i want to bring in senator ron johnson from wyoming., first of all, what are your concerns now. are we headed for another war, in the simplist of terms. >> i have many concerns. over 5,000 americans are in iraq. we need to be concerned about that. but, you know, craig, this is a tragedy. this is really snatching the feet out the jaws of victory. we need to understand our roles and goals. from my standpoint, if you take a step back. the role of america is to convey our values, freedom, and democracy and provide stability to those areas of the world that are stable. and the tragedy is whether you agree with going into iraq or not. president obama came to office and iraq was largely stable. his job should have been to maintain the stability and the strategic wonder was not agreeing to a status force. >> senator -- >> we could have provided that stability. now we see the tragedy of that. >> senator, no point in the exemploy indication did you mention nouri al-maliki. at no point did you mention president al-maliki or his responsibility. >>

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tough retail environment it did worse than others. >> that's the takeaway, is this the last of the ron johnson finally put to bed? jcpenney has been getting less bad. >> last quarter showed positive sales for the first time in several years. yes, it is getting to the end of that. changesron johnson's that were executed poorly or to quickly, maybe those are still sticking around. but the unraveling of the johnson mistakes are nearing the conclusion. >> the drama ends, sort of. >> i'm sure there will be more. >> thanks for the update. coming up, roadblocks in space. if the russians refuse to take american astronauts to the space station, there is no way for them to get there. taxary clinton's personal strategy. do not try it unless you are one of the 1%. ♪ problem.we have a tensions between russia and the u.s. have spilled over to the space program. the u.s. relies on russia's rockets to send astronauts to the national space station. russia says it will stop taking american astronauts with them by the end of the decade. the deck area -- the deputy prime minister tweeted "i suggest the u.s. bring

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ron johnson of wisconsin. harold, louisiana, republican caller.aller: hello, thank you for taking my call. host: the morning. caller: two questions about the issue about the executive orders. my first question, isn't this a partisan issue? my second question, how did previous presidents issue controversial executive orders, this is not new. appreciate the question, i think it is nonpartisan. hopefully in the op-ed i have cowritten with jonathan turley, which will run quickly, people need to be concerned. as is been a bipartisan problem. presidential power has been growing at the expense of congress for decades. that is true. making and what jonathan turley recognizes is that this president in particular has crossed the line. take a look at obamacare, 38 times he has changed the law. the employer mandate was -- it is very explicit and says it shall be mandated after december 31, 2013. president obama delayed it. it does not give you a lot of wiggle room or discretion. this president continues to do that. point in time, i think congress, in order to

wisconsin senator ron johnson is a member of the foreign relations committee, and the homeland security committee, and so, senator, that's the question, why exactly are we bringing this terrorist, who was captured abroad, here on to american soil to try him in the criminal courts? >> well, megan, again, because president obama's going to make matters worse once again, president obama made this commitment when he first took over the presidency, he was going to close down guantanamo, so now we don't have a place to detain these high value terrorists that we really should be doing is getting intelligence from them. we are under severe threat of islamic terrorism, that's a sad and unfortunate threat. our best line of depennsylvania is a robust intelligence gathering capability. when we capture these high value targets. we need to make sure we detain them and extract every ounce of intelligence from them, you don't do that in hours, days or weeks. you do that by detaining them, at a place like gitmo, you do it over years, you relentlessly question them, you start changing your stories, that'

the first star republican joined us on washington journal. >> and we're back with senator ron johnson. i want to get to the topics of iraq and homeland security threats. if i can begin, that is speaker boehn boehner's decision to sue the president over execute action. do you agree with it. >> president obama is basically governing through executive orders, changing lives. there's nothing in the constitution that gives the president any power to change, amended or repeal laws. and that's really what he's doing. the president is supposed to faithfully, he shall take care to faithfully execute the laws, he's not doing that. by the way, it's not just conservative republicans that have this viewpoint. self-described liberal offices have been testifying before congress, and he said that we are at a constitutional tipping point, this president has crossed the line. our founders were geniuses. they set up this government, we were supposed to act as a check and balance on the other two branches. certainly during my lifetime. it threatens the delicate balance. >> there is a check critics say, a

