venezuela, live from the heritage foundation at 2:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. you can also watch online at c-span.org or use the free c-span radio app. and tonight, president trump will hold a rally in el paso, texas. he'll talk about border security and government funding, live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> have you seen c-span's newest book "the senate"? hundreds of gorgeous photos. magnificent, says dawn richie, senate historian emeritus. and senate historian richard baker says, mesmerizing photographs. establish this book as the ultimate insider's tour. to order your high-quality paperback copy of "the senate" for just $18.95 plus shipping, visit c-span.org/senatebook. >>> iranian president hassan rouhani spoke to a crowd in tehran today to mark the 40th anniversary of the his country's revolution. he said that iran's missile program would continue to expand despite western objections. this speech is courtesy of press tv, iran's english language news channel. >> translator: in the name of god, the all merciful, the all compassionate, salutations to t

that is what the heritage foundation is all about and committed to. --o, that is what our index that is why our index of economic freedom is important more than ever. the index is unique, it is a team-spirited flagship product of the heritage foundation, and its creation involves nearly everyone in this building, but there are a few i would like to thank for their work on this year's index. ambassador terry miller, anthony kim, jim roberts, jim care of , teresa, jack spencer and feather and john fleming, and jay simon. thank you so much for the incredible work you do. applause] 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 a detailed analysis presented in a user-friendly format. the index has served as a 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 globe,around the improv

heritage foundation. so on behalf of the full board of supervisors, we'd like to give you this certificate. claudi claudine scott, would you come up and accept it? [applause] >> president yee: so come on up. just say happy new year. >> supervisor fewer: [speaking native language] [applause] >> good evening, everyone. my name is matt haney. i'm supervisor from district six. congratulations and thank you for all your work to the a.p.a. heritage foundation. i have to say i've been to a few celebrations around the year of the pig, but this is the first one that i've seen where there's a whole pig to eat. happy to celebration with you. >> supervisor brown: hi. i'm vallie brown, the proud supervisor of japantown. unfortunately, can you please tell me how to say happy new year in japanese? [inaudible] [applause] >> supervisor safai: good evening. my name is supervisor ahsha safai. happy new year. very happy to be here for the third or fourth year. congratulations to claudine and all the leadership for a.p.a. thi

the heritage foundation. >> good evening i am elizabeth slattery and welcome to the heritage foundation. thank you for coming to the supreme trivia event. you can hear the teams out there that will be coming out in just a minute. we have two teams tonight. they are top supreme court litigators that are ready to go head-to-head in rounds of trivia regarding history, scandal, and more. before we introduce the teams i would like to introduce my cohost sheldon gilbert. thank you for being here. >> thank you. and welcome to basically super bowl for law nerds. we will kick things off by introducing the teams. it's my privilege to introduce team jefferson. the heckling has already started., and out team jefferson. we will start with lisa blatt. lisa heads-up appellate and supreme court practice. somebody recently said that sometimes a superstar is just a superstar. lisa is a superstar among superstars. she has argued my cases at the supreme court then any other woman and even more impressive she has won 94% of her c

heritage foundation. we want to thank you for joining us this evening as we celebrate lunar new year, the year of the boar. we wish you and your family the best of fortune, prosperity and much happiness. we are a nonprofit organization dedicated to securing funds and coordinating resources to support the city's annual a.p.a. heritage organization festivities. our organization is made up of a very small board, and i'd like to introduce to you our directors. we have our treasurer, irene yee riley, our incoming treasurer, j.j. lara. board member matt mooey, and our founder and president, claudine ching. [applause] >> so although we're a very small organization, we're able to put on celebration events every year because of the dedicated members of the a.d.a. celebration committee, and that's a group of 30-some odd representatives of the community that makeup the a.p.a. community. so if you are a member of that group, can you please raise your hand? okay. everyone give them a hand. [applause] >> want to thank

