House to defund it, to derail it, in one way or another before they had a chance to do that some judge in texas ruled it unconstitutional and if its on hold until this appeal because the higher court and hopefully that will be overturned. Unfortunately, even if it is overturned, its only a temporary fix because it doesnt provide legalization or path to citizenship it just says for x. Amount of months you can get the work permit and drivers license and be in that country without legal status. Thats not a permanent solution but we support it and we think that the president did have the authority to do that and its a good temporary stopgap measure. But what we do need and we cant do it without congress, we do need a fix to a broken immigration system. The catholic bishops have the same for the past ten plus years that Immigration Reform should have three legs. One leg is the path to citizenship for the 11 million or so that are here in this country. These people are already part of our so
Keeping that pipeline open is good. I do not have insight into exactly where it is going. They are working with other openings for replacements for the rd 180. Working in a way that does not just declare, no more. Keeping assets and the pipeline open as long as we can. Senator cruz do you have thoughts on these questions . It depends where you think the immediate risks are. If you thought there was a risk tomorrow or today, the answer is, we have the inventory we have. Beyond that inventory, if your next bet you have an option. Ultimately, the option is to have a u. S. Source. The proposals for building a replacement engine, the numbers i have heard have been on the order of 34 years to do that. Perhaps that could be accelerated a little bit. I think there are parts you cannot accelerate. You are talking 34 years. If you think the crisis with russia is not going to go away is going to be with us for some time to come, the answer in my view is to Begin Development of that engine and to
Senator sanders my fellow americans, this country faces more serious levels today than in any time since the Great Depression, and if you include the planetary crisis of Climate Change, it may well be that the challenges we face now are more dire than at any time in the modern history of our country. And here is my promise to you for this campaign. Not only will i fight to protect the working families of this country, but we are going to build a movement of americans who are prepared to stand up and fight back. [applause] senator sanders we are going to take this campaign directly to the people in town meetings, door to door conversation, on street corners, and in social mediums. This week we are going to be in new hampshire, we are going to be in iowa, and were going to be in minnesota. That is just the start of this campaign. [applause] senator sanders let me be clear. This campaign is not about Bernie Sanders, it is not about Hillary Clinton clinton, it is not about jeb bush or anyo
Could you talk about events in the South China Sea. Had the president been briefed on chinas alleged island building. Is he aware of some of the backandforth of the u. S. Military reconnaissance and aircraft . Josh earnest the president has often talked about how critically important it is. It is critical to the Global Economy as well. The free flow of commerce may South China Sea is something that needs to be maintained. The United States is committed to working with other countries in the region to protected. The cousin of the priority, yes you can expect the president has been briefed on the latest in a situation and will continue to be. About the approaching deadline, june 1 is when the taliban five are alleged to be released. They were swapped in the exchange. I read that general crystal knew immediately that bergdahl had walked away. He suggested that the admiral knew immediately. Im curious, did the president know immediately that bergdahl head walked away . Josh earnest there i
Everybody. Hello, everyone. Im mitchell caplan. Im [inaudible] welcome. [applause] on behalf of all of us with the Miami Book Fair, we want to welcome you to the 29th book fair, believe it or not. [cheers and applause] this is a remarkable undertaking. It takes the work of literally hundreds and hundreds of volunteers. We have a remarkable board of directors who work extremely hard at doing this year round. None of this at all could happen without the good, good support of everyone here at miamidade college, and lets give them a huge round of applause. [applause] and were particularly appreciative of the sponsors. Without the sponsors and the funding from foundations and governmental agencies, we would not be able to bring you all this wonderful literary extravaganza. And, of course, our friends. Many of you are friends to have Miami Book Fair. And a way that you can support this book fair and make sure that it goes on for another 29 years as well. [applause] if you, if you look at dow