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washington journal live 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. nation's governors are in washington dc this weekend, and friday, ohio governor john kasich, john hickenlooper the 'n washington dc this weekend, and bill walker will unveil their improving plan for the nation's health care system. you can watch live at chillicothe eastern on c-span two. >> on q&a, a duke professor talks about her memoir "everything happens for a reason: reflecting on being most with stage 4: cancer at the age of 35." >> i felt the love of god, people pouring in. all the intense prayers. the second i got sick, my whole little community prayed like marathon runners for me throughout my whole surgery. it was reflected back to me. my hpope is as you are preparing to die, i had to make preparations for someone that means you there. i certainly felt that way. q&a, sunday eastern at 8:00 on c-span. >> we spoke with energy secretary ernest moneys. from washington journal, this is 40 minutes.

host: we will be talking to a parkland, florida, student on "washington journal." us onhall will be joining "washington journal," that set iphone 15, 1 of the students accused of being activist that is on 9:15. one of the students accused of being an activist. caller: the nra seems to be the biggest obstacle to getting anything done. members.as many i know with the school districts saying we don't have the money for everything, no money to put into schools. the nra has retired people, trained people. say justd step up and like the safety people for the crosswalks, we will go to the , protect the, protect the schoe people there that are retired. it would not cost anything because they are part of the nra , and they could get through severe background checks. i think that the nra wants to do something, step up, do it. you could solve this problem. it would not cost anybody any money. host: ok. ms. pringle. prevention, wes are talking about universal background checks. we have been talking about that so long. democrats, republicans, gun owners, non-donors, they all ag

[applause] coming up on c-span this morning, washington journal is next. fcc looking at the emergency alert in hawaii. after that, lawmakers debate and abortion bill that failed to advance this week in the senate. later, epa administrator scott pruitt testifying for the committee about operations at his agency. >> coming up on today's "washington journal," a look at the release of the house intelligence committee memo that allegation misconduct by the f.b.i. and justice department and what it means for the russia investigation being led by special counsel rob gronkowski. first, we'll hear -- robert mueller. first, we'll hear from "washington examiner"'s kelly cohen and michael allen who is former majority staff director of the house intelligence committee. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] president trump: i sent it over to congress. whatever they do is fine. it was declassified and let's see what

. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are taking your calls from republicans, democrats, and independents. some, a quick look at front pages from across the country courtesy of the museum -- newseum. more coverage of the horrific shooting at a high school. "the l.a. times" is led by the indictment of russian nationals for interference in the 2016 elections. tribune" is led by mitt romney who yesterday lost his bid for the u.s. senate from utah where he now resides, calling him candidate romney. "the monitor" from a gallon, texas, talks about vice president mike pence touring the .order ellen is calling on our republican line from indiana. good morning. caller: good morning. when i call, i would like to give information that c-span and the listeners can check out for themselves that might help bring democrats and republicans together by looking at information they might not know. i recently ordered a small where anyone can get it inexpensively from grass fire.com.-- grass it has 20 chapters with what the president

. ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal" life every day.irector of and for such a discussnd senior fellow president trump's infrastructure plan. spotlight, doug lynwood on his piece in the february issue about the ongoing tension -- pension crisis. be sure to watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. today, rod rosenstein announced indictments against 13 russian nationals and three russian companies for interfering in the u.s. elections. he made the announcement to the media at the justice department in washington dc.

host: i want to bring up this piece in the washington journal. he is the third highest ranking official that acted as a barrier. he is leaving. he served as acting secretary of state for 12 days last year between the inauguration of the president and the confirmation of rex tillerson. although the total number of employees has not diminished significantly, the state department has suffered a brain drain of experienced and respected diplomats, some have left for personal reasons, but others say they were pushed out or resigned because they could support the trump administration. your reaction? guest: it is sad. the state department plays a fundamentally critical role in protecting us as a country and managing the relationships we have with the rest of the world. the data shows that morale is down. we produce the best places to work rankings across the whole federal government. the survey was from april to june of last year. and while overall government numbers one up, state department went down around senior leaders. it is challenging to be able t

