you can send us a tweet @c-span wj. you can post on facebook.com/c-span. just to give you a sense on this executive order signed by president trump taking a look at boosting apprenticeship programs in the united states, here's some of the elements of that proposal. he was calling the president that is, calling for almost 5 million apprenticeship primary over a five year period. the budget for this $95 million. federal money to help the spur these programs along. that's only $5 million more than what president obama proposed in the 2016 budgets. he will design the apprenticeship programs under broad standards had been designed by the labor department. as part of that, there will be easingly regulatory burden for administering these type of programs. which calls for eliminating ineffective workforce development program as the administration sees it. one of the big pushes came from the president's labor secretary alexander costa who explained the value of apprenticeship programs as best way of reducing the skill gap. this is just an idea that's a proposal for

join us on social media by sending us a tweet at c-span wj or facebook.com/c-span. we will get to your calls and comments in just a moment. first the story from "the washington post" pointing out the witnesses describing the rampage that left a trail of bloody bodies on the bridge in the adjacent borough market. it was a low-tech but high-profile attack. joining us live on the phone is the contributing author of the story today at washington post.com. he is the reporter in london. thanks for being with us on what i know is a busy morning. guest: thanks for having me on your show. host: for those who have not been following the developments of the last 12 hours, what me through how this unfolded. guest: what we know so far about how this unfolded is that three intokers drove a white van a crowd of people on the south side of london bridge around 10:00 p.m. local time. that is when the pubs here are very busy. people are leaving with lots of people on the pavement. the attackers got out of the vehicle and then started to stab people, making their way to borough market

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you can also catch up with us on social media on twitter it's @c-span wj on facebook it's facebook.com/c-span. very good monday morning to you. the president is up this morning began tweet being a half an hour ago. here are some of his tweets. saying people the lawyers and courts call it whatever they want. i'm calling what we need and what it is a travel ban. the justice department should have stayed with the original travel ban. not the watered down politically correct version that they submitted to the supreme court. the justice department should ask for expedited hearing of the travel ban before the supreme court and seek a much tougher version. we are extreme vetting. people coming into the united states in order to help keep our country safe. the courts are slow and political. we'll keep catching the twitter page this morning. the president speaking out on twitter over the weekend but also gave an address at ford theater last night at a gala appearance that he was scheduled to appear. here's what he had to say. >> american sends our thoughts and prayers and deepest sympathies to

host: people commenting on twitter, steven j., you could at twitter at c-span wj, if justice kennedy retires, made ultimate swing decision with administration in place. of justice kennedy a question many people look at contemplating or wonder figure an announcement will be made. earlier, the guest greg stohr, saying no decision as been made that he heard about, that is just one of the ed at.hings being look ames kentucky, next up, republican line. caller: yes, sir, i want to say things, hearing people, trump is not a regular olitician, that is why i voted for him. obama, i think he screwed this country up more than anybody screwed it ossibly up. -- no money i'm is a ng down here, it coast town now. jump ump -- as far as as accomplishments so far? i've been in office 150 days, give this guy a chance is all i'm saying. from new jersey, here is ue from colonia, new jersey, democrats line. caller: good morning. host: hi. caller: hi. an opinion about the whole thing that started mr. coming down the escalator. the n the world was all of his language, they couldn't recognize this man is not

post on c-span wj, the twitter page. is this bipartisan? >> guest: it is. we have democrats and republicans and some supporting and sponsoring it. more progressive states are interested i'm the one standpoint and that is get rid of the, i'm trying to remembert the court case that allowed at the open spending we have a lot of opposition because people like the power concentrated here in washington. we have 2.8 million volunteers and a volunteer in everya district in the country. it depends on leadership and what happens in washington. it's how it happens and how it works and the fact that not much is happening. where is the work to solve the problems and that is what i'm interested in. >> host: the president was elected with that kind ofnd manner. >> guest: this supersedes politics.nation? how do we fix them and repair as the founders knew we would need to otherwise they would never have put this in their. they don't have much power any more. they argue this with push back and say they provide some guidance for the convention this leads to wide-open politica

you can also tweak at c-span wj.ut this idea of the back channel, what do you think about it on its face as far as the desire establishment? mr. pomeranz: it is not unheard of to have back channels. they have existed in the past. at times, they have produced important results. this back channel is questionable because of the desire to use, allegedly, russian communications facilities. therefore, it also occurs within the backdrop of talks donald trump was having on u.s. policy and was not attempting to bypass the national security agency, u.s. intelligence and a whole host of other agencies that they want to know what is being discussed. on a certain level, using these back channels. pedro: so the use of russian facilities and the attempt to bypass u.s. security apparatus ultimate desire to have a back channel -- an ultimate danger to have a back channel at the u.s. facility versus the russian facility? i am not aware of any attempt to use russian facilities to create such a channel. pedro: you talk about michael fly

