you are on with scott paul. outer: i wanted to find what areas of manufacturing are going to be promoted in this latest agreement -- trade agreement. guest: that's a good question. tpp, which is a trade agreement between the united states and about 11 other countries including mexico and canada, who we already have a trade agreement with. the biggest would be japan, from an numberia -- an economic scale. this agreement has been reached. legislationt inc. has not been introduced and would need to be passed by congress. there is a debate about this. donald trump says he opposes it. ted cruz, hillary clinton, and bernie sanders all oppose it. i don't think john kasich has spoken out on it recently. when you look at the potential benefits for manufacturing, frankly, they are limited sector.of the tech even the analysis that is used by the administration to make the case for the tpp, it is an by an appropriate think tank here if their .stimat -- for manufacturing specifically, they estimate the tpp would increase our

we're talking to scott paul about manufacturing and trade. --was formerly a prison principal lobbyist for the afl. up next is randy. what is your question? caller: good morning, c-span. i am calling from the classroom right now. we have's c-span in the classroom. history represented. i just wanted to ask a few questions. my students right now are learning about the great depression and herbert theer-ish response to tariff act. how do tariffs hurt or help the economy? my students are newly arrived immigrants to the united states and they have heard a lot of him from donald trump about -- we are being beat up on foreign trade. to the candidate? i personally support john kasich with what he did to the economy and ohio. who do you think would be the best candidate for the next president? guest: that is a very good question. i'm glad your students are learning a bit of history through the lens of current events as well. there is a thread there. figure,historical alexander hamilton, was the founder of industrial policy. he wrote a report to the con

scott paul president of the alliance for american manufacturing will join us. and react to the most recent trade numbers which showed the u.s. trade deficit rising to a six month high. johns hopkins hospital lab and security director will talk

scott paul discusses the trade deficit and u.s. manufacturing. ubin we will talk to avi r about recent hacks that compromised the health records of 3.5 million patients. melissa yeager from the sunlight foundation on the amount of time members of congress spend fundraising and how it affects their official duties. ♪ host: good morning. 2016.friday, april 8, the headlines for today's "washington journal" are about the war of words in the democratic presidential primary, as hillary clinton and bernie sanders had a sharp exchange about each other's qualifications, leaving some in the democratic party worried that the change in tone might hamper efforts to unite the party behind the eventual candidate. the stalemate over the supreme court nominee merrick garland continues, as president obama warned that political polarization puts the judiciary in jeord

joining us now is scott paul, the president of the alliance for american manufacturing. he is joining us today to discuss the state of the manufacturing sector in

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paul ryan. in a private meeting i'm told scott walker suggested the same thing. ove talked about somebody that hadn't run as a consensus candidate. there's been numerous articles written about paul ryan being that possible nominee. john kasich's entire strategy is based on contested convention and leapfrogging over people with millions of more votes, states won and hundreds of more delegates. so there's real reason for people to sense that there's something untoward about to happen. >> that's exactly right. look, i think the trump campaigns, the cruz campaign and all their supporters, they ought to watch this carefully. the rules that get set will help determine what happens, but it's also, it comes down to one very clear principle. it's a -- it's 50% plus 1 of the delegates to this convention are going to pick this nominee so those campaigns have to run in essence two campaigns. they have to win as many states and as many delegates as they can in these states then they have to run a campaign with the delegates that are getting slated in all these states and that

but also you have to keep in mind scott walker, paul ryan. all right. sed ted cruz, paul ryan hasn't endorsed anybody. but clearly those two guys, their brand of politics has been really big time conservative issues. >> and they've won. >> and they've won. >> so they have something to be happy about in wisconsin. >> they do. so when they look at that brand of politics, that works better than what the trump brand of politics is right now. >> all right, david, we've been here i want to say four weeks ago. you were convinced trump wasn't going to get the nomination. two weeks ago you wanted to say you were convinced, but you weren't comfortable saying that anymore. where are you today? >> morally defeated. >> something's changed though. >> yeah, something has changed. all these people keep waving from when is he going to turn from a philosopher king, abraham lincoln, he's donald trump. you know, it's all aggression, it's all ignorance all e time. but i think he's going to have a bad week this week. i think he'll probably rally in new york and it will all co

