swain: our guest on c-span's "newsmakers" this week is steve stivers, republican from ohio.epresenting that states 15th district. he is heading the national republican campaign committee, which is to keep republicans in control of the house. as we get started, i want to tell you about our guest. both his graduate an mba, and had financial

announcer: next, newsmakers with texas congressman mac thornberry, chair of the armed services committee. then president trump speaks of the rally in iowa. after that, the acting fbi director testifies at a house hearing on the bureaus 2018 budget requests. >> our guest on c-span newsmakers this week is mac chair of the help and armed services committee. he is interested in all things military including spending, operations, and strategy. we will talk to them about all that. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> let me introduce the reporters. a reporter from "the wall street journal." joe: hello. we would like to know, the house armed services committee is set to markup the national defense authorization act next week. can you tell us, what is in the bill and what is the top line for the fence? -- defense? >> rep. thornberry: last fall, the toaker act us to -- asked us look at problems in the military, planes that could not fail, and the number we came up with was about $640 billion for the next fiscal year. president trump one election. navy,ked about a 355-ship a

"newsmakers" will becoming up next. we hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. have a great weekend. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> text, newsmakers with arthur brooks. trump's announcement that he is withdrawing the united states from the paris climate change agreement. debatehat, a free-speech on campus. >> is the resident of the nearly 80-year-old american enterprise institute. he is the author of 11 books. his latest is "the conservative heart." i am pleased to have at the table mark fisher, senior editor of "the washington post." and the

here on c-span, newsmakers is next with republican congressman's the stivers of ohio. that is followed by a town hall meeting with wisconsin representative jim sensenbrenner. at 8:00, paul sparrow who oversees different than roosevelt presidential library and museum in hyde park, new york. ms. swain: our guest on c-span's "newsmakers" this week is steve stivers, republican of ohio, representing that state's 15th district. he is taking on the responsibility of heading the national republican campaign committee, which is to keep republicans in control of the house. as we get started, i want to tell you about our guest. he is a buckeye. both his graduate an mba, and had a career in financial services and the ohio legislator. he is also a brigadier general in the ohio army national guard, which he has been in since 1985, and he served in active duty in 2004 and 2005 as a battalion commander in iraq and earned the bronze star for his service. thank you for being our guest. mr. stivers: it is great to be on. ms. swain: let me introduce our two reporters asking questions. bot

>> here on c-span, newsmakers is next with republican commerce been steve stivers of ohio. in testimony from former fbi director james tommy, to appear before the -- james comey, to talk about the russian investigation and his private conversations with president trump. that is followed by reaction from the president's personal attorney, marquez alerts, and the president himself this book about the hearings at a joint news conference with the romanian president. ms. swain: our guest on c-span's "newsmakers" this week is steve stivers, republican from ohio. representing that states 15th district. he is heading the national republican campaign committee, which is to keep republicans in control of the house. as we get started, i want to tell you about our guest. both his graduate an mba, and had financial services and the ohio legislator. he is also a brigadier general in the ohio army national guard, which he has been in since 1985, and he served in active duty in 2004 and 2005 as a battalion commander in iraq and earned the bronze star for his service. thank you for being ou

elected thank you for being on "newsmakers." honor of brine with politico and kellie mejdrich with cq roll call. thank you very much. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] tonight on afterward, utah republican senator mike lee talks about forgotten historical figures who fought against the government and his book "written out of history." byator lee is interviewed neil can kill. >> they come to you gradually. i asked friends and other people i knew who they thought should give more credit than they get. in this case, and your quite indian chief -- an iroquois indian chief, they lived for centuries before we were our own country. i was intrigued because it is not a name most americans know anything about, and yet he had a profound impact on our system of government. who enabledy benjamin frank wendelin about federalism. benjamin franklin was the conduit through which this flot

newsmakers, this sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span's washington journal live every day news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, roosevelt institute fellow -- discusses the dodd-frank regulation law. and -- on the supreme court decision on the hearing a major cell phone privacy case. also darrell burnett talks about the every student succeeds act impacting the ability of states to identify effective teachers.sure to ecstasy spans washington journal. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. >> this weekend, leaving civil war historians convergent gettysburg pennsylvania to explore the civil war from all angles. american history t.v. on c-span3 takes you to a conversation at the gettysburg college civil war institute. our live on the coverage starts saturday at 8:30 a.m. eastern and sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3's american history tv. >> on thursday, the house passed a financial choice act. a bill that would repeal parts of the dodd frank act. exempt

