he was previously a civilian advisor to generals david the trieste and john allen -- petra eus and john allen in afghanistan. -- having served as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor through most of obama's second term. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> homeland security secretary kristen nielsen testified before the house judiciary committee last week. outgoing virginia congressman bob goodlatte chairs the committee. jerrold nadler will be chairman of the committee when democrats take the majority on january 3. [indistinct conversations] [gavel] >> good morning. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. to thisme everyone meeting on oversight of the department of homeland security. i begin by yielding to the gentleman from new york. >> thank you, mr. chairman. want to pointn, i out that this is most likely the last time you will be presiding over the committee. although your retirement is well deserved, it is a great loss to this country. it is no secret that you and i have disagreed ove

he was on the ground floor of this counter isis coalition with general john allen when john allen was the director of it or the envoy. to have that credibility, to have that reputation for honesty and integrity and for driving this coalition forward and then to be completely have that rug pulled out from under you in the region, must have been a stinging blow to brett because he has been so loyal and dedicated to this mission. >> wow. and then to hear now the president is angry after the resignation of, you know, the defense secretary james mattis, who in his resignation letter he said in part because you have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and oth subjects i believe it is right for me to step down from my position, and apparently the president, his feathers are really ruffled that this, you know, letter is public and the things, the content of mattis's letter, you know, i guess who are you most empathetic to in this? is it the president and how he feels about this, or is it how mattis spelled out this letter? >> i actually

he had previously been a civilian adviser to generals david petraeus and john allen in afghanistan. polish-born tom molinowski was elected to new jersey's 7th district. he's also a veteran of the obama administration having served as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor through most of the second term. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> president trump and the first lady made an unannounced visit to iraq on wednesday to greet u.s. troops stationed there. during the three-and-a-half hour visit, the president met with military leaders and defended his decision to withdraw u.s. military the forces from syria in a speech to service members. this was the president's first trip to a combat zone since being elected. ♪ and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today -- ♪ 'cuz there ain't no doubt i love this land -- ♪ god bless the usa. [cheers and applause] >> usa! usa! usa! usa! usa! >> well, first of all, at ease. at ease, let's have a good time. let's have a good time. and we had an incredible meeting that lasted for ab

retired general john allen served as the special presidential eoy for the global coalition to counter isis during the obama administration. he's now the president of the brookings institution. and steve simon also served in the obama administration as the l'sional security coun senior director for middle eastern and north african affairs. he's now a visiting professor at amherst college. gentlemen, thank you to you both, and welcome. mr. allen, i want to start with you. the president, as we heard, has declared isis has been defeated n for u.s.s no rea troops to be in syria. do you agree? >> i think we'd be very careful about using the word "defeat" with respect to the islam state. we may have defeated its large concentrations, but are still thousands of islamic state operatives and fighters still on the ground in syria. we've got to be very carefuin i while all of us believe that our troops would come out eventually, coming out too quickly could create an opportunity for the islamic state to backflash, which not only would put at risk those elements of the syrian population that we su

retired general john allen served as the special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter isis during the obama administrion. he's now the president of the brookings institution. and steve simon also served in the obama administration as the natial security council's senior director for middle eastern and north african affairs. he's now a visiting professor at amherst college. gentlemen, thank you to you both, and welcome. mr. allen, i want to start with you. the president, as we heard, has declared isis has been defeated . there is no reason for. troops to be in syria. do you agree? >> i ink we'd be very careful about using the word "defeat" with respect to theslamic state. we may have defeated its largeen coations, but there are still thousands of islamic state operatives and fighters still on e ground in syria. we've got to be very careful. i think while all of us belatiee our troops would come out eventually, coming out too quickly could create an opportunity forhe islamic state to backflash, which not only would put at ri those elements of the syrian population that w

he had previously been a civilian advisor to generals david petraeus and john allen in afghanistan. tom malinowski was elected to new jersey's seventh district. he is also a veteran in the obama administration having served as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor through most of the second term. new congress, new leaders birdwatching all on c-span. earlier this month, a group in defense of christians hosted its annual dinner. white house budget director delivered the keynote address. this happened before he was named acting white house chief of staff by president trump. >> thank you. , ladies and gentlemen. tonight on ourll first annual solidarity dinner. many my pleasure to see so supporters, champions, and partners, and chapter leaders. i would like to recognize his excellency, our special kristof pierre. his excellency, the bishop. his eminence, archbishop. director of the office of management and budget. member of lebanese parliament and our board member. deputy speaker of the hungarian national assembly. his excellency, the hungarian ambassador to

