the senate continues debate on the bill and on c-span3, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testifies. then, president trump's pick to lead the veterans affairs apartment leads a confirmation hearing at 2:30 eastern. friday, a conversation with chief justice john roberts at 3:30 p.m. eastern or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> this past week, the c-span alaskaveled to haines, and as part of the bus continues, our next stop in fairbank. >> c-span is viable. they are proud to carry c-span for a number of reasons, especially education. the program offered smany resources to teachers in the classrooms. >> thank you for being part of it. that was just incredible. and the things and iaw coming to alaska understand it is an awesome trip. we are so glad that your bus came here and using it as a tool. me.-span is much older than what i appreciate about c-span is it is nonpartisan. there is a lot of sparring that takes place. it is extremely iormative and very educational. if you go and look at the video screens, people can learn about government. avernment doesn't have to be b

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earlier today housing and urban development secretary ben carson testified at an oversight hearing by the house financial services committee. can you watch the entire hearing tonight at 9:30 eastern here on c-span 3. >>> vice president mike pence and second lady karen pence visited a church and shelter in brazil and spoke to a group of venezuelan migrant children and families. the vice president pledged u.s. support to the venezuelans until quote "democracy" was restored in their country. >> thank you, father alex. it is a great privilege for my wife karen and i to be here with you, with archbishop don sergio here at santa kathryna which is demonstrating the love of god being the hand and feet of christ to people of venezuela. will join me in thanking this wonderful ministry and the impact they are having. it's truly inspiring. [ applause ] i not only want to thank the leadership of this ministry and this archdiocese, but we're also very grateful to the director of caratas and the brazil representative of the u.n. high commissioner for refugees isabel marquez. thank you for all you do

scott sh, ben carson is inspirational, elaine chow is incredible., whom trump has berated to the point she reportedly quit. she's great. jeff sessions, thank you. all we got. >> yeah, nielsen and pruitt, i thought those were the two most interesting things today given the history he's had with her, but on jeffns, clearly the president is mad cls mad about the russia investigation and jeff session ss the person who closely associated with that building. he's made no secret of his displeasure with session' job. the thing is is, jeff session' is doing a good job for the president. just puts his head down and goes to work every day. i think attorney general sessions has a thick hide and i think he sleeps easy at night because a, he believes he did the right thing on the recusal and b, when he recused, he gave the president a gift. which is that. when this investigation is over, if they find there's no usion and jeff sessions was not part of the investigation because he recused himself, he's taking a key argument off the board. can you imagine if session

>>> if you missed any of this hearing with hud secretary ben carson, you can see it in its entirety tonight at 9:30 eastern here on c-span3, or watch any time online at c-span.org. >>> delta air lines ceo ed bastian is speaking at the national press club this afternoon about the airline's plans to transform the consumer experience while dealing with economic uncertainty, geopolitical unrest, and the social media spotlight. we join it live in progress. >> -- traveled across the transatlantic, not just with delta, but with air france, kln, and virgin atlantic, and we're in the process of combining our two there to make the largest international airline jv in the world. as a result of that, we'lle able to grow and expand that european flying. the issue that you're referring to is fifth freedom flying, and that was having stopovers in milan, going to jfk or athens going to newark. those were the routes that we were particularly sensitive around, because that was taking traffic that genuinely was from two third countries that was not sourced or coming out of the middle east. 100% of that traffic

senate continues debate on the farm bill and on c-span 3, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testifies at an oversight hearing. and in the afternoon ceo of delta airlines speaks at the national press club and then president's pick for veterans affairs robert willke at 2:30 eastern. sunday night on afterwards, physician mona hanatesia proves that children were being apparent to led poisoning. she is with gary peters. >> let's talk about this. you heard there might be lead in the water. when did that happen and what was the first reactions you took. >> the point i realized wasn't until the end of august 2015 and it wasn't something -- it happened to be at my house over a glass of wine with a high school girlfriend who happened to be a water expert formerly with the epa, formerly with the epa in washington, d.c., when d.c. went through a similar water crisis. and with a glass in my hand, she said mona, are you aware of the water. >> i said, yeah, it's going to be fine. >> she said no, it isn't. so i tried to take action. they track this f, just like we track flu or hiv. i couldn

transportation secretary elaine chao, israeli ambassador, and housing and urban development secretary ben carson. we begin with remarks from epa administrator scott pruitt. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is good to be back at faith and freedom. i really appreciate the kind words and all that he does to advance religious liberty and all that you do. we saw how important that was this week with jack phillips and the great victory that took place at the u.s. supreme court this week that protected the free exercise of the christian baker in colorado. we should celebrate that this week. [applause] >> and understand that it makes a difference. you know, several years ago, i had the pleasure of traveling with my church to romania. it was on nations trip -- it was on a missions trip. first time i had taken a trip abroad. i went to romania, where the revolution occurred in that country. i was visiting with a pastor in romania and going through the church that existed during the 1950s and 1960s. he showed me up on the wall all the pictures of the pastors. as i saw that picture, as i w

