elijah cummings and elizabeth warren will lead to the roundtable. we expect it to start in a moment live on c-span. have anhe forum, we opportunity to tell you about programming coming up. along with this event, today's "washington journal" focused on the opioid epidemic highlighting challenges in baltimore. we will re-air it at 8:00 p.m. eastern. u.s. policy in iran with a focus on nonproliferation both take place. you can watch that at noon eastern on c-span. also available are c-span.org, or you can listen to with our free c-span radio app. of --in denuclearization and denuclearization of the korean peninsula posted by the arms control association at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, also available on our website and with the free c-span radio app. >> while we wait for this conference on opioids to get baltimore, today on "washington journal" we took your phone calls to find out how opioids were affecting callers' lives. at papers thatok represent cities and states, opioids are a problem there too. this is the seattle times 8 people are dead in one co

host: more about the care act from elijah cummings. if you want to talk about the , all others,nse 202, 7 48, 8002. act, can you explain about that? guest: you were talking about before, the $4 billion in the omnibus bill. do,, what we have tried to we have looked at crises in the past and said we did have the hiv-aids crisis. how did we resolve that? there were similar problems with regard to hiv-aids. where a stigma was attached. we had many people suffering and dying. we had many people who could not get certain treatments. certain point the treatments were far from the effective treatments we have today. back then we have people lacking a lot of wraparound services. what we did here, if we were able to resolve this with the rhine white act, and change the course of things with regard to hiv-aids, perhaps we can do something similar here with regard to the opioid crisis and drug crisis. a lot of people are suffering. our bill we paralleled with ryan white. we think that it is an effective and efficient way to address this monumental

that is why we are so much in favor of a care act that was introduced by congressman elijah cummings and senator elizabeth warren, who will be it.ng here to speak about it is direct funding to local jurisdictions like ours that are the most impacted. thes proportional to severity of this epidemic, and now we do not have to rely on one off funding. thatis similar to the act at the peak of hiv-aids epidemic, people said similar things. people were dying at record numbers. however, there is a solution. there is evidence that we can turn the tide, and that is what we are seeing on the front lines. we know what works. everything we can in baltimore. we just need the resources and the will to scale up the successful evidence-based intervention have already started here, and we need the assistance not only of the city, we in the city are doing so much on a shoestring budget, we need the assistance of the state and we critically needed assistance of the federal government. president trump has declared a state of public health emergency. we need to now see the resources that follow that decla

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that is why we are so much in favor of a care act that was introduced by congressman elijah cummings and senator elizabeth warren, who will be it.ng here to speak about it is direct funding to local jurisdictions like ours that are the most impacted. thes proportional to severity of this epidemic, and now we do not have to rely on one off funding. thatis similar to the act at the peak of hiv-aids epidemic, people said similar things. people were dying at record numbers. however, there is a solution. there is evidence that we can turn the tide, and that is what we are seeing on the front lines. we know what works. everything we can in baltimore. we just need the resources and the will to scale up the successful evidence-based intervention have already started here, and we need the assistance not only of the city, we in the city are doing so much on a shoestring budget, we need the assistance of the state and we critically needed assistance of the federal government. president trump has declared a state of public health emergency. we need to now see the resources that follow that decla

of introducing my congressman, a public health hero, and an inspiration to many, congressman elijah cummings. rep. cummings: thank you. before i discuss the care act, i want to thank you dr. wen for moderating, but more importantly for being a tireless leader with regard to health care in our city and nation. i think you also for your invaluable assistance in drafting the care act and spreading the word about the urgent need for this approach. thank you, senator warren, for joining us and working with me on the care act. i am so proud of all that we have been able to do together over the years. perspectivefor your and tremendous leadership. i think my distinguished colleagues, and i am so glad they are here. sarbanesardin and john for joining us. and finally, mayor pugh for her to advancing her city and making us a model for the country. withnk all of our families the willingness to share their expertise and experiences. i think health care for the homeless for the vital services you provide and for hosting us. you have done a phenomenal job. i want to thank you so much for everything you ha

maryland's opioid command center, the acting baltimore police commissioner, and marilyn congressman elijah cummings. callers told us their stories. you can watch it tonight at 8:00 eastern on hart senate office building 0. and prime time on c-span, anthony kennedy discusses his legacy at the annual ninth circuit judicial conference in anaheim, california his watch that tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> a lot of people feel i don't want my kids read stories that are sad, disturbing, whatever. that is not a totally illegitimate thing to say. i went to choose as a parent when my kid understands stuff that might bring them grief but they are 14 now. when will you to do some to the idea that not everything is perfect? all those factors swirled together to create the perfect dumpster fire of mass censorship. >> science fiction author corey doctorour will be our author on in-depth discussing his book walk away. his of the book will include down and out in the magic kingdom, little brother and 14 other novels. interact with corey doctorow by phone or facebook. the in-depth fiction edition with science

