story and jim harris, author of "santa monica." : a century of the last great pleasure p are -- santa monica last a century of the great pleasure pier." >> there's a musas many different reasons to come to the -- there's the almost as many reasons to come to the pier. city tour ofan's said monica, california, today a new eastern on c-span's -- on c-span two book tv. with our cable elliott's we explore the american story. -- cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> much of andrew cuomo's's speech focus on immigration and he knew that president trump's grandfather immigrated to the u.s. ellis island. [applause] time, may we have chief judge of the court of appeals and the state of new york step forward and administer the of office to andrew m cuomo as the governor of the state of new york, accompanied by ms. sandra lee, mariah, carla, and kennedy, and mrsma

pier historian jim harris is the author of "santa monica pier: a century on the last great pleasure pier." he gives us a tour of this iconic landmark. jim: we see almost 9 million people year come to this peer. -- pier. that is people from all walks of life, all income levels, and all interests. there are almost as many different reasons come here on any given day many people, if you ask them what brought them , you get a different reason for each one. a place you can get away from the city. once you begin walking on the pier, you don't realize you're only a block away from downtown. you realize you are over the ocean, at the beach. completely unique environment. we released the book to commemorate the 100 years. the story has its ups and downs and almost the community rallies to save it, and then it has to go through growing pains again , and then it needs natural disaster. then it goes again. so it's a wonderful up-and-down story. from fishing pier to amusement, it has been home to many interesting stories. the santa monica municipal pier opened on september 9, 1909, which if you write

historian jim harris author of santa monica pier a sentry on the last great pleasure pier shares the history of this iconic line mark, landmark. city in we see almost 9 million people a year on the pier. that is all walks of life, all income levels, all interest, they all come to the pier to visit. i think if you were to walk on the pier today on any given date, and ask what brought you here you will get a different reason for each one of them. >>> watch cspan city tour santa monica california saturday at noon eastern. and sunday at 2 pm on american history tv on cspan3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story.

santa monica pier historian jim harris, author of santa monica pier, a century on the last pleasure pier shows the history of this iconic landmark. >> we see almost 9 million people a year come to the pier. that's all income levels and all interests, almost as many reasons to come to the pier as people to visit it. i think if you were to walk down the pier today, on any given pier, ask why you're here, there would be a different reason. >> watch saturday on c-span2's book tv and american history tv on c-span 3 working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> the senate is meeting on the second day of the 116th congress, no bill debate planned today only general speeches. meanwhile, leaders continue negotiations with the president to reopen parts of the government, 14 days into the shutdown. live now to the senate floor. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, creator of all things, make haste to minister to our needs. lead us from self-inflicted inj

historian jim harris, author of santa monica. : shares the history of this iconic landmark. >> we see him 9 million people a year. that is all walks of life and all income levels and all interest thereon almost as many reasons to come to appear as there are people that visit. if you were to walk down up your on any given day and ask people why they are here you would get a different reason from each one of them. watch the c-span cities tour on c-span2 book tv and sunday at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. working with cable affiliates as we explore the american story. over 100 new members of the house and senate join the 116th congress on january 3. c-span interviewed several freshmen members while they were in washington dc to attend orientation sessions. democrat harley rouda defeated dana rohrabacher.

pier historian jim harris is the author of "santa monica pier: a century on the last great pleasure piergives us a tour of this iconic landmark. jim: we see almost 9 million people year come to this peer. -- pier. that is people from all walks of life, all income levels, and all interests. there are almost as many different reasons come here on any given day many people, if you ask them what brought them

eastern on american historytv, santa monica pier historian jim harris, author of santa monica pier, aentury on the last great pleasure pier shares the history of this iconic landmark. >> we see almost 9 million people a year come to the pier, and that is people of all walks of life, all income levels, all interest. there is almost as many different reasons to come to the pier as are the people that visit it. if you were to walk down the day,today, on any given and ask what brought them here, you would get a different reason from each one. announcer: watched c-span cities tour of santa monica, california, today at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and that sunday on 2:00 p.m. on american historytv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. announcer: tonight on lectures in history, texas woman's university professor catherine land deck teaches a class on the contributions of american women during world war ii.here is a preview . >> i want to show you some pictures of the rosy riveter's. airplanes,s lots of you know i love, but this is another image o

