political strategist james carville. give him a round of applause. [applause] and a host of "hannity" on fox news, sean hannity. [applause] >> i think you should be in the middle. there you go. how are you doing? are you having fun? trump 2020, right? let's keep america great. >> this honestly is my favorite part of politicon. we get two opposing viewpoints, you might have unexpected areas of common ground, but we are going to make it fun and we hope you leave this learning something new. let's start with the unifying topic of impeachment. let me frame it this way. maybe it has not been framed this way exactly so far. i was recently reading george washington's farewell address, and he's talking about in these moments of extreme division and partisanship, the country becomes susceptible to foreign corruption and influence, and the recent ukraine story seems to be the thing that really set off speaker pelosi to start this impeachment inquiry. let me start with you, sean. let me get your take on the ukraine story. do you think the president was wrong or

first, political strategist james carville. give him a round of applause. [applause] and the host of "hannity" on fox news, sean hannity. [cheers and applause. -- [cheers and applause] >> there you go. >> whatever. >> how you all doing? you having fun? let's hear it -- trump 2020, right? let's keep america great, all right. this is honestly, guys, my favorite part of politicon. we get two opposing viewpoints, you might have some areas of common ground, you never know. let's start with a very unifying topic of impeachment, right? let's start there. way.e frame it this maybe it has not been framed this way exactly so far. i was recently reading george washington's farewell address, and he's talking about in these moments of extreme division and partisanship, the country foreignsusceptible to corruption and influence, and the recent ukraine story seems to be the thing that really set start this pelosi to impeachment inquiry. let me start with you, sean. let me get your take on the ukraine story. do you think the president was wrong or right to solicit their he

james carville remains with us. james, the biden campaign is coming off a rough go. they chose a weird week to go into power save mode. he had himself defined on ukraine by donald trump for over five business days. now just emerging from that. what do you make of the president's line of attack? >> let me start with what he said. i'll be 75 the week avnet. i grew up in south louisiana. farmer in the late '50s and early '60s. i know what means. same thing when you start about the central park five and went into birtherism and now this. this is no hidden trick here. this is exactly what you think it is. in terms of vice president biden, i thought trump threw him a life line. he was attacking him and he just comes up and say he spends 20 times more attacking me than anybody else because he knows i'll beat him, and he knows i'm competent. he knows how to do things and how to appoint an attorney general, all the laws that occurred in the statute of limitations are enforced in this country. he is scared to death of me. and if they would have just stayed and drilled down on

gators are good, but i think we're going get them. >> james carville, lsu forever.hank you very much for being with us from los angeles tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, a closer look at the so-called deep state. the trump presidency and the fbi with a journalist who just wrote the book on it when we come back. >>> more details tonight on those national security officials who first voiced concern over trump's dealings with ukraine. "washington post" quotes a former senior official as saying "those involved in sounding alarms were not a swamp, not a deep state. rather, they were white house officials who got concerned about this because this is not the way they want to see the government run." tonight we welcome an author who has gone and called his latest book "deep state: trump, the fbi, and the rule of law." james b. stewart is a pulitzer prize winner, author of "den of thieves," among his other books. he also happens to be a harvard educated lawyer, staff writer at "the new yorker" and in his spare time a professor of business journalism at columbia universit

when we come back, i was at politicon in nashville debating james carville.ighlights next. ♪ >> sean: over the weekend, in nashville, tennessee, i had a chance to debate the rage in cajun, the guy in person politically fears, james carville. the president's accomplishments, and i got james to tell me the crimes the president should be impeached over. there is no crimes. take a look. are we better off than we were four years ago? the answer is overwhelmingly -- overwhelmingly, yes! we have the best employment in this country since 1969. we have come up for the first time in 75 years, we are energy independent in the united states of america. record low unemployment for african-americans, hispanic-americans, asian-americans, women in the workplace. we have a president who promised the biggest tax cuts and he delivered it. we a promise that promised original justice and he delivered appeared we had a president that will find a way to secure the border and he found the money. he's building the wall. james, what crime do what you want to impeach him on? for levera