>>host: we will hear more from our guests elijah cummings. but also with those largest amount of issues can you talk about that? >> but here what we try to do to say wait a minute. we did have the ejb aids crisis and how do we resolve that? there werewe similar problems with hiv-aids and where the stigma was attached and people were suffering and many people with those effective treatments hiv. and those that were lacking so basically but then to change the course of things with hiv-aids then with that drug crisis. we think it is the effective and efficient way. >>host: we saw a bipartisan effort with the ryan white to bill so what are you reaching out to about your effort to aligninin yourself? there are a lot ofot republicans or eight responses and we are but it looks like had with west virginia but then again baltimore. you have representatives whose constituents are suffering and we were losing 107 and they say that there is a comprehensive weight. >> i suspect that republicans will be joining us. >>host: talking about the federal respons

many issues taking place — in fact, when you look at it, i spoke this afternoon to congressmen elijah cummingsdemocrat on the house oversight committee, and he did inform me that they are looking at additional investigations. in fact they sent a letter the inspector general of the epa, so even though scott pruitt has left his position — or will be leaving his position — he is still not out of the woods on these investigations. they can still be dogging this white house as well as scott pruitt for some time to come. when president trump and xijinping met in november, they were all smiles and handshakes. but a lot can change in a matter of months, and the trade war between the us and china is about to step up. in the next few hours, the us starts imposing tariffs of 25% on $34 billion worth of chinese exports. beijing is hitting back with tariffs on american agricultural produce. so are the worlds two largest economies on the brink of a fully—fledged trade war? here's our china correspondentjohn sudworth. here is just one of the products on the us tariff list. 12,000 of these chinese—built machi

ranking member of the house oversight and government reform committee, democratic congressman elijah cummings to see you. thanks for being here. >> it's good to be here, joe. >> elijah, mika has been asking for several weeks, where are the children? it's a simple, basic, straightforward question. there are some that suggest the government knows exactly where the children and the parents are and they know how to unite them. that doesn't seem to actually be the case on the ground. what can you tell us? >> i can tell you that i think nobody really knows where all these children are and where their parents are. and i don't think -- and the reason for that, joe, is because it was never an intention from the very beginning to reunite these children with their parents. you know, something as simple as an arm band like they give you when you go in a hospital. put one on a parent, put one on a child and be able to match them up. this is not rocket science. but now we're in a situation where because they did not properly plan, because they executed the zero tolerance policy in a way that had no foretho

also maryland democratic congressman elijah cummings talks about his effort, along with senator elizabeth warren, to direct over $100 billion in federal funds to curb opioid baltimore'sd -- and acting police commissioner and fire chief discuss the crisis from the perspective of first or jot -- first responders. watch the spotlight on the opioid crisis at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. morning, we looked at the trump's new plan to aid farmers impacted by tariffs. lawmakers from both sides of the isle joined us to share their thoughts on the proposal. we will start with democratic congressman darren soto from florida. host: thanks for being here. i want to get your reaction to the aid package that the trump administration and asked for farmers. it started out where we wer

elijah cummings is a joining us next. later on we hear from to first responders first, as you have seen our guests are appearing from a facility known as healthcare for the homeless located in baltimore, maryland. we heard from the chief health officer about their approach to care. >> when somebody comes in and they have an opiate addiction, they have other issues. we know they have issues with where they're living. they tend to have mental issues. they also have dental issues. were able to address those at the same time. one of the hardest things to do is take care of one problem discreetly. we might be able to do that because the other piece of our lives are together and that's what's fallen apart. but when five are falling apart, you can't just build one thing out because the entire support structure is not there. that's what that approach does. they bring that there so they can a deal with addiction. >> people probably have perceptions of opiate addiction. was the reality from the work here? >> it's a chronic disease.

