reid wilson, won't you jump in. guest: what are the part -- one of the parts and interesting statistics that it can across while writing the story is that i took a look at the number of manufacturing jobs by congressional district. the census bureau has fantastic day to on that stuff. one thing is sure. whether or not these trade deals have cost jobs, they cost certain kinds of jobs and those of the manufacturing jobs. the average congressional district has 10.6% of the actual positions and they are manufacturing jobs. that number is down significantly by four or five points when nafta passed back in 1993. this is lasik and number of manufacturing jobs -- a significant number of manufacturing jobs are gone and as part of the changing economy and it could be something to do with the trade deals as well as manufacturing moves overseas into mexico and places like that. whether or not the trade deals the cells -- themselves are actually costing americans jobs, it is very clear that manufacturing jobs that were there dur

this morning on washington journal, a look at the debate over the transpacific partnership with reid wilsone washington post. then a discussion on the role of government whistleblowers. we will be joined by daniel ellsberg who contributed to the public opposition of the vietnam war and 1971 by linking documents to the new york times which became known as "the pentagon papers. " ♪ host: good morning it is monday april 27 2015. it at the start of a busy week in washington, d.c. that will include supreme court arguments on the issue of same-sex marriage and a state dinner at the white house with the prime minister of japan read we begin this morning with questions about u.s. efforts to deploy drones to combat terrorism. following the disclosure thursday that two western hostages had been killed in january during a drone strike in pakistan, critics are calling for more transparency and the white house i said it will review r

host: reid wilson is a senior political policy writer.is also a frequent face on the washington journal. he joins us to talk about the transpacific partnership and the politics of trade. for those just coming to this, explain what the tpp is and what the president needs from congress in order to get it passed. guest: it is a trade deal being negotiated between the u.s. and about a dozen asian countries. it would allow trade to flow more freely. it would cement some agreements that have been in the works for a long time now. supporters love the idea because they say it is good for business and the middle class in america. is good for international security because if you're trading with someone you are less likely to go to war with them. opponents think it is that for workers, bad for labor conditions, not only in the u.s. but also in those overseas countries where the conditions are not going to be as good as they would be for an american worker does the laws are different in other countries. to pass this, president obama says he needs so

as reid wilson recently noted in "the washington post," legislators in 27 states have passed applications for a constitutional convention to pass a balanced budget amendment, and proponents in another state where republicans control both legislative chambers are pushing for passage. do you support the move to a convention? a lot of people think there are dangers because it is not clear how it would operate and what subjects it could deal with. senator lee: i am one of those people that think there are dangers there because all 27 times we have amended the constitution we have followed one procedure, where congress proposes, the states ratify. the alternative is where two thirds of the state call for congress to convene a convention, congress convenes such a convention, and they become ratified. i was taught growing up by my late father that there was great risk in this because we had never had a constitutional convention, at least not since 1787. the last time we started with a convention, we came out with something altogether different. my dad's view was let's leave good enough alone as

with reid wilson of the washington post. a discussion on the role of government whistleblowers. be joined by daniel was over. -- the pentagon papers. a lot of short talks about oil and gas line safety and how the government expects them. we will take your calls and look for your comments on facebook twitter. washington journal's live here on c-span. the white house correspondents association hosted its annual dinner in washington dc. the attendance -- the attendees included celebrities, we will bring you our complete coverage today, beginning with the red carpet arrivals up until the remarks from president obama and entertainer, cecily strong. at the international consumer electronics show, we spoke to university of california stamp representative cicilline: -- you have to bring together these two organizations and cultures to get to that space. that is what they're going to do. they do not know anything about clinical process or liquid trials. -- clinical trials. we are trying to impact the space. >> tonight on the communicators on c-span2. >> next a hearing on hydraulic fractu

host: reid wilson's piece on this in "the washington post." "obama's fight for trade powers face altered political landscape your cod." we appreciate all of your work and we will see you again. up next, daniel ellsberg joins us. he is the author of "secrets." he will talk about the role of government whistleblowers. later, in our annual your money segment, elana schor will be here to talk about federal inspections of oil and gas pipelines. we will be right back. ♪ >> here are a few of the book festivals that we will be covering this spring on c-span2 book tv. in may, we will be at gaithersburg book festival with tom davis and martin frost and david axelrod. we will close out may at book expo america in new york city with the publishing industry showcases your upcoming books. then on the first week of june we are alive from the chicago tribune for his robe lit fest including our three-hour live in death program with lawrence wright. that is the spring on c-span2 book tv. >> at the international consumer electronics show in las vegas earlier thi

and tom hanks and his wife rita wilson, after a christmas reception from reid wilson was really interested in like the human life at the white house. how did she order a christmas gift? like where do they go and how -- does she do it online? that she use amazon? those kinds of things. i think people are intrigued by the michigan even people at that level, the celebrities that come how do they relate and in the presence house they related as human beings. i was actually very interesting experience for me but promote bush it was natural to have a conversation about something that connected them. >> when i was at the education department, we went to an evening event and we were in the photo line. unfortunately, that was the day that spot had died. and one of my dogs have died that day to the as i came through the line, i said i'm so sorry about spot. and depression started to cry and i started to cry. rod paige wanted to kill me come and laura bush came over and she said can i just love that he cried. and she said can but now he needs to wipe his eyes because it's going to ruin the rest of th

as reid wilson recently noted in the "washington post" legislators and 27 states have passed applicationsfor the constitutional convention to pass a balanced budget amendment and proponents in nine other states are pushing for passage. to support the move to a convention, a lot of people think there are dangers as it is not clear how it operated what subjects they could deal with once convened. >> i'm one of those people who thinks that there are dangers they are because we followed one procedure where congress proposes in the states ratified. the alternative proposal is where two thirds of the state call for congress convening a convention and proposing amendment were they become effective if the states ratified. i was always taught growing up by my late father that there is great risk in this because we never had a constitutional convention at least not since 1787. last time we came up with something altogether different and at least my dad's view was let's leave good enough alone as far as calling for another convention. he's been dead 19 years and some other you in this 19 years a lot