and one moment that stood out, we want to show you is tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn put on the spot trying to explain steve bannon's position in the west wing. >> we have in the white house now the notorious white nationalist as a special adviser to the president of the united states. i'd like to know your thoughts on that. >> i don't speak for the president. >> we want to know how you feel about it. you're our congresswoman. >> yes. my interactions with him have all been fine, the things that have been policy directed have been specific to certain policies. and i am not aware that he's taken anybody's place. >> so that was tennessee. this is in iowa. senator joni ernst facing a

how concerned -- i'm picking up on marsha blackburn's point on consistency. what i'm hearing these people are concerned because they don't know what this administration -- >> they don't know what. what i hear from nato allies is over a grand bargain with russia -- katty: overriding issue? >> that is the overriding issue. frankly, you have not seen that. there has been open body language with russia. we want to get along, we don't want to be in a conflict. there is not been reaching into the bag and figuring out what we can offer russia to appease that them. that has not been happening. it is more a change in the tone and seeing how russia reacts. katty: and the pickup in violence in ukraine. >> but every president, george w. bush, barack obama, started with some kind of reset with russia, partly thinking it was the predecessor's faults, that they didn't handle things right and the new president thinking he can, and then realizing it is not the predecessor, it is russian behavior. katty: do you think that is the conclusion this administration will come to as w

satellite provider. >> host: and our guest this week on "the communicators" is representative marsha blackburn, a republican from tennessee and the new chair of the energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and technology. chairwoman blackburn, what are some of your priorities this year? >> guest: oh, we have plenty of priorities. we're looking forward to doing some good housekeeping work, if you will, cleaning up at fcc and ntia. those two agencies also have to go through a reauthorization. fcc has not been reauthorized since 1990, and ntia since '92. so we're looking forward to moving forward with that. you know, we appropriate in the federal budget every year there are, there's $310 billion that are appropriated over 200 agencies that have not been reauthorized. so that's kind of item number one, making certain that we do that. and, you know, within that as you're doing reauthorization, it is an opportunity to revisit the structure of those agencies. times have changed since 1990 or 1992, and it's time to revisit what those agencies spend their time on. and i would say also to make

tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn and texas congressman louie gohmert.oman, i'll start with you. paul ryan said at that we'll have the repeal and replace by the end of the year, that's the number one priority. where's energy independence, where is the economic plan, where is the corporate tax cuts, where is a middle-class tax cuts, wears repatriation? how is it eight years into this, they don't have a consensus replacement plan? what are they doingre, i don't understand it. >> we do know exactly where were going ahead with health care, going back to 2010 at blair house summit, the components are there, we're going to look at changing the health insurance components. across stateline purchase of health insurance, you've also got the delivery aspect, getting health care to people, then the third part of this is making certain that there is the reimbursement looking at the new changes that can take place, how you reimburse your positions and your doctors and your hospitals, looking at bundled payments, innovating for delivery, looking at health care, teleme

new chair of the house subcommittee on communications and technology, tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn on how she expects communications and tech issues this year with a republican administration. >> making certain we address what i view as having been an , communities that do not have broadband are not able to go in and expand educational opportunity for their students. they are not able to utilize here they are not able to recruit new factories to bring jobs to those underserved areas. watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> recently, american history tv was at the american historical association's annual meeting in denver, colorado. we spoke with graduate students about their research. this is about 20 minutes. >> nathan packard. when was the marine corps first established and why? nathan: 1775 at the outset of the american revolution. it was established to provide an industry to surf with the navy. as policed serving force for the ship's captain, and provide capability of close combat. ships would pull along and try to board one another. musket fire, clo

