democratic congressman henry waxman is retiring, an old watergate baby.rict includes santa monica, beverly hills and malibu. it has a median income double the national average. it serves so much of the show biz industry, both where at the live and where they work. voters will get to choose from 18 candidates, and it seems like everybody has a celebrity endorsement of some sort. this is a primary in california's top two system, where the top two vote getters face off in november, no matter what their party affiliation is. we think two democrats will end up here but we don't know. three have pulled ahead of the pack when it comes to raising money. each has raised more than $600,000 since january. greul spent millions but ended up losing to garcetti. rob reiner, ed begley, jr., they all endorsed her and she got the nod from bim de blasio. but one of her opponents has more experience in the district, and that's ted lew. and just yesterday he got the endorsement of the guy who beat gruel, edwin garcetti. of the three republicans, carr could do well tuesday. ca

according to representative henry waxman of california have been in office. fournier is it because i have become gridlocked job. i did both this is much more partisan than him i had seen in my home country air. but this season senators are also leaving with the thing the league. they played to its engine power and centralization of party leadership as a barrier to prod activity centers like joe mentioned last week and i are one and tv news programs if they care so that they want to play. walking out of the capital. now this could be seen as a good day. we definitely need new blood in progress at the current congress. canceling flights this is united and cut to him and put elaborately that the other women and campaign donations by rich people and corporations the supreme court has paved way for a new wave of politicians even more for me when i get that but what birthday. now who have a chance for a newly elected congress person to represent the people she's about to end having known when i'm camping tradition so i buy that for my actually does call for constit

henry waxman thinks they should participate and pelosi said waxman is undermining her love ranch withng so publicly. that speaks to the tension and divide among democrats about whether to go forward and do this or whether to stay on the sidelines. >> gloria, i would like to make clear what this select committee is really about. is it about trying to find out who actually killed these four americans in benghazi or is it just about the political spin the white house put on what they thought happened in benghazi? >> you know, carol, it depends on who you talk to. look, there are a lot of unanswered questions as everyone points out there's been numerous hearings and there's been a state department investigation. everybody seems to agree that this was botched at a certain point. four people died who did not have to die who should not have died. the democrats would say the questions have all been answered but last week there was an e-mail republicans didn't know about from a senior white house adviser that some folks believe shows that the white house was sort of transforming the real narra

they kind of had to move towards this participation because strategically, you heard people like henry waxman who's a veteran of these investigations say we don't believe it's a good thing. we don't think anything is going to come of it, but if it's happening, we need to be there. >> alan west who can be a little bit wild was asked about the democrats' motives for participating in the committee. he said they were being calculating. one by one the knocked the democrats as taking part as individuals. but it was his comments about tammy duckworth, the severely wounded combat veteran in iraq that has raised some eyebrows. listen to what this former congressman had to say about a veteran. >> the last person, tammy duckworth, you know, i just don't know where her loyalties lie. you know, for her to have been a veteran, a wounded warrior from the united states army, she should know this is not the right thing. and hopefully, you know, she will remember the oath of office she took as an army officer and not have allegiance to the liberal progressives of the democratic party. >> elijah cummings slamme

host: we will keep the conversation going with congressman henry waxman.ater, the national geographic magazine has launched a food series related to climate change. starting with the may edition of feeding the world. first, a news update from c-span radio. a planned weekend referendum by pro-russian insurgents pushing for autonomy and portions of for eastern ukraine. secretary of state john kerry says the referendum would be bogus and not recognized by the west. out of memphis, the republican national committee wants to take more control over how the party picks a nominee. choose members who set the calendar for 2016's list of potential presidential contenders. if the party chairman gets his way, the gop will pick its nominee more quickly than during past contests and have fewer debates in which candidates could criticize each other. the rnc is set to put in place for penalties -- penalties for candidates who do not follow the processes. act thatass-steagall was passed in 1933 was a very ther line between speculative versions and services and things that a

