it speeds up the purge, it doesn't mean that there's no one with ties to the washington and the washington establishment, kellyanne conway was a washington pollster prior to her time with president trump and vice president mike pence before. john kelly is someone spent a long time around washington. is but he's not a washington establishment political figure that is reince priebus. he was the olive branch. he was the person cast by folks very nervous about the idea of donald trump being president, republicans very nervous about of idea of donald trump being president, as well, he's got reince in enter and reince brings in sean spicer, katie walsh, a couple of long-time political operatives, the thought was he's going to mix insider and outsider. he's gf to have the steve bannons and his family, jared kushner, ivanka trump. but he's also going to have some of the folks who are known commodities in washington. well six months in, i think donald trump decided that he didn't want to do that any more, he viewed reince priebus as ineffective. most recently because of the inability to get the 50t

she is interviewed by a washington post critic. postu have the washington will feel properly reported on this, as opposed to saying donald trump why are you smearing john mccain? i am not here to focus in downtown or john mccain. behavior for that, does not mean i support him or i am cheered him on. i see that as a separate thing. it is rather you must be supporting him because you said this paid it has nothing to do with that. out about that including some of the washington post coverage. >> watch afterwards tonight. >> now a house judiciary subcommittee hearing with federal, state and local law enforcement officials talking about combating gang activity. this front just over one hour.

"washington journal" is next. ♪ ♪ it's the washington journal for july 17. the house considers a number of bills related to pipeline construction and environmental regulation. the senate is expected to take up a procedural vote for president trump's nominee for deputy defense secretary. voteafter a delay in the to move the gop health care vote forward. lobbying by senate leadership on that bill is expected to continue. a new associated press poll shows three out of four americans expressed that they have two little influence in the workings of washington, d.c. those with money had more influence than those with less money have less impact. we were going to show you the results of these polls and get your thoughts on who has influence in washington and what you think about what it says. democrats.000 (202) 748-8001 republicans. (202) 748-8002 independents. --t on twitter if you wish post on twitter if you wish for our facebook page -- or our facebook page. about 1000ked americans to talk about influence in washington, d.c. three out of four saying they have t

oblivious to the turmoil in washington. the nasdaq hitting a record high. the dow and s&p 500, they're down slightly. you know, they're still close to record highs. i'll tell you why in a few minutes. first, to housing. a fascinating number in the housing market. existing home sales fell in june as prices hit record highs. sales of previously owned homes basically have been flat since march. the problem here -- simple supply and demand. demand is surging due to a strong economy, improving job market, new millennial home buyers. but there isn't supply. inventory hasn't caught up. sending the median sales price up 6.5%, 263,800, a record high. many homeowners are staying put as prices rise. first-time home buyers are not finding affordably priced homes. more people are renting. a study finds the more u.s. households are renting now than at any point since 1965. hello, american dream of home homeownership. a majority cite financial reasons. isn't that really interesting? >> yeah. you hear about markets, denver where i'm from, people have to pay cash. >> yeah.

they were hungry for someone to come in and shake up washington. they wanted someone to come in and burn the place down. they were not as focused -- they did not want someone to change it and burn it down, they were less interested in the buildup. they just wanted a massive disruption. i saw the every single day on the campaign trail, whether you are at a fundraiser, a state or the taxi driver taking you from point a to point b. this is something that donald trump had tapped into. >> did you talk to your dad before signing up? sarah: absolutely. >> what did he tell you? >> go for it. he has been supportive. mom, my dad, but also my husband, who would need to be fully on board. i did that. i talked to some people in the trump campaign. it was a pretty easy decision for me. >> let's talk about your husband. how did you meet? sarah: we met in iowa on the campaign trail in 2007. he was unfortunately working for another candidate. he was from kansas city and was working for sam brownback, senator at the time. he and my dad were running against each othe

today, we ask our washington journal viewers what is your level of trust. he can also reach us on social media on twitter and on facebook. the "washington examiner" breaks down the gallup poll about the level of trust in the news media. it says the media is taking it on the chin in the area of fake news. according to gallup, less than three in 10 americans have confidence in tv news and newspapers and that is better than last year. 27% havetest survey, confidence in newspapers. for tv, it is worse. 24 percent. from a long range perspective, confidence in newspapers hasn't been high at any point for the past 30 years. in 1990.st was 39% the 27% who have confidence this year is the highest recorded since 2011. gallup said. a little more from gallup on those numbers, gives a little explanation about what is happening. the bottom line according to gallup is despite recent discussions about fake news and suspicions about the motivations of newspapers as well as tv and internet news, americans confidence in these instant editions has been soft for a long time. th

