and live at 7:00 your calls and comments on "washington journal." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> good afternoon. it is my great pleasure to call to order the very first hearing of the senate special committee on aging in the 114th congress. had the honor of being a member of this committee since my very first days in the united states senate and i am delighted to now assume the chairmanship. this is the first time that a maine senator has chaired the committee since the mid-1990s when my predecessor and good friend senator bill cohen for whom i worked for 12 years served as the committee's chair. i'm also pleased to welcome new and returning members to this committee and onto about -- delighted that my good friend and colleague senator claire mccaskill of missouri will service the committee's ranking member. senator bill nelson, the former committee chairman, has also chosen to remain a member of this committee and he will continue to share his expertise with us. th

washington journal continues.ost: august and tom rice is a republican from south carolina and was on the budget committee. we know the baseline numbers, and that they can include sequestration. what is your reaction to that? is sequestration a good thing? guest: absolutely not. sequestration is not a good thing. what we need to do is agree on more intelligent ways to cut spending, rather than just across the board. given that they were unable to do that in 2010, sequestration was the way it had to be done. we are already currently spending greater than the historical average for the government. spending is the problem. it is not revenue. we are running $400 billion plus deficit. that is way down from a couple of years ago. we need to do more to curtail spending. we need to get the size of government back under control. host: $474 billion is the projected deficit. the $4 trillion budget hits capitol hill today. what is the smarter way to spend? guest: i like the pathway to prosperity that the house committee has pu

we are done with "washington journal." the house is coming into session and they are working on dhs issues. they're working on that and immigration will be an issue in the house and senate today. enjoy the rest of your friday. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] become, thank you for giving us another day. in these days our nation is faced with pressing issues, including once again a troubling impasse. grant wisdom, knowledge and understanding to members of each party as well as an extra measure of charity that a workable solution can be reached to the benefit of all americans. help us all to be patient yet resolute in the desire to do what is the right thing to do

announcer: "washington journal" continues.t: we continue our weekly look at how your money is being spent. we are focusing on infrastructure in this country. me introduce you to chris edwards whose tax policy director at cato introduced -- institute. and robert is a fellow. robert, what bridges would you give -- what grade would you give the infrastructure? guest: than a insurance -- the nation's infrastructure is in bad shape. we build the system throughout the 1950's and 1960's. it has to be maintained and rehabilitated. we have to fix what is on the ground now. we also have to know the kind of infrastructures that we need to compete in the 21st century. look around the world and we see that other countries are doing to help with trade and to move passengers and move tough mexican -- telecommunications. host: chris edwards, what grade would you give it? guest: it depends on the infrastructure and their sort of mixed data on it. a lot of people say our bridges are falling down, but there is good data from our highway administ

you are on "the washington journal." caller: a simple solution is stop defending criminals just because they're black. this michael brown down in ferguson, he was a bully and a thug. he was high on pot when he robbed a convenience store. he roughed up the owner and attempted to kill a police officer. let me add one more thing. you and your colleagues in the media are not without blame. they constantly referred to him as an unarmed lack -- black teenager instead of what he was. that's all i've got to say. host: pardon me, back to florida. you are on the air. caller: good morning. host: i'm sorry, we're going to have to be moving on. you will be able to hear it through the telephone. you can hear the whole program. if you leave your tv, you will hear a delay and it will be confusing. ronald is in philadelphia. please go ahead. caller: there are going to be some bad policeman that police departments won't get rid of. we had the buddy group -- by the groundy group that was pointing guns at federal officers and nobody went to

caller: first of all, big fan of "washington journal your quote -- "washington journal." i find a constantly the funneling. iraq is a country that the united states rated in 2003. left the country in total chaos. as a result, the best estimates is that some 750,000 people civilians, have died as a result of the war and the subsequent chaos. when one group of people arise to try and represent their interests or fight in this conflict, some crazy group of people, the first thing americans do is to blame islam instead of looking at what was done to the country. the population of iraq is some 36 million. imagine if 750 thousand people out of those 36 million, the proportion of the united states would be about 7 million people. imagine a 7 million people had died for an unjustified, pointless disastrous invasion of our country which destroyed the government. after that, crazy people from the appellation mounds when around and so to destroy and killing people in the name of christianity. that is ludicrous. host: from what you've said, is the reason isis has developed and blosso

