q&a, david mccullough on his book the american spirit, who we are and what we stand for. speeches back to 1989. >> john mccarthy. there are a dozen books about mccarthy. there is no biography of the center who had the backbone to stand up to him first. margaret smith. . >> to you know how you went about preparing for that? >> the hardest labor worked on anything i've ever delivered from a podium. >> david mccullough on his book, the american spirit. a collection of speeches going back to 1989. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. clicks c-span, where history unfold daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's

cable telogen companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or somewhat provider. featuring thee're video -- this year students told us the most urgent issue for the new president and congress. our first price high school winner is a 12 greater from royal oaks michigan. a student at royal oak high price, pharmaceutical gouging entitled enough is enough. >> you don't have to talk to somebody very long to figure out that they have to have this. it is not optional. >> a good leads onto an allergic reaction could lead to anything the hospital stay to death.

>> four people per day will die if they do not get the proper dosage of epinephrine. -- a lot ofe guy people spouses or children. >> a drunk they will not market for a hundred years. cost roughly a dollar. the price of this has gone from $99 for one to more than $600 for two in a very short amount of time. makingever feel guilty such a large sum of money? >> i have to sit there and take a prescription to a mother whose child is suffering from anaphylactic shock. and watch her cry. washer have to call family members to get money to pay for this medication. >> four people per date will die. >> watch her cry. >> $600. >> do you feel guilty? works i am going to say it and clearly that enough is enough,

the greed of the pharmaceutical industry is killing americans is making many of them much secure than they otherwise would have been. >> pharmaceutical committees were under attack for supposedly price gouging. one of these companies is my land, the maker of the epipen. >> and automatic injector of epinephrine. >> life-threatening allergic responses. >> epinephrine is for life threatening allergic reactions. >> they can stop it pretty quickly. >> they have gone from $200 for a two pack to $600 for a two pack. in about six years. >> we have been carrying at the pens for decades. we used to spend a couple hundred dollars to outfit the entire department with epipen's and all of a sudden we are spending $350 a piece. the county medical control of authority designed a special study where we could train all of our basic emt's and first responders on how to give epinephrine the old-fashioned way. we injected as an intramuscular

injection. other counties in the state want to model our system and create their own studies in their own counties to save significant costs. >> somebody that does not have the money will use an old one, they will not have the ability to have one if someone needs that products. >> some decide they will not carry it, that the risk is not worth the award. >> if i do not have the epipen, i would have been dead. in 2016, a student experience traverse a severe allergic reaction. her junior year prompt had a life-threatening consequences. >> it was so fast.

one of the of ministers was holding my hand and told me i was ok. contacting my parents. >> she indicated that she had been having allergy issues that she had not had before. >> i took and ibuprofen. after, a little pain in my eyes started. cracks we told her we were going to contact 911 and try to get medical assistance. >> i was in the hallway. my eyes started swelling. >> we could actually see visible -- visibly it was getting worse. the swelling was becoming more .nd more severe

she was beginning to cough. permits -- i was about to stop breathing. i was taken to the hospital. >> the price rising above -- some think this issue will be sooner than expected. >> the price increase is not matching the increase in demand. it is gouging. will be with a free market creating a different route and eliminating the demand. that is when this. . it the next on the line is a life saving drugs it will be a different story. squarely, the ceo whose company produced air from --

fifth minute right on every question. >> what do you say to that single pregnant woman who might have aids, she needs it in order to survive? amendmente my fifth and respect for to answer your question. >> these issues come and go. there will be a price-cutting issue with another drug. it could be not can. >> it turns off the card in your body. narcotic in your body. it became necessary for just people in their home, prices skyrocketed. at the same point, health care costs is skyrocketing to point were some but he has to put a cap on them somehow >>

millions of americans cannot afford prescription drugs. the top three pharmaceutical companies combined $45 billion in profits last year. the american people should not have to know -- have to go without the medication they need to does not have the courage to stand up to one of the most powerful lobbying operations here on capitol hill and does the pharmaceutical industry. -- >> to watch all of the documentaries in this year's competition, visit the website. >> british parliament holding elections on june 8. theresa may spoke about the

elections of the house of commons during the prime minister's questions. she also spoke about the u.k. commitment to nato in the british exit from the european union. from london, this is 45 minutes. >> questions for the prime minister. the second independence referendum. >> question number one. mister speaker, offering condolences, families and friends of andrea christie who died following the london attack and chris worthington was among of those killed in the attack and our thoughts are with the family and friends of the one murdered in sa