looks back on his 20 years in congress. served in thet house of representatives as a republican representative from florida, and he is the author of the book "life in the marble palace." this is cliff stearns. good morning. guest: thank you for having me. good morning. host: what was the goal of the book? guest: the goal of the book was to show some of the flaws of democracy, the positive things in democracy, and during the tumultuous times i served there was so much that occurred that showed the weakness of what we were doing. my book was talking about how can we improve democracy and also remind people of the great history of western civilization and what we have in this country, and try to move forward to a rebirth of democracy. host: i'm interested in your thoughts on the title. follybtitle "in praise of ," what are you trying to accomplish their? guest: a restless wrote a book in -- "in pursuit of folly," highly political, but it was moving toward the protestant reformation, and talking about how much reform was needed

we're going to rate this current session of congress. >> it is good to rate a congress compared to others. let's take the first year of the obama administration. in the first two years the affordable care act passed eventually, this one had some problems, the pastor tax bill and there's a lot of things that are important but they failed in repealing the affordable care act, yes they they have not done very well, they had some oversight hearings that we have not seen those with russia, if they're in my class, i would give them a d. >> because of what they did not accomplish? >> the have not pass the budget or the appropriation bills. these poor kids out there that live below the poverty line that cannot get insurance and those bipartisan support for it but haven't dealt with the debt one point they were very concerned about it. >> molly? >> i largely agree, i think for me this idea of what today leave undone is really important. we can point to the tax bill and talk about judges putting justice gorsuch on the supreme court is a major achievement that has the potential to do that and in doi

eliminated from congress, booted out by the congress, and they went back to their home state, they be re-elected? guest: yes, they could. they could. okay, so the people decide, in the end, the people decide? uest: in the end, the people decide, yes. it doesn't happen often, i can't somebody lly think of who has been driven out by come back, a has couple have tried, a congressman traficat was m onvicted of bribery and corruption. he refused to resign, the custom is that when you are convicted crime, you resign rather than force your colleagues to kick you out. went through the motion of requiring his colleagues to kick federal nd went to prison and filed for re-election vote.t 12% of the host: david hawkings cover its newspaper, ll >> subcommittee will now come to order. before i begin my opening statement i want to make a general announcement to member about the

congress didn't want the branch enforcing these civil rights and labor laws on ongress, so congress set up in this law, its own office, the office of compliance to set behavior.s for host: the law, congressional accountability act. is t: that is what it called, set up the office of compliance, it should be noted majority from what we know in office of compliance entirely detailed in this forthcoming, but what is that in the last 15 years, they've paid out settlements, i have the numbers here, $13 256lion in settlements, some cases, but only a couple have by lved sexual harassment members of congress, we only know of one at the moment, congressman, a republican from texas. so the way it is supposed to aggrieved employee this, is criticism, too an ensome process, if you aggrieved employee, you are required to spend 90 days in called mediation, at least 90 days, trying to work out an agreement with your boss, ofts of compliance, if you have exhausted lengthy rocess of mediation and internal negotiations, if you are still dissatisfied, you have the right to take your complaint public, to go

by congress. george washington read the constitution and thought, i have the executive power. i have interstitial power over foreign affairs and now i am in charge of the government including all the executive officers. that means john jay reports to me and that means support of treasury reports to me. so, john jay continue to report on foreign affairs but he switched his allegiance is so to speak from the continental congress to the president. that all made sense under the constitution. the problem was john jay was just a private citizen at that point, no longer secretary of foreign affairs because the statute that created him was no longer valid. they did not seem terribly bothered by this. in fact, john jay sort of functioned as a quasi-secretary of foreign affairs for one year under the constitution. he did this from the beginning of 1790 until thomas jefferson came back from france and agreed to serve for secretary of foreign affairs and the senate consented to the nomination and president wa

congress must act now. thank you. ron. thank you, our next speaker will be professor taub of vermont law school. good afternoon. my name is jennifer taub. i am a professor at vermont law school where i teach business law courses, often focused on white-collar crime. the famous phrase from watergate -- follow the money -- is my mantra. i opt for my remarks solely on my own behalf as an academic and on behalf of -- and not on behalf of my law school or any other association. today i will discuss whether congress needs to investigate whether the president has been violating the constitutional emoluments ban since he took office. before i do that, i need to address an issue that must be at the forefront of your minds. why now? an should the house begin impeachment investigation now? why shouldn't we wait until special counsel robert mueller finishes his work? my colleagues have begun mandate is quite broad, it is not unlimited. he is investigating whether donald trump's presidential campaign coordinated with the russian govern

