dylan scott is with us of stat news. changing the way that the negotiations happen, is there any evidence that it would actually lower prices for the end user? >> that's the big question. so the congressional score keeper, the congressional budget office has looked at this policy. what they've said is the only way you're going to achieve meaningful savings is if the federal government is willing to either restrict access to certain drugs, charge higher co-pays, something like that, or flat-out not cover it. and that is where the trump policy and the policy democrats have put forward runs into trouble. because you can imagine how the pharmaceutical industry could quickly attack it, if, you know, somebody's grandparent isn't able to get their cancer drugs because the federal government has the say, we're in negotiations, you haven't met our price point so we're not going to cover your drug. >> you mentioned the trump policy and the policy democrats have put forward. is donald trump's health and human services nominee, cong

host: dylan scott engines us to talk bout -- joins us to about how president trump want it is lower drug passes. he is a

host: dylan scott engines us to talk bout -- joins us to about how president trump want it is lower drug passes. washington correspondent with stat news. what is stat news? public e are a national indication covering healthcare and medicine based out of boston "the boston globe" but we've reporters across the ountry including a couple in d.c. host: it is the website for want to follow your reporting. let's get to drug pricing. what did donald trump promise hen it kim it -- came it prescription drug prices? guest: he said he wants to bring prices.escription drug how he wants to do that is what is unusual. e wants to change ou the federal government -- how the federal government pays that it medicare and medicaid and wants more direct negotiations between the government and drug companies. that is usually something you hear from democratic politicians. whetheroves forward and he is able to wrangle his party to agree is interesting. host: we have special phone medicare recipients. split them by e region and eastern or central 2027487000 and 2027488001. it -- to helpful explain how medicare

"newsmakers" is next at the top of the hour with senator bill cassidy are you tomorrow morning, dylan scott to talk about medicare and drug talkingand melissa arra about student loan repayment. that is tomorrow morning. check out all of our program online at www.c-span.org. thank you for joining us on the sunday. have a great week ahead. really do it they live look on capitol hill. have a good sunday. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] ♪ next, newsmakers with louisiana senator bill cassidy. then the confirmation hearing for tom price, nominated for secretary of health and human services. after that the director of office and management and budget with mick mulvaney. newsmakers welcomes senator bill cassidy as one of the small number of physicians in the number since 2009. he is advancing

dylan scott will talk about the pledge to lower medicare drug prices. there will be a discussion on student loan repayment plans. watch washington journal. >> now, a look at the doomsday clock, maintained by the bulletin of the atomic scientists. why -- ant to show this is 50 minutes. it did so also for unchecked nuclear rn

after that, dylan scott with staff news, talks about the president's pledge to lower medicare drug priceshrough new negotiations with drug companies. and later, melissa emrey arras from the government accountability office shares the findings of a recent report on the cost of income-based ♪tudent loan repayment plans. host: good morning. it is monday, january 30, 2017. the house and senate are in session on capitol hill today after a weekend that saw nationwide protest over president trump's executive order to restrict mr. -- immigration from seven countries. some republicans are now criticizing the white house and questioning whether the new intrictions might backfire their attempt to strengthen national security. we put the question to viewers. do you think the trump administration's new travel ban will make the country more or less safe. democrats call in. call (2048

consists of stephan, deputy assistant to the president and deputy general counsel of the president dylan, scott and james as the special assistants to the president and associate counsel. together these esteemed lawyers have decades of experience in political counsel, serving senators, members of congress, congressional committees, governors and federal agencies per the appointment of a team of this caliber at such a high level reflects the critical importance of ethics compliance to president trump and his administration. stephan stefon has received thet praise from party leaders of both sides whom he has worked with. as newt gingrich said, no one understands the ethics ethics process better than him. as you saw from his street this morning, the president is looking into various options to investigate voter fraud, and he will travel to philadelphia this week for a retreat with senate republicans. he will also provide an update on the actions he will be taking in the next few days pure finally before you ask because i know it is an issue that is near and dear to me, i was asked yesterday about

dylan scott is the washington correspondent there. appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you. >> we take you live now to the center for strategic and international studies for a conversation with former secretary of state madeleine albright. on american leadership and endpamt in world affairs. she's also expected to discuss president trump's executive order on immigration, and the overall situation in the middle east. this is live coverage on c-span3. >> it's smart women, itunes u is the course. if you're live tweeting this event, and we hope you are, throw in some hash tags. just for a bit of safety housekeeping, in the extremely rare case of an emergency, there are exits behind you, and there are some behind me. if the fire alarm goes off, i'll tell you which way to go. our series would not be possible without the support of citi. citi has been helping us amplify the voices of women in foreign policy, national security and international business. and i'd like to welcome up to the stage candy wolf who is the executive vice pres

the birth of baby dylan last week was special because his dr., not only delivered him but also delivered both of his parents over 30 years ago. the parents, lisa and scottto have one more baby and hopefully doctor will be able to deliver their baby. it is coming full circle. >> there are some people trying to change the world that are trying to support their community and families and help the world go round better than ever. we want to show that there is hope. >> for decades they've been trying to subsidize college tuition with the grants, scholarships and student loans. i went to rutgers new brunswick today to meet with an entrepreneur change the game completely regarding paying for higher education. how do people successfully raise money today? crowdfunding. i met one of the founding members of a new website called petal. it's a higher education crowdfunding. so it is something like gofundme but is struggling for higher education. it allows students and potential students to create a profile like a facebook page but for their education. they tell their personal story, who they are, their educational background, with their studying and what maybe they

. >>> dylan scott joins us now to