also on c-span.org an on c-span's radio app. e deputy attorney general rod rosenstein also happening at 9:30 testifying about the justice department budget. you can see that on c-span.org. very busy morning and day. you can watch all of it on c-span. your calls now. tammy in ashville, north carolina you're up first. open phones from lines independent. caller: good morning. i had some remarks for the guest that was on previously. mr. ruddy. he said that trump was focused on jobs in america. i think it's one thing to focus on jobs, we need quality jobs. jobs that support families where they can afford insurance afford food and that sort of stuff. i don't think that he backed that statement up with any kind of citation like references. my second point on the rast guest is he mentioned trump obsessed. jeremy paying -- germany paying their fair share. 82 million people shouldn'ting required to pay the same amount as 350 million people. that's the population of america. germany has a population of around 82 million. if they're not payi

on h the entire hearing c-span 3 go to c-span.org or c-span radio free app, if you are unable to watch on the screen. the entire ir hearing at 8 p.m. eastern time on c-span 2. highlights of the hearing on c-span at 8 p.m. well.rn time, as of course you can find it on our ebsite, c-span.org, throughout the day. senator hatch's office having today's hearing, responding to a tweet from cnn, says there is a bar in d.c., that has a drink the hung jury, order the ambulance chaser, hatch's office responded saying, nonalcoholic version of that, senator -- me, mormon from utah, he says.r a friend, the comey hearing is the hottest ticket in town, comey day is the hashtag. cheney tweeting out, others have seats this morning, congressman brad sherman, democrat of california, house along with congressman, i will assume al green, the texas democrat who we told you today, story in the washington times says he is impeachment papers, so seat ill have a front-row this morning. angie, florida, republican. angie? caller: -- ost: sorry, i lost angie, i don't know what happened. apology. louis,a democrat. c

again, on c-span 3. e have more live coverage coming up this evening on c-span 2, defense secretary james attis and joint chief chair, dunford will be testifying on he pentagon's $640 billion dollar budget request. 7 p.m. eastern live on c-span 2. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's companies.ision and is brought to you today by our cable or satellite provider. up next on c-span look at the session of the australian that just wrapped up. a look back osted at the top political issues in australia, including trump withdraw from the paris agreement and military ties. >> hello, i'm tom connell, elcome to question time of the australian parliament. will the terror attack in had an impact all the way down here in australia. he prime minister asked about his thoughts, including keeping australia safe. thank you, mr. speaker. my question to the prime minister. will the prime minister update house on the manchester terrorist attack and what the overnmen

you will be able to watch it on c-span. after that at noon eastern, the u.s. house is back for legislative work. on today's agenda will be a bill to speed up the permitting process for construction of water on c-span. after storage projects on federal land. along with that a bill setting policy for career and technical education programs. also today, the house will start construction and consideration of legislation to set up programs to subsidize the wages of people on the temporary aid to needy families program. it's anticipated that the house will wrap up work on that tomorrow. when the house comes back in session, of course, we'll have live coverage here on c-span. continues. host: at her table, thomas massie who sits on the government reforms committee. congressman, after that shooting was to place in virginia but was targeting members of congress that's been a large amount of their time in washington d.c., what did that reveal to you about your safety and the safety of your colleagues? people may not realize, but there are very few members of congress tha

we will have it live here on c-span and c-span radio and look forward to your comments after the president's remarks this afternoon. we will take your calls and tweets. you are watching live coverage here on c-span. ♪ business leaders and other government leaders, the associate press saying that leaders of five nordic countries had written the president the , urging himletter to make "the right decision" on climate change and keep america signed on to the pat quinn accord. but reports -- on the paris climate accord. news organizations have been briefed on the president's plans. we will stay live in the rose garden and wait for the president. also look forward to your reaction, too, after his remarks. in the background, the sounds of the marine jazz band, waiting for president trump to come out and talk about the prayers climate -- the paris club change -- the paris climate change agreement. advisersama's mentioned in the comments a short while ago, he was one of the key advisers on the agreement, he tweeted that paris entered into force on november 4, 2016. can completetrump exit is november

