major new sanctions? guest: we do not know yet that i expect the administration will continue what they have already done. they have tried to target iran s energy sector, shipping sector. they are trying to make the pain as acute as they can and targeting the regime. they are trying to really put pressure on the regime. they want to do economic harm to iran to compel them to come back to the negotiating table and strike a broader deal than what the obama administration got, which just focused on iran s nuclear program. to president one wants focus on their behaviors across the region, with their support for hezbollah and other groups, and some of the things they have done in iraq and elsewhere. this is vintage trump. he does not want to do small deals. he wants to do the whole thing. but former flats from the u.s. and europe will have been involved in this say that will be extremely hard. no one really sees, right now, that there is interest from iranian officials to do a b
you can catch up with us on social media. on twitter it is @cspanwj. on facebook it is facebook.com/cspan. very good monday morning to you. you can start calling in on this question of war power authority. here is the basics. the constitution and powering the president to wage wars as commander-in-chief. the constitution empowering congress to declare wars and fund wars. presidents can order u.s. troops when the country is attacked or attack appears imminent, but the war powers resolution requires a president terminate combat unless there is congressional passedzation to continue over the veto of richard nixon. the war powers debate has stemmed from how much the war power authorizations have been stretched and some argue stretched too far. in particular, the 2001 authorization of use of military force a week after the september 11 attacks. that said the president is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those authorizations or organizations in order
they gavel in for those votes at 6:30 here on c-span. until then, a look at the week ahead in washington from today s washington journal. week, when congress each is in session, we like to take time to take a look at what is happening at both ends of pennsylvania avenue. to do that, we are joined by wall street journal congress reporter natalie andrews. and we welcome back roll call white house reporter john bennett. set tod of new sanctions be announced today on iran from washington. what do we know about these major new sanctions? guest: we do not know yet that i expect the administration will continue what they have already done. they have tried to target iran s energy sector, shipping sector. they are trying to make the pain as acute as they can and targeting the regime. they are trying to really put pressure on the regime. they want to do economic harm to iran to compel them to come back to the negotiating table and strike a broader deal than what the obama admini
the trump administration s proposal to reduce the number of refugees allowed into the u.s. and issue one s michael beckel discusses the report on dark money campaign spending. shows texaspoll republican ted cruz slightly edging out beto o rourke in the texas senate contest. both men set to debate tonight. you can see that on c-span, c-span.org, and our radio out. president trump holds a rally tonight. watch that at 7:30 on c-span 2, the website, and the radio app. this is the washington journal . christine blasey ford says she is open to testify next week in front of the senate judiciary committee about her allegations about judge brett kavanaugh. she has made conditions part of her deal. there is no word on if the committee will honor those requests. your thoughts on the latest and you can call on one of three lines. if you support judge kavanaugh, it is 202-748-8000. if you support professor blah the ford blasey ford, 202-748-8001. if you are not sure who you support,
8:00, let s get started. i am francine kiefer, congressional correspondent for the christian science monitor filling in for linda feldman who is traveling with donald trump. our guest today is representative steve stivers, chair of the republican national committee and this is his first appearance at a monitor breakfast. now for a little bit of background. steve stivers was born in cincinnati and earned his bachelors degree and mba from ohio state university. since 1985 he has served in the ohio army national guard and holds the rank of brigadier general. in 2002 congressman steve stivers was elected to the ohio senate and in 2004 he was called for active duty in operation iraqi freedom serving in a rack, kuwait, and djibouti. he received a bronze star for his service as a battalion commander. steve stivers is also any girl scout. he has been a member of the house since 2011 and in 2017, he took on the task of trying to preserve his party s house majority as chair of the an