on twitter, we are at @cspanwj, and on facebook, we are at facebook.com/cspan. usually whennick, we talk about the big monster in college sports, it is always college football and college basketball. people always ask -- is title ix hurting those two big moneymaking sports for college, and how is college making it equitable for female athlete? or is that even the focus of title ix anymore? guest: that is one of the focuses of title ix. it used to be the most exclusive focus. i think it is hard to say that college football has been hurt at all by title ix. college football seems to be expanding in the amount of money it spends, the number of problems they create. the same is true of college basketball for america. what has happened is that in order to protect football and basketball, other male sports have been hurt. the wrestling teams, swim teams, and so-called minor teams have been reduced in size in many schools, but on top of that, there have been a number of stratagems that schools have used to try to inflate the number of women who are counted as varsity a

on twitter @cspanwj and on facebook at facebook.com/cspan. watkins who is calling from virginia on the independent line. watkins, good morning. caller: thank you. i wish someone on your panel would explain what the big deal is, because i simply do not get it. i realized that there is a serious issue with respect to what facebook or any of the other social media may be doing privacy, but so far as i know, russia has not been implicated in manipulating actual vote tallies. what they have been accused is hosting misleading communication on social media so that stupid people's opinions will be there by manipulated. invokes to me before you all of this government and state security control that you have got a first amendment issue that posts on social media can post whatever nonsense they want. i do not understand why we are worried about protecting stupid people from themselves. jamie, what is the big deal here? guest: the caller is correct that sometimes this issue gets conflated with actual votes being changed. we are not saying that. reportsve

twitter is available @cspanwj.n the politics world, even the events of the nomination process playing out in various senate races. a televised debate for the virginia senate and this is the incumbent senator, tim kaine, going back and forth and commenting on the nomination, bringing it up in political context of these senate races. [video clip] >> i think what is important is a serious charge has been leveled and it is a charge that is essentially a sexual assault and even could be construed as attempted rape and we have got to get to the bottom of it. this is a vacancy that just opened up july 31. we are seven weeks into this. the gop majority held a vacancy 14 months for political reasons. if we care about sexual assault and think it is serious, we should do everything to get to the bottom of this and that would obviously involve hearing from dr. ford and judge kavanaugh. it would also involve hearing from witnesses. there are a couple of witnesses who have been identified. one, mark judge, who the allegation say

you can do that by reaching out on our twitter feed @cspanwj. if you want to call (202) , 748-8000 if you support judge kavanaugh, (202) 748-8001 if you support professor ford, and if you're not sure, (202) 748-8002. again, our guest is anita mcbride and she served with judge kavanaugh on the bush administration and is here to take your questions. walter, in indiana, it a supporter of presser ford. professor ford. you are on. i definitely support to ms. ford. it is obvious that mr. kavanagh did it because after 35 years with a therapist talking, and then she remembered his name when they told her she was going to go for the supreme court, this is a wonderful new world we live in. all you have to do is make an accusation, no proof, it is the same playbook from the left. i hope i get the same kind of dignity and support for men when men say something like that and it has to be supported. obviously, i am being facetious. it's a show from the left. it's a last ditch effort. to try to undermine supreme court nomination. just of support, you do not su

want to give your perspective, it is (202) 748-8003, and you can also reach out to us via twitter at cspanwj. what is the process of negotiation from this cap announced by the administration to what has to go on with legislators on capitol hill? how does that work? adam: at the end of the day, the administration is required to consult with congress. congress does not have the veto power, congress does not have consent such as for supreme two court nominations or things like that. and we have heard from senator grassley and representative goodlatte, the chairs of the committee over this week, that they feel the trump administration not consulted with them at all. there has been some very strong language about the administration not meeting its statutory mandate. whatever the historical negotiation process is, it appears that at least as of secretary pompeo's announcement, there hasn't been much at all. host: for those that get into that united states how are they , vetted and how does it affect the number of people that ultimately make it into the united states? adam: sure. it is important fo

