host: secretary of state of missouri, jay ashcroft is our guest. we are in jefferson city, which sits along the missouri river, pretty much in the middle of the state. is the number if you want to participate. .or all others, (202)-748-8001 the name in the face might look familiar to you. former missouri senator john ashcroft, but you did not come into the family business in a typical manner. guest: probably not. i grew up in politics and decided i wanted nothing to do with it. i went into engineering. i have a couple degrees from the university of missouri of science and technology. i practiced as a engineer for four years. some people would say i went over to the dark side, law school and became an attorney. i jumped into a race and it was by the grace of the people of the state, they allowed me the privilege of serving as their secretary of state. i cannot thank them enough. host: what does it cost the state to put on an election? guest: the best numbers i could give you would be going back to the presidential preference primary in 2016. , inou

we're live in missouri for the next the c-span capitals tour with the missouri secretary of state jay ashcroftalking about his decision to turn over state voter information to the president's voter commission, as state's new voter i. d. law. and then the future of the affordable care act with former york lieutenant governor and president trump supporter betsy mccoy. the policy counsel for demand progress to talk about his group's efforts to government surveillance under theei

host: secretary of state of missouri, jay ashcroft is our guest.are in jefferson city, which sits along the missouri river, pretty much in the middle of the state. is the number if you want to participate. .or all others, (202)-748-8001 the name in the face might look familiar to you. former missouri senator john ashcroft, but you did not come into the family business in a typical manner. guest: probably not. i grew up in politics and decided i wanted nothing to do with it. i went into engineering. i have a couple degrees from the university of missouri of science and technology. i practiced as a engineer for four years. some people would say i went over to the dark side, law school and became an attorney. i jumped into a race and it was by the grace of the people of the state, they allowed me the privilege of serving as their secretary of state. i cannot thank them enough. host: what does it cost the state to put on an election? guest: the best numbers i could give you would be going back to the presidential preference primary in 2016. , inou look

host: secretary state of missouri, jay ashcroft is our guest this morning. we are in jefferson city which sits along the missouri river in the middle of the state of missouri. if you want to participate in our conversation this morning. if you live in missouri and want to talk to your secretary of state, (202)-748-8001. the name and face might look familiar to you. he is the son of former missouri senator john ashcroft. , you did notcroft come into the family business in a typical manner did you? >> probably not. i grew up in politics and decided i wanted nothing to do with it. i went into engineering. , have a couple of degrees practiced in the defense industry, was a professor of mechanical engineering for six years. i went over to the dark side. law school and became an attorney. a couple years ago i looked at who was running and said, we can do better. i jumped into the race and it was by the grace of the people of the state, they have allowed me the privilege of serving as their secretary of state and it is a wonderful privilege and i cannot thank them

jay ashcroft will be our on the bus. >> the c-span buses traveling across the country on a 50s capitalently stopped in west virginia asking folks what's the most important issue in their state? >> my prelaw major at the university of charleston i think the most important issue is twofold. it's an issue of poverty, lack of jobs and opportunity makes the epidemic worse. on a cycle that builds upon itself. >> , senior political science major one of the biggest issues i see right now the governor pushing for a special election is going to pump millions into our infrastructure which sounds nice but when you look at the big purse picture it will hurt millennial's in the future. says it won't raise taxes or be a problem but if you look down the road, scan the method of for a long time. >> west virginia has a very difficult economic times over the past five or six years and one of our top priorities is to improve our economy and put people back to work. we've done a great deal of different steps to do that. >> i'm a senior at the university of charleston double majoring in english and politica

missouri secretary of state jay ashcroft will be our guest on the bus during "washington journal" starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. >>> now, a portion of the annual state innovation and exchange conference in washington, d.c. democratic legislators from around the country attended the event and heard from speakers on supporting state and local officials in advancing and defending progressive policies. >> hello. all right, that's enough about you. okay, i am thrilled to introduce the next panel. before i do so, i'd like to take one minute to pick up on something that we touched on recently today, the tragic events in las vegas last week. and i would like to turn the mike over to our fellow, your fellow legislator and my good friend, representative chris taylor from wisconsin, who has a quick announcement in that regard. >> hello, everybody. i just wanted to build on, and i talked to our nevada folks about this as well, the issue, the gun epidemic and the most recent tragedy, and share a tactic that we're using in wisconsin that i'm happy to share with you. a lot of you may have done this alrea

live in jefferson city, missouri, for the next stop on the c-span bus 50 capitals tour with jay ashcroft, talking about turning over state voter information to the president's commission. and the future of the affordable care act with former new york lieutenant governor and president trump supporter betsy mccoy. also with us, policy council for demand progress to talk about his group's effort to limit government surveillance, under the federal government surveillance act known as fifsa. join the discussion tuesday morning. >>> national security experts and former defense officials discuss ways to build resilient securi security. it's about 50 minutes. >> thank you. i've got to be a bit of a time keeper here, since we've got a lot to cover in a short period of time. i'm going to very briefly introduce our panelists and immediately to my left is richard andrais. we announced our new cohort of seniorlo

we're live in missouri for the next the c-span capitals tour with the missouri secretary of state jay ashcroftalking about his decision to turn over state voter information to the president's voter commission, as state's new voter i. d. law. and then the future of the affordable care act with former york lieutenant governor and president trump supporter betsy mccoy. the policy counsel for demand progress to talk about his group's efforts to government surveillance under the foreign intelligence act.illance watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern morning. join the discussion. >> next, a discussion on the nuclearf the iranian agreement. this comes a few days after president trump's announcement that he will not certify for iran's compliance with the deal, calling into question its future. iranian-he national american council, this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> hi, everybody. ok. such a fantastic crowd. and you are all so young. .t is freaking me out seriously. like you're so young. it's terrifying. hi. the -- i am holly. i cover foreign policy for politico. i'm really pleased to

missouri for the next up on the c-span bus to the capital to work with missouri secretary of state jay ashcroft talking about his decision to turn over state voter information to the president motor commission, as well as the new voter id law. the future of the affordable care act former new york lieutenant governor and president thompson porter, betty mccoy. also with us to talk about his group's effort to limit government surveillance under the intelligence surveillance act. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal five at 7:00 a.m. eastern on tuesday morning. during the discussion. >> it's always been identified as a war over slavery. believe me, no soldier on either side gave a damn about slaves. they were fighting for other reasons entirely in their minds. southerners thought they were fighting for the american revolution and northerners thought they were fighting to keep the union together. that held true throughout the whole war except for some people who were absolute wrong on both sides. >> the video library has been a free resource for politics, congress and washington public affa

jay ashcroft will be our guest on washington journal at 8:00 a.m. eastern. >> this morning jeremy barr on the hollywood reporter with the relationship between hollywood and the democratic party and weekly standard writer tony mecia looks at the increase in lobbying efforts in the trump administration. later former agriculture sunday secretary bonnie looks at funding for fighting wildfires. we take your calls. and join us for conversation host: good morning. this is monday, october 16. the u.s. house is out of session for this week, but the senate is in session. and the majority leader mitch mcconnell is going to meet with president trump today. "the washington post" calls it a potentially pivotal meeting as they talk about the critical upcoming agenda this fall and an early winter, issues including immigration, federal spending, and healthcare. at the same time, democrats in congress are blasting the president's latest moves regarding the affordable care act with one senator suggesting the president is literally setting the entire healthcare system

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missouri secretary of state jay ashcroft will be our guest on the bus during "washington journal" starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. >>> now, a portion of the annual state innovation and exchange conference in washington, d.c. democratic legislators from around the country attended the event and heard from speakers on supporting state