on wednesday, kiersten nielsen testifies before the house homeland security committee about border security. eastern wednesday, the senate armed services committee looks at prevention and response to sexual assault in the military. on thursday, at 10:00 a.m. eastern, senate foreign relations committee hearing on relations, state department special representative for venezuela, and it 1:30, supreme court associate justice samuel alito and lannett taken appear on the supreme court budget. watch beginning wednesday, live at 10:00 a.m. eastern, on , oran3, www.c-span.org listen on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday night, penn state history professor amy greenberg discusses her book, lady first, the world of first lady sarah polk. >> she wrote letters to a supreme court justice and members of congress that were confident, 100% about politics, and were not noticeably different from a letter of man would write, and they wrote back in the same vein. on c-span's00 ease q&a. >> the c-span bus easily travel to texas, asking folks, what does it mean to be american? americaneve that being means that

watch c-span3 this week for live coverage of key hearings. 10:00, kiersten nielsen testifies before theuse homeland security committee about border security. wednesday, the senate armed services committee looks at prevention and response to sexual assault enemy -- in the military. thursday, 10:00, a hearing on u.s.-venezuelan relations with mark green and elliott abrams. 1:30 p.m., samuel alito and elena kagan appear before the general government subcommittee on the supreme court budget. watch beginning wednesday at 10:00 eastern on c-span3, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> hr one comes to the house floor this week. cq roll call reports it is the democrat signature overhaul legislature incurred -- including redistricting and automatic voter registration. they will set the guidelines for debate. we have live coverage at 5:00 eastern on c-span3. hr one boost to the house floor on wednesday. there will be debate for the next several days. a vote on final passage is expected on friday. there was a three and a half hour hearing on the measure. elijah cummings from maryl

we told you secretary kiersten nielsen is testifying in front of the house homeland security committeeoing to listen to her appearance. let's listen for a minute. >> his explanation in general in public has been that he hoped congress would act, that it didn't have to come to issuing emergency declaration if congress met his request to fund. >> to your knowledge, are you aware of family members who have been separated from their children and deported back to a country without their children? >> yes, sir. >> can you provide this committee with a list of those individuals? >> i'm happy to do that with the one caveat that as you know, that's part of ongoing litigation. and as long as there's no privacy concerns from the court, of course we're happy to provide that. a lot of the information is in the court with respect to each migrant. i would also just note that consistent with long-standing practice in the law, before we deport any alien after they have gone through the process and receive a final order of removal, we do ask them if they would like to take their children with them. at th

on wednesday at 10:00 eastern kiersten nielsen testifies before the house homeland security committee. that 2:30 eastern, the senate armed services committee looks thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern senate foreign relations committee with mark green u.s. idea administrator and elliott abrams state department special representative for venezuela. supreme court associate justices samuel alito and elena kagan appear on us. supreme court budget. lesson on the free c-span radio .pp >> penn state history professor amy greenberg discusses her book, lady first. >> i was astounded by all the stuff sarah polk did. she wrote letters to a supreme court justice and members of congress that were completely confident. 100% about politics and were not noticeably different from a letter a man would write. they wrote back to her in the same vein. >> president trump signed an executive order establishing a task force to address veteran suicide. secretary robert wilkie was in attendance and thanked the president for working to prevent veterans a day0 take their lives. this is 20 minutes.

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united states there was little love lost between donald trump's homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen and the house democrats now controlling the committee that oversees her agency let me tell you ma'am secretary either you're lying to this committee or you don't know what's happening at the border nielson defended trumps national emergency declaration to build a border wall citing a surge in unauthorized crossings more than seventy six thousand people mostly families from central america were apprehended at the southern border in february that's the highest monthly figure in more than a decade but these increases will overwhelm the system entirely this is not a manufactured crisis this is truly an emergency republican members backed the secretary's testimony blaming the increase crossings on a broken immigration system they say democrats have refused to fix its congress has failed. to solve this problem but the hearing was dominated by critical questioning from democrats many demanding an accounting of the president's zero tolerance policy that resulted in the separation of thousands