newsmakers, the sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span's "washington journal", live every day with some policy issues that impact too. coming up on saturday morning, roosevelt institute fellow discusses republican efforts to overhaul the dodd frank. and the supreme court's decision to hear a major cell phone privacy case. also darrell burnett of education week talks about how every student succeeds that is impacting the ability of states to identify ineffective teachers. watch "washington journal". during the discussion. >> sunday night on afterwards, new america president and ceo, and marie slaughter examines the global networking in the digital age in her book, the chessboard and the web. she is interviewed by dennis mcdonough, former white house chief of staff of the obama administration in 2013 to make 2016. >> what strikes me was when you there is a world of states think about north korea, iran, china russia the world of state to state relations is still very important. i think of it as the chessboard wor

timrrow on "newsmakers," walz will look at overhaul of the veterans affairs department and the accountabilityt which the house passed earlier this week. he serves as regular member on the veterans affairs committee. a reporterg him is from politico. 10:00 and 6:00at on c-span. barack is completely presented to his story and that is different from history. >> part one of our interview with biographer david garrow and talk to buy his book "rising star: barack obama." >> i think that barack's political aspirations and since of destiny lead him to push sheila jager aside. during that time, there was a well-known political figure in chicago. hugely respected man. senator did newhouse who everybody in black chicago elite could never go higher because he was married to a white woman. it is in itself political tradition of black chicago in the late 1980's, the early 1990's that for a black man to aspire to represent black chicago, it is necessary to have a black spouse. announcer: on queuing day. &a."q >> c-span, where history unfolds il

host: that's c-span's "newsmakers" with congressman tim walz. you can check that sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. you can see it on c-span.org and on c-span radio through our free radio app. and you can check that out this weekend. a call from maryland on our democratic mind. what's on your mind today? caller: yes, hi, good morning. i want to make two broad comments. the first one i know everyone is talking about the possibility of them carry guns in the capitol. i don't think they should have special treatment. if they are allowed to carry guns, then everybody in the capitol should be allowed to carry guns in. that's number one. the issue with guns and the fact it's taking over the news, this is what people with in day. lives every people lost multiple members of their family. that's not news. i will add my own two cents to c-span. i know we've been talking so much what's been going on with the rhetoric. i think it's very important for c-span to truly consider having two opposition views at a time. a lot of times people see information and no

first, on c-span newsmakers, a.m. airs tomorrow at 10 and 6 p.m., they interviewed the house armed services committee, chairman mark thornberry of texas, he talked about russia's relationship with the u.s.. as a special prosecutor and several congressional committees are examining russia's role in the 2016 election. >> russia is acting as an adversary to the united states. it may well be that we have similar interests in certain places. ok where we do, then it is to pursue those interest together. we should be clear eyed about what russia seeks and the means they are using to achieve their goals. i think we will have a number of items in this year pasta fence policy bill that relates not only -- in this year's defense policy bill. strengthening the european defense initiative, and looking at our troop deployments there. in addition we will strengthen our cyber capability. we ask for a really comprehensive review of what has become known as hybrid warfare. the russians are expert at this. it is not always overt militar

>> text, newsmakers with arthur brooks. trump's announcement that he is withdrawing the united states from the paris climate change agreement. debatehat, a free-speech on campus. >> is the resident of the nearly 80-year-old american enterprise institute. he is the author of 11 books. his latest is "the conservative heart." i am pleased to have at the table mark fisher, senior editor of "the washington post." and the co-author of the book written by more than two dozen post reporters. up first.are mark: donald trump has never been known for ideological consistency. he has at various times in his life called himself a liberal and a conservative. he changed party registrations six times. boon to the conservative cross or a hindrance? >> nobody knows. we are have a lot of data. really depends on the reactions that conservatives have. we know that populism will largely evaporate in the next few years, depending on what happens in the bottom 80% of the comedy. -- economy. time, we would see the popularity of conventional republic

