we spoke with molly reynolds from the booking -- the brookings institution on washington journal. molly reynolds from the brookings institution joins us to talk about this idea of contempt of congress, use of contempt by congress. good morning. guest: good morning. host: if no agreement happens today, what is the hurdle if they pull that trigger? guest: if the house judiciary committee approves a contempt citation and the full house also approves it, it goes onto the u.s. attorney of the district of columbia. the u.s. attorney can choose not to take that contempt citation to a grand jury to pursue prosecution. indeed, we have seen in several recent high-profile cases involving congress' contempt power, that is what the u.s. for, and in some cases it is because the executive branch is claiming executive privilege in saying that the person is the subject of the contempt citation and acting at the direction of the president, and the justice department has long maintained it does not have to prosecute those cases. host: if it goes to the judge, that person decides not to go forward, d

we will leave it to take you to the brookings institution -- institution. are speaking about the balance of transparency and national security. >> good morning, everybody, welcoming to brookings. my home agency is the cia where for the past 20 years, i was one of the spokespersons. today, we will be having a conversation about privacy and sober liberties -- and civil liberties as they touch on the cia and we have a great just to talk about that which is been huebner. he is the privacy and civil liberties officer and he came to cia just over three years ago from the department of justice where he served as the council for intelligence to the assistant attorney general for the national security division where he advised the department leaders on related matters including operations, litigation, and oversight. he mag

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but we'll answer it it's a pleasure to welcome tori tausig she's a political analyst for the brookings institution currently on a robert bosch fellowship in berlin she says tensions between the u.s. and iran are escalating.

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this from the brookings institute runs one hour and 40 minutes. mr. bercow: order! [laughter] order! good morning, ladies and gentlemen. and i ams john allen, the president of the brookings institution, and it is my pleasure to welcome you all here today. those in the audience who are with us, but also those over webcast and over c-span as well. very happy to have c-span here. we welcome you for a conversation on the role of parliament in policy and politics at a crucial moment in one of the best friends of the united states and our closest ally, the united kingdom. ais past year, there's been series of extraordinary development in british politics, with the house of commons at the center of it all. of particular interest has been the long-running debate over the country's departure from the european union, in which there have been three defeats of the government's brexit deal and two extensions of the deadline. last week, the u.k. along with the rest of the e.u. held elections for the european parliament, and the country will soon have a new prime minister. a leade

david: always great to have you with us, david dollar, brookings institution's senior fellow.mp moving in on china's telecom companies and got rare bipartisan support. how much is the threat to national security? we ask congressman will heard of the house intelligence committee. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you are watching "balance of power" in bloomberg television. i'm david westin. democrats have been quick to criticize many of president trump's actions on china but yesterday he had a different response from some lawmakers when he moved to curtail chinese telecom companies from doing business with the u.s. chris van hollen praise the move in an interview with us just yesterday. >> what we know is that while way and zte, at the end of the day, they answer to the government of china. if maybe, embedded in a telecommunications networks around the world even more than they are today, then we believe it puts everybody at greater risk. david: we welcome congressman will hurd, republican member of the intelligence committee and a former cia officer. good to have you here. you are a

tomorrow the chair of the joint at the brookings institution about national for 10:30scheduled a.m. eastern, live on c-span. it will also be online at www.c-span.org, and you can listen on the c-span radio app. watch commencement speeches all week on c-span. tonight josh hawley at they kings college in new york city, mills college in oakland remarks at and boston university law school. we will look back to may 2009 for tulane university. watch speeches tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at www.c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. some notable, commencement speeches from around the nation this year. speaking toawley graduates at the kings college, a private christian school in manhattan that has about 500 students. [applause] senator hawley: thank y

