host: matt fuller is well sourced in the rcan nference. a oduy to ask for any questions that you have among house republicans. how is a reporter for the republican post known for being well sourced? guest: i have certainly tended to graduate towards the most conservative in the republican caucus. i have an interest in them. they respect the fact that you are there reporting on them and as long as you are fair than they are good to you. there is also something to be said in washington for the guys who come here and say they want to do exactly what they told the voters they were going to do. i appreciate that and i certainly see the conservatives actually do mean what they say so there is a genuine respect for that. host: if you want to know what is happening inside the freedom along onollowed twitter, along with gabby morrongiello. virginia beach, an independent collar. go ahead. is wherehe first i it says that trump could not be indicted. we actually don't know. this is the reason why the anstitution is such arbitrary document that is so v

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matt fuller took us through that process. "the new york times" noted that there are up to four plans that could be on the table, and the one that gains the most votes would go through the house. is a breakdown of the different proposals that might be on the table is a discharge petition goes forth. a proposal put forth by congressman goodlatte, chairman of the house judiciary committee come u -- committee, and the to appeal to conservatives. roybal-allardille of california, she plans to put forward the dream act, a bill that includes a path to citizenship for dreamers and has wide support among house democrats. there's a yet to be revealed proposal from speaker ryan, and a proposal put forth by representative jeff denham of california that would provide a path to citizenship for young, undocumented immigrants. it is a version of the well heard pete aguilar bill. that is a breakdown of the four that would be expected and that discharge petition progress. again, republican leaders in paul ryan looking to avert that today was a

monday morning, washington examiner white house huffingtonnt and post reporter matt fuller talk about week ahead on capitol hill and the white house. and, the department of accountability office representative talks about american taxpayers. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal tomorrow morning. join the discussion. tomorrow, u.s. marine corps officials discuss maritime security eve aan cohosted the center for strategic and international studies and the u.s. naval institute. that is live monday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. communicators, talking about issues facing were a lot and suburban broadband providers. >> 35% of our customers do not have access to a traditional cable provider. very world and scope. tds is the only provider. we work with those who make agreements with companies like tds to bring broadband or adequate broadband. >> i do think it is very important that as the administration, the fcc, congress considers infrastructure like the other concepts, that broadband has been determined to be a matter of important infrastructure to nationalry and our policy. that

my good friend matt fuller with "the huffington post" said this is the smartest cable tv, and i had toon tonight just to figure that out. >> well, thank you, matt. it's only because we've had him on and i paid him for that. but i appreciate it nonetheless. >> but john is actually a good friend. we've been actually working on this. we represent two very separate districts, very distinct differences, north carolina, california. and yet we can come together on the fact that families need to be unified so the decision that really has complicated thing along with a 307% increase in what i would say fraud, you know, trafficking, human trafficking, are they families, are they not, we've got to get to the bottom of it and make sure families stay together. but let me just say this. in the compromise bill, there is distinct and legislation that will addresss very issue, and it's something actually that john and i have talked about a number of times. >> okay. rst of all, i want to be specific here. >> yeah. >> in terms of are they families are, they no and there has been some sort of post talk ra

coming up monday morning, washington examiner white house correspondent demi moore and and matt correspondent fuller talk about the week ahead. the government accountability office's jessica lucas judy discuss federal programs and their cost to american taxpayers. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern monday morning. join the discussion. monday night on the communicators, american cable association, president, and ceo polka and andrew peterson talk about the issues facing rural and suburban broadband providers. >> we serve so many areas. 35% of our customers don't have access to a traditional cable provider. in many instances, tedious is is the only provider in that area. we have worked with the sec on programs that make partnership investments through the federal universal service program to bring broadband to customers that did not previously have it broadband,quate bring them more rich, robust broadband in the future. >> i think it's very important that as the administration, the, congress, considers -- the fcc, congress considers other concepts, broadband is det

matt a lot, he indicated that contempt really wasn't enough. he said, we'll use the full panoply of the constitutional powers, and look what happened with fuller.nows what they'll do. it's not clear to me whether or not there has been partial compliance so far. i guess we'll see. as to your other point about the procedural default of the subpoena that the democrats are claiming is there, do you really expect rod rosenstein to say, i would love to give this but the democrats say you've broken the rules. i don't see that happening. he's either going to give the stuff over or he's not. if he doesn't give it over, he is not going to rely on an internal rules violation that the democrats have brought up. >> laura: bob, do you think anyone at the doj, you know, tipped off the democrats here on this? a a little curious. >> no, i think that stress the democrats looking into we can the subpoena. i totally agree. there is no way a republican doj is going to rely on a technical deficiency. >> laura: jeff sessions was on a radio show today, and talked about peter strzok. let's watch. >> is strzok still on the payroll of the fbi? >> mr. strzok, as i underst

matt fuller joins us. what is expected to hpee meetin? >> we have a two or three hour meeting. th hn one the most anticipated meetings for republicans. i think a lot of ople thought leadership would have a plan to present. obviously this discharge addition has really forced republican leaders' hand here. e id was that reic could come up with their own bill that maybe they could pass. we haven't seen that legislation emerge yet. certainly they've been having a but there's still a lot of outstanding issues they haven't solved. i imagine this meeting will be a lot of discussion about those outstanding issues. maybe if they can come to those conclusions, but at the end of votesy we are only a few short from triggering a discharge petition. they wanted a few more -- they will nd a few more. are on thisans who discharge petitionhey te adfopeople to sign on after is conference meeting. somehow leadership was able to prevent a lot of these guys from signing. of leadership that we will get the votes today for that discharge petition. host: remind us how that discharge petition process w

matt fuller, congressional reporter with the have them post, covering it all this morning. "washington journal" continues. host: know your democratic congressman adriano espaillat is at our desk. congressman, we are waiting see this morning if moderate us canorce a gratvote on proposals. if that does not happen, is there a way forwardor immigration legislation in this congress? caller: i hope so -- guest: i hope so. there is a good number of publican members that are interested in having aolution to this issue. because dreamers are polling very high, both in democratic and repubcanstct we see people from both sides of the aisle wanting to make sure that these young people stay in our nation. they are very popular. they have changed the face of the debate. one of the main reasons why they areting day is because this is an election year and what could you support and what couldn't you support? guest: i want to bring relief to those 800,000 dreamers. t to have a full-blown comprehensive immigration reform debate right now, i think it could saddle the discussion with toxic and