saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> a live look on capitol hill where a house judiciary subcommittee meeting is about to get under way. lawmakers will hear from four law enforcement officials on efforts to identify and prosecute crimes committed against children, particularly those of a sexual nature, perpetrated on-line. the hearing should get under way shortly. members right now are voting on the house floor, so the 2:00 p.m. start time being pushed back just a bit. but we will have live coverage when it gets started here on c-span 3. elsewhere on capitol hill today, the house budget committee is working on the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act. that bill has already made its way through several committees. now the budget committee gets a crack at it today. you can watch live coverage of their work on our companion network, c-span 2. also a progr

long summit in washington, earlier live comments from kellyanne conway and scott pruitt of the epa on c-span 2, here we pick up coverage about 1:00 p.m. eastern time with remarks from dr. tom price, again live at 1:00 here on c-span3. health news, the u.s. house will vote on the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act next thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. you can watch live house coverage over on c-span. >>> german chancelor angela merkel is in town for a visit at the white house, we'll have live coverage of that, expected to start at 1:20 eastern time, you can watch it on c-span 2. >> and next week the -- looks into allegations of russian interference into the 2016 election. >> and of course on monday the president's pick to be the next supreme court justice judge neil gorsuch will begin his confirmation process starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern time the senate judiciary committee will hear opening statements with questioning of the nominee slated for tuesday. again watch it beginning live at 11:00 a.m. eastern monday on c-span 2. >> c-span recently participated a poll

kellyanne conway and scott pruitt of the epa on c-span 2, here we pick up coverage about 1:00 p.m. eastern time with remarks from dr. tom price, again live at 1:00 here on c-span3. health news, the u.s. house will vote on the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act next thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. you can watch live house coverage over on c-span. >>> german chancelor angela merkel is in town for a visit at the white house, we'll have live coverage of that, expected to start at 1:20 eastern time, you can watch it on c-span 2. >> and next week the -- looks into allegations of russian interference into the 2016 election. >> and of course on monday the president's pick to be the next

eastern on c-span 2. announcer: monday night on "the communicators," acting chair of the federal trade commission talks about the role of the commission and protecting consumer privacy on the internet, the internet of things, and how the ftc is functioning with two commissioners. she is interviewed by the tech policy reporter for "morning consult." >> reset your feelings is the ftc is not primarily a regulator when it comes to mandating best cyber security practices for internet connected devices, whether those are thermostats, refrigerators, cars. what is the best way to secure the ftc is an >> enforcement authority. we have brought a case several years ago against a company called transnet that had an internet enabled candler -- internet enabled camera that had a security flaw that allowed anyone to post a live feed. announcer: watch "the communicators," monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. a" withr: next, "q and author and writer sheelah kolhatkar. then british prime minister theresa may takes ques

, jeff sessions, on issues related to visa and ravel, that will be live at 11:30, you can see it on c-span. more the website for information on this media briefing featuring the secretary of home land security, kelly, general , and attorney jeff sessions frchlt virginia, laverne on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for - c-span, "washington journal." why is everyone republicans and supporters keep blaming president obama for a of this stuff that has been going on? this weekend, president trump tweetedwas the one that ut the information about him supposedly being wiretapped. charge. chief in if he really wants to know if he wiretapped, he needs to just staff, the f.b.i. into was i ice and ask him, time?lly recorded and there is a lot of other stuff need to be people at the lower bottom need to know about affordable care act. got the south carolina, you know, the man is pushing out problemssiles, that's a for the united states, period. host: okay. go to kim. crestline, ohio, republican line. good morning. host: hi. caller: my name is kim, i was to speak to

live coverage on c-span 3. can you stream it live at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> raise your right hand. >> with the confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch starting next week, on thursday, at 8 wi:00 p.m. easte we will look at all eight supreme court justices. starting with justice anthony kennedy in 1987. clearance thomas in 1981. ruth gator ginsburg, 1993. briar 1994. john roberts 2005. samuel aleap looeto, 2006. sonia sotomayor 2009 and elaina kagan 2010. watch on c-span 2.eaina kagan 2010. watch on c-span 2.ina kagan 2010. watch on c-span 2.na kagan 2010. watch on c-span 2. >> anyone working in any hedge fund, everyday coming in and trading stocks, all of those people want edge. that's a common term in the industry. they want edge. and you know, there's this white edge that is useless for their purpose possess. there is the gray zone, and then black edge which is clearly inside information. >> sunday night on q & a, new yorker staff writer sheel sheelah kohh

