be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >> earlier today, how speaker ryan told reporters that republicans came to an agreement for a path forward for immigration legislation. lawmakers from the parties forrate wing targeted defeat by democrats struck an optimist tone. they saw to use a discharge petition. it would've split the gop conference in an effort to grant legal status to undocumented immigrants known as streamers. and look at the announcement and more from speaker ryan's weekly news conference. ms. mcmorris rodgers: good morning, everyone. this is kristen from eastern washington and she struggled with opiod addiction for the last eight years. she was a successful, highly competitive swimmer when she was injured, she was prescribed some opiods that led to a heroin addiction which has led to her having four stints, rehab, losing her kids, numerous job firings. her addiction has torn her family apart and it's not solved. she's a family that's close to me as well as those in eastern washington as s

as this issue is hitting home to me in eastern washington, it's all across the country. every ide 116 people die day from oipped-related deaths. law enforcement and first responders have raised the alarm as to the access of fentanyl. just a few milligrams can be fatal. the amount of fentanyl that ear of found on the lincoln on a penny can be deadly. i invite you to go to oippedcrisis.gop. there you can find the list of the legislation we are working on. these are stories from different people, different hometowns, different walks of life but they all have in common the tragedy that many families are enduring across this country. we are united in doing everything that we can to help these families. so now i'd like to turn it over to the chairman of the energy and commerce committee who has really led the effort on this, chairman greg walden from oregon. mr. walden: well, thank you, cathy, very much. we're here todays because as you heard, the -- we're here today because, as you heard, the oipped epidemic continues to destroy and ravage lives across america. in my state we

first time, and so many more stories, and those stories are the same stories that i hear in eastern washington. . a few weeks ago i was speaking to a family in spokane, washington and they are seeing $400 a month in take-home pay and grateful for that cushion because their daughter has a disability and given her needs, they don't know what the expenses may be with $5,000 in their pocket this year, they are more confident about the future and ability to care for her. i also met a dad, who manages the starbucks in downtown spokane. he was so excited about the announcement of more take-home pay and more benefits because he just had a son. they had given birth four months earlier and so hopeful about his future. when the withholding tables changed in february, i received a call in my office who could barely speak because she was so excited about what an extra $40 was going to mean to her. i just got my paycheck for the first time and getting $47.98, which is about $1,200 more a career. for me, they are not crumbs. it's more money to help me put food on the tail. i'm so happy, i wanted to tell the

a family that is close to me, as well as many in eastern washington. they need help, and they need help. hers, we arelike taking more comprehensive steps to address this growing up your crisis all across america. we are focused on increasing our understanding of preventing addiction, protecting our communities, cracking down on the foreign shipments of fentanyl from places like mexico and china, as this issue is hitting home to me in eastern washington, it is all across the country. die every, 116 people day from opiate related death. law enforcement and first responders raised the alarm as to the access of fentanyl. just a few milligrams can be fatal. the amount that would be found on this year of lincoln on the penny can be daddy -- deadly. keeping it off of the streets is saving lives. visit opiate crisis. gop. you can find a comprehensive list of all of the legislation we are working on. these are stories from different people, different hometowns, different walks of life, but they all have in common the tragedy that many families are enduring acro

this is kristen from eastern washington and struggled with oipped addiction for the last eight years. she was a successful, highly competitive swimmer when she was injured, she was prescribed some oippeds that led to a heroin addiction which has led her having four stints, rehab, losing her kids, numerous job firings. sher addiction has torn her family apart and it's not solved. she's a family that's close to me as well as those in eastern washington as she'sdi director's sister. need help t

