the free c-span radio apps. this week on c-span2, tonight at 8:00 with the budget is something for congress to handle we will look at pending proposals for the federal budget and friday a profile of interview with agriculture secretary sonny perdue. >> my political history, i tell people when i was born in 1946, they step democrat on your birth certificate. i made a political decision called truth in advertising in 1998 to change parties and became a republican at that point. >> follow that by a conversation with devcon founder jeff moss. >> there were no jobs for any of us. only people doing security were people in the military so this

>> the overall nasa budget is less than half a percent of the overall federal budget at this time. apollo a day it was 5% of the federal budget. nasaat is the priority for over the last couple of years? the orion spacecraft. the essays talked about flying a series of missions between earth and the moon in the 20 20's, and sending humans to mars in the 2030s >> >> tell us about the space council, what that group does, and how it might change of the trump administration? >> the national space council has existed in one form or another, since the early days of the space age. during the kennedy vice president lyndon johnson was very active in its activities. it was also active in the administration of resident george h.w. bush, with vice president quayle running the operation. the space council has not been active since the end of the first bush administration, quarter of a century ago. reactivated the space council. it will be chaired by vice president pence. he is interested in being active in space policy. he has talked about having a first meeting of the national space council by th

. >> it is critical is the government:so the budget soared during the apollo bin surge quickly. and equally discouraging with the federal budget so that has to do more with less with the technologies but now there were all those new players. and some are funded by billionaires' but i think in the aggregate clearly day rival the budget. >> are they cooperating with each other?. >> with nasa i think there is some frustration it was by a retired so some of the companies wanted to do their own thing. so there was suddenly a rivalry but until recently there was cooperation with these private space companies they aren't a business model yet. with those multibillion-dollar contracts putting astronauts up into orbit and the money is important to them. and hasn't been able to over six shears. -- years also nasa tries to be more nimble not that that love will love space-x but the micro satellites so nasa is trying to learn and rollout of punches. >> host: you mentioned the university?. >> yes we have been contacted twice to be at the launch itself that goes to the martian polar region that will snag an asteroid. >> beyond a teach

budget -- the condition of the federal budget will worsen over the next 10 years pretty significantly. particular, growth in federal spending will continue to outpace growth in federal revenue. evening will outpace it to larger federal deficits. right now the deficit is roughly three does -- 3% of gdp. in 10 years it will be about 5% of gdp. in 30 years it will be about 10% of gdp. put that in perspective. is aboutnary spending 5% of gdp. all of discretionary spending. we are talking about a deficit that is now getting quite large. you'll see a nice graphical view here of what the story is great you see revenues are increasing over time. they start at a level that's higher than the 50 year average. revenues are ready -- already at a historically high level. in spending, which is high relative to historical levels, and increasing faster than revenues are. and here's the most depressing graph i've got for you. here is the accumulating debt. right now the debt is 75% of gdp. one of the things you'll notice is in 2007, it was at a high level, about 3

president trump has requested 1.1 trillion dollars in the 2018 federal budget. of that, he would like the -- that isepartment a cut from 2017. this is a guideline. congress gets to decide with final number is. joining us is education reporter caitlin emma. th a 14% cut in funding proposed are the president, which programs would be affected? >> his budget has gotten a lot of criticism for targeting these programs that provide billions of dollars in federal funding for public school programs. at the se time, he proposed a investment in school choice, which is the next spansion -- the expansion of charter schools and private schools, even choice among private -- public schools. some of the programs targeted that stirred up a lot of controversy included more than $2 billion for teacher training and classroom reduction. it is a popular program. studies about this program have showed mixed results. it is on the chopping block for the top administration and trumpicans in progress -- administration and republicans in congress. congressman like reblican lou barletta, who