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marsha blackburn of tennessee. that room was warm, it was fuzzy.e says it was to thank them and lift them up into the spotlight. from that perch, he announces i have some news for the nation. >> meghan: i think that press is going to play up andrew puzder bowing out. i don't think this really matters in the long run. i think the left is going to maintain this is some kind of big victory for them and really, it's not a big deal. >> sandra: rachel, you come to us from wisconsin. at your husband a congressman. what is the tone that you are hearing when you come to us from middle america? >> rachel: what i'm hearing is that people are happy with the pace of things that president trump is doing. i think a lot of what they're hearing, antagonism and fighting that they're hearing in washington, they don't care about that. they just want things done. i think megan is totally right. this labor secretary will hopefully be better than the last one. this is the first time we've seen a cabinet nominee step down because of having an illegal made. we saw that wit

here's what happened in tennessee, a town hall for marsha blackburn, watch. >> we have in the white house right now the notorious nationalist as a special adviser to the president of the united states. >> i don't speak for the president. >> we want to know how you feel about it. >> my interactions with him have been fine. also policy director have been specific to certain policies. sa and i am not aware that he's taken anybody's place on getting that. >> so, she was asked about steve bannon who is of course the right-hand man of president trump, controversial figure. how did she do in terms of her response in termless of dancing around the issue? >> well, she certainly danced around it a little bit. she can only talk about her interactions with these people and that's what she's stuck with. i think going forward there is this idea about steve bannon, that he was involved with breitbart. and that they have put this nationalist, i wouldn't know if you'd say white nationalist, but nationalist view that they've put together. but certainly an ideology that hasn't had a seat of power here. >> w

i notice marsha blackburn is not a co-sponsor of that act. she is from nashville, of course. >> guest: right. congresswoman blackburn is a gifted lawmaker and represents ground zero of music performers and i understand her opposition to the current law and respect her right to pursue a change. but i have to oppose it because i know once it gets locked in even if they say $500 a year next congress it maybe is $5,000 a year and you get rid of so much of radio and i can't sit by and let that happen. we are already on a record pace for signing up members of congress in both parties and both sides of capitol hill opposing this. we have never had such a strong responses a we are having right now to those who are opposed to compromise in the radio. >> when i looked at the lis of the co-sponsors it seemed to be more rural group. >> guest: yes. i mean that is true. i get my picture with them and then get 50 radio stations in my office and i think there are more of them than all are those. it is just one of those things that so many people count on the

new chair of the house subcommittee on communications and technology, tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn on her priorities for the subcommittee and how she suspects communications and tech issues will change this year with a republican administration and a republican-led f.c.c. 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, communities that do not have broadband, then they're not able to go in and ex-tand -- expand educational opportunity for their students. they're not able to utilize telemedicine and health care. they're not able to recruit new factories that can bring johns -- jobs to those underserved areas. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every tai with news and policy issues that impact you and coming up tuesday morning, two north carolina republican congressmen, mark meadow, chair of the house freedom caucus, and mark walker, chair of the republican study committee, will discuss the

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new chair of the house subcommittee on communications and technology, tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn on her priorities for the subcommittee and how she expects communications and tech issues will change this year with a republican administration. and a rd-led fcc. blackburn is interviewed by john hendel. >> making certain that we address what i view as having been an opportunity. communities that do not have broadband, then they're not able to go in and expand educational opportunity for their students. they're not able to utilize telemedicine. they're not able to recruit new factories that can bring jobs to those underserved areas. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> georgia governor nathan deal spoke to state lawmakers during his annual state of the state address about the need to increase transportation infrastructure spending. especially after some of the

night communicators," the new chair of the house subcommittee on communications and technology, marsha blackburnn her priorities for the subcommittee and how she expects indications and tech issues will change this year with the republican administration and republican led fcc. representative blackburn is interviewed by john handel, congress reported for communications daily. >> making certain that we is ans that what we have opportunity cap, communities that do not have broadband, then they are not able to go in and expand educational opportunity for their students. they are not able. they're not able to utilize health care informatics. they are not able to recruit new factories that can bring jobs to those underserved areas. >> watch "the communicators" monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> "washington journal" continues. host: duncan wood is the director of the mexico institute at the wilson center in washington, d.c. good sunday morning. guest: how are you? host: the state of u.s.-mexico is what? guest: extremely complex and probably at its lowest point since the 1970's, maybe 1980'

new chair of the house subcommittee on communications and technology, tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn, 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 f.c.c. 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 gap. communities that do not have broadband. they're not able to go in and expand educational opportunity for their students. hey're not able to utilize telemeds sin and health care information. they're not able to recruit new factories that can bring jobs to those underserved areas. >> watch the municipal katers, tonight at 8:00 -- communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on subpoena 2. - c-span2. >> this week on q&a, investigative journalist edward epstein. he discusses his book, "how america lost its secrets."

