that is what the heritage foundation is all about and committed to. also, that is why our index of economic freedom is so important now more than ever. the index of economic freedom gives unique, and is a team spirited flagship product of the heritage foundation, and its creation involves nearly everyone in this building, but there are a few that i want to especially thank for their work on the index this year. ambassador terry miller, anthony kim, jim roberts, jack spencer, teresa penn feather, and john fleming. thank you all so much for the incredible work that you do.[ applause ]it is a phenomenal product and it really does speak into our dialogue on these very important issues. the index chronicles the advance of economic freedom in its conquest of poverty. with detailed analysis presented in a user-friendly format, the index has served as the go to resource for policymakers, researchers, and students for more than 20 years. the index confirms the essential link between free markets and prosperity, and it has absolutely inspired policy change arou

it's a team spirited flagship product of the heritage foundation. and its creation involves nearly everyone in this building. but there are a few that i want to especially thank for their work on this year's index. ambassador terry miller, anthony kim, jim roberts, jim kerafano, jack spencer, bill poole, theresa pinfeather, and john fleming and jay simon. thank you all so much for the incredible work that you do. [ applause ] it is a phenomenal product, and it really does speak into our dialogue on these very important issues. the index chronicles the advance of economic freedom and its conquest of poverty, with detailed analysis presented in a user-friendly format. the index has served as the go-to resource for policymakers, researchers, and students for more than 20 years. the index confirms the essential link between free markets and prosperity and it has absolutely inspired policy change around the globe, improving the lives of millions of people. the 25 years of data we have amassed in this project demonstrates conclusively that economic freedo

depression cultural heritage foundation has been carrying out provenance research for over ten years but recently it's been more intensive and rigorous no doubt as a reaction to the public debate and protests from organizations representing the victims of the restitution of certain objects that were proven to have been acquired by illegal means has taken place in the glare of the media is hammer on parting afraid that his cultural collections good slowly diminish. his answer is diplomatic. there is no museum director in the world who can singlehandedly decide which objects should be restitute from their museum it's a decision of the state boards and organizations have to make these decisions and so i think it's important to create a national or as i prefer to see. a a european international consensus on how the restitution should take place to have some kind of ground rules on how to proceed. this could take a while in the meantime exhibits have been on the move to their own boat form at full speed the estelle logical museum in berlin data where the collection was housed up to now ha

host: we would like to thank our boccia from the heritage foundation. always try to make sure i get your name right. and seth rufus, c-span's original documentary: the u.s. senate: .onflict and compromise after that, the ceremonial swearing-in in the senate. elected ayanna pressley of massachusetts outlines her priorities for congress. >> at have been asked several times today, will i agree to this version or that version of the senator's oklahoma amendment. no! [gavel bangs] >> thomas jefferson -- >> the framers believed. >> let's follow the constitution. ♪ >> sometimes it seems nothing is >>>> sometimes it seems nothing is

host: we would like to thank our boccia from the heritage foundation. always try to make sure i get your name right. and seth hanlon from the center for american progress. guest: thank you. guest: appreciate it. host: , we will be joined by jon gertner of wired magazine and glaciers iniece on antarctica. great article. we will be right back. >> there is the imperative core aquorum bell. >> sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern filmeel america," the 1949 a day in congress. >> they must bring to bear all the strategy care they have layers torough many stop the majority bill in the house. the constant struggle between the majority and minority, the two parties in congress that are republicans and democrats, the lawmaking, it assures that every bill that is made into a ball shall be subjected to the most vigorous examination and debate. america" sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. mogul on "q&a," media sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and cbs. we talked with a wall street journal investigative reporter about her book "the king of content." >> after he ha

