national constitution center.he professor gates downstairs and all of our colleagues, so we are just going to jump into this conversation. i think you can tell, it is urgently important to bring as many schoolkids as possible to come see that incredible exhibit. [applause] that is why i'm thrilled that

the national constitution center hosted this event. you heard the passion of professor gates downstairs and all of our colleagues, so we are just going to jump into this conversation. i think you can tell, it is urgently important to bring

jeffrey roche and of the national constitutional center will be with us. be sure to watch weston journal live at 7:00 eastern monday morning -- watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern on monday morning. >> u.s. represented patrick mchenry of north carolina talks about federal reserve board policy, who the president might choose for federal openings, and more. newsmakers today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. history tv, today at 6:00 p.m., on american artifacts, a tour of the rise up rights on the lgbtq exhibit. the stonewall prayed on the gay wall street workers who socialized there. it was a place where gay people could come. >> at 8:00, on the presidency. here about the watergate tapes from jeff sheppard who worked with nixon's defense team. >> the president said this, the president said this, the president decreed to do that. anything thatind says the president gave an order or acknowledged criminality. it is just not there. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. president trump has announced he intends to nominate patrick shanahan to

national constitution center. [applause] passion ofhe professor gates downstairs and all of our colleagues, so we are just going to jump into this conversation. i think you can tell, it is urgently important to bring as many schoolkids as possible to come see that incredible exhibit. [applause] that is why i'm thrilled that last week the superintendent of the school district of philadelphia sat with me on this overlook and announced that the school district and the constitution center are launching a program to bring tens of thousands of school districts to the conference every year. we are calling it the constitutional ambassadors program. we won't go seek support and these great kids are going to start their experience in the classroom. see the civil war exhibit and the constitution center, and connect to classrooms around the country using our virtual constitution exchanges for hour-long conversations about the constitution moderated by judge or master teacher. >> wow, that is great. >> it is an amazing project

jeffrey rosen of the national constitution center will be with us. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. announcer: last week the state department hosted the annual conference on the americas with government officials and foreign diplomats. the event included remarks from vice president pence, who talked about the situation in venezuela. [applause] mr. gluski: hello again, and good afternoon, everyone. now, we come to one of the highlights of the program -- a keynote address by the vice president of the united states, the honorable michael pence. throughout the 49 years of the washington conference, we have hosted on many occasions the highest officials of the united states government.

jeffrey rosen is president and ceo of the national constitution center and a professor at the george washington university law school. >>> coming up, house judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler says president trump is making it impossible to rule out impeachment. we're going to hear more from him after the break. you're watching msnbc. him after the break. you're watching msnbc. i got cones, anybody wants one! oh, yeah! get ya some! no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. ed! ed! we struck sprinkles! [cheers] believe it. geico could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. billions of problems. morning breath? garlic breath? stinky breath? there's a therabreath for you. therabreath fresh breath oral rinse instantly fights all types of bad breath and works for 24 hours. so you can... breathe easy. there's therabreath at walmart. i didn't have to call 911.help. and i didn't have to come get you. because you didn't have another heart attack. not today. you took our conversation about your chronic coronary artery disea

at the close of our nation's constitutional convention in 1787, benjamin franklin was asked whether the framers had proposed a republic or a monarchy. mr. franklin said in reply, and i quote, "a republic if you can keep it." if you can keep it. today in 2019, we still have a republic, if we can keep it. the functioning and the we must confront and overcome this continuing attack on our elections from forces both foreign and domestic. we must address as well the failure of our administration, this administration, and some in congress that inadequately defend us against these attacks, this fight for the very soul of our democracy has been raised inescapably by the actions of the president of the united states of america -- both while in office, and it still may be determined by his current conduct. i did not come here to give a political speech. i came here to make it clear that we have got work to do. equally dangerous -- [applause] rep. cummings: equally dangerous, if not more so, the threats to our democracy have been allowed to metastasize by the failure of the current republican majo

