eastern, following washington journal. then at 1:30 p.m. to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the diplomacy center in washington with former secretaries of state. supreme court justices clarence tom is, samuel alito, and sotomayor and a 30 p.m. eastern. that is this thanks giving week on c-span. for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. in his weekly address, president obama discusses his executive order on immigration and urges congress to pass a permanent law. delivering the republican response is representative city, who is facing a december 6 runoff in his senate race against mary landrieu. he talks about the economy and explains how approvingly eastern neck so pipeline will help create jobs. >> high, everybody. i'm in las vegas to talk with students and families about immigration. we are a nation of immigrants. it is always given america a big advantage over other nations. it gives a country young, dynamic, and entrepreneurial. today, our immigration system is broken and everybody knows it. that is why nearly two years ago i came

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all on "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. up next on c-span, american history tour travels the country to explore his store places and hear from authors about native americans from before the arrival of christopher columbus all the way to today. first, the battle of legal bighorn -- little big horn where native americans defeated colonel george custer and his regiment. then we tore a pueblo near santa fe, new mexico. after that, a visit to fort mims in alabama where the native americans known as the red s massacred -- settlers. >> in the battle of little bighorn, also known as custer's last stand, warriors defeated the seventh cavalry regiments and killed the commanding u.s. officer, george custer. we will hear about the conflict from a park ranger at the little bighorn battlefields national monument in montana. >> folks, this is an incredible story. it's a story that attracts 400,000 people a year from all over the world. come through that gate. the vast majority of them, 90% of the time never been here in their lives. i lik

. >> on the next "washington journal" christian science monitor correspondent and the wall street journal editor examine the political and legislative future of president obama's immigration proposals. washington from the institute for near east policy has the -- you guessed from the washington institute for near east policy has the latest on nuclear negotiations. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] was no.nswer >> thank you, mr. speaker. from wisconsin, that was good part of the story. >> my good friend from california. >> sponsored by my good friend from colorado. british lineage. it comes from parliament, hundreds of years ago. if you have ever seen the proceedings of the house of commons, they say the right honorable gentleman. it has a similar meaning, a thinly veiled approach to try to be polite to someone you don't really care for. in the house of representatives, where

shirley, you're on the "washington journal." caller: yes, good morning. thank you for taking my call, and good morning to everyone, all your listeners. i live in the washington, d.c. area. die have insurance through my employer. -- i do have insurance through my employer. i want to say the affordable healthcare act is a joke. the democrats are always saying how the republicans are waging a war against the middle class. well, i think it's the democrats who are waging a war against the middle class. since the affordable healthcare act has come into existence, i pay more for insurance. every time i go to a doctor, take my daughter to a doctor, i get a bill in the mail for a test and all that stuff that they have to run and everything. that is passed off to the consumer. prior to the affordable healthcare act, i never received a bill in the mail, or if i did, it was very minimal. now when i get a normal checkup, you know, a healthcare check, i'm getting the bill in the mail for like $70, $80, and this is in addition to paying $460 per month for my health insur

"washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span. here on c-span, "the communicators" is next with christopher yoo, discussing policye -- open internet . that is followed by a look at how tuesday's midterm elections were reported on by the media. then more on open internet policy with a discussion hosted by the fordham law school in new york city. c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. from time to time on "the communicators" we like to step back from the day-to-day issues and talk to the big thinkers on telecommunications policy. joining us this week is university of pennsylvania professor christopher yoo, who runs the center for technology, innovation and competition there. professor yoo, what is that? >> it is part of the law school. we do research and hold events. we are sponsoring innovative programs to sponsor a new type of professional. >> and where does the technology and innovation coming? >> it comes to telecommunications po

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on the "washington journal." caller: when corporate leaders come together with political leaders and with national extremism, that's massism providetized that's what the senator is doing. he forced detroit and gave him $30 million in a bankruptcy to make him deal with the state. they took that i'll. they took it and they are going to make an apartment complex for the rich there and gave them a tax break for 75 years there and took our assets. took the assets from detroit. the thing is, we have to know that the voices behind it. the first meeting there and jeb bush standing right next to them. another of the other states worried about it. i know the bushes privatized but the thing is, we have to know that this what it's about host: don in taylor, a programming note in about 10 minutes on newsmakers this week. campaign campaign, the cook political report and to you rothlinberg discuss whether we will know which party wins control of the senate on tuesday night. i probably will. what you come to find as you get into

