house now returning from recess. later today at 4:00 p.m. eastern, members will debate bills on opioid abuse grant programs and national stockpile of medical supplies. live now to the house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. october 19, 2021. i hereby appoint the honorable dwight evans to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. god of abundant grace, thank you for the bounty of gifts you have showered upon us. it is you who have supplied seed for the sower and bread for food. if only we take time to look we discover you have given us all that we require. you have enriched us in every way and we come before you overflowing with gratitude. now as we have so richly received may we richly give. as we savor the supply and enjoy

. >> yous us house returns to session today at 5 p.m. eastern to consider legislation to award the congressional gold medal to service members who died in the august 26 terrorist attack during the u.s. evacuation from afghanistan. later in the week, we are expecting legislation on family violence prevention. when the house comes back into session at 5 p.m. eastern, live coverage here on c-span. >> download c-span's new mobile app and stay up-to-date with live video coverage of the day's biggest political events from live stream of the house and senate floor and key congressional hearings, white house events and supreme court oral arguments. even our live interactive morning program, "washington journal," where we hear your voices every day. c-span now has you covered. download the app for free today. >> president biden today traveled to new jersey to discuss his agenda. was joined by new jersey governor murphy new jersey congressman bill pascrell. [applause] plieb: -- president biden lon hello -- hello new jersey. thank you. [applause] p

>> the house returns shortly at 6:30 p.m. eastern to vote on bills debated earlier today. over at the white house president biden met separately with progressive and moderate members of the democratic party including program la jayapal whe with reporters after the meeting about spending bills. ms. jayapal: good afternoon, everybody. we had a really good, productive meeting. another productive meeting with the president, with the vice president, with secretary yellen. i think we all feel still even more optimistic about getting to an agreement on a really transformational bill that will fundamentally lift people up with the priorities that the progressive caucus laid out five months ago. we feel very good that the majority of those priorities will be in this bill and i think the president has been working incredibly hard oget everybody to a place where we can move this forward and finish this process so we can start on whatever is the next important thing that we need to do. so i feel like we -- these conversations have been really important and the president's work with the

the house returns at 3:00 p.m. eastern to consider a short-term increase of the debt limit. and president biden get set to hold a virtual meeting this morning with g20 leaders to discuss the future of afghanistan. but we begin with a question about the various challenges facing this country. we want to know what you think the most important problem is in the united states right now. give us a call on phone lines split as usual, by political parties. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can also send us a text, that number (202) 748-8003. otherwise, catch up with us on social media. on twitter, it is @cspanwj. on facebook, it is facebook.com/cspan. good tuesday morning. start calling in now. the gallup organization regularly tracking this question of the most important problems facing the united states. here is they found in their latest september pulling on this question. 21% of americans believe coronavirus is the most important problem facing the country. 19% saying it is the government or poor leadership, 16% saying

the house returns monday at noon eastern for speeches with legislative work at 2:00. members will consider several bills concerning native american issues. any votes will take place at 638 p.m. eastern -- 6:30 p.m. eastern. across the capital, the senate resumes nominations at 3:00. currently, jonathan davidson to be deputy under secretary for the treasury. watch the house live on c-span and the senate on c-span two online at c-span.org or follow congress with our new video app. ♪ announcer: on q&a, howard hughes six senior fellow discusses the poor side of town, his critical look at the effort by the federal government and private developers to create low-cost housing in the united states. >> what happened was once your home was torn down, you were directed to the projects which seemed nice, but you can only rent in the projects. you can never own anything in public and subsidized housing. to this day, this remains a problem. 47% of the residents of public housing to this day are african-american. those are all people who are not owning anything, not accumulating wea

house returns to debate on the debt ceiling bill. listen live on c-span, c-span.org, or with the c-span now app. host: the senior political columnist is back with the national journal. his against the grain column. it was last weekend against the grain where you dug just how worried should democrats be about the numbers right now? be very worried. his average job approval according to the 538 polling average is 44%. that is lower than every president at this point in their administration in the last 50 years other than donald trump. it is a double whammy. the president is losing support amongst independents. his average support among independents is in the 30's and most of these polls. you also have an intensity of opposition among republicans and even independents, a deep disapproval from a sizable plurality of voters. you have on top of it a lot of evidence that democrats are disillusioned as well. covid is not going away, or it is taking a while to go away, the economy is facing a lot of headwinds. this white house a couple of mon

