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congress was less polarized. not saying will make congress less polarized but those are some of the conditions in congress at a time when congress was less polarized so maybe that will be of some marginal benefit. >> the likelihood of congress passing legislation to add professional staff is 0. >> wife that? >> elect oral incentives. elections. do i want to go back and campaign, i added myself more staff. that's not going to happen in the reason it is not going to happen and this is my pet peeve. i thought i was pretty expert when i worked in the senate. i think when i want to interview members in the 2000 era i found people were being elected to have contempt for congress and if you have contempt for congress it will become contemptible. there is a self fulfilling prophecy there. it makes me very nervous. it is article i for a reason. we fought for legislature against the king. i understand the problems with broad delegations. you could have a referral system where courts refer back to congress. the south african constitution has something like that. i'm not certain nondelegation is the answer. i like statutory in

watergate era responses of congress, the war powers resolution and climate control act as an example of one congress is willing to assert its institutional role. when congress did that in the early 1970's, you had to phenomenon. you had essentially bipartisanship in congress, democrat and republican parties are not that different from each other. you have the fact that voters who are willing or come together let us democrat or republican but across the political spectrum, cross the parties to say they want to place checks on the president. that was a time when george wallace said there is not a dime's worth of them it's -- worth of difference between democrats and republicans. because of that, they were able to work together across party lines to back legislation that was politically popular. that is not the world we live in today. democrats and republicans are polarized, as noted. they also do not like each other , for those of youth that have read about the studies there is something known as effective polarization. emma kratz do not want sons and daughters to marry republicans, republicans do not want sons and daughters to marry democrats. they reached t

so in congress you don't have the advocacy so when can congress check the president? and then to have examples of fine congressing to assert its can —- congressional role. so in the early seventies so to have that bipartisanship in congress is not that different from each other and the fact that voters who are willing to come together not as democrats or republicans that across the spectrum in the parties to say that tonight is a time when george wallace said there's not a - times the difference between republicans and republicans and because of that they were able to work together across party lines to back legislation that is politically popular as well. that is not the real we live in today the world you live in today democrats and republicans are polarized as noted but also they don't like each other for those of you who have read about the studies of effective polarization democrats don'tns want their sons and daughters to marry republicans and vice versa a rate the party has a 20 compared to the seventies maybe around 60 at the very difficult time to get the parties to come to together as a result member

congress and make sure they are in agreement with it and continue to fund it. what congress does is they always continue to fund. if they control the purse, they can stop budgetary support, but they don't do that. in spite of the rhetoric, we find both sides, the legislative and executive branch, complicit in these long-running engagements and involvements in foreign countries. i think this question about whether we want to invest in a unitary power, you would have to seed -- cede budgetary responsibility from congress, he would never get that, or military to congress. that would be a disaster. i think the founding fathers did a good job of dividing the responsibilities that allow us to respond quickly to an emerging situation and yet you still have the responsive -- the representatives of the public responding. it is messy, it was meant to be that way so we have these sort of debates, that it seems to be the best of otherwise bad options. dr. guelzo: we have some questions coming in from the audience through our chats. some of these questions are aimed at the same target. that is the use of presidential executive orders. one of our questioners asks about the seemingly unlimited power of the president to create law and his desired policy through executive orders without any law having been passed. what are -- my regulation -- my recollection is that ulysses grant is the first that issues something called an executive order. have executive orders become something which have grown into a way of circum

congress, referral from congress, all made in normal order, but we're also attuned to the environment and the climate. david, your entire piece puts this fight, the committee's fight, whether or not congress always had to subpoena and have those subpoenas enforced, inside this moment. i wonder if you can sort of speak to, you know, is our country phrase, frayed, further fraying, we have this test today that seems to suggest that the rule of law still has a pulse? >> the rule of law does have a pulse, but there is a danger that the disinformation that will come out, we'll be in a deep state attacking steve bannon and mark meadows and donald trump. i want to recognize one person in all of this, and that's liz cheney. she's despised by trump and his supporters, but she and add many kinzinger and the very small be ins of republicans who defy donald trump deserve sort of credit and praise. we're a deeply divided country, but i think she made a very powerful speech in new hampshire earlier in the week saying that democracy is at stake. calling out republican leaders for enabling the lies and the liar, specific term she used. you know, she faces a tremendous backlash, but it's important that the