it follows the washington journal. it is also available anytime online at c-span.org. will rebroadcast tonight. philip klein is commentary editor for the washington examiner. good morning. on tuesday, the house is again voting on repealing the affordable care act. the first vote in this congress, but the 60th vote since 2011. what can we expect? guest: i think we can expect it to pass. when they say 60 votes on repeal, that is somewhat misleading. a number of the repeal votes have been to undo certain aspects of the law. there has not been as many the had been full repeal. either way, this will obviously be vetoed by president obama if it passes the senate and gets to his death. you have a lot of new members coming and who have not had a chance to vote on repealing obama care, they ran and campaign on repealing obama care . this will be their chance to vote against it. they will probably move on to other targeted types of legislation. host: the way it has been written -- not only repealing affordable care act that instructing key committee to come up with an alternativ

"washington journal" continues tomorrow.ll see you then. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> february is black history month. the c-span buses on the road visiting the top historically black colleges and university's to highlight their role in the american education system. on tuesday morning during "washington journal" we will be at florida a&m university in tallahassee and talk to president. on wednesday, we will meet with the president of tuskegee university, brian johnson. on friday, we will be at xavier university. >> it is presidents' day. as we did on "washington journal" we will be asking throughout the day who is your favorite president and why. sean po coming up in a few moments, and lasting until about 3:30 p.m., we will show you presidents presidential campaign announcements. by the way, all the speeches are v available, video and text, on c-span.org. k

"washington journal" is live each morning at 7:00 a.m.eastern on c-span. >>> live coverage of the senate foreign relations committee hearing on vie leblt extremism starts at 1:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >> this sunday on "q&a" baltimore police commissioner anthony bats on the challenges of policing the city. >> it was very clear to me that i still had an issue with public trust and people believing things that were said. regardless of the fact that i stand in front and say use of force is down 46%, that complaints are 53%, that lawsuits are down, that officer-involved shootings are dramatically down and we're moving in all the positive ways, people in communities say "we don't believe it." >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >>> now governor john kasich delivers the ohio state of the state address. the governor has made a practice of moving his address out of the the capital city of columbus and is speaking from wilmington the in southwest ohio. his remarks are an hour and fifteen minutes. [ applause ] >>

good morning, this is the "washington journal."n the jobs front, the labor department says that a number of jobs were added by smart -- last month but at the same time, the unemployment rate went up. we will use headlines this morning to talk about your job situation. you can give your thoughts. we have three lines this morning. if you found a job, and you want to tell us about it call in -- guest: -- guest:-(202) 748-0003 (202) 748-8000 for democrats. [audio clip]-[audio clip] -- -- -- join the c-span conversation -- like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. 5.6% was the previous number. it jumped up a bit. that is according to the new york times this morning. also, if you look at the various demographics and unemployment it goes up to 4.9% for whites. 10.3% for blacks. 6.7% for hispanics. 4.1 percent for asians. also, a number that gets talked about a lot is labor participation rate. in january, those employed were 59.3%. the labor force was 62.9%. to help us give context is mr. reddy. could you tell us first and foremost why we

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washington journal live friday 7 a.m. eastern onn c-span.e are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks. on c-span do book tv saturday night at 10:00, washington bureau chief for the sunday times of london on the british efforts in 2009 to stop the taliban advances while awaiting u.s. marine reinforcement. sunday at 10:00, the senior editor at belvaux house books on the u.s. senate's torture report and why is company decided to publish it. on the c-span3 all this month, interviews with former korean war pows. this sunday, at 10 a.m., and army sergeant who was captured by the chinese and i was a pow 1950 until 1953. just after 9:00, a look at psalm and the voting rights at 50 years later. you can find our complete television schedule at c-span.org. let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us, e-mail us or tweet us. join the conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. earlier today, john boehner held his weekly briefing with reporters at the capital. he discussed military for