. >> definitely some fingerpointing here and that's, henry waxman, who has launched a lot of investigations on a variety of issues does not like the one member idea. he thinks democrats should be all-in as many members as they can get boehner would allow which would be five. so this is something, there are politics certainly in 2012. it was heat of the presidential election season. republicans have to be wary of going too far. they have to come up with three basic questions that they are trying to get the answers to and i think part of that is going to be highlighting the fact that these documents haven't come out. we saw that email from ben rhodes came out recently. what else is out there? what is what republicans have to hammer home and not appear too partisan. jon: so the makeup of the committee members that john boehner picks is going to be he vitally important here? >> yes absolutely. democrats will go whoever they pick but i don't think he will pick committee chairman who have done investigations on this i see him picking people who perhaps sit on those committees but not the chairman

. >> henry waxman subpoenaed condee rice in 2007. heldry would have to go. >> the idea of self-policing isn't working anymore in politics. here he is, basically defending the use of the killing of those four diplomats overseas on watch for us. their killing is now vary game to raise money with and here he is saying so. here's mitt romney, the gentleman, talking here. >> i think what the republicans have every right to say and is roept to say, if republicans do not have a majority is there would not be an investigation into benghazi. elect republicans so we can have these kinds of investigations is appropriate. >> he doesn't know what he's talking about. >> he's talking about raising money. if we go out and raise money on this horror out there, then it's fine. >> he's factually wrok. -- wrong. there have been eight investigations. two were by the senate and the senate is run by democrats. >> do you remember aft9/11, democrats going out with fundraising e-mails and solicitations saying george bush awill youed terrorists to kill 3,000 a

it's interesting, henry waxman is now calling for hearings.f made the point that his rationale was, okay, in the nba those were comments that were made in private. but this is the name of the team, which is public, and the head of the nfl has actually defended that name publicly. he wants to bring them in and see if it is really in the public interest. >> he does. this has actually gotten a lot of pick-up on capitol hill. obviously we're in washington, you'd have to ask my boss who's a big washington football team fan about dan snyder in particular. but as things move forward on capitol hill, and i think with donald sterling and the nba, i think more politicians kind of looked and said, maybe we need to get involved and at least like elevate this conversation a little bit to find out what is going on here. why have we just sort of accepted that this is the status quo and i think a lot of washington redskins fans are saying, it's fine, this has been the name of the team for so long. but from a lot of people, even tom cole who is a republican fr

vna.ing to charles dre he will also weigh in on the proposal.il pipeline then henry waxman, the energy and commerce committee. , our spotlight on magazine series on the magazine series on food security around the world. and the role that crime it plays. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. ♪ good morning, everyone, this wednesday, may seventh, 2014. the house could vote as early as today to find former irs official, lois lerner, in contempt. eric holder is being asked to prosecute her for refusing to testify before congress. live coverage on c-span. also, janet yellen will be before the joint economic committee today. look for coverage on c-span.org. we begin this morning with climate change. in the release yesterday, the third nation c

people in her caucus want to boycott and do one member as a sign of a protest other members like henry waxman who has done his share of investigations over his long career he wants to have as many democrats as john boehner will allow i think that is risk, john bain every is taking a very measured tone he has to be careful a circus would reflect poorly on house republican conference and boehner himself bill: bob cusack, lead guest for a whole new week appreciate your time >> thank you, bill martha: the chairman of this select committee of this congress, congressman trey gowdy promised it to be a fair and exhaustive investigation about what happened trying to answer questions about before the attack when more security was requested, during the attack, who was behind it and what was the president doing as all of this unfolded >> you know congressman gowdy, where the president was and what he was doing during the seven hours of the attack? >> no, sir, i do not, nor do i know what communication if any he had with secretary of state clinton and nor can i tell you why we were still in benghazi despi

henry waxman was my sponsor. you did not read about it, because who wants to write about it when things work? by february 6, we actually had to sign off, all three committees, house and senate, republicans and democrats, the big guys on each committee, chairman and ranking members, we hit a wall with the senate on february 6, and as a consequence, we ended up passing something on the house side that was not likely to pass in the senate, but here's the good news. everyone has agreed on the policy. every republican in the house of representatives has voted for that policy. now, whether it is in a lame-duck or just before the election because people are mad at us, or after the election because there is a new senate, neuhaus, majority leader, every republican has voted for that measure. 15, 16 democrats have voted for that policy in the house of representatives. this is a big deal. we have never gotten this far before. i am optimistic that that sense of bipartisanship will carry forward. right after the near meltdown