santa monica pier historian jim harris, author of santa monica pier, a century on the last great pleasure pier shares the history of this iconic landmark. >> we see almost 9 million people a year at the pier all walks of life, all interests, almost as many different reasons to come to the pier as to visit it. if you were to walk down the pier today on any given day and what brought them here you'd got a different reason from each one of them. >> watch the tour of santa monica, california c-span book tv and sunday on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> president trump made an appearance in the white house briefing room thursday to congratulate nancy pelosi on her election as house speaker. the opening day of the the 116th congress and marked the days of shutdown and called on the wall at the u.s.-mexico border. this is about ten minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> here we go. >> good afternoon, give a few of my friends a minute to get in. thank you all for coming on short notice, and certainly happy new year, welcome bac

eastern on american history tv, santa monica pier historian jim harris author of santa monica pier a sentry on the last great pleasure pier, shows the history of this iconic landmark. >> we see almost 9 million people a year come to the pier and that's people of all walks of life, all income levels, all interests. there's almost as many different reasons to come to the pier as people who come to visit. if you walk down the pier today on any given day and ask what brought them here you would get a different reason from each one of them. >> watch c-span's city tour of santa monica, california, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv, and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with the cable affiliate as we explore the american story. >> coast guard commandant karl schultz now on the strategic priorities. during before the navy league of the united states, admiral schultz also addressed force readiness and arctic operations. this is 45 minutes. >> good morning everyone. if i could please get your attention. good morning. good morning everyone. it is my pleasure

eastern on american history tv, santa monica pier historian jim harris, author of santa monica pier: a century on the last great pleasure pier, shears the history of this iconic landmark. >> we see almost 9 million people a year come to the pier. that is people of all walks of life, all income levels. there is almost as many different reasons to come to the pier as there are people that come to visit it. if you were to walk down the pier today and ask what brought them here, you would get different reasons for each one of them. >> watch c-span's cities tour of santa monica, california on book tv and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> mick mulvaney who currently serves in the white house as acting chief of staff and the director of the office of management and budget delivered a keynote address last month at a group called in defense of christians. it was over half a hour and it happened just before he was named acting white house chief of staff on december 14. [applause] >> thank you.

pier historian jim harris is the author of "santa monica pier: a century on the last great pleasure pier." he gives us a tour of this iconic landmark. jim: we see almost 9 million people year come to this pier. that is people from all walks of life, all income levels, and all interests. there are almost as many different reasons come here on ny given day many people, if you ask them what brought them, you get a different reason for each one. a place you can get away from the city. once you begin walking on the pier, you don't realize you're only a block away from downtown. you realize you are over the ocean, at the beach. completely unique enro

historian jim harris, author of santa monica. , a century on the last great pleasure pier shares thec landmark. >> we see almost 9 million people a year come to the pier, people of all walks of life, income levels, interests. there are almost as many different reasons to come to the pier as people who come to visit it, and if you were to walk down it today on any given day, and ask what brought them to the pier, you would your different reason from each. announcer: watch it today at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american historytv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. ♪ announcer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. as a79, c-span was created public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events and aroundon, d.c., the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. today on the civil war, historian edward errors describes how civilians around gettysburg experienc

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eastern on american history tv, santa monica pier historian jim harris author of santa monica pier, a sentry on the last great pleasure pier, shares the history of this iconic landmark. >> we see almost 9 million people a year come to the pier and that's people of all walks of life, all income levels, all interest. there's almost as many different people coming to the pier now that come due visited. if you were to walk down the pier today, on any given day and ask what brought them here, you would get a different reason from each one of them. >> what c-span city tour of santa monica california, saturday at noon eastern on c- span twos book tv and sunday it number two p.m. on american history tv on c- span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> georgetown university hosted a form recently were civil rights advocates talk about movement started by the

eastern on american history tv, santa monica pier historian jim harris author of santa monica pier, a sentry on the last great pleasure pier, shares the history of this iconic landmark. >> we see almost 9 million people a year come to the pier and that's people of all walks of life, all income levels, all interest. there's almost as many different people coming to the pier now that come due visited. if you were to walk down the pier today, on any given day and ask what brought them here, you would get a different reason from each one of them. >> what c-span city tour of santa monica li

eastern, on american history tv, santa monica pier historian jim harris, author of santa monica pier. shares the history of this iconic landmark. >> we see almost nine million people a year come to ther and that's people of all walks of life, all income levels, interests. there's almost as many different reasons to come to the piers people that come to visit it. if you were to walk down the pier teed on any given day and ask what brought them there, you'd get a different reason from each one. >> chance cities tour on santa monica, california, saturday, at noon eastern, on c-span2 book tv and on sunday on c-span3 on american history tv. working with our cable affiliate as we explore the mesh story. -- explore the american story. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable televisions and i today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you biure cable or satellite provider. next a look

