"washington journal" continues. host: about 25 minutes left in this morning's "washington journal."he philosophical question, it was really interesting to talk with you about what you want from washington. we know what the politicians say they want. what do you want? how do you view washington from where you live? we will put the numbers up on the screen. spend time thinking about it. trying to have a nice, thoughtful conversation like we did this morning. it was really interesting. giving you another chance to voice your opinion about what you want to see out of washington. a couple quick articles. 2016 ambitions, joe scarborough cannot wait to give politicalabout his ambitions. he was interviewed on "the view," barbara walters asked if he wanted to run for president. asked, i day, he was will not rule anything out. i have always been open about the fact that the greatest honor i ever had was being in the house of representatives. i have always said i wanted to get back in, just a matter of timing and when that happens we will see. joe scarborough talking about 2016. here is hillar

. >> on the next "washington journal," more on the week ahead in congress. who willby sam baker, talk about the medicare advantage program and what is being done to prevent cuts to the program under the health care law. then a look at what the international space station costs and how it operates with the space station program director. we will also take your phone calls and look for your comments on e-mail, facebook, and twitter. "washington journal" is live every day on c-span. >> i have often said that when i am traveling on amtrak, that i run, not walk, to the quiet car. and i know will provide for consumers and it already has on some airlines the more opportunity for data-rich engagement. it will open up the market for more competitors to provide an option. hopefully, over the long-term, it will be less expensive read you look at the international ecosystem when it comes to this, i have been told by those in the business that 90% of the engagement is data only. a very small part of it is conversation. what is also great about this is it is up to the car

we'll be talking about that throughout the first 45 minutes of washington journal. on the campaign front tom i want to showyou --, i want you a few stories from the washington times. takes an early lead. ats is by usa today looking campaign season with a financial advantage. we also showed you some polling 16 democratic201 guest candidates. no other republican is a bigger? then jeb bush. we are talking about the role of the first lady, should she be able to work outside the white house in d.c. this is trisha in indiana on our line for independents. good morning. good morning. thank you. my comment is no, i do not think she should be paid. i agree with laura bush. we have been told to serve the country in that capacity is an honor and a privilege. president is one thing. to pay the first lady, who should be using her position to do good things for the country and bring you attention to subjects that need to be addressed like the military and and the needhat for help for veterans returning from war's, i do not think she should be paid. their job is to be the first lady

"washington journal" is next. host: good morning. thanks for joining us for "washington journal." it is monday, february 17. in our program this money, we will look at the president of the united states past and present. the phone lines are open and we want to hear from you about who is your favorite president and why. host: you can also reach out to us online. host: again, thanks for joining us this president's day. going to get straight to comments from facebook on our topic, who is your favorite president and why? lincoln.tes "abraham he was a common man, not highly educated or from a wealthy family. i believe he was truly saddened when we became involved in the civil war which killed so many of our people. he had a caring heart and wanted what was best for citizens of our country. he was truly a great man." , "t below him, manny writes too surprising choices. james k. polk, set up for your platform and a compass 100% of it. and chester a arthur, a new york patronage stalwart who worked to eliminate it in his three years in office." first call from new york to a is on our line

. >> c-span today's headlines and your calls, tweets, and facebook comments live on "washington journal." followed by the national governors association in washington dc. we will begin with the opening news conference and oklahoma governor mary fallin. then education and job training with the ceo of general electric. and later, state disaster preparedness and response with officials from the national guard euro and american red cross. >> the all new c-span.org website is now mobile friendly. that means you can access our comprehensive coverage, politics, nonfiction books, and american history where you want, when you want, and how you want. our new site's responsive design scales to fit any of your screens, from monitors to laptops, tablets, or smartphones. whether at home, the office, or on the go. you can now watch live coverage of washington, check our program schedules, or search our extensive video library whenever and wherever you want. the new c-span.org makes it easy for you to keep an eye on what is happening in washington. >> in just a moment, today's news and your calls live.

