jillian: chris magnus was speaking before the senate finance committee, the committee votes to approve nomination and then he goes to the full senate, when does that happen? >> reporter: magnus's confirmation can't proceed without republican support as long as all democrats on the senate finance committee, will go to the full vote and is expected to be confirmed down party lines. todd: back to something we were talking about, experts working in the middle of the night which is what we do on "fox and friends first," 2:30 in the morning is officially the middle of the night. jen psaki doing anything other is a boldfaced lie. as to why they are choosing to do this, ted cruz says it is clear he has a solution. >> at 4:00 in the morning, they are counting on corrupt corporate media to be complicit in covering it up. it's why introduced the bill called the stop the surge act, those 2 million illegal aliens, if it is okay, if you are fine with 2 million illegal immigrants let's send them where you like to hang out. carley: what ted cruz is talking about is introduced the stop the surge act. i

as someone who worked for chris magnus to support his nomination? >> i used to work for him.ver his head since he got to the tucson police department was he worked for the province of richmond, and on the tucson police department, he is incompetent. he made a statement he was an activist disguised as a police chief and personality and character president biden, i doubt he had any part in selecting anybody because he can't tell his head from his rear end half the time but this is the type of person president biden wants to push his activism and open border policy. that is what chief magnus is. >> a police officer had an op-ed defending sanctuary cities. the trump administration's campaign against sanctuary cities which refuse to turn over undocumented immigrants to federal authorities. this is sure to come up and be a major focal point. >> that is why he was selected. from people working with the tucson police department, his policies have not cooperating with border patrols, they have nothing to do with border patrol, he views border patrol is the enemy. the men and women who

. >> this morning the finance committee meets to discuss president biden's nomination of chief chris magnus to lead customs and border protection. i want to see -- thank chief magnus for joining the committee today and his willingness to take on this difficult job. chief magnus is the chief of police in tucson, arizona. he started in lansing, michigan. his career in public safety has taken him east, west, north, and south. if confirmed, chief magnus would lead an agency with tens of thousands of employees. customs and border patrol is responsible for over 300 points of entry into the country and in force at the country's immigration laws. the committee -- enforces the country's immigration laws. the committee has a special interest in making sure that customs and border patrol trade initiative does not get a short shrift. it is key to protecting jobs, businesses, and innovation in america. customs and border patrol is at the heart of the challenge. too often in the past, including in the trump administration, trade enforcement has been a secondary issue. the committee has worked hard over t

. >>> es el nominado del presidente para liderar la guardia fronteriza, este martes chris magnus llegÓ quiere hacer una diferencia en esa agencia y que es una persona que le da importancia a las ideas y no ideologÍas. se podrÍa hacer cargo entonces en una agencia, de las que recibiÓ muchas crÍticas de todo el paÍs. un representante le preguntÓ al nominado cuÁl era su plan, dijo que la situaciÓn en la frontera era caÓtica por la cantidad de indocumentados y de drogas que cruzan por diferentes vÍas. tambiÉn aceptÓ quÉ los cruces ilegales son altos pero se limitÓ a decir si harÁ cumplir las leyes de manera humana. y tambiÉn dijo que implementarÁ un plan de monitoreo con drones. >>> seguiremos malgastando recursos en vez de asegurar el principio de seguridad comunitaria. >>> este plan incluirÍa colaboraciÓn con paÍses vecinos y control con datos biomÉtricos para supervisar a los que quieren llegar a estados unidos. esto para estar preparados ante grandes olas migrantes. el nominado deberÍa ser aprobado por el senado antes de llegar al cargo. en washington, randy serrano, telemundo. >>> en

. >> tucson arizona police chief chris magnus testified this morning at his senate finance committeeonfirmation hearing to head u.s. customs and border protection. watch his testimony tonight at 9:30 p.m. eastern. here on c-span. online at c-span.org. or on our new video app. c-span now. >> washington, unfiltered. c-span in your pocket, download c spavment now today. c-span now today. >> depy