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allen. >> hs not qualified invoke the secrifice or the memory of t magnificent troops who gave the last full measure of their lives to the cause of the united states. we should treasure their memories t politicize it. >> captain o'keefe was a buddy of ne. he was a buddy of mine and he was killed in iraq. i don't think the president can speak for him. this is sparking some fresh speculation with vladimir putin. the russian leader has lon wanted the u.s. to get out of syria. and today, putin publicly praised the president's decision. back to you. >> today stocks dropped more than 460 points. e trump administration wants to have stronger work requirements o people who receive food stamps. tried to do this but failed. now president wants to use executive action to make it happen. would it tighten work requirements on able bodied people between 18 and 49 witho dependents. it impacts about 800,000 people curr on food amps. benefits to the elderly, disabled people and those with children would not be affected. >>> la quinn films foundf not grinagesetting andrea on fire while she was pregnant w

we are joined by bloomberg finance reporter john allen bostick. hello. great to have you here. take us inside wall street. obviously, investors but also big banks trying to gauge what they are hearing from the secretary of the treasury, and the president. what are they saying? >> for one thing, we have been talking about it all week, no bank ceo was happy to have a statement out there over the weekend that said that the treasury secretary called them about their liquidity. no one was worried about their liquidity. what stood out to me was the statementmnuchin's which said the treasury department is open during the shutdown. something that was supposed to lote even markets caused a of volatility. the volatility we are seeing at the end of the year is stopping people from trading in ways that are making the banks money. we are getting into this next quarter and even when the banks report their fourth-quarter earnings in january, we will see weak numbers compared to the last few months. kevin: i was struck by that report on christmas eve, no less. anyone who covers the treasury de

john allen, let me start with you. you are where the president is. we saw some of the pictures, some of the scene there is from buenos aires today, but with this backdrop of all of the veflts developments on the mueller front this week, set the scene. what was it like for president trump there with those world leaders with all of this going on around him today? >> it was really an amazing seen here, steve. the president today signed this new trade deal with mexico and canada. it should have been a big day for him, moving a step closer to fulfilling this huge campaign promise, and nobody's talking about that, really including the president himself who was tweeting about mueller. the other world leaders you would think he would be meeting with over huge international issues, he's not having the big one-on-ones that you would expect. he is either unwilling or able to confront vladimir putin and mohammed bin salman, putin over aggression toward ukraine and the interference in the 2016 election and mohammed bin salman over the killing of jamal khashoggi,

first serviing as the deputy to john allen and taking over as envoy himself, clearly has done a lot to do to reduce the presence of isis. as he said, there is still remnants and he would it would be reckless for the u.s. to withdraw precipitously. i'm told that james mattis, who he was close to, affected his decision. mcgurk saying he could no longer serve the president in this policy against syria. elise lavin, cnn. >>> let's bring in julian zeleny and siraj hasmi. thank you both for joining us. first, i'm going to start with siraj. let's remind our viewers what the president tweeted. so president trump is essentially admitting to not knowing the guy leading the fight against isis after declaring they were defeated. stop me if i'm wrong here, but shouldn't they have been having these conversations? should not there be briefings that would have him know who mcgrk um mcgurk was? >> quite possibly. it should give americans pause when russian president vladimir putin and iranian ayatollah. it cannot be understated. it's possible he might be inflating his own significance but he did get tu

first serving as the deputy to john allen and taking over as envoy himself, clearly has done a lot to reduce the presence of isis. as he said, there is still remnants and he said it would be reckless for the u.s. to withdraw precipitously. i'm also told the decision by james mattis, who he was very close to, affected his decision. mcgurk said he could no longer serve the president in this policy against syria. elise lavin, cnn. >>> joiningship. >> joining us to discuss this is our guest, juliet. >> good morning. >> let's start the president's first official statement on this. a response typical on twitter. the president tweeted yesterday the following. this is not a nothing event but frame for us why this is so significant. >> well, i think it's significant, at least in the fight against isis and more generally the fight against terrorism for three reasons. i think, first, is isis is not dead. as you just reported about what happened in morocco with the poor women in scandinavia. they are rattliz radicalized he take action in the united states. what has been beneficial the last couple

