highlights of the hearing on c-span at 8 p.m. well.rn time, as of course you can find it on our ebsite, c-span.org, throughout the day. senator hatch's office having today's hearing, responding to a tweet from cnn, says there is a bar in d.c., that has a drink the hung jury, order the ambulance chaser, hatch's office responded saying, nonalcoholic version of that, senator -- me, mormon from utah, he says.r a friend, the comey hearing is the hottest ticket in town, comey day is the hashtag. cheney tweeting out, others have seats this morning, congressman brad sherman, democrat of california, house along with congressman, i will assume al green, the texas democrat who we told you today, story in the washington times says he is impeachment papers, so seat ill have a front-row this morning. angie, florida, republican. angie? caller: -- ost: sorry, i lost angie, i don't know what happened. apology. louis,a democrat. caller: top of the morning to you. good morning. know, i was listening earlier today, and there was a lot of people stati

the c-span networks carry the hearing in its entirety. if you do not have it yet, you may want to check out the free c-span radio app. it was carried on c-span radio and streamed on the web. and get more information on our website at c-span.org. any numbers would not include the c-span audience as well. significant portion of the population watching the hearing yesterday that ran over two hours and 38 minutes. from our twitter page, there is this. "the propaganda arm is strong with the president today." "if youst eagled him, don't stand for something, you stand for nothing. james comey has integrity." this from sandy beach, "the white house lawyers make a solid case for investigating come is leaking." jodey says, "lies are not a matter of opinion these days. of course, they lied. this is politics, isn't it? they lie." from redding, california, teresa's next. -- thanksting for waiting. caller: i watched yesterday and i found companies testimony to be filled with integrity and honesty. the irony that trump would turn around and tweet this mo

the hearing with mr. comey at 8:00 p.m. eastern time here on c-span. highlights oning c-span2. if you want to see the whole thing, we will re-air it at 8:00 p.m. c-span -- eastern time on c-span. you can watch the hearing, and alongside the video of the hearing, you will see any tweets from the president as they are happening in real time. if you would like to see both of those things happening at the same time, go to our website. let's get you your calls. we want to hear what you have to say to washington about this. terry, a republican. you are up first. good morning. caller: i must say, i know i lookingrd the liberals for smoking guns come but i just see a smoking p shooter. -- this is just the liberals in the media showing how they had donald trump and i cannot get over the fact that their gal hillary lost the election. (202) 748-8000 -- host: are you referring to mr. heards statement you yesterday, no smoking gun their? caller: if they want to talk about collusion, there was collusion in the election. as we know, the democrat committee stacked against bernie sanders. there

also on c-span.org an on c-span's radio app. theeputy attorney general rod rosenstein also happening at 9:30 testifying about the justice department budget. you can see that on c-span.org. very busy morning and day. you can watch all of it on c-span. your calls now. tammy in ashville, north carolina you're up first. open phones from lines independent. caller: good morning. i had some remarks for the guest that was on previously. mr. ruddy. he said that trump was focused on jobs in america. i think it's one thing to focus on jobs, we need quality jobs. jobs that support families where they can afford insurance afford food and that sort of stuff. i don't think that he backed that statement up with any kind of citation like references. my second point on the rast guest is he mentioned trump obsessed. jeremy paying -- germany paying their fair share. 82 million people shouldn'ting required to pay the same amount as 350 million people. that's the population of america. germany has a population of around 82 million. if they're not paying

live at the center for american progress at 10:00 eastern on c-span. you can also follow on c-span.org or follow on the c-span radio app. force on ending sexual violence will be holding a roundtable discussion friday on a sexual assault prevention and assistance for victims. you can watch that at 9:00 eastern on c-span two, c-span.org, or listen live on the c-span radio app. russian president vladimir putin health's annual question in answer system -- session in moscow. in this 45 minute portion, mr. putin answer questions focused on u.s. policy, relations with ukraine, russia's role in syria, and the testimony of former fbi director james comey. so many people are calling you from different parts of the world. you can actually study the map. right now, we have a phone call from kiev. ask your question, please? >> my name is dmitry, i live in ukraine. why did you abandon us? we are not all supporters of the dara. we go to celebrations of the victory day, but why are we all represented in the same light in the media? mr. putin: thank you for your stance,

