ecretary mike pompeo, mark esper, david burn hart, gene carson, dan, betsy devos. wilke. and administrator caranza. joining us -- [applause] cherished tradition are a lot of friends in the audience. have become friends. they are political leaders. they've become great friends. get to meet anymore. that and the enemies and the allies and we have them all. we have allies. we have enemies. sometimes the allies are enemies know it.st don't [laughter] that.'re changing all but thank you, all, and thank you, all, for being here. also want to welcome foreign dignitaries from more than 140 countries. that's something. [applause] that's something. everyone here today is united by shared conviction. we know our nation is stronger. our future is brighter and our greater when we return to god and ask him to shed his lives.n our addressed congress on the state of the union and the great american comeback. that's what it is. [applause] our country has never done better than it is doing right now. our economy is the strongest it has ever been. that are of you interested in stocks, it lo

to betsy devos hasn't done a lot. i have seen it and for me, education is number one.hat is why i am voting. announcer 1: voices from the road, on c-span. ♪ during this election season, the candidates beyond the talking points are only revealed over time but since you can't be everywhere, there is c-span. our campaign 2020 programming differs from all other political coverage for one simple reason, it is c-span. we brought you your unfiltered view of government every day since 1979, this year we are bringing you an unfiltered view of the people seeking to steer that government this november, in order words, it your -- other words, your future. see the biggest picture for yourself and make up your own mind. with campaign 2020, brought to you as a public service by >> we take you live to colorado springs, president trump is about to speak at a campaign rally. right now, remarks by vice president mike pence. you are watching live coverage on c-span. america is going to be a net exporter of energy this year for the first time in 75 years and nafta is over, the usmca is her

betsy devos has not done a lot for teachers. as a teacher, i have seen it. that is why i'm voting. >> voices from the road on c-span. next, a look at how campaigns plan to engage with nonvoters in this election cycle. the discussion was hosted by politico and the knight foundation.

mike pompeo, mark esper, david bernhardt -- gene scalia, alex azar, ben carson, dan brouillette, betsy devos, robert wilke, and administrator jovita carranza pete buttigieg why >> senator, a huge part of the recount this from the satellite caucuses which you were doing very well. are you worried about why this recount was called. specifically with those votes in mind. >> i don't think that will happen. i think the recount will be for every proceeding in the state. in terms of the satellite caucuses, the purpose of the satellite caucus which is a good purpose, one of the problems that you have for the caucus takes place at 7:00 o'clock in the evening. what if you are working prison. what if you're a mom with two kids and you can't come out to a caucus. what i think the democratic party tried to do correctly is to say okay, if you can't come out, if your student, we will provide you an opportunity to vote. and most of the people who voted i believe our working class people. we did very well in the satellite caucuses. >> joe biden said yesterday in the socialist label on our party, why are you

in the first 100 seconds, i will fire betsy devos. [ applause ] so we can -- we can make that program work better, phase it in better to over ten years. and you get loans paid back if you stay in some kind of public service. it has not been working well. i would go bigger than that. i would actually add to the loan payment program, in demand occupations, i would make it easier for students to refinance their loans. i mean, multi-millionaires can refinance their yachts. i don't know why students wouldn't be able to refinance their student loans. that would be on loan payment. then let's go on the other end. especially for the students that are here right now at saint ancels. there is bumper sticker solution free college for all. i get it, i get why. i want us to step back a little bit and i want us to look at our economy and think, how do we connect our economy with our education system and make it work for everyone? so let's look first at in-demand occupations, what we're going to be seeing in this economy. we're going to have over a million openings for home health care workers. beca

betsy devos has not done a lot of good for teachers, and that is issue number one, so that is why i am voting. >> voices from the road on c-span. >> next, a debate between incumbent senator red marking and -- ed markey and joe kennedy . the candidates answer questions on a variety of issues, such as the environment, housing, health care and president trump. event, hosted by wgbh tv in boston, is about an hour. > >> broadcasting across the commonwealth in partnership with wc ai and new england public media. live from our studios, here are our moderators, jim broudy and margery eagan.

