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your thoughts we divide the lines among men and women. for women.000 (202) 748-8001 for men. on our facebook page at facebook.com/c-span. the fox website highlights, when it comes to the state of the union tonight how some women will be addressing the me too movement. the box site -- fox site says that it is last february that democrat women wore white to democrat -- two -- what he was going to do to the women of our country. the chair of the democratic women's working group in the house, our fears have come true, she says.

the women of the working group will be wearing black eared a statement of solidarity. women across injuries of -- industries who are standing up against sexual harassment. the president has been accused of sexual misconduct of at least seven women. right now, the women are agitated. tuesday, we are reflecting that agitation on a national stage. more on that in a bit. we want to know your thoughts on the political impact of the me too movement. call, theve us a state of the new coverage starts at 8:00 tonight. you can watch on c-span. to the topic of the me too movement and its book a movement movement.ts political you can also post on our social

media sites. lois frankel says "i wish we could -- at the president." instead, she will take a page from actresses and others involved in the hollywood anti-restaurant group. -- anti-her asthma group. anti-harassment group. their goal is to work side-by-side and save the dignity and be paid fairly for the value of their work. will give you other news that has taken place in the last 24 hours during this first hour. to the political impact of the me too movement, first up is bill. what do you think? caller: i oppose the president's plan. this is for the me

too movement, bill. what do you think of that? caller: no comment. host: let's go to james from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. caller: c-span is great. got plessy. -- god bless you. the four soldiers killed this year, they were amber. -- they were ambushed. president trump called that wacky. be sorry, i don't mean to disrespectful, you call that lady wacky. host: bring it to the me too movement. caller: women bring us in this world. they bring us in this world, they raise us, we should not be disrespecting women. another thing is -- host: you think that politically enough has been done? caller: never. never. never. i am an independent. unless we get in there,

independence, it is hard. we are second-class citizens. host: we will leave it there. james from twitter says what modern woman wants to be part of the me too movement. it is an embarrassment to women. he says he wants congress to release a list of congress people who use tax dollars to pay off hush money. he can make your thoughts on twitter known, you can also call in the phone lines. for women.000 (202) 748-8001 for men. -- talked about the book of impact of the movement as she saw it. >> anytime somebody can speak up about these -- about the weight they have been treated, i think it is very positive. i believe in due process. i believe about people having a

voice and not being powerless. the me too movement started a slew ofhad allegations. revelations about harvey weinstein, for example. that was the centerpiece of it at the beginning. threet want to complete or five different things into one question and one answer. at the same time, i think we have to have a larger conversation about the workplace environment. it seems to me that the me too movement cannot be based on a woman's political beliefs. or where she works. or who she is. or whether she is in media, hollywood, professional sports, the conservative. it simply cannot happen. i don't feel comfortable explain to my daughters, or my son, that in all the plans -- that it all depends on what she wears or

what her politics are. that would be a taylor -- a terrible message. i hope we have a larger conversation about respect and the workplace and the workforce. so far, i don't see that. if the women in this room were to tell me that they want their daughters to be treated the way that some of the women at the white house are treated, i am listening, but i highly doubt it. she made those comments as part of the state of the union pre-boot. members of the congressional black caucus will be rare -- wearing red pins. died late last year. she was memorialized at oprah winfrey's speech at the golden globes. withl mcguire, his story -- as her guest tonight. a democrat from new jersey announced she will bring -- to the knees.

-- other members of congress will bring survivors or herat -- harassment advocates as guests. -- bring a sexual assault victim. lois frankel will bring lamarr geronimo. gary is next on the topic of the me too movement. he is from north carolina. go ahead. in the 70's and 80's when we did not have the social media going. peoplehad to talk to face-to-face. when we are at the mall we don't cuss at people, we don't flip people out. but when we get inside our cars

we act this way. we even shoot each other from our cars. face, different groups start a bond, people join different groups that attend -- that tend to agree with them. we lost our ability to walk in other people's shoes. when you have a 16-year-old you are going to pick a spicy rebellious site. if you are older or black, you're going to pick a site that's suits you. is become popular to join one group or another. right now it is popular to jump in on one movement. host: so you're saying that the social media aspect magnifies the problem that exists in a little way? sure it does. it also keeps us from coming to some kind of togetherness. once you get into a group you take on a certain thinking.

we used to not have these options. we used to have talk things out face-to-face, or at least we held our opinions to ourselves more. road rage is like the earlier this social media thing. we have this separation between people. out in a different way when you're in that condition. host: let's go to springfield, missouri. the political impact of the me too movement. i think the court of public opinion is destroying a lot of people's lives. especially men. it should be taken out of the court of public opinion and let everybody take a polygraph test. if i'm going to be accused of

something let's have a polygraph test. so we know if they are lying. host: why not put this topic in the court of public opinion as a debate? you saw it play out in congress, and hollywood. caller: because you are accusing somebody of a -- of sexual harassment, or a crime. without any proof. host: are you suggesting that this does not happen in many cases? caller: i'm not suggesting until somebody takes a polygraph test you have no proof. ist: from indiana, this chris. caller: thank you. literally took her clothes off and cheated on me and wanted to reconcile. down to noraight

clothes and then physically attacked me and i had to her that i did not want to be with her anymore. this works both ways. it can happen with guys too. guys don't seem to bring it up or say anything about it. it could have been that she was going to try to prosecute me from -- for rape or something. as the me too movement, what do you think about that? i see it as women are trying to voice themselves and i appreciate that. my point is that men have some of the similar issues, they just don't ever bring it up because it is like the old joke that the guy having sex with a girl is different than a girl having sex with a guy. host: when you hear members of is this address this something that they should be doing? that there isk

some sense that women have been empowered to be able to hurt men's lives. they are doing that now. itthey want to do that than is legitimate, then it's cool. but there are times when it is not legitimate. i can tell you that i have been set up and she tried really hard. host: got you. we got your story. -- saying that it was there appeared lawmakers grappling with how to handle sexual harassment. earlier this month, it was patrick meehan who came under fire. a sexual misconduct claim with a former aide. he said that he did not plan to seek reelection. he was stripped on the spot of the house ethics committee. he denied pursuing a romantic relationship with the former aide. the head of for her and considered her his soulmate.

an investigation was launched. bymisused official resources -- to settle a complaint. -- mandatory courses for members of congress and their staff. that is some of the political impact playing out on the me too movement. also wondering if the state of the union will address that. if some members or black to show solidarity. you can make those comments known. .or women it is (202) 748-8000 for men it is (202) 748-8001. caller: hello. this ain't no good. some -- host: let's go to helen. caller: my comment is that i

remember when 2001, 2002. when president bush wanted to invade iraq, which turned out to be a bad decision. but he wanted to galvanize the -- from everyone. , to get theis support from women, he would talk about the rape movement in women, are you just inflamed by that. are you just offended. we are bombing baghdad because of the rape. what he was doing is playing on women'sved notion that lives and personalities are wrapped around their sexuality and their gender. the idea of understanding foreign policy or a history of the middle east and relations complex-- which is too for women to grasp, that the word rape they could get.

really, what i am seeing in a it hassitive light, and historical significance, because this is the beginning and contemporary society of women being seen outside their sexuality, their physical appearance. and being taken seriously. as they should have always been in their professional world. now, then men could to college. the idea of this me too movement has denigrated into scrambling around the word sex and molestation and i am tired of women being defined by these experiences. the me too movement is really trying to elevate women from those ugly stereotypes. to be seen asding a person and stop objectifying me. i really, in politics, i think this is great. i think in all areas, this is a great movement. i don't want it to devolve into

just finger-pointing and women are trying to get control by using the word molestation or rape. it is more than that. i am glad it is happening. i hope it continues. it really is a sober issue. i hope politicians, male and female, pick on it and run with it. host: ok. just to show you the headline that has appeared recently, the conversation me too needs to have. -- subhead says female left unchecked it is the potent force that will destroy -- to point you to the website, if you go to the atlantic can find that there. donald in san antonio, good morning. caller: i agree with the last color.

she was right on the head with everything she said. i am a gentleman. i have worked in places and seen things and i have confronted men. i have said what is you doing, man. you know that i'm going to report you. people ask me did you do that, i will tell on you, man. she wanted that. i don't agree. what i'mics, that is confused at. you have politicians doing the same thing. it is confusing to me, i'm glad women are speaking out. i have a mother, daughters, sisters. ladies in my family, i said if you do that in mind we are going to have a problem. host: you talked about the politics of it. do you think, what is the, do you think politics has a role in capitol hill here in washington? caller: no.

i don't trust them. how could i put my trust in them if they are doing the same thing? how there are women's -- i'm glad women are speaking output -- out. but -- host: lets you the thoughts of kelly and alabama. caller: thank you for taking my call. i think there is a lot that is , i thinkfused between there is a slippery slope. sexual harassment versus sexual assault. i believe politics should play no bearing on this. beenieve a lot of this has conflated into one thing. there is a difference in when a man may say something inappropriate to you, and when you may not get a job promotion, and then an actual sexual assault victim.

promotion't get a job , maybe it had, maybe because you wouldn't sleep with somebody, that is different. they may be someone saying something inappropriate. it seems to me that politicians should play no role. why, all of a sudden, to display up? -- did this blowup? how'd do you know that maybe she is just not bad at him? -- mad at him? you think women in congress, including some men that brought this delight in , don't you think that politicians would have a role, because they can bring attention to it? caller: i would say yes and no. where were the same women when it was bill clinton?

taking the clintons money, did not have a problem with him. we know dan well he was not just -- he was accused of a lot of things. i have a problem with democratic women wanting to stand up there and say how they are against all these harassers, when you have pictures of them sitting next to harry weinstein, standing up next to bill clinton, and keeping her mouth shut for years. and now, all of a sudden, they have a problem with it. they did not have a problem with it back then. it was just sex to them. thank you so much. this is mark off of twitter. oren who are now assaulted abused need to report it now, and not report it 20 years later. thoughts on the first 20 minutes of the impact of the me too movement.

you can go to the lines. for women (202) 748-8000. .or men (202) 748-8001 you can post on social media as well. we want to address other news that has made quite an impact in the last 34 hours. particularly when it deals with the house investigation looking into matters of russia. isning us on the phone billy. bloomberg news. a congressional correspondent. good morning. good morning. host: lets start with andrew mccabe. what has been the focus with him in the last 12 hours? --st: he is deputy director his deputy director announced that he was stepping down. this was an abrupt, sudden announcement. leaving up right

away. his tenure has become entangled with a lot of controversies in recent years. including the investigation in the clinton you mail probes. what thel us about connection is between mr. mccabe and this memo that was released last night by members of the house? don't know his direct connection but we do know that the memo -- these foreign that maynce wiretaps have targeted trump associates at least one in particular, a foreign-policy adviser. republicans say that that was , they didshortcut way not tell the judge everything they needed to tell.

therefore, democrats are suggesting republicans are trying to undermine special counsel robert mueller's overall inbe by saying its roots this warrant are somehow reflective of misconduct. host: that was on the house side. it play out, or at least the votes to release this memo play out on the democratic side? guest: it was a vote strictly along party so mines. republicans saying let's forward this memo to the white house which will have up to five days to said whether it wants it released. democrats opposed that. democrats also said, if you're going to do that at least releas our counter memo. republicans blocked that along party lines to. they say that may be released at some later date.

