we will have more on the reaction to his piece, but first we hear from fallows himself. he spoke a few days ago with margaret warner. >> warner: jill fallows, thank you for having us. >> thank you, margaret. >> warner: you contend after 13 years of war in iraq and afghanistan, in which we overthrough samaria -- saddam hussein and the taliban and drove most of al qaeda underground, that we essentially lost those wars? >> if you look strictly from a military point of view, the one clear victory the united states had was killing osama bin laden, but by having this last 12 or 13 years of open-ended war in iraq and the surrounding countries, i argue that from almost any perspective, that is use of money, loss of life, taking of life, strategic changes in america's image and reputation around the world, erosion of american values, this has been an era of defeat rather than victory. >> warner: but critics like former u.s. ambassador to iraq jim jeffries argues that winning a war is forcing the other side to cease operations and basically gaining control of territory, that the u

at this farm there were fewer hours for employees and 15% of the fields left fallow. 2015 is shaping up a lot like 2014 with plenty of uncertainty. >> i think initially you will start see people not plant certain crops for a while and those prices will probably start to escalate. i think you could city dairy products go up in cost. >> reporter: and the 2015 outlook for agriculture is essentially the same as last year. these planting decisions need to be made before the farmers know what their allotment of water is going to be so again this year farmers expect to fallow some fields and there may be higher prices at the checkout stand. live in san jose, i'm mark sayre, kpix 5. >>> so what's the outlook for rain in the opening days of 2015? good question. >> we are going to check in with brian hackney now in the weather center. >> ken, liz, well, i come bearing good news. um, let's look at something -- lexington was a reservoir that was built i think around 1954, something like that up there above los gatos. if we look at where the water really comes from for much of the state, first th

. >> next, james fallows talks about the u.s. armed forces on washington journal.ost: james fallows of the atlantic. he has the cover story of the january-february issue. the tragedy of the american military. thank you for joining us. what is the tragedy? guest: we have a country that has been more or less perpetually at war as a nation but the public has not been involved. you take all the people have served in iraq and afghanistan in last dozen years, it is two thirds of 1% of the american public. the distance between the realities of the public and the realities of the military has meant we use our military force more recklessly than we would otherwise. it is that gap i mainly talking about. host: what causes the gap? guest: in a democracy, people are exposed to certain institutions day by day. we know the goods and bads. right now, not much of the public is exposed to the military. what happens when any institution is on autopilot is happening to the military in a way that was not true in previous generations. in most of our other previous wars, presidents and

journalist and author of "china airborne" jim fallows says many newly prosperous passengers have never experienced the kind of travel headaches long familiar to other fliers. >>:"a population that is underprepared. and a system that is especially annoying. when they combine, you see these results." china's busiest hubs are notorious for long delays. fallows blames much of the misery on the chinese military - which controls the vast majority of the country's increasingly crowded airspace. china is expected to pass the u.s. and become the world's top airline market in the next 20 years. which means more agonizing waits. and perhaps - more confrontations like this. passengers more taking "chinese-style air rage" to new heights. will ripley - cnn - beijng. coming up at 8:30. the pope brings out the masses for mass. where his record-breaking message reaches millions. and flash frozen asphalt is creating deadly driving conditions. we'll show you icy rain and multi-car pile ups. >>vicki liviakis:still ahead. shots ring out near the vice president's home. what the secret service is unraveling.

and then later in the program, james fallows from "the atlantic". that, as "washington journal" continues after this. >> this sunday, on "q&a", talking about the groundbreaking 1950 film "the birth of a nation". and the efforts by african_american civil rights activists and newspaper publisher william monroe trotter. >> part two of the movie, which is after the war, is really the heart of the protest. in a sense that this is wherethe blacks were just appalled by the betrayal of freed slaves. this is the scenes showing what happens when you give former slaves, you know, the right to vote, the right to be elected, the right to govern. a scene in the south carolina legislature where there first and primary order of business is to pass a law allowing for interracial marriage. because, again, black men are solely interested in pursuing and having white women. >> sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on c_span's "q&a". >> "washington journal" continues. host: we welcome representative donald norcross of new jersey. good morning to you. guest: good mor

. >> mention the first generation traveler -- >> reporter: journalist and author jim fallows says manyewly prosperous passengers have never experienced the travel headaches long investment to other throughiers. >> population that is underprepared and a system that is especially annoying. when they combine, you these these results. >> reporter: china's busiest hubs are notorious for long delays. fallow blames much of the misery on the chinese military which controls the vast majority of the country's increasingly crowded airspace. china is expected to pass the u.s. and become the world's top airline market in the next 20 years. which means more agonizing waits and perhaps more passengers taking chinese-style air rage to new heights. will ripley, cnn, beijing. >> what actually got me in that was the opening of the emergency exit door. i've never seen that in my life. >> you got to understand this country has gone a very long way this a short period of time. a lot of people in the country are not familiar with how things operate, not used to it. >> finishing school -- >> the people who ar

