bush administration. >> josh bolten, in the epilogue to george w. bush's book, he says -- he greeted me. you were in his office on the last day. he says, he greeted me with the same words he would use every day as my chief of staff, mr. president, thank you for the privilege of serving. did you say that/ >> i did. sometimes it was a variation of it. visited of staff, i with the president first thing every morning. he typically got to his desk about 6:45. i would give him about five minutes to get settled. persondition was, first that the president sees is the chief of staff. i would walk in at about 6:50 in the morning and i always said something to the effect of, thank you for the privilege of serving. it wasn't intended to flatter him or to thank him. it was intended to remind me and help me remind everybody else what a privilege it was to be inside the white house. so i just made it a habit. i am glad i did. it was a privilege everyday. >> what did he say back? >> nothing. he would just move on. president who i think really understood the preside

she said, you know, here's josh bolten. she started to introduce me and i gave her the time-out signal and asked for me to step out for a minute. and i said the second plane has hit. this is not an accident. it's an attack. we went upstairs to the vice president's office. which is right next to the chief of staff's office. we talked with him. then we reconvened in the vice president's office. and while we were there in the vice president's office, a large secret service agent whose face i could still remember, a kind of a shaved head, big guy, came in and said to the vice president, we have to leave now. the vice president was reluctant. he's having a conversation and stuff. he's not interested in fleeing his office. and so the secret service agent came around behind him and got him in a bear hug. and picked him up off of the ground and started running with him, with the vice president sort of helping out along the way. they disappeared off to what is now publicly disclosed as a bunker that's underneath the grounds of the w

. >> this week on "q&a," josh bolten talking about the duties during the bush administration. >> josh bolten in the second part of the discussion about your time as chief of staff of the white house, start off by giving us what you saw with the press, the media, that world. how did you view them? >> usually with some hostility. it's the natural state of affairs between the white house and the press corps because that's the -- that's the nature of what the press needs do. they need to -- they need to try to catch the white house out. we came in in the bush administration with what we thought was a press corps largely inclined to be unfriendly. did a fair amount of work to try to warm up the relation shship it was always -- throughout the bush administration, it was relatively tense. the view inside the white house was that most of the media were either slightly or substantially biassed against the administration. we felt we were most of the time swimming upstream. one of the good things is that the president periodically annoyed by it just said, you know, let it -- is it -- everybody w

bush administration. >> josh bolten, in the epilogue to george w. bush's book, he says -- he greeted me. you were in his office on the last day. he says, he gree

part two of our conversation with josh bolten. out by giving us what you saw with the press, the media, and that world. how did you view them? usually, with some hostility. natural state of affairs between the white house and the press corps. that is just the nature of what the press needs to do. they need to try to catch the white house out on whatever is going on. >> more with josh bolten tonight at 8:00 on c-span. >> next, jack lew testifying before the senate finance committee on raising the debt limit. the government shutdown on october 1. it has made more difficult to predict how much revenue the government has to pay its obligation. according to the treasury department, the deadline is october 17. this hearing is one hour 45 minutes. and they are carrying out >> is meeting will come to order. a young legislator spoke before a gathering and spring for illinois. at the time america was deeply divided. he warned that the greatest threats to the young democracy were internal. he said in danger ever reaches us it must spring fro

. >> this week on "q&a," josh bolten talking about the duties during the bush administration. >> josh bolten in the second part of the discussion about your time as chief of staff of the white house, start off by giving us what you saw with the press, the media, that world. how did you view them? >> usually with some hostility. it's the natural state of affairs between the white house and the press corps because that's the -- that's the nature of what the press needs do. they need to -- they need to try to catch the white house out.

. >> tonight, part two of our conversation with josh bolten. saw with theat you press, the media. how did you view them? >> usually with hostility which is just the natural state of affairs between the white house and the press corps because that is just the nature of what the press and needs to do. they need to try to catch the white house on what ever is going on. >> more with josh bolten tonight at 8:00 on cumin date. -- q and eight. >> the senate was in session for more debate on the government shutdown and raising the debt limit. here is a portion of the debate with democratic senator mary landrieu and tennessee republican bob corker. about one hour. >> senator from louisiana. >> thank you. i want to follow-up on the worst of my distinguished colleague from hawaii and also comment on the view points that the senator from wyoming made in this important debate that is happening in washington today and is having all over our country. i want to associate myself with by senatorunderway collins from maine and from minnesota and arkansas and others on both sides of the aisle that ha

