. >> as reported the last couple days, the parties have chartered jets waiting outside of washington, d.c. and teams of people ready to go into states where there might be a contest of the results. >> yeah, and you know -- >> go ahead. >> think about minnesota and how long it took for senator al franken after a recount and legal battle. it's months and months and months until we had him actually take the oath of office as a senator. things can be tied up for a long time and the question calls for how close is it, does it put pressure on independents in the senate to caucus one way or another and we haven't mentioned even kansas where a possible republican senator pat roberts could lose and independent greg orman who joe biden said he's confident he would be with the democrats. there's just a lot of complicating factors here which is one reason why politick is so fun. >> we'll come back and talk more about the legislator. but steve scully has been looking at governor races and has results. >> speaking of close a close one in florida. here's the latest numbers from the associated press

of us. it is a big probe in washington that obama was week and that is why we move into crimea. ia.moved into georg that did not stop him. was atin, when there soviet union, they rolled into budapest when eisenhower was president. i think obama has caused real pain to putin. [indiscernible] >> that is correct. as it was when eisenhower. eisenhower. with my point about all of that is not for the president is wrong. he has come to the right place. the optics and style has been typical no-drama obama. calm and a lot of voters misread that as not answering the trumpet. that was part of the critique voters had for the president and why republicans were energized. >> i want to close by saying two things. -- nobody needs therapy or liquor. this may be the most civic-minded panel. if politics were more entertaining, turnout would be higher. i salute all three and invite you back here in november of 2016. thank you all so much. [applause] >> on the next washington obama's president intentions of using executive action on immigration policy. we discuss the items that remain on the agenda

gridlock in washington and i know that the way to do that is by putting our country first, above party, and above partisan divide, and actually getting things done that matter in people's's lives. i think it is different from david who, by his own account, has spent the majority of his career outsourcing jobs. and who, throughout the campaign, has perpetuated the gridlock. >> ms. swofford. >> as someone who has held local office, i have stood up and i have a principled record for voting for less government. absolutely, the re-election is on the line. i stood up for small businesses. i gave our citizens a lot of opportunity to have choices in the way that government services work and how to be delivered. i have done a lot of things and local government and i stay involved even after losing re-election. i take personal response body to step up and run for united states senate to give georgians a real choice for their next united states senator, instead of just complaining and not doing a lot of anything. i'm staying engaged and being responsible. >> okay, let's get to our next question. >> i

believe we should be working on the state level as we saw washington state and colorado in this last election passing laws. if we can make the members here comfortable -- they are petrified of the nra. please don't think that when the nra says something, they listen. we have to change that attitude. that there any other lobby has as much influence on other side of the aisle as the nra? >> not really. i worked with the nra. we did get a bill passed. we work together to get it passed. that is through funding. they get more funding through the courts to upgrade their computer systems. then there was some other gun groups out there that were going after the nra. they became very, very militant with their message again. they were scared. people thatot of earn a lot of money at the top of the nra. they get their money from the gun manufacturers. i don't understand what the government is not with us because gun safety should be one of their priorities. this was a signature issue for you but not the only issue you worked on during your time in congress. on the one hand, was a difficult reput

dividednd how a government can function. this is from today's washington journal. >> our topic can divided work?ment james coming out with a new book in march titled? >> american gridlock. about polarization here and throughout america. me share with you an article from the outlook section post. washington a pair phrase from the party of what.a party of now one of the points they make in the piece is that speaker boehner and senator mcconnell challenge with fringes within the caucus. themifficult is that for to govern within the g.o.p.? theyey had problems before were in the majority and now have to show how they can govern. attacked mcconnell for compromise. with theers have to be caucus and bring people together and it will be hard. onmay be a civil war going for awhile with the far right and those who want to get something done. >> does that help senator mcconnell, though, to have something he can refer to to say are he is out there but we trying to work with the main stay g.o.p.? >> what helped him was that a whole lot of republican senators got elected so he can sort of margin

