. >> washington unfiltered, c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. joins us. thank you for giving us your time this morning. guest: glad to be with you. good morning. host: with the build back better act in the senate and maybe undergoing changes, how much of those changes do you think would impact the climate provisions within it? guest: i hope we can keep the strong provisions of the build back better act. as a member of the committee on science and technology and as a member of the select committee on climate crisis i have been listening for a long time to scientists. we know it is with us now. we need to listen to the red alert the scientists are telling us. i'm hopeful the provisions stay in the senate bill. people are feeling the effects of climate change across the country. host: our previous guest talked about fossil fuels. as of now the main force for america's energy needs. what would you say about the alternatives that can replace what fossil fuels currently do? guest: that's a great question. there is no question anymore the greenhouse gas emission

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. >> washington unfiltered, c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. >> president biden met with several executives including walmart and food lion to talk about holiday shopping. i know how critically busy all of you are, and you are doing a heckuva job to make sure people aren't disappointed this thanksgiving and for christmas. i provided an update on the omnicron variant and told the american people it is a cause for concern, but not a cause for panic. we are going to fight this with science and speed. we aren't going to fight it with chaos and confusion. we believe we can deal with it. thursday, i will put forward a detailed strategy on how to deal with this new variant. that is not shutdowns or lockdowns, but with more widespread vaccination, more boosters, testing and more. in the meantime, i've said the best protection against this new variant is to get vaccinated and get a booster shot, and i urge all americans, get it done today. there is no excuse. it is free. it's available. if you qualify for a booster, get it don

. ♪ >> washington unfiltered. c-span many your pocket.own hold c-span now today. ♪ >> host: and now joining us on booktv is author phillip magness, co-author of this book, "cracks in the ivory tower." first of all, mr. magness, what doin you do for a living? >> guest: i am an economist at the american institute for economic research. >> host: have you been in academia before? >> guest: i have. i spentnt about ten years teachg college at george mason university, american university. >> host: and what was your experience like? >> it was an interesting environment to put it mildly. many good positive things came out of it both in terms of college i work with and the research that i did. i also got to see the inside behind the scenes of what happens in the way a university runs. >> and what did you find? >> my immediate take on it is, if we judged a university just as a normal business operation there are things that happen in universities that would make things like enron look ethical by comparison. >> give us an example. >> the first thing

. >> washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today.ate returns today to consider several executive nominations, including the federal communications commission. president biden has picked her to be chair of fcc if confirmed to be the first woman to officially hold the position. she's currently acting chair. and voting whether to make chris magnus the next commission of u.s. customs and border. the chaplain dr. barry black will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o lord our god, you are robed with honor and majesty. today, guide our lawmakers in their work, enabling them to be your messengers of unity and hope. lord, make them productive servants who live lives that honor you. remind them that no good is permanently lost.

. ♪ >> washington unfiltered. c-span many your pocket.hold c-span now today. ♪ >> host: and now joining us on booktv is author phillip magness, co-author of this book, "cracks in the ivory tower." first of all, mr. magness, what doin you do for a living? >> guest: i am an economist at the american institute for economic research. >> host: have you been in academia before? >> guest: i have. i spentnt about ten years teachg college at george mason

. >> washington unfiltered, c-span in your pocket. download c-span today. >> white house press secretary jen psaki held her daily briefing with reporters. she was asked about the covid-19 response efforts in negotiations surrounding president biden's social spending plan, known as build back better. >> hi, everyone. happy monday. one note for all of you at the top, president biden has nominated and the senate has confirmed the most diverse class in federal judges history at a rate not seen since president reagan. as you may have seen friday night and saturday morning, the senate confirmed dozens of historical and critical nominees, including nine district court judges, bringing the total for the year to 40, more than any president in his first year in office since president reagan. as a president said in his commencement address last week, he is proud to have appointed more black women to the circuit courts than any president in american history. we confirmed the first lgbtq woman and these 40 judges included women who have previously

