newsmakers c-span's interviewed the president of the american hospital association, pollick, about republican efforts to repeal and replace how ffordable care act and those efforts affect patients and hospitals. issue really is all around the coverage losses that would result from the the house , both in and senate and that's why we've been opposed to it. far as hospitals go, how are hospitals affected? bottom line with what could happen on medicaid cut? uest: in terms of hospitals, hen the a.c.a. was created, we deployed $155 billion at the time toward helping fund hoped would what we be millions of people. pieces to funding that coverage, the revenue side and then series of reductions in spending. so for us, if we're going to see

newsmakers. you can see the interview sunday and at 6 p.m. on c-span. you can also hear it on c-span free adio app,he is available at www.c-span.org. in this segment, we're taking calls about what's on your mind. paul is calling from montana on democratic line. paul, what are your thoughts today? morning.hi, good i have one observation to make policy, immigration both for and against, you see. people are on all neglecting one theent issue, the plaque on statue of liberty and what the says. we -- everybody rom the top down, mr. trump seems to be ignoring what the plaque says or doesn't know what says and many persons for muslims are ignoring the plaque ignore it and it's disturbing to me that this is case. i really wish people would stop and look at that plaque and read in what it means and what it says. that's my comment. host: mirial calling from rooksville, florida, on the republican line. good morning, mirial. caller: hi. hat happened to the rules on ellis island, they had to have a to speak nsor, had english and they didn't bring in diseases? that i

first on newsmakers, c-span interviewed kevin brady. he discussed how the house will treat a senate health care bill if it passes, and the latest approach to health care from president trump. here is a bit of the newbie that airs tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. >> i think it depends on the final product. we note the initial draft. they have more work to do. at the end of the day we will weigh the final product as it comes back to the house. we will see from their. -- there. >> can i ask you about a tweet the president sent on a friday morning? he says if this is not get done, congress should repeal obamacare and go back and replace it at a later point. i know that is an idea that was batted around earlier in the process and rejected. at this point, is that incredible idea, to do a repeal and go back and do a replace? trump not only wanted to repeal the damaging effects of that law, help people trapped in a right now. we are seeing it collapse in front of her eyes. but to put in place the transition to a free market where there is a

c-span. newsmakers tonight with richard pollock of the american hospital association. let's go over to ames, iowa. gail, you are on c-span on a sunday afternoon. with the you think? caller: i think it should not be repealed. onhink that -- because i'm -- a lot of us are on social security disability. we cannot afford as it is my medication. there is a lot of times where i almost cannot afford my medication. elderly, i think they need to vote to keep because i forlace it has been better off for me. myself, personally. host: we appreciate your call. let's go to robert in dundee, illinois on the line for others. what you think about the health care law and what should be done? democrats andk togetherns should get and replace obamacare or add to it. a lot of senior people that are wayixed incomes, and the they are going about it is wrong. in augustd not recess and work this thing out. host: they should stay here in host: you are saying they should stay here in washington until they work something out. line from -- for democrats in michigan. actually, i know all of you guys

c-span. newsmakers is always available online at c-span.org. we are joined this morning by blake sobczak. he joins us to talk about energy grid security in the wake of recent cyber hacks. let's talk about threats to nuclear power plants. guest: u.s. authorities recently became aware of a sophisticated hacking campaign targeting the u.s. and abroad and manufacturing firms. there are no signs that nuclear safety systems were affected. the bad news is it signals an alarming willingness on the part r critical to go fo systems. host: how many participated in this attempt? guest: details are few. multiple sites were affected. the new york times reported that will create nuclear generating system was impacted. safe andrt they were were not affected. host: where they specifically trying to target power generation or distribution? guest: that is not clear at this point. hackers were sending out phishing emails, which are designed to get employees to click on hijacked documents. aty were clearly directed the power grid. luckily, once you click on the documents, you are in the corporate network. tha

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visit ncicap.org] >> here on c-span, "newsmakers" is next with kevin brady of texas. then united nations nikki haley testifies before the house foreign affairs about u.n. operations. and later, acting nasa administrator robert lightfoot outlines the 2018 budget request. on "newsmakers," we are joined by kevin brady, chair of the ways and means committee, thank you for being here. we have with us in studio, richard ruben, tax policy reporter and congressional reporter from the washington post. mike will go first. >> thank you for joining us. tax reform, the fiscal situation. i wanted to start with health care. the billing you and your fellow chairman put together in the house is over in the senate and we saw a lot of interesting therepments and i think is a lot of questions about what is going to happen going forward in the senate and i wanted to ask you about one thing in particular we have seen this past week which is more senators talking about changes to the taxation element of that bill. we're hearing senators saying we may not want to repeal all of the obamacare

