this will take us up to live komp coverage of small business administrator linda mcmahon. >> william baldwin is back with us, joins us as congress and the white house bump up against a key deadline in the nafta negotiations. sort of orient us to where we are, what are these deadlines happening this week? >> that's right. it's a bit of a soft deadline by paul ryan, he kind of made it a hard deadline today. he wants to see a deal on nafta by today, or these be notified of one if congress is going to consider that this year. that was a major goal of the administration. you always want to get that kind of thing squared away in the first half of your first term if possible. but they're just not there yet. the u.s., canada and mexico are not there. the u.s. domestic political

please join me in welcoming administrator linda mcmahon to the national press club. [ applause ] administrator mcmahon. >> thank you very, very much. pleasure to be here. what am i going to do with this? >> oh, well, hopefully, that would be for me to use. we'll see what you do. >> andrea, thank you so, so much. it's a nice crowd. it's really nice to see everybody this afternoon. and i want to thank the national press club for inviting me here today, and i do see some familiar faces out in the audience. i'm very pleased to see some of you that i haven't seen in a long time. i want to thank c-span and public radio for covering us as well. and i'm just really delighted to be here. you know, those of us who are in public service have the opportunity to meet such a diversity of people and hear so many interesting stories on a routine basis. and that's the part of public service that i really like the most. whenever i arrive at a business, when i'm out doing my road tours and the owner or owners of those businesses come up to greet me, they take such pride in telling me about their business -- how

one could say that linda mcmahon comes to this position with her own experience. administrator mcmahon stepped down as ceo of her company in 2009 to run for u.s. senate. with the republican nominee in connecticut in 2010 and 2012. now she supports president donald trump's agenda for other small businesses which include backing his ongoing battle with amazon. the ministry mcmahon said last month in an interview that the jury was still out on amazon effect on small business purchase at amazon provide startups with an opportunity to boost sales but that comes at a price. she also said that the number one concern among small business owners when she began her sba role was tax cuts. with those now play she says number one issue is being able to find enough qualified worker workers. that should be good news for those who are graduating or looking for work. overall, small business optimism remains historically high as measured by the national federation of independent businesses monthly index. in april, that optimism index reached a record high and, april was also the 17t

joining me from the white house is sba administrator linda mcmahon.for being with us. >> absolutely. >> tell us what you're going to be doing. >> well, it's national small business week. and we're going to kick off our ceremonies on sunday at the institute for peace. we'll be welcoming our district corrector sba from around the country. we're also welcoming our state winners for small business of the year award. and we'll have ceremonies on sunday evening. i think on friday, the president will sign the proclamation of national small business week. we'll have ceremonies on sunday and monday. on monday evening, i'll fly down to jacksonville, florida, we'll meet with our district office there. we'll visit a small business. the sunshine peanut company where they make peanut butter. and then we'll go up the coast, virginia to south carolina and north carolina on friday. and on friday, i'll get to give the commencement address at my alma mater, east carolina university. it will be quite a week. we're going to be on a bus tour coming from florida so look out

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this will take us up to live komp coverage of small business administrator linda mcmahon. >> william baldwin is back with us, joins us as congress and the white house bump up against a key deadline in the nafta negotiations. sort of orient us to where we are, what are these deadlines happening this week? >> that's right. it's a bit of a soft deadline by paul ryan, he kind of made it a hard deadline today. he wants to see a deal on nafta by today, or these be notified of one if congress is going to consider that this year. that was a major goal of the administration. you always want to get that kind of thing squared away in the first half of your first term if possible. t

and administrator linda mcmahon, who is doing a fantastic job at the small business groups. going all over the country talking to groups of people. linda, i just heard the other day, you're doing a fantastic job. thank you very much. really great. thank you also to the many great members of congress. for the people that work so long and so hard. today i'm proud to keep yet another promise. we've made a lot of promises. in fact, i think we've probably, in terms of campaign promises, we promised, but we actually approved more than i promised. if you really look at it. a commentator actually said that. this was a commentator obviously that liked me. but he said, we said we were going to do this and we've done more. and we have. if you look at regulation, if you look at all of the things we've done. but we've kept yet another promise, as i signed the economic growth regulatory relief and consumer protection act into law. it's a big deal. big deal for our country. this is truly a great day for america. and a great day for american workers. and small businesses all throughout the n

