from 8:30 to 9:15 we will be joined by charles simpson currently at the heritage foundation.l talk about the status of prisoners at gitmo and push by the pentagon to move them out. then meredith mcgee will talk about campaign finance efforts. she's with the campaign legal center their policy director. that starts at 7:00 tomorrow. we will see those segments and look at papers and take your calls. thanks for joining us today. we will see you tomorrow. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> coming up, an interview with the grand prize winners of c-span's studentcam competition. then, the teacher of the year at the white house. then women in combat. >> each year sinc two thousand six, c-span has invite students to take part in our studentcam competition. it asks students to make a documentary on a certain theme. this year, the theme was "the three branches and you." we asked students to tell a story that demonstrates how policy, law or action affects them or their community. c-span received 2280 videos,

simpson tweeted to r about the controversial event, when will they ever learn? that same jihaddy tweeted out about the event, referencing the charl charlie heb doe event. investigators now trying to determine if simpson was trying to get the jihadist attention or was actively plotting with them. a top fbi official saying the use of social media by terrorists is a daunting challenge. >> it allows like never before for overseas groups to reach into our communities to recruit, to radicalize, as well as to target our citizens. all in a very simple, easy to use way. >> back on april 10th, in a private twitter message intercepted by the u.s., cnn told simpson discussed with others how to get to syria. bring your passport. if you have $4,000, that's enough to travel with. hours before the attack, simpson urged his twitter followers to follow a known isis attacker. >> somebody known as a propagandai propagandaist, someone known for his hacking skills. >> tonights, we're learning more about the gunman's past. elton simpson was captain of his high school basketball team. his former lawyer notices how religious he seemed. >> he was a very d

simpson. the editor of charles hedo is rejecting any link between their magazine and these cartoons. >> the difference" received an award at that conference. >> last night i spoke with samantha powell the american ambassador to the united nations. she said assad is hurting efforts to control isis also known as isil. >> assad is still the highest priority -- >> he's lost his legitimacy. high must go. i'm not going to talk about legitimacy. president obama's core belief is you will not deal with the isil problem sustainably until the assad problem is resolved. part of the reason they want to flow into syria is because they want to fight assad and they see barrel bomb attacks. you can't separate these two things. it's true we've shown we're offering opposition to the assad regime. >> he called the war on terror quote, the most heart breaking thing happening on earth. >> what did you learn on that what steps there are what's happening? >> that's one thing she wouldn't talk about. she's interesting because she was such a human rights advocate. the question is is she having as much impact she had on the out

simpson tweeted in reference to the controversial event when will they ever learn. hassan retweeted his tweet and wrote, the brothers from the charl"charlie hebdo" attack didr part. time for brothers in the u.s. to do their part. according to court documents hassan traveled to somalia from minneapolis to join al shabaab and suggests simpson wanted to join the jihad in somalia around the same time but it is not known whether simpson and hassan knew each other. >> this is something that the united states government has been focused on in both of these issues, both in terms of foreign fighters, as well as efforts that are under way by extremists including those inside isil, to use social media to try to radicalize individuals and inspire them to carry out acts of violence. >> reporter: according to a law enforcement official the apartment here in phoenix was relatively baron but the fbi did manage to retrieve a hard drive and that is currently being analyzed. ashleigh? >> cnn's kyung lah thank you for that. i want to bring in cnn contributor michael weis, author of "isis, inside the army of terror" and cnn intelligence and security a

charles simpson on situation with the guantanamo bay detention phyllis italy -- facility. washington journal live tomorrow and everyday starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. the road to the white house continues to get more crowded. dr. ben carson is expected to announce his plans to seek the republican residential nomination. -- presidential nomination. tuesday, my cut of a. the -- mike huckabee. the 2008 presidential candidate expected to announce he is taking another shot. live on c-span. >> sunday night on c-span's "q&a," walter pincus on the situation and coat the middle east and his opinion on the 2003 invasion of iraq. >> i think about the bush administration and paul wolf who never claimed to be an expert on iraq and proved it. and history has proved it. we look at things from our own point of view. we get deceived by it. you can go back to vietnam. a great example of the first time we did it openly. we have a history of client if they other people are like us or want our standards. the world is different. " middle east, it is a totally different culture. >> sun