mark jacobson, let's start with you. president basically laid responsibility for what's happened in ukraine at the hands of vlad moore putin. he talked about sanctions that he's already imposed this week. is president obama doing enough? >> i think the president is doing what needs to be done at this point. and by that i mean there clearly will be some culpability on the part of the russians to what degree? only a full investigation will let us know that's why it's important to get people in ntsb reps and fbi are already on their way to kiev. whether or not they can get in to the crash zone, that's another story. what i think the president needs to be prepared to do is press on the europeans to get tougher. you don't want to create a situation where we are arming the ukrainians, the russians are arming separatists that will make it worse and more likely tragic incidents like we saw yesterday will happen again. >> the president said this is a wake-up call to europe. a very sad wake help up call but a call nonetheless. wha

mark jacobson, senior adviser to the truman national project. in tennessee, thomas schwartz, professor of history at vanderbilt university. and in washington, tom roguen, columnist for the natural review and the telegraph. professor schwartz president obama only has a couple of more years in office. what's his goal in terms of legacy issues? peace brokered in the middle east. freedom in iran. what is he trying to achieve. >> i think he has focused on domestic affairs as his legacy. and you're right. he does need a foreign affairs legacy and the middle east and peace may be the one he's looking for. although his policy is pivotin pivoting towards asia. all of this will require him to reassert a stronger american role in the world and matches take more action in dealing with both of these crisis. >> professor schwartz, what is that stronger role look like? does that mean that being at the tip of this sphere? does that exclude coalition building and working with other nations side by side? >> not at all. most of our successes in the cold wear came

on the next washington journal, mark jacobson looks at foreign-policy. that, kim stark of roll call talks about the debate over antimissile systems. journal, live at 7 a.m. on c-span. earlier today, house minority leader nancy pelosi held her weekly briefing with reporters at the capitol. she talked about spending legislation to address the number of immigrant children at the u.s. border. >> the president put forth a supplemental that met the need of emergency situation that we have on the border. it mitigated for some of the harm that could be done to children, it was comprehensive. it was about humanitarian assistance, protect our border, repatriate the children. the senate has less money, less ,esources, and a shorter time so we need to have an even better bill for due process even better representation and more judges to hear the cases more expeditiously. either one of those two bills is what i would support. again, whatever the bill is that comes forth, we will all review very carefully. will you a question of support this, is this the bill? we do n

. >> on the next washington journal, mark jacobson with the truman national security project and herman perchner with the american foreign policy counsel discuss fourn policy under the obama administration in relation to russia and the middle east. then tim starks talks about a proposal to have anti-missile installed on jets. we'll also take your phone calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> president obama met with central american leaders at the white house on friday to discuss the influx of unaccompanied minors into u.s. territory. that was also an issue addressed by dan pfeiffer an event earlier in the day, hosted by the christian science monitor. more broadly, he spoke about immigration policy moving forward. >> i think that we have two separate issues, separate but related issues. one is we have a specific challenge at one portion of the border in the rio grande valley, and we have to deal with that. that requires sending additional resources, both redirecting resources we have and asking for resources from congre

on the next washington journal, marjorie comes in -- mark jacobson and herman pirchner foreign-policy. we take your calls and you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. michelle flournoy is our guest on " q&a." of my responsibilities was representing the secretary of defense on the deputies committee which is the senior level groups working through the , aues, developing options lot of crisis management focus. when you're in a think tank your utility is not trying to second-guess the policymaker on the issues of the day but do some work to raise their days and look over the issues i will confront 10 years from now, and had why think more strategically about america's role in the world? cofounder of the center for national american security, michele flournoy. at 8:00 eastern. > >> in a 19-14 partyline vote the house oversight committee approved a resolution rejecting the claim for david simas. mr. simas was supposed to testify, but did not show up. the white house counsel said he is immune from congressional compulsion to testify on matters r

. >> on the next washington journal mark jacobson of the german national security project and hermanrchaser discuss the obama administration's approach to the management of foreign policy including u.s.-russia relations and events in the middle east. then roll call staff writer kayseven is a proposal requiring anti-missile defense systems on u.s. commercial airplanes. take your calls and join the conversation on facebook and twitter by a hit washington's alive at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> forty years ago the watergate scandal led to the only resignation of an american president. american history tv revisits 1974 and the final weeks of the nixon administration. the house judiciary committee considers impeachment of the present. >> would you have discussions about, what the framers had in mind, whether the activities that had been found out by the committee, and by the senate watergate committee were, indeed, impeachable. thirdly, can we prove that richard nixon knew about them and even authorized them? >> watergate 40 years later sunday night at it:00 eastern on american history

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our guest is mark jacobson. and we will'll talk about the dg of malaysian flight 17. washington journal on c-span. >>> 40 years ago, the watergate scandal led to the only resignation of an american president. this weekend, the house judiciary committee, as it considers impeachment of the president and the charge of abuse of power. >> what you have here are questions about what the framers had in mind, questions about whether the activities that have been found out by the committee and by the senate watergate committee were in fact impeachable. and thirdly, can we prove that richard nixon knew about them and even authorized them? >> watergate, 40 years later, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> this weekend on book tv's afterwords. >> i thought it would be compelling to tell the story of a white family and a black family with the same name, who come from the same place, and follow them from slavery through the civil war, reconstruction, jim crow, civil rights movement, up until today. and compare and contrast. >> columnist and author, c

us to talk about foreign policy, you heard from herman pirchner, also joining us this morning mark jacobsonisconsin next, here's tracy. caller: good morning. i distinctly remember when the president was ready to strike syria, the outcry from congress. it prevented him from doing so. a lot of republicans also. all the problems that are going on now, people still don't like republicans anymore. he's still pulling twice as good as republicans in congress. we were speaking before about the percentage of americans who favor or don't approve of the obama foreign-policy. 66% being ink favors a number i would be happy with. surprised, even how complex the situations are the world, if you had 80 or 90% approval. there was a poll done in the last year where american said they didn't want to be as engaged in the world, but wanted the president to do more. i think that is reflective of the schizophrenia that we have in our nation. we know that we have to stay involved in the world, we're just concerned about the problems we have at home. i think this tension back and forth you see played out not just w