clip from our c-span twitter page where we are tweeting out. you can go to c-span's webpage, c-span.org to watch the entire event yourself and watch any of our events here from c-span. a few minutes left to keep talking about the president's push for a one point $5 trillion infrastructure investment that would include $200 billion in .ederal dollars caller: i don't care which president may be in office, but it seems the last ace up their ,leeve is infrastructure plans may it be obama or go on forever, but it seems like every time the united states gets in trouble and we are out of jobs, normally they pull this out and then war comes eventually. what scares me is who is going to do the actual work? anybodyf we don't have coming over like the chinese did with the railways and not -- i am a little worried about the kids nowadays because most kids don't know what work is, because they are so used to being babied thanks to the obama administration and obama closing down most of the schools such as the well-being and schools that teach trades. -- such as welding a

clip from our c-span twitter page where we are tweeting out. you can go to-span's webpage, c-span.org to watch the entire event yourself and watch any of our events here from c-span. a few minutes left to keep talking about the president's push for a one point $5 trillion infrastructure investment that would include $200 billion in .ederal dollars caller: i don't care which president may be in office, but it seems the last ace up their ,leeve is infrastructure plans may it be obama or go on forever, but it seems like every time the united states gets in trouble and we are out of jobs, normally they pull this out and then war comes eventually. what scares me is who is going to do the actual work? anybodyf we don't have coming over like the chinese did with the railways and not -- i am a little worried about the kids nowadays because most kids don't know what work is, because they are so used to being babied thanks to the obama administration and obama closing down most of the schools such as the well-being and schools that teach trades. -- such as welding and

to keep the government from shutting down this coming friday night. live coverage of the house continues again at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. we will go back to the senate judiciary committee hearing ith secretary kristen nielsen. secretary nielsen: electricity will be restored. >> last week i wrote to fema, specifically the administrator brock long, because of reports and we verified them with people in connecticut that they have been told that the transitional shelter assistance program will be ended for them because their homes are now tatterable in puerto rico despite the absence of water, electricity and reliable structures. would you agr

houses on c-span and once again later this afternoon at 3:00 eastern, the senate on c-span two. we are covering the women's ,arch, if you go to c-span.org you can see livestream coverage showing that now from the national mall. vegasr from j next on las independent line. caller: i spent 20 years in the air force and i retired from this country -- serving our country and doing all that good for our country. i look at these guys and i scratch my head. i'm an independent, i voted for trump, and i think we need to drain the swamp, because these guys can work together and they can't get their act together. there is no integrity or character amongst these people. iny talk around each other the last caller talks about lies. oh my gosh. it amazes me how people are today when it's obvious you need 60 votes in the senate to pass a resolution. it is democrats fault and it is all on schumer. host: you do need 60 votes to move forward. we will take your calls for about 10 more minutes and provided no other life briefings happen, we're going to show you some the closing comments by senators late last night in the senate. mike is in baltimo

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to go. >> that is mark meadows with reporters this morning on c-span. we are back live, waiting to .ear from chuck schumer the senate has been in session. it is on c-span two. the house will be back in session. thispect 3:00 eastern afternoon, we will have live coverage of it. they will come back in, debate, and take up a same-day role allowing consideration of any legislation on the same day it is submitted. thereason we are here -- vote in the u.s. senate. the senate failing to move forward and approve the continuing resolution, which had been approved by the house the day before. our congressional chronicle at c-span.org shows the score on it. it did not get closer than what withote rejected, 50-49 senator mccain not voting. the units -- the u.s. session is in senate on c-span2. we will wait for chuck schumer and his comments to reporters. >> it looks like a couple more minutes for senator schumer to come out. we will have it live when it starts on c-span. readings all across the capital today. we are trying to get as many of them as we can to show yo