you can watch it live on c-span 3. also watch it on c-span.org. listen to it on the c-span radio app. two more tweets on this topic. t.j. writes it's time to stop the b.s. hearings. realize that democrats will be obstructive. go nuclear and pass the bills. george vote, sessions will lie once again to congress and once again republicans will look the other way. getting your thoughts this thoughts this morning. jane in chester, virginia has been waiting line for republicanning. good morning. caller: good morning, i want to -- i listened to so many people now. i called right after joe from michigan was on there. i wanted to ditto everything he had to say. i want to say, i can't believe some of the things i'm hearing on here morning. some of these democrats calling in. i'm concerned about america. give donald trump a chance. they have been after him. i just heard this last fella say, he can't believe this is the america we're living in. donald trump has been in office. he didn't create this. he's been in office five months. you people, these democrats

, ouse live on watch the senate on c-span 2. c-span 3 later today, treasury secretary nuchin will testify at a house subcommittee hearing on his department's 2018 budget. xpect questions about i.r.s. operations and cyber security, also seizing terrorist bank 4 p.m.s, will be live at eastern on c-span 3. coming up this evening on c-span mattis willsecretary testify before the house arms budgetee on the pentagon request starting 7 p.m. eastern live on c-span 2. >> tonight on the communicators. >> i decided there was a column championing average people techies r wanted to be 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 mosberg. the top technology gadgets and over his career and his predictions of tech developments. > i believe we will see in the ext 5 to 10 years big burst of new stuff. virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence you know, all kinds of new ways of driving cars, we little tast

you can also follow on c-span.org or follow on the c-span radio app. force on ending sexual violence will be holding a roundtable discussion friday on a sexual assault prevention and assistance for victims. you can watch that at 9:00 eastern on c-span two, c-span.org, or listen live on the c-span radio app. russian president vladimir putin health's annual question in answer system -- session in moscow. in this 45 minute portion, mr. putin answer questions focused on u.s. policy, relations with ukraine, russia's role in syria, and the testimony of former fbi director james comey. so many people are calling you from different parts of the world. you can actually study the map. right now, we have a phone call from kiev. ask your question, please? >> my name is dmitry, i live in ukraine. why did you abandon us? we are not all supporters of the dara. we go to celebrations of the victory day, but why are we all represented in the same light in the media? mr. putin: thank you for your stance, thank you for respecting our legacy. partust said that you took in t

and here on the c-span networks and this foreign affairs committee hearing by the house foreign affairs committee should be resuming in just a moment. live coverage on c-span3. >> the committee will reconvene at this time and we will begin with questioning from mr. barra from california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. secretary, for your patience in this reconvening. you know, it's -- you know, this is a tough day today. but it's with thanks to the capitol police, it's t

one. >> watch c-span cities tour of portland, oregon, saturday at noon eastern on c-span's book tv. >>> coming up later tonight on c-span, former acting attorney general sally yates recalls her brief tenure with the trump administration and how she learned of the first executive order calling for a travel ban. we'll bring you the full conversation from the aspen ideas festival, tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span. yesterday on capitol hill, the senate intelligence committee heard from career diplomats and experts from the u.s. and europe as they testified at the senate intelligence committee on russian influence in elections. this is about two and a half hours.

live coverage of the house when it finally gets under way here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered. or on votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i would move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, h.r. 446. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 113. h.r. 446. a bill to extend the deadline

appearance before the senate intelligence committee, thursday, 10 a.m., we will show it live on c-span will show it on c-span.org. that morning.s we'll talk ahead of it this week. mitch up next, line for democrats, good morning. morning.good my only comment is that there political issues implicated by terrorist attack like this. is, gun control and the big tree general against islam. if you notice, he has tweeted in the wake ofgs advocated for funs are not that bad, look what can happen with a knife. he basically dug himself pretty own lawyers a deep hole by tweeting, we need a igger travel ban because this behavior, him manifesting true ban tion beyond the travel will come back to bite him if it s revealed none of the terrorists were from the countries. what incompetent fool that, is my statement. the president now with 11 those nt tweets since attacks in london over the weekend. gain, his latest criticizing the london mayor, this story from the hill yesterday after he first tweet criticizing the london mayor. the headline, i have more to do than ings respond to trump's ill-informed t