the ideological soulmates of the heritage foundation are the freedom caucus members. they are the minority of the minority. what kind of power will they have from a policy perspective and a new congress? al: you're talking about mark meadows, jim jordan, the most ultraconservative members of the house republican caucus. they have a very small percentage at this point of the entire house of representatives. they don't wield as much power in the minority because they can't block their party anymore from passing spending bills and things like that, just simple legislation, but where they do wield power is they have the ear of the president. jim jordan and mark meadows are very close to the president. speak almost on a daily basis, if not definitely a weekly basis. they are the ones who have orchestrated this shutdown by convincing the president to stand firm on his border wall. that is the predicament we are currently in. in some sense, they are still very influential in the congress. susan: tim chapman talked about in the new congress with the democrats in power looking

type heritage foundation in the search box. the federal government has now been partially closed for 32 days, longer than any previous shutdown. the standoff continues over border while funding. the house and senate are back today. this week the senate will work on a proposal made by president trump on board while funding and daca. the house is expected to take up several bills to reopen the government. the senate gavels in in about an hour and the house taking of legislative work later in the afternoon. you could see the senate live here on c-span2, i watch the house on c-span. looking at her of the life program today on the c-span networks joined us later this afternoon for discussion on iraq's government and iran's effort to project its influence on the conscious political, economic, and religious leaders. we will have live coverage beginning at 4 p.m. eastern on c-span3. later the house rules committee will meet to act in concert a democratic bill to reopen the government. that measure provides funding for several federal a

ken chapman, the executive director of heritage action, the advocacy organization link to the heritage foundation talks about the shutdown and border security, what to expect from republicans in congress and the mueller investigation. here's a preview. >> if they nominate somebody who's actually a moderate, or more moderate, i would say -- he perceives as more moderate. i think the entire game in 2020 is whether republicans can re-create the coalition of 2016 or not. we make it hard for republicans to win. >> more from tim chapman. today on newsmakers. watch on c-span.org or listen to our free radio app. >> monday, martin luther king junior day, at 8 a.m. eastern, race relations in the u.s. with american university professor and radio and tv talk show commentator live on c-span's washington journal. >> voter suppression. voter suppression is real. let's just name a couple of dakota.texas, north today in 2019 we are dealing nuclears issue on dr. -- on dr. martin luther king junior's birthday. >> the 18 -- the 1987 film time for freedom. >> we will no longer plea to the federal government. right al

. >> now on the heritage foundation, a talk of economic inequality. this is in our. -- an hour. >> i'd like to welcome everyone to the heritage foundation for the ethics of free markets and discussion of capitalism. this is the 11th talk in our series on free markets. i encourage anyone who missed talks to look at our website at www.heritage/free-markets. when you ask students around the world the most pressing from an economic should be addressing the top topics, are inequality, poverty and unemployment, the environment, sustainability of scarce resources and sure enough the theories this addressed all these topics. we have more topics to the course of 2019. we also discussed the important of culture, and think tanks, universities and media that promoting certain economic principles and the practical aspects from sufficiency to helping the poor and promoting learning. this morning, we're going to hear the next speaker on the fairness of political systems that and for certain distributions of income, wealth , and economic outcomes. this is an especial

he took over the lead role of the advocacy arm of the heritage foundation. we are pleased to welcome him. we are asking questions to our returning reporters. scott wong, who covers for the hill. mr. chapman, i want to ask you to describe to people watching what it is like in this town and how you would characterize the state of affairs in our national government. tim: it is discombobulated, it is tense, everything is high-stakes, and i think the great frustration for myself and many people in the conservative policy world is the politics are overwhelming the conversation about policy. we are certainly engaged in politics. we live here and are part of this, but would like to find a way to peel back some political layers and get to the bottom of what the policy issue should be. >> there has been a ton of news this week. buzzfeed had a bombshell report that president trump directed his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, to lie to congress, regarding a trump tower project that was being planned in moscow. democrats say this is a clear case of obstruction