eastern, on american history tv, santa monica historian jim harris, author of "santa monica. pier." shares the iconic history of this landmark. >> we see almost 9 million people come a year. almost as many different people come to the. as people come to visit. -- ifture walk out here you were to walk out here on any given day, you would get a different reason. >> watch c-span cities tour of santa monica, california. today at noon eastern. at sunday at 2:00 p.m., on american history tv on american history tv. is -- it's three rings demand the attendance of the floor on every legislator. 4:00 p.m. on real america, the 1949 film a day in congress, which traces the work of the 80th congress. >> they must thank this out carefully. through manyrned years of legislative experience. to stop the majority bill. that constant struggle between the majority and the minority, the two parties in congress, the republicans and the democrats, is the essence of democratic lawmaking. thatsures that every bill is made into a law shall be subjected to the most vigorous examination. >> watch real america,

historian jim harris is the author of "santa monica pier." us a tour of this iconic landmark. >> we see almost 9 million people a year come to the pier and that's people of all walks of life, all income levels, all interest. there's almost as many different reasons come to the pier as well as people come to visit. if you're to walk down the pier today on any given day, and ask what rossen you would get a different reason from each one of them. it's a walkable place that you can get away from the city. once you begin walking on the pew to realize jolie a block away from downtown. you realize your new the ocean, some completely unique and five that really is not part of the city. >> the book is "santa monica pier." we released in 2009, the commemorates the first 100 years years. just, the store has a wonderful art and its ups and downs that almost inns and the committee rally to save it and then it has to go through some growing pains again and then and meets natural disaster and bent that grows again and so it's a wonderful up-and-down story f

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eastern on american history tv, santa monica pier historian jim harris, author of santa monica pier, shares the history of this iconic landmark. >> we see almost nine million people a year come to the pier. that people of all walks of life, all income levels, all interests. there is almost as many different reasons to come to the pier as the are the people that come to visit it. if you were to walk down the pier today and ask what brought them here, you'd get a different reason from each one of them. >> was cspan

eastern on american history tv, santa monica pier historian jim harris author of santa monica pier, a sentry on the last great pleasure pier, shares the history of this iconic landmark. >> we see almost 9 million people a year come to the pier and that's people of all walks of life, all income levels, all interest. there's almost as many different people coming to the pier now that come due visited. if you were to walk down the pier today, on any given day and ask what brought them here, you would get a different reason from each one of them. >> what c-span city tour of santa monica california, saturday at noon eastern on c- span twos book tv and sunday it number two p.m. on american history tv on c- span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> georgetown university hosted a form recently were civil rights advocates talk about movement started by the native american communities in the us. this is about 90 minutes. >> would you like to go first, in case you delete? >> okay. >> good afternoon. so i would take up gerard challenge and walk off in protest

eastern on american history tv, santa monica pier historian jim harris, author of santa monica pier, shares the history of this iconic landmark. >> we see almost nine million people a year come to the pier. that people of all walks of life, all income levels, all interests. there is almost as many different reasons to come to the pier as the are the people that come to visit it. if you were to walk down the pier today and ask what brought them here, you'd get a different reason from each one of them. >> was cspan cities tour of santa monica on sunday at 2:00 p.m. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> now a conversation on attempts to undermine the free press and independent judiciary. we'll hear from journalists from npr, "new york times," abc news and fox news. >>> thank you, ed. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, judges, so-called judges. i'd like to say i'm delighted to be with you for this conversation, but i'm not. attacks on journalism and the future of democracy, it's sickening that we have to discuss this, but here we are. according to the dece

eastern on american history tv, santa monica pier historian jim harris, author of "santa monica pier: a century on the last great pleasure pier," shares the history of this eye cobbic landmark. >> -- iconic landmark. >> we see almost nine million people a year come to the pier, and that's people of all walks of life, all income levels, all interests. there's almost as many different reasons to come to the pier as there are people that come to visit it. i think if you were to walk down the pier today, on any given day, and ask what brought them here, you'd get a different reason from each one of them. >> watch c-span's cities tour of santa monica, california, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> up next, the son of the last shah of iran talks about the role of civil disobedience and the impact foreign governments could have on that approach. the washington center for near east policy is the host of this event. [inaudible conversations]

