president trump signed a new executive order today on immigration nearly a month after previous travel restrictions were challenged in the courts. similar to last time the new order prevents the citizens of iran, somalia, sedan, yemen, syria and libya from entering the u.s. for 90 days. a notable difference is iraq is no longer included on that list. the new travel restrictions go into effect march 16 and will not effect green card holders or those with existing visas. the white house posted the executive order on its website. you can find the link to it on our web page. >> here are clips of c-span's programming this past week. joe biden at a ceremony to award him the congressional patriot award. >> are have been covered by the best in the business and some of

the worst. some of you press guys are lousy just like senators are lousy and doctors are lousy and lawyers are lousy. it doesn't matter. we should never challenge the basic truth that an independent and free press is a fundamental element in our democracy. >> majority leader kevin mccarthy on the affordable care act. >> 18 of those -- we have been listening to the public and we have been working on this bill. >> olympic gold medalist michael phelps at a hearing on ways to improve the international anti doping system. >> i don't believe that i stood up at an international competition and the rest of the field has been clean. i don't think i have ever felt

that. i know when i do stand up in the u.s. i know we are all clean because we are going through the same thing. we are going through the whereabouts and out of competition tests and doing all of that stuff. i think for me in terms of internationally i think there has to be something done. it has to be done now. >> representative chairing the hearing on transparency issues at the tsa. >> you're relying on guidance from the department and you are going to with hold that information. >> the guidance is not in writing. we are working to get -- >> wait a second. you just made this up? it's not in writing? >> sir, it is a standard practice. >> no it's not. ms. lerner, is this a standard practice? >> no. it is not. there is no attorney client privilege when one government agency is investigating another government agency. >> senator bernie sanders on the trump administration. >> we have struggled from the

inception of this country to fight against racism, to fight against sexism, to fight against homophobia and we are telling mr. trump and his friends loudly and clearly we are not going backwards. we are going forwards. >> senator marco rubio at a hearing on financial fraud targeting senior sit scitizens. >> if you look at the top of the top they are almost entirely from south florida and recent arrivals from cuba. when we are about to arrest them they leave to cuba with millions of dollars. it is outraged and grotesque. people may think seniors are not victims. >> all c-span programs are available at c-span.org on our

home phageage and by searching video library. next, a look at how the trump administration might approach defense policies. speakers include two former pentagon officials who work for the obama administration. they discuss spending priorities, military readiness and relations with u.s. allies. from the brookings institution this is just over an hour and a half. welcome to brookings. we are very grateful to have all of you here today. we will be talking about what should donald trump's defense strategy, budget and other military plans be looking forward for the united states at a moment when the trump administration is still asking itself these questions and a lot of decisions haven't been made. we have about as great of a team to help answer the questions as i could imagine and looking forward as well as they are to discussion with you in the co