philip: we have run out of time for the first panel. hopefully, we will get back to people that asked questions in a second. we will take may be an eight minute break and then reconvene for the second panel. join me in thanking our panelists. [applause] >> congressional researchers preview the 119 it is congress. they talked about the narrow republican majority in the house. the relationship between the new congress and the trump administration. campaign finance, and elon musk influence. in the senate -- >> where we look at he worked on the hill as an american political science association congressional fellow and he is currently writing a book on the history of congressional procedure and politics since 1879. a small topic for a small book, i'm sure. we look forward to it. and to his right is kevin. prior to joining aei kevin worked as vice president of policy, vice president of research partnerships and senior fellow and director of the governance project where i was also privileged to work for a time. he is the author and editor of s

philip: that is a big contrast to the 117. in the 117th we had democrats in the house and senate, get a little of big bipartisan deals -- you had a lot a big bipartisan deals. the chips act, gun safety act, and then the way things worked was generally the senate bill just got pushed through the house by nancy pelosi's democrats. what you pointed out is the senate was much less of the senior legislating partner in the 118th. it was also taking -- gabe: bipartisan of senators who sat down and hammered out and sit over to the house where as in the 1:17 a might pass with some bipartisan. the 118 went nowhere. katherine: i covered a lot of the judiciary effort to move those judges and it was just a key priority. heading into the 2024 presidential election, that uncertainty of who may take the white house kind of puts the pedal to the metal. there has been so much coverage but also reality of trump reshaping the federal judiciary with a number of vacancies that he was able to fill in his first term and democrats saw this as their op

philip: let's stick on reconciliation for a minute. for the audience to get back up to speed on this -- reconciliation is part of the widget act. it was originally conceived of as a way bipartisan legislators could get together and balance the budget. ironically it has become the vehicle for passing some big bills that blow out the deficit and make it even bigger. it was the way that republicans passed the tax cuts and jobs act back in 2017. it was the way joe biden passed his big stimulus act coming in, past the inflation reduction act subsequently. it is the way that we avoid the filibuster in the united states senate. now, that all makes something called the byrd rule very important. that tells you what you are allowed to put in a reconciliation bill after the late, great senator robert byrd of west virginia. and it basically says it has to be about taxes or spending to get into a reconciliation bill. what is really about taxes and spending? how far can you stretch that? that has been a constant fight between the parties and the par

my name is philip wallach. i am a senior fellow here in the department that studies social, cultural, and constitutional studies. so that is the big picture on american politics and our political culture and what ails them. welcome to everyone who trudged through the snow to join us in person. welcome to those of you watching on the livestream or on c-span. we are here today to talk about what i call the will be gone 1/18 congress. will be gone -- woebegone 118th congress. synonyms, derelict, sham godforsaken, ramshackle, rundown. two, deeply affected by woe. synonyms, sad, lamentable. that is my big take away for the 118th. it was a troubled congress in many ways. it was also a wild ride that has forced textbook authors about congress to make some serious revisions, because it up and did a lot of assumptions about how congress does its work. so we are going to relive some of the drama of the woebegone 118th and in the second hour, we will turn of the 119th that will be and think about whether it has good prosp

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only on wall street is philip 66. >> that stock has done well in the long term at a nice dividend.or "the bottom line" for drivers normally in the summer season because more people drive more demand and you see gas prices go up, you don't think were going to experience that this year. >> is interesting i think we will see non- opec nations like the u.s. in this upcoming demonstration start to really drill baby drill, we keep saying that but it is true that should help with supply in the second half of the year we may see labor day prices and things like that where we see an uptick. it might be a nicer gift for consumers. jack: thank you very much markets are waiting moves on taxes, immigration regulation under incoming president donald trump. ahead of u.s. policy libby cantrill tells us what to expect next. >> president-elect trump kicks off on the second term on monday and he reportedly has more than 100 executive orders plan for day one in office from immigration and terroristic climate and energy the incoming president is pushing forward his agenda fast and hard joining me now h