. >> reporter: maryland's democratic congressman elijah cummings sharply criticized the white house,reminding it that president trump allowed former national security adviser michael flynn to keep his security clearance even after the justice department warned the white house that flynn was under investigation for his contacts during the trump transition with russian officials. >>> nicaraguan president daniel ortega ind crackdown that has left hundreds dead. manuel bojorquez is in managua. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: anti-government protesters say they were attacked last night outside managua in the steve jinotegua, a barrage of bullets that left three dead. police insist they were fired on first. it's the latest painful reminder that the turmoil here continues. after these confrontations many of the protesters say they're being threatened and forced to flee their towns. we're about to meet one young man who has been hiding out in a safe house. he goes by sombra, or shadow. so your family stayed behind, but because you participated in the protests they're now receiving threats. >> si. >

talked with the head of marilyn's opioid command center , police commissioner and congressman elijah cummings. callers told us their story. what's the story at eight eastern here on c-span2. retiring supreme court justice anthony kennedy discusses his legacy and the court at the ninth circuit judicial conference in anaheim california and you can watch that tonight on c-span. supreme court nominee brett cavanaugh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill . follow the confirmation process on c-span. leading to the hearings on the vote, watch live on c-span, anytime on cspan.org or risk listen with the free c-span radio app. the house natural resources committee examined puerto rico's electrical system and reported management failures of the soul energy utility. representatives from the us and puerto rico answer questions about the electrical grid recovery after last year's hurricanes . >>. [inaudible]

. >> elijah cummings said if you are innocent, act like it. this guy came off as incredibly condescending and not remorseful at all. in terms of what was going on at this hearing today, the democrats came off looking worse. kennedy: when you go back to those texts they talk about how trump voters are dumb and you go into walmart and you can practically smell them. it shows the opinion he had of people across the country. if people do disagree with him, he thinks less of them. >> he encapsulate why trump won the election in a lot of ways. i thought his worst moment was as an actual quarter of women. those are your late-night texts to women? what happened to you up? james comey came off big today. because at least he lied to the whole country's face. kennedy: i think there is an important contrast. i'm not a fan of james comey. but at least when he goes into the theater, he acts and he emotes and nods his head and behaves like someone who is measured. >> he showed respect for the process. >> strzok look like a guy who knew he was getting away wi

elijah elijah cummings is about to ask his questions. this. >> members of the fbi that are watching this, i want them to be clear we have utmost respect for the organization. and you, and i thank them for doing what they do every day, and, protecting our rights and protecting our people, and protecting our way of life. and, as i listen to you in answering chairman gowdy's questions, particularly at the end, you gave a very impassioned statement but, can you understand why there are members question whether the thoughts that you may have, that you put in an email or text might interfere with the investigation? i mean can you understand, at least the questioning of that? >> yes, sir, i do. >> and i want to, and i know you're familiar with oaths because i'm sure you have taken them 50 million times, but i remind you you're under oath, i am going to ask you this. how do you square that? in other words, i understand the piece about, there is so many layers, that the fbi wouldn't even allow it to happen, even if, you wanted it, wanted them to,

also maryland democratic congressman elijah cummings talks about his effort along with senator elizabeth warren to direct over $100 billion in federal funds to curb opioid addiction. and baltimore acting police commissioner and fire chief niles ford discussed the opioid crisis from the perspective of first responders. watch washington journal spotlight on the opioid crisis, live friday morning, starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. up next, president trump talks about u.s. trade policy at granite city works, a steel producing factory in granite city, illinois. the president spoke about trade and tariffs and during this event, he invited several work employees on stage to share their story. i love this land god bless the usa ♪ [cheering] pres. trump: that's a great song, isn't it? thank you all and i'm thrilled to be here in granite city with the incredible men and women of u.s. steel. great company. [cheering] [laughter] -- [applause] pres. trump: we love our steelworkers and steelworkers are going back to work in record numbers. you notice? we're here today to celebrate a great victo