and according to my next guest, james fallows, despite the blood and treasure committed there by the u.s. has not achieved any of the stated goals. he makes the difficult and controversial argument that the best military in the world is in effect being wasted. he writes the cover story for atlantic magazine why do the best soldiers in the world keep losing. thank you for joining us tonight. >> my pleasure. thank you, jim. >> i want to begin by quoting your article, which is part of the nut of your argument. he say, quote, outsiders treat the military too reverently and too cavalierly as if regarding the members as heroes makes up for committing them to unending unwinnable missions and denying them anything the political mind share we give to any major public undertakings. are you saying we diafy the american military to a default? >> yes, i am. in the past 13 years, an open-ended war, the fact that so few americans have bourne the burden of this combat is less than 1% of the entire population that served in iraq or afghanistan in the last dozen years and those who did serve have been

. >> we know the statistics that suggest that the year that fallows, take profits. >> send us a tweet to @optionsaction. we have the hottest news, videos from throughout the week. and exclusive trades. check it out. in the meantime, here is what is coming up -- >> future events, such as these, will affect you in the future. >> you said it, buddy. we've got the craziest predictions that could come true in 2015. >>> plus, talk about an odd couple. why are the vix end stocks rising together. the answer could make you money. we'll explain when "options action" returns. >>> what is wrong with this picture? stocks have rallied. the vix have also surged. does this bring problems for january. brian, why the surge? explain it to us. >> well, typically, the last week of the season, 83% of the time, the vix rises. let's look at this. in december, the vix rose 44%. that's a huge surge. i look at what's going on in oil. i know a lot of americans believe everything is about twitter and facebook and technology. but the world thrives on the commodity business. that leads into the equity markets, whet

the other side is not going to sit back and let this issue go fallow. they will plant.he question for us is are we going to out there and make our case instead of just playing defense? we were talking football earlier. you don't score a lot of points on defense. from my perspective, we need to score points if we have to to win. >> iowa will again have a straw poll in the summer. are you going to participate in that? >> we will make a decision by then about whether or not we will be in the race. i have a feeling on straw polls -- there is a variety of straw polls in washington. i'm someone who keeps my eye on the ball. when you're really going to put points on the board. whether there is a straw poll or not or other ones -- will we participate? we went and spoke and had a good time last time but we did not spread the priestess -- the precious resources on a straw poll. we will spend our time and energy when the points count. >> which is more -- whether tom brady is telling the truth or the meeting between mitt romney? >> i want to know if tom brady is telling the truth.

strong job market and fast growth but much of that is tied to the pras of oil and if oil were to fallower or even stay at this level for a long period of time the building boom that you can clearly see behind us may simply run out of gas. for "nightly business report," i'm brian sullivan in calgary, alberta, canada. >>> still ahead, scaling back. what the republican controlled house did today to two measures important to business. >>> it was not a good day at j.p. morgan chase. the biggest bank reported a 7% drop in earnings last quarter, getting slammed by a billion dollars in legal costs and a decline in trading revenue. shares fell 3.5% today weighing heavily on the entire financial sector. >>> things a little bit better at wells fargo, the biggest lender rose more than $5 billion thanks to higher revenue from loan interest payments but chief financial officer john shrewsbury said it's not just from loans. >> loan growth from wells fargo in the third to fourth quartt 13%. strong as it's been in some time. some of that is mortgage some is autos, it's in credit cards, it's all categories

job market and fast growth but much of that is tied to the price of oil and if oil's price were to fallow lower or stay at this level, the building boom you see behind us may run out of gas. i'm brian sullivan in alberta, canada. >> it's not just energy and oil companies feeling the pinch of oil prices. as morgan brennan reports, the ripple effect is spreading into other sectors. >> reporter: the collapse in oil prices is beginning to take a toll on other industries. the united states steel corporation is temporarily idling two factories and laying off roughly 750 workers, a direct result of crude's dramatic plunge. supplying tubes and pipes to oil and gas drillers is a key market for steel makers and up until now has been a bright spot for the hard hit industry. but with energy companies expected to slash capital spending by as much as 20% this year that means less steel. >> u.s. direct steel consumption into the energy market is about 10% of the market but when you include energy-related infrastructure that number bumps up to about 15%. so the weaker growth in oil and gas is really driv

many fields lay fallow. there are two ways from the south end of the valley.a narrow pass, it the other a high scenic road over the mountains. they converge from the sight of the ancient village san pietro. where 700 years it has stood on the shoulder of the valley, welcoming the travelers. the stones of its walls were queried out of the apparent hills. population 1,412 at the last census. a farming community. patron saint peter. point of interest saint peters. 1438. note, interesting treatment of chansal. from the end of october 1943 until the middle of san pietro had seen some of the bitterest fighting in the army front. they entered the second phase to push forward again after a static period brought on by heavy seasonal rains. our battle lines were as haphazard as the rains itself. each river seemed like five. and where there was no river to cross, a mountain blocked us. each meter ahead being a few higher so each new peak had to be fought for the hard way with the enemy looking down our throats. they had time to fortify their ammunitions. no amount of art

