. >> reporter: at southwest, long tenured amp agents can make around $30 an hour with the opportunity for overtime. the company currently employs some 19,000 ground workers and hyd hired only about 2.5% out of the applicants in 2016. >> we are picky. we hire for attitude and train for skill. >> reporter: the perks for ramp agents like sean parker include free travel for themselves and their families, 401(k) matches and profit sharing but the job is very physical. parker spends the majority of his time outdoors, rain or shine. >> you put 35-degree weather with rain and heavy loads and it can get very chaotic. >> reporter: sean loves having the ability to set his own schedule. in fact, he even worked as a police officer while working as a ramp agent for about ten years and the flexibility also allowed him and a few other southwest employees to put together a band called the blue 22s and they would fly to l.a. for free, of course, on the weekends to play gigs. back to you. >> i think it's fascinating when people leave established careers or incorporate new careers into their existing one

>> well, carrie and john had great regard for carrie based on her long tenure there and her good performance. and i think what he didn't fully appreciate was the degree to which sales goals and the sales culture had become distorted in the more recent years. >> he was interviewed as part of the process of this investigation and carrie declined to be interviewed on advice of legal council. in john stumpf's interview, did he express remorse? >> i don't know if remorse would be the right worght words. he certainly accepted his responsibility for his role in the company getting the reputational damage that it did. he acknowledged that there are things he should have done faster and more forcefully. and he's apologized to wells fargos customers for not doing more sooner. >> and we mentioned that john stumpf failed to notice the issues in the leadership of the community bank quick enough. that was not something that tim sloan failed do when he became president and ceo. it was pretty quick that tim sloan decided to remove her and end her tenure. is that why tim sloan comes across in this report as

alleviated, which is why we instead of reacting to the short-term level are reacting with a long-term tenure housing strategy that will build more rental unit, more affordable housing. the federal government is investing over $11 billion, and we will work with cities to create a stability there that i think people need.people need to be able to afford their homes . john: what worries you the most, popping,of this bubble or continuing to go along and maybe pushing more houses out of the reach of the affordability of people? pm trudeau: i will let the housing speculators and experts make determinations around that. my focus is on making sure that for the medium and long-term, people in toronto and across the country can afford their homes. that means working on the supply side, making sure we are investing in more rentals. making sure we are investing in more construction of affordable housing so the market can ingest itself without either popping or crashing. john: what worries you most in the canadian economy at the moment? it isdeau: a lot of around confidence versus anxiety. if as we have

. >> i appreciate your leadership through your long tenure but always bringing through the challenges as well as the opportunities that we face in the region. thank you. >> thank you mr. chairman for your service to the country and your helpful answers today. i wanted to follow-up first folt about the questions on the treaty to see if you could elaborate on the extent to which it is now prohibiting the united states only binding us in many ways if the russians are violating it and if the chinese are moving ahead is a production of weapons that he can't produce under that treaty. >> the treaty doesn't affect the weapons development or any others with the exception of ours and russia. it is a bilateral treaty with. i know that they violated in certain aspects. on the nuclear side of the treaty i believe that it is holding and i would be hesitant to call for us to pull out of the treaty. it not only governs nuclear weapons but also conventional weapons in the ballistic and cruise missile may regimes. i am worried about chinese weapons and we are a signatory and we follow it to the letter

. >> but particularly after a very long tenured successful ceo. >> right.vid cote is emboldened damcheck. remember cote didn't get a good hand and cote -- it's augmented again. this is a company that you want to own. it's been a remarkably performing company. and i think it's going to continue to do so. because they have a tremendous portfolio whether it be aerospace, whether it's performance materials, turbos for cars and the stuff that cote was doing at the end which is really internet of things. i mean, real internet of things in industrial. not talk of things. >> all right. only performer better than honeywell is stanley black & decker. beats by ten cents. what a quarter. revenues ahead on the strength of the industrial business. >> you know, this is a read through as is -- by the way, sherwin williams with a monster quarter. so you have the paint aisle doing pretty well. you have the tool aisle doing incredibly well. what does this say? it -- >> tell me, what does it say? >> it says that home depot and lowe's are going to be very good, and it's gardeni

