guest: that's in senator rob portman's bill. suites and a huge influx in fentanyl coming into the country. we have seen a huge influx of fentanyl coming into the country. people are using it to lace all kinds of drugs. some people are taking fentanyl not even knowing they are taking fentanyl and it is fatal. we have seen deaths skyrocket from fentanyl use. this would give the u.s. postal service authority to inspect the packages to stop the inflow. host: scott calling from new york. go ahead. caller: good morning. this problem was caused by the pharmaceutical companies years ago. in the 1990's, i was living in tennessee, they came out with oxycontin and told us it was nonaddictive. somebody who has experimented with drugs all their life -- once you take them for a while, you get accustomed to them, they make you feel high and good. in 2002, i didn't touch any opioids -- they put my tolerance back up. i found out what the addiction is like. five months ago, i took an it five months ago, i took an it -- eight minute dirt nap. i to

david: that is rob portman. looking out for american workers. want to hear from kavanaugh by the way. melissa: that would be interesting. david: why the leader of the nation's largest federation of unions says democrats might have an edge in the midterm elections. art laffer former reagan economic advisor sounding off on that coming up. melissa: hurricane warnings in effect as tropical storm gordon makes its way to the gulf coast. we're tracking the storm. that's next. >> starting as early as this afternoon we will see heavy rain, high wind, as well as storm surge. now is the time to pay attention. ♪ your allergy pills? flonase sensimist relieves all your worst symptoms, including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. and all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. flonase sensimist. david: ohio senator senator robn is speaking now. lisa black, a former justice ginsberg law clerk, self-described liberal feminist speaking right after rob portman on behalf of brett kavanaugh. we're awaiting kavanaugh's opening statement that should happen any

or i mean un >>> we're fortunate to have condoleeza rice, senator rob portman and lisa blatt to introduce the nominee. we'll now start with couldn't lisa rice. >> thank you very much. chairman grassley, senator feinstein, members of the committee, i'm really honored to join lisa blatt and rob portman in introducing brett kavanaugh in the hearings to consider his confirmation as a justice of the supreme court of the united states of america. my personal relationship with judge kavanaugh goes back 17 years to our time as white house colleagues in the administration of george w. bush. those are remarkable times and i loved serving. they were, however, not easy times. those with whom i worked was both a joy and a blessing. i'm so grateful to have had brett kavanaugh as a colleague. he was always sportive and strong and caring and someone whose integrity and good judgement i valued enormously. i knew brett early in his years as a family member. i was there when he married ashley. he remember well the birth of his children. he's a great father and husband and son. in short, he's just a very goo

grassley, senator feinstein, members of the committee, i'm really honored to join lisa blatt and rob portman in introducing brett kavanaugh in the hearings to consider his confirmation as a justice of the supreme court of the united states of america. my personal relationship with judge kavanaugh goes back 17 years to our time as white house colleagues in the administration of george w. bush. those are remarkable times and i loved serving. they were, however, not easy times. those with whom i worked was both a joy and a blessing. i'm so grateful to have had brett kavanaugh as a colleague. he was always sportive and strong and caring and someone whose integrity and good judgement i valued enormously. i knew brett early in his years as a family member. i was there when he married ashley. he remember well the birth of his children. he's a great father and husband and son. in short, he's just a very good human being. since the nomination of bret kavanaugh, i've been able to reflect back on the times and what my experience tells me about brett in this crucial role. many have given testimony to hi

expect to hear introductions by rob portman who led efforts to confirm him. we'll be hearing from koncondola rice who worked with judge kavanaugh at the white house during the george w. bush administration. and we'll hear an introduction by attorney lisa blatt who is actually a clerk for justice ruth baider ginsburg. she wrote an opinion piece supporting judge kavanaugh's appointment. all those to come plus the nominee's statement himself speaking probably towards the end of this hearing today. and if you missed any of the hearing we've been showing you live here on c-span3, we'll be showing it again tonight. you can join us on c-span2 at 8:00 p.m. the questioning of judge kavanaugh expected to begin tomorrow and continue through thursday. >>> still to come, expecting introductions by condoleeza rice and others. and then finally, the opening statement by the nominee himself judge kavanaugh. a reminder, can you monitor tweets from the committee members and the supreme court reporters. they're collecting in one place during the hearing. if you go to our website

