that is killing us as a nation. so we are working very hard to get the inappropriate things out of the way. >> representative bruce poluquin at the consumer protection bureau's semi-annual report. >> you guarantee that neither you or anybody at the cpfb have used commercial devices, text, e-mail, cell phones and fully complied with the record, yes oe at cspan.org, on our web page and by sifting through the video library. >>> values of the founding fathers starts now by gordon wood who looks at the founding fathers and the shaping of their values. this is from the society of the four arts in palm beach, florida. >> i am so energized by all your enthusiasm about the for arts founders program. thank you for coming. now, today's speaker, dr. gordon wood, is considered the foremost expert on the american

that is killing us as a nation. so we are working very hard to get the inappropriate things out of the way. >> representative bruce poluquin at the consumer protection bureau's semi-annual report. >> you guarantee that neither you or anybody at the cpfb have used commercial devices, text, e-mail, cell phones and fully complied with the record, yes oe at cspan.org, on our web page and by sifting through the video library. >>> values of the founding fathers starts now by

as a chicken. demonstrators say mr. trump's unwillingness to release his returns raises questions about his decisions in office. >> how does that compromise us as a nation? how does it compromise our democracy? who is he making decisions for? us as a people or the -- >> similar protests helped elsewhere in the bay area. >>> still to come, we are getting word that north korea tried to launch a missile today in direct defiance of the united states. >> plus more fall out for united airlines. why the organizer of a san francisco protest says his demonstration goes beyond the man dragged off a plane. and we are keeping an eye on what is going on in berkeley after today's protestors. >> it might just rain on your parade. a reminder to everybody to be good. we'll have the forecast after the break. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, chopper five is live over a was over a fremont 20 minutes ago car lot where a fire is burning. at least 20 cars on fire... poss >>> back to our breaking news now, chopper 5 was over a fremont area 20 minutes ago. a car lot where a fire is burning, at least 20 cars on fire, possibly 30 or 40. the fire was sending up thick black smoke and flames. this

it is typical for us as a nation, a reason why we haven't debt ceiling. it's not just to create chaos. in fact, the exact opposite is true. the debt ceiling law is to force us every now and then to step back and say holy cow, how much money have we borrowed? are we going to be able to continue to do forever? some of the biggest disco -- debt reforms that you've seen in a lifetime actually comes the part of the discussion. to the welfare reform closely tied to it in the 1990's. it's not unusual to tie something to the debt ceiling. we abdicated for the president to come up with ideas of how we can raise the debt ceiling but at the same time bring some more fiscal discipline to the way we spend money. >> we had been put as work about the unprecedented rise in global debt both public and private debt. in the u.s. over the last decade , it increased by about 17 trillion. that's government debt, auto loans, student loans, some serious holy cow numbers. in the neck of your head, -- the back of your head are you thinking about this dynamic? how did you view the p

us individually. the border is a way to protect us as a nation. so as a nation, we can live peacefully. scott: this populist movement may sound familiar to many americans. though le pen's preferences go beyond closing borders. she'd like to see any outward religious expressions outlawed, from burkas to yarmulkes, and is pushing for france's own version of something seen recently in scott: if she were to become president, if she wins, what is the first thing you want her to do? pierre martin: frexit. scott: frexit? pierre martin: frexit. scott: the french version of brexit, get out? pierre martin: yes, because all the candidates says we are to make france great again, like trump. and here, we are fighting for our job. you know? scott: getting out would mean a withdrawal from the 28-member european union to gain independence when it comes to currency, trade, and border control. it could also threaten the future of the e.u. scott: marine le pen paints a pretty dark picture of the future sometimes, doesn't she? nonna mayer: well, that's her idea. if you play on the fears of voters, the idea

