newsmakers is next. have a great weekend. >> here on c-span, "newsmakers" is next with republican congressman mark walker of north carolina.

thank you for being our guest this week on "newsmakers." "newsmakers" is back. we just talked with congressman mark walker. he is just in his second term in congress and was elected as the incoming head of the republican study committee, the 170-member conservative caucus inside the house of representatives. scott wong and lindsey mcpherson are our reporters. so everyone is waiting until , january 20 to know the direction. from what you have seen so far of the republican congress, what can you discern about the direction? scott: i think you are starting to see the faultlines form. everyone has been preaching on the republican side about g.o.p. unity since the election. but at the same time, you are starting to see little cracks emerge on various issues from infrastructure to health care. we saw it this week with the ethics reform issue where republicans tried to push through an overhaul of the independent ethics office, really try to gut that office and water it down. donald trump tweeted right back at them saying this is not what the american people told us we

thank you very much were being this wii's newsmaker. -- this week's newsmaker.e're back with our reporters. start with you about where fema is compared to where it was eight years ago after superstorm sandy? ben: during the obama administration, there has been a lot more information on climate change. as we heard the administrator say, the agency dealing with real world of accident. i thought it was correct when he said, look, how often do you hear about a disaster that is supposed to be every 500 years, every thousand years? what we heard was the extent to which they're putting on resilience and trying to be forward with, we heard , that they act with ine level of forethought making sure that is not go away. viewpoint onur what it has done in the last three years? did was not only reviled by the state and administrators, but also had that morale problems within the agency itself. backgroundom a state and dealt with several major hurricanes. he has made the effort to reach out to groups around the country. where everything is viewed through a partisan lens, the

"the newsmakers" interview program. the two incoming members of trump administration, sean spicer, who will be the white house spokesman, and kellyanne conway, an adviser to the president, counselor to the president. we interviewed both of those folks who are going to be part of the administration, and we will show that to you as part of our road to the white house coverage sunday at 6:35 eastern ,ime on c-span, www.c-span.org and you can listen on the free p.span radio ap now, secretary of state john kerry. he outlined foreign-policy challenges on tuesday at an event hosted by the united states institute of peace. this runs about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, nancy. i'm delighted to be here. mr. secretary, i understand you sprinted across the street. is that right? secretary kerry: my sprinting days are reduced, but i came. i got here. ms.

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. >> turned out to be a big newsmaking night. meryl streep making headlines with that speech taking on donald trump. >> i love you all. >> and the president-elect is lashing back in just the last few minutes on twitter. so let's get right to it with jon karl. let me start with what streep had to say. >> there was one performance this year that stunned me. it sank its hooks in my heart. not because it was good, it was -- there's nothing good about it. but it was effective. and it did its job. it was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power, and the capacity to fight back. >> and jon karl, the president-elect up early on twitter. >> reporter: he sure is. taking -- going to war with hollywood's most celebrated actress. george, he went on a twitter firestorm here.

"newsmakers" is next. enjoy the rest of your weekend. have a great week ahead. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> next, "newsmakers" with house minority leader steny hoyer. in the confirmation hearing for alabama senator jeff sessions. then rex tillerson testifies to become secretary of state. our guest this week is maryland us steny hoyer, the number two in leadership among the democrats in the house of representatives. he joins us on a very busy friday from a studio inside the capital. thank you for being our guest. mr. hoyer: always good to be with you. host: the associated press chief reporter and the reporter from the washington post. reporter: with the vote in the house today setting the stage for repealing the health care law, we would like to know what the democrats posture is going to be as far as replacing the law. will you cooperate with republicans on that endeavor? mr. hoyer: our position as we -- against of you appeal.

newsmakers is next. have a great weekend. >> here on c-span, "newsmakers" is next with republican congressman mark walker of north carolina. then, the national intelligence director and the n.s.a. director testified before congress about russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election. later, senator sheldon whitehouse and representative michael mccaul discuss consolidation of cybersecurity operations and other recommendations for combating cyberthreats. guest thissmakers" week is congressman mark walker of colorado. he will be seeing lots of him this year. the 47-yearld

newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. said, let me tell you something. i have done everything i can to protect my country, and if i'm not afraid of you and president if i have toody -- give in order to protect my country, i will. then he did the mussolini thing with his arms. and said, but i did not give that order. we said, just call down. announcer: sunday night on "q&a ," john nixon talks about his book "debriefing the president: the interrogation of saddam hussein." in the use realist of power and the way political power is exercised. i think that he saw that when you are playing at his level, presidency, the top level in the country, when you win, you win big, but when you lose, you also lose big. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >> now the supreme court oral argument in ziegler v. abbasi, 9/11 detainee lawsuit. the court will decide if arabs and muslims who were rounded up for immigration infractions can sue george w. bush administration officials for civil rights violations during their detentions. this is an hour. next inll hear argument

newsmakers welcomes senator bill cassidy as one of the small number of physicians in the number since9. he is advancing a piece of legislation that would change the affordable care act. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. kliff,me introduce sarah and seung min kim. we will talk a lot about our bill. would you tell our audience the most important things you need to know. context, as ather in that i found if a patient has the power that the whole system lines up to serve her. using the feminine because women make 95% of health care decisions in our society. give her the power and we return power back to the states. we give states the option of going with a better choice. that is federalism. we allowed the money to follow the patient. if they go with the better choice, the patient would receive a tax credit that she could use for health care. if he does nothing, she will have a health savings account pre-funded. it to make it work better for her and her family. her tol being to enable become deactivated patient who we have learned from empirical evidence will have better health ou

newsmakers, today at 10:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span. >> now, we will hear about a recent agreement with opec members and oil-producing nations, including russia, to and theal production potential impact it has on the united states and global markets. this is about an hour. [inaudible] >> thank you all for joining today. happy new year. have you here at aei. with the clock running, i want to kind of moved into a broader discussion. we had the opec deal reached in november, and this comes after watching the price go up and down over the year. 2017, the question is will the price hold? the newon for president-elect donald trump and his administration, and also for you producers and non-opec producers. it is an interesting moment. i thought of looking at the price of oil before coming to the event, and it is at about $55. that is about the range they were hoping for back in november. it is an interesting moment to watch. discussion,t with we will give a few moments for opening remarks, and then we --e the full that o

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news breaking as and newsmaking as his twitter feed us. "the the premier of apprentice," with arnold schwarzenegger, now the host. donald trump wrote the following. in anhe ratings are arnold schwarzenegger got swamped or destroyed by comparison to the ratings machine dj t, donald j. trump. he writes so much for being a movie star that was season one, compared to season 14. now compare him to my season one, but who cares, he supported kasich and hillary. guest: that tweet was vintage real donald trump twitter. that is the kind of tweet you imagine he would have tweeted before becoming the president-elect. i think that is what is a little jarring to people, that the same platform that he is using to talk about nuclear armaments or to talk about relationships with russia and china, he is also using to talk about "the apprentice," and to compare himself to arnold schwarzenegger as the new host. i think that is a little jarring for a lot of americans. came at six akaka morning. later in the day, arnold schwarzenegger with this reply. -- 6:00 i

announcers: on newsmakers, our guest heads the federal emergency management agency. he talked about how to address disasters in the future. watch tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in six caught p.m. eastern on -- and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. the new congress starts tuesday. watch all of the activities on c-span. we are live from the u.s. capitol starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you'll meet new representatives and hear from returning members. the house gavels in at noon. opening day business includes the election of the house speaker. his address to the whole house and debate and a vote on rules for the new congress. one rule in particular is getting attention, a proposal to fine members who live stream video from the house floor, in response to last summer's democratic sit-in that was streamed by several democrats. on c-span2, our live coverage of the senate starts at noon eastern and includes the swearing in of senators. opening day continues on c-span3 with live coverage of the ceremonial swearing-in of members of congress. at 1:00 p.m. eastern, vice president joe biden pre

these events are a live extension of the playbook interview, where we host conversations with newsmakers. we are looking for to hosting many of these conversations throughout the year and excited for speaker ryan. i before we get started, would like to extend a special ,hank you to our partner, uber and now here to say a few words is nikki kristof, head of federal affairs at uber. thank you for joining us. [applause] thanks so much. i lead government relations for uber here in washington. there has been a parlor game and d.c. of comparing the 2009 inauguration to this year's inauguration. i will not leave you in suspense. there were more uber rides this time. [laughter] >> we did not exist until 2010. in the first five and a half years of our company's existence, we clocked about a billion rides. we clocked our second billion ride after the first month of 2016. today there are 700,000 , americans driving on the uber platform. those drivers earned the united states $9 billion last year, and 5000 of those drivers are from the great state of wisconsin, from which hails our 54th speaker of t