john: consistency has never been a hallmark of members of, -- congress. -- members of congress. than a far larger problem any single member of congress. it is a problem with the institution, it is a problem with it presidency. like i said, it is a problem that for 200 years, these forces that are operating on our congress, on our elected official, just powerful forces for what you are seeing, what we saw with paul ryan, and what we sow it harry reid are just examples of how individuals react to those pressures, pressures to be reelected. host: go back to your government experience. what were the first years that you are there? in 1982.1 i was assistant secretary at the labor department. host: what was your big take from that experience? john: it was just how difficult lay in these entitlement programs. 1981 and 1982 were years of a very, very deep economic the federal reserve and administration tried to ring administration out of the economy. the recession that we had was a deep recession that we had had since the end of world war ii. so, immediately, that recession caused congr

it is congress's statute to begin with, and if congress hasn't provided a remedy that's up to congress to do. there is no concern for that, and no one has thought that's a problem when it comes to individual chancellor officers. individual chancellor officers can misinterpret the ina and they're not subject to judicial review. i would point this court to the romero decision from the eastern district of virginia. it's cited in the dc circuit's opinion. it makes exactly this point. even statutory violations are not subject to review under the doctrine of chancellor nonreviewability. cites a case holding including a case from the fifth circuit. there's no explanation they can provide for why an individual chancellor officer can misinterpret the ina but not be subject to review, but that the president of the united states is subject to judicial review turns everything on its head because the apa and equity don't provide greater relief against the president than the chancellor officers, exactly the opposite. the president's not subject to the apa at all and he's not supposed to be subject t

they do that while congress -- did not want congress to consider the petition. is a tried and failed to substitute the original report with the statement that congress should once again refused to consider the petition. then, a majority of george's into south carolina's representatives unsuccessfully opposed to the unprecedented step of having a final report recorded in the house journal, believing that doing so would give voice to a topic they wished to silence altogether and act as a president for future if -- future anti-slavery agitators. most unsatisfying way from the perspective of those such as james jackson and smith, despite the southerners long monologues, not one congressman outside of georgia or south carolina acquiesced in pronouncing human bondage a just institution. in fact, several representatives expressed shock that any dignified statesman could dare to argue for the moral legitimacy of human bondage, and it is in this way the petitioners triumphed in the battle of anti-slavery and proslavery principles, broadcasting on a national level. the un

the way to do this is for congress to act. it is more than time that congress step up and modernize the statutes that control how the internet is regulated. a vast number of my constituents and small businesses are concerned about the future of the internet. they worry that large corporations will win out and deprive them of their ability to be competitive. as a congress, we can give them the protection that they need. it has been more than 20 years since congress last reformed our national telecommunications laws, it is my hope we will come together in a bipartisan to update this outdated regulatory framework and ensure the internet is fair, open and free so it continues to benefit customers and add advance innovation and unhinnered by government regulations. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona, mr. gallego for five minutes. mr. gallego: there they go again, donald trump and paul rand dusting off a familiar republican playbook. step one, slash taxes for millionaires and billionaires. step

we in congress are facing a critical point in history. many are calling it a watershed moment. for too long, accountability has not been the priority and bad behavior has gone unchecked. for too long we have expected copouts like locker room talk. for too long courageous voices have fallen upon deaf eerms and now that time is over. and i'm sorry, mr. president, ou do not live under a different set of rules. so as a vice chair of the democratic women's working group and as a member of the oversight committee, i stand here to support their right to a voice and to seek justice. i stand here demanding accountability, a full investigation from congress when the white house will not provide its own. i stand here in support of over 100 of my colleagues and i'm sure millions across america asking for this fair and transparents investigation. elijah couple, ranking member of our oversight committee, has already gone out in strong support moving forward with this investigation. we hope that chairman gowdy will recognize the need and surge -- urgency of this matter. as a member of the ove

that means in the end we stall the congress. you ever find yourself in a situation where compromise was not possible, and what was the end result of it. guest: there were times. i am pro-life, so that is an area that is difficult to compromise. also, there are areas, when you come to congress, you have strong feelings. i am a conservative publican. if i am doing with someone that is a strong liberal from new york city, it will be difficult to compromise. an african-american from new , a democrat from the bronx, from yonkers, we passed a bill that shortened clinical trials. there is a good example where he and i came together and he was a liberal from new york city, and i was a conservative from ocala, florida. our guest with us for the hour. if you want to ask him questions about his time in congress, -- host: you write in the book "from the first moment you get elected as a member of congress, you must decide what you want to do with that office. host: can you expand on that? guest: sure. if you stand -- stay in congress to lon

congress eventually acquiesces. eligibility expands. we start always with a very small group and it spreads outwards. to a point where the original purposes of these entitlements is no longer recognizable. so for the civil war program, the original entitlement program for disabled revolutionary war veteran was confined just to members of the continental army and navy. they were a federal responsibility. but then 20 years later they wanted to include members of the state militia. volunteers, these individuals were no less deserving of the -- assistance as those who had served in the continental army. by the 1830's, congress had extended the program to include anyone who had served in a revolutionary war for at least nine months. the next entitlement program, large entitlement program was the disability program for union veterans during the civil war. that program followed almost exactly the same path. first benefits were confined to those who had been kiss abled -- disabled during wartime service. 30 or 40 years later, virtually all unio

