journal." >> "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

most agencies in washington are constrained right now by this law from 1946. the updates that up and made have been fairly modest. they fixed the failure to look closely at how small businesses are impacted by proposed rules and things like that. what i am talking about is more fundamental. every agency that interfaces with the public and creates what is democratizing, the opportunity for the public to file something just by virtual -- to spare virtue of having a broadband connection. we need to make sure there is fraud prevention that we think about from the get-go. i'm open to any and always to come up with a good way to do that. >> i am jane smith paterson. speaking of networks, is it possible for you and the fcc to think about additional funding for health care connect being as though we are at a cap right now? getting to them with health care is going to be the way they get care. com. rosenworcel: you're absolutely right about that. there was a time when telemedicine was reserved for our most rural areas where it was hard to get doctors and specialists to

is it a washington matter that only washington people could understand? because it makes no sense to us in new york. week after week, the idea that in some fashion, there is going to be a revelation that tears donald trump from the presidency and restores the kingdom. ms. peek: i think the rest of the country is wondering what the heck is going on, because this investigation has been going on for almost a year and there is absolutely no evidence that anyone in the trump campaign or administration colluded with russia in any way. attentionmericans' span is such that people have tuned out of this. fbi,is happening is our our law enforcement administration, and the justice department are under a serious cloud because it looks like if there was collusion, the collusion was between democrats running for office and the fbi. that to me is a horrible revelation, and i think that is where we are going with this revelation of how this war it was obtained. mr. batchelor: the carter page warrant. turn to you because as a recovering politician, i ask for your help to

in the book that washington journal -- in the book washington journal. to my right, did cap it -- dick cavett. betweend a show on abc 1968 and 19 74. in the months following watergate, he interviewed a number of key figures in the scandal. later he broadcasted an entire episode from the watergate room. >> true. glasser.e susan [applause] >> she is an affairs columnist for politico. previously she was the editor of politico and political magazine. all the way on the right, evan thomas. [applause] evan has been an editor at newsweek and time for many years, and he is the author of a book on nixon. did i leave anybody out? >> the podcast. >> i mention the podcast. >> did you? >> i can't mention it too much. >> i did not cover watergate. [laughter] >> that's true. there are people like me who were not alive during watergate. you were just barely alive. >> very small. [laughter] >> i want to know from elizabeth how does it feel to be in the watergate after all of these years? did you do reporting in here? >> for a while, i lived in the watergate. >> no kiddin

. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are taking your calls this segment, finding out what is on your mind. i will take a look at some of the headlines from around the country with front pages provided courtesy of the museum -- newseum. the los angeles times dominated by the olympics. politics are taking center stage. alsorizona republic talking about a dramatic start to the olympic games with some images there from that. also on the olympics, from cleveland, a colorful start to the games. it focuses on that as the big spending bill, and the spending bill is the focus of the news and observer in charlotte. while some consumers balk, the gop signs off on a bigger deficit. the budget bill was ultimately passed and signed by the president. rich is calling from kansas city on our republican line. caller: good morning. host: what is on your mind? caller: i would just like to return to the initial segment about the release of the memos. of course, we can't go back and do things differently from the start now, but i thi

and if washington is not watching them, that's washington's fault. host: all right. all right. and that's a little more from "the washington post" about the f.b.i. interest and carter page. the basis of -- which is the basis of the memo, the surveillance of the trump administration adviser, trump's campaign adviser. i'll get it right before the morning's over. t says -- host: doug on the line from medina, ohio, calling on our democratic line. what do you think, doug? caller: yeah. someone had called in and ask about the steele dossier and wanted to see it. it's on buzzfeed. the lso, too, the -- i see republicans as hypocrites because last week, they extended and ifts of the fisa law they tnt like it, they could have changed it last week. but the republicans all voted for fisa and none of the democrats. and none of the democrats voted . r fisa i see the republicans as hypocrites. host: ok. all right. bob is calling in from waldorf, maryland, on our independent line. good morning, bob. caller: rod rosen steen had to scare affirm under the penalty of perjury that the information h

a federal agency in washington, d.c. called the e.p.a. because it's all about power and jurisdiction. so the president on february 28, early in his time, in fact, he addressed a joint session of congress on february 28 in his office that day in the roosevelt room as well he signed an executive order and instructed me, scott, go fix that. go take care of this waters issue. guess what? that is what we're doing. no longer is a puddle, a dry creek bed or a drainage ditch going to be called a water of the united states. [applause] >> listen, make no mistake about it. it is not about water quality. it is not about that. it truly is about power and jurisdiction and oversight that was being stretched so far. can you imagine congress in 1972 if they wrote out a law called the clean water act looking at that definition of the water of the united states and saying you know what? as we adopt this law we want it to be interpreted to include a dry creek bed, a puddle, and a drainage ditch in utah, oklahoma, and texas. the answer would be no way. they d