we had several of them on "outnumbered" overtime yesterday, and they were pointing to elijah cummings moment of sobriety for the entire hearing i would say said "did you ever think that what you were doing actually would have the appearance of bias? "what were you thinking when you did this is what he was asking. i do remember that, that was like a generic question that anybody would want answered considering what is going on. tough day for democrats yesterday and at one point with some of them pounding on the desk and applauding, i don't know how much of that was per the rules, but it was odd. >> rachel: it was odd. we were all listening to it in the car on the way out, and we listen to it one of the best moments was when i believe the darrell issa forced him to read his really embarrassing texts. but the reason that was important is because is very simple to americans. they don't need to hear ten hours of it. they just say if i was being investigated, and my son was being investigated for something, what i want that person who wrote those things about the president investigating me

conclusive answers at this point is to demand a government oversight hearing from trey gowdy and elijah cummingseads of these agencies together. secretary nielsen said something completely different from azar. jeff sessions has completely sidelined everybody. when you ask scott lloyd whether or not we're still separating families, they will not give you a clear answer. press secretary sanders the other day, we had reporters asking are we still separating families, and she demured. we don't know where we are when it comes to reunification. we also don't know if the government is still separating familieswilly-nilly. the only way to get a clear answer is to demand that congress do their job, demand an oversight hearings. not only do they control the appropriations, the pursestrings of these government agencies, but they are also the executive board. they are the board of directors that has to demand clear answers. >> julia, you mentioned something about sometimes they can't reunite them because the parent might be out of the country. so they have separated parents from children and in some cases h

marilyn's opioid command center, the acting baltimore police commissioner and marilyn congressman elijah cummings. callers told us their stories. you can watch it tonight at eight eastern here on c-span2 >> ronald reagan and donald trump are about 180 degrees apart from each other, and yet here we are in this space. how did you navigate that? we're both reagan conservatives in that regard. was it a little bit of, you know, dance of the what and what or how did you do it? >> with respect to the present himself look, there's no question he is not traditional in terms of how he speaks. he's got his own for nike to but in a way that most politicians never have and he talks very bluntly in his own style. but it don't think that he would've won the presidency or the nomination it wasn't for that style. i think there's always this balance with elected officials can which is based on the right things but they don't necessarily get anything done. in the case there's a lot of taking all these things than a people are saying i just did like this tweeter have interacted. i'm a results oriented person. i look

i've asked and i sent the letter to both trey gowdy and elijah cummings. this is full translation. and there is push back. and we are no on different than where we were on monday. we need to get some facts here. >> but calling up the translator to congress in public or private, it would be an extraordinary move. and lindsey graham was speaking to reporters and he makes the case that he says that it would set a horrible precedent doing so, impacting future presidents and their ability to talk candidly with foreign leaders. do you see that? >> well, the president can invoke executive privilege. he has every right to do that under the powers of the executive branch of government, then he should come ford and te forth and tell us what those agreements are. why are we learning from the russians what the agreements are? does that make any sense whatsoever? not to me. and a lot of other people. senator sheehan in the senate, congressman joe kennedy in the house agree with me. others have agreed with me. and i think if you get republicans one-on-one, many of them would agree also. we need

maryland democratic congressman elijah cummings talks about his effort along with elizabeth warren toirect $100 billion

the head of maryland's opioid command center, asking both police commissioner and congressman elijah cummings. you can watch the entire story tonight at the eastern here on c-span2. in prime time tonight on c-span, anthony kennedy discusses hislegacy in the court the ninth circuit judicial conference in anaheim california and you can watch that tonight at eight eastern on c-span . supreme court nominee kavanaugh continue to meet with senators on capitol hill. follow the hearings on the. watch live on c-span, anytime on cspan.org or listen free with the free c-span radio app. the senate intelligence committee held a hearing to consider the nominations of joseph maguire to be the director of the national counterterrorism center and mccarthy to the assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research. senators asked about counterterrorism efforts, intelligence sharing with foreign allies and resources and personnel . this hearing is just over an hour . >>. >> i like to call these hearings order and welcome our witnesses today. admiral dwyer, resident trumps nominee for the counterterrorism

also, we can pass the independent commission resolution that elijah cummings and i worked on.has bipartisan support, as well. take this out of the politically charged environment that is congress, put it in the hands of elders and experts, like your past guest, michael chertoff, those people, put them on the commission and make reforms. >> one of the things that senator cornyn just talked about, we caught him during the commercial break there, he was talking about wanting to see something that stings. it is a pleasure having you on the show. you are democratic minority in congress. it is up to republican leadership. >> not for long. >> senator cornyn is a part of it. let me play what he had to say about what he'd want to see. >> is the senate going to act on any of these in the wake of the summit? >> i heard some people talk about a sense of the senate resolution supporting the intelligence community, which i know we do, i do. i think the more effective thing would be to consider additional sanctions against russia. something that stings would be more appropriate than just som

