n the c-span networks. >> c-span he's -- c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. the g up saturday morning, government shutdown's impact on government contractors. d the conversation continues to discuss how the government shutdown is impacting the national parks. and then washington examiner editorial director will talk about conservative journalism in the era of president trump. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. >> tomorrow c-span's 2020 road to the white house coverage continues. with former housing and urban development secretary castro. he's expected to announce his decision on whether or not he'll run for the presidency next year. the event takes place in san antonio and it's live saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i remember as a little kid, you knew that when the flag went by, you were to stand up and put your hand on your heart. you were to stand and sing the national anthem. and you learned to recite the pledge of allegiance. >> sunday at 4:00 p.m.

here on the c-span networks. . the president also talked about his now former defense secretary james mattis, who said he was essentially fired when he resignation. general mattis saying that he would stay until the end of february, he officially left the position on monday. here is the president. >> in afghanistan, you have one india.g -- any mention what gold you want india to have? >> they should be involved in afghanistan. i'll give you an example, i give our generals all the money they wanted and they did not do such a great job in afghanistan. they have been fighting in afghanistan for 18 years. evenal mattis thanked me more the following year when i got him $716 billion, he could not believe it. because our military was did read it. now we are rebuilding our he was responsible for the new orders of the f-35 fighter jet and the f-18s, the ships, the muscles and everything. he was so thrilled. but what has he done for me? how has he done in afghanistan? not too good. ism not happy with what he done in afghanis

watch the house live on c-span. see the senate on c-span 2. looking at live programming on the other c-span networks today, later, a discussion on voting rights and congressional redistricting an event hosted by the american constitution society. live coverage starts at noon eastern on c-span 3 also online at the span.org and listen with app.ree c-span radio president trump will be speaking at the 100 annual convention of the farm bureau federation in new orleans, louisiana. live coverage at 12:40 eastern on c-span 2. >> tonight on the communicators -- >> what we are talking about is fiber-optic technology. it's been around for decades. basically the idea is a very asn strand of glass allows far as we can tell unlimited amounts of information to be pumped through it by lasers used to carrye world communications and more and more countries are ensuring that everyone of their citizens has access to fiber-optic connections. >> susan crawford discusses her book, fiber, the coming tech revolution and why america might miss it. >> know why are bette

eastern this friday and saturday come alive on c-span. -- saturday, a live on c-span. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. next, a discussion on presidential emergency powers. the brennan center for justice hosted legal and policy experts to consider the

eastern on c-span 3: >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> in the next 30 minutes we'll focus on the federal impact of the shutdown. nicole ogrysko is a reporter that deals with federal agencies. remind us how many employees are furloughed, how many are working and not getting paid and how many contractors are being impacted here. >> nicole: so total is 800,000 that are impacted by this particular partial-shutdown, and of,0 that it's 420,000 who are working without pay they're considered accepted employees and then the other 380,000 are home furlough said.

watch it all on c-span. >> tomorrow on c-span # 3, a conference committee of house and senate poerpgs members who are trying to reach an agreement on border security. it has a deadline. the first meeting of the group is tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. eastern. you can watch that live here on c-span 3. >> with the deferred action for childhood arrivals deferred action for childhood arrivals back in the news,, we're joined by randy capps of the migration policy institute to take a dive into that program. it feels like we've been talking about daca for a long time. >> it started in 2012. there had been legislation in congress several years introduced. the idea being because they came as children, they weren't personally responsible for that act of coming to the u.s. illegally. were the eligibility requirements? which children? >> yeah, part of the focus -- of course they have toar come as children. they have to be here before age 16. and part of the focus was on better educated high productivity people. they had to still be in high school or have at least a high school degree. they had to have bee

eastern on c-span. >> harvard law professor and crawford is susan the author of this new book "fiber: the coming tech revolution and why america might miss it." professor crawford, what is the definition of fiber you use in the book? of fiber, definition we are talking about fiber-optic technology. it is not new. it has been around for decades. basically, the idea is a very in strand of glass -- thin strand allows unlimited amounts of information to be pumped through it by lasers. it is used around the world undersea to carry communications and more and more countries are ensuring that every one of their citizens has access to a fiber-optic connection for internet data. that is what the book is about. a scrappy cities in america making sure that their citizens have access to competitive, cheap, ubiquitous fiber connections. host: how are you and i using fiber optics today? it's present all over the place in the form of the connections running around the country and the world carrying data. the problem i

