annex, -- next, q&a with a lisa myers. and david cameron taking questions from members of the house of commons. a reporter roundtable on news of the week. >> for over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs even directly to you put you in the room. all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago. hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> this week on "q&a," our guest is emmy award winning journalist and investigative reporter lisa myers, who discusses her career, state of media and her further plans. she recently left nbc news after more than 30 years at the network. >> lisa myers, over 30 years with nbc news, how would you define journalism today? >> think journalism is at its best is holding powerful people

journalist lisa myers is leading washington d.c. behind. find out why on c-span's "q&a." >> on the next "washington journal" former republican congressman tom davis talksñr about the tea party of 2014. associated press reporter alicia caldwell will examine the resources of the washington border. we'll take the calls on facebook and twitter . "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. s and senate are in session for business. the house gavels tuesday at noon. for what to expect in both chambers we talk to a capitol hill reporter. >> billy house is the national journal congressional leadership correspondent. house republicans will hold leadership holding elections to replace eric cantor. are there any other challenges. >> on thursday the conference will vote. >> how about the race for house majority whip. who are the candidates? >> right now there are three candidates. there's a group about 177 conservative members. which gives a heavy lift into the race. there's a late entry from indiana. he is said to be may be eyeing the cha

general >> this week on "q&a" other uest is emmy award winning journalist and investigative reporter lisa myers who iscusses her year, state of media and her further plans. news aftery left nbc more than 30 years at the network. myers, over 30 years with nbc news, how would you today?journalism uest: i think journalism is at its best is holding powerful people and institutions ccountable and exposingen justi-- exposing injustice. not doing that enough we are too driven by ocial media which is important but it has come to dominate a lot of decisions about coverage spend more time digging and providing new viewers.ion to the host: why did you leave the business? had been more than 30 years and i think change is a good thing. a matter of i either change now if i were going to make a change or probably through the next election. i decided i wanted to take a spend a little time playing golf, making a few and then decide what i want to do next. ost: have you come to any conclusion of what you might want to do next? guest: no. i was in the process of moving nbc, and 33 years at i want to take time whe

she recently left nbc news after more than 30 years at the network. >> lisa myers, over 30 years with nbc news, how would you define journalism today? >> think journalism is at its best is holding powerful people and institutions accountable and exposing injustice. i feel we are not doing that enough we are too driven by social media which is important but it has come to dominate a lot of decisions about coverage when we ought to spend more time digging and providing new information to the viewers. >> why did you leave the business? >> it had been more than 30 years and i think change is a good thing. it was really a matter of i either change now if i were going to make a change or continue probably through the next election. i decided i wanted to take a pause and spend a little time playing golf, making a few speeches and then decide what i want to do next. >> have you come to any conclusion of what you might want to do next? >> no. i was in the process of moving and ending 33 years at nbc, and i want to take time when i really am not under any pressure and particular out what might

. >> emmy award-winning journalist lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c. behind. find out why sunday night at 8:00 on "q&a." >> one of the things people don't always recognize is that during the war of 1812, it was fought from 1812 until after 1814, early 1815. americaeally about reestablishing its independence against the british. this was sort of our second american revolution. this flag is the object for g pens theis scott words which became our national anthem. in 1995 of the flag made to look old and restored. there was a whole bottom section that was reconstructed. when the flag was moved into the space, there was a deliberate decision by the curators not to do that again. what we wanted was that the flight becomes a metaphor for the country. it is tattered and torn but it still survives on the message is the survival of the country and the flight we are not trying to make it look pretty. we are trying to make it look like it has endured its history and it still can celebrate its history. the 200thar marks anniversary of the british naval bombardment of fort

. >> emmy award winning and investigative reporter lisa myers is leaving washington d.c. find out why on c-span "q&a." >> one day after his primary loss in virginia, house majority leader eric cantor officially announced he will be stepped down from his leadership role at the end of july. he was defeated by david brat. >> good afternoon. first of all, i just want to talk a little bit about what happened last night and then going forward. you know, growing up in the jewish faith, i grew up, went to hebrew school, read a lot in the old testament and you learn a lot about individual setbacks. but you also read and you learned that each setback is an opportunity and that there's always optimism for the future. and while i may have had a -- suffered a personal setback last night, i couldn't be more optimistic about the future of this country. i'm honored that i've had the privilege to serve and represent the people of virginia's seventh district. people often lament what is wrong with this town, but i want to remind you of what's right. i've had the honor to serve with so many