. >> two of our returning veterans, catherine lucy and john allen. thank you both so much for coming on. >>> coming up for us after yet another eventful week, what more we've learned about russia's hopes to interfere in american democracy, nothing less when "the 11th hour" continues. >>> this has been a week dominated by russian headlines. it all started with this reporting "washington post" on sunday. we quote, russians interacted with at least 14 trump associates during the campaign and transition. they ranged from close family members to high-ranking campaign officials. there they all are, and future high-level administration staff. here with us tonight to talk about all of it, malcolm nance, a veteran of naval ] special ops, homeland security, 35 years working in counter-terrorism who wrote the book on this topic. it is called "the plot to destroy democracy, how putin and his spies where disabling the west." also we're happy to welcome jack barski back to the broadcast, a former kgb spy. he cooperated with the fbi. he is now an american citizen.

allen left, and really has been overseeing a 60-plus member coalition of states working not only on the ground but in the -- on the internet, countering messages to counter isis, and by large measure that job has been successful, but just a week ago you heard brett mcgurk at the state department podium talking about the idea that the u.s. was now deciding to stay in syria. this was the new trump administration policy to stay in syria, to defeat the remnants of isis so it didn't come back in a worse or greater form, and then was headed off to brief the coalition about it. he was in the region, talking to iraqi partners in the northern part of iraq when president trump made what sources familiar with mcgurk's thinking called the sudden and reckless announcement to pull out troops, and he felt that he could no longer not only explain this policy, which was totally against what he was talking about just a few days ago, but let alone execute it. now it's careful to note that mcgurk was scheduled to leave in february. he was going in march to take up a position at stanford university, has

allen and then taking over as envoy himself clearly has done a lot to reduce the presence of isis, but as he said, there is still remnants. he said it would be reckless for the u.s. to withdraw precipitously. i'm also told that the decision by james mattis, who he was very close to, affected his decision. mcgurk saying that he could no longer serve the president in this policy against syria. >>> let's talk more about this. always a pleasure. >> good morning. thank you. >> let's start with the special envoy in charge of fighting isis resigning his post in protest of president trump pulling out of syria with brett mcgurk following the lead of general james mattis. what does it mean to this president to see another domino fall of minds that helped manage some degree when it comes to foreign policy. >> president trump has come into power on a campaign promise of america first and basically opposition to globalism. and so, his disruptiveness is disruptiveness aimed at the kind of post 1945 order, which basically you could call liberal hedge money and he's opposed to it. so to some extent th

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he had previously been a civilian adviser to generals and john allen in afghanistan. nowski was tom moll elected to new jersey's seventh district, a veteran of the obama served astion, having assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and the secondgh most of term. new congress, new leaders, watch c-span.n green teaches a class on abraham lincoln and the 1860 presidential election. he describes the political climate, background on other candidates, and the deliberations at party conventions. lincoln won the presidency over three candidates with over 40% popular vote. hour ands is about an 15 minutes. >> well, alright. we got lincoln's ancestors over here. we got him moved around, his married., he got we look at the election of 1860 and using the

i was talking to john allen, four-star marine, retired general today. and deeply offended by that video. the tweeted video about the syrian withdra evoking -- invoking, i should say, the heroes, the men and women who have died in the fight against isis, and saying, you know, pointing up and saying, they're looking down at us and basically saying that they are approving of this -- >> speaking for them -- >> political gesture. and speaking for them, speaking in their name and general allen said, he has no right to speak for them, with such contempt. and i think that others, you know, others whom we all know in the military really were offended by that. the politicization of our fallen soldiers. >> it's a grim night in washington, andrea, as you were talking, we took the live picture of the capital dome tonight, kind of matching the mood. sheets of rain are falling. yet those spot lights are cutting through the fog as everyone hopes reason will cut through of all this, starting first thing tomorrow morning. our thanks to philip rucker, andrea mitchell, jer