>> this morning on the "washington journal", we asked viewers to weigh in. we want to know whether you think the president should move forward on his immigration plant. phone lines are open. 202 585-3880 for democrats. 202 585-3881 for republicans. 202 585-3882 for independents. are outside if you the us. you can also email us, use facebook and twitter. a very good saturday morning to you. here are the headlines today in wall street journal. immigration plan test president's reach. whether president use millions for deportation. of course, the details of that plan is not yet officially released, but some reports on that plan coming out this past week. in terms of what we know about the plan, here's what we know the research center -- their report from yesterday. it is supposed to affect already ts who have been living in the country for long period of time, and families in which the members are your citizens and others -- are us citizens, and others are not. it could include 3.5 million parents of us-born children who in the united states for five years or more. or 2.8 million pare

whe house. all presidents have issued executive orders since george washington, but no one has held congress and the constitution in such contempt that they feel like congress is irrelevant except when i need them to appropriate money or help them serve my purposes. but the president is going to take steps in the coming days that would send men and women like those i have mentioned who come playing by the rules, pursuing legal immigration to the united states, he's goingo basically tell those folks get to the back of the line. we are the most generous country in the world when it comes to naturalization. almost million people a year. but the president is going to tell the people who have been waiting patiently in line, playing by the rules, get in the back of the line. i'm going to put millions of people ahead of you in front of the line who hav not played by the rules. well, it's a sure way to send a messagto the rest of the world that our country does not enforce its own laws, which is an essential part of who we are, where everybody from the humblest to the most exalted in our co

working again, beginning washington, d.c., and the people's government working again for the american people. i also want to thank my colleagues for giving me the opportunity to continue as the chairman of the repugnant policy committee. we are committed to policies that will put americans back to work him a focus on jobs, the economy, affordable energy, affordable health care. there are many bills that a bipartisan way in the house significant numbers of democrats also on board. those are the things we will work to try to pass through the united states senate. we are for the message loud and clear from the voters, and that is that we have now been given an opportunity to help try to change the direction of the country. i believe that is not just an opportunity, but an obligation, and we are focused and committed to focus on the economy as well as getting people back to work, strengthening the middle class. >> joining in what my colleagues have said, there is a lot of work out there to be done. i am optimistic. we have the rules of the senate that allows us to do it, if you w

washington university. stories ially the behind constitutional law. this is my fourth year. i thought another one which is another set of readings. i really need a full-time job. forces does is that it read in different ways things that are important to me and that are helpful. reading richard wright aat this point of my life is quite different. >> when did you first read it? when i was 16. tly, eact quite differen and read it once again during my law school years. then i read it afterwards. it many times, but you see different from a different perspective. i read your to, book preparing for the day. some you have to get moving there. on to law move school, when we first ask you your time in yale school. know about some episodes, good or bad. you can tells if it was true if never raised your hand. >> sounds good. sses and some cla great professors. by a walked over first-year student, i had a good chance to talk to him on them ay over and asked about what courses he's taking. things have changed here. that some things to stay the same. he was a wonderful teacher. i am happy to hear he

said, if you turn the page on ugly partisanship in washington so we can bring democrats and republicans together to pass an agenda that works for the american people. well, bipartisanship doesn't just work when you have a democrat controlled senate and house, it works when you have a divided government. and now more than ever, we need the president to engage with us, work with us, so we can grow opportunity and grow jobs. he shouldn't poke his finger in the eye of the new congress with an immigration bill before we've had the opportunity to let the congress work its will. let's work together. let's fight together for the american people. i'm looking forward to the new congress and hopefully the president will extend his hand and we can join up and fight for he people. you have all these different options but do you think the idea of a decision is the best option to go because you can avoid that fight? >> there are a lot of options we're considering, we're talking to our members and when we have something to announce we'll let you know. >> but is there certain ways the bill w