the free c-span radio apps. this week on c-span2, tonight at 8:00 with the budget is something for congress to handle we will look at pending proposals for the federalbudget and friday a profile of interview with agriculture secretary sonny perdue. >> my political history, i tell people when i was born in 1946, they step democrat on your birth certificate. i made a political decision called truth in advertising in 1998 to change parties and became a republican at that point. >> follow that by a conversation with devcon founder jeff moss. >> there were no jobs for any of us. only people doing security were people in the military so this is a hobby. the internet grew and there were jobs and people were putting things online and there was money at risk. all of a sudden hackers started getting jobs doing security. >> watch on c-span, and c-span.org and listen using the free c-span radio apps. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> next is hillbilly eulogy, fantastic book and everything i heard about it is wonderful, talks about associational life in america. an issue i have been looking i

the 2018 education budget. after that, we will look back at testimony from education secretary betsy devos on the budget request. requestednt trump has 1.1 trillion dollars and his 2018 federal budget. of that, he would like the education department to receive $59 billion. that is a cut from 2017. this is just a guideline. -- toss gets this is decide with final number is. joining us is caitlin emma. which programs would be affected? >> president trump's budget has gotten a lot of criticism for targeting these programs that provide billions of dollars in federal funding for public school programs. at the same time, he supposed a ,nvestment in school choice which is the expansion of charter schools, private schools , and even towards among public schools. some of the programs targeted, that has stirred up a lot of ntroversy, include more than $2 billion in federal funding for teacher training and classroom science reduction. it is a popular program, but traditionally studies about this program have showed mixed results. it is on the chopping block. elimination ofd more than $1 billion in federal funding for afterschool programs , which generated a lot of controversy in his bud

and will get pending proposals for the federal budget. and friday, profile interview with agriculture secretary sonny perdue. >> my political history was i tell people when i was born in 1946 in perry, georgia, the stamped immigrant on your birth certificate. i made a political decision, i call it truth in advertising. in 1998 to change parties and became a republican at that point in time. >> followed by a conversation with black hat and devcon founder jeff moss. >> there were no jobs in information security for any of us. the only people were people in the military or maybe banks. this is a hobby. and thereernet grew were jobs, and people were putting things online and there was money at risk, all of a sudden, hackers started getting jobs doing security. >> watch on c-span and c-span.org and listen using the free c-span radio app. >> president trump spoke today at the american legion convention being held in reno, nevada saying it is time to heal the wounds that divide the country and outlined proposed changes at the veterans differ -- a

the vietnam war was starting up and we couldn't afford spending that much on nasa. equally discouraging for space acolytes, nasa's budget has done down as a fraction of the federal budget by a factor of two in the last 20 years, nasa has to do more with less and things are expensive and the technologies are challenging so nasa is a very important player but there are all these new players, 3 dozen private space companies and a few of them are funded by billionaires and have other investors. in the aggregate these private space enterprises clearly rival nasa's budget and will -- >> host: are they cooperating with each other or off on their own? >> guest: an interesting situation. with nasa, there is some frustration with nasa that things are moving so slowly, the space shuttle with obsolete technology by the time it was retired, the space shuttle -- the space station is not loved university, private companies want to do their own thing. elon musk wants to reinvent rockets from the ground up and thinks he can do better. there is definitely rivalry. recently there is cooperation too. private space companies don't have a good business model yet. orbital sciences and space

how does medicaid affect the federal budget and how can they be reduced over the next ten years or-- >> there are two different paradigms. in light of that, if someone is concerned with a budget paradigm, which many are, what is a way to extend the solvency of the program in a way that wouldn't hurt them. >> i wish i had an easy answer for that question, i think the only way to do that is to increase revenue and i think it's important to keep in mind that no matter what we do, there are going to be-- the large percentage of disabilities benefits will need them. there's a huge area in what i was talking about, we need to address how do we support people with disabilities to work, how do we help them maintain attachment to the working force, that they don't have to go to the support and other things that help them work. aside from addressing the shortfall, social security, i know you're going to talk about this a lot later, they haven't had a premium increase for this insurance program since the 1980's. we need to think about this, think how your other premiums going up over year and we