. >> and very wide ranging questions, jim and poppy. harrisnly never said the president's name, but as she was answering that wide range of questions, he was certainly the undercurrent through much of this town hall. harris drawing a sharp contrast between herself and this president. >> would you please respond to this so that this man has a response ready the next time tries to explain why a man would make a better nominee. >> her first town hall in iowa explained how she is electable as president. >> my entire career i have heard people say it is not your time. nobody like you has done that before. i haven't listened, and i would suggest that nobody should listen to that kind of conversation. >> what democratic voters in iowa should listen to, harris stressed, is her vision for a presidency. >> how do you stay on your message and not get caught up in his crazy? >> that was good. that's really good. well, first, it's very important that anyone who presents themselves as a leader and wants to be a leader will speak like a leader. that means sp

ha harry litman, former u.s. attorney. jim messina, campaign manager for president obama. and michael steel, former senior adviser to jeb bush's campaign and former top congressional aide to john boehner. welcome, all. peter alexander, let's start at the white house. what is going on? >> that's a good question. you'll need a couple of hours of television to clarify that. but we'll do our best in the course of the next few minutes, andrea, if we can. it appears rudy giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, is backtracking from the stunning assertion that he made in that conversation you played a part of just moments ago where he appeared to leave open the possibility that members of the president's campaign had coordinated with russians during the course of the 2016 campaign. the backtracking is a new statement. first he spoke to our colleague kristen welker, then provided us with a formal statement where he said he was afraid that if him changing his position, as appeared to be the case, that he had been i think misinterpreted was his language, he said more broadly that

. >> harris: hopefully he will be running by then. on the flip, you've got jimdan. >> andy: when the republicans are in that committee, they couldn't get rosenstein to come in and testify. trump could have ordered him to go testify at any time, and he didn't. so the whole thing is just nonsense. >> harris: theater. kd? a >> katie: i think rosenstein has expended nothing about the 25th amended comment. he said he made in jest. he went to the white house to swim a comment to the president of united states, still kept his job. i think that if he can explain what he said behind closed doors -- >> harris: why does jim jordan want to go after him? >> katie: i appreciate how you pelicans wanting to get accountability for these things. i think as the head of the new judiciary committee, lindsey graham will try to get to the bottom of some of the spies abuse. and may be able to get rosenstein to come testify on those grounds. but to get them to come testify about a comment that he made in a private meeting is a little bit silly. >> harris: he's already talked to the pres

leon harris is back with a closer look athat. hey, leon. >> hey, jim.d of few new balls in theea a lot of laws that could have a local impact in the d.c. area as well. let's start off in maryland. now specificall prince george's county. there's a proposal there to lift restrictions f speed cameras on the indian head highway. that law would allow more speed cameras to go in place theve to keep d in check. how about movie and a martini? the county also hoping to pass lllegislation which would theaters to sell liquor in prince george's county. and the a countyo pushing for new tax credits, including one for grocery store owners who build new stores i so-called food deserts. now let's go to virginia. there is a short session there, but they do have a lot of major proposals they're looking democrats again pushing several gun violence bills, including universal backgrouncks and the so-called red flag law. that law allows police toak temporarily guns away from people who are considered dangerous. governor ralph northam is also looking to increase the scheduled

that fagave her a good portion it m if that vote's going to split between kamala harris, cory booker, jim clyburn, the dean of the democratic delegation, he predicts biden is going to win south carolina. even if it's not true. >> aren't you saying because if you look at the polls you provide in your piece in politico, it's biden who has the biggest numbers. when you talk about the primary and it's those names, harris, booker and biden, but isn't the point even though that's the indication now in january 2019, like so many people are still, they're still shopping. well, that's it, they're shopping. there's not place that you can say every black voter is going to go here. there's going to be a much more complicated and clyburn himself said when i talk to african-american voters, what i hear are biden, harris and booker. that's just today. maybe the list gets bigger over the course over the next year and a half. i can't say this is what's going to happen, but we're at a point where there are choices and you can't assume that entire vote is going to go in one u place. it might come county dow

harris,historian jim shares the history of this iconic landmark. >> almost 9 million people year come to the pier, people of all walks of life, all income levels, all interests. there's almost as many different reasons to come to the pier as it.e are people visiting if you walked down today and on any given day and ask what brought them here, you would get a different reason from each one of them. >> c-span's city tour of santa monica, california, saturday at noon eastern on book tv. sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv, on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. between advancements in electric vehicle technology and the sustained popularity of right sharing services, the transportation landscape is changing. last month "the atlantic" brought politicians, business people and academics together for a series of conversations on infrastructure and what the future holds. this is just three hours. welcome the atlantic executive director of business development, patrick garret igan. >> good morning. i am the executive director of business develop