republicans want their narrative of their memo out there. host: if mr. mccabe is leaving the fbi, what does that mean of him as a witness in this ongoing investigation. not only on the house and senate side, but also what is going on. guest: he has already been interviewed by oversight government reform committee. he has been sought as a witness by house intelligence. he has testified there. , he doesivate citizen not exactly click in in that category right away. he is going to use some vacation time to qualify for his pension. that is a good question. we don't know when he is deemed a private citizen. we don't know when he is off the payroll.

that is something we just don't know right now. we are certain that you probably want to talk to him. when it comes to the memo itself, is it a likelihood that this would be released to the public, and if so, what is the timeline? guest: we never know the choreography between republicans and capitol hill is. thatresident has indicated they want this released, now, it is up to them. they have five days to review it for national security concerns. they have not released it last night, so they are still looking at it. released, ifo be the white house says no than the house could float to override them. that is unlikely since republicans control the house. bloomberg.om

telling us about the news from mccabe stepping down. go, what elseyou are you missing from the story. anything you want to add that you'd think important? guest: i think one thing we need to mention is the house intelligence committee. basically, i believe it signals the death of any real additional investigation by that particular entity. expect separate majority and minority reports when they officially conclude their work. good luck reading both of those and coming up with a fair conclusion. host: what you come to that conclusion? has, inhis committee recent years, had a history of great bipartisanship. that is completely out the door right now. there is little if any cooperation.

likely to be little cowriting on any report. host: thank you. guest: thank you. host: also reporting that the trump administration, yesterday, saying that it would not immediately -- immediately impose additional sanctions on russia. the measure was already hitting russian companies. back to the topic of the me too movement. from texas, we would hear from james. thanks for waiting. caller: good morning. i would just like to share something. i am in non-degreed engineer. i work with a lot of females. i was brought in for sexual harassment. the reason being my right hand was always in my pocket. so, there are going to start termination proceedings for that. to the larger me too

movement, what you think? caller: the point is that i had a physical disability and my arm was in my pocket to control the movement of my arm. i could not stretch it out. i was never given a real chance in those meetings to say what was wrong. i was just assumed that they were right and i was wrong because they were women and i was a man. icon as a man, and part of the me too movement. -- i, as a man, and part of the reit -- the me too movement. it is a wrong also by women. i ended up losing my career for something that shouldn't have happened. you hear this matter being talked about in the political sphere, what you think? caller: i think after 90 days it should not be in the political sphere. i think it should be between the individual and the other individual, and the court. that's it. not on this show, or any show.

it should not be in public opinion. host: that is james in texas. .he washington post has a story the chilling impact of the me too movement in the workplace. mark fisher reporting that -- to press his case on the hill. leaving behind a female associate who did much of the work on the issue. right now, with everything that is going on, he is not worth -- not willing to risk the business trip. even if what he sees as caution strikes many as discrimination. between menionships and women across the country have shifted. sometimes toward more honest discussion about what is not ok, but also toward silence and exclusion. --et backlash a cranston the a quiet backlash against the rice -- righteous pride of the

me too movement. the union leader struggles over a man called several times a day to ask questions that are even questions. the story goes on from there. you can find it in the washington post. tristan, this is from texas. hello. caller: how are you? host: fine, thank you. caller: i feel, especially with the younger generation, i can recognize the impact that the me too movement can have on a lark political scale. by taking this into consideration, the biggest thing we can do for this nation's help initiate growth. it createsng growth a more understanding atmosphere. by having an understanding of the sphere, you create young millennials and the next generation who will talk about more topics with peace of mind.

, weaving the peace of mind can start to fix the issues. we will have a few individuals who are going to be called outliers and who can skew the lines sometimes. but, just the idea of talking and making conversation about an issue that is there for many individuals, can help establish what we as americans have tried to do. that is to make this country a better place day in and day out. host: that is tristan in texas. from jacksonville, florida. caller: hello. this is not a new issue. has two sets of laws. the issue of sexual harassment and sexual harass -- sexual assault is on both sides. it is no longer about the women being sexually assaulted, or abused, it is the men that are

being, they are being sexually assaulted two. there should be a law that when someone commits these crimes, it should go across the border whether you are a common man or a politician. it should not matter. everybody should be judged by the same law. it is not right that some people, some of these women that have been sexually assaulted, now you have to figure out which one of the women has not been sexually assaulted and is just going after the man. this crowds the water for the ones that have been sexually abused. the issue is getting all of these confused. host: when you hear politicians address this issue, whether it be on capitol hill or the local level, what you think the impact they have on this discussion about sexual harassment? caller: some of them are telling the truth. i believe that they are being

sought after. they were sought after. but, they are in a high profile position. you have to take precautions. precautions of who you entertain with. as a christian, we have a way of talking to people. a lot of times we have somebody aere, even if they are of different sex or the same sex. in those positions you have to do that. businesswoman, i did work for somebody and then he decided not to pay me because i went to sleep -- because i would not sleep with him. issues come about all the time. relationship a with somebody and then you try to break up the relationship and then all of a sudden it is an issue. host: ok.

we continue on with these thoughts on the political impacts of the me too movement. you can call on the line. you can call -- you can also post on social media. the c-span bus is currently on the capitals tour. in georgia this morning. there is the bus right there, it is ready to go. as we continue on the stops, our goal is talk -- is to talk to local leadership. again, we are going to have an interview later this morning with georgia's lieutenant governor. he will join us aboard the c-span bus later. if you want to find out more about it we invite you to go to our website at c-span.org. also you can find some of the previous interviews we have done and all about the 50 states tour. baltimore, maryland. good morning. caller: good morning.

i am confused. kellyanne conway says she has three daughters. how do you vote for a man who says that he will molest women? what are you telling your daughters? the people that voted for donald trump, it makes a sense for me. you would put a man in office who says he will molest women, and then you are confused about the me too movement. there is no confusion. the republican party, you don't have a first lady who represents you the proper way. it is ugly and nasty. i will be glad when donald trump gets out of their --there. this is so ugly. host: and so unattractive. mike from mississippi.

i think women need to complaining. in theng sexual harassed workplace. behink it should not legislated in because we have a president that has been accused by 16 women of sexual abuse. seems, no one seems to make him accountable for it. -- if hey anything says anything in the state of should took one his words because he has no respect for women. don't care how many jobs he gives to one, he talks down to women and treats them like

second-class citizens. if the women who voted for him likes that kind of movement -- that kind treatment, the me too movement will stay alive. host: the state of the union. the president will address his first formal state of the union tonight. whether he addresses me too will be seen. , ouran see it for yourself coverage starting at 8:00. you can go to our website at to monitor it starting at 9:00. even as we start -- even as we continue talking about other news. another retirement announcement. a republican from new jersey, chairman of their publican -- chairman of the house appropriations committee. changingins and fast summers.

always i believe it serves best of my constituents. my state and my country. we are temporary stewards of the public trust. that trust every day. he goes on to say that more than one in 10 of house republicans have decided to bow out. some facing scandals. another was optimistic about keeping his seat. has been held by a republican since the 1980's and we plan to keep it that way. democrats see his announcement as an increasingly winnable in 2018. -- presentsident one of the vote. -- percent of the vote. -- also backed murphy --

that is in the washington post this morning. next from stephen on the political impact of the me too movement. he is in medicine berg, pennsylvania. caller: good morning. as the great philosopher and paglia,tor camille speaking on the feminist movement would state, what women often forget is there biology. a member of aas , iily with five sisters would say that what women need to do is think this through. think it through. host: because? well, as a great philosopher had said a long time

you will have with you always. and you can give to them as you wish. he did that at the time of his woman.ng by an unnamed in harrisburg, kentucky. i don't understand exactly what the previous caller was talking about. women need to think that through. concerned am very the media is so warped. i went to my parents home and my father was watching, he watches fox news all the time.

i put on cnn. there came a scroll across the bottom of the screen and it said women's march, trump diversity. he said oh that makes me so mad. it makes me so mad. i said why? he said they have had that women's march every year. it is not against trump. just, i am so worried thereour country because is not fairness. he wants -- he watches this and it is totally skewed him in one direction. i worry about that. think the women's movement will have any impact on anybody. host: as far as politics, this is something thing you think -- this is something you think the

political structure should not address? i think it should be addressed. but unless you have someone, unless you have fairness in the , if all he is watching is trump tv, than that is all he is going to see. it is going to be washed off best something else. -- washed off as something else. host: we got you. thank you. the recent march that took place in washington, d.c., our c-span cameras were there. if you want to see some of the speakers and other activities that lace -- that took place, go to c-span.org. robert in michigan. caller: i understand there is a lot of women who have complaints.

what i am -- what i want to find out is how many of them turn around and make up stories to make these guys look bad. host: why do you think that happens? caller: and -- host: why do you think that happens? caller: like the previous color caller previous said, why did not they jump on the bandwagon 20 years ago. don't haveif i anything to do with them then i don't have anything to with them. way my operation, the things are going today, i will not hire a woman. 80% of them lie anyway. host: that is robert in michigan. takes a street journal

look at savings by american household. americans are saving less. network -- netd trillion risen to 97 in the third quarter of 2017. is natural for people to spend lifetime savings when values are increasing. economy's -- economists call that a wealth effect. -- that savings rate was 2.4% of the disposable household income in december. according to the commerce department, that was the lowest rate since the temper -- since december 2005. steve, from south carolina. you are next. caller: good morning.

thank you. to understand the political impacts of the me too movement you have to understand what happens -- what happened with bill cosby. i want to make four points. the fourth one is a conclusion of the argument. first, with bill cosby they violated his legal right by unsealing a nondisclosure agreement he had previously made . in doing so they undermined the rule of law. the same thing is happening with the me too movement. men are considered guilty until proven innocent. which overturns one of the most fundamental principles in american law. .2. you are not tried in a court, theare tried in television way bill cosby did. there was really no case against him.

proven by the fact that when he finally got into a courtroom he got a mistrial. there wasn't enough evidence to convict him just by a year long television campaign by cnn to try him on the air. , they sent bill cosby a message. don't deviate from the orthodoxy of the democrat party that blacks are always victims. they sent that message to every black entertainer and politician to america -- politician in america. if you deviate from the policy that blacks are victims we can do to you what we did to blip -- to bill cosby. my fourth point. the me too movement is trying to portray women as always being victims. this is part of the new orthodoxy of the democrat left. host: that is steve in south carolina. making his thoughts known this

morning. for women is (202) 748-8000. .or men it is (202) 748-8001 the capitol hill will be the site of the state of the union address tonight. that is the first formal state of the union address. be there with guests. several of them representing me too concerns. you can see that play out for yourself tonight when you watch our coverage. yesterday, the white house asked about the speech and what the president plans to do with it. here is the response to reporters. >> we worked on it hard, covered a lot of territory. with the markets and the tax cuts. this beach is an important speech. we cover immigration. have talkedrs we about immigration and have never gotten anything done, we are going to get something done. the republicans don't have a vote get it done and any other way, so it has to be bipartisan.