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. >>> senator ron johnson is a member of the foreign relations committee and has been briefed on the situation in iraq. he is joining us now from capitol hill. senator johnson, we appreciate your time. thanks for being with us. >> well, peter, how are you doing? >> i want to get a sense from you. tell us about the briefings you've had on this issue. if you are satisfied with what you've heard from the president and this administration so far in terms of the solution that they believe is the way forward, at least at this point. >> quite honestly, the briefing hasn't revealed much more than anybody -- any other americans in the press. that's generally the case with the secure briefings. the cynic in me thinks that sometimes the white house does these things so the senators can't really talk about what we hear. but, peter, this is a tragedy that never had to happen. president obama came into office. iraq was largely stable. he should recognize his job was to maintain that stability and increase it and what we should have done is left behind a stabilizing force that could have provided i

let's talking to republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin who serves on the foreign relations and homeland security committee. senator johnson, i was traveling with secretary kerry this week. clearly a lot is riding on prime minister maliki to form this unity government. is the administration placing too much faith in him? do you have any confidence that maliki will deliver? >> well, jim, no, are i don't. what we're witnessing here is a real tragedy. it's a tragedy i don't think had to happen. we've lost the influence we had and we would have had influence if we would have left behind a stabilizing force. so i'm afraid hutchty dumpty's broken now. unfortunately, what we are witnessing is the establishment of a new state, al qaedastan stn what the "wall street journal" termed it. we need to assess the situation. we have to not deny reality and understand what's happening here. we've witnessing it the breakup of iraq. kurdistan in the north, we need to make sure that we protect our friends and allies, jordan, we need to make sure isis cannot attack jordan and do everything we can to

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. >> that's republican senator ron johnson offering the proverbial softball to tsunis. as al franken don't want tsunis to represent in oslo. >> you seem very, very ill prepared and also seem to kind of melt down a little bit. and i think what you want from a diplomat is someone who is good under pressure. >> franken and fellow minnesotan democrat amy klobuchar say norwegians take up barrage and voted to vote against the nomination. brianna keilar is filling in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room" today. >> thanks, jake. happening now, breaking news. anthrax scare, dozens of people may have been exposed to live potentially deadly bacteria. and back to iraq. president obama is ready to send hundreds of military advisors to help iraq's military but he insists u.s. troops will not be returning to combat. sound familiar? and terrorists heating up as isis militants leave a trail of death in iraq. there are new concerns that they will team up with another al qaeda

this bill rich dot signed it and it was blank i mean this is locally run are going to read this ron johnson. republican wisconsin says the republican party has to move beyond social issues if they're going to win in two thousand and fourteen twenty six both you guys have declared you're not republicans tried i didn't register those one but i'll get more anyhow to attack a republican specifically who started the marriage equality he said you know we got to get past spins you know so the people go beyond us if we keep hold of these positions is he right are the republicans is it time for the republicans to stop trying to legislate morality in the better to an extent i mean if you're a social conservative you've lost this battle you have to leave have these i mean another judge struck down in iowa what i'm sorry in indiana today you know they gay rights in this sense are becoming pervasive but i think that what we now need to if you're a social conservative the fight you now need to take is that you need to make sure that you can dissent if you're a business if you don't want to bake a cake fo

other strategy and we all know what has happened with jcpenney over the last several years after ron johnsonstores w ithin a store anchored by martha stewart living products. that failed. he said it was clear that jcp was in the wrong. he says the facts underscore how over the top the efforts were in jcp's pursuit of mslo. the evidence compels me to find out that they were in the wrong. there was an ethical and legal breach in the situation. what happens now? are happy but the judge declined to rule on any damages, he kicked back to an independent committee to figure out whether jcp will have to pay any monetary amount to macy's in this case. >> sound like this is not the means. it by any >> it is not the very end, we have the conclusion. both stores for the moment still carry the products. jcpenney's relationship with martha stewart will be more brief than that of macy's. if you look at how the two companies have done, certainly the martha stewart partnership did not give jcpenney any sort of edge. the company has really been struggling. in its most recent quarter it did see a rebound in sa

