host: mike covers congress for the washington post. he is also worked at the washington city paper. talking about the senate's role in choosing the next member of the supreme court. next up, and ohio, republican -- from ohio, republican. caller: my two questions are, people who don't know our history are doomed to repeat the same problems. in five words or less, why is the liberty bell called liberty bell? two, and the constitution, what is the only form of government guaranteed and why do you keep calling us a democracy since it is never mentioned? i would like to hang on. host: why don't you reference a specific question to the supreme court? caller: if he doesn't know the basic history of our country, his bias will be and. how he reports what congress can do. that he does not know how our founders out of this country, he does not know as -- how to ask the questions and if he does not know what a 10-year-old would of known 100 years ago, why should i believe anything he says? host: i'm aware of the distinction between direct democracy and republican democracy. i'm interested to he

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

the people in washington are public servants. we haven't had enough of that. donald trump, greaet to have you in one of the greatest cities in the whole world. maybe more phd's per capita than any place in the country. people all over the world are investing here and hiring people. i am proud to have you with us. god bless. [applause] donald trump: that is so great. you know? he is an incredible guy. [cheering] thank you, get him out of here will you. [applause] [cheering] never fails. the cameras follow that and they know how many people are here. take a look. unbelievable. [applause] 32,000 people. we can't get them all in. fire department, let them in. got thousands of people over there. all right. that is the first time that senator sessions ever endorsed a person running for president. that could be a big deal. we've had some interesting times. "time" magazine did a cover story that this is a movement. i am just a messenger. this is a movement. we're going to take our country back. there has never been a time when we've made so many decisions and been so

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

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

what is missing in washington is the political will. democrats don't want to do it 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. donald trump had a $1 million court judgment against him for being part of a conspiracy to hire illegal aliens to build his hotel. mira lago resort in florida, which trombones, it was reported yesterday, brings in hundreds of 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 times" reported that of the 300 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 peo

. >> washington journal is life every day with news and policy issues. tomorrow, molly o'toole will join us to talk about obama's plan to close guantanamo bay. will talkegor skinner about the latest developments surrounding the zika virus. >> how can we get people to pay attention to wasteful spending? we tend to find things that are but theunderstand government is so large, organizations have to cut through the noise. congress talking about wonderful things they are doing. make it more personable so they understand the impact on them. shaftday night, thomas talks about his organization bringing attention to wasteful federal spending. compiles unauthorized government programs. >> we work with the coalition called the congressional pork busters coalition. they came up with the definition earmarks.ending, we started the big book. billion. year was $3 every year that we can find inmarks, we release the book april or may. next, marco rubio campaigns in georgia. then, john kasich stops by another state to take questions from voters in tennessee. leader, a ted

our home and in our communities and it's even found in government, it's at the state level, not in washington, d.c. [applause] for the first time in eight years, you will have a president that follows the constitution. office, my day in first moments in office, i will cancel every single one of barack obama's unconstitutional executive orders. everyone of them. when you make me president. when you make me president, we will have a president who embraces a free economy. my parents were not rich people. my father was a bartender and my mother was a maid. the reason why they had a job is because free enterprise works. someone who had access to money asked that money to open up hotel and hire them. free enterprise works because it is the only economic model in the world where you can make poor people richer and you don't have to make rich people poorer. [applause] we are going to save free enterprise. we are going to fix our tax code. i have a plan to do that during we are going to roll back these crazy regulations that come out of the federal government. we are going to save social security and

reporter isnior joining us in washington. for listeners on c-span radio, we are keeping an i on hillary at an's headquarters in south carolina. a significant win in the palmetto state. we will listen to your calls and comments. first, steve, baltimore, maryland, democrats lined. -- line. thee: i want to point out republican party, the regressive the reasonys saying minorities vote democrat is because they offer free stuff. of -- ianders is sort --'t want to say off offering, he is offering free college education. the reason we did not vote for bernie sanders is that i think in this case we are going with the devil that we know. we are going with hillary. generally we just know her. she has ties and she knows the black community well. thank you for listening to my call, that is it. host: thank you. alex: i think he is right. the clintons have had a relationship with the african-american community for decades. even before he became president in 1992. when he did become president come he had a very strong relationship with the c

