a look here at the shrine of immaculate conception in washington, d.c. we will take you back here in an hour. until then, we will bring you an interview that justice scalia 2009, wherepan in he talks about the job of assisting port justice in reaching a decision. >> would you discuss the role of a supreme court justice. justice scalia: come out in the right way that justices should appeal. to decide on what cases the court should agree to hear. essentially two functions. the latter is prior. first of all, decide what to put on her docket. and what is on her docket, try to get right. host: what role do you see the supreme court playing in society today? hasn't changed over your tenure? justice scalia: i think the same role it has always played. i don't think it has changed. its proper role is, in a democracy, to give a fair and honest interpretation to the aning of dispositions that people have adopted. either in congress are statutes, or people when they ratify the constitution. as simple as that. no more, no less. i don't think we are leader of social c

people to rein in washington. my view is that movement will keep growing and growing. one of two things is going to happen, either congress will finally listen and send term a minute to the states for ratification, where we will see a movement in the states. one are the other, we will get it done. yes? hold on one second for the microphone. >> what is your plan for improving the infrastructure of america, including roads, bridges? whenever going to get the work on the ground in america? ted cruz: terrific question. one of the problems we have right now is taxpayers send money to washington. it goes into a black hole. i talked before about the 10th amendment. h amendment is what keeps decision-making close to the people. , for example, you talked about roads and bridges. there is no reason why the federal government should decide what roads and bridges to build in the state of new hampshire. [applause] , theght to take that money transportation money, and block credit back to the states and allow the people of new

i would also argue that he has one of the tougher jobs in washington today, listening and taking into account the views of those in his conference and getting them to follow him. on a personal level user a focus on energy and national security issues. a couple of weeks ago he had the republican national security address. as someone who spent my whole life in the tech industry working with programmers, he is actually a former computer scientist and says -- systems engineer. he for a hand is over to our congressional correspondent and moderator, just a couple of quick housekeeping items. q&at, we will have time for at the end. microphones will be passed away the end -- passed around at the end. second, if you are joining us on #itter today, please use our up on the middle panel. last but not least, as i mentioned earlier, this is a series of events here that we host that bloomberg government and clients are always welcome to be invited, but if you are not a customer and are welcome in joining -- interested in joining us in the future, meet with us afterwards and we will follow-up with y

washington, i will use the senate as an example, because i remember the names better. our politics has always been polarized. in 1966 andshington we were in the middle of the vietnam war. within a half dozen years, we would be involved in watergate, so things have never been smooth in washington. there were always, on the hill, a number of people both democrats and republicans, centerleft center-right who would reach across the aisle to get business done. they would pass appropriation bills, passed welfare reform, passed legislation to move the country forward. i called that body of people the bridge builders because they were building bridges across the aisle. the sad thing is, nearly all of those people are gone. the bill bradley's the bob bentsens, lloyd they were probably two dozen or more senators who were in that category and you could actually get things done. the committee chairs have real authority and when they committed to doing something, it would get done. most of those people are gone. they did not get defeated for the most part, they got leftrated and se

i always come to washington dc and talk about magna. i think it's the largest company nobody knows anything about. we have 59 years of growth and ranked as the largest automotive supplier in north america, the second largest in the world, the most diversified automotive supplier in the world and we supply every automaker in the world some kind of parts and some of what a do in the automobile sector. our global presence, we are in 29 countries with 139,000 employees and 305 manufacturing plants around the world. more importantly, in the united states, we employ 21,000 people and have 53 manufacturing plants in the united states spread out over 12 states including tennessee and missouri. we are happy to be there. the key is the 14 to 16 r&d centers we have, are expenditure in the united states last year was about $300 million in our total expenditure around the world. r&d is very important. our global capacities are engineering and services, product systems, different product systems and vehicle assembly. we assemble vehicles in austria,

