host: molly o'toole, foreign policy reporter. now bids for the wall are being submitted through march. the in saying contracts might be awarded by mid april. could you talk about the grand design? do we know of one? guest: we do not. there has been a lot of back and forth when it comes to this wall. how tall or deep it would go because a lot of the cartels will dig tunnels to go under the wall. that are ingenious ways these organizations have figured out to get past a wall. how long it will run, a lot of people don't know that there are actual barriers for much of the border, already and not in its entirety because experts have named a barrier might not be necessary in certain areas because the physical terrain is so rugged that it would not be feasible from a construction standpoint and not make stick -- not make sense in terms of resources. we have seen some dramatic estimates, with some as high as $20 billion. donald trump repeatedly emphasizes that the u.s. taxpayer will not pay for the wall and mexico will pay for it. they a

and molly o'toole, senior reporter talks about u.s.-mexico relations following this week's release of the trump administration's new directive. for reasonspondent magazine will discuss his piece in the march edition on how student behavior is being handled in schools by police officers. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 saturday morning. join the discussion. >> the democratic national committee's meeting in atlanta to elect a new chair, earlier today, outgoing chair donna party'soutlined the path ahead. she has led the dnc since late july, when debbie wasserman schultz resigned during the 2016 residential campaign. [applause] donna: i want to thank hillary, i want to thank all of you. before i bring forward two great leaders of our party, i want to remind you the resolutions are available electronically. we are also in the process of making copies. you will have those copies available this afternoon. please read them. i will be around all afternoon, going to various caucuses and various meetings. you cannot find

will hear from secretary of state rex tillerson who met with the mexico leadership this week and molly o'toole will discuss the meaning of what it could mean for long-term relations with mexico. cpac coverage on c-span continues today with a large amount of speakers, many from the trump administration itself. you can see all the presentation on our website at c-span.org, the group yesterday heard from the president. gop will be, from now on, the party also of the american worker. [applause] we have not been given credit for this, but if you look at how much bigger our party has gotten during this cycle. the early days, when we had 17 people running, in the primaries, millions of people were joining. i won't say it was because of me, but it was. [

molly o'toole at foreign policy talked about u.s.lations following this release of the new immigration directives. robbie swappable discuss his piece on how student behavior is being handled by police officers. watch washington journal live at 7:00 a.m.. >> the democratic national committee meeting to elect a new today, donnar brazil gave remarks and discussed the parties path ahead. she has led the dnc since late july after dad be wasserman schultz resigned -- debbie wasserman schultz resigned. [applause] donna: i want to thank hillary, i want to thank all of you. before i bring forward to great leaders of our party, i want to remind you the resolutions are available electronically.

phillips, a native of atlanta, graduate of liberty university, also with the leadership insti molly o'toole talks about foreign policy in the elections. administration, and robbie swap out will discuss his piece on how student behavior is being handed by police officer. be sure to watch the washington journal at 7:00 a.m. on saturday morning to join the discussion. i think a lot of these kids look at ideas, you look at twitter, you look at airbnb, is --ee like a seinfeld episode. if only we can have this, we could get this. then all of a sudden it is done. it was so much harder. >> sunday night on q&a alexandra walt looks at the world of startups. havehe young people who ventured there with the hopes of becoming the next big success story. in her book "family of the gods" ofis not like the rush waitresses to l.a., i think it is harder to be elon musk then tom cruise. companies, thee people running them did not just have a lucky break. the stories were years and years of engineering. they have qualifications that i cannot even imagine. dr. mahnken: >> >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. at the

and molly o'toole, senior reporter talks about u.s.tions following this week's release of the trump administration's new directive. for reasonspondent magazine will discuss his piece in the march edition on how student behavior is being handled in schools by police officers. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 saturday morning. join the discussion. >> the democratic national committee's meeting in atlanta to elect a new chair, earlier today, outgoing chair donna party'soutlined the path ahead. she has led the dnc since late july, when debbie wasserman schultz resigned during the 2016

then foreign policy senior reporter molly o'toole talks about the future of u.s.exican relations after new immigration directives were announced this week by the trump administration. soave tells how police officers are used to control student behavior in school. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, ♪ host: the new york times says the national security advisor told his staff that using the phrase radical islamic terrorism was not helpful book of terrorists were not islamic, the times mentioning that language different than used by michael flynn. the washington post saying that key intelligence officials were asked ivy white house to challenge stories about alleged contact between trump campaign officials in russia intelligence officers. this is washington journal for february 25. ,cience news this week

molly o'toole talks about u.s. mexico relations following the trump administration's new immigration direction. and of reason magazine, discussing his peace on how student behavior is being handled by police officers. join the discussion. >> on saturday the democratic national committee meets to chair. new party the meeting takes place in atlanta, the site of the annual winter meeting. you can watch it live tomorrow at 10:00 eastern on c-span. outgoing chair donna brazille gave her final address. here are her remarks. [applause] donna: i want to thank hillary, i want to thank all of you. before i bring forward to great leaders of our party, i want to remind you the resolutions are available electronically. we are also in the process of making copies. you will have those copies available this afternoon. please read them.

senior fellow and molly o'toole, senior reporter, and msnbc contributor malcolm nance. thanks for being here. so we've had this sort of strange week in trump international diplomacy, max. give him a grade. i mean, it's been weird but what do you make of it? >> well, i would certainly not give him a passing grade for what he's done in the last couple weeks. i mean, he's hald the most disastrous opening since planet i from outer space at movie theaters. it's amazing. everything is upside down in the course of his presidency. i mean, what kind of money would you have put down on the fact that the president of the united states would create a crisis with the prime minister of australia? >> right. >> pretty long odd. it takes a lot of work for the president to get into a fight with the prime minister of australia but donald trump is willing to do what it takes. it's striking to me the way he has tough word for the prime minister of australia, one of our closest and oldest allies and nothing but nice words, kind words, for vladimir putin, the head of this anti-american dictat

molly o'toole talks about u.s. mexico relations following this week's release of the trump administration's new immigration directives. a correspondent for reason magazine will discuss his piece in the march edition on how student behavior is being handled in schools by police officers. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 70 him saturday morning -- 7 am saturday morning. join the discussion. announcer: tomorrow the democratic national committee meet to elect a new party chair, replacing author and political commentator donna brazil who took over following the resignation of debbie wasserman schultz. atlanta.aking part in you might just 2 p.m. eastern on coverage fromer, the national governors association also holding their annual winter meeting. we will take you to that live or the cyber security panel tomorrow at 4:15 eastern time also on c-span. announcer: saturday evening at 8:30 eastern on book tv, author david whirlwinds outlines the priorities of the white house should focus on in his latest