joining me to talk more about this georgia senator david perdue an senate banking armed services committee good to see you thanks for joining us. >> good morning. >> you are the only 400 ceo in congress you have been calling, you have been called president trump's favorite senator if president asked for advice on slapping tariffs on china what would you tell him. >> well we have been talking with the president, since he was inaugurated about creating a level-playing field having a measured approach doing that last year he -- said job -- on economy focused on regulations regulation taxes now he wants equal access instincts exactly right we need a level playing field with rest of the world what all this is about i think will see a measured approach forward this is not a guy that wants to create isolationism or trade war no matter what has been said but i will tell you there are imbalances.

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armed services committee aghast and horror over russian midterm meddling at will rogers the. word to the committee that president donald trump has not given him any new authorities to combat the evil russian cyber scourge of internet memes and facebook ads and that we're taking steps but we're probably not doing enough and if we don't change the dynamic here this is going to continue who this declaration to congress prompted the uncrowned queen herself as hillary clinton to tweet out i say this as a former secretary of state and as an american the russians are still coming. this all comes of course without well any actual evidence the russia is in any way gunning for the u.s. mid-term elections or the politicians running into haven't seen anything that they know is produced any evidence and basically we're all just supposed to accept all of this the word of our illustrious intelligence community and civil servant politicians. you know and one of the great ironies that only history can provide all of this russia fear mongering comes on the eighty fifth anniversary of the russi

services committee is ranking democrat senator jack reed of rhode island and senator joe donnelly of indiana they all voted to basically say no words totally cool for the military your taxpayer funded military to be aiding saudi arabia probably what i said humanitarian catastrophe i believe it is one of the worst humanitarian crisis of our time going on in yemen but we're coordinating this you know that's what we do from onset of our bernie sanders who actually put up the car and put up the boat actually said some will argue on the floor today we're really not engaged in hostilities we're not exchanging fire people please tell that to the people of yemen whose homes and lives are being destroyed by weapons marked made in the usa dropped by planes being refueled by the u.s. military on targets chosen with u.s. assistance at some point the united states and our government can't keep pushing this off and saying other people do it and playing their version of what about islam there has to be some understanding that your actions have consequences or your population will not care that ther

as i said earlier democrats democrats voted with the republican majority including the senate armed services committees ranking democrats that are jack reed of rhode island and senator joe donnelly of indiana they all voted to basically say no words totally cool for the military your taxpayer funded military to be aiding saudi arabia probably what i said humanitarian catastrophe i believe it is one of the worst humanitarian crisis of our time going on in yemen but work with us you know that's what we do for mon senator bernie sanders actually put up the card put up about actually said some will argue on the floor today that we're we're really not engaged in hostilities we're not exchanging fire people please tell that to the people of young men whose homes and lives are being destroyed by weapons marked made in the usa drop by planes being refueled by the u.s. military on targets chosen with u.s. assistance at some point the united states and our government can't keep pushing this off and saying other people do it and playing their version of what about islam there has to be some understandi

i've been on the senate armed services committee for -- well, actually, 24 years in the senate and i was on the same committee in the house before that. and i've never seen anything like this. we went through things back in the carter administration where we had a hollow force and then ronald reagan came along in 1980, and we rebuilt our military. everybody knows that. they knew what was happening. a hollow force is not good. a hollow force means you can't fight. you can't really fight a war. certainly we can't do two simultaneously as been our policy for a long period of time. this hasn't happened since then, since 1980, but i chaired one of the subcommittees. this is the end of the obama administration. it was still the obama administration. and the vices, that is the four vices of the services that we have, they all said the same thing, we are in a position now where we have a hollow force like we had in the late 1970's. it's something that the -- the public doesn't know this. our press doesn't talk very much about this. they talk about all the problems that ring the bells and sel