he will speak at an event hosted by the brookings institution. middle eastthat, experts discuss the trump administration's policy toward iran. that's at the hudson institute, live friday at noon eastern. also on c-span. >> when i see something like that, i can only see it from her perspective. i have had a lot of people rate for me similarly. i believe that christianity has a long tradition of divine healing, so i certainly don't think it is not possible for god to heal people. q&a, the memoir, everything happens for a reason. reflecting on being diagnosed with stage four: cancer at the age of 35. >> it's really gone, right? there is no pain in your stomach, right? then it is real. 's confidence in himself is that vehicle, and in the idea that because she didn't have pain in that moment that she is definitely healed. and his very dramatic approach to faith healing is one that i often found to be somewhat manipulative. >> q&a, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. pelosie speaker nancy received this year's profile encourage a word. caroline

who will answer it it's a pleasure to welcome tori tausig she's a political analyst for the brookings institution currently on a robert bosch fellowship in berlin she says tensions between the u.s. and iran are escalating signals coming out of washington and tehran indicate things won't to cool down anytime soon. and we're very glad to have shine archaean on the program he is a political analyst and an iranian and shia affairs and he's editor in chief of iran under is a german language magazine specialized in reporting on iran he says europe shouldn't see iran only as a threat rather it county when tehran has a partner and it's a pleasure to introduce rick novak he's a berlin based correspondent for the washington post who covers international politics and he says both sides know that a u.s. iranian war could become more catastrophic even than the iraq war president trump could have few firm allies at home for such a confrontation. so i'd like to start out by trying to figure out if these drumbeats of war that we're hearing are in fact leading to that or whether they're simply scare tactics on bo

from the brookings institution, this is one hour. >> good morning, and welcome to the brookings institution. my name is john allen. i am the president of bookings and i'm pleased this morning to look mauer honored guest, the 19 chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and my friend, general joe dunford. been chairford has of the joint chiefs of staff and prior to that, served as our commandant of the marine corps. they commanded all forces in afghanistan. general dunford and i have known each other for many years since we were captains, in fact. i can say with complete certainty and sincerity that he is one of the finest marines to have been minted in the modern era of the marine corps. in 1996, lieutenant colonel dunford would take command of the second battalion marines at camp lejeune in north carolina. years later in kabul we would repeat that. he would take command of the war effort in afghanistan. his storied career spans more than four decades of brilliant service to our country and to the world. in peace and in crisis and in war. and as the u.s. navigates multiple crises as we sit here

at 10:30 am, general joseph dunford speaks at the brookings institution in washington.e coverage on c-span. shortly after noon, current and former directors of the u.s. cyber threat intelligence integration center talk about defending against computer network attacks. on c-span2, a panel hosted by judicial watch discusses politicization of the justice department and intelligence community. a.m. on c-span3, housing and urban development secretary ben carson speaks at the annual conference of the national coalition for homeless veterans. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: the reviews are in freeseas bands the president spoke. it recently topped the new york times new and noteworthy column. kirkus reviews calls it a milepost in the evolving reputations of the president's. from the new york journal of books, the presidents makes an engrossing read. with graduation and father's day approaching, the book make

[applause] [laugh eastern general joseph dunford speaks at the brookings institute in washington. live coverage on c-span. current and former directors of the u.s. cyber threat intelligence integration center talk about defending against computer network attacks. on c-span two at 10:00 a.m. a channel hosted by judicial watch discusses the politicalization of the justice department and intelligence community. on c-span, housing and urban development secretary ben carson speaks at the conference of the national coalition for homeless veterans. to aout an hour we talked washington post reporter about official recognition technology and civil rights about how

at the brookings institution about national security. 10:30 a.m. eastern live on c-span. it will also be online at c-span do all work and you can listen on the c-span radio app. we continue with our 2019 commencement speeches on c-span. khuzami, whort recently stepped down as the deputy u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york where he led the prosecution of president trump's former lawyer, huzamil cohen. mr. spoke to graduates of boston university law school. [applause] ok, b law is in the house. that was not in the script but it felt like the right thing to say. day honored to share your today with you, thank you for inviting me. greeting to special those who are watching your law school commencement on c-span. hello, and hello, i think that is everybody. [laughter] today, graduates, you are what you set out to be. attorneys. , a lifetimeor that of lawyer jokes. everyone will congratulate you for graduating, but not as many will appreciate your profession. it is as old as time or at least as old as shakespeare. , shakespeare wrote, the first thing we do, we k

