katrina vanden heuvel:paul orgel: we will talk more about hillary clinton, coming up. let's get some calls in. carol is calling from florida. independent. thank you for waiting. caller: good morning katrina. i understand bernie sanders was promising $50 million for jobs and i would like to know who will pay for the jobs. what his idea is for paying the deficit down. and the government doesn't create jobs. so what jobs is he talking about exactly? katrina vanden heuvel: i have not seen that exact framing. , good caller. i have seen that he has called for major infrastructure investment, which hillary clinton i believe today in her first major address on the economy will also second. i believe bernie sanders has put forward budgets. which i would argue are the most sensible common sense budgets floating around this country. because they call for beginning to pay down the debt but at the same time making investments in this country's future. there is a lot of money that sloshes around in terms of tax breaks for oil and gas companies, military companies, pharmaceuticals. th

katrina vanden heuvel: this is a economic populist moment.he economic populist wing of the credit party is ascendant. someone was going to fill that space in 2016 and bernie sanders is filling it. it might have been elizabeth warren. but bernie sanders has staked out his ground. he is someone the nation has been covering since he entered congress in 1990. millions of people are meeting him for the first time. he announced only two months ago. the crowds just grow. part of it is the mainstream corporate media in this country has for a long time sort of police the parameters of the possible i would argue and led to a kind of downsize politics of excluded alternatives. the views bernie sanders holds about a more fair country and how to get there, tax increases on the very wealthy, the belief that this country belongs to its citizens and not to billionaires -- debt-free education safe and secure retirement, expanded social security. what does it mean to be a socialist? it is essentially being a social democrat. he would be centerleft in many euro

katrina vanden heuvel: this is a economic populist moment.he economic populist wing of the credit party is ascendant. someone was going to fill that space in 2016 and bernie sanders is filling it. it might have been elizabeth warren. but bernie sanders has staked out his ground. he is someone the nation has been covering since he entered congress in 1990. millions of people are meeting him for the first time. he announced only two months ago. the crowds just grow. part of it is the mainstream corporate media in this country has for a long time sort of police the parameters of the possible i would argue and led to a kind of downsize politics of excluded alternatives. the views bernie sanders holds about a more fair country and how to get there, tax increases on the very wealthy, the belief that this country belongs to its citizens and not to billionaires -- debt-free education safe and secure retirement, expanded social security. what does it mean to be a socialist? it is essentially being a social democrat. he would be centerleft in many euro

host: our guest has been katrina vanden heuvel, she is in new york. she is the publisher of the nation. it is celebrating the 150th anniversary this month. >> and the house gavel back in. working on legislation dealing with small business administration. pray. we give you thanks o god for giving us another day. we ask your blessing upon this assembly and upon all to whom the authority of government is given. encourage the members of this house, o god, to use their abilities and talents in ways that bring righteousness to this nation and to all people. ever remind them of the needs of the poor, the homeless, or forgotten and those who live without freedom or liberty. may they be instruments of justice for all americans. may your spirit live with them and with each of us and may your grace around us and those we love that in all things we may be the people you would have us be in service to this great nation. may all that is done within the people's house this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. p senator santorum: the chair has examined the

. >> katrina vanden heuvel, thank you. >> chris christie got some good news and bad news today on what is his first full day of campaigning since he officially announced his presidential run yesterday. the good news was that christie became the first gop candidate to win an endorsement from a sit go republican governor. the bad news, the endorsement came from this guy. maine's paul lepage who politico dubbed the craziest governor. like christie, he is one of the most unpopular governors in the country. he is now facing possible impeachment proceedings for allegedly withholding state funds from a school for at risk children unless it with drew a job offer to a political foe. the endorsement came at becky's diner in portland where he described christie who campaigned hard as a blunt straight talker. >> for me in the first full day of my presidential campaign, to be able to come up here and receive an endorsement from somebody who knows what it is like to run a blue state. knows what it is like to make tough decisions, knows what it is like to engage in hand to hand combat to get thing do

the editor and publisher of the nation katrina vanden heuvel joins me.want to present a false narrative. john is foremost a television host. what's your reaction to the idea that someone interviewing bernie sanders shouldn't be up on the stage introducing him? >> "the nation" has been up front about our values and principles. we are independent. we've called it like it is. we've criticized democratic candidates and presidents. john nichols has introduced bernie sanders for over 25 years. >> does that make it right? >> let me just say. john nichols was talking in that context about wisconsin's tradition tradition. in the cover story, john nichols pushing bernie sanders on issues of policing on emigration on issues he is not leading with because he is talking primarily about economic inequality in this country, how billionaires are controlling our politics. one thing i would say, brian, is when you talk about going soft it's important to look at the corporate media and how it has gone soft on what matters to millions of americans. i like to say, too often

host: our guest has been katrina vanden heuvel.editor and publisher of "the nation," america's oldest magazine celebrating its 150th anniversary this month. >> on the next washington journal, the latest developments in iran nuclear negotiations, and how the committee on benghazi plans to proceed with its investigation. jan schakowsky of illinois, a member of the energy and commerce committee, then mike pompeo of kansas. a member of the select intelligence and benghazi committees. washington journal live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. contribute to the program by telephone, on facebook, and twitter. [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] >> we will watch wisconsin governor scott walker joined the republican field. then hillary clinton talks about her plan for the economy if she is elected. rick santorum tells a group of reporters that the american family structure will be amo

ready for that many people have understood aspect phone numbers on the bottom of the screen for katrina vanden heuvel of the nation. she is editor and publisher. and nation celebrate its 150th anniversary. what does it mean to be 150? wants a new in store for readers? >> guest: i find it astonishing. i said, i find it astonishing to survive. think of the longevity, 150 years. we were there for the launch of the telegraph. we just launched a quite extraordinary new site a nation.com. please check it out. we understand we are here largely i think because the we cover politics and political parties, and believe in movements which make fundamental transformational change, i think we are here because we believe in the power of telling truth to people challenging the conventional wisdom, of pushing the consensus and raising issues which at one time might seem heretical but at another time seem commonsense. common sense. we were at the forefront of opposition to the iraq war in 2003. many liberals were not. we were accused of being anti-american which is always what happens when you oppose government