. >> here on c-span, newsmakers is next with democratic congress meant eliot engel of new york. that is followed by the national governors association meeting yesterday in rhode island to discuss education policy and disaster preparedness. after that, a look at efforts to protect the u.s. energy grid. --8:00, q&a with greta: joining us from capitol hill this week's representative eliot engel, democrat of new york. the top democrat on the foreign affairs committee. joining us is along the shore from politico and foreign policy reported with cq roll call. i wanted to lead up by asking about russian sanctions. the senate passed a bill with 98 posted is installed in the house for quite a while for multiple reasons. this morning, minority leader pelosi said democrats were only to drop procedural objections over their own power to let it move forward. that would be a big development. is that true? if so what sparked the change? ,rep. engel: let me first of all say what i did is put in a bill which mirrored to a word the exact bill passed by the senate. 98-2. mitch mcconnell voted for

chairs the republican policy committee in the house of representatives, our guest this eek on c-span's "newsmakers," thank you for your time. ur reporters questioning mr. messer and he underscored several times in the conversation that they have not done enough in congress and particularly in the house on their delivery of promises to voters. when you look at things right now, it was a good bit of a muddle. what you see when you talk to the leadership team about their path forward to get legislative achievements under their belt? james: it seems to me that they are under a critical juncture here. there was a lot of frustration. i think we heard that in the interview that things have not gotten done. if you remember back in january, the plan was to pass health care in the first couple of months and have tax reform by the august recess. they don't have health care by the august recess. tax reform is not yet settled. i think there is a lot of frustration and there is sort of a realization that if things -- t start breaking quickly breaking the logjam on some of these issues, they could be looking at

. >> here on c-span, newsmakers is next with democratic congress meant eliot engel of new york. that is followed by the national governors association meeting yesterday in rhode island to discuss education policy and disaster preparedness. after that, a look at efforts to protect the u.s. energy grid. --8:00, q&a with greta: joining us

. -- thison c-span this morning, washington journal is next. at 10:00, newsmakers with american hospital association president and eeo, rick pollock. that is followed by senator ted constituentswith in mckinney, texas. later, another town hall meeting in beaverton, oregon with senator wideman representative susan bonaduce. coming up on today's "washington will discuss president trump's recent meeting with the russian president and what it means for the future of u.s.-relations with michael o'hanlon of the brookings institution. after that, dr. sally said tell talks about efforts to combat opioid addiction in the u.s. politicos jenniffer have a report talks about the potential fate of the health care law preplacement bill if -- if lawmakers return from their july 4 recess. host: good morning. president trump back at the white house following his second foreign trip since taking office, and there's news this morning from syria where a cease-fire brokered by the president and russian president vladimir putin is now in effect in the southwestern part of that country. 3

host: newsmakers airs today at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. we are joined next by dan pickard, an expert, legal experts in the area of the foreign agents registration act. because it ties into the russian investigation. the foreign agents registration act, tell us what that is and how that came to be in american law. fara is basically just a disclosure act. it requires individuals acting in the u.s. on behalf of foreign entities must register with the department of justice. the purpose of the statute is it does not necessarily authorized prohibitted -- or ensures theit government is aware of entities in the u.s. acting on behalf of foreign governments. it was originally passed in 1938, as a result of agents on behalf of the german government before world war ii disseminating propaganda, trying to keep the u.s. neutral with regard to the war. it was clear at that time there was no law on the books that make sure the u.s. government and american people knew who was disseminating propaganda. it has been amended a couple times in the following dec

c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your provider. susan: our guest on newsmakers is congressman john yarmuth. he represents louisville and the house of representatives and he is the top democrat in the house budget committee. our two reporters, economic policy reporter for the new york times and dave who covers politics for the washington post. we are keeping with a really late night in washington dc or early morning, we are watching what happened in the senate and that's where i want to start with congressman yarmouth. john mccain cast the deciding vote that seem to put in and to the republican plan for health care reform. the system still has big problems investor deal with. how you see this playing out. rep. yarmuth: it is great to be with you. i did not watch the old whole thing but i happened to wake up when they were about to declare the bill dead. and watch the speech is afterwards. i think it is going to depend on how republicans feel and what positions the administration takes. the republicans know we have to fix the aca, the individual market, which is w

newsmakers today at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> monday night on "the communicators" -- changed.n't the things that i care about come in terms of consumers being first and foremost in our mind when it comes to policy, when it comes to my interest, when it comes to serving them, that hasn't changed. >> the longest-serving fcc commissioner and the only democrat on the commission talks about how the fcc is changing under republican leadership and what she sees as the major issues ahead. she is interviewed by lynn stanton. >> when we go into a direction that may be more philosophical than practical, we need to ask ourselves will consumers be protected? and under the current paradigm i have seen teed up, what i am hearing in terms of moving back to the days of old, i really don't see where the consumer benefits will derive. >> watch "the communicators" monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. doran and wendy sherman debate president