it was heading back toward eastern washington and oregon.0s on the temperatures to one degree of 60. santa rosa is cloudy and 52. livermore is clear. 54 in american canyon, 51 bodega they -- san rafael and cloverdale are 51. occidental is, too. parts of mendocino county could see some clouds later this afternoon. they are innocuous and you don't have to worry about any shower activity. overall it looks a little warmer today. 60s, 70s, inland 80s to near 90 degrees. tomorrow about the same, we might take a few degrees off some of the temperatures. we level it off thursday, that is the first day of summer. the first full day of summer gets warm and then it gets hot inland and then it gets really hot. >> dress in layers? >> it depends on where you live. >> just keep the night kind of cool. >> they are not bad. >> i need that temperature swing at night to cool down. sun california lawmakers are considering a bill that lawmakers say would protect consumers from unknowingly ingesting harmful toxins. manufactures would be required to label food wra

matter is all of eastern washington is heavily agricultural. they have been slapped with tariffs -- countertariffs by mexico, for example. washington state is the leading apple producer in the nation. and they've had a countervailent tear river placed on them by mexico that will hurt our agricultural industries severely. not just airplanes. but look, canada is not just our neighbor, they're our ally and they are our friend. people in washington state feel very close to canada because in fact we are physically very close to canada. and i remind everybody all the time, that the entire sweep of american history we've been enabled to grow and to prosper and achieve that which we set out to do, because in part, and significantly, we've had secure borders both on the north with canada and on the south with mexico. and the president is messing with that. he is messing with some of the very predicate foundations that have made america enabled to be what it has become. >> congressman denny heck, a sobering statement right there. look forward to seeing yo

they still use landlines and in spoe cain county in eastern washington state, the police department had affected by what they call the service interruption. >>> willem marks, live from london. >>> axios' nicholas johnston has a look at this morning's one big thing. >>> and coming up on "morning joe," the president's legal team launching new attacks on bob mueller. accusing the special counsel's russia probe of being a set-up and threatening unspecified action. what it may suggest about president trump's next moves in the matter. >>> joe and mika get reaction to the president's comments on his pardoning power from both sides of the aisle when senators richard blumenthal, cory gardner, elizabeth warren and claire mccaskill join the conversation. with expedia you could book a flight, hotel, car and activity all in one place. ♪ but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. i couldn't catch my breath. it was the last song of the night. it felt li

i have to tell you jason rittereises are is also making a bid for congress in eastern washington stateagainst three other democrats in an august primary. that seat has been held by a republican member of congress for more than a decade, republican dave reichert. he's stepping down. but the idea here in terms of what rittereiser's firm is doing is they're offering free legal help for anybody in the government who's given orders to carry out this zero tolerance policy and they don't want to do that as a matter of conscience. jason rittereiser announced this effort two days ago on tuesday. today his office tells us first off, more than a dozen lawyers from different law firms around the country have called and offered to be part of this, they will offer their services as well, they want to help. and we can also break the news tonight that thus far five government employees have reached out to the firm to take them up on their offer. as potential conscientious objectors to what the trump administration is doing. joining us now is attorney jason rittereiser, seattle-based attorney, congress

in eastern washington we rely on rivers, locks, and dams to move goods through ports and to markets abroad. i represent the columbia snake river system and this system is crucial to moving washington's wheat and potatoes. today i offer an amendment to authorize a land transfer between the army corps of i think sheers and the port of whitman. this will allow them to accomplish goals of providing adecisional jobs and opportunities in eastern washington. to do this, they need this land transfer this amendment authorizes this process. we work with the state and local community to ensure this process will meet fish and wildlife mitigation requirement swell keep recreation opportunities available in the community. i want to thank chairman shuster and also the ranking member defazio and their staff for their assistance and urge the adoption of my amendment. i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back. for what purpose does the distinguished chairman seek recognition? mr. shuster: claim time in opposition but do not oppose the amendment. the chair: the distinguished chairman is recognized

be sure to watch c-span's washington journal livat 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. ♪ canadian prime minister justin trudeau spoke about a number of trade issues with the u.s. fluting the nafta renegotiations and tariffs on canadian products. trudeau was critical of president trump's policy of separating migrant children of u.s.-mexico border. >> you told us -- [indiscernible] to what extent does that remain your conviction? justin: one of the things we have seen from the president is he prides himself on a certain degree of patentability. the challenge for us is that we the that certain actions, movement on steel and aluminum for american workers as well as cost challenges for canadian industry and canadian workers. i have to continue to believe that leaders will function in the interest of their own country. i have a hard time accepting that any leader might do the kind of damage to his own auto industry that would happen if you were to bring in such a tariff on canadian auto manufacturers given the changetion of the supply -- supply chain to t