president's first veto and he was joined by vice president pence, homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen, attorney general william barr and several people whose family members have been killed by illegal immigrants. both the house and senate will need a two thirds majority to override the veto which looks unlikely to happen. today, i spoke with the prime minister of new zealand to express the sorrow of our entire nation following the terror attacks at two mosques. these sacred places of europe were turned into scenes of evil killing. you have all been seeing what went on. it is a horrible thing. i told the prime minister that the united states is with them all the way. need.whatever they we will be there. new zealand has been a great friend and partner for many years. our relationship has never been better. what they are going through is absolutely terrible. our hearts are with them and whatever we can do. we are grateful to be joined ca -- today by the vice president. members of my cabinet, devoted public servants, and angel parents. very important people to me. to a lot of other people

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homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen raising the alarm on the countless dangers the us facesround the globe. >> although the overall security of the homeland is strong, the threats we face are graver than at any time since september 11, 2001. heather: griff jenkins has more on the state of the homeland. >> reporter: if there was any doubt we are living in the digital age, emerging online threats from china, iran and russia are a top priority of the agency created to combat terrorism. >> we find ourselves defending against emerging threats on new battlegrounds. not only are we still facing the insidious threat from global jihadists but we are under siege from transnational criminals, faceless cyber thugs and hackers. >> reporter: she says america's networks are mercilessly targeted around-the-clock but while cybersecurity and counterterrorism ari focus of the mission nielsen highlights the threat on the southern border. >> there is no manufactured crisis at the southern border. the situation at the southern border has gone from a crisis to a national emergency to a near system

tomorrow, kiersten nielsen on her priorities for me nine team. live coverage from george washington university begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the british house of commons held a series of votes this week concerning brexit. during question time on wednesday, the prime minister discussed the status of brexit and other issues. this is 40 minutes. adequate. >> thank you. order. questions to the prime minister. mr. john baron. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> the prime minister. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house want to join me in expressing our deepest shock and sadness at the news of the aggression ethiopia on sunday. our thoughts and prayers are with the families of all 157 who were on board including the british nationals were amongst the casualties. i extended an offer of uk assistance. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> john baird. >> i'm sure all of us concur with remarks about

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jillian: kiersten nielsen raising the alarm on countless dangers the us faces around the globe. threats for top priority in her state of the homeland address. and critics say there is absolutely a national emergency on the southern border. rob: mike pence heading to nebraska as historic flooding suites to the plane states in the midwest, three people dead and hundreds forced from their homes, 200 people have been rescued as floodwaters hit record levels. he and john allen mohammed shot ten people overthrew week period in 2002. he was given life without parole but an appeals court decided he could be resentenced because of changes in federal sentencing guidelines for juveniles. mohammed was executed in 2009. insulting the russian president could land you in jail. vladimir putin signing a new law banning what russia considers fake news or information that is insulting to officials. prosecutors can report media outlets that will block websites if they refuse to take down posts. violators could face 15 days in jail are faced thousands of dollars. facebook caught censoring donald tru

homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen says her cabinet agency may have been founded to battlerism but its mission is shifting, especially regarding emerging threats online. speaking at george washington university, secretary nielsen said americans devices and networks are being threatened. she says countries such as china and iran are mimicking tactics used by russia to disrupt american systems. the british prime minister theresa may cannot put her brexit deal for another vote before parliament unless it significantly changes. the house of commons speaker said today it goes against parliamentary rules. >> what the government cannot legitimately do is to resubmit to the house the same proposition or substantially the same proposition as that of last 149 which was rejected by votes. wednesday is the last day vote could've been held before may heads to an eu summit where she will ask the block to delay brexit. as many as 1000 people may be dead in mozambique after a tropical cyclone swept through over the weekend. the country's president said heavy rains continue to pound the are