you can also tweet your questions or comments to our twitter page @c-span wj. call is from steve. he's in illinois on our independent line. ahead. sanders brought up the bill, cory booker it down and cory approximately $600,000 from the pharmaceutical companies. i want to know why cory backer done it -- booker, done it. this.arty did i don't think cory booker should to vote pharmaceutical prices when he's taking money.0 worth of lobby guest: two things, i don't know why senator booker voted the way did. i agree with senator sanders. bill isthat sanders something i advocated in the house. that's to allow the medicare negotiate both price discounts when they're buying huge -- they're the biggest drugs ir prescription think in the world. why is it that they don't do what you i do. if you're going to buy aspirin, you look at the price per unit, you get 100 aspirin it's a lot less per pill than if you're only getting 10. we make it really for the medicare program to do that. thinks that'ss outrageous. do i too. i supported that legislation. ask senator booker why he opposed it. host: d

is atersation on twitter c-span wj. feel free to join in. bill is in ohio. line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to state that i am a lifelong republican but i just cannot accept what the republicans are doing. this is just wrong. i will give you an example. i am fairly well-off. i've got health insurance and i am getting a tax cut under the health care bill. my poor neighbor who works at the local steel mill no longer has a job, has a couple of kids and is struggling on medicaid and he is going to see his costs go up if he can even afford health care. this is morally wrong. -- nnot john: what happened to your health care under the affordable care act? well, robert is in california on the line for independents. caller: that is me? john: yes, sir. caller: i am a disabled vietnam that. nobody say thank you for my service. are you hearing me? john: i am. i was drafted, i had no choice. caller: about 25 people in my company were killed or captured, it was pretty nasty. thank you president johnson for that war. my comment is something. i got into law e

[inaudible] you can also treat a thoughts at c-span wj, william pomerantz and his idea of the back channel. what do you think about on its face is the desire to establishment. >> guest: again, it's not unheard of to have back channels. they have existed in the past and at times they have produced important results and alternative means of munication this back channel is questionable because of the desire allegedly, russian communication facilities and therefore it also occurs with the backdrop of all the donald trump having us intelligence services. was it an attempt to bypass the national security agency, us intelligence and a whole load of other agencies that would want to know that would be discussed on a certain level using these back channels. those two elements of it, the use of russian facilities in the attempt to bypass us security apparatus raises lots of questions to which we don't have answers given he wanted. [inaudible] >> guest: i am not aware of any other attempt to use russian facility and russian communications in order to create such a back channel one t so, as far as you

agreement, all we need from you is name and city, response of less and tweetor us that response at c-span wj. we'll take those when we come back. >> on sunday, author and taibbi will be our guest. >> if you grew up looking at one days of faces until you see the face you feel was put on earth just for you and instantly you fall in love in that moment, you know, or me, trump was like that, except it was the opposite. when i first saw him on the trail, i thought, this is a person who is unique, horrible, amazing, terrible characteristics put on earth me to cally for appreciate or unappreciate or verb is.the i had really been spending a lot of the last 10 to 12 years preparing wing it, for donald trump to happen. is author of several books including "smells elephants," "dispatches from a rotting recent and his most book "insane clown president, dispatches from the 2016 kirkus," during the live three-hour conversation, we'll tweets and lls, facebook questions on mr. taibbi's career. live in noon to 3 p.m.

you can also catch up with us on social media on twitter @c-span wj facebook.com/c-span. very good monday morning to you. we show you the opening from megyn kelly's program. >> some thought we shouldn't broadcast this interview because his baseless allegations aren't just offensive they're dangerous. but here's the thing, alex jones isn't going away. over the years his youtube channel has racked up 1.3 billion views. he has millions of listeners and the ear of our current president. host: one of the biggest critics of this interview being aired was the liberal media watchdog group, media matters. his wrap up of yesterday's interview by megyn kelly with alex jones. he writes, i believe jones is a newsworthy topic. it's important for the american people to learn how the conspiracy theorist had garnered a large audience and gained the ear of trump. as i argued last week interviewing jones' victim will be shedding light on his character. the week of controversy changed's nbc's calculus, producing a better segment than suggested. he said it's too early to tell whether the sand

you can tweet us @c-span wj and post on our facebook page. facebook.com/c-span. here's a map of those questions. those countries in question that are affected by this travel ban. parts of it put in play by the supreme court decision yesterday. as you look at the "wall street journal" breaks down what it means. saying that for 90 days those citizens of those countries iran libya syria may not travel to the use united states. the -- the administration may issue additional waivers on a case by case basis. it says admission of refugees will be suspended for 120 day. those scheduled for transfer into the u.s. won't be affected and refugees with that bon fide relationship status the u.s. will be allowed. a review will determine whether other countries are providing information to the u.s. deems necessary to properly vet the application. nations will have 50 days to begin providing the information requested if they don't their names will be submitted for possible inclusion and new travel ban. those are some of the elements in the supreme court's decision yesterday. this

