thank you so much for being this week's newsmaker. guest: thank you for having me. i will always be here on the other end of the line. host: all right, governor, thank you. let me turn to the two of you. nick, if i could begin with you, what did you make of him saying that they would deftly not make the july 1 payment? a scary definitely tone. the government has missed a few payments already. as the governor explained, there are different classes of debt. they fall into different parts of the debt class. the government has made a proposal, where they would restructure their debt, and they would be able to pay half of the debt service that they have right now. that he is coming out and saying, right off the bat, we are going to miss this payment, i think it will be seen as a more watershed moment then some of these default. host: how do you think the markets will respond? there is no surprise -- >> there is no surprise that puerto rico is in trouble. it is not entirely clear how big of a surprise it is. i think people that there is a question about the ability to pay

newsmakers is next. thanks for joining us on the sunday. enjoy the rest of your weekend. ♪ >> here on c-span this morning. newsmakers is next with republican congressman mac thornberry of texas. after that, we'll show you a house oversight hearing. and later, a look at how the iran nuclear agreement is being portrayed are the obama administration. on newsmakers this week we are joined by congressman mac thornberry of texas. wednesday, $6 billion policy bill was passed in the house. by the kurt -- joined washington post. says, to don just build custom was denied. but now you had toward the next stages were there will be several points of disagreements on what is coming out of the house and senate. the big thing -- this should be several policy points that we don't agree, but the money we can agree with. bill mccain maybe putting annexed to measure on the floor. you been saying that your approach is next asserted for readiness. if it doesn't match for the senate, what you foresee is going forward. reckon you stand to make a compromise without

thank you very much for being on "newsmakers." appreciate it. rep. bishop: i appreciate your invitation to be here. it is very kind of you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] host: and we're back with our reporters, mary clare jalonick of the associated press and nick timiraos of "the wall street journal." you were both in puerto rico recently. could you describe what you saw and how dire it is on the island? mr. timiraos: you hear a couple of different things. some people argue -- look at puerto rico, beautiful beaches, parties on the waterfront every night there isn't a crisis, this is into detroit. a couple things important to remember. they had been in recession for 10 years. hit u.s. state come we have not seen anything like that since the great depression. they are losing my thousand people a week to the u.s. mainland, because they are u.s. citizens and all you need to go to our lenders take jetblue. you lose that much preparation over a relatively short period of time, it is difficult to pay owed money.who are when i went

[applause] >> here on c-span, "newsmakers" is next with republican ngressman mac thornberry of texas. 8:00, a conversation with a vanity fair columnist on "q&a." >> on newsmakers, we are joined by congressman mac thornberry of texas, chairman of the house armed services committee and on wednesday saw his defense policy bill passed in the house. to help with our questions today we are joined by a reporter from the washington took -- washington post. >> the bill did pass wednesday night, but now he had toward the next stage where there will be seven points of disagreement between the bill that came out of the house and what is likely to come out of the senate. the money questions will be the first and major one which is that your bill dips into war funds more than the senate bill does in the mccain may put an extra measure on the you're saying your approach is necessary for readiness. what dot doesn't match you see going forward and where can you stand to make a compromise without losing your position. >> the first question is what the bill looks like when it comes off the senate floor.

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>> here on c-span this morning, newsmakers as next with congressman raul grijalva. then house speaker paul ryan speaks about the republican agenda to an audience of young adults gathered at georgetown university. later on communicators, sam talks about the tv content ratings system. susan: "newsmakers" is pleased to welcome this week congressman raul grijalva, a democrat representing arizona three. he is the cochair of the progressive caucus in the house of representatives and a longtime member of the hispanic caucus and the senior democrat on the national resources natural resources committee. thanks a lot for being with us this week. rep. grijalva: thank you. appreciate the invite. susan: on the political level, you are among the very first members of congress to endorse bernie sanders in his presidential campaign as well. rep. grijalva: that's true. susan: let me introduce the two reporters who will be asking questions this week. jason dick, "cq roll call" deputy editor, and mike debonis, "washington post" congressional reporter. mike, you are up first. mike: tha

