the house is coming in at 9:00 for an early session. we will bring you live coverage gavel to gavel of that. the president earlier this morning met with the european union leader. this is what one leader had to say after meeting with the president. on one area, first and foremost on counterterrorism. i don t have to explain why. there are some issues that remain open like climate and trade. sure we can say have a common position and opinion about russia. when it comes to the conflict in seems we are on the same line. however, my main message to is we give our cooperation and friendship its deepest meaning. freedom, human rights, respect for human dignity. today is thetask consolidation of the free world around those values, not just our interest. principles, this is what we should be saying. that was the leader of the european union council. the president will later go on to italy for the g7 meeting. if you go to www.c-span.org, you can follow our programming there. another s
watch the battle of midway 75th anniversary special live from the mcarthur memorial visitors center in norfolk, virginia on june 2 beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. announcer: washington journal continues. host: joining us from capitol hill congressman francis rooney from florida, a former ambassador to the vatican from 2005 to 2008. i want to begin with the secretary of state rex tillerson to answer questions from reporters aboard airforce one as they left the vatican yesterday and headed to brussels. here is what he had to say ahead of the president s meeting with nato leaders. well, as the president has said, you know, he really wants to persuade nato members to step up and fully make their obligations under burden sharing. the two percentage g.d.p. was a target they all agreed to. i think you can expect the president to be very tough on them, saying, look, the u.s. is spending 4%. we re doing a lot. the american people are doing a lot
it s a crisis. it doesn t discriminate. it s in every corner of my state. earlier this month a police officer named chris green in east liverpool, ohio, had a near fatal fentanyl overdose following a routine traffic stop. he went up to a car and noticed there was white powder spread around the car. he put on his mask and gloves, arrested some individuals, went back to the police station, and noticed that on his shirt there was some powder. he reached up like this and brushed the powder off his shirt. this guy is 6 3 , 225 pounds, big man. and he fell to the floor unconscious and overdosed. they administered narcan immediately but it wasn t enough. they had to rush him to the hospital, where two more narcan doses were administered. and luckily his life was saved. his police chief said he would have died he had been alone. his police chief said, what if he had gone home with that powder on his shirt and hugged his kid? that s just an example of what we re facing. it s an obviou
command. this is hearing of fiscal year 2018 priorities and national security space enterprise. we re honored to have a panel of expert witnesses in our space program to join us here today and before i introduce them, though, want to take a moment to acknowledge that while i can t imagine there being a better place to work and for the subcommittee on the house armed services committee, apparently somebody thinks there s a better job on washington, d.c. this will be the last hearing that steve can tell you will be in his current position. he s going to work for the secretary of defense, assistant secretary of defense for space policy. our loss is the secretary s gain. so we re going to miss him. he s been with us for a long time. i know he ll do a great job for our country in his next capacity as well. so good luck, buddy. this committee does a great job for our country. lieutenant general david buck, betty sapp, director of national reconnaissance office and robert cardil
emphasizing the role of the buffalo soldiers in opening the west. we are fortunate to have him here from our neighbor to the southwest, arizona. he earned his ba in history and historical archaeology, his ma in history with a concentration on the american west and spanish borderlands with the second emphasis on film history from the university of san diego. he later earned his phd in military history from kansas state university. after a 45 year in public history, he retired to tucson in 2015. he is the author of dozens of books, including fighting for uncle sam blacks in the frontier army. that is for sale today in our get shop following the lecture. we are excited to welcome dr. john langellier. join me in a round of applause as we welcome him to the podium. [applause] john: i feel like a telemarketer. [laughter] john: i will send you every month a book that i have written that no one wants if you sign up now. at any rate thank you for , allowing me to be here. this is a