. >>> acting attorney general matthew whitaker spoke earlier today, at the heritage foundation event on the religious freedom restoration act, which was signed into law in 1993 by president bill clinton. the acting attorney general was followed by a discussion that included jewish, muslim, and christian perspectives on protecting religious freedom. just over one hour. >> hello. welcome. we are delighted to have you here today. this is a particularly important day for me, i remember, 25 years ago being involved in the fight to get this done. so, to be here to celebrate with you today is so important. like all of you, i have a deep appreciation for the fundamental freedoms that we share as americans. a great experiment in liberty has thrived through times of war and peace, our nation is governed according to the longest surviving constitution in world history. because of the founders designed our republic to last. to be immune from the passions and partisans and resistant to the schemes of parasitic infections. they enumerated our freedoms so there would be no mistake about where the g

ambassador, thank you for the report from the heritage foundation on economic freedom and the index. we will take you to d.c. in just a moment, as we prepare to hear from the democrats in the wake of the president's announcing a reopening temporarily of the government. as a fitness junkie, i customize everything - bike, wheels, saddle. that's why i switched to liberty mutual. they customized my insurance, so i only pay for what i need. i insured my car, and my bike. my calves are custom too, but i can't insure those... which is a crying shame. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ but when i started seeing things, i didn't know what was happening... so i kept it in. he started believing things that weren't true. i knew something was wrong... but i didn't say a word. during the course of their disease around 50% of people with parkinson's may experience hallucinations or delusions. but now, doctors are prescribing nuplazid. the only fda approved medicine... proven to significantly reduce hallucinations and delusions related to parkinson's. don't take nupl

he took over the lead role of the advocacy arm of the heritage foundation.e are pleased to welcome him. we are asking questions to our returning reporters. youchapman, i want to ask to describe to people watching what it is like in this town and how you would characterize the state of affairs in our national government. ,im: it is discombobulated tense, and the great frustration for myself and many people in is conservative policy world the politics are overwhelming the conversation about policy. we are certainly engaged in politics. we live here and are part of this, but would look to peel back some political layers and get to the bottom of what the policy issue should be. newsere has been a ton of this week. buzz feet had a bombshell report that president trump directed his former attorney and fixer cohen to lie to congress. democrats say this is a clear case of obstruction of justice.

what are the prussian cultural heritage foundation has been researching the provenance of its collections for some time but now it's taking an even closer look the return of individual objects attracts a lot of media attention. that's because there is growing awareness that local populations in the former colonies were exploited robbed and murdered cultural heritage was often taken by force. oftentimes i think we have to deal with this issue openly and transparently and face up to our past it's a unique opportunity for the humble foreign we can only find a new way into the future by working together jointly with the countries and peoples of origin and by reappraising our past together. and it's no longer possible to simply display looted art works in european museums without explaining the greater context the exhibitions out there who will have to reflect that. interesting david but i mean many of these objects have been in collections for well over a century why's it all come to the head now well certainly building a new museum for hundreds of millions of euros is a great opportunity to

and a senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation, the president could secure the border, put the problem demanding healthcare for illegal immigrants, the new nationwide push sparking outrage. ♪ >> the situation could be solved in a 45 minute meeting. i have inflated congressional leadership to the white house tomorrow to get this done. hopefully we can rise above partisan politics in order to support national security. rob: the president making his case for the border wall demanding democrats prioritize border security, today's crucial meeting with the white house. jillian: investigations continue to stall, the president's authority to act on the border wall himself. rob: here to weigh in his senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation, thanks for coming on today. the president has room to do something, let's look at what he might be able to use, he could authorize his building wall without congress. you can see code 2293, civil works project redirecting troops for national defense projects and one that permits military construction projects not otherwise authorized and permit

