in 45 minutes, our guest is bob cusack. at 8:45 eastern, we will be joined by someone from the aids institute to discuss federal funding to ♪ iraq has taken an important step or word, according to president obama. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, august 12. we will stick with foreign policy this morning and get your thoughts on secretary of state -- former secretary of state's 's opinions.ton host: we will get your thoughts here in just a minute. atlantic," "the which published the interview on sunday, "hillary clinton, failure to help syrian rebels led to the rise of a isis." her foreign-policy doctrine." here is what she said in the interview. "the failure -- that is what the former secretary of state had to say on syria. on president obama's approach to getting involved in countries where we see a conflict, the former secretary of state said -- syria,n the issue of president obama will be sitting sat down for an interview with thomas friedman. here is what he had to say on syria and arming the rebels. host: --[vide

. >>> and we are back with bob cusack, editor and chief of the hill newspaper.hanks for being here. >> good morning. >> host: let's start with your website. the front story you have is hillary shows her hawkish side. we were talking about this with the viewers. what do you make of her move? >> guest: she has been distanancing herself from obama but has been more subtle about it until now. you get the sense she is gearing up for a run. it is really a question of when she is announcing she is going to run. there is a couple people like her former press secretary said maybe not. i think they are head fakes. there is a little friction going on between obama and clinton and that is a big change. we have not seen friction since they ran against each other. even at the state department the media focused on their relationship and it went well. now it is a different story. the whitehouse knows, however, that the president's approval ratings are low. this is politics. and president obama knows that on the campaign trail with senators in red states he cannot appear with th

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bob cusack on the hill, from "the hill." heather. >> separate version of the border bill also stalled in the senate after senate majority leader harry reid refused to allow any amendments including those proposed by senators from the states where this immigration crisis is playing out. >> what are we presented here in the united states senate? i say shame on you. i say shame on you. for not allowing those of us who represent the states that are most affected by this, to have an amendment. >> one state senator mccain is talking about is texas. texas lieutenant governor david dewhurst will join us with more on the border crisis. he will talk about that and washington's response. bill: what does the president do during recess? is there executive action? we'll debate that in 30 minutes a lot to get to on that. >>> breaking news on the economy. fox news alert. july jobs report is out. we had 209,000 jobs last month, less than expected. unemployment rate rising to 6.2%. the real unemployment number which includes factors like part

we'll talk to bob cusack editor and chief for the hill. i think the three percent that think congress is very productive is not paying attention. why do people hate congress so much? >> they haven't solved border crisis or immigration reform in general. the house, no one owns congress. the republicans control the house, democrats control the senate. and so when people blame the congress. republicans blame the senate and democrat blame the house. i have never seen this much hatred for congress. >> the president blames congress for a lot of his problems, too. he especially points to the republican- led house. >> he lastly called it mean, the congress. and he's portraying the congress as republican. and it is a divided congress. and until one party owns this, we'll see these numbers be very low and maybe lower. one of the interesting thing. house members running for the senate and if you are a congressman trying to get a promotion, that can hurt you. three republican congressman tried to win a primary senate seat they all lost. democrats tryi

the hills editor in chief bob cusack and roll call's editor in chief christina bellantoney. 68% of americansisagree with the president saying this is not the most transparent administration ever. are they right? >> well, i tell you, if you look at former editor of the "new york times" she called this white house the most secretive ever. if you look back to the health care debacle website problem, the administration, when it was releasing information about how many people had signed up, they really didn't have that information because they were bad enrollment figures, and as the numbers got better. they were quicker to put out the numbers. every administration says it. i will give the white house one piece of credit is that they do release the visitors who come to the white house. that should have been done a long time ago. journalists do get frustrated. >> that's in the balance of things, christina, releasing the visitor's list does not compare to how much there's been to actively cover up some of the negative information, right? >> well, i don't know, i would never use the word cover-up, bu

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host: we are back with bob cusack, thank you for being here. guest: good morning.host: the front-page story on your website, "hillary shows her hawkish side." we were just talking about this with viewers. what do you think of her move in "the atlantic"? a bold move.as she has been distancing herself from the president, whose approval ratings remain in the more but she has done it subtly until now. you get the sense that she is gearing up for a run. a couple of people said maybe but i think that those are head fakes. friction going on between obama and clinton, which is a big change. we have not really seen friction since they ran against each other. even at the state department things went well. but now it is a different story. knows, however, that the president's approval ratings are low. president obama also knows that on the campaign trail with in red states, he knows he can't win with his numbers in the 40's. there is politics going on, but we will certainly be seeing more asked abouthe is president obama, his record, is he a great president. she will be asked

morning'srrow "washington journal," our guest is bob cusack. we will also be joined by a guest who will discuss the aidsing to combat the disease. now from this morning, conversation on job growth in the u.s.. we are joined by harry holzer of georgetown university. give us your 30,000 foot view of the job situation now. guest: it is getting a little better and the improvement is starting to gain some steam. we have had six months in a row of job growth over 200,000. that is still not spectacular, but a lot better than we have experienced in this slow recovery. in speed.ome increase the uptick in the unemployment rate might happen because so many people dropped out of the labor force. they got discouraged and were not finding anything of those people might start to come back. when you're out of the labor force, you don't count as being unemployed. when you come back in, you do count. even as the labor market gets steam, we might see the on employment rate tick up a bit, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. host: where the problem areas in you

real pleasure to be with you. [ applause ] >>> on the next washington journal, our guests include bob cusack, editor in chief of the hill newspaper. also karl smid from the aids institute to discuss federal funding and his group's role. washington journal is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2, here on c-span 3 we compliment that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. then on weekends, c-span 3 is the home to "american history tv" with programs that tell our nation's story including six unique series. the civil war's anniversary visiting battlefields and key events. touring museums to discover what artifacts reveal about america's past. history book shelf with the best known history writers, the presidency looking at the policies and commanders in chief. lextures in history with top college professors delving into america's past. and our new series featuring our government and educational films from the 1930s through the '70s. c-span 3, created by the