announcer: on newsmakers, our senator billblican cassidy of louisiana. he talks about the plan he and susan collins introduced this we t

host: that is newsmakers, check out c-span.org for the programming for that.wsmakers" can be seen this sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern time. and you can also see it on c-span.org as well as on c-span radio through its radio app. benjamin is calling in from san bernardino, california. do you think president trump can unite the nation? caller: i do. and i hope that he does because i'm a physician and i live in this horrible california tax plan. this is just a gross environment and we can't get along. i mean, we're hurting. i'm trying to put my kids through school. just elementary school. and it's painful. we can't afford anything and the physician salary that i make. can you believe that? host: what would you like to hear from the president or what did you think of his inauguration address, does that give you hope things may change there? caller: everything. he made a great speech, in my opinion. he's trying to unite us. he's trying to cut down on crime. if you remember, san bernardino is where i'm from, and right across the street from -- not right a

thank you for being this week's guest on newsmakers. then, let's start with you about where fema is compared to where it was eight years ago after superstorm sandy. >> certainly during the obama administration there has been a lot more emphasis on climate change. i think that gets caught up in some partisan ideological battles. reset correctly how often do you hear about a weather event or is storm that is supposed to be every 500 year, everyone thousand year. what we heard from him was the extent on which they're putting an emphasis on resilience. and trying to be forward with, we heard hopefulness, that they act with some level of forethought in making sure that is not go away. >> what is your viewpoint on what it has done in the last three years? >> he inherited an agency that was not only reviled by many of the administrators, but also had some bad more our problems. he comes from a state background. he referred to that if you times. he has made the effort to reach out to groups across the country. in an era where everything is view

newsmakers, that airs every sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern and at 6:00 eastern. be sure to listen to it on our free c-span radio app. you can check it out on our website at c-span.org or watch it on c-span television. we want to welcome back peter the former director of office at strategic initiatives for the bush administration. good sunday morning. guest: great to be with you. host: let's start at the 30,000. . how is he doing? weeks do not determine the course of a presidency. tendenciese of the within him as president that worried me during the transition. word are showing. he does not have a real command of the issues. he is issuing executive orders where the legislation is being legislation onng immigration in this case. i think he is stirring things up. i think he is portraying himself to be an agent of change, which is one of the reasons he was elected. whether that is positive or negative remains to be seen. he has been a divisive force in the country. i think there is clear evidence that is not going to change. host: how long have you been a republican?

obviously talked this week on "newsmakers" about his proposals and the future of ealth care in the u.s. >> i'm curious if you could talk about any conversations you've had and whether you expect the tone to change. >> several things because you asked several things. i've spoken to five or six or seven democratic senators at length. and i have other appointments set up. we are actively reaching out. this is not a republican plan. it is not a democratic plan. i want it to be about that woman, economically vulnerable, with breast cancer, who cannot afford her $6,000 obamacare deductible. it should be an american plan. chuck schumer criticized it saying things which were not true before he read the bill. i know it was before he read the bill because we had not yet introduced it. so i think he as a partisan -- the noirlt leader -- is trying to crack the whip, telling his senators that you listen to me even if this is an attractive bill. that is what is the worst thing about washington, d.c. i am first a physician and way after that i am a partisan politician. this is about patients. and if

newsmakers, today at 10:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span. >> now, we will hear about a recent agreement with opec members and oil-producing nations, including russia, to

he also pushed back against journalists, the newsmakers, saying that he won the election easily, callingponents crooked. he says fake news is a star a state but we also saw some flareup when he was doing his first press conference when he actually attacked one reporter over at cnn. take a listen. >> your organization is terrible . the organization is terrible. -- i am notm not going to give you a question. you are fake news. [speaking simultaneously] >> some stark contrast between donald trump and barack obama. there is one more thing that donald trump also pushed back ,gainst, the intel agencies saying that the agencies should not have allowed this fake news to leak into the public, saying, are we living in nazi germany? >> if you wanted policy, he would have been disappointed. what about his conflict of interest on the business side? >> he came up with a plan that some who are critical of. let's walk through the points. the first, he was going to step down from all positions at the trump organization. one interesting point of contention -- he will not divest ownership in the company. i