ohio senator, rob portman and black.y lisa induction, judge kavanaugh makes his opening statement. the senatene for confirmation hearing for brett kavanaugh live on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. next with historian calhoun. that's followed by america in turmoil race relations. later, law enforcement and education officials discussed cyberbullyingt among youth. >> this week on q&a, historian charles calhoun discusses his biography of president benjamin harrison. brian: professor charles calhoun, if you were introducing someone to benjamin harrison, what would you tell them? charles: i would tell them here is a man you can learn a lot from. he was an intellectual. he was a good student of history.

introductions of judge kavanaugh from former secretary of state condoleezza rice, ohio senator rob portmanand attorney lisa blatt. and then he makes his opening say -- statement. 9:30 live on tuesday at a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the radio app. washington journal continues. host: we are talking with thomas hicks, chair of the u.s. election assistance commission, good morning. guest: good morning. host: tell us what it doesn't how you get started? guest: this came out after the 2000 election under the help america vote act of 2002, it's a bipartisan piece of legislation that provided the states with $3.9 billion to reform process that we saw across the country in 2000. host: and what are you looking forward to with these upcoming

introduction of judge kavanaugh's from former secretary of state condoleezza rice, ohio senator rob portmanand attorney lisa blatt. following the introduction judge katzmann makes his opening statement. watch the senate confirmation hearing for brett kavanaugh live today at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> federal officials discussed the lessons learned before and after the september 11 terrorist attacks. really remark some dying and work come former professional staff member on the house intelligence committee as well as several nsa officials. it's held by the cato acute ine and begins life at ten eastern on c-span2. after that national intelligence director dan coats discusses current threats to u.s. he would will be speaking at at hosted by the armed forces and intelligence and national security alliance. that begins life at 12:30 p.m. on c-span2. a look at space-based missile defense.

. >> and moderate republican rob portman of ohio is also supporting kavanaugh saying i believe my job is to assess the facts that we have before us and that's a very difficult when no corroboration exists regarding this allegation. >> so, those reactions coming after that nearly nine-hour testimony during which dr. ford and judge kavanaugh both used the term 100%. >> she said she's 100% certain that kavanaugh assaulted her. he said he's 100% sure he didn't. abc's dan harris has the top moments from the hearing. >> reporter: after weeks of anticipation and negotiations, dr. ford walked into the senate judiciary hearing room at 10:00 this morning. >> i am here today not because i want to be -- i am terrified -- i am here because i believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanaugh and i were in high school. >> reporter: it was the first time america has heard ford's voice as she described in graphic detail what she calls an attempted rape at a small house party back in the summer of 1982. >> brett groped me and tried to take off my clothes. i believed he w

then, introductions up judge kavanaugh bike condoleezza rice, rob portman, and lisa blatt. kavanaugh makes his opening statement. watch day one of the senate confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh, live today at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. sunday night on q and a, assistant editor of the atlantic, zachary would, talks about his book, uncensored, and growing up in a troubled home. phone started ringing and i go and pick it up and see it is my mom and for some reason, i had a sense this is not going to be good. i don't know what it was, but i said it is not going to be good. i answered the phone and she spoke. she was very calm. kurt, but very calm. child protective services is here, please come home as soon as you can. i knew that tone in her voice. child protective services is here. i am asking myself, am i going to live to see the next day. that is what is going through my mind. am i going to live to see the next day because she -- if ever at any point she has a moment alone with me, and i make it through whatever hap