on c-span three. c-span, where history unfolds daily. a 1979, c-span was created as public service by america's cable television companies and today, we bring you unfiltered congress at coverage of the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. [inaudible] held a rally outside the white house. several members of congress lawyerincluding denny -- steny hoyer, mark warner, chris van hollen, ben arden -- ben cardin, and bernie sanders. >> please welcome aflcio

this friday and saturday, live on c-span. q&a, author and generous -- journalist patricia miller and her book on the late 19th century's sex scandal including a congressman sued by his former mistral -- mistress. middle names he has should signify that he was in the southern elite. he had been a confederate colonel and respected cavalry man in the confederate cavalry. , hehe time of the lawsuit is in his fifth term in congress, he was by contrast nobody -- she was by contrast nobody. she was a poor girl from kentucky with literary aspirations and very hungry for an education. she was this hungry young woman who ran into reckon rage at a time when she was really desperate. -- breckenridge at a time when she was really desperate. >> sunday night at 80 stern on -- eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> in the second day of the judiciary's hearing for william barr, they question the nominee's colleagues in public service. ca

on c-span and c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. ♪ ♪ >> c-span, where history unfoldsly. in 1979, c-span was created as a look service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. ♪ arkansas republican governor asa hutchinson delivered his 2019 state of the state address from the state capital of little rock recently. the governor entered his second term in office and spoke about his administration's a competence and outlined his goals for the new term. about cutting regulations and taxes, investing in education and government services, and establishing a technology and innovation counsel to partner with the private sector. this is about 25 minutes. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i present to you, the honorable asa hutchinson, governor of the state of arkansas. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. lieutenant governor griffin, speaker shepherd, presiden

announcer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service. by america's cable television companies. today we continue to bring you , unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> we want to introduce you to kai-fu lee. he is the author of this book, china, silicon: valley, and the new world order." we will talk about that book in a moment, what first, give us a sense of your background and some of the jobs you have held. kai-fu: i have a phd in artificial intelligence from carnegie mellon. after that, i worked in various capacities at apple, microsoft, and google. mostly in executive management positions. now, i have my own venture capital firm. we have run this for the last nine years, and we also invest a lot in artificial intelligence. interviewer: he was also the former president of google china. what kind of companies do you synovation?n kai-fu: we are a technology oriented v.c. we try

live on c-span. >>> the c-span cities tour, exploring the american story. this weekend we take you to independence, missouri, home to harry and bess truman. saturday at noon eastern on book tv we will explore the roots of independence and why it served as the starting point of america's great westward trails. >> downtown was the place to be if you were outfitting for the trails. we had several blacksmith shops there, several places you could get horses, well just outfitting general stores. if you needed flour, bacon, anything to get you out west you were going to get it here. you can imagine a big buzzing community downtown. >> and on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a tour of president truman's historic sites, including a visit to his home and his library. watch the c-span cities tour of independence, missouri, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> illinois businessman j.b. prits kerr is now

a c-span original production. explain the history, traditions, and role of the uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program. watch original, full-length interviews with senators. view farewell speeches from long serving members. take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. now, a discussion on the role of special councils and the ongoing investigations into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. among the speakers, can star, independent counsel investigative the clinton administration, it is hosted by the freedom forum institute in washington dc. lasts about 1.5 hours.