harry. >> i am so jealous of jim with that snow in the background. ll get it soon enough. >> you should have seen his sledding video with the kids yesterday. it was epic. harry, looking at the numbers, the blame goes to the president for now. what i found interesting in that part is when you look at independents, more independents also blame the president here. >> yeah, i mean, look. it's very clear from all the polling that's come out, whether the cnn poll or abc news/"washington post" poll that president trump and congressional republicans are losing the shutdown battle. and you can see it whether you look at independents or top line of the cnn poll. you can also see that before the shutdown took place, americans were asked who they would blame in the case of a shutdown. and while more americans said they'd blame republicans, the margin wasn't anywhere near where it is at this point. republicans are losing the messaging war and that should be worrying to the president and congressional republicans. >> harry, let me ask you, though, because there are

jim lazarus. [applause] on behalf of u.s. senator kamala harris, daniel chan.applause] >> state assembly member david chiu. [applause] >> on behalf of state assembly member evan lowe, patrick aarons [applause] >> san francisco board of supervisors peskin, tang, brown, he, mandelman, and walton. [applause] the treasurer. the city attorney, dennis herrera, district attorney georgia gas stone, and his wife -- george gus cohen -- george gascone, and his wife fabiola. the former assessor, mabel tang. [applause] >> city college board members, rizzo, randolph, selby, and lee. [applause] >> bart board director, janice lee. [applause] >> honorable judges, tang and lee. [applause] >> former california state senator, art torres. [applause] former district supervisor, bevan duffy. [applause] >> as well as the many commissioners, department heads, and community leaders who have joined us this morning. [applause] to begin this morning's ceremony i would like to introduce the lincoln high school jrotc drum corps. [applause] [♪] [applause] [♪] [♪] [♪] [applause] [applause] >>

jim lazarus. [applause] on behalf of u.s. senator kamala harris, daniel chan.>> state assembly member david chiu. [applause] >> on behalf of state assembly member evan lowe, patrick aarons [applause] >> san francisco board of supervisors peskin, tang, brown, he, mandelman, and walton. [applause] the treasurer. the city attorney

republican e.vin mccarthy there, but he might be the only >> leon harris starts our team coverage off tonigiv at the desk. leon? >> well, jim and doreen, for the first time since the began, major players from both sides met today, face-to-face, for over an hour, but they di t't get anywhere it hour. and now, on the eve of a new congress taking over, there are no sig this shutdown is going to end any time soon. no cameras were allow the situation room for what the white house called a border security briefing. sources tell nbc news democrats kept directing the conversation away from the border and back to ending the shutdown. as soon as they regahe control of house tomorrow, democrats are promising to introduce a bill to reopen the government. it's a very similar bill that passed the senate two weeks ago withy broad republican support. but senate republicans have already refused to bring a new bill up for a vote. earlierrrett haake said on news 4, we could be counting theshutdown in day weeks, not d. >> a couple of weeks from now, and we should thinking that way, a couple of weeks from now, we're going to be talking about ee

leon harris is following the developments from our live desk. you learning? >> well, jim, it's a possible break in the case. can now show you surveillance images police are calling people of interest. detectives want to talk with the two shadowy individuals walking down the sidewalk. they want to know if they were involved in the incident or possibly may have witnessed it. officers have revied surveillance of smollett walking to a downtown chicago apartment early tuesday but none of that video showed the they've also examined hundreds of hours of surveillance frombu nesses and hotels in the area. b smollett who, the way, is maskednd gay, says two men beat him and hurled insults at him. the police say they threw an unknown chemical substance on him andou put a rope his nebraska. quote, this is maga country, unquote, before running away. police are now treating this a ca a possible hate crime. doreen, back to you. >>n, lhank you. >>> later this week, the lone person convicted in the high-profile d.c. mansion murders case will learn if he'll ever get out of prison. prosecuto

but there is a reason why jim jordan and mark matos and trey gowdy -- >> harris: where they your vipers>> absolutely. if you got soft, thin skin, go sit on the preparations committee. if you want to get after somebody, you go on the oversight committee. that's just the way it works. >> harris: you been critical of those committees as well, thief sat on in the past. in this when they fled, saying there were times it just didn't even get tough enough. we'll bring you back another day. great to see you, thank you. >> thinks, harris. >> harris: the trump administration is pushing back up for some criticism from the white house correspondents association over a lack of regular press briefings. white house press secretary sarah sanders says she has done over 100 briefings and answered thousands of questions. yesterday the president tweeted that he told sanders, "not to bother with press briefings." alleging unfair media coverage. we will continue to cover it as the news happens on that. plenty of mea culpas from members of the media after so many a rush to judgment over that viral video invol

