thank you so much, elijah cummings of the united states congress. joining us is eugene robinson of the "washington post." where do i begin on this? senior government official, to me as a reader and a person in journalism seems to me not house republicans. could it be house republicans? >> well, you know, the house is part of the government, sure it could be. >> but that usually means executive. >> that's what you would think. also, at our paper, the "washington post," and i believe at the "new york times," when you allow a source to go unnamed, the policy is that you're supposed to explain why that source is going unnamed. >> what would they have said there? they didn't want to get in trouble for being political because it's a nonpolitical person? >> perhaps. >> i don't know how to write it. let's get back to the story. >> but about the story itself you know there's a document at the heart of the story, which is the referral the document referring. >> from the igs to the justice department. >> it's not clear to me from reading the story and i read i

congressman elijah cummings is asking the state to negotiate a lower price for naloxone. the price has skyrocketed as overdose deaths have increased. the centers for disease control said today the number of heroin users in the u.s. jumped by 300,000 in the last decade. most users switch to heroin for more expensive prescription opioid medication. >>> tonight at 11:00 tonight, a virginia boy recovering at a local hospital after a rare fight from botulism. his mother talks to news4 about some scary moments in the last few weeks. >>> a week of celebration includes an invitation to the white house for the women's national soccer team. see part of their phone call with the president. >>> air collision involving a fighter jet in south carolina. and here at the live desk, we're getting new details about the cessna. >>> we hit 90 degrees for the first time in close to two weeks today. now i'm tracking showers and a few storms. they'll affect your wednesday. i'll show you when. >>> i'm melissa mollet with your first traffic. still have road closures around nats park. this will reo

. >> tomorrow, elizabeth warren and elijah cummings host a form on economic growth and job creation. other speakers include newt gingrich and experts in business and education. watch it live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> monday on the communicators michael o'rielly on key issues before the sec, like net neutrality, regulating the internet, and public influence on policymaking. >> when an item is made for an open commission meeting and presented to the commission level, that document should be made available publicly to allow everyone to know exactly what we are thinking and allow people to hone in on issues they may see as problematic. right now we have people who raise concerns, but they often don't know exactly what is eating put forward. they are doing rifle shots in many different scattered structures, and that is problematic for my point of view. i want people targeting where they would like to see things fixed. >> monday night on the communicators on c-span2. >> as part of c-span's road to the white house coverage, an interview with current 2016 presidential candidate lin

today democrats on that panel led by congressman elijah cummings fired out a letter pointing out the committee has not followed on a promise that clinton did this year t. democrats declaring, quote, it appears much of the work has been shelved while republicans pursue every possible avenue of political attack against secretary clinton. his team responded they would not be investigating still if clinton had not kept them on a private server and wiped it clean. >>> trouble on the streets of athens has greek lawmakers debate an us a territory deal that ensures years of economic hardship. police fired tear gas fighting back troops hurling molotov cocktails. they are facing stiff opposition on a deal that must be approved tonight in order to get a new bail jo ut to avoid a financial collapse. the markets were down after four straight days of gains. the dow lost 3. the s&p 500 was off one-and-a-half. the nasdaq gained 6. tonight we are getting a look at video of the world's most wanted criminals, beginning his escape from prison. under surveillance footages shows joachim el chapo guzman di

today democrats on that panel led by congressman elijah cummings fired out a letter pointing out the committee has not followed on a promise that clinton did this year t. democrats declaring, quote, it appears much of the work has been shelved while republicans pursue every possible avenue of political attack against secretary clinton. his team responded they would not be investigating still if clinton had not kept them on a private server and wiped it clean. >>> trouble on the streets of athens has greek lawmakers debate an us a territory deal that ensures years of economic hardship. police fired tear gas fighting back troops hurling molotov cocktails. they are facing stiff opposition on a deal that must be approved tonight in order to get a new bail jo ut to avoid a financial collapse. the markets were down after four straight days of gains. the dow lost 3. the s&p 500 was off one-and-a-half. the nasdaq gained 6. tonight we are getting a look at video of the world's most wanted criminals, beginning his escape from prison. under surveillance footages shows joachim el chapo guzman di

you have the dni, congressman elijah cummings the ranking member on the committee, as well as the justiceyork times" story was wrong. >> let's move on. >> no no it's important. in terms of classification this is essentially, the state department where we're at where the decision is made they were going through a process of reviewing and making them public. in that process, another department can weigh in and say we now want to classify this information. so you have one intelligence agency saying hey, that information should have been classified and the state department as they just said a couple hours ago saying we don't consider that to be classified information. at the time she sent it it wasn't classified and people have been clarifying that and yesterday another agency is saying they think it is. >> so who dropped the ball in not classifying it. >> it's a disagree between two agencies what should or should not be. but within that disagree i think the congressional republicans have exploited that to attack hitry again. >> she had a private server karen. >> that's not the reason -- that

let's take you live as we get ready for elizabeth warren and elijah cummings. they host a forum today on federal investments on innovation and science. newt gingrich and business specialist along with academic researchers will be talking about the issues our live coverage just about to get underway on c-span3. as we wait for senator warren, we'll bring you a story from the associated press regarding the iran nuclear deal president obama traveling in ethiopia, and the ap reporting he delivered a belittling rebuke of republican white house hopefuls monday calling their attack on his landmark nuclear deal ridiculous, if it weren't so sad. obama suggested the rhetoric from some gop candidates was an attempt to divert attention from donald trump. a wealthy businessman whose popularity is con founding the republican field. maybe quoting, maybe it gets attention, maybe this is just an effort to push mr. trump out of the headlines, it's not the kind of leadership that is needed for america right now. the associate press quoting president obama during a news conference