on education about produce and preservation and understanding the larger agricultural system long use tenure has proven an important thing as addressed by the assembly bill in 2014 if we want want this to be a permanent fixer for san francisco educational opportunities we need to forge a pathway for urban agriculture projects to assess outside of temporary land use spaces before i open up to commissioner tang and my colleagues in public comment i wanted to give a huge thanks from supervisor avalos for beginning this to kate from the little city gardens you'll hear from shortly and angelian from the urban agriculture alliance and others that or the co-founder the project and eli from spur and karen from the sf cause for working with former supervisor john avalos and my office to form a resolution i hope that gives us more momentum to we can secure the goals of gaining space where we can have permanent urban agriculture in san francisco thank you very much. >> supervisor tang did you have any comments if none have comments open up for public comment and i'm oh, i'm sorry. (calling names) from

you had a long tenure at the bank. it goes back 100 years is a dutch bank.ears ago. what do you need for the new government? ori assume mr. zuma survives doesn't survive, what do you in the banking community of south africa need right now from the politicians? think we need policy certainty and we need consistency because any business banks included need both ingredients as it can create confidence. confidence creates investment and investment creates jobs. it's that simple. tom: help me with the idea of assistance from global banks. there was a real interest a while back when the governor block that. assistance from a global platform to expand your domestic business or can you go it alone in the next number of years? mike: you can certainly go it alone. actually if you look at unification of regulation with the transition, it's incredibly difficult for any global bank to own cross-border. regulation plays into the hands of a strong regional banks, which is exactly what the bank is. guy: thank you so much for taking your time to talk to us this morning. mike

during his decade-long tenure on the tenth circuit court of appeals, judge gorsuch participated in more than 2700 appeals. these comprised of some of the most difficult cases across six states. of those cases, 97% of them were decided unanimously, 97%. and judge gorsuch was in the majority 99% of the time. he was in the majority on those cases 99% of the time. this is a testament to judge gorsuch's ability to consider other points of view and to seek out consensus where possible. to try to paint judge gorsuch as an ideologue simply doesn't work. these are essential qualities for any perspective supreme court justice. madam president, now that we have reported judge gorsuch out of committee as of today, i'd like to say a few words on the obstacles that stand in the way of him being considered here on the senate floor. as we proceed with judge gorsuch's confirmation, i'd like to explain my support for confirming in light of what transpired in the waning months of the previous administration. for nearly 230 years presidents have been making nominations to the supreme court. according to th

through your long tenure of service based in hawaii, but really always bringing to light the challenges as well as the opportunities that we face there in the region. thank you. >> thank you. >> ms. cheney. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you, admiral, for your service to the country and for your very frank answers and helpful answers here today. i wanted to follow up first on some questions about the inf treaty and see if you could elaborate a little bit on the extent to which that treaty is now only in fact prohibiting the united states. only binding us in many ways, if the russians are violating it, and if the chinese are moving ahead in the production of weapons that we can't produce under that treaty. >> yeah, i think you've said it all. in my concern. the inf treaty doesn't affect china's weapons development or any other country's weapons development with the exception of ours and russias. because they're not signatories. it's a bilateral treaty signed in 1985 during a bipolar world, us and the soviet union and now russia and some of the republics that have come out fr

on education about produce and preservation and understanding the larger agricultural system long use tenure has proven an important thing as addressed by the assembly bill in 2014 if we want want this to be a permanent fixer for san francisco educational opportunities we need to forge a pathway for urban agriculture projects to assess outside of temporary land use spaces before i open up to commissioner tang and my colleagues in public comment i wanted to give a huge thanks from supervisor avalos for beginning this to kate from the little city gardens you'll hear from shortly and angelian from the urban agriculture alliance and others that or the co-founder the project and eli from spur and karen from the sf cause for working with former supervisor john avalos and my office to form a resolution i hope that gives us more momentum to we can secure the goals of gaining space where we can have permanent urban agriculture in san francisco thank you very much. >> supervisor tang did you have any comments if none have comments open up for public comment and i'm oh, i'm sorry. (calling names) from

