host: congressman steve russell of oklahoma, thank you for your time. rep. russell: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, >> c-span's profile interviews with congressional freshman continues with arizona democrat ruben gallego, the sun of immigrants, he earned a scholarship to harvard but dropped out to join the marines and fight in iraq. he talks about his experiences his family, and his new life in congressman. this is a little over 20 minutes. host: congressman ruben caller: from arizona's seventh congressional district. a couple months as a freshman representative. what is it like? rep. gallego: it is fascinating. every day brings a new challenge. every day i get to do something very interesting, and every day i miss home. but i am glad i am here -- i feel like i am doing good work for my district. i hope to be here for a long time. host: how did somebody born in chicago end up in arizona? rep. gallego: i followed a woman out there who is now my wife. essentially what happened was i wa

host: congressman steve russell from oklahoma's fifth congressional district is a freshman representative. a few months into the job, is it what you expected? rep. russell: i think the legislative pieces are. i had served a term in the state senate in oklahoma so i got to see how the sausage is made and whether you are playing junior varsity or pros, the rules are about the same, just one is bigger. in terms of the dynamics, i think the surprising thing has been a lot of the division and gridlock we often get accused of. it's surprising that it is not fomented by us, it is outside groups that seem to profit from that division and dust it up to raise money. host: how do you fix it? rep. russell: i think you fix it by -- the american public has such a low opinion of congress. yet, most people like their particular congressman or congresswoman. i think trusting us a little bit that the things that we are trying to communicate back, if they're in contradiction to the "i love america" or "i hate america" pact, whichever it might be -- maybe take the information we have and realize there is som

. >> congressman steve russell of oklahoma's fifth district. is it what you expected? representative russell: i think the legislative pieces are. i served a term in the state senate. i got to see what the sausage is made of and whether you are playing arson the lord junior, the stadiums are about the same, it's just a good. in terms of the dynamics, i think the surprising thing has been the division and gridlock that we often get accused of. it surprising that it's not necessarily fomented by us. it's outside groups that seem to profit from the division. and they dusted up to raise money. , how do you fix it? representative russell: i think you fix it -- the american public have such a low opinion of congress, and yet most people like their particular congressman or woman. i think trusting us a little bit, the things that we are trying to communicate back, if they are in contradiction to the "i love america" war "i hate america" pact. take the information and see the truth behind it. and walk us through your team. how often are you in washington

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> this week, tomorrow night represented steve russell. test that his life in congress and his childhood experiences. >> i nearly died several times from birth, i almost died at that time. my mother had had a couple of miscarriages prior to me. i nearly died at birth. she always told me i was her little fighter. it does something to a child that you will not quit here you will persevere and stay with something until you get it done. i survived a bout of appendicitis. my 10 this -- my appendix actually ruptured. it was hours before actually had any medical attention to deal with that. did not know what it was. i felt better after it ruptured. intensive care for weeks, tito's major surgery spirit my folks thought they were going to lose me. >> you did not know it was just that it had ruptured? >> i did not. it suddenly felt better and the pressure was relieved and i went outside and played, on a saturday. i that night, i was doubled over in pain. i asked my mother during that time, am i going to die? she said we do not know, but we are pray

this interview from the congressman's capitol hill office is 25 minutes. >> congressman steve russell from oklahoma's fifth congressional district as a freshman representative, a few months into the job. is it what you expected? >> i think the electlegislative pieces are. i served a term in the state senate in oklahoma so i saw how the sausage is made and whether you're playing junior varsity or pros that rules in the stadiums are the same, but one's bigger and in terms of the dynamics i think the surprising thing has been a lot of the division and gridlock we get accused of is it's surprising it's not necessarily fermented by us. it's outside groups that seem to period of time from the division, and, you know, dust it up to raise money. >> how do you fix it? >> i think you fix it by -- the american public has a low opinion of congress and yet most people like their particular congressman or congresswoman. i think just trusting us a little bit, that the things that we are trying to community kate back, if they are in contradiction to the i love america or i hate america peck whatever

