congressman i don't know if you heard our first segment this morning on the "washington journal" talking about what eric holder had to say about reducing prison time for drug crimes. do you have any immediate thoughts on that issue? >> guest: i liked like the concept. i've never been a supporter of mandatory minimums. i think we should have guidelines that require clear and unequivocal explanation as to why they would need --

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"washington journal" continues. host: and we will keep talking about the much-anticipated oral argument taking place today at the supreme court. you can see a live shot of it now. to help set the stage for us, we are joined by reuters supreme court correspondent lawrence hurley. the challenge that is being heard today stems from a provision of the affordable care act. the claim, as i understand it, the 1993 religious freedom restoration act. what did that law do and how did it the to today's argument? guest: thanks for having me. standard forthe how people can object to government interference -- how government -- will government regulations interfere with their religion. it is various levels people have to get through before you can win the case. in this particular case, the question is whether the for-profit corporation can .ctually make such a challenge in this case it involves companies that are providing health insurance. the issue is whether they even have the grounds to make the claim. host: let's set the sta

. >> on the neck's washington journal, national view columnist to talk abouts us the tea party. followed by american federation of teachers president randi weingarten, with a look of -- of of peaches issues teachers issues. we are joined by daniel markey. washington journal as live every morning at 70 and eastern with your calls, tweets, and facebook comments on c-span. both aswe are told students and as a nation in terms of the popular imagination is that there are all kinds of citizens and marches and demonstrations that occur but they are done by these famous iconic people. who was soparks tired that she refused to get up from the bus in alabama and sparked the boycott. a young preacher who even the president referred to during the election as this young preacher from georgia who was dr. martin luther king jr. who leads the masses of african americans from racial oppression. this notion that rosa sat and martin could do this kind of stuff and jesse could run and barack could fly. they sound good but they really simplify a much more complicated history. that can't get it histo

on the next "washington journal," fred kempe reviews president obama's trip abroad. tony carrk discusses monday's deadline to sign up for insurance under the affordable care act. tea party express cofounder russo talks about the current state of the tea party. and former un ambassador discusses the u.n.'s role with russia. as always, we would take her calls and you can join the conversation via facebook and twitter. " washington journal," live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you today as a public service by your television provider. >> david cohen is the executive vice president of the comcast corporation. he is our guest this week on "the communicators." when it comes to the comcast -time warner cable proposed merger, what's the biggest hurdle that you see facing comcast? >guest: what a surprise we shoud start with that question. obviously, we are going to have a serious governmental review of the transaction. but i'll be honest with you, i think the transaction is a lot less scary, a lot

we want to get your comments on this last half hour of washington journal. our phone lines are open. while folks are dialing in, a little bit more before we strayed too far from the campaign frontier. here's this diary in today's wall street journal. story about patrick o'connor noting that the visions on policy and party building tactics are already emerging among the republican party. we have seen that this week in some of the statements by the two senators on abc's this week with george stephanopoulos. he is quoted as saying i am a big fan of rand paul, i am a good friend with them. i think we should be reluctant to deploy military force abroad but i think there is a vital role just as ronald reagan did. senator ted cruz, rand paul responded in an editorial is being called stop warping reagan's foreign-policy. every republican well-liked to think he or she is the next ronald reagan. today's republican should concentrate on establishing their own identities and ideas. a bit of the back and forth there between two men who are seen as presidential contenders

washington journal continues. on your screen is unity health care community health center of a located a couple miles from the nation's capital in washington dc. that is just a couple of miles from the capital building wealth. we are visiting their live this morning, talking about the community health care system in our nation. next up is keisha robinson. she's a doctor of osteopathic of and she is the medical education regional director. what is osteopathic? guest: osteopathy is a philosophy, in which we as physicians go to the organization and medical schools who treat the entire person. we have a foundation that the body can heal itself in essence, sometimes in addition to medications and other support. that is the whole premise that the a-day has a natural tendency to heal itself. in essence, i'm the regional director of medical education with the help of the support of our executive team management at unity health care. i oversee our medical students who are osteopathic medical students. their home base in th

