host: governor pete ricketts joining us. the special line for nebraska residents if you have questions 202-748-8000.nor, 207-74 -8001. nebraska is a full percentage point lower than the national rate at .%, why is that that? guest: one of the things is that our state is growing. for the last two years in a row we have won the governors cup from site selection magazine for most development projects per capita. and that shows companies are investing here in our state. "forbes" ranks us fourth best overall, we've got the fifth lowest unemployment rate, we're the sixth lowest financially stable state and "u.s. news & world report" ranked as the seventh best state overall. so we've got a wonderful place to live, work, and raise a family. we've got a dynamic economy and people are investing here and so that's why you see our companies growing and why we have a low unemployment rate. plus nebraskans love to work. we have one of the highest work force participation rates in the country as well. host: what's the future with president

oining us now on board the c-span bus is governor pete ricketts. governor ricketts, good morning to you, sir. surprised might be to learn that nebraska is the unicameral with a state legislature. why is that? on impact does that have you as governor? guest: good morning. thanks for having me on. nd yes, we are the only state with a unicameral. that means we have one house instead of two houses like every other state in the country. it dates back, actually to the when we made that change, and what it means is we've got a nonpartisan unicameral. that's how they run. don't run as republican or democrat. told that means we're less polarized than other statehouses around the country. dynamics a s the little bit with regard to how you work together. there is no, you know, house majority whip or anything like that. gets a every bill hearing and every senator gets a priority bill so i think it makes it something where more ators have a lot opportunity to be able to talk about their agendas and be able to get things done. nebraska ial line for residents if

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sessions and congressman michael burgess, great friends. >> [applause] trump: we are also joined by pete ricketts and diamonds and silk. where are they? they are so great. richard hudson. pete brownell and leslie run sick -- and leslie rutledge. finally i want to thank all of , you, the true american patriots of the nra who defend our rights, liberty, and our great american flag. thank you. >> [applause] president trump: the people in this hall have never taken our freedom for granted. never. and you have never stopped fighting for our beloved constitution. incredible people. thank you. >> [applause] president trump: you give your time, your energy, your vote, and your voice to stand strong for those sacred rights given to us by god, including the right to self-defense. >> [applause] president trump: and now thanks to your activism and dedication you have an administration fighting to protect your second amendment, and we will protect your second amendment. and we will protect your second amendment. >> [applause] president trump: your second amendment rights are under siege, but they will never e

host: governor pete ricketts abort the c-span bus in nebraska. appreciate you being here. guest: appreciate it, you have a good one. host: you as well. we want to thank our cable partner spectrum here in lincoln, nebraska. and remind our viewers to stay tuned for the next stop of the c-span bus tour. >> we are live once again from the white house briefing room awaiting the start of the daily briefing with press secretary sarah sanders running a few minutes behind. this was going to start at 2:00, it's about 2:30 now. we will have it live here on c-span when it gets under way. ere she comes. ms. sanders: good afternoon. with labor participation wages and job growth on the rise we're seing how president trump's economic policies are benefiting american workers. the unemployment rate dropped to 3.9% the lowest level since the year 2000. the unemployment rate for adult women is 3.5%, and african-american unemployment rate is 6.5% the lowest ever recorded and the unemployment rate for hispanics sighed a -- tied a series low. since the president's election more than three millio

. >>> nebraska governor pete ricketts runs a state that needs its trading partner china. nebraska exports billions of dollars of beef and corn and soy and much more. he's going to tell us how worried he is and his farmers are about the china talks and might affect his entire state and the nation's economy. >>> plus, the ft reporting vladimir putin forced to play nice, damaging sanctions by the west and lingering recession may have russia's president ready to cry uncle sam to change course to bring his country in line with the west. putin's number one enemy in the financial world is the founder of hermittage capital, bill broweder. if he believes the russian tiger can change its stripes? >>> markets searching for direction after the federal reserve held interest rates steady. kind of a squishy statement they came out with. we spiked and now down 42 points for the dow. less than an hour to the closing bell. big hour here. let's start the "countdown." . liz: we need to start with breaking news, you're looking at a live picture of the military plane crash press news conferenc

oining us now on board the c-span bus is governor pete ricketts. governor ricketts, good morning to you, sir. surprised might be to learn that nebraska is the unicameral with a state legislature. why is that? on impact does that have you as governor? guest: good morning. thanks for having me on. nd yes, we are the only state with a unicameral. that means we have one house instead of two houses like every other state in the country. it dates back, actually to the when we made that change, and what it means is we've got a nonpartisan unicameral. that's how they run. don't run as republican or democrat. told that means we're less polarized than other statehouses around the country. dynamics a s the little bit with regard to how you work together. there is no, you know, house majority whip or anything like that. gets a every bill hearing and every senator gets a priority bill so i think it makes it something where more ators have a lot opportunity to be able to talk about their agendas and be able to get things done. nebraska ial line for residents if y