bush administration chief of staff josh bolten tonight at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." the loop henry hoover house here on the campus of stanford university. it is significant because this was the primary residence of the hoovers. it is significant as it relates to lou hoover because she is the one who designed it. she had such a strong grasp of design and how she wanted the house to look, even though she was not an architect. we are lucky to have a lot of the original drawings, documents, correspondence related to the design and construction of how she wanted the house to look. came from her travels in the southwest of the united states, pueblo architecture. also from her travels in north africa when she traveled with herbert hoover. it is a great legacy of lou henry because she designed the house, she created it, it was inspired by her ideas. she had very close involvement in all aspects of the house's creation. >> meet first lady lou hoover monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span 3. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. followed by some the debate from

bolten tonightsh "q & a."n c-span's >> this was the primary residence of hoover. to lu hoovercant because she was the one who designed it. we are lucky to have a lot of the original drawings or documents. influence came from her travels to the southwest of the as well as her travels in north africa. legacy.great she designed the house. she created it. it was inspired by her ideas. she had very close involvement in all aspects of the house's creation. lu hoover at lady 9:00 p.m.. next, democratic leaders speaking to reporters about the house shutdown. a discharge position was brought meeting, which is a little more than 15 minutes. once again in the 12th day of the shutdown of government of the american people. the 12th day of having people , supposed to be paid, but not working for that pay. again, the republicans have refused to put on the floor legislation to open the people's government. we have had over 150 members sign a petition to open the government now and bring legislation to the floor to do that. we had scores of members asking for unanimous consent of

. ♪ >> tonight, part two of our conversation with josh bolten. why giving us what you saw with the press in the media and that world, how did you view them? >> usually with some hostility. natural state of affairs between the white house and the press corps, because that is just the nature of what the press needs to do. catch theto try to white house out on whatever is going on. >> more with bush administration chief of staff josh bolten tonight on "q&a." -- we bring public affairs is bentz from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional meetings, white house events, briefings, and conferences, and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house. we are c-span, created by the funded bystry and your local cable or satellite provider. and now you can watch us in hd. >> uranium. i'm in chicago. it's 1996, 1997. i have my bachelors degree. i'm latino. you would think they would be looking for young bright articulate people like me to come work for your firm or your company. no one. one application after another.

. >> tonight part two of our conversation with josh bolten. >> start off by giving us what you saw with the press, the media, that world. how did you view them knockout >> usually with hostility. it is the natural state of affairs between the white house because that corps is the nature of what the press needs to do. they need to try to catch the white house out on whatever is going on. >> more with bush administration chief of staff josh bolten, tonight at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> on tuesday, the u.s. supreme court heard that campaign finance case. he challenges the limits on the total amount of money one individual can tribute -- can't intrude on each election cycle. one of the donors urged the court to strike down total contribution limits. this whole argument is an hour. >> we will hear arguments first this morning in the case of 12 536, mccutchen versus the federal election commission. >> made please the court, aggregate contribution limits are an impermissible attempt to participate in the political process. i prohibiting contribution that is in the modest a still image of congr

. >> part two our conversation with josh bolten. with thes what you saw press, the media, and that world. how did you view them? >> usually with hostility. it's the natural state of affairs. between the white house and the press corps. that is just the nature of what the press days to do. they need to catch the white house on whatever is going on. bolten on q&a.sh >> the values voter summit meeting is in this -- is this we can. it is a conference of social conservatives. republican senators mike lee, ted cruz, rand paul, marco rubio, and tim scott spoke of the conference. this is two hours. >> good morning. welcome to the eighth annual values voter summit. the government might be shut down, but the values voter summit is open and we're ready to do business. you might have noticed it is not a shutdown, but a slowdown what is a slowdown? it is like being in a perpetual tsa line. [laughter] no one seems to be moving, but you still have to empty your pockets. [laughter] [applause] the president's barricades might have prevented vacation

at 11:00 p.m., another chance to see q&a with josh bolten. on the next washington journal, steve bell reviews the options of the treasury department. meeting the obligations of the

ambassador john bolten joins me today on the benghazi effect. and a high school football star dies right after scoring a touchdown. what all parents need to know about this medical case and this story and what happened on that field. all of that coming up on "the real story" at the top of the hour. >> sounds great. i will have him back by tomorrow morning. >> sounds good. see you, guys. >> thank you very much. the government shutdown taking a toll on america's he ros. >> millions of veterans rely on the government for benefits but with no end in sight the services are at risk of being cut off. >> paul rycoff is from the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america . thanks for being with us. what effect is the government shutdown having on veterans? >> it's hitting our folks hard. about 15% of our members work in the federal government at places like the pentagon. many of them work as defense contractors and many are right now not working. that's a huge impact there. the department of veterans affairs thankfully has health care services open. when i