i was there debating james carville. that if trump gets re-elected he's going to move to new zealand. advice, jim. start packing. durham, barr, horowitz, they're getting to the truth. you know it. soon the world will see the deep-state corruption up close and personal. come 2020 the choice will not be clearer. joining us now north carolina congressman mark meadows and florida congressman gaetz. congressman meadows, let me begin with you, first let's talk about the meaning of getting baghdadi but more importantly there are even republicans critical of the president's policy in syria but it was this president that took away the rules of engagement and beat the caliphate completely in syria and now they got the leader of isis. >> it was a good day for america, it was a good day for the free world and it was essential certainly a great day for the president taking out not just the number one guy but the number one and two guys in terms of terrorist activities in syria. you can criticize the president for his syria policy but

we will hear from james carville and sean hannity. former senator al franken marx return to the hisonal stage -- marks return to the national stage. while we wait for the next to getion at politicon under way, here's a portion of james comey's conversation with former white house communications director. >> what would you say to them? you have been on the receiving end of mean tweets. you have lived to tell. grown men -- whoopi goldberg would call them grown-ass men afraid of a mean tweets. mr. comey: i saw something. like i'm goingng to be staring at my children a lot longer than the people in this room. i would hope that that sentiment would echo in the heads of everybody in that situation. you are going to have to stare at people -- [applause] saycomey: i saw mitt romney this the other day. you are all going to be asked where were you and what did you do. i suspect what will happen is what happened after the joe mccarthy fever broke in 1954. mccarthy disappeared overnight and late no one had anything to do with it. "i was never inv

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james carville. dan, can i get a working definition of "prissy?" i think he was referring to ken starr being upset about the president's head down like alleged activities know it has pretty thought it was prissy for to investigate that. ultimately the article of impeachment that mattered with bill clinton was that he lied, which is a real crime, unlike what is going on with the impeachment of donald trump. he is comparing apples and oranges. i think the idea that this is big trouble for trump is really quite unproven at this point. >> harris: judy? >> i think he lied to the grand jury about, and a lot of americans gave him a pass for that. let's remember that after the impeachment, his popularity was 70%, and he left his office with the popularity and an approval rating of 65%, which is the highest rating of any president since harry s. truman. >> harris: so let me ask you this -- are democrats at risk of making this too in the weeds? the process is not as clear-cut is lying to a grand jury. this is a phone call a lot of people were on, and their t

political commentatorers james carville and sean hannity. minnesota senator al franken watch any time on cspan. cspan.org and listen wherever you are using the free cspan radio app. >>> next a panel discussion on the current u.s. health care system. and health care proposals like medicare for all. and the affordable care act. this is an hour and 15 minutes.

comey and chief political analyst for msnbc and nbc news, nicolle wallace, political commentators james carville and sean hannity and former minnesota senator al franken. watch live on c-span, any time on c-span.org and listen wherever you are using the free c-span radio app. >>> democratic presidential candidate pete buttigieg sat down with david axelrod. they talked about the presidential campaign and foreign policy. [ applause ] >> thank you. mayor, welcome back. >> thank you. >> you were here in february before you actually became an official candidate. and i see you're playing bigger rooms now. >> seems that way, yeah. >> do you ever stop and say to yourself, how the hell did this happen? >> every now and then. >> go from here to there. at that time, you were essentially an asterisk. >> well -- [ laughter ] >> maybe a little more than an asterisk. >> you were an asterisk plus. you were largely considered one of the flock of many small town mayor, young guy, and now you're a contender. and what have you learned about the country, what have you learned about yourself through the journey from

political commentators james carville and sean hannity. in former minnesota senator al franken. watch live on c-span, anytime on c-span.org, and listen wherever you are is in the free c-span radio app. announcer: next, the consumer financial protection bureau testifies about a loan forgiveness program from public service workers, payday lending practices, and regulatory roles. she takes questions from members of the sat