after that, education secretary betsy devos testifying on the 2021 budget request for her department. vice president pence spoke at the american conservative union's annual conservative political action conference in national harbor, maryland. he began his remarks with an update on the crow in a vice and his role as head of the -- on the coronavirus and his role as head of the task force. >> ok, i'm going to let the audio visual person fix this problem, that's not up my alley. i think you all know what's coming next. you might know him as the father of three children, marine captain michael pence, daughters charlotte and audrey. and how about a fantastic second lady in karen pence. [applause] and of course there was another pence walking around this the c ack hallways -- cpac hallways, his big brother greg pence, congressman greg pence from the great state of indiana. [applause] as you all know, a.c.u. has been doing ratings of members of congress and senators for over 50 years. during that time, there are 18 men who have been selected to be vice president. we have ratings for. here's

on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m., education secretary betsy devos is on capitol hill testifying against the president's 2021 budget request for her department. in the afternoon, the cdc director appears before a house foreign affairs subcommittee with state department officials talking about the u.s. and international response to the coronavirus outbreak. that gets underway at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> so this november, we are going to take back the house, we are going to hold the senate, and we are going to keep the white house. >> president trump speaks at a rally in south carolina friday ahead of the primary. watch our campaign 2020 coverage live friday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch on at c-span.org, or listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. >> sunday, book tv features conversations on u.s. presidents and race. plus, america as a superpower. starting at noon eastern on in-depth, a live conversation with author and white house correspondent april ryan. >> i studied for this at morgan state university down the road. i studied for this. this is my vocation, not knowing that i would be und

. >> education secretary betsy devos testified on the president 2021 budget request for her departmentshe appeared before a house subcommittee. asked abouts charter schools, nondiscrimination policies and support for minority student. >> the subcommittee will come to order. good morning, secretary devos. welcome to the subcommittee. this is our second budget hearing of the year.

betsy devos helps her goddaughter get into charter school, a shame she works to deny that opportunity to every other disadvantaged family in america, good for me but not the indeed. social media talk about this, typical i get school choice that you don't. this twitter user says she has personal experience saying i couldn't get my get i went to a charter school choice, a lot of recent stuff and no one pulled a string talking about how aoc was able to get her goddaughter in, really interesting point when you consider how anti-charter the democratic party's. >> for me and not for the, that is a good one and speaking of good ones, beautiful pictures out of india. ivanka trump one of them. >> this is a picture ivanka trump took yesterday in front of the taj mahal reminding a lot of people of the photo princess diana took not far from that picture back in 1992, she visited that monument alone when she was having marital issues and, once later she did split from prince charles. a little walk down memory lane but people are comparing those pictures and it is the color schemes. >> very beautif

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betsy devos is shutting down the office of civil rights. stopping protecting african-american kids. gutting safety. i can go through things that are fundamentally hurting. asthma rates are hurting them. doing nothing about external mortality rates. i can go through all of these things that this president is doing to hurt black and brown people, black and brown communities. they clearly are making a political play. you see that from their super bowl ad. you see that from the noise they're making now. their goal is not to win the black vote. that will not happen. it seems like their play is to do what they saw the last time, either reduce black turnout. you see vicious, awful voter suppression activities going on. justice department doing nothing to get black voter rights. they're scraping and attracting 5%. 6%. suppress people taking away those voting rights, suppress votes through nondefensive voting rights act and more and then do things to see if they can get a few blacks to come on. >> do you think he can do it or they can do it? >> look, we've seen darker chapters. the answer to

democratic socialist platform in particular very much anti-charter school, secretary of education betsy devosdaughter into a charter school, a shame she works to deny that opportunity to every other disadvantaged family in america, a lot of social media talking about that. typical, i get school choice but you don't. this person has personal experience not getting her kid into a charter school of choice. no one pulled the strings for sherry. we will see if aoc responds to that moment. rob: i doubt it. 45 after the hour. ilhan omar and rashida tlaib, they have an anti-semitic image problem. bernie sanders made it worse by calling apack a group of bigots. jillian: how do jewish voters feel about that. >> let's check in with steve doocy on "fox and friends". tomorrow is ash wednesday. i wear my pink tie. >> not one of the colors of mardi gras. >> come back. >> i've got 14 minutes to figure that out. tomorrow is ash wednesday. coming up, the president 40 miles from now, a press conference closing a 36 hour trip to india. we are getting all-star analysis between martha mccallum and stuart varney on