hopefully, the democrats will join us. hopefully it will be something great for daca. i think it will be a very important speech. the world has taken advantage of youtrade for many years, as probably know we are stopping that. we're stopping it cold, and we have to. we have to have reciprocal trade. we have a lot of things to discuss and will be discussing them. host: political has the story about the democratic response. more facebook's followers than most senators. -- joe kennedy the third may not cut a high profile yet, but his stature is growing among democratic grassroots activists outside of washington. the congressman who is slated to deliver his party's response

features in videos where clips of his comments have spread. kennedy, citing scripture, called the gop bill malice he. -- political has that story, that is all part of the coverage we will have for the state of the union. you can see it tonight at 8:00. watch it on c-span. from greenville, maryland. the antiabortion pro trump washington newspaper in sexuals its own serious harassment problem. women there, including myself, aboutelentlessly worried our looks, imperfections, body

shape. reporting any such harassment got us immediately, illegally, fired. all legalwithdraw advertising. it is not a problem service. it exists to slam the basic human rights of women. lgbt folks. nonwhites. it does not's deserve to be in business. it would shut down -- up the topicught of abortion in the matters of the senate. the rejecting of the vote attempt to pass a bill. to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. -- two been most abortions after the 20 weeks, a largely symbolic vote aimed at democrats.

the measure fell well short of the 60 vote threshold required for the senate to break a democratic filibuster. the outcome was not a surprise. the votes fell mostly along party lines. democrats voted in favor of it. all three are up for reelection this year. all three voted in favor of the measure again on monday. two republican senators voted against it. st. louis, missouri. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. got onak -- so glad i this morning. i do believe in the me too movement. i always get the flash back of the trump rallies. women walking around with t-shirts on that say mr. trump, touch me here. with arrows pointing down to a woman's private part. i wonder what do they think.

do they pass those t-shirts down to their daughters, to their sons. when their daughters ask them what they mean, i thought it was .isrespectful for them selves i thought it was disrespectful for the president they claim they love so much. that his wife. i think those are the mixed messages that some women put out there. it is hard to believe when things start happening, i don't know if they thought it was cute or what. to me, i thought it was very disrespectful. it showed a lack of respect for themselves. host: bobby from pennsylvania. bobby, hello. caller: i want to know how they can use chivalry in the clintons, and the kennedys. does it have anything to do with setting up for women? hillaryaw a report of

in 2008, she was not even -- she would not even fire someone on her campaign that was molesting women. then they had her at the grammys reading that book. get up democrats women and applaud for her. that is a double standard. realu go back to the enabler, hillary, when her husband was in the oval office with a 19-year-old intern getting oral sex and nobody in the democrat party cared about it. but now they care about everything that is going on in washington. what a double standard. you have heard and seen stories about the sexual abuse of gymnasts, they passed legislation yesterday to force athletic organizations to swiftly report sexual abuse and establish preventative policies. partiess of both overwhelmingly supported the

bill in a 400 623 vote. 406 to three vote. to 175was sentenced years in prison. it goes on to quote that signals , the author of the original house version of the bill that passed last year, adding that the nasser sentencing comes to a close and the olympic games approach. we are reminded of the safety and well-being of our athletes. from the floor of the house yesterday, here is susan brooks talking about this event and the legislation that was passed. this legislation mandates training, increases requirements for reporting abuse, and reforms a broken system that has failed to many victims. too many victims.

athletes to report suspected child abuse, including sexual abuse within 24 hours. if they fail to do so, they be held accountable by the . to prevent future emotional and physical sexual abuse. this bill designates -- to implement policies, procedures, and mandatory training. center will ensure that when reports of abuse are made, they are investigated. it protects those who report abuse. common sense would dictate that it requires until the investigation is closed, and from is prohibited interacting with minors. as the sentencings come to a close -- as the sentencings come to a close we are reminded of

the importance of protecting the safety and well-being of all of our athletes. today we are strengthening protections for victims to ensure transparency and accountability. and putting the safety and health of our athletes, and every young athlete who has ever dreamed of the ludwig stage, first. -- of the olympic stage. during -- dealing with its own version of the me too. me too movement spills across the border and intensifies. according to the new york times. state-by-state, how legislators are dealing with this legally. lawmakers are warned of harassment. you can read that story in the wall street journal. jackie is our last call on the topic. she is in crystal river, florida. caller: good morning.

it has been quite interesting listening to your callers. i just have some quick things to say. -- of the gentleman they say that of course, women are liars. none of these same judgments or pre-judgments were made when the --dusky boys came out sandusky voice came out after years of being silent. abuse victims the from the catholic church finally came forward. nobody judged them. nobody doubted them. there wasn't this huge backlash. they listened to them. something was done, justice was done. now, when women come forward all of a sudden men are feeling threatened and i heard one of your callers say that he would not even hire a girl in this environment. that in ourt is

-- try, we have legally has people that are women, two thirds of the human beings, because they only two thirds for their labor. just because it is not written into law does not mean that the -- that these prejudices are not thoroughly woven into our society. movement and the women's movement is trying to make everything equal. written into our constitution in florida, and women are florida. the sky did not fall. nothing happened. nobody noticed. in our constitution, women are equal. why can't that happen in the entire united states of america? host: that is jackie coming upcoming guests joining

us through the morning. we will be joined first by reid wilson with a closer look at the socioeconomic and political impacts of skyrocketing housing costs across the united states, particularly in american cities. we will be joined by representative bill foster talking about science and the trump administration. tour our 50 capitals continues this morning. atlanta being featured. the lieutenant governor will be aboard the c-span bus at 9:30 eastern this morning. "washington journal" continues after this. >> the president of the united states. [applause] >> tonight, president donald trump gives his first state of the union address to congress and the nation. join us for a sees -- preview of the evening and then the state of the union speech live at 9:00 p.m.

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"in depth fiction edition" sunday live from noon until 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 on book tv. c-span's history series "landmark cases" returns next month with a look at 12 new supreme court cases. experts join us to discuss constitutional issues and personal stories behind the significance of green court decisions. we begin monday, february 26. to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide witton by tony mauro, "landmark cases: volume 2." to get your copy, visit c-span.org/landmarkcases. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this is reid wilson, the

national correspondent for "the .com. at thehill a new story taking a look at city economies and what it does for the middle class. guest: how are you? host: thank you. what interests you? guest: this is part of a larger story that is driving the evolving shape of american society and american politics. we are seeing a fundamental shift in the way the american economy operates and we have been seeing that for a long time and after the recession, there have been some fascinating economic and population shifts that all play together. last week, the u.s. conference of mayors was in washington and in talking to a lot of mayors from leading cities around the country, we heard the same concerns. that the rising cost of housing inside their cities is effectively pushing the middle class out. i come from seattle, the city dominated by the tech industry

amazon has a massive footprint in the downtown core of the city and what has happened is effectively rent has gone up, housing prices have gone up, people who have lived in the city since the boeing boom of the 1960's and 1970's are finding they cannot afford to live in seattle anymore. we have seen this across the country as urban cores developed postrecession, they are doing great, their economies are booming, the suburbs have done ok but not as well, rural america has been suffering for the better part of two decades, the recession did not start in rural america in 2007, it started around 2000. all of this has conspired to create a churn in how the population is moving around and a lot of major cities are worried that if they lose the middle class, they lose the nature of who they are. host: 119% growth in housing prices in the washington, arlington, d c area.

several cities in california. then you go to bismarck, north dakota, one hundred 65% rise. guest: north dakota is a fascinating story. that was one state that never really felt the recession. at the same time as the recession, there was the fracking boom. you had people moving to bismarck and much more rural areas to participate in this great economy and get the fantastic jobs, while at the same time the rates at the local motel are going for $250 a night or higher. there is not a lot of housing in north dakota. as people flooded into take advantage of the fracking boom, they really struggled to build a number of units that they needed to house the workers. host: is this about the numbers of houses and units specifically or the price tag? guest: in a lot of the big cities, it is both. this is what fascinated me about this story. talking to groups, what they

were saying is that the housing is a cyclical cycle. just like the economy. when the economy is doing well, people build houses at a faster rate, and that has not really happened in this particular cycle. the demand for housing is rising , but they cannot keep up. take a look around washington dc. camera and athe different way, you can see 18 cranes building amazing amounts of new units. there are new units down by anacostia, down by the wharf and the waterfront, they are building these as fast as possible, but the demand is outpacing the supply. one of the things we heard from a lot of the mayors, i talked to the mayor of san diego, who told me they are trying to get rid of regulations as much as possible and speed the permitting process

to build housing. it is not just fancy new condos, it is middle income, single-family homes in parts of the city that maybe have not had those yet or need to be updated. boston is facing the same thing. san francisco. basically any city where you have a geographic feature that limits its growth like san francisco and the bay or seattle and puget sound, they are struggling with this density challenge. they need to build more homes in a smaller area to keep up with rising demand. host: reid wilson joining us talking about housing prices in u.s. cities. if you want to talk to him about it, different lines this morning. for those of you in . --(202) 748-8000. for those of you in suburbs, (202) 748-8001. rural areas, (202) 748-8002. there was a phenomenon that once you started making money once,

you wanted to move out to the suburbs and that trend is reversing. is that what you are saying? guest: in six of the last seven years, we have seen cities grow faster than suburbs and that is a sea change in the last half-century. as they move farther outcome of a traded longer commute for more space, what is different now is that we have a new generation that is growing in the workforce, the millennial generation is the largest generation in the workforce and it will soon be the largest generation in the electorate and those millennials are getting married later, having kids later, and they are delaying a lot of the benchmarks that would lead them to move out to the suburbs. years, we have seen a lot more of these high earning millennials starting to center in cities instead of

moving out to the suburbs. this trend may be reversing. we of the last seven years have had cities growing faster than suburbs. last year, we had the suburbs grow faster. maybe this is reversing in the short run, but over the last few years, we have seen a remarkable change in the way americans tend to act about housing. host: let's hear from one of the mayors, the denver mayor, michael hancock, at the conference of mayors talking about the issue of housing and the impact on means for decision-makers. [video clip] >> the issues are opportunities around the quality. thatought to be values every mayor, no matter what city they live in, must consider when making policy decisions. i think sometimes we forget that and i have to admit that as i was working to bring our city out of the recession and return it to economic stability, those

are values that we should never forget and yet we did. impact doe, what certain development decisions have on minority communities? or communities that are struggling along the economic margins? communities that have been perennially overlooked and neglected? if we decide to place a company there, bring rec centers, those have not only great amenities, but they have implications and we must measure those implications in terms of working to improve the neighborhoods. what does it mean in terms of the desirability of people wanting to move into those neighborhoods and prices rising and people being priced out? we have seen that in denver, we are seeing it in the country. we call it gentrification, whatever you call it, it hurts full durable populations --

vulnerable populations. host: reid wilson, talk about denver's experience. guest: michael hancock was one of the mayor's we talked to while the conference of mayors was here and he was one of the ones who was sounding the alarm, that if denver continues to grow as it is, obviously you want to economic growth, but you have to manage it. managing growth means smart planning and smart building. building different types of housing. if you don't do that, costs go up across the board and you see the middle-class being squeezed out. when you think about minority communities come he think about washington dc, it is a plurality african-american city and the majority is non-african american

because a lot of parts of the city have become unaffordable for the african-american working-class that grew up around this town for the last century. we have seen suburban flight out of the city into places like prince george's county, montgomery county, and that has changed the complexion of what was once a majority african-american city. "the reid wilson from hill" joining us. our first call is from eric in washington. caller: good morning, gentlemen. born and raised in d.c. you know, there is no other way to call it. , whateverrification you want to call it. when these mayors say one thing out of one side of their face and the other, the mayor we have in our city, she is a bigger part of the problem. you turn around and look at these cranes and it tells you a lot. , we are theommunity

most welcoming people there are, but when you get in there and it all changes, it is ridiculous. that thesethe story young ladies, nonblack ladies are complaining about kids at the convention center playing drums, this is crazy. host: thank you, eric. we appreciate that. guest: it is interesting. we have seen unrest with change. people being uncomfortable with motivator, political if you will, and a lot of communities. the uncomfortable, people who are uncomfortable with the changing face of america are beenof the people who have most vocal and most active over the last few years and have effectively led to president trump, you could argue.

