i knew she was going to say "i love you, elijah." i waited for it. i knew she was going to say "i'm proud of you, elijah." i'm waiting for it. that she didn't. she said neither. she kept pointing at a piece of , and i couldbed not understand what she was saying, because she had suffered a stroke. and i finally figured it out, mr. president. ballot, theout a type that you take into voting pointing.d she kept and i gave it to her, and what she was saying is do not let them take away our right to vote. don't let them take away our right to vote! [applause] rep. cummings: and so it is. i think you as the graduates. thank you as the graduates. i congratulate you. and god bless. [applause] >> we continue shoyu commencements -- commencement addresses are more the country. up next, to governors, eric holcomb and gretchen witmer. ragan'sormer president commencement address at the citadel military college in south carolina. c-spanreviews are in for .s "the president's" book it recently topped the "new york times" new and noteworthy column. and from "the new yo

i knew she was going to say "i love you, elijah." i waited for it. i knew she was going to say "i'm proud of you, elijah." i'm waiting for it. but she didn't. she said neither. she kept pointing at a piece of paper by her bed, and i could not understand what she was saying, because she had suffered a stroke. and i finally figured it out, mr. president. she pointed out a ballot, the type that you take into voting booths, and she kept pointing. and i gave it to her, and what she was saying is do not let them take away our right to vote. don't let them take away our right to vote! [applause] rep. cummings: and so it is. i thank you as the graduates. i congratulate you. and god bless. [applause] >> we continue showing you commencement addresses here on c-span. up next, republican eric holcomb. later, from the c-span archives, former president reagan's 1993 commencement address in south carolina. >> anderson university is a private christian college in anderson, indiana. governor eric holcomb of indiana, who took office after mike pence was elected vice p

elijah cummings, maxine waters. all of them have a piece of this. last week we had three victories in the courts. one elijah cummings, the president's accountant, they have to share the information. two maxine waters which is they have to share the information and three not related to the russian investigation or related to other problems we where they will lead us, we shap see. -- shall see. nothing is off the table. we do want to make a compelling case that even the republican senate which seems to be not an objective jury will be convinced of the path that we have to take as a country. >> you mentioned the victories in court. you mentioned the various committees doing their investigations. some in congress want to go further. representative steve cohen of tennessee opened a dedicated impeachment inquiry judiciary committee. are you -- >> committee one. >> open a specific investigation of impeachment. >> you mean he as a member of the committee because the committee has not. >> yes. there are democrats in congress who want to go further than the e

i knew she was going to say "i love you, elijah." i waited for it. i knew she was going to say "i'm proud of you, elijah." i'm waiting for it. but she didn't. she said neither. she kept pointing at a piece of paper by her bed, and i could not understand what she was saying, because she had suffered a stroke. and i finally figured it out, mr. president. she pointed out a ballot, the type that you take into voting booths, and she kept pointing. and i gave it to her, and what she was saying is do not let them take away our right to vote. don't let them take away our right to vote! [applause] rep. cummings: and so it is. i thank you as the graduates. i congratulate you. and god bless. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> what commencement speeches all week on c-span. tuesday, missouri republican senator josh hawley at the kings college in new york city. illinois democratic representativ

i knew she was going to say, "i love you, elijah." i waited for it. i knew she was going to say, "i'm proud of you, elijah." i waited for it. but she didn't. she said neither. she kept pointing at a piece of paper by her bed, and i could not understand what she was saying, because she had suffered a stroke. and i finally figured it out, mr. president. she pointed out a ballot, the type that you take into voting booths, and she kept pointing. and i gave it to her, and what she was saying is do not let them take away our right to vote. don't let them take away our right to vote! [applause] rep. cummings: and so it is. you,nk you -- thank graduates. i congratulate you. and god bless. [applause] >> ones, tv was simply three giant networks and a government supported service called pbs. in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea, let viewers decide on their own what was important to them. c-span opened the doors to washington policymaking for all to see, bringing you unfiltered content from congress and beyond. in the age of power t

