host: emily martin. emily: there are a lot of great points there, one of which is, this is a real impact on victims. obviously, there are different levels of harassment. but one of the reasons why it is really difficult to bring any sort of complaint of harassment, and why the majority of women first because harassment is often in an expression of power, just like it is here. for the not unusual harasser to be a very powerful person within the workplace. and that makes it very difficult to come forward and to be confident that there will be any meaningful response if you come forward. -- so, it is not a rational, but a lotirrational, of women think there is nothing to be gained by bringing a complaint. and one of the other things that i hear, in that story, is that the impact of harassment really goes beyond any particular moment, any particular interaction. it can really affect how and individual who has experienced succeed at work in a way that is very disturbing. host: you can learn more about the nati

emily martin of the national women's law sent already talk about private sector efforts to address the problem. and mentors and violence prevention strategies will discuss sexual harassment and assault prevention education programs. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> earlier today, president trump talked about the opioid epidemic and signed a national public health emergency declaration. the president said the drug problem has been developing for a long time. and that will it continue to get worse before getting etter. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. trump. [applause] mrs. trump: thank you. thank you all for being here today. it touches my heart to see the many familiar faces of the people i have been lucky to get to know over the last few onths. thank you for the time and strength it takes for each of you to tell your stories. we are here today because of your courage. the opioid epidemic has affected more than two million americans nationwide and sadly the number contin

martin, your emily reaction. story i do think cindy's points out how different sorts are connected, whether pregnancy or race sexual nation or harassment, that all of those discrimination are expression of the idea that really aren't valuable in the work place. don't long here and you are second class citizen here. and is probably not a coincidence, the company she running r, she kept into problems at all these different levels. dunkirk, maryland. hi, dan. caller: hi. have ow when they sometimes sometimes, they make a person secrecy thing. guest: nondisclosure. caller: nondisclosure. illegal hat should be you couldn't say they could talk about it unless brought against them again and then that person could be a witness for the person. don't believe in secrecy stuff. host: let's take that up. nondisclosure agreements, some people argue this is part of the problem, women cannot talk about what happened. guest: it's a great question to ask. there are two nondisclosure agreements, one i think is definitely something

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victory fund, the dnc tweeted out today they will donate $30,000 in weinstein cash to emily's list. jonathan martin not in position to retweet jumps out at skin, quit and think of a way to make a bad situation worse, but the dnc figured it out. back with the panel. charlie? >> yeah. it's... i thought his response to all of this was pretty amazing. it's proof they would literally politicize anything. he goes through a statement -- it seems to be both apologizing and admitting everything while at the same time saying that the story was all wrong. but then pivoted and turned the whole thing on an attack on wayne lapierre and the nra trying to politicize both his scandal and the shooting in los angeles. it's pretty disgusting. >> and the swipe at president trump also jumped out at me. i mean... people believe president trump deserves to be criticized for his personal behavior. but this guy? [laughs] if these allegations are true, the past 20 years of weinstein's life has been one strong comic long trump access hollywood video. it's hypocritical of them. >> bret: let's turn to this story which is bowe b

many authors on the second amendment and gun issues including journalists emily miller and gary young and parents of trayvon martin and tracy martin. if this is a topic that interest you, go to our website booktv.org, and in the search bar, type gun book, and you'll find a large archive of authors and materials all of these programs are available to watch online. >> we're pleased to be joined by one of 362 americans who is actually been in space and that is astronaut leyland melvin and mr. melvin you write that your, your book is called chases space and you write it had all begun with a dropped past. >> exactly. a drop past so i was a wide receiver this in a running team, and that means that i block a lot versus catching passes. we were at a home coming game and i was running down the sideline ball perfectly thrown in my hand and i drop the downtown pass in my hands. and the thing is -- a scout was from university of richmond looking to play baseball for the team and he walked out of the stadium, my coach jimmy greene said run the same play this time i caught the ball and one catch resultedded in 180,000 dollar sc

on "washington journal" jenny beth martin calls on mitch mcconnell to resign. and then emilyn speaks on the clean power plan. and later, the former cbs and nbc chief diplomati

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party patriots co-founder jenny beth martin discusses her group's call for senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to resign. politico climate and energy reporter emilyden on the e.p.a.'s decision to roll back the obama administration's clean power plan. and former cbs and nbc chief diplomatic correspondent and author marvin kalb talks about his new book on russia and communism. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal. live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. >> sunday night on after words, historian craig shirley on the life and political career of newt grich with his book "citizen newt: the making of a reagan conservative." he's interviewed by former virginia congressman tom davis. >> this is an era before cable television. cable television was prominent today. cable news wasn't. >> it wasn't there. before msnbc and pockets of cable here and there but mostly reruns of "i love lucy" and andy griffith and stuff like that. there's no talk radio. to speak of. that -- there's the big media. and c-span. nd he quickly realizes the potentcy of giving special orders every afternoon, a five-minute speech and then being carried over cabl

coming up this morning, jenny beth martin discusses her groups call for mitch mcconnell to resign. holden onorter emily the epa decision to roll back the clean power plan. kalb talks about his new book on russia and communism. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> tonight on afterwards, craig shirley on the life and career of nude gingrich with his book. --newt gingrich with his book. >> it was little pockets of cable here and there, mostly reruns of i love lucy and things like that. no talk radio to speak of. he quickly realizes the potency orders everycial afternoon. it was being carried all over cable to 100,000 homes around the country.

emily martin, we appreciate the conversation with you, this morning. >> members of the u.s. house approved an outline of their tax proposal and called on congress to work on changes to the tax code. the chair of the house ways and means committee says the gop will introduce a tax bill november 1, and the committee will begin marking up the legislation november 6. you can read the resolution of .he proposals at www.c-span.org we spoke to the tax reporter for the "wall street journal" about the week ahead. how does the budget proposal specifically set up the next steps are congress? sets up it reconciliation, the fast-track that lets the bill moves through the senate, in particular, without an id. a chronic votes. aching get on the floor with a straight up or down vote -- and it can also get off the floor with a straight up or down vote, unlike most legislation which has a 60 vote threshold in the senate, where republicans would need some sort of democratic assistance. budgetarys of parameter for the tax bill. increase deficits by as much as one point $5 trillion over the next