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live, the senate finance committee considers the nomination of tucson police chief chris magnus to be customs and border protection commissioner. then, the january 6 select committee needs to consider holding steve bannon in contempt of congress. then, the senate foreign relations committee holds a confirmation for a new -- for a few nominees, including nicholas burns to the ambassador to china and rham emanuel, up for u.s. ambassador to japan. on thursday, two oversight hearings at 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span 3, attorney general merrick garland will make his first appearance before the house judiciary committee on issues facing the justice department. and live at 10:00 a.m. on c-span.org and on the new c-span now app, alexander mayorkas will appear before the judiciary committee. watch on our c-span networks or on our new c-span now app. watch live or on-demand anytime. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. now, president biden gives remarks not -- remarks at the 40th annual national police

tuesday at 9:30 a.m., live on c-span, the senate finance committee considers the nomination of chris magnusbe the u.s. customs and border protection commissioner. at 730 -- 7:30 p.m. eastern, the january 6 committee will vote to refer steve bannon. the senate foreign relations committee holds a confirmation hearing for a few nominees, longtime double met nicholas burke, who president biden nominated to be the u.s. ambassador to china and former congressman, white house chief of staff and chicago mayor rahm emanuel who is up for u.s. ambassador to japan. on thursday, attorney general merrick garland will make his first appearance before the house judiciary committee on issues facing the justice department. at 10 a.m. eastern, live on c-span.org and the new c-span now app, homeland security secretary will appear before the senate judiciary committee. watch next week on the c-span networks or watch coverage on c-span now, are you video app. also head on over to c-span.org for scheduling information or to stream video live run demand anytime. c-span, giving you a front row seat to democracy. --

. ♪ >> the senate finance committee held a confirmation hearing for chris magnus to use customs and bordertection. he is the police chief of tucson, arizona. prior to that, he served as head of police in fargo, north dakota and richmond, california. several senators questioned him on the situation on the southern border including the treatment of migrants and immigration enforcement measures. this is just under 2.5 hours. chief magnus: chief magnus started out in lansing, michigan with a career in public safety taking him east, west, north, and south. he would lead an agency with tens of thousands of employees, border patrol responsible for over 300 points of entry into the country, and to enforce immigration laws. the committee has a special interest in ensuring customs and border patrol's mission does not get short drifted. they'd gracefully and working to stay ahead of trade sheets, it is absolutely treated -- customs and border patrol is right at the heart about challenge. too often in the past, specifically during the trump administration, trades enforcement has been a secondary issue

15 minutes left with our guest, brad smith, a hearing on the customs and border patrol nominee, chris magnus, the current tucson chief of police, that is coming up live at 9:30 eastern. we welcome your calls and comments until then. democrats and republicans, it is -- republicans, it is (202)-748-8001. democrats, it is (202)-748-8000. independents, the number is (202)-748-8002. brett smith come out i wanted to ask about the issue of misinformation. a pew research poll from a couple weeks ago from august shows that roughly half of u.s. adults, 48 percent now say the government should take steps to restrict false information, even if it means losing some freedom to access and publish content. what are your thoughts on that? guest: i think the 48% of people probably think what they say would never be deemed false. that is the danger of giving this power to the government. the idea of the first amendment was that we don't give that power to the government or to anybody, rather ideas go out in the marketplace and there, they are tested. if we say some idea is false, then a year and a half ago, we

expect that in a senate hearing today when chris magnus, the nominee to head customs and border protection takes the hot seat. magnus issued a number of statements in op-eds that will draw scrutiny in 2017. here that i'm deeply troubled by the trump administration's campaign against into a series. will recently in a 29 op-ed saying injuring public safety for all in our community including immigrants of any status is my highest priority is chief, that will be interesting, this comes after senate democrats released a series of funding bills which cut border security funding including any future border wall construction and reducing detention capacity for ice. jillian: griff was mentioning secret flights, unaccompanied migrant kids, surge, and detailing what is going on, they say 21 flights from texas to westchester since august 8th. many of these flights carrying children. they call them secret flights because they are landing between midnight and 6:30 in the morning and before they get to new york, sometimes these flights make a pit stop in florida and governor ron desantis responded the bi