to begin proceedings, thanks again to the library of congress. [applause] >> unfortunately carla had to leave so it is me. i am the senior director of the wgbh archive and the project director for the american archive for public broadcasting. alan my esteemed colleague is in , the back managing our audiovisual materials. he is a special assistant to the chief of the library of national audiovisual conservation center at culpepper for the library of congress, and project rector for -- and project director for the american library of congress. thank you for being here celebrate our 50th anniversary. our first panel is what the origins of public broadcasting. we will start up with a clip , the minogue ftc chairman during 1961 to 19 six e3 and instrumental in getting the public broadcasting act launch. >> how could something happening this week that is really revolutionary and the passing of this bill for educational television? >> the president this week signed a bill which for the first time will commit federal funds for the construction of educati

congress has a right of this information. it's our government, and these are very serious allegations. you talk about someone involved in this core investigation, we are spending millions. more importantly, we all have a lot at stake here. there are people there who are partisan or biased, we have a righte to know about it. >> tucker: in this case, it looks like mueller did the right thing. it turns out he has this high-level fbi official, strzok, who stepped outside the lines pretty dramatically and he demoted him. why would he be uncomfortable telling congress that? it shakes your faith. it suggests there is something else going on. >> that exactly right. they fueled a lot of this narrative, these concerns. the only way to sanitize this is exposure to sunlight and they are resisting the disclosures. some of these texts are deeply disturbing. some are just stupid. major justice officials going to the campaign party of one of the two major candidates. it's just stupid. >> tucker: it is especially weird. the congressman made a

congress eventually acquiesces. eligibility expands. we start always with a very small group and it spreads outwards. to a point where the original purposes of these entitlements is no longer recognizable. so for the civil war program, the original entitlement program for disabled revolutionary war veteran was confined just to members of the continental army and navy. they were a federal responsibility. but then 20 years later they wanted to include members of the state militia. volunteers, these individuals were no less deserving of the systems as those in the continental army. -- of assistance as those in the continental army. by the 1830's, congress had extended the program to include anyone who had served in a revolutionary war for at least nine months. the next entitlement program, large entitlement program was the disability program for union veterans during the civil war. that program followed almost exactly the same path. first then were confined to -- first benefits were confined to those that had been disabled during wartime s

congress must act now. thank you. >> thank you, ron. next figure will professor todd of vermont law school spirit. >> good afternoon. my name is jennifer todd and i'm a professor at vermont law school. i teach business loss courses including white-collar crimes. my work often focuses on the importance of full and fair disclosure and efforts to combat fraud and corruption. the famous phrase from watergate follow the money is my mantra. i offer my remarks solely on my own behalf as an academic and on behalf of my law school or any other association. today i will discuss why congress needs to investigate whether the president has been violating the constitution emolument banned from the moment he took office. but before i do that i want to address an issue that must be at the forefront of your minds. why now? why should the house begin in impeachment investigation now? why shouldn't we wait until special counsel robert mueller finishes his work? my colleagues here have begun to address this and i will also try to begin answering this quest

by congress. george washington read the constitution at that, i have the executive power. i have interstitial power over foreign affairs and now i am in charge of the government including all the executive offices. that means john jay reports to me and that means support of treasury reports make on the prez master, etc.. so, john jay continue to report on foreign affairs but he switched his allegiance is so to speak from the continental congress to the president. that all made sense under the constitution. the problem was john jay was just a private citizen at that point, no longer secretary of foreign affairs because the statute that created him was no longer value. they did not seem terribly bothered by this. john jay sort of functioned as a quasi-secretary of foreign affairs for one year under the constitution. in 70's in the nine, the beginning of 1790 until thomas jefferson came back from france and agreed to serve for secretary of foreign affairs and the senate consented to the nomination an

in congress and across america. i urge all my colleagues to support this good resolution and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from pennsylvania reserves. the gentleman from mississippi is recognized. mr. harper: mr. speaker, i have no additional speakers. i need to inquire if my colleague, the ranking member, is prepared to close. mr. brady: i have one additional speaker. mr. harper: ok. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. maloney. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized for one minute. mrs. maloney: i thank ranking member brady for his leadership and chairman harper for moving so swiftly on this issue. and my colleague, jackie speier, who has selflessly worked on this issue for many years, along with barbara comstock. i rise in strong support of this bill. too

