withday, "newsmakers" michael needham. followed by a look at presidential power. later, a discussion with startup investors from this year's annual tech crunch conference. today, you can take a look at the art in the u.s. capitol that depicts the american farartion with fa elliott. isour guest on "newsmakers" michael needham. started a policy advocacy organization. nice to have you with us. let me introduce our two reporters, neil king and karen tumulty. start with the new year. we're are going into an election year. the new health care law is finally kicking fully into gear. the new year will begin with fights over minimum wage and long-term unemployment. what are the issues you are going to be watching most closely? which do you think are going to matter the most? >> in november, obamacare will be the top issue. you basically have two parties. one who was trying to stop the bill from going forward, new socialized medicine was not stop to work and try to it. another party willing to do everything it could to make sure the bill went forward. when you see the impli

later, chris christie delivering his state of the state address. ," this week on "newsmakers" richard cordray, welcome back. we appreciate your time. with the losho was angeles times and alan with the wall street journal. allen has the first question. >> you are the first regulator to really have a broad look at how consumers are being treated across the entire financial system. what is the area you have looked at that you are most concerned about? >> we are worried. most have been worried about the mortgage market. the mortgage market is clearly the reason the economy blew up in two thousand eight. consumers were massively harmed. it was the single biggest financial market that has been troubled in many respects than the lending side in the service i. just come out with some new mortgage rules. the housing market is finally starting to recover from the crash. why do you think these rules will help the market as opposed to hurt it? not really much more than a back to basics approach to mortgage lending and mortgage services. the same things are thanks have been doing for a long time,

"newsmakers" is coming up next. thank you for joining us. have a great week. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] next on c-span, "newsmakers" with steny hoyer. after that, chris christie addressing reporters last week about his administration's involvement in an orchestrated traffic jam in fort lee. then tom daschle on the challenges with advancing bipartisanship in congress. cantor speaking on the issue of school choice. is pleased to" welcome steny hoyer. he is the democratic leadership whip. covers congress for the hill. >> hi. like to be with you. >> moderates are fleeing both parties fairly quickly. congress mcintyre and else's retirement this week. there are 15 blue dogs. two are retiring. what does this mean for the possibilities of taking the house in 2014? are these just gone? >> i do not think they are just gone. they were very strong candidates in their districts. they were very republican districts. redistricting has hurt both of them. i think we will certainly be recr

and then at 8:00 p.m., q&a. >> "newsmakers" is pleased to welcome steny hoyer. he is the democratic leadership whip. michael lillis covers congress or the hill. >> hi. >> like to be with you. >> moderates are fleeing both parties fairly quickly. congress mcintyre and else's retirement this week. there are 15 blue dogs. two are retiring. what does this mean for the possibilities of taking the house in 2014? are these just gone? >> i do not think they are just gone. i think they were very strong candidates in their districts. they were very republican districts. redistricting has hurt both of them. i think we will certainly be recruiting candidates in those two districts. both parties are confronting folks who have retired in districts. in districts where the other party will have a good chance of winning, the philadelphia suburbs are particularly a good example, but we think we have two great opportunities in arkansas where we have a retirement. both parties are experiencing i think the result of the frustration that has come from the gridlock that we have seen o

for your hone, e-mail, and twitter on "washington journal," live every day at >> our guest on "newsmakers" is michael needham. he is the founding ceo of the group started in 2010. it is a policy advocacy organization. nice to have you with us. let me introduce our two reporters, neil king and karen tumulty. >> let's start with the new year. we are going into an election year. the new health care law is really sort of finally kicking fully into gear. it looks like the new year will begin with fights over minimum wage and long-term unemployment. what are the issues you are going to be watching most closely? which do you think are going to matter the most? >> in november, obamacare will be the top issue. you basically have two parties. one who was trying to stop the bill from going forward, new -- knew socialized medicine was not going to work and tried to stop it. another party willing to do everything it could to make sure the bill went forward. when you see the implications, the implementation started in terms of job loss, full-time workers, temporary workers, premiums going up. it was go