live on c-span, the senate finance committee considers the nomination of tucson police chief chris magnus u.s. customs and border protection commissioner. live on c-span2, the january 6 committee will vote to refer stephen bannon to the justice department for criminal content after his refusal to comply with a subpoena to appear before the committee. on wednesday live on c-span3, the senate foreign relations committee holds a confirmation hearing for a few nominees. among them, longtime u.s. diplomat nicholas burns, who president biden nominated to be the u.s. ambassador to china. and former congressman, white house chief of staff and chicago mayor, rahm emanuel, who is up for u.s. ambassador to japan. on thursday, two oversight hearings. live on c-span3, merrick garland or make his first appearance before the house judiciary committee on issues facing the justice department. at 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span.org and on the new c-span now app, homeland security secretary alejandra mayorkas will appear before the senate judiciary committee. watch next week on the c-span networks, or you

his own police department was outraged by this but chris magnus did not care, he is a deeply good personlike you, he is happy to abet the deaths of thousands of americans by drago d. he said the money in the mission of stopping drug cartels did not align with his work. here you have the person about to oversee our country's border security, who does not believe in borders. now if that bothers you in any way, if you think we should be deporting rapists instead of letting them rape women on trains, then the white house has a very clear message for you: a shut up, karen, stop complaining. that treadmill? you don't deserve a treadmill. lower your expectations. get used to it. senator josh hawley's not use to it. he represents misery in the united states senate and joins us tonight. senator, thank you so much for coming on. there is this weird phenomenon where you point out, wait, it wasn't always this way. you didn't have junkies living on school grounds when i was growing up. with the hell is this? and they look at you like are you crazy, it has always been this way. >> i think the lower yo

chris magnus is the police chief in tucson, arizona. he touted his proximity to the border, saying he has an understanding of the crisis. he is facing backlash for an op-ed he wrote in 2017 on sanctuary cities, writing in part that hes was, quote, deeply troubled by the trump administration's campaign against sanctuary cities, saying tucson was not technically a sanctuary city but wrote that as as is close to the border in mexico and takes pride in being welcoming to immigrants. in 2019 he opposed a ballot measure in tucson, saying the department does not engage in civil immigration enforcement. he rejected claims that he's a partisan on issues related to immigration. we'll keep a close eye on his hearing to see what questions lawmakers have for the police chief. carley, todd. todd: thank you very much. carley: the time is now 10 minutes after the hour. and we will be talking to texas congressman van taylor about the situation at the border come coulding up later this hour. todd: with president biden's approval rating sinking it appears

. >> tuesday morning, the confirmation hearing for tucson arizona police chief chris magnus to lead u.sstoms and border protection. watch live from the senate finance committee at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span, on land -- online at c-span.org or on our new video app, c-span now. ♪

chris magnus is now the police chief in tucson.ate confirmation hearing that he wants to secure the border and treat asylum-seekers with decency. >> i don't believe that we have to sacrifice efficiency for humanity. so i think humanity has to be part of the discussion again, early and often throughout the careers of cbp members. stephanie: from pera policy allowed mass expulsions of asylum-seekers during the pandemic. a federal grand jury today indicted a sitting congressman in a campaign-finance case. the nebraska republican is accused of lying to the fbi and concealing information about contributions from a nigerian billionaire in 2016. fortenberry denies the charges. still to come, the biden administration's new measures aimed at helping students struggling with mental health during the pandemic. jury selection continues in the high-profile ahmaud arbery murder trial. a look at one man's impressive collection of historic and presidential artifacts. and much more. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour. ♪ judy: the special congressional c

[applause] >> arizona police chief chris magnus testified this morning at his senate finance committee confirmation hearing to head u.s. customs and border protection. watch his testimony tonight at 9:30 p.m. tonight eastern on c-span. online at c-span.og or or new video app. c-span now. >> get c-span on got. watch the day's biggest political events live on or demand any time and anywhere. on our new app c-span now. access top highlights, listen to c-span radio and discover new podcasts all for free. download c-span now today. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more. including wow. >> the world has changed. today the fast reliable internet section connection is something no one can live without. wow is there for our customers with speed, reliability, value, and choice. now more than ever it all starts with great internet. >> wow, supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers. giving awe front row seat to democracy. >> this evening the select committee investigating the january # attack on t

chris magnus has been a police chief in north dakota, richmond, california, and my hometown of tucson, arizona, and that is how i know him. his background is an exceptional professional on the north and south western borders has prepared him well to help cbp overcome and meet the challenges at our borders. when i judge a border initiative resolution, i examine three questions. will this provision help secure the border? will it protect our communities? will it ensure migrants are treated fairly and humanely? that is why i hope he will have the support of this committee and the senate. as we all know, there have been significant problems along the border in the past year. during that time, the city of tucson has been on the front lines of responding to and managing the ongoing migrant crisis. tucson city officials and ngos have teamed up with the department of homeland security to manage high numbers of asylum-seekers and other migrants arriving in arizona. this has been a successful partnership that has helped migrants and has protected our community. chief magnus's role in the partne

