cory: that was cedric leighton from washington dc.ll be right back. ♪ cory: this is the best of "bloomberg west." i'm cory johnson. smartphones and tablets have transformed the way television is watched, and the way it is made. "modern family" was filmed entirely on apple devices. shelby holiday spoke with the producer of the show. steve: the bigger story to me was the fact that the entire episode takes place on claire's computer screen. i find that to be the most interesting part of this. we just wanted to do it in a way that seemed as real as possible. so we just used the devices that one would use in real life. shelby: picking up a device is really easy to do, and connecting with someone across the country is really simple now. i have a feeling that producing this episode and directing it they not have been so simple. what challenges did you run into? steve: there was a lot that when -- went into this. the hardest part was coming up with the storyline in which we could feature all of 11 or 12 of our actors, and still stay on one pe

cedric leighton discusses the latest efforts to battle isis. kevin o'neill of the for charity and sorority political action looks at an incident at the university of oklahoma, where for charity members were caught on video participating in a racist chant. all on "washington journal," on c-span. >> this sunday, the director of the georgetown university medical center watched on -- watchdog project discusses pharmaceuticals. >> the promotion of a drug happens several years before the drug comes on the market. while it is illegal to market the drug before it is approved by the fda, it is not even go to market a disease. drug companies have sometimes invented diseases are exaggerated the importance of some conditions or exaggerated the importance of a particular mechanism of a drug, for example, and then link it medical journals and medical meetings and other venues with these messages that are meant to prepare the minds to accept a particular drug to prepare the minds of consumers to accept a particular condition. >> earlier today, rand paul talke

. >>> on the next washington journal cedric leighton on the fight against isis. also david madlanon on wisconsin's new law prohibiting employers from requiring that workers belong to a labor union. and we will talk with kevin o'neil of the fraternity and sorrority committee. washington journal live every morning at 7:00 eastern. >>> on news makers this week maryland senator ben cardin discusses foreign policy issues facing congress including negotiations concerning iran's nuclear program and the use of military force against isis. he talks about maryland politics. news makers airs sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >>> taking a look at the u.s. senate floor debate expected next week on loretta lynch's nomination to replace eric holder. if confirmed she would become the first female african-american attorney general. her nomination was approved by the senate judiciary committee with three republicans joining nine democrats in voting to confirm. a start day and time for the senate to begin debate has not been set. we will update you when that information b

also colonel cedric leighton is a former member of the joint chiefs of staff. all of you for being with me. joe, i want to start with you. tell us again the purpose of this hearing. code pink. code pink's in the room already, joe. >> oh, my gosh. code pink is an ever present presence on capitol hill especially on issues of war. look we're expecting to see the secretaries of state, defense, and the chair men of the joint chiefs at this hearing. important to say the president's proposal is a draft considered a starting point. the authorization of military force. the white house is calling for is very limited in scope. it sunsets or expires in three years. as you said carol, ground forces would not be used except in the most limited ways. what is slightly unclear here is what would happen to the broad authorization of use of force that was passed in 2001 in the bush administration for example, whether the old one would be superseded if a new one is passed. the white house says that is something that will have to be worked out at another time. if that's true then t

we're talking with colonel cedric leighton this morning. he's here to answer your questions about the u.s. efforts against isis, the coalition efforts, and of course, what's happening on the ground as well as these battles taking place in cities in iraq. cliff's up first, essex maryland, an independent. caller: good morning, c-span. good morning, america. colonel, i'd like to give you my view of this entire war on terror. it's nothing but manufactured propaganda. and i know my views are only shared by a small minority of people in this country, probably 40 million or 50 million people who believe that 9/11 was a totally manufactured false flag operation designed to give this country some justification for their fashionista depression against these foreign countries in the middle east. host: we'll hold off on the conspiracy theories this morning. colonel leighton do you want to talk about either those points or the threats of isis? guest: let me talk first about the points cliff raised. having lived through 9/11 and actually been in a situat