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may 17th with a luncheon with sba administrator linda mcmahon. the former president of mexico, mentioned that fox will be here speaking pidgin for taint harris faulkner and june 20th in practice today but jon meacham, author of the soul of america, battle for a better angels. secretary roskam at thank you very much for joining us here today. we would like to present you with a mug. to give this to all of our honored speakers. we hope you'll use it in good health and soon come back to the national press club to pick up another. >> well, thank you very much. [applause] >> this may be one of the cheapest at the office of government will let me accept. they will of course have to put it through their appraisal process so i'm not likely to see it for a couple months. when it does come back, i'll be happy to use it. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> this luncheon is adjourned. i would just ask that everybody stay seated for a moment. the secretary has a tight schedule and we would like him and his staff to be able to exit and once they have gone, e

and at 1:00 eastern linda mcmahon, administrator at the small business administration at the small press club. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning, , michael . ambassador mcfall will discuss from cold ar to hot peace. nd "the wall street journal"'s be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at c eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >> sunday on "q&a," university of virginia professor william hitchcock on "the age of eisenhower: america and the world in the 1950's." >> well, i called it the disciplined presidency. and eisenhower was a disciplined man. a great athlete when he was young, an organized man in ever respect, very methodical. that's how he ran the white house too. he was extremely organized. and a lot of people, especially the future president john kennedy criticized him for being so predictable. for eisenhower independent meant when crises came, he had a plan. he knew who to turn to. he used to say, plans are worthless, but planning is everything. so you're always thinking what'

for general the nationalnew institutes of health budget and a 1:00 eastern, linda mcmahon, administrator of the small business administration at the national press club. this weekend, book tv will have live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland. starting saturday. bill pressrn with and his book "from the left." the national institute of mental health's barbara with her book "the neuroscientist who lost her mind." the addiction solution treating our dependence on opioids and other drugs. former attorney annemarie -- andan, author of " phillip padgett with his book "advocating overlord: the d-day strategy and the atomic bomb." watch live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv. at a house hearing on the electric grid, witnesses talked ways to improve reliability of electricity transmission and the effect of current regulations on electric utilities. fred upton chairs the energy subcommittee of the house energy and commerce committee. this is one hour and 20 minutes.

secretary steven mnuchin, secretary ross, secretary and administrator linda mcmahon, who is doing a fantastic job at the small business groups. he is going all over the company -- country talking to groups of people. and linda, i just heard the other day that you are doing a fantastic job. thank you to the many great avenue forcongress the people that worked so long and so hard. today, i am proud to keep another promise. to have made another -- we have made a lot of promises. ign promises, ipa have kept more than that. a commentator said we were going to do this and we have done more and we have. if we look at regulation come all the things we have done, but we have cap get another promise. i send the economic growth regulatory relief and consumer protection act into law. it is a big deal for our country. this is truly a great day for america and a great day for american workers and small businesses all throughout the nation. the legislation i'm signing today rolls back the dodd frank regulations that are crushing community banks from credit unions nationwide. one-size-fits-all, those rules j

later on thursday, it's commons from linda mcmahon, expected to discuss the small businesses in america at the national press club. live coverage starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern, also here on c-span 3. >> this weekend, book tv will have live coverage of the ninth annual book festival in maryland. starting saturday 10:00 a.m. eastern with talk radio host bill press and his book "from the left, a life in the cross fire." national institute of mental health, barbara with her book, "the neuro scientist who lost her mind. my tale of madness and recovery." psychiatrist lloyd with the addiction solution, treating our dependence on opioids and other drugs. former attorney, anne marie hackerman, the true story of the german murderer who died defending robert e. lee. and phillip with his book, advocating overlord, the d-day strategy and the atomic bomb. watch live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland, saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> sunday on q&a. university of virginia's professor, william hitchcock on the book of eisenhower, america, and the

on may 17 we have a luncheon with administrative linda mcmahon. may 22 the former president of mexico vicente fox will be your speaking. june 14 a book event with harris faulkner and june 20 june 20 wk and breakfast event with jon meacham author of the soul of america, that battle for our better angels. secretary ross, thank you very much for joining us here today. would like to present you with a mug. we give this to all of our honored speakers. we hope you'll use it in good health and that you'll soon come back to the national press club to pick up another. >> well, thank you very much. [applause] >> this may be one of the few gifts that the office of government ethics will fix it. it will of course have to put through their appraisal process, so i'm not likely to sit for a couple of months. [laughing] but when it does come back i'll be happy to use it. thank you. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> this luncheon is adjourned. and i would just ask that everybody stay seated for a moment. the secretary has a tight schedule and we would like him

secretary steve mnuchin, secretary ross, secretary carson and administrator linda mcmahon. >> you've been listening to president trump speaking in the white house. this is just hours after he formally announced via statement from the white house that he was pulling out of the upcoming june north korean summit with kim jong-un. the president just saying now, this is a tremendous setback for north korea and the world. meanwhile, he firmly stated the sanctions and the pressure campaign will continue when it comes to north korea. we have to get it right, says the president. our military is ready to respond to foolish our reckless acts by north korea. this is "outnumbered." i'm sandra smith. we have harris faulkner with us, katie pavlich, former ohio state senator, capri cafaro. joining us on the couch, press secretary under george w. bush and a fox news contributor, ari fleischer. he's out numbered. this is a big moment to hear from the president. a signing ceremony for roll back of dodd frank. we were anticipating he would comment on north korea and he did. >> i've been a cynic about th

