the washington post publishing a profile of robert wilkie with headline trump's va pick once a defendersymbols built his career serving polarizing figures but is this how our nation's heroes feel? joining me is senior advisor for concerned veterans of america, thank you for joining us this morning. >> appreciate it. >> how to our nation's heroes feel about wilkie? >> donations heroes feel great about wilkie. the major organizations, the organization has vetted them, looked at a background and vetted himself in the navy and air force. and take a very challenging va and move it forward, the skills and experience, private sector, and very successful there. and the two month trial run has done a great job. we need him now, need them going and fixing it for him. jillian: a lot of people involved, the second-largest department serves 9 million veterans. in terms of what we can expect from today's hearing, some questions surrounding privatization expected, implementation of the mission act and expansion of caregivers program. take us through that beginning with privatization and whawe beeve hi

robert wilkie will sit before the committee with his confirmation hearing. that is also live on c-span three. coverage of both hearings is also online if you can.org and you can listen with the free c-span radio app. earlier today senate agriculture committee chair pat roberts and the committee's ranking member debbie spoke about the farm bill that was approved by the senate agriculture committee which they both support. this is about 20 minutes. >> madam president, i rise c today as the senate considers legislation on an issue that is critically important to our nation. the agriculture improvement act of 2018, the farm bill. the goal, the responsility, the absoluteme requirement is to provide our farmers and ranchers and growers and everyone within america's agriculture and food chain certainty and predict ability. especially during these very difficult times. this is paramount. absolutely paramount to many other issues or any other issues and concerns. it's not an exaggeration to say our nations food and fiber capability with regards to production hang in

applause ] >>> this afternoon president trump's pick to lead the veteran's affairs department, robert wilkie will testify. live coverage of his confirmation hearing at 2:30 eastern on c-span3. >>> this morning, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testified at an oversight hearing by the house financial services committee. you can see the entire hearing tonight at 9:30 eastern on c-span3. also available online at c-span.org. you can listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> fbi director christopher wray and rod rosenstein testified. watch live thursday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3, c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> on this final day of decisions for the u.s. supreme court term, the associates announced that anthony kennedy is retiring today. stepping down after more than 30 years on the court. a republican appointee. he held the key vote on such high profile cases such as abortion, affirmative actions, gay rights, guns, campaign finance and voting rights. without him the court will be split between four liberal justices and four conservatives named b

at his confirmation hearing, robert wilkie id he does not support privatizing the v.a. system. he also said he will stand up to president trump, ithat's required. on wall street today, trade tensions with china undercut tech stocks, and dragged the broader market lower. the dow jones industrial average los165 points to close at 24,117. the nasdaq fell 116 pothts, 1.5%, ans&p 500 slipped 23. suddenly, there'owa marijuana t sale going on in california. legal dispensaries have slashed prices up to 50 percent before new teing rules take effect sunday. after that, shops will be forced to destroy pot that wasn't properly tested or packaged.st the legalized recreational marijuana in january. and, joe jackson, patriarch of the musical jackson family, died early today, of cancer, in las vegas. he was known as a fearsome s figure whoped his sons into the jackson 5 in 1969.o michael grew ilegendary solo performer, and sister janer also became a bue jackson later denied claims that he physicallyd his children. he was 89 years old. still to come on the newshour: can the white house meet a t

time to shake up the department, robert wilkie appears to be heading for compromising, facing lawmakersn capitol hill. and patient wait times. >> no greater assignment i am honored they gave me the responsibility to help. >> david cell can was fired in march. the landmark ruling marking a big win for first amendment rights, deciding government employees will no longer be forced to pay fees for unions, outraging democratic labor groups, and financially support political views. nonunion workers don't agree with those views and it was a violation of free speech. fox news alert supreme court shakeup, and to pick a fight over whoever donald trump pics to replace justice kennedy. how important is it for republicans to hold onto their own seat in november? the most important issue in november. a catastrophe, on camera. ♪ >> big question. anthony kennedy announcing his retirement, another seat on the high court, the opportunity to fill. who can we expect the president to tap to replace kennedy? former justice official, thank you for joining us. who is it going to be? >> we don't really know. >>

