corey boles the president will address the nation tonight.es congress want to hear from the president tonight? guest: congress, especially the republican side of the aisle was frustrated last week when this military action started and the president has not officially informed congress of the mandate and how long u.s. forces will be involved. the level of anger certainly amongst republicans in the house, was real. they want to hear a time line and a course of action as to exactly why we're there and what we're hoping to achieve. host: your thoughts from what congress wants to hear -- jake sherman, your thoughts what the congress wants to hear? guest: politically, it gets somebody behind them. it gets money if that is ever needed. that's important for the president. host: we want to remind our viewers and listeners that the president will be speaking tonight on libya from the national defense university. that will be live on c-span at 7:30 p.m. eastern. if you want more details you can go to our web site, c- span.org. after the president talks

. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" a look at washington this week with corey boles and jake cher man. -- sherman. also mike baker. and a look at the national flood insurance program with ben mckay. that's live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> monday, president obama is going to deliver a speech on libya from the national defense university in washington, d.c. he'll give an update on the situation there, including the acks the u.s. has taken with allies and partners and the transition to nato command and control. that's the president's speech on libya monday night at 7:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span, and on dr.-span radio. -- and on c-span radio. >> you are watching c-span. every morning it is "washington journal" our live call-in program. weekdays watch live coverage of the u.s. house and week nights congressional hearings and policy forum. also compreem supreme court oral argument. on the weekend, you can see our signature program. on saturdays "the communicators" and on sunday questions from the prish house of commons. you can watch our programming at any time on c-span.org.