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moses lake, washington. mr. lily recently shared his concerns with our senate staff members. quote, it was a question that came up. ammonium nitrate propellant, won't that blow up? said michael britain, a chemical engineer who worked with mr. lily at the moses lake plant. the answer was, not if it stays in the right phase. all right. now, in addition, the media reported various problems at the plant in hiroshi shimizu 2001. and secret air bag tests in 2004 2004, so why didn't taakata take action on any of these kind of concerns regarding the use of ammonium nitrate? >> let me briefly explain about aluminum nitrate. aluminum nitrate is, as i said at the beginning, advantage to use it and it's a benefit to the users also and users also. but it's because -- it's chemical properties. their sensitivity to moisture is well-known. at the moisture is not well -- if the moisture is , they don'ttrolled perform as designed. and because that may influence the combustion characteristic. and that's well known in the industry. but talking about phase of this thing, it's going to manage the alumin

talked about his career. he had spent 10 years at the "washington post." for the past 22 years he has been the editor of "the new yorker." he said, "new york times" has been the greatest competitor of my entire professional career. he said to charlie rose, i think nation's times" is the most important privately held institution. i thought about that. think about what you would lift as a treasurer, what is privately owned in the united states, and that is what is his assessment of the power of "new york times." wants to university thank our video -- are very generous sponsors who make these programs possible, to our friends at [indiscernible] harry'selmar hotel, to wines and liquors. magazine," andng the entire set of magazines throughout fairfield county. we are going to be joined by the chairman of the communication department. to set the stage, let's bring out another professor of communications, the deputy director, my assistant in ,elping to develop this series for our introduction to our guests. michael? [applause] >> in the late 1960's, one of the rallying cries for that era

that we have this debate without going into the character. and forth of ack washington, we have to remember that this debate is about something bigger. are as a who we country, and who we want to be for future generations. a nation that tolerates the hypocrisy of the system who pick our fruits never have a chance to get right with the law? or are we a nation to give them a chance for amends and take kids nsibility, give the are better future. are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of taking children from the parents arms, while we nation that values families and works to keep them together. are we a nation that educates in our t and brightest universities only persimmon and compete against us, or a nation that encourages them to stay and create industry and business here in america. that is what this debate is all about. we need more than politics when it comes to immigration. reason, thoughtful, compassionate debate the focus -- in our hopes, not our fears. limit or you why i have come to so strongly about this. the the past year as in dissemination of immigrant fathers who have

sides have staked out what they are not willing to give. this morning on "washington review the will meeting and talk about the futures of the democratic and republican par. we are opening up funds to our viewers to get your advice on how the president and incoming congress can work together. where do you see areas of compromise in which leaders are best positioned to find common ground? our phone lines are open. host: and if you are outside the u.s. you can also catch up with us on your favorite social media pages -- twitter, facebook, and @c-span.org. takes on the press conferences that have happened in the last couple days to on the republican press conferences, this is from the editorialy" board. "it was good news to hear mitch mcconnell say there would be no more government shutdowns and no more default on the national debt. there are ominous signs that the acrimony and still made that have marred most of the past six years will continue for divorce -- or get worse. conflict looms over the need to fix the broken immigration system. the other flashpoint is the gop declaration tha

"washington journal ," terry jeffrey discusses how republican leaders in congress should handle major policy issues including immigration and the affordable care act. of the progressive change committee outlines the upcoming progressive agenda in the upcoming congress. managermarine corps talks about president obama's deployment of marine corps. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. 7:00ngton journal, live at a.m. on c-span. during a speech in brisbane, australia president obama gave a speech about sharing ties. he also spoke about china and the recent bilateral agreement on climate change and advancing human rights. here is a portion. states willd continue to pursue a constructive relationship with china. by virtue of its size and remarkable growth, china will inevitably play a critical role in the future of this region and the question is what kind of role will it play. i just came from beijing. as i said there, the united states welcomes the continuing rise of a china that is peaceful, prosperous and plays a responsible role in world affairs. it is a remarkable ach

including one in washington. i don't know if there's a chapter member here. back there. and it's one of our best -- i think there are five or 700 people in the washington chapter. these are young professionals that want to think about getting involved in this work in one way or another. and acumen is just one channel for it. but to learn to know each other, to network, to start to understand how this works. then the chapter members said to us can't you give us some of the training you're giving to your fellows? so we started online courses about a year ago in leadership, social metrics, in moral imagination. a hundred thousand people are taking those courses this year. and so that's another way to go online, take these courses. you have to do meet ups. you start learning, getting educated. then i would say from that there are real opportunities to think about building your own social enterprise. getting involved in other social enterprises. obviously, financially supporting organizations like ours that do this kind of work. but i would say that even beyond that, in some ways particul