how does medicaid affect the federal budget? how can these budget lines be reduced over the next ten years or the next, and longer time. these are two different completely different paradigms. i think it's interesting you call attention to that. in light of that what would you say if someone is concerned with the budget paradigm, as many people are, what are some ways to extend the solvency of the disability insurance program in a way that wouldn't hurt people with disabilities in a way that some of the proposals might? >> i wish i had a really easy answer for that question, but i think that the only way to do that is to increase revenue. and i think it's important to keep in mind that no matter what we do there are going to be the large% of people who get disability benefits are still going to need them. there's a huge unmet need in the other. i was talking about, and we need to address how do we support people with disabilities to work, how do we help them when they are working, maintain attachment to the labor force. make sure

this week on c-span, tonight at 8:00, with the budget as something for congress to handle, we look at tempting proposals for the federal budget. friday, profile interview with agriculture secretary sonny perdue. wheny political history was when i was born in 1946 in georgia, they stamp democrat on your birth situated. i made a political decision in 1998 to change parties and become a republican. >> followed at 8:30 p.m. by a conversation with devcon founder jeff moss. >> there was no jobs in information security for any of us. the only people doing it was military or banks. this is really a hobby. as an internet group, and there were jobs and people were putting things online, all of a sudden, hackers started doing jobs of security. >> watch on c-span and c-span.org, and listen using the free c-span radio app. >> sunday night on q&a, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas rick about his book churchill and orwell, the fight for freedom. >> they never met, for example, but the hero is winston. twice andread it loved it. orwell was a socialist and admired churchill across the political cabin

discussion has been how does this program affect the federal budget and how does medicaid affect the federal budget. how can these budget lines be reduced over the next 10 years or longer term and those are two completely different paradigms, so i think it's interesting that you called attention to that. in light of that what would you say if someone is concerned with the budget paradigm as many people are. what are ways to extend solvency of the disability insurance program in a way that would not her people with disabilities in the way some others might. >> i wish i had an easy answer for that question, but i think that the only way to do that is to increase revenue and i think it's important to keep in mind that no matter what we do there are going to be-- the larger percentage of people that get disability benefits are still going to need them. there is a huge unmet need in the other area i was talking about and we need to address how do we support people with disabilities to work. how do we help them when they are working maintain attachment to the labor force and make sure they

when we were balancing the federal budget in '97 we had a lot of advice from tommy thompson the greatof wisconsin. john engler the great governor from the state of michigan. we did listen to them. it was important. my sense on this, john just mentioned lamar alexander, what he wants to do, patty murray will help on that the democrat senator. tom carper from delaware has been unbelievable in terms of his looking trying to solve this problem. dick durbin and i, democrat leader and i have talked there's a lot of politics but i'm worried about people. i think there is a hunger in the congress, at least in the senate to try to do what they went to do, which is solve problems. you can't solve immense difficult problems without both side. we couldn't have balanced the budget in '97 hot administration and republicans agreed to make some compromise. we never would have reformed the military like we g goldwater, a democrat to give power to commanders in the field. these are major deals, john. since republicans are in the majority they get to call the tune, that is i've said before when you call

a long time is that if current laws governing taxes and spending don't change, a condition the federal budget will worsen over the next ten years, pretty significantly. in particular, growth in federal spending will continue to outpace growth in federal revenues. both are going to increase over the next ten years, the next 30 years but spending will help paste it to even larger federal deficits. right now the deficit is roughly 3% of gdp. in ten years it will be about 5% of gdp. in 30 years there will be about 10% of gdp. put that in perspective, discretion spending is about 5% of gdp, all of discretionary spending. so we're talking about a defict that is now getting quite large. and you'll see a nice graphical view here of what the story is. you see revenues are increasing over time. they start at a level tha that s higher than a 50 year average, already at a historical high level right now. and spending which is high relative to historical levels, and increasing but increasing faster than revenues are. and here's the most depressing crap i think i have here for you. here's the acute relatin

join the discussion. >> this week on c-span, tonight at 8:00, with the budget as something for congress to handle, we will look at proposals for the federal budget. friday, an interview with sonny perdue. >> my political history was i kill people when i was born in 1946 in georgia. they stamped democrat on your birth certificate. i made a decision called a truth in advertising in 1998 to change parties and became a republican at that point. >> followed by 8:30 p.m. by conversation with jeff moss. >> there was no jobs in information security, only people who were doing security work -- maybe people in the military or banks. this is really a hobby. people were putting things online and there was money at risk. all of a sudden, hackers started doing jobs doing security. ask listen -- >> listen with the free c-span radio app. >> at a conference in pasadena, california, the president of mars without borders talks about what would be needed for humans to live on mars. then the argument about colonization of the moon is more feasible. this is an hour and 45 minutes. here and for being being interested in living in race.