"washington journal" continues. host: and fox news posted on their website the video of the jordanian pilot being burned alive by the isis forces. we want to get your view on the posting of that. bear -- here is just a portion of what he had to say. [video clip] the images are brutal. there are graphic. they are upsetting. you may want to turn away. you may want to have the children leave the room. right now. but the reason we are showing you this is to bring you the reality of islamic terrorism. at to label it as such. we feel you need to see it. so we will put up one of these images on your screen right now. host: and we are not going to show them here on c-span. if you want to find them, there are lots of sources out there to find them. in michigan, what do you think? caller: i don't believe anything like that should be put up on a website or anything like that. all you are doing is advertising for violence, and creating more people that want to be excited by this violence. as far as fox news, it is just another

on the next washington journal washington examiner commentary editor philip klein discusses the congressional republican approach to the affordable care act and possible legislative alternatives. cio president richard trumka talks about the recent rage summit, the minimum wage debate, and the state of labor unions. james smith will examine. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. this sunday on q&a, narrow scientist dr. frances jensen on the recent discoveries about the teenage brain. >> they do not have their frontal lobes to reason. the cause and effect consequences of actions are not clear to them because their frontal lobes are not readily accessible. the connections cannot be made as quickly forced with the second -- four split second decision making. the brain has not seen these yet in life until you hit teenagers. the brain is trying to learn how to respond to these new hormones rolling around and actually logging onto receptors and synopses of different types. they are trying to insert t

washington journal live at to :00 a.m. eastern -- live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> dr. francis jensen on the discoveries about the teenage brain. >> they do not have the frontal lobes to reason the cause and effect actions are not clear. their frontal lobes are not at the ready. they are not as readily accessible. they have them, but connections cannot be made as quickly for split-second decision-making. a lot of the hormones are changing in the bodies. the brain has not seen these yet until you hit teenage years. the brain has to learn how to respond to these hormones rolling around and locking onto receptors and synapses. it is trial and error. this contributes to the very roller coaster kind of experience we watch as parents. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on q&a. >> the political landscape has changed with the 1/14 congress. not only are there new republicans and democrats, there are also new members of congress. keep track using congressional chronicle. it has useful information including voting result and statistics. new congress, best access on c-spa

. >> on the next washington journal, match lap talks about the >> joshua musser be talks about the somali terrorist group and concerns of possible attacks at the homeland. as always, we will take your calls. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m., on c-span. >> c-span, brought to as a local service. >> and representative greg walden is a republican and also the chair of the subcommittee on communications and technology. congressman walden, give us your take on what the fcc did this week. >> unfortunate, disappointing. i mean, a big win for the communications bar, because this is going to be litigated for years to come. and unnecessary. i think. for a lot of reasons, i think they went way too far. it is unfortunate that the fcc used to have a more independent -- independence than it does today. it really is not helpful for the internet, i think there is a better way that would have a given protection for consumers legal certainty for investors and it is called legislating, which is our job. we should do it. >> what kind of protections do consumers need? >> you know, i think first of all, you

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washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> february is black history month, and the c-span buses on the road, visiting historically lack colleges and universities to discuss public policy and highlighting their roles in america's education system. this tuesday, we will be at fisk university in nashville followed by spelman college in atlanta. >> tonight q&a with david brooks. then, the prime minister takes questions from the house of commons. and later, jeb bush talks >> is weak on -- this week on "q&a," guest is david brooks. he talks about the annual sidney awards, recognizing his favorite articles. he talks about his approach to writing, how it has true, how he writes his columns, and a new book euros coming out soon -- he has coming out soon. >> when writing in the "new york times:""

"washington journal is quote continues. host: guest: [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, ♪ -- host: we are joined by congressman dana rohrabacher. what is your impression of this authorization of the president sent over? guest: i have not read it yet so i hate to give a specific decision on the language. it's going to have to have some very tough language, or definable terms that would give me comfort that the president is not going to use this as an excuse to put large numbers of combat troops, you know regiments or divisions of troops , in that area again. host: we've been fighting isis for six months now. what changes with this debate happening in congress? does anything change with what is happening, in terms of over there? guest: yeah, well, first of all there are many people who want to get totally out of that region, which is we've heard some callers say. but we do know we've got to support those people and those elements in the region who are opposed and offer a different alternative to the i