be sure to watch "washington journal." join the discussion. sunday night on q&a, michael " crash that."k >> there was a public shaming. china lost a lot of face. it is hard for westerners to get an idea of what that means to these and culture. especially someone that is as big and as proud as china. it gave way to a never again mentality. they set themselves on this mindset, we will build up our navy and are missile-defense forces in such a way that we are losing face like this again. ♪ >> c-span's history series returns was marked with a look at 12 new supreme court cases. each week historians join us to discuss the constitutional issues and personal stories behind the significant supreme court decisions. live at 9:00 eastern. to help you follow all 12 cases, we have a companion guide veteran supreme court journalist. $8.95 plusosts shipping and handling. during a budget hearing, veterans affairs secretary was asked about a government trip he took to uroplasty her. testified before the house veterans affairs committee.

announcer: "washington journal" continues.t: john faso is from new york my one of 19 republicans pushing speaker ryan to schedule a vote on a bill to strengthen the federal background check system in the wake of that valentine's day school shooting in florida. congressman, remind us what the six -- act is. gaps: intended to correct in the system, you remember the shooting in the church in texas. that was by a dishonorably discharged air force veteran, whose background should have been disclosed. he had obviously caused problems in the air force and also had a domestic violence issue. and this was never disclosed in the background check, it was never provided to the background check system and it should have been. is tot of the fix nix encourage estates to provide information. some states are good with it and others are not, but also to force federal agencies like the military branches, to report personnel who clearly should not have been able to purchase a firearm. the: it strengthens background check system, but would it expa

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>> this morning on c-span, "washington journal" is next. and then an interview with vice president mike pence and later a hearing on election security. in an hour, we will look at president trump's infrastructure plan. and -- with mark hearing on elen security. scribner. in our spotlight on magazine series, in these times contributor doug had one -- doug henwood. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] host: on "washington journal," the sweeping indictment of 13 russian nationals charged in a massive scheme to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. the indictment part of the investigation by special counsel robert mueller's team and announced yesterday by deputy attorney general rod rosenstein paint a picture of a campaign to damage democrat hillary clinton's campaign and to boost donald trump's bid and the russian reached tout

watch "washington journal" live at seven eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. night, former speech writer for george w. bush david cracy."d his book "trumpo "trumpocracy" is a book about the study of power. this is a study of donald trump's power. umpocracy is a system of enabling between trump and the media that enable him and create an audience, the system that donors, the republican traditional elements, and above all between him and that core group of his voters within the republican party who enabled him to win the nomination and go on to the presidents. >> what sunday night at 9:00 2's "bookern on c-span tv." >> jeff sessions talked about human trafficking efforts and how the part -- department was collaborating with mexico and local law enforcement. this portion includes remarks from rachel brand. it is 20 minutes. >> it is a pleasure today to have the opportunity to gather with so many professionals, business and other partners who work every day to combat human trafficking and make our nation safer, especially for the most honorable among us. collabora

until then, part of today's "washington journal." joining ut is christopher pharrell with judicial watch, their investigation and research director. the point that the last guest was making about you looking at this release of the memo in uw separate phases, not necessarily and muellercess investigation, is that something you would agree with? guest: there are a lot of moving pieces here. if you want to move back to a higher level, you can say, what has been the success rate of this entire affair as a russian active measures campaign? if the goal was to disrupt and confuse and generate all sorts of consternation and figure wanting, then the russians have been quite successful. that is kind of a larger question. we have an internal domestic question politically because this is obviously an or mislead with ae and hot issue lot of finger-pointing and claims, counterclaims. that will play itself out. we will get to the truth out some point. the larger question is, for the last 100 years, whether the soviet union or the russians, in one f

in the meantime, part of today's "washington journal." our first guest is stephen vladeck of the university of texas austin, the law professor there, covers national security issues. good morning to you, sir. could we get your sense of the assessment on the republican memo? guest: after all of that sound and the fury, i think the release of the memo was a bit anticlimactic. the memo really doesn't include much beyond what had already leaked out. of course, there are these questions about the provenance of thissi