eastern on c-span. you can also see it on the.org and listen listen to the debate on the c-span radio app. >> sunday night on q and a,. >> i was off taking pictures on yosemite with a photographic buddy of mine for four days. in all that time i never watch the television new program. we never read a newspaper. i thought this is the way to live. the only way to live this way is to stop writing the column so i don't have to be up to date on all the news. author and hoover institute fellow thomas soul who recently retell it on ten retired talk about life, career and love of photography. >> i took my first picture in 1950. when the results came back from the drugstore i was just hook. when i was in the marine corps, the marine sent me to the navy photography school in pensacola naval station. there i got a professional training in the subject. then when i got out and was going out to harvard, i worked for the university news office to help pay the bill wh

live coverage of that meeting right now on c-span 2. >>> still awaiting the start of this house judiciary committee where members of the court will be testifying on work load and challenges facing the 9th circuit court. the 9th circuit against president trump's travel ban. we want to let you know that a subcommittee of this particular committee will be meeting this afternoon hearing about crimes against children. four law enforcement experts will be testifying on efforts to identify and prosecute crimes committed against children particularly those of a sexual nature. that hearing will get underway at 2:00 p.m. eastern live here on c-span 3. >>> while we wait for this house judiciary committee meeting to get underway on work load and challenges. 9th circuit decided against the revised travel ban. >> moments ago i learned that a district judge in hawaii, part of the much overturned 9th circuit court and i have to be nice otherwise i will get criticized for speaking poorly about our courts. i will be criticized by these people among the most dishonest people in the world, i will be criticiz

head on over to c-span or stay here on c-span2 with us until 10:00. berman's been waiting independent. >> my comment is americans are the losers. the reason i say this as there is no way someone who doesn't have an idea of what is going on to make changes. they are not patient. they're just regular people who make calls. the reason they are so much stuff as they have no idea what they're doing. they don't know what is the problem. apparently based on they have no idea what they're doing. my recommendation would be, why don't they use the va system? it has a stabilization work they can stop and make it fair or pick up things from whatever part to me what people need and what people don't need. unless they do that, americans will be the losers. >> host: when bernie, maryland, republican. good morning. how do you think republicans have handled this repeal and replace process so far? >> caller: well, i think would be a whole lot better if they get together on the repeal started things. when it comes to health care, medicare is something that goes hand-in-

eastern on c-span two. 8:15 a.m. eastern on c-span two. angela merkel in washington dc for meetings with president trump at the white house. on friday, the two leaders will hold a joint a news conference. you can watch it live at 1:20 p.m. eastern on c-span two. this weekend, c-span cities tour along with the help of our charter communications cable partners will explore the literary scene and history of north carolina. saturday at noon eastern on book tv. an author discusses his book "cape fear rising." >> lamenting was one of the largest cities in north carolina. two thirds of the citizens were black. achieved an amazing thing in just a little more than a generation after being enslaved and coming out of bondage with not even owning the close on their back. they achieved a status of middle-class. they achieved some political leadership and power. they achieved social standing and economic wealth. >> we will travel to fort as heon with author chris talks about wilmington's role in the civil war. and what h

on c-span. q&a, aght, on conversation with thomas soul who recently retired from the deficit -- the syndicated column hero wrote for the last 15 years. i never felt that i had to avoid seeing what people with different views thought. i read everything across the political's director -- political spectrum. i have a book with me that i had when i was a freshman and harvard. i treasure that book. i understood there are reasons why people had different views. -- not just athat question of being on the sidelines in support of the supportive angels against the forces of evil. the only question is whether the president listens to them. we won't know until a lot more time has passed. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span skew hyundai. >> c-span's voices from the road, we recently visited 17 historically black colleges and universities, asking students what issue july congress or the administration to address in the first 100 days. i am a student here in north carolina. i would love for tromped to grasp un

