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we start the first half-hour asking you what your message is for congress for this brief session. for democrats, use (202) 585-3880. republicans, (202) 585-3881. and for independents, (202) 585-3882. on twitter, our twitter handle is @cspanwj,. you can post on facebook. the question is up as we speak. facebook.com/c-span. your e-mails are welcome too,. journal@c-span.org. susan davis' usa today piece, congress back for a brief session. short-term funding bill is the top priority. congress returns for a three-week sprint to the legislative finish that will focus on political messages before the midterm election.

if the transfer control of the senate to republicans. john boehner advised lawmakers on a recent conference call to expect a brief but busy session with the key agenda items being the must pass short-term funding bill to keep the government running until early december. the funding runs out september 30 and congress is on track to extend until a postelection lame-duck session. willol of the u.s. senate determine what happens next. defendingare their majority, republicans need a net gain of six to take control of the chamber. more from her piece on what congress might do. these final weeks before the election, a wave of political posts aimed at driving the parties' election your messages. measurey bill and they

that would crack down on the irs and the spots to the targeting of tea party groups. for is your message congress as they come back for their session on this monday morning? bodies in at 2:00 eastern. it has gotten the attention of "the washington post" editorial board. the lead editorial, mutual inaction. the editorial says that "operating on the notion that the public prefers political theater to authentic compliments, the house and senate are preparing to achieve almost nothing."

a quick look at their editorial cartoon. former eric cantor, majority leader, who during the august recess announced he was going to work for a wall street firm. .s. government political decision, don't let the door hit you on your way out. banking division, or your way in. mr. toles' version there. california, independents line. what is your message to congress? net neutrality is critically important for free speech online. congress should pass common carrier rules. host: common carrier rules? what would they do? that thehat means

internet backbone cannot be restricted from terry and the speech -- from carrying the speech of americans. you have something important you want to ask is on one of the news organizations online. you should not have the speed of your access tdegraded. internet one of the providers does not agree with the speech on that particular website. host: right. caller: they should be required to allow your access to that website and not degrade the speed at which it is provided. host: new hampshire, cap around

the independent line. your message to congress? with president obama's foreign-policy of nuggets on the ground in iraq. i hope congress supports the president. i have a suggestion that might help the u.s. in the future when combating terrorists and dictators. missiles,ehind military trucks, tanks, guns. why not install program computer chips in this war equipment, if it fell into terrorist or possession, we can shut it down. trucks and tanks would not work and missiles would not fire. space satellites and ships that could do that. and then the terrorists would not be able to use left behind equipment. host: the presidents making on wednesday, when he won he hear from him? he is doingink

terrific. i think congress should stand for everything he believes in. strikes and no boots on the ground. host: thank you -- caller: and using other countries as pressure against these horrific terrorists and dictators. host: president obama spoke yesterday on "meet the press," he talked about some of the things he might address and s to they's comment american people. [video clip] you to will allow understand very clearly and specifically what we are doing but what we are not doing also. we are not looking at sending in 100 thousand american troops. we are going to become as part of an international coalition, carrying out air strikes in

iupport on the ground by iraq and kurdish troops. we will help to put together a plan for them so they can start retaking territory that isil had taken over. over the course of months, we're going to be able to not just blunt the momentum of isil, we will shrink the territory that they control. we will systematically degrade their capabilities and defeat them. host: president obama on "meet the press." "the new york times," their take on this. destroyingh issi -- isis may take years.

let's go back to your call. your message to congress. elizabeth, pennsylvania, harry on our democrats line. caller: good morning. theomment, they have to get unemployment extension done. everybody is losing their homes, i am losing my home. i have sold everything i can sell. to maintain some sort of lifestyle. i do not see the president -- he never gets on tv anymore. seems like he forgot about us. i'm asking congress and john boehner to have a hard and please get this done. bring it up for a vote and get this over with. help us until we can find a job. finding a job in pennsylvania, i worked all my life. it is so hard to find something. host: how long has it been since your unemployment benefits and it -- ended?

caller: december 28 of last year. host: california, tom, independent line. caller: i just want congress to start thinking about family law and child support people in america. i've been dealing with them for the last 15 years. they have done nothing but steel and she -- steal and cheat. they say it's for the kids. there's no constitutional rights anymore for men. it is sad when they try to tell you it is for the kids. in reality, it is for their paycheck. country, we go to other countries and help their kids. our government will not help our kids. the sad thing about it is our government is paying these trout support and family law people to do what they are doing.

they change documents, they sign , they do forgery. nothing is done. host: pittsburgh, pennsylvania. is yoursking, what message to congress? what do you want to see them get done? caller: looks like they already told us what they're going to get done -- nothing. i want to adjust the isis situation in iraq. what we need is for all the members of congress, like we've been asking and telling them, and all the people who want to support this -- we, we, we. they need to go over there and fight isis. these people are talking about how the people in this country are tired of war. tired of having to all the dirty work. the fighting and sacrificing. we are always called upon in this country but we are never invited. they better think about that. let them go fight these guys.

they make thehile sacrifices. they are going to ghosts home -- they're going to go home in seven weeks and do nothing, why don't you go fight isis. you are not getting nothing done. you are talking about coalitions. either get a coalition over here and you better wise up. host: before the president's speech wednesday, he will meet with congressional leaders about laying out his plan for dealing with the islamic state. one of the leaders will likely beat mike rogers, who was on cnn's "state of the union was those leadersof will likely be mike rogers, who was on "cnn's state of the union." [video clip] thee needs to a knowledge problem of isis. this is the toughest talk we have heard, that is a threat. alltor feinstein and i see

the intelligence. this has been concerning. this is important that he lays out the case to the u.s. of why it's a threat. he has been reluctant to posture america in a position that is willing and understanding to aid in dismantling them. .t is not just iraq and syria it is also everything in the levant, they want lebanon, israel, jordan. out aesident needs to lay certain case. he has put together a coalition of the willing to tackle this problem. we need to be aggressive and posturing ourselves to get ready for this. these are things the president can do. senator feinstein and i would both support those efforts. he needs to engage congress, the american people, on what exactly we're going to do. we don't have to talk about targets and how many strikes we

do, we do have an endgame and the president ought to lay out that strategy. say we are going to invest with our partners and our arab league heart mirrors and there is some repairing happening with those relationships. that's important. ont: mike rogers yesterday cnn, joined by dianne feinstein, his counterpart in the senate. this is the headline on her lead editorial, her op-ed he's in "usa today." isis threat cannot be overstated. asking you this morning, your message for congress as they come back. 2:00 p.m. eastern, the house and senate gaveling in. for democratss, (202) 585-3880. republicans, (202) 585-3881. for all others, (202) 585-3882. here's the wall street journal's take. lawmakers face a tight timeframe.

ken in lancaster, south carolina on the independents line. caller: can you hear me? my question for congress, they do not pass the immigration

reform bill because no one knows what is in it. as a black american, i feel that he has not done nothing for our community. for foreign policy, we went into libya, we destroy that country. we told qaddafi he had to leave. we went to egypt and told mubarak he had to leave. then we went to afghanistan, we are still there. we want to iraq. who are we going to kill? the world? in iran side, the shia. the government of iraq did not include the sunni. thank you. the president announcing delay on immigration reform.

the headline in "the washington times," of him the delay means 60,000 reported. the president was asked about his decision on "meet the press." [video clip] the reason.ot a couple things i want to say about immigration. number one, i have been consistent about why this is important. the country is going to be better off if we have an immigration system that works. that has strong border security.

legalas streamlined our immigration system. so that the best and the brightest who want to stay here, investor, and create jobs, can do so. so families can be unified. and a system where millions of people who are here, in many cases for a decade or more, who have american kids and who are our neighbors and our friends, that they have a path to get legal by paying taxes and getting aboveboard, paying a fine and learning english if they have to. the good news is, we have bipartisan support for that. we have a senate bill that will come push that. the house republicans refuse to do it. what i said to them, if you do not act on something that is so common sense that you have got labor, business, evangelicals, law enforcement, folks across the board supporting it, i will look for all the legal authorities i have to act.

i want to make sure we get it right. when make sure that all the t' s are crossed -- >> looks like election year -- >> i'm being honest about the politics of it, the problem with unaccompanied children we saw a couple weeks ago. where you have from central america a surge of kids showing up at the border, it got a lot of attention. of americans started thinking we have this immigration crisis on our hands. what i want to do, i want to make sure it is sustainable. host: "the houston chronicle" talking about the practical impacts.

the issue of immigration was on "face the nation." marco rubio of florida was asked if the decision to delay immigration action was political. politics.efinitely i think we have to deal with immigration. we have a broken enforcement system. we have a legal immigration system is outdated and needs to be modernized.

we have millions of people living in this country illegally, many of whom have been here for a decade or longer. we need to find a reasonable but responsible way of incorporating them into american life. we tried -- last year, to do that through a one-size-fits-all, conference of approach. i believe we should do this through a sequence of bills that begins by proving to people illegal immigration is under control, modernizing our legal immigration system, and then dealing with the legal immigrants. i am glad he is not going to do it but i am disappointed he intends to do it after the election. he is saying he does not want to be held accountable by the electorate in the midterm elections by an action he knows is unpopular because the american people do not want to do a thing on immigration until they know the system is secure and the problem is under control. minutes on your calls and your message for congress as they come back from

obvious research. -- as they come back from obvious research. caller: my messages to the senate. is sitting there knowing that their jobs are in doubt. they will lose control in the next election. they will not allow any deals to get through. harry reid needs to be sent home , go home. host: here is michigan, robert, democrat line. good morning. caller: pretty much the same republican that just spoke. these congressional members are coming into this session stating that they are basically not going to do anything. every one of them needs to be recalled. it is ridiculous. if i were going to go to work until my boss i was not going to do my job for the day, i would be fired.

host: is your representative? let's see -- host: lexington, south carolina. caller: hi. my message for congress, for the republicans and the democrats is the president. if you get behind the president, something will get done. stop fighting with the president. is notep saying he leading. he is leading but they keep fighting him. if they get behind him and fall in line with him, immigration, unemployment, housing, foreign affairs, it will all be taken care of. it will fall into place if they get behind him and stop fighting

and making this thing off political. do what is right for the country. in the united states of america. that is my message to congress. get behind the president. host: a couple messages on twitter and facebook. carol tweets, "congress should do no harm." on facebook, "you are fired." "come together and make laws." "repeal the irs and then follow the instructions in the constitution." ohio, bill, republican line.

