[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> on capitol hill, congress is back in session this week after a 28 rate. the housemates for a short pro forma session at noon, returning for legislative business tomorrow. awaiting action, federal spending for the remainder of intourrent budget year and 2018. current government funding authority runs out friday. also, raising the debt ceiling which limits government borrowing. you can watch the house on c-span and the senate returns today at 3:00 p.m., voting at 5:30 p.m. to confirm former georgia governor sonny perdue to be agriculture secretary and a vote on advancing the deputy attorney general nomination you

can that on c-span2. live coverage today a former president barack obama in chicago making his first public remarks since leaving office. he is expected to discuss civic engagement and community organizing at the university of chicago logan center for the arts. pick up coverage will after the pro forma session of the house and you can watch that here at noon. , presswhite house secretary sean spicer will brief reporters at 1:00 p.m. more live coverage with attorney general jeff sessions speaking on workplace integrity and ethical standards of the annual ethics and compliance initiative conference in washington, d.c. including a discussion with former justice department officials from the clinton, george w. bush and obama administrations. that's live at 3:15 p.m. here on c-span. communicators,he

we recently attended the state of the net concert in washington, d.c. and spoke with and miltonwski mueller about issues with internet use today. i'm concerned with countries try to shut off internet access or try to monitor the internet in a major way. that is not my concept of internet freedom. >> there is a lot of pressure on the intermediaries, facebook, suppress theer, to communication of these people who are isis. pro-isis. >> watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. in case you missed it, karen harper royal at georgetown

university's slave sale dedication. >> naming these buildings for isaac hawkins and anne-marie decraft is the beginning of our journey together for the healing from the jesuits of georgetown legacy of slavery. >> has a venue congressman matt cartwright holding a town hall meeting. >> we have moved the needle on this discussion. it used to beat no way, no how on anything like theaca but now it's let's make it work. >> the competitive enterprise institute's marlowe lewis on science and public policy. >> to the extent it's possible scientific research should similarly be separated from government, then you would not find climate science in particular being a faction ridden, orthodoxy enforcing political movement but rather the quest for knowledge. >> treasury secretary steve mnuchin. >> the objectives are simplified

middlel taxes, create income tax cuts to spur the economy, and make your business taxes competitive. >> former ambassador to afghanistan, brian crocker. >> we've got to work with the afghans to stabilize the situation against a taliban onslaught. and then move ahead with a political process that will have to include pakistan. >> attorney general jeff sessions on transnational crime organizations. >> if you are a gang member, we will find you. we will devastate your net worth and starve your revenue source, deplete your ranks, and sees your profits. we will not concede a single block or a street corner to your vicious tactics. >> c-span programs are available at www.c-span.org on our homepage and by searching the video library.

in france, far right presidential candidate marine le pen and independent centrist emmanuel macron won the first round of elections this weekend. his first time in modern french history that no candidate from a mainstream party advanced to the runoff. coverage from france 24 television next from the candidate headquarters covering several topics including the upcoming parliamentary elections, the collapse of the mainstream political party system, and future relations with europe depending on which candidate wins the presidency, followed by the victory and concession speeches. this is just under one hour. >> there we have it, a major politicalrench history, emmanuel macron, the centrist newcomer arrives on top with 23.7% of the vote. this means that for the first time ever for