jon kingston looks at the 40th anniversary of the opec embargo. and what the role is in the world today. journal" live at 7:00 on c-span. >> for guys like us would've been in the game a long time, we know there are landmines and you have to be careful about how you manage your weight through. issues have to do with abortion in the united states among guns thomas race -- united states, guns, race. i have been in other countries and they have their own a red lines. and what cartoonist can get away with an san francisco can be different for what you can get away with in alabama. >> there are a few republicans in journalism. it is generally not a conservative think. journalism tends to draw to be fair to say, people who are more liberal. >> and say bad news is good for cartoonist because it gives a lot of fodder. i would rather work harder and have a less the bad news knowing we are going in the right direction. we are not going in the right star russia right now. i feel very like it's a real calling for me. -- we are not going in the right direction

director jon kingston looks at the 40th anniversary of the opec oil embargo. your e-mails, phone calls, and tweets. "washington journal" live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. who haveys like us been in the game for a long time, we know there are landmines out there. we have to be careful about how you manage your way through these things. or arab-israeli relations. to have their own red lines that they have to be aware of. get awayrtoonist can with in separate cisco might be different and what you can get away with in parts of alabama -- get away with in san francisco might be different with what you can get away with in parts of alabama. i would think it would be fair to say people are more liberal. >> they say that bad news is kind of good for cartoonists. it gives us a lot of fodder. anduld rather work harder have less bad news and know we are going in the right direction. i do not think we are going in the right direction right now. i feel like it is a real calling for me to get my opinions out there. it iss weekend on c-span, not all fun and games for editori

our guest will be jon kingston. later on, we will have a set of open fonts for you as well. first, i want to talk to you about our "newsmakers" program. chris van hollen, the top democrat on the budget committee, talks about the budget conference committee and if they will be able to hammer out a big agreement on the debt ceiling. [video clip] >> we hope that within the scope of these conversations we are able to move the ball forward. now, the conferees, the negotiators want to decide what the scope is. how much we want to try to bite off into as part of these -- off and chew? that will be one of the early decisions we try and reach. again, the good news in this round is that we hope that our republican colleagues have learned the right lesson from the debacle we just went through. unnecessary pain imposed on the entry for 16 days. and is not have to be that way. we are hoping that our colleagues will put on the clubs and recognize that this negotiation should be between the two budget, and no one should try to gain advantage again by threatening to shut down the government