a lot of the republican members leave they have been sent to washington to obstruct. they might use a different word, but they believe that is what the voters in their district want and there are large pockets of voters around the country who do want to approach the president on anything he does -- democrats will try to make this message.n they are going to talk about republican obstructionism, the senate, not giving merrick garland a fair hearing, the hearing and the vote he deserves. but democrats will focus on republican obstructionism and try to use that against the incumbents. guest: i will respond -- i want to point out that the republicans could be criticized over the last two years. just want to stop everything that president obama wants to do. nathan is right. say, yeah,can voters that's why we sent them there. but there is also a growing movement on the democratic side like that. the whole bernie sanders message is we have compromised too much and have not been progressing far enough, fast enough. so the kind of bernie sanders that comes to washington seeks

we ought to shift all of this out of washington, d.c. [applause] we need to get rid of obama care and replace it with a consumer driven private sector oriented patient centered health care insurance system that will lower costs. that's the second part. the third part is we need civil service reform. there are too many government workers. we can reduce and i promise you we'll reduce the government work force by 10% just by attrition. my plan says if you want to hire someone in a department you have to have three vacancies created. we can shrink the government but we need reform so that they can embrace technology and be rewarded for a job well done but it should not be lifetime employment. that creates huge costs. then finally across the spectrum of government as much as possible beyond medicaid, education programs, the delegated authority to e.p.a., transportation programs. washington is not the place where this should take place. they should be providing this money in bloc grants back to the state. and i trust states. maybe it's because

growing the economy -- america's economy instead of washington's? steve: i would ask you one the question each. one of the things i have been hearing more and more is that because of bernie sanders the challenge, the things that come up, the terrain in the country seems to have changed. a lot of people think they know hillary clinton. can hillary be hillary if she wins? will she be able to maintain the level of international engagement? what has happened with bernie sanders challenge and whatnot changed that? i'm interested if hillary can be hillary. hilary: for 15 or 20 years she was one of the top two or three most admired women in the world. it was only when she actually sought political power for herself that all of a sudden no, no, go away. we don't like you anymore. [applause] she hasn't changed. i do think the perception of whether or not it is ok for her to be unapologetically and a pantsuit seeking power -- let me finish. then you can trash me. i do think she has a kind of broad-based optimistic view of our engagement in the world. alex sai

smith goes to washington. i had not seen it in about 30 years and had not seen it as a remember of congress. it is the scene where he is trying to write legislation about creating a boys camp. he has all the idealism in the world and that is the point. comes up against someone who has been there and starts walking you have anof it so idea. are you going to the committee and the chairman will do this and then you have to go to congress. he goes through all the inefficiencies. if the assistant had said, you do not have time to write that legislation. spent 30 hours a week across the street asking people for money. in that what happens scene, he introduced legislation appealing to legislation. he started getting envelopes from boys with pennies and nickels and dies because it showed good policies are what the american people want. it gets members reelected if you are doing right. i'm glad you mentioned the movie. my favorite part is when they are at the national press club. before i ask the last question, he does

scalise and steve cathy mcmorris rodgers of washington is the conference chair. on the democratic side, just one change. nancy pelosi fending off a challenge to her leadership position. she will remain the minority leader. , steny hoyer. the one change, caucus chair joe crowley. let's go back to your calls. indiana, line for democrats. your thoughts about the upcoming congress and what you hope they will achieve. or what you would like to see them achieve. caller: i have two concerns. -- the changing of social security to private. he does not believe there is global warming. i'm worried about how congress feels about this. host: how do you feel about it? caller: would anything like that passed through congress? host: what are your thoughts? you have social security? caller: i believe in global warming. i am a senior citizen and i'm very worried about privatizing social security. if the market goes down, so does social security. fairbanks, alaska on the independent line. caller: my expectations are very low. keeping pelosi, the democrats have shown that they will

i come to washington and go to work. i must say when the congress is not in session, yes, i spent a considerable amount of time raising money. i have a self funded opponent who says he will spend whatever it takes to win the election contest. my last two were among the two most expensive in the country. this looks like it will probably be the single most expensive race in the country and i feel strongly about the issues i have brought to the table. including the stop act with mr. youy stop and that brings -- i applaud tom. i have not taken the pledge. i am tying to make sure i have got enough money to's -- to defend myself. i mean, they are spending thousands of dollars against me in television ads right now as we speak. they ran some ads last fall accusing me of voting to find terrorists. and my staff -- i mean like, really? the guy runs a sawmill in a factory. he pedals newspapers. my staff did a poll and the staff came out and said only 3% of people believe the ad. i said really, that is a margin of victory in my dist