watch it all on c-span. see --ekend, c-span's c-span's cities tour takes you to santa monica, california. today at noon eastern on book tv , a visit with journalists, author and professor saul rubin as he describes santa monica's culture, economy, and more. >> santa monica is a progressive southern california beach city. it's a major tourist destination, most well-known for being a place where people might come and enjoy the day. is a popular place for young tech startup companies. at 2 p.m. sunday eastern on american history tv, santa monica. story and jim harris, author of "santa monica." : a century of the last great pleasure p are -- santa monica last a century of the great pleasure pier." >> there's a musas many different reasons to come to the -- there's the almost as many reasons to come to the pier. city tour ofan's said monica, california, today a new eastern on c-span's -- on c-span two book tv. with our cable elliott's we explore the american story. -- cable affiliates as we explore the american s

be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7 am eastern saturday morning.oin the discussion. ♪ >>> next a look at staff turnover in the trump administration. the brookings institutions catherine dunn talks about her decades long research in turnover in presidential's ministrations. washington center hosted this event. >> please take your seats. w all right. this morning, we have our first speaker, i know has katie, dr. tenpas , who is going to talk to us about you are hired, you're fired, stepping the trump presidency analysis and comparison. dr. tenpas is sa nonresident senior fellow with government studies and a fellow at the governance institute. a research address is the intersection between the presidency and policy including the presidential reelection campaigns and trends in presidential travel and polling, expenses she is also look at white house stepping with a particular focus on turnover rates and individual white house entities like the office of political affairs, office of faith based and community initiatives, and staff secretary. dr. tenpas

. >> , new leaders, watch it all on c-span. >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news of policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, a look at the government shutdown in the 116th congress with rollcall.s and we talk about the 2020 provincial field with the university of virginia center of politics and we discuss wednesday's premiere of c-span's original program the senate conflict and compromise, with c-span producer mark marcus. be sure to watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> a record number of women, minorities, and first on politicians are part of the 116th congress, c-span recently spoke with several of them. elected josh harter was to represent california's 10th congressional district. he has worked as a venture capitalist in a business professor. >> how and why did you decide to run for office? >> i love my community and i thought it needed to change. i'm a fifth-generation residence , my grandfather came out on a wagon train in 1850 and came , and became a peach farmer. my community invested

live at noon on c-span. c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1970 nine c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d c and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. mossberg, what have you been up to? walt: peter, i have been retired for about a year and a half. it turns out, at least for me, retirement is busy or than i thought. i have had lots of opportunities do interesting things. the primary focus of my working withs been an organization called the news literacy project. which i can talk about more. peter: what is it? walt: the news literacy project is a 10-year-old organization founded by a pulitzer prize winning investigative reporter from the los angeles times. d.c. based here in its mission is to teach middle school and high school students how to tell facts from fiction in what they see

announcer: author and columnist james grant, sunday night on c-span.nnouncer: c-span's live in san antonio, texas where former housing and urban development tro isary julian cas announcing his running for president. live coverage of the road to the white house here on c-span. ♪ announcer: while we wait for this event in san antonio, we will show you some of this morning's washington journal. host: we talk with a correspondant. bill, as we get started, remind us of who julian castro is, how we got to this point in his life and career and what is he going to bring to the presidential field? caller: good morning. good to be with you. julian castro was a mayor of san 2009-2013.m he was chosen by the obama over atration to take large agency, the housing and urban development, 8500 employees, billion-dollar budget. he was elected to city council when he was 20. antonio, pride of san he and his twin brother were educated at stanford and harvard law school. they can back to their hometowns to make a difference and now he hoped to be in the clinton administrati

watch the c-span cities tour of independence, missouri, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> illinois businessman j.b. prits kerr is now governor and delivered his inaugural address shortly after being sworn in. he described the state's situation as challenging and vowed to work with the state assembly to pass a balanced budget in 2019. the democratic governor takes over from a republican and told illinois voters that the state's tax system is unsustainable and that change is coming. his speech is a half hour. ♪ ♪ >> please place your right hand and repeat after me. i, at the same time. >> i, j.b. pritzker. >> do solemnly swear. >> do solemnly swear. >> that i will support the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of the state of illinois. >> and the constitution of the state of illinois. >> and that i will faithfully exercise. >> and that i will faithfully