. >> this week on "q&a," part one of a two-part discussion with the chief of staff, josh bolten as he discusses the duties during the george w. bush administration. in the epilogue to george w. bush's book. you greeted me. you were in his office on the last day of his

>> ambassador bolten came out with an op ed saying there are two things that will happen - either there'll be a nuclear armed iran, or there has to be military action. it's almost zero likelihood that the u.s. will be involved in military action against iran. the way the talks look now, they are probably just a midwife process until we get a nuclear iran with a diplomatic fig leaves. >> let me press you on this. you think these talks are a sham. >> the rainians are hurting from the sanctions, they have put on a charm offensive with smiles with english and a powerpoint, throughout the history, the rainians have not taken a concrete step. they still haven't to slow, stop or disclose their nuclear program. they have secret sites over the country, sites that are in violation of the npt. they are found to have been in violation of the mtp. inspectors have been kept away. until we see substinens, progress from the rainians, i don't think we can put a lot of stock in the talks - whether they are smiling or speaking english. >> you would say the u.s. should continue with the talks nonetheless. >>

there was an article, an interview with josh bolten this last week where he denied that there's a problem with discretionary spending. we had 21 hearings this last year on the federal financial management oversight and i would say after the first 16 we could probably give you $100 billion of waste, fraud and abuse by -- after looking at 40% of the government. just 40%. and so you can't fix a problem if you deny the problem is there. i believe that they're not in tune. it is true, the mandatory spending problems and their projections are things that are going to be very difficult for us. but it's not true that we don't have tremendous waste, duplication and fraud in that $800 million, $900 billion in the government that is discretionary. i said i'll vote for a tax increase as soon as we clean up the government. but i won't until we have gotten rid of the waste, fraud and abuse. so i believe that they're focusing on the wrong problem, they're fixing the wrong problem. you can't fix the big things until you're willing to fix the small things and you have credibility with the american people.

then another chance to see q&a with josh bolten. >> we need some fundamental overhall of how this government works. i mean we vote on tuesday because sunday is church day and monday is market day and you ride your horse and buggy into town to vote on tuesday. that is ludicrous. we have 430 steets in the house of representatives basically because that's how many seats fit in the building despite the average size of the districts has quad druppled over the last 40 years. the government is due for a cra matic overhall. they will not get out of the mess they have gotten into unless they understand the changes society of our world and reimagine what government might look like in the digital age. >> reshaping power and politics monday at 8:00 a.m. on c-span. >> prime minister's questions will not be shown tonight because they are in recess. instead david cameron speaking at the annual fall conference. his is 50 minutes. > thank you. this week we have shown this party is on the side of hardworking people, helping young people buy their own home, getting the long-term unemployed back to work. backin

lady monday on c-live at 9:00 eastern span. , q and a with part two of our conversation with josh boltenfollowed by prime minister's questions. later, a debate from today's u.s. senate session as the government shutdown continues. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] , part two of our discussion with the former chief of staff, talking about his duties during the george w. bush administration. in this second part of our discussion about your time as chief of staff of the white house, start off by giving us what you saw with the press in the media. how did you view them? >>

.> next, a senate hearing after that, q&a with former white house chief of staff josh bolten. >> we aret the lou henry hoover house. it is significant because this was the primary residence of the hoovers and it is significant as it relates to lou hoover because she was the one who did design it. theknew how she wanted house to look even though she had not been an architect. >> also from her travels, in north africa, when she traveled with herbert hoover. it is a great legacy. she designed the house and created it. >> monday night live at 9:00 eastern. >> the hearing examined efforts by somalia, the u.s., and the international community to eliminate terrorist threats to somalia's security, like the al qaeda affiliated al-shabaab. this is about two hours. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> i am pleased to call to order this hearing. security and governance issues in somalia. let me say in this government shutdown, i think it remains critical, first, that we fulfill our constitutional duty in a bipartisan man