one of the thing i can do, in the first 100 seconds, and that is fire betsy devos. [cheering] [applause] that is how you make that program work better and then you phase it in and you include more people. you could include in-demand occupations. so that gets me to the last thing i want to say about this. and that is we have got to make sure our education system matches our economy. so when you do that, when you step back, what do you see? you see we have in-demand occupations, doctors, all these kinds of jobs that we know are now opening and are coming down the pike. we're going to have over one million openings for home health care workers in our country, that we do not know how to fill because of what i just talked about with long-term care. we are going to have over 100,000 openings for nursing assistants. it requires a one- or two-year degree. we're going to have over 70,000 openings for electricians in this country. we are not going to have a shortage of sports marketing degrees. i am really sorry if somebody is getting one. but we are not. we are going to have

do and one of the things i found out that you don't even have to wait 100 days to wait is fire betsy devosapplause]d senator klobuchar: more than that, look at our economy. part of it is the aging of our population. we will have a million openings for home health care workers. 100,000have over openings for nursing assistants that require one year and two-year degrees. we will have openings for electricians. shortage ofve a sports marketing degrees, sorry to anyone that has one. yeah, someone down care. there is always someone. we will not have a shortage of mbas. we will have a shortage of plumbers. we have to figure out how to create an incentive or kids to go into areas where we know we have openings. some of them are very well-paying. we also have to look at other jobs like home health care work that are not as well-paid. we have to look at increasing those wages. we have to put money into childcare and retirement. and that is how i look at the education plan. that means investing a chunk of money into k-12 and preschool. that means making apprenticeships free. it means doubling pell gr

things i found out you do not even have to wait 100 days to do but you can do in 100 seconds is fire betsy devos[cheers] [applause] but more than that, when you look at our economy, part of this is the aging of the population. we will have over one million opening for home health care workers. we have no idea how we are going to fill them. we will have over 100,000 openings for nursing assistants that require one year and two year degrees. we will have over 70,000 openings for electricians. we will not have a shortage of openings for sports marketing degrees -- sorry for anyone who has them. yeah, someone down there. there's always someone. we will not have a shortage of mba's. we will have a shortage of plumbers. we had to figure out how we create incentives or people to go into areas where we know there are job openings. electricians are well-paid. we have to look at that. we also to look at other jobs, like home health care workers, which are not as well-paid. we have to look at increasing those wages and taking some of the money from the trump tax cuts, putting them into things like retireme

the secretary of education betsy devos is taking a stand.eciate your great investigative reporting, keep it up. we will do that sandra. we post multiple stories today about the positive things the trump administration is doing in other news about positive populism here and that's just a couple examples. larry kudlow sang a tax cut 2.0 package benefiting middle-class is likely to come out by the end of september. vice president pence announces that the ministration is working on a 5 billion-dollar school choice funding plan. we also feature stories from around the country since we believe in the decentralization of power like this one. there's a bill progressing through the iowa house that would recognize several house and state licenses and help get more iowans working. this is just fantastic positive substantive content that you will want to share with all your friends. make sure you don't miss out on any future post. follow us at steve hilton acts and that nextrev fnc. all right. coming up, look out america, some of california's craziest i

lower, they're investigating into james comey and eric prince, a trump supporter whose sister is betsy devos, education secretary. it appears there's direct political appearance in fair administration of law and that's a very, very dangerous thing for the country. >> steve bannon, former close adviser to the president, one who said repeatedly time to disrupt and break the system, he was quoted in your paper saying this. the president is mad and he should be mad. now he understands how to use the full powers of the presidency. the pearl-clutchers better get used to it. does that match what you're hearing from people inside the white house? i went to the trump rally monday night. they're laughing their way through this. >> well, stephanie, yes, it does match with what we're hearing inside the white house and in other parts of the government as well. talking a lot here about the justice department, you certainly hear that sentiment that this is the president's government and the president picks how it runs, coming from the justice department higher ups. you hear it coming from the state departm

for instance, on eric prince, betsy devos' brother, if they don't indict him for lying to congress, how are people supposed to look at this and say, it was on the up and up. so the appearance of impropriety, even if we've giving them the benefit of the doubt and there's nothing wrong here, it's the appearance some people aren't getting a fair shake. >> yooit's why you have rules against conflicts of interest. if you have those conflicts you should not be involved. how do you respond to that? the president has an interest in all these cases. there are folks who advised him. roger stone has been one of his most loyal advisers through the years gop you have any issue? you're a former federal prosecutor. imagine if the president interfered in a case you prosecuted to the best of your ability and said, i don't care what you did. this guy is a friend of mine. ain't going to happen. >> there's something important to keep in mind here. while federal prosecutors have a great deal of flexibility in how they handle their cases, it is not absolute. and particularly with regard to cases involving pu

