. >> reporter: matthew continetti is a scholar at the american enterprise institute and author of "theny people in america see russia as a traditionalist power, as a power that is against forces of social progressivism that so many american conservatives oppose at home. >> reporter: when u.s. allies look at this oval office meeting, what do they see? >> i think a lot of our allies watch the oval office meeting and began to make their own calculations. president trump is someone who really views things through a zero sum framework. there are winners and there are losers. and so he is always looking to make sure that he is the winner. >> reporter: trump ended friday's showdown by noting this -- >> this is going to be great television. i will say that. >> reporter: but where does it leave the prospects for peace? >> i do think that we'll reach some type of arrangement with the ukrainians. but then of course the question is what will russia do. i kept thinking a lot about the person who was not in the room during that oval office meeting, and that is vladimir putin. and if he does not see

tariffs, and the child tax credit with former speaker paul ryan at an event hosted by the american enterprise institute. this is about one hour and 10 minutes. >> good morning, everyone, and welcome to the american enterprise institute. i am robert doher. i have been thinking, and i have been reminded ai scholars take different views on specific issues, but there is one thing we are united on, and that is we are always for freedom. and writing a tax code so that it promotes the greatest amount of freedom for our economy so it can grow and prosper for our people is the task of our special guest this morning, chairman jason smith of the house ways and means committee. who we are very honored to have with us. he has shown that he is committed to that task of having a tax code that promotes the greatest amount of freedom while also making progress in our debt, and that is a topic for us to discuss today. over the past several years we have gotten to know chairman smith. we found him to be direct, open, friendly, he's got a sense of humor, and he is capable of making a decision. those are all qualities that

- first, i have to say that jeane was a friend and colleague of mine at the american enterprise institute, and i used to hang out in her office all the time, and it was really wonderful to see that clip of jeane. you know, jeane's discussion right there is a discussion that is 100% admissible in a world where all of our trading partners, you know, have our own best interests at heart. they're not ramping up their militaries, getting ready to invade other people, stealing the intellectual property from the u.s., and so if you think back to a world where there were never any countries that had malice towards others, then absolutely the adam smith free trade answer is the optimal answer in economic models. but if you look at what happened when china entered the wto, china came in and basically created distressed communities by shutting down factories throughout the u.s. because the chinese were outcompeting those factories. and those communities are on the ropes to this day. if you look at the book that angus deaton and his wife anne case wrote about deaths of despair, those deaths of despai

and canada amid the trump administration's tariff threats, hosted by the american enterprise institute. speakers highlight potential impacts on farmers and auto workers and the upcoming canadian elections. this is just over an hour. >> welcome to the american enterprise institute. i was stuck by the free frights within nine seconds of one of those matches. town is in the news in washington, d.c. i would say president trump definitely has the attention of our northern neighbors because of the tariff threats. this is also upending canadian politics. we will talk about all these issues, the issues of border, politics on both sides, what exactly has happened, what is likely to happen, and how they can be resolved. we are lucky to have three distinguished analysts with us to cover this topic. j me to my right is the executive director of the center of north american prosperity and security. to her right is the director of federal practice at the sussex strategy group, joining us from ottawa. and derek, our very own -- >> the farthest right. [laughter] >> the farthest right in more ways than

coming up tuesday morning will talk with philip wallace senior fellow the american enterprise institute president trump's joint address to congress and current balance of power between the executive and legislative branches. former irs commissioner daniel discusses concerns about how layoffs of the internal revenue service could affect tax collection. c-span's "washington journal." per join the conversation live at 7:00 a.m. eastern tuesday morning on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. >> mr. speaker, in this historic day the house of representatives opens its proceedings for the first time to televise the coverage. quick since march of 1979 c-span has been your unfiltered window into american democracy. bringing it directed no spin coverage of congress. the supreme court in the white house. >> would you hold a moment for the president. >> it exists because c-span founder brian lam's vision the cable industry support not government funding. this public service is not guaranteed. all this month in honor of founder's day your support is more important than ever. you can keep demo

and canada amid the trump administration's tariff threats, hosted by the american enterprise institute. speakers highlight potential impacts on farmers and auto workers and the upcoming canadian elections.

host: we are joined by philip wallach, a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute and the author of the book why congress. welcome to the program. start by telling us about your background and your areas of expertise. guest: i'm a political scientist who studies american politics, particularly our constitutional system, our policymaking system and the separation of powers. over the last seven or eight years i have mostly focused on studying congress because i am concerned that congress is in some ways the part of our government that is having the most trouble and because congress has troubles we get a lot of problems passing laws that are legitimate that the whole american people -- there is so much stress on a presidential elections and it strains our political system. host: you're a senior fellow at aei. does that mean you have a conservative point of view? guest: i think of myself as a center-right person. i am unusually concerned about process and the way we do things. not just a particular set of priorities. host: let's talk about the speech tonight the president will be giv

kori schake, head of defense policy at the conservative american enterprise institute, is troubled by what concerns you most about the relief of the jags? >> they are the people who advise military commanders on what is lawful and what is not, and i worry that they are relief by the secretary sends a message that he is encouraging lawlessness by the force, or tolerant of lawlessness by the force. >> reporter: hegseth's move comes after the unprecedented terminations of brown and franchetti. >> it is sending a message that you don't value the talent that is in the force. >> reporter: to replace brown, the president has chosen dan "razin'" caine, who will come out of retirement to take the job. >> i think generally it sends a poor signal to the force when you recall from retirement someone to put in the leadership. i don't know general caine, but we shouldn't lack confidence that he is serious about the undertaking. >> reporter: an undertaking that will involve following orders of the commander-in-chief and defense secretary who are bringing a dramatic change to the pentagon. >> has the

tuesday morning, we talk with philip wallach, senior fellow at the american enterprise institute about trump's joint address to congress and the current balance of power between the executive and legislative branches. then former irs commissioner discuss his concerns about how layoffs at the internal revenue service could affect tax election -- collection. join the conversation live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning on c-span, c-span now, or c-span.org. >> here is a look at what is coming up tuesday on t c-span networks. on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the u.s. house will be back in session. lawmakers will work to repeal seral measures relatedo environmental rules. on c-span 2 senators will work to repeal biden erpolicies related to the financial sector. on c-span 3, matthew whitaker, nominee to serve as ambassador to nato, testifies at hi confirmation hearing. on tuesday evening, watch live coverage of trump'to congress, the first drs of his second term in less than twmohs since taking office. our coverage begs at:0p.m. eastern with a preview of the evening from capitol hill, llowed by

hi everybody good evening i'm yuval levin of the american enterprise institute and it is my pleasure to welcome you to this

institutions. the moderator of this session is christopher demuth. mr. jmu is a distinguished fellow in american thought at the heritage foundation. previously, he was president of the american enterprise institute. from 1986 to 2008. mr. jimmy also serves as a trustee of the calvin coolidge presidential foundation. please welcome mr. jmu and our esteemed panelists to the stage. thanks very much. i don't want. thank you. we turn now from the european antecedents of the declaration to those of the american colonial experience. it had been a long experience in the settlement period of the 1600s. the english were preoccupied with wars and domestic strife and the beheading of kings. they left the the colonists mainly on their own to build settlements in the wilderness and fashion new world societies from the ground up. then in the pre-revolution period of the 1700s, london had finally gotten its act together and began actively enforcing mercantilist restrictions, imposing new taxes, restricting colonial assemblies and courts, and limiting westward expansion. but by this time, the colonists had developed their own distinctive forms of government and politics and ways of living. these were m