ohio senator rob portman, and attorney lisa black. following the introduction judge kavanaugh makes his opening statement. watch day one of the senate confirmation hearings live on tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen other free c-span radio app. communicators,he thes rosetto talks about impact of the magazine, the early stages of the internet, and being fired for the company he started. watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. on the eve of the 100th anniversary of nelson mandela's birth, former president barack obama deliver the annual mandela lecture and johannesburg to a crowd of 15,000 people. president obama talked in great detail about the life and legacy of south africa's first black president. was reviewing the mandela legacy everybody active citizenship and changing world. this is just under 90 minutes. mr. obama: thank you. thank you very much. thank you. >> yes, we can! yes, we can! yes, we can! mr. obama: thank you.

then introductions of judge kavanaugh from former secretary of state condoleeza rice, rob portman and attorney lisa blatt. following the introduction, judge kavanaugh makes his opening statement. live tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's television company. and we bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> this labor day, american history tv is featuring sessions from the white house historical association's presidential site summit. last week representatives from presidential sites around the country came to washington to discuss their common work and 21st century challenges. among those attending were descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford. we'll continue with our coverage of the presidential site summit in a few minutes. >> this weekend americ

introductions of judge kavanaugh from the former secretary of state condoleezza rice, and ohio senator rob portman and attorney lisa black. following the introductions judge kavanaugh makes an opening statement. watch day one of the senate confir ration hearings for brett kav knew live tuesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and cspan.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by cable or your satellite provider provider. >> this the labor day, american history tv is featuring sessions from the historical sessions, and the presidential sites summits, and the presidents from presidential sites around the country to discuss their work and the 21st century challenges. among those attending were the descendents of presidents. we will continue our discussion in a few moments. >>> ame

guest: that's in senator rob portman's bill.and a huge influx in fentanyl coming into the country ofwe have seen a huge influx fentanyl coming into the country. people are using it to lace all caps of drugs -- all kinds of drugs. fentanylle are taking not even knowing they are taking fentanyl and it is fatal. athsave seen de skyrocket from fentanyl use. this would give the u.s. postal service authority to inspect the packages to stop the inflow. host: scott calling from new york. go ahead. caller: good morning. this problem was caused by the pharmaceutical companies years ago. in the 1990's, i was living in tennessee, they came out with oxycontin and told us it was nonaddictive. somebody who has experiment it with drugs -- experimented with -- once youeir life take them for a while, you get accustomed to them, they make you feel high and good. didn't touch any opioids -- they put my tolerance back up. i found out what the addiction is like. ite months ago, i took an minute -- eight minute dirt nap. this -- narcan, have it on han

ohio senator rob portman and attorney lisa blatt. following the introduction, hise kavanaugh makes opening statement. watch day one of the senate confirmation hearings for brett , 9:30 a.m. eastern on tuesday, or listen on the free c-span radio app. recently hosted an educators conference in washington, d.c., where teachers from around the country gathered to learn more about how to use the networks on rhine -- online resources in their classrooms. -- c-span founder brian lamb met with a group of middle school history and civic studies teachers to talk about their classroom and how social media has impacted their and their students. [applause] morning. a lovely day in washington. i am sure you are glad to be up this early in your summertime. andill spend about an hour, the main purpose of this hour is to have us tell -- have you tell us about yourself -- your school, i want to hear your name , i want to get some context of what you teach, and then there are questions i want to ask. we do not have a lot of time for each person, so if

there we see senators -- senator rob portman of ohio along with the speaker of the house, paul ryan. almost all of official washington gathered inside the cathedral today. and there's president barack obama along with former lady michelle obama. george w. bush. and laura bush who did pay their respects to john mccain in recent months at cottonwood. hillary clinton, al gore. jon karl, as we see everybody coming, he was a great drinking buddy of hillary clinton. >> yes, he struck up something of a friendship with her in the senate. they joined forces on a couple of causes. i wouldn't say it was an incredibly warm relationship but it was a remarkable one. she came in under extraordinary circumstances, obviously, the first former first lady of the united states to be elected to the united states senate and she set out to kind of charm john mccain and to court him and to ask his advice when she first came to the senate. >> we see there former vice president dick cheney, the president's national security adviser john bolton along with senator clinton there. boy, terry, it's hard not to add