no, not betsy devos. though it was a close call.alking about predatory private lenders of college loans. we're in the midst of a student debt crisis. with nearly $1.5 trillion in outstanding college debt and like equities built into the american way of life, the student debt crisis has hit black and brown borrowers particularly hard. partially because far more black students need to borrow than white ones. because of long-standing institutional discrimination that made it nearly impossible for black families to build any kind of generational wealth and it gets worse. even as black and brown students are starting at a financial disadvantage, a new study shows that those who choose to attend historically black colleges and universities or spunk serving institutions are targeted with higher lending cost. the study called this edition cal red lining and it looks specifically at wells fargo and financial technology company upstart to find these racial disparity in loan terms f. this sounds familiar because this isn't the first time wells

he's a close ally of the president -- >> and brother -- >> and brother of the education secretary betsy devos the attorney general and president are moving the u.s. attorney off this position to put in a crony of the attorney general and in his first real act on the job, he signs off on this new filing, backing away from the filing he signed the day before, it's very concerning given what else that office has to deal with. >> and the president said i didn't talk to justice. he doesn't have to. we didn't mention something that's going on in the intelligence community where time is running out on the acting dni because of -- he's still acting and you can be in acting for so many months. and we don't know who is going to replace, there's also talk of one of the president's very supportive congress members from house intelligence. you as an fbi veteran know just how important it is to have the intelligence community not be compromised. >> absolutely. and you want serious people in place and you want the workforce to know that there's going to be some continuity and stability. acting officials are

. >>> secretary betsy devos is on capitol hill today to testify on the president's 2021 budget request for a house appropriations subcommittee. you're watching live coverage of this hearing on c-span3.

reporter: b it turns out the money for the scholarship came personally from education secretary betsy devosalso, davis already attends a highly-sought after charter school. allies of the president also held a pro-trump event where they gave away a total of 5,000 to a mostly black audience. >> come on down to therice is right and get your $300 april. reporter: attendees praised the president after they collected the cash. d at the event, a white house official was awarded. >> four more years for president reporter: the event was organized by a non-profit called urban revitalization coalition of america. a pro-trump super pac also gave the the group a $238,000 grant. it is run by ohio pastor darrell scott. he also co-chairs an outreach program for president trump's d-election campaign dubbe "black voices for trump." a trump campaign official told the "newshour,"these events are not affiliated with or sanctioned by the president's campaign." judy: andamiche is with me now along with donald sherman. he's the deputy director of citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, a non-partisan

this has been a presidency with over racism, failing to condemn white supremacy that's attacked betsy devoshutting down the office of civil rights, stopping the protection of african-american kids. gutting the safety net. i can go through things -- even asthma rates are hurting them. doing nothing about maternal mortality rates, four times higher for african-american women. i can go through all the things that this president is doing to actively hurt black and brown people, black and brown communities but they clearly are making a political play. you see that from your super bowl ad, you see that from the noise that they're making right now and their goal is not to win the black vote. that will not happen. but it seems like their play is to do what they saw the last time, either reduce black turnout, you see vicious, awful voter suppression activities going on, the justice department doing nothing to protect voting rights. you have them trying to do things to suppress the african-american vote and to try to scrape and attract 5%, 6%. to them that's a winning formula. suppress, take away vot

after that, education secretary betsy devos testifying on the 2021 budget request for her department. vice president pence spoke at the american conservative union's annual conservative political action conference in national harbor, maryland. he began his remarks with an update on the crow in a vice and his role as head of the -- on the coronavirus and his role as head of the task force.

. -- betsy devos has not done a lot of good for teachers. education is number one and that is why i am voting. ♪ >> voices from the road on c-span. monday, president's day, on the tv. discussions on the u.s.-china relations. reforming journalism, and startups in san francisco. starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern, former secretary state condoleezza rice this cusses u.s. china relations and that when he first century. >> there were those who believed that by the integration of china into the international economy we would begin to see the liberalization of chinese politics. you said earlier the expectation had been cooperation with china. i think the expectation was integration with china. and now you see frustration with that. >> at 4:00 p.m. eastern, marvin lasky on his book, reforming journalism. >> we do not want to make ourselves the center of attention and action or the apparent font of wisdom. we like to go out and report. and reporting is -- has fallen into rare circumstances. there's so much opinion journalism. there is very little reporti