people who are uncomfortable with change in the cities is a new phenomenon and that is because of the changing face of washington dc, a city like denver, it has minority communities that are being squeezed out because that is the area becoming gentrified, i should add that a lot of these cities have a lot in common. they are all finalist for the amazon hq 2 project. this project fascinates me. i've seen what it has done to a part of downtown seattle that used to be abandoned warehouses and is now a vibrant community, but with it has come and a lot of new faces. they are spending a lot more for housing and pushing of housing prices all around. that in the metro

areas in the country, the cost of the average rent has gone up by $400 over the last 10 years or so. that is remarkable. i think it is since 2011 it has gone up. a 20% increase in your housing costs if you are renting a standard one-bedroom apartment. the average medium home prices have gone up 36% across the inntry since the recession january 2012. it has gone up a great deal more in the cities. the cost per square foot is about 53% higher than it was at the bottom of the market. getting a lotare more expensive, we are not keeping up with the demand, that is changing the face of american cities. host: a caller from the suburbs from newton, massachusetts. colleen. caller: good morning. your topic this morning really hits home with me in newton,

mass. rapidly,economy grows there is a tremendous pressure put on the surrounding suburbs to increase their housing. of course, it is driving up the costs. another thing it is doing, it is causing great division within these communities. i live in a part of newton that has a small village and they want to add thousands of new apartments. the government, the local government is trying to change all the zoning laws and it is causing the owners of the small businesses to be pushed out, the people that rely on those small businesses will not have their services and the residential housingies around this is being, i don't know, crowded

out by the housing and it increases traffic, it increases taxes. i could go on, but there is a start for you. host: thanks, colleen. guest: i talked to marty walsh, the mayor of boston, and he said -- i don't mean to make this sound dismissive, but there are nimby concerns, "not in my back yard." there are a lot of people who live in a single-family home for a long time and they don't want a 400-unit apartment building in their backyard. it changes housing values, it changes a community. colleen brings up traffic. this is something that you pointed to san antonio, one of the fastest-growing housing markets in the country, the corridor between san antonio and austin is booming incredibly. -- well, the counties around both of them are becoming

the fastest growing counties in the country. what that does is it effectively forces the traffic out from the urban cores and into the suburbs. in a lot of cases, there are cities like massachusetts they cannot build the capacity fast enough to deal not only with the housing, but with the cars, just the additional cars on the road. so you get traffic jams and the commutes that people once sacrificed for to move to the suburbs are getting longer and longer. we have seen traffic commuting times go up. the census bureau tracks that stuff. i love the census bureau. they tracked the average number of minutes it takes for americans to get to work and that number is going up. includes story also that median rent in san francisco and san jose is $3500 per month. , includingcities sacrament of california, the median rent is north of $2000.

host: i had a friend who moved --guest: i had a friend who moved when congressman hobby or got named attorney general of california. -- hobby or becerra got named -- hobby or becerra -- xavier becerra got named attorney general of california, the prices are getting so high that oakland is being affected, over the mountains is being affected, sacramento itself is becoming part of the bay area. these urban areas are expanding massively and they are doing well economically, they are absolutely booming, about a quarter of american gdp comes from just the six largest metro areas in the country. another quarter comes from metro areas seven through 25. half of our domestic product come from 25 areas. that is creating these cross

pressures in which people in rural america are moving to urban america and driving up prices for everybody. host: of the 100 largest counties in america over the last five years, 97 of them have gained population. the only ones that haven't our toledo, detroit, and somewhere in connecticut. of the 1500 counties in america where their population is less than 25,000, two thirds of them have lost population. are bleedingunties population into the larger counties. how can that not raise home prices? host: tennessee, where richard is. caller: good morning. this gentleman mr. wilson is dead on on what he is saying. i'm pretty much retired and i have traveled this whole nation. i've lived in nashville, tennessee was a liberal mayor spending a lot of money, but i live in a conservative state. that conservative state is booming. i went to my doctor's office on the west side of nashville and

i'm waiting on him to come in and i was looking out over the skyline of nashville --when i moved to nashville 40 years ago, there were two skyscrapers. there are 10 under construction right now. they have already built about 10 outlying areas. nashville, tennessee is the capital of tennessee. you have 20,000 people that come into the downtown area every day for work. you had the hundreds of thousands moving to nashville, they say in nashville there is over 100 people moving to nashville per day. 25 years ago, i bought my three-bedroom, one bath, brick column in a nice little neighborhood, not a great area, not a bad area, i bought it for $64,000 on an fha loan for 30 years. i lived in a 12 years, refinanced it on a 15-year loan at 7.5% and got it down to 5.6%.

i paid for it two years ago. my first year of property taxes was $1000 on it. i get it this year and it went up to $1200. we have a 9.25% sales tax. the high cost, you can't buy anything under half $1 million in nashville. guest: richard is going to get a nice little return on that house, i think. boom ins up this skyscraper construction. there are actually some cities that are managing their growth well. smart growth is the new trend. one of them is right here, the washington dc area. not just the city proper, but they are having a decent metro system. we are growing in places like

montgomery county all the way out to dulles airport. each of those metro stops is becoming its own little business community. that is a good way to grow. so not everybody is commuting to the same place. if people are commuting to the same place, things are not going to go well. dallas is another example. it does not have just one downtown business core. they have multiple business districts where there might be skyscrapers in multiple parts of the city. that is a good way to grow again. people can live close to work and people can commute in various different ways so that people can actually grow intelligently. host: judy in north carolina joining us from the suburbs for reid wilson. caller: yes, sir. this is like another housing bubble from what i'm seeing.

these housing prices are ridiculous. i live in western north carolina, my son lives in myrtle beach. it has been going on here about three years. the real estate agent says there are not enough houses to be bought, especially under the $200,000 mark. what is going to happen to these people overpaying for all of these houses and these high about whatust happened to the people with the foreclosures after the bubble burst? they had to have a place to live, so everybody that had rentals went up on the rent and people could not afford to buy the rents. we are in the same bubble we were in in 2005 and 2006. guest: i don't know a lot about the mortgage market. there are people a lot smarter than i am who died into that stuff. you are absolutely right. housing prices are going up. we talked about housing prices rising in urban areas by about 15% per square foot.

in rural areas, they are rising too. crisis is coming to suburban america, it is coming to rural america. the fact is, we are growing. we are a nation of 330 million. those people have to live somewhere. one of the things that some of these mayors were telling me is that the tech jobs that are attracting so many people are attracting people not only from out-of-state, but out of the country. i don't want to get into a whole immigration debate, we are going to hear a lot about it at the state of the union, but we are importing a lot of people to program our computers or that do whatever they do in the tech industry and that is just adding people to the core. that in turn raises housing prices. host: one of those viewers in rural areas, lake elsinore,

california. this is steve. caller: hi. he's absolutely correct so far. but there is a couple of issues. empire,e in the inland i know that they create a lot of jobs and you are seeing it, but the problem is they are $10 an the wage isd stagnant. in california, $10 per hour cannot support you. so people get out here and they want to buy a home and you can't do it. you can't buy a home on $10 an hour. the other question i do have for you, every time that screen comes up, i see a plus 120 something percent on your screen for san bernardino area. what does that mean? guest: that is the rise in housing prices in that

particular area, rise in the median single-family home price between 2000 and 2017 -- 2016, i think it is. this is data from the national association of realtors. they say that in that area, prices have risen 126%. more than doubled just since 2000. by the way, these are the nicest c-span callers i've ever had. the notion ofp low-paying jobs. they talked about the coming shock to the economic system. we just don't know if we are planning for it well enough. that is the notion of automation. there are more and more businesses that are automating, replacing workers with computers. just fast food workers and kiosks, it is automated vehicles. autonomous vehicles.

it is accountants, lawyers. it is increasingly service based jobs that are being done by machines, not by people. what happens when we get a fully autonomous vehicle and all of a sudden there are 2 million truckers out of work? we know the shock is coming. we just aren't necessarily planning for it in time. it is a lot of something a lot of mayors are worried about. in seattle, i keep going back to my hometown, in seattle last week, amazon opened a grocery store that has no clerks. it is a fully autonomous store. aside from the people stocking their shelves. door, youp the front never have to interact with a human. there are human jobs that are gone. how do we replace those jobs with something that is better than a 10 dollar an hour job in the inland empire? host: is there a role for housing and urban development? , yes, theregency

is, and a lot of mayors are concerned that housing and urban development has not been doing enough to build some of these low income, middle income, even sort of workforce homes. this is not a partisan concern. those mayors are just angry at the trump administration, they were angry at the obama administration and the bush administration. host: let's hear from gary in dayton, ohio. caller: hello? can you hear me? host: you are on. street my house is on a or eight,even possibly 12 vacant houses on it all boarded up, no one is doing any repairs to them. really bad.s like

just had the reevaluation done on the house. from $43,000 to $41,000. which is great because i pay , but theerty taxes other thing am want you to why -- the city of dayton does not have any major shopping or grocery stores. we have to walk, i see people , theng down the streets beer and the cigarette place where you get your lottery, they are walking back home with their sacks of groceries and they are paying top dollar for that kind of stuff in the nearest grocery store is outside of the city. deserts are aod big concern. that is something that michelle

obama worked a lot on when she was first lady and this is an every industry right now is being disrupted. we have even the grocery industry with an autonomous store. how many more will there be in a few years? this is something that people have to plan for as they are smart growthese strategies, how do you attractive business like a safeway or albertsons or something like that? same company, i guess, but one of those grocery stores, how do you attract them to an urban core or even a suburban court when margins are so tiny? storyreid wilson, whose you can find on "the hill" website, thanks for joining us. coming up, we are going to talk with democratic congressman bill foster of illinois.

he joins us as a member of the house science committee and he concerns about the trump administration's science policy. we will also be aboard the c-span bus and 9:30 a.m. eastern coming up. >> the president of the united states. >> tonight president donald trump gives his first state of the union address to congress and the nation. then the state of the union speech live at 9:00 p.m. following the speech, the democratic response from congressman joe kennedy. we will also hear your reaction and comments from members of congress. president trump's state of the union address tonight live on c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app and available live or on-demand on your desktop, phone, or tablet at c-span.org.