[applause] >> this weekend on newsmakers talks about the new mortgage rules. he talks about how the financial marketplace is treating consumers. >> the bureau has been in existence for sometimes now. >> are consumers being treated badly? >> i know that they are. one of the things that we have done. have set up a consumer complaint function of the bureau where consumers can come to us. you can file a complaint with us online. you can also call. there are people standing by in multiple languages. a complaint if you think that something is happening that isn't right with your mortgage, or your bank account, or money transfers, or payday loans. we are getting significant numbers of complaints. we got about 600 complaints in the first month. and we expanded the products. we got more than 1500 complaints last month. peoplegetting relief for on a number of things, including money back, where that is appropriate. if there's something about on your credit report, we can help with that. and that is something important a lot of people. we are looking to prioritize, if we

watch "newsmakers" on c-span.talk about how the republican party is less unified than the democratic party when we think about this historically. it is an interesting time to be studying this. for the first time in recent years, we are seeing a republican party that is facing many struggles that the democratic party faced 20, 30 years ago when they were tinkering with the reform process every four years. >> this interplay of what happened, how candidates deal with it, and the context in which they are running really matter, more than to undermine the scandal that happened, and especially if you are running in a context in which you can present yourself as an abused -- part of an abused group, abused by the system, you can really play that well. whether that is the case that jeff talked about or whether it the 10ama, using commandments controversy very effectively in terms of an attack on christian conservatives. i think that is very much the case. weekend, the state of the national parties and a look at the politi

of the familynt research council is our guest this weekend on newsmakers. he talks about madea 14 through 2014 through 2016 politics. here is a bit of the interview. it is about religious liberty and freedom. the president talks about freedom of religion. that is a truncated view of religious freedom. there are parts of how the supreme court decides is that will have repercussions for generations to come. >> other aspects of the affordable care law that you think are worthy of a challenge? >> i think the whole thing is worthy of a challenge. the taxpayer funding of abortion aspect of it is inconsistent with other policies passed by congress. the employeete on rs that they must provide it. it just because they're legally right does not mean they're morally right word -- right. >> tony perkins sunday on newsmakers. that is here on c-span. >> c-span. we bring public affairs of vents from washington, directly to you. putting you in the room with briefings and events, and bring you complete coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service. it was created by t

a little bit about our newsmakers program. tomorrow the director of the consumer financial protection bureau is our guest this week. he talks about how the financial marketplace is treating consumers. >> most have been worried about the mortgage market. the mortgage market is clearly the reason the economy blew up in 2008. lots of americans were harmed. it is a market that has been troubled in many respects, both on the lending and servicing side. have just come out with some new mortgage rules. the housing market is starting to recover from the subprime crash. why do you think these rules are going to help the market as opposed to hurt it and limits mortgages? , a couple of things, -- >> a , the samethings things our community banks and credit unions have been doing for a long time, making sure there they lend money person borrowing the money will be able to repay it. they're not being set up to fail, they are being set up to succeed. it was not the norm in the mortgage market in the last decade. place, that back into some of

tony perkins is our guest on newsmakers.rogram atch that 10:00 eastern time, 7:00 for those of you in the west coast. he is the president of the family research council and also talked about the republican agenda in the year ahead. [video clip] >> personally i have talked through these issues. that back when he came forward -- he used a word that haven't been used in a long time. he said "i send." -- "i sinned." i know his wife wendy. he served for almost eight years. i believe he has dealt with those issues. i believe he is on the right track. i do think you'll always have that cloud over him and people will watch closely in view it. that,ou do something like you open yourself up to greater scrutiny and criticism. this is something you are going to have to live with. host: that exchange last week. david bidder is running for governor. have a full interview airing at 10:00 eastern time here on c-span. this is from one of our viewers saying -- from the editorial page, bill kristol in "the weekly standard" memo -- brian is joi

richard cordray is our guest on "newsmakers."'s get back to your calls and comments based on family dynasties in the presidency. there is this from belinda on our facebook page. bob is joining us from chesapeake, virginia on the independent line. good morning. the perfect candidate to be the next president is benjamin carson. host: from marilyn's? --host: from maryland? caller: that's right. he became the head neurosurgeon at john hopkins hospital and he is an expert on world and united states history. he has a book that i would like to see everyone read. out: we should also point he has been the subject of a q and a interview. if you go to our video library can watch it in its entirety. lines are -- this headline from "the new jersey star-ledger close quote -- -- star-ledger" -- the story is also available online. two senior members of governor chris christie's administration warning the hoboken mayor -- that is according to city officials in e-mails. this took place yesterday on msnbc. staffs of the christie fighting back, sayi

thank you very much for being on "newsmakers." ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] president obama speech from friday proposing changes to the nsa government surveillance program. then mike leigh, al franken, and ted cruz discuss the program during a hearing. then chris christie state of the state address. he testifies on implementing the federal health care law. >> 300 years ago, the first pioneers crossed the oceans to a new world. a promise of a land will be located built his own house, raise the children in peace. yet in one of the great river valleys, something went wrong. three centuries later, the descendents of the pioneers were a neglected people living in a real and land. hope and the promise were dead for these children. this is one of the early projects. it was in the concept that have under consideration for some years before franklin roosevelt became president. noris was looking to help improve the quality of life in the tennessee river valley to bring flood control two generations. improve the li