. >> we look at pending proposals for the federal budget. withy, a profile interview sonny perdue.hen i was born in 1946 in perry, georgia, they stamp democrat on your bridge to get. -- birth certificate. i became a republican. >> followed by a conversation with black hat and defcon founder. doing only people security were people in the military and maybe banks. this is really a hobby. as the internet grew and there were jobs and there was money at risk, all of a sudden hackers started getting jobs insecurity. >> watch on c-span and at c-span.org. listen using the free c-span radio app. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us to continue our conversation on confederate monuments is professor al brophy. a recent piece of his has the title, why the case for the removal of confederate memorials is not so clear-cut. could you tell us why? guest: sure. i think the monuments are largely relics of the bad old days. i think it is important to leave them

with the budget a summit for congress to handle, we look at pending proposals for the federal budget.riday, a profile interview with agriculture secretary sonny perdue. i my political history was told people and i was born in 1946 in georgia, they stand democrat under birth certificate. i made a political decision calling it truth in advertising in 1998 to change parties and became a republican at that point in time. >> followed by a conversation with black hat and death con founder. >> there are new jobs and information -- there were no jobs information security for any of us. the only people doing at work may banks. this was a hobby. as the internet grew and there were jobs and people were putting things online and there was money at risk, all of a sudden hackers started getting jobs doing security. watch on c-span and c-span.org. >> washington journal continues. host: we welcome kelly whitener, associate professor at georgetown health policy institute joins us to discuss an item

the budget and have them become taxpaying citizens. in the long run it would improve p and would help the federal budget. not allow me to go through all the ins and outs of how the law. pas, but i would -- passed but i would like to talk about three ideas behind the ada that made it work. para um, comprehensiveness and integration. i apologize for all the latin words. ae idea behind the ada was simple one. give the people with disabilities same federal projections that other people had. that women had, that african-american people had. it made what seemed to be a revolutionary bill, really an evolutionary bill. we looked atg that was the civil rights act of 1964. title vii covers implement. it covers -- covers employment. we could do the same thing with the ada. it requires you doc to be the agency that investigates in those lawsuits, we will do that for the ada. what do you do about the discrimination? what is the definition of someone with disability? it's a look to section 504. there were over 100 regulations -- 26 for federally assisted. commonly which about what discrimination was. who people with di

in the long run, it would improve the nation's gnp and help the federal budget. i would like to talk about three ideas behind the ada that made it work. there was parallelism, comprehensiveness, and immigration. i apologize for all the latin words, i am a lawyer. simple one, --a the idea behind the ada was simple, give people with disabilities the same protections that everyone else had. it made what seemed to be a revolutionary bill, really and evolutionary bill. and the main thing we looked at as a civil rights act of 1964. title vii covers employment. who have 16ployers a more employees. ok, we did the same thing with the ada. it requires eeoc to become the agency that looks into complaints and would look into that for the ada. definition of discrimination with some with the disability? there were over 100 504 overations -- there were 100 504 regulations, and they had language for people with disabilities. republican members of congress but a sense of security and saying, ok, we understand these concepts and will include those in the bill. so, the next idea, co

current laws governing taxes and spending don't change, a condition the -- the condition of the federal budget will worsen over the next 10 years pretty significantly. in particular, growth in federal spending will continue to outpace growth in federal revenue. both are going to increase over the next 10 years, 30 years, but spending will outpace it to even larger federal deficits. right now the deficit is roughly 3% of gdp. in 10 years it will be about 5% , of gdp. in 30 years, it will be about 10% of gdp. to put that in perspective, discretionary spending is about 5% of gdp. all of discretionary spending. we are talking about a deficit that is now getting quite large. you'll see a nice graphical view here of what the story is great -- what the story is. you see revenues are increasing over time. they start at a level that's higher than the 50 year average. revenues are already at a historically high level. and spending, which is high relative to historical levels, are increasing faster than revenues are. and here's the most depressing graft i think i've got for you. here is the accumulated d