. >>> this morning, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testified at an oversight hearing by the house financial services committee. you can see the entire hearing tonight at 9:30 eastern on c-span3. also available online at c-span.org. you can listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> fbi director christopher wray and rod rosenstein testified. watch live thursday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3, c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> on this final day of decisions for the u.s. supreme court term, the associates announced that anthony kennedy is retiring today. stepping down after more than 30 years on the court. a republican appointee. he held the key vote on such high profile cases such as abortion, affirmative actions, gay rights, guns, campaign finance and voting rights. without him the court will be split between four liberal justices and four conservatives named by republicans. at the ninth circuit judicial conference in 2016, justice kennedy talked about the importance of his ruling on every case as a member of the supreme court. >> the supreme c

today we welcome back to the community -- committee the honorable doctor ben carson. secretary carson has appeared before the committee before, we will four -- forgo the usual introductions >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for inviting me to testify. we have made tremendous progress since i took over in october. i am pleased to have this opportunity to update you. june is national healthy homes as you know i was a doctor. in the course of treating countless young children, i knew i could treat the patient's symptoms, or the patient. the patient's home must be a part of the holistic approach to treating the patient. you cannot be healthy if your home is six. june is also national homeownership month. central to h.u.d. efforts to support responsible homeownership are the programs at the federal housing administration. the mission is to support sustainable homeownership in good times and in bad. a and the health of fha's -- and to maintain the fha's health. if we are to give credit to first-time low and minority homebuyers. it requires technology, and fha can no long

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housing and urban development secretary ben carson will testify tomorrow before the house financial services committee, live coverage on c-span3 and online at c-span.org and you can listen with the free c-span radio app. also tomorrow, president trump's pick to lead the veterans affairs department, robert wilke. his confirmation starts live at 2:30 eastern on c-span3 and also is available online and with the c-span radio app. more from this global leadership conference as howard dean and chris christie preview this fall's midterm elections with the host of npr's "morning edition," rachel martin. >> thank you, gary. thank you for having us. it was not lost on me sitting in the green room just now that here we are. >> yeah. >> two former governors from the northeast, two former presidential candidates, not very much personality in these two guys. nice girl from public radio in the middle, going to try to moderate this situation. everyone's going to play nice. >> of course. >> the subtitle to this is -- i'm paraphrasing -- looking forward to the midterm elections, red, blue and purpose, which t

housing secretary ben carson who used taxpayer money to buy a $31,000 dining set.reasury secretary steve mnuchin wasted almost $1 million on travel expenses and attorney general jeff sessions who spent $3 million on an experimental bunny stretching operation -- body stretching operation. looks great. ( laughter ) no one in washington has been as consistently caught in scandal as e.p.a. chief scott pruitt. his scandals haven't come from him working to destroy the environment. they've come from his side husband also. normally when you find out about corruption in d.c. it makes you mad, millions in bribes! but with every pruitt revelation you go, what? >> this morning the controversies keep coming for e.p.a. chief scott pruitt. e-mails show pruitt had one of his people reach out to chick-fil-a. >> he used his position to get his wife a franchise with chick-fil-a. even more astonishing, it's all in writing in government e-mails. >> trevor: you know, i will be honest, this is not the fast fort hood scandal i saw coming out of the white house. if anything, i thought it w

. >>> housing and urban development secretary ben carson testified before the house financial services conducted an oversight -- over the agency that he leads. some democrats also commented on the recent calls for civility in the nation's political discourse. congressman -- chairs the hearing. >> the committee will come to order. that -- without object in the chair is authorized to recess the committee at any time. the members will have 5 legislative days with which to provide material. i now recognize myself, we come to order, please? -- will you come to order. i now recognize myself for three and half minutes, to give an opening statement. as we all know, hud was established over 50 years ago. when it was established, president johnson said it was essential to the war on property, but unfortunately 50 years later, not to mention, $1.6 trillion later, poverty level in our country has barely changed. there is no doubt that hud programs help a number of our citizens, they are a critical part of the nation's social safety net. when i look at the data, and i look into the faces of our fel

transportation secretary elaine chao, israeli ambassador, and housing and urban development secretary ben carson. we begin with remarks from epa administrator scott pruitt.