political commentatorers james carville and sean hannity. and minnesota senator al franken watch any time on cspan. cspan.org and listen wherever you are using the free cspan radio app. >>> next a panel discussion on the current u.s. health care system. and health care proposals like medicare for all. and the affordable care act. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >>> thank you everybody for coming. please continue to enjoy your lunch. i'm tim carney, i'm a visiting fellow here at the american enterprise institute as well as being a -- the commentary ted tor at the "washington examiner." we're here to talk about health care. but i want to ask a specific question about health care. and it's a question that some people on the free enterprise side, the free market conservative or libertiarian side don't always ask. kui, bono in latin, or who benefits. i think sometimes people on the right or right of center are uncomfortable with that question in policy debates because they say why should it matter who benefits? because we see elizabeth warren wil

eastern, we will hear a point counterpoint discussion with james carville and sean hannity. at 8:40, al franken makes his return to the national scene. on wednesday, former vice president and 2020 democratic presidential candidate joe biden visited his home town of scranton, pennsylvania. he spoke about growing up in scranton and how his proposed economic plan can help the middle class. this is about one hour.

political commentators james carville and sean hannity and former minnesota senator al franken. watch live on c-span anytime on c-span.org and listen wherever you are using the free c-span radio app. >> the administrator for the centers for medicare and medicaid services is seema verma. she testified before ahouse subcommittee on health care policy . >>. [inaudible]

. >> laura: allen as you follow that between hannity and james carville and he said what is the crime? carville started stumbling. there is no underlying crime and that transcript regardless of what all these people heard the conversation are now going to say to the committee. >> adam schiff, obstruction of congress but i want to warn my good friend john, he is runningf himself being charged with some obstruction. he is saying to the president, that the president ought to resist the subpoenas on part of a conspiracy to obstruct justice. adam schiff pulls a rope-a-dope. there is another word for it called checks and balances, separation of powers. when a president refuses to comply with congress, the president doesn't get to resolve that issue, but congress doesn't get resolved that issue. the courts get to resulted. >> laura: good to. >> it is a very good thing. >> laura: right. >> the lawsuit is being brought and under the checks and balances. adam schiff should not be demeaning the system by calling it rope-a-dope. and i think absolutely this has to be decided by the courts. the cou

all i saw georgehanopoulstephan, james carville and this is not your grandmother's presidential prime primar primary. politicians see women get the job dub and women are fired up to get trump out of office. more than men. what all polls say. more women are running for congress and more women running presidential campaigns, because they're the ones willing to drop everything, not have the most high-paying job. >> sleep three hours a night. keep the cell phone under the pillow. >> have irregular meals. leave their apartment and pet and go try to get trump out of office. what they're trying to do. >> awesome. anecdotes julian castro's campaign manager a crazy story getting to an event. somebody saying, who are you? what was the story? >> mya rupert is julian castro's campaign manager. third black woman ever to hold that position. amazing. she's had trouble with people not believing that she's in the role she's in. so she had, told me one story. a man delivering water to her san antonio campaign office and came up to her and asked if anyone could sign for it. she was like, yeah. i'll sign

eastern we will hear a point counterpoint discussion with james carville and sean hannity. eight: 30 p.m., former senator al franken makes his return while we wait for the next discussion, here is a portion of ter's conversation from earlier today at politicon. ann: one thing that surprised me, i never realized how much i hated the republican party until trump came along. the official republican party. i hope it is remade more in trump's image of running on popular issues, being able to vote on this basket of issues and not oh, we're going to throw out popular things and then betray you once you're in. i hope we do get that with trump. that would be a nice change, but thus far, republicans seem very, very slow learners. the 1986 amnesty, when i was writing "adios, america," i was wondering because we've done this before. i mean, it's not like -- well, i wonder what will happen if we pass in amnesty? no. there were 3 million illegals who passed then, in 10 years there were 11 million. what happened to the employer sanctions? there was a trade-off. we're going to amnesty the

comey and chief political analyst for msnbc and nbc news, nicolle wallace, political commentators james carvilleatch live on c-span, any time on c-span.org and listen wherever you are using the free c-span radio app. >>> democratic presidential candidate pete buttigieg sat down with david axelrod. they talked about the presidential campaign and foreign policy.