services committee is ranking democrat senator jack reed of rhode island and senator joe donnelly of indiana they all voted to basically say no words totally cool for the military your taxpayer funded military to be aiding saudi arabia probably what i said humanitarian catastrophe i believe it is one of the worst humanitarian crisis of our time going on in yemen but we're cool with that because you know that's what we do from onset over bernie sanders who actually put up the car and put up the bullet actually said some will argue on the floor today that we're we're really not engaged in hostilities we're not exchanging fire people please tell that to the people of young men whose homes and lives are being destroyed by weapons marked made in the usa dropped by planes being refueled by the u.s. military on targets chosen with u.s. assistance at some point the united states and our government can't keep pushing this off and saying other people do it and playing their version of what about islam there has to be some understanding that your actions have consequences or your population wil

you've already been reported favorably out of the senate armed services committee on 6 march of this year, and i look forward to supporting your nomination and ensuring its consideration without delay. i want to thank you again for being here. i look forward to your testimony. finally, yesterday the committee received a statement from the electronic privacy information center and asked that it be entered into the hearing record. i would ask members for unanimous consent that that statement be entered into today's open record. hearing no objection, so ordered. i now recognize the vice chairman for his lengthy comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. since no one's here, i'm sure people are going to be hanging on my every word. general nakasone, it's great to see you again and welcome. i believe actually this is the -- since you're the first director -- as director of nsa and cyber com, this is the first time as nsa direct you'or the f time you've appeared before the hearing. obviously, general, if you're confirmed, you will take charge of one of the most important assignments in our gove

armed services committee aghast in horror over russian mid-term meddling at will rogers declared to the committee that president donald trump has not given him any new authorities to combat the evil russian cyber scourge of internet memes and facebook ads and that we're taking steps but we're probably not doing enough and if we don't change the dynamic here this is going to continue who there's speculation congress prompted the un crowned queen herself as hillary clinton to tweet out i say this as a former secretary of state and as an american the russians are still coming. uhm this all comes of course without well any actual evidence the raj is in any way gunning for the us mid-term elections or the politicians running it haven't seen anything that they know is produced any evidence and basically we're all just supposed to accept all of this the word of our illustrious intelligence community and civil servant politicians. and you know and one of the great ironies that only history can provide all of this rush fear mongering comes on the eighty fifth anniversary of the rise tog fire

armed services committee aghast and whore over russian midterm meddling at will rogers declared to the committee that president donald trump has not given him any new authorities to combat the evil russian cyber scourge of internet memes and facebook ads and that we're taking steps but we're probably not doing enough and if we don't change the dynamic here this is going to continue who this declaration to congress prompted the uncrowned queen herself as hillary clinton to tweet out i say this as a former secretary of state and as an american the russians are still coming. uhm this all comes of course without well any actual evidence the raj is in any way gunning for the us mid-term elections or the politicians running it haven't seen anything that they know is produced any evidence and basically we're all just supposed to accept all of this on the word of our illustrious intelligence community and civil servant politicians. you know and one of the great ironies that only history can provide all of this russia fear mongering comes on the eighty fifth anniversary of the rice tog fire yes

armed services committee. they'll be discussing the 2019 budget request. this is live coverage on c-span 3, it's just getting under way. >> both the middle east and in africa where the threat of violent extremism is increasing dramatically. over the past year we have seen remarkable progress in the fight against isis. we have military victories

armed services committee aghast and whore over russian midterm meddling at will rogers declared to the committee that president donald trump has not given him any new authorities to combat the evil russian cyber scourge of internet memes and facebook ads and that we're taking steps but we're probably not doing enough and if we don't change the dynamic here this is going to continue who this declaration to congress prompted the uncrowned queen herself as hillary clinton to tweet out i say this as a former secretary of state and as an american the russians are still coming. uhm this all comes of course without well any actual evidence the raj is in any way gunning for the us mid-term elections or the politicians running it haven't seen anything that they know is produced any evidence and basically we're all just supposed to accept all of this on the word of our illustrious intelligence community and civil servant politicians. you know and one of the great ironies that only history can provide all of this russia fear mongering comes in the eighty fifth anniversary of the rice tog fire yes

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armed services committee on national security breath. this is due and a half hours. -- two and a half hours. >> testimony on worldwide threats, we are pleased to welcome our witnesses. we all know dan very well. nice to have you here. it is particularly timely that we are here with the nation's top intelligence officials. with senatorsd