congress congress. argentina has to the post to choose new lawmakers. ah ah, look forward to brighter skies the weather sponsored my cattle a ways recently round thomas capital in bangkok would suggest unusual. rave this time the it's settled down a bit now as a focus on the coast of viet nam which isn't that unusual. there's some further south in thailand and southern burma somewhere ramp. litzy valencia, there's again, this is normal. there's bit of a gap in the forecasts. much assume martyrs dry borneo and java. not so fergus of heavy rain as been the case recently. it is the case again. no such thing in east asia. we've got a nice breeze coming across the sea of japan to give you some showers, mostly of rain or snow, maybe on the high ground of her card, or maybe northern honju tokyo and the shelf is at 20 sole, and beijing or back where they should be in the teens is a bit of rain trying to form itself in the far south west of china. again, that's not that unusual. but this has been the ne monsoon that came into india produce a lot of rain inch and i now of the warnings on the other side in corolla. and that thing might develop into something of a circulation. if it does, it'll bring the rain quite a long way north in ma'am, by where it shouldn't really be. i think i got to where we shouldn't really be this tommy, the lauren indian plains are settled, quiet, but full of poor air quality. briefly on monday, the might be a few more showers around the gulf that i, that is the effect. most people for the weather sponsored by caraway's twana will be part of the greatest global gathering in history, the expo 2020 dubai woods. wanda will be there to showcase her investment opportunities, her unique culture and heritage, economic diversity and pristine wildlife and natural resources. so look out for woods wanna add that expo 2022 by spectacle, where we will unleash all potential boats. wanna all pride, your destination? ah ah, watching al jazeera, a reminder of our top stories, anti government protesters have demonstrated indonesia, capital. the accused present ice age of staging, a co in july after a suspended parliament and granted himself judicial powers. the son of libya's former ruler more mock adolphe has registered as a candidate for the upcoming presidential election. safely slam cut off. he says he wants to restore unity. after a decade of conflict since his father was deposed. and police in poland say they have detained 50 migraines, who tried to cross from bellows into poland. the e. u is expected to impose more sanctions on bellows. on monday rushes president was accused of instigating the crisis. his is ready to help is on fish. with now, austria, a nationwide long town has imposed fair, ordered 4, and vaccinated people. anyone older than 12 will be allowed to leave their homes to get jobs or for essential shopping. only that concerns that the rising numbers are putting the health system at risk of collapse. i'm the we have decided to do that from monday. there will be a look down for on vaccinated people in austria. this means restrictions on going out for everyone. over the age of 12, private living quarters may only be left in exceptional cases, access limited to vaccinated people, or people who have recovered from quote 19, will applying the retail sector and unvaccinated people will no longer be allowed to shops for more than basic supplies from like floating shops and sport shops or furniture shop. colbin is in london with more. he says austria as chancellor house, the curb of potential winter sage. he's clearly determined to get a grip of the situation in austria. there will be on the spot checks by police, essentially, if you are outside of your house and you get stopped by the police, you will have to show either an essential reason for you to be out of the house if you're unvaccinated, or you'll be having to show a vaccine kind of passport, some kind of record that you've had, the to, to run a virus inoculations that you would have had to be fully vaccinated. the chancellor is clearly frustrated. australia has a big problem. it has 3 times the infection rates of neighboring germany on saturday. it had an all time high of infect. daily infections of 13000 enough of the population of just a 1000000. well 99000000 actually. and the problem is that the take up a vaccinations in austria has been studying the low they rank about 17th in europe . about 63.4 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, and many austrians are sort of vaccine skeptical position. i have say that's been found and, and encouraged by the far right freedom party, which the 3rd biggest party in austria is parliament. but the chancellor is having none of it faced with a winter where people are going to be huddling and doors more. and in europe where the, sorry, the infection rates are going off with chancellor saying that look time is to take her to action. the netherlands, meanwhile, is back under a corona virus lockdown as infections rise there, the partial shut down is expected to last 3 weeks. restaurants in charleston are required to close early and spectators are banned from large events. in germany, chance the angler merkel is urging any one in the country who is in fact and vaccinated against gov at 19 to get a job. the number of reported infections increased by 45000 on saturday. 2 days after new cases topped 50000 for the 1st time in neighboring switzerland, several 1000 people are protested against new covered 19 laws. the government wants people to use a health certificate that proves their either vaccinated or show a negative test result. many fear this could create a 2 tier society. the law will be put to a popular vote on november 20th. now a group of some of the world's biggest civil society and environmental groups have condemned the count 26 agreement. as an utter betrayal, that disregard science critics are angered by the dilute a statement that called of to face down the use of coal. rather than face it out. i environment editor nick clark report some glasgow objections. it is so decided the end of the road up to 2 weeks and poked the simplest lawyer whose will, again, fusions with dreaming infancy merger say to all our delegates. i, i apologize for the way this process has unfolded. um and i am deeply sorry. i also understand the, the deep disappointment but i think as you have noted is also vital that we protect this passage. told red no planet been. this was effectively an emergency maintenance for all world to keep 1.5 alive. did it deliver what just been global 3 is literally a betrayal of people applied. it's a little betrayal of the sciences. betrayal of the reality of the climate impacts are happening and devastating people's lives in lab it. the only people celebrating this, i come on hundreds of lobbyists from the oil and gas industry. those who's vested interest basically say, you know, we can't see any change. we can't move away from the fossil fuel addiction of our economy. the glasgow climate pact was nearly derailed at the last minute is india, south africa, and china demanded last minute amendments wanting the wording on coal to be changed to phase down. instead of phase out. this brought anger from small island states. this commitment on hall had been a bright spot in this package. it was one of the things we were hoping to carry out of here and back home with pride. and it hurts deeply to see that bright spot dim and the pressure of 2 weeks of negotiations finally told on the cop president, i looked sharma away from the nitty gritty of negotiations. a raft of big announcements were made, hoping to shape the outcome of cop 26 on forest. more than 100 countries pledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030 bank. rolling $19000000000.00 to do it. another 100 countries pledge to cut 30 percent of highly toxic methane emissions by 2030. it was declared. the end of coal is in sight as more than 40 countries committed to shift away from the fossil fuel. on finance, corporations controlling 40 percent of global assets. pledge to align themselves to the target for $15.00 degrees celsius warming limit. and the rabbit out of the hat, u. s. and china surprising delegates with a declaration, the val to boost cooperation between the world's biggest emitters. but many say all that just means nothing unless nations act on their promises. as the usual suspects brought progress and the talks masons like saudi arabia, russia, and australia, the voice on the streets was loud and angry. ah, this is no longer climate conference. this is no global, nor the green of oz festival. ah, crazy fossil fuels and climate finance were both major stumbling blocks to consensus and negotiations themselves. and the bid to get countries to up their commitments every year as opposed to every 5 years. and so the process that began with paris agreement in 2015 continues. but the urgency for action grows with each passing day. the next you and climate conference will be held and sean will shake in egypt in a year. in the meantime, will apply just beyond will the promises be kept? will countries return with greater ambition? because one thing is certain time is running out. nicholas, i'll desert glasgow. bangladesh well is already being affected by rising sea level . as of is one, a hassan is the chief executive of the bangladesh environmental lawyers association . she says millions are facing an imminent catastrophe. the has the bills been gone by the side of us and it is being predicted that if the temperature rises by one rises above 1.5 degrees, then we lose one 3rd of the state. and which means we really have to call me this one. this one hurt people within the very little land mess that we have, which means we have less production. so us, because the fishery, we had the 2nd largest week, what the fishery of the word with the 3 people will not be able to grow as much food as they need to grow, will be forced to actually leave all that. and you will have to read brought the map of buttons the way i'm drawing the map of bundle dish, my children, the next generation will not be able to draw it in to say that for hats in my lifetime, i will have to read on the map of bundle with dr. collapse of economic, social, social financial skills book and be like buying this, which is very poor trying to become a middle income can be all the development achievements that we have by now. it dates we all suffer. we all the lots, the fun to bulgaria now, where polls i expected to close in just under an hour. it's referred parliamentary vote. this year after elections held in april and july failed to form a government. many people are concerned about widespread corruption and its impact on the economy. john a whole has his update from the capital. sophia, the problem is a highly fractured, fragmented political landscape. lots of parties, none of them able to win enough of the vote to govern alone. coalition building has been a problem in the previous 2 elections and frankly, could well be a problem again. but i've no choice. of course i got to go back to the polls. hugely consequential process this for bulgaria, not just the use poorest country, but also quite probably its most corrupt lead for more than the last decade by boy co boris of and his center right party, the former night club bouncer considered by many to be disastrously corrupt. while a lot of vulgar ins will be fed up with the idea of voting again, many of them will come out in the hopes that their vote can be used to turn the page on corruption for the king makers in a potential future. anti coalition, anti corruption coalition, it has to be one look to the continue the change party, a new force in politics here, led by to harvard, educated economists who made a name for themselves in the interim administration, routing out and exposing corruption. but all of this taking place in the context of a really sharp resurgence of the pandemic in this country. the public against control health and control measures the social media environment, absolutely rife with anti cove. it anti vaccine propaganda and misinformation and a whole range of forces looking to take advantage. hi, jenn tenens has been casting their ballots also for mid term elections, risking a split enabling parentis party. the tests were sent to left president alberto fernandez, could trigger cabinet exodus and it risks throwing the parties campaign into disarray. 2 years before a 2023 presidential vote for a sub over at losing campaign in the province of when a site is a coalition government trying to said there are differences. aside in spite of the enormous contradictions that exist between precedent and we're at the, for a man this and his powerful vice president, christina fernand music, kirshner le, lovely. when i run this young, the 1st condition that we need to concentrate on because the opposition is trying to prevent it, is the unity of our country. that is the unity of the immense majority of the argentine people. when men with incursions came to power almost 2 years ago in what was widely regarded as a marriage of convenience. despite being a popular former president of argentina, she says she knew she did not have enough boats to win the 2019 election on her own and made it a candidate who could support her continued aspirations for high office. but almost 2 years after the pandemic began, the coalition is struggling as demonstrated by its defeat last september in the prime reelections has been requested in argentina right now. and that is who is running the country with resident christina fernandez. whose consultation aside with the 100000 of the many of them i present here today, even though they both belong to the attorneys party, the differences between them bring uncertainty to the ruling qualities. but at this group, government rally supporter say there is not a crisis. my daughter moral says, disagreement is welcome in the rolling co mission. lady she this is on way descent is good. ready? in one political space in a coalition. there shouldn't be differences, or it would be a monolithic movement that is dissenting the marriage. so imagine in a political movement, argentines will head to the polls to when you half off congress and a 3rd of the senate. the question is whether the parents party will be able to turn around it's massive defeat, doing the primary elections in september. and what will happen if it can't annalee say the election will define the balance of power in government bigler. girls don't, jackie, less actually is what's going to be clear after the election is that if christina moves around 30 percent of the votes, that old bitch a cannot add an extra vote and others cannot either. it's easy to understand for christina is going to eat them alive or has the capacity to do it. you must, you're going to have a president with no power. and we're going to see how that ends and political uncertainty can only intensify economic instability in argentina. as the country struggles to recover from the pandemic and pay billions in foreign debt with millions of argentines stuck in the middle, there is i will. i'll just see that when our site is thousands of remains from mass graves are being assumed in b