cities tour of hyde park, new york, saturday on c-span 3 and visiting cities across the country. >> one step closer to being deputy secretary for housing and development. the senate banking committee advanced her nomination late yesterday passing it onto the full senate for approval. online publication says as deputy secretary, she would hold the true power of position at hud as the deputy secretary handles the day-to-day operations while the hud face. ry is the public president trump's nominee to be the next chair of the council of economic advisers. his is an hour and 25 minutes. >> we will consider the nominations of kevin hassett to e the chairman and honorable patenaude as the deputy secretary. we will begin with an opening statement by me and senator brown and turn to senator ortman, who will introduce the witnesses. and senator shaheen, who will introduce ms. patenaude. i see friends and family behind you as well and i see my good friend, bob dole, at least i did a minute ago and we welcome him here. each of these nominees stands t

eastern ere on c-span. >> on sunday our guest on "in depth --" >> if you grow up looking at thousands and thousands of faces until one day you see that one face that you feel was put on earth just for you and that instantly you fall in love n that moment. for me, trump was like that except the opposite. when i first saw him on the campaign trail i thought this is a person who is unique, horrible, amazing, terrible characteristics were put on earth, up know, specifically for me to appreciate or unappreciate or whatever the verb is. because i really had been spending a lot of the last 10 to 12 years without knowing it preparing for donald trump to happen. >> mr. taibbi is a contributor to "rolling stone" magazine and is the author of several books, including "smells like dead elephants" and "dispatches from a rotting empire," "the great derangement, a terrifying true story of war, politics, and religion." "a story of bankers, politicians, and the most audacious power grab in american history." his most recent book "insane clown president" dispatches from the 2016 circus. during our live

you can have appointment viewing, if you will, on c-span 2. we'll show you the entire hearing on c-span 2 tonight at 8:00 p.m. >> 202-4748-8922. the knew reporting. washington post, jeff sessions testifies, refuses to say whether he spoke to trump. from the l.a. times -- 6 some of the earlier reporting and we'll look for your comments on twitter as well. jeff sessions, the toen, his he before the judiciary committee, january 10th of this year, so it's been some five months since he's been back before a committee on capitol hill. that was a bit of contention as his deputy rod rosenstein did testify today on the budget for the department of justice for 20818. he said deputy si rosenstein was asked about that in several of those hearings -- we'll show you that later in the program schedule as well. your reaction on twitter. lots of it. tweets. the democrats are all our conspiracy theories have been proven wrong so tell us every conversation you had with the president. jason tweets i hope somebody is counting the times he said i don't recall or som

also carry light on c-span radio. -- live on c-span radio. republican line. what is on your mind is morning? i turn on the cable news networks and my eyes glaze over because the stories they are talking about have absolutely no relevance to my life. there are a lot of important issues out there that we could be focusing on, which, if they were addressed could improve our lives and benefit the country, like tech support for health reform,orm -- tax health care reform, upgrading our infrastructure. but the media is obsessed with these stories that have absolutely no relevance to the lives of most americans. it is almost as if they've even ruled a world that is totally removed from the rest of us. you would think come with their approval rating at rock-bottom -- there would be some introspection and self examination on their part, and yet they just continue accessing over these stories -- obsessing over these stories that they pretty much invented. they are totally oblivious to what matters to most americans, which means that they are basically becoming nothing

it's been busy and we appreciate your time on c-span. there's been some speculation that the tweets back and forth following the attacks last saturday along the london bridge and in the bard restaurant district, between the london mayor and the president may have spurred more people to go to the polls. in a sense if that had an impact on the election? >> it is hard to say. the pollsters did not ask that question. london turned up big for labor, labor has been very critical as donald trump, the mayor of london is the labor person and also almost on. he's been particular about how angry trumps tweets made him feel. a measure is terribly important to the outcome of the election because labor was going to do well among young people and londoners anyway. but it is hard to figure out every little event would have to do with in the end was a large outcome. >> your workers available online at nytimes.com. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> c-span's "washington journal", live every day with me some policy issues that impact too. coming