. >> newsmakers welcomes senator bill cassidy as one of the small number of physicians in the congress. he is advancing a piece of legislation that would change the affordable care act. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> let me introduce sarah kliff, senior policy correspondent for vox seung min kim and with politico. we will talk a lot about our bill. would you tell our audience the most important things you need to know. >> to give further context, as a physician my practice for 30 years with the help those that were uninsured and underinsured. the public hospital was decrepit. in that i found if a patient has the power that the whole system lines up to serve her. our bill we intend to give her the power. because women make 95% of health care decisions in our society. and we return power back to the we give her the power states. how do we do that? we give states the option of going with a better choice. doing nothing, or stay with obamacare. but that is federalism. we allowed the money to follow the patient. if they go with the better choice, the patient would receive a ta

host: thanks to both of you for returning to "newsmakers" this week. >> thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the budget is not legally binding. it is not a law. and so, it has a guidance of what you're supposed to do and there is no repercussions if that budget is not followed. we did pass a budget and then we went and blew through that budget. i, theght thank you and president of the committee for the responsible federal budget talks about what to expect from the new congress and the trump administration. >> this issue is so hard for politicians to vote "the right way." we borrow hundreds of billions of dollars of your. that makes sense when you are in a recession. it does not make sense when you r economy is strong. we have to make hard changes and they involve straight up raising taxes, cutting benefits for entitlements. those are things every pollster will tell their politician to stay away from.

who is obviously going to be not just the trump who is obviously going to be notjust the biggest newsmakerand the sunday times says he wants a summit in rhetoric. what do you make of this? traditionally, in recent yea rs, this? traditionally, in recent years, the president's first international visit has been to canada, fairly innocuous. the best possible way! donald trump is discussing going to russia, or took recce a third—party location, to meet with putin —— to iceland. this seems to have got footage officials quite worried. what exactly it will mean in terms of sanctions on russia. —— british officials. and tromp—— and donald trump's intentions. the more recent ones about hacking and crimea being occupied. donald trump has promised to keep an open mind on this. he has been quite flattering about putin in recent months so i think this is another sign of his willingness to develop that relationship, something he says is going to be good for america, good for them to have warmer relations. and it could be. someone who has been accused of looking like vladimir putin on occasion, particula

visit ncicap.org] "newsmakers," louisiana senator bill cassidy talks about his replacement plan for the affordable care act that he and maine senator susan collins introduced. he will also discuss immigration, the border wall, and other issues. 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. monday, the senate foreign relations committee voted along party lines to approve the nomination of rex tillerson to be the next secretary of state. this is about an hour.

bloomberg has been asking some of the biggest newsmakers in business and finance about the risks they that geopolitics is looming large. >> the biggest risk i see in 2017 are two. first, the expectations being so high and the inability of government to move as quickly as expectations might need. all presidents come in with great ambitions and expectations . expectations being lowered is a big risk. >> the weakening of democracies in europe and the united states, a wave of right wing populism that will sweep away the pillars of democracy if we are not careful. if north korea acts out to get attention by an attack on south korea, that is a risk. india and pakistan, the struggle between them is heating up, death on both sides, both nuclear weapons powers. reallybiggest worry is donald trump makes good on his campaign promise, which is really starting to impose restrictions or tariffs on trade. other than that, 2017 world economic policy are on the progrowth side, so i am quite optimistic about 2017. thannk it will be better 2016, and asset prices will be higher. the overall business envi

. >> "the newsmakers" airs today on c-span and c-span radio app her joining us is nationally syndicated columnist and author cal thomas. yesterday was a big day. you have been around a long time. what is your take on the size and scope of the process? guest: political theater goes back to the founding of the country. it is part of the wonderful things we have an america that you can petition your government for addressing grievances. i am always amused by the labels my colleagues in the media put on these things. a woman's march, women's march, as if this is all women. a lot of women were not a part who were excluded. we heard stories from pro-life today on the 44th anniversary of roe versus wade. they were excluded because they were pro-life. people like madonna who dropped more f bombs than may have been dropped on berlin in world war ii. her.e -- c these were ultra liberal women who had a point of view and they are free to march and free to have their say. beginning the political opposition to the trump administration capitol hill, and elsewhere in the country. what does it mean to y

