host: let's get to calls for ben cline of virginia. good morning, paul. caller: good morning, c-span. what i wanted to say is i have been watching this with these kids coming from across the border. it seems like the media seems to just keep pounding this drum with trump. why didn't they cover this like this when bombs were dropping on ,he kids in syria, mosul afghanistan, iraq? nobody covered it and all of a sudden these kids are dying, some of them. when large crowds of people move, that stuff happens. it happens when the military moves large crowds of soldiers to another country, soldiers die . all these hypocrites keep calling about these people dying, these kids, they were dying in all these countries when bombs were dropping on their heads. billion you agree $4.5 or more is needed to help the folks at the border? caller: do i think now what is that? host: 4.5 billion dollars was approved in the house last night. is that money worth spending on the border, in your view? caller: i think it is. i think they need the money to do what they have got to do

host: let's get to calls for ben cline of virginia. good morning, paul.ler: good morning, c-span. what i wanted to say is i have been watching this with these kids coming from across the border. it seems like the media seems to just keep pounding this drum with trump. why didn't they cover this like this when bombs were dropping on ,he kids in syria, mosul afghanistan, iraq? nobody covered it and all of a sudden these kids are dying, some of them. when large crowds of people move, that stuff happens. it happens when the military moves large crowds of soldiers to another country, soldiers die . all these hypocrites keep calling about these people dying, these kids, they were dying in all these countries when bombs were dropping on their heads. billion you agree $4.5 or more is needed to help the folks at the border? caller: do i think now what is that? host: 4.5 billion dollars was approved in the house last night. is that money worth spending on the border, in your view? caller: i think it is. i think they need the money to do what they have got to do. th

wednesday morning, we discuss immigration and border security with virginia republican congressman ben clineorth carolina democratic congressmen g.k. butterfield talking about the trump administration's plan to change how poverty is determined. be sure to watch washington journal thursday and friday following the first democratic presidential candidate debate of the 2020 race. from the conversation with phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. >> tomorrow morning on c-span three, a house oversight and reform committee hearing on the office of special counsel's recommendation that president trump fire white house counselor kellyanne conway for violations of the hatch act. the hatch act is a federal law limiting political activities by certain federal government employees. the hearing is life wednesday morning at 10 am eastern on c- span three, and c-span.org, and listen with the free c-span radio app. >> >> saturday, 7 pm eastern, in his book the u.s. senate and the commonwealth, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell provides a history of kentucky lawmakers and their leadership in the u.s.

wednesday morning, we discuss immigration and border security ith virginia congressman ben cline and congressman g.k. butterfield talks about the plan to change how poverty is determined. watch washington journal thursday and friday following the first democratic presidential candidates debate of the 200 race. join the conversation both mornings with your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. >> on wednesday, a hearing on the office of special counsel's recommendation that president trump fire white house counselor kellyanne conway for numerous alleged violations of the hatch act, a federal law that limits certain political activities by certain executive branch employees. the hearing will be held live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. later, the annual congressional baseball game between republicans and democrat. the event raises money each year for washington, d.c., area charities. our coverage begins before the first pitch on c span 2, watch online at c-span.org or listen to the live play-by-play on the -span radio app. >> the house will be in order. >> for 40 years, c-span

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wednesday morning, we discuss immigration and border security with virginia republican congressman ben cline. and then north carolina democratic congressman g.k. butterfield talks about the trump administration's plan to change how poverty is determined. and be sure to watch "washington journal" thursday and friday following the first democratic presidential candidate's debate of the 2020 race. join the conversation both mornings with your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. >> on wednesday a hearing on the office of special counsel's recommendation that president trump fire white house counselor kellyanne conway for numerous alleged violations of the hatch act. that's a federal law that limits certain political activities by executive branch employees. the hearing will be held by the house oversight and reform committee live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. and later, the annual congressional baseball game between republicans and democrats. the event raises money each year for washington, d.c., area charities. our live coverage will begin 20 minutes before the first pitch at 6:45 p.