host: kurt eichenwald is a senior writer with newsweek. he's talking about his story the plots to destroy america in the may 15th edition of newsweek. we appreciate you being here this morning. thank you so much, mr. eichenwald. guest: thanks for having me. host: and that's our show right here. we'll see you back here tomorrow morning. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] nati 2014] national cable satellite corp. 2014] the plans are due in 20 -- 2016 this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> part plants are the largest sources of carbon pollution, counting for a third of domestic greenhouse gas emissions. proposed cleanhe power plan for existing power plants. this consists of two main parts. they develop these for the goals. ins states flexibility determining how to meet th

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host: kurt eichenwald is a senior writer with newsweek. he's talking about his story the plots to destroy america in the may 15th edition of newsweek. we appreciate you being here this morning. >> he discusses the passage of a bill that would give 16 billion dollars to improve service at veterans affair hospitals. lisa curtis has the latest developments in the afghan presidential elections. former u.s. special assistant in baghdad and senior adviser to general david petraeus talks about iraqi prime minister nouri all maliki and his relationship with the u.s. we will be taking your calls and you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, the president and the first lady awarding the 2013 national arts and national humanities medals. and then annual report on the solvency of the -- weekly addresses by president obama and oregon congressman. sunday on book tv, former republican congressman from texas and presidential candidate ron paul. he has written more than a doze

host: richard host: kurt eichenwald is the author of a recent newsweek cover story about conspiracy theorists. guest: you have actual politicians who are repeating conspiracy theories, who are >> and in yesterday, member of congress saying that the obama administration wanted the children refugees from latin america are coming at united states so we could perform medical experimentation on them. this is coming from someone who is an elected representative in the government. and when you have policy being shaped by fantasy, you end up with pretty bad policy. host: what are some of the conspiracy theories that you think are causing the most harm in this country right now? guest: one of the worst is the conspiracy theory about agenda 21. and, you know, i can tell you right now, i said those words and there are people all over the country reaching for their phones. because what that one is -- agenda 21 is a nonbinding agreement that was signed during the original george bush administration back in the early 1990's, you know, in the u.n., saying that the countries were making a commitment to basic

at 9:15 eastern on saturday morning on c-span, kurt eichenwald of "news week." he recently wrote about conspiracy theories about u.s. national security. >> author sylvia jukes morris is our guest on this week's "q&a." >> she was so beautiful and so smart and also so witty that she became -- she was just always irresistible to men. i don't -- never saw even in old age, i gave her 80th birthday party, and richard cohen, the washington columnist, was at this party. and they sat together after dinner having coffee and at one point she began to stroke his beard. and afterwards he said, "heavens, i've never met an 80-year-old before that wai wand to leap into bed with." she had this vampish quality, seductive quality, her whole life. >> the life and career of clair booth lewis and sharing their personal relationship. 8:00 eastern sunday night on "q&a." >>> wendy sherman, the top u.s. nuclear negotiator, this week said she hopes to complete negotiations over iran's nuclear program by november. but testifying before the senate foreign relations committee, she declined t