you are on washington journal. i see the ku klux klan estrada get in on the going ons in ferguson, missouri. this is happening with everybody. probationight year from the san antonio police department. that pulled me over saying i was running a stop sign. they asked me to get out of the and i tried to give up, saying i don't want any trouble. and thenant no trouble and theyandcuffs on me threw what he did to me right out the door. that is greg telling his story from san antonio. onare taking your comments any of the issues we have talked about this morning from to that carbon emission reduction deal in china and of course the civil asset forfeiture laws. i want to turn to politico's energy reporter to talk about the house of representatives approving the keystone xl pipeline legislation in a vote of 252-161. the twold be easier of chamber votes that could happen in the next week or so. that is right. it is one thing to vote in favor of keystone, it is another thing to vote to override a presidential veto. before we

we are marking veterans day here on "washington journal." you've seen the images. ing it to you all morning from the vietnam war moral out on the national mall here in washington. our coverage will continue later at 11:00 over at arlington national cemetery for the wreath laying ceremony. corey is in kentucky. you're on the air. about thewas watching american legion. kentucky, they called. i was about to die. the v8 did not have beds for me. they told me to go to the nearest hospital and they would pay for it. they have denied me and even quit answering our letters. we will send it registered mail. they will deny it. i have applied for veterans compensation since 1978. they have denied. the veterans living should be important as well. you thestart to tell things that i have been through except they have burned my credit. host: on the front page of many of the papers is the story of the v.a. secretary announcing an overhaul to the benefits system. also, the headline in the "the atlanta journal-constitution." the new chief has been on the job for about three months. h

thousands of decorative elements, some of which we will show you this morning. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our sunday roundtable focusing on immigration. we want to welcome francine from the christian monitor. and aaron from the wall street journal. for your time today. we begin with you asking about president of the speech on friday in las vegas. some questioning whether or not he should have waited until the new congress is in place, and some questioning why he didn't do it six years ago. guest: to begin with, he had about doing it earlier. it had thought about doing before the elections, but then there is concern among around the country that if you come out with this, it could hurt my chances. so the pressure was on the president to actually do it until after the election. the ink waiting until newcomers comes in is problematic for him because he this last use lame-duck session to try and force congress's hand. perhaps one last hope that they might actually pass the senate bill. his charges that will narrow of time to focus action on the senate. once a new congress se

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coming up on the next "washington journal," the impact of raising the minimum wage on the federal and state levels with ross and dan mitchell.

on the next washington journal, ll discuss the resignation of secretary hagel. lghman will join us. 8:45 a.m., billy sure will join us with hunger in america. and then we will discuss the shooting death of michael brown. washington journal errors every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern -- day at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. petri fromive tom wisconsin retired and talked about his time in washington. congressman tom petri, you have been in the congress since 1979 and now you are retiring. what has it been like? >> i think it was a good run. i'm in transition now and i am told not to use the retirement word but the transition word. you be staying in washington or are you going back to wisconsin? >> i am hoping to do both. my wife is from indiana, but she has a job here, so she goes back and forth as she can. i am going to keep the family together with the little time here. what do you think you are going to miss most about your time in congress? meeting people from all walks of life and working with people from different organizations and trying to help people in organizations

[applause] >> "washington journal" continues. from kabul,g us afghanistan this morning as major general todd semonite, the commanding general of the combined transition command in afghanistan. general seven night, thank you so much for being with us. ,appy -- general todd semonite thank you so much for being with us. happy thanks giving to you and your troops there. can you tell us who you have with you today? thank you for taking the time on the thanksgiving morning to budgets pay with us and see some of these great soldiers. the soldiers behind the are some of the great soldiers of isaf here. i will talk about them in a couple of minutes. a lot of these are my security detail. when we go out as senior officers, we take any of our soldiers and civilians out. we want to make sure that force protection's number one. a lot of these people are people that we count on to take care of us. there is a great major that you will see on tv today, he is my xo. , three to iraq, three to afghanistan, and five little kids. and he volunteered t