. >> wednesday at 10:00 eastern homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen testifies before the house homeland security committee about border security. at 2:30, the senate armed services committee looks at prevention and response to sexual assault in the military. with mark green, usaid administrator and elliott abrams state department representative for venezuela and at 1:30 supreme court associate justice samuel alito and elena kagan appear before the subcommittee on the supreme court budget. watch beginning wednesday live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3, c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the u.s. supreme court is considering whether local governments can display a large cross on public land. the court heard oral argument over a 40-foot high christianity cross in maryland built in 1918 as a world war i memorial. the local park and planning commission has been sued by non-christianity residents and the american humanist association who say the government is affiliating itself with christianity. those arguments now. it's about an hour. >> we'll hear argument in

meanwhile on monday, secretary kiersten nielsen stressed the urgency of border security during her annualf homeland security address. >> there is absolutely a disaster and emergency at the southern border, and it's becoming more and more heart- wrenching every single day. >> reporter: the pentagon's list from congress is taking another step to try to stop the president's emergency declaration. a vote in the how to override the president's veto is set for a week from now. in washington, lauren blanchard, foxnews. >>> president trump welcomed brazils new president to the white house today. the president offered the far right brazilian leader praise, saying he's done a very outstanding job. during a joint news conference in the rose garden, he said they have many views in common. the two leaders are discussing a range of issues during their first sit down, including expanding trade relations, increasing u.s. private sector investment in brazil, and the ongoing political crisis in venezuela. >> president palsson aro, i will tell you that we will be consulting and talking a lot. we will be wor

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. >>> later today, homeland secretary kiersten nielsen will appear before the house homeland security hearings. she will face the immigration strategy, including family separations. it comes as new government figures reveal despite the trump policies, migrant border crossings hit record highs. last month more than 76,000 illegal documents were apprehended at the points of entry. that's the high nest 12 years. the highest single month total since trump was elected president. however, it is not an overall record as border crossings were consistently over 100,000 in 28 and were higher than 200,000 per month under president clinton. the "new york times" reports more than 50,000 adults are currently in i.c.e. custody, the highest number ever. >>> food and drug commissioner scott gottlieb resigned next month. gottlieb, a physician and former drug company consultant was known for his work fighting the use of ecigarettes among teens and the opioid addiction crisis. he pushed for accelerated approval of generic drugs. despite early skeptics that worried about his ties to drug companies. many o

tomorrow, kiersten nielsen on her priorities for me nine team.ive coverage from george washington university begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the british house of commons held a series of votes this week concerning brexit. during question time on wednesday, the prime minister discussed the status of brexit and other issues. this is 40 minutes. adequate. >> thank you. order. questions to the prime minister. mr. john baron. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> the prime minister. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house want to join me in expressing our deepest shock and sadness at the news of the aggression ethiopia onda

united states there was little love lost between donald trump's homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen and the house democrats now controlling the committee that oversees her agency let me tell you ma'am secretary either you're lying to this committee or you don't know what's happening at the border nielson defended trumps national emergency declaration to build a border wall citing a surge in unauthorized crossings more than seventy six thousand people mostly families from central america were apprehended at the southern border in february that's the highest monthly figure in more than a decade but these increases will overwhelm the system entirely this is not a manufactured crisis this is truly an emergency republican members backed the secretary's testimony blaming the increased crossings on a broken immigration system they say democrats have refused to fix it's congress's failed. to solve this problem but the hearing was dominated by critical questioning from democrats many demanding an accounting of the president's zero tolerance policy that resulted in the separation of thousands

next, homeland security kiersten nielsen outlands -- outlines priorities for dhs including border security, cybersecurity, and protecting infrastructure. this is just over an hour. >> good morning. war eagle. i know you all don't hear that very often up here. [laughter] >> good morning dr. steven lee and arbor university board of trustees, i want to welcome each and everyone of you here this morning. i would also like to thank george washington university for allowing us to use this venue for this morning. it's my pleasure to welcome you to the 2019 state of homeland security address by secretary nielsen. the opportunity to facilitate this important discussion is a real privilege. thank you for being here. more importantly, thank you, secretary nielsen, for taking time out of your schedule to join us. my colleague is director of harvard university's macquarie institute for cyber and critical it security and our center for cyber and homeland security. he has hosted secretary nielsen and each of her predecessors for this event since the department was created. lucky to have him at the helm o