. >> if you like to see more of c-span's communicates programs go to c-span.org and look under the series link on the homepage. >> c-span, or history unfolded daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television companies and is brought to you today by their cable or satellite provider. >> talus about how it works in the brain? >> you can think of it as light at the outer and. while it is true humans seem to be endowed with the capacity for care, the result of having these babies were to take it, you know, amy him capacity can go awry during development. psychopathy as a development of disorder that seems to be at least partly related to genetic problems, not completed but in part. that seems to result in people having no capacity to care for anybody but themselves. it is something that occurs in a severe form in about one or 2% of the population. what we discovered is people who are psychopathic have brains through the opposite of people are very altruistic. so were have brains were active, people are so psychopathic are smaller. >> the title of your book

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again, we are going to have an interview later this morning with georgia's lieutenant governor. he will join us aboard the c-spanus later. if you want to find out more about it we invite you to go to our website at c-span.org. also you can find some of the previous interviews we have done and all about the 50 states tour. baltimore, maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. i am confused. kellyanne conway says she has three daughters. how do you vote for a man who says that he will molest women? what are you telling your daughters? the people that voted for donald trump, it makes a sense for me. you would put a man in office who says he will molest women, and then you are confused about the me too movement. there is no confusion. the republican party, you don't have a first lady who represents you the proper way. it is ugly and nasty. i will be glad when donald trump gets out of their --there. this is so ugly. host: and so unattractive. mike from mississippi. i think women need to complaining. in theng sexual harassed workplace. behink it should not legislated in because we have a president that has been acc

c-span two. or watch sunday night at 9:00 pm eastern on c-span. you can go to c-span.org & video of past prime minister's questions and other british public affairs programs. >> the bookings institution hosted the dix -- the discussion about the protest and political situation in iran. this is about an hour and a half. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for braving the aftermath of cyclone bomb and polar vortex. on behalf of brookings and the center of middle east policy, i am the director for middle east policy and welcome to everyone in the room and everyone joining us on the brookings webcast and via c-span at home. we have an extremely important

i would go back to november -- >> i would go back to november 1998, just elected -- as the speaker of the house. you appeared on c-span, and here is what you said. [video clip] speaker ryan: i think the first principle tax reform would be that those on the bottom rung should be held harmless. get them on their feet before they get whacked with taxes. what i think is important is let's take a look at our current tax system. we are working toward may 17 in wisconsin to pay our taxes to the government. our tax system is punishing all of those qualities that make america great, so we can have a better tax system. >> your reaction? speaker ryan: that is what i call my gumby haircut, and i still have that tie. i have been working on that for 20 years, my whole adult life. cued up when it was a staff guy. jack kemp was my mentor, and i worked on this issue with him, in 20 years in congress. my reaction is -- it is what i tell my kids, school students when i talk about civics, democracy, and the republic that we are -- if you believe passionately in something that will make a big difference in peoples lives, what is great abo

to paycheck. when they get something like a thousand dollars bonus at christmas time, it's hardly crumbs. >> i will go back to november of 1998. you appeared on the c-span column as a member a lot. here's what it said. >> i think the first principle of tax reform are to be those in the bottom wrong should be held harmless. give them a chance to get up on their feet on a road to self-sufficiency before they get whacked with taxes. what i think is interesting is take a look at our current tax system. we are working till may 17 just to pay her taxes to the government. our tax system is punishing all those qualities that make america great. we can have a better tax system. >> your reaction. >> that's what they call my gumby haircut that i had back in those days and i still have that type. >> i've been working on this for over 20 years. i've been working on this issue pretty much my entire adult life. jack cap was my mentor. i worked on this issue 20 years in congress. my reaction is, it's what i tell my kids, it's what i tell school students when i talk about civics and democracy and the republic that we are, if you believe passionately something that will