rob: donald trump front and center on capitol hill, the confirmation hearing for robert wilkie turningo a grilling after questions about his past political views, veterans for america senior advisor said wilkie is the right guy for this job. >> i talked to wilkie, we looked at his background, vetted himself in the navy and the air force, the right guy at the right time to take a challenging va and move it forward. rob: the lawmakers are not expecting problems with his confirmation. the position has been open since donald trump fired david shaw can and jackson withdrew from consideration. jillian: donald trump hitting the campaign trail, thousands will hear him rally support for kevin kramer at fargo, north dakota, he heads to milwaukee for tomorrow's groundbreaking of the technology plan which will crea 13,00wiscn-based harley-da is moving some production to europe to avoid new tariffs. rob: we had some nice weather, it has been pleasant, wasn't too humid. >> i like that you like what is happening. we had severe weather across the midwest and portions of the northern plains, doz report

i'm proud to introduce robert wilkie as secretary of the v.a. i've had the honor of working with robert for three years now. sometimes he works for me, and many times i worked for him. knowledge, humor, humility and heart scores of north carolina constituents. many of them veterans and service members. robert was born in germany. he literally grew up on fort bragg and led most of his early life in fayetteville in north carolina. he received his v.a. from wake forest university, his j.d. from loyola college. and his masters from the united states army war college. robert is an intelligence officer in the united states air force reserves today. previous pli, he served in the atlantic intelligence command and joint forces intelligence command and he also served in the united states navy. he's long been regarded in washington and been held in high regard in washington. especially here on capitol hill. he developed close relationships with members of both sides of the oil. also excellent working relationship with the committee. and the committee staff

robert wilkie. wherever robert -- robert. stand up, robert. [applause] going to do a great job.nd working along with robert is acting v.a. secretary peter o'rourke. so thank you. that is a great, a great team. i also want to thank some of our many leaders. i call them "leaders" because on this legislation they are indeed leaders. they said it would be very slow. it's political season. we have an election coming on november 6. so they said it would be very, very slow this period of time. i was just telling mike, mike, this hasn't been very slow. if you look we passed dodd-frank. right to try. we just got $700 billion for the military. [applause] that is a big one. we needed to get that. the military will be stronger, bigger, better than it was before. hopefully we won't have to use it very much. but the fact we have it so strong means we probably won't have to use it as much. i want to thank all the great people in the audience that helped us so much. on december 22, which doesn't quite fit into the january 1 date, but on december 22 we signed the biggest tax cuts in the history

applause ] >>> this afternoon president trump's pick to lead the veteran's affairs department, robert wilkie will testify. live coverage gets underway at 2:30 eastern on c-span3. also online at c-span.org and with the free c-span radio app. >>> this morning, housing and urban development secretary ben carson testified at an oversight hearing by the house financial services committee. you can see the entire hearing tonight at 9:30 eastern on c-span3. also available online at c-span.org. you can listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> fbi director christopher wray and rod rosenstein testified. watch live thursday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3, c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. this past week, with the help of our cable partners gci, the c-span bus travelled to alaska. as part of our 50 capitols -- tales tour, the bus continues to the next stop in fair banks. >> c-span programming is valuable for alaskans. for most of us, it's the only way to get to our delegation hard at work in washington. gci is proud to carry c-span for a number of reasons. especially their emphasis

and wednesday afternoon, the confirmation hearing for robert wilkie to be the next veterans affairs secretary. he'll testify before the senate veterans' affairs committee. he would replace david shulkin who was fired by president trump in march. that hearing begins live wednesday at 2:30 p.m. eastern. also on c-span3. washington journal continues. host: joining us about topics happening in congress and washington, d.c. is alayna treene and lisa mascaro, from the ap. thank you for joining us. immigration was a big topic last week, especially in the house. some voted and some did not. lisa mascaro, where are we in this? guest: a big week for immigration in the house. the house republicans have been trying to pass this bill on their own without democratic input. onpresent something immigration that trump could sign into law. of course, they got close last week. two were set to vote on bills. one was a more conservative measure favored by conservatives. and they were supposed to do, also, a compromise measure, something negotiated between the house conservatives and the more moderate republicans.