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we will have live coverage here on c-span and c-span radio.resident saying and a tweet yesterday he will be speaking about what he is calling the humanitarian crisis on the southern border, talking about border security. we want to hear from you, what do you want to hear from president trump you (202) 748-8000 is the number to call for democrats, for republicans, (202) 748-8001. and for independents and others, (202) 748-8002. the president tweeting this morning that he is going to dover air force base, he will speak at the white house at 3:00, as we mentioned. a possible breakthrough on the democrat side, the democrats have added more than $1 billion in order spending to a package of bills that would reopen most of the government, even as president trump said he would have a major announce that this afternoon on the order and the shutdown stalemate. they write that the proposal is scheduled for a vote next week, according to two senior democratic officials. it reflects a shift in strategy by democrats who maintained they would not give the pr

live on c-span. >> the c-span cities tour exploring the american story. this weekend, we take you to independence, missouri, home to harry and bess truman. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we'll explore the roots of independence and why it served as the starting point of america's great westward trail. >> downtown was the place to be if you were outfitting for the trails. we had several blacksmith shops there, several places you could get horses. really just outfitting general stores. you needed flour, anything to get you out west, you were going to get it here. so you can imagine a big buzzing community downtown. >> and on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a tour of president truman's historic sites, including a visit to his home and his library. watch the c-span cities tour of independence, missouri, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> the senate special agent committee held a hearing

eastern here on c-span. texas sent nine new members to congress in the 2018 elections including for democrats. democrats. a former linebacker for the tennessee titans represents the state. he left the nfl for law school. then later in private practice. voters in the 16th district unelected veronica escobar, she previously has been elected el paso county commissioner and county judge. earlier in her career, congresswoman escobar taught english at the university of texas at el paso as well as schick -- chicano literature at the county community college. she is one of the first to latino congresswoman elected by texas voters. the other is representative sylvia garcia who now represents the 29th district. she previously served in the state senate. before that, she held elected and appointed positions including terms on the harris county commission and as houston's city controller. voters from the seventh district sent lizzie fletcher to the house, this is the first time the seventh has elected a wascrat since it

today here on c-span 3. first oil and gas executives talk about energy policy at a discussion hosted by the american petroleum institute, that's at 12:25 p.m. eastern. at 2:00 p.m. newly elected lawmakers discuss their priorities for the 116th congress at an event hosted by the group end citizens united. later in the day the house rules committee meets to consider bills to fund and reopen the federal government as the partial shutdown enters its third week. that's live from capitol hill at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >>> sunday on q & a, author and columnist james grant. >> i make my living by writing about markets in something called grants, interest rate observer, which is much too expensive for some of the people out there. i think the trouble lies not so much in wall street. wall street is what it is. it's been a name either -- not so widely revered, it's been mostly an infamous name. wall street is an epitet mostly in american history, but i think what we are -- what we ought to be more on our g

watch it all on c-span. the incoming freshman class of the new congress includes most women elected and military veterans. c-span recently spoke with some of the new members. elected to represent mississippi's third congressional district, he has rankinfor madison and counties in mississippi. >> explain the district. >> the district runs across the central part of the state, all away from the eastern side to the western side of the state, encompasses 24 counties including the city of jackson partially in the third congressional district, encompasses mississippi state university in starkville. we have a major military installation there. it is a very diverse district. it has some very urban and very rural areas. there are problems that are specific to certain areas of the district. that is one thing throughout the campaign -- we were able to visit each county of the district many times to determine the needs of each district. we hope to be able to serve the district in the entirety, not just the district but

eastern and pacific on c-span. nd be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original full length interviews with senators and view farewell speeches from long serving members and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. >> when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest, most diverse freshman class in recent history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span starting january 3. >> we're here with leo shane, deputy of military legal times in washington, d.c. and we'll talk about the past year in military and veterans issues. good morning. how are you? >> i'm fine. >> let's start off with current news. >> feels like two years worth of news in the last two weeks. >> james madison will wrap up his tenure on monday, i believe. guest: monday is his last day and deputy shanahan -- shanahan will take over january 1 and was quite the upheaval from the establishment. host: what was defense secretary