that moment came after congressman nadler's colleague elijah cummings reminded everybody visually of the work robert mueller has done when he had his staff hold up giant more than life sized photos of all the trump administration and trump campaign connected people hope have already pled guilty in the special counsel's investigation. so that's what ricky pineda looks like. today's hearing ended barely an hour ago, ten hours after it started. the top democrat in the room, congressman nadler, spent much of this long day honestly trying to get the republicans on the committee to abide by their own rules and to let strzok get his answers out. at one point he tried to get the whole thing adjourned after republicans threatened to hold peter strzok in contempt over his very first answer today. congressman nadler joins us now. thank you very much for being with us. it's a pleasure to have you here. you must be tired. >> pleasure to be here. >> what is your bottom line take away from today's hearing? i was struck by your opening statement in which one of your closing lines was, leave the spec

it's also not too late for republicans to sign onto the bipartisan legislation i've written with elijah cummingshat would have an independent commission. i think it's too charged to handle this in congress. we should put experts and elders an statespersons on this task and look at everything that happened, how we were so vulnerable, who worked with the russians and what reforms we can make so it never happens again. we did that after september 11th. that's a great model. we should take that opportunity to do that now. >> congressman eric swalwell, thank you again for your time tonight. >>> still ahead, 35 potential witnesses, 18 criminal charges, 1 trump campaign chairman. more on that in a moment. stay with us. of nowhere. you do, too, but not in time. hey, no big deal. you've got a good record and liberty mutual won't hold a grudge by raising your rates over one mistake. you hear that, karen? liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges... how mature of them. for drivers with accident forgiveness liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ liberty

elijah cummings -- ajit pai is ignored comments from individuals and businesses supporting net neutrality. it is not surprising chairman ajit pai's older faces massive consumer opposition, public outrage from startup companies, working families, educators, healthcare professionals, veterans and so many others at townhall's and community centers have driven congressional action. in may the republican-controlled senate passed legislation that would reinstate net neutrality. ranking member doyle is championing that legislation in the house, it is not too late to stand with the american people and restore net neutrality and i urge speaker ryan to bring this up for a vote and bipartisan members signed a petition to force one. sadly the sec disregard for consumers is not in their. when other agencies are separating children from their families at our borders and violence is schools is commonplace, the trump sec wants to rollback rules that limit advertising to children and require educational programming for kids. this doesn't make sense. if the agency was serious about focusing on consumers it

the head of maryland's opioid command center, asking both police commissioner and congressman elijah cummings you can watch the entire story tonight at the eastern here on c-span2. in prime time tonight on c-span, anthony kennedy discusses hislegacy in the court the ninth circuit judicial conference in anaheim california and you can watch that tonight at eight eastern on c-span . supreme court nominee

also not too late for republicans to sign onto the bipartisan legislation you've written with elijah cummingst would have an independent commission. i think it's too charged to handle this in congress. we should put expert anderson skates persons on this task, look at everything that happened, who worked with the russians and what reforces we can make so it never happens again. we did that after september 11th. that's a great model. we should take the opportunity to do that now. >> eric swalwell, thank you again for your time tonight. still ahead, 35 potential witnesses, 1 criminal charges, one trump campaign chairman. more on that in a moment. stay with us. (vo) what if this didn't have to happen? i didn't see it. (vo) what if we could go back? what if our car... could stop itself? in iihs front-end crash prevention testing, nobody beats the subaru impreza. not toyota. not honda. not ford. the subaru impreza. more than a car, it's a subaru. sharper vision, without limits. days that go from sun up to sun down. a whole world in all its beauty. three innovative technologies for our ultimate in

elijah cummings walg senator elizabeth warren and baltimore's acting police commissioner and fire chief ford discuss the opioid crisis from the perspective of first responders. washington journal's spotlight on the opioid crisis live friday morning starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> sunday night on "after words," former white house press secretary sean spicer discusses his book "the briefing: politics, the press and the president," interviewed by former republican national committee chairman michael steele. >> about 180 degrees apart from each other yet here we are in this space. how did you navigate that? we're both reagan conservatives in that regard. >> that's right. >> was it a little bit of a, you know, dance every once in a while or how did you do it? >> with respect to the president himself, look, there's no question that he is not traditional in terms of how he speaks. he has his own vernacular but also connects in a way with people that most presidents never have. he talks bluntly in his own style. i don't think he would have won the presidency or the nomination if it