as i always do, ladies and gentlemen of the press, you are most welcome at the brookings institution. thus, we are also on the record. so with that, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 19th chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general joe dunford and michael hanlon. [ applause ] >> that was probably less than an unbiassed introduction. thank you. and i'm not sure if you picked up on the subtlety of his comment that i followed him into both battalion command. any success i had at either of those two assignments i can attribute to my predecessor. the secret is out. >> well, it's great to have you here, general. i just want to say hold up it's been a privilege for me to interact with you over the years at brookings and to learn from you. you've been not only a great military leader but a role model on a personal level to a lot of us. thank you very much, again, for the chance to speak today. i wanted if i could to begin by taking stock of the four years that you've been chairman and just asking you to reflect a little bit on how the world has changed, because when you came into the

on tuesday morning, molly reynolds of the brookings institution will be with us to talk about subpoenaer and in the robert mueller investigation. and the founder of open the books.com talks about his group's new report which found several fortune 100 companies had received billions of dollars from federal contracts, grants and direct payments. 7:00 eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion. announcer: malcolm the testimony from the fbi director christopher wray on president trump's 2020 budget request for the fbi. he will appear before the appropriations subcommittee live on tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. and on wednesday, the subcommittee on border security will hold a hearing to look at humanitarian and security challenges on the southern border. live at 2:30 p.m. eastern come also on c-span3. the complete guide to congress is now available. it has details about the house and senate for the current session of congress. contact and bio information about every senator and representative, plus information about congressional committees, state governors, and the cabinet.

john burke out, speaker of the british house of commons, was in washington dc to speak at the brookings institution. he spoke about theresa may's recently announced resignation, the brightest debate in parliament, and his decision to withdraw an invitation to president trump to address

this morning, molly reynolds from the brookings institution talks about attorney general william barr and the house judiciary committees scheduled vote this wednesday to hold him in contempt of congress. andrzejewski,dam founder and ceo of openthebooks.com reveals the report on fortune one -- fortune 100 companies receiving grants and direct payments. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. "washington journal" is next. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ host: it is the "washington journal" for may the seventh. one of the discussions leading up to the 2020 election is the idea of electability. hour, we invite you to tell us which 2020 candidate is most electable. you can tell us which of the 20 plus you would choose amongst the democratic field or if you a republican, you will discuss if you support president trump for a second term. democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-7

and he'll speak at the brookings institution at 10:308 a.m. wednesday on crmp span. >> on memorial day president trump spoke to members of the u.s. navy aboard at a naval base. introducing the president was first lady melania trump. this is an hour. >> so great to be with you today. enjoyable visit and thankful for the hospital we have received. back in november, i visited the one s george h.w. bush, of our nation's great aircraft carriers at work. it is a privilege to once again join with you our incredible sailors and marines on the uss wasp who work here in the pacific ocean. thank you for yow work and sacrifice and all you do on behalf of our country. may god pleas you and your families. i now would like to introduce my husband, your commander in chief, the 45th president of the united states of america. mr. president. chanting u.s.a.] president trump what a group. what a group. this is a tough bunch of people, right? president trump: and i want to thank you, melania, you have been the talk of japan. they're not covering me. i'm a little u

tuesday morning, molly reynolds of the brookings institution will be with us to talk about congressionalubpoena power and the molar investigation. investigation. fortune 500 on how companies have received money from federal grants. be sure to watch starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern tuesday morning and join the discussion. "q&a," journalist and author on his new book, "the american family," which captures the red scare during his family's own ordeal. >> secretary of state mike pompeo traveled to finland where he spoke in a ministerial meeting. he warned against actions by china, russia in the region, which is opening up to commerce as temperatures warm and sea ice melts. he made this stop for a stop in greenland where he will discuss security issues with danish officials. [applause] sec. pompeo: thank you, ambassador. i know you are enjoying your time here. you are doing an outstanding job.

