and president of the woodson center, and later with spencer overton. and then an op-ed on what dr. martin luther king junior can teach americans about working together despite differences. >> watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span or c-span now, our free video mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> monday morning, president biden will give remarks to celebrate martin luther king day at the annual breakfast in washington. live coverage begins at 1030 eastern -- 10:30 eastern on our free mobile app, or online at c-span.org. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? >> it is way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1,000 community centers to create wi-fi for students and low income families so they can get the tools they need to be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a fnt row

host: ok, maria, spencer overton is that something that the center has looked into? taken a position on? guest: we actually have focused on gun laws we have a report from 2015 with this issue. i think it is a complex topic. certainly there is value to a reasonable restriction recognizing that folks have gone hunting with parents and there is a -- mary is something that is deep there. there are some people that feel self protection is an important value. but there are also a lot of folks who are dying as a result of easy access to guns in the u.s. especially compared to other nations. one data point is that many of the gun homicides and victims are black and like male, a disproportionately large amount like over half. but the most gun deaths are white folks. that is a result of the disproportionately large percentage of folks who suicide or victims of suicide, basically, unfortunately. they have a handgun and they think they will be safer as a result of images they may have seen on the news area and they get depressed or something like that and they unfortunately are

guest, and also the outgoing president of the joint center for political and economic studies, spencer overton thank you for being with us. spencer: thanks for having me. c-span's washington journal, everyday we take your calls live from the air and we discussed policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning we will talk about some goals within the house and the commitment to america. first discussion of energy and climate policy goals with reporter jail holston and later we will talk about the republican proposals to tackle inflation and bolster the economy with competitive enterprises. watch washington journal live at seven eastern tuesday morning on c-span or on c-span now our free mobile video app. join the discussion with your phone calls, comments and tweets. c-span is your unfiltered view of government we are funded by these television companies and more. including cox.

then, spencer overton talks about race in america. later, benjamin chavis speaks on his op-ed about what dr. martin luther king jr. can teach americans on working together despite differences. you can join the conversation with your calls, text messages and tweets. washington journal starts now. ♪ host: it is no secret that the financial health of americans key retirement benefit programs, social security and medicare have been neglected or delayed for some day in the future. that day could be close in hand with republicans running the u.s. house. in order to raise the debt limit, house leaders made it clear they are pressing for spending cuts and report say some of that may come in the form of pushing for changes in social security and medicare. good morning, it is monday, january 16, 2023. the federal martin luther king day holiday, we will talk about dr. king later in the program. this first hour, we are asking you about social security and medicare. do you support changes to social security and medicare? if you were under the age

and race in america, first with the founder and president of the woodson center, and later with spencer overton. and then an op-ed on what dr. martin luther king junior can teach americans about working together despite differences. >> watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span or c-span now, our free video mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> monday morning, president biden will give remarks to celebrate martin luther king day at the annual breakfast in washington. live coverage begins at 1030 eastern -- 10:30 eastern on our free mobile app, or online at c-span.org. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, funded by these television companies and more, including com

founder of the woodson center and later with the joint center for political and economic studies spencer overton and benjamin chase on his op-ed on what martin luther king jr. can teach americans on working together despite differences. watch live at seven eastern monday morning on c-span or c-span now are free mobile video app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments texts and tweets. monday morning president biden gives remarks to celebrate martin luther king day at the annual breakfast in washington. live coverage begins at 10:30 eastern on c-span, c-span now are free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. british prime minister rishi sunak answered questions from members of the house of commons during the first question time of the new year. topics included health care workers strikes in the u.k. and clean energy investment as well as the economy. this runs 32 minutes. >> before we before we come to the questions i would like to point out the sign language interpretation proceedings is available to watch on live tv, we start with the prime minister. . >> mr. speaker.

then, spencer overton talks about race in america.er, benjamin chavis speaks on his op-ed about what dr. martin luther king jr. can teach americans on working together despite differences. you can join the conversation with your calls, text messages and tweets. washington journal starts now. ♪ host: it is no secret that the financial health of americans key retirement benefit programs, social securit

founder of the woodson center and later with the joint center for political and economic studies spencer overton benjamin chase on his op-ed on what martin luther king jr. can teach americans on working together despite differences. watch live at seven eastern monday morning on c-span or c-span now are free mobile video app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments texts and tweets. monday morning president biden gives remarks to celebrate martin luther king day at the annual breakfast in washington.