c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. announcer: 50 years ago on july 23, 1967, a series of riots erected near present-day gordon in detroit, michigan. we have a historian there to learn about the causes and events of the uprising which led 43 deaths, over 7000 arrests, and the deployment of 5000 federal troops to restore order. >> my name is jamon jordan. i am a historian and a tour leader with blacks scroll network history and tour. i do history tours throughout the city of detroit. >> what happened on july 23, 1967? >> a undercover or plainclothes officer, charles henry, attempted to get inside 9125 12th street, which is what police call a blind pig, an illegal after-hours bar. after he was finally able to get in mainly around 3:00 in the morning, the illegal after-hours bar was raided by the police for breaking the law. when they rated the place, they found it was not a small amount of people, which they were used to in these types of raids. the police confronted about 85 people who were there because to -- because tw

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. in 1911, the triangle shirtwaist factory new york caught fire and 146 workers died, mostly women and immigrants. this was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in united states. members of the remember the triangle fire coalition spoke about the event's history, memory, and relevance today. it is an hour and 15 minutes. >> welcome to the triangle factory

at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. you can also watch online at c-span .org or lbz on the c pan raid app in 15 minutes we'll take you leahy to west virginia, the national boy scout jam boree. president trump will be speaking to the group he serves as honorary karm clarm of the boy scouts. we'll have the comments at 6:15. but now we'll have the national governor's association. >> well i would like to welcome everyone to the great state of rhode island and the official opening of the 2017 summer meeting of the nation's governor's association. before i get started i would like to recognize some of the very distinguished guests we have with us. i would ask if any please stand when when wednesday you first as you will see at this summer meeting that first is the first time we've had a head of state, prime minister trudeau will be with us today. in addition we have representative he was from all over the globe to show the growing importance of the governors and dealing with international trade, and business development issues around the globe, and that we as g

send us a tweet as well at c-span to bwj. you have a bachelors and masters from m.i.t. so this fits right in your wheelhouse of expertise. how does that inform what you are looking at in terms of this proposal for the defense authorization bill? guest: having worked in the space industry and the small satellite industry in particular, it does help to work in understanding the types of systems we are talking about and space in many respects is a very different domain. when you study things like orbital mechanics, you work reae that a lot of things that happen in not really intuitive. -- manyike space debris people don't necessarily realize that this is a big problem and it's a growing problem. blowupu do things like someone satellite in space, there have been tests to do that, but no one has done that and more. that creates debris and i could linger for centuries. host: you think that this proposal is clear enough on the delineation of what nasa is responsible for and what the space corps would be response before? -- responsible for? guest: i do. we have made a pretty cle

to join the conversation like us on facebook at c-span history. >> > >> american history tv attended the annual meeting in new orleans. we spoke with a historian about the log cabin republicans, a conservative group founded in the 1970's to advocate for lgbt equality within the party. this interview is about 10 minutes. >> who are the log cabin republicans? >> they are a group of gay conservatives who advocate or lgbt people in the republican party. they formed an organization in the early 1990's. they have been organizing in california since the late 1970's. they are a relatively small group, but they are important for two reasons. , as gayt is that republicans, they face a lot of challenges over the years. they have been working for almost 40 years. there is something that i find interesting. the other thing is, base see gay ashts and conservativism mutually reinforcing. they are not just gay and republican, they see those two things as interlinked, which would not have been possible without a rise in the 1960's and 1970's and the gay right movement -- gay-rights movement. >> what

i have spoken out about that. >> watch sunday night at 9:00 tv."rn on c-span "book each week we visit historic museums and places. up next, we visit the franklin d at hydelt museum park in new york. mr. eberhardt:

c-span3. wednesday the house budget committee marks of the house republican blueprint for fiscal year 2018. coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> this sunday at noon. a c-span three special event. as american history tv is live from the detroit free press is room marking the 50th anniversary of the 19th 27 he tried riots. we'll talk with former police chief and a pulitzer surprise desperately surprise -- pulitzer prize writer. and former detroit free press journalist discusses the media coverage of the riot. the 1957 detroit riot, 50 years later, live sunday starting a new eastern on american history tv -- at noon eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> mike johnson at louisiana talked to c-span about being a new member of congress, his the fourthin congressional district and who the looks to for advice -- who he looks to for advice. ex we're talking to mike johnson -- >> we are talking to mike johnson. rep. johnson: thanks for having us. my background is in constitutional law. for 20 years i did litigation in courts, public interest law firms so i did religious liberty litigation. served in the legislature for short-term, little under two years. was