the democratic budget wasn't any better. the same number. without doing a whole trim on the federal budget, the challenge there are entitle ent. it's not what we spent on development aid. i think the budget as all 70% of medicare, medicaid, so selected images and interest on the day. that will be 100% in all of our lifetimes. the debate is whether it's 2024 or 2032 but it's coming. the other 30% have this debate any of the 15% is everything else. two-tenths of 1%, the state department, epa, education, energy, on and on and on. it's incredibly difficult to balance the budget of that 50% to get to do things like get rid of the nea and the i neh which still make a difference, a drop in a bucket that you have to some of get your arms round the entitlement issue. social security, medicare, medicaid. that doesn't conflict with moving from .2 to .7 in terms of our commitment to international aid. that's what we did. it would be a lot easier to do. >> getting our arms about entitlement that's a different political question. it's easy to the ideas, people come forward with simpson-bowles, wh

announcer: wednesday, we will look at pending proposals for the federal budget and friday and interview with agriculture secretary sonny perdue. perdu: where i was born, they stamped democrat on your birth certificate. i made a choice in 1988 to change parties and became a republican at that point in time. announcer: followed by a conversation with black hat and devcon founder. >> the only people doing security were maybe people in the military or banks. so, this was really a hobby. as the internet grew and there were jobs and people were putting things online and there was money at risk, all of a sudden hackers started getting jobs in security. announcer: next, from today's washington journal, johns hopkins medical university russell spence, later, another professor on efforts to remove federal statues. joining us from baltimore, maryland, is lester spence.

the problem of the federal budget. we're all fixated to a symbolic thing. the reason we're fixated -- the charlottesville city council thought this would be an easy lay-up. be good press for the city. it would all be -- a way of what is called virtual signalling. look what good and great people that we did this wonderful magnanimous thing. they thought it would be easy and didn't think they would get into a serious conflict that was going to come home to the city in a major way. they weren't really prepared for it. if you ask what people were getting out of it, what they got was this easy score of look what great virtuous people we are without having to do anything of consequence. >> tucker: it was a virtual -- meanwhile, everybody is in hock to citi bank and the country is falling apart. thanks, robert. that was great. >> thanks for having me. >> tucker: we're still on hurricane harvey and its aftermath in texas, a lot more destructive than people predicted. all of those developments when we come back. plus, a tribe of the american indians is occupying land

tuesday, september 5 were taking a look at the work the members of congress will be handling, the federal budget, tax reform, the debt ceiling, and healthcare. join us for review of what's ahead for congress, thursday night at eight eastern on c-span and c-span.org, listen on the free c-span radio app. >> book to be on c-span2 in prime time continues. i want to show you what a couple members of congress told us about a book they are both reading. >> we recently visited capitol hill to ask congress what they're reading the summer. >> next on my reading list is "hillbilly elegy. this fantastic and everything i heard about it is wonderful. it talks about association of life in america, i've been looking into that issue and it talks about some of the struggles of people in appellation and throughout the country. >> book tv wants to know what you are reading, send us your reading list via twitter, book tv or instagram at book -underscore tv, or posted to her facebook page, facebook.com/book tv. book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> book tv visited capitol hill test members of congres

this week on c-span, tonight at 8:00 with the budget for congress to handle, we'll look at pending proposals for the federal budget. and friday, a profile interview with agriculture secretary sonny perdue. >> my political history was, i tell people when i was born in perry, georgia, they stamp democrat on your birth certificate. in 1998 i made a decision to change parties and became a republican at that point in time. >> followed at 8:30 p.m. with a conversation with deathconfounder jeff moss. >> only people doing security were people in the military or banks. this is really a hobby. there were jobs and people were putting things online and there was money at risk. all of the sudden hackers started getting jobs doing security. >> watch on c-span and c-span.org and listen using the fre c-span radio app. >>> each week american artifacts takes viewers around the country. next located about three miles from george washington's mount vernon estate in virginia is a reconstructed 18th century whiskey distillery. >>> i'm the vice president for preservation here and we're stand in front of the reconstruction of geor