statement on television, and on the right, you have ann coulter, you have james carafano at the heritage foundation calling it an amnesty. the solution will be somewhere in the middle there. and we're beginning to see the outlines of that, really, for the first time since the government shutdown almost a month ago. host: this is from the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. he tweeted the following, "i commend the president for his leadership in proposing this bold solution to reopen the government, secure the border, and take bipartisan steps toward addressing current immigration issues." he then followed up with his full statement. let me begin on that point with regard to the senate, because the president making reference to what that chamber will be doing this week. what can we expect? guest: so, the senate will take a vote this week. and again, this is another kind of breaking of the logjam. mitch mcconnell had been very much on the sidelines until now. so now he's willing to put some legislation on the floor, as early as tuesday, but more likely thursday. the problem with going to thursd

budget and policy at the heritage foundation. the center ofw at budget and policy priorities, he received his phd from columbia university. prior to joining, he was the chief economist and advisor to vice president joe biden. dr. bernstein was the director at the economic policy institute and was the deputy chief economist at the department of labor. last but not least, ms. maya mcguiness is on the committee for responsible budget. she received her ba from northwestern university and a degree from harvard university. she was a member of the washington post editorial board and has advised both candidates and members of congress on health, economics, and tax policy. she worked on both wall street and at the brookings institution. without objection, witnesses written statements will be made part of the record. you are not recognized for five minutes to give an oral presentation. thank you for being here. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member waters. opportunity tos thank the chairman for his service. i have sat on this side

. >>> acting attorney general matthew whitaker discussed religious freedom at the heritage foundation. here's a look. >> thank you, kay, for that kind introduction. i am probably old enough now where people should forget what i've done on the football field and remember what i did in the political football field of washington, d.c. but i appreciate your years of service, kay, and we were talking earlier about your son having worked at the department of justice and you know how important the department of justice is to all of us that have served there and how special a place it is. i want to also think ed meese, former attorney general for being here. [ applause ] he's become a friend and a mentor for me when i was chief of staff and now acting attorney general. and i really appreciate him and what he stands for in the conservative legal movement and in an exemplar of public service. and i'm also -- i cannot ever get enough time with him talking about ronald reagan and what it was like to serve with him and to be a friend of ronald reagan. kind of the person that most made me who i am

. >> general thompson from the heritage foundation.he talked about a lot of good things that the army is doing. i wondered in the courses of urinalysis have you identified anything outside of your control, like congress, the federal government, that others can do to help this recruiting thing. i'm thinking about legislative changes maybe allowing the army to penetrate deeper in earlier in the high schools, or changes to the structures of the programs or maybe even incentives of income tax breaks for individuals. things outside of your control. thank you. >> there are, we have thought about that. there are some of those ideas and i am acutely aware, this is me televise later, i don't want to get ahead of the army's leadership so i don't want to go into right now. there are things from the legislation, adjustment to laws, adjustment to junior rpc and senior rpc programs, i don't think that we have talked about tax breaks but i heard your idea going to write it down. i don't want to get ahead of the army leadership on these things. there

the heritage foundation has been recommending from the very beginning of last year and even before that the way to achieve changes with china. the heritage foundation put out a report last year saying we need to be focusing on sanctioning individuals and companies that use or steal u.s. intellectual property. we need to use the w.t.o. and strengthen cfius. the administration has made gains in the area. these are areas that will put the pressure on china, not taxing the american people you through tariffs. cheryl: you're talking about the negative effect of the tariffs on the u.s. economy. maybe that's part of mnuchin's strategy. we know the chai vic chinese vie will bpremierwill be coming her. the chinese economy has weakened. doesn't that give the u.s. a stronger negotiating platform? >> i think that you've seen the tariffs really negatively impacting both economies. some may argue it's impacting china more than the united states. there are many factors impacting china's economy right now. trade is one of those things. we need to focus on i'm phlegming policies here at -- implementing

on c-span two, the heritage foundation holds a discussion on how economic policies and not did over the past two years could be reversed. work, the senate continues on a middle east security bill and they take up a proposal from president trump to offer three years of protections to dreamers in the daca program in exchange for more border wall funding. at 7:00, bill press speaks to nina totenberg about her more than 40 year career covering the supreme court. there is more live coverage on c-span3. 9:45, a look at japan's 2019 outlook. and a discussion on iran's influence on iraqi policies. we discuss federal funding to reopen the government for one bill. the bill does not include money for homeland security or the border wall. >> president trump and vice president pence visited the martin luther king jr. memorial today in washington to market the federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader. mark the federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader.