soon mazars got their legal ps and qs in order and sent this back to elijah cummings, a lawyer letter telling congressman cummings, as i'm sure you can appreciate, mazars cannot formally turn over the documents sought in the request. emphasis on voluntarily because the firm went on to helpfully point out that were there a validly issued and enforceable subpoena tell them to hand over the documents, well, then they wouldn't have a choice. then they wouldn't be voluntarily handing the stuff over. then there would be no problem. so behold, a subpoena was born. and what happened upon the issuance of that friendly subpoena to mazars was interesting. the president himself hired a whole new boat load of lawyers who are specifically charged with trying to keep his financial history and his taxes secret. and those newly hired lawyers got right to work. they contacted mazars, the accounts firm and told mazars that mazars should not respond to this subpoena from congress. hired to keep his finances and taxes a secret, they filed a lawsuit by the president, the president personally suing his acco

soon mazars sent back this to elijah cummings. a lawyer letter telling congressman coummings, he canno turnover the documents sought in the request. emphasis on voluntarily because the firm went on to hopefully point out that were there a validly issue and enforceable subpoena telling them to hand over the documents, well then they wouldn't have a choice. then they wouldn't be voluntarily handing this stuff over and there would be no problem. and so behold a subpoena was born. and what happened upon the issuing of the friendly subpoena to mazars was interesting. the president himself hired a whole new boat load of lawyers who are specifically charged with trying to keep his financial history and his taxes secret and those newly hired lawyers got right to work. they contacted mazars the accounting firm and told mazars they should not respond to the subpoena from congress and within a week the president's new hears hired to keep finances and taxes secret filed a lawsuit by the president, the president personally suing his accounting

i brought this 100-dollar bill to show elijah.ce in america. i give this $100 to elijah when he becomes president, he decides where this goes and i lose control of my medical care. medical care is probably most important thing to people. that's number one why we should make sure we stay with the freedom-loving system where we choose. maria: this is really a free enterprise system that we are currently enjoying, elijah. at thtellme where you are on the and what you think about socialism? >> first of all, thank you for having me, maria. i'm a life-long socialist. i believe in it because it's about democracy in the n end. the current economic scheme that we have right now called capitalism is all about extracting surplus value from the workers and giving it to a bunch of cronies at the top. i don't think he that's fair at all. maria: let me ask you about that. if you're working and you make a salary, if you're a socialist then that salary is not all yours. you have to share that, it has to really be shared for the community and it's

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speakers include elijah cummings, patrick shanahan, georgia house minority leader stacey abrams, president trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sonyayor more -- sotomayor. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. while --, more them memorial day. american history tv and washington journal are marking the 75th anniversary of d-day with a live fewer call-in program with alex kershaw, author of "the first wave: the d-day warriors who led the way to victory in world war ii" and mary louise roberts, author. during the program, we will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. monday, memorial day, starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. it mean to be american? middleton high school students answered the question for this year's studentcam competition. watch the winning videos saturday 10:00 a.m.'s -- 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. south bend from .ndiana mayor this is an hour. [applause] >> thanks for being here. >> good morning, welcome to washington post live, i appreciate you coming here today. we are kicking off our candidate series. appreciat

elijah cummings sent a letter to the white house restating his october 2017 request for communicationsency planning and response before and in the days following the hurricane's aftermath. elijah cummings requested documents from the department of health and human service and the federal emergency management agency. "the washington post" northeasting that many of the documents related to fema's response were jointly requested in october of 2017 by elijah cummings and then republican chairman trey gowdy but have not been turned over. a spokeswoman for fema said the agency received the request and working with the committee. yesterday president trump again falsely asserted that puerto rico has been given $91 billion he says in aid. he overstated the amount by $80 billion. he added puerto rico should be very happy. >>> the nra's newly elected president has taken a hard-line in the political debate happening in her own backyard. long time god resident caroline meadows is flipping her home district from blue to red. lucy mcbeth clinched the victory in last year's mid-term elections. in an i

