that. [laughter] we are together, that s right. i think it is awfully , one oft as chairman the things we want to do is to give you interesting content about the issues that are happening in society. all of them. and we want to give you different perspectives. some of you know i will go on cnn and msnbc and i went on the view and i think that is important to do because it is important for people on the right and left to be able to talk to each other in a civil way. i think we have to appreciate the fact van jones has a lot of courage and character to be here today. [applause] people are standing. good. i appreciate it. we will disagree if we went into all of the political issues, but like every two human beings, there are things we agree on and we are here to talk about one of them. on that note, van jones, what are you doing here? [laughter] i thought it was an aclu gathering. it turns out it is not. acu. oh! it is almost as good as aclu. i am here because i am c
at 7:30 am eastern on c-span to bring c-span2. the mick mulvaney will speak at the and will ronald reagan dinner. live at 7:45 p.m. eastern here on c-span. s yesterdayof cpac including the criminal justice with van jones. ok. i am sorry, i do what i am told. you want me closer? come on, let s get closer. i m sorry. i was just keeping my respectful distance. there is nothing wrong with that. now we really going to get in trouble. i think itt me is awfully important as the chairman, and basically the host for everyone who speaks here, and one of the things we want to do is give you interesting content about the issues that are happening in society all of them. we want to give you different perspectives. i think it takes some of you know i will go on cnn and msnbc and i went on the view them cope and i think that is an pretty important thing to do because it is a port for people on the right and on the left to be able to talk to each other in a civil way. i think we
i just keeping my respectful distance. there s nothing wrong with that. ok. we re together. that s right. now we re really going to get in trouble. you have to let me so i was in charge here but i think it s awfully important i m the chairman. basically i m the host for everyone that speaks here. what we want to do is give you interesting content about the issues that are happening in society. all of them and we want to give you a different perspective. some of you know i will go on cnn and msnbc and i ve been on the bill mahr show. i was on the view and i think it s important to do because it s important for people on the right and on the left to be able to talk to each other in a civil way so i think we ought to appreciate the fact that dan jones has a lot of courage and character to be here today. and people are standing. it s an honor. i appreciate it. and, of course, we re going to disagree, if we went into all of the political issues, we probably disagree
security.r border later, former virginia attorney general ken christian l.a. talks about the confirmation process for william barr next u.s. attorney general. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] host: president two of president trump s nominees on capitol hill today. day ofhe second confirmation hearings for william barr, the president s choice to head the justice department. see that at 9:30 on c-span 3. this is the washington journal for january 16. william barr answered questions about the role in the mueller investigation and the level of independence he will show. we want we want you to tell us about the level of faith you have in the justice department and the fbi. you can call and let us know that. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. and independents, 202-748-8002. the level of confid
u.s.-mexico border and blamed democrats for the impasse. pres. trump: thank you very much. i appreciate everybody being here. we ve had a very busy two or three days. it s been very positive. things are happening that haven t happened in our government for a long time. the other night, as you know, we had a vote on border security, and i think we want to discuss this just for a second. but the house of representatives voted 217-185, approving strong border security and the money necessary to take care of the barrier, wall, or steel slats whatever you want to call it, it s all the same. and it was a tremendous evening for the republicans, to be honest with you, because the level of spirit, the level of happiness a lot of people came out, they said they have never seen one man in particular, he s been there for over 20 years he said, i ve never seen spirit or enthusiasm like this they came from all parts of the country. a couple of them came from other parts outside so i say