lamar alerxander, a geat public servant, mute, rob portman, acclaimed, respected, mute on .he subjectdonald tru i think there was a challenge b president ob him but primarily it was directed at t millennialose who go to coachella, the rock concert. i went there a couple of times, i didn't leave the program last night. but was obama reminding us former presidents are regarded quite positively by americans, 63% favorably at this point. you know, just behindreagan and jack kennedy in that pantheon. and i think he's been mute himself fothe past 20 months, and i think it was a call to ms, i really do. >> woodruff: and now we're told he will be out on the campaign trail. will i make a difference, david? is this a message that sticks? h >> chu paclograms at coachella. we have to go back to midterms in 2004, he lost them. one of the interesting things i agree, mobilizing millennials is a big thing. the second thing is how areat demoactually going to frame the argument against trump? there are a lot of arg make against trump and they made a lot of them in 2016 and barack obama sort of spread t

then introductions of judge kavanaugh from former secretary of state condoleezza rice, rob portman, and following the introduction, judge kavanaugh makes his opening statement. watch day one of the senate confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span, www.c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. trumpy 9, president nominated brett kavanaugh to the anthonycourt to replace kennedy. if confirmed, he would be the president's second nominee to take a seat on the highest court. born in washington in 1965, kavanaugh went to yale law school, clerk for justice kennedy, and played a role in forwarding president george bush's judicial nominees. we will hear from those who know him best, legal scholars, former law clerks, old friends, and his pastor. first up, his confirmation

. >> i am really honored to join lisa black and rob portman in introducing judge kavanaugh in this hearing in consideration of his confirmation as a supreme court of the united states of america. my personal relationship with judge kavanaugh goes back 17 years to our time as white house colleagues in the administration of george w. bush. those were remarkable times, and i love serving. they were, however, not easy times. and to the guidance and counsel of those with whom i worked was both a joy and a blessing. i am so grateful to have had bret kavanaugh as a colleague. he was always supportive and strong and carry and someone who has integrity and judgment that i value. i knew bret early as a family member and i was there when he married ashley. i remember well the birth of his children. he is a great father, husband, and son. in short, he is a very good human being. since the nomination of bret kavanaugh, i have been able to reflect back on those times and put my experience tells me about bret in this crucial role. many have given testimony to his extraordinary legal mind, the depth of hi

rob portman: thank you, mr. chairman. this is a really important hearing. this is a tough issue, difficult issue because we're balancing kids coming into our country who we all have compassion for with our immigration system, families coming in, infrastructure that is inadequate to deal with it. we've talked about that today with 700,000 pending cases. there's nothing like this, as mr. albense just said. with regard to unaccompanied kids i think it's about 70,000, is that right? >> it's around 80,000, sir. >> so look, this is challenging. i got involved in this issue as some of you know about 8 years -- a few years ago when we had eight individuals from guatemala who were sent by hhs by detention, hhs care to traffickers. actually the same traffickers who brought them up from guatemala as their sponsors. those traffickers took them to an egg farm in ohio where they were exploited and put into a forced labor situation. i want to thank doj this morning because we learned this morning that the 7th defendant pled guilty yesterday to trafficking charges. you all