he was very much a social person on the washington scene. even though liberals disagreed with him, a lot of them respected him, especially justice ginsburg, they had a very close relationship. i thought it was interesting to see the reactions from democrats. are reading from nancy pelosi, a very gracious response. host: he was a devout catholic. frequently seen at st. joseph's on capitol hill, a block or two from the supreme court. important was his catholic faith to his life and court rulings? caller: it was very important. he cited it regularly. is -- hisething that catholicism, his italian heritage, was near and dear to him. he had nine children. in talking to people, friends, and also in his decisions, he would always talk about the family. his faith was very important to him. it was something he talked about regularly. host: this is a photograph of his family, taken when he was first on the supreme court in the 1980's. something that is highly unlikely to happen in our lifetime, a unanimous vote. .et's talk about what is next by all ind

has talkedident about regretting how divisive washington has become. the otherach out to side, or is the white house just been for a fight to get their nominee through? eric: that is a clever way to ask me to handicap potential nominees, which i will resist the urge to do. if you're looking at the type of judge that the president would select, i encourage you to go back to the several hundred nominees that the president has put forward for the federal courts. you are right that the president a betterd for functioning politics and more constructive politics. ar the president, that means federal government that is more responsive to its citizenry, and we hear often that republicans matter andlections that the people should have a say in who is on the supreme court. we could not agree more. that is why the president was reelected on november 6, 2012, and yet i think you would find a republican saying that this could have an impact on the wast, and, again, that november 6, 2012. we have 11 months to go in the president's second term. that is just under a q

it means a lot of different things to people in washington. what we are betting on is flat out delivering enough stuff of enough value that it is worth continuing. i do not mind. the criticism of the model is that we depend on appropriations. if they do not want to fund it next year, they do not have to. wise, depend on executive power from the top of the agencies in the top-down support. if we do not continually earn the right to continue to exist, we will not. i am at peace with that. it causes a certain amount of stress. worther to make the work continuing, we need to shift some things and we will talk about the appeals process we are working on right now. system to produce a new for doing social security, disability claims adjudications, the immigration stuff you talked about that is ongoing. we have to improve the refugee admission process. , new one that we are on to is if you follow closely, the white house talks about executive actions on improving criminal background checks before you can buy a gun. we have worked with the fbi on that

on washington journal three journalists from politico. john harris will talk about the creation of politico. kristin roberts will discuss the big stories. alex eisenstadt will answer questions about republican candidates. joined the discussion tomorrow morning. tennessee senator lamar alexander will talk about the new education law and how it differs from no child left behind. road to the white house began in iowa. the new hampshire primary has a long and rich history. now on to south carolina. and then the party caucuses in nevada. we will probably see some candidates drop out of the race. early march. is in winner take all primaries. the delegate count will be critical. former president george w. bush was on the campaign trail on monday with his brother jeb bush. the first time the former president and his brother have appeared together at a campaign event. this is one hour. ♪ ♪ [country music plays faintly in the background] ♪ >> even i cannot screw this up. thank you for coming to show your support for jeb bush. speaking of pres

but i think they're trying to figure out the best way to get need from washington. encryptionaps the debate we talked about, at the forefront, leading the fight for tech community, so that seed be a bellwether we'll in 2016. >> it's certainly become more sophisticated, also at the level and figuring out how to better tailor their messages to individual policy and their staff and really working heavily on some of the issues that they're most about all across town. beyoud,oundtable, lydia of bloomberg b.n.a., kate tummarello of politico, and cory bennet of "the hill." >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and a publico you as service by your local cable or satellite provider. democratic pm candidate hillary is in new hampshire today. stops includes a "get out the vote" rally in portsmouth. we'll take you there live when that gets under way. until then, a look ahead to the new hampshire primary from this morning's washington journal. nd the breakfast crowd all morning here on "

