national defense. in other words, the heritage foundation does in washington d.c. what i believe one block away our founders intended all of washington. >> that is why we are there. [applause] >> you have a great voice you should consider being in a radio. [laughter] my microphone must not be as loud as yours. >>. >> irritates has been around 40 years. it is a mental to get me running for public office in the first place at 47 i had never run for anything but third i was beating on the television set of friend of mine was a professor and i started to see the connection between public policy and i found out i was a conservative or that i was an american. and once i was in that house by the time they could make the phones ring when i've was trying to stop the legislation. the only organization and i would have left the senate. >> i count myself as one. you were a warrior ant when i heard you were leaving the united states senate i thought how can we lose him? how could he go? nationwide you were a voice. was it purely that heritage was that big of the draw? or politically i am done? >> i was

joke. what is constructively accomplished on recess? >> they cannot do any harm in washington. they are not here -- they cannot do anything. the midterm elections get underway. these folks get to go home and campaign. >> do they go all main campaign, go to the diner, cup of coffee, listen to the voters, or the something new worth they try to wear a a lot of money? >> they do all those things. you can't go back, not try and raise some money because you have to raise money. it is the professional job of congress these days. you have got to raise a lot of money. they are doing all of those things. the reality is they are leaving town without getting a whole lot accomplished. we just had the ryan budget passed in the house. the senate meanwhile passing unemployment benefit extension. >> i passed the willard hotel yesterday. it is still in the lobby of the willard hotel? >> there are some smoking rules unaffected to apply to the willard hotel into members of congress. not a lot of smoking. >> there is a cigar store by a news bureau that is sometimes visited. let's do a data check. equities,

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foundation is doing in washington, d.c. what i believe just a block away our founders intended all of ushant and easy to do. >> that's why we are there. [applause] you have a great voice say you should consider being in radio. my microphones must not be as loud as yours. you have tv hair. [laughter] heritage has been around for 40 years and they were instrumental in getting me interested in running for public office in the first place at 47-years-old i have never run for anything. i got frustrated with washington, i was tired of beating on the set and i was reading the background because a friend of mine who was a professor had done a fellowship and i started seeing the connection between public policy and the things i cared about and i found out i was a conservative, i thought i was just an american that i have been reading that and it helped me understand what the political stripes were that i really believed in him us i was in the house of representatives they were my surrogate staff and by the time i got to the senate they started the heritage action and could actually make the ph

of domestic terrorism. tonight on "washington week" that all ed today illegal armed groups must be disarmed. that all illegally seized buildings must be returned to their legitimate owners. and that all illegally occupied treets, squares and other public places in the ukrainian cities and towns must be vacated. gwen: diplomats may have agreed but that is not the end of the story. with russian troops still massed t the border and ukrainian government holding ground the standsoff is far from over. n washington the president stakes out new aggressive political ground on healthcare. eight million sign-ups he says democrats should be boasting. >> i don't think we should skwraoeus or be defensive about it. i think there is a strong, good tell. story to wen: on the money front super p.a.c.'s are raising minute for 2014 candidates at an astonishing clip. after another deadly randolph this time in kansas. >> they didn't. anything. they were ambushed. law enforcement struggles with what to do next. baker ofthe week peter the "new york times." molly ball of the atlantic. matea gold of the "wa

and an observer of the washington scene. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. and thanks for joining us. so what drove the creation of this very corky book? and what insights might you gain by reading it? i will try to shed lights on thes questions and i look forward to your questions at the conclusion. i want to thank harry harding and friend from the university of virginia. this fine school has grown from three employees to 250 students and one of the best public policy schools at what i believe is one of the best great public universities. thank you for bringing a recovering politician to the university. this university is blessed with remarkable minds who helped me improve the book. i want to thank a national story teller, john casey and good friend and reader ben converse. thank you so much for saving me from a few embarrassments. i am very grateful for my time here at the university of virginia. i want to try to accomplish four things in my opening comments. i want to share a few ideas about the craft of writing. we live in a world of instant tweets and unedited blogs. so why would so

