is tim chapman, executive director of heritage action for america. jerry from mississippi, independent line, good morning. caller: good morning c-span. good morning, mr. chapman. i have a question about entitlement reforms. i'm a conservative leaning , but these house races -- ife talking about entitlement reform is a big thing they may be in a losing situation. people -- there are ways to [indiscernible] i do not believe a non-us citizen should be getting any entitlements at all. guest: thank you for that question. i think you're right. i think it is a tough sell politically. i do not think that is true across the board of entitlement reform. look at welfare reform. what we did in the 1990's on welfare reform where a conservative congress and a democratic president signed a sweeping welfare reform legislation into law, that was a -- that was hugely popular politically. what that bill did, and i think we need to do this again, we have lost a lot of the gains we have made, what that bill did was put a huge emphasis on putting people back to work. there

discusses tim chapman his role for the upcoming midterm elections. then, a look at election security amid concerns of russian interference. cook.port editor charlie be sure to watch c-span's washington journal. coming up live friday, a discussion on the impact of the u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear agreement. that is just and :00 a.m. eastern and at noon eastern, health officials discussed the role of the health insurance market. you can watch the meeting onrted cap 11:00 eastern c-span two.

is tim chapman, executive director of heritage action for america. y from mississippi, independent line, good morning. caller: good morning c-span. good morning, mr. chapman. i have a question about entitlement reforms. i'm a conservative leaning , but these house races -- ife talking about entitlement reform is a big thing they may be in a losing situation. people -- there are ways to [indiscernible] i do not believe a non-us citizen should be getting any entitlements at all. guest: thank you for that question. i think you're right. i think it is a tough sell politically. i do not think that is true across the board of entitlement reform. look at welfare reform. what we did in the 1990's on welfare reform where a conservative congress and a democratic president signed a sweeping welfare reform legislation into law, that was a -- that was hugely popular politically. what that bill did, and i think we need to do this again, we have lost a lot of the gains we have made, what that bill did was put a huge emphasis on putting people back to work. there wer

morning, tim chapman discusses his group's role in the upcoming midterms, and the supreme court confirmation hearings. then, a look at election security in the upcoming midterms amid concern of russian interference, with liz kennedy for the center for american progress, and charlie cook on the outlook for the 2018 elections. washington journal, live at 7 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. this saturday at 10 a.m. eastern, c-span radio will the states, asom part of alaska weekend. listen to the alaska house and senate debate on whether to use the alaska permanent fund to close the state budget deficits. an annual dividend to every state resident for oil revenues. hear from the governor and residents, and also an interview with the juneau empire reporter, james brooks. >> russian president vladimir putin told diplomats in moscow to presidentposal trump to hold a referendum to help resolve the conflict in eastern ukraine. he made the proposal in helsinki. he was joined on stage

coming up friday morning heritage for action america's tim chapman discusses his group's role in the up coming midterm elections and the supreme court confirmation hearings and then a look at election security in the up coming midterms amid concerns of russian interference with liz kennedy from the center for american progress. and political report editor charlie cook on the outlook of the 2018 elections. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >>> tomorrow the national governor's association begins its summer meeting in santa fe, new mexico, with discussions about the future of technology, workshops on workforce equity, women in leadership, and economic opportunities in the outdoors. live friday, starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. and saturday, the final day of the nga summer meeting governors will attend a discussion on collaboration between state and federal governments. as well as the importance of art and history education. that starts live saturday at 12:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> join us this weekend

coming up friday morning, heritage action for america's tim chapman discussed his groups role in the upcoming midterm elections and supreme court confirmation hearings. then a look at election security in the upcoming midterms. amid concerns russian interference. with liz kennedy from the center for american progress. and political report editor charlie cook on the outlook for the 2018 elections. be sure to watch c-span washington journal. live at seven eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> this weekend on american history tv. on c-span3 appears saturday at 6 pm eastern on the civil war. william marble offer of the book lincolns mercenaries, expends economic factors that drove many northerners to volunteer. and at 8 pm on lester's in history. san diego state university professor, -- on the vietnam war from the u.s. military escalation in 1965 to the fall of saigon 10 years later. sunday at 11:00 a.m. . military history patrick o'donnell and his book, the unknowns, the untold story of america's unknown soldier. and world war i most decorated heroes who brought him home. at 4