. >> 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

not in washington dc. for the first time in eight years you are going to have a president that follows the constitution. in my first moments in office i will cancel every single one of barack obama's unconstitutional executive orders. when you make me president we are going to have a president that embraces a free economy. my parents were not rich people. my father was a bartender and my mother was a maid. someone who had access to money used that money to open up a hotel and hire them. free enterprise works because it is the only economic model in the world where you can make poor people richer and you don't have to make rich people poorer. we are going to save free enterprise. we are going to roll back these crazy regulations that come out of the herald government. are going to save social security and medicare and balance our budget. we are going to fully utilize the energy resources. andwe are going to repeal replace obamacare once and for all. when i am president of the united states you will have a r

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

c-span, washington journal is next. then attorney general loretta lynch testifies in capitol hill about the justice department's 2017 budget request. at new we take you live to nashville, tennessee with ohio governor and republican presidential candidate john kasich. coming up on today's washington journal, green party presidential candidate jill stein talks about the issues central to her campaign. and the challenges she and other third-party candidates face in the general election. later, conservative blogger erick erickson discusses threats to religious freedom. ♪ host: good saturday morning to you. it is february 27 and we are talking politics. donald trump is solidifying his status as the front runner among republican presidential candidate at the receiving an endorsement from formal rival new jersey governor chris christie. there are heated battles going on for second place. senators ted cruz and marco rubio are ramping up their attacks as they position themselves as an alternative to the billion or. we are -- a

it's not just making washington look dysfunctional. and actual -- it actually hurts the ability for the federal government to be more effective and efficient with tax dollars. look at the department of defense. if you have a continuing resolution instead of an actual d.o.d. appropriations bill signed into law, then they can actually do planning. you know, companies plan years in advance. a government agency should actually be laying out plans as well about how to best use taxpayer dollars. but if they don't know what their budget's going to look like until literally the day before it's about to take effect, it's real hard for them to do planning and a lot of times what they do is suspend contracts and then they have to start that contract back up again, even though they know that ultimately something's going to get worked out. they can't do long-term planning. and it costs even more money. to do the same thing, so it does lead to a less efficient government, to not have a functioning appropriations process. it's why we want passionatel

host: ben wikler, washington director of moveon.org. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, green party presidential candidate will join us live in the studio. also, eric erickson will talk about his new book, you will be made to care. c-span'so watch h washington journal at 7 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. >> the candidates are standing about social security and how they plan on saving it. if they are, what are going to do to save it? >> i'm participating in this election because i feel it is important to get out and vote. that is the only way besides local elections we can voice our opinions. >> there is more road to the white house coverage this weekend with ohio governor and republican presidential candidate john kasich. he will take questions from voters at a town hall in nashville. we will have that live at noon eastern on c-span. house majority whip steve scalise says he will support whoever becomes the republican nominee in the general election. he made the comment while speaking to bloomberg news co

i talked to the washington post, done various interviews. but i can say all day that muslims unequivocally condemn terrorism, and somebody that is not muslim, i have very little legitimacy, apart from the data. it's important, but not as compelling as the genuine emotional fear and anger that i've seen from talking to mainstream muslim leaders. who i think are understandably concerned that there is a media motif of an angry muslim. you go on fox news and become angry, you only serve to further the stereotype among angry muslims. but there is anger that is anger about attacks on your religion. then there is anger, that is equally genuine, that is towards group like isis or dyess. -- or daesh. there has been a lot of understandable hesitation about whether that's a good idea. i think given what i've shown you today, the opportunity, the time has come for that type of corrective discourse. the majority of americans now have this conspiracy theory in their heads. you can simply throw facts at the problem. some recent research coming out of polit

