we're going to take a 15 minute break before we start with our second panel. i want to thank everyone for what i think is a necessary discussion. thank you very much. next week the house intelligence committee looks into allegations of the russian influence in the 2016 elections. james comey will testify live 10:00 a.m. monday here on cspan 3. of course this monday the president's pick to be the next supreme court justice neil gorsuch begins his confirmation process starting at 11:00 a.m. the committee will hear opening statements with questioning of the nominee slated for tuesday. watch it live at 11:00 a.m. eastern monday on cspan 2.

cspan recently participated in a poll of whether or not cameras should be allowed in the supreme court. we talked about that this morning on washington journal. >> so what do you think about the u.s. supreme court? we're out with a new survey today. joining is robert green. he's the pollster. thanks for being with us. let's go through the highlights. according to the survey, 90% said that the supreme court decisions effect their lives and 82% saying that the supreme court appointments were a consideration in their vote in 2016. did these numbers surprise you? >> the only thing that surprised me was as big as these numbers are they've gotten more intense over the eight years we've been

conducting these surveys. eight years ago, the first time we did, the strongly agree was in the 30s and now it's almost 50%. almost 50% of americans strongly agree the decisions have an cuba accou -- impact on their every day lives. that 82% number you mentioned, it's bipartisan. it cuts across the parties. everybody feels strongly that what happened with the supreme court was an important factor in their vote. >> can you walk us through the methodology of the survey, who you polled and what took place and what was the margin of error. >> it's been conducted very recently. we conducted online interviews from march 7 to march 9 last

week. we conducted 1,032 interviews among likely voters. the maurgin of error is 3.05% with a 95% confidence level. if it were possible to sbrinterw all americans, 19 times out of 20 the results wouldn't vary more than three points from what we see here. it's sound stuff. >> let me put another number on the screen. 71%, that's the number of people in the survey who follow news about the president's nominee for the supreme court, neil gorsuch, and we mention that number because presumably we could have some additional vacancies in the coming years under this administration. >> yes. again, quite a large number, 71% are following. we had a follow up question. it's really -- not only is it

71%, seven in ten americans are following the news in recent weeks concerning president trump's nominee, but by a 3-1 margin people are following this nomination more closely than those in the past. >> so with an eye on what we could expect on monday when judge neil gorsuch will raise his right hand and swear to tell the truth as he testifies before congress, what do you think based on the people that you questioned they'll be looking for next week? >> i think they'll be -- first, they'll be following closely. i think there's going to be -- there's always a lot of attention paid to potential nominees to the supreme court. i believe it will be even more, if you would, than what we've seen in the past. what we see out of the data is that the intensity is greater now. >> do you think americans see directional between the high

court and their own personal lives. >> yes, i do. they certainly tell us they do. it shows up in how they vote. this is outside of the poll, but i think it's interesting how often on cspan and other places when citizens are interviewed or they're in some sort of news setting how often supreme court nominees or appointments to the supreme court matter and how they look at issues. the one thing i will say is i don't think there's -- the public -- this is part of what we look at in the survey. they would like to know a lot more about what the court is up to and they don't really get the opportunities they like to. >> you teed up my next question. it's no secret this network 38 years ago this month has been an advocate for cameras in the court for the roughly arguments. there are 75 oral arguments that

take place through the year. americans said what about cameras in the court. >> three in four likely voters in the united states support television coverage of the oral arguments. cameras in the supreme court, km cameras in the courtroom, if you would. that number is a strong majority similar to some of the other numbers we've spoken about this morning. what is most striking about it is over eight years there's been a strong increase in support for cameras from 61% of all voters to 76% in this latest survey. that's pretty impressive. i mean, this has been a subject that is -- it's bubbling up from the ground, if you would. people would like to know more. they care more than they did in the past and they cared then. the ability to see the oral

arguments i think is very important. i'll speak to that for just a moment. the supreme court has it seems to me a problem, which is that it is interpreted if you would be the media, by the president, by the congress. they never allow their work to speak for itself televising oral arguments would let people see that they operate in a serious and constitutional manner and i don't think that's clear to people. according to the polling they think it's something like congress and it is strange that they would let that -- the ability to let people know they're working seriously, they leave that outside of their control. >> the final decisions rests with the justices who serve on the supreme court. >> yes, obviously. i think they have to decide to do it. they've done it in all 50 states. the british do it. the canadians do it. i think it's important because otherwise people make assumptions that are unwarranted

and -- particularly when they make controversial decisions, i think it's important that people see they're thinking about this very seriously. >> robert green, who is a principal and also the pollster at psb. the full survey is available on our website. check it out at cspan.org. this week is sunshine week, an annual campaign for greater public access to government and cspan's anniversary week. the house of representatives opened its debates to tv cameras for the first time and the cable television industry launched cspan to bring congress into america's homes. >> the gentleman from tennessee. without objection. >> mr. speaker, on this historic day the house of representatives opens its proceedings for the

first time to televised coverage. i wish to congratulate you for your courage in making this possible and the committee who has worked so hard under the leadership of congressman charles rose to make this a reality. television will change this institution, mr. speaker, just as it has changed the executive branch, but the goodwill far outweigh the bad. from this day forward every member of this body must ask himself or herself how many americans are listening to the debates which are made. when the house becomes comfortable with the changes brought by television coverage, the news media will be allowed to bring their own cameras into this chamber. in the meantime there is no censorship. every word is available for broadcast coverage and journalists will be able to use and edit as they see fit. the solution for the lack of confidence in government, mr. speaker, is more open government

at all levels. i hope for example that the leadership of the united states senate will see this as a friendly challenge to begin to open -- >> under the rules the gentleman's time is expired. >> the marriage of this medium and our open debate has the potential, mr. speaker, to revir revitalize american industry. >> all of our congressional coverage is web cast live, archived and searchable for free. ment cspan is provided as a public service across the nation. >> now it's a hearing on immigration fraud using k1 visas, the type of visa that allows foreigners to enter the united states and marry