that whole story you can find on the new york times website -- i'm sorry, "the washington post" website. are going to continue on in our discussion on the economy, turning on black friday, to those that they have to work today, but also the have to work for minimum wage. workingtalk about those today, those affected by minimum wage, a discussion on that next with the eisenbrey economic policy institute and daniel mitchell of the cato institute. also, two federal investigations currently going on in light of the shooting death in ferguson, missouri. theill hear not only about investigation being done by the justice department, but also how they are conducted, what they do with evidence, what the end result might be when it comes to these types of investigations. our guest will be william employee, former doj has handled these matters before. first, i want to let you know about our "newsmakers" program. our guest is the usaid administrator. the status ofbout u.s. forces and efforts to fight ebola in west africa. here is a bit from that interview. usaid has the responsibility for

on that. caller: when you have people like washington and adams, it was considered improper to go out on the stump for yourself. to -- i heard a campaigning for himself for academy awards. that no one has captured for you in the modern presidential contests? caller: the only person i can think of right now that would even come close to that which -- would be mitch daniel at purdue. he is not an insider. he's got a history to be a good president. much more so than the current governor of indiana. host: what do you mean specifically? caller: his two good terms as governor of indiana. he was good when he was there. the values that we need to get back in the white house. host: that is john from houston, texas. you have heard some of his ideas. has other ideas as well. that is what we are asking you. another reason from the list in "usa today." the third is to make a point. they cite ralph nader who has run for president five times. what should motivate someone to run for president? tell us what you think. i'm going to vote for ted cruz if he runs. if he doesn't there are a couple of o

reception. i hear the food here is pretty good. [laughter] [applause] >> on the next "washington kevin coolman from the national federation of independent business outlines his organization would like to see from the republican-led year.congress next and the u.s. public interest research group will discuss to provideal efforts additional protection for who have had their personal information stolen through data breaches. take yourays, we'll calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live on c-span. pulitzer prize winning reporter and arthur james risen on how the u.s. government wastes billions of taxpayer dollars on the war on terror. really the only u.s. official who became -- really tried to investigate what to all the money that the united states sent to iraq. the -- there's different estimates. the roughlyion of $20 billion in iraqi money that united states sent back to iraq was unaccounted for. what stewart bowin's investigators found was that nearly $2 billion in cash, in hundred dollar bills cialtion , was stolenafter it was flo

. how will both the president's onstituents and folks in washington, as well as domestic forces inside iran treat this eal? how will they react? what will that -- how will that play out for those trying to have a deal at home? what does a nuclear agreement ean for the middle east? what does it mean for that challenges that confront the united states as well as iran? how will this deal impact those hallenges? finally, there is that economic component of the deal. this is one that isn't talked about very much in the .s.. what will a deal of potential sanctions and iran's reentry into energy markets, what will that mean for the united states economy? we know iran stands to benefit, but as you will see there is also significant benefits for the u.s. and the global economy. to discuss these issues, we have three of the best experts who can talk about these issues. far right we have dr. farsi. he is the author of two books. he will be discussing some of the political elements of these final negotiations. next we have suzanne imaggio. she has been involved in track two discussions involving i

young people to start chapters, there is one even in washington. there is five or 700 people in the washington chapter. these are young professionals who want to get involved in this work. activism is just one channel to do it. the chapter member said, can you not give us some of the training your giving to our fellows? we started doing it in leadership, social metrics __ 100,000 people are taking those courses this year. you go online, and you take those courses and start learning. there will be opportunities to building your own social enterprise. obviously, financially supporting organisations. in some ways what you do with this generation, there is almost an over reverence for the enterpreneur. you need new thinking. four people were ever they are to start training the way they define their own success, whether you're working for a corporation, in wall street or in a church. you should think, is my actions bring in more freedom and dignity to other people? when you start shifting in this way we can start creating more unconventional partnerships to make the change that the world