general >> this week on "q&a" other uest is emmy award winning journalist and investigative reporter lisa myers who iscusses her year, state of media and her further plans. news aftery left nbc more than 30 years at the network. myers, over 30 years with nbc news, how would you today?journalism guest: i think journalism is

position themselves to get reelected spent in the award-winning journalist and invest it reporter lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c. behind. find out why sunday night at eight on c-span's q. and a. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. .. >> as well as a panel discussion on book selling and publishing from bookexpo be america, the publishing industry's annual trade show in new york city. for more information on this weekend's television schedule, visit us online at booktv.org. >> cal thomas appeared at the 2014 chicago tribune printers row lit fest to talk about his book, "what works." mr. thomas spoke with kristin mcqueary, and he also took questions from the audience. this is about 45 minutes, next on booktv. [applause] >> thank you all for coming. about six weeks ago i received an e-mail in my in box asking io i would like to interview cal thomas, and, of course, i immediately said yes.iate in my 20s i disagreed with him very, very much, and of course d did. but i kept reading 1w4 wren you rea

investigative unit anymore, the type of people that could do those interviews because of isikoff and lisa myers no longer being there. >> to have an interview at moscow, you're going to go with your top guy, your anchor. snowden tried to put off some of what he did on newspapers. i gave it to newspapers with the suggestion that they should vet a not publish anything that really truly would damage national security. let me switch gears here in the minute we have remaining. we talked about hillary clinton and her book last segment. her first cable news interview is going to be with fox news, brett bear and greta van s. >> back in february, president obama sits down with bill o'reilly. hillary clinton chooses over say aachel maddow or chris matthews, greta van susteren and bret baier. maybe she's looking ahead to the general election where she knows she has the msnbc audience pretty much sewn up. >> she's trying to reach voters. thanks for joining us. >> have a good sunday. >>> up next, michelle obama picks a fight with republicans over school nutrition. has the press gone easy on her? >>> later,

. >> emmy award-winning journalist and investigative reporter lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c. behind. find out why sunday at 8:00 on c-span. that peopler things do not always recognize is during the war of 1812, it was 1814, early after 1815. it was really about the america of reestablishing its independence against the british . this was sort of our second american revolution. and this flag is the object for nnedh francis scott key pe the words which became our national anthem. >> it was the image in 1995 -- the flag was made to look whole and restored. the bottom section was reconstructed. when the flag was moved into the new exhibition space, there was a deliberate decision by the curators not to do that again. what we wanted was the flag would be a metaphor for the country. it is tattered, it is torn, but it survives. and we are not trying to make it look ready. we are trying to make it look like it has endured its history and it still can celebrate its history. >> this year marks the 200th anniversary of the british naval bombardment of fort mchenry during the war of 1812

. >> another person that retired was lisa myers from nbc. she appeared on this show last week. let's watch a little bit of what she said about journalism. >> it's a matter of holding powerful people and institutions accountable. i fear today that we're not doing that enough. there's too much attention -- we're too driven by social media. i think it's come to dominate a lot of decisions about coverage when we ought to spend more time digging and providing new information to the viewers. >> i'm with her a hundred percent. we're on the same wave length i was surprised when i went to investigative reporting conference, i was asked to moderate a panel a month or two ago. i wasn't sure how it would be received. they wanted to discredit the reporting that i do, the target is so strong, it takes such a hold especially in the social media. not sure what the other journalist. i was so warmly welcome. i didn't see lisa there, people on her caliber and level share their stories with me. similar things and similar observations. these are prominent journalist suffering the same things. many

. >> emmy award-winning journalist lisa myers is leading -- leaving washington, d.c. behind. find out why at sunday night at 8:00. >> a discussion about barry goldwater's influence on today's libertarianism, the republican party, and the tea party. it was a longtime senator from arizona and the republican nominee for president in 1964. this is an hour. >> and now it is my great pleasure to introduce our moderator, mr. brahm resnik. [applause] brahm resnik is an anchor and reporter for 12 news, the nbc affiliate in phoenix. he has reported on politics and government at the local, state, and federal levels, and has covered every policy issue of consequence in arizona from education to immigration. please give him a very warm welcome. [applause] >> great to be here. welcome to you all. can you hear me in back? everything working fine? good. let's start with introducing the panel. robert robb became an editorial columnist for the "arizona republic" in 1999 and his columns generally appear three times a week. he also serves as a distinguished associate for the morrison institute a