the bill at c-span.org . you can follow a live set a coverage on c-span 2, online at c-span.org, and on the free c-span radio app. tomorrow is the final day for the supreme court to release decisions for the current term. there are six remaining cases that were heard this term. watch a c-span for coverage of the court's final day. last week, the supreme court unanimously struck down a north carolina law that banned registered sexist vendors from using social media sites, like facebook and twitter. the court ruled that the law violat

the v.a. watch tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. you can watch both hearings live usingpan.org or listing the c-span radio app. ♪ >> c-span, when historynfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> sunday night on afterwards, you talk republican senator mike lee talked about forgotten historical figures that fought against big government in his book. senator lee is interviewed by former acting solicitor general. >> when you were on the lookout for them, they come to you gradually. other people i knew who they thought should get more credit than they get. in the case, this is an indian chief. he understood the principle of federalism because they live it for centuries before we were are a country. i was intrigued by that. it's not in a most americans know anything about. yet, he had a profound impact on our system of government because he is the guy who benjamin franklin was the conduit for this information flowed to the rest of the congress. the first articles of confederation and into the constitution. >> watch

it means you have to turn the channel and go to c-span3 to watch the entire hearing with mr. comey. c-span tontinue on show you what is happening outside as well. as we take your phone calls and thoughts on these investigations. morning, the editorial board of the wall street journal, they said that mr. comey deserves to be fired and it is his opening statement that proves it. writing street journal that the most troubling part is his belief in what he calls independent status in the executive branch. he invokes more than once. independent? it is a false and dangerous you of law enforcement in the american system. mr. comey is describing fbi director who essentially answers to no one. of government are awesome -- often abused and the only way to prevent that is to report to elected officials accountable to voters. the director must resist anervention to obstruct investigation but he and the agency must be politically accountable or it is the fbi of j edgar hoover. after conferring with his fbi senior leadership, he decided not to relay the conversation to attorney general jeff sessions or

"q&a." >> c-span, the history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> "washington journal," continues. minutes, the next 20 tell us what's on your mind. "on the sunday morning. we begin with marcia on the democratic line. caller: good morning, and thank you for c-span. before i mentioned the reason i called, my only criticism against c-span is why didn't ryan lamb come up with that idea about 10 years sooner? because then we have all the watergate hearings and all of that information in the archives. i going to the archives of the used to be a segment on in the morning show called newspaper roundtable. do you realize what that could have been like if brian lamb just wouldn't come up with that idea? i'm a loyal viewer and it is my only criticism. i will end this rant with thank you for c-span, even though we didn't get around to it until 1979. i'm calling this morning because i think of the only senior

c-span3. if you're on the go, on a free c-span radio app. morning, members of the house freedom caucus on their efforts to pass tax cuts and to change the tax code. we will be live from the heritage foundation starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span two. ♪ >> c-span -- where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. live today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, house democrats leader nancy pelosi holds her weekly briefing. journal" withton your reaction to former fbi director james comey's testimony before the senate intelligence committee investigating russian interference in the 2016 elections. ♪ host: good morning. 17 senators asking questions for two hours and 38 minutes. it was the ninth one so far for the senate intelligence committee. today, members of congress, the white house, and the country assessing what it all means following testimony from the fired fbi director james

look for coverage on the c-span networks. >> senators slowly returning to the room from the senate floor where votes wrapping up dealing with additional sanctions against russia. part of a debate on an iran sanction bill on the ballistic missile program and a vote on that is expected before week's end. the house has ended their activities for the week because of the shooting this morning. the update on the condition on the majority whip, steve scalise, who was shot in the hip and medevaced over to washington hospital serpt north of capitol hill. med star washington tweeting representative scalise was critically injured and remains in critical condition. that tweet about 10 minutes ago. also on capitol hill today, the federal reserve holding one of their regular meetings announcing an interest rate hike. the fourth interest rate hike in 18 months. and that news conference with the fed chair, janet yellin, is under way. you can -- yellen, is under way. you can follow that on our companion network, c-span3. chairman isakson: let me apologize for being late. i got caught on a couple things c