on education about produce and preservation and understanding the larger agricultural system long use tenuresed by the assembly bill in 2014 if we want want this to be a permanent fixer for san francisco educational opportunities we need to forge a pathway for urban agriculture projects to assess outside of temporary land use spaces before i open up to commissioner tang and my colleagues in public comment i wanted to give a huge thanks from supervisor avalos for beginning this to kate from the little city gardens you'll hear from shortly and angelian from the urban agriculture alliance and others that or the co-founder the project and eli from spur and karen from the sf cause for working with former supervisor john avalos and my office to form a resolution i hope that gives us more momentum to we can secure the goals of gaining space where we can have permanent urban agriculture in san francisco thank you very much. >> supervisor tang did you have any comments if none have comments open up for public comment and i'm oh, i'm sorry. (calling names) from rec and park and has a brief presentatio

on education about produce and preservation and understanding the larger agricultural system long use tenure has proven an important thing as addressed by the assembly bill in 2014 if we want want this to be a permanent fixer for san francisco educational opportunities we need to forge a pathway for urban agriculture projects to assess outside of temporary land use spaces before i open up to commissioner tang and my colleagues in public comment i wanted to give a huge thanks from supervisor avalos for beginning this to kate from the little city gardens you'll hear from shortly and angelian from the urban agriculture alliance and others that or the co-founder the project and eli from spur and karen from the sf cause for working with former supervisor john avalos and my office to form a resolution i hope that gives us more momentum to we can secure the goals of gaining space where we can have permanent urban agriculture in san francisco thank you very much. >> supervisor tang did you have any comments if none have comments open up for public comment and i'm oh, i'm sorry. (calling names) from

tenure. they had been going back and forth for a long time on it. in this case the trump administration was continuing what had been going on under obama. host: could you give us a sense of the price tag if these loans were to be forgiven will would be the approximate cost of the taxpayer? guest: it's hard to say. definitely in the billions. according to the government accountability office there are about 4 million student loan borrowers -- estimated 4 million student loan borrowers who would qualify for this program. if you think about that, 4 million borrowers, the average student loan debt is about $35,000. a lot of people who use this program tend to be graduate students so that is higher. is higher. debt you can get a sense of the amount that could be forgiven. host: one of the stories includes a chart. a borrowers -- of borrowers registered for the ps f l only 0.01% have been in the program loaded to give forgiveness next year. guest: next year is the first time -- the end of this year is the first time we're going to see anybody eligible for

the only way you look at a 25 basis points tenure, i am going to buy that for long-term investment in you have to at this point go i've got terminal deflation in an economy that is never owing to improve. what i just explain to is japan. when you look at germany, even europe to a degree, that doesn't seem like a high probability. it's an improvement because a year ago it was -25 basis points. that,- when i look at there is no fundamental analysis. there is no reason to let money to the government of germany for 25 basis points for 10 years. >> that depends on how much qeger draghi is engaging in and when the tapering against. that's the big question. >> that's a different investment thesis. am i making a long-term value investment in this ready? -- security western mark this is it -- security? central bank is going to continue to buy the thing. that's a much different look at the decision process. doeshan: if you do get it, credit stay high in europe? >> i don't think it can last. bothe at levels between u.s. levels and european levels the can't be persistent. at some point, they need

on education about produce and preservation and understanding the larger agricultural system long use tenure has proven an important thing as addressed by the assembly bill in 2014 if we want want this to be a permanent fixer for san francisco educational opportunities we need to forge a pathway for urban agriculture projects to assess outside of temporary land use spaces before i open up to commissioner tang and my colleagues in public comment i wanted to give a huge thanks from supervisor avalos for beginning this to kate from the little city gardens you'll hear from shortly and angelian from the urban agriculture alliance and others that or the co-founder the project and eli from spur and karen from the sf cause for working with former supervisor john avalos and my office to form a resolution i hope that gives us more momentum to we can secure the goals of gaining space where we can have permanent urban agriculture in san francisco thank you very much. >> supervisor tang did you have any comments if none have comments open up for public comment and i'm oh, i'm sorry. (calling names) from