for nearly 20 years, "in-depth" has featured the nation's best-known nonfiction writers for life conversations about their books. this year as a special project, we are featuring best-selling for the monthly program. join us live sunday at noon eastern with colson whitehead, author of the 2016 best-selling novel "the underground railroad," which was awarded the pulitzer prize and the national book award. "in-depth: fiction edition" sunday live noon until 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: representative bill foster, democrat from illinois,

a member of the science, space, and technology committee here to talk about top administration science policy. guest: that's right. i'm also a member of the financial services committee and was fascinated by the segment you just ran. it turns out that policies to fight housing bubbles are something i have been involved with for a long time. if you look at the archives of the american enterprise institute, they had a workshop on an idea i had in 2010 after the last housing crisis that simply was a requirement that you should not issue mortgages if the mortgagee will be underwater as housing prices go back to where they were two years ago. so that if housing prices have doubled suddenly, then you should put in an extreme case 50% down so you won't be underwater and that is simple principle which can be adopted on a city by city basis depending on whether you have a bubble going, it is a very powerful feedback mechanism. anyway. host: you are a man of ideas, physicist by training. guest: that's right.

i represent 100% of the strategic reserve of physicists in the u.s. congress. i'm the only phd senate and the senate or the u.s. house. -- scientist in the senate or the u.s. house. host: what is your largest concern about the trump administration's approach to science? guest: mostly its disinterest and science and its disinterest in applying science and logical potentials --to policy decisions. its failure to fill the scientific appointments that it is supposed to be filling. the office of science and technology policy is an office which has about 135 people in it during the obama administration and is down to a skeleton crew without a leader with a real scientific background. ift is a risk to the country there is going to be a big crisis that has a strong technological edge, an

environmental problem, nuclear , then theou name it president will need close at hand trusted advisors on scientific principles and they don't seem to be in evidence. either in the white house or at the top level of appointments. host: why do you think those positions have not been filled? guest: i think it is a tough recruiting problem for the white house. that is part of it. because the president has narrowly focused on rational debate, frankly. that a lot of scientists are kind of turned off by that. as a result, the appointments that we have seen from the trump administration have been people with political backgrounds or financial backgrounds rather than real scientific backgrounds. host: you addressed this in a letter to the administration. what has been the response? guest: zero. you know, the lack of a functioning osgp is a real

danger. we are having a hearing today on the science committee where we will have the closest we have come to would use to be a tradition on the science committee, which is to have the secretary of energy come in and discuss science policy because the department of energy plays a very crucial role in science policy and research. have seen in the trump administration is no secretary of energy in front of us. we have two undersecretaries, neither of which have advanced degrees in science and they are going to be presenting whatever it is that the trump administration expects to accomplish. the invite to governor perry not returned? guest: the invite comes from the republican chair of the committee and for whatever reason they have decided -- secretary perry and i spent a wonderful day together. i represent the western suburbs of chicago which have two great national labs and i accompanied secretary perry all day as he toured those laboratories, the

national accelerator lab, and argonne national lab in my district which does a huge variety of applied research. i was delighted that secretary perry had enthusiasm for the science and his ability and desire to be really an advocate for it. but in the science committee, we have to see someone in front of us that can describe the scientific priorities and i hope to see some of that in today's hearing, but we will see. host: those topics and more with ouro science guest representative bill foster, democrat from illinois, member of that committee that is having a hearing. give us a call. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. climate change. what do you think about this administration's approach to it? guest: again, it has not been

science-based. he put in charge of the epa, the agency that really has to make on crucial scientific calls what levels of environmental contamination are safe and what are not and things like that, and it has been completely politicized, frankly. the department of energy, same thing. tore was a proposal restructure the payment system for electrical generation that was so frankly pro-coal that even trump's appointments to ferc rejected it. so what you are seeing is an approach which is not based on facts, but based on his perception of politics. ant: the president did interview with piers morgan for a british broadcast and he was asked about climate change and

his personal thinking on it. we have a bit of that interview. [video clip] president trump: there is a cooling and a heating, it used to be global warming, that was not working too well because it was getting too cold all over the place. the ice caps were going to melt, but now they are setting records, ok? they were so many things happening, i will tell you what i believe in, i believe in clean air, i believe in crystal-clear, beautiful water. i believe in just having good cleanliness. host: to be fair, that is just a small portion of the interview. it is obviously not science-based. the hottest years on record have been in reese and years. i don't know where he got that talking point from. the question of i believe in

clean air. everyone believes in clean air. the tough calls that the epa has to make is how much do we spend to clean up the air from this contaminant or that contaminant. it is a complicated thing that should be science-based. just melting platitudes of clean air is good does not really acknowledge the tough science that has to be behind these important decisions. host: one of the criticisms when it comes to climate change that even if the united states took a position, what about these other countries like china, india, they would also be problems and could just the u.s. fix everything else? is one of, will that these arguments like it does not matter that i personally letter because that is only a small fraction of the total litter in the world. it makes no sense. the u.s. can and should be a leader in all of this. the amount of carbon that we put into the atmosphere per person is in the very top of developed

countries. i think only australia really comes close. every person in the united states has a responsibility for this and i think the top of that because we lead the world in many technologies, like in my district, our national lab is developing batteries that will have many times the performance of current batteries and will be transformational to the performance of electric cars. on the other hand, president trump has put in charge of generating the federal budget, mick mulvaney, was served with for many years on the financial hasices committee -- he sort of become famous in the scientific community for questioning the need for any federally funded research at all. and you saw that in the trump budget proposal. in saw a 17% cut to research the department of energy, for example. the total elimination of the breakthrough energy research

operation that was set up under president obama and it is a good thing, frankly, that these budget proposals have been ignored. it is remarkable that we are more than a year into the trump administration and we are still operating the federal government with a budget negotiated with president obama. all of the work that has been proposed and done in the appropriations committee, and congress has been ignored. the trump budgets were dead on arrival and ignored even by the republican led committees in congress. so, you see these very right-wing proposals being ignored even by republicans. so, it must be hard to maintain morale in the agencies when they are asked to participate and generate budgets which they can see on the face of them will be rejected even by republicans. host: first call comes from john in virginia, independent line. you are on with representative bill foster. caller: thanks for taking my call. is being addressed

to the right person in congress right now. that has to do with our failure to harden our electric grid. some countries are doing it regularly, yet we don't pay any attention to it and we need to look at who owns the predominant shares in all of our electric sources, power sources because somehow we are totally avoiding discussion of the hardening of our grid, which is far greater danger than nature's problems. thank you. guest: thank you. you are correct. it has to be hardened in several ways. it has to be hardened against what are called epm attacks, which the leader of north korea has threatened us with. it is a scientific fact known for a while that if you detonate

a nuclear weapon at a certain altitude above the atmosphere, it creates an enormous electromagnetic holes. -- pulse. during nuclear tests back in the 1950's, they damaged the hawaiian electric grid thousands of miles away. this is a huge danger and a vulnerability against nuclear attacks. we have huge boulder abilities against cyber attacks. many of the control systems that are being used in our electric grid today have computer systems which are obsolete and have proven to have enormous cyber vulnerability. there is a big risk there. there is a risk and just making the mix of energy sources and our ability to throttle back the demand when something goes off-line that has to be thought out and the control systems and the information has to be secure and hardened.

you are correct. it is a huge problem. it is a set of complex, ethical problem that congress is not doing too good a job thinking about these days. as the only phd scientist in congress and the only member of congress who has designed and built a super galactic power feelmission line, i really alone sometimes because there are a large number of technical issues like hardening the grid that we are not paying attention to as we chase the news cycle each day. host: shreveport, louisiana, democrats line. mike is next. caller: thank you for having me. biologist. i have a question for dr. foster concerning entanglement. entanglement deals with a very complex physical process used in hasuters and this process

been developed by the chinese such that they are now carrying computer.um quantum computers can very quickly determine your code and yet i hear nothing about what the united states is doing with quantum computers. i will take my answer off-line. thank you. guest: you are referring to quantum entanglement, which is one of the strategies used to distribute keys securely so that you can have secure digital communication after you have delivered that key. the chinese recently used satellites to deploy that key. that becausert in of the vulnerability of communications, much of it is heavily classified.

so i can't talk about the full range of things that we do. money onpent a lot of this. including some of the top physicists. that if there is a large-scale functional quantum computer, if we don't transition to using what are called quantum resistance encryption methods, then there is a danger that all of the encrypted communications that we think are secure today actually can be broken by a quantum computer. another example of an issue congress should be worried about, but we don't have the mental bandwidth to handle it. host: there was a story that broke yesterday about this idea about the nation controlling a 5g network. any thoughts on that? guest: the government certainly has a hand in controlling communication standards in the

policies, things like net neutrality, that really effect where investment is made in communication systems. that is another very complex discussion that is being had at a very superficial level by the u.s. congress. we could have a whole half-hour segment on that. guest'songst our accomplishments, he was a high-energy physicist at the national etc. later laboratory and at the age of 19, he and his younger brother started a business. guest: in our basement with $500 we started the company that now makes about 70% of all of the theater lighting equipment in the united states. we are probably 90% of the lights on broadway, 50% of touring rock 'n roll equipment, 70% of churches, schools, community theaters. the company just went over 1000 people. i no longer own a piece of the company. when i decided to enter politics, i had my partners by me out because i simply did not

want to take votes that were affecting my net worth. big problem in politics. we see that the very top of our government right now. the conflicts of interest when you are making billion-dollar , it is something that has always been recognized to the threat of democracy. caller: how are you today? host: go ahead. caller: listen, i'm calling about climate change, which used to be global warming, i don't know what it is going to be next, but i saw a tweet that sheldon whitehouse, the senator from rhode island, threw out from some article claiming that climate change is causing freezing weather, droughts, hot .eather, rains, mudslides i don't understand. oxygen toually the

plants and it produces oxygen to us. why in the world are you claiming climate change is so drastically needed with the military and everything else? it is just nonsense, it is a way to make money for yourselves. it attacks of the nations through the paris accords to get trillions of dollars to make money for themselves. it is just a government-run ola fromcal crap crap the democrats. , i run into comments fairly often, thanks to even the science committee. let's just address carbon dioxide. the basic method is fundamental physics can be verified in the laboratory. the absorption of infrared. if you have ever gone out after

a hot day and got onto a field or a parking lot and just hold your arms out, you can feel the heat being re-radiated back and most of that gets radiated back into space. carbon dioxide and methane and other so-called greenhouse gases a lot that heat from escaping and reflecting back to the earth. ok? when the concentrations of those gases go up, more heat is not allowed to escape the earth at night. what happens over time is heat builds up. there is scientific uncertainty as to how quickly the temperature will rise. for example, if the heat is distributed uniformly on the ocean, it takes quite a while for the heat to raise the temperature. if it stays on the surface, then the earth will warm up rapidly. that is the uncertainty in how quickly this problem will bite us, which is perhaps a factor of two, whether it is going to bite

us in 30 years or 60 years in 90 years is a subject of legitimate scientific debate. but there is no question of the fundamental physics that adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere warms up the are. and we are seeing that in the measured temperature rise of the earth. texas is where bob is on the independent line. caller: yes, good morning. i just tweeted some of this. back in the 1970's, i worked with the father of global .arming at columbia university at the time, he was the preeminent scientist on co2 absorption in the oceans corals and sediments. there is a history channel video that i tweeted to you and his question is if man is causing this global warming over the geologic record, which is millions of years, who caused those?

