became famous -- 1979-1980, coup happened. i knew who the minister of finance was. knew my parents and so they were, you know, she was somebody a child growing up in liberia, i had heard of, she was power, truth to criticizing the same government she worked for and then in 1985, arrested and thrown into jail by samuel doe, i heard and she became at this time, sort of a political icon. >> watch afterward sunday night c-span2 book on t.v. t.v. >> "washington journal" continues. >> the house comes in at 10:00, open phones until then. democrats.00 for for republicans, 202-748-8001. 202-748-8002.ts, you can tweet us at c-span wj

on our facebook page, facebook.com/c-span. milwaukee, wisconsin up, democrats line, brandon, go you are on. caller: thanks. i want to comment about regarding tatement her life. i think overall general lack of democrat lity between necessary terms of what has gone wrong with the campaign and what go wrong with the strategy being executed right now. outrageous things we're eeing, doing nothing to help the democratic gender right now sad to actually very see then democrat party in whole of lack of se strategy being executed right now. host: houston, texas, this is deb, calling on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. c-span.u for

ealthcare to me, like education, cannot just be a part of something. want to tell you and the callers sitting here listening to the congressman here today crowley essman yesterday, during the obamacare hing, the option wasn't discussed right and it is clear o me that texas did not expand medicaid and so the public option would have been to expand 90% and then 100% and then 90 and all the people a lot of people in texas have been thrown off ssi and bottom of the heap because they have been sick and don't get healthcare. also rememberd to that and i'm guilty of it, the public option, i didn't even and now d what it was i'm losing my in-home provider decree, food stamp they might give texas a big pile of money and do the same thing

people, but they're already tightening up and kicking people off. md anderson, threw i'm aid patients out, palliative , i'll be done, i able to call next year. look at the public option, i think we missed the boat on that. you. host: chester, virginia, republican line, mark, go ahead, you're on. pedro, i was watching the climate change guy esterday and i was curious, would it be possible, we hear bout 97% agreement, could we have 3% in disagreement with a couple of percent that are in greement and actually have debate on c-span with them presenting evidence to viewers to finally try to get a resolution of what is supposedly science and what is not? host: thanks for the suggestion, over the years we've done debates on these topics, featuring one guest, two guests,

guests with two obviously. thank you for the suggestion, if you go to the website and want thinking on climate change, pro, con, the website is c-span.org, type the topic on the bar there that you see there, type climate change/debate, you will see not only programs from "washington things we've also taken in on the networks, as well. ext to mike, mike is in michigan. mike on the independent line. hi. caller: hello? host: hello, you are on, mike. caller: hi. hey, i would like to see accrued over 30 years evenly. people are paying first 10 years 30-year mortgage. first 10 years the highest rate and like to see that done years.over 30 host: because it would be easier for the consumer then?

caller: well, they want gained equity. host: okay. securities and exchange new lead, by the senate, jay clayton, wall street ttorney chosen to leave the exchange, vote 61-37, to give running the f independent agency that oversees wall street and the financial markets. democrats, 51 republican necessary backing nominee. at sullivan and kromwell, done work if goldman and other array of giants and corporations according to press.ociated it quotes mitch mcconnell who ays work in the private sector will serve him well as he looks to strengthen financial markets, and ing job creation spurring economic growth. cruces, new mexico, republican line, hello.

caller: this is joe. go ahead. caller: yes, thank you. medicine is one of the most things we have. if we didn't give money for we could supply almost all the other ones people have, they want. i am for medicare for all. i don't know if it would be more ostly than the affordable care act, but i know on the is a able care act, there friend of mine that had a kidney was in the he the tal for it and ffordable care act paid for it and he's real happy with it,

work now and everything and so we're real desk with that, but the panels need to be gotten rid of. at : a story taking a look the national security agency and phone records taken in, fewer records in 2016, 151 illion saying due to a new report, annual surveillance published by national first gence offered glimpse of how the new system is working, revealing information, ational security agency collected such a large volume of was a data, even if it fraction of what the agency once gathered, challenge of datacting surveillance and monitoring constrained set to protect american privacy. o on in this piece, talks more details of the report saying that according to the report

