cities tour staff recently traveled to anaheim, california. you are watching american history tv all week and every week and on c-span 3. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour hosted by our time warner cable partners takes you to anaheim, california. on book tv. >> the idea from ask a mexican came from my editor at the time. i was not offended by the idea. i didn't want to do at first because i didn't think anyone would care. in journalism, you want the stories that people will care about. you don't care if they love you or hate you, just as long as they will read it. they kept insisting, and they .eeded to pull in a space i said, ok, i will go back, it will be one time. forle went absolutely nuts it. some people loved it, some people hated it. more importantly, people were caring. it was supposed to be a joke column, at the bottom, it said, "do you have a question for my me."xican, asked >> john and his partner go up to san francisco, where a lot of immigrants are located, and they are able to convince people people -- 50 people, of which none was a farmer, and had no background in winemaking, give up their businesses, and come to anaheim. firs

c-span to book tv. sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span three. the c-span cities tours working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> the annual conservative political action conference kicked off today in national harbor, maryland. tomorrow we will take you there live as the national rifle association ceo will address the group. that is live, 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three and c-span.org. >> federal communication commissions tom wheeler and all of the commissioners were on capitol hill today for senate commerce committee hearing. they answer questions on the spectrum auction and broadband access to rural areas. this is this is two hours and 40 minutes. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> we come to order. welcome to to today's hearing on oversight of the federal communications

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but when i talked about segregation everybody stopped and started listening. >> watch the c-span cityour saturday at noon and sunday at three on c-span3. visit cities across the country. >> on tuesday, the chinese premier answered questions on the state of the china economy, the u.s. economy relationship during a legislative conference. this is courtesy of state-run china central television. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. today we have the honor to have invited premier. we have an impressivef turnout and our time is limited so i would ask you ask only one question. now some opening premarks from premier li. -- remarks. >> a very warm welcome to you all and i want to thank you for your interest in china's two sessions and for your hard work. just now as our moderator said time is limited. let's get done -- down to business and by the way: >> with the rec eshrecent violan the stock market are real. what is the challenges facing the market? what are the plans for the chinese government for the future development of the financial market and strengthening of regulations? what are t

plant hundreds of thousands of grapevines before the families would come down here. >> watch the c-span's city tour on book tv and sunday afternoon on american tv on c-span 3. visiting cities tour stitts across the country. >> the annual conservative political action conference began today. the event at national harbor, maryland outside of washington, d.c. runs through saund will include appearances from all the republican presidential candidates. thursday's session included a discussion about different approaches to conservatism. we'll hear from former presidential candidate rick santorum. senator ben sass and governor gary johnson who's seeking the libertarian party's presidential nomination. his is 45 minutes. to get us started please welcome senator ted cruz, paul teller. ♪

pacific on c-span or watch it anytime on c-span.org. >> this weekend the c-span cities tour hosted by charredder communications cable partners takes you to montgomery, alabama to explore the city's history and literary culture on booktv. >> we show you a house that was the turning point for scott and zelda. when they moved here, the idea was to regroup. this house was a landing pad. it was a regrouping, as i've said stage. and it wasn't the sort of place where you're going to find scott and zelda engaging in domestic activities if you will. it was the sort of place where they would be planning their next move. >> on american history tv -- >> so what happens in the 1958 campaign is, you know, wallace really does try to reach this racial moderate and really tries to campaign for the poor and working class alabamaians to campaign for progressive improvement. he gets the support of the naacp in the initial campaign. unfortunately he loses by a pretty significant margin to john patterson. and he completely is devastated by this loss. wallace, you know, all he wants to be is governor. he is

. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour hosted by our charter communications cable partners takes youmontgomery, alabama to explore the city's history and literary culture. >> we show you a house that was the turning point for scott and zelda. when they moved here, the idea was to regroup. this house was a landing pad. it was a regrouping stage and it wasn't the sort of place or you're going to find scott and zelda engaging in domestic activities. of place theyt would be planting their next move. is wallacepens really does try to reach this racial moderate and try to campaign for the poor and working-class. naacp.e support of the unfortunately, he loses by a significant margin to john patterson and is a devastated by this loss. upset by thislly loss and considers it a failing. when people ask him what the take away from the campaign is, he says i try to talk about progressive improvements, good roads and schools and no one would listen. when i started talking about segregation, everyone started listening. -- watch this c-span the c-span cities tour on c-span3. , workingn cities tour w