kind of an orphan in a city like washington. i do not know why we divide ourselves and to parties and then just be each other out. i wanted bipartisan organization that pushes for more responsibility. thisrns out there was wonderful and. the committee for a responsible federal budget. i got tapped to lead it. the board of directors is made up of all the people who have worked in government on both sides. people on the congressional budget office. they run the fed, the treasury department. the budget committee. our chairman, our governor mitch daniels. panetta. and congressman tim petit all former members of congress are in those various positions. obviously, very they vary across a spectrum from conservative to more progressive. same with our board. what i think is really special about the board is that not only are they engage in this issue, they know what it takes to budget. isis not a think tank that come up with a pie-in-the-sky idea that would never work. it is a group of people who've been there and done this and are tryin

thomas: that is a criticism around washington. we don't do anything that doesn't benefit our members. and of course the organizations that support us would not do so if they did not think that our mission was going to be moved forward. over time, it is been about 80% individual support and 20% from corporations and associations. the vast majority of our support comes from individual taxpayers. why would we not want to fight against internet access taxes? there are companies that might benefit. we know exactly what we should be doing. brian: do you ever get tired? thomas: no. i have been doing it for a long time. i spent six years on capitol hill with senator fischer as i mentioned. i love going in there every day. we really tried to get things done that benefit the taxpayers. brian: here is one that goes way back to the senators golden fleece award. the federal aviation administration was named for spending $57,000 for a study of physical measurements for 432 airline stewardesses paying special attention to the length of the butto

[applause] and it did not come from washington. washington despised ronald reagan. it started right here new hampshire in the granite state, 36 years ago. [applause] the media back then said there is no way this former governor of california could win. he is too conservative. the people of new hampshire will never support someone that actually believes this. and yet, the granite state shocked the pundits, shocked the pollsters. stood up, and because of the leadership of the men and women in this state, they gave america and the world 40 resident of the -- president of the united states, ronald wilson reagan. [applause] why am i so optimistic? because the same thing is happening again. all over this country, people are waking up. , how many of iowa you know the turnout numbers in iowa? on the pelican side, we saw a 50% -- republican side, we saw a 50% turnout, higher than any time in history with the iowa caucus. [applause] on the democratic side, they saw a decrease of 30% from 2008. [applause] curious, have any of you seen that covered on the new stations? almost m

thank you all for making the trip down to washington and it will be worth your while. thank you. [ applause ] thanks, jared. the way this should have been to see a for you quite compelling and beautiful projected behind me. that apparently is not going to happen. that's pretty. speakers are going to work from that from this podium. if you want a copy of this slide deck, e-mail me or my colleague, jessica. got lots of business cards and we have contact information out there. so if you want to -- if you want anymore information about what's morning, here this reach out. i apologize for that. now, i won't talk anymore, on to our moderator, michael gerson a little ly needs introduction to all of you because you know his work so already. he's a syndicated columnist whose insights on politics, society appear regularly in "the washington post." he's also a former advisor and writer to george w. bush and has for years now a very compelling and helping us make sense of ourselves through decisive, earnest, and deeply informed writing. michael gerson, thank you for being here and

include public policy professors from princeton, hopkins and johns "washington post." they discuss the family the economic and social impact that children face when born out of wedlock. american academy of political and social science co-hosted this form with the casey foundation. it's an hour and 20 minutes. >> apologize for the late start. academy irector of the science from philadelphia. our organization is for the reduction and dissemination of rate social science that's influential in a public sphere. must say having a full room on a friday morning beginning of the congressional recess is gratifying. it's a testament to the quality of the remarkable panel that we been sort of blessed to assemble with us this morning. second, it's gratifying because many of you here on the hill and the hill's surrounds are come out to hear about what scholarship has to of us about the dynamics change in american family, change in america's socioeconomic class structure. all has to do with child well being, and whether or not policy can leverage change to our good. would like to tha

