they did not care about fox or c-span -- no sense to c-span -- offense to c-span. i think it is possible in this country. >> why did you serve in the military and how long were you in? >> i am still in. captain of the national guard. 13.ved in afghanistan 2012-20 i enlisted for the very same reason i decided to do this. public service is in my blood. i can't explain it. this is how i want to run the rest of my life, trying to build a better country. i can't wait. i feel blessed. >> who or what inspired you to serve this country? >> if anyone tells you they have a singular answer to that, they are lying to you. there are so many things. i think about my parents, my mother who is a community college professor, my mentors like late district attorney ken thompson who enacted credibly bulled justice -- incredibly .old justice reform all these people that showed incredible courage and integrity. at one point people said those things were impossible. let's continue to try to do things that others say can't be done. andho are you replacing, have you received any advice for

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--to c-span. work and type the u.s. house is beginning its work, the first gavel is at noon. before starting legislative work at about 4:40 far. there are three financial services bills on the calendar. the vote will take place after 6:30 eastern. watch the house live here on c-span. each week in this segment of the washington journal we take a look at how your money is at work in the federal government. on tax policyg and specifically progressive tax proposals. our guest is peter coy, economics editor at bloomberg businessweek and co-author of a recent cover story on new york democrat alexandra o cousin cortez's tax proposal. what is the last time a freshman member of congress got a cover story about tax proposals in your magazine? has been going since 1929 and i think this is the first. it was a history making event for us. why did you decide to do it this time? guest: the editor of the said, there was a lot of buzz -- in the magazine world you always worry -- we are a weekly magazine, that we are going to miss the wave or be perceived as being played on a story. we did not

on c-span the house meets for legislative business at noon on ern to continue work spending bills that would reopen parts of the federal government. thursday's agenda includes unding forage culture, transportation and housing. c-span 2, the senate votes to a bill that would provide security to israel and ose new sanctions against syria. democrats blocked it earlier in part of getting mitch mcconnell to bring forth reopen the to government. on c-span 3. his state hue gives of american business address followed by a news conference with reporters. later in the day, the afl-cio with their rally congressional democrats to call for an end to the partial shutdown.t that's live at noon eastern. up this : coming weekend on book tv, saturday at 6:45 p.m. eastern, california democratic senator kamala harris life and career through her book "the truths we hold, an american journey." at 11:00 p.m. eastern, oz guinness talks about his latest for liberty."ll then sunday on after words at p.m. eastern, a journalist discusses her book "it was all a dream." generation confronts the broken promise to bl

i've been listening to c-span for a long, long time, when brian was there and everything. i just want to congratulate that to you guys. and i want to say that to be a veteran into the rational and what i am going to say is that i msnbc, and i also listen to fox. two points i want to make. one, with fox, all they do on fox is have how the president loves the military. you get all the stories about the military, which i find repugnant. -- we find out a couple days ago that he had a doctor that gave him a deferment because hers just was renting from his dad some building. my point is i do not like the president speaking for all people in the military and all veterans. because that is just a lie. lies and lies. thank you for having this gentleman on tv. thank you. guest: thanks for the call. host: what veterans issues did the president face this year? guest: real quick, for the caller, because he brought up this point of the military and whether they like trump or not, we have done some polling. we have seen mixed results. folks when a lot of they think of the military think of

also, thanks to c-span, who has done a wonderful job covering this series. all of the programs to date, i think, now, are on the archive, and you can find them very easily by just going to c-span and putting in the name of the speaker and you will find the series in the past. today, with two speakers, we're going to go straight through no later than 11:30, but without a break. so it may be an hour and a half event today and that will be the close. and because of popular demand, we are planning a third year of this series for next year. [ applause ] >> so with no further ado, let me invite gabe gaines to further introduce our speakers for today. >> good morning and welcome to the last of the founding legacy series of 2008. i have received so many notes and e-mails and texts from many of you thanking me for this. well, i thank the four arts for this series, because it has been such a successful, entertaining, and instructive educational series. but thank you all for making it possible. all of us at the society for the four arts are grateful to c-span for filmin