be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. sunday on american artifacts on c-span3, tour the lry of congress exhibit on the centennial ofor w i, which showcases american ideas about the war through art work, posters, films, photographs and documents. >> the idea of contributing to the war through labor, the idea of growing your own food, so as to conserve larger quantities for the war effort. this is actually byel wright, frank lloyd wright's ster, a prominent illustrator he. again, another individual who rises to the surface during world war i. you see here also food conser conservation. ke me everything out of corn today, but back then, we didn't. so this was kind of new. one thing that's worth noting n world war ii, the government stepped in to ration food. duri worldar i hoover believed that if you just encouraged people to act correctly, thewod ratifo themse. you didn't need to impose it on them, they would pledge that. >> that's sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> the ca

remains of wavering in its support for its middle eastern ally most recently washington's ambassador in jerusalem dished out some less than diplomatic advice to journalists covering the rallies in which since march at least one hundred twenty palestinians have been killed. the. well the american ambassador to israel david friedman has attacked the media for what he says is failing to fairly cover the recent protests along the israel gaza border he said that when you have a situation of some forty thousand protesters storming the israel border and the cover of burning tires and with pistols a molotov cocktails that situation is unprecedented and he says that israel did the best it could and yet despite this ninety percent of media coverage. it was biased and critical against the israeli defense forces the american ambassador did however concede that some criticism against israel is legitimate now israel's position has always been to blame him us for the protests and the ensuing violence and this is a position that american officials have echoed hamas terrorist backed by iran have inci

be sure to watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. , white house press secretary sarah sanders takes questions about the justice department report on hillary clinton's use of personal email and the 2016 presidential election. asked about the administration's immigration policy.

be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. on -- joining us washington journal is hector silva avalos, the inside -- inside crime project manager at the american university center for american and latino studies. joining us this morning to talk about the transnational gang, ms-13

watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on tuesday morning, join the discussion. >> in about 15 minute, ehouse returns live for votes and speeches. earlier this afternoon they debated several natural resources bills. later tonight they continue work on homeland security measures, including one that directs the homeland security department to develop a strategy on train, outreach and information sharing for suspicious activity reporting to prevent terrorism. tomorrow debate on votes on a bill to modernize an strength then process of reviewing acquisitions and mergers in the u.s. for national security risks. follow the house live on c-span when members return at 6:30 eastern. until then, more from today's "washington journal." washington journal continues. host: joining us, taught harrison, the defense budget analysis director for the center for strategic and international studies, to talk about the call by the president for a space force. what does the president envisioned by the space force, and why do you think his call co

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be sure to watch washington journal live at some :00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. an important issue to me in the state of utah, is our use of water. eating a desert state we need to focus on how we e our water and, with some of the drier winters we've had, it is important to focus on conserving water and acting on legislation that helps conserve water. >> one of the most important issues is a lot or quality. we live -- is air quality. we live in a basin and we need to have more public transportation to reduce emissions. wagee important issue is inequality. there is a lot of jobs out

watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on sunday morning. join the discussion. >> this weekend, book tv will have live coverage of the 34th annual -- row litfest. cary kennedy, daughter of robert f kennedy, and her book, "robert f. kennedy: ripples of hope." biles.torian roger on sunday, our coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with former president of the aclu and her book "hate: why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship." burn:thing you love will inside the rebirth of white nationalism in america." "the gulf: the making of an american sea." rocketmen: the daring odyssey of apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon." watched our live coverage of the printers row lit fest in chicago starting saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv. >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. saturday morning, a senior research fellow at george mason university. a discussion of trump administration trade policies. ted johnson will talk about the upco