. >> 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

the environmental movement didn't happen in washington. it happened because people said what is going on on this planet of ours? you can't destroy it. we have to protect the planet. you think about gay rights. if we were sitting here 10 years ago, and somebody said i think in 2015, gay marriage will be , the personstates next to him would have said what are you smoking? which raises another issue. [laughter] but the point is, when people at the grassroots start moving, and when they say this is not right, in this country people should have the right to love anyone they want regardless of their gender -- [applause] tremendous changes took place. ,ou go and talk to young people they shrug their shoulders and say what is the big deal? that is what a revolution is about. [applause] if we were here 40 years ago, somebody jumped up and said i enough,erica is mature it has gone far enough, overcoming racism, in 2008 we are going to elect an african-american as president, there a few people would have believed that can happen. but it did happen. [

delbene of washington. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 609, the gentlewoman from washington, ms. delbene, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from washington. ms. delbene: thank you. mr. chairman, i rise to offer this amendment to ensure the national science foundation can continue investing in the development of an american work force that is globally competitive in computer science and information technology. this has been a bipartisan goal in the past and i'm hopeful everyone in this chamber will be able to support it. computing technology has become an integral part of our lifes, transforming our society and our nation's economy. nowhere is this clearer than in the puget sound region. i have the honor of representing washington's first district, which has some of the world's leading software companies and innovators, but the same can be seen across the country. according to the bureau of labor statistics, there will be roughly 10 million stem

he drove to a mall in maryland, suburban washington. >> it was approximately 6:00 p.m. that bishop is spotted in the sears department store where he purchases a two and a half pound mini mall sledgehammer. bishop walked away from the counter, then came back with a gas can and purchased that. then went and filled his family station wagon with gas and also filled the gas can. >> a young lady stayed with the bishop family a number of days earlier, and they would have family dinner at the same time pretty much every day. but he never said anything at the dinner table. he was quiet. he was aloof. on march the 1st, after dinner, mr. bishop's mother takes the dog out for a walk. neighbors actually see her out that evening walking the dog. >> the wife was downstairs in a study area. >> two of the boys were in one room in their pajamas. the teenager is actually in his own room. >> he then used that mini hammer, that sledgehammer, and used it to bludgeon to death his wife first. >> they found her notes there on the shag carpet submerged in a pool of blood. >> one of her earrings

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.

host: joshua at the washington center. do you feel the separation of church and state has been misunderstood with congress and the supreme court taking a proactive stand on the establishment portion but not on the prohibition part? i don'tscalia: understand what he means by the last part. proactive stand -- host: i was hoping you would understand. [laughter] because i'm sorry, i am not there. our last question -- and you were a youngster, what did you want to be when you grew up? justice scalia: maybe i am an unusual person but i don't ever recall wanting to be anything. a baseball player or a hockey player or a lawyer. a judge. not i never set my cap on being a judge. i didn't even want to be a lawyer when i was in college. when i graduated college, i didn't want to be a lawyer. i had an uncle vincent who had an office in trenton. and itto hang out there seemed like a good life so i went into the law. i just wanted to do well whatever i was assigned to do. if i had any quality that accounts for my making it this far, it i

now, we have heard a lot about washington and wall street in this campaign. i want to get secret unaccountable money out of , politics, as much as anyone, in fact probably more than most. a little known fact, citizens united was about a right-wing attack on me. one of many over the years to try to undermine and push back the views and values i have a espoused. on the first day of my campaign , i said we are going to overturn citizens united. we will use supreme court appointments, and if necessary i will lead a constitutional amendment to get control back over the financing of political campaigns. [applause] i have also made it clear we can't let wall street threaten mainstreet again. no bank should be too big to jail, no executive too powerful to jail. and we have the authority now to do that. thanks to president obama, your senators and others, the toughest regulations on wall street since the 1930's were passed in the dodd frank bill that gives the government the authority to go after any bank that poses a systemic risk. so that is available. it has to be