we need a national constitutional amendment. it was she who pushed for that and she who came up with all of these parades and this vigil in front of the white house. a number of other women active and very social reform movements were early dar members. jane adams, founder of the whole house, one of the most important and influential settlement houses. settlement houses when into immigrant communities and cities and helped bring immigrants all kinds of social services. the breckenridge sisters who worked on african-american civil rights, women's rights, suffrage, welfare. frances willard, the founder of the women's can temperance issue and other issues women embraced. the first woman to run for president of the united states in 1884 and 1888, who knew that there was a woman running for president in 1884, 40 years before we got to vote. elza and lockwood was a dar. the composer of the battle hymn of the republic was a feminist and active in women rights and was an early dar. this is a whole exhibit with testament to the dar. else

political dominance a senate majority would allow him to restore capital punishment and change the nation's constitution. ok for more let's bring in richard a darian he's the author of the rise of do terrorists and a political scientist in the know i thank so much for joining us and how much. how important are these elections if you tell us that for detect. yeah i would actually argue that this is the most important election in a generation at least in the philippines i mean the philippines is an american style democracy there are definitely a referendum on the incumbent president and unlike in the united states presidents do not have an option for reelection but only have a single term for 6 years so this is in many ways question of whether the filipino people are going to reaffirm the 2006 elections again similar to what happened in brixton and united states was it. or are the filipinos going to put a brake on president increasing. and that's why this election is important the 2nd reason why this election is very important is because it will determine the composition of the senate which has acted as a

host: a might be a good time to remind people about the work you do at the national constitution centerhat people can find at constitutioncenter.org. guest: the leading place to go is constitutioncenter.org and click on our interactive constitution. together the top liberal and conservative scholars in america. i want you to download this tool. leading liberal and conservative scholars in america to talk about every part of the constitution, what they agree about and what they disagree about. you can see what liberals and conservatives agree and disagree about with regard to executive power. you can explore every major text of the constitution, the evolution of article 1, 2 and three. the bill of rights and state constitutions. you can click on educational videos including the one we have done with c-span, landmark cases and new videos with justices case gig -- kagan and gorsuch. launchingure we are in september is called constitutional exchanges and it classrooms across the country so kids in philadelphia -- and it links classrooms across the country so kids in ella delta 10 talk with

we need a national constitutional amendments. so it was she who really pushed for that, and she who came up with all of these parades and this vigil in front of the white house. a number of other women active in various social reform movements were early dars. jane adams, founder of the hole house, one of the most influential and important settlement houses. settlement houses went into poorer, immigrant communities in cities and helped recent immigrants with all kinds of social services. the breckinridge sisters who worked on suffrage, african-american's civil rights, child rights, child welfare, frances willard, the founder of the temperance union. many of the -- the first woman to run for president of the united states in 1884 and 1888. who knew that women -- there was a woman running for president in 1884, 40 years before we got the vote? belva ann lockwood, the composer of the "battle hymn of the republic," julia ward howe was an early dar. this is all pertinent to the dar. elsewhere in the exhibit, we point out that there we

jeffrey rosen of the national constitution center will be with us.e sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. >> next, prime minister theresa may takes questions from the members of the house of commons. after that, senator cory booker of new jersey meets with voters in new hampshire. at 11:00 p.m., another chance to see q&a with david maraniss. now, british prime minister theresa may takes questions on national health service funding, brexit, lending for schools and programs to assist working families. this is 45 minutes. rd in that regard. >> questions to the prime minister. janet devi. >> question number one, mister speaker.

vision 2020 has had this wonderful partnership with the national constitution center for almost 10 years now. in this very space we did a preview of our decade-long campaign for women's equality in 2009 then in 2010 we convene our first national congress here in this very auditorium with delegates from all 50 states and the district of columbia. we launched an american conversation about women and leadership. our focus from the very beginning has been on the year 2020 and on the centennial of women's right to vote. it has been very much focused on accelerating the pace of progress for women in this nation. i've been working on these issues decades and we've got some great racers recently but the pace has been slow. vision 2020 i am really looking forward to this presentation today because it is very much a part of our three-part overarching mission. it is to honor the past, to enrich the present and shape the future. we really want to encourage young people to be involved and not only in shared leadership among women and men but in civic engagement and to be fixing the things that need f

