the grand jury decision. on the next washington journal, ll discuss the resignation of secretary hagel. lghman will join us. 8:45 a.m., billy sure will join us with hunger in america. and then we will discuss the shooting death of michael brown. washington journal errors every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern -- day at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. petri fromive tom wisconsin retired and talked about his time in washington. congressman tom petri, you have been in the congress since 1979 and now you are retiring. what has it been like? >> i think it was a good run. i'm in transition now and i am told not to use the retirement word but the transition word. you be staying in washington or are you going back to wisconsin? >> i am hoping to do both. my wife is from indiana, but she has a job here, so she goes back and forth as she can. i am going to keep the family together with the little time here. what do you think you are going to miss most about your time in congress? meeting people from all walks of life and working with people from different organizations and trying to help people in organizations

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

. >> thank you. [applause] >> that was good thank you. more now from the washington ideas forum. senators,on with delaware governor, and maryland congressman. this is 25 minutes. [applause] >> we are less than a week away from the election which makes me very happy. maybe makes a lot of people on this couch happy. i feel like we're at the point right now where it's a little bit before christmas and the presents are under the tree and i spend a whole lot of my day shaking those presents with bows on them saying things, iowa senate and colorado governor, wondering what is inside. but i'm going to take us a little bit away from the present piece of this and what is going to happen on wednesday and look sort of a little bit beyond that as well. and we talk a lot about, hear a lot about these numbers getting thrown around. prognosticators talking about these models that they have. that there is a 68% or 62% chance or 73% chance of the senate taking over, first question i want to throw to you all is a different number and that is the number of 68%. that is the percentage of people who

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

us on "washington journal" the 2014to discuss election results and how republicans should govern in the congress. that's life at 8:30a.m. eastern c-span. >> the c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. weekend we partnered with charter communications for a visit to madison, wisconsin. >> tariffs work for everyone. is a glorious service, this service for the country. call comes to every citizen. unending struggle to make if you want a speaker for your group he would give a speech. he won't to county fairs. he went to every kinet of event that you can imagine and built a reputation for himself. 1900, he was ready to run for governor, advocating on behalf of the people. and he had two issues. one, the direct primary. o more selecting candidates at convention. two, stop the interests. specifically the railroads. >> watch all of our events saturday at noon eastern. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american people history tv on c-span-3. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions

, they made him famous throughout the country and convinced of the leadership in washington he could actually fight and win. so he was given command of the army in new orleans and defeated the british there in 1815. andrew jackson is a controversial figure for many reasons. he did all sorts of new sorts of policies in all aspects of government. one outcome of his experiences during the creek war was his determination to see indian removal finally occur in the eastern united states. a lot of people like george washington had tried to formulate a policy of assimilation where indians could become americans, in their sense of the word, and stay where they were located. the american indians had populations in the tens of thousands. the american government was under pressure by settlers to take the land one way or another. so jackson was excited when he heard the news of fort mims and saw this as an opportunity to take land from the creek's and negotiated the treaty of fort jackson. that took 21,000,000 acres from the creek nation. 20 years later when he became president, he was able to pu

intent to influence and shape the discussion in washington. well, that's something we should report on. >> a quick followup on that. >> can you hold on and use the mic so we can hear you? >> the off-the-record -- [inaudible] >> i think there are different interpretations. i think if you're involved in those things you should clarify from the beginning how that is intended because i, you know, we've had that happen where i think one of my colleagues saw some people going in for an off-the-record report or the fact of it got reemed out by the white house and so forth that the very idea it was off the record, you know what? i just think it's the president of the united states. what he does is not off the record. especially when he is talking about war and peace, things of great interest and importance to the public. it is our job to find out what he is doing and saying and who with and, you know. >> did anyone else have a question? >> i do. >> can we go to alexis and then come to you? >> [inaudible] in the experience of all the administrations -- can you offer the younger reporters goo

pentagon's response to ebola. the historian on president in wartime. washington journal begins live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this thanksgiving weekend we continue our book tv and american history programming. eig on the history of the birth control pill. then bill nye the science guy on why he thinks the teaching of evolution and creation is not only wrong but dangerous. then george washington and benedict arnold. sunday afternoon at 4:00, gloves of american life between 1914 two -- a glimpse of american life between 1914 and 1930. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. collis, e-mail us, or send us a us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> president obama participated ritual ofnksgiving pardoning two turkeys. this year's birds came from ohio. the father is joined by sasha and malia in the white house grand foyer. >> good afternoon, everybody. please have a seat. do this outside. the weather is not cooperating today. on behalffirst of all of malia and sasha wish giving --a happy eggs thanksgiving. today i am takin

