program with your calls and tweets on the nearly 100 freshman lawmakers that have come to washington. republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. .nd independents, 202-748-8002 a fourth line this morning for those of you who have a freshman member representing you in this congress, 202-748-8003. join us on twitter at @cspanwj or you can go to facebook.com/cspan. good morning. we will wait for your calls to comment on this freshman class. c-span has interviewed over 50 of them to learn about their backgrounds. take a listen. [video clip] i was fortunate enough to play professional hockey. i am a pediatrician through and through. we won the lottery in 2010. i have been with the cia. i was running a restaurant business that has been in my family for 100 years. i was in the technology business. i was president of the university of miami. i am just a small town lawyer from lexington. i am a captain of the national guard, served in afghanistan. servedayor
good to be with you. a first time for you on this program for for those who don t know you, give us a snapshot of who you are and how you got to cover i am from the shenandoah valley, little town called lexington. i live there with my wife and 26-year-old daughters. i am a small-town lawyer and worked on the hill for a little while for congressman bob goodlatte he represented the district for 26 years prior to my being sworn in. and so, those values that i have been seeking to bring to washington, face, family, community and those are the values i am fighting for every day. one of the things you first have to tackle being a new member of congress is this idea border security, particularly on the southern border. what you make of the proposal we ve been hearing about when it comes to the money for border security and keeping the government open? 40 security is a critical core function of government, and if we can t do that, then it falls that we can t do so many other
2020 director of press communications and the former campaign surrogate president biden. sandra: new york republican gubernatorial candidate zelden hitting the trail one day after he was attacked on stage by a man trying to stab him. quite something to see that video. john: the video no question is shocking. we ll get reaction as well. lawmaker talking to reporters last hour about the shocking experience, and the need to reform bail laws. put the suspect back on the streets shortly after the attack. only one option. dramatic video showing the man armed with the weapon approached zelden on stage. he was charged with felony assault, but then released from custody without bail. outcome that zelden predicted would happen due to the new york lenient bail laws. sandra: and the man who helped sub sue the suspect will speak with us in a moment. and andy mccarthy is here to weigh in on the punishment he should be facing, and what do we know about the alleged attacker? well,
lawyer for lying to the fbi. the document also mentions that the lawyer deleted emails. does this set a legal standard maybe hillary clinton will be investigated the rights way with no fix? we also have more information about special counsel mueller s top investigator andrew weissmann, his so-called pit bull, that and more in our breaking news opening monologue. brand-new information in this hour from sara carter, reporting that the house intel chair devin nunes is now asking former top obama administration officials for answers about how much the former president knew about the clinton bought and paid for dossier when he found out about it.t this is the dossier that was filled with russian lies. clinton used it to try to influence and manipulate the minds of the american people. this is the one that the fbi relied heavily on to get the fisa warrant to spy on the trump campaign associate carter page during an election year. sara carter is reporting that congressman nunes se
the document also mentions that the lawyer did deleted emails. does this set a legal standard customers may be hillary clinton will be investigated the right way with no fix. we also have more information about special counsel mueller s top investigator andrew weissmann, his pit bull, that and more in our breaking news opening monologue. brand-new information in this hour from sara carter, reporting that the house intel chair devin nunes is now asking former top obama administration officials about how much the former president knew about the bought and paid for dossier when he found out about it. this is the dossier that was filled with lies. trying to influence and manipulate the minds of the american people. this is the one that the fbi relied heavily on to get the fisa warrant to spy on the trump campaign associate carter page during an election year. sara carter is reporting that congressman nunes santa letters too many unnamed senior obama officials into in the attempt