on cspan 2, the senate continues to debate on the farm bill and on cspan three, ben carson testifies at an oversight hearing at 10:00 a.m. eastern. in the afternoon, the ceo of delta airlines speaks at the national press club. and then president trump's pick to lead the veterans' affairs department, will take questions at the committee at 2:30 eastern. the executive director testified before the house injure rare committee about actions taken during the 2015 elections, including the clinton e-mail investigations, watch live on c.span 3, c.span. org or listen with the free c.span radio app. >> friday, the conversation with the chief justice of the united states i don't know roberts, live friday at 3:30:00 p.m. eastern on c.span, c.span. org or listen on the free c.span radio app. >>> the commit imply on foreign investment in the united states is a government agency that reviews potential foreign investments to safeguard against compromises in national security. congress is considering the legislation to expand the city's power. next the center for extra teasic and studies hosted a dis

wednesday, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testifies at an oversight hearing. live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. wednesday afternoon president trump's pick to head the veterans affair department robert wilke will testify but the veteran affairs committee. live coverage start at 2:30 p.m. eastern live on c-span 3 and all of the hearings will be available online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> this week on why the the communicators," fcc commissioner michael o'reilly on the elimination of net neutrality and the expected surge in corporate mergers after the at&t/time warner merger. mr. o'reilly is interviewed by telecommunications report senior editor paul kirby. >> the last administration under obama both chairman wheeler and the hate of the antitrust division felt that it should not be changed. at that time t-mobile and sprint did not merge. are a few okay? >> i do not have such a structure. i want to take the application put before the commission before us and analyze that in terms of what is the data presented? w

the housing secretary, ben carson wants to raise rents on people that get federal housing housing assistanceause it would encourage people to get jobs, the rent increases would average 26%, he said its an attempt by the trump administration to give poor people a way out of poverty but organizations that work with lower income families said most of their clients already work two jobs and have a hard time paying rent because of low wages. >>> the wall street journal said the price of coffee went up by 10 to 20 cents at starbucks, the report said in the past year, the company has raised prices by one to 2% to keep up with inflation. >> in hawaii, they passed a law stopping companies like uber and lyft from using surge pricing, the bill still needs to be approved by the mayor of honolulu to become law, that leads to our question of the day, do you support a proposed cap on ride share companies like uber and lyft, let us know on our facebook page or on twitter. a lot of companies will be looking at the surge pricing. >> a man who is now being called the bumbling bandit, a search for this guy, cau

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on c-span3, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testifies at an oversight hearing. afternoon, the ceo of delta airlines speaks at the national press club. then president trump's pick to lead the federal affairs -- robert wilke will take a meeting at the federal affairs department. google announced recently that it will withdraw from a pentagon artificial intelligence project. they will set some of the applications and invocations of artificial intelligence. witnesses were asked about the potential downsides resulting from ai. this is one hour and 45 minutes. >>>> the committee will come to order. >> the chair is authorized to declare recesses at any time. good morning and welcome to today's hearing entitled artificial intelligence: with great power comes great responsibility. myself for ane opening statement. to note that like -- thisur witnesses doctor is not able to be here due to a medical emergency. we wish him well and a speedy recovery. we will make sure his writte testimony is made part of the record. one of the reasons i have been looking forward to today's

. >>> ben carson wants to raise rents on people who get federal housing assistance because, he says, it would encourage those people to get jobs. they would average 26%. he says it's an attempt to give poor people a way out of poverty. organizations that work with low-income families safe most of their plans already work to or three jobs -- two or three jobs. >>> they area residents are holding off having a family, partly because of the high housing prices. the fertility rate for women between the ages of 25 -- some of the largest declines are in cities with rising home prices. for example, between 2010 and 2015, home values in san francisco jumped 51%. during the same period, the city's fertility rate went down. >>> the bay area is not a top destination. according to u.s. census data, sacramento was the third most popular destination for those aged 20-32 big behind seattle and columbia, south carolina. most of the millennials moving from sacramento came to another -- from other parts of california. >>> this san francisco's mayor's race to coast to call -- too close to call. >>> what