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

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

next washington journal, william gelston and the brookings institution lays out a two-year year plan to end washington gridlock. bonnie glaser previews the president's participation in the u.s.-china summit. we talk about jeff faust's therts as part of commercial space companies summit. >> monday night on the communicators, professor at the university of serving a law school and director of its center for technology, innovation, and competition. >> the people who propose looktization should take a at the magic that makes the internet work. classes, pipe, service high-bandwidth services, low latency services. people think that is an old artifact. internet,designed the they not only kept that field, they included a label field. if you look at the engineering design they suggest that this was never intended. i think a little engineering knowledge goes a long way. it is a design feature of the network from the beginning. they're using it today to deliver voice services. true, complete vips to based services called lte. a lot of video in other things. >> monday night at eight eastern on t

in washington than mitch mcconnell. my sense of things not being there, this comes from conversation, mitch has very carefully, very methodically, very much under the radar isolated ted cruz. he is kind of sealed him off like the body puts a sack around some foreign manner. the tea party caucus was formed that was going to be so powerful, we heard about that in utah when mike lee was elected and he said, oh, you're not going to be will to do anything. he said, i'm going to have -- we're are going to take over. by the time they got through, it was ted cruz and jim demint. and jim demint left and rand paul didn't join, marco rubio didn't join, and all of these other people. well, maybe we will stay away from this. and mcconnell, i do know some specifics of people who publicly they're saying, he will not be for mcconnell and i know privately that they have had the conversation and now there with mcconnell. and crews will look around and there will not be that many people with him. mcconnell can deal with this. >> we are couple of minutes away from q and a section. there are microphones

for the washington examiner. let star in the senate and the senate and they plan to take up a bill on tuesday on the keystone xl pipeline. six hours of debate scheduled. the democrats from louisiana, why are they taking this up now? how does this tie and her reelection? between is a battle now sitting lawmakers. one in the house, one in the senate. one is a republican in the house. marye senate we have landrieu. they had an election on november 4. there was not a prevailing candidate with 50%. there has to be a runoff election. that is scheduled for december 6. each lawmaker is trying to show voters what kind of impact or influence they have on capitol hill. the best way to do that is to push a vote on the keystone xl project. it is essentially a pipeline from the oil sands. that will eventually extend all the way to the gulf coast where there are oil refineries in louisiana. they promised job growth, a boost to the economy, and oil refinery. both lawmakers want to look like they are the ones who are one to bring this project to life. today in the house there was a vote on the keys

the law. nationally, meanwhile, comprehensive immigration reform has stalled in washington, as dreamers and other advocates are pressing congress for an overhaul that would create a formal path to citizenship for young people who came here as children. dreamers have become an influential political voice, appearing on the cover of time magazine and playing a key role in shaping immigration policy. gabby, i'd like to start with you, if i could. >> sure. >> who are the dreamers, and how many are there in the united states? >> so there are about 2.1 million dreamers who came to the united states when they were children. they are usually categorized as people who came to the united states before the age of 16. and we have seen different d.r.e.a.m. act legislation. so the majority of the students do follow that criteria. these are students that have gone through our public school systems. these are students that identify with the american culture, that categorize themselves as americans, and seek the opportunity to be able to one day be able to get a green card and hopefully, after f

good day. >> on the next "washington journal" christian science monitor correspondent and the wall street journal editor examine the political and legislative future of president obama's immigration proposals. washington from the institute for near east policy has the -- you guessed from the washington institute for near east policy has the latest on nuclear negotiations. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] was no.nswer >> thank you, mr. speaker. from wisconsin, that was good part of the story. >> my good friend from california. >> sponsored by my good friend from colorado. british lineage. it comes from parliament, hundreds of years ago. if you have ever seen the proceedings of the house of commons, they say the right honorable gentleman. it has a similar meaning, a thinly veiled approach to try to be polite to someone you don't really care for. in the house of represe