david: we had linda mcmahon on from the small business administration last week. real sleeper, the president said this as well, about the new tax law, 100% immediate depreciation for expenses. have you used that already? >> without a doubt. we're always refurbishing restaurants. we're getting new furniture. we have huge crowds going through down the street, 42nd street. 20,000 people a week go through the restaurant. you remember what we have to do with cap-ex to keep that place alive. one hundred% immediate tax writeoff is critical. david: the president is proud of deregulation. getting rid of 22 regulations for every new one he implemented. have you noticed that in your business. >> unequivocally. david: saves you money. >> with all the litigious people and litigious society we have to navigate. he has to start dealing with wie nlrb, fet his people on the nation labor relations board. david: that is the federal level. we live here in new york, you deal with the all the laws and regulations in the new york which are worse than federal laws. >> not which are worse

on may 17th, we have a luncheon with sba administrator linda mcmahon. former president of mexico, vicente fox will be here on may 22nd. june14th, a book event with harris faulkner and then a book and breakfast event if john meechum. >> secretary ross, thank you for joining us here today. we would like to present you to a mug. we give this to all of our honor speakers. we hope you use this in good health and will come back to the national press club to pick up another. >> well, thank you very much. [ applause ]. >> this may be one of the few gifts that the office of government ethics will let me accept. they will, of course, have to put it through their appraisal process. so i'm not likely to see it for a couple of months. [ laughter ] >> but when it does come back, i'll be happy to use it. wonderful. thank you very much. [ applause ]. >>> this luncheon is adjourned. i would just ask that everybody stay seated for a moment. the secretary has a tight schedule and we would like him and his staff to exit and once they're gone, everyone is welcome to leave.

linda mcmahon ran twice for the u.s.ded the wwe, used to be the wwf with her husband vince. trump has adopted a wrestling approach to politics, smauk talk, bluster, even spent time in the ring. mr. trump's connection to wrestling was arguably among his early first connections to a big part what have would become his political base. when you think about it, they are not that different politics and wrestling. politics is all about team work and working together to solve a problem. about holding tight to your believes especially when they are challenged, rising to the occasion and elevating our national discourse and about that sweet victory when people finally see thing your way. just kidding. back to the nomination of glen. congratulations to him. ♪ ♪ keep your most valuable insights hidden from your competitors. the ibm cloud. the cloud for smarter business. >>> i'm hampton pearson with a cnbc market wrap. u.s. stocks falling after the fed released its latest monetary policy decision keeping rates unchanged while pointin

secretary steve mnuchin, secretary ross, and administrator linda mcmahon, who is doing a fantastic job at the small business group going all over the country, talking to groups of people and, linda, i just heard the other day you are doing a fantastic job. thank you very much. really great thank you also to the many great members of congress and for the people that worked so long and so hard. today i'm proud to keep a lot of promises we approved more than i promised if you really look at t a commentator actually said that this was a commentator, obviously, that liked me but he said we were going to do this and we have, if you look at regulation sbault thiand all ths we've done as i sign the economic growth regulatory relief and consumer protection act into law. it's a big deal. it's a big deal for our country. this is truly a great day for america and a great day for american workers and small businesses all throughout the nation the legislation i'm signing today rolls back the crippling dodd/frank regulations that are crushing community banks and credit unions nationwide they were in

eastern linda mcmahon at the national press club. . >> this weekend book tv will have live coverage ofhe 9th annual book festival in maryland. starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern with talk radio host bill press and his book from the left, a life in the crossfire. national institute of mental health with her book the neuro scientist who lost her mind. my tail of madness and recovery. psychiatrist with the addiction solution treating our dependents on opioids and other drugs. author of death of an a sas in, the true story of the german murderer who died defending robert e lee. and philip hatchet with his book advocating over lord, the dj strategy and the atomic bomb. watch live coverage of the ninth annual book festival in maryland saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2 book tv. . >> president trump hosted california local politicians and law enforcement officials who fought against the state so-called sanctuary law which aimed to protect immigrants living in the state without documentation. during the meeting, president trump said he was proud of his administration's push to dep

later on thursday, it is comments from small business administrator linda mcmahon. she is expected to discuss small business in america. live coverage starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern also here on cspan3. >> this weekend, cpan city tours takes you to selma alabama. we will cross the iconic edmond pettis bridge for a town known for its role in the civil war and civil rights movement. on book tv. we will visit the home of dr. martin luther king jr. used as his selma headquarter as he planned the selma to montgomery march. >> there was a photographer here. he worked for life magazine at the time. he was embedded in the house. and he wanted to capture dr. king's emotions as he watched on television. president johnson committing to signing the voting rights act. this is the chair dr. king was sitting in watching that television. president johnson addressed the nation. >> and we will meet the first african-american fire chief in the city. chief henry allen talking about his book marching through the flame. on sunday at 1:30 p.m. eastern on american history tv. we will look at

