host: tim butler represents the 87th district and the illinois statehouse. we appreciate >> speakers include henry paulson. here's a preview. paulson: morgan stanley's liquidity was leading away. john mack was on the phone with me sunday night. i was in my hotel room. i got on a plane and flew back to washington. john mack said, i do not know how long we will land. i flew back. i found myself standing up in the white house press room. i felt like if i said, guess what? there is not a single power in the united states of america disintegratinga bank, we cannot do it. morgan stanley would have gone down amy lee. that was my judgment. -- gone down immediately. that was my judgment. i put on my best face. [video clip] fedmmend the sec and the over the weekend. they put measures in place to reduce market stresses. >> that is a brief version of our program, marking the 10th anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis. you can see it tonight a on c-span. chair chuck grassley called a hearing for this monday to give judge kavanagh and a him ofho accuses sexually is a d

joining us this morning, tim butler, a republican who represents the same house seat that lincoln once did. mr. butler, good morning to you. let's start with the fiscal health of illinois. illinois is a state that's consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings. why is that? >> well, we have a lot of big challenges in illinois when it comes to our budget health. we have a huge pension debt in the state of illinois. we have over 130 billion in pension liability. we've seen pensions rise in the last year and a half. we're coming to a budget impasse where we did not have a budget for two years in the state of illinois which made our bills go up dramatically, upwards of million. it's just our debt structure in the state of illinois is squeezing out a lot of other programs we want to fund. it's a tough situation. those of us in the general assembly try to battle it, but it's certainly a hard situation for the citizens of illinois. we have the second highest overall tax burden of all the states. people feel like they're taxed ou

host: tim butler represents the 87th district and the illinois statehouse. we appreciate >> speakers include henry paulson. here's a preview. paulson: morgan stanley's liquidity was leading away. john mack was on the phone with me sunday night. i was in my hotel room. i got on a plane and flew back to washington. john mack said, i do not know how long we will land.

bus,ng us on the c-span state representative tim butler who represents the same seat lincoln once did. let's start with the fiscal health of illinois. illinois is consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings. why is that? >> we have a lot of big challenges. we have huge pension debt. we have over 100 $30 billion in unfunded pension liability. we have seen medicaid payments skyrocket. those items take up a large chunk of our budget. on top of that we are coming off an unprecedented two-year budget impasse where we did not have a budget for two years, which really accumulated our unpaid bills dramatically. upwards of $16 billion we had in unpaid bills. it is a structural debt problem we have in the state of illinois squeezing out other programs we want to fund. it is a tough situation. those of us in the general assembly try to battle it. it is a hard situation for the citizens of illinois. have the second highest overall tax burden of all the states. people feel like they are taxed out. we need to provide for the services

tim butler represents the 87th district in the illinois -- state house. we appreciate you stopping by the c-span busted a. also want to think as part of comcastan 50 west tour, in springville, illinois. stay tuned for our next stop on our tour in st. louis, missouri. >> live thursday on the c-span networks. at 10:00 a.m., survivors of sexual assault and representatives of women organizations talk about the sexual assault allegations against judge kavanagh. and new, the korea economic institute of north korea looks at strategies for dealing with north korea. at 7:00 p.m., tim kaine takes part in a forum with his republican challenger. on c-span 2 at 10:30 a.m., the center host a forum on refugee resettlement. 2018 marks the 10 year

tim butler will be our guest on the bus during "washington at 9:40 a.m. ing eastern. >> earlier today, attorney general jeff sessions delivered of rks on the importance free speech on college campuses. the justice department held an the ay forum examining issue. this is 15 minutes. and jesse, , john thank you very much. hose are really valuable insights and comments i think that go to the core of who we are as americans and john, thank for your leadership at the civil rights division and jesse, our number three in the department, the leadership you're giving to us day. every we look forward to the panel that will be going on later today. i understand my friend heather has such tremendous insight into crime and nadine, nt in america, always principaled in of lenging, form president the aclu will be our keynote speaker. 'm looking forward to the afternoon's conversation between deputy attorney general rod osenstein and my good friend and former secretary of education, senator lamar alexander. among other things, lamar is a for the great judge john minor wis

state representative tim butler will be our guest on the buster in washington journal let 9:40 a.m. eastern. was a once thriving community outside lake charles. byay it is surrounded chemical manufacturing companies. up next, find out why so many residents have left, and what one company is doing to preserve its history. >> this area here at one time or at least 50 or 60 homes better. everywhere you see driveways was homes. the once thriving african american community of mossville is disappearing as big industry moves in and long-term industries move out. a third-generation resident takes us on a tour of his old neighborhood and shares efforts to preserve memories of mossville. our family was a close-knit family. my grandmother lived across the street my brother lived here. she had a sister who lived next door. my older sister lived around the corner. my next oldest sister lived in the back. this family was here. when i was small, you could come over here and go to the back door, and if no one was home and our needed a cup of sugar, tiny sunflower, quick, go there, walk in the kitch