[applause] announcer: on newsmakers this weekend, we hear more about the legislative agenda with bill cassidy of louisiana. he talks about the plan he and susan collins have introduced. watch the interview sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> let me tell you something. i have done everything i can to protect my country. i am not afraid of you and am not afraid of president bush and i'm not afraid of anybody. if i have to give in order to protect my country, i will. he does that kind of mussolini thing with his arm and said, but i did not give that order, and we said, wait, just call him down. former senior cia analyst john nixon talks about his book, debriefing the president. >> saddam was a realist in the use of power and the way political power is exercised in the political power game, and i think he saw that when you are playing it at his level, the presidency, the top level in the country, when you win, you win big, but when you lose, you also lose big. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. hewitting us now is hugh

this week c-span newsmakers interviewed the house republican senate committee chairman mark walker from north carolina. he talked about a timeline for replacing the affordable care act and how the plan has conservative group presented this week compares with the republican leadership plan. this year, weme will have some kind of position to move forward. i have heard two years, four years. i believe that is the promise to the american people so i believe it will happen this year. host: you mentioned the repeal and replace plan that you guys laid out yesterday. theyou explain what may be biggest differences with that plan versus the one that the speaker and leadership laid out? guest: they're very similar. the primary difference is a tax reduction versus tax credit. americanunder the health care reform act, it would allow individuals 7500 families -- as opposed to tax credits. another minor difference is that we make sure we are doing every thing we can for pre-existing conditions is larger staying on a plan that you are not put out to pasture. there's a very important things. on pullingl

we'll ar >> turned out to be a big newsmaking night. it with jon karl. let me start with what streep had to say. >> it stunned me. it sank its hooks in my heart. not because it was good, it was -- there's nothing good about it. but it was effective and it did its job. it was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter, someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back. >> and jon karl, the president-elect up early on twitter. >> reporter: he sure is. taking -- going to war with hollywood's most celebrated actress. george, he went on a twitter firestorm here. take a look. the most overrated actresses in gro a 16-year-old story that he had written in order to make look bad. actually interviewed with "the new york times" a short interview making pretty much the exact same points that he never mocked a disabled reporter. he says and saying that hillary -- that meryl streep is basically just a hillary flunky. >> calling out saying it's an example of the dishonest media.

. >> he is already and will continue to be the biggest newsmaker of the 21st century. thing about it, he's going to continue to be, they make their own news. hamilton, the musical. they decided that not only would they tear up the book that tells you how to write a musical, is not an e-book. there are no rules. from the very beginning when he came down the escalator to talk about, he hasn't done any -- you can't say you're going to fire a gun down fifth avenue and if you hit somebody nobody's going to care, oh, yes, you can. >> tom: i think the only differs between trump and hamilton is it's hard to get tickets to hamilton. >> timmy, that's a good one. >> we've been talking about spicer, but what do you think generally of the idea that trump is making the news cycle? he's going to be able to continue to create his own news. >> the person at a news organization that says you're covering the story, how many hats is donald trump going to wear? president, reality star, businessman, desk editor, he's in a lot of places. >> sorry, mr. president-elect, just giving you a hard

all the newsmakers are here, including prime minister theresa may, who has arrived and given a speechbritain's place on globalization and free trade. >> we'll discuss that later that interview with james gorman, the first since morgan stanley's blow-out q4 numbers. share prices decreasing since then. first, let's check in on the global markets this morning. the dow declined for its fourth straight day in a row, albeit slight declines. we are down this morning, but just fractionally. european trade is negative. it's down by a half percent, the pound is rallying. the other indices are down just slightly. about a quarter percent for france. asian trade saw a bit of negativity across most of the boards. >> as for the broader market picture, let's show you what's happening with commodities and the price of oil, which has been a bit firmer this morning. up more than a half percent. 51.37 brent, the international bench mark, 54.23. that gap has widened out a bit. as for the ten-year treasury note yield, yields higher yesterday. we saw big jumps whether it's on the back of janet yellen commen

more about the affordable care act this weekend on newsmakers with steny hoyer. he talks about republican efforts to repeal the law and how democrats plan to respond. we are against repeal. that does not mean that we are against making the affordable care act better, more effective, higher savings, more accessibility. that is to say simply that there ought not to be an appeal until you -- a repeal until you have an agreement on how you improve or, from the republican standpoint, you replace. we are in the position where you ought not to repeal. that is what the republicans have been attempting to do. this is the 65th or 66th opportunity for them to do so and they have taken it. but they have no replacement. they have no fixeso