tomorrow urban and housing secretary, ben carson, will testify. that begins monday morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-s. also available online at these .org and you can listen with every c-span radio app. at 2:30 p.m. eastern president trump to be the veterans affairs department goes before the committee for his confirmation hearing. that will be live on c-span3. this past week with the help of our cable partners, gci, the c-span bus, dude you know alaska and is part of our0apitals tour the bus continues a trip across alaska to a stop in fairbanks. >> c-span programming is a great for alaskans. for most of us if the only way to see our delegation hard work in washington. the c-span classroom program offers resources to teachers and has a great deal of value to the base classrooms. >> thank you for being part of it and bringing your awesome boss to her makes. the torah that was incredible. i heard stories of driving some folks who brought the bus up here and things we saw on the way coming to alaska with a nice trip for what i heard. from what i un

i watch these evangelical and i -- they would say ben carson and dennis ted cruz because i know he agrees with me on everything in my third choice is donald trump and i would be sitting there in my mouth would drop open. then they start explain it. i'm not sure carson or gentile can win and i'm not sure cruz could beat hillary but trump he is something different. i don't know if she can handle him. he finished second in iowa and a pretty strong second for someone who did not fit the place culturally but it really was a pragmatic choice which i find ironic because a lot of economic conservatives for years have accused the evangelical voter and the republican party not being pragmatic and they felt like they got behind candidates would lose and they put the party i can't tell you how many meetings i sat were republicans complaining about the lack of pragmatism of the evangelical voters. this time they were incredibly pragmatic. there is something that has not been noticed. the eight the numbers are in the high '80s of those who supported the president but he's been married three times, used

housing secretary ben carson wants to raise rent on people who get federal housing assistance because he said it would encourage those people to get jobs. nationwide, the rent increase would average 26%. carson says it's an attempt by the trump administration to give poor people a way out of poverty. what organizations that work with low-income families say most of their clients already work two or three dog -- jobs but find it hard to pay the rent because of the low wages. >>> at starbucks, a cup of coffee may cost more. the wall street journal says the price of brewed coffee went up between 10 and $.20 this week at most starbucks. the price of other things will stay the same. the wall street journal says in the past year, starbucks has raised prices by 1-2 percent in order to keep up with inflation. >>> cadillac is adding more high-tech gear to its cars and suvs. gm's luxury brand is expanding the use of its super cruise system. it uses cameras, sensors, and laser guiding radar to allow drivers to right hand three on divided highways. it also has an, -- an infrared camera to make su

secretary ben carson who has things going on in hud that we're excited. we had lunch the other day. what you're doing is great. it's really inspirational. more than just brick and motor. we appreciate it very much. thank you very much. elaine chao, secretary. all you do is produce. you'reoing it in a quiet way and so incredible. what a job you're doing with transportation. thanks very much. rick perry. rick -- i thought y we going to the v.a. but we have great people at the v.a. so now we don't have to worrybout the v.a. i always thought -- i put him in the v.a. and you would have done great there too. you're doing a fantastic job at energy. we're the largest in the world at energy, rick. the largest in the world. we're now exporting energy for the first time. never did it. now we're exporting energy. we have become the largest energy producer in the world. who would have thought? we've opened it up and let our people and do their thing. ngecre of t a great job. peter rourke. the combination of you and wille unbeatable combination. thanks for your help. i'm hearing onlyood th secret

ben carson, secretary of the department of housing and urban development. secretary carson has appeared before our committee before, so we will forego the usual introduction. secretary carson, welcome. and you are now recognized for five minutes to give an oral presentation of your testimony. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member waters. members of this committee, thank you for inviting me to testify this morning. hudd has made tremendous progress since i testified in october. and i'mo pleased to have this opportunity to yupdate you on the developments. june is national healthy homes month, an important recognition of the significance of the home to our overall health. as you know, por to becoming dd secretary, i was a doctor. in the course of treating countless young children, i knew i could treat the patient's symptoms or i could treat the patient. patient's home must be a part of a wholistic approach to treating that patient because you can't be healthy if your home is sick. june is also national homeowner ship month. central to hudd's efforts to

