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[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] c-span has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events from washington dc and around the country. created by cable in 1979, c-span is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> house speaker nancy pelosi and house intelligence committee chair adam schiff gave a news conference on the impeachment inquiry of president trump. here are the remarks. as i say all the time, we are legislating, we are investigating and we are litigating. on the legislative front, we had very great drumbeat across america for h.r. 3, our legislation to bring down the cost of prescription drugs now. members had town hall meetings, press conferences and the rest, to listen to people's concerns, to share what we intended to do. and now that we're back this week, two committees, education and labor under b

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> maryland congressman elijah cummings was 68 when he died after a long illness. he was chair of the oversight and reform committee. one of the three committees investigating the impeachment inquiry into president trump. remarks this morning, reports "politico" with nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell and also with chuck schumer. they also write, the speakers today include representative mark meadows of north carolina who took on the role of public adversary to cummings as they sat opposite each other on the oversight dais. both were fierce partisan warriors, they write, but developed a close friendship over the years. mr. meadows said it will be the hardest two or three minutes. was a real friend, said meadows. >> and momentarily here we'll take you inside the u.s. capitol to statuary hall the old house chamber just outside the house of representatives where the ceremony will get under way this morning. we ex

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. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> this weekend on the presidency, we hear about former nixon's work. 50 years after she entered the white house. here is a preview. area i think it was 71, the early 1970's when the two portraits of president kennedy were completed and mrs. nixon was asked what she would like to do about a ceremony and she said she really wasn't up to a ceremony so mrs. nixon then invited mrs. kennedy and her children to come back for a private viewing and i remember they locked down -- the house was locked down that day when mrs. kennedy -- mrs. onassis was coming back. nobody could enter into the east or west wing into the residence rea. they invited them up to the private corridors and julie and trisha showed the children the rooms that they had been in when the kennedy children were young and then president nixon invited them for a lovely private dinner and i thought that was one of the most gracious things th

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] y >> next, the chair of the house democratic caucus, hakeem jeffries. and he and other democrats talked about the impeachment inquiry. they spoke to reporters during their weekly news conference. mr. jeffries: good morning, everyone. we had a very robust discussion in the caucus meeting today around issues connected to syria, which we'll talk about momentarily. and we have three distinguished co-chairs of the caucus, national security task force, with us. but also on h.r. 3, which is part of our continuing effort to lower health care costs on behalf of the american people. we promised in advance of november, 2018, that were we given the chance to serve in the majority, we would focus like a laser beam on driving down the high costs of life-saving prescription drugs. the american people pay more for prescription medication than any other developed country in the world. we pay more than canada or au

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. sit ncicap.org] >> federal trade commission commissioners rebecca slaughter and christine wilson talk about the agency's priorities and some of the privacy concerns with new technologies. that's live at the brookings institution in washington, d.c. today at 2:00 p.m. eastern. n c-span2. host: our newsmakers program, the ranking member of the house administration committee, thanks for coming by. rep. davis: thanks for having me. host: joining me with the question is tim starks and judy that covers congress for "the hill." where are we as far as security than in 2016? rep. davis: when we were charged of the 115th congress, we worked in a bipartisan way to invest $400 million into our election security issues working with d.h.s. to hire more administrators, to fight back cyber attacks, and also giving money to our states so that our state and local officials can work with d.h.s. hand in hand to ensure the election security f eve

nation that he loved. god bless you. thank you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> c-span's washington journal come alive every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning we will preview the week ahead. then a discussion on election security in the u.s. with david ecker from the center of innovation and research. -- watch c-span's washington journal live at seven eastern. --sday the senate conference investigating the boeing 737 max 8, testifying before the committee is boeing's president. >> shortly before 9:30 this morning, president trump spoke to reporters about a military operation in northern syria against an isis leader.