"washington journal" a reporter's roundtable on the week ahead in congress. with correspondent jeff mason. and frank buckley author of the "once and future king" the rise and fall of crown government. we'll take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twit. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the house and senate return from recess on monday. we join by billy house of national journal. the house getting to work almost right away on a couple of fiscal year 2515 appropriation -- 2015 appropriations bill. in that is an extension of pay freeze. do you expect to hear any opposition. >> there has been some lonely voices who say it's time. lord help them. maybe it's time to alter that. this is an midterm election year. one of the odd positions that a lot of members might take on campaign trail is they need more money. >> one of the pieces in the past week was headlined in the national journal. house republicans see opportunity in appropriations bill about some of the possibilities of adding policy writers to the spending bills. >> the top line spendi

in washington, d.c. this is thursday, april 10. i'm tom keene. joining me from our world headquarters. scarlet fu and adam johnson, let's get right to the morning brief in new york city. here's adam johnson. adam? >> tom, overnight, here's what happened. china trade falls unexpectedly. imports were down 11.3%. the government says it will initiate more growth policies. meanwhile, in europe, the bank of england expected to keep rates at a record low, half a percent. we're going to get the official announcement in about an hour, 7:00 this morning. and here in the u.s., we're going to get weekly jobless claims, as well as import prices, both at 8:30. we've got earnings before the bell. family dollar and rite aid, allied financial, the former gmac, begins trading today. this was the former arm of general motors acceptance corp. finally, a judge is accepted to rule on the we terrible settlement plea, also we should point out the masters tournament begins today in augusta, scarlet fu. >> let's get straight to the front page. we've looked through all the web sites and the front p

. and, talk about a special delivery. today a dinosaur arrived in washington, d.c. we take you behind the scenes of the massive moving project. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. today the situation in ukraine took another dangerous turn when the government started military action against pro-russian gunmen in the east of the country. russia has called on the united nations to condemn the move and says the country is on the brink of civil war. daniel sanford has been following ukraine's military advances and sends this report. >> ukrainian fighter jets screaming through the sky above kramatorsk in the country's troubled east. there was sporadic gunfire at this airfield as government forces loyal to kiev use helicopters to mount a raid to retake it from pro-russia activists. at one town on a main road leading into the donetsk region, ukrainian troops in armored personnel carriers were armed and on very public display, providing extra security for ch eckpoints. a military helicopter had just arrived to deliver ammunition. i asked one of the

places of experimentation are being shut down. i think it has to start in washington first. i think washington is the key to unleashing these 50 places that can really produce innovation. i think washington is where it has to start and filter down. >> final question or was that it? thank you again. >> thank you for joining in the big tent. [applause] >> copies of the book our personal. he can state an autographed impartially and even wander outside. we do thank you for your kind attention. hope to see you again soon in the future. >> thank you all. [inaudible conversations] >> on the go, afterwards is available via podcast. visit booktv.org and click podcast on the upper left side of the page. select which podcast you'd like to download and listen while you travel. >> coming up next on booktv, gerald f. warburg talks about his memoirs, trenton. he argues young people today should be optimistic about government service and learn from those who worked in congress when it was more productive. professor warburg, it was instrument and crafting the nuclear nonproliferation act and anti-ap

a fan hello and welcome. i did it when it's at five pm here in washington dc. i found her watching our team there the story about the twitter like service that the us launched in cuba four years ago and failed. well there was an associated press investigation which revealed that the us has undertaken extensive efforts to hide the true nature of the messaging system calls and some mail. it was reported that the idea was to create a service that would carry neutral content at the beginning but once again the non subscribers that would be used to steer protesting about the us international development agency has admitted to running that what i like social networking cuba but said he was not an attempt to undermine the government and that it was not covert. rt political commentator tom sachs report on the latest latin american country that is challenge washington's claims. the fallout from the recently disclosed it is in his email program has reached in other latin american countries. costa rica. the ap reports that the course or if the government is demanding answers from the obama ad

tonight on "washington week." >> this is the most meaningful work i've ever been a part of. in fact, it's been the cause of my life. gwen: obamacare's chief architect resigns with 7 million sign-ups under her belt, and a trail of controversy behind her. what's next for the president's signature domestic achievement? 2016 heats up with all eyes on the clinton and the bush dynasties. >> we had a bush, then we had a clinton, then we had a bush, then we're going to have a clinton? >> the hard questions are not do you want to be president, can you win? the hard questions are why. gwen: then, two discussions on equality. a women's pay equity bill goes down. >> i say square your shoulders, put your lipstick on, and let's fight another day. gwen: and the president's club gathers at the l.b.j. library to discuss johnson's signature domestic achievement 50 years later. >> the real influence of a president is not found in the headlines. it can only be judged with time. gwen: covering the week, alex wayne of bloomberg news, amy walter of the "cook political report," alexis simendinger of "real clear