. >> john fairly long time journalist and author of the book "richard nixon" from his tenure and downfall as president. >> the way that the water gate burglars their team was assembled was clumsy. they were cynical burnt out former intelligence or fbi agents who were supervised by young men onyx on's staff who just wanted to be one of the famous goats go the cat that brought the dead mouse to the pres

questions other than raise points i would like you to reflect upon and over the course of your tenure and as long as i'm in congress would like to work with respective agencies to see if we can make progress. you have seen the majesty that exceeds people's expectations. there's a reason we have a phrase, though justice be done. on the other side perception is reality. when you have community that don't have confidence in the justice system it is all of our problems. the perceptions remain. my focus on whatever amount of time i have left in this job is to try to find that justice system that is not just respected but worthy of respect, worthy of respect. i will raise issues that may be unusual for republicans to raise. i will start with the ratio between cocaine base and cocaine powder. i understand we have to have a were for it or at least they did when the law was initially passed. at some point i would love to sit down with whoever the experts are at the dea and understand what it is about the pharmacology that makes the ratio 18-1. it is the most compelling interest we would have. i would love

other than raise points that i would like you to reflect upon and then over the course of your tenure and as long as i'm in congress would like to work with your respective agency to see if we can make some progress. i know both of you have been in the justice system before so you've seen the imagine city of a system that exceeds people's expectations. there's a reason we have a phrase "may justice be done though the heavens fall." and it is beautiful and majestic to watch a justice system that inspires people. on the other side, if you've ever had witnesses that had knowledge, refused to cooperate, you've had victims that had no expectation whatsoever that the system would work for them, perception is reality. when you have communities along our american family that don't have confidence in the american justice system, it's all our problems. we can debate the legitimacy of the perceptions but the perceptions remain. my focus on whatever amount of time i have left in this job is to try to find that justice system that is not just respected but worthy of respect, aspirationally worthy of respect.

. >> john farrell, long-time journalist and author of the book "richard nixon: the life," from his early days in congress, tenure, and downfall as president. >> the way the watergate burglar teams were assembled was clumsy, they were burnt out former intelligence or fbi agents who were supervised by young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be one of the famous quotes to go, the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> the united nations special envoy for yemen discussing now the ongoing conflict in the middle east nation and its framework for peace. he also talked about the humanitarian situation and the impact on the nation's economy. he gave these remarks at the middle east institute here in washington, d.c., shortly after briefing the u.n. security council in new york. it's about 45 minutes.

long time. we people. the average tenure was about 18 months. we had people who were stayed eight. advisor. i've not seen since the jimmy carter era. as i've seen in this one. it gets a little bit different. it's not surprising. they have no political experience. didn't realize the number of knives nice people are packing for you. and he also lacks process. i found inside a white house doesn't tend to diminish the rawness of it because people get together in a room to discuss an issue and if you set the tone. what can we do to help the president make the best possible decision. and that helps diminish some of this. we will leave it there. thank you so much. coming up next. more turbulence for delta airlines travelers. they are still dealing with weather delays. the incredible new technology that disney is working on to bring this theme parks to you. robotically. of. >>> . . . .. . national threat lauren simonetti with details aye, maria police say 32-year-old jakubowski stole more than a disease weapons, from a gun store in wis konsin expressed antireligious views in 161 page manif

long-settled cases. based on husband record at the department of justice, his tenure on the bench, his appearance before the senate and his written questions tr the record, i cannot support this nomination. >> all of this as president trump is meeting with several foreign leaders this week. and the senate intelligence committee continues to meet and investigate behind closed doors asking a key question in the next phase of the russian investigation. a lot to get to over the next two hours including the white house daily briefing. let's begin with the breaking news on this historic moment there on capitol hill. a headline was written. the senate is about to change forever. >> that's right. it's certainly a big moment reached today when democrats most notably now they have reached the number of votes that they need to essentially lock in a filibuster for donald trump supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. that came in the form of the last hour. they reached that threshold when senator chris coons speaking became the 41st senator to come out and say he will oppose joibing democrats and filibustering gorsuch w