this week " newsmakers" interviews the senate committee of northmark walker carolina. he talked about a timeline for replacing the affordable care act. that interview will be airing tomorrow at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. >> i think the consensus is sometime this year to be able to have some kind of position to move forward. i've heard, two, three four years. i believe in following through with our promise to the american people on this calendar year. repeal andd the rfb replace plan the you guys laid out yesterday. can you explain what may be the biggest difference is with that plan versus the one the speaker ryan and the leadership laid out with a better way? >> they are very, very similar. there is a primary difference, the tax deduction versus the tax credit. i believe the family under the american health care reform act would allow individual 7500 opposed, 25,000 as to tax credits. another minor difference, we are making sure we are doing everything we can for pre-existing conditions. as long as you are staying on a plan, you are not put out to pasture. those are very impo

"ollowing "washington journal, the "newsmakers" program. lawmakers on capitol hill continue to debate how to replace and repair the obamacare, what it will mean for democrats and republicans moving ahead. our conversation that airs at 10:00 eastern. aboutm curious to talk any conversations you have had with democratic senators and whether you expect the town to change. >> several things because you asked several things. i have spoken to five or six or seven different democratic senators. i have other appointments. we are actively reaching out. this is not a republican plan. it is not a democratic plan. about woman who is economically vulnerable cannot afford her obamacare premium. chuck schumer criticized the same things that were not true before he read the bill. we had not yet introduced it. i think he as a partisan is trying to crack the wi

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newsmakers today at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. >> thousands of people came to the nation's capital to attend the women's march on washington. the speaking program including activists, members of the house and senate and celebrities. portions of the program contain language that some viewers may find offensive. [chanting] [cheerins and applause] >> hello. [cheers] >> thank you for the chanting. now it is time to shh. come on ladies. this song is to honor our ancestors, to bring them back. here today they are going to walk with us and protect us, all of us. [cheers] anyways, we are all here together. there it is. thank you. in theave my nice reverb house? shout out to indigenous women rising. [cheers] ♪ oh yeah, i guess my drum mic is gone, the one i had that sound check? oh well. is there a mic for my drum? never mind. bolo. well.t there is -- oh pretend there is a drum. can you turn it on in the house? ♪ [singing] ♪ [drumming] singing] [cheers] >> testing, testing. what an incredible turnout. wow. and i love those signs

some of thehat biggest newsmakers in business and finance c as key risks in the year ahead.mberg. ♪ shery: welcome back. this is "bloomberg markets: asia." i am shery ahn. someberg has been asking of the biggest newsmakers about andyear ahead in 2017, after a year of brexit and trump, it is not surprising that geopolitics looms large. here is what they had to say. the biggest risk i see in 2017 are two. first, expectations being high and the inability of government to move as quickly as expectations. come withents ambitions and expectations, and sometimes they can achieve everything, so expectations being lowered is a big risk. weakening democracies in europe and the united states, a wave of right-wing populism that will sweep away the pillars of democracy if we are not careful. if north korea acts out to get attention by an attack on south korea, that is a risk. india and pakistan, though it struggle between them is heating weapons powers. there is a lot for president-elect trump to think about. >> the biggest worry is donald trump makes good on his campaign , starting to i

. >> one of the big newsmakers overnight last night president trump met with lawmakers including pelosi telling them that he lost the popular vote because of illegal votes. is there evidence of that? >> reporter: not only is there no evidence, there is lots of data that suggests that there was virtually no illegal voting. one of the reports suggests, this is a private meeting with congressional representatives, said that he said that up to 5 million illegal immigrants voted. that would mean half of all illegal immigrants cheated and went to the polls all of them voting against donald trump. he said it was the largest inauguration crowd in history. had he said that when he started speaking, the skies cleared and it didn't start raining until he finished his inaugural speech. he accused the media of making up a feud between him and the cia. 10 days earlier, he compared the cia to nazi germany. this is a pattern which has been very familiar. >> how much do these statements really matter? >> reporter: michelle, the scary thing is this. it's not clear whether president donald trump is lying