radio freedom act which the national association of broadcasters is promoting, i noticed that marsha blackburn, the new chairwoman of the enc subcommittee on telecom, is not a cosponsor of that act and, of course, she is from nashville. >> guest: right. and congresswoman blackburn is a wonderful and gifted lawmaker, and she represents sort of ground zero of music performers. and i understand her opposition to the current law and respect her right to pursue a change. but i also have to oppose it because i know once that gets locked in even if they say it's 500 a year, well, the next congress it may be 5,000 a year, and then you get rid of all, so much of radio. and i, i can't sit by and let that happen. so we have to respectfully oppose her efforts on that. but her jurisdiction over that particular issue is actually in the house judiciary committee, not the house commerce committee. same true in the senate. and we have signed up, we're already on a record pace for signing up members of congress in both parties and both sides of capitol hill opposing this. we've never had such a strong response

. >> marsha blackburn from tennessee. i chaired the telecommunications subcommittee of energy and commerce and we are looking forward to broadband expansion. >> you are going to get it. thank you very much, everybody. i will see you at 12:00. you have been watching ofyback of a meeting president trump and some congressional leaders. talking about everything from a plant coming to the united states to the idea that we will have a new nominee for labor secretary, coming in at noon. joining me now from the white house is -- a lot coming in the last few minutes not specifically to do with this listening session. let's take the biggest first, a new labor secretary nominee. >> a surprise announcement by president trump just a few minutes ago, that he will announce someone he says will be a star for the position of labor secretary. he had his first choice that had to pull out, mr. puzder, because of opposition from republicans and immigrants. questions about whether or not he would be able to make it through the confirmation hea

and one moment that stood out, we want to show you is tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn put onhe spot trying to explain steve bannon's position in the west wing. >> we have in the white house now the notorious white nationalist as a special adviser to the president of the united states. i'd like to know your thoughts on that. >> i don't speak for the president. >> we want to know how you feel about it. you're our congresswoman. >> yes. my interactions with him have all been fine, the things that have been policy directed have been specific to certain policies. and i am not aware that he's taken anybody's place. >> so that was tennessee. this is in iowa. senator joni ernst facing a pretty hostile full house. she ended up slipping in a side door. she called on mostly veterans. when she abruptly pulled the plug, protesters actually chased her to her car. >> shame on you! shame on you! >> not everyone is having that approach, though. some are really having a good time with this. virginia republican david brad also faced a typical rally crowd at these town halls who jeered as he too

>> marsha blackburn from tennessee. we are looking forward to broadening expansion. >> you'll be getting it. thank you very much everybody. i will see you at 12:00. if you don't show up, i won't be angry. we are going to find the leakers. they will pay a big price. >> jenna: we are going to find the leakers and they will pay a big price. at that as one of the comments from president trump, as you heard there. it potentially one of the biggest news items of the day. what he will say at noon when will we get this unexpected press conference. at this was just announced in the last hour. the news media will announce to the east room to have this press conference with president trump. one of the reasons the press conference is happening is that he will announce a new nominee to be labor secretary. we talked about that at the beginning of our show, his first nominee had to withdraw his name because of a slew of different controversies. john roberts is now reporting that there is apparently a narrowing of the candidates. in th

new chair of the house subcommittee on communications and technology, tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn, on her priorities when the subcommittee and how she expect communications and tech issues will change this year with a republican administration and the republican led fcc. representative blackburn is interviewed by john hendel, congress reporter for communications daily. >> making certain that we address what i view as having been an opportunity gap, communities that do not have broadband, that are not able to go in and expand educational opportunity for their students. utilize not able to telemedicine and health care informatics. they are not able to recruit new factories that can bring jobs to those underserved areas. >> watch "the communicators," monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. look at the future of the north american free trade agreement, known as nafta. speakers discuss how president trump the is it, and the potential implications of trying to renegotiate the agreement. from the washington international trade association, this is just over two hours.