allen, told me and i want to get your response. >> we all thought at one point they would come home. a precipitous departure of our troops could create a military disaster and global coalition will think twice about coming to help the united states if we need to in a great emergency because they know we won't consult with them when the time come. >> you're always talking about the importances of alliances and diplomacy. don't you think the way this is being done without the consultation of allies could -- go ahead. >> here is the thing, jake. you get these generals, if we bring troops home from afghanistan, that's precipitous also. we've been there 17 years. how does it become precipitous to leave after 17 years? the president said when we went into syria, very clearly, we're going to defeat isis. then all those people who believe in forever war changed the mission and says we're going to stay there until iran and russia leave. that means we're staying forever. iran is not leaving any time soon. do you want another war with iran? american people are tired with war. they want another

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i was talking to john allen, four-star marine, retired general today. and deeply offended by that video. the tweeted video about the syrian withdrawal evoking -- invoking, i should say, the heroes, the men and women who have died in the fight against isis, and saying, you know, pointing up and saying, they're looking down at us and basically saying that they are approving of this -- >> speaking for them -- >> political gesture. and speaking for them, speaking in their name and general allen said, he has no right to speak for them, with such contempt. and i think that others, you know, others whom we all know in the military really were offended by that. the politicization of our fallen soldiers. >> it's a grim night in washington, andrea, as you were talking, we took the live picture of the capital dome tonight, kind of matching the mood. sheets of rain are falling. yet those spot lights are cutting through the fog as everyone hopes reason will cut through of all this, starting first thing tomorrow morning. our thanks to philip rucker, andrea mitchell,

i was talking to john allen, hi a four-star marine, retired general today, and deeply offended by that video. the tweeted video about the syrian withdrawal evoking -- invoking, i should say, the heroes, the men and women who have died in the fight against isis and saying, you know, pointing up and saying, they're looking down at us and basically saying that they are approving d of this -- >> speaking for them -- >> -- political gesture and speaking for them, speaking in their name and general allen ng said, he has no right to speak for them with such contempt. and i think that others, you know, others whom we all know in the military really were rs offended by that, the politicization of our fallen soldiers. >> well, it's a grim night in washington, andrea, as you were talking, and we took the live picture of the capital dome tonight kind of matching the mood. sheets of rain are falling. yet those spotlights are cutting through the fog as everyone hopes reason will cut through all of this, starting first thing tomorrow morning. our thanks to philip rucker, andrea mitchell, jeremy bash

military took the bells from a counterattack after the killing of dozens of its soldiers john allen dogood reports. the united states considers the massacre of the thing the worst defeat for the americans during the philippine american war between one thousand nine hundred nine to one thousand nine hundred two at the time in retaliation for a raid that filipino gear guerrillas conducted that more than forty us soldiers killed american john the road jacobs declared that this part of samar be considered a howling wilderness according to his historians that raid led by the americans left more than two thousand five hundred filipinos dead many of them women and children but filipino historians say more than ten thousand civilians were killed since then the belts were brought to the united states as war trophies and for over half a century filipino president there have been efforts basically and lobbying from the philippine government to ask basically the u.s. to return these bells now on their president through the good that they're to and during his state of the nation speech where he emphasi

john allen, of course. up next, more staff shake ups in what is already a remarkably high turnover white house, don't you think? and why is it so hard for this president to find and keep qualified pros in key posts? it's a decent question, isn't it? why is everybody running away as soon as they get there? everybody is acting at this white house. you're watching "hardball." y sen and in your garage, a brand new john deere. that's not a mirage. with 60 months financing at 0%, say "happy holidays" to money well spent. if additional offers are what you desire, visit your john deere dealer before they expire. now, start up your engines and drive out of sight. new john deere equipment for all and to all a good night. see your john deere dealer today to discover more great deals and special financing offers. new year, new deere. i'm ray and i quit smoking with chantix. smoking. it dictates your day. i didn't like something having control over me. i wanted to stop. the thing is i didn't know how. chantix, along wit