it is typical for us as a nation, a reason why we haven't debt ceiling. ot just to create chaos. in fact, the exact opposite is true victories and where the debt ceiling law is to force us every now and then to step back and say holy cow, how much money have we borrowed? y? nov going to be able to continue to do forever? some of the biggest disco reforms that you've seen in a lifetime actually comes the part of dancing discussion. people point to gramm leach bliley was that i think as part of the density but there's welfare reform was loosely tied to it back in the '90s. so it's not unusual to tie something to density and say we know we have to raise the density because we're already spent all of this money at the think that maybe now is a good time to step back and soberly say we cannot continue in the future the way that we've been in the past i need to make some changes. that's why we abdicated for the president to come up with ideas of how we can raise the debt ceiling but at the same time bring some more fiscal discipline to the way we spend money. >>

that is killing us as a nation. we are working hard to get inappropriate things out of the way. >> the representative at the semiannual tort. >> do you guarantee neither you nor anybody has used personal text,ication devices, email, cell phones, and have fully complied, yes or no? programs are available on c-span.org, our webpage, and searching the video library.

and that is killing us as a nation. so we are working very hard to get the inappropriate things out of the way and the way i kind of look at it, if you have the right goals, and the right metrics for mesh puasuring the , you don't have to have 12 people looking over everybody's shoulder and telling them what to do. that's not who we are as a nation, and we didn't reach the pin knack will that way. . reached it because we had that entrepreneurial spirit and the innovative spirit and the the only way that that works is if there is a goal that we have that we've established together and there are metrics that we establish together and we say go out and do it, just get it done. as long as you get it done, use the brain that god gave you and get it done and accomplish the goal of creating the housing and the environment that we need. and recognize that it's more about just putting a roof over people's heads, it's about developing the human capital. it's about developing our people. we only have 330 million people in this cou

that is killing us as a nation. so we are working very hard to get the inappropriate things out of the way. >> representative bruce poluquin at the consumer protection bureau's semi-annual report. >> you guarantee that neither you or anybody at the cpfb have used commercial devices, text, e-mail, cell phones and fully complied with the record, yes oe at cspan.org, on our web page and by sifting through the video library. >>> values of the founding fathers starts now by gordon wood who looks at the founding fathers and the shaping of their values. this is from the society of the four arts in palm beach, florida. >> i am so energized by all your enthusiasm about the for arts founders program. thank you for coming. now, today's speaker, dr. gordon wood, is considered the foremost expert on the american revolution. period. i'm not going to read off all the long list of the books and publications he's written or the awards and medals and honors he's received. but all of you go home and google him for a mind-blowing exper

this has been so important to us as a nation, as i said, places like the grand canyon, places like olympic national park in my state, many places have created what has become an outdoor recreation economy. that outdoor recreation economy is now over $800 billion of annual revenue and dwarfs what the oil and gas industry represent as an economy of the future. in fact, this industry sector is on par to compete with other large sectors of our economy, the financial service sector and the health care sector. so why are we taking away the very tool that has launched so much outdoor activity in a burgeoning job economy with seven million outdoor industry workers -- why are we taking away what has been the priority and designation of past presidents and trying to return them because someone doesn't understand what the antiquities act is all about. so in addition to the large monuments that i just mentioned, also under review will be a group of other monuments that were marine national monuments of according to this definition i mentioned earlier, secretary zinke could, in fact, review all of thes

as britain prepares to leave the european union. she also said easter was a time to think of shared values and to treasure our traditions of religious tolerance. let us come together as a nation in our commitment to the obligations that we have towards one another. let us work together to build that brighter future that we want for our country. and let us together build a stronger, fairer britain that truly does work for everyone. it would be easy to retreat into our private lives because of challenges that seem overwhelming, or allow ourselves to be divided and blame others. but we need to respond to these problems head on, through action and support for socialjustice, peace and reconciliation. the pope has used his easter sunday vatican address to condemn attacks on civilians caught up in the war in syria. meanwhile, here, the queen and the duke of edinburgh attended the traditional easter service at windsor castle. laura tra nt reports. rain didn't dampen the easter message in rome, where thousands of pilgrims gathered to see pope francis celebrate easter mass and lead the blessings in st peter's square in the vatican. mass took place amidst tight security, a week after at