on c-span, the house returns at 10:00 a.m. eastern for general beaches, followed by legislative business at noon. members are working on several bills, including one to address the use of artificial intelligence technologies for counterterrorism. on c-span two the senate is back at 10:00 a.m. to take up a voting rights and elections law bill, which would require 60 votes to move forward. at 10:00 a.m. on c-span3, the senate foreign relations committee considers the nomination of nicholas burns as ambassador to china and jonathan kaplan to be ambassador to singapore. in the

at 3 p.m., the house returns from recess to take up a senate passed bill that would extend the debt ceiling until december 3. on c-span2, leaders from the international world fun talk about the economic recovery from the covid-19 pandemic at 1 p.m. eastern. you can also watch everything online at www.c-span.org for with their free mobile app, c-span now. . ♪ download c-span's new mobile app and stay up to date with live video coverage of today's events from livestream to the house and senate floor and key congressional hearings, white house events and supreme oral arguments and our live interactive morning program "washington journal" where we hear your voices every day. download the app for free today. >> south carolina republican senator and presidential candidate lindsey graham was the keynote weaker at the republican -- keynote speaker in fort worth, texas have talked about mixtures house and senate races, the 2024 presidential race and his evolving relationship with former president trump stop this is about 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. has anyone ever heard of the great lindsey

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the legislation heads to the president for his signature and house returns for legislative business tuesday, october 19. as always, watch live house coverage on c-span, c-span.org, or our new mobile app c-span now. house speaker nancy pelosi was asked at her weekly briefing with reporters. she also gave an update on negotiations between house and senate democrats on the proposed budget reconciliation bill. i cannot see that the gop can pivot themselves away from -- rep. pelosi: good morning. i came back in time to root on the ravens to have a two-point conversion to tie up the game to win in overtime at the same time as the san francisco giants won the second of three games in terms of baseball. more to come on that. it is always a unifying thing, sports, where we root for the home team. in my case, it is san francisco and baltimore as well. now that we have dispensed with the truly important, i want to report on a very important visit that i had at the end of last week and over the holiday weekend. as you may know, climate issue was my issue when i was speak of the first time when presiden

at 3 p.m., the house returns from scheduled recess to take up the senate passed bill that would extend the debt ceiling to december 3. on c-span two, financial leaders from the international monetary fund, the world trade organization and the world bank talk about the economic recovery from the covid-19 pandemic. that is at 1 p.m. eastern. you can also watch every thing online at c-span.org or with our free mobile app, c-span now. >> download c-span's new mobile app and stay up-to-date with live video coverage of the days biggest political events from live streams of the house and senate floors and key congressional hearings to white house events and supreme court oral arguments. c-span's interactive program washington journal where we hear your voice is everyday. here ash download the app today. >> now, state attorneys general from michigan, minnesota, north carolina and massachusetts talk about voting rights, police reform, abortion access and health care. it runs 45 minutes. 45 minutes. >> political director for daca. we have our attorney generals on our panel here, a peacetime from

/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and without >> the house returns tomorrow to work on programs preventing family and mystic violence. watch live coverage here on c-span. >> wednesday morning, attorney general merrick garland testifies an oversight meeting

house returns at 5:00 p.m. eastern to consider legislation to award the congressional gold medal to service members who died in the august 26 terror attack during the u.s. evacuation from afghanistan. later in the week we're expecting legislation on family violence prevention. when the house comes back into session at 5:00 p.m. eastern we'll have live coverage here on c-span. >> download c-span's mobile app and stay up to date with live video coverage of the day's live events from the house and senate floor and key congressional hearings to white house events and supreme court oral arguments. even our live, interactive morning program "washington journal" where we hear your voices every day. c span has you covered. download the app for free today. federalizing our elections are things that once done can't be undone. and is antithetical to what our clint is founded on. host: you wrote in the book the election of ejoe biden and kamala harris is the loudest wakeup call you've ever heard. joe biden promised to be t

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multiple voices at once] >> we're likely to hear more on the president's latest budget plan when the house returns later today. members are expected to take up legislation on workplace discrimination against older americans and a vote is possible on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that passed the senate? august. the president today outlining a famework for a $1.75 billion budget plan scaled back from the original $3 . 5 billion. house republican leader mccarthy briefing reporters at 1:30, we'll have that live as long as the house has not come back in. speaker pelosi will also brief reporters at 2:00 p.m. and again we'll have that for you pending the house schedule. >> broadband is as for for empowerment, that's why charter has informed billion, building infrastructure, upgrading technology, powering tun in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. >> charter communications supports c-span as a public service. along with these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> deputy secretary of state brian mckeon testified before the foreign relations commit