the new chair of the house subcommittee on communications and technology, marsha blackburn, on her priorities the subcommittee and how she expects communications and tech

marsha blackburn, bill christmas did and florida congressman dennis ruff are holding town halls in their respective states. all have vowed to repeal obama care and expecting contention gatherings. >> shepard: many are facing the criticisms because they're not holding the teen halls at all. >> richard burr from north carolina had graffiti in the sparking lot. tom till list says he believes the town halls are being hijacked. it's become apparent that some individuals that are not really interested in meaningful dialogue attend town halls to create disruptions and media spectacles. in the wake of jason chaffetz town hall getting jeered at his town hall. >> a weather alert and breaking news now on fox news channel, this is san jose, california. live pictures from our a fill it 80, ktvu, fox 2 for the san francisco bay area. the flooding all over california is extreme today. we've watched water rescues, people have been trapped in this flooding. you can see all the america vehicles there. as they pan up here, there it is, an entirely flooded-out area. they've been affecting evacuations. many

with me now is representative marsha blackburn, a republican from tennessee and a big supporter of mr from the beginning of the campaign. thank you forjoining us. i want to pick up on the australia question. whatever you think of this refugee dude that president 0bama made with the australians, is it useful, wise, helpful for the australians, is it useful, wise, helpfulfor president the australians, is it useful, wise, helpful for president trump to be taking on somebody who has been such a key ally of the united states? there is no doubt that australia has been a key ally of the united states. i think it is also fair to say that this was not an agreement that was popular with the american people. you can look at the election results and see that. people want to make certain that the refugee issues are addressed, absolutely. systems, ways we can be of help, but having refugees that are coming in without proper vetting or agreements to take refugees in large numbers without this, the president is ready to go back and say with a minute, with this administration, going forward we wa nt t

marsha blackburn came to see aspen we got to go to the opry and we went backstage. josh turner.ce in country music at a fan of the show. and then we went to tootsies. we saw jake mauer. that is kevin lawler, kyle jennings. it was the best weekend. a lot of shopping. >> kimberly: you have the best weekend. >> dana: i did. i wasn't at the super bowl but jesse was. >> jesse: speaking of milestones besides the queen, we have a lot going on. tom brady, five rings. i think this year we touched down on jupiter and tonight "watters world" has reached its 300th episode. i am watters and this is my world. bill o'reilly has a question for it he wants to know when you are coming on "the factor." >> i think he's ridiculous but i don't enjoy his show. >> jesse: that is me at a nudist colony. there will be more of that on the 300th episode of "watters world" ." >> tom: the wyoming, minnesota, police department was live tweeting the super bowl. check out this tweet. they weren't impressed with the commercial by justin bieber. if you drive drunk tonight, we are going to subject you to the justin

and marsha blackburn got hit with angry questions and loudly booed when she said steve bannon didn'teplace anyone on the national security count tribal. betsy devos would make a fine secretary of education and taxpayer money shouldn't go towards planned parenthood. afterwards, she said everyone's voice is important. other gop lawmakers have said best way to fix the town halls is to not hold them. >> bill: what is the white house saying about it? >> the white house is fighting back by pointing out that some of the outrage is manufactured by democratic activists using the town halls as the type of rallying point. the president tweeting and saying, "the so-called angry crowds in the districts of some republicans are planned out by liberal activists. sad." and sean spicer said this. watch. >> there's a hybrid there. i think some people are clearly upset. there's a bit of professional protester, manufactured base in there. >> some gop lawmakers are trying to avoid the angry crowds by hosting virtual town halls in the form of roundtable discussions, facebook chats and conference calls that

who wins, someone like joni ernst or marsha blackburn who get screamed at, or the people who just don't show up? >> the winners are members of congress who show up and take the criticism. mark sanford stayed for three hours at a town hall meeting over the weekend, fielding people's complaints. people are upset, anxious, confused about what might be happening in congress over the next several months. and congressman sanford just listened and answered to the best of his ability. to me, voters are sophisticated enough to understand that their congressman will always agree with them but they do expect them to listen to them, not just the republican fish fries who are welcoming you to come to their fundraiser. they want their congressman to hear from them even if they don't agree with them. >> the president piled on on twitter, he said these are liberal activists. as kyung lah said, some of them are following a guidebook, but you heard that woman in kentucky screaming, people are on food stamps, can't afford their health care, and what are you going to do about it? this is how the white hous