you can follow a live set a coverage on c-span 2, online at c-span.org, and on the free c-span radio app. tomorrow is the final day for the supreme court to release decisions for the current term. there are six remaining cases that were heard this term. watch a c-span for coverage of the court's final day. last week, the supreme court unanimously struck down a north carolina law that banned registered sexist vendors from using social media sites, like facebook and twitter. the court ruled that the law violat

eastern on c-span. berty on "q&a," hoover and secretary of commerce and those rules 90 years ago still govern the way we actually allowed resources to be used in our economy today. >> clemson university professor and former chief economist at the fcc thomas hayes led talks about his book the political spectrum, which looks at the history and communications policy. >> while we went into this political system for allocating spectrum rights, within a couple of years, regulators at the commission are renewing licenses, but very carefully noting that propaganda stations will not be allowed. in fact from early on, 1929, you had left wing stations, if i can use that political term, owned chicago, thein the socialists who bought a station near new york city. they wanted for political purposes and free speech, they wanted to espouse their opinions. these were immediately dubbed propaganda stations by the regulators, so when they were renewed, they were told to very careful about exposing their opinions. it got ea

eastern time here on c-span. highlights oning c-span2. if you want to see the whole thing, we will re-air it at 8:00 p.m. c-span -- eastern time on c-span. you can watch the hearing, and alongside the video of the hearing, you will see any tweets from the president as they are happening in real time. if you would like to see both of those things happening at the same time, go to our website. let's get you your calls. we want to hear what you have to say to washington about this. terry, a republican. you are up first. good morning. caller: i must say, i know i lookingrd the liberals for smoking guns come but i just see a smoking p shooter. -- this is just the liberals in the media showing how they had donald trump and i cannot get over the fact that their gal hillary lost the election. (202) 748-8000 -- host: are you referring to mr. heards statement you yesterday, no smoking gun their? caller: if they want to talk about collusion, there was collusion in the election. as we know, the democrat committee stacked against bernie sanders. there

that coverage will be on c-span two. kenneth from mississippi on the republican line. abouth: i was wondering the way they protested when president trump was elected. what it the republicans had done when democrats wanted. and the health care plan does need to be thrown away and started over. it helps the rich but does not help the poor, especially around here. host: are you currently on health insurance? kenneth: no sir. commentsreciate your this morning. tom in connecticut on the republican line. tom: the problem i see with health insurance is the insurance companies themselves, the states regulate the insurance companies and their profits. is they putorks something like a 6% profit if theon which means insurance company has revenues of 100 million, they are making 6 million, so they are charging 6 million because they are allowed 6%. if they can increase the expenses to 200 million, they can make 12 million. there is an incentive to waste money by the insurance companies. we should take a good, hard look at that. call froms get a more concorde, california. tom on th

you can watch that later today on c-span. james comey will testify in front of the same committee on thursday. you can see that gavel to gavel without commentary on c-span3. john kelly warned senators yesterday about his concern of terrorists traveling to the united states, especially after the recent terrorist attacks abroad. do you share the same concerns about terrorism? tell us. in our first half hour this morning, you can call us at 202-748-8000 for democrats. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. comments viasubmit our twitter page and our facebook page. if you go to our website, you can see the hearing featuring john kelly. yesterday, he testified on issues related to terrorism. "the washington times that the washington post -- times"ashington picked up the story from yesterday. he expects some will try to reach the u.s., but his hands have been tied by federal courts. you will hear more about this hearing coming up. we want to hear your thoughts about the potential for travelers to come to the united s

on c-span3. you can watch both hearings live usingpan.org or listing the c-span radio app. ♪ >> c-span, when historynfolds daily. 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. >> sunday night on afterwards, you talk republican senator mike lee talked about forgotten historical figures that fought against big government in his book. senator lee is interviewed by former acting solicitor general. >> when you were on the lookout for them, they come to you gradually. other people i knew who they thought should get more credit than they get. in the case, this is an indian chief. he understood the principle of federalism because they live it for centuries before we were are a country. i was intrigued by that. it's not in a most americans know anything about. yet, he had a profound impact on our system of government because he is the guy who benjamin franklin was the conduit for this information flowed to the rest of the congress. the first articles of confederation and into the constitution. >> watch