watch the c-span cities tour today at noon eastern on c-span two. sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span three. the c-span city tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. yesterday, president obama discussed the u.s. economy and his record on job creation. 242,000 jobsdded last month. the president's remarks from the white house are five minutes. is everybody all set? tohought it might be useful take a small break from the spectacle of the political focus on something that really matters to the american people. that is how is the economy doing and how is it affecting the lives? we learned this morning that the u.s. economy had created 242,000 jobs last month. that's two months in a row the employment rate is below 5%. over the past three month come our workforce is grown by 1.5 million people. that is progress. overall, american business has for 72ated new jobs straight months, six straight years of job creation. 14.3 million new jobs. our businesses equated jobs every single months since i signed that job killing obama

learn about its rich history and to learn more about anaheim and other stops on our tour, visit c-span. or/city all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. up next on american history tv, persian gulf veteran stephen wiehe recounts his participation in desert shield and desert "g-day: rendezvous w

irrigation here, lay out the and plant actually hundreds of thousands of grapevines. >> watch the c-span cities tour sunday afternoon on c-span3. , workingn cities tour with our cable affiliates and working -- visiting cities across the country. >> next on american history tv, we hear from timothy reeves, deputy director at the dwight d. eisenhower presidential library. he discusses president eisenhower's belief that social welfare programs could fill the void created by the closing of

was his job to ing the irrigation and plant hundreds of thousands of grapevines. > watch the c-span's "city's tour." . and the c-span cities tour working with our affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> u.n. security council adopted sanctions against north korea. the "washington post" reports some of the strongest measures. thrm comes two months after north korea test d what it says was a bomb ap a month after the country conducted was a banned missile test. josh earnest briefed reporters about the sanctions. josh: after noon, everybody. nice to see you-all. we do a quick statement at the top and we'll go to your questions. this is news that you may have seen but i wanted to this is news that you may have seen but i wanted to underscore. some important developments at the united nations today. the international community has strongly condemned north korea's weapons of mass destruction proliferation activity. it's continued efforts to advance its nuclear missile programs with unprecedented sanctions. u.n. security council resolution 2270, contains the most extensive multilateral

announcer: watch the c-span cities tour throughout the day and then on sunday afternoon at 2:00 on c-span three. the c-span cities tour, working with our sister cable networks and visiting cities across the country. announcer: in his weekly address, president obama talked about his decision to nominate merrick garland to the supreme court of the united states. senator thom tillis of north carolina has the republican response. he explains how senate republicans plan to handle the supreme court vacancy. pres. obama: hi, everybody. one of the most consequential responsibilities our constitution grants a president is appointing a supreme court justice. the men and women who sit on the supreme court safeguard our rights. they ensure that ours is a system of laws, not of men. and they're given the essential task of applying the principles written into our founding documents to the most challenging questions of today. so this is a duty i take very seriously. it requires me to set aside short-term politics in order to maintain faith with our founders. and on wednesday, after weeks of consultation

watch on c-span and c-span.org. weekend, the city's tour takes you to anaheim, california, and on book tv -- >> the idea for ask a mexican came from my editor. i was not offended by the idea. i did not want to do it because i did not think anybody would care. you want stories that people will care about. idea, who would want to write an advice column about mexicans? he kept insisting and we needed to fill in a space and so i went back and he said it will only be one time. it will be satirical. for it.ent nuts people cared and even crazier, at the bottom, i put you've got a spicy question, ask me, i'm the mexican. my bluff and me on started sending in questions like crazy. >> and on american history tv -- francisco,up to san which is where a lot of the german immigrants are located. actuallyable to convince 50 people of whom nobody was a farmer and only one person had any background in winemaking, to give up their businesses and come to anaheim. after theyrst action form the los angeles vineyard society, was to hire george hanson ofand,

eastern on c-span, and again at 6:00, pending any political coverage. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour hosted by our charter communications cable partners take it to montgomery, alabama, to tour the city's history and literate culture. on book tv, -- >> we show you a house that was the turning point for scott and zelda fitzgerald. when they moved here, the idea was to regroup. when it was with a landing pad. it was a regrouping, as i've , stage, and was not the sort of place where you're going to find scott and zelda in domesticngaging activities, if you will. it was the sort of place where they were going to be planning their next move. >> on american history tv. campaign, wallace really does try to reach this racial moderate and really tries to campaign for the poor and working-class of alabama, campaigning for progressive improvements. he gets the support of the naacp and the initial campaign. unfortunately, he loses by a pretty significant margin to john patterson. he completely is devastated by this loss. all wallace wants to be as governor and he is really upset by this loss