worked in the house of representatives for the majority leader congress held eric holder in contempt for not appearing before congress. congressy seriously and whether you're talking about a republican house or democratic house. congress and its oversight is paramount in republicans and democrats should be able to unify. they obviously well but if we have a republican house in the future they will have no hesitation in holding democrats to contempt justice or see now. it may be what the best option may be an independent committee all along. chris: that was blocked by the senate republicans. congressman jamie raskin is a member of the january 6 house committee had a strong reaction this week to the bannon indictment. take a look. >> a criminal defense he violated the law when he stood us up, when he blew off the subpoena and he violated the law when he refused to produce the documents in the papers we are looking for. >> the problem for the committee, undoubtedly steve bannon and his lawyers are going to try to delay this case as long as possible, do everything that they can procedurally to play it out and there's a good chance

indictment watch and congress being a co-equal branch of government is waiting on the executive bravrch -- branch, i've been saying all along as have members of congress, congress needs to take the bull by the horns, use its own lawful power of inherent contempt and bring steve bannon, you know, to justice. lock him up. detain him until he testifies there by purging the contempt. steve bannon will have the keys to the cell in his hand. all he has to do is testify and the problem is it feels like we've lost sight about the difference between criminal contempt and inherit contempt. criminal contempt is designed to punish somebody that's committed the crime of contempt of congress. that crime is complete and steve bannon ought to be prosecuted. inherent contempt is designed to compel testimony, the testimony that the house select committee so desperately needs so we can ensure that this doesn't happen again. they have the power. they need to use it. >> you know, olivia, the thing that should concern everyone, there is a laxity that it feels like there is at the doj. you know some of these people. isn't it the case that they are most likely simply waiting for what

congress. that's not c-span's usual topic, but they gave it the usual dry distillation. c-span typically broadcasts the routine hearings of congress. it doesn't usually have to broadcast what congress does when one of its own lawmakers publicly imagines murdering a colleague. today's debate and vote was not business as usual. it could be lost that it occurred inside a year of the political violence, which turned that congressional floor into a crime scene as trump fans, maga advocates and their red heads bashed down doors, attacked police and advocated for the murder of, among others, the vice president. they took the calls to overthrow officials quite literally. all of that is the context for today's action. the debate on the floor ranged from many democrats looking quite genuinely outraged and concerned to quite a few republicans minimizing that kill video as some fun gag or cartoon. >> this is actions demand a response. we cannot have members joking about murdering each other or threatening the president of the united states. >> for democrats, this vote isn't about a video. it's about control. >> we're critiquing paul gosar's an i me. >> every time we see lower -- we gets cricke

for that specific case congress has specifically provided -- >> this is before congress. 57, congress was no help. i mean, believe believe me they did not -- with the did something i'm unaware of it and if they did something, i assume it out of my hypothetical. >> fair enough, your honor. [laughing] the answer would be the would have to be recourse again to state court, pyramus and this is a state legislature because were talking a federal court. >> this is arkansas in 1957. >> sure, your honor. and, in fact, the court will be obligated to apply this court's decision. it's a transparent violation of the 14th. rectus in the state court judges -- >> but they didn't. i mean, we had some experience and most of those cases that came up in that period to this court, the judges were aware of that experience and they tried to shape the law to avoid it. is anything you can think of, i'm getting your answer as no, you cannot think of any. the only thing we would have to decide them, well, it's up to the state of arkansas is judges. >> the problem is the number what answered your question is the