my name is mark, i'm with the heritage foundation here. i wanted to ask both of you what do you recommend the united states should do in regards to what happened in maduro and his, i guess, cronies once the situation has been changed, once they have been deposed, what happens to them? >> that's a tough question. some of these people have done horrible things. this is why pragmatism in foreign policy is so critical. there may come an opportunity, fairly soon, i hope, where really bad people have done terrible things are going to be willing to step aside in exchange for some level of guarantee. now, there are things we can guarantee and things we can't. the u.s., for example, can lift sanctions. what we can't shield you from is the international criminal court or things of this nature, but there are things that there may come an opportunity, those offramps still exist for some -- i mean, that's the ideal scenario is that these guys will just get up and go somewhere and live there for the rest of their lives. and it's terrible that some, some

discussion about policies and reducing the national debt with the heritage foundation's justin bogie. then, we talk about u.s. venezuela relations with florida international university of latin and caribbean center director frank mora. and president trump's border emergency declaration, is discussed by university of texas at austin law professor stephen vladek. be sure to watch c-span washington journal, live at 7 am eastern, tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> watch c-span wednesday night for live coverage president trump's visit to vietnam as he resumes talks with north korea's kim jong un. live on c-span, c-span.org, and listen with the free c-span radio app spirit before heading to vietnam for his summit with north korean leader kim jong un, president trump marked african-american history month with a reception at the white house. from last week, this is 20 minutes. and mrs. trump.

host: justin bogie is a senior analyst at the heritage foundation, studying fiscal affairs. he joins us to discuss this number. trillion joining us this morning to discuss this in number 22,059,995,000,000 and counting, the current u.s. national debt. justin bogie, put that number in perspective . >> it's a laborious number, and put that in perspective, if we divided it amongst every person in the u.s., they'd already have a $67,000 share of the national debt. over the next 10 years it's expected to climb another $30,000 per person. it's a huge number and overwhelming for many to think about. most families certainly couldn't sustain $100,000 in debt, i don't think so it's a question of how does the u.s. government do that? >> before we answer that, how did we get here? >> i think it's a lot of factors, over the last 10 years or so debt has climbed about $10 trillion and some of that has to do with stimulus packages that were passed under bush and obama and we've had the budget control caps in place with several deals to amend those and increase spending by hundreds of delusi

riley waters from the heritage foundation from washington, dc.re looking at how japan is tackling its culture of unsustainably long working hours. in today's edition of work like japan, mariko oi reports on some of the innovations aimed at redressing the balance in the country's workforce. a drone on patrol in the office. it is monitoring the workers, but not for their daily performances. the drone is being used to encourage them to go home. wow, it is quite loud. speaks japanese. so, them to go home. wow, it is quite loud. speaksjapanese. so, he says the noise is probably a enough to send most people home. over the last few years, there have been many innovations related to employees' health. this one analyses how focused people are. so these classes monitor the movement of my eye balls as classes monitor the movement of my eyeballs as well is how often i am blinking and how i am moving my head. and by analysing all the data, it tells you how focused i am at this moment. the aim is to help employees realise when they need to ta ke employees real

justin bogie from the heritage foundation. we appreciate your time.p next on the washington journal, we will talk more about the crisis in venezuela. we will be joined by florida international universities -- university's frank mora. willater today the house vote to block president trump's emergency declaration. stephen vladek joins us to discuss national security law implications. we will be right back. ♪ the only thing we have to fear, is fear itself. -- ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. >> and the people will knock these buildings down. c-span's newest books, -- newest book, the president, rank the 44ians american presidents through stories gathered by interviews with noted presidential historians. explore the events that shaped our leaders, challenges they faced, and the legacies they have left behind. published by public affairs, c-span's the presidents will be on shelves april 23. todayn preorder your copy at c-span.org/the presidents. or wherever books are sold. c-span, where history unfolds daily.

