process of asylum coming to the united .tates talking with greg chen republicans, (202) 748-8001. .ndependents, (202) 748-8002 democrats (202) 748-8000. a special line for those who may have received asylum, (202) 748-8003. explain what rights that those who cross the border illegally have if they are picked up by authorities and go before a court. guest: if someone appears that a port of entry, that is different than crossing illegally. is presenting itself at a quarter of entry and that is an important distinction to recognize. host: they get different rights than the others? guest: not different rights, but the processing is different. if they say i would like to seek asylum, they are going to be identified as such, then screened and interviewed by an asylum officer before going before a judge. if you cross without being screened, and you identified by border patrol officer, what would happen is they would ask questions initially. if you say you would like to seek asylum, they will take you through the same process. they will apprehend you and take you to a border station, and then you woul

ndependently confirm his claims. video of the interrogation does exist, but remains sealed by a u.s. court for national security reasons. >> i was coughing. i was choking. i was throwing up. >> t dia refused to comment. the fbi also declined but said a statement, quote, the fbi does not engage in torture, and we maintain that rapport buildinghe techniques are most effective means of obtaining accurate information in an interrogation. al marri insists it was his treatment in military custody that led him to plead guilty. >> som people say -- they may say this is not torture. it does not feel le thisone. listen, threatening my life, that's a torture. threatening to rape, to kill, to utate, to all of this, isolation is a torture. >> thaargument doesn't work, says a former member of president obama's detention policy task force. >> there was evidence, including the computer of his which contained cmunications with khalid sheikh mohammed, a research file on possible chemical weapons, and other extremist materials. so any

ndependents, 202-748-8002. host: and a very good thursday morning with you. you can start calling in now as we discuss this topic for the first segment of the "washington journal" today. we start by showing you part of that interview on fox news last night with former new york mayor rudy giuliani. >> isn't that closer to the mandate and michael cohen? >> wheres mueller on that, sir? >> having something to do with paying stormy daniels woman $130,000? i mean, which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. that money was not campaign money. sorry, i'm giving you a fact now that you don't know. it's not campaign money. >> they fund it through a law firm. and the president repaid it. there's no campaign finance law. >> zero for the president -- >> shawn everybody was nervous about this from the very beginning. i wasn't. i knew how much money donald trump put into that campaign. i said $130,000? he's going to do a couple of checks for $130,000. i said that's how he's repaying it. with a little profit and a little margin for paying taxes for michael. >> but did

republicans, 202-748-8001. .ndependents, 202-748-8002 a lot going on this morning and this week in washington. saturday, may 12, the president has talked about the deadline on the iran nuclear deal. guest: this is a big foreign policy week for the president. no bigger than me 12. may 12 is a deadline, but it is largely self-imposed. president obama, before president trump engaged in this iran nuclear deal, basically iran will not create a nuclear weapon but they will be monitoring and seeing how they go forward. european countries. may 12 is one of many deadlines, some have passed, where the president can say the united states is not part of the deal. if the u.s. is not part of it, it sort of ends the deal. it is a self-imposed deadline. there is a deadline to say whether he wants to waive sanctions are not. that has come and gone pier 1 he that has come and gone. he has said that we can come up with some kind of better deal by may 12. i do not think they have come up the better deal. there is another deadline in july. the president often says he has a deadline and then it passes. happen this

about your thoughts on the philosophy, 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. .ndependents202-748-8002 social media challenges available as well. we start in california on the republican line. mike, talking about the idea of america's role in the world. guest: i think we should put america first with domestic policy, i think the elite liberal media hasn't the served the american people at large. they are so biased. and really i think that, i think that president trump, one of his best the compass men's i -- best accomplishments has been illuminating the fact that the elite media is an extension of the democratic party. host: mica, the foreign-policy matters, that is what we are talking about. what do you think about the idea that the president espouse is when it comes to america's role of the world. guest: you are so biased yourself, for crying out loud. you are left of center. host: i am trying to move the conversation. one more chance, would you think about the idea of foreign policy in the world and america's role in it? guest: i think what donald trump has done, he dese

