at the table is robert dunham. ert dunham, executive director of the death penalty information center. good morning. thank you for joining us. guest: thank you for having me. host: what is the death penalty information center? guest: it is a national nonprofit organization. we provide information and analysis on death penalty issues. we don't take a position for or against the death penalty itself. host: one story that got her attention recently is this headline, governor kevin newsom from california has suspended the death penalty. what is going on? guest: california has the largest death row. they have not executed anybody in a decade. there have been a lot of voter referenda to figure out what is going to happen. the governor was faced with the decision. he was being asked to approve a death penalty protocol, the manner by which people get executed. he went from having an intellectual issue to an emotional issue. am i going to preside over the executions of 25 people whose appeals have been exhausted? host: let'

>> did you have dunham's bags in your home? how do you explain the bag in the basement with the shotgun shells in the basement? >> they weren't ours. the bag is probably ours. i mean, my fingerprint is on the bag. but for three clean shotgun shells to be in my basement? it just doesn't make sense. >> you have no idea where those came from? >> absolutely not. >> tom said he's never owned or used a shotgun. >> never. wouldn't know how to operate it. wouldn't know the first thing about it. >> tom schafer then asked why tom failed to call his home when dar didn't show up at the birthday celebration. >> something just wasn't right so that's why i went home. if we had cell phones i would have called her on the cell phone. i had to find her. i had to go see where she was at. >> then it was time for tom to describe his relationship with dar. it didn't take tom long to lose his composure. >> we were very close. and we were -- >> go ahead. >> we were together all the time. >> tom admitted to the jury he did once flirt with carrie zuk, bu

you are on with robert dunham. caller: my name is kim.heard you guys express beingpenalty is actually -- i just oppose it. i oppose the death penalty because sometimes there have been many individuals that have been incarcerated under the death penalty and have been sentenced to death but have been innocent. you could beeve taking innocent lives, and i think i heard you guys expressing their been many executedat have been and have been innocent. why iare my reasons oppose the death penalty. host: thank you. guest: philadelphia is an interesting place to look at with the death penalty. philadelphia has the third largest death row in the united states. in 2001, more african-americans were sentenced to death in philadelphia than in any other city or county in the u.s. sincee been tracking this 2001. debt sentences have dropped precipitously, down to fewer than one per year. general ranattorney for office saying he would not seek the death penalty. the city of philadelphia have no capital prosecutions last year. host: we talked about californ

dunham wages are not consumption which everyone has to do not say and dividends which i go to the rich. the numbers are pretty striking. now there's a pretext of course there's always a pretext the pretext in this case is well that increases investment in increases jobs but there isn't any evidence for that if you want to increase investment give money to the poor and the working people they have to keep alive so they spend their incomes that stimulates production stimulates investment that leads to job growth and job. if you're an ideologist for the masters you have a different line and in fact right now it's almost absurd and corporations have money coming out of their pocket. so in fact general electric are paying zero taxes and they have enormous profits let's take the profit somewhere else or go for it but not pay taxes and this is common. the major american corporations shift the burden of sustaining the society on to the rest of the population. solidarity is quite dangerous from the point of view of the masters you're only supposed to care about yourself and not about other peop

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joining us via skype is robert dunham... with the death penalty information center...reaction to governor newsom's decision. what is the position of the national organization on this announcement?on this organization national position of the what is the decision. what is the position of the national organization on this announcement? ( robert) ( robert)death row inmates in california are getting a reprieve wednesday as gov. gavin newsom plans to place a moratorium on the death penalty in the state, his office announced tuesday. the move immediately closes the execution chamber at san quentin state prison where executions in california are carried out, though no one has been executed since 2006. currently, there are 737 condemned inmates in california. "i do not believe that a civilized society can claim to be a leader in the world as long as its government continues to sanction the premeditated and discriminatory execution of its people," newsom said in a statement. ( darya ) ( darya ) thanks. ( darya ) in the east bay ... teachers in dublin could decide this week to g