do you not want that for washington, d.c., as well? [applause] in the first place and take that skill is the department of veterans affairs. you have seen the atrocious waiting list of veterans coming home do not get care. last year the department came up with an idea, we will give out bonuses, $142 million of bonuses that went out to reduce the waiting list, which sounded like a worthy objective. vets died, and only three people have been fired. heads will roll when i am president of the united states. we will give veterans expanded choices where they can go to their private provider or private clinic or a local hospital. the best way to assure the department does a better job is to make sure veterans have other choices. it works in schools. it works across the board. giving people choices makes everybody better. we desperately need this to honor the dedicated service of men and women in uniform that come home and deserve to be in the front of the line, not the back of the line. here is the challenge. everybody has a lot of ideas. on

when the washington lobbyists settled on other lobbyists in this race. when the media in one voice said a conservative cannot win, nationwide over 800,000 contributions poured in to tedcruz.org as courageous conservatives said, yes, we can. 800,000 contributions at tedcruz.org with an average contribution of $67. that is the power of the grassroots. but it's more than that. it's 12,000 volunteers here in the state of iowa. it's over 200,000 volunteers all across this great nation. you know, during the course of this campaign people have asked heidi and me are you tired? and i will admit it is 16, 18 hours a day, 6, 7 days a week. we are not tired at all. ♪ >> to the contrary, we are inspehred by each and every one of you. i leap out of bed every morning amazed that at a time when our country is in crisis, every one of us has the opportunity to stand and lead, that we have been put in a place of leadership. for such a time as this. >> all right, we're going to breakaway from ted cruz. there you see, hillary clinton and her husband and daughter. she's ab

his work is available online at washington post.com, thank you for being with us. ed: anytime. c-span's road to the white house coverage continues wednesday in new hampshire. john kasich speaks to the new hampshire business forum. bush at a townhall meeting in laconia. holds a town hall meeting in milford. if you are interested in the process it all happens in iowa and new hampshire. we have to cover the candidates where they are. a lot of people are interested in this election. our coverage is completely unfiltered. how they are trying to close the deal. a lot of attention on every nuance and every news story in every speech every ad. how are you trying to respond to those. in this day and age of social media and twitter the news cycle is constant. we are the one place that allows you to take a step back and watch it. you can get the analysis on other networks and you can certainly here viewer calls and what they are weighing in on the programming. we are the one place that allows you to see it as it happens. coming up on c-span, marco rubio in exeter new hampshire. ted cruz i

[applause] ted cruz: it did not come from washington. washington despised ronald reagan. it began right here in new hampshire in the live free or die state and it changed this country, changed the world. why am i so optimistic? because the same thing is happening again. it took jimmy carter to give us ronald reagan. i am convinced the most long-lasting legacy of barack a newis going to be generation of leaders in the republican party who stand and fight for liberty, the constitution, the judeo-christian values that built this great nation. [applause] ted cruz: with that, i am happy to answer or dodge any question you would like. yes, ma'am. i understand that you are a big supporter of president reagan, and so i want to ask you, if like him he would work to keep a secure by sitting down with the russians and negotiating mutual reductions in weapons. ted cruz: thank you for that question. from my perspective, i am happy to sit down and negotiate with practically anybody, but the key is how you negotiate with the enemies. what we have seen over the last seven years as an ill

that's what washington, d.c. does. the drive-by shot at the beginning with incorrect and incomplete information and then the memorized 25-second speech that is exactly what his advisors -- >> the bottom line, this notion that barack obama doesn't know what he is doing -- >> there it is. there it is. memorized 25-second speech. there is is t is, everybody. >> here's the response. i think anyone who believes that barack obama isn't doing what he is doing on purpose doesn't understand what we are dealing with here. this is a president, this is a president who is trying to change this country. >> oh, boy. hard to come back from this. and the boston herald ran with it. choke. it takes you back to the drinking of the water moment. >> yeah. i mean, we're chattering a lot about this. but when you look at the google search trends, 538 did an article about this. actual viewers spike -- the interest spiked when he talked about his pro life position. that was two, three times as many hits as when this exchange was going on. so may