strategist james carville and fox news host sean hannity. >> hello and welcome.

clinical commentaries james carville and sean hannity and al franken. watch live on c-span anytime on c-span.org and listen wherever you are using the free c-span radio app. >> if i am a socialist, i am not --ing too much about pop lit popular opinion or pleasing the consumer. when we socialize things like health care, they say that everyone will get it. you will have to have rationing. >> sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on after words, in his latest book, the case against socialism, rand paul talks about the history of socialism and argues that there is a new threat of socialist thinking on the rise in america. he is interviewed by republican congressman matt gaetz from florida. >> it seems like you are making the argument that a country that is more socialist is becoming more selfish. >> i think that is true. it is an irony. they will profess that everything is for someone else but in the end, it is driven by selfishness. words on c-span two. >> president trump was asked about media reports that the justice department has opened a criminal investigation i

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political commentators james carville and sean hannity. in former minnesota senator al franken. watch live on c-span, anytime on c-span.org, and listen wherever you are is in the free c-span radio app. announcer: next, the consumer financial protection bureau testifies about a loan forgiveness program from public service workers, payday lending practices, and regulatory roles. she takes questions from members of the senate taking committee. -- banking committee. senator crapo: this meeting will come to order. the cfpb issued its report which outlines the bureau's work between september 2019 and march 2019, including rule makings and supervisor activities. it also provides insight into what the cfpb plans to undertake in the work period. since stepping into her role last december, director kraninger has demonstrated a commitment to making sure consumers have access to a wide range of products and services to meet their individual needs, fostering innovation and vigorously protecting consumers. reflecting this commitment to the cfpb's mission, director kraninger conducted a cross-

coulter, and dennis fromme and analyst jim comey and also nbc news commentator nicolle wallace and james carville and shawn hannity and al franken, and watch live on c-span and any time on cspan.org and listen wherever you are using free c-span radio app. >>> a house subcommittee is looking into the legislation to require employers to accommodate pregnant employees. members heard from a former emt worker who took the unpaid leave in her pregnancy, because her employer would not allow her to do a less stressful job. >>> the committee on education and labor will come to order. hello, everyone. i note that a quorum is present. the committee is meeting in a legislative hearing to hear testimony on hr-2694 the pregnant workers fairness act. i note for the committee that miss mcbath and mr. cohen of tennessee are permitted to participate in the hearing. members who sit on the subcommittee and are present shall have first priority to ask questions followed by members who sit on the full committee and present and only after all committee members who are present have gone, shall members who are not on the

brian: james carville said he wanted to come back as the bond market so he could bully everyone.llied the fed into having to respond. you look at the expectation numbers, the 10 year breakeven down to 1.5% in the middle of the summer. that is the market saying policy has been deflationary and that is a problem. the fed needs to respond. the fed is backing off and easing further. anna: how would you characterize the period of fed policy we are in at the moment? they talk about being data-driven but it seems they are doing insurance cuts against weakness that might come in the future. fed,is a new era for the the insurance cut era? call it mored backing off of policy that the market viewed is a mistake last year. had is fed that i tightness, slow growth, disinflationary world meaningfully strengthened the dollar and inverted the yield curve. a guy like me who has been saying no recession for some time has to start being concerned about a recession. it is positive to see the fed backing off. i think these are cuts responding to a short decline in deflation expectation. their mandate