announcer: "washington journal" continues. blake ellis and mel kelly -- melanie hicken work together on a cnnmoney piece on the secret world of government debt collection. they are us to talk about that story here on the washington journal. i want to start with blake ellis. what is government debt collection and why is it a secret world? guest: government debt collection refers to debt collectors that are hired by state and local governments to collect everything from taxes and parking tickets and told violations and they are hired by agencies all across the country. we kind of stumbled across this. we cover debt collection on the personal finance debt beat for years. we never heard of this whole other world of government debt collection. looking into it in our investigation, we found it was interesting because government debt collectors get to play by a completely different set of rules than other debt collectors going after things like credit card debt. as a result, they can charge much higher fees and issue pretty scary thr

tatum we appreciate your time on the c-span bus this morning as we continue our washington journal tour of hbcus. >> thank you for having me and we are delighted to be a part of your series. so thank you so much. >>> on the next washington journal, representative mike conaway discusses the president's proposal to use force against isis. and then ted lew. washington journal, live every morning at 7:00 eastern, and can you join the conversation with your phone calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >>> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. not only are there 43 new republicans and 15 new democrats in the house and 12 new republicans and one new democrat in the senate, there's also the first african-american woman in the house. keep track of the members of congress using congressional chronicle on c-span.org. it has lots of useful information there, including voting results and statistics of each session. c-span radio and c-span.org. >>> next, a former political prisoner testifies about human rights violations in cuba. this house foreign affairs sub committee he

john: we are taking your calls throughout our first segment of the "washington journal" on the issue problems jeb bush might have any primary. a "washington times" piece on jeb bush's speech saying he will never be able to distance himself from his brother or father. he and his brother agree on immigration, he said that he is willing to raise taxes if congress cuts spending. his father infamously did the same thing and spending was never cut. conservatives oppose the no child left behind laws left by ted kennedy. talking about some of the issues jeb bush might have any primary. redmond, washington, democrats line. caller: thank you for c-span. i wanted to say that, a couple years ago, one of my concerns with jeb bush, he made a comment , i cannot remember where i read this, it went something like, he had a distrust, it was on nigeria, i have a distrust for -- caller:john: we are taking calls all morning long. william, line for independents. caller: thank you for your program. my comment is about george bush. rumsfeld, on september 10, 2001, told america that they lost $2.3 trillion.

. >> tomorrow more from the washington journal tour. discussions about the state of hbcus and the future for these institutions. pres. beverly daniel tatum followed by our interview with the president of florida a&m university hear on c-span2. >> washington journal tour of historically black colleges and universities continues with the president of morehouse college in atlanta. this is 40 minutes. host: c-span continues on in the month of february, taking a look at historic black colleges and universities. this is being in done -- being done in conjunction -- today, we make a stop in atlanta. a total of eight colleges ong our list. there is the c-span bus on campus. an onboard our bus president john silvanus wilson, junior. they give joining us. guest: good morning, pedro. host: part of your background includes working with the white house on something called an initiative on bcu's. could you talk a little bit about that initiative, and what the white house policy is doing? ? guest: yes, i served under president barack obama as the exec

welcome to "washington journal." caller: i just read the program on and can't that blurb from -- i caught that blurb from jeb bush. this is the american people being so gullible that they will believe all of a sudden at the republicans are interested in us , and that is just not so. they and the people who backed them are those that are responsible for the condition the american workingman is in. host: tom, you are calling on a republican line. caller: yes, for 45 years. host: who would you like to see in 2016? caller: i would like to see bernie sanders run for president and elizabeth warren run for vice president. host: in must point mississippi, herbie. what is your topic this morning? caller: on the veteran thing you can never pay the veteran too much. we pay some senators and congressmen, you know, the crisis we are -- the crisis we are paying them, i never feel like we can ever give our veterans too much. but on this war and things going on in the middle east, you know we are over there retaliating. we went into