in washington, there is a little more stiffness. the president wanted to afford world leaders more of an opportunity to have a candid, relaxed discussion. >> when you said that the is standing with advisers on this supreme court issue, is he going over specific list? where is he in the process? again, we are only a few days old here. i am not going to be able to release details of the conversation. my only point is, is the president engaged? yes. that means working with his team and white house officials at the white house and back here to make sure the process is moving forward. when you said you have been reaching out to democrats and republicans on the hill, you mean on the judiciary committee? you can imagine we are hearing from a lot of folks. we are also proactively reaching out to key offices. i do not have a list to detail. ,ut i think in the coming days that outreach will become more extensive. have you guys said when the president will sign legislation on north korea? mr. schultz: i do not have an update for you. >> you ex

the environmental movement didn't happen in washington because of some senator making a motion. it happened because people said what is going on on this planet of ours? you can't destroy it. we have to protect the planet. you think about gay rights. if we were sitting here 10 years and somebody ago, said, i think in 2015, gay marriage will be legal in 50 states in america, the person next to him would have said what are you smoking? [laughter] sanders: which raises another issue. [laughter] [cheering] sanders: but the point is, when people at the grassroots start moving, and when they say this is not right, in this country people should have the right to love anyone they want regardless of their gender -- [applause] tremendous changes took place. and now, you go and talk to young people, they shrug their shoulders and say what is the big deal? that is what a revolution is about. [cheers and applause] senator sanders: if we were here 30, 40 years ago, somebody jumped up and said i think america is mature enough, it has gone far enough, overcoming racism, in 2008 we are going to e

washington journal's live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. friday night, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be speaking at the annual humphrey-mondale dinner in st. paul, minnesota posted iv states democratic farmer labor party. here on c-span. the reality is the best presidents, and the greatest presidents, have been willing to recognize they were not the smartest person in the room and surround themselves with people they thought were smarter than themselves. sunday night, on q&a, former director of the cna -- cia, robert gates discusses his new book. mr. gates has served under several presidents, most recently george w. bush and barack obama. the cold war,of when i was director of central intelligence, i came to believe very strongly that the american people had given cia a path on a lot of things because of this existential conflict with the soviet union. i believe that at the end of the cold war, we would have to be

here in washington, d.c. interestingly, gracie's sister work inside the white house as well but as a free woman. to work inher sister the white house as well and she recommended to andrew jackson that he go purchase her and he did. gracie bradley -- he bought her as a cook. it turns out that she ends up being the best seamstress that anyone had seen in that area and she became the master seamstress in the hermitage in tennessee. she ended up living out her whole life with the jackson family because her sister wanted her closer to her in the white house. other presidents, like john tyler did not want people to know that they were buying slaves. when you get to tyler, you are getting closer and closer to the civil war. they did not want people to know what they were doing. aler would go out and hire bit -- a middleman who would go out and buy slaves and then transfer the slaves to tyler. tyler was so adamant that no one would know what he was doing, but he refused to use any of the being paid aswas president to

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"washington journal" is live 7:00 a.m.ing at eastern on c-span. you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >> the democratic presidential andidate, hillary clinton bernie sanders will be speaking dinnerannual fundraising in st. paul, minnesota, hosted by the state's democratic farmer labor party. watch it live starting at 8:30 c-span.tern here on >> road to the white house began in iowa. the caucuses, which date back to 1972. then we move to new hampshire, the quintessential first-in-the-nation primary. it has a long and rich history. now we begin to test the candidate and their message. we move south. southern primary, and then the party caucuses for the democrats and republicans. are than likely we'll see number of candidates drop out of the race so the field will then narrow. in to early march, super tuesday, the start of primaries which means the delegate count will be critical. as we watch it continue, we'll get a better sense of whose message is resonating and who is nomination.to the next an overnigh