eastern, this friday and saturday, live on c-span.>> the c-span city store, exploring the american story. we take you to independence missouri this weekend home to harry and bess truman. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we will explore the roots of independence and why it serves as a starting point for america's great westward trail. >> downtown was the place to be. we had several blacksmith shops there and places you could get horses and really just outfitting general store. flour or bacon or anything that gets you out west, you will get it here. if you can imagine a big buzzing community downtown. >>> on sunday at 2 pm eastern on american history tv a tour of president truman's historic site including a visit to his home and library. watch the c-span cities tour of independence, missouri. saturday at noon eastern on c- span 2 book tv and send it 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3 working with our cable affiliate as we explore the american story.>>> president trump nominated him to the third circuit u.s. court of appeals in 2017. after senate confirmation judge bev

watch it all on c-span. up next more on the government shutdown from president trump from his visit to capitol hill. after the closed-door meeting at the white house, later the house votes on a bill to fund at the irs as part of an effort by democrats to reopen parts of the federal government. >> president trump was on capitol hill wednesday to

all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. c-span, where history unfolds daily. as a79, c-span was created public service by america's television companies and we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the supreme court, the white house, and public alysia vinson washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span, brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. announcer 2: next, documentary filmmaker ken burns sent down with service -- smithsonian institution david skorton to talk about how he uses archives and libraries to research his films. the two also discussed the importance of learning history. this smithsonian library hosted this 40-minute event. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage, ken burns and the secretary of the smithsonian, david skorton. [applause]

live on c-span. host: we welcomee congresswoman salud carbajal who represents santa barbara and santa maria area. also a member of the armed services committee. thank you for being here. you for having me. host: you recently went to the board. tell me about what you saw. guest: what precipitated that was the death of the child. it was the second child that died in the same region so a number of us went to discuss with cbp agents what transpired and to see firsthand the facilities. the facilities were deplorable to say the least. i didn't have portable water in some instances. the food they were providing to these migrants was haphazard. they would go to the nearest walmart and get frozen food. there was no vendor to provide meals. host: is that because of the shutdown? guest: no. just in general. i didn't have shower facilities so they were taken up to an hour away for showers every two days. the facilities were just inadequate. so for me it was a real eye-opener to see that we had inadequate facilit

2, and c-span 3.e are in day 13 of the government shutdown. this morning, we are asking all of you to tell congress, washington what you want them to do. we will go to jerome in pennsylvania, democrat. what are your priorities for this 116th congress? caller: health care infrastructure, and getting trump out. country.ancer to this host: why do you say that? caller: look it what it -- at what is going to happen. he is going to separate us from our allies. nobody trusts him, he lies every day and you have republicans calling in who sold their souls. america used to be a country with morals. we have no moral values. we are celebrating -- separating families from their kids, putting serial numbers on their hands like it is nazi germany wanting to build a wall. saying.o what they are i ain't never see -- seen this country more separated. host: what do you think is more important for democrats in the house? someey try to notch up legislative compliments and try to get legislation through or focus solely on

c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. bring youcontinue to unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, a discussion of the planned pullout of u.s. troops from syria and this week's suicide bombing. a maryland republican congressman talks about the shutdown and border security. a review of the senate confirmation hearing for attorney general nominee william barr. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. the c-spanday on network, the annual march for life starts at noon eastern on c-span. the:00 a.m. on c-span two, group holds a nationwide campaign for abortion access. at 10:00 a.m., more debate on reopening the

watch it all on c-span.ouse republicans were briefed about security on the southern border by homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen and vice president mike pence. here are gop leaders. >> hi, everybody. we just had a good meeting with the vice president, secretary of homeland security. the main focus is we have a crisis at the southern border. no one denies we have a crisis at the southern border.

eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or was in with the free c-span radio app. >> in hope of avoiding and other government shutdown, members of the house and senate met on homeland security spending. the house appropriations chair heads off this appropriations committee hearing. it is one hour and 15 minutes.