of the heritage foundation of pakistan she's also pakistan's first woman architect it is so good to have you all here everybody our audience has got a very specific idea of what an architect should do for instance our mower auric says architectural design should be get accommodate modern day disaster management equipment to fostering peaceful coexistence and meeting the needs of all. james in areas where there are heavy rains for many months houses should be designed to keep the rain out without having to put up plastic sheets to protect the home so the public is thinking about this in a very practical way yasmin from your perspective what is the role of an architect . well you see i really believe in kind of barefoot architecture is very different from what we see normally and i sometimes call it also i'm not an architect but it is something that you know we i believe that architects need to use their expertise to perhaps you know lift people out of poverty this is what i try to do and that means that we have to democratize architecture and also that you know we need to provide social a

i'm david burton, senior fellow in economic policy at the heritage foundation. our subject today is is it humane to be a socialist? highly relevant subject it is. today's event is the fifth and the speaker series we call free-market, the ethical economic choice. the provides a moral and ethical critique of socialism and makes the case for the moral superiority of a free economy. i want to bring to your attention the next two events in the series on november 15 george giller of the discovery institute will give a talk called capitalism, is an information learning system. and november 30 mike monger of duke university will give a talk, and poverty is a real problem in capitalism is the only solution. i would also like to bring to your attention an event that's not part of the series but may be of interest to you on november 16 gregory may will be here to talk about his new book, jefferson's treasure, how albert Ãsaved the new nation from debt. gallatin i think is a seriously underestimated figure. he cut taxes, reduce the national debt by half. he was sort of a on

we could see the backdrop, you are at the heritage foundation.you very much for your expertise today. >> thanks very much for having me. >> harris: happy new year. we are awaiting president trump's remarks at his first cabinet meeting of the year, that's what bruce and i were just talking about. it's been 90 minutes out. he has talked already about border security, the partial government shutdown, senator -elect mitt romney's op ed, his anti-trump op-ed, and he is getting set to meet with congressional leaders at the white house. since the do that at 3:00 p.m. eastern. this is a tight window, now. the power panel slides in as we await to the comments from the white house. ♪ ofwith our service. but the va home loan benefit is a big one. if you want to use it to get cash, call newday usa. va loans are all they do. and don't let less than perfect credit hold you back. even if you've been turned down for a va loan by your bank, call newday usa. they've been given automatic authority by the va... they can often help veterans when other lenders won't.

joining me forbes senior political contributor rick ungar, and from the heritage foundation, kelsey harknesswisdom says both are dead on arrival. four senators are expected to vote for both. that indicates a desperate plea, let's get something done. maybe both will find a way to get something done, what do you think? >> charles, unfortunately doesn't look like either of these bills will go anywhere. the best we hope for, they open door for good faith negotiations. i think what is so frustrating is that republicans, president trump, had been negotiating in good faith. they put forward a serious bill that offered compromises, that offered extensions for tps, offered extensions for dreamers, ideas that my colleagues at heritage foundation had major problems with, but this shows they're serious about reopening the government. the democrats on the other hand are completely you know serious. it doesn't include a dollar for funding trump's border wall. i don't know how they can possibly claim they're negotiating in good faith. charles: rick, i don't agree obviously with kelsey's assessment of the q