washington journal begins live at 7:00 a.m.astern on c-span. >> that c-span cities to work takes book tv and american history tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend we partnered with comcast for a visit to colorado springs, colorado. >> montgomery pike was sent into the american southwest to explore the region. very similar to lewis and clark, who were sent to the northwestern part of the newly acquired in louisiana territory. pike was sent to the southwest part of the territory, and from his perspective. when pike first seized the grand peak, he thinks he will reach the top of it in a few days. it really takes weeks to approach. they reached what we believe is a lower mountain on the flanks of pikes peak called mount rose up. at that point he wrote in his journals that given the conditions, given the equipment that they had at the time, no one could have cemented the peak. pikes peak inspired the poem that became america the beautiful. the view down to the planes fr

on "washington journal."onight on "the communicators," christopher yu and director of the center for technology and innovation and >> people should take a look at the internet header. that is the magic that makes the internet work. this something called the pipe of service flag. high-bandwidth services and low latency services. that was designed in the internet from the beginning. people say that's just an old artifact. ,hen we designed the internet they not only kept that, they actually included another field to do another former prioritization. if you look at the engine i designed this suggests that this was never intended -- ray urges asian -- prioritization was never supposed to be allowed, it's a design feature of the network from the beginning and i could talk to the way people are using the network. .hey are using it to deliver based voicely ip service for your phone is called volti and it is always about priority. >> tonight at 8:00 on c-span two. c-span veterans day coverage begins tuesday morning at

welcome to "washington journal."e will see a deadline in the enough for the iranian nuclear talks. in grand jury meeting ferguson, missouri on possible charges. some of thes on continuing fallout from the announcement by president obama on immigration last week, focusing on the border patrol. a boston editorial calling on the border patrol to clean up and not get more funding. we will get more in depth on that. a question this morning is about the border patrol -- does it need more funding or more from congress? here are the numbers. democrats, (202) 585-3880. republicans, (202) 585-3881. 585-3882. s, (202) we also set a side a line for border state residents, (202) 585-3883. us by want to reach social media, you can do that on twitter. .ur handle is cspanwj facebook, facebook.com /c-span. get to the editorial from the boston globe. it is on border patrol. responsibility as the changes of immigration policy take-home, the headline is the border patrol needs to clean up, not more funding. they write that the ebola cri

. >>> c-span veteran's day coverage begins tuesday morning at 8:30 eastern during washington journal with director verna jones. then at 10:00, the annual uso gala featuring joint chiefs of staff dempsey. then at 11:00, live at arlington national ceremony for the laying of the wreath ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. then later, selection of the white house medal of honor ceremonies. >> each week american history tvs reel america brings you archival films that help you bring information to the 20th century. ♪ ♪ >> poor barbara, not for her, carefree hours of happy play. nor the busy hours of work and study. what has happened to her that she lies there so hot and feverish? so weak and dizzy? so miserable with suffering and pain? her body is just like a little country that's been invaded by an enemy army. but the enemy in this case is not the soldier, and can be seen only through a microscope. it's soldiers are the germs of communicable disease. some of these disease-causing organisms are so small that they cannot be seen even with the most powerful microscope. they are detected onl

coming up on the next "washington journal," the impact of raising the minimum wage on the federal and state levels with ross and dan mitchell. then william yeomans on the role of the federal government in the civil rights and the ferguson this is an. -- ferguson decision. all on "washington journal." >> this thanksgiving weekend, we continue our afford a book tv and american history tv -- our four day book tv in american history tv programming. g onaturday, jonathan ei the history of the birth control bell. on sunday, bill nye the science guy on why the teaching of creationism is not only wrong but also dangerous. the new george washington and benedict on old on saturday. -- and then george washington and benedict arnold on saturday. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching . call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. conversationan thread like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> after more than 35 years in congress, virginia representative frank wolf is retiring. prior to congress, he served as deputy secretary interior secretary from a 1974 until 1975 and was

[laughter] >> on the next "washington journal", the washington examiner discusses the lame-duck session before the end of the 113th congress. and then women in politics and the impact elections had in public office. and erica fry looks at how this little-known industry is hoping to treat ebola patients. "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> on thursday, the longest-serving republican speaker will join us on "washington journal" to discuss the 24 to election results and how republicans will cover in the 114th congress. you can watch us live on c-span. soon after 2015 student camera video competition is underway open to all middle and high school students to create a documentary on the three branches in you, showing the legislation and judicial branch has affected you in your community. there are 200 cash prizes totaling $100,000 for a list of rules and how to get started, go to studentcam.org. >> back to the u.s. chamber of commerce cybersecurity summit. we will look at protecting public and private cybernetworks. this is just over one hour. >> okay, w