another chance to its -- see a discussion about order security. >> on the next washington journal, colbert king discusses president obama's remaining two years in office and the clinical debate between the parties. halperhelper -- discusses the next steps on immigration and the economy. victoria looks at the overall health of the labor market. and youtake your calls can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. winning reporter on how the u.s. government waste billions of taxpayer dollars on the war on terror. >> he was the only u.s. trycials that he came, that to investigate to the money the u.s. sent to iraq. there are just -- different estimates. $11 billion of the roughly $20 billion that they sent to iraq was unaccounted for. what the investigators found was nearly 2 billion in cash, in $100 bills, was stolen after it was flown from anders air force base to baghdad by powerful iraqis. it was being hidden in a book or -- bunker in rural lebanon. q&a.nday night on c-span's it -- ann. whod, recently retired as white ho

field. give us perspective from the justice, what is it that goes on in washington that canceled port in this part of the effort? >> it is a real honor to be here. i want to be clear for a moment, in a room like this, these decisions seem extraordinarily obvious, which is that of course we need to identify and reduce mass incarceration and has been of the attorney general that is making progress and moving them forward. but you have to take a step back. by ken, i grew up a few decades before him. i grew up in new york city. at a time when crime was at its highest. when people in the city were credibly -- were incredibly aggressive and people wanted those who are in jail should be in jail for a long amount of time. as the crime rate goes up in the united states, very quickly i believe people will say we need sentences higher and people need to be incarcerated. during the crash course in manhattan and the like we saw an enormous push for that with and the rockefeller federal sentencing reflected that. next couple for the of decades, you saw in an the federalrity in government between th

see here in washington, d.c. my understanding is that we will see a lot more out of them on the national level in the few months. i think we can expect a lot there. we will get the word out. i will also say that we go back to the point of that there are millions of people who did not enroll in the first enrollment. there is a massive campaign to get the word out. if that is the case, if they did not know what was available to them then, they need to be thinking about ways to communicate to them. we found that more often than not that that is happening on the local level. it is not about a big national campaign. a presence building in communities, getting trusted voices out there, partnering with local tv stations. that is something that is harder to track at the national level. that is how we reach the consumers that need this information and to take the steps to enroll. >> one of the issues that does seem to be coming up as people who even if they do find out about the tax credits that are available, they are finding that it is out of reach for them. they are somewhere in betwe

bargain. with the deficit having fallen since the peak in 2009 and washington mired in gridlock, some suggested it is time to move on from the budget debate. deficits are going to rise. whether they like it or not the face a numberwill that demand actions action. those of you in the audience who work here on capital hill will these into opportunities to enact more spending policies. those of you who choose to leadership mantle of on importantish eyes are here to assist you. previously mark also served as of the tant director 2011 and 20113 months at analyst known as reduction the super committee. next we have steve bell who director of ior economic policy. on the that steve worked staff of senator pete and budget 1981 to 1986 and last but not least we have bob, he executive tkroebgter of the concord coalition. he served a member of the debt force, also no one as the commission who pro a solution for addressing the fiscal challenges. with that i'll pose the first panel and each of the panel will have ten minutes to answer and open it up for questions. what do you is, see as the m

been to washington on a school trip got sucked in because of what republicans are doing to democrats in washington. good question. >> a pollster talked about how hard it is for party to win the white house three times in a row. how do you see the atmosphere in 2016, given with obamas unpopularity, on the other hand the demographic advantages the democrats seem to have been residential years. >> that we throw out a couple of things. you are absolutely right. five times since the end of world war ii a party has had the white house for two consecutive terms. president reagan's approval ratings back in 1988 were very good. democrats in their infinite wisdom nominated michael dukakis, and the rest is history. for 2016, there are couple of things we don't know. history argues that republicans ought to win the presidency in 2016. but the big question is, will they have repaired their brand? will they have repaired some their problems with minority voters, young voters, women voters, self-described moderate voters? i would argue that some of those groups just basically stayed home. it will b