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that issue was addressed by the chairman of the armed services thornbury, our guest on "newsmakers" this week. here's what he had to say. this re not going to fix readiness problem by putting more money into maintenance and operations. for example, aircraft mechanics, we don't have enough and the nes we have are working harder and harder seven days a week and some of them are leaving to go to the airlines. we've got to stop the personnel cuts as well as the other items in order to really fix this. readiness, has it gotten to the point where servicemembers' lives are at risk because of these budget cuts? >> i don't know, but maybe. the really -- the alarm bell i t went off for me was when saw the class a mishap rate, and aircrafts you lose the or somebody dies, go up, marines, andfor the also up for the army. as we dig deeper, and we're still digging, by the way, into what's happening out there, it ooks like the air force has real problems, navy has real problems. what's lives are exactly at stake here. it's not just a matter of budget or political leverage. when they don't get the traini

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newsmakers, sunday 10:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. european shipments of scholars discussed the role of diplomacy and strengthening european security and they talk about conflict in of the ukraine. this is just over anouncil evens just over an hour. >> good morning and welcome. thank you all for joining us. i am the president and ceo of the atlantic council. it's my way pleasure to welcome youy pleasure to welcome today on the discussion of diplomacy in the future of european security. i would like to extend a special welcome to our esteemed speakers, first and foremost, the secretary general for security and cooperation in europe. the secretary general is joined by a member of the panel of eminent persons on european is a common project professor. he also served as president of the chicago council on global affairs, our partner organization for today's event. i would also like to welcome the distinguished guest we have today. forgive me if i don't have all of you in my notes. this discussion comes at a time of uncertainty in european

newsmakers, sunday on c-span. >> and this month, we showcase our student cam winners. this year's theme is road to the white house. what issues do you want candidates to discuss? our first prize high school west winners are from phoenix, arizona. daniela mock-zubia and sofia taglienti, 12th and 10th graders, want presidential candidates to discuss prison reform in a video titled "rethinking reform: prisons in america." president obama: 30 years ago, there were 500,000 people behind bars in america. today there are 2.2 million. the united states is home to 5% of the world's population but 25% of the world prisoners. every year, we spend $80 billion to keep people locked up. ♪ >> the prison systems around the united states have changed radically in the last 20 to 30 years. but let me address arizona. 20 years ago, our prison population was about 20,000 people. now our state prison system is over 40. the composition of the prison population has also dramatically changed. the vast majority of our prisoners are there for nonviolent offenses. >> the evolution of the prison s

thank you, tommy, and jamie horowitz, president of the newsmakers operation. a special thanks to my colleague, david jolly, for tremendous leadership in stepping up speaking out on the critical issue. with regard to what you were saying in your introduction, i served elected office for 10 years in the late 1960's and early 1970's. a couple terms in these eight house, three terms here. i spent 32 years in business, domestic and international community service. it was kind of a long hiatus. a couple of people referred to me as rick van winkle coming back after all these years, seeing what happened to congress, i hardly recognized the place. so dramatically different. david jolly suggested i join him introducing this, it made wonderfully good sense to me because among the things that have changed so dramatically was the massive amounts of money going to politics. as a result of the supreme court citizens united decision, we are talking billions of dollars. going into campaign elections, much of it secret money or dark money, whatever you want to call it. most of

[indiscernible] >> we will have more on puerto rico's debt crisis on this week's newsmakers with ourguest congressman rob bishop during the natural resources committee which is drafting a debt relief bill. here's a preview. >> you have tried several different versions of legislation to try to leave the territory with $70 billion in debt. is this something you think that you can get past? rep. bishop: yeah, all the versions that have been out there that people are referencing, the fundamental issue has always been the same. there needs to be some way of providing security so there will be an oversight board that will go down there, work with the government to come up with a plan in which they will get their financial house in order, they will be able to pay off their debt and then they will work with the creditors who, by and large want to save puerto rico. they want to get their money back so they will be able to come up with that plan. the board will have the ability of making sure that plan is it hereto and followed through. that gives the security to the creditors so they can stay

