at the heritage foundation.e are very concerned about the debt we are leaving for generations ahead to pay. one of the nice things, and i want to make this distinction very early in our conversation, he has a lot of people never get it. in arms of the republican party or the trump administration. this is a conservative public policy think tank. when we see policy that we do not agree with, we call it. we call it out. and we do. yes, we did in working with the president. we are so grateful for so much of what he does, but when we disagree, we don't hesitate to say so. susan: what do you think is happening in the town if the public debt continues to rise at the rate it is? think our: because i politicians on both sides of the aisle kick the can. kick it down the road, leave it for future generations to deal with, and sometimes don't have the political will to do the right thing. it takes us a real amount of courage to do that. the least we could do at the heritage foundation is hold their feet to the fire. susan:

at the heritage foundation, we do the research, the data analysis, the collection of data. d at the heritage action for america, they are the ones who take that information, and, when it is implemented into a particular piece of legislation, they can actually go lobby for that legislation. we don't. susan: is it unusual for the major think tanks in washington to have a political organization such as this? mrs. james: not as unusual as you think. or c4'sthem have c3's -- very complex systems for how they work in this town. the heritage foundation is upfront about it. susan: since you have taken over the helm, you have been in the public eye over a couple of different issues. i wanted to get your perspective over some of them. first of all is the debate over baltimore. we are talking about the president and his tweets. you spoke out during the controversy that arose after his criticism for baltimore and its issues and its handling of race related and crime related issues? why did you get involved? mrs. james: because i care. because i care deeply about urban areas. i came from

first of all i want to thank the heritage foundation for do.their hard work that they the heritage foundation is an excellent, excellent organization. >> we are proud of what we do and i hope people go to heritage.org and see the research we do . >> i totally support trump and his efforts. i totally agree with you, totally agree because this man is the best answer for our economy. i mean, compare that with what the democrats are offering. democrats are offering socialism. they want big government and the high taxes to pay for it. and trump axhas revolutionized this economy. he is the best person, the best person to keep this economy going. we have more jobs than people can fill them. >> i certainly agree with a lot of that. i think that donald trump is far from perfect. one thing people always ask me, what trumponomics about and what is trumponomics so i think it's bringing a kind of businessman's perspective to the white house and i think that's made of big difference. politicians in the past who been in the white house haven't known a lot abo

first of all i want to thank the heritage foundation for all of their hard work that they do. it is excellent. guest: very nice of you to say that. i hope to people go and see some of the research we have done. caller: i totally support trump and his efforts. i totally agree with you, because this man is the best answer for our economy. compare that with what the democrats are offering. they are offering socialism, they want big government and high taxes to pay for it. -- has revolutionized this economy and is the best person, the best person to keep this economy going. than people tobs fill them. guest: i agree with a lot of that and i think that donald trump is far from perfect. a lot of people asked me what is my book? and i think it is bringing a businessman's perspective, and i think that has made a big difference. politicians in the past two have been in the white house have not known a lot about business and how to make a profit, meet a payroll and grow a business. that pro-business attitude, putting america first means putting american businesses and workers first in f

yes, sir. >> i'm with the heritage foundation. in terms of thinking through how we can undo this, can you give us a crash history of how we got to this point question mark i guess there were certain changes made in labor laws to allow government employees to unionize. mr. factor: it goes way back, but the big change was the executive order by j.f.k. i will give you a crash course in how you change it. it is real simple. real simple to change it. number one, you don't force workers to pay dues to keep a job. a worker does not have to pay dues to keep the job he has. he can join a union if he wants to, but he does not have to. he does not have to pay dues to keep a job. number two, we should stop subsidizing government employee unions. very simple. and we should change the law to do it. i have been told by some of the people a lot smarter than we are that are involved in the movement that there will be legislation forthcoming in the house and senate to say, unions, if you want to have people working full-time, you are taking and $14

one important fact should be emphasized: assimilation does not necessarily mean adopting a heritage foundation value. if we truly want to protect our heritage, we must continue to allow for robust immigration. with the exception of the blatantly racist chinese exclusion act, the american conception of the illegal immigrants do not really exist until 1924. almost everyone in this room is descended from someone who was fleeing persecution were seeking better opportunity for their families. those same people would not make it to america under current law. when you hear conservatives say "get to the back of the line," for member that there is no line. our current system lacks any due process. we lock children in cages. we demonize people trying to provide for their families. our policies make criminals out of good people. undocumented migrants are not a threat to the u.s. unless we make them one. >> and a rebuttal from the conservative side? aree have to remember we having this conversation within the context of the status will, a world where we have order patrol and agencies like ice. what do you