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what is interesting with philip. yeah. is that there was so all denies because this is i know them fire and in order to appreciate the military pro west at the time is also important to appreciate that in terms of the technology and in tons of other areas which can be characterized civilization. this you'll see on the tradition of the of costs that you'll see on orthodox judge was a chart that was, it was very well organized. the ads are writing size. the d is a complete all for bet, which was us sophisticated us in the a done. i'm me that was organized in a mind. uh that was uh, sophisticated as any and the guardians on days they made video bins. and when they are tucked, they will of course, uh who's to as it was and it goes down in history, is that the bottle of idle or abdul a which is celebrated up till today is emblematic of the fact that there was an empire within the continent of africa, we charge the military pro us to fight this sophisticated you will see in flowers. but as the bucket of adult had been fought, an

philip, i have to start with you. because a week ago on this show, alex asked you about how you thought this was going to go and i think it is worth playing that for our viewers again. let's listen to what she said a week ago. >> philip, tim, who here believes that we are going to have a speaker on january 6th? i will start with you, philip. >> oh, yeah. i already raised my hand. look, republicans in congress are focused on one thing, that is keeping donald trump happy. and nothing is going to frustrate donald trump more than if anything happens to delay his becoming president. they are very adept at coming up with a temporary solution, and i am 100% confident that nobody wants to be the one that made it so donald trump's january 6th did not go exactly the way he hoped the last one did. >> 100% confidence from philip. >> rarely happens these days, philip. so we're giving you the first word on this, what you suspect it happened, and what happens next. >> that is the question, right? i think the one of the things that w

like a police be dr. philip gerald. the honest company that well from the pharmacy i a case officer and current executive director of the council of the national interest . after this break the, [000:00:00;00] the the welcome back to going underground. i'm still here with the executive director of the council of the national interest dr. phillip drowsy to dr . jeroski, you were talking about the josee gab, but you might have to just explain how the power relations work between the position she has been picked for, for trump versus john radcliff. at the c i a and the national security advisor, mike wells. well they, they all have a similar function is that they're basically of people who interpret intelligence for the white house. the one, why is it most directly will be of policy gather because her position is, is, is such that it's the house of function in the white house. there is a less of a functionality in though it's the 2 other jobs because they have separate responsibilities. her job is to interpret the intellig

dr. philip, charlie, thank you. thank you for having me. that's it for the show. we'll be back with a brand new episode on that day. but until then keep in touch my role as social media or if it's not censored in your country, had to watch. i don't going on going to be a rumble. they'll come to watch new and all that is, is it going on the grants? these have the, the, the, the, the police say they have on cover the massive ukrainian leg criminal network. they took advantage of a lack of oversight of refugees to conduct the legal activities, the locals plea for safety as many, 10 stakeholder it may just sent to you in the democratic republic of congo, a nation registered resources for the end up in global, and particularly european supply chain funding brought it up because of our national companies wants to see, to, to have access to this is, this is the easiest way. this is the cheapest way in middle, put it on your home industrial living. you know, it's all about putting a face on the sauces.

dr. philip, charlie, thank you. thank you for having me. or that's it for the show will be back with a brand new episode on that day. but until then, keep in touch my role as social media or if it's not censored in your country, had to watch idle going under warranty. if you all rumbled, they'll come to watching you and all that is, is it going on the grounds? these have the, the, the revolution of $1789.00 in france, a whole for the liberation of the oppressed peoples and the french overseas territories. but paris did not want to barge with in sources of profit. silver sign of the colonization was the uprising of black slaves and 80, that remote highland reduced almost half of all the sugar on the planet. sooner was made by d as in franchise slaves broad from africa. scene 1791. they started an uprising against their oppressors. the black swept away the colonial administration and formed their own army. it was led by that charismatic leader, francois dominique tucson lever to a range of dams to regain control of the colony were unsuccessfu