i will be speaking to jeff rosen at the national constitution center and liz holtzman who was involved in the watergate trials, the watergate hearings. i go es the examples that i have been looking for in terms of a president extending executive privilege over everything, not even specifics. but everything having to do within with an investigation into that president is something that prior administrations approached with caution and care. what's the feeling at the white house about this? >> that this is the right move for them. they will point to past instances where presidents haven't heard of the executive order or executive privilege i should say in order to protect certain materials. i do think it's important to explain what we are talking about here. people ask the question the mueller report is already out, at least it's unredacted version. that's not what the white house is trying to do here, there are tons of pieces of evidence, the stuff used in essence to compile that mueller report, that is what the executive privilege is on, in addition to the full unredacted mueller repor

constitutional crisis. and the breadth of this obstruction is beyond anything in our nation's history. the president has said that mueller should not testify here. he has ordered without authority don mcgahn to refuse to testify here. he has ordered in violation of the law that the treasury secretary continue to hide his tax returns. he has blocked or delayed more than 30 requests from congress. he has blocked testimony about the security clearances granted to his family members. he has blocked testimony about the humanitarian disaster caused by the trump family separation policy at our border. this sweeping repudiation of congress and congressional investigations is unprecedented and it is unconstitutional. this is a government of, by, and for the people. the attorney general of the united states is stonewalling the people, he is misleading the people. and he is actively working to suppress the truth. i don't understand, still, every time we have one of these hearings, how it is that none of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle seem at all concerned about russia's attack on ou

joining me now the president and ceo of the national constitution center. jeffrey rosen. there four votes in the supreme court, because that's what it takes for them to hear the alabama case, assuming it winds its way in that direction? >> not necessarily. we know that chief justice roberts voted with the liberals to block the louisiana law that imposed admitting requirements for doctors, suggesting he may be inclined to uphold that law, given the fact that the supreme court, or, rather, to strike it down given the fact that the supreme court did that in 2016. the bottom line, chief justice roberts appears not to want to overturn roe v. wade right now. and the four skeptical they're not going to get his vote. they don't want to hear the more extreme cases. they might do what they're going to hear next week, with doctors permitting laws or in indiana fetal disposal laws. or laws requiring ultra sounds after, and waiting periods and things like that. this supreme court with this composition will not want to confront the core of roe with states like alabama or missouri which

the national constitution center in philadelphia where you are. he said something intriguing, he did not think chief justice john roberts in this court ready to take up roe v. wade. guest: to know what is interesting, jeffrey rosen, a really bright guy and i deferred to him on these constitutional issues, but for the atlantic, he wrote an essay about a -- about what a post- roe world looks like. he wrote it in 2006. in anticipation of my interview with him on cnn yesterday, i wanted to read that essay again and you are absolutely right. the point i am trying to make is is that is not a recent observation of jeffrey rosen. he thought that in 2006 when chief justice roberts could not be taken for granted. if you hear some of the criticism rush limbaugh has had of brett kavanaugh, expressing some disappointment of him not being a pure conservative, the point i would make is you really don't know exactly how they will line up. you probably know how clarence thomas will line up, you probably know how some of the liberal justices will line up, but there

because of the absence of era and has left a stain on our constitution and country. nations have looked to the united states to model their constitution to recognize the equality of men and women yet we fail to do the same work it is frankly an embarrassment. an amendment that wasn't supported by republicans and democrats under president nixon, carter have been used to divide our country and it has allowed critics to claim there is no need for the era. in the words of the late supreme court justice antonin scalia who said, certainly the constitution does not require discrimination based on sex, the only issue is whether it prohibits it. it does not. that should send chills down the spine of each and every one of us. discrimination is not prevented against women in the constitution of the united states. i will just say mr. chairman i've already exceeded my time, i will just end by saying, we need era so we can join the rest of the industrialized countries in the world and not be bringing up the rear as we are presently doing. we need era so we can achieve our full economic an