] the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. november 18, 2014. i hereby appoint the honorable diane black to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the 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 . each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and majority whip -- minority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. lumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, madam speaker. today is rural toillet day. the concept make children giggle, some adults blush, and others want to change the subject. but the title is designed to address this serious subject directly. no one can afford to be squeamish, make jokes, or

counselor here in washington at the european union and for the last decade or so he has been the chief policy analyst in the office of the commissioner of agriculture and european commission. we are looking forward to these next events in the series. we are already working the schedule for the spring semester from the beginning of february until may. thanks to all of you for coming today and join me in thanking secretary glickman. [applause] >> on the next washington journal, we will talk about what to expect in the final days withng up to election day abby livingston of rollcall and paul singer of usa today. also a look at how candidates are obtaining voter information and using it to encourage turnout. michael beach and jim walsh will join us. we will take your phone calls and comments on facebook and twitter. it begins live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. throughout campaign 2014, c-span has brought you more than 130 candidate debates from across the country in races that will determine control of the next congress. this tuesday night, watched c-span's live election night coverage to s

change in washington. may,t to an event back in and i opened the door, and a woman who looked like she was in her 80's said, you are in the senate? and i said, yes ma'am. she said, have you ever run for office before? and i said, no ma'am. and she said, well i will vote for you. and that is what you want for the state. not a rubberstamp for barack obama. chance why he wants her in the senate as his proxy. of georgiahe people deserve better, and in georgia the name of those failed policies, again, is michelle nunn. >> can i get a rebuttal to that? purdue, forgive me, but i don't believe you. i am the true outsider in this race, and i don't have any political it -- a local connections, and i am the true outsider. we have to move on, or can i answer that? >> you can answer that. to be partery proud of the republican party, and many people have said it the message is resonating them. -- resonating with them. i want to talk about michelle nunn, though. two and ais killing half million jobs, and he has loaded up $7 trillion of more debt with nothing to show for it on the jobs front. we have

commenths on washington journal." members were looking at the international response and the need for trained health care workers. witnesses included representatives from several organizations including international medical corps and africare. this is about an hour-and-a-half. of the ebola virus, or more commonly called just ebola, since it first appeared in a remote region near the democratic republic of congo in 1976. in previous outbreaks, ebola has been confined to rural areas in which there was little contact outside the villages of which it appeared. unfortunately, this outbreak now an epidemic spread from village to an international center for regional trade, and spread into urban areas in guinea, sierra leone and liberia, that are crowded with limited medical services, and limited resident trust much government. the unprecedented west african ebola epidemic has not only killed more than 5,000 people, with more than 14,000 others known to be affected. this situation has skewed the planning for how to deal with the outbreak. in our two previous hearings on the ebola epidemic, a

-- you know, you can issue policy statements from washington, but the field has to be clear about what it is that is expected of them. d so i'm committed to making sure that whatever we do is properly explained to the work force, people in the field, people in the field may not always agree with our policies, but in my judgment, if they understand them and they feel as though their views have been heard and reflected in some way, that presents a good equation for success in the implementation of it. so working with -- working in the department of defense, which is, you know, a very, very large organization of three million people, in my experience, if you properly educate and train the work force on the policies that you want to bring about, they have greater chance for success and implementation in a way that seems to be reflected in the policy statements. and so that is a priority for me. i think that the morton memo, the march morton memo that you user to, march, 2011, could some additional clarity. and i know that the i.c.e. leadership agrees with that. >> so we should expect that.

of the king, what the new york times said about him and "the washington post" said about him, it is embarrassing and shameful. all of these years later to read what these publications said. every major newspaper came after him the next day. the media turns to him first and then the white house. he and johnson work together. the white house turned on him. and white america had turned on him. 75% of the american people thought he was irrelevant in the last year of his life. inside a black america, almost 60% of black people thought he was person non grata. the last year of his life, the media turns on him among the white house, white folks, black folk, the naacp came out publicly against him. the urban league came out against him. powell junior blasted him publicly. ralph, the only black nobel laureate comes out publicly against him. he is on the board of the naacp. the naacp passed a resolution to condemn dr. king. ralph saw it before it went out and he toughened the language. it was not tough enough for him against dr. king. he is even tougher on dr. king. a nobel laureate like dr.