. >>> we're fortunate to have condoleeza rice, senator rob portman and lisa blatt to introduce >> we will now start with condaleeza rice. >> thank you very much. members of the committee, i'm really honored to join lisa glad and rob portman in introducing brett kavanaugh at this hearing to consider him as a justice of the supreme court of the united states of america. my personal relationship with him goes back 17 years to our time as white house colleagues in the administration of george w. bush. those were emotional times and i loved serving. they were however, not easy times. and the guidance and council of those with whom i worked was a joy and a blessing. i'm so grateful to have had brett as a colleague. he was supportive, strong and caring, and someone whose integrity and judgment i valued. i knew brett early in his years as a family member. i was there when he married ashley. i remember well the first of his consist. he is a great father and husband and son. only to say that i know firsthand that brett is really, really smart. he is hardworking. he has a sense of humor. he see

grassley: we are fortunate to have condaleeza rice, senator rob portman and lisa blatt to introduce the nominee. with now start condaleeza rice. miss rice: thank you very much. chairman grassley, senator feinstein, members of the committee. i'm really honored to join lisa blatt and rob portman in introducing brett kavanaugh at these hearings, to consider his confirmation as a justice of the supreme court of the united states. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] >> and we'll leave our coverage for the confirmation hearings of brett kavanaugh to bring you live coverage of the u.s. house. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, i write to respectfully submit my resignation as a member of the small business committee. it has been an honor to serve on this committee under the leadership of chairman chabot. signed sincerely, james comer. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resignation is accepted.

i want to ask you given the work that has been done with rob portman, he has done a lot of work with this, as well. could you just take a minute or two to give us an update on the status of the real property reform? >> i am so excited about the work we are doing on real property reform. >> i'm really excited, too. people think i'm strange. >> it's exciting work. >> i'm real excited about post reform. my wife says "get a life." >> lots of people say that to me. so i want to thank you for the work that you did in perfecting the legislation. gsa has reached out to them. we have been pulling data together to help them. we ha we put it into an interactive map. we have been reforming leasing and trying to focus on the leases where we get the best return on results. i think i mentioned that our average tendency is -- we are at a spot where 50% of the leases are not being renewed in a timely fashion. by focussing on the highest dollar value we have been able to save $400 million. just yesterday i announced that we are taking our national capital region. we think we can accommodate without ad

i actually talked to staff member rob portman -- a staff member of rob portman's and he said he wouldass that on. unfortunately, portman is not part of this. he is not in that committee. your when it comes to overall thinking as far as the two people involved, you talked about the repressed memory. does that mean you are inclined to believe judge kavanaugh? i probably doly, believe him and it is not because he is a man, necessarily . it is because i know if i were ever brought into court and they witnesses orand no anything like that, the first thing i would tell them is no facts, no crime. judicial system and i believe it is based upon cannot just say anything. i think we are getting to a status in our country where people's lives are being ruined over allegations and i don't like that. donald ins hear from indianapolis. democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you this morning? host: fine, thank you. realr: i think this is simple. for me, it doesn't matter if the judge is lying or the lady is sense tellsy common me that somebody is lying. whoever is lying should g

introductions of judge kavanaugh from former secretary of state condoleezza rice, ohio senator rob portmanttorney lisa blatt. following the introductions, judge kavanaugh makes his opening statements. senateay one of the confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh, live, tuesday, at 9:30 am eastern on c-span. or listen on the free c-span radio app. communicators, louis risotto, cofounder and former editor in chief of wired talks about the impact of the magazine, the early stages of the internet and eating fired from the company he started. -- and being fired from the company he started. watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> up next, sebastian gorka, the former deputy assistant to president trump talks about working with the president and what he sees as threats to america. this is part of the 10th annual steamboat freedom conference. he also discusses his new book, "why we fight: recovering ." this iswill to live 40 minutes. >> welcome back. welcome back. we are ready to start with our next speaker. if i could have your attention.

rob portman has done that job for vice presidential nominees and others along the way. >> a.b. when you look at the different political environment when we went through this process with judge gorsuch to now, how much of that might be weighing on brett kavanaugh's approval numbers in this early stage? >> i want to go back to what dana said about chuck schumer the minority leader and it comes from the polls that juan mentioned. the left of the democratic party can point to the polls and say why are you giving up on this fight? this man is unpopular. there won't be a slip-up in his testimony. there could be a revelation. something could always happen. it is a tight margin. not a lot of room for error. and so you can hold out the hope like the judge said that you could turn rand paul and senators collins and murcowski. i don't think you can. but there is always the case that something is revealed late in the hour. there is the case that these documents -- many documents were not produced. there is a disclosure issue here. the case that super nice guys that are super qualified but