why george washington? mr. gingrich: she had been doing ellis the elephant for four to eight-year-olds, teaching american history, and one morning, she went to set up the discussion of american history, jesse waters up, and he was asking about key figures, and he sees a lady and says who is george washington? ae looks at him blankly for second and says, i think he was a president. didn't he come right after lincoln? i saidwe were leaving, we have to do a film about washington. he is so central, and a generation of americans are so lacking in knowledge that we have to find a way to bridge the gap. : in one sense, something you learned about george washington that you did not know. mr. gingrich: he wins the revolutionary war. he goes back home. he is the most famous man in america, and he decides for two weeks, he is going to go out west on you, and as an indian guide, he sends his guys off, and here is washington, riding along, and when he would see a settlor's cabin, he would not on the door and ask if he could

spirit informs our ventures and our explorers -- the edison's and the wright brothers and the george washington carver's and the norman borlaugs and the steve jobs. that is what built this country. and today, in every phone in one of your pockets, we have access to more information than at any time in human history at a touch of a button. but ironically, the flood of information has not made us more discerning of the truth. in some ways, it has made us more confident in our ignorance. we assume whatever is on the web must be true. we search for sites that just reinforce our own predispositions. opinions masqueraded as fact. the wildest conspiracy theories are taken for gospel. now understand i am sure you , have learned during your years of college, and if not, you will learn soon, that there are a whole lot of folks who are book smart and have no common sense. that is the truth. [laughter] [applause] you will meet them if you have not already. [laughter] so the fact that they have a , fancy degree, you have to talk to them to see whether they know what they are talking about. qualities like ki

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think the democrats have tagged senator blunt is somebody who looks like a washington insider and that has hurt him in that race. >> how would you measure the impact of donald trump on these down ballot races? he is not your typical nominee and now he is having an impact on races such as kelly i got. racesuld argue some other as well where the candidate has revoked the endorsement, maybe in nevada. what has the impact been? >> six months ago democrats predict a senate blowout as we had donald trump at the top of the ticket. republican candidates positioned on donald trump. whether they are for him or not it has a relatively negligible impact on the senate candidate. there are a quarter of hillary clinton voters who do not like her. they are voting against donald trump. they're going to pick up some independents who are for hillary clinton only because she is not for donald trump. do you anticipate that on november 9 republicans will retain the senate? nowhen i predict anything -- i will not predict anything now. of the competitive seats, we own 10 of them. you love your candidate or no

a journey that started soon after we arrived in washington when they set off for the first day at the new school. i will never forget that winter morning as i watched our girls, just seven and 10 years old pile into those black suvs with all those men with guns. [laughter] and that's all their little faces pressed up against the window and the only thing i could think was, what have we done? [laughter] at that moment, i realized that our time in the white house would form the foundation of who they would become. and how well we manage this experience could truly make or break them. that is what rock and i think about -- barack and i think about everyday as he tried to guide and protect our girls from the challenges of this unusual life and the spotlight. ignoreurged them to those who question their father citizenship or faith. [cheering] insist that the hateful language they hear from public figures on tv does not represent the true spirit of this country. [cheering] explain that when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you don't stoop to their level. our motto is, when they go low

this is a story inside "the washington post." john wagner points out this means that bernie sanders is going to be in the hunt in the early primary caucus states. hillary clinton reportedly raising about $37 million. now here is one of the latest ads from the bernie sanders campaign. [video clip] bernie sanders: is the economy rate? the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years in the bottom 100 million people combined. i am bernie sanders and i approve this message. my plan is make wall street banks in the ultra rich pay their fair share of taxes. provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. the middle class will continue to disappear. will.our help we host: on the bernie sanders campaign. -- she is inve is des moines on this sunday morning. thank you very much for being with us. guest: happy new year. host: as he said earlier a month out from the iowa caucuses. according to real clear politics, ted cruz remains in the league in the state but donald trump also very strong right now. the big q