responsible federal budget and michael the director of economic policy studies at the american enterprise institute. the panel said they wanted to jump right in without any introductory speeches. that's exactly what we are going to do. [laughter] so, thank you all for being here. we just heard phil talk and give overview of the baseline projections. so, to get started now the per that brief summary of what you find most concerning about the storing cbo is telling? >> sure happy to start. whenever that sustainability and issues come up for the u.s. informed me i go back to this is not the level that is troubling. i know it's a clichÉ but it's really a relevant. i look at the previous session one thing that really stands out to me with the deficit in the u.s. is so high 4% of gdp look historically for theoo u.s. are normal around recession. it's 8% notl 4%. to put it differently and depends we are in that boom park there employment treaty we should be running a balanced a primary balanced or even slightly surplus in order to deal. we should be paying more attention to that good morning everyone. ever

and audrey wong, jeanne kirkpatrick fellow at the american enterprise institute and assistant professor of political science and relations at the university of southern california. welcome to the panelists. let me begin with jessica brandt. 2024 was described as the year of elections and many of the world's major democracies, including the u.s.. what is your assessment of the role played by foreign governments and other actors in their efforts to exert malign influence during the election campaign and election itself? >> inc. you for having me and enabling me to participate in conversations that lead up to the report. maybe i can start by highlighting three big trends that shape the landscape heading into the election. the first was a greater number of more diverse capable actors who interested in conducting these operations, state and nonstate. the second is the rise of commercial firms providing influence for hire services, which had the effect of increasing the number of actors conducting these kinds of operations, making them more sophisticated, making it much harder to track the in

coming up tuesday morning, we will talk with philip wilder, senior fellow at the american enterprise institutebout president trump's joint address to congress and the current balance of power between the executive and legislative branches. then former irs commissioner daniel warfel discuss concerns about how layoffs at the internal revenue service could address tax collection. c-span's washington journal, join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. ♪ >> mr. speaker, on this historic day, the house of representatives opens its proceedings for the first time to televised coverage. >> since march of 1979, c-span has been your unfiltered window into american democracy, bringing you to read, no-spin coverage of congress, the supreme court and the white house. >> is this mr. brian lamb? >> it is. >> would you hold one moment please, for the president? >> it exists because of brian lamb's vision and the cable industry's support, not government funding. but this public service is not guaranteed. all this month, in honor a founder's day,

american enterprise institute senior fellow marc thiessen martha mccallum my co-anchor tonight.tional lunch before the speech at the white house today we were lucky to be there. all off record. you can't characterize what the president said. but we can characterize him. he seems in good spirits. comfortable in his skin, ready to kind of lay this out. >> i think there is a unique situation here for the president it was reflected in a broadway. he doesn't have the burden of running again. >> bret: even though he jokes about it, he is not running again. >> even though he jokes about it. that puts him in a position where you look at this tariff situation for example, can he press something that he believes is the way forward for the economy and how to make america great again in a way that maybe someone who is running again cannot i think it's liberating him to do the things he wanted to do that he had four years to think about in the interim. >> bret: marc for the tariff stuff. talked to larry kudlow about that earlier in the show. he really focuses on how the rest of the world tre

coming up tuesday morning we will talk with philip wallace senior fellow at the american enterprise institutet president trumps current balance of power between the executive and legislative branches. and then for mariah as commissioner discusses concerns about how layoffs at the internal revenue service could affect tax collection. c-span's "washington journal" join in the conversation live at seven eastern tuesday morning on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. on tuesd the senate foreign relations committee considers the nominations of christopher a deputy secretary of state, deputy secretary of state for management of resources and matthew whitaker to u.s. ambassador to nato. you can watch the confirmation hearing live on c-span three, c-span our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. there are many ways to listen to c-span radio anytime anywhere. in the washington, d.c. area listen on 90.1 fm. use our free c-span now app or go online to c-span.org/radio. serious fm radio on channel 455. the tuna nap and on your spark feature by saying flay c-span radio. "washington journal

host: we are joined by philip wallach, a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute and the authorthe book why congress. welcome to the program. start by telling us about your background and your areas of expertise. guest: i'm a political scientist who studies american politics, particularly our constitutional system, our policymaking system and the separation of powers. over the last seven or eight years i have mostly focused on studying congress because i am concerned that congress is in some ways the part of our government that is having the most trouble and because congress has troubles we get a lot of problems passing laws that are legitimate that the whole american people -- there is so much stress on a presidential elections and it strains our political system. host: you're a senior fellow at aei. does that mean you have a conservative point of view? guest: i think of myself as a center-right person. i am unusually concerned about process and the way we do things. not just a particular set of priorities. host: let's talk about the speech tonight the president will be giving.