co2 is a fact is trailing indicator of global warming and not a predictor of it. anyway, i would like to hear the answer. sure, i've already gone through the fundamental physics that indicates that an increase in co2 will increase the temperature of the earth. then there is also the question of the timescale. there are very large and very slow excursions of the earth's temperature in the geological record. those are nowhere near as fast as the temperature rise we are seeing today and the fact that we have had historically very fast excursion of co2 concentrations and that has been matched by a very large excursion with the temperature thatally the smoking gun climate change is real. host: our guest serves the 11th district of illinois,

representative bill foster. "the wall street journal" reports that on the senate side there is a struggle over the to be the jim brydon head of nasa. what do you think about this potential appointment? guest: i think it is very important. people have had aerospace and science backgrounds and this is a break from that, if i remember right. as a pilot,kground rather than an aerospace engineer. because nasa has to make very complicated technical decisions on incredibly complicated systems, you really need some technical judgment at the very top, as well as a lot of experience in managing very large and expensive contracts and design efforts. i think there is a real merit to having someone with a different set of skills in that particular position. that has been the case in the past. from a republican line,

pennsylvania, we will hear from george. caller: good morning, gentlemen to read a couple things before i get to my question. one, i would like to hear dr. foster, professor foster talk about why we need a government science space, he's talking about all these positions that have to be filled, when we've got numerous land-grant colleges, lots of expertise, a lot of these universities and places like that. secondly, i concur with him that it really bothers me that we've got a bunch of lawyers making decisions, medical decisions, whatever else about environmental issues that have no clue about any basic science. most lawyers don't have any science backgrounds period. i've often thought that if you look at it hard for a billion, what is that, one second in 33 years? does that make a difference? sometimes it does, but i'm not partse convinced that two

per billion speaks to 100% higher than it should be. whatever. you understand some of these numbers, it is a finite kind of a thing. anyway, if he could comment, i would appreciate it. guest: when you talk about parts per billion, the chemical you are talking about matters a lot. if it is a part per billion of table salt, probably not much of a health risk. if it is a part per billion of lsd, than probably people would be concerned about having that in the drinking water. in between that, you have compounds like lead, where there are a poor decisions that will cost billions of dollars to fix and that have to be made in the places where they do the most good for human health. it is not just the number, it is the nature of the chemical. every chemical has different health effects. it has different health effects on people with different genetic makeup. the system is very complicated. the perfect example of why you need to have really good scientists. you mentioned university professors.

that has traditionally been a real source of expertise, that , an you have a scientific area where scientific advice is necessary for the government, then they have traditionally appointed the real experts, many of them university professors to advisory committees. for example, the epa, they have dismissed the university professors mainly who are on and, in fact, are setting in place rules that say if you are receiving a federal grant, you are not allowed to serve on those committees. so, what happens, is you have committees staffed with people from industry rather than the experts from the colleges that really have thought about these things in an unbiased and academic manner their whole career and this is another area where we are going off the rails, i think, in science policies. host: this is susan in fort myers, florida on the independent line. caller: good morning.

thank you for taking my call. i'm not really a science-based person other than nine a retired withut i'm pretty fed up science that is politically feasible. mr. trump seems to lean in that direction. i would like to point out chinese global television network last week indicated that they are starting an arctic silk because of the melting on the glaciers in the ice and they will be able to use this as a transportation area. , their belt and road initiative that no one is talking about and as far as the ,lobal warming, climate change i think it was in the mid-1950's already, the government science was concerned about the ozone layer and look how long ago that

was and nobody is paying any attention. host: thanks. for thatll, the reason is that government regulations fixed the ozone problem. that we saw the ozone problem, recognized scientifically that it was being caused by cfc's and related compounds, the things being used and stop venting other kinds of things damaging layer, the government regulations have made, i think in the last few years, for the time, no visible hole in the ozone layer at all. that is a perfect example of government, you know, fixing a problem that would have been very severe. ozone, thet have the ultraviollet comes straight through the atmosphere and guess skin cancer.

host: will you attend the state of the union tonight? guest: i will. you bring a guest? guest: i am. dreamer, she is my guest, a wonderful girl. castillo, is her name, came here as a young child, did spectacular in school, is a leader in her community and her way through college, the kind of person you would society ave a place in and a path to citizenship. i thought when president trump the crowd, one of the faces he should see, the of someone whose life hangs in the balance. host: of the things you want to trump, what sident is atop the list, immigration or things? guest: immigration, would be nice to see a return to science, facts and logic in there. any members of congress are

making various statements with what they're wearing and this sort of thing. a button ie wearing, got from the science march last year that asks for evidence, think, the principle we should apply, not only to the ce policy, but to discussions we're having over russian interference in the else, ns and everything that when people hear a madement they think may be for political reason, before accepting it as true or ejecting it because of who is saying it, they should simply ask for evidence. adopted that principle, i think it would cause a lot of debate to calm return to fact-based basis. host: bill foster of illinois, time.s for your we have open phones for a half-hour before the next guest, want to comment, 202-748-8000 for democrats. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. "50 capitals tour," this

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c-span.org pan at app.our c-span radio president trump is seeking to parlay his address by offering chance to see their name flashed on the screen the speech.cast of he offered those willing to pay $35, the opportunity to see displayed during the live streaming of the address on his campaign website. movement, the station says, it isn't about just one of is about all of us, which is why your name deserves to be tuesday night's speech. the web page offers donor contribute as much as $2700, the maximum amount allowed per election. was asked about preparations for tonight's peech and what themes he plans to cover, here is what he has to say. on our great success to the markets and with it is a big and

speech, important speech, covering immigration and for years they have been talking immigration and never got anything done. we're going to get something done, we hope it will be bipartisan because the republicans really don't have get it done any other way, it has to be bipartisan, hopefully the us or enoughl join of them, to really do something for with daca and immigration generally. budget will be a very important trade. on the world has taken advantage of us on trade for many years and you probably know, we're stopping that and stopping it have to have reciprocal trade, it is not a one-way deal anymore. we have a lot to sduz and we'll be discussing them and i hope it. enjoy host: senate minority leader chuck schumer in the pages of op ed to on post" has what he's listening for tonight,

promised president investment on the campaign trail, but since taking the oath office, congress hasn't heard about the plan, what we have heard isn't promising. investment ucture and more recently proposals from the administration to rely on or state to nies put up lion share of the money entities charge local taxpayers or raise taxes the her fees to pay for infrastructure. again, that is chuck schumer, on the president's speech tonight. democrat's lorida, line. tom is first on open phones. ahead.orning, go caller: hi, good morning. ell, i whole-heartedly agree with your previous guest's a good tent in repairi from ing, but far completing that. reduction of csc's is helping a refrigerant gases, not just in your refrigerator and

with friendly em gases, they are still damaging, just not as damaging. in everything from your car, air conditioning, all all onditioning systems, refrigerants and freezers, refrigerators, millions of globe. around the they're still being released, quantities, aller people who install these are supposed to be recovering the people's systems when they prepare them and replace them and things like that. sherry in portsmith, virginia, independent line. yes.r: thank you for taking my call. i feel like this evening's state be metunion message will by resistance that is grow nothing terms of understanding the o deal with trump in presidency. it is basically changing

country ally what the is all about, in terms of democracy, versus capitalism. see across the country and in this area, where we are nderstanding we have to be proactive in terms of how we want to manage our lives and it on a local level and i think that will happen around the country. each other g to face-to-face, whether you are supporter of trump or not oesn't really matter in terms of local issues of being able to make sure that you have housing food and good education for your citizens of your local area. we do that, then i think this country will be okay and i feel happening.at is i was encouraged by the ongressman you had on a few minutes ago. we need to know there are people in the congress and the who understand the frustration that we feel and putting an does by people who are working on air

them, that hear from gives us hope because we know to work eed to be able this thing through because trump is not going to lead us out of this. virginia.rry in evert in grant junction, colorado, republican line. much.r: thank you very i was listening to your previous caller and even though i'm a science and love so anyway, one thing that i any of those ear people that are counting the they warming situation, don't mention carbon dioxide and monoxide are heavier than air gases. nasa has a, basically a works ic converter that when it is cold, as well as when it is hot. cadda littic converters on cars, they only operating hey are temperatures extremely hot.

the '80s are 60 to to cleaner than those prior that. and i never hear anybody mention the other thing, the sun, nasa, the sun is warming up all the time. yeah, we have gases on the eventually it will turn into a red giant billions of years down the road and won't make any difference what we do. host: evert in colorado. "new york times" highlights speech, particularly looking at the president's supporters. headline, president supporters fear he will go too soft at union.of the the hard-line nationalist wing of mr. trump's coalition is go soft tos about to reach for bipartisanship instead of purity and talk about cooperation with democrats and should be attacking corruption of washington, especially on battle brewing in congress. newt gingrich, former republican mr. trump er advised the president was shifting gears, eager to promote the

enactment of tax plan without combative language that could muddy the message. from trump the fighter to trump the winner, mr. gingrich said monday. i'm president of the united states, i don't need to pick a fight. advisors strife tone, if not in substance, in addition to steven miller, with vince haley and rob orter, the staff secretary, coordinated input from other parts of the government. obert is next, tuscaloosa, alabama. caller: good morning, mr. pedro, talked to you in a long time. i was born and raised in the state of alabama, i don't call red state, i don't know where you get that from. talking about sexual harassment, a president who said, alleged he sexually harassed a females. at least they were women of

weren't descent, they african american. sexual efferson, harassment is in this country. kids by women in slavery. so that has been done and in light skinned guy, e call half white, was born in this state 60 years ago, white men did that to black women, no of black men getting babies by so-called white women. harassment is indemmic in this country, now begun, the uropean or white women, you call them, have begun to come out f. black people, black women american women had this problem with white men in power since we were brought here. north kor ost: nate in baltimore, maryland, independent line. caller: i wanted to get on with

the previous guest. all, my credentials. 10 years, director of science and technology for navy. as global warming, the is global warming, anthropogenic, man-caused. there seems to be some correlation. s far as climate change, climate change has always happened. we've had three physical , geo observatorys that indicate there climate change.physical observatorys that indicate there is no man-caused climate changee is no man-caused climate chan . is no man-caused climate change is no man-caused climate changee is no man-caused climate chans there is no man-caused climate change. the thing that made it political of the opening in the hole the ozone layer, the closing was natural. every scientist knows it was because there is no difference in the amount of

chloro-chemicals released. you.: got dan in youngwood, pennsylvania. republican line. caller: yes, sir, thank you for taking my call. great show. some very good comments out there. going to say on another worked at one ad time in accounting and finance uditing and industrial engineering and what i found was that when you get to scientists financial folks together, there is barriers, walls, things move slow and they move slow like in industry, but in government, it is like an elephant. failure really possibly would be they don't understand or they don't want to understand trump's motives, in other words, he's a negotiator, out inessman, he's going there and having people perform for them. in other words, india and china abused, if we talk about the atmosphere, they continue to

for reasonste a bit that are controllable or not controllable yet because of technology that they can afford. the point is, trump has got them moving out there and cutting as goes and making some type of to ress and getting people perform. i think that is very important. now if scientist wanted to make as far as here framing their proposition with rump, and the congress that supports him on these issues, they might do it without barriers and possibly since concerned with the youth, that would be the country.f our maybe making money available in studyy of citizenship and opportunitys and bring our smart people to the forefront to work women.ese great men and host: okay. dan in pennsylvania. thank you. rockport, tennessee, republican is richard. caller: good morning. rockport, texas. ahead.'m sorry, go caller: not a problem. good morning, pedro.

