first, tom reed and then later on, ted lieu of california. last night former president bill clinton and james patterson were at the warner theatre in washington to discuss their suspense novel, "the president is missing." this will air tomorrow night at 7 p.m. eastern time. [video clip] >> the book opens with the same painfully reminiscent of many congressional hearings. i guess that was something he wanted to relive, sir? [laughter] >> no, actually, it's patterson at his best. i wish i could take credit for it. you have to have a good opening, right? my job was to keep it real. difference -- it deals with the potential of the president being impeached, but the

it is not controlled, it is member driven, a congressman from new jersey and tom reed york, in a lotw of senses, think of it like a freedom caucus with a political center is a good and long think about how they are operating. host: about the same size? guest: a bit bigger. host: those are republicans and democrats. the issue of moderates on ipitol hill, would you say moderate is an endangered species up there now? guest: if you look at the caucus some of the people in there would identify as moderates but not all of them. but what differentiates them from other members is they recognize they have a responsibility to govern. they recognize to try to get 60% of something is better than sarah percent of nothing, which is different from how a lot of members have operated. host: what is in your background brings you to this no labels position? speechwriter in the commerce department and for vice president biden. i have been working with no labels for five years. the started as the tv -- tea party movement crested. though someis even might argue this started with the tea party in 2010, you

. >> and we are back at our table here this morning, congressman tom reed, republican of new york, ways and means committee member, the problem solvers caucus, let's begin with the president's tariffs on steel and aluminum on canada, germany and some of our allies. the reaction overseas has not been positive. do you support what the president has done? >> i do support the disruption the president is bringing to the trade agenda because the status quo is just not sustainable and it's great to be here with you. thanks for having us op. what the president is doing is what he promised he was going to do, he is going to put american interest first and he is going to disrupt the trade policy to get to an even and level playing field so we can compete around the world. that's all we are looking for is a fair deal that allows our american workers to have an opportunity to succeed. >> the chairman of the ways and means committee republican texas kevin brady was quoted as saying if tariffs -- it tear tiffs on steel and num thumb imports hurts or efforts for good paying jobs to sell more made in a

first, tom reed and then later on, ted lieu of california.ast night former president bill clinton and james patterson were at the warner theatre in washington to discuss their suspense novel, "the president is missing." this will air tomorrow night at 7 p.m. eastern time. [video clip] >> the book opens with the same painfully reminiscent of many congressional hearings. i guess that was something he wanted to relive, sir? [laughter] >> no, actually, it's patterson at his best. i wish i could take credit for it. you have to have a good opening, right? my job was to keep it real. difference -- it deals with the potential of the president being impeached, but the difference in this case is this president says if i did what they accuse me of doing for any of the reasons they accuse me of impeachable is an offense and i ought to be impeached to be removed from office. i didn't, but i can't tell them. if i tell them, they will blab. and if i blab come it will put the country at war risk. it is the first example of what happens when you become so pol

lawmakers, republican congressman tom reed tweeting we are encouraged by president trump's leadership to address canada's unfair and protectionist dairy policies and we continue to work on eliminating these practices so that new york dairy farmers can compete on a level playing field. >> president trump suggesting that russia rejoin the g-7 as he was leaving for the summit earlier today. >> mr. president. [indiscernible] president trump: seems it's coming out on my birthday. i have been saying it for a long time. think i did our country a great favor when i fired him. and we'll see what happens. but i guess just got announcement coming out on june 14, so that will be a nice birthday present. [nearly question] president trump: we are going to deal with the unfair trade practices if you look at canada, mexico and european union have been doing to us. they understand this. >> what are you going to do if they form an agreement without you? president trump: we'll terminate nafta and have a better deal. if we are unable to make a deal, we will be better off. right now, we are not going to l

our thanks to congressman tom reed of new york. we appreciate your time. us check the bloomberg first word news with kailey leinz. kailey: president trump doesn't appear concerned about being unprepared for next week's summit with north korea's kim jong-un. he has been preparing for the kim meeting "all my life." the president spoke before leaving for the g7 summit in quebec. china's president and vladimir putin pledged to support each other on key international issues. their talks to they were dominated by the iranian nuclear deal and next week's u.s.-north korea summit. xi and putin vowed to keep the iran nuclear deal alive. the european union chief resident negotiator is rejecting a key part of the latest british proposal. barnier says mays proposal for a hard border between ireland and northern ireland cannot apply to the rest of the cap that's part of the offer that makes it acceptable to britain. celebrity chef and travel host anthony bourdais and has died. n killed bourdai himself in a hotel room in france. he was working on his show "parts unknown.

