now have democrats and republicans in both the house and senate who think this is the right way to go. we have our law enforcement and national security teams and civil the only thing standing in the way is a handful of senators for resisting these reforms despite law enforcement saying let's go ahead and get this done. we only have a few days. it expires on sunday at midnight. i do not want us to be in a situation which, for a for -- certain situation of time, those authorities go away. suddenly we are dark. heaven for bid -- for bid we got a problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack or handed someone who is engaged in dangerous activities but we did

not do so because an action in the senate. quite we will have live coverage on the session beginning at 4:00 p.m. eastern time on c-span two with possible those around six clock p.m. -- 6:00 p.m. >> this week, our guest is two-time pulitzer prize winner david mcauliffe. he shared stories about his new book, "the wright brothers." >> that was largely because their father always said -- encourage them if they had an interesting project, he would say stay home and do that. he knew how great they were. wilbur, without question was a genius. orval was very bright, very inventive, clever, but he did not have the reach of mind that wilbur had. they love music. they loved books. popcorn was

wilbur's favorite writer. catherine loved sir walter scott did on her birthday, they gave her a bust of sir walter scott. these are people living in a little house in ohio with no running water, indoor plumbing, no electricity and they are giving a bust of a great english literary giant to their sister for her birthday present. there is a lot of hope in that. i think what i would like to get to know even more about this this sense of purpose they had. it sounds like a bad pun, but high purpose. not something ordinary. big idea. we are going to achieve this big idea. nothing was going to stop them. quacks tonight on c-span q&a.

>> he joins hillary and bernie sanders seeking the democratic party nomination. he served eight years as governor and previously served as mayor of baltimore. ♪ we will take that we can carry >> and we believe the rest >>\ ♪ ♪

>> thank you all for coming out today. katie and the kids and i went to thank you for being here and we have a little announcement we would like to share with you. i want to talk with you today about the american dream. about the american dream we share. it's powerful history, its current condition, and is urgent need of rebuilding. our nation was founded on to self evident truths that all of us are created equal and that we are endowed by our creator with certain rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. and with these words the american dream began. no fine print. no expiration date. all of us are included. women and men, black people and

white people, native americans, irish americans, latino americans, jewish, christian and muslim americans. young and old. rich and poor. workers and business owners. gay, lesbian, transgender, and straight americans. all of us are needed. [applause] o'malley: there is no such thing as a spare american. there is however, a growing gap of justice in our country today. it is the gap between the strong, just nation our children need for us to be and the nation we are in danger of becoming. for today, in america, 70% of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago. this is the first time that that has

happened on this side of world war ii. today in america family-owned businesses and farms are struggling to compete with ever larger concentrations of corporate power. 50 years ago, the largest employer was gm and the average gm employee could send his kid to college on two weeks wages. today in america, with dreams of college and a decent paying job at a secure retirement slipping beyond the reach of so many, the american dream seems for so many of us to be hanging by a thread. yet, for america, there is always a "yet." the final thread that holds us might be thise strongest. it is the threat of generosity compassion, and love that brings us together as one american

people. [applause] gov. omalley: for over 200 years, we have been the architect of our own future. and now, we must build a new. my father and mother, tom and barbara o'malley, were born in the great depression and they grew up to be part of that great generation of americans that won the second world war. my father flew 23 missions over japan in which to college only because of the g.i. bill. my mother, herself, flew in the civil air patrol at the age of 17. [applause] gov. omalley: they raised their

children, the six of us to a secure middle-class future because of the sacrifices and the better choices of their generation. they would never accept the notion that somehow there is was the greatest intrusion. -- was the greatest generation for they believed and taught us that every generation of americans has the ability and sacred responsibility to make themselves great for their country. [applause] gov. omalley: so we must, and we will, no matter the odds and no matter how tough the fight, and no matter how big the challenge. that is the urgent calling for us today, to rebuild the american dream in our time. [applause] gov. omalley: last month