been in private ownership until then but at the end of 2013 they were bored by the process and heritage foundation and they were made available online so this was the moment when the 1st pages became available at the end of 2014 this was the moment when i was just handing over my manuscript for the invention of nature. so i couldn't use them. for the imagination which was not a problem tons of content we cause we had transcriptions but seeing the actual paper pages 4000 pages with hundreds of little sketches and drawings i knew i wanted to do a book that would also show artistic visual side because he did not just understand nature intellectually but also visually so that's when i decided to do whatever you want to call it a kind of graphic novel or a graphic nonfiction illustrated. journey of discovery or whatever it is but something that would show his stuff this trailer based on the adventures of alexander from home bold shows that the book does more than summarize homebuilt south american adventure he recounts his 1st encounter with the continent's indigenous peoples his fascination with its n

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kayjames as president of the heritage foundation and influential american conservative thinking. in relative poverty in virginia a nswe i’s in relative poverty in virginia answers those experiences shape her worldview. and john fugelsang as an american political comedian, actor, broadcaster, and commentator. he has made a documentary to see if the american dream is still alive in the face of rising inequality. that is oui’ face of rising inequality. that is our panel. welcome to you well. applause .ok, applause . ok, panel, quick question at the beginning. statistics show that the richest 1% globally own at nearly half of the world's

we tat heritage foundation -- we at the heritage foundation have added up all the promises from somef leading candidates, if you were to confiscate every single dollar from those earning 200,000 or more, confiscate every dollar of business income, you still fall trillions of dollars short over the next ten years for these proposals. bernie sanders at least has been more honest. if you look at his proposal for medicare for all, very similar to hers, he lays out a lot of specifics and gets to what is in there. 11% payroll tax, and that makes sense. if you look at places like france, that have a much larger welfare state, they are paying a 56% payroll tax. that's what we have to look forward to here if these policies are implemented. and senator warren needs to be up front with the american people about the costs of those programs. liz: did you just say 56% payroll tax? >> in france, it is a combined payroll tax, upwards of 50%. liz: holy toledo. joel, you are terrific. >> thank you. liz: a tropical storm hit parts of texas with flash flooding. some parts of texas tx getting swamped by

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. >> on her life, career and career in politics and her work as president of the heritage foundation tank sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q & a. >> our c-span campaign 2020 bus team is traveling across the country visiting key battleground states in the 2020 presidential race asking voters who issues they want presidential candidates to address during the campaign. >> and i wish washington and congress would work on infrastructure. every other generation of american leaders have funded airports or subways or roads and bridges and we're failing to do our part. this will be the first generation of elected leaders where we left our infrastructure in worse condition than we got it in and we should work and emand that our leaders in d.c. invest in infrastructure. that's the great thing about investing in infrastructure in this country, putting people to work. >> one of the bigest issues is he use of credit scores. they determine autmotive insurance rates, life insurance, housing and employment. it has more to do with your credit score than your driving record. if you apply f

welcome to the heritage foundation. we, of course, welcome those who on our heritage.org website on all of these occasions. we do ask, as a courtesy check, our cell phones and other noise-making devices have been muted. our internet viewers are always welcome to send questions or simply e-mailing speaker@heritage.org. we will post this following today's program. dr. jamesr event is j., who serves as vice president our institute for national and foreign policy.tel -- he is a graduate of west point, army,ear veteran of the serves as a professor at georgetown university and has visiting professor at the national defense university. he serves on the board of marine corps the university foundation and the advisory boards for the west for oral history and operation renewed hope. me in welcoming jim. [applause] you for coming to what should be an extraordinary event. pete is not only a great friend but he defines the definition of american. graduate of princeton and harvard. we won't hold that against him. he served in the u.s

welcome to the heritage foundation. we, of course, welcome those who on our heritage.org website on all of these occasions. we do ask, as a courtesy check, our cell phones and other noise-making devices have been muted. our internet viewers are always welcome to send questions or simply e-mailing speaker@heritage.org. we will post this following today's program. dr. jamesr event is j., who serves as vice president