be sure to watch "washington journal on monday morning. join the discussion. >> representative karen kendall's is one of the newest members of congress after winning a special election in georgia's six dexter. we sat down with her to talk about the election, her family and what it is like as a new member in washington. are talking with representative karen handel. you have been in washington for a couple of weeks. what has it been like? >> it has been a whirlwind, but what next ordinary opportunity to represent the people of the sixth district of georgia. >> will was the most surprising thing you have picked up on in the last two weeks? >> not too much was surprising. rep. handel: took much was surprising. we have a lot to get done and make sure on the issue site and the policy side, and getting the team put place -- put in place as well. ask most representatives come in with a learning curve, but you are coming in in the middle where you are dealing with a debt ceiling and a budget situation. how do you bring yourself up? collects i am a

. >> washington journal continues. host: at our table this morning, justice correspondent for npr about thenson to talk fbi nominee christopher wray testifying on capitol hill yesterday. i want to show viewers a little bit of his testimony where he was asked about his independent. [video clip] thatbelieve to my core there is only one right way to do this job and that is with strict independent by the book, playing it straight, faithful to the constitution, faithful to our laws, faithful to the best practices of the institution. fear, without favoritism, and certainly without regard to any partisan, political influence. that is the commitment that i brought to my years to duty as a line prosecutor. that is the commitment that i brought to my time as a head of the criminal division. that is a commitment that i think the american people rightly expect of the fbi director. that is the commitment i would make to this committee and to the country if confirmed. andve way too much respect affection, frankly, for the men and wo

washington journal. we ask all of you to give us your take on this repeal now and replace later strategy. are you for it or against it? democrats (202) 748-8000. republicans (202) 748-8001. independents (202) 748-8002. or facebookwitter as well. we want to get your thoughts on health care this morning. start dialing in. the phone lines are open. to your thoughts on whether or not repeal now replace later is a good strategy let me show you what the president had to say in his own words. the audio of the president's interview with the new york times on attorney general jeff sessions. >> sessions gets the job. right after he gets the job he recuses himself. >> was that a mistake? neversions should have recused himself and if he was going to recuse himself at you should have told the before he took the job and i would have picked somebody else. job,sessions takes the gets into the job, recuses .imself think is veryi unfair to the president. how do you take a job and then recuse yourself? if you would have re

that is all for today's "washington journal." tomorrow, we have the interfaith alliance president jack moline. longtime career diplomat james dobbins will be here to discuss his book. and documentary filmmaker alexandra pelosi will be here to discuss her new hbo film that features an unabridged reading of the words of the nations founding fathers by celebrities and politicians. that is all for today. join us back tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> coming up today on c-span, a look at russian attempts to influence democratic elections. then senate leaders discuss ongoing efforts to pass a replacement to the health care law. later, intelligence officials testify on fisa and whether or not to reauthorize the law that allows talent -- intelligence agencies to access the telik mitigations of foreign nationals outside the u.s. -- the telecommu

we have it covered from hamburg, washington, moscow, and seoul. good morning, and welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez. it is friday, july 7th, 4:00 a.m. here on the east coast. it's one of the most eagerly anticipated meetings of world leaders in decades. this morning president trump sits down with russian president vladimir putin as the g20 summit gets underway in germany. their bilateral meeting comes just a day after president trump said russia should stop its destabilizing activities. minutes later refused to conclude that russia meddled in the u.s. election. >> new cnn reporting this morning says russia has even stepped up its spying efforts in the u.s. more in a moment. >>> for the latest, let's turn to the white house correspondent covering this for us, sara murray, live in hamburg. president trump meets putin face to face in just a few hours. it will be fascinating to see the optics of this meeting. >> reporter: yes, it is a very highly anticipated and will be closely scrutinized. this is expected to be a