to the nation from the oval office. and chuckncy pelosi schumer will respond that the conclusion of the president's remarks. live coverage beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. texas sent nine new members to congress in the 2018 elections including for democrats. democrats. a former linebacker for the tennessee titans represents the state. he left the nfl for law school. then later in private practice. voters in the 16th district unelected veronica escobar, she previously has been elected el paso county commissioner and county judge. earlier in her career, congresswoman escobar taught english at the university of texas at el paso as well as schick -- chicano literature at the county community college. she is one of the first to latino congresswoman elected by texas voters. the other is representative sylvia garcia who now represents the 29th district. she previously served in the state senate. before that, she held elected and appointed positions including terms on the harris county commission and as houston's city controller. voters from the seventh district sent lizzie fletcher to the house, this is the first time the seventh has elected a wascrat since i

it is live coverage of the 2020 wrote to the white house here on c-span -- road to the white house herec-span. ♪ tiger] the [no audible dialogue] while we wait for this event in san antonio, we will show you a look go ahead at congress next week. this is day 22 of the government shutdown, the longest in u.s. history. with us is cerro wire. the house plans to vote on legislation to fund and reopen parts of the federal government, also planning to debate a $12.1 billion disaster relief funding bill. why is the house democratic leadership bringing up that measure in the midst of their rebuttal -- they reopen push? guest: this is one thing that did not get accomplished last year. will the new appropriations chair needs a saying this? this legislation is the first dealt to helping americans back on their feet. it includes important funding against future disasters especially those being made more frequent by climate change. what are the sorts of things it will fund? guest: it is going to include things like flood mitigation. reliefing with disaster when it comes to hurricanes and fires, just

do this herenue to on c-span up until noon when they gavel in. c-span2 today when they gavel and for the 116th congress. john has more on the new members. walk membersto through what i expect to happen and the timing on the house floor today after the house gavels and at noon. far.is what we know so at 12:40, there will be nominations for a new speaker. speaker vote coming after the nomination. 115th congress. take lacethe vote to at 12:50. as planned. 155 p.m. this afternoon. the speaker elect in the afternoon. nancy pelosi make brief remarks the dean ofe house -- plenty of action in the afternoon. the final vote until about it: 30 tonight. long,y long, all morning here on c-span, reminding viewers the stats on the 116th congress in the house, 235 ,emocrats, 199 republicans -- thearolina nine seats average age is about 59 years old. the 116th congress including the first two muslim women ever to be elected in the house and more one -- 88% diverse are christian. the more unitarian universalist in congress, as well as members who declined to speak

c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, a discussion of the planned pullout of u.s. troops from syria and this week's suicide bombing. a maryland republican congressman talks about the shutdown and border security. a review of the senate confirmation hearing for attorney general nominee william barr. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. the c-spanday on network, the annual march for life starts at noon eastern on c-span. the:00 a.m. on c-span two, group holds a nationwide campaign for abortion access. at 10:00 a.m., more debate on reopening the federal government. on 10 -- on c-span3 at 10:30 a.m., u.s. withdraw from syria. at 1:00 p.m., students from liberty host an all day event. the u.s. public interest research group resented its new food safety report, outlining recent outbreaks of salmonella and e. coli. they are calling for regulati

care aboutt c-span or msnbc or fox, no disrespect to c-span. dynamicbig, bold, solutions and i want to be part of the story. it is possible. it is the best country of the world. rep. rose: when did you -- >> when did you serve? rep. rose: i still am in. in afghanistan over five years ago, 2012, 2013. i enlisted for the very same reason why i decided to do this. public service is in my blood , deep down in the corner of me. i can't explain it. how i want to spend the rest of my life, serving others, trying to build an even better country. i can't wait. i feel blessed. you toor what inspired want to serve this country? rep. rose: if anyone tells you they have one singular interest, they are lying. the truth is i think about so many different things. i think about my parents, my mother, who is a community college professor. i think of the mentors i had like the late great brooklyn district attorney ken thompson, who we lost, who enacted incredibly bold justice reform initiatives. an honor to learn from him. i think about the soldiers i served with