once again coming you can always -- once again, you always regis on twitter, @cspanwj, and on facebook at journal@c-span.org facebook.com/cspan. for you used to work senator jay rockefeller, if i am not mistaken. what the process as broken then? guest: the republicans would argue that the 1987 confirmation wasess of judge bork broken. i would disagree with your donation was -- with that. was he hadation extreme views, and he was rejected for that reason. republicans say that is where it all started. the fact is that virtually every nomination with since then, with the exception of judge clarence smoothlyent relatively , democrats and republicans, until mitch mcconnell refused to take up the nomination of judge garland. there has been a bitterness this,then that hangs over but leaving that aside, i have tried, and i have asked senators to focus on what the court needs and what the country needs in this justice. reason, i was against judge kavanaugh because of the extremists of his views, very much like bork, buddy was a more likable bork. extraconstitutional views. host: given your expe

host: when you take those pictures, if you post @cspanwj, tag us there.here are you located in the state? caller: you go about 20 miles south of whiteville, just follow highway 701. host: what are you hearing about -- you said it will stall over you, what are you hearing about what the impact it will have. caller: i think we are probably going to lose the house and the neighbors are going to lose the house as well. we will definitely be out of power later. during matthew there was a lot over the place. we did not have power for nearly five days. i have still got my notes. i do rainfall reports and i posted them at a community collaborative site and i take rainfall totals and maybe i will -- themd some of those to you, too. it looks like we are going to be hit hard and i still have my old fema phone numbers. i am going to call them up to see if they are going to need people working. host: go ahead, vinny. caller: it just seemed like there was wasted money. a lot of us here are trump though i am.ven you just have to winds -- wince when he says the scientist

we will read it @cspanwj. thank you for spending part of your labor day with us.ront page of the washington times has the confirmation of brett kavanaugh front and center . front page of the washington times, this is what it looks like and it's also available online. nbc news has this headline ahead of the midterms. the democrats lead in cash and votes. we heard it yesterday from chuck todd on "meet the press," one of the five sunday programs we carry and nbc news reporting the following, the number of voters participating in arizona's primary was up more than 146,000. almost 17 percentage points compared to 2014. in florida, the numbers were even more remarkable. moreay's vote total was up than one million. democrats led the way, votes cast in the gubernatorial primary were up 80% compared to 2014 and in 2018, the democratic house candidates have raised $620 million. that is $150 million more than the $470 million republican house candidates raised. in the senate, democratic candidates have raised 300 $68 million compared to 250 $8 million for republican candidat

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republicans, 202-748-8001. .nd independent, 202-748-8002 join us on twitter @cspanwj or go to facebook-facebook.com/cspan. senate judiciary committee is gathering together in the same room they were yesterday at 9:30 a.m. eastern time to have a vote this morning on judge kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. our coverage on c-span 2, c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. the makeup is 11 republicans and democrats. senator jeff flake, who is still undecided, is the senator to watch and how he will vote. he met behind closed doors with his colleagues and remains undecided. the other senators when this comes up for a final vote, there will be procedure votes on saturday, monday, the final vote on tuesday. the other senators to watch, republicans. senator susan collins of maine and lisa murkowski of alaska along with jeff flake, who is retiring. moderate democrats up for reelection, there is joe donnelly of indiana. heidi heitkamp of north dakota. and joe manchin of west virginia. the senate, 51 republicans, 49 democrats and independents. the nomination of judge kava

on twitter it is @cspanwj. on facebook it is facebook.com/cspan. a very good tuesday morning.ou can start calling in now. we will be talking about judge kavanaugh for most of today's "washington journal." up tol probably take you the confirmation hearing around 9:15. that hearing is expected to gavel in at 9:30 today. here's the front page of usa today, sparks will fly during kavanaugh confirmation hearings. days, kavanaugh will be questioned for 17 hours or more about the conservative espoused overhe 12 years on the u.s. court of of columbia. for half that time, republicans, who have fond over kavanaugh since his nomination will call andntion to his credit he character, yale university and yale law school, three ,restigious federal courtships and a reputation for open-mindedness. democrats, whose opposition is all but assured, will highlight the washington native's rulings on controversial issues and seek assurances on how he would rule in future cases. questions kavanaugh will perry without making promises. sparks will fly, that is the quote from richard blumenthal, democrat

