and every time we say the name or see the name written john s. mccain our hearts go pitter patter of little bit as we pray for his speedy recovery. the ndaa is an opportunity to revise and improve our national security. to meet the evolving threats of the world that is changing so very very fast. i just want to highlight a few provisions in the bill that are important. just this morning secretary ross announced that the trump administration will relax penalties on chinese telecom giant zte. instead of crippling zte the administration will settle for smaller find than the company paid in 2017 and a reorganization of the companies board. it's essentially a slap on the wrist. as a reminder, zte has been a threat to our national security, and that was stated by the republican-led x fbi republican-led pentagon. this is not a a partisan issue. zte was guilty not only of evading u.s. sanctions but line to u.s. officials about it afterwards. zte has been deemed such a threat to our telecommunications network that the fcc recommended forbidding the sale of any z

later today the senate will move to consideration of the john s. mccain defense authorization act, the annual defense authorization is something our friend, senator mccain, cared dearly about and talked to me and we wish he were here to shepherd on the minor. it is important for our national security and for senator mccain and make sure this critical bill moves forward on a steady track. every time we see the name john s. mccain, our hearts go pitter patter a little bit as we pray for his recovery. the ndaa is an opportunity to revise and improve our national security, to meet the evolving threats of a world that is changing so very, very fast. i want to highlight a few provisions in the bill that are important. just this morning secretary ross announced that the trump administration will relax penalties on chinese telecommunication giant z.t.e. instead of permanently crippling z.t.e., the administration will settle for a smaller fine than the company paid in 2017 and a reorganization of the company's board. it is essentially a slap on the wrist. as a rem

this year's ndaa, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act, honors our chairman who has dedicated his life to serving our country. few people are more passionate about our troops and our military readiness than chairman mccain and the courage he has exhibited during his years of service and in his current battle has inspired all of us. i'm pleased we were able to put together legislation bearing his name that i would abouts on last year's efforts to provide adequate tools so our forces can fully rebuild our military and adequately address the challenges which they face. but the most important capability we have is our people, the men and the women in uniform who defend our nation and the families who give them the strength to do so. that's why i'm pleased this year 's ndaa includes a 2.6% pay raise for our troops. we are also for the that the that the leader of our -- we are also fortunate that the leader of our armed forces, james mattis has gaven us a strategy. this strategy focuses on the central challeng

voted to hand the pentagon a hefty seven hundred sixteen billion dollars fittingly titled the john s. mccain national defense authorization act of twenty nineteen after the ailing arizona senator who never met an interventionist war he didn't like the bill boosts military spending by over eighty billion authorizes another twenty one point six billion for nucular weapons programs because you know that's just what we need here in the united states is even more nuclear weapons the senate floor was awash in the glow of john mccain while passing the bill by a vote of eighty five to ten fellow eighty something year old senator senator jim inhofe he exclaimed make no mistake he may not be here today but this is his bill his priorities his policy objectives are in this bill so i guess i guess we can thank john mccain and his legacy according to the senator jim there for their hard working hard earned tax dollars being spent on yet another round of death and destruction coming soon to a poor foreign country near you instead of say i don't know better health care here at home college debt relief or re

voted to hand the pentagon a hefty seven hundred sixteen billion dollars fittingly titled the john s. mccain national defense authorization act of twenty nineteen after the ailing arizona senator who never met an interventionist war he didn't like the bill boosts military spending by over eighty billion and authorizes another twenty one point six billion for nucular weapons programs because you know that's just what we need here in the united states is even more nuclear weapons the senate floor was awash in the glow of john mccain while passing the bill by a vote of eighty five to ten fellow eighty something year old senator senator jim inhofe he exclaimed make no mistake he may not be here today but this is his bill his priorities his policy objectives are in this bill so i guess i guess we can thank john mccain and his legacy according to the senator jim there for their hard working hard earned tax dollars being spent on yet another round of death and destruction coming soon to a poor foreign country near you instead of say i don't know better health care here at home college debt relief o