congress. congress must approve a reparations plan for black americans who had ancestors enslaved in the united states. i would add that the united states president of course has the capacity and authority of course to establish a commission to bring proposals to congresst might include certain activities that might be performed by the fed in the process of executing such a plan. matt: what kind of structure would your plan take? william: the one i have in mind makes direct payments to eligible black american recipients of a sufficient amount to build their assets to a level that we erase this large gulf in the wealth we've been talking about. i would estimate at the present moment to do that it would require an expenditure by the federal government in the vicinity of $14 trillion. matt: reworking the tax code, bloomberg has been doing a lot of work on property taxes and how they affect inequality. don't you see much bigger structural problems that need to be dealt with even beyond reparations? william: well, there are always structural problems that need to be dealt with they cannot be handled by a single act but the problem of eliminating the racial wealth disparity would be aim -- would have to be viewed as a major game changer. for black americans

congress. congress can look at me and ask is this right? is this right? is this right? everything i said in january is correct. i said there were two dead people who voted. i believe we found two more, we are up to four. we never saw 5000 dead people. less than five. host: part of the book "integrity counts," the ninth chapter is called "the call." it is the transcript with the call from president trump, mark meadows and people from your staff in georgia. you make annotations. what was your purpose in getting the entire call into that chapter? getting that entire transcript published? guest: i think it is important that, right there, you can read the entire conversation we had for one hour and 10 minutes. when i respond to president trump, president trump had several people. we don't know who else was on the call. they spoke into that. everyone's comments. it's out there, you can go ahead and go to the internet and ask to hear the audio. you can hear what was said and come to your own conclusions. host: brad raffensperger is our guest. we open -- we welcome your calls. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. and for independents and all others, (202) 748-8002. if you are a georgia resident, that line is (202) 748-8003. i wanted to read just a bit from that ninth chapter, the call. president trump in that call says we have at least two or three, anywhere from 250,000 to 300,000 ballots that were dropped mysteriously. much of that had to do with fulton county. he also said another tremendous number, we will have an accurate number over the next few days with certified accountants. an accurate number will be given and it is in the 50's of thousands. that is people who went to vote and told they can't vote and told they can't go because they already voted. it is a very sad thing, said president trump read they walked out complaining. the numbers large, we will have it for you. but it is much more than the number of 11,779. brad, i think you agree with that, right? that's something i think everyone -- at least that's a number everyone agrees on. you noted in your observation on this, the secretary of states office never received a report from certified accounts. that thousands had been turned away from the pole, -- if thousands have been turned away from the polls as trump described, surely one of them would have contacted our office. caller: we heard allegations but no one submitted data to that point. if people were turned away, we would have heard about it. the press would have heard about it. nothing was ever said about that. everyone that wanted to vote had the opportunity to vote. that is supported by the facts. host: what do you think it is about that phone call that most people get wrong? guest: i don't know. you have to ask people that actually listened to it. i received it. that's lack of the transcript in there. that's why you can listen to the audio. people need to come to their own conclusions. what i would say is, in america, we need intellectual honesty. to get intellectual honesty, you have to have intellectual curiosity. do your own homework. my dad said don't believe everything in the paper. the numbers never lie. host: let's go to callers from brad raffensperger. we will hear from matthew in north carolina. go ahead. you are on the air. caller: how are you doing today? guest: good morning. caller: i like the last thing you said, that numbers never lie. and you like the facts. i was really interested in the conversation piece that you are putting in on how the election machines changed and they went from signature verification to, you said identification numbers on the drivers license? guest: with sp 202, in this upcoming year, instead of using signature match on your absentee ballot application, we actually ask for your drivers license number, which connect you back to photo id. the reason that is so powerful, we know those are two unique identifiers. we know who you are. also, the department of drivers services is a robust assistantship -- citizenship check so that we can verify that you are a georgia resident. that is a big change going forward. there was a lot of questions about signature match. we did a signature match study. we have been sued by both democrats and republicans. it took three years for the general assembly to follow my advice. i'm glad they did. host: we will go to greg in midlothian, virginia, on the independent line. caller: i wanted to say that i have lived in foreign countries for the past 20 something years and i have seen what happens when you don't have election integrity. so, i tell my students, i teach history, and i tell my students that election integrity is probably the most important right and responsibility that we have as americans. because, without that, you don't have a democracy. you don't have a republic. that has to be cherished and protected. my question for the guest is do you think that we are going to have election integrity in 2022 and 2024? because i'm concerned, very concerned, about that. thank you. guest: in georgia, we had election integrity. unfortunately, this was not our first rodeo. this is when i start losing audiences on the left side. they don't want to talk about stacey abrams but she set the table for 2020. she lost in 2018 by 55,000 votes. talk about that. -- i talk about that. she lost by the 5000 votes and she said were it not for voters set -- suppression. we had record turnout. people have plenty of opportunities to vote. they had, at that time, 16 days plus sunday voting in all of the major metropolitan areas. wendy of opportunities to vote and also election day. roll that forward to 2020 and we heard the other narrative about voter fraud. neither of them were supported by the facts. we pushed back on lawsuits from stacey abrams and we pushed back on trump. judges look for facts. they don't look for allegations that are not supported by facts. host: i want to ask you about the criminal prosecution that might be possibly coming in georgia, the headline from the new york times saying a grand jury in georgia looms in trump inquiry as the house committee investigates the january 6 capital riots -- capitol riots. an atlanta district attorney is moving toward convening a special grand jury in her investigation of election interference on the former president and his allies, according to a person with direct knowledge of deliberations. secretary raffensperger, are they asking for your input or assistance in that case? guest: as it relates to the fulton county da, she has asked our office and requested documentation. we sent her records of any document we have. she has interviewed a few people, her investigators have. that is her investigation. you would have to ask her where she is with that. on january 6, they asked for some documentation, also. they can make their decisions of where they want to go forward on that. i'm an engineer, not a lawyer. that gets into the weeds of what the lawyers are planning on doing. host: about january 6, you write in your book, "integrity counts," you said that january 6, recognizing congresses meeting, i drafted a letter to the georgia congressional delegation with a point by point rebuttal of the allegations that the outcome of the georgia vote was wrong. i signed the letter just afternoon and transmitted it to our represent us. a small stop the steal rally gathered outside the state capital and some of the participants carried assault rifles, with one of the protesters, a former ku klux klan leader, who leads american patriots usa, entered the capi l ol unarmed, looking for me, the state patrol decided it would be best if i left. are you still under threat from people because of your actions in the 2020 election? guest: i'm not getting too many texts or phone calls. you get a few from time to time. but nothing to the magnitude that we saw during the postelection. that's what my january 6 looked like. we were working on getting that letter done and we did not realize what was going on in d.c. until i got home later and turned on the tv. i saw the mayhem that was going on.