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in is the area code washington, d.c. and you can also send us a tweet or join the conversation on facebook. from the lexington herald leader, senator mitch mcconnell back in his home state during few places would lose more than kentucky under the senate health care plan according to a new study that the lexington herald has on its website. here's this from the habsburg family patriot, gerrymandering, lifting the gop, is impact on 2018. there is this from the business section of "the washington post" look at how the koch brothers do business, the largest ever acquisition of georgia-pacific offers a view into the management style. let's go to peter in pennsylvania. republican line. what is on your mind? as we come up on independence day, i am so disappointed in my country. donald trump is the most ignorant president i have ever seen. i mean to say the stuff he says when willay with it, republicans stand up and show courage essay this guy is wrong, he is wrong for the country? thank you. divides, ittism could unite. shoulde

by april, watching the debate in washington, can't blame you. confidence that would happen dropped to 20%. now just 18% of americans think it is likely the president will be able to repeal and replace obamacare. a signature trump promise. one reason the president called republican senators to the white house yesterday and told them try again. in doing so, singled out one very vulnerable republican senator from nevada. >> any senator who votes against starting debate is really telling america that you're fine with obamacare. you didn't go out there. this was the one we were worried about. you weren't there, but you're going to be. you're going to be. [ laughter ] look. he wants to remain a senator. doesn't he? okay. and i think that the people of your state, which i know very well, i think they're going to appreciate what you hopefully will do. >> it didn't work. but i do think for all the criticism of the president, people say he haends been hands on our used his bully pull it, in a strategic way in the health care debate gets points for calming

. >> "washington journal" continues. back david hawkings is with us on the "washington journal," of course senior resident oll call, everything st congress. we should say this topic storms chafis making a pitch before he left congress for a big pay raise for members. we get to that pitch, remind us what congress members ake now, what the general benefits are for a member of congress. guest: sure. of base salary for a member congress, the pace salary is $174,000 a year. been that way for almost 2009, was s, since when that number was reached. he way the law is supposed to work, congress enacted a law in he 1990s to say the congressional salary would increase by the cost of living every year unless congress voted increase.hat and every year since 2009, actually as done so, the bill, the appropriations bill the house will vote on this it again for ck another year. $174, only exceptions are the -- two majority leaders and wo minority leaders make i think 193 and the speaker of the house makes $223. that, they do get federal

from washington journal, this is 30 minutes. welcome back the president of the interfaith alliance, as we talk about civility in american politics. it's something many americans are not talking about. let's talk about your organization. what is it? what's your mission? guest: thanks, steve. our organization is about 20 years old. our tag line is protecting faith and freedom. we approach the first amendment from a faith-base and had constitutional perspective in the hopes of protecting the rights of all americans to freedom of conscience and protecting the government and the people from interfering with each other on matters of religion. we were formed about 20 years ago in response to the rise of radical right in the religious community who tried to impose their agenda, continue to do that in our country. host: is the first amendment under assault? guest: it's always under assault. people love the protections of the first amendment, but sometimes, in exercises those protections, they try to deny them to others. our task is to ma

it returns power to the states, and it holds washington accountable. a budget is also a vital step to trigger reconciliation, and this plan lays out reconciliation instructions to achieve two goals. one is pro-growth tax reform, to build a tax code that is simple, fair, and competitive. and two is to achieve $200 billion in mandatory savings and reforms to cut the deficit. this budget and these reconciliation instructions lay out a path to make real and lasting changes that will power our country forward. with deficits starting to rise again, and our national debt becoming unsustainable, the status quo is no longer acceptable, and we must be bold, and we must act. this budget lays out the steps, and i look forward to a successful markup tomorrow. passage on the house floor and final agreement with the senate. and if you want to read our budget, please go to balancebudget.gop. and it's now my honor to have here at the podium our vice chair, congressman todd rokita. mr. rokita: thank you, chairwoman black, and good morning, everybody. todd rokita, indian

i am getting tired of this washington la-la. host: we received the same criticism when obama and clinton and bush were in the white house. you knowst letting what people are writing about, in this case, trump. we are not making any assertions . we're not trying to do anything except tell you what leading news organizations are saying about the president. writers, they do not have the mental capacity to understand what is going on around them. uellerannot see that m is putting in a team of clinton supporters. what does that tell you? you do not have to be a scientist c that something stinks. that something stinks. host: what would you tell the writers? toler: i would tell them write the truth. they are writing opinions. their opinion is trump has to go, because they want hillary, or they wanted the socialist. socialists.e the american people are not stupid. i am 77 years old. i have never seen anything like this in my life. i'm sick of it, i really am. i would be willing to take up arms against these liberal democrats. i do not t

every pledge that washington democrats made to pass that bill turned out to be a lie. it was a big, fat, ugly lie. democrats promised americans like steve finn, a former police officer in west virginia that they would save $2,500 a year under obamacare. instead his premiums have more than tripled. that's pretty bad. as a result of obamacare skyrocketing, steve and his family and many of his employees had no other option than going on medicaid and giving up their existing coverage. that's pretty bad. that's pretty bad. no choice, right? no choice. for them obamacare's promise was a nightmare. marjory and kevin weir from south carolina have a son monty who suffers from spina bifida. washington democrats promised thaties like the weirs they could keep their doctors but now, marjory says that every year she waits anxiously to learn if the doctors and hospitals which her son needs the most will remain in their network more obamacare lies. and you've seen that upfront and -- unfortunately, upfront and personally. promised the keepsons that they could coverage for preexisting