eastern on c-span. you can also watch online at c-span.org and listen on the c-span radio app. the senate judiciary committee holds day four of the confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. eastern. public witnesses will testify. watch live coverage on c-span3. announcer: the house rules committee debated the gop health care replacement bill. we will hear from the chairs and ranking members from the budget, ways and means, and energy and commerce committees. congressman pete sessions chairs the rules committee. >> come to order and good morning. welcome to the rules committee.

watch saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's become tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> at a hearing today haejd human services secretary dr. tom price said the president's initial budget that proposes funding cuts to his agency is not an attempt

c-span.org, and all the free c-span radio app -- on the free c-span radio app. now, remarks from epa administrator scott pruitt. he delivered the keynote address at the national league of cities conference in washington -- washington, d.c. he was introduced by karen freeman wilson. this is just over 10 minutes. >> the poll is, in one word , describe how you feel about being an elected official. now, you've got to get your phones out. you have got to type it in. we're going to give you some chance. if you are like me yesterday, i didn't have a chance to answer because i wasn't doing it quick enough . i see honored, i see excited. --looks like honor is humbled. wow. humbled is trying to catch up. i think humbled, honored, sort of like no and -- neck and neck. honored and humbled is really important because we should be proud of the work that we do. it's also important for us to keep in mind why we got involved in local government in the first place. what motivated you to serve? yesterday, we asked a few of you that very question and here's what you had to say. ♪ >

you can watch that live on c-span2 and also online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> this week's sunshine week, an annual campaign for greater public access to government. it's also c-span's anniversary week, 38 years ago on march 19, 1979, the house of representatives opened its debate to tv cameras for the first time and the cable television industry launched c-span to bring congress into america's home. >> gtleman from tennessee. without objection. >> mr. speaker, on this historic day the house of representatives opens its proceedings for the first time to televised coverage. i wish to congratulate you for your courage in making this possible and the committee who has worked so hard under the leadership of commerce when charles wrote to make this a reality television will change this institution, mr. speaker, just as it has changed the executive branch, but the good will far outweigh the bad. from this day forward, every member of this body must ask himself or herself how me americans are listening to the debate which are made. when the house becomes comfortabl

follow our live coverage on c-span 2. you'll also find it online and streaming on the c-span radio app. in the house, fbi director james comey will brief members oe

eastern on american history tv, only on c-span 3. >> next on american history tv, historians and authors discuss the legacy of reconstruction. they speculate on abraham lincoln's lands for the -- plans for the post-civil war period had he not been assassinated and discuss the effectiveness of programs put forward by his successors, johnson and grant. they also discussed the u.s. supreme court during reconstruction and draw parallels between the time and the civil rights movement today. the new york historical society hosted this event. [applause]

on these subjects. periodically for c-span. for instance, eight years ago, first time we did it, the strongly agree on the 90% was in the 30s, now it is almost 50%. to put it another way, almost 50% of americans strongly agree that the decisions have an impact on their everyday lives. the other thing that i was struck by and you see this in that 81% number you mentioned, 82% number you mentioned, it is bipartisan. it really cuts across the parties. everybody feels strongly that the appointment -- what happened with the supreme court was an important factor in their vote. >> can you walk us through the methodology of the survey, who you polled, when it took place, and what was the margin of error? >> yes, i can, thank you. it was, first, it has been conducted very recently. these are very fresh numbers. we conducted online interviews from march 7 to march 9 last week. we conducted 1,032 interviews among likely voters. the margin of error on the survey is 3.05. the 95% confidence level, which is just another way of saying if it we