host: newsmaker is back after house ation in the u.s. of representative with steve stivers of ohio, chairman of the republican campaign committee. of the congressman's observations in the way this city works for the rest of the country, he said redistricting have made fewer races competitive. hat should people understand about the current state of really competitive seats in the house of representatives? guest: sure. i mean, broadly speaking, the number of competitive districts long en shrinking for a time, partly because of and self thwarting and the way people move around lines ntry and the way have been drawn around them and 2012 cularly in 2011 and and most recent round of redistricting, republicans controlled the process in a lot country, to the benefit of steve stivers running the got to committee, they draw districts that were just for a more averageans than say the vote across the state. so like in north carolina, for evenly it's pretty sdri republicans hold advantage. states, democrat did, maryland, illinois, for the most part,

but first, our guest on "newsmakers" is democratic congressman tim walz of minnesota. we talked with him about a number of veterans' urebs. he's the ranking democrat on the house veterans affairs committee, including the veterans' choice program, which allows veterans to get healthcare through private doctors, might offer help closer to where the veterans live. >> it's going to run short of money before we budget again, and that will be an interesting debate, if you will, of do we give them more money? do we allow the freedom to move things? is he argument going to be made that this is the back door to privatization? all of those things are on the horizon for this summer so. they are coming to the end that have money now. we just reauthorized them to use what was little left. it sounds like to me, and again, i can't confirm this, but i can give you a candid assessment as i know it. it sounds like we'll be done somewhere in august with that money. so the question is, if we expand care into the community, we've got to have an idea how much that's going to cost. we don't

boulder making a return visit to newsmakers. mr. wong: thank you for being here, mr. stivers. call me, who is testifying on capitol hill as we speak, has said that donald trump told him in the oval office that the russian investigations have been a cloud over his administration. cloud was the word that he used. do you believe that the russian investigation, these multipronged investigations, what the fbi is doing and the ones on capitol hill, are distracting from the gop agenda? and how do you see these russian investigations impacting house races around the country? mr. stivers: i was glad to see former director mueller named as a special investigator to look into this. i have supported the house and senate investigations to do their job. i will support them through the process of collecting information, analyzing that information, and bringing a conclusion forward to the house and senate. i support the same thing with a special investigator to go through the entire process, follow the facts where they lead, and let the process work. i do not believe that they are on health f

newsmaker --ine june 21. another headline newsmaker the same day at 11:00 a.m. with the greek minister of economy. my good colleague peter baker will be here june 29 on his latest book "obama and call of history." following in the theme of today's luncheon, general mark millie will be here july 27. for information on these and other events you can log onto www.press.org. and now is the time to introduce the head table. going to my far left, your right, heather weaver, freelance journalist, and a member of the national press club headliners team that organized today's luncheon. the publisher of "stars and stripes." -- with jane's defense and current member of the national press club board of governors. a member of the national defense club and reporter for bloomberg news. the director of the chairman's action group. a national security reporter from cbs radio. captain gregory hicks, special advisory to the chairman of public affairs. skipping over myself for the moment. the "washington bureau" chief of the "new york times." and member of the national press club.

. >> next, "newsmakers" with the president of the american enterprise institute, arthur brooks. he's had that post since 2009. he's the author of 11 books. his latest is "the concern of heart." let me introduce our two reporters. i am pleased to have at the table marc fisher, senior editor of "the washington post." and the co-author, with michael kranish, of the book "trump revealed," a biography written in collaboration with more than two dozen "post" reporters. and susan page, "usa today" longtime bureau chief. marc, you are up first. marc: dr. brooks, donald trump has never been known for ideological consistency. he has at various times in his life called himself a liberal and a conservative. he changed party registrations six times before settling as a republican. is donald trump and his presidency, are they a boon to the conservative cause or a hindrance? dr. brooks: nobody knows. the truth of the matter is these populist uprisings in american politics don't happen that often. we don't have a lot of data. it really depends on the reaction conservatives have. that republican

see newsmakers sunday on c-span. >> in your code of ethics statement you write i am not an objective news reporter. i'm in opinion columnist. walt: right. i am like a movie reviewer. they are not objective. you don't look at the movie objectiveo read an business story about the studio. you go to read someone's opinion about whether this is a good movie. whether this actor did a good job of or a bad job. aaron sorkin did a good job writing it or david finch did a good job directing it. read apeople who avidly reviewer and then do exactly the opposite because they know they are going to disagree. i know other people who swear by this book reviewer, this television reviewer and follow their advice. that is what i have done most of my career. i also a commentator. and i choose not to review a product, i often instead comment on an issue. the future of the internet, the behavior of the fcc. what google ought to be doing. what microsoft ought to be doing. those are all opinions. i say that specifically so people will understand. -- i realized,e most of us has realized lots of readers don't

