william kristol, founder and editor of the weekly standard on the future of the republican party. at 9:15, changes brought about by hurricane katrina and ♪ >> the house of representatives meets and the briefly -- briefly today. for programming this afternoon if you are interested in finding what is going on across the united states, the u.s. conference of mayors hold its meeting. you will see part of that at 11:15. also, at 2:00 this afternoon the republican national committee has their annual meeting and the focus is of gop rising stars.

bill kristol will be here. later, horace williams brown of the government accountability office talks about the history national flood insurance program, and changes brought andt by hurricanes katrina sandy. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. conversation on twitter.and >> thursday a discussion on the recent spike in violence in and potential iraqi government plans to create three provinces in contested parts of the country. the speaker of iraq's council of theesentatives speaks at brookings institution, live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. and at 11:00 a.m. a panel from the prookings institution discusses recommendations for the administration on foreign ahead.issues in the year live coverage of that event also c-span 2. >> day feel prepared, yes, i did.y first of all i wasn't elected, so it didn't make that much difference. i did notice, though, the difference between being the the president's wife and president's wife. it's huge, because the vice sayident's wife can anything, nobody cares.

william joined by kristol to discuss the future of the republican party. and then our guest is orris williams brown to discuss changes since hurricane katrina. president obama today created a task force to combat sexual assault on college campuses. the president signed a memorandum giving administration officials 90 days to come up with recommendations for colleges to prevent assaults. also today at the white house, press secretary jay carney brief red porters and among the topics, security at the upcoming winter olympics in sochi, russia. this is about an hour. >> feels like monday, weirdly. my kids still haven't gone to school. i hope you're holding up in the wintry weather. this morning, the president and vice president held a meeting in the oval office with attorney general holder, secretaries hagel, sebelius, and duncan and senior officials to discuss their commitment to combating rape and sexual assault in all settings. during the meet, the president and vice president reiterated their deep personal interest in doing everything possible to root autoth