have to start releasing them into the united states, department of home land security secretary kiersten nielsen saying earlier today in a statement that the system is in free fall and warning folks, americans may feel the effects from this emergency, personnel, realloca reallocated, there may be commercial delays, higher vehicle wait times at the border and longer pedestrian lines. the president, again, calling on congress to do something to fix america's immigration laws. >> absolutely. that could have a big impact on the economy. another big issue is healthcare, what's the president saying today? >> the president repeating his call, says obamacare has to go. and of course earlier this week, the white house, department of justice, influence his support behind the phoenix district court ruling, found obamacare was unconstitutional, expected that will make its way through the courts all the way to the supreme court. the problem is, the moment, republicans do not have anything to replace obamacare with. and the president promised, again today, that if the supreme court were to ultimately find oba

>>> in the morning here on c- span3, homeland security kiersten nielsen heads to capitol hill to testify in voter security and other issues. that is live at 10 am eastern. later in the day sexual assault in the military focus on response and prevention. the senate armed services committee meets. also on c- span3 and www.c-span.org on the free radio app. >>> a conversation about the concept with medicare for all with two guests joining us in the studio. to both of you, thank you for joining us. when you hear the concept of medicare for all, what appears in your mind and what do you think has been introduced here in congress at least some of the ideas connected to this concept introduced in congress? >> the concept of medicare for all is not complicated. the name itself it is medicare, a universal program that is currently for seniors. we would apply for all meaning everyone in the nation, a key additional point i would make is we think of this is improved medicare for all. this is a program that would expand medicare to everyone in the country and it would make it a much better program, m

the house and senate are in with kiersten nielsen set to make a high-profile appearance before the home- house homeland security committee -- michael cohen back behind closed doors. we are with you until 10:00 a.m. on the "washington journal." we begin with a question about how america votes. as the house debates a bill that to hows changes americans register, cast ballots, and draw districts, we want to hear your suggestions for improving voting in america. democrats can call at 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. you can catch up with us on social media. on twitter it is @cspanwj. on facebook it is facebook.com/cspan. morning to wednesday you. you can call in on this question about how you would change how americans vote. we are talking about the "for the people" act. bill number hr-1. presented first bill to the house for the 116th congress. wejoined to a political -- are joined by a political reporter on the phone. this is a nearly 600-page bill with provisions on transparency, everything from tax returns -- transparency in the way americans vote. wh

homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen was at the border yesterday. >> is this a reintroductioncatch and re-reese? because that release? that's what this sounds like. >> it's not a new protocol and there is no reintroduction. the president has, more times than i can count, it is not the policy of the united states to catch and release. but we are out of detention space. >> it may not be policy w, but is sure looks like it. that was a good question yesterday. >> good morning. the valley is the busiest sector for the border patrol. the migrants we're talking about, the ones that are being released are predominantly women and children. these are nonviolent families seeking asylum here in the united states. we don't know how busy or how crowded these dedengz centers are because the government has not let us in recently to take a look at them. but a local charity here, several of them along the southwest border tell me they are at capacity. they are seeing up to 900 people a day. most are eventually bused north to other shelters or to families where they will stay with them until the

homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen refused to call a cage a cage when she appeared before a house panel investigating donald trump's border and family separation policies and struggled with see t -- semantics more when asked this. >> what is a chain linked fence enclosed into a chamber on a concrete floor represent to you? is that a cage? >> it's a detention space, ma'am. >> does it differ from the cages you put your dogs in when you let them stay outside? is it different? >> yes. >> in what sense? >> it's larger. it has facilities. it provides room to sit, to stand, to lay down. >> so do my dogs' cage. >> joining me is reverend co-chair of the sanctuary coalition who learned that customs and border protection has a dossier on her and flagged her passport. also joining me is bishop william barber, co-chair of the poor people's campaign. reverend, i want to start with you, give us a little bit of what happened and how you woends up on a watch list. >> i'm not sure and didn't know until the story broke a couple days ago, but i have journeyed to the border to meet with and pray

