[chatter] >> on the next washington journal,cpac. several republican lawmakers governors and presidential candidates. then, a discussion on the upcoming court case that

challenges the affordable care act. and, the atlantic council talks about the threat of the islamic terrorist group to the united states. we will take your comments on facebook and twitter. >> the american israel public affairs committee is holding its annual public affairs conference in washington, it d.c. this weekend. it is described as america's pro-islamic lobby. we will have remarks live beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> d c-span city store takes book tv on the road. traveling to united states cities to learn about their

history and literary life. we partnered with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1860 nine, sailing ships were dealt a death blow. with the opening of the canal coal-fire chipset a shorter route to the far east, to india, to all those markets. so, sailing ships needed to find a way to make their own living. so they started carrying that lower value cargoes. call. cotton. etc.. so, alyssa found her niche in carrying any kind of cargo that did not require getting to market at a fast pace. >> watch all of our events from gallup -- from galveston on

saturday. and sunday at 2 p.m. on history tv on c-span three. >> in his weekly address president obama discusses , retirement issues and new rules to protect middle-class america's future earnings. representative jim renee c of ohio has the republican response. he talks about the importance of saving for college and legislation passed by the house earlier this week that expands 529 savings plans. president barack obama: hi everybody. in america we believe that a lifetime of hard work and responsibility should be rewarded with a shot at a secured, dignified retirement. it's one of the critical components of middle-class life. this week i took new steps to protect it. six years after the crisis that shook a lot of people's faith, our economy is growing. last year was the best year for job growth since the 1990's. over the past five years

private sector has added 12 million new jobs. since i took office, the stock market has more than doubled replenishing the 401(k)s of millions of families. we have more work to do to make sure our recovery reaches more americans, not just those at the top. that is what middle class economics is all about, the idea that this country does best when everyone gets their fair shot, everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules. making sure everyone plays by the same set of rules is why we pass historic wall street reform and a bill of rights. it's why we are taking new actions to protect hard-working families and their retirement security. if you are working hard and putting away money, you should have the peace of mind that the financial advice you are getting a sound. that your investments are protected.

any financial advisors put their client interests first. some get back your payments and hidden fees. all told, that bad advice costs middle-class families and working families about $17 billion every year. i called on the department of labor to change that, to update the rules and require that retirement advisors put the best interests of their clients above their own financial interests. middle-class families cannot afford to lose their hard-earned savings after a lifetime of work. they deserve you treated with fairness and respect. that is what this rule would do. while many financial advisors support these basic safeguards, i know special interests will

fight this with everything they've got. while we welcome different perspectives and ideas on how to move forward, what i will not accept this there is -- not accept is the notion that there's nothing we can do. we are going to keep pushing for this rule, because it is the right thing to do. for our workers and our country. the strength of our economy rests on whether hard-working families cannot only share an american success but contribute america's success. that is one i will never stop fighting for, an economy where everyone works hard and has a chance to get ahead. thanks and have a great weekend. >> good morning. i'm jim renacci and i have the honor of representing the good people of ohio 16th congressional district. this week the house of representatives passed a good bipartisan bill that can help many middle-class families. i would like to take a moment to tell you about it. first, a story. like many of you i was the first in my family to go to college. ours was a working-class union

family, so i had to pay my own way through school. to do that i worked any number of jobs. truck driver, road crew, you name it. as an accountant i have seen countless parents struggle with putting away money for their kids' tuition. you know how it is. you want to make sure they have it better than you do. just at the time that the cost is going up and incomes are barely moving, that job has only gotten harder. so last month, when president obama proposed taxing 529 plans, people were understandably outraged. we talk about rewarding people who work hard and play by the rules. they empower families to set up accounts for their children right from when they are born and down the line they can use that money for books, fees tuition, and room and board.

there are 12 million of these accounts open in all 50 states. why would we stop that growth? so the government can take even more of the money we works so hard to put away? thankfully, after a public outcry, the president was forced to drop the idea. with all the challenges middle-class families are making right now we need to make it easier, not harder to save. our plan will do a few simple things to first qualifying expenses under accounts. we remove unnecessary paperwork for administrators of these plans. third we allow families to redeposit funds without taxes or penalty. it is just good piece of mind to

have. the bill passed was more than 400 votes. now we just need president obama to help us get this done. together, let's make sure 529 plans will be there for middle-class families for years to come. we all know a good education means a great opportunity and a stronger economy. let's take this step to make college more affordable and easier to plan. thank you for giving me a few minutes of your time. keep track of the republican-led congress. on c-span, c-span2, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> this sunday on q&a, baltimore police commissioner on the challenges of policing the city. drags it was clear to me that i still had a problem with public trust and people believing what

i said. regardless of that i stand before you and say use of force is down 46 percent, lawsuits are down, officer-involved shootings are down, we are down, we're moving in positive ways, people in community say they do not believe it. >> sunday night on c-span's qa day. -- q&a. >> coming up a discussion on press freedom and the growing terrorist threat. it and then a discussion on the saying black lives matter with college professor david bryce. >> the french-american foundation recently hosted a program on the impact radicalism is having on press freedom. speakers include to journalists to write for the new york times and the wall street journal. they talk about the recent terrorist attack on the french

magazine charlie hebdo. this is one hour and 20 minutes. wallace: i am going to have to introduce a little bit to make sure that everyone understands the order of the day. i'm going to ask, who as you probably already know, is the editorial director and columnist and contributing writer to "the new york times" and then i'm going to ask floyd abrams -- i hope everyone in journalism knows, if you have a problem with the first amendment, you call and there really is no number two. you just call floyd abrams. and then to sort of talk about the elephant in the room and really bring us to the point of understanding what the problem is, what the underlying problem is and where things are going and i'm hoping there's a lot of cross dialogue. i'm going to ask each person to speak for about five minutes to set the stage.