host: eleanor clift?>> the long and mostly terrible history of race in this country is very fresh in most if not all african-american families. when you think that the attorney general, his white sister, vivian malone, was one of the students that integrated the university of alabama in the 1960s, so this is a fresh wound and you could say that b ferguson happened, it's like pulling the band-aid off and we examine the wound all over again. so the way this woman spoke, it was almost like poetry. it was the way she we have her various elements of her story together. it's quite heart-wrenching and i think that white folks in this country have to understand, you know, the pain on the other side, which is why now we have this reaction in ferguson and i think that the symbol of the hands up "do not shoot", that symbol will live on. host: paul butler? >> it was heart-wrenching and i want to think her for calling and telling folks her experiences because, you know, a lot of times when african-americans talk about

host: eleanor clift?he long and mostly terrible history of race in this country is very fresh in most if not all african-american families. when you think that the attorney general, his white sister, vivian malone, was one of the students that integrated the university of alabama in the 1960s, so this is a fresh wound and you could say that b ferguson happened, it's like pulling the band-aid off and we examine the wound all over again. so the way this woman spoke, it was almost like poetry. it was the way she we have her various elements of her story together. it's quite heart-wrenching and i think that white folks in this country have to understand, you know, the pain on the other side, which is why now we have this reaction in ferguson and i think that the symbol of the hands up "do not shoot", that symbol will live on. host: paul butler? >> it was heart-wrenching and i want to think her for calling and telling folks her experiences because, you know, a lot of times when african-americans talk about rac

host: eleanor clift?>> the long and mostly terrible history of race in this country is very fresh in most if not all african-american families. when you think that the attorney general, his white sister, vivian malone, was one of the students that integrated the university of alabama in the 1960s, so this is a fresh wound and you could say that b ferguson happened, it's like pulling the band-aid off and we examine the wound all over again. so the way this woman spoke, it was almost like poetry. it was the way she we have her various elements of her story together. it's quite heart-wrenching and i think that white folks in this country have to understand, you know, the pain on the other side, which is why now we have this reaction in ferguson and i think that the symbol of the hands up "do not shoot", that symbol will live on. host: paul butler? >> it was heart-wrenching and i want to think her for calling and telling folks her experiences because, you know, a lot of times when african-americans talk about

eleanor clift? >> no. mission creep is when the nature of the objective changes and when you really do pour in a lot of added resources. i think it is very clear that he is doing everything he can to restrain our involvement. it is a humanitarian mission. we can be rightly proud that the humanitarian intervention has helped and there was another bit of good news this week. prime minister malachi has stepped down and there is another prime minister in iraq who has 30 days to form a government. so you have the potential of a unit government there that may be more egypted for the fight and the brits and the french are coming in. the pretties are going to supply arms to the curds. so i'm not going to say things are in hand. i mean, it's a chaotic situation. but there is more good news than there has been for a while. >> u.s. air power can keep the isis state out of erbil. kit keep them out of baghdad. but there are no ground forces, iraqi who can take back anbar province. you will have an islamic state there f

our panel includes eleanor clift ul butler. we will take your calls it and we -- calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> next week, special primetime programming on the c-span networks. a debaterom glasgow, over scottish independence. on tuesday, issue spotlight on irs spotlighting -- targeting. wednesday, magnet schools on educating children. thursday, a house budget committee hearing on federal, state, and local into poverty programs. friday, native american history. a discussion, about school choice.

eleanor clift, paul butler. we appreciate you all being on, >> the american bar association held its ninth annual homeland security law institute last week. homeland security undersecretary for national protection discussed changes in cyber security and critical infrastructure. this is just over an hour. thank you to those who are here i know on a daily basis care about and in many cases work to achieve our shared objective of ensuring secure, safe, resilient communities where our ways of life can thrive. it's really like dan the, my counsel, said this is like a class reunion and in many ways it is. i bring greetings from secretary jay johnson. like me, he is a recovering ttorney. we are well aware and appreciate the rule of law and the rules of lawyers as a vital part of our team as we go forward to accomplish this mission on behalf of the american people. i am aided amy counsel dan sutherland and the secretary has a wonderful general counsel in dan's boss who i believe you're hearing from later in the program.

our panel includes daily beast correspondent eleanor clift, radio and tv talkshow host and columnist armstrong williams and georgetown university law professor paul butler. he is the author of let's get free, hip-hop theory of justice. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> on newsmakers, indiana governor mike pence talks politics and issues facing indiana and other states and governors. governor pence is frequently mentioned as a potential presidential candidate in 2016. here's a portion of his remarks. >> i think it would be a mistake for our party to continue to look to washington dc as the place where we will solve many of the intractable problems facing our country. i think it is less about where that leadership emerges from than it is about the focus. i really think to some extent our party in the last quarter century has become, as washington centric as the democratic party. in my short tenure here as governor of the state of indiana and as i have served other rep

our panel includes eleanor clift, armstrong williams, and paul butler. and as always we'll take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> during his weekly address, president obama discusses jobs and economy in the importance of the u.s. export-import bank. has theriebus republican response. he talked about government spending republican agenda. >> hi, everybody. nearly six years after the worst financial crisis of our lifetimes, our businesses have added nearly 10 million new jobs over the past 53 months. that's the longest streak of private-sector job creation in our history. and we're in a six-month streak with our economy creating at least 200,000 new jobs each month -- the first time that's happened since 1997. thanks to the decisions we made to rescue and rebuild our economy, and your hard work and resilience, america is leading again. areas like manufacturing, energy, technology, and autos are all booming. and here's the thing. we're selling more goods made in america to the r

. >> joining me now is eleanor clift, editor of "the daily beast." he says it's partisanship.his case? >> well, they say grand juries can indict a ham sandwich and i think in this particular locale they've indicted a couple of republican ham sandwiches in the past. i think former republican senator kay bailey hutchison dealt with this and there's a history of political partisanship. they've got a pretty good case against the governor for abuse of authority. he basically punished the people of this locale because he thought the behavior of this woman was out of bounds. and so can he do that as governor? i suppose he has line item veto, yes. but it seems excessive. i think they will battle it out in the courts. a governor indicted is just not a headline you want when you're planning to run for president. >> yeah. if he's found nod guilty, though, or if the case gets dismissed, the question is, regarding the 2016 ambition, is it game over or does it rally the troops? >> if it's dismissed or he wins, it helps. there's a couple republican governors now. scott walker has ethical iss