ctc director nick rasmussen for joining us today. you represent thousands of patriotic men and women who go to work every day to ensure the safety of their fellow americans. everyone on this committee is extremely grateful for your service and director rasmussen, forever -- two decades you have helped to navigate an unprecedented landscape and combat terrorism around the globe. you have been a great partner to me and to this committee. and i would -- i would like to call you a friend. and we all wish you the best of luck in -- i hate to say retirement because that's -- in whatever you do after this. this past year has been a particularly devastating one. in just the last month we witnessed another terror attack in downtown new york, and over the summer parts of america, including my home state of texas were greatly impacted by hurricanes and other natural disasters. we also saw several heinous acts of violence that included the mass shootings in las vegas, sutherland springs and the hate-fueled homicides in portland and charlottesvil

director rasmussen, how about you? is there anything -- what can we do help you all with this recruiting? anything? >> well, director wray made a very good point. with the mission that we have before us whether it's counter terrorism ordealing with cyber crime or threats to the united states, motivating young people to doesn't wa to do this for a living is not a challenge. >> good. >> we put out announcements for job openings, we get hundreds and hundreds of very high quality applicants from all over the country. one of the challenges we're facing the intelligence community is getting them through the security clearance process quickly enough that we don't make someone wait 18 months to start embarking on their federal career. that's something we're working on internally. i would tell you the biggest thing could you give us as all federal agencies is predictable funding environment so we didn't have to wonder year to yearly be able next year to have an entry level cadre of young people coming in or am i stung with this

contributor to the hill, kristen tate and scott rasmussen. great to see both of you.hat do you make of what happened in virginia? >> just about everything went wrong. you can't mistake the magnitude of the d.c. four points more than hillary clinton. their public and clinton. the republicans held control of the house of delegates. a 66,000,000,000,030 advantage coming in. a very good chance they will lose control of the house of delegates as well. this is not just a referendum on the president. there's plenty of blame to go along and part of it is republicans in congress. voters gave control of the government unappealing obama cared and now they say what's the point. to me the chance of making house in 2018 and that would become the fourth president of the road to lose control of congress. >> and a backdrop, we had to put this in perspective the virginia and new jersey that have key governor races, they are blue states. virginia voted for president since 2009. >> voters in virginia and new jersey have never been particularly fond of trump. these are both states where h

homeland security secretary elaine duke, and director of the national counterterrorism center nicholas rasmussene hearing starts thursday, 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span p. then a hearing examining the effectiveness of u.s. sanctions against countries such as iran and north korea. we'll hear from john smith, director of the office of foreign assets control, held by a house financial services subcommittee, live at 2:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span3. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> this weekend, c-span's cities tour takes you to kansas city, missouri. with the help of our spectrum cable partners, we'll explore the literary themes and history of kansas city. we'll view the pender grast digital collection. >> paul wednesdayer graft was -- -- paul pender grast was pendergrast was part of -- using rime influence to make sure your preferred candidates are elected. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. ian on american history tv a visit to the negro league baseball museum. >> let me introduce you to reed foster, the genius. he established the negro league here in kans

the rasmussen puts it at 34. the house will start debate on tax cuts with an aim to have a vote as soon as this week. the senate hammering out its version. the latest version will end the affordable care rule that says everybody has toz have health insurance or face a fine. this is a twofer for republicans. they get rid of something they don't like and save money in the process as people drop insurance because they can or because they can't afford it. the house does not like the senate version at all. that's part of the problem. apparently, my touch screen doesn't like me this morning. the senate doesn't like the house version, house version doesn't like the senate version and democrats don't like either. house and senate pass their individual versions, come together, get the agreement and try to pass it either with the opposite party's help or without it. i'll work on this. in the meantime, you can contact me on twitter. >> sounds good. >>> you know who is always online as well? kari hall. she hannibal lancing a

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and nicholas rasmussen. beginning at five -- 5:00 eastern. later, financial sanctions like those imposed on iran and north korea. that is live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. we also have live coverage on c-span.org or your phone with the c-span radio app. sunday night on afterwards. jeanette conan her book man of the hour about her grandfather james conan, director of the manhattan project. i think because of his entire wartime experience, he became convinced that the only way for bestracy to survive, the way to beat our enemies and be a strong country was to have a great school system where we showed that democracy was better than dictatorship and that we would have sufficiently brilliant people, talented people in government and science and the way to do that was have the sat, which he helped invent and implement in schools across the country to reduce what he thought were the kind of leaders, the kind of technically advanced people that we would need in positions of power if we were going to be a great nation in the high-tech world that

the daily rasmussen poll puts it at 44%. the house will start debate on tax cuts with a name to have a vote as soon as this week. the senate is still hammering out its version right now. the latest version in the senate will end the affordable care rule that says that everybody has to have health insurance or face a fine. this is a twofer for republicans. they get rid of something they don't like and they save money in the process. how do you save money by getting rid of a fine? well, the congressional budget office says getting rid of a fine and causing people to drop insurance, millions of people, that will be people that the government doesn't have to subsidize and they'll make money. the company who makes the card game cards against humanity has launched a fund-raiser to buy a property long the american/mexico border so they can refuse the government to build the wall. the government has an easement that would let that wall go up anyway. nonetheless, the campaign sold out almost immediately. when asked if they were tryin