but also you have to keep in mind scott walker, paul ryan. all right. lker's endorsed ted cruz, paul ryan hasn't endorsed anybody. but clearly those two guys, their brand of politics has been really big time conservative issues. >> and they've won. >> and they've won. >> so they have something to be happy about in wisconsin. >> they do. so when they look at that brand of politics, that works better than what the trump brand of politics is right now. >> all right, david, we've been here i want to say four weeks ago. you were convinced trump wasn't going to get the nomination. two weeks ago you wanted to say you were convinced, but you weren't comfortable saying that anymore. where are you today? >> morally defeated. >> something's changed though. >> yeah, something has changed. all these people keep waving from when is he going to turn from a philosopher king, abraham lincoln, he's donald trump. you know, it's all aggression, it's all ignorance all the time. but i think he's going to have a bad week this week. i think he'll probably rally in new york and

donald trump and ted cruz have actually made this a referendum on the leadership of scott walker and to a lesser extent pauln. >> yeah, i think this is the home of reince priebus, scott walker and paul ryan. i think his attacks on the republican establishment don't resonate as much here with republican voters because it's kind of a cohesive republican party kind of at war with democrats for many, many years now. it's a conservative republican electorate. you know, an activist i know likened it to trump hitting a cheddar wall in wisconsin when you look at the conservative activists, conservative media, political establishment, governor, all these forces and a republican electorate particularly in southeastern wisconsin where he's deeply unpopular and where republican primaries are decided. >> i like that, cheddar wall. you're from northwestern wisconsin and you said earlier this week that you believe there are a lot of quiet trump supporters in your district and you have the largest district in the state. did you see anything this week or do you think they saw anything this week that would shake that support

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someone like paul ryan, or scott walker. we are hearing from donald trump and others. donald trump over the weekend saying that the system is rigged. where does this put the leadership, including reince priebus? >> this comes at a very sensitive moment because donald thesehas been leveling activations against reince priebus and his allies that somehow the system is rigged against him. he says it will take power away from those who would oversee the convention and give it more to the grassroots. the way this rule would work is, individual delegates will be given more power to determine how proceedings would go on the floor. a time that a delicate wants to object, they have to be recognized by the presiding chair. ,he person overseeing this which is a role that will be filled by paul ryan will have less power. usually the presiding officer is able to dictate how things go. you have toound recognize each and every delegate should they have an objection. >> the next rules committee will be made up of delegates attending the convention and weak leader in cleveland. explain

scott walke, paul ryan, and a variety of others.thats the buz donald trump is running into, not so much the establishment, per se. >> what do you think of it or governor walker used your program to introduce senator ted cruz? charlie sykes: i have known governor walker since he was, before he was in the state legislature. we go they whack. and i think that scott walker and other conservatives in wisconsin have a very close relationship to talk radio. talk radio has been the way they have been able to go around the mainstream media, the way they have been able to build support in this state, the way i wish they had been able to inseminate their ideas. given my relationship with walker, it was not all that surprising. >> donald trump phoned into your program on monday and we will hear an excerpt in a moment. but how did this come about? charlie sykes: that was surprising. that i did not see coming, i will be honest with you. i am actually taking a nap on easter sunday after brunch and my producer says "are you sitting down?" trump, 8:

he discussed the state of the race with scott pelley. paul ryan said minutes before the interview he will not be a nominee for president. what is your reaction to that? >> he would be, look if i am president here, paul ryan and i will work very favorably together. he is an idea guy. i'm an idea guy. and i look forward to working with him to actually accomplish things. >> the irony is you are the most likely republican to win in november and the least likely to be nominated. >> how do you make the argument that. we have to get to the convention. when you get to the convention it is going to be a wide-open affair. >> how do you make the argument in america that the guy who gets the most votes doesn't win? >> we had ten contested conventions. ten. of the ten, only three times did the front-runner, was the front-runner selected. seven times it was somebody other than the front-runner. >> but you are number three. i can understand an argument. >> so was lincoln. >> i'm not lincoln. >> so was lincoln. >> this ain't 1860 either a uh >> that's right.

