he went to washington being a supporter of term limits in washington. he became a firm supporter of term limits not only for members of congress but also for justices on the supreme court. it is good to have a healthy turnover and new talent coming forward. part of the solution here lies in us, the voters. there is a tendency for us not to look past pandering. we have candidates at say i'm against the lyrical correctness -- political correctness and think the alternative they want to show people's insult and obscenity's rather than saying politically correction allows even republican -- or compels even republican candidates to say that they want young women to be drafted into the military. we saw that during the debate on saturday. that was nothing more than political correction rather than thoughtful analysis of a change that would be bad for america. we have to be a lot more sophisticated. we can't have a bernie sanders that says things are bad so therefore i will to take from others and give to you. we have to ask ourselves, what caused this. what in

it is budget season in washington. we'll talk with her and figure out what is going on with this federal project. first, our newsmakers program the veteransith affairs committee chair. johnny isakson's. republican from georgia. here is a little bit of what he had to say. this program airs on sunday. >> senator sanders served before me. he proposed some things that were good. we are not as active as we should have been. the arizona issue took place during his watch. we did not respond at that time. it was a response later on. of the nominee donald trump i do not know that he has served in the military. i think he is regurgitating a lot of what he reads in the press. i would never criticize the press while i am doing an interview. a lot of things that are reported that came around before i came along. the v.a. is making substantial changes. they are addressing the concerns that took place in denver and atlanta. one by one, we're correcting those things. when you see the accountability legislation we're doing in the sprin

on the "washington ournal." caller: yes, i am for marco rubio. he said he can get this land back together. he has charisma, he thinks before he speaks. he has a lot of clarity. e knows he's a specialist in foreign affairs, and he's youthful. everybody cares or him, and he would make us and our country, bring us together. he will protect us, and save us, appreciative man. host: marie, any concern about him being too scripted? that was one of the criticisms he received after his saturday debate performance. caller: oh, no, none at all, none at all. you have to understand that he because he's still for us.for us and cares host: here's senator marco rubio yesterday in one of his stops nute campaign before the new hampshire primaries. marco rubio: i believe if we get this election wrong, it may be too late to turn around for this country. bernie sanders, i know bernie sanders. but bernie sanders is a socialist. nice guy, a nice socialist, but socialist. we can't go down the road of socialism. people come to this country to socialism.om applause] hilla

you send that extra tax money to washington, the problem is the way washington is right now, you don't know if that money will go to roads and bridges. look at social security. these candidates aren't being asked about the disability portion of social security that is a most bankrupt. these programs are -- they are in trouble. we have a debts deficit. when was the last time the candidates were taught -- asked about how you would say that? they don't want to answer the question because they would lose votes with older voters. what do we need to do so that younger americans paying into social security will have something? these issues on coming up enough in this auction enough in my opinion. -- in this election enough. caller: getting back to the original question about carly fiorina, i believe she should have the opportunity to be in the debates. just one extra person, down to an eight person fields now. trump, it is funny because the difference between donald trump and bernie sanders is bernie sanders is part of the progressive movement and donald trump is part of the regressive moveme

washington journal continues. now are twog us congressman. representative john carney, a democrat from delaware. renaccingressman james who is a republican from ohio. they will be talking about their bipartisan working group. good morning gentlemen. tell me a little bit about this bipartisan working group. rep. carney: we try to work every week. we get together at the beginning of the week to find ways that we can work together on legislation . we talk about the agenda for the week. we talk about members initiatives they are working on and have a lot of dialogue. how we address the challenges facing the country. i come from a state where bipartisanship is a great tradition. we have an event after each election called return day and at the end of that celebration the democrats and republicans actually bury a hatchet on stage. it is symbolic for sure where democrats and -- we are democrats and republicans. let's work for the good of the people we represent. host: why did you think rounding this group was a good idea