hillary clinton and other government officials rolled on capitol hill last year republican senator ron johnsonand clinton had a protector of the heated exchange >> : with a bit of the fact is we had four dead americans. because of protests or guys out for what one night and decided they would kill some americans. what difference does point does it make. our job to figure out what happened and do everything can to run from ever happening again >> : today she said she's very pleased about the rest but added she still looking for answers because such confusing difficult time 52 year-old chris stevens the first u.s. ambassador killed while on duty in more than 30 years >> : president obama calling congressional leaders tomorrow to discuss turmoil and iraq the meeting comes as a like milton's known as isis continue toward baghdad. latest target queue the and marcus market supply food but some prices doubled in recent days hundreds of american special forces arriving to defend the huge u.s. embassy complex these images for mozos show the second largest city patrol by black satin surgeons streets lin

senator ron johnson last night with megyn. >> president obama made this commitment when he first tooker the presidency he's going to close down guantanamo so we don't have a place to detain these high-level terrorists. what we should be doing is getting information from them. we are under severe threat of islamic terrorism. that's a sad fact. bill: you say it's not so important where he's tried but more important how he's intergate. >> what we to the do is getting people in who are acquainted with the intelligence already, who know as much as we know at all about how that attack occurred and can question him, get his account and check it out, double back and get as' intelligence as we can. not simply on him but others involved in this. this was not a one-man information. they talked about himming "a" mastermind. we need to find out what people he was plugged into and what they are doing now. bill: how long will he be on this ship? is that days or longer than that? >> that's up to the administration. my view is he ought to be on that ship for as long as it takes. and it could be months

satellite corp. 2014] >> also at the faith and freedom coalition conference, wisconsin senator ron johnsonwho talked about the nation's cultural problems. his comments are about 15 minutes. [applause] >> well, good morning. kind you, mitch, for that introduction. thank you, ralph reed, for your years and tireless efforts in promoting faith and freedom and thank you all for being involved in this truly important effort. i have looked to your speakers and you have a star-studded cast of people you will be hearing from over the lat -- next couple of days. i realize i am new on the scene and not that will known, but let me introduce myself to you. ever seen a picture of hillary clinton with arms like this? green blazer, black glasses, saying something like what difference does it make you? i am the guy she was glaring at. [applause] obviously it does make a difference when the american evil do not have the confidence that their administration will tell them the truth. i am a business guy, no politician. i consider myself a citizen legislator. my education background is an accounting and manufa

. >> we have senator ron johnson engaging in questioning now. skeptical tone of this. questioning whether or not there is a conflict of interest built in with the question of payment for order flow. johnson pressing witnesses earlier on this question of exactly how much does this cost the average retail investor like him? making the case, he said this could be about 30 cents per $2,000 trade. what's the big deal? more or less that's the argument he's making. a little bit wary of government regulation to come in and regulate this market. he's looking for a free market solution. brad katsuyama also looking for a free market solution and making the case that the emergence of iex is exactly that, guys. an ongoing debate. we'll hear from the exchanges latser. >> nothing like the debate sparked on cnbc. >> nothing like that. >> thank you very much for the headlines. we'll talk more about it now. our next guest pushed for tougher wall street regular are glachlgts bart chilton, the future commissioner of the trading commission advising a law firm now so