i urge might colleagues to keep in mind the consideration of this legislation for the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal 2019. we assert the quantitative and qualitativeitary advantage it's always been our qualitative and qntitativ advanit my hope and the hope of the ranking memberha we can movardin amendment process. it's very important and this is the one w all agreed on that we were hopingld be in this process right now. unfortunately sometimes it's going to beost so we wo with everyonee here as going. possible to i want to yield to senator reed and before he do i want to make sure that we are on t the i've never sn ion t w have betweenreoper the democrats and republicans in the senate armed services coittee and i will yield the oor. let me on yield the floor for just a mee. mr. president i have six requests today's session of the senate. they have an approval of the majority and the minority. dulyd you have the floor. >>loor. >> the senator frohode island. >> thank you mr. president. let me again thank cha hofe a great deal of that was th rult of his wor

senate and as the senior senator for the great state of utah, i wish to speak today about the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019. i join my colleagues in congratulating my good friend, senator john mccain on the soon-to-be successful passage of the 58th straight defense bill. i would also like to offer my sincere appreciation to senators inhofe and reed and their staffs who along with senator mccain's staff gracefully navigated the committee and the floor processes. this is a monumental bill that will truly modernize our armed forces. i have long appreciated the bipartisan nature of each year's ndaa. some would say that this process could be seen as a microcosm of how things should work here in congress by putting the good of the country ahead of politics. it's certainly how i've sought to do things here during my senate service. i also appreciated the efforts from most members of this body to get to yes on such an important proposal. the yearly defense bill is not something we do out of tradition or habit. we do it out of necessity. yes, it is a constitut

and yesterday afternoon the senate took a step toward doing just that by turning to the john s. mccain 2019 national defense authorization act. this legislation builds on the landmark bipartisan budget agreement congress and the president reached -- >> there you have senate majority leader mitch mcconnell on the senate floor this morn congratulating the president on what he calls a major step, congratulating him on the diplomacy and reiterating i think what everyone hopes, anderson, that is that this leads to a lasting peace between the two nations, anderson. want to break this down now with former u.n. ambassador, former new mexico governor bill richardson, senior gbal affairs analyst joseph yun. your take on what came out of this summit today. >> well, reduction of tensions in the korean peninsula, that's very positive. road to normalization of the relationsh, two leaders but it is a start of a good. negotiation. but i didn't see much meat on the bones or hardly any on the issue of missile technology, missile negotiations, nuclear negotiations. i didn't see anything on the peace trea

i urge my colleagues to keep in mind the -- the meaning of this, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019 will help us serve -- assert the qualitative and quantitative military advantage we have and i should say reassert it because we have lost it. general dunnford said that we have fallen behind in our quantitative advantage over the enemy. i hope that the ranking member reed will move forward with an open amendment process. this is very important. it is one that we all agreed on. we hoped that we would be in that process right now and it didn't happen. unfortunately some time is going to be lost, so we're committed to working with everyone here as soon as possible and get the amendments on -- rolling. so, anyway, i just -- i want to yield to senator reed, but before i do, i want to make sure that we get on the record, i have never seen in the years i have been here more cooperation than we have with the democrats and republicans on the senate armed services committee, and i will yield the floor. let me unyield the floor for just a

john mccain. he's an american hero. i hope as he watches the senate do its bipartisan work on this year's ndaa, the john s. mccain national defense authorization act, that he knows all of us here are thinking of him back in arizona, wishing him the best in his battle. when you think about john mccain, you think about a fighter. you think about the epitome of a man who defends ourreom every single day. i'm proud he's our chairman. i'm proud he's friend. and i want to talk about provisions i secured in a national defense bill that we're considering. efforts i supported and an amendment that i filed. i'm proud of the many contributions hoosiers make to the safety and security of our nation, most especially those brave men and women who volunteer to put on the uniform in service to our country. i'm also proud of the thousands of working men and women who go to work in the dark every day to manufacture the highest-quality products and equipmenthat support and protect our war fighters. from humvees and transmissions to satellites and aviation braking systems, hoosiers know a key strength of our military is the te

bill,s the john mccain and he has been very active in it. he has not been here, but his provisions are in there, and consequently this is one of those -- that is the reason we namebille fter in the. i think it is important for people to understand, the bill is going to pass. i don't know if it is this week or next week, but it has passed for 57 consecutive years, it is going to pass again. , is different this time have spent the last 10 years not building up the military, keeping up with our competition. we have clear competition out there and it is serious. general dunford said, these are his words, he said we are more quantitative and qualitative. we are losing that as you heard our president say, to rusher and the china. sea, they arehina building these islands illegally, something they should not be doing. but they are showing atrgth so that our allies in that area think that they are preparing for world war iii. it is a very serious thing. we are not ahead -- most of like to go out back, or the real how weare and talk about have the ver