>> rob portman, lovely guy. baby wore the make america great again? >> ron desantis. he doesn't like ron moore. it's interesting, he's going through everything, talking about what a great guy kavanaugh s. kavanaugh was over at the white house for hours a couple days ago, trump wouldn't even see him, because right now thinks he's toxic. so. >> well, it is, it's difficult conversation. in fact, i think for democrats and republicans, there's not a lot of wiggle room. >> i think the very thing he said about why didn't she come forward? that's the insane, ignorant male booby trap for these idiots. the answer is i was terrified or ashamed. even to suggest that just shows the ignorance. >> we don't ask that question of children or young adults that come forward against the catholic church? nobody is asking why children are, you know, young boys or young teenagers. >> it's obvious. >> didn't come forward 36 years ago against catholics. you should have heard these conservatives. it's a question of young men. so why are t

[applause] one more minute, i want to tell two stories about rob portman and steny hoyer. camp's portrait ceremony when he was retiring from congress and as chair of the ways and means committee, i was honored enough to be included and invited. senator portman came over. it was in the ways and means room, and a lot of the new members did not know senator portman. i of course did, i knew him when he was on ways and means. i am not going to tell you the exact year, but you can figure it out. i went over to him and i said, you know, senator, i have every intention of voting for you for president in 2016. he looked at me and said, when cincinnati wins the world series, i will run for president. [laughter] judy: i have work to do in ohio, so. all of a sudden, i have thrown away my yankee and put my cincinnati t-shirt on. i mentioned my friend jean. my friend jean believes you should take pictures of everything. i am sure the phone is on right now, filming may. she takes pictures of everything. but the best picture i have ever seen, she didn't take. one of the things i love is to

postal service, a method that senator rob portman of ohio says is being especially abused by dealersn china. >> right now, how easy is it to do that? >> shockingly easy. we did an 18-month investigation. we were able with undercover help from the homeland security department to find out what's really happening, and sadly traffickers are saying if you send it through the post office, we can guarantee delivery. this poison is killing more americans than any other drug right now. >> reporter: portman's bill would require the postal service to flag information about a foreign package before it's shipped like who it's from and what's inside. fedex and u.p.s. already have such requirements. some critics say this bill doesn't go far enough and congress should devote more resources and money to long-term recovery. portman says that is the goal. >> we're just getting started. it is something that is unprecedented. >> reporter: it also expands a program to train first responders in how to administer the anti-overdose drug narcan. house and senate negotiators are still hammering out the differe

, introductions of judge kavanaugh from former secretary of state condoleeza rice, ohio senator rob portman, and attorney lisa blat. following the introduction, judge kavanaugh make his opening statement. watch day one of the senate confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh, live, tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> out with a new survey looking at americans' attitudes when it comes to the supreme court. it's available on our website at c-span.org, and joining us to walk through the findings of that survey is adam rosenblatt, a senior strategist with the firm, psv, who conducted the survey for c-span. adam, with just days to go before this nomination hearing process starts, talk to us about americans' attitudes towards brett kavanaugh. do they support the president's nominee? >> so we took a look at 1,000 u.s. likely voters that polled just completed last week, and 39% of the american likely voters say they support judge kavanaugh's nomination. 35% oppose, and there's 26%, so essentially 1 in 4 who are undecided or have no opinion.