"washington journal" continues. host: in this week's "your money" segment we look at the international space station. joining us from the johnson space center in houston to talk about it is mike suffredini, program manager for the station. thanks so much for joining us. guest: it is my pleasure, juana. host: the president recently announced that it would be extended through 2024. walk me through why that is necessary and important. thet: well, juana, international space station, as you mentioned, has been in orbit for some time. we celebrated our 50th anniversary last november. lastth anniversary november. in 2000 and we began entered is to focus on utilization as the construction was winding down -- in 2009 we began in earnest to --us on construction as focus on utilization as construction was winding down. importantly, the commercialization of low earth orbit. as we start to look forward, we are looking for companies to make investments in space, to see whatt they can to would be profitable in the world orbit. one

"washington journal" is next. host: good morning. thanks for joining us for "washington journal."is monday, february 17. in our program this money, we will look at the president of the united states past and present. the phone lines are open and we want to hear from you about who is your favorite president and why. host:

"washington journal" is next. ♪ host: we will be bringing you a three r washington journal, during whiche will discuss proposals on minimum wage and wildlife trafficking and the ivory trade. with the national governors association winter meeting kicking off just blocks from the white house, we will focus on some remus that on some recent comments by one chief executive who says americans prefer to elect governors to serve as president. betterrnors make presidents? our phone lines are open to you. republicans can call at 202-585-3881. 585-3880. at 202- if you're outside the u.s., it is 202-585-3883. you can also catch up with us on your favorite social media pages . a very good saturday morning. we want to start off with those comments by wisconsin governor scott walker. he made them to the washington post tv website. we will play you a bit of what he had to say. [video clip] >> historically americans like to see chief executives become the top cheap executive -- top chief executive. as governors we have to make decisions that are similar to what the president makes. i don't think any rep

we will come back to this question a little later in "the washington journal." you will have a chance to voice your thoughts on what you want from washington. the president will be speaking at the house democrats retreat in cambridge, maryland live on c-span at 10:30 a.m. eastern time this morning. in ohio, republican line, good morning. caller: first of all, i would lead to see them -- i would like to see them fix the tax code. flat tax or ato a sales tax, either one. see them would like to redo their pay structure in congress. a freshman congressman should get paid the equivalent to what a private gets paid in the military. it should go up from there. third, i would like to see them impeach this president. he lied to you about your health care, he lied about benghazi, he lied about the irs, he lied heut the nsa and then continuously changes the health- care law, a bill that was passed by congress. whether i agree with it or not, he does not have the right under our constitution to just change the law 28 different times. that's unconstitutional. i don't care whe

♪washington journal" is next.all street journa reports the housel is" looking for a strategy on the debt ceiling, set on february 27. the cost ofasing living adjustment on military retirees. john walsh will assume the title baucus and will now become the next ambassador to china. it is the washington journal for february 8, 2014. this week a hearing took place looking at data breaches. remember the target breach and year, exposing debit credit card numbers, expiration dates, and the like. because of that breach and others that have taken place, have you changed your habits coming -- your habits when it comes to using that it cards that using debit cards. using that cards. debit cards. ,02-5853881. on social media you can find our twitter. you can also participate in a poll. you can also send us e-mail to journal@c-span.org. there was a poll looking at practices bcause -- because of data breaches. americans say they fear of theft.g victims of they are apathetic to try to protect their data. 58% say they have deep w

"washington journal" airs every morning on c-span at 7:00 a.m.ll our guest this weekend on "newsmakers." we talk to him about the debt ceiling. sanctions on iran and the 2016 presidential race and he spoke out against those who say republicans are waging a war on women. >> democrats can say we're the great defenders of women's rights in the workplace and we will defend you against an abusive boss that uses authority to take advantage of a woman when the leading fundraiser in the country is bill clinton who was a perpetrator of that kind of sexual harassment. they can't have it both ways. so i really think that anybody who wants to take money from bill clinton or have a fundraiser has a lot of explaining to do. they should give the money back. if they want to take a position on women's rights by all means do, but you can't take it from a guy who is using his authority to take advantage of women in the workplace. he paid an $800,000 fine for sexual harassment. >> you can watch our interview with rand paul this sunday at 10:00 a.m. and again at 6:00

mikael in alexandria, you're on the washington journal -- "washington journal." i wanted to ask question because i went on the website and they were talking about like a phosphate and ddt that will build up in the body. there was a study by a navy doctor that correlated the increase in dementia as well as alzheimer's. was,hen the other thing the food that is modified. usually, it is modified to be able to grow with more pesticides. i went to a place called whole foods. they say that 70% of the u.s. food is genetically modified, and canada there is a huge percentage also. can you address that russian mark -- can you address that? there are agents myanmar meant which can be unhealthy. we fund a lot of -- there are agents in the environment which can be unhealthy. we fund a lot of research and our lead on those kinds of studies. fund a lot of research to find out what kinds of chemicals in the environment might be unhealthy, and which might be safe and good to have because and may help agriculturally other ways that are important. we fund a lot of research on that.