you career c is when more about the roles than the goals, and that is killing us as a nation. we are working very hard to get the inappropriate things out of the way. >> bruce pollock. neitheruarantee that you nor anybody at the cfpb has used personal communication devices, text, email, cell phones, and have fully complied with the records act -- yes or no? >> this is a trumped up -- >> search the video library and our webpage at www.c-span.org. >> a discussion about the future of the affordable care act and health care in the u.s. this is from "washington journal." att: a political reporter npr. thedid this in the wake of failure of the republican replacement plan to get a vote. after that, donald trump and others saying the affordable care act on the verge of exploding. "explode" was the term that was used. what did you find? guest: it's not. the affordable care act has its problems. it is certainly not perfect. but it is not exploding. there are a lot of things about it that are in fact going relatively well. the big thing we found in the last month or so when the cbo analy

that is killing us as a nation. we are working very hard to get the inappropriate things out of the way. >> representative rues pollock when -- rues pollock when at the consumer protection bureau. >> do you concede that neither you nor anybody at the cfp be as used personal communication devices, text, email, cell phones and have fully complied with federal records act yes or no? >> c-span programs are available at the span.org. -- c-span.org. washington journal continues. a roundtable on last week's military strike against the syrian government, we are joined by john hannah, former national security office or for vice president cheney and senior counselor at the foundation for defense of democracy. a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. welcome to you both. mr. gordan, what did last thursday's strike accomplished? if the culturist something important. to send a message that there will be a cost for the use of chemical weapons. that's a narrow message and it doesn't mean the united states is going to i

talked about the value of the rule of law in the way that it is something that distinguishes us as a nation, such as a part, how each generation has to rededicate itself, i think he said, that really rang true for me. maybe it's now because i'm off being a college president and i can look at this differently but i find it burdensome in the heart to watch the department under attack from different partisan, political perspectives and i feel the way both ways. i'm just as upset if i see one party attacking, versus the the other party attacking if i believe it's not really based upon a clear set of facts. i think it hurts the public image and the credibility of the department of justice. does anybody share my pain on that one? >> i think you see a greater bipartisanship and the people who have worked in the department of justice and a desire to defend it against the buffeting of politics. you see, really, wit and any other place. all of us have signed letters and advocated for the confirmation of people of the opposite party. we have fought hard to defend a career person who might be under scr

our publicddressing health, which is a strong prime value in our society or at least ought to be. addresses national security. it makes us stronger as a nation. factors really speak to the values of our society and work toward the common good. power planlean republicans have said is one of the main regulations behind what they have called a war on coal. do you think bringing back cold jobs is a bad thing? that is afrom a town one industry town or at least was heavily dependent on the carbon industry. i saw what that devastation was about when they left town. i'm very sensitive to the dependency that we have as regions, as communities. types. job industry however, we need a jobs plan. not a coal plant in our society. we look at the impact on the coal industry. if there is a war on coal, its automation and it is certainly natural gas prices have dropped significantly. we are in a competitive market now for how we see the energy needs of this nation. the facts speak for themselves. jobsars ago we had 245,000 that have shrunk below 100,000. today it's probably under 75,000. all while producing 8% more cold. there is productivity going o

a choice in this country. we can focus on the things that divide us all day, every day. we can do it. i still believe there's more that unites us as a nation than that divides us as a nation. but if you choose to spend your time talking about those things that divide us, you can fill up a day. if you choose to spend your time talking about those things that are broken, yet proffer nothing solutions to fix them, you can fill up a day. -- proffering no solutions to fix them, you can fill up your day. if you choose to spend your day talking about why everybody else is a lazy son of a gun and only you have access to the truth, you can fill up a day. then a week. then a month. then a year. and then a presidential cycle. and then a decade. and then a generation. but, mr. speaker, if you'll ,ecognize that working together we've already passed more laws in 2017 than any other congress and president working together since harry truman, if you'll recognize that we've taken the uncertainty out of the supreme court, we fully staffed the supreme court so that uncertainty in the legal arena will exist no longer. if you recognize that a thorny issue like

that is killing us as a nation. getre working very hard to the inappropriate things out of the way. poliquinentative bruce . >> do you guarantee that neither be nor anybody at the cfp has use personal munication devices, text, email, cell phone, and have for early -- fully complied? c-span programs are available at c-span.org come on our webpage, and by searching the video library. at police in the u.s.. hosted thenter event, it runs an hour and a half.

