From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Marco rubio is here. He is here with a new agenda for reform which he lays out in his second book. It is called American Dreams restoring Economic Opportunity for everyone. It covers a range of issues including immigration, income inequality, education, and more. It does not mention whether he will pursue this agenda as a senator or president of the United States. I am pleased to have him back at this table. I read a piece. President ial hopefuls in both parties agree on one thing. Economic mobility and the feeling that Many Americans have, that they are being shut out from the nations prosperity, will be a defining theme. I think it is the defining theme of our time. One of the geneses for this book, my experience in this country is through the lens of somebody raised by two people who as a bartender and a made achieved the American Dream a maid achieved the American Dream. They were never rich but they own a home in a safe and
I would simply say that from personal observation, i was in bud a pest in 1994 when the agreement was signed that the russians have violated, so im very alive to the the possibility that we had then and i think still need to stick up for of independent ukraine able to find its own way politically and economically is the only thing i would say. In the first instance it is terribly important that that occurment and occur. And the other thing i will say is that nobody should mistake that ukraine is a very important country to us. It is not a nato ally and i just want to make the point that as far as nato allies are concerned, that raises a whole other set of issues that i hope anyone who is considering encroaching upon a nato ally takes very seriously. Well i hope so too. Ill be traveling to that region shortly and talking with some of those folks about it. Thank you for doing that. Thank you all for being here, mr. Secretary. Welcome back general dempsey. Youre going to miss us when your
Im actively working with the chairman and our colleagues on this committee to reintroduce legislation from the last session to tackle the problem of improper payments to dead people. Unfortunately we have more work ahead. Last week the Social Security Inspector General released a report stating that 6. 5 Million People have active Social Security numbers who based on the Social Security own records would be more than 112 years old. I think maybe in our country weve had just a handful of people actually live that long. Now were told it could be 6. 5 million. Im not sure where they are, but they are out there. Maybe not. In fact in 2000 the records reviewed by the Inspector General showed living individuals with active social securities born before the civil war and only 35 people worldwide are 112 and old. And were here about the Social Security administration about Accurate Information about who is alive or dead and however that what should be an extremely concerning to us is that an i
I had the first interviews with the cuban five spies since theyve gotten released by obama. And we were able to put together a sevenminute video that ran on the web that had really great stuff. Both from interviews and walking the streets of havana with these guys who were celebrated as National Heroes down there. If i had to do that for one of the network news, it would have been, if i could have gotten two minutes, it would have been a real gift. But i was able to do something much more in depth, and much more satisfying actually. Jack brian, is that proliferation of what youre able to expose the public to one of the reasons why abc chooses to make a very large investment in your team . Brian i think so. Jack if you just had the nightly news maybe you wouldnt , be able, they would want to make that investment. Brian im not sure about that but i know that we are encouraged, almost demanded of us, for instance, the story about the iraqi army and allegations theyre committing war crimes
Reviewed in the senate held by members of the appropriations committee. Homeland security secretary jasonson will do his best to sell the plan to some skeptical lawmakers who claim the funds dont solve the larger problem of securing the border. The president is fighting back against critics who have slammed him on everything from the way hes handling the issue of immigration to not visiting the border. Congress has the capacity to work with all parties concerned to directly address this situation. Theyve said they want to see a solution. The supplemental offers them the capacity to vote immediately to get it done. But the problem here is not a major disagreement around the actions that could be helpful in dealing with the problem. The challenge is, is congress prepared to act to put the resources in place to get this done . Another way of putting it, and i said this directly to the governor is, are folks more interested in politics or are they more interested in solving the problem . I