republican congressman tom reed represents the 23rd district in rep. : thank you, o, you haa very big trump supporter and early on in -- and first somebody described it to me as "ride or die" for president trump. [laughter] soledad: and you've also been very aggressive in efforts to get rid of the aca with other legislation. but you're opposed to this lawsuit. why is that? rep. reed: well, i think what the lawsuit represents if they're -- attacking the pre- existing condition is something i don't support. and i understand the constitutional argument, and what we're dealing with is a case coming through the texas court, up through the process. and it reaffirms to me that we need to deal with this issue. wealth care is not going away. of health care. and that's where -- the work we're doing in the problem solvers caucus, for example, where i co-chair on the republican side. 24 members -- 24 democratic members and republican members who come together and put together proposals to solve problems. and we did this on the individual marketplace in healthcare.

coming up on washington journal, new york republican congressman tom reed

tom reed will, discuss immigration and trump administration trade policy area ted lieu will talk about the upcoming u.s.-north korean summit in singapore. sure to watch c-span's washington journal, join the discussion. >> live friday, the house needs at 9:00 eastern for work on a combined spending bill for energy and military construction. that is on c-span. summit -- we will join president trump as he meets with justin trudeau. 9:00, we join the seven day of the freedom conference with remarks by cabinet officials and members of congress. committee fore responsible federal budget looks at the recent social security solvency report. and: 45, we will join the leaders of the g7 countries at the welcoming ceremony in quebec. this week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of robert f kennedy. >> these last few weeks, robert kennedy was enjoying himself. he enjoyed getting out among the people. contact,d the physical he refused police protection because he said that all the people wanted to do was touch him. not to hurt him. weekend, watch the cbs news special report from june 6,

>> i'm joined now by new york republican congressman tom reed. what's going on with the president?e helping you pass immigration. >> well, you know, obviously the president is sending a message we need to fix this. >> just said why bother to do anything? the democrats won't help you. that was him just saying throw in the towel. >> let's be honest, you need 60 votes in the senate to fix it. that will require ten dras to come over and work with republicans to get this done. we can do our job in the house and need to do our job in the house. >> what are the chances right now that this compromise immigration bill actually does get passed? the vote has been delayed another week. >> obviously, that's not a good signal. i accept that. there's going to be work being done over the weekend. we should act on this. i signed the discharge petition to force the debate on immigration. i know these kids need relief, necessary families need relief today. we should fix this for longer term solutions for everyone involved. >> the democrats said they do want to come to a compromise. they don't want to

host: tom reed said he is for disrupting vehement -- the status quo and what we have done for years on trade hasn't worked. there may be short-term ramifications, but the long-term game is to the advantage of the americans. guest: if you look at history, that's actually not what happens. last time america tried it, it made the great depression much worse. what is going to happen is that these other countries, some of example, china for they can tolerate pain much better than americans can. they will hold out. tariffsy impose these on agriculture, it will cause farmers to go out of business. china can sustain that. they have a very different economy. it is centralized and they have huge reserves. they can tolerate that pain and americans will not be able to do that. host: why not? wear will americans feel the pain? guest: farmers will. starting to lever tariffs on agriculture products, it will cause farmers in a lot of pain. in china, they can subsidize industries in a way that the u.s. cannot and does not. ownsina, the government most of not all those companies. china can only tolerate

friday morning, republican congressman, tom reed, will discuss immigration and the trump trade policy. and california democratic congressman, ted lou, can talk about the upcoming summit in singapore. >>>

. >> and we are back, at our table here this morning, congressman tom reed, ways and means committee chair member. let's begin with the president's tariff on steels and -- tariffs on steel and aluminum. the reaction overseas has not been positive. do you support what the president has done? i do support the disruption the president is bringing to the trade agenda because the status quo is just not sustainable. it's great to be with you. thanks for having us on. what the president is doing is what he promised he was going to do. is going to put american interests first and disrupt the trade policy to get to an even a level playing field so we can compete around the world. that is all we are looking for, a fair deal that allows our american workers to have an opportunity to succeed. host: the chairman of the ways and means committee, kevin "ify, was quoted as saying, steel and aluminum tariffs on efforts tots america create good paying u.s. jobs by selling more made in america products to customers in these countries. " orrin hatch says, "tariff on steel and aluminum imports are a tax

