and then we continue with sarah kendzior discussing her book, "the view from flyover country -- dispatchesa forgotten america." host: good morning and welcome to "washington journal." the government shutdown in its eighth day with no immediate end in sight with republicans and over the in a deadlock demand for a border wall between the united states and mexico. it has hundreds of thousands of federal employees on furlough are working without pay and headed towards financial distress days after the christmas holiday and with the house switching to democrats immediateanuary, no resolution in sight. is the government shutdown worth it over the border

. -- author sarah kendzior. good morning. tell us why you decided to write this book. guest: the book is a collection of essays, most written between 2012 and 2014. they touch on all kinds of issues. economic issues, social, political. the thing that holds them together is the collapse of institutions and the erosion of social trust. that is something america experienced in a profound way after the recession in 2008. host: i am from mississippi. you are in st. louis. what exactly is flyover country? guest: the term "flyover country" is usually used in a pejorative way by people who live on the coast who imply that where we live is not really worth talking about, not worth investigating. it is where you "fly over." in my book, i talk about what it is like to live here. it is not a monolith. you are talking about the majority of american space. we have cities, we have rural areas. there is a perception that everyone who lives here is an elderly, white, trump supporting former manufacturer or farmer. you find that same kind of diversity as you find on the coast it and you

and then we continue with sarah kendzior discussing her book, "the view from flyover country -- dispatches from a forgotten america." host: good morning and welcome to "washington journal." the government shutdown in its eighth day with no immediate end in sight with republicans and over the in a deadlock demand for a border wall between the united states and mexico. it has hundreds of thousands of federal employees on furlough are working without pay and headed towards financial distress days after the christmas holiday and with the house switching to democrats immediateanuary, no resolution in sight. is the government shutdown worth it over the border wall? if you support the federal government shutdown, call 202-748-8000. if you oppose the federal government shutdown, call 202-748-8001. if you are a federal worker affected by this partial government shutdown, we want to hear from you at 202-748-8002. you can always reach us on social media, twitter, @cspanwj, and facebook.com/c-span. does notal government seem to be moving to opening up as congressional leaders and the white house have

host: we would like to thank sarah kendzior for a great conversation about her book, "the view from flyover country >> the government shutdown has reached day eight and is likely to go into the new year and the new congress which begins january 3. last night president trump had a meeting with vice president hands, budget director mick mulvaney and jerrod kushner in washington dc. the three senior administration officials visited capitol hill last week to meet with lawmakers about government funding. outhouse and senate are this weekend. they return monday for a pro forma session with no votes scheduled. after that the senate meets wednesday, one day before the start of the new congress. live house coverage on c-span and the senate on c-span2. >> the white house did not release an address this week. representative elect delivered the democratic address and talked about the government shutdown and the new, 116th congress. joe: good morning. neguse, and i'm honored to be the representative elect for colorado's second district. when my colleagues and i take the oath and are sworn into the 116th

impeaching drunk uncle quart withlissa enqueeze, friday, mona char "sex matters," and on saturday, sarah kendzior"the view from flyover country." >> "washington journal" continues. host: a live view of the u.s. capitol. the partial shutdown continues, day two, affecting an estimated 800,000 federal workers. joining us at the table is olivia nuzzi, a washington correspondent for "new york magazine." thank you for joining us. guest: thank you for having me. host: i want to get more and your piece about the outgoing chief of staff john kelly. "johnite the following -- kelly -- host: explain. after the first chief of he then turned, to be a supervisor, really. who were close advisers to the president, like a ivanka trump, jared kushner, felt like they needed someone would bedvise, and he able to instill a sense of order, get rid of the chaos, stop the leak in, giving way to the sense of chaos and paranoia. look backhink you can a couple months from now and say he has been successful. there are too many people for their to be powerful entries about. think a couple of the chaotic news cycles, a couple

kendzior,author sarah with "the view from flyover country." "americane author of overdose." >> christmas day on c-span, at 11:45 a.m. eastern, a look back at this year's memorial services for first lady barbara bush. senator john mccain, and president george h.w. bush. at 3:30 p.m. eastern, admiral william agreement on the future of -- william nick raven on the future of the u.s. military. obama,, president barack former secretary of state james baker, and historian john meacham. mr. obama: if there's a problem around the world, people do not call moscow or beijing, they call washington. even our adversaries expect us to solve problems. with 9:00, a conversation entrepreneurs on women in corporate america. >> we know that women's networks tend to look very female-heavy. tend to berks male-heavy. that is finding your first positions. who do you think wins by the network by the time you get to senior leadership? >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. created as aan was public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue t

host: we would like to thank sarah kendzior for a great conversation about her book, "the view from flyover country >> the government shutdown has reached day eight and is likely to go into the new year and the new congress which begins january 3. last night president trump had a meeting with vice president hands, budget director mick mulvaney and jerrod kushner in washington dc. the three senior administration officials visited capitol hill last week to meet with lawmakers about government funding. outhouse and senate are this weekend. they return monday for a pro forma session with no votes scheduled. after that the senate meets wednesday, one day before the start of the new congress. live house coverage on c-span and the senate on c-span2. >> the white house did not release an address this week. representative elect delivered the democratic address and talked about the government shutdown and the new, 116th congress. joe: good morning. neguse, and i'm honored to be the representative elect for colorado's second district. when my colleagues and i take the oath and are sworn into the 116th