the big news from washington...both chambers of congress passing the g-o-p tax bill. just hea >>> good afternoon, everyone. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. the big news from washington, dc, both chambers of congress passing the gop tax bill. just heard from the president at the white house along with republican leaders of congress behind him as well as vice president mike pence. short time ago democrats held their own news conference to put down the tax bill. >> when he talked about champagne bottles being open in the white house, i will say joe six-pack is paying the price. >> democrats also point to provisions in the bill where tax breaks for the middle class expire in a few years. >> wall street is down 14 points. >> time for a check of our weather. emily turner is live in oakland. hey there. >> reporter: hey. yeah. we had a wet start to our morning but that has since dried out. in fact, you can see outside we have had beautiful skies. let's take a look at our seven- day forecast. today clear sunny skies. we are not going to get any higher than the 60s toda

clement: congress did not want there to be sports schemes operating -- >> congress could have prohibited sports gambling it felt. so, what federal policy is served by this statute that would not of been served by the former? clement: two things, justice alito. congress good of her limited all sports gambling but it would've required it to regulate individuals as sports gambling as opposed to entities, businesses, that were providing sports gambling. havengress could prohibited gambling enterprises in itself. no question it could've done that. what policy does the statutes are that that would not? clement: and actually furthers federalism values by saying common set of having a one-size-fits-all policy which says as a matter of federal law, everybody who operates a sports gambling scheme is gone to face two years and a federal penitentiary and a fine up to thousand dollars, the statute says, look, 46 dates are more or less doing what we want it they are doing it in 46 different ways -- >> how would it serve the interest of making it cheap by allowing congress to not have to expend any fun

guest: it is good to rate a congress compared to other congresses. let's take the first year of the obama administration. -- andls passed within within a few weeks, stimulus package passed. dodd frank and the affordable care act passed eventually. this one has had problems. the tax bill did a lot of things that are important, but one tax bill failed in repealing the affordable care act. 12 --hey improved approved 12 district judges. that is good. but they have not done very well. they have some oversight hearings, but we have not seen anything from the oversight hearings on russia and the election. so i would give them, if they were in my class, i would give them a d. host: a d? because of what they did not accomplish? guest: right, they have not had -- has the budget or appropriation bills. they have done nothing with ship, the children's health insurance program, these court kids that lived below the poverty line that cannot get insurance. there is bipartisan support for it, but they have not passed it. they have not dealt with the debt or the defi

gets to come in and cover congress after basically directing my question to congress she played the russian card as a representative of the russian government in fact the fact that you were here as a representative of the russian government is a perfect example of how we do not not restrict any type of freedom of the press this all comes after r.t. america was forced to register as a foreign agent dead stripped of their capitol hill press credentials only after russia was accused of meddling in the us presidential election after washington's measures of russia actually designated several media outlets funded by the us government as foreign agents but it seems after this whole exchange that the state department is unwilling to keep its word and is now trying to just shift blame it to avoid taking responsibility. major legal analysts law and told us that all to he was being targeted he thought as part of the ongoing blame game against russia what does that mean well it wasn't necessarily revoked by congress or members of congress but the association so elected by the members of congre

rate this current session of congress. we are coming to the close, the year of the irst 115th congress. how would you rate them? has it been a success? rate to the good to compared it other congresses. let's take the first year of the administration. in the first actually two years, few ills passed within a weeks a stimulus bill passed. dodd dodd-frank, the affordable care act pass the. this one will problems. a tax bill. there are a lot of things in the tax bill that are important but bill.x it failed in repealing the affordable care act. they have approved 12 district judges. that is good. the f course that is supreme court justice but they have not done very well. oversight ad some hearings but we have not seen anything from them on russia and election. so i would say i would give them, if they were in my class, give them a d. host: a d? guest: a d. they did use whatever not accomplish? . guest: right. budget.e not passed the not appropriations bills. they have done nothing with chip. children's health insurance program

fortunately congress has a say. i'm proud to support congressman mike doyle's resolution to overturn the f.c.c.'s decision and restore our net neutrality protections. i also believe the house oversight and government reform committee should investigate the reports and allegations of fraudulent public comments. repealing net neutrality will inhibit innovation, stifle competition, and threaten free speech. it's time for congress to overturn this decision. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor amy wright, the co-founder of a coffee shop in wilmington, north carolina, on being named cnn hero of the year. when amy and her husband, ben, found out that 70% of adults living with disabilities do not have jobs, they opened the doors of biddy and bo's in january, 2016, with the goal of having these individuals to interact, contribute, grow and succeed in the workplace