looking forward to the president's speech tonight and what would make things really exciting would be if he read the memo, that would really stir things up. thank you. ost: the memo is topic of at least the memo when it comes to front-page story of the "new york times," from esterday, republicans on the health intelligence committee disregarded justice department arnings their actions would be reckless, voted to release memorandum sent to accuse the f.b.i. of and misusing authority to obtain secret surveillance order on campaign associate. the vote, made along party on conflict of the investigation into russia brazen meddling in the election, on the republican side, garnered reaction on the democratic side, as well. a ranking member on the intelligence committee spoke after that vote. we had votes today to

concerns to the committee and to the house and selectively release to the public only majority distorted facts.thout the full very sad day, i think in the this committee, as i said to my committee colleagues hearing, sadly we can fully expect that the president of the united states the national interest over his own personal nterest, but it is a sad day, indeed, when that is also true of our own committee because to y this committee voted put the president's personal interest, perhaps their own above the nterest, national interest in denying themselves, even the ability to hear from the department and the f.b.i. and that is, i think, a deeply affairs, e state of but it does show how in my view,

ou have a deeply flawed person in the oval office, that flaw an infect the whole of government and today tragically committee.r host: next to loraine, in democrat's alabama, line. caller: hello. hello, we say we are one nation god, we know nothing about god, right? just the opposite. book of revelation says power to the beast and watch the beast to see and that is what is happening right now in the government, united states congress and the president of the united states, and hrown our government siding with the russians, simple as that. we're siding with the russians, must happen for prophecy to be fulfilled because this is written. host: okay. to aaron in alexandria, independent line. morning, thank you, c-span. i'm a professional in my area of expertise and i was wondering difficulties that he science community faces in

explaining science to those who are not professionals in science nd also, how do you sway someone who does not believe in scientific fact who deny climate warm , deny global something it just seems a lot of time is being wasted trying to someone's mindge who is not a scientist, who doesn't have a background in in nce or believes what is the paper, i had that comment for scientists out there, what are the challenges they face or think about just abandoning rationalizing things to those irrationale. host: tommy next, akron, ohio. sorry gto ray in tennessee. ray, hello, go ahead. caller: good morning. yes, thank you. things i wanted to comment on, certain that there warming, we're in a warming trend, natural trends millions of years, but also air pollution and various things have brought

warming and you can see that in the more intensive sea levels rise, they'll be more flooding, of areas of texas and louisiana and all over the world. also, i'm a student of german a lot and was struck by of things that president trump reminiscent.m i went back and read the book my struggle," by adolf hitler and many things hitler wrote in this book that he would do once chancellor in germany in the '20s is actually very similar to what donald trump does, the big lie, the dividing eople, the undermining the judicial branch, blaming everyone who doesn't agree with him. things are e reminiscent of hitler and to i erstand president trump, think it helps for somebody to maybe read that book.

to tommy inlet's go akron, ohio, democrat's line. aller: good morning, pedro, good to talk to you again. i have two quick predictions bout the state of the union tonight. first of all, if you remember had representative wilson his moment with president obama over obamacare, i predict there multiple you lies, you tinks different things from both sides of the aisle, not just democrats. second of all, sergeant that when the of arms introduces president rump, that members of the congressional black caucus and others, will take a knee. i think these two things, if either happen, will rattle the president so much that we'll see the true president speak at the podium. if i'm right on any of these, a coffee mug?e host: how about this, cuwatch of us ith the rest tonight on our state of the union coverage.

gain, that starts at 8:00 on our main network, c-span, you can go to c-span.org and our app, see if the viewer is right or not. 8, e coverage available at speech at 9 with our coverage leading up to that, including calls on capitol hill. hello, w york, noel, republican line. caller: how you doing, pedro? a comment ed to make abo about -- go ahead, you're on. noel, are you still there? i think he's dropped. i apologize for that. ralph in michigan, independent ralph, you are next. in, er: yeah, i'm calling nobody says anything about billions and billions of trees dying. in the paper, le this is a couple years ago, i don't believe it, though, drinks 2300 gallons of water per day that, is a

oak tree. i went on the phone and it says it drinks 45 gallons a day. mean, if you got billions, this is all over the country, dies, where will the water go? ost: that is ralph from michigan. aaron greg reports on "washington post" about security there for and backlog the page of the "washington post." e says the backlog reached 700,000 so great last week the government accountability office highly unusual step of adding effort to high-risk the process ifying is in need of concerted action to prevent waste, fraud abuse mismanagement, office of management and administration charged with doing background checks is without permanent director a into president trump's tenure. he gao failed to set long-time fwoel to address the backlog, renewd and strong leadership

needed to solve the problem. processing background checks has been a challenge for federal investigators weigh clearing workers quickly to prepare critical work against who might do harm. he issue flared up after 2013, when former agency contractor snowden leaves classified nformation despite being cleared. later that year, mass shooting by government employee in the further raised question about whether candidates were being vetted properly. california, republican line. hi there. caller: hi there. first of all, this has been a wonderful year. impressed with president trump having so much done in one year. voted for him because he was a very litician and i'm happy. host: what is the top of those things you're happy with, what top of the list? caller: what is the top of the

all, i have rst of never seen so much forward-movement for the united states. he's for the american people. and it just a horrible media coverage. i never realize how the media us.des he's for the american people and immigrationart that policy done, i believe it is fair, balanced, i'm very happy. host: washington times looks at former president, president for presidential center in chicago. chicago richardson says and droves venting displeasure with the planned library calling "ugly waste of taxpayer resources," and dangerous public t for historic parkland. recent letters to the editor

panneded in the tribune, the presidential center, which will consume 20 acres from jackson park and cost taxpayers $100 million in renovation to surrounding area. published january 26, john deal called the gg-shaped main tower and surrounding buildings "garish monstrositys that ruin aesthetics of the park land stolen from the taxpayer think " does anyone else the artist rendering of the mr. deal asked? it goes on from there, there is picture of the planned sketches of the presidential center, planned for illinois. times in the washington this morning. arl, from berkeley springs, west virginia, republican line. caller: good morning. disappointed when i turned on the t.v. this morning on "washington journal" and othing about the corruption in the f.b.i. or the doj.

this will end up biting the democrats. seems to me they are the people that use tack ticks ones used in the kgb in russia to try to keep being elected and you, you i'm telling talk to the media, all you are up.g to do is cover it host: we dealt with it in an extended phone and read stories memo per don't have a se, wait a minute, wait a minute, we don't have a memo per comes out, we'll deal with that. i want to let you know, we did deal with it. read a few articles, that is all you have done. host: that is all we have to fulloff, we don't have the memo yet. caller: why don't you do a

they m to ask people what think of it. host: we will, we will. michigan is next, this is al, line.ndent hi. caller: yes. ahead.i, al, go caller: can you hear me? host: you're on. caller: i was going to say something about global warming, hey, you know, i'm a separationist and i think at million blacks, take uld just go over and over liberia, you know, dealing everybody hereve of all colors, but i'm not going to live here and we got a and i've been saying this for year, just go, man. we don't care if they want us or not, united states supposed to give us that land, or deal with us over there we push them out. that is my theory, nothing against white, black, no color. man in the united states need to get up out of here. -- we'll go bobby to rheanvalrico, florida,

line.endent hi. caller: hi, good morning, how are you? host: well, thank you, go ahead. caller: i am so excited for tonight for the state of the union. to -- have a oing uplifting, ive, on-point message when he gives speech. i also think there will be some twists and turns, why you notice adam schiff is panicking, nancy panicking anicking, over this. original fisapage the courts om yesterday, it is on the office director of national website.nce major drop, state of the union. host: again, we'll see as it

plays out, again, you're welcome coverage at 8:00 to see if that is the case. the "wall street journal" takes by the first hts lady over the last short period saying that the first lady took 21 flight necessary a three-month period on air $675,000 s at cost before she moved into the white accordingune of 2017, to military records. air force jets flew mrs. trump new york city, florida and washington under arrangement unlike any other first lady because she was live nothing new york after inauguration to allow their son barron to finish the fifth grade. while living at trump tower in jets made ir force nine trips to florida palm beach to drop onal airport off or pick up mrs. trump, according to military records. the "wall ilable in street journal" this morning. southnext, west columbia, line.ina, republican line.

hi. caller: hello. host: hi, you're on. caller: yeah. when are they going to learn, he's not dumb and he's not crazy. just -- [indiscernible] -- like it n anything there for american president. leaders crowded around him. is a genius. people going to see more money taxes. we're going to start hiring more people, you know. paying ple will be taxes. things like that help, we got to this if it is possible. you know, it just ridiculous the

way they are treating this man. for all d to do stuff america. host: trenton, florida, democrat's line. morning.good caller: yes, good morning. i would like to hear some more about the dutch intelligence and what they have uncovered. read last week they were one of the sources that hacked into hackers bear russian and got most of the information that we have that the f.b.i. and justice department are basing a lot of their actions on last year. i understand that they also some day rnc, i wish that we could get somebody like ikileaks or the dutch intelligence people to uncover what they have on the russian or russians have on the republican party, the rnc, because i think that information explain why they seem to be all acting like russian

guy devinecially this nunez, he's just a creepy guy, i hink they need to look into what the russians have on the r.n.c., as well as trump. call okay, that's the last for this open phones. joining us next is lieutenant cagle, republican of of our coverage, as lieutenant governor joins us bus as part ofan the "50 capitals tour" about key issues facing his state. that conversation is next. >> for nearly 20 years in depth on book t.v. featured best-known nonfiction writers for live conversations about their books. project, as special we're featuring best-selling monthly riters for the program, join us live sunday at noon eastern, with colson author of 2016 best-selling novel, "underground