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coming up saturday morning, robert dunham wednesday -- discusses the use of the death across the u.s.s california becomes the latest state to end the practice. then, the idea of a wealth tax and former administrator of the national highway safety administration discusses drunk driving prevention. c-span'so watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. president trump talked about why he is vetoing the congressional nationaln blocking his emergency declaration on the southern border. this is 30 minutes.

joining us via skype is robert dunham... with the death penalty information center... with reaction to governor newsom's decision. what is the position of the national organization on this announcement?death row inmates in california are getting a reprieve wednesday as gov. gavin newsom plans to place a moratorium on the death penalty in the state, his office announced tuesday. the move immediately closes the execution chamber at san quentin state prison where executions in california are carried out, though no one has been executed since 2006. currently, there are 737 condemned inmates in california. "i do not believe that a civilized society can claim to be a leader in the world as long as its government continues to sanction the premeditated and discriminatory execution of its people," newsom said in a statement. ( darya ) governor newsom is expeted to make the announcement in less than an hour. you can news conference live on the "kron-on app . that's the bay area's only commercial- streaming right now for free - just visit kron-on-up. ( darya ) bay area parents, h

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morning, robert dunham, the executive director of the death penalty information center discusses the use of the death penalty across the u.s.. then the christian science looks at mark trumbull the wealth tax being proposed by some progressives. and joan claybrook of the highway safety administration discusses drunk driving convention. washington journal is next. ♪ the president fico that measure blocking his border emergency declaration, setting up a vote on whether to override that veto. go first onll tuesday, march 26. congress is out next week, but they will also take up disaster aid in the senate will hold a vote on what is known as the green new deal and whether it is worth pursuing. higher education is also on the agenda as congress looks at updating federal laws, coming within a cost about -- conversation about the cost of college. that is in the first hour of washington journal -- is college wortth

coming up saturday morning, robert dunham wednesday -- discusses the use of the death across the u.s. as california becomes the latest state to end the practice. then, the idea of a wealth tax and former administrator of the national highway safety administration discusses drunk driving prevention. c-span'so watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. president trump talked about why he is vetoing the congressional nationaln blocking his emergency declaration on the southern border. this is 30 minutes. mr. trump: thank you very much. earlier today i spoke with prime minister ardren of new zealand about the monsters terrorist attacks at the two mosques. these sacred places of worship were turned into scenes of evil killing. turned into scenes of evil killing. we have all seen what is going on. it is a horrible thing. i told the prime minister that the united states is with them all the way, 100%, whatever they need, we will be there. new zealand has been a great friend and partner for many years. our relationship has never been better. and what

anti drug demonstrators inflated a giant balloon depicting the president as a big angry baby karen dunham organized the rally with the help of friends in social media i needed to illustrate to everyone who would look at this on social media and broadcast media that there's another side to grand rapids besides adoring throngs at the arena trump touched on many topics he also spent time reminiscing of . his electoral college victory in two thousand and sixteen but with the twenty twenty campaign already in full swing a new michigan poll spells trouble for trump in that poll nearly half of michigan voters surveyed said they were determined not to vote for trump in the next election with only thirty one percent saying they were definitely going to support him but of course a lot can happen between now and november third when each one is robert oulds al jazeera grand rapids michigan. new zealand's prime minister has led a service in christ chose to remember the fifty people killed in the attacks on two mosques as andrew thomas was the. what words of the prime minister can adequately express th

coming up saturday morning, robert dunham with death penalty information center discusses the use ofalty across the u.s. as california becomes the latest state to end the practice. then, "christian science monitor" economy editor, mike trumbull on the idea of a wealth tax being discussed by some prodepressives. and former administrator of the national highway traffic safety administration discusses drunk driving prevention. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal." live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. earlier today president trump vee head to house and senate-passed resolution that would terminate his border emergency declaration. it was the president's first veto and he was joined by vice president pence, homeland security secretary kirsten nielsen, attorney general william barr, and several people whose family members have been killed by illegal immigrants. both the house and senate would need a 2/3's majority to override the veto which looks unlikely to happen. this is half an hour.