host: all of our "newsmakers" this morning here on c-span and c-span radio. on "washington journal," asking you this morning about the president and his reliance on generals. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democrats. independents, 202-748-8002. and for afghanistan vets, that's 202-748-8003. james is in chattanooga, tennessee, on our democrats line. thanks for waiting. go ahead. caller: no problem. my point is that i feel like if trump had micromanaged this whole thing, then instead of these combat, you know, commandos swooping in to try to get these fight and killing them, they might have gave them some tools to actually stun these people and get their diaries, as well as, you know, take control of the mid-level isis fighters that have connections with baghdad and things like that. so i don't feel like the micromanaging was a bad thing. i think he's delegating too much. if you remember george bush, what he did was he kept the pentagon out of everything, and then hand selected a few that had no business in this whole thing. this guy was writing

another headline newsmaker will be on june 21. another headline newsmaker is the same day at 11:00 a.m. with my good colleague -- greek minister of economy. my good colleague peter baker will be here june 29th on his latest book "obama and call of history." for information on these and other events, you can log on to press.org. at www. now is the time to introduce the head table. going my far left, your right, heather weaver, freelance journalist and member of the press club headliners committee that organized today's luncheon. a publisher of stars and stripes. of thet, current member national press club board of governors. defense reporter for bloomberg news. director of the chairman's action group. reporter.ecurity , specialregory hicks advisory to the chairman of public affairs. washington bureau chief of the new york times and member of the national press club. captain of the united states navy, retired. united states marine corps vietnam veteran, thank you for your service. [applause] u.s. navy vietnam veteran and commander o

>> on newsmakers this weekend, our guest is thornberry. he talks about the committee's efforts to build u.s. strategy towards russia and the defense secretary's new authority to set troop levels in afghanistan. watch of the interview today on c-span. tonight, on afterwards, financial expert rachel schneider and economics professor jonathan detail how low to moderate income families manage money in their book "the financial diaries: how american families cope in a world of uncertainty." they are interviewed by catherine. risk of small decisions going badly is so much higher for people at the bottom. make poorople spending decisions all of the time. but for me, the consequence of that is diminished. for peoplesequence who are struggling is often really big. >> one of the pieces of data that really surprised me from that betweens time, 10, during that million americans were poorer during every month of that time. but 90 million americans were poor at some moment in that time. it means we really have to rethink what is going on. atwatch afterw

first, c-span's "newsmakers" interviewed congressman steve stivers this week. you can see the full interview tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. here he is talking about his advice to potential candidates this year in politics. >> what advice are you giving the candidates to handle the intense interest in the agenda in politics now? >> there is an intense interest in the law that a motion around what is going on in this country right now. that emotion is active on both sides. it is our job as policymakers to elected representatives keep our cool nomadic what happens. my advice to our members is to keep your head, keep your cool, and work are to represent your constituents because if we do not keep our cool, we make mistakes, and those will cause us at the ballot box and the trust of our constituents. it is important to keep our cool. i was proud that great jew forte giaforte made a direct apology to the reporter he assaulted and made a contribution to the reporter's fund, whatever the group is that keeps freedom of journalism and supports journalists out there

"newsmakers" is up at the top of the hour. " continues.journal back in a moment. ♪ "q&a" is in hyde parknew york, the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum, where we go inside for a rare look at fdr's personal office and collection of artifacts with the museum's director. >>'s library opened in june of 1941 and he is still president of the united states. this essentially became the northern oval office. fdr had an incredibly inquisitive mind so there are 22,000 books, 914 books in this room alone. every book in here was selected by fdr to be in this room. it is almost identical to the way it was that fdr died. nothing has changed. q&a" from the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum in hyde park, new york, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> monday night on "the communicators" -- >> i decided there was a column in championing average people who never wanted to be techies, and in challenging the companies, the industry, to serve those people. >> the first of a two-part conversation with one of the nation's best-known technology watchers, walt mossberg, as