joining us on you "washington journal."l join us to discuss his new piece in "foreign affairs magazine." first, a news update from c-span radio. secretary-general is speaking at the start of a defense ministers meeting in brussels. if afghan leaders and the white house cannot agree on a key security pact, the alliance will pull its troops and equipment out of afghanistan by december. this after president obama threatened to withdraw all u.s. troops from afghanistan by the end of the year if the pact is not signed. officials are investigating reports that someone pointed a laser light at the it of -- laser light at the cockpit of two airplanes in the boston area. an update on the massive data breach around the christmas holiday. the breach has taken a toll on target. has been pushed down 46%. sales fell as the breach scare off customers. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. c-span. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you. we put you in the room at congressional hearings, white house

next is "washington journal." a.m., we two at 8:30 will talk about the health care 840s implementation and at 5 a.m. on c-span three, the national association for business economics host its .aylong forum coming up next on "washington journal kong the latest on the ukraine. we will talk about the number of americans who failed to pay the hired care premiums on time after enrolling in the online exchanges. then we will discuss ongoing funding for military tanks and vehicles that the army says are no longer necessary. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning, it is monday, february 24. of lawmakers are heading back to washington today. and defense secretary chuck hagel is set to propose touctions -- shrinking it its smallest size since before world war ii. the pentagon budget request will request cuts to benefits. that is part of the defense department's efforts to cut spending as the united states exits more than a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan.

mikael in alexandria, you're on the washington journal -- "washington journal." aller: i wanted to ask question because i went on the website and they were talking about like a phosphate and ddt that will build up in the body. there was a study by a navy doctor that correlated the increase in dementia as well as alzheimer's. was,hen the other thing the food that is modified. usually, it is modified to be able to grow with more pesticides. i went to a place called whole foods. they say that 70% of the u.s. food is genetically modified, and canada there is a huge percentage also. can you address that russian mark -- can you address that? there are agents myanmar meant which can be unhealthy. we fund a lot of -- there are agents in the environment which can be unhealthy. we fund a lot of research and our lead on those kinds of studies. fund a lot of research to find out what kinds of chemicals in the environment might be unhealthy, and which might be safe and good to have because and may help agriculturally other ways that are important. we fund a lot of research on

them on the next washington journal -- >> on the next washington journal, susan echio. then sam baker. and plans to keep the international space station operations until 2014, four more years than originally planned. we'll talk about the cost, purpose, and background of the suffredini. mike also tomorrow, and all day conservative policy summit hosted by the heritage foundation in washington dc. expected speakers include senators ted cruz and mike lee. former senator jim demint who is also the president of the heritage foundation. -- you canch and watch live coverage starting at 9:30 p.m. -- 9:30 a.m. eastern. commissioner josh testifies about the continuing investigation into the irs by his agency. he was sworn in as head last december and served previously as deputy mayor of washington dc. from the house oversight committee, this hearing is 2.5 hours. applied for tax exempt status. our live coverage getting under way right here, right now, on c-span 3. >> committee will come to order. i want to welcome our witnesses today. have to put up with a couple opening statement

