dave leventhal talks about the ongoing investigation of potential conflicts of interest. and a look and what is ahead on capitol hill with midterm elections the -- editor-in-chief. watch washington journal c-span live on c-span, c-span now, our live -- our mobile video app. >> first on five tonight, we have breaking news that -- has been discovered. >> the national geographic society confirming the find this afternoon. the ship was destroyed in the delta shortly after it arrived. it has not been seen since. but now crews have discovered it. the remains of the ship located in the mobile river delta. the state historical commission will hold a press conference. all of the details of the find and the press conference will be held in africa town. the mobile community founded by the slaves who were brought here on the court tilde. >> in april of 2018. >> why were you successful? people have been searching for the clotilda for a long time. >> everybody was listening to the men who perpetrated the crime. timothy mayer who was a steamboat captain. he was one of the wealthiest peo

. >> we are here on "washington journal" with dave leventhal. he is with us to talk about members of congress in potential conflicts of interest and what may be next in terms of financial guidance for members of congress. first i want to ask you in terms of, what are the current roles --rules governing stuff like that? guest: it is effectively the rules of the road. this was in response to scandals and situations that had taken place in the yet years with lawmakers not necessarily doing with their personal funds but at least in the opinion of many the public's interests. it tackled three things, it addressed conflicts of interest which would be investing their personal money in a way that could directly conflict or contrast in not a greatly with the public's decisions that they are making on behalf of the body politics. another one was insider trading where lawmakers would in certain cases have used information by being an elected official and taking that information and having it inform personal financial decisions buying stocks or other things

deputy tree —- deputy chief dave leventhal thank you for being here. >> thank you very much everyone want to start by thinking that steelworkers and local union 2227 all the men and women of organized labor happy labor day this is a great day to celebrate were

matters, america is watching on c-span powered by cable >> we are joined on washington journal by dave leventhal, he is here with us to talk with us about members of congress and potential conflicts of interest in what could be next for members of congress, i want to ask you today what are some of the important rules for -- like that? >> it is effectively the rules of the road that -- pass for congress and decade ago. this was in response to span rules that had taken place in the medium rules before not nested -- in the immediate -- the stock act tackled three times, it tackled concepts of interest where investors would be -- public decisions that they are making on behalf of the body politic. another one whence insider trading where lawmakers would in some cases have used information that they had gleaned by virtue of being a member of congress i being an elective -- an elected official and then -- though the third prong of that was transparency giving the public more knowledge, and more details more quickly so that we could see what lawmakers were doing. it was effectively adding another layer

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coming up tuesday morning, dave leventhal touch about the ongoing investigation of potential financial conflicts of interest by members of congress. and we look ahead at what will happen on capitol hill this fall as leaders prepare for the midterm elections. watch live on c-span or listen on the free c-span app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> this next discussion features california democratic congresswoman katie porter and focuses on nuclear weapons. it is about an hour. >> hello, everyone. we will get started here on time. i want to welcome you all. the past and present impacts of nuclear weapons, a panel hosted by global zero, the international movement for the abolition of nuclear weapons. for the next hour, we will talk about the intersections of nuclear war, climate change, and other important social justice and progressive movements. we have seen numerous amounts of nuclear news, whether we are talking about president trump's mar-a-lago raid when they were looking for nuclear documents, the 2015 iran deal in limbo or r

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coming up tuesday morning, dave leventhal touch about the ongoing investigation of potential financial conflicts of interest by members of congress. and we look ahead at what will happen on capitol hill this fall as leaders prepare for the midterm elections. watch live on c-span or listen on the free c-span app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> this next discussion features california democratic congresswoman katie porter

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insider dave leventhal talks about the ongoing investigation of potential financial conflicts of interest by members of congress. and we look at what is ahead on capitol hill this fall as lawmakers prepare for the midterm elections with the hill's editor-in-chief. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning on c-span or on c-span now, our free mobile video app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> smithsonian institution secretary lonnie bunch and other arts officials called for increased federal funding to support two newly authorized museums and declining revenue due to the cover 19 pandemic. their comments came at a hearing on president biden's 2023 arts and humanities budget. this is about one hour 35 minutes. >> i am so pleased to welcome our first panel of witnesses today. they are chairs of the national endowment for the humanities and arts. both witnesses are appearing for the first time before our subcommittee. congratulations to both of you and your confirmation and thank you. today's hearing provide us wi