republican congressman tom reed, a new york congressman.oming in. >> thanks for having me, kate. >> your reaction to the supreme court decision? >> i believe the court issued the right decision. it's about using public authority to keep us safe from threats that are around the world, and that's exactly what the court concluded. >> congressman, the court also said that in the majority opinion that when it came to it, it's within the president's power, and so his words before, during and after the travel ban was put in place, they don't matter. do you think the president's words don't matter? >> i think his actions is exactly what the court focused on and rightfully so. and the actions of the order were exactly clear. keep american citizens safe. we need a system in place that's going to vet people coming to america that want to do us harm and keep us on a path of security. >> do you think the travel ban 3.0, which is what the court considered, do you think it's a watered-down version of the initial ban? >> well, you know, obvious there is mu

congressman tom reed from western new york, a fellow western new yorker, thank you very much for joining us. >> always a pleasure, wolf. >> let's go back. the president is speaking once again to the cabinet. >> because our country cannot continue to run like this. we can't have open borders. you have to have borders. you don't have a country without borde borders. they have to be enforced. it has to be a strict enforcement. at the same time we want people to come into our country. we need them. we have many companies right now moving back into the united states. they need workers. we have 3.8% unemployment. they need workers. we have to have them come in. i'm saying, i want people to come in. they have to come in through a merit system, but we can have a lot of people come into our country through the merit system so they can help these companies that are looking so hard for people to make the company work. but the -- in a very, very simple way, congress has to get together, get their act together. democrats and republicans, they have to come up with a solution. i have ideas, they have i

congressman tom reed, great to have you with those. >> we'll keep working through it. thank you so much. >> shannon: more breaking news on the summit, before the summit come over north korea. "real progress has been made," that is according to secretary of state mike pompeo. kristin fisher following the latest developments ahead of a really big meeting at the white house tomorrow. good evening. >> this would have been unthinkable just six months ago. now kim jong un's right-hand man is on its way to washington and tomorrow, he'll hand-deliver a letter from his boss to president trump at the white house. after meeting with americans topped diplomat in new york cit new york city. >> secretary of state mike pompeo and north korean vice-chairman kim yong chol spent two and half hours talking over the conditions that must be met prior to president trump sitting down with kim jong un and singapore 12 days from today. >> we've made real progress in the last 72 hours toward setting the conditions. >> to secretary pompeo described the negotiations as difficult as moving in the

coming up friday morning, new york republican congressman tom reed will discuss immigration and trump administration trade policy and california democratic congressman will talk about the upcoming u.s.-north korea summit in singapore. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> this weekend, but tv will have live coverage of the 34th printers roadway fest in chicago, starting saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern with jonah goldberg and his book "suicide of the west." cary kennedy and her book " robert kennedy, ripples of hope." we crossed an with " bridge and it trembled." and a historian, author of "mayor harold of washington, champion of race and reform in chicago." our coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern saturday with the former president of the aclu and "hate: why should we should resist it with free speech and not censorship." and inside the rebirth of white nationalism in american. author robert courson with "rocket men: the daring odyssey of apollo eight and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon." watch our liv

coming up this morning, republican congressman tom reed will discuss immigration and trump administration trade policy and california democratic congressman ted lieu will talk about the upcoming u.s. north korea summit in singapore. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. sunday, on q&a, new york times columnist talks about his book to change the church -- pope francis in the future of catholicism. -- he thinks the church needs to change particularly around issues surrounding the sexual revolution, marriage and divorce and so on where prior popes basically said -- these are changes the church cannot make. placesave been fraught in his pontificate where he has clashed with the load gins over just how far he can push the church to change, what the church can change without undercutting its own traditions or breaking faith with the new testament, the gospels of jesus christ. at 8:00sunday night p.m. eastern on c-span. next week, live coverage from the u.s.-north korea summit between president donald trump and north korean leader ki

here now, tom reed, who has signed a discharge petition which could force votes on immigration. you. thank you for joining us. why did you do that, you need to force a decision on immigration because it's in the background at this point. >> this has been going on for months. this is seven months into this issue of resolving it, not just for the dreamers and these kids that are caught up in a broken immigration system, but also to secure our borders and get the wall and structured constructed to secure the border so we start to fix the problem. the discharge petition will have an open debate on four bills that let's say put on record so we can get to the senate and see if we can get to the white house and start legislating. >> maria: mark meadows sounded hopeful on the debate. here's what he said yesterday. >> we're still not in a situation where there's an agreement. i think there is great progress that's being made. hopefully what we'll see is the objections get smaller and less a hurdle in the hours to come. >> maria: so what are the hurdles, congressman? at the same time, you