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] ♪ ♪ >> coming up next, "newsmakersth tony perkins. he talks about his organization and politics in 2014. the inauguration ceremony for new jersey governor chris christie. the later stephen scheer talks about the health care law impact in his state. >> our guest this week is tony perkins. he is the president of the family research council. thank you for being with us. two reporters will be questioning him. chief correspondent for the "washington examiner." thank you to both of you. talk to you about the state of the republican party and the role social conservatives have two planet. it seems like republican leaders are subtly trying to distance themselves from social issues. the tea party has been a strong and present oppositional force. they seem to focus primarily on physical matters. the roleour vision for that social issues play? a backseat since decades past. >> it is nothing new. there has always been that tension. let's go back to 2012. you look at the primaries, about 50% of republican voters were social conserv

. >> thank you very much for being on "newsmakers." ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> on the next washington journal reid wilson looks at that wendy 14 agenda for legislators. after that jayne o'donnell talks about the affordability of plans of the health care law federal exchanges than discussion of a plan designed to provide heating assistance to households. mark wolf joins us. we will also take your comments by phone, twitter, and facebook. and tomorrow a discussion about politics with steve phillips. supports democratic candidates. he spoke at the city club in cleveland. here is a preview of his remarks. >> 64% of the population is white. of that 41% are progressive. that means the progressive part is 26%. you add that to the 29% who are youle of color, it gives the new majority in america. been testedd has and proven twice at the national level. what does this mean for u.s. politics going forward? us a mapta has given oft shows the future politics is in the south and the southwest. the new battleground sta

all the big thinkers, all the newsmakers are here. are here onebrities behalf of their charities. >> they are also here to bring money and raise awareness. and i caught up with matt damon, i ask him what his goals are, what he is trying to achieve with this ngo in terms of clean water. let's have a listen. >> 780 million people on planet earth don't have access to water. we've got a number of corporate pepsi, ikea, a bunch of them have stepped up for us and been really great. they really get it and are taking a really proactive role, and it's really wonderful. is going to require a lot more than that, obviously. >> your first impressions here at davos? it has been a pretty good start. rackspace for your time. mixes celebrity and seriousness, they are trying to promote something beyond their own brand, larger causes. psy.w you caught up with i know he was tweeting and taking as many pictures of you as you were of him. some years they strike a balance, and some years they don't. that is one of the challenges here. how do you talk about

maryland representative steny hoyer is our test this week on "newsmakers." legislativethe agenda for the year ahead and the 2014 elections. here is a quick preview. work oncan congress this year? what are you most confident about? that congressis can certainly get something done if the republicans are prepared ofput on the floor pieces legislation that will enjoy bipartisan support and will not simply be message bills, as we dealt with last year. insurance billt -- we're very hopeful it gets done. we are very hopeful we will address comprehensive immigration reform. i think that's that can get on. i think that the evidence of that is it got 68 votes in the united states senate. it was not a partisan bill. i think it will enjoy bipartisan support in the house as well if it is put on the floor. we would like to see the minimum wage raised. as you know income inequality has been focused on iv president. we think that is wrong. we think that is a real challenge to america that the gulf between the rich and the poor is as large as it has been in a very long time.

that conversation is available on our "newsmakers" program. that is tomorrow at 10:00. you miss that, you can see it at 6:00. next up, timothy and virginia. independent line. go ahead. you are on. caller: ok. the question about 9/11. i just wonder if there was codes that were bypassed to build the tallest building. safety, when it hit, i watched it live on tv. it should've held up longer than that. that is my question. host: bill is up next in grand rapids, michigan. democrats line. caller: hello. follow-upu have any to the civil rights debate? --ave there was a special agent. it went through imd and -- host: you may be trying to ask a question to our last guest. he is no longer with us. caller: the fbi guy is not there? host: correct. we are in open phone. caller: i wanted to make contact with him. makes anyway. host: you can forward a question to him. he has left us. this is our open phones until 10:00. keith in waterbury, connecticut. caller: i just want to make a couple of points. i will leave the phone open. the first thing i will comment on is the legalization of