c-span's newsmakers interviewed arthur brooks. he talked about the opioid crisis being felt in many communities. >> looking over the political landscape, it was clear it was a fear-based political movement going on. whether you were talking about , unexpectedable popularity of bernie sanders, or when you look at cities and towns and the men, white with a college education who are 45 to 54, 300 20% increase in drug increasedeaths, a 78% in suicides, that is an economy of despair. the answer to despair is dignity. we are putting together an entire new program that is a social entrepreneurship opportunity to talk about, how do we work on vocational education so people are needed in the american economy? how do we deal with the american test with the opioid crisis? how do we do justice reform so every or is in the water? 70% of people in prison as far as we can tell our unemployed. what are we going to do that? we need to turn despair into dignity. it gets me up in the morning. wrote about the opioid crisis because everywhere i went i

return visits to newsmakers. .> thing for being here a former director comey who is testifying as we speak has said donald trump told him in the oval office that the rustin investigation has been a cloud over his administration. the believe that the russian andstigation with the fbi the ones going on on capitol hill are distracting from the theagenda and how you see investigations impacting house races across the country? glad to see former a specialueller as investigator to look into this. i will support them through the process of collecting , analyzing that information in bringing a conclusion for it to the house and senate. i support the same thing for the special investigator to go through the process and let the process work. i don't believe they are in our way. art in the process of moving foreign on health care. we are in the process of moving forward on tax reform. thanve passed more bills since the truman administration and the president at anyned more bills time since the truman administration. i don't think it is getting in the way of thanks current it may not be reported

newsmakers at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow, we have interviewed the top democrat on the veterans affairs committee. he talks about what is going on with the veterans choice program, a program that allows better and see it health care through -- to get health care through private doctors as opposed to the hospitals. now itt stands right will run short of money before we budget again and it will be an interesting debate if you will, of do we give them more money, allow them the freedom to move things, will the argument be made this is the back door to privatization -- all those things are on the horizon for the summer. they are coming to the end of that money, we just reauthorize them to use what is left. it sounds like to meet, i cannot confirm this, but i can give you a candid assessment, it sounds like we will be done somewhere in august with the money. so the question is, if we expand care into the community we need to have an idea of how much it will cost. we do not know why more money is going out. it could be tha

. >> our guest on c-span newsmakers this week is mac thornberry, republican of texas, chairman of the house armed services committee. in that role he is interested in , all things military including spending, operations, and strategy. we will talk to him about all of that as his committee works on the defense spending plan for the coming year. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> let me introduce the reporters who will be asking chairman thornberry questions this week. joel gold with us for the first time this week covering congress for the first time this week. joe, you are up first. joe: hello. we would like to know, the house armed services committee is set to markup the national defense authorization act next week. can you tell us, what is in the bill and what is the top line for defense? rep. thornberry: last fall, the speaker asked us to look at what amount of spending was needed to fix the mounting problems we were seeing in the military, planes that could not fly, ships that could not sale, ground units that have to take people out of one and put them in

. >> tomorrow or newsmakers, tim walz look at congressional oversight of the veteran affairs and accountability act which the house passed earlier this week. he currently serves as regular member of the veterans affairs committee, interviewing the congressman is congress dish, o'brien. -- is connor o'brien. it is at 10:00 and 6:00 on c-span. afterwords, utah proposing senator matley talks about forgotten historic and -- historical figures. senator lee is interviewed by former acting solicitor general. >> when you are on the lookout and they come to you gradually, ask the other people i knew who they thought should get more credit than they get them in the case of -- iroquois indian chief from the tried and he understood the principle of federalism because they lived in for centuries before we were our own country. i was intrigued. it is not a name that most americans know anything about stop yet, he had a profound impact on our system of government. enabled ofuy benjamin franklin to learn about federalism and he was the conduit from which this information flow. and and the articles of confedera