elijah cummings responded saying the american people don't want a king in the white house they want a president who follows the law and recognizes congress legitimate role as a check and balance on the executive branch. >>> still ahead the latest on the violent clashes in venezuela as juan guaido tries to topple nicolas maduro's presidency. we're plus florida lawmakers pass a bill that would allow teachers to arm themselves in the classroom, but will it become a law? >>> those stories and a check on your weather when we come back. ♪ - [woman] with shark's duo clean, i don't just clean, i deep clean carpets and floors, so i got this. yep, this too, and this, please. even long hair and pet hair are no problem, but the one thing i won't have to clean is this because the shark's self-cleaning brush roll removes the hair wrap while i clean. ♪ - [announcer] shark, the vacuum that deep cleans now cleans itself. plaque psoriasis get clearer. and stay clearer. most patients who saw 90% clearer skin at 28 weeks stayed clearer through 48 weeks. tremfya® may lower your ability to fight infections

elijah, i love seeing your great smile tonight.s your reaction when you first heard this announcement? >> so initially, in the first few seconds of hearing it, i was stuck. i am hearing him talk a lot about, you know, one, how his life trajectory deals with how we need to adapt and maneuver into how we can be more successful by taking these series of steps. so when he says it, when he spoke about the loan and basically just taking care of it, i was just like, what? i think he's joking. >> it didn't sink in initially? >> that's exactly how it felt. no, he's joking. then i'm registering it again. he's like, this is my class, 2019. i'm like, oh, yeah, okay, this is it. so it made me feel good because i just thought about my mother. i'm one of nine kids. my dad passed away when i was 7 years old. so it was just my mother raising us. and out of the nine kids, six -- no, five are in college. i'm one of the five. and my littlest brother jeremiah will be attending college on -- well, next year technically. and so once he talked about the l

that's elijah comics. what is he doing? right now, we've got the sub committee, jerry nadler who's got a personal part against him. they hate each other since the new york days. >> they have, since actually the 70s. they go back that far. think first of all, nadler said on a train and was overheard saying, he's trying to work backward from impeachment. in the case of elijah cummings, i still don't recognize all the things he is doing as similar to what he said when he was my ranking member but i will say one thing, at least he understands that this kind of extreme and fast behavior isn't appropriate. here's one of the interesting things, and you look at jerry nadler's greatest offense, it was the indignity, his think that he and the other elected officials, people who should be accountable including afc, they are not going to ask the questions, they will ask staff attorneys to ask the questions. that to me was unbelievable and i was so happy the attorney general said i'll come down, and went to the senate but i'm not going

even still, elijah godwin is trying to keep his spirits up. >> right before surgery, i was able to talk he said that he was going to be okay. >> reporter: university of georgia track and field star elijah godwin impaled by a javelin during practice on tuesday. the freshman doing a backwards sprinting drill when he ran into the javelin, slicing through his back and piercing his lung, narrowly missing his heart. uga saying it was truly an accident, the javelin was stationary and stuck in the ground when godwin struck it. emts reportedly sawing off part of the javelin while it was still in godwin's back. later at the hospital doctors working to get the rest out of his chest. his mother rushing to his side. >> the javelin pierced his lung. and so they had to remove the javelin carefully. they took a camera in and carefully made sure that all organs were functioning properly. and the only organ that was really damaged was his lung. >> reporter: but now godwin is out of surgery, breathing on his own, and in stable condition. >> they're expecting a full recovery. >> reporter: his teammates alr

programme one week after he was interviewed and asked to ta ke after he was interviewed and asked to take elijahst he took his own life. consequently the programme has been pulled. there is big debate about reality television and whether these programmes really expose vulnerable people to the world of the media and the spotlight of celebrity and theyjust cannot cope with this. the duty of care on the part of broadcasters to look after them. i think there is something interesting here as well which is you have the television channels doing deals with the devil because these programmes make a lot of money. the problem is that there is absolutely a duty of care for television channels if they are going to run this type of thing because they are vulnerable people involved and we do not want this to happen again. we didn't get time for the story about cancer but i have tweeted it. it is a new innovation and good news. i will see you again soon. hello there. the temperatures peaked atjust shy of 26 degrees celsius yesterday in highland scotland. it was warm for all, but the 26 will be the highest in t