"newsmakers"nder, will follow us at 10:00. discuss the latest with chris christie and the new book out by bob gates. he stepped down in 2011. it is titled "duty." here's a portion of the interview were he talks about the timing of the release. [video clip] >> i think, frankly, secretary gates would have been well disposed to wait to write this biography until the administration is over so it did not with political in nature. i do not think it probably was. secretary gates was very positive about the president to me and to others. in private and in public. as was appropriate. i was disappointed that, at this point in time, he would make some of the observations he made. several i do not agree with. he was very negative on vice president biden. i thought that was incorrect on fact and unfortunate because i vice president biden has been a very positive partner with the obama administration. host: we hope you tune in. that will be with steny hoyer of maryland. he will join us at 10:00 eastern. fax your calls and comments. 50 years

a little bit about our newsmakers program. tomorrow the director of the consumer financial protection bureau is our guest this week. he talks about how the financial marketplace is treating consumers. >>

. >>> and tonight some of america's top newsmakers are here, along with a rowdy studio audience.re is a sneak peek. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> the sixth year. >> thank you very much. >> as he prepares to take on the sixth year of his presidency, we examine how the president's policies have impacted all of us and we track his rocky approval rating. >> we're going to take this issue head on and they're going to wish they weren't alive after i'm done with them. >> the big-time producer of movies like this

needham onh michael newsmakers, tomorrow at 10:00 and 6:00. former first lady barbara bush was discharged from hospital in houston this morning. she was treated for six days for pneumonia. she says she cannot think the hospital and nurses for making sure that she got the best treatment. married the longest presidential first couple. she will be home in time to celebrate their 69th anniversary on monday. years ago, we started looking at the census department data. something very strange pops out. when you look at where the profits are, if you look at a map, you see germany, france, ireland, italy. if you look at the data on where the profits are, italy, france, germany, ireland. hugely is proportionate amount of profit in ireland. that was one indication that something is going on. >> more with the chief economist for tax analysts. sunday night at 8:00. next, look at journalism and whistleblowers. new technology and political scandals. with abc news president ben sherwood and the chair of hearst television. a talk for one hour and a half. [appl

"newsmakers," following "washington journal," 10:00 on the east coast, our guest this week is the ceoof heritage action for america. one of the questions is -- do the states help the gop? [video clip] 72% -- >> 72% of the american people do not like the republican party. i am one of those right now. when most americans look at washington, d.c., they see a game with pretend food fights making sure that well-connected people who can hire a lot of lobbyists have the tax codes and spending in their favor. that if you are a small business person, entrepreneur, or someone who just wants to go to work, you do not have a voice in washington. >> but you are part of the game. you score the members. you are very much a part of the process, at least a lot of republicans say, stirring up things within the party that are not constructive. >> we ask the tough questions and we inform their constituents on the answers, which sounds a lot like what you do. we have opinions and pieces of legislation going forward. we thought that it was a bad deal when paul ryan and patty murray cut a deal to raise spen

watch "newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. astern here on c-span. >> about 10, 15 years ago, we started looking at the census department data, and very strange kind of pops out. when you look at where profits are of multinationals, you know, if you look at europe, you see germany, france, ireland, italy. but if you look at the data on where the profits are, france, germany, ireland. it's just this -- a unusually disproportionate amount of profit information ireland, so that was one indication that something was going on. >> more with marty sullivan, chief economist for tax analysts, a nonprofit global provider of tax news and analysis, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> the outgoing chair of the federal reserve, ben bernanke, delivered a speech friday in philadelphia, called the changing federal reserve, past, present, and future. the fed recently announced it will begin slowing its bond purchasing program this month known as quantitative easing. the senate is scheduled to hold a confirmation vote on monday on chairman

. >>> and tonight some of america's top newsmakers are here, along with a rowdy studio audience. here is a sneak peek. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> the sixth year. >> thank you very much. >> as he prepares to take on the sixth year of his presidency, we examine how the president's policies have impacted all of us and we track his rocky approval rating. >> we're going to take this issue head on and they're going to wish they weren't alive after i'm done with them. >> the big-time producer of movies like this one threatens the nra, says america should be gun free. >> enough is enough. >> and sarah palin takes on parents gone wild in america from super models taking babies on atv rides to used football coaches paraberating their litt players. >>> and the reverend franklin graham -- and joe theismann reviews the super bowl. a special edition of hannity starts right here, right now. >> as barack obama embarks on the sixth year of his presidency, hope and change seems to be looking a whole lot more like doom and gloom. before we bring in tonight's aud