tennessee representative marsha blackburn jeered for deflect ago question about steve bannon who a constituent called "a notorious white nationalist." those are republicans who, to their credit, were willing to show up. a lot of gop lawmakers spooked by such scenes are refusing to hold towns at all prompting hillary clinton to tweet today "if you can't stand the heat, get out of congress." in an attempt to side step the issue, some lawmakers are choosing to hold small round table discussions and facebook chats, virtual town hall, formats that can of course be more easily be controlled. that's not stopping mobilization. outside senator ted cruz's houston office, protesters held what they billed as a town hall without cruz. in allentown, pennsylvania, a literal empty suit was used to protest senator pat toomey's absence. you can see it right there. in california, a huge group of constituents mocked congressman darrell issa for refusing to answer their questions. [ crowd chanting "where is darrell?" >> "where is darrell" indeed. nevada, dean heller was heckled a a chicken for refusing to do a tow

new chair of the house subcommittee on communications and technology, tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn on how she expects communications and tech issues this year with a republican administration. >> making certain we address what i view as having been an , communities that do not have broadband are not able to go in and expand educational opportunity for their students. they are not able to utilize health care

i'm honored to yield such time as she may consume to the author of this measure, congresswoman marsha blackburn of tennessee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman from california for yielding the time and i do encourage my colleagues to support this legislation. recently national geographic ranked this as the third best civil war site to visit. the third best. and there is a reason for that. it is because of the dedication of the national park personnel that are there at the shiloh battlefield. and the local volunteers from tennessee and mississippi that worked to preserve and to enhance. mrs. torres was so right when she talked about the relevancy of the site. and the opportunity for remembrance and the importance of preservation and the lessons that can be learned. it is significant and in our civil war history it is significant that we preserve this and work with the national park service. the battle of shiloh was fought on april 6 and 7 in 1862. it was the bloodiest battle of the civil war. up to that point. 23,

marsha blackburn on her priorities for the subcommittee and how she expects priorities will change this year with a republican congress. reporter for -- leadsd to make sure -- >> to address communities that do not have broadband. go in andot able to expand educational opportunity for their students. they are not able to utilize they are not able to recruit the factories that can bring jobs to those underserved areas. let's watch "you communicators" monday night on c-span two. >> the national law enforcement museum is currently under construction. it is said to open in 2018 in washington dc. until then, the museum artifacts are stored at a facility in forceful, maryland. we visitedh

grassley and joni erns, florida congressman dennis ross, tennessee republican congresswoman marsha blackburn, and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell were all confronted by voters frustrated by trump's policies on immigration, education and jobs his refusal , to release his tax returns, his inclusion of white nationalists in his administration, among other issues. some voters asked whether the lawmakers would support trump's impeachment. this is one woman challenging senate majity leader mitch mcconnell during a luncheon -- town hall meeting on tuesday. >> the last i heard, these coal jobs are not coming back and now these people don't have the interest a need because they are poor and they work those coal mines and they are sick. they're not getting what they need. will answer any of that, i will sit down and listen like elizabeth warren. amy: she was referencing elizabeth warren during a debate over the confirmation of jeff sessions. in response to the wave of resistance against republican lawmakers, president trump tweeted -- "the so-called angry crowds in home districts of some republ

joining us now is marsha blackburn of tennessee. she was with the president before he did this ballyhoo tour de force yesterday. i know congresswoman, that you think i want to talk about why he did it and what does it mean? i'm not asking you about any of it because i don't think it matters. let's talk about what we can show as fact and what's being done for the american people. you want to talk about the aca, so do i. here's my question, the control is, how do you take away the funding mechanisms and revenue generating mechanisms in place right now and still keep costs down? >> one of the things that you find in the affordable care act, chris, over 1400 times it gives discretion to the secretary of hhs. and so as secretary price has taken the reigns which will help us as we get started on addressing the affordable care act issue, what you're going to see is rule changes. he's already done for this week. one of those was a piece of legislation i've had that addresses verification before individuals go on the plans and special enroll

