. >> host: this is from orange park, florida, john on our line for democrats for representativo darren soto, go ahead. >> caller: yeah, representative soto, this is john wattly, a former member of the virgin islands national guard, and i'd, be glad to come down there and help. one of the things i noticed when i served is -- [inaudible] is that many of the -- are probably stuck in their homes trying to take care of that business. h and i think you ought to put thu pressure on -- [inaudible] down there and having some transportation units. and i know the national guard system have transportation units that could be air dropped ifes necessary. go down and get those trailers off of that dock. the other thing is that this constant complaining about puerto rico being underdeveloped because of the 936 law which benefited american companies who then left for china and left puerto rico holding the bag. i can't believe that you, you've got the worst poverty record under the u.s. flag. i think that your youngerion, generation coming back and starting businesses on their own would do a great deal for t

coming up tuesday morning, florida democratic congressman darren soto will -- darren soto will discuss his recent trip to puerto rico and president trump's trip on tuesday. then we're live in charleston, west virginia, for the 50 capitals tour. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> i always wanted to be a missionary doctor. i used to listen to the mission stories in in church and they frequently featured missionary doctors, people who had great personal ex fence would go to foreign lands and bring not only physical but mental and spiritual healing to people. and it seems like -- seemed like the most noble thing a person could do. i harbored that dream from the time i was 8 years old until i was 13. at which time, having grown up in dire poverty, i decided i'd rather be rich. [laughter] so at that point, missionary doctor was out. [laughter] i decided i wanted to be a psychiatrist. >> for the past 30 years, the video library is your free resource for politics. congress and washington public affairs. so whether it hap

coming up on tuesday morning, darren soto will discuss his recent trip to puerto rico president trumps upcoming visit on tuesday. then were live in charleston west virginia for the 50 capital store. mitch carmichael will join us for the top issues facing west virginia including the economy no. crisis. watch at 7:00 a.m. eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> the new supreme court term began today. here's an update on some of the cases before the court from "washington journal". where t >> 's 8:00 a.m. and a live look outside the u.s. supreme court were today's the first day of the new term. lawrence hurley is at our table to tell us about it. he's a correspondent. thank you for being here. the trump administration is in the spotlight as the u.s. top chord return. >> this is the first full term since the administration came in january. they've had some time to adjust their legal positions and some of these big cases toward the t court including the very first case of the term, where the obama administration sided with employees in the trump administration switched. >> this

host: we're talking to representative darren soto.efore we let you go, we'll ask you for your response to las vegas and with the federal government should do in response. guest: it was only over a year ago that we saw the polls pulselub shooting -- nightclub shooting. it amazes me how terrible people can be in this world. obviously, we will be examining these high-powered weapons and the propriety of having them with people without background checks, and whether people should even have them. we did not want to have them available to these people legally. i spoke to congressman keegan who represents las vegas, and i told him livestrong, you have to ong,n the ground -- lead str you have to be on the ground speaking to victims and families. right now they have to mourn and respect those victims for hanging on for dear life. host: thank you for joining us. guest: that's for having me. response toard his las vegas. we are turning to you, how should congress respond to the las vegas shooting? for republicans. democrats (202) 748-8000. (202)

tuesday morning, florida democratic congressman darren soto will discuss his recent trip to puerto rico and president trump's upcoming visit on tuesday. then we're live in charleston, west virginia, for the next stop on the c-span bus 50 capitals tour. lieutenant governor mitch car michael win join us to talk about the top issues facing west virginia including the economy and the opioid crisis. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion. >>> during the september session of the australian house and senate, prime minister malcolm turnbull and members of his cabinet took questions on combatting terrorism, climate change, and marriage equality. the australian public affairs channel provides the highlights from the session. >> hello, and welcome to this edition of question time rap. during question time, one of the questions, a lot more action happening in the high kout. that gave a tick of approval to the government's plan for a postal survey on same-sex marriage. just after that decision, the opposition leader asked the prime minister would

i want to turn to congressman darren soto, a democrat from florida. congressman, the president says this isn't like katrina because so many fewer people have died in hurricane maria. that is true. is your view that that is right or even when president trump is right flarks way he's wrong? >> well, this was still a real disaster for everyone who was affected by it. and i suspect much like with katrina, we'll see the death toll rise over the next couple weeks and months. we have an island without power, without cell phone service. they can't fully determine the extent of damage. so it was really a misplaced comment today and one that while we applaud the president for going to puerto rico, was really unfortunate for the folks there. >> what more do you want this administration to do? >> we want to helicopter out air supplies to rural areas. i was in puerto rico yesterday. and there are places in the rural areas that haven't seen anybody from fema. they saw one or two military personnel out there but they have no electricity no, food, very little water.

tuesday morning, florida democratic congressman darren soto will discuss his recent trip to puerto rico and president trump's upcoming visit on tuesday. then we're live in charleston, west virginia, for the next stop on the c-span bus 50 capitals tour. lieutenant governor mitch car michael win join us to talk about the top issues facing west virginia including the economy and the opioid crisis. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion. >>> during the september session of the australian house and senate, prime

rubio and florida representatives al lawson, neil dunn, ted yow ho, ron desantis, value demings and darren sotofor coming to see firsthand the damage to our first coast community. i also want to thank the congressional leaders from around the country for coming to northeast florida. speaker paul ryan, appropriations chairman rodney frelinghuysen, chairman john carter, all personally toured our damaged communities. leaving us with a promise to do all they can to assist in florida's recory. -- recovery. i thank them for the support and i'm grateful for their work to quickly povide emergency aid to help hurting floridians. we are all also heart broken that now puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands are enduring incredibly devastating damage from hurricane maria. we believe it is important that we share resors -- resources with our neighboring islands and as you know, the port of jacksonville is ground zero for getting shipments of needed goods to puerto rico and the virgin islands. in fact, the american maritime partnership and the entire u.s. maritime industry are in fact first responders in tim