host: mark miller? guest: my condolences on your loss. the point i would like to make is one of the things i hope will emerge from a debate about social security reform is a renewed sense of the definition of a social security is. an it is our -- and it is our bedrock social security program. like an insurance program. if we think about, and it also operates as a pension, the way it pays out benefits, so looking at it from a dollar in an interest gain with a drawdown sense is not the right comparison. goingsurance program is to have some people who are relatively winners through great longevity, and losers who do not collect because of a premature death. but social security just doesn't ensure retirement. it also ensures survivors. is a breadwinner in a family passes away prematurely, there are survivor benefits that can be paid to that family. and benefits -- there are widows benefits. so, slipping the coin in looking at it from the winning perspective, people who live to advanced age is coming into their 90's, windup drawing down more t

host: mark miller? guest: my condolences on your loss.oint i would like to make is one of the things i hope will emerge from a debate about social security reform is a renewed sense of the definition of a social security is. an it is our -- and it is our bedrock social security program. like an insurance program. if we think about, and it also operates as a pension, the way it pays out benefits, so looking at it from a dollar in an interest gain with a drawdown sense is not the right comparison. goingsurance program is to have some people who are relatively winners through great longevity, and losers who do not collect because of a premature death. but social security just doesn't ensure retirement. it also ensures survivors. is a breadwinner in a family passes away prematurely, there are survivor benefits that can be paid to that family. and benefits -- there are widows benefits. so, slipping the coin in looking at it from the winning perspective, people who live to advanced age is coming into their 90's, windup drawing down more than th

columnist mark miller talks about recent legislative efforts to preserve sosa security. -- so sol securityity -- social security. >> there will be no legislative business tomorrow to allow members to attend a funeral service in dearborn, michigan for former michigan congressman john dingell. later in the week, debates on government funding and border security for current funding expires midnight friday. the senate is back 3 p.m. eastern for a package of bills dealing with natural resources. that,hey finish work on mitch mcconnell says they will take up the confirmation of william barr to be attorney general with a final vote possible later in the week. watch the house on c-span and the senate on c-span two. ♪

we will spend a half hour on it with mark miller, a reuters columnist. we will talk about the future of social security on our weekly your money segment. and on the president's statements tonight, you can watch it here on c-span. officially called the president's make america great again from el paso on c-span 2. c-span.org as well. you can listen on the free c-span radio app. susan is waiting, democrat. caller: thank you for taking my call. had a couple of quick questions for you with republicans complaining about the debt and everything, and then wanting to , wanting to money use taxpayers like they are an atm machine, why are you not talking about employers like donald trump hiring illegals? they are not coming across the border to terrorize us, they are coming for the jobs. but why are they not sticking to the laws? go after the employer's and fine -- employers and fine them for hiring employees without permits to work. if we went after the source, we would not have people running across the border, unless they were running for some of the people who

and to do that, we're joined by mark miller, columnist for roisters. mr. miller, we're coming off last week when we saw the president give the state of the union. can you give a state of the social security today in america? >> well, the state of social security, i would say, john is, that it remains the most important retirement benefit for most americans. it's you bupick us to. it is the thing that most people will rely on in retirement. the finances of the program do face some challenges. a lot your listeners, viewers, may have hearing about the looming 2034 financial cliff that social security is face can and we can talk about that in detail if you wa want. there are challenges that -- >>> the executive vice president of the heritage foundation. it is a pleasure and honor to have all of you here this afternoon, also our special guest, senator rubio who will be here shortly. we live in som

and mark miller will talk about recent legislative efforts to preserve social security.atch washington journal live 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. say walter b jones jr. has died in greenville, north carolina. he served in the house for the third district since 1995 and was a member of the armed services committee. his father also served in the house as a democrat who represented north carolina's first district. in january, his staff released a statement saying he was in declining health and in hospice care. he is survived by his wife joanne and daughter ashley. he was 76 years old. david living 10 stands and for theresa may during this week's question time and a minnesota senator announces she is running for president. at 11:00, another chance to see q&a with helen andrews. heldnister theresa may meetings and not attend the question and answer. we discussed her exit -- briggs and issues -- brexit issues. it's 45 minutes. already used and in our own country of the united kingdom to help protect voters and show they voted their own. >> questions for the

