to do with, big problems. i never won a vote without winning democrats over. we did it by focusing on solving problems. i used to tell trent lott, i would like to say he was a third-year law student and i was a freshman. i would say, trent, senators talk about doing things, and governors do things. [laughter] that is the attitude that you have to have. learning to work together and learning to get the job done. it doesn't have to be 100% my way every time.

i have an ideology, but my job is to get the job done. >> i want to defend the press, since we are here. 100th anniversary of the pulitzer. a surprising thing for a guy who used to be the human piñata for the press. [laughter] the ability to make facts come alive, and make the truth important enough and vivid enough that people engage it regularly -- that is the hallmark of brilliant journalism. it's not sufficient for journalists to say, we have to get more likes, more tweets, we have to boost circulation. that is never been the task of the journalist. the task has been to take the important information and make it interesting enough that people will pay attention.

we did not know about the slaughterhouses in chicago until the muck makers mucked. that is what we have to get more out of. i tell editors and folks that i meet with all the time, we understand in politics that you have to say things over and over again for them to penetrate. you in the news business, we tell you once, and we've given you the news. therefore it is no longer news and we don't have to report it again. these things that matter need to be on the front page day after day. with interesting angles and different takes and new perspectives. we get some of that. i don't want to shortchange the journalism out there. we need more of that if we are going to get people to focus on what is important. [applause] >> if we could thank our panel for this terrific conversation. thank you so much. [applause] copyright national cable satellite corp 2016]

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [applause] >> tonight we'll focus on -- arry truman at the 1948 democratic convention in philadelphia. the 1960 democratic convention john f.ngeles with if kennedy, barry goldwater, the 1964 republican convention in city, california. the 1976 republican convention kansas city,ord in missouri. walter mondale at the 1984 san ratic convention in francisco. michael dukakis in atlanta for convention ocratic and the 2004 democratic convention in boston with john kerry. republican and democratic national conventions, tonight, c-span.n on

>> nobel peace prize laureate, survivor and human rights activist died after a prolonged survive of auschwitz death camps. he dedicated much of his life to education and promoting tolerance around the world. romania, he om wrote 57 books including a mem water published the955 in which he recounts death of his father, mother. he was awarded the peace prize 1986. 87.e wiesel was in 2013 he spoke at an event marking the anniversary of the museum in washington, d.c. he called the dedication ceremony for the museum where he president clinton to do something, president clinton, that is, to do something about in yugoslavia located

on the national mall across from the washington monument, the pays tribute to the more than six million jews and others who were slaughtered by the nazis during world war ii. event is about 15 minutes. mra[applause] >> president clinton? >> my fellow survivors. of you who are here. oday, in truth, i witnessed last night the solidarity of people who went through the of human imagination and evil. that are appeals

but our lives.e that's the message. why? it's important because we it.ieve an indictment,is terrible indictment. leadership in those years. to name y hard for me in s, but i must tell you, all sincerity, that in my little town, in the mountains, the name than the names of our own heros. why? that e we were convinced

he, as a father figure, not only o americans, but to the jewish people, roosevelt, a carrier of ideas, who galvanized democracy, towards and after all, led america and might to war against evil. then after the war, when realizedng history, we roosevelt had some to tcomings, and it came save the jews. e must say that because here we're committed to truth. it's a painful truth. man.evelt was a great he has done great things for america and the world. but when it came to save jewish it s, he could have done

earlier. o, my dear friends, roosevelt, worthy especially, but no one is perfect, and you cannot not say what is in our heart. worthy ratitude but also a certain measure of sadness. we learning here? n france, dedicated to human dignity.d human it is written in stone. not rby enter here, but do enter this place without desire. museum, which is a monument for human suffering but to to human courage

suffering, this enter this not lace without fear, nor without hope. ear about humanity -- by failing, for such a long time, o save those who were threatened by the common enemy. but at the same time, later, and their nations leaders did stand up to the history, to tion in fight evil with all the weapons at our disposal. between these two temptations humanity is, when it all the overcome disappointments in life and only cling to the best. noblest, in the human

dedication, toan dedication to truth. mra [applause] to young people? e say to young people, you are our oneses, because you will go beyond our lives. you say to young people, you are our hope. now is not only for the sake of the past. also for the sake of the future. and you are our future. believe, therefore, that whatever we're trying to do witnesses are trying to say in their best and the he addest, you are now the flag

bearers. it is your memory that will inherit ours. live in yours. remember that, young people. an ideal, not only an idea but an ideal. ideal of saving whatever the offer, for the future. and also its victims. what have you learned? remember when we planned this museum we were beginning, who to remember? the only jews? nd i remember we came out with the formulation, in those times, jews, but ctims were all the jews were victims. came out with all kinds of ideas with what to do with our memory.