taylor from "the hill" newspaper, arun blake of "the washington post," and mary sabato from the university of virginia. today, decisions will be made on all 435 house seats. an estimated $4 billion spent on this campaign. much of that tilted toward senate races. republicans need succeeds to gain control of the senate. -- need six seats. website for more information. our first 45 minutes this morning, as we talk to you about elections on this election day, we want to hear from you about why you vote or why you don't vote. here's how you can let us know. if you want to tell us on social media about why you vote or our twitter page, facebook or send us an e-mail. we have front pages from some of these key senate races that many are watching. the lexington herald leader out of kentucky highlighting the race between mitch mcconnell and alison lundergan grimes. it highlights the $4 billion price tag. turning to the pages of louisiana's paper, highlighting mary landrieu and bill cassidy expected to go to a runoff. that race is the states most expensive ever. none of the three front run

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gentleman from washington state, mr. larson, for introducing this legislation. our nation's coasts and oceans provide a wealth of resources for the entire country and among these areas nowhere is nor valuable than estuaries. they are bodies of water that receive both fresh water from rivers and saltwater from the sea. this mix makes a unique environment that is extremely productive in terms of its ecosystem values. government studies have found that estuaries provide habitat for 75% of the u.s. commercial and 80% to 90% of the recreational fishing catches. perhaps the central problem in the protection and restoration of estuaries is that they ultimately lie downstream. everything that enters the smallest stream, tributary or headwater in a watershed eventually runs into a single outlet, impacting in some way all the biological elements of that ecosystem and all of the commerce that reinvolves around the estuary. -- reinvolves around the estuary. the -- revolves around the estuary. the first district of new york abutts two estuaries in the program. he long island sound and the petonic b

washington journal. report on how it can lead to wrongful convictions. we will hear from a former deputy attorney general. that is live at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> thank you for your comments about our programming. >> i would like to make a suggestion that instead of dividing the country between democrats, republicans, askpendents, c-span should the question and have callers either call and agree or disagree. this would save a lot of partisanship. the ideas get out there, not the political divisions. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. the best show i have seen. that is what we need. shows like youe had today. this was a great show. we need to have them explain what the policies are and how they differ. >> this week on "q&a," nonie darwish. founder and president of former muslims united and arabs for israel. she talks about her life story, growing up in egypt and gaza. life under sharia law and why she broke with islam. she addresses the consequences of leaving the religion. the current state of muslim countries ruled by sharia law in their relationships with the u.s. as

candidates. senator jeanne shaheen is serving her first term in washington, also a former governor. she will be facing republican challenger scott brown. he's a former senator and served 35 years in the national guard. we have asked our audience to hold our of foster the debate -- to hold their laws during the debate except for right now. please welcome our candidates. [applause] >> we do want to knowledge the death of the former boston mayor, someone who was well-known throughout new england. he passed earlier today and condolences coming in from across the region and the white house. here are the guidelines for tonight's debate. we will out 32nd rebuttals as needed and offer follow-ups. 30-second have rebuttals as needed and offer follow-ups. there will be one round of candidate to candidate question and maybe a question or two will come against our voters. with all the introductions now under the way, let's go to george stephanopoulos. >> the first question comes to you, what is the greatest threat facing america today and what can you do as senator specifically to address it? >> the grea

programming. here are some we received about "washington journal to. is actually wonderful. very informative. i appreciate you letting people such as myself actually call-in and sometimes even talk to people who are running our country and our world. make auld like to suggestion bad instead of dividing the country between democrats, republicans, independents, c-span should ask the question and have callers either call and agree or disagree. this would save a lot of partisanship. let the ideas get out there, not the political divisions. thank you, thank you, thank you. >> this morning, today was the best show i have seen. that is what we need. these have more shows like today. having a democrat and a republican on there so people can ask them quest

on c-span, "washington journal"'s next. at 2 pm, the u.s. house from the first time -- for the first time since the midterm elections. will debate several bills, including one which would allow former and current us presidents to continue to restrict access to certain records.