"washington journal" continues. host: doug collins of the judiciary committee in the house. you have a big hearing next week on apple encryption and the fbi. where do you stand on the issue? guest: this is going to become one of the defining issues in the next little bit. we have had a classified hearing already in the judiciary. i believe we could be on a very slippery slope. i think apple is fighting back, and i think they should be fighting back. i believe -- i guess, where does this stop and start? it is not just a one-off. it is not simply saying, can apple give me phone from just this information? it does not really need to be handled in the courts. this needs to be solved on capitol hill. we need to make a determination in congress on what this issue is and how we are looking to best protect the country. i served in iraq and have been overseas. i understand the terrorist threat. but there is very much a concern here that the government is coercing someone to do something come and not to stop something. they a

they are not waiting for washington. we are focused today on who is going to be the next president last eight years, there have been a lot of changes at the state level to real progress in some states. we see states going in the wrong direction but many states are doing real reforms, if ackley would washington has not been able to do because the president vetoed the republican reforms. it on infrastructure, politicians know that people will vote for an improved gasoline tax. they put the roads last. the governor in california didn't even include roads in his last budget. host: so you agree that there needs to be improved infrastructure spending? guest: you should take away all of the special interest requirements like davis-bacon and mineral wage so that we are not spending more than we need to to build roads. if you want to expand a road you have to look and see if it is irritate -- if there is already a road there. so a lot of those restrictions and regulations, which make it -- why should you wait years to have an epa

isst: in washington, it tough. i'm a democrat and we have some challenges in overcoming a philosophy here. that basically says they are on their own. one of the things that is troubling about the senator's ourent, is that these are american citizens who are facing a big struggle because of the decisions that were made by someone else. they are facing a disaster. so the idea that we are all pointing at one another and say it is your fault, if the state of michigan won't do was write, where else are the kid supposed else are thehere kids supposed to turn? we are the federal government. when we have the power to react, we should do everything we can. michigan., from an independent. caller: good morning. i know you're not my congressman, but at least you are representing the state. i do not agree with you on a couple of points. one, that it is a federal issue or it is a state issue. it is a local issue. the reason is, the people who are running flint spend more money than they were taking in from tax revenue. at the sa

washington journal continues. ♪ >> this is the hardest problem i have seen in government, because it implicates america's gifted innovation, privacy, it implicates the rule of law and public safety. we have to talk about it and understand how to we optimize these things we care about? privacy and safety, how do we do that and it is not easy. communicators,he general counsel for the fbi agent association and vice president for policy at the center for democracy and technology will discuss the conflict between fbi and apple, over whether the fbi -- will grapple. the fbi given to the phone of one of the san bernardino terrorist and what this could mean for communication and law enforcement in the digital age. they are joined by a cyber security reporter. >> the tool is a device that was designed to be impenetrable. it threatens the way that our search and seizure laws were designed to operate where reasonable searches under a lawful warrant can obtain access to evidence, so we do view it as a real threat to the ful

she has been around washington. she can help in some of the issues she brings up, such as the social security, the health believe her experience worldwide will help keep us safe with the international nations. tony, that was tony, cleveland, ohio, democrat. brad, good morning. i think the last caller is wrong. she is a criminal. she is in it for herself. she does not care about anyone but herself. she lies. host: we are listening to you. caller: she lies. people lookve -- if at the nuances throughout history, republicans have been for the civil rights for the minorities. host: ok. caller: democrats have always hoodwinked the minorities for saying that the republicans are against them, that is not the case at all. host: who is your candidate? caller: donald trump. i talk to minority people. they want to vote for him. he talks plainly to everybody. he does not talk in circles. he speaks plainly. to vote republican, regardless if he wins the nomination or not. i would like to see him win. if he does not, i am voting re