[applause] >> friday on the c-span networks the brookings institution host a discussion about privacy in the digital age with the cia's privacy and civil liberties officer. at noon on c-span, the hudson institute hosts a panel on the trump administration's iran policy. c-span two, veterans affairs secretary robert wilkie speaks at the conference of the national coalition of homeless veterans. discussion on phone surveillance, data collection, and the usa freedom act. live coverage of the p

after that, molly reynolds with the brooking institution previews a possible contempt of congress vote against attorney general william barr. later, more from the conference on the americas with a discussion on economic development in central and south america.

the brooking institution previews a possible contempt of congress vote against attorney general william barr. later, more from the conference on the americas with a discussion on economic development in central and south america. >> a good morning, everyone. our subcommittee hearing on commerce justice science and related agencies will come to order. we welcome the director of the fbi christopher a. wray. thank you for your presence here. senator shaheen and i will forgo our opening statements in order to enhance the chances that we can get questions of all of our members answered. we also have a closed session that follows this public hearing. director, you and i had a conversation with senator shaheen about blue mass. it is the reason for your need to depart and i would take this moment on behalf of the senate and my colleagues today to express our condolences and gratitude for those who serve our country in all forms of law enforcement and we appreciate your service, as well. unless senator shaheen wants to say anything, we will go directly to your opening statement and please procee

tuesday morning, molly reynolds of the brookings institution will be with us to talk about congressional subpoena power and the robert mueller investigation. also, adam, the daughter of open the books.com, talks about the new report from his group which found several fortune 100 companies received billions of dollars from federal contracts, grants and direct payments. live "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern on tuesday morning, join the discussion. announcer: tamaqua testimony from the fbi director christopher wray on president trump's 2020 budget request for the fbi. he will appear before a senate appropriations subcommittee on tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. and on wednesday come a senate judiciary subcommittee on border security will hold a hearing to look at humanitarian and security challenges on the u.s. southern border. live at 2:30 p.m. also on c-span3. once tv was three giant networks and a government supported service called pbs. then in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let the viewers decide on their own what was important to the

this from the brookings institute runs one hour and 40 minutes. mr. bercow: order! [laughter] order!

gindi is with the center for middle east policy at brookings institution he says the root cause of these tensions must be addressed. we've seen that happen over and over and over again and what that typically signifies is that we're not dealing with the problem. in terms of the causes of the problem we're and for gaza for many many years there's been a great deal of denial frankly in the international community on the part of israeli leaders on the part of the united states and even on the part of this house senior leadership in ramallah as to what the causes are. and this is you know this is the gaza has been under a blockade for twelve years there's an israeli occupation that has been in place for fifty one years there is no political horizon that is being offered by the international community the only way out of this situation is to find a way to normalize life in gaza and life cannot proceed normally we have so many reports by the united nations and others that basically gaza is unlivable for the two million people who live there and that is at the heart of this instability that we

live coverage from the brookings institution begins in about 15 minutes here on c-span 3. later this morning special counsel robert mueller will make his first public statement on his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. live coverage from the justice department begins at 11:00 eastern on our companion network c-span. >>> the reviews are in for c-span's "the presidents book." from the new york journal of books, the presidents makes a fast engrossing read. with graduations and father's day fast approaching "the presidents" makes a great gift. explore the life events that shaped our leaders, challenges their faced and the legacies they have left behind. c-span's "the presidents" is now available as a hard cover or e book today at c-span.org/thepresidents. or wherever books are sold. >> this is chris pope. he's a senior fellow at the manhattan institute talking about issues related to health care. what positioning was the manhattan institute take? >> we're a center right think tank. the cost of health care is a big issue that people are c