surely not to separate people. t would be false and it would be self-defeating if we kept our to separate y people from people, nation from from or religion religion. we believe that the opening up of our memory, is bringing people closer together. to a ng people out realization of what a human person, an individual, can do, and i think of those who saved lives. all these christians, who saved own. while risking their a hero.e of them is mra [applause] also remember that once --

i was involved with this extra of people, before that, we organized a group of liberators, liberators from all over the world. and i spoke to them. the first tore now have seen us. the first free men and women who have seen us inside. bear witness. you be our witnesses. i remember i was going from one of the ther, members resistance in poland and in hungary and everywhere, i said, me, what gave you the courage to resist? courage to u the become a hero? me, we of them answered heros? we're not heros. said, look, if my neighbor as in danger, how could i not offer him a place in my cell or attic?

if a child -- how could i not open the door to save him or her? i said to myself, in those times, it was enough to be hero., to become a we're trying s, here not to make the visitor a the visitor a e messenger. resident clinton 20 years ago outside, its place, we were soaked. both you and i. our shoes were in water. resident clinton, i remember then, that i came to speak, i worked on my speech the

entire night, literally, the and when i opened my folder, if ever i was close attack, it was then. soaked. a i couldn't -- decipher word. had i tried to remember what i aid, it would have been a disaster. begun.d to improvise a and that's when i turned to you, president, and i spoke to you about yugoslavia. had just come back from there. what we must do in the name of memory, what we must do to from becomingple, victims of one another. i remember you promised do, and then you

were kind enough to send me as emissary to yugoslavia. that moment, mr. president, will ot be forgotten by either my wife or myself or my friends. mr. president, you and i, became friends. me as you know, to friendship is a religion. most at is one of the noble religions, without any danger.al the most beautiful one. here now, 20 u more than a is privilege. it is a gift. gift [applause] -- from ich any open

one another to one another, is a gift. it, he said said open hand is a poem. this museum here, okay, it task, it becomes a but it's also a gift. tragic, but so much, so filled nobility, thatnd i want you to know, young women young men and here, whatever you will do, will you, it will give new meaning to your years to and i wish you many years of discovery and of being true your calling and worthy of

the moment that we're just living. thank you. mra [applause] [applause] >> in 1992, elie was awarded the of freedom by president george h.w. bush in a white ceremony. here's that presentation. > elie wiesel, fewer people have seen a parker side of humanity than he. uring world war ii he saw most of his family killed while imprisoned in the concentration amps and yet this author,

philosopher and winner of the still bel peace prize sees the promise of human tolerance, length and faith. he challenges people of all the ions to remember holocaust that it may never happen again. life, to y spiritual protect freedom's flame we must remember that which threatens it. honors the tates keeper of that flame, elie wiesel. [applause] > again, noble laureate, holocaust survivor and human wiesel hasivist, elie the age of 87. city'ss weekend on c-span tour along with our comcast cable partners, we'll explore of history and literary life provo, utah. n book tv, we'll visit moon's

rare books, he's been collecting from all over the world. an original copy of tom payne's "common sense." wanted to have this wanted the he proceeds to buy the soldiers mittens. went through three printings, they had a and so thomas payne allowed anybody to print it. he lowered the price and said anybody can print it and that's why that book is so well known and printed. "a ay spencer, author of peculiar people," talks about anti-mormonism in america since 18 30ss ing in the through their current struggles s a religious minority and the origins of the animosity. >> the latter day saints fit awkwardly in that. only are they a religious minority, but a minority who in time have figured

disproportionately visible ways in the debates about religion. history tv, rican take a tour of the brigham young of ersity museum paleontology and see the dinosaur fossils collected after curator talks about how the fossils were gathered of from u surrounding states and how he changed the way fossils displayed.re >> when you can hide the steal animal looks more alive, in the sense that you get are eeling, that these bones, but, you know, it brings life to these bones. and jay spencer, professor of history at brigham young tells how the pioneers first settled sat lake city in 1847 they began setting satellite communities and 33 mormon families established the settlement of provo in 1849. this weekend, watch c-span's cities tour, throughout the day c-span 2's book tv and sunday

afternoon at 2:00 on american c-span 3., on the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates and cities across the country. address, weekly president obama talks about celebrating independence day, service members and veterans. he also discusses a new make it e that would easier for military spouses to any state. representatives, susan brooks len westmoreland delivered discuss lican address, ben gazi investigation and the final report. on monday, we'll celebrate the fourth just like most of you, in the back yard. and hang out with family friends, throw on some burgers and dogs on the grill and watch fireworks show.

of course, we're fortunate enough to have the south lawn as our back yard, so we're going to it with hundreds of our troops, our veterans, and their families. ver the past years it's become one of my favorite traditions, doing what we can to honor all served to makeve that freedom possible. i know honoring our service members, veterans and families that so many americans try to doer day, without fanfare or expectation in return. for the past five years, michelle and dr. joe biden have example of low the so many of those americans with their joining forces initiative. rallied businesses to hire more than 1.2 million veterans and military spouses, reduce veterans homelessness. and just this week, michelle and announced a breakthrough with the military spouses they have spent so much time with. the issue of professional licensing.