>> when the house returns live coverage here on c-span. host: the drought and flow of the colorado rivers, facing big challenges out there for farmers and citizens alike. then this is the st. paul pioneer press. police force on kids is being examined in that state. this is from louisiana, the news star, the front page story for them is the budget boom that they are seeing in their state. it will continue for another year. and finally, in the iowa, city press citizen, has a story about covid and kids and how hospitals are filling up as a deadly winter is feared. those are just some of the public policy issues around the country. we want to know from you this morning. what is the most important public policy issue where you live? going back to what is happening here in washington in the negotiations within the democratic party over the social spending bill, "politico'd" headline this morning is that president biden hosted senator manchin in delaware at his home there at a critical juncture, is what they say. from there report their reporting

[no audio] have to go the house returns bills concerning native american issues. any requested votes will take place at 6:38 p.m. it is possible the house takes up the infrastructure bill passed in the senate and the president's social spending package later in the week as well. across the capitol, the senate resumes nominations monday. on the calendar, jonathan davidson fred deputy under secretary for the treasury. watch the house live on c-span, online at c-span.org, or follow congress with our new video app. announcer: tonight on q, howard hughes senior fellow of the american enterprise institute discusses his critical look at the more than 100 year effort by the federal government, private developers and others to create low-cost housing in the united states. >> what happened was once your home was torn down, you are directed to the projects. it seemed nice at first, but you can only rent in the projects. you could never own anything in public housing. to this day, this remains a problem. 47% of the residents of public housing to this day are african-american.

. >> the house returns monday at noon eastern for speeches with legislative work. members will consider several bills considering -- concerning native american issues. votes will take place at six: 30 p.m. eastern. it is possible the house takes up the one point $2 trillion infrastructure bill passed in the senate. and, the presidential social spending package later on in the week as well. the senate resumes work on nominations monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. jonathan davidson is to be the deputy undersecretary for the treasury department. watch the house live on c-span and the senate on c-span2, online on c-span.org or follow congress with c-span and now our new video app. -- c-span and now our new video app. c-span is your unfiltered view of government sponsored by these television companies and more. >> support c-span as a public service giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> tonight on q and howard q sec, -- tonight on q&a, is critical look at the more than 400 year effort the federal government, private developers, and others to create low-cost i -- housing

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. >> yous us house returns to session today at 5 p.m. eastern to consider legislation to award the congressional gold medal to service members who died in the august 26 terrorist attack during the u.s. evacuation from afghanistan. later in the week, we are expecting legislation on family violence prevention. when the house comes back into session at 5 p.m. eastern, live coverage here on c-span. >> download c-span's new mobile app and stay up-to-date with live video coverage of the day's biggest political events from live stream of the house and senate floor and key congressional hearings, white house events and supreme court oral arguments. even our live interactive morning program, "washington journal," where we hear your voices every day. c-span now has you covered. download the app for free today. >> president biden today traveled to new jersey to discuss his agenda. was joined by new jersey governor murphy new jersey congressman bill pascrell. [applause] plieb: -- president biden lon hello -- hello new jersey. thank you. [applause] p

at 3 p.m., the house returns from a scheduled recess to take up the senate passed bill that would extend the debt ceiling until soap -- december 3. on c-span2, representatives from the international monetary fund, world trade unit -- world trade organization and world bank talk about the economic recovery from the covid pandemic. ♪ >> you can be a part of the national conversation i participating in c-span's studentcam competition. your opinion matters. if you are a middle or high school student, we are asking you to create five or six minute documentary for answers the question how does the federal government impact your life. your documentary must show supporting and opposing points of view on the policy or program impacting you and your community, using c-span video clips. c-span's studentcam competition awards $100,000 in total cash prizes and you have a shot at when the grand prize of $5,000. entries must be received before january 20, 2022. for official rules, tips or how to get started, is our website cam.org. -- studentcam.org. >> securities exchange commission chair eric gensler

on c-span, the house returns at 10 a.m. eastern for general speeches followed by legislative business at noon. members are working on several bills including one to address the use of artificial intelligence technologies for counterterrorism. on c-span2 the senate is back at 10 a.m. to take up a voting rights and election law bill which would require 60 voteses to move forward. at 10 a.m. on c-span3 if, the senate foreign relations committee considers the nominations of nicholas burns to be ambassador to china, rahm emmanuel to be ambassador to japan and jonathan kaplan to be ambassador to singapore. then in the afternoon,is