"washington journal" continues. host: we are joined by kevin kuhlman who serves as the legislative affairs manager at the national federation of independent business. the national federation of independent business represents business owners across the country. you have been talking to some of them. what are they telling you about their concerns for the affordable care act? guest: i was in ohio 45 days. we did nine meetings in five cities. in nineine meetings cities, i'm sorry. we met with more than 350 small business owners. i have been impressed with how they are understanding how this developed. a year and a half ago, the questions were far more general and nonspecific. what does this law mean to me? now folks are asking very specific questions. what does this do for my deductible? what changes will have to be made? their concerns are many. host: we will be talking about the subject for the next 45 minutes or so. we have our standard lines on the segment, but also a special line for small business owners, if you

and look at the week ahead in congress with a reporter who joined us for "washington journal." continues. continues. host: welcome back. our guest is susan ferrechio. she's the chief congressional correspondent for "the washington examiner." thank you for being here. walk us through. what are the major story lines running on capitol hill this week? guest: everyone is going to be talking about the debt limit. the treasury secretary said he needs the debt limit to be raised by the end of february. otherwise he will run out of ways to fund the government. our borrowing limit is now at $17.2 trillion and that's going to need to be raised he said by the end of february. congress is in this week. the senate is in all week. the house is in until wednesday because the democrats have their annual issues retreat so they'll adjourn on wednesday. that's just three days. there's no deal yet. we're going to be all paying very close attention to how house republicans because they run the house. not the democrats and they need to come up with a plan to agree amongst themselves on how to raise t

talkll continue to on the washington journal. is a noon joint news conference between the french president and the u.s. president and the state dinner coverage 6:30. at you can follow that on twitter. are you invited to the dinner tonight? guest: unfortunately, no. i'm going to the lunch, and that is fine for me. p at: what will you bring u the democratic retreat? guest: if snow does not prevent arei think these retreats yearly. the republicans just had their retreat. they are similar. is a chance for us to get together, not only to do work, but in friendship as well. to go through what the priorities are for our party and what we like to see. how we move on, it is a great chance for us to catch our breath and get to know each other better. we are running around back and forth to our home districts and coming into washington. this is a chance for us to sit down with our colleagues and plan policy and plan what the democratic party stands for and how we convey our message, which we think is a good message, a positive message of cr

for our february 3 edition of "washington journal." i hope you have a great monday. >> on this monday, the u.s. house will be gaveling in at noon eastern for general speeches before turning to legislative is this at 2:00 p.m. bills on the calendar include one that would allow colleges to give veterans in state tuition verse -- regard us of where they live. in the senate, a comes in at 2:00 eastern. it will consider the five-year farm bill that passed in the house last week. a vote to move the bill forward is expected at 5:00 eastern today. you can watch the house live on c-span. the senate will be on c-span2. join us for america's look at russia. bush andr george w. menstruation officials will take place -- part of this event. you can see that live at 12:30 eastern. it will be on c-span2. later, more state of the state speeches. that will be live at 1:30 eastern on c-span3. david jolly will take part of a special election debate. the special election is to fill the seat for the late congressman bill young. over 40 years in congress. wa

you are on "washington journal."aller: i'm sorry i missed that former police commissioner to read my question is about the terrorist threats. they most likely will hit soft targets like malls and shopping centers and stuff like that, sporting events. thank you. you, sir.k kathleen in hamburg, new jersey. would like to thank mr. kelly for his service to new york city and our country and for his integrity. i would like to apologize for the last -- one of the last callers for what he said. also, i would like to say that he is a very good, wonderful servant to new york city and our country. he is straightforward and he has enough courage to come on and answered these questions with intelligence. thank you very much. host: thank you, kathleen. if you haven't heard already, the u.s. added 113,000 jobs in january, a modest gain, and the jobless rate falls to 6.6%. that was announced about an hour and half ago this morning. frank is in buffalo, new york. frank, go ahead with your comment. caller: they talk a lot about russia

♪washington journal" is next.all street journa reports the housel is" looking for a strategy on the debt ceiling, set on february 27. the cost ofasing living adjustment on military retirees. john walsh will assume the title baucus and will now become the next ambassador to china. it is the washington journal for february 8, 2014. this week a hearing took place looking at data breaches. remember

i can assure that "washington journal" that joe is not my brother.i do think we all need to remember that these veterans have served our country great and great many ways and sacrificed and continue to sacrifice and their families continue to sacrifice every single day in dealing with losses or dealing with the kind of stress that comes with that sort of service. and it is absolutely criminal when our country does not fulfill its obligation and provide the kind of supports that we need for veterans. all of us know a veteran that we thank, all of us know a veteran that has struggled and needs that kind of support. i am pleased to see that having studied the presidents and first ladies and written them all my adult life, many presidents and first ladies have been strong champions of our men and women in uniform. host: we have been joined by professor robert watson. "the he author of resident' wives: reassessing the office of first lady." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >>