eastern. at 6:30 p.m., vice president mike pence at the faith and freedom coalition conference in washington, d.c. you can watch those events on c-span. c-span,weekend on saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, former cambridge analytic a ceo alexander next testifies before the committee in london on the misuse of data and privacy concerns. sunday at 10:30 a.m. a senate commerce summit committee on the sexual abuse of olympic and amateur athletes. but tv on c-span2, saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, former president bill clinton and author james patterson discussed their collaboration in writing "the president is missing." at 7:30 p.m. on sunday, former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mcfaul talks about u.s.-russia relations since 1989 from cold war to hot peace. on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 eastern, on lectures in history, princeton university professor julian on the growth of u.s. foreignover policy in the 1970's. sunday at 2:30 p.m. eastern, jill nordgren and her book "stories from churl raising women lawyer -- trailblazing women lawyers." watch c-span, this weekend. guest thi

walker is our guest during washington journal starting at 7:45 eastern. congressman gonzales talks border security and u.s. immigration policy. steve king talks about child separations. watch c-span's washington journal 7:00 eastern this morning. >> republican congressman steve russell of oklahoma spoke on the house floor about the history of immigration in the u.s. in the current debate on the issue. the house takes up 2 immigration and borderity secur bills today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. professor at hillsdale college made an interesting observation in his study immigration and the american family. "america's immigration problem is not with immigrants, but with americans. 'n order for the founders policies to be effective, americans must return to justice. if america is not based on those principles, it is likely other nations. an asylumf america as becomes incoherent. if we except feudal obligation in its modern incarnation, birthright citizenship, the idea of government by consent and right to immigrate becomes obscured. if we forget consent is reci

c-span'so watch washington journal live on seven eastern -- some talk eastern. here's a look at what is live wednesday. the house is back at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span2, the senate continues debate on the bill and on c-span3, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testifies. then, president trump's pick to lead the veterans affairs apartment leads a confirmation hearing at 2:30 eastern. friday, a conversation with chief justice john roberts at 3:30 p.m. eastern or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> this past week, the c-span alaskaveled to haines, and as part of the bus continues, our next stop in fairbank. >> c-span is viable. they are proud to carry c-span for a number of reasons, especially education. the program offered smany resources to teachers in the classrooms. >> thank you for being part of it. that was just incredible. and the things and iaw coming to alaska understand it is an awesome trip. we are so glad that your bus came here and using it as a tool. me.-span is much older than what i appreciate about c-span is it is nonpartisan

eastern. journal,: washington discussing the week and ahead on capitol hill and at the white house.odd harrison will talk about president trump's call for creation of a space force as a new military branch. announcer: this week, the c-span bus traveled to juneau, alaska as part of our 50 capitals tour with the help of gci. the bus continues its trip across alaska ahead of our stop in fairbanks. join us july 21 and 22nd when we will feature our visit to alaska. c-span,aska weekend on c-span.org, or lisbon on -- listen on the c-span radio app. during her weekly question session, rich prime minister theresa may answered several questions on detentions along the u.s.-mexico border. the uk's immigration policy, national security issues and how brexit is impacting the u.s. -- the u.k.'s economy. this is just under one hour. terrorists. >> order. russians to the prime minister. dr. alan whitehead. >> first of all, mr. speaker, -- >> thank you. [shouting] mr. speaker, mr. speaker, yesterday marked one year since the attack on the park mosque. it was a cowardly attack that was intended to di

country is unified when we are stronger. >> watch afterwords on c-span's booktv and 9:00 eastern. >> washingtonrnal continues credit host: joining us is jessica melugin. she is the associate director for technology for the center of technology at the competitive enterprise institute. i will get that right before the segment is over. she is here to talk about another u.s. supreme court to vision this week, which held that states can force online retailers, like wayfarer and overstock to charge state sales taxes, and the impact that will have on retailers as well as consumers. jessica, thank you for joining us. guest: thank you. host: remind our viewers with the competitive enterprise institute is. media-led economic issues and a little taxation. host: this supreme court decision, it was a case between wayfarer and online retailers. and south dakota over sales taxes. set up with this case was about. guest: in 2016, south dakota passed a law that said, even if youeware, don't have a physical presence, a store, warehouse, or office, we well expect you to remit sales tax to us. that has not what the