"washington journal" is live saturday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. here's some of our featured programs for our weekend on the c-span networks. on book tv saturday night at 10:00 washington bureau chief on the british efforts to stop the taliban advance while awaiting u.s. marines reinforcement. and sunday at 10:00 senior editor on the u.s. senate's torture report and why his company decided to pb hreurb it it and on american history tv all this month, interviews with former korean war p.o.w.'s. this sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern charles ross an army sergeant held as a p.o.w. from 1950 to 1953 and just after 9:00 a look back at selma 50 years later with congresswoman and cbs news white house correspondent bill plant. you can find our complete schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think. call us at 202-626-3400. or comments @ c-span.org. leak us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> next national security advisors susan rice talks about national security and foreign policy. then remarks by the united nations high commissioner for human righ

washington journal," live on c-span -- "washington journal," live on c-span. >> keep track of the republican congress and follow members. new congress, best access on c-span c-span2, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> coming up, new jersey governor chris christie at a dinner. and then a state of the nation speech by japanese prime minister shinzo abe. and then another chance to see "q&a" about internment camps in world war ii. >> the british parliament was in recess last week so prime minister's questions will not be seen to. new jersey -- correct. -- tonight. new jersey governor chris christie spoke at the lincoln reagan dinner. he discussed leadership in washington and reestablishing amount reputation in the world. this is an hour and 10 minutes -- america's reputation in the world. it misses and i wanted 10 minutes. -- this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> [applause] >> good evening. thank you very much. thank you. i have all of one town in a merrimack county, so i'm not running for anything. i wanted to come here and spend a little time with some good americans and good republicans. very pleas

"washington journal" continues.t: joining us on our show today is another congressional california member of congress, jerry mcnerney. he is a member of the energy and commerce committee. the house passed another keystone pipeline deal. this is the second of the year. 29 of your fellow democratic members voted in favor of this specific measure. what happens to this measure from here? there is some expectation of a veto from the president. is that a veto fight he can win? guest: he has issued a veto threat, and i think he will follow through with that. i am not sure if it'll sustain in the house and senate. host: some of the democrats to join republicans on this bill have called this a jobs bill. they said they are supporting this measure because of the job creation. where do you stand on what the keystone xl pipeline can do for jobs in this country? guest: it is not an easy call. it has the potential to create jobs in this country. in my opinion, the keystone pipeline is not really necessary. we are already the bigg

"washington journal" continues.ost: our conversation now will go to the debate over same sex marriage. and we're joined today from new york. susan is the constitutional national director. and here with me is brian brown the president of the national organization for marriage. thank you both for being with us this morning. guest: thank you. host: we're going to start with the -- with the news out of alabama where most judges have begun to issue licenses for same sex marriage but not across the entire state. and i want to start with you and ask how common is this? guest: it's not common for states to have the kind of circus rollout unfortunately that we saw in alabama where there was opposition coming from a judge of the state supreme court trying to block other judges from following what a federal judge has said, which is it's unconstitutional from to continue to withhold the right to marry for same sex couples in alabama. it shouldn't be that you need to lawyer up just to get a marriage license. but we're very pleas

we will announce the grand prize winner on wednesday during "washington journal," and you can see all of the way documentaries at itcam.org. >> sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern time panelists discuss the couple's devotion to communists cause, their role in anti-semitism, and the controversy of execution. >> each week, american history's tv "reel america" brings you archival films that help to tell the story of american history. up next is a training film that outlines the history of snipers and the american military and shows how snipers should be deployed and used in a variety of combat situations. some of these techniques may have been used by the late u.s. navy seal chris kyle, whose memoir of four tors in the middle east was the basis for the academy award nominated film "american sniper." ♪ >> the military sniper dates from the time of the revolutionary war. since then, snipers have been employed in every war and conflict. during our civil war, general hiram burden affected techniques snipers use. world war i saw german soldiers use high-powered rifles with telescopic sights. during w

washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can join the conversation with your phone calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >>> here are some of our futured programs for this president's day weekend. live coverage of the savannah book festival with non-fiction authors and books. former senior addvisor for president obama and on american history tv saturday morning, the 100th anniversary of the release of the film, the birth of a nation. the showing of the entire 1915 film. sunday at 8:00 on the presidency, george washington portraits focusing artists captured the spirit. find our complete television schedule and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. >>> keep track of the republican led congress. any congress best access on c-span, c-span 2, c-span radio and c-span.com. >>> prime minister david cameron answered questions about swiss banks helped customers evade taxes. this is 35 minutes. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> thank you. this morning i had meetings and i shall have furthe

