mark walker the chairman of the republican study committee. they are supporting the effort. i recognize the criticism that it's not how it looks. i try to talk about doing something like this myself. the fact of the matter we had various objections about can you figure out where it doesn't go afterward. we were like, look, if that's fine, let's go and book the $15 billion for savings. if we can find a bunch of taxpayer money not being spent at all how is that a bad thing. plus, i promise not to go on too long it revitalizes the decision. it used to be an ordinary nar house cleaning type of too that every administration used to use. if we jumpstart that again it has great potential for savings. we think it's a good idea. >> it's obvious that mitch mcconnell said both sides agree with this and the president knew about this. what was in that $1.3 trillion measure. both sides wrote off on it. did the president or his people know pretty much what was in it? >> sure, obviously we knew what the top line numb bier was. that was what was agreed to. the specific line item in the house

congressman mark walker had an op-ed in the "wall street journal" today asking for you to do something. he said that last september the house performed the constitutional duty and passed all the appropriations bills required to fund fully the federal government. we sent the bills to the senate before the beginning of the fiscal year and mr. mcconnell sat on them. the package mr. trump sent yesterday is good and his base should be encouraged in this moment of fiscal restraint. hopefully the pack soldier the first of many. now congress must do its job. he is talking about $15 million about a rescissions package that is to me looks like accounting gimmick to make it look like there is actually funds cut from the federal government. where do you stand on that? >> the congressman of course is incorrect that senate republicans didn't want to pass appropriation bills last year. senate democrats prevented that. which is possible in the senate. we are hoping to have a more cooperative period this year. it seems to be a better relationship between the senate and the house. between senate democra

we will also chat with were public and -- republican mark walker.e want to discuss what public policy issue is on your mind. give us a call. we can talk about it. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. you can also catch up with us on social media. on twitter it is @cspanwj. on facebook, facebook.com/cspan. good wednesday morning to you. you can start calling in now as we let you lead the discussion this morning on the washington journal. of ourst 30 minutes program will be on open phones. start calling and as we show you the front page of the wall street journal. here are three stories they sought to highlight. first, congress pushes back over china. lawmakers looking to thwart the trump administration in their efforts on restrictions on chinese telecommunications giant gte corporation. -- cte corporation. corporations. the wall street journal also highlighting this story -- action in the house. rules.is this small bank those were originally from the dodd frank law, that tightens rules on financial fir

mark walker will be with us to talk about conservative priorities in the house. be sure to watch "washington journal" live wednesday. join the discussion. >> here's a rundown of the live events wednesday on the c-span networks. the house meets at 10:00 a.m. the senate works on several nominations. on c-span3, the secretary of state testifies for the first time as secretary of the house of the foreign affairs committee hearing. coverage beginning at 9:00 a.m. >> i think the most important thing the leaders of our country can do is prove our rights as citizens, not only in nevada, but for all of the country. i think they need to remember that we are the freest country in the world and it needs to stay like that. >> the most important thing going on is education. queenie to have more resources and more income coming to our teachers to help provide education for our students so that we may succeed in life. >> i think the most important issue anywhere, especially in the states of nevada and the nevada region is two things, one, affordable housing and number two, workf

mark walker will be with us to talk about conservative priorities in the house.atch c-span's "washington journal lowe's quote wednesday journal"- "washington wednesday morning. here is a rundown of live events wednesday. the house meet at 10:00 a.m.. they continue work on the defense programs built. the senate works on nominations. on c-span3, secretary of state the firsttifies for time at secretary beginning at 9:00 a.m.. --se democrats hear from about gun violence. a group of house conservatives held a news conference to discuss a resolution calling on jeff sessions to appoint a second special counsel. the group wants an investigation into possible justice department and fbi misconduct as well as investigations into hillary clinton during the presidential campaign.

