i have steve russell, a republican from oklahoma. thank you forjoining us.a republican from oklahoma. thank you forjoining uslj russell, a republican from oklahoma. thank you forjoining us. i think if we can get past the party that filters, it was a uniting message. what america can look like. there we re what america can look like. there were some challenges, how do we educate, unite and fix the broken things. there was some unifying language. what about in terms of what he said on policy? it has been a little bit vague and contradictory about the way forward from the legislative agenda? the one key thing we did get was in his must haves for the replacement of the afforda ble haves for the replacement of the affordable care act. he listed five things. his guidelines of what he would need before signing legislation or stop what do you think about his proposal to increase military spending to the degree that he says he wants to do? part of the increase is already spent. a 3% increase is already spent. a 3% increase is already spent. a 3% increase is not going

. >> steve russell, republican from oklahoma, joining me now. thank you. react to what speaker ryan said there, that he does agree there would be a blood bath. >> i think any time that you've seen years of the american people asking and demanding something and we see our elections in the last two cycles for sure reflecting that, yes we need to keep our promise to the american people. they'll demand it. >> is this bill the right answer to that promise, though? >> i think what you see is that the president laid out five guidelines in his inauguration address. this bill lays the foundation to meet those guidelines. we've been working very close with the white house. so, yes, i do think we'll get there. but if you look at it, i guess, in our instant society, congress is not instant. and you say it doesn't have this, that or the other, it would be looking at a car manufacturing facility and going, well, i don't like that car. it doesn't have an engine. it has no transmission. there's no tires or wheels on it. i don't want that plan. look at that. i could never

we welcome steve russell of oklahoma. congressman, welcome. tell us your take away from the speech. >> if we can get through without partisan filters, which are ordinary, there was a message that he put out after 250th anniversary what will we'd look like and i thought that was inspiring. how will we educate, innovative and fix the problems between now and then rather than how will we divide? >> that is coming from the appropriations in the spring. how difficult do you think it will be to move forward on the proposed increase in military spending. it would pay for a lot of this stuff. >> when it comes to infrastructurinfrastructure we e investment. that is a lot of what we have to do to do that and we can unified on the infrastructure. everybody got up and clapped and they talked about infrastructu infrastructure. the president proposed a big increase in military spending and veterans spending. the veteran of iraq and afghanistan. tell us what you think about how veterans will hear the speech tonight. >> we were encouraged they talk about incr

ucla coach steve lavin is in the mix. uc irvine's russell turner.ts that job will not be coaching ivan rabb next season. he's decided to enter the nba draft. leaving after his sophomore campaign. rabb surprised a lot of people when he did not go pro after his freshman year. he came back, he didn't live up to expectations, average 15 points and 11 boards per game. he's a 6'11" forward, projected to still go in the first round but not the top ten pick he would have been a year ago. >>> the ncaa sweet 16 tips off tomorrow. you have gonzaga and west virginia playing the earlier game at 4:40 in the afternoon, the nightcap is arizona and xavier. the wildcats and musketeers having played in the sweet 16 a couple years ago, with zona getting that win. >> to be here in the sweet 16 round. two of the last three years against these guys, i wish it was different, but it isn't. and now that i've said that, the focus clearly is on both teams, the players, the great players on both teams, and i think both programs vaiing to stay alive and trying to advance. >>> sh

the s&p down 12, nasdaq down 40 and russell down 14. and steveng how he thinks politics does have something do with this. this morning the news about jeff sessions has cast a different tone. >> we have been calling it the trump rally. >> absolutely. half an hour from now, we will get more information from sessions himself. >> meanwhile mcdonald's trading off session lows right now, one day after the fast food chain, details to ramp up digital enhancements and delivery options. steve he ceo discussed those chattillen. >> can our kitchen keep up and the crew and managers do a xwlat j great job. so we will link end to end as you place the order into our kitchen operations so we can meet the demand. so we are confident there is no hurdles as we grow our business. >> and in case you hadn't heard, mcdonald's expected to launch mobile ordering in 20,000 restaurants by the end of this year and it's addingkiosks, as . shares have risen more than 12% just since the election. >> so they have some of these kiosks in the neighborhood. i've used them. they're

steve)in sports... the stanford women's basketball tries to get back to the sweet 16 for the 10th straight year...(pam) ... and things get heated between steph curry and russellok... gary has the warriors highlights... and all the sports... coming up dallas this coolveteran sgt. steven wayne jackel, jr. who lost both his legs who lost both jackel, jr. steven wayne veteran sgt. vietnam coolone is pretty dallas this sharkies in sharkies in dallas this one is pretty coolvietnam veteran sgt. steven wayne jackel, jr. who lost both his legs drops the first puck :10 left in the sharkies in dallas this one is pretty coolvietnam veteran sgt. steven wayne jackel, jr. who lost both his legs drops the first puck former heisman trophy winner and nfl quarterback tim tebow will start his pro baseball season with the mets' class a franchise in columbia.new york mets manager terry collins announced the move monday.the 29-year-old tebow has been in spring training with the mets and is hitting .235 with four hits in 17 at-bats... he'll break camp the first week in april and join the fireflies when they open play on april 6 in a four-game series with augusta in the south atlanti