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>>> next, c-span's washington journal recently conducting interviews with presidents at universities in the big 10 conference. we'll show you our conversation with penn state president and rutgers university president robert barche. then telephone scams that target the elderly. after that a senate hearing on intellectual theft and trade secret theft. c-span's washington journal recently conducted interviews with presidents at universities in the big ten conference. challenges facing higher education. it's about 50 minutes. >> this week, we continue our month long series of interviews with university presidents in conjunction with the c-span bus's big ten college tour. this morning, c-span bus is on the campus of penn state and university park in pennsylvania. and joining us from the bus is penn state's president eric barron. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> to start with, being an educator yourself and overseeing a university, what would you say are the greatest challenges that you see when it comes to the topic of higher education? >> i think there are a lot of them. no one sp

quick c-span veterans say coverage begins tuesday morning during washington journal with an interview with vernon jones. then the annual uso gala featuring general martin dempsey. then were live at 11:00 from arlington national cemetery with the traditional lease -- wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier. the discussion on mental health issues and selections from this year's white house medal of honor series. >> the berlin mall has separated ,ast and west since august 13 1960 one. as the wall came down on november 9, 1989, senate minority leader bob dole, republican from kansas, and george mitchell, democrat for maine, took to voice their thoughts. >> according to the news reports the east german government has just announced the opening of its borders to all citizens, including the right to free practice of the berlin wall. it appears that the berlin wall all it represents is crumbling. the people of east germany sought to take their own destiny into their own hands. by the hundreds of thousands they have taken to the streets, asking only two things --

you are on "the washington journal."aller: now that the secretary of state is gone, i just had a question about who is going to be offered? host: talking about who comes next. was a topic of conversation yesterday. the name that popped up most was michelle flournoy, a high-ranking pentagon official under the earlier part of obama's administration. she would be the first female secretary of defense, and her name came up an awful lot yesterday. that would be the money you would put a $20 that on at this point. other names would be ashton carter, who also served under obama previously. there was some talk about senator jack reed, but he seems to speak to his hometown paper in rhode island and say he was not interested in the job. i do not know. the administration will have to move quickly, as i said earlier. aat secretary will only have limited amount of time, less than two years, to do the job. they will want to get confirmed and get underway doing things. i would hope the administration would put a name out in the next we

washington journal is next. >> as the present gets back to here in washington today, one of the headlines are republicans fight the way for obama's return. lots of issues like internet, climate change, immigration. one top republican senator is debating about government shutdown with immigration. what you think about all of this? government shutdown about immigration. wean

on "washington journal," we talked about the military campaign against isis, as well as news of the beheading. joining frus over there in iraq. mr. hubbard, welcome. >> thank you. >> could you tell us? we heard about the possible beheading of this -- another american this morning. what exactly do we know at this point? >> well, what we know for sure is that isis released a very sickening, gorey video about 15 minutes long that begins with very detailed footage of some beheading of a number of syrian government soldiers that they say that they captured at a battle in syria and it ends with showing us the same, you know, militant with a british ac-70 we have seen in some of these previous beheading videos with a severed head and officials haven't been able to verify this footage, but, you know, it bears things in common with the previous videos we have seen of discussions of western captives. >> when was he taken captive, and how long has he been held? >> he's been in can can'tivity for a while. i don't remember when it's been but he is an aid worker, a young man who served, you know, within th

emerge, we have a discussion on how campaigns are to -- targeting voters from this morning's washington journal. guest: we are in the phase were campaigns are focused on getting out the vote. how has technology changed the effort? in the last 48 hour's, the key right now is reaching voters by any means necessary. knocking on doors, phone calls. the ability of matching a voter file with an online poll allows us to target voters using digital advertising. ds up andt those a within an hour. with the internet? guest: you was es for the democratic party, barack obama, because cookies exist in your browser. they place a pixel on your browser. we can serve you ads almost wherever you go. host: this headline from the las vegas sun. it is amazing what political candidates know about you. what is the information the candidates are looking for? public information. it has been around for a long time. if you live in a state that has party registration. whether you're a registered republican or democrat. what elections you voted in. they develop a composite of profile of the likelihood of turnout. from there