host: governor pete ricketts on board the c-span bus as part of capitals tour. it's stop number 32. phone line for nebraska residents if you want to talk to governor this morning. 202-748-8000. 202-748-8001. he'll be with us until the end of our program today at 10:00. haven, n new connecticut. you're up first. good morning. morning.good i think what would make america great if all the immigrants they're back because taking away from america! nd they're doing a lot of crimes. america has people that doesn't even have place to stay. not jobs to have! i think all the immigrants needs to go back and rebuild their own country. host: that's dennis this morning. ricketts? guest: well, certainly what we want to have is a system of immigration that is legal. i think that's really been one of the challenges we've had is that with our border not of g secure and a lot illegal immigration that certainly has strained our service here locally in nebraska educatione talk about or health care. want to i think we do have an immigration policy that benefits this country, what we a e to do is make sur

nebraska governor pete ricketts will be our guest on the bus during washington journal starting at 9:45 eastern. >> now, president trump takes part in a roundtable discussion in cleveland with ohio residents, labor secretary alex acosta and representative jim renÉe c to discuss the tax reform legislation passed in december. this is just under an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, donald j. trump. >>

governor pete ricketts will be our guest during "washington journal," starting at 9:45 eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is dave levinthal, senior political reporter at the center for public integrity. he is here to talk about the state of the federal election commission and its ability to oversee campaign-finance laws. guest: good to be with you. host: let's remind our viewers what is the fec. guest: the federal election commission was created in the aftermath of watergate. it was proposed as sort of an elixir to bring order to what of course was a very turbulent campaign, the watergate scandal. very quickly, it was not necessarily is powerful as people across the country would have liked, although it was designed as a bipartisan agency that would not be dominated either by republicans or democrats. that has proven to be a good thing. occasions, it has not been an overriding late partisan body , but many critics would say it means there will be some inherent gridlock or disagreement on the commission that will lead to it not being a strong regulator. , itom line for

oining us now on board the c-span bus is governor pete ricketts. governor ricketts, good morning to you, sir. surprised might be to learn that nebraska is the unicameral with a state legislature. why is that? what impact

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[applause] we're also joined by pete ricketts, dana loesch, charlie kirk. [cheers and applause] >> they're so great. mark geiss. richard hudson, pete brownell and leslie rutledge. finally i want to thank all of you, the true american patriots of the nra, who defend our rights, our liberty and our great american plan. thank you. thank you very much. the people in this hall have never taken our freedom for granted. never. and you have never stopped fighting for our beloved constitution. incredible people. thank you. you give your time, your energy, your vote and your voice to stand strong for those sacred rights, given to us by god, including the right to self-defense. [applause] and now thanks to your activism and dedication, you have an administration fighting to protect your 2nd amendment, and we will protect your 2nd amendment. [applause] your 2nd amendment rights are under siege, but they will never, ever be under siege as long as i'm your president. [cheers and applause] thank you. thank you. all of us here today are united by the same timeless values. w

nebraska governor pete ricketts will be our guest on the bus during washington journal starting at 9:45 eastern. >> now, president trump takes part in a roundtable discussion in cleveland with ohio residents, labor secretary alex acosta and representative jim renÉe c to discuss the tax reform legislation passed in december. this is just under an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, donald j. trump. ♪ and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me, and i'll gladly stand next to you and defend her to the day because there ain't no doubt i love this land, god bless the usa ♪ [applause] pres. trump: thank you very much. it is a great honor to be be here. so many of those beautiful hats. we remember those hats. you have to win the great state of ohio, and did we went the great state of ohio? [applause] and i always say -- i always say this -- how are we doing now compared to the election? so far the answer has always been better or much better everyplace. we are doing much better. we just had a meeting with some folks and we have great, great pe

he's come straight from the heartland of america, nebraska governor pete ricketts. [applause] >> good afternoon everybody. i've got a bunch of tough acts to follow. have you all been here the whole time? we've got some great speakers. i want to thank the nra for the opportunity to be here. after all those great speakers , thanks to all of you who are here as well. it's great to be among responsible gun owners, people who love the constitution i want to celebrate our second amendment. as mark was saying earlier emma this is a celebration of our second amendment rights. i want to build on some of the things that people are talking to you about. they are important. it was said earlier that without our second memo right we wouldn't have any others. that's absolutely true. : : : and our founders knew that those governments tended toward tyranny and that we had to be able to protect ourselves from that. in fact, thomas jefferson when he was writing the virginia constitution draft one, 1776, said that no free man shall be disbarred from arms. he knew that we had to have ar

nebraska governor pete rickett will be our guest on the bus during "washington journal." from 1876 to 1918, puck was one of the most widely the satire magazine's from period. khan joins us.er this is about 25 minutes. >> you are watching "american artifacts." joining us in the studios is michael alexander khan, the co-author of the book "what fools these mortals be: the story of puck," thank you for being with us. what was "puck?" weeklymost important

nebraska governor pete ricketts will be our guest on the bus during washington journal starting at 9:45 a.m. eastern. >> president trump spoke at this year's nra convention taking place in dallas, tex