caller: hi. good morning. a couple quick things previous people mentioned. i agree that the family court system is a complete disaster zone. i do not know that that is something congress can take care of. for congress, specifically, i think they should put together comprehensiveconferenc plan that they can work with obama as far as the threat from isis. it appears that he does not have any kind of land himself. quite possibly, does not even have the desire or will to come up with and implement a plan as of otherat a couple

people have said about congress not doing their jobs. it's a few. would propose some bills and make an effort to get some of these difficult problems out of the way -- immigration, the terrorist threat, these types of things. even if it does not go anywhere, it shows that they are making an effort. hat is something you can go back and say to your constituents i tried and i did my best. i am doing what you sent me therefore. instead of just trying to play it safe in the background and hope they can get through the election. conway, missouri, democrats line. caller: thank you. according to google, there is .25 million undocumented workers in las vegas. to build awants

railroad from l.a. to las vegas so they can spend more money there. i went to san francisco, i landed there at the airport. i could not find my way out. i asked seven people who could not speak english, all of them work there. host: which airport. caller: san francisco. none of them could speak english. i finally found a black lady. she said follow me, i will show you where the exit is. i would like to know how you find out who voted for this. down --ress turned where they could not -- what do you call? where they pass a bill and then they go out and put stock in that bill, insider trading? i would like to find out who the congress was that voted against

getting rid of that. host: a couple more calls. scott in oklahoma. democrats line. your message to congress? ey, thanks for talking to me. i am a democrat but frankly i am speaking as an american. know, the level of discourse we are at in our country right now is what is troubling. this, i blame congress. it has been a perpetual election 2008.obama was elected in it has been nothing but stonewalling and hyperbole and just madness. now we have a serious threat in the world. you know, everybody that is listening knows that tomorrow is going to be a lot of conjecture. is anything going to get done? where we canoint

even rally around our president because it is so polarizing? everybody is looking to november. everybody is looking to 2016. it has been that way since november whatever, 2012. host: what would it take to stop that? caller: i think it takes raising the bar as a society. that is across party lines. everybody is so extreme, you know? if i have to take into account all my friends' political views and what they post on facebook, i would not associate with anybody. host: we appreciate your views. let's hear from san mateo, california, mary on our democrat line. caller: good morning. i grew up as a child in grade school in the 1950's. then in high school in the 1960's. you never heard congress talking about everything being broken.

what i would like congress to do is reinstate the immigration policies that our country had after world war ii. reinstate the glass-steagall act, that would get wall street under control. somebody should look into the antitrust legislation. i've been trying to figure out, for example, why all our news channels are so different. they're are all owned by about four people. too not know what happened antitrust legislation. i wish congress would quit arguing about current stuff and just go back to a system that works really well. ,ost: appreciate your call mary, and all of your calls. more as we continue our conversation about congress. at 2:00 p.m. eastern be joined by kristina peterson of the wall street journal and national journal's billy house. later on "washington journal," our month-long series of interviews with big ten

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will be in. i heard they may not get into twelve days. guest: the aim is to get out as fast as possible. they're due for a third week, the end of september and early october, they're trying not to come back. host: their major goal is what? guest: messaging. the major goal is to keep the government running and not be blamed for a shutdown. you have to pass at least a stopgap spending bill. they have not agreed on any appropriations bills. the october 1 start of the new fiscal year will require mechanisms to keep the government operating. that is the and, to pass that. whether that will be a simple procedure, everybody says they hope so. things do not always turn out as people hope.

host: billy house talking about messaging. the senate will take up getting to a constitutional amendment. what is that all about and what is the purpose of this though? -- this vote? guest: this is a political vote? democrats want to enable states to put restrictions on campaign finance. and that is a constitutional amendment, you need 2/3 of both chambers and three quarters of the states to approve. it is more about getting the message out. the firstpend half-hour asking viewers about their message to congress. one of those without unemployment insurance. what with the house and senate leaders say about what they are doing our jobs? guest: republicans on the house would say they have past 30 or so bills the senate has refused to shake up. they will take that as one of

their messaging themes. guest: they will vote on them again. in new mexico last week, in a district on the border where you would think the immigration crisis was the top issue. jobs andto tell you, the minimum wage, those were two really big issues that seems to compare. host: the senate has acted on the minimum wage, the extension of unemployment? guest: yes, on both of those. they might bring them up again. senate democrats support raising the federal minimum wage and extending long-term jobless benefits. they have not been able to get enough republicans on board in joblesste to get benefits. they have not been able to get enough support in the house. hammering onp on these issues. they do not have the support minimum wage. republicans say that that would hurt businesses and overall reduce unemployment. host: kristina peterson and

billy house to talk about congress returning today for a short session ahead of the midterm elections. join us on the phone, (202) 585-3880 four democrats. (202) 585-3881 for republicans. for independents and all others, (202) 585-3882. area code 202. on twitter, @cspanwj. the continuing resolution, the short-term spending measure. that it will be drama free. these things never wind up being drama for a. -- drama free. how long would it last and what are potential stumbling blocks for getting it through? guest: the leaders have kind of let it be known they are looking at a december 11-14 end run. host: a lame duck session would pick it up?

guest: right. guest: -- there are members of congress who start wondering if republicans take over the senate on election day, why would we give outgoing majority leader harry reid leverage to do a new continuing resolution after that. could be discussion about whether we should extend this into the next session, past december into january. whatever party controls the senate will have the leverage to discuss the ins and outs that. the other issue is what is a clean cr? they promised a clean bill, in other words, no policy riders. there is talk that there will be things added. your definition of clean comes up to question. the reauthorization of ex-im,m the export import bank. also, terrorism risk insurance, that might be a longer shot. senate, terms of the

let stumbling blocks for getting the continuing resolution through their? is the problem in the house? guest: it is largely in the house. if the house were to add controversial measures, you could have a ping-pong v olleying. if the house were to pass a pretty uncontroversial bill, the be quick to accept that. neither party wants to be blamed for a shutdown or anything resembling or creating that risk. chance the senate shortens their session, as we are hearing possibly from the house? with theey're on board here and minimum of days. the house is a little bit more anxious to get out early. sureenate is going to make the government does not shut down and get out-of-town.

host: an article you wrote last street "the ostrich owall journal." what are you hearing from republican leaders in the senate? what direction with a goal in within to take control of the senate? as an they see this opportunity to prove that they can govern. they shall are to blame for the shutdown. they see this as an opportunity to show they can steer the country to the right without creating a lot of drama. republicanssenior passalking about trying to legislation that already has the support of some democrats -- improving keystone xl, making some changes to the health law, energy policy. you can get some democrats on board, they can pass legislation

that would land on obama's desk, he might have a tougher time choosing to veto it. host: problems with the more conservative elements in the house. they would object to some of the things that senate democrats agree on with their republican colleagues? guest: absolutely. in fact, what you might see is a two-year period where little gets done. with vetoing and maybe two budget reconciliation bills. if you look at president bush's term that, weto get to might have to wait until december. one of the fascinating things, what happens if we get to november 4 and then the morning of november 5 we do not know who controls the senate. split, republicans ahead. notmary landrieu's race is decided until september.

host: the houses back a week after the election. guest: the house can do their thing and vote on new leaders. whether anybody will want to do anything if nobody knows who controls the senate the next year, that's another question. host: a quick take on the new leaders. kevin mccarthy came in as they were gaveling out for the august recess. what is the biggest challenges that he faces? guest: same as the old challenge. it is the right wing of the party, they appreciate kevin mccarthy as a nice guy who is willing to talk to them. as we saw in the first vote whene they left town, and speaker boehner had to keep him here to finish the vote on the daca, they do not go along because they are buddies. they have their priorities and

stick to them. host: callers waiting. baltimore, dorothy on the democrats line. caller: i wanted to talk -- i had other things to say but i have a few questions. one, about the keystone pipeline. is she talking about the keystone pipeline? will beo ideas how they making jobs, canada is not interested in making us jobs. anyway. the other thing i wanted to talk that, you all keep saying the republicans have all these jobs, nobody ever says what they are. if they had the jobs bill with infrastructure, if republicans and democrats could agree, why can't they agree on that? it would put millions of americans to work for real.

why can't they agree on that? was the problem? host: let's go to billy house, the house is taking up this question. she mentioned infrastructure, that would seem like an area of common agreement. there there would be if were a lot of jobs bills regarding infrastructure. on the house side, and a lot of it is to cut red tape for regulations that many democrats and many other americans feel are necessary to protect workers and labor. they are described as jobs bills, their parameters are sometimes reaching. have not beenlls past, they've not even been brought to the floor of the senate. guest: that is the mantra from the house republicans, they -- 36 is a number -- host: she talked about keystone xl, that would be an area where the senate could sort of set the pace on that and could come to some agreement. there is some bipartisan support on keystone.

the problem in the senate is that everything gets caught in this vortex of procedural politics. and the bad blood between democrats and republicans derailed a lot of stuff in the senate. doingis some support for something around keystone, but he gets caught in fights over amendments and they are not able to agree. host: marilyn, independents line. caller: good morning. can't wait for the beginning of congress. it is a lowbrow comedy about to recommence. i am a 66-year-old blue-collar guy. earning social security wages for 45 years. i cannot imagine working just 12 days out of the next 40 and earning a six-figure income. so predictable and lamentable, we need to hear the next speech by steve king, gomer, tea baggers lamenting

everything our president wears, does, or says. real politics.n i am a child of the 1960's when people actually got arrested and got killed for civil rights and fighting against the vietnam war. we will now go to san antonio. democrat line. what would you like to see done over the next 12 days? caller: let's get something going. somenot understand why people are concerned about congress being taken over by if thecans when president vetoes, it is going to take a two thirds majority to override his veto on other side of congress. one more issue, we have four borders, we don't have one. i would like to see on tv the

border patrol tracing and illegal russian or illegal spanish guylegal coming through canada. how come i don't see that on tv? host: on the issue of immigration, the president is delaying implementation of executive action. the headline here, immigration delay in. activists. what does this mean -- infuriates activist. what is this mean for lawmakers like representative gutierrez? does that change the political dynamic or their relationship with the president? guest: he is their lead point guard and all this, they cannot distance themselves completely. although many of them expressed anger in the last couple days over the president's decision to delay. largely on immigration, you are not going to see anything done, probably even in the lame-duck.