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tomorrow, the chair of the joint aching at thef brookings institution about national security. 10:30 a.m. live on c-span. there will be online at www.c-span.org, and you can listen on the c-span radio app. . now. she serves as director for the center on religion and civil society at the heritage foundation. much of your work has focused on the equality act, which passed the house early this month. a 236-173 vote. remind viewers what the equality act purports to do. guest: first of all, i give for having me on. we believe all americans have human dignity. our concerns about the act is that it elevates sexual orientation and gender identity ideology to become a civil right. to codify that in federal law would amend the 1964 civil rights act as sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. our concerns are that there are equality concerns on both dies. causeurn would disagreements on things like gender identity and sexual differences into what would legally be considered to be discrimination, than it would cause punishment for people who hold a different view on such issues. host: house

us so on skype from arlington a non resident fellow at the center for middle east policy at brookings institution thank you for your times. this all just sounds so familiar everything and i hope you could hear what natasha was saying there as well it is all so familiar an escalation in violence an effort from the likes of egypt and carter to mediate and then we just seem to repeat it a few months later can anything be done differently this time do you think. mean you're you're absolutely right we've seen that happen over and over and over again and what that typically signifies is that we're not dealing with the problem. in terms of the cause of the problem and for gaza for many many years there's been a great deal of the knowledge frankly in the international community on the part of israeli leaders on the part of the united states and even on the part of the palestinian leadership in ramallah as to what to cause a lot. and this is you know this is the gaza has been under a blockade for twelve years there's an israeli occupation that has been in place for fifty one years there is no political ho

[applause] >> friday on the c-span networks, the brooking institutions hosted a conversation about privacy with the cia's privacy and civil liberties officer. live coverage begins at 10:30 eastern time. the hudsonc-span institute host a panel on the trump administration's iran policy. robert wilkie speaks at a conference of the national coalition of homeless veterans. later a discussion about phone surveillance, data collection, and the usa freedom act. coverage of the board on c-span two. commencement speeches all week on c-span. eastern, speakers include supreme court justice sonia sotomayor at manhattan college. remarks atn delivers the george washington university school of international affairs. back to june, 1990, former first lady barbara bush speaking at wellesley college. wa

at theve look now brookings institution in washington where in just a few minutes, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will be eating about threats to national security. you can watch his remarks live over on our companion and online at c-span.org. here on c-span, we plan to bring you at 11 a.m. eastern, the comments from robert mueller, the special counsel, a statement at 11 a.m. eastern, reports from the washington post national security group orders say that it will be a "substantial statement of under 10 minutes." whatever it is, we will have it for you live. host: as we come to the end of mental health awareness month, especially with the state of american mental health, we are joined by the acting ceo of the national alliance on mental illness. remind viewers who the alliance is and what your mission is. guest: thanks for having me. the national alliance for mental illness is the nation's largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of people who live with mental health conditions and their families. frankly, we are a community that cares. organization t

for more i was joined by jung pak of the brookings institution.do you think north korea'st leader is tryiprovoke with these missile tests? jung: since hanoi, kim been lookg to ratchet up tensions with the international community ond tried to soften president trump's posin sanctions removal. i see north korea's statements a missile tests twice in a week as a way of trying to do that. laura: the chinese delegation is in town for the trade tas. is there any coincidence that this is happening when a big ally of north korea is in town? jung: i think sometimes kim has his own timetable, and there is some military exercises in play here i think north korea -- kim is looking a way to force the issue. the special representaor north korea policy is also in the korean and japaneseth counterparts. there is a lot going on, and kim is trying to split the region. laura: is kim trying to reach president trump directly, because he sees m as the only one with whom he can do business, sidelining other u.s. officials? jung: kim has been spoiled with two summits with