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eastern on washington journal. time now for journalist and author mollie hemingway talking about the relationship between the trump administration and the media. editor at ther online magazine "the federalist." the hour-long forum was hosted hillsdale college's kirby center in washington, d.c. >> good morning. i am matthew spalding. this is our local campus, as you well know. the main campus is in michigan.

. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guest now is william mauldin, who is a reporter for he "wall street journal," who is focusing on nafta, among other issues and we asked you to come on to talk to us about what the president has had to say this week. take us back to the campaign first and what the president had at that out nafta point. how did we get there, start with he campaign and what did the president have to say? , 2015, tarting in 2016 going back 100 years, bernie interested in the trade topic, skeptical of past agreements and same thing with donald trump, only more so, calling nafta one of deals ever ade negotiated anywhere, i believe definitely se, but in the united states. that rhetoric was taken to a new level. we had seen that with barack obama, hillary clinton, but this was a new level and it seemed president trump really does want to do something with nafta. ight now the pathway is to renegotiate the agreement. it's 23 years old, the north free-trade agreement f. that doesn't work, the possibili

his statement reported by the washington post. the second failure of trumpcare proof positive the core of this bill is unworkable. rather than repeating the same failed process yet again, republicans should start from scratch and work with democrats. that is the minority leader's statement. also several statements we will go through throughout the program today from senators on both sides of the aisle. here is bernie sanders. his statement last night after that announcement from mitch mcconnell. "i am delighted to see the disastrous health care plan will for theeed in victory millions who fought back. " "the american people want to proceed health care for all, not to see 22 million americans thrown off the health care they currently have." the congressional budget office had not released a score of the revised plan that came out late last week. owensboro, kentucky on the line for democrats. good morning. caller: my name is barbara and i do not see why they keep talking about obama. obama is no longer in the office. ist republicans

washington -- roger cohen virginia, republican line. caller: good morning, i have a couple points i would like to make if i could. republican, but i am no longer a republican. and is soas changed far right i do not know where it is that anymore. donald trump talks about creating jobs. if you would bring back some of his jobs from overseas, that would be a good start for this country. he needs to be a leader. ,o some of these other people quit paying taxes to these foreign nations. that would be a big help. if at all possible. and then voting machines, i would like to talk about those. there were voting machines that were actually hacked" changed -- and votes changed. democrats and republicans should not tolerate foreign nations changing the tallies, and the tallies were changed. host: so far, there is no evidence that that took place, so what is your source? there were emails showing that there were photos of machines that were tapped. when they go back to get the machines they were gone. host: thanks for the call. this is a tweet from

announcer: washington journal continues. on this sunday morning, we end our show back where we began, asking how the opioid crisis is affecting your community. , ife numbers this morning you have been affected by opioid addiction, 202-748-8000. if you are a medical professional, 202-748-8001. all others, 202-748-8002. it is a sunday morning across america here. some of the newspapers across the country about opioid addiction. record, thedaily opioid crisis, worst city in the united states for opioid abuse, wilmington. hickory, north carolina, where that story is from. revive or let, to die is the headline, youngstown, ohio, using naloxone to save lives creates a new debate. another headline from the front page of the sunday chieftain in pueblo, colorado. fewer pain meds, new state policy appears to target chronic pain sufferers. that is the front page this morning of the harold meter in lexington, kentucky, opioid dependent newborns forced the united kingdom and other hospitals to rethink care, the mom first approach. headli

we will talk about it this morning on the washington journal. but we begin today in the wake of the national address last night from president trump at the boy scout camp in west virginia. it is being criticized by some as inappropriate considering the audience. we want to hear what you think this morning. phone lines are open. democrats 202-748-8000. republicans 202-748-8001. .ndependents 202-748-8002 for boy scouts of past and present, we have a special line open to you, 202-748-8003. you can also join in on the conversation via twitter or facebook. good morning to you. if you missed it, we will show you parts of president trump's speech last night at the boy scout jamboree. we will be talking about it this morning. we want to get your reaction to this speech. we want to hear what you think. this is how president trump began the speech yesterday in west virginia. tonight, we put aside all the policy fights in washington, d.c. that you have been hearing about in the fake news and all of that. aside,going to put that and instead we are going to

