fourth, congress should provide temporary emergency funding for brand usa. america's destination marketing organization. over the last seven years, brand usa's marketing efforts generated a 26 to 1 return on investment for the u.s. economy. however, the drastic decline in collections due to international travel restrictions combined with scarce private sector contributions during the economic crisis have decimated the program's funding. if brand usa is unable to continue its important work, international travel recovery will be severely limited. specific policies can also be implemented to improve the industry's long-term competitiveness and ensure that we come back stronger than ever. these policies include passing the visit america act, which senator sullivan introduced last year, to elevate travel leadership in the federal government. this would strengthen the commerce department's role in coordinating federal travel policies and set consistent national goals and strategies to boost travel exports. finally, investing in our country's infrastructure will h

. ,♪ [rap music in background] >> ♪ what the shotgun quota, republican vota, don't believe in the usa ♪ rep. gaetz: thank you, amy. thank you to my amazing fiancÉ, ginger. i love you with all of my heart and i can assure you the best is , indeed yet to come. keep fighting. after a russian hoax, and an knock ukraine election sequel, and election stolen as a consequence of illegal changes to the rules, folks have got to know that i will take on the establishment of the parties and were not have it any other way. we have your back, is a sentiment i have heard from thousands of americans. in restaurants, walking through public parks, sometimes out on the street. in emails and online donations and i cannot tell you how much it means to me. this past week has been full of encouragement from president trump, marjorie taylor greene, and jim jordan. let me assure you i have not yet begun to fight for the country i love and the nation i know benefits from america first principles. i am built for the battle and i am not going anywhere. the smears against me range from distortions of my person

. >> sunday night on q&a, a conversation with usa today washington bureau chief susan page about her biography "madam speaker" on the political career of nancy pelosi. >> she was planning once hillary clinton was elected in many of us that she would be elected, she was making plans that she was 76 years old and has nine children and had things she wanted to do. that election night was a shock for her and for so many others. she said that once she realized donald trump was going to win the election it was like a mule was kicking her physically. she didn't say it metaphorically, she felt like a mill was kicking her over -- a mule was kicking her over and over again. she said she would try to protect democratic ideals. >> susan page on her biography sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a as a pot cat -- as a podcast where you get your podcasts. >> next, we'll show you some proceedings of the final day of the trial of derek chauvin. derek shown was found guilty of two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter in the death of george floyd. first, abo

. >> sunday night, a conversation with usa today washington bureau chief susan page about her biography, madame speaker on the political career of nancy pelosi. >> she was planning once hillary clinton was elected, i put myself in my camp, thought she was going to be elected. nancy pelosi was making plans to step down. she is 76 years old, had nine grandchildren. that election night was a shock for her and so many others. she said once she realized donald trump was going to win the election, it was like a mule was kicking her, she felt like a mule was kicking her over and over again. she decided she was not going to go anywhere, that she was going to try to stand up to donald trump and protect democratic priorities. >> susan page on her biography, madame speaker sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. you could listen to q and day as 8 -- question in an -- "q&a," as a podcast. >> the white house released a statement today referring to the killings of our medians -- armenians by turkish forces as genocide. it has been avoided i passed u.s. presidents for fear of damaging u.s.-turkey relations

vaccine passports, this is the headline from "usa today." the headline on their website, with this text message from greg in cleveland, ohio. "i believe it's a violation of people's privacy, talking about papers to make sure they were free, calling it the same scenario as slaves with passport papers. -- papers." louise, north carolina, you support the idea. why? caller: yes, you have to have your drivers license showing the different things. our country has become selfish. they use freedom of speech and everything else for this. if the president, our former president would have came out and told the truth about covid, we wouldn't have this problem. he also has been vaccinated. but is not really out there for the republicans, telling them to hear that. we have became such a selfish country. people have a right to not vaccinate, but they don't have a right to put everybody else's health where we will get sick. i an african-american. there are more now that are getting vaccinated and were tested. i just, republicans and other democrats are doin