but poor results and ten years of congress rule the congress party suffered a humiliating defeat to the b j p led by now prime minister narendra modi. gandhi was no longer perceived heir apparent and instead often ridiculed for political mistakes or gaffes in his speeches but his popularity has been revived over the past few months. the media glare capturing a savvy politician connecting with voters regardless of background cost or class are campaigning for the state election in good. an election campaign said to be his coming of age as a politician raul gandhi has become the public face of the congress party in the battle for control of government if his party can wrestle power from the ruling by thier jumped up party in the home states of prime minister narendra modi few would doubt gandhi is worthy of wearing the crown of the congress party many say it's fitting that are all gandhi's first big test as congress leader isn't good its grandfather was from here and the crowd was a congress governed state when his father rajiv gandhi and his grandmother in their gandhi were prime minister

it is important congress acts. i hope people contact congress to turn -- to overturn this. host: we want to thank christopher lewis of public knowledge, and randy may of the free state foundation. we appreciate your conference with jeff sessions on the efforts on fighting violent crime at 2:00 p.m. eastern live on c-span. day on capitol hill, the house coming in later at 5:30 eastern for a pro forma session and also, a lot of things happening relating to the tax reform proposal. the ways and means committees will hold a conference call on the final taxable at 4:00 today. followed by a call with all house republicans at 4:30 p.m. eastern. that bill will be filed and made public according to kevin brady at 5:30 eastern at the time that house comes in for the pro forma session live on c-span. off the floor and also from the ethics committee, they launched a probe into sexual misconduct charges against ruben kihuen, democrat of nevada. ate coverage of the house 5:30 eastern. while we wait for attorney general jeff sessions, we bring you more from today's "washington journal." h

that he has to make deals through congress. >> chris: of course he has to make deals through congress. ronald reagan had to, bill clinton did. >> i'm not sure he recognized that when he started. >> chris: do you agree that he now does understand that? >> no, even in the tax bill, it's not that he put forward with marc short's help, some legislative agenda or structure that allow them to act. it was that they came up with their own prescriptions to their conservative -- i think he knows no some members of the congress and understands he's got to work with congress. but for example, marc short said to you we want to do something on infrastructure. and what you hear from the democrats in the senate as we heard this morning's we want to do something on infrastructure, but where's the revenue? you just passed a tax bill that took away the money. >> chris: that's true, that was a trillion dollars that they wanted to get that they were going to put into infrastructur infrastructure. casting a shadow over everything is the continuing investigation of russia. senate democratic leader chuck sch

this is one that, as you see, congress called for it. it hasn't been put into place yet and that doesn't do a lot for the famil ies of those who were killed or injured, not just there, but philadelphia and other accidents on the rails over the last couple of years. today the justice department rolling out two violent task forces. shar lolt, north carolina, one of two areas where the task forces will be working, they will work on , kidnappings, extortion they'll work with the fbi and local law enforcement. the fact is some people just have to be prosecuted. i wish it weren't so. i wish we had better solutions for the problem than jail you but we don't. my experience tells me and so i appreciate your work. >> now the justice department also announced 40 new assistant us attorney positions to prosecute violent crime. one position here in d.c. three are in maryland. up next on the final five, the president honing on his first big legislative accomplishment. we're talking about that coming up here next on the final five. let's talk a little b

i think it is in congress's purview. both republicans in charge and democrats in charge, they did not do what the issue. daca is not new, but neither democrats or republicans dealt with the issue. the president kicked it to us because i think he is correct, there were legal challenges that would've forced it anyway. i also agree with the president that we should have a deal that gets more security and disincentives for further immigration, illegal immigration, but further deals with this population. there has been a lot of talk about merit-based immigration and i agree with that. but when you look at this population, they speak english, in general they are working and they are educated, not criminals by definition, said this is a and some of these folks are as american as you and i, they just do not have the citizenship. i agree with the president pushing it to congress and i agree there should be a deal that gets further disincentives for that you legal immigration and it deals with this population. what ultimately happ

it is important that congress acts. i hope people will contact their congress members to overturn this. steve: both gentlemen today veterans of the fcc. we want to thank christopher lewis and randy may. we appreciate your time, and your perspective. thank you for being with us. >> next, c-span's profile interview with mercedes schlapp. then, president trump's comments on the at the i. after that, the united nations security council meeting on north korea's nuclear weapons program and missile test. senior white house adviser discusses herpp personal and national life, the state of discourse in the united

there is a very good rep aprils leflt congress passing the tax reform. there are some equally dicey political gambles on the radar. >>reporter: the current furnishing measure gives congress until january 19 to reach an agreement or pace the prospect of a possible government shutdown. the latest plug was passed just hours before lawmakers skipped town forth december recess. it's the third time since the new fiscal year began that congress has re sorted to a short-term solution. republicans acknowledge the possibility of the wind being taken out of their tax reform sales. if you don't get a very long around here to enjoy something when you get an accomplishment like this we've got to shift our focus to the other challenges that we have in front of us. congress also needs to keep the pentagon going and decide what to do about illegal immigrants that have come to the us as children we need to deal with them i constructive bipartisan way and if we don't don't look to for help. congress is also expected to revisits an 81 billion-dollar disaster relief package.