his research has been covered bay major media outlets such as nbc news, national public radio, and washington post and as of today c-span. professor bail earned his ph.d from harvard university in 2011 and his first mono graph which is projected on the screen is "terrified, the study of how antimuslim fringe organizations became main stream" and it was published by princeton in 2014. please join me in warmly elcoming professor chris bail. >> thank you for that very generous introduction and to the franklin center and islamic study center for hosting me. i'd like to begin my talk today by looking at some recent media headlines. probably most of you heard donald trump comment last month in which he claimed to have observed muslims in new jersey celebrating after the september 11 attack. despite widespread disbelief of this statement he doubled down and later called for a ban on all muslims entering the united states. his competitors were not too far off so ted cruz several days later made pointed comments that implied that most or even all muslims tacitly condone terrorism. marco rubio tried to

watch washington journal beginning live at 7 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. campaign 2016 is taking you on the road to the white house. saturday is the south carolina democratic primary. our live coverage begins at 7:30 p.m. eastern with election results and speeches from the democratic candidates, hillary clinton and bernie sanders, to get your reactions and phone calls. join us and bernieclinton sanders are in south carolina ahead of tomorrow's democratic primary. theirl show you both of event from earlier today, next on c-span. more road to the white house coverage with donald trump speaking to an audience at regent university in virginia. during campaign 2016 come c-span takes you on the road to the white house. as we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton was in orangeburg, south carolina friday or a campaign event with congressman james clyburn. he officially endorsed her last week and he gave introductory remarks at this event. it is just under half an hour. [applause] >> than

"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. 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

can a businessman deal with washington politics? >> i think there is a lot of anxiety around certain pieces of his background particularly in foreign policy. his praise for vladmir putin, for instance, has raised some eye brows around capitol hill. senator claire mccaskell said she thought there would be giggled around the globe if he were dealing with foreign leaders. so that i think is an area of real concern that he doesn't have experience in. and some of his stancings are pretty controversial. for instance, he said he would build a wall along the southern border with mex coand deport all the illegal immigrants. that doesn't bode well for trying to reach some compromise on the overhaul of the system and lawmakers have said they don't think anything would happen on that if trump were elected president. >> and what former mexican president fox saying no way mexico would pay for the wall. >> i think the payment of that could become contentious among other things. it seems hard to imagine that congress would appropriate funding for t

. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal's life every day with news and policy issues. that is coming up tomorrow morning. doug collins and a member of judiciary and foreign affair committee will join us. he will discuss the war in syria, gitmo and how president obama should proceed to fill the supreme court seat. -- campaign 16. the endorsement of bernie sanders. be sure to watch c-span's livejournal. tomorrow morning. join the discussion. -- c-span is a home for political junkies. >> there are a lot of c-span fans on the hill. i saw you on c-span. quest there's so much more that c-span does to make sure people outside the beltway know what is going on inside it. >> next, senior u.s. officials testify about the global threat. james comey, cia director john brennan and james clapper appear before the house and intelligence committee to discuss the threat by russia, iran and other nations. as well as terror groups, isis and al qaeda. komi also asked about the about access to the iphone of the san bernardino shooter. >> are you ready? come toommittee will order. today, th

be sure to watch washington journal the getting at 7 a.m. eastern tomorrow morning. join the discussion. announcer: next, democratic presidential candidate senator bernie sanders speaks to supporters in berea, ohio, a suburb of cleveland. [applause] [cheering] >> wow, good morning, berea, ohio. [applause] bw thisad to be at morning. if people want to be president company to come through bw. out. have to give a shout i do not know about you, but you need a coffee after you listen. this morning, sisters and brothers, it is my honor to be in position to introduce the next president of the united states of america. [applause] [cheering] know thatant you to the cause is right. and the time is now. senator bernie sanders has been a consistent champion for civil rights and social justice. [applause] he is not new to this. and for the college students in this room, when he was around your age, he stood up at the university of chicago as a member fighting against segregation in public housing. [applause] [cheering] mayor of burlington, vermont, he used his leadership to trans