it will not be tackled until a new congress, if them. i was on the border, i was where they were keeping some of these kids in the holding center. is aose areas, immigration big issue but jobs and the economy is paramount. guest: -- host: sarasota, florida, mike, republican line. caller: i'd like to ask your guest, what is the true unemployment rate? we can't extend the truth thing to immigration and to he althcare. that people are being able to access health care in spite of high co-pays and deductibles. what is the true unemployment rate? it is a problem in florida. host: any idea? guest: it is true that there are

people who have given up looking for jobs. the straight unemployment rate does not reflect all the pain people feel in this economy. that is likely to hurt democrats, given that it is hurting president obama's approval rating. people hold democrats accountable for the weaknesses that are still there and the economy. piece, back to a the agenda. mccarthy memo on september agenda. this is in the house, and that's the ex-im bank. why are they leaving that often agenda? the agenda,t off he's a lawmaker who said he did not think it would be taken up, too much going on. there's a lot of pressure to do it. bank,s the export import it helps provide subsidies for foreign companies to buy american products.

conservatives in the house think that is manipulating the free market. they are upset with that and they think it puts taxpayers on the hook for things it should not. however, many other republicans, as we found out over the last few weeks, have districts with companies that rely on this. so there is the clash. it expires, its current charter reauthorization is at the end of this month. i think they are going to punt it for a few days. a few weeks, if not months. lame-duck, if not forever. and come back to it later. they will do a temporary extension. guest: yeah. republicans see the senate as a prize in their sights and they do not want to do anything to create a ruckus before the election. the timing of the export import bank reauthorization falls squarely in that path. even conservatives who do not they arehe ex-im bank,

saying for now i will be willing to do a short-term extension to get this off our plate. host: georgia, tony, independents line. i have 35 years and finally learned something. i have found the common ground i have with the republicans and the democrats. ifs is what i've learned -- congress and the president and the supreme court and the conservative republicans and conduct their business the way i would like you to conduct your business, i will be happy. that is the common ground i have found in almost every call that i have listened to over the years. it does not matter how much civics or whether i read the constitution or anything. or i just have got an opinion. is, conductround your business the way i want you to conduct your business, and i will be happy. that is my comment. host: thank you.

memphis, tennessee, david, good morning. caller: hello. two things i wanted to ask about. legallyt, i am actually blind. i've been legally blind for years. i've always had a problem getting a job. not because i did not like to work but because of my disability. what would you do as far as helping disabled people who live on their own get jobs and make it to where they do not have to use the government for social security or any kind of disability check? that is my first question. my second question, if you guys are trying to put more jobs out here in the u.s., why don't you redirect some of the money into military? the ones that we're not sending out, i know they still have to be paid like everyone else. you redirect some of the money, maybe you can put some of the jobs back out here and give some of the people who are on

disability or on them plummet a little bit of extra money. host: another issue that the president will address on wednesday, the issue of how the administration will respond to islamiccal militant state. the chairman of the senate intelligence committee, diane feinstein was on the sunday shows yesterday and in "usa today" saying the isis threat cannot be overstated. house and, will the senate work on any sort of measure dealing with isis? guest: there's been a lot of reluctance to send troops on the ground. people are wary of taking steps like that. at this point, members of congress are saying we want more information. this is a threat that there has not been commitment to specific action. now they are saying we want the white house to tell us more about what they plan to do. we read nice this is a big danger but last year there was a lot of hesitation to vote on syria, we could see a repeat of

that. guest: hearing that there are resolutions brewing. is one from virginia representative frank wolf. i agree, i don't think it's going to go anywhere in the next couple weeks. the lame-duck maybe a productive one in that regard. think most members i'm not quite sure where they want to go on this and they certainly are not sure weeks before an election. were in new mexico last week. did people ask steve pederson about it? he is one guy who at one point said all i hear about from liberals is that we need to be more compassionate for these people coming over the border. he says what about the people in the middle east? what about the people being beheaded, why can't we be more compassionate. he thinks we should be doing something. what that is, who knows?

of differentt opinions. the overriding concern is to get through the campaign. practicalof the things, i think it has been passed and the house but not the senate, defense authorization has not been taken care of. guest: that has not been passed by the senate. since it passed the house, there have been some events nationally -- there was the unrest in ferguson -- that have led some lawmakers to potentially add some new things to the senate version of the defense authorization bill. there is discussion of reviewing the defense department program that provides access military to local police department. you could see some changes they would have to hash out with the house. host: chicago heights, illinois. caller: hi. i'm a registered democrat. congress isme that

not aware of how the american people really feel. the american people understand that republicans do not want to work with president obama. ande are republicans democrats who are suffering, who have lost unemployment benefits. my question is for christina, why is it that she sounds so that republicans are going to win in november? everyone is suffering. you guys should not be so quick to say we are going to win. we're going to take the house in the senate. a lot of people know what is going on. and they are not naïve. they see that there is so much hatred for barack obama. and they know why he cannot get anything done, it is because republicans hate him and they do not want to do anything for the american people. host: her article was about what if the gop gain control. is definitely the

biggest question in november. i don't think anyone knows who will take the senate. elections,w republicans had a lot of momentum going in and it looks like they had a really good shot at taking the senate and democrats held on. that is a huge question mark. host: we have not talked about numbers changes in the house, what is the common -- what are people thinking? guest: i think what they are shooting for, the republicans may be a pickup or six or eight seats at best. the democrats are hoping to maintain what they have got. they know they're not going to take over the house. then the question becomes, long-term, for democrats in the minority, how long do you stick with minority leader nancy pelosi and the sort of stagnant number two spot they've been in? host: billy house and kristina

peterson, 15 minutes of your calls. (202) 585-3880 for democrats. (202) 585-3881 for republicans. independents, (202) 585-3882. this is ida, michigan. caller: yes. i'm calling, i was a democrat became989 when clinton president. ever since clinton became president, it has been nothing but health for black people. you are shooting black kids in the back. i will be glad when the day comes when they shoot you in your back so you can see how it feels. host: ok. president clinton was elected in 1992. there this summer, were some events, ferguson

being one of the most vivid. interesting two-seat why that lawmakers respond given that this is something but this is something that cat losed the country. reflected comments by a piece in politico. ugly summer hounds congress. you mentioned militarization of police. coming up on ing the senate side. race or the of incident in ferguson likely to in any other house or senate hearings? >> the congressional black black the house unit of members will make their voice known in a number of events in weeks, whether that spills to actual legislation that will move in this area. structured two weeks. i kind of doubt it.

host: go ahead. uest: i heard some lawmakers having more policed to wear body cameras. seeing that translate to passes any time soon is going to be a big lift. caller: i've been calling this network for 35 years. withe ear seeing in georgia an exciting thing. i'm a businessman. got david purdue running as a businessman and a libertarian running for governor. businessman. we see a tremendous amount of business. nd i see people getting involved in politics. asking the panel. we've got people who are going a get together for -- the barbecue for david purdue running for senate. you, do you see a trend towards more business leaders? nd i hope the answer is yes, getting more involved in politics. host: thank you, joe. guest: i don't know if i see a trend. there are high-profile

usinessmen in this year's senate campaign on the gop side. but there are a lot of lawyers who come to congress. guest: yeah, the georgia race is another one to watch. a clear majority, we might not have a decision on that race until january. adding another complication to a potential lame duck. obama was asked yesterday on the interview of "meet the press" about the retaining majority in the senate. here's some of what he had to say. elections matter, i votes matter. fact that punditry overwhelmingly felt it was going be -- >> pointing at me. a that this was going to be good year for the senate epublicans because the seats states that were in

were tilting and significantly with significant republican majorities. democrats hold the senate, i hink that should get republicans to once again -- >> you think that sends a message? what it does is sends a message to republicans that people want to get stuff done. middle-class families. to create ladders of opportunity people, that's the agenda people reject. host: retaining that majority, democrats retain the majority, does that -- does for provide an opening bipartisanship? guest: i think we end up see ng a lot of what we're right now. it maybe gives the president two ore years to get some of his agenda through that maybe there's an opportunity to do

something on immigration with 2016 election around the corner host: a tweet from jan who going to passing? or let the government shut down something after the election. heard of the government shutdown. any chance of that? guest: democrats would like you verge of a're on the shutdown because of something republicans are angling to do. happen.ot going to hat's pure host: bob in baltimore on our bob.blican line, go ahead, caller: i'm just calling. i wasn't sure -- i wasn't clear this continuing resolution that's coming up. but i'm guessing that means that he appropriations bill haven't been passed on either side. and i'm -- i'm asking that to billy first. guest: good question. house has passed i believe seven, maybe six.

the senate hasn't passed a single one. and clearly they haven't agreed on any of them. appropriations bills that oversee the various parts of government, this congress has not agreed on a one of them. so that's why we need a stop -- at least a stop gap funding bill continuing resolution to keep basically funding levels are now way they through the start of the fiscal year. host: why haven't they passed senate bills. guest: comes down to the fights they keep on having. they haven't been able to bring quick nd do it in a manner. but there is a desire on the senate side both in the republicans to pass some of the spending bills before the end of the year. so you could see in the senate agreement at least on a few of the 12, some of the less controversial ones. because appropriators feel that if all you do is extend your funding every time their role is diminished.

so even b republicans want to bills passed ese in order to get some of the priorities reflected. host: this may be above our pay grade. above mine. how do we get out of the cycle. year after year, it winds up at the end of the year congress is passing a continued resolution. has finished e much of the work that the senate this year has not. break it going to take to that? guest: a good question. a lot of people thought when atty murray, the -- in the senate budget chairman and paul ryan, the house budget chairman made this two-year agreement on that it would be simple to just -- not simple, easier to do the annual budget appropriations bills. host: we're in the first year of that agreement? guest: we're sliding to the second year. guest: i think this is easier. they have agreed to the overall that we're not sealing a huge dustup right now, the nk it's indicative of fact that that agreement has eased things a bit.

