jay, you're on with cliff stearns. go ahead. caller: mr. stearns, i was wondering about abortion. republicans got the senate, the house, supreme court, the president -- why don't they move on it? is it because a wedge issue? guest: so your question, john is, since republicans are the majority, why don't they do more on the pro-life issue? the life of a mother is protected and that pretty much made the issue moot, but at the same time we have to be careful is not givingtes taxpayers money to mexico -- the united states is not giving taxpayers money to mexico for a -- for abortions. obviously it is a divisive issue. i think the trump administration has shown a strong predilection to be pro-life. host: california is next. republican line. david. go ahead. caller: i had a question about bipartisanship. host: david, go ahead, you are on. caller: why would republicans need to be bipartisan? if republicans feel they are right about an issue, the democrats are wrong about the issue. why the need to work together? why not do the job without bipartisanship? democrats passed obamacare withou

jay, you're on with cliff stearns. go ahead. , i was mr. stearns wondering about abortion.epublicans got the senate, the house, supreme court, the president -- why don't they move on it? is it because a wedge issue? isst: i think your question since the look and tell the majority why don't they do more on the pro-life issue -- since the republicans have the majority, why don't they do more on the pro-life issue? the life of a mother him of rape and insist is protected. that pretty much made the issue moot, but at the same time we have to be careful that the knot estates is not giving taxpayers money to mexico -- the united states is not giving taxpayers money to mexico for a patient -- for abortions. obviously it is a divisive issue. the trouble administration has shown a strong predilection to be pro-life. host: california is next. republican line. david. go ahead. caller: i had a question about bipartisanship. david, go ahead, you are on. caller: why would republicans need to be bipartisan? if republicans feel they are right about an issue, the democrats are wrong about t

"ursday, cliff stearns with life in the marble palace." "so on friday, december 29, digital world war." 30,aturday, december jessica bruder with " no badlands." on sunday, december 31, officer chris woodhall with " the gatekeepers." washington journal's authors 8:00 on c-span, c-span.org, and c-span radio. we want to welcome back bill press, former chairman of the florida democratic party. what us talk about 2018. what does the landscape look like for democrats, and where should republicans be most concerned? press: merry christmas. scully: merry christmas. press: nice to be back. i would sum up 2018 with a blue wave. i don't want to get ahead of myself, but based on what we have seen since donald trump has jersey,fice, in new and alabama, in virginia, and washington state, in iowa and across the country where at the the gubernatorial councils andity other races, democrats have been winning. frankly, donald trump stirred up the base more than anybody else. they had a higher turnout in virginia than they did for barack obama. look at doug j

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and so, you know, we bought bear stearns at the request of the government.hey were trying to figure out what to do with tarp. remember, they already passed the tarp bill, ostensibly to buy bad assets. but they called us down, and i-- i think it was columbus day, hank said, you gotta "come down," i said, "i'm not coming." he said, "come down." i said, "i've been working six-- seven days a week for the last six months. i am taking this weekend off." he said, "it's important. everyone else is coming." so we go down, we were-- i think we were in the cash room or li-- there's nine of us lined up. alphabetical. i think it was alphabetical. either by name or by company. and hank is there and geithner and bernanke and sheila bair, and a bunch of others. and they said, "we've been thinking hard, and we've come up with a plan that we think can help save america. and this would take capital off the table as being an issue for banks. if the nine of you take it, we think we can get hundreds of other banks to take it. and it'll be a major steppingstone to turn this thing

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we hope you will join for some of our upcoming events, and stearns, author of finding age, and caregivers guide to living your best life. will be rating on wednesday november 29 at 12 p.m. at the senior center in canton. and then we are hosting, same day, mark bowden, a turning point in vietnam come in conversation with steve luxenberg. at 7 p.m. at church of the redeemer. you can sign up for our e-mail list or pick up a flyer or copy of compass at the table to the right. so tonight dr. lydia kang, practicing internal medicine physician and author of adult and young adult fiction will share from her book "quacker: a brief history of the worst ways to cure everything." cowritten with nate pedersen, a librarian, historian and freelance journalist with over 400 publications in print and online. so "quackery" offers 67 tales about outlandish treatments complete with vintage illustrations, photographs and advertisements. you'll read about times when a cute cows was in vogue, or how families has down heirloom pills. yes, think i got to pass those down. they write with fascination for and argume