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. it's no longer possible to simply display looted artworks in european museums without explaining the greater. thanks to the exhibitions out there who built for him we'll have to reflect that. it's interesting david but i mean many of these objects have been in texas for well over a century why's it all comes to the head now well certainly building a new museum for hundreds of millions of euros is a great opport

thank you. >>> hello everyone and welcome to the heritage foundation. i am the deputy director of the center for legal and judicial studies and before i came to the heritage foundation i worked forward for senator warren hatch author of the religious freedom restoration act. i came to washington 30 years ago just a few months before the supreme court heard arguments in a case titled employment division versus smith. following the decision in that case our organization help launch the coalition for the free exercise of religion and when he signed it into law in november 1993 president clinton thanked the coalition for what he called the central role they played in drafting this legislation and working so hard for its passage. that coalition grew to more than 70 organizations and was like none other that i have ever known. it included as does our panel today different faiths, it included the american humanist association and the national association of evangelicals, it included americans united for separation of church and state and concerned women for am

bringing out the perspective and current senior research fellow at the heritage foundation.eanwhile, michael cohen continues testimony over the house oversight committee on capitol hill. we will bring you any developments. this is bloomberg. romaine: we want to recap a few earnings because we see severe share reactions after hours. square is down after missing on its gross payment volumetric. we see l brands falling after giving the week forecast for the year. box also reporting their shares are moving lower as well. caroline: we are breaking news on the deal as well. be bots.s looking to its top holder does not support the deal. we will have more after the break. this is bloomberg. ♪ s bloomberg. ♪ you. all of you. how you live, what you love. that's what inspired us to create america's most advanced internet. internet that puts you in charge. that protects what's important. it handles everything, and reaches everywhere. this is beyond wifi, this is xfi. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity, the future of awesome. mark: i'm mark crumpton with bloomberg's first word news. -- micha

here is the senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation. thank you for your time this morning.ther channels, republicans wasted so much time calling him a liar when we already new this, they weren't defending the president. what do you say to that? >> we heard a lot of unproven accusations yesterday by a proven liar. i'm not sure why democrats think cohen has any credibility. not just that he pleaded guilty to lying to congress, he also pleaded guilty to lying to the irs and cheating on his taxes. he pleaded guilty to lying to banks and cheating them in his financial dealings. why would anything he say have any credibility? when cohen accused the president of being a con man and a cheat i think he may have been looking in the mirror and talking about himself. rob: the thing is republicans and even the president, you call him a liar and say all the things he did and how he lied to the entire committee meeting but then say he told the truth about no collusion. it's not fair to cherry pick. he is a liar or he is telling the truth. >> on the russian collusion issue he could get cau

coming up in an hour, the heritage foundation discusses the trump administration economic record and the impact of the 2017 tax law. the 2017 tax law. at 8:45, eugene mulero discusses prospects for a major infrastructure deal. at 9:15, john larson talks about his legislation to perform and expand social security. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [video clip] >> on this boat, the ays are 300 nays are, -- and the 28. the congress has adopted. host: the house followed the senate approving a $333 billion spending package to keep the federal government open. the president is expected to sign the deal which includes $1.4 billion for the border wall, but not the $5.7 billion he demanded. the president is then going to declare a national emergency on the southern border in order to build all of his promised wall. we will begin with your reaction to the president using emergency powers on the southern wall. republicans, 202-748-8001.

i went to capitol hill to give a speech to the heritage foundation. yes. ... involved the topic of Ãand the camera reform in october 2017 during the time you were chief of staff to the attorney general. the attorney general's office did issue guidance on federal law for religious liberty. the guidance involved expansion of exemptions to refer at a religious liberty summit held in the summer 2018. riannouncing the formation of the religious liberty task force to furtheimplement Ãb there's been limited public information on the task force and its work. the only problem documentation is a two-page memorandum issued in task force. are you aware of any additional documents or gadgets that further explain the task force mandate and processes? >> no i am not familiar with any additional. >> denote the budget is of the task force? >> i do not believe, as i sit here today, that we've actually effectuated the task force yet. it's going to be an internal task force that will come, that would have no specific separate budget. >> with the remaining time, your acting attorn