"washington journal" continues.ow is john us hudak with the brookings institution's. a governance studies fellow and one of the things he studies is ballot measures. we are specifically going to talk about a ballot measure in four states. the topic was marijuana into states and the district of marijuana. considering the recreational use and in florida, they were considering medical marijuana. >> so for states, or is that abnormal? >> when it comes to marijuana, everything is a little bit abnormal. in 2012, we had two states consider marijuana for recreational use. washington and colorado both past. the expectation is that in we'll see more states. >> talk about the three overall. what were they looking at and whether similarities and differences in the states? >> there were definitely similarities and differences between organic, alaska, and the district of columbia. the district of columbia was of t unique for a lot reasons, but mostly it did not set up any type of regulatory structure around that. a lot to do s wi

there are a few we received about washington journal. >> i must say, washington journal, the first thing in the morning, absolutely wonderful. very informative and i really appreciate you guys letting people such as myself actually call-in and sometimes even talk to people who are running our country and our world. i would like to make a suggestion that instead of ies betweene country' the democrats and republicans and independents, c-span should ask a question and have callers either agree or disagree. this would save a lot of partisanship and that the ideas get out there, not the political divisions. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. that irning, the special have seen, that is what we need. having a democrat and a republican on there so that people can ask them questions about what they're going to do. this was a great show. we need to have them explain what the policies are and how they differ. the reasons were just like mine. we need to know how they think, how they vote, and how we should vote. and have won every day with their ideas, their policies, and what they plan to do for t

eastern following washington journal. then attend the groundbreaking of the new diplomacy center in washington with former secretaries of state. that is this thanksgiving week on c-span. for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. secretary ofounced defense chuck hagel is stepping down from his post. president obama and vice president biden joint secretary hagel at the white house for his announcement. >> good morning, everybody. lease be seated. -- please be seated. about a year ago secretary of defense chuck hagel was visiting baking themn korea, for their service. they asked about the usual topics, national security, the future of our military, and then one soldier from ohio asked him what was the most pertinent question of the day, which was what is your favorite college football team? he said, born and raised in nebraska, i don't have a choice. i am a strong cornhuskers fan. there was a time when a soldier might have been reluctant to ask that question of the secretary of defense, but chuck hagel has been no ordinary

it's from today's "washington journal." >> "washington journal" continues. host: and we are back to jennifer lawless who is the director of american university's women and policy institute here to talk about campaign 2014. the headline the next day, after november 4, women had a good women. 100 and one what did you find? my feeling was: even though i did not want to diminish that, we went in with governors before the election and five after, and just a net gain in the house, it did not seem like a year of the woman. and 2036 does not look good either. what you mean? guest: the eternal pessimist. [laughter] when women are not competing in a lot of races, there are not chances. we disk -- discovered a gap in political ambition among adults, and the report he put out is the gender gap in the interest in running for office is just as big. unless there is a jolt to the system and real change, there's no reason to expect the next generation will look much different than this one. host: why the lack of ambition? guest: is not a lack of ambition overall. young women

we will have more election the hourt the top of on "washington journal," where we will take your callstweets about the races at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. then the republican national committee will give their analysis of midterms including comments by rnc chair writes previous -- reince pribus. >> the 2015 c sent student cam video competition is underway, open to all middle and high school students to create a five minute to seven minutes dr. memory on the theme of the three branches on you showing how the policies, law, or action by the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the government has affected you or your community. the prizes total $100,000. for a list of rules and how to get started, go to studentcam.org. >> joni ernst defeated democratic congressman bruce braley to take the seat held by retiring five term senator tom harkin. the first teamow all senator in iowa history, spoke to reporters from her headquarters in west illinois. >> thank you. thank you, oh, my goodness, thank you, iowa! oh, my. much for being here on this special evening. just a few minutes a

c-span veteran's day coverage egins tuesday morning at 8:30 eastern during washington journal with an interview with american legion executive verna jones. then at 10:00, the annual uso joint chiefs of staff chairman martin dempsey. from arlington national cemetery for the wreath aying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. after noon, mental health issues for veterans and medal of honor ceremonies. >> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn what artifacts reveal about american history. this smithsonian's national museum of the american indian opened in 2004 on the national mall in washington, d.c. we visit the nation to nation exhibit. for treaties between the united states and native americans. the curator explains that in the late 1700s, the fledgling federal government may treaties with the muskogee and the six nations of the iroquois. she also describes how the relationship between the government and the native peoples has changed and endured. >> i'm suzanne -- i'm cheyenne and muskogee and a founder of the national museum of the american in