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[applause] if you have a question, they're going to invite you to use the mic because we are going to be on television. booktv. c-span. >> we have someone to get us started. thank you. >> so my name is charles branch. i have two boys, one is 19, one is 17, and they attend -- well they beth attended a cool in bethesda, all boys private school, some white, and they would -- they had a table. the black table. >> jess. >> i would ask them, why do you sit at the table with all the black kids? i mean, part of the reason that i sent them there was to have a broader understanding of our country and the predominant people. >> yep. >> and be able to navigate. and they said, well, dad, these are the guys i know and the guys who are like me and talk about the things we talk about. but to your point about being 20 -- 19 and 20, they set the profile in the sense of, yeah, their experience is far different than mine growing up and for them things are a little bit more challenging than they were for me, but just as a parent, it was just very interesting for them to answer that question. >> yes. >> i just wanted to offer that. >> yes

to your calls. texarkana, arkansas, line for independents. go ahead. caller: yes, sir, thank you for taking my call. love c-span, it is the only place to get accurate news. ahead, mike, what is your question for anthony cordesman? caller: yes, sir, i have a question for you. years old and followed politics since eisenhower, i president l any , eeting diplomatic policies statement against pakistan. weapon has nuclear capability, why do we -- what is that he does not understand how diplomacy works. diplomats that are in ffice because of -- ignorant diplomacy. uest: i think that many people question the sort of tweeting trategy that the president is using. the best i can come up with is tweets, ot of these while i take a hard line, very stand, almost hard sell, to other ften signals countrys and some reinforce u.s. existed for a long time. they tend to be followed up by pragmatic d more stance. whether this negotiating tactic works is something that we have yet to see. so far it isn't clear that it is having that much more impact, if any, than more conventional policy options you just talked about. host: we'll let

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to members before he released the memo. if you believe c-span and our friend who said we're going to release it.his speech could have been brilliant, he could have been shakespeare and it doesn't matter one bit. >> gene robinson. >> besides from the beginning of the immigration part, which was very ugly and trumpy, it could have been a normal state of the union speech really. i mean, he went through a lot of areas and policies. i spent a lot time looking at the two men over his shoulders and thinking about them and their role. you know, it was sort of the shadow of donald trump delivering the speech. >> they were like human shields. i couldn't stop looking at them. >> so what was paul ryan thinking? how does he see his next few months? how is he going to react to the mueller investigation when it comes? >> we've seen it. >> right. is this the position he's going to sustain? and mike pence who throughout the whole russian thing has managed to be in the trump administration but not of it in a way, he seems to sort of manage not to leave fingerprints but how is he seeing this president delivering t

[applause] if you have a question, they're going to invite to to use the bike back because we're going to be on television, booktv, c-span. okay, we have someone to get it started. thank you so much. >> so my name is charles branch. i have two boys, one is 19, one is 17 and they attend, the youngest, they both attended -- [inaudible] predominately white, all boys private school. they had a table, a black cable. and i would ask them, well, why don't you sit at the table with all the black kids? part of the reason that i sent them there was to have a broader understanding of our country and the predominant people, and be able to navigate. and they said well, dad, you know, these are the guys i know and these are the guys who are like me and to talk about the things we talk about. but to your point about being 19 and 20, they said the profile and a sense of yet, there to greet us far different mine grew up after them things are little bit more challenging than the work for me. but just as a parent it wishes for interesting for them to answer that question. i just wanted to offer that. >> and let me just say that you're not

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go live to the u.s. house of representatives, officially opening the second session. -- house is back in session monday for legislative work. live coverage now on c-span, and we go back to this morning's washington journal. caller: -- the discussion and debate. if you want to have a real debate about immigration, let's start by distinguishing between illegal and legal immigrants. host: do you think it is just the media? do you think politicians tried to flame those issues as well? caller: i think the politicians do and i think the media carries it depending on who the media supports. the democrats ran a bad candidate but the media is fixated on something else. resistance is not leadership. i think the media must do a better job holding the democrat party accountable. the republican party accountable with obama. at the end of the day, we still have a responsibility of working together, something republicans with obama.degree we are not seeing that with the democratic party. i hope the media does a better job of holding both sides accountable. host: i got your point, chuck. christina, what do you want to pick up? guest: i hope we are holding both sides