host: made it more difficult for the agencies whether it's uman services or the pentagon to figure out what they're doing. guest: not to make steve pierce, the new representative from southern new mexico the but he's the universe, one guy who said you can't budget for your house, home, and two-month, three-month chunks. federal agencies are a lot like that. they like to do some planning. they'd like to do some longer term planning. if you have no idea what's from now, our months it could be difficult. host: next up, scott on the columbian line. hello, scott. caller: i want to take a moment to speak two points about the militarization of the police force around the country. host: yeah. aller: as a soldier, i've been in the army for 10 years. i want to point out one man's and perspective. in that after 13 years of war, thousands, if f

not more, soldiers, veterans, etting out of the army, or the military. and being pushed out. a lot of them will go to look almost the very structured environment in which you know, pull apart the team. and i think with that it brings a way our shift in split forces are being conducted. wrong.or in ferguson -- i was a little unnerved by what i saw having 2006 and 2007 in mosul and again in 2009 and 2010. the second point i want to make

s when we talk about the militarization of the police, i ironic if you impose the actions of the military perators overseas and around the world to detain people to bring them back for trial. odd and a bit counterintuitive for me for a law enforcement purpose around the globe. >> you have some libertarian republicans and democrats on the same page. that's odd bedfellows alliance. rand paul and senator elizabeth commentshoing the same they're concerned with the militarization of police. at may see some action there

some point given the bipartisans to do, to do something. guest: i think when people hear some of the equipment that's going to local police some of which have 14 members, some of the heavy military equipment that even the most avid police supporter can scratch their heads. >> again, this goes back to the defense authorization, correct? they can change that policy or policy through the passage of the authorization bill. senator carl levin, the chairman of the armed services committee said they the program before the defense authorization bill comes to the senate floor. there is going to be some in the senate. miami, florida, chaz on the independent line. caller: we need to get back to

working.ess is not we need to stop with the farce. a conspiratorial thinker. they're not doing the people's business. their job is to stay in office. more than 80% of their -- 80% of their time recent book called by two ex-senators, their names now.pe me right they're trying to stay in office. they're not doing the people's usiness, republican nor democrat or what have you. and i think it's a farce. i think that we -- i think we're complicit in making believe representing us. this is how much money do you have. can you run for office. say one more thing. 'm -- my parents were immigrants from cuba. my father tried to run for ffice when cuba was a democracy. he said, listen, if you don't have $100,000, you simply can't

run for the congress. host: how recently was that when he -- when he was told that? caller: before the revolution, 1955.ng about but before -- but before batista basically his coup d'etat, in of nationalism, similar to what we're feeling now. keep at people wanted to immigration low, high inflation after world war ii, they wanted to change things. that's one of the reasons why they came in and took over the government and basically defecated on the constitution. ost: cecil who is in carrie, north carolina, democrats' line. caller: hello. cecil, go ahead. caller: yes, i have an answer to this thing here. we've got a divided government. going to ly way it's on whetherit depends

republicans gain -- gain the the senate, which will actually make the situation worse. and that's not an improvement. but i -- at this point, we're water.n the i think the country is not able operate like it ship that has less power at sea. go back to beginning on the political messaging on the republican side. messaging about the in terms of the bills that they'll bring forth. what about the democratic side? what sort of message will they try to get in floor debates, in hearings, etc. guest: that republicans don't care about the average person, the average worker. minimum wage, they don't care in t women, it's reflected their membership and their

issues and their legislation. republicans are overly emphasizing deregulation, attacks on obama, rather than and ng your government seeing that your life is better. host: we talked about the amendment.onal later, what other senate messaging is harry reid going to his leadership team guest: they may bring up some on the y voted on minimum wage, on the hobby lobby supreme court decision. get to the really core group that they're going after. in the midterm elections, women, voters, trying to show that they really care about them. one more call. rochelle, georgia is next. john on our democrats line. caller: hello? host: hi, john, you're on the air. caller: yes, this is the vote -- about cans don't care regular people and all of the people need to get out and vote.

word, you'll get the last john. thank you for your call. thank you for your comments. peterson of "the wall street journal." follow her on twitter and billy journal.om the national you're on twitter at house in session. correct? guest: exactly. host: thanks to both of you. look forward to hearing your and ting this weekend beyond. guest: thanks. host: next up, we kick off the series, visits to big 10 interviews with big ten conference presidents. the university of minnesota as part of c-span's 10 tour of the big conference. we kick off today again in minnesota with the president of kaler.versity, eric a look at the c-span bus there in minnesota. higher education, how preparing to re graduates for careers in adult life. the on, john bradshaw, executive director of the group national security network on the .s. strategy to confront and defeat isis and what we might expect from president oh what's

comments on wednesday. on c-span, an update on c-span radio. eastern time. a voice of america reports this morning that defense secretary hagel is denouncing what he calls russia's blatant ukraine.on in speaking earlier, secretary actions in ussia's ukraine as well as georgia pose a long-term challenge that the united states and its allies very seriously. but he added that the actions of president vladimir putin have brought the united states closer friends in europe together. meanwhile, european union said sanctions against russia should be adopted shortly and a e effect tomorrow despite kremlin warning of retaliation. but an eu spokeswoman said the be reversible depending on the sanctions in ukraine. russia has warned it could block international flights to the air pace if the eu goes ahead with

measures of a conflict. the update on isis and the president's upcoming speech on wednesday. a tweet from the capital journal said president obama is expected strikes in syria to defeat the islamic state. coverage of the president's remarks. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. on "the communicators," merger proposals and other issues with the fcc. > the issue with consolidation is you have huge companies that are not only in control of distribution, but of content too and they're getting hammered a lot on the news and information infrastructure that democracy rely upon to govern ourselves.

seeing the developing world adopt technologies rapidly. improving thes for human condition, for allowing people to have the benefit of new information. hange the political expectations. the economic expectations all in constructive way. host: here we kick off the tour with college visited to big ten college campuses and talking to the big ten colleges and universities, the colleges that educates a half each-year and allocates some $10 billion a throughoute research the country and beyond. we're joined this morning in is esota by eric taylor who the president of the university of minnesota. tomorrow we'll hear from interim

linder of the university of nebraska. friday, sally mason, president of the university of iowa. bus ng us on the c-span eric the napolis is kaler. on ks for joining us here washington journal. >> glad to be with you. host: tell us about the system.ty of minnesota is it a public system, a land university? uest: five campuses, minneapolis, st. paul, duluth, morris, rochester. students, $75 million a year in research spending. a big operation. how long have you been president? guest: well, less than that,

for sure. i'm starting my fourth year. i'm the 16th president of the university. this ple tend to serve in job for a good long time. some of your priorities as president? guest: well, it's simple for me. i'm interested in accessibility affordability and i'm interested in the university roviding a truly excellent education for those students. also interested in being sure that we help to drive the state of the minnesota, that we're the home innovations innd medical care, science, engineering. and we have a critical important maintain the to liberal arts and make sure that creative work of all kinds takes place. a pretty broad span. t the end of the day, we're interested in undergraduate students to make sure they get to ducation they can afford pay for host: the next couple of weeks, the bus will visit all of the

campuses.llege rate does the university in terms of size just on size alone. guest: really glad you started with minnesota. appreciative with that. campus, e twin cities the fourth, fifth, sixth largest campus in the country. one that is nly physically larger than we are is ohio state. again, an important breadth across our system as well. the twin cities campus is about 51,000 students this year. big for c-span viewers, ten college alumni, they can look on our website for our stops. just a quick snapshot in terms the total ndance, number of students at the university of minnesota, spring plus. 48,000 that's 28,000 undergraduate,

12,000 graduate. 3800 postgraduate. ook at some of the college degrees. first on campus versus on campus. campus students, the total is $25, 374. off campus, 19,326. the in state versus out of in minnesota, if you're $19,310 , $12,060 and for out of state students. seeing in preparing for our conversation that you -- that system has frozen the tuition for this year. is that? guest: we had the legislature n with the governor by the bianium.g of the last

if we're able to get appropriate the state of minnesota to make that happen. we're able to do that. by the beginning of this, we saw the first increase in state appropriation to the university of minnesota in six years. heavy cut in the great recession. as a consequence, we had to aintain the quality of our programs. the state this time around let us reverse that. to have ate beginning the public land grant able toions and we were deal. it's important thing to do. student debt is something we'll talk about this morning. important to have them leave without a huge amount of debt. tuition freeze is an

important step in that direction. host: we've broken the numbers down. if you're a parent, call 202-585-3880. parent of a student. 202-5585-3881. 202-585-3882. 202-558-3880. minnesota residents we set aside a line as well. 202-585-3883. issue of college costs and universities, tuition freeze. will you talk to your colleagues in big ten and other universities, what is the number priority in terms of keeping those costs low? number one tool you used to keep college costs low? guest: well, it's clear that

great institutions, state institutions have an historical relationship with their state. or years, the state of minnesota and the big ten supported their universities as well. hen i was a graduate student, the state of minnesota provided over 30% of the state university's budget. they provided 16% of the state budget. investment has meant a shift of cost to students. so as we look at ways to make students easier, the first conversation is with state government. the other side of the coin so to speak is our ability to control our costs. industry that requires us in order to be hiring great faculty and great staff to do do, those personnel costs are expensive. e need to drive the costs as low as possible. we need to operate as effectively and efficiently as

we can. the dollars that we do have are moved to the primary missions and not spent on the costs and we're working hard every day to make that happen. maintaining a cost structure that's sensible. paying for the quality that we staff, our faculty and and being in partnership with he state to fund the whole enterprise. >> for the student coming in, conversation t begin on afford about and how is tracked? off, a third of our students graduate with no debt at all. they're able with their resources and family's resources to appropriately pay for college. the students that graduate average debt is $28,000. debt.s students with that is a the price of the car.

that u need to make balance of your life decisions an investment in yourself. getting the college of education versus doing something else with money. so i think students and their families have that conversation. last year, provided well over $3 million in financial aid. help qualified students who don't have the means to come here to be here with us. balance of financial aid, taking some loans, and at the end of the day, a young making ad their family decision to invest in college, outcome that e produces the 5500 first year tudents that we welcomed to campus last month host: president taylor 75% of students getting financial aid. sports with 25 varsity teams in the university of minnesota system has campuses in morris, corkstown, and in rochester in terms of the

athletic ms and scholarships. per any do you give out year? guest: 750 student athletes at minnesota in of the twin cities and additional student athletes in duluth. them receive some kind of financial aid ranging from a scholarship to a partial scholarship across all sports. the gain, you know, revenues that support that are to a very m great extent, media revenues, philanthropy, and other sponsorship rights. the overall budget $1 million or $2 million this year. host: he's aboard our c-span bus in minneapolis as we kick the c-span college tour this time through the big ten

conference starting with the university of minnesota. parent, a parent of the student, minnesota or elsewhere, 202-585-3880. for educators, 202-585-3881. for students, and that's college students or others, 202-585-3882. we'd love to hear some high students who are planning to go to college next year or out.ng to figure that and for all minnesota residents, 202-585-3883. hear from capitol heights, maryland. school?o you go to caller: hello. host: where do you go to school? go to the university of maryland. host: go ahead with your job. caller: what are universities doing to help students that may high school the that really isn't -- didn't have the resources to help students who want to go to college?

guest: i didn't quite get all of that. do to es the university provide resources for a student ho needs help to come to college. we have a broad spectrum of financial aid, both need and based. we work hard to make the university affordable. if you come from a family who has an income of or less, that means that the expectation is your family will not contribute cost of your education. nd we package financial aid grants and scholarships that more than cover the cost of tuition. affordable for students from -- from very low income families. we grant that up and give need-based financial aid to grosses who have adjusted enemy of up to $100,000 a year.