to join the conversation like uses on facebook at c-span history. john mcwhorter discusses his book "talking back, talking black". >> i wanted to see if i could make the general public have a more positive view of the dialect that most black americans use in casual situations. >> then on tuesday at 7:15 a.m. eastern, author and pulitzer prize-winning historian david mcm mccullough, the american spirit. >> you don't whine and wimper. you get up and continue on, and i think that that's something that we all need to be reminded of and aren't reminded of by the examples set in this story of our own country. >> at 1:30 p.m., utah senator mike leigh with his book written out of history, the forgotten founding fathers who fought big government. >> i don't think anyone can comprehend what happened in philadelphia in 1777 unless they read both sides of the argument because unless you read the arguments of the federalists, they appear to tilt more in the direction of federal power than they, in fact, do. >> at 2:30 p.m. jena bush -- >> with malia and sasha we

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c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> american history tv is at the concord museum in concord, massachusetts. inside, we take a look at some of the collections dedicated to the very first few days of fighting during the revolutionary war. >> the concord museum was founded in 1886, the collection had been begun almost 30 years before that. it was a collection an individual started putting together of objects with histories, that's the important thing. he was only interested in objects that had histories. the institution was formed around that collection. our earliest object is a stone projectile point about 12,000 years old, not very long after the glacier retreated from this area. we have a very good collection of 17th and 18th century furniture, owned and in many cases made in concord. 19th century furniture, objects associated with the authors in concord and the great collection of objects related table 19th, to april 19, 1775. we have arguably more objects that were participants in the events of april 19, 1775 maybe than any other collection. we're going t

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c-span's book t.v. >> "washington journal" continues. it's open phones until the house comes in at 10:00. if you are interested in debate on health care that is on c-span 2. 202-748-8000 for democrats. for republicans. and 202-748-8002 for independents. want to reach us on that, we told you a little about this n the last segment, series of tweets from president trump looking at future of transgender military, this after consultation with generals nd military experts, please be advised the united states government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to any capacity in the u.s. military, our military must e focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with tremendous transgender and military would entail. thank you. the only comment on this topic, as the day goes on, you clarification. during the campaign he reached out specifically to lgbt folks saying thank you to the lgbt community, i will hillary you while bring necessary peep toll threaten your freedom and beliefs, that is a little bit of has gone on this morning. of course, open phones, comment the s

follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule and keep up with the latest history news. american history tv was at the organization of american is trying to new orleans where he spoke with historian adriane lentz-smith about african-american involvement in world war i. she discussed how their military service expose the rachel tensions at the time. this interview is about 15 minutes. >> adrian lynn smith, what was the experience of black soldiers during world war i? adriane: african-american soldiers had a variety of experiences. there was roughly 385,000 african-americans in the wartime army. about 200,000 of them traveled overseas with the american expeditionary forces. of those 40,000 were combat troops, and another 160,000 did mainly labor. folks who wrote home about their spirits is from both the from combation, and units, talk about two things. they talk about the difficulty of fighting for democracy, sort to speak, in a jim crow army. and they talk about the investment of many of their fellow white soldiers in making sure that they do not have rising expecta

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>> all of in event available at c-span .org search cyber security we'll take you live in our to the boys scout jam boree and president trump arriving. live coverage on c-span3. [ chanting ]. >> thank you, everybody. thank you very much. i am thrilled to be here. thrilled. and if you think that was an easy trip, you're wrong. but i am thrilled. 19th boy scout, jam boree. wow and to address such a tremendous group. boy you have a lot of people here. the press will say it's about 200 people. it looks like about 45,000 people. you set a record today. you set a record. that's a great honor, believe me. tonight we put aside all of the policy fights in washington, d.c. you've been hearing about with the fake news and all of that. we're going to put that -- we're going to put that aside. and instead we're going to talk about success, about how all of you amazing young scouts with achieve your dreams. what to think of what i've been thinking about. you want to achieve your dreams, i said who the hell wants to speak about politics when i'm in front of the boy scouts? right? there are many great ho