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i went down to washington. to policy gurus, think tanks, newspaper people, anybody i could. pretty much all of them told me two things. first, that is a good idea. that is actually an idea that could make a difference. and the second thing they told me, don't do it. think about that. they gave me 1000 reasons not to do it, but the reasons all boiled down to one very painful point. you can't win. don't do it because you can't win. don't even try because you can't win. you will never get to this consumer agency passed into law. they pointed out that the biggest banks in the country would hate this idea and they would send hundreds of millions of dollars to stop it. and they said to me, you are just a teacher. you've got nothing. you've got no money, organization, political juice. it won't happen, so don't even try. i heard this, but there was something deep inside me that just refused to believe them. they said don't try, and what i heard was try harder. and that is what i did. i jumped in and i fought for that little agency because i truly believed it could make a difference.

be sure to watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. c-span, a look at issues facing white working-class men, then representatives from the clinton and trump campaigns on their economic proposals. toer, donald trump speaking supporters in florida. after that, first lady michelle obama speaking in manchester, new hampshire. our panel of radio talk hosts team up to discuss and debate the presidential election topics, live tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. then, the constitution product -- project looks at the use of surveillance by law enforcement and legal means to monitor it. we will take this live on c-span two at 12:20 eastern. tomorrow, a conference on sexual andult on college campuses students' rights to free speech. live coverage from georgetown university beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. nation elects a new president in november, will america have its first foreign-born first lady since teresa adams, or will it have a former president as first gentleman? learn more about the influenc

and also nationally there was an nbc washington journal poll that came out yesterday. secretary clinton to future by 10 points, we defeated him by 15 points. and even more importantly than polls is the thrust of our campaign. there is a political fact. the fact is, republicans win national elections when people are demoralized and they don't come out and vote. and last year, republicans won a landslide victory all over this country because 63% of the american people did not vote. 80% of young people did not vote. what is going on in this campaign, the campaign that has the excitement, that has the energy, bringing working people and young people in. campaigns that have spoken to 450,000 people already all over america and has spoken to over 27,000 people in meetings like this, our campaign is the campaign of excitement, energy, momentum and will result in a large voter turnout which means a victory for democrats. [cheers and applause] let me also say this. when we began this campaign, they said we did not have money, organization, name recognition. one of the problems

george washington university, we beat him by 10, she beats or three. fox news has us beating trump by 14. she beats him by seven. she is beaten by seven that she beats him by seven. everyone knows that you win the electoral vote, taking place in 50 states in this country. and if you look at virtually every battleground state in , arizona, in michigan, in missouri, and in many other states which are up for grabs, maybe one by the republican or maybe one by the democratic candidate, in every one of those states, we defeat trump by larger margins that she does. further, equally important, but recent elections tell us is that when the voter turnout is high, when people come out in large numbers, democrats and progressives win. people are excited. they come out. young people come out. working-class people come out. people don't always vote, out. -- people that don't always come out, out. democrats win. on the other hand, republicans win elections when the voter turnout is low. that is exactly what we saw in the last national election of 2014, win 63% of the

news, cheif washington correspondent. susan: olivier, you're up first. olivier: i have a question for you about the presidential debates. a case has been dismissed that you brought to be part of the debates. how severe of a blow is that to your campaign? jill stein: i am not surprised to hear that. we assumed that would be the outcome. we do have a second case. i am not holding my breath that we are going to get a favorable decision in a court of law. i think we've already won in the court of public opinion. the public is not happy with the two candidates from the democratic and republican parties. they are the most disliked throughout history. the public is clamoring for more voices and more choices. i think the pressure will continue to grow. we are coming up in the polls. today's poll says we are at 6%. we tripled our numbers in the course of a couple of weeks. we hope to do that again and get to the 15%. i think the american public has a right to vote. they have a right to know who they can vote for. i encourage people to go to our website. you can j

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

watch washington journal beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on monday morning. join the discussion. >> here on c-span, newsmakers is next with congressman role grij alva of arizona. 8:00 our conversation with amy goodman on q and a. susan: "newsmakers" is pleased to welcome this week congressman raul grijalva, a democrat representing arizona three. he is the cochair of the progressive caucus in the house of representatives and a longtime member of the hispanic caucus and the senior democrat on the national resources natural resources committee. thanks a lot for being with us this week. rep. grijalva: thank you. appreciate the invite. susan: on the political level, you are among the very first members of congress to endorse bernie sanders in his presidential campaign as well. rep. grijalva: that's true. susan: let me introduce the two reporters who will be asking questions this week. jason dick, "cq roll call" deputy editor, and mike debonis, "washington post" congressional reporter. mike, you are up first. mike: thanks, susan. congressman as susan mentioned, you