last month, sadler made an insensitive remark about arizona senator john mccain, saying "he )s dyin . > whi house aideg kelly sadler is out of a job. she made a remark about john mccain saying he is dieing anyway. he was diagnosed with brain cancer last july. we will have updates on results all night long. tonight for styld designer, "kate spade." >>> first the shock and now the praise for designer kate spade. she was found dead in her manhattan apartment today. she was 55 years old. she made mark in the fashion world with a line of colorful handbags. she was an editor before launching her company in 1993. that company grew into a global empire. this morning, a housekeeper found her body after an apparent suicide. she reportedly left a note addressed to her 13-year-old daughter. >>> a smoking ban in the biggest county on thepeninsula. the boardf supervisors voted to ban the sale ofd tobacco products. this includes e-cigarette juices. the ban is aimed at deterring teenagers from smoking. it comes on the same day san francisco voters will decide whether to keep a similar ban that was ap

it's particularly fitting that after the passage of the john s. mccain 2019 national defense authorization act and historic veterans legislation earlier this year, the first group of appropriation bills includes much-needed resources for the v.a. and for military construction projects. this minibus also includes funding under the energy and water title for critical announce of america's ports and waterways infrastructure, for ground breaking research on energy development and energy, and for improvements to the safety, security, and readiness of our nuclear arsenal. our colleagues on the appropriations committee, particularly the subcommittee chairmen senators alexander, boozman, and daines, have earned our support. this is worthy legislation. i look forward to passing it today. then we'll turn to another major priority, the farm bill. under chairman roberts' leadership, along with ranking member stabenow, the agriculture committee has continued its tradition of addressing the needs of america's farmers and ranchers with the serious bipartisanship they d

. >> first of all let's make this very clear this is a john mccain bill and has been very active although he isn't here but s provisions are in their and we ned the bill after it is important for people to understand the bill will pass but don't think it will be this week or next before went but it passing and it will pass again. but what is different this time over the past ten years not really building up the military but there is serious competition these are his words and said we're losing quality over quantity we are losing that as you have heard our presidents' day to russia and china and with china right now in the south china and he they are building the silence out there illegally they are showing the strength to our allies in that area that they are preparing for world war iii so it is very thing. most of us like to go back home where the real people are to talk about how we have the best of everything in our military. but artillery is measured by rapidfire and range. right now both russia and china are ahead ofs. with that type of weapon operating five times the speed of sound right now we are mak

>> john mccain. >> what s >> just about anything.e was such a maverick which i liked and i consider myself somewhat a maverick. he was brutally honest and willing to take on his own party and i will the book cril about barack obama called ber are more switch i got a lot of crap for from my fellow democrats but i thought i thought he left let us down in some areas. john mccain felt his party was not living up to what he believed the republican party should be. and he was willing to say so. >> watch "after words" on sunday night and i'm p.m. eastern on c-spans book tv

s. after that reporter john's look into the rise and fall of biotech start-up of theranos in bad blood. in fourth is robert green's the 48 laws of power and after that, arizona senator john mccain's reflection on his political career, the restless wave. our look at some of the best-selling audio books according to audible continues with west cork about unsolved murder in ireland. then malcolm examines unique traits of high acheefers in outliers followed by new yorker staff writer killers of the flower moon, targeted members of the indian nation. war on peace. wrapping up at look at some of the audio books from audibles nonfiction, reflection of childhood, hill billy ideology. >> you know, i -- staying on the strip club, for example, i immediately confessed, a woman came to our table and i said, i'm a journalist. i'm just asking some questions, do you mind, she was super helpful and she's like, yeah, all these companies are here all of the time and come groups of mostly guy, sometimes a woman tagging along for whatever reason and, you know, they talk about work. they'll be their boss after big tech conferences, executives will walk in the door with special badges and people flock

john mccain was willing to say so. >> watch "after words" sunday night at nine eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> this morning "washington journal" talked with the national republican campaign committee deputy chair about the november elections and possible changes in congress. >> host: we want to welcome congressman tom emmer, bicepty chair -- deputy chair of the republican national committee. thanks for being with us. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: the ig report, have you had a chance to at least read the summary? >> guest: i've read theou highlights, yeah. >> host: your reaction. >> guest: it's not surprising. i think it's pretty damning when you talk about bias and insubordination. but for me, it's a bigger issue. and the bigger issue is the credibility of our government institutions like the fbi. one of the things that makes this democracy work is that the citizens believe in the system and believe in the institutions. and unfortunately, because of some shortsighted, self-centered behavior within the fbi, it appears that -- well, it doesn't appear. i believe the credibility of the organization has been aff