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if you want to highlight your give us a itter, tweet at c-span wj. ileen norcross, just maybe use state as an x. one thing we heard in the last couple weeks was fiscal illinois.of give us a sense of what that state did wrong and how it plays the larger issue of things you look at when judging a state's fiscal condition? guest: sustained poor performance, they built up ension liabilities and debt over a period of decades. hey issued debt to cover unfunded pension liability when is they were not making full habit of they had underfunding pension, pushing the bill forward, issuing debt to cover it and then not servicing their short-term needs, either. cash sxogz not enough revenue year to year to cover habit of underfunding pension, pushing the bill forward, issuing debt toexpenses, they have bills.g in the i guild back to usage of debt. when issuing debt to cover debt, is a bad sign. host: the governor came in, one thing he incorporated was cuts to build the business side of it. talk about fiscal condition, how the plan play out? guest: what they decid

at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two, c-span.org and our free c-span radio app. friday, a look at the global influence of the press. panel of journalists are the center for strategic and international studies talk about how media outlets are influencing the narrative on world affairs. that is live at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday on q and a. >> when you look at president obama's domestic legacy, i think there are two things that are very important that will have long-lasting, good consequences to the united states that can be summarized. kagan.otomayor and elena >> the second of our two-part interview with david gero. he talks about his book "rising star: the making of barack obama." >> i think the point emphasize is that over the course of barack's presidency, there were scores of people in illinois who had known him in years earlier who were deeply disappointed with the trajectory of the obama presidency. number one, disappointed that -- mostorgot the people of the people -- who were essential to h

suicide by podcast a look back at what -- on c-span's sidebar podcast, a look back at what happened. can find the sidebar and every c-span podcast on the .-span radio app ap on after words, a journalist reports on how smear tactics are used to influence public opinion. she is interviewed by washington media critic air when will. >> you hammer the washington post, who you feel has not properly reported on this saying, as opposed to donald trump why are you smearing john mccain? >> first of all, no offense to you. no. >> number two, i am not here to defend john mccain or donald trump. i think the media he had fear, people do mistaken when i criticize media behavior does not mean that i support donald trump or am cheering him on. i can see that as separate things but it is often misread as you must be supporting him or y becauseot like x or you are supporting it. it is not that. it is what i see is fair or accurate coverage. i have spoken about that including washington post coverage. >> watch on cspan2's tv. >> next on american history tv, conrad mallet, jr. remembers

we welcome your tweets as well at c-span. the senate will return tomorrow at 10:00 eastern just as they close there. senator mike enzi talking about several of the votes that are up including one by steve daines and we look forward to tomorrow's debate with eight more hours of debate left and what looks likely tomorrow as a late evening of what they call it vote-a-rama, a series of votes on amendments offered although democrats senator schumer as you heard they are saying they would not offer additional amendments. here is john bresnahan of "politico" tweeting about that saying that democrats say they won't offer any more amendments to republican health care bill. they want to see the republicans quote skinny repeal bill before they do anything else. fox catching up with susan collins on health care process. she says there are no decisions. only to find out when we find out the final bill at 3:00 a.m.? the capitol reporting on some of the votes you might have seen this afternoon the heller amendment on medicaid expansion, devo

at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this holiday weekend on c-span3 on american history tv, tonight at 8 p.m., david mccullough talks about how the founders, particularly john adams valued education, viewed slavery, and persevered in the face of hardship and how these ideals shaped american society. david: he grew up on a farm where they had no money. his mother was a literate and his father may be could read because there was a bible in the house and that was the only book. hard every day. from childhood on. because he got a scholarship to this little college in cambridge called harvard, as he said, discovered books and read forever -- he became the john adams who helped change the world. >> for a complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org. president trump will be leaving washington for a series of meetings with world leaders in poland and germany. he will begin his trip in warsaw for what is being called the three seas summit. the president will give remarks and meet leaders of poland and croatia. president trump will travel to hamburg for the g 20 summit where he is expected to have h

at 2:30 p.m. eastern, also on c-span 3. and you can watch both hearings online at c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app. congressman mark meadows who chairs the house republican freedom caucus talks about the

at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span arena and online -- on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org. you can also listen on the c-span radio app. saturday, trump attended and spoke at the commissioning of fe uss gerald r.