service members. in addition to that the washington times reports this morning that general dempsey and iraqi prime minister alabadie have met but there were no details on what the two discussed. general dempsey's trip comes just a few days after he and defense secretary chuck hagel testified at a congressional hearing about the u.s. strategy for combating isis. it was at that hearing that general dempsey said operations could potentially include

"washington journal," how republican leaders in congress should handle major policy issues including immigration and the affordable care act. adam green outlines the legislative agenda of progressive groups in the lame duck congress and the upcoming 114th congress. and retired marine corps major conable double -- ben talks about u.s. forces training iraqi and kurdish forces. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. the supreme court recently heard oral arguments in a case questioning whether a law passed by congress in 2002 file it's the constitutional functions of the presidency in foreign affairs. the case, deals with the bornort of a u.s. passport in jerusalem and whether israel can be designated as his birthplace. this is one hour. >> we'll hear argument first in case 13628, zivotofsky v. kerry. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court. how an american is identified in his or her passport or u.s. consular birth abroad, including the place of birth designation does not amount to formal recognition by the united states of that designated location's sovereign

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thank the american people for sending a signal in this last election that they want we in washington, d.c., to work together to accomplish commonsense legislation that will create jobs for families which are struggling now, but because of legislation like this, will have more opportunity and a better future. this is a perfect example of what the american people have asked us to do. i encourage my colleagues to join me in approving the keystone x.l. pipeline, to finally provide 40,000 promised jobs to the american people. thank you, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. waxman: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. waxman: today we are voting once again to grant special treatment to transcanada's keystone x.l. pipeline. this is the third time this congress and the eighth time since the republicans took control of the hou

substandard wages. host: we are just about out of time. "washington journal" is available every day. the u.s. house gaveling in that. live coverage on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. dear god we give you thanks for giving us another day. we ask your special blessing upon the members of this people's house. they face difficult decisions in difficult times with many forces and interests demanding their attention. we are grateful, o god, that you have given to them the goals of justice and the designs of freedom. remind each member that it is their work to develop the strategies and plans of achieving those goals and designs being mindful of the prompting of your spirit. you have given to each of them and to us all the ability to do good works so we pray that we will be faith nul our tasks, responsible in our actions, and fervent in our desire to serve. bless us all, o god, this day and every day to come and may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. th

"washington journal." 1:30, attend a ground breaking ceremony of the new diplomacy center in washington with former secretaries of state. justicesme court alitoce thomas, samuel and sotomayor. go tor complete schedule, c-span.org. ideast, from chicago week, a group of education researchers from around the ofntry discuss the future education and alternatives to traditional teaching. minutes.0 >> thank you. the end of school! that's so cool to say. thatt you guys to have experience, too. so i'll say it and you say it back to me. how's this. the end of school! think about all the songs school.by the end of aptly named "the end of school" because when i think about school, i think containsuilding that all of the information, all of the knowledge and you go there, you get what you need, and then you leave. whereas education really means to lead an individual out. school where you have to go and get all the somewhere elsego andhe idea of education leading yourself, and oneself out. there was a gentleman here this our who is featured in future global leaders summit yesterday, and his name is emerso

taking your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. >> president obama plans to new york-based federal prosecutor loretta lynch as the successor to the attorney general eric holder. you can look for that announcement live on c-span at 11:10 am today. president obama also sending 1500 additional troops to iraq. -- itical reporting that he calls isis al qaeda plus. turning to the economy, unemployment now stands at 5.8% and there are signs of job growth. president obama just a yesterday in our first weekend minutes. to get your thoughts on who should get credit for the improving job numbers. again, 5.8% is that number. 202 585-3880 for democrats. 202 585-3881 for republicans. 202 585-3882 for independents. if you want to share your thoughts on who should get the the current unemployment picture on our social media sites. us an email.o send if you look at the current figure, like we said, 5.8% is the current estimated figure 4 number of jobs added was at 214,000 jobs. if you and the unemployment rate, it stands at 5.1% for men, 5.4%