and was again, we are always available on social media, on twitter @cspanwj, and on facebook at facebook.coman. let's go to pat calling from maryland on the republican line. thank you for taking my call. demand mr. greenberger just said ellicott city was affected by climate change. i know that city wealthier they had taken forests away from and ithe castle river, is a funnel to that little town, city, and it is just the way it was developed. it is not really climate change. i agree with climate change, but that is just development. in the past two years, it caught a thousand year storm, but in the last couple of years, the county went reserve on development. -- berserk on development. they are tearing down woods and forests and putting developments everywhere. go to jim calling from spartanburg, south carolina. are you safe from the storm? i think we might have lost jim there. remember, we are doing open aones and are talking about lot of topics, some of which we talked about earlier on the show today, or if you have something else you want to talk about, give us a call. there are several ot

you can post on our twitter feed @cspanwj and on our facebook page, facebook.com/cspan.hosel legislators from states that will be highly affected by florence already putting out tweets to their constituency. this is the senator from south carolina, updated evacuation orders, even if your county doesn't have a mandatory evacuation order, put the safety of your family first. he highlights the areas of the state where there are mandatory evacuations and other things as well. from saying my workings working closely with state and local officials to make sure we do everything we can to prepare your for hurricane florence. i just received a call from president trump about hurricane florence and he asked if there was anything his administration needed to do that wasn't currently being done for the people of south carolina. i told him we appreciate all that is being done. i know gov. henry mcmaster shares this view. the senator goes on to say that president reinforced this is a dangerous storm and everyone should follow the advice of governor mcmaster to evacuate while there is

twittercan reach us on at http://twitter.com/cspanwj. every time president trump's speaks in front of a global look at theders, we side conversations. do we expect him speaking one-on-one with any leaders? guest: the big question is if you will speak to president rouhani of iran. because he has -- focused on iran, under protocol, that president has the ability to attend the session. if so, president trump, the optics are going to be pretty wild. one would expect, president , so he willtheater really take that opportunity to lay into iranian behavior. he may or may not stick around to see if president rouhani responds. the white house has been ambiguous on whether he will even shake his hand. there's a number of world leaders who will not be there. vladimir putin is not going to be there. probably just as well, given the continuing controversy over russian meddling. is also not jinping going to be there, and in the midst of a trade war, donald trump has doubled down, probably also useful for both parties, at least the chinese leader, that

on twitter it is @cspanwj. on facebook, it is facebook.com/cspan. a very good monday morning.alking with survivors and those who have experience with sexual assaults in this first segment of the washington journal. we want to hear your reaction to the latest regarding brett kavanaugh's supreme court nomination. brett kavanaugh maintains he is being falsely accused of sexual assault. if that was your experience, you can also call in in this segment. phone lines for women, 202-748-8000 is the number. men, 202-748-8001. we mentioned that hearing on thursday featuring christine blasey ford. here is the latest on the details of the hearing from the wall street journal. republicans have agreed to some of dr. ford's request. others remain in disputes. the hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. dr. ford will have two lawyers while testifying. judge kavanaugh will not be in the same room at the same time. first.d will testify democratic lawmakers will question judge kavanaugh themselves in terms of what remains unresolved, the question of who will question dr. ford on the republican side is

send us a tweet @cspanwj. facebook.com/c-span. from chatsworth, illinois, steve, good morning.ndependent line. would president obama be $10 trillion in debt, which is $1 million a year for the next seven light years or 32,000 years? trying to say it's $1 million a 320,000 years.t and anybody with that kind of gave $1 million to every person in america and said do what you want and spend it how you want and it's just ridiculous. with their spending. our representatives and are senators that represents the may comemerican who out $10 to $12 an hour, maybe $20 an hour is not watching out for us. they are watching out for the big lobbyist and everybody else. and it's time that we stick up and stand up for ourselves. the last 17war for years, which is ridiculous. our spending is going crazy. i don't know. i really can't tell you which ones better or worse. host: we are now approaching a $22 trillion debt and some say could increase another $1 trillion in the next 12 to 14 months. the act, and understand that. and we can have it. plus, the auto industry is falling apart right now. th

on twitter it is @cspanwj. on facebook it is facebook.com/cspan. very good tuesday morning to you. you can start calling in now. the lines, yes and no as to whether you think rod rosenstein should be fired. the speculation about his job status has been frenzied since last week when a new york times story reported that early in his job, he discussed invoking the 25th amendment and potentially remove president trump from office and raising the prospect of wearing a wire in his discussions with the president. the media speculation hit a frenzy yesterday. here is some of the headlines this morning about rod rosenstein. trump summons rosenstein and the implication may be ominous for the deputy attorney general. from the wall street journal, he is out, he is in, rosenstein trump to discuss the future. there is a picture from the white house driveway of rod rosenstein and white house chief of staff john kelly after their brief meeting yesterday at the white house. here is president trump up in new york at the u.n. general assembly meeting. this is preside