before i go any further, i have to make one local plug for the state of washington. we have a nominee for teacher of goingar, mr. nathan gibbs , i hope you will all vote for him when he comes up for that tremendous honor. we all know why we are here. ensuring that every single student has access to a quality is our paramount duty. it's one thing share, republicans and democrats alike. we know that the governors can help to implement this tremendous opportunity. last year i just want to tell you what we wanted to build on in our state and why i am excited about this new law upon opportunity. a paramount duty of our state, we have made unprecedented investments in our children in the last couple of years. we have had the largest investment in k-12 funding in the history of our state. i am proud to say that there was one state that enjoyed tuition reductions for all of our college students, community colleges well, the state of washington, and we hope that the other governors will follow our lead eventually. every kindergarten serving child will have access and we have

let's talk about this with cnn senior political reporter who is in washington. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was quick to say he didn't think the president should nominate a replacement for scalia. president obama vowed he will nominate someone quickly. how long could the process drag out? >> quite sometime if you look at histor historical, typically they take 67 days on average. the longest when robert -- nomination was rejected three decades ago. that took 108 days. this is poised to smash that record. we are looking at right now mcconnell saying the president should not nominate anyone. if he sticks to his demand and decides not to allow a confirmation vote on the senate floor and if they deny a confirmation hearing in the senate, judiciary committee it is certainly likely there will be no nominee confirmed this year. that means it will drag on to the next presidency. it could take two or three months in the next administration. we can look for more than year. the question is whether or not political pressure will force republicans to change. >> i'm

one of his sons wrote an article about that in "the washington post" about how justice scalia when he was at mass, he took it very seriously and also true to form he would sometimes look at his wife maureen if he didn't agree with what the priest said and shake his head. one time he said our son paul took one for the team, talking about becoming a priest. you have to imagine he would have been so proud and also to give his son so much credit here, how emotional this must have been to read the homily, also as a grieving son. i also think, you know, people that knew justice scalia would say he was just as comfortable in the church as he was on the bench, and i can't imagine a more appropriate ceremony for him today. >> it is an amazing family, john, you wrote the biography, nine children, 36 grandchildren, a very warm, loving family. that certainly came through with father paul scalia who delivered this amazing, wonderful homily. >> it did. i loved the line how the dad would forget the names of the kids, shoutout, john, oh, i meant gene. every time i would vision t i wd say what number

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,

people look to washington. and washington is living in a very, very different world. and then on top of all of that is the issue of fairness. is the issue of a rigged economy. which essentially means that ordinary people are working longer hours for low wages. when almost all new wealth and income is going to the top 1%. here is the reality of what goes on which will not -- which will not shock anybody in this world --l street but billions billions of dollars in lobbying and campaign contributions into saying to congress, you have to get rid of these old 1930's regulations. you have to allow commercial banks to merge with investor banks, to merge with large insurance companies. that's the way we can compete, globally. i didn't believe it for one second, not for one second. never made any sense to me. go to my website, you will see the dialogue greenspan and i had. turns out i was right, he was wrong. anyhow, here is the point, billions of dollars going to lobbying. campaign contributions and you , have not just republicans but democrats. let's be frank. greenspan anda

he was very much a social person on the washington scene. even though liberals disagreed with him, a lot of them respected him, especially justice ginsburg. they had a very close relationship even though they are on opposite ends of the spectrum. it was interesting to see the different reactions from democrats. i know you were reading from nancy pelosi's remarks, a gracious response to his passing. devout catholic frequently seen at st. joseph's on capitol hill, about a block from the u.s. supreme court. how important was his catholic faith to his life and also to his court rulings? guest: it was very important. he cited it regularly. his italian heritage as well as his catholicism. it was something near and dear to him. he had nine children. basically, when talking to andate people and friends also in his decisions, he would always talk about the family. his faith was very important to him and it was something that he talked about regularly. host: this is a photograph of in theily taken back 1980's when he was first appointed by president r