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you can watch the hearing before the senate armed services committee tonight. at 10:00 p.m. eastern on cspan. wednesday morning we are live in phoenix for the bus 50 capitals tour. our guest on the bus during washington journal, starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern. >> wyoming governor, matththew mead, delivered his state-of-the-state. spoke to the 64th state legislature in cheyenne. our coverage of his speech is courtesy of wyoming public television. this is 45 minutes. [ applause ] thank you. thank you, thank you very much. thank you. thank you thaurks very much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you, thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you, have a seat. thank you very much. good morning. president, speaker, members of the 64th legislature, auditor cloud, treasurer gordon, superintendent baylo, chief justice burke. members of the judiciary, military, veterans, fellow citizens. my family. good morning. today i give my eighth. final state-of-the-state address. in preparing it. a lot of thoughts. speaker and president have

john mccain, the chairman of the senate arms service committee, issued this statement. listen to this. an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. and by doing so with vladimir putin, president trump insulted every russian citizen who was denied the right to vote in the free and fair election to determine their country's future, including the countless russian patriots who have risked so much to protest and resist putin's regime. very, very strong words from senator john mccain. jeff zeleny, our senior white house correspondent, is with us joining the panel as well. the president issued a relatively positive statement about putin and that deeply angered senator mccain. >> it certainly did. when you listen to the president's words there, it's so clear what he's not talking about. he's not talking about the sanctions issued by his own treasury department just last week. he's not talking about the attack that happened in the united kingdom there. he's talking as though he is a leader of a democracy somewhere els

this senate armed services committee hearing is just under two hours. commander of the u.s. cyber command and director of the national security agency and chief of the central security service. that's quite a bit of stuff there thank you for joining us this morning. also at the appropriate time i invite you to introduce your family, which i've already had the honor of meeting. it's standard procedure and it's a requirement of this committee to have certain questions. i would like to ask one, two, three -- eight -- seven questions. if you just vocally come out yes or no. have you adhere to laws and regulations governing conflicts of interest. >> yes. >> there you ensure your staff complies with deadlines established for requested communications including questions for the record of hearings. >> yes. >> will you cooperate and providing witnesses in response to the congressional requests? >> yes. >> those witnesses be protected from reprisal for their testimony or briefings? >> yes. >> do you agree, if confirmed, to testify upon request before this committee? >> yes. >> do you

armed services committee. on the president's 2019 budget request. live coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern at c-span.org or on the c-span radio app, as well as here on c-span3. >>> ohio governor john kasich delivered his final state of the state address in westerville, ohio. ohio governors are limited to two terms in office. governor ca governor case -- kasich discusses his term in this hour-long speech. >>> well, i want to thank the general assembly. of course, my great friend cliff rosenberger and larry obhof, the senate president, the lieutenant governor, the state of ohio, and mary taylor, and my cabinet, all about westerville today, and i want to thank, of course, audubine university, i used to run on your track, and i still will. and president crendall who hosted us tonight. and my family, my wife karen and my daughters emma and reese. you know, i want today come to westerville for several reasons. one, wanted to thank the people of westerville for the kindness and the support that you have shown me ove

. >> sandra: let's bring in oklahoma senator and maybe of the senate armed services committee, jim inhaus joins us. >> great to be with you. >> sandra: the president making news there, shedding light and his thoughts on a variety of issues. one he weighed in again on trade after announcing the tariffs this afternoon. he said we're so far down, our past presidents shouldn't have allowed this to happen. we're losing $375 billion a day to china says the president. >> i think exactly right. he's addressing that. he's going after it, making it clear that his actions are going to be against our enemies. i just got back from the south china seas. i see what china is doing over there. they're building huge artillery, huge runways and cannons and all that. as if they're preparing for word war iii. yeah, i'm glad the president is going after them. >> sandra: here's a few things you should know when you look at the tariffs. they're valued $50 billion. 13 items targeted. they reflect high tech china that has targeted the u.s. the white house says for every $1 billion of trade definite set of china co