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tim butler will be our guest on the bus during "washington at 9:40 a.m. ing eastern. >> earlier today, attorney general jeff sessions delivered of rks on the importance free speech on college campuses. the justice department held an the ay forum examining issue. this is 15 minutes. and jesse, , john thank you very much. hose are really valuable insights and comments i think that go to the core of who we are as americans and john, thank for your leadership at the civil rights division and

tim butler will be our guest on the bus during "washington journal" starting at 9:40 a.m. eastern. >> house speaker paul ryan is retiring from fungus next year. he sat down recently for an interview with the president of was politics.com to discuss his tenure. [applause] >>? -- are you getting misty eyed? >> we are in the fourth quarter. was that not the best quarter you have ever seen? [applause] >> cheap applause lines already? we only have a half hour. i will jump right into it. signed anent executive order today to have additional sanctions against those who interfere in elections. there is bipartisan criticism of that. are you confident about election security in wisconsin, in janesville, in milwaukee? are you confident it will occur? are you worried? >> i have no reason to lose faith in a system. i feel good about it. first of all, our systems in wisconsin are good. inhave upgraded them back 2000 -- since the vote in 2000. the right to put out the friend -- to anyone who tries to meddle. the question is are you federalizing too much? this is something that states and

state representative tim butler will be our guest on the buster in washington journal let 9:40 a.m. eastern. was a once thriving community outside lake charles.

illinois state representative tim butler will be our guest on the bus and "washington journal" starting at 9:40 eastern. worked as anson has ranger at both military parks. next, he compares those to the 1853 campaigns and turning points in the civil war and why gettysburg looms larger in the history of the american civil war. this was hosted by the "emerging civil war" blog. >> i am happy to introduce my good friend, matt atkinson. he has an undergrad degree from the university of mississippi. and a masters degree from the university of louisiana monroe. matt has been a park ranger at petersburg national battlefield where we first met and worked as park rangers many years ago. he

springfield, llinois, for the c-span bus 50 capitals tour with tim butler who will talk about tough issues state.the be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. the senate judiciary committee as postponed this thursday's scheduled vote on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. will onday the committee hold a hearing with judge kavanaugh and professor accused the d who judge of assaulting here in high school. coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org on the free c-span radio app. attorney general jeff sessions spoke at a justice department on free speech on college campuses. attorney general sessions was what he called efforts to suppress a variety of said ns on campuses and that his department would stand up to colleges and universities that try to limit free speech. >> good morning and welcome to the united states department of justice and our forum on free speech and higher education. >> good morning and welcome to the department of justice. my name is jesse, i'm the acting associate attorney general of the united s

tim butler represents the 87th district in the illinois -- state house. we appreciate you stopping by the c-span busted a. also want to think as part of comcastan 50 west tour, in springville, illinois. stay tuned for our next stop on our tour in st. louis, missouri. >> live thursday on the c-span networks. at 10:00 a.m., survivors of sexual assault and representatives of women organizations talk about the sexual assault allegations against judge kavanagh. and new, the korea economic institute of north korea looks at strategies for dealing with north korea. at 7:00 p.m., tim kaine takes part in a forum with his republican challenger. on c-span 2 at 10:30 a.m., the center host a forum on refugee resettlement. 2018 marks the 10 year anniversary of the financial crisis, which saw the collapse of the u.s. housing market and brought the economy close to a second great depression. the month of september and october of 2008 included a number of important developments. the government took over the hee mortgage companies fan and freddie mac. lehman brothers declar

illinois state representative tim butler will be our guest on the bus, during washington journal, starting at 9:40 a.m. eastern. >> what does it mean to be american? that is this years student cam competition question, and we are asking middle and high school students to enter by producing a short documentary, about a constitutional right, national characteristic or historic event, and explain how it defines the american experience. we are awarding $100,000 in total cash prizes, including a grand prize of $5000. this year's deadline is january 20, 2019. for more information, go to our website, student cam.org. >> of the heritage foundation, for apology -- policy analyst discussed -- with attribute and their effect on relations with japan. they also discussed trade relations and a possible meeting between japanese prime minister and north korean leader. this is an hour and a half. >> good morning. i am bruce, senior research for north east asia, at the heritage foundation, i have been here about 11 years, and before that, 20 years with the cia and defense intelligence agency. thank you all

illinois state representative tim butler will be our guest on the bus, during washington journal, startingm. eastern. >> what does it mean to be american? that is this years student cam competition question, and we are asking middle and high school students to enter by producing a short documentary, about a constitutional right, national characteristic or historic event, and explain how it defines the american experience. we are awarding $100,000 in total cash prizes, including a grand prize of $5000. this year's deadline is january 20, 2019. for more information, go to our website, student cam.org. >> of the heritage foundation, for apology -- policy analyst discussed -- with attribute and their effect on relations with japan. they also discussed trade relations and a possible meeting between japanese prime minister and north korean leader. this is an hour and a half.

tim butler will be our guest on the bus during "washington journal" starting at 9:40 a.m. eastern. >> house speaker paul ryan is retiring from fungus next year. he sat down recently for an interview with the president of was politics.com to discuss his tenure. [applause]

tim butler will be our guest on "washington journal," starting at 9:40 a.m. 100thg up to the anniversaryf the end of world war i. july, general pershing crated the first united states army under his command. american forces were concentrated on one point at the line. >> sunday on american artifacts, we are in northeastern france, visiting villages, monuments, and the american cemetery related to the battle of some yelp. >> the weather was horrible. it was rainy. it was chilly. the americans watched this attack headed north. the germans who had occupied this whole area had begun a withdrawal, and they were starting to move their troops. they did not move them quick cannot. by the end of the day of the 12, onlymericans reached not the main objectives for that day but many of the objectives for the following day. by midmorning of september 13, the whole area had been liberated. >> watch american artifacts sunday on american history tv on c-span3. q&a, historian richard smith discusses his by murphy of herbert hoover. done, aall is said and compliment is all that matters. that is a rather un