kimball, i have a quick question. your actually being nice capabilities.al does north korea recognize that our might is way more powerful then you are talking to the callers about? guest: i think north korea understands that if they were to launch nuclear weapons across -- against our allies in north in -- in south korea or japan or initiate a conventional military invasion of the south, the united states would respond with overwhelming military force. what do i mean? the united states could handle any north korean military provocation with our superior conventional forces in the region and would not have to use nuclear weapons. if we use nuclear weapons in response to a north korean provocation, it would likely trigger a north korean nuclear retaliation. they are well aware of the overwhelmings' capacity to deal with them militarily in alliance with their south korean and japanese allies. host: jerry from north carolina, democrats line, good morning. not going to be a slamdunk. [indiscernible] we don't know what this

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daryl kimball is with the arms control association and later lauren right is out with a book on behalf of the president and will be joining us from san francisco. you're watching and listening "washington journal." we are back in a moment. >> in case you missed it, here are some clips of c-span's programming last week. senator rand paul spoke at the republican house care news conference about the gop plan to replace the if portal care act. >> he's going to legalize the sale of inexpensive insurance. it's going to expand health savings accounts so people can save to by their insurance and use it for their deductible or their premium, for vitamins, weight loss, you name it, exercise. it also allows individuals to join an association so that they are now -- they are not left out in the cold to buy insurance and a small insurance pool. actor ashton kutcher shared his views on modern slavery. >> i have been on fbi raids were i have seen things that no person should ever see. content -- the a of a child being raped by an american man who was a sex tourist in cambodia and this child was so co

joes today, they have now lost their top two scorers le mack kimball is now out foresees on after breakingt foot. it is same fracture as ben simmons this comes a month after losing newkirk, the hawks have lost eight of their last 10 games. >>> finally hey be giving up is not such a bad thing at least in this case. north dakota state basketball game, one of their layers, tried to save the ball, but, watch this. oops. >> my goodness. >> yeah. >> ty, ended up somehow, some way in the other teams basket. three pointer. >> you got to be kidding. >> it did not cost north day coat state the game. >> what a bummer. >> carson wentz, his school by the way, so i'm sure he is thankful his basketball team did not the lose that game. >> thanks, jeff. >>> up next on "action news" we have windy weather heading our way. meteorologist melissa magee has exclusive accu weather seven day forecast when "action news" comes right back >>> well, melissa is here with the check of the accu weather forecast after a really not very nice sunday. >> yeah, wet, dreary across the area rain is moving out, guys but wind wil

morning joining us on news 4 midday, brian white, penny johnson gerald and steven bishop and blue kimballthanks for being with us. >> thanks for having us zbls we have a preview last night here in d.c. how did it go? >> it was a the real litmus test, industry professionals like yourself, proof is in the p pudding, it was a resounding success. >> and actually a spiritual experience because -- >> how so? >> baltimore showed out and came on a bus and they were ready to enjoy it and ready to see themselves and i think we delivered. >> i'm glad to hear that. steven, tell me about this family. you guys play the jones family, right. tell me this characters that make up this family and the dynamic that you have going on? >> penny is jackie jones, the matriarch, this is michael, this is anthony. i'm a randolph. they are enemies of mine. >> okay. >> drama. >> i play opposite gary and he plays jabar my older brother. we are two families that are vying for the same title. they have a leg up right now -- >> because you guys have been the icon, the staple in that area and then all of a sudden this new

and later, daryl kimball on dealing with north korea, russia and iran and the trump administration on nuclear policy. the washington journal continues in a moment. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> so which presidents were america's greatest leaders. c-span asked historians to rate our 43 presidents in 10 areas of leadership. top billing went to the president who preserved the union, abraham lincoln. he's held the top spot for all three c-span historian surveys. three other top vote getters, george washington, franklin roosevelt and theodore roosevelt. dwight eisenhower makes his first appearance in the c-span top five this year. now rounding out the historians' top 10 choice, harry truman, thomas jefferson, john f. kennedy and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot to return to the top 10. but james buchanon is ranked dead last in all three c-span surveys. and there's bad news for andrew jackson as well. our seven

the one-armed man is the person that actually killed richard kimball's wife. >> he didn't drag his dead -- the body of his dead wife around with him for two years. >> he was a doctor. if he had faith he would have. >> if she could raise from the dead, would she not raise from the dead even if she was buried? what's the difference between being in a cooler, versus being in a grave? >> oh, she'd eventually have to be let out of the cooler. well, because there's not really too much historical record of someone -- she's within a tomb but it was an open tomb. it wasn't like in the ground. >> it was really hard to sit there, because butterfield truly believes the reasons he stated for keeping his daughter in the rv with him for so long. or if he was just sticking to the story that he had come up with. >> when he tells you the choices you're to make. >> days later, before we ended our shoot at the orange county jail, we checked back with butterfield to see if the reality of his recent life sentence had sunk in. what we found was the same cheerful demeanor that we first encountered weeks earlie

then, daryl kimball, executive director of the arms control association looks at u.s. nuclear policy in the trump administration. and later, author and political scientist lauren wright discusses the role of political spouses in her book "on behalf of the president: presidential spouses and white house communication strategy today." we will take your calls and you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. host: good morning on this president's day. donald trump returns from mar-a-lago this evening on february 20, marking one month into the trunk presidency. nextess in recess until monday but a busy week for nation governors here in tc. a conference taking place in the national harbor in maryland. and the democratic national committee meeting this weekend to vote on a new party chair. we begin with another c-span cities tour. ranking america's presidents g

ringing the opening bell today, kimball royalty partners. it celebrating its ipo today. snapchat just filed paperwork to go public this year as well. that's always well received on wall street. >>> checking in on the numbers though. dow jones back above 20,000. 20,010 up more than half a percent. the nasdaq up a quarter of a percent. s&p 500 almost 2300. up half of a percent. most of the reason, that first jobs report of the year. better than expected. as i just mentioned, u.s. employers ramped up hiring last month. more americans began looking for work as well. the labor department reports 227,000 new jobs in january. that's the most since september and higher than last year's average monthly gain which was 187,000. the unemployment rate ticked up but it is still just 4.8%. >>> japan is reportedly working on a deal that would create 700,000 jobs here in the united states. that proposal expected to be presented when prime minister and president trump meet next month. it calls for a deal to build high speed trains in the northeast, texas and here in california. the deal w

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clayton: professor spencer kimball. we appreciate you joining us this morning.g me. clayton: thank you so much. coming up on the show press secretary sean spicer has only been on the job for three weeks. the white house reportedly looking for his replacement. we will ask trump former campaign manager corey lewandowski coming up at 7:00. tom price the new hhs secretary the point man to replace obamacare. dr. marc siegel is here with the game plan next. ♪ don't stop thinking about tomorrow ♪ don't stop, it will soon be here ♪ it will be here new tide pods child guard pack. helps keep your laundry pacs safe and your child safer. align, press and unzip. ♪ it's not just a car, it's your daily treat. ♪ go ahead, spoil yourself. the es and es hybrid. experience amazing. like finding new ways to be taken care of. home, car, life insurance obviously, ohhh... but with added touches you can't get everywhere else, like claim free rewards... or safe driving bonus checks. oh yes.... even a claim satisfaction guaranteeeeeeeeeee! in means protection plus unique extras only from