allen, told me and i want to get your response. >> we all thought at one point they would come home. a precipitous departure of our troops could create a military disaster and global coalition will think twice about coming to help the united states if we need to in a great emergency because they know we won't consult with them when the time comes. >> you're always talking about the importances of alliances and diplomacy. don't you think the way this is being done without the consultation of allies could -- go ahead. >> here is the thing, jake. you get these generals, if we bring troops home from afghanistan, that's precipitous also. we've been there 17 years. how does it become precipitous to leave after 17 years? the president said when we went into syria, very clearly, we're going to defeat isis. that was our goal. then all those people who believe in forever war changed the goal pest and changed the mission and says we're going to stay there until iran and russia leave. that means we're staying forever. iran is not leaving any time soon. unless you want to fight iran. do you want

he had previously been a civilian adviser to generals david petraeus and john allen in afghanistan. polish born tom mull now ski was epledged to the seven until district. also a veteran of the obama administration. having serve as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights rights d labor through most of the second term. new congress, new leader jews their council on american-islamic relations held a leadership and policy conference in washington with activists discuss the challenges facing the muslim community and efforts to engage with policymakers. >> welcome, everyone. good morning. how was your evening? good? how is the food? good. so, welcome. it's this is the first day you have been at the conference, thank you for coming. we welcome you and hope this is productive and beneficial and educational for you. if you were here yesterday then welcome back and we hope to this continues to be educational and productive and beneficial for you. my name ised a ward mitchell. i'm an attorney where i serve as the executive director of care georgia and i have the -- go georgia

he had previously been a civilian adviser to generals david petraeus and john allen in afghanistan. polish-born tom molinowski was elected to new jersey's 7th district. he's also a veteran of the obama administration having served as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor through most of the second term. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> president trump and the first lady made an unannounced visit to iraq on wednesday to greet u.s. troops stationed there. during the three-and-a-half hour visit, the president met with military leaders and defended his decision to withdraw u.s. military the forces from syria in a speech to service members. this was the president's first trip to a combat zone since being elected.

he had previously been a civilian advisor to generals david petraeus and john allen in afghanistan. tom malinowski was elected to new jersey's seventh district. he is also a veteran in the obama administration having served as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor through most of the second term. new congress, new leaders birdwatching all on c-span. announcer:

he had previously been a civilian adviser to generals david petraeus and john allen in afghanistan. polish born tom mull now ski was epledged to the seven until district. also a veteran of the obama administration. having serve as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights rights d labor through most of the second term. new congress, new leader jews their council on american-islamic relations held a leadership and policy conference in washington with activists discuss the challenges facing the muslim community and efforts to engage with policymakers.

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john mechun, allen k. simpson and george bush. what are they going to say? jaime has more information for us about that. no easy task to eulogize a father. >> reporter: especially for his son and, remember, his favorite moment is when he spoke right after 9/11 right in this cathedral and his father leaned over and touched his hand. i will been told that president bush's speech will be very emotional. it will not be about his father, the statesman. it will be about his father. i know people who have read the speech, and they could not get through it without crying. i think that's going to be a very moving moment. then we're going to hear from his biographer, from the former canadian prime minister who will talk about the statesman, the global leader. and finally, get ready, hold on. senator allen simpson, one of his dearest friends, who we all know is very funny. we may have some blue material. they loved to laugh, those two men. they loved to joke. i think he will go where no man has gone before in the cathedral. >> for president 43, how do you deal with the