and tomorrow president trump picked to lead the veterans affairs robert wilkie. his confirmation hearing starts 2:30 live. also available online and with the c-span radio app. this past week with the help of our cable partners gci, c-span bus traveled to juno and alaska, and part of the 50 capitals tour, goes to alaska in next stop in fairbanks. >> c-span programming is especially valuable for alaska cans. for most of us its ability to see this. especially for the emphasis on education. from lesson plans to timely teachable videos and educator conferences, c-span kplas room program offers so many resources to teachers and adds a great deal of value to today's classrooms. >> thank you for being part of bringing your awesome bus to fairbanks. your tour of that was incredible. heard stories from people driving up the alcan and things they saw coming to alaska, it was a nice trip. and i understand i've driven it myself a couple of times. and it is an awesome trip. and we are so glad your bus came here. and using it as a tool to bring fair backs nationwide. >> what i

wednesday afternoon, president trump's pick to head the veteran affairs department robert wilkie willestify. live coverage starts at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3 and all of those hearings will be available on-line at cspan.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> this week on the communicators, fcc commissioner michael o'reilly on the elimination of net neutrality and the expected surge in corporate mergers after the at&t/time warner merger. mr. o'reilly is interviewed by telecommunications report senior editor paul kirby. >> the last administration under obama both chairman wheeler and the head of the anti-trust division felt that should not be changed, should not go to three. t-mobile and sprint did not try to merge. should there be more nationwide wireless carriers, are three okay? >> i do not have such a structure. i want to take with the application put before the commission before us and analyze that in terms of what's the data that's presented, what are the circumstances in the marketplace, what are the qualifications and the capabilities of the current providers? what

then robert wilkie will take questions. >> this past week with the help of our cable partners the c-span bus travel to juneau in haines alaska. as part of the 50 capitals tour it continues across alaska to our next stop in fairbanks. >> most of us it's the only way to see the delegation hard at work in washington. dci is proud to carry c-span for a number of reasons, especially for their emphasis on education. from lesson plans and handouts and educator conferences, the classroom offers so many resources to teachers and adds value to the classroom. >> thank you to be part of it, the tour was incredible. i heard stories of driving up in the things they saw coming to alaska was a nice trip from what i heard. understand i have driven it a few times and it is an awesome trip. were so glad your bus came here and using it as a tool. >> c-span is four years old, much older than me. what i appreciate about c-span is it is not partisan. you watch the sparring that takes place. you watch your delegations talk back and forth. it's extremely informative and very educational. one of the best things o

veterans affairs secretary nominee robert wilkie testifying at his senate confirmation hearing. >>> executives from t-mobile

tester and distinguished d membs of the committee, i'm proud to introduce my friend and colleague robert wilkie as the nominee for secretary of the va. i've had the honor of working with robert for three years now. sometimes he worked for me, and many times they worked for him. his combination of knowledge, humor, humility and art has endeared him to all of my staff and the scores of north carolina constituents, many of them veterans and service members. robert was born in frankfurt germany, and the son of an army artillery officer he literally grew up on fort bragg and lived most of his early life on fort bragg or in fayetteville, north carolina. he received his ba from wake forest university, j.d. from college of law in new orleans and he received his master of law from georgetown university and ministers and strategic studies from the united states army war college. robert is an intelligence officer in the united states air force reserves today. previously he served in the atlantic intelligence command in the joint forces intelligence command and also served in the united states navy. he's l

the confirmation hearing for robert wilkie to be the veterans affairs secretary, he will replace david choquette who was fired by resident trump in march. that senate veterans affairs committee is wednesday at 2:30 pm eastern, also on cspan 3. >>> mona chair talks about her book sex matters. how modern feminism loss touch with science, love, and common sense. >> we send such confusing messages to young people and so young women, i don't envy them. this was a story that i put in the book about a number of women athletes who have posed topless or semi-topless for sports illustrated. and, one of them, i quoted who said i want -- i am proud of my body, and i want to help young women who might have body image issues. and, my feeling is, that is a crock. women should be dignified, they should remember that when you disrobe, it is very hard for people to take you seriously. a man looking at a picture of a topless woman is not going to say look at that fantastic athlete. isn't it wonderful that she doesn't have any problems with body image? no, he will think about sex. he will not think of her

