up is the democratic line, washington, d.c. you are on the air. to doug fromon battle creek, michigan, on the republican line. hi, how are you doing, great to be on your show. i have been in politics before i was able to vote. one of the first presidents of the hand of was richard milhouse next and. nixon. - that my dad was going to vote for him and i said i think my dad is a democrat. he gave me a sour look but i still like the guy. family, we have spent, indian, american indian, and we have filipino all mixed together so we were never raised in any sort of -- with any sort of racial views toward other people. to detroitoduced us which was a melting pot. you have the jewish culture there you have to know a few .ebrew words to say shalom and the type of thing he grew up with and to us was to be sympathetic, understanding, and open-minded and what is going on around you. was that no one is right just because of their race. i consider myself a republican. i was told i am an eisenhower republican a long time ago. then i was told i was a moderate repu

>>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, wherever you're watching, thank you very much for joining us. we start in new hampshire where the presidential candidates here in the united states are making their final push to the voters just one day before that state's first in the nation primary. hillary clinton and vermont senator bernie sanders are on the campaign trail. sanders tempering expectations with a big lead in the polls. former president bill clinton has taken the stage in manchester, new hampshire. we're also awaiting the start of a sanders rally new hampshire, as well. on the republican side, donald trump relishing his front-runner status saying he wouldn't be happy with anything but a win in the granite state. the republican candidates, they're out, spread out across the state today. they're jockeying for every vote possible. ted cruz and donald trump have events scheduled later this hour. we'll hear trying to establish f as the one and only

here in washington, 2:00 a.m. saturday hong kong. wherever you are watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. up first, presidential politics here in the united states. with just four days away from the first primary of this, the 2016 race for the white house, and the candidates they're in a sprint right now to the finish line in new hampshire. on the republican side today jeb bush, john kasich, ted cruz, chris christie, marco rubio, carly fiorina, they're all scheduling campaign events today. democrats, hillary clinton and bernie sanders, they're also on the campaign trail in new hampshire today. we're also monitoring the events taking place specifically this hour. bernie sanders' rally set to begin any minute now in exeter, new hampshire, and hillary clinton is wrapping up a canvas launch in manchester. looking at live pictures there. we're watching all of this unfold. meanwhile, a new poll out today shows bernie sanders holding to a wide lead over hillary clinton in new hampshire. in the cnn-wmur poll of like

here in washington. 4:00 p.m. in rio de janeiro. 8:00 p.m. in syria. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> up first, presidential politics here in the united states and the mad dash for votes in new hampshire. republican candidates, they're crisscrossing the state right now, just five days before the first of the nation primary. most of the candidates have multiple campaign events in new hampshire today. they're also sharpening their attacks on one another ahead of tuesday's primary. but texas senator ted cruz says he's taking the high road. donald and others have tossed more than a few nasty personal attacks my way. i can't control what they do. but i can control how i respond. and i have not responded in kind, and i do not intend to respond. i don't think the people are interested in a food fight. but i think the most important decision for the men and women of new hampshire is who do you trust? >> the new jersey governor, chris christie, made no poll gees for taking on some of his republican rivals. >>

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in washington, d.c. 9:00 p.m. in baghdad, wherever you're watching from around the world. thanks for joining us. >>> up first, we're counting down to the last republican debate before super tuesday. it could also be the last chance for donald trump's rivals to try to slow his momentum towards the republican presidential nomination. the stage is set for this evening's showdown. you're looking right now at live pictures from inside the debate hall at the university of houston. donald trump will be front and center coming off three straight primary or caucus victories. he'll be flanked by senator marco rubio of florida, and senator ted cruz of this home state of texas. along with dr. ben carson and ohio governor, john kasich. on the campaign trail, rubio and cruz are already sharpening their attacks on the front runner. >> we can't be fooled by pt barnum. the time for the clowns and the acrobats and the dancing bears has passed. >> the front runner in this race, donald trump, is actually alluded to the fact he thinks parts of obamacare are pretty good. i can tell you, everybo

