[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> coming up, newsmakers is live with democratic congressman adam smith. then highlights from day three of the supreme court confirmation hearings for neil gorsuch. after that, the fbi director testifies on the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. >> in case you missed it on the national coordinator for child exploitation prevention during the obama administration. >> i used to think the hardest thing i would ever have to do is look in the eyes of a child and listen to her story about being abused. i was wrong.

the hardest thing i ever had to do was watch their abuse, sometimes still photos, sometimes video, sometimes with --nd, all her drenching heart wrenching and impossible to forget. >> the agricultural secretary nominee -- >> struggling to be profitable, hold on. many times even the best farmers are not able to produce a product, even with the best production capabilities. i think trade is the answer. >> chris matthews of the first amendment awards dinner. >> the truth that arrives on the front page or on the news broadcast, that is what contains the politician. that is what stops the overreach and power. that is with the country takes seriously. that is what matters this hour, this week, this time in our lives. >> treasury secretary steve mnuchin on comprehensive tax

reform. >> the goals of tax reform are creating a middle income tax cut creating personal taxable if occasion, and making u.s. businesses competitive. we have very high business tax rate, worldwide income. we are able to take the tax code and redesign things. >> no one's using our medicines if the exchanges because the exchanges don't provide them access. so i do think we need to reform the health care the way it's delivered and the consequences will be with patients. >> and scott pruitt on environmental policy. >> there's exciting things going on with respect to clean coal technology. nuclear space. but not here. most is happening in europe because of the disincentives that we put into play here. if you really care about some of these environmental concerns, nuclear ought to be in the mix.

>> available at c-span.org, on ur home page, and by searching the video library. >> c-span's voices from the road. we visited 17 historicically black colleges and universities asking students what issue would you like congress or the administration to address in he first 100 days. >> i am a student here and in trump's first 100 days i would love for him to grasp understanding. we all are represented under him. i would like him to work on building and maintaining relationships with other countries. >> i am a senior here. would like to see just taking care of our education.

free education for schools. i would free education for schools. i would like to see better medicare and expanding obamacare. > i am a senior. in the first 100 days of trump's presidency i would like for him and congress to address the issues with federal funding towards women's services because that affects people like myself and other middle class and lower class people. >> i'm a junior. for the first 100 days i believe that trump should improve his immigration policy. for one, the muslim ban is -- i don't agree because for one i have a friend who is muslim and plus not a terrorist.

as for the po war policy i don't think it's going to work either. i do believe that illegal immigration is an issue. but building the wall isn't going to help. >> i'm a communications major. also a junior here. i know a lot of candidates make a lot of promises but i would like him to lower the rate of nemployment. us on "newsmakers" is congressman adam smith, democrat from washington, also the ranking democrat on the house armed services committee. thanks for being with us. >> i appreciate it. >> johning me is john donnelly and leo shane of military