host: this is brian bennett from "the los angeles times."ron from illinois is our next caller on the independent line. caller: i just have a couple of comments. i have not read his article, i look for to reading it. 68,000 -- were set free because we do not have enough detention space. included in that number were people who committed some very heinous crimes. that is one thing i would like you to comment on. the other is when the gang of eight was working on the immigration bill i watched all the hearings. me why theyus to never wanted to hear from actual border agents. they were not represented at all on any of the panels. i believe people in this country would be highly considerate on both sides of the aisle. if that bill passes then everything would be put into the of dhs, the head department of homeland security. all congress would be giving up their authority to dhs. home see problems within the system and call our congressmen, they act like there's nothing they can do about it. >> there is a lot of frustration about some of the provis

and later los angeles times brian bennett will talk about the whitehouse deportation policy under president obama. washington journal live every morning with your calls, facebook comments and tweets on 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i think what we need is something akin to the grace commission during the reagan commission or the brat commission during the clinton administrati administration. an outside group with integrity to come in and do an audit of government. every agencies has a purpose and if it is not fulfilling that purpose or doing it within a reasonable budget it should be cut or eliminated. let's take head start. this came in with the highest motivation. do you know and i didn't until i researched it, there are now three head starts. early head start, enhanced head start and regular. we have the other two dos the first one was working. >> cal thomas on fixing a broken washington on and immediately following a heritage book party for mr. thomas has he signs his book and chats with guest. and this weekend on booktv, this year's national bloack writers conference. and sunday at two,

later, brian bennett will talk about white house deportation policy under president obama. "washington journal" every morning with your calls, tweets, and facebook comments at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to resent our winning entries in the student cam documentary competition. this is the annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues. this year, students were asked to create their video based on the question, what is the most important issue the u.s. congress should consider in 2014? eighth-grade student connor tyding-lynchgelo entered their video,. >> our national debt is a major weakness of the u.s. economy. it has never been as big a problem in the past. now that the u.s. is accumulating more debt, other countries may discontinue buying treasury bonds. you got two big you could have a situation where our lenders got nervous about our village to -- ability and that cascading series of problems. >> isn't weak demand the greater concern and i look at consumers going back on their spe

later brian bennett will talk about white house deportation policy under president obama. washington journal is live every morning with your calls, tweets, and facebook comments. >> next, a forum on the recent elections in afghanistan, hosted by the alliance in support of the afghan people. this is an hour. >> thank you for coming. we have a panel called the afghan elections in the future of afghan relations. the elections took place on saturday in afghanistan, and our panel will discuss what we know the consequences unlikelihood of those elections are likely to be. ofm the executive director the partnership for a secure america, and we are happy to cosponsor with the alliance and support of afghan people asap. the alliance itself is a group of individuals who are in a coalition dedicated to support the progress made by the afghan people over the last decade. the psa in partnership with secure america is an organization founded in 2005 and dedicated to the idea that they fact-based policy. we have issued a statement on key policy issues, and we have a very exciting, very i

timeslos angeles correspondent brian bennett will talk about white house deportation policy under obama.nt "washington journal" has your tweets and facebook comments, at 7:00 a.m. eastern. coming up today, a few live events on the c-span networks. secretary of state john kerry will testify before the senate committee onions national security and foreign policy. you can join the conversation on and twitter, and watch it on c-span 3 at 10 al eastern. on c-span 2 at 1:30 we'll be covering a defense department briefing on u.s. strategy and operations in africa including and antiterrorism effort. an administration official ofently told members congress that an alarming number of countries provide little or stolen or lost passports to interpol. is security secretary ellen burson. hour and a half. mr. john wagner, excuse me, it's also been before the subcommittee for. we pressure his attendance today. is the deputy assistant director of the u.s. customs and border protection and brenda sprague to as the deputy assistant secretary for passport services at the department of state, and mr. shawn bra

times correspondent brian bennett talks about white house deportation policy under president obama."washington journal" is live every morning with your calls, tweets, and facebook comments on 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> a few live events on c-span. will testify before the senate foreign relations committee on national security and foreign-policy. join the conversation on facebook and twitter. watch it on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span2, we will cover a defense department briefing on u.s. strategy and operations in africa. including peacekeeping and anti-terror efforts. >> we need something akin to that grace commission during the reagan administration or the brac commission -- the commission, base realignment and closing. an outside group with integrity, no current elected politicians. of government from top to bottom. every agency of government has a piece of legislation or a charter that created it. if it is not the feeling that purpose within a reasonable budget, it should be cut. let's take headstart. this came in with the highest motivation. not, there, i did are

and later, "los angeles times" correspondent brian bennett will talk about white house deportation policyunder president obama. "washington journal" live every morning with your calls, tweets and facebook comments at 7:00 .m. eastern on c-span. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to present our winning entries in this year's student cam video documentary competition. student cam is c-span's annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues. this year students were asked to create their video based on the question -- what's the most important issue the u.s. congress should consider in 014? eighth grader connor martin and second ydings-lynch won prize. >> it has never been a big of problem in the past as countries have always been willing to buy u.s. debt. however, now that the u.s. is accumulating more and more debt, other countries may discontinue buying u.s. treasury bonds. >> the other reason it's important if it got too big at one point and no one knows what that point would be, you could have a situation where our lenders got nervo

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