"washington journal closed quote is next. -- washington journal is next.deralst of the government has been told to stay home due to the weather today. we are here with you for a full three hour washington journal to discuss the looming enrollment deadline for the affordable care act. allegations of cia searches of congressional -- congressional computers. first we will discuss yesterday possible in crimea to secede from ukraine and join russia.

from today's washington journal, this is over 30 minutes. "washington journal" continues. host: and this past week, the american legion discussed its legislative priorities during its annual washington conference. we're joined now by american legion executive director, peter gaytan. mr. gaytan, according to projections i've seen, about 1.2 million members of the u.s. military are expected to be discharged over the next four years or so. is the u.s. prepared to handle this influx of folks being discharged from the mill snear guest: well, i think to be prepared, we need to consider all the needs of our returning veterans. some are in different points in their lives. some are coming back and maybe want to go to school, take advantage of the g.i. bill, which was created by the american legion, and we're responsible for updating that bill as well. they may want to purchase a home, or all of them need to become employed. we as a nation are aware, but we need to meet their needs. they met our needs. they put the uniform on and said we're going to protect you, and now they're comi

"washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning.e have a three-hour washington journal for you this saturday morning. we will discuss election 2013, proposed reductions to the military budget and a new proposal to overhaul food packaging labels. but first, we will focus on the ongoing local and certainty in the ukraine. president obama issued a warning after the government accused russia of moving military personnel and equipment into crimea. ups morning, we are opening our phone lines to your response to the president's statement. we want to hear what you think the american response should be in the ukraine or if you think the u.s. should be involved in this dispute. 2025 85388 04e democrats. you can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages. on twitter, facebook or e-mail .s a very good saturday morning to you. allstory that is leading the major papers in the united states and many of the papers around the world. the ongoing situation in the ukraine. here's the front page of the boston globe. russian baiting, u

"washington journal closed quote is next. -- washington journal is next. federalst of the government has been told to stay home due to the weather today. we are here with you for a full three hour washington journal to discuss the looming enrollment deadline for the affordable care act. allegations of cia searches of congressional -- congressional computers. first we will discuss yesterday possible in crimea to secede from ukraine and join russia. we are bringing you the latest on the ground in ukraine. we will open up our phones to you in the first 45 minutes. we want to get your thoughts and your reactions. thinkt to know what you the u.s. response should be to that vote. our phone lines are open, democrats can call -- republicans -- you can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages, on twitter, facebook, or .-mail us at journal@c-span.org a very good monday morning to you. i want to take you to the u.s. and around the world. here's the front page of "the new york times" today -- sanctions on the horizon. "theront page of washington p

that is what is coming up on the "washington journal."rtist program which airs sundays at 10:00 a.m. is representative steve scalise. here's little bit from that newsmakers interview. ,> i would give them an a because we have started bringing bills to the floor to address the problems that are holding our economy back. the problem is, yet the president and harry reid in the atate, you have to give an f best, frankly, because you can't tell what the plan is. they're going to bring any of these bills that passed the house to the senate floor for a vote. the president seems to be mia when it comes to jobs plan. we know the president's final four brackets. he is never missed a deadline and submitting his final four bracket, we don't want the president's jobs plan is. frankly, to rebuild an america that works again. that is what the american people want us to focus on. i think you have seen some really good bills move through the house. leadership is broad number of these bills to the floor. he went to continue to sharpen the focus. he also wa

washington journal continues. host: we are joined >> more on the situation in ukraine from "washington journal." his is 45 minutes. >> essentially what they are going to be asked is do they want to be part of ukraine, or do want to join the russian coalition. they are largely russian speaking, and there is a large part of the population that has traditional ties to russia. more than 40% of the population is ukrainian, and more than 12% f the population >> why was this seen as a big deal for the united states and russia? >> it is a big deal for the united states, because the united states has upheld eritorial integrity. to have a vote where they assert adverse to ukraine. in russia, russia has also been great believer in national sovereignty. it itself is a multieye ethnic population and would not want that floating around the russian federation. in this case you have historic ties and what's happened in ukraine in the last few weeks has decided that it wants to support crimean sovereignty in this instance. >> you