"washington journal" his life thursday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. up next remarks from president obama on combating violent extremism. he spoke on the second day of the three-day white house event. this is 35 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. i want to thank everyone for being here today. law enforcement officers, community leaders, teachers elected officials, foreign ministers, and entrepreneurs thanks so much for taking part today and spending your time here in these discussions with us. this summit focuses on domestic and international efforts to prevent terrorist attacks like those we have seen most recently in copenhagen and paris, boston and sydney, and which sadly occur daily in places like nigeria, iraq, syria, and beyond. here in the u.s. thanks to the tireless efforts and sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, our diplomats and intelligence personnel and law enforcement officers, since 9/11, our defenses have been pardoned, plots had been disrupted, and alliances have been strengthened. but countering violent extremism in all its

you are watching and listening to c-span's "washington journal" for this sunday morning, february 8th. back in a moment. >> tonight on "q&a," david brooks columnist for the "new york times" on writing an article for the times and the awards he gives out at the end of the year the sidney awards. >> the sidney awards are given for the best magazine essays of the year. they can be in journals or in something like the new yorker, the atlantic or obscure literary magazines. the idea is they come out around christmas week between christmas and new year's. the idea is that's a good week to step back and not read little stuff, tweets, not even review newspaper articles but read something deeper and longer and it's to celebrate those longer pieces. i do believe magazines change history. the "new republic" until its recent disstruction was the most influential american magazine of the 20th century really did change history. it created progressivism, a voice for modern liberalism. conservative barely existed before buckley national review. it gave it a voice. >> on 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's

we wait for the 11:00 session to get started, a look at issues facing the states of today's "washington journal." host: joining us now, a reporter who is also going to be covering one of the sessions today. for those who may be watching later on c-span, what to the governors talk about specifically when dealing with these large national issues and how it affects their states? guest: whenever a group of governors, or right now there are office county officials in town, whenever they come to town, there is usually two purposes. one purpose is to share ideas. i spoke with governor hickenlooper: of colorado. that is something he said we are really going to be talking about. he has a big initiative on how states can be more effective. he is a former businessman himself. whether you believe in small or big government, everyone believes in good government. so that is one of the aspects. the other big reason is that this is where they get a lot of their money. a third of the state possible budget comes from the -- state's budget come from the federal government. on monday, they will be meeting with the

"washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road. traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to greensboro, north carolina. >> most of the seats were empty. i remember when i got there except for college students. most everybody else was like, i am not going down there because anything might happen. so there are these empty seats. and it is quiet. then we go and sit down. and wait. to see what's going to happen. a waitress came by with a tray of knives. she was so nervous that the knives were readily. i was so nervous that i did not know what she might be doing with those knives. i could tell she was as scared as i was. we sat there with our textbooks, trying to study. i remember her saying, we can't serve, y'all. we do not serve colored. i'm going to have to ask you to leave. so, we had just -- this instruction that just don't say anything. just kee

"washington journal" continues. host: we take a look at how your money is at work in a different federal program. this week is the federal budget coming out. it's now on capitol hill. joining us to talk about it is william hoagland, from the bipartisan policy center. we have lots of details to go through. this is a $4 trillion budget. it includes a deficit and one that spends above sequestration levels. your reaction to those numbers? caller: this is a budget that is not dead on arrival on capitol hill. it's probably going to be on heavy life support when it arrives a peer. it does have an opportunity to engage the president and the congress in some serious debates that have been lacking over the last few years. i have concern as we look out into the future, you gave the number right for 2016. the budget shows the deficit would go up in the out years under his proposal. it is $640 billion over 10 years. congress has interest in reducing the budget, that is going to be a difficult task for congress to take on. it con

until then, part of today's "washington journal."eter: now on "washington journal," a discussion of rail safety and what can happen when an oil tanker goes off the rails as it did in west virginia last week. joining us to have this discussion is bob deans of the national -- natural resources defense council. and also from dallas, brigham mccown, the active administrator of the united transportation advisers. mr. mccown, what happened in west virginia last week and how serious was it? guest: well, it was obviously sears. anytime we have a transportation accident, derailment, loss of fossil, it is serious. so we need to take it serious. the u.s. uses almost 19 million barrels of crude oil each and every day in our country, and as a consequence, we have to move it. we have to move it from where it is extracted from the ground to our refineries. because we're finding oil in places where we lack traditional pipeline infrastructure, more and more of this material is finding itself on the railroads. although rail is mainly safe when you hav

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good morning, this is the "washington journal."n the jobs front, the labor department says that a number of jobs were added by smart -- last month but at the same time, the unemployment rate went up.