we're going to get rid of common core which is basically education through washington, which is a disaster, by the way, and you understand that, and we'll get rid of obamacare. obamacare turned out to be a total disaster. >> donald trump is hoping to harness the momentum from his nevada win as the race heads straight into super tuesday. 11 states vote on that super day which has the other campaigns scrambling to find a path to stop trump's march for the republican nomination. let's go to phil mattingly following the trump campaign in virginia beach today. what did voters flare donald trump today? what was his message? >> kate, he's relentlessly on message. strength over and over again and repeating the length you just played there. he won't diverge to it. that's what they continue to reference, donald trump represents strength whether it's on national security, domestic issues or trade as he talks about regularly and i think the most interesting thing, kate, is as we've seen in the past three contests that's a message working and as we head into super tuesday where 25% of the available del

and it didn't come from washington. washington despised ronald reagan. by the way, every candidate says they're going to stand up to washington. you want to know who really will? just ask the simple question, who is washington attacking? but the reagan revolution came from the american people who rose up, and it turned this country around. why am i so optimistic? because the same thing is happening again. we're here today, election day, this whole crazy year of an election cycle, millions in attack ads and mud slung this way and that way and the other way. i don't like your face. [ laughter ] it's been a strange cycle. >> it has been a strange cycle. and you can guess what someone is going to say very soon. i don't like your face. ted cruz speaking there in fernley, nevada. he's making his final pitch before voters head to the caucuses this evening, and then he will be heading on to super tuesday. let's talk about that, if we can, as we look towards super tuesday. we are one week away from super tuesday. here is how it all lays out. 12 states will take p

here in washington, 10:00 p.m. in damascus, syria. from wherever you're joining us, thanks for joining us. we begin with the presidential race. the republicans hitting nevada, the democrats looking ahead to south carolina. three of the five remaining republican hopefuls are in nevada today. that's the short-term focus. long-term, it's the march 1st super tuesday primaries. meanwhile, on democrat's sides, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are getting ready for their battle in south carolina, and the next test of how african-american voters are going to break. we'll get to that a little bit later this hour. but first, let's check the pulse of the republican race for the white house right now, donald trump is riding high after his ten-point win in south carolina. with a stop in atlanta, he ticked off the groups that gave him the win. >> so we won with everything. we won with highly educated, pretty well educated, and poorly educated, but we won with everything. tall people, short people, fat people, skinny people! just won. >> florida s

. >> i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. we have breaking news right now. a cnn key race alert. cnn can now report that hillary clinton has won. hillary clinton has won the democratic caucuses in iowa narrowly. very narrowly defeating bernie sanders. bernie sanders comes in second place. an extremely close race. i want to bring in jeff, who is our correspondent. he is covering this. you see what the results there are. these are the results now by the iowa, by the iowa democrats. >> there hadn't been an official announcement in iowa. now there's an official announcement. the iowa democrats, swref, say hillary received 700.59 estate delegate ekwifl i wants. those are representatives that will go to the iowa democratic convention. bernie sanders 696.82 state delegate ekwifl ebt with where's. it's official now. hillary clinton camp can properly declare she won the iowa caucuses. >> she, in fact, did declare a victory. i'm here in in as away, new hampshire,

here in washington, 8:00 p.m. in tripoli, libya, wherever you're watching, thanks for joining us. we're following two developing stories this hour. first, it's the race for the white house. republicans are spread out across south carolina as they try and reach undecided voters in tomorrow's primary. saturday is also caucus day in nebraska for democrats. we'll check in on the latest with the hillary clinton and bernie sanders campaigns out there. and in washington right now, people are streaming in to pay their last suspect respects to antonin scalia. he's lying in repose at the u.s. supreme court. these are live pictures you're seeing right now. president obama and the first lady, they're expected there some time later today. we're going to talk more about justice scalia's life and legacy, that's coming up later this hour. >>> meanwhile john kasich called the republican race a demolition derby, of course referring to the running battle between donald trump and ted cruz, between ted cruz and marco rubio, between donald trump and jeb bush. are they willing to keep up the pressure an

