. >>> and testimony from treasury secretary steve minasian and acting irs commissioner david cotter. on president trumps 2019 budget request. he will be testifying for a senate appropriations subcommittee live on tuesday at 10 am eastern here on c-span three. and former maxon president vicente fox discussing relations at the national press club in washington dc. life tuesday at 1 pm eastern on c-span two. the house next week takes up the annual defense authorization bill, we are joined by joe gould who is defense whose congressional reporter, tell us about some of the key programs and policies in this annual authorization bill. >> sure. earlier this month, the services committee marked up its version of the national defense authorization act, which is the annual policy bill, this year, adheres to the top line that was negotiated as part of the two-year budget deal, so it is $716 billion, which is a -- an increase from 2018, which is 700 billion. the mech there is a number of policy provisions, that also lays out the hardware and what kinds of numbers will be provided to the military,