this is from "washington journal." "washington journal" continues. >> our topic, can divided government work? someone that knows a thing or two about this is prof. james thurber, coming out with a new book in march titled -- >> "american gridlock" the party phrase on of no to the party of, now what? one of the points they make in pieces that speaker weiner and mcconnell will have difficulty. how difficult will that be for them to govern within the gop? >> already, senator cruise out and attacked mcconnell for compromise. the system necessitates compromise and both leaders tough for the e caucus -- it may be a civil on for a while with the far right and those want to get something done. >> has that helped senator mcconnell? look, he is out there, but we are trying to work with the mainstream gop. >> what helps them was a whole republican senators get elected. so he can sort of marginalized as he goes forward because of his newer people that were elected are not tea party people. he inserted himself to make party people

eastern following "washington journal." at 1:30 p.m., 10 the groundbreaking ceremony of the diplomacy centered round belting -- groundbreaking ceremony. for the complete schedule go to www.c-span.org. on november 15, 1989, six days .after .the fall of the berlin wall, lech walesa addressed a joint meeting of the u.s. congress. he spoke about political changes in his country. and the history of poland. this program is about an hour. walesa,peaker, mr. lech chairman of solidarity. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> members of the congress, it is my great privilege, and i deem it a high honor and personal pleasure to present to you the honorable lech walesa, chairman. idarnosch. [applause] [applause] [speaking foreign language] >> mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the cabinet, distinguished members of the house and senate -- we, the people -- [applause] with these words, i wish to begin my address. i do not need to remind anyone here where these

succe. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with george mid -- >> we're back with a research fellow from and george mason university here to talk about the history of the lame-duck congress what does that mean? >> it is of weird word it is a british term for a bankrupt businessman the lame bird that was shot. so for reasons that no one is sure of that it came to apply to politicians. people use it to describe executives at the end of the term of their term limited. and in this case use to describe a congress their returns and sits after an election. we introduce that because the congress lost its control of the chamber so they have some numbers not returning until jenny in january elected for a few months' time. >> host: saw you study this and came up with the very lame-duck congress. talk about that. >> guest: the idea here is there's always a session there was a mandatory one because the constitution requires they come into session after december after 1933 congress occasionally comes back for a session afte

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eastern journal.""washington and then a tour of the diplomacy center with former secretaries of state. at 8:30 p.m. eastern. that is this thanksgiving week on c-span. for our complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. is ael cedric leighton formal deputy director of the national security agency. he talked about the nsa surveillance system and efforts to change the agencies phone data collection practices. this is 45 minutes. >> joining us is colonel cedric leighton, who is a former of theg deputy director national security agency. did i get your title correct? did you do at the nsa? as i helped with the military -- >> i help with the military portion. i make sure the workforce on the military side was properly trained in all the different disciplines in sa requires to carry out its mission. requireslines the nsa to carry out its mission. it includes specialists. a very interesting and rewarding job. in the newsas been for several years now and continues to be. what kind of data collection can the nsa do legally? >>

"washington journal" continues.t: this week, president asked the federal communications commission to adopt rules that would preserve a free and open internet. some people use the term "net neutrality." [video clip] a computer,ou use phone, or tablet, internet companies should not block your access to the internet. cannot let any company pay for priority over its competitors. to put these protections in place, i am asking the fcc to reclassify the internet service. in plain english, i am asking them to recognize that the internet has become an essential part of everyday communications. that is president obama. our guest joining us, paul barbagallo. statement,et to the talk about this idea of free and open internet. when we hear the term that has been associated with net neutrality, what does that mean? we have heard these terms used quite frequently. it is the concept that internet service providers, comcast, at&t, verizon, must tweet -- must treat web traffic equally. they shall not block websites, than websites di

"washington journal" continues.ost: to bookend our discussion, we will open our phones to republican callers to talk about the future of the republican party, and to do that we are joined by john feehery, republican strategist, longtime staffer on capitol hill. kerry, the keys to both roberteehery, to quote redford from "the candidate, what is the gop go from here? with power comes responsibility. they have a responsibility to do bold oversight of the obama administration, especially its many failures. theirlso have to push agenda. if they are going to try to appeal obamacare, which is unpopular with republican voters -- if that does not work, they have to figure out how to amend it and make it work better. i have other things on their agenda that they want. john boehner has talked about job creation. the way you create jobs is by creating the conditions to create jobs and one of those things is tax reform. the tax code is completely messed up. in more trade agreements so that we can export more of our product. the

