host: tara copp?ld war security construct has been in place since the end of world war ii. do you engage with russia? do you bring them closer in? do you allow them to have a vote at the table? this administration had really wanted to pay attention to the indo pacific, and now for the last six months because of this troop buildup, it also has to pay attention to europe and this security construct. what can you do going forward? do you inflict such punishment upon russia that it feels further alienated and decides that a stronger military option might be the only choice next time around, or do you do a decision of engagement? these are big policy decisions that the biden administration has to choose. we continue to press the idea of diplomacy first and military force only as a last resort. host: you heard it general milley characterize what is going on with russia and comparing it to what they have seen over history. can you describe that characterization? guest: yes. so the chairman has more than 40 y

host: tara copp?st: the cold war security construct has been in place since the end of world war ii. do you engage with russia? do you bring them closer in? do you allow them to have a vote at the table? this administration had really wanted to pay attention to the indo pacific, and now for the last six months because of this troop buildup, it also has to pay attention to europe and this security construct. what can you do going forward? do you inflict such punishment upon russia that it feels further alienated and decides that a stronger military option might be the only choice next time around, or do you do a decision of engagement? these are big policy decisions that the biden administration has to choose. we continue to press the idea of diplomacy first and military force only as a last resort. host: you heard it general milley characterize what is going on with russia and comparing it to what they have seen over history. can you describe that characterization? guest: yes. so the chairman has more

our guest is terra-cotta -- tara copp senior pentagon correspondent and james bovard discusses covid testing. >> your experience with health care during the pandemic is a conversation. is the national healthcare policy reporter for the "washington post," joining us this morning to talk about the news. so, amy goldstein,

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our guest is tariq cop -- tara copp. also, james bovard discusses covid-19 testing. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> this week on the c-span networks, the house and senate are both in session. the senate will vote on nominations, including university of pennsylvania president amy gottman, to serve as u.s. ambassador to germany. on tuesday, two hearings for the nominations of shalonda young, the white house budget director and the deputy director at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. then at 2:30 p.m. eastern, live on c-span.org and the c-span now app, they testify before the senate budget committee. on thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span three, former employees of the washington football team testify before the house oversight committee about reports of sexual harassment, vocal abuse and discrimination within the organization. the hearing comes the day after the team is expected to announce its new name. watch this week live on the c-span network or on c-span now, our local video app. or, head over to c-span.org -- also, head over to c-span.org for

there was a time when we judged people, hopefully -- we aspired to judge people by the copp tent of theirthe rise of competence. so identity politics didn't just give rise to incompetence. in my mind, it also gave rise to modern day racism, neo-racism. you know, judging people based upon their shallow characteristic using -- characteristics, their skin color. we can talk about sex im -- sexism, judging them by their gender. the price we pay for this trend, this fad, this path to power -- that's what it truly is, a path to power -- isn't just a story of incompetence, it truly is turning america into a sexist, more home homophobic, more racist country. stuart: seems like it, doesn't it? it seems to me that the democrats used mld -- mlk day yesterday to pass voting rights. speaker pelosi suggestedded filibuster support is dishonor legislativety and this kind just resurfaced of then-candidate biden in 2020. have a look at this, will. roll tape. >> even dr. king's assassination did not have the worldwide impact that george floyd's death did. stuart: what do you make of all this, will? >> well,

our guest is terra-cotta -- tara copp senior pentagon correspondent and james bovard discusses covid testing. >> your experience with health care during the pandemic is a conversation. is the national healthcare policy reporter for the "washington post," joining us this morning to talk about the news. so, amy goldstein, why? why was there this record reached? guest: good to be with you, greta. well, as you were saying, this is the most people who ever signed up during a regular annual enrollment period for affordable care act health insurance, either through healthcare .gov or state marketplaces that are run under the affordable care act. and we don't know yet exactly why people signed up, but the obama administration thinks than administration, it's early in the morning, the biden administration thinks they had a lot to do with it. they're saying that health plans now are more affordable because people can get a little bit larger federal subsidies for the monthly premiums, and this administration, unlike during the trump era, put a lot more effort into outreach so people knew this w