eastern time on c-span. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, saturday evening on the civil war. >> to break out of this trap. remember, they still inside this city. confederates are on the high ground. we will break out of this and i'll use sherman to do it. >> on the many paintings, sculptures and photographs of president lincoln on display in the u.s. capitol. >> the heroic image that presidents present in their lifetime and after inspire, motivate, caution future leaders in the days when before twitter and instphotography or twitter c-span, these images had enormous influence. >>> sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern international spy museum talks about the attempts by the u.s. government to overthrow fidel castro. >> he certainly had a dog in the fight. he was somebody who had been kicked out by castro along with all of the casinos and mob people. they are the ones that really really want to get rid of castro. they said we have $150,000 on the line. whoever kills castro the money is theirs. >>> and ben stein, former speech writer reflikts on nixon's time in the white house

eastern on c-span. >> sunday night on "afterwards." reporting on alternatives to traditional banking in the book "the unthinking of america." book in a nutshell, i could not understand originally why is alternative financial services like check cashers and payday lenders, if they were so bad white so many people were using them. in the course of my research which took a few years, i learned that banks were not really serving the low into increasingly the middle class and i also realized that there were some good alternatives coming on board so i kind of wanted to tell that whole story. watch "afterwords" on c-span's booktv. announcer: we recently asked students, what issue would you like congress or the administration to address in the first 100 days. >> hello. i am a student at north carolina state university. i would love for trump to grasp and understanding. we are all represented under him. i went like for them to work on building and maintaining relationships with other countries as our commander into. >> i am a senior. what i wou

only on c-span 3. >> recently american history tv was at the american historical association's meeting in denver colorado. we spoke to professors, authors, grad students on their research and this interview is about 15 minutes. >> rebecca hunt is a member of the american historical association. and your particular area of expertise is an early medicine and denver and pioneering. more so on hospitals in america or, when did we start seeing hospitals? >> we started seeing hospitals more at the latter half of the 19th century. 11 of health care was happening at homes, a community-based or family-based medicine. as that always happens, public hospitals came out of military hospitals. they developed what they needed for the civil war, that carried over to civilian life. >> was it difficult for people to make the transition to get what they needed from home to be able to accept being in another place? >> a lot people thought hospitals were sick houses. they were starting to get the idea of infection, there was a lot of infection, people who lived in neighborhoods with hospitals were quite co

let me assure you, they are here on c-span. you can get them on our website, www.c-span.org. here on c-spanre tomorrow, day three of the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee, neil gorsuch. am eastern time, you can watch live on our website, www.c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. coming up monday at noon eastern , the senatean2 judiciary hearing will meet to review the nominations of neil gorsuch, also a couple of justice department nominees, deputy attorney general nominee rob rosenstein and associate attorney general nominate rachel brandt. they will meet to discuss the nominations. we do not expect a vote on neil gorsuch on monday, however. they will just have a meeting at 2.on eastern on c-span this is not the only big story in the nation's capital this week, the other the republican effort to repeal and replace the affordable care act, obamacare, went down yesterday as the votes were not there. the health care bill was pulled from the floor when it became apparent to republican leaders there were not enough folks for passage. coming up on c-span

eastern on c-span three and you can also watch online on c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by american cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. next, former congressional budget officer doug elmendorf takes part in a panel on budgetary policy. this event was part of the national association for business economics annual conference in washington. it is just under an hour. >> i am pleased to introduce our

good morning, joan, you are on c-span. caller: i want to hear a question that i haven't heard anyone say and i have listened to c-span for several days in bed sick with the flu right now, but the affordable care act forbid the insurance mpanies to spend more than 10% of the premiums they received on administration, advertising and lobbying. i think it was 10%. it may have been 15%. now, i never heard whether they're following through. have they been audited? i'm trying to understand why the premiums rose so -- it was the insurance companies, and everybody's blaming obama and it was the insurance companies that raised the premiums. so have they been audited? host: have you -- caller: are they following through on that law? host: joan, have you been affected by increasing premiums? caller: no. i just turned 80 and i am on tricare for life, the widow of a marine. and i am a hospital volunteer. this week i'm sick. until sunday i was the healthiest 80-year-old you ever saw, climbing ladders, wrestling with hay, feeding horses,