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age of some of the peach the semester unless the by the cheese 2000 so they can accumulate like philip's case post. so what do you mean? your total because will, can you do is cut interest was probably the position with the spring 2023 ukrainian national is supported by the police. come to the oldest orthodox monastery in ukraine. the key for the chairs closet. yeah. the the one of these rings and was arrested the monks who had barricaded themselves in the monastery were denied food and water in the peninsula table. the you to bring up the way it came pretty soon, but she was in key violating protection of conscience lows in front of the world. and the combination of the judge confrontation, instigated by opponents in ukraine almost 300 years before the moon, the same wrong. just don't have to safe house the courtesy and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves will support. we choose to look for common ground, the the impulse near the need and could it leads to them the articles and why it's a city of the when you move the least amount of see them for you me, you know,

peter: let's talk about philip deformes.colm: he is a character i spend a lot of time with on the book, and the chapter on miami and medicare fraud. he was a medicinal operator whose family owned a string of nursing homes in chicago, very reputable deeply philanthropic family. they moved to miami and suddenly they are wrapped up in one of the biggest medicare fraud scheme in the history of the program. the question i ask is what happened? why would he move from one city to the next? did he move from being a law-abiding citizen to being a criminal? i think some portion of the blame belongs to miami. he moved from chicago, with a relative low level of medicare fraud to an area where it was commonplace and i think he got infected by that particular virus and i tell the story about how he was transformed by his moved to miami. peter: this is in the 1980's. money, drugs, those contributed in your view to medicare fraud? malcolm: yeah. more broadly i was trying to answer what makes miami different from other cities in the u.s. and

philip, good morning. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. >> all right. so i'm just taking a look at the oil markets last two weeks since the president. took office. oil has actually moved lower. it's even lower today with these tariff threats. if we do see tariffs on canada and oil is included, what do you see the impact being and what do you see the impact specifically. >> when we're talking. >> about canada of. >> broader tariffs. >> for broader tariffs and oil specifically. >> the impact would be. >> quite large. we import an enormous amount of oil for refining here in the united states. that can't easily be offset. >> and overall. >> we import over $100. >> billion. >> from canada. >> this is largely. >> in. >> machinery. >> electronics, inputs to industry. these are highly integrated supply chains. this would. >> really disrupt a. >> lot of manufacturing here in the united states. >> all right. >> so canadian tariffs. >> would it would. >> impact manufacturing. i want. >> to talk to you. >> about mexico because actually i didn't realize this mexico

hey, we got again philip, i'll, i'll just be era. and the pacific pa, the sites tensions arising in ma, the off the ministry lead government sees near the $245000000.00 worth of gold. from the canadian mining joined, it was taken from a mining sites in the far west of the country, which has been the center of a long running dispute about unpaid taxes and mining contracts. nicholas hawk hassle. in the workshop by the river on by micros outskirts, jeweler mode the code that shapes hope to from this precious metal refined by fire to its purest and most valuable for it. then certain types of schools, such as a high price, perhaps enough to feed his family, found it abundance in the red soil. molly's military, 2 days, taking control of its precious minerals by seizing art isn't the lead industrial mining site to the bit to change the countries fortune for me. i knew, well, i think the authorities are right to shut down certain minds, given the lack of compliance with the regulations. we live in the country governed by the rule of law. if

so in order to guarantee stable peace, proceeding prime minister med list of rock chief philip plaza really also attending those talks in also as well. stephanie deka is the norwegian capital and she joins us now live with more or less so. so stephanie, no way of course, and always low, especially has these long associations with all the hopes and aspirations surrounding a 2 state solution stuff. what is this latest initiative that will about of the yes we, as you mentioned, $85.00 countries coming together to discuss the 2 state solution. the symbolism not last certainly were standing just outside city who just came from outside from the inside where they were giving their openings features. this is where and 1994 the nobel peace prize was awarded to shoot meant part far as if it grabbing and you also out of fought for their efforts in achieving peace trying to achieve peace in the middle east. what we have never been further from a 2 state solution. this is something that's being discussed here. in fact, just before the opening statements, i also the norwegian, a foreign minister a

the divisions among the lebanese, the disunity among philip is the sectarian division that have been been an major obstacle. so i think now that i'm a new president who's basically been supported by the united states and saudi arabia. we have a prime minister who has basically, you know, conceptual support of support within 11 on i think there is a chance for an entry to move forward in order to have the tools as in order to fix its economy. and in order to, you know, how for lebanese, especially adults and that they ask for to come back or to help invest in the country. i think under those circumstances we're going to see them or be able to attract that as an investment and bring in the world back thinking by a my friend the likes also the europeans and so on, so forth to have put on the fact that next door there's also another government in syria that is trying to do something, some of that, i think it helps for many people around the world and in the region to one to invest and up and on. how would want to see levin and move to the next stage? under the lead, the shape of a pickin