agency security distributed 3914 reports last year containing information via americans gathered warrantless surveillance program. ithin those, 1200 reports originally had unmasked identities and the agency american identity in 1934 reports in response to 2015, by comparison, in that over 2200 unmaskings revealed the report number of foreigners targeted for warrantless surveillance, in 2016, the ow 106,000 up from 94,000 in 2015 of the story adds use of other surveillance related powers have dropped. of 10 ort says use registered trap and trace order the ther meta-data and government obtained such intelligence court order in 2014.2015 and only 41 in

the story is by charlie savage frchlt california, republican al, go ahead. caller: yeah, about the healthcare. saying how eps affordable it is. a year mine was $4200 for me and my wife, now i'm in 2017 for me and my wife. 20 million is getting insurance, how many is getting it free and how many with assistance? don't get it. how could mine go up $15,000? elvin, fort fort you're le, florida, next. caller: yeah, i would like for you sometime when people call they make en statement such as obama shouldn't be taking money for ask them why he shouldn't. they think people don't get advising them how to revise the system to improve it.

why do they think people get paid, they don't get paid because they like them, get intelegents a ormation on how to resolve problem. heritage foundation and other foundations are making money, helping peep for and he will advising them how to correct issues they have. you support this idea of the president being able -- give the speech? caller: yes, reagan gave million dollars way back. bush gives speeches, all of them of the eches, part legacy of being president. you go in and people want to information tional about your knowledge you learned in office and that is what they pay for. with their particular business, knowing how the government looks at it and on erently than the people the outside look at it or how business look from the inside. paid to come in and talk to them.

host: the lead erd toryol in takes a look at the speech to be given by the president in september. the editor writes this, obama is a smart man, smart enough to normal n to do the ex-president thing of keeping his mouth shut and say things are going wrong. something he might need to to, his views wouldn't carry much trump loyalists. obama and former president george w. bush could be the only leaders with the clout to grab national attention if trump's goes too far.or that can't happen if obama is turned into the symbol about voters detest. he's $400,000 for television advertisers and plans to talk to counterfeitzgerald. symbols of class disconnected struggle to afford the american dream for their earning in an entire year what obama earn necessary 11 minutes.

host: next up, independent line. good morning. just three suggestions, maybe shows. i think it would be interesting to bring on experts on renewable energy, solar, wind and batteries. understanding is the electricity we use in our houses generated as it is consumed, so the storage of renewables is a very big part of that and just progress on batteries. we get batteries, i think we'll be in pretty good shape. with congress, and rules, the partisanship, majority/minority, it is shortsight shortsighted, if they could get rules, it nd write would be binding for six or eight years out, they have no majority, they be would probably have something that would be sustainable and together.ork host: rules such as what?

as if a like such to be included in for proposed legislation. nd if something passes one house, the other house has to bring it to a vote, they can't it. table arcaic thing, is just a big stall iing apparatus other thing, the list goes would be, but if there latory stuff, someone retires, spend hour and a half working on business, about attributes and contributions of the person. and gave a got up speech about his dog dying once, that was kind of waste of time.er a third thing would be some

economics, a lot of curious, press, i'm what do people think that the wealthy do with their money? they don't stuff it in mattresss and let it sit idle, they invest corporations and corporations expand and buy machinery or even buy yachts, they are supporting an industry. those are three show ideas, i think would be very good for c-span. enjoy the program very much. thanks for the suggestion. news yesterday, he voiced lack of support for current efforts by republicans affordable care act. now he's according to the hill, that a new amendment to effort. he's working on the amendment to replacement are bill aimed to address concern for protection for people with pre-existing conditions. considered, eing confirmed by house g.o.p. aide,

upton made waves by announcing he couldn't support it. is pressure from the administration to call a vote. ew amendment would add 8 billion over five years to help peep welpre-existing conditions far from clear that the money would make much difference according to the for american progress, estimated on tuesday igh risk pools are underfunded by much more, $200 billion over $130ears, gop bill includes billion over 10 bills, not swaying moderates as of tuesday. steven is next from florida, independent line. caller: hello, my name is steve. host: you're on. caller: oh, i'm sorry. talk about d to number one, you got to get it.urance out of it is like buying car insurance, if you travel out of state, you are going to need extra coverage

through the states. if you only want to carry liability and you get into an and you hit somebody, you are liable. don't se people understand that the insurance companies are there to make money, not going to help you out second thing is we've had a situation where my through, didn't have health insurance and too old to be carried on my end, i'm worker.federal he had to wait two years to get leg to ts put in his increase circumstance population high-risk pool in and doctors had to petition the sarasota, and present to the governor's board and people going through that, they life-saving procedures like kimmel's son did on t.v., they will be out of luck and hit

