host: nick gillespie? guest: the mueller report is a great example of where the government can do something better or worse. they are investigating. the government is investigating itself and investigating the president. possible chicanery with a foreign country. i think, specifically to the mueller report, we are at the beginning of the process of making it public. the attorney general has said by mid april, the public -- with proper reductions in place, it will be made publicly available. this is a place for if the government does the right thing here and is open and transparent with that helps restore trust and confidence in government. it shows there are some people who are honest. in terms of mueller, he has at various points spoken up directly to the press. i doubt that will happen because we have not gotten to the point where his report has been made public. host: let's hear from chris in san francisco on the independent line. caller: my question is about medicare. what are your thoughts on it and w

caller is from new york, you are on with nick gillespie. have a great distrust in government. withding this situation ,obert mueller and william barr with the information that has barr on hisfar from side with the papers in the , robert mueller must be watching this on tv or wherever. is it possible he could come forward and say no, this is what i meant. this is what i am actually saying. or is his tongue tied. is it against some government thing that he cannot speak up and say, this is what i meant? the robert mueller report is a great example of where the government can do something better or worse. the government is investigating itself and investigating the president. think, specifically to the robert mueller report, we are at the beginning of the process of making it public. the attorney general has said by mid april, the public -- with proper reductions in place, it will be made publicly available. if the government does the right thing and is open and transparent about its process and findings, that hopes to -- helps to restore faith

nick gillespie talks about americans trusting government. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. tomorrow, former congressman that it will roar kicks off his presidential bid in el paso, texas. average begins at 12:30 eastern live on c-span, on c-span.org, and on the free c-span radio app. >> the national review had been this is over 30 minutes. [applause] welcome you, please

the equal rights amendment and what implications it might have and reason.com editor at large nick gillespie talks about america's trust in government. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. >> tomorrow, form early texas congressman beto o'rourke kicks off his presidential bid in el paso, texas. ive coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. "the national review" institute hosted its ideas summits in washington, d.c. among the speakers, kevin hassett, who chairs the white house counsel of economic advisors in is just over 30 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please hassett. airman kevin [applause] >> brooke is to inspirational. it reminded me a little bit of that speech that john belushi gave in "animal house." i was ready to charge on out here. >> good morning wake-up speech. kevin is a longtime friend. i've got on the the age now write don't refer to anybody as an old friend because it hastop meanings.

and, reason.com editor at large nick gillespie talks about americans trust in government. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. joined the discussion. >> on capitol hill next week, the house will consider reauthorization of the violence against women act, which expired in february. it provides resources for victims and includes provision on domestic violence and firearms. members are expected to take up a senate passed resolution for involvement in yemen's civil war. in the senate, were continues, on areas affected by natural disasters. also a resolution that would shorten the amount of time the senate considers nominations. once the house, live on c-span and the senate live on c-span two. >>> iraq speaker of the council of are presented as talked about the new cabinets priorities. here is a portion of the discussion as he answers questions from the moderator and audience. the u.s. institute of peace posted this event. >> mister speaker thank you very much. thank you for those comments. you have had a very busy visit here in w

nick gillespie talks about americans trusting government. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. tomorrow, former congressman that it will roar kicks off his presidential bid in el paso, texas. average begins at 12:30 eastern live on c-span, on c-span.org, and on the free c-span radio app. >> the national review had been this is over 30 minutes. [applause] welcome the, please >> is so inspirational. speech ind me of the "animal house." good morning, a wake-up speech. kevin is a long time friend, i -- igotten to the age noted your contributions have fallen off. we should work on that. it is described as an in-house think tank for the white house. kevin: that is right. went and ihumbled, i was liberal and came from massachusetts. my college roommate subscribed to national review. there was no internet, no nothing. if you remake had a magazine, you read it. so i started reading national review and it fundamentally changed my life. saidlowry called me up and buckley had a view that the national revie

kennedy: so, president loved this, entertaining, nick gillespie said after the speech there is no onemocrat party who is running for president that can take him on. >> i think if they keep running on things such as the green new deal, that will be the bad news bears, no one is the findes tinf a brain believes. to be a hero you have to solve a problem. crazy there is a 29-year-old woman who believes in santa but thinks she is santa. you are not santa, bro. kennedy: i'm the one with new ideas, i'm thes about boss, because i'm doing stuff. she is not really doing stuff. >> no and she is making it really hard for all of the democrats who are trying to win this nomination, gillibrand is trying to put a spin on this i don't see how the green new deal the bring more jobs, it will destroy the jobs. >> and the industry. kennedy: today on twitter someone got mad about something i said about the green new deal. on out numbered, they said, you don't understand socialism, socialists don't want the government to run the economy. that is the point of socialism and the green new deal. >> if they lead

nick gillespie said trump might have won the 2020 election today. there is no potential candidate in the democratic party who wouldn't be blown off the stage by him. i say this as someone who is neither a trump fan nor never trumper, he was prince at the super bowl great. i like that prince performance. >> i don't agree with that. my problem with his speech was what kristin just said. he wasn't speaking to america. he was speaking to the diehard fans in the room and when trump ran he talked about the forgotten men and women of america. he talks about how the economy is the best it has ever been. meanwhile midwest farmers are going bankrupt at higher rates than they did during the recession. 7 million americans are three months behind on car loans. donald trump is sitting here saying everything is great while healthcare costs are going up, wages can't keep up with the cost of education or just living your life, trump forgot what he talked about in 2016 it did help him get here in this is a huge opportunity for democrats and it will be a big problem i

nick gillespie said this.lection today, there simply no potential candidate in the democratic party who wouldn't be absolutely blown off the stage by him. i say that as someone who is neither a trump fan boy or never trump her, but he was prince at the super bowl. i'd like that prince performance, i'm not going to live. >> i don't quite agree with that. my problem with his speech was actually exactly what kristin just said. he wasn't speaking to all of america, only the diehard fans in the room. and, 7 million americans are three months behind on the car loans. donald trump is sitting here saying, everything is great, health care is going up and we can't keep up with the cost of education or living your life. and that's going to be a big problem for for him. >> and tom anderson who was head of this group, a conservative group. and representative ocasio-cortez has been quite vocal in condemning so-called dark money but her own campaign went to great lengths to avoid the sunlight of disclosure. it's an allegatio

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and, reason.com editor at large nick gillespie talks about americans trust in government.be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. joined the discussion. >> on capitol hill next week, the house will consider reauthorization of the violence against women act, which expired in february. it provides resources for victims and includes provision on domestic violence and firearms. members are expected to take up a senate passed resolution for involvement in yemen's civil war. in the senate, were continues, disasters. also a resolution that would shorten the amount of time the senate considers nominations. once the house, live on c-span and the senate live on c-span two. >>>