on it. 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 nob

on c-span3. follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. are c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road to feature the history of cities across america. here's a recent program. are overlooking the commons at the university of oregon school of law. center,side of the which is dedicated to reviving and understanding and carrying forward the legacy and living tradition of our beloved senator wayne morse. wayne morse was a law professor, wholitician, an activist was born and raised in wisconsin and came to be a professor at the university school of law when he was in his late 20's. appointed dean, the youngest team in the country of a law school. and then he got involved in a lot of social and legal issues. he was a labor arbitrator. very famous up-and-down the courts of the west coast, settlements and agreements from the international longshore union and the pacific maritime .ssociation and was at one time the boss of the waterfront in san francisco because he was the only arbitrator who could get both sides to set

on the independent line. hello, thank you for c-span. this is news network commentary where you can let one person talking of time. the anxiety that being swelled eventh this political that we are watching his traumatizing to the country. mood -- newt, i talked to him as a democrat and i hung up and he actually answered my question. host: what was your question? caller: about bringing the country back. anda machine tool trade guy we are really way, way, way behind. he was talking about bringing --ital investment back and we haven't done that yet. , kind of like that about trump but now i'm a republican, go and the stuff that i really hated about republicans i find the democrats are better out or were set. middle, i knowe what anger in the heart will do for your soul. it's hard to watch and god bless , and thank you so much, c-span for letting one person talking to time. host: thank you for the call from new jersey. topic ofanning is the the "new york times," magazine. the coming chelsea manning is the -- becoming chelsea manning is the co

host: journalist and author michael tomasky.it's been a while since you've been on c-span. don't be a stranger. appreciate it. guest: steve, thank you. host: gerald firesign will be on to talk about the situation with qatar and what it means for the region. "newsmakers" is up at the top of the hour. " continues.journal back in a moment. ♪ "q&a" is in hyde park, new 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 de

a couple of opportunities for you this afternoon here on c-span3 and 8:00 tonight on c-span2. 8:00 p.m. tonight on c-span2 and over on c-span also showing it but reaction from capitol hill and your calls, too, as well, tonight. we'll continue to take your calls here on c-span3. getting your reaction and aiming to you live to the national press club for the statement by the president's attorney. here's burtonsville, maryland, sarah, on the republican line. welcome. >> caller: hi, thank you for taking my call. i'm part of the group that trump hates. i'm somali american muslim. i want to come to his defense and i found it appalling that media is just going crazy. you know, bombarding him with one accusation after another. and i find it interesting. i think we should all read between the lines. i think they're applying pressure on him for some other reason and not being stated and i think all of this is a big, big propaganda because this is a national president and he's done a lot of great things. also, he has his faults and his shortcomings but the bottom line is he is a nationalistic president. he is for the people from the p

u can see the senate live on c-span2 and read the bill on our homepage at c-span.org. coming up shortly here on c-span, house speaker paul ryan will also be briefing reporters. that's scheduled for about eight minutes from now at 11:30. you will be able to watch it on c-span. after that at noon eastern, the u.s. house is back for legislative work. on today's agenda will be a bill to speed up the permitting process for construction of water on c-span. after storage projects on federal land. along with that a bill setting policy for career and technical education programs. also today, the house will start construction and consideration of legislation to set up programs to subsidize the wages of people on the temporary aid to needy families program. it's anticipated that the house will wrap up work on that tomorrow. when the house comes back in session, of course, we'll have live coverage here on c-span. continues. host: at her table, thomas massie who sits on the government reforms committee.