is not going to recognize it until they agreed to ban the nuclear weapons they have. thank you very much. >> tonight on c-span, a look at defense funding and readiness. military and elected officials as well as defense industry executives talk about the equipment and people required for current and possible future conflicts around the world. here is a preview. >> we are obviously going to defend ourselves against nuclear north korea and if, got for bid, iran becomes a nuclear weapon state, we will defend ourselves against them too. we will continue fighting terrorists, unfortunately. we have europe and asia, as congressman gallagher has been saying, areas we have not monday seeing dominated by another hostile power. we will continue to do that. as congressman gallagher has beenwe are going r ambitions in the middle east. god knows, i would love for the region to return to the obscurity it richly deserves but that is not going to happen. it is going to continue to impose itself on us. i think we are talking about risk and/or resources. when we talk about resources, i think everyone automatically goes to the is

is about to it is going to be a relatively short session they will be gaveling in four. stick around here on c-span. we take you now live to the floor of the house of representatives. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

going. but he went anyway. you read the passage about what adam clayton powell did to dr. king to to his face at his house, you won't believe it. and we are national television, on c-span, so i'm not going to quote for you -- it is in the text -- i am not going to quote for you because i can't, what thurgood marshal said about dr. king. yeah, that thurgood marshall. the leading journalist of the day, and other black media outlets, turned on dr. king. so, the white house has turned on him. the media has turned on him. white folk turned on him. black folk have turned on him. and if that is not enough, inside his own organization, he could not get a consensus to support him on his opposition to the vietnam war. him to give want that speech in the first place. as a matter of fact if you read the story, his own organization, -- dr. king founded the organization. his board of directors passed a resolution to condemn him over his stance on the vietnam war. his organization. writes a resolution to condemn him. i would hate for them to come after me. -- i willrow -- negro start signing the checks around here. here is your pink slip. goodbye. don't let the door hit you where the

sense, so if i want to talk to you, i have to go directly to you, and assan assanguate our data to each other. >>> watch the communiqiqucators tonight on c-spanm a recent program. >> if you have already been taught by these whig writers to suspect your government anyway and then you see the government doing things that as far as you can concerned that any sensible person would see is unconstitutional or dangerous, taxing you when they don't represent you, not let joug a trial by jury, and keeping you from expanding westward to get further away from the control, making the judges subject to removal any time they want to get rid of the extraneous judge, and putting troopses in the colonies tonight when there is nobody the to fight but you and h helping the churches get more power than you when everybody knows it is a quasi governmental body, you will start worrying. and although all of this stuff looks really stupid from the view in england, it doesn't look stupid to you. >>> you can watch this and other american history programs on our website where all of our video is archived. that is cspan.org/history. >> this weekend, c-span's city tour ta

what is called the same day rule allowing them to take up legislation on the same day it is introduced. at 4:00 eastern, live coverage here on c-span. we're going to open up the phone lines again to hear your reaction and your thoughts on the government shutdown. democrats, call 202-748-8920. republican, call 202-748-8921. independents and others call , 202-748-8922. federal employees, call 202-748-8923. we would love to hear your experience. on twitter, we are at c-span. covering the federal government both here in dcn across the country's federal news radio, wf is the radio station in the nation's capital and jason miller is the executive editor with federal news radio, joining us on the phone. how many government employees, federal government employees are there in total and how many are affected by the shutdown? guest: roughly 1.8 million , everyoneployees thinks of washington, d.c. is the center, but 80% work outside of d.c. how many will be affected by the shutdown is hard to say. in 2013, the last time we had a government shutdown, a was 850,000 what they call non-exempted or nonessential federal employees. this time around, it's going t

to. that is one of the exciting things. in woodland,next north carolina. thank you for waiting. go ahead, please. sharon: i am so happy to be a part of this c-span conversation . i have never really heard of the report. it seems like there was a concerted effort to hold back that martin luther king was instrumental in getting president johnson to act at all in response to the poverty and the problems that the people were having. one of the books that i read said that we have called you and try to get in touch with you and you have not responded so now we are coming to you. thank you, sharon pair will get a response. elizabeth: one of the truths that we learned from the 1960's and black history and general is that policymakers are not going to make changes out of the goodness of their hearts. it takes dedicated organizations and protests in order to push policymakers to ship their view on things. matter,h black lives there has always been some crucial things. him wide andhind diverse who came together to say that the african-americans deserve to vote. we're joined from louisiana. go ahead, please. that the that the role whatttee plays, given emer