it is a perennial topic in washington. everyone recognizes we could do the way our military buys weapons and services, they keep trying and it is a difficult problem to solve and i do not think anyone has come up with a good solution yet. made incremental progress in some areas. there has been an initiative in the pentagon called better buying power. they try to make sure the pentagon is getting a good price for its weapons and for the services it contracts for. still shortcomings in that and it will actually take many years before we could see the effects of that to see if what they are doing now is being more efficient. it is something congress has in taking up and i know the senate and house armed services committee's past acquisition reform legislation last year and made some changes to the system. they will probably come back this year and passmore changes. there is always more that could done but it is a difficult problem when you have got such a large and massive organization buying so many different things and ofte

so washington, d.c. looks down to the textile capital of the world and all of a sudden, government contracts came funneling into this area. asking the mills here to begin producing for the war effort, and initially for the allies and then for the united states as well. >> and on american history tv -- >> this really was a nasty spot. ,t is hard to believe now looking at it that it was one of the best spots in the country. if this was a nasty place. it is a great story about a andunity getting behind starting to appreciate and cherish a park. watch the c-span city store .aturday at 12:00 eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour working with the cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. washington journal continues. are back with david savage from the l.a. times. let's begin with president barack obama yesterday at the news conference. we showed this to our viewers earlier. i want to get your reaction. theident barack obama constitution i

in the washington post. harry reid warns republicans against approving president obama's pending choice for the position. meanwhile, in an op-ed there's a case being made to give justices a limited term on the court. 202-748-000 for democrats. >> 18 years is a long enough for justice to take a long view that extends well beyond one presidency, and justices could retire at a reasonable age without fear that they are betraying the home team. there's less of a risk that a justice would become infirmed on the job and 18-year terms would alsz allow presidents to confidently appoint well into their 50s and 60s. on those born in a later and different time. both parties have some stake in fixing the problems. each party benefits from the crisis of the sort we are now experiencing. and we want to hear your thoughts if you think that's a good idea, bad idea or you don't know. you can share your thoughts with us. the phone lines 202-478-8001 for republicans, 202-748-8000 for democrats. and you can post on twitter and f

that is what washington needs. they need somebody that will stand strong and shake them until their brains rattle. that is my feeling. int: steve, democrat robert's bill, missouri. -- robertsville, missouri. caller: you hear trump talking about all these things he is going to do, yet, he has no specifics about anything. he talks about winning, winning, winning. he rise me of charlie sheen when he was high on cocaine. that reminds me of charlie sheen when he was high on cocaine. he's talking about bringing minimum-wage jobs back from china. he will help the billionaires. i don't agree with everything with bernie clifton dollar an hour minimum wage -- $15 an hour minimum wage. we need universal health care. bush's tax cuts permanent. haven't they brought charges against hillary clinton and george w. bush? that is my comment. thank you very much. independents in new hampshire sent a message to hillary clinton. seven in 10 of them supported mr. sanders. it was independents who were a big factor in the democratic primar

"washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good saturday morning to you. republican candidates are squaring off today and south carolina's primary. while nevada is holding its first in the west them a credit caucus. we will bring you all the latest. first, we want to hear from you. who do support and who do think crucial the battleground states. a special line this morning for voters in nevada and south carolina. 48-8003.ber is 202-7 you can also find us on social media. pan wj.tter handle is @cs leiva, and on our page on facebook. we start the morning -- leave a comment on our page on facebook. we will hear first from hillary clinton and senator sanders speaking in nevada. mrs. clinton: i am going to fight for you because we have got to knock down every very that is holding americans back. there are economic barriers. i know what i am against. i have been clear about that. i have got to stop the bad actors from wrecking our economy again. and i know how to do it. and i have got the plan the people say is the toughest and more comprehensive. but you know w