with verna jones executive female director of the american legion. the headline in "the washington ost" - what challenges to military omen face? guest: a veteran is a veteran but sometimes there is a bit of a difference. there was talk about women having an official combat role but the truth is that women have always been in combat. even in the first world war, women saw things they will never forget and weren't places that were very dangerous so women have always had combat roles. we talk about military sexual trauma which is not limited just to women. it largely affects women but women veterans face challenges every day and i think people need to be aware of them and make sure that there are more resources focused and more awareness about the woman soldier and veteran. host: as we mark veterans day on "washington journal" our cameras live on the what -- national mall bringing to you several pictures of all the different memorials. there is the world war ii and the veterans memorial -- the vietnam memorial. we will continue to show you what washington looks like today on this vete

on twitter or facebook. ♪ monday before thanksgiving. good morning. welcome to "washington journal." we will see a deadline in the enough for the iranian nuclear talks. in grand jury meeting ferguson, missouri on possible charges. some of thes on continuing fallout from the announcement by president obama on immigration last week, focusing on the border patrol. a boston editorial calling on the border patrol to clean up and not get more funding. we will get more in depth on that. a question this morning is about the border patrol -- does it need more funding or more from congress? here are the numbers. democrats, (202) 585-3880. republicans, (202) 585-3881. 585-3882. s, (202) we also set a side a line for border state residents, (202) 585-3883. us by want to reach social media, you can do that on twitter. .ur handle is cspanwj facebook, facebook.com /c-span. get to the editorial from the boston globe. it is on border patrol. responsibility as the changes of immigration policy take-home, the headline is the border patrol needs to clean up, not more funding. they write that the ebola

"washington journal" matthew mitchell of george mason university looks at the history of a congressional lame duck session and what might get passed before the 114th congress begins in january and then verna jones discusses veterans' issues including employment and access to healthcare. washington journal live at 7:00 .m. eastern on c-span. >> congress returns to capitol hill this week, both the house and senate back on wednesday at 2:00 eastern time. the house is scheduled to debate 10 bills including the presidential records act which will allow current and former presidents to continue to restrict access to reportses of their time in the white house. orientation this week for new members. and the senate votes expected on judicial nominations and child dedicated grants. watch the house live here on c-span and the senate live on c-span 2. >> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. we partner with charter communications for a visit to madison, wisconsin. >> it is a glor

of don adams, right? i went and watched your withdrawal speech at the washington-based college for the deaf. that was a good launching pad into your focus on the disabled. would you tell us about your interest in that? >> it started with my brother, who was deaf. i saw how he was discriminated against for a lifetime. i thought, if i could ever get in a position to do something about it. well, i did. i got into congress, later in the senate. my first work in the house was -- my thought on disability was on deafness. that is what i was focused on. so i was involved in closed captioning and of setting up the -- and setting up the national captioning institute in virginia to caption pre-recorded tv programs. jennings randolph and i, the senator from west virginia and i, set up the first decoder box for jimmy carter in the white house. later, that led me, by the way, this was one of the things that not many people know about, but they know about my sponsorship of the americans with disabilities act. but before that, i did something else. i got a bill through called the television decode

information center in washington, d.c. the chaplain: heavenly father, ord of life and death, in this season as days grow dark and cold, as leaves fall in the sad autumn twilight, some recall that souls fall each day into eternity and one day the falling leaf will be ours. for here we have no lasting city but seek the one which is to come. the true measure of the present is life's end. it excites or exaser baits in the moment, diminishes in eternity and conversely these things that seem minute in the presence, an act of kindness, a small smile, are the grains of sand that accumulate and into eternity that become a mountain or monument of grace. help us, heavenly father, never to lose sight of life's end, never to overlook those grains of sand but rather collect them for eternity's hour. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson. mr. t

supreme court read aloud by a history tour of native americans. coming up on the next "washington journal," the impact of raising the minimum wage on the federal and state levels with ross and dan mitchell. then william yeomans on the role of the federal government in the civil rights and the ferguson this is an. -- ferguson decision. all on "washington journal." >> this thanksgiving weekend, we continue our afford a book tv and american history tv -- our four day book tv in american history tv programming. g onaturday, jonathan ei the history of the birth control bell. on sunday, bill nye the science guy on why the teaching of creationism is not only wrong but also dangerous. the new george washington and benedict on old on saturday. -- and then george washington and benedict arnold on saturday. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching . call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. conversationan thread like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> after more than 35 years in congress, virginia representative frank wolf is retiring. prior to congress, he served a