. >> you can watch his testimony live online at c-span.org or listen live using the c-span free radio app for apple and android devices. live coverage of the hearing starts 10:00 a.m. thursday on c-span3. u.s. house about to convene for legislative work with resolutions on the manchester, england terrorist attack. recent violence here in washington, d.c., outside the turkish embassy, and another on genocide in iraq and syria. members are expected to recess shortly. reconvening about 4:30 eastern. they'll take up those resolutions with votes at :30 eastern. this is live coverage of the u.s. house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. we give you thanks, god of the universe, for giving us another day. as the various members of this people's house return, we ask your blessing upon each as they resume the difficult responsibilities that await them. give each the wisdom and good judgment needed to give credit to the office they have been honored by their constituents to

by the way, you can watch updates, watch reaction from the white house and others as we follow today's story on c-span and here on the c-span networks and this foreign affairs committee hearing by the house foreign affairs committee should be resuming in just a moment. live coverage on c-span3. >> the committee will reconvene at this time and we will begin with questioning from mr. barra from california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. secretary, for your patience in this reconvening. you know, it's -- you know, this is a tough day today. but it's with thanks to the capitol police, it's t

c-span.org, and the c-span radio app. ♪ c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's television companies and is brought to you why your cable or satellite provider. >> president trump started the week meeting with members of his cabinet at the white house. at the top of the meeting, he talked at length for the time it took his cabinet members to be approved by the senate. this is 20 minutes. president trump: good morning. we have much great news to share with the american people today as we continue to deliver on our promises. long delay and confirmation and the confirmation process by the senate democrats, which i call maybestructionists -- they will change, but i doubt it. they are truly obstructionists. the confirmation process has been record-setting long -- and i mean record-setting long -- for some of the finest people in our country, being delayed and delayed and delayed. much of that is over, and now we are going to move on through the regular process with people at other levels of government and that'

host: we'll be hearing more from the attorney general today at 2:30. live on c-span 3. you can watch it on c-span.org and listen to it on the c-span radio app. getting your thought this morning. ahead of that hearing, joe has been waiting in north olmsted ohio. republicans. caller: there's a saying that man is not above the law. but the question is who makes the law. they don't come from heaven. man makes law. man is above nothing. the same thing with the truth. with these democrats and congress are selfless whatever they are today, i have no idea. they keep throwing up roadblocks while this president is trying to rebuild this country and our security. judges the legal system is at its worst. when they tried to prevent people coming into this country at will. everybody that president has tried to do has been for the betterment of this country. these democrats have found that the crying and the lying gets them nowhere and they continue it. with the elections coming up, in mid-terms, i believe there's going to be a major turn around and there are more people going into the

also joining us at him will discuss the future of uber. watch c-span'swashington journal", leavitt 7:00 a.m. eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> secretary of state rex tillerson testifies at the senate foreign relations committee about his department's budget. live tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span three. the question attorney general jeff sessions about his contac contacts. this will be the first time mr. sessions has testified before congress since he was confirmed as attorney general in february. live coverage beginning at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span three. follow the hearings on c-span.org or with the c-span radio app. >> the supreme court struck down a law that makes birthrate citizens ship harder for us children of on what father subtended on what mothers. the gender line that congress agreed true is incompatible with the fifth amendment requirement that all people must be treated equally under the law. the court's unanimous ruling was a - 0 and sessions versus montana. here's the argument the court heard late last year. >> i