c-span radio app. and on sunday new york congressman eliot engel, ranking member on the foreign affairs committee discusses russia, north korea and iran. that's on newsmakers sunday morning at 10:00 and later that evening at 6:00, also on c-span. >>> the national governors association summer meeting live saturday on c-span starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern. governors talk about computer coding and the importance of computer science in schools with girls who code ceo, former microsoft ceo steve ballmer and tesla ceo elon musk, who will speak at the governors' closing session. watch the national governors association summer meeting live on the c-span networks, c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3 -- state university professor discusses union general george mcclullen's failed attempt. >> haven't done a lot of research about what this peninsula looks like and what marching along this peninsula would be like. but he's so dead set on making sure that he doesn't concede anything to lincoln that he basically puts his army on the virginia peninsula in the spring of '62, it's going to turn out to be

newsmakers follows "washington journal." is guest this week congressman luke messer of indiana. you can listen to that on c-span radio. be sure to check out our free c-span radio app. hans von spakovsky is a member advisoryesidential commission on election integrity. guest: thanks for having me. host: let me begin with this editorial from the new york times calling the commission of bonus voter fraud commission. "the truth cannot be repeated often enough. the congressional advisory commission is a sham and a scam." your response? guest: i wonder why the new york times is so opposed to have a commission that research is and investigates the american election process. we at the heritage foundation provided a printout to the members of the commission this a database of voter fraud cases across the country. we have reached almost 1100 cases. some of them are cases in which hundreds if not thousands of fraudulent ballots were cast. elections were overturned. you have to wonder why the new york times is so opposed to looking at that, and how can we make it that are so everyone is eligible to vote and no one spoke is overtur

watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. this week on newsmakers we are joined by the president and cto of the american hospital association, rick pollack. thank you for being here. rick: thank you for having me. greta: we have anna edney and peter sullivan covers health care policy for the hill. let's begin with the affordable care act. does it need to be repealed and replaced? rick: it certainly needs to be repaired for certain. anytime you and act legislation of this magnitude over a period of seven years or so, there are things that need to be corrected. even when it was enacted people knew from the day he was enacted they would need to have changes. you think about medicare and medicaid, how many times it has been amended and changed. it certainly is in need of repair. we havee repeal of it, concerns in that regard. as the house passed a bill in the senate is working on one, is there anywhere near preparing the pieces you like to see fixed? rick: the senate bill perhaps goes in the direction of dealing with private market stabilization and dea

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watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. this week on newsmakers. rick: thank you for having me. greta: we have anna edney and peter sullivan covers health care policy for the hill. let's begin with the affordable care act. does it need to be repealed and replaced? rick: it certainly needs to be repaired for certain. anytime you and act legislation of this magnitude over a period of seven years or so, there are things that need to be corrd.

in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable and satellite provider. susan: our guest on "newsmakers" is congressman john yarmouth. democrat of kentucky. the only democrat in kentucky's delegation. he represents louisville in the house of representatives and he is the top democrat in the house budget committee. we have lots to talk to him about on this busy week. our two reporters, alan reppeport, economic policy reporter for the new york times and david wiegel who covers politics for the washington post. i should tell our audience on this friday morning as we are taking this, it was a really make light in washington, d.c. or early morning, we are watching what happened in the senate. that's where i want to start with you congressman yarmouth. , john mccain cast the deciding last night -- deciding vote that seemed to put an end to the republican plan for health care reform. the system still has big problems it has to deal with your how you see this playing out? rep. yarmouth: it is great to be with you. i did not watch the whole thing but i happened to wake up when they were about re

newsmaker saen at 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >>> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning atlantic council's discussing russia's lobbying actions against u.s. sanctions. and then talking about consumer lost of bangs and credit card companies. and reporter discusses his piece on so-called how cities are trying to adjust to a hi-tech future. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal. join the discussion. >>> and now to a hearing on access to oil and gas on federal lands. from a house natural resources subcommittee, this is about an hour and 50 minutes. >>> the subcommittee on energy and mineral resources will come to order. the subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on examining access to oil and gas development on federal lands. i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from arkansas and mr. westerman be able to sit with the subcommittee. that objection so ordered. this will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help members keep to their schedule

in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. greta: this week on newsmakers we are joined by the president and ceo of the american hospital association, rick pollack. thank you for being here. rick: thank you for having me. greta: we have anna edney of bloomberg policy reporter and peter sullivan who covers health care policy for the hill. let's begin with the affordable care act. does it need to be repealed and replaced? rick: it certainly needs to be repaired for certain. anytime you and act legislation of this magnitude over a period of seven years or so, there are things that need to be corrected. even when it was enacted people knew from the day he was enacted they would need to have changes. you think about medicare and medicaid, how many times it has -- since 1965 how many times it's been amended and changed. so it's certainly is in need of repair. wholesale repeal of it, we have concerns in that regard. anna: are the bills that are being considered, the house passed one, the senate is working on, do those go anywhere near repairing some of those piece