[applause] instead of becoming more like washington, let's send a message to washington by putting politics aside and coming together for all marylanders and . on that snowy day, three years ago, just after i took the oath of office, i said to those would drive us to the extremes of either party, let me remind you that maryland has always been a state of middle temperament. i asked that we seek that middle ground where we can all stand together. and ladies and gentlemen, over the past three years we have. together we have put maryland on a new and better path and we cannot afford to turn back now. [applause] let's keep moving forward and let's continue changing maryland for the better. thank you, god bless you, and may god continue to bless the great state of maryland. thank you. [applause] announcer: homeland security secretary kiersten nelson and jeff sessions will be talking about the justice department's efforts to combat human trafficking. on c-span2 at 9:00 eastern. and we will take you to the republican national committee's winter meeting at 10:00. in the afternoon, we will hear from

hogan: instead of becoming more like washington, let us send a message to washington by putting the politics aside and coming together for all marylanders. on that snowy day, three years ago, just after i took the oath of office, i said to those who would drive us to the extremes of either party, let me remind you that maryland has always been a state of middle temperament. i ask that we seek that middle ground where we can all stand together. ladies and gentlemen, over the past three years, we have. together, we have put maryland on a new and better path. we cannot afford to turn back now. [applause] gov. hogan: let us keep moving forward, let us continue changing maryland for the better. god bless you, and may god continue to bless the great state of maryland. [applause] andunday night on "q&a" author talks about his book, "the man from the train." many of the crimes happen within 100 yards of the railroad tracks. one of the things that helps us identify his crime as opposed to someone else is that it usually happens at the intersection of two railroad tracks. intersection of railroad trac

. >> but he is the smartest guy in washington. with senator scott -- you won't remember this, but i will take a minute to say this. a couple of years ago, we had a summit on poverty. catholics and evangelicals and others. scott was one of the few that agreed to come. the other leader was the president of the united states, and when he agreed to come was the time we had given the senator -- to senator scott. "would you be willing to move around a little so we could have the president be on a panel?" [laughter] >> i said ok. >> we had the president. we had, you know -- we had a full thing. we had c-span, cnn, and following that was senator scott, and not surprisingly, some of the folks left. some of the cameras shut down. what mostn imagine senators would do in that situation. senator scott could not have been more gracious. he said "i have a message." we had several hundred people to listen to him. i learned then something about humility, something about the importance of message over personality. it was a very gracious thing to do

my mom and dad were very close friends in washington, d.c. some time ago, and bill had a love of people in the concern of his customers, particularly about his associates, and his son carries on that sink tradition. and interestingly, of the 170,000 people who work there, there's genuinely a different rapport between them in the leadership of the company and their customers. it is amazing, the impact of one person. that is true and government, that is true and enterprise. i'd also note that just like businesses, states compete. we compete as a nation with other nations for jobs, for technology, for innovation, but states also compete. i was not governor very long when a fellow republican governor came to my state and put billboards up around the state telling people to leave massachusetts with their jobs. this was arnold schwarzenegger, my republican friends, and he had billboards of him in a t-shirt going like this with his big muscles, saying "come to california." so i put billboards up in his state, and i was in a t-shirt going like that,

washington journal continues. congressman 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 ha

i try to listen to npr, washington journal. i very much appreciate washington journal. we 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 togeth

thank you, josh rogan, washington post. thank you for your time. according to the readout of president trump's recent call -- me amireter, thanked him. as you know, there has been some criticism from the u.s. congress about this. not toughlleged it is enough and they criticize the fact it has been held in secret. they should whether your country cantaken steps to combat comment on if you -- deceptive can you, on if steps have been taken and if the memorandum should the cap secret pt secret?p t -- mentioned as i just to enter, the memorandum is ongoing. asis something that cannot of a meeting between united states and the gcc. u.s. agencies are .ecognizing their efforts we don't want to be caught from there trying to , but it will affect their national interest. we have seen that this propaganda is fueled by -- they are trying to create this kind of misperception. our goal is reaching out to the people and clarifying the situation. .atar has been cooperative the u.s. government knows this and recognizes this. thank you. a recent wave of meetings on