maryland democratic congressman elijah cummings talks about his effort along with senator elizabeth born to direct over $100 billion in federal funds to curb opioid addiction. >> baltimore's acting police commissioner gary tuggle and fire chief discussed the opioid crisis from the perspective of first responders. watch washington journal spotlight on the opioid crisis live friday morning, starting at 7 am eastern on cspan. >> public efforts to accelerate cancer research and other medical innovations. lawmakers hear testimony from fda commissioner scott bailey and nih director francis collins at 9 am eastern. in the afternoon, secretary of state mike pompeo testifies on north korea. resident trumps trip to the nato summit and the president had his meeting with vladimir pugh in. we have live coverage at three eastern on cspan3. >>> oil prices have risen this summer as trade tensions between china and the u.s. increased. next energy leaders discuss the

also, maryland democratic congressman elijah cummings talks about his effort to direct federal funds to curb opioid addiction. and baltimore's acting police commissioner and fire chief discuss the opioid crisis from the perspective of first responders. watch washington journal spot light on the opioid crisis live friday morning starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> supreme court nominee brett kavanagh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill. follow the confirmation process on c-span leading up to the senate confirmation hearings and the vote. watch live on c-span. watch anytime on cspan.org. >>> sunday night on after words former white house press secretary sean spicer discusses his book "the briefing". he is interviewed by former republican national committee chairman michael steel. >> ronald reagan and donald trump are about 180 degrees apart from each other and yet here we are in this space. how did you navigate that? we are both reagan conservatives in that regard. was it a little bit of a dance every once in a while? how did you do it? >> with respect to the presi

reportedly, -- repeatedly, along with ranking member elijah cummings, i have joined him in calling for hearings in the oversight committee and despite numerous, numerous requests from him and others, we have not had ne single hearing about this humanitarian crisis being put forth by our own government. yet there is planned a hearing tomorrow on hillary clinton's emails. the election is over. let's focus on the crisis before us. these children, again, we will keep calling and asking for hearings on this crisis before our country. i want to thank my colleague for working so hard and trying to find answers. i support his work completely. and i will continue working with him and others to reunite these families that came to our country looking for a better life and i yield back to my colleague and friend. mr. correa: i thank the distinguished gentlelady for her comments. just recently, a 14-month-old baby boy was reunited with his mother. the baby boy was traumatized after being separated for almost 90 dayings from his loving mother. not only did he look like he wasn't bathed for that time

we also have elijah cummings delivering his opening statement.which means we're within a four minute window to when we'll hear from strzok. in the ininterim, a little developing news we just learned, kristen welker joining me here in london reporting that an old pal of donald trump's is now coming to his defense a name you probably know, steve bannon. apparently set up a war room of sorts here in london putting together talking points and working with surrogates. two sources close to the former chief white house strategist say he is here now trying to get pro-trump messaging out into the ether, on tv and radio and papers during donald trump's visit here. let's bring in chris dickey. >> name more familiar to folks in europe. >> becoming more and more familiar. he's trying to encourage right wing movements, far right wing movements, some of which have been very successful in italy and austria and elsewhere. i think now he wants to also reingrashiate himself with trump after the unfortunate things he said about the trump administration before leavin

we've been working with elijah cummings to get additional information.i can tell you some of the detailed information that i've gotten from the administration is really more troubling than the fact that you have, perhaps, a policy that has separated them. it's the fact that some of these people that have brought kids across don't want the kids back and that, to me, is offensive when i see that. so what we've got to do is make sure that we keep them together. i believe we're making good progress as raj has mentioned. what we've done is reunited everyone under five years of age at this point. we also have secretary nielson who has gone to other countries and said listen, if you're claiming asylum, let us help you figure out how to legitimately do that instead of coming here illegally and creating a situation that perhaps is inspected. >> can i just make one small point, which is i didn't say that everyone beneath the age of 5 had been reunited. 24 out of the hundred have not been reunited because we can't find those parents. >> but those are over 5 years o