congressman mark walker will be with us. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. facebook founder and ceo mark zuckerberg, testified before the european parliament on his company's use and protection of user data following the cambridge analytic breach. this is 90 minutes. >> the reason the meeting is being web streamed is the presence of mr. zuckerberg. our meeting will conclude at 7:30. >> thank you for accepting our invitation. this is an important remarkable respect for the european parliament and european citizens represented here. in this room, all political groups are present. what is can explain happening and the work you have done to solve the problem and answer their questions. translator: today's meeting will be followed by a public hearing on the issues raised by the committee a few weeks ago with the corporation of other constant commuters. -- committees. they want to go into the more technical aspects so it will be a proper hearing. in one year's time, 400 million europea

host: mark walker, republican of north carolina, appreciate your time. coming in now, we'll take our viewers there and see you back here tomorrow morning at 7 a.m. eastern on the "washington journal." the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in o rder. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., may 23, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable evan h. jenkins to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the majority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvan

mark walker will be with us to discuss conservative policies in the house. join in the discussion. here is a rundown of the life events wednesday on the c-span networks. the housemates at 10:00 a.m. they continue work on the defense programs bill. the senate works on several nominations. on c-span3, secretary of state mike pompeo testifies -- for the first time as the secretary. our coverage beginning at 9:00 a.m. >> bismarck's great skill as a grand strategist with it -- was that he knew the advantages of the shock and off. -- awe. wars and started them himself. having done that and having achieved his objective, which was the unification of germany, he stopped and he became a consolidator, rather than an instigator. his next 20 years in power as german chancellor were devoted to reassuring alliances. to build a web of alliances with all of germany's neighbors so that they would get used to the idea of a unified germany. it was a distinction between shock and awe and knowing when to stop and do something about it. >> next, homeland security secretary kristen nielsen and house home

his new book on how americans and japan -- fear and strife here's an north carolina congressman, mark walkeralks about conservative priorities in the house. be sure to watch the washington journal live seven eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> here's a rundown on the live events wednesday on the cspan networks. at 10 am, they continue work on the defense programs bill. that lays out pentagon policy in the coming year. the senate works on several nominations, and on cspan 3, secretary of state, mike pompeo testifies for the first time as secretary at a house foreign affairs committee hearing. our coverage beginning at 9 am pick in the afternoon, house democrats hear from high school students about gun violence. >> i think the most important thing the leaders of our great country can do is preserve our rights as citizens, not only in nevada, but for all of the country. and, in this day of censorship, i think they need to remember that we are the freest country in the world. and it needs to stay like that. >> i think the most important thing going on in our state is education. i

congressman mark walker will be with us. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. facebook founder and ceo mark zuckerberg, testified before the european parliament on his company's use and protection of user data following the cambridge analytic breach. this is 90 minutes.

a few of our leaders are russ flynn, candy walker, and peter wright. mark knows russ flynn extremely well and probably the other -- the rest of you know some of these -- our board members and know just what quality we're talking about. arthur ash was one of our founders and a daily inspiration. with your partnership, yta looks forward to serving far more kids, far better over the next 50 years. thank you. >> right on. [ applause ] >> commissioners, peter wright is the long time very accomplished varsity coach of the cal tennis program. i thought you would want to know that. >> our last acknowledgment is for updike. i'm delighted to recognize him. he's retiring from the department of relevant state. i think technically is retired from the department of real estate. among the many services, the real estate department oversees property transactions, purchases, sales, and leases for city departments like ours and provides real estate consultation to city staff, the board of supervisors, and the mayor's office. john has been with the department of real estate si

walker al jazeera. in the philippines capital manila thousands of workers are marking labor day with protests they're angry of a president regurgitates failure on a one of his main campaign promises union groups expected to sign an executive to create head of labor day to strengthen the employment rights of temporary workers similar demonstrations are also underway in indonesia as capital jakarta demonstrating outside the presidential palace calling for an increase to the minimum wage and for stronger for protections for taxi drivers who use online services. the dominican republic has announced that it's establishing diplomatic relations with china breaking ties with taiwan last year panama also dropped its longtime ties with taipei adrian brown reports from beijing. well the dummy can republic may be a small country but its decision to sever ties with taipei and recognize beijing still amounts nevertheless to a major diplomatic loss for taiwan it's just ten months since another small country panama also sever ties with taipei just nineteen countries now have diplomatic relations with taiwan and it seems t