coming up live on c-span "washington journal." at 10 a.m., the air force association examines cyber security guidelines. at 2 p.m. eastern, discussion on u.s.-russia relations. >> in 45 minutes, the national federation of independent business looks at how the health care law is impacting small businesses around the country. at 8:30 a.m. eastern, the human rights campaign on same-sex marriage on the goals of getting it legalized in more states. at 9:15 a.m. eastern >> good morning. it is tuesday, february 18 2014 area at the house and senate will convene for it brief pro forma session this morning. "the washington journal" will bring you a full three hour show. first, we want to talk about the growing number of americans who commute to work via bicycle. recently, a bipartisan group of congressional members proposed and $11 million program to help make bicycle commuting safer.

"washington journal" is live at 7 a.m. eastern with your calls, e-mails, and facebook comments. >> we are very focused on the sochi olympics and we have seen an uptick in the threat reporting regarding sochi. as is what we expected, given where the lyrics are located. there are a number of extremists in the area, in particular a group that is probably the most prominent terrorist group in russia. the leader of that group last july announced a public message that he would intend to carry out attacks in sochi in connection with the olympics, and we have seen a number of attacks stemming from last fall, suicide bombings and folder grout that took a number of lives. >> the terrace are becoming more sophisticated and they're going to school and the repeated disclosures of leaks. it has allow them to burrow in and it has been much more difficult to find them and address the threats they pose. the threat at relative to 9/11, we has a country have done a great job of addressing some of the vulnerabilities that exist in our system

host: peter in iowa, you are on the "washington journal." caller: hello. i have a couple things.ave been watching and listening. something about our food stamp program that i think is totally flawed, it is in the farm bill. we have farmers that are paid not to grow food. making .25is million dollars not to grow something so someone can be hungry. the other thing, and anything with high fructose corn syrup is stamps.under food coca cola, general mills, all profit from food stamps. i don't understand is that we know what-does corn syrup does and what it can do to your body. pushed, we hadts reagan, the dairy farmers got more than regular farmers. the sugar farmers, the corn farmers. boom, now, all encompassed in that farm bill. host: i will ask you about the farm bill, caroline ratcliffe, do you think it is a good idea that snap is included in a farm bill? guest: i don't have a strong opinion on that. i would say that with the farm billm, there have been lots of talk, the house measures had cuts in snap. come into play in the final legislation. i am march, there were some cut -- by

"washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning, it is monday, february 24. lawmakers are heading back to washington today. and defense secretary chuck hagel is set to propose touctions -- shrinking it its smallest size since before world war ii. the pentagon budget request will request cuts to benefits. that is part of the defense department's efforts to cut spending as the united states exits more than a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan. we will discuss this with key members of congress later this morning. that is our topic for the first 35 minutes and our phone lines are now open. the numbers are you can also reach out to us online.\ attwitter youc a can find us @cspanwj. you can e-mail us at journal@c-span.org. chuck hagel and martin dempsey are expected to brief the press at 1 p.m. eastern on the details on this budget. a number of articles have leaked out. the pentagon budget proposal proposes -- it will also cut subsidies for military commissaries. and it will eliminate the air -- a-10 attack aircraft. on facebook -- you can reach out to us on fac

from "washington journal" this is 40 minutes. "washington journal" continues. to welcome back donna edwards, democrat of maryland talking about the democratic agenda, campaign 2014. lots of front-page news this morning about what the congressional budget office had to say yesterday about the affordable care act. here is one headline in "the boston globe." guest: i don't agree with that. one thing that is clear is an individual employees have a choice about their health care and no they can keep it, they can do lots of things to make decisions they would -- they would not have made otherwise. people of said i might leave the workforce but i will start a business i have always wanted to start. i might lose this job but i will start another job. i think it is not clear what the real implications of the law are going to be for the long term. this underscores the fact that we have to get it implemented and continue studying it to make certain it has the kind of impact we want on people's health. host: a column in o quote the washington post." guest: we just really d