. >>> on the next washington journal, two members of congress discuss the health care law. first gene green will talk about republican efforts to repeal the law. then rob whitman will discuss the law and the president's budget request for the defense budget. then wayne frederick will join us on our bus for a black colleges and universities tour. >>> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. not only will are there 43 new republicans, and 15 new democrats in long. there is also 108 women in congress including one veteran. keep track using congressional chronicle on cspan.org. new congress best access on c-span, c-span 2, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >>> this sunday on q and a, david brooks on writing an article for the times and the awards he gives out at the end of the year. the sidney awards. >> they are given for the best magazine essays of the year. they can be in the counselors or obscure magazines, they always come out around christmas and new years, and the idea that is a good week to step back and not read little instant stuff, tweets, not even ne

washington journal is live every day. now, a conversation from today's washington journal. host: we are here to talk about how communities are viewing law enforcement. the president, in early march the task force on 21st century policing will deliver the report to the president. they are putting this group together to think of ways to better communities and policing. how challenging do you think that will be, based on polls? guest: extraordinarily challenging, given the difference between blacks and whites's views on the police. what i decided to do with my colleagues is look at polls from all the major pollsters to see how views on the police have changed over time. host: what have you found? top institutions in terms of trust, a great deal, a lot of confidence in police. police get 53% compared to other institutes. guest: that is a good rating. it hasn't changed much over time. when we look beneath the numbers, we see that views of whites and blacks are different when it comes to confidence in the police. whites are much more confident than blacks. it is also useful to lo

they knew that they would not serve us. >> watch all of our vince from greensboro. >> "washington journalntinues. host: joining us from new york, annamaria andriotis from "the wall street journal." sheet to go look at the topic of subprime loans and their return. thank you for joining us. guest: good morning. host: before we start, can you give us all a little bit of a history lesson. all of us remember the housing crisis, can you talk about the role that some private loans played in that. guest: they were pivotal to the financial crisis that happened just two years ago. essentially what they are our loans that are given to people with low credit scores. the reason why they have low credit scores is because they have fallen behind on debt payments, have taken on too much debt, or had some other negative credit event that happened in their history. low credit scores basically mean that people are more at risk of falling behind on future debt. host: part of the part of getting a subprime loan is the interest you have to pay. what are we talking about interest wise? guest: there are two prob

we will be talking about that here on "the washington journal" on wednesday.ou know the prime minister of israel is slated to talk to post -- both houses of congress. j street, a pro-israel, pro-peace organization believes what the administration is doing on iran is correct. that ad along with many front-page headlines this morning about u.s.-israel relations. here is "the new york times." the u.s. toughens the stance. security advisor talking about netanyahu's acts as destructive. new tensions and they note that the prime minister yesterday accused six world powers including the united states, of giving up on their commitment to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. there is this piece from "the new york times" this morning. the headline is, as that boat nears, a watchdog agency criticizes netanyahu on housing costs. another potential blow to prime minister benjamin netanyahu israel's watchdog issued a harsh report, in dealing with a growing housing crisis, mostly on mr. yet netanyahu's wash. they examined expenditures at the prime minister's resident

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member for the bbd. >> government debts collections is the topic of our last segment of the washington journals and government debts collected by private organizations on behalf of the government. happy to get your thoughts and stories and comments with our two reporters who wrote a piece on this issue. we're joined first by iris calling in from south lion, michigan. good morning. >> caller: good morning. am i correct in believing when the debts are turned over to debt collectors it still doesn't clean up your reputation. you're still known as a terrible person and your credit ratinger in improves. because that's the way it is. it's a way of collecting money but you don't clean up your reputation. >> so that's a great point. consumer debt collectors can definitely report you to the credit bureaus and in other stories we heard where people have a hard time repairing their credit history. one of the good things about government debt collectors is because it doesn't follow the rule for consumer debt it tends not to be reported. so at least on the credit history side of your reputation, the govern