television sets around the world were filled with anger, rage and flames of some of the humblest and hardest hit neighborhoods and baltimore. or -- for all of us who have given so much of our energies to make the city safer and a more prosperous place, that was a heartbreaking night for all of us. for us, baltimore is our country, and our country is baltimore. there is something to be learned from that night. there is something to be offered to our country from those flames. what took place here was not only about race, not only about policing in america, it was about everything it is supposed to mean to be an american. [applause]

gov. omalley: the hopelessness transcends race and geography. witnessed the record numbers of young white kids killing themselves on heroin in suburbs and small towns across our country. the hard truth of our reality is this. unemployment in many cities and many small towns across the united states of america is higher now than it was eight years ago. conditions of extreme poverty breed conditions of extreme violence. we have work to do. our economic and political system is upside down and backwards. it is time to turn it around. [applause] gov. omalley: understanding precedes action. we must understand that what happened to

our economy, the damage done to the american dream that we share did not happen by chance. nor was it merely the result of global forces somehow beyond our reach. powerful, wealthy special interests here at home have used our government to create an economy that is leaving a majority of our people behind. an economy that has so concentrated wealth and power in the hands of the very few that it has taken opportunity out of the homes of the many. [applause] gov. omalley: an economy where the majority of our people are unheard, unseen, unneeded, and left to conclude that their lives and labors are worth less today than they were yesterday and will be worth less still in the future. we are allowing our land of opportunity to become a

land of inequality. main street struggles while wall street soars. tell me how it is that not one wall street ceo was convicted of a crime related to the 2008 economic meltdown? [applause] o'malley: not a single one. tell me how it is that you can get pulled over in this country for having a broken tail light, but if you wreck the nation's economy, you are absolutely untouchable. [applause] gov. omalley: you know and i know. this is not how our economy is supposed to work. this is not how our country is supposed to work. this is not the american dream. it does not have to be this way. this generations of americans still has time to become great

[applause] gov. omalley: we have saved our country before. we must save our country now. we will do that by rebuilding the dream. as i look out here today, over this original land of the free and the home of the brave, i see the faces of so very many who have helped so many people and the life of our city and state. together, we made our city a healthier and safer place for kids. we made our city believe again, and we invented a new and better way of government and we got things done. [applause] o'malley: together, we made our state's public schools the best

in the nation. we make college more affordable for more families. [applause] gov. omalley: let's hear from the teachers back there. [applause] gov. omalley: we led our people forward through a devastating recession and we took greater care to protect the land, air, and waters of our chesapeake a. -- bay. and we passed the dream act and we passed marriage equality. [applause] gov. omalley: together, we raised the minimum wage and we maintain the highest median income of any state in the country. we achieved top rankings in entrepreneurship and women and minority business ownership and

participation. and yes, it took new leadership. it took new perspectives and it took new approaches but together we believed in the american , dream and took action to make it real. that is exactly what our nation needs to do today. [applause] gov. omalley: you see, our economy is not money. it is people. all of our people. we measure success by the growing success and security of our people. all of our people a stronger middle class is because of economic growth. together as -- it is the cause of economic growth. and together as one people, we must will and american economy that works again for all of us.

this means good jobs and wages policies. wage policies that allow families to earn more as they work harder and harder. [applause] o'malley: and that means a higher minimum wage, overtime pay for overtime work, and may -- means making it easier, rather than harder for workers to organize and bargain collectively for better wages. [applause] o'malley: if we take these actions, the american dream will live again. climate change is real, and it also happens to be the greatest business opportunity to come to our country for 100 years. we must

create an american jobs agenda for america's renewable energy future. [applause] gov. omalley: and we must also launch a new agenda to rebuild american cities as places of hope, opportunity, and justice for all. [applause] gov. omalley: if we take these actions, the dream will live again. for the sake of our country's security, well-being and economic growth, we also must bring 11 million of our neighbors out of the shadows by passing comprehensive immigration reform. [applause] gov. omalley: because the enduring symbol of art nation is