"washington journal" continues. and this past week, the american legion discussed its legislative priorities during its annual washington conference. we're joined now by american legion executive director, peter gaytan. mr. gaytan, according to projections i've seen, about 1.2 million members of the u.s. military are expected to be discharged over the next four years or so. is the u.s. prepared to handle this influx of folks being discharged from the mill snear guest: well, i think to be prepared, we need to consider all the needs of our returning veterans. some are in different points in their lives. some are coming back and maybe want to go to school, take advantage of the g.i. bill, which was created by the american legion, and we're responsible for updating that bill as well. they may want to purchase a home, or all of them need to become employed. we as a nation are aware, but we need to meet their needs. they met our needs. they put the uniform on and said we're going to protect you, and now they're coming hom

"washington journal" continues. host: our guest is a research fellow here to talk about the changes to the nsa. it comes toks when the changes. let's start with the president posses proposal. what is he proposing echo -- proposing yak go -- proposing -- proposing? idea, a little closer to a pen register, a tooled used to generate real information about specific phonelines calling data. of hybrid be a kind with the government would be able to get the court to sign on prospective and forward-looking orders that would require regular updates on the activity of watch listed numbers, including those that are not members of a particular company. they would be under a regular obligation to search the archives when a judge determined there was reasonable suspicion link to some kind of foreign power. everything important is in the details. exactly the standard the judges have to media october currently, it is of links to specific foreign telegram -- terror groups. a small number of them. there would be something similar here

"washington journal" continues. communitythe unity health center is located in washington, d.c., just a few miles from the capital building. vincent keane is the president and ceo of unity health care. mr. keane, first of all, what is unity? guest: good morning, peter. unity community health center is ain washington, d.c. network of community health centers that provide health care, social services, a whole people whorvices to has shortly do not access health care on the mainstream. basically our commitment is to the underserved, to those who are marginalized, including the medicaid population, including the immigrant population, including those who may just identifyt be able to with mainstream health care. federally qualified health center, and it enables people to get health care in their site come in their local community, and also addresses whatever their specific needs are. we serve about 100,000 patients a year. we have 1000 employees, and we provide health care to the homeless population, to residents of the j

"washington journal" is next. >> welcome to the washington journal. sxsw routinely draws high-profile guests. snowden who is still living as a fugitive in moscow will speak at sxsw later today by live video. that is our topic is morning. we want to hear from you on whether or not snowden should address that gathering. you can also reach out to us online. good morning, everyone. this appearance is certainly drawing lots of controversy. many people, including some members of congress say that they actually think he should not speak at the gathering. here is a statement from congressman mike pompeo.

washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m.. clerics bloated and broke. broke.lown out and uncomplaining. they choke to death on the barren lands. their homes are nightmares of swirling dust night and day. many have left, but many stay. hope is gone. >> this weekend on american history tv, the 1930's next -- 1936 resettlement documentary. it is a history of the great plains region. sunday on c 73 -- c-span3. >> today, russia's upper parliament voted to send military forces into ukraine. united nations security council health emergency meeting. after the meeting, the ukrainian ambassador to the un's boat tour orders for half an hour. hour.orters for half an >> we will have a briefing of the ambassador of ukraine to the u.n.. >> i have a lots of questions. the first question is, the russian federation decided on peacekeeping -- how they could explain the next question. they neglected the mechanics of the security council. it was stated that today the parliament took the decision on military intervention today. but never said -- it was never explained in ter