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i try to listen to npr, washington journal. i very much appreciate washington journal.e need to find a way to be physical -- who do we turn to? that is the question i wish you would ask, who do americans turned to now? host: who do you think they should turn to? caller: independents. i think this is a time we need an independent party to take over. obviously republicans and democrats cannot do it. we need an independent party. we need an independent voice, somebody that will actually told the line.- tow we don't have to be so partisan. if you want to know how bad it is, they cannot even investigate -- congress cannot even investigate without being highly partisan. i don't ever remember it being this bad. am old.am young, but i i remember reagan, nixon. donaldson giving reagan a lot of grief. this is everybody, the media picks sides, democrats and republicans pick sides. i think we need an independent party, we need somebody -- but who is that going to be? host: that is mark in louisiana. in terms of pushback on increased spending in that two-year deal that came together

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the arkansas governor will be our guest during washington journal starting at 9:00 eastern. news hour special correspondent and host of disclosure on national public radio. thank you for being here. in the washington post, that face says it all, for photographs of an investor on wall street after a crazy week. what happened? guest: it is such a workshop question, what happened? i remember that we always scrambled every time markets crashed and you try to find an answer. any economics professor would give you any variety of answers. the market has run up quite a bit and we have gone up without a routine, 5% connection. in january, it started out of the gates with markets in the united states shooting up 7% higher. that cuts both ways, when you run up that much, balances selloff in an accelerated fashion. host: this is a correction? guest: 10%? yes, we did break the 10% mark. a standard definition of a bear market is 20% trade we even had a half correction in 2016, and memories are short on wall street. let's not forget we are nearing in 2008,ar anniversary when stocks were cut

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host: we will conclude on that note. >> "washington journal" continues. host: please welcome back the former deputy assistant to president trump and former national security adviser to the president and a fox news contributor and best selling author. guest: thanks for having me. host: let me begin with foreign policy. in a phrase or ste

"washington journal" continues.cela gaviria is a producer for "frontline" and her film premieres tonight, a look at cracking down on the ms-13 gang. host: what drew you to focus on this story and this place specifically? guest: thank you for having me on your show. when president trump. elected i was assigned -- got elected i was assigned immigration. and i started looking at what happened on the border in 2014, very interested in trying to figure out what had happened at that particular moment in time and what happened to the unaccompanied minors that had crossed the border. i even shall he found out -- i found out that a lot of the kids actually ended up in long island come around 9000 -- island, around 9000 of them came. what happened was the perfect storm. you had a large influx of minors into a community that was not prepared to take them. and then you had ms-13, which was a gangand that was actuallye gang these children had been fleeing to begin with. that leads to a string of disappearances and murders, and h

. >> c-span's washington journal, impact you.that coming up saturday morning. president of the ver discussing his new book. nancy talks about the potential impact of the artificial politics in on washington. nd president and c.e.o. of outserve sldn on the pentagon's transgender troops policy. to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 morning.aturday join the discussion. >> next, a discussion with the governors of colorado, kansas, on educationolina, policy. and school safety proposals after the recent school shooting parkland, florida. this is just under an hour. >> we're excited today to be kicking off national governor's association weekend. governors will be here for a couple of days, including going to the white house and we're to be kicking it off with a conversation about that ion, something touches home to so many people. i would like to thank the 74 and foundation forly making this conversation possible, thank the events team for pulling off some amazing space and all of you for coming morning.is early we'll be covering a little bit about k throu