thank you for being this week's "newsmaker." >> having me and i will be whatever you need at the other and of the line. turn to the two of you and nick, if i could begin with you. what you make of him saying that they will definitely not make this july 1 payment? >> as you can tell it's a big question in the bond market now because the governor has missed a few payments already. as the governor explained there are different classes of debt. they fall in a different place in the debt stack. the general obligation debt is seen as the most senior debt. the governor has made a proposal where they would restructure their debt miss a they could pay half of the debt service they have right now. some people are saying you have enough money to make this it hundred million dollar payment even if you may not have money to make some of the other payments for. so the fact he is coming out and saying right off the bat we are going to miss this payment, it will be seen as more of a watershed moment that some of these other defaults have been. >> how will the market respond? >> there is no surprise in

[applause] >> on this week's newsmakers, the territorial government's debt crisis and what is next after missing a $300 billion bond payment last week. on c-span >> i helped both countries with their constitution being a facilitator of an agreement on key issues. influence is considerable. meet whennxious to you ask for a meeting. >> we saw the extremists exploited, although we have been by the surge,ly by reaching out to the sunnis, forces, andup iraqi to bring about security. violence was down. unfortunately when we left the vacuum was filled by a regional .ower pulling iraq apart we have isis now. >> this week and president obama was at howard university in washington to give this year's immense that address, the sixth president to do so at the historically black clause -- college. he also encourage students to listen to those who they may disagree with. before the speech they presented the president with an honorary degree. this is 45 minutes. [applause] president obama: thank you. hello, howard. hu. thank you so much, everybody. have a seat. i feel important now. got a degree from h

with anat, newsmakers arizona congressman.peaks toaul ryan students at georgetown university about the republican agenda. >> independent media is the oxygen of a democracy. essential. holding those in power accountable. you know, we are not they are to serve some kind of corporate agenda. cover warranties, they were not brought to you by the weapons manufacturing. and executive producer of the daily news program "democracy now." she talks about the book she is just authored. it looks back at some of the stories and people the show has covered. of democracy now starting 20 years ago, it has not changed. bringing out voices of people at the grassroots in the united states and around the world and they represent the majority of people. people who are concerned deeply about war and peace and about growing inequality in this country. about climate change, and the state of the planet. they are not a fringe minority. not even a silent majority. but the silenced majority silenced by the corporate media which is why we have to take it

. >> on newsmakers this week we're joined by congressman mac thornberry of texas. he's chair of the armed services committee and saw the $610 billion 2017 defense policy bill passed in the house. in studio to help with our questions today we're joined by rn kern -- about karin karin demijian.aroun coip there will be several -- guest: there will be several bills that come out. the big thing -- there are policy points we don't agree. your bill dips into war funds more than the senate bill does and though mccain may be putting an extra measure on the floor you say your approach is necessary for readiness but if it doesn't match with the senate what do you see foresee going forward and where do you stand to make a compromise without losing your position? mr. thornberry: well, the first question is what the bill looks like when it comes off the senate floor. we passed our bill pretty overwhelmingly in the house, as you mentioned, senator mccain has talked about adding some money on the senate floor. and generally for me i wait until the bill comes off the senate floor a

newsmakers is next. have a great week.ioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> coming up on newsmakers, the governor of puerto rico will talk about his country's debt, and the prospects of a response from congress. then, we will talk about the political landscape leaving -- leading into the next phase of the presidential race. then, congressman john lewis will receive the holocaust museum award. newsmakers, on joining us from the american commonwealth of puerto rico is the governor there to talk about their fiscal situation. thank you for being with us. , nick timorous, who is the national wall street correspondent, and jonathan miller from cq local. they are also here to help us this morning. if i may