here in washington. 7:00 p.m. in rome. 8:00 p.m. in annikaa, turkey. sometimes volatile issues, politics and religion. pope francis wading into u.s. presidential politics, suggesting that donald trump's immigration plans are not those of a christian. the pope was taking questions from reporters on a flight to rome after his visit to the u.s./mexican border. he responded to trump's plan to build a wall along that border and trump's accusation of mexico using him as a political pawn. listen to this. >> translator: thank god, he said i was a politician. because aristotle defined the human person as that. at least i'm a person. as to whether i'm a pawn, well maybe. i don't know. i'll leave that up to your dutchmen and that of the people. and then a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be located, and not building bridges is not a christian. this is not in the gospel. as far as what you said about whether i would advise to vote or not vote, i am not going to get involved in that. i say only that this man is not a christian if he ha

here in washington. 8:00 p.m. in acura, turkey. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. we begin with a very dramatic escalation in the battle for the race for the white house. ted cruz is now calling out donald trump over a threatened lawsuit. cruz saying trump's threat stems from a cruz tv ad. the ad uses comments trump made to nbc back in 1999 when he said, he was, quote, very pro choice. ted cruz's message to trump, sue me. >> donald's lawyer sent our campaign a cease and desist letter. and this letter, i will say, having practiced law for many, many years, this letter is one of the most remarkable letters i've ever read. mr. trump's lawyers contend that that advertisement you just saw is, quote, material -- is an attempt to materially mislead the public. and indeed provides more detail. he says that this attack ad, is what he calls it, is, quote, not only completely disingenuous, but replete with lies, false, defamatory and destructive statements and down right fabrications. mr. trump's

ryan lizza is here to talk about this, he's a washington correspondent for the new yorker magazine. why is this campaign, all of the sudden, it was bad, but now it's really getting ugly. why has it turn odd ugly? >> one there's an assumption that in iowa and new hampshire, voters are gentle in those states, south carolina is used to rough and tumble, but then the second thing is those states usually went over the field a little bit more. it didn't happen. there's not -- we're not down to a two or three person race the way previous open republican fields have been at this point. and there's basically a death match to be the alternative to donald trump. look at all the polling, there's not much in south carolina, he has a third or more of the vote, and then two-thirds of the vote is divided up among the non-trump candidates. and so, if you're a non-trump candidate, you've got to decide, do i go after my closest competitor, whether he's in the establishment or conservative lane like ted cruz or trump himself? you just have the circular firing squad of all the candidates trying to conso

here in washington, 8:00 p.m. in damascus, syria, wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. we're keeping an eye on two major developing stories right now. first the fallout from the surprise passing of the u.s. supreme court justice antonin scalia, and the battle between the white house and republican-controlled senate over replacements. former president george w. bush makes a much-anticipated return. he'll hit the campaign trail in south carolina to support his brother, jeb bush, who spent a good part of the weekend defending the family name. >>> but we start on the steps of the u.s. supreme court where the flags are now at half staff in honor of the dean of the current line-up of justices. 30-year veteran antonin scalia passed away over the weekend. our correspondent joey johns is at the court for us, joe, what do we know about memorial plans? >> reporter: frankly i've talked to them just a little while ago, still no word on what is going to happen here at the court or els

. >> i want you to respond a criticism that i know you're familiar with here in washington, that is with the russians on the ground here, the u.s. has creeded a lot of influence. that russian air force has helped assad gain ground. how do you answer that skriccrim that the russians now have the upper hand in terms of influence in this? >> well, first of all, i don't think we -- we believe that the assad regime or the russians have the upper hand. all they're doing, the russians in particular, by continuing to bolster and support the assad regime is prolonging the conflict. the more successful the assad regime is in perpetrating their own, the more successful they will be in propagating the conflict and attracting fighters to syria. >> that may be true. >> this isn't a successful strategy by any sense. . >> by u.s. objectives. but by russian objectives, which is to rescue the assad regime, they have gained ground. and because of those gains you now have u.s. allies on the ground that were fighting isis being drawn into this other conflict to fight the regime. that's having a direct effect