. >> this week on "newsmakers," richard cordray, welcome back. we appreciate your time. we have jim puzzanghena who is with th"

. >>> and tonight some of america's top newsmakers are here, along with a rowdy studio audience.nited states. >> the sixth year. >> thank you very much. >> as he prepares to take on the sixth year of his presidency, we examine how the president's policies have impacted all of us and we track his rocky approval rating. >> we're going to take this issue head on and they're going to wish they weren't alive after i'm done with them. >> the big-time producer of movies like this

cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] > weekend's newsmakers our guest is michael needham. the group was founded in 2010 and made defunding the health care law its first key issue. we will hear what the group has planned for 2014 as well as mr. needham's own thoughts regarding divisions within the republican party. here's a preview. 72% of americans do not like the republican party. i am one of those right now. the gop needs to find it sold companies to find out who it stands for. when most americans look at washington d.c. they see a game and they see or 10 food fights. they're making -- about making sure that well connected people have spending and regulations written in their favor but if your small business person our entrepreneur or somebody wants to go to work and home sure family you don't have a voice in washington. >> is that part of the game? and games go together. you're very much a part of the process scoring numbers. at least a lot of republicans say that stirring things up within the party in ways that are not constructive. >> we

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thatu can see all of interview with maryland congressman steny hoyer tomorrow when "newsmakers" airs at its regular time -- 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. >> i think that there is a way in which we have set up this impossible series of expectations, especially for our presidents, but for elected officials as a whole, that they are going to come in, swooped in, save the day, and when it does not happen, we give congress the 9% approval rating in the president 39% approval rating. expectations have to be lowered, and that is part of what is really quite amazing about the american founding. it is not that the founders themselves said, "don't expect much from government." it is, "government is not going to be the main driver of our liberty. it is going to be civil society. the federal government exists to do certain things, and it better do them well. if it does not do them well, nothing else will be properly situated, but the main area of activity is going to be in the private sphere, in civil society, and in the election of local officers and the carrying out of duti

the biggest newsmakers from the world economic forum, coming up next on "the pulse." ♪ >> welcome thatthe pulse," live from london. after data a tear showed unemployment has come down to 7'1" percent, the latest data. 7% is the threshold that mark carney said at the bank of england. it is a threshold, not a trigger. spark -- it could spark a debate in the u.k. about rates going higher, sending the pound higher. what is the news from davos? let's find out. got hans we have nichols over there with you. mike mckee is in new york. francine? >> plenty of interviews coming up. tom will have a conversation with cain rogoff, and a lot of chief executive officers. i will hand it over to hans, watching the syria peace talks. the iranian president, we have not seen any radiant president in dallas for a decade. speecharrive and give a later. he wants business. i want to figure out who he is going to speak to in davos. say they wish they had a meeting but they are not meeting with him today or tomorrow. >> that is crucial, who rouhani meets with. panning down on a helicopter that just arrived. gets

for your hone, e-mail, and twitter on "washington journal," live every day at >> our guest on "newsmakers" is michael needham. he is the founding ceo of the group started in 2010. it is a policy advocacy organization. nice to have you with us. let me introduce our two reporters, neil king and karen tumulty. >> let's start with the new year. we are going into an election year. the new health care law is

we will host a newsmaker lunch on september 17 and be sure to join us on october 8 for the 2013 hallf fame dinner. for more information on the atlanta press club, visit our website at www .atlantapressclub.org. we are pleased to have three cartoonists in an ever shrinking universe of cartoonists joining us tonight. winnings the award- editorial cartoonist for the economist magazine of london and the baltimore sun. in a career that spans more than 35 years, he created more than 8000 cartoons and 140 magazine covers. his resume includes six collections of public work -- published work and exhibitions in six countries. is the pulitzer prize- winning editorial cartoonist for the atlanta journal- constitution. he began his cartooning career in 1984 and joined the constitution in 1989. his work also appears in "time" and "the new york times." rick mcgee has been the editorial cartoonist for "the augusta chronicle" and he started in another capacity years before. his cartoons are syndicated more than 400 newspapers across america. rick has won numerous awards for his cartoons including firs