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that is by congress' will. congress wrote the law that way. is a certain independence from that daily back and forth. david: so president biden is not calling you saying good job, gary? gary: i probably wouldn't want to disclose any of that. that would be a pretty unusual precedent. i know my predecessor may have played golf, but that is not happening here. david: how do you stay in shape? you look like you are pretty fit. how do you exercise or stay in shape when you are chairman of the sec? gary: you are kind to say that. i have been a lifelong runner. i learned a little bit about athleticism. that fateful decision to go to the university of pennsylvania, because my twin brother was there, i ended up being a coxswain and i learned from my coach, ted nash, he was an olympic gold medalist -- this incredible sense that it is important to think about our bodies. even to this day, i still try to get out and run. i am not as good a runner as i once was. i have done a fair amount of biking and mountain climbing. my eldest daughter, youngest daughte

congress and national security. focuses on congress and the fact that congress is not letting the pentagon in some cases get the bang the buck they like to get so it's not only internal problem at the pentagon bureaucratic processes defined congress basically not willing to bite the bullet in some of these areas but why is it important like you mentioned, there's a lot going on in the world, the world is more dangerous and unstable in my judgment than the peak of the quote for our number one competitor marks militarily go into a lot of statistics that although it's going to have, they have more diplomatic around the world. but what really scary to me is they have a huge technological on us in key areas and frankly when you look at the role of our industry the role of our military and how our military has been successful and when it hasn't, look at what colin powell did at the beginning of desert storm and the technology that basically one that worked in the first three or four days. it's a technology we give more fighters so they are never in a fair fight. we don't want another country like china to have better tech

congress itself. and its ability to do these kinds of investigations which frankly the problem traces back to the first impeachment and acquittal on obstruction of congress. congress said it's okay if you ignore all requests, white house, and here we're paying the price. the american people are paying the price. >> that's the point. until they make a decision, right, until these other individuals, stephen miller, mcenany and others, until they see whether or not bannon is forced to comply, they'll just follow his lead, i would think. what do you make of some of these subpoenas against mcenany, mcentee and others? >> these were people in the white house who had direct conversations with the prrkts sat in the oval office, overheard the president, were in the room with the president and they kind of outline it here. made public statements about the so-called rigged election, the big lie. they tell you. they give you the road map about why they are -- they need to hear from them because they know what went on in the room when they were there. >> right. >> and so they've already interviewed other people, clearly, who are telling them a story and now they're going to th

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congress. congress takes things very seriously. when you're talking about a republican house or democratic house, the primacy of congress and its oversightand democrats should be able to unify on this. they obviously won't, but if we have a republican house in the future they will have no issue holding democrats in contempt as we are seeing now. it's quite the best option would of been having an independent committee all along. do you want but that blocked by the senate republicans. congressman jamie raskin who is a member of the january house committee had a very strong reaction to the steve bannon indictment. take a look. speak out he violated the law wn he stood us up, when he blew off the subpoena, and he violated the law when he refused to produce the documents and the papers we were looking for. >> chris: the problem for the committee is that undoubtedly, steve bannon and his lawyers are going to delay this case as long as possible and do as much as they can procedurally to play it out. there's a good chance, probably better than 50/50, that a year from now on the midterms, republicans may take control the house. and which has come

. ♪ >> next week on the c-span networks, both chambers of congress -- congress are in session.he house will take up the build back better social spending plan after nancy pelosi delayed a vote before the veterans day recess. it came at the request of moderate democrats who wanted the congressional budget office to analyze the bill. tuesday at 10:00 a.m. east and, homeland security secretary alejandra mayorkas testifies before the senate judiciary committee. it was postponed last month after he tested positive for covid-19. also live on c-span.org and the mobile video app, a leading cyber security experts on the white house, homeland security, and the fbi will testify for the house oversight and reform committee for strategies to crackdown on ransomware attack's, disrupt tap -- disrupt hackers and build resilience. on wednesday live on c-span3, the confirmation hearing for jessica rosenworcel is confirmed that she will be the first woman to serve in this capacity and she will take -- the committee will take up other nominations including commissioner of the federal trade commiss

congress does. america still try to work _ game that congress does. america still try to work out _ game that congressoes. america still try to work out what happened not just on the still try to work out what happened notjust on the 6th of january but in the days leading up to that. you know as well as i do that on the 5th of january steve bannon said know as well as i do that on the 5th ofjanuary steve bannon said all hell will break loose was up that needs to be investigated, doesn't it? ., ~ , needs to be investigated, doesn't it? ., ~ ., it? no. anybody that hears steve bannon is language _ it? no. anybody that hears steve bannon is language over- it? no. anybody that hears steve bannon is language over the i it? no. anybody that hears steve bannon is language over the last| bannon is language over the last years knows he uses that language. he says weapon eyes of all hell needs to break loose, the rooster coming to grow, he uses that type of language every time. i've always asked founded to be excessive. i just tune out steve when he gets a hyper bowl language. but this is consistent with the la