[applause] instead of becoming more like washington, let's send a message to washington by putting the politics aside and coming together for all marylanders. on that snowy day three years ago just after i took the oath of afse i said to those who would drive us to the extremes of either party let me remind you that maryland has always been a state of middle temperament. i asked that we seek that middle ground where we can all stand together. and ladies and gentlemen, over the past three years we have. together we have put maryland on a new and better path and we annot afford to turn back now. [applause] let's keep moving forward. let's continue changing maryland for the better. thank you. god bless you. and may god continue to bless the great state of maryland. thank you. [applause] >> the people who are getting their food just finish up that and we'll get the program started.

law-enforcement community in washington is small and close-knit. side on the conservative and perhaps trump himself would potentially have been able to criticize christopher wray as a member of the swamp. the fact that trump installed someone at the top of the fbi who has been willing to quietly isticize the white house something that i imagine the president could have a bit of buyers remorse about. 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. host: at our table, the senior policy advisor for the goldwater institute. let's begin with what the goldwater institute is and your mission, and what you are here to talk about, this right to try movement. guest: think he so much for having us on today. the goldwater institute is a public policy and research institution. people often wonder where politicians and government institutions come up with their ideas. we give them ideas that we feel like align with the constitution and expand people's personal freedoms. host: how are you funded? guest: we are funded by individual donors across the country in all 50 states. our mission is to help the government advance individual rights, follow the constitution. ,e do have a litigation center and with the government doesn't follow its own laws we will step in and defend people's rights in court. host: one proposal you are pushing forward is this right to try. what is it? guest: it is a bipartisan idea to allow people who have been diagnosed

the democratic line from washington, d.c. hi, lawrence. caller: good morning, how are you? thank you for allowing me to speak this morning. ahead, you're on. caller: ok. have had the opportunity to c-span before and something that keeps coming to mind with presidency and we talk about somemacy now is that for reason the elephant in the room is theas i see it republicans but the problem with thatlephant in the room is it no longer truly wears the flag.an we about, as i see it, we're on a parallel course with when naziism was on the rise in america and now we seem to be following that trend. no diplomacy. once the president decides that or no way, then we're shutting down the government, we're shutting down diplomacy. host: lawrence, i want to give you a chance, if you had a to north korea and the olympics. caller: my question is, why diplomatic community is ignoring the mere fact that the elephant in the room is no american. nicholas: there's no question this is a very, very difficult for american diplomacy, from american diplomats, to the service, about which my book, in fa

and the way government looks at regulations and a lot of folks look at washington -- in washington look at regulations is what is the cost versus the benefit? they tend to monetize this. that's important. we don't want to impose cost on the american workforce, on the american people. but i think that is only part of the question. washington likes to measure. they like to say "we have taken off x billion dollars in burden." and that's really important to measure and easy to measure. but here is the question i would ask all of you. what is the cost in terms of liberty? that is a lot harder to talk about because that is qualitative. it is not quantitative. you need to make judgments. ultimately, one of the things that makes america great is freedom, liberty. should not be regulated unless there is a real need for that regulation. [applause] >> thank you. i think it is so important that we start talking about deregulation in the context of liberty. let's offer freedom to the people to do as they believe is right unless there is a real reason not to do that. >> here, here. i am so glad you a

"washington journal" continues. host: it is open phones on "washington journal." any topic you can call in host: we will be in open phones until about 9:00 a.m. when the house is expected to come in we will take you there live for gavel-to-gavel coverage as always on c-span. here are the front pages from around the country today -- many, most focusing on yesterday's performance of the stock market. "the sacramento bee" -- host: to the front page of "the day" this morning out of new england. host: a few more -- host: 20 are your thoughts this morning. phone lines are open. jackson is up first in connecticut. line for democrats. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you, brian lamb, for c-span, and thank you to the moderators like you, jon, who do an outstanding job at moderating. one follow-up comment about representative himes, he was facing a lot of unfair criticism in the calls. when i speak to other democrats disgruntled about the current president what they tell me is where are the rising stars of the democrat party for the next generation of presidential