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then former florida commerce minute cliff stearns on his new memoir. to former talk representatives about televisions influence on politics. we start with celebrities. kutcher is the cofounder of an organization thorn,foreign -- called defenders of children. he testified before the senate foreign relations committee. ashton: it is an honor to be here. as a young man brought up in the public school system, i pledge d my allegiance to that flag every single day, and the honor, maybe one of the greatest honors of my life today, is to be here, and leverage the work that i have done as testimony that may

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thursday, former representative cliff stearns with his book life in the marble palace. in praise of folly. also on friday, december 29 author and installer all with digital world war. islamic extremists and the fight for cyber supremacy and then on saturday, december 30, jessica bruder with her book no bad land. surviving america in the 21st century and on december 31 author chris whipple with the gatekeepers. although white house chief of staff define every presidency. washington journals author series for the next week at 8 am eastern on c-span, and c-span radio. >>. >> the senate judiciary recently held an oversight hearing on the insuring patient access and effective drug enforcement act. law-enforcement officials say the 2016 law undermines efforts to control the distribution of dangerous drugs as part of the opioid epidemic. >>

coming up thursday, former representative cliff stearns with his book.friday, author and scholar, :ith digital world war islamists, extremists, and the fight for cyber supremacy. "nomadland:rday, surviving america in the 21st century." how the white house chief of staff defines every presidency. washington journal's authors series all this week at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, and c-span radio. on c-span this week in primetime, thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, celebrity activists, including ashton kutcher, on and jennifery, garner on early childhood education. >> they said their babies in front of the television, and i've seen it over and over again across this country. the child quietly goes to sleep inside their mind. 8:00 p.m. eastern, tech sector trends and government regulation. >> think of it as the starship enterprise sort of goal. if you've ever watched "star trek," there is this computer that is ambient and it understands your idioms.it understands you and it can have a conversation. honest to god, they all have watched "star trek." thi

for more presented of cliff stearns with his book life in the marble palace. also author and scholar with digital world war, islamists, extremists, and the fight for cyber supremacy. jen jessica bruder with her book, no man's land, surviving america in the 21st century. an author chris whipple with the gatekeepers, how the white house chiefs of staff to find every presidency. washington journal's author series. c-span,astern on c-span.org, and c-span radio. >> at a house hearing for funding on down syndrome research, cathy mcmorris rodgers testified about their experiences as parents of children with the genetic disorder. other witnesses could lead to breakthroughs in other fields. congressman tom chairs this to our 20 minute hearing. . >> we will go ahead and being in the meeting and will convene a meeting chairman will join us for a few minut.

. >> no, i am in complete agreement that at one point, there was a time when david stearns spent allng an end to international development. you see from palestine to israel to china, there are people wearing jerseys of stephen curry and james harden and everyone else in between. so you think of what the nba have become and how it is becoming a global product and how frankly it is much easier to play than football internationally. it is the second most popular sports if the world next to football and soccer. it is a swing. in ten years, i will stake my job on it. the nfl will not be as popular in the nba in ten years >> that's a big claim. >> you are happy to hear that. >> tieing it together of the internationalization of the game >> the visibility of the stars had a lot to do with it. name the big five nba stars. it is easy to name it. part of it is they know what it looked like. >> they can see them >> they seem to get more attention out there. the nba does not seem to have a lot of issues. ta it is a younger audience and everything is younger today. >> i was going to jump in tilman

if you said well-known, owing to stearns, and he is running the investment banking side.ama has come on the trading side and the non-investment bank. he has been quietly growing the business and taking advantage of opportunities for dealmaking from a wall street perspective. but he is finding himself trying to sort of calm the waters. it is a fascinating look. david: it is all most between the ceo and cio, scott minor. he has said publicly there is no war, and a lot of people left guggenheim. alix: does that wind up changing your investment ability? does that change her clients? david: there is an sec investigation into whether they were taking funds for purposes that were not in the best interest of investors. jason: i believe that is true. you have shorts who plays this role of peacemaker. investment banking is a lot about reception, relationships. here is this guy in the middle of this with another big challenge. david: who clearly has a very high eq. people love him. jason: that is one of the points that is interesting, you do not always hear about fierce loyalty on w