also, elijah cummings, maryland democratic congressman, talks direct overfort to $100 billion in federal funds to curb opioid addiction. and, baltimore's acting police commissioner and fire chief, both discuss the opiate crisis from the perspective of first responders. watch washington journal's. spotlight on the opiate crisis live on friday morning starting at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer's red the trump administration does not intend to give federal aid to any businesses except for farmers who might be hurt by foreign terrorist tariffs. at $12 billion at assistance packages being promoted to the agricultural sector. he also given update on trade negotiations during a senate budget appropriations hearing. [chatter] >> good morning, everyone. order.ring will come to we are here to explore significant issues of our countries facing an hour constituents care a lot about. i welcome you all here this morning. our witness today is ambassador robert lighthizer, the u.s. representative. welcome, thank you for the moment we had a few minutes ago, to have

maryland democratic elijah cummings talks about his efforts along with senator elizabeth moran to direct $100 billion in funds to curb addiction. and baltimore's acting commissioner discusses the oprah crisis under first responders -- the mobile crisis under first responders. starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> on c-span next week in prime time, monday, former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton on lessons from a life in politics. tuesday, jim bridenstine on president trump's proposal to create a military space force. wednesday, the 2018 masto governors association -- national governors association meeting. -- new jersey senator cory booker and pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial candidate. friday, more from the conference with elizabeth warren,, harris --kamala harris. c-span.orgn c-span, and the free c-span radio app. >> supreme court justice anthony kennedy talks about his retiring which he announced in june. he spoke at the ninth circuit judicial conference in anaheim, california. >> thank you all very much and what a great privilege it is for all of us to be here an

also, elijah cummings, maryland democratic congressman, talks direct overfort to $100 billion in federal funds to curb opioid addiction. and, baltimore's acting police commissioner and fire chief, both discuss the opiate crisis from the perspective of first responders. watch washington journal's. spotlight on the opiate crisis live on friday morning starting at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer's red the trump administration does not intend to give federal aid to any businesses except for farmers who might be hurt by foreign terrorist

gowdy, who, just to be fair, trey gowdy has had a history of trying to get something, he and elijah cummingso back and forth left and right. right nowthat we need is stability, and people need to step back and take a look at both sides of the argument. int: let's hear from victor silver spring, maryland, republican line. go ahead. caller: good morning. i listened to the hearings isterday on the radio, and want to make an observation and i have a question. i am blind and i go by voices. strzok this peter , he comes off to me as a sexual , andlectual, a know it all it really rubbed me the wrong way. i want to know, from your sighted viewers, what was going on visually? making faces? were the democrats making faces and rolling their eyes? because what i heard yesterday really tipped me off that this strzok guy is an absolute disgrace. thank you. host: mineral bluff, georgia, independent line. david, hello. caller: hello, pedro. how are you this morning? host: fine, thank you. caller: i have a little poser for the republicans he lets out there. that -- of you believe was not biased against al ca

. >> reporter: maryland's democratic congressman, elijah cummings, sharply ciriticized te white house, reminding it the white house allowed security director michael flynn to keep his security clearance even after warning them he was under investigation for his contact with russian officials. >>> you have the editorial calling this the dumb idea of the week. it says it looks petty essentially. >> yes, and used the word "dumb" in the headline. >>> new satellite images seem to show north korea has started dismantling a key facility at a missile testing site. a report says north korea is taking apart an engine testing stand and a building where s sie main satellite launch base since 2012. it's believed to have played a key role in the long range missile program. during summit, he said the leader told him his government was destroying a major site. an analyst called the move an important first step. >>> iran is pushing back against president trump after his angry twitter message targeting the tehran government. the president used capital letters to warn iran's president not to threaten th

if they're called to a congressional hearing in front of trey gowdy, elijah cummings, they have to answer plan to reunify these children and who is responsible for it. short of that, we're going to continue having different answers. >> and what the timeline? it's very slow. >> exactly. >> great work, all of you, on staying on top of this issue. thank you. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, the latest on the protests greeting donald trump has he golfs at his resort in scotland. >>> up next, the religious debate over the border crisis. what would jesus do? eathe. so to breathe better, i go with anoro. ♪ go your own way copd tries to say, "go this way." i say, "i'll go my own way, with anoro." ♪ go your own way once-daily anoro contains two medicines called bronchodilators that work together to significantly improve lung function all day and all night. anoro is not for asthma. it contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. the risk is unknown in copd. anoro won't replace rescue inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than once a day. te