talked about the value of the rule of law in the way that it is something that distinguishes us as a nation, such as a part, how each generation has to rededicate itself, i think he said, that really rang true for me. maybe it's now because i'm off being a college president and i can look at this differently but i find it burdensome in the heart to watch the department under attack from different partisan, political perspectives and i feel the way both ways. i'm just as upset if i see one party attacking, versus the the other party attacking if i believe it's not really based upon a clear set of facts. i think it hurts the public image and the credibility of the department of justice. does anybody share my pain on that one? >> i think you see a greater bipartisanship and the people who have worked in the department of justice and a desire to defend it against the buffeting of politics. you see, really, wit and any other place. all of us have signed letters and advocated for the confirmation of people of the opposite party. we have fought hard to defend a career person who might be under scr

that is killing us as a nation. we are working hard to get inappropriate things out of the way. >> the representative at the semiannual tort. >> do you guarantee neither you nor anybody has used personal text,ication devices, email, cell phones, and have fully complied, yes or no? programs are available on c-span.org, our webpage, and searching the video library. more than two months after being nominated, judge neil gorsuch was approved friday to become the associate justice on the u.s. supreme court. they justice incident -- antonin scalia a died last year. the so-called nuclear option lowered the voting threshold for supreme court nominees during a key procedural vote here we will show you some of the debates on neil gorsuch and the proposed change. this is about one hour. >> we have seen impressive credentials, we have reviewed his incredible record, we have heard glowing praise on a nearly daily basis. from students and judges, newspaper editorials, democrats, and republicans. judge gorsuch is independent and he

. >> is when you care more about the rules and the goals and that is killing us as a nation. so we are working very hard to get the inappropriate things out of the way. >> the representative of the consumer financial protection bureau semiannual report. >> do you guarantee that neither you nor anybody has used personal communication devices, text, e-mail, cell phones, and fully complied with the federal records act, yes or no? >> c-span programs are available at c-span.org, on the webpage and by searching the video library. >>> in 1996, entrepreneur peter offered a prize for the first built vehicle that could makes repeated manned space flights. the locale to make a spaceship is about the engineers and investors who tried to win the prize and developed the commercial space industry. she recently spoke at the museum of flight in seattle. this is one hour and 20 minutes. >>> the lovely

but i think the bigger thing for us as a nation, because now for espionage and interference and problem beg propaganda, it is kpexacerbated. we have to determine what is an act of war. i'm concerned about -- you had someone on speaking about susan rice and the finite amount of people who are able to request or unmask this information with u.s. citizens. i think everyone out there should be a little concerned about any potential political attempts to use intelligence apparatus to hurt folks. >> we haven't gotten to the point, right, with the susan rice thing. >> okay. >> let's say you believe that susan rice requested the names to be unmasked. you heard ken describe why that would be impossible. >> it is not impossible. it is not impossible for her to request that. >> it is not remotely illegal. >> agreed. i'm not even saying that there's something to that. i don't know yet. but what i will say is it is not routine for someone to ask for detailed spreadsheets on specific people from an opposite political party and their associates. i'm not saying it is completely wrong. i think she shoul

that is killing us as a nation so we are working very hard to get the inappropriate things out of the way. announcer: representative bruce pollock went at the consumer bureau's semiannual work. -- report. >> neither you or anybody at the cfpb has used any personal communication devices and has fully complied with the federal records act? programs arespan available at c-span.org, on our webpage and by searching the video library. next, senator chris murphy of connecticut on foreign policy and national security. he spoke at the council of foreign relations for an hour. >> our speaker today is connecticut speaker senator murphy. senator murphy was elected to the senate in 2012 after representing the senate's congressional district. senator