. >>> president trump's pick to lead the veteran's affairs department robert wilkie appearing this afternoon. we join it in progress. >> continue work together, as the chairman said. so thank you, mr. chairman, and, robert, it's good to see you and have you here today. i appreciate your willingness to serve as acting secretary. i appreciate your willingness to step forward now during what i believe are unprecedented times at the va. if confirmed, and you know that you will be tasked with ensuring our nation's veterans have access to time and care and services and benefits both housing, educational, and others they have earned. you'll expected to treat every veteran with the dignity and respect that they deserve. today this committee is here to determine if you're the right person for the job. every administration brings its own priorities and people to the table. it can lead to turmoil and confusion and can generate uncertainty inside and outside the agency. from my perspective, the va has been above that fray. the sacred mission of serving our veterans and families is transcend end. i've be

veterans affairs secretary nominee robert wilkie testifying at his senate confirmation hearing. >>> executives from t-mobile and sprint testify that a senate hearing looking into the proposed merger. it would form the country's second largest wireless carrier. they talked about how the deal would affect that of element of 5g technology. the merger is awaiting approval from the justice department and federal communications commission. this a senate judiciary subcommittee hearing is two hours and 20 minutes. >>> welcome to this hearing on this subcommittee on antitrust competition policy and consumer rights. before we start, i want to thank our ranking member and for her staff and their outstanding assistance in preparation for this hearing. i want to thank the chairman of the full judiciary committee for his support for this hearing. after senator clover shire and i each have an opportunity to give opening remarks, we will hear from our panel of witnesses. we will be hearing from each one of you. i will introduce each one of you briefly before that happens. then, after each of you has had a cha

robert wilkie will sit before the committee with his confirmation hearing. that is also live on c-span three. coverage of both hearings is also online if you can.org and you can listen with the free c-span radio app. earlier today senate agriculture committee chair pat roberts and the committee's ranking member debbie spoke about the farm bill that was approved by the senate agriculture committee which they both support. this is about 20 minutes. >> madam president, i rise c today as the senate considers legislation on an issue that is critically important to our nation. the agriculture improvement act of 2018, the farm bill.

. >>> tomorrow, president trump's pick, to lead the veterans affairs, robert wilkie's testimony begins 2:30 eastern here on c-span 3. >> this past week, as part of our 50 capitals tour across alaska to our next stop in fairbanks. >> c-span program something especially valuable for alaskans. for the most of us it's the only way to get to see our delegation hard at work in washington. gci is proud to carry c-span for a number of reasons, especially for their emphasis on education. from lesson plans to handouts, the c-span classroom program offers so many resources to teachers and has a great deal of value to today's classrooms. >> thank you for being part of it. bringing your awesome bus to fair banks. the tour of that was incredible. i heard stories of driving up from the folks who brought the bus up here and the things they saw on the way coming to alaska was a nice trip, from what i heard. and i understand. i've driven it a few times myself. it is an awesome trip. we're so glad your bus came here and using it as a tool to bring fairbanks nationwide. >> what i appreciate about c-span,

. >> president trump's pick to lead the veterans affairs department, robert wilkie, will testify wednesday before the senate veterans affairs committee. live coverage begins 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3, also online at c-span.org. you can listen with the free c-span radio app. >> the c-span bus is traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. the bus is on its 38th stop in juno, alaska, asking folks what's the most important issue in alaska? >> and what i think is the most important issue facing alaska right now is we are in the middle of a budget crisis. we're used to having a lot of oil money come in, and as a result of lower oil prices, we aren't getting that revenue that we're used to, so there are other revenue streams that need to happen, but it doesn't seem to be happening very fast, and i think there's political reasons why people are afraid or worried about implementing taxes, but without an additional revenue coming in, the alaskans are facing a lot of crisis in a lot of areas, and one is the opioid and substance abuse crisis. the more our economy goes down, the more and

this is courtesy of reporter christina wilkie at cnbc. as robert mueller looks ever more closely as president donald trump's foreign business ties one former associate has remained outside the spotlight, despite playing a key role in trump's quest for real estate deal in the former soviet union. architect john fodiadis designed some of trump's luxury developments there. his work offers a window into trump's deals in the eurasian real estate. today several projects are under screwed skrut by about the special counsel. and any means by which moscow might have exerted influence over trump or his campaign including through business deals. after mcclatchy reported in april that mueller's probe was looking more closely as people involved in trump's business dealings in georgia, contactsants and russia and after cnbc sfeefd a tip that fodiadi is worked on several projects cnbc reached out to him about for comment about his work. this is the amazing part. are you ready reach out on april 11th. quote. fodiadis did not respond to calls or emails. but eight h