the senate judiciary committee tuesday. nine: 30rage begins at a.m. eastern on c-span three. d in the afternoon, terrorist threats to europe will be discussed. that is live on c-span3, you can watch both hearings on our website, c-span.org. the free c-span radio app. next, president trump and indian prime minister talk about the relationship between the two countries, focusing on training and global security. at this white house rose garden event, the prime minister invited president trump and his family to india. >> thank you. in gentlemen, the president of the united states and the prime minister of the republic of india. president trump: get afternoon. it is a pleasure to welcome you to the white house. i've always had a deep admiration for your country and its people in a proponent -- profound admiration for your traditions. this summer, india will celebrate the 70th anniversary of its independence and on behalf of the united states we want to congratulate the indian people on this magnificent milestone in the life of your very, very incredible nation. during my campaign,

tv" as we travel to hyde park, new york, and to watch the video of hyde park and all the cities we visited on our c-span cities tour. you can go to c-span.org/citiestour. we are taking your calls today for the rest of the show. taking in what's on your mind. ruben is calling on our democratic line from fort lauderdale. hi, ruben. caller: good morning. host: and what did you want to talk about today? caller: yes. i don't think it's a good idea for -- because the democrats and the republicans, they are not getting along together. right on television. host: so what do you think, then, members of congress to do should -- should do to feel safer, ruben? caller: need to go to work. that's what they need to do, go to work and we won't have this problem. host: ok. and, again, last night was the congressional baseball game. that's what members of congress were practicing for when that attack happened on wednesday. and many of today's front pages it talked about the unity that was exhibited at that game. the front page of "the boston herald" said "team u.s.a.: republicans and dems join on field for wounded fellow

check our schedule updates for rebroadcasts on the c-span networks. "the washington post" reporting between jamesoday madis, secretary of state rex tillerson and their australian counterparts. say despite the u.s. decision to withdraw from key trade and environmental relationshipe between their countries will re main strong. when the secretary of state was he'll do to address pockets of doubt about american "that'snism, he said why we're here." you can read more washingtonpost .com. after their meetings, they held a briefing with reporters on the thes climate agreement, fight against isis, north carolina's nuclear missile program, and reaction to news arabia, egypt, bahrain and the uae were cutting diplomatic ties with qatar. afternoon. on behalf of the ministers for , i would like to say how delighted we have been to host u.s. secretary of state rex till tillerson and u.s. secretary of defense for our annual meeting, australia-u.s. consultation .eld here in sydney this is a very important opportunity for australia and shareited states to perspectives

the right thing. i share your high opinions of c-span and appointed this out to the c-span audience before nobody ever complains about c-span it would take republican to do that that is why i am republican growing up to beat the american way. >> talk about gerrymandering of would not call it treasonous but we live in a society people are greedy and self centered what will lead you expect? and how they get away to require an expert? it is an ongoing battle to talk treason you cannot have a country without borders. >> host: what is a red diaper baby? >> guest: my parents were the card-carrying members of the communist party causing america to lose the cold war and to orchestrate this movement that is the bad diaper baby. >> what kind of work did they do? >> host: next call from pennsylvania. >> caller: i am a registered republican and i have paid much different opinion to be a republican and a patriot obviously he believes someone who said they could not serve in the united states military obviously he believes that before a bankruptcy judge six times is a patriot and then he refuses to pay taxes at lea

you can also listen to it on the free c-span radio app and a quick reminder if you miss any of it during the day, the hearing will reair at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 and later that night on c-span. a look now at the former director's testimony in march confirming the russia investigation. director comey: i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the f.b.i., as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. as with any counterintelligence investigation, this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed. because it is an open, ongoing investigation and is classified, i cannot say more about what we are doing and whose conduct we are examining. at the request of congressional leaders, we have taken the extraordinary step in coordinat

host: focusing on the reagan library. c-span visited many libraries over the years n. 1999, c-span had a chance to tour the reagan library with nancy reagan, here is a bit from the store. -- from that tour. >> people come to the library, is there one or two things they find to be their favorite? >> you would really have to ask them. i think there are always curious about the berlin wall. and they're -- the whole thing is so -- i mean, it's all here. everything in his life is here. it will be hard for me to say which one they would choose. >> over here is march 30, 1981. >> yeah. >> where were you when you heard the president had been shot? >> i was at a luncheon, an art gallery luncheon, and for some reason, this never happened to me before and god willing, won't happen to me again, but i suddenly had the feeling i had to go. and -- >> you mean just -- >> i don't know what it was, i just had the feeling i had to get back to the white house. host: if you want to watch that entire tour, you can see it all of our programming availa