really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. coming up at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3, american history tv will be broadcasting live on the new museum of the american revolution in philadelphia which opened in april. we will take your calls and questions for about two hours starting at 7:00 and look at the artifacts and exhibits and answer your questions with museum staff. here is a preview. >> the next room which we call resistance is about the decades stretching from the stamp act in 1765 to the outbreak of the revolutionary war in 1775. this room introduces one of the exhibition techniques that we used, which is to create these immersive spaces and make you feel transported back in time. the elm treeeated that stood in boston in 1765 that became known as the liberty tree. this was a phenomenon that spread through other towns and other colonies in the time, a place where sons and daughters of liberty gathered in an ton-air political meeting talk about how they would react to these efforts by the british to impose taxes t

at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. later today, kentucky republican rand paul looks at the conservative movement and how young americans can get involved. he'll speak at the young americans student conference starts also on c-span. last week, vice-president mike pence swore in william hagerty, president trump's pick to be the next ambassador to japan. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests. it's my pleasure as the acting chief of protocol to welcome you to the swearing-in ceremony of big hagerty as the next united states ambassador to japan. the honorable mike pence will give the oath of office. it's my honor to introduce the vice-president of the united states, mr. mike pence. [applaus [applause] >> well, good afternoon, and behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. it's going to be my great honor today and, in fact, a privilege to administer the oath of office to the 42nd united states ambassador to japan, bill hagerty. [applaus [applaus [applause] >> we're join

at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. the senate foreign relations committee holds a confirmation hearing from ambassador nominations to nato, canada, and united kingdom. look at the, a department of first net, a national public safety network for first responders. on c-span3, local officials testified on the way to finance universe -- water infrastructure. >> c-span's washington journal live every day, with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, someone crushed the heritage foundation and someone from the center of american progress discuss the 2018 federal budget. randy caps off of the migration policy institute talks about the increase in low skilled worker visas. be sure to watch at c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> friday, a discussion of the current -- venezuela and what the current domestic and international ramifications could be for solving conflict. the event hosted by the atlantic council of america center is like tomorrow at

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. in 1911, the triangle shirtwaist factory new york caught fire and 146 workers died, mostly women and immigrants. this was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in united states. members of the remember the triangle fire coalition spoke about the event's history, memory, and relevance today. it is an hour and 15 minutes. >> welcome to the triangle factory fire in american memory, a conversation between historians and activist. we are being filmed by c-span. we are going to open up the conversation a little later, so if you want to be part of the discussion, please spec -- please step back to the microphones. professort linne, a at the delphi university. ofm a founding university the remember the tribal fire coalition and a co-author with my colleague andi sosin of the new york city tribal factory fire. i will briefly introduce my colleagues on the panel and they will have more time to tell you about themselves shortly. all of us are members of the remember the triangle fire coaliti

at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >>> this sunday at noon eastern, a c-span 3 special event. >> burn baby burn! >> as american history tv is live from the detroit free press newsroom, marking the 50th anniversary of the 1967 detroit riots. we'll talk with former detroit police chief isaiah mckinnon and historian heather ann thompson to find out what happened and why. then detroit free press editorial page editor steven henderson and former detroit prepress and news journalist tim kisska discuss the coverage of the riot and its aftermath. the 1967 detroit riots, 50 years later, live sunday starting at noon eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> social security chief actuary steven goss recently testified on the current status of social security trust funds. he also discussed potential solutions for making sure the funds stay solvent. this house ways and means subcommittee hearing just under an hour. >> good morning. we have decided that we're going to start the hearing early. since you all are here or since you're here, is that all right with you? >> sounds just great. >> we all know s

