liza mundy, how do you find a history like this? did you stumble on it? >> guest: so i read a declassified history that had been written by an. nsa historian, the national security agency is our defendant of wartime code breaking. one was declassified then i talked to agency historians who introduced me to the larger story then i had to track down the women to get them declassified. >> hidden figures came out around the same time so how was that they came out at the same time? >> i think of them as the hidden figures i think it is extraordinary they have been untold up until now. i think we are in the era there was a disservice to the rest of the authors letting people think that they that this really happens the rooms were dark but now the lights are going on and we realize they have been here doing important work all along. >>host: and you have first-person accounts. >> in some cases i had to convince them they would not be put in prison. they were very, very good about keeping their secret. >>host: francine. here is a quote she's the one that got that

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>>host: liza mundy what are the logistics moving women to washington, housing them? >> washington was transformed by thousands of women taking the trains, landing in union station, looking for housing, eventually barracks would be built in dorms would be built but it was a scramble for boarding houses or an attic groups of women there -- living together in group houses are living together for the first time. it was a very hard job with a lot of stress and urgency but in the off hours there was a lot of fun the first time they had ever been on chaperones you can imagine. >>host: code girls is the book liza mundy is our guest our guest is calling in from hawaii please go ahead. >> caller: can you hear me? this isn't directly about necessarily the code girls although i'm sure what you said happened to them and i listen to the other two ladies but have you heard from any of the other two or three ladies who put the bug in your ear about the code girls what we know of called the funny uncles? the men who did not go to war and the children who had to stay at home and live

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and mundy pointed on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry river beds like they swan five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war.

watch landmark cases liza mundy at night eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. for background on each case while you watch order your copy of the landmark cases companion book tickets available for $8.95 plus shipping and handling at c-span.org/landmark cases. for an additional resource there's a link on our website to the national constitution center's interactive constitution. >> the american israel public affairs committee is holding its annual policy conference in washington, d.c. this week. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed the gathering as did members of congress from both sides sidese aisle. will show some of that now on c-span2 starting with prime minister netanyahu. ♪ ♪ >> it is my honor this morning to welcome our two distinguished guests. first, ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming mrs. [applause] [applause] [applause] and now it is my distinct honor to introduce the prime minister of the state of israel. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> we've had the privilege of hosting the prime minister at our conferenc

we met with chair mundy. >> he was a congress member. >> i was wondering that. we met with senator harris and senator feinstein. so it was a pro duct -- so it was really productive and we were briefing people for the first time on the effort. we're moving into deeper technical conversations about civic pots of money. so as we continue to advance the conversation, we should be making more headway. >> thank you. >> one quick question as a follow-up on all our concern that something happens before we get to shoring everything up. with the life safety and pilot projects phase, i don't know if that is hard and fast. but if something were to come up that you could see a clear fix that might have a significant impact. >> that's what we are term the life safety project. we're out there doing our investigation and doing our analysis, there are clear things that we can do quickly to get approval to do quickly and having a meaningful impact on life safety. the pilot project piece is primarily centered around ground improvement techniques. you're trying out techniques and i

that's a message from the trump administration [ cheers and applause ] i didn't need abc 7 soap opermuy mundy didn't need ab stin evans education i just plays clarinet it did the trick. we have rarely seen cameras capture something as satisfying as this. >> a man charged with a third dwi after hit by his own car. >> 30-year-old isaac bunsu charged with hit and run failing to stop for officers and other traffic violations. he got out of the car to run but didn't put the car in park. >> that's not a hit and run, it's a run and hit. [ laughter ] he'll probably sue himself. [ cheers and applause ] there's going to be quite the battle at the box office this weekend as "black panther" takes on oprah rksz the new movie, wrinkle in time based off a popular novel. yaya has nothing to do so here he is talking about the movie "a wrinkle in time". >> hi it's me talking about the new movie, the new movie behind me is called walking? walking in time. the movie talk about the magic, that oprah is like the magic woman she like the queen, she's nice lady. i got two pictures with her. oprah do a lot of movies.

trish: they talk about boeing to aunt mundie's house, carving of the pumpkins. >> they have a good role model. trish: mindy, one of the things i've been amazed by, certainly will to me, given me tremendous guidance but you really reach out to women in a way that i think is so proactive, so important and so critical especially nowadays. this ising is you have done throughout your entire career, championed women. i know because i've been at your home, at dinners with women you assembled and gathered. one of my very good friends is a woman i actually went to high school with but you brought us together later on and you've been all about the importance of women networking. tell me why that is -- >> i am so passionate about diversity as a whole certainly as a business imperative and a human imperative. we're really began for me, i joined nike and i was the most senior woman in the company and i realized how critical inclusion, respect, diversity was, and not only because it is a nice to have, but it is the one thing that drives innovation, it drives business strategy at the table and that di

her relatives believed chris was innocent, but he and he says others, including cristi's uncle steve mundythe prosecutor. >> half the family was convinced he was innocent, and half the family was convinced he wasn't. and that's hard to do when you have a big family and you all have to be together every once in a while. >> and when it involves a member as beloved as cristi was. >> exactly. >> does that explain why this sort of group of people in the family decided to just let justice take its course? >> we had talked about it quite a bit. >> i think so. >> you've got to know when to show up sometimes and when to not show up, just to keep what's left of the family as together as you can have it. >> thank you so much for coming. >> when it was over, hall convicted and sentenced to 25 years to life, some of cristi's relatives met with prosecutor strunsky and thanked him. >> they wanted me to thank you. thank you for putting the man away because he's a murderer. >> and the hall daughters? having lost their beloved mother, fought to save a father they adored. and, having lost that fight, aren't