on c-span.org and here on the c-span networks, "newsmakers," arthur brooks is our guest and the president of the american enterprise institute at 10:00 eastern time, 7:00 on the west coast. this is the headline from the sunday times -- carnage of the london bridge as terrorists target revelers at a tweet from president donald j. trump, we need to be smart, vigilant and tough, we are the courts to give us back our rights. we need the travel ban as a next level of safety. that's where we begin with our guest, bill press, author and talkshow host. guest: nice to see you. with brian mann and friends or steve scully and friends. host: let's begin with the president's tweets. your reaction. guest: separate them if we can. this alarming news and tragic top of anlondon, on earlier attack on the london bridge on top of the manchester attack on top of what we saw in paris and amsterdam. it's appalling that this terrorism is really struck -- coming to the heart of europe. host: third time in three months in great britain. guest: third time in three months in great britain. i think it's very troublin

host: the midterm elections, our topic on newsmakers. the chair of the republican national committee. you can listen to it on c-span radio. be sure to check out our free c-span radio app. you can listen to it anytime. on funds but scott c -- hans von spakovsky is joining us. what news did you learn? guest: a lot of it was confirmation. asked, he said there was no evidence that the russians or anyone else had actually hacked into our voting process, the balloting process, -- the administration of elections. it puts the rest of the idea that somebody alter the results of the election. the other thing that came out of it was that even if what happened in the white house between comey and donald trump in their conversation -- when their conversation occurred, that does not meet the standards of the obstruction of justice statute. there were 22 statutes on obstruction of justice in the federal code. the only one it really applies 1503. if you look at what comey described, that does not meet the elements of that statute. the other thing that c

. >> next, "newsmakers" with the president of the american enterprise institute, arthur brooks.

. >> here on c-span, newsmakers is next with democratic congress meant tim walz of minnesota. that's public attorney general jeff sessions testifying before the senate intelligence committee about contacts he had during the 2016 presidential campaign and other issues raised by the investigation into russian interference during last year's election. later, vladimir putin talks about relations with the u.s. and other foreign-policy issues while taking questions in moscow during his annual call-in program. greta: this week, congressman tim walz, the top democrat on the house vetera

greta: we thank you for being this week's newsmaker. rep. walz: thank you all. greta: let me turn to the both of you. what is next year? we talked about the v.a. accountability bill passed in the house and senate. when it comes to this developing story that they have run out of the money, what is next for them? kellie: i think it will bring to the fore the central conflict within the veteran authorization community in congress, which is 'are going to privatize most v.a. services, or is the v.a. kind of a brick-and-mortar operation that has many different centers across the country?' not just as a medical access facility, but also as a place to train doctors. also as a place to provide community for veterans. i think the answer to that question is very much in flux in congress. it is starting to not even really clearly divide across party lines as it used to. would you agree? greta: what are they talking about it there for a price tag if they continue choice? are they talking about another $10 billion in for how long? connor: congressman walz made that point. i g

visit saveonsymbicort.com today to learn more. >>> get to our newsmaker of the morning.ment secretary ben carson, ringing the closing bell at the new york stock exchange to commemorate national home ownership month. secretary carson joins us now with some insight on the state of the home ownership in the united states. it's going back to the financial crisis, we still have, i do anyway, scars, trying to automatically increase home ownership as if it's a good thing when not everyone probably should have owned a home we're at 63% isn't that down from where it was prior to the crisis? >> we're actually 63.6%. but, you know, the fact of the matter is, it is the principle mechanism of wealth accumulation in this country. >> yes >> and you look at a homeowner, average net worth is $200,000. a renter average net worth is $5,000 so obviously it's a worthy goal to get to. but if you put somebody in a house they can't afford you're not doing them any favors because they lose the house, they lose their credit, and they lose their future opportunities. so you know, we have an opport

see "newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. on friday, president trump made changes to u.s. policy towards cuba put in place by the obama administration. he was joined in miami by vice president mike pence and officials from florida including senator marco rubio and governor rick scott. congressman mart best mario ds was the first to speak. this is a little more than hour. from sen. toomey: diaz-arge -- senator balart. [applause] thank you very much. let me tell you this is a special day to be with the distinguished members of the president's cabinet, including our very own secretary acosta. [applause] mr. diaz-balart: my colleagues, i know some of my colleagues that are here, starting with senator rubio, congressman curbelo. i know i'm going to miss some, but i know someone that's very special to me, congressman lincoln diaz-balart is here, who along with ileana ros-lehtinen and senator menendez were the ones who codified u.s. law against the tyranny in cuba. of course, our governor, governor scott is here. [applause] heroes l