you move to washington? do you keep the children at home to bring them to washington? >> can you afford washington? huge questions i think every family confronts because i think people say, like in the -- what docandidate" now? [laughter] >> sometimes when i go back and look at pictures of the election went on first one, when he won the general election -- >> that was -- >> know that was the primary. but when one that general election we just look astounded. we look happy. we look overwhelmed. pictureook back at that , i think, you did not have a clue what you are getting into after that night. for thecame onentation, we only knew another couple and it was because a friend of ours had moved from illinois to michigan between the primary election and the general election. they befriended peter, who was running at the same time. peter had children pretty much the same age as our children and so we met peter and his wife in michigan about one month before orientations. in fact, the rnc called our friends that night when we are having pizza at his house to ask for money for

and then he said, when i was coming to washington a couple months later for a board meeting, he said could we get together? i thought you was going to ask me to raise money for him. that is what politicians usually do. room and he hotel handed me a memo which suggested i should run for senate. it was a three-page memo. it was the thought i had given it any thought whatsoever. i assumed he was running. after all, i told him i would endorse him. my wife and i began to think about it. some weeks we said, no way. other weeks we said yes. i think i can do more for utah, fight for the people of utah, and i think in times like this with the challenges in the world that the more people of sober judgment we can have in washington, the better. >> can you expand on that a little? mr. romney: what's that? final decision? it was either february or march of 2017. >> governor, what are you personally going to bring to washington, aside from what you are bringing from the state -- by virtue ofne, the relationships i have with senators and the administration, as well as my life experiences that i can

be sure to watch washington journal friday morning. join the discussion. ♪ c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring ,nfiltered coverage of congress the white house, supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. president hollande posted local officials to discuss guns in school safety. he said he would be in favor of arming teachers with weapons and considered paying them a small bonus. betsy devos, attorney general jeff sessions, and the mayor of florida were among the speakers. this is about one hour. hello everybody. i. how are you.

"washington journal" continues. host: we welcome back steve clemons from the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. how was the u.s. and the president viewed at that gathering? guest: i think it was mixed views. i interviewed a bunch of people and they said donald trump's presentation was appealing. his national economic adviser was largely responsible for his speech. a good chunk of the audience said he is back on our wavelength. another bit of the audience was disappointed because they do not feel they got the donald trump they paid for. there is that hamilton play where they say they want in the room when stuff happens, they want to be in the room when trump happens, which means more of the content first trump, the one who was dismissive of the international order. they got a very pleasant trump, and as the former state secretary of singapore told me, we were hoping for the edgy trump. this wasn't -- this was a rational, middle-of-the-road speech. host: there is tuesday trump and thursday trump. guest: linds

deneen:meeting in washington, d. [applause] >> very nice. >> i don't know mr. chairman, i think they like you. [applause] rep. nunes: thank you very much. thank you for the warm welcome, i really appreciate it. >> you have been a longtime friend of the conservative movement. you're getting another award from us. i think what people most respect and know about you recently, is your courage in spending up to what looks to be a very troublesome set of facts. so thank you for that. [applause] in these days, it seems like news is breaking all the time. i think it is thus important for of the cpac attendance to know that there is news breaking right now with the news of this adam schiff memo. they will hear from you first. what do they need to know about what is going on and about the release of this memo? >> thank you. it just posted, the website probably crashed. russian bots again, i am sure. [laughter] i would say, we actually wanted this out. it has been held for over two weeks. the fbi and the doj had told the democrats what was wrong with their memo, or their

to go to dad, i want washington. i want to help women. said, washington is a mean place. she said, i don't care. i want to help women, i want to families. she was very much involved, as know, in the child tax credit. now she's working very much on family leave. that i don't believe would have been in the agreement if it wasn't for ivanka and some senators, et cetera but she was very much in the forefront of that. general kelly make that decision and he'll do what's right for the country, he'll make o doubt the right decision. very much. >> mr. -- >> your country conducted a of semiautomatic weapons back in the mid-1990s, shooting had a mass ever since. is this something that you have discussed with president trump him to you at all urge reconsider his current recommendations to combat mass in the united states? >> well, our history with gun regulation is obviously very different to the united states, and you're right. there was a mass shooting in my ania in 19196, and predecessor -- 1996, and my predecessor, who is very known in the united states, prime minister for nearl