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. >> when john allen led the group against isis, he says, it's not defeating them oak. it's defeating the idea. we haven't defeated the idea. the idea is the grievance throughout the middle east. sunni muslims disenchanted see a shia caliphate been born, that's the idea we need to reckon with. >> a great group. great to see you both. aymon, stay with us if you can. >>> coming up, one of the a.p. stories of the year, a judge is set to decide if the sexual assault case against harvey weinstein should move forward. the movement that sparked that and the other top ten stories of the year when "morning joe" comes right back. s of the year when "morning joe" comes right back ♪ ♪ ♪ the greatest wish of all is one that brings us together. the final days of wish list are here. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. only at your lincoln dealer. i got beaten up because i was different. based on a true story... so, i created a world where i can heal. about the power of friendship. are all of the doll

rogers trying to be john wayne. >> reporter: long time friend senator allen simpson reminding americans of the values bush lived by, now in short supply. >> hatred corrodes the container it's carried in. the most decent and honorable men i knew was george bush, one of nature's noble men. >> reporter: today's ceremony both powerful and poignant. the most personal tribute from a son about his father. >> we tested his patience. i know i did. but he always responded with the great gift of unconditional love. last friday, when i was told he had minutes to live, i called him. i said, dad, i love you, and you've been a wonderful father. and the last words he would ever say on earth were, i love you too. >> reporter: w. recalling his dad's signature adventurous spirit. >> at age 90, george h.w. bush parachuted out of an aircraft and landed on the grounds of st. ann's by the sea in kennebunkport, maine, the church where his mom was married and where he worshipped often. mother liked to say he chose the location just in case the chute didn't open. >> reporter: an eternal bond with barbara, his be

rogers trying to be john wayne. [ laughter ] >> reporter: long-time friend senator allen simpson reminding americans of the values bush lived by, now perhaps in washington in short supply. >> he never hated anyone he knew what his mother and my mother always knew, hatred corrodes the container it's carried in. e most descent and honorable person i ever met was my friend george bush. one of nature's nomee ♪ >> reporter: today's ceremony both powerful and poignant, the most personal tribute from a son about his father. e tested his patience, i know i did. but he always sp ded with the great gift of unconditional love. last friday when i was told he had minutes to live, i called him. i said dad, i love you and you've been a wonderful fath, and the last words he would ever say on earth were, i love you, too. >> reporter: w recalling his dad's signature adventurous spirit. >> at age 90, orge h.w. bush parachuted out of an aircraft and landed in maine. the church where his mom was married and where he worshipped often. mother liked to say he chose a location just in case the shoot didn't open.

senator allen simpson as well as john, what does it tell you about thousand funeral will go >> well, allen simpson was very personally close to george h.w. bush those of us covering the administration at capitol hill at the time knew he always had special incite into what george h.w. bush were thinking. i think with brian we are seeing the embrace of the kpinternatioa legacy of the president. he was part of the coalition that george h.w. bush put together to oust iraqi forces. he helped him negotiate nafta and i think he became very close to him in writing his masterful biography. >> we'll listen now to the band and the gun salute ♪ [ gunshots ] [ gunshots ] [ gunshots ] [ gunshots ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> just seeing the 21-gun salute and family members making their way out following the president's body which will be transport today capitol hill where it will sit in the east capital plaza for the next 36 hours. >> there will be a ceremony there with have the quail and other members of president george h.w. bush's administration including barbara frank

. >> and our friend john meacham giving the eulogy today. >> we'll also hear from the great allen simpson, always one of the funniest and most entertaining, good company, the veteran republican senator from wyoming. striking to see the heads of the branches of the military, the joint chiefs kind of standing witness to the casket that will come out of the hearse. bush family members are holding in the car. there's 43. >> emotional no doubt. probably a little bit nervous about delivering this eulogy today. >> the schedule calling for the body to enter the national cathedral at 11:00 a.m. it is right now 10:59 and 50 seconds east coast time. >> always on time.

founding member, john mcnally, and bassist frank allen are with us now. good morning to you. john, i'm going to start with you. go ahead. why are you stopping now? basically, frank wa nts to you stopping now? basically, frank wants to pack in. i don't want to stop. i might keep it going, but frank, it is the roads, the motorways, it is just horrendous. frank, it is the roads, the motorways, it isjust horrendousm is the roads, when you say it is the roads, being away from home? there are too many cars, too many closures. too many potholes. potholes, diversions, it is a nightmare. frank, why don't you want to give it 7 frank, why don't you want to give it up? just tired of all the travelling. this business is like an iceberg, the nice bit, but two hours you are on stage is above the water and that is fantastic, i would never get tired of that but underneath, all that driving. when i came up here last night, the three and a half journey took five hours and thatis half journey took five hours and that is pretty typical. we travel about four hours to a show, hang around for four h

