. >> a preview of house and senate races with nathan gonzales and jessica taylor. also, a discussion on the influence of crisis in syria with karen leigh. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is live on c-span. >> next, a look at housing needs of senior citizens with former urban development secretary henry cisneros and representatives from the public and private sectors. they discuss affordability, long-term care, and safety. this is cohosted by harvard university's joint center for housing studies in the aarp foundation. it is one hour. [applause] >> good afternoon. am i on, here? norton and as lisa said, i have the most amazing panel and i'm thrilled to be a part of it. right -- this is in your agenda. with ludwig, he is enterprise. kathy greenlee was the assistant secretary of aging and the administrator for thrifty living. did i get that right? [laughter] we have lindsay goldman from new york city, where we all want to go now, was going to talk to us about the age-from the community effort that i

nathan gonzales, deputy editor of "the rock bird political report." -- thesident said tony president sat down yesterday and was asked about immigration and the delay on immigration. here's a portion of that interview. [video clip] news is we have bipartisan support for that. house republicans refuse to do it and i said to them that if on something so common sense that you have got labor, business, evangelicals, folks across the board all ofing it, i will use the legal authority i have to act. laying the groundwork for that, jeh johnson from homeland security has presented me with inliminary, you know, ideas terms of how we can take executive action. i have determined that i want to make sure we get it right. >> it looks like election-year politics. >> i want to make sure that not only are the t's crossed and i's dotted, but i am being honest now, about the politics of it. this trouble with unaccompanied children that we saw a couple of weeks ago, from central america the surge of kids showing up at the border? it got a lot of attention. a lot of americans started thinking that we hav

phone lines are open -- the: we are joined here at table by jessica taylor and nathan gonzales.ave people walk through negative ads, media consultant do not just wake up in the morning and think about the worst ad they can make today. polling that goes on where they ask voters in each district what issues they care issues, if they had certain information, changes their mind. the reason you see so many negative ads is because negative ads crafted in the right way work, influencing the person's opinion on how they will vote. most people are inclined to say they don't like negative ads, but then they see one and say -- i didn't know that. it starts to influence their vote. host: let's turn our attention to the house. with 435 members of congress, you point out there are 174 listed as safe. 200 10 republican seats. of the seats in play, 25 republican seats, 25 democratic seats. only seven complete tossup races. including arizona. the seat formerly held by gaby giffords. her former aide, ron barber, facing a republican charger. this was an extremely close race in 2012. sally, one of

phone lines are open -- the: we are joined here at table by jessica taylor and nathan gonzales.e people walk through negative ads, media consultant do not just wake up in the morning and think about the worst ad they can make today. polling that goes on where they ask voters in each district what issues they care issues, if they had certain information, changes their mind. the reason you see so many negative ads is because negative ads crafted in the right way work, influencing the person's opinion on how they will vote. most people are inclined to say they don't like negative ads, but then they see one and say -- i didn't know that. it starts to influence their vote. host: let's turn our attention to the house. with 435 members of congress, you point out there are 174 listed as safe. 200 10 republican seats. of the seats in play, 25 republican seats, 25 democratic seats. only seven complete tossup races. including arizona. the seat formerly held by gaby giffords. her former aide, ron barber, facing a republican charger. this was an extremely close race in 2012. sally, one of th

phone lines are open -- the: we are joined here at table by jessica taylor and nathan gonzales. have people walk through negative ads, media consultant do not just wake up in the morning and think about the worst ad they can make today. polling that goes on where they ask voters in each district what issues they care issues, if they had certain information, changes their mind. the reason you see so many negative ads is because negative ads crafted in the right way work, influencing the person's opinion on how they will vote. most people are inclined to say they don't like negative ads, but then they see one and say -- i didn't know that. it starts to influence their vote. host: let's turn our attention to the house. with 435 members of congress, you point out there are 174 listed as safe. 200 10 republican seats. of the seats in play, 25 republican seats, 25 democratic seats. only seven complete tossup races. including arizona. the seat formerly held by gaby giffords. her former aide, ron barber, facing a republican charger. this was an extremely close race in 2012. sally, one o

nathan gonzales, deputy editor of "the rock bird political report." -- thesident said tony presidentsat down yesterday and was asked about immigration and the delay on immigration. here's a portion of that interview. [video clip] news is we have bipartisan support for that. house republicans refuse to do it and i said to them that if on something so common sense that you have got labor, business, evangelicals, folks across the board all ofing it, i will use the legal authority i have to act. laying the groundwork for that, jeh johnson from homeland security has presented me with inliminary, you know, ideas terms of how we can take executive action. i have determined that i want to make sure we get it right. >> it looks like election-year politics. >> i want to make sure that not only are the t's crossed and i's dotted, but i am being honest now, about the politics of it. this trouble with unaccompanied children that we saw a couple of weeks ago, from central america the surge of kids showing up at the border? it got a lot of attention. a lot of americans started thinking that we have

if we empower americans to on the next washington journal, nathan gonzales and jessica taylor. syriang editor of deeply.org. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation. washington journal is live at 7:00 eastern. monday, bill clinton and george w. bush will be at the museum in washington dc to launch the presidential leadership scholars program. the event is a partnership between the presidential centers of bush, clinton, and lyndon johnson. watch coverage beginning at 9:30 a.m.. with congress returning to washington, the house rules committee will consider two bills before they go to the house floor. one would restrict the epa attempt to define which waters it regulates under the clean water act. the other would condemn president obama for not giving congress advance notice of the bergdahl taliban prisoner exchange that occurred in may. that is live at 5:00. >> with congress returning, here is a message and one of this year student cam competition winners. >> foods that are modified are -- but soybeans are the most common. >> approximately 90% of corn and cotton