newsmakers is next with republican congressman mac thornberry of texas.fter that, we'll show you a house oversight hearing. and later, a look at how the iran nuclear agreement is being portrayed are the obama administration. on newsmakers this week we are joined by congressman mac thornberry of texas. wednesday, $6 billion policy bill was passed in the house. by the kurt -- joined washington post. says, to don just build custom was denied. but now you had toward the next stages were there will be several points of disagreements on what is coming out of the house and senate. the big thing -- this should be several policy points that we don't agree, but the money we can agree with. bill mccain maybe putting annexed to measure on the floor. you been saying that your approach is next asserted for readiness. if it doesn't match for the senate, what you foresee is going forward. reckon you stand to make a compromise without losing your position question isirst what the bill looks like when it comes off the senate floor. we passed a bill pretty overwhelmingly in

[applause] >> here on c-span, "newsmakers" is next with republican ngressman mac thornberry of texas. 8:00, a conversation with a vanity fair columnist on "q&a." >> on newsmakers, we are joined by congressman mac thornberry of texas, chairman of the house armed services committee and on wednesday saw his defense policy bill passed in the house. to help with our questions today we are joined by a reporter from the washington took -- washington post. >> the bill did pass wednesday night, but now he had toward the next stage where there will be seven points of disagreement between the bill that came out of the house and what is likely to come out of the senate. the money questions will be the first and major one which is that your bill dips into war funds more than the senate bill does in the mccain may put an extra measure on the you're saying your approach is necessary for readiness. what dot doesn't match you see going forward and where can you stand to make a compromise without losing your position. >> the first question is what the bill looks like when it comes off the senate floor.

entirecan watch the interview with mac thornberry tomorrow at 10 a clock a.m. and --0 p.m. eastern on c-span 10:00 a.m. at six em eastern on c-span. a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> national urban league president mark morreale's about ways to address that spoke about ways to address -- ms. payne: good morning. ladies and gentlemen, i just want to welcome you to the 2016 state of black america launch event. locked out, education, jobs and justice. i'm amber payne, managing director of nbc's universal inclusive site for politics, culture, social issues. we tell stories by, for and about the black community. and hello to everybody watching this historic broadcast online. we want to invite you to join the conversation on social media by using the #lockedout, and we're coming to you live from the night studio at the museum in washington, d.c., and here to welcome us is the former president of colgate university, award-winning author and political scientist, the president and c.e.o. of the newseum, mr. jeffrey herbst. [applause] mr. herbst: good morning. welcome to the n

. >> part of our conversation on newsmakers," with mac thornberry, the chair of the committee.ices he's talking about readiness of personnel there. and also heard from donald trump an event we heard last night in new jersey talking about pilots stripping the parts off of old jets. does this bill address any of that? guest: the republicans say it does. they say that, you know, as you heard the chairman say there, there's only so much you can do to address some old parts, problems, some supply issue problems. so they're hoping that extra infusion, that extra $18 billion can provide newer planes and newer systems, things that can actually replace some of these aging planes. we've heard this from donald trump last night, we've heard this from the chairman quite a bit. actually, my colleague jeff has been covering these issues and some of these. you know, we're hearing from to that they do, they have find old planes and old parts and figure out ways to make things work, just to keep aging systems flying. ow, that's -- you can argue that that's an issue that just means they're not funded enou

. >> this weekend, a conversation with texas commerce and mac thornberry. he talks about the defense authorization bill, which the house passed, and will not be taken up by the senate. sunday,ewsmakers" every here on c-span. bidene president joe spoke about his political career at a forum hosted by the national urban league. that is next. cbs journalist morley safer died thursday. coming up, we will show an interview we did with him on c-span's "q&a." later, an event with donald trump in lawrenceville, new jersey. american history tv on c-span 3, this september marks the opening of the smithsonian national museum of african american history and culture. and saturday morning, american allory tv is live for an they conference with scholars across the country, discussing topics, including african-american religion, politics, culture, historical preservation and interpretation. at kennecott p.m. eastern on real america, the 1975 church committee hearings, convened to investigate the fbi, cia, and nsa. any jo cook penetrated anti-vietnam war organization and gar

