and keep in mind, we're always available on social media, on twitter, at c-span wj, and on facebook on facebook.com/c-span. and let's go to cliff who is calling from essex, maryland. cliff, good morning. >> caller: good morning. thank you all for c-span. let's people get their opinions out, as well as the facts. i would like your guest to, if he can, to let the viewers know what government agencies are responsible for geo engineering. >> yeah. maybe i can just define geo engineering for people who are watching who might not know much about that. it's about using a human intervention, some kind of engineering technique to alter climate, or in this case i think cliff might be talking about alter the collapse of a glacier. in my story, there are some ideas for maybe building something underneath this glacier -- underneath thwates glacier to protect it from warming waters in the sea so the glacier wouldn't affect the protected and might not break down as quickly. this is a tremendously complicated idea. we have never -- nobody has ever built something like this. but this would be classifie

you can always reach a son social media at c-span wj on twitter and on facebook at facebook.com/c-spanjournal" broket down the recent job gains, writing the u.s. employment has -- as job at a robust pace and post their big -- posting a strong counterpoint to wall street worries. stock prices rose on the economic news with the dow jones industrial average closing friday with a 3.3% gain. anfarm payroll rose seasonally adjusted $312,000 -- 312,000. average hourly earnings rose 3.2% in 2018, their biggest full-year gain of the expansion. on the phone with us this a bloombergave economy reporter who will break down some of these numbers. guest: good morning. host: 312,000 jobs added. the unemployment rate rose 3.9%. explain how that worked out. guest: i am happy to. as you mentioned, it was a surprising report and blowout numbers really. the other surprise we found as we were going down the data is the unemployment rate rising. you want to see that number ticking down. that means fewer people are unemployed on average, but in december it ticked up, and for the right reasons. it is almost l

send us a tweet at c-span wj. allentown, pennsylvania. .hink if her waiting, tom you support the idea of a national emergency? caller: i do. i think the reason it's becoming a national emergency is because of nancy pelosi's refusal to accept facts. i heard that in meetings with secretary nielsen she outright .tated i don't accept the facts a fact by definition is something that can be proven true. her refusal to negotiate whatsoever, i agree with lindsey graham. that's what makes a national emergency. host: let's go to kevin next from rockville, south carolina. caller: good morning. glad you had someone on finally that supported the shutdown. i completely support it. i'm tired of chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. nobody elected them president. a handful of people in their districts elected them to their office. i think the president is doing what is right for the country. i can tell you there is a national emergency. what do you call people throwing rocks that are border patrol ,gent and bashing their heads raping t

host: to your calls and tweets, this is from hans -- host: you can send us a tweet at c-span wj. host: again, your tweets, [video clip] .-@cspanwj claude, riverview, florida. caller: good morning. i have a great idea as to what border security should look like. but let's be honest. donald trump said that mexico is going to pay for the wall. he and his supporters were chanting it over and over endlessly. in addition to the fact that -- let's step back for just one minute. donald trump is the unindicted co-conspirator, according to this southern district of new york, in the commission of two felons. tried or been indicted, but in the minds of many, he's a crook. withve potentially a crook the mueller investigation going on, the southern district of new , running the country. he took all the power from the republicans in for 35 days he would let them vote. i think that's pretty tragic for the country of the united states of america. run amok forhas two years. for two years he had the house and the senate. he did not petition for a wall like they wanted. they offered him $20 billion.

you can agree or disagree and call the lines and you can also post on our twitter feed at c-span wj ande of stories as we go throughout the , this is reported by "washington post," the justice ruth bader ginsburg will not be on the bench monday when the supreme court hears oral arguments for the first time in her career she has missed the session. ginsburg who joined the court in 1993 will participate in reading briefs and a transcript of the two or arguments that are toeduled for today according her spokeswoman. she is 85 years old and had surgery december 21 for two malignant nodules in her left lung, this is an 85-year-old justices heard bout with cancer and then he goes on from there. but that the reporting from "washington post," this morning. it whenton times," at it comes to the supreme court if they are going to hear arguments in march concerning two cases on the constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering out of north carolina and maryland. where voters allege their politicians redrew congressional district maps to favor one political party over the other. , aki is next from t

welcome your calls and comments at c-span wj on twitter, (202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 748-8001 republicans, an independents, (202) 748-8002. the president has criticized caravans from central america. , someravan enters mexico 1500 central americans sourced their way across the southern border and began their trek to the u.s. this is the state department. their most recent report on andorism says at the year's there was no indication that international terrorist group does terrorist groups -- terrorist groups have partners and mexico, although terrorist groups are likely to try to seek other means of entering into the u.s. familyravan issue of claiming refugee status. this opens up the potential of potentially weaponizing migration. if you can put 10,000, 15,000 people on the united states -- on the road and send them to the united states and there is no deterrent and there is a high political motivation of people doing this, that is a great threat. you do not want the caravans to be successful. is a huge political threat. what will happen is the administration has dealt with ,