congress parallel to the mueller investigation. this is not a question of having to wait and see whether or not the federal criminal investigation that's proceeding turns up violations of federal criminal law by the president or any of his associates. that's a separate question. the question here are crimes against the state. that is what impeachment is about -- abuse of power, abuse of public trust, and not only through the violations of the anti-corruption provisions. there is now, of course, evidence of obstruction of justice. there's evidence of potential conspiracy with the russian government to interfere with the 2016 elections and violate federal campaign finance laws, among others. there is now evidence of abuse of the pardon power in the pardoning of former maricopa county arizona sheriff joe arpaio. there's recklessly thrtening nuclear war against a foreign nation. there's misuse of the justice department to try to prosecute political adversaries. and there's the giving aid and comfort to neo-nazis and white supremacists.

he's got to work with congress. but for example, marc short said to you we want to do something on infrastructure. and what you hear from the democrats in the senate as we heard this morning's we want to do something on infrastructure, but where's the revenue? you just passed a tax bill that took away the money. >> chris: that's true, that was a trillion dollars that they wanted to get that they were going to put into infrastructur infrastructure. casting a shadow over everything is the continuing investigation of russia. senate democratic leader chuck schumer put the president on notice this week. >> if he were to fire special counsel mueller our country would face a constitutional crisis. >> chris: as a veteran of covering watergate, the iran contra, monica lewinsky, where we you hear white house lawyer saying that this is going to be wrapped up quickly. but the president at least as far as the president's concern, maybe not paul manafort, that he will be exonerated early in 2018. her some democrats saying they're

>> if congress is concerned the president is violating its statutes congress can authorize review. congress has not authorized review. the supreme court has said repeatedly -- >> don't we have a problem with the charter case they talk about congress can't delegate authority and then decide it's going to be the arbitrator. are you saying they could do that? delegate to it the president and then they're the ones who decide whether or not -- >> chavitt did not apply to the exclusion of alien is a broad. it's a very narrow set of circumstances unless congress provides otherwise there will be no review. part of the reason for that, unlike in chada, there is not a delegation issue because the president has inherent executive authority with the respect to exclusion of aliens abroad. >> it comes exclusively from congressional power, does it not? >> that is not correct. this exact argument was made that the congress had improperly delegated authority to the president to exclude aliens. the superiorireme court said th not true and the president has the executive order authority to restrict a

the library of congress -- bill's passage. the library of congress cohosted this 50 minute event. >> good afternoon. thank you for coming and welcome to the library of congress. i am carla hayden, the 14th librarian of congress. [applause] thank you. we are looking forward to a very, very exciting afternoon celebrating the 50th anniversary of the signing by president lyndon johnson of the public broadcasting act of 1967. four star-studded panelists in store for you, featuring many great names of public broadcasting in -- on radio and in television. i want to take this opportunity to single out one of our guests today. is mr. henry morgan fall -- morganthall ii. i. he is 100 years old. [applause] and he was working at wgbh 50 years ago with the act was passed. his grandfather was fdr's treasury secretary. i am proud to say the library of congress has the papers of his grandfather. sir, we are truly honored you are here with us today. thank you. [applause] carla: many of you may know that the library of congress is the largest a

and it's an inherent problem with congress. not new to this congress. but can we not yield to the temptation to grand stand understanding that there's real collateral damage back in the recipient country. >> one of the points mark made about 45 minutes ago. was precisely on the point of the political impair tiff to grand stand on the terrorist threat. that we get to choose what we respond to. as a country rerace towards elevating the threat of terrorism. to make it a central organizing principle of the foreign policy. yet it seems that the nature of it is we can't be completely successful. but the political impulse is to talk about terrorism. to raise it to the highest level. how do you think about that problem and how we should respond to that impulse? >> well -- let's look at how it plays dmesistically. we have seen the president and others exploit terrorist incidents for political fwan gain. the president does every terrorist that involves somebody who is not native to the country involved loves to point out see i told you. you don't security the bor

when congress first considered this exemption during the 113th congress, our goal was to prompt regular . to provide brokers designed for persons helping persons to facilitate capital. we succeeded. two weeks after the house passed hat bill, the s.e.c. had staffs' view if an m.a.a. broker complied it would recommend that the s.e.c. not take enforcement action against that broker for failing to register with the commission. specifically, the no action letter required the m&a broker to abide by restrictions to provide such an exemption from being misused to raise capital or being abused by bad actors. h.r. 477 is still necessary to provide legal certainty since the no action letter is merely the nonbinding opinion of s.e.c. staff. i understand their concerns. however the bill owe myths several of the conditions contained in the no action letter that protects small businesses and their investors. i'm pleased that this congress representatives sherman and huizenga have worked on a bipartisan basis to add these protections back and through an amendment. if so amended, i will support h.r. 477