. >> the amendment by mac thornberry limiting the size of the national security council passed by voice vote. you heard conversation on the jerrold nadler amendment dealing with fwauntaun moe, that's coming up for a vote three amendment votes, we expect around 8:30 eastern or system of we'll have it live here on c-span as debate can'ts on defense authorization. later in the week, debate on the chamber's first appropriation bill of the year. they plan to work on the nearly $82 billion military construction-veterans afairs spending measure. despite the house not passing a budget. live coverage around 8:30 eastern or so here on c-span. today is primary day in oregon and in kentucky. bernie sanders campaigning in california ahead of the june 7 primary in california. we'll have live coverage of senator sanders' rally at the cal state-dominguez hills coming up at 11:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, kentucky republican congressman thomas massie will be on to talk about the futur

chairman mac thornberry, thank you for being our newsmaker this week. mr. thornberry: thank you. host: we're continuing with karoun and jeff. we spent time talking about the $610 billion defense policy bill. what's the road ahead for this bill? jeff: difficult. the senate is going to take up debate on its version of the bill next week whenever it's completed. the two sides have to go to a conference committee because there are radical differences between the two sides of this. the senate calls for women to have to sign up for the draft. the house version does not. the house version uses wartime funding in a way the senate version does not. there's going to have to be a real meeting of the minds here because these are substantial differences. host: and there is a veto threat from the white house. jeff: correct. host: how is that going to be dealt with going forward? what has the republican leadership said about that? are they willing to try that veto threat? karoun: all they did is call on the obama administration to draft that veto. they have not made any moves or signaled to sug

the head of the armed services committee, republican mac thornberry of texas, raised questions about selective service overall. >> there has not been a review of whether we need selective service since 1994. and so my strong view is that we need to ask the big questions and figure out whether we need it. if so, for what purpose? what would happen if we did away with it? if we do have it, who's going to be involved? >> sreenivasan: the u.s. has not had an actual military draft since 1973. the senate today confirmed eric fanning to be the secretary of the army, first openly gay leader of any military service. he was approved on a unanimous voice vote eight months after president obama nominated the president of mexico proposed legalizing gay marriage today. enrique pena nieto signed initiatives to add the provision to the mexican constitution and the national civil code. the country's supreme court has ruled it's unconstitutional to ban same-sex marriages, but not all mexican states have legalized the practice. racial segregation is getting worse in america's public schools. the govern

[indiscernible chatter] >> on newsmakers this weekend, we will hear from mac thornberry . he talks about the recent passage of a bill that sets all the sea and program funding levels for the defense -- setsnt in 2017 that policy and program funding levels of the defense department in 2017. >> is it a debate that should happen through the defense policy process? is that something your colleagues should vote on? >> it should come up, we should vote on it. this ought to stand on its own and not be art of that part of the bill we are talking about. thead a vote on repealing 2001 aumf on the bill we consider this week. updates to better reflect the way terrorist's arson redding out --

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. >> thank you. [ applause ] >>> this weeshd weekend on c-span, mac thornberry on the defense programs and the policy bill the house approved this week. he's our guest on newsmakers and you can see at sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. sunday night on c-span, the state opening of british parliament. queen elizabeth delivered a speech on the british government's priorities for the coming year. sunday night, we'll show you a simulcast of the coverage of the state opening of british parliament. >> this sunday night on "q&a," columnist and slate magazine founr talks about his new boo "old age, a beginners guide, on living with parkinson's disease." >> parkinson's is a brain disease, so that was a nonsensical question, but i really meant obviously was thinking, is it going to affect my thinking? thinking is how i earn a living, so that became pretty important. and i asked this neurologist what's going to happen? and he says, he was trying to tell me it wasn't such a big deal. he said, you may lose your edge, as if that was just nothing, and i thought, gee, my edge is how i earn a l

. >>> this weekend on our companion network c-span, house armed services committee chair mac thornberry on the policy bill that the house approved this week. congressman thornberry is our guest on "newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. and sunday night on c-span, the state opening of british parliament. queen elizabeth delivered a speech on the british government's priorities for the coming year. sunday night at 9:00 eastern, we'll show you a simulcast of bbc parliament's coverage of the state opening of british parliament. this weekend on c-span's cities tour. along with our comcast cable partners, we'll explore the history and literary life of hattiesburg, mississippi. on book tv, the book "don't hurry me down to hades: the civil war and those who lived it." it calls on rare letters and diary entries to tell the story of the civil war through the eyes of the soldiers and their families and how important keeping in touch with for those on the battlefield and their family members back home. >> because so many women were writing to their men at the front, say iing, i do