joining me is the correspondent for "the atlantic," james fallows.athan landay thank you for joining us. you argue the growing divide between those overs seas and civilians back home has policy ramifications. you quote mike mullen as saying fewer and fewer people know anyone in the military. it's become too easy to go to war. >> it's one thing for somebody like me to say i think it has become too easy to go to war but to have mike mullen the chairman of the joint chiefs to say that has some weight. at previous times in american history especially in the generation after world war ii america was familiar enough with the military to understand it the way it understands it other big institutions to respect it the way we do schools and the medical system and courts but recognize its shortcomings. we have come to a situation where few people are exposed to the realities of the military. there are twice as many people living on farms as there are serving on active duty or reserves. we have replaced what i view as hollow easy celebration at game halftimes f

be made before farmers know what the water allocations will be so as a result, some field could be fallowhis year. reporting in san jose, i'm mark sayre, kpix 5. >> after a very wet december, what is the outlook for january? brian hackney is here with an early look. >> i have good news and a little more good news. in fact, more than just january, how about january, february and march. the climate prediction center releases a three-month outlook and it's looking good for northern california. they are forecasting above average precipitation over three months. and that includes the bay area. that's not bad. now what else is not bad? it's a look at the snowpack summary. if you look at just those numbers, that's a percentage of average. we are only about half of where we should be in the northern central south and statewide. but compared to last year, we're well ahead. we're about three times where we were last january 1st in terps of snowpack. so while we have a ways to go and you've heard this before, we're doing a lot better than we were last year and according to the three-month outlook, t

later, our spotlight on magazines features james fallows on the atlantic with his cover story of the armed forces. we'll also take your calls on the sentencing of former virginia governor robert mcdonnell. washington journal is live at 7:45 a.m. on cspan. >> here's some of our featured programs for this weekend on cspan networks. on cspan-2 the pitfalls of group decision making and what to do to avoid them. and sunday afternoon at 1:00 part of the influence of hip-hop on politics and:[cy<)q u.s. government's efforts to kill malaria during world war ii. and on cspan-3, saturday lectures on history. brian dirck uses lincoln to talk about slavery during the civil war. and a discussion on birth control with margaret sanger and the birth control movement. find our complete schedule on cspan.org and tell us about the programs you're watching. e-mail us at comments at cspan.com org or send us a tweet @c-span.org. >>> his remarks focused on combatting international criminal networks and his agencies' relations with communities in texas. this is an hour. >>> good morning and welcome to all of

reduce transaction cost, then any asset in the sharing economy that at any moment is going to go fallow, we can get the synapse firing between the person who would sell that asset and the person who might want to buy that asset. and that can apply to air b&b type assets or any other good and service. it could be your car sitting idle, it could be at home, it could be the dress you wore this week that you're knot going to wear next week. >> one of the things google and other companies are trying to do is make the entire business transaction friction-free. we get it to you and, boom. that velocity, increasing the velocity of that transaction benefits the entire ecosystem of payers, credit card processers obviously, the advertiser, obviously, the ultimate manufacturer and hopefully, the consumer. >> very cool. are there any aspects of google's culture when you look back you wish had been different or you would do differently the next time around? >> well for me i think all of the errors that we've made the core error was in taking too long to do something or allowing something to go on for

host: james fallows has his cover story on the january-february issue of "the atlantic." a web version not only gives you the story we have talked about but other content as well. thank you for your time. guest: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., january 7 2015. i hereby appoint the honorable glenn thompson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen,

please join me to welcome rebecca frankel and james fallows 85. >> i could not be more delighted with rebecca frankel before a shift to becky i have known her eight or nine years and have watched her develop as a writer. i am predisposed to like this book be coz we love her so much but the fact that jonathan yardley to is no pushover gave such high compliments is well-deserved. a human story of a science story the culture of work between the species i am glad i have a teiids to ask her questions and have her tell her story. -- i thought i returned the idiom thing off. it is actually my boss. hi james. i am here with rebecca frankel. [laughter] so let me start just by asking becky coveted is not what i expected when they were raising you as the studious person how did you end up right to exist kind of book? >> it was dog's first. i work with tom that you probably know him from his wonderful book he has been writing about foreign policy edessa got to know him i got to know how much he liked the author of dash dogs he has two dogs in love them very much so we started to bond and i did a

james fallows of the land take. -- atlantic. we will also take your calls on the sentencing of governor mcdonald of virginia. join the conversation with your comments on facebook and twitter. >> next, house speaker john boehner holds a ceremonial swearing-in for members of congress. this is about two hours. sted photos with members and their families. >>> great, thanks leader. >>> we'll make room for him. there you go.áymÑ >>> all rise. >> very good. >> congratulations. >> right this way, thank you. >> you can stand right there. okay. here we go. all right. now we get it. all right. thank you. >> thank you. right this way. thank you. >> how are you doing? all right. >> thank you. thank you.