more than 7,300 scholars awarded more than 7.3 million in scholarships and installed more than 150 ben carsond multiple jobs to support their family, secretary carson was raised to love reading and education. he graduated from yale university and earned his doctorate of medicine from the university of michigan medical school. he and his wife are the proud parents of three adult sons and three grandchildren. ladies and gentlemen, would you join me in giving a real warm faith and freedom welcome to secretary ben carson. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you very much. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. it's great to be here amongst fellow believers. and i appreciate very much the invitation from ralph reed who has worked for decades to try to bring some civil discourse and some faith into our capital here. you know, i think that faith without freedom leads to intolerance and tyranny. and freedom without faith leads to neither one of them. you won't have anything if you do that. and, you know, the faith is the thing that i think really makes us concentrate on doing the right thing. but

i was in detroit yesterday, ben carson, we were trying to do some things for the disadvantage youth, president trumps leadership, they had a sign that i thought was great, said talent equally distributed around the world. opportunity is on. let's work to give people an opportunity. particularly the young people. but before this year in the previous year, looking at it as absolutely insane, because we have a problem, because we have a different objective. we might have a difference of opinion of how to make america great and how to give people an opportunity and how to win a championship. coach steve kerr has done a great job. he also won several championships with his players. congratulations on that, but when you talk about a political statement, read steve kerr's comments, that says it all. >> laura: what they are saying is that the players are following their conscience about police brutality. it is not about the country or the flag, they are very patriotic people, but they are in their own way protesting against police brutality and they think that president trump does not unders

. >>> this morning, ben carson testified in an oversight hearing by the house financial services committee. you can see the entire hearing tonight starting at 9:30 eastern here on cspan 3. also available online at cspan dost org and you can listen with the free app. >>> fbi drirector and rod rosenstein testified thursday before f the house judiciary committee about actions taken by the house committee during the 2016 elections including the clinton e-mail investigation. watch live thursday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on cspan 3 or list b b b b with the free app. >>> the bus traveled alaska m it b continues to our next stop in fair banks. >> cspan is especially value for alaskans. for most of us, it's the om way to get to see our delegation hard at work in washington. it's a proud to carry cspan for a number of reasons. especially for their emphasis education. from lesson plans and handouts to timely teachable videos and educator conferences, the cspan classroom program offers so many resources to teachers and has a great deal of value today's classrooms. >> i heard stories of driving up from the

senate continues debate on the farm bill and on c-span 3, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testifies at an oversight hearing at 10 a.m. eastern. in the afternoon ceo of delta airlines speaks at the national press club and then president trump's pick will take place at the veterans committee at 2:30 eastern. . >> this past week with the help of our cable partners the c-span bus travelled to haynes, alaska. the bus continues its trip through alaska to our next stop in fair banks. >>hi is especially popular for alaskaens, cci is proud to carry c-span for a number of reasons, especially for their education, for lesson plans and handouts to timely teachable videos and educator conferences, the c-span classroom offers so many resources to teachers and adds a great deal of value to classrooms. >> thank you for being part of it, bringing your awesome bus to fair banks. the tour of that was incredible. i heard stories of driving up to elk hand and things they saw on the way up to alaska was aice trip. i have driven it a few times myself and it is an awesome trip and we are so glad y

and then coming up wednesday, housing and urban development secretary ben carson discusses oversight issues at his department. he'll appear before the house financial services committee. live coverage wednesday starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. and wednesday afternoon, the confirmation hearing for robert wilkie to be the next veterans affairs secretary. he'll testify before the senate veterans' affairs committee. he would replace david shulkin who was fired by president trump in march. that hearing begins live wednesday at 2:30 p.m. eastern. also on c-span3. washington journal continues. host: joining us about topics happening in congress and washington, d.c. is alayna treene and lisa mascaro, from the ap. thank you for joining us. immigration was a big topic last week, especially in the house. some voted and some did not. lisa mascaro, where are we in this? guest: a big week for immigration in the house. the house republicans have been trying to pass this bill on their own without democratic input. onpresent something immigration that trump could sign into law. of course, the