stearns, when i was there the late a scream and was the chairman -- east greenman said,e chairman andcrap like a canary. this is in that vein, that basically it will go up and go up and there could be an accident, theft, uncertainty, and all of a sudden everyone who does not understand what they bought will look to the exits at a time there is no demand and it will go down as quickly as it went up. guy: lionel, what is the marginal cost of production? the energy story, is it a red herring or is it real? lionel: it is real, but i do not think that will kill this. ultimately, if it goes up in a straight line that issue becomes a problem, but i do not think it will. demand is not clear for the rest of eternity and neither are the rules of bitcoin. the whole structure could be changed. laurent, keep writing for bloomberg gadfly. your morning briefing with gideon rose and robert sinche. a lot of good things to talk about. you can also pull up a chart. how about this chart from ed hy man on lower compensation. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ tom: bloomberg "surveillance," in london and new york. wit

thursday, former representative cliff stearns with his book. also on friday, december 29, author in a scholar with digital world war, islamist extremists and the fight for cyber supremacy. on saturday, just computer with her book no man land, surviving america in the 21st century. on sunday december 301st chris whipple with the gatekeepers how the white house chief of staff defined every presidency. washington journals other series for the next week at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span .org and c-span radio. the assistant secretary for health and substance abuse testified regarding funding for calm batting the opioid programs. lamar alexander is a chair of the committee.

otherwise be cleaned up. get all of these toxic things that would otherwise be cleaned upm lehman stearnss? there is no requirement to reduce toxicity of furniture and installation materials on the side of buildings. —— insulation. so you get a one—sided approach to fire safety. saved the regulations change and a look at toxicity, which is understandable, and you would support it, how do you measure how toxic something is? —— say the regulations. what is acceptable? you burn it and measure the concentration of gas is. surely any the concentration of gas is. surely a ny level of the concentration of gas is. surely any level of toxicity... the concentration of gas is. surely any level of toxicity. .. somethings have perhaps 10— 100 times more toxicity when they burn. for example, polyurethanes produce a lot of hydrogen cyanide when it burns. that is 20 times more toxic than carbon monoxide. what are the implications? we have all got foam furniture in our homes. are we all at risk? we are anyway if it is toxic. but how do you change it quickly? the industry is very adaptable. as soon as ther

thursday, former representative cliff stearns with his book life in the marble palace. in praise of folly. also on friday, december 29 author and installer all with digital world war. islamic extremists and the fight for cyber supremacy and then on saturday, december 30, jessica bruder with her book no bad land. surviving america in the 21st century and on december 31 author chris whipple with the gatekeepers. although white house chief of staff define every presidency. washington journals author series for the next week at 8 am eastern on c-span, and c-span radio. >>. >> the senate judiciary recently held an oversight hearing on the insuring patient access and effective drug enforcement act. law-enforcement officials say the 2016 law undermines efforts to control the distribution of dangerous drugs as part of the opioid epidemic. >>. >>. [inaudible conversation] welcome everybody. thank you for your attendance, particularly those who have to testify and answer questions for us. i know you put in a lot of extra work to be ready for it. this hearing is on the oversight o

thursday, former representatives cliff stearns with his book life in the marble palace.riday, december 29, author and scholar with "digital world war, islamist extremists, and the fight for cyber supremacy." on saturday, december 30, jessica bruder with her book. nomad land -- surviving america in the 21st century. on sunday, december 31, author chris whipple with "the gatekeepers, how the white house chief of staff define every presidency." washington journal's authors series starting next week at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> senior administration officials tell him a tax cut bill will be signed before departing the white house for mar-a-lago. to white house of event celebrate is slated for january 3. we will have that end of year news conference with mitch mcconnell in 25 minutes. until then, part of this morning's washington journal. joining us from nashville, tennessee is stephen mansfield with his book, "choosing donald trump." thank you for being with us. one year into his presidency, do they still support him? guest: not to the same strength as initially. there has been

thursday, cliff stearns with his book, "life in the marble palace." war,iday, digital world islamist extremists, and the fight for cyber supremacy. on saturday, jessica bruder with her book, surviving america in the 21st century. sunday, "the gatekeepers." washington journal's authors series all this week at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, and c-span radio. time at the white house looking at this year's holiday decorations and the lighting of the national christmas tree. ♪ >> good evening, everybody. how are you? merry christmas in advance. happy holidays. we want to welcome you to presidents park in washington, d.c. for the christmas tree lighting. when an amazing night