>> on the phone with us is jordain carney, senate reporter from the hill. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell announced plans last month to canceled august recess. why was the recess canceled? talk to republican senators, they say it was because they have 20 of nominations, and funding with government, and bread and butter legislation to get through plenty of what keeps them here through august. there was a lot of pressure from conservatives and the president to cancel the august recess. they hadn't finished nominations and funding government. reasonsators played the that they are staying because they know if they left, trump would criticize them. >> some of the work they planned includes, next week not excluding the things you mentioned, extending the national flood insurance program past the tuesday deadline. and going to congress with the house and five-year farm will, and the senators planning to vote on the defense policy bill. why is this bill so significant to the current arms services committee share? why should we expect the senate to pass it? d

. >> you can tweet jordain carney, and read her work at thehill.com. we want to thank you for joining us. jordain: thanks for having me on. >> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh continues to meet with senators on the hill. watch live on c-span. watch anytime on c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> next, secretary of state mike pompeo speaks at a forum on religious freedom. >> today, we concluded the first ministerial advance to religious freedom. the success of this event was truly unbelievable. forlevel of enthusiasm thater crips was so high we have already committed to a second ministerial a year from now. we were joined by more than 80 delegations from across the world. we had survivors of religious persecution with us sharing their stories and driving home why this work is so important. i had a chance to sit with a number of them and hear their stories to talk about why they were working in this field and why religious freedom meant so much to them. this is a diplomatic and assistance efforts specifically focused on ensuring c

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it seems like there is an impasse on what documents they will request. >> you can tweet jordain carney, @jordainc, rate her work at -- read her work at thehill.com jordain: thank you for having me on. >> former republican congressman season molinari. >> it made me a fighter and i was forced to be tougher. that is the secret. at least it was back then. we were constantly being underestimated and so, sometimes being underestimated is a good thing because you always have the element of surprise. i remember a lot of my debates, the people of was debating did not take me seriously until i got out there and then it was too late. in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from pat schroeder, helen bentley, barbara cannoli, nancy johnson, watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> american history tv on c-span3 is an prime time next week. monday night, ronald reagan and the cold war. tuesday, interviews with women members of congress. wednesday, former speech writers talk about and bush how they communicated policy ideas. thursday, world war ii d-day films, fea

like senators are at an impasse right now on what documents they will request. >> you can tweet jordain carney, and read her work at thehill.com. we want to thank you for joining us. jordain: thanks for having me on. >> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh continues to meet with senators on the hill. watch live on c-span. watch anytime on c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> next, secretary of state mike pompeo speaks at a forum on religious freedom.