wille that begins we get some of the comments from the iowa governor on this morning's "washington journal." we are covering the nga, thank you for being with us. guest: thank you. host: you announced earlier this year that you are seeking a six term. are you now the longest serving governor ever in the history of this country? --the first governor of this of new york was elected in 1777 under the articles of confederation and third 21 years. he has the record in all of american history. host: why are you seeking a sixth term? love the state of iowa. own unemployment rate is down from 6.1% down to 4.2%. we have a good team and a lot more work to do. we have a lot more that we want to accomplish. host: we have a phone line set aside for those of you in iowa. was a reversal this past year on how you initially viewed the evil magician of obamacare and its impact on iowa residents. why the change? guest: first of all, what we did was come up with our own plan. we want to be the healthiest state in the nation. at the des moines medical school we did health risk assessments on all faculty staff

our: senator rand paul is guest following "the washington journal." u can follow it and listen to it on c-span radio at 10:00 start time. front page of the washington -- of "the washington post," getting a lot of play this morning. "broader rights for same-sex couples is the story -- couples," is the story. host: back to the issue of immigration, there is this from one of our viewers. "rock-a-bye -- crocodile tears." m, ohio, independent line. good morning. onler: you kind of touched it, but the biggest thing i have seen in the problem of immigration reform is we are the only country in the entire world that does not use the military to secure our border. part of the reason i know that is i live in a community that is 90% illegal immigrants. one of them got deported and within two weeks her husband had gone and brought her back. in two weeks. to me, until that is fixed? is open season. as far as giving the people who are here amnesty or an extended work visa, like rand paul wants to do? that is crazy. they need to be penalized. they know the law. to ou

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"washington journal" is next. ♪ good morning. is a back to work week for congress as lawmakers return following presidents' day recess. the nation's governors are in washington for their winter meeting. tonight they will be at the white house and tomorrow the president will address the governors. this is also a root -- a weekend of fast-moving developments in the ukraine as the president attempts to please the country. a political transition is now underway in that country. on the sunday morning, february 23, we will begin with an issue that many states are now debating. should marijuana be legalized? if you say yes, join in. 585 -- -- 585-3 881. if you say no, 585-388 zero. if you are undecided, 202-585-388 two. the piece here, with the dateline line in kiev, points out "abandoned by his guards, reviled across the capital, determined to reacquire his shredded political authority." this morning "the wall street journal" reports that the whereabouts of the president were unknown at this time. russia will in the meantime hold off o

satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> on the next "washington journal" sheryll cashin and sophia nelson on african- american history month. .hen nathan hultman is live at journal" 7 a.m. eastern with your calls, e-mails, and facebook comments. new development in new jersey where a former official said that governor chris christie knew about the lane closings that led to massive delays on the george washington bridge and that am might have been an act of political retribution. governor christie held a news conference addressing the issue. rote this.stein w governor christie's office released a statement saying this. you can watch given to christie's press conference online at c-span.org. we will bring you updates on the c-span network. >> we are very focused on the sochi olympics. we have seen it take in that threat reporting regarding sochi. this is what we expected given where the olympics are located. there are a number of extremist in that area, particularly a group that is probably the most prominent terrorist group in russia. the leader of that gro

on "washington journal," and discussion on privacy laws and the future of employee benefits. "washington journal" is live each morning at 7:00 eastern. >> one of the things that we dangersout our physical and what i always think -- what keeps me up at night is what can happen next. i wonder what your greatest fear is as to a physical attack into our country? general? side, and attack --in start infrastructure our transportation, health care, financial is an area we have to pay close attention to, our energy sector. on the kinetic side there is a range of things that keep me up at night. when you see these mumbai style attacks, the mall in nairobi, the boston marathon -- those are the type of things we have to continue to work together in the intelligence community to make sure we are working as seamlessly as possible to share everything we have, not only within the defense side, but also on the federal, state, local, tribal level. that is an important aspect of what we are trying to do in the intelligence community. integration. >> the senate armed services ride --e looks at