, i'm talking with jim yong kim. i'm ali velshi in washington tonight. this is real money. [♪ music ] >> this is real money. you are the most important part of the show. join our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter at ali velshi or on facebook.com slash ali velshi. i'm in washington, d.c. where the world bank has its headquarters. for those of you who don't know, the world bank provides technical assistance. we've brought real people on the show to he willlous straight issues in our lives. but it's true that many of the world's problems get solved by so-called big people. i'm going to introduce you to some of the giants dr. jim yong kim. but before i do that let's go to something else that is happening in washington. executives got grilled on capitol hill over their proposed mega merger. lawmakers demanded assurances that the mega size comcast would not drive up prices. at stake is what is good for big business good for consumers? in february comcast announced its intention to gobble up time warner cable, which holds the number two spot. the deal is valued at $45 bil

who has written a compelling book about george washington and later we will be to jorn borling who spent six years that hanoi hilton how he could tap out at that facility and to somebody who will fit right into a challenge the status quo give a warm welcome to colonel douglas mcgregor the author of four years raged -- warriors rage. think you for joining us. i want to begin that is challenging the decision by george bush the first to not go into baghdad to finish off the republican guard. you say this decision led to the 2003 invasion. just as world war ii began war world war i left off iraqi freedom began were dozens tormented despite the initial success of television reminiscent of the first call for americans discover iraqi freedom was fundamentally flawed. this negative assessment is not easy to develop. wide you feel the way you do? >> both cases 1981 and 2003 there was no coherent strategy. nobody said what is the purpose of the intervention to begin with? water retrying to achieve? had three best achieve that aim and what we wanted things to look like when we are through? th

available here between $7.25 and $10.10. i think it speaks to what is wrong with washington today that we were placed in a situation where it was take it or leave it rather than are trying to come together and offer amendments and debate the level that might be acceptable to members of this body and to our colleagues in the house, a level that would not cause dramatic job losses, which would hurt the very people we are trying to help and yet would recognize that we do need to increase the minimum wage by a reasonable amount to help struggling low-income families. so, madam president, i have to express my disappointment and frustration that we cannot seem to have a normal legislative process where ideas could be offered as amendment as compromises between $7.25 and $10.10, where members would bring other ideas to the senate floor on how we might spur job creation, on how we could improve job training programs, which is a huge issue in this country. i have talked to so many employers in maine, particularly in the trades that have jobs available but cannot find the skilled workers to fill

there is so much anger in the land. >> i'm sick and tired of people going to congress and washington, d.c., and making a living out of it while we starve to death. >> i believe we ought to make the tax cuts for the middle class permanent. >> we have now got both parties essentially telling a big lie, with a capital "b" and a capital "l," to the public. >> cut taxes. >> cutting taxes. >> make the tax cuts permanent. >> the republican party, as much as it pains me to say this, should be ashamed of themselves. >> this from ronald reagan's old budget director, architect of the largest tax cut in american history? >> it's rank demagoguery. we should call it for what it is. >> welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i'm morley safer. in this edition, we look at two of the topics dominating the american economic landscape: jobs and taxes. first, we meet with president obama's so-called jobs czar. then we visit a struggling town in the heartland. and finally, we take a look at a controversial income tax initiative in washington state. in the first decade of the 21st century, big american firms cut ar

author of blood of tyrants. george washington and the forging of the presidency. sat same day at green light bookstore in brooklyn, new york we are taping a program with the editor of the new york times op-ed section who will discuss his new history of the civil rights act of 1954. on thursday booktv will be in denver at the tattered cover bookstore is investigative journalist doug fine discusses help and how it may affect the u.s. economy. we will also be in los angeles on thursday evening at the alex theatre to cover best-selling author michael lewis discussing his latest book "flash boys" about high frequency traders and the stock market. he will discuss his book with malcolm glad well. that is a look at some of the other programs booktv will be covering this upcoming week. for more go to our web site booktv.org and visit upcoming programs. >> catherine hall on the campus of the tee school, the site of the 2014 annapolis book festival in maryland. we will be back with more live coverage of this event shortly. >> the sense of a entrepreneur and freedom which is will we have always be