watch the c-span cities to arthropoda throughout the day on tv and sunday afternoon on american history tv on c-span3. with-span cities to herur our cable affiliates across the country. >> this weekend on lectures in college dickinson professor david o'connell on presidential legacies that impact and presidential term. here is a preview. >> americans also love ranking the president. the most famous book ever written on the presidency, one that has been influential for alike,s and presidents one who is able to do authority. the persons, in the united states we like to write a president. we measure him as weak or strong and call what we are measuring his leadership we do not wait until a man is that will we read him from the moment he takes office in that is true. began doing approval on barack obama the day after his inauguration. and there are always benchmarks that are set in a presidency where we stop and consider their legacy. 100r 100 days, the first days compared to fred was felt that any other president. the midterm election, the reelection campaign, the ultimate opportunity for v

c-span's city tours staff visited and featured many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more all weekend here on american history tv. >> welcome to the first white house of the confederacy and alabama. we are so glad you have come to visit us. this is the home of president jefferson davis and his family while they were here when the federal government was formed across the street at the alabama state capital. president davis and his wife and three children at the time moved into the first white house in the confederacy shortly after maybeame to montgomery, late in march. the house was built between 1832 and 1835 by a man who was an ancestor of zelda fitzgerald, who married scott fitzgerald. this was not here. it was down at the corner of -- if you want to look at the map, very close to the river. it was moved in 1921. this was probably montgomery first preservation project, because the house became an danger. endangered. it was going to be torn down in the white house association was formed in the 1900's. come this way. here is a copy of a painting that hangs in th

. >> >> the watch the c-span city's tour on saturday and sunday on c-span 3. the c-span city tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> booktv weekends bring you author after author. ... >> good morning, everybody, and happy st.~patrick's day. we're very honored to have you all here for a very important event and remarks. and exactly what is happening in our politics today. just before president obama's second inauguration the new thew yorker poshed a headline: republican accuse obama of using position as president to lead country. and i think that just about sums up where we have been the last several years. year after year in which republican politics have been a contest for who can say no the fastest, the loudest, and the longest. with no record for reason or the best interests of the country. we have seen that over the last 24 hours in response to the supreme court. truthfully, we have seen that the moment the american people elected barack obama, republican leaders made it their mission to block everything, literally

started talking about segregation, everybody stopped and started listening to me. >> watch the c-span cities tour saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> when i tune in to it on the weekends, usually authors sharing their new releases. >> watching the nonfiction authors on book tv is the best television for serious readers they can have a longer conversation and delve into their subject. >> book tv weekends, they bring you author after author after author that spotlight the work of fascinating people. >> i love book tv and i'm a c-span fan. >>> up next, congress wam castro talks about u.s. polly toward cuba. she joined us on this morning's "washington journal." >> democrat cathy castro of florida joins us now. last month led a bipartisan delegation of six members of congress on a trip to cuba. what was on the agenda during that visit and who did you meet with? >> well, this was a fact finding mission. mainly to meet with t

out the townsite, and plant grapevines before the families would come down here. >> watch the c-span cities to her. -- tour. who are is working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. c-span, washington journal is next. the house returns for work at 9:00. coming up in 30 minutes, chris membersf new york and of the armed services committee on legislation to stop the troop drawdown. eac's role in elections. host: good morning. welcome to "washington journal." the house is gaveling in early. we will begin with ". lots of politics to discuss. you can start dialing in. send us a tweet if you would like. you can join the conversation on facebook and

irrigation here, lay out the site, and plant hundreds of thousands of grapevines. >> watch the c-span cities tour throughout the day on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on c-span3. the c-span cities to her, working with our cable affiliate and visiting cities a country -- across the country. >> and panel of historians and authors looks at the 150th anniversary of reconstruction and examines the challenges faced in reunifying and rebuilding the union. they talk about the role of the freedmen's bureau, the impact of carpetbaggers, and the importance of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. the new york historical society posted this event. we join this discussion in progress. and every less if i may add them what followed slavery would be black coats. state every southern passes these laws, trying to impose what looks like quasi-slavery on the newly emancipated. >> is for governments johnson had created. >> absolutely. you had incidents of african-americans not being able to purchase land, when they would have been able to do that, because you had black soldiers who may have