eastern on c-span two. "> "washington journal continues.ost: with us now is shai akabas . 532nted to talk about this billion dollars that is the federal deficit for this year so far. let's put that number in perspective? guest: cumulative so far for the fiscal year 2018 which started last october. we are more than halfway through this current fiscal year. we are heading on a path this year up to $800 billion deficit. that number of the total deficit is year after year. so a $1 trillion deficit is around the corner. keep going, it will up. it is a matter of spendingoing up and revenue going down. we have seen decisions over the .ast few months from a tax bill made the situation worse. not only do we have a situation in the future but every time congress passes major legislation. data headline "treasury reaffirm deficit climbing rapidly." what does this mean for the country, the way the government operates, the way we live our lives? guest: the biggest issue is that we are in economically strong times. the eighth or ninth year after the great

eastern here on c-span. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning -- we'll talk about the trump administration's zero tolerance immigration policy and family separation at the u.s.-mexico border with -- be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> earlier today, president trump spoke at the national federation of independent business conference. the president talked about the tax cut law and a new administration initiative aiming to make health care policies cheaper for small business. he also weighed in on family separation on the southern border. cheers and applause] president trump: i want to pick up her speech because i think i can sell it for a lot of money. here, juanita. you're going to see that tonight, right? thank you very much, juanita. you have been fantastic and your kind words. this is truly an incredible organization. thanks also to the members of nfib's board of directors who i've spent time with, just took some wonderful picture

eastern, live coverage of president trump's post summit press conference. tuesday morning join us for washington journal at 7:00 eastern for analysis and your comments on the u.s. north korea summit. watch live on c-span and c-span.org or listen live using the free c-span radio app. >>> president trump traveled to singapore after the g-7 meeting in canada. british prime minister teresa may reported back to the house of commons on the summit. she talked about the main focus of her talks with the leaders, then took questions from members. many of them focused on president trump's recent imposition of tariffs on aluminium and steel as well as his suggestion that russia be invited back to the group of natis

be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> this weekend on "afterwards" maryland congressman john delaney the first democrat to declare a run for the presidency in 2020 offers his vision for america in his book "the right answer how we can unify our divided nation". he's interviewed by former chair of the democratic national committee. >> so you have been a member of congress now since 2013. >> that's right. >> you have had an opportunity to introduce legislation, work with democrats, republicans, but you also in the book call for an end of partisanship, especially partisanship that rewards division. >> i think a president or any other elected leader in this country should effectively represent everyone. >> uh-huh. >> whether they voted for them or not. and they should almost take a pledge never to divide us. that doesn't mean that they don't go out there and say why they should vote for me over the other person or why my ideas are better than the other person's ideas or why the future i'm envisioning i

be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. on -- joining us washington journal is hector silva avalos, the inside -- inside crime project manager at the american university center for american and latino studies. joining us this morning to talk about the transnational gang, particular, we are looking at the in-depth project and report you were involved in, .s-13 in the americas how the gang resists destruction. what is ms-13? how did they get started? guest: it is a criminal organization, a big criminal organization that has been around for decades, that has plagued the northern triangle of region inerica, the under a -- in hunt doris -- in honduras. they do drug trafficking at local levels. they are very violent. america,l american -- they are known for, let's say the quality of their violence. in these countries, it is a challenge to the state, but mostly, territory control that these states exercise. lates formed back in the 80's in the west coast of the united states, mainly by central escaping fromnts