tenure. focus that had been my until that moment. my nt for a longrive with wife and i kept explaining how i couldn't go to the white house do. that's what i wanted to did and haven't i looked back. then i worked in the department f defense for two years after being in the white house two years. secretary of ty public defense for diplomacy. the united states doesn't do propaganda. and to the extent it explains to the public, it does the entityomacy, but that is responsible in the government for doing the public diplomacy is the state not the defense department. so the defense department propaganda and public , -- -- diplomacy, so all can do is support. >> go back, you run the national security council staff during the george h.w. bush years. no -- >> w? i'm sorry. when you watched the trump administration put together their national security council, were you saying to yourself? >> fantastic. when i see rex tillerson and jim attis and mike pompeo, i think these are -- and h.r. mcmaster, i think these are absolutely first-rate people. >> i was really

tenure. split andanticipate a would this cause turmoil and confusion? would it be positive? >> in the longm, it is good and the probability has risen somewhat. there has been talk of there isence votes and this to make the right decisions. hereank you for joining us from johannesburg. you have been listening to the conversation and looking at this. about.to what sean talks is this hopeful thinking? >> last year was about interest fact that brazil has rallied helps south africa. rallied and mexico rallied. turkey is not popular with western-thinking types and i think that continues for a newst with this shocking of a certain amount of pressure. i think that we did not go as high. >> there was an intake of breath with those numbers. think they are in range and thealked about europe and andage stock is impressive the local ownership of the and there ish local support with debt stock best doing >> you gave me the time to get this model up this is the yield curve. this is a person who is there and looking at it on the ground. and brazil.london andlook at these markets you could weigh in their.

tenure. that had been my focus until that moment. then i went for a longve with my wife and demonstrated to her how i can go to the white house. finally i did. i haven't really looked back since. brian: how long were you in the white house? michael: for two years, and then i worked in the department of defense for two years. i was the deputy assistant secretary of defense for support to public diplomacy. the united states doesn't do propaganda, and to the extent it explains itself to the public, it does public diplomacy. but the entity that is responsible in the government for doing the public diplomacy is the state department, not the thense department, so defense department doesn't do propaganda and public diplomacy. follow can do is support -- all it can do is support. in a different system, with the deputy assistant secretary of defense for counter propaganda. brian: you are on the national security council staff in the george w. bush years. the trumpatch administration put together the national, what were you saying to yourself? michael: fantastic. wh

. >> i have something called tenure, though. >> not for long.sident of au. >> exactly. willie geist "the case against impeachment," the second act. >> do you believe -- let's lay it all out. do you believe there's a basis for impeachment against donald trump or if things play out there could be? >> i'm not saying we should draw up articles of impeachment now. i wrote this book because i do believe the way i see the trump administration going that it does pose a threat to our constitutional order, our liberties and freedom. as you see in north korea, even our national security. >> what specifically would be the articles of impeachment in the house of representatives right now, for example? >> right now i think you could write something up on conflicts of interest. you know, trump just got all these trademarks from china right after he seemed to have switched off of his approach to taiwan. by the way, one of them is for an escort service. i just read ivanka trump got a bunch of trademarks in china. and i also believe the envoy from philippines to

tenure. that had been my focus until that moment. then i went for a longve with my wife and demonstrated to her how i can go to the white go to-- how i couldn't the white long drive for my wife and i explained how i couldn't go to the white house . finally, i did. >> how long were you in the white house? >> i worked in the department of defense. propaganda. does, ittent that it does public diplomacy. responsiblehat was is the state department. the defense department does not do propaganda or diplomacy. all it can do is support. system, i was the head of counter-propaganda. we don't do those things. >> you were on the national city charity council staff. watch the trumpet administration put together the national security council, what did you say to yourself? >> fantastic. i see rex tillerson and jim mattis. mcmaster and these are first rate people. >> i was talking about michael flynn and what you say, having been there. >> i think it is unfortunate. think we know all the details of what happened. they got caught up in this russia thing. it is my view that