the c-span cities tour, visiting cities across the country. >> house democratic leader nancy pelosi held her annual women's history month reception to honor women veterans, including retired brigadier general. michelle obama and house republican conference chair representative cathy mcmorris rodgers also took part in the ceremony. this is one hour. >> ladies and gentlemen. please welcome the democratic leader of the house of representatives, the honorable nancy pelosi on the chairwoman for the house of republican conference. and our honored guest, brigadier , and theilma l boss first lady of the united states, michelle obama. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you all for joining us for this annual celebration of women's history month. each month we gather as members of congress and friends to lift up the legacy of every woman who has stepped forward to expand and defend freedom throughout our history. the oath of office we take as members of congress is to support and defend the constitution and the american people. last year, as many of you know, we honored four women suprem

the c-span a city store, working with our cable affiliates and visiting city across the country. presidential candidate ted cruz held a meeting in arizona to talk about border security. perry andned by rick a law enforcement. it is 20 minutes. >> good evening everyone, i am marked, the sheriff in this county. i want to say thank you to the for coming out here and bringing true awareness and educating senator cruz and governor perry on what is going on in our border. we could get more people in washington, d.c. to see what is going on in here. the true life for people who live on the border. that being said, i want to introduce governor rick perry

. -- this weekend, the c-span's a city tour posted by time warner cable partners takes us to californiao explore the city is -- the city's history and literary culture. atthis came from my editor the weekly at the time. i was not offended by the idea of asking mexican. i do not think anybody would care. in journalism, you want the stories people care about. one way or another. you do not care if they like you or hate you. an advice column about mexican check out it seems silly. they kept insisting. we needed to fill a space that week. i thought ok, i will go back. he said will only be one time. it is -- it is a satirical column. people went nuts for it. some people loved it. some people hated it. more importantly, people cared. it was supposed to be a joke column. if you have a spicy question, ask me. i am the mexican. blood.called me on my >> on american history tv. john and his partner go up to san francisco. that is where a lot of the german immigrants are located. i find very shocking. there are actually able to convince 50 people of whom know only onefarmer and person had any backg

. >> watch the c-span cities tour today at noon eastern on c-span afternoon and sunday on american history tv on c-span3. named a finalist in the international competition to design the world war one memorial in washington, d.c. to fully realize his vision initially conceived at a make shift desk he invited veteran classical sculptur to join him. it produced the winning entry called the weight of sacrifice. >> the way it is set up is to relate to the context. on the eastern side having the plaza. on the western side having the sherman memorial. how do you get people from this part into that part? how do they see the park from ach of those places? as you walk along the sidewalk from freedom plaza over there, that becomes the line that draws you into the park. as you are on the other side of sherman, you don't see into the park. can we clean out the trees on that side of things and bring down that wall ever so slightly so if you're on that side of the street you look over and say, hey what is that? positioning the sculptures where we did allows greater visibility. as you enter from the west

. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour, hosted by time warner cable partners, takes you to anaheimfornia to exploit the city's history and literary culture. >> the idea for asking mexican came from my editor at the time. i wasn't offended by the idea, but i didn't want to do it at first, because i didn't think anyone would care. in journalism, you want a story that people will care about. you don't care if people like you are hit you, as long as they are reading. i thought, who would want to read it? but we needed to fill a space in the paper that week so i'm like, ok, fine. he said, it will only be one time. totally jokey. people just went absolutely nuts. some people loved it, some people hate it, but people were carried. even crazier, it was supposed to nd they just- a s started said "you like crazy immediately. >> and on american history tv -- >> they go up to san francisco, which is where a lot of the german immigrants are located. they're able to -- i find it shocking -- they are able to convince 50 people, of who nobody was a farmer, and only one person had any background in