it never went down >> you can seeee the rest of th conversation from today's "washington journal" online at c-span. type employer-based health insurance in the box. again, that's at c-span.org. going to go live now as the u.s. house is back for legislative session. members will be debating energy-related legislation. live to the floor of the u.s. house now here on c-span. >> the u.s. house session expected to begin momentarily here. another bill tart encouraging energy efficiency in the nation's schools. votes expected at 6:350er7b. a little bit of a delay in action here as you can see as we understand members still assembling, preparing for bill debate. when things do get under way here we will have live coverage here on c-span. again, waiting for lerge business to get under way here in the house today. quick reminder tomorrow attorney general jeff sessions will be testifying before the senate intelligence committee about the potential russia meddling and president trump's firing of director james comey. that hearing will be live on our companion network c-span3. you will be able to see it tomorr

i enjoyed your reading of the few months ago on c-span and one thing i think, mistaken, it says the president shall uphold the laws states.united and with -- i consider the cartel, ting like drug washington, colorado, etcetera, sessions he get jeff to crack down on these guys, issue indictments and maybe some of these governors, that , state legislators are openly breaking federal law? n the constitution, if he's supposed to uphold the law, i don't see wiggle room for him to get out of that. the united states, not just for a couple states that are the united nt to states. i'd like to see some discussion nd maybe you have some panelists to discuss this ecause it is never being discussed on c-span. host: let me ask you, talking i assume.juana laws, why -- what concerns you about country laws in this and where this ends up going, what track we're on when it comes to marijuana use in this country? pediatric rican has said that shouldn't be allowed. and it is against federal law, no known drug with benefit. i just don't understand. if it is a federal law, the should uphold that federal law. the un

noon onat is today at "book tv," the c-span cities tour. et's go to san antonio on the republican line with stephen. enjoy: i want to say i your show. i have a quick comment regarding universal income. one thing i have not quite never understood why everybody advocates for this, in the back of my mind, there are native americans who received government assistance, and it has not helped them that much. when people are looking for an example, that is not an example. if you have been to a native american reservation, they do have a lot of problems. the money does not help much. think it would help our greater society, so that is one comment. host: thank you for contributing. ,ebbie from punta gorda florida. she is on the democrat line. caller: nice to talk to you. i was wondering, could we create jobs by helping the middle class? the middle class has some jobs that don't assist or help out. i can't your you, i'm sorry. host: keep going. caller: i was wondering if i could help them out with menial jobs and attend the family, they could do better

. >> the c-span cities tour and booktv's look at eugene continues. next a trip to the university of oregon to learn about the oregon rare books initiative which seeks to increase the use of rare books and archives in the classroom. >> the oregon rare books initiative was begun three or four years ago. so it's a ms. to increase the use of the rare book and special collections archives among faculty and students in the classroom at the university of oregon. it was founded in 2013, colleagues including myself have been upstairs in the vault where these are stored along with librarians who have helped us to find books we did not know we owned and it has been in a rediscovery of the amazing, rare and collectible books that have been here often since the early 19th century and using them in our research and classes in a way that hasn't been for several decades. and you invite a visiting scholar to give a talk, encourage that person to consult that collection upstairs and find some rare books that he or she has worked on and are of interest in that field so