you are on the "washington journal." caller: you say this is bipartisan with the congress that once the mandatory sentence reduced. guy to get out of .ail if you get a guy going for a job and there are 2500 people for one job. host: we have such a bad connection, i'm going to have to and that call. texas governor rick perry spoke about this issue. back to thet to go president of the united states and attorney general. both recognize that what we have done in texas -- and i notice admitor them to admit, to the minimum sentencing guidelines. they are notg and working. there is a place that has implemented some programs that are making a difference in people's lives. economically it is making sense. recidivism rises. and is making sense. we want people to get their lives back. if we are really going to be honest citizens of this great country, being able to give people a second chance is really important. the texas prison system, again, we are not perfect. we are moving towards perfection every day. we hope someday to attai

"washington journal" is next. ♪ good morning. mbers of congress returning to washington this week. the number of cabinet onretaries set to testify capitol hill, secretary is on the senate foreign relations committee. on thursday jenny mccarthy takes questions from the house financial services subcommittee. it is march 23. the president departs for a weeklong trip later today that will begin in the netherlands and will include a visit to belgium and saudi arabia. then he will have his first meeting with pope francis as the pope welcomes him to the vatican. we are going to begin with that question as the president meets with the pope to talk about a number of issues, including poverty, immigration, and climate change. you can join in on the conversation, the phone lines -- many of you weighing in on facebook.com. send us a tweet. good morning, let's begin with the front page of the new york times, which is focusing on community organizer barack obama, his early years in chicago. the headline is -- that is the front page of "the new

host: we are going to put the numbers up on the screen for the rest of this morning's "washington journal," we'll be live from unity community health center in washington. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states, joe biden. >> good morning. can you feel the excitement in the room? we are so proud today to have with us the vice president of the united states. this is our opportunity to publicly express our gratitude to vice president joe biden and to president barack obama for believing in our community health centers and for moving forward with the promise of accessible and affordable health care to millions of americans. as you know the vice president's just back from a mission to europe where he met with leaders from poland anti-balkans -- and the balkans about the crisis we are having in the ukraine. from a personal perspective we want to make sure that he knows how much that we appreciate his eing here. [applause] >> community health centers love joe biden. [applause] >> throughout his public life, including 36 years in the united states senate, he has truly b

"washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. have a three-hour washington journal for you this saturday morning. we will discuss election 2013, proposed reductions to the military budget and a new proposal to overhaul food packaging labels. but first, we will focus on the ongoing local and certainty in the ukraine. president obama issued a warning after the government accused russia of moving military personnel and equipment into crimea. ups morning, we are opening

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"washington journal" continues.t: we are joined by heidi hartmann, president and ceo of the institute for women's policy studies. your group came out with a new report this past week on the gender wage gap. what did you find? guest: we found something in a weight we knew for a while although women are the success story of the post-world war ii period in the labor market. they are getting good wages and getting good education and good jobs but finally in the last 10 years, progress has stopped. we knew the ratio of women to men have been steady for 10 years. what we noticed this time is that women have not had any real wage gains and tenures either. in other words, they have not had any progress against the cost of living it is just stagnant. unfortunately, men have been that way for 30 or 40 years so this is a new phenomenon for women. host: the question is why? guest: that is always the big question. there are many different reasons. i don't know exactly what yet. is the kind of thing we researchers like to spend y

always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation via facebook and twitter. " washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> two weeks after the burglary, i received a large manila envelope that the "washington post." it had a return address of liberty publications, media, pennsylvania, which did not mean anything to me. and inside was a cover letter from the citizens commission to investigate the fbi. that is the name the burglars gave each other. and what they wrote -- was something that a commission appointed by a president or attorney general might have. they described the fact that hady had or christ an -- burglarized an fbi office. they had become concerned that there were informers and antiwar organizations, and that they saw no way to confront this except by getting evidence of whether such suppression of dissent was taking place. and so it said that files were closed and they hoped that i would make it public. these thoughts have been sent to five people. two members of these files have been made public. senator andt to a another to a publisher in baltimore