also, the heritage foundation's james jay carafano discusses the government shutdown, border security, and immigration. and foreign affairs contributor, oriana skylar mastro discusses the rise of china in the global order and what it means for the u.s.. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal." join the discussion. ♪ >> vice president mike pence hosted a dinner in washington, d.c. after the march for life. his remarks are about 30 minutes. >> thank you, patrick kelly. thank you for the kind introduction. jeannie mancini, members of the board, my friend carl anderson to the knights of columbus, beverly lahaye, jim dalley and all of you, we are the pences, and we are pro-life. [applause] and we are honored to join you here at this 37th annual march for life rose dinner. i have to tell you that it is a special joy to be with you here tonight with my wife karen. she has been my wife for 33 years by she is so much more. a marine corps mom. and she is a champion of military families and spouses all around the world. if you have not heard about it, she is even an art teacher at a chris

and then the heritage foundation reporter talks about the government shutdown, border

the heritage foundation holds an event to argue that government intervention to bring about economic equality is unjust. watch live at 11 a.m. eastern c-span2, on-line and radio app. legal affairs correspondent nina totalenberg talks about her coverage of the supreme court with long time radio talk show most bill press. live on c-span2 and also on our radio app. >> president trump nominated stephanos bibas to the appeals court. and a law professor spoke to an audience about appellate advocacy. the federalist society is the host of this event. >> judge stephanos bibas is the newest judge on the 3rd circuit court of appeals. he's been on the court since november of last year. just a little bit of interesting information about judge bibas' career, he grew up in a family in the restaurant business and he worked in his family's restaurants in new york city and graduated high school at the age

the president of the heritage foundation. her husband is actually one of the furloughed workers. this is a large think tank in d.c. she said, i want my husband to go back to work but i don't want the president to blink. some are going to say, you're the president of the heritage foundation so possibly you can afford to have your husband stay home. i'm not saying that's what i'm saying but there are people saying, maybe that's your idea but imagine all the people whose husbands can't stay home and who need this money. >> you talk about the conservative leaders the president has been talking with. and conservative activists who have made a career of pulling back on immigration policies say the president has gotten carried away by his 2016 campaign promise to build the wall, which is what, remember, all of this centers on. >> look, just a little bit honest about how we're here and why we're here, it starts with the guy who can't remember to talk about immigration. so they come out with a pneumonic for him to do that. build the wall. and that then becomes this battle cry of meaningle

also the heritage foundation's james take her final discusses the government shutdown, border securitynd immigration and foreign affair contributor discusses what china's rise in the global order mean for the us. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7 am eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. ♪ >>> next a look at staff turnover in the trump administration. the brookings institutions catherine dunn talks about her decades long research in turnover in presidential's ministrations. washington center hosted this event. >> please take your seats. w all right. this morning, we have our first speaker, i know has katie, dr. tenpas , who is going to talk to us about you are hired, you're fired, stepping the trump presidency analysis and comparison. dr. tenpas is sa nonresident senior fellow with government studies and a fellow at the governance institute. a research address is the intersection between the presidency and policy including the presidential reelection campaigns and trends in presidential travel and polling, expenses she is also look at white house stepping w

heritage foundation with james discusses the government shutdown border security and immigration. what china's rise in the global order means for the u.s. be sure to watch c-span "washington journal" literacy 7:00 a.m. eastern saturday morning. during the discussion. >> sunday on q&a, patricia bringing down the kernel. late 19th century scandal involving sued by his former mistress. >> william. number of middle names he has should signify if he was in the summer. the confederate cavalry. at the time of the lawsuit he was in his fifth term in congress. he was nobody. she was a poor girl from kentucky, with aspirations was very hungry for an education. she was a hungry young woman who ran into him at the time. she was desperate to make herself something in the world and get an education. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, she spans q&a. >> with a government shutdown on the 20th day, senators talk about the effects on the senate floor. will hear from democrat king and republican rob who presents his own proposal for ending the shutdown. this is 45 minutes. >> i rise today to discu

