and in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded congressman joe barton for whom he had once worked as both chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career, he was on the city council of arlington, texas. >>> new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >>> sunday on "q & a," author and columnist, james grant. >> i make my living by writing about markets in something called grants interest rate observer, which is much too expensive for some of the people out there. i think the trouble lies not so much in wall street as -- wall street is what it is. it's been a name either -- not so widely revered. an infamous name. wall street is an epithet,

in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded joe barton, for whom he had once worked

in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded joe barton, for whom he had once worked as chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career, he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. up next more on the government shutdown from president trump from his visit to capitol hill. after the closed-door meeting at the white house, later the house votes on a bill to fund at the irs as part of an effort by democrats to reopen parts of the federal government. >> president trump was on capitol hill wednesday to

and in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded congressman joe barton for whom he had once worked as both chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career, he was on the city council of arlington, texas. >>> new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >>> sunday on "q & a," author and columnist, james grant. >> i make my living by writing about markets in something called grants interest rate observer, which is much too expensive for some of the people out there. i think the trouble lies not so much in wall street as -- wall street is what it is. it's been a name either -- not so widely revered. an infamous name. wall street is an epithet, mostly in american history, right? but i think what we are more -- what we ought to be more on our guard about are the institutions in the federal government that are avowedly benign in their intentions. the federal reserve, for example. the department of the treasury. the securities and exchange commission. these institutions set up as benefactors for the public. and i think increasingly, they are not so. >> author and columnist,

and in the six district, ron wright succeeded joe barton for whom he had once worked as both chief and district director. he was on his career, the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. >> the government shutdown is in its make their day. watch the house monday live at noon eastern on c-span. the senate live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. we welcome back matthew dallek, professor at george washington university in the political -- in the graduate program of political management. let's talk about this idea of a national emergency. what qualifies for that? guest: it is what the president says it is. 1970 six national emergency act, there is no single definition. 1976 national- emergency act, there is no single definition. historically, things like -- applyingiffs sanctions, terrorist attacks, the president declared -- president obama declared a national emergency during the swine flu. is up to the president and that is why so many people are concerned about this unlimited authority the president seems to have when it comes to declaring

in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded congressman joe barton for whom he once worked as both chief of staff and district director. early in his career he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. the senate confirmation hearing for william barr to be the next attorney general of the united states begin on tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern. in december, he was nominated to replace jeff sessions who had the position for a year and a half. william barr is now counsel at the law firm of kirkland and analysts and served as attorney general for president george h.w. bush. watch the confirmation process for attorney general nominee, william barr, live tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. theoday's the 22nd day of government shutdown, shutting the record for the longest government shutdown in u.s. history. continuing to follow it all on the c-span networks. a forum now on politics, war, and the use of a social media. war"o-authors of "like talk about what they have yearsd from five researching their book and identifying strategies of soc

and in the six district, ron wright succeeded joe barton for whom he had once worked as both chief and district director. he was on his career, the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. >> the government shutdown is in its make their day. watch the house monday live at noon eastern on c-span.

. >> first, it's ron wright. melissa: i apologize for that. >> we can't go forward unless the democrats are willing to seriously discuss this. republicans and the president are committed to the safety of the american people. any member of congress who doesn't see border security as a national security issue doesn't understand the issue. we have dangerous people crossing that border because it's not secure. known criminals, known terrorists. in the last month we had close to 3,000 terrorists coming across the border. how many did we not catch. melissa: do you think it's whether your colleagues across the aisle understand that or is it about the word wall? but most of of the serious folks on the other side of the aisle appreciate the idea they want to put money toward drones or more patrolmen. it seems like to lay people on the streets, the hangup is that word wall. >> to some debright's semantics. the president said several times, not's not just a concrete wall. there are several times of materials that can be use

digit, -- sixth district, ron wright served as district director. he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. of the government shutdown, the house debated a bill to reopen parts of the federal government, including operations for national works and funding for the epa. here is the one hour and 20-minute debate. nsume. rise today in support of h.r. 266, the fiscal year 2019 interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations bill. today is the 21st day of the trump shutdown and the damage it inflicts on the families and communities across this country continues to grow. more than 800,000 federal workers are without pay, and today will be the first missed paycheck for those families. many of our civil servants are working without pay and telling them they have to file for unemployment is outrageous and it's wrong.

and ron wright succeeded congressman joe barton.er in his career he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on the span. >> coming up this weekend on book tv. saturday california democratic senator kamala harris details her life and career through her book the truths we hold: an american journey. at 11:00 on skewness talks about his latest book, last call for liberty. afterwards journalist request alan discusses her book it was all a dream. a new generation confronts the broken promise to black america. by the groupewed editor-in-chief daniel belton. >> washington journal continues. host: with president trump headed to texas today we are joined now from boston by alana rocha from the texas tribune. walk us through what the president will be seeing today. what we know about the details of this visit. guest: we know he's going to the rio grande valley. we have a reporter will be accompanying have who is based in -- him who is based in el paso. aside from that we didn't know many details. we

in the six district, ron wright succeeds congressman joe barton, for whom he both worked as chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career, he was on the city council for arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. up next little on "washington journal," your calls and comments. all of our guests today focus on the impacts, now in its 19th day. at 8:00 a.m. eastern, nicole how federals about workers are dealing with these shutdown. later, to memories of congress join us to discuss the shutdown and border security, democrat gerry connolly of virginia and republican don bacon of nebraska. [video clip] >> member of congress pass a crisis.t ends this it every citizen, call congress and tell them to finally, after all these decades, secure our border. ♪ host: that was president trump last night in his first oval office address. it was a 10 minute statement followed by a five minute response from nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer. the two sides set to meet again today as the shutdown moves into its 19th day. we are asking our viewer

and in the sixth district ron wright succeeded congressman joe barton for whom he had once worked as both chief-of-staff and district director. earlier in his career he was on the city council for arlington. erdogan snubs bolton over comments that turkey must protect kurds. erdogan refused to meet with national security adviser john bolton saying he made a grave mistake when he said turkey must agree to protect the syrian kurds in the event of an american withdrawal from syria. here are a couple of minutes of the overseas news coverage on what happened. >> the turkish president says military preparations for northern syria are complete and the operation will go ahead and planned. erdogan has also blasted the u.s. national security adviser john bolton who has attached conditions to withdrawal of american forces from syria. erdogan called them unacceptable and said he'll only listen to the u.s. president when it comes to america's military exit from syria. >> those who smear turkey by saying it will slaughter the kurds in syria indeed know the reality behind the issue very well. the ai

in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded joe barton, for whom he had once worked as chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career, he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. up next more on the government shutdown from president trump from his visit to capitol hill. after the closed-door meeting at the white house, later the house votes on a bill to fund at the irs as part of an effort by democrats to reopen parts of the federal government. >> president trump was on capitol hill wednesday to discuss the government shutdown with senate republicans. he spoke with reporters about his demand for a border wall and whether he would use authority to declare a national emergency on the border. >> mr. president, are you worried about republican defections? pres. trump: i would say that we have a very unified party. everybody in that room was fantastic. there was no reason for me even to be there. the republicans want border security. they want national security. they want to have a steel barrier or a wall. i'll use any te