[applause] >> on newsmakers, minnesota representative tim walz, the top democrat on the house veterans affairs committee. he talked about congressional oversight of the v.a. department and veterans of accountability act passed by the house this week. shares his thoughts on what the trump administration is doing to address veterans needs. watch the interview sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> recently on c-span, new orleans mayor mitch landrieu on the removal of a robert e. lee statue. >> to actually lay out the reasons why these statues were erected in the first place why we were taking them down, and what we can do to recover from the age old battles that had divided us for so long. because of new orleans role in that dark time in our history, we were after all, one of the market.s largest slave i felt that i and other people in the city had a special responsibility to help the nation continue to move through racial discourse. at atress maresca hargitay task force aimed at ending sexual violence. >> to hear the stories, words like you said, d humanizing. these li

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[applause] >> i'm newsmakers, or guest is the head of the committee. a policy bill, the u.s. strategy towards russia and the troops in afghanistan. you can watch the interview sunday on c-span. sunday >> i got interested in political power. these books as studies in political power. i thought, when you are a i won a couple of minor journalistic awards. you think you know everything. the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i did not know anything about power. >> and other talks about his lookingoject "on power" at political power in america. he had compassion from the beginning. i wrote in the book, ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided when he was in the senate that he realized he wanted to be president. he realized he turned to this. were his feelings false? not at all. all his life he wanted to help poor people, and particularly poor people of color. 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a "q&a."ddling -- >>

[applause] announcer: on newsmakers this weekend, our guess is the chair servicesuse armed committee. he talks about efforts to develop a defense policy bill, the u.s. strategy toward russia and the pentagon's authority to set troop levels in afghanistan. you can watch the interview senate -- sunday at 10:00 and 6:00 eastern here on c-span. a --ncer: sunday on q and >> i was a reporter in public politics and got interested in political power. ,nd i conceived of these books power,ower, national studies in political power. but when you are remembered -- reporter, i won a couple of i wasjournalistic awards, 24 -- you think you know everything. the first time robert moses started talking to me, i realized i didn't know anything about power at all. caro talksrobert about his audio project on power , looking at the evolution and exercise of political power in america. he shares his progress on his biography of lyndon johnson. >> he had passion from the beginning. i wrote in the book that ambition was the overriding consideration with him. it was only when compassion and that he coincided re

newsmakers sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. this weekend, book tv on c-span two a panel discussion on race in america at 5:15 p.m. eastern moderated by the washington bureau chief for american radio networks and "the presidency in black and white." >> i remember this lady watching us, talking for us when we didn't have voices. letting us know that we count and matter at a time when many of us were not at the table. if you don't have a seat at the table, bring a folding chair. >> author of how exceptional they women lead, author of can't kill us all, and the author of are we better off? sunday at 1:00 15 p.m. eastern a poster prize winning with charlesaks gibson about his collection of speeches on american principles. >> i think the great presidents through the years that have been avid readers of history, many of them wrote history, including john kennedy, even those who didn't have the benefit of a college education, like harry, read history all their lives. -- like harry truman, read history all their lives. they realized it

now, here are some of the other newsmakers of the evening.gunshots] >> martha: while the shooting that happened on the strip in myrtle beach south carolina. a gunman unloading on a crack. he wounded six people. everyone is expected to survive. the shooter is now behind bars. the u.s. navy identifying seven sailors killed in a bizarre and tragic incident that happened on friday night. we first got word of it on friday evening on the "the story." a massive container ship collided with a warship. the uss fitzgerald off the coast of japan. most of the crew was asleep when it happened. an investigation into this is underway. the prosecution not giving up after the judge declared a mistrial and bill cosby sexual assault case. the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict. the pennsylvania district attorney's office saying they are planning to retry the case. more to come on that. breaking tonight, terror investigations underway in the capitals of two u.s. allies in france. a man rammed his car into a police vehicle on the famous sean famous champs-e

. >> on newsmakers this weekend, our guest is a ohio congressman steve stiles. 2018 midtermt the elections and the special elections happening this spring and summer. including one in georgia later this month. watch the interview tomorrow on c-span. senate minority leader charles schumer addressed the american jewish community earlier this week in washington dc.