proposals for the federal budget. the friday profile with sunny produce. >> my political history was that i tell people when i was born in 1946 in. georgia they stamp democrat on your birth certificate. i made a political decision i call it proof never tie seen in 1998 to change the parties. i became a republican. >> followed by conversation with black cat and upcoming founder, jeff most. >> there are no jobs in information security for anyone. only people were maybe military or bank. this was a hobby. >> is the internet crew and there were jobs and people are putting things online and there's money at risk, all of a sudden hackers got job strain security. >> watch on c-span is c-span.org. listen using the free c-span radio out. >> in this final battle, joseph writes about the last days of franklin d roosevelt's life. he talked about the book at the fdr library in hyde park new york, this is 45 minutes. >> enough new. we've had a great day so far, welcome those of you who are new and to our 14th annual rita festival we

the urban core. year withished every a balanced budget. i would love if the federal government and many state governments could also model that same type of behavior. realize the money we do come up and advocate actually comes from our cities. federal dollars are not man a manna from -- not heaven. the dollarsee repatriated back home. i think that is important. as a move forward with the budget and tax reform and other issues, is important that we asked the federal government to continue to be a partner and not shift some federal burdens onto our state and local governments. obviously around the issue of infrastructure and preservation, we've had bonds for the major issues. we want to make sure they remain part of the voice. >> at the local level money is money. it is not just ammunition used when clinical battles -- used to win political battles. dollar, likeh a the parents of a large family. we figure out how to get things done with what we have. -- we areback to my here to model the behavior. money is a precious commodity and it is best spent at the local level. o

. >> we look at pending proposals for the federal budget and on friday, profile interview with agriculture's secretary sonny perdue. >> my political history was, i tell people that when i was born in 1946 in georgia, they stamped credit on your birth certificate. i made a political decision, truth in advertising i call it, in 1998 to change parties and became a republican at that point in time. >> followed at 8:30 p.m. conversation with my cat and er.con found quite there were no jobs in cyber security for us, the only people in those jobs were military. so this is really a hobby. as the internet grew and there were jobs, people were putting things online and there was money at risk, all of a sudden hackers are getting jobs doing security. >> watch on c-span and c-span.org and listen using the free c-span radio app. announcer: the u.s. commission on civil rights met this week in the and condemned the recent violence motivated by white supremacist in charlottesville virginia. a conservative commission member also proposed an amendment that would condemn violence but counterdemonstrators but w

thursday, we will look at the new proposals for the federal budget. friday, a profile interview with sonny perdue. -- i political history was tell people when i was born, they stamped democrat on your birth certificate. i became a republican. by a conversation with jeff moss. >> there was no jobs in information security for any of us. so this was really a hobby. as an internet group, and there were jobs and people or paintings online and there's money at risk, all of the sudden, hackers started getting jobs doing security. >> watch on c-span and c-span.org a listen using the c-span radio app. >> joining us now is james grossman, the executive director american historical association. he is here to discuss the debate over removing confederate monuments. e over removing confederate monuments. thank you for joining us today.

immediate priority of the far more important tax reform, racing the tax ceiling and raising the federal budgeted a deadly explosion in a private school in minneapolis. the massive blast reduced part of the building to rumble two were killed and nine others hurt. >> if you look at the building behind me see the hole to the left of the chimney that's what the force of this blast did to this brick school. now three people are still in the hospital. one in critical condition. fire officials said contractors were working on one of the building as the time of the blast. >> the careful search through the rubble at the academy stretched on for ten hours. late wednesday a second victim pulled from the blast is zone, a beloved school alum and custodian. >> both bodies in the primarily same location. >> 82-year p leaves behind wife and children. receptionist 47-year-old mother of one engaged to be married. >> building collapses add middlehaha middle school. >> since it's summer only a small number of staff and students were on campus. >> we heard a man yell gas, and get out. >> this student saw the blast