we begin with republican steve russell of oklahoma who talks about his career in the army his new life in congress, and his childhood experiences. >> tonight, on the communicators. author vincent moscow on the development of cloud storage and the data and how the government is using it. >> security is building one of the world's largest cloud data centers in a secure mountain facility in utah. it is doing so because it's surveillance needs require that amount of storage and security. the u.s. government's chief information officer three or four years ago ordered u.s. government agencies to move to the cloud. as a result, even civilian agencies are turning to cloud services. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span2. >> today is the day tens of thousands will gather annually on the white house lawn, the south lawn for the annual easter egg roll. the weather is perfect for it. president obama and for city michelle obama is hosting the tradition. this year's theme is "gimme five." mark noller tweets kids are using various a rolling techniques on the south lawn including p

will bring you interviews with new members of congress, beginning tomorrow night with republican steve russell of oklahoma. he talks about his career in the army his new life in congress, and his childhood experiences. >> i nearly died several times from birth. i almost died at that time because i had the opposite blood type in my mother. she had had a couple of miscarriages prior to me, and i nearly died at birth. so she has always told me that i was her little fighter. that does something to a child. you're not going to equip. you are going to persevere. you're going to stay with something until you get it done. i survived a belt of appendicitis -- a bout of appendicitis, it actually ruptured, and it was six-seven hours before it hit medical attention to deal with that. i did not know what it was. peritonitis set in. i was in intensive care for weeks, two major surgery. my folks at that time thought they were going to lose me. >> you did not know it had ruptured? >> no, i didn't. i had a stomachache, things hurt, and the pressure was relieved. i went outside and play. it was on a saturday. b

representative steve russell: i nearly died from birth.at that time, i have the opposite blood type of my mother. she had had a couple of miscarriages prior to me. i nearly died at birth. so she has always told me i was her little fighter. that does something to a child. that you will not quit. you will persevere, stay with something until you get it done. i survived a bout of appendicitis to my appendix actually rush burst -- ruptured. six or seven hours until i had any intention to deal with that. it felt better after it ruptured. then, i was in intensive care for weeks. two major surgeries. my folks at that time, they thought they were going to lose me. >> you did not know it had ruptured? rep. russel: no i did not. i went outside and played. it was a saturday. that night, was doubled over in pain. i remember asking my mother during that time, i said, am i going to die? she was honest with me and she says, i do not know, but we are praying and we believe you will make it. >> you can see the entire interview with freshman congressman ste

this interview from the congressman's capitol hill office is 25 minutes. >> congressman steve russell from oklahoma's fifth congressional district as a freshman representative, a few months into the job. is it what you expected? >> i think the electlegislative pieces are. i served a term in the state senate in oklahoma so i saw how the sausage is made and whether you're playing junior varsity or pros that rules in the stadiums are the same, but one's bigger and in terms of the dynamics i think the surprising thing has been a lot of the division and gridlock we get accused of is it's surprising it's not necessarily fermented by us. it's outside groups that seem to period of time from the division, and, you know, dust it up to raise money. >> how do you fix it? >> i think you fix it by -- the american public has a low opinion of congress and yet most people like their particular congressman or congresswoman. i think just trusting us a little bit, that the things that we are trying to community kate back, if they are in contradiction to the i love america or i hate america peck whatever

host: congressman steve russell of oklahoma, thank you for your time. rep. russell: thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> each night this week at 9:00 p.m. eastern, conversations with a few new members of congress. >> when you raised your hand and took the oath of office what were your mom and dad thinking? >> i knew my mom would be crying and my dad was proud and it was funny, my dad is 82-year-old, he usually walks with a cane, he showed up and didn't have a cane. i said, do i need to send someone to your hotel and get your cane. he straightens up real stiff and said, i'm in the capitol, i don't need a cane today. he walked without his cane for the entire dayism know they were super proud. >> five newest members of congress talk about their careers and personal lives and share insight about how things work on capitol hill. join us for all their conversations each night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> a conference of independent voters met in new york last month, that's next on c-span. then

we begin with republican steve russell of oklahoma who talks about his career in the army his new life in congress and his near-death experiences as a baby and as a child. >> i nearly died several times from birth. i almost died at that time. i had the opposite what type of my mother and the rh factor was different, and she had had a couple of miscarriages prior to me, and i nearly died at birth. so she's always told me that i was her little fighter, and you know, that does something to a child. you are not going to quit you will persevere and you will stay with something into the get it done. and then i survived a bout of appendicitis, my appendix actually ruptured and is about six or seven hours before had any medical attention to deal with that. didn't know what it was. felt better after it ruptured then peritonitis second. was in intensive care for weeks, two major surgeries and my folks had that's how i made, they felt they were going to lose me. >> you didn't know it ruptured? >> no, i did not i had a stomach ache things hurt then i went outside and played. it was on a saturday,

