later, richard rubin talks about the estimated host: good morning. the senate returns from a recess. votes will be expected at 5:30 p.m. we begin right now on a washington journal discussing the independent or third party candidate in 2016. after donald trump knocked out , welast two rivals wondering if our viewers would consider an and dependent or third-party candidate this year. if you are in favor, let us know who you would like to see lead that effort. you can give us a call. if you don't think it's time for an independent candidate, there is a phone number for you. you can also catch up with us on social media. very good monday morning too. much of the spark for this conversation about third-party candidates came last week from a facebook post by a senator from nebraska. majority.ed the theaid if you think presidential front runners are he is convinced many voters would be open to an additional option besides hillary clinton and donald trump. why shouldn't we draft and honest leader who would focus on 70% solutions. most americans can be for li

later, richard rubin talks about the estimated host: good morning. senate returns from a recess. votes will be expected at 5:30 p.m. we begin right now on a washington journal discussing the independent or third party candidate in 2016. after donald trump knocked out , welast two rivals wondering if our viewers would consider

host: if you want to follow richard rubin on twitter -- we appreciate your time. host: that will do it for we will now be taking our viewers to the brookings institution this morning where nasa administrator charles bolden is getting set to talk about the future of stem education in the united states. we will see you back here tomorrow for another washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern 4:00 pacific. >> ladies and gentlemen, it's a you toleasure to welcome brookings. my name is john allen and i'm the codirector of the center for 21st-century security and intelligence and with my codirector we welcome you very warmly. it has been a technologist that the underlying -- acknowledged that the underlying base for power and prosperity requires an education system where young individuals can excel in science and technology and engineering and math, called stem. as voted by scholars here at brookings, stan intensive -- dam intensive industries -- stem producee industries about 17% of our gdp. ins a principal driver patenting, productivity, growth, and exports from aerospac