. >> lisa myers, thank you very much for joining us. >> you bet, thank you. >> for free transcripts, or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. q&a programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> next, we will be taking your calls and comments live on " washington journal." discussions on political changes in the south at 10:30. the heritage foundation on oversight of the united nations at noon eastern. theable in the 1990's, when current regulatory environment did have over 90% of the market. today the cable industry has a little over two percent, so the business has matured. you either have to lower cost to keep your margins good or find new sources of revenue. i think they are attacking both of those things. to focus on the revenue side come i think looking for new delight and hold consumers. if you look at comcast, if you can make video on demand more attractive, easier to use them at interface is more delight all. number one, don't lose what you have. you also see taking advantage of broadband. of new a blessed source business opportunity for our ind

journalistrd-winning lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c. behind. find out why on sunday night at 8:00. this morning, michael rubin from the american enterprise institute discusses policy options the u.s. may use concerning the violence in iraq. hen, the cofounder of student debt crisis.org. she offers a reaction to the president this week. and dan leone talks about 2015 federal funding for science research and space exploration. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. host: in the papers this morning. fightg on shiites to back. iran's president is offering assistance to the country as well. here in the u.s., president obama says he will put no boots on the ground in iraq but his advisers are weighing the options. airstrikes could be a likely strategy when dealing with what is going on in iraq. when it comes to the use of airstrikes, would you support it? (202) 585-3881

. >> in the award winning journalist lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c. behind.ind out why sunday night at eight on c-span's q&a. >> around the talks between the u.s. and iran began this week in geneva with the aim of reaching a deal on iran's nuclear program. at a house foreign affairs committee hearing, witnesses talked about iran's compliance with the current interim agreement and what else the international dignity can do to keep iran from building a nuclear weapon. this hearing is two hours 45 minutes. >> this hearing will come to order. we will take, ask all the members here to take theirmbers seats. this morning we are focused on iran's efforts to acquire athisg nuclear weapons capability and how to stop it.bility international negotiations over iran's nuclear program are coming down to the wire. indeed, an urgent push is going on as we speak. and with the urt bush is going on as we speak senior administration official sitting with the iranians today in geneva as being critical differences that remain. with the enrichment capability, a technology key to de

host: lisa myers, over 30 years with nbc news, how would you define journalism today?ink journalism is at its best is holding powerful people and institutions accountable and exposing injustice. i feel we are not doing that enough we are too driven by social media which is important but it has come to dominate a lot of decisions about coverage when we ought to spend more time digging and providing new information to the viewers. host: why did you leave the business? guest: it had been more than 30 years and i think change is a good thing. it was really a matter of i either change now if i were going to make a change or continue probably through the next election. i decided i wanted to take a pause and spend a little time playing golf, making a few speeches and then decide what i want to do next. host: have you come to any conclusion of what you might want to do next? guest: no.

is livingr lisa myers washington behind.ut why on sunday night. >> "washington journal" continues. of "the-nehisi coates atlantic." how do you define reparations? guest: america coming to account with its own history, the bad part and the good part. host: what does that mean? guest: in the case of african-americans, it means accepting the relationship between american government, american society, and african-americans has for most of our history not been a positive one. the fact that we decided about 50 years ago that we would have some politics in which we would stop doing some of the negative things we had been doing does not make the consequences of the past go away. they have to be directly addressed. host: you mean money. guest: i do, among other things. i do not mean literally mailing a check right now. that would not suffice. i do not mean hush money. so weot mean money given never have to talk about this again. money is part of the process. reparations, by which i mean the full acceptance of our collective biography

. >> emmy award-winning journalist and investigative reporter lisa myers and leave in washington, d.c. behind. find out why sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> the idea behind 250 and 250 is behind the idea of telling era by era, we would absolutely missed vitally important things, so instead of trying to do that and failing, we decided what if we just gave snapshots of st. louis history that would give people a glimpse of all the diverse things that have happened here and they could use their imaginations to kind of fell and the rest, so we chose 50 people, 50 places, 50 moments, 50 images, and 50 objects, and try to choose the most diverse selection we possibly could. we are standing in the 50 objects section of the exhibit right now, and this is what most people would call the real history. this is where the object is right in front of you. brewing is such a huge part of st. louis' history. it is an amazing story with lots of different maria's, and the most famous became anheuser-busch, and in the era of anheuser-busch talking about millions of barrels produced each year, we think

