hello i was going to talk about baltimore, but is crystal, who took everything to be a political thing i want to talk to her. the inner cities do not have jobs. my granddaughter who graduated from rutgers in science and communications does not have a job. i mean, 74 years old, i help her to pay about $70,000 in loans. where is the jobs? why should i blame the companies? when you call for your credit card, it is india. when you call for medicine, it is another country. so if all of these jobs were here, our people have jobs. this is wrong.

and people like her, who at fox news who everything is placed to the democrats, i feel sorry for. i really feel sorry for her. host: that is connie from new jersey, ms. wright. guest: connie, i am on c-span today, i do not work for fox news channel i am not a paid contributor. i have thought about this long and hard as a black woman who lives in the nation's capital, but you make a great point connie when i call any company abuses and my customer service is routed to india, two people i do not really understand some of they do not speaking was well. those are jobs who could be brought back here, including apple, by the way, who makes all of their products in china. the reason why that is happening is because we need corporate tax reform, which the republicans have been trying to get the president to focus on. the united states of america has the highest corporate tax in the world, so there is no incentive

to bring jobs back here. and let's look at baltimore. taxation. the reason why companies have fled baltimore in droves to places like virginia and texas is because under democrat since the 1960's, you have had a high taxation policy that makes the companies flee. then if copies want to come back to baltimore -- dennis companies want to come back to baltimore baltimore has a government economy for the only jobs income but -- in baltimore are crony-related. they rely on something called federal and state subsidies, connie. subsidies are basically your tax dollars and my tax dollars that the city taxes, and the state, and they give millions of dollars to these companies to actually, you know, run businesses, and i think that is

wrong. businesses should want to be in states to provide jobs and make money, but when the tax burden is so high, this is what happens. and in cities like baltimore like washington, d.c., you have people who sit on the city council who get kickbacks, they get campaign donations from these developers so the poor black people in baltimore and washington >> tomorrow, nicole austin-hillery on the 1994 crime bill than the guantanamo bay detention facility. later, meredith mcgehee will talk about campaign finance issues. "washington journal" live tomorrow and every day starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span.

here's what's coming up. next, the recent state dinner for japanese prime minister abe. then the prime minister's address to a joint ceremony of congress. then the swearing in ceremony for new attorney general loretta lynch. the road to the white house continues to get more crowded. monday, or carson is expected to announce wanting to seek the republican presidential nomination. we will have his announcement monday at 10 a.m. and also mike huckabee. the 2000 eight republican presidential candidate is expected to announce he's taking another shot at the nomination. watch that live at 11:00 a.m. eastern tuesday also on c-span. >> sunday night on c-span's q and a washington security

reporter walter pincus on the situation in the middle east and his opinion on the invasion of iraq. walter: i think one thing about the bush administration and never claiming to be an expert on the middle east has proved it. we look at things from our own point of view and get deceived by it. you can go back to vietnam as a great example of the first time we sort of did it openly. we have a history of trying to think other people are like us or to our standards. the world is different. reticular lien the middle east, it's a totally different culture. -- particularly in the middle east. >> sunday at 8 p.m. on c-span's

acumen day. >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe was in washington last week. in his honor the white house hosted a state dinner. here's a look at that. >> emily of the washington post's reliable source, tell us about this past tuesday's state dinner. >> a very formal affair, a lovely spring a thing. it was nice to have some good weather. sometimes they can be marred but it was a smaller state dinner than previous have been. fewer than 200 gathered at the white house. men in taxes and women in gallons. -- men in tuxes. heavy on the government types in fewer hollywood celebrities. sometimes they get invited.

lower on the glitter factor was kind of nice. >> for whom was the state dinner held? emily: it was in honor of the prime minister of japan, mr. shinzo abe, and his wife. it was a celebration honoring the alliance between the u.s. and japan. that is what state dinners really are about. we get so caught up in the gowns, the guests, the place settings. celebrating the alliances between two nations through a very public and high profile demonstration. >> who in the hierarchy is responsible for hosting and planning them? emily: it's incredibly detailed and takes months.