"newsmakers," louisiana senator bill cassidy talks about his replacement plan for the affordable care act that he and maine senator susan collins introduced. he will also discuss immigration, the border wall, and other issues. 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. monday, the senate foreign relations committee voted along party lines to approve the nomination of rex tillerson to be the next secretary of state. this is about an hour. sen. corker: the foreign relation business meeting will come to order. we all consider it a privilege. it is a privilege to participate in this way. i hope everyone will keep their thoughts to themselves in the audience. we thank you so much for being here today and being part of this. we really do. confirmation of secretary of state is one of this committee's most important responsibilities. at the core of the nomination process is the question of whether the nominee is qualified to undertake the duties for which he or she is nominated. i personally have no doubt rex tillerson is well-qualified. he has managed the world's eighth largest company. diplomacy h

the two real newsmakers. what an odd year 2017 will be for you.resident obama was good for the new york times. what is president trump going to be like? mark: the key thing is we are living through a gigantic new unpredictable story. the story is multifaceted, it is linked. , atability in europe, brexit wild card in the white house, it should be a great year for news. and we think about the news business we need the raw material to make the money off of and we think there will be a plentiful supply. tom: i look at where we are in the beginning. i was unprepared for the level of uncertainty that i see here today. john mickelthwait, how important are the speeches? are they safe speeches? xi isi think president likely to be a safe speech. he comes on and will i suspect like a credible alternative leader. theresa may has a much more difficult problem where she is so far failed to get across exactly what she is pushing for a now she seems to be coming down one side of the fence. it is exactly the wrong answer. tom: when we go to the inauguration speech

in davos, will she speak to newsmakers and business, she changes tone? john: possibly. she would be a first politician. but in this case, it is real jobs. all of the people we have spoken to, some on television and many more in the background, they have all said the same thing. they don't really value financial services and she is trying to roll back on that last bit. here is the u.k. prime minister, theresa may. i have hadmake: positive meetings with banks here and ceos from tech companies and others and the message i brought here is that we want to build a truly global britain. in britain that is an advocate for free markets around the world. i want to negotiate a good free trade agreement with the european union. when we come out, i want the best possible access for trade, trading and operating within the european single market. both goods and services. i value financial services. i believe global britain will do just that. john: and you don't think they serve a bit more value to the economy? theresa may: initial services are of huge value. it is important. to theloo

newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. on c-span.n tuesday, the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee held a confirmation hearing for retired general john kelly, nominated to become the next homeland security secretary. this is two and a half hours. [chatter] clicking] [chatter] [indiscernible] >> that was just a warning shot. sen. johnson: this hearing of the senate committee's called to order. i want to welcome general kelly , his family wife, daughter and , son-in-law are here. i will let you introduce them. i would like to welcome secretary gates, a real honor and privilege to have met you and have you introducing general kelly. i do want to welcome our new members. they are not all here but we do have senator hassan from new hampshire and senator harris from california, the senator sen.north dakota and daines, montana who has joined our committee. i want to welcome all of you. this is a good time to issue a warning. in the first confirmation hearing, there were instructions. those will not be tolerated. tha

c-span, newsmakers is next with republican congressman mark walker of north carolina. that is fully by the house and senate meeting in a joint session to certify the electoral vote ballots from the presidential election. then look at city preparations ahead of inauguration

president trump's inaugural address was not particularly newsmaking.he marine helicopter on at split screen with obama joint base andrews. the outgoing president departing , president barack obama leaving power and leaving office and getting his last time fully within the bubble of the presidency. the other box, the larger box, the president's room at the capital waiting for the new president, the 45th president, donald trump, engaged in official activity. there is a lot of standing around today. the presidentof and vice president will dictate the pace at which things go. they are more on schedule more so than the clintons. things ran far behind including the day of his inauguration. bothee the milling about in the president's room in the lunchl as well as the that the president and vice president will attend. expect to seee barack and michelle obama having served eight years, there is president obama, their final ride from andrews air force base at the end of his presidency. >> there they are, the president and first lady. ago, it is moment genuinely

. >> this week on "newsmakers," craig fugate. thank you for being here to talk about the last eight years heading the agency and the state of emergency management. also in studio with us is reid wilson of the national correspondent for the hill newspaper along with then, energy and environmental reporter with the national journal. ben: let's say hurricane sandy happened today. how would the federal response be different from what it was years ago in terms of the immediate response and how flood insurance is dealt with? craig: historically, energy has been one of the things at the local and state level that has coordination. when you are talking about local states with power impacts from the mid atlantic the densely populated areas, you need to be able to give to national utilities and their association that focal point. that is one thing we did differently that the department of energy has codified into their function. a total revamp of the program. two things that stood out was the lack of trained people to go into the program a