then introductions of judge kavanaugh from condoleezza rice, ohio senator rob portman, and attorney lisa blatt. makes hisnaugh opening statement paired watch a day one of the senate confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh, live today at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. today federal officials discuss the lessons learned before and after the september 11 terrorist attacks. we hear remarks from diane rourke, if former staff member as well as several nsa officials. it is held by the cato institute and begins like a 10 eastern on c-span two. coatsfter that, dan discusses current threats to the u.s. he will be speaking at an event hosted by the armed forces and electronics association. that begins live at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span two. then lieutenant general several with a look at space-based missile defense. he currently serves as the director of the missile defense agency. we will show you his new parks live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span two. a look now at social activism and freedom of speech in sports. including organized demonstratio

today introductions of the judge by ohio senator rob portman who has helped lead the efforts in the senate to confirm him. we will also be hearing introductions by former secretary of state condoleezza rice who worked with judge kavanaugh at the white house during judge w. bush's administration and we will also hear from lisa blatt today, she is an attorney and former clerk to justice ruth bader ginsberg. lead is a blatt wrote an opinion in "politico" supporting the kavanaugh appointment. just taking look here in the confirmation hearing room as we await about 15 minutes away from now the confirmation hearing for judge brett kavanaugh to begin. >>> good morning. i welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of -- >> mr. chairman. >> -- brett kavanaugh. >> mr. chairman. >> to serve as associate justice. >> mr. chairman, i'd like to be recognized for a question before we proceed. mr. chairman, i'd like to be recognized to ask a question before we proceed. the committee received just last night less than 15 hours ago -- >> mr. chairman, regular order. >> -- pages of docume

today, statements are expected to continue, as well as introductions of the judge by ohio senator, rob portman and former secretary of state, condoleezza rice. the questioning of judge kavanaugh is expected to begin tomorrow and continue through thursday. we'll also be hearing his opening statement later this afternoon. bl >> while we are waiting for the committee to come back together, taking about a 15-minute break here, we'll take a look back at some of the statements from earlier this morning. >> good morning. i welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of -- >> mr. chairman? >> -- brett kavanaugh -- >> mr. chairman? mr. chairman, i would like to be recognized for a question before we proceed. >> regular order. >> mr. chairman, i would like to be recognized to ask a question before we proceed. the committee received just last night, less than 15 hours ago, more than 2,000 pages of documents that we have not had an opportunity to review or read or analyze. >> you're out of order. i'll proceed. >> we cannot possibly move forward, mr. chairman -- >> i extend a very warm

senator rob portman and i reached the same conclusion. it found that mandatory reporting could help cms monitor plan sponsors. i asked about the lack of reporting. she stated cms, quote, was exploring making that mandatory. we had 644 people in my state die just in 2016. i personally watched my mother get addicted to opioids at the end of her life through the medicare part d program. i had to inject myself into her myriad of doctors to make sure every one understood that much of the pain she was complaining about was the wane of withdrawal. what progress has cms made about reporting this issue so you have a better handle on the overprescribing of opioids among the senior population? >> i think we concurred with this recommendation. it's smomething we're looking a. as we go through rule making we're exploeging the difference options. this is something the agency is looking at. ploeging the difference options. this is something the agency is looking at.l ploeging the difference options. this is something the agency is looking at.o ploeging

ainsley: condoleezza rice and rob portman and lisa ballot introduced kavanaugh. balloblatt.e will not decide case based on personal or policy preferences. when asked how to vote on certain issues he said he couldn't answer because that would be unethical to make judgments prematurely. seems extremely fair. democrats are using all they can saying they haven't released enough documents even though they released more documents in this case than they did in kagan's case. >> yesterday, we telling you about this story. we told but the story that nike has made a decision celebrating 30 years of just do it campaign. they have chosen collin kaepernick as the poster child for that at which time, evidently, the report was from sports business journal that they are looking to target 15 to 17-year-olds. however, maybe they weren't focused on the fact that other buy shoes and clothes for 15 and 17-year-olds because they lost $4 million worth of market cap. steve: they lost $4 billion. they lost 3% of market cap after mr. kaepernick was named. look, apparently nike didn't understand why th