at c-span.org or listen live using the c-span free radio app for apple and android devices. announcer: next, british prime minister theresa may's statement on last night's terror attack in london. then the bbc question time with prime minister may and labor party leader jeremy corbyn on election issues. at 11:00 p.m., another chance to see "q&a" with former fcc economist thomas hazlett. british prime minister theresa may is calling for tougher measures to fight islamic extremism after three men used a vehicle and knives to kill seven people last night in london. the attackers were killed. at least 12 people have been arrested in connection with the attack. the prime minister said thursday's elections would go on as scheduled. here is her statement concerning last night's attack. >> here comes the prime minister. pm may: last night, our country fell victim to a brutal terrorist attack once again. as a result, i have just chaired a meeting of the government's emergency committee, and i want to update you with the latest information about the attack. shortly before 10:10 yester

the investigation into russia. james comey could come up. you can watch that later today on c-span. james comey will testify in front of the same committee on thursday. you can see that gavel to gavel without commentary on c-span3. john kelly warned senators yesterday about his concern of terrorists traveling to the united states, especially after the recent terrorist attacks abroad. do you share the same concerns about terrorism? tell us. in our first half hour this morning, you can call us at 202-748-8000 for democrats. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. comments viasubmit our twitter page and our facebook page. if you go to our website, you can see the hearing featuring john kelly. yesterday, he testified on issues related to terrorism. "the washington times that the washington post -- times"ashington picked up the story from yesterday. he expects some will try to reach the u.s., but his hands have been tied by federal courts. you will hear more about this hearing coming up. we want to hear your thoughts about the potential for travelers to come to the united s

information atre the studentcam website. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day. press.up, bill , editor ineffrey chief will talk about president trump's legislative agenda amid the russia investigation. stephen earl inter talks about the election to find the next prime minister. discusses theef upcoming british elections and u.s. transatlantic relations.

the communicators on c-span2. >> former fbi director james comey testifies thursday before the intelligence communications investigating russian activities during last year's election. also watch live online at c-span.org or listen like using the c-span free radio at four apple and android devices. ofon tuesday, first minister scotland launched the national election platform. she is set to vote on scottish independent should take place at the end of the brexit negotiations and that there is too much at stake for scotland not to be part of the process. we begin this 15 minute portion with a question from a reporter. >> the conservatives are running this general election campaign in scotland on what message which is they do not want another independence referendum. -- jin: really question >> really? [applause] >> there is some evidence it is working and some of your colleagues could lose their seats because of it. do you worry about that and that the decision to collate referendum may cost some of your colleagues their seats? and mask if the smp would rate increases and of not, why? >> we will support 50 pounds actually for those -- we oppose a tax cut for those at the high rate and we have not delivered that cut in scottish parliament

the coeditor. check >> be sure to watch c-span's washington journal -- join the discussion. tomorrow, treasury secretary steve mnuchin testifies in the house subcommittee in his apartments 2018 budget. irisble topics and clued operations comes ever security, and to respect counts. watch live at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. c-span,you missed it on retired brigadier general gerald on the possible threat of climate change on national security. if the repeal minerals, this one from the 1980's that says -- most significant aspects of battlefield combat, whether it's nice that have to be open, open seas, or were you a crime -- climb -- the military about that. on you have an interest of feeling thing -- with things like this and forecasting might have -- what might happen. >> jim sensenbrenner and attend meeting. warned -- [applause] >> as i said at the beginning of the meeting, interruptions are not going to be tolerated. ok, would you please sit down, sir? you do not have the floor. sit down. sit down. -- you for leaving. >> means surrendering his king hearing on -- the fo

bills.he agenda, several -- continuesng the on iran'sng sanctions missile development. on c-span the, steve mnuchin on me departments 2018 budget. that will be live at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. coming up on c-span2, james madison and joseph dunford testify, looking into the pentagon's budget request. c-span, were history unfolds daily. traded as apan was public service by america's cable companies. george's six district has been represented by republicans since newt gingrich won the seat. it is a close race between john also off and karen handel. the two debated last week. to george's welcome six congressional debate. i'm dennis o'hare, the host of morning edition parade early voting is already underway in the sixth district and election days june 20. the six congressional district partses alanna and covers of cop, fulton, and full counties. the winner of the runoffs will succeed