elijah cummings. at the time of the republican contempt vote seven years ago, attorney general holder had already produced more than 7,000 pages of documents to our committee. to my knowledge, attorney general barr has refused to turn over any document. he went on to say the night before the contempt vote in 2012, i remember this well, attorney general holder was really trying not to get a contempt vote. he found this particularly sensitive. for his integrity. so he was working with the committee. attorney general holder personally came to meet with chairman issa and me and offered to provide copies of additional internal deliberative documents. here attorney general barr is blocking the production of the very documents that general holder came forward to produce. he was like that in the judiciary committee as well. then attorney general holder made a fair and reasonable offer, to resolve the impasse, by providing thousands of pages of documents and numerous interviews. here, attorney general barr ref

. >> as chair of the house oversight committee, elijah cummings says he has a mandate to be a check ony possible corruption. "i'm not here to make headlines, i'm here to get people's problem solved." he is making headlines, conservative government watchdog group national policy center has filed a complaint with the irs looking into possible unethical behavior involving him and has 48-year-old wife who runs a nonprofit called "center for global policy solutions." the complaint says they appeared to operate as a single entity, in recent years the nonprofit has reportedly taken and millions of dollars in grants from companies like google, jpmorgan and credential which also have business interests before the house oversight committee. there is the robert johnson foundation by the men who established johnson & johnson which gave more than $5 million to both the consulting firm enter nonprofit. the report says in 2017 the foundation stopped supporting her groups and in recent months, he has been a vocal opponent of johnson & johnson targeting the company as part of the oversight committee pr

bernie sanders, elijah is one of those millennial's and he joins us now to explain.ld school. i like to add up numbers. how do we pay for all of these policies? >> thank you. the answer is simple. the same way we pay for the new deal. tax on the wealthy. >> you don't think they are being taxed right now. >> nowhere near enough. a lot of them are paying $0 in taxes. i think we need to go back to our republican president. eisenhower 19 -- 95%. >> the republican plan. >> the numbers have been crunched. let's take the green new deal, it will cost about $93 trillion. i saw you have to tax one 100% of every dollar earned over 30,000 dollars and you still come up short. from paying for this. margaret said it best, the problem is we are going to run out of other people's money. >> i think we need to understand the cost of the green -- this action, no action, is far greater than the cost of creating a bill. we have to do something or we will pay for consequences long-term. $93 trillion, we need to spend about 23 trillion dollars. that's conservative. we will be short $23 tril

baltimore sun reports that at baltimore state university's commencement in baltimore, elijah cummingswho represents most of the city, urged their graduates to use their degrees and talents to defend and promote democracy in its hour of peril. the newspaper reports congressman cummings, who chairs the house oversight committee,

featured speakers include elijah ,ummings, patrick shanahan stacey abrams, president donald trump, and sonia sotomayor. startsmitment coverage memorial day and you can watch ,nline anytime and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> hurricane jefferies talks talks-- hakeem jeffries in a conference for the center of american progress. mr. jeffries: morning, everyone. it is an honor and a privilege for ourre, and thankful voice for the voiceless and defender of the disenfranchised. i want to thank each and every one of you for your tremendous involvement over the last two years in particular in helping to turn things around, or begin the process of turning things around here in this great country. it is my understanding that after ice become adam schiff is next, so -- it is my understanding that after i speak , adam schiff is next. bright, and be gone. agenda.o share the i'm so honored to have the opportunity to serve as chair of the house democratic caucus. i assume responsibility for the beginning of this conference. my first act as chair, it was my responsibility to plac

"the baltimore sun" reports that at morgan state university's commencement in baltimore, elijah cummings, who represents most of the city, urged their graduates to use their degrees and talents to defend and promote democracy in its hour of peril. the newspaper reports congressman cummings, who chairs the house oversight committee, did not mention president trump by name but said the president has created a fight for the very soul of democracy. rep. cummings: to dr. wilson, i want to thank you for your very kind introduction. good morning to everyone. i'm honored to be with you on the wonderful occasion.

