do you have a matthew lee in your country? >> i'm aware of matthew lee and i admire some of his skeptical questions and briefings. certainly in britain we have a tradition of very adversarial press and a strong -- bush administration -- when the president entered the room and i know president bush used to get irritated by some of the very che cheeky sort of questioning from british reporters. but i think that adversarial then the less wiggle room they have to answer the sort of second part of or third part of your question which is the only one they want to answer and avoid answering sort of the first part of the first question which was the thing that really needed to be answered. >> let me just make a quick response because mike asked about it. we are making a number of enhancements to our websites in 2014 at c-span.org. if you go to c-span.org, you can learn about your ability to continue to get c-span coverage. that's c-span.org/tveverywhere. >> hi. how you doing? >> good morning. >> just want to take a minute to first of

matthew lee writes about diplomacy efforts for the associated press goo. good morning. raising the heat on russia. what is the strategy? guest: as they make their case and certainly there is in europe make their case that russia was ultimately culpable for the downing of this plane, they are going to be taking a hard lobbying case to countries in europe that were reluctant or resistant to increasing the cost on putin for his actions in ukraine and impose more sanctions. whether or not they succeed is a very open question. just as morning, we see the european union foreign ministers meeting here at they are not europeanto net -- union foreign ministers meeting. -- it's very up in the air whether or not this strategy will work. host: what about the u.k.? guest: they have their own interest in keeping relations positive with russia. there is a lot of russian money in london and surrounding areas. at the same time, we see the brits this morning have decided to reopen the case of this extra russian spy -- x russian spy who have been killed by polonium poisoning. a there is a

writesst is matthew lee about diplomacy for the ap. thad on, we talk with bingle. a story in the washington post highlighting a ceremony that took place at the white house. ryan pitts receives a medal of honor for his heroic acts in afghanistan back in 2008. we had just arrived days before. they were still building this very small base. a handful of armored vehicles .nd fighting positions concluded later significant vulnerabilities. parts of the villages sat on higher ground. a either side, mountains sword thousands of feet into the sky. heavy equipment was delayed. in the 100 degree heat, the soldiers ran low on water. the aerial surveillance was diverted away to other missions. , they spottedning several men up the mountains. before ryan and his unit could take action, the entire valley erupted. machine-gun fire, mortar and rocket propelled grenades fell down from every direction. those 200 insurgents were firing from the village and from trees. a vehicle exploded, scattering its missiles at our soldiers. a soldier described it as hell on earth. ryan and his team

host: matthew lee from the associated press. thanks for your perspective this morning. if you want to comment on the u.s. response and what it should be, to the extent you think there should be a response when it comes to the downed plane over the ukraine, here is your chance to do so. for democrats. republicans. for for independents. we start on our independent line with brad. caller: the obama administration knows. and whputin russians play chess, americans play basketball. everything he does as well planned out. host: you heard the president talk about the u.s. response and matthew lee give his perspective on the diplomacy front. should more be done? they can don't think do anything more than what they have other than writing a letter to him by the united nations. the obama administration is weak. host: sydney from louisiana. independent line. have you all forgotten that we shut down the iranian airline? have you forgotten that the ukraine shut down a russian airliner? why don't you play how this mess got started? nulandl the victoria tapes where she talks about who

minutes, associated press state department correspondent matthew lee joins us to discuss the israeli-palestinianonflict, the malaysian airliner shot down over ukraine, and the nuclear program. peace corps director on the recruitment process. "washington journal" is next. host: president obama's nomination for the veterans affairs administration will before the senate -- will be before the senate. --the confirmation hearing you can see the confirmation hearing this afternoon on c-span3. if you go to the page of the politico, they have published a new poll on what americans think of direct engagement in foreign conflict. they take a look at ukraine and iraq and the middle east and ask people about that. respondentsf

first, let me is thank you to mayor ed lee and jamie matthews we have a fantastic working relationshipcowen and julio and others i'm looking forward to continuing our relationship to the road to super bowl 50. i want to say thank you to mr. you don't care and the 49ers write won't be hereby today ways the construction of the new beautiful levi stadium we're excited in our brand new home and success on field this year we brought everyone together because it's been a year since the chairman and the committee one the super bowl for the area we have a lot of good news to share. fridays today, we're very proud to inu unveil our new logo for the host committee how we'll be recognized from this day the logo was designed by michael schwab michael is the artists business owner behind the national golden gate poster. we are trifled to have the opportunity to partnering with someone that truly understands what the bay area is about we asked to design to our strength of the hosting this super bowl the super bowl 50. and the stamp that the bay area will put on it and frankly to use a baseball term

. >> the associated press state department correspondent, matthew lee joins us to discuss the israeliand palestinian 's nuclearnd iran program. unaccompanied minors crossing the us-mexico border. changingeace corps is their volunteer recruitment trust us. washington journal is live with headlines, facebook comments, ts. streets -- twee >> this weekend, -- >> i thought it would be compelling to tell the story of name andwith the same coming from the same place. i followed them from slavery through the civil war, reconstruction, the civil rights .ovement and to today i compared and contrasted. tomlinson on the legacy of slavery and its effect. he talks about the tomlinson lineages. >> now, a discussion of president obama's foreign policy hosted by the middle east council. this is about 2.5 hours. he said that the united states would use force unilaterally if our core interests were directly threatened and he emphasized strategyterterrorism which would rely upon supporting , training, and working with security partners. ,e invested $5 billion program having identified terrorism as the mo