"washington journal" begins live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. watch us in hd or like us on february or follow us on twit. >> let me ask you, one of the most ocwould things when i set off to write the book was i had not met you and i knew you were out there and my goal was to come up and approach you. i met your mom first. it was a difficult moment and what am i going to say? i am criss and let's talk about why we have the same last name. or yes, my great great gand grandfathers owned your grand father. it has to be awkward for someone like me coming into your life. tell me what your experience was. >> i have to admit, man, when you first came around, my mom approached me saying there was a guy doing a book about family history and we wants to talk to you. i was like who is he a white guy. and he said his family-owned us back in the straight days. after she explained she met you and you were a good guy and you interviewed my sister and give you the thumbs up, i went on and tried to get to know you. i am glad i did. you are are solid guy. it is al

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. >> i must say, washington journal first thing in the morning absolutely wonderful. very informative, and i really appreciate you guys letting people such as myself actually call in and sometimes even talk to people who are running our country and our world. i would like to make a suggestion that instead of dividing the country between democrats, republicans, independents, c-span should ask a question and have callers either call and agree or disagree. this would save a lot of partisanship, let the ideas get out there, not the political divisions. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. this morning, today, this is the best show i've seen. that's what we need. please have more shows like the one today. having a democrat and a republican on there so people can ask them questions about what they're going to do. this was a great show. we need to have them explain what the policies are and how they differ. they gave their reasons and their reasons were just like mine. we need to know how they think, how they vote and how we should vote and have one every day with their ideas

. >> terry "washington journal" continues. >> joining us, adam green, the cofounder of the progressive change campaign committee. >> good morning. >> for those who do not know, tell us about the progressive change campaign committee. is about a million-member organization to fight for democratic issues. raise 4, we are proud to over $1.5 million across the country, as well as make 4 phone calls for candidates like al franken. >> how did you do, track record wise? >> it was quite good. but there's a larger point that we have coming out of the elections, which is that democrats lost the country because there was a failure to have big ideas. big economic ideas. whereas people like al franken, 312 hours ne bite by 10 -- points this time, one by 10 points this time. they won because, for six years they were proud, progressive -- the message to president obama at large is the time to pit bold ideas. >> elizabeth warren, now a member of leadership on the senate democratic side. >> yes, congratulations to elizabeth warren. it is really a thrill for her to be in their. she was the most popular

welcome to "washington journal."see a deadline in the enough for the iranian nuclear talks. in grand jury meeting ferguson, missouri on possible charges. some of thes on continuing fallout from the announcement by president obama on immigration last week, focusing on the border patrol. a boston editorial calling on the border patrol to c

washington journal continues. >> william galston had a piece on the washington journal the american gridlock. have set the roadmap that you spoke about? >> they did break bread together. the issue of hat immigration has the capacity to really fall things up. the question is that given the fact the president has himself to issue it, retreat ably cannot from that promise. he has disappointed this panic -- , hispanic community. the question is whether republicans will be able to immigration issue and pursue other items on the agenda. all whether it will turn out to be poison on the well. i hope republicans understand they have been given permission american people to govern. governing means dealing with people care about most, particularly the issues that will make difference between a vigourous economy. where are the areas that you and k they can move forward end this cycle of gridlock? there is some areas, election conference started with ll the items are on top of everybody's like tax reform and trade. interesting very picture, last year they put on conference of tax reform. democrats on the

"washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. discussed theials border security and what to do about on accompanied immigrant children. reporters talked about the white house. up next, a debate on what to do with undocumented immigrant children also known as dreamers. the panel is part of a festival in austin. speakers include a member of the local tea party patriots association, a county judge, and a young woman who is the first testifynted latina to before congress. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> good afternoon. thank you for being here today. i'm manny fernandez. i'm the houston bureau chief for the new york times. and on behalf of the texas tribune, i'm very happy to welcome everyone to the fourth annual texas tribune festival and to our panel today, entitled what to do with the dreamers. our panelists are george baldor, a dallas businessman who started a website supporting the texas d.r.e.a.m. act, also known as hb 1403. the website is keephb1403.com. veronica escobar -- [applause] the county judge of el paso count

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