also maryland democratic congressman, elijah cummings, talks about his effort along with senator elizabeth warren, to direct over $100 billion in federal funds to curb opioid addiction. and baltimore's acting police commissioner and fire chief discuss the opioid crisis from the perspective of first responders. watch "washington journal" spotlight on the opioid crisis. live friday morning, starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> now the 2018 mid terms and elections, this recent "washington journal" discussion is about an hour. "washington j" continues. host: we want to welcome back a longtime friend, charlie cook of the cook political report. you have been on this network for more than 30 years. guest: i think i was on c-span the first year that it was on the air. it is always fun and it was an important part of my career. that is why i religiously come back when you ask. the: i want to get to 30,000 foot level and then we will drill down to some of these races. it is mid july, the election is november, and a lot can happen. what does it feel like? guest: it looks like in the house, dem

the acting baltimore police commissioner and congressman, elijah cummings. and callers told us their stories. you can watch the entire show tonight at eight eastern here on c-span2. >>> prime time tonight on c-span. tiring supreme court justice anthony kennedy discusses his legacy and the court at the annual ninth circuit judicial conference in anaheim, california. you can watch it tonight at eight eastern on c-span.>>> sunday night on "after words". former white house press secretary, sean spicer, discusses his book the briefing, the politics, the press and the president. he is interviewed by michael steele. >> one -- ronald reagan and donald trump are very different. how did you navigate that? we are both reagan conservatives in that regard. was it a little bit of a you know, dance every once in a while? how did you do it? >> with respect to the president himself. look, there's no question, he is not traditional in terms of how he speaks. he has his own vernacular. but he also connects to a people in a way most politicians never have. and he talks very blu

so i have introduced legislation with representative elijah cummings modeled on the ryan white care act to apply this very successful model to fighting the opioid epidemic. the comprehensive addiction resources emergency act would invest $100 billion over the next ten years to ensure that every single person dealing with addiction can get the help they need, period. if president trump wants to prioritize this problem and make a difference in the opioid epidemic, he could do it. he has the power. he could implement his own commission's recommendations. he could send meaningful budget requests to congress. he could appoint qualified, hardworking people to tackle the problem, but he won't do any of those things. he's all talk, no action. and while he keeps extending meaningless emergency declarations, americans are dying. people with addiction and their families deserve more. our communities demand more. it is time to stop nibbling around the edges and get to work on this problem. madam president, i yield and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the

maryland democratic congressman elijah cummings talks about his efforts along with senator elizabeth warren to direct over $100 million in federal funds to help with opioid addiction and the opioid crisis is discussed from the perspective of first responders. watch the washington journal spotlight on the opioid crisis live friday morning starting at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on oral histories the first of our eight part series on women in congress. sunday at 10 a.m. eastern former republican congresswoman susan molinari. >> it also made me a fighter and made me -- i was just forced to be tougher. that's sort of the secret. at least it was back then. we were constantly underestimated as females. sometimes being underestimated is a good thing. i remember a lot of my debates where the people i was debating didn't take me seriously until i got up there and then it was too late. i think the same thing happens when you're negotiating. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from pat schroeder, eva clayton, ellen bentley, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday

also, maryland democratic congressman elijah cummings talks about his effort along with senator elizabeth warren to direct over $100 billion in federal funds to curb opioid addiction. and baltimore's acting police commissioner gary tuggle, and file chief, discuss the opioid crisis from the perspective of first responders. watch washington journals spotlight on the opioid crisis. it is life friday morning, starting at 7 am eastern on a cspan. >> sunday night on question-and- answer, constitutional lawyer david stewart on his book impeached, the trial of president andrew johnson, and the fight for ligands legacy. >> it is a scandal. the chapter on johnson i will speak beyond that. the chapter on johnson should be expunged from every library in the country. the focus is on edmund ross who is credited for casting a single vote who saves johnson's detail. a calls ross is vote the most heroic moment in american history. i think it was bought, that his vote was purchase. saving johnson i think was not a heroic moment. >> david stewart, sunday night at 8 am -- 8 pm eastern. >> dr. anthony now chi