. i've had several here and encourage and in washington dc. >> we will allow some time for candidates to ask questions of each other. you will have one minute to respond. the person who is asking the question what have 30 seconds for a rebuttal. we will start with mark. >> as a member of the appropriations committee, i know you are concerned about federal spending, do you support an advanced appropriations? >> can you repeat the question? >> you support advanced appropriation bills or processes for federal agencies? >> what i support is the funding. i have talked to many communities in rural alaska. the process of the continuing resolution is no way to run a government. it is no way to help with regard to entities, whether it is clinics, agencies, schools, to get consistent funding. one of the things that i have been critical on in terms of the last few years, particularly the last six years that you have been senator, there have been only two budgets passed in six years. what i am for is a budget process where the senate undertakes its constitutional duty to pass a budget, which is what

what to do next. in difficult times, the american people expect real leadership from washington. what they don't need is more unworkable ideas and that often make the problem worse. thatn't need a health law cancels policies and too often makes health care even less affordable for you and your family. they don't need a failed stimulus that plunges us trillion dollars deeper into debt. they don't need an ideological war on coal that friends not to meaningfully improve the environment but increase the squeeze on that a class families. it is no wonder that nearly seven in 10 americans believe our country is headed seriously off track. or that so many of the middle class c a government in washington the works for itself and not for them. president obama and his democratic party have held power in washington for almost six years now. for a long time, they were able to enact nearly anything they wanted. obamacare, the stimulus, higher taxes, more complex regulations, record levels of debt. they got the chance to pass everything their ideologically would allow. six years on, their poli

policies from washington. we need a new direction. >> i approve this message. >> i approve this message. hisavid purdue is defending career. >> and he acknowledged that he spent most of his career moving u.s. jobs overseas. >> can you describe your experience with outsourcing? >> i've spent most of my career doing that. >> i am proud of it. >> michelle nunn admits she is too liberal and her foundation gave money to organizations linked to terrorists. attacked david purdue that were mostly false. his careere spent spending -- creating thousands of jobs. >> i approve this message. >> a debate in the georgia senate race. at 11:00e starting a.m. eastern time. >> a debate in minnesota's seventh congressional district. the candidates are colin peterson and torrey westrom. this is in the western part of the state and includes moorehead. race leans democrat. of this is about 30 minutes. >> i will be a moderator this evening. we will start with opening remarks from both candidates. we will move on to some prepared questions. we will wrap up with closing remarks. questions are to members

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

"washington times"." they're saying it's all about 2016. what are the things that come out of the gate preparing for 2016 top priorities. >> for one thing we have to make sure that we take care of business in alaska and we're going to have a run-off in indiana. and we have a whole bunch of staffers going down there. over 300 folks will be moved to louisiana. we've got the hotel booked and signed. we're going to have to think about what we're going to do with the workers paid in louisiana. what we're trying to do is put together a confident national party when it comes to our digital and data. it's all the boring stuff that no one wants to talk about. but mechanics is what wins races but that's what we're committed at the r.n.c. >> if i could add to that as well, one of the things that eds to happen if the republicans need to govern well. we need to pass debate. we pass appropriation bills. so in preparation for 2016 and i'm reluctant to talk about the future when today is the election day for 2014. but a message and something that's important to us as senators is that we get rid o

margin. 17% say that the democrats. changing how things work in washington, that is tied between the two parties. let's hear from a republican. jim is in pennsylvania. caller: good morning. i am outside of philadelphia. i don't understand why people have any concern or indecision about the choice. if you look at where the democrats of rules for a long the, and look where republicans which is the suburbs, where does people want people have already voted with their feet for the republicans. why in the world after seven years of barack obama and failed policies, why would anybody want to vote for anybody except the republican? elect tomia should corbett. he has done a good job. if you want to look at the strongholds, do we pennsylvania into philadelphia? do we want to turn maryland and virginia into baltimore? i don't think so. do you want to make ohio look like cleveland? host: i think we've got your point. caller: who have done a better job or they have ruled? --t: how would you discover describe yourself? caller: i don't take there's anything wrong with the tea party. i think they are am