eastern on c-span two, on c-span .org and on on c-span radio app.former fbi director james comey is set to testify next thursday before the senate intelligence committee investigating russian activities during last year's election. the committee says director comey will testify in an open session which will be followed by a closed session. c-span three will have live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> don't be afraid of your ambition. of your dreams. or even your anger. those are powerful forces that harness them to make a difference in the world. stand up for truth and reason,. >> remember this, nothing worth doing ever, ever, ever came easy. following your convictions means you must be willing to face criticism from those who lack the same courage to do what is right. >> remember what it like when you to gain a new perspective, to understand that new knowledge, to face that has, to master a new skill or maximize your talent. so that when life knocks you down, and i promise you, it will knock you down. you will get back up because you know what it

we will bring you gavel to gavel coverage of legislative business on c-span. it means you have to turn the channel and go to c-span3 to watch the entire hearing with mr. comey. c-span tontinue on show you what is happening outside as well. as we take your phone calls and thoughts on these investigations. morning, the editorial board of the wall street journal, they said that mr. comey deserves to be fired and it is his opening statement that proves it. writing street journal that the most troubling part is his belief in what he calls independent status in the executive branch. he invokes more than once. independent? it is a false and dangerous you of law enforcement in the american system. mr. comey is describing fbi director who essentially answers to no one. of government are awesome -- often abused and the only way to prevent that is to report to elected officials accountable to voters. the director must resist anervention to obstruct investigation but he and the agency must be politically accountable or it is the fbi of j edgar hoover. after conferring with

follow live senate coverage next week on c-span 2, online at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. >>> this weekend on american history tv, on c-span 3, saturday at 6 p.m. eastern, on the civil war, the disbanding of the confederate army of northern virginia is discussed by purdue university professor carolyn janie. >> remember, lee's terms, had surrendered his army. they had said nothing about the clearing the confederacy deflunkt. there had been no peace treaty. as of may 9th, jefferson davies remains on the run. >> then at 8:00 p.m. on lectures in history, university of notre dame history professor darren dotcha on the east texas oil boom of the mid-20th century and the expansion of u.s. oil businesses to saudi arabia and canada. >> a geologist frames the theory of peak oil saying that american oil reserves were going to really collapse by 1970, forcing the country into a difficult situation. and so this kind of apocalyptic fear of america losing its oil services is going to drive exploration abroad. >> and sunday at 4 p.m. eastern on real america, the 1979 united nations fi

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eastern time on c-span. then, we will talk about the efforts to replace the current health care law with two representatives. they will be speaking at a forum hosted by bloomberg live on c-span. the senate will gavel in at 4:00 p.m. eastern time considering the nomination of brock long to be the director of fema. democrats plan to hold the senate floor until past midnight tonight as committee meetings still have yet to be held on the health care bill. you can watch the action on the senate floor when it convenes at 4:00 p.m. eastern time and throughout the night on c-span two. on the other side of the capital, the house returns for a four-day work week. electionstwo special on tuesday for georgia and one for south carolina. on wednesday, montana's representative elect will be sworn in. , the houseslation will debate several homeland security and workforce related bills. you can watch the house live on c-span. >> recently on c-span, new orleans mayor on the decision to remove the confederate statue of robert e

words,"r: watch "after sunday night on c-span twos book tv. president trump posted members of congress at the white house for the annual congressional picnic. in his welcoming remarks, the president talked about congressman steve scalise, recovering from injuries suffered at a shooting last week at a baseball practice. ♪ pres. trump: this is so beautiful. thank you vice president pence. thank you, karen. you have been such a tremendous help to me. we very much appreciate it. a and myself, we have become great friends, great job. really great job. thank you. [applause] this has truly become a wonderful tradition. it is the very first congressional picnic that melania and i had the pleasure of hosting. i hope you enjoy it. i hope you enjoy it. we have gotten to know many of you over the last weeks and months and developed many friendships with politicians. can you believe it? and some really great people, i have to say. mostly. a couple of bad ones, but that's ok. we are honored to host you at the white house and privileged to count you as our v

announcer: c-span programs are available on c-span.org, right on our home page or by searching the video library. announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: it is open phones on the "washington journal." republicans,- 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. .ndependents, 202-748-8002 yesterday, democratic senators are planning to hold the senate until at least midnight today to thrash senate republicans for refusing to hold committee hearings on the health care overhaul. the round of speeches is being organized by senators perry -- by senators patty murray of we willon, d.c., and bring it to you as we always do when the senate is in session. taking your calls this morning -- also, the other story we are keeping track of this morning, the van driving into muslims outside of a london mosque. the story from abc news noting that a man drove into that crowd of people gathered outside the mosque after midnight on monday. they have been gathering for prayers there in what prime minister theresa may calls a sickening attack. at thear-old man was scene for suspicion of murder. no other suspe