be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern tomorrow morning. next, bernie sanders speaks to supporters at a campaign of cleveland.b it is one hour and 10 minutes. [cheers and applause. applause]and [cheers and applause] >> wow. good morning. so glad to be here this morning. if people want to be president they need to come through bw. [applause] i have to give a shout that the humble g. morning, it is my honor to be in position to introduce the next president of the united states of america. i want you to know the cause is right and the time is now. beenor bernie sanders has a consistent champion for civil rights and social justice. he is not new to this. for the college students in the room, when he was around your age he stood up at the university of chicago fighting against segregation in public houses. burlington inf vermont he use leadership to transform that city. he is not new to this. he is running for president for the united states to make sure that everybody has opportunities in these united states of america. he is running against th

in washington dc, she worked with republicans as well as democrats which is a big deal. waspassed a bill when she first lady with the republican leader tom delay who disliked me more than anyone in congress. this is a true story, but this is an example of what she does. she went to tom delay from taxes and she -- texas, and she said, i know we do not agree on much, and he said, really, do we agree on anything? he said what is it? she said, you love your children. he said, sure, what does that have to do with anything? she said, i know you adopted those children and that was an act of grace. foster care systems are aging with kids with no place to live, nowhere to go to college, no way to get a job and we cannot let this happen. we have to get people to adopt older children and children with special needs. people are afraid they cannot afford to help children with special needs. we now know one barrier we ought to get writ of his people who are afraid of hiring people with disabilities, because they make great employees for what they can do. we need to do that. [applause]

that is all for washington journal today. the house of residence is getting ready. we'll take you there. -- help us and will consume sums of money in this redundant -- hopelessly redundant program. it's dangerous because of the cuts in the nuclear nonproliferation program of over $100 billion -- $100 million. i mean, these are real threats to our security. we're battling isis now. now, they have already obtained material rade nuclear in a facility near mosul. we had a few nuclear weapons gone missing, other nuclear materials unaccounted for or stolen. we need to have these proven programs to reduce the inventory, track it down and take it out of circulation. we should be expanding them, not cutting them back. it continues an overall trillion-dollar spending that we're going to have on the nuclear programs over the course of the next 30 years. these are resources that are going to be at the expense of our conventional weapons. as i mentioned, these -- the nuclear tried a is far more than we need to deter anybody in the world right now and are -- do not help us with t

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,

i know a lot of politicians in washington. good guys and bad guys. i know liars in washington. but i will tell you, i know ted cruz. he is not a liar. his honesty is impeccable. his integrity is unshakable. and the last thing, you cannot beat a democrat with a democrat. if you think you are going to beat hillary clinton with somebody else who is for amnesty , because while ted cruz was saying we've got to build a wall, while ted cruz was saying you are not doing the gang of eight bill, donald trump was meeting with dreamers. donald trump was telling mitt romney he is too tough on mexico. he is saying these things now to get elected. but between planned parenthood and all the other things he's said he's going to do, you cannot beat a democrat with a democrat. he will lose in the general. for the first time since 1920, we have a true constitutionalist, somebody who will stand on that constitution, for the first time since 1920. if we don't forget our principles, if we as conservatives all across america realize this guy means what he says and says what he means, this guy is quite

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

and it did not come from washington. washington despised ronald reagan. by the way, do you know which candidate will take on washington? just ask yourself the question, who is washington attacking? revolution came from the american people, and it turned to this country around. why am i so optimistic? isause the same thing happening again. all across this country, people are waking up, and let me tell you. nevada has a powerful voice in that. we are 30 hours away from the nevada caucuses. , nevada has a voice. now, listen. historically, not that many people come out. last cycle, it was 32,000 people came to the caucuses. that means every one of you has a voice where you are speaking for hundreds if not thousands if not millions of courageous conservatives across this country when you come out tomorrow night and cast your vote. and so, if you agree with me that it is now or never, that the stakes have never been higher, that we are standing at the edge of a cliff staring down, and if we keep going the we risk doing, irreparable damage to the greatest countr

and it did not come from washington. washington despised ronald reagan. by the way, do you know which candidate will take on washington? just ask