on russian influence in and around the former soviet bloc. pm eastern ont 2:15 c-span3. you can also watch online on c-span.org, or listen on the free c-spanadio app. >> who will win studentcam's grand prize of $5,000? eastern fort 8:00am the announcement. we asked middle and high school students to produce documentaries telling us, what is the most urgent issue for our new president and congress to address in 2017? 2900 entries,er from 46 states, plus the district of columbia, england, germany, singapore, and taiwan. students competed for the chance in cash00,000 dollars prizes, and first, second, and third-place categories. you can log onto our website, 30 minutes before our big announcement to view a 100 -- 150 when he documentaries. watch the announcement of our 2017 grand prize winner, wednesday, march 8, at 8:00am eastern on c-span. ♪ >> monday, president trump sign an upbeat -- updated executive order that bans travel from six muslim majority countries. secretary of state rex tillerson, attorney general jeff sessions, and homeland security secretary john kelly defended the order. that included iran, libya, sedalia hamyd mourad. iraq

house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. in this moment of prayer, please grant to the members of this people's house your grace, endow them with the gifts of wisdom that in their words and actions, they will do justice, love with mercy and walk humbly with you. in so many places in our world, there are people living with unrest and uncertainty, most ems in syria and south sudan. in our own country there is great concern about the future of health care among our citizens. bring comfort to all who live in fear of their lives and welfare into the future and empower those who have the access and ability to be of meaningful assistance. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, the journ

that hearing will be at 2:30 this afternoon and that will be over on our companion network c-span. and meanwhile, also this afternoon, same time, here on c-span3, we'll bring you news conference with fed chair janet yellen, the fed is meeting today, expected to announce a bump up in the interest rate, we'll hear more about that from the chairman janet yellen at 2:30 this afternoon. so here on c-span3, waiting for this hearing to get under way, the votes under way in the senate, so things should start happening here in the judiciary committee in just a bit. >>> you can see senator grassley in the room, the chairperson of the judiciary committee, and the first of two hearings we're covering today in that committee. this one this morning looking at immigration fraud using k-1 visas, the type of visa that allows a foreign national to enter the u.s. for 90 days to marry a u.s. citizen. and this afternoon, the judiciary committee hearing looking at russia's interference in elections and world democracies, that's at 2:30 eastern, over on c-span.

on c-span's q&a. >> "washington journal" continues. host: it is open phones to end our program today. can talk about any public policy issue you want to bring up. phones by ff open mentioning speaker paul ryan's column in "u.s.a. today." here is our healthcare proposal is the headline of the column. is the by saying, here choice we face, do we stay with obamacare and unsustainable quo, or repeal it and replace it with something better? act keeps althcare our promise against the cleanup and the mess obamacare has made a better system for all americans. we must deliver. ouse republicans moving ahead with that process today. in about 45 minutes, they'll egin two hearings in the house ways and means committee and the house energy and commerce committee. viewers both of those, both online, you can also watch the ways and means ommittee on c-span 3 at 10:30 when it happens. we want to hear from you. we talked about that legislation talk about , we can that or any other topic you want to bring up. enny, north carolina, line for republicans. g

on c-span3. you can also watch online that c-span order or listen on the re-c-span radio app. committeeouse considers legislation that would require the treasury secretary to provide donald trump's tax information from 2006-2015. that is live from the house ways and means committee at 4:00 p.m. eastern, also on c-span3. announcer: "washington journal" is next. we will take your phone calls and look at today's news. the house is back in that 10:00 a.m. eastern. this afternoon, they will look at a decision to repeal the u.s. fcc privacy rule. life house coverage, here on c-span. oft, cut out of her little the tax foundation will preview the upcoming congressional debate on tax policy changes and examine the republican and democratic proposals. then, north carolina congressman walter jones and a california homeless men join us to discuss a bill they cosponsored that calls for the complete withdrawal of u.s. troops from ♪ host: it is "washington journal" from march 28 on tuesday. he house ways and means committee meets today. -- watch it live at www.c-span.org, or listen on the fr