usa today running with a story of this gallup poll that just came out and several other publications as well. that first live reading, more americans identifying that they are democrats by a margin that hasn't been seen in a decade. that is according to a poll released by gallup on wednesday. joining us via zoom to talk about the result of the report is jeffrey jones, good morning. guest: thanks for having me. host: what prompted you to ask this question? guest: this is something gallup has been tracking for a long time. party identification is a major predictor of how people vote and how they think about issues. gallup has been measuring party id since 1944. starting in 1991, we began to ask independents where they lean. in u.s. politics it is basically a choice of two options. and you push independents to lean you get a better sense of how elections might turn out. host: let's talk about that topline making headlines with more people saying they are democrats this year. talk about how that came about. guest: 49% of americans lean democratic. 19% are independents who lean democratic

conversation with "usa today" washington bureau chief susan page about her biography, "madam speaker: on the political career of nancy pelosi." >> not many people knew this, she was planning, once hillary clinton was elected, as so many people, i would put myself in that camp, thought she'd be elected in 2016, nancy pelosi was making plans to step down. she was 76 years old. she had nine grandchildren. she had some other thing she is wanted to do. but that election night was a shock. for her and for so many others. she said that once she realized donald trump was going to win the election, it was like a mule was kicking her. physically. she didn't say this metaphorically. she said she felt like a mule was kicking her over and over again. by the end of that night she decided she wasn't going to go anywhere. she was going to stay, try to stand up to donald trump. and also to protect democratic priorities including the affordable care act. >> susan page on her biography "madam speaker" sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "q&a." you can also listen to "q&a" as a podcast, where you get yo

here are the headlines this morning from some of the national papers starting with "usa today." the headline "guilty of murder." the front page of "the washington post," the subtitle is tears and jubilation outside the courtroom. a rare rebuke of police violence in the united states. the front page of "the wall street journal" their stubhub -- sub headline, facing 40 years in the case that cited unrest. taking your phone calls throughout this morning, spending all three hours getting your reaction. regional lines this morning. (202) 748-8000 in the eastern or central time zones. (202) 748-8001 if you are in the mountain or pacific time zones. yesterday after the verdict was announced the minnesota attorney general offered his thoughts about the verdict's message to the country. >> i would not call today's verdict justice, because justice implies true restoration. but, it is accountability, which is the first step towards justice. now the cause of justice is in your hands. when i say your hands i mean the hands of the people of the united states. george floyd mattered. he was lov

it is always going to hurt usa society and south american slave wage workers. what have been the benefits of allowing refugees into our country? guest: when we talk about refugees, of course, we have to differentiate them from the unauthorized immigrant population. unauthorized immigrants, many of them work under the table. some of them work with false documents. they also do generate a lot of benefit for the country, to. they take a lot of jobs that other people in the country do not want to take, working the fields, growing crops, working and plans to process the food, etc. refugees are a different story. they are formerly employed and insisted -- and assisted in finding formal employment. the vast majority of them do find employment. they are required to do that within their first few months in the country. they are allowed and provided federal assistance for retraining and education. many refugees are highly skilled. they may have been doctors or scientists in their own countries. certain countries -- russia, former soviet republics, iran come to mind have

the headline from usa today, our question is whether or not there should be vaccine passports. dr. scott gottlieb responded to michael oser home on the threat of a fourth wave in the country. >> i don't think it will be a true fourth wave. we have delayed the point where we can get this behind us. with the rate that we have right now, 4 million people a day, that will reach 5 billion people per day. level of immunity, we have probably infected about 130 million americans. i think that there is enough immunity in the population you won't see a true fourth wave of infection. we are seeing pockets and younger people who haven't been vaccinated. also school-age children. michigan, minnesota, its outbreaks in schools and infections in social cohorts who were maybe doing a better job sheltering and now they are out and about eating exposed and infected. the infection is changing its contours. host: this from jim on twitter, we are open to discussing the passport, you had to be asleep at the switch not to see it coming. carol is joining us from texas. you oppose the idea of passports. why