>> coming up today on c-span, the confirmation hearing for chris magnus to head u.s. customs and border protections begins live at 9:30 a.m. eastern. at 2 p.m. the house returns for legislative business to work on bills from the energy and commerce committee. on c-span2, the senate's back at 10 a.m. to consider christine o'hern to be a u.s. district judge for new jersey. the house select committee on the january 6th u.s. capitol attack considers holding steve bannon in contempt for refusing to testify. also the senate banking committee looks at u.s. sanctions policy with the treasury department's deputy secretary. in the afternoon, a hearing with admiral carl schultz. >> now, a hearing on the impact exclusionary zoning policies have on affordable housing and community settlements held by a house financial services subcommittee. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> i will open up with four minutes, a four-minute introduction, and then we'll recognize the ranking member for five minutes. i am very much interested in this topic. i started out my political career as a membe

live, on c-span, the senate finance committee considers chris magnus to be the u.s.ustoms and border protection's commissioner. january 6 committee will vote to refer stephen back into the justice department for criminal contempt. then, on wednesday at 9:30 a.m., live on c-span3, the senate foreign relations committee holds a confirmation hearing read. among them, nicholas burns. and a former congressman, rahm emanuel. on thursday, two oversight hearings. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3, eric harland will make his first appearance on issues facing the justice department, and a 10:00 a.m. eastern live, alejandra mayorkas will appear before the senate judiciary committee. watch next week, on the c-span networks, or watch on c-span now. head on over to c-span.org for scheduling information or stream video, live or on-demand anytime. your unfiltered view of government. >> c-spanshop.org is the online store, apparel, books, the core, accessory. there is something for everyone. every purchase help support the nonprofit operation. shop now or anytime at c-spanshop.org. to reform t

. >> tucson arizona police chief chris magnus testified this morning at his senate finance committee confirmation hearing to head u.s. customs and border protection. watch his testimony tonight at 9:30 p.m. eastern. here on c-span. online at c-span.org. or on our new video app. c-span now. >> washington, unfiltered. c-span in your pocket, download c spavment now today. c-span now today. >> deputy treasury secretary testified on the department's sanctions policy before the senate banking committee. the hearing is an hour and 45 minutes. >> the hearing will come to word. senator brown: this hearing is in a hybrid format. members have the option to appear both in person or virtually or witnesses in person, mr. adeyemo welcome. if there is a technology issue, we'll move on to the next person. our speaking order will be as usual. by seniority the members who checked in. alternativing democrat and -- alternating democrat and republican. today we welcome weapon deputy secretary wally adeyemo for an update on sanctions policy issues where we have done important bipartisan work on this commit

is much deeper and much more dangerous than with the administration is letting on. >> john: and chris magnus isn't on customs and border protection, and you've dealt with him in the past. your thoughts? >> terrible choice. it's a terrible choice for the biden situation because they have -- great selection for them. it's not a great selection for the enforcement laws of the country and he supports sanctuary cities. when i started he refused to work with i.c.e. agents and officers in tucson. even though it is police officers want to assist us, they know 9 out of 10 and that makes the city safer. but he claims i'm protecting immigrant communities. when you release a criminal alien to the street they will reoffend in the very community and that community is at a greater risk of crime. >> john: chad wolf is concerned he doesn't have the overall experience to run a big department like that. so we will see, i'm sure he's likely to get confirmed. tom, great to have you in today. >> sandra: present biden and vice president harris, and secretary yellen will be meeting with the left and moderate democr