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

president-elect donald trump visited washington dc today. he met with president obama at the white house and republican leadership on capitol hill. after their meeting in the oval office, president obama and president-elect trump talked to reporters. obama: we had an excellent conversation with president-elect trump. it was wide ranging. we talked about some of the organizational issues in setting up the white house. we talked about foreign policy, saidtic policy, and as i last night, my number e

should we grow it top-down, politically and artificially from washington? should we open up education or keep it closed the way it is? do we want two great parents down the street being barack and michelle obama. why don't we give every american that choice? democrats can go there. they are the top down, closed party. there is a better republican party coming. that is the party that i think if donald trump is working with them, they will surround and support him. either way this election we are going to need a republican party that actually can express its police have been the country in a better place. democrats have nothing but the old-time argument, the old closed system, factory-like government. hilary: newt gingrich will be in charge. rudy giuliani and newt gingrich. that is the trump government. you have no doubt about their advocacy but you see real candor. and i want to thank you for your candor. >> house speaker paul ryan says he is sick and by donald trump's crude comments about women revealed in a video from 2005. in a statement, speaker ryan say

it is "washington journal" on veterans day. on this day, a live in view of the vietnam veterans memorial in washington, d.c. alongside that statue, a wall with many, many names of vietnam veterans who are honored on that wall, 58,000 names at last cou nt. also on this veterans day, we are interested in hearing from veterans only. in our first hour. here is the question, we want to get you to give advice on what commander-in-chief president-elect donald trump should do

ribble: i think that you have an element of the republican primary base that is angry at washington, d.c. they see it as dysfunctional. they believe that someone with executive management skills the right prescription for america right now. they think there has been a weakness displayed in foreign policy. they view donald trump as somebody who is tough. and is kind of a get things done kind of guy. i think that is what they are seeing. the getting things done and getting them done in the right manner are two different things. and at this point, i am not convinced he will do things in the right manner. >> you're told reporters in your home state of wisconsin that you are not obligated to support a candidate from any party. have you decided you are going to vote for? ribble: i have only decided who i am not going to vote for. i'm not going to vote for donald trump or hillary clinton. though i am not certain hillary clinton is would be the nominee, based on the momentum coming around on the bernie sanders from. this could very easily be a bernie sanders versus donald trump race. and nei

she is in a bilingual program at school and washington, d.c.. it is something i would like to do to improve my spanish. ien i was in middle school, took three years of japanese. i wish every member that. a decent amount of spanish and i can speak some spanish. and i understand it fairly well but i'm not fluent. and so in the whole conversation , it is almost like you are at there is something in between. i am not fluent. do you remember the first time you came to washington, d.c.. ? julian castro: i do. i was between my sophomore and jr. year in stamford. i got a white house internship. in july, 1994 and i flew on southwest airlines into baltimore. i came in and i hopped in a cab this kind of catholic worker house where my mother knew the person who was running it. and i didn't realize how much it cost to take a cab from baltimore, washington into the middle of d.c. and so i had $72 in my pocket. and as i am watching the meter run up, i think it ended up costing $80. i got to my destination and i had to tell the taxi driver, i am so sorry. i onl

jason dick, "cq roll call" deputy editor, and mike debonis, "washington post" congressional reporter. mike, you are up first. mike: thanks, susan. congressman as susan mentioned, , you are among the first supporters of bernie sanders in congress. we are at a point now in the campaign were we are looking at where the voters have been. right now, senator sanders has just -- he has not had a good showing the last few weeks. he is down in the delegate count. do you see any hope for bernie sanders? is this over at this point? does he still have a path that in the nomination? rep. grijalva: it is a path. there is a path there. there is a path that involves flipping superdelegates that are either uncommitted or pledged and trying to get them to flip. i think it will be hard with elected superdelegates. they have their own platform to from which they can talk. they make endorsements. that is a difficult one. there is quite a number. we are going to do well as we finish out this rest of the primary, ending up in california. math being what it is, we understand we have a tough road ahead, but t