. ♪ >> the house returns shortly at 6:30 p.m. eastern to vote on bills debated earlier today. er at the white house president biden met separately with progressive and moderate members of the democratic party including program la jayapal whe with reporters after the meeting about spending bills.

the house returns tonight with the clock ticking away time in order to fulfill their lofty agenda.it by thursday. chad pergram has more from capitol hill. are they going to make that deadline, chad? >> reporter: unclear. democrats are trying to land the plane on the social spending package this week. however, that does not necessarily mean a vote. that means an agreement before the president travels to the climate meeting this scotland. president biden met over the weekend with senate majority leader chuck schumer and democrat joe manchin. >> reporter: the vote of manchin is key to passing the bill. however, manchin says he's only willing to spend $1.5 trillion. >> i don't think -- i mean, i trust speaker pelosi. she'll make the right decision, i'm sure. we're all working in good faith, and i think we have got a good understanding of each other now, better than we've ever had. >> reporter: in addition to manchin, democrats also need the vote of senator kyrsten sinema. she's hard to pin down, and that frustrates her colleagues. >> senator manchin has been a straight shooter, you tho

. >> so, when the house returns on tuesday, the committee will vote this contempt citation. it then goes to the full house that has to vote as well. if the full house votes in favor of the criminal contempt, which is expected, it will go to the u.s. attorney's office here in d.c. they, if they decide to bring the case and it's up to them, will convene a grand jury and try to indict mr. bannon. if he's indicted, then he goes to a jury trial and if he's convicted, he's convicted. none of that, assuming a conviction and appeal and a failure to win on appeal, guarantees he'll testify because criminal contempt is about punishment. it's not about getting a person to testify. one hopes that if you are going to be held in criminal contempt, you'll decide to testify rather than follow that route. but it doesn't guarantee anything, laura. >> so, it doesn't guarantee he's going to talk. it's interesting. criminal contempt charges like this haven't actually been used since the regan administration back when the supreme court justice neil gorsuch's mom was running the epa, interesting fac

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because of course that has been a big question over what is going to happen when the house and that committee does returnontempt for steve bannon. of course, a former-trump aide who was not working in the white house on january 6th but was still closely involved in the president's inner circle. >> let me play that exchange of what the president just said on this very, very sensitive issue. let's listen. >> defy congressional subpoenas on the january 6th committee? >> i hope that the committee goes after them. and holds them accountable. >> should they be prosecuted by the justice department. >> >> i do, yes. >> ryan nobles is joining us from capitol hill, as well. kaitlan, stand by for a moment. ryan, so the president is now weighing in on this. what's the likely reaction? >> well, wolf, this is pretty significant for the president to weigh in on this level because as you recall in the interview that you did with bennie thompson, the chairman of the select committee yesterday. and you specifically asked him if the committee itself had been in talks at all with the department of justice about how this wou

announcer: the house returned monday at noon for speeches with red -- let's later work at -- any requested vote will take place at 6:30 p.m. eastern. it is possible the house takes of the $1.2 trillion in for structure bill that was passed in the senate, and the president's social spending package later in the week as well. across the capitol, the senate resumes work on nominations monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. currently on the counter, jonathan davidson to be deputy undersecretary for the treasury department. watch the house live on c-span and the senate on c-span 2, online at c-span.org, or follow congress with c-span now, our new video app. announcer: tonight on q&a, senior fellow at the american enterprise institute discusses the poor side of town, is critical look at the more than 100 year effort the federal government, private developers, and others to create low-cost housing in tni