talked about the value of the rule of law and the way that it is something that distinguishes us as a nation and sets us apart. how each generation has to thaticate itself to that, really remains true for me. iknow -- maybe it is because am a college president and i look at these things differently , but i find it burdensome to watch the department under attack from different partisan political perspectives. -- i am just ways as upset if i see one party attacking versus the other party attacking if i believe it is not --ed on a clear set of they of facts. it hurts the public image of the department of justice. anybody share my pain on that one? ms. gorelick: i think you see a greater bipartisanship and the people that have worked in the department of justice. a desire to defend it against the buffeting up politics. it more than any other place. all of us have signed letters and advocated for the confirmation of people of the opposite party. defend aought hard to career person who might be under because unfairly somebody did not like a decision that they made. is a really cherished quality ab

let us come together as a nation, confident in our values and united in our commitment to fulfil the o build that brighter future that we want for our country. and let us together build a stronger, fairer britain that truly does work for everyone. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, used his easter message to urge people not to stand by in the face of society's problems. the leader of the opposition said easter should be a time to reflect on the current challenges, both at home and abroad. it would be easy to retreat into our private lives because the challenges seem overwhelming, allow ourselves to be divided and blame others. we need to respond to these problems head on through action and support for socialjustice, peace and reconciliation. the pope has used his easter sunday vatican address to condemn attacks on civilians caught up in the war in syria. meanwhile here the queen and the duke of edinburgh attended the traditional easter service at windsor castle. laura tra nt reports. rain didn't dampen the easter message in rome, where thousands of pilgrims gathered to see pope francis

that is killing us as a nation. so we are working very hard to get the inappropriate things out of the way. >> representative bruce poliquin at the consumer financial protection bureau, annual report. >> do you guarantee that neither you nor anybody at the cmpd has used personal communication devices, text, e-mail, cell phones and fully complied with the federal record? this is a yes or no. >> programs are available at c-span.org, on a webpage and by searching the video library. >> and we are live for discussion on food policy. the consumer federation of america is the host of this annual national food policy conference. at first be discussion on the role of food in foreign-policy and the challenges of finding food insecurity at homes. >> and that program reflects the exemplary work of our advisory committee. i don't have a packet of you with me, but if you look in your

let us come together as a nation, confident in our values and united in our commitment to the obligationsone another. let us work together to build that brighter future that we want for our country. and together, build a stronger, fairer britain that truly does work for everyone. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn used his easter message to urge people not to standby in the face of society's problems. the leader of the opposition said easter should be a time to reflect on the current challenges, both at home and abroad. it would be easy to retreat into our private lives because of challenges that seem overwhelming, allow ourselves to be divided and blame others. we need to respond to these problems head on, through action and support for social justice, peace and reconciliation. the evacuation of syrian residents from towns under siege has resumed, after dozens were killed in a suicide car bomb yesterday on the outskirts of aleppo. the attack hit a convoy of buses at a check point where thousands of civilians were waiting to be moved to safety. let's speak now to our middle east correspondent

when you care more about the rules than you care about the goals, and, you know, that is killing us as a nation. so we are working very hard to get the inappropriate things out of the way. >> representative bruce poliquin at the consumer protection bureau semiannual report. >> do you guarantee that neither you, nor anybody at the cfpb has used personal communication devices, text, e-mail, cell phones, and have fully complied with the federal records act? yes or

that is killing us as a nation, so we are working very hard to get the inappropriate things out of the way. do you guarantee that neither usednor anybody has personal communication devices and have fully comply with the records act? no?in a? -- yes or next, a look at the spread of populism in the u.s. and latin america. johnson u.s. president and the implications for global businesses in america. it is an hour and a half. >> i think we are going to start. thinkuickly, i want to thank everyone for coming. our afternoon session which is a public debate about populism. the title is the rise of populism. the moderator. we have a whole panel we will introduce an event. very quickly, we came from a session with experts both in the sector and the public sector talking about issues of populism sector and the. the objective there is to do some conceptual gardening or weeding of what is population -- populism. and what are the indications for policy and business? this afternoon, we will debate something things with reduced crew. before do that, we're going to do this in two parts. keynote and th