tenure? synchronize with market participants although market participants have been skeptical over a long timey increased rates. their adherence to a data-driven approach was in sync with what investors would expect. the data did not turn out as strong as expected and race were held lower for longer. was welcome --n synchronization was welcome because it led people to understand there was logic between developments in the economy at large and rate expectations. francine: this is back assets redthe blue is ecb and the is the boj, the ecb, the problem , how do they focus on the balance sheet without scaring investors, if something goes wrong politically in france? richard: another layer of challenge in europe from the political context. if you look at italy and the italian financial system, that needs to be healed. it is a long way from being healed, unlike spain. france may be a flash in the pan in retrospect but italy is there to stay in terms of a challenge for the financial sector. that weighs heavily over any thinking the ecb might have about unwinding the balance sheet. caution has to be t

. >> long-time journalist and author of the book "richard nixon the life" on mr. nixon's political career from his early days in congress to his tenure and downfall as president. >> the way that the watergate burglars team was assembled was clumsy. they were cynical, burnt out, former intelligence or f.b.i. gents who were supervised by young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be one of the famous, "the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door." >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: we welcome representative sam bonamici democrat from oregon. your first time on the c-span network. we're glad to have you. welcome. guest: thank you, steve. happy to be here. guest: let's talk about i.c.e. agents and where they can and cannot go and talk about your bill. guest: sure. we introduced this act last week. we're very concerned, myself, the representative from new york, and others, about the fear that has increased in our communities. the district i am honored to represent in northwest oregon has a significant latino population. people have been afraid about goin

it's a vote that we cast full well knowing that the tenure and the influence of the nominee that's before us will likely be greater and much more long lasting than our own in the senate. after meeting with judge gorsuch and reviewing hours of his testimony before the judiciary committee, i've decided to oppose his nomination, and i come to the floor this evening to talk about the reasons why. i'm deeply concerned about the politicization of the supreme court and its recent capture by corporate and special interests. i'm convinced that judge gorsuch would exacerbate that slide and continue the activist bent of the existing court. and for that reason, i won't be supporting him in the vote tomorrow. there's no doubt that neil gorsuch is a well-trained, very intelligent lawyer who likely has the right disposition to serve on our nation's highest court. but that's not the end of the analysis that i or any of us are required to conduct. i'm concerned by judge gorsuch's record of putting corporate interests before the public interests. his past decisions, they demonstrate a resistance on his part to put victims and employees' needs above t

. >> john fairly long-term journalist and author of the nixon the life and mr. nixon's political career early days in congress to tenureatergate team was assembled they were clumsy sing cynical burnt out intelligence agents supervised by young men on nixon's staff wanted to be one of the famous quotes go, the cat that brought the dead house to the president's door. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> the aligns for health reform hosted a discussion on the future of medicate and how the program will be impacting by proposed health care policy. a panel of health spernts experts sieltd several studies and medicaid and talked about access to health services in ruler areas. the republican failed effort to repeal and replace the affordable care act and the role of state governments in providing quality health care to residents with proposed policy changes in play.

tenure. he called them fat cats. he called them every name in the book. he imposed -- barack obama turned gary cohn almost a republican. gary cohn is now the nec chief for trump. famously, longe wall street democrat. because of dodd-frank and some of the regulations that president obama put on wall street, gary cohn basically gave a lot of money to republicans after that. as we know now he is working for a republican president. this is going to be fascinating. it is going to be controversial. we should point out cantor will neither confirm or deny. they are not denying this. they are not denying the number, 400-k. liz: they invite you? >> i think so. i like howard. i've got then from senior people inside cantor. i'm awaiting sources. we're awaiting comment from president obama. when i see that, put this up on foxbusiness.com. this is great story. i love scoops like this. liz: got everything, politics, money. >> we beat up on president trump a lot, about him, whether he has, he believes really in tax cuts. does he have any core beliefs. let's be real clear here, there is a degree of hypocrisy here. this is a guy attacked wall street. now taking money from wall street. not jus