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now mcconnell call this a tantrum and he said senators were embarrassed in the house returns tuesday and members wil vote to sync up with the senate on the debt ceiling but these deep risks could be ever will crisis come december. >> no doubt about that. thank you. we will see you again in a few moments. in the meantime the supply chai crisis forcing some stores to actually set limits on how much product folks can buy. the biden administration is forming a task force to look into the situation and as you know, it begins at the nation president ports and we learn as jonathan can't tell tells us tonight from the port of los angeles. >> on the top of all cargo commute united states, it arrives at the twin ports of lo angeles and long beach but righ now billions of dollars worth o that cargo beat electronic good and sneakers or canned foods ar waiting outside the port aboard some six deep bass ships being forced to wait an unprecedented ten days to dock. >> it's like bringing hamling t freeway traffic right here at the port. supply and demand is not the problem. americans are pricing in

members of the house return to washington today to approve that short term boost to this country's debtbillion increase cleared the senate lake effect snow w-- senate last week on a party line vote. the house is expected to approve it and send it to biden this week but congress will have to revisit this december. turning to the housing market. jumbo home loans are approaching levels not seen since the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis. according to a new research note from bank of america, large residential mortgages that exceed conforming limits could hit $550 billion this year and j.p. morgan's ceo jamie dimon says while global supply chain issues are hindering economic growth the problem he says will be a temporary one and calling crypto worthless saying he expects governments will take steps to regulate the digital assetsan eventually. back to you. >> thank you why don't we stick there with jamie dimon, j.p. morgan and the big banks because earnings are going to roll out soon hard to believe but true everyone is wondering how the move in interest rates mostly to the down side las

. >> when the house returns live coverage here on c-span.

returning from a trip without gabby. >> can you tell us why you were at the laundrie house? >> reporter: fbi agents returned to the laundrie home yesterday spending time inside the house and inside the camper brian and his parents took on a trip just days before he went missing. the laundrie family attorney says agents collected personal items to, quote, assist the k-9s in their search. >> i would say that the idea that they want to continue with a scent dog to find brian is fairly encouraging. that means that perhaps they have a location that they're focusing on that we don't know about, and they wanted a fresh scent to see if in fact the dogs could track this new area that they're potentially searching as we speak. >> police records also show the laundrie family called 911 when tv personality dog the bounty hunter came to their house while searching for brian. >>> coming up, how netflix is outdoing itself again. >> the streaming service's newest, most-watched show around the world, and guess what, it is not even in english. >>> and later the traffic stop that seemed routine

house returns at 5:00 p.m. eastern to consider legislation to award the congressional gold medal to service members who died in the august 26 terror attack during the u.s. evacuation from afghanistan. later in the week we're expecting legislation on family violence prevention. when the house comes back into session at 5:00 p.m. eastern we'll have live coverage here on c-span. >> download c-span's mobile app and stay up to date with live video coverage of the day's live events from the house and senate floor and key congressional hearings to white house events and supreme court oral arguments. even our live, interactive morning program "washington journal" where we hear your voices every day. c span has you covered. download the app for free today.

. >> members of the house returning home overnight after approving just a 30-day extension of federal highway and transit funding. but lawmakers have been put on notice that they may have to return to vote if a deal is reached on those two major spending bills. abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks is on capitol hill with the latest. maryalice, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gio. yeah, after that hectic week up here, a late night meeting and high-pressured negotiations, president biden and speaker pelosi have officially hit pause. they have delayed any vote on that traditional bipartisan infrastructure package indefinitely until a deal can be reached on their budget bill too. they just did not have the numbers to pass that infrastructure bill alone. overnight speaker pelosi telling her caucus to stand by admitting democrats have not yet reached a budget deal among themselves and need more time. after a week of intense debate and delayed votes, it seemed democrats were bringing in their closer. president biden yesterday with a fist pump and a wave projecting confide

on capitol hill, the house returns today to take up a short-term extension to the nation's debt limit, in puerto rico, residents are angry and demanding answers as the u.s. island territories' power grid may be on the verge of collapsing. and we're less than 24 hours away from seeing captain kirk boldly go where no star fleet captain has ever been before, space. the rl