because within the congress party itself. many leaders who we accepted by all sections within the party so the whole was the only person around the entire party as early but raul gone these dynastic journey into politics has been on the easy one and he was general secretary of the congress party ten years ago and the pushed for revamp and more transparency. but it was often hard to pin down his political leanings he was accused of flitting from cost to costs and seemed reluctant to take responsibility when asked to join the government analysts say he was always in his mother's shadow and his efforts in authority were never truly recognized four years ago raul gandhi became vice president of the party and chief campaigner for the general election but poor results and did ten years of congress rule the congress party suffered a humiliating defeat to the b j p led by now prime minister narendra modi. gandhi was no longer perceived era parents and instead often ridiculed for political mistakes or gaffes in his speeches but his po

>> do you trust congress to police its own? >> plus, tens of thousands of children facing deportation. appearing in court on their own. >> for an 8 year old who doesn't speak english, it simply can't happen. >> jessica gomez reports on their plight and the lawyers offering to help for free. and, the genius theory. einstein. twain. zuckerberg. what do they have in common? hear our theory of creativity. >> i'm soledad o'brien. welcom to matter of fact. a pressure packed december on capitol hill. the republican congress, pushing tax reform. driving toward a deal with democrats to prevent a government shutdown. hammered by requests for more disaster relief funding. add to it, allegations of sexual misconduct piling up against the politically po. and revelations that congress quietly paid out millions frome harassment settlements. several foreman staffers have a accused veteran congressman john conyers of making unwanted sexual advances. a report said he made a female aid $27,000 to settle a complaint. the complaint the office of co

congress have not -- has not provided a remedy. >> there would be no remedy unless congress enacted. but congress could at. >> of course, congress could provide a course of action for the denial of entry to aliens abroad in violation of the ina. congress has not done so and has never done so and that is why when officers restrict the aliens abroad even in violation of the statute, there is no review. >> i am afraid your time even with the extra five minutes is more than exceeded. >> thank you, your honor. -- theto comment advocacy on both sides was exceptionally helpful and we really appreciate it. accordingly, the case shall now be submitted and we will try to get an opinion out as soon as practical. the supreme court has asked us to do that. so we shall comply. thank you. court is adjourned. >> all rise. this court [indiscernible] [gavel] >> friday on c-span. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, this wee'' s oral argument on whether a baker can refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple based on religious belief. then an interview with kellyanne conway. >> you have to subvert your ego to

and joining me now in the studio for more on the chaos computer congress and why. you've been spending time at the congress on the first day the event held on of the slogan do something what exactly do europe's hackers want to do something about the fact that there is a lack of awareness about what's going on a lot of people feel you know they just they about they have the gadgets they have the devices they use and the security and their security and it's basically a throwback to nine hundred eighty one when the computer was actually found so there's as much stenger now if not even more than then that's what a lot of them are saying and people need to take note and start doing something about it what was the danger back then in one tonight you know or i mean we're looking at a time. when at the end of the seventy's there were terrorists in germany left like left super left wing terrorists and they had sort of done a couple of things that had scared a lot of people and so it's the cold war as well those people being watched and monitored so the same is happening now

it allows congress to pass laws, it might not say explicitly that the congress can create a national bank, but it does give congress the power over commerce. what is amazing about the artifact is not the decree for maryland, but the father of the constitution, james madison's, reaction. he is highly critical. because we have two visions. madison and jefferson were arguing for a more limited average. so here we have madison arguing that marshall is reading the necessary and proper clause to broadly. have jefferson and madison during the washington administration arguing against the constitutionality of the national bank. so we have james madison criticizing one of our landmark decisions. we have it written by john marshall. it is a great reminder that even the greatest of constitutional mines can disagree about fundamental questions within our constitution. it is a document of debate in conversation. the final artifact is john marshall writing to his friend joseph story defending another decision. the idea was that if you are in state courts, in this case a criminal prosecution, and y

but i should say congress is not only republicans, it is and this is a highly a very d congress with narrow margin with the democrats over and g to cross vote on things with the republicans. on infrastructure, which is coming up. the president wants investment infrastructure. a lot of people do. some people thought they should had a d with that and succe success, a bipartisan success. ow i think that the water is muddied, bloodied and it will be very hard to get bipartisan infrastructure, even for bridges and roads in the future. so that is a problem. way, the president has had a lot of success in reregulation, not enforcing existing regulation nd the congress has successfully appointed people that have redirected e.p.a. and places. and other but there are hundreds of ppointments that haven't been reviewed on the hill and made and there are 60 ambassadorships open.are it is a serious problem. host: when it comes to spending e are learning that congress has decided to pass another continuing resolution that will this government open until january 19 if they can get the know letter we