go ahead. caller: i appreciate you all at c-span for letting me be able to come on. want to speak about the daca, and one other issue. understand why this is going on back and forth with the republicans and the democrats and the senate, and all, when our president has done the best he could, and has done everything he said he would do. it seems like the democrats and the republicans, they are just like they say on tv, chain reaction, that game show. they are playing back and forth on each other. host: appreciate the call. ray our last color in today's "washington journal." the house getting ready to come in for the day. the continuing resolution debate expected to happen today. we take you there now and will see you back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, 4:00 a.m. pacific area -- pacific. in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's r m, washington, d.c., january 18, 2018, i hereby appoint the honorable ron estes to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of r

how am i going to be informed other than listening to c-span? and people take this three-hour segment and they based their entire judgment of c-span based on a three hour segment. you bring in conservativei was . there was a symposium in washington about left and right talking about this presidency. listen to the whole thing and then be thankful for what you are offering for us. if this isn't the bargain of the last -- biggest bargain of the last 35 years i don't know what is. thank you and all of the people who work at your organization. host: you clearly watch the network and know a lot about c-span. now go get some sleep. don't be up all night. thank you for the call from milwaukee. andelcome all of your calls comments. good, bad or indifferent. very transparent. we do try our very best to present all points of view including that of the president who tweeted yesterday which is the basis of our question is first hour today saying i am a very stable genius. now the russian collusion after one year of intense study has proven to be a total hoax

you can watch any of our past interviews and tours online by going to booktv.org and selecting c-span cities tour from the series dropped out at the top of the page or by visiting c-span.org/cities tour. you can follow the c-span cities tour on twitter or behind the scenes images and video from our visit. >> c-span, where history unfolded daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service i america's cable-television companies and is brought you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> up next on "after words", former clinton administration official and georgetown law professor peter edelman argues that courts are exploiting by charging sissified and fees for minor crimes. he is in use by georgia congressman hank johnson. congressman johnson serves on the judiciary committee and is a member of the out of poverty caucus. "after words" is a weekly interview program with the relevant guests host anything top nonfiction authors about their latest work.

here's the headline -- host: here on c-span we're going to hear from you and your thoughts on the potential government shutdown. now approaching 10 hours away. midnight tonight. here's how to be part of the onversation -- we welcome your comments on twitter as well. we covered an event today with the defense secretary, james mattis, talking about the national defense strategy of the u.s. more broadly, specifically, though, on issues like the current budget caps and also the potential of a government shutdown tonight. here's part of what he had to say. >> will a government shutdown have serious ramifications on military operations? and if so, what are your plans for mitigation? mr. mattis: yes. [laughter] let me give you an example. this morning or last night young guys and gals somewhere in wyoming were driving off to do their weekend duty. there's any number of projects we have under way that keep me at the top of my game and our military at the top of our game, that are handled by civilians. all these things are going to be disrupted. those troops will arrive there at their armories by th

how is all of this going to affect the ongoing russian investigation. well these comments come from c.-span who was chief executive of the charm campaign and then why house chief strategist for seven months that means he clearly was a central figure in donald trump's campaign in my words donald trump says now and therefore a ban on no details like the mentioned meeting that has been denied by its own junior and by the president himself and also the people surrounding him who deny any collusion with russia and any interfering during the election of two thousand and sixteen while this meeting mentioned took place in june two thousand and sixteen and this has also been a central aspect in robert morris investigations and therefore bans comments on this meeting will definitely have an impact on the next steps of the investigation by robert miller and with these comments in the book see phantom has also declared directly against the claims of the president president and against the statements of the white house that this whole they say this whole a russia investigation is a lie which happened ok