. >> reporter: johnson says allen's post added fresh grief to an already painful time of year. but she believes the committee is behind her. at the bart station, john and joanne donovan told us they met grant when he was a butcher's apprentice at nearby former joe's. >> he was a nice guy. when i get out of -- when i get off of bart every time i pass that area, i always bless his soul. >> we should honor oscar in that way. >> reporter: johnson says she won't give up. >> we are still going to work to get a change. >> reporter: in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5 news. >>> moremi is on the way, the satellite image showing us a system pushing in on the coast. chief meteorologist paul deanno tells us when it arrives. >> we will see some rain on the radar tomorrow. we are looking at a radar that is clear tonight, clear tomorrow morning, then things change rapidly after that. kpix 5 high-def doppler active not tomorrow morning, it will be offshore, a dry morning commute tomorrow, just after the lunch hour that's when the light rain arrives and steadiest rainfall will fall between 8:00

second quotation, john paul ii's biographer. the claim that the men entered into a conspiracy is journalistic fantasy. how do you characterize what took place between the white house and the vatican and those two men? fmr. ag meese: it is interesting that even last night there was a little bit of a dispute about what it was. it is somewhere between the two. there is no question. i believe what you had here -- first of all, back to ronald reagan and his religious they, it was that faith which made him admire the pope, particularly this pope because you had a very strong person on behalf of his faith, on behalf of his church, in the whole thing, what he had done up to that time, ronald reagan admired. admired him as a leader of his church. it was natural, i think, for him to admire that kind of leadership. beyond that, what you had was to people, both leaders, one him in the secular world, one in the religious world, with parallel interests. when those parallel interests were obvious as what happened in poland where they were unde

and allen smith. from what we know about this reporting, there's not a lot of it here, could this happen and what would it make it if it got to the supreme court? >> first we have to look at something being filed under sea which is extraordinary. the u.s. supreme court, we have a public court system. so that documents as well as arguments are for the public viewing. and to have something go before the court and they want not only to have the briefing be under seal, but any oral argument to be without any public review at all, this is beyond anything that the court is used to handling. that's why the assumption is as part of the mueller investigation because what else in all of these years before the supreme court has been asked to hold something under seal? >> outside the norm here. allen, there's a lot of unidentifieds in this by the way, unidentified foreign country, unidentified company as well, and it goes on. >> absolutely. we've got the unidentified company, the unidentified country. it's really

. >> john warner? >> i didn't think he was a conservative. yeah. i'll say it to his face. he said similar things to mine. >> you have to check your definition. i didn't take it the way the former senator does. i took it as this stuff matters. you'll be called on. you should be ready. i didn't take it in terms of a specific action. what do you make about the importance? i read it in full. i have never seen one like it before. >> first of all. any time you have two parties in this town actually agreeing on language for something. it's a miracle. in this regard, i think what they're saying the most important part of the letter is that we are about country and not party. whatever that means. maybe they don't know what mueller is going to find. i'm sure they're saying in the language it stand up for the rule of law. presumably imbedded in that is understanding to allow mueller to continue the investigation unimpeded. bottom line i wish i longed for the days where we had people coming together and say we are americans we may disagree but we're united in this. stand together agai

that letter tonight to "the washington post," 11 republicans, many of them very solid republicans, allen simpson, these are many of the really serious players in the senate during their time in the senate like bill bradley, bob bradley, john carry on the democratic side of it. i'm not sure when the concept for this letter was borne, but i'm sure it was speeded up after individual one was described by the federal prosecutors. >> yeah, i mean, this is people from both sides coming together and saying this is bigger than one party. this is about rule of law in america, democracy, things we should agree on. and i think when you look at the totality of the picture here you have five people around the president, senior people. his campaign chairman, deputy campaign chairman, foreign security advisor and the net is closing in on donald trump. you have credible allegations now of him basically committing felonies around campaign finance. you have him conspiring with the russians. you also have the obstruction of justice charges and then you have adam schiff talking about credible allegations of