for the rest of this morning's "washington journal," we will be live from unity community health center in washington, d.c. we will begin by talking to vincent keane, president and ceo, who we are talking to now, and then we will talk to a couple of doctors from the health center as well. if you live in the east and central time zones, (202) 585-3881 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones, and medical professionals, particularly if you worked in a community health center, we would like to hear from you as well. (202) 585-3883. you can also send in a tweet as twitterspanwj is our handle. mr. keane, how has the affordable care act affected unity health car community heal? guest: well, the affordable care act is one of the most significant events probably in the last 100 years in terms of providing coverage for folks who lack access to health care. for the most part, the aca, the providese care act, opportunity for people who were previously not covered by insurance to get covered. ways.as in two by the expansion of medicaid and by the exchanges. that helped health centers

on the next "washington journal" , the daily beast senior correspondent looks at the updates in ukraine, venezuela, and other international stories. it is followed by the wall street journal health care policy reporter. she will talk about the impact of the health care law on small businesses that offer insurance to employees -- employers. and discussing efforts by the obama administration to great manufacturing hubs around the country. "washington journal" live every morning with your comment at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. next is a look at u.s. intelligence capabilities and challenges. it is hosted by the world affairs council of connecticut. the featured speaker is a former white house and national intelligence official. this is a little more than an hour. >> this is a list, the standard list you do of accomplishments of a man. they have two do this really fast. that is not i want to do it here it sorry. .e is a white house fellow he had the experience of working with the national security council. the general -- my goodness. a few minor thoughts. you have three major positions includi

"washington journal" continues.t: congressman adam smith is the ranking member on the house armed services committee. thanks for being with us again. guest: thank for having a. host: let me ask you about the situation in ukraine and the concern by nato officials that russian forces might move further into that country. do you share that same fear? guest: i think we have to be concerned the way russia is a massing troops along the border. they have been a troops on the border with estonia which is of greater concern since estonia is a nato member. this is a very troubling situation. russia has violated international law and violated treaties they have signed. i think it is incumbent upon the rest of the world to condemn that and bring economic sanctions down on russia to make it clear that this is not acceptable behavior and we will do our best to hold them accountable. host: this is a quotation from the nato general -- is, it's difficult because -- do we want to start world war three over crimea or ukraine? we hopey

you are on "washington journal."ller: thank you very much. andpreciate being on c-span watch it every morning i am able. host: we appreciate that. caller: i watch c-span every morning. host: who is your favorite conservative right now? caller: i think the most electable would be mike huckabee. host: why? heler: i did not know who was the last time he ran. i found out more about him. he seems to have a very sensible approach to our country. he is a man of integrity and character. i also believe rand paul, ted , allen west are high up on my list. i often wonder what happened to jc west from oklahoma. he has kind of dropped out of the radar. host: donna in rome, new york. a lot of facebook comments. of favorite conservatives. grovercoolidge, cleveland, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, barry goldwater, ron paul, ronald reagan, john f. kennedy, ted cruz, senator rand paul. he goes on to say analyze that. facebook.com/c-span. a lot names being posted and a lot of comments. join right there all day. peter is calling from f

will finish today's washington journal with open phones.eigh in on anything you heard on the program. democrats -- you can also send us tweets or e-mail, journal@c-span.org. here are a few tweets on our viewers weighing in on the discussion on ukraine -- here is one from danny, who -- condoleezza rice, before secretary of state, wrote the "washingtonay's post." coming up on c-span, on our newsmakers program that will air at 10 a.m. eastern time and , wen at 6 p.m. eastern time sit down with kevin brady, the chairman of the joint economic committee. here is that he had to say on developments in crimea, ukraine, and with russian president vladimir putin. [video clip] >> i think we got the wrong question. the question is not how do we understand mercy and benefits. the question is how soon do we get people into good paying jobs? i think the focus is wrong. i think it has been a drag on the economy in the long term. speaker boehner has made that clayson very -- has made that case very clearly. i want to turn to the jobs agenda. that is what we