"fore we get to the calls, on newsmakers" this week, we were joined by mac thornberry of texas who saw committees .budget passed here is a clip from the interview. [video clip] >> to think a debate over whether congress should authorize the fight with isis should happen through the defense policy process? is that something that should come up in your colleagues should vote on? >> i think it should come up, we should vote on it. i think this is of such importance, it should stand on its own. we had to debate and vote on on theng the 2001 aumf bill that we considered this week. i think that needs to be updated. as a matter of fact, the house passed up dates to better reflect the way the terrorists are spreading out. i think we ought to have that debate. that.ught to update the speaker has asked us to have find a wayessions to to get a majority vote to do that. lots of people have different ideas. so far, it's not think there is one approach that has gotten a majority view. i think we should hear that is our job. >> with the amount of resources allocated to the islamic state, is the strat

then newsmakers with texas congressman mac thornberry. hearing on a house allegations of employee misconduct at the environmental protection agency. >> tonight on q&a, vanity fair columnist and slate magazine founder michael kinsley talks a lot his new book "old age: a beginner's guide." >> parkinson's is a brain disease comes that was a nonsensical question. what i really meant, obviously, was thinking -- is it going to affect my thinking? thinking is how i earn a living. that can pretty important. just --this to rolla this neurologist what is going to happen. he said he was tried to tell me it wasn't such a big deal. edge,d you may lose your as if that was just nothing. i thought, my edge, that is how iron a living. it is why i have my friends. it may be why i have my wife. >> tonight, at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> this morning, political reporter daniel lipman looks at division ii within each political party heading into the general election. the former deputy administrator for the tsa discusses delays and long lines at airports security

this weekend on our companion network, c-span, mac thornberry. that's on sunday at 10:00 a.m.astern. the state opening of british parliament. queen elizabeth delivered a speech on the coming year, and we will show you a simulcast of the state opening of british parliament. this sunday night on "q & a," michael keupbsly talks about his new book on parkinson's disease. >> it's a brain disease, but what i really meant, obviously, was thinking, is it going to affect my thinking, and think something how ir earn a living, and that became pretty important. i asked this neurologist what is going to happen, and he says -- he was trying to tell me it was not such a big deal, and he said you may lose your edge as if that was just nothing, and i thought, gee, my edge? it's how a learn a living. it's why i have my friends and maybe why i have my wife. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q & a. >>> now the senate juskwrao jud committee holds a meeting. it expires in 2017 and the committee looked at potential changes to the law. >>> i'm going to introduce the witnesses fi

lot of work has gone into the bill to get us to this point, and i want to recognize the work of mac thornberry, ranking member adam smith. we should recognize the very capable armed services committee staff who have devoted so much time to this legislation. this process, as in years past, has been truly bipartisan. the bill passed out of the committee by a vote of 60-2. it is my sincere hope that this bipartisan nature will continue here on the house floor as we consider the most important thing we will do all year. providing for the common defense is the most important function of the federal government, and it's one we all take very seriously. there are many different threats and challenges around the globe, and we and the service men and women who protect us need to be ready for each of those threats. so you will be hearing a lot about readiness over the next couple of days as we consider this bill because just having a soldier or airman or sailor is not enough. they have to be ready to do the job that we assign to them, and readiness means they have been trained appropriately, that they ha

and this week our guest is the chair of the house armed services committee, congressman mac thornberry, republican of texas. we want to welcome daniel lippman from politico. he's also seen every morning in "playbook." we'll talk about that. but first, news on the sunday morning in reporting from your colleague saying that the democrats now turning to new york senator chuck schumer to try to bridge what is a deepening divide between senator bernie sanders and hillary clinton. what's going on? guest: chuck schumer is next in line to be the majority leader in the u.s. senate, and he wants to play a rule in unifying the party, and he knows he can -- he has the bridge between the moderate democrats and the liberal democrats, and so he's going to just try to talk to senator sanders and discuss the way forward and how to beat donald trump. that's kind of an important story, because it shows that the democratic party is trying to find a way to beat sanders supporters in the polls, since he brought millions of voters into the process, and if hillary is going to prevail in november, she really n