>> philadelphia city council president darrell clarke is our newsmaker. will there or won't there be a tax on sugary beverages? let's get the inside story. ♪ good morning, and welcome to "inside story." i'm tamala edwards, and again, our guest this morning is city council president darrell clarke. always good to have you here. >> my pleasure. >> and i'm sure everywhere you go, people want to talk about soda tax, so let's do it here. >> absolutely. >> what is your sense at this moment? is something -- we may not know the details. is something going to pass on sugary beverage tax? >> well, first, i'd like to say that these are very worthy causes, and everybody understands that you got to do pre-k. early education is extremely important. having our recreation centers and our libraries fixed to the level that they should be is very important. so i don't think there's any argument there. the question is, how do you get there? this proposal is a narrowly based tax, and it is created at the level of division that i haven't seen in quite some time. people are ext

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thank you for being on "newsmakers" this week. >> thank you. >> independent media is the oxygen of a democracy. it is holding those in power accountable. we are not there to serve some sort of corporate agenda. when we cover war and peace. we are not brought to you by the weapons manufacturer. >> tonight on q&a, journalist amy goodman talks about the book she has co-authored, democracy "democracy now." >> the idea starting 20 years ago has not changed, bringing out the voices of the people in the grassroots and the united states and around the world and they very much represent a majority of the people. people who are concerned deeply about war and peace and the growing equality in this country, climate change, the fate of the planet are not a fringe minority, not a silent majority -- but a silent majority. silence by the corporate media which is why we have to take it back. >> the white house correspondents association held its annual dinner last night bringing together celebrities, politicians, and members of the media. the dinner has been attended each year by president obama and

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. >> welcome to c-span's newsmakers on this memorial day weekend we are pleased to have joining us from the pentagon admiral john richardson. inbegan his position september, 2015. he is a naval academy graduate and began his navy career as a submariner. thank you for being with us. let me introduce the reporters who will be asking the admiral questions this week. gordon, your of first. >> thank you for doing this. the selfto ask about china, a topic you are very familiar with. defense secretary ash carter will be delivering a message but as the chief of naval operations are wondered if you could talk about the proper tone that a u.s. would like to continue as you seek tona not provoke but also sent a message. to put the south china sea in context. when we think about our position in the world would like to go right to competitors. as i have settled into the position of chief of naval torations, and it applies the context, there is so much more at play. i would say that the rules of the competition have changed and that shift is as important as any of the competitors. in particular, the

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visit ncicap.org] >> on newsmakers, rob bishop discusses how to address puerto rico's debt. >> is there a date at which action becomes too late? >> in my mind, that happened three weeks ago. i think they have had three defaults on their pavement. i would like to have this process going through. the answer is no. the problem does not go away. it only exaggerates so whenever you do it, it is good. when he say the taxpayers? >> there is no reason why anyone should say that. this is not a bailout. this is a structural the organization. rights can be respected. if this thing fails and we don't i can't even support that. this is the appropriate approach. this is the best approach. you may end up with a bailout and that is the worst scenario. that would not be one of the criteria. there are ads out there saying this is a bailout. ads thatink that those ran every few minutes on news channels here in washington and other places around the country, do you think they have labeled it a bailout? the ads were so over the top and unbelievable that once people were told, they said that they got that. t

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thank you president tommy burr and jimmy horvitz president of the newsmakers operation. a special thanks to my colleague david jolly for the tremendous leadership in stepping up and speaking out on this critical what youh regard to were saying in your introduction, i served elected office for 10 years in the late 60's and early 70's. business. years in it was a long hiatus. after all these years. seeing what had happened to the congress, i hardly recognized the place. it was so dramatically different. suggestedvid jolly that i join him in introducing the stop act it made wonderful sense to me because among the things that had changed so dramatically was the massive amounts of money that were going into politics. decision.ns united there are hundreds of millions in fact billions of dollars. orh of it is secret money dark money. it's terribly negative, denigrating the candidates. and it's born out of necessity for members and candidates themselves to raise enough money to defend themselves and to get their message out there. without that you might as well go home. you'll g