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the u.s. house about to gavel back in. lawmakers working on 17 bills. including legislation preventing the online sale of e-cigarettes to minors. live coverage of the house. the speaker pro tpore: the house will be in order the prayewille offered by the guest chaplain, reverd dr. k w. thomas, first presbyteri church, columbia, south carolina. the chapln: lets pray. gracious heavenly father we thank you for your guiding hand upon our nation for almost two and a half centuries. blessed is the nation whose god is the lord. today i humbly ask that you bless our congressional leaders, grant them the wisdom of solomon to address the complex issues of government, ensuring that the legitimate needs of our citizens are faithfully represented. at a moment of tension and division, i ask that your will might be done, ensuring the preservation of liberty and justice for all. i especially pray for those who protect our

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] party tish national leader announced plans for a new eferendum in 2020 at her party's annual conference in aberdeen, scotland. 2014 they voted in a referendum to stay in the uk. i'm utterly sick of westminster. i'm sick of brexit. criticize the policies of prime minister boris johnson and president donald trump. this is just over 50 minutes. >> if you're sitting want to talk to you today about two futures. about a choice of two futures. country and for our world. you know there are times in fundamental decisions have to be made. decisions guided by our values nd by our hopes for future generations. standing up involve this is such aht moment. olitics today is dominated in too many countries by straw man leaders with inflated egos and n overbearing sense of entitlement. mra [applause] >> you have a prime minister who acted unlawfully. he cares nothing for the disastrous of his brexit policy. virtually every d

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> campaign 2020. watch our live coverage of the presidential candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind. c-span's campaign 2020. your unfiltered view of olitics. >> next former national security advisor discusses the trump administration's foreign policy strategy, including the president's decision to withdraw troops from syria. >>

[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 235. the nays are 188. he amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 5 printed in rt b of house report 116-247 by the gentleman from ohio, mr. davidson, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 5 printed in part b of house report 116-247 offered by mr. davidson of ohio. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in c

[indistinct conversations] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] >> we are at the national press club in washington, d.c., bringing you live coverage, it was supposed to start in 10 minutes ago, we will hear from bqe plaintiff in the lgt writes case being argued in the supreme court. they will be on the podium to arrive, we are watching live coverage here on c-span. [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] >> again, just waiting at the national press club in washington, d.c., beginning remarks, brought today by the plaintiff in the lgtbq rights case that was argued today in the supreme court, we are watching live coverage here on c-span. [indistinct conversations] >> while we wait for the remarks by the plaintiff in one of the two lgtbq rights cases being argued in the supreme court, we will take a look at some of toda

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> these comments taking place a short moment ago. the president is leaving for lake charles, louisiana and will hold a campaign rally. e that live at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> some of the stats from last 102 minutes that the president spoke before a crowd of 20,000 people. one of our callers asked about the cost of the rally and some of the concerns. are not paying anything extra. i look at more reporting -- a look at more reporting and the rules that apply. there story from yesterday noting that despite the cost, the fcc does not require campaign committees to pay states or cities back for rally related expenses. they can reimburse security nott -- costs but they are required to do so. they interviewed a professor at the university of minnesota saying that candidates pay for venue rentals but city and local taxpayers are shelling out for agencies can expect over time when it comes to these types of rallies. the

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org [indiscernible conversation] cheers and applause] president trump thank you all. thank you. who are you related to here? > my father-in-law, sir. [indiscernible conversation] >> before the announcement that they were dropping sanctions, senators lindsay graham and chris van hollen

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2019] >> watch live thursday morning at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> today, president trump hosted italy's president at the white house. here are their remarks during the meeting. president trump: thank you very much. it's a great honor to have the president of italy with us. he is a man of great distinction. he's highly respected in this country. nice to have you at the white house. thank you very much. mr. president. interrupter -- interpreter: [speaking foreign language] president trump: we have had a great relationship with italy for a long time. i don't think it's ever been closer than it is now. we have won a $7.5 billion award from, as you know, i guess it's been pretty big news, i know that this is against the european union and world trade. good old world trade. long time they have been taking advantage of the united states and t

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> also on wednesday, during an oval office meeting with the finnish president, president trump responded to repeated questions about the house impeachment inquiry. he described house intelligence chair adam schiff as a lowlife. his is about 15 minutes. pres. trump: it's a great honor to have a man that has become a friend of mine. we have gotten to know each other well. the president of finland. we have many things to discuss. including trade and military and purchases. lots of different, exciting events. we will have a long time together today, then we will be having lunch. i think we're going to be seeing the media right afterwards and say a few words. it is an honor to have you with us. thank you. pres. niinisto: thank you very much. i am waiting for our discussions. pres. trump: see, he is a man of few words and gets it done. that is what i like about him. that's what i like about him. anyway, ok, thank you all very much. reporter: are you putting the whistleblower's

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> and the house will take up that resolution, opposing the withdrawal from syria. live coverage when they're back at noon eastern. you the news ow conference with republican leadership that wrapped up just a few minutes ago.