. >> it comes as the chris magnus faced a grilling in the senate refusing to call the unprecedented surgeants a crisis. he needs gop support to be confirmed and a full senate vote down party lines. the border czar harris can break the note. >> dana: the biden administration is releasing thousands of migrants zboo the u.s. mike tobin at the southern border as the crisis is worsening. >> to griff's reporting there is no sign of this slowing up at all. before sunset yesterday groups of migrants just started showing up. the first group crossed the river a little before sunset and found a gap where the wall was incomplete and came across. they came through the brush and came up a road which led to the ball field that i'm standing now where they knew they would get help and processed. the first group was comprised of people from honduras and nicaragua. two of the families carried babies. they were all covered from head-to-toe in bug bites. everyone was dirty and thirsty. one father said they hitched rides for 20 days. unaware if they could make it or stay. hopeful for a better future. >> in mex

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lauren: his name is chris magnus. southern border, yes or no? >> senator i, i'm not sure does it really matter whether we call it a major challenge, a crisis, a big problem? i think -- >> i think it speaks to a level of urgency. do we have a crisis at the border, yes or no? >> senator, let me assure you that no one believes there is greater urgency to this matter than i do. lauren: reporting that through august more than 1 1/2 million apprehensions happened at the border, 1.5 million this year. for all of last year the number was 58,000. stuart: good lord. lauren: that was a grilling magnus had before the senate finance committee but he doesn't need any republican approval to get through. so he will likely be approved as head of customs and border patrol with no republican support. it would be fine. he would not say we have a crisis at the border. stuart: he will get the job because he didn't say there is a crisis at the border. can't say those words. thanks, lauren. "the washington post" wants you to stop complaining

in the senate finance committee consider the nomination of chris magnus to be the u.s. customs and border protection commissioner. and live on c-span2, the january 6 committee will vote to refer stephen banta the justice department for criminal contempt after his refusal to comply with a subpoena to appear before the committee. on wednesday,3 live on c-span, the senate foreign commission, nicholas burns who president biden nominated to be the u.s. ambassador to china and the congressman white house chief of staff and chicago mayor rahm emanuel who is up for u.s. ambassador to japan. thursday, two oversight hearings. attorney general merrick garland will make his first appearance before the house judiciary committee on issues facing the justice department. and homeland security secretary alejandra mayorkas will appear before the senate judiciary committee. watch this week on the c-span network, or you can watch for coverage on our new video app. also, head on over to www.c-span.org for scheduling information or to stream video live or on-demand anytime. a new mobile vide

. >> coming up today on c-span, the confirmation hearing for chris magnus to head u.s.ustoms and border protections begins live at 9:30 a.m. eastern. at 2 p.m. the house returns for legislative business to work on bills from the energy and commerce committee. on c-span2, the senate's back at 10 a.m. to consider christine o'hern to be a u.s. district judge for new jersey. the house select committee on the january 6th u.s. capitol attack considers holding steve bannon in contempt for refusing to testify. also the senate banking committee looks at u.s. sanctions policy with the treasury department's deputy secretary. in the afternoon, a hearing with admiral carl schultz. >> now, a hearing on the impact

the senate finance committee considers the nomination of tucson police chief chris magnus to be the u.srder protections commissioner. at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2 the january 6th committee will vote to refer stephen bannon to -- after his refusal to a p the committee. wednesday at 9:30 live in c-span3, the senate confirmation hearing takes place. nicholas burns who president biden nominated to be the u.s. ambassador china and former congress men white house chief of staff and chicago mayor rahm emanuel who's up for u.s. ambassador to japan. on thursday, two oversight hearings at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. merrick garland will make his first appearance before the house judiciary committee on issues facing the justice department. at 10 a.m. eastern, live on c-span.org and on the new c-span now app, the homeland security secretary willow for the senate judiciary committee. watch this week or you can watch our full coverage on c-span now. head on over to c-span.org to stream video live or on-demand anytime. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> the top two candidates in bosto

today at 9:30 a.m., the senate finance committee considers the nomination of chris magnus to be the u.sstoms and border protection commissioner. at 7:30 p.m. eastern, live on c-span2, the january 6th committee will vote to refer stephen bannon to the justice department for criminal contempt after his refusal to comply with the subpoena to appear before the committee. then, on wednesday, at 9:30 a.m. eastern, live on c-span3, the senate foreign relations committee holds a confirmation hearing for a few nominees. among them, nicholas burns, who president biden nominated to be the u.s. ambassador to china, and white house chief of staff and chicago mayor rahm emanuel, who is up for u.s. ambassador to japan. on thursday, two oversight hearings at 10:00 a.m. eastern, live on c-span3. attorney general merrick garland will make his first appearance before the house judiciary committee on issues facing the justice department. at 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span.org and on the new c-span now app, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas will appear before the senate judiciary committee. w

