i would have liked to hear him talk more about job security now that unemployment has gone down. i would like to hear what policies are going to be in place to help people hold onto jobs they have an people have a difficult job finding work. i was unimpressed. maybe i am a little old school. but to me, a universally paid even community college takes away the initiative of the student. i don t know, back in my era we had to work our way through college. our parents did not provide. we found a way to get through college. for those who have nothing better flat broke potentially there should be some help. but i think you have got to be cautious injudicious on how we are throwing that money out. not just from a budgetary standpoint, the what it does or does not do for the recipient. the republican from iowa, senator johnny ernest, she did make a comment that said you don t need to come from wealth and religion to understand what is right for this country. i want to let everyon
748-8000. independents 202-748-8002. you can also make your comments via social media @cspanwj. go to facebook to you want to participate that way. finally, you can send an email to journal @c-span.org. from time magazine american sniper screenwriter jason hall says i bled for this thing. american sniper may be quickly stealing the title of the most politically controversial film this oscar season, but screenwriter jason hall maintains he just penned a portrait of a beleaguered soldier, not a political statement. the biopic of chris kyle whorkt navy credits with the most kills in american military history, broke january records with a whopping $90.2 million at the box office over the weekend in spite of or perhaps because of critics who say the film glorifies a murderer, not to mention a war america never had any business fighting in the first place. people see the movie poster and it s got a good in the american flag and they know clint eastwood directed it, says j
this is about 45 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, friends, i have now the privilege and pleasure to welcome a old friend of the world economic forum and supporter, secretary of state john kerry. actually when the secretary came the first time, it was in the 1990 s and that is the time we spoke about the peace dividend. there was a lot of optimism. the world was at the don of a new era dawn of a new era and the end of the cold war. now, we meet again and it looks like we are at the start of a world with many geopolitical issues. the last session has shown us the foremost issues we have to confront. so mr. secretary, you were here last year and if i just take one year, when you came last time, ukraine was just beginning. now, in a warlike situation. of course, the united states plays a very crucial role as the world s most foremost power. ladies and gentlemen, we are particularly pleased to have the secretary of state john kerry this evening with us to enlighten us how he s
support for hezbollah or hamas, or the assad regime. now being confronted by our strongest adversaries in the region that are being strengthened on the back of sunnis who are afraid of the shiite ascendancy. host: let s take some calls. we will begin with dennis in arkansas on our democrats line. caller: you know, they say that you cannot go to war with g5 unless god tells you to or you are not a muslim at all. that kind of eliminates an awful lot of these guys. those tribes have been fighting for a long time centuries trying to get a leg up on the other guide. isis is being run out of yemen and libya primarily. firsthand knowledge from people who escape their is different from the political point of view. are we going to be the police force for the entire world? obama kind of said i m going to get as out of the war, those are campaign promises. he is a man of his word. he also killed osama bin laden. you can say bush did it host: there is a lot better. a lot of c