first lady includes the egg roll and an egg hunt, craft opportunities like dying eggs and decorating eggs and cookies. military bands will perform and there will be an area set aside for a reading to the children. among those scheduled to read include first lady melania trump, secretary of state mike pompeo, secretary of state sarah sanders, and white house counselor kellyanne conway. participants have been selected through a lottery. the first group arrives at 7:00 a.m. with a fifth and final group scheduled to begin at 4:45 p.m. collects all this month on c-span, we have featured first and second prize winners of our student cam documentary competition. middle and high school students created videos answering the question, what does it mean to be american? now it's time to announce our grand prize winners -- mason doherty and eli scott, 11 from mckinney, texas,

where c-span is available through spectrum. their winning entry is titled "what it means to be american." >> the topic of account ability of government was what we believed was the really important topic in describing what it means to be an american because it is something that was pretty clearly written into the constitution of our founding documents. >> the thing i think that surprised both of us the most was the sheer amount of knowledge and resources made available to us to go through and research and incorporate in our narrative. on my part, i was a little bit surprised at just how much effort and planning goes into producing a documentary. >> we were not trying to make the film that was going to win. we just got a topic that we were so passionate about and we went with that. >> i still think that even now, i'm having trouble processing what this means. it's amazing that this message

will be spread throughout classrooms across the country. >> and we are going to drain the, d.c., to swamp. >> to be american means to hold your government accountable because america has a corruption problem. in a recent gallup poll, 75 percent of american respondents said the political corruption was widespread in the country's government. when an american things about political corruption, it is common to think of criminal bribery. though that is not all. asruption can be defined behavior that undermines the government. >> if we live in a representative democracy, it is that wel and definitive hold americans economy --

accountable. what happens in you get to d.c. is a totally different story. >> hour of session with corruption is an american tradition. >> our country was founded by framers who understood that concentrated power is always inimical to liberty. >> where did this make it into the founding principles of our government? >> the founders believed that only of government responsible to the people is just. going back to the very founding moments, that was an essential element of the american creed. >> the declaration of independence says we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. to secure these rights, governments are instituted among them. that is the point of government, deriving their just powers from the government. >> the founding fathers drew upon this very quote, so where has the united states detracted

from this? >> instead of the textbook model where you have the executive textbook law, judges judging, you have all three functions combined in bureaucracies and given largely by people that are not elected. >> it ultimately comes down to who the folks are in power. the constitution has always provided for evolving to meet meanessive goals, and i progressive as far as a more representative society, to be able to give people power and authority over their government as opposed to just, you know, a wealthy elite class. >> it's clear the anxieties of our founding fathers surrounding corruption have not necessarily lived on in our democracy regardless of how many protests planned, laws passed, and positions lost. the successful fight against corruption was intended to be a distinct american quality, so what are the disparities? >> there has always been a disconnect when you get to elective represented politician

should -- represented politicians that get in power. relationships, when they manifest themselves in the political arena, to get things done for one person that is not done for another, it is a form of corruption. i think it has pretty clearly gone beyond that in construing the scope of federal power and think,e that by, i destroying the original meaning of the necessary and proper clause which gives congress the power to make all laws which shall be necessary of property for carrying into execution its integrated powers. it has moved all our politics to the federal level with one-size-fits-all legislative solutions because the federal government has, you know, pretty much unlimited power today. >> how can citizens hold the government accountable for abuses of power and undermining the interests of the people? >> tried to convey and fight for purposehinking of driven decisions, not partisan driven decisions. on the local level, come down

and get in our face and express your view and you will be heard. there is much more access which means much more accountability. >> taking leadership and introducing reforms that can catch fire and catalyze federal reform. we see it -- the only way through now is doing this at a state and local level. >> the public cannot really stay on top of everything. i think voting people to represent you, in trusting that to members of congress that you believe in is really as much as anyone has time for except for a select few. >> we have had almost 80 anticorruption acts, resolutions passed around the country. in ohio this year, anti-gerrymandering. .e have seen a win in maine we have more anticorruption democracy measures on the ballot in november than at any point in american history. i would say this movement is taking hold and full saga to the idea that we cannot wait on

elected officials to take care of the problem. >> in short, it all comes down to us. our american institution is one of the most unique in the world where students have the powers vested in them to hold their government accountable rather than just sit around and complain. the greatest thing about the issue of corruption is that the citizens are vocal in subduing it. in most cases, people are willing to recognize the nation's flaws, even when politicians do not. this cements the idea of checks and balances between the governed and the government. you may remember the gallup poll at the getting of the film. the significance is not how widespread corruption is in how well we seek to give the government in check. the united states has by far the most pessimistic view on corruption no matter how many times federal, state, and local governments overstep their power, citizens are there to play their part when they are knowledgeable of what they can do. so stand up, participate, and exemplify what it means to be an american by holding your government accountable.

>> you can watch every winning student cam documentary online studentcamcam.org -- .org. >> here's a look at what is live monday on the c-span networks. at 9:30 am eastern, the house comes in for a brief pro forma session. then environmentalist dennis hayes talks about earth day's anniversary at the national press club. he is expected to announce a vote for the earth effort ahead of the 2020 presidential election. later, a conversation with supreme court justice stephen breyer, who is expected to talk about the court's process were making decisions and his relations with other members of the court. c-span two, the senate holds a pro forma session at 9:00 a.m. and we show you the kaiser family foundation for room on the trump administration's initiative to end hiv transmission in the u.s.

on american islamic relations hosted this conference about islamophobia at metropolitan state university in st. paul, minnesota. a panel of historians, authors, and community activists discuss the history and intersection of islamophobia, anti-semitism, and white supremacy. this runs one hour, 20 minutes. >> welcome to this first panel, this first breakout section on the intersections of his phobia, anti-semitism, and white nationalism/white supremacy. nationalism/white supremacy. i am a professor of history and asian american studies at the university of minnesota. i directed the immigration history research center and i just want to say, this conference is phenomenal. it does not exist in many other places. it does not exist in many other places. it brings together amazing scholars and