. >> stephen moore joins us at the heritage foundation, co-author of the book

thank you so much for joining us at the heritage foundation. i was told we don't necessarily have to talk about silencing cell phones, but i am going to say that anyway. we usually have a robust online audience and we want to minimize distractions. thank you for joining us. we are going to talk about a new report on rebuilding the army. it's actually the third paper out, the first talked about how to think about the future, and we released one in the marine corps. this is a major paper on the army, and how to think about its relationship with national security strategy and how the world is changing, and some recommendations for the path of the army needs to go down with a look out to a 30 year timeframe. we will follow up with a paper on the air force which is coming up next month, wrapping up by the end of the year with a paper on the navy so we have all four services covered and thinking about preparations for the future. these papers are meant to give an independent perspective, advice and recommendations to the administration, to the milita

. >> the heritage foundation hosted a discussion with retired lieutenant general thomas spoehr on his plan on modernizing the army. this is just over an hour. >> i think we'll get started here. thank you so much for joining us here at the heritage foundation in release of a major paper which will be the focus. i'm told we didn't necessarily have to talk about silencing cell phones but i'm saying that anyway. we usually have a very robust online audience and the distractions we want to minimize here. thank you for joining us here. we want to talk about a new report on rebuilding the army. it's one of a series, actually the third paper that's out. the first one talked about how to think about the future, then we released one to the marine corps, this is a major paper on the army and how to think about its relationship with the imperatives of the national defense strategy, national security strategy and how the world is changing and recommendations for what the army needs to be and the path it needs to go down to get where it needs to be with a look out to about the 20- 30-year time fram

. >> kay coles james on her life, career, and government in politics, and her work in the heritage foundation

the constitution, conservative politics, books about the things the heritage foundation and my friends jason and julie chafe this. i've known them for a long time. i first came to know jason over 30 years ago when he became a place kicker at byu. he's really good. till this day he holds some records including the most successful scored in a single game and i think in a single season, and he was also famous for the fact that immediately after he picked a field goal the helmet would come off and then he had this awesome job to the sideline and he became famous for that. i think it resulted in something called the chafe it's rule. i think it played a key role in his success as a statesman in the state of utah. people came to know him. they knew who he was. i remember many years later, long after he had played for byu and had a successful career as a businessman, i met him in person for the first time. i was quite starstruck because he was a big deal. i met him while he was running a campaign for governor huntsman before he was governor huntsman. jason chafe is himself convinced me that he

eastern on c-span and at noon eastern, the heritage foundation hosts a form on -- a forum on the rebuilding america's military project, focused on the u.s. army. on c-span2 at 7:30, retired general jim mattis, former defense secretary, talks about his new book "callsign chaos," looking at his life and career in the military. >> vice president pence met with british prime minister boris johnson a day after the prime prime minister lost two key votes in the house of commons, one that would bar him from a new deal brexit and another blocking his efforts to hold a snap general election on october 15. >> good afternoon. vice president, have a seat. we welcome you to number 10, mr. vice president. great to have you here. i had a wonderful time at thg7 do together. free trade, all that.

--sr, heritage foundation the heritage foundation's john malcolm on democrats and the house impeachment♪ >> tonight at 9:00 eastern on book thes, in his years that matter most, alt. reflects on the challenges and costs of a college education. >> we are still debating about whether a 12th grade of is enough. it is obviously not enough. all the signs from the economy are that it is not enough. , unlike our predecessors who were able to respond to those signs, we are fighting about it and turning it into questions of identity and , whenry and politics clearly there is just a sign that our young people need our support, need more education, need more credentials to survive in the current economy. >> watch afterwords tonight on booktv on c-span2. >> monday night on the communicators, tennessee senator marsha blackburn, chair of the judiciary committees task force on china's huawei in the u.s., antitrust issues, and regulating big tech. >> some of these social media platforms that are beginning to distribute news and have a news feed, individuals want to see them have a news director. >> mond

so the federalist society, heritage foundation have spend millions getting their conservative peoplee courts including of course brett kavanagh. so some of us have been talking about court packing that's going on and the danger of court packing by mitch mcconnell and trump. in fact, some of us wrote an amicus brief to the supreme court urging them not to accept cer, the on a new york gun case that should have been a moot situation leading to the "wall street journal" accusing the five of us of threatening the court. really? how can you threaten people with hie lifetime appointments? court packing is a huge danger and i believe is one of the lasting legacies of this trump presidency with these very idealogical serve membeconserva members. what's more important than people on the supreme court? with the fact that the fbi did not do a thorough investigation, the american people should find out through an investigation as to why this happened and why this man is on the court and why he should not continue to be on the court should the impeachment inquiry lead us to that conclusion. >> do