"washington journal" continues.t: we went to welcome back roben farzad, a pbs news hour special correspondent and host of disclosure on national public radio. thank you for being here. in the washington post, that face says it all, for photographs of an investor on wall street after a crazy week. what happened? guest: it is such a workshop question, what happened? i remember that we always scrambled every time markets crashed and you try to find an answer. any economics professor would give you any variety of answers. the market has run up quite a bit and we have gone up without a routine, 5% connection. in january, it started out of the gates with markets in the united states shooting up 7% higher. that cuts both ways, when you run up that much, balances selloff in an accelerated fashion. host: this is a correction? guest: 10%? yes, we did break the 10% mark. a standard definition of a bear market is 20% trade we even had a half correction in 2016, and memories are short on wall street. let's not forget we are near

from washington journal this is 30 minutes. fjoining us on the c-span bus is mississippi's long serving attorney general jim hood. what is the secret to getting elected statewide in very red mississippi? >> i was lekted in 2003. i think i was grandfathered in. but, you know, law enforcement issues, fighting cyber crime, protecting children, those issues are sort of nonpartisan in our state. there are large dependents in many other states. >> one of the cases you're working son a case about prescription drugs and the cost include recently won. describe that for us. >> it was one of those cases where there was average wholesale pricing and one particular company wattson pharmaceuticals, the company was really a bad operator. we had to try the case. it went on for about ten years. and a very conservative judge issued a $20 million punitive damage verdict against them. we recovered $33 million. our state supreme court very conservative court upheld that verdict. so that sort of tells you some of the operators. i mean they had overc

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washington journal. live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. a discussion on health and terminally ill patients at experimental drugs that would not be available to the fda. also, cpac on tax reform. and, vice president of the national education association on the recent school shooting and president trump's proposal to arm teachers and school staff as a way to prevent mass shootings. be sure to watch live at 7 a.m. eastern on friday morning. join the discussion. the nation's governors are in washington dc this weekend. john kasich on friday, colorado governor and others will unveil their plan to improve the nation's health care system to read you can watch the conference live at 10 a.m. eastern on the stand to. -- on c-span two. jobs, thenel on opioid crisis and the future of agriculture and food availability live at 10 a.m. eastern on the span. sunday night on afterwards. author, tara westover talks about going up with survivalist parents. she is interviewed by author and journalist,

until then, some of this morning's "washington journal." >> host: join us for the next 45 minutes or so, former energy secretary of the obama administration, earnest money is coming out of a chair and ceo of the nuclear press initiative. secretary moniz, thank you for being with us this morning. you are a man who lived through the nuclear threat of the cold war. can you compare what that was like to the potential threats that we are aware of today in the world iran, north korea, other areas? >> well, at the end of the cold war in the early 90s, a lot of people were hoping that the whole issue, the specter of nuclear weapons was behind this. today i have to say that the possibility of a nuclear weapon beingty used is probably higher than any time since the human missile crisis and are concerned is less on inactive miscalculation that provides a faulty information for the united states and russia. >> younu are feeling while you e energy secretary. >> yes, indeed. although i think it's gotten worse in the intervening period. for example, with russia, let's face it our relationship is ve

washington journal continues.gressman steve russell is a republican from oklahoma, a member of the house oversight and armed services committee. congressman, do you think we are in for another shutdown tonight? guest: i hope not. i think the last shutdown circus , people realize that was pretty silly. the house passed a very good measure, it fully funds our military and everything else was clean on it. to be pretty far removed on what is best for the country rather than for political posturing to say oh, how dare we fund our military for the rest of the year. we are going to shut down the government. that makes no sense to me. host: you call it a very good measure. sll the reporting today's i saying it is unlikely to get enough support in the senate for this two-year deal being put together. what do you think about that? guest: i think it is unfortunate. you see, i was a soldier most of my a dull life, and i have lived on the other side when we play these games here. people have no idea the impact that that has on

." >> "washington journal" continues. host: we're taking your calls. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. and independents, (202) 748-8002 . let's take a look at headlines. so florida's "sun sentinel," deputies wait outside the school. the sheriff investigating claims that other deputies did not rush to enter the school when the shooting took place last week. is "tampa bay times" reporting that governor scott and the gop are proposing state law changes, including raising the age required to purchase a gun, and background checks on the mentally ill. assisting the special counsel investigation into russian meddling, that come in yesterday and finally, the "st. louis anst-dispatch," an uncertain future for governor brighton as a special committee is going to investigate the governor. the governors are meeting this week your in washington. regis is on the line from philadelphia your on our independent line. what is on your mind today? caller: it is such a crooked society we live in. i tried to get in newsro