in washington, 2:30 a.m. friday in pyongyang. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks for joining us. the democratic presidential candidates meet in a high-stakes debate less than eight hours from now. this will be the first face-off between bernie sanders and hillary clinton since his blowout win in new hampshire. sanders hopes to maintain the momentum, while clinton is trying to hone the message and strategy. brianna keilar is in milwaukee, wisconsin for us. the site of tonight's pbs democratic presidential debate, simulcast here on cnn. brianna, how important is this debate for both bernie sanders and hillary clinton? >> it's really going to be a crucial 95 minutes tonight, wolf. because you have this narrative in place now, coming out of bernie sanders' win in new hampshire. he's really riding high. we have seen him taking this victory lap in the last day, being very visible, going on "the view," going on "the late show," talking to reverend al sharpton. and you see hillary clinton kind of laying low in the las

in washington, 6:00 p.m. in london, 8:00 p.m. in jerusalem. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. up first, so-called political outsiders turning the presidential race upside down. a brash billionaire businessman and reality tv star is, a 74-year-old self-declared democratic socialist both winning very big in the first primary election of the 2016 campaign. senator bernie sanders trouncing hillary clinton 60% to 38% in new hampshire primary. on the republican side donald trump took 35% of the vote, ohio governor john kasich finished second with 16%. followed by senator ted cruz, former florida governor jeb bush and senator marco rubio. trump told cheering supporters he'll fix the country's problems, including the economy and creating jobs. >> if we had 5% unemployment, do you really think we'd have these gatherings? forgetting about security, forgetting about isis which, by the way, we're going to knock the hell out of isis, we're going to knock the hell out of them and it's going to be done the right

here in washington d.c. 8:00 p.m. in jerusalem. wrer are you watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >> we start in iowa where voters are just hours away from casting the fist votes in the presidential election. the candidates are making a final push across the state right now with each one trying to get in the last word in their own way. >> hello, iowa. it's great to be here. he will be unbelievable. >> i will always seek to make you proud, that you will always be proud of the fact that you caucused for me. >> i hope you will go. i hope you will stand up for me. i hope you will fight for me. >> together we will win the iowa caucuses. we will win the nomination, and we will win the general election. we will defeat hillary clinton. >> this is a campaign of the people by the people and for the people. >> voter turnout will be the telling statistic today with gatherings in more than 1,600 locations for each party across the state. there's democrats and republicans making the choice. the first choice but not th

are found in our homes, in our communities, and it is in our government, at the state evel, not in washington, d.c. [applause] for the first time in eight years, you will have a president that follows the constitution. in my first moment in office, i will cancel every single one of barack obama's unconstitutional executive orders. every one of them. [applause] president, aree going to have a president that embraces a free economy. free enterprise, my parents were not rich people -- my father was a bartender and my mother was a maid. the reason they had a job is because free enterprise works. someone who had the money risked and hired them. it's the only economic in the world where you can make poor people richer and you don't have to make rich people poorer. [applause] save freeing to enterprise. we are going to fix our tax code. back theseg to roll things that come out of the federal government. we are going to roll back social security. we are going to utilize the resources god has blessed us with an we are going to repeal and replace obamacare once and for all. [applause] when i'm presiden

. >> good evening from washington. based on early exit poll numbers, hillary clinton on her way to a significant victory tonight. the polls have just closed. the only state holding a primary today is the democratic primary. this would be her second straight victory after a win in the nevada caucuses. we are in columbus, south carolina and we will show her victory speech. get your calls and comments about what this means for the democratic primary in senator sanders as he moves ahead. tuesday were super a significant portion of the delegates will be at stake. -- republican pollster frank issuing this tweet, black voters make up a bigger percent of the south carolina primary, more than 2008. keep in mind 2008, barack obama winning overwhelmingly in south hadlina and hillary clinton about 530,000 democratic votes in 2008. we will keep and i on today's results. -- we will keep an eye on today's results. hillary clinton winning the south carolina democratic primary. we will have the raw numbers as they come in with more cov

