Cspan programs are available at cspan. Org on our homepage or by searching the video library. Next a look at the first days of the Trump Presidency with Political Consultants and professors from university of southern california. They discussed Public Opinions based on polling from before and after the election. This is one hour and a half. Good morning. Im bob shrum, director of the Unruh Institute politics, on behalf of the institute the Political Science department, the door inside college of letters arts and sciences. Welcome to the next and this is a conferences that we are holding designed to bring together a lyrical actors, journalists and academics to discuss major issues and inflection points. We have two changes today. First anthony who was close to President Trump phoned yesterday to say he had been summoned to a meeting in washington. Ambassador who was in china when she accepted this conference put the date and time into her phone there. And so she showed up yesterday prim
Federal operations and we do business in 50 states, so we have interactions with commissions across the country. We have those interactions that are pretty significant. I also run a Public Policy organization, and i run both at the state and federal efforts. We also have International Interest as you are probably yoy aware when we acquired directv, we acquired an ongoing satellite business. It is by a large wireless provider in mexico and we have a satellite business in mexico. We have an enterprise basis and for the most part it is corporate customers and they do business across the world so we have barely significant interests in europe, asia as well as latin america and mexico. When it comes to capitol hill and washington would you be called a lobbyist i dont qualify under the standards placed in congress and its over capitol hill every day. But i direct the efforts. Before we introduce dave, what is one of the biggest issues at t is working on when it comes to capitol hill . We hav
Foreign approval side as weve got an operation in mexico so that deal has to go through that process there. Weve got operations in brazil but theyre not the only ones. So were going through a process at the department of justice right now and, you know, our expectation is, you know, we should be through that process, we should be through, you know, the operational issues that we have to go through in order to be able to close without any license transfers and the foreign approval process and were hopeful, pretty confident that well be able to get through that by the end of the year. Watch it tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. Announcer a Senate Appropriation subcommittee heard from the head of the National Institutes of health, dr. Francis collins and other Top Public Health officials on the 2018 budget. This is two hours. Committee will come to order. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, education and related agencies will come to order. Before my
Journal live Tuesday Morning. Join the discussion. President trump announced earlier this month that the u. S. Was withdrawing from the paris climate agreement. Next, a one hour portion of debate by european leaders reacting to the president s action. [ speaking Foreign Language ] the Paris Agreement has been a historical achievement of the international community. The First Ever Global commit ment to address Climate Change in these consequences. One would regret the decision taken by the United States of America Administration to withdraw from this agreement. Our long standing commitment to Global Action on Climate Change must not relent. We europeans, weve not missed the opportunity. The Paris Agreement presents for our citizens for our plan, for our economy. President , this Global Challenge also starts working with our industry for new investments and new technologies and more Sustainable Growth than jobs. European parliament has been at the forefront of a Climate Action within Eur
Tens of millions of americans left without any insurance. For weeks, senator republicans tried to tell us that their bill would be better than the house bill. It would be different than the house bill. Many house members even said they only voted for the house bill because they said the senate bill would make it better. C. B. O. s report today makes clear that this bill is every bit as mean as the house bill. This c. B. O. Report should be the end of the road for trumpcare. Republicans would be wise to read it like a giant stop sign. Urging them to turn back from this path that would be disastrous for the country, for middle class americans, and for their party. Theres a lot to unpack in this report but i want to look at a few key things. First, the c. B. O. Makes clear that Many Americans would pay more, a lot more, for their health care under the senates trumpcare bill. Just look what happens to seniors. Under our Current System if youre 64 years old and have an come of 56,000, you p