. >> the c-span cities tour and booktv's look at eugene continues. next a trip to the university of oregon to learn about the oregon rare books initiative which seeks to increase the use of rare books and archives in the classroom. >> the oregon rare books initiative was begun three or four years ago. so it's a ms. to increase the use of the rare

the air. caller: i just reviewed my what's again on c-span, this little horse and pony show they put on, it is amazing to me that supposedly intelligent men seem to think that the "washington post" is the last and absolute truth. i can't believe it, these people want to say that this is the truth, why are you not answering this. host: where do you get your news, jane? caller: i get it from my lot of channels on tv. host: good enough. thank you for watching c-span as one of them. jim, on the line for independence. caller: i think the whole thing has gotten way to weekly partisan. i would like to see the independent counsel do his job, and all of these senators and congressmen go back and do their job. there is so much going on in the world, they need to focus on doing what they have to do to make this country stable, let the independent counsel do his job. if trump is guilty of something, find, prosecute him weird if clinton is guilty of anything, her. prosecute let them get back to work. host: james comey testified for this in committee we solve rep up a few minutes ago, the senate intelligenc

the sure to watch c-span's washington journal coming up at 7:00 a.m. this morning. join the discussion. next, housing and irving -- urban development secretary ben carson was interviewed by the president and ceo of the national housing conference at a recent symposium in washington, d.c. >> obviously i think one of the areas the housing community as most anxious about is related to the budget. you said in the past you down expect anyone to get kicked out of housing but i think whether the issue of reduction is choice voucher or properties that cannot exist on insufficient fund, residents cannot afford higher payment or -- that feels like eight difficulty to achieve psy wanted to give you a chance to talk about what is going to give and how will we sort of a achieve keeping people from losing their housing if the head budget is going to -- if the housing under development budget is going to shrink by $7 million. >> that is not the primary mechanism for rental. it is section eight. rental assistance in public housing. given fiscal restraints, we hado prioritize. there

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the senate intelligence committee. our guests include mike lee, david hawkings, and brenda lawrence. be sureatch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >>> next, vice president mike pence talks about the administration's effort to reestablish the marshal space council. the vice president also welcomed the next class of astronaut candidates. this event was held at nasa's johnson space center in houston. >> thank you, robert. to governor abbott, senator cruz, to our great acting administrator in robert lightfoot. the director ellen ochoa and the nasa team at johnson space center. i can't tell you how privileged and honored i feel today to be able to congratulate the newest class of american heroes, the 2017 class of america's astronauts. these are 12 men and women whose personal excellence and personal courage will carry our nation to greater heights and discovery and who i know will inspire our children and grandchildren every bit as much as your forebearers have done so in this storied american program. and to this newest class of astronauts it's my h

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c-span. after that at noon eastern, the u.s. house is back for legislative work. on today's agenda will be a bill to speed up the permitting process for construction of water on c-span. after storage projects on federal land. along with that a bill setting policy for career and technical education programs. also today, the house will start construction and consideration of legislation to set up programs to subsidize the wages of people on the temporary aid to needy families program. it's anticipated that the house will wrap up work on that tomorrow. when the house comes back in session, of course, we'll have live coverage here on c-span. continues. host: at her table, thomas massie who sits on the government reforms committee. congressman, after that shooting was to place in virginia but was targeting members of congress that's been a large amount of their time in washington d.c., what did that reveal to you about your safety and the safety of your colleagues? people may not realize, but there are very few members of congress that have a security detail in washingt

the wheel. announcer: c-span programs are ourlable at c-span.org, on homepage, in by searching the video library. next, "q&a" with paul sparrow, who oversees the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum. ♪ announcer: this week on q&a, paul sparrow, director of the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum in hyde park, new york. he talks about the papers and artifacts housed there and provides a rare look at fdr's personal book collection. this interview was conducted at the museum in president roosevelt's private study. brian: paul sparrow, director of the fdr library. what is this room, and will cut -- what kind of history was made here? paul: this room is totally unique in the presidenti