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thank you very much for being on "newsmakers." appreciate it. rep. bishop: i appreciate your invitation to be here. t is very kind of you. host: and we're back with our reporters, mary clare jalonick of the associated press and congressional reporter and nick timiraos of "the wall street journal." nick, you were both in puerto rico recently. nick, could you describe what you saw and how dire it is on the island? mr. timiraos: you hear a couple of different things. some people are arguing, look at puerto rico, beautiful beaches, parties on the waterfront every night. there isn't a crisis, this isn't detroit. a couple things important to remember. they had been in recession for 10 years. the hardest hit u.s. state, we have not seen anything like that since the great depression. they are losing 1,000 people a week to the u.s. mainland, because they are american citizens. and all you had to go to orlando is a ticket on jetblue. you lose that much population over a relatively short period of time, it is difficult to pay back people who are owed money. you

he's our guest on newsmakers sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.. >> the house select investigative panel on intense lives held a hearing last month on what republicans on the panel alleges the sale of fetal tissue. democratic members of the committee argued the investigation is an attempt to restrict women's healthcare. this is almost three hours. >> of the select investigative panel will come to order and before we begin, i would like to take a moment to address the guests were in our audience today. first of all, we thank each of you for taking the time to come. we think that engaged citizens are a welcome and valuable part of the political process. i only wish every hearing drew the amount of interest that this hearing has drawn for the purpose of this hearing we are going to be examining the pricing of fetal tissue. it's for the select investigative panel to ask questions and have a thoughtful discussion. we welcome you. i do want to remind our guests in the audience come if the chair is obligated under the rules of the house and th

"newsmakers" on 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span unday. >> book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend and here are some programs to watch for this weekend. on saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on "afterwards," don watkins, author of "equal is unfair." don: the reason i say unequality is not a problem, it's not a concern of how much money do you have but how did you get it? did you get it through something that is fair or through a process that is unfair? and when you try to equalize people that earn honestly, that's what we're challenging and saying that's not a fairway to treat people. >> in his book he says the dream is by limiting success. he's interviewed by manhattan institute diane. on sunday afternooning 4:30, afghanistan and iraq war veteran and c.e.o. of vets for freedom. he talks about president roosevelt's address and talks about his revisions for today. >> pete: it's not about roosevelt or litigating where he is on the political spectrum. it is a call to action. it to me is meant to

. >> philadelphia city council president darrell clarke is our newsmaker.or won't there be a tax on sugary beverages? let's get the inside story. ♪ good morning, and welcome to "inside story." i'm tamala edwards, and again, our guest this morning is city council president darrell clarke. always good to have you here. >> my pleasure. >> and i'm sure everywhere you go, people want to talk about soda tax, so let's do it here. >> absolutely. >> what is your sense at this moment? is something -- we may not know the details. is something going to pass on sugary beverage tax? >> well, first, i'd like to say that these are very worthy causes, and everybody understands that you got to do pre-k. early education is extremely important. having our recreation centers and our libraries fixed to the level that they should be is very important. so i don't think there's any argument there. the question is, how do you get there? this proposal is a narrowly based tax, and it is created at

you can hear it on c-span radio and "newsmakers" is available online at c-span.org.ur guest is jeremy butler, senior military fellow with iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. he's here to talk about the challenges that veterans of those wars are facing. jeremy butler is also a graduate of the u.s. naval war college where he received a masters and is a surfeit -- by masters in strategic studies. jeremy butler is joining us from new york area thanks for being here. guest: thank you. host: start by telling us what you hear from veterans. what is the number one challenge you hear veterans tell you they are facing? guest: if you don't mind i will give you more than one. we at iraq and afghanistan veterans of america we do a member survey. we try to survey them to get firsthand sponsors from them on just exactly responses to your questions. what are some of the primary issues they are dealing with? what we found in our seventh annual survey is that the top three issues they are noting our access to mental health care, housing and the third is employment. employment is