-- our nation is not barbed wire fence, it is the statue of liberty. [applause] gov. omalley: yes. yes. we are a nation of immigrants. we are a compassionate and generous people. if we act according to our principles, and return, in other words, to our true selves, the dream will live again. make no mistake about it. our ability to lead the world. our ability to be safe in the world. it depends on the strength of the american dream here at home. the challenges that we face today are not the challenges that we faced in the 1990's. together, we must construct a new national security strategy and build new alliances that are forward seeking -- seeing and forward

acting. [applause] gov. omalley: the center of this new security strategy must be the reduction of threats. from violent extremism, pandemic, cyberattacks, nuclear proliferation, nationstate failures, to the drought famine, and climate change. we must also craft a new foreign policy of engagement and collaboration. we must join with like-minded people around the world, and especially right here in our own hemisphere for the cause that we share of the rising global middle class. [applause] gov. omalley: we must put our national interest first. we must put america first. we cannot and will not rebuild the american dream at home by catering to the

voices of the privileged and the powerful. let's be honest. they were the ones who turned our economy upside down in the first place. they are the only ones who are benefiting from that. we need to read -- prosecute sheets -- cheats, we need to reinstate glass-steagall, and if a bank is too big to fail, we need to break it up because -- before it breaks us again. [applause] gov. omalley: true story. goldman sachs. goldman sachs is one of the biggest repeat investment banks in america. recently, the ceo of goldman sachs let his employees know that he would be just fine with

either bush or clinton. i bet he would. i have news for the bullies of wall street. the presidency is not a crown to be passed back and forth by you between two royal families. it is a sacred trust to be earned by the american people and exercise on behalf of the people of these united states. [applause] omalley: the only way that we are going to rebuild the american dream is if we retake control of our own american government. the poet laureate of the american dream, bruce

springsteen -- [laughter] gov. omalley: once asked, is the dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse? whether the american dream becomes a lie or an ongoing truth that our children can enjoy, that our children can live, that our children can build upon is really up to you and to me. it is up to all of us. not about wall street. it is not about the big banks. it is not even about big money. it is about us. it is about whether together, we, the people, still have the will to become great americans [applause]

gov. omalley: i believe that we do. my decision is made. now you will all have a vital choice to make next year for the good of your families and for the good of the country that you love and the country do you carry in your hearts. it is a choice that people will ask you about for years to come. so, when a child with the world of learning ahead asks you who you voted for, i what you to be able to tell that child, i voted for you. when you see a dad sweating through another long shifts in order to give his daughter a better future, i want you to be able to tell that dad, i voted for you. when you see a mom, working long hours at two jobs

for the dream of sending her only son to college, i want you to be able to tell her, i voted for you. and when you see a young father who hungers for a decent job to support his family, i what you to be able to tell him, i voted for you. for the story of our country is not found in a history book. this generation of americans is about to write it. [applause] gov. omalley: that is why today, to you and all who can hear my voice, i declare that i am a candidate for president of united states. i am running for you. may god bless you. may god bless the united states of america.

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♪ don't stop thinking about tomorrow >> >> today on c-span, "washington journal" is life next. followed by interviews with freshman numbers of congress. and then some of some of this year's college commitments including speeches by condoleezza rice and methanol right. we will talk to wall street journal national security reporter damien paletta about the patriot act, which is set to expire at midnight. then tom perry eloped at the state department on u.s. diplomacy and foreign aid.

alfonso aguiar, latino partnership director for principles in action, on their proposal for immigration reform. ♪ host: good morning. the senate will gavel in today just a few hours before the patriot act is supposed to expire. rand paul is setting up what the "washington post" is calling a showdown. it is sunday, may 31. the patriot act includes the controversial nsa spying program. joining us in the first hours damien paletta of "washington journal" to walk us through the timeline today and what to expect at midnight t