facebook.com/c-span is where we are. host: we haven't seen the language, but on last few short term or continuing resolutions, it's typically through midnight of the date. so it would probably be midnight friday, february 15. we will continue to take your phone calls and comments here on c-span. the senate has done its work on the legislation, reopening the government, creating the conference committee for homeland security and the house is set to do that as well. we've not gotten official start time of the house. some reports that the paperwork coming between the senate and the house is slowing things down. we'll keep you posted on that, if we see some more tweets or other news about that. meanwhile, continue with your calls. to el paso, texas, david is a federal worker there. go ahead. caller: i'm calling because i'm what's considered an accepted employee. what that means -- excepted employee. what that means is i get to work and not get paid basically. i am forced to work during lapse of appropriations, meantime i'm n

primetime schedule on c-span upper. starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span a discussion on war and the use of social media. massachusetts republican governor charlie baker delivers is it not real to lawmakers in boston. 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3a "washington post" discussion on opioid addiction and treatment policy. >> on mondays we have a segment called your money when we look at programs by the federal government. this week to look at policy which requires hospitals online. join us for that discussion, serving as their president. good morning. >> good morning. a little bit about your organization. what does it do? who is it supported by and tell us about it. >> sure come a fair health is a national independent not-for-profitit organization. they were created in 2009 to bring transparency and integrity to help insurance information for all stakeholders. we support researchers, government, consumers, industry, using data products and custom analytics and tools to really appeal back the curtain on the health insurance industry and were s

our live coverage on c-span and c-span 2 begins at 7:00 a.m. with our morning program, the washington journal. we'll be live on both networks all day long with the new house and the new senate. well, earlier today congressional leaders met with the president to discuss the government shutdown and border wall funding. here's what the leaders had to say after their meeting with the president. >> thank you all for being here. we had a long discussion. the president had asked us to come back on friday after the leadership races. i think that was a concern for some people to be able to get through. we never did get through the complete briefing from the secretary of homeland which we're concerned about because we have a crisis on the border right now. we had a violent mob rush yesterday where we had a challenge there, but we know we have a challenge along the border. we want to solve that issue. we want to make sure we open this government up. i think at the end of the day, the president listening to him, he wants to solve this as well. that's why h

on c-span 3. his state hue gives of american business address followed by a news conference with reporters. later in the day, the afl-cio with their rally congressional democrats to call for an end to the partial shutdown.t that's live at noon eastern. up this : coming weekend on book tv, saturday at 6:45 p.m. eastern, california democratic senator kamala harris life and career through her book "the truths we hold, an american journey." at 11:00 p.m. eastern, oz guinness talks about his latest for liberty."ll then sunday on after words at p.m. eastern, a journalist discusses her book "it was all a dream." generation confronts the broken promise to black america. interviewed by editor-in-chief. watch book tv this weekend on c-span 2. nnouncer: on wednesday, house speaker nancy pelosi and senate inority leader charles schumer held a news conference with the labor union that represents federal workers to talk about of the government shutdown. from the u.s. capitol, this is 20 minutes. speaker pelosi:

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c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> as the government shutdown continues, we are joined by kellie mejdrich, reporter with cq rollcall. what are some of the programs that are closed that are having the biggest impact on the american public? kellie: the irs for example, treasury, lots of national parks, although some of those are trying to be kept open for longer. there was only five of the 12 appropriations bills funding the government that were enacted into law before the end of 2018. the other seven, there's homeland security, interior environment, agriculture, transportation, hud, financial billces, and this homeland is one of the most contentious ones. patrol,and border transportation security admin

the state of the union live tuesday on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> house speaker nancy pelosi held her weekly briefing this morning talking about the conference committee between the house and senate. here's this morning's briefing. >> good morning. it's all about the numbers. so here we are. thank god government is open again. and now we can negotiate on what orderst way is to have security to enforce our homeland security goals. important and the would be any shutdown taken off the table as a reasonable approach to governance. impact in theble lives of the families affect by federal employees who are not receiving their paychecks in a by theirshion communities. since the paychecks were not coming the community suffered as and impact on our national gdpomy as well in terms of growth. it's harmful to our veterans many of whom service public employees. about a third of our federal employees are veterans and many of them have their jobs because they have security clearance and security clearance is affected either credit rating and that is affected by