watch c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7 a.m. eastern tomorrow. joined the discussion. >> john kerry testifies on capitol hill tuesday on his department's 2017 budget request. the state department totals $50.1 billion and includes security funding for personnel, facilities and fiber production. live coverage begins at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span. the south carolina democratic primary is this saturday. aesday, hillary clinton holds for him on gun violence and policing practices in columbia, south carolina. you can see it live at 6 p.m. eastern on c-span3. ♪ the campaignome of 2016 bus made a stop at mount michael academy in new york city. over 100 students toured the bus, including the road to the white house coverage. over 1100 students in grades six through 12 attended the all go in the bronx. a special thanks to lisa bennett for coordinating the event. next, marco rubio campaigns in north las vegas ahead of tuesday's nevada republican caucuses. he is joined by former new kids on the block member donnie wahlberg and one of the history channels op

folks here in washington dc know it. as any good governor would he's doing things that are important and he has more cyber security entrepreneurs and west or than a place east of the rocky mountains. that legislation is helping to a greatindividuals example of innovation taking our economy is healthy. nine of the last 12 months our economy has led the nation. based on the department of labor statistics on private wealth creation. the benefit of this organization is that we share best practices with each other. they say how are you able to thread the needle when it came to lgbt writes. in a very red to state, very religious state. it was not easy but we brought people together. we were able to have success in protecting lgbt writes. also religious rights in the state of utah. that, we can do it across america. in our respective states. health of his of bipartisan collaboration efforts. we can find common sense is the key issue. get some things done. we will have a compilation error summer meeting silent. we will highlight

, washington despised ronald reagan. do you want to know which candidate will take on washington? just ask the simple question, who is washington attacking? revolution came from the american people, and it turned this country around. why am i so optimistic? because the same thing is happening again. all across this country people are waking up. nevada has aou, powerful voice in that process. away from thes nevada caucuses. tomorrow night nevada has a voice. historically not that many people come out. last cycle 32,000 people came to the caucus. everyone of you has a voice where you are speaking for ifdreds, if not house and's, not millions of courageous conservatives across this country when you come out tomorrow night and cast your votes. and so if you agree with me that it is now or never, that the stakes have never been higher, that we are standing at the edge of a cliff staring down, and if we keep going the same direction , we risk doing irreparable damage to the greatest country in the history of the world. and i w

george washington is my hero. man whoashington is a makes me want to be the better man, a man who makes me believe you can be a better man. who puts things for me into perspective, that your whole life really is about service, it is not about you. it is not about your name in life. it is not about fame or fortune. it is about service to others in a greater cause. george washington, his life of service started when he was 13 years old. at 13 years old, he knew what he wanted to do and think goodness he did not do it. sailored to serve as a in the royal navy. navy.ually joined the in those days, you could go down to the ships and go on and be like, "i am in the navy." he joined the navy and he brought it up and set it there ships deck of the english and then he listened to his mother, who was down by the plank and she was making a scene and she was like "oh george, please, no, don't leave your mother, no." id all the guys on the ship imagine were standing there going, i can see why you want to go to see. -- to sea.

i am reluctant to send the money to washington to have it sent back to me. sometimes we get too many strings attached to it as opposed to keeping the money at home and doing what we need to do at a local level. governor mcauliffe: let me mention sequestration. this was a piece of legislation that was so onerous that it would never pass. and ithat -- it passed has created such problems at the state level. recipient number of of military funds, and indecision that went around that and congress' inability to figure out what they would do has been crippling to the northern virginia economy. the congress has pushed it off for two years, but you know the percent of debt to gdp in two years, we will be back in the situation. we have to begin to think long term. we need leadership decisions to grow the country. >> hopefully, governor, you will find this a timely question. our second governor, thomas jefferson, and now terry mcauliffe. how could you honestly ever -- and i have two years ago. i am just warming up. we got our economy back. have two qualified united sta