you go watch a quote newsmakers" on sunday here on c-span. >> watch our program offers lady nancy reagan on c-span. and on monday night, our series continue. >> i know truthfully that every single problem in america would ,e better if people could read write, and copper hand. i know that. we could compete with the rest of the world. would not have these children who are committing crimes because their families do not have jobs. they do not have jobs because they cannot read. they cannot write. they do not understand. thinking is coming to that conclusion. we have got to educate our children. we have to educate their parents. it is not just a whim, it is a necessity. we are going to compete in this world. >> first lady barbara bush on monday. live on c-span and c-span 3 and c-span radio and www.c-span.or./ state john kerry held a news conference with his canadian and mexican counterparts. they are discussing nafta which was signed into law 20 years ago. talks on updating the trade deal will continue next month in mexico. this is half an hour. >> good morning. nice to be here with everybod

"newsmakers" tony perkins from family research council is our guest. and 6n watch at 10 a.m. p.m.ern also on c-span. watch our program on first lady barbara bush saturday at 7 p.m. eastern. that is followed with our interview with her at 8:30 p.m. on monday, our series continues. -- hillaryl came came a year later. her career began right inside this building. she was a professor. she taught classes such as federal law. a well-educated law school grad. >> first lady hillary clinton monday night live on c-span and c-span 3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. scott talking about the future of the republican party. he spoke at the republican national committee annual winter meeting for about 20 minutes. everybody.back welcome back, everybody. moment as atorical republican national committee and our general session in taking control of the primary process. i can tell you we are grateful for the outcome as to what happened in general session. to have the blessed responsibility and the opportunity of fixing these issues before us as a national party. thank you very much for everyone's

of ours during a taping newsmakers program on c-span.he entire program will air on sunday at 10:00. gates'book -- we will atlive with him next friday 6:30. ktv.org to findoo all of the information. he will be talking about his book. dean is calling from burke. democratic line. back to chris christie and what is going on there. give us your view. caller: thank you. good morning. that you have one party that is constantly on the liberal media. you have another party that cannot get over the fact -- the past as well. the social media seems to be the driving force for many of these phone calls that we get. you have outlets that do not report the news anymore. you have facebook, twitter, things like that. you have some line that is posted up there that people do not do research on. they take it blankly as what was put out there. you hear over and over again. that seems to be the biggest scandal going on up there. there was a quote that you made earlier from rush limbaugh. he is even bashing the republicans. ien it comes down to that, think ge

issue of unemployment comes up in our conversation with the steny hoyer, our guest on sunday and on newsmakers, at 10 a.m. eastern and again at 6 a.m.. -- 6:00 a.m. >> there is a way that we have set up this impossible series of expectations especially for our president, but for elected officials as a whole, that they will swoop in and save the day and when it doesn't happen we give congress a nine percent approval rating and the president a 30% approval rating. the expectations have to be lowered and that is what is quite amazing about the american founding. --is not as if the americans the founders said not to expect much from government. the government will not be the main driver of our liberty. the federal government exists to do certain things and it better do that -- it had better do them well. if it doesn't do them well nothing will be rapidly situated. but the main activity will be in the civil society. but in the election of local officers, at the local and state levels, even in that there is a measure of modesty, of recognizing that it is not possible for people from washington d.c.

you can also i does on twitter twitter.s on coming up next, newsmakers with family research council president tony perkins. vice president biden talking about the health care law. >> our guest this week is tony perkins. he is the president of the family research council. thank you for being with us. two reporters will be questioning him. chief correspondent for the "washington examiner." thank you to both of you. >> i want to talk to you about the state of the republican party and the role social

it's a cnbc newsmaker interview you do not want to miss.y barra's only live extended interview here at the north american international auto show. a big day, julia, not only with miss barra but as well a number of automakers with big unveils coming up. and we'll be here all day long with that. back to you. >> thank you so much. we certainly basketball keeping an eye open for all those things, including the gmc out there. >>> joining us for more on the auto sector, thomas beslin, head ceo at keppler shepherd. tell us why you are still bullish after two years. >> we have three major reasons. first, we are seeing a very favorable environment for light vehicles. we have it growing a bit more than 4% in 2014 after growing 3% in 2013. we think with europe turning, it's also key major support for european stocks as we have seen in the u.s., for instance, into 2009 and 2010, we are two or three years behind in europe. and thirdly, evaluation remains broad on the stocks. we are watching price earnings, and the cycle still looks effective to me. >> t

satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> this weekend on "newsmakers," am and heritage action for america. it was founded in 2010 and made defending the healthcare lots first key issue. with the group as plans for 2014 as well as his own thoughts regarding divisions in the republican party. here's a preview. clinics we need to modernize our immigration system. we welcome people from all around the world to come to this country, to contribute. you only get one chance to do bold immigration reform. there are all sorts of problems that needs to be looked at. it has demonstrated the face and how they want to use this issue for political means and not forgetting good policy. we can all agree that we need to increase the number of h-1b visas. why did they not want to put forward that bill? they passed a bill in the house to do it. that should be something we agreed to settle on. i support a guest worker program. we should've a programmer people can come in the, war, then go home. once you start fixing the imbalance that currently exist, you build trust with

later, more on the republican they on "newsmakers" with ceo of the advocacy organization linked to the heritage foundation. here is a preview. >> we need to modernize our immigration system. we need to have a system that says we welcome people from around the world to come to this country and contribute and have jobs. unfortunately, you only get one chance every 20 years to do bold immigration reform. >> what about the ones here? >> there are all sorts of problems that need to be looked at. you do not do something as big as immigration reform. president who has illustrated how he wants to use it for political means and not the policy. many people can agree we need to increase the number of h1b visas. that should be something we can agree on. i support a guest worker program. we should have a program where people can work for a limited time and they go home, which is what many people want to do. when you start fixing the imbalance in the labor market that exists, security becomes easier. you build trust with the american people. there may be a time in the future where you say now that w

after that michael needl discusses the state of the republican party and the group's agenda on newsmakers and david andolin talks about imperial from past and present. .. the first lady is staying behind to celebrate her 50th birthday. among the agenda items for congress, a number of the president's nominees, including janet yellen, expected to be confirmed as the next fed chair. the issue of immigration is what we will be focusing on in the first 25 minutes.

programr "newsmakers" with heritage action ceo michael needham. next, fema members of congress joined politico to talk about the importance of public service. speakers include minnesota senator amy klobuchar, florida representative lightman, hawaii congressman gabbard, and misery represented and wagner. this is about 25 minutes. >> good morning. seniorggie haberman, political reporter for politico and i am july did -- and i am delighted to be joined by ms. palmer, a woman who really truly and simplify. ath us this woman we have democratic congresswoman from whitey, senator amy klobuchar, democratic senator from missouri, we have a republican congress woman from florida, and a republican from missouri, and wagner. do not forget to tweet questions and comments using #womenrule. anna has a nexus on stage and we will be tracking your questions. with that, panelist, thank you for joining us on this conversation. let's begin. >> we want to start the conversation with you, senator. there have been so much talk about how the women in the senate get along,

spoke with the chairwoman of the senate agriculture, debbie stab now, our guest on this weekend, newsmakers on c-span. -- stabenow. >> we are very focused on the sochi olympics and we have seen an up tick in the threat reporting regarding sochi. and this was what we expected given where the olympics are located. there are a number about extremists in that area. in particular a group which is probably the most prominent terrorist group in russia. the leader of that group last july announced in a public message that the group would intend to carry out attacks in sochi in connection with the olympics and we've seen a number of attacks stemming from last fall, suicide bombings in volgograd, that took a number of lives. the tourists are becoming more sophisticated and they're going to school on the repeated disclosures and leaks so that it is allow them to burrow in. it made it much more difficult find them and to address the threats that they pose. so when i look at the threat relative to 9/11, we as a country have done i think a great job of addressing some of the vulnerabilities that exist in

next week going to bring you the national security writer and bamford.ames on newsmakers this week we were joined by the director of the consumer financial protection bureau. that interview airs tomorrow at 10 a.m. and six p.m. on c-span. he talked about what kind of role the consumer financial detection bureau is playing on .ehalf of consumers inthe bureau has been existence for two and a half years. are consumers being treated better capital, i know they are. -- better? >> i know they are. set up a consumer complaint function at the bureau , where consumers can come to us and do this very easily. you can file a complaint with us less than half an hour online. you can call our call centers. there are people standing by in multiple languages. you file a complaint because you think something is happening that isn't right on your mortgage or student loan or bank account. we are getting significant numbers of complaints. ourfirst year we opened doors on this, we got 600 complaints only on credit cards. more than 15,000 complaints last month. we had 270,000 complaints so far. we are getti