>> on the next washington journal, washington post columnist is gus's president obama's remaining two years in office as a key political debates between the two parties. the weekly standard online editor examines the republican agenda for the 114th congress and the party's next steps on immigration. stillwell -- and victoria stillwell looks at the economy. you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. "washington journal" on c-span. >> on newsmakers, we hear from rajiv shah. he talks about the agency's mission in combating poverty and the task of overseeing u.s. foreign aid a u.s. response

efforts to the ebola outbreak in west africa. >> i went to west africa for a ofk to oversee the elements the responsibility and visited all the countries that were endemic and in senegal where we are helping neighboring countries be protected in case they get a case. and when i came back, that was the week that there was a lot of media coverage and there was an understandable but palpable fear even in communities where my kids go to school, for example in washington, d.c. and wanted to know -- [laughter] they wanted to know. people now see that the science-based set of guidelines that the president has go forward in terms if you are at risk and you get actively monitored.

i was actively monitored by a wonderful, local official who called me twice today to get my temperature. a torture for 21 days. i do not need to be quarantined. i follow the protocol. you have to follow the protocol. the protocol is science driven and intended to keep us safe and intended if you get a fever after you have been to west africa, we know who you are. we have contact with you and public officials can trace you and your contacts. they are protocols, very important to maintain a protocolevidence-based that can help us be safe at home and calm and collected and encourage health officials to go to africa and come back safely and securely at no risk to themselves and community. >> you can see of our interview onh rajiv shah tomorrow c-span.

>> reporter and author on how the u.s. government waste billions of dollars on the war on terror. was the onlyen u.s. official who became, really tried to investigate all the money that the u.s. sent to iraq. there were different estimates. over $11 billion of the roughly $20 billion in iraq he money that the united states sent back to iraq was unaccounted for. and what stuart bowen's investigators found that nearly $2 billion in cash in hundred dollar bills was stolen after it was flown from the airport base and wasful iraqis hidden in a bunker in lebanon. c-span.y night on

join us as we get an inside view of covering presidents from gerald ford to barack obama as we talk with ann compton. >> here on c-span the communicators is next with peter thiel, talking about startups and working in the tech industry. then a look and private sector efforts to combat poverty. and a conversation on border security. >> c-span, created by cable companies 30 five years ago and brought you as a public service. >> peter thiel, what does the title of your book "zero to one" mean?

>> "zero to one" refers to an innovation or doing anything new where you do the first thing of its kind. the first word processor, first smartphone, first car, first plane. it has a connotation of breakthrough innovation that is a quantum leap rather than a small, incremental innovation. my book is about how as a society we need to be innovating more and really significant innovations that move the dial are the breakthrough. >> is silicon valley a zero to one, does it have a zero to one mindset? >> there is definitely silicon valley at this point is the center of innovation in the u.s. and i would argue the center of innovation globally. there are certainly a number of companies that have involved these significant breakthrou