. >> robert gibbs, jay carney, even marla fitzwater, everyone who held this job has gone and reached out and offered their advice and counsel, and it is a pretty humbling experience when you realize that you are in a club of 30 people who have held this position. atwatch sunday, beginning 6:30 5 p.m. on c-span and c-span.org. or listen on the free c-span radio app. the budget is not legally binding. it is not a law. the guidance of what you are supposed to do and there is no repercussions if that budget is not followed so we did pass the budget and then we went and blew through the budget last year. mcguiness,ight, maya president of the committee for a responsible federal budget talks about the federal budget process and what to expect for the new congress and trump administration. >> this issue is so hard for ,"liticians to vote "right way which means doing less or paying for more. we borrow hundreds of billions of dollars a year and that makes them to when you are in a recession, not when your economy is strong. we should not be barring as much as we are right now. we have to make

i'm trying to make just to put a pin in is it saying i'm going to ask roberted -- robert gibbs or jay carney and dana perino. and i will ask bloggers and tv executives and the white house correspondents association and seek input and say there is i will something that could be more valuable? i'm also going to seek folks not in the room and say you want a small block out in springfield, illinois, is at their away for your voice to be included? and weend in questions have a briefing by saying these questions came in from daily newspapers that can't be present. think that at every new iteration of -- and administration there's an opportunity to say, can we do things better? and again, i think one of the things the president-elect would really like to see is how can be involve more people in this process and the is in this democracy. >> he has been pretty critical of the press corps that followed them and has called them disgusted people which i think is a pejorative. and has been pretty tough at times on many of the major news outlets. what is your view of the major news outlets in the country

i talked to jay carney and dana perino. is there something you would change? president obama in 2012, said in an interview, the one thing i wish i had changed more is the relationship of the logistics with the press. now, i think the point that he was making then, and obviously you know better than i -- i think we have to look at certain things and say, can we do them better? can we involve the american people more? it's not pro or con the press. reporters have reached out to me and said what would give us more access or allow certain reporters more -- a greater voice in the press room is x, y or z. and my point is instead of just saying josh earnest had a briefing every day at 12:30. i'll have a briefing every day at 12:30. josh is allowed this procedure or -- in whatever to work in a certain way. and i asked him yesterday privately, what are his suggestions of what we do better? part of is it bringing in the american people more. we used facebook live effectively during the campaign to bring people into a conversation. papers in chicago don't get a seat righ

here is obama's press secretary jay carney mixing it up with our own john carl. >> memos say end of the in the same cube they have to go through the same portal. >> john, i get it the person who calls isn't the one who continues to wait after the paper application is filled. right? >> reporter: former press secretaries we spoke to say the secret to success is to never lose the trust of the reporters you work with, but more importantly, the public you serve. >> you are on a stage, that the whole world is watching. and the credibility of the white house is very important. you're standing with not only the country and the public, but the, larger, world itself. >> for any one who thinks it is an easy job. so stressful. not uncommon for the president secretaries. >>> making news in america this morning, president trump appears to be making good on a campaign promise. the big announcement today about the wall along mexico's border but who is going to pay for it? >>> plus, protests overnight after the president's executive action on two pipelines and his threat to city leaders in chicago. we'r

i would say beyond josh and jen, whether it's eric fleischer, jay carney, and others going back, everybody everybody who has held this job has reached out and offered their advice and counsel. as a humbling experience when you realize that you're in a club of 30 people who have held this position. >> the biggest change was social media, twitter, instagram, facebook, how does that add the challenge for you trying to communicate a message? >> i look at it as an opportunity not a challenge. an opportunity not a challenge. when we left the bush administration in 2009 there was no at press sector at potus, there's a facebook page or instagram. we go in with a government assets that exist but i mostly donald trump trump in his twitter handle and he has 50,000,000 following, 19,000,000 on twitter. that's a powerful tool. as i powerful tool. as i said it's not for 280. when you realize it's one thing to tweet the power and the movement that he represents is a tool that nobody's had to be able to reach people in a unique way. having spent time at the white house you know how close the quarters are,

beyond josh and jenn, whether it is robert gibbs, jay carney, even marlon fitzwater, everybody who has held this job has reached out and offered te heir advice and counsel. it is a pretty halloween experience when you realize that you are in a club of 30 people who held this position. the biggest change from eight years ago, social media. twitter, instagram, facebook. how does that add to the challenge for you trying to communicate a message? i look at is it opportunity, not a challenge. when the bush administration left in 2009, there was no @p otus. there was no facebook page, no instagram. i think we go in both with the government assets that exist but obviously donald trump's own twitter handle and facebook and instagram, 50 million people following, 19 million on twitter. that is a pre-powerful pool. that is why i said it is an opportunity. it is one thing just to be able to tweak the power in the movement he represents is a tool that nobody has ever had before to be able to reach people and such unique way. host: having spent time of the white house, you know how close the quarte