eastern, live coverage of president trump's post summit press conference. tuesday morning join us for washington journal at 7:00 eastern for analysis and your comments on the u.s. north korea summit. watch live on c-span and c-span.org or listen live using the free c-span radio app. >>> president trump traveled to singapore after the g-7 meeting in canada. british prime minister teresa may reported back to the house of commons on the summit. she talked about the main focus of her talks with the leaders, then took questions from members. many of them focused on president trump's recent imposition of tariffs on aluminium and steel as well as his suggestion that russia be invited back to the group of nations after its 2014 expulsion. >> statement the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. with permission, i would like to make a statement on the g-7 summit in quebec. thank you. the g-7 is a forum that allows close allies with shared history and values to discuss issues that affect the security and prosperity of our people and of the world at large. discussions at this year's summit focused on ou

be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. forum onday, a national security featuring contributor's, hosted by the truman national security project in washington, d.c. live coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. weekend, on c-span, saturday night at 9:30 p.m. eastern, the weekly standard's annual political summit. sunday at 9:00 p.m., former u.s. attorney general eric holder at the new england council politics event. on tv, saturday

. >> sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> "washington journal " continues. host: a recent cbc report find suicide rates are up 25% from 1999, now among the 10 leading causes of death in the united states. here to discuss with us, john madigan. what is the cdc attributive to that uptick? -- attributing to that uptick? guest: anything from losing a job, losing a partner or a spouse, combine that with a mental health condition or depression, that's a recipe for suicide. host: has suicide ever been in the top 10? guest: i don't believe so. host: what is your group? guest: the american foundation for suicide prevention is a new york based foundation. we do advocacy around suicide prevention. host: how do you go about doing that? volunteers in all 50 states. our average contribution is $47. we have public education programs for people that have lost a loved one to suicide. north of $5arch, million as opposed to the u.s. government only spending south of $40 million . you can see the wide gap in what's going on. 99% of our money is private donation. host: you tend

watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. best-selling author brad thorp will be our guest sunday at noon eastern. willatest book, spymaster be published july 3. his other books include use of force, the lines of lucerne, backlist, state of the union plus 14 more. interact with brad thorp by phone, twitter or facebook. our special series in-depth fiction addition sunday live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv. next on c-span, a look at the applications of u.s. tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum, hosted by the global business dialogue, focusing on actions taken by the trump administration. ais is about an hour and half. >> ok. i think we can get started. morning, everyone. judge morris, and the president of the global business dialogue and it is a pleasure to welcome each and everyone one of you here this morning. welcome each and everyone one of you here this morning. you may -- this morning for the program on the terrace. andonal security tariffs the wto and other related matters, you may be among those administ

is remaining on wavering in its support for its middle eastern ally most recently washington's ambassador in jerusalem despite some less than diplomatic advice to journalists covering the rallies in which since march at least one hundred twenty palestinians have been killed. well the american ambassador to israel david friedman has attacked the media for what he says is failing to faily cover the recent protests along the israel gaza border he said that when you have a situation.

is remaining on wavering in its support for its middle eastern ally most recently washington's ambassador in jerusalem dished out some less than diplomatic advice to journalists covering the rallies in which since march at least one hundred twenty palestinians have been killed. well the american ambassador to israel david friedman has attacked the media for what he says is failing to feed the cover the recent protests along the israel gaza border he said that when you have a situation of some forty thousand protesters storming the israeli border and the cover of burning tires and with pistols another tough cocktails that situation is unprecedented and he says that israel did the best it could and yet despite this ninety percent of media coverage was biased and critical against the israeli defense forces the american ambassador did however concede that some criticism against israel is legitimate now israel's position has always been to blame. for the protests and the ensuing violence and this is a position that american officials have echoed a mass terrorist backed by iran have incited att