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on demand on your desktop, phone tablet at c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are on the 16th stop of c-span's "50 capitals tour" across the united states this orning we're in georgia's capital city of atlanta and joining us to talk about how ashington policies are impacting that state, republican lieutenant governor casey cagle, thanks tenant governor, for joining us. lt. gov. cagle: i'm honored to with you, pedro, thanks for giving the time. great to see the c-span bus here capital, as well. pleasure to be with you. host: let's start with the idea state depends r on washington when it comes to policies or other matters. kind of describe how much dependence georgia has and what is your level of concern policy that made here in washington, d.c.? do gov. cagle: obviously we have a direct connect with

washington, d.c., particularly pertains to many budgetary items, but also the different rules and regulations, particularly that come out of education, for instance, but policies in which we're seeing come under this been very ion has welcoming. of course the tax cut that we having a itnessed is ery positive impact here both economically for the state, but also we're seeing significant well.n revenue, as our relationship continues to be positive and the working relationship with this articular administration, i think has been better than most. host: and so as far as the concerned, have expressed,y seen that you talk about the tax cuts with businesses offering more as far othernes are concerned or financial incentives businesses

are take something absolutely.gle: all the businesses i'm communitying with on a regular indicated how positive this is going to be, not only for their business, but more importantly for their employees. we have seen a number of businesses that have announced bonuses to employees, along with pay raises and quite honestly, when you at all the announcements of companies that are bringing more back to the s states and looking to deploy domestically, and of course, georgia is a huge that.iciary of we have been ranked now five years in a row, number one state in.do business our economy is continuing to grow and we're seeing greater prosperity, certainly there are challenges that exist within our state. poverty issue, 25% of our kids today live in 40 counties in the southern region of our state

hat have 40 plus percent poverty rates. certainly those are great oncerns, but allowing greater economic prosperity to occur across our state with the right right regulatory environment, a tort system that is fair and just and most building a work force that is second to none, which i think is the greatest hallenge we face, not just simply in our state, but domestically, as well. georgia, we have about 100,000 jobs that are open. 100,000 jobs, 25% need a four-year baccalaureate degree, but 75% need an industry certification from our technical a two-year degree from our technical college. myre very focused and one of top priorities as lieutenant governor has been to really call college i and career academy so it transforms a high school student and senior year to be duly enrolled with

echnical college so they can get industry certification coming out of high school so if be a radiology technician or dental hygienist are lder or plumber, these available to students. what we've done, created has not only at increased graduation rates from about 58% to 98%, but we've also increased their earning potential, so we've moved from 16,000 to 32,000 at minimum. real focus is making sure education is aligned with that we're ds and create thanksgiving pipeline of workers coming out to really thatthe existing companies are here to grow and be more prosperous and what happens, things, peoplese become less reliant on see better nd

lternative than turning to crime and things of this nature. host: casey cagle, republican of bus, a, on the c-span continues on tour of capitals across the united states. questions, to ask 202-748-8000 for those residents 202-748-8001 for all others. wj.t us at c-span lieutenant governor, when it comes to education, you talked bout technical college and making people adaptable to that, is there value in four-year education in your mind? lt. gov. cagle: well, there certainly si want educational academic floor for all students to achieve to. within that floor, there can be cracks for students to drop between. hold is also no ceiling to any student back from going as far and as high as they want to go. need eminent scholars and other

degrees? yes, we are, but we need to make that we are having an educational system that doesn't but meets people where they are. e've worked diligently to have articulation agreements between our technical colleges and our four-year universities and research institutions so they an move seamlessly through the path and ultimately what we want we wantactive mind set, students to find out early on what it is they want to do in they are ftentimes able to do that when they can 20 or 30 different career pathways that are available to them and choose that path. sometime fist someone says i want to be a doctor and they field, n allied health then all of a sudden, they realize they are adverse to blood and so it allows them to redirect their path in a less time wasted and more productivity and then

econdly, of course, if we're able to do more of this in their junior and senior year of high chool, then it is offsetting the high cost of the four year baccalaureate degree, as well. deadend street or deadend road, it gives kids more to findities, obviously their passion, pursue it and pursue it in a more efficient cost-effective way, as well. ost: current governor of georgia is casey cagle. lieutenant governor is running governor himself. first call from earl in canton, the ia, you are on with lieutenant governor, go ahead. caller: okay, my question, how the way?, by good morning. lt. gov. cagle: doing great, you. good to be with caller: my question is, the rapid rail transit system here you know, i've worked around the country as an electrician and seen how this works, it works pretty good.

i want to know your position on marta or something similar not exited atlanta, atlanta?from lt. gov. cagle: well, i think and s a great question actually they are bidding for the time that we have this orning, we are debating a transit bill as we speak in the legislature that is moving process he political now. it really is to bring all the currently do not have access or do not have marta, the transit system, run their communities, to build a consensus by which we are the entify what needs, where are the ridership do they kind of product want. i'm a value-added proposition we think imes i think of transit in the context of the to r-city, but the ability move it out into more of the uburban areas, where it really is a commuter option for people

o get on and what is it the consumers want? they don't want to stop every five seconds, they want to get an app and understand when the departure time and arrival be, it is ing to ability to book your own seat, have a table in front of you laptop on,an put your have wifi, and by the way, if i starbucks, that can be waiting on me, as well, those are the types of value-added propositions consumers are looking for and certainly the it, as we see metropolitan atlanta area grow is going to become even greater or solution to much of the congestion by which we face in our state. from wake cross, georgia, lindsay, hello. caller: hello. ahead.ou're on, go caller: my question for the to tenant governor has to with d-facts in georgia, not through f. they happen to know the person, they are not

on the children. also, we still have the good old in georgia, where the in and the judges are cahoots together and the people getting fair not trials down here, okay. lt. gov. cagle: very good, thank you for your question, we think touch og very important ssue when we talk about de-facts and the well being of our children and the of us ibility that all hare both in terms of parents, but also government and how we interface with those individual crisis and i think first and foremost, we can't look to government to solve alli all ou, we need to find solutions that allow not-for-profit faith-based and organizations to step in and

bring meaningful solutions to child. we're working on a bill that i'm a huge proponent of this session gives and grants a power of attorney, so for an ance, if you have individual that may be suffering rom addiction, a single mom, give that lady an opportunity through care or reatment through a faith-based or not-for-profit organization, way, not a holistic helping the parent get treatment but child care necessary for the child. through power of attorney, we go outside them to of de-facts and be able to find a neighbor, a friend, someone might be in their church to offer these solutions. those are things that i think meaningful and certainly as d-facts, we need

greater accountability and put necessary place to add additional caseworkers to manage that. i really believe if you look the country, you have seen greater public-private these issuesaround that ultimately meet people and give them better outcomes. we want to help parepts get the need, also take care of the child and temporary basis y which that family can be restored. so we still have a lot of work o do, but i'm optimistic about the future. ost: david in gainesville, georgia. caller: hi, like to ask the governor his stance on medical crisis a and the opioid e have in georgia and other uses for it, like to ask his stance on it and tell him that i democrat almost my entire life, but would be more than willing to vote for a republican takes a hard stand on this.

you, ov. cagle: thank david. david, actually for the listeners, my hometown of gainesville, i appreciate the question. first and foremost, as you know, been dical marijuana has extanneded in terms of the degree of treatment offered cannibas oil se of itself. i have been supportive of that and i think that it is good and the testimony by which have certainly witnessed from individual families has been particularly l, with children, with seizure disorders and other types of illnesses. e want to be proactive in that alleviate across line prohibition that is currently in place. there has been discussion of

would e cultivation that obviously offer some solutions. we have explored that with our systems and there might be a path by which we can we want to certainly be responsive to the needs of our citizens and certainly when comes to thecannibus oil, right checks and balances in place, i've been supportive of that. i am concerned, however, about which to a place by and want al use would safeguards e we have in place that protect citizens from that. on a governor, atlanta is short list of potential site for headquarter, what is the state willing to offer in order to get that? lt. gov. cagle: i think a couple things are important.

one, we're very excited about opportunity to welcome mazon here to atlanta, to georgia, we believe that we do have a lot to offer and financial here is a package that will be put together, but i think more importantly, when you look at fact we are a low tax state, that we also in terms of our of living extremely low. you also put in with that the that we have the research institutions that can really workforce, for f amazon, in particular. ability at adds to the for us to be very competitive in that. that k the one thing distinguishes us from everyone else, we have the world's and that in rt itself with amazon, the ability customers that are wanting to use their platform and use their company products through, obviously you have the ability

in the world and be able to come here, to have as your front door to amazon, the largest economic history nt deal in the of america, obviously i think that puts us at advantage no one has. certainly we will be competitive from a financial standpoint, but value-added piece of this really puts us in a leading position. of that financial standpoint was based on tax amazon?r subsidies to lt. gov. cagle: well, the truth is, when you look at our current incentive package for all economic development deals important to is note every single company is able to benefit and take of those incentives. it is the same offer we would be amazon that we made to with epot, and along

mercedes-benz and others, incentives are very strong. locally, many communities are further as tep relates to land, construction, step of this nature, to up. but certainly it will be a very significant financial package, because of the number of jobs by which will be created that headquarter job tax credit statutor neplace for incentive. strong host: georgia's lieutenant the "50 joining us on capitals tour" bus. caller: i actually live in johns creek and i need to -- i'm a isior, 78 years old, my wife 2, we're both on fixed income nd our property tax this year was $4300. confused about why it is so high because i understand in

communities, cobb gw enette, sythe, seniors pay very little in terms seniors ty tax because they scrape gmoney to pay the tax. i would like to have an answer from you. of my written all representatives and senators and get some word o burning t, but it is a question for my friends who are retired. richard.nks, lt. gov. cagle: yes, sir, richard, great question. you are exactly right. our state law currently works is that this is a local that the local delegation,

our local legislative delegation has the ability to act,what is called a local that would exempt senior citizens from taxation, that is cobb has done and other neighboring states. counties. neighboring this is an important issue that i would encourage you to reach local delegation it sounds like you have, build the for this and sometimes this becomes very contentious as one might imagine because school tax is the area where you're probably getting hardest in terms of your property tax itself. piece of s a local legislation that can be done and i have been very, very obviously rolling back those taxes, particularly both in r citizens, terms of general and also in school for school tax, too. host: next from stefanie from

hello.a, caller: hi, lieutenant governor, ask how your to campaign for governor is going. lt. gov. cagle: well, stefanie, thank you very much for asking, politicize my time with c-span, but just to say things are going very, very well, i feel very blessed to be not only the lieutenant governor with two ble to serve governors, both sonny perdue and the n deal and we've seen governorship up close and personal and certainly we know the o navigate through difficult public policy issues, thealso negotiating through economic development deals and ga fwa ga -- georgia continues to grow and great prosperity, polling ng remarkable, good, exceeded every metric by we are in a at and great, great spot. you have to work in campaigns

points down everyday and that is exactly what we're doing and i feel very blessed and in a position i am to really shape and plan for what the growth of georgia is to look like and have the experience and knowledge and bviously consistent conservative record to do just that. thank you, stefanie, for asking. strong re you a supporter of donald trump? lt. gov. cagle: absolutely, i am a huge supporter of the president. i think that if there is one that can clean up washington, d.c., he is that person. i think he's proven that. it's been, i think in the beginning, some issues of getting the house and the senate page, but i am extremely optimistic that he's putting the american people first. georgia, america first, as well, i'm excited about what the future is going to hold and just

residual benefit that we're already seeing, both n stock market, but also in terms of zob growth numbers and he fact this tax cut is going to put more money in people's pockets, too. hear from johnny in charleston, south carolina. yes.er: i would like to express my opinion. raised in and georgia, okay.-- went to high school there and verything, went to the military. down four blocks from the capital, you see so many the ess people sleeping on street, i've never seen nothing like that before. sometime i really don't want to go home, wow, what is wrong. the governor, they seem like they don't even see those know., you host: johnny, we are running

short on time and we will let lieutenant governor respond. lt. gov. cagle: so, johnny, irst of all, i appreciate the call and the concern and there is no question that the homeless issue is real. i will tell you that we have as it eat strides pertains to assisting in that manner. he biggest issue that we're confronted with, with the homeless concern, is mental we have to create greater community resource help s to come around to those individuals and we have a number of those particularly in metro atlanta that is doing yomen's work to give them the need and also helping them with the medication and keeping them on the them an n and giving opportunity to obviously get out lifestyle in cular which they are in. we still have more work to do, it.question about but we won't give up unt w