. >> sunday night on "q&a," a conversation with "usa today" washington bureau chief susan paige about her biography, "madam speaker," on this epolitical career of nancy pelosi. >> not many people knew this but she was planning once hillary clinton was elected, as so many people, i put myself in that camp, thought she'd be elected, nancy pelosi was making plans to step down. she was 76 years old, had nine grandchildren, had other thing she is wanted to do. but that election night was shock for her and for so many others. she said that once she realized donald trump was going to win the election, it was like a mule was kicking her. physically. she didn't say this metaphorically. she said she felt like a mule was kicking her over and over again. by the end of the night she decided she wasn't going to go anywhere. she was going to stay, try to stand up to donald trump and also to protect democratic priorities including the affordable care act. >> susan page on her biography, "madam speaker," sunday night on c-span's "q&a." you can also listen to "q&a" as a podcast wherever you get your po

i remember interviews with him and david jackson for usa today just before the midterms in 2018, and at this time, many of trump's aides and strategists were alarmed by the possibility that democrats would gain control of the house. they understand all that meant in terms of investigations, even in terms of impeachment. but donald trump, president trump, in this interview aboard air force one was not that concerned. he said he could work with them. they could work with the democratic because they would also want to get things done. of course, things turned out a bit differently. host: we will talk about some of this as the hour progresses. before we get more into the pathway to power. how long ago did you start your book? guest: i started about two and half years ago. host: you write that she granted you 10 interviews. how difficult was that negotiation? guest: i was grateful. i did not have a deal with her beforehand, before i signed the contract on the book. but i had interviewed her over the years occasionally for news stories. i thought she would probably talk to me a little bit.

turning point usa, charlie kurt does. candace owens. a lot of conservatives are talking about criminal justice reform and putting on stage, on camera, in front of people. it is getting a great reception. he got a great reception at the republican convention. it really is an important subject. it is an opportunity we have to own it as republicans and to take edge to the nation. >> my good friend from law school, been friends for 30 years, is senator mike lee. we have both served together as prosecutors and the federal system. he said he is engaged in criminal justice reform not despite being a conservative but because he is a conservative. and because we've seen -- we have seen the criminal justice system -- if you believe big government is inefficient and all other areas except the criminal justice system, you have a rude awakening when you actually pull up the curtain and look what is back there. because there are aspects that are broken and they will only get fixed if conservatives step forward and say, i will do that. is it possible

that would allow international travel to come back to not only sky harbor but other airports in the usa network from economic development and one trip to phoenix from london with an annual economic impact of $850 million per year. so we are very supportive of any international travel and we welcome when they make that happen. >> i yield back. >> we are at the end of today's hearing. thank you again for our witnesses for their testimony we will remain open for two weeks and any senators who would like to submit questions should do so by may 5th and your respo>> "washington journa" continues. host: rafael mangual is with us.

in addition to the usa today, i encourage everyone to read a piece from the new york times. it documents scientific insight from health officials. here is what one peter trish and from san francisco said. quote, we are witnessing a significant public health crisis in our children who are experiencing unprecedented mental illness and physical ailments during this time. this would be mitigated if not completely alleviated by in person schooling,". i understand our focus today is on child safety in an increasingly digital age. surely we can agree science, not fear, should dictate how we perfect them -- protect them and build a new future. we can mitigate a lot of the harm we are talking about today by not letting another day go bio school closures. that is what will give our children the best chance to succeed and thrive in life. specifically regarding protection online, i am committed and convicted to the importance of updating and modernizing our laws. i look forward to joining bipartisan work for data and privacy protection, especially children's privacy. i sincerely hope th

usa today running with a story of this gallup poll that just came out and several other publications as well. that first live reading, more americans identifying that

a question from edward in new jersey, what is the endgame these groups want when they overthrow the usa? guest: it is different for everyone. if you look at the old line militias, they became very trump -aligned in the last several years. as long as trump was the president, they were supportive of trump. when trump was no longer the president, then they swung back into full antigovernment mode. they talk relentlessly about the constitution and returning to a true interpretation of the foundational documents of this country. that is the thing that they are excited about and they are fixated on. when you get to the boogaloo boys, who are the more recent militia movement, the newer incarnation, they do a lot of the same talk, the constitution, the founding fathers. but they are very fixated on arcane tangents and libertarian theories. they talk about reducing all government to the point where basically the only functional government is your local sheriff and your local county government and basically federal government withers away. host: the documentary also addresses the plot to kidnap m