and mark miller will talk about recent legislative efforts to preserve social security. washington journal live 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. news reports say walter b jones jr. has died in greenville, north carolina. he served in the house for the third district since 1995 and was a member of the armed services committee. his father also served in the house as a democrat who represented north carolina's first district. in january, his staff released a statement saying he was in declining health and in hospice care. he is survived by his wife joanne and daughter ashley. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's tape -- cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. british prime minister theresa may held meetings with leaders in belfast, northern ireland over the past week and did not atten

to mark miller will be on talk about vision legislative efforts to preserve social security. c-span'so watch washington journal, live at some :00 eastern on monday morning. join the discussion. >> here is a look at what is coming up tonight on c-span. q and that is next with helen andrus. the managing editor of magazine. examiner she is discussing her recent article about online shaming. at 9:00, prime minister's questions from the house of commons. journalat, a washington segment announcer: this week on q&a, helen andrews discusses her first things magazine essay on online shaming, called "shame storm. " of 2019, youuary wrote for first things magazine something called "shame storm." what is

later a reuters columnist mark miller discusses efforts to preserve social security.an join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal is next. is next. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ host: good morning. it's monday, february 11, 2019. the flags remain at half-staff after the death of former congressman john dingell of michigan and yesterday the house lost congressman walter jones of north carolina who began serving in 1995. died yesterday at age 76. the chamber will gavel in at noon eastern. the senate is back at 3:00 p.m. we begin following the release of the green newl

is mark miller of reuters. join the discussion. c-span bus recently traveled to louisiana, asking folks -- what does it mean to be american? >> to be an american means that you are part of the community, overcomeover to obstacles, diverse in many ways. to be an american means you can do anything that you put your mind to, no matter where ,ou are from, if you come here, you can do anything. you can live and do anything. do not let it get to you. you can do it. you can achieve everything. that is what it is like to be an american. >> to me, being american means you love this country, and i mean truly love this country. maybe it will become broken, maybe it won't, but i also think that being american means that you stand for the constitution, the bill of rights, and you wish to uphold those. and if you don't know them, if you don't uphold them, or you think that we don't need them, those are the formations of our country. that is what we are built upon. so it would be un-american to not be devoted to those. >> i think to be american m

full marks for trying, i don't think nick miller will be permitting you the opportunity to do somethingit's been a big smell at times. but so far, not a huge amount. actually, it's for a cast on somewhere warm and eat. a bit of sunshine today across parts of north east england, there is a passing shower here, this ship of cloud hung around east anglian in the southeast and bringing patchy rain and some of shower crowds here and there. we'll be drawing today next massive crowd that's later tomorrow, between the two letter to stem claiming skies overnight. dating showers, one or two for northern ireland, northwest england intellect in scotland. enough of a breeze to stop the temperature is going down too far, so temperature is going down too far, so does no single figures close to freezing, they will be a touch of frost in just a few spots, going into the morning. but, a lot of sunshine to start the day, there are still shower it went into act in scotla nd still shower it went into act in scotland and parts if not collecting them. the next monday system is planning to act in scotland and

mark against bias. kingsley commands initial effort was powered by lucas for the ski but with the defense still tracking back thomas miller was given a key. of space and all the time in the world to pick out late and gorecki himself because some of my one now as had been expected that's the strike his fourth in three games this year and nice finish but jonathan tasini has himself to blame after a classic a simple watching. and it looks like the writing was on the wall in first half stoppage time after a sweeping move so robert leaven dusky but the full cost credit scheme of above the pounds goal was disallowed for offside by the skin of his boots of fortune smiled on live occasion was physical it was great how we kept our heads up after going one no down and we showed a lot of character especially in the second half and just get psyched to be a cliche in the try to help chance and thanks to his offensive game plan his side went tons of boss that much after the restart isn't immediately looks good for a goal and was a good go. by lee scored just once before the winter break and had a one point even been axed from the squad