republicans (202) 748-8001. .ndependents (202) 748-8002 you can post on twitter and on our facebook page. it was in the early morning hours that the three men arrived on american soil at andrews air force base saying it was the president who said, we are starting off on new footing. this is a wonderful thing that he released the folks early. the president saying he believed kim jong-un wanted to bring north korea into the real world. the planned meeting with the the first between the u.s. president and north korean leader. the president offered thoughts. here some of those thoughts this morning. jong-unnt to thank kim who really was excellent to these three incredible people. they are really three incredible people. the fact that we are able to get them out so soon was really a tribute to a lot of things including a certain process that is taking place right now. is very process important. so we will see what happens. we have a meeting scheduled. you will be hearing about it soon. we have to location set and we'll see if we can do something that people did not think was going to happen f

republicans, (202) 748-8001. .ndependents, (202) 748-8002 host: take us through one of those momentsnjustice that you describe? we were at a moment in american life between 1915 and 1927 when the white working class -- this probably sounds familiar -- were anxious about broad cultural and economic shifts. we were moving from an agrarian to an industrial society. there was a fear on the part of nativeborn americans that immigrants were going to come in and take their jobs, so work harder for less money, and explicit worry that was in literature of the time. after the movie "a birth of a was released, there was the founding of a new ku klux klan. oregon, colorado, indiana, texas, georgia -- it knew no regional boundary. enormous lee important as a cultural force. 347 delegates to the 1924 democratic convention were klansmen. they were so determined to keep an irish catholic from being nominated. if the klan had that strength in the early 1940's, it was arguable that the 30's might not have turned -- the 1930's might not have turned out the way it did. a couple of things. the press was

congressional, or local politics. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. .ndependents, (202) 748-8002 you solve this topic layout last week with the white house responding to comments by white house aide kelly sadler to john mccain. when it comes to advisors to the president, they offered no apology, saying it was in a prepared statement. pra john trump praised john mccain. still no formal response from the present or white house. it was at the white house briefing last friday when sarah sanders was asked several times about the statement. [video clip] >> does the white house not condemn these remarks? >> i am not going to validate a leak out of an internal staff meeting. i am not going to validate a leak one way or another. >> does the president regret what he said during the campaign about john mccain when he said he was not a war hero? >> i believe the president has spoken about that. i have not talked to him about that. >> if you will not comment on the specific comments, what does the white house believe about senator mccain, and was there a allows anthe top that

raham quote by ab lincoln, in declaration of ndependence, endorse the document, a statement of todayall it libertarianism, but for most of -- lib ro rallism. thanks, mike. go ahead, mr. hunt. guest: well, i think nearly all founders understood that liberty had to be matched by morals, strong principles and by strong values and they and that over and over over again. almost none of our founding pure, unadulterated unrestricted right to do whatever you want, the right to embrace license. what you are s starting to see here, this notion that you can do whatever proapproximatecan tekt your marijuana fields, marry whoever you want with weapons, that is kind of a french understanding american , not an understanding of freedom. that is what you saw between the revolutions, the french revolution was different than the american revolution because revolution was based upon the importance of eligion, value and principles and that was the foundation upon the liberty that we have. down society break and government ends up getting bigger. that is what i think we all want to avoid. host: jim in jac

some open phones, here are the numbers. (202) 748-8000, ,epublicans (202) 748-8001 .ndependents, (202 748-8002 his: james clapper with book facts and fears. himes.nterviewed by jim >> what are the weaknesses today? what are the changes guys like you and me need to think about? the 9/11ness commission came out with was the fact the community was not as integrated as it needed to be. it was they he recommended a ,reation of leadership position whose full-time job would be to foster integration across multiple components of the intelligence committee. law that wasthe passed after the 9/11 commission which established the position, there was talk, why don't we create a department of intelligence? which i think would be a mistake for this country. the privacy concerns and fears, for the united states model and our values, as awkward as it might be, you have a chance for keeping it integrated. live coverage of the utah senate debate. listen on the free c-span radio app. make c-span your primary source for campaign 2018. 25 minutes of open phones. you can talk about anything you have heard a

