but molly reynolds, what are your thoughts? guest: i think the consensus from most economists on the debt this bill is it will increase the debt significantly. republicans and getting out their plans for passing this bill, they embrace that goal. they set themselves up a box that said they could increase the debt by $1.5 trillion over 10 years. they are kind of motivating the -- they're motivating goal is they think that by lowering corporate taxes and doing other things, it will grow the economy , and that would address that. i have not seen a credible estimate that suggest it will do that. i think one thing we will have to sort of deal with down the line is, what are the consequences of structuring a tax bill, particularly one that does increase the deficit and the debt that also has expiring provisions? cuts are setl tax to expire. the corporate tax relief is permanent. we are set up for a giant cliffs and 10 years, that sort of thing. to gdp, you had a chart up on that, and i teach a class where we get into the budget and t

. >> at the table as well as molly reynolds whose brookings institution. welcome and thank you. we're going to rate this current session of congress. >> it is good to rate a congress compared to others. let's take the first year of the obama administration. in the first two years the affordable care act passed eventually, this one had some problems, the pastor tax bill and there's a lot of things that are important but they failed in repealing the affordable care act, yes they they have not done very well, they had some oversight hearings that we have not seen those with russia, if they're in my class, i would give them a d. >> because of what they did not accomplish? >> the have not pass the budget or the appropriation bills. these poor kids out there that live below the poverty line that cannot get insurance and those bipartisan support for it but haven't dealt with the debt one point they were very concerned about it. >> molly? >> i largely agree, i think for me this idea of what today leave undone is really important. we can point to the tax bill and talk about judges puttin

between my first and second molly reynolds which was about one week you were still a little sore but it was good enough. i am fortunate some guys there fingernails falloff and never grow back with the difficulty of working in the gloves which is challenging. >> you mentioned lessons learned now that i will never go back, never say never but with no immediate intention here are some things that i have learned. can you run through that short list? you can use the book. >> i'm trying to think of one of the important ones that i will cover because just the importance of adversity in a team. i think a bunch of white guys like me basically not until i went to nasa i started to work with people of other genders, ethnicities, countries, just having a group or a team with these different perspectives whether cultural or the fact of a different major in college it is a different way to look at things as a group to make us stronger and coming up with solutions that is something i learned in my 20 years at nasa with the international partnership is so invaluable at the same time. it is important

thursday morning, american university professor and the brookings institution's molly reynolds on the legislative and political significance of the 115th congress so far. also, the heritage foundation's michael sergeant looks the infrastructure policy in spending following the amtrak derailment in washington state. c-span's "washington journal," live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3. saturday at eight of p.m. eastern, -- eastern,at 8:00 p.m. privacy laws and violations of civil rights. >> the march on washington in light of martin luther king jr.'s famous "i have a dream" speech. from the standpoint of communism, the negro, and national security. >> former members of congress and vietnam war veterans reflect on lessons learned and ignored during the war. ofwe learn ted the limits military power. we learned that as a society and a culture. >> this weekend, only on c-span 3. the republican-controlled house of representatives approved an overhaul of the u.s. tax code. they approved the $1.5 trillion t

coming up thursday morning, professor james thurber and molly reynolds on the -- significance of the 115th congress so far. and michael sergeant looks at u.s. infrastructure policy and spending following this week's amtrak derailment. washington journal, live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and mark warner will sit down with separate interviews with my gallon. they are expected to talk about the passage of the tax bill and the ongoing russia investigation. because it in a.m. on c-span2. announcer: the house of representatives approved a tax overall. vote, the house debated the bill and the overall rules. cuts and jobs act which i believe is in the interest of the american people. this is a bold, pro-growth plan that will overhaul our tax code

coming up this morning, american university professor james brookingsd the institution molly reynolds on the legislative and political significance of the 115th congress so far. also, heritage foundation's michael sergeant looks at u.s. infrastructure policy and spending following this week's amtrak derailment in washington state. c-span's washington journal, live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, american university professor aaron bell talks about privacy laws and federal surveillance of civil leaders. >> he was the head of operations, william sullivan, shortly after the march on washington. we havemark king now if not before, as the most dangerous knee grow -- negro from the standpoint of communism, the negro and national security. >> veterans reflect on lessons learned and ignored during the war. power limits of military during the vietnam war. as a society, as a culture, we learned you cannot kill an idea with a bullet. tv thiscan history weekend on c-span3. the republican-control