we posted the bill at c-span rgan follow live coverage on span.org and on the free c-span radio app. this from politico, house republican leaders will decide next week whether to brave an ugly floor fight. a proposal applauded by rank and file republicans but risks embarrassment. in a closed-door conference meeting today, house majority leader said all 12 appropriations bills will be in committee by the end of next week. leadership will begin a tentative whip count on whether lawmakers would vote on a package that combines all of hose one $1 trillion funding bill. it would allow members to offer hundreds of amendments an ercise that and read more at politico.com. . tonight at 8:00, our interview with linda mcmahon. before becoming s.b.a. administrator, she was co-founder and former c.e.o. of world wrestling entertainment. mrs. mcmahon also ran in connecticut as the republican nominee for the u.s. senate in 2010 and 2012. this sper view is also online -- interview is also online at c-span.org or on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday on "q&a." >> in a country that's an absolute monar

of the people, most of the people, who were essential to clinical rise back sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a practice sunday at noon eastern, c-span three special event. >> in american history tv is live from the detroit free press newsroom marking the 50th anniversary of the 1967 detroit riots. we will talk with former detroit police chief isaiah the canada and pulitzer prize-winning historian heather and thompson to find out what happened and why then, detroit free press editor and pulitzer prize winner steven henderson and former detroit priest and news journalist discussed the media coverage of the riot and the 67 riots. fifty years later, live sunday at noon eastern on american history tv on c-span three. >> coming up tonight on the communicators a look at the federal government and information technology. congressman will herd who chairs the house subcommittee on information and technology joined us. then, president trump host an event focusing on us manufacturing jobs and products. later, a hearing on the proposed reorganization of the state department. >> c-span where history unf

moves ahead with debate on their health care bill, we will have live gavel to gavel coverage on c-span 2, online at www.c-span.org, and streaming on our free c-span radio app. ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal ," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up morning, california democratic congressman raul ruiz will discuss republican efforts to repeal and replace the informal care act. about humanking smuggling and trafficking after 10 suspected migrants died in an overheated tractor-trailer in san antonio last weekend. also, steve russell will join us to talk about key issues facing congress, including the future of health care and federal spending, as well as his opposition to air traffic control privatization. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. >> president trump posted the lebanese prime minister earlier after a meeting in the oval office. they spoke at a joint news conference in the oval office. here is a look. >> thank you very much. please, i am very happy to , with zero of the democrats' votes, the motion to proc

american history tv at c-span.org/history. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. a 1979, c-span was created as look service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> the shot heard round the world happened right here at the northbridge. american history tv is in concord, massachusetts to learn about the battle that started the american revolution. >> by the bridge that arched the flood, the flag unfurled. here the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world. minutemen national historical park was established to celebrate the activities and events which took place on april 19, 1775. behind me is northbridge. this is considered to be the beginning of the american revolution, because it was here that americans, colonial militia if you will, and british regulars encountered one another, shots were fired, and lives were lost on both sides. more importantly, it was where the colonial militia was ordered to fire upon the king's troops , creating in essence an act of treason. massachuse

c-span's live coverage starts at 9:30 a.m. eastern. can you find it all on c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. > >>>? what marching along the peninsula would be like. but he's so dead set on making sure that he doesn't concede anything to lincoln that he basically puts his army on the virginia peninsula in the spring of '62. is going to turn out perhaps to be the worst possible place to launch his campaign. >> sunday at 6:30 p.m. the 320th anniversary of the salem witch trial. historian margo burns talks about the book "record of the salem witch hunt." >> that's one of the reasons we know so much about salem village and we know so much about the pleas of innocents. because samuel paris took it all down. there's a reason that arthur miller poached from him is that it reads like a play. she says this, he says that. there's sound over here. we couldn't hear. the girls were flailing around. all those descriptions coming from samuel paris because he was reconstituting it from his shorthand. >> and at 8:00 p.m. former boston

follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule. and to keep up with the latest history news. >> we were on the road, meaning winners of the video documentary competition, at east lyme high school in east lyme connecticut, second prize winners jack,,, awards for handed their documentary on environment of justice. honorable mention winners catherine dean, and just the right procedure georgia $50 for the documentary on health care. in massachusetts, they handed out a second prize award to andents at the book school carolyn to poke one a second place prize of $1500 for their documentary on the wage gap. in northampton, massachusetts, student from northampton high one and honorable mention prize of $250 for their documentary on sanctuary cities and immigration reform. massachusetts, -- they received an honorable mention prize of $250 for the documentary from the opioid adamic. thank you to all of the students who took part in powerpoint 17 studentcam documentary come edition. what any of the videos, studentcam.org. tradition of at quest

eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org or on the free c-span radio app. and on sunday new york congressman eliot engel, ranking member on the foreign affairs committee discusses russia, north korea and iran. that's on newsmakers sunday morning at 10:00 and later that evening at 6:00, also on c-span. >>> the national governors association summer meeting live saturday on c-span starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern. governors talk about computer coding and the importance of computer science in schools with girls who code ceo, former microsoft ceo steve ballmer and tesla ceo elon musk, who will speak at the governors' closing session. watch the national governors association summer meeting live on the c-span networks, c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3 -- state university professor discusses union general george mcclullen's failed attempt. >> haven't done a lot of research about what this peninsula looks like and what marching along this peninsula would be like. but he's so dead set on making su

at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. up next, the global influence of the press here and abroad in the way it is understood. >> good morning, everyone, and thank you for coming. i'm glad to see there's a large group of students in the room. want to raise your hands. that's great. wow. i'm deborah mccarthy, the executive director of a new program we have here at csis to bring diverse voices and diverse perspectives to discussions of foreign affairs. it's the result of a partnership between the international career advancement program alumini association, icapaa for short, and csis, and we have some amazing donors committed to this effort we want to thank. the panel we have today is fantastic. it will challenge you, bring new thoughts and provoke new questions. our moderator, beverly kirk, is well known to many of you as the program manager of smart women smart power, plus four other incarnations here at csis. she's also a member of icapaa and was instrumental in getting this whole program going. please enjoy. >> thank you

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. marks 30 years since lieutenant colonel oliver north testified before the house and senate committees investigating affair.-contra on railamerica from july 13, 1987, in a 60 minute portion of a day-long hearing, colonel north is questioned by orrin hatch and pauib

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to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. announcer: american history tv is on every weekend. here's a clip of a recent program. lee gives stewart some discretion. he says, you can approach this however you want, but the careful. don't go too crazy. stewart immediately thinks, awesome. this gives me the opportunity to make a name for myself. what he will do is he will make a name for himself by writing entirely around mcclellan's army. lee says, go on the northern flank so i see what it looks like over there. once he got the information coming he could've turned around and gone back. but that was not cool enough, that will not my name in the headlines, that will not make me a legend he rides all the way around mcclellan's army. while he is doing that, the union calvary discover the confederate cavalry is riding around. is union calvary commander philip st. george cooke. he was instrumental in helping develop the united states cavalry. a very skilled officer, a career officer that had done a lot to advance calvary tactics. he

you can also tweet us at c-span history and post on our facebook page. at facebook.com/c-span history. let's go back to 50 years ago today. put in context specifically what happened. >> specific -- specifically, it was a night like many other nights. where folks in the black a community, at an after-hours drinking establishment were having a party, a get together aided by the detroit police department. people were routinely pulled over, routinely thrown up against cars, stopped, frisked, and it just touched a nerve in this particular community had experienced a lot of that aggressive policing even more than others. it was a match to candling. >> at the blind pig, why wasn't like that?it known >> it is a way to talk about after our bars because the pigs were blind to them. they often avoid the gaze of police officers. >> and the celebration were a couple of folks from vietnam, they were celebrating early morning hours. please come. people are being taken out. what specifically happened? >> there is a conflict between the people inside the bar and the polic

at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. listen live on the free spin radio radio. -- c-span radio app. >> sunday on q&a. >> we look at president obama's domestic legacy, i think there are two things that are very important that will have long-lasting good consequences for the united states that can be summarized in four words -- sonia sotomayor and elena kagan, his two nominees to the supreme court. >> the second part of our two-part interview with david garo. he talks about his book "rising star: the making of barack obama" which covers president obama's life to winning the presidency. >> the point to emphasize here is over the course of barack's presidency, there were scores and scores of people in illinois who had known him years earlier were deeply disappointed with the trajectory of the obama presidency, and disappointed in two ways. number one, disappointed that barack forgot many of the people, most of the people who were essential to his political rise. >> sunday night at eight according -- at 8:00 eastern on c-span'