vaccine passports, this is the headline from "usa today." the headline on their website, with this text message from greg in cleveland, ohio. "i believe it's a violation of people's privacy, talking about papers to make sure they were free, calling it the same scenario as slaves with passport papers. -- papers." louise, north carolina, you support the idea. why? caller: yes, you have to have your drivers license showing the different things. our country has become selfish. they use freedom of speech and everything else for this. if the president, our former president would have came out and told the truth about covid, we wouldn't have this problem. he also has been vaccinated. but is not really out there for the republicans, telling them to hear that. we have became such a selfish country. people have a right to not vaccinate, but they don't have a right to put everybody else's health where we will get sick. i an african-american. there are more now that are getting vaccinated and were tested. i just, republicans and other democrats are doin

this is the headline from today's usa today. the officers fate with the jury, the nation on edge as the trial of george floyd's death near its -- nears its end. closing arguments yesterday and today begins the jury's second day as they remain sequestered until they released -- reach a verdict or become deadlocked and cannot reach a verdict. one more headline from today's paper, tight security to greet the verdict whenever it comes. major cities bracing for violence as the jury gets its case. asking you what you think the jury should decide. if you remember, would you say derek chauvin is guilty. it is (202) 748-8000 if you say so. if he is not guilty, (202) 748-8001. if you are not sure, (202) 748-8002. we continue your calls until the top of the hour, 9:00 a.m. eastern. we will be joined by a couple members of congress on the "washington journal." cheyenne's first out of wisconsin on the line for those who say derek chauvin should be found guilty. go ahead. caller: yes. i believe derek chauvin is absolutely guilty. the jury sho

. >> usa that if democrats are able to negotiate -- you are saying that if democrats are able to negotiate, that they need to find some other way. sec. psaki: unless i think that package does not need to be paid for. we are open to hearing ideas and proposals. eliminating salt is a revenue -- is not a revenue raiser. it is something that either would have to be paid for or not. our focus right now is on ensuring that we are getting relief to the american people who are most impacted by the downturn. the till minyan -- the 10 million out of work. the people who are looking to be a part of the growing industry of the future. we understand that many democrats or some democrats i should say are focused on that. >> document increment -- immigrants to get vaccinated but they don't have a drivers license or id. i know the federal government, but what can you do, is there anything the admission she can do to advocate on their behalf -- is there anything that the administration can do to advocate on their behalf? sec. psaki: the more people that are vaccinated, documented or not, the safer we are a

. >> last question, liz wise at "usa today." liz: hey, thanks for taking my question. on a different note, i realized herd immunity is a somewhat problematic term, but given the data out of israel with plummeting. rates, where do you think the u.s. will have to get to see that kind of payoff and is anything like heard immunity possible there? dr. fauci: i think you said it correct that herd immunity is an elusive commodity, because we don't know the percentage of people that are protected by vaccination, as well as those who were infected and have recovered and now have protective immunity. again, we can only surmise what that is. i have said in the past and it is purely an estimate, that would be somewhere between 70% and 85%. i think we need to get away from waiting for this mystical, elusive number, and getting as many people as we possibly can get vaccinated as quickly as possible. israel has not had the overwhelming majority of the population vaccinated yet, however, they are seeing a very, very beneficial effect already, so whether or not they will have reached h

we held china accountable for years of trade abuses and we brought jobs back to the usa. [applause] and in the face of the worst pandemic it wanted for years we lost -- flush the greatest national mobilization since world war ii. testing, manufacturing and distribution of literally millions of medical supplies, direct payments to families and businesses that saved some 50 million american jobs, and before the year was out, we had three safe and effective vaccines available for the american people and were vaccinating one million people a day on the day we left office. [applause] only in america. it is extraordinary to think about the progress the american people have made. i did see our new president was on television at a little town hall. remember he said that there was no vaccine before he took office , which must have been news to many, because he had already been vaccinated. the truth is it is not about taking credit. the american people deserve the credit for responding to this pandemic, and every day we are one day closer to putting it in the past once and for all.

usa has homegrown terror cells. we saw that on january 6. they conform anywhere at a moments notice in a rally calling for insurrection. they have to decide if they want to defend it or submit to taliban tyranny and cruelty. it is unrealistic to expect us to continue to fight for something they do not value enough to fight for. also, it's ironic and contrary that the republicans supported trump's policy to end endless wars, but opposed president biden's decision to do the same. brian in virginia. from facebook, if we are going to encourage democracy building, about two terrorism of -- about two decades of anti-terrorism whack a mole has unified the terrorist groups. and if anyone wants to bring them home, all allies have to be on the same page before it can be done. as for continued terror, it moved from explosions, culminated with a big implosion of behavior on one/six. in nebraska, mercedes, supporting the president's decision. caller: thank you for having me this morning. i would like to first of all say i was 11 when bush gave that speec