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 confederation into the constitution. announcer: watch afterwords on c-span 2's book tv. announcer: recently on c-span, new orleans mayor mitch landrieu the removal of a robert e. lee statue. >> to actually lay out the reasons why the statues

c-span networks carry the hearing in its entirety. if you do not have it yet, you may want to check out the free c-span radio app. it was carried on c-span radio and streamed on the web. and get more information on our website at c-span.org. any numbers would not include the c-span audience as well. significant portion of the population watching the hearing yesterday that ran over two hours and 38 minutes. from our twitter page, there is this. "the propaganda arm is strong with the president today." "if youst eagled him, don't stand for something, you stand for nothing. james comey has integrity." this from sandy beach, "the white house lawyers make a solid case for investigating come is leaking." jodey says, "lies are not a matter of opinion these days. of course, they lied. this is politics, isn't it? they lie." from redding, california, teresa's next. -- thanksting for waiting. caller: i watched yesterday and i found companies testimony to be filled with integrity and honesty. the irony that trump would turn around and tweet this morning about false statements and lies, that has been trumps hold default. the other thing that i

is what they are gunning for. >> watch the communicators on c-span 2. tonight on after words mike lee about forgotten historical figures who fought against big book "win out is of history." interviewed. >> when you are on the lookout .hey come to you gradually friends and others i knew who hought they should get more credit than they get. indian chief and he nderstood the principle of feder federalism. that is not a name most americans know anything about. he had a profound impact on our system of government guy who enabled learn aboutnklin to federalism and he was the con duty. first articles of confederation then this the constitution. eastern tonight on c-span 2 book tv. "washington journal" continues. journalist and edward luce the retreat of liberalism. thank you for being with us. as write the following quote president the means at trump's divert public anger is chilling. to separate the man from the people who vote for him. what do you mean? guest: i'm

. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern on real america. >> general secretary gore bah chof, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberal liezation, come here to this gate. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >>> president ronald reagan's 1987 trip to berlin. then at 8:00 p.m. on lectures and history, hillsdale college professor paul moreno on the baby boom, civilization, and the emurjence of teen culture changed post world war ii society. >> again, advertisers are looking at this, young people begin to adopt their own styles of dress, the kind of music they listen to is very different, there's a kind of segregation, separation of youth culture from mainstream culture. >> and sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency. on the 45th anniversary of the watergate break in we offer an insider's view into nixon's white house and the watergate scandal that resulted in her husband h.r. bob holderman serving an eight-month prison sente

on c-span3. if you're on the go, on a free c-span radio app. morning, members of the house freedom caucus on their efforts to pass tax cuts and to change the tax code. we will be live from the heritage foundation starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span two. ♪ >> c-span -- where history unfolds daily. 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. live today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, house democrats leader nancy pelosi holds her weekly briefing.

. >> recently on c-span. williams college student zachary wood at a senate judiciary hearing on free speech on college campuses. >> the president cancel the speaker. days later, the president enacted new speaker policies that made bringing speakers to campus and especially arduous process in my student group. what i find undemocratic and antithetical to the college i attend is the president's decision to disinvite a speaker solely on the basis of his inflammatory remarks about race.

stay tuned. ♪ >> in case you missed it, on c-span, retired brigadier general gerald calloway on the possibleeat of climate change on national security. >> if you go back to older field manuals, one from the 1980 said weather and terrain is one of the most significant aspects of data field -- battlefield contact, whether it is the runways that you have to open up for the hill you have to climb. and they are in change, they are right now, the military is interested in that. the military has had an interested in dealing with this. >> jim sensenbrenner at a town hall meeting. [indiscernible] >> i said in the beginning of interruptions are not going to be tolerated. would you please sit down, sir? you do not have the floor. would you please sit down? would you please sit down or go into the hallway? thank you for leaving. >> maine senator angus king at a hearing on the foreign intelligence surveillance act. >> i will ask you about the same question, why are you not answering these questions? is there an invocation by the president of executive privilege? >> not that i am aware of. >> why are do n