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washington, where it will be a fairly quiet week on capitol hill, except for tomorrow, when the house returnso take up the short-term debt limit extension approved by the senate last week. this comes as democrats continue to try and resolve their differences over their reconciliation package focusing on their big priorities, such as education, child care, health care, and fighting climate change. joining us now, nbc news national political reporter, sahil kapur on capitol hill, and nbc news white house correspondent, mike memoli. for the most part, congress is off this week. what will democrats be focusing on during their time away from washington and what are the major issues they'll be dealing with? >> jose, the house and the senate are out of session this week, but it will be a busy week for democratic leaders, as they try to wrangle their members into an agreement on that multi-million-trillion dollar spending bill that is a priority of president joe biden. one of the dilemmas that democrats are grappling with, as they try to get to that $1.9 trillion to $2.2 trillion sweet spot is how to

on capitol hill, the house returns today to take up a short-term extension to the nation's debt limit, but the fight over the debt ceiling is far from over. >> meanwhile, in puerto rico, residents are angry and demanding answers as the u.s. island territories' power grid may be on the verge of collapsing. and we're less than 24 hours away from seeing captain kirk boldly go where no star fleet captain has ever been before, space. the real space. the final frontier. >>> and begin this hour with the latest on the fight against the coronavirus. just last night, texas governor greg abbott issued an executive order banning vaccine mandates statewide, a direct rebuke of president biden's plan to mandate vaccines or testing for government workers. he called president biden's mandate federal overreach. he's not alone. 24 attorneys general have threatened legal action over the federal rule. joining me now is heidi przybyla. >> some have no concerns at all. i'm outside of colubia sports and the ceo says, we opposite in over 90 countries. we don't have a problem. in fact, when he looks around the

next up, the house returns to session on tuesday and they're set to sign off on that new december deadlineven't done that yet. joining us right now is michigan congressman and deputy whip of the congressional progressive caucus, andy levin. congressman, thank you so much for being. here >> a, great to see you kendis. >> good to see you. so, what's your message to voters who might be losing confidence at this point? especially democratic voters, that anything will actually get done? >> that we're going to do it and that i realize the media just has to focus on drama and who's liking whom and who's fighting with whom. but i'm telling you, the overwhelming majority of the democratic caucus is for both the presidents bipartisan infrastructure plan and actually his full build back better plan. and the only democrats matter here because this is going -- the build back better act has to pass through reconciliation, which is not a single republican will vote for. so, we're going to get this done is my message. going to get tyou >> say you'ret this done. of course, many people have been asking the

eastern.at 2 p.m., the house returns for legislative business to work on bills from the energy and commerce committee. on c-span ms. psaki:, the senate is back for a judicial nomination and at 7:30 p.m., the house select committee on the january 6 u.s. capitol attack considers holding steve bannon in contempt for refusing to testify. also at 10:00 a.m. on c-span reporter:, the senate banking committee looks at u.s. sanctions policy. in the afternoon, a hearing with u.s. coast guard commandant carl schulz. >> coming up this morning, former assistant labor secretary for occupational safety and health david michaels on the osha role in president biden's vaccination and testing mandate for organizations with at least 100 employees. former fec chair brett smith with the institute force -- for free speech talks talks about pd threats to the first amendment. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: flags at half staff at the u.s. capitol in honor of colin powell, who died monday at the age of 84. with the death of the retired general, marca lost a decorated veteran, statesman, but also someone who ca

returning from a cross country trip. can you tell us why you were at the laundrie house? fbi agents returned there yesterday spending time inside the house and the camper brian and his parents took on a trip just days before he went missing. the laundrie family's attorney says agents collected personal items to "assist the canines in th the to continue with a scent dog to find brian is fairly encouraging. that means that perhaps they have a location that they're focusing on that we don't know about. and they wanted a fresh scent to see if, in fact, the dogs could track this new area that they are potentially searching as we speak. >> police records show the laundrie family called 911 when dog the bounty hunter came to their house. >>> a remarkable survival story from arizona. a dog was in a small plane when it crashed last week, killing the pilot. rescuers say the dog ran away when they arrived at the scene, but three days later they found him sitting next to the wreckage. he is okay and reunited with his family. >>> coming up, the man walking hundreds of miles barefoot fo

house now returning from recess. later

house returns to debate on the debt ceiling bill. listen live on c-span, c-span.org, or with the c-span now app. host: the senior political columnist is back with the national journal. his against the grain column. it was last weekend against the grain where you dug