>> mayberry, usa never did exist. >> i'm talking about serving the public in a respectable job, a job that pays decently, you can live ok on it and you want to serve the public. do you think they are more those , or more people who want to be like dirty harry? >> there are more good guys, definitely. there are more good cops. >> to eugene in waterbury, connecticut. >> good morning. it hurts me when people call who are not people of color, who have not been victims. you have been victims for centuries. our leaders have been killed, assassinations by police officers. i have been a victim. i live in a community that is crime driven. i have been a victim. i do not commit any crime. i try to obey the laws. i am in my own house and i became a victim of police brutality. it has to stop. something has to be done. it hurts so much. we have to stop being victims. >> usa today and one of their opinion pieces, he is a disease that afflicts all americans. too often we frame hate as an angry white majority against beleaguered minorities. if we are going to reform police and defeat hate, americans o

. >> sundayq night on&a, a conversation with usa today washington bureau chief susan page about her biography, madame speaker, on the political career of nancy pelosi. >> she was planning once hillary clinton was elected, nancy pelosi was making plans to step down. she had some other the things she wanted to do. that election night was a shock for her and for so many others. she said that once she realized donald trump was going to win the election, it was like a mule was kicking her physically. she said she felt like a mule was kicking her over and over. by the end of that night, she said she was not going anywhere, that she would stay and try to stand up to donald trump and also to protect democratic priorities including the affordable care act. >> susan page on her biography, madame speaker, sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a and you can listen to it as a podcast where you get your podcasts. >> a memorial service was held for florida congressman alcee hastings at the u.s. capitol and a number of his colleagues spoke about his life and career. he passed away earlier this month a

i think manufacturing usa is a smart and demonstrated strategy and we should build it. my last question, housing provides the platform on which everything else good happens in families and communities. without housing you can't build a community. i'm grateful for the investments the president is proposing in housing for communities. i'm a co-sponsor for the neighborhood homes investment act to cover the cost of building or renovating a home in a distressed area. what gap do you think the neighbor at homes investment act will fill in the larger federal effort to make homes more affordable and thank you for your indulgence, mr. chairman. >> first, thank you for sponsoring it. one of the things i'm excited about is it is going to allow small businesses to get into this business and to work in communities where many of them already live. so it empowers the community and creates jobs. and it keeps the costs down. so i think it's an outstanding program, and i am hopeful that we can get it passed. >> thank you. thank you all. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator hoef

that is the story on the front page of usa today. a 94-1 vote, senator holly of missouri was the one lone vote against the legislation. and yesterday, news came out just before 9:00 a.m., the number of americans apply for unemployment aid fell last week to 547,000, the lowest point since the pandemic struck. layoffs are slowing on the strength of an improving jobs market. another story, we have talked a lot about infrastructure, and we will continue to do so as president biden's infrastructure proposal makes its way through prague -- congress. senate republicans unveiled their own infrastructure bill, what they are calling a real infrastructure plan, $568 billion for a real infrastructure plan, as they are calling it here this is the story from the washington times. that proposal focusing on bridges and roads and railways and airports. republicans noting that their plan does not include the many "human infrastructure components" of mr. biden's plans . republicans concerned at what is being defined infrastructure in that plan. $400 bi

this is the headline from usa today. saying john boehner rebukes the current day gop and here is an excerpt from the book. speaker boehner saying under the new rules of crazy town, i may have been speaker, but i did not hold all the power. by 2013, the chaos caucus in the house had bit up -- had built up their own power base thanks to fawning right ways -- right wing media. they had a new lunatic leading the way who is not even a house member. there is nothing more dangerous than a reckless a whole who thinks he is smarter than everybody else. ladies and gentlemen, meet senator ted cruz. he enlisted the crazy caucus of the gop in what was truly a dumbass idea, not that anybody asked me. sitting down on cbs's sunday morning and the speaker was asked about that reference. >> you write in your book that you became mayor of crazy town. what does that mean? >> by 2010, talk radio had been around for a while. by 2010 we had the internet and we started to have apps, and people really didn't need the party as much as they used t