james roberts, a research fellow for economic freedom at the heritage foundation is here.tion here is from the chinese side, there have been some reports that all the chinese are trying to do here is to make big pr promises about buying agriculture, but they're not going to make any promises to the u.s. about intellectual property theft, forced technology transfers, nontariff barriers in china for u.s. companies. where are we? >> well, that's exactly right. that is the problem, one of several problems, really, which is that even if the u.s. and china reach agreements and it's good that they're continuing to talk, but agreements on those issues would be difficult to enforce in china. the issue of compliance. so that's one issue. although continuing to talk and president trump has indicated he may defer the march 2nd increase in tariffs to 25%, if progress continues. that's good news for american consumers who are already paying more because of the 10% tariff that's were levied last year. so i think these are issues that are not going to go away, are not going to be resolved

ed: bruce, from the heritage foundation is a veteran of the cia important information and to bring toprovide live coverage and we hope to have you back with your insights as an important point about the us needing to hold firm and hold north korea to the fire. thank you for coming in. >> link you. ed: we're live here in illinois, but the city and country, vietnam has undergone massive changes in the past several decades and that is where we take a closer look at the host nation for this week's summit vietnam, 40 years after the fall of saigon, straight ahead. live in hanoi we had a chance to sample some of the local cuisi cuisine. >> we found young people join local food and say they want me to try. i don't know what food this is what is this? >> [inaudible] [speaking in foreign language] ed: this chili sauce is superhot. what you think of donald trump? or do you like kim jung-un to? one more? all right. what do you think? will there be seats? [speaking in foreign language] this is the all-new chevy silverado. it's beautiful. beefy and mean looking. it's the strongest, most advanced s

i went to capitol hill to give a speech to the heritage foundation, yes. >> would you consider that activity to be an ancillary function of the department? congressman, i had no other way to get to a speech that i had committed to give before the shut down. >> thank you. the speech involved the topic of rifra and the comemory of rifra. when you were acting attorney general, the attorney general's office did issue guidance on federal law for religious liberty, the guidance involved expansion of exemptions to rifra at a religious liberty summit held in 2018. attorney general sessions announced the religious liberty task force. is it fair to say there's limited public information on the task force and its work. the only public documentation is a two-page memorandum. are you aware of additional documents or guidance that explain the task force mandate and processes? >> no, i'm not familiar with any additional -- >> do you know what the budget is of the task force? >> i don't believe as i sit here today that we've actually affectated the task force yet. it's an internal task force that would have

come back to the issue of redistricting and let our audience know that common cause and the heritage foundation are represented at the table. first up is don from wisconsin. good morning. caller: good morning. i happen to be a farmer in the midwest, and so elections are the first tuesday of november. we are in the middle of corn harvest. who is going to come out and do my work so i can plan today's to be will to go off and vote and be able to do the things you think everyone should have is the result of a holiday? the left movement is an effort to grab resources. money is just an exchange. , have worked on this farm growing up since i was six years , doing all the things that it took to be able to generate and you think you are going to come and take the resources that i sacrificed my whole life -- my kids did not go do all the fancy things that everyone else took off, wearing fancy clothes to school because we reinvested back in the farm. if you come over my land it will be over my dead potty. host: allegra chapman. i don't think this is a left or right issue and has nothing to do with taking

i went to capitol hill to give a speech to the heritage foundation. >> would you consider that speech to the her teenage foundation to be an ancillary function. >> i had no other way to get to a speech that i committed to give before the shut down. >> it was about october 2017 at a time when you were chief of staff to the attorney general, the attorney general's office did issue guidance on federal law for religious liberty. at a religious liberty summit held at the summit of 2017. it was the religious will liberty task force. they have been limited task force but it is no work. it is a two-page memorandum, are you aware of any other documents or guidance that explain the task force -- >> no, i'm not familiar -- >> do you know what budget is of the task force? >> i don't think we have effect waited the task force yet if will be an internal task force that would come with no specific separate budget. >> do you commit in the meantime that your acting attorney general to provide this committee any additional details regarding that task force which has been in place now for i guess seven

i went to capitol hill to give a speech to the heritage foundation, yes. >> okay. would you consider that activity a speech to be an ancillary function of the department? >> congressman, i had no other way to get to a speech that i had committed to give before the shutdown. >> thank you. the speech involved the topic of rifra. in october 2017 during the time that you were chief-of-staff to the attorney general, the attorney general's office did issue guidance on federal law for religious liberty. it involved expansions of exemptions to rifra at a religious liberty summit held in 2018. sessions announced the formation of the religious liberty task force to further coordinate implementation of the guidance. it's fair to say there's been limited public information on the task force and its work. the only public documentation is a two-page memorandum issued establishing task force, are you aware of any additional documents or guidance that further explain the task force mandate and processes? >> no, i'm not familiar with any additional -- >> you know what the budget is