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c-span, the third day of the u.s. conference of layers meeting. discussing ways to combat hate crimes and remarks rome former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. that is followed by the house gaveling in a 2:00 for a brief pro forma session. on c-span two the senate is back to work on a potential solution to the government shutdown. u.s.n c-span3 or from the conference of mayors on gun violence prevention. house homeland security committee bennie thompson gathered former da sets -- dhs formerls including homeland security jeh johnson to discuss the impact of the government shutdown on the agency and its employees. mr. johnson joined a bipartisan group of former homeland security secretary's to offer a letter to president trump and congress calling for full funding for the department. this is one hour and 50 minutes. [applause] . >> thank you very much. good morning. i em of that same religion you have to talk back. since the trump shutdown has been going on for over a month remember this is his shutdown because on camera he said directly to the american people he

to 10 minutes at 9:00. you can see that on c-span. you can go to c-span.org or the radio app. let's go to portland, oregon on. we will hear from lynn. go ahead. caller: i would like to see it brought up more often that in the past the democrats, including chuck schumer, have voted to build a wall. i would like to bring up that it is not a horrible thing to have a wall in place, at least in portions. we had the effect of a wall when ellis island was in effect in the early part of the last century that in effect refused different people coming over if they had disease or other problems. we know walls work. we all have doors with locks and a wall around the white house, a fence. you can call it different names and it doesn't have to be a solid wall and that is not what is intended. we need common sense here and it is not being had. everybody has done in to their ug in their-- d own trench. guest: the caller is right that a lot of lawmakers are saying it is not about physical barriers. there are some parts of the border where there are physical barriers. a lot of republicans and d

c-span 3: >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> in the next 30 minutes we'll focus on the federal impact of the shutdown. nicole ogrysko is a reporter that deals with federal agencies. remind us how many employees are furloughed, how many are working and not getting paid and how many contractors are being impacted here. >> nicole: so total is 800,000 that are impacted by this particular partial-shutdown, and of,0 that it's 420,000 who are working without pay they're considered accepted employees and then the other 380,000 are home furlough said.

c-span. >> according to the brookings institution, the 116th congress is the most educated congress in history. with 72% of the house having earned a graduate degree. c-span recently spoke with some f the new members. democrat chris pappas was elected to congress and the of openly gay member congress. >> why did you say no before? why did you say yes this time? papanikolaou well, i care about the -- mr. pappas: well, i care about the state i grew up in. i needed to make sure that i was meeting my responsibility to the voters that elected me to my state office, to my family restaurant business. this seemed like an important and be counted to restore faith in the institutions of government and be able to get some things one. this was the right time for me to do it. i did it when people were running campaigns just like the ones we were running in new hampshire about issues that are important, lowering the cost of medicare, making sure that everything works for everyone. reforming democracy so the power is in the hands of regular folks. >> what were you do before you ran? mr. pappas: running a res

be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >> tonight on c-span, you will have the opportunity to see our latest documentary focusing on the senate. the senate conflict and compromise is the name of the documentary. if you go to our website, you can find out more about it. here's a little bit of the introduction from the

c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> tomorrow, former housing and urban develop at secretary castro will announce in san antonio, texas, his decision on whether he will run for president in 2020. live coverage starts at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> harvard law professor and crawford is susan the author of this new book "fiber: the coming tech revolution and why america might miss it." professor crawford, what is the definition of fiber you use in the book? of fiber, definition we are talking about fiber-optic technology. it is not new. it has been around for decades. basically, the idea is a very in strand of glass -- thin strand allows unlimited amounts of information to be pumped through it by

host: we'll direct you over to c-span 2 for continuing coverage of the u.s. senate. president trump has announced a plan, a deal to reopen the government, some of which you heard about there on the floor of the senate from chuck slumer and mitch mcconnell. back pay for federal workers and a continuing negotiation over homeland security, particularly border homeland security issues. here on c-span, we'll show you those comments in five minutes or so. taking your calls until then and call the numbers on your screen. host: here's john from santa rosa california on the republican line. a ler: i just want to make comment that chuck schumer stated he wanted $46 billion for border security. obama made a statement on a speech saying that if illegal immigrants that come across the border should not be treated like any other people, american people, so if trump said that, he would be a racist, why isn't obama a racist and why can't we get money for security when illary clinton, obama, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, vice president cry like babies saying they want border security a