long what they're going to be doing. people really don't know, all of a sudden. 7515.s g #btv and yellow is the fed's balance sheet. in blue dot the bottom, the tenure. you can see the accommodation pushing it down. at white, then to -- at white, the s&p 500. the fed has been talking about the unwind of the balance sheet bringing stocks down. who knows, now. what does that mean, are stocks going to continue higher as the tenure goes down? earlier in the week that talked about the potential unwinding of the balance sheet. by the end of the year. the question is also, if you get a replacement for her, you can have a different direction on rates, but the you have a direct -- a different direction on the balance sheet? it is perhaps a little more difficult to turn that in overshift been to change the benchmark rate. >> that is a pretty big shift. [laughter] oliver: along those headlines, we had the one about trump saying they will not laid -- label china occurrence a manipulator. his team said, we are in the office and we are not going to label them the currency manipulator. he has reneged on that. whether that have anything to do with the conversations

tenure. there's probably a bottleneck right now. these people all have suggestions and why they're not acting on it, i don't know. >> there was a question and debate internally about a lot of long operatives in washington whether or not to add their reputations to this or add this administration to their resume and reputation. do you think there is some reluctan reluctance? >> that could well be the problem. it would be an interesting polling to quietly do on the hill to see how they feel about the quality of the candidates that are coming forward because a lot of these people have strong feelings. they want a good candidate. >> if you find up with poor quality as u.s. attorneys, then what? >> well, you get poor quality work out of poor quality u.s. attorneys. >> so you have now attorney general sessions saying they are going to work to ramp up the hiring of more imdwraegs judges. so they want to have more immigration judges, beef up ice, get a wall. so they seem to be focussing much of the department how on immigration and they have reupped the contracts with private prisons. this is a situation a lot of people feel is unsustainable and frightening. this is what they want, rig

long as and as effectively as they can. this side. >> thank you for that informative and inspiring talk. i and many other people in academia advise a lot of faculty that are working towards tenure and some of them are beginning to question whether they have made the right choice to go into the field they have gone into. lots of people have lots of different advice for them. i am wondering what your advice would be to respond to those students. >> my advice, first of all, is that an education in science, engineering or math or the interception of those issues with public policy will never be wasted. that is, the skills, abilities, capacities that you develop in that sort of education can be applied in a wide variety of domains. if there is less employment going forward for a while in the federal government, there will be more elsewhere. again, i expect to see philanthropy step up, civil society step up. i expect to see to some extent states step up. governor jerry brown of california famously said the trump administration reduces support for earth satellites, california will put up a few. i think there are going to be opportunities, and i think people who are inspired by and imp

tenure. he's got at least 45 months to go. he has a long time to turn around political trouble he faces., though, we should be focused on keeping our country safe and defending our interest. if that's the case, then our adversaries and allies will understand that america is once again a force to be reckoned with. >> do you wish he would stop tweeting? >> the president can tweet and reach the american people in a way very few others have. presidents adopt new techniques, sometimes i agree with what he says, sometimes i don't. that's true whether he says it through twitter or an interview. >> senator tom cotton, thank you for being on. >>> coming up john mccain does what john mccain does best, tells the truth. we'll play for you the mavericks latest comments. later reince priebus dodges rumors and infighting while trying to keep the white house running. all in a day's work for the chief of staff who is under siege from all sides. andy card who held that job under george w. bush joins us live with his take on the trump administration so far. "morning joe" is coming right back. we've done we

long term. so looking back i think under the circumstances we did the best we could. what i'm particularly proud of is we, in 2011, we started work on a tenure financial plan. the goal wasn't just keep our heads above water, and one of the cornerstones was we wanted to structural budget balance. also wanted to improve our tax competitiveness, our property tax rates are double any other jurisdiction in the state of maryland. also wanted to increase our infrastructure investment and we wanted to have a stronger balance sheet. as i look back, so we went to all this difficulty, we come out on the other end. we are on the course toward structural balance. we reduce our long-term spending by $1 billion over ten years we lowered our property tax rate for homeowners by almost 8%. we've increased infrastructure investment by $130 million. we have reduced our unfunded pension and retiree health liabilities by 25%, grown our range defined by 33%. and we got a bump in our bond rating to aa. for those of you, bond ratings, think of baltimore, you don't think of aa. that's what we are, because of strong fiscal management. >> very interesting. i'm going to