brian: we don't have an agreement with the congress. the congress says here is what we have. you take what we have. not in the hearing rooms. those are our cameras. there have been a lot of bumps with tipl started o'neill when newt gingrich called him on some things. he wanted the cameras to come back. which was not our decision. to you can see there were not many people in the chamber. >> i think it is fascinating when you think how many things are left that can be shaped. -- how many things can be done with a shake of a hand. there are not many. when you think you have been able to achieve what you have done through the years, it says a lot about you. brian: let's get back to -- [laughter] >> let me tell you about the other things i don't like about you. brian: you know everything about television in the house has not been great. not the negative, so much, but what is the downside from the standpoint of a member of congress of having television on you everywhere you go? >> one of the challenges you face and that congress faces and that we face with our colleagues is certain

remember, we're talking about statutory claims, if congress-- >> how does congress do that? >> if concern is concerned that the president is violating its statutes congress can authorize review. congress has not authorized review. and the supreme court has said repeatedly-- >> don't we have a problem on the charter case to talk about charter, it talks about congress can't delegate authority and then decide it's going to be the ones to arbiter that. are you saying they can do that? they delegated to the president and then they're the ones that decide whether or not. >> so charter did not exclude aliens abroad. the exclusion of aliens abroad is a narrow set of circumstances where the supreme court in noff versus shaughnessy recognizes unless congress provides otherwise there will be no review and part of the reason for that, unlike enchadda, the president has executive authority with respect to the exclusion of aliens abroad. >> well, no, the power under ina comes exclusively from congressional power, does it not? >> it does not, your honor. if you look at shaughnessy, the arg

a question f.have congressman or a senator were eliminated from congress, booted out by the congress, and they went back to their home state, they be re-elected? guest: yes, they could. they could. okay, so the people decide, in the end, the people decide? uest: in the end, the people decide, yes. it doesn't happen often, i can't somebody lly think of who has been driven out by come back, a has couple have tried, a congressman traficat was m onvicted of bribery and corruption. he refused to resign, the custom is that when you are convicted crime, you resign rather than force your colleagues to kick you out. went through the motion of requiring his colleagues to kick federal nd went to prison and filed for re-election vote.t 12% of the host: david hawkings cover its newspaper, ll rollcall.com. senior editor there. time.ciate your come back. thank you. you can start call nothing on "washington n the journal," we'll get to your calls in just a minute on open phones. want to turn to the new dean of the house of representatives, phone, don young, republican from alaska. house of dean of th

i am angry beyond words about congress' complicity about the inaction we have seen, about congress' abject failure to take commonsense steps that will protect the american people, about its failure to meet this public health crisis with the kind of action that the american people deserve and need. if 90 people every day were perishing from ebola or some contagious disease, even the flu, there would be an outcroix, an out-- outcry, an outrage, and we would be clamoring to do something. here the solutions are self-evident. none of them is a panacea. none a single magic solution to this problem. and the trap raised by the gun lobby that none will necessarily deal with the mass killing that just happened is indeed a trap we should reject. the ban on bump stocks might have prevented las vegas but not charleston. the closing of the loophole, 72-hour loophole that permits purchasers to bye a gun if the background check has not been completed within 72 hours might not have prevented las vegas but it would have prevented charleston. dylan purchased a gun only because he was able to circumvent the b

if congress is concerned that the president is violating statutes congress can authorize review. congress has not authorized review. >> don't we have a problem to talk about congress can't delegate authority and then decide it's going to be the ones that -- are you saying they can do that. >> delegate it to the president and they decide whether or not -- >> so did not involve the exclusion of aliens abroad. the exclusions of aliens abroad is a very narrow set of circumstances where the supreme court recognized unless congress provides otherwise there will be no review. part of the reason for that is there is not a delegation issue because president has inherent executive authority with respect to exclusion of aliens abroad. >> the power comes exclusively from congressional power. >> that is not correct. if you look at this exact argument was made. the argument was made that the congress improperly delegated authority of the president to exclude aliens and the supreme court said that is not true, that the president has inherent executive authority to restrict the entry of aliens a

gets to come in and cover congress after basically directing my question to congress she played the russian card as a representative of the russian government in fact the fact that you are here as a representative of the russian government is a perfect example of how we do not not restrict any type of freedom of the press this all comes after r.t. america was forced to register as a foreign agent stripped of their capitol hill press credentials only after russia was accused of meddling in the us presidential election after washington's measures russia actually designated several media outlets funded by the us government as foreign agents but it seems after this whole exchange that the state department is unwilling to keep its word and is now trying to just shift blame it to avoid taking responsibility samir khan reporting will media and legal on this line all things that are so he was targeted as part of a blame game against russia. what does that mean well it wasn't necessarily revoked by congress or members of congress but the association selected by the members of congress to det