brand new book out, thanks for being on the "washington journal." guest: thank you, peter. host: we're going to go live to the supreme court in 15 minutes. and justice scalia will be laying in repose there. he's due to arrive about 9:25 issue or so. the law clerks are serving as honorary palbearers. and all day long, that casket will lie in the court. and c-span has several cameras in the court. live throughout the day so you'll be able to watch this. the public is also welcome to the supreme court, beginning at about 10:30 a.m. eastern time until 8:00 p.m. tonight. and the president is scheduled to come up to the court today, as well. and the justice's funeral will be at 11:00 tomorrow at the basilica. that will also be live on c-span well, we've got about 15 minutes before we go over to the court. and we want to know what you think justice scalia's legacy is. republicans 748-8000 and 8002 for independents. couple of l years ago, c-span did a documentary on the supreme court and we talked to all of the justices about their roles, the court, and here's a little bit about wh

not a bunch of these -- k street andyists down there political insiders in washington. i've had enough of them and i know you have, too, and let's just change this country for the best. so a quick story. a quick story. leave that little town, mckeys little tiny go to a school in the midwest. haveot sure any of you heard of it. it's called ohio state university. roommates,5 college a lot of bad things -- not bad things, but frustrating things to me in the first a couple of weeks so i decide i ied to change the rules so demand a meeting with the president of the university and they wouldn't let me in and i badgered them and just like everything else in life, keep badgering people and they'll do what you want if you're persistent so i go in to president and lodge my complaint and say, doctor, i have been in school about a undecided but as i look at the carpet, the desk, the wallpaper, the lighting, impressive, maybe this is the job for me what, do you do? and he told me about his responsibility, his fundraising and he said the next day he was going to see sir,dent nixon an

in washington, there is a little more stiffness. the president wanted to afford world leaders more of an opportunity to have a candid, relaxed discussion. >> when you said that the is standing with advisers on this supreme court issue, is he going over specific list? where is he in the process? again, we are only a few days old here. i am not going to be able to release details of the conversation. my only point is, is the president engaged? yes. that means working with his team and white house officials at the white house and back here to make sure the process is moving forward. when you said you have been reaching out to democrats and republicans on the hill, you mean on the judiciary committee? you can imagine we are hearing from a lot of folks. we are also proactively reaching out to key offices. i do not have a list to detail. ,ut i think in the coming days that outreach will become more extensive. have you guys said when the president will sign legislation on north korea? mr. schultz: i do not have an update for you. >> you ex

too many people in washington are telling voters they're wrong, washington knows best, and what we have right now is a process where more people are helping decide our nominee. that's supposed to happen. for the washington post to sit here and criticize our side when you have a self-described socialist as a leading candidate for the democratic party. think about that. we're a capitalistic society. we're the most amazing country on earth, and they sit back and say, oh, it's no big deal that you have a socialist that wants to take this country in a vastly different direction. i don't really put too much stock in what the washington post editorial page has to say. >> you talked about the consolidated calendar. the rnc is doing it a little bit differently this time. how hard does it make it for candidates to come back if they fall behind early? after next tuesday they could be behind by a lot. it's hard to come back after that. >> with the rnc did this cycle is ensure proportionality. when you win a state right now, the phase up until march 15th is proportion proportional. it's only 10 of t

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[applause] ted cruz: it did not come from washington. washington despised ronald reagan. it began right here in new hampshire in the live free or die state and it changed this country, changed the world. why am i so optimistic? because the same thing is happening again. it took jimmy carter to give us ronald reagan. i am convinced the most long-lasting legacy of barack a newis going to be generation of leaders in the republican party who stand and fight for liberty, the constitution, the judeo-christian values that built this great nation. [applause] ted cruz: with that, i am happy to answer or dodge any question you would like. yes, ma'am. i understand that you are a big supporter of president reagan, and so i want to ask you, if like him he would work to keep a secure by sitting down with the russians and negotiating mutual reductions in weapons. ted cruz: thank you for that question. from my perspective, i am happy to sit down and negotiate with practically anybody, but the key is how you negotiate with the enemies. what we have seen over the last seven years as an ill

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