live coverage begins at noon eastern here on c-span. until then, part of today's "washington journal." continues. host: and we are back. at our table, representative gregory meeks, democrat of new the foreign affairs committee and also in his former life, a district assistant district attorney and special prosecutor in new york city. let me ask you this, congressman, from "washington post," spoking gun or distraction? said, i ld trump, jr. love it to the prospect of about nasty information hillary clinton in june of last constitute a smoking gun guest: continuing mounting vidence that i think the special prosecutor will continue to look at and have conversation. who did he in fact talk to? he would like us to believe he idn't say anything to his father, that has to be reviewed, too. think that is why the special prosecutor, mr. mueller, will have further evidence to look at see who knew what, when, who was part of it, what came out of anything, further mounting evidence and why i his ve he needs to take time and see what channels lead he

many of the people, most of the people, who were essential to his political rise. 8:00 easternht at on c-span's "q&a." >> representative karen handel is one of the newest members of congress after winning a special election in georgia's sixth district. declared the most expensive house raise in u.s. history. u.s. history.in >> we are talking with representative karen handel. you have been in washington for a couple of weeks. what has it been like? rep. handel: it has been a whirlwind, but what an ordinary opportunity to represent the people of the sixth district of georgia. >> what was the most surprising thing you have picked up on in the last two weeks? rep. handel: not too much was surprising. we have a lot to get done and make sure on the issue site and the policy side, and getting the team put in place. >> most representatives come in with a learning curve, but you are coming in in the middle where you are dealing with a debt ceiling and a budget situation. how do you bring yourself up? rep. handel: i am a studious individual, so i spent every evening catching up on issues and as many brie

our good friends at c-span book tv are here, so this is an opportunity for all of us to be on tv late night at some upcoming date yet to be determined if we make this event a lively one i gather when people very soon get to come up and ask questions contribute to the discussion, it would be good if you came up where john was just now and that way the camera crew can capture what you have to say. i'm going to keep this real short because i think these kind of events are most productive if they are conducted as an exchange, as a discussion. and i know from the folks i've known for a long time in the room or just meant like dan schwartzman who ran for the city council this fall with the backing of the green party and democratic american socialist alternative there's a lot of people in the city who are tackling the problem of how progressives can get involved in electoral politics at the municipal level and run credible and eventually successful campaigns. it's great to see the old union comrades, old and in the sensef longtime union comrades. but berry who i met years ago when he was a s

c-span 3. follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. this weekend on the presidency, former boston globe journalist rtis wilke and thomas on their book the road to camelot. inside jfk's five-year campaign. here's the preview. >> one of the dangers of something like the making of the president, it's one way of looking at a presidential campaign. it's a narrative. he went to milwaukee and he said nixon is a nut job. r he went to, you know, some other epithet with current staff. or he went to new york and this were all these people on broadway and the voice boomed in the canyons of the big buildings and everybody applaudd and went home and then they voted. the narrative. we took the approach heavily influenced in my case by sorenson that a presidential campaign is a series of benchmarks. important decisions about how to face the country. then they play out. and the thing to focus on in that school of thought are these benchmarks. i think that's what's a little unusual about the approach we took and why we viewed the whole fiv

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at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. later today, kentucky republican rand paul looks at the conservative movement and how young americans can get involved. he'll speak at the young americans student conference starts also on c-span.

at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span arena and online -- on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org. you can also listen on the c-span radio app. saturday, trump attended and spoke at the commissioning of ford ingerald r. norfolk, virginia. it is the first of a new class of nuclear powered aircraft carrier. >> ship's company, attention. will the guests please rise and remain standing for the arrival of our platform guests. military honors to the president of the united states, our national anthem, and the invocation. we welcome and thank the united states fleet forces band and the naval station norfolk saluting gunnery for assisting us today. ladies and gentlemen, our platform guests. commander steven barstow, chaplain corps, united states navy, our ship's chaplain. ms. maryellen baldwin, president and ceo, hampton roads navy league. mr. greg willard, white house staff assistant to president ford and commissioning committee cochairman. mr. byron cavaney, commissioning committee cochairman. mr. douglas devos, committee cochairman. from huntington ingalls shipbuilding, mr. matthew mulhe

it airs again sunday night at 9:00 on c-span. you can much anytime online at the span.org. -- c-span.org. >> back in the u.s., defense secretary james mattis met with his british counterpart. secretary mattis answered the