. >>> in the morning here on c- span3, homeland security kiersten nielsen heads to capitol hill to testify in voter security and other issues. that is live at 10 am eastern. later in the day sexual assault in the military focus on response and prevention. the senate armed services committee meets. also on c- span3 and www.c-span.org on the free radio app. >>> a conversation about the concept with medicare for all with two guests joining us in the studio. to both of you, thank you for joining us. when you hear the concept of

stuart: listen to what homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen said about the border and the crisisyesterday. roll tape. >> the rational person would design an immigration system we have today. it's dangerous for americans and for migrants and although we may disagree on solutions i hope they can be a consensus that the current system is not working is not a manufactured crisis but truly an emergency. stuart: joining us now, rick scott, a republican from florida. welcome to the program. >> in morning. i went down to the border three weeks ago and she is right. what we are doing doesn't work. stuart: why is any republican in the united states that it going to vote against the president emergency declaration. >> first off, i hope people don't but some people are worried about process and don't believe this is the right process which i think the president would agree that the democrats if they would do their job and fund border security we would not be doing this but the president's response ability to secure our border we do have a crisis. i've been down there. anymore people technolo

kiersten nielsen talks about border security at a house hearing.fter that, four speeches by republican center -- centers lisa murkowski, members who oppose the declaration that is expected to be voted on this week. then, a hearing on sexual assault in the military. including a statement from martha mcsally on being sexually assaulted while in the air force. q&a, penn state history professor amy greenberg discusses her book "lady first." the world of first lady sarah polk. >> i was astounded by the way she exercise power. she wrote letters to a supreme court justice and members of completelyat were competent, one hundred percent about politics and were not noticeably different from a letter that a man would write. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span q&a. >> our

kiersten nielsen going before the house homeland security committee, the headline democrats blast immigrationicy. if you missed that hearing, you can watch it on our website. from another hearing, the armed services committee hearing in the senate, some news and an emotional moment when martha mcsally of arizona revealed r by wasaped -- she was raped an air force officer during that hearing. [video clip] >> first entered the air force academy in the ninth class for women, sexual assault and harassment were prevalent. victims suffered in silence. it took too many years and too many lives ruined. thanks to the bravery of survivors like those on our panel today, significant change has happened. i am so inspired by the many survivors who found the strength to share their stories, report their assaults and demand accountability, justice, and change. it is because of you a light has been shined on this silent epidemic and so many improvements have been made, including more than 100 legislative actions over a decade. like you, i am also a military sexual assault survivor. unlike so many brave surviv

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. >> kiersten nielsen testified about border security on wednesday. members question her about the president's use of an emergency declaration to fund border wall construction. and the treatment of migrants and asylum-seekers. >> the committee will come to order. what i would like to do is, for the members of the press, we ask are and part where you take your pictures. we would liken, to accommodate the public behind you. >> the press folk who are where you are, we will ask that you get to the center. the committee is meeting today to receive testimony on border security. before i begin, i want to express my condolences to those who lost loved ones in the devastating storms in the southeast on sunday. at least 23 people lost their lives and more were injured in lee county, alabama. i would like to speak for the members of the committee and say that our thoughts and prayers are with you and all of your constituents during this difficult time. in addition, i would like to express our sympathies to congressman cac role, in the loss of his father. inot of

president's first veto and he was joined by vice president pence, homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen, attorney general william barr and several people whose family members have been killed by illegal immigrants. both the house and senate will need a two thirds majority to override the veto which looks unlikely to happen. today, i spoke with the prime minister of new zealand to express the sorrow of our entire nation following the terror attacks at two

on wednesday at 10:00 eastern, kiersten nielsen testifies before the house homeland security committeeut border security. at 2:30 eastern wednesday the senate armed services committee looks at prevention and response to sexual assault in the military. on thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern senate foreign relations committee hearing on u.s.-venezuela relations with usaid administrator and elliott abrams, state department special representative for venezuela. at 1:30, samuel alito and elena kagan appear before the house financial services and general subcommittee on the supreme court budget. watch beginning wednesday live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3 , c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> a couple of busy weeks ahead for the house and senate. the house begins work on wednesday on hr one, a building with voting rights, campaign -- bill dealing with voting rights, campaign-finance. this is in response to recent comments by a minnesota congresswoman about israel. the senate continues work on judicial and executive nominations with votes on some of those scheduled before fri