that letter tonight to "the washington post," 11 republicans, many of them very solid republicans, allen simpson, these are many of the really serious players in the senate during their time in the senate like bill bradley, bob bradley, john carry on the democratic side of it. i'm not sure when the concept for this letter was borne, but i'm sure it was speeded up after individual one was described by the federal prosecutors. >> yeah, i mean, this is people from both sides coming together and saying this is bigger than one party. this is about rule of law in america, democracy, things we should agree on. and i think when you look at the totality of the picture here you have five people around the president, senior people. his campaign chairman, deputy campaign chairman, foreign securitya advisor and the net i closing in on donald trump. you have credible allegations now of him basically committing felonies around campaign finance. you have him conspiring with the russians. you also have the obstruction of justice charges and then you have adam schiff talking about credible allegations of

also three friends of the former president, allen simpson from wyoming. he has lots of good stories, he always does. mr. bush's biographer, john mechum, a beautiful writer and speaker, and former canadian prime minister brian maroney. that will happen at the national cathedral where we saw tributes to senator john mccain. and we see now the hearse pulling up to what is called special air mission 41. and it looks like it is a very windy day in houston. the honors will be rendered shortly for our former commander in chief. he enlisted when he was just 18 years old becoming one of the youngest, if not the youngest, navy pilot to fly during world war ii. flying 58 combat missions and only dieing in one. he thought about that his whole life, the two crew members that were lost during world war two. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and there you see the bush family lead by former president george w. bush and laura bush leading the family on to special air mission 41 after his father's casket was placed on the plane. and this really begins a several day t

. >> we got it there, john >> thank you, john great. >>. >> debbie is tough we competed with her she is tough and smart and does a great job. thank you very much. really good job. ralph abraham. thank you. rick allen jody airington andy bar where is andy? did i do a good job for you? did i do a good job? you're one of the only congressional congressmen i could have -- i'll tell you, you i went to specifically congratulations. mitch was there with rand paul we were all there for you. great. good job [ applause ]% jam james comer. kevin cramer that's another one we worked hard on. senator elect very shortly proud of you, kevin. rick crawford. rodney davis rick geanforte you did a great job out there. fantastic job. neil dunn, ron estess. bob good gladder is here with comey i think. trying to see how much he is lying today. frank lucas, roger marshal dan newhouse thank you all. great people collin peterson hi good job >> very nice >> david rouser. where is david is he around hi david congratulations. fon netical phonetically it is very tough. austin, where is austin? thank you. thank yo

haywood and richard allen. and we know that you will answer us, and with this mantle we hill smote every red sea, every jordan and tear down every barrier wall and we will enter and live together as brothers and sisters in god's promised land, in jesus' name we pray, amen. >> amen. >> he is the president of the progressive national baptist convention. please welcome dr. james c. perkins. >> may we bow to pray. god of grace and god of glory, god of our weary years, god of our silent tears, on this solemn and sacred occasion and at this holy season, we gather here beneath this sacred dome to remember the life and legacy of your prophet and servant, dr. martin luther king jr. we remember with awe and reverence his courage to face the injustices of racism, of poverty and violence, and how he challenged us to transform this nation into a beloved community where every person is treated with dignity and respect, and where every person has the opportunity to live up to their god-given potential. and yet here we are, o

he was previously a civilian advisor to generals david the trieste and john allen -- petra eus and john allen in afghanistan. -- having served as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor through most of obama's second term.

he had previously been a civilian advisor to generals david petraeus and john allen in afghanistan. polish born tom mullen now ski was elected to new jersey's seventh district, is also a veteran of the obama administration having served as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor through most of the second term. new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. tonight on q&a, -- >> clear on the floor of the united states senate. this is unprecedented. no one else has ever gotten the opportunity to do this. it is for a production on a documentary on the u.s. senate, on the floor, an hour before they begin. we will go around the chamber to give shots during the session and then we are going back down to the floor. truly special. c-span executive producer talks about his work on c-span's upcoming original production, the senate, conflict, and compromise. mcconnell suggested is, how much control did he have over the content? >> zero. when we met with him for the first time, we had a couple conditions. one, you have to grease the skids with the democrats beca