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning, we will discuss the latest in the u.s. troop withdrawal from syria and house democrats impeachment inquiry with maryland democratic congressman anthony brown and florida republican congressman michael waltz. then kimberly leonard talks about the future of u.s. health care. live "washington journal," at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. sunday night, wall street trader turned photojournalist in his book "dignity" about the plight of those living in the margins of society in america. because all of the semis were gone. it was the industrial part of hunts point. intelligenceher just kind of came right through. we spoke for about an hour, half an hour or so, she told me her just -- it iss like a clichÉ of everything wrong that can happen to somebody. eventually, i asked her what i what e

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[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] we will be back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m.. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order o. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. october 18, 2019. i hereby appoint the honorable jode neguse to act as sprothe on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god our father, we give you thanks for giving us another day. as the house comes to the end of an emotional week, we ask that you

nation's past. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> recent missile attacks on saudi arabian oil facilities initially disrupted more than half of the kingdom's crude oil output. according to the "washington post" that's about 6% of the global supply. next, on reel america, a documentary on how the oil industry began in saudi arabia. desert venture is a standard oil company of california film showing their oil exploration and well drilling efforts from 9 32 until about 1948. ♪ >> 11,000 miles from san francisco, 8,000 miles from new york, there lies a prime evil desert, a math of drifting sand and sun baked earth one third the size of the united states. a place of ancient glories, long ago a center of thriving trade where came the marchents from india and china to barter their wares for the spices and centuries fell into eclipse and until recent years remained remote, unknown and isolated. most of its people were cammle shepherd and in the wake of scattered rains produced short-lived patches of vegetation. monot my and pov

institution. >> thank you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] canadian party leaders, including prime minister justin trudeau take part in a two hour debate ahead of the october 21 election. today.verage begins ♪ >> past leaders let china freely plunder the united states economy and take the crown jewels of american industry. are finally responding to years of chronic trade abuses by defending our workers with tariffs and anything else that is necessary. nobody is going to steal our businesses, nobody is going to close our factories, and nobody is going to close our plants anymore, they are all coming back. president trump has popularized the debate over tariffs in our country once again. how long have terrorists been the subject of big political debates? a topic ofn discussion from the beginning that tariffs make great rhetoric, really power people up. one can argue that the united states was founded on a tariff battle, on opposition to english ta

going home going home going home 'y moonlight of the silvr ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning instituteich is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> american history tv is on social media. follow us @cspanhistory. p lin wasarolinians 33 years old, married and had two children when he received a draft notice in march 1944. eight months later he died in a fierce battle in a german forest. up next from the national world war ii museum in new orleans, a conversation with chris hartley about his book "the lost soldier." diaries, and, official war records, mr. hartley tells the story of pete ruth on the anniversary of the battle of hurtgen >> good evening. welcome to the world war ii museum for a fascinating escutcheon about one soldier's experience in the battle of hurtgen forest. to have you here with us this evening. i would like to welcome our viewers at home who are watching on the internet via our live stream channel and on c-span. it's great to see our programs getting ever wider distribution and a

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning instituteon content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] you can watch archival railamerica," saturday at 10:00 and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern, here in american history tv. tonight, at 9:00 eastern, and afterwords, and her latest book susan rice talks about her life and career in american diplomacy and foreign policy. she's interviewed by robin wright, author and columnist for the new yorker. >> were you worried about russian intervention in the 2020 election? >> it's important for the american people to understand it has not stopped. it has been constant. they were very actively involved in 20. as we saw through hacking and stealing emails from the dnc, from those on the clinton campaign. they tried to infiltrate our electoral system. they put out all of this information, then they were active on social media, trying to pit americans against each other over domestic issues get whether his race, or immigration or what have you. their whole thing is to discredit our democracy, to cause people to hat

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> tuesday, the senate commerce, science, and transportation committee hearing examining the boeing 737 max, following two international accidents last year. testifying before the committee is boeing's president and c.e.o., dennis mullingberg and vice president and chief engineer josh hamilton. watch news on c-span3, online at c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free -span radio app. >> tonight on "the communicators" -- >> when it comes to facebook, the f.t.c. recently fined that company. how did you come up with $5 billion and where does that mungo? >> to take your second question first, the mungos though u.s. treasury. and in terms of the monetary fine, remember, of course, obviously the monetary fine son-in-law one aspect of the relief we obtained from faceback, yes, the $5 billion penalty but also broad injunctive relief that constrains the way in which facebook can handle consumer day 25