it is really what defines us as a nation and makes us different in so many other constitutional systems of government. if we do not appreciate them, if we do not understanding and defend them, if we are not willing to talk to each other, if we are not willing to understand the suppose of the beautiful diversity of our country that is embodied in the bill of rights, the free speech, the freedom of religion, the equal protection, then you have to live that in your life as well. and, we really need to come together as a country on that and that is that we believe deeply and mightily in our constitutional structure of government. we may not always agree on exactly how the words apply in each new case by we treasure and revere the values and we respect the integrity of our governmental processes and look closely as they do their best efforts to apply it with integrity. judge us on the integrity of our reasoning. we might disagree by it should be in general as we discussed tonight. >> i think how frequently -- when the supreme court decides an issue that is contrary to what the president and

let us come together as a nation, confident in our values and united in our commitment to fulfil the hat brighter future that we want for our country. and let us together build a stronger, fairer britain that truly does work for everyone. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, used his easter message to urge people not to stand by in the face of society's problems. the leader of the opposition said easter should be a time to reflect on the current challenges, both at home and abroad. it would be easy to retreat into our private lives because the challenges seem overwhelming, or allow ourselves to be divided and blame others. but we need to respond to these problems head on through action and support for social justice, peace and reconciliation. the tombs of five former archbishops of canterbury have been unearthed by builders undertaking refurbishment work near lambeth palace. the builders were levelling the floor of a nearby church when they accidentally cut into the foundations and discovered a hidden chamber. inside, they found 30 coffins, with an archbishop‘s mitre resting on one of th

if you are a teacher, make sure you join now us the nation. as a member of the classroom you can do it free and easily. if you register now you can also request our free classroom sized american timeline poster printed a graphic display of all 45 presidents. i know more at c-span.org/classroom. >> the united states entered world war i on april 6 1917. after president woodrow wilson signed a congressional declaration of war. talks aboutennedy how the u.s. mobilizes infantry and its army for the great war. he pays particular attention to stories from new york city as well as the war effort. he concludes his regrets of the worst legacy. this talk was the keynote address for the address and world war i. posted by columbia university in new york city. this is just under one hour. gentlemen, what an honor to be with you at this place. i have a whole number of people to thank. query -- whole group of people i need to thank. he has been working

that is killing us as a nation. getre working very hard to the inappropriate things out of the way. poliquinentative bruce . >> do you guarantee that neither be nor anybody at the cfp has use personal munication devices, text, email, cell phone, and have for early -- fully complied? c-span programs are available at c-span.org come on our webpage, and by searching the video library. at police in the u.s.. hosted thenter event, it runs an hour and a half. introducey honor to the members of this discussion. a former staff writer for "the atlantic," and formally a national syndicated columnist covering a broad amount of issues. in manymns appear newspapers. she will be in conversation with the litigation director of the litigation department. she oversees litigation in four key practice areas, including economic justice, education, political participation in criminal justice. as a nationally recognized expert on race and criminal justice, she petite -- participates in conferences and national media interviews including with pbs, msnbc and democracy now. last but certainly not least, we h

a us navy strike group is already heading towards the korean peninsula. the us national security adviser criticised north korea asccess in one of the sport's big four tournaments. garcia won a play—off against britain'sjustin rose at augusta, georgia, after the two men had finished the fourth and final round tied on nine—under—par for the championship. let's have a quick look at some of the front pages, which are dominated by the relationships between moscow,

use that term so we don't have any. they're not facting fairly when the u.n. condemns for human rights abuses, their response, for north korea human rights means national sovereignty. when you're criticize us as ation you're violating our human rights. they doesn't play fair or honestly, who can home them accountable? china is the only person with influence on them. but they revel as a small nation defying china and the u.s. neil: china might have limits what it can do on this? like a crazy runaway child or what? >> china is trying to be a major world power and have some respect. they don't want to be ones carrying water for this insane regime. famous story in the '70s, they built a seven-story statue of late kim il-sung and played it in goal. we're communists. maybe that is not what we're about. they changed it to bronze. they regard themselves is as shrimp among whales and they're the little guy and last one standing. soviet union fell. all other dictatorships fell except for cuba. this for them is great source of pride. there is a lot of talk in the media they're sue saidal. if they're sue saidal they're really bad it because they have been around for 70 years. neil: i can't agine, even if t