who talks about her life, career in government, and politics and her work as president of the heritage foundation think tank. that's "q&a" sunday, 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific time on c-span. >>> saturday on "booktv" at 11:00 p.m. eastern, in their new book, "the education of brett kavanaugh," "new york times" reporters kate kelly and robin pogrebin explore justice brett kavanaugh's recent confirmation process. >> and at the time of the kavanaugh confirmation hearings, the me too movement had been under way for a while and i think there was a backlash brewing that it was going too far and this notion of believe all women was oversimplified and overlooking the investigation part of it that i was talking about earlier. you do have a president who does advocate taking tough stances and has talked about allegations of sexual misconduct, something where you need to deny, deny, deny. >> i think it was important for us to put ourselves in kavanaugh's shoes and really imagine that someone is being falsely accused and really kind of go there and explore that. >>> then on sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, liv

we will be live on c-span. , thet noon eastern heritage foundation josÉ forum on rebuilding the americamilitary project. on c-span2 at 730 -- at 7:30, jim mattis talks about his new book "callsign: chaos." looking at his life in the military. federal a forum on .ecurity priorities this portion features officials from the justice department, citizenship and immigration services, the export import bank and the defense department. afterwards, a panel of experts look at in cybersecurity. welcome back, everybody. in the home stretch of our program today. there will be three panels awardsup followed by two and as i talked about before, a very special guest who will receive a lifetime award today. you will certainly want to be here for that. this next panel is dealing with the chief information security officers. we are fortunate to have some great leaders here today. our moderator is the right -- is a vice president of the public sector. joining frank is nicholas ward, chief information security officer from the u.s. department of justice, shane barney , security division is from homeland sec

. -- from the cornwall alliance who wanted to work from the heritage foundation, he is the major thinker against all this b.s. and says it is probably more of a spiritual problem for america. likee american christians me are piling on into your publication because it is so well written. thank you. thank you for that. think that there are clearly a lot of issues facing america. aboutk that when we talk mass shootings and so forth, and -- is that are happening think that the deep polarization -- i think that there is an of people feeling disconnected. host: let's go to our republican line. caller: good morning. i just want to comment on president trump. why is everybody blaming him for everything? president trump is -- for everything we have in this country. can anyone see it and defend him? callsnot a -- because he the united states to be the country that he wants to fight at present. why they blame him and everything? host: i will ask you. in 2020, one of the issues the president will run on? guest: i thick he is going to -- iabout the economy think he is going to talk about the economy.

how do you see it at the heritage foundation? >> i think the chinese are willing to go a good distance on these issues. they came up with 150-page agreement in may. i think they're ready to do a number of things. i think the naysayers back here are largely aimed at bigger issues that have nothing to do with trade, nothing to do with the welfare of the american people. they're focused on big geo politics. i think we could get some good agreement from the chinese out of this process. >> neil: scott, do you think the old argument that the chinese need a deal more than we do is accurate? >> i don't. i never have, neil. i think we both need a deal. i think at times depending on the company and the sector, the u.s. needs it more, believe it or not. that's what has been so tough about this and why i think the market has been so desperate for good news for some time. heather is right. going forward, neil, there's scary tariffs out there. i'm worries about the price hoff my shampoo, that may have a tariff on it. it keeps me up at flight.

we produce at the heritage foundation and index of economic freedom.the things we have discovered as we have attracted this, and mo, ithink have discovered as we have attracted this, and mo, i think you even used some of this data in your work, one of the things we have discovered is that the rear of the economy is, the more human flourishing you have. and so more human flourishing you have. and so what we see when you have deregulation, less corruption, more transparency in government, that the capitalism under those circumstances, you see less poverty rates and you see people rise, and using human flourishing. you even see better climate conditions, you see better climate conditions, you see better climate conditions, you see better how, and so —— better health, i think it's good when we have our discussion to take a look at that data. but shouldn't you have very, very clear safety nets in free—market capitalist systems for those who simply can't swim with the tide? there well we do have safety nets and i think those safety nets are important. they o

joining newly-released now is the heritage foundation, retired lt.es this mean that saudi arabia is about to attack? what do you think? >> no this is truly a defensive measure and what it does is it cuts off. points to the iranians. they picked a vector and they attacked from the place that nobody expected, and that's why they got away with this and what this really does is plugs that gap, so this is something that they won't be able to try to get away with. liz: because it got into that blind spot so this is about sur ing that up is that your opinion? >> right and the iranians have been smart about this is they're notice kanye west lating. they are trying different things so they try to shut the straight down that didn't work. they shot down a donald they did this. they are very clever about finding different ways to poke, but that's all they are is different ways to poke at the u.s. and they're not really escalating the competition. liz: okay the rhetoric got escalated today let's listen to the president of iran at the u.n. today, watch this. >> th

