ginger thompson: they came across the rio grande. we have a picture of them on a raft crossing the river with a smuggler he was there guide. they were picked up very quickly after they crossed the order into the u.s. into south texas and attained. -- detained. brian lamb: what happened to texas and attained. them when they were picked up? ginger thompson: they were detained and help for today's. on the second day, an official said to her, asked her child to come with him and she said why are you taking my child? he said you are going to court today. do not worry, your child will be here when you get back. when she got back from court, her child was not there. they were separated for a month nd two days. brian lamb: where did the mother say -- stay? what of the daughter go? ginger thompson: she stayed at a facility called port sabel. it is near the southern tip of texas. the daughter was flown to a shelter in arizona. it was in phoenix. she was kept there and the mother was kept in texas. they had their first phone call 10 days after

senior reporter ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and u.s. government upon the us immigration policy. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. departmentbi justice and securities and exchange commission held a news conference to announce federal charges against chris collins for insider trading. here is the announcement. >> good afternoon. i am just firm in come of the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. today we announced criminal charges against christopher collins, a united states congressman. chargedman collins is with insider trading and lying to the fbi. as alleged in the indictment, congressman collins cheated our markets and our justice system in two ways. first, he took his son to confidential, corporate information at the expense of regular investors. then he lied about it to law enforcement to cover it up. son, cameronis his collins and stevens are ski, the father of cameron's fiance. these charges are a reminder that this is a nation of laws and that everybody stand equal before the bar of justice. go into the to deta

a tonight on c-span, q and with senior reporter ginger thompson. anniversary of last year's deadly protests in charlottesville, virginia, we will show you to rallies from earlier today in washington, d.c., starting with the d.c. united against hate counter protests against white nationalists, followed by the night the unite the right to rally in lafayette park. ♪ this week on cue and a, propublica are -- senior reporter talks about covering mexico and the u.s. government immigration policy. brian lamb: ginger thompson, when did you get interested in reporting on mexico? ginger thompson: i grew up on the u.s. mexico border. i am an army brat. for my high school years, i lived in el paso, texas.

. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," ginger thompson. thompson talks about covering the u.s.mmigration policy. >> i grew up on the u.s.-mexico border. mexico has long been a part of my life. i learned to speak spanish very early. i spent weekends with my friends and their grandparents. i have been interested in mexico for a long time. journalist, the fact that i spoke spanish gave me a bit of an edge over some of my colleagues. there weren't a lot of spanish-speaking reporters in newsrooms. i was working at the los angeles times. i started as an intern, spoke spanish, covered spanish-speaking communities, and in doing that, it became a natural progression that i would go to mexico for short assignments and eventually applied at "the baltimore sun" to be there latin america correspondent, but i think from the beginning, writing about people in spanish-speaking communities was of interest to me. host: how would you describe the difference between el paso and juarez? is one ofon: el paso the safest cities in america, rez has become one of the most dangerous cities in mexico. uar

ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. government's immigration policy. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a.

. >> senior reporter ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. governments immigration policy. sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q and a. >> at a bookstore in washington d.c., author alissa quart discussed her new book, "squeezed". why our families can't afford america. she was interviewed by barbara - -. this is just under an hour. >> good evening everybody, welcome to politics and prose. please silencer cell phones and other devices. we are audio recording and video recording this event so we prefer no interruptions.

ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. government's immigration policy. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> we are joined by jim bridenstine. we are joined by reporters. >> thank you for joining us. i thought i might start with the space force. forcebe clear a military under the pentagon, but what with the creation of a space force mean for nasa? jim: nasa has hundreds of billions of dollars worth of assets in orbit right now. plus, we have our american astronauts in orbit. we are dependent on space being safe and accessible. that is important for the science we do, the discovery and exploration. i have been as a member of congress before i was a nasa administrator, i have been a strong supporter of a space and we voted on it in the house of representatives. i voted on it three times. it actually pass the full house with 344 votes, which is a bipartisan vote. at the end of the day, of all the technologies and capabilities nasa develops, we want to commercialize those capabilities. many have been commercialized. the space economy represen