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next a closer look at the report from this morning's washington journal. >> this morning on "the washington journal" we want to look at a new u.s. census study on noncitizen pop -- populations, joining us is the firmer commissioner of the u.s. immigration and naturalization service, and elizabeth with the u.s. census bureau in charge of the foreign-born population branch. elizabeth greeko, what is this new study? >> the new study is titled noncitizens under the age of 35. that may be a little confusing to people but we're looking at young noncitizens in the united states and these are people who are not yet citizens, they may have green cards, they may be here on temporary visas, they could be -- >> what is the importance of this study? >> guest: we think this is an important group. this is first time we have dawn study on this population. what is interesting is you think about this is the population, young people that have been here four years, five years, ten years, come here to work, come here to be students. many of these people will eventually become u.s. citizens. not all of them but

two members of congress were guests on friday's "washington journal." we are from republican rob woodall who sits on the government reform and budget committees. he talked about spending the irs and allegations that the cia spied on senate staffers. first democrat michael capuano who discusses the proposal to eliminate fannie mae and freddie mac. this is just over an hour. as for joining us on the "washington journal" as representative michael capuano democrat from massachusetts and he serves on the financial services committee where he serves as the ranking member of the housing and insurance committee. we will get to those issues in just a minute. congressman i don't know if you heard our first segment this morning on the "washington journal" talking about what eric holder had to say about reducing prison time for drug crimes. do you have any immediate thoughts on that issue? >> guest: i liked like the concept. i've never been a supporter of mandatory minimums. i think we should have guidelines that require clear and unequivocal explanation as to why

and little bit of discussion on this case from washington journal. you can see the live shot byit now, we're joined lawrence hurley. the challenge that is being heard today stems from a provision of the affordable care act. the claim, as i understand it, the 1993 religious freedom restoration act. what did that law do and how did it lead to today's argument? guest: thanks for having me. the law sets the standard for how people can object to government interference -- will government regulations interfere with their religion. it is various levels people have to get through before you can win the case. in this particular case, the question is whether the for-profit corporation can actually make such a challenge. insurance. the issue is whether they even have the grounds to make the claim. host: let's set the stage for who the players are. we hear about hobby lobby but it is a case involving a couple different companies. guest: there is a whole series of companies all around the country who have made these claims. the supreme court has only agreed to he

and we look at what is ahead for republicans in the tea party as "washington journal" continues. k in a moment. >> two weeks after the burglary i received a large envelope from the washington post. and had a return address of liberty publications pennsylvania. that did not mean anything to me, but it was intriguing. inside with a cover letter from the citizens commission to investigate the fbi. that is the name that the burglars gave each other. what they wrote really was something that a commission appointed by president or attorney general might. they described that they had burglarized and fbi office. they had become concerned that there were informers and antiwar and civil rights organizations. they saw no way to confront this, except by getting evidence. so, they were enclosed and they hoped that i would make public these files. they were sent to five people, two members of congress -- and three journalists, not named. i started to read them. that enhanced paranoia document stood out. it stood out so much that i was not sure if they were real. it seems like this might be a ho

washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. what we're told, both as students and as a nation, is there are all kinds of siddons and marches and demonstrations and occur. -- sit in's marches and demonstrations that occur. barks --it was rosa basically, it was rosa parks and the young preacher who the president referred to as a young preacher from georgia. who leads the masses of african americans from racial oppression. the notion that rosa sat and andin could do this stuff then barack fly. they sound good. they really simplify a much more public hated history. that can't located history -- simplify a much more complicated history. that complicated history involves a lot of people who dismantled segregation. rosa parks was an activist. she didn't give up her seat by accident. tough university -- tufts university professor specializes in what he calls black power studies. his latest book will be in bookstores march 4. sunday, he will take your questions life for three hours starting at noon eastern on the tv. -- on book tv. >> t