so that will of course, be family members who are waiting, expecting philip once to come back and hoping that they will. and laura, when do we see the next pos of today kick in with the release of palestinians being held by as well? well this we just don't know yet. we are expecting it in the coming hours at the red cross was stationed outside of the present. they were told to go in the early hours system more need to know we're expecting the release of the palestinian prisoners. now we did hit a snag in the morning that was supposed to be 200 palestinian prisoners release. we know these radius took off all the members of islamic jihad because a mass was releasing the people they expected to be released these right, the civilians before the soldiers. however, that'll change when from ice gave them a new pattern in geneva. and he was a big part of the alexa intifada. the big house, the resistance movement against the occupation he was expected to be released. deputy is a beta, but he's not actually on the list. so we do have um that one person who is very, very well known among palestinia

territories that bomb comes into effect on the 1st day of my cutting knit clocks spoke to honor was chief philip taylor as there really was one to a far reaching consequences. first or phone of clearly indicated that that is to stay and deliver and to deliver as a service a keep our school home open to keep our health center open, both in the west bank and also in goza. on this obviously we are prevented. we have also over the last few weeks that increase a papa, she was of the you an agency, especially when it comes to food assistance, all human and emergency assistance in the st. and what did you all view of the implications of this to the ever diminishing stability of the west bank? well, that they wouldn't be far of important consequences if an agency like ours is false to suspended sec dvds, for example, in the west bank. uh, that would deprive of $50000.00 goals and bush and to have a daily education. it would prevent a $100000000.00 people to excess a. i'll probably have a center. i mean, i've also photos an info you the the other again, you're watching. i'll just there as remind you of o

philip: great questions there. the buddy else? in the back. >> thank you. relatively short question. with respect to the importance of relationships in the senate and the general tendency of the senators to work behind the scenes, across the aisle, and across the ideological divide, do you feel that that will remain in this 119th congress? philip: ok. and does anyone want to ask one last very quick question? roger: roger coach eddie. would anyone in the panel care to speculate on what it is that donald trump did to swing those two votes? was it a threat? was it a promise? was it intellectual persuasion? it may say something about how this congress will proceed, and what works and what does not work. everybody is wondering how did the flips take place. does anyone have an idea? philip: i will just answer that because that is reporting that i have read. mike johnson was asked what did he give up to get those two votes. he said nothing. trump said i did not threaten anybody. i just reminded them that we need to all be together now. so there was a sense that th

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george osborne did it, philip hammond did it. make it work for the uk. but on the other side, you've got people who say, hang on a minute, china is not a benign country. it is not a country that wants the uk to succeed in a purely benign way. there are problems with human rights. in terms of all sorts of things. we know that there have been all sorts of, you know, an uptick, as we've discussed many times, in the kind of threats from state actors that the uk faces. actually, what are you doing going to go and break bread with the chinese? so it's a difficult, difficult balance. they're not the first government to face it, but it kind of feels to me it's a bit like rinse and repeat, this. you know, the arguments that are being made about rachel reeves going or not going to china are kind of a rinse and repeat of previous prime ministers and previous chancellors going, where you get particular lobbies saying don't do it, other people saying, on you go. and when this is aired 50 years from now by historians saying the world changed i

i want to thank philip barton from all the work he has done 30 years of public service and he is the personification of public service on behalf of our country from which we are incredibly grateful and i am particularly grateful for the way we have lead the transition for this new government over the last six months and i think we all wish you a very happy retirement. i want to begin by looking back because it was here that plan was developed that has kept us safe for almost 80 years. six. that has kept us safe for almost 80 ears. ,, ., , ., that has kept us safe for almost 80 ears. ,, ., a years. six months after ashley's greek government _ years. six months after ashley's greek government began - years. six months after ashley's greek government began in - years. six months after ashley's i greek government began in january greek government began injanuary 1946, greek government began injanuary 19116, bevan steered into the geopolitical fog at that time. the second world war had onlyjust ended it was hard to see six months ahead. but he did not sit waiting for the fog to clear. he