. >> "washington journal" continues. ost: again, in this open phones, 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001. and independents, 202-748-8002. john kelly being sworn in at the white house as new white house chief of staff, on this morning, president trump will meet with his cabinet. "washington of post," profile sort of jeff sessions, the attorney general, horowitz, for souring, they t met a decade ago when the thetor from alabama invited real estate mogul to testify about renovation of the united nations. sessions was taken by donald trump calling him a breath of fresh air for the senate, but was cemented when trump began to move toward a bid.dential trump saw sessions as similar immigration,iner on far from beloved by elite and wealthy donors of the republican party. "he saw sessions as someone he could develop natural rapport said in sessions, immigration, trade, veteran's to engage.willing that was start, although sessions was first politician to and back him to to multsuous moment, the support the now. session was

the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: mr. chairman, i'm pleased to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. mr. wilson: mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to speak on amendment number 66. on july 4, the communist totalitarian regime in north korea marked the holiday by testing an intercontinental ballistic missile, another escalation by a regime that's tested ballistic missiles and conducted five nuclear tests this amendment expresses a clear sense of congress, we will not tolerate escalation by the regime in north korea testing ballistic missiles or develop agnew clear weapon threatening american families. the amendment reaffirms the strong commitment of the united states to our allies in the region, especially south korea, japan and australia. i'm encouraged by the leadership of pres

this is an opportunity to change the culture here in washington. this is a budget and now is the time to put this plan into action. thank you for being here and i'm happy to take some questions. reporter: this have the votes and how much is it? mrs. black: this budget will come out of our committee tomorrow and a budget will go to the house floor. we have been working our members that are not part of our committees to understand the vision that we have in this building better america. i love the work that has been done by our committee on this. and we will be working on all of the members and makeing sure they understand the significance, which is a vision of the future of this country. reporter: any conversations with your counterparts, senator enzi -- inaudible js mrs. black: he is the budget chairman in the senate and right now the senate is working on a lot of different issues and understands where we are going and carried that message back to the senate. reporter: did you ask the c.b.o. to do a macro analysis of this budget? mrs. black: the c.

from "washington journal," this is 30 minutes. host: is the president of the interfaith alliance as we talk about civility in american politics, something many americans are now talking about. let's talk about your organization. what is it? fly was informed, and what is your mission? -- why was it formed, and what is your mission? caller: we were formed -- announcer: -- guest: we were formed about 20 years ago in response to the radical right in the religious community who wanted to impose their agenda and continue to do so in our country. host: is the first amendment under assault? guest: the first amendment is always under assault. people love the protections of the first amendment, but sometimes in protecting those, they try to restrict them for others. host: this is from cbs news. the president's approval rating is at 46%. 36% disapprove. the congressional approval rating, 29%. of this story from cbs is guest: i think civil sit something modeled by people in public life. people have always had nasty arguments with each people

metro, referred to it as the ties that bind the washington metropolitan area together. it is used by millions of visitors to our nation's capital who come from across the country. it is critical to the functioning of our federal government. federal employees make up nearly 40% of its ridership. they and many military personnel rely on metro to get to their offices and duty stations on time so they can serve the american people. as anyone who spends time in this city know, metro has had its share of challenges in recent years, including of course safety issues. that have prompted an ambitious overhaul of safety procedure and infrastructure which was absolutely necessary. and too long in coming. safety must continue to be metro's number one priority. both for its passengers and for its employees. our resolution, mr. speaker, when i refer to our, the entire metropolitan delegation, would provide a congressional consent to the establishment of a metro safety commission. ms. comstock spoke of that, mr. raskin has spoken of that, i'm sure others will as well, which will provi

