government shutdown, call. if you oppose it we have a separate line for federal workers. 202-748-8002. and you can weigh in on social media this morning. cspanwj is our twitter handle and you can post a comment on facebook.com/cspan. trump s new chief of staff warns of shutdown dragging on. mick mulvaney said, this is what washington looks like when you have a president that refuses to get along. here is what he had to say yesterday. i met with the vice president and mr. schumer as your story indicated to talk about where we were in the discussions. given a counter offer to mr. schumer late yesterday afternoon. and immediately after, the senate went into recess until at least thursday. i don t think things are going to move very quickly for the next couple of days. are we talking a week? until the new congress comes in? shutdownvernment is today and tomorrow for a federal holiday anyway. wednesday is really the first day that this kicks in. the paychecks will go out o
to c-span.org. washington journal continues. katrina vanden heuvel joins us. what is the state of progressivism in the donald trump? time.s a tough there is much honesty and the politics right now. i do think that we saw in the campaign, first of all, the nation endorsed bernie sanders. and then hillary clinton and the general election. the bernie sanders reveal is a country that has a hunger for what i would call progressive majority positions on a range of issues, such as higher education, medicare for all, and the democratic platform that emerged from the campaign. hillary clinton won the popular vote by close to 3 million votes and i think we have a largely progressive centerleft country which, for a variety of reasons that we can talk about, has been , hasn t been realized and i think it s going to take a lot of work, a lot of structural work and ideas work, work as a years old,100 and 51 the oldest weekly and american history. work that we are dedicated to. i think
washington journal continues. katrina vanden heuvel joins us. what is the state of progressivism in the donald trump? time.s a tough there is much honesty and the politics right now. i do think that we saw in the campaign, first of all, the nation endorsed bernie sanders. and then hillary clinton and the general election. the bernie sanders reveal is a country that has a hunger for what i would call progressive majority positions on a range of issues, such as higher education, medicare for all, and the democratic platform that emerged from the campaign. hillary clinton won the popular vote by close to 3 million votes and i think we have a largely progressive centerleft country which, for a variety of reasons that we can talk about, has been , hasn t been realized and i think it s going to take a lot of work, a lot of structural work and ideas work, work as a years old,100 and 51 the oldest weekly and american history. work that we are dedicated to. i think we are in a pla
nominee judge neil gorsuch. this was posted at the university law center. [inaudible conversations] so i guess we will get started. [inaudible] who want to welcome all of you here to a discussion of the nomination of the supreme court. i will introduce [inaudible] he will introduce the other panelists. take it away. thank you for coming. thank you. so we promised you an engaging roundtable of experts. [inaudible] i am going to introduce the panelists. on the talk about the format and then get underway. to my right history into common a partner at jones day where i m guessing he now wonders he and steve holy spirit is a graduate of your law school, former law clerk for justice kalina and argued numerous cases before the supreme court. to his right history and three, president of the american constitution society. she is a graduate [inaudible] and then, kristine lucius is a graduate of georgetown law. served as chief counsel of the judiciary committee, spending the last
tour of asia. in the include stops philippines and malaysia. were american doctors killed by an afghan security guard who opened fire at a kabul hospital. one headline from the wall street journal. troops truce with russia crumbles. you can send us a tweet at @cspanwj. facebook at us on facebook.com/cspan or you journal@c-span.org can send us an e-mail at journal@c-span.org journal@c-span.org . the clemency shift is consistent with the white house effort to address the rising cost of prison overpopulation and what it sees as an unfair justice system, especially to those serving longer sentences because of tough criminal penalties put in place years ago. there s is also this headline with a photograph of the deputy attorney general who made the announcement officially yesterday. with crime rates at historic lows, eric holder has urged the sentencing system be overhauled, portraying it as a civil rights issue. here is more from the deputy attorney general yesterday. [video