next "washington journal david drucker discusses the congressional lame-duck session and issues before the end of the 113th congress. then women in politics and the effect women had in public office. pharmaceuticals and have industry has helped treat ebo la patients. live at 7n journal" a.m. eastern on c-span. the house and senate returned wednesday at 2 p.m. eastern. the house is scheduled to debate 10 bills, including updating the presidential records act. in the senate, procedural votes on judicial nominations. watch the house live on c-span on the senate on 2. the 2014 midterms are over. just about over anyways. we look ahead to the lame-duck session. we are joined by a correspondent who covers the hill. looking to the lame-duck session, the funding bill will wait until december, you writing that article gives lawmakers just a day or two to debate and vote. they have got a deadline. included?t be -- what will be included? >> that is right. an omnibus spending bill that would fund the government through the rest of the fiscal year which would be to the end of next september.

panel at the d c circuit court of appeals in washington heard a case tuesday on the constitutionality of the nsa's collection of phone records. in addition to considering whether the agency is in violation of the fourth amendment and first amendment, the kurt -- court is considering the claim whether a customer of a rise in wireless can bring a suit against the government if he cannot prove that his records were obtained by the nsa. this program is one hour and a half. >> thank you. may it please the court. here on behalf of plaintiff. i'd like to reserve is 10 minutes for rebuttal. they improperly joined a government intelligence program that's designed to advance our counterterrorism efforts by identifying known and unknown contacts of individuals associated with international terrorist groups. the court's injunction for multiple reasons was improper. first, the plaintiffs have failed to establish that they have challenged the program at all because they alleged, first, they're only subscribers of verizon wireless but verizon, as the district court acknowledged, ha

, from "washington journal," this is 45 minutes. "washington jour" continues. host: joining us to continue our conversation on this election day, nathan gonzales from the rothenberg political report. let's start with the senate. what do you expect to happen tonight as far as staying in democratic hands are not? guest: we believe republicans will gain between 5-8 seats. we have been there for a few months. when you narrow that range even further, republicans will gain between 6-8 seats. the precise path of what states and if we have to go to january or not is still in play, still up in the air. i think republicans will get them when the dust settles. host: tell us what is happening is for his numbers -- as far as numbers. guest: what you just talked early warning signs on the east coast, if republicans are doing better than expected in new hampshire and scott brown wins, the race against jeanne shaheen in new hampshire, shaheen is coming into election day with a point or two advantage. the republicans have won control. we talking about a 9-10 to gain. in north carolina, another key

speech. general kelley is one of those individuals around washington they call legendary. he is a living legend but has had enough experiences to put in 10 different lives and bring him back and would have different material to tell you every day without repeating what he said the previous day. i hope you young future leaders got something out of this. we are going to set up for our final panel on the coast guard. let's have a hand for general p.x. kelley. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> we mark this veterans day with special events about vet raps. vice president joe biden is at unknowns and awards gala and the national alliance on mental illness. medal of honor is the highest military award the highest military award for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. we invite you to search medal of honor on our website where you will find medal of honor ceremonies we have covered dating back to 1991 when george h.w. bush awarded the medal of honor to freddie stowers. he was

information gathering and privacy rights. 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington journal." the oversighty, board held a public meeting examining government information gathering programs and privacy rights. the panel discussions included government private officials and private sector experts. the oversight board is an independent agency within the executive branch and was a recommendation of the 9/11 commission. >> good morning. it is a 30 a.m. and we are many and the western ballroom and the washington marriott. this hearing was announced on the federal register october 21st. all five board members are present and there is the core and will now called the meeting to order. proceed. what is privacy? the right to be left alone? the desire of personal activity the right to make decisions regarding private matters? states for intellectual developments and anonymity? freedom from public attention freedom from being observed or disturbed by a others? freedom from intrusion? avoiding public disclosure about yourself and freedom from publicity which places you in a false light stemmi