like many competitors, the cost of college is a burden to families. and we're making it possible for students to come to the university of minnesota host: what about the academic help for rms of incoming freshmen who may not or they need to for help. hey face a daunting fall schedule. what resources does the university of minnesota offer? caller: well, this year, we egan a program called the president's emerging scholar's program. was the program that summer this year. the college get them squared away in the dormitory. them a little bit of a head start. in addition, they provide $1,000 financial aid to the students in the first year and $1,000 in the fourth year to

they get over the finish line. we offer a variety of programs, the y for students who are first generation of the families coming to college are really not the college culture. we have a great program around financial literacy. way that is is the oh stub their toe. live like a student now so you don't have to later. maintain affordability. being smart about the decisions money.ke your we have a planned host of programs, i like that. again with the president's scholars' program, we have ways for students from disadvantaged backgrounds to university of minnesota. host: kicking off the fall ten ge tour of the big campuses. a tweet from laura who asked you, what qualifies a college as a big ten besides their football teams? guest: well, that's a great question.

i'm glad it came up. teams are football actually the be least of what we do. the big ten is a committee for institutional the cic.on, it's the most comprehensive association in the country. academic best practices are exchanged, leaders of various of the institution come together and need to learn from each other. with how academic institutions should collaborate and work together. and, of course, we do play and a variety of other sports. ut i think if you ask our new rutgers maryland and whether they important detractors for them in the big ten was the strength of the we do.cs that its's a remarkable group of institutions when you look at academics of the that is done together with the competitiveness of the sports

teams. there's a group of special institutions. host: the c-span bus will be ten schools new big in new jersey. rutgers and the university of maryland college park. calls.o on the to steve who's a parent in lieuis center, ohio. your is your -- where is child in school? caller: my child is not school.y a student in she got a wonderful education at the university of wisconsin and were from friends minnesota. the reason for that is that minnesota and wisconsin have reciprocity l program where they can go to each other's colleges and universities, i guess. in-state fees. t nted to hear what's advantage and disadvantage of that. from minnesota were lifelong friends and help my daughter become a better student. host: okay, thank you.

guest: great question. reciprocity is a wonderful study in for them to wisconsin. it also applies to manitoba, canada.it or not, in it allows students to come to a similar school. campus and the twin city is quite comparable. and have that experience while being a little bit further from home. it is interesting for those listening who have had as was thed students case in my family of being away from home was an important part go to decision where to school. and being able to go to twin sin if you're a cities student, far enough away. you're getting a great education you'd pay many minnesota. so a wonderful program. come from students wisconsin under that reciprocity program. host: other student on the line here. west sacramento,

california. kevin, go ahead. where are you in school? am i in school? host: where -- caller: i'm not in school right now. i'm trying to find out about his college. location, where it might be located. host: the school is in minnesota. ny other question about the university there, kevin? we'll let you go. who's a therine in -- parent in falls village, connecticut. cath lynn, good morning, go ahead. caller: good morning, i'm fortunate enough to have two who have gone -- they're in college now. one went to wpi. mt. holy yolk. but i have turned into both issues of climate change and a different, but almost similar, domestic abuse and now hearing about college accountability for sexual assault. and i'm wondering if we could such as civicurce rep search institute that has ather expensive but

comprehensive research done for people in all professions. if all students could know about to be a lot ofms confusion about what is either ssault or in a divorce or custody plan, what is a fair appropriate outcome, particularly for women, because unfortunately, it is highly often the case that it is -- the omen and children are being victimized. even by some of the systems. so we need a major turnaround. host: let's find out. sexual assault on capitol hill and elsewhere. some of the things that the university of minnesota is doing to address the issue? host: well, we have been a long-time leader in battling campuses.ault on our our -- womens center, the aurora national leader in modelling, how to respond to

of sexual assault, how to help victims. justice in that space. and they've been consulted by the white house this has -- has moved forward. we take the issue very seriously here. we have again a variety of variety of a structure that we think educates young people, both men and women about making smart decisions about no means no. i mentioned, we have a robust support system for victims. by no means perfect. improvement.ty for we are in that space as a leader by many people in the country. host: how do profits from athletics break down in funding for of the college

nonathletic scholarships to renovations. program allathletic but a small handful of athletic programs does receive the from the university. it's an amount that nets out the be $2 million a year. that support for the athletic programs. revenue sports, men's basketball, do carry a lot of provide tary load and opportunities for student thletes in the nonrevenue sports and, again, all together. athletic now, the program does not turn a profit we he university and continue to move to the program. competitive.to be there's a balance to be made there in the case of most

chools like us host: you can find the president on twitter. a parent from gadsden, alabama. jim, good morning. caller: good morning. have a general question about educational opportunity because all three of the above. seminary tly finished after going to harvard and birmingham southern down here in recently goty wife her phd. at uva and is now a college professor. they both came from poor families. i mean, generation ago, we were poor. so my question -- and we received opportunities. but, we studied. n the high school and subsequently. now, my question is, i hear so uch about the poorer people in america and in the minority groups in various big cities can't get education. hey have no opportunity to go

to college. all i know ar and alumni from my school and my wife's. e both worked in our college and graduate school. but we studied our books in high school. well on the s.a.t.s. but here's my question, if a erson, no matter what area of america they come from, no matter what their race, no background, ifeir minimally, an entrance exam to the average america, if there's any reason that that person no what the background or their neighborhood should not be able to go to college.

host: great question. students alified should be able to go to college. that's why we spend so much time and effort on financial aid and a variety of structures to enable students from disadvantaged backgrounds to ucceed at the university of minnesota. i don't think there's anything more difficult for the country's uture than to have an educated population. and that means everybody needs a degree of education. sometimes a four-year college. a trade school. everybody needs a post secondary education. that is clear and we're committed to that. host: looking at the statistics n terms of the number of young people in college between 18 and 24, 32-year comparison here. college more going to in 2012 -- 41% up from 26% in 1980. fewer in the labor force. in that age group, 18 to 24, 65%

2012. that's down from 75% in 1986. as you graduate students from minnesota, howof do you prep them from the workforce. what's the most important thing you do in the university to do that? guest: employers will tell you hey have some practical experience. they have an internship in the company in their field so they work is like. or they had other experience just the coursework. and we provide that in a variety of ways. third largest study of cohort of students in the a great hat provides opportunity for people to see way other people are giving

the richer experience. many of them said in the capstone force. the semester of the full senior more critically about what their discipline is about. day, the end of the internship experience, either in the summertime or over a important. that's something that we work on aggressively. fortunate in minnesota that twin cities is the home to and a une 500 companies very active economy beyond those companies. so there are a lot of for young people to go out and get experiences elative to them as they search for the first job. host: the survey of hiring managers and other employment. college ising reason grads can't get a job. hiring te 3/4 of managers claim millennials, even

those with college degrees the job epared for market and lack an adequate work thic according to a survey of bentley university, a private business school in massachusetts. the hiring managers respect assessment, a wide range of business people, corporate recruiters, academics, others interviewed agree that recent college graduates or lower for their reparedness for their first job. how do you counteract something like that? guest: that is a challenging situation. it relate flekts, of course, the input that that young person has the first 22 years of their life. and we're not responsible for all of that. do insist on a rigorous education. on work at the university of minnesota. the quality of our programs are students areat our he paired to go to work once they succeed. but at the end of the day, there

al expectations al of students graduating now hat's different from our generation and the expectation for quality of life and balance, that can be different from other generations. i think that's a function of that is very difficult for a southern university to change. missouri, go ahead. joseph, michigan. arlene is a apartment there. go ahead. caller: yes, i'm a parent. my daughter has been out of years now.22 understand why people can't afford to send their children to school. making about , $23,000 a year at the time.

my daughter went to western university which ran around $12,000 a year. she did go full time and she did live on campus. 16, she aughter turned didn't have a car. i didn't have to make car ayments, car insurance payments. she started working at mcdonald's at 15. when shep got her check on friday, most of it went into the bank. she didn't have it to spend the next day. her senior -- after year of college, she worked at the company i was working at hire kids of ould parents going -- that were going to school. summer and ork for they made better than minimum wage. ost: did you pay her bills or did she take care of her tuition

or student loans? half and etty much half. she got two scholarships. sh also did help. working in the summer, there were several other kids working there. would get paid on thursday. those other kids, their money would be gone by friday. host: the university of minnesota, is there a magic number in terms how much debt a or a student's parents should be carrying? guest: first off, i would like caller on a te the very successful management resources and the good outcome f her daughter getting an education. a degree of responsibility, i think, that's commendable. question, whenour debt, i at the college think there's not one size fits all. i think unfortunately what you media really the the horror stories of somebody up $100,000 or $150,000 of debt to get an

degree.aduate i don't think there's any reason in the world to have that happen. that's a series of bad decisions made in my has opinion. you can get a very high quality degree. let's just take the numbers at the university of minnesota. for resident student, the total is of attendance per year $25,000. roughly. so $100,000 for four years. again, you wouldn't have an is a ation if your family limited being, you give financial aid, need-based aid hat would cover at least half of that amount. you would expect that a student could work in the summer. you could expect perhaps the to some ould work out degree. so it feels like to me that conditions, lt 25,000 total amount of student loans is something that should be in the upper end of what

carrying. i know people are graduating from university, from our university with more than that debt. that means they've been spending those funds on things beyond the to college.g that's a personal decision. a person wants to have a personal life style. that decision at the end of the day, they need to find the way to pay for it. do you think h the -- how much more do you think the role the federal terms ent should play in of additional student loan aid? guest: that's an interesting question. balance there is really tough to see. argumentnd, there's an that as we make more, lower cost federall aid available, financial aid available, students take that and therefore more indebtedness without having a hard conversation about it. really ismething that in their long-term interest. on the other hand, obviously,

students who need that financial aid, having it available, having it available interest rate is a huge advantage for them going forward. it's not really an easy answer to the right level of aid.ral financial i'm in favor of it being available at low interest rate. some u might want to have financial counseling involved in he amount of financial aid indebtedness grows to make the cigses of the future ability to repay the loans. president of the university of minnesota, just under 10 minutes left. 202-585-3880. if you're a parent. 202-585-3881. for students, 202-558-3882.

hear from fred in lexington, kentucky. go to school. caller: i go to eastern kentucky. in my r -- the concerns question. actions posals -- the and so on. the president of my university. what kind of g insight you're kind of inputting this process. i know like in other countries, helped a, canada, advanced systems for some of the sort of ountries, that thing. i was wondering what's your insights to this question. that a personw is ho gained the education in the united states should be able to stay. i would address those people in

engineering, science, mathematics to staple a green of anybody diploma in that field. the country is richer, our stronger be i having those individuals to be a part of it. this country grew by immigration i'm in favor of continuing with so, particularly from those who have earned a college degree. institution the that the individuals have gone o, there's been some state or federal investment in that institution that's benefitted them. we ought to allow those people andtay in the united states reap the benefit of their labors. >> call from minnesota next. there. is she's a parent. hi, dorothy. >> good morning. host: good morning. i'm calling because i'm stem influencehe hat is part of the college curriculum now.