'se brookings institution molly reynolds on the legislative and political significance on the 115th congress so far. also, here to foundation's michael sergeant look set policy and spending following this week's amtrak derailment in washington state. join the discussion. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and senate intelligence vice chair mark warner will sit down with axial co-founder mike allen. they are expected to talk about the passage of the tax bill and the ongoing russia investigation. it begins at eight:00 a.m. on c-span 2. next, gary cohen talks about the passage of the tax bill and the forident's economic agenda 2018. this event was hosted by axios. >> thank you for coming in. we were just saying upstage where you are in the private sector, you had a rule about meetings. >> i had rules about everything. mike was asking about the private versus the public sector. in the private sector you shorter have a memo than three pages, but you couldn't have a powerpoint longer than 10 pages. it forced you to get to the point relatively quickly and forced the conversation to get to wh

american university's professor james thurber and the brookings institution molly reynolds on the political significance of the 115th congress so far. >>> also, heritage foundation michael sergeant looks at u.s. infra structure policy and spending following this week's amtrak derailment in washington state. >>> c-span wash journal beginning life thursday morning. join the discussion. e thursday . join the discussion. ve thursday. join the discussion. >>> former john fitzgerald kennedy was born on may, 1917. they collected dozens of images that chronicled the life of the 35th president. >> my name is larry schiller and the smithsonian american art museum allowed me to be i guess what you would call a guest curator of this exhibit on jfk. see i was a photographer myself starting in the '50s and i photographed a lot of politicians. i started with richard nixon. governor brown in california. and then of course john f. kennedy. many of the events he was present at and tragically i was in dallas when he was assassinated. why this ex-here in the american art museum at this time? well, it's centenn

. >> at the table as well as molly reynolds whose brookings institution. welcome and thank you. we're going to rate this current session of congress.

coming up thursday morning, american university professor and the brookings institution molly reynoldson the legislative and political significance of the 115th congress so far. also, heritage foundation michael sargent looks at u.s. infrastructure policy and spending following this week's am track derailment in washington state. cspan "washington journal", live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. next on c-span2, a hearing discussing ways to improve the procedures for the consideration of executive and judicial nominees. this hearing is a little more than one hour. this hearing will come to order. today the committee will receive testimony on senate resolution 355. improving procedures for consideration of nominations in the u.s. senate. i want to thank senator langford who is here with us today at the table for agreeing to appear before us today to discuss the merits of his resolution. in 2010, this committee undertook a comprehensive examination of the filibus

morning, ahis onfessor and molly reynolds the legislative and political significance of the 115th congresso far. ato, michael sergeant looks u.s. infrastructure policy and spending following this week's amtrak derailment. c-span's washington journal, live beginning it -- beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and mark warner will sit down for separate interviews with mike allen. they are expected to talk about the passage of the tax bill, ongoing russia investigation, and spending deadline. live coverage begins at 8:00 a.m. on c-span two. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern american , university professor aaron bell talks about civil rights leaders. >> shortly after the march on washington and after the i have a dream speech. we must mark king now as the most dangerous the growth in the future of this nation. >> sunday at 4:30 p.m., reflect on lessons learned and ignored during the year. -- during the war. >> we learned that the limits of military power during the vietnam war. we

coming up this morning on washington journal, a professor and molly reynolds of the brookings institution on the legislative and political significance of the 115th congress so far. host: in front of the white house by the president yesterday republican lawmakers gather on the south lawn to celebrate passage of their tax reform legislation. it is the first of major changes to the u.s. tax code since ronald reagan in 1986. all but a dozen republicans in the house voted against the proposal. -- democrats in the house voted against the proposal. we will take the last part of their argument this morning. are you concerned about rising debt? over $20 trillion. if you're very concerned, (202) 748-8000. somewhat concerned (202) 748-8001. all (202)ned at 748-8002. join us on twitter and facebook. good morning. we will get to those phone calls in just a minute. first from the committee for responsible federal budget. this is what they say about the tax legislation. the final conference agreement will cost $1.46 trillion leading between 95% and 98% of gdp by 27 compared to 91% under current law. wi

host: molly reynolds, infrastructure. i think that would be a fascinating thing to watch in 2018. has the earlier, it potential to scramble some partz alliances on capitol hill. at the same time we spent were 2017 hearing the white house ay the infrastructure plan is coming and nothing has materialized. until we know what they mean by nfrastructure it is hard to judge what its prospects might be on capitol hill. articularly in an election year. guest: infrastructure is complex ecause it means fixed rails, highways, maintaining and building bridges. t means the airports that have different jurisdictions control them they want to raise taxes on they can improve that. that is not taking from our budget here. tell you, one reason we can not get infrastructure hrough quickly once the money has been allocated is private property rights. a situation like in beijing there last week where thread bulldozeers that came and wiped out people's houses? migrants t they were there illegally. no. t takes a long time to get eminent domain through to get a highway through. city in america knows that

