>> i would just argue that robert lighthouser isn't even nominated yet. that is not a statement of administration policy at this point. there is nothing in those documents that we are confirming or in that report rather that we are confirming. that is not a statement of administration policy. that is not an accurate assessment of where we are at this time. i think our goal is to get robert lighthouser appointed as next ambassador and u.s. trade representative and then when we have that, we will have plenty of updates on where we go with respect to nafta. with that, i am going to say good-bye. i will see you tomorrow. i'm sorry, i promise two days in a row. >> one on foreign policy. one on domestic policy. many republicans were very critical of how president obama handled the iranian revolution six years ago. my question is, mass protests across russia develop into a movement, is this something, wasn't the administration feel its role should be regarding that? >> i'm not going -- that's a hypothetical question to talk about what would happen. i know. when

>> robert lighthouse -- that's not a statement of the admission policies at this point. there is nothing in those documents that we are confirming or in that report rather that we areconfirming. that's not a statement of the policy and not an accurate assessment of where we are at that time. our goal is to get robert appointed the next ambassador. when we have that, we'll have plenty of updates where we go of the rest of our trade agreement. with that, i am going to say good-bye. i will see you tomorrow. >> i am sorry, i promised two day in a row. >> first one, republicans were very critical of president obama handling the iranian reserve aleutian six years ago. >> is this something tha that -- what do the administration feel its role should be regarding that. >> that's a hypothetical question to talk about what would happen. >> i know when it comes to protests, we obviously encourage as we did last sunday of the peaceful -- the government to allow the peaceful protest of individuals throughout the country. we obviously support the people to have a voice throughout the w

>> first thing he wants to do is get robert lighthouser confirmed so we could have someone at the helm of that agency to shepherd the trade agenda. i know peter and secretary ross who were here yesterday and secretary ross and secretary mnuchin and others have been very involved in the trade agenda, but we really need someone at the front of the ship to help guide us through it. that review and others are part of that. major? >> you frequently tell us to take the president's tweets at face value and they speak for himself. when the president says mike flynn should get immunity, is he suggesting to congress to grant him immunity? >> i think his counsel should do what the good for mike flynn. >> they cannot obtain immunity. it must be granted. is the president recommending granting him immunity? that's the only way it can happen. >> he didn't say congress should grant. what he means is he supports mike flynn's attempts to go up to congress and be very khraoeur with everything that they ask and what they want. >> right. he could have just said testify. he said he should get immunity. it's

thanks to the panel and thanks to all of you. [ applause ] >>> attorney robert lighthouser is one of several of president trump's nominee whose have had committee hearings but are awaiting votes in the various senate committees. no vote has been scheduled as of yet. supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch had his confirmation hearing on march 24th with the senate judiciary vote planned for monday. see all of those hearings on cspan.org. >>> this weekend on american history tv on cspan 3. today, 6:45. james haley author of captive paradise talked about the life of the last queen of the kingdom of hawaii. >> she had secretly been working on a new constitution that would restore her royal powers. and in fact, from this , she wet back to the palace and announced her new constitution and that was the beginning of the overthrow. >> at 9:00 on the presidency, the effectiveness and legacies of 20th century presidents. >> how weak the american presidency was in the late 19th century. and how powerful an office it was when theodore roosevelt surrenders power in order to shoot lions in africa.