50 and 64 between because that is when your body starts to break down. is from experience, that is all i want to say and i hope have you comments. you. host: jimmy kimmel got a barack obama after his speech he made on his show about his son saying, well said, that is why we fought hard for the aca, and why we liketo protect it for kids bill and he congratulations, from the president. set to appear twice week. senate judiciary committee today, that hearing 10:00, you can watch on c-span 3. the hill reporting he will on thursday behind closed doors for house intelligence hearing, the the hill add its comes day after illary clinton, democratic nominee for president blamed comey in part for her defeat. freflorida, democrat's line. hi. caller: hi, pedro.

are you? good.r: oh, i was thinking there is a lot of people out there like me that to a claim to or car insurance. why can't there be a rollover? you know, no claims to my car.re or host: if you don't use the money rom one year, it gets rolled into the next? caller: yes. and i'm sure there is a lot of just like me, e i've never put in a claim for insurance and i'm 78. you know, that is quite a few years. giving should start some money back, i think. that the reporting justice department expected to announce as soon as today, no harges will be filed against the baton rouge, louisiana

officers involved in last shooting, death of -- a veteran of the police epartment, and a three-year veteran, were placed on paid dministrative leave after the shooting of sterling last summer. two officers responded to a isturbance call from someone who said a black man selling gun. threatened them with a there was altercation between officers, and according to abc news. looking "u.s.a. today" at an event in dallas saying a fatally shot who springs er, the balch police department said officer oliver was fired for violating policy. he family called the killing a violent and senseless murder. a car was backing up toward

officern the street, an shot jonathan edwards, 15, sorry, a wards, i'm passenger in the car. the story was corrected late the y saying video shows car boacking up and moving orward and fleeing the shot where jordan was shot in the head. colorado, next from independent line. caller: hello. to be on c-span. i just got two comments, mostly financial. number one is, i think president extremely smart fellow, extremely, whatever he bigger for advice is no or better than what anyone else time, , different different era. umber two, is the president trump is going to actually crash making statements like in october, i guess we

thet get it my way, we shut government down. his causes financial market, credit card markets, little people like us to say, we better vacation, save our money. it is time people need to understand this fella is really manager of erator, federal government like the united states. t is time to get out or start impeachment, that is the way i feel about it. are thing, if people concerned about jobs and work, look at colorado, unemploy 2.6%, we only have 4 kids, what arere we doing wrong? people need to get off the band wagon about insurance and life and everything, that is the way i feel about. it "washington post" reports about appointment made by president trump to the energy appointed he's daniel simmons scholar who sharply questioned value of

sources and rgy curbs on greenhouse gas emission energy department energy efficiency and renewable energy. at the g to e-mail department, primary mission of that department is to foster renewable and energy efficient technology including invest nment geo thermal and wind energy and technology used to reduce energy u.s. buildings. before the president was served as vice president for energy research, tank looks athink fuel uses and opposes climate greement signed in paris in 2015, the institute's president thomas pyle headed the energy department, but returned to his post 2015, the in the private sector. salisbury, south carolina. caller: hi. of the morning to you. host: hi. caller: i just have a comment. i hear a lot of people and a lot

of reporters writing about obama receiving money to give speeches. remember the time where clinton, bush, all presidents, of state give s wants es, where someone their knowledge to advance whatever they want to advance. i don't see the harm obama could and is a president helped ly actually america more than what we have go og now. i would like to see after trump office, or ears in being e make it, not impeached, see how many people ill call him in to give a speech how to better their business. thank you so much for the

opportunity. host: rodney, from michigan, democrat's line. hi. caller: hello. a question about the healthcare. it be require for tou if you havesurances person with pre-condition? to buy one for them and one for the healthy part of the family? host: good question. like a supplemental plan in the plan you might have? caller: yes. host: that's a good question. because i hear them talking, but i never hear them explain how that would work. because that would push your budget up higher than it is currently. host: gotcha. and rodney, that is a great question. sorry, i don't know the answer for you. maybe a viewer will e-mail or

the topic. thank you for calling in and asking the question. of the e coming in, one work things that will happen, work on this bill, continuing keep the to government funded, one of the many things happening on capitol today. stay close to c-span to watch it. ow take you to the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. may 3, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable lened lance to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speak of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will altete