you just never know. >> congressman eric paulson, republican from minnesota. always appreciate the time. come back and talk to us again. >> thank you. >> coming up, the house veterans affairs economic subcommittee will hold a hearing looking at the 2017 law expanding education programs for u.s. veterans. that's at 2:00 eastern on c-span. until then, more from this morning's washington journal. >> david is a democrat from rhode island, a member of the house judiciary committee the panel that rod rosenstein will be appearing before tomorrow with rod rosenstein overseeing bob mueller's russia probe. what are you expecting to hear from him tomorrow. >> what do you want to learn from him? >> i think it's important to say at the outset one of the frustrations about the ongoing russia investigation and the intelligence committee investigations on a white house that's embroiled in scandals is that we are not focused on the important work that the american people except us to do in terms of creating good paying jobs, raising family incomes, reducing the costs in people

. >>> eric paulson is a republican representing minnesota's third district, a member of the house's chief tax writing committee, and right now, the conference committee is ironing out the differences between the house and senate

coming up tuesday morning, minnesota republican congressman eric paulson will join us to talk about republican tax reform efforts and upcoming fiscal deadlines. rhode island democratic congressman will talk about the latest in the investigation whether russia interfered with the 2016 presidential elections. be sure to watch live tuesday morning. join the discussion. >>> this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to saratoga springs, upstate new york. we will explore the history known for its mineral springs, saturday on book tv. >> this is the place where ulysses grant penned his memoirs in 1885. he was dying of throat cancer. his family was facing serious financial problems. at this point in his life, he was a man trying to take care of his family. we get to tell a story here that most people don't know about. >> reporter: then, local author and former federal prosecutor andrew mckenna shares his book, "sheer madness." >> growing up i thought the person who was addicted to heroin lives under a bridge somewhere and pushing a shopping cart around or something like that. but that's not the case.

so if it was eric paulson or who it was, i can't remember.ost: i remember it was norm coleman, right? is there somebody right now in innesota that you'd support? caller: well, i don't know who's running, who would be running. host: well, we'll certainly see. the first step would be for senator al franken to resign today. and we're expected to hear from him on the senate floor. also a reminder this week, we are moving closer and closer towards a potential government shutdown. it would happen at midnight tomorrow night if it isn't averted. yesterday, president trump was asked at a cabinet meeting if there was going to be a government shutdown. here's what president trump had to say. president trump: it could happen. the democrats are really looking at something that is very dangerous for our country. they are looking at shutting down. they want to have illegal immigrants in many cases, people that we don't want in our country, they want to have illegal immigrants pouring into our country, bringing with them crime, tremendous amounts of crime. w

sunday, michael eric dyson talks about his book. monday, authory, henry paulson -- olson.ay, ken stern with "republic will like me." on wednesday, angela j davis with her book, "policing the black man." also on friday, december 29, author and scholar with "digital world war, islamist extremists, and the fight for cyber supremacy." on saturday, jessica bruder with her book. on sunday, december 31, author chris whipple with "the gatekeepers, how the white house chief of staff define every presidency." starting next week at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from nashville, tennessee is stephen mansfield with his book, "choosing donald trump." thank you for being with us. one year into his presidency, do they still support him? guest: not to the same strength as initially. there has been some drop-off, some buyers remorse. from evangelicals and christians has dropped off. host: why? guest: different reasons. some of them do not like his manners. some do night like him picking a -- do not like him picking a fight with the mayor of san juan,