we'll look for your tweets @c-span wj. you can call us like kelly did in connecticut, line for independents. go ahead. caller: how are you this morning? i'm not very scared. this america that i love it's not the america that everybody fighting for. the fact that most people are not afraid of what's going on with russia and trying to get to the bottom of it is very scary. the fact that president trump scary even saying those words. doesn't seem to care. nobody seems to care about where his money is and where it's coming from. the family itself is corrupt. most people -- i don't mean that as everybody in in america. trump has divided americans. he rides on obama and bush's achievements and claims them for his own. everybody arguing about fake news here and fake news there you know, i watch everybody just to get a glimpse what's going on. to try to decipher the truth. there is a lot of -- i don't want to call it fake news reporters are judgmental and have their own agendas. they ask questions that are leading in the direction

you can deliver those @c-span wj and post on our facebook page. it's a recent survey that took place at monmouth university and taking a look at the president's spokespeople including the president himself in delivering that message. the highlights of that, i'll read you the headline. trump is his own worst spokesperson. they took a five people and the white house deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. when they were asked if they do were to help or hinder the president when it comes to the more to help portion of it. here's the run down. they said when it comes to the person who helps the president most that's mike pence. the vice president, 53% of those responded saying they does more to help when delivering the president's message. that's followed by president himself 33%, sean spicer and kelley anne conway at 28% and sarah huckabee sanders at 23%. your thought on their effectiveness. whether you agree with it or not. the numbers 202-748-8000 for democrats for republicans 202-748-8001 and independents 202-748-8002. it was yesterday that

send us your comments at c-span wj or on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. other major story on this friday morning comes to us from great britain. this is the headline from "the times of london." "theresa may's poll nightmare -- the pound has dropped as the u.k. faces a hung parliament." let's get the story this one from "the washington post." despite a shock election result that robbed her party of the britishntary majority, prime minister theresa may will ignore calls for her resignation and seek to form a new government today. with more on that story, we go to john mcardle, who is following this and reaction to the james comey testimony. guest: at this hour, the political future of united kingdom up in the air after theresa may failing to win a majority in that election that she herself called. "meza june disaster." has called on made to resign in the pressure is already building from some in her own party as well. in terms of projected seats, the conservatives are projected to win 318 seats, down 12 seats from 2015 results. reporting that theresa may ha

at c-span wj is our handle. ou can go to facebook.com/c-span and post your comments there, as well. "new yorkory from the times" this morning. president trump won't move u.s. jerusalem just yet. this is a campaign promise, his office saying he's not going to tel aviv bassy from o jerusalem, it is not a question of if, but when because the president would like to keep door open for some sort of peace agreement between israel, that in the "new york times" this morning. paperss also this in the this morning, about sanctuary times, the washington sanctuary cities has until end with law. comply most jurisdictions are formulating their responses now. travel ban that the president issued, this is from newspaper. trump appeals travel ban case to the supreme court. administration late last night asking the supreme court to reconsider its travel block citizens from majority countrys from entering the united states. filed two tration emergency administrations seeking to block lower-level rulings previously held trump's marc

at c-span wj is our handle. can go to facebook.com/c-span and post your comments there, as well. "new yorkory from the times" this morning. president trump won't move u.s. jerusalem just yet. this is a campaign promise, his office saying he's not going to tel aviv bassy from o jerusalem, it is not a question of if, but when because the president would like to keep door open for some sort of peace agreement between israel, that in the "new york times" this morning. paperss also this in the this morning, about sanctuary times, the washington sanctuary cities has until end with law. comply most jurisdictions are formulating their responses now. travel ban that the president issued, this is from newspaper. trump appeals travel ban case to the supreme court. administration late last night asking the supreme court to reconsider its travel block citizens from majority countrys from entering the united states. filed two tration emergency administrations seeking to block lower-level rulings previously held trump's march

join us on social media by sending us a tweet at c-span wj or facebook.com/c-span. we will get to your calls and comments in just a moment. first the story from "the washington post" pointing out the witnesses describing the rampage that left a trail of bloody bodies on the bridge in the adjacent borough market. it was a low-tech but high-profile attack. joining us live on the phone is the contributing author of the story today at washington post.com. he is the reporter in london. thanks for being with us on what i know is a busy morning. guest: thanks for having me on your show. host: for those who have not been following the developments of the last 12 hours, what me through how this unfolded. guest: what we know so far about how this unfolded is that three intokers drove a white van a crowd of people on the south side of london bridge around 10:00 p.m. local time. that is when the pubs here are very busy. people are leaving with lots of people on the pavement. the attackers got out of the vehicle and then started to stab people, making their way to borough market