representatives in washington, dc says the mission is to restore democracy and fully implement their nation's constitution . >> who want to send a clear message to the dictator. your time is over. venezuela is ready for a change. >> reporter: maduro has remained out of view but tweeted , "the military is still loyal to his regime. he added "i call the maximum popular mobilization to ensure victory. we will win." the white house does not consider guaido's attempt to take over as a coup because they already view him as the legitimate later. the trump administration called for a peaceful transition of power . >> america will stand with you in this hemisphere of freedom. >> reporter: the united states did not intervene in the moment. national security advisor john milton urged other countries to stay out . >> the cubans, we believe, have played a very significant role in propping maduro up today, possibly with help from the russians. >> reporter: the u.n. secretary- general offered his offices for talks if both sides are willing to come in. more mass protests are planned for wednesday. in washington, ray boga

times," the president and ceo of the national constitution center and profession at at george washingtonlaw. eli, here's the issue, the white house has painted all of these subpoenas as part of the democratic witch-hunt and the -- it's all a grand hoax. but in this case, this is a senate committee led by a republican and even the house intell committee subpoena for the mueller report, that was signed off by adam schiff, yes, democrat, and republican evan nunez. do these facts change the white house's narrative or defense? >> they don't change the plan, which is continue to stonewall and say no to these requests and say look, mueller couldn't find anything and took two years, this is over with, move on. that will be their plan. the president is really eager to end these investigations, to snuff them out so to speak. i think their actions doing so are really just adding more fuel to the investigations. you heard speaker pelosi talking about he's almost getting us into continuing these investigations and pushing us towards impeachment. i think that's maybe the net effect of some of this whe

he has rewritten parts of the national constitution, dismantled the judiciary, reined in the free pressed the electoral system to favour his party. and last year, he won the third straight term and power on the straight term in power on the back of a promise to protect the country's christian majority. he is a vanguard of european populism translation: the forces of national sovereignty and globalisation are pitted against one another as never before. on one hand stands the nationalist millions, on the other, the global elite. president obama and president bush before him both snubbed victor orban, the trump administration has waited two and a half years. the strongman image may impress trump, but there are reasons that the americans remain wary. hungary, a nato ally, has been actively courting russia and china, buying the technology of the telecoms giant, huawei, despite the warnings from washington. today, mr trump will try to cut an arms deal with them, there will be deals on energy too, but the width of deal with him, there will be deals on energy too, but the width of the president

nation. our constitution doesn't begin with the phrase we the democrats, we the republicans.hrase stands for walk -- we are all in this together. remember that. i do more than any time of our career. our politics have become so angry. unproductive, instead of debating we demonize. instead of questioning judgment we question their motives. instead of listening, we shout. we look to score political points. but, no more. [applause] this politics is pulling us apart and ripping this country apart at the seams. politics in today traffics in division and our president is the divider in chief. he is not the only one, far from it. he practices the worst politics that scapegoats and demonizes. he holds out the others as a source of all our problems. anyoneigrants, muslims, different in creed and color. used by been a scheme politicians for decades. gigantic cost. ns us, distracts us and divides us. it causes us to lose credibility around the world. it solves nothing. this is not who we are. i absolutely reject it. [applause] in this country we are all together in this great experiment

nation. our constitution doesn't begin with the phrase "we the democrats," "we the republicans."certainly doesn't begin with the phrase "we, the donors." it began with the phrase that stands for we are all in this together. remember that. i think more than any time of my career. ,ur politics has become so mean petty, negative, partisan, angry, and so unproductive. instead of debating, we demonize. instead of questioning judgment, we question their motives. instead of listening, we shout. instead of looking for solutions, we look to score political points. but, no more. [applause] this politics is pulling us apart and ripping this country apart at the seams. our politics today traffics in division and our president is the divider in chief. he is not the only one, far from it. he is just the worst practitioner of politics that singles out, scapegoats, and demonizes. he holds out the other as a source of all our problems. the immigrants, muslims, anyone different in creed or color or conviction. they are the problem, that's what he says. that has been a scheme used by politicians fo

jeffrey rosen with us from the national constitution center, institutioncenter.org if you want to see all their great work. the phone numbers if you want to join the conversation this morning, 202-748-80000. republican, 202-748-8001. 8002. ndents 20 2-748- does this apply only to current executive branch mes or can it apply to former executive branch employees? there's been discussion of bringing robert mueller in after he leaves the justice department. guest: it can apply to former employees with regarding conversations they had with the president while he was president and in that sense they're given the beneficiary of the privilege that attaches to him. but it can also be waived. if the president allowed, for example, don mcfwaun to talk to robert mueller, don mcgahn can't claim privilege in that circumstance and the question of whether the special counsel can be required to testify, the president has said he'll leave it up to the attorney general. the attorney general says he has no objections. it doesn't look like that particular privilege will be claimed. but it's always a quest