on c-span 3, education secretary betsy devos is on capitol hill testifying on the 2021 budget request for her department. then in the afternoon, cdc director robert redfield appears before a house foreign affairs subcommittee with state department officials, talking about the u.s. and international response to the coronavirus outbreak. that gets underway at 2:00 p.m. eastern. so, this november, we are going to take back the house, we are going to hold to the senate, and we are going to keep the white house. >> president trump speaks that i rally in south carolina on friday ahead of the primary. watch our coverage live on c-span. watch on-demand at c-span.org or listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. >> ahead of south carolina's democratic presidential primary, former vice president joe biden received the endorsement of congressman jim clyburn, the third highest ranking democrat in the house of representatives. there are 54 delegates at stake in south carolina. and a recent poll from clemson university shows the former vice president with a double-digit lead over his closest

betsy devos is another example.n process, really vet it, we don't know their position or stance going into it. >> thank you. you helped us get smarter on a really important story today. >> thank you. >>> up next current 2020 front-runner, i'm talking about senator bernie sanders yet almost no one seemed willing to attack him last night. the co-chair of bernie sanders campaign will be here for an interview next. your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some... rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to help stop the attack. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious infections and blood clots, sometimes fatal, have occurred as have certain cancers, including lymphoma, and tears in the stomach or intes

without congress that are legal and one of things that i would do in the first 100 seconds is fire betsy devos and applause ] that -- that would actually go a long way toward what we need to do which is making that program work and actually phasing it in. i would expand it, and i found a way to pay for this by taking the capital gains rate and putting it closer to the personal income tax rate, brings in something like $500 billion and then using that money to expand that program so it works better. i would also use the money to help people refinance their student loans at much lower rates because if multimillionaires can refinance their yachts students should be able to refinance their student loans. [ applause ] >> get back to the audience. nicole dietrich is the director of social work at the medical university of south carolina, also volunteers with south carolina's moms demand action which is, of course, a gun safety advocacy group, and she's another undecided voter. >> okay. hi, nicole. >> how are you? >> good. >> as we saw in 2016 with hillary clinton women have to walk a tightrope to be

betsy devos has not done a lot for teachers. as a teacher, i have seen it. that is why i'm voting. >> voices from the road on c-span. next, a look at how campaigns plan to engage with nonvoters in this election cycle. the discussion was hosted by politico and the knight foundation. [applause] peter: good morning and welcome. i'm peter canellos, political editor at large. i'd like to thank you all for joining today's event, america's biggest voting bloc, nonvoters. thanks to those watching via live stream. as a 202020 campaign ramps up both democrats and republicans are working very hard to rally the base. they're also trying to win over swing voters, but i think we all know especially we will see today that by far the largest bloc of voters out there come when hundred million voters voting ages of those who don't go to the polls. i can't say enough that the balance of power in the united balance of power in the united states rests in those voters. these nonvoters span every demographic, every racial demographic, age demographic, education demographic. today

betsy devos, education secretary.go. >> some of these are acting. i don't know who they are because we've had so many acting that haven't been confirmed. for example, i couldn't tell you who is running homeland security right now. if they walked into the room -- and i was the ranking member on homeland security committee. i don't know who it is. >> c.i.a. director gina haspel there. >> the trade representative. >> i believe the o.m.b. director also fresh off his starring role in the impeachment proceedings. >> i saw lighthizer. >> i will tell you as we have note this had evening, this is split-screen coverage. we are watching it with an eye on the door as well in terms of further information coming in. we are awaiting further results

members of my cabinet in attendance, secretary mike pompeo, mark esper, david bernhardt, gene scalia, betsy devosuse] for this cherished tradition are a lot of friends in the audience, many really have become friends, they are political leaders, they've become great friends. that's all i get to meet anymore, that and the enemies and the allies and we have them all. we have allies, we have enemies, sometimes the allies are enemies, but we just don't know it, but we're changing all that. but thank you all and thank you all for being here, i also want to welcome foreign dignitaries from more than 140 countries. that's something. [applaus [applause] >> everyone here is united by a shared conviction, we know that our nation is stronger, our future is brighter and our joy is greater when we turn to god and ask him to shed his grace on our lives. on tuesday, i addressed congress on the state of the union and the great american comeback, that's what it is. [applaus [applause] >> our country has never done better than it is doing right now. our economy is the strongest it has ever been and for those of yo