congress. congress has asked him to provide this information, he has refused to do so. how do you see it? >> well, we do have a judicial branch and everyone deserves the right to due process, whether they're republican or democrat. and so that process will be respected and i assume in the court of law. and we'll see how it plays out. in some cases we see these things adjudicated very quickly because of the kinds of cases that they are. it will be up to the courts to decide whether or not how quickly this thing moves forward or not. but there are three different branches of government for a reason there, and again, when i took that vote and i thought i explained it pretty well to folks around the country, this was about protecting the power of congress subpoena power. >> right. >> you don't get to just say no and thumb your nose at congress when we call you to testify. this has been done over and over again by republicans and democrats, as recently as benghazi is the biggest case that i can be reminded up. i want to make sure that we protect that power going forward and in the future no matter who's in the white house or no matter who's in the majority in either chamber of congress. >> congresswoman mace, i appreciate your time. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> next, the jury in the kyle w rittenhouse trial deliberating for three days and still no verdict. does that tell us something important? >>> and china totally avoiding answering any questions about a tennis star who vanished after accusing a top chinese official of rape. the head of the women's tennis association is my next guest. a mountain of toys to fulfill many wishes must be carried across all roads and all bridges. it's not magic that makes more holiday deliveries to

congress and asked congress to amend those remedies they set forth or by enacting the women's health protection act that prevents sb8 and state community but in no way can equity be invoked to patch up the holes or the perceived holes in a statute that congressed. the second issue with a sovereign interest the united states asserts is ex parte young saying that ex parte young does not go far enough to authorize preenforcement challenge that rents into the problem that it is clearly a traditional cause of action in equity for an individual to sue an individual officer violating the federally protected rights but there is no remedy equity that ever allows the court to enjoin the state judiciary from even hearing a case that has yet to be filed. and michelle eberle - - ex parte young has the injunction against the state court to be a violation of the whole scheme of government. >> at the same time subsequent cases suggest that language cannot be read as broadly as you suggest against perry or adams or the others were they recognize that courts can be viewed as part of a mechanism for enforcing. >> that's true. and neither cases is there an injunction directed at the state judiciary itself and under mexicano those must be limited that were avail

congress -- congress can subpoena information and get information. and in this case, it's not information about just anything. it's information about an attempt to overthrow a presidential election by force. if congress can't get that information, then what information can it get? i mean, during the impeachment of nixon, we tried to get -- we subpoenaed information. the president stonewalled us and ultimately the supreme court ruled. and that was vital in getting every single republican on the house judiciary committee and i think almost every republican in congress was going to vote for his removal. >> yeah. >> we have a massive coverup going on now and the president should be ashamed about it but we have to call it for what it is. and the justice department has to be part of the solution to this problem, which is to bring the documents, bring the testimony to light. what the truth is can only find out by doing that. >> jim, obviously, the white house doesn't want to be seen as pressuring and -- and -- you know, president biden already received criticism and actually apologized for -- or at least said it was the wrong thing to do when he said that he thought, you know, the justice department should

now, the previous section of congress, the congress before john tyler got elected, the congress had passed a compensation bill that provided a significant raise for congressmen. once the word gotigig out, onces of thees compensation bill got t to communities all across the united states, the reaction was swift.he people disliked the fact that the congressmen had voted to raise, give themselves a raise. particularly in the wake of the financial difficulties of the warf of 1812. the compensation bill or the salary grab as the enquirer called it was wide and deep. so tyler adopted the position that he was going to take the stance that was best for the people. he sought to have the compensation bill repealed and jumped right into the debate. gave two speeches on the compensation matter before the congress and there was a sense that some ofre his older colleagues were a little bit taken aback by the fact that this guy had come in and instantly decided to take them to task fornd what they had don. tyler got into a little verbal spat on the floor of the congress with a new york congressman named