thataltimore sun reports at morgan state university's commencement speech in baltimore, congressman elijah cummins urged the graduates to use their freshly minted degrees and talents to defend and promote democracy in its hour of peril. the newspaper also reports that the congressman, who chairs the house oversight committee, did not mention president trump by name but said the president has created a fight for the very soul of our democracy. [applause] wilson, i want to thank you for your very kind introduction. and good morning to everyone. i'm certainly honored to be with you on this wonderful occasion. i must say, that as i was sitting there listening to my good friend and mentor and , i could not help but think about the campus as it was maybe 15 years ago or so and think about how far we have,. and i am so proud

featured speakers include maryland representative elijah cummings. patrick shanahan. president trump and supreme ourt associate justice sonya sotomayor. watch online any time at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> our look at milwaukee continues, looking over lake michigan as we travel north of the city, we will visit the northpoint lighthouse which helps guide you into and out of the port of ilwaukee for over 100 years. >> right now, we're at the top of the northpoint lighthouse, about about 172 feet above the lake. this is the northern end of the bay of milwaukee. he bay is about seven miles across and three miles deep, one of the largest bays on the western side of lake michigan. lake michigan is about 200 yards to the left of us. the average depth of lake michigan is ab

speakers include maryland representative elijah cummings, acting defense secretary patrick shanahan, former georgia house minority leader stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: here is some of what is happening on c-span this evening. this week on "q&a," historian david mccullough talks about his book "the pioneers: the heroic story of the settlers who brought the american ideal west ." with minister's questions theresa may from the british house of commons is at 9:00 p.m. after that, a forum on the u.s. army's report on the war in iraq with the authors who wrote it. ♪ >> david mccullough, your new book "the pioneers," why that title? david: because it is about a group of very brave and, i feel, noble people, americans, who went west in the last part of the 18th century to found the first legal community, settlement, in all of what was called the northwest territory. that t

then we have elijah cummings and the lihouse oversight refor committee.fter the president for taxes, going after the accountant, and not just that, they will all notes and communication between the president when he was a private citizen, his family members, and in other committee. headed by maxine waters. the financial services or whatever they call it committee. they want all the presidents bank account information. they are sitting there coordinating. >> of course. or>> to do what? >> personal destruction. >> personal distraction.>> right, that is what is about. >> is that a legitimate role for >> of course not. they can issue subpoena for legislative purposes and oversight purposes. and nadler started the ball rolling with his 81 subpoenas. none of the folks who got the subpoenas were given either of those reasons. they were very generic. people have already started saying, i'm not turning anything over to you. i'm not coming.they are refusing. and on the record so far, the public record so far, they would win those contests. >> challenge in that. >>

featured speakers elijah cummings, acting defense secretary patrick shanahan former georgia house minority leader stacy abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. our coverage starts memorial day at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch on-line anytime on c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell introduced a bill to raise the tobacco purchasing age from 18 to 21. he and co-response sore virginia democrat tim kaine spoke about the history tobacco played in their home states, and its detrimental health effects. >> today i'm introducing federal legislation to make 21 the new minimum age for purchasing any tobacco product anywhere in the united states. let me say that again. a new age nationwide for purchasing anything classified as a tobacco product. cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vapor products and everything else. it shouldn't be 18 any longer. it should be 21. and this legislation will make that happen. now, i recognize i might seem like an unusual candidate to lead this charge. i'm the senior senator from kentucky.

featured speakers include elijah cummings, patrick shanahan, stacey abrams, president trump and supreme court associate justice sonya soto mayor. listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> once tv was simply three giant networks and a government supported service called pbs. then in 1979 a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers decide all on their own what was important to them. c-span opened the doors bringing you unfiltered content from congress and beyond. in the age of power to the people, this was true people power. the landscape has clearly changed. there's no monolithic media. broadcasting has given way to narrow casting. youtube stars are a thing. but c-span's big idea is more relevant today than ever. no government money supports c-span. it's funded as a public service by your cable and smite patelli provider. make up your own mind. >>> the fiance of the late saudi journalist jamal kashoggi testified on human rights reporting and the protection of journalists before a house foreign affairs subcommittee. she urged congress to initiate an internationa