. >> watch the c-span cities tour throughout the day on c-span2, but tv, and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span city store, working with our cable affiliate and visiting cities across the country. >> on lectures in history, professor brian craig miller talks about the experience of confederate veterans through reconstruction. he describes how options for support very widely between the southern states. he also argues that many southern organizations founded to aid veterans, instead put their money towards large monuments and pro-confederate. propaganda his class is about 50 minutes. professor miller: april the 12th, 1865, was the surrender date. robert e. lee, ulysses grant had signed the official document a few days earlier. on that day, the confederate soldiers left in the army in northern virginia went on this long process of walking up, turning over the regimental flag. packing their guns. you can imagine that gun was part of your identity for the last few years of the war, now being turned over to the victors in the united states army and trave

. >> watch the c-span cities tour today at noon eastern on c-span afternoon and sunday on american history-span3. named a finalist in the international competition to design the world war one memorial in washington, d.c. to fully realize his vision initially conceived at a make shift desk he invited veteran classical sculptur to join him. it produced the winning entry called the weight of sacrifice.

c-span's city tour's staff featured many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more all weekend here on american history tv. >> welcome in alabama. we are so glad you have come to visit us. this is the home of president jefferson davis and his family when they were here federal government was formed across the street at the alabama state capital. president davis and his wife and three children at the time moved into the first white house in the confederacy shortly after they came late in march. the house was built between 1832 and 1835 by a man who was an ancestor of ill, who merits got fitzgerald -- married scott fitzgerald. this was not here. it was down at the corner of -- if you want to look at the map, very close to the river. it was moved in 1921. this was probably montgomery passes first reservation project because the house became endangered. it was going to be torn down in the white house association was formed in the 1900's. come this way. a copy of a painting that hangs in the pentagon in washington when jefferson davis was in washington, a sena

c-span two and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span three. the c-span city tour, working with their cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. , a conversation about the state of black women in the u.s.. host: we want to introduce you to melanie campbell, president and ceo of a group called the national coalition of black civic participation. which is what? guest: it is a 40-year-old coalition that was started on the purpose of getting black voter participation in 1976 and it evolved to two programs, one that focuses on black women and girls and another that focuses on young people, young leadership. it is called black women's roundtable. and black youth vote. host: there was a report put out by your organization, black women in the u.s., 2016, power of the sister vote. is this a gray card on how black women are doing it in america today? is that fair? it's an organizing tool. guest: we are not a think tank per se, but we do have smart women with partners. dr. avery jones is our editor who is a strong scholar. we decided three years ago, one of

hundreds of thousands of grapevines before the families would actually come down here. >> watch the c-span city tour saturday on noon eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span city's tour working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next a look at intelligence priorities for combating terrorism t featured speaker is gregory treverton who share it is national intelligence council. this is an hour and a half. >> i would i would like to welcome everybody on this snowy friday. i think everybody will be cleaned before we get out of here. before we go any further, let me point out the emergency exits, many of you may have come the stairs, main staircase to the right of the second staircase and out to the back is a third staircase, follow me or my deputy caleb johnson and head out if there happens to be an emergency. my name is tom henderson. we conduct independent field research around the world about terrorism and public, private sectors, media get a better understanding as threat such as al-qaeda and isis. 40,000 fighters from all

. >> watch the c-span cities tour, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv. sunday afternoon at 2:00, on c-span3. workingan cities tour: with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> now, more from day one of the conservative political action conference. we will hear from senator joni ernst, house speaker paul ryan, senator tim scott, and nra president wayne look here. but first, scott walker, who talks about republican gains in local and state political offices. thi part of the conferences is about two hours. >> [pink's "so what" plays] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome wisconsin governor scott walker. [nirvana's "sandman" plays] ♪ >> hi, hi. warning. morning. hi. good morning. let me hear you -- good morning. there we go. thehould all remember that federal government did not create the states. the states created the federal government. >> [cheering] >> these were the words spoken by our 40th president, just after he took the of office some 35 years ago. ronald reagan's right. intended for the federal government to have a limit

hundreds of thousands of grapevines before the families would actually come down here. >> watch the c-span cities tour on "book tv" and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on "american history tv" on c-span2. the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> yesterday, pakistan's chief foreign affairs adviser discussed his country's efforts to combat terrorism and improve national security. he was hosted by the council on foreign relations in washington. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. it's my great pleasure to welcome the minister to the council for this morning's conversation and his remarks on pakistan, pakistan's neighborhood and pakistan and the united states. so, i want to let you all know that this is a meeting on the record. so, but nonetheless, please silence cell phones and happy noise making gadgets. other than that, i just wanted to take a minute to introduce our illustrious speaker who really needs very little introduction. most of us in this room seem to have some connection with pakistan. most of us in this room have some knowledge or acq