, where are you from? >> washington, d.c.. where i was born several years ago. >> what was your inspiration when you first left home? >> we had an officer in the police department here. who an all-american football and basketball player. see -- i was interested in basketball. i idolized that gentleman. after my father, he was the greatest man i knew. he joined the teske airmen -- tuskegee airmen shortly after the war started. he was killed in an airplane accident in michigan. inspiration. i was just 15 years old when the war started. by the time i turned 17, i had decided i didn't want to go to the navy. i went to the bus station where they recruited. in the army. with the permission of my mother, i asked if i could go into the army air corps. they give me a test. apparently, i passed it. to my mother's surprise. went off to bullying field -- bowling field to take the tests. i was sworn in the army air corps reserves. may of 1945, i was sworn into the army air corps because i had march.18 in tests.more passed and was i armyto teske -- tuskegee airfield. i stayed there until may

it. i wanted to take that sentiment to washington. i wanted to be a strong supporter of what hud was trying to do, they were creating housing for people. seea democrat, but i also waste in government. , i wantedn issue congress to have the power to veto regulations of the bureaucracy. i did not want to be told by my elected official, well, we cannot do anything about it here in congress, go to some federal agency in chicago or someplace. i did not want to be told that. i wanted my elected official to be accountable to me. as a citizen of detroit and as an elected official of detroit, that is something i felt very keenly about. i wanted to take this spirit to washington. what isd to preserve really good and important about government. the opportunities, the education healthnfrastructure, the care, which the research on do,ases, which it alone can if we want to preserve all of that, we have to take care of the wasteful part of it -- the part that is frustrating to people because it is at times seems so distant and rigid. we are a one size fits all approach that is often taken by go

of what this is all about. this is an author by the name of tim carney. he is with the "washington examiner." he's done a great job attacking the issue of cronyism and special-interest influence. but i would part company with him on how he describes a buddy -- describes it. he wrote a whole book called the big rip off and here's one of the things he has to say about cronyism. the idea he is attacking is the myth according to him that this is big business is opposed to regulation. what he says is the truth is that big business lobbies for and profits from big government policies that rip off consumers, taxpayers and entrepreneurs. moreover, government is happy to comply. i think this is a fairly typical view. here's another one from national review. this is how cronyism works. the company wants a special privilege from the government in exchange for political support in future elections. if the company is wealthy enough or backed by powerful enough interest groups the company will get it way and politicians will get another private sector ally. this is a quid pro quo or a trade goin

officer in washington, d.c., and friend and i, it was on memorial day weekend, very important. and we didn't have computers. very important. it was on memorial day weekend. paulo on friday afternoon, xavier kelley became a munes marine, to be picked up later and moved later. down on cape cod with my good friend and we had a little bit of a good weekend, celebrating our new enlistment in the marine corps and when i went home, my sister was waiting for me and she screamed at me, where have you been? and i said none of your damned business. and she said, listen, dummy, you have been the recipient of a to four-year scholarship any catholic college in america. and i said, oh, shit. i said i just signed up in the marine corps. [laughter] >> it's now monday. and paul xavier kelley is sitting on the doorstep of the recruiting office. and the recruiting officer said what's your business? i tried to explain. but the recruiting officer walked by and wade, what do you want? i said, remember, no computers, so my record was still there in the recruiting office. so i explained my problem. and he

heard a lot discussion about dysfunction. and washington, i think there are a lot of people who think have a st because you divided government it doesn't mean that you don't accomplish anything. earlier today, i got a call from the president -- also reid and the ted cruz, too -- which i thought you would be interested in. think, have the view that i think we all ought to see the areas of agreement. i always like to remind people that a divided government is not unusual in this country. we have had it frequently. i think even maybe more often since world war ii. when the american people choose to buy the government, i do not think it means that they do not want us to do anything. i think it means they want us for areas of agreement. house and ver had the eight years -- i can think of fairly t four significant things done. social security for generation, they did the last comprehensive tax reform. bill clinton and the did well for reform, so i think we ought to start with the view that maybe there are some things we can agree on to make progress in the country. institutional point of vi