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you can watch both these hearings on c-span. go to our website on how to view it. all that information is at c-span.org. we want to hear your thoughts on both of these proceedings that takes place today. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. and f inns, 202-748-8002. -- independence, 202-748-8002. judge gorsuch was speaking in that speech and in part, he talks about the supreme court and the topic of activism by the court. >> the cynicism is easy enough to see when justices try to defend laws of discipline, when they explain their jobs of interpreting legal texts, when they evoke and echo the traditional 78 conception of a good judge. they're mocked, often viciously and personally. leading media voices to call the deceiving or behind their benign beige facades lurk crimson partisans. even law professors hurry to the microphone to accuse him of perjury and actual quote, everyone. "if this bleak picture i've sketched were an accurate one, if i believe the judges and lawyers regularly acted as sealeds and hacks, i would hang up the rope. i would tur

eastern on c span. you can also see it on c span.org and listen to the debate on the c span radio app. >> coming up on this thursday morning it's day four of the confirmation hearing for neil gorsuch to become the next supreme court justice. today we'll feature several panels of outside witnesses speaking in favor and against judge gorsuch's nomination. our live coverage will begin at 9:30 eastern right here on c-span3. >> representative claudia tenney sat down with c span with a profile interview. she's serving her first tomorrow representing the 22nd congressional of new york. she outlined some of her legislative priorities including the repeal and replacement of health care law and job replacement. >> congresswoman, when did you begin your political career and why? >> gees, i kind of got into politics not by -- it wasn't something i planned on doing. i think people are always surprised when i find out that i actually wanted to be an artist and ended up becoming a lawyer. i ran our business and all of

on c-span two. c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. >> the chair and members of the federal communications commission testified on capitol hill about net neutrality, high-speed internet access and the availability of new spectrum. the senate congress committee hearing is about two hours 45 minutes. [inaudible conversatio] >>. good morning welcome today's hearing the oversight of the federal patient. i should point out the committee has jurisdiction over sports that last night being south dakota state university jackrabbits punched their ticket to the nca tournament to attornment by winning other tournaments. so a lot of folks are having south dakota today. [laughter] all right. listen, the last time we met, i think it was six years ago since then things have changed. new chairman in charge of the agency and several members of this community which this is their first sec hearing. i ask you to treat each r respectfully, if you want to ask for guidance wherever and whenever possible. while still

we'll have live coverage here on c-span. until then, back to your calls. dennis on the line for independents in texas. hi, dennis. caller: hello, how are you today? host: good. caller: great. i'm 70. i retired from at&t. i have signa health care. i'm very happy with my coverage. the constitution does not say anywhere that it is the government's responsibility to furnish health care for the american people. now, as far as health care , i g a right or a privilege don't believe it's a right. like the second amendment. because that is in the constitution. if a person does not have health care and their only job that does not furnish that, it go heir responsibility to to a company that has health care or maybe go back -- go to night school and get a better education so you can afford health care. but the not the government's responsibility -- it's not the government's responsibility to give health care to anyone. we have too many programs now, people on welfare and people that are perpetuating the welfare from one generation to the next. they teach their childre

you can see it live here on c-span. while we wait for the house to return for votes, a conversation on the future of the freedom caucus after the failure of the house leadership's health care replacement bill last week. host: we have at our table again this morning, louie gohmert, republican of texas, here to talk about the health care legislation. floorit was pulled on the on friday, the president had a few things to say on twitter i would like you to respond to. "democrats are smiling and d.c. caucus has saved planned parenthood and obamacare." after some of the bad years, they were ready for a win. guest: i'm not one who said the president needs to stop tweeting. i think it's great. i think it helps him go straight to the people, but with that tweet, he helped prove the rule that nobody is perfect. president --or any and chuck colson pointed it out back in the nixon administration, businessman tally of we versus they -- there becomes this mentality of we versus they. and it becomes sentimental. i free she comments fro