when i talked about segregation, everybody stopped and started listening to me. >> the c-span cities tour. >> the supreme court is vested with power and with that comes responsibility. you have an individual sitting on the court for 30, 35 years. it doesn't pass the smell test when it comes to a modern democracy. talks about changes he would like to see at the supreme court including opening up oral arguments to cameras and imposing term limits, requiring justices to adhere to the same code of ethics others follow. >> the decisions affect all americans. all americans are aware of the third branch of government. it has become so powerful. i can go on and on. these issues that congress and the executive branch would get together and figure out, that doesn't really happen anymore. the buck stops with the supreme court in a way that is unprecedented in our history. is changewe could do accountability. >> next, a designation that ensures historic preservation of the b

announcer: wash the c-span cities tour. the c-span cities tour is working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. when i tune into the weekends, usually it is author sharing their new releases. watching the nonfiction authors on book tv is the best television for serious readers. on c-span they can have a longer conversation. author after you author after author. it is the work of fascinating people. >> i love books tv, and i am a c-span fan. house former chair of the intelligence committee, mike rogers, spoke yesterday at a national security conference hosted by the heritage foundation. we will also hear from former national security advisor stephen hadley. this is two hours. >> i hope you enjoyed the second panel as much as i did. we will continue the conversation. i am pleased to have former representative mike rogers to as aus his viewpoint former member of congress in a key post. we have heard from two panels giving you the view from the executive branch perspective. to thebuilding our way last

later, as we're sitting on the most modern sustainable marine terminal in the world. >> watch the c-span's citiesturday at noon eastern on c-span, book tv, and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv. the c-span's city's tour working with our affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>, a new york times columnist part of a discussion on student loan debt. in we talked to fred hiatt about an editorial board meeting with donald trump last week. later, from our landmark cases series, a look at scott versus sanford. the court ruled that americans of african descent whether free or slave were not american citizens and could not sue in federal court. americans hold $1.3 trillion in unpaid student loan debt. about one hundred $21 billion of that is in default. look at student debt. the gerald ford school of public policy at the university of michigan hosted this event.

started talking about segregation, everybody stopped and started listening to me. >> watch the c-span cities tour saturday at noon eastern on c-span's 2 "book tv" and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on "american history tv" on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> officials with the health and human services departments inspector general's office and the government accountability office outlines some recommendations on how to improve the ongoing implementation of the nation's health care law today. they testified before the senate finance committee. senator orrin hatch is the committee chair. senator ron wyden is ranking member. senator hatch: the committee will come to order. it's been a little bit disruptive this morning. we have a lot on our plate. it's a pleasure to welcome everybody here this morning. today, we'll be talking with representatives from the office of inspector general for the department of health and human services and from the government accountability office. i thought their ongoing oversight work with thei

c-span 2's book tv. sunday afternoon at 2:00 on c-span3. the c-span citiestour, working with our capable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> earlier today, energy secretary moniz was on capitol hill. to brief lawmakers on his 2017 budget request that calls for $32.5 billion. this is just over two hours and 15 minutes. >> dwrge, this committee will come to order. this is the second of our three budget hearings before our committee. our final hearing on budget will examine the forest service budget scheduled for next tuesday. secretary, it's good to have you before the committee. i want to again thank you for traveling to alaska and to oscarville with myself and ranking member and four other members of the committee. it was a great field hearing, but we really appreciate that you took the time to see the need, the opportunity, and also the progress that we're making on energy innovation in rural alaska. the buzz is still going around the tundra there about the visit that was had. and the interest that was given to the region. so, we apprecia

tour saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> the house budget committee gavelled in at 10:00 eastern. members were warned it's going to be a long day of work. again, today's meeting and recess now for house recess votes during the markup of the budget. we'll show you members' opening statements from earlier where they outlined their positions on the republican budget plan for Ñ 20 2017. >> i want to begin by thanking the ranking member mr. van hollen for working with me to develop a structure more this markup that closely follows past committee practice. our goal is to consider the budget resolution in an orderly fashion. we have a long day ahead of us and i thank everyone for their cooperation. we'll complete our work by midnight and if there's a lot of cooperation by many hours before that and we look forward to the day. i recognize the gentleman from in indiana. >> thank you, mr. chairman, consistent with clause 4 of house rules 16, the chairma