be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning.oin the discussion. ♪ , more about a safety proposal with the president of the american federation of teachers command our guest on newsmakers. let's followed by mr. trump anthea straley and prime force to with enough the white house. later, the treasury secretary talking about new sanctions against north korea. >> this week on newsmakers, the president of the american federation of teachers joins us. randi: it is a terrible idea. it showed absolutely no about children, parents, and educators. all want and need schools to be safe sanctuaries for teaching and learning, not armed fortresses. like, this is what the nra has wanted all along. new market for the gun manufacturers. this is where the president, listening session, to the conversation? if you think about it pragmatically, it is an insane a suggestion, because what are you going to do in terms of teachers? our kindergarten teachers going to wear their guns on their hips? are you talking about just handguns versus an assault rifle

phones on washington journal. any public issue you want to talk about, publicans colin at (202) 748-8001 -- republicans call at (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. callers, (202) 748-8002. a special election happening april 24. -- winning the primary in the state with 100% reporting the precincts on tuesday night. with the vote. host: in the meantime, back to your calls. what do you want to talk about? reese is in cleveland. what is on your mind? i want to talk about reverend graham. i saw him in cleveland. i listened to his classics. and whenever he had a special i would make sure that i would either tidbit or tune in. i think he was a very good man. to be anonsidered him evangelical preacher. you know? a preacher. i really did enjoy him. reverend graham will lie in honor at the capitol building today. he is expected to arrive in the -- arrive in capitol hill around 10:30 with the viewing starting at 1:00 p.m. and mitch mcconnell are talking. you can watch that on c-span.org and on the c-span radio app. tr

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an hour.alf "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from new york is jeffery ringel, a former fbi agent in the new york field office. we will start with the shooting in florida. if you look at the front pages of the newspapers -- fueling debate over law enforcement response. what is your reaction? apparently he said on youtube that i'm going to be a professional school shooter. the youtube user was nikolas cruz. the fbi was alerted. what is your reaction? not seen today's papers, but something like this, the fbi gets leads that come into the office from someone who see something they do not like and report it to the fbi. the fbi try to identify nikolas cruz on facebook or youtube. they could not. there are different steps and different levels of investigation. there are different investigative steps that can be taken at each level. in this case, someone reported ube, the fbi can do so much work but it is in the assessment phase. they could not use legal processes like grand jury topoenas or search warrants get further

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working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> "washington journal" continues. : joining us now is kelly cohen, a criminal justice reporter of the "washington examiner," here to discuss more about the house intelligence committee's memo. talk a little bit about the reaction to the leak of this memo. did it live up to hype? guest: i think it lived up to the hype for republicans. thought there are abuses in the justice department, abuses in the that are up against trump come up against the campaign. there are issues about how the flies a warrant was obtained for carter page, who wrote the dossier. at the same time, it was also a nothing burger. there was nothing explosive, nothing, in my opinion, that was crazy classified, nothing that was a deal. we still have the democratic memo to come out. nunes said last night there will be more investigations. it lived up to the height of the people who were waiting for it and thought it would be a big deal, but i think there is a lot to be desired. [laughs] host: what information do we not the releaseen with of this three-pa

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comewe say goodbye we will back and continue on "the washington journal." or two.a minute what do prosecutors have in the thebox now that -- in toolbox now that you could lose under a new administration, and what tools would you like the government to give you to do your job better? .uest: the tools are efficient there is always room for improvement. and then a mums are critical told use effectively, fairly, and justly. it has provided for a safety valve where if it was your first leader into are not in a role you would get out from under the mandatory minimum. is ifelps us the most someone is trafficking and one kilogram of heroin, that is a mandatory 10-years. if it is their first offense they get out from the mandatory minimum. if it is not, they look at the mandatory minimum. the only way they can get out of that is cooperation. that is how we move up the food chain. host: explain that. thet: the people they got drugs from, internally in the united states, mexico, or afghanistan. that is the target. separates federal and state prosecution is that we hav