"newsmakers," is available on c-span.org. "washington journal." >> tonight on "q&a." -- awas a republican reporter and i got interested in political power. see the urban power, the studies in political power. i was reporter. journalisticnor awards. you think you know everything. the first time moses started talking to me, related to me, realized it didn't know anything about power at all. >> pulitzer prize-winning biographer robert caro talks about his project on power, looking at the illusion exercise of little power in america. he shares his progress on the next volume of this multipart biography from lyndon johnson. >> he had compassion from the beginning. but ambition was the overall thing. it was only when compassion and ambition coincided -- when he's in the senate, he realizes he wants to be president, he has to pass the civil rights bill, that he really turns to this. was he feeling false? not at all. all his life, he wanted to help poor people, particularly poor people of color. ontonight at 8:00 eastern c-span's "q&

[applause] ♪ >> on "newsmakers" this weekend, our guest chairs the national republican congressionalommittee. he talks about the 2018 midterm elections in special elections happening this spring and summer, including one in georgia later this month. watch the interview tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next, a conversation with former president jimmy carter and vermont senator bernie sanders. then president trump and texas .enator ted cruz speak vermont senators bernie sanders recently sat down for a discussion with former president jimmy carter on american leadership in the world and the trunk presidency. this is just under an hour. >> yes, maybe this is our nation's great transition. we are living in a very difficult time, as we have been hearing the last three days. frll

here on c-span, newsmakers is next with republican congressman's the stivers of ohio. that is followed by a town hall meeting with wisconsin representative jim sensenbrenner. at 8:00, paul sparrow who oversees different than roosevelt presidential library and museum in hyde park, new york. ms. swain: our guest on c-span's "newsmakers" this week is steve stivers, republican of ohio, representing that state's 15th district. he is taking on the responsibility of heading the national republican campaign committee, which is to keep republicans in control of the house. as we get started, i want to tell you abo

. >>> one "squawk box" newsmaker -- >> we're lowering taxes. we're cutting regulations. workforce. >> to another. a first on cnbc interview with energy secretary rick perry straight ahead >> a checkup on health care reform we'll talk to one of the leading senators writing the bill. dr. john barrasso. >> plus jets, planes, and drones we're live at the paris air show with united technologies ceo greg hayes as the final hour of "squawk box" takes flight right now. ♪ >>> live from the most powerful city in the world, new york, this is "squawk box. >>> good morning welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc live from the nasdaq marketsite in times square, i'm joe kernen along with becky quick and wilfred frost. andrew is off today. the futures are higher and have been strong all morning up almost 80 points. new highs. nasdaq indicated also sharply higher up almost 42 points and the s&p up nearly 9. treasury yields. 210, 220 area recently this morning is no different 2.146. >>> let's get you caught up with the head line the at this hour landon buildings investment managements i

>> on newsmakers this weekend, our guest is a ohio congressman steve stiles. 2018 midtermt the elections and the special elections happening this spring and summer. including one in georgia later this month. watch the interview tomorrow on c-span. senate minority leader charles schumer addressed the american jewish community earlier this week in washington dc. that simple event also included to officials from the obama and george w. bush administrations debating the merits of president trump's america first policy. this is just over an hour and a half. >> together they made a powerful statement. they are antithetical to their values and the values of their respective states. second, they reaffirmed their support of israel as an ally. it is important economic partner. i hope you all have had a chance to look at the wall street journal today which carries a full-page ad naming all of the governors that participated as well as the mayor of district of columbia. reminder that pbs has been rejected coast to coast. ajc continues to work with local, state and federal legislators and tomorrow, o

and newsmakers with a hunger -- ohio congressman steve stivers. after that, the testimony of former fbi director james comey. >> tonight, q&a is in hyde park we go inside for a rare look at fdr's personal office and collection of artifacts with the museum's director. library opened in june 19 41, while he was still president of the united states, and this became the northern oval office. he had an incredibly inquisitive mind, so there are 22,000 books. every book was selected by fdr to be in this room. this room is a most identical to the way it was when fdr died. nothing has changed. >> that is tonight at eight: -- 8:00 eastern, only on c-span. >> this morning, the heritage foundation discusses the senate of former fbi director james comey regarding the russia investigation. and then michael to mask it ky talksout his -- tomas about his recent article. and then finally, the middle east institute examines rising --sions between recent several gulf states after recent terror attacks in iran. washington journal is next. ♪ >> good morning. the senate