we begin with steve russell of oklahoma. he talked about his career in the army, life in congress, and his childhood. representative russell: i nearly died several times from birth. i had the opposite blood type of my mother, the rh type was different, and she had it a couple of miscarriages prior to be. i nearly died at birth. so she has always told me i was her little fighter. that does something to a child that you are not going to quit, you're going to persevere and stay with something until you get it done. and then survived a doubt of -- a bout of appendicitis. my appendix actually ruptured, and it was six or seven hours before i had any legal attention to deal with that. did not know what was, felt that are after it ruptured, and then peritonitis that income was in intensive care for weeks two major surgeries, and my folks thought they were going to lose me. >> you did not know it had wruptured? representative russell: no, i went outside and played. it was a saturday. by that night, i was doubled over in pain. i remem

. >> steve russell is a freshman representative a few months into the job. is it what you expected? >> i think the legislative pieces are. i served a term in oklahoma. kind of got to see how the sausage is made. and whether you're playing junior varsity or pro, the rules in the stadiums are about the same. one's bigger. in terms of the dynamics i think the surprising thing has been a lot of the division and gridlock that we often get accused of, it's surprising it's not fomented by us. it's outside groups that seem to profit from that division. and dust it up to raise money. >> how do you fix it? >> i think you fix it by the american public. they have such a low opinion of congress. and yet, most people like their particular congressmen or congresswomen. the things that we are trying to communicate back. if they're in contradiction. whichever it might be, maybe take the information that we have and realize that there's some truth behind it. >> walk us through your routine. oklahoma is not the easiest place to get to from washington, d.c. how often are you in

then our profiles of new members of congress with representative steve russell."washington journal" a look at the no child left behind law with randi weingarten. also, nicholas sarwark talks about the political and ideological views of the libertarian party, its electoral successes and challenges, and where the party stands heading into the 2060 presidential election. and on the role and influence of first lady spouses with anita mcbride and karen tumulty. ♪ host: good morning. here in washington dc, the cherry blossoms are out at their petite this weekend. yesterday, police locked down the capital for about three hours following a suicide on the west front of the capital. the president backup the white house this morning, following the summit of the americas, which include a one on one

. >> congressman steve russell of oklahoma, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> our conversations with new members of congress continues with republican will hurd of texas. he's the first african-american republican to represent texas since reconstruction. he served abroad for a number of years in the cia. he talks about his family background, education, and views on national security. this is 30 minutes. >> congressman will hurd from the 23rd congressional district of texas. a district that includes what, approximately 5,000 square miles, 8 00 miles of border along texas and mexico? how do you manage that? >> i put a lot of miles on the car. it's a big district. 29 counties, two time zones, as you said, 800 miles to the border and it's a huge space but that's one of the reasons why i love this district. we have some beautiful parts of the state, and this is why, you know, pretty much a no-name new fresh face was able to win this district was because the amount of time we spent criss crossing it, and not afraid to burn up miles on the car and chew leather. that's what makes this e

. >>> tonight on c-span a week long series on congressional freshman starting with republican steve russell of oklahoma. he talks about his career in the army, new life in congress and childhood experience. a different profile each night at 9:00 eastern. with congress on break, it's american history tv in prime time starting at 8:00 eastern with daniel ellsberg who become consultant to the defense department on matters concerning vietnam war. he talks about his motivation leaking pentagon papers and his opinions on vietnam. that wouldish followed by interview, followed by counsel to the president. he talks about his early assignments, watergate and people behind the 1972 break-in at headquarters. american tv prime time tonight and all this week starting at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. >> tonight on the communicators author vincent moscow on cloud storage and big data and how the government is using it. >> national security agency is building one of the world's largest clouds data centers in a secure mountain facility in utah. it's doing so because it's surveillance needs require that degre

starting with republican steve russell of oklahoma. he talks about his career in the army, his new life in congress and his childhood experiences. we'll show a different freshman profile each night at 9:00 eastern. >>> and with congress on break this week, it is american history tv in prime time starting at 8:00 eastern with daniel elsberg who became a consultant to the nixon white house on matters concern being the vietnam war. he talks about the pentagon papers and his opinions on vietnam. >>> that's followed by an interview with john dean part of the nixon white house in july 1970 as counsel to the president. he talks about some of his early assignments, watergate and the people behind the 1972 graek 22 break-in at dnc headquarters. american history tv in prime time tonight and all this week starting at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. >>> next a hearing with john allen. presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter isis. he says the u.s. and its partners are clearly degrading isis' capabilities. he testified before the house