i would like to add an "a" to arts.for how important are the arts in minnesota? guest: the university of minnesota has a core value and a responsibility to maintain the arts -- the arts of all minnesota. we have points of real strength. in the performing arts, we have relationship with the guthrie theater where we have students that are part of that troop. he facilities for the visual arts activities and the performing arts activity with new northrup auditorium. so i'm a huge fan of support for the arts. at the same time, we have tight the t constraints and challenges of providing for everybody are always there. institution for higher education as the state's

only land grant institution, we to a core requirement maintain that creative activity. nd they benefit not just students who happen to major in ne of the finer performing arts, i visited a pottery class that was filled with students from all disciplines expressing their creativity in that way. an important part of a well educated person's being. hope to continue to strengthen the arts at the university of minnesota and as make wise ome, to investments there. host: to the students line there, chris in leawood, kansas. where do you go school? inler: seton hall university new jersey. host: go ahead. caller: a few of the things that discussed on the program. i think the nature of secondary ducation involve critical thinking. so-of my profes sores, the

kids rs are saying the from an early age are not being taught to think correctly. to learni've been able how to do that is outside of classrooms. in speech and debate. other students have alternate means for that. i guess my question is what do the confines of learning in the classroom are and how do we educate them. host: thanks, chris, go ahead. guest: that's a perspective question. ofaping the classroom is one the most important things that the college student does. the most ne of important reasons that place-based education is so important. t's out of classroom activities. the caller mentioned debate. just a wonderful way to -- to think and analyze the problem. and we encourage our students to e involved in those kinds of activities. it is true that sometimes in the

you're so consumed with taking in knowledge that we don't always have time to thin bout it and particularly to cross different disciplines. extracurricular item like debate will let you do that. do lso mentioned that we have the space and time to think that way. back to the -- back to the secondary education. host: go ahead. guest: i -- sure. was just going to comment that we are looking to strengthen postsecondary education through kindergarten all the way through high school. problems we all need to lean in to together. guest: headline on the front of the museum. harvard gets $350 million for foundation ts the will help the school battle global threats. it 's the biggest gift in the

history. $350 million, not to make you jealous or anything. but how big is the endowment at the university of minnesota? where to you decide allocate those funds? guest: the endowment is about $2 billion. the university maintains its own endowment of $1 billion. in endowment lion resources at the university. it's one of the largest of public university in the country. t is divided up to a myriad of activities. brodly speaking for scholarship undergraduates. program or members and attic support for literally hundreds if not thousands of that donors attribute

through the years. t's part of the budget and continue to be a part of the budget institution going forward, certainly as we balance the state constitutions and the revenues keep tuition as affordable to students as they can. arlington heights, illinois. robert for eric taylor. good morning. are r: good morning, how you doing? host: fine, thanks. in er: i have a comment regards to university journal. do you think it's appropriate or the universities to discriminate on campus in regards to veterans being on there, and/or i just have experience in evanston, illinois, sometimes the presence f veterans is frowned upon by northwestern. i think that's inappropriate.

ost: we'll get an answer from eric taylor. thank you for your call. guest: we welcome them with open arms. rotc detachments here in programming and in for veterans. i, myself, glue up in a military family. so we are opening up to the people who serve our country. host: the president of the university of minnesota. university is the first stop on the bus tour. thank you for being with us on "washington journal" this morning. guest: i've enjoyed it. thank you for having me. other stops.your host: we continue on the ollege bus tour here on c-span's washington journal. on wednesday, we interview the the im president for university of nebraska, james

linder. n friday, sally mason who is president of the university of iowa. more details on the website at c-span.org. the next step here on washington journal, john bradshaw, the group irector of national security network on the and strategy to confront defeat isis. but first, an update from c-span radio. >> abdullah abdullah in televised remarks earlier said outcome of the second round of afghanistan's presidential election, expected released this week after an audit of ballots. the former foreign minister went say that the political process to form a national unity government with the opponent is adding that he believes he won both rounds of afghanistan's election. presidential election has been grid locked for months in ballot examinations and recounts accusations from both sides of voter fraud. harvard ic news, business school alumni responding to a survey are

painting a dark portrait of the future for workers according to the associated press. respondents% of the were seen lower pay and benefits jobs.l as fewer fulltime roughly half favor outsourcing work over hiring staffers and growing share prefer part-time employees. rather ly half would invest in new technology than hire or retain workers. time, it's becoming harder to find skilled workers. former presidents bill clinton george w. bush are launching a new scholars program in four help ential libraries to academics and business leaders to learn more about presidential leadership. and 43rd presidents are speaking at the event today at the museum to announce the program. partnership between the clinton, bush, george h.w. bush, nd lyndon b. johnson presidential centers. c-span 2 will have live coverage eastern time. those are the latest headlines

on c-span radio. >> tonight on "the communicators," former ommissioners michael cobbs and robert mcdowell discuss merger roposals and several other issues before the fcc. >> the issue with consolidation, you have huge companies that are only in control of of content toout and they're getting locked on the news and infrastructure that democracy rely upon to govern ourselves. adoption of smart phones is faster in minority communities suburban, in affluent, white communities. that is fantastic news for america. developing world adopt rapidly.ies very, very fantastic news for improving the human condition for a lot of have the benefit of new information. going to change the political xpectations, the economic expectations all in a positive

and constructive way. >> tonight, 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. host: we're going be talking about the u.s. strategy to islamic state, the militant group isis. and john bradshaw is with us. the executive director of the national security network. is guest: we're a progressive tank. e put out what we call solutions to national security problems. this is one we've been dealing with a lot. host: the president will address the nation on wednesday, a speech on his plans for dealing with isis. in "the new york times" this morning, destroying isis may take years, u.s. officials saying. i want to read a little bit of this. they seem to be outlining some of the things that the president may say. that the administration is preparing to carry out a

campaign against the islamic iraq and syria that may take three years to complete requiring a sustained effort last until president obama has left office according to senior administration officials. the first phase, an air campaign with nearly 145 air strikes in already under is way. the next phase, begin sometime more iraq forms a inclusive government scheduled this week is expected to involve effort to train, advise, or equip the iraqi fighters, and sh sunni tribes. the final --

but how big of a threat. once they beheaded the journalists, a horrible and the ome thing, you felt temperature go up in the capitol. there are other ways to pursue did the ple who beheadings. they will be brought to justice at some point. it may take some time. to factor that in in a reasonable proportionate ay when you decide what military action to undertake. 202-585-3880 for democrats. for republicans.

above all other, independs, 202-585-3882. the reaction on capitol hill, house and senate come back today. we're seeing headlines like this. the house gop would authorize use of military force against isis. they're writing about a is lution that frank wolf drafting. like to see d you congress do in terms of the reauthorization of the original use of force from 2001? does that need to be updated or readdressed? guest: yes, the national security network put out a report on this a couple of weeks when we call for the 2001 authorization of the use of modified orce to be and incrementally repealed. o that -- within a couple of 2001 would -- that be eliminated. the isis should be on a separate track. the one in 2001 is connected to

and the groups who perpetrated the attacks or harbored those who perpetrated them. to be wound down. we should not have the open ended kind of authorizations. at isis, what needs to be done, and give the that ent the authority needs to happen for 245 particular case and a time limit on it. they need to be reauthorized, that's something that congress can do. you pen ended things, mentioned congressman wolf's resolution. it proposal is so browed, would put us at war with muslim in the ry world. theology would become a target. it's way too broad to be done isis. he threat of >> hear from the president on wednesday in the nationwide speech. outlines ofe of the what he'll tell congress yesterday on "meet the press."

matter, votes matter. the punditry overwhelmingly felt -- >> pointing at me. good year going be a for senate republicans because that were up were in states that were tilting or -- get the president's remarks in a second. if you want to join us, democrats, for republicans. for 202-585-3882 for independents. shah -- john bradshaw, the national security network talking about isis and threat posed to the president and the president's

reaction. miami. hello. caller: hey, c-span, we love you. 2, and 3.span 1, host: thank you, john. -- ruth is in aurora, is that colorado? caller: ohio. host: go ahead. so much publicity, rightly so, i think, on the eheading of the two journalists. there to be a relationship to when david pearl beheaded. i haven't heard one word. wonder if there are any connections among these people? guest: there are many, many ifferent terrorist groups in that region. they splintered into so many, i track.hard to keep

they've taken funding, a big isis or killing them. they're relate in the sense that it's a tactic that terrorists have used. it's not clear that these are the same people that killed daniel pearl. host: daniel pearl was killed in afghanistan or pakistan. iraq.cen't in the guest: that's correct. pakistan. host: a headline this morning, team set to swoop on the 12 british helpers. police are poised to arrest up to a dozen associates of sh john. they know the identity of the and ic state executioner they will unmask him. he's suspected of beheading two threat journalists and tong kill a british aid worker as one of the four, quote, hostages in ng syria. british and authorities have thought to identify three of and are in a race against time to track down the group

fwfr the british captive and two, david haynes, is killed. pompano beach, florida, line.lican you're on the air. caller: good morning, hi. my name is crystal. we ask these public officials to do their jobs and to not act like children. the republican party needs to work with the president and get done.b this is ridiculous. we're not dealing with a bunch of kindergarteners. we need to have them work with the president, get these things like and stop acting children. it's ridiculous. host: thank you, crystal, in terms of the issue of dealing isis, is there a common ground between the president and the republican leaders? this is an issue where we will see a lot of bipartisan cooperation. met aff members and i have with a number of staff members rom both republican and democratic senators.