ago, i spoke with expert james who is also vp of national security and foreign policy at the heritage foundation. >> great report, i wanted to start with you for example, tell me about hungary's border fence. right now, it's up and effective. >> laws are good when they fit the purpose. hungry and is a great example because the problem was, there were massive flows of illegal refugees and they were doing country hunting. if they didn't like the country, they would move to another country. they said we don't want that so they basically put a fence in people went to other countries and stayed out of hungry. worked perfectly. >> one of the other examples, a lot of these politicians against the wall have walls at their own property. mayor built on fazio actually built his wall higher so the reason he extended it because he likes to smoke a little bit. he didn't want people walking by and seeing that. they worked to protect politicians, do they not? >> actors have them, famous and rich people have them. they serve purposes, privacy and public safety. if you're rich, somebody might want to kidnap you.

welcome to the heritage foundation. we welcome those who join us on heritage.org. for all the guests in-house, we that yourtesy check cell phones and other noisemaking devices have been muted as a courtesy to our speaker. is a graduate of west point and serves as an adjunct or foster -- an adjunct professor at georgetown university. he serves on the board of trustees at the marine corps university foundation and the advisory board for the west point center of oil history, the -- of oral history. help me in welcoming jim c arafano. james: thank you. pete is not only a great friend, but the definition of a great american. he graduated from princeton and harvard. stars.nze having put his life on the line, i'm not sure what possessed him to write this, but i think in dangerous and politically incorrect in the world in which we live, he deemed to write a book about who are we in who we should be, that seems quite old-fashioned and distasteful to address anymore, but those of us who have walked around the island of the potomac and walked by the roosevelt statue and seen

we have with us stephen moore, a trusted advisor to president trump at the heritage foundation, former colleague at the wall street editorial page. and we have the editor of the author of "the book on socialism." "the socialist manifesto." they will each make moat -- opening statements and give a rebuttal to each other. we will take questions from the audience, so as you are listening, write down what you would like answered, pass it up to me and we will do a closing statement. without further ado, let's have stephen moore ticket off. hen: by the way, jillian just got back from hong kong. how aboutroposal is we give the nobel peace prize to those freedom fighters in hong kong? [applause] stephen: second of all, shout out to jennifer and rick. awesome conference. how many years has this been? don't they put out an amazing conference? thank you for bringing me out. i think i have done this five times. i've always had a great time and who knew there were so many deplorable people here in colorado. [laughter] stephen: what am i going to say? thatistressed by the fact in the land of the fre

i want to thank the heritage foundation for making this all possible, the good that heritage does in terms of informing people, being a resource while i was in congress, even after i had been in congress is such a great resource and so many good minds thinking through tough issues, so, so helpful. the quick of why i wrote the book as i say at the beginning, steven who was from our congressional district, he wrote 7 basic habits, highly effective people need to understand than to be understood. i wholeheartedly believe that. i also believe what margaret thatcher said in she said, first you need to win the argument and then you can go out and win the vote and i had always felt even before i came to congress and before i ran and more evident once i was there that republicans, conservatives, we were very pathetic in our communication, first of all, we were getting no help from the mass media, the national media was not going to be a conduit to which we could get our message out there and have the platform and the time to be able to do that. so it was compounded by that, but i've always f

democrats launching an impeachment inquiry against president tom -- president trump with the heritage foundationhow the political turmoil in washington is impacting u.s. markets. washington journal, live at 7:00 sunday morning. join the discussion. ♪ experience iscam really valuable. >> studentcam has had a huge effect and helped us grow and learn as people going into our college years. >> for past winners of c-span's studentcam video documentary competition, the experience sparked interest in video production. be right in the middle of the caucus season and i have gotten to meet so many different candidates. and because of c-span, i have the experience, equipment and knowledge to film those events. are askingr we middle school and high school students to create a short video documentary answering the question, what issue do you most want president trump candidates to address during the campaign? and reflectan video differing points of view. we are warding $100,000 in cash prizes, including a $5,000 cash prize. >> be passionate about what you are discussing to express your view, no matter how la