of global research at jp morgan, and james pethokoukis, economic policy analyst at the american enterprise institute a cnbc contributor. good morning to both of you. joyce, let me start with you. you're here in studio. warren buffett having a bit of a chuckle, but it's certainly no laughing matter when it comes to tariffs and the markets. it seems like a lot of volatility we've seen in february is due to these tariffs and tariff uncertainty. first i want to start off with you're the head of global research for jp morgan. why did the markets and higher on friday. i know it wasn't a tariff discussion but a big blow up in the oval office seeming just to add to the geopolitical tension. what was the reason? >> i think there's. >> still expectations that the tariffs won't. fully come. into effect. could you have delays in mexico and canada? >> i mean, honestly, i think that the. >> real terrorists. >> to. >> watch are whether they. >> go ahead. >> with. steel and. >> aluminum on march 12th. >> so i think the market is. >> not yet. >> thinking that the. >> tariffs will necessarily. >> come into effect. >>

previously, he was a research fellow at the american enterprise institute and a visiting fellow at oxford's changing character program and yields a p.h.d. in mfill in political science and m.s.c. in oxford as well as a b.a. in government theology from georgetown. dr. davis is the president and chief executive officer of the american association of port authorities. where he also serves as general counsel. prior to the aapa, mr. davis served in the federal government as a presidential and congressional appointee for international trade and security. he holds a j.d. and master's degree from the university of pennsylvania and b.s. from the university of pittsburgh. i thank each of our distinguished witnesses for being here today and i now recognize dr. cardon for five minutes to summarize his opening statement. dr. cardon: chairman gimenez and ranking member mciver and members of the subcommittee. thank for you this opportunity to testify on chinese firmses and implications for homeland security. chinese companies invested in port terminals in seven countries in our hemisphere with five termin

hi everybody good evening i'm yuval levin of the american enterprise institute and it is my pleasure to welcome you to this a book event our subject tonight is religion in america considered two distinct viewpoints that we think will turn out to be in interesting ways. we'll be talking about two important new books, both published just in the last few weeks, each of which makes a case for religion. but they make quite different arguments, which implicitly speak to each other in some ways each other, and both individually and together help to the moment we're living in. let me offer a quick introduction of the authors and their books, and then we'll from each of them and bring them into conversation. jonathan rauch is a senior fellow in governance studies at the brookings institution and a widely published journalist. he's a keen and clear eyed observer. american politics and culture. i say that john may be the single most spirited person i know someone who thinks about the good of the country first and clearly, honestly, and combines a kind of passionate conviction with a calm temper

american studies. tfr is. he also serves on the boards of the competitive enterprise institute and the bradley impact fund. mr. reem was awarded the 21 bradley prize. please welcome mr. reem and, our panelists to the stage. thank you very much, alex, and thank you all for. your attendance in this session on a very important topic of, the restraint the founders exercised while engaging in rebellion, seeking independence. i applaud amity and their colleagues and how they've choreographed these sessions today and framed them. they each build on each other as matt, as alex mentioned, this panel has the intriguing title, the framing of the declaration and the roads not taken. and we may touch on a little bit early panels have on the road taken as well. it was a road that led to just this, what's called the great enrichment, the tremendous human flourishing in this country as our population grew from about 2.5 million at the time of the founding to over 340 million people today. to become the beacon of liberty for the world and a place to come seeking economic opportunity, religious freedom and other important h