what is missing in washington is the political will. itocrats don't want to do and far too many republicans don't want to do it. donald trump has made illegal immigration the core of his campaign. there is more than a little chutzpah in that, given that donald trump, his record on illegal immigration is terrible. $1 millionp had a court judgment against him for being part of a conspiracy to hire illegal aliens to build his hotel. in florida,sort which trombones, it was reported hundreds ofrings in foreign workers and by and large won't hire americans. there was a striking interview on cnn last night. donald was saying, the reason i bring in foreign workers -- no americans want to be waiters are waitresses or bellhops. what complete nonsense. >> i saw that and i was stunned that he said that. senator cruz: "the new york the 300eported that of americans who applied for those jobs, donald hired 17. go to a tgi friday's. you're telling me no americans want to be waiters? you don't think people want to be waiters at a swanky hotel where peop

for example, if you have a model saying hillary clinton will get 106% of the vote in washington, , i used to think who really cares? she is going to win d.c. anyway. she may. you can vote twice in some parts of d.c. [laughter] nate silver: now, that bothers me more. i'm trying to think more about the correct functional form of a model that would apply when the going gets weird. when the going gets weird is when things are interesting. tyler: we have four minutes left. next question. >> my name is richard, i am an intern at the house of representatives. do you believe facebook and twitter has led to possible confirmation bias and led to people choosing more extreme views of political ideologies such as socialism, nationalism, marxism? nate silver: perhaps. the traditional two-dimensional political spectrum is a strange and contrived thing, too. it is the result of a very messy process of coalition building between parties. i mentioned reasons to be pessimistic earlier. a reason to be optimistic as a fan of democracy is you are seeing voice given to quirkier ideologies that are no less

clinton: in the campaign, you read a lot about washington and wall street. we also want to get unaccountable money out of politics, which starts with appointing a new supreme justice to the court. [applause] sec. clinton: who will protect the right of every citizen to vote, not every corporation to buy elections. and we also agree that wall street can never be allowed to threaten mainstreet again. no executives should be too powerful for jail. if we listen to the voices of flint, and ferguson, if we open our hearts to the families, if we listened to the openhearted of hard-working people across america, it is clear there is so much more to be done. the truth is, we are not a single issue country. [applause] sec. clinton: we need more than eight plan for a bank, the middle class needs a raise. we need more jobs. we need jobs that can't be outsourced, jobs of dignity and a future. we can do this by unleashing the innovation of our entrepreneurs and small businesses. we can do this with new infrastructure, and clean energy, especially here in nevada. [applause]

washington is never going to have all the answers. for every problem that we face, somewhere, someone in america is solving it. we need you to be part of that exciting journey. we need the community activist who decides to run for school board. the entrepreneur who stays and builds instead of leaving a hometown that has seen better days. the millions of teachers, nurses, police officers, and firefighters who get up every day and do quiet, heroic work to make our country a safer place. it will take each of us working together, growing together, looking out for one another, and lifting each other up. there is a basic truth about america. it is something that bill and i have been the than officio race beneficiaries of, and can only hope to live up to. when each and every american has the chance to live up to your potential, too. when noif tomorrow, child grows up in the shadow of discrimination, or under the specter of deportation. every child in every zip code gets the education that he or she needs or deserves. child canere every find

from today's "washington journal" this is 40 minutes. host: ben pershing's managing editor at national journal and talks about the elegant process by which the democrats will select a candidate. one thing that has some supporters of bernie sanders concerned is that he beat hillary clinton by 20-points in new hampshire, but hillary clinton could lead new hampshire with the same number of delegates because of superdelegates. what is a superdelegate? caller: something in the democratic party. they have something similar in the republican party, but they don't work the same way. for democrats, they are members of the parties, the elites of the party, a little over 700 of them at a 4000 total delegates. the trick is they can support whomever they want. they're not bound by their states, the results of primaries or caucuses. in new hampshire, bernie sanders can win new hampshire and still come out then pure delegates that hillary clinton because superdelegates go the other way. host: a delegate tracker is talking about the delegates in superde

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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,

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

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

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

"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

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

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