♪ ♪ >> next, some people from the washington ideas for him. see thether chance to funeral for ben bradlee. continues oferage the race between michelle nunn and david purdue. >> i am michelle nunn and i approve this message. >> -- i have to wonder every time we invest in georgia workers, they can compete with anyone in the world. i don't you can be proud having sent american jobs overseas. >> david purdue helped create and save thousands of jobs here in america. we want to know where she is on jobs, education, national security. >> she supports president obama's agenda. we don't need more bad policy from washington. we need a new direction. >> that is david purdue. >> i'm david purdue and i approve this message. >> i michelle nunn and i approve this message. purdue is defending his position in a new report. >> he spent most of >> dear attorney asks if you can describe your experience with outsourcing. >> i am proud of it. >> he is not for you. >> in her campaign plan, she admits she is too liberal and her foundation gave money to organizations linked to terrorist. she needed to foo

join the conversation. "washington journal" is next. ♪ monday morning is november 10th. both chambers return. in the s taking part asia-pacific summit. before leaving washington. he would double the cruise in iraq. talk about g we will the escalating fight against the extremist group islamic state. you can talk about how you is nk the fight against isis going, give call it a republican or democrat line you can also cut up with us in all your favourite social media like twitter, facebook or emails. monday morning to you. he talked about this new us troop deployment. what hasn't changed is our troops are not engaged in combat. taking for we are training centres with coalition members. it will allow us to bring in iraqi recruits. given them proper training, proper equipment and happening with logistics. close air ovide support , once they close in on what will not do is have our troops fighting. "always knock back any threat. then when we leave that threat comes back. shall we respect more troops will be needed? as commander-in-chief. i will never say never. fewer actually see t

times like the guardian and washington post and they will hold on to those documents and it may be one day report them and it may be one day they won't. but what we are doing is, we want to put the story ahead of our own competitive interests our proprietary interests over the documents so we have created a system in new york that is almost ready where journalists from around the world are going to be able to come and work with the archive so that we substantially maximize the number of journalists who are able to work with it, find stories and do reporting. we think that will expedite the reporting process by letting media outlets have at it and we think it will make the reporting a lot better as well. >> just so people can visualize this, this is like a human size mini frig where peek cannot download files, but it's line a library where journalists can vet the files. >> yes. >> this will be debued soon? >> pardon? >> this is almost ready, you say? >> almost ready, correct. >> ok. the word burden comes up a lot. i can't imagine how your life must have changed and incredible pressu

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. it has been republished twice by the washington post and i had the great joy last night of having other people of bush it from a breakfast i had yesterday morning. it did not take long for veterans to realize what i number was or what my e-mail address was, but you know what? i did this on purpose for a single reason. i was trying to communicate to veterans how we care for them. i want them calling me. i want them texting me. i will try to solve their problems. i have had about 900 calls or text and so far we have been able to work through about 30 of them. [laughter] let me restate that. 30 to a positive conclusion. not 30 that is all we have dealt with. we deal with them within weeks of when we get them. have had a positive conclusion, i cannot tell you how rewarding it is to get the callback, which often comes -- say i have been struggling with this for months, thank you for helping me or a homeless person saying i qualify for disability benefits. i got my first check and i'm no longer homeless will stop this makes all of our jobs at the v.a. tremendously rewarding. all of oure

. ads will be running on tuesday. n a lot until the washington post took a look at spending saying that total clinical spending will reach a $2.4 billion, up 100 million from four years ago according to estimates from the kantar media research firm. the delusion of political ads driven largely by super pacs and other independent groups seeking to shape the hard-fought battle of the u.s. senate. while the volume of spots for houston governors this is down. bloomberg morning had a store looking at at ads as ooking well. it is north carolina's leading the race followed by in iowa, colorado, kentucky, and louisiana, all watched at are highly and highly contested.one of the are gs we want to look at run. ds that are being they are being collected on our campaign 2014 website. you can also watch debates and find a lot of information. here's the ad from new hampshire in the race for the senate. this is brown's final campaign current sen. izes jeanne shaheen for voting with the president. is at a ation is ssroads. the economy new l not creating enough jobs. and yet jeanne shaheen continues