this is not what normally happens in washington, d.c. particularly on capitol hill. these votes usually go exactly the way that leadership in the senate plans them to go. but that's not what happened here tonight. and this vote has been in doubt for some time. mitch mcconnell has tried every which way to get some form of obamacare repeal on the floor that would just get 50 republican votes. that's all he needed to get it passed, and he has been turned down at every single opportunity, and the most dramatic being tonight. and the person at the center of this drama was senator john mccain, this after coming into washington quite dramatically at the beginning of the week after learning of a diagnosis of an aggressive form of brain cancer. he came all the way to washington to be involved in it this process, to cast a ballot in this situation. he initially voted to move the vote to the floor. but gave a dramatic speech saying that they needed to find more bipartisanship and work together. and when the process wasn't heading in the direction he wanted it to, he was the per

partisan runs deep in washington. but that is now on the table. >> interesting. president are president trump plaming t blaming the swamp. and relive in an era when everyone mocks washington insiders but the ultimate outsierd president could have benefitted from some insider knowledge. trump seemed to have almost no idea about legislation process worked. >> how surprise are you that this president seems to little about how the sift el works? >> not that he doesn't know about it, he is not even trying to learn about it. presidents who are successful start to understand, what are the motives that interest senate and they have some respect for congress if they try to push legislation, meaning give confrence work to work out deals and work out the problems that exist in any piece of legislation and they usually support members of their own party as they try to do correspondents things. and the president hasn't done any of that and he has shown a kind of disdane for the legislative process which doesn't work well in washington. so he is paying the cost of some of that

"the washington post." and "the new york times" report that attorneys and aides are scouring the backgrounds of robert mueller looking for ways to undercut the probe. >> "the washington post" reporting the president has asked about his pow or the pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser told the post the president wassimply curious agent the reach of his powers. jeff zeleny has more from the white house. >> reporter: christine and miguel, president trump and the white house increasingly focused on the special counsel's investigation. the independent investigation into the russian meddling of the 2016 election. there are indications the election is spreading. president trump made that indication in his interview with "the new york times "earlier this week when he talked about robert mueller. and that he could being look into the trump family's finances. the president said he thought that would be outside of the purdview of that. this is increasingly dominated much of the conversation here at t

we do washington, d.c. mardi gras and draw thousands of people who come to sample the real stuff, so we got a taste of louisiana here on the hill. >> thanks for your time. rep. johnson: thanks for your time. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal, every dayday -- live with news and policy issues that impact you. south carolina republican congressman mark sanford discusses his call for civility on capitol hill. and california democratic congressman jimmy panetta talks about the newly created democratic caucus national security task force. be sure to watch c-span's at 7:00on journal, live a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> sunday night on afterwards, at chirac incident report on how smear tactics are used to influence public opinion in her book "the smear." she is interviewed by washington post media critic eric wimple. >> you hammer the washington post, who you feel has not properly reported on this incident as opposed to saying donald trump, why are you smearing john mccain? >> this was the wash

"washington journal" continues. host: we welcome back to our desk the reverend barry lynn, the executive director for for the separation of church and state. remind our viewers about the dispute over a playground that ended up in the supreme court. guest: it was a dispute over a playground that was owned and controlled and called a ministry and mission of a lutheran church. this was integrally related to the church itself. the question was, the scrap tire program that was used allegedly to replace dangerous pebbled craig lowndes -- playgrounds with rubberized tires, whether a religious group could be required to be admitted to a program to receive compensation for this redo of their playground. although it was called the playground case, for many of us, it is a lot more significant than that because it raises the question, can the united states thatme court order states want to protect the conscience of its people and protected zone treasury against distributing funding to churches, can they be ordered to be include

ou can find that at washington times.com. we tweet a lot of articles we're reading here, if you follow the stream, you can see that probably tweeted, as l. south ide, west virginia, sharon on the democrat's line. i apologize, on the republican ahead.go sharon in west virginia. caller: thanks for taking my call. i'd like to comment on the and the healthcare system, this year, our insurance from $500 to t $3000, i'm not very good at know what 't percentage that is, but i hear ll the time, health care deductible went up 50%, 100%, that is more like 300%. had to change two medications this year, one i need, been taking same blood pressure medication for years, went to get it filled the costs was going to be $400 for blood pressure medicine. i had to go on a cheaper one and y blood pressure, my last $200 over isit was 112. the blood pressure medicine, how much did it cost you beforehand? $75 er: i think it was like for three-month supply this, is three-month supply. my hormones, the same thing, i had to go on a cheaper one. it was