mark byron beat had to at home yesterday. and are now level on points with but it wasn't a straightforward when was it it was no they beat her to wall miller home but they didn't score until after the sixtieth minute so they took the time it was kind of symptomatic of buying season not really spotting but doing what they need to do now i must add although they are now level with dortmund don't do have to play later today so dortmund can reopen that gap a little bit but it kind of took the pressure off by in that they were playing first they could get their win out there and say hey what are you going to do now dortmund and i think also what helped by is that in midweek they do newman with liverpool in the champions league that was the first leg of the last sixteen that was a good result that sort of put spine in the box seat going forward for the second leg of the champions league next month so that was a confidence booster for them and that's why they managed to kind of pull out this win let's have a look at the best of the action against her the villain. i mean my teen is was back in the starting eleven after a strong performance against

mark against buying. things the commands initial i thought was carried by lucas for a jet ski but with the defense still trucking back thomas miller was given acres of space and all the time in the world to pick out later on carets got himself was done by. one mill as had been expected that. the strike is fourth and three games this year a nice finish but jonathan tasini has himself to blame after a classic case of full watching. and it looked like the writing was on the wall in first half stoppage time after a sweeping move so robert live until scheme put the ball passed for a desk by the but the post goal was disallowed for offside by the skin of his boots. fourteen smiled only because then his physical it was great how we kept our heads up after going one no down and we showed a lot of courage or looked especially in the second half and asked cyclically shin the tried to help sides and thanks to his offensive game plan his side went on to boss that much after the restart isn't immediately looks good for a goal was a good go. by least goal just once before the winter break and had a one point even been axed from the squad by hea

mark against buying. things the command's initial effort was carried by lucas or jet ski but with the defense still tracking back so much miller was given a can. of space and all the time in the world to pick out late and correct scout himself because some of it's by the be one nil as had been expected that's the strike is fourth in three games this year and nice finish but jonathan tasini has himself to blame after a classic case of full watching. and it looked like the writing was on the wall in first half stoppage time after a sweeping move so robert leaven dusty put the full cost for a disc of about the pounds goal was disallowed for off site by the skin of his boots above fourteen smiled only because and as he was able to match them it was great how he kept the heads up after going one no down and we showed a lot of carrots on especially in the second half and asked cyclically shin the try to help sides and thanks to his offensive game plan his side went tons of boss that much after the restart levick isn't immediately looks good for a goal and was a good go. by lee scored just once before the winter break and had a one p

it off on the "washington journal," with john bennett, he covers cq "roll the hill's mike miller as well as markssing the future of social security. "newsmakers" is next. american history tv on c-span3. thanks for being with us on the sunday. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> here is a look at the schedule. newsmakers is next with the democratic party chairs of iowa and new hampshire, two

miller, seems pretty clear. >> i think where this boils down legally, basically it's true as mark said, congress can do my kindf created a loophole for the provision of the constitution in the event of national emergencies in certain specific contexts such as this military construction. so the question is going to come down to two questions, one, is it really a national emergency, and two, is this military construction? on the first one courts would be very loath to start weighing what's an emergency and what's not. >> chris: and try to overthrow the president. >> correct. but it's nowhere near a military base and that one is tougher. the question i have is where the opponents are going to immediately find someone with standing to sue over this because by the president's own account the money isn't going to start flowing for months and months. >> chris: with a 30 seconds. >> he appropriated money out of thin air and told the treasury to pay those payments to people on obamacare. you can be a strict constructionist and support this decision because congress is giving the stature to the president to do this but

miller -- seems pretty clear. >> well, you know, i think the way this boils down legally is, basically, as mark said, congress kindted a loophole to that provision of the constitution in the event of national emergencies in certain specific contexts such as this military construction rule. so the question's going to come down to two questions. one, is it really a national emergency. and, two, is this military construction? and on the first one, courts would be very loathe to start weighing what's an emergency and what's not -- chris: and try to overrule the president. >> correct. but the military construction theme, we're talking about a wall in the middle of nowhere. it's nowhere near a military base, and that one is tougher. where are the opponents going to immediately find somebody with standing to sue over this? because, by the president's own account, the money isn't going to start flowing for months and months. >> it is different. chris: okay, we've got 30 seconds. >> obama appropriated money out of thin air and told the treasury to pay those payments to people on obamacare. this is different. you can be a s