asking you to give your response to. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. .ndependents202-748-8002 if you go to our twitter feed, there is a poll you can participate in and give your answer, a simple yes or no response and this is a tweet from jerry saying i think seeing the press briefing live helps news recipients judge of the news they are getting from different media outlets. i would be sad if the format changed. you can give your thoughts on twitter @cspanwj. mitchell from pennsylvania, republican line, hi. caller: yes, how are you doing? good morning. host: fine, thank you. caller: i like the briefings, i just wish they would stick to policy. soapu want to hear about opera stuff, stormy daniels and roseanne barr, come on. i want to hear what is going on syria, iran. i want to hear what the tax policies are going to be. are they going to continue, etc., etc. i will tell you, the white house should have somebody separately for any of those legal, stupid questions and just have it off camera somewhere and they can report it. if you want to catch up on all the soap op

15% of republicans said it was a top campaign issue, 30% of democrats, and 19% of .ndependents we goo marjorie in indianapolis, good morning. you are on the air. mute your television. go ahead with your comment. caller: i just wanted to comment on the fact that the icing on the cake of the high prices is that when you get high prices, you start calling other drugstores or pharmacists looking for a better price, and then you are accused of drug shopping. come on. -- and your doctor will say, you are a drug shopper. yeah, i shop for a lot of things. apparently that is a no-no. wallace,'s hear from mark m color -- mark m, illinois -- mark hamill, illinois. illinois., caller: i'm calling about the x-x. vioxx, v-i-o- this drug was taken off the market because it killed about 60,000 people for heart and blood pressure. the pharmaceutical company has released it again under a different name, and some doctors are describing it. , if it is aaw generic job -- drug, is there a law to prevent them from doing this? companies paid about $90 billion to those families. this happened, i do not know i

republicans, (202) 748-8001. .ndependents, (202) 748-8002 a piece from clifford may in the washingtonimes. thatites that the approach president trump has taken to both iran and north korea is different than past presidents. his harsh rhetoric and tough sanctions appear to have caused kim jong-un to ponder whether his nuclear ambitions in danger rather than fortify his power and longevity. we can be hopeful about upcoming talks, but should mr. kim prove deceptive or intransigent, the president must be prepared to walk away and immediately ratchet up his maximum pressure strategy. couple that with mr. trump's decision last week to withdraw from the iran deal and the logic is plain. mr. trump intends to do what his predecessors promised and failed to do: permanently prevent both from acquiring the capabilities needed to mass murder americans at a time of their choosing. to succeed will require enormous determination, sharply increased economic pressure and a credible threat to use military force as a last resort. if our enemies believe that we are stronger than they are and unwilling to

republicans, 202-748-8001. .ndependents, 202-748-8002 a lot going on this morning and this week in washington. saturday, may 12, the president has talked about the deadline on the iran nuclear deal. guest: this is a big foreign policy week for the president. no bigger than me 12. may 12 is a deadline, but it is largely self-imposed. president obama, before president trump engaged in this iran nuclear deal, basically iran will not create a nuclear weapon but they will be monitoring and seeing how they go forward. european countries. may 12 is one of many deadlines, some have passed, where the president can say the united states is not part of the deal. if the u.s. is not part of it, it sort of ends the deal. it is a self-imposed deadline. there is a deadline to say whether he wants to waive sanctions are not. that has come and gone pier 1 he that has come and gone. he has said that we can come up with some kind of better deal by may 12. i do not think they have come up the better deal. there is another deadline in july. the president often says he has a deadline and then it passes. happen this