. >> emmy award-winning journalist lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c. behind. find out why, sunday night at 8:00. homeland security jeh johnson testify thursday before the senate judiciary committee. on the child immigrants crossing the border. immigration reform. and deportation policies. this is his first appearance before the committee if -- is being confirmed -- since being confirmed. i welcome jeh johnson today to the judiciary committee for his first hearing. the secretary of the department of homeland security. late because we had a roll call vote on the floor. we wanted to accommodate members. for the past seven months, necretary johnson has led a agency that protects our national security. the department of homeland security has primary responsibility for implementing and enforcing our nation's immigration laws. one year ago, we met and passed artisan legislation to fixate migration system. -- fix the immigration system. we passed it in the senate with a bipartisan majority. unite families. spur the economy, as everyone from grover norquist on says. it

. >> emmy award winning journalist, lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c. behind. find out why sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q & a. >>> next, consumer financial protection bureau director, richard cordray outlines his agency's agenda and accomplishment to date. cordray testified on the agency's semiannual report before the senate banking, housing and urban affairs committee. senator timothy johnson chairs the committee. senator mike crapo serves as the ranking member. this runs just under 90 minutes. >>> i call this hearing to order. director cordray, welcome back to the committee. today we continue our regular oversight of the cfpb, and three years since the cfpb opened its doors, it has had a noticeable impact in nearly every aspect of the consumer's experience with the financial system from student loans to credit cards, mortgages, education, debt collection, credit records. the bureau has conducted extensive outreach to both industry and consumers and has proven itself to be a careful regulator in many cases over industries that previously had no federal sup

. >> emmy award-winning journalist and investigative reporter lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c. behind. find out why sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> president obama talked today about the increasing violence in iraq earlier. this is from "usa today." president obama saying that iraq needs "more help as it battles insurgents threatening to attack baghdad." he is considering various options. "i don't rule out anything because we do have a stake in making sure that these jihadists are not getting a permanent foothold in either iraq or syria, for that matter," president obama said in the oval office. iraq among the topics today in the white house briefing with jay carney. >> all right. i have know this is confusing. i am not an oakland a's fan. but i'm wearing this because 12-you, t t -- bethesda chevy chase completed an undefeated season by winning the championship and i want to congratulate my son's team and all the players and the coach, ernie brooks, who is a great, great guy. so here's to the bcca's. and that is the only announcement i have at the top. can i give this to you

. >> emmy award-winning journalist and investigative reporter lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c. behind. find out why sunday night at 8:00, on c-span's q&a. >> for over 35 years c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all a a public service of private industry. we're c-span created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in h.d., like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> next, house majority leader eric cantor, his loss in the recent primary and what the influence of the tea party might be in the midterms. this is from "washington journal." it's 40 minutes. matt kibbe of s , it is looking like kevin mccarthy is going to be the majority leader. yeah, it is interesting, the republicans have a tendency to pick the next guy in line, particularly when it comes to leadership races. it is such an inside g

. >> emmy award winning journalist and investigative reporter lisa myers is leaving washington d.c. behind. find out why sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> c-span2 providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceedings and keep public policy events. every weekend book tv, now for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. c-span2 created by the cable-tv industry and brought to you as the public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> atlantic magazine reiser has an opinion piece this month making the pace for reparations. we talk to him about the article on was talk to him about the are on washington journal. this is 40 minutes.>> "washingt" continues. host: ta-nehisi coates >> host: how do you define reparations? >> guest: we define it as america coming to grips with his own history and taking into account all of the consequences of that history. history, the bd part and the good part. host: what does that mean? guest: in the case of african-americans, it means accepting the relationship between american government, american so

. >> investigative reporter lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c. behind. find out why sunday at 8:00 on q & a. >>> the house foreign affairs committee held a hearing this week on the status of iran's nuclear compliance and addressed what the international community can do to evaluate and enforce iran's nuclear commitments. national security officials provided remarks and recommendations for next steps. the current nuclear agreement with iran expires this year. >> this hearing will come to order. we'll ask the members here to take their seats. this morning we are focused on iran's efforts to acquire a nuclear weapons capability and how to stop it. international negotiations over iran's nuclear program are coming down to the wire. indeed an urgent push is going on as we speak. senior administration officials are sitting with iran yans today in geneva. critical differences remain, including the status of iran's enrichment capability which is technology key to developing a nuclear weapon. iran's stated desire is the to increase from its roughly 19,000 centrifu

