us this morning, what is social security works, nancy altman and how are you funded? >> we're a non-profit organization that is designed and really determined to protect and expand social security. we are, as i say, a non-profit, much of our income comes from very small contributions online. we also have some foundation money as well. >> seems like the end of the year, and the end of a presidency. seemed like a good time to talk about social security. tell us about the health or lack thereof of the social security program. >> social security is very strong. it's actually a solution. it is -- it has a $2.9 trillion surplus. it can pay all benefits in full for the next over decade. and then 80% of benefits thereafter. now, of course, we need to make up that short fall but it is more important than ever providing not just retirement benefits, which of course are very important, but also benefits, life insurance and disability insurance benefits as well. >> what's the -- >> given the -- >> what's the best way -- what's the best way to make up that short fall that you ment

host: nancy altman?: you are exactly right one of the things we are fighting against is the increased continuing reviews that help people get social security is one of the stringent in the world. this administration come in the middle of the pandemic, and seniors and people with disabilities are the most threatened by covid and it is most important for them to shelter-in-place to keep social yet, what this administration has proposed is trying to rush out more of these reviews. every once and a while people are reviewed to make sure they are still eligible for those benefits. in the middle of the pandemic, they are proposing to speed those up here there should not be any continuing disability reviews during the pandemic. a colleague of mine joked that this administration has the one person causes trouble and whole class has to stay after school. there is no reason that people like max should have to in the middle of a pandemic justify receiving disability benefits that he has earned. host: to bobby in we

we're going to talk about the social security program next with president of social security works nancy altman joining us this morning. what is the social security works? >> we're designed and determined to protect and expand social security. we are, as i say, a non-profit, much of our income comes from very small contributions online. we have some foundation money as well. >> seems like the end of the year and the end of a presidency, it seemed like a good tyime to talk about social security. tell us about the health or lack there have of the social security program. >> social security is very strong. it has a $2.9 trillion surplus. it can pay all benefits in full for the next -- over a decade and 80% of benefits thereafter. we need to make up that short fall. but it is more important than ever providing not just retirement benefits which are very important, but also benefits, life insurance and disability insurance benefits as well. >> what's the -- >> given the -- >> what's the best way to make up that short fall that you mentioned? >> there are a number of ways to do it and the democrats a

development efficacy and safety of the covid-19 vaccine and then social security works codirector nancy altmanalks about the group's priorities on social security reform. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern tuesday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> the supreme court heard oral argument in trump v new york, a case to determine whether president trump has the authority to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count which determines how many congressional seats each state gets. the number of lawsuits argued the president's intention violated the constitution and the lawsuits were eventually consolidated and expedited for supreme court review and this is 90 minutes. >> the honorable chief

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then, nancy altman talks about her group's priorities and social security reform. watch watching turn journal -- washington journal live tuesday morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> california governor, gavin newsom, this morning said the state is on track to surpass its icu bed capacity unless additional steps are taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus. he gave an update on the state's response and plans for distributing the vaccine once one is ready. good afternoon, everybody. let me just jump right in, since we have a lot to update you on. as we continue to experience these record high case rates. not just here in the state of california, but we are experiencing all across the united states. just to put this in perspective, our seven day average is north 14,000, 14,657, to be precise. the one day case number is roughly in line with that seven-day average, 14,034. to put that in perspective, when you look back at the peak we experienced at the beginning of this pandemic, the

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then, nancy altman talks about priorities on social security reform. watch washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on tuesday morning. makes sure you join the conversation with your calls, facebook comments, and tweets. announcer: tuesday, treasury secretary steven mnuchin and federal reserve chair jerome powell are on capitol hill for a senate hearing on the coronavirus response. that is live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. future of00 p.m., the economic policy with the brookings institution. on c-span2, the senate returns at 10:00 a.m. eastern to consider executive and judicial nominations. at 12:30 p.m., president-elect joe biden introduces his economic team, which includes the nomination of janet yellen as treasury secretary. announcer: on monday, the white house showed their christmas decorations with the theme "america the beautiful." here is a look. washington also unveiled its christmas decorations today. here is a look. >> and a look at some of the christmas decorations on display this year at the vice president's residence.

then, social security works codirector nancy altman talks about priorities on social security reform. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. the supreme court heard oral arguments in trump v. new york, case to determine whether president trump has the authority to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count which determines how many congressional seats each state gets. a number of losses argue the president's intention violated the constitution. lawsuits were eventually consolidated and expedited for supreme court review. this is 90 minutes. >>

then, nancy altman talks about her group's priorities and social security reform.ch watching turn journal -- washington journal live tuesday morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> california governor, gavin newsom, this morning said the state is on track to surpass its icu bed capacity unless additional steps are taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus. he gave an update on the state's response and plans for distributing the vaccine once one is ready. good afternoon, everybody. let me just jump right in, since we have a lot to update you on. as we continue to experience these record high case rates. not just here in the state of california, but we are experiencing all across the united states. just to put this in perspective, our seven day average is north

are going to talk about the social security program with the president of social security works, nancy altmanworks" "social security and how are you funded? guest: we are a nonprofit organization that is designed and determined to protect and expand social security. comes from income small contributions online. we also have some foundation money as well. host: it is the end of the year and the end of a presidency so it seems like a good time talk about -- to talk about social security. tell us about the health or lack of for the social security program. trillion has a $2.9 that can pay all benefits in full for the next decade and 87% after. it is more important than ever providing not just retirement which is important but benefits from a life insurance. host: what is the best way to make of that shortfall you mentioned? guest: there are a number of ways to do it. the balance is a means to an end, the end is what level of economic security to be want to provide ourselves collectively. we think the benefits are too low. the number will expand the and -- have the wealthiest contribute more to s