c-span two. and you can also go to c-span.org and find video of past prime minister's questions and the british public appearance programs. have a discussion on the impact of white house chief of staff host: good morning, mr. whipple. start off with the term gatekeepers. put it into context as we talk about white house chiefs of staff, both present and former. guest: then powered white house chief of staff as we know them today is first famously the gatekeeper, which means giving the president time and space to think. things.y other he is the honest broker of information, making sure every information is keyed up with information on every side. he is the heat shield, as donald called, keeping the incoming artillery for the president, getting all of the blame and usually none of the credit area at the end of the day, the white house chief of staff is the person who their president counts on to execute his agenda. and most importantly, to tell him what he does not want to hear. that is the shorthand definition. you begin the book was a pretty extraordinary gathering at she said staff from the past. they

who is going to read their stories? we do not have c-span. we do not have museums or that mass circulating newspaper. we do not have paved roads. how is communication going to travel? after every war, people seek a return to normalcy. who wants to remember the horrors? we want to remember ben franklin's kite and washington's crossing. these words and stories are pretty much forgotten. a lot of the folks who survived this were so malnourished and survived so many diseases that they perished soon afterwards meaning they were not around to tell their stories from the first person perspective. >> first of all, i have not finished the book yet. so i apologize if this is something you talk about later. mr. watson: thank you for picking it up. i have kids and that will help them to go to college. [laughter] >> a lot of what you talked about and what i have been reading about in the book reminded me a lot of accounts from slave ships crossing the atlantic. point itoned at one was one of the only areas that were integrated. i was wondering if any other

who is going to read their stories? we do not have c-span, museums like this, mass circulating newspapers. we do not have paved roads so how is communication going to travel? after every war, people seek a return to normalcy and who wants to dig up the horrors? we wanted to remember franklin's kite and washington's crossing. that is all we wanted to remember. these words and stories were pretty much forgotten. a lot of the folks that survive this were so malnourished that they perished soon after, meaning they were not around to tell their stories from the first person and thus, the story largely disappears. who else? >> i have not finished the book yet so i apologize if it is something you talk about. robert: thank you for picking it up. [laughter] i have kids and it will help them go to college. >> a lot of what you talked about and what i have been reading about reminded me of accounts from slave ships crossing the atlantic. you mentioned at one point, it was integrated. it was one of the areas that was integrated. i was wondering if any

to take them through the court first. host: from pittsburgh, james, independent. go ahead. caller: hello, c-span. god bless you. are you seriously thinking about building a wall when we are building drones? people are going to fly soon. the mexican people are hard workers. and they are human beings. we would liberate iran and pakistan, why wouldn't we liberate mexico? they are connected to us. why do they want to come over here and work so hard and be such good people but we don't want to liberate their government? we want to liberate iran and pakistan. i'm trying to get into politics, because i hope to be in 2020 and that we will be done with the stupidity. host: we got your point. how much would a wall cost if it were fully built to what the trump administration wants? guest: we don't really know, that is the short answer. and that is the problem. the administration has never come out with saying here is our big picture plan. estimates are absolutely in the billions of dollars. over $20 billion, maybe over $30 billion. if you were going to build an entire border. very few people think that makes sense. i don't

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to push our country forward? it is not simply a question of shall i go on c-span or run for office? it is what can we do to collect and organize americans together so we get the broadest democracy? it is a little bit more complicated than just run or don't run. susan: we have about nine minutes left in the conversation. darren: you have two or three more months to decide in the state of california if you would run for senator or governor. what is the next couple of weeks and months like? are you going to wait until the last minute on the filing more months to decide in the deadlines? tom: i don't think so. my expectation is we have been doing -- i've been doing a lot of soul-searching in terms of what i described. in terms of considering a bunch of things away from running for office and what that would look like, and what the likelihood is of having an impact with it and what we can build for the future. i don't think that's the kind of thing -- i know what the filing deadlines are, too. the fact of the matter is if are going to do other things, we have to make plans and get organiz