congress. congress is back in town this week. we're waiting really for two things. one is that score from the congressional budget office. it's essentially going to try to back up what the white house is saying, which is that his reconciliation plan is fully paid for. we're also going to see what manchin -- we can't go through without talking about what joe manchin thinks. and his number one concern, really, has been all along about inflation pressures. larry summers, he was a critic early in the administration of the covid relief law saying it was going to cause inflation. but now he's saying this is really going to address the concerns americans are facing. >> yeah, i can't help but wonder, mike, as to what folks like pramila jayapal are going to do if joe manchin starts to back pedal on this one. hence the reason why they went forward a vote on hard infrastructure, but of course that's all going to play out over the next week or so. thank you, my friend. good to see you. >>> all right, the ifitionflation fears the white house is concerned about is no surprise, of course, to shoppers. if you're out there buying goods you know the prices have, in fact, gone up. nbc's stephanie stanton in st. petersburg, florida, covering this. good to see you. listen, thanksgiving just around the corner. talk us through what is causing some of these vital supplies like groceries to soar and really if there's any relief in sight. >> reporter: yeah, good afternoon to you, yasmin. the bad news is there does not appear to be any relief in sight. many analysts agree we could expect to see inflation continue through 2022. overall nationwide inflation numbers standing at 6.2%. but here in florida and the southeast, it is even higher. a 7.2% increase since october 2020. when it comes to those food prices not much better. those have risen about 5.5%, and we're seeing some of the biggest jumps on those staples, things like beef, sugar, dairy, eggs and even coffee. we had a chance to talk to these shoppers here outside this publix in st. petersburg, and they're not the least bit surprised, and they're talking about some of the struggles they are having with these prices. take a listen. >> feeling it is an understatement, and i have four children to feed, four grown children, well, one grown and three teenagers. and two are athletes who eat a lot of pasta, and so going to the grocery store is now something i dread really to be honest because of inflation, because of how expensive everything is. >> we're always concerned about inflation. i think there are a other things a little more important in society and life than a few ticks on the inflation rate. but, yeah, certainly it's of concern because as it hits people that are struggling or that depend -- rent or food and et cetera where some of us may not be as concerned about those smaller things and we can afford maybe a 5% tip now and then, people on the edge cannot. >> reporter: and americans also feeling the pain at the pump. gas prices are at their highest levels in nearly seven years. >> astounding to see some of the prices out there right now. stephanie stanton for us in florida, thank you. you're going want to stick around, by the way, for our next hour when shark tank's kevin o'leary joins us to explain why he says, don't panic why these recent spikes are not as bad you think. >>> the cop26 climate summit has reached a deal after two weeks of negotiations. an agreement on how to keep global temperatures from rising was reached a short time ago. the talks went into overtime in a struggle over how to pay countries that don't contribute significantly to global warming but are suffering the most. another sticking point that has now been agreed upon, how soon to phase-out coal powered power plant. >>> but first, a big decision come today in the trial of kyle rittenhouse. how the charges could change against the 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting protesters. plus what impact the judge's interaction with the prosecution could have on the case. >> it's been basic law in this country for 40 years, 50 years. i have no idea why you would do something like that. why you wo something like that. season's greetings from audi. feel stuck with student loan debt? move to sofi and feel what it's like to get your money right. 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>> that was before the -- >> don't get brazen with me. is there something i'm saying that draws the face you're making? >> i have to say, your honor, yesterday i was the target of your ire, for disregarding your recorders. today the defense is disregarding your order. >> i was talking yesterday about the constitution of the united states that's not what we're talking about here today. let's hope for 1:00, i hope the asian food isn't coming, isn't on one of those boats in long beach harbor. >> okay, joining me now nbc's ellison barber. we know the judge is considering lesser charges for rittenhouse. what does this mean when it comes to a potential conviction? >> the legal analysts we've spoken to say it's not uncommon necessarily for prosecutors to go this route and ask for lesser charges to be allowed, but they also tell us this could indicate that the prosecutors in this particular case feel like they may be in trouble and maybe not guaranteed a conviction. and so they're looking at this as sort of backup options for lack of a better word, so that they can get some kind of conviction because they don't feel entirely confident in where they stand right now. as you said the judge is inclined -- he has said he's inclined to accept lesser charges that the prosecution is asking for. he said he will say and make a final decision on all of those requests some time today. we're still waiting for that. but in court yesterday he explained to the defendant what that would mean. listen. >> by having a lesser included offense included you're raising the risk of conviction although you're avoiding the possibility that the jury will end up compromising on the more serious crime. >> reporter: and remember kyle rittenhouse faces five felony charges, three of them homicide related plus a misdemeanor weapons charge. he has pled not guilty to all of those. if allowed, the jury could consider lesser charges in some instances. an example of that would be potentially looking at reckless instead of intentional homicide. yasmin? >> david, let's start there. what do you make of this consideration of lesser charges here and what this means for where this trial is headed? >> yasmin, what it really means is what we heard reported. and that is the prosecutors don't have a good grasp of what's going on with this trial. this was a hard trial to win from the beginning. the weight of the evidence that has come in is really bad for the prosecution. what they're essentially arguing is what state of mind they're going to have to prove kyle rittenhouse when he shot three people, two of whom he killed and one of whom he injured. i think it indicates that the prosecution is going to have an even more convoluted indictment to argue than the one they already have regardless of how the judge rules on each individual request. >> what did you make, david, as we've played some sound of the judge's conduct throughout this trial so far, much of it being shared on social media as well. what do you make of it? >> now, yasmin, i have to be honest i look at it and think to myself i would never want to have to appear in front of judge shroeder. judge shroeder is actually relatively flormal for your courthouse where you're dealing with trial cases and i've seen judges much harder than him. the prosecution wed was dead wrong in the circumstances you did. and when you're a trial lawyer you have to know better than to do some of the things they did. >> expand on that for me where you talked about the prosecution being dead wrong when the judge came down on him. >> absolutely. they entered into ground where they shouldn't have done so. let's look at the fundamental problem here. it's like if you ask your mom when you're in high school hey, mom, can i go out this friday and she says no, you can't go out this friday. something happens on wednesday that makes you think oh, she'd probably change your mind if i ask her again but you never actually asked her again. you just took off on friday. you come home and you get in trouble. and you say mom i figured you'd say yes this time, but she says, yeah, but you never actually asked me. what happens on saturday you get into another confrontation with your mom and you say, mom, if you recall yesterday you were very upset with me and i thought you were rather unjust with how you treated me, she's going to come down on you like a ton of bricks. the judge isn't any different. so that's bad lawyering. >> i'd love to meet a teenager that actually talks like that to their mother, by the way. tell me a bit about some highlights of rittenhouse's testimony on the stand. >> i was cornered from in front of me with mr. zuminsky, and there were -- i didn't want to kill anybody. >> then why are you shooting at someone with an ar-15 at close range? you didn't pick out the ar-15 for any other reason? >> i thought it looked cool. but, no. >> you say i'm trying to get to the police. why were you trying to get to the police? >> because i didn't do anything wrong. i defended myself. >> what do you make of the cross-examination the prosecution, david? >> overall i thought the prosecution took too long to get to the point. they have jumped to discussing what happened with each individual shooting. really what this needs to turn on that that first shooting of rosenbaum. they could look at each shooting individually in terms assessing criminal liability but i think what they're more likely to do is treat this as a domino effect. and i think the prosecution failed to emphasize the circumstances rittenhouse was facing. at the end of the day rosenbaum is 5'3", and i don't think somebody who's 5'3" running at you and got a large plastic bag in your direction warrants you shooting them four times and killing them. also part of the problem was they didn't deal effectively with the two subsequent shootings because the way people are processing this evident is very different than the way they should, and that's not a good sign going into closing arguments. >> i was reading earlier that 500 national guard troops on standby, obviously, for what may take place in kenosha over the coming days. is this city, in fact, ready, from what you've seen over the last couple of days? >> you know, it's interesting because this community is divided on this just like the rest of the country is. politically this is a 50-50 split very purple community, so this has in many ways become a political argument. in terms of how things are, whether or not the city is ready, things are very calm right now. we've spoken to some people who live here. they say they're worried regardless of what the outcome is here, they could see some sort of violence again, and they don't want to see that happen in this community again. as you mentioned there are some 500 national guard members now on standby to come to this area if local authorities ask for help. >> ellison barber, thank you. and thank you for sticking out in the cold. i can tell it's a little chilly there to say the least. david, thank you as well. >>> coming up, everybody, the shocking new video. and up next meet one of the newest faces on the hill, ohio congresswoman shontel brown joins me live. we'll be right back. l brown joins me live. we'll be right back. ♪ and my clothes smell so much fresher than before ♪ ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ i'm a ganiac, ganiac, check my drawers ♪ ♪ it's a freshness like i've never smelled before ♪ one sniff of gain flings and you'll be a gainiac too! the only detergent with oxiboost and febreze. wayfair's black friday sale is on now! score unbelievable savings with our biggest sale ever! like ge appliances up to 40% off rugs up to 80% off and lighting up to 65% off. plus get bonus savings with a wayfair credit card and free shipping on thousands of products. don't miss our black friday happening now through november 27th. only at wayfair.com. 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talking about the historically low veterans in congress. 1/5 of congress, versus 3/4 a century ago. michael waltzth is the reason for function in congressterest is lack of commonalty of service. what do you say. >> that is absolutely right. we lost the post-world war ii consensus the congressman was talking about, where people on the each side of the aisle had shared experiences in europe and asia. the post didn't go far enough. the post didn't go out you see in fact same greater lack of military service in the upper echelonses of the white house. that is why we had the debacle in afghanistan because people in charge overruling the military. people who had no logistical, no operational experience. think of soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines as pins on a map, not flesh and blood americans. elizabeth: that is an important point. it segues into this, you know, so many people out there love our country. they want to do more for our country. we have also a record, we asked so much of so few who serve our country. do we need a more robust system of national service, national service, commissioned maybe? how do you get more people who want