one, elijah cummings scored one. the president's accountant that they have to share the information to maxine waters, the deutsche bank decision, which is they have to share the information, and three, not related to the russia investigation but related to other problems that we have with the president and his view of the constitution, that the court said that he cannot use defense department funds to build a wall, to use that money to build a wall. we also had a victory in adam schiff's committee in that the justice department under threat of subpoena and legal action decided that they would give certain important documents to the committee. that was a victory. that was four days, four decisions in five days, very important to advancing our getting the facts to the american people, getting the truth for the american people. where it will lead us? we shall see. nothing is off the table. but we do want to make such a compelling case, such an iron clad case that even the republican senate which at the time seems to be

. >> now over to indiana where elijah is about to give his mom erica her birthday gift. >> oh, okay.r 18-year-old son has gotten himself a tattoo for her birthday. she's got to love it, right? >> maybe. >> now, look koes closely. it turns out the tattoo he got is of her favorite picture of them. he did say his 11-year-old sister made the final choice for what the gift would be. >> there you go. >>> his sentiment is so sweet. >> next "right this minute." >>> still to come, a legendary surfer shreds in style. >> oh any gosh. look at that. >> the incredible way he's flying through the water next. >>> so we probably wouldn't able to do this is what you're saying? >>> and we're giving away another ipad. you need monday's buzz word for your shot to win. that's coming up. you won't want to miss it. ♪ so fresh (so fresh), fresh and tasty, ♪ ♪ a dip for you and a dollop for me ♪ ♪ do a dollop, do, do a dollop of daisy ♪ ♪ do a dollop, do, do a dollop ♪ everything's better with a dollop of daisy ♪ ♪ do a dollop, do, do a dollop of daisy ♪ ♪ do a dollop, do, do a dollop of daisy ♪ ♪ do a dollop

featured speakers include maryland representative elijah cummings, acting defense secretary patrick shanahan. former georgia house minority leader stacy abrams. president donald trump and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. our commencement coverage starts memorial day 8 p.m. eastern. watch anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the complete guide to congress is now available. it has lots of details about the house and senate for the current session of congress. contact and bio information about every senator and representative. plus, information about congressional committees. state governors, and the cabinet. the 2019 congressional directory is a handy, spiral-bound guide. order your copy from the c-span on-line store for 18.95. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in. they continue work today on

i thought it was fascinating they quoted elijah cummings as saying i don't think people should underestimate the significance of this older white guy playing the role of a second supportive second to a young man who is african-american. >> right. that was seen as a move by president obama to bring some heft and foreign policy to the ticket. but for african-american voters as loyal as vice president was to president obama and it wasn't just a matter of loyalty that went one way. it was a two-way street. i think when you look at the eulogy that president obama gave for vice president biden's son who passed away, it was clear to the nation that this just wasn't a president/vice president. these were two men who were very, very close as friends. the two of them and their spouses. so you then translate that to a 2020 race where now vice president biden is running for the democratic nomination. again, you couple that with experience. do not underestimate the role of his experience and also his age playing into why south carolina voters and african-american voters in particular stand strongly behin

elijah haahr is the speaker of the missouri state house and he joins us.aker, thanks for coming on. before we get to the bigger question, tell us the state of the bill in missouri. >> the legislature passed a bill in february, late february of this year. we passed it with 117 votes. every single republican and three democrats voted for it. the bill is in the senate right now and they are considering using the previous question to add debate and actually moved to a vote in the senate. >> tucker: huh. so is the point of this, critics say the point of the bill that you are behind and the bill that was passed and signed in alabama is to undermine roe vs. wade. is that true? >> that's not true, at least not in our case. we are not trying to attract a legal challenge but to withstand one and save lives in missouri. what we have built today in this legislation, we believe to be the most comprehensive, boldest pro-life legislation in the nation. >> tucker: as i understand that, the bill essentially says if the heartbeat can be detected, you can't kill the child. >