betsy devos, education secretary. we saw ben carson come in moments ago. >> some of these are acting. i don't know who they are because we've had so many acting that haven't been confirmed. for example, i couldn't tell you who is running homeland security right now. if they walked into the room -- and i was the ranking member on homeland security committee. i don't know who it is. >> c.i.a. director gina haspel there. >> the trade representative. >> i believe the o.m.b. director also fresh off his starring role in the impeachment proceedings. >> i saw lighthizer. >> i will tell you as we have note this had evening, this is split-screen coverage. we are watching it with an eye on the door as well in terms of further information coming in. we are awaiting further results from the iowa caucus he is which may indeed come in during the president's speech tonight. i will also tell you that as to the impeachment proceedings, yes, we are expecting the senate trial to reconvene tomorrow and for there to be a vote on the articl

i want to get rid of betsy devos as secretary of education because she wants to eliminate public educationn sake for private, primarily religious education -- they call it -- it is education really indoctrination. host: have there been other presidents who worried you when it comes to blurring the lines between church and state? to think it took a while to come up with anything. jimmy carter was suddenly very religious. in my memory, as far as i could remember, he never tried to force his religious attitudes on the general public. i would be happy with somebody like him. he was able to arrange an agreement between anwar sadat and -- which is tough to do. i would be happy with somebody like him. host: continuing to take your calls. if youines, 202-748-8000 are in the eastern or central time zones. 202-748-8001 in the mountain or pacific time zones. what qualities do you look for in a president on this president's day? more from one of those events covering the release of the c-span book, "the presidents." talkingmichael gearhart about the relationship between presidents and the public. [vid

betsy devos has not done a lot of good for teachers. number onecation is and that is why i am voting. >> voices from the road, from c-span. birthday washington's became a federal holiday in 1879, 80 years after his death. president hayes signed legislation marking february 22 as washington's birthday. in 1968, congress passed a holiday act, which moved most holidays

. >> education secretary betsy devos testified on the president 2021 budget request for her department. she appeared before a house subcommittee. asked abouts charter schools, nondiscrimination policies and support for minority student. >> the subcommittee will come to order. good morning, secretary devos. welcome to the subcommittee. this is our second budget hearing of the year. of it is your fourth hearing yours with us. today, as you know, we are going to examine the department of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. as i was reviewing the budget materials, this much was clear to me. you are seeking to privatize public education. i believe it is the wrong direction for our students and for our country. we need to be moving towards expanding policies like early childhood education, that we know helps students succeed. we see this in other countries around the globe. they are not shrinking public support but are expanding it. i will get more into the consequences that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. the false premise on whi

>>> secretary betsy devos is on capitol hill today to testify on the president's 2021 budget request for a house appropriations subcommittee. you're watching live coverage of this hearing on c-span3. >> the subcommittee will come to order. good morning, secretary devos. welcome this morning. welcome to the subcommittee. this is our second budget hear ing of the year. today -- as i was reviewing the budget materials, madam secretary, this much was clear to me. i believe and i've had this conversation before with you, i believe for our student and our country. instead we need to expand things like childhood education that we know helps students to succeed. we see this in other countries around the globe. they are not shrinking public support but, in fact, are expanding it. i'll get more into the consequences of the cuts you are proposing. but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. the full premise on which it is built and the research that it ignores. contrary to your claims, the nation's public education system which 90% of our children attend has witnessed signif

accomplished so much went to members of my cabinet in attendance, secretary mike pompeo, david berner, betsy devos, robert wilkie, and administrator. joining us. [cheers and applause] for this cherished tradition are a lot of friends in the audience, and many really have become friends. they are political leaders, they've become great friends. that's all like it to me anymore. that and the enemies of the allies and we have them all. we have allies, we have enemies. sometimes, the allies or enemies but we just don't know it. but we are changing all of that. but thank you all for being here. i also want to welcome foreign dignitaries from more than 140 countries, that is something. everyone here today is united by your shared conviction. we know our nation is stronger, our future is brighter and her joy is greater. when we turn to god and ask him to shed his grace on our lives. on tuesday, i addressed congress on the state of the union and the great american comeback, that's what it is. our country has never done better than it is doing right now. our economy is the strongest it has ever been. and f