chairman, we're here today because we're witnessing the break down of our nation's constitutional order. in 1974, the supreme court warned of moments just like this when they said once checktive privilege is asserted, coequal branchs of the government are set on a collision course. the court went on to explain that such a collision places courts in awkward position of pushing to the familiar difficult separations of power and checks and balances, these occasions are likely to be avoided when ever possible. why are we on this collision course today? the attorney general of the united states refused to provide information that is not prif lemed. the kmie issue e committee issu for information. there is no privilege for this information. it is not a cloak of secrecy. yet last night the attorney general threatened a blanket privilege claim over trillions that he knows are not privileges as retribution for the mark up that we have now. it is striking how empty that gesture is. it is empty of any legal of factual support. the attorney general ordered his staff to send what he would define has

radio from national security to constitutional and criminal law, is developed his expertise of a long and distinguished career as a federal prosecutor and most audibly as chief judge of the is 81st attorney general of the united states, after leaving public office he returned to private practice and is not of cancel and like myron magnet he is a graduate of columbia university unlike justice thomas he took his law degree from you. with that, i ask you to join me in welcoming. [applause] . . . >>. >> including one called a dream and a nightmare. [applause] that explains how cultural changes contribute to the urban underclass that george w. bush said after the bible the most important book he ever read. and though certainly not the only reason the president awarding the national humanities medal. occluding philanthropy of one of the topics the revolution and immigration so who could imagine he needed an introduction so what came to light this book is no exception clarence thomas and the lost constitution looks at his credentials as a biographer but the constitution is another matter. so

the national assembly, the only ,uly elected body in venezuela exercised its power over the constitution and recognized a new leader, interim president juan guaido. direction,t trump's the united states was found to be the first nation on earth to recognize interim president juan guaido as the legitimate president of venezuela and now more than 50 nations around the world have joined us. all across this western hemisphere, nations have been standing up to declare their support for president quite a. -- president guaido. last month, the g-7 foreign ministers issued a statement 2018 presidential election lacks legitimacy, called on the maduro regime to, quote, restore the authority of the national assembly. the oldest regional organization in the world voted to stand with the venezuelan people and recognized juan guaido's government is the only true representative of venezuela. as we gather here today, president quite so is meeting with the national assembly, some of whom have come under harassment by the national guard and intelligence services. me take this opportunity to be very clear.

into a second term, stolen in a sham election, a national assembly, the only duly elected body in venezuela, exercised its power under the constitution and recognized a new leader, interim president juan guaido. direction,t trump's the united states was proud to be the first nation to recognize interim president juan guaido as the legitimate president of venezuela, and now more than 50 nations around the world have joined us. all across this western hemisphere, nations have been standing up to declare their support for president guaido. two months ago, the inter-american development bank -- last month, the g-7 foreign ministers issued a statement saying that the may 2018 presidential election lacked legitimacy and called on the maduro regime to "restore the authority of the national assembly." and the oas voted to stand with the venezuelan people and guaido's government as the only true representative of venezuela. as we gather here today, president guaido's meeting with members of the national assembly, some of whom have come under harassment by the national guard and intelligence service. let me take this opportunity to be very cle

he holds a referendum on the formation of a constitutional assembly that would remove the powers of the national assembly controlled by his opponent's. constitutional move absolutely. the opposition had twice considered using the same procedure to remove chavez from office in 2007. in 2016. 0 before the gun bill. was a decision ethical. i may not be qualified to say. in my country as well as in italy the banker was appointed prime minister. the referendum was ignored. in europe we cancelled a total of 5 referendums because the citizens haven't voted as the e.u. wanted them to. was those decisions constitutional maybe they were but they also ethical and democratic. in venezuela after the 2015 crisis the part of the right wing opposition started boycotting elections. last the un not to send experts who could determine whether fraud had been attempted. democracy in venezuela goes into turmoil this is the government solely responsible or is it also the ghost of the 2002 coup. several coup instigators will never go to prison and will form the hard core of the right wing opposition. it's interesting t