. >> emmy award winning journalist lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c., behind. find out why sunday night at 8:00 on q&a. >>> how speaker john boehner said he could work with, quote, whoever gets elected as the next majority leader in the house. the speaker did not formally endorse a potential candidate after eric cantor was defeated in his primary this week. other topics include violence in iraq and the u.s./taliban prisoner swap. this is just under ten minutes. >>> good morning, everyone. eric cantor has been a true friend. i want to thank him and thank his staff for their service to our conference. and thank them for their service for our country as well. there's no one around here who works harder, puts more thought into advancing our principles and the solutions that we want to enact for the american people. i look forward to him continuing to lead our floor efforts here over the summer. as for the future, let me share a little bit with you. what i told the members yesterday. this is a time for unity, a time to focus on what we all know is true, that the pre

. >> investigative reporter lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c. behind and find out why. years ago this month, president lyndon johnson gave a speech at the dedication for a university of california at irvine. by 12,000 people at a time with the u.s. was dealing with the vietnam war home of the civil rights movement, the assassination of president kennedy. yesterday president obama delivered the commencement address. he talked about climate change and his recent proposal to cut carbon emissions. it was held at angels stadium. is about 30 minutes. >> now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the podium the president of united states. [applause] >> thank you. hello, anteaters! [cheering] that is something i never thought i would say. [laughter] please take a seat. to president napolitano, which is a nice step up from secretary, to fred ruiz, vice chair of the university of california regents, chancellor drake, representative sanchez, to the trustees and faculty, thank you for this honor and congratulations to the class of 2014! [cheering] now, let me begin by saying all

positioning themselves to get reelected spent any award-winning journalist and investigative reporter lisa myersis leaving washington, d.c. behind. find out why sunday night at eight on c-span's cuban day. >> special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction, john socko, told the house foreign affairs subcommittee this week that a lot of money spent on afghanistan reconstruction objects has been wasted. he says there is no estimate of how much because record-keeping was so bad. that hearing a and it's about one hour and 15 minutes. >> [inaudible conversations] >> the subcommittee will come to order. after recognize myself and ranking member dutch for five minutes each for our opening statement, we will then recognize other members seeking recognition for one minute each. we will then hear from our witnesses and we thank them first of all for your patience and your understanding, and that goes for the audience as well. we had 16 votes so we thank you for the time. and the witnesses prepared statements will be made a part of the record, and members may have five days to insert statements an

position themselves to get reelected spent in the award-winning journalist and invest it reporter lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c. behind. find out why sunday night at eight on c-span's q. and a. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. ..

. >> lisa myers is leaving washington, d.c. behind.d out wide tonight at 8:00 on "q&a." >> "washington journal," continues. host: our sunday roundtable includes derek wallbank and domenico montanaro. i want to direct the audience to your website and the complications facing the president as we see a drawdown on u.s. troops in afghanistan and the uss george herbert walker bush making its way to the persian gulf with the headline -- iraqi crisis and other foreign policy complications. no question about it. a lot of our foreign policy complications for the president don't have any clear solutions. no good options. you keep hearing that. you see political debates over and over again, democrats in the middle of this midterm with the president having to deal with something that has no clear solution. the other complicating factor is a real mistrust of prime minister malki. this is one of the big factors. many of the people who fled decided to go back because they felt that the isis group that was in there was better than the army that was sh

myers..m., "q&a" lisa and another chance to see david cameron taking questions in the house of commons. and tuesday, the special injector gender and for afghanistan reconstruction told a house subcommittee that a lot of money -- this is an hour and 15 minutes. >>

myers..m., "q&a" lisa and another chance to see david cameron taking questions in the house of commons. and tuesday, the special injector gender and for afghanistan reconstruction told a house subcommittee that a lot of money -- this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> this meeting will come to order. recognize other member seeking recognition for one minute each. we will hear from our witnesses and we thank them for their patience and understanding. that goes for the audience as well. we have had 16 votes. we thank you for the time. the witnesses prepared statements will be made a part of the record. members have five days to insert statements and questions for the record subject to the length in the rules. before we begin, i would like to give my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the five american troops who were killed in afghanistan just yesterday recently. no words can adequately express the debt of gratitude that we owe to those brave troops and our thoughts and prayers are certainly with them and their families at this troubling time. the chair recognizes herself for fi