we talked to grover norquist earlier. the fact is that everything is politicized. will happening. >> i don't think so. there may be stop gap bills. you may see other issues punted, but you will not cabinet long-term solutions pass the. >> they may break more, but we will not see fixes. >> exactly. >> what are we asking. >> they don't have the votes in the senate or the house. all they can do it take it to 2016, assuming the president decides it's a bad idea. it's legislation for the future, and hold it over members of congress and a"look at this guy. he doesn't care about the economy or oil prices and could be a tool. >> except that oil is $50 a barrel, which takes the wind out of those sales. do you think oil will go up? >> i think it will. it's a lot to do with keeping it around the table. saudi arabia did that, keeping it down for that reason, to keep iran out. there is a proposal to take the oil sands gunk, it would require presidential permit. by pipeline to valdez. >> by ship. >> to anywhere in the world. seattle, mexico, china, japan. >> and the canadians ha

our line for democrats with grover norquist for americans for tax reform. good morning, david. caller: good morning to both of you, especially to you, mr. norquist. guest: good to see you. how are things going in missouri? caller: not bad. the weather is pretty good around here this minute. guest: good. caller: i'm kind of interested, seems how, if i remember right, mitt romney during his political campaign said that corporations are people, too. well why don't those people pay like i do on my taxes? guest: two things, corningses are not people, people are people. and second, when politicians like to hide their tax increases on you, they often like to pretend they're not raising your taxes but will raise taxes on businesses. ok. the corner grocery store, when the local politicians raise their property tax or the state government raises sales taxes or the federal government raises income taxes, the only place that a grocery store has the money to pay for obama's tax increases is to raise the prices to you. those are the only options they have. and so business taxes corporate taxe

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join he on sunday for a heated debate with grover norquist. that's here on sunday. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. as of this week about if i lit up a joint, right here, right now, i wouldn't be breaking the drug laws, just breaking the rules about smoking in this building. it's legal to smoke marijuana recreationally in the nation's capital. you can't any marijuana here, or sell it. how is that going to work? how did they make the rules. d.c.'s mayor was threatened with gaol before the new law went into effect, and she didn't break down. it's an example of a recurring powerplay. you may not know it. d.c. voters and officials don't really make the laws here, congress does. washington d.c.'s attorney-general will help us sort it out in a minute. join me in studio as a symbol in the national debate on pot. this is huge. no bogating, it's "inside story". >>> at 12:01:00a.m. thursday, spoking marijuana became legal in the district of columbia after more than 70% of voters approved a ballot measure to make pot legal for recreational youse. marijuana is

join he on sunday for a heated debate with grover norquist. that's here on sunday. >>> a congressional funding fight goes down to the wire. the department of homeland security stays open for business. a short term deal means the money could run out in a week >>> murder in moscow. a top critic of vladimir putin shot dead a day before being set to lead an anti-government protest >>> guns in schools. a push to let teachers carry guns in classrooms why it could prevent is columbine or sandy hook. >>> and up in smoke - a timber used in housing construction could be an accident waiting to happen. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. hours before a midnight deadline congress passed a stop gap measure preventing a shut down of the department of homeland security, but only for a few days. >> this is passing for progress in a disfunctional congress. a week extension of funding for the department of homeland scourtedy, narrow -- security narrowly averting a shutdown coming a day after dramas in the house of representatives. a 3-w

on sunday for a heated debate with grover norquist. that's here on sunday. >> >>> greece in russia after an opposition leader and outspoken leader of putin gunned down near the kremlin. >> i'm shiulie ghosh you are watching al jazeera live from doha. promising more social security india's government unveils narendra modi's first budget >>> helicopters fly in help after avalanches in afghanistan, and a start of 3-day's mourning for those that died >>> and robert mugabe spends a million on his 91st birthday - but people have little to celebrate. >>> russia's president has condemned the murder of kremlin critic boris nemtsov. mourners held a vigil in moscow where the former opposition leader was shot dead. he was due to lead a major rally on sound. >> reporter: opposition politician boris nemtsov was shot several times by an unidentified gunman he'd gone out for a walk near the kremlin when he was attacked and killed in a dive by shooting. >> translation: a vehicle pulled up. a couple of shots were fired from it. four penetrated his back.

join he on sunday for a heated debate with grover norquist.t's here on sunday. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. as of this week about if i lit up a joint, right here, right now, i wouldn't be breaking the drug laws, just breaking the rules about smoking in this building. it's legal to smoke marijuana recreationally in the nation's capital. you can't any marijuana here, or sell it. how is that going to work? how did they make the rules. d.c.'s mayor was threatened with gaol before the new law went into effect, and she didn't break down. it's an example of a recurring powerplay.