, washington have four other states with similar bans. legislate ifs or institutions by executive order. the decision could open the door for other states to follow suit. >> now, stan pottinger served as assistant attorney-general for the department of justice and joins us in new york. welcome. >> thank you. >> what is your reaction to the ruling today? >> my big reaction is that this is - this is more evidence that what we have created in the country is an education equivalent for the hunker games. what we set up is a notion that food and education are important to our survival. the problem is there's not enough places to get enough food in the hunger games and not enough places to get diplomas and education. we set up the middle class, white and black, against each other, so the wealthy in the country, the kids of oprah winfrey, if she had some, will smith and michael jordan, no problem. same for the kids of bill gates, warren buffet and hedge funds manager, no problems. but the middle class kids have to fight each other - some live, some die. and the supreme court is doing its job, i

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keep his job more on today's election leader and shout. it's moved a people person. in washington d c i'm irritated if you're watching our team aircraft. why would i as appearing man fled the us government and the for years about aspects of a controversial interrogation program concealing details of harsh treatment a detainee is this is all according to a report released by the washington post that were until the boss of the u s officials who have already seen a forthcoming senate intelligence committee report is expected to expose the prop the program according to us officials remain anonymous the sixty three hundred page report includes would be described as disclosures regarding the sprawling network of secret detention facilities or black sites the sites were ultimately dismantle by president obama in two thousand nine of the four men prisoners were allegedly subjected to harsh interrogation techniques when alice where cher there was no information. prisoners can reveal. a spokesman for the friday said the agency had not yet seen the final version of the report and therefore canno

, the gentleman from california, mr. nunes, and the gentleman from washington, mr. mcdermott, will eel control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. nunes: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on the subject of the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. nunes: madam speaker, before i yield to my good friend who helped co-author this bill with me, i would just have a brief -- just a brief statement. the expatriate health coverage clarification act is a work of close bipartisan collaboration and extensive discussions with the obama administration. i would like to thank mr. carney for his work on this important bill, along with our numerous bipartisan co-sponsors, original co-sponsors. the bottom line is that this is a jobs bill, one that has been carefully drafted to address the unique problems related to expat health insurance. madam speaker, at this time i yield six minutes to my friend, mr. c

nato's power and current expansion coming. george washington university is offering a flexible teaching politics and a master's program but since the path to becoming lobbyists. is this a good think about. talk later tw fourth i can in washington dc i went to france to watch tv. there are the shots heard round the world back in two thousand canberra. they had been fired in eastern baghdad three years earlier. tomorrow marks four years since the video titled collateral murder was made to twenty weeks. in sanchez the killing of words journalist his driver and several companions the american troops in a us apache helicopter spots were insurgents. after the initial shooting in an armed group in a minivan drivers who seem to help the wounded day of fire upon his plow. much has happened in the four years its collateral murder first hit the internets. it is you know neil brings us more from life. sunday the fifth of april marks the four year anniversary of the repealing of the silly and love of murder video. i tweaked the stitches but each in two thousand and seven of eight u s air cr

family spent more time in washington? you can vote at our website bipartisanpolicy.org. vicki kennedy, i've heard a lot of people talk about the need for people, members to spend more time in washington. membersoll, we asked if of congress should move their families to washington or leave them in the district. by six to one, americans said they should leave their families in the district. concernedmuch more with members losing touch with what their constituents wanted them there was about forging relationships that would help in washington. just a turtleat's you can't overcome when it comes to spending more time in washington or moving your family there. leavingnk the notion of your family back home is a relatively new phenomenon. historically, families always moved to washington. certainly, it was expected. senate, for a six-year term, the idea that your family would be someplace else -- teddy used to talk about it -- he would say, they are in five days a week. the idea that your family would be someplace else was just unthinkable. well, tochance, as have a chance to have din