what is interesting with philip. yeah. is that there was so all denies because this is, i know the empire. and in order to appreciate the military pro west at the time, it is also important to appreciate that in terms of the technology and in tons of other areas which can be characterized civilization this you'll see on the tradition of the of cause this you'll see on the orthodox church was a chart that very, it was very well organized. the ads are writing size, big games, a complete all for bet, which was us sophisticated as in the a done. i'm me that was organized in the mind. uh, that was a sophisticated uh any on the guardian and a is the made. that is the options. and when they are tucked, they will uh, of costs uh, boosted as it was and it goes down in history. is that the bundle of idle or i bill or which is celebrated up till today, is emblematic all of the fact that there was an empire within the continent of africa. we charge the military pro us to fight this sophisticated, you will see in flowers. but as the bu

thank you, philip, for being here. also want all of you to participate. going to chat with justice breyer a bit with some questions about his book and his views on the world and where we stand in this country and. if you have questions, i understand there have been papers and pencils passed around, please hold those up as come upon your questions and staff from the miller center will and pick those up from you if you are watching online, we welcome you and. we suggest then if you have questions that, you use the q&a function the bottom of your screen with that. justice breyer let me this question. why this book at this time now and tell us what it's about and why you prompted to write it about the court how so? well, i mean, the the probably in the 40 years i was there in the supreme court, as you said, eight, we're well, first, thank you for that introduction. i mean, it was terribly, really, really it was. and the only thing i should say now is nothing. but. but you'll more. well, i have to do something little bit of that. it we hope. we hope. yeah. the

host: philip, do you have a question for mike davis? caller: my question is, how do they go about recruiting the members to go and tell us the hypocritical statements that they make each and every day. and this country has been doing it for over 400 years. please tell us how they can say things that they say and get up in the morning and go on a normal basis. host: that's film. mike davis. guest: i would say i can't fix stupid. this is why we need school choice in america. host: victoria, texas. republican. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you, c-span. mr. davis, for taking my call. please hear me out. please hear me out. there must be some accountability. i am not a politician. i am a former veteran, educator, and i'm not ignorant. this is very personal to me and i would love to say for the last four years i have been going through living hell. i am glad to see trump come in and do something with justice. my home was pending in litigation that was sold for $585,000. the dallas d.a. judge refused to indict the people that sold

continue to ease your we will see if the data on friday confirms that view from philip lane. coming out, the u.k. chancellor returning from china with a deal. the state of relations between london and beijing next. >> welcome back. happy monday. traders in the options markets are preparing for the pound, possibly to tumble as much as 8% following last week's selloff across the u.k. markets. the pricing will be unwelcome news for rachel reeves as she returns from her trip to china. lizzy burden is here. did she get anything out of a trip that turned controversial? did she come back with anything meaningful? >> 6 million pounds of deals. 600 million. >> either way, it's a pretty small number. >> it is. but she is saying the long-term benefits would be up to one billion pounds and of course growth a top priority of the u.k. government so the signal light here is that the labor government is focused on long-term economic growth she met with the chinese vice premier in beijing, officials agreeing to deepen financial services length and reduce export barriers. we talked about wheth

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extraordinary group of people starting with and swanson, philip rest. [applause] sarah bauer. [applause] stephanie angel, just clay, leak simmons. [applause] the high point of the last four years was when you kept your word and we were able to confirm justice ketanji brown jackson. [applause] if you are to be the first, you have to be the best, and she is, certainly the best by every measure. you kept your word and nominated her and we have done a great favor to the nation by following through. in closing, we are proud of the fact these nominees have bipartisan support, more than 80% of them received bipartisan support. i want to thank my friend and colleague of many years, chuck schumer. i nagged him and beat up on him and twisted his arm and did everything i could to get our nominees on the calendar and he came through with flying colors. the closing weeks of the session, that was the focus of our activity, to make sure we reached this 235 number. thanks chuck. [applause] i'm grateful to be a part of this opportunity, these men and women will be serving america for decades t