coming up this morning, robert dunham with the death penalty information center discusses the use of the death penalty across the u.s., as california becomes the latest state to end the practice. mark trumbull on the idea of a wealth tax been discussed by some progressives. and former administrator of the national highway traffic safety administration discusses drunk drivers and prevention. be sure to watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. ♪ next, a discussion about the u.s. missile defense strategy and current threats to the homeland, hosted by the foundation for the defense of democracies. this is just over one hour. cliff: welcome to the foundation for defense of democracies. i'm cliff may.

anti drug demonstrators inflated a giant balloon depicting the president as a big angry baby karen dunham organized the rally with the help of friends and social media i needed to illustrate to everyone who would look at this on social media and broadcast media that there's another side to grand rapids besides adoring throng set the arena trump touched on many topics he also spent time reminiscing about his electoral college victory in twenty sixteen but with the twenty twenty campaign already in full swing a new michigan poll spells trouble for trauma in that poll nearly half of michigan voters surveyed said they were determined not to vote for trump in the next election with only thirty one percent saying they were definitely going to support him. but of course a lot can happen between now and november third twenty one leverage it's just around graphics risk. to bangladesh now where the house of ministers is the owner of a building where at least nineteen people died in a fire on thursday will be prosecuted more than one hundred people were rescued from the tower block in the capital dh

this is when your "girls" co-star lena dunham. this new book is so funny.us. it's painful, pure and true. how does that feel? >> i mean, she's -- >> prolific writer herself. >> she's my friend so -- >> you're not supposed to tell everybody that. >> no, very generous of her and gotten a lot of support from all those folks which has been wonderful. >> yeah, it is great. all right, so the book takes us back to your childhood. you were a teen model. >> eh. now let me clarify. i was -- i did some print wk in nebraska so iee model -- well, that was my -- that's -- i don't know if warrants a whoo. it's a silk shirt, lara. anyone who grew up in the '90s. >> understands. i fully understand. >> blue silk shirt. my first head shirt. very showersty. >> you wanted it badly. do you feel that prepped you in some way for things to come. >> yeah, i feel like i had a very clear focus from a young age that's what i wanted to do so -- >> if you could say something to that guy, what would you say to him about life? >> don't get highlights. don't do it. >> that's great advice. >

it caught the eye of both shonda rhimes and lena dunham who were both reportedly producing tv shows centeredrial ends, she is expected to be deported because according to authorities she's overstayed her visa, but those that ran in her circles didn't see red flags because when she had money she was doling it out generously, tips to drivers, tips to servers and when she didn't, she just said, i'm having problems moving my assets from europe. so it sounded legit but her attorney says she just exploited a system that was seduced by glitz and glamour. >> sounds like she overstayed her welcome. >> exactly. good one, amy. i think you just dropped the mike right there. she did. how do you follow that up? >>> you know how you follow it up, with our "play of the day." that's coming up. our "play of the day." that's coming up. i'm an ice cruncher. so i was excited about all-new colgate total. it has sensitivity relief, so i don't have to give up doing what i love. aren't we lucky. new colgate total. do more for your whole mouth. [boy gasps] for real cold and flu protection with lysol, you can help pro

robertur guest is dunham, executive director of the death penalty information center. deat >> the house budget committee and the senate but a jacket -- budget committee are making an effort to markup budget resolutions which set topline spending levels which govern the appropriations process or could. it's a little uncertain where they are going to end up. hashouse budget chairman been working on a budget resolution for a long time. it's unclear if there will be enough support among democrats in the house to actually pass this on the floor. that could be the last week in march, that's what he is shooting for. the thing about these budget resolutions, there's no chance the house and senate would agree on a budget resolution. what's likely to happen in the house and senate is that the chambers would deem spending limits. it's a deeming resolution. get deem spending limits to the appropriations committees then could bring appropriations bills to the floor under those limits. that's what we are looking at right now. >> what are some of the key federal spending areas that y