you can post on our twitter feed @cspanwj and also post on our facebook page, .acebook.com/cspan joinings on the phone to discuss the move by republicans to make in these tax cuts permanent is naomi. good morning to you. guest: good morning. host: could you talk about the politics behind this move? the tax bill republicans passed last year was their signature legislative option of the trump era and republicans want to highlight that a congressman ahead of the midterm elections. if think the economy is doing well and they think it is a good move for them to highlight the economy ahead of the elections. host: when it comes to the actual moves by congress this week, what does the house plan to do in terms of making these tax cuts permanent? guest: the house ways and means committee is planning to hold a committee vote later this week on a package of bills, one of which would make the individual tax cuts in the 2017 bill per minute. another of the bills focuses on trying to increase savings and another of the bills focuses on trying to encourage this incentive nation -- disincentivation. hos

you can also tweet your thoughts @cspanwj and post on our facebook page at facebook.com/cspan. little bit from this spending bill. story saying the package is not a continuing resolution, it is also a defense bill -- attaching these things together, at 855 funding bill package which was unintentional by negotiators and makes it difficult to vote against -- for both parties and the president wants to veto -- if the president wants to veto, he would be vetoing funding for the pentagon. that is on that spending bill. when it comes to the hearing with christine ford, the professor and judge kavanaugh, usa today has a story saying the attorneys for christine blasey ford have sworn and signed declarations from four people of corroborate her claims sexual assault by the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and documents sent to the judiciary committee obtained by usa today where the attorneys present declarations from her husband and three friends who support the college professor's accusation -- were high school students in 1982. that was the story posted this at usa today. when it

if you want to tweet your thoughts and comments, you can do so @cspanwj and on our facebook page.ou can post at facebook.com/c-span. today's hearing will be different for some of the events that will take place and the format it will take. here to walk us through it is john mcardle. viewersust want to get a sense of what will happen a little less than three hours from now in that committee hearing room for the senate judiciary committee. it is room 226. there will be 21 senators on the dais and they include 11 republicans, all men, 10 democrats, all men. all but five members of the judiciary committee hold law degrees. one of those that doesn't is the chairman, senator chuck grassley. the committee sent out an agenda about what will take place today. the hearing, chuck grassley will dabble in at 10:00 a.m. chairman and ranking members will give their opening statements. there are no time limits and christine blasey ford will be sworn in and have the opportunity to give her opening statement. no time lannett -- limit on that either. 1ch senator will have five-minute round of questi

send us a tweet, @cspanwj. happy labor day weekend. we hope it's a three-day weekend for you. either way, we appreciate you being here this morning. we'll get to your calls and comments about your job situation in just a moment. that number, 6.7 million, looking back a couple of months, it's been that way for several months, going back to april at least. this is the reporting of cnbc on that number. here it is. there are more jobs than people out of work, something the american economy has never experienced before. that is from cnbc. they say there are 6.7 million job opening says. 6.7 million available workers to fill them, according to the bureau of labor statistics. signs of wage gains remain elusive. the average hourly earnings up just 2.7% over last year. just reading some of this from cnbc -- and again, this number is stubborn. it's stayed the same in the july report as well. 9 number of vacancies is pulling well ahead of the bureau of labor statistics council of unemployed. this year is the first time the level of unemployed exceeds jobs available since the number was b

on twitter it is @cspanwj. on facebook it is facebook.com/cspan. very good wednesday morning to you. you can start calling now. women only in this first segment of the "washington journal." the washington post was the first news outlet christine blasey ford detailed her allegations on judge brett kavanaugh. the washington post puts it in the lead spot, qs or wants probe of nominee, but says she would testify after. it is unclear if the fbi inquiry will happen. diss lazy ford -- blasey for indicated earlier her client was willing to testify. is prepared to cooperate with the committee and any law enforcement investigation and that has been her position and continues to be her position. we will cooperate with the committee in whatever form that takes and it remains to be seen. we have to talk with senator grassley's office and other committee members. to engage in conversation to actually figure out what happens between now and then and whether or not this takes place monday? >> that is right. any place of -- talk of a hearing on monday is premature