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more on kim's visite i sprlier with bruce klingner, former cia deputy korea who is now at the heritage foundationjong-un is getting a warm embrace from china on his birthday, but does beijing care whether he makes progress on denuclearization or not? bruce: china likes the status quo than a year ago when we were talking about preventive attacks on north korea. they would rather have stumbling-along diplomacy rather than threats of either north korean military attack. -- threats of north korean missile tests or some kind of military attack. laura: has kim jong-un actually done much since the summit with president trump in singapore last year? bruce: no, we have not mad progress since singapore. the north koreans have disabled a couple t of test sitt months before they said they no longer need because they completed the nuclear warhead and the icbm programs. laura: and yet we have the u.s. a tively talking about scouting for locations focond summit with kim jong-un. why they need for that summit? habruce: it goes against whas been u.s. traditional diplomacy, a bottom-up approach where if you make p

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the founders of news guard are are are linked to all kinds of neo con think tanks like the heritage foundation and the american enterprise institute and they're on their list of advisors you know for how this is set up who is going to who are the. advisers telling nose guard what news is good and what is bad michael hayden the former director of the cia and the n.s.a. both right you also have richard stengel on there right just to show the bipartisanship of it he's was an obama era official he was an undersecretary. of believe in the state department for the obama administration and he famously said many people call me obama's chief propagandist and then he went on you know in a council of foreign relations discussion right in front of cameras to say that he's all in favor of targeting propaganda in those words propaganda against the american people and he's the one who's going to be advising those guard. on what's real news and what's not is this going to work i mean you know you know there is when i was growing up there was a nice saying is that you know if you push the toothpaste out of the

coming up saturday morning, of the heritage foundation and of the center for american progress discuss the state of the u.s. economy. and the economic impact of the government shutdown. in our spotlight on magazine segments, wired magazine jupiter john goodman talks about his recent article examining how climate change is impacting glaciers in antarctica. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. "newsmakers," we continue to talk to committee chairs of the 116th congress. for this week newsmakers, we sat down with jim mcgovern of massachusetts, and mark kano of california. on newsmakers this week, we continue to talk. for this week's newsmakers we sat down with jim mcgovern of takano oftts and mark cra crash congressman chairs the rules committee. has jurisdiction over how and when legislation comes to the floor. >> between those committees and a piece of legislation, but it influential committee and it is more than about process. policy.out you need good process to get good policy. >> well, i want to exert it is moreve the rules have

twelve to twenty fifteen mercer financed a number of institutes and lobbies among them the heritage foundation which fights taxes and economic regulation one point five million dollars the media research center which fights leftist media bias twelve million dollars the government accountability institute which tracks government corruption and publishes books against hillary clinton three point seven million dollars the heartland institute which defends climate change skeptics two point eight million dollars. in new york he even paid for an ad denouncing the construction of a mosque near ground zero in just two years robert mercer became one of the ten most influential billionaires in politics according to the washington post's. in twenty eleven breitbart news the right wing online newspaper was in financial difficulty. mercer saw an opportunity and he invested ten million dollars in the web site. the executive chairman of breitbart was a prominent figure closely linked to trump's campaign stephen bannon. a former goldman sachs trader he became a hollywood producer in the late one nine hundred

when you get certain commentators at the heritage foundation when you get in and culture are eating up air time to simply say we cannot give an inch we have to have this physical wall or the migrants when we are defeated is america it's the polarized environment which is beyond trump which in a sense traps even him and the problem as we know and joe's absolutely sensible of the way forward leonsis was away for what's the first thing that donald trump watches in the morning when he flips on his television it's not us here at al-jazeera it's those folks on fox t.v. and that undoes all the practical work that other people are trying to do to get him to say maybe a wall can be a very different kind of wall lately that they are just in the last thirty seconds we've got how weakened has trump been by him this whole episode i think it's a tremendously devastating three weeks for him or thirty days he needs to come to grips with the fact that at the end of the day he shut down the government for thirty five days for ten percent of all wall you know ten percent of what the actual border is and