he has since written pieces on criminal law for usa, forbes, the washington post and u.s. news & world report. he has appeared on many major networks and has testified before congress. his expertise centers on criminal procedure sentencing and capital punishment. jennifer givens is an associate professor of law at the university of virginia and the director of the innocence project clinic. she previously worked with an assistant federal defender for the eastern district of pennsylvania. as a senior staff attorney with the virginia capital representation center where she represented inmates on death row. she has argued before trial courts in pennsylvania and virginia. she is a graduate of the university college of law. she will join us after the debate for audience q&a. just so you know during debate, you can summit your questions through the q&a feature at the bottom of your screen or you can use the raise hand function. until the q&a debate begins, we are going to turn to the debate portion. professor, you will go first. i will turn it over to you. >> thank you very much.

he has since written up its uncritical law for usa today, forbes, the washington post, and u.s. news and world report -- he has since written op-eds. his expertise centers on criminal procedure, punishment, and capital punishment. jennifer gibbons is an associate professor of law at the university of virginia and director of the innocence project clinic. she was a defender in the capital habeas unit in the district of virginia with the virginia representation resource center, where she represented inmates on death row. she has argued before virginia's supreme court and the fourth circuit. she is a graduate of depaul university college of law. professor gibbons will join us after the debate for audience q&a. for the audience, as you know, during the debate, you can summit questions via the q&a feature on your screen, or you can use the raise your hand function, and i will unmute you so you can ask your question allows. before the q&a, we turn to the debate function. professor steiker, you will go first, so i turn it over to you. professor steiker: thank you chloe, both for the ge

i was reading a thing about the bay of pigs on usa today, and most generals at the time, the cia was not supposed to go in and do military operations. the dod was supposed to go into cuba to get rid of castro. guest: yes. both eisenhower and kennedy were unwilling to commit, at least openly, u.s. military forces to the overthrow of the castro regime. one of the great concerns was to maintain good relations with the rest of latin america. latin america, latin american people saw the united states as overbearing. they didn't like the monroe doctrine. they didn't like to be in america's backyard. and for good foreign policy reasons, it was ruled out that we would have the united states military openly go against the castro regime. now, kennedy considered that when it came to the event that happened some 18 months later, the cuban missile crisis, but that's another story. host: what made u.s. officials decide to back the bay of pigs invasion? what was going on that made u.s. officials decide to consider any type of intervention in cuba at this point? guest: well, castro was definitely co

other things coming out of that event at the rose garden yesterday, but the topic of ghost guns, "usa today" clarifying they are guns without serial numbers that are largely untraceable, do not require typical background checks for purchase, also known as kick guns or 80% guns. there also purchased in a kit that allows the buyer to assemble it at home. you can look at what are known as red flag laws, and some states that carry them. 19 states and the district of columbia have enacted the extreme risk protection order laws that allow those on the front lines, law enforcement, and depending on the jurisdiction, family members, health professionals, and school administrators to ask a court to prevent the person at risk of violence to themselves or others from purchasing or possessing firearms. to find out more about those states and how they play out those laws, you can go to the johns hopkins university site. we will ask you about these actions issued by the white house yesterday, by the president. if you support them, (202) 748-8000. if you oppose them, (202) 748-8001. and you can text

i am the president and campus coordinator of turning point usa at purdue. in the past five years, there have been 99 this invitation attempts from universities to various invited speakers. as we are seeing a rise in political polarization, it is seen in the foundation of individual rights to this invitation database that the rate has been increasing since 2015 and it is expected this issue will continue unless we find a way to turn down hostility. schools -- outright -- how would you suggest that students go about sharing diversity of thought on campus and that their school administration is holding true to their first amendment rights? >> senator, you are a state official. you go first. >> i do not understand why administrations would disinvited anyone. i understand that people may have got feelings about things, but the worst thing would be -- contrary to what i said -- embrace diversity, under -- understand each other. in my opinion, there is a spectrum of what you do. if you said you wanted to invite the oath keepers, i would say that it is a bad idea b