[applause] >> with me is susan ferrechio chief congressional correspondent of the washington examiner. looking at the week ahead we have the house considering the partisan legislation with sanctions on turkey while the sun is blocking, can you tell us more about the congressional response of turkeys recent military action after the president withdrew your troops from syria. >> with sanctions

. >> host: with me is susan ferrechio, chief congressional correspondent of the "washington examiner" looking at the weekend

you can read her writing at their website and you can tweak her at susan ferrechio. thanks for joining us. >> guest: thank you. >> new america hosted a discussion on ranked-choice voting also called instant runoff voting. it takes voters second of their choices into account if no candidate receives a majority. this is one hour 20 minutes. >> good evening. welcome to new america. such a nice room, comfortable chairs. i'm the director of the political reform program here at new america and i want to welcome you all to a discussion about the possibilities of ranked-choice voting, as folks can revive our democracy in various ways, potentially solving a bunch of differently challenges. this is an event, a a series of events for new america's 20th anniversary which is done in 1999 with the idea of creating a home for new generation of both people and ideas across a wide range of policy questions. i kind of one of the old-timers although it wasn't your in 1999. i saw the creation of it and fundamental ideas about political, reforming the political system, part of the dna of

>> susan ferrechio is the chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner, and you can read her writing at their website www.washingtonexamineer.com and you can tweet her @susanferrechio. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> and we returned to the politicon conference in nashville. speaking now, former fbi director james comey and former white house communications director nicole wallace. mr. comey: do it without embarrassing him, and embarrassing me, without creating a war in the fbi was front and center in my mind, so that is why i was a little distracted. the meeting started off the rails very quickly. ms. wallace: like what? mr. comey: i explained to him without using any of the terms you used, but to explain to him the nature of this information, why we were telling him, and that provoked from him a long monologue that had nothing to do with what i had asked about, reviewing and then denying other allegations of sexual misconduct i women who had said he assaulted them. >> 19 of them. mr. comey: i don't know if they went through 19, but he went through one after

tom, cofounder and president, tm bevan, susan ferrechio and charles lane of "the washington post." this head, the president jumped on it right away. and he was asked about it and said, he probably helped write the complaint and that is denied by schiff but it does reach questions of outreach. >> and probably sharing concerns for quite a while that schiff had notice about the whistle-blower. and they were belief that he orchestrated or worked with the whistle-blower to write this complaint to have it look a certain way. now the intelligence committee democrats saying that is not the case and they followed protocol. they sent him to a lawyer, but this does have the feel of something that may be we should know about in advance and republicans have been worried for quite a while. >> bret: you just played one interview but there were numerous adam schiff interviews ad we not known about this had it not been for the ig. no, you sent him to the ig. >> there was another interview he gave where he was asked point-blank, have you had contact with the whistle-blower? we have not had contact, w

. >> susan ferrechio is the chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner, you can read her writing at their website www.washingtonexaminer.com and you can tweet her @susanferrechio. thanks for joining us. >> next, democratic presidential candidate marianne williamson. she talks about her proposal to create a u.s. department of peace if elected in 2020. from the national press club, this is an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the national press club. my name is alison and i'm the washington investigative editor and i'm the 112th president of the national press club. our guest is a candidate for the democratic national nomination. she has spent half a lifetime as author, activist and faith leader. she has been speaking, writing and writing about spirituality and politics. author of 14 books, four that reached number one on the new york times best seller list, including the last one. she has founded several nonprofit organizations, including the peace alliance and project angel food, a nonprofit, that has delivered millions of meals to americans since 1989. she joins us

you can read her writing at their website and you can tweak her at susan ferrechio. thanks for joining us. >> guest: thank you. >> new america hosted a discussion on ranked-choice voting also called instant runoff voting. it takes voters second of their choices into account if no candidate receives a majority. this is one hour 20 minutes.

[applause] >> with me is susan ferrechio chief congressional correspondent of the washington examiner. looking at the week ahead we have the house considering the partisan legislation with sanctions on turkey while the sun is blocking, can you tell us more about the congressional response of turkeys recent military action after the president withdrew your troops from syria. >> with sanctions turkey in they would also pick it up it is possible they will. it is being sold on in the senate because the republicans in the chamber want to give the cease-fire a chance and they want to give the president a chance to see if the deal that he has worked out is going to be successful. but the kind of having sanctions as plan b. so the house will pass in the currently working into junction worse than republicans who are not opposed to what the houses drink they just want to give the president a chance and i think i recall the president saying cease-fire is not successful he could reimpose the sanctions that he had placed from executive branch. so congress is taking it up in the house and the senat

. >> susan ferrechio is the chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner, you can read her writing at their website www.washingtonexaminer.com and you can tweet her @susanferrechio. thanks for joining us. >>

. >> susan ferrechio is the chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner, and you can read her writing at their website www.washingtonexamineer.com and you can tweet her @susanferrechio. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> and we returned to the politicon conference in nashville. speaking now, former fbi director james comey and former white house communications director nicole wallace. mr. comey: do it without embarrassing him, and embarrassing me, without creating a war in the fbi was front and center in my mind, so that is why i was a little distracted. the meeting started off the rails very quickly. ms. wallace: like what? mr. comey: i explained to him without using any of the terms you u