continue to the story with house and senate debates and briefings on the c-span network. >> c-span's "washington journal," live with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, professional services council executive vice president alan schocken will join us to talk about the shutdown's impact on government contractors and the conversation continues with the national parks conservation essociation's kristin bringl to discuss how the shutdown is effecting national parks. and another guest to talk about conservative general is in -- air ofism in the president trump. watch c-span's washington journal at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. >> here is a look at some of what is coming up this evening on c-span. bills to moved to pass open portions of the government shutdown. next, a bill to open national parks and the epa. that is followed by debate on the bill giving -- >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, th

caller: good morning. , c-span.issue with the border control promise the border wall to his support base, which is not the majority of our country. he also promised that mexico would pay for the wall. mexico immediately came out and said they would not pay for the wall. why not go and negotiate with in the same manner to go and fight against his own people? we all know that we need to support our borders. we agree with that. the way they go about doing it is in new york sitting in his trump tower negotiating for business deals. these are american people who who havelies, mortgages, who are trying to provide for their families, and i think it is rude and he is holding the american people hostage, and for him to say that he will hold this on for months and even years is unfair and selfish. be an adult, bring trump to the table, everybody is not going to win, and somebody is going to have to sacrifice for the good of our country. thank you. host: let's go to market in ohio. mark supports the shutdown. good morning. cal

watch it all on c-span. house republicans were briefed about security on the southern border by homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen and vice president mike pence. here are gop leaders. >> hi, everybody. we just had a good meeting with the vice president, secretary of homeland security. the main focus is we have a crisis at the southern border. no one denies we have a crisis at the southern border. it is a humanitarian and security crisis and we need to provide the necessary resources. the president continues to negotiate in good faith. he is giving an address this evening to show you the importance of the issue. at the same time, we are in a situation where even though we have provided information the democrats asked for in terms of detailing the necessary resources to use, they have not responded. they refused to negotiate. we are dedicated to making sure we secure the border and stop the partisan games. the vice president was received very warmly and was able to give everyone a clear idea of where

on c-span.ew senate comes into session january 3, so that's what we want folks to watch it the night before the new senate comes in. brian: it would be the night before, or they can always go to our website. mark: c-span.org/senate. there's a special website for the program. brian: here's some footage you shot when he went into senator mcconnell's office, and he's chatting with john korman, who's his deputy. >> [inaudible] they're told we're waiting on the continuing resolution. said they think they're getting closer on health care. >> that's what i hear. >> yeah. >> don't be surprised if it doesn't look exactly the way it looks when we send it back. [laughter] brian: now was that spontaneous? mark: not really. we were following senator mcconnell to get some behind the scenes footage to put into the program, and what he said there may have been the most that he said as we followed him throughout the day. so he was not loquacious, i would say. but he let us in. we used some of the footage. and we

eastern here on c-span 3. >>> coming up, this weekend, on book tv, saturday, at 6:45 p.m. eastern, california democratic senator kamala harris details her life and career through her book "the truths we hold," an american journey. at 11:00 p.m. eastern, actor os guinness, talks about his latest book "last call for liberty." and then on sunday, on afterwards, at 9:00 p.m. eastern, journalist nalikqua allen talks about "it was all a dream," the broken promise to black america. she is interviewed by the root editor in chief danielle veldman. watch book tv this weekend on c-span 2. >>> texas sent nine new members to congress in the 2018 elections including four democrats. colin allred represents the state's 32nd district, a former linebacker for the tennessee titans and left the nfl for law school after which he worked as an attorney in the obama administration's department of housing and urban development, then later in private practice. voters in the 16th district elected veronica escobar, she previously has been elected el paso county commissioner, and county judge. earlier

watch it all on c-span.tonight on "the communicators" -- >> what we're talking about is fiber-optic technology. it's not new. 's been around for tech -- decades. a very thin strand of glass allows as far as we can tell unlimited amounts of information to be pumped through it by lasers. it's used around the world underseas to carry communications. and more and more countries are ensuring every one of their cities have a fiber-optic connection. >> author and harvard law professor susan crawford discusses her book, fiber, the coming tech revolution and why america might miss it. >> there will be no wire better than fiber that will emerge over the next few decades and we are right now leaving behind a lot of the country when it comes to great communications capacity and as a nation we're falling behind in the global race to be the places where new ideas come from. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> the senate confirmation hearings for william barr to be next attorney general of t