a lot of closures around the national mall. constitution avenue, they're expected to belosed from 10:30 this morning to 4:00 this afternoon. >>> people from across the country ll be at arlington national cemetery to honor the fallen. you have a chance to pay a special tribute to america service members who died in combat s tnce the 9/11ror attacks. each of the ylow ribbonsep sents a fallen service member. organizers hope each ribbon is claimed so that every service member is remembered. >> this is a gentle but meaningful way to hono every service member who died since 9/11. >> you can pick up the yellow ribbon at the woman's memorial all weekend. it is located at the gateway to arlingn national cemetery. >>> president trump is in the middle of a state visit. the president is playing a round of golf with prime minister shinz abe. he took to twitter just before teeing off. posting about north korea's rent missile test. president trump downplayed it saying it wasn't a concern for him. he talked abouttrade talks between japan and the u.s. >> i

warning that we don't commit them again, it's also meant to defer the ratification of the national federal constitution which he believes very firmly is something that will write the course. does he look at early america and flashback to other slaveholding republics and worry, all the time. all the adams is due. this is something that is really striking to become a soda. we are in now in the papers of john adams, the series i edit, the first federal congress. , john adams is a vice president, the senate, not as much as he hoped for him to do, so he has a lot of opinions about what is going on, but what we really start to see the federal machinery start to pull us along with his views on it. and he is critical of the institutions that are for me. he is very concerned that we are going to have the wrong kind of people in office, that they are not going to be fully pledged to the principles of the constitution, these are things that he lays out again and again, and something that surprised me in reading these letters between 1789 in 1791 is how often civil war is used. the idea is always between john adam

constitution. it was not until i experience workplace to skim and nation. was pregnant -- until i experienced work place discrimination. i was pregnant and fired. my supervisor said it was because i was pregnant. i know a firefighter who is a woman who has no access to appropriate size safety gear men's. it is only in firefighters think that 95% of firefighters are men. they do not have appropriate sizes for women. i think it is a credit -- it is incredibly important to have the e.r.a. as far as the issue of having women -- it is not about forcing women to do something. it is about having general equality. i appreciate this conversation. i think it is critical because women do not want something extra. women want equality. i would like to ask, how do you think it would change the walls to -- the laws to make it easier for discrimination to be proven? how would women benefit from equality? guest: what would happen is that the equal rights amendment would uniforma permanent national standard that would disallow government at all levels to discriminate based o

the strength of our nation, our constitution, our laws and our institutions have no greater guardians than us. it's this government of the people, by the people, and for the people. we must take this responsibility seriously or, again, we won't have a fighting chance to rebuild the trust of we the people and keep the promise of america alive. i've said it before in the well of this house. this is the promise that will keep us free and empower the next generation to shine. for their sake, our character, the spirit that leads us to do what is right and just must be our guide in our house so that it will stand forever. thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. smucker, for five minutes. mr. smucker: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to urge my colleagues to support the new trade agreement negotiated with mexico and canada, or the usmca. my district that i represent, the 11th district of pennsylvania, is one of the top 10 dairy producing counties in the nation and is the number one producing county f

nation. our constitution doesn't begin with the phrase we the democrats or we the republicans, and certainly doesn't begin we the donors. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> look, it began with the phrase that stands for we are all in this together, we need to remember that today. i think more than any time in my career, politics has become so mean, so petty, so negative, so partisan, so angry and so unproductive, so unproductive. instead of debating our opponents we demonize them, instead of questioning judgments we question their motives, instead of listening, we shout, instead of looking for solutions, we look to score political points, but no more, no more. [cheers and applause] >> because this politics is pulling us apart. it's ripping this country apart at the seems. our politicians, our politics today, division, the president is divider in chief. [cheers and applause] >> look, he's not the only one, far from it. he's just the worst practitioner of politics that singles out scapegoats and source out the other, anyone different in creed, of color, conviction, they are the problem, that'