to the heritage director, tim chapman set to advise the president after the nominee is taken. that is crucial role to play. tim, once we have a name and candidate, obviously people have been pouring over exhaustively that list of 25. when it was whittled down to five, then four. these individuals are getting all the focus right now. how do you deal with that process? >> i mean this administration is going through every candidate with a fine-tooth comb. the good news they have done most of the hard legwork already. they were talking about this he was nominee. he worked with heritage foundation, worked up list that had over two dozen names on it. all two dozen names were vetted by the campaign at the time, by the legal folks advising the president. so he has done all of that. now he is just really trying to find the exact right person to have this rollout be perfect so we get this done as quickly as possible. neil: i know mitch mcconnell was concerned about finding someone who would create less amount of dust-up i guess, you will have that regardless. mitch mcconnell, we're told,

tim chapman, discusses his group's role in the upcoming confirmation hearings. and a look at security in the of coming midterms amid concerns of russian interference. cook political report charlie cook on the outlook for the 2018 elections. these sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" at 7:00 this morning. join the discussion. coming up friday on c-span, a discussion about the impact of the u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear agreement hosted by the middle east policy. and discussing the role of the individual health market. governors meeting in santa fe new mexico. watch the national governors association meeting at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. on c-span3, a form on cyber security posted by "the washington post." >> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill. follow the process on c-span leading up to the senate confirmation hearings and vote. watch live on c-span. .nytime on c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app. >> u.s. financier bill browder successfully lobbied the u.s. government to impose san

coming up friday morning, heritage action for america's tim chapman discusses his group's role in the upcoming midterm elections and supreme court confirmation hearings. then, a look at election security in the upcoming midterms amid concerns of russian interference, with liz kennedy for the center for american progress, and charlie for the 2018utlook elections. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. coming up live friday on c-span, a discussion about the impact of the u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear agreement, hosted by the middle east policy council at 10:00 a.m. eastern. noon, the roleat of the individual health insurance market. the nation's governors are meeting in santa fe, new mexico. you can watch the association meeting starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. on c-span3, national intelligence and homeland security officials participate in a forum on cyber security, hosted by the washington post. this saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, c-span radio will feature view from the states as part of alaska week

divers are racing against tim as more monsoonal rains threaten the already high risk operation. nbc's chapman bell joini us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, phillip. thailand's interior minister says the boys are strong and safe but theyo need undergo detailedic m checks. as you just said, it seems the rescue operations have resumed in the rescue mission which is very complex. they've had to restock air tanks along the route and other supplies as well. extra masks, wet suits, blankets. all scenarios have been planned fo a there' lot of preparation. thailand's interior minister also saying that the same divers that took part in the operation to bring out four members of that soccerls team will conduct the next operation since they've already been through one and they know the cave conditions well. one of the support divers from that mission telling nbc news that from the first part of the rescue the kids were totally ca, which was one of the initial concerns when they first discussed bringing them out witc a equipment. they decided to start bringing the strongest and healthiest member

coming up friday morning, heritage action for america's tim chapman discusses his group's role in the up coming midterm elections and supreme court confirmation hearings. then a look at election security in the up coming midterms, amid concerns of russian interference, with liz kennedy from the center for american progress. and political report editor charlie cook on the outlook for the 2018 elections. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >>> earlier today the senate banking committee held a confirmation hearing for president trump's nominees to lead the consumer financial protection bureau and the export import bank. we will show the hearing tonight starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. tomorrow the national governor's association begins its summer meeting in santa fe, new mexico. with discussions about the future of technology, workshops on workforce equity, women in leadership and economic opportunities in the outdoors. live friday, starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. and saturday the final day of the su