joining us is political analyst scott rasmussen. scott, what do you make of these comments?hip a little bit. >> look, eight years ago republicans were saying if i had to bet, barack obama's going to be a one-term president. they said the same thing about ronald reagan. democrats were convinced that george w. bush would end up there. you know, this is a partisan response. the more interesting part of his reaction is the part where he said if the democrats nominate a reasonable candidate. in other words, if it's not bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, some of the other left-leaning candidates we're hearing about. and dimon also went on to say that he doesn't trust the government at all. for a democrat to be saying this, this highlights the problem in the party because the left wing of the party, very anti-business, very committed to centralizing all power in the government, and they're going to lose people like jamie dimon. dagen: congressman tim ryan, he gave an interview recently, and some of the platform items he was talking about -- and ryan is seen as one of the donna brazi

in our last hearing, the current fbi director and nick rasmussen, the director of the national counterterrorism center, said that the diaspora is not as severe as we thought it was. they fought and they died which is a good thing. but recently a hearing in the senate foreign relations, chairman corker pointed out we have troops in 19 different countries where that threat exists. so al qaeda, isis, islamist terror has spread. it's evolved. it's metastasized, and we are entering this new phase certainly demonstrated by isis where they're using social media in incredibly sophisticated, incredibly effective ways. one of the reasons i was quite critical of the obama administration, if you remember president obama after fallujah found, referred to isis as the j.v. team. six months later, mosul fell and we saw those acts of barberry -- barbarian is some during 2014. the fact that we did not immediately put all of our effort into defeating isis in -- ending that caliphate, that territory every day, the caliphate existed. every day it wasn't losing, it was perceived as winning. and it was gaining more a

in our last threat hearing the current fbi director and nick rasmussen the head of the direct of the national counterterrorism center said the diaspora is not as severe as we thought it was. there were a lot of -- they fought and died which is a good thing. but recently at a hearing at the senate foreign relations as chairman corker pointed out, we have troops in 19re different countries where that threat exists. so al-qaeda, isis, islamic terror has spread. it is evolved, metastasized. and we're entering this new phase certainly demonstrated by isis whether using social media and incredibly sophisticated, effective ways. one of the reasons i was critical of the obama administration, the number president obama after fallujah fell, referred to isis as the jv team, then about six months later mosul fell and was all those axonal barbarism during 2014. the fact that we did not immediately put all of our effort into defeating isis and ending that caliphate, that territory everyday, the caliphate existed, ever date it wasn't losing, it was perceived as winning and it was gaining more and m

jon hilsenrath and rasmussen political analyst amy holmes. great to see you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> you detention of these football players and they took him off. why would she take them off? you think they would leave them on. turn to one the chain of the other now they are suspended. dagen: you've got to take the home it off if you're really going to fight. >> in hockey take the gloves off to keep your chin protected. maria: good point. charles foster is with us this morning. senate finance committee member rob portman is here. speaker of the house newt gingrich along with fox news military analyst general jack keane is with us in skateboard legend tony bergmann hauck is with us. good show ahead. you don't want to miss a moment. president trump spake to proceed janet yellen will be on capitol hill today. jerome powell to tell the senate committee this morning that he expects the central bank to raise interest rates, quote, somewhat further and will consider ways to reduce regulatory burdens on banks while preserving reforms. j

here to preview the mid terms is editor-at-large scott rasmussen. >> good morning.going to show us? >> we talk about the big victories. it was a big night for democrats. it was a big night but home field advantage. hillary clinton won virginia by 5 points. this a state that has lots and lots of federal workers moving into the northern part of the state. it's becoming reliably democratic. northam won by 9. bigger margin than hillary. you can argue was it because gillespie embraced trump too little or whatever the fact is trump hasn't delivered on some of the problems. steve: new jersey. >> only surprise chris christie won 8 years ago. a fluke with unpopular governor. steve: i live there it's a very blue state. >> there is nothing here. steve: that's not a surprise. going on the wrong direction. steve? steve: go in the middle right here. >> now we go to the map. this is a 2018 geography, 33 seats up for re-election in the u.s. senate, most of them are blue. most of these states are democrats. a lot of them were there only because barack obama carried them across the f

homeland security can -- testimony from elaine duke and director of national intelligence nicolas rasmussen. i coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. live coverage on the hearing on the effectiveness of financial sanctions like those imposed on iran and north korea. also like coverage at www.c-span.org and on your phone with the c-span radio app. q&a, hooveron institution senior fellow john coleman on u.s. federal entitlement programs. >> entitlement program stem from a basic human desire to help someone who is in need of assistance. all of us have it in us. for politicians, it's a little bit easier to do with someone else's money. but they still have that same basic desire that you and i do. they also have this desire to be reelected. once that entitlement is put in place, then the game has changed. aroundt groups form protecting that entitlement, pressing for more assistance. money starts flowing to politicians who protect those benefits and the game changes. is that desire for reelection. >> john kopin on u.s. federal entitlement programs. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's una. q

rasmussen's survey found that just 22% of americans favor polling tolls on highways for infrastructure maintenance. 55% are opposed to turning the nation's interstate into tolling roads. we should think seriously about the impact on drivers if the federal government incentivizes federal lanes, tolls that allow drivers to avoid the congested general purpose lanes. such schemes, sometimes referred to as lexus lanes, allow those with disposable income to avoid congestion yet leave the great majority of drivers stuck in traffic. just a few miles from here in virginia, the 495 express lanes, perhaps some members use them, these use congestion pricing with no price cap to ensure traffic flow remains at least 55 miles per hour in express lanes. no traffic reduction requirement exists for the general purpose lanes and most people use, meaning any congestion benefits reside with those who can afford to pay more. in the same vein, the public/private partnership contract discourages carpooling, of all things, that directly relieves congestion. while hov vehicles are exempt from tolls, if they exc