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

economy and bring common sense to washington. >> i'm david purdue, and i approve this message. >> watch the georgia senate debate between democrat michelle nunn and republican david purdue live tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. now to the race in new york's 19th congressional district where two-term republican incumbent chris gibson is running against democrat sean eldridge. theirntly competed in final debate courtesy of time warner cable news. this is an hour. ♪ >> hello and welcome to our time warner cable news debate tween the candidates or the 19th congressional district. participating in tonight's debate or congressman chris gibson, who has been in office for two terms -- he's a republican -- and his democratic challenger sean eldridge. these two have gone head to head several times, and will be continuing that conversation this evening. here are the rules the candidates have agreed to -- moderators will ask as many questions as we are able to get to. responses initially will be limited to one minute with rebuttals allowed at the discretion of the panelists. about halfway

politics, and steve diamond of the washington times. what will tuesday night look like? >> i wish i knew exactly the contours of the evening. some uncertainty in terms of turnout. democrats are counting on bringing people to the polls. they did not appear in 2010. i am assuming the national dynamics are going to hold and help republicans. the president is in difficult shape. the country feels like we are headed in the wrong direction. and there is general dissatisfaction and frustration. produce ant will election of change. right now, the republicans are not in the white house, so they should be the beneficiaries. i think they will have a good night in both the house and senate. >> on friday, there is a feeling this will be a record bad night for the president, potentially. how so? >> if you look at midterm elections going back 60 years, the combination of the first midterm in this second obama noterm could produce losses seen since the eisenhower-truman administration. twore talking about a midterm sequence we have not seen in 50 years. >> even the headwinds that stu just ran throu

a few we received about "washington journal." journal," first thing in the morning, absolutely wonderful. very informative. i really appreciate you guys letting people such as myself actually call in, and sometimes even talk to people who are running our country. >> i would like to make a suggestion that instead of dividing the country between democrats, republicans, independents, c-span should ask a question and have colors either -- have callers either agree or disagree. this would save a lot of partisanship. idea, not the political divisions. >> thank you, thank you, thank you. the best show i have seen. this is what we need. please have more shows like the today, having a democrat and a republican on their sick people can ask them questions. this was a great show. we need to have them explain what their policies are and how they differ. thank you. their reasons were just like mine. we need to know how they vote and how we should vote. have one every day with their ideas, their policies, and what they plan to do for the people. have us call in and question them. thank you so

following washington journal. at 1:30, attend a groundbreaking at the diplomacy center in washington with former secretaries of state. clarence thomas, samuel alito, and sandra sotomayor at 8:30 p.m. eastern. that's this week on c-span. for the complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. and army health official says 5% of soldiers who have served in iraq and afghanistan have those genetic stress disorder, were ptsd. discussedbecca porter mental health issues recently, huffington post senior military correspondent david would and can really dozier were severely injured in a car bomb attack in iraq. they were also a part of the discussion. >> good evening. i am a student project manager at the clark forum for contemporary issues. on behalf of the forum i would like to welcome you to tonight's event. ptsd, a panel discussion. in the past decade, post-traumatic stress disorder or ptsd, has come to the forefront of national discussion -- in part because of its prevalence in veterans of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. ptsd, however, is not a new medical condition. it was observed and soldiers f

washington on the mall. over at the arlington national cemetery, vice president joe biden will participate in that wreath laying ceremony at 11:00 eastern time. we have got about 15 minutes left with verna jones. we want to get your thoughts on veterans issues this morning. oward is in florida and on the democratic line. caller: i live in seminole, florida. when i was in the service, i was in vietnam. i am finding out, i am turning 65 this year. i notice i am going to be losing some of my benefits over at the v.a.. i am going to get social security. i don't understand. i have been going there and had operations and everything else. i don't have a lot of money. i am going to be 65 and losing my benefits and i just don't understand why social security could go to that to pay for people who can afford it. guest: thank you so much for your service and for sharing that information. i will ask you to call the american legion. i think we need more information. if your income has changed, it may put you in a different category. without knowing, i would not be able to give you a good an

lift up that kind of constructive dialogue that has taken place. all right? >> "washington journal" is next, live with your phone calls. we hear from charles schumer of new york. coming up next, we will take your calls. then, andrew tillman will discuss the resignation of defense secretary chuck hagel. shore will talk about hunger and america. reviewr their exhaustive , the grand jury deliberated over two days, making their final decision. they determined that no probable cause exists to file any charges and officer wilson -- against officer wilson. host: that was the st. louis prosecuting attorney announcing thatision in the case rocked ferguson, missouri. sparkedy's decision more violence in ferguson