on c-span, the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general joseph dunford speaking at the brookings institution about national security. 10:30 a.m. eastern live on c-span. it will also be online at c-span do all work and you can listen on the c-span radio app. we continue with our 2019 commencement speeches on c-span. khuzami, whort recently stepped down as the deputy u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york where he led the prosecution of president trump's former lawyer, huzamil cohen. mr. spoke to graduates of boston university law school. [applause] ok, b law is in the house. that was not in the script but it felt like the right thing to say. day honored to share your today with you, thank you for inviti m

trump the thoughts now of khalid elfin the who's with the center for middle east policy at brookings institution spokesman earlier he talks about the root cause of these pensions need to be addressed. we've seen that happen over and over and over again and what that typically signify is that we're not dealing with the problem. in terms of the causes of the problem and for gaza for many many years there's been a great deal of denial frankly in the international community on the part of israeli leaders on the part of the united states and even on the part of the palestinian leadership in ramallah as to what the causes are. and this is you know this is the gaza has been under a blockade for twelve years there's an israeli occupation that has been in place for fifty one years there is no political horizon that is being offered by the international community the only way out of this situation is to find a way to normalize light in gaza and light cannot proceed normally we have so many reports by the united nations that others that basically gaza is unlivable for the two million people who live there

and he'll speak at the brookings institution at 10:308 a.m. wednesday on crmp span. >> on memorial day president trump spoke to members of the u.s. navy aboard at a naval base. introducing the president was first lady melania trump. this is an hour. >> so great to be with you today. enjoyable visit

host: molly reynolds from the brookings institution joins us to talk about this idea of contempt of congress, use of contempt by congress. good morning. guest: good morning.

and iran is suzanne maloney-- deputy director of the foreign policy program at the brookings institute. >> sreenivasan: ms. maloney, why is all of this happening? >> i think we are seeing a period ointense signaling between the united states and irans this cooinciding with the one year anniversary of president trump's decision to exit the iran nuclear deal, and with the decision to ramp up pressure on iran with an effort to try to drive iln's exports down to zero, there appears to be at least a very public effort to try to bolster the american troop presence, but i think in reality, this is very much in line with our standardal posture and what is important is the public signaling that is going on, yather than the milit maneuver >> sreenivasan: in that signaling, you kind of see an escalation of rhetoric between the two sides. is our intelligence in a region veryood? are we pretty sure that these are at least threats that we are hearing about and we are preparing for are legitimate?, >> wel they are real concerned voiced by members of congress and othe groups in washington about whethe

who will answer it it's a pleasure to welcome tori tausig she's a political analyst for the brookings institution currently on a robert bosch fellowship in berlin she says tensions between the u.s. and iran are escalating signals coming out of washington and tehran indicate things won't to cool down anytime soon. and we're very glad to have an arche on on the program he is a political analyst and on the iranian and shia affairs and he's editor in chief of iran under it's a german language magazine special. in recording on iran he says europe shouldn't see iran only as a threat rather it can win tehran as a partner and it's a pleasure to introduce rick novak he's a berlin based correspondent for the washington post who covers international politics and he says both sides know that a u.s. iranian war could become more catastrophic even than the iraq war president trump could have few firm allies at home for such a confrontation. so i'd like to start out by trying to figure out if these drumbeats of war that we're hearing are in fact leading to that or whether they're simply scare tactics on both si

thoughts and china center and a senior fellow in the foreign policy program at the brookings institution is also a director of the national committee on the u.s. and china relations welcome to day w. when the president accuses china of renegotiating deals at the last minute what does he mean. well he believes that the china go back with some of their remains of previously. on and not the new nature of. his point but china for them to take a different view most the chinese people they believe the us last minute changed the strategy and want to pressure china in the mall so i think the chinese media will especially as social media has been seen as kind of greedy and the crazy and unpredictable so that's the case with them play a round the chinese government a favor and of course china will suffer because that deal could not be reached at this point but also they believe that the u.s. will suffer to u.s. consumers or suffer and the u.s. business community and the war street also well so that the chinese view and the increasingly they critical of the u.s. they don't want to be seen as too so

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