coming up thursday morning, american university professor and the brookings institution molly reynolds on the legislative and political significance of the 115th congress so far. also, heritage foundation michael sargent looks at u.s. infrastructure policy and spending following this week's am track derailment in washington state. cspan "washington journal", live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. next on c-span2, a hearing discussing ways to improve the procedures for the consideration of executive and judicial nominees. this hearing is a little more than one hour. this hearing will come to order. today the committee will receive testimony on senate resolution 355. improving procedures for consideration of nominations in the u.s. senate. i want to thank senator langford who is here with us today at the table for agreeing to appear before us today to discuss the merits of his resolution. in 2010, this committee undertook a comprehensive examination of the filibuster in the united states senate. that examination was conducted in response to an ongoing

'se brookings institution molly reynolds on the legislative and political significance on the 115th congress so far. also, here to foundation's michael sergeant look set policy and spending following this week's amtrak derailment in washington state. join the discussion. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and senate intelligence vice chair mark warner will sit down with axial co-founder mike allen. they are expected to talk about the passage of the tax bill and the ongoing russia investigation. it begins

coming up on thursday morning, american university professor jane surber and molly reynolds on the legislative and political significance of the 115th congress. the heritage foundation looks at u.s. infrastructure policy and spend following the amtrak derailment. "washington journal", live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on thursday morning. join the discussion. >> this weekend on american history tv. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, aaron bell talks about privacy laws and federal surveillance of civil rights leaders. >> william sullivan, shortly after the march on washington and on the famous i have a dream speech, is the most dangerous they grow in the future of this nation. >> sunday at 4:30 p.m. eastern, former members of congress of vietnam war veterans reflect on lessons learned and ignored. >> we've learned the limits of military power, we learned as a society culture that you can't kill an idea with the bullet. >> senator mark warner, vice chair came to the senate floor to the russian interference in the 2016 election. mott he said robert mueller must be able to continue his

thursday morning, american university's professor james thurber and the brookings institution molly reynolds on the political significance of the 115th congress so far. >>> also, heritage foundation michael sergeant looks at u.s. infra structure policy and spending following this week's amtrak derailment in washington state. >>> c-span wash journal beginning life thursday morning. join the discussion. e thursday . join the discussion. ve thursday. join the discussion. >>> former john fitzgerald kennedy was born on may, 1917. they collected dozens of images that chronicled the life of the 35th president. >> my name is larry schiller and

american universities professor james, and the brookings institution molly reynolds on the legislativend political significance of the 115th congress so far. also, heritage foundation's michael sergeant looks at u.s. infrastructure policy and spending following this week's amtrak derailment in washington state or it c-span's "washington journal." live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. the south lawn of the white house, president trump was joined by vice president pence, senate majority reader mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan. the $1.5 trillion tax package was passed. [band playing] ♪ >>

and molly a professor reynolds on the legislative and political significance of the 115th congress so far. michael sergeant looks at u.s. infrastructure policy and spending following this week's amtrak derailment. liven washington journal beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and senate intelligence vice chair mark warner will sit down with axial co-founder mike allen. they are expected to talk about the passage of the tax bill and the ongoing russia investigation. live coverage begins at 8:00 a.m. on c-span 2. next, gary cohn talks about the passage of the tax bill and the president's economic agenda for 2018. this event was hosted by axios. os. -- hosted by axios. [applause] >> thank you so much for coming in. ask es, we were just saying -- axios, we were just saying, when you were in the private sector, hugh had a rule about meetings. gary: i have rules about every things. -- everything. i said, in the private

reynolds might want to stick to making movies. his wife posting this picture of the actor's christmas cookie skills on instagram. >> [laughter] mollythe deadpool star commented on her pictures saying "i wanted to be the first person to bake christmas cookies using only a hammer." he may be the first. ed: you weren't here yesterday molly but pete wore the same exact socks yesterday with a red and green one. molly: he switched them out? pete: i switched them out. molly: exactly the other red and other green one. ed: talking about fashion forward we've got the man for you home alone two lost in new york has been a christmas classic for 25 years. molly: now for the anniversary the plaza hotel offers the kevin mcallister experience for $895 and up. pete: we sent our very own kevin mccarthy to see what it's all about kevin merry christmas good morning. merry christmas to you and this is an absolute honor and i went to the plaza hotel where home alone 2 lost in new york was actually filmed and you have to understand growing up as a kid these films meant so much to me so to be able to recreate these scenes was ban absolute amazing experien