marsha blackburn, the congressman, was at a town hall last night. i want to play a couple moments from that. >> we have in the white house now a notorious white nationalist as a special adviser to the president of the united states. i'd like to know your thoughts on that. >> i'm wondering if you will support an independent commission to investigate president trump -- >> i want to get your reaction overall to what your colleagues are seeing at some of these town halls and the president's point that these are planned, in some cases planned protests from groups like indivisible and others, progressives and liberals coming into these red districts. >> the president is just wrong. these are organic, grassroots protests that you see from across the country. on january 21st, that their was that amazing women's march all over america. you're seeing this huge reaction to the policies of donald trump. and it's also showing up in the polling data. over the weekend -- >> there are groups, though, right? you don't deny there are groups of more liberal activists

grassley and joni ernst of iowa, florida congressmember dennis ross, tennessee congressmember marsha blackburn and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell of kentucky. thousands of pages of newly released emails reveal how epa administrator scott pruitt closely collaborated with koch brothers-backed oil, coal and gas companies to rollback environmental regulations during his time as oklahoma's attorney general. the documents were released just days after pruitt was sworn in as the new head of the epa, the agency tasked with curtailing pollution and safeguarding public health. the trove of new documents shows how energy companies drafted language for pruitt's attorney general office to use to sue the epa over environmental regulations. we will have more on scott pruitt's emails after headlines. we will speak with lisa graves, which successfully sued for the mess release. the supreme court overturned the death sentence of a texas prisoner wednesday after ruling his own defense team presented a jury with racist comments. duane buck was convicted of murdering his former girlfriend in 1996. at his t

>> marsha blackburn from tennessee, i chair the telecommunications and technology subcommittee at energy and commerce. we are looking forward to broadband expansion. real broadband. >> you're going to get it. thank you very much, everybody. see you at 12:00. if you don't show up, i won't be there. >> reporter: are you going to get those leakers, mr. president? >> we're going to find the leakers. they'll pay a big price for leaking. >> there you have it. donald trump, president trump, meeting with some of his original supporters from capitol hill as he went around the horn and let them all present their gifts or had their say, then you heard at the very end, "we're going to find the leakers and they're going to pay a very big price." the panel has stuck around. david, from capitol hill, you hear that from president trump, we'll find them and make them pay. but from capitol hill, the reaction ranges from, we're going to investigate the content of what was released, we want to get to the bottom of these contacts with russia in the campaign, we want to get to the bottom of the phone calls be

>> i'm marsha blackburn from tennessee.hair the telecommunications and technology subcommittee at energy and commerce, and we are looking forward to broadband expansion. >> okay. >> rural broadband. >> you're going to get it. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. i'll see you at 12:00, if you want. if you don't want -- if you don't show up, i won't be -- >> going to find the leakers, mr. president? >> we're going to find the leakers. they're going to pay a big price for leaking. >> that is the president making that last comment about leaks in the intelligence community, commenting briefly on playing golf with the prime minister of japan, saying that his new secretary of labor nominee, which he'll announce in about 40 minutes is "really nominal, a star, a great person." eamon javers listened to all of that along with us. eamon? >> reporter: hi, carl. that announcement setting off a mad scramble at the white house. the press conference the president was just talking about was not on the official schedule, so crews and re

new chair of the house subcommittee on communications and technology, tennessee congressman marsha blackburn on her priorities for the subcommittee and how she expects communications and tech issues will change this year with a republican administration and the republican let fcc. she is interviewed by john hendel, covers reporter for communications daily. >> making certain we address what i view as having been an opportunity gap. communities that do not have broadband. they are not able to go in and expand educational opportunities for their students. they are not able to utilize telemedicine and health care informatics. they are not able to recruit new factories they can bring new jobs to the underserved areas. >> watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. each week reel america brings , you fellows that provide context for today's issues. communist propaganda is a 1958 agency film recorded at the pentagon and the midst of the cold war. agency director george allen uses a variety of charts and film clips to analyze soviet propaganda for a group of u.s. military leade