something most americans aren't familiar with but for military families it's a big challenge. here's why. our troops are often transferred from base-to-base. it's part of the job and because them families serve with that means their spouses move 10 times more often than the rest of us. 10 times more often. as you might expect that's tough than one inand more three of these spouses works in profession that requires a professional license or certification. nurses, childcare providers, social workers, and lots of other jobs. until recently, when these to move ere asked across state lines, they often job d to recertify for a they were already qualified for. a nurse would years of experience may have to take courses, or pay a fee, or wait months for paperwork to be processed before get back to work on the job they love and use to families.eir it didn't make any sense so we changed it. michelle and joe took up

states hadonly three taken action on military spouse licensing, but they rallied governors and state legislatures into action and this week, we reached a milestone. today, all states had taken 50 states have acted of these ine many licensing issues. this is a big step forward. but we're not done yet. we're to keep working with simplero make licensing for more jobs and reach more qualified workers. but we can finally say to so of our military families, when you move, you'll no longer be forced to put the career you on hold just because you chosen to mily have serve this country. that's what this is all about. serving our men and women in uniform as well as they have served us. but you don't have to be a first lady to mca difference. this holiday weekend take a look joiningforces.gov to find out ow you can serve the military

families in your community and to all of our brave young men and women in uniform you best of who we are as a nation. day, we day and every thank you. have a great fourth of july, everybody. >> fed as we prepare to fourth of july we can take pride in the fact that brave men and women through their own injust newt and able to tion were achieve independence for our great nation. same essential american spirit was on full display in 2012 where brave men and win serving at one of our outports in one of america's least secured diplomattition facilities, had rely on their own ingenuity and determination and one survive.o > the select committee on sought to -- it's because of know, vestigation we now

no american forces were ever going to benghazi the night of attacks. >> a small group from tripoli that did go, did so on their own initiative. of this investigation, we now know the full story offal the security agents and it from who made face i to benghazi, who assault and ambushes and ultimately a fatal mortar attack that left two heroic rescuers dead. >> and now we know, were it not of the extraordinary efforts a cia security contractor, we would have lost two more night.ns that benghazi is ry of truly steer of two cities, in be our people were valiantly fighting for their lives and washington, d.c., on a tell sat conference and talked for two hours. >> meanwhile, half a world away, forces that were ready to respond were forced to on the transport and to

change into and out of uniform four times. result of this previously unknown tele-conference was a list of items. half of which had to do with an online video. >> it's sad and telling that of a singular focus on rescuing our people in harm's ay, key decision makers in the administration were worried about a video and the appearance could be escuers perceived as invaders because of the clothes they were wearing. dogged cusing with determination on uncovering all relevant documents and talking eyewitnesss, the select committee is now able to tell people about an these important new facts that what we ally change benghazi.t >> we want to ensure that this never happens again and if it prepared to tter respond. the majority make a series of recommendations for the department, and

the intelligence community and congress. >> on behalf of a grateful services honor the and sacrifice made by ambassador stevens, shawn smith, glen dority and woods. independence day weekend we recognize them as true patriots, roes and and we thank them and we thank their loved ones. may god bless our citizens and god bless the united states of america. c-span's nth, watch coverage of the 2016 republican and democratic national every saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, we'll look back at past conventions, and the candidates who won their party's nomination. tonight, we'll focus on nominees who ran for president only once during their political careers. the 1948 an at democratic convention in philadelphia. 1960 democratic convention

in los angeles, with john f. if kennedy. barry goldwater, the 1964 republican convention in daly city, california. the1960 democratic convention in 1976 republican convention in kansas city, missouri. the 1984 dale at democratic convention in san dukakis in ichael atlanta for the 1988 democratic convention and the 2004 boston ic convention in with john kerry. past republican and democratic ational conventions, tonight, eastern on c-span. >> on american history tv on july fourth this weekend, tonight at 8:00 on in history -- position as a er mother which is what is driving her support, her position as a are r to say that women different than men. women really could do society done.r than men have >> boston college professor on the cox richardson

roles women assumed in politics in the late 19th century and the of political organizations run by women that focused on issues like rohibition and women's sufferage. sunday morning at 10:00, 1968 republican and democratic conventions. being lute without ellicose, strong without being arrogant. and that's the kind of an theica that will help build peace of this world. >> the time has come for us to the valley of despair and mountain. >> so that we may see the glory of the dawn, a new day for peace in the world. >> former vice president richard nixon accepted the g.o.p. miamiential nomination in beach and vice president hubert humphrey accepted the democratic nomination in chicago. 7:00,y evening just before

beginningsburg and other supreme court justices share about the traditions.t's food >> whenever the justices have a brings in he chief some wine and we toast the boy or girl and sing happy birthday. we're missing our chorus leader because if the truth be >> and we'll talk about culinary customs dating to the 19th and 20th centuries. for the complete holiday schedule go to c-span.org. >> the senior vice president at verizon is our guest this week n the communicators. what do you do at verizon? >> i'm in charge of our federal and state and legislative and i