ohio senator rob portman and attorney lisa bleich. then judge kavanaugh makes his own opening statement. watch day one of the senate live,mation hearings tuesday at nine: 30 a.m. eastern, on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. washington journal continues. is open phones until 10:00 eastern. democrats use (202) 748-8000, republicans use (202) 748-8001, and independents and all others use (202) 748-8002. we welcome your tweets. from its is returning august recess this week, the day after labor day, they will be back on tuesday. weekly magazine, -- will feature power struggles, policy fights, and most of all, politics, rights kate ackley. given lawmakers' frenzied a autumnal to doed list, it is a wonder more are not retiring. keeping the government operating during the weeks before the elections, and grapple with farm and aviation programs, as well as heated debates over election security, immigration policy, and a proposed border wall. calls until your 10:00. barry is next in massachusetts. caller: thank you. i

ohio senator rob portman and attorney lisa blatt. following the introductions, judge kavanaugh makes his opening statement. the senatene of confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh live tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. earlier this week, canada's foreign minister spoke to reporters about nafta renegotiations between theu .s., canada and mexico. she says negotiations would continue with the u.s. following the labor day holiday, despite president trump saying she wanted canada to strike a deal with the u.s. ahead of the holiday weekend. this comes as president trump announces that the u.s. has reached a trade agreement with mexico. minister freeland: thank you for coming. i am glad to see you all not sweltering in the heat. i will make a few remarks and then i am happy to take questions. [speaking in french]

then, introductions of judge kavanaugh from condoleezza rice, rob portman, and lisa blatt. following the introduction, judge kavanaugh makes his opening statements. watch day one of the senate confirmation hearings for judge c-span.org, c-span, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> on tuesday, federal officials will discuss lessons learned before and after the september 11 attacks. we will hear remarks from a former professional staff member on the intelligence house committee. as well as several nsa officials. it begins live at 10:00 eastern. coats will that, dan discuss current threats to the u.s.. he will be speaking at an event sponsored by the intelligence and national security alliance. it begins live at 12:30 eastern on c-span two. jointslieutenant general pentagon officials with a look at space-based missile defense. directortly serves as of the missile defense agency. we will show you his remarks at 1:30 p.m. eastern. congress returns from their recess tomorrow. the house will gavel in at 2 p.m. eastern. the chamber will consider bills on student loan debt cou

rob portman was his practice mate and one of the introducers today., rob portman and lisa blat a liberal feminist who wrote an op-ed saying i'm a liberal feminist and why i support brett kavanaugh. >> one thing different in addition to what chris pointed out between now and 1987. conservatives and republicans have learned a lot from the bork lesson how to handle the hearings and the whole process. what happened to bork was, he didn't believe and legally there was such an thing as an all size fits all right to privacy in the constitution. and he explained that. he was then successfully tarred with the idea he was against privacy. of course you can't be against privacy and be popular. it's a political process. they're much better at this than they used to do. bork didn't want to do murder boards who others have done where they endure every nasty and probing question. we can expect a well-rehearsed, careful nominee here who is smart as a whip to begin with and he is likely to get through this. but not definite. >> martha: one of the things closely scruti

ohio senator rob portman and attorney lisa blatt. following the introduction, hise kavanaugh makes opening statement. watch day one of the senate confirmation hearings for brett , 9:30 a.m. eastern on tuesday, or listen on the free c-span radio app. recently hosted an educators conference in washington, d.c., where teachers from around the country gathered to learn more about how to use the networks on rhine -- online resources in their classrooms. -- c-span founder brian lamb met with a group of middle school history and civic studies teachers to talk about their classroom and how social media has impacted their and their students. [applause] morning. a lovely day in washington. i am sure you are glad to be up this early in your summertime. andill spend about an hour, the main purpose of this hour is to have us tell -- have you tell us about yourself -- your school, i want to hear your name , i want to get some context of what you teach, and then there are questions i want to ask. we do not have a lot of time for each person, so if