maria: joining us right now tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn thanks so much for unioning us.nator paul was apparently unhappy with prospect keeping obama medicaid expansion, now i spoke with rand paul last week on sunday, and he believed his plan is the plan, that will work but does not include that, president trump campaigned replacing the entire affordable care act now republicans are pushing back on keeping parts of the lay what do you want to see happen. >> maria, i think the thing to do is to execute a repeal do as much as we can possibly do, through reconciliation utilize secretary price and 1400 allowances that the secretary has given the power, to make those health care decisions, and affordable care act. so that is delegated to the secretary pull down the rest then get back to patients centered health care. provide more options, open up the health insurance marketplace, look at three components, health insurance, i delivery of care reimbursement of that care to the providers, and make certain our providers are made whole, and that people have more options not fewer o

new chair of the house subcommittee on communications and technology, tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn, on her priorities for the subcommittee and how she expects communications and tech issues for change this year with the republican administration, and a republican-led fcc. representative blackburn is interviewed in a congress reporter for "communications daily. >> making certain that we address what i view as having been an opportunity get, communities that do not have broadband, that they are not able to go in and expand educational opportunity for their students, they are not able to utilize telemedicine and health care informatics. they are not able to recruit new factory that can bring jobs to those underserved areas. >> watch "the communicators" monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. tvrecently american history was at the american historical association's annual meeting in denver, colorado. we spoke with professors, authors, and graduate students about their research. this interview is about 13 minutes. >> we are with a princeton university phd candidate. also,

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joining us now my good friend congressman marsha blackburn, republican from tennessee.hank you so much for joining us this morning. i was very heartened by what donald trump had to tell bill o'reilly. maybe that taxes are the priority. what's your view on that? >> i think you're going to see both taxes and the bank of america care repeal, as a priority for house republicans and these are things we're moving forward on. chairman brady is in charge of the tax legislation, the tax reform legislation and i know, ashley, you're going to have your favorite art laffer up in a few minutes to talk a little bit more about that. we've been visiting here in nashville. ashley: yes. >> on that topic. but, yes, you know, getting those marginal rates down so that individuals have more to take home at the end of their work period. getting that corporate tax rate down, so that they can see an increase in wages and jobs growth can take place. those are important components and we're committed to that. ashley: so, when can i expect that, congress woman because putting more money in individ

. >> marsha blackburne from tennessee.to broadband expansion. >> you're going to get it. you're going to get it. thank you very much, everybody. see you at 12:00. if you don't show up, i won't be there. we're going to find the leakers. we're going to find the leakers. they're going to pay a big price for leaking. . stuart: okay. sorry i was just taking some notes there because it was a very interesting tape there from the president after he's meeting with republicans first thing this morning. i got two things out of it. number one. the president said he got a phone call early this morning. a plant. a large plant is going to move back to america. didn't say which company is moving those people back to america. but nonetheless the president did say that. at the very end there, he said we're going to find those leakers, and we're going to make them pay big. it was a very pleasant environment. those are the earliest supporters of the president in congress. including on his left, he's been with the president now for the past ye

the new chair the house subcommittee on communications and technology, tennessee congresswoman marsha blackburn, on her priorities for the subcommittee and how she expects communications and tech issues will change this year with the republican administration and the republican led sec. representative blackburn is interviewed by john handle, congress reporter for communications daily. >> making certain that we address what i view as having been an opportunity to get 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 and health care informatics. they are not able to recruit new factories that can bring jobs to those underserved areas. >> watch "the communicators," monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. "q&a" withp next, investigative journalist edward epstein, followed by british prime minister theresa may taking questions from members of the house of commons. later a discussion on trade policy in the future of nafta. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," edward jay epstein discusses his

people count on >> the local radio freedom act which the national association promoting, i s is blackburn, t marsha the chair woman of the subcommittee of telecom is not a act.onsor of that and of course she's from nashville. >> and congresswoman blackburn law wonderful and gifted maker. she represents sort of ground music performers. next congress may be 5,000 a and then you get rid of so much of radio and i can't sit by happen. that we're already on a record pace up members of congress on both parties and both sides of capitol hill this.ng we've never had such a strong relationship as we're having ight now to those who are opposed to compromising the future of radio because it's so important to their local communities. looked at the list of and noticed it was a more rural group. >> yes. that is true. it when my friends bring maddonna by or elton ohn and i would get my picture with them and i would get 50 my o station operators in office and think there's more of them than there are of those. one of those things that so many people count on their ocal radio for news, weather, sports, life.tainment