join he on sunday for a heated debate with grover norquist.t's here on sunday. >> >>> greece in russia after an opposition leader and outspoken leader of putin gunned down near the kremlin. >> i'm shiulie ghosh you are watching al jazeera live from doha. promising more social security india's government unveils narendra modi's first budget >>> helicopters fly in help after avalanches in afghanistan, and a start of 3-day's mourning for those that died >>> and

join he on sunday for a heated debate with grover norquist.t's here on sunday. >>> a congressional funding fight goes down to the wire. the department of homeland security stays open for business. a short term deal means the money could run out in a week >>> murder in moscow. a top critic of vladimir putin shot dead a day before being set to lead an anti-government protest >>> guns in schools.

grover norquist, you know him, d.c.'s tax crusader. guess what he is doing.e says abolish the irs, jumped on that bandwagon. really? do you know is never going to happen? i am going to have it out with him. know that chasing performance can mean lower returns and fewer choices in retirement. know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. know the right financial planning can help you save for college and retirement. know where you stand with pnc total insight. a new investing and banking experience with personalized guidance and online tools. visit a branch, call or go online today. stuart: modest gain, ceasefire in ukraine, 15 points, 70 points from 18 k $1,223 an ounce up $3 as of right now. big merger, expedia buying orbits $12 a share, that is $1 billion deal. both stocks are winners. orbits hitting a new high that is a consolidation. tears one thing i consider true waste of time it is a call to abolish laws i r s. it is never going to happen yet here we are talking about this with our most got you guests

he's out of money and out of time and doesn't grover norquist know why.o when i saw this and i said surely this is like an early april fools joke it's not. >> it's not a joke and stop calling me shirley. [laughter] >> is administration has done nothing to deal with the entitlement challenge and we've known for dozens of years that as we hit medicare social security and fewer young people were entering the workforce, we are going to have a real challenge and that spending of a percentage of the economy is going to jump from 20% to 40% if we don't do anything. so they keep saying that. but they haven't offered any solution. neil: many are working longer so it's a win-win. >> you know, in terms of making the economy work we really need to fix two kinds of entitlement. the means tested entitlement, and we know how to do that we did that with republicans three times, the third time went and signed it, we drop the cost by about a nerd. the same thing could happen if we block granted medicated we could save a trillion dollars over a decade by giving states more

on the next "washington journal," grover norquist will discuss the tax proposal put forth in the 2016dget request. patrick terrell of the american immigration counsel looks at the

. >> this morning, grover norquist president of americans for tax reform will discuss the tax proposal and toys six team budget requests. then, patrick tyrell -- patrick taurel will talk about the executive order on immigration. finally, william pomeranz with the woodrow wilson center will discuss best clean conflict between russia and ukraine. as always, we will take your questions and calls. ♪ host: good morning, now that the senate has approved a bill to move forward with the keystone xl pipeline, the house will take up the measure. also, to members of the senate testifying before the senate finance committee to talk about america's tax code. this week, the white house is expected to have --

. >> i have it grover norquist on the show and we're talking about trickle down economics, and whether tax reduction is an issue coming into the 2016 campaign, and the fact that jeb bush has not signed norquist's pledge. it's going to hurt him in the election. >> good to see you and you can watch ali velshi every week night at 10:30 p.m. eastern time. >>> much of the southeast is bracing for yet another round of frigid weather. we're talking ice and snow in some places and it makes the driving treacherous, and it's not over yet. nicole mitchell is here with the latest and if we can't do anything about it, explain it to us. >> it's a separate system. we had one system that caused problems in dallas haps moved off the coastline into places like north korea but however this will continue to brew up, and we have a clipper coming down from the northern tier of the country. iowa and the southern portion of the state, you would expect that in iowa, but watch for the driving, because the wind is going to reduce that visibility. it's this in the south that you do not expect. and we have had sys

with grover norquist, the president of that organization. guest: and twitter @grovernorquist and want their stories of what he had know about how hotels and cable bills have been hit because we want to make this case to fix this legislatively in washington. host: how often do you tweet? guest: i tweet every day and if you're concerned about my 5-year-old daughter's loose tooth, we're keeping updates on that with some regularity at least every couple days. still loose. host: is there a tax on what the tooth fairy provide? guest: a lot of people tweeted about that subject. it's a fun one. some of my tweets are on the family but is fun and the rest is what is happening with taxes and politics. host: i think we covered it all. we'll take a short break and come back and start on the president's executive action on immigration and what it means for those in our country illegally. and introduce you to a legal fellow at the american immigration council and later the situation in ukraine as the shuttle diplomacy continues between kiev and moscow and

on the next washington journal, grover norquist will discuss the tax proposals in the 2016 budget. . patrick taurel will talk about immigration. and as always, we'll take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" live on c-span. >> david brooks, columnist for the new york times on writing an article for the times and the awards he gives out at the end of the year. >> it's given for the best magazine essays of the year. and the idea is they always come out around that christmas week, between christmas and new year's. the idea is that's a good week to step back and not read tweets, not even newspaper articles but step back and read something deeper and longer and it's so celebrate those longer pieces. i believe magazines change history. the new republic until its recent destruction was the most influential magazine of the 20th century created a voice for conservatism. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q & a." newly elected north carolina republican senator thom tillis, spoke today