tenure there at the b.a.r.t. board of directors, we appreciate you joining us live on the mornings on 2. >> it's wonderful. i look forward to seeing you soon. >> absolutely. he's a longcisco supervisor, so a number of topics, he's familiar with. >> a lot of people use the train at four in the morning. he's going to debate it, and say which way he's going to go. >> the trains are packed, you and i see them coming in. >>> let's talk about traffic on the roads for those of us who do not take b.a.r.t. >> on the subject of b.a.r.t., they have no delays. that is good news for b.a.r.t. riders this morning. let's give you a round robin look at our traffic cameras at this last check of traffic before we go. 101 in san jose. it was a little bit slow in the northbound direction towards niki row. westbound 24th through lafayette, it's getting a little bit less crowded and traffic is moving smoothly despite incidents that happened in the eastbound direction slowing things down earlier today. your drive from the carcinas bridge to the macarthur maze will take 40 minutes because of crashes that happened in the last hour on westbound 80 in richmond, cutting boulevard was the most re

respect all cooperation with judges appointed by presidents of both parties during his c decade-long tenure on the 10th circuit court of appeals, judge. gorsuch participated in more than 2700 appeals. these comprised of some of the most court cases across 68. of those cases, 97% were decided unanimously.he was 97%. judge gorsuch is in the majority 99% of the time. he was in the majority on this case is 99% of the time. this is a testament to judge gorsuch ability to consider other points of view and to seek a consensus where possible, to try to paint judge gorsuch as an ideologue simply doesn't work. these are essential qualities for any supreme court justice. madam president, now that we have reported judge gorsuch out of committee as of today, i would like to say a few words on the obstacles that stand in the way of him being considered here on the senate floor. as we perceive as jeb six --trap judge gorsuch nomination for confirming him in mind of what transpired in the waning months of the previous administration. for nearly 230 years, presidents have been making nominations to the supr

. >> john farrell, long-time journalist and author of the book "richard nixon, his life" from his early day toss his tenure and down fall as press. >> the way the watergate burglars team was assembled was clumsy. they were burnt-out former intelligence or fbi agents who were supervised by young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be one of the famous quotes go the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern, on c-span's "q" and "a." russia's covert control sought to sideline opponents with adversarial views towards the kremlin. they were in full swing during republican and democratic scene. >> lieutenant general gina groso on the shortage of pilots in the military. >> the total force including our active guard and reserve components was short 1,555 pilots across all mission areas. of this amount, the total force was short,2 # 11 fighter pilots. the cost to train a fifth generation tighter pilot to prepare him or her for the first operational squadron is approximately $11 million. >> nfl wide receiver, anquan bodden at a congressional forum. >> there are a lo

. >> long-time journalist and author of the book "richard nixon the life" on mr. nixon's political career from his early days in congress to his tenure and downfall as president. >> the way that the watergate burglars team was assembled was clumsy. they were cynical, burnt out, former intelligence or f.b.i. gents who were supervised by young men on nixon's staff who just wanted to be one of

. >> john fairly long time journalist and author of the book "richard nixon" from his tenure and downfall as president. >> the way that the water gate burglars their team was assembled was clumsy. they were cynical burnt out former intelligence or fbi agents who were supervised by young men onyx on's staff who just wanted to be one of the famous goats go the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president's door. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> on tuesday general john hyten the commander of u.s. strategic command testified on the programs and priorities of his command, including morn zation, cyber squurt, and potential threats from russia, china, and north korea. he spoke before the senate armeder is vits dollars committee for two hours. >> good morning. senate armed services committee meets today we be receiving testimony on the u.s. strategic command. we'd like to welcome back general hyten who is makes had first appearance. we thank you for your money years of distinguished service, general. over the last two years civilian and military leaders at the department o