you're watching the "washington journal." for four days starting october 30, the obama administration will release 6,000 non-violent drug offenders. it's the largest one-time release of federal prisoners and due to changes and sentencing guidelines, up to 46,000 of them could be released under this initiative. supporters say this will help with overcrowding of prisons. for the next 45 minutes, we want to get your thoughts under his program and the larger issues of sentencing guidelines and drug offenses. here's how you can call us -- you can post on our facebook page or send us e-mail as well. this program that was announced previously in the last couple of weeks. here are the highlights of it. it would affect nichedly 6,000 non-violent inmates to be released between october 30 to november 2. an initial 8500 would be eligible starting this november into next november. overall in the next five years under this program, 40,000 plus prisoners could be eligible for early release. there are certain guidelines that have been attach

you are on "washington journal." caller: i am 53 years old.hen i was 10, my four-year-old brother got a hold of my mother's gun and shot and killed himself. tragic. accident. he climbed to the top of eight oakeshott to get her purse to get the gun. shelf.of a book in 1989, my estranged wife was shot and killed by her boyfriend, a felon. he did it with a sawed off shotgun. he got to years, eight months, and five days in prison. until they make gun crime 10 year sentence for a felon owning use of a unlawful weapon, or anything like that, and 10 years means every dam day , 10 years. not eight years, not five years for good behavior because you and dominoes all day and worked out in the bench room. 10 years breaking rocks, cleaning the sides of highways. you are never going to solve nonviolence problems in this country. when you go to prison for it, you don't go to prison for it. you go to day camp where you are babysat. i have friends inside prison for stupid stuff. i have friends outside of prison who have never done anything stupid. legislature

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that is what we are asking on the washington journal. you can see phone numbers up there. area code is 20274 8004 democrats. 748 8002 for independence. you can also make comments of the social media. andcan comment on c-span the journal at c-span.org. if you want to send an e-mail. the new york times this morning under the headlines saying republicans in turmoil. here is a little bit from this article. after ms. mccarthy's announcement many were visibly shaken and upset republicans. inside were so poor that some had failed to fully take in what had happened. hadman with the most votes given up on what was once the most desired job in the house. webster hasve offered to be the face of the republican party. and the speakership mr. webster and a low-profile former speaker in the house. so that he would assemble a principal based member driven caucus that would presumably play a great deal of power from the speaker. the other was mr. chase it in ambitious lawmaker. was the first member of congress to focus vigorously on the benghazi matter. needrepublicans said they the time t

"washington journal" continues.e showing live pictures from outside the court where people are waiting to check out proceedings on its october 2015 opening-day term. we are taking calls to answer this question, would you favor term limits for supreme court justices? it was from a poll that was prepared for c-span earlier this summer, the question about whether justices should serve lifetime appointments. 40% of those polled said they agreed that justices should serve lifetime appointments. 60% saying they disagreed. the pole layerut -- the poll there. men, 43 to 57. 47 to 63. we be taking your comments on that topic. line for democrats, ellie, good morning. caller: good morning and take -- thank you for taking my call. i am opposed to lifetime terms. i think everyone needs to move along. i realize the president has whatever, republican or democrat, can certainly choose who they want, but it should be with a 10 year term, or as long as they are term, eight years. theirthey are term -- term, eight years. we should als

washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 eastern time.ersation by phone or facebook. or my twitter. house majority leader kevin mccarthy dropped out of the house speaker's race yesterday. we will hear from congressman mccarthy in a few minutes. we will start with congressman jason j fits of utah. >> i want to make sure this is real. this is a lack we what we would do. >> we have a lot of discussion. it was absolutely stunning. i love kevin mccarthy. he is a good man. that was a tough thing to do. >> he has the same goal that i have. i will go into the mic. >> as far as the nominees -- [inaudible] >> i think the congress needs to have choices. i think that is a healthy part of the race. >> let's quit. here we go. he is coming to the mic. >> wow. i'm here with my wife. i am stunned. i did not see that coming. kevin mccarthy is a good man. putas always been one to this country before everything else. i stand shoulder to shoulder with the same desires. that is to unite this party and take the fight to the president, to the senate into the ame

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you are on "washington journal." caller: thank you for letting me be the first collar. -- yesterday afternoon, i was sad to see the president cannot in jump on this bandwagon rights,king away your my rights to defend myself. i will point this out again. on the there were people campus who were armed and trained to defend those students, this would have ended in a matter of seconds. understand one thing. unless there is a police officer standing right next to, the only person who can protect you, is you. this person was targeting christians. new ballgame,e folks. i'm a registered democrat. but, the liberal mindset in this country has destroyed the moral fabric of our country. and it's wrong. i want to see anybody get hurt. but the time has come that we ought to stand up and realize we have to defend ourselves. the politicians are not going to do it. the laws will not do it. the laws are supposed to be a deterrent. but generally notice the cops show up after the fact. i appreciate you letting me speak my mind, and i ha

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this is from today's washington journal.are talking fundraising and our guest is dave levinthal of the center for public integrity. let's talk about fundraising. who is leading? both hillary clinton and bernie sanders are putting up good numbers. hillary clinton is not new to this. by virtue of what we know from her previous campaign, she was coming into 2016 west -- 2016 as a juggernaut. she had a ground game out of the box. she had super pac's that were already raising money in anticipation for her campaign. nobody could have predicted what bernie sanders was going to do. he does not have a big-time super pac, he is not somebody that everybody knows, but he is somebody who has been able to galvanize thousands of americans, including many who madegiven checks and donations. he has brought together not quite as much as hillary clinton. but he is competitive. bushe republican side, jeb , even though his campaign is struggling, he is -- he has an organization not directly tied to the campaign, but he can raise and spend money.

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"washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> here's our schedule beginning this weekend. we're live in the nation's heartland for the wisconsin book festival in madison. at the end of the month, we'll be in nashville. at the start of november, we're back on the east coast for the boston book festival. in the middle of the month, it is the louisiana book festival in baton rouge. at the end of the november we're live for the 18th year in a row from florida for the miami book fair international and the national book awards from new york city. just some of the fairs and festivals this fall on c-span2's booktv. >> the iran nuclear agreement was formerly adapted today, setting in motion several conditions that were agreed on in mid july. iran will start the process of demissioning the centrifuges and uranium. the effort is expected to take six months. on "washington journal" we learned more about the conditions of the deal and what else to expect moving forward. michael: good morning. the caption signified the st

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from washington journal, this is 40 minutes. joining us now is sharyl attkisson, host of full measure. investigative reporter who has been covering this story about and ghazi -- benghazi. 11 2012,ay, september walk us through what happened. guest: it started out fairly normally. they are ahead something like six hours in libya. word came down that we were under attack. at one of our compounds in benghazi. there were two deaths almost immediately. two more deaths maybe six hours later. this unfolded overnight u.s. time guest. back thene were told is completely different from what we know now based on documents and witnesses and evidence. we were led to believe this was a spontaneous unpredictable attack that came out of the blue and nobody knew it was coming and it was prompted by an anti-muslim youtube video. that's what we were told at the time. host: walk us through the days of this attack and the day after. what did the administration officials know? know only from documents and testimony and so on that the state department,

washington journal, live at 1 a.m., on c-span. -- 7:00 a.m.. it is a very touching business, being the son or daughter of a dictator. the collection of very interesting, sometimes lurid stories, but there are also points about tyranny, about daughter ship, about loyalty, about nature versus nurture, about politics, even about democracy. >> this sunday night on q&a, national review senior editor on his book "children of monsters." and looks at the lives of children of 20 dictators, including stalin, was leading, macedon, and saddam hussein. to knowledgeable people, i cannot talk to any family members. which was usually the case. in the provision for this book. there are only so many around to talk to. and only so many are willing to say what they know or to diebold's their feelings or experiences at all. scrap orng for any tidbit that i possibly could, because these sons and arehters, most of them, footnotes and decides, and you really have to dig to find out about them. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's una. -- q and a. >>

on the next "washington journal, of -- douglast on issues in the campaign race. nasa review cover story on math and preservation in america. at 70 5 a.m. eastern on c-span. eastern ona.m. c-span. >> presidential candidate jeb bush to manchester, new hampshire today to talk about health care. from the new hampshire institute of politics, this about half ho. jeb bush: thank you. thank you to this great university. this is my third or fourth visit. the primary season is young. i'll be back, i'm sure. it is a joy to be with you all. i'm here to talk about something that is really important. how do we turn what we have into a 21st century health care system? not just insurance, but the system altogether. how can we envision what a health care system can look like in 2025, rather than protect the version of 1975, which in effect is what we have now. america, really if you think about it, is a place of discovery and innovation. if we fix a few big things, we can transform ourselves because we are the most dynamic country in the world across the spectrum of policy to mak

washington journal continues.he: a discussion about debt ceiling with joshua gordon of the concorde coalition. he is their policy director, good morning. how do you its limited ceiling to people -- how you explain the debt ceiling to people? guest: it is the amount of money the u.s. is allowed to borrow. once we hit this limit, the treasury department can do a bunch of things to extend our time, and that it needs to be raised -- and then it needs to be raised. the debt ceiling has actually no connection to our spending and tax policies. just because we have the ceiling, whether to raise it or not has nothing to do with the fiscal policy of the country. we have already made decisions on how to tax and spend and this just lets us pay the bills enough for we come into -- and that's where we come into some tricky situations. host: what is the current ceiling and what is being asked for the new ceiling? guest: the current ceiling is around $18 trillion. it's not entirely clear what is being asked, i'm not sure if there

. >> today on c-span, "washington journal" is live next with your phone calls. then, president obama talks about prescription drug abuse. then, hillary clinton's testimony before the house benghazi committee. levinthal of the center for public integrity on the latest round of fec disclosures about president of campaign fund-raising, and which campaign is winning the money race. then, a discussion about president obama's veto of the national defense bill. ♪ it is "the washington journal" for october joint fourth. hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and other candidates gather in iowa tonight for a campaign related event for democrats. you can see coverage of that at 9:00. go to c-span.org for more information. to begin iowa, two new polls show that dr. ben carson is leading donald trump. dr. carson in an interview yesterday said he is pleased of the showing, but knows his campaign is a marathon. donald trump, at an event yesterday, expressed skepticism about the

"washington journal" continues. w is the tories stillwell, economics reporter for bloomberg news. she is here to talk about the job numbers that came out yesterday. thank you for joining us. jobs inomy added 142 september, less than analysts expected. should we be worried? guest: we should maybe be a little worried. not only did jobs come in lower than expected, but also we had some downward dividends to the previous months as well. we had 142,000 jobs in september, that comes after 136,000 jobs in august, which is much lower than we originally thought. i think there are some concerns broadwhat we are seeing a bro is starting to creep over to the u.s. as well. host: the unemployment rate stayed the same, 5.1 percent. how is it that we added jobs, but the unemployment rate did not change? guest: the disappointing part of this is that people left the workforce. going tot, people school, people taking care families. also, just people dropping out of the labor force. we will deftly want to keep an eye on this, and see if

"washington journal" is next.11:00, we take you to the bipartisan policy center for a discussion on the response to the syrian refugee crisis. later, the senate judiciary committee looks at legislation on mandatory minimum sentencing and a hearing scheduled for 3:00. the iran nuclear agreement goes into effect today and coming up on washington journal, we get an idea of what that entails with of the singh washington institute for near east policy. a look at the transpacific partnership with former agriculture secretary dan .lickman later, reporter stephen all -- stephen ohlemacher describes how social security recipients might be affected without a cost of living increase in benefits. ♪ host: congress gets back to work this week. back from the columbus day break. president obama in washington at the white house meeting with c ceos talking about climate change. monday, october 19. welcome to "washington journal." we begin with the news that social security beneficiaries would not be getting a cost-of-living increas

is "washington journal" america by the numbers segment. we look at the statistics that are involved in forming our nation. today, we are going to look at the u.s. census bureau's new report out on income, poverty, and health insurance. this is one of the census bureau's largest reports of the year. joining us is jennifer cheeseman day of the u.s. census bureau and jim tankersley of the washington post. he covers economic policy or that newspaper. , one of theey things i wanted to start with here is the uninsured rate, from 2008 22014, of americans when it comes to health insurance. 14% to 10%. it does not seem very significant. caller: to the contrary -- guest: to the contrary, it is a huge significance. the biggest drop we have seen year-over-year. there is probably a pretty big reason, the affordable care act. like this is the first really large instance that we are seeing now year-over-year of the obamacare health care law getting coverage to people who did not have it, which was the design of the law. there are a lot of other things ab

"washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. today is sunday, october 11.housands of african americans gathered yesterday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the millions ban march. the demonstration 19i-5 was one of the largest civil rights demonstration in history. we are asking you, what has been the impact of the million man march. kobe take your calls. republicans can call us at (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. .ndependents, (202) 745-8002 we have a special line for you who attended the million man ma ago20or were on the national mall yesterday. you can call with your calls or comments at (202) 748-8003. we are also on social media. send us a tweet, @cspanwj. find us on facebook, facebook.com/cspan. or send us an e-mail at journal@c-span.org. here is how usa today previewed the story in an article earlier this week. a photo from the million man march 20 years ago and washington, d.c. the story says the theme this and is "justice or else," does not focus just on african-americans but native americans, women, and a range of groups. speakers

you are listening to c-span "washington journal". we are back in a moment. >> known as the city of good neighborhoods, this weekend our bypan cities to her, joined time warner cable, explores the history and literary life of buffalo, new york. on booktv we will visit the mark twain room at the buffalo and erie county library, whose ascent of these are the original pages of "the adventures of huckleberry finn." then we will feature tim bellin's book, "against the grain come cap about the history of buffalo's first war. >> the irish settled in this neighborhood because they were asked -- desperate after the famine. it would take maybe one relative to find out about jobs along the waterfront, working in the grain elevators and in the mill. and then word would go back to ireland. he wants to come to buffalo. you were going to become rich but you are going to have steady employment. so they came to this neighborhood, called the first board. ward. -- first it has its name because buffalo was divided into five political boards -- wards. >>

washington journal is next. ♪ it is washington journal october 26, a busy week in the house of representatives of foreign banks, raising the debt limit, and that's all or thursday when elections take lace for speaker of the house. ,arring any serious opposition paul ryan is poised to become the next speaker. we would like to hear from you and our first 45 minutes, what you think the -- the next speaker should accomplish. what is your message for the next speaker of the house? three lines to choose from.

"washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span. >> student cam is c-span's annual documentary competition for students? grade 6 through 12. it's an opportunity for students national importance by creating a five to seven-minute documentary in which they can express those views. it's important for students to get involved because it gives them the opportunity and a platform to have their voices heard on issues that are important to them. so they can express those views by creating a documentary. we do get a wide range of entries. the most important aspect for every documentary that we get is going to be the content. we have had winners in the past created by just using a cell phone and we have]nfah others t are created using more hi-tech equipment. but once again, it's really the content that matters and shines through in these documentaries. the response from students in the past has been great. we've had many different issues that they have created videos that are important to them. we have topics ranging f

m conteste student ca on tv, the radio, and online at c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues.ost: it is time for our regular your money segment. this week, a look at charter schools, especially in light of the announcement of federal charter schools. join us for this conversation, richard kahlenberg of the century foundation. what is a charter school? guest: it is a publicly funded but privately managed school. the idea started in 1988 when al president ofwas the american foundation of teachers, a teacher union president, said, we need more experimentation in public education. his idea was that a small number of teachers could go off and start a new school, try new things, from which the traditional public schools would learn. it was originally a very idea.ative sort of since then, we have moved to a more competitive model where you have charter schools against regular public schools. host: is it still technically considered a public school? guest: there is a big controversy over that. they are publicly funded, and the proponents of charter schools like to argue that these are

washingtone as journal continues after this. >> studentcam is an annual documentary competition. it is an opportunity for cities to think of issues of national importance by creating a five to seven minute documentary. it is important for students to get involved because it gives them an opportunity and platform to have their voices heard on issues important to them. so they can express those views by creating a documentary. we do get a wide range of entries. the most important aspect for

host: washington journal for october 27. there are reports that the white house and speaker john boehner have negotiated a tentative deal that would keep the government open for two years instead of shutting down in december. the estimated cost is $80 billion. some of the cuts could be cuts on medicare and social security disability. and a new debt limit could be pushed back to 2017. it would still have to be approved by congress. we went to get your thoughts on this deal that has been reached to fund the government, to push up the debt limit. involved, butost how they are achieved. you can give us a call in three lines this morning. if you want to post on our social media pages, @cspanwj on twitter. on facebook facebook.com/cspan. send us an e-mail at journal@c-span.org. this deal taking place tentatively yesterday. in "the new york times," congress strikes a deal with the president. would alert default. is here. bolton could you tell us more about how you achieved this report? that: this is something john boehner, and mitc

washington journal is live every morning with your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. >>> thursday, the head of volkswagen michael horn testifies about allegations that volkswagen used software that circumstance vented emissions requirements for some of its diesel engine cars. live coverage starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> and i think every first lady should do something in this position to help the things she cares about. >> i just think that everything in the white house should be the best, the entertainment that's given here. so of course is our feeling for children. i think it is good in a world where there's quite enough to divide people that we should cherish a language and emotion that unite us all. >> jacqueline kennedy's 1,000 days as lady were identified as fashion icon, young mother and advocate for the arts. as television came to age, it was ultimately the tragic um manages of president ken' that cemented her in the public mind. jacqueline kennedy this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "first ladies. sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american histor

paul, you're on the washington journal. >> caller: hi.right good morning. that last caller is absolutely right. this court is so far right-wing. the whole country seems to have moved so far to the right that e moderates seem liberal. one thing i'd like to explain to people. t th don't live in a theocracy.y nobody is going to make you get an abortion or make you gay t marry, but you didn't impose ' yours views on other people.owd it's so simple.urt? that's all i wanted to say. >> you mentioned your concerns about the court. how would you fix the court, paul? is there a solution here? >> caller: well, citizens united has to go. it's horrible. when they gutted the voting rights act, oh, my god. why aren't people up in arms about that? they're up in arms because some guy can marry some other guy. >> you're calling in our line for republicans. >> caller: i'm sorry. i'm a democrat.wash >> we'll go to art in washington. line for independents. >> caller: good morning, everybody. i don't know what these½+ñ two callers are talking about. if they're ndright-wing, why

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"washington journal" continues. host: our first guest of the morning, kimberly atkins of "the boston herald." she is the chief washington correspondent and a columnist and also covers the supreme court on a regular basis. good morning to you. guest: good morning. host: it's on that supreme court that we want to start with, particularly as to how it might influence the presidential campaign. what are your thoughts on how much a topic the court itself has become? guest: as we see the campaign go on, it will become an important topic. we've already seen the candidates talking a little bit more about it and it's starting to heat up because the next president has the potential as you noted, to appoint up to four justices on the court and that would dramatically shift the ideology of the court in one direction or the other depending on who the next president is. host: part of that is people that might get chosen to the court from the next president. what the candidates specifically saying about the court? is it more about

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