c-span's brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. here's a look at our live coverage thursday as the government shutdown enters its 34th day. on c-span, the house is back to consider a bill that would open the homeland security department through february 28, not include border wall funding. that is live at 9:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span2, the conference of meets for the winter meeting. at 11:00 a.m. the senate returns with votes scheduled for 2:30 on whether to move forward with the government funding bill that includes the border wall pros all or proceed with one that is similar to a house measure. on c-span3, the house homeland at they committee looks government shutdowns impact on homeland security operations. later, the u.s. conference of remarksontinues with from treasury secretary steven mnuchin and senators jeff berkley and cory booker. the u.s. conference of mayors winter meeting is underway in washington, d.c., first, we watch a news conference with remarks on atlanta's mayor for security remarks at the super bowl. later, hous

c-span.org . >> how are we doing, brad. i'm happy to be on c-span i love c-span because i feel like i can get the news unbiased. so, i am happy to be here, so radical a moderate which is kind of a juxtaposition . >> i like the radically moderate. do you have a question? >> the question is basic we, essentially, how do you see, let's say we get 50 billion cia documents that get dropped, in a year, how do we see that as a way to change the truth as we did before is a historian? >> talk about that, i do a lot of work, especially when the archives got shut down i met with the archivist of the united states named david feria is a wonderful man that runs the national archives, i am obsessed with the archives, i love the archives. one of the things he gave me when i was there in honor of the first conspiracy is he always brings me a document they have one of the old documents, we have ones that get released all the time, all the government employees are constantly making sure every piece of paper, email and everything that comes out is saved in catalog so

we have to close out because we actually are being live streamed and or are live on c-span so we are up against our time limit. first, let me say thank you so much to all of the representatives, thank you for your leadership, thank you for fighting for change every day, thank you for being part of this movement and thank you for joining us today. and a big thank you also to amy walter and all of your tough questions and the great conversation that we had today. let's give them all a round. [ applause ] >> we are live this morning for the u.s. chamber of commerce meeting to hear from president and ceo thomas donohue, he is expected to deliver his annual state of american business address. after this he will take part in a news conference. all of this live for you here on c-span 3. we expect it to start in just a moment. >> the american dream. >> the american dream. >> the truth is there never has been just one american dream. >> my american dream was to create a company that remembers, employs and empowers. a company that can help a serviceman or a woman, a company that remembers how w

>> when you listen to c-span, what is the big thing they're always talking about in america? we have to grow the economy. we have to grow the economy. we need to go back to simpler things. you know, there are three, four or five cars in everybody's driveway. there are how many tvs in every room? we've got to go back to simpler times. do we need all that? i don't know. there is so much in it. okay. >> it is interesting, and i appreciate a lot of what the caller said, that women who have choices, that is they are from higher income families and they don't feel the pressure to work full time when they are asked what their ideal is, when their children are young and when their children are in school, they say their preference is for part-time work. that's what the plurality of women say and the majority of those in the upper incomes here say they would like part-time work. they're a small percentage when kids are young and this is something that you don't see mentioned a lot because the assumption is that women all want to be working full time when they're morgues and thatth just

and wednesday's premiere of c-span's original program, the senate conflict and compromise with a c-span producer. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> we shift our attention to the peace corps, the volunteer organization's director jody olson spoke about of their mission and operations. this is about 90 minutes.

c-span created as a public service. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. the white house. the supreme court. in public policy events in washington d.c. and around the country. c-span brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. from today on efforts to reopen the federal government. later, fed chair jerome powell, predicts the economy is not going into a recession this year. and a couple of members of congress talk about the impact of artificial intelligence on everyday life. >> the senate confirmation hearings for william barr to be the next attorney general of the united states, begins on tuesday at 9:30 am eastern. in december president trump nominated him to replace jeff sessions. for the position for over a year and and a half since the beginning of the trump administration. william barr is now counsel at the law firm at kirkland and ellis and served as u.s. attorney general for present george h. w. bush. watch the confirmation process for attorney general nominee william barr live tuesday 9:30 am east

to thank mr. myles and c-span for publicizing this. y day, i get so many calls every week for somebody from breast cancer, right to life, which i support, but never have i gotten a call asking for support for human trafficking in the u.s. it is such a problem. i tried to be in advocate for the people to give talks, but the schools don't want to talk about this. the churches don't want to hear about this. it is such an undercover subject. i realize how many of our children are raped repeatedly every single night. they cannot get out of it. the whole nation paid attention to jewel cross, and she was held for three months. it is wonderful she was found, but they don't pay any attention to all those children held by ed so often.rap find one, we -- don't give the name of the child. i wish it were on the news every night. thank you. guest: thanks. host: she says it is an uncovered issue. is that your experience? guest: i think things are getting better. she mentioned that schools don't want to hear about it. there are about four or five state