then you advance to the summer of 1963, the march on washington, just to put it into context, into your point, you have the 16th street bombing of , andhurch in birmingham all of this happens literally weeks later, and then days later, not even a month later, you have a bombing at a church where these four little girls are killed, and then weeks later, jfk is assassinated, and then you are into 1964, and lyndon johnson is president, and i am only putting it on the table to get a sense from you as to how you think all of these -- i hate this phrase -- these momentn a row lead to a where lbj can galvanize the congress and galvanize the congress to do something in memory of jfk, in memory of these four little girls -- i am just trying to set the stage of the better. >> right. legislation, we look back and we think, of course, the country was going to come around to civil rights legislation, but there are lots of things this country has not come around to do, health insurance being one, so, yes, it is absolutely a matter of these contingent events. we talk about contingency. had something n

there that hasn't always been as evidence. >> the archbishop of washington joins us. >> our power play of the week offering a taste of george washington's other preliminary. >> largest whiskey distillingry in the united states. >> hello again and happy easter from fox news in washington. a deadly gun battle at a check point in eastern ukraine has broken through a check point which was attacked by far right ukranian nationalists and all of this is raising new doubts of the peace agreement that the united states helped broker between united states and the ukraine. i want to bring in fox news correspondent with the latest from ukraine. leland? >> as is typical if this conflict the ukranians are blaming the russians and the russian foreign ministry put out a statement blaming ukranians for breaking the truce on the ground which are hard to come by. this morning, the attack has move add region on the brink of war closer. the video from the seen shows two burned out cars and the remnants of a large firefighter, and the three separatists are dead and a number of others wounded. who fired

and destruction. >> a birds eye view of catastrophic mudslide in washington. >> our daughters, son, mothers, sisters, fathers, husbands are none - they were the government of doing business g.m. style. >> lives shattered by g.m. now they answer to congress. >> and taking out one of the most ruthless cartels in the world. >> hi there. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton in new york. we are following breaking news out of chile. a powerful earthquake rocked a south american company. the 8.2 magnitude quake hit off the north coast just before 9:00 pm local time on tuesday. chilean officials say five have died and others injured. the quake caused landslides, knocked out power. 12 aftershocks have been reported, one a magnitude 6.2. airports in the city of iquique and others are closed at this hour, with all flights grounded. >> tsunami warnings and watches have been cancelled for chile, peru and ecuador. >> lucia newman is in santiago, with more on the quake. >> all along the coast, including the port city of iquique, which is about 150km from where i am now, people are ev

. barbara? >> thank you, angie. >>> and taking a lookutside got a beautiful day here in washington. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with his first forecast. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. clouds have been moving in for from the west. sprinkles of rain that are moving tough the mountains of west virginia and heading off to the east. those areas of rai may be into theetro area aft noontime. right w just a spnkles, down to peters a temperatures out ahead of that are getting milder. right now in the low 50s around the metro near 50 degrees north and west. mid 50s to our south, frericksburg, culpeper. sprinkles out of the mountains at around 50 degrees. we'll see sprinkles moving in. mi pattern continues in toward the weekend. 30-day outlook for april. that's coming up in a few minutes. back to you, barbara. >> tom, thank you. >>> news 4's aaron gilchrist live for us at news sk. >> the medic examiner updating us on the number of people confirmed there in washington state. that number has risen to 27. search crews have started to go through this mudsle area again today.

life during the period i took off. i was a reporter at the washington post. i'm still there and i'm on leave. and it gave me an opportunity to realize that, in fact, you could have both a work life and a day life, which i didn't really have at the washington post. c-span: could you give us a real brief synopsis of the three women, and we'll go back and go over it in detail. >> guest: ok. i write about three women in my book, all of whom are very accomplished. the first woman is a woman named meredith vieira, who is a television correspondent. her story is the story of a woman who was offered the very top job in her field, "60 minutes," just as she gave birth to her very first baby, a child that she had desperately wanted to have but put off having because she wanted to build her career, also had had a few miscarriages before that. her story is really one of a career woman who was really struggling to be the very best at her job but at the same time really wanted to be a very good mother. and the conflict was sort of never-ending for her. she eventually left "60 minutes," and it's the s