paralysis in washington. too many threats at home and abroad. just look for a minute at the strength we bring as americans to meet these challenges. we have the most dynamic into first people in the world. [cheers] we have the most tolerant and generous young people we've ever had. [cheers] we have the most powerful military, the most innovative entrepreneurs, the most enduring values. justiceand equality, and opportunity. that thosee so proud words are associated with us. i have to tell you, as your secretary of state, i went to 112 countries. when people hear those words, they hear america. [cheers] don't let anyone tell you that our country is week, we are not. don't let anyone tell you we don't have what it takes, we do. believe of all, don't anyone who says i alone can fix it. [cheers] those were actually donald trump's words in cleveland. they should set off alarm bells for all of us. really? i alone can fix it. isn't he forgetting troops on the front lines, police officers and firefighters who run towards danger, doctors and nurses who ca

according to the washington post, the officials said they had secured the cooperation eleanor: as i recall at the time, the clintons were encouraging him to testify. lawyers frequently don't want you to incur any possible liability. it will cost a lot of money and grief. at the time that was happening, to select committee on benghazi on the hill was in the hot pursuit. if you talk to people at the clinton campaign, they are glad he is cooperating, and don't feel he has done anything wrong. i gather the investigation will be wrapped up in early may, and then it will be decided whether any civil complaint are going to be brought. host: but go to al in rhode island. good morning. caller: eleanor, and for john also, did you read the article that tony blair wrote for bloomberg news? it is very important. guest: that he wrote about what? caller: about the reason why trump is so important in this country. it is happening all over the world. people are fed up with the government, the governing class controlling everything, and voters have no say anymore. guest: you are correct. there are trump lik

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we will take you live to the newseum in washington. they are gathering political journalists and academics to talk about political rhetoric and media coverage of the campaign. it's just getting underway live here on c-span. >> we are just 11 days away from election day. i look forward to a discussion with our panel. is to promote, defend, and explain free expression and the first amendment which guarantees our trout tradition of political discourse. includes respect and rationality. what is happening this campaign? by all accounts, it has been ugly. insults have been flung fast and furious in person and social media platforms. we have watched the debates and seen the stump speeches and heard the rhetoric on the campaign trail. donald trump and vice president joe biden challenge each other to a fistfight. discuss the state of civility in this presidential campaign and maybe walk away with ideas on how today's youth represented in this audience can revive the health of our democracy. we have a stellar panel this morning. hadas coles is a

religion -- i want to respond to the lady who said in washington that she will give vouchers are a want to know who will pay for the vouchers. i want to know why we have to supply a voucher to support abortion being promoted through a candidate. it is not anyone's business when the state teachers union takes money out of someone's paychecks and exempt them from the paychecks here does their name,, personally, that they gave the , supporting same-sex marriage couples. if this is free speech, i do not i do notdcasters -- want all of those alums on there. we give the money where we believe, and that money will be used for the candidate supporting us. i think i have to disagree with the caller in the sense that we have a situation now where, with the current way that campaigns of finance, but cities,many states and you have where the candidates are forced to go to make these phone calls, to private interests, and safe on my campaign, and then they turn around the same day and go and vote on matters directly affecting the people. there is an inherent conflict of interest within that system.

on sunday, october 9, hillary clinton and donald trump will debate at washington university in st. louis. the third and final debate will be held on october 19 at the university of nevada in lost a guess. we will have life -- in las vegas. we will have live coverage on c-span, c-span radio, and www.c-span.org. the u.s. commission on international religious freedom asylumthis discussion on seekers. watch live tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. >> now, conversation with conservative author ed morrissey of the website hot-air. he joined us on this morning's washington journal. >> joining us from minneapolis is ed morrissey, the senior editor for the website hot air.com. good morning. >> good morning, sir. next a little bit about the website hot air. what is your role specifically in it? editorsne of two senior at hot air.com. it's owned by townhall media group. we are in the for-profit area. we don't survive on donations, that sort of thing. we make what we earn. our position, we hope is a rational approach to conservatism and two elections and to coulter and to basically wh

. >> the chosen candidate of washington, the chosen candidates of big money and the lobbyists are not going to decide the republican nom me. it will be we the people. >> why would i change? >> we will build on a strong progressive tradition, from franklin roosevelt to barack obama. >> winning is shaking up the democratic party. >> with your help, we will come back to philadelphia, for the democratic national convention. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer, you are watching live special coverage of the critical eastern conference, a big night for donald trump. winning in pennsylvania, delaware, and rooz rooz. was it xwl close in any of those five states. republicans trying to stop donald trump may be out of time after tonight. clinton is relishing, four more victories, her delegate lead as well. they are want talking about winning the nomination, they are talking about the flat form p a lot going on. go over to jake. >> it has been a phenom al if there is any wrinkle, it is that there is a question about unbound delegates. of