be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7 a.m. eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >> watch c-span for live coverage of the nation's capital. friday, the march for life starts at noon eastern. saturday, the women's march beginning at 1:30 p.m. eastern. this friday and saturday, live on c-span. q&a, author and generous -- journalist patricia miller and her book on the late 19th century's sex scandal including a congressman sued by his former mistral -- mistress. middle names he has should signify that he was in the southern elite. he had been a confederate colonel and respected cavalry man in the confederate cavalry. , hehe time of the lawsuit is in his fifth term in congress, he was by contrast nobody -- she was by contrast nobody. she was a poor girl from kentucky with literary aspirations and very hungry for an education. she was this hungry young woman who ran into reckon rage at a time when she was really desperate. -- breckenridge at a time when she was really desperate. >> sunday night at 80 stern on -- eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> in

caller: yes, sir, good morning and good morning to c-span. i would like to commend you for about -- fromords the virginia of governor. i was appalled -- i was elated by his speech, he gave me confidence that some states are doing good. here in alabama, the legislature had come together and tried to raise the gas tax. they will not allow the people to vote on legalized gambling and most people in alabama who want to gamble, they go to bordering states to gamble. the alabama department of if they haven, their shortfalls by not repairing the rolls around the state of alabama, whose fault is it? house, andjority led governor, they allow all of these companies to come to alabama with big tax write-offs and want to come back and tax the people. it is atrocious in alabama. host: on the gas tax, they want to raise that, is that for roads and infrastructure repair in alabama? caller: that is what they tell us. red tail believe these politicians around alabama about what they will do with the money. we do not have a voice. the working class in alabama d

. >> saturday, advocate for women's right to hold a march in washington dc, it starts live at 1215 eastern on c-span. also tomorrow, she spends road to the white house coverage continues with remarks from new york democratic senator kiersten jill brent in the morn. she recently lost the democratic -- and to speak to democrats in polk county iowa, you will see that live tomorrow starting at 6 pm eastern, also on c-span. >> monday, martin luther king jr. day. at 8 am eastern, race relations in the u.s., with the american university professor leonard stein horn, and radio and tv talk show commentator armstrong williams, live on c-span's washington journal, at 4 pm on book tv on c-span two, discussion on race in america.>> voter suppression, voter suppression is real. let's just name a couple of states, florida, georgia, texas, north dakota. north dakota, yeah. today, in 2019, we're still doing with his issue on dr. king's birthday. >> and in american history td on c-span three, the real america at 8 pm eastern. the 1957 film, a time for freedom, documents the civil rights rally at the lincoln memorial.

to be here. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's able television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the policy court, and public events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> according to the brookings institution, the 116th congress is the most educated congress in history. with 72% of the house having earned a graduate degree. c-span spoke with some of the new members. chris pappas was elected to new hampshire's first congressional district to my he is a restaurant owner and the first openly gay member of congress from hampshire. i read that democrats have been trying to recruit you to run for a long time, why did you say no before, why did you say yes this time? chris: i care deeply about the served live in, where i as a member of the state house for a number of years. to they responsibility voters who elected me, this seemed like an important time to step

be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live sunday morning. join the discussion. >> in a saturday address to the nation, president trump offered a proposal, which if approved by the congress, would end the ongoing government shall -- shut down. the borderunding for wall and an extension to the daca program, which allows children of illegal immigrants to stay in the country. this is 15 minutes. president trump: just a short time ago, i had the honor of presiding over the swearing-in of five new great american citizens. it was a beautiful ceremony and a moving reminder of our nation's proud history of welcoming legal immigrants from all over the world into our national family. i told them that the beauty and majesty of citizenship is that it draws no distinctions of race or class or faith or gender or background. all americans, whether first generation or 10th generation, are bound together in love and loyalty, friendship and affection. we're all equal. we are one team and one people, proudly saluting one great american flag. we believe in a safe