harris: so, juan williams? your thoughts on this? >> juan: i was interested in jimdan's opening bid, because what he's trying to do is undermine cohen's credibility out the box. the man is going to jail for lying. i think he does in the sense that, most prosecutors these people have been involved with the crimes to testify against other people. presidents call that behavior, a rat. gangster language. but i think that's what you're going to hear from people. because there is the possibility that cohen know so much about the president's business dealings with russia that we have not heard -- i guess we will get more details and colorful stories about the payments to the porn star in the "playboy" model, and the meetings with the russians at trump tower. the potential is there for this to be headlined. summing down not coming from somebody worked for the president for ten years. >> harris: among all that salacious in this, it's kind of baked end. but this man isn't just the proven felon he lied to congress. now he's going back. the bar for talking to congress is very d

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leon harris is in the newsroom with details breaking today. >> jim, the president took his , hes for border securi says must include a wall as he went to louisiana. he spoke c at thevention for the american farm bureau. his business as the department of agriculture is wrapped upn the shutdown. separately, some farmers have been feeling the pinch. during his speech, he told the crowd, without explaining how, it would be easier for migrants working on farms. >> you've hadome people for 20, 25 years. they're incredible. then ty go home. they can't get back in. that's not going to happen. we're keeping the wrong ones out. wero don't want the ones coming into our country. >> it's not clear who the president was calling the wrong ones when he said that. meantime, the president morning said he rejected a proposal from senator linds graham to temporarily reopen the government. so congress can have a discussion. congress had been scheduled to return today, offer because of all the yoow. back to >> leon, thanks, so much. >>> oour coverage of this winter weather blast is just getting started. a

. ♪ >> harris: with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein expected to step down in the coming weeks, congressman jimng member of the house oversight committee -- is making a new push for rosenstein to testify on capitol hill. jordan come as you know, it's from ohio. a republican their demanding answers now about last year's "new york times" reported that rosenstein floated the idea of secretly recording president trump. also this -- house democrats are demanding acting attorney general matthew whitaker testified before the end of the month, about his decision not to recuse himself from the mueller investigation oversight. remember, mueller is just in there temporally. they're trying to get william barr permanently to the job and get them confirmed. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is with me now. >> thank you, harris, good afternoon. this letter, the chairman of the house judiciary committee jerry nadler lays down a marker and a date for public test one page and read 29th. the new chairman says whitaker must address a wide range of issues, from voting rights and immigration to gun

. >> and if you check out jim garity, he's done the 20 things you didn't know about kamala harris. he's done one on joe biden. anna, thanks. >> thank you. >> dana: robert mueller pushed back on buzz feed's report claiming that president trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress. buzz feed says they're still standing hint the story. catherine herridge is live in washington. she can shed light on this. catherine? >> good afternoon. buzz feed is standing by their reporting based on two unnamed law enforcement sources after the spokesman for robert mueller issued a statement. the special investigator says they have evidence that buzz feed's description of statement and character sayings of testimony obtained by this office regarding michael cohen's congressional testimony are not accurate. that special counsel statement is consistent with court records, part of cohen's guilty plea. cohen said he lied to congress about a moscow real estate project in 2015 for the president of donald trump but not at his direction. buzz feed reporters dissected the statement this weekend claiming i

jim scuitto, cnn, walk. >> to put all of this into focus, let's bring in harry litman, a contributor at the washington post. joining us via skype, thanks for your time. >> thanks for having me. >> so after making a statement today when you will test courthouse, roger stone spoke to my colleague chris cuomo today. he's not known for being publicly shy after speaking out on camera. let's listen. >> first of all, i always said that there could be some process crime. >> yes. >> there is still no evidence whatsoever that i had advanced knowledge of the topic, subject, or the source of the wikileaks disclosures. i never received any of the wikileaks disclosures. i never communicated with assange or wikileaks other than the limited on twitter direct message which i gave to the house intelligence committee last september i guess it was. >> so stone denies any of the guilt in these charges. but given a case that prosecutors have built against him and from your expert opinion, how serious is this for him and what does it mean for the man he once advised? >> it is pretty serious and it's probably going to get more se