and, there are many powerful lobbies in washington. as i said in the debate the other night in brooklyn, i said, look, bernie sanders talks a lot about the greed and recklessness on wall street. i have the toughest lands. they know it because they are trying to beat me. running ads, forming hedge runs. there are good at making their assessment and they know i am trouble for them. so i agree with that. so, what about the greed and recklessness of the gun manufacturers and sellers? i could not believe it when senator sanders said the parents of the sandy hook children did not deserve their day in court largely because he voted for the bill that gave special to actions, immunity from liability to the gun makers and sellers. i was in the senate at the same time. obama.barack i voted against it, barack obama voted against it, bernie sanders voted or it. this has got to be a voting issue. we have got to organize ourselves to take on this powerful lobby. coming afterm them. they are already coming after me and i consider that a badge of honor

you have the people speaking up to say they don't want washington to pick their candidates. they want a say. on the democratic side, bernie sanders has shown the people matter and the people can speak up and change the democratic establishment. hopefully that change is going forward and republicans elect someone sane. >> marco rubio won expectations. big win for ted cruz. can he keep that momentum in new hampshire? i'm not sure. hillary clinton may have won, but it would have been groundhog day all over for her in iowa although she won a tiny bit. donald trump is a loser today. >> maria. >> hillary clinton wins becoming the first woman to ever win an iowa caucus. bernie sanders did great. also a win. the democratic party wins. they are focusing on the issues that all americans care about. compared to republicans who will nominate somebody who is anti-woman or anti-latino. >> all right. ben. go. >> i'll say this. donald trump proves arrogance and cockiness does not win you the white house. ted cruz did better than anyone thought. marco rubio is a guy that has a little mo comi

clinton and trump have high negatives but the new "the washington post" poll even though they have equal high negatives when adults were asked who is more qualified, clinton scores higher than trump on the qualification issue. you can tell that's the point she was trying to emphasize. listen to her donald trump wants to be president, he has to be more careful about what he says. >> so when you say we're going to bar all muslims, you are sending a message to the muslim world and also sending a message to the terrorists because we now do have evidence, we have seen how donald trump is being used to essentially be a recruiter for more people to join the cause of terrorism. >> she says i'm experienced. i know how to be calm in these moments. he says you were secretary of state, benghazi happened, in his view she lied to the families, you were secretary of state, look around the world, things aren't a hell of a lot better. he makes the argument a lot argue things are worse, experience versus -- >> well the other thing that was more surprising from her was calling it likely terrorism. you almo

here on c-span, washington journal is next. the 2016ok at presidential race on newsmakers. our guest is dave mcintosh who has the political advocacy group for growth. our issue spotlight series focuses on the supreme court nominating process. on today's washington journal, we will get the latest on the 2016 presidential race with political strategists david winston and hankin. and then holly harris with the u.s. justice network. to change the criminal justice system. an officer from the woodrow wilson center talks about the recent nuclear security summit in washington and what the international community is doing to ensure that nuclear material stays out of the hands of terrorists. ♪ host: good morning welcome to "washington journal". with wisconsin preparing to vote this tuesday we begin with politics and pose this question. is hillary clinton a progressive? bernie sanders says he's the true progressive in this race. what is your take on this? if you support the former secretary of state 202-7 48-8000. if you are supporting another candidate

committed to working with cities and urban problems in washington. that is why i am proud to be here tonight and i am proud to support hillary clinton for president of the united states. novembershe wins in -- [applause] murray: my husband, the first gentleman of seattle, is willing to give bills some pointers about how to be the first husband. and i want to thank just a little bit about battering ceilings. we are way past shattering the glass ceiling and electing the first woman of president -- as president of the united states. own i know from my aperience that when you break barrier, when you break a ceiling, when you are the first, it matters and it makes a difference. and it will make a road difference to finally have a qualified, experience, brilliant, progressive woman named hillary clinton in the white house. please join me in welcoming to this great city the next president of the united states of america, hillary rodham clinton! cheers and applause] ♪ mrs. clinton: thank you. thank you. thank you so much. wow. thank you. [cheers and applau