-- utah's values to washington. he delayed his announcement due to the school shooting in florida. the former presidential candidate will speak at the utah candidate -- republican party dinner. that is 9:00 p.m. eastern and we will bring it live on c-span and .nline at c-span.org you can listen with the free c-span radio app. tomorrow night on c-span, another former republican presidential candidate, jeb bush spoke at the american enterprise institute here in washington about alternatives to traditional public schools and education savings accounts that can be used to pay for private schools. you can see that saturday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. q&a, michaelht on back." his book "crash andhere is public shaming chinese lost a lot of face and that is hard for westerners to get an idea what that means to the asian culture. they start -- after that set off on this mindset, we will build up our navy and our missile

that part echoes with most washington scandals, frankly. one risk we have looking at the watergate parallel that i think is a danger for all of us is thinking well, because the political arguments being used a similar that somehow means the outcome will be similar. we can talk about it later, but i think the biggest change is in the media environment between now and what happened in watergate. and, you know, can anyone break through the noise? tell us what's been happening in the last half-hour? leon: evan, what do you think? what can we take from the fact these stories were being written, these people were going onto his show, lying through their teeth, and people didn't seem to absorb it? i assume there are journalists in the audience, but mostly not. what does it say for consumers of news, how we should engage with this information at this stage in the process? evan: i know the answer to that. but first you just got to hear this. it popped into my head. when you go home, assuming you all have homes, on youtube only you can now get a repl

"washington journal" continues. afterwords, ht on with his book broken," he's interviewed by ormer senate majority leader t tom daschle. > supposed to be overcoming differences through extended discussion and real legislative principle rough compromise, it wasn't supposed party winning on their own. the times, as you know, the history when one party has been able to do this on your few. are very maybe 1933 and '34, f.d.r., the depression, '64-'65, even l.b.j. reached out to republicans and support d republican the first two years. afterwords on c-span2's book t.v. >> c-span history series landmark cases returns this at 12 new a look supreme court cases. historians and experts discuss onstitutional issues and personal stories behind significant supreme court decisions. beginning monday, february 26, live at 9:00 p.m. eastern and elp you follow all 12 cases we have companion guide written by court journalist tony morrow. volume two, to get your copy go to c-span.org/landmarkcases. "washington journal" continues. host:

>> 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

we have people in washington, d.c. representatives, senators and legislatures telling teachers what they should do without asking teachers what do you want to do? [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. isit ncicap.org] host: that was sheriff steve israel, part of cnn's townnal florida last night which followed yesterday's white house listening session on school safety and guns. the president meeting this morning with state and local officials on school safety and that's where we'll pick up the conversation this morning on this thursday, february 22, 2018. welcome to "washington journal." our conversation asking you how would you make schools safer? we've divided the phone lines like this. students, 202-748-8000. educators and administrators or parents, 202-748-8001. for educators and administrators, 202-748-8002. we welcome your comments on facebook as well. facebook.com/cspan. send

the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. february 26, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable dan new house to act as speaker pro tempore -- dan new houses to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, sprine, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the 2018, the nuary 8, chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate p.m. ue beyond 1:50 each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana, mr. abraham, for five minutes. p.m. mr. abraham: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor one of the hardest working men on capitol hill. joe. joe's 84th birthday was saturday, february 10. he's been cutting hair in the house for 47 years. joe embodies the principles of hard work, dedicat

"washington journal." coming up this morning, law professor stephen broderick discusses the release of the nuÑez house intelligence memo. then they representative from judicial watch will talk about reaction to the memos release. be sure to watch live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> the head of the palestine liberation organization delegation to the u.s. delivered remarks in washington yesterday. -- in washington. he objected to president trump's recent decision to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem and discussed the future of the middle east peace process. hosted by the jerusalem fund, this is an hour and half. >> good afternoon everybody. thank you for joining us today. if we c all cell phones, especially with the tv crews here. director heretive at the jerusalem fund and palestine center. on behalf of our board of directors and staff, it is a pleasure to welcome you all here today. including everyone watching online on our livestream. it is an honor to introduce and welcome our di

watch washington journal. join the discussion. >> tomorrow the committee for responsible federal budget has a series of discussions they are hosting on the budget process. participants include the ranking members of the house and senate budget committee. our live coverage begins at 12:35 p.m. eastern. remarks from the deputy attorney general on cyber security and america's legal priorities. he will speak at the roundtable conference that begins at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. last week, billy graham died at the age of 89. a memorial service will take place with remarks from paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. earlier this week, president trump help what he called a listening session with students, parents, and teachers on gun violence in schools. he heard stories from those affected by the recent shooting in florida as well as those at columbine high school. this is one hour and 15 minutes.