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> coming up, washington journal with the latest news. after that "newsmakers" with lorraine miller. then live coverage of the national governors association annual winter meeting in washington, d.c. next on "washington journal" we will hear from the iowa governor, who is attending the nga winter meeting. he will talk about his states priorities in 2014. after that the president of the service employees international union. she discusses the issues facing labor unions and the workers they were present. then a look at the u.n. report on north korea, which accuses the country's leader of committing crimes against humanity. john part of the u.s. institute of peace will join us. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. it is a back to work week for congress as lawmakers return following presidents' day recess. the nation's governors are in washington for their winter meeting. tonight they will be at the white house and tomorrow the president will address the governors. this is also a root -- a weekend of fast-

the washington journal. your story today has this headline. the defense budget targets new threats. what is the new threat and what does it mean for to changes in store for the defense department? end of the aero for the u.s. military. ground forces are coming home from afghanistan. we will have no more than a few thousand troops. this is after 13 years of war. the military has to pare back because of budget spending. now we are looking at an emerging threat in asia. people are looking at china. a friend cyberspace. eats in -- thr cyberspace. we are talking about it hidden to asia. everyone is looking toward turning our focus to china. wants to boost efforts to create more cyber warriors. they are also talking about putting more emphasis on special forces. the navy seals, the people who killed osama bin laden, the people who rescued aid workers. they want to boost the special workers, people who can do specialized operations. it will boost those forces. the big military is going to come down by 13%. we are t

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washington journal will be right back. of the things we worry about is cyberattacks and physical dangers. keeps me up at night when i think about what could happen next? your greatest fear is as to a physical attack in our country. general? things.wer it by two on the cyberside, i think an attack against our critical infrastructure that would have potential damaging effects. he transportation health care, clearly financial is an area that you have to pay close attention to in the energy sector. on the kinetic side, there's a up e of things that keep me at night. i mean, when you see the textile ttacks, what happened in the mall in nairobi, i mean, you know, what happened during the marathon. i mean those are the kinds of things that we have to continue o work together in the intelligence community to make sure that we're working as seamlessly as possible to share have, not that we only with -- within the defense side, the national side, but federal, state, local, and tribal level. think that's a really important aspect of

washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. montana senator max baucus was unanimously confirmed 96-0 to be the next u.s. ambassador to china. the sixth term senator and chairman of the finance committee replaced gary locke who has served since to teeeleven. after the confirmation vote senators orrin hatch, tom carper , and dick durbin came to the floor to offer to be speeches. this is 15 minutes. >> madame president, i am pleased that my colleague is confirmed by this body the way was. he will make a fine ambassador to china. we all know what an honorable and decent man he is. we all know of his abilities. we all know that he has run a very tough committee and an important committee and has done a terrific job in doing so. all i can say is i rise today to wish my good friend good luck as he departs the service. the next year as ambassador to china. we will miss him. i do not think it is fair. nevertheless, i think it is fair to our country. he will make a great ambassador. he first came to the senate in 1978 and has the distin

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live at 7:00 a.m., "washington journal." ♪ >> this week on "q&a," author and historian robert dallekscusses his latest historical narrative titled "camelot's court: inside the kennedy white house." >> robert dallek, in your recent book, "camelot's court: inside the kennedy white house," the last paragraph of your entire book -- i cannot resist saying, thank you to president obama -- is graciously hosted for dinners for presidential historians -- what is your insight into president barack obama because of four dinners with them? -- with him? >> he is a highly intelligent man. he is keenly interested in history and the way in which the presidential institution has evolved. and what he could take away from past presidential performances to make his a more compelling and more successful administration. i wish we had some extraordinary answers to provide him, but of course the nature of history is that it is an imperfect humanistic enterprise. he understood this. but we talked a great variety of things in those interviews, in those dinners. there were roughly 12 historians. i wasn't the o

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"washington journal" live from the national institutes of health at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> a couple of live events to tell you about today. beginning with the brookings institution forum on the syrian refugee crisis which is affecting millions of people. panelists are scheduled to include the ambassadors. that is at 10:00 a.m. eastern. at 3:00 p.m., the heritage foundation focuses on political protests in venezuela following the arrest of the leader of the opposition and the relations between the u.s. and venezuela maybe affected by the expulsion of three u.s. diplomats. >> the beauty of america is that in this country, we have the ability to write the script of our own life. we are in a sense in the driving seat of our own future. our biggest decisions in life are made by us. america creates the sense of possibility, and out of that you can become an activist, a community organizer. what are you doing you go you are living off the great explosion of wealth that you did not even create. >> so many straw men said it is hard to know where to begin. nobody said ame