announcer: on newsmakers this weekend, we talk about the gop legislative agenda on health care, budget, and tax policy. the interview tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a >> when we look at president obama's domestic legacy, i think there are two things that are very important that will have long-lasting good consequences to the united states that can be summarized in four words. elena kagan,or and his two nominees to the supreme court. the author talks about his book "rising star: the making of arack obama." it covers the life of barack obama up until his winning the presidency. >> up until barack obama's presidency there were scores of people in illinois who had known him earlier who were deeply disappointed with the trajectory of the obama presidency in two ways. disappointed that barack obama , many of theeople people, most of the people, who were essential to his political rise. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 p.m. in eastern on c-span's q&a. vice president pence chairs the first meeting of the presidential advisory committee election and integrity which is tasked with studying procedures and voting systems for potential vulnerabilities. vice

atch "newsmakers" sunday 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. ," and authora talks about his book "way ,1968," >> the battle shocked me because the saigon military command was so out of touch with the reality of what was happening on the streets. they literally got a lot of young americans killed, because what general westmoreland denied that the city had been taken -- it was a fact but he continued to deny it for nearly the whole time the battle was fought -- and as a consequence, would numberoncede the sheer of enemy forces that were in the city. so small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to heldk positions that were by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched positions. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." in his weekly address, the president talks about the military and law enforcement. representative betty mccollum of minnesota delivers the democratic address, discussing her party's efforts to improve the economy. pres. trump: my fellow americans, this past week we have celebrated, saluted, an

newsmakers, our guest is richard pollock. watch the interview tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. , -- y on q&a >> i'm not asking anyone to compromise their values or believes. i'm just asking them to open their eyes to that of others so you can find your place in this world. miss gladstone discusses her book "the trouble onh reality," a meditation moral panic in our time. >> i set up at the beginning of biological wiring. i wanted to show how we have evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us the illusion that our reality was watertight when really it was riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. to -- theummit came g20 summit came to a

in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. greta: this week on newsmakers we are joined by the president and ceo of the american hospital association, rick pollack. thank you for being here. rick: thank you for having me. greta: we have anna edney of bloomberg policy reporter and peter sullivan who covers health care policy for the hill. let's begin with the affordable a

newsmakers, the ceo of the american hospital association talks about republican efforts to repeal and replace the affordable care act and democrat pauses efforts to keep the health care law. also will discusstoday at 6:00n c-spannight -- >> i'm not asking anyone to compromise their values and beliefs. i'm just asking them to open their eyes to other people's so that you can figure out your place in this incident world. she looks at what constitutes reality today and how that criteria has changed over the years. i set up at the beginning of the book our biological wiring. i wanted to show how we had evolved a culture that was designed to validate us and not to challenge us. certainly not to contradict us. it gave us the illusion that our realities were watertight when really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> on thursday, representative susan -- had a town hall in oregon. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> how many of you have never been to one of our

announcer: on newsmakers this weekend, kevin brady talks about the latest hurdles to passing a health ca replacement and what t means. watch the interviews on c-span aftercer: sunday night on words, gender identity in the book beyond trans, does gender matter. mr. davis is interviewed by glad president and ceo. abouthink we are talking the predicate of those stereotypes, not so much what you should do or not do as a man or woman. there is something else going on when we talk about transgender, which is sex identity discrimination, belonging to the categories themselves. >> you put forward in this book that we should eliminate those categories in a lot of different places, right? from the birth certificate to college or professional level sports, right, and most things in between. after words onh c-span twos book tv. next week during the july 4 recess during prime time on c-span, monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, author david horwitz. socialism inand the social justice movement are modeled on christianity. they look on the world as a fall in place, although they would never use those words that way. it is a place of injustice. announcer: tuesday, a deba

in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable and satellite provider. susan: our guest on "newsmakers" is congressman john yarmouth. democrat of kentucky. the only democrat in kentucky's delegation. he represents louisville in the house of representatives and he is the top democrat in the house budget committee. we have lots to talk to him about on this busy week. our two reporters, alan reppeport, economic policy reporter for the new york times and david wiegel who covers politics for the washington post. i should tell our audience on this friday morning as we are taking this, it was a really make light in washington, d.c. or early morning, we are watching what happened in the senate. that's where i want to start with you congressman yarmouth. , john mccain cast the deciding last night -- deciding vote that seemed to put an end to the republican plan for health care reform. the system still has big problems it has to deal with your how you see this playing out? rep. yarmouth: it is great to be with you. i did not watch the whole thing but i happened to wake up when they were about re