. >> thursday with the budget something for congress to handle we look at pending proposals for the federal budget perkin friday a profile interview with agriculture secretary sonny perdue. >> my political history was i tell people when i was born in 1946 in georgia, they stamp democrat on your birth certificate. i made a political decision, i call truth in advertising in 1998 to change parties and became a republican at that point in time. >> file at 8:30 p.m. by conversation with black -- there were no jobs in information security for any of us. on the people who are doing secured or maybe people in military or maybe banks. this is a hobby. as the internet grew and there were jobs and people putting things online and there's money at risk, all of a sudden hackers targeting job doing security. >> watch on c-span and c-span.org and listen using the free c-span radio app. >> now a panel of former law clerks and colleagues including

you get beyond the feeling on the hill that mayors are in washington with her hands out given the federal budget woes that we have? and then i have a specific question for mayor landrieu, after you leave office, what are your plans? there are stories of the possibility for higher office. any thoughts of what is first? >> do you want me to go first? the first thing i will do is take a nap. [laughter] secondly, i don't have any plans. i have about 261 days in office. the city is, as you know, and, by the way, all of you are invited, is planning or 300 anniversary, which will hopefully be a great spectacular. not only a historical rendition of where the city was before katrina but that great successes we made after it. the answer to your second question is that mayors always communicate to our congressmen and senators, both individually and collectively. the mayors are the ones that are solving the most complicated problems in america. we are not a special interest. we communicate to them about ways in which we use taxpayer dollars, to leverage private sector dollars to make a dollar go a lot furth

>> the congressional budget office rolled was the score account for these types of major federal capital investments. they approach as similar to budget committees and office management a budget is a major initiative of this nature must be scored or accounted for in the initial year of the transaction. even though the government is making payments in a lease scenario over a period of 20 years, all the costs of the lease must be accounted for in the original year of the lease. >> have you ever worked with cbo on other projects similar to this before? >> we continue to work with more appropriately i think with the omb but we are not directly work with them. >> what was the impact of the cbo determination as to that process? in terms of making the project workable or not under the original format? >> under the original format the project would score again, all of the pending of the entire project scores in the initial year. so we are looking at up to $2 million cost to be accounted for in one budget cycle. >> making it rather difficult to achieve? >> yes, sir. >> interesting. so, part of wh

the urban core. we had finished every year with a balanced budget. i would love if the federal government and many state governments could also model that same type of behavior. it is so important that people realize the money we do come up and advocate actually comes from our cities. federal dollars are not manned from heaven. these are our taxpayer dollars. we want to see the dollars repatriated back home. , -- back home, where they can improve people's quality-of-life. i think that is important. as a move forward with the budget and tax reform and other issues, it is important that we asked the federal government to continue to be a partner and not shift some federal burdens onto our state and local governments. obviously around the issue of , infrastructure and preservation, we've had bonds for the major issues. we want to make sure they remain part of the voice as we move forward. mayor giles: at the local level, money is money. it is not just ammunition used to win political battles. what you see in the cities represented here in the other mayors, we can stretch a dollar,

. >> will look at pending proposals for the federal budget . friday, a profile interview with secretary sonny purdue. >> my political history was, i tell people when i was born in 1946 in georgia, they stamped democrat on your birth certificate. i made a political decision, i call it truth in advertising, in 1998, to change parties. i became a republican at that point in time. withllowed by conversation jeff moss. >> there were no jobs in information security for any of us. maybe people in the military or banks. this was really a hobby. as the internet grew and there were jobs, there was money at risk. all of a sudden, hacker started getting jobs doing security. >> watch on c-span and www.c-span.org and use the free c-span radio app. next, the national archives in washington dc host the portrayal of an 1852 speech by frederick douglass on the meaning of american independence to slaves. following the performance, discussion is held with an andr, national park ranger professor robert levine. this is about 70 minutes. >> now on to our program. it'