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eastern on c-span 2. >> recently an c-span, williams college student zachary wood on a senate judiciary hearing on free speech on college campuses. >> days later the president enacted new speaker policies that made bringing speakers to campus an especially arduous process for my student group. what i find impermissible, undemic and apathetical to the college i attend is the president's decision to disinvite a speaker solely on the basis of his inflammatory remarks about race. >> congressman diana on the opioid crisis. >> i was sitting next to the republican librarian and i said what are the issues you're facing here at the denver library, and she said we have people overdosing in the library every day. and we need to get librarians naloxone so they think give it to people who have overdosed at the denver public library. >> and senate john mccain at the confirmation hearing of executive nominee patric shanahan. >> on one of the major issues this committee has had hearings about, markups about, has reported on our bill and you want to find out more information, not a good beginning. not a

city tour saturday noon eastern on c-span 2 book t.v. and sunday 2 p.m. on history t.v. -span 3. working with our cable cities es and visiting across the country. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our next guest, lindsey joins us from new york, she's with bloomberg and covers the retail industry. to you.ning guest: good morning. host: could you give a snapshot of the state of the industry and with, bricks and mortar in the what it is like current climate? guest: absolutely. right now,a retailer you're probably having a hard time generally. consumers are not spending like they have in the capacity their shopping habits don'tw nged, i

other updates to this morning's shooting on the c-span networks. of course we'll continue back with this house hearing with the secretary of state rex tillerson shortly live here on c-span 3. now on c-span 3 it's housing and urban department secretary ben carson with remarks at last week's housing conference. >> thank you, ethan, and thank you martin for the great welcome. thanks to all of you for being here today. we're excited to have folks watching live by c-span and through the webcast. it is my pleasure to introduce dr. ben carson, the 17th secretary of housing and urban development. his bio is in your program book. as many notable -- he has many notable accomplishments but i want to highlight his 30 years at pediatrics. i very much appreciate him providing a welcome and joining us for dinner. it's my pleasure to bring up hud secretary carson to the podium right now. >> thank you. well, i'm delighted to be here with you. thankful for all the work you have done. i had a wonderful time last night. opportunity to see many people that i hadn't seen

live here on it c-span. now on c-span, a conversation from today's "washington on job training programs. >> "washington journal" continues. host: anthony carnevale is a professor at georgetown university. the administration is making a push, looking at apprenticeship programs in the united states. wher i

c-span3. if you're on the go, on a free c-span radio app. morning, members of the house freedom caucus on their efforts to pass tax cuts and to change the tax code. we will be live from the heritage foundation starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span two. ♪ >> c-span -- where history unfolds daily. 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. live today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, house democrats leader nancy pelosi holds her weekly briefing. journal" withton your reaction to former fbi director james comey's testimony before the senate intelligence committee investigating russian interference in the 2016 elections. ♪ host: good morning. 17 senators asking questions for two hours and 38 minutes. it was the ninth one so far for the senate intelligence committee. today, members of congress, the white house, and the country assessing what it all means following testimony from the fired fbi director james

it's on c-span 3. you can watch it live on c-span.org. some issues. harrisburg,st in pennsylvania, democrat, good morning. know the media is fixated on donald trump and all he made, but the average person, infrastructure the most important. they will put a lot of people back to work. that's all i'm worried about from donald trump. nothing else. the most getting jobs out there. that's what we need. that's all i have to say. host: you calling in on democrats line. did you vote for donald trump, this one of the big issues you were voting for? vote for wanted to donald trump but i didn't. like i said, infrastructure. we need jobs out here. host: ayesha rascoe, more on previewing the president's message that we're expected to hear. the caller like important forvery the average person. they want to know where are the jobs coming from. some people argued that president trump probably should have focused on infrastructure gone maybeind of made a deal with democrats to show that he's different. on jobsook i'm focused and i'm focused on getting things done for