welcome to washington journal. we will spend the entire program talking about the new hampshire debate. in particular we will ask you who won last night's debate. (202) 748-8001 four republicans. democrats use (202) 748-8000. for independents, (202) 748-8002. new hampshire residents, we have aligned for you at (202) 748-8003. you can weigh in online as well. we have a poll at facebook.com/cspan. send us a tweet this morning. we will get your calls momentarily. a look at how it's playing on the union leader this morning. rubio."e rocks reporting this morning saying republican rivals hit senator marco rubio with a barrage of criticism's about his readiness to be president during the final debate before the new hampshire primary on tuesday. a moderator of saturday night's debate keyed it up for chris christie did it -- for rubio to defend his time as a senator. -- wet becomes about should all rally around joe biden." governor christie looks to build on rubio's surge. he argued rubio had not been involved in any conseq

washington journal continues. host: joining us now talking about the debate you have been hearing over apple and the fbi. formally, attorney of the national security agency, good morning. could you give us a sense of what you did at the nsa? guest: at the nsa, i advised the government on matters related to informational strength and cyber security missions as well as serving with the legislative affairs office. managing the relationship with congress, legislative reporting obligation, that kind of thing. host: when it comes to the current fight between apple and the fbi, can you give us a shorthand of what is going on between these companies? guest: this is a long simmering conflict. the fbi gave voice to this going dark issue back in 2010. the department of justice and fbi and local law enforcement have increasingly come up against the phenomenon of not being able to access and correct information when they have a lawful court order. a number ofught different methods -- sought a number of different methods. they

victims the washington post notes, of a raucous race. the two joined mike huckabee in deciding to quit the gop race this week after disappointing finishes in monday's i will caucuses. we will be talking more about that and what that means for new hampshire. forral events to look today on the c-span network. ted cruz is going to be in hooksett, new hampshire at 1:15 for a campaign event. he will deliver remarks on drug addiction and recovery at the immanuel baptist church in onksett at 1:15 p.m. c-span3. jeb bush will be in derry, new hampshire. he will hold a town hall at the west running brook middle school in derry. barbara bush will join him at that event. live coverage starting at 7:00 on c-span. coming up in about 20 minutes we will begin our coverage of the national prayer breakfast, the six before the annual national 2.ayer breakfast on c-span we will check on it later today in our program toward the end of the washington journal. we have about five to 10 minutes left in this segment to get your thoughts on your trust in the gover

announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: alexandra phelan is an adjective professor on health law at georgetown university law center and joins us to discuss the zika fires crisis -- zika virus crisis. it is now in over 20 countries and is expected to perhaps affect millions by next year. where did it come from and why has its growth been so explosive in the americas? guest: zika is not a new virus. about zika since around 1947 when it was first identified in africa. these new outbreaks seem to have .ollowed a trail of outbreaks in french polynesia in 2014 is when we started to see an association between zika virus infection and severe illnesses. brazil thatyear in these clusters of microcephaly were identified. the reason for the explosion of cases is multifold. there may be some sort of strain variation. the main reason is you have a population in brazil who have never been exposed to the zika virus previously. the mosquito which spreads zika has been present in brazil. this is the first time it is carrying the zika

we are talking to women only this morning on the washington journal. who do you plan to support for president in 2016? whether you are republican or democrat, it is the female vote that is likely to make the vote.ence in the primary in 2008, 10 million more women than men voted. whether you are republican or democrat, start dialing in now. 29,ou are between 18 and 202-748-8000. .0-50, 202-748-8001 .1 and over, 202-748-8002 you can also join us on twitter or go to facebook. you can post your comments there. start dialing in. let me show you the front page of usa today. fiorina has dropped out of the race along with new jersey governor chris christie. they had suspended their campaigns. carly fiorina had a message for women on her facebook page saying "while i suspended my will continuey, i to travel this country and fight for those americans who refused ay settle for the w things are in the status quo that no longer works for them." we are talking to women only this morning. divided the lines by age. who is your candidate and why? gretchen in new york.