let us come together as a nation, confident in our values and united in our commitment to the obligationsave towards one another. let us work together to build that brighter future that we want for our country. and let us together build a stronger, fairer britain that truly does work for everyone. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn used his easter message to urge people not to stand by in the face of society's problems. he said easter should be a time to reflect on the current challenges both at home and abroad. it would be easy to retreat into our private lives because of challenges that seem overwhelming, or allow ourselves to be divided and blame others. but we need to respond to these problems head on, through action and support for socialjustice, peace and reconciliation. the evacuation of syrian residents from towns under siege has resumed, after more than 100 people were killed in a suicide car bomb yesterday on the outskirts of aleppo. the attack happened at a checkpoint where thousands of civilians were waiting on buses to be moved to safety. the bbc‘s lina sinjab is monitoring event

let us come together as a nation, confident in our values and united in our commitment to the obligationstowards one another. let us work together to build that brighter future that we want for our country. and together, build a stronger, fairer britain that truly does work for everyone. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn used his easter message to urge people not to standby in the face of society's problems. he said easter should be a time to reflect on the current challenges both at home and abroad. it would be easy to retreat into our private lives because of challenges that seem overwhelming, allow ourselves to be divided and blame others. we need to respond to these problems through action and support head on through action and support for socialjustice, peace and reconciliation. an important day for christians all over the world and in rome in a few minutes, the pope will be delivering his easter message. let's take a look at the pictures, huge crowds in st peter's square as always, the pope preparing for easter mass which should begin in about 20 minutes, spectacular shots from rome, a

[applause] and, you know, that is killing us as a nation. so we are working very hard to get the inappropriate things out of the way. >> representative bruce poll quinn at the consumer financial protect bureau's semiannual report. >> do you guarantee that neither you, nor anybody at the cfpb has used personal communication devices, text, e-mail, cell phones and have fully complied with the federal records act, yes or no? >> again, this is a trumped-up issue. >> yes or no -- >> c-span programs are available at c-span.org, on our web page and by searching the video library. >> the american enterprise institute held a discussion on k-12 education policy and charter schools. john king, who served as education secretary under the obama administration from 2016-2017, said that there are lessons to be learned from the charter school model that can be apried to public -- applied to public school system. he was one of several experts who took part in the panel consideration and debate. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. welcome to the america

a reason the law should cover this. it is an outcome that makes us all stronger as a nation. host: jeff, a republican. good morning. caller: i just wanted to make a couple of points. i think the lgbt community has made a couple of mistakes. number one -- i don't how long ago it was ago, by california had a vote. they asked the community if they want same-sex marriage. they said no. immediately they took it to the courts. they overturned it and kept it in the courts. also, that was wrong. i think if they waited a couple of years, they would have found out california probably turned on its own. if they just waited a few years on these decisions, we would not have the same thing that happened with abortion. the other point i would like to make is the transgender community. i don't think people have -- the american people are goodhearted people. if they would just take the time and explain to people that -- i have two granddaughters. i don't want them to have a shower with an individual who has not completed their whole transition to that thing. butn't know how it works, if they are not completed, i don't want them in

of energy supply. >> a better approach is to seek ways to allow us to use the abundant resources we have, and at the same time, reduce or eliminate any negative effect. as a natione should support the innovation of new technologies that will make energy production and facilities cleaner and will improve energy efficiency in our homes and businesses, and will help us find innovative, new ways to produce the energy that powers our daily lives. >> change the equation from, this is viewed as a liability, to how to turn it into an asset. >> energy efficiency are also important criteria. >> if we achieve the energy efficiency level of the japanese, that would take the world 25% of the way home to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050. >> we want to keep our environmental and air standards up so we are not hurting arcades -- our kids, our people later on down the road. >> over one billion people live in energy policy -- poverty that don't have access to refrigeration, medicine, light. we need all energy sources. >> if you just say now we are going to replace all the fossil fuels with renewables, we're still not meeting the energy needs of the planet. that shoul