. >> reporter: the house and senate return to washington tomorrow and negotiations will continue over the president's ambitious and expensive agenda, the build back better agenda. and no doubt, those will kick start again. >> we're not going to get $3.5 trillion. we'll get less than that, but we're going to get it. and we're going to come back and get the rest. >> reporter: president biden will start off the week with this admission behind him, and negotiations ahead. on the potential chopping block, trillions of dollars courtesy of moderate democrats who are balking at the price tag. that could put the administration's sweeping $150 billion program pushing clean energy in doubt. >> the administration and the president are committed to bold climate action, exactly what legislative form that takes is what's being negotiated right now. but the bottom line is we have to act on climate for the good of our children and, by the way, for the good of our economy. >> reporter: to complicate matters more, liberal democrats say they'll hold off voting on yet another piece of legislation, the $1

the house returns at 3:00 p.m. eastern to consider a short-term increase of the debt limit.nd president biden get set to hold a virtual meeting this morning with g20 leaders to discuss the future of afghanistan. but we begin with a question about the various challenges facing this country. we want to know what you think the most important problem is in the united states right now. give us a call on phone lines split as usual, by political parties. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can also send us a text, that number (202) 748-8003. otherwise, catch up with us on social media. on twitter, it is @cspanwj. on facebook, it is facebook.com/cspan. good tuesday morning. start calling in now. the gallup organization regularly tracking this question of the most important problems facing the united states. here is they found in their latest september pulling on this question. 21% of americans believe coronavirus is the most important problem facing the country. 19% saying it is the government or poor leadership, 16% saying ec

the house returns for legislative business to work on bills from the energy and commerce committee. on c-span2, the senate's back at 10 a.m. to consider christine o'hern to be a u.s. district judge for new jersey. the house select committee on the january 6th u.s. capitol attack considers holding steve bannon in contempt for refusing to testify. also the senate banking committee looks at u.s. sanctions policy with the treasury department's deputy secretary. in the afternoon, a hearing with admiral carl schultz. >> now, a hearing on the impact exclusionary zoning policies have on affordable housing and community settlements held by a house financial services subcommittee. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> i will open up with four minutes, a four-minute introduction, and then we'll recognize the ranking member for five minutes. i am very much interested in this topic. i started out my political career as a member of the city council, and i served my second term on city council as the chair of the clearing and zoning committee. and, of course, that's where i learned about human beings

return to the table to pass a broader plan by december. >> republicans say the short term deal should by democrats more time to resolve the broader issue on their own. >> house. lawmakers will return to washington tuesday to pass the short term deal and send it to the president's desk for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you. all right. well, the senate judiciary committee has released a report that details how former president trump try to use the justice department to overturn the results of last presidential election of the report says the former president asked the justice department 9 different times to undermine the results of the election. the report also says trump tried to name an ally as interim attorney general to do his bidding. the justice department, prosecutors threatened to resign. in mass. if he did it. it was an incredible. >> moment which most americans didn't even know what's going on. we were a half step away from a full-blown constitutional crisis. >> democrats also wrote that trump tried to use the justice department to prop up false conspiracies of election fraud. republican senators have released their own report defending t

progressives and moderates, so you would expect to see these conversations really ramp up once the house returnswashington d.c. but again, with that a target date at the end of october, neil, another key point there is that the president is expected to be in europe at the end of the month around that time also. the white houses has said that he would meet with the president of france at that time. so again, a lot of pressure and a deadline to try to get this deal done even if that's not a formal deadline. neil: francesca, thank you so much. she alluded to the president going to europe with, keep in mind late yesterday we got word that, essentially, 136 of the most prominent nations on this planet have agreed to a global corporate minimum tax of 15%. a way they say for companies to avoid dodging the tax man. we're going coexplore the outlook for that -- to explore the outlook for that. >>> in the meantime, you have probably seen this image, joe manchin behind chuck schumer with his head in his hands because in the middle of that chuck schumer was bashing republicans on the debt crisis, particular

the house and senate returns to washington tomorrow and nesheses over the president's ambitious and expensive build back better agenda will no doubt jump start again. >> we're not going to get 3.5 trillion dollars. we'll get less than that. but we're going to get it. and we're going to am could back and get the rest. >> president biden will start off the week with this admission behind him, and negotiations ahead. >> on the potential chopping bloc, trillioning of dollars courtesy of moderate democrats who are balking at the price tag. that could put the administration's sweeping $150 billion program pushing clean energy in doubt. >> the administration and the president are committed to bold climate action. exactly what legislative form that takes is what is being negotiated right now. but the bottomline is we have to act on climate for the good of our children and by the way for the goods of our economy. >> to complicate matters more, liberal democrats say they will hold off voting on yet another piece of legislation, the one trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure plan as leverage to negot