is remaining unwavering in its support for its middle eastern ally most recently washington's ambassador in jerusalem dished out some less than diplomatic advice to journalists covering the rallies and which since march at least one hundred twenty palestinians have been killed. the. well the american ambassador to israel david friedman has attacked the media for what he says is failing to fairly cover the recent protests along the israel gaza border he said that when you have a situation of some forty thousand protesters storming the israel border under the cover of burning tires and with pistols a molotov cocktails that situation is unprecedented and he says that israel did the best it could and yet despite this ninety percent of media coverage was biased and critical against the israeli defense forces the american ambassador did however concede that some criticism against israel is legitimate now israel's position has always been to blame him us for the protests and the ensuing violence and this is a position that american officials have echoed a mosque terrorist backed by iran have in

the news conference later to start at 4:00 eastern time, 4:00 in the afternoon here in washington, d.c. as the events unfolded, here is what it looked like it sounds like from singapore. [indiscernible] pres. trump: i feel really great. tremendous success. it is my honor and we will have a terrific relationship. i have no doubt. [indiscernible] >> old prejudices and practices. obstacles in our way forward. we are here today. pres. trump: thank you very much, everybody. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> alright guys, let's go. >> thank you. pres. trump: we will solve the problems. until this point has been able able to do so. working together -- [speaking native language] [indiscernible] >> i look forward to it. it will be done. thank you very much. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you. [indiscernible] pres. trump: getting a good pitch evybody so we look nice and handsome? everybody so we look nice and handsome? >> it's beautiful. pres. trump: thank you very much. >> heads up. here they are. they are coming. >> do you want them? pres. trump: hello, e

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be sure to watch "washington journal" live at seven eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. here's what were covering thursday. at 9:00 a.m. eastern live coverage of the u.s. house begins. they are expected to continue work on the 2019 depends spending bill. on c-span2, live coverage of the senate as they work on the farm bill and on c-span three at 930, fbi director christopher wray and deputy attorney general rob rosenstein testify at a house judiciary committee hearing on fbi and justice department actions surrounding the 2016 presidential election. best-selling author brad thor will be your guest on in-depth fiction addition. his latest book spymaster will be published july 3. his other books include use of force, lyons of lucerne, blacklist, state of the union, plus 14 more thrillers. interact with brad by phone, twitter or facebook. our special series in-depth fiction addition with author brad the were sunday, live from noon until 3:00 p.m. eastern on booktv. this past week with the help of our cable partners gci, the c-span bus traveled to juneau and haines alaska. as

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is remaining unwavering in its support for its middle eastern ally most recently washington's ambassador in jerusalem dished out some less than diplomatic advice to journalists covering the rallies and which since march at least one hundred twenty palestinians have been killed. the. well the american ambassador to israel david friedman has attacked the media for what he says is failing to fairly cover the recent protests along the israel gaza border he said that when you have a situation of some forty thousand protesters storming the israeli border and the cover of burning tires and with pistols a molotov cocktails that situation is unprecedented and he says that israel did the best it could and yet despite this ninety percent of media coverage was biased and critical against the israeli defense forces the american ambassador did however concede that some criticism against israel is legitimate now israel's position has always been to blame him us for the protests and the ensuing violence and this is a position that american officials have echoed a mosque terrorist backed by iran have inc

be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at seven eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> on thursday, the first lady and health and human services secretary alec cesar visited -- azar visited a children's shelter in texas. this is 15 minutes. >> good morning everybody. it is a privilege for me to serve as the chief executive officer. we are a 130-year-old faith inspired organization. our mission in texas and louisiana is to break the cycle of child abuse by empowering children and families in the community. it is a very important part of thatission very similar to children we care for at foster homes who may have been removed, these children also come from a very difficult place. our staff are committed to ,roviding them with services committed to education, committed to providing everything a child would need in order to be successful is the have experienced evidence is for any child to be successful, my child or your child or a child here is we need to surround them with what we call the five markers of success. safety is first. life skills. emot

tomorrow, "washington journal" starts at 7:00 eastern. ,uests include james clapper and ken starr will join us to talk about the mueller investigation, and the former basketball player will join us. three guests for three hours. lots more of your calls tomorrow on "washington journal." what we plan to do at this point on c-span is wait for president trump. we have heard he will make remarks during this 10:00 hour at the g7 summit in quÉbec. we are not