. >> washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. >> mitch mcconnell is traveling around his home state of kentucky to look at damage from last weekend's tornadoes. before leaving washington, d.c., he held a press conference. he also talked about passage of the 1

. >> washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. scott mcfarlane is with us. he has focused the last 11 months on the january 6 attacks. welcome back to washington journal. guest: good morning. great to be here. host: what was the significance of the criminal contempt citation against a former white house, mark meadows? guest: i feel like a chapter in a story that is already pretty long. 700 criminal defendants, but as we go through this, the largest criminal investigation in u.s. history, there is an overarching question going on answered. whose idea was it to storm the capital? did somebody fund this? what skin in the game did any officials have? really trying to answer that larger question going on answered. we see this movement, this growing investigation and mark meadows, reporting for contempt of congress is the most striking step that they have taken so far. host: the citation gets turned over to the justice department. what happens next? guest: they will take time to consider it. the process typically tape -- typically takes

washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket.ownload c-span now today. >> today's jobs reports show the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% from 4.6% in the u.s. economy added 210,000 jobs in november. after the release of the report, president biden give an update on the u.s. economy. this is about 20 minutes. pres. biden: good morning. before i start, i want to report later today, i will be signing a bill funding the government operations for the next few months. it's a bare minimum we need to get done. bipartisan cooperation is worth recognition. i want to thank senator schumer and mcconnell and speaker pelosi for getting this done. i want to thank a substantial bipartisan vote in the senate for sending this bill to my desk today to avoid disruptions of government operations. i want to urge congress to use the time this bill provides to work toward a bipartisan agreement on a fullyear funding bill that makes the needed investments in our economy and our people. from public health, education, to national security. now, for today'

. >> washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. >> mitch mcconnell is traveling around his home state of kentucky to look at damage from last weekend's tornadoes. before leaving washington, d.c., he held a press conference. he also talked about passage of the 1.2 trillion dollar infrastructure package as a sign of a bipartisan agreement. >> merry christmas, everyone. it looks like it is getting close. i thought this would be a good time to sum up my view of the year. with regard to the tornadoes in kentucky, i got off the phone with the head of the red cross down there about what they are involved in which is to make sure everybody has a place to be. we think everybody is under a roof somewhere. i will be going down tomorrow and again on saturday to tour the sites and check with first responders and local officials to make sure they are getting everything they need from federal agencies. shifting to the year, i think the big story is inflation. one way to look at it is forty-year inflation rate is like a t

>> washington unfiltered, c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. >> president biden talked about the economy and actions his administration is taking to strengthen the supply chains during the holiday shopping season. pres. biden: sorry to keep you waiting. good afternoon. it's wonderful to see the holiday decorations here in the white house. tomorrow, i'm going to light the national christmas tree to help kick off the holiday season. whatever you celebrate, we are looking ahead to a brighter and happier december with an economy markedly stronger than it was last year. it's been a tough couple of years, but we've made incredible progress. and, today, i'd like to speak about some of the steps we're taking to address challenges in the economy and how those actions are already starting to pay off for american families. first, however, i want to quickly reiterate what i spoke about on monday concerning omicron, the variant, and the steps we're taking to combat it. as i said, this new variant is a cause for concern, but not a

>> washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. journal" continues. host: stephen morrison is the director for the center for strategic and international studies. the morning, stephen morrison. guest: good morning, thank you. host: what is called the covax program, how successful has it been thus far? guest: covax is a solidarity mechanism that was established in april 2020, early in this pandemic, as a mechanism to attempt to bring vaccines in a timely and affordable way to 92 low and middle income countries. it has had a very rocky year. one of the major problems it has confronted is the destruction and supply from india. it made a big bet on the astrazeneca vaccine from india, one of the major producers worldwide. when the pandemic struck, the delta pandemic struck fiercely in india in the spring, india imposed, like many countries, on nationalist grounds and export ban and that has only been relaxed very recently. it was hugely disruptive to covax. there were other problems that covax experienced. it was not terribly good at creating reliable and