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c-span radio app. that. tonight the president is headed to nashville, tennessee, doing a rally there. coverage of that 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2, the well, c-span.org, or the radio app. his afternoon, people will be watching the federal reserve, the chair, janet yellen, will be from all accounts, news reports tell us about interest rate hike. 2:30 p.m.e coverage at eastern time on c-span 3, the radio, as well. finally, there is a hearing this the situation in hearing arning about, from doctors who have been involved in that situation in the human toll that has been taking. "u.s.a. today" front page from civil war to glol crisis, six week, a flame broke out in syria, now the world is engulfed. c-span.org.org, for more details about that. aren, lakeview, oregon, republican, open phones, you're up first, good morning. go ahead. good morning. i was almost reluctant to say i republican because i'm dissatisfied with both parties i have affiliated with republicans years. i'm almost independent, but i live in a state that is close forced to hold my nose and put me back on the ticket for the republican party. is about ment wik

you can watch that on c-span3, c-span.org, and listen to it on the c-span radio app. one other hearing to keep you apprised of -- the labor secretary nominee by president trump. that is alexander costa. this is his second nominee for that position. he will go before the senate health education, labor, and pensions committee for his confirmation hearing. that is happening on c-span2 if you want to watch that, starting in about 20 minutes. a very full morning this morning. we will try to keep you up-to-date on all the c-span networks. host: andy is in lynchburg, virginia. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i guess i would like to start off with -- i would just discuss altogether how i would think trump presidency is illegitimate. after the election, i remember calling into my senator and was just dismayed that we would even vote -- and college electoral college vote based on the fact that we knew that russia had interfered in our election. they have been running a misinformation scheme for years. we don't know how many years . i'm kind of asleep when it

eastern today on c-span 2. c-span.org and you can listen on app.-span radio frank from billings, montana. caller: good morning, c-span. i would like to ask the to run a taml tally on what we spent in afghanistan war.eorge w. bush's i'm ashamed to be a republican. but at the same time we keep up and the defense budget nothing ever gets done. forcaller previously worked a defense contractor. they have done very well for themselv themselves. why don't you give us the lowdown. how much is our investment and ow much is our return on investment other than the women who have given their lives for an ignoble cause. you.k guest: well, thank you. good morning from montana. got to be recall there. you are up pretty early. i appreciate the question and i would in general because i don't facts in front of me ut i would say in general i'm not for nation building. i'm not for occupation. i think that historically when at it doesn't doesn't you have to have stabilizing forces if you are going to hold any territory even if it is temporary. but i'm not for doing it

on. tour,ch c-span's cities saturday at noon eastern on book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. partnering with our cable affiliates across the country. >> the justice department today announced indictments against four russian intelligence 2014cers for the 401 hacking of yahoo!. justice department officials gave details about the case in a 25 minute news briefing. >> good morning and thank you for being here. i am mary mccord, the acting assistant attorney general for the department of justice. with me today is fbi executive assistant director, u.s. attorney for the northern district of california brian stretch, and the office of international affairs director. there here to announce major law enforcement action related to one of the largest dated breaches in history. today we are announcing the indictment of four individuals responsible for the 2014 hack into the network of the email provider yahoo!. the theft of information of at least 500 million accounts, and the use of the information to obtain the contents of the accounts at yahoo! and o

eastern on c-span. >> sunday night on "afterwards." reporting on alternatives to traditional banking in the book "the unthinking of america." book in a nutshell, i could not understand originally why is alternative financial services like check cashers and payday lenders, if they were so bad white so many people were using them. in the course of my research which took a few years, i learned that banks were not really serving the low into increasingly the middle class and i also realized that there were some good alternatives coming on board so i kind of wanted to tell that whole story. watch "afterwords" on

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eastern on c-span. >> friday the former deppe terry secretary of state speaks about u.s. asia relations. live coverage from the johns hopkins university school of advanced studies starts at 1:00 p.m. on c-span. >> i've sunday noon eastern, investigative journalist annie jacobson as our guest on in-depth. >> from his pentagon documents what is clear is its moving humans toward being comfortable with this idea of merging man and machine. >> was jacobson is known for her writings and wars, weapons and government secret. she'll discuss her recent books. in her most recent, phenomenon. join our life, three our conversation with your calls, e-mails tweets and facebook questions, live sunday noon eastern on book tvs in depth. >> this was the sena secretary of state rex tillerson arrived in anchorage turk for meetings with the turkish foreign minister. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> next, secretary of state rex tillerson holds in his cam news conference with his turkish counterpart. topics include efforts to defeat isis and the relationship between