on tuesday, that senate finance committee considers the nomination of tucson police chief chris magnuso be the u.s. customs and border commissioner. later, that january 6 committee will vote preferred stephen bannon to the justice department for criminal contempt. wednesday, 9:30 a.m. eastern, live on c-span3, the senate foreign relations committee holds a hearing for a few nominees, among them nicholas burns, who president biden nominated to beat the u.s. ambassador to china and rahm emanuel, for u.s. ambassador to japan. at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, merrick garland will make his first appearance before the house judiciary committee issues facing justice department. homeland security secretary hunter mayorkas will appear before the senate judiciary committee -- alejandro mayorkas. also, head over to c-span.org for scheduling information or to stream video. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> washington journal continues. host: our first guest alayna treene with axios. she serves as a congressional reporter to talk about congress as they come back and the things they ha

illegals being stayed allowed to stay here illegally joining us what he wants to hear today, from chris magnusabout this nominee. because he's got a track record. he's put it in writing as you mention in the op-ed but the president is nominated to be the next head of the custom border patrol, the largest law enforcement agency in the united states, somebody who does not believe we should build the wall. who believes that we should not put in place the trump policies that worked to secure the southern border. and further more has defended sanctuary cities. and he need to go down to southern border and ask these agents what do you think to see as many of us spent time with agent and stand up and absolutely go after the administration what they did to the border patrol at that horrible hoax that border patrol on the horse they said they were whipping migrants when turned out to be reigns on that horse any common sense of montana can figure that out and yet the administration absolutely vilified the border agent i hope he stands with these agents if he's confirms but i it will you tough question o

chris magness? during his confirmation hearing in congress yesterday, magnus was asked repeatedly what is happeningcrisis and it repeatedly he refused to say that it was. tens of thousands of americans are dying because of this borde policy. here's the man who the biden administration would like to ru the border responded. >> can you believe we have a crisis at the southern border, yes or no? senator, does really matter whether we call it a major challenge a crisis a big problem . >> to have a crisis at the border, yes or no. >> senator let sme assure you that no one believes there is greater urgency to that's a tha i do if you met your saying there's not a crisis at the border? >> senator no i don't think i don't speak to urgent or less serious at all. >> is there a crisis or not a crisis at the border. >> senator i would say that my highest priority is going. >> i didn't axe your priority ions to characterize that situation is there a crisis at the border? >> what i'm trying to convey is how serious i take what's happening at the border in the amount of work i want to put into addressing it. >> h

the senate finance committee considers the nomination of tucson police chief chris magnus to be the u.s. customs and border protection commissioner. at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span two, the january 6 committee will vote to refer stephen bannon to the justice department for criminal intent for his refusal to appear before the committee. on wednesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern, the senate foreign relations committee holds a confirmation hearing for a few nominees, among them nicholas burns, who president biden nominated to be the u.s. ambassador to china, and the former congressman and chicago mayor rahm emanuel, who is up for u.s. ambassador to japan. on thursday, two oversight hearings. attorney general merrick garland will make his first appearance before the house judiciary committee on issues facing the justice department. at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span.org and the new app, the homeland security secretary will appear before the senate judiciary committee. watch this week on the c-span networks, or you can watch our full coverage on c-span now. also head to c-span.org for scheduling informa

. >> tuesday morning, the confirmation hearing for tucson arizona police chief chris magnus to lead u.s. customs and border protection. watch live from the senate finance committee at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span, on land -- online at c-span.org or on our new video app, c-span now. ♪ >> the headline from the pole recently taken by gallup is americans favoring a reduced government will. joining us, lydia saad, of gallup, she serves as local research stricter, thank you for giving us your time this morning. hello. host: what prompted this poll? we take up all -- guest: we take a poll every year. it is called our government survey. we ask on a different topic and have been doing this since 2000. in september we asked all about government, what americans think about government power, all levels of government, federal state, and local on their performance. quite great trends updating this year after year. host: one of the specific questions is about the role of government as far as doing too much. 52% of those respondents said that was the case. 42% said government needs to do more to solve p