"washington journal" continues.t: joining us on set, alex smith, college republican national committee chair. just to let the viewers know, we plan to make this a roundtable with the college democrats of america. she is stuck in traffic out there. wesoon as she gets here, will bring her on and weaver into the conversation, but until then, thank you for joining us. we are talking about the on politics.view is there a view amongst people of your age, when it comes to politics in general do you think? guest: i think so. this is a generation that is uniquely burdened by increasing amounts of national debt, educational debt, personal debt. this is a generation that thinks differently than its predecessor. this is the first generation that does not believe it is going to do better than its parent generation in a long time. so i think there are unique challenges for the millennials generation, but there are also unique characteristics that give us cause for hope. this is a generation of innovators, this is a generation of

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"washington journal" is live every morning 7:00 a.m. eastern with your calls, tweets and facebook comments on c-span. >> in terms of fund-raising is this a technique you hope will be a truthful technique in fund-raising fund-raising? >> i don't think that is any of your business. >> i think the glamour of reagan had less to do less with his hollywood roots. it was not that it was the glamour of hollywood but it did have something to do with the skills and grace that he acquired as an actor. the fact that he always hit his mark. so he looked like he may have been out there fielding those questions look effortless which is another aspect of glamour. so, people who were likely to support him politically could see in him sort of the ideal candidate, the ideal representation of their views because he tkpbtdidn't make them embarrassed. they were not waiting for him to fail. as he got older that became more of an issue. but especially in the early days he had this air about how to be a successful politician of the tkaeuday day, successful ital

"washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 eastern on c span. you can join in the conversation on facebook and twitter. what are a unique challenge in defining the -- you know, the ar in cyber space what war is. clearly from a policy's perspective we are trying to work our ways through those issues. the tenants that are applicable is the fact that whatever we do within the cyber arena, international law will pertain. that if we find ourselves getting to a point where we believe that cyber is taking us down an armed conflict scenario that the rules and the law of our conflict will pertain every bit in this domain as it does in any other. i don't think cyber is inherently different in that regard. i think those sets of procedures, those sets of policy and law as a nation have stood us in good step. i think they represent a good point of departure. >> this weekend on span, senate arm services take up military operations. saturday morning at 10:00 eastern. jonathan allen d amie parents look at hillary clinton. and american history tv from march 1964

"washington journal" is next. host: concerns about snowfall have caused congress to cancel sessions today. terri leads state today.y leaves good morning. to "washington journal." in our first 45 minutes. we welcome your thoughts on what the u.s. response should be to the events going on in ukraine. here's how you can reach out to us. if you want to give us a call -- democrats, (202) 585-3880. republicans, (202) 585-3881. 585-3882.ts, (202) if you want to send us a tweet, .o so @cspanwj -- sendsend this e-mail us e-mail at journal@c-span.org. secretary of state karri plans on tuesday. region he discussed the situation in -- ukraine.red >> there are serious repercussions that can flow out of this. there are a broad array of options available. i spent yesterday afternoon on the phone with many of my counterparts. foreign ministers of countries most engaged and all of them, every single one of them are prepared to go to the hill in order to isolate russia with respect to this invasion. they are prepared to put sanctio

dan, you're on the "washington journal." guest: calling in response to the woman from illinois who called. as to why it's just republicans that are bashing obama care and why young americans aren't signing up. i'm a young american and i'm an independent. and i live in new hampshire. and we're told that we are going to have all the choices in the world and we're stuck with one insurance company now. i live in a major city, and it has enormous hospitals, and i would not be able to go to that hospital. and that's for the majority of the major cities in new hampshire. which only have 1.4 million people in the whole state. so i mean, personally i'm not going to sign up. and i think the part -- all the enrollee numbers coming out are skewed. they're not really enrollees. they're based on how many people selected a plan. so i think it's going to be a huge disappointment when it comes time to have these numbers actually come out the real numbers on how many people actually are enrolled and purchased a plan is going to be way lower t

