host: francis rooney served in congress and as the u.s. ambassador to the vatican. (202) 748-8001 four republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8002 four independents. if you want to send a text message, send it to (202) 748-8003. include your first name and your city. mr. ambassador, mr. congressman, what were some of the issues that you faced at the time you were ambassador and in congress that perhaps are still important today. guest: one of the big things in 2005 and 2006 was iraq. mr. ema john was outspoken in his hatred of the west. we had the pope speak up forcefully against what was going on over there. that started the anti-iranian dialogue that led to his bush -- president bush calling them part of the axis of evil, and sanctions that were taken off under obama. host: and in congress? guest: we had many issues. i was on the foreign affairs committee and the latin american subcommittee. we had all kinds of problems in latin america it, in columbia, the post-park deal. the land distribution campaign has not worked. now

francis rooney?aller: i hear a lot of democrats and other pendants come on and say things like that. while that may be true, it is the midterm elections and all that, if you are a democrat and you care, put more positives swing on that. not staying so negative. biden has a poor rating. negativity is not nice if you care about doing kratz. guest: charlotte, i appreciate that view. i am site if not communicate clearly enough. i was trying to make data based on -- in order to cure a problem, you have to have a diagnosis. i also noted there are exceptions. when you have moments of national crisis and economic decline, and the fall of a midterm, voters begin to sense that the economy is doing better than it was or the crisis is being dealt with, then they tend to reward the president in power, just as they did with george w. bush in 2002 and bill killington in 1990 eight and fdr in 1994. if the climate aligned with that kind of history, we will retain the senate majority and have ace fighting chance of at

the future of the republican party with with florida congressman francis rooney.nforming you new york congressman steve israel talked about the challenges facing the democratic party heading into the upcoming midterm election. watch washington journal live at 7 p.m. eastern. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> c-spanshop.org c-span's online store. look there are recent products, apparel, books, and decor. there's something for every c-span fan and every purchase help support our nonprofit organization. shop now or anytime at c-spanshop.org. >> at least six presidents recorded conversations bombing up -- in office. here many of those conversations on c-span's new podcast, prep -- presidential recordings. >> here robin 1964 civil rights act. the march on selma and the war in vietnam. not everyone knew they were being recorded. >> certainly johnson secretaries new because they were tasked with transcribing many of those conversations, in fact they were the ones who made sure that the conversations were taped as

francis rooney? caller: i hear a lot of democrats and other pendants come on and say things like that. while that may be true, it is the midterm elections and all that, if you are a democrat and you care, put more positives swing on that. not staying so negative. biden has a poor rating. negativity is not nice if you care about doing kratz. guest: charlotte, i appreciate that view. i am site if not communicate clearly enough. i was trying to make data based on -- in order to cure a problem, you have to have a diagnosis. i also noted there are exceptions. when you have moments of national crisis and economic decline, and the fall of a midterm, voters begin to sense that the economy is doing better than it was or the crisis is being dealt with, then they tend to reward the president in power, just as they did with george w. bush in 2002 and bill killington in 1990 eight and fdr in 1994. if the climate aligned with that kind of history, we will retain the senate majority and have ace fighting chance of

russia's invasion of ukraine and the future of the republican party with former florida congressman francis rooneyrmer new york democratic congressman steve israel talks about the challenges facing the democratic party heading into the midterm elections. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern monday morning on c-span or on c-span now, our free mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. ♪ ♪ announcer: april 15, 2022 marks the day jackie robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball. since 2004, april 15 has been known as jackie robinson date in honor of the brooklyn dodgers' player. tonight on q&a, the former senior writer for sports illustrated talks about his book " true: the four seasons of jackie robinson." where he writes about his life , career, in the civil rights movement. >> one way to think about this is to realize when he made that debut martin luther king had never given a public speech or sermon. he was not a large figure yet. when we think of that era it had not begun and jackie was a pioneer in that sense. wh

coming up monday morning, we will discuss the future of the republican party with francis rooney.r new york democratic congressman steve israel talks about the challenges facing the democratic party heading into the upcoming midterm election. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern day morning on c-span or on c-span now, our free mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> april 15, 2022, march the 75th anniversary of the day jackie robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball. since 2004, april 15 has been known in the baseball world as jackie robinson day in honor of the brooklyn dodgers player. tonight on "q&a," a former senior writer for sports illustrated talks about his book where he writes about robinson's life, career, and his role in the civil rights movement. >> one way to think about this is to realize that when he made that debut, martin luther king had still never given a public speech or sermon. he was not a large figure yet. when we think of that era of the civil rights movement, it had

the future of the republican with florida congressman francis rooney.g new york congressman steve israel talks about the challenges facing the democratic party. heading into the upcoming midterm election. watch washington journal live at seven eastern monday morning on c-span or c-span now, our free mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more. including sparklight. >> the greatest on earth is a place you call home. at sparklight it is our home too. right now we are facing our greatest challenge. that is why sparklight is working around the clock to keep you connected. we are doing our part so it is a little easier for you to do yours. >> sparklight support c-span as a public service. along with these other television providers. giving a front row seat to democracy. >> jackie robinson made his major-league debut in brooklyn and again managed by clive. april 14, 1947. he broke baseball's color barrier

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of ukraine and the future of the republican party, with former florida republican congressman francis rooney. and former new york democratic congressman steve israel talks