. >> the c-span city tour and book tvs look at eugene continues.next, a trip to the university of oregon to learn about the oregon rare books initiative which is to increase the use of round books and archives in the classroom. >> the oregon rare books initiative was done three or four years ago by a couple of colleagues at oregon, derek keller and mark schachter so it's theme is to increase the use of the rare book and special collections archive among faculty and students and in the classroom here at university of oregon.the oregon initiative was founded in 2013. and colleagues including myself have been upstairs in the vault where these rare books are stored along with librarians including bruce tab who has helped us to find books that we did not know we own. and it's been kind of a rediscovery of some of the amazing rare and collectible books that have been here often since the early 19th century and were using them in our research and classes in a way that we had before several decades. when we invited visiting scholars to come to talk year, we encourage that person to consult in ou

2 or stream live coverage ott cspan.org or listen live with the c-span radio app. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by public television cable companies and is brought to you by your satellite and cable provider. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, the disbanding of the confederate army of northern virginia is discussed by purdue university professor carolyn jany. >> remember, lee's terms at appomattox had surrendered his army. they had said nothing about declaring the confederacy defunct. there had been no peace treaty and as of may 9, jefferson davis remained on the run. >>> at 8:00 p.m. on lectures in history, university of notre dame history professor on the east texas oil boom of the mid-20th century and the expansion of u.s. oil businesses to saudi arabia and canada. >> a geologists frames the theory of oil saying that mesh oil reserves were going to collapse by 1970, forcing the country into a difficult situation so this kind of apocaly

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other updates to this morning's shooting on the c-span networks. of course we'll continue back with this house hearing with the secretary of state rex tillerson shortly live here on c-span 3. now on c-span 3 it's housing and urban department secretary ben carson with remarks at last week's housing conference. >> thank you, ethan, and thank you martin for the great welcome. thanks to all of you for being here today. we're excited to have folks watching live by c-span and through the webcast. it is my pleasure to introduce dr. ben carson, the 17th secretary of housing and urban development. his bio is in your program book. as many notable -- he has many notable accomplishments but i want to highlight his 30 years at pediatrics. i very much appreciate him providing a welcome and joining us for dinner. it's my pleasure to bring up hud secretary carson to the podium right now. >> thank you. well, i'm delighted to be here with you. thankful for all the work you have done. i had a wonderful time last night. opportunity to see many people that i hadn't seen

the hearing at 10:00 a.m. eastern and you can also watch online that c-span.org or listen live using the free c-span radio app for apple and android devices. >> on tuesday, nicola sturgeon the scottishhed national party agenda. she said there's too much at stake with brexit for scotland to not be part of the process. we began this 15 minute portion with a question from our reporter. >> the conservatives are running this general election campaign in scotland on what message which is they do not want another independence referendum. -- jin: really question >> really? [applause] >> there is some evidence it is working and some of your colleagues could lose their seats because of it. do you worry about that and that the decision to collate referendum may cost some of your colleagues their seats? and mask if the smp would rate increases and of not, why? >> we will support 50 pounds actually for those -- we oppose a tax cut for those at the high rate and we have not delivered that cut in scottish parliament and we support -- inflation is rising. we should not be patting the buttocks of austerity. [applause] >> in te

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the senate intelligence committee starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. you can watch it at cspan.org and listen using the c-span radio app. >>> this sunday, q&a is in hyde park, new york, at the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library and museum where we go inside for a rare look at fdr's personal office and collection of artifacts. with paul sparrow, the museum's director. >> this library opened in june 1941. he was still president of the united states so this became essentially the foreign oval office. fdr had an

. >> the c-span city tour and book tvs look at eugene continues.next, a trip to the university of oregon to learn about the oregon rare books initiative which is to increase the use of round books and archives in the classroom. >> the oregon rare books initiative was done three or four years ago by a couple of colleagues at oregon, derek keller and mark schachter so it's theme is to increase the use of the rare book and special collections archive among faculty and students and in the classroom here at university of oregon.the oregon initiative was founded in 2013. and colleagues including myself have been upstairs in the vault where the