. >> thursday at 8 p.m., we will look at proposals for the federal budget. friday april fell interview. >> i tell people i was born in 1946. they stamp democrat on your --th certificate area certificate. >> a conversation with jeff moss. >> this is really a hobby. people were putting things online. >> watch on c-span and c-span.org. supreme court justice elena gives us inside to the closed-door deliberations with her colleagues after an oral argument and talks about the addition of neil gorsuch to the court earlier this year. this is just over an hour. justice kagan: good evening and thank you merrill. on july 7, 1981 i was driving a car into the phoenix law firm where i was a recent partner. our lawyers and our spouses had

that is an issue that needs to be studied in a sensitive agency like the fbi. >> considering the federal budget rules mandate that capital investments must be fully funded in advance and omb initially recommended this inject be rolled out phases, wood the committee recommend a phase approach? >> it was a topic early on. -- concern with this project a number of construction projects our appropriations committees have provided us -- our operations down in quantico, we are talking large, 1000 acre sites for construction. that to put aall building into place and operate that building with top secret classified information and at the same time trying to run a construction site was a concern for us. it was a concern that we not get playful consolidation that somehow that partially be completed in some state of an completion and that doesn't get us to a better situation. funding incremental that was not necessarily a problem where we got funding over multiple years we were concerned about a partial moving forward through phases. >> news of the decision first broke through various media outlets. the da

wonder how you can get beyond the feeling on the hill that mayors are in their hands out given the federal budget woes , that we have. i have a specific question for mayor landrieu, after you leave office, which is coming soon , what are your plans? there have been stories about the possibility of higher office. any thoughts on what is next? >> you want me to go first? the first thing i will do is take a nap. [laughter] secondly, i don't have any plans. and i have about 261 days in office left. the city right now, as you know, and by the way all of you are invited, we're planning our 300th anniversary, which hopefully will be a spectacular, not only historical rendition of where the city was before katrina and the successes we made after it. the answer to your second question is mayors always communicate to our congressmen and senators, both individually and collectively. the mayors are the ones that are solving the most complicated problems in america and we're their partner. we are not a special interest. certainly not. we communicate to them about ways in which we use taxpayer dollars, to leve

c-span,r: this week on thursday at 8:00 p.m., with the budget as something for congress to handle, we will look at pending proposals the federal budget. and friday, a profile interview with the agriculture secretary sonny perdue. >> my political history was, i tell people when i was born in 1946 in perry, georgia, they stamp democrat on your birthrate of the get. i made a political decision, i called the truth in advertising, in 1998 to change parties and became a republican at that point in time. announcer: followed by a conversation with black hat and devcon founder jeff moss. >> there were no jobs in information security for any of us. the only people doing security were people in the military or maybe banks, so this was really a hobby. as the internet grew and there were jobs and people were putting things online and there was money at risk, all of a sudden, hackers started getting jobs doing security. announcer: watch on c-span and c-span.org and listen using the free c-span radio app. announcer: a panel at the brooklyn historical society discussed their experiences as american muslims and how to encourage interreligious

[applause] >> this week, with the budget as something for congress handle, we will look at proposals for the federal budget. theriday, an interview with agriculture secretary. i made a political decision in 1998 to change parties and became a republican. conversationy a with jeff moss did >> there were no jobs in security for any of us. this is really a hobby. as the internet grew and there were jobs, there was money at risk. hacker started getting jobs doing security. watch on c-span and c-span.org. listen using the free hispanic radio app. announcer: a panel at the brooklyn historical society discussed their experiences as american muslims and how to encourage interreligious dialogue. this is an hour and a half. [applause]

and when i ran for congress, the major issue that i campaigned on was a talent's budget -- a balanced budget. the federal government should have a balanced budget. some things in texas may not be great, but one thing is good is the mandatory balanced-budget. so everything you want to do, you have got to pay for it. that is a very good thing, in my view, but then, i am a creature of the depression. so we all live with a different bias depending on how we grew up. me, it is ultimately going to be a significant problem, and i am sorry to say that i do not totally agree with secretary mnuchin, because the debt ultimately will hurt us as a country. right now, we have to depend saudi's chinese and the and others in order to continue to support our debt. at some point, they may decide they do not want to do that. and then all hell breaks loose. host: a columnist talked about the process in the budget, saying neither the house or senate passed a fiscal 2018 budget resolution that the budget act of 1934 stipulates should have been acted on by april 14. the appropriations bill was supposed to be passed by october