the short watch "washington journal." join the discussion -- be sure to watch "washington journal." join the discussion. announcer: trump administration certifies a roster complying with nuclear deal, also promising to impose new sanctions over a ballistic missile program. from the article, the trump administration says it has certified to congress that iran is still complying with the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, but also promised to impose new sanctions on the country over its ballistic missile program and other alleged misbehavior. now we get reaction from a ron's english language -- from iran's endlessly which news channel on imposing new economic sanctions against iran -- english language news channel on imposing new economic sanctions on iran. tehran will take countermeasures against the move . the reaction follows the imposition of new u.s. sanctions against iranian individuals. department has targeted eight entities, including a transnational group and eight individuals who helped to the iranian army and developed the country's missile program. the state department has al

he said, you have to bring him down to washington and i have to meet your son. i have always had a wonderful relationship with the bush family. and on the fourth of july, everybody likes to talk about the divisions in american politics, but i like to sell to celebrate the bonds that people don't talk about. to texas with my mother and neil bush introduced her as a great friend of the bush family and the audience was sort of confused, i think. talks about spite and accentuates every bad moment in american politics, but i feel ike, when i'm in washington, get a really, behind-the-scenes .iew they are colleagues and they do have to work together and i don't think it is as divided and hopeless as it feels like on cable news. mylet me bring you back to fourth of july documentary airing on hbo. i brought in paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, 25 u.s. senators, colin powell and all those kind of big names in the reppo -- in the republican party, not the type of people you would expect to see in a documentary on hbo. is to get theis annding fathers and emmy, -- emmy. i am hopin

that's not the way things have worked in washington for probably 43 years now. i think as senator perdue has indicated, this process is actually worked four times in 43 years. until such time we can actually fix this process and allow really good people that work here to get their job done in a timely fashion, we're probably going to have to spend extra time here in washington rather than back in the states during those state work periods. i know the folks back home they don't mind it if we get back in and get a chance to express their opinions once in a while, but at the same time they expect us to get our work done in a timely fashion. we can't do that right now without spending some extra time here. the reason for the letter, in my opinion, and the reason i signed on, is that i wanted to let leadership know that if they could see a way to put together some additional time during august in which we could be productive, that they would have our support. and that this was our way of expressing to leadership our support, their interest in extending the time perio

host: shern, your take on the debate in washington? caller: good morning, thank you for taking my call. believe that our democrats, ur leadership, it's time for them to step up. they need to reach across the this.e need to repair we have so many people who are finally able to get coverage with the a.c.a. we need them to continue having that. us who have insurance through our employers, our skyrocketed, to see an't get in doctors or specialists because they won't accept our insurance whereas before all his happened, they would have accepted. we need to step up as people, we to come -- what the previous caller stated, it's frightening to me that it would come down to race, believes that. it is race, it can't be that way. we have got to step up as people demand they repair it, do not repeal it, repair it. with are finally covered this, that is my take. host: okay, about 10 minutes the before we send it to house of representatives, they're in at 10:00 for morning hour, noon for business, they have more energy related tems on the floor toda

the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. july 13, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable daniel m. donovan jr. to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, july paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, 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

produced much television and washington, d.c. and it was syndicated of two anger, maine, and as far west as ohio. that was the territory of wrestling in that particular time. toit was syndicated up bangor, maine. it was in his blood. but you met him, had you ever gone or thought about wrestling or gone to a match? ms. mcmahon: i had been to a match with my father when i was about 10 years old because my father was a schreiner in north carolina. r in northhrine carolina. one all of the fundraising events was wrestling and gorgeous george was the wrestler. i had been with my father to a wrestling event. steve: where do they come up with the names? ms. mcmahon: well, they are very creative. they know how to really live my character and it is fun. steve: your son-in-law is known as -- .s. mcmahon: triple h he started with that name when he was with another wrestling organization and his first characterization was this very, you know, rich, aristocrat. steve: you call him triple h? ms. mcmahon: no, i call him paul. [laughter] steve: i

be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on washington journal. deputy presse secretary sarah huckabee sanders has been with the trump administration since january. she sat down with us to discuss her role with the white house, her background, and what it was like growing up in a political family. this profile interview is just under 25 minutes. sanders, whatbee was it like growing up in such a political family? >> most days it was incredible. i was a political junkie from an early age and got a front row seat to something i loved to do and something to be a part of. even better than that i had a chance to do something i love and do that with my dad. i can't think of any better experience growing up. to me it was a privilege and honor, and prepared me for the life i'm living right now. >> you were 11 or 12 when he was running for governor. -- ie first time i will was nine years old. when most kids were going to summer camp i was doing the arkansas festival circuit, passing out cards and shaking hands and tagging along with my training in the state

. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we have an hour or so to talk about politics on this sunday morning on "washington journal." we are joined by two pollsters, patrick ruffini, who is a republican pollster and strategist, and michael bocian, democratic pollster and strategist. gentlemen, thanks for being here on "washington journal." patrick ruffini, i will start with you. what do you think the message is that members will take to their constituents after the failure to move forward on health care? guest: health care has been seen as an issue i think in this debate that wasn't necessarily one with a policy. it was really one where that was seen as a priority, but it was really kind of could they get a win? we have had six months of uninterrupted republican control of government. could you actually deliver? and i think there was a sense that the more important thing was to actually deliver something in the win column than it was the specific details of the bill. i think that's ultimately what unraveled the legisla

sean is a creature of washington. sean believes that deeply in you know, the, the process of how things work and thought he could be the most helpful to the president in this way. by hiring anthony scaramucci it essentially makes the point clear which has been emerging, that the president wants to be his own communications director. the president wants to be his own press secretary, and he does not want help from those in washington. this is now more of an outside game. now more of a fight. this is about the russia investigation. this is a much -- much less about the agenda. the writing's been on the wall in many respects. i remember beinging a the vatican end of may, sean spicer slighted not being invited. hoping to be there that day. he was not invited on the trip to paris last week. he has -- been disinvited from the briefing room. i'm told today the phenol straw was, effe the final straw, less what do you know about washington than outside a trump game? walls are tightening in a little bit and more -- people from

here in washington. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. right now we're standing by to hear from the white house. you're looking at live pictures coming in from the briefing room where the press secretary sarah huckabee sanders will brief reporters laters think hour. live coverage of that and certainly hit with questions on several major fronts. one will be the ongoing debate and the expected votes coming up over health care. president trump has kept up the pressure on republicans in the senate. once again, tweeting today and i'm quoting him "don't let the american people down." all of this while a now deleted tweet from the white house

and the republican agenda here in washington by focusing on what they're calling made in america week. the first of three themed weeks here going forward in these summer weeks ahead. but there were some questions about the trump brand and where some of their products are coming from. from ivanka trump's blouses, some are made in bangladesh to the president's shirts and ties, some are made in china, other places. so, the white house was defending that. wolf, i can tell you it was quite the sight as we are seeing pictures of the president climbing into that fire truck on the south lawn of the white house. he said at one point, where's the fire? i'll put it out. but it is the smoke from the russia investigation the white house is trying to get beyond. and the white house is also focusing on health care. so, the president this afternoon was explaining why the health care vote is not happening this week. of course, john mccain, republican of arizona, recovering from surgery he had over the weekend. now, john mccain has been one of the biggest skeptics and critics of this white house. but t

does it work for him in washington? >> from his point of view, if he can get scouts on this, if he can find one person oen that investigative team who would have to recuse themselves or even sort of resign, i mean that's the sort of thing he takes like a ball and runs down the field with. >> so rather than saying hey, i don't have anything to hide, do your thing. do you think this is coming directly from the president? >> i do. as patrick said classic donald tru trump. beyond having a disregard for the independent power of other institutions, he actually doesn't imagine that people have values and people have a set of believes and even core integrity that would motivate them and drive them to do the job they've been elecced to perform or appointed to perform. it's for him always about gain and everything is a zero sum game. so he's going to try to exploit what he thinks is a vulnerability in the other side. in the case of mueller and i think even those he's brought on to his team who may be donors to democratic candidat

every pledge that washington democrats made to pass that bill turned out to be a lie. it was a big, fat, ugly lie. democrats promised americans like this man, a police officer in west virginia, that they -- saveve money and money under obamacare. his premiums have more than tripled. as a result of obamacare, skyrocketing cost, many of his had to givemployees up their existing coverage. that is pretty bad. no choice. promise, obamacare's was a nightmare. marjorie and kevin from south carolina have a son who suffers from spina bifida. democrats fight -- thomas families like them that if they couldtheir doctor, they keep their doctor. now there is only one insurer left in the state exchange. marjorie says every year she waits and viciously to learn if the doctors and hospitals and her son needs the most will .emain in their network more obamacare lies. you have seen that upfront, unfortunately. melissacrats promised that her sons pre-existing conditions would be covered. they quickly learned that obamacare's promise of coverage or pre-existing conditions was meaningless.