let's get reaction to my editorial from congressman tom reed, republican from new york.ood stuff here, you know it. i'm feeding it to you. the left totally divided. make your comment. >> stuart, thank you, and exactly what you stated. what happened last night i believe in new york is an example of extremism taking over the democratic party, and that is not good for the american people. what we need are governing members. people who want to legislate for the american people. that's what we're leading in our caucus group, working across the aisle to solve problems for the people back home. extremism is not good for the future of the country. stuart: you still have a convenient target in nancy pelosi. with joe crowley out, he cannot challenge ms. pelosi for the leadership of the party. she goes unalnged. still a leader and you love it, don't you? >> i will tell you, nancy pelosi is not so much about the individual to me. it's about the ideology of extremism that she is the leader of. their party has taken this hard left turn down the path of socialism. socialism being a win

best bet is to contact the offices directly of the cochairs, josh gottheimer, from new jersey, or tom reedm new york. host: that could? caller: thank you. guest: next in wisconsin, independent line. caller: good morning, gentlemen. labels,upporter of no and i am wondering with all of the rich rial and pressure from extremes, have you lost -- all the vitriol and pressure, have you lost any members? my congressman, sean duffy, i asked him about the labels and he was -- about no labels and he was positive. for anyot been back discussions. i do not see his name on anything. i hear he is on fox news a lot. that is my question. so when the problem solvers caucus launched last january, there were two dozen of them and today there are 48, so they are adding members. they have a standard for adding new members called the noah's ark rule so if you are a democrat who wants to come on, you have to bring a republican and vice versa. they had been gaining members, to the extent there are members there are hesitant to join, it might be because it demands you make commitments. i mentioned earlier you cann

reed willning, tom discuss immigration and trump administration trade policy and california democratic congressman ted lieu will talk about the upcoming summit in singapore. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. during a joint news conference with japanese prime minister abe at the white house president trump talked about the upcoming north korea summit. prime minister abe talked about japanese abductees held in north korea. pres. trump: thank you very much. today i'm greatly honored to welcome my good friend prime minister abe of japan to the white house. over the past 16 months the prime minister and i have worked closely together to address common challenges of which there are many, seize opportunities and advance the interest of our nations. today we have had another deeply productive and very valuable discussion. we have developed not only a strong working relationship over the last year and a half, specifically 503 days, but a great personal friendship. i was honored by the tremendous hospitality the prime minister showed me w

reed willning, tom discuss immigration and trump administration trade policy and california democratic congressman ted lieu will talk about the upcoming summit in singapore. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. during a joint news conference with japanese prime minister abe at the white house president trump talked about the upcoming north korea summit. prime minister abe talked about japanese abductees held in north korea. pres. trump: thank you very much.

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and so was stanley reed of kentucky. and so was tom clark of texas. and even robert jackson of new york. a brilliant man. had concerns about the constitution al underpinnings of brown v board. and finally when warren came up, he knew how to bring the court together and he worked on it. he wouldn't -- he said -- he said we're not going to vote at the first conference because he didn't want -- he didn't want to encourage a split on the court. he said we're just going to talk about it a. and then he started holding lunches with some who he knew were waivering. like stanley reed. and he wouldn't bring in the judicial intellect fire power. frankfurter or black who might intite stanley reed. he brought in harold burton. or sherman minten. household words, right? sherman minten and harold burton. and they were midwesterners and they were good guys. and they would have lunch, and sometimes warren would bring in -- he had buddies who did some hunting and he would bring in wild quail or something that he had for lunch. and it just went on for several months unt

lawmakers, republican congressman tom reed tweeting we are encouraged by president trump's leadership to address canada's unfair and protectionist dairy policies and we continue to work on eliminating these practices so that new york dairy farmers can compete on a level playing field. >> president trump suggesting that russia rejoin the

. >> congressman tom reed, republican of new york, thank you for the conversation this morning. >> thanks, greta. >>> and a live picture this afternoon from canada where officials from the g7 nations are gathering for the g7 summit. this is the start of the opening ceremony. president trump and other world leaders are here for this event. this is live coverage on c-span3. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> before your calls, we'll begin with the front page of the wall stre"wall street journal." the headline, trump to exit g7 summit early. donald trump would leave the group of 7 summit earlier than plan as a dispute erupted between mr. trump and two of america's closest allies over the u.s.'s trade stance. late thursday, mr. trump would depart canada en route t