dana milbank with the washington post segment of the corporate media. so, i have a conundrum i want to present to you. so, i could write about today, and others could report here about what an important issue climate change is. and we'd publish it or broadcast it. and the fact is very few people will read it, and they're going to go read or view stories about trump's staff machinations or clinton's e-mails. so i'm not sure the issue is necessarily a corporate media, but what people are demanding. why is that? what's the -- what's the way around that, if there is one? jill stein: well, let me say, we've seen this problem get worse. you know, worse and worse. i think it's a multi-factor problem. but what we do know is that when we had greater diversity of candidate opinion, there is an opportunity to have a more diverse discussion. right now, so many people are tuned out of the election and out of the political system in general because they are accustomed to being ignored by that system, and because, you know, not only ignored by the discussion, but igno

washington, alaska and hawaii and he won them big. he won five of the six with senator clinton winning in arizona. over the course of the week senator sanders shaved more than 90 delegates off the lead shaving more than 70 of those delegates off just yesterday. hillary clinton says the math is still in her favor and it is and momentum as we head to wisconsin and what senator sanders is saying and even hillary clinton right now, well, she should be feeling the burn. >> this is what momentum is. we have been beating donald trump by double digits. the last cnn poll had hillary clinton doing quite well. she was beating trump by 12 points. we were beating him by 20 points. >> was it just a big day or is it a big day? he is bolder and more aggressive. thinks he has a chance. >> on the one hand it's more than a big day. it's a big week for bernie sanders because he also won two of three contest earlier in the week so he nets about 90 delegates for the whole week. that closes the gap quite a bit. on the other hand these contests could not hav

the washington post said money may be his biggest robert. what changed? changed,k what has many people have begun to understand how far removed reality much of the media is. reality much of the media is. david writes for the new york times. he is a moderate publican. he is -- moderate republican. he is not someone i really agree with all that much. but he said, i am a pundit. i have to conclude that i and the other pundits do not know much about what is going on in america. everything we said was wrong. and"the new york times," many of the other media establishments, to have to understand there far removed from the reality of where the american people are. to answer your question, it turns out the american people are not happy with economics in america. why should they be? they are working longer hours for low wages. 40 million people are in poverty. the american people are not happy about that or about corrupt campaign financing where a handful of billionaires and super pac's are in little -- are able to elect candidates or the broken criminal justice sy

host: there is no building in washington that says the office of presidential transition like there is a state department. where do they house the offices? guest: the general services administration, the government entity that deals with all the stuff of government really has point on this and they do a phenomenal job. they find space for both candidates as well as for the president-elect. that is their responsibility. there is no nameplate. in some sense this stuff is still done under the radar. there is no real interest in creating any distraction from the campaign. host: we have calls. in west virginia on the independent line. go ahead. caller: hello. how because the government grown in the last eight years -- how big has the government grown in the last eight years? terms of financing, these are private activities just like the campaign. both campaigns set up a nonprofit organization, a 501(c) 4. when you look at the cost they millioncally in the $10 to $14 million range. the candidate wins gets some money from the government. they have to raise the rest of it through private means

the washington cartel if you're senator cruz and that's the phrase you use. i saw a positive vision, i think hillary clinton, she needs to put forward that two-word message or three-word message that voters can grab on it. i think that's where it's lost upon voters. the first republican to achieve this, she deserves accommodation for that. first democrat female president. yes, she deserves absolute credit, but she needs to put forward a positive vision. voters don't know what it's about. >> that's right. and i predict the two words you'll hear, stronger together. she's been assaying that the last few days, and it's an implicit contrast than donald trump. we're stronger together. and the way we include more people. the way we become stronger is having more allies overseas. we're stronger together. that's a very distinct and different vision than donald trump's. and when you're in the business of addition, going from 10 or it 13 million voters, trying to get 65 or 70 million voters. i think this argument about inclusiveness and how we're stronger, richer, freer

brewer i'm going to start with you two major national polls came out today showing a dead heat the washington post shows -- are you feeling optimistic about november? >> i'm feeling very optimistic about november. i think mr. trump will be our next president of the united states. he has wind beneath his wings. our party is coming together, we are uniting and move on to november and win. >> to you governor holeem. hillary clinton is 44% and in march it was trump with 41%. do you think this is a snapshot of a moment in time or a red flag. >> no, the math is very simple on this on the republican side they have one candidate, on the is democratic side there's one. once the democratic party decide an makes it official then they will all come together and be united. this is really a question of timing when this poll was taken. >> okay. governor, in this year's election there's never been anything like it. if clinton is the democratic nominee running against donald trump there have never been two candidates more disliked. for donald trump 41% favorable, 51 percent unfavorable hillary clinton. give m

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