. >> ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. government's immigration policy. sunday night at eight eastern on c-span q&a. today at the pentagon, vice president pence officially announced the creation of a space force. he talked about how it would operate and how it impact the other branches. congress would need to authorize which could be authorized in the next national defense authorization act. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome secretary of defense james mattis and the vice president of the united states michael pence. [applause] vice pres. pence: good morning. please grab a seat. sec. mattis: i assure you, mr. vice president that is for you at not for me. you for welcoming the vice president ladies and gentlemen. [laughter] don't do anything like that when i talk alone, sir. shanahan, allry the members of the defense community here today, thank you for joining us. it is a great day for the pentagon when we have the vice president here of course. i would just tell you mr. vice president, it is a pleasure to have you back here at the pentagon today and

ginger thompson discusses mexico and the united states immigration policy, tonight at 8:00 p.m. q&a. >> retired u.s. army sergeant major gavin malco can him -- discusses the tomb of the unknown soldier, and also describes the changing of the guard ceremony and reflects on the meaning of the monument. the national world war i museum and memorial hosted the hour-long event. >> now, it is my pleasure to introduce sergeant major -- retirede 11th from the u.s. army after nearly 23 years of service, where he held key leadership positions, led peace and contingency operations, and earned several declarations. as i watched him walk through incredibly busy memorial day, you can just pick him out of a crowd

. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," ginger thompson. thompson talks about covering the u.s.mmigration policy. >> i grew up on the u.s.-mexico border. mexico has long been a part of my life. i learned to speak spanish very early. i spent weekends with my friends and their grandparents. i have been interested in mexico for a long time. journalist, the fact that i spoke spanish gave me a bit of an edge over some of my colleagues. there weren't a lot of spanish-speaking reporters in newsrooms. i was working at the los angeles times. i started as an intern, spoke spanish, covered spanish-speaking communities, and in doing that, it became a natural progression

being identified and fired, but the source ultimately agreed to allow me to publish the audio >> ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the government's immigration policy. writes about the political career of kennedy shriver sister jean, robert and ted kennedy. they also talk about the book the politics and prose bookstore in washington. this is one hour. >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you for coming out to politics and prose on this beautiful day. my name is jenny and on behalf of the staff and owners here, welcome to the store. we are really excited to welcome eileen mcnamara to talk about her new book, "eunice." a couple of housekeeping notes. first if we can take a second to silence our phones, that would be great and also when we get to the question and answer portion if you wouldn't mind using this microphone here in the aisle soe can pick up your voice, that would be appreciated. now for the buck. eileen mcnamara spent about 30 years with the "boston globe" and she was one of the first to write about the abuses in the catholic church. two awards from her list of accolades a

. >> senior reporter ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. immigration policy. sunday night at eight eastern on c-span q-and-a. a biography of harvey milk a san francisco politician killed in 1977 by a city board of supervisors member. also talked of harvey milk at a launching event at the mechanics institute in san francisco. this is one hour and 15 minutes >> good evening and thank you for joining us at the mechanics institute at 57 post street in sanan francisco. l i'm the director of events and i am pleased to welcome you here to the program for the book launch of harvey milk his life and death with author lillian who will be in conversation with activist and author keith jones. we would like to acknowledge the cosponsor for this event, the historical society and museum and i would like to welcome

being identified and fired, but the source ultimately agreed to allow me to publish the audio >> ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the government's immigration policy. writes about the political career of kennedy shriver sister jean, robert and ted kennedy. they also talk about the book the politics and prose bookstore in washington. this is one hour. >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you for coming out to politics and prose on this

announcer: ginger thompson talks covering mexico and the u.s. government's immigration 8:00y, sunday night at eastern on c-span's "q&a." announcer: each week, american tv's reel america brings you archival films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. >> they, the united states, keenly aware of its strategic the free leader in world, has allied itself with other nations dedicated to the peace andon of welfare of mankind. cameras today focus on one of the most important of these alliances. narrator, edward r. murrow, tells the story behind the north atlantic treato organization , 1945, the war in end.e came to an been the price of europe's unpreparedness. our hard-won peace seemed at last secure. before, allied forces from the west joined hands with the russians from the east. cordiallyes men met atialitia and pots stan. the countries they occupied should be liberated and freely elected governments set up as soon as possible. andin a few months, europe scandinavia were free and independent but for the countries occupied by russia,