washington's devastating mudslide. >>> military buildup. today the pentagon is sending 600 u.s. soldiers to poland and baltic nations as a show of force against the russian troops along ukraine. >>> irs foul? the folks at the tax service handed out almost $3 million in bonuses to employees who failed to pay their own taxes. >>> plus, georgia's governor will sign a wide-ranging gun law that has critics, including police, very upset. why this kick in the let could result in big bucks in advertising for the victim. >>> and the jokes fly when old meets new. >>> thanks for being with us. good morning. we begin with president obama's long anticipated trip to asia. just hours from now, the president will arrive in japan. it is the first stop of his father-nation tour. later this week, he will visit south korea, malaysia, and the philippines. the hope is to reassure these allies of america's support. the president's last three scheduled trips to asia were cancelled because of domestic issues here at home, including the government shutdown. nbc's tracie potts is in washington, d.c. tracie, good morn

washington cites the tabloid press and sketchy social media reports and justify its angle on ukraine. prominent protest leader in eastern ukraine who was arrested after calling for an independence referendum goes on hunger strike in protest over military crackdown on the rest of areas. also a drive to optimize spending sees some in washington calling for the scrapping of millions of dollars worth of military hardware in a bid to trim the cost of the budget burning afghan war. extremism is not actionable for jews in london are calling for the closure of a shop located right in the middle of their district that selling the united clothing. which international coming to life from moscow iran and josh. hungry for facts washington is casting about further and wider for the truth on ukraine it's even gone so far as to take internet posts and tabloid headlines as gospel which as an associate you're going to lead to fair a bit of backtracking. when it comes to the crisis in ukraine washington seems to have one word that's become a favorite the facts are the facts or the facts but just becaus

obama continues his trip overseas in malaysia today. on washington journal we will cover the news coming out of those official visits as well as the latest on the ongoing crisis in ukraine. first we want to hear from our viewers about the u.s. housing market, as some indicators show that the housing market is cooling, new opinion survey seem to indicate americans are optimistic about the housing sector and rising home values as we take you through the latest data and pulled this morning. asking our viewers how optimistic or pessimistic are you about the housing market. tell us how you see the market in the eastern and central u.s.. 202, -- 202 -- 585 -- 3881. you can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages on twitter, facebook, or @cspan.org.t journal we will talk about the data points of the housing market, this is courtesy of bloomberg. after a roller coaster at gate a roller coaster decade of boom and busts -- according to reports this week, mortgage applications plunged 19% from a year earlier -- that is some of the data points from bloomberg news. now so

integration be part of the debate? kathy rogers told -- told a washington state newspaper that the house could vote on an immigration bill by august. president obama is in malaysia, the third stop on a four nation asian tour that will conclude tomorrow in the philippines retort -- before returning to washington on tuesday. every sunday we begin our program with a look at what is on the other sunday morning programs. today we want to get your comments on those shows. are they still relevant? do they still matter? we want to hear from you. (202) 737-0001 --host: many of you are already weighing in on our facebook page. from "the boston globe," an event getting in that -- getting lots of attention, two popes canonizing two popes. the scene, with over one million people on hand, this headline comes from the boston "sunday globe." a piece that really got a lot of attention this week, this style section was called "meet the pressure." host: we will get your calls and comments in a moment, but for some look at the other sunday shows and what you can hear on c-span radio. good morning, nan

decided to show the girls mount vernon. we are driving down the george washington parkway. the trees are turning. they are red and orange and yellow. we are driving down and caroline is sitting behind me kicking the back of my seat like she always does. catherine is sitting on the other side. caroline asks her sister, catherine, what do you want to do when you grow up? catherine says, i want to work in the u.s. senate. i want to work with daddy. boring. says, that's we are going to be rock stars instead. zinger. tosses out the besides, daddy will be dead by then. [laughter] that's a real conversation. i'm sitting there like, hello, i'm right in front of you. de me wonderake me if maybe caroline had been speaking with republican leadership. [laughter] >> you are the leadership >> "washington journal" continues! [applause] even more in portly, you are the leadership. there is nothing as scary in washington as what i'm going to face tonight. sext week, caroline turne six. when i get off the airplane, i'm going to a princess sleepover party. [laughter] last week, caroline told me,