at 11:00 p.m., another chance to see q&a with josh bolten. on the next washington journal, steve bell reviews the options of the treasury department. meeting the obligations of the united states debt limit. j will be looks at the number of people signed up on the health care exchanges since they opened on october 1. the differences between the state and federally run exchanges. amtrak president and ceo as of portman talks about ridership. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. the lou henry hoover house here on the campus of stanford university. it is significant because this was the primary residence of the hoover's and it is significant as it relates to hoover because she was the one who designed it. she had such a strong grasp of design and how she wanted the house to look even though she was not an architect. we're lucky to have a lot of the original drawings and documents corresponding to the design and construction. lou henry's influence came from her travels in the southwest of the united states. also from her travels

. >> part one of our conversation with former white house chief of staff josh bolten. >> on tuesday, democrats and republicans from the house and senate took part in a congressional hispanic caucus discussion on immigration law. they discussed the immigration bill that passed last july and what might happen to it in the house. this is two hours. [applause] >> good afternoon. i hope you have been enjoying all the great sessions today. while the discussions have been phenomenal and the participants engaging, none may be more timely than what we are about to take on this afternoon. this will address the very important topic of immigration and for the first time in history, we are proud to have five u.s. visitors on our conference stage. if that was not enough, we also have five members of the house of representatives. before we jump in, let me tell you a little bit about my experience. years ago i came to washington dc with the goal of torning about public policy improve conditions for immigrants in the united states. i'm a incredible advocates that i admired and learn from. i was fortu

. >> this week on "q&a," part one of a two-part discussion with the chief of staff, josh bolten as he discusses the duties during the george w. bush administration. in the epilogue to george w. bush's book. you greeted me. you were in his office on the last day of his presidency. he said he greeted me the same he did every day in my chief of staff. mr. president, thank you for the privilege of serving? did you say that? >> i did. sometimes there was a variation of it. but i did as chief of staff, i visited with the president first thing every morning. he got to his desk at about 6:45. and i would get five minutes to get settled. our tradition was the first person the president sees was the chief of staff. i would walk in at about 6:50 in the morning. i always said something to the effect of, thank you for the privilege of serving. and it wasn't intended to flatter him or to thank him, it was intended to remind me and to help me remind everybody else what a privilege it was to be inside the white house. so i just made it a habit. it was a privilege. >> what did he say back? it. he didn

. >> this weekend, part one of our conversation with former white house chief of staff josh bolten, tonight at 8:00 on c- span's "q&a." >> c-span -- we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and conferences, and offering complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. now, you can watch us in hd. >> congressman jeb hensarling, republican of texas. part of the republican leadership team in the house of representatives. thank you for being with us. >> good morning. >> let me introduce our reporters. from "usa today" and washington bureau chief for "the washington journal." we are all interested as the debt ceiling date moves closer, what you see as the endgame for what is going on with the standoff on the budget in washington. how do you see this all coming together and ending? >> regrettably, my crystal ball is a little fuzzy. h

. >> more with osha administration chief of staff josh bolten sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> c-span. events to --ic from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and conference, and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house all as a public service to private industry. created by the cable industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable light or -- cable or satellite company. >> this week, the u.s. supreme -- it challenges the limit on the total amount of money one individual can contribute in each election cycle. currently, the biannual limit is 120 $3000. if the court strikes down the limit, individuals will be able to donate more than three point $6 million to candidates and political parties every two years. next, the oral argument in the case. it is about one hour. >> we will hear the argument first this morning. s. murphy? >> may it please the court. . by prohibiting contributions, congress already has composed, these limits seek to prevent individuals from engaging in too much f

part one of our conversation with former chief of staff josh bolten. host: a couple of blocks from the capital is "national review" 's washington office. joining us now is senior editor ramesh ponnuru. in the current issue of your magazine, you have an article, " a dialogue on defunding." you asked the question, why couldn't the majority of the republicans we've got the funding language from their bill? what is the answer to that question? of three weeks ago when a lot of the decisions were being made, the republican leadership in the house did not think they could get a majority that way. they did not trust enough democrats to vote with republicans who wanted to do that, even though most republicans were already in that camp and only needed about 50 democrats. they did not trust them to do that for a couple of reasons. one, they thought a lot of the democrats did not just want the continuing resolution without the defunding language and obamacare, but also wanted more spending. steny hoyer, number two democrat, was saying he wanted more spending above