let's bring in scott paul and claud barfield. guys, good to have you here. scott what's the problem? when i see u.s. steel sharply higher, it doesn't suggest to me there is an issue in the steel industry, especially in the united states. i mean it is ugs steel. >> sure. stocks are day to day. take that ticker back five years and it paints a vastly different picture for not only u.s. steel but a lot of the other metals companies in the united states. what is happening is that you have a lean and efficient u.s. industry trying to compete against the chinese government, which owns nine out of the ten largest steel companies in the world. and the chinese manufacturers keep making a lot of steel, demand has been declining in china. and so the world is faced with this overcapacity glut. to put it into perspective, the united states makes about 100 million tons of steel a year. a little under that. the estimated global overcapacity in steel right now is 700 million tons. so seven times the u.s. production. and i will say also that any of the producers that are still

and kevin paul scott is back with us. good to see you both.first to you, when i hear the phrase community organizations i hear of acorn empowered by millions of federal dollars and went on their way to do political activism and all sorts of stuff, including fraud which led to the end of acorn. is that what is coming with hillary' proposal? >> what you're seeing the result of a prolonged democratic primary. i don't think she knows exactly what is coming, but what she wants to do is pivot further to the left to try to combat senator sanders. at the same time she is alienating a core constituency she will need in the general election. this is another example of how this democratic primary is forcing her to move further to the left than she will feel comfortable with. david: julie, also put as fine point on question whether hillary is more like president obama or maybe even to president obama's left or more like her husband bill clinton. >> i don't really what trying wrong with helping immigrants assimilate. david: community organization, you reme

scott paul is the president of the alliance for american manufacturing. manufacturing.he's joining us today to discuss the state of the manufacturing sector and react to the most recent trade numbers which show the deficit rising in february. good morning. thank you for joining us. >> guest: it's a pleasure to be with you this morning. >> host: let's talk about your organization. who do you represent? >> guest: aam is between the united states workers union whicunionwhich is the largest il union and some domestic manufacturing partners so it's kind of unique as you would imagine here in washington where its business and labor working together on public policy goals. we are nonpartisan and we've been around for nine years of the mission is to promote smart public policies that would strike in the opportunity for americans to have manufacturing jobs. >> host: can you give an overview of what you think the state of trade is in the united its? >> guest: it's a great question and as always the truth lies somewhere in the middle of what the extremes say it is. some are saying

i do not under estimate the scott walker, paul ryan machine. they beat back two recalls.y beat back a state senate recall. >> ben were being -- i won't say dismissive but they were, i think, personally they were under estimating the governor's operation in his own state there. what do you think? >> well, but don't under estimate donald trump. i spoke to him sunday to wish him happy easter. he told me no one will out campaign him in wisconsin. he's doing two stops. he was criticized for going to paul ryan's hometown but lou, he's going to where the republicans are. he's appearing in the two media markets where most of the republican vote is. it's only common sense. so i wouldn't count trump out in wisconsin by a long shot. >> i'm not counting him out at all. >> very competitive. >> who is -- okay. that's it. competitive and we'll find out what is most affected at garnering those votes. you're feeling good. others coming into the campaign or is he standing pat? >> no, i think the convention operation is very different and specific animal. and i think it was an excellent cho

scott paul president of the alliance for american manufacturing will join us. and react to the most recent trade numbers which showed the u.s. trade deficit rising to a six month high. johns hopkins hospital lab and security director will talk about recent hacking issues. melissa jaeger, senior staff writer, talks about the organizations ongoing efforts to highlight what they describe as the outsized role fund-raising plays in the daily lives of our congressional lives. join the discussion friday morning. >>> water safety and infrastructure affordability were the focus of a senate environment works hearing today. they talked about the challenges of modernizing deteriorating water systems and the financing challenges of mandates of the federal government. from capitol hill, this is about 2 hours. >> good. the meeting will come to order. >> i've been talking to some of you down there. we went from oklahoma. you'll be real happy to do this. >> the epa has identified 271 billion in wastewater needs over the next 20 years, based on capital improvement plans develope

yyu heard trump bring up scott walker and he got booed. you heard him bring up paul ryan and you heard him get booed. i'm not sure what is going on with the trump campaign. these people are completely different thing than the conservativism that we've seen here in wisconsin. on the other hand, you see a supposed surge from ted cruz. let's not kid ourself, a lot of that surge is in large part because people are really dropping out. a lot of conservatives i've been talking to say they are voting for ted cruz almost as a term of their probation almost. it's not that ted cruz is all that popular. it's he's the one that can stop donald trump. >> michael, christian just mentioned paul ryan of wisconsin. probably one of the most powerful republicans in the country, if not the most powerful republican in the whole country. so much paul ryan speculation floating around. ted cruz sort of taking a vailed threat at that or shot saying no chance for a white night. what do you make of all this in. >> i think ted cruz and donald trump will have a lot to say about that and they're s