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washington. these fraudsters are overrunning washington now, so it is only fitting that he would get a memorial in washington. host: robert in clear lake, iowa. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: i just called to say that i think that billy graham was a modern-day moses. peopley just leading the of his country, but the people of the whole world knew and respected moses, yes. -- billy for what he was and who he stood for. the christian ethic in the world, it might be damaged by his loss. i hope not, but he was very great in the eyes of the people of the world and the christian sector of the world. the world is going to miss him, i think. said, he stirred the hearts and minds of people all around, and he demonstrated the christlike lifestyle that he led . his word brought many people, including myself, to an understanding and a truth about who jesus christ was. god, the incarnate everlasting, almighty that billy graham spoke of continuously. there is only one way off of thi

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

., richard brooke kaiser on george washington and the fight for philadelphia. watch today on the c-span networks. >> former senate majority leader bob dole received the congressional gold medal in recognition of his service as a soldier, legislator and statesman. president trump also speaks during this event held at the u.s. capitol. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guests, members of the united states house of representatives, members of the united states senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the vice president of the united states and the president of the united states. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the house of representatives. the honorable paul ryan. [applause] rep. ryan: please be seated. good afternoon everybody. it is a privilege to welcome you to the greatest hall in washington for an even grander occasion. we award to the highest civilian honor that this body can bestow. i am honored to be joined today by president donald trump, and vice president mike pence, as well as senator elizabeth dole and

c-span, live coverage of the gun owners association winter meeting in washington, d.c. we will share their last session weather expected to talk about the up your crisis. while we wait for congressman nuÑez to take the stage, here is a portion of today's washington journal. joining us now is james o'keefe, the founder and president of project veritas, and the author of "american ."avda: my fight for truth thanks for joining us today. guest: thinks for having me back. host: what is pravda? guest: "pravda" was the russian word for truth. believect veritas, we the american people do not necessarily know that everything like to. in the soviet union, they know they are being lied to. what we are trying to do is expose waste, fraud, and abuse all of the country with one of the greatest sources of this that is the and media itself, and that takes us to the mainstream media, big tech companies like facebook, pressr,, and the american has more power than all three branches of government, so they need to behold to account just like any other organization should be held to accoun

rock, here in washington can't colora. i'm tired of the arrogance of washington telling us in eastern colorado which banks we can and can't use to it finance our mortgages. it is time that we bring financial accountability to the place that needs it most. washington. that's what these two financial bills do. they return power to the american people. they reduce unnecessary regulations on small community banks and credit unions, thereby freeing up capital, the small businesses and employers can access to create new jobs. they make commonsense changes to federal law so regulators have to routinely review their regulations to ensure that the regulations are not overly burdensome. eastern coloradoans are frustrated with the washington knows best mindset of their government. i'm listening to them. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentleman from colorad

i'm fredricka whitfield in washington, d.c. we begin this hour with new questions about the immediate response to the parkland florida shooting. the broward county sheriff's office is investigating the actions of three broward county deputies who were outside the school and had not rushed in when other officers from coral springs, florida, had arrived. this is in addition to the one broward county sheriff's deputy who did not enter the building as the shooting unfolded. that officer has since resigned. this, as we're learning chilly new details about warning signs before the massacre. cnn's kaylee hartung is live in florida where this makeshift memorial has been set up behind you. we're hearing more from the broward sheriff's office as well? >> we are, fred. first we heard from the broward county sheriff scott israel that he was sick to his stomach when he watched surveillance video that showed one of his deputies take up a position outside the 1200 building at stoneman douglas for upwards of four minutes while the killer was i

. >> "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

the only madmen are in washington dc. because, the word around the world, we are a killer nation. 20 years of perpetual regime changes throughout the world that has killed 3.5 million people in the middle east. as of today, they started their invasion of syria to overthrow the government of assad. to have thees chance to reunify on their conditions, not the conditions of the united states. until the united states withdraws from korea, and shows they are intentionally going to get out of there, and turn over command of the south korean army, then you can have peace, tranquility, and everything. host: michael, thank you. guest: michael, thank you for your comments. i grew up in new jersey. thank you for calling in. unificationissue of is a very important one for the two koreas. it is also really complex, and something most americans do not have a pulse on. south korea and north korea, both countries have constitutions that mandate the pursuit of unification. unification is it written into the law of both countries. and, of

announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: 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