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go ahead. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. i would like to know your what the present attorney general has done, one of the first things he did was took the kkk and the white supremacists off the domestic terrorism list. is that helpful? also, he doesn't like the kkk because they smoke pot. they are creating an environment to separate the people. they want a race war. host: bring that into it as you will. guest: the kkk has existed since the end of the civil war. it's a horrible mark against our country. ridre never going to ourselves of racism or bigotry extremism. it's all over the world and in this country as well. i find it unfortunate that after the charlottesville incident that the president spoke about some very fine people that were marching. what we can do as a society is -- is not give hate any permission. we cannot enable hate. we have to create and establish and reinforce those norms that say that this type of language, this type of behavior, this type of extremism is on acceptable from the highest levels of our society through ev

going to weaponize it. we are not going to try to hurt people who work for this government. congress to appropriate the funds. that is all the time we have. we will be doing this again. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. the government officially shut down at midnight after the senate failed to advance a motion to nd

host: all c-span viewers can go and listen to the president's statements at that gaggle of reporters at gathered in his chief of staff's office at c-span.org. comments ont's dreamers are not the only news that he made in that impromptu press gathering. story ande lead washington post, president trump offering to talk to robert mueller willing to give sworn testimony in his ongoing investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. here is president trump from that press gaggle on robert mueller. [video clip] pres. trump: no collusion whatsoever. there is no instruction whatsoever. i do worry about all of the things that you report about -- with what is happening. five months worth of missing texts. that is a lot of texts. you look at that and say what is going on. i would love it to do that and do it as soon as possible. -- i would story love to do it. say, -- >> would you do it under oath, mr. president? pres. trump: you mean like hillary did under oath? i think you have an idea. do you not have an idea? an idea -- she did not do it under oath. i would do it. and you know

to you, sir. host: go ahead. iller: i just want to say have been watching the show and listening to the different people. i have been watching c-span for about a week and a half. there was no doubt be shutdown was going to happen. thefor the people, republican party, to say this is all on the democrats, i don't understand that. they say that, you know, that the democrats don't want to pass anything or agree to anything, and that the doctor should not be such a big deal. it's not due until march. or aou explain to 800,000 million kids that, well, we are just going to put you off till march, and they have to wake up every day thinking about that. have that stress on them day after day after day. whether they are going to be snatched away from their families are not. in theas there a moment past week you were convinced this was going to happen? caller: yes. i mean, if you go back and listen to back in april of this year, trump had already said we needed to shut down. so what perfect timing is this? that gentleman earlier made the comment that the democrats cared more for people from other andtries and immigrants stuff from out of our

to go through the ever important house keeping items. it's a tall order but i think i'm up to it. this is being recorded by our folks and c-span. the second is the restrooms are located out that door to the left. there's a sign there. so if you need them we can direct you, if you kaentd find it. and buzzing around, running around. if you need anything at all, if you have any questions, please grab myself or one of the ac staff or one of the fellow commissioners and we'll be glad to help you out because we appreciate you being here today. tee up the discussion here today. the purpose of today's discussion is to explore the most pressing issues. by having a discussion with those who are most impacted. and engage the process. it's my sincere hope and the hope of the commission that today's event will result in a meaningful conversation that helps identify areas of emphasis for this year and tees up much needed converseations regarding the security, and integ rety of the process. in doing so i'd like to start by introducing our opening speaker and we can think of no one better to tee up those conversations than the man that's going

going to happen. >> would've this happens again? >> that is no guarantee. announcer: that is the question tonight, will we be back in that same situation in three weeks. the new deadline is february eight. welcome to c-span's coverage of the events. i short-term continuing resolution keeps the government open for the next 17 days. your reaction, phone lines are open. this is from democratic congressman eliot engel and now back to our regularly scheduled program. to tweets from republican in texas quoted in usa today. argument."lost the and a tweet from senator john cornyn. big loss for the senator and the democrats. this, the jell-o president and the shutdown. another, thank goodness that is over.