mark hamill officiated the ceremony. >> yes, he did, as himself. >> stephen: yes, although, luke sky walker could also do it. >> or he'shing he want s. >> stephen: you're on the biggest television show on television here, only cbs. ( cheers and applause ) because you're a big star in your own right, does that make you immune to the jedi power of seeing mark hamill? i've met the man once. we had him on the show once, and i could barely breathe. >> yeah, it was like that. it was a combination of crying and not breathing. >> stephen: is that-- is this-- is this-- >> that's what it felt like all week. that is kelly cuoco. >> stephen: literally, what happened, when i met mark hamill himself, i also peed my pants. so did he know you were freaking out, or were you playing it cool. >> i have a website could grok nation. >> stephen: grak nation? >> grok nation. >> stephen: like "stranger in a strange land?" >> very good. >> stephen: we'll get into this. >> i wrote how freaked out i was meeting someone who i never wanted to meet because he was so perfect in my mind from the time i was a child. why would i want to meet him? but t

marks a big change to the city skyline. starting tonight, that new view will be changing nightly. wilson walker is live at the top of the tower to show us how. >> reporter: not only does the city get the tallest new building officially today. it gets one of the tallest pieces of public art in the world and we can show you how it works. take a look. affixed to the exterior of the top of the building are several thousand of these. when they initially put them in, they didn't know if they would be knocked around by the window cleaner sos they had to put them on springs. we had a chance to speak to the artist behind this project. how do you do something this big? we spent some time with him in his studio which is just over there in the dog patch. >> from the beginning they knew they wanted light so i proposed making the light an impaneling. >> reporter: for the past four years, longer than it has taken to actually build the tower, artist jim campbell has tried to figure out what to do with the building's massive tower top. >> we are looking more to be in harmony with the city than to creating this

walkers will be making make their way through the heart of san francisco. between the racers and the spectators more than 100-thousand people are expected along the race route. and san francisco mayor markp priority. <:obviously we want people to have fun but we want people to be safe as well. so we are going to have the same apparatus we have had in years past. thankfully we haven't had any drastic incidents in the last few years.but we are going to be mindful of that and we are going to have a police presence and a public health presence.>( darya ) along with extra police officers... the office of emergency management is also providing a text alert system. if you want to receive alerts during the event you can text "b-2-b-s-f" to 8-8-8-7-7-7.s-f" to 8-8-8-7-7- 7. e have that number also posted on our website kron4.com. and here is the map of the race route. it will start sunday morning at sue bierman bark and end at the north side of golden gate park. if you have to drive through that area on sunday expect delays because of crowds and road closures. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 still ahead ( james )( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a close call in the east bay

walker gave to employees yesterday. there was a rare all-hands meeting at nike's campus in beaverton, oregon, yesterday they didn't actually report what was inside that conversation now i can tell you what markyees, according to sources familiar. he said this has been a painful moment for me, personally and painful for many of you, who i have spoken with he also said -- and i just took some random excerpts from this speech -- our purpose has become greater through all of this change we and i missed something. while many of us feel like we're treated with respect at nike, this wasn't the case in all teams and if all of our teammates don't see the same opportunities, we just can't accept that. so it gives you some of the idea of the language that parker was using in terms of the mea culpa. he said i apologize to the people on our team that were excluded and i apologize that some of those same people felt that they had no one to turn to. finally, i picked this out i think this is the most important for investors. i'm in 100% and i'm counting on you to be all in, too. in other words, he is committed to this company and its leadership until 2020 as outlined in a press release about a month ago. h

walkers will be making make their way through the heart of san francisco. between the racers and the spectators more than 100-thousand people are expected along the race route. and san francisco mayor markrrell says safety is a top priority. <:obviously we want people to have fun but we want people to be safe as well. so we are going to have the same apparatus we have had in years past. thankfully we haven't had any drastic incidents in the last few years.but we are going to be mindful of that and we are going to have a police presence and a public health presence.>( darya ) along with extra police officers... the office of emergency management is also providing a text alert system. if you want to receive alerts during the event you can text "b-2-b-s-f" to 8-8-8-7-7-7. we have that number also posted on our website kron4.com. and here is the map of the race route. it will start sunday morning at sue bierman bark and end at the north side of golden gate park. if you have to drive through that area on sunday expect delays because of crowds and road closures. ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast. gradual warming will occur today over