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[background sounds] >> this is a picture from the white house driveway where any moment we are expecting the arrival of the president from turkey. president reagan and the turkish president has a scheduled news conference at 1:00 p.m. eastern. we plan to bring you live coverage this afternoon on c-span2. senators are taking a break for the weekly party lunch. they were returned at 215 eastern. lawmakers will continue working on the nomination of jeffrey rosen to be deputy transportation secretary. mitch mcconnell announce announcing a confirmation is expected at 5:15 p.m.

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[background sounds] >> this is the scene outside the white house on this tuesday afternoon. the president is expecting the arrival of the turkish president in just a couple of

minutes. we will watch his entourage drive up in just a moment. the president and the turkish president do have a scheduled news conference that will take place in about 20 minutes around 1:00 p.m. we are planning live coverage. we will have that on c-span2. later in the week, the full senate is expected to attend a secure briefing talking about the recent firing of fbi director james comey. that is expected to take place thursday. if there are any remarks "after words" we plan to bring them to you on the c-span network. hr mcmaster held a briefing this morning and answered questions about trump's meeting with the russian ambassador and intelligence information. we do have that lined up to

show you shortly. you will be able to sit here on c-span2. you can also watch it online at cspan.org. backgroun [backgroun background. [background sounds] [background sounds]

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