>> the senate arms services committee hearing with national intelligence director dan coats will reair tonight at 10:00 p.m. on c-span and you can also watch it on cspan.org. and more live c-span 3 hear this is week as the president's chief economists testifies tomorrow before the joint economic committee on an annual report outlining the administration's domestic and international economic policies. that will start at 2:00 p.m. eastern. on thursday, government officials charged with preparing and responding to seasonal flu testify before a house energy and commerce subcommittee live at 10:00 a.m. >>> general joseph votel is commander of u.s. central command. he testified about ongoing missions in iraq, syria and afghanistan. he also talks about efforts to combat iran's regional role and the impact of russian operations and influence, particularly in syria. he appeared last month before the house arms services committee. >> we welcome back to the committee joseph votel. we are interested in hearing his views on the changes the new national defense strategy brings to his that area of re

on c-span 3, the commanders of central command and africa command testify before the senate armed services committee about the president's 2019 budget request. then education secretary betsy devos on school safety and gun violence, talking at the national pta legislative conference. that's at 2:30 p.m. eastern. following her remarks we join a senate foreign relations committee hearing where former british prime minister david cameron testifies about global security. >>> coming up tonight on c-span3, live next, "landmark cases" features the 1886 case of yick wo v. hopkins, arguing equal protections for immigrants and citizens. after that, a discussion on the relationship between the u.s., taiwan and japan. and later, a hearing on ending scams against the elderly, and senior citizens. ♪ >> all persons having business before the honorable, the supreme court of the united states, are admonished to draw near and give their attention. >> landmark cases, c-span's special history series, produced in partnership with the national constitution center. exploring the human stories, and constitutiona

to discuss more, oklahoma senator jim inhofe, senator armed services committee member. senator, that is all you have to know that chuck schumer and fellow democrats are happy with it. doesn't that tell you anything you need to know about the spending bill? >> no, it doesn't, at the time me tell you why, david. it's a terrible bill. i would give anything if i could vote against it, the problem we have to start rebuilding our military. without exception, they come before our committee, talk about how we're actually behind. we have two giants out there, russia and china. and the chairman of our joint chiefs of staff dunford said we are losing our qualitative and quantitative edge. i just got back from the south china sea. i see what japan, what china is doing right now in building up armaments out there. creating these islands. you know about that. as if you're preparing for world war iii. this is the first time since the carter administration when we been in a position where we have to do something to try to get ourselves on an equal footing. voting against this you're vo

intelligence community, testifying at this hour before the senate armed services committee, the director of national intelligence dan coats saying he's skeptical of the statement from north korea. he's very much in the mode of show me. he wants to see what the north koreans are really talking about. also, lieutenant general robert ashley who is the head of the defense intelligence agency, the head of u.s. military intelligence if you will, even more skeptical about all of this, someone who knows this business in and out and i want you to listen very quickly to what general ashley had to say when he was asked about this from the committee. >> there is no reason to believe that king jong-un is going to be a changed person. but i think the news last night he's actually made a response to the message that was sent in that he's ready to negotiate, ready to stop this nuclear activity and testing, do you share my somewhat optimistic view of what happened, general? >> senator, right now i don't share your optimism. that's kind of a show me. and so we'll see how this plays out. >> reporter: so no

we're looking at dni dan coats testifying before the senate arms services committee. what is he expected to say. >> this news about north korea breaking just a couple hours ago and not at all clear. he's accompanied by general robert ashley, the nation's top military intelligence officer, very interested in watching north korea. they are beginning to assess very quickly what the statements out of north korea about being willing to denuclearize, willing to talk to the u.s, willing to give up missile testing, what it may all mean. it's very early hours. no one can be sure what kim jong un is talking about. everybody is using the word denuclearize. it's not clear they have the same definition as the u.s. the u.s. wants kim to abandon it all. not clear he wants to do that. one of the big questions that dan coats has, the u.s. intelligence community, is it possible that north korea doesn't even have to test any weapons anymore. they may be so far down the road, that they believe they have functional weapons and there's no need to really change their plans. >> barbara starr