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2019] >> house democratic leader steny hoyer and republican whip steve scalise spent nearly an hour on the floor today debating the house impeachment inquiry. it took place during the end of week discussion of next

national security. no one is above the law. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> republican leaders also held this morning. we'll take a look at their remarks from a short time ago. >> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. we want to talk about a number of things this morning but in particular we continue to watch happening with this impeachment process. any heney: it is by definition a process that is an attempt in secret, in the capitol, to he unseat a duly elected president states.nited it's unlike anything we've ever seen before. we know what a constitutionally process mpeachment would look like. we saw that happen both with with ent nixon and president clinton. this is not that. this is not a search for the truth. not a situation where you've got the majority, the emocrats, who are upholding their constitutional duty and trying to get to the truth. where they tuation know the outcome that they want nd they have concocted a process in secret without the president's couns

going home going home going home 'y moonlight of the silvr ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning instituteaption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> american history tv is on social media. follow us @cspanhistory. p lin wasarolinians 33 years old, married and had two children when he received a draft notice in march 1944. eight months later he died in a fierce battle in a german forest. up next from the national world war ii museum in new orleans, a conversation with chris hartley about his book "the lost soldier." diaries, and, official war records, mr. hartley tells the story of pete ruth on the anniversary of the battle of hurtgen >> good evening. welcome to the world war ii museum for a fascinating escutcheon about one soldier's experience in the battle of hurtgen forest. to have you here with us this evening. i would like to welcome our viewers at home who are watching on the internet via our live stream channel and on c-span. it's great to see our programs getting ever wider distribution and attention. in addition to our

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> have a good day. thank you. >> appreciate it. announcer: here is a look at our live coverage thursday. on c-span, the house is back at 10:00 a.m. eastern for general speeches. on the agenda, a bill requiring the security and exchange commission have testing on proposed sec disclosure rules considering investment. in the evening, president trump holds a rally in dallas as part of his 2020 reelection campaign. in c-span2, the senate is back at 10:00 a.m. and will override the presidential veto overturning his emergency declaration at the border. senators will also consider a resolution from democrats that will reverse the new epa rule on carbon emissions standards for power plants. and in the morning on c-span3, the house ministries and subcommittee on elections holds a hearing on voting rights -- the

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] always ask this question. she was new. ok. this is housed in this building that was commissioned as a hospital for the navy in 1864 by president lincoln. it was the forerunner of the bethesda naval hospital, it started here. hospitals after the made it to the suburbs, this building was allowed to go derelict. it did not meet code. it had a lot of problems and the city pretty much walked away from it. ago, a group years of neighbors got together when we heard there was going to be a request of proposals from the city for the renovation and reuse of this place for some community purpose. that is how this foundation was born and how hill center came into being. to make sure this place continues in its current wonderful condition, for generations to come, we do have a fundraising campaign going on now to create a hill center endowment. has given too bad, along with your neighbors and we ask you remember the hill

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, live coverage of president trump holding a campaign rally in lake charles, louisiana. on c-span two, book tv with authors who have appeared on our in-depth series. end on c-span3, american history tv, with programs looking at the history of the u.s. automobile industry. and tomorrow, more from president trump as he speaks at the 14th annual values voter summit here in washington. see that live saturday at 6:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, we speak with reporters from around the country on how the house democrats' impeachment inquiry is impacting legislative issues in virginia, utah, nebraska, new york and california congressional districts. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live saturday at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. ♪ >>

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] theresident trump signing trade agreements in the roosevelt room in the white house and touched on the impeachment inquiry. we are joining an event where former cia director david petraeus is appearing. this is live coverage from c-span. and there was some reputation risk i do not want to go into that was too, too much, despite how attractive it was financially. not very fun. and then our investor groups, particularly strategic investors -- they all wanted to understand the world we are all in inventing together, and so we do a lot of activity with them. , we have stakeholders or whatever it may be -- you know, it is wonderful, frankly, it's you get paid to do what you love to do. i am in government. what i wanted was intellectual stimulation. >> does the world look different from this vantage point than it did in government? gen. petraeus: it is a different perspective. all of this as the directo

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] washington journal, live every day. coming up monday morning, we will discuss the trump impeachment inquiry, and then demand justice co-founder will be on to talk about the supreme court and progressive court reform. we will talk about ohio's role as a campaign 2020 battleground state. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. >> for 40 years, see -- c-span has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from washington dc and around the country, so you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979, c-span is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> next on q&a, peter liebhold talks about the history of tariffs. after that, the british foreign secretary stands in for prime minister boris johnson during prime minister