, mark that justice scalia in his magnificent dissent in the case that upheld the constitutionality of the statute said accurate with the smell of impeachment under the regulations of which bob miller was appointed there is a reporting requirement and it is confidential under these regulations to go to the attorney general than the attorney general gives a report not to say here it is. >> so the attorney general of the united states bill bar will have to make a judgment what will i report to congress. mark: it is a completely different reporting requirement but yet people talk about this as the impeachment report is that because pelosi and others have said we want to see this report before we make decisions about impeachment which they know they don't even have a right to see the report. >> there is a failure to understand to drill into regulations under which mueller was appointed. >> the regulations could be jettisoned they could say were not going to use those anymore. >> but they have been in effect in both republican and democratic administrations they came into being in the clinton administration so they have stood the test of time. >> they have been around for a while but i

the corn grower's association marking bud light for boasting they don't use corn syrup. miller fructose corn syrup but that abm inbev does in several of its products. a spokesperson says anheuser-busch will continue to invest in the corn industry. bud light then got another jolt of social media tv with the tie-in ad with "game of thrones. dragon arrives, burns everyone to the ground. then you see the logo for "game of thrones" for the cross promotion between the two which totally threw me >> the whole thing threw me a lot. >> what was interesting was they killed off the knight, right which is probably one of the most visible sort of mascots of bud. and they allowed that to happen. but apparently the controversy was around the violence surrounding the ad and actually seeing him gored >>> meantime, a lot more on "squawk box" when we return. the race to dominate artificial intelligence what does it mean for the next frontier of tech we'll discuss that story the battle between the u.s. and china. and later, the chairman of the president's council of kmim advisers kevin hassett "squ

marking up the speech. what do we know heading into this? >> that's the word this morning that the president was still fine-tuning the speech. i think steven milleris speech this morning. the president will go through it and will mark it up. he likes to also add some ad libs here and there as he goes through the speech but the major message the white house is putting out this morning is they want to bring people together and a unifying speech. where are the areas they can accomplish something on that front? infrastructure, certainly pulling back on prescription drug prices. that's something that secretary azar has been very involved with this week. those are the easier areas to plum. i would also say when it comes to infrastructure and how the money is spent and who will do it and how much private sector involvement, that could become a contentious area. immigration is obviously where the president wants to try to peel away some of those democrats that john roberts was just talking about. in many ways, sandra, this address, they're one of the most important audiences for this address. look for him to focus on the human trafficking side of the equ

mark crumpton. federal appeals court panel has rejected a challenge to special counsel robert mueller's appointments involving an trumpate of a former campaign manager by zero roger stone, brought forward by andrew millerfused to testify in the russia pro before a grand jury, challenging the legitimacy of his appointment. quote alls going to of the casual tease after they destroyed a fire campaign afghanistan. pakistan denies the airstrikes did any damage and pakistani television footage shows little bomb craters and down trees. the united nations envoy is an yemen to implement a peace deal in and around the city there. they agreed on the first stage of the mutual enforcement from the port city. both sides agreed to a cease-fire in december and a prisoner exchange that has yet to take place. cargoay's crash of a plane carrying packages for amazon is renewing concerns about th

warbucks in "annie," an irish mobster in "miller's crossing," and winston churchill in "the gathering storm." the son of a british bookmaker, finney made his markme, all the rest is propaganda -- >> a smoldering young spencer tracy, a british theater critic called him "in the swinging '60s, finney was a new breed of actors including peter o'toole who starred in "lawrence arabia," a part finney auditioned for but ultimately turned down. "i hate being committed," he said at the time, "to a girl or a film producer or to being a certain kind of big-screen image." the part he took instead, the swash buckling, womanizing role in "tom jones" made him an international star. the 1963 comedy won the academy award for best picture and earned finney the first of four best actor nominations. his next in 1975 was for playing agatha chris christie's supersleuth in "murder on the orient express." [ whistle ] many actors have played the belgian detective, but finney was reported ll lly her favorit. he was nominated for "the dresser," playing the actor manager of a theater company. his final nod for best supporting actor was for his performance as the southern l