later, the director of national intelligence, dan coats advised the the senate armed services committee about russian interference and other global security threats. coming up on today's "washington atrnal," we will take a look anticipated talks between the u.s. and north korea in the coming weeks with third way's mieke eoyang, then robert wasinger with

armed services committee about the 2019 budget were then bet bets -- betsy devos then former prime minister david cameron testifies about global security. >> sunday on q & a, colorado colorado college professor tom cronin talks about his book, imagining a great republic. >> i think that a reading of major american political classics is ee nobling and empowering in terms of, this country stands for something special and the great writers and all of these people are story tellers saying that our tribe wants to do something special, not just a city on a hill but a city that cares and loves one another and it willing to work with one another and understand that le for bringing about progress. >> q q & a, sunday night, 8:00 eastern on c span. >> next, a hearing on

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armed services committee about the 2019 budget were then bet bets -- betsy devos then former prime minister david cameron testifies about global security. >> sunday on q & a, colorado colorado college professor tom cronin talks about his book, imagining a great republic. >> i think that a reading of major american political classics is ee nobling and empowering in terms of, this country stands for something special and the great writers and all of these people are story tellers saying that our tribe wants to do something special, not just a city on a hill but a city that cares and loves one another and it willing to work with one another and understand that politics are in dispensable for bringing about progress. >> q q & a, sunday night, 8:00 eastern on c span. >> next, a hearing on scams and fraud against the elderly, a couple testifies about losing money to a scammer. the 90 minu

armed services committee today before the north koreans made their offer, before this big meeting, but the threat assessment was to tell from defense intelligence agency, was to say that north korea now has three long range missiles capable of hitting the united states. we are not just talking even of the west coast. we are talking about all of the united states. and will continue its nuclear and missile testing, according to the dia assessment, just today. of course, they are promising not to continue their testing if we talk and if we are willing to balance what they want, which is economic engagement and i think that what they want is a peace treaty finally. they are still at a state of war with south korea. >> that's right. keep in mind, the dia, defense intelligence agency, has been sounding the warning bells about the north korean program for some time and has tended to give the north korean program a lot of credit in terms of their ability to hit the united states with capabilities or to have more progress. but keep in mind the context here. north korea's under increasing pressu

armed services committee about the 2019 budget were then bet bets -- betsy devos then former prime minister david cameron testifies about global security. >> sunday on q & a, colorado colorado college professor tom cronin talks about his book, imagining a great republic. >> i think that a reading of major american political classics is ee nobling and empowering in terms of, this country stands for something special and the great writers and all of these people are story tellers saying that our tribe wants to do something special, not just a city on a hill but a city that cares and loves one another and it willing to work with one another and understand that

they'll be discussing national security threats here before the senate arms services committee. should be starting shortly. >>> today we'll receive the testimony of the worldwide threats. we're pleased to welcome our discontinuing gishs witness, dan coats, we all know dan very well and of course general ashley, nice to have you here. it's particularly timely that we are here at our nation's top intelligence officials in the context of the administration's newly released defense strategy. i just returned from a codel with senators rounds, ernst, sullivan, and a member of the house armed services committee where we visit the pill peens, taiwan, japan with the new threat that we're faced with in the south china sea. senior military and civilian defense leaders have long warned that our competitive advantage is eroding. we remember general dunford suggested the other day, he said that we are lusing our qualitative and quantitative edge that we've enjoyed for such a long period of time. rising powers like russia and china have been investing in military modernization and developing c

our live coverage from the senate armed services committee begins at 2:15 eastern, also here on c-span3. you can also follow both hearings online at c-span.org and with the free c-span radio app. >>> this weekend on "book tv," live coverage from the tenth annual tucson festival of books, featuring author discussions and viewer call-in segments from the university of arizona. starting saturday at noon eastern. with columnist edward luce who talks about politics in his book "the retreat of western liberalism." then a discussion about the trump struggles with author of "it's even worse than you think: what the trump administration is doing to america" astronaut scott kelly talks about space exploration with his book "endurance: a year in space, a lifetime of discovery." on sunday, our live coverage continues at 1:00 p.m. eastern with the topic of women in the military featuring best-selling authorize? her book "code girls: the untold stories of american women code breakers of world war ii." then a discussion on the republican party with craig shirley and his book "citizen newt, the making