ron johnson of wisconsin on the u.s. strategy in iraq and other news. then hakeem jeffries of new york, talks about his proposed vulnerable immigrant voice act. legislation to provide legal services to unaccompanied minors crossing the u.s./mexico border. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the annual report of the financial stability oversight council. that was created in 2010, protecting against systemic risk in large financial firms. the secretary also answers questions about missing irs e-mails. this hearing's an hour and a ha half. >> the company will come to order. the hearing is for the purpose of receiving the annual report of the financial stability of the oversight council which will be presented by jack lieu i now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. again this morning, we welcome back secretary lieu to discuss fsoc. before we do discuss fsoc, i would be remiss if i didn't bring up the continuing scandal at the irs. an agency that is part of treasury. mr. secretary, 13 months

ron johnson of wisconsin. harold, louisiana, republican caller. caller: hello, thank you for taking my call. host: the morning. caller: two questions about the issue about the executive orders. my first question, isn't this a partisan issue? my second question, how did previous presidents issue controversial executive orders, this is not new. appreciate the question, i think it is nonpartisan. hopefully in the op-ed i have cowritten with jonathan turley, which will run quickly, people need to be concerned. as is been a bipartisan problem. presidential power has been growing at the expense of congress for decades. that is true. making and what jonathan turley recognizes is that this president in particular has crossed the line. take a look at obamacare, 38 times he has changed the law. the employer mandate was -- it is very explicit and says it shall be mandated after december 31, 2013. president obama delayed it. it does not give you a lot of wiggle room or discretion. this president continues to do that. point in time, i think congress, in order

coming up on the next washington journal senator ron johnson of siskon inn on the u.s. strategy in iraq and other news. then the congressman of new york talks about his proposed vulnerable voice act. legislation to provide services to unaccompanied minors crossing the border. live every morning on 7:00 eastern here on cspan. >> now you can keep in touch with current events from the nation's capitol using any phone any time on cspan radio to hear public affairs programs and the program. 5:00 p.m. eastern on washington today. you can also hear audio of the five sunday public affair programs beginning at sunday. call 202-626-8888. long distance or phone charges may apply. this week in the british house of commons, prime minister david cameron faced questioning about his decision to hire former news of the world editor and couldon. on tuesday he was found guilty of a conspiracy to hack into cell phones and is awaiting sentencing. this is 35 minutes. >> order before i call mr. collins at the start of questions to the prime minister, i wish to inform the house how i will be a

i just don't know what -- and we were trying to get ron johnson to weigh in on how does the -- you know, to govern and to do what you wanted to, you need to get elected. and we saw that the last time and we saw it -- unfortunately the debate last time wasn't about social issues. we had newt gingrich pushing romney to the right on private equity and on capitalism. and that gave the left all the ammunition it needed to defeat romney based on him being a one percenter that didn't care about people -- you know, the have-nots. i don't know what these debates are going to do. they're trying to tone these down next time and be more of an inclusive -- you know, everybody get along. but that's not going to happen in the republican party. >> well, it depends on who emerging in late 2015, early 2016 as the republican nominee. that's where we're going to define the character of the party. >> but you have jeb bush -- look how popular cruz and rand paul are in the early going here in some of these states. and think about those two compared to jeb bush and -- >> but for jeb bush, that's the challenge.

johnson warns the dangers of telling your kids just go that way. >> the illegal migration is not says. illegal migration through texas is not safe. >> let's bring back maria cardova and ronorder. is this a policy problem in some part? she says it could be the assumption that president obama is lenient when it comes to illegal immigrants. what say you? >> i think the fact of the matter is here this is a perfect storm. let's go back to rosa's report which is right. the rise in crime and violence in these countries is what has spurred this massive migration of unaccompanied children. we had a lot of unaccompanied children appear at the borders for years and years. in 2008, there was an act passed with additional protections for the children called the trafficking victims protection act that essentially said these children cannot be in the custody of the border patrol for more than 72 hours. then they are processed by an hhs agency shelter and then they are given to whatever relatives they might have in the country. i think that has led to the rumors that these children will be let go if they get to the border patrol. at the end of the day, what matters here is that we have