petrochemical manufacturers, and we will also talk about the east end oil pipeline proposal, and then henry waxmanwill join us to discuss the report. he is the lead democrat on the energy and commerce committee. and later, on our spotlight on magazine series, from national geographic, taking calls. the magazine is doing work on food security. " is liveon journal every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. the u.s. has offered to send a team to nigeria to support that government's response to the kidnapping of the 200 schoolgirls by islamic militants. secretary of state kerry on c-span. then, treasury, defense, and state department officials testified in front of a committee about intervention in ukraine. >> c-span's newest book him a collection of interviews with some of the nations top storytellers. berlin,she arrived in she was in love with what she referred to as the nazi revolution, and she was enthralled with them, which really struck me. we know in hindsight, how can you be enthralled with the nazi revolution, but there she was. >>erik larso

. >> host: back to washington to table this point, the top democrat henry waxman, democratr of california. what wasgy your reaction to then third national climate assessment released yesterday? >> guest: that assessment saysas the scientist unequivocally climate change is happening is affecting everyone in this country and around the world. from droughts in california to hurricanes in florida, storms, flooding, sea levels rising. there is no question that it is happening. that it is maned caused for the most part. we are seeing the hottest year every year on record, as we go from one year to the next. the assessment says it is real. we have to do something about it. i think we are at a crossroads in this country. we either take the science seriously and good on the path of reducing these carbon transitionnd try to so that our economy does not get jolted. at the same time, make the industry leader in the world. what seems to be happening with the republicans in the house -- deny the science, refuse to have a plan at all, and just pay attention to the fossil fuel industry and others to get

as many of you know california representative henry waxman is set to retire at the end of this congressional session and now more than fifteen candidates are vying for the chance to take his place and a heavily democratic west side district but on primary day which is just a couple of weeks that away only two of them have a chance of making it on the fall general election ballot one of the contenders fighting for that highly coveted spot is an independent candidate by the name of marianne williamson she doesn't have the most traditional of backgrounds williamson is an author and fact she's gained a lot of notoriety for publishing ten books including four new york times number one bestsellers but now she's turning a page to politics saying she's seeking out a new conversation for a new america and already joining her in that conversation is singer on lana's more set who's already written a special song for her campaign take a listen. my . joining me to talk about this a little bit more is the congressional candidate herself marian williams and marianne thanks for joining me oh thank you so mu

hundred thirty two years of experience is walking out on the senate why according to representative henry waxman from california who's been in office forty years it's because congress has become a gridlocked joke he said quote i think that congress is much more partisan and paralyzed than i've seen it in my whole career a bunch of seasoned senators are also leaving with the same feeling they point to expanding power and centralization of party leadership as a barrier to product of eighty senators played joe manchin from west virginia are even going on t.v. news programs to say they're so bad up they want to quit so tons of experience is walking out of the capital now this could be seen as a good thing we definitely need new blood in congress as the current congress is sucking so terribly. but through the citizens united and mccutcheon cases which allows for basically unlimited campaign donations by rich people and corporations the supreme court has paved the way for a new wave of politicians to be even more importantly in the pockets of the one percent there is now even them a chance for a newly

then california congressman henry wax many will join -- waxman will joan us, and then later, dennis from national geographic will take your calls. "washington journal" live every morning at 7:00 eastern and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. ... >> we have made the global commons safe for trade and prosperity. we have reaped a tremendous windfall for our efforts. but played the we have a strong military and presents a broad because it is in our interest to do so. the military is unique in this regard and what of the few federal programs where we have a return on our investment. we will always have the debate what the foreign policy should do and where our ability reid should be. that debate is welcome and healthy. this is my final defense bill and my final year in congress. if i can sum up by have worked for it is this. i don't want america to be a product of the world. i want the world to be a product of america. i will be happy to take a few questions. [applause] >> please identify yourself. >> mr. chairman. you talk about efficiency and reducing waste and overhead