. >> elijah cummings the ranking democrat that oversees the secret service one of many critics demandingthe agency gets its act together. >> the effectiveness is the image and reputation and people believe that they cannot pierce the vail, something tragic happens to the most powerful and influential leader in the world that's a national security problem. >> barely dry on the man brought town fix it. joe clancy a 27-veer yet an agent who was once head of president obama's protective detail. >> any mistake that we make is critical. we have zero tolerance for failure. we can't make mistakes. >> are you confident that what you've done since taking over will prevent any more missteps? >> the there's no guarantees. every day all of us wake up with that concern. those who want to do harm to any of our protect he's they're working just as diligently as we are. >> first order of business better training. >> hands up. hands up. get back. >> recites spend weeks fence jumper drills have now taken on particular urgency. >> jumper! >> in addition to the uniformed division, secret service attack dogs

. >>> massachusetts sen torey elizabeth warren and maryland representative elijah cummings, host a forum. newt gingrich and business specialist talk about these issues. live coverage starts at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >>> the senate yesterday blocked senator ted cruz's effort to attach the iran nuclear deal to the long-term highway bill. the hill reports that cruz specifically blamed mcconnell for his push not being successful. the truth is if the majority leader hadn't opposed us we could have insisted that iran recognizes israel's right to exist and released its hostages before any sanctions are lifted. he told reporters. more now on what's in store for the senate from a capitol hill reporter. >> good morning to you. >> good morning. >> explain this criticism and where it came from? has this been long simmering between senator ted cruz and the majority leader mitch mcconnell? >> yes, to answer you briefly. cruz is running a campaign that is essentially running against republicans in washington and trying to showcase himself as the conservative leading the charge against what he considers the

middle-class prosperity project launched by elizabeth warren of massachusetts and representative elijah cummingsnd. >> we will start the middle-class prosperity project for them. why is the prosperity project holding a hearing on the imports -- the importance of federal funding for research? the recent art deeply -- the reasons are deeply interrelated. investments in research produce good jobs right here in america. breakthroughs in research are our best chance to keep free -- to keep from bankrupting our country and the middle class. keeping us from going broke over all timers, diabetes, and the other costs of medical care. research will give it -- give us a chance to lead better lives. television has changed the world in america. advances like supercomputers, the internet, sequencing the human genome and treatments for diseases have saved lives and create a jobs for middle-class americans. economists agree, advances in science and technology have been the predominant provider of gdp growth over the past half-century. today, 2.7 million americans work in jobs focused on scientific research. man

confirmed the investigation but not how to proceed, and just moments ago we got a statement from elijah cumming committee, and he says that just yesterday he spoke to the state department inspector general who said there was no criminal investigation requested and that the investigation is on that process wantnot on clinton herself. so is it about the investigation or is it unrelated? >> thank you very much. >>> coming up it's the scene we watched before just three years ago. this month shooter james holmes opened fire in a theater in aurora colorado killing 12 people and injuring 70. we're now in the death penalty phase of the case against him. >>> new this morning, investigators trying to find a motive behind an eerily similar case out of lafayette, louisiana, a murder again a senseless act of tragedy in our country. we'll talk more about that when "the rundown" comes back. you do all this research on the perfect car. gas mileage , horse power... torque ratios. three spreadsheets later you finally bring home the one. then smash it into a tree. your insurance company's all too happy to raise y

massachusetts senator elizabeth warren and maryland congressman elijah cummings are hosting a forum on economic growth and job creation. speakers include former speaker of the house newt gingrich and experts in business and academia live today at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >>> cabinet officials return to capitol hill this week to testify on the iran nuclear agreement. tomorrow the house foreign affairs committee hears from secretary of state john kerry energy secretary moniz and jack lew. that is chaired by ed royce of california is live tomorrow at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. >>> president obama selected lieutenant general robert neller to be the next commandant of the marine car. the senate armed services committee held a confirmation hearing last week for the nominee, asking him about the military budget and administration's policies in iraq and syria. this is a little over two hours. >> meets this morning to consider the nomination of lieutenant general robert neller to be the 37th commandant of the marine corps. we thank you for joining us this morning, we're grateful for your many years of

. >>> massachusetts sen torey elizabeth warren and maryland representative elijah cummings, host a forum. newt gingrich and business specialist talk about these issues. live coverage starts at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >>> the senate yesterday blocked senator ted cruz's effort to attach the iran nuclear deal to the long-term highway bill. the hill reports

. >> i'm going to use senator carper's findings go by elijah e. cummings opportunity to make one final comment, but before i do that i want to record sector jobs before the corporation on april 29, 2005 quote we have to show the population of central america are sending people back. to quote our ranking member he quickly says you have to find out what works and do more of that. we have an example of what works. in 2005 we were experiencing a real surge with the brazilian immigrants. three times higher than the previous year 31,063. as a result of that in 2005 dhs secretary chertoff deployed operation texas hold 'em where they prioritize a 16th space dedicated that space and began detaining and moving all of the illegal resilience that represented using removals. by the following year the number of people coming in illegally from brazil drop from 31,063, to 1460. so again i think what this hearing, by the way can i just want to thank you all for your testimony. this has been very enlightening. very complex problem, multiple root causes. i certainly have my