republican congresswoman marcia blackburn of tennessee is joining us. was also the trump transition team's vice chair. congresswoman, thanks very much for joining us. >> let me quickly get your reaction to the various protests happening around the country right now. when you see some of the pictures, what is your reaction on this president's day? we're seeing anti-trump protesters emerge. >> well, what we know is that we are celebrating every president that has served our nation who has stepped up and has offered themselves for service, so i would hope that they would celebrate all of our presidents and what they have contributed, and i -- you know, it's free speech if they want to peaceably assemb assemble. that is a right that they have. when it begins to cost extra for cities and counties or is a burden, then they need to work with the entities, and i haven't seen any of the protests today. i have been out working. >> you got your hands full. let's talk about free speech while i have the sensitive issue. >> sure. >> the president recently tweeted tha

joining us now tennessee republican congresswoman marcia blackburn who faced constituents yesterday. congresswoman, thanks for being with us. president donald trump tweeted -- i want to quote him directly. it said the so-called angry crowds and home districts of some republicans are actually numerous cases planned out by liberal activists. i'm wondering for you, is that what you saw in your meeting yesterday? was the anger you faced real or is the president, you know, indicating its cases planted out by liberal activists? >> anderson, the anger indeed was real from the individuals that were in the room. what we found was so interesting. a little bit less than one-third in the room were very constituents of mine. we had a couple -- several that identified themselves as being from outside of the district. a couple from nashville. one from murphy's bureau. they came to that. what with he did hear from one of the city commissioners later was that some of the residents of fairview where i had my legislative update were not able to get into the meeting and, of course, the reservation or th

joining me now, congress woman marcia blackburn. thank you for being here.e of what you just heard, as we con to watch this russian spy ship make its way along our eastern coast line? >> well, i think we all know that putin is a thug and he has a military that is trying to flex its muscle and send a message. and we probably should not be surprised by such activity. >> sandra: the president was pressed in his most recent news conference as to whether or not he believed that russia is testing him. he didn't say that he believed that to be the case. how do you see it? >> i think russia is trying to fleck their muscle to everybody. they're trying to make some movement. putin has been very aggressive. we have watched his aggressiveness grow over the past several years. i think many of us were disappointed when we heard then president obama say please tell vladamir i'll have more flexibility after the election. that was not helpful. and they have felt emboldened. what we need is to show we're not going to put up with this. >> sandra: certainly we continue to see t

going after marcia blackburn or dave brat, might have them come back for nerves.ry hard to win those districts when you look at how the seats are drawn. a lot of this is about the president. of course, the president doesn't like it. we know his vehicle is making clear of that on twitter. he tweeted this early this morning. the so-called angry crowds at home districts of some republicans are actually planned out by liberal activists. sad. now, justin, a tea party activist from michigan, retweeted the president, but he put this on top. they are fellow americans with legitimate concerns. we need to stop acting fragile. i'm proud to defend liberty and the constitution. good for the congressman. go out there, take your hits, and explain yourself. >> justin almost calling the president a snowflake, i think, is the term on-line. that's what most presidents say. all presidents are angry about the opposition and people chanting outside the white house and protesting their events. if you ask them about it, at least they usually pay lip service to the fact that this is what

>> i'm marcia blackburn from tennessee. we are looking forward to broadband expansion. >> you're going to get it. >> thank you very much, everybody. i'll see you at 12:00. if you don't show up, i won't be offended. >> you're going to get those leakers, mr. president? >> we're going to find the leakers. they're going to pay a big price for leaking. >> they are going to pay a big price for leaking. i want to bring you up to date on a couple of things the president said. he's got a press conference at 12 noon. it will be 12:30 eastern. he did say he's going to nominate his labor secretary, a phenomenal man. that's the amount of detail we have right now. i want to go back to representative eric swalwell. i don't like to talk about what we do that much but, but he did the fake media doesn't report on stock market record. as a journalist, i can't imagine more having talked about stock market record more. but he's your colleague. they supported him earlier with face time in the white house. >> they're doing a lot to protect him wi