this is discussion from today's washington journal. a familiar face from washington journal viewers, president of americans for tax reform and joins us now to discuss the 2017 budget released by the white house. we are also talking about the tax plan that candidates are talking about on the campaign trail. it is a $4.1 trillion spending plan. you described it as an explosion of taxes. what is fueling that explosion? guest: it brings taxes up 3.4 troy and dollars over the next decade. spending over $2.5 trillion over the next decade. it is bernie sanders wish list of more money and spending for the government. none of this is going to happen. his budgets have gone to the hill and luckily they have gotten two votes from democrats. it is an exercise in something. i guess he is trying to make a point or make some friends happy. he has a massive tax increase, $.25 on a gallon of gas. it would double the federal gas tax. all of that money goes to not roads. it is not roads, but more like pats and high-speed trains which people decided they d

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

brian: how many years have you been in washington now? since 1996. brian: how many years have you had your daily talk show? mr. press: 10 years. brian: where can people listen? mr. press: on any progressive radio station in the country, if they are lucky to have one. there are only maybe 50 total left in the entire country. we're there. they can listen to it online. billpressshowonline.com. we stream it, 6:00-9:00 a.m. eastern time. if people on the west coast are not up early, they can just go to the website, and listen to the podcast. they can pick up part of the show, one interview, or the whole three hours. by the way, in the archives, they can go back as long as we have been podcasting, at least a couple of years. 15,could listen to july 2013, for whatever reason if you wanted to. brian: you are older than bernie sanders? mr. press: by one year. [laughter] why would you ask that? brian: well, i am going to ask it that way. for this reason. why do you get up at 4:00 in the morning to do a 6:00 a.m. show, why do you stayed up late to be doing a sh

[applause] [cheering] ♪ ♪ will >> from washington journal, this is 10 minutes. this. before getting more calls, derek fumbledk -- wallbank lirc -- from bloomberg joins us about these numbers. is this a three man race as marco rubio says? caller: senator rubio has a vested interest in this three-man race. a large bulwark of his campaign strategy has been to consolidate what you would call an establishment lane. making sure all the republican comes behind him and that is not just people, that is money as well. his campaign fund-raising has not been phenomenal recently. there is indications right now as jeb bush dropped out that some of his top finance people are giving marco rubio a serious look. we are going to watch in the coming days to see if there is a --exxit is -- exit is udus. that is what they are hoping for after a second-place finish in south carolina. host: don't these donors ask when these candidates come to them ok, which state are you going to win? caller: it has to be the question. host: what is the answer? posing -- i have been asking this since august.

press: i had heard rumors around washington that he might be thinking about it. so i went to see him in his office, and i said what do i hear? he told me he was thinking about it. this was 2014. he was only thinking about it in the sense that he had realized that the only way people will seriously take you seriously or take your issue seriously as if you run for president. you can be a senator and give speeches, and nobody pays attention. if you are a presidential candidate, there is an are about -- there is some or about that. he felt of these progressive issues that he talks about should be front and center in this 2016 presidential primary. somebody had to do it. if somebody else did it, fine, but if nobody else did it he was thinking he might do it. the other person at the time they thought, would be elizabeth warren. if elizabeth warren had run, i'm pretty confident to think that bernie sanders would have never run. bernie: did he ask your opinion on whether he should run? mr. press at the first meeting, : i suggest, i said if you are really serious, what yo

we have a team for the washington journal that we do research. we have topics. generally it is driven by the news. we also look at things that are not necessarily in the news cycle that are related to public policy and politics. we are doing research to find out. i am part of that team. we all wear different hats. we don't just host the we are also producers for different programming. we are doing research to find out who would be the best person to talk about it, who has a perspective on it, whether it is liberal or conservative, and we out.o balance that whenever the topic is, we try a balanced approach so we can hear two different sides.that is the same with newspapers as i -- as well, leaving in conservatives and liberal newspapers, if that is your perspective. it is all about balance. it is not perfect, but we do our best. go ahead. >> first of all, brookings does -- have an old theology ideology. we are neutral. we probably have more democrats on staff then republicans, but we don't make any effort to tabulate or enforce a partisan agenda.ogical i would co

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