. >> associated correspondent matthew lee joins us to discuss the palestine conflict. we'll talk with ed bingle a former customs and border protection official but minors crossing the border. piece piece. every morning on cspan at 7:00 eastern. >> president obama on monday awarded the medal of honor to formal active duty sergeant ryan pits. he held off the taliban during an attack on his unit. he the ninth recipient to be award awarded for the war in iraq or afghanistan. >> he is of the chosen few to receive this honor today as the nation pauses to recognize him. our hearts are touched by staff sergeant ryan pits. he humbly insisted that his remarkable actions were simply was his duty it will always be on his loyalty to his unit. we acknowledge that devotion came from a faithful family who prayed for and supported him. we join our hearts together as we honor him today. we honor the courage and commitment of all who serve in harms way. this we pray in your holy same, amen. >> good afternoon everybody. welcome to the white house. please be seated. please be seated. force

comment that >> on the next "washington journal," associated press state department correspondent matthew leeoins us to discuss the israeli-palestinian conflict. airliner shutdown, and iran's nuclear program scsm withed that bingel about unaccompanied minors toughs-mexico border. --o peace for corps director. liveington journal" is with the day's headlines, your phone calls, facebook comments morning on every 7:00 eastern. the u. n. security council has annimously approved international investigation into the details of the malaysian ukraine.shot down in the u. n. action came shortly were dutch investigators allowed to inspect the remains of some of the victims. calls for aon also halt to all military activities site. crash the adoption of this reson is a divisive step on the security council. it is an unambiguous response from the international community to an utterly deplorable act the shooting down of malaysia all 298 killing passengers, including 18 children. the passengers were citizens of australia, indonesia, germany, belgium, canada, netherlands, philippines, and the united kingdom. t

of a matthewreporter named lee and if they go to the state department briefings, do you have a matthew leein your country? guest: i am aware and i admire his extremely skeptical questioning in briefings. certainly, in britain, we have a tradition of very adversarial -- oftens that also have strong attitude and political direction there. the bushr during administration, a lot of americans and people in the administration were quite upset by reporters coming here and not standing up with the american press when the president entered the room. i know president bush was irritated by some of the very cheeky questioning from british reporters. i think skeptical and adversarial questioning can veer into showmanship sometimes. certainly from some tv reporters, they can be all about them sometimes. on the other hand, sometimes, american questions can be overly long-winded and three parted and questioner,e whereas i was find a shorter and , the lessse questions wiggle room they have to answer the second part or third part of your question, the only that they want to answer, and avoid answering the f

correspondent matthew lee joins us to discuss the palestinian conflict, the malaysian airline a shutdownf the ukraine and the iranian nuclear program. we will talk with a former customs and border protection official about unaccompanied minors crossing the u.s.-mexico border. also, please core director about how the priest -- peace corps is changing its volunteer recruitment process. washington journal is live with the day's headlines, your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets every morning on c-span at 7:00 eastern. >> president obama spoke about last week's downing of the malaysian airline flight over ukraine and the insurgent forces in that country. here is portion of the president's remarks from monday. >> unfortunately the russian-backed seperatists who control the area repeatedly blocked investigators from getting full access to the wreckage. investigators approached in a fired weapons into the air the separatists are removing evidence from the crash site, all of which begs the question, what exactly are they trying to hide? moreover, these russian-backed separatists are remo

thank you four leadership my building an amazing stadium and once again, thank you mayor ed lee and jamie matthews this doesn't happen without the region coming together we're excited about the future and talking back stage those those international events can't happen without bold leadership so thank you. i think that's all i've got nothing else (laughter) one last thing i'm looking out mr. assail at the scene that was an amazing filmmaker i want to thank the host committee some of you in the room thank you for being with us 20 months ago we're going to need everybody in the room pulling in the same direction have a great day and stick around have some more drinks. thanks (clapping) >> thank you daniel and in conclusion as daniel mentioned weighing we're 20 short months anothers 87 weeks and if you're in to minimize 8 hundred and 8 hundred thousand plus minutes away you down another levi stadium february the 7, 2016 and if i may put in a personal plug thank you to cbs to be broadcasting the game and sometimes you get lucky i know the super bowl goes from network to network and we were lucky enoug

lee. racketeering charges have now been added. nbc bay area's mark matthews has been at the forefront of the case and is joining us from the federal courthouse in san francisco. mark? >> reporter: here's the indictment, it is 88 pages outlining much of what was in the original indictment, plus racketeering charges that really changed the scope of the case. we have pictures of now suspended state senator leyland lee. the indictment has a couple new changes. the government is accusing him of agreeing to a measure that would limit a professional athlete's ability to make a workman's comp claim in california. he allegedly agreed to support that law in exchange for $60,000 from an unnamed nfl owner, but legal analyst dean johnson says by far the most significant aspect of the new indictment is the alleged violation of the racketeering influence and corrupt organization statute known as rico. >> one of the sentences for being part of that enterprise under rico are very heavy. potential sentence for one count of a rico violation is 20 years in federal prison and $25