it is there and that is steve more at the heritage foundation. maybe this debt bubble will reverse.real estate crash could look like a picnic by comparison. $14 trillion -- >> i don't think i was wrong. >> will get worse if it is a larger number. >> there is one thing, i like to measure the debt as a share of our economy. of the economy is bigger the main thing we always have is grow the economy, your ability to finance the debt. the thing that changed a lot in 30 years is interest rates when i came to washington were 10% or 11%, now they are to present. >> it begs the question we do have a spending problem and as fervent a proponent of the president's policy as you are i have not heard the land he says i'm not going to. >> one of the biggest entitlement programs has been obamacare. >> social security and medicare. >> social security is not the problem with our overspending problem. welfare and the big increases in the military spending. >> social security and medicare out for what? >> 35%, include all the entitlements, you are right. at some point you take on those programs. i want

president of the heritage foundation think tank. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a. next remarks from virginia senator mark warner and former homeland security secretary on the dangers to democracy regarding digital disinformation campaigns. held at the federal election commission in washington. this is two hours. >> a few more people still milling up and down stairs. we have a very important guest with a limited timeframe. we will go ahead and get started i am the chair of the federal election commission. i am delighted to welcome you

been in private ownership until then but at the end of 2013 they were bored by the prussians heritage foundation and. they were made available online so this was the moment when the 1st pages became available at the end of 2014 this was the moment when i was just handing over my manuscript for the invention of nature. so i couldn't use them. for the imagination which was not a problem in terms of content we cause we had transcriptions but seeing the actual paper pages 4000 pages with hundreds of little sketches and drawings i knew i wanted to do a book that would also show on board artistic visual side because he did not just understand nature intellectually but also visually so that's when i decided to do whatever you want to call it a kind of graphic novel or graphic nonfiction illustrated. journey of discovery or whatever it is but something that would show his stuff this trial and based on the adventures of alexander from whom bold shows that the book does more than summarized south american adventure. recounts his 1st encounter with the continent's indigenous peoples his fascination with it

the heritage foundation talks about the trump administration and the economy. later, two representatives from the cherokee nation discussed native american representation in congress and then abby ellis, producer and director of the pbs flints deadly water on the contaminated water in the michigan city. as always, we'll take your calls you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. his next. " is next. ♪ host: this is the "washington journal" for september 10. the house judiciary committee will markup gun control bills this afternoon. look for more information on those events at c-span.org. for our first hour, we want to hear from republicans only about the three announced primary challengers to president trump. mark sanford, bill weld, and joe walsh. what do you think about these declared challengers to the president and do you support or oppose their efforts? if you support the efforts, 202-748-8000 is the number to call and tell us why. you can also tell us if you oppose at 202-748-8001. if you want to tweet us this morning, @cspanwj is how you do th

for the years 2012 to 2015 mercer financed a number of institutes and lobbies among them the heritage foundation which fights taxes and economic regulation $1500000.00 the media research center which fights leftist media bias $12000000.00 the government accountability institute which tracks government corruption and publishes books against hillary clinton 3.7 $1000000.00 the heartland institute which defends climate change skeptics $2800000.00. in new york he even paid for an ad denouncing the construction of a mosque near ground 0 in just 2 years robert mercer became one of the 10 most influential billionaires in politics according to the washington post's. in 2011 breitbart news the right wing online newspaper was in financial difficulty . mercer saw an opportunity and he invested $10000000.00 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 1990 s. he wanted to make films and t.v. series to promote his ultra conservative political views. mercer

this morning, steven merchant of heritage foundation will join us talk about the trump administration economic record and how it could impact the 2020 election. we will talk with delegate named first cherokee nation delegate to congress and a chief he cherokee nation about native representation. a front line on flint issues with contaminated water. that is live at 7:00 eastern morning. join the discussion. >> senate minority leader chuck pelosi held a cy briefing on gun violence urging mcconditional -- mcconnell to bring up a bill. is just over a half hour.

also her work as president for the heritage foundation think tank. that is q&a, sunday at 8 pm eastern and pacific on c-span. >>> this weekend on american history tv, saturday at 6 pm, scott mingus, co-author of targeted -- talks about the importance of the cumberland valley railroad during the civil war. at 8 pm, on lectures in history, a discussion on playwright, august wilson. >> the things that are motivating august wilson are his desire to move black people from the margins to the center and say, what is true about us. what matters to us and what is happening in our lives. b also sunday at 4 pm eastern on real america, the 1919, silent army film, or convoy of a transcontinental track from washington, dc 27 cisco. at 8 pm, on the presidency, herbert hoover and his world war i relief work. >> hoover and his team of american volunteers built the crv into unremarkable organization. it had its own flag and own fleet. in negotiated treaties with european powers. the leader, hoover, enjoyed informal diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy