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. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, "washington post" reporter ed o'keefe will join us to discussion the republican national convention and donald rutch's vp pick mike pence and then greg coleman will be on to talk about how the political parties are funded. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> republican presidential candidate donald trump has announced mike pence will be his vice presidentable running mate. he is in his first term as governor. last year he was the keynote speaker at the ronald reagan dinner hosted by the conservative political action conference. he discussed the upcoming presidential campaign. his is about 25 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, john. thank you for the warm introduction. good evening to you all. it is an honor to be with you among such a large group of so many americans. men and women who represent the bulwark of the leadership of the conservative movement in the united states o

you were on the washington journal. right, we are having a bit of an issue with the phones. 202 is the. code. coedde.rea greta has been in washington all morning, and she will be in washington all week, looking at the news, finding some of the delegate videos, finding unique as we go through the democratic convention here in philadelphia. greta, icu pops up on my screen. are you ready odor morningtar tribune this for the history buff, hubert humphrey, 1948, he changed the course on civil rights. he conversed on philadelphia to nominate hillary clinton. we look back at the last time the party held a national convention in the city of brotherly love. huberts 1948 when humphrey delivered a fiery this was a major turning point for the national democratic party on issues of racial and social injustice. if you want to take a look at in 1948, of his speech you can find it on the star tribune website. the they have been kept in the the minnesota history center. you can find them today online at the minneapolis star tribune. and

be sure to watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. >>> this sunday night on "q & a" jean edward smith on his biography of george w. bush. >> maybe bush's worst fault is the fact that he's a born-again christian who brings the ideology into the presidency. he believes that he was god's agent here on earth to fight evil. bush called the president of france on the telephone, trying to get france to join in the attack. during the course of the conversation he told the president that we're fighting gogenmegog. now creatures in the new testament, that's the center of the universe for many evangelicals and fundamentalist christians, and bush generally believed that. bush

join us for washington journal live from cleveland, ohio, beginning at 7:00 a.m.astern monday. >> in a statement to the white house press corps, president obama talks about the shooting of police happening far too often. he called on americans to avoid divisive rhetoric. baton rouge and claimed the lives of three police officers and wounded three more. he held this in the white house briefing room. this is five minutes. pres. obama: good afternoon, everybody. as all of you know, this morning, three law enforcement officers in baton rouge were killed in the line of duty. three others were wounded, one is still in critical condition. as of right now, we don't know the motive of the killer. we don't know whether the killer has set out ar

washington journal continues.t: congressman louie gohmert joins us now. comey outline hillary clinton's extreme carelessness handling >> fight information. your reaction usher mark -- classified information. your reaction? guest: he spent 15 minutes outlining a case against hillary clinton and why she should be indicted, and then at the end, he yanked the string and pulled it all back and said no prosecutor would pursue that case. he said there was no direct evidence of intent. most of the time, there is no direct evidence of intent. e-mail or you have an a statement, i intend to do this. hillary may have had details that stated that intent. why that was destroyed, you will never know. it does not have to be intended under a couple of different statutes. no requirement of intent to betray the united states. a gross negligence with prosecution and extreme carelessness, which you said they down. for viewers spoliation. a legal adoption in some form in every state. if a party has possession of evidence in that eviden

w, "washington journal ♪ u.s.apitol complex has 40 much quieted down heading into the fourth of july weekend. there was news coming out of capitol hill, including paul ryan, the speaker, who says there will be a vote on gun legislation and sweet, specifically as part of a broader counterterrorism package are and we will take a vote to prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns. that is next week. also, puerto rico, structuring its debt

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washington journal continues. : here to talk politics and more for the next hour or so, we are joined by eleanor clift, washington correspondent for the daily beast at a longtime regular panelist on the maclachlan group and more. and terry jeffrey, editor in since --the news desk thank you for joining us on this fourth of july. caller: happy fourth guest: happy fourth the human everybody. host: we spent the first hour talking about trade, globalism. issue.y major political not just political issue but major issue in this campaign. did either of you expect that to happen? guest: i have been expecting it since 1992. [laughter] really when ross perot made a pretty big splash on the political scene when he talked about passage of nafta. that if that were passed, we would hear this giant sucking sound never be jobs going to mexico. and ross perot for a time when the polls in june of 1992 ahead of incumbent president george h.w. bush and bill clinton. his issues, trade, the deficit really kind of helped set the table for

eastern. >> washington journal continues. >> in our last 30 minutes of the washington journal today,e are asking you simply how you define patriotism in the united states today, a question we decided to put forth on this fourth of july weekend as we show you some of the newspaper front pages from around the country. here are the front pages of the montgomery advertiser. the front page of the kansas city star today, a divided nation unites on the fourth. the chair came to be in saying "happy fourth. we are asking you to weigh in on this topic this morning on how you define patriotism at the time when the country is seeing new lows when it comes to the question of whether people are extremely proud to be american. here is began lip polling report that came out last week. 52% of u.s. adults say they are extremely proud to be americans. a new low in the 16 year trend. 9/11,tism spiked at peaking at 73% in 2003. a five point drop in 2013. of peoplee the chart who say they are extremely proud to be american. the percentage of those who said they were dropping steadily since 2000. getting y

. ♪ >> the washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. morning, the deputy managing editor of the weekly standard, and the washington editor for the nation, talk about the latest developments in the presidential campaign. on the latest report for the most at risk and stable states around the world. be sure to watch washington journal sunday. join the discussion. ♪ >> our presentation of the past conventions continues, with three other nominees that pursued the white house only once during their political careers. next, you will see vice president walter mondale, followed by michael to caucus, and then john kerry. >> after being a running mate for two consecutive elections, walter mondale became the nominee in 1984. he would only win his home state of minnesota in the general election, giving ronald reagan a landslide victory. next, we will show you his acceptance speech at the 1984 convention. this is 35 minutes. ♪ vice president mondale: thank you, very much. ♪ [applause] [cheering] vice president mondale: thank you very much. thank you.

. ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal," live from the democratic national convention in philadelphia mondayorning. the national political reporter for "the pittsburgh tribune review" gives us a preview of the convention. 2016 bernie sanders delegate from washington state shares her efforts to cover her expenses to be at this year's convention. 2016 hillary clinton delegate and ohio state representative on the clinton candidacy, the party's message, urban and minority issues, and what democrats hope to accomplish. be sure to watch "washington journal," live from the democratic national convention beginning at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. >> the democratic national convention from philadelphia starts monday. watch live on c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app. it's easy to download from the apple store or google play. watch live on the mind anytime at www.c-span.org on your desktop, phone, or tablet, where you will find the full convention schedule. follow us at c-span on twitter and like us on facebook to see video of newsworthy moments. watch every minute of

be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal", beginning live at 7:0y morning. join the discussion. >> in a speech described as a powerful and deeply personal by politicals lewis nelson, republican senator jim scott talked about police relations with african-americans on the senate floor today. he he recounts times he felt he was targeted by police even as a u.s. senator. senator scott was followed by california senator barbara boxer who talked about segregation, please training in the history of race relations in the country. this is about 40 minutes. >> mr. president. >> the center from self-reliance. >> i arrived today to give my second speech this week discussing the issues we facing as a nation following last it' week's tragedy in dallas, minnesota, and baton rouge. >> this speech is perhaps the most difficult because it is the most personal. on monday, talked about about how the vast majority of our law-enforcement officers have only two things in mind, protect and serve. as i noted then, we do have serious issues that must be resolved. in cities and towns

we'll be talking about that on the washington journal.et's go to elizabeth in louisiana, democrat. caller: i would just like to make a comment. i think that most of these candidates should be drug tested. they sound like a bunch of addicts, they talk like it and sound like it. , whichsters for drugs are new employer might request. i think all of them should be tested for drugs. host: who are you going to vote for that such a thing? caller: i will vote for hillary. trump is just too out of this world. example of aprime drug addict. ok, all right elizabeth. let's go back to peter who has more details on the protesting happening here around the republican convention. >> you mentioned this yesterday, -- national convention about 100 people marching through downtown cleveland. 10,000 protesters have registered. west insee dr. cornel the center of that picture. he is a big bernie sanders supporter. we are also following some of the delegates as they come into cleveland. is one sent out by reginald grant, who is a delegate from taxes. you can se

. >> "washington journal" live every day with policy issues that impact you. coming up, peter welch will be on to discuss bernie sanders endorsement of hillary clinton for president and how democrats should run against donald trump. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" this morning. join the discussion. disease, the center for control gives an update on the spread of the zika virus and the efforts to eradicate the disease. atch live on c-span three 2:30 eastern. >> yesterday, bernie sanders ended his presidential campaign and endorsed hillary clinton. he made the case for her candidacy and pledged to campaign for her across the country on her behalf. this is one hour. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ [applause] senator sanders: jim dean, governor hassen, senator shaheen, thank you very much for your kind remarks. and let me begin by thanking the 13 million americans who voted for me during the democratic primaries. [applause] sen. sanders: and thank you, new hampshire, for giving us our first great victory. [applause] sanders: and a very special thank

washington on the key issues in telecom. like met neutrality. she's joined by "wall street journal" technology reporter. >> there's some characteristics of this spectrum that make it complicated in that environment. there's a very narrow line of sight. >> it doesn't go through walls very well. >> exactly. there's a some issues with that. there's actually a lot of kind of complex engineering developments that have developed these new antennas. bean forming, so there's actually a way to kind of adjust for that kind of issue with the spectrum and will make it more usable in that kind of environment. >> watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> the house returns this week from the july fourth break with a busy agenda that includes gun legislation. we could see debate on that as early as wednesday. other legislative items include i.r.s. spending and extension of f.a.a. funding and a vote to go to conference on defense authorization. live house coverage on c-span. as for the senate, that chamber returns wednesday to consider a judicial nomination. follow the sen

welcome to "washington journal." we'll start the program asking you about an area of policy where we've heard some specificity, definitely from the democrats and also from donald trump in a news conference this week, about the federal minimum wage. should it be raised? currently the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. asking you if it should be raised, and we're doing it this way, breaking apart our phone lines for minimum wage earners, 202-748-8000. business owners, 202-748-8001. for all others, use 202-748-8002. u can send us a tweet, @is cspanwj. and we'll hear comments from donald trump in just a bit. we'll play those for you. we're showing enthuse morning, too, the reporting this week from the news conference in florida. this is melanie trotman of the "wall street journal," the headline, donald trump calls for a $10 hourly minimum wage, breaks from the g.o.p. position. she writes that republican presidential nominee donald trump called for a federal minimum wage of $10 an hour, departing from his past positio

c-span, washington journal is next.r and activist george takei talks about the treatment of japanese-americans in world war ii. later, we look at how past presidents have dealt with the issue of poverty in the u.s. >> coming up on today's washington journal, this fourth of july, and issues roundtable with terry jeffries and eleanor clift with the daily beast. and a look at the situation in iraq and what is next in the fight against isis. we are joined by a former intelligence officer to the military. ♪ host: good morning. it is monday, july 4, 2016. happy independence day and welcome to washington journal. the weather could have a major impact on festivities and ironworks in the nation's capital and along the eastern seaboard. we will focus on the election, now, just weeks away from the convention. for months or so from the presidential election. electionopments in the regarding trade. globalism versus protectionism. a

"washington journal" live in philadelphia.pening segment, share your thoughts on barack obama's eight years in office, hillary clinton's ascendance to chief of the democratic party, and your thoughts on what she said shea tonight. -- say

we will take your calls on "the washington journal" after we hear from greta in washington, d.c.ed ahead of the democratic national convention tomorrow. you can see the sky boxes have been taken over by the likes of cnn, abc, and many of them doing their sunday shows today from .nside the wells fargo center senator sanders has appeared on cnn, as well as abc this week with george stephanopoulos. here's what he had to say about the wikileaks story and the democratic national committee chairwoman debbie schultz. [video clip] >> i also said for a variety of reasons, debbie scholz should not be chair of the dnc, and i think these e-mails reiterate that reason of why she should not be, but i think the main e-mails, not only the the main reason is we need a democratic party that is breaking working people into the party, that is bringing young inple, all of the people this country who are sick of an economy that works well for the 1% while the middle class continues -- >> let me interrupt you. bernie sanders: our campaign was about revitalizing american democracy. i want to see that in

"washington journal" live in philadelphia.n this opening segment, share your thoughts on barack obama's eight years in office, hillary to chief ofcendance the democratic party, and your thoughts on what she said shea tonight. -- say tonight. democrats 202-748-8000. republicans 202-748-8001. independent 202-748-8002. join the conversation on facebook or twitter. we will get to your phone calls in a minute after this news update from washington. >> politico, party of two. politico magazine, how the two came together for this election cycle, he writes that one of the most important it hidden storylines of 2016 has been the obama effort to shape a race he is not running in an antiestablishment environment he can no longer control. for the past two years he has worked quietly on clinton's behalf, never mind the not so convincing line that he was waiting for the democratic electorate to work its will, offering his former rival strategic advice, share his top dispatched his, top political adviser to calm the clinton's during that not

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blackwell, thanks a lot for taking journal,'s washington live every day with policy issues that impact you. coming up, a former acting administrator for the pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration on recent oil train derailment and pipeline spills. the debate over which mode of transportation is safer. an associate director of international security at the rancourt corporation talks about the impact of brexit. eric olsen program director at the natural resources defense council on the latest report say more than 18 million americans get their drinking water from systems that exceed safe levels not on record as being in violation. sure to watch c-span's washington journal this morning. >> the education commission of the states hosted a forum on ways to improve education for students in grades k-12. that is next here on c-span. then, the state of american employment in the u.s.. is7:00, washington journal live with your phone calls and a look at today's headlines. >> good morning, everyone. it is great to see so many of you back up. we ordered more coffee for this morning.

this is from washington journal and is five minutes. 45 minutes. , political science professor and studied collections, political parties and everything related to election campaign. professor, thanks for joining us. guest: glad to be with you. host: can i take you back to last year? you wrote in the paper and you said "a growing number of americans have been voting against the opposing party rather than for their own party." on what caused you to write that and can you apply to what we are seeing this year? guest: sure. onwere looking at data attitudes toward the candidates and political parties going back fromthe last 60 years surveys that have been done every election year. what we noticed was that over the past couple of decades that there was an increasingly negative view of the opposing party and its leaders, both democrats and republicans, that have come to view the opposing party and its leaders much more negatively than they did in the past, so while our feelings toward our own parties have not become more positive, i feelings toward the opposing party have become increasingly neg

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be sure to watch the washington journal at 7:00 a.m.ing. >> the media is changing right now. we have to adopt to that. it is exciting the way we are iterating digital and all. huge priorities in the cycle. we are innovating digital into all aspects of this convention. we are making sure there is content to make sure -- we are trying to capture content behind the scenes, and have things set up to it we will be doing a live stream, which we are excited about. we will be integrating facebook and twitter. the rnc 2016 app will help bring information about the proceedings directly into the palm of your hand. actually be able to livestream it as well. we will have experience built in for folks actually coming to cleveland. the information about transportation there, there will be information around cleveland, so we are really excited. it gives you more access. there is always that access, more than sitting in front of your tv screen. that is what it really does. it makes everything connected. it is important. our engagement with people we wan

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"washington journal" continues. blake ongressman farenthold, congressman from texas is here to talk about the director's testimony from capitol hill this morning. the washington times this morning with the headline, congressman, clinton formally cleared in the e-mail case. he attorney general formally cleared her when it was nnounced she will follow the recommendations of the fbi director. guest: and that's what she said she was going to be doing all along. we want to get to the bottom of where some of these recommendations came from. fter you hear and lay out a long list, basically of indictments against hillary going to ut we're not choose to recommend prosecution. and that doesn't really make a lot of sense. she was extremely careless. what's the difference between and gross areless negligence, as lined up in the statute? statute was he carelessness.over i mean, that's what negligence is. so i think one of the questions what going to see asked is does congress need to do to change the statute to where are required

washington journal is live, next. host: president obama and hillary clinton make their first joint appearance in north carolina today. the events starting at :00 live on c-span2. "politico" reporting today that house speaker ryan is expected to meet tonight with representatives john lewis of georgia and john larson of connecticut. they led the house floor sit-in over gun legislation a couple weeks ago. this as the house is expected to take up gun legislation this week. first 45 minutes we'll revisit the release of the house committee report on ben zazzy. the report contains new details about the activity of the state department then led by hillary clinton. democrats saying no new information was produced. we want to hear from you the effort and the report that came out, was it worth it? here's how you can let us know your thoughts democrats 202-748-8,000. republicans 202-748-8001. and indpends. 202-748-8002. if you want your thoughts know on if it was effort, do it on twitter and post on our facebook page at facebook.

be sure to watch c-span's washington journal beating like that synagogue eastern on saturday. join the discussion. watch c-span's coverage of the 2016 democratic and republican conventions and every saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, we will back at -- look act at past conventions. -- back at past conventions. truman.look at harry the 1960 the credit convention in los angeles with john f. kennedy. barry goldwater at the 1964 republican convention in california. the 1976 republican convention with gerald ford. walter mondale at the 1984 democratic convention. michael dukakis in atlanta. in the 2004 democratic convention in boston with john kerry. after publican and democratic national conventions saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> tonight on c-span, a look at the state of employment in the state of the u.s.. lorettaorney general lynch talks about the investigation into hitler clinton's e-mail service -- server and her meeting with bill clinton. after that, a group of young activists talk about racial issues they have encountered in today's education system. eco

we are taking your calls at the top of the hour on the washington journal. we will continue with your thoughts about donald trump becoming, officially, the nominee, no longer being called presumptive. he will speak before his supporters and convention goers tonight. michael in illinois, republican. are you there? caller: yes. say thank you for your coverage. i was born and raised in news hereand all the does is talk about -- badmouthing and plagiarism. [inaudible] as far as jobs and everything, -- [inaudible] donald trump is a uniter and not a divider and everything like that. i just want to say thank you. cindy in ohio, independent. caller: hello and good morning. i'm not really polished on speeches or anything. american trying to get by like everyone else. we are out here hanging on. people are so tired of not being listened to or counted. election is a statement to all the politicians that we want someone who is not business as usual. that is the change we need because the water is getting stagnant. i thank you for your time. that is cindy in ohio. janet

you're on the "washington journal." go ahead. remember when clinton was president, the stock market was booming. nder the republican president, i lost everything i had. now i'm kind of getting back up on my feet and i figure with hillary and her husband working can get this country back to where it needs to be financially. the: have you been watching convention? caller: yes, i have. watch the ou republican convention last week? caller: i watched it one day and looked atff and never it again. bonnie in lone rock, on, go ahead. 're caller: hi, i'm voting for hillary clinton because for women's rights. i hear donald trump say that he's going to strip our because he's anti-women, anti just about cultures, sickens me. that arelot of friends african-american. i'm white. i grew up with segregation. it when i grew up. i don't like it now, and we're going backwards. civilgoing to put us in a war. i'm voting for hillary. she's for peace. don't need any more donald trumps. we need hillary. party to e democratic give back onger to the hate.

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movin' onon the light in nobody, baby ♪ >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and at impact you. coming up this morning, george washington law school -- we are back with the reporter and digital editor in cleveland. so, quicken loans arena right behind us. is cleveland ready for what is about to happen here? about to happen here? guest: yes and maybe. i think the city has done as good a job to adjust as obviously national, international things have happened and as it has looked at each of the events and said what do we do? how do we adjust? but there are still some of the great unknowns. some are preparing for a huge crowd. for example, yesterday during a black lives matter event a thousand were expected maybe 200 , 300 show up. you overplan. host: what are the security preventions like given what happened recently with the threat of isis and other terrorism but also just what is happening in our country? guest: anybody who is used to strolling down east ninth street past the ballpark and going wherever you want to go is not going to happen this week. one of the mos

. >> sees band's -- c-span's washington journal -- coming up on monday morning, stephen shepard talks about the latest tolling on hillary clinton and donald trump. he examines not only who will vote for them, but how americans view the candidates. then the sunlight foundation and drum executive director looks at how the recent ruling by the fbi on hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server could impact of the freedom of information available to the public. be sure to watch "washington beginning at 7 a.m. eastern on monday morning. join the conversation. >> president obama announced the u.s. will maintain 8400 troops in afghanistan, with a continued focus on training and advising the afghan military. this is 15 minutes. then 14t obama: more the united states went to war in afghanistan thenst these terrorists and taliban who harbored them. over the years, and thanks to heroic efforts by our military, our intelligence community, our diplomats, and our development professionals, we pushed al qaeda out of its camps, helped the afghan people toppled the taliban, and helped them establ

be sure to watch c-span's washington journal be at 7:00 a.m. eastern on friday morning. join the discussion. 2016e state department human trafficking report was released today. ambassador at large susan briefed reporters on the findings. earlier in the day, secretary of state john kerry honored nine people. this is about an hour. >> good afternoon. this is the trafficking report. the product of global leadership on this key human rights issue and rule of law and our principal diagnostic tool to assess government effort across what we call the three p's. prosecution, protection and empowerment of victims and preventing future trafficking crimes. the secretary called the report a targeted roadmap for how we can better address human trafficking globally. it is an analysis of how countries combat trafficking in instrument of diplomacy. a means to affect global change and move -- motivate tangible progress around the world. since first publication in 2001, the report has prompted governments to prompt legislation and establish action plans and implement antitrafficking polici

. >> washington journal is live from the democratic national convention in philadelphia. coming up tuesday morning, after the first day at the democratic national convention morning call washington correspondent laura bash will cover. and then we talk about the role in the historic supreme court case in the role of lgbt rights and marriage equality from the 2016 political debate. and new orleans mayor, mitch landry, will join steve benjamin, mayor of columbia, south carolina to talk about gun violence and police community relations. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal beginning live from the democratic national convention beginning at 7 a.m. tuesday morning. >> tonight on c-span2, it is booktv in prime time with book ons world history. first up, is "till we have built jerusalem "by adina hoffmen. in her book adina hoffman profiles three men who were responsible for much of jerusalem's contemporary architecture and provides details of the city from the early times until today. this is 50 minutes. >> i am david johnson. staff events associate and part-time professor

the "washington journal" tak -- the wall street journal at the look at those convention. lobbyists stay on the sidelines fighting that after donald trump spent months, many lobbyists opted out of the convention. -- they didn't have haven't -- and both because they haven't been tapped to raise oney for the campaign and because some of their clients have hesitated to fund a at theion with mr. trump top of the ticket. those concerns left the with a d oaks committee funding gap at the end of last week. o far in the 2016 race, registered lobbyists haven't aised a scent according to disclosures covering the period through june. period$7 million in that for democrat hillary clinton. baltimore, maryland, republican line, you're next. caller: thank you for taking my call. i'm calling on the republican not going to vote republican just like the last caller just say, the whole entertainment. no, ver donald trump says, a man who's been married three times, filed bankruptcy three or four times, i don't see that quality. host: calling in on the line, who are you going to vote for. call

"washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. aming up thursday morning, texas republican congressman will join us to discuss the fbi investigation into hillary clinton's in a practices as terry of state and the decision not to recommend prosecution. our next guest will also talk about the lack of criminal charges against mrs. clinton. representative bachus will discuss -- were presented bass -- representative bass will also discuss -- c-span'so watch washington journal. join the discussion. the hard-fought 2016 primary season is over with historic conventions to follow this summer. >> colorado, florida, texas, ohio. watch live on c-span. listen on the c-span radio app. you have a front row seat to every minute on c-span. 18.nning monday, july >> house minority leader nancy pelosi and other democratic leaders called for a vote on a bill that would prevent gun sales to buyers on the watchlist. this is an hour. >> [chanting "we can do better than that"] >> [chanting "not one more!"] >> [chanting "disarm hate!"] [cheers and applause

washington journal is live, next. host: president obama and hillary clinton make their first joint appearance in north carolina today. the events starting at :00 live on c-span2. "politico" reporting today that house speaker ryan is expected to meet tonight with representatives john lewis of georgia and john larson of connecticut. they led the house floor sit-in over gun legislation a couple weeks ago. this as the house is expected to take up gun legislation this week. first 45 minutes we'll revisit the release of the house committee report on ben zazzy. the report contains new details about the activity of the state department then led by hillary

c-span's washington journal club every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up on tuesday morning, a congressional discretion -- discussion. they will talk about what is left on the legislative agenda. also former white house senior middle east advisor will examine u.s. efforts in the fight against isis. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal beginning like that; eastern on tuesday when. eastern on tuesday morning. the hard-fought 2016 primary season is over. historic inventions to follow. -- conventions to follow. at the delegates consider the nomination of the first woman ever to head a major political party and the first non-politician in several decades. watch live on c-span. seat to a front row every minute of both conventions on c-span. getting on monday, july 18. y,n monda ng july 18. held a discussion on first ladies.

be sure to watch c-span's washington journal beginning live at seven caucus a.m.tern on saturday morning. join the discussion. saturday night at the clock eastern, we will take it -- a look at past them credit national conventions. the democratic party selecting john f. kennedy as their nominee. >> are concerned must be with our future. for the world was changing, the old era is ending, the old ways will not do. >> he went on the way to become the young is person elected president. we will also feature notable e-mails speakers -- speakers including barbara jordan who spoke at the 1976 convention in new york city and became the first african-american woman to be a keynote speaker. governing ist of derived from our view of people. rooted concept deeply and a set of beliefs from attached in the national conscience. of all of us. >> then the 1984 convention in san francisco with geraldine ferraro was the first woman to be nominated for vice president by a major political party. in 1988 wasards two the state treasurer for texas. she spoke at the convention in atlanta t

we continue to do that here on the "washington journal" this morning. more calls coming up but peter in washington, what do you have? peter: here's delegate reaction to night three of the republican convention. this is state senator patrick callback from michigan, and he posted this on twitter to all those critical of not saying the endorsement word and then he links to his facebook page. here's what he had to say. to all those critical of ted not saying the "e" word last night. disagree with anything he did say? bryan wall sh from illinois had this posted on twitter. at 4:25 a.m. this morning. differences with trump aside, cleveland has been a fantastic host city for the con streaningsd team at the rnc has done a great job and i apologize brian is from washington, d.c., and mark is from -- mark from tella is from illinois and he is a delegate and he wrote -- i can assure you the booing was not whipped. that was all from the heart. a few delegates' reactions. host: 4:25 a.m. there is a lot of partying happening. here at the conventions that's typically w

w, "washington journal ♪ u.s.apitol complex has 40 much quieted down heading into the fourth of july weekend. there was news coming out of capitol hill, including paul ryan, the speaker, who says there will be a vote on gun legislation and sweet, specifically as part of a broader counterterrorism package are and we will take a vote to prevent suspected terrorists from buying guns. that is next week. also, puerto rico, structuring its debt. the bill has been signed by the president. we are also reading that donald trump will head to capitol hill to meet with gop leaders. lots to talk about this friday morning, including a warning by the cia director, john brennan, of an instanbul-type attack in the knot -- of an i here in the attack u.s. if you are a democrat, call (202) 748-8000, republicans, independents,, an (202) 748-8002. .ur twitter handle is @cspanwj weekbrennan, was out this -- this is the headline is a warning for americans. yahoo! writes at least 41 people, and that number has been rising and moving. they

we're going to get more of your thoughts here as we continue on the "washington journal," from clevelandohio. let's go to peter back in washington with more details. peter: donald trump reacted to statement after the shooting in baton rouge, this is what he had to say. president obama just had a news conference, but he doesn't have a clue. our country is a divided crime scene, and it will only get worse. ae "washington times," as page about security in light of what has are happening in the country. security front and center at the convention, donald trump, who will officially claim the republican presidential nomination on thursday, has dedicated the convention's first night to arguing that he can restore a feeling of safety. publicans said the turmoil of recent weeks with terrorist inspired attacks here and abroad , and heightened tensions between police and racial minorities undercut the leadership of this white house. how many law enforcement people have to die because of a lack of leadership in our country, mr. trump said in a twitter posting sunday afternoon. pete: the press and de

. >> c-span's washington journal live from the democratic national convention in philadelphia.oming up monday morning, national political reporter for pittsburgh tribune review gives us a preview of the democratic national convention including speakers and themes for the day. sanders2016 bernie delegate of washington state shares her efforts to cover her expenses to be at this convention including turning to social media to raise funds. clinton2016 dnc hillary delegate and ohio state representative on the clinton candidacy. the party's, urban and minority issues and what the democrats hope to accomplish at the convention. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live from the democratic national committee beginning at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. >> british prime mr. theresa may answer questions from members of parliament in her first question times is becoming prime minister. she talked about the u.k. future relationship with europe following the brexit decision and national security concerns after the attacks in nice, france. this is almost 40 minutes

be sure to watch "washington journal" tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> each week, "american history tv"'s real america brings you archival films that help provide context to today's public affairs issues. ♪ >> the united states custom service guards all ports of entry so that no goods can be brought into our country illegally. one of our busiest ports after entry is at san ysidro near san diego, california. as many as 30,000 cars may enter here in a 24-hour period. all 17 lanes of traffic may be full. in order to handle this large number of people, officials from all four u.s. government departments help with the initial inspection. every car is not searched. however, they are trained to judge people. and while they're polite, they can be very severe when people break the law. the inspectors are from the u.s. department of customs, immigration, public health, and agriculture. the inspector questions this man. and asks to see the trunk of his car. he finds nothing wrong here. many people cross the border for only a day. these child