watch it on c-span 3, or listen on the c-span radio app to find more about that. republicans in the house are planning to vote thursday on the replacement plan for the affordable care act. the story this morning in usa today takes a look at the as aom caucus, saying that bloc of voters, they will not healththe republican's care bill, quoting mark meadows saying "we are not taking an official position. i am going to encourage them to vote for their constituents." that is mark meadows talking about that. if you go to the hill's website, it talks about an effort by republicans to change elements of the replacement plan to make it more palatable for some republicans, adding that leaders on monday night released a set of changes to the replacement bill. they include two measures that conservative republican , allowingmembers want states to require medicaid recipients to work and allowing states to choose a medicaid block grant over the cap system in the current bill and the revision includes a change targeting york state that is expected to bring several wavering empire

. >> and then at eight eastern on c-span q and a. >> on monday, senate minority leader chuck schumer question the credibility of the house investigation into potential ties between russia and the trump campaign. he also talked about the failed effort by republicans to repeal and replace the affordable care act. and the prospect of tax reform later this year. >> mr. president, this afternoon a few topics. first, on the investigation into the trump campaign potential ties to russia. this is a matter of such gravity. we need to get it right. there should be no doubt about the integrity and impartiality of the investigation. either in the executive branch for the department of justice are looking to export in congress. or the intelligence committee both chambers of conducting an investigation. unfortunately, the house intelligence committee has come under a cloud of suspicion and partisanship. a few months ago the chairman nunez spoke to reporters at the request of the white house. to talk about stories and violence between the trump campaign in russia. which is exactly what it's committ

you can watch this hearing at 10:00 today on c-span. you can find out more on our website, watch it on c-span, and view it on c-span.org. north carolina, independent line. go ahead. caller: this is political theater. this is a waste of time here. the republicans control both -- both branches of the house, the senate and the executive. this is a waste of time here. no what i mean? i mean, come on, man, come on. guest: he actually is not making a bad point here. the release will probably be limited because of what they can say in an open setting. as i mentioned, some lawmakers have said, well, i am not sure how substantive or useful this may be part of being because we will be limited in what we can talk about. it may be a bit of a food fight today where you will see lawmakers on either side of the aisle using this opportunity to make their case to the american people. host: if nothing happens, what other avenues could be played in the intelligence committee or other ways? guest: the biggest question now is what agreement will leadership c

here on c-span we'll take a couple more of your calls and comments on the republican plan. here's where things stand. the house came in this morning and debated for an hour what they call the same-day rule, giving republican leaders flexibility in bringing up the legislation on the same day that house rules committee would consider it. we're going to show that debate to you in just a moment. give you a flavor where things stand at least as of this morning. mentioned the freedom caucus meeting at the white house. we're also expecting to hear from house speaker mid afternoon today. we'll keep you posted on all of that as we go back to calls and hear from florida from claudia on our republican line. caller: good afternoon. this is claudia. in beautiful almond beach, florida. i was listening earlier to joe biden, barack obama talk about the affordable care act before he signed it. and joe biden said that the wealth of a country is health. and also, i believe that christians for trump is an oxymoron. i don't know how, i don't know how practicing christians could allow the republ

c-span, for taking my call. host: this weekend, on programming note, c-span cities continues as book t.v. and american history t.v. travel to where we ifornia, explore the city's history and literary life. morgan mayor shawn talking about connection between the city and chico's california thee university, as well as area's rich agricultural history. chico 90 miles north of of the central valley. the chico experience is magical, and university are right on top of one another and it is hard to find that anywhere the state, you can walk off our campus and be in step, n chico, it is one a really unique atmosphere, really unique culture and as a amazing community. art of the university, one doesn't exist without the other. without having both of them, the gone.eness is my personal belief, this is the best college town in all of california. is like a city on top of a hill and the problem with having magic, it , that draws more people, more people it draws in, the harder it is to protect the magic. for us, that big agricultural wants to ot e