john mccain was willing to say so. >> watch "after words" sunday night at nine eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> this morning "washington journal" talked with the national republican campaign committee deputy chair about the november elections and possible changes in congress. >> host: we want to welcome congressman tom emmer, bicepty chair -- deputy chair of the republican national committee. thanks for being with us. >> guest: thanks for hav

s. tariffs were kind of insulting. our tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy. republican senator john mccain criticized the president's action. to our allies. the majority of americans remain pro free trade and supportive of alliances based on 70 years of shared values. nancy pelosi saying this quote, this week started with donald trump boosting a chinese company identified as a national security threat and it ended with him standing up for russia and tai -- and alienating our allies. after the tweet trudeau's office said the prime minister did not say anything he hasn't said to the president previously in public and in private conversations. arthel: there is more breaking news and it is sad. the pentagon identifying the u.s. special operations soldier who was killed in somalia. he is 26-year-old staff sergeant alexander conrad. he served in afghanistan twice and received numerous award including the purple heart. u.s. africa command said 2000 fourther soldiers were also wound during the attack. eric: we are getting new reaction on capitol hill on the upcoming summit in singapore between pre

john mccain is not the only one with a different view. it has to play out in the american political system. yours is a system which has d it is meant to be able to s. collect itself and prevent policy from being taken to unwise extremes. >> how are they doing so far, do you think? >> i think it takes time. i mean, this is one and a half years the president has an agenda, he's carrying out his agenda. midterms are coming this year, that will be one side. and further tests will come down the road. >> you come from a line of founders of this city state, and singapore is an immense strength and power house in this region, punching way above its weight. >> thank you for the compliment. we are a small country. >> would you say it's true? >> i would be hesitant to use such powerful language. we do what we can to look after ourselves and make ourselves relevant to others. >> we are in an era of popular push back, we see it all over the world. we saw it in the arab spring, in the populist waves we've been discussing in the united states, brexit, around europe or elsewhere. you do have a pretty strict internal logic to singapore. you've made a little bit of

so john mccain felt his party was not living up to what he believed the republican party should be, he was willing to say so. >> watch afterwords sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> sunday on american artifacts on c-span3, tour the library of congress exhibit on the centennial of world war i which showcases american ideas about the war through artwork, posters, photographs, films and documents. >> the idea of contributing to the war through labor, the idea growing your own food so as to conserve larger quanltities for the war effort. this is actually by mabel wright, who is frank lloyd wright's sister, a prominent illustrator in that day. again, another individual kind of rises to the surface during world war i. u see here also food conservation. nutritious foods from corn. i know we make everything out of corn today, but back then we didn't. this is kind of new. again, one thing that's worth noting about this too is that in world war ii, we will ration. the government will step in and ration food. during world war i, hoover believed that as head of the food administration, if you encourage people to act correctly, they'll ration food themselves. you

s? >> i'm not sure. >> i'm not sure we can. >> i want to pull the conversation where we were. we have a tweet from senator john mccain.e can put that up on the screen. he says, quote, to our allies, bipartisan of majority of americans are supportive of alliance based on 70 years of shared values. americans stand with you even if our president doesn't. >>> do you stand with john mccain or president trump? >> well, i think that all the language is a little strident. senator mccain's language has its own personal bias because he has it in for the president. the president's language is strong. at the end of the day, the w.t.o. system, even though it's been exploited by china, china is the enemy, not europe. >> do you think americans are on the side of the president? lindsey graham talked about this on the sunday shows. while i'm with john mccain and our allies, he's not sure the rest are with them on trade policies. >> i don't know the average person in america understands what we're talking about here. at the end of the day, technology has had a lot of influence on what happened to jobs, not just outsourcing to mexico an

john mccain. >> on what subject? >> just about any he was aimself, maverick. he was reallyest and willing to take on his own party. i wrote a book critical about barack obama called "wires remorse." remorse."s "afterward ch words." sunday night on booktv. talking about veterans and homelessness in this 45-minute speech. >> good morning. it is a distinct pleasure for me personally and professionally to introduce our speaker. as many of you know, i had a career here in washington, d.c. i was on the veterans affairs committee staff, the senate committee staff, 19 years with veterans affairs, most of which i served as director of homeless veterans