, and you see the "washington post," classified. everything is classified. that's an exaggeration. think the more declassification, the more transparency, the better. and by the way, the sooner the better. and when people in their performance know there's going to be declassification, it might affect their performance. but, again, i want to pay tribute to all the members of the c.i.a. who worked so hard, do their job for our country and not to paint everyone there with this brush that we are seeing criticism of some in the c.i.a. really, if you're going to serve in congress and you are going to have responsibilities over -- of oversight over the c.i.a., you shouldn't be at the mercy of their characterization of your oversight. and they have a lot of power. they have a lot of power to undermine anyone who criticizes them. so i congratulate senator feinstein for her courage and for her thoroughness, as she's known for, to move this along. thank you very much. bye-bye. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >>

need for people, members to spend more time in washington but our poll we asked members of congress should move their families to washington and 6-1 americans said they should leave their families in the district. there was much more concerned about members losing touch with what the constituents wanted and there was about forging relationships. i wonder if that's just a hurdle that you can't overcome when it comes to spending more time in washington or when voters have such a consensus. >> i think the notion of leaving the family back home is a relatively new phenomenon. historically families eyes move to washington and certainly it was expected. in the senate for a six year term the idea that your family would be someplace else and the senate was in. teddy used to talk about it and said they were in five days a week so the idea that your family would be someplace else was just unthinkable. it was a chance as well to have a chance to have dinner with your family if you could couldn't you talked about it and we did this with my children as well. we would have picnics on the capital

. this part of washington journal is an hour. ontinues. host: in this segment, we will discuss the week ahead for congress. joining me is jeff mason. he's a congressional correspondent. can you give us the highlights of the big things you're watching from president obama's it is been anest: interesting trip for him. the president has made a point of saying in press conferences that it was not about containing china. he went to four different countries. he went to japan, malaysia, was recently the philippines, and he also made a stop in south korea. a lot of people have been watching it as a china containment tour. the last thing that happened in the philippines this last up, announced --tates is been interesting watching him deal with that. obviously, china and u.s. have an important relationship. the allies in that region are worried about the rise of china as well. lawmakers are returning after a two-week vacation. i wouldn't look for whole bunch happening, at least this week or over the next two months. thomas is beginning to debate spending bills for the coming year. that is the act

city in eastern ukraine attacking people and destroying cars. and washington keeps the blame for ukraine's crisis soley on russia using rhetoric to pave the way for tougher u.s. and e.u. sanctions against moscow. this once thriving factory has been idle for two years now the foreigners are leaving and the contracts have tried out also the crippled and a dependent economy of afghanistan facing financial collapse as international investors threaten to pull out alongside foreign troops. and immigrants form their own party in the u.k. to counteract their negative image of foreign workers created by a media stories and right wing politicians. worldwide news live from moscow it's r.t. international with me will receive thank you for joining us today approach unity rally in the ukrainian city of holocaust spun out of control and bring in violence here activists defying the authority of kiev found themselves outnumbered by nationalists who were holding the march. now both sides used pounds and stones and several people were left injured for the fighting was allegedly triggered when argum

really worrying washington. more than five hundred pro morsy supporters wait for an egyptian court final decision on their death sentences this as international condemnation failed to prevent yet another round of tough verdicts. and brazil adopts a bill of rights for internet users while urging other world powers to defend online privacy we look at a step that could challenge u.s. domination of the internet. and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r t international now a massive unity march led by right wing radicals in eastern ukraine that city of harkov has ended in violence a crowd of around seven thousand took to the streets of the country's major stronghold of anti-government resistance. several people were injured as clashes erupted between the marchers and of those demanding autonomy from kiev videos posted online showed the mob picking up rocks and attacking people as well this car that you see here has been smashed and of the driver seriously injured for showing his suppose. ward for the regio

developments in the ukraine. and a look at salaries and other benefits members receive. washington journal is next. ♪ host: good morning. i live in view of capitol hill. the cherry blossoms are in full view on this palm sunday weekend. it is the start of holy week for christians around the world. tomorrow also marks passover. tuesday, by the way, is the deadline for filing your federal income taxes. over the weekend, a look at politics. thanks for being with us. our phone lines are open -- host: this is the story this morning. new hampshire republicans did a preview of 2016. an unusually early event for 2016 accelerated, even with today's electoral calendar. coming to conservatives to pitch their product, coming to them live over the weekend, it is on our website, the freedom summit it took place in manchester, new hampshire. also, congressman paul ryan, the chair of the budget committee in cedar rapids. early caucus states. all of this coming even before the midterm elections in november. we will get to your calls and comments in a moment. first a look at the other sunday mornin