one, elijah cummings' court won the president's accountant, that they have to share the information to maxine waters the deutsche bank decision which is they have to share the information and three, not related to the russia investigation or that, but related to other problems with the president and his view of the constitution, is that we -- that the court said that he cannot use defense department funds to build a wall, to use that money to build a wall. [ applause ] >> we also had a victory in -- in adam schiff's committee in that the justice department under threat of subpoena and legal action decided that they would get certain important documents to the committee and that was a victory. that was four days -- four decisions in five days, very important to advancing our getting the facts to the american people. getting the truth for the american people. where it will lead us. we shall see. nothing is off the table. but we do want to make such a compelling case, such an ironclad case that even the republican senate would at the time seems to be not an objective jury, will be convinc

>> i'm sorry, elijah.'m sorry, say that again. >> what do you plan to do with this counterintelligence information that you're getting from the department? >> well, it will be part of our investigation. the entire fbi probe began as a counterintelligence investigation. we have yet to determine what that investigation found in terms of counterintelligence findings or even whether it is ongoing. but those are issues that potentially could compromise our national security, so our first priority is to get to the bottom of what the counterintelligence has to show, whether there are any steps that our committee or the congress needs to take to protect the country and that's the first use that we will put it to, but this is part of our continuing investigation into russia's interference in our a if a irs. >> are you prepared to subpoena bob mueller if he does not appear before your committee? >> that's the chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff speaking moments ago. if part of the function of in

you have elijah cummings, chair of the government reform committee, who had a big success ,his week with one of his cases which clearly spells out that it is the other branches of government. he also, it is not a case but it falls in his domain, the second committee. the third committee is financial services committee. maxine waters is the chair and she has laid out an indictment, a series of questions back and forth with the administration where they kept telling her, we are not answering you because you are the minority and now she is the chair of the committee. today, as we sit here, we are in court in new york with the deutsche bank case that is insisting we get documents from deutsche bank and we think we will win the case. so we are on the investigation the investigation mr. cummings date, and more to come from those committees. and we have the jerry nadler, the chair of the judiciary committee which has the overarching impeachment responsibilities and what they are doing with the subpoenas, where we might go with contempt of congress, we are on the path. but in order to have an in

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last month, you might remember the oversight committee, led by chairman elijah cummings in the house, they issued a subpoena to mazars, donald trump's long-time accounting firm. among other things, mazars has helped donald trump prepare his taxes, they've helped him apply for bank loans, helped him produce statements of financial condition that he's used for various business dealings. the oversight committee subpoenaed mazars to hand over ten years of their dealings with trump and his business. now, on the eve of the deadline by which mazars was supposed to reply to that subpoena and hand over those documents, president trump and his kids and his business filed a lawsuit against their own accounting firm, against mazars, to stop the firm from complying with that subpoena. and you know, if you got subpoenaed in any legal proceeding and somebody else sued you to stop you responding to that subpoena, you'd be like, what now? this is not about you. again, i'm not a lawyer. so don't take this to the bank. but in legal circles, i'm not sure anybody expects that this lawsuit by the president

featured speakers include marilyn representative elijah cummings, defense secretary abrams,shanahan,nald trump, and supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. our coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen free on the c-span radio app. >> we shift our focus to ways to improve the financial security of future retirees. witnesses representing seniors and the financial industry testify at

then elijah cummings, eric holcomb, gretchen widmer and then we close with a commencement speech fromilitary college -- ronald reagan speaking at this at the citadel military college. graduatesanahan told to set the standard on preventing sexual harassment and assault. the former boeing executive served as deputy defense executive -- secretary until 2015. he was later nominated to take the job permanently. mr. shanahan: thank you for your service and remarkable leadership. secretary spencer.

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featured speakers include elijah cummings, patrick shanahan, former georgia house minority liber -- leader abrams. resident donald trump and sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 a.m. on c-span. listen on the free c-span radio app. a discussion on political imprisonment in iran, saudi arabia, and syria. speakers include jason rezaian, who was held for over a year. from the council on for -- foreign relations, this is about 45 minutes. and: good afternoon.