. >> looking ahead to tomorrow, housing and urban development secretary ben carson will be on capitol hill to testify at a house financial services committee oversight hearing and that will be live tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern on c-span 3. coming up in the afternoon, at 2:30 eastern, president trump's pick to lead the veterans' affairs department will sit before the senate veterans' affairs committee for his confirmation hearing, also live on c-span 3 with coverage of both hearings also on-line at c-span.org and you can listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> friday, with the conversation with the chief justice of the united states, john roberts from the judicial conference of the 4th circuit live friday at 3:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. c-span.org, or listen on the free c-sn radio app. >>> at a press conference today, house speaker paul ryan spoke about the vote expected later this week on a compromise immigration proposal. he also called on democratic representative maxine waters to apologize for encouraging people to protest trump administration officials. this is about 20 mi

wednesday, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testifies before the house financial servicesmittee. live coverage starts at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. wednesday afternoon, president trump's pick to head the veterans affairs department robert will i can will testify. all of those hearings will be available online at c-span.org or you can listen with the free c-span radio app. the c-span bus is traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. it's on its 38th stop in juneau, alaska asking what's the most important issue in alaska. >> what i think is the most important issue facing alaska right now is we're in the midst of a budget crisis. as a result of lower oil prices we're not getting the revenue we're used to. there are other revenue streams that need to happen. it doesn't seem to be happening very fast. i think there's political reasons why people are afraid or worried about implementing taxes. but without additional revenue coming in, the alaskans are facing a lot of crises in a lot of areas. one is the opioid and substance abuse crisis. the more our economy goes down

. >>> critics blasting housing secretary ben carson proposal to raise rents on tenants in low incomee using. . an analyst by the center on budget and police priorities says carson's plan would rents 20% for residents in the 100 largest metropolitan areas. carson says the proposal would put recipients on a path to stability. critics say it would lead to homelessness because the increase is six times greater than the growth in average hourly earnings. the proposal needs congressional approval. >>> new developments on that deadly volcanic eruption in guatemala. an investigation is being launched into whether evacuation protocols were followed. many people were caught off guard with no time to evacuate when the volcano erupted sunday. at least 99 people died. that number is expected to go up nearly 200 missing. >>> meanwhile the u.s. geological survey is releasing number from the kilauea eruption on hawaii. since may 3 rd more than 113 million cubic meters of lava released. that's enough to fill 11.3 million dump trucks. it could cover manhattan island 6.5 feet deep. only half the amount

earlier today housing and urban development secretary ben carson testified at an oversight hearing by the house financial services committee. can you watch the entire hearing tonight at 9:30 eastern here on c-span 3. >>> vice president mike pence and second lady karen pence visited a church and shelter in brazil and spoke to a group of venezuelan migrant children and families. the vice president pledged u.s. support to the venezuelans until

mcdougal but whether it was a negative story about donald trump's opponent, hillary clinton or ben carson stories not quite as flattering as he wanted about himself? >> very strong reporting, sara. thank you very much. sara alison at the national post. >>> are the president's attacks against the special counsel robert mueller working right now? what the brand new cnn polls are showing about the american public's opinion of this whole russia investigation. >>> plus, more than 4,000 people estimated to have died and the trump administration still being criticized for the response. but now the government commissioning a congratulations coin on puerto rico. you're going to hear why. ♪ i thought i was managing my moderate to severe crohn's disease. then i realized something was missing... me. my symptoms were keeping me from being there. so, i talked to my doctor and learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications. and the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission in as little as 4 weeks. humir

. >>> house pg and urban development secretary ben carson will testify tomorrow before the house financial services committee. this begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. and tomorrow president trump picked to lead the veterans affairs robert wilkie. his confirmation hearing starts 2:30 live. also available online and with the c-span radio app. this past week with the help of our cable partners gci, c-span bus traveled to juno and alaska, and part of the 50 capitals tour, goes to alaska in next stop in fairbanks. >> c-span programming is especially valuable for alaska cans. for most of us its ability to see this. especially for the emphasis on education. from lesson plans to timely teachable videos and educator conferences, c-span kplas room program offers so many resources to teachers and adds a great deal of value to today's classrooms. >> thank you for being part of bringing your awesome bus to fairbanks. your tour of that was incredible. heard stories from people driving up the alcan and things they saw coming to alaska, it was a nice trip. and i understand i've driven it myself a couple o

i mean hillary clinton, it just seems like her health isn't that great, or ben carson, i've just heard he's not that good a surgeon. these kinds of things that, where did you hear that? i don't know. i do think there is a level. we sort of scoff at the "national enquirer," but i do think there is this -- it's a way of putting something into the ether. >> it is interesting. again, i know just from the checkout line at the grocery store, you see these headlines about a celebrity you haven't thought about in 20 years and the health they say is failing or something. it does -- you do remember it. boy, i wonder if something is going on there. thank you both for taking a few minutes. >>> up next, survivors of the parkland school shooting are turning their grief and outrage into political activism. chris matthews sat down and talked with one of them. david hogg. this is "hardball," where the action is. e suggests. we're an organic tea company. a premium juice company. a coconut water company. we've got drinks for long days. for birthdays. for turning over new leaves. and we make them for ever