steve. >>> ten minutes to go. dow down 70. s&p down five. russell down about 7.on to a four-point gain. >>> financials have been leading the market higher. when it was going higher. is it time to fade the banks as the so-called trump rally appears to be on hold? that debate when we come back. >>> about eight minutes left in the trading session. art cashin said the market on close orders show an imbalance to the sell side by $400 million. it was bigger earlier. art said a buy program came in. we are seeing the market hover near the lows of the day right now, down about 80 points. look at some of the market movers today. caterpillar has been the biggest drag on the dow after a report accused the manufacturer of tax and accounting fraud. that stock is down nearly 2% as a result. the energy sector has been the biggest laggard overall with the price of crude oil falling 5%. wti trying to hold levels around $50 a barrel. and the health care sector, which was yesterday's big laggard, is the gainer today, the bright spot leading the way higher among the s&p sectors. join

russell up .75%. nasdaq up 17. we have breaking news. the fed president, steve? >> kelly, thank you. in a speech that even after the last couple rate hike, the fed funds rate is still, quote, unusually low, and rate hikes are appropriate to redice the risk of overheating in the economy. he also said the economic outlook is brightening, and he gave a couple reasons for that. one is that fiscal policy looks like it's more stimlative. i don't know what's going to be adopted by congress, but he said ultimately, he thinks there's stimulus policies and abroad it's significantly lower, which you have not heard a fed official say in kbiet soquite s. inflation concerns, overheating concerns, but he said the growth and inflation risks are both to the upside. bill discusses the balance, fed officials have been talking about recently, says when the fed gets around to reducing the balance sheet, it should taper reinvestments. as you know, kelly, the cleveland fed president said today she thinks the fed should reduce this year, dudley not laying out that question, but we'll watch in the month ahea

police say, two warrants were out for russell's arrest for drug possession and assaulting a peace officer. tonight the shooting... is still under investigation. ( stevee following is the ongoing investigation into the deadly oakland warehouse fire. we do have some new information. over the weekend... the alameda county district attorney's office says it did receive a report from the city of oakland. prosecutors reportedly have been asking the city for weeks to get their hands on the report. the fire back in december killed 36 people who were attending a party at the artist collective known as the ghost ship. the warehouse also doubled as an illegal home to numerous people. so far, no criminal charges have been filed in this case. also of note... even with federal investigators helping out... we still do not know the exact cause of the fire. we do know from the coroner's office that all of the victims died from smoke inhalation. the only legal action so far has been victims' families filing lawsuits against the building owner, the man who ran it as well as the city of oakland and alameda county. ( pam ) staying in the east bay... union city police are

russell died at the scene. the two police officers are on paid administrative leave, and their names have not been released at this time. ( steve) national news now...and another big story we're tracking...is yet another block of president trump's travel ban.(pam) this is the white house's revised travel ban... which was scheduled to take effect at midnight tonight. grant lodes is here with what we need to know. (grant) a federal judge in hawaii made the ruling today...stopping this latest travel ban. he indicated the new travel ban...like the original...discriminates against muslim people...and he says anti-muslim comments presdient trump made during his campaign are evidence supporting this position. for his part...presdient trump came out firing tonight at a rally in nashville...calling it a judicial over- reach...saying it was bad, sad news. for the second time -- president trump's travel ban is halted.president trump: "a judge has just blocked our executive order on travel and refugees coming into our country from certain countries."president trump: "this ruling makes us look weak."a federal judge in hawaii issued a nation

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. >> congressman steve russell of oklahoma, thank you. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> and the house still out subject to the call of the chair you heard there that the freedom caucus headed to the white house, likely there now for their meeting with president trump. robert casa reporting for "the washington post" tweeting a moment ago that there is optimism that the freedom caucus could come along but no firm assurances from key players who spoke on background. another news, house freedom caucus given language to review but there's a split, some say it doesn't go far enough. here on c-span, waiting for the return of the u.s. house and likely also too, they have to vote on the same-day rule for the consideration in the rules committee of the legislation they will eventually take up either today or whenever. we will have live coverage of the house when they return. we also note that speaker ryan has his briefing coming up at 3:30 this afternoon. if it's not live here on c-span, look for it live at c-span.org. leader pelosi just wrapped up her briefing, that's online from that, john br