"washington journal" continues.ost: joining us now is nancy aok energy is in -- is correspondent for the national journal. by talkingtart out about the jobs report. 170,000 jobs added very tell us what it means. was an ok report. 100 75,000 jobs is a respectable amount to be added. there were some other bright spots. the average hourly wage has gone up. there were some great jobs added in professional business services. the bottom line is that if you don't have a job, you are still really at a disadvantage. the economic recovery is still really slow. there are 3.8 million people who have been unemployed for six months or more. there are still a really high --mployment rate among teams among teens and african-americans. if you're doing ok, you're still doing ok. there are a lot of people being left behind, but that is what the job support continues to show. there are close to 4 million people who basically have been out of work for six months or more. that means skills deteriorate heard it is a lot harder for people

on washington journal. live at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> we do not have a criminal investigation role. we have a vast enforcement role. one of the most critical things, to make sure wall street abides by the rules. have the criminal authority. we have the power to bring the approval of our commission civil actions and civil fraud actions against those who violate the federal securities laws. penalties.ss civil our level of penalties isn't as high as we would like it to be. there is legislation in congress to set higher penalties. you can require those who commit -- and we have the power to bar somebody from the securities industry so they cannot live another day to defraud again. >> mary jo white sunday night at 8:00 on c-span q&a. >> president obama urged congress to raise the federal minimum wage to didn't dollars and $.10 an hour. in the republican address, rob portman calls about the land to improve the economy. >> hi everybody. i travel to new england where i was joined by four governors who are working to raise the minim

"washington journal" continues. host: we are back with ezekiel emanuel, author of this book, "reinventing american health care," and also a key architect of the affordable health care act and a former health care special advisor to the office of management and budget and the obama administration. thank you very much for being here. guest: thank you for having me. host: very timely, as we were just talking about. everything you write about in the book is in the news today. let's begin with another delay to the affordable care act. the white house announcing yesterday -- here is "the washington post" headline. "white house rewrites health-care policies." "they will buffer more health plans and insurance exchanges for my patient costs, give states more time to decide whether to run their own market unions and spare certain from a fee they have presented." it goes beyond whether you like your health plan, you can keep it, the rule changes announced yesterday. guest: some of the rule changes are important. giving them ti

see all of the winning documentaries online. >> "washington journal" continues.ining me, thank you for .oining us, brianna ehley doesn't matter where you live in terms of the price you pay for the affordable care act? it does. more than one reason. the cost of premiums and as well as how well your state exchanges working, is it easier and harder to -- to enroll? it definitely matters where you are. simple econ 101 thing. where your market is depends on your health providers and hospitals in the area. that drives competition down. if you only have one hospital or provider in the area, you will pay a lot more than other states. ,> when it comes to expensive the most expensive places to get kaiser health news put together a thing provided by your publication. if you live in colorado springs, colorado, you will pay a monthly -- $483. southwest georgia, 461 dollars. those little bit about prices and what factors into them? especially in those areas of the country. class a couple of factors play into it. the biggest one is the market. you have talent like aspen. there

school indill evanston, ill., has run a washington journalism program for more than 40 years. ll the many things that journalism schools around the country teach their students to report about, national security has not been a front burner issue. >> that is why they launched the national security initiative in 2009. the reporting project is part of it. >> it is a way to find new and better, more innovative ways to understand the issues, training young journalists and working journalists on how to cover these complex issues in a challenging media environment. >> i hope that what is important about this project is to show issues of national security that might surprise people. >> each year there will be a different topic with a different title. the first one was global warming and the national security implications of climate change. >> 10 students interviewed 200 national security experts over three months, traveling to the arctic circle, bangladesh, peru, n.c., and texas. here are four of their stories. >> our story took a look at the cia's center for climate change and nationa