watch a lot of these evangelical voters in iowa caucuses this person didn't say my first choice if ben carson or bobby jindal. people identify with. next choices ted cruz because i know he agrees with me and everything. my third choice of doctor. i'd be sitting there in my mouth would drop open cohousing that the case was then they would say i'm not sure if carson or bob agenda can winter i'm not sure ted cruz can beat hillary. now trump, he something different. i don't know if she can handle him. in the end donald trump finishes second in iowa, a pretty strong second for someone who didn't really fit culturally. it really was a very pragmatic choice which i find inic because a lot of economic conservatives for years have accused the evangelical voter and the republican party not being pragmatic. they felt like they got behind candidates who are going to lose. lose. i can't count how many meetings i have sat through with chamber of commerce that republicans complaining about the lack of pragmatism of evangelical voters. voters. this time they were incredibly pragmatic. that's something that's

wednesday, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testifies at an oversight hearing at theouse financial services committee. live coverage starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. wednesday afternoon, president trump's pick to head the veteran affairs department robert wilkie will testify. live coverage starts at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3 and all of those hearings will be available on-line at cspan.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> this week on the communicators, fcc commissioner michael o'reilly on the elimination of net neutrality and the expected surge in corporate mergers after the at&t/time warner merger. mr. o'reilly is interviewed by telecommunications report senior editor paul kirby. >> the last administration under obama both chairman wheeler and the head of the anti-trust division felt that should not be changed, should not go to three. t-mobile and sprint did not try to merge. should there be more nationwide wireless carriers, are three okay? >> i do not have such a structure. i want to take with the application put before the commission befor

ben carson just launched his envision centers. i know he has gotten a lot of criticism lately.on. this it's a centralized hub that allows individuals who rely on hud services if they need help searching for jobs, health benefits. it's like a one shop fall you will. it's a beautiful -- >> you're having trouble getting a check or trouble getting health care or you have to know which specialist to go to, he is going to help? >> oh, chris, come on now. i didn't say all of that. i said it's a centralized hub where you can go to get information on a plethora of different things from jobs, health care, et cetera. that's a good thing. it's going benefit a lot of people. hey, it's a start, okay? >> thank you. you're republican. you're part of that nine out of ten. you've got to go along with everything. thank you, carol? >> vice president mike pence is headed to latin america tomorrow. he is going to go to -- they're saying he is going to talk about issues like venezuela and other things. but obviously happening as the controversy at the border is going on. so he's going to brazil, ecua

or ben carson, i've heard he isn't that good a surgeon. where did you hear that? i don't know.e sort of scoff at "the national enquirer" but i do think it's a way of putting something into the ether. >> i know just from the checkout line at the grocery store, you'll see these headlines about a celebrity you haven't thought about in 20 years and the health they say is failing or something. you do remember it. maybe i wonder if something is going on there. sara ellison, john podhoretz, thank you for taking a few minutes. >>> up next, survivors of the parkland school shooting are turning their grief into activism. chris matthew sat down and talked with one of them about their lead-ups to the 2018 elections. this is "hardball," where the action is. d an r.v. i would not want to pay that insurance bill. [ ding ] -oh, i have progressive, so i just bundled everything with my home insurance. saved me a ton of money. -love you, gary! -you don't have to buzz in. it's not a question, gary. on march 1, 1810 -- [ ding ] -frédéric chopin. -collapsing in 226 -- [ ding ] -the colossus of rhode

. >>> we're live on capitol hill this morning as housing and urban development secretary ben carson will be testifying before the house financial service committee. as that committee looks at how hudd is executing federal policy. members will also review both the agencies's successes and challenges since its creation in 1965 and the effectiveness of its programs. three programs accounted for hudd's programs last year. the hearing due to start any moment now. live coverage here on c-span 3. >>> the committee will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time and all members will have five legislative days within which to submit extraneous materials. i now recognize myself. meeting will come to order,

. >>> housing and urban development secretary ben carson testified before the house financial services conducted an oversight -- over the agency that he leads. some democrats also commented on the recent calls for civility in the nation's political discourse. congressman -- chairs the hearing.