to have to take care of you because you may not be able to take care of yourself. >> repetitive john flemingur guest and eagle harbor, michigan is where jerry is and thanks for waiting on the independent line. >> thank you, mr. fleming for your service. first of all i want to know if the soldiers we sent to sierra leone or liberia or any place like that where the ebola thing is that voluntary? and, second, are they volunteers, second, i would like to say that this war that rand paul was right about saying president obama not wanting to go to war. he did it on his own in liberia i mean in libya. and so he can do it now. he doesn't want to own this war because that would make him look bad. i think the congress should stay where they are at, at home and let them do campaigning because if it was obama he would do the same thing. so let them stay there. >> i'm not sure about sierra leone in terms of volunteering. of course, the military members themselves volunteer to serve in the military. we have an all volunteer military but once you are in you have a uniform and are directed by your commander

. >> john fleming director for the small business administration. >> oh, how is business in delaware?> doing well, doing well. we are coming back, and the economy is doing better, and, you know, we're trying to help more businesses like here with loans, contracting, some other assistance. >> do you have a lot of food trucks here? i know that's a big thing. >> it is up and coming. we tend to help a lot of the retail stores, and those and some hotels in the area, and that kind of thing. so that's what we ends up doing. >> do people come from around the world and see the die month hotel? >> they do. a landmark here, certainly, in center city delaware. great. >> trying to tell delaware what they are known for other than no tax. >> certainly no sales tax for the small businesses, come on down, enjoy that, we're also known for the chemical industry, the pharmaceutical industry. you go south, we also have banks. >> surrounded by banks here in rodney square. >> don't forget about southern delaware, the great resort towns, chicken towns. >> great beaches. >> good to see you. >> thank you. >> w

john fleming. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you. thank you. great to be with you today.ome excitement here today. welcome to washington. of course, as a member of congress, i can't wait to get out of washington. [laughter] my friends, we're here today to discuss the things that bind us together, issues concerning our culture and our civilization, the threats that may loom before us. among these are life, marriage and the family, the role of god and government in our lives. in order to better understand the place of social values in society, we often talk about the end results of poor decisions and what we can do to pick up the pieces of broken families, broken lives and broken bodies. unfortunately, we often ignore the root causes of poor decision making. i want to focus your attention today on one of the major root causes of our social problems in the hope that you will are join me in taking on -- you will join me in taking on a difficult but solvable problem, drug abuse, particularly marijuana. now, why talk about marijuana? i'd love to talk about sexier things like re

next "washington journal," louisiana congressman john fleming, a member of the services committee, will discuss the air strike campaign against isis in iraq and syria. plus issues related to campaign 2014. stevenrepresentative horsford will talk about issues related to campaign 2014 and the president's management of efforts in the middle east, and as always we'll take your calls you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. "washington journal" live at c-span.. eastern, on >> this weekend on the c-span at 8:00 atonight national town hall on the critical and historic impact of voting. sunday evening at 8:00 on q and a, washington post columnist sally quinn. tonight at 10:00, on book tv's words, matt richtel on the impact of tech not on society. 9th annual book festival. 3,ight at 10:00 on c-span author jonathan white on the role of the union army in abraham lincoln's 1864 re-election. and sunday afternoon at eastern the evolution of first lady fashion. find our television schedule at let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. 202-626-3400. e-mail us. or send

louisiana congressman john fleming on the airstrike campaign against isis in iraq and syria. after that, nevada representative steven horsford on issues related to campaign 2014 and president obama's management of efforts in the middle east. lessor calls, facebook comments and tweets -- plus your calls. journal" live at 7:00 a.m. in c-span. we heard remarks earlier from several speakers including kentucky senator rand paul. here is a look now. like he isident acts a king ignoring the constitution and he arrogantly says if congress will not act then i must. not the words of a great leader. these are the words that sound more like the exclamations of an autocrat. the face of war, the president is just as arrogant. instead of coming to congress he illegally acts on his own. we are faced with a crisis that does require action. i am one who is hesitant to be involved in the civil wars in the middle east. isis is now a threat to our consulate, our embassy in baghdad. , but we should act within the rule of law. the constitution says only congress may declare war, yet this president

host: >> tomorrow in washington journal, john fleming discusses airstrike on syria. after that, steven horsford disk us is 2014 campaign issues. washington journal is live saturday at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. a look at our primetime schedule on the c-span networks. starting at 8 p.m. eastern, remarks from iraq's president at the u n general assembly on the danger of isis. on c-span two, book tv with authors of books on al qaeda and the taliban. on c-span3, american history tv with programs on the u.s. presidency and decision-making. the 2015 c-span student video competition is underway. open to all middle and high school students to create a documentary on the theme "the three branches or you," showing or action by law the federal, judicial, or legislative ranch has affected you and your community. for the list of rules, go to student kim.org. .org.udentcam theonight in prime time, values voters summit. featured speakers include ted cruz and rand paul. saturday night at 8 p.m., a national town hall on the critical and historical impact of voting. on q&a,ay at eight