betsy devos has not done a lot for teachers.seen it and for me education is number one and that is why i am voting. >> voices from the road on c-span. >> washington journal continues. host: about 20 minutes here on washington journal for more of your phone calls or questions in this segment. what is your top issue for campaign 2020? phone lines as usual split by political party. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents,-- (202) 748-8002. start calling and now as we show you some of the headlines from today's papers. this is from the wall street journal ahead of the nevada caucus. candidates storm nevada. a picture there of joe biden and tom steyer meeting at one of those campaign forums in las vegas ahead of the caucuses in nevada. speaking of joe biden, he is the subject of a story from the new york times. biden looks to nevada for a comeback, noting his campaign has deployed staff from super tuesday states to lend extra manpower in nevada. they have 130 staff numbers on the ground. he is leading on

tax court. , betsy devos 10:00 is on capitol hill, testifying on the president's 2020 one budget request for her department. then in the afternoon, the cdc director appears before the house foreign affairs subcommittee with state department officials talking about the u.s. and international response to the coronavirus outbreak. that gets underway at 2:00 eastern. coming up on "washington journal," democratic congresswoman jan schakowsky talks about the u.s. and global response to the coronavirus outbreak. then we hear from republican congressman warren davidson on the topic and his proposal to reform government surveillance programs. later, former u.s. senate candidate neal simon on potential changes to the u.s. political system which he writes about in his book. [video clip] for this for ready anything whether it is going to be a breakout of larger proportions or whether or not we are at that very low level and we want to keep it that way. ♪ yesterdayident trump flanked by white house officials reassuring americans about the response to the coronavirus. we want to get your thoughts on t

i mean, joe's plan -- we're going to get rid of betsy devos, number one.ion who has been in the classroom. these are all things that i have personally seen and have been important to me as a teacher. and i have talked to teachers all across this nation. and you know, when joe biden is elected president of the united states -- >> ben there, done that. >> when he's elected president, when you look right next to him, there will be standing a teacher. >> so there you go. >> thank you so much. so great to have you on. great to see you. >> thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> good luck tonight. >> thanks. >> coming up, our third presidential candidate of the morning. former mayor pete buttigieg joins the conversation. keep it right here on "morning joe." as a struggling actor, i need all the breaks that i can get. at liberty butchemel... cut. liberty mu... line? cut. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. cut. liberty m... am i allowed to riff? what if i come out of the water? liberty biberty... cut. we'll dub it. liber

tax court. , betsy devos 10:00 is on capitol hill, testifying on the president's 2020 one budget request for her department. then in the afternoon, the cdc director appears before the house foreign affairs subcommittee with state department officials talking about the u.s. and international response to the coronavirus outbreak. that gets underway at 2:00 eastern. coming up on "washington journal," democratic congresswoman jan schakowsky talks about the u.s. and global response to the coronavirus outbreak. then we hear from republican congressman warren davidson on the topic and his proposal to reform government surveillance programs.

. >> betsy devos, education secretary, walking in as well. and momentarily, jake, we're going to hear those famous words, madam speaker, the president of the united states. paul irving, the house sergeant of arms, will be introducing. and i just want to point out as well, the vice president, mike pence, as a lot of our viewers, of course, know, is also the president of the senate. as a result, he's standing up there with the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. yeah. pretty soon, we're going to see the president as he walks in. he'll get a nice round of applause. but it's interesting, he is an impeached president. the house of representatives, jake, impeached the president of the united states. tomorrow, 4:00 p.m. eastern, he's almost certainly going to be acquitted but still, he's the third president in the united states to have been impeached and he and nancy pelosi, they haven't spoken directly since october. >> since october. one of the other things going on right now, of course, a number of the republican senators who we expect will vote

i mean, for goodness sake, betsy devos in charge of education.n's environmental protections. now, dni maguire is fired, and the acting dni is going to be this ric grenell character. we see what he is doing, right? he is dismantling the government brick by brick, agency by agency. we have a state department that is really decimated. we have a department of justice that is demoralized. we have now an intelligence committee being headed up by, or at least coordinating efforts by somebody who has no qualifications to be in the job. we see what the president is doing. he is destroying the government for the sake of destroying the government. he doesn't have any idealogical principles he's governed by. he is really just trying to tear things down. steve bannon would say, deconstruct the administrative state. you know, there's a handful of republicans in the congress that can hold them accountable and that can turn this tide and that can actually start to work in favor of election security, in favor of the security of our nation and the american people.