kelly is with us and tennessee congresswoman marcia blackburn is here.e experts on longevity is here. we have a big hour coming up. president trump set to welcome netanyahu to talk about relations between the two countries and escalating tensions between israel and palestine. the white house will not insist on a two-state solution between israel and the palestinians, in sharp contrast to the obama administration's approach. message echos president trump's support for israel throughout presidential campaign. listen. >> the palestinians must come to the table knowing that the bond between the united states and israel is absolutely totally unbreakable and they must come to the table willing to accept that israel is a jewish state and it will forever exist as a jewish state. maria: joining me right now the washington times columnist and fox news contributor charles hurt, charles, good to see you, thank you so much for joining us, your expectations of this meeting today? >> well, for starters, benjamin netanyahu could not have -- it's not a big difference to

joining me right now marcia blackburn and tim ryan.irst time we are hearing from the president first inauguration day. what do you make of what's happening in terms of the guest congresswoman blackburn? >> everybody has an opportunity to bring in someone, discussions that are going on and i just hope everyone remembers they are there as a guest of the house. maria: what about you congressman ryan? >> it's important to highlight, it's a tradition of who the president invites,ho members of congress invite and we are highlight it is fact that there will be hundreds of thousands if not millions of people thrown off of health care if there's a complete repeal of the affordable care act and i think it's important to put faces to that policy issue and let people look people in the eye and say, you're not going to be covered. maria: we should point out that the president was said that there's not going to be any interruption and people will not lose their health care, that's what the president was clear about. >> the republican plan that was a

dagen: by the way speaker ryan put plan, they are not on board with it particularly, we heard marcia blackburnminute, i have a lot of retailers in my business, i'm not comfortable with this. it seems like it was in a small room with very few republicans. >> welcome to the world of congress, dagen. dagen: thank you, art. >> this is what they do all of the time. they do papers, they have a list of how much this one costs, how much this one brings in and they try to do the papers and they are looking for a trillion dollars to offset the tax rate reductions. wait two years, you will get your trillion dollars, believe me when i tell you. maria: because of growth. >> tax revenues from people being employed, property taxes, sales taxes, all of that, payroll taxes, all of that will happen if you don't try to mess it up with a pay for in the next year. >> i do love the benefits, what are we going to tell kevin brady to get him off the border tax, he's obsessed with it, he said it's going to be part of any tax bill, i don't think it passes the house or senate, what do we do to get him off the dime there

marcia black burn on her priorities for the sub committee and how she expects communications and tech issues will change this year with the republican administration and a republican-led fcc. representative blackburn is interviewed by john hen dal, congress reporter for communications daily. >> making certain that we address what i view as having been an opportunity gap, communities that do not have broad band, then they're not able to go in and expand educational opportunity for their students. they're not able to utilize tell medicine. they're not able to recruit new factories that can bring jobs to those underserved areas. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> west virginia governor jim justice delivered his first state of the state address to a

marcia blark burn on her priorities for the subcommittee and how she expects communications and tech issues will change this year with a republican administration and a republican-led fcc. representative blackburn is interviewed by john hendle congress reporter for communications daily. >> making certain that we address what i view as having been an opportunity give, communities that do not have broadband, then they are not able to go in and expand educational opportunities for their students. they are not able to utilize telemedicine in health care informatics. they are not able to create new factories that can bring jobs to those underserved areas. >> watch the communicators, tonight at 8:00 eastern on cspan 2. >>> new america will be hosting a discussion on afghanistan and how donald trump will shape american policy with that nation. afghanistan's ambassador to the u.s. will also be joining the conversation. we will have live coverage of that shortly here on cspan 3. before we get to that, though, canadian prime minister justin trudeau is visiting the u.s. today. and he is meeting with president trump for the first time face to face. they will have a news conference this afternoon. here's a