when you combine that with this "new york times"nd report that obama officials are disseminating informationut russia throughout various agencies in the government that will be used during the transition then uncorked during the first 100 days, it seems like a a systematic strategy to take down president trump, pretty devious, wouldn't you say? >> let's divide these, let's take the second one first. the reports that the obama administration officials took information about the contact between the trump campaign supporters or trump campaign officials and russians and disseminated it throughout the government in order that the trump administration would not be able to suppress this information strikes me as paranoia. a bunch of over-the-top lunatics who were sitting there saying, oh, we so distressed over successor that he found information that was damaging to america's security interests and mightgh reflect badly on someboy associated with his campaign, he would try to bury it. v it says something about how they view the president of theri united states. let me say something different here.

obama needs purchase do nd let his job. i think that president trump is doing great and could do better all of the drama. i'm only wishing the media with to president t trump but to us the american people. thank you, greta. host: thank you. urtis, mile city, montana, republic. caller: hi, greta. how are you? host: doing well, sir. caller: i kind of have a -- i or t mean to be rude anything but over years i have i suppose ng c-span for 20-some years and it has help but i can't notice your bias when you read all the articles that are negative toward republicans or and dministration or trump it shows. and it shows on your face and it your actions. so i'm just asking if you can possibly read some of the that are positive, too. i t is just my statement and watch you quite often and i sincerely believe that you are you can. best that host: francis in georgia. francis. hi, your last guest christopher ruddy, a lot of the he made i understand but what i don't understand is you all still dealing with president obama? the out of the o

obama. it's very, very sad. host: is it merck garland or is it other things? caller: it's a combination too. the republicans, they don't want to speak with him. nd this will change the way. they don't want to sit down with obama, you know. host: his nominee? caller: yeah, his nominee. and just, you know, the republicans just basically bullied their way through and now that trump's in office, they got their chance and they just want to ram it down and get him in. and i think that's very sad. host: a couple of comments other on judge gorsuch. this is vick from twitter saying forget what gorsuch believes. he is attempting to take a stolen supreme court seat. what is is the say about him. and the hobby lobby decision alone should disqualify neil gorsuch decision. it also talks about the topic of contraception. a roundtable discussion on judge gorsuch and today's confirmation hearings with two experts. host: this is bill from lubbock, texas republican line. bill. caller: pedro, whether you be republican or democrat, i would like to see whether it be a democratic nominee or a republican nominee, i would like to see someone that's not from harvard, not

333 presidential commutations on his last day in office alone. 568 of obama's commutations were for people serving life sentences. nd it is true, that was within his constitutional power. of course a more advisable criminal justice policy reform approach is to attack the pathologies that increase the likelihood of criminal behavior. in my view, the best prison and sentencing reform is to enact policies that reduce unemployment, that improve k-12 public education, reduce father absent homes, and send a message that criminal behavior will be met with severe consequences. [applause] that, ladies and gentlemen, establishes accountability for unwanted behavior. but that's the hard work. it's easier for some to just pen up the jail house doors. i'll close with this. are police officers perfect? not by any stretch of the imagination. are police agencies perfect? not even close. but we are the best that our communities have to offer. the overwhelming discussion we need to have as a nation is one that addresses the behavior of people who have no respect for authority. about why so many fight who try to disarm the police, fle

nds. >> heee twted that he just found out that obama had his wires tapped. >> to make that claim is very reckless. >> the fbi push backes against trump's claim of wiretapping. >>ould that be information you woknuld ow? >> yes. >> at this point you can't confirm or deny whether it exists. >> i can deny it. >>> united states, japan, and south korea are strongly condemning north korea for firing off four ballistic missiles. >> heavy rain caused hail. >> the storm system in the west hais wt is going to move into the middle of the country. >> people could see the rumble of thunder, lots of lightning, gusting winds. >> they target isis targets in the western city. >> it's now being itinvesdgate by a possible hate crime. happen in our community was extremely disappointing. nt>> iaterste 95 along florida coast is open once again now that a raging brushfire is under control. >> all that -- >> in houston, an 18-wheeler jackknifed across all four lanes of traffic barely missing every car around it. >> unbelievable. >> -- and all that matters. >> we're constantly going back to where i sat, the negat

nd finally, last congress, the congress, the obama administration strongly opposed a substantively identical measure, noting that the bill was both, quote, both unnecessary and counterproductive, end quote, and that it actually increases litigation. and so accordingly, i urge my colleagues in this body to reject this flawed bill and, mr. chairman, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from michigan yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: mr. chairman, i yield myself what time i may consume. the chair: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: mr. chairman, let me first point out this bill is being key voted by the united states chamber of commerce. it's been endorsed of the national association of independent business and also endorsed by the physicians insurance association of america. and mr. chairman, let me remind members what the base bill, which is just a page long, actually does. it makes it mandatory for the victims of frivolous lawsuits filed in federal court to be compensated for the harm done to them

