the field artillery units that isn't a good place to be. 2021 suggested that the transition from the land force that's optimized and one that is focused on the major war with near peer competitors is still progressing pretty slowly. the modernization program is focused on systems that may not have come online until the 2030s and shortly in the defense and electronic warfare. and can be dominant in 2035 is a great thing but that might not be as important as in army equipped and capable of fighting and winning in 2025. to control and protect the land and the populations that live there, strong capable air forces are indispensable part of the americas a national military and then provided the decisive force the compel

obviously, the u.s. has stated its intention of dragging ukraine into nato, even though a small minority want to be part of nato. furthermore, they did not simply sign an agreement with the eu. there was a coup backed by the united states and the eu. because of this, the russians reacted, by holding onto its naval base in crimea. again, if the west had not backed a coup in ukraine, if nato hadn't threatened to expand into ukraine, russia would have never taken back crimea. anchor: i would want to give the last word on this to teresa farren. >> i think it's always important to try to understand how the russians see the world. it's different from most other people. i think that status quo, season crimea, 14,000 people have died. the idea that nato is changing the status quo, the evidence is there on the ground. as we see moscow rattling sabers outside of ukraine, it six really worrisome. they are using that as a way to try to change the agreement. the agreement was signed, codified that nato could expand.

but at some point, after the u.s. intervention and after the u.s. troops arrived there, he was a key figure in establishing the anti-government insurgency in the province and he became-- he's an egyptian with links to al qaeda and he became the al qaeda liaison. and because he had a high profile, a well-known local figure. he become a flashing lights that the u.s. pursued for years, but the reality is, in retrospect. at no point was an international terrorist figure involved in plotting. you look at people at also an egyptian figure who was running around the province about the same time who indeed was involved in plotting external operation in the early 2000's. but he was operating without the military knowing about it. he kept a low profile and became distracted by another al qaeda figure who was not what we believed him to be or feared that he was. this whole dynamic played out again in the late obama administration, centered on an al qaeda figure, qahtani. and this is a guy who wound up ensconced in the mountains of the pech and the seals in may

they ranked the u.s. very very low in terms of confidence in the government, which is so critical to public health. what you make of that and what do you think we can do about it? >> that is very troubling and i am not too surprised. look at everything around us you see, particularly in social media, interactions with family and friends. we have fallen into this divisive set of tribal attitudes. much of that does seem to reflect, in some of those tribes at least, a deep distrust of the government with conspiracies that have no basis in fact but spread like wildfire through social media. we are in trouble as a society. we seem to have lost our anchor to truth. incising up a claim on if there is any evidence behind it. instead it is which tribe we are in, what information we hear and what information we internalize. often times the information is not right. you have seen this play out in a way in which life-saving vaccines, probably some of the best ever created by mankind and in record time, there are 50 m

u.s. clement defenses and should the u.s. this and if so, how? >> i don't think the chinese nuclear expansion is driven by the desire to penetrate u.s. missile defenses. projections are that they would have 1000 strategic nuclear warheads by 2030, the estimate is up from 400 a year ago. why are they doing this? i think because we've seen across the board, change in policy by xi jinping, china is asserting itself and clearly believes it should be a dominic, if not the dominant power in decades ahead. having a strategic nuclear program comparable to that in the u.s. and russia, i think part of that agenda is clearly where he is having. the capability they are developing could overwhelm antiballistic missile defense capability. we have a right, the chinese and russians know that so it driven by other reasons and we are already in the business of deploying defenses to counter the missiles as we talked about earlier they have medium range and intermediate range target against friends and allies in asia and we are helping friends and allies develop bal

eastern, the inspector general of the u.s. capitol police testifies in an oversight hearing of the senate rules and administration committee, following the january 6 attack on the capital. that afternoon, the senate foreign relations committee holds a hearing on u.s. relations with russia as that country gathers more troops on its border with ukraine. on wednesday at 10:00 eastern on c-span.org and the c-span now mobile video app, the house financial services committee looks at cryptocurrency and other digital assets with testimony from ceos at several digital currency companies. and the instagram ceo testifies before senate commerce, science, transportation subcommittee on his platforms efforts to protect kids online. watch this week on the c-span networks, or watchful coverage on c-span now, our new mobile video app. head over to c-span.org for scheduling information or to stream video live or on-demand, anytime. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. provided by these te

the u.s. has lacked -- lagged behind other countries in terms of ratio of representative to constituents and i think that contributes to the poor quality of our representation and our congress. the pros that we put forward would increase the house -- highest -- size of the house to a reasonable increase. the way we came up with a formula is to say, what would have happened if the house had taken the following rules started in 1911, which is that no state should lose representation, it is a pretty modest proposal that we should expand the house as the census population count increases. so no state has to give up a represented if. that would take us to five today. -- that would take us to 585 today. it would bring in a new generation of talented lawmakers. one advantage of expanding the house is it expands the number of people who are able to get into government and bring their talent to washington. i think it would probably create a way for some decentralization. cabazon socket is -- committees

reporter: omicron has report -- has exploded in the u.s. for the second time in less than a month, president biden has announced more measures. extra vaccine sites and a change in direction, free home testing kits. >> the federal government will purchase 500 million additional at-home rapid tests. we will be giving these tests to americans for free. reporter: they won't be available until next month. 1000 military nurses and doctors are being readied in case the hospitals get overwhelmed. cases have been rising sharply. when encouraging sign i hospitalization tt hasn't gone up as much as it did during the pandemic. >> we first have to get the 50 million or so people eligible to be vaccinated who have not gotten vaccinated. that is critical. if you want to get the level of spread as low as possible which would get us back to some degree of normality, you have to get those unvaccinated people vaccinated. >> in new york, they have seen a record number of cases. it will not be a normal christmas once again. jane: joining me now is former direct

barring an appeal to the u.s. supreme court. for the record that will be december 23rd and one that be a fine start to the mayor christmas for everyone? presumably, he is going to appeal to the supreme court. he will do so in time, to stop the documents from being handed over. as to what the supreme court will do, with his appeal and how fast they'll move if they do take the case, i really don't know. other federal court judges in the district court and the appeals court, in washington d.c., they have been willing to hear this on a hurry basis. a really fast basis. i think, in part, according to the rulings because the judges have recognize the urgency of this investigation. because, the seriousness of january 6th and also because the investigation will probably get kneecap if the republican take over the house and shut it down. if they win the midterm elections. i don't know if the supreme court would take up the appeal from trump, at all. if they do take it up, i don't know what kind of pace they will take it up on, or if they

. >> the body of former senator bob dole will lie in state in the u.s. capitol on thursday. in on the phone, richard norton smith, longtime friend of this network, historian, author, also the founding director of the rubber gentle institute for politics at the university of kansas. good morning to you, sir, thank you for the time this morning. your thoughts this morning on bob dole's legacy, dying at age 98.