. >> washington unfiltered, c-span in your pocket, download c-span now today. >> washington dc attorney general announced he is filing a civil suit against the proud boys and others for their alleged role in the january 6 capitol attack to recover costs of the d.c. government for dealing with the attack and its aftermath. >> next will be the honorable charles allen, ward six councilmember the covers the capitol hill area and other areas in the district of columbia and is also the chair of the d.c. city council judiciary committee. joanne lidgate is the director of the bipartisan organization that works to ensure access to voting for all and works against violence and extremism. last but not least is jonathan greenblatt, the ceo of the anti-defamation league, the leading organization in the fight against hate that works tirelessly to advocate for justice and fair treatment for all. i also want to thank our cocounsel in the case who provided excellent pro bono assistance those are lawyers from two firms. - >> behind us is the united states capital and this has stood since 1800 and it is w

. >> washington unfiltered. c-span if in your pocket -- c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. ♪ >> next, a conversation with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. she talks about the president's social spending proposal, the economic recovery, that pandemic and other legislative items senate needs to address before the end of the year. from georgetown university, this is just over an hour. [inaudible conversations]

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. ♪ announcer: washington unfiltered, c-span in your pocket.ownload c-span now today. ♪ announcer: in the british house of commons prime minister boris johnson to questions about new covid-19 restrictions, the vaccine booster rollout, and the russian military buildup along the ukrainian border. prime minister's wishing you, af staff a merry christmas. and a happy new year. the house will also want to join me in sending our warmest wishes to all our armed force and health and care workers and especially those who will be working over christmas and not least hose in our national mission -- those in our national mission -- [inaudible] this morning i have meetings with ministerial colleagues in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have is other such meetings later today. >> mr. speaker, can i congratulate the prime minister and his wife on the birth of his new daughter. last week -- [inaudible] was a success for you, prime minister. [laughter] >> i'm very grateful, and i thank him for his words. and, yes, it was, mr. speaker -- [cheers and

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. >>> washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. >>> our next speaker is frederick fritz steiner, president of the school of design, whose exceptional leadership was recognized this week by the university of pennsylvania which extended his services as dean. i guess that perhaps no good deed goes unpunished so congratulations to you. for 15 years, before joining the university of pennsylvania, he served as dean of the school of architecture and henry m. rockwell chair at the university of texas at austin, with teaching stints at arizona state and the university of colorado at denver. he helped establish the sustainable sites initiative, the first program of its kind to offer a comprehensive rating system to define sustainable land development and management. dean steiner is the author or editor of numerous publications include design with nature now, nature and cities, urban ecological design and the living landscape and ecological approach to landscape planning. he will be talking to us this morning about

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. >> washington unfiltered, c-span in your pocket. download c-span today. >> white house press secretary jen psaki held her daily briefing with reporters. she was asked about the covid-19 response efforts in negotiations surrounding president biden's social spending plan, known as build back better. >> hi, everyone. happy monday. one note for all of you at

. >> washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket.download c-span now today. ♪♪ >> at least six presidents recorded conversations. here the conversations on c-span's new podcast. presidential recordings. >> season one focuses on the presidency of london johnson. 1964 civil rights act, 1964 presidential campaign, the march ensemble and the war in vietnam. everyone knew they were being recorded. >> certainly johnson's secretary is new because they were tasked with transcribing the conversations. they were the ones who made sure the conversations were taped as johnson would signal to them through an open door between his office and there's. >> you will also hear want to talk. >> the number of people -- [inaudible] i promise you i won't go anywhere, i will be right behind you. >> presidential recordings. c-span now mobile app. >> going to put on my reading glasses, author of the afghanistan, secrets of the history of war. investigative reporter with the washington post, this is a timely account of how the war was launched in 2001, straigh