to have included larry kudlow, arthur laffer, and steven moore, as well as anti-tax activist, grover norquist, central figures in the gop's decades-love love affair with supply-side economics, whose driving concern is cutting taxes for the rich. what they want is to stick with the mitt romney and paul ryan agenda, and they're now auditioning to find a better vessel to sell that agenda to the american people. scott walker, they seem to think they may have found their man. joining me now, charles pierce, writer at large at "esquire" magazine, and a staff writer at grant. charlie, it's been a long time since i've seen a politician say something preceded by, i know this is a horrible thing to say, but get to the claus, comma, and just keep going. >> that's right, once you get to the phrase, "i know this is a terrible thing to say, but --" is when you take off your sock and stuff it in your mouth and you don't talk for the rest of the evening. chris, remember when you and i were young and mccarthyite used to be an insult? >> yes, yes, i do. >> well, it's not anymore! it is permissible within mains

on the next "washington journal," grover norquist will discuss the tax proposal put forth in the 2016budget request. patrick terrell of the american immigration counsel looks at the of limitation of the president's executive order on immigration. talking about the possibility of the u.s. sending arms to ukrainian forces. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this sunday, david brooks, columnist for the "new york times," on writing an article and awards he gives that at the end of your. >> the sydney awards are given to the best magazine essay of the year and they can be journals like "the new yorker" or "the atlantic." if they come around out around that christmas week, and the idea is to step back and not read tweets, even newspaper articles, but to step back and have the time to read something deeper and something longer. it is to celebrate those longer pieces. i do believe magazines change history. "the new republic," until its recent destruction was the most influential polit

tom: grover norquist brought up you have much more expensive construction you have funds for bike trails in a lot of people's opinion. >> i want to refocus those dollars and make sure they are going to the national priorities regional priorities to make sure the free movement and movement of mass numbers of people is where the dollars are redirected and that is something we will do in the next bill. there are other things, that is up to you, the federal government should not mandate that. tom: thanks, appreciate you coming on. one of the head nurses at the big teachers' union question for -- nurse at a teachers' union, does she think measles vaccines should be mandatory? >> i am adam shapiro with your fox business brief watching the markets find direction today holding on to the gains on the dow, the s&p 500 moved up and down all day. disney hit record high $101 and change. other stocks trading up, general motors the provocations, one of the 48000 people who works for general motors, you will get a $9,000 profit sharing checks. also apple has a market capitalization of several hundred bi

i just wanted to comment on the segment you had last week when you had grover norquist on, and he wasalking about republicans around the country who had cut taxes, and how well they were doing. i just wanted to clarify that a little bit. in missouri -- i mean, in kansas, the governor cut taxes and he has a huge budget deficit. in wisconsin, they cut taxes or they had a huge busty deficit. in my own state of north carolina, they had a huge budget deficit. i just wonder, how much evidence do we need to show that cutting taxes does not create jobs and it does not grow the economy is? i have one quick comment. in europe, when they had their recession, they took the republican approach in america and they cut spending huge. there economists took triple digits. now they are doing what president obama did. now they are introducing a package to try to get their economies back. in kansas, standard & poor's downgraded their credit rating because they cut taxes and had so much revenue shortfalls. host: all right, james. we are in open phones. you can weigh in on any public policy debate that is

with grover norquist to talk about tax proposals and the 2016 budget.so joining us tomorrow will be patrick taurel to talk about the president's order on immigration. as part of that, we will be talking to a dream or so to speak, someone who received the deferment. then, we will talk with escalating conflict between russia and ukraine. leaders from france and germany at the ukraine-russia meeting. william pomerantz will talk about that. all that. we will talk of -- take a look at the papers as well. washington journal continues tomorrow. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> this morning on c-span, health and human services secretary sylvia burwell appears before the senate finance committee to go over the president's 2016 budget request for hhs. then pentagon officials talk about the president's budget request for defense spending and at a briefing with reporters. >> the c-span cities tour take

in the last few months i've talked to grover norquist. i've talked to the koch brothers representative their chief counsel. i've talked to conservative think tanks christian evangelicals, all of us agreeing on this issue. this chorus of voices, this coalition, this courageous commitment to our country's ideals lets you know whether you consider yourself a liberal or conservative whether you consider yourself moderate leaning left or right, this is an area we can agree because it's going to save taxpayer money. it's going to uphold their ideals of liberty and freedom. it's going to create safer communities and it's going to empower individuals to be successful. so today i'm excited to have joined with other senators: lee and durbin, folks like rand paul -- excuse me -- folks like senator leahy and senator cruz, to join together to support the smarter sentencing act. we need to have this conversation about reducing federal mandatory minimums. in fact, i love that the you -- urban institute stated mandatory minimums for drug offenses is the