beyond josh and jenn, whether it is robert gibbs, jay carney, even marlon fitzwater, everybody who has held this job has reached out and offered their advice and counsel. it is a pretty humbling experience when you realize that you are in a club of 30 people who held this position. host: the biggest change from eight years ago -- social media. twitter, instagram, facebook. how does that add to the challenge for you trying to communicate a message? mr. spicer: i look at is it opportunity, not a challenge. when the bush administration left in 2009, there was no @potus. there was no facebook page, no instagram. i think we go in both with the government assets that exist but obviously donald trump's own twitter handle and facebook and instagram, 50 million people following, 19 million on twitter. that is a pretty powerful pool. that is why i said it is an opportunity. it is one thing just to be able to tweak the power in the movement he represents is a tool that nobody has ever had before to be able to reach people and such unique way. host: having spent time of the white house, you know h

. >> whether it's ari fleisher, cane na perino, robert gibbs, jay carney, everyone who has held this job has reached out and offered their advice and counsel, and it's a pretty humbling experience when you realize you're in a club of 30. people who have held this position. >> watch sunday, at 6:35 p.m. eastern on c-span, and c-span.org. or listen on the free c-span raap

here's obama's press secretary jay carney mixing it up with our own jon karl. >> these memos say at theck in the same queue because they have to go through the same portal. >> jon, i get it but the person who calls isn't the one who continues to wait after the paper application is filled. right? >> reporter: former press seconds we spoke to said the secret to success is to never lose the trust of the reporters you work with but more importantly, the public you serve. >> you are on a stage that the whole world is watching and the credibility of the white house is very important. you're standing with not only the country and the public but the larger world itself. >> reporter: and the job is so stressful so demands it's not uncommon for a president to go through two or three press seconds in one term. there's also crossover with ournent reporters like the late tony snow or jay carney become press seconds and sometimes press seconds become prominent sallinger, dana perino at fox news and there's one more -- >> what is that? >> greek maybe. >> we've seen -- thank you for the report. as we'v

. >> whether it's ari fleisher, cane na perino, robert gibbs, jay carney, everyone who has held this job has reached out and offered their advice and counsel, and it's a pretty humbling experience when you realize you're in a club of 30. people who have held this position. >> watch sunday, at 6:35 p.m. eastern on c-span, and c-span.org. or listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> next action look at trade policy and potential impact of a trump presidency from the center for strategic and international studies, this an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. welcome to csis and welcome to our online viewers as well. always have a good audience watching online. nice to have you with it. i'm matthew goodman. work on international economic policy here at csis and am delighted to we can you on behalf of csisy. the this part of the series we call the economic statecraft series and it's joan generously supported by alcoa corporation. we do at love things in the series but today we thought it would be quite topical to talk about the subject of trade, which has been in the news if you hadn't no

jay carney of course the press secretary under president obama and his counter was look at the numbers, it would actually only create a few dozen permanent jobs. while it would create construction jobs in the near term. i think you're going to see these arguments reiterated after the president signs this new executive order, tamron. >> thank you very much. in the last hour, president trump finished a meeting with automakers, as he said, to pressure them to keep jobs in america. >> it's the long-term jobs that we're looking for. we're bringing manufacturing back to the united states big league, we're reducing taxes substantially and reducing unnecessary regulation. we'll make it much more simple for the auto companies and for. >> now, last week gm confirmed it would invest an additional $1 billion in its u.s. factories this year and ford scrapped plans to build a $1.6 billion plant in mexico and said it would invest $700 million in a factory in michigan creating 700 jobs. and president trump has claimed much of the credit for that, although ford and fiat chrysler insist their plans were

i'm only here because jay carney, jennifer palmieri and dan pfeiffer supported and encouraged me when i was the deputy and advocated for me when jay stepped down and benefited from the cabinet who have important responsibilities for part of their formal job description but tend to help me out every time i asked for it, denis mcdonough and susan rice and ben rhodes and i've only been able to do this job because i have an incredible team around me. my assistants jeff tiller, antoinette rangel, now desiree barnes, all patiently supported a guy who let's face it, sometimes isn't so easy to assist. the white house stenographers, dominique dansky-berry, beck dori sine, amy seans, indicate mccor mick and peggy ntam. th work as hard as anybody at the white house and complain as less as anybody at the white house. [ applause ] applause is appropriate at that point. i think the only team that may contend with them might be the research department here at the white house led by alex plotkin and kristen bartaloni. i hope you get a chance to thank the stenographers for their work. they make your l