. >> washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. >> this week, watch washington journal special holiday week author series featuring live segments with a lighter -- writer. andrew yang talks about his book forward notes on the future of our democracy. watch washington journal live at wednesday morning for our special authors week series. the house administration committee held a members day hearing on legislation regarding voting rights and election laws. >> to house rigidly -- house resolution which appeared. remember to keep microphones muted when not speaking. you should unmute when you are recognized. >> at this time, i ask unanimous consent the chair be authorized to -- recess and that all members have five days in which to revise remarks and have any written statements be made part of the record. i hear no objection, it is therefore ordered. house resolution 8, the house rules package requires members and committees or subcommittees to hold a hearing during the first session of the 117th congress in w

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. >> washington unfiltered. download c-span now today. >> a conversation on redistricting, gerrymandering and how the 2020 census will change future elections. this is an hour. >> 's welcome to this edition of the bully pulpit. today we focus on redistricting, the science, art, and skulduggery. i am a professor and director for the center of political future at usc with our codirector. we will lead this discussion together. we will the last 15 minutes of the hour for q&a for the audience. put questions in the chat. ben ginsberg served as national council to the bush-cheney presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004. in 2012 and 2008, he served as national counsel for mitt romney's presidential campaign. christian gross is a professor of public policy at usc and academic director of the usc schwarzenegger institute for state and global policy. he's an expert on political reforms and voting rights, including independent redistricting commissions. he has also been conducting research about how best to improve voter ac

♪ hello to go washington unfiltered. download c-span now today.nd that's an jews -- announcer: discussion focused on young voters. topics include the 26th amendment and political beliefs. >> good evening, good afternoon. good to see you here. i warmly welcome you to tonight's america to the virtual town hall program. our leadership team and a minute ago, you saw the list of cosponsors on the screen. a special welcome to our c-span audience. which is tuning into night. we are excited to learn about america's youngest voters from experts in both lineal and post-millennial political generational trends as well as efforts to suppress the votes of the young. we welcome yael, michael. there is no program but we invited a very special set of gas that will help us evaluate the country's condition as we mark the first anniversary of the january 6 insurrection. we will discuss one year later, our capital, our country, our democracy, where are we. on january 12, we are excited to welcome back the lead counsel in the charlottesville case. roberta will appear

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. >> washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. guest: my background is writing books about the cia and i have written three biographies of major officials in the cia in the 1960's. my book is a biography of him. james angleton was the chief of counterintelligence at the cia from 1954 to 1974. i have a forthcoming book, the story of richard nixon and richard helms, the eighth director of the cia. when they were all major cia officials from the 1950's to the 1970's, they were all friends and instantly involved -- intimately involved in the events of 1963. i don't write about the kennedy assassination per say, i write about the assassination in the context of the cia. host: what is important for our viewers, to understand about your position? guest: i don't write about conspiracy theories. i write about the events and what they looked like to cia insiders. this is the story that we now know, not a story that could be known in 1963, at how did these men see what happened in dallas. what happened with the investigation and how did they

. >>> washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket.nload c-span now today. >>> our next speaker is frederick fritz steiner, president of the school of design, whose exceptional leadership was recognized this week by the university of pennsylvania which extended his services as dean. i guess that perhaps no good deed goes unpunished so congratulations to you. for 15 years, before joining the university of pennsylvania, he served as dean of

. >>> washington, unfiltered. download c-span now today. i'm here to talk about dan welch who i've had the pleasure of working with for a couple years. he is also on the gettysburg campaign, co-author of an immediately coming out book, and also co-author of the anniversary series that have recently come out, one on gettysburg. so with not too much else to say, i want to introduce dan welch who is here to talk about the man we love to hate, john pope, so here's dan welch, the man with too many lives and not enough free time. >> well, good evening, everyone. one of the things i've not shared with a lot of you is my absolute love of the southern rock band lynyrd skynyrd. [ applause ] i've been very fortunate over the last several years to meet some of the plane crash survivors. i've visited all the graves of those that perished in october 1977. i've heard some wonderful stories from some of their former managers and crew. and one of the stories i heard was, as lynyrd skynyrd was getting very popular as the '70s were wearing on and their fame w