of more on this, i'm joined now by philip mount, a professor emeritus of political communication at the front of the institute of political studies in paris. like spring width is 1st of all, tell us a bit more about is on the pen. how would you describe his political legacy to well, i would say half joking this, he's probably gonna lose he's, he's still throwing away because i would say that he's made that even was a to a, to a run of the election. but afterwards, he gets a, i would say, having such an extreme most be kind of speech that he couldn't get, probably elected the need at any time. and he's the completely understood it. and she even expense him from his own thought to you 10 years ago. exactly. in august the 2015 and uh because he even the good thing that may be the messic of jews and just genocide of jews in germany had been the incident of the 2nd good. well, he wouldn't commit to say that it was a genocide, so he's not the warranty to be elected drug. and she understood that she had to expend him somehow and to get 3 does, this is the duration. and so say that he's lucas,

in 1997, philip and leon purchased the bar original mccarthy's at 2327 mission street in the mission district naming the branch cha cha cha at the original mccarthy's to give some background original mccarthy's was opened by dennis mccarthy who was an irish immigrant from county cork. the bar was one one of the first establishments in san francisco to begin legally serving alcohol after prohibition had ended in 1933. to honor this history cha cha cha retained an integrated original mccarthys into the name. later in 2016 philip and leon wish to retire and since then there had been several changing hands and had briefly closed during the pandemic. now the business is owned by owner of connect as of 2024 what has remained throughout the years is that cha cha cha offers a beautiful atmosphere caribbean tapas world famous sangria, local beers, craft cocktails, entertainment catering and a great venue for events. it was one of the first establishments in san francisco to feature caribbean cuisine and serve sangria. it is believed that only three other restaurants serve sangria in san franc

we sent seal team 6 all the way across the atlantic into niger to get philip watson back. we did.ll 7 bandits. that's when words really matter. that's when a president's words really matter. you will see it with the reset. i will call it an american reset you will see on the 20th of january. when it comes to the middle east, people should understand whether you like it or not you will fear and respect the united states of america. not just in the middle east but globally as well. the sooner this administration packs its bags and walks out the door on the 20th, i think it will be a lot better for america. >> no doubt. the words matter. adversaries heard words of president trump, actions matter too. this as i pointed out one of the ddeadliest terrorist attack and biden gave the medal to liz cheney and produced like a tv show and no cross examination of witnesses, the media fell for it but utterly one sided. a show trial. so why today? i mean, our adversaries are watching general kellogg, does biden do this instead of addressing the american people, put out a picture from the situati

philip: the incentives are so important. ok.'s change tech for a minute and go to gabe and say balance the picture out, gabe. give us the defense of the 118th. what did they accomplish and what should we remember positively about them? gabe: it's not an easy task but it is important to look at. one of the things of my newsletter is looking at both the function and dysfunction in congress. there's a lot of dysfunction but still, we saw in that graph there were still 4,000 odd pages of legislation. so what was in that legislation and it was a lot. within, you know, within less relative to other conferences but still, on the impactful pieces of legislation. the biggest ticket is obviously the bill that we see litigated before the supreme court at the end of this week. we saw ukraine aid and not without some considerable pain but it passed with the majority of the advanced act was passed on a pretty major effort to speed along nuclear energy project. really the biggest clean energy bill since the inflation reduction act. it was tuck

i should say the former conservative chancellor philip hammond said yesterday he thought that it shouldcancelled trip could be worse than going ahead and making the visit. it is happening and for the government it is very important. laboursaid during important. labour said during its important. laboursaid during its time in opposition that it wanted a more pragmatic approach to china, which is the world's second largest economy, the uk's fifth largest trading partner. after a chilly few years when the conservatives were in power and concerns about national security and human rights trumped economic questions in the uk's relations with china. i think the chancellor did want something of a reset and sees it as an important source of foreign investment, particularly into the city of london. so it is going ahead. it is a fairly low—key visit. she is not taking ing a big press pack with her. we expect her to make one appearance in front of cameras. but it is a fairly under the radar trip. she is going with the governor of the bank of england and some other big bosses from the city. but i thi