secretary steve mnuchin, secretary ross, secretary linda mcmahon, doing a tremendous job at small business group. she is going all over the country talking to groups of people. linda, i just heard the other day, you're doing a fantastic job, thank you very much. really great. thank you also to many great members about congress and, for the people that worked so long and so hard. today i'm proud to keep yet another promise. we made a lot of promises. in fact i think we probably in terms of campaign promises, we promised but we actually approved more than i promise, if you really look at it. a commentator actually said that this was a commentator obviously that liked me, but he said we were going to do this and we have done more. and we have, if you look at regulation and look at all the things we've done but we kept yet another promise as i signed the economic growth regulatory relief and consumer protection act into law. it's a big deal. it is a big deal for our country. this is truly a great day for america and a great day for american workers and small businesses all throughout the natio

this afternoon here on c-span 3 small business administrator linda mcmahon discusses the state of small business in america, coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> this weekend c-span cities tour takes you to selma, alabama. with the help of our spectrum cable partners we will cross the iconic edmond pettus bridge arriving in a town known for its role in both the civil war and the civil rights movement. saturday at 5:30 p.m. eastern on book tv we will visit the home of dr. martin luther king jr. used as an selma headquarters as he planned the selma to montgomery march, it's featured in the book "the house by the side of the road." >> there was a photographer here, frank dandrigge who was embedded in the house and he wanted to capture dr. king's emotions as he watched on television president johnson committing to signing the voting rights act. this is the chair that dr. king was sitting in that night watching that television. president johnson addressed the nation. >> and we will meet the first african-american fire chief in the city, chief henry allen talking about the book "marching

senate hearing on medical research at the national institutes of health budget and at 1:00 eastern, linda mcmahon, leader of the -- at the national press club.

at 1:00 eastern, linda mcmahon, administrator of the small best -- small business administration, at the national press club. >> this weekend, book tv will have live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg looks festival in maryland. starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern with talk radio host bill president and his book "from the left: a life in the crossfire." the national institute of mental health, and her book. psychiatrist -- a psychiatrist as well. former attorney and mary ackerman, author of "death of an assassin," the true story of the murder who died defending robert e. lee. watch live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland, saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv. wylie, theher whistleblower at cambridge analytical who exposed their collection of facebook user data, testified at a senate judiciary committee hearing about privacy regulations. this to our and 40 minute hearing begins with committee chair chuck grassley. >> thank you to everyone for coming. the facebook matter involving alexander kogan and cambridge lightical shed

this afternoon linda mcmahon will discuss the state of the small business at the national press clubnd we will be carrying that live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. at c-span.org it and listen to it on the free c-span radio app. linda is in michigan. republican. go ahead. caller: i would like to make a comment that for the last two years i have been retired can't believe what has gone on in this government. i would like to know because it is starting to break loose that the democrats were in on the russian conclusion or illusion that trump did something. and -- i better go in the other room. so i would like to know who is going to pay for all the money that was spent for this fraud investigation. is mueller going to pay for it or rosenstein or hillary? that i would like to know. the way they waste their money is ridiculous. i love trump. i just love him. thank you. host: bridgette, fairfield, iowa. independent good morning. caller: good morning. i wanted to make a comment and a reflection and a thought about the food stamp situation where you have work requirements. i think that wou

listen -- i was watching mcmahon,, and linda her husband runs wrestling. went into saudi arabia, and they are going to bring that place together because he is going to put people to work. when you put people to work, people do not need to work for the government. right now, we have too many people working for the government. they do not want to let go of their jobs, but once he gets the becauseorking out here, he is negotiating from strength -- once he gets these people working out here, nobody is going to want to work for the government. host: on the china front, from the wall street journal, china finds ways to delay accepting u.s. exports. california fruit are among the goods piling up at a chinese ports. the result of increased that china is using to remind america how important its market is to exporters. oranges, lemons, cherries from california, and apples have been eating at -- sitting at chinese than normallonger as officials spend more time inspecting the fruits for pests and decay. fruit is also becoming -- coming inspectionvigorous as the tensi

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eastern, linda mcmahon, administrator of the small business administration has a press club. night on afterwards, the book "natural causes." which makes bloor's heavy body ages and dies and is interviewed by the new york times science reporter. >> that is one of the jobs of being old, passing the torch. taking what you know and have accomplished or once done and passing it on to younger hands. afterwards sunday night at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. epa administrator scott pruitt testified at a senate hearing on the annual epa budget. in addition to questions about epa operations, senators questioned him about his travel and whether he got a favorable housing arrangement from a lobbyist. this is over two hours.