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. ♪ announcer: washington unfiltered, c-span in your pocket.ownload c-span now today. ♪ announcer: a senate committee hearing on streamlining the recycling process, finding safe ways to reuse material, and educating the public about best practices for recycling and reuse. senator tom carper of delaware shares the hearing. [gavel banging] >> welcome everyone. -- chemical safety and hazard investigation board as well as addressing four bills and no less than nine administration resolutions. after that we will take a nap. no, we will really get to work. [laughter] once we finish with these naps [laughs] these votes we will hear from a panel of experts about transitioning to a circular economy. i will have more say on that but for now let me take a couple of minutes to discuss the nominees whom our committee will vote on shortly. each of these nominees from jeff, stephen, jennifer, and cecelia are talented and well-established leaders in their fields. importantly each has demonstrated a deep commitment to making our country a better, safer, and mor

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. >> washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket. pan now today. >> "washington journal" continues. host: on your screen this morning, kimberly robinson, supreme court reporter with bloomberg law. kimberly robinson, the president set up a white house commission to investigate possible structural changes to the supreme court. remind our viewers what led to this. guest: that depends on who you ask. i think part of what was behind appointing the commission was some of the rancors we have seen in the past few years in particular in 2016, we saw mitch mcconnell hold open the seat, there should be a say in who picks the next supreme court justice. fast forward to last year, republicans filled the seat despite the fact the election was just a month away. there was a lot of angst with progressives surrounding the circumstances and some push to make some changes to the supreme court and be more responsive to what they see as the american voters' desires to see who goes on the supreme court. that was fully pushing it. once we have this final re

. >> washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. "washington journal" continues. >>in on your screen this mornin kimberly robinson, supreme court reporter with bloomberg law.nv kimberly robinson, the president up a white house commission to investigate possible structural changes to the supreme court. remind our viewers what led to this commission. >> well, i think that really depends onio who you ask. but i do think that part of what was habehind appointing this commission was some of the rancor that we have seen surrounding supreme court confirmations in the past few years. in particular, in 2016, we saw majority leader mitch mcconnell holdld open the seat, saying th it was an election year, and the public should really be able to have a say in who's going to pick the next supreme court justice. but thenth fast forward to just last year, when ruth bader ginsburg passed and republicans filled the seat despite the fact that, you know, the election was just a monthci away. so i think there was a lot of angst from progressives surround

. ♪ announcer: washington, unfiltered. c-span in your pocket.oad c-span now today. ♪ announcer: "washington journal" continues. jefferson morley doing this is jefferson morley, the author of "cia, jfk the secret assassination files." thank you for joining us. talk about your work as someone who researches the events of jfk's murder. jfk my background is -- guest: my background is about jfk and officials during the 1960's, when scott was --. james angleton was the chief of counterintelligence at the cia from 1954-1974. i have a biography about him. and i have a forthcoming book, the story of richard nixon and richard helm, the its director of the cia. when they were all major cia officials from the 1950's and 1960's, they were all friends and involved in the events of 1963. i do not write about the kennedy assassination per se, i write about the assassination in the context of the cia. host: what is important for viewers to understand on the position you take? guest: i do not write about conspiracy theories, i write about whether the events of 19

washington unfiltered, c-span in your pocket. download c-span now today. ournal" continues. host: time again to turn the reins of the program over to you, the viewers. it's our open forum. public policy, political, state issues you want to talk about, an update on the schedule on capitol hill, the house will be in at noon today for morning hour. two for legislative business. the senate is in at 10 a.m. eastern this morning and we are expecting a briefing from the white house today with plenty of hearings for you to watch throughout the day. all available to watch through our website, c-span.org. had to our website for our listings throughout this tuesday morning on capitol hill. to your phone calls, want to hear what policy issues and political issues you want to talk about. lonnie, north carolina, democratic line, you are up first. caller: how you doing? good morning. i wanted to say a couple of words about the crt. why is, excuse me, but why is white people so scared of crt? white people has been villains throughout history. starting with the vikings comi