washington. you will have the biggest battle of obama's entire career in washington. obamacare was huge, but the fight over replacing justice scalia is one that is going to determine the direction of the court. if a liberal justice replaces scalia, it is likely to tilt the court toward liberals. it has not been since the 1970's. there's a lot of reason to think we will not see the senate confirm anyone to the court this year. republicans came out immediately condolences had about justice scalia, we had democrats and republicans battling immediately and this tends partisan fight over whether or not the senate would even consider replacing him this year. for republicans, it is almost political suicide for them to president obama nominates. my prediction would be that we are not going to see an end result. that doesn't mean that president obama isn't going to try to fill his constitutional duty to appoint someone or nominate someone to the supreme court. you are likely to see that in the next couple of weeks. this will be a battle that will go on month after month after

e-mail testimony could rattle -- it is on the first page of washington post and washington times -- hillary clinton should be questioned under oath about her use of a private e-mail server as secretary of state. host: we will go back to calls. brian, democrat, louisiana. caller: good morning. are that i think republicans are obstructionist and i think there is a lot to what they have to say about undertones of races. i think it is consciously and effort that republicans make to prey on people's fears. they wave the constitution all the time, yet, when it comes to selecting the next supreme court justice, they are ignoring the constitution. host: let's get the response to that charge. guest: first of all, i do not believe it is correct to say we are ignoring the constitution when we talk about how we handled the supreme court nomination. supreme court nominations in the united states are set up in a fashion where the person who was nominated, but you go to the senate for advice and consent. they can nominate but not the point. the senate, by simply saying it is up to them to make a decision,

this from the washington times, new report from washington says president obama misled congress on the debt limit. he could continue to send social security checks, and make critical payments in the event it reach the debt limit. the obama administration intentionally misled congress about that to force republicans to hike the borrowing ceiling. it said on monday the internal treasury department documents. the services committee which released the report accusing ministration of fundamentally altering the next debt site. those after president obama leaves office. for more and that commuting go to the washington times. the scope back to calls. more of your thoughts on last night's first in the nation caucus. ron, west chesterfield, new hampshire. a democrat. ron, a lot of damage -- attention coming your way, who do you plan to vote for on tuesday? and i plan toe vote for bernie sanders p we went to so hillary clinton a few weeks ago. i actually got to ask him questions. i was not terribly satisfied with the answer. that it willmum is be at least a protest for hillary if she does win the

on c-span following "the washington journal." everything we have covered so far you can watch online at www.c-span.org. the gop will not consider obama's final budget. a house and senate budget committees decided they will not hold a hearing regarding president obama's tenure in the white house. chair price from georgia said on thursday that they will skip hearings with shaun donovan, the white house budget director to review the president's fiscal budget. the white house will unveil its latest budget blueprints on tuesday. what is the definition of a progressive to you, sir? caller: it is hard to come up with where is the term first started. if anything, i would say a progressive is someone in line with the thinking and thoughts and direction with franklin roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt. we have gone a long way from what the democratic party was and that is what i consider progressive, what the democratic party was under franklin roosevelt and where it is today. if they were alive today, i don't think they would recognize the d

the headline from "the washington post," g.o.p. rivals turn fierce in the runup to the south carolina vote, and we'll have more on that exchange between jeb bush and donald trump in our 9:00 hour, as we focus on the debate last night and a chance to see it again here on c-span at 4:00 usual time. russell, republican line, pennsylvania, good morning. caller: good morning. justice scalia was a good man, and i think that our government, we have to have someone in there in the next eight months, because they need to make a lot of decisions, and the country is so divided already. i'm sure whoever they vet will make sure he's somewhat in the middle. i think that's the only way we can do this. the word is compromise, which seems to be a bad word the last seven years. i would like to hope that we could get through this process and somehow work like they did back in the old days, with old tip and the boys did their thing. that's about all i can say on that. host: russell, thanks for the call. chris has this comment. the republicans won't ev