we discuss wednesday's premiere of c-span's original program, senate conflict and compromise with mark farkas. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal. live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. --n the discussion thread discussion. announcer: the united states senate. a uniquely american institution. legislating and carrying out constitutional duties since 1789. wednesday, c-span takes you inside the senate. learning about the legislative body and it's in formal workings. >> arguing about things and kicking them around and having great debates is thoroughly american. >> it is a -- the longer you are in the senate the more you appreciate the cooling nature. announcer: a look at the history of conflict and compromise with original interviews. key moments in history. unprecedented access. allowing us to bring cameras into the senate chamber during a session. follow the evolution of the senate into the modern era from advice and consent to the role in impeachment proceedings and investigation. the senate, conflict and compromise. a c-span original production. explain the history, traditions, and role of t

eastern on c-span. to the brookings institution, the 116th congress is the most educated congress in history with 72% of the house having earned a graduate degree. c-span recently spoke with some of the new members. mark rutte chris pappas was firstd to new hampshire's congressional district. he is a restaurant owner and the first openly gay member of congress from new hampshire. i read democrats have been trying to recruit you to run for a long time. why did you say no before? why did you say yes this time? >> i care deeply about the state i grew up in, where i run a small business, and where i served at the statehouse for a number of years. i needed to make sure i was meeting my responsibility to the voters who elected me to my state office. this seemed like an important time to step up and be counted and to put together the kind of campaign we needed to be able to restore faith in the institutions of our government and to be able to get some things done. while i may have heard before from folks who want

host: we will go to david joining us next from middletown, new jersey. caller: good morning, c-span. the best channel on television. good morning to you. host: good morning. how are you? doing not too well. but for an old man i'm doing fantastic. say as far as the wars concern, the most important thing is the unity of our great country. criminals are the problem. we have to get the criminals off the streets and put the criminals away. most of the people who come here are hard-working. escapeep trying to regimes that are brutal. my parents came here from russia and i grew up in this great country. as you well know i've served in world war ii. my generation is known as the greatest generation. we've the greatest generation because of three words, we the people. we all did what was best for each other and that's what we have to do today. i'm deeply disturbed by the amount of -- there is no compromise in our congress. we have to get together and do what is best for each other and things thatout don't affect us. -- i feel what we have to do, we have to do what is best for each other. we

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we will continue to take your phone calls and comments here on c-span. the senate has done its work on the legislation, reopening the government, creating the conference committee for homeland security and the house is set to do that as well. we've not gotten official start time of the house. some reports that the paperwork coming between the senate and the house is slowing things down. we'll keep you posted on that, if we see some more tweets or other news about that. meanwhile, continue with your calls. to el paso, texas, david is a federal worker there. go ahead. caller: i'm calling because i'm what's considered an accepted employee. what that means -- excepted employee. what that means is i get to work and not get paid basically. i am forced to work during lapse of appropriations, meantime i'm not getting paid. well, that's very problematic. not just for me, but for a lot of the federal work force. on several levels. a lot of this debate has been centered around border security. can you tell me how is the border more secure when you have border patrol

to c-span3 to watch it play out. you can go to c-span.org. are c-span radio app. -- our c-span radio app. all is from mary. mary in sarasota, florida. the republican line. caller: good morning. i am an elderly person. i certainly know how to get information. one thing about your callers this morning, they are really pointing out what is most important in this border wall crisis. the woman who cited the yale study that there may be 32 million illegal foreign nationals working in our country that taxpayers are subsidizing. i also agree with the gentleman e-verify iss that needed. i think every person that employs an illegal alien ought to have all of their assets confiscated. people are waking up to what a legal foreign nationals -- to what illegal foreign nationals cost the taxpayers. the democrats have misread the situation. we must have secure borders. we must have laws that confiscate assets for any u.s. citizen that employs an illegal foreigner. host: ok. we will go to ajay in buffalo, new york. independent line. know why would like to trump is holding the united because heage just is n

to change. and believe me, this one had some changes. there's something in the senate called unanimous consent. and we, here at c-spanoing a program like this, you need some sort of consent from your bosses and everyone else that the program is ready to go. it's a hard one to do because we're not making a judgment on the senate, but with got to present something in 90 minutes -- we have got to present something in 90 minutes that tells everything the senate does. the problem with that is the senate moves slowly. that's what they're designed to do. so one of the big challenges is, had you make something look very -- how do you make something look very quickly in a body that is very slow? >> robert byrd, on the floor of the senate in 2002, talking about the war powers act. >> we should also recognize that the administration's new approach to war may also pose serious problems for our own constitutional system. in the proposed use of force, the white house lawyers claim that, "the president has authority to use force to defend the security interests of the united states. i dare them to go to the constitution and point o