i'm only here because jay carney, jennifer palmeri and dan pfeiffer supported and encouraged me when i was the deputy, and advocated for me when jay stepped down. i've also benefited from a kitchen cabinet of senior white house officials who got a lot of other important responsibilities who are part of their formal job descriptions. but stepped in to help me out every time i asked for it. that is people like dennis mcdonough and susan rice and jennifer saki, liz allen, jesse lee, cody keenan, and of course, ben rhodes. and i've only been able to do this job because i have an incredible team around me. my assistance over the years, jeff tiller, aunt annette ringel, now desiree barnes, all patiently supported a guy who, let's face it, sometimes isn't so easy to assist. the white house stenographers, dominique, beck dori stein, amy sanz, mike mccormick, kaitlin young, and their tireless leader, peggy, they work as hard as anybody in the white house and complain about it less than anybody in the white house. [applauding] i think the only team that may contend might be the research team at

point that i'm trying to make is to say that i'm going to ask robert gibson asked josh ernst and jay carney and dana perino and i'm going to ask bloggers and the white house correspondents association and say is there something that could be more valuable but i'mng also going to focus and say you want a small log in illinois is there way you think your voice could be included, maybe send him some questions and we starta off a reefing three times a week they sing these questions came in from daily newspapers but i think that every new iteration in the administration there's an opportunity to say can we do things better and again i think one of the things the president-elect would really like to see is how can we involve more people in this process in this democracy? >> he's been. critical of the press corps thac has followed him calling themd and he's been. tough at times on many of the major news outlets. what is your view of the major news outlets in the country in the major networks? are they not doing their job? >> i don't want to be stereotypical and say this out dish -- this out later

. >> but kara, these are companies that have hired the david plouffes and jay carneys of the world because they have wanted to get savvier in dealing with washington because they felt like that was a place where too much was getting lost in translation before. >> yeah. >> so, what's wrong with that? >> there's nothing wrong with it. i just think that there's still a place for leadership from the tech community on leadership issues. on immigration for sure, i think there's probably going to be a clash on encryption. there's all kinds of clashes coming ahead. even in this trade thing. i'm not even clear -- silicon valley's been very outspoken. trade is very important to silicon valley and they're also globalists. they don't want to say it now, but most people in technology is globalists. they're sort of not saying anything about these trade issues. and so, i think -- i just would like to see more -- it's not outspoken to talk about the things that got you successful, and i think you're mistaking saying very clearly what your intentions are, there's nothing wrong with that. and i think a lot

the point i'm trying to make to put a pin in this is to say that i'm going to ask robert gibbs oo jay carney are bloggers, television executives and white house correspondent association and i'm going to seek input ando say there something that could be more valuable. will also seek folks not in the room and say you want a small blog in springville, illinois their way you think your voice should be included. may be sending in questions and start off a briefing three times a week by saying these questions came in from daily newspaper. at every new administration there is an opportunity to say can we do things better? w one thing i think the president-elect would really like to see is how can we involve more people in this process and democracy. >> he's been critical of the press corps that followed him and called them disgusting people and so on. which i think is a majority of. he has been pretty tough at times on many of the major news outlets. what is your view of the major news outlets in this country? the major networks, are they not doing their job? >> i don't want to be stereotypical to

. >> yang: earnest took over from jay carney as white house press secretary in 2014. >> today, the flakjacket is officially passed to a new generation: mr. josh earnest. >> when he first offered me this job back in the summer of, of 2014, we were talking a little bit about what his expectations were for the person who was going to be in this role and he said, "you know, one of the things you should know is i don't intend to watch your briefing every day. and if there's ever a situation where you're prepared to walk out to the briefing, and there's something that you're not sure about or something you need to ask me about, then just let me know, and, and i'll make sure that you've got an opportunity to come in here and talk to me before you have to go there and address the public." it's something that i've used frequently, to make sure that the information that i'm conveying to the reporters in this room is not just accurate, but accurately reflects the president's thinking. >> yang: in 345 briefings, an exercise he likened to catching javelins, earnest has defended president obama's pol

i'm only here because jay carney, jennifer palmeri and dan pfeiffer ep zurjed me when i was the deputyocated for me when jay stepped down. i have also benefitted from kitchen cabinet of senior white house officials who got a lot of other important responsibilities who are part of their formal job description, but stepped in to help me out every time i asked for it. that people like dennis mcdonough and susan rice and jennifer saki, melissa alanne, jesse lee and cody keenan and ben rhodes. i have been able to do this job because i have an incredible team around me. my assistants, ben tiller, and now desiree barnes all patiently supported a guy who, let's face it, sometimes isn't so easy to assist. the white house stenographers, dominique danske barry, amy sands, caitlyn young, and their tireless leader peggy suntom. they work as hard as anybody at the white house and complain about it less than anybody at the white house. [ applause ] >> applause is appropriate at that point. i think the only team that may contend with it might be the research department here at the white house that's l