the front page of "the washington times." clinton adopting a more combative tone ahead of the new hampshire primary. unlike ahead of the 2008 primary where there were those moments she teared up a couple of times talking about what it is like to be a woman and running for president. mark in milford, new hampshire, an independent. good morning. what do you think about this question? is this part of your calculation? caller: i think it is about time america has a female president. i am an independent undeclared voter in new hampshire. marco rubio ben carson, and carly fiorina. my wife and i decided we are going to vote for carly fiorina tomorrow. host: tell us why. is it because she is a female? caller: not all. she is very well spoken, very professional. in 2015 in some of the higher tier debates as well as lower tiered, she seemed to win those debates and she was one of the few or i would say the first and only republican to attack donald trump and to attack hillary clinton. i would love to see carly fiorina versus hillary cl

the problem in washington in general is gridlock. gridlock between the republicans and the democrats. it is bad. at the same time we have a problem right here in our republican party. excusing. -- excuse me. and iople that are in, speak exaggeratedly, we have john mccain and mcconnell. find republicans -- fine republicans that have been there 187 years each. any have formed over a -- alliance with nancy pelosi and harry reid. they are not wanting to be moved out of their power structure. what happens or who is president. host: we hear you this morning. a few comments fromif you comme. one person tweets how is rubio becoming the establishment candidate? he was a tea party darling when he ran for senate. another rights through -- ted cruz is a solid conservative. imagine a review without amnesty. paul, you're on the air. yes, i'm calling to support john kasich. there was a gentleman from florida who claimed he was a democrat and said that john kasich was about the only republican he could vote for. i don't know why the republican party

that is from "the washington post." guest: we are six months out and there is a lot we can do in six months out. we have the technology to do , targetedpraying spraying, to the mosquito populations. you spray that residual spraying and if you see mosquitoes in your house, they do not fly very far. when they have had blood, they and they stay locally. we attacked them and target them locally. then we set up a risk assessment and surveillance system to make sure the population has decreased. i just saw the other day where we are talking about in the olympic village, their screens on the windows and doors? good question because if there are not, put them on there now. are the athletes going to have air-conditioned rooms? airot, let's get conditioning out there. what advice are giving athletes and visitors about insect repellent? host: so you are not worried. if you are traveling to south america, you would continue with their plans? guest: yes, i would. host: paul is joining us from england. we welcome those watching acros

scaliae justice antonin up was laid to rest yesterday in washington. his funeral, which thousands attended, the washington post headlined -- justice antonin scalia a more and as one-of-a-kind. if you missed that, you can go back and watch that on c-span.org. the new york times coverage of the funeral says mr. barack obama did not attend the funeral. -- voted for the confirmation. donald trump chided president , i wonder if you would have attended the funeral if it were held in a mosque. donald trump did not attend either. ted cruz did attend. even though votes were going on in the primary. argued nine times. he's out to block any obama nominee. morning in thes hand, if you liked a sermon, he would tell a priest afterwards. we all saw how important mass was to him, his eyes closed, head bowed as he moved deep into the communion. we had a scalia bowl. it generally went well before the callould contest or debate the proper interpretation of a rule. many games ended with one of us storming off the field in discussed. luckily, no media were there to cover t

until then, a look ahead to the new hampshire primary from this morning's washington journal. nd the breakfast crowd all morning here on the "washington journal." >> now we're joined by arnie arnesen, who is stepping away from her radio microphone to join us on television this morning. she's the host of the attitude arnesen on wnhn-fm. arnie, it was a year ago that a lesser-known senator named bernie sanders joined you at a the you owned, close no state capital there, to talk about possibly running for president. expectations like in the room? we're showing the picture of the in late january. what were the expectations like candidacy?s >> let me just set this up. i live in a house that is known as beingw hampshire the house where presidential candidates come. he was a powerful democrat. was a powerful republican. so jimmy carter has slept in this house. in thisnton spoke house. house.e spoke in this my husband, who recently died, was a libertarian. who has a history of presidential candidates coming and making their pitch and then we find out whether they actually ultimately b