ahead, two years ago when we had the democratic primary in maryland and it was donna edwards and chris van hall, she said the democratic party can't take the minority vote for granted anymore. how do you dispel with that notion >> i fully agree with that. i think we saw that as a reaction what happened recently in alabama and virginia. where minority voters are too often the responsibility falls on their shoulders to come out and save the democratic party without any real investment from the democratic party into those communities had. and that means actually going talking to voters prior to 60 days out or 90 days out from an election, button vesting in where voters are sitting in regards to issues and assuring that democratic party often enough ground or standing firm on issues that might impact minorities especially those that impact african-american women >> kimberly what is the move? we talked about being inclusive? what is the move when you got contrast that with the president that many minorities communities see as ignoring them or doing the exact opposite of things that would up lift or

. >> in a moment i will speak to maryland senator chris van hall on all of this and how steve bannon's excuses line up with the fact. from george w. bush he's the author of a new book trumpocracy. nick, these aren't coordinated, and they don't have to be, but steve bannon caught two subpoenas today, which is may more aggressive than any other witnesses. do you have a theory as to why? >> i think bad luck, i think he was ultimately going to be a witness in this case regardless. he has knowledge relating to the data mining and the data targeting of hillary clinton voters, he's the one that put the entire group together in may of 2016. introduce the campaign to this whole data mining program. >> why is steve bannon makining these claims to investigators that he can't talk? >> if he's asserting his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination, that's legitimate. >> the leaks don't sound like that, the leaks sound like the white house is pushing him away from talking. >> so he may have to exert executive privilege. but he can only do that from the time of january 20 of 2016 to the p

. >> on sunday, house minority whip steny hoyer and chris van hollen will hold a town hall meeting with constituents meeting -- constituents talking about tax reform. you can also follow live on c-span.org or listen live on our radio app. >> next, a look at the potential impact of a proposed wall along the length of the u.s.-mexico border, and relations between the two countries. speakers include a texas congressman. this is just over one hour. [video clip] ♪ ♪ >> i thank you for coming this morning to join us about a conversation about the wall, border security, many issues such as immigration, the use -- u.s. economy, security issues surrounding the wall here i want to thank our fantastic communications team for preparing the video that you just saw, and also further images that you will see. president trump started 2018 by again renewing his call for the wall on the u.s. southern border with mexico. this was one of his key campaign promises, at the time calling for a structure running the entire length of the 2000-mile u.s.-mexico border, and arguing that mexico will pay the price ta

maryland lawmakers held a town hall meeting with local officials and constituents to discuss the tax reform bill and its potential impact. steny hoyer, senator chris van hollen and congressman anthony brown also responded to the president's recent comments about haitian and african immigrants. the town hall was held by the prince george's counties corporation. it is one hour and 45 minutes. it is one hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible] >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the best roundtable discussion in the country this morning. welcome to sunny and bright prince georges county, maryland. maryland, i would like to give you a warm welcome. to haveecially honored congress men brown here this morning. i also welcome the mayors, the town managers, and the union's to this very important roundtable. i want to thank the congregation for their unwavering support. andhave been our champions brought funding for significant economic development projects. the fbi andported the gsa would be very proud of how cost effective they are. therefore, i am pleased to inform you that due to your maryland hasrts, job growth. it has led for four consecutive quarters but none