political commentators james carville and sean hannity and former minnesota senator al franken. and listenon c-span wherever you are using the free c-span radio app. c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. morning, sunday democratic pollster and republican pollster on campaign 2020 and the impeachment inquiry. will be ons harris to talk about the geopolitical fallout in the u.s. troop withdrawal from syria. join the discussion. next, three members of congress who previously served in the executive branch discuss the role of congress in national security and foreign affairs. this discussion from new york university's school of law is moderated by lisa

political commentators james carville and sean hannity. former minnesota senator al franken.ch live on c-span, anytime on c-span.org, and listen wherever you are using the free c-span radio app. >> if i'm a socialist, i'm not caring too much about popular opinion or pleasing a consumer. when we socialize things like health care they just say everybody will get it. you don't have to worry about your bills, but you will have to have rationing. >> sunday on "afterwards," in his latest book kentucky republican senator rand paul talks about the history of socialism and argues there was any threat of socialist thinking on the rise in america. he is interviewed by republican congressman matt gaetz of florida. >> it seems you're making the argument that a country that is more socialist becomes more selfish. >> i think that is true. it's an irony anyway because they profess to be everything for someone else. in the end it is driven by selfishness. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span2. >> washington journal continues. host: asking you for your top public policy issue in the time

james carville and sean hasn'ty and al franken.watch live on cspan, any time on cspan.org and listen wherever you are using the free cspan radio app. >>> this saturday, on american history tv, on lectures in history at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the 1981 trial of gene are jean harris aktdsed of murdering hermann taryn ouer. >> she was smart, did well in high school, went to smith college, graduated phi beta kappa did everything a wealthy young woman was supposed to do. she says there was a struggle over the gun. there is evidence he is boozed he had hit her in ways he had never hit her before. there is no evidence he had hit her prior to this or struggling to pull away the gun. >> and president richard nixon's silent majority speech. to you, the great silent majority of my fellow americans, i ask for your support. i pledged in my campaign for the presidency to end the war in the a way that we could win the peace. i have initiated a plan of action naej me to keep that pledge. >> sunday, at 6:00 p.m. eastern former u.s. foreign service offic

carville: i know these guys. a lot of them are friends of mine. i am just telling you. jamesat crime do you want to impeach him that? for leveraging his influence for personal, political game, which if you read the statements, it is about the most serious thing you can do. plus, they are just getting started. mr. hannity: what is the crime? mr. carville: what they will impeach him on his self-dealing while conducting the business of the united states. he will be impeached. mr. hannity: what for? what is the crime? mr. carville: again, if you read -- mr. hannity: what is the crime? tell us. mr. carville: the crime is that you used to u.s. influence to dig up and put a foreign government on your opponent. showl go on tv on your and, you exactly. mr. hannity: i have the transcript. there is no quid pro quo. a president has a duty to faithfully execute the laws. ukraine interfered in our elections. mr. carville: he is going to be impeached. mr. hannity: for what? mr. carville: i'm not going to sit here and go back and forth. i would just tell you what it is. if you want to defend

carville: i say this, you've got to be good football teams. tigers! >> thank you, really appreciate you guys. [cheers and applause] mr. franken: weren't they great? i told james, who played bernie , he has to start at a higher level and ramp it up. wow. it is great to be here, isn't it, at politicon? people all over the ideological spectrum, left, right, far-left, far-right, the nutcase left, the nutcase right, and there are even people here from nutcase middle. david brooks is here. [laughter] mr. franken: wrote another great column in the new york times about how there aren't enough americans like him, and it was very, very balanced, i have to say. i know a lot of you might be wondering what i have been up to. well, when i left the senate, i was going to give up my seat, but not my voice. thank you. [applause] mr. franken: i have spent a lot of time thinking about how to do that, and how best to make a difference, so i have been spending the last few months going around the country, making speeches, about politics, health care. i have been raising money for organizations that do great things, like trained service dogs for veterans with ptsd, and i have a ne