started talking about segregation, everybody stopped and started listening to me. >> watch the c-span citiestour saturday at noon eastern and sunday afternoon on c-span 3. the c-span cities tours working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> just in from the "associated press" they are reporting that the president has picked merrick garland the chief justice for the d.c. circuit as his choice to replace the last justice antonin scalia. that announcement coming up at 11:00 eastern here on c-span 3 and ahead of the president's supreme court announcement at 11:00 we will show you a institution discussion on the constitutional role of congress and use of executive power on today's government. the panel consisted of experts on constitution in alism as well as legislative power, it is hosted by the hoover institutio >>> thank you sh everybody. i guess we will begin.everybody. i guess we will begin., everybo. i guess we will begin. >>> i'd like to welcome everybody, thank you very much for coming today to the hoover institution for a discussion of conservatism and ex

when i started talking about segregation, everybody stopped and started listening. >> watch the c-span cities tour on book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. r cable with our cal affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> this week, president obama, paul ryan and enda kenny spoke at a st. patrick's day luncheon at the capital. they talked about u.s.-ireland relations and the 2016 president torres. this is happen out -- presidential race. this is half an hour. >> all right, shh. thank you very much. i want to welcome everybody to the capital today. it is a real honor to host this time around. thank you for honoring us with your presence. i have always been very proud of our own family's irish roots. my family comes from a town. my wife and i took our kids there last year to show them our irish heritage and our roots. we went to one of the homesteads that my ancestors farmed which is still being farmed by our cousins today. , my wife's irish roots. my wife comes from the butler family. they lived in kilkenny castle. my family were the ryans who were th

c-span's city tours staff visited and featured many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more all weekend here on american history tv. >> welcome to the first white house of the confederacy and alabama. we are so glad you have come to visit us. this is the home of president jefferson davis and his family while they were here when the federal government was formed across the street at the alabama state capital. president davis and his wife and three children at the time moved into the first white house in the confederacy shortly after they came to

c-span 2 book to be. sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. the c-span city tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. you are watching the tv on c-span 2. book tv, television for serious readers. .. booktv visits montgomery, alabama to talk to local authors and tour the city at literary sites. for a complete television schedule, booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. now we kick off the weekend with rinker buck. he describes his covered wagon journey on the oregon trail. >> thank you for that introduction and i am glad to see so many people here. there would not be any booklovers left in savanna. i am especially happy to be here and i think the organizers because there is a rounding back in savanna, this lovely city. which is typical of my life and the kind of things that have happened. in 1970 while a freshman in college i came down to participate in a vista program for there were any houses out there, just the old gullett community is remnants of plantations that ha

of thousands of grapevines before the families would actually even come down here. >> watch the c-span citiesour saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. book tv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. and here's some of the programs to watch for this weekend. on saturday night at 10:00 eastern. >> well, the first sentence of the book is, the history of american conservatism is a story of disappointment and betrayal. >> afterwards with syndicated columnist e.j. dionne he discusses history of politics why the right went wrong. conservatism from goldwater to tea party and beyond. he's interviewed juan williams co-host of "the five." and sunday in depth live with author and journalist jane mayer. her most recent book is dark money. join in the conversation. we'll be taking your phone calls, tweets and e-mails from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern. watch book tv all weekend every weekend on c-span2, television for serio

of thousands of grapevines before the families would actually even come down here. >> watch the c-span cities tour saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book-tv. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> fcc chair tom wheeler and his fellow commissioners appear before the senate commerce committee for an oversight hearing looking at the spectrum auction and broadband development as well as access in rural areas. senator john thune chairs the committee. senator bill nelson is ranking member. >> this hear willing come to order. welcome to today's hearing on oversight of the federal communications commission. during our oversight hearing last march i expressed my amazement that an agency as important as the federal communications commission has not been reauthorized by congress in 25 years making it the oldest expired authorization within the commerce committee's expansive jurisdiction. together we're beginning to make progress. today's hearing marks the first time this cen