a discussion about policies aimed at reducing the national debt with the heritage foundation. then we talk about u.s.-venezuela relations with latin and caribbean center director. .nd then a discussion be sure to watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. tuesday morning. join the discussion. president cohen, trump's longtime personal attorney will testify before the house oversight and government reform committee on wednesday. inquire into will his interactions with the president. watch the hearing live wednesday morning beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app. >> now a discussion on expanding economic opportunity and what local, state, and the federal government can do. this was part of an aspen institute economics group series, participants include kevin hassett. this runs over one hour. [indistinct conversations] >> good morning, everyone, we

that's why our work is so important and it's what the heritage foundation is all about. at heritage, we are not just a bulwark against the left, we are battleship for liberty. we will guide america to renewed greatness and take the fight to liberalism. that's why i'm proud to serve as the heritage foundation's president and why i am so honored to join with you here at cpac and fight for the greatest nation on earth. >> this aims to design an ecosystem -- >> this is the liberty ecosystem, a flexible federation of local partners working together. >> allowing six billion of us. >> giving us access to fundraising, from individuals and groups around the world who share our mission. >> making it more difficult for authoritarian governments to impede on local organizations like us because there is no centralized group. >> together, we can keep the free world free. in the movement at www dth libertyeco. from the white house please elcome director larry cud low. >> i i have a couple of things to share with you today and going to ask a big favor. the share is easy. we have our econ

not for the men's room mostly examine what john bolton's his long speech where he gave at the heritage foundation when he was talking about this and there's really no difference in the relationship of the u.s. to africa or even the previous administrations disposition toward africa the only difference is that they will be cooperating less with overcomes using in their heads of money practices and that the that's pretty once that's pretty much the only difference and that they will also will be more strict in terms of how the dispense aid and all these kind of things i mean there's really no other difference besides that but i mean people really need to understand if unfortunately people fall for these things because we really don't have a critical view of the deal political role that the united states plays in the world and particularly in africa i mean there's no way didn't way that we can believe that the united states has has a military and humanitarian or benevolent role if we look at just its history and overthrowing the democratically elected police. patrice lumumba in the congo or the coup

from the heritage foundation. also congressman john larson of connecticut. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> u.s. house still in recess, we expect members to return shortly now that the rules committee has finished its work. they'll gavel in and debate the house-senate compromise for the rest of the budget year. the measure includes nearly $1.4 billion for 55 miles of new barriers along the u.s. southern border and funding for nine federal departments as well as a nearly 2% pay raise for federal workers. the senate passed the measure earlier today. the house must take up the measure with a final vote possible this evening. follow the house live here on c-span when they gavel back. in until then, a conversation with supreme court justice sonia sotomayor on her life and career and the differents in work og on the district court and supreme court. >> this room is so beautiful. it's just a beautiful room. >> i have the privilege of asking the first question. [laughter] >> he pulled rank. >

joining us from the heritage foundation is hans von spakovsky and allegra chapman from common cause.-span's newsmakers follows "washington journal," and this week we turn our attention to iowa and new hampshire and the democratic party chair. [video clip] that -- the importance of the early states when it could be up to 15, 16 candidates in this race? >> if there are only 16 serious candidates, i will be surprised. i think it is going to be a lot more than that. folks, aa history of few will drop out after iowa, a few after new hampshire. i think this is just really exciting. i would hope that none of the candidates drop out and that they would give as many states as -- give as many states an opportunity to vote on them as possible. we don't want to be the deciders candidate, but we are making a recommendation on who we think the top three or four or the top dozen. >> i have talked to democratic operatives who believe there was a chance this nomination will not be decided even when all the primaries and caucuses have taken place. how much of a risk is that for democrats, where we cou