to back to the house washington's that's about it rained prices include state reports from social media what terror investigation into his own the base of dissent in ukraine's eat them now but there is a kinda gets chosen to be their leader and who was later detained for calling a friend doesn't hunger strike over the government's military crackdown on the restive areas. sure millions of dollars worth of military hardware in afghanistan is being contemplated in washington the american government tried to slash the cost of the hugely expensive plan to withdraw from the country. that is not actionable. fox has a controversial fire right clothes store opens in london in the midst of the jewish community will look at the outreach sparked among residents. the questionable practice. moscow the rejection. us media coverage has been running hand in hand with a revolutionary ideology of keeps interim leaders and brushing aside contradiction to its reasoning. the white house is relying on very fine data or athens is in charge to find out their interpretation of that when it comes to the cri

which began as he detargeted washington is part of a -- departed washington is part of app effort to rebalance the region. the administration has been pulled to other crisis in the middle east and europe in the past few months. new developments. >>> first, ukraine. u.s. forces are stepping up their presence. paratroopers are going in. 600 american soldiers from the 173rd airborne brigade will work with locals in the poland and baltics. it's part of support for n.a.t.o. allies. >> ukraine's acting president ordered military action against pro-russians in the east. a local politician was found dead, with scenes of being tortured. we have this report from kiev. >> reporter: the day regan with a show of -- began with a show of america's sport for kiev. vice president joe biden was warmly received. both the vice president and ukraine's acting prime minister had tough words for russia. >> no nation, no nation has the right to simply grab land from another nation. no nation has that right. and we will never recognise russia's illegal occupation of crimea, and neither will the world. . >> tr

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washington. >> reporter: good morning. she didn't have the answers. they're still investigating over at gm. it's likely what she'll tell the senate subcommittee. we're expecting another contentious hearing. this one before the consumer product and safety panel. general motors ceo mary barra faces more questions today in the senate. >> my sincere apologies to everyone who has been affected. >> but apologies weren't enough for victim's families or lawmakers frustrated when barra could not explain why gm failed to replace faulty ignition switches when they first detected the problem almost a decade ago. >> i cannot tell you why it took so long for a safety defect to be announced for this program. i can tell you we will find out. >> why in the world would a company with a stellar reputation, general motors, purchase a part that did not meet its own specifications? >> give the truth, the whole truth. >> nitsa said gm did not share key information. >> if we had any of pieces of information,ability it would have changed the way we approached this. >> it angers me we had a situation that too

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calls "washington journal" is next. ♪ ♪ host: good morning on this easter sunday, april 20, 2014. we are bringing you a three-hour washington journal this morning where we focus on the nation's employment picture and u.s. banking and the continuing crisis in the ukraine. but first we will talk about electronic cigarettes. this week and the city of los angeles instituted new restrictions one- e-cigarettes, and federal lawmakers called on the fda to restrict the sale and content of electronic cigarettes. we are asking our viewers if you think the federal government should regulate e-cigarettes and how far regulations should go. we have a special line for users, 202-585-3203 -- with republicans at -- democrats at -- independents at -- you can checkcatch up with us on twitter and facebook and at www.c-span.org. we have more on the restrictions that were implemented in los angeles over the weekend. here is the story from the "los angeles daily news." e-cigarettes or restricted to the same as tobacco when -- it was made illegal to puff on battery-poweredd devices starting on saturday, and

was the founder of a washington post vox.com waschief of the founder of the washington post blog. i am also joined by the ceo of the parent company of vox.com. how and why did this happen? because i have been writing about american politics for about 10 years. what you learn when you are doing that, particularly the policy stuff -- obamacare, the financial crisis, the hard, complicated stuff, is that we are not well set up to guide readers through stories. we started covering obamacare before anyone in the world was covering it. i the time people tune in, we have done our explanation. we are on little bitty pieces. the idea was, what if we could create a news site that over five years of covering something does not just give you 5000 articles about obamacare, but build a central resource that could really guide you from the beginning of the story to the end, so that no matter when you wanted to start paying attention, you had the information in front of you to understand it all stop the was thatbehind this the problem was technological. in order to print one thing, you have to leave ou