. >> the senate armed services committee held a confirmation hearing for president trump's nominee to head the u.s. cyber command and national security agency. the committee also considered several energy department nominations. this is just under two hours. >> the committee meets today to ofsider the nomination lieutenant general paul naka sone. that is quite a b.

armed services committee on president trump's 2019 budget request. you can watch this entire hearing tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. and the senate energy and natural resources committee held a hearing today to examine president trump's 2019 budget request for the interior department, interior secretary ryan zinke testified. you can see the entire hearing at 10:00 eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, the debut of our series 1968, america in turmoil. for nine weeks, we will look back 50 years to that turbulent time marked with war, political assassinations and the space race. women's rights, racial strife, a fractious presidential election and the rise of the political left and right. this sunday, the vietnam war from major military, political and diplomatic developments through the undoing of lyndon b. johnson's presidency with guests vietnam veteran and former virginia senator, jim webb, author of "fields of fire" and the memoir "i heard my country calling" and pulitzer prize winning journalist david marron heness. vietnam and american,

he's a member of the senate intelligence committee, the armed services committee. senator, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. >> let's start with questions about that meeting in the seychelles islands. during that transition, whether there was an effort to set up back-channel communications with russia. what is the significance, from your perspective, of that? >> first of all, it's been confirmed by all of our intelligence agencies that there was active engagement by the russians in our election in 2016. the question is, was there a direct relationship or a prominent relationship with the trump campaign and the russians? and this meeting sort of sticks out because it's in the transition period, and it's a dialogue between someone who was involved with the campaign, the trump campaign, and a russian, and again now. . this all sort of seems to be leading to the question of -- which mr. mueller is considering, was there any involvement directly with the russians in the campaign by the trump top operation? >> as you heard, the black water founder erik p

today, the senate armed service committee will hold a hearing on domestic violence and child abuse in the military. that is at 2:00 p.m., and also on c-span3 and cspan.org and c-span radio app. susan rice will also discuss global security. and that is t is at 4:30 p.m. eastern. and christine lagarde is going to be on c-span tonight with a discussion. >>> sunday night, u.s. border patrol agent francisco cantu talks about his book and his experiences and what he has learned about our immigration system since leaving the border patrol. >> the woman was pregnant, and that is why they were locked for three days after the group left them and they were drinking filthy water from cattle tanks, and they made it to the village and the border control got called and the border agent who is supposed to take them in, and so i started talking with them, and it turned out that this pregnant woman had grown up in iowa, and she is speaking perfect english. and you know, i think that her husband saw that we were talking, and we had a lot spilling over, and so, man, can we skip the whole, you know, the w

armed services committee. on the president's 2019 budget request. live coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern at c-span.org or on the c-span radio app, as well as here on c-span3. >>> ohio governor john kasich delivered his final state of the state address in westerville, ohio. ohio governors are limited to two terms in office. governor ca governor

services committee earlier this week about the president's 2019 budget request. they answered questions about isis, the iran nuclear deal, china's influence in africa, and the civil war in syria.

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our live coverage from the senate armed services committee begins at 2:15 eastern, also here on c-span3. you can also follow both hearings online at c-span.org and with the free c-span radio app. >>> a memoir of his experiences and what he has learned about our immigration system since leaving the border patrol. >> the woman was pregnant. that's why she couldn't keep up. and they were lost for three days after their group left them. they were drinking filthy water from cattle tanks. and they made it to a village, and the border patrol got called. and i was the agent who was supposed to take them in. and, you know, i started talking with them. and it turned out that this pregnant woman had grown up in iowa. and she spoke perfect english. and she was a school teacher in iowa. and, you know, i think her husband saw that we were talking, and that we had a connection. and he sort of leaned over at one point. hey, man, can you just -- can we skip the whole arrest and deportation thing? could you just drive us back to the border and let us cross back into mexico? be a brother? and i didn't hes