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> c-span is live in norfolk, virginia where democratic presidential candidate elizabeth war season shortly to host a town hall. the event is being held at old dominion university. you're watching live coverage on c-span. ♪ ♪ i would walk 500 mills and i would walk 500 more just to be the man who walks 1,000 miles to fall down at your door ♪ ♪ ♪ i would walk 500 miles and i would walk 500 more just to be the man who walks 1,000 miles to fall down at your door ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ honey honey i can see the stars all the way from here i can feel the thunder ♪enever you're near ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i used to think maybe you loved me now baby i'm sure and i just can't wait till the day when you knock on my door now every time i go for the ailbox got to hold myself down because i just can't wait till you write me you're coming around i'm walking on sunshine whoa walking on sunshine whoa i'm walking on sunshin

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institutewhich is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> power in washington is like crack cocaine. once you have it you don't want to give it up, and you will do anything to stop someone who will take your power away from you. insunday 9:00 p.m. eastern his latest book "witchhunt" greg gerrit offers his thoughts on the mueller report and the investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election. he is interviewed by the chair of the american conservative union. >> robert mueller should never have been special counsel. he was a fact witness. he wasn't honest with the president. he didn't say i have agreed to be a special counsel to investigate you. he wasn't forthright. he wasn't honest and truthful to the president, which to me is unconscionable.

people wil soon be working [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> c-span's campaign 2020 coverage continues. today at 6:00 p.m. live on c-span, elizabeth warren holds a town hall in norfolk, virginia. live saturday at 1:00 p.m. eastern, senator bernie sanders at a bernie's back rally in new york city. watch on c-span, any time on c-span.org and listen wherever you are using the free c-span radio app. house speaker nancy pelosi headlined the democratic national committee women's leadership forum conference. she talked about the upcoming elections and impeachment inquiry but started by mentioning the passing of maryland congressman elia ummings. -- elijah cummings. >> house democrats are down with n.d.p. >> nancy pelosi is the most powerful woman in

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> we're making it easy for you impeachment inquiry on c-span.org. search all of c-span's coverage demand of all the congressional briefings and hearings. s well as the administration's response during the impeachment inquiry process. log on to our impeachment webpage at c-span.org/impeachment, your to watch asy way c-span's unfiltered coverage anytime. unconventional political convention, is live nashville city in saturday. ann coulter and james comey. and chief political analyst for nbc news, nicolle wallace. listen wherever you are using the free c-span radio app.

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\[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> c-span's washington journal come alive, every day, with news and policy issues that impact to you. political pro and immigration reporter discussing the and to the general motors strike and what it means for the future of unions. and then, bradford kane talks about president trump's brand of populism. watch c-span's washington journal. join the discussion. >> washington journal mugs are .vailable check out the mugs. >> the house will be an order. >> for 40 years, c-span has events. unfiltered in 1970 nine.le c-span is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. aiet's eddie bernice johnson, democrat, is the chair of the committee. thank you for being with us. before we get into some of the issues, the telecommunications technical issues, i wanted stem education. what is your committee doing educationmes to stem and what should the congress be doing?

[cheers and applause] [applause] snoot [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome a fireside chat with kentucky senate candidate amy mcgrath. [applause] joe rmer vice president biden also spoke at the democratic national committee's forum.men's leadership he focused on women's issues but also talked about president trump and the 2020 election. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back d.n.c. chair tom perez. tom: all right. good afternoon. we have one more very, very distinguished speaker today. the bad ass women i hope -- who are doing great work. folks, lou gehrig once that i'm the luckiest person on the face of the earth. with all due respect i think i can because i have had the privilege of working with the likes of senator ted kennedy and president clinton and president obama, and so many people running for president, working closely with them, including our next speaker, the vice president joe biden. you president biden, know has had a long

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> a look outside rooment where house investigators have been questioning the deputy assistant secretary of state in charge of ukraine policy, george kant. he was subpoenaed by house committees to appear on capitol hill to answer questions about president trump, for partly questioning ukraine to investigate his rival in the 2020 campaign, joe biden. you can find comments from the lawmakers this morning before they intered the meeting at c-span.org. also on capitol hill, the house will be meeting at about 3:30 eastern time to begin legislative work. after a two week break. members will consider eight bills today, four dealing with china's policy toward hong kong and another four on veterans issues. we'll have live coverage here on c-span. tonight former government officials and policy experts will talk about the latest developments in syria anti-president's decision to withdraw u.s. troops. watch the discussi