. >> kevin paul scott is a republican strategist. and a former aid to congressman brown. respiratory and kevin, explain how this works because a lot of people are listening to donald trump. he said it is a cooked system. and what is an be unbound delegate? >> an unbound delegate are individuals when they go to cleveland, they are not required by party rules or stateutes to vote for who ever they please. we have something interesting happening. he highlights the challenges with the gop mination. voters are excited but cruz is picking up the bound delegates. these are people that are going to lean in ted cruz's favor. and what donald trump is to help with the general electorate is hurting cleveland. and it is obvious. if trump doesn't win on a first ballot, he will have a hard time with with the nomination. trump is criticize issing the delegates themselves. they are wined and dined and taken on boat trips and suggesting that it is unseemly to be a delegate. what dew think of that strategy. >> if you shoe fits there is truth on republican and democratic side. there are entr

scott walker and paul ryan -- >> he's not going after paul ryan but really after scott walker.ate potentiam voters tomorrow because scott walker presumably still has some support among republicans. >> i would assume it's not helpful. >> you haven't endorsed anyone. >> i'm staying out of it. >> why not tell the people of your home state of was wis, i think "x" is better than "y." >> i have to have a real comfort level. i did endorse mitt romney before the last primary. and the reason i did, when i met with mitt prior to the primary he expected to be a one-term president because heect anded to fix these problems. knew it wouldn't be popular or fun. when he picked paul ryan as his running mate. i confirmed my choice. i would never do it just strategically. i'd have to have full confidence i've got no questions about the person. >> you don't have full confidence in any of these guys yet. >> i've got concerns. i don't have that comfort level. >> what are your concerns about trump? >> well, for example, as chairman of the homeland security committee, we've held 14 hearings on border

paul manafort and rick wily who used to run governor scott walker's campaign when he was still in this race. kate? >> and katy, i know you are outside after gala where trump is expected to be later. there may be protests against donald trump. what are you hearing? >> they say they are expecting thousands of people to march on the streets right here in the center of manhattan. we are here on 42nd street. moveon.org organized the chicago protest that turned violent. as you would expect there is a pretty heavy police presence by the nypd here hoping that violence does not break out. this is not a trump rally in the middle of new york city. thiss a republican state party gala. so donald trump will be here. ted cruz will be here. jorge posada kasich will be here. they will be inside with folks in very nice evening wear. not the kind of crowd you would expect to come out and potentially brawl with protesters. put it that way. >> all right, katy tur in

charles: scott walker or paul ryan coming off the bench h to e so-called rescue. i i want to welcome in the other two guests. mark, i know in the past you have blown off or dismimissed ay time your candidate donald trump lost. but did you see anything in this particular outcome that should be a yellow or red flag for the trump campaign? >> have much so. iowa was a tough loss for donald trump. and he reconfigurered his campan stratetegy at that point. i think this is similar. it will be a similar week where they take a dig step back and figure out what went wrong. obviously y they get a different territory. wisconsin is a diffeferent stat. i don't believe it's a a harbinr because there are a lot of delegates. 267 up on april 26 and it's not ted cruz's's territory. cruz had a great win andnd he es shrewd about it.t. but i believe that at ththe endf april, trump will l see a 350-delegate lead. char but youou didn't say the imagine is 1,237. >> that will be decided june 77 in california. >> could that be enough to keep him in the game until they get to the convention

. >> scott walker and paul ryanht two people successful based on substantive nature.more based on his personality. he has lost the endorsement of the governor who is instead endorsing ted cruz. >> surprising he didn't endorse governor kasich. i was surprised by that. >> that's right. i think the idea is to get cruz because he is the most viable of the three that isn't trump. and that's part of what that is about. >> and what we are hearing is that cruz has a great ground game in wisconsin right now. >> yeah. this is what cruz does. he has been doing it in aim of the statements. i feel like in wisconsin it's really beginning to pay off in a way that it hasn't in the past. the other thing, greta, is like you look at -- look at wisconsin and all of those delegates, and that was really going to be margin oflp error for him to get to that magic number and not have a contested convention. and i really think that you know, we will look back on this as a turning point it seems much different from the other, like trump gaffes that have happened in the past, because, in all of