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on c-span, the release of her -- of a report on whether certain states passed traffic laws. day 32 of the government shutdown, the house returns for spendingemocratic bills to reopen federal agencies. on c-span two, the heritage foundation holds a discussion on how economic policies and not did over the past two years could be reversed. work, the senate continues on a middle east security bill and they take up a proposal from president trump to offer three years of protections to dreamers in the daca program in exchange for more border wall funding. at 7:00, bill press speaks to nina totenberg about her more than 40 year career covering the supreme court. there is more live coverage on c-span3. 9:45, a look at japan's 2019 outlook. and a discussion on iran's influence on iraqi policies. we discuss federal funding to reopen the government for one bill. the bill does not include money for homeland security or the border wall. >> president trump and vice president pence visited the martin luther king jr. memorial today in washington to market the federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader. mark the federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader.

waddell for allowing me a great deal of i could use the mages of your paintings and thank you also to c-span for sharing this story with your viewing audience and i want to all of you for your attendance here today. few minutes ve a for any questions that people might have. [applause] mark: thank you. speak english e as well as french? ark: he did not when he first left france in 1777. lot of the time that he spent he was hip coming over, conversing with english-speaking it.le and began to learn and then through -- what i've he leftthat by the time relatively was fluent in english, so picked up on the language. learned it't, hadn't before he set sail for america. >> where is tudor place? question, thateat is almost a plant. tudor place, for those of you paid a visit to garden,redible historic it's in georgetown. it was the home of thomas and peters. lot of its legacy has to do with he relationship -- martha washington. the peter family who lived there of theood the importance collections they had, the estate where they lived. 1644, 31st street northwest. website, tudor place.org. not nt to e

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c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television company. today, we continue tong you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. on day 34 of the partial government shutdown, the senate ailed to move forward the legislation to reopen the government by blocking to measures that require 60 votes. the first option offered by republicans includes the president's portable proposal any temporary daca fix while the second measure will have reopened the government. seven senators crossed party lines by voting in favor of both proposals, but that was not enough to advance a legislation. house approved a bill to fund the homeland security department until february 28. the legislation does not include money for a border wall and is unlikely to be considered in the senate. >> house democrats held a news conference today with several mayors from across the country who were in washington dc for their annual winter meeting. th

c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service. we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. to introduce you to kai-fu lee. we will talk about your book in just a minute. first, give us your background. -fu: i have a phd in artificial intelligence from carnegie mellon. after that, i worked in various microsoft,at apple, and google. now i have my own venture capital firm. we also invest a lot in artificial intelligence. kai-fu: he was also -- interviewer: he was also the former president of google china. kai-fu: we are a technology oriented v.c. we try to understand trends ahead of the curve. we try to understand breakthroug hs and education and b2b software, we are always looking for chinese applications and new consumer uses. we focus on companies in china, primarily for chinese users. interviewer: why are you always looking for that chinese application? of-fu: our firm

c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> as the government shutdown continues, we are joined by kellie mejdrich, reporter with cq rollcall. what are some of the programs that are closed that are having the biggest impact on the american public? kellie: the irs for example, treasury, lots of national parks, although some of those are trying to be kept open for longer. there was only five of the 12 appropriations bills funding the government that were enacted into law before the end of 2018. the other seven, there's homeland security, interior environment, agriculture, transportation, hud, financial services, and this homeland bill is one of the most contentious ones. customs and border patrol, transportation security administration, the people who check our bags in airports. a lot of these people are being forced to

--to c-span. work and type the u.s. house is beginning its work, the first gavel is at noon.ore starting legislative work at about 4:40 far. there are three financial services bills on the calendar. the vote will take place after 6:30 eastern. watch the house live here on c-span. each week in this segment of the washington journal we take a look at how your money is at work in the federal government. on tax policyg and specifically progressive tax proposals. our guest is peter coy, economics editor at bloomberg businessweek and co-author of a recent cover story on new york democrat alexandra o cousi