centuries from now, maybe a pair of air jordans will sell for $450 million, as da vinci's "salvator mundi" recently did. who knows? as concert promoter darryll brooks put it: >> value is in the eye of th beholder. some people collect things. i'm a collector, but not of sneakers. i.en you were a kid when they were collecting g. joes. you had a set of g.i. joes don't tell me you di >> reporter: i never had a g.i. joe in my life but i did collect a variety of things: minerals, baseball cards... >> same thing. different generation. d got cars wouldn't look at my cars. what would they do the 1976 el dorado convertible? they probably wouldn't know what the heck that was. but it is a big boat to me. i love it. >> reporter: as the 20,000 people in new york for the convention, and millions more ss t country, love their sneakers, so long as they're the re t.al paul solman, the real paul solman, reporting from sneakercon in new york city for the pbs newshour. >> woodruff: and now, it's a story of adventure, war, and the search for the perfect cup o ffee. jeffrey brown sat down with author dave egger

and mundy pointed wealth on i j z the u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for dr evil bad case one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the work. again now some say films provide a universal language of hope and entertainment millions of people in iraq could use a bit of both the country's cinema industry is making a comeback up the decades of conflict that our correspondent in run kong reports from baghdad. the anticipation on the faces of the cinema goes says it all. they've dressed up and come out to show support for the first iraq a major film in twenty five years sanctions international boycotts and the security situation have all combined to destroy the cinema industry the journey is one man's dream mohamed

eastern with the topic of women in the military featuring hiesa mundi and her book "code girls."hen a discussion on the republican party with craig sheryly and his book "citizen newt." the making of a reagan conservative. an author talks about immigration with his book "go back to where you came from." the backlash against immigration the fate of western democracy. watch our live coverage of the 10th annual tucson festival of ooks on c-span2's book tv. >> monday on c-span's landmark cases, we'll explore the 1886 case where a san francisco city ordinance discriminated against the chinese laundromat owner. the ruling found in favor of the laundromat owner and established that equal protection under the 14th amendment applies to immigrants as well as citizens. examine this case in the high court's ruling with the professor of asian-american studies and history at columbia university and authority of "the lucky ones." and josh blackman, associate law professor on the south texas college of law in houston and founder and president of harlen institute. watch "landmark cases" on c-span,

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they have a price range which is at a discount to the much bigger european mundi.shares to trade up and we see the indication from some investors that it is a good attractive valuation and i think that is probably what you would want right now if you were the ceo. this is the within future of the bank. at the bottom of the story is the idea of 6000 bodies going into retail. looking at to me, the vector of the chart is what are they waiting for? they are not running this thing like an american bank, are they? elisa: well, you point to the jobs that will go at the consumer banking unit. that is a business that faces a , where thesure margins are extremely fair and it is difficult for anybody to be making money in that sector. remained to be seen whether that cost-cutting will overough to bolster the the longer term. tom: how is european banking doing in general. the focus is on deutsche bank and i get that, but bank after bank, they have to do their own restructuring as well. it is a different story, but the same story, isn't it? elisa: you are right in the valuation

eastern the topic of women in the military featuring liza mundy and her book "code girls: the untoldtory of the american women codebreakers of world war ii code and a discussion of the republican party with craig shirley and his book "citizen newt." and another author talks about the policy of immigration. fate of western democracy. watch our live coverage of the 10th annual tucson festival of book tv.c-span two's >> washington journal continues. host: in this segment, we are taking a look at the new jobs numbers and the new economic climate under president trump. the wall street journal has a headline that a hiring boom is drawing workers back and the new jobs numbers spell good news for the administration. joining us on the phone to help explain this is an economics reporter with the wall street journal. thank you for joining us today. guest: thank you for having me. host: give us the top lines on these jobs numbers. guest: this was the report that came out on friday for the month of february and the top line number that we look at is hiring and it is really strong. in,000 new jobs

eastern with the topic of women in the military, featuring liza mundy in her book : the untold storyamerican women codebreakers of world war ii." and then a discussion of the republican party with craig shirley and his book, "citizen wt." and then an author talks about immigration with his book "the back to where you came from: the backlash against immigration and the fate of western democracy." watch our live coverage of the 10th annual tucson festival of books on book tv. announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: and we are back. joining us this morning from massachusetts is jessica vaughan, the policy studies director from the center of immigration studies. what is your group and what is your stance on immigration? guest: we are research institute that studies the effect of immigration on american society and we study immigration policy and demographics and labor reallyand fiscal cost, the whole waterfront of immigration policy from the standpoint of the national interest in trying to promote policies that work for our country and for americans rather than for special inter

eastern with the topic of women in the military, featuring best selling author liza mundi.hen, a discussion of republican .arty with craig shirley talking about immigration. the backlash against immigration, and the fate of western democracy. watch our live coverage of the 10th annual tucson the stubble two's book c-span tv. trumpt, look at the administration's use of sanctions. react to this week's announcement of a potential meeting between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-il and. from the atlantic council, this is one hour and 15 minutes. good morning everybody. welcome all. real people and virtual people and whoever else may be listening in. if you are following the conversation on twitter, please use #sha