c-span. this weekend, the c-span cities tour takes you to anaheim, california to explore the literary culturek tv." >> the idea for the mexican came to us -- i wasn't offended by it, but i didn't want to do it at first because i did not think anybody would care. in journalism, you want stories that people will care about. i thought who would want to read an advice column about mexicans, it seems so silly for the kept asisting and we need to fill space in the paper that week and they said it will only be one time, a satirical column, totally jokey. some people went nuts for it. more importantly, people were caring and even crazier, at the very bottom it was supposed to be a joke column i said you have this question about mexicans, ask me. people called me on my bluff. >> john and his partner go to san francisco which is where a lot of the german immigrants are and i find it shocking, but they are able to convince 50 people, of whom no one was a farmer and only one person had any back rent in winemaking to give up their businesses and so, their first action after they form what is known as the

started talking about segregation, everybody stopped and started listening to me. >> watch the c-span city's tour saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. pergram weet from chad today. >> here's what a spokesman said at today's briefing. >> congress approved the measure celt a deadline of march 17 for the administration to make a decision regarding atrocities committed by the islamic state group against religious and ethnic minorities. in iraq and siria. secretary continues to study the issue of atrocities perpetrated by dash and is committed to undertake the assessment in a measured and deliberate way he recognizes the seriousness of the atrocities committed by this terrorist group as well as the importance of this issue to its victims and survivors. given the scope and the breadth of the analysis he's contemplating, he will not have a final decision completed by the congressionally mandated deadline tomorrow. however, this issue

c-span fan. >> this your, c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. our visitcent look at to montgomery, alabama. you are watching american history tv. >> welcome to the first white ofse, the confederacy montgomery alabama. i'm so great to have come to visit us. this is the home of president jefferson davis and his family. the confederate government was formed across the street at the alabama state capital. he was elected provisional president of the confederate states of america. they moved into the first white house of the confederacy shortly after they came to montgomery, maybe in march. i want to tell you little bit about the house. 1832-18 35. between this is a picture of the house in its original location, it was not here. it was down on the corner of lee and 5th street. you can look at the map, we were very close to the river. it was moved in this was the 1921. first montgomery preservation project, because the house became endangered. it was going to be torn down and the white house association was formed to save the house. come this way. here

started talking about segregation, everybody stopped and started listening to me. >> watch the c-span citiesour saturday at noon eastern, on c-span2's booktv. on sunday afternoon at hern history tv at 3:00. c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and working with cities across the country. >> after president obama announced merrick garland as his pick to fill the vacancy on supreme court, several senators came to the floor to talk about the the nomination. senate republicans said they won't consider any supreme court nominee in president obama's final year in office.nows, >> this morning president obama say can't seat created by the death of justice antonin scalia. in doing so the president exercised his unquestioned authority under the constitution to nominate somebody to this vacancy but that same constitution reserves to the united states senate and the united states senate alone the right to either grant or with hold consent to that nominee. it's the same constitution. you can't argue that the president somehow has an unquestioned right to see his nominee rubberstamped by t

this year c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. a look at our recent visit to montgomery alabama. watch american history tv all weekend every weekend. alabama state capitol is a very old and historic facility. from the civil war to civil rights. most historical capitals in the united states. with a six pointed star here. marking where jefferson davis become the first and only president of the confederate states of america. jefferson davis didn't stand on the daughters of the confederacy had the star cut and placed here. the capital was here until may 20, 1861. hundred and four years later dr. king led the voting rights march to the same place. stood at hisace first inaugural address. i trust thece: gauntlet before the feet of tyranny. now.gation segregation tomorrow. segregation forever. [applause] >> three historic events that took place here. the register of interior departments historical places. it burned to the ground in 1848. in 1851 the current capital was built on the same foundation. this is in 1851 structure. the dexter a

actually hundreds of thousands of grape vines of families would come down here -- >> watch the c-span citiesn2's book tv. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates across the country. interview with ryan's sean hannity question him about the presidential nomination process. the parties preparations for the general election and the possibility of a brokered convention. this is 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, julie woods hill. [applause] julie: good morning, conservatives. without further into, i would like to welcome the chairman of the national committee party and his special guest star, sean hannity. [applause] ♪ >> how are you doing? i gave out when thousands of balls last night. welcome to chairman of the rnc. >> thank you. so good to see you all. there is the liberal media. the new york times, you have to leave. welcome, everybody. what did you think of the debate last night? i will say this, at the end of this process -- if you are here at my speech yesterday, you know that i ask people to stand, and at the end of the process i say, if your guy does not win, we supp