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thank you for being on "newsmakers" this week. >> thank you. independent media is the oxygen of a democracy. it is holding those in power accountable. to serve somere sort of corporate agenda. when we cover war and peace. >> tonight on q&a, journalist amy goodman talks about the book she has co-authored, democracy "democracy now." >> the idea starting 20 years ago has not changed, bringing out the voices of the people in the grassroots and the united states and around the world and they very much represent a majority of the people. people who are concerned deeply about war and peace and the growing equality in this country, climate change, the are not ae planet fringe minority, not a silent majority -- but a silent majority. and we have to take it back. >> tonight on c-span's q&a. >> this past week, house speaker paul ryan spoke to a group of millennials about the republican agenda and the state of american politics. speaker ryan also to questions from the audience about the presidential race, health care, and it is one hour and 15 minutes. >>

susan: "newsmakers" is pleased to welcome this week congressman raul grijalva, a democrat representingzona three. he is the cochair of the progressive caucus in the house of representatives and a longtime member of the hispanic caucus and the senior democrat on the national resources natural resources committee. thanks a lot for being with us this week. rep. grijalva: thank you. appreciate the invite.

then the governor of puerto rico talks about the island's debt situation on newsmakers. share his chair will thoughts on the 2016 presidential race and upcoming convention in cleveland with my gallon. -- with mike allen. coming up on today's washington >> coming up on "washington journal" -- a look at women in politics with jennifer lawless. and sarah jane glynn with the center for american progress talks about current federal policies that affect working mothers. we'll also take your calls and look for comments on facebook and twitter. ♪ host: good morning. the house and senate both returning this week with congress taking up funding to neal with a growing heroi epidemic across the country. senator ted cruz expected to return to washington after ending his presidential campaign. paul ryann speaker when he meets with presumptive gop nominee donald trump this thursday on capitol hill. it is sunday, may 8. on this mother's day we want to focus on women's issues and hear from

. >> on this week's newsmakers, puerto rico governor -- he will talk about the territorial governments debt crisis and what is next after missing a $300 billion bond payments next week. sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. this weekend, the c-span city to her, hosted by charter and time warner cable partners, takes you to sin bernadino california to explore the history and literary culture of this city. 14 people were killed and 22 were seriously injured in a terrorist attack at the inland regional center. we talk with a congressman about the attack and recovery efforts. >> one we talk about the fight it is notrror, something in the abstract anymore. it is something that mean something. this isn't a big city here in san bernardino that was attacked, this could happen anywhere. >> we will also speak with -- about establishing a permanent memorial to the victims of the attack. >> it provides a sense of remembrance and highlights their lives and what they have contributed to our local community. it will be a near and dear place for us. a place of serenity. we are thinking a pra

host: this week on "newsmakers," the chairman of the natural resources committee, representative robishop, republican of utah. thank you for being with us, sir. we also have with us nick timiraos, economics correspondent for "the wall street journal," and mary clare jalonick, congressional reporter with the associated press. let's begin with what the financial situation is in puerto rico and how do you view it, sir? rep. bishop: the financial situation is horrible for them. they have not had audits in the last two years. no one knows what is assets and what is not. we know they have about a $70 billion bonded indebtedness, and about a $44 billion asset deficit in their pension fund, and they don't have the resources to pay that. something has to put this financial house back in order. host: and it has to be the u.s. congress? rep. bishop: unfortunately, yeah. article four of the constitution still says general control of our territories falls within congress. until you give them independence or make them a state, yeah, congress is ultimately responsible. doesn't matter how much home

he is our guest on newsmaker sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >>> this week in the c-span city to or posted by our charter and time warner cable partners takes you to san bernardino california to expire the history and literary culture of the city. on december 2, 2015, 14 people were killed and 22 seriously injured in a terrorist attack at the inland regional center in san bernardino. we will talk with the congressman about the attack and recovery efforts by the community. his district includes the inland regional center. >> when we talk about terrorism, the fight against terror, it is it something that is an abstract anymore. it is something that across this country means something because this is a big city in san bernardino that was attacked. this could happen anywhere. >> we will also speak with san bernardino city councilman about establishing a permanent memorial to to the victims of the attack. >> it provides a sense of remembrance. it highlights their lives and what that contributed to our local community and certainly they alwa