that the consensus president should come and get authorization. some people say they shouldn't give it. details and n the say we want to have an authorization. as soon as you mention the what it should say, it breaks down. it will be challenging to come out, th a well thought carefully limited authorization. and i think the president and his team, one of the reasons we haven't seen them come to the yet is they are working on that. they want to get something that's not kind of knee jerk and only for right now. but would give them the authority they need for a longer of time, but without going beyond what's needed. host: again, yesterday, the president broadly outlining may go in terms of what to ask congress. speaking yesterday to chuck todd "meet the press." >> this speech will allow understand think, to clearly and specifically what it is that we are doing. not doing.at we're

looking at sending in 100,000 american troops. we are going to be as part of an coalition, l carrying out air strikes in support of work on the ground by troops, kurdish troops, we are going to be helping to put plan for them so that they can start retaking that isil had taken over. to understandople is that over the course of months, we are going to be able momentum t blunt the of isil, we will systematically capabilities, shrink the territory that they control. can see, m what you are they able to counter the air strikes? far by the kes so u.s.? we're military experts talking to are concerned they

have a steep learning curve and avoid someknow how to of the strikes and operate in civilian areas. the've been bold in massing troops and having open convoys which they're learning is going to open them to these types of air strikes. i think an important thing to we're focused on a military strategy. military.'t be just he president will talk about that in his speech on wednesday. we can tackle isis with the cutting off s, funding supplies. a black market business. that's important to them. it has to be financed in certain ways. there are a lot of things we can do to degrade them economically able to prevent them from governing the territories they have. host: what indications if any is any new leader better to work with a coalition

here inside iraq than the previous prime minister, nouri al maliki minister, new prime says the right thing. the rhetoric is good, inclusive. committed to reaching out to sunni tribal leaders, bringing them back to the fold. optimism there. it's a huge challenge. i wouldn't be too certain that to pull that le off in the short term. here are good signs as he starts to consolidate his power. something they have to sell to the iraqi leadership before announcing it to the u.s.? yeah, i think before they allowed him though be chosen as the leader, there was scenes the behind the work with him and with him and iran too who thought it was time for change and promoted him. host: back to calls. kansas city next, connie on the democrats line. talking about a

political solution in that region. i think we need to work with the meetinglin nd the eetinglings -- meetings they just i had, their feedback was they support the americans' isis.t in fighting i think we need to turn this around, our country can support take ab league and they the helm to fight this. this is their neighborhood. obama is ping that working closely with them and whatever he comes out on them strongly gs to the hold. comments.lecting the the headline to join the fight as he the islamic state and secretary kerry presses our allies there. guest: very important. they're pulling together the area an countries in the to support the core coalition. but bringing in the regional turkey, saw duh arabia, jordan, will be vital. it's not going be very easy, though. countries have

been very reluctant to step up sometimes other than funding behind the scenes. but to really be supportive of this kind of military action is a lot of ake convincing. turkey seems to be ready. of course, they have their own nternal political issues to deal with. that country is seen as a -- as n ally and almost a european ally. but they have a lot of differences between the ard-line muslims and the more secular muslims. so where they come out in the coalition is still going to be challenging. host: a front page look at the miami herald this morning. steps up line, u.s. attacks. the arab league waives action. don, good morning, in medford, the line for shawn bradshaw. caller: yeah, good morning. host: good morning. caller: good morning, sir. isis k they ought to -- now has requests for nuclear make a grandey can jihadist approach to this world.

their theater is not the middle ast, it's the world in its entirety. their ideology is an abstract from the koran, mohammed, did the scene pear on until 635 a.d. money trail the hould be followed to the funding of this terrorist group. completely.d be cut anything that funds the should be roup sanctioned so their supply will be felt. the money to have support these kinds of actions in the world. isil should be islamic ir -- their state as they have supposedly campaign.in their and everybody that is affiliated

ideology should be sent to that region and quarantined by the rest of the region. that host: thank you for the call. on the issue of the financial is it for isil, where coming from? how much is it? from: we're getting money the black market oil, ransoming, smuggling, taxing the populations. some of the things can be cut off more easily than others. well be getting money from other sources. the estimates now is that hey're taking in about $1 million a day. so they're well funded. a report that they $400 million take to $450 million in the bank in mosul that seems to be a false report. indicates, they have this -- this global islamic mind. of they declared their califait

there in a smaller area. make it e it and to happen are two different things. they have great ambitions and ambitions of apocalyptic ambitions, but right now, they with heir hands full dealing with that they are. there have been others declared recently. and yemen, in mali both of which -- somalia, both of which imploded after a couple because the people that they were trying to control did kind of extremely strict sharia law. are internal problems the islamic state will face. of the to be wary longer term global am bigs bull they're not able to effectuate the transitions. host: our best in terms of the best american or allied tools to isil -- isis, what are those? rely on local to fighters on the ground, the

iraqi military, the iraqi used to be our adversarie adversaries, the kurdish forces past were some of the most effective in the region, they seem to have lost a little of their edge. those are the main groups we'll be fighting. he syrian side, the president proposed giving $500 million to so-called moderate syrian rebels. happened.ot yet i'm sure he'll talk about that too on wednesday night. we have to rely on our allies to the troops. we can provide intelligence, air upport, and whatever else is needed, some other logistics support. really, militarily, at least the military part of this quation will have to rely on local regional forces. host: omaha, nebraska is next up. this is preston on the democrats line. thanks ford morning, c-span. correct on a lot of things.

a's basically set up repeated lot of the president's speech from the other day. isis goes, as that the other guy was right. they do need to follow the money trail. and it is loyal. and if america doesn't stay over to go they always have back over there. it's just like cutting the -- if you cut the grass. day, you have to cut it two or three days later if it rains. that's how i look at the problems over in iraq. there's no way you can control over tuation from way there in the middle east being over here. you can't control other people's actions. host: thank you. uest: well, i think a long-term, large u.s. military

presence in that region is not going to happen. at least i'm sure we always have an offshore presence there. eliminatehink that to these kinds of threats, it's stable require a government there and more opportunity for the people in the regions that develop economically. going be -- u.s. military power, continual military ncursions there is not the long-term answer to bringing peace and prosperity to that region. eliminating the kinds of societies in areas where these groups can thrive. and i think the caller is right very e extent that it's difficult to completely eliminate all of these groups so you have to stay on top of it. have to have intelligence and cooperations with groups in the region. but continually sending u.s. there is showing that the process is not working if we -- if we are able to do it the way, we will gradually not have to send forces there in the future. host: we heard from the outlining somely of the things he'll say on

wednesday on "meet the press," union" e of the yesterday, mike rogers, the chairman of the intelligence committee talked about what he'd president r from obama? >> well, first of all, he needs to acknowledge the problem of isis. confusion coming out of the administration, this is the toughest talk we heard agree withesident, i senator feinstein, that's a good thing. threat. a the senator and i see all of this intelligence. that's very -- been very, very us.cerning for important to do that. he's willing and understanding b, a, dismantle them, and, why we should dismantle them. why is it in the u.s. interest? t's not just iraq and syria, it's both of those. but it's also everything -- they want israel, they they want jordan. so they're causing trouble in all of those places. lay out aent needs to very certain case, clearly he's

put a coalition of the willing, heard that before, to tackle this problem. that's good. in we need to be aggressive posturing ourselves in getting ready for this. these are things that the president could do. senator feinstein and i would both support the efforts. congress, thengage american people on what exactly we're going to do. talk about e to targets, how many sorties or how do, we rikes we're going need an end game, the president ought to lay out that strategy. here's what we're going to do. to invest ourselves in this with our arab league partners and there's some there with ppening those relationships. that's important. host: on the comments about the isis, he oals of mentioned he wanted to take on lebanon and israel. how real is that threat? guest: well, in the long term, degraded or t contained, that threat might develop. israelis don't see isis as

yet.xtreme threat one thing that chairman rogers and others have focused on is the fact that you have americans american passports or europeans with passports not equiring a visa to come to the u.s. that is something our agencies monitor. as the director matt holeson said, even if some were able to we would is country, try to prevent that as much as we can, the type of actions they could take would be limited in and scope. they would be very unlikely to pull off something like a 9/11. those need to watch people. you need to stay on top of their travel. that is not a justification. think it's thrown in with a lot of other things to create a justification that maybe creates and ger sense of threat, there really is from the 700 foreign fighters. for the president to get endorsement on this, to

get cooperation from the nato issue of terms of the isi snshgs. >> right. it's interesting that the nato really seemed to step up and take this. t is much closer to home for them. and they have a lot of interest in the region. they've pretty much gotten onboard. we'll see how much they come terms of funding and military support. because for many years, the u.s. has been pressing the nato increase the military budgets so the burden is not on the united states, but i don't change in going to time for this strategy and that's unfolding now. michigan, wanda, ood morning on our democrats' line. caller: i have one question. why we're bombing over there, airport.t we bomb the it's a clear message that they were not planned. that's like i say, thank you.

host: what do we know of our targets? aren't we --t, why what are we bombing over there? convoys rying to bomb and places of key leadership. the decision to start bombing in syria syria seems to be somewhat in the cards for the administration. hey haven't said they're going to do that yet. i would expect in one way or the other, that's strategy that we'll hear on wednesday. >> cameron, democratic caller. >> hello, good morning. host: good morning. isis r: i was wondering if is already in syria. not too long ago, we were about going into syria

syria. troops in.r own uest: to degrade isis and dismantle their abilities will sort of interaction between iraq and syria. wanted to go dent and stop assad from using chemical weapon again, that was a different scenario involving regime and whether we'd get involved on the side of the syrian rebels. determination made that we're going continue with isis, it's degrade almost where you have to go across the border.

host: the president speaking wednesday, the headline saidoll call," john mccade the senate shouldn't leave ithout authorizing the force against isis. how hard is that to get done president laid out his strategy. extensive powers under article ii as commander in chief he's been using so far. no authorization for the military force for the strikes that are used to carry the mission and also to protect the u.s. embassy and u.s. personnel. go beyond that and create a larger longer term armed conflict against isis, it seems that he's leaning in that direction, there will be an authorization from that lays out what he can do in the longer term it will be difficult to get to agree on the exact

wording of that. what we may see is some type of of support for what the president is doing. but is not technically an use of ation for the military force. that may be to come at some quickly congress can get its act together with only a couple of weeks and actually a few working days left before out to the election, that's going be very challenging in iraq, bing sites the caller mentioned airports in syria. the president have to get authorization to bomb in another country like that? things he can f do under -- not specifically the country, it's what is the justification. an imminent threat other in from the country. there's an imminent threat, the he has theoes decide power. that's a wise thing to do based on his commander in chief powers open question. it may be much wiser in the long

he decides that he wants to do that, come to the congress for a specific authorization for force in syria. host: does it make any sense to approval of that? guest: i don't think syrians would approve it. isis, but ghting with they don't want u.s. planes in their country. hello, go ahead? peggy, independent line. caller: hello. you're on the air, peggy, go ahead. aller: my question is, do you think isis fighters have crossed about e country and what the religious aspect? are they targeting christians jews? i know the two beheadings, one jewish, one was a christian. thank you, good-bye. there's don't believe any intelligence that isis cells

are operating in this country at this point. think that our intelligence agencies have really increased heir capacity since 9/11, 13 years ago for tracking these types of people. and the reports we've seen don't indicate that. they're not just anti-christian and anti-jew, they're anti-nonmuslim. i think they are extremists, all religions have to be concerned one of the which is reasons why they've stirred up region passion in the there. >> on the issue of islamic coming to the rs uk, the uk vowed to pull the thes of the isis members of uk passports. u.s.?e do the same in the

guest: well, those with british passports can come to the u.s. without visas. canceltish would have to their passports and not allow them to travel. for more complicated europeans and american passport holders. passport.o with the host: on the republican line. caller: yes, i would like to add here.ing i think the absurdity of isis being a threat to america oesn't bother this administration or the congress. f you're going to be attacked, why wouldn't you shut the borders. you won't close the american borders from protection, there's absurdity there to comprehend logically. nd if these people are that intelligent and cannot recognize that, we're in sorry, sorry shape for our country. so much for your time.