thank you very, very much. [ applause ] [ applause ] >>> we begin week long series starting with steve russell of oklahoma. he talks about his career in the army, his new life in congress and his childhood experiences. we'll show a different freshman profile each night at 9:00 eastern. with congress on break this week, it's american history tv prime time starting 8:00 eastern with danielle ellsberg who became white house and defense department with matters concerning vietnam war. he talks about his motivations leaking the pentagon papers and his opinions on vietnam. that will be followed by an interview with john dean, part of the nixon white house in july, counsel to the president. he talks about early assignments, watergate and people behind practicin at dnc headlines. prime time tonight and all this week starting 8:00 eastern on c-span3. >> senate armed services committee held a hearing with leaders of u.s. central command u.s. africa command and special operations forces. they discussed u.s. posture and they discussed u.s. military posture in the regions they cover and threats posed by ter

profiles of some of the newest members of the house of representatives beginning with representative steve russelloklahoma and ruben gallego. >> dr. robert watt our guest on newsmakers. he is the resident of the american medical association joining us from chicago. me introduce the reporters asking questions. gnome leavy hovers -- covers health care policy for the los

. ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- russellrowe, governor chris christie, musical guest, kenny chesney, and featuring the legendary roots crew. >> questlove: 247, ascension islands! >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon! ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: beautiful, beautiful crowd. welcome, welcome, welcome. welcome to "the tonight show." there we are. yeah, that's what i'm talking about. thank you so much for being here. oh, my gosh. welcome, everybody. we have new jersey governor chris christie on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] that's right. of course, we're gonna talk to him about 2016 -- you know, his goal weight. >> steve: hey. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's not funny. that's not funny. >> steve: that's not funny. >> jimmy: actually, chris christie was a little late to the show because people kept stopping him to wish him a a happy earth day. [ laughter ] >> steve: what?! >> jimmy: and that's not nice. you shouldn't do that. >> steve: that's not nice. >> jimmy: you shouldn't do that, it's not nice. >> s

steve is right. we talked about the russell. as long as it stayed above 121, that was a breakout level, the broader market should be okay. so i think the iwm is imperative it stays above 121. the one thing of interest was the fact that the transports first time in a while caught a bid. maybe that 155 level in the iyt is support. >> i like the big caps. we look at the reaction out of the big tech companies and then you look over at the big oil companies, they've been doing very well then the transports. when you look at the transports look how well some of the airlines have traded, some of the rails, as well as the truckers. so i think right now i'm leaning, guy, more towards the big cap names because i think based on what steve is talking about, i think the big caps is outperform. >> earnings report on fortinet. >> moving higher in after hours. that's following an earnings beat. the cyber security firm earned 8 cents adjusted per share. that topped estimates by 2 cents. revenue of $213 million was also better than expected. the

. ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- russell

. ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- russellvernor chris christie,

have a big week of shows coming up, blake lively will be here, russell crowe will be here, kenny chesney, chris evans will be here. >> stevers and applause ] >> jimmy: chris and i are going to play a very special edition of flip cup. >> steve: ooh. >> jimmy: tune in for that. and then on friday we have chris pratt, elizabeth olsen and the new installment of fallonventions. >> steve: oh. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's this friday, right? we have the best show tonight. oh, my gosh, he stars on "ncis: los angeles" and he hosts the new show "lip sync battle," the one and only ll cool j is here! [ cheers and applause ] i want to write a song, i want to do a song with ll cool j. >> steve: do it. >> jimmy: because he could do -- ♪ i'm in a minivan huh ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ in case you don't understand i'm in a minivan ♪ [ laughter ] no one's done it. someone could do it. >> steve: somebody could do it. >> jimmy: he's got to do it. he just makes everything cool. ll and i are going to play a a game of pictionary later with a couple of special guests. >> steve: oh. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: plus we love it, we love it w

. ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- russellgovernor chris christie,

russell investments. john manley, equity strategist with wells fargo. steve, how do you feel earnings season is shaking down? 30% of the s&p reporting. >> i think it's going to continue to be weak. the trend is downward. between weather, dollar it's something of a kitchen sink quarter. companies will use that cover. as we get into third and fourth quarter, that's where the earnings traction will be. i think from the broader economy in the united states anyway a lot of the benefits of cheaper oil will ripple through savings and then consumption. from a growth perspective and earnings perspective, we think a back-end loaded 2015. >> do you think it will rise into christmas? >> we do. the russell 1,000 is up 3% plus year-to-date. we are looking at 6.5ish for u.s. equities for 2015. we upgraded last year europe. average issue for the u.s. makes sense. >> it's interesting you chose the russell 3,000 rather than the s&p 500 which is a smaller cross section of the market more dominated by big multinationals exposed to the dollar and what's happening abroad. yours is

tomorrow night, russell crowe will be here on the show. [ cheers and applause ] i think we might even be doing a duet together. >> steves right, yeah. and plus, governor chris christie will be here tomorrow. >> steve: oh, yeah. >> jimmy: i don't know, man. yeah. i've been working out, because i think he's going to try to hit me. >> steve: he's going to punch you. >> jimmy: he's going to punch me, yeah. we've been saying some good jokes about him in the monologue. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: but he's a good sport, normally, but you never know. >> steve: yeah, you never know. >> jimmy: you never know what he's going to do to you. >> steve: he might take it personally. >> jimmy: yeah, he might. >> steve: he's not going to tell you to forget about it. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: he might say forget about it? we also have music from -- kenny chesney will be here. that's going to be fun. then later this week, we have chris evans and chris pratt dropping by. [ cheers and applause ] but first, guys, she is talented, she's beautiful. blake lively is on the show tonight. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: she's lovely. >> jimmy: a

steve russell: i nearly died several times from birth almost a died at that time. i had the opposite blood type of my mother and the factor was different. she had a couple of miscarriages prior to me. i nearly died at birth. so she is always told me i was her little fighter. and at that does something to a child. you are not going to point, you are going to persevere. you are going to stay with something. and i survived a bout of appendicitis. my appendix ruptured. it was six or seven hours before i got the medical attention to deal with that. i did not know what it was. i felt better after is ruptured. i was intensive care for weeks and two major surgeries. my folks at the time thought there were going to lose me. >> you didn't know they ruptured? rep. steve russell: no i didn't. dull pressure was relieved. i went outside and played. it was on a saturday. by that night, i was doubled over blind in pain. i remember asking my mother during that time, i asked her "am i going to die?" she was honest with me and said, we do not know but we are praying and we think you

we start with representative steve russell of oklahoma talks about his career in the army his time in congress, it's a difficult childhood experiences. -- and some difficult childhood experiences. >> i almost died several times from birth. i had an opposite blood type from my mother. she had had a couple of miscarriages prior to me and i nearly died at birth. she has always told me that i was her fighter. and that does something to a child. you are not going to quit, you are going to persevere. that i survived a bout of appendicitis. my appendix actually ruptured and it was about six or seven hours before i had any medical attention to deal with that. i didn't know what it was. i was in intensive care for weeks, two major surgeries. my folks at that time thought they were going to lose me. >> you didn't know that it ruptured? >> no, i didn't. i had a stomach ache and suddenly it felt better. the pressure was relieved. but at night, i was doubled over blinding pain. ireland are asking my mother during that time, i asked her if i was going to die. she was honest with me and she said we

host: congressman steve russell of oklahoma, thank you for your time. rep. russell: thank you. >> all this week, we are bringing your profiles of congressional freshmen members at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. tomorrow night a conversation with ruben galleego. here is a preview. host: what do you remember about your time in the military? rep. gallego: just the friends i made and the friends i lost. i got to serve with -- i'm sorry -- is served with great men. i don't think i would be surrounded by people that great again. host: what did they teach you? rep. gallego: they taught me about humility. they taught me about really being there for each other. the marines taught me about the organization but that was the marine corps. the marines i served with tommy what it truly means to care about another human being that you were not related to. and what you are willing to do to keep them alive. >> and on wednesday night an interview with texas freshman congressman will hurd. he is the first african-american republican to represent the state since reconstruction. he ca

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> this week, tomorrow night represented steve russell. test that his life in congress and his childhood experiences. >> i nearly died several times from birth, i almost died at that time. my mother had had a couple of miscarriages prior to me. i nearly died at birth. she always told me i was her little fighter. it does something to a child that you will not