impeach t get to koskinen when he clearly lied to us and other members in obama administration cabinet lied. nd we couldn't get to remove perjuring people from the cabinet. hopefully we will get documents the kind of crimes that were being committed. people are hurting and need their premiums to come down and we can trust health and human services and this administration to try to bring down costs. but the words of my late friend justice scalia, if you guys in congress have the power to repeal a bad bill don't have the guts to do it, don't come running across the street to us asking us to repeal. go to the floor and repeal the bad law and leave us alone. that's all i'm asking, mr. speaker. the courts have not worked out extremely well for people that love the constitution in recent years. and i know the president's frustrated not nearly as frustrated as i am, almost, maybe. and i'm told that some of these anti-freedom caucus tweets were originated with his chief of staff, mr. priebus, but i want to suggest as same rayburn did when he was speaker, my friends, mr. speaker, the republican brothers

nd wouldn't let us do what we needed to do to begin with. let's clean up to begin with. thank you. guest: this certainly was shift under the obama administration to move from large american footprint of 100,000 troops in iraq and afghanistan to a small number, 8000 in afghanistan now, 5000 ew hundred in syria, in iraq. smaller american footprint now, emphasis on working with local forces, again, trump administration will tweak this we're not seeing huge expecting huge surge of again, the rces, but focus on the military part of the equation and the problem always seems to come, the military has scored many victories over past decade or two, but finding political solution in those places and ook at afghanistan, iraq and syria and politics are still a mess, even if the military situation gets thrown out. that is where it is hard for the americans same level of influence to say the military. host: try to get one more call. ohn in wisconsin, line for democrats. go ahead. caller: thank you for allowing me to call. a very serious question. i don't -- i look at this, we tend to do things the same way, you know, every time something come

nd that was dell them by the obamnistration. but the trump white house and state department have rejected the oib ow obama policy, so-called strategicatience, which is the polite way of say are doing nothing. i think this have time to draw the obvious connection between the north korean and iranian nuclear and ballistic missile programs, the two rogue states have been cooperating on missiles for 25 years or more, and probably on nuclear program. lou: and american people have been fed a barrel loy loyd of bull -- barrel load of bull by democratic and republican administrations all of the while, weather the iranian linkage or chinese, if you will, puppeteers? yeah, this connection is real, and let's face it forget obama nuclear deal with iran, when north korea gets a deliver able nuclear weapon capability iran will have to next debut wire transfer, that is why i find it hard to believe, i am vlaglad iran has started sanctioning american firms, i do not see how any patriotic american business could even contemplate of doing with that list, they are rightly still on the list of state sponsor terrorist. lou: president just cared out a de

basket hand nd he did that on purpose, destroying the military, which he said it was going to do and do and he did destroy it. host: when you say he did it on urpose, why would president obama want -- caller: he told us he was going he did. and host: why would he want his healthcare plan to go down the tube? caller: what? host: why would president obama want to make his healthcare plan down the tubes? caller: not healthcare, i'm talking about the military. no, he just had a bad plan and on - it went down the tubes its own, he didn't do anything to save it. host: okay. omar, republican in buffalo, new york, omar, good morning. aller: good morning, john, thanks for c-span. you know, i listen to all the it sounds like each state has their own issues, some some states t, don't. some states have, depending on think -- i ion, i don't want to see it replaced or segments i want to see altered. you don't have too many providers out there and partly the problem is, too, it's profit. companies that provide healthcare are for profit. ceo's making what, 20 million dollar profits? got to take the profit out. you have to find the areas where middle rking for the class people in buffalo, n

nd weather in the app store. app se you'll find them. the the >>> president trump facing aentm deadline of today to providepro evidence of his claims that former president obama wireidena tapped w him. congressional intelligencei committees have reportedlye repy asked the justice department to meet today's bipartisany's ba request forrt evidence. senator? manically? is alsonic urging the president to to provide evidence.videe. >> reason to believe that thet e charge is true but i alsoso believe that the president ofpro the united states could cleartao this up in a minute.n all he has to do is pick up the phone, call the directorir of the cia, director ofa, dirr f national intelligence and say, okay, what happened. hap >> it is unclear if the whitehee house will comply with theith th requests. >> president trump and education secretary betsyy devos plan to expand alternatives to public schools by expanding d.c.'s school sc voucher program. d.c. has the region's only federally funded voucher pro. p. they will be expanding for theth 2017-about 18 school year.ool ye right now the d.c. voucherc. vor program provides tuition for about 1100 students.ud >>> happening

and is a billionaire and could less about the working man nd how he's conning people is amazing. and she said that obamaefendant's exhibit do a thing? ignorant.lly first of all, he's the one who which healthcare reform, over centuries, no president has ver done and now there are people who have affordable care and now the republicans are rip that to shreds. accomplishe he accomplisheaccomplished -- dodd-frank, i'm sorry, consumer protection act. republicans, at least trump wants to rip that also ended the war in things, heust so many got rid of bin laden, this woman is ignorant. mcardle.ck to john >> cindy said he didn't listen to the speech, she may get takes.nt start with conservative headlines. drudge report, trump rocks the house is headline. news max this morning, the have, pence-trump showed big heart in speech. washington examiner with their headline this morning, trump looks and sounds like a president to his political the washington free beacon this morning with their focusing on the moment with the navy seal who died and the ife, his widow in chamber, trump produced valuable intelligence. same