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the u.s.n wednesday, has returns at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span for general speeches. at noon eastern, the house takes up several bills including a resolution opposingthe president's withdrawal of u.s. forces from syria. on c-span2, the senate continues work on executive and judicial nominations. a.m., the at 10:00 senate foreign relations committee looks at tensions between the u.s. and iran over an attack on saudi oil facilities. house foreign affairs subcommittee meets at 2:00 p.m. to consider recommendations for a u.s.-syria policy. coverage continues with a joe biden event in davenport, iowa. next a discussion of president trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria and the impact on the region. the speakers include former state department, national security council and pentagon

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org following the house vote on that impeachment inquiry, the white house released this statement saying quote, the president has done nothing wrong and the democrats know it. nancy pelosi and the democrats' unhinged proceeding does not hurt president trump but hurts the american people. the statement went on, that is unfair, unconstitutional and fundamentally un-american. with those remarks, we'll take you back to the house floor for that debate on the impeachment inquiry. chairman jim mcgovern introduced the impeachment riles herb and we'll begin with the clerk reading the bill. man from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: by direction of the committee on rules i call up house resolution 660 and ask for its immediate considering. the speaker: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 66, 0 resolved that the permanent select committee on intelligence, the committees on financial

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the committee will come to order. chairman.ou, mr. for your thank you service. # advisor testified before this committee. i have nothing new >>i have nothing new to add beyond what he said so i would answers, as i said earlier in my statement we're not looking for conflict in iran repeatedly we'll ot exercise military force unless we're attacked and the troop enhanced posture with purely defensive and it's to help the saudis to do a defending itself and obviously -- >> i'm not so sure that iran we're that way, when taking sides like we have. withany times have you met president trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani about any subject involving foreign and what topics did you discuss? * * >> when i was the director of policy, i know judge michael mukasey, and he a meeting, when i was legal policy, and he brought to the meeting ith him, and the meetings were regarding a counselor issue. there was no actio

. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institutele for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> you can watch archival films on public affairs in their entirety on our weekly series "reel america," saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv. a, theand smithsonian institution on the history of managing tariffs in the u.s. economy. >> the supreme court ruled a tomato is a vegetable instead of a fruit because of a tariff. any botanist will tell you a tomato is a fruit, but in fact, the 1883 tariff put a tariff on vegetables and not fruits. an importer of vegetables pointed out that the tomatoes he was bringing in from the caribbean were fruit, and he did not have to pay a tariff. the battle went on for quite some time, and eventually the supreme court ruled that tomatoes are actually vegetables. it is an interesting ruling in that it had repercussions beyond tomatoes themselves. easterny night at 8:00 on c-span's q and a. >> next on american history tv, from the economic history ass

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]>> the u.s. house meets for legislative work noon eastern. today they'll debate a bill directing the s.e.c. to study new sefulness of requiring business disclose urs for investors -- disclosures for investors. tomorrow, another bill requiring public companies to report on how many employees they have in overseas. and live coverage of the house live at noon here on c-span. the speaker, rom house oversight committee chair elijah cummings died early this morning. years old. the baltimore sun reports he had recently, lth issues including an acor theic valve aorta valve - replacement in 2017. one tweeted, he used his minute a e on earth to fight for fairer world for all americans and he fit an eternity into his of service. he set an example for us all and missed, e deeply senator carper. he retweeted an earlier speech quoting him, ig, have only a minute, 60 seconds, forced upon me. did not choose it but i know i m

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [gavel striking block] committeeisch: the will come to order. hastor: the president deployed additional forces to saudi arabia in recent weeks in preparation of a possible conflict of iran. is congress required to authorize participation in any war with iran? mr. hook: the department's acting legal advisory -- acting legal advisor testified before this committee. i have nothing new to add beyond what he said. id for to his answers. i defer to him-- for his answers. but we are not looking for military conflict with iran. the troop enhanced posture with saudi is purely defensive to help saudi arabia defend itself. i'm not so sure iran sees it that way when we take sides like we have. how many times have you met with president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani about any topic of foreign policy, and what topics did you discuss? mr. hook: when i directed the office of legal policy, i am --ends with michael

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