against another southern governor who s do not know that much about the world but we ed a kinde gtl nation. guess who won? in 2004, similar pattern. in 2008, john mccain ran. i have a norm is respect for john mccain. john mccain has stood up for the best of our traditions. [applause] i will never forget, when w here teaching, when people were talking about torture was ok for our country. we are hearing about and john mccain led that fight. he has been a participant in the great global events of our time. barack obama,h -- he was the globalist and there was a senator from illinois who rejected the war. guess who won? i do not think i have to tell you the story of 2016. examplee most horrific of somebody saying, i do not the world and in somebody else saying, we must have this and we are not winning. i want to say a couple of things about how it is time to stop rejecting that message or trying to instruct those who send it on how they are misguided. it is time to listen to that message. in many ways, they are telling us something secretary clinton taught me -- one of the things i had the privilege of doing was working with her on her first big developme

been saying, you know, things about john mccain that struck a lot of people as off for three years, ever since the remark about liking people who don't get captured. and 's never apologized. there was never really much thought that there would be a public apology on this, and there's no indication that that has anything to do with the personnel decision me today. >> anita, you already know this. but just for our viewers, there is every possibility she could be employed by the administration writ large tomorrow morning. and the administration is a big place. the executive office of the president is kind of the president's payroll. but traditionally the white house old executive office billio been populated by people called detailees, who are technically employees of cabinet agencies but are detailed to the white house to work there. so, again, federal bureaucracy is a vast place. all it sd was she's leaving the executive office. but, anita, the question to you is since we are still talking about what she said, this again lacks any real finality that, say, an apology would bring. >> right. i mean, you know, this was a month ago and this went on for days if

so john mccain felt his party was not living up to what he believed the republican party should be he was willing to say so. >> watch "after words" sunday night at nine eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> today democratic and republican members of congress ace off in the 57th annual congressional baseball game for charity. live coverage begins at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> french ambassador to u.s. spoke this week about u.s. europe relations. the ambassador discussed nato, trade, the european union, the iran nuclear deal and geopolitical issues stemming from russia and china. this discussion is about one hour. >> former colleague, ambassador, ambassador to the united states. one of the great myths about diplomacy at least in my experience is there's no such thing as permanent friends only permanent interests. i fed the good fortune over the course of my career to make a number of enduring friendships with diplomatic counterparts whom i respected and admired and whose company i've enjoyed. one of them is gerard. his biography is impressive as all of you know. ambassador to israel before his service to the united states and before his service as ambassador to the united nat

john mccain felt his party was not living up to what he believed the republican party should be and was willing to say so. >> watch afterwards tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> monday night on the communicators, this week's decision by a federal judge approving the $85 billion merger of at&t and time warner. joining us to talk about the president ofa moss the american antitrust institute, and joshua wright of george mason university's global antitrust institute. >> no mention of the word "market power" in the decision. that is really the key issue here. in a vertical merger and a horizontal merger is how does the merger change the companies incentives and ability to exercise greater market power? >> i teach antitrust law. i have a casebook. we have looked a long time to find a vertical merger opinion after a fully litigated case to teach the students. there is not one in the modern era. i think whatever wa the case came outy, and whichever way it comes out on appeal, should be one, being the first litigated opinion and a vertical merger challenge in a long time i do think, even of it is one district court judge, one fact, what specific opinion in

officer who helped lead that delegation of senators in the late 1970's to south korea was a navy captain by the name of john mccain. yes, that's right, the john mccain, who i mentioned we're all praying for, who, by the way, we've named this bill after him. this is the john s. mccain national defense authorization act. the current chairman of the armed services committee that wrote this bill, he was on that trip as a captain in the u.s. navy. and i think that historical fact makes this provision in the current bill that we're debating now the john s. mccain national defense authorization act even more powerful. i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten

the senate continues to process the john s. mccain national defense authorization act in a bipartisan way to give our military the support and certainty it needs and to make crucial updates to our national security policy, and one strong bipartisan action in this bill is dealing with the chinese telecom giant z.t.e. let me remind this body, z.t.e. has violated u.s. sanctions, lied about it, but even more importantly, its technology has been deemed a national security threat. a national security threat to these great united states by the f.b.i., the pentagon, and the f.c.c., all appointed republicans -- by republicans. president trump was flat-out wrong when he decided to go easy on z.t.e. and allow it to start selling its technology in the united states. if you believe some reports, he did it once again on a whim. a phone call from president xi, president xi, our enemy on economic matters who is robbing american jobs and stealing our technology, calls him up and says let's undo this. president trump, seemingly without preparation, wit