john fleming. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you. thank you. great to be with you today.ement here today. well, welcome to washington. of course, as a member of congress, i can't wait to get out of washington. [laughter] my friends, we're here today to discuss the things that bond us together, issues concerning our culture and our civilization, the threats that may loom before us. among these are life marriage and the family, the role of god and government in our lives. in order to better understand a place of social values and society, we often talk about the end results of or poor decisions and what we can do to pick up the pieces of broken families, broken lives and broken bodies. unfortunately, we often ignore the root causes of poor decision making. i want to focus your attention today on one of the major root causes of our social problems in the hope that you will join me in taking on a difficult but solvable problem; drug abuse, particularly marijuana. now, why talk about marijuana? i'd love to talk about sexier things like religious liberty, but listen to this, th

john connoly, the indictments were coming down. he passed the information along to bulger. after months of sitting in jail, steven flemingbi and john connoly were coming to the rescue. he decided to out himself. in fbi's informants. >> did you have any idea that fleming was an informant until he revealed it in a court hearing in 1999. >> i didn't know that stevie did that. i had no idea. and when i heard it i was shocked. i mean, stevie was like my brother. i was so close to him. he fooled me. the mafia. johnny, everybody. i was shocked. and the court, he's glaring at me. looking at him. thinking, you are looking at me. i never said a word against you. i'm the injured party. >> it was a tense reunion. 18 years in the making. finally, james whitey bulger and his partner, the steven "the rifleman" fleming were reunited. fleming took the stand against bulger. >> fleming is considered to be the most critical witness in this case. >> in rapid fire expression, bulger's alleged role. >> fleming is under pressure, they're talking about women. >> bulger is charged with strangling deborah housy and debbie davis. they're trying to

some of the things to come out of scotland, pencilin discovered by alexander fleming in 1928, the bicycle in 839 and in 1929, johnnsferred pictures through the television. nic robertson invetted a few things himself, i'm not sure what at this point. he's live in gloss gao to tell us how the vote might go. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. it's going very bitterly. 4.25 million people registered to vote, 97% of the total electorate of the country is expected to vote. turnout is high. they're 7 1/2 hours into the voting, 7 1/2 hours to go. we were here just before the polls opened and it was quiet. in the minutes right before you could hear the feet thundering down the pavement here, and the doors opened there was a line of people, a lot of people in suits on their way to work and that's the way it's been, a continuous stream of people coming and going since then, people who moppered the outside of polling stations here this one in particular in the past this is the busiest they've ever seen so the prediction of a high turnout is what we're seeing right now. the notion it's as easy as one line, if the

this is many years prior to him becoming an informant with john conley and the rest of these guys. and second of all, he and stevie flemingseparable. stevie fleming said we had been giving information and paying along the way. we have done it all. we did it all. and second of all, whitey bulger met with so many law enforcement and top law enforcement people. are you telling me that every top law enforcement people he met with was on the take? i don't believe that. i believe that maybe some might have been, absolutely. but not everyone. >> well, and matt, redd just brought up a really good point. we just heard in that video, that clip from bulger himself, that he wasn't going to give up any names of those law enforcement people that he knew and worked with, but yet he's ratted out some of his mobster friends. now if bulger truly wanted people to know that he wasn't an informant, why wouldn't he have testified when he had the chance? >> yeah, ana, i'm so glad that you asked that question. because as a defense attorney, that's why i used to be a criminal defense attorney before i became a legal commentator. and i'm sitting h

john connolly would convey that information to whitey bulger. and he did. >> we received from the fbi that brian halloran was cooperating with the fbi about the wheeler murder. so jim bulger, steve flemingmyself and other people were looking for him. and one day we got news that brian halloran was down on the waterfront. >> michael donahue happened to have gone down to the pier in south boston to get fish to use as bait to take one of his sons on a fishing trip. and he stopped to have a beer on his way home. he ran into brian halloran, who was his neighbor. he offered to give him a ride home. >> so we went down to the waterfront. we got the hit car and weapons. and everyone -- he was geared up and stuff. and i went down ahead and sat across the street and watched to make sure brian halloran was in fact there. when he started coming out, i told jim bullier, and jim bulger pulled up, he shot brian halloran and killed him. michael donahues with an unintended victim. he wasn't supposed to get kill. it was brian halloran we were going to kill. but he hang around with halloran. he hung around with gangsters and wise guys, this is what happens. >> patricia doneview has spent the last 32 years