i'm only here because jay carney supported and encouraged me when i was the deputy and advocated for me when jay stepped down. i've also benefited from a kitchen cabinet of senior white house officials who got a lot other important responsibilities but stepped in to help me out every time i asked for it. that's people like dennis mcdonna and susan rice and jennifer sake and cody keenen and of course ben rhodes. i've only been able to do this job because of my incredible team. jeff tirl and now desiree barnes i patiently supported a guy who let's face it sometimes isn't so easy to assist. the white house stenographers, and their tireless leader, they work as hard as anybody at the white house and complain about it less than anybody at the white house. [ applause ] >> applause is appropriate at that point. i think the only team that may contend with them is the research department. i hope you get a chance over the course to thank the stenographers. i know they make your lives easier to. same goes for peter develops and sarah rutherford. my colleagues at the nsc. patiently explained to m

. >> whether it's ari fleischer, dana marino, robber gibb webs jay carney, even marlin fits water going back, everybody who held this job has reached out and offered their advice and council. a counsel. it is humbling when you realize you're in a club of 30, of people who have held this position. >> watch sunday at 6:35 on c-span, c-span upon the org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> top intelligence firls on russia's hacking on the 2016 election. james clapper defends undersecretary for intelligence mar sell lettre and michael rogers testify before the senate armed services committee. >> good morning. before we begin, i want to welcome all our members back to the committee and extend a special welcome to the new members joining us. on the republican side we are joined by senator purdue and senator sass. on the democratic side, senator warren and senator peters. a special privilege to serve on this committee most of all because it afords us the opportunity to spend so much time in the company of heroes. the men and women who serve and sacrifice on our behalf everyday. i hope yo

have, but in general it felt not a lot different than press secretaries felt under josh ernest or jay carney or robert gibbs. i think sean came out there trying to make amends. what he did on saturday, though, doesn't go away. it's not as though having one briefing where he was a bit more friendly and smiled and took questions is going to wash away what happened on saturday. >> i wanted to ask you about that. so we had the horrific encounter, the frightening encounter, i think, for journalists on saturday. then you had the marathon session yesterday. what is his standing with the press right now? what was the attitude after? was it watch and wait? what is it? >> it's a little bit of watch and wait. i think we understand that he has probably the most difficult job in washington right now. the press secretary job is always hard. it's particularly hard when you're press secretary to donald trump, someone who has very strong opinions about what he wants to see at that podium. we're going to give sean the benefit of the doubt on the policy, on filling out some of these did he taste because the ad

. >> and robert gibbs, jay carney and marilyn fitswater. everyone has reached out and offered their advice and council and it is a humbling experience hat you are in a club of 30. >> watch sunday on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the week ahead in congress includes.

. >> and robert gibbs, jay carney and marilyn fitswater. everyone has reached out and offered their advice and council and it is a humbling experience hat you are in a club of 30. >> watch sunday on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the week ahead in congress includes. among those testifying, nominees for h.h.s. and education secretary and e.p.a. administrator. we talked to a capitol hill reporter to learn more. a look at drusch, some of the upcoming hearings. tom price. representative price's hearing will be wednesday. what are some of the key issues that will be discussed? >> for tom price, this is a man who will scrofere see the undoing of obamacare. this will be a big deal for democrats. they have chuck schumer and the two democrats who will squofere see these hearings who submitted an ethics request to look into the stock holdings he has in the companies related to the companies he has traded with. and democrats are going to touch on all of these things, which is focusing on these guys as individuals. thi

. >> whether it is ari fleischer, robert gibbs, jay carney, even marlon fitzwater. everyone who helped this job has gone and reached out and offered their advice and counsel. it's a pretty humbling experience when you realize you are in a club of 30 people who held this position. >> watch the day beginning at 6:35 p.m. eastern on the span and c-span.org. or listen on the free c-span radio app. the budget is actually legally binding, it is not a law. it has the guidance of what you were supposed to do and there is really no repercussions if the budget is not followed. we did pass a budget and then we went and blew through the budget last year. >> tonight, maya mcguiness, president of the committee for a responsible federal budget talks about the budget process and what to expect from the new congress and the trump administration. >> this issue is so hard for politicians to vote "the right way," which means paying for things, doing last while paying for more. we borrow hundreds of billions of dollars a year. it does not make since when the economy is strong. we have t