president, the senate will move to begin considering the john s. mccain 2019 national defense authorization act. our colleagues on the armed services committee have spent months engaged in thorough work and bipartisan collaboration. now the whole senate will take up their legislation and vote on a plan to deliver on the most pressing needs of our armed forces. congress has passed defense authorization acts for 57 consecutive years -- 57 consecutive years. in doing so, we've taken steps to fulfill one of our most fundamental constitutional responsibilities, authorizing the funds that our men and women in uniform require to keep us safe. this year's ndaa arrives as our nation faces significant challenges. challenges like an emboldened iranian regime and its continued support of destabilizing forces in the middle class. -- middle east. challenges like a new era of great power competition as russia and china expand their capabilities, but building on a time-honored process, this year's defense authorization will help our nation rise to meet these challenges w

soon the senate will take up the john s. mccain 2019 defense authorization act. it is the result of serious bipartisan work by the armed services committee, and it's a major step toward delivering the resources our men and women in uniform need to tackle the challenges of today -- challenges like an emboldened iran, a destabilizing force in the middle east, challenges like the expanding capability of russia and china in this era of renewed great power competition. this moment requires that we support our all-volunteer armed forces with the tools, training, equipment, and resources they need to support our allies, defend the homeland and secure the peace. secretary mattis' new national defense strategy spells out what our nation must do. our landmark budget agreement set aside the funds our service members will require to put that plan into action. now with this ndaa, congress will take the next step toward getting those resources where they need to be. its authorizations including quality of life improvements for service members and their families, improved capab

>> john mccain. >> what s >> just about anything. he was such a maverick which i liked and i consider myself somewhat a maverick. he was brutally honest and willing to take on his own party and i will the book cril about barack obama called ber are more switch i got a lot of crap for from my fellow democrats but i thought i thought he left let us down in some areas. john mccain felt his party was not living up to what he believed the republican party should be. and he was willing to say so. >> watch "after words" on sunday night and i'm p.m. eastern on c-spans book tv. >> members of congress have been reacting today to president trump signing of a preliminary agreement with north korea this morning. the president now on his way back to washington dc. senate leaders took the floor to talk about the effort to denuclearize north korea. this is about ten minutes. >> just a few hours ago president trump and secretary of state pompeo and security advisor bolton concluded their summit meetings with north korean officials. this was a histori

that's why the senate will soon be turning to the john s. mccain national defense authorization act. each year reviewing the president's budget request provides an opportunity to hear directly from our nation's military leaders about their needs. months of hearings and markups allow congress to direct resources and authorize programs equipping our brave service men and women to confront emerging challenges. the armed services committee should be commended for their earnest bipartisan work this year, the legislation they produced is strong, following our agreement that eliminated arbitrary caps on defense spending, this legislation will add to the process of untying our commanders' hands. it authorizes $716 billion for national defense,ugh for the department of defense to implement the national defense strategy and replenish and modernize america's fighting forces as long as we meet our overall responsibility and pass the defense appropriations bill later this year. this authorization would expand our capabilities on the sea and in the air, provide

john mccain felt his party was not living up to what the party should be. he was willing to say so. >> watch afterward sunday night on c-span2's book tv. at an event hosted by acts use in washington, ranking member of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, spoke about the u.s.-north korea summit and investigations into interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. fcc chair talked about the future of the internet. mike: so, congressman, we're going to start with a quiz. i am going to describe a public figure and you're going to tell me who it is. mr. schiff: oh, no. mike: one. very talented. two, very smart guy. three, great negotiator. mr. schiff: yes. well, sadly, that's trump's description of kim jong-un. you know what a surreal world you're in when that's the description of the north korean dictator. weak, obnoxious, and dishonest is the description we give the canadian prime minister. mike: what do you make of that? what is the consequence of that? as

so john mccain felt his party was not living up to what he believed the republican party should be he was willing to say so. >> watch "after words" sunday night at nine eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> today democratic and republican members of congress ace off in the 57th annual congressional baseball game for charity. live coverage begins at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> french ambassador to u.s. spoke this week about u.s.