will this congress be remembered as the congress that addressed those serious challenges? not a chance. instead i think this congress will go down in history as the broken congress. for nearly four years the house republicans have been voicing the needs of millions of americans, house democrats have broken every standard in order to silence dissidents for their radical and unpopular agenda. they broke the motion to recommit for the first time in the history of congress. they broke impeachment not once, but twice. they broke in person voting and replaced it with proxy voting for the first time in history. and they broke the minority's rights to appoint members of its own choosing to committees. the speaker is burning down the house on her way out the door. what is worse, we got to this point on the basis of a double standard. democrats want to change the rules, bus refuse to apply them to their own caucus. i listened to the speaker talk about the highest standards. madam speaker, when a democratic chair woman flew to minneapolis and told an angry crowd during a trial to stay on the streets, get more active, get more

book also focuses on congress and the fact that congress is not letting -- get the bang for the buck they would like. it's not only problem, missy, with the pentagon, that the congresssically not willing to bite the bogus bullet. and like you mentioned, there is a lot going on in the. world the world is more dangerous and unstable then -- our number one competitor, china, in militarily we could go into a lot of statistics here. and economically, though there economics is -- it is still better. they have more diplomatic posts around the world, more than we have in the united states. but they have got a huge technological lead. and when you look at the role of our industry and military and you look at how our military has been successful and when it hasn't been, and look at what colin powell did at the beginning of desert storm. and the technology that won that war in the first three or four days. to protect that technology, so that we are in a fair fight. we don't want another country like china to have better technology than we have. that's why we are at the right path. so we're out of afghanistan, removing resources from the middle east. if we want to keep our demo

congress, congress's power to act is likely clear. additionally, the federal government has a strong interest in stopping exclusionary zoning in undermining the efficiency and efficacy of the affordable housing. while congress determines how to address exclusionary restrictive housing, they should urge to make better use of housing. and its power can already take action to reduce exclusionary zoning by filing initiated termination complaints and block grant fund over the civil rights, including those involving furthering your housing. doj has a special statutorily designed role, it does not face the same barriers to establishing, although there have been several successful walk throughs, challenging, exclusionary zoning, why the cases have not been more frequent, and therefore the reason why the fair housing act has not had as much of a deterrent effect as it should. the alliance for housing justice stand ready to serve as resources to the subcommittee as it contemplates federal action to address the critical problem of exclusionary zoning. thank you for the opportunity to testify. >> thank you very much. and now you are recognized for five minutes to give an oral presentation. >> thank you, chairwoman wate

passed a bill that petroleump couldn't pass with a republican congress and without a republican congress. president biden and this congress passed it. it's going to mean road repairs, bridge repairs, airport additions. bridge observations and repairs. ports in our country will be improved. broadband will be extended. the electric grid will be improved. people get access. this is what used to be bipartisan. people working together to get the infrastructure of our country that moves goods to ports, goods to people, makes our country tick. helps business, puts jobs together. this is an important bill. the democratic congress with 13 republicans passed it. a great day to celebrate. america is on the move again. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mccarthy: thank you, madam speaker. we are just days away from voting on a 2,000-page bill that will very likely cost $4 trillion.

proposal or the fed account is the best solution that congress should take or the only solution that congress. only that it might be one of the options congress should consider. >> striking thing to me about your -- your support with community banks and a host of different ways. let's talk about some of other issues. natural gas in ohio. energy jobs are important in my neighbor state and ranking member state. news reports have highlighted your saying you want to abrupt oil and gas companies. do you want do that? >> no senator, absolutely not. that was a poor phrasing. i admit to it. i do understand that energy companies are a very important part of our american economy. millions of americans work in the energy sector. but in recent years we've seen many instances where especially small energy companies have experienced hard times and even when bankrupt leaving workers with nowhere to go. so what i was actually saying in that particular presentation is that we need to think collectively about finding new ways of helping workers in this sector to transition to high paying jobs if we're looking into the future and right of new technology. >> tha

congress should expect that their elected official should go to congress and work to do what is right for their constituents, for the people who elected them. shouldn't be there for their own benefit. should be there to do what's right for the country to move the country forward in the right direction. and you know, congress, 435 members in the house, 100 in the senate. i think it truly is a reflection of the american people. i have a lot of respect for other members of congress. every member of congress worked hard to get elected in their district, to have the honor of representing the people of their district. they bring their own experiences. they bring their own opinions. they bring the values and the needs and experiences of those they represent in the district. so it's a great system, and we should have respect for all of those different backgrounds and experiences that come together. >> is there a democratic member that you're friends with that you have worked together with on legislation with in your three terms? >> oh, absolutely. in fact, i think almost all of the legislation that i have been successful in getting passed or including in another bill has been done on a bipartisan basis. i do think, and so yes, i'm friends with many members of the democrat party as well as the republican party. yo

congress comes in, comes out. you see the congressional leaders talk about, this congress and this congress. and i pay very close attention to it. i couldn't tell you what number of congress we're on right now. i don't know, you know? they come in, they come out, and nothing happens. the judicial branch -- the executive branch has to produce, because someone's got to runt government, someone has to turn the lights on. and the judicial branch has to produce each year, and they do, they produce each year. when you do that, you're going to upset some people and you're going to make some people happy. but the problem is that we have the most powerful branch that is not producing, not doing its job. and more than major politics abhor a vacuum. someone is going to fill that vacuum. >> rawn, i would love to have you back to talk more about the supreme court and how to face the problems we're facing. >> i would love it, love to talk to you. >>> a new mobile video app from c-span. c-span now. download today. >>> our weekly series "the presidency" highlights the politics, policies, and