host: all being discussed in terms of -- i think there are strong efforts to keep any of these potential fighters from entering the country and by mon authoring hem and knowing what their movements are. can seal our boarders and prevent terrorists feasible.ing in is not you can track people. you can monitor their whereabouts before they come in the country, when they come in the country. but the sealing of the borders is sort of a fantasy way to terrorism. host: headline in "the washington times" front page this morning. to select andbama implement islamic state plan. various proposals as congress returns. president obama has had a month without congress looking over he shoulder to figure out strategy for handling russian aggression in the ukraine. militants in iraq no longer with lawmakers returning to the capitol, capitol hill on monday. the president will find himself facing votes in

congress to set a strategy that could include military measures beyond what he's ininclined to do on his own. what do we know that the the pentagon ing, for plans for come batting isis. what have we heard from military leaders? guest: the planning is very much under way. military d to some leaders. they're not in a position to really talk in much detail about that. a -- they have a good grasp of what needs to be done. these they're launching strikes, they have a lot of people on the ground there that providing intelligence and isr information. planning is in good shape. of course, they are not the ones to decide what's done and the re waiting for president to tell them exactly what the strategy will entail. host: one more call on the issue. miami, florida. john, on our independents line, go ahead.

caller: hey, god bless c-span. host: go ahead, john. hey, my question is why obama wait so long anything? e's been informed about the situation with isil for over a year. can someone explain at a to me? let's do a timeline. how long has it been an issue in iraq? guest: yes, the president was aware of isil as they call it sometime ago. dismissed them as a junior varsity terrorist group.

it took the world by surprise able to ramp were up. we were aware of the existence of other groups but we knew they groups to take out so quickly took people by surprise. host: how many key leadership in ets have been taken out iraq do we know? guest: i don't know a number of that. there's nothing public on that. been one of the goals of the 140 strikes so far to take out the leaders. it's some. i have not seen numbers on that. bradshaw, thanks for joining us here on washington journal this morning. host: open up phonelines for any topic. talk about that or any issue we not addressed or on the program. 202-585-3880 for democrats. 202-585-3881 for republicans, independents, all other 20shgs 2-585-3882.

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cdonald,ration, ronald m will hold his first news conference this morning. ithe eel have coverage of that for you at 11:00 eastern and c-span.ere on about ed to tom bradshaw the administration and isis. here's the islamic state's we the weapons.acing the report says the group has syrian for modern rebels. anti-tank weapons that appear to be transferred from moderate syrian rebels landed in the hands of the militants according to a newly released field investigation conducted in northern iraq and syria. islamic state captured significant quantities of u.s. manufactured small arms that has employed them on the battlefield, the researchers found. the investigation led by a small arms research investigation known as conflict armament research marks a rare attempt to physically document the weapons

islamic state, the radical group that's expanded the control in parts of syria iraq. writing in "the post," they say ilitants in the group have picked up caches of arms, and syrian izing iraqi and military installations, the new research suggests they have overrunning after the moderate syrian rebels being supplied by the united states and other nations. specifics here. in one case, weapons were found near arab ish forces syria. the weapons were probably the islamic state after it accompanied the 300thern city of mosul about miles away according to field investigator, shawn harris "the ing today in washington post". a look at the editorial cartoons christian science monitor. a look at the boots on the

ground. he first one here from the indianapolis stars. two soldiers putting on golf shoes. one says, golf shoes, president oh what said no boots on the ground in iraq. in joe heller one in the green bay press gazette. officers, one in regular police garb saying u.s. military becoming world's police force and others in full battled regal yeah. hey're both saying simultaneously, how did this happen? that's from the christian monitor. from tennessee, on the line, open phones. david. d, >> yets in. our e a question -- can any kers pass a law that tourist act be caught in the tourist act -- no lawyers. riskwyers can be involved, their lives so they can be taken prison. laws like an pass

this to protect our country. ost: hillsboro, illinois, next. hello. caller: yes, i wanted the make a response.d ask for a it appears to me that we're continuing war and to the middle to be not as a direct threat. ut more targeted at keeping us engaged. system at financial risk that 9/11 tragic as it was, as not catastrophic as it has been against the countries and the countries don't have the capabilities to take down in any of direct attack that i would suggest that there's a engaged. keep us i hear callers about orders, laws, doing a lot of what i consider very severe all going tose are ko cost a lot of money. would suggest that's strategically much more what they're interested in since they

those types of capabilities in my opinion. i would like to have a comment. 've not heard any of our legislators or speakers talking to the fact that what we need in is resolve. understanding what the people do, they're not going to take us down. but if we continually engage and go after every small attack that do do against us that we put ourselves at greater risk expenses and the psychological damage. i would like to hear a comment on that. host: hear from new york city. laurie on the democrats line. caller: good morning, am i on there? host: mute your television. yeah, yeah. there you go. thanks, thanks for c-span. program.our i watch it for several years. is that i ameeling so upset with the dong.

in their d be back jobs and doing what they're supposed to be doing. it's gone on too long. my feeling is that i would like to take them to small claims my t for my portion of have been in fact, to ued for dereliction of duties and the services that we require from them every year in our and we are not receiving like any other business that you would want to have the services that you get. better business bureau or whatever and get what you would like from the services if not getting them. i would like to put it across republicans, and anybody. they're also upset with the fact hey're not sitting in their desks doing their jobs as all of us do that are in the working world. would lose their jobs and e would be fired for dereliction of duties. i would love to hear other people on the bandwagon.

'm going to talk to my accountant and see what portion goes towards the and operating expenses and take them to small claims court. host: appreciate your comments. phones. irene on our republican line. go ahead. i'm calling about isis. remember we ust have enough soldiers, enough equipment to secure all four of borders. on this land.afe and we need to try to engage the american people. live in a community and you see something strange, tell somebody.

when the end goes end, no matter how much money we pour water, those people have to want to be free. my other comment is two of my served in the military. i kind of think maybe you can draft back. lot of people on tv talking have no idea what war is or what it does. a little stake in the pack. they grow up.hen they really want to protect this country. -- but you have a lot of them. idea on what the few that do sign up willingly to go so we can be safe and free our rights protected.

host: appreciate your comments. columbia, south carolina, independent line, open phones. there? you caller: good morning, thanks for c-span. i saw a program with dr. ben this morning as an independent and 20-year military retiree. that some of the things senator rand paul says but i anted to remind them of the it gets ess and the involved in war. thing, i don't want to see anymore veterans needing care. look -- we pay a igh price, very high price in life and limb and value that we think president oh what will definitely take care to get ess for security

the country security. may not be in the media or the time frame we would like to that, you know, that americans.ess us as but you know, it's a serious the to, you know, with history of american involvement in foreign affairs, you know, it's there. it's no doubt about it. call. thank you for your quick headlines, overseas financial tames. said to have undermined trust. for the first time waded to battle over payoffs for the gulf of mexico oil spills rulings against the energy group raised international comedy concerns. the headline in the financial pro union scrambling gifts the lead to a yes vote.

coming up on september 18. here is ben in california. bruce, good morning. >> yeah, hi. i just have a couple of sick and one, i'm tired of dying for these people over there. the other thing is, they have how do they get their supplies when they run low? them? supplying their weapons, and if that could could be playing with their stupid knives. i don't understand that part of it. with bullets and bombs. but who's supplying them. thank you. all right, merv is in california. rom los angeles in -- on our democrats' line. merv, hello. caller: before we go to a fight, expand a fight. let's fight hunger in america. restore mr. biden and mr. obama with meals on wheels.

bring back head start to level. let's make sure that our veterans get the care they deserve and need. we need to fight hunger and at just the erica national security debt as in the middle east. sir.k you, host: another issue we talk about this morning was addressed y the president in the "meet the press" interview. above the fold. u.s. military to help fight africa. obama announces logistical support. comes amid pressure. lodi, ohio is jim on the independence line. hello. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. a vietnam vet who tours. stranger to fighting in a foreign land. i think we've been making that since vietnam which is trying to remake the world in our own image and likeness. it doesn't work.

goes as the middle east at this point, let them implode on each other. protect our own country. we have the strongest military. we don't even have a true air around this p nation. if something aside from a -- a from russia were to come with us, we don't have a true defense. soldiers and none of our forces are on readiness for a qrf here in america. isis, any of the other terror al ps and after isis and qaeda, there's going be others of names we don't probably know yet. they cannot reach us geographically. the only thing they can do is us.iltrate if we fortify our country, lock borders, and start being serious about who gets in and at least n prevent or preclude another 9/11 from happening.

republican n the line. hello, sid? caller: how you this morning? host: fine, thank you. i want to take on all of the people who are talking about the borders are secure and the cared states are -- taking of the united states. i'm an american. i should be free to travel this i want to travel. with no strings attached. and isis is a nightmare. they have killed two american people on tv. people seem to forget about these things. go overseas, that's why they're in the country. prisoner of war for three years. going now. i thank god because they roll whatin the grave thanks to obama does on the golf course, not with the american people. calls, a ple more headline, "the los angeles times" on politics. liberal silicon valley meshing the stance with

tech giant concerns. gets traction in the industry when overworked innovators ley retreated to the desert a week ago. some met an unexpected reveler. host: national press club last week along with ralph nader. call here. let's get to henry in miami. independent line. caller: how are you doing? host: fine, thanks. caller: real quick, i watch lot.n a i hear -- everybody has their own priorities, obviously.

are worried about overseas. some are worried about education. about this rried stuff and you don't vote in midterms, you don't know how works, you don't know how legislating works, behoove little bit arn a about it then you could help. lot of the callers call in, their solutions are not solutions. they bring up a whole slew of other issues. to educates, we need ourselves more on politics, how things work, and then i think that will help a lot. thank you. host: thank you for all of your calls. ull day of congress coverage coming up on the c-span networks and "washington journal" returns as always. your monday, enjoy the week. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute]

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