. >> ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. government's immigration policy. sunday night at eight eastern on c-span q&a. today at the pentagon, vice president pence officially announced the creation of a space force. he talked about how it would operate and how it impact the other branch

senior reporter ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and u.s. government upon the us immigration policy. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. departmentbi justice and securities and exchange commission held a news conference to announce federal charges against chris collins for insider trading. here is the announcement.

announcer: ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. immigration policy, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> next, we take you to south africa, where former resident barack obama marked the 100 anniversary of the anti-apartheid leader's birth. 15,000 people filled the stadium in johannesburg to hear the lecture. this runs an hour and 25 minutes. [applause] mr. obama: thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. thank you.

this sunday on q&a, propublica's senior reporter ginger thompson discusses her story "the making of aassacre" about the attack on a small mexican town by the -- a major drug cartel. that was was horned turned into a multipart documentary. next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. live, starting at 4 p.m. eastern here on c-span. nominated to the supreme court by president ronald reagan in 1987, justice antonin kennedy -- justice anthony kennedy is retiring. we will take a look at his impact on the nation. and former solicitor to the justice general. that's the legacy of supreme court justice tonight at 8 p.m. eastern. or on the free c-span radio app. the datat, a look at protection regulation. joining us on the from -- on the program, president and ceo of the software alliance. of thesident and ceo center for democracy and technology. >> every company is a tech company. i think this signals a change in our thinking. and that person has ongoing rights. that's a conversation every company needs to have. >> we want that to move forward in a positive way. we need to have the right rules

reporter ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. government's immigration policy. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. we take you to south africa where former resident barack obama marked the 100 anniversary of the anti-apartheid leader's birth. this runs an hour and 25 minutes. [applause] mr. obama: thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you so much. [laughter] >> yes, we can! yes, we can! yes, we can! mr. obama: thank you. michelle, members of the mandela family, to president ramaphosa, who you can see is providing hope to this country, professor, doctor, distinguished guests, to the people of south africa -- [cheers and applause] mr. obama: it is a singular honor for me to be here with all of you as we gather to celebrate the birth and life of one of history's true giants. let me begin by a correction -- [laughter] and a few confessions. the correction is that i am a very good dancer. [laughter] i just want to be clear about that. michelle is a little better. [laughter] mr. obama: the confessions. number one, i was not exac

propublicek on q&a, a's senior reporter ginger thompson discusses her story "the making of a massacre" about the attack on a small mexican town by the zetas drug cartel. next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, veteran democratic consultant discussing his book, "democrats in the age of trump" on how the democratic party can regain congress and the white house. guest talks about the controversy over 3-d printed army and a retired lieutenant colonel will discuss trump administration for an policy -0- foreign policy. next week, both tv is in prime time starting monday at 8:30 p.m. eastern, senator scott and congressman gowdy talk about your work "unify" how our -- how are unlikely friendship can guide the country. and sean spicer with his book. and allender shorts with his book "the case against impeaching crop." -- against impeaching donald trump." and then richard munson on his inventor of the modern. and thursday, the latest self-help book -- 10 arguments medialeting your soc

. ♪ announcer: next week on "q&a," propublica's senior reporter ginger thompson discusses her story " of a massacre" about the attack on a small mexican town by the zetas drug cartel. in this story was recently turned into a multi-part documentary. that is next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. and live, your calls comments on washington journal. then discussing the isis threat to minorities and ethnic groups. after that, combating foreign hacking a hand disinformation on the internet. >> nominated for the supreme anthony1987, justice kennedy is retiring after 30 years on the bench. tonight we will take a look at his impact on the nation with his clerk from 2011-2012 and former solicitor to the attorney who argued 29 cases before justice kennedy and the court. watch the legacy of supreme court justice anthony kennedy tonight at 8:00 >> this morning, democratic consultant michael lutz talks about his book, how to democrat in the age of trump. freebie can staff writer stephen gutowski looks at the legal challenges to d

ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. governments immigration policy. sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. this part of the meeting begins with mayor stephen benjamin. mayor benjamin: this morning we are going to do a deep dive into a very important issue, how to involve our youth and community action and politics both locally and nationally. this session is meant to start a conversation with our young leaders and mayors so we can to work together to address some of the most pressing issues of our time. we turn the table over today to our youth involvement task force, led by our friend, the mayor of gresham, oregon. he will be monitoring today's youth involvement segment. i want to say thank you to shane for his incredible leadership on this issue. we need it now more than ever. thank you, s,

comencer: ginger thompson -- textbook covering mexico and the u.s. government's immigration policy. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. we don't live in the same part of the country, don't have the same vocation, we don't have the same outlook. but where we are all the same is men of color, women of color, is the way we instill a sense of fear as a sobering consequence of what could happen if i interact with the police and it goes wrong. announcer: tonight on afterwards. comedian and actor d.l. hughley shares his thoughts on race in america with his book "how not to get shot, and other advice from white people." >> how about having a police department that is respectful of the public they work for? how about having a police department that is held to a higher standard than the children that are supposed to be respected? there is a certain point when children just don't listen. just don't listen. should they die for that? that is what they called the -- call teenagers for. should we accept that as a society? is that the best we can do, to tell our children to be more respon

announcer: senior reporter ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. government's immigration policy tonight at eight eastern -- 8:00 eastern on q&a. next, law and media experts discuss the limits of free speech and whether first amendment protections apply to what some might consider offensive speech. this was from a recent conference hosted by the association for education in journalism and mass indication. it's an hour and a half. good afternoon and welcome. i would like to welcome everybody to this panel, those of you in the room and those of c-span.ing us via i can't think of a more relevant and important topic for us to talk about today. those of you not in the room, walk him to the association for education in journalism and mass indication. -- 2692 journalism and communication educators in washington this week for the annual convention of aejmc. i am jason shepherd, department chair at the department of human occasions at california state university fullerton. this session is jointly sponsored by two divisions i have long been involved in for n

and but the source ultimately agreed to allow me and -- to publish .he audio >> senior reporter ginger thompsonks about -- cover mexico and the u.s. government's immigration policy sunday night that it :00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> some news from the hill today, president trump celebrating the official proposal of the fifth branch of the u.s. military for outer space. vice president pence outlined the proposed department of defense plans which would require congressional approval. president trump tweeting "space force all the way." the process necessary to establish the space force, the proposal has not yet gain traction among lawmakers or military officials and it could start a fresh fight over where funding for the new military branch work -- would come from. here are some of vice president pence's remarks at the pentagon. speech show the entire on c-span networks weran

announcer: senior reporter ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. government's immigration policy, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "q&a." announcer: survivors of the parkland, florida high school shooting, along with other international youth activists, participated in the 2018 u.s. conference of mayors. they talked about issues from gun violence and carbon emissions, to education and to sexual harassment. this session began with remarks from the u.s. conference of mayors president, stephen benjamin. mayor benjamin: this morning we will do a deep into a very important issue, how to involve our youth locally and nationally. this is meant to start a conversation with our young leaders and mayors, so we can work together to address the most pressing issues of our time. we will take what we learn here today to our newly established youth task force, led by our friend from oregon, shane demis and turn ideas into action. he will be monitoring the segment today. i want to say thank you to shane for his and could leadership on this issue. we needed now

. >> ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. government's immigration policy.y night on c-span q&a. >> washington journal continues. us, douglas serves as the president of the american action forum. good morning. last month in the hill you wrote a piece about the american economy, you related to decisions being made about policy. >> they have had an impact. the first, an indoor miss turn on regulation. people don't appreciate the scale of what has gone on. if you add the cost of regulation issued by the obama administration, 1.1 per day for eight years. the cost of complaining -- complying was over a billion years -- a billion dollars year. the trim added $5 billion to that. they propose to lower it by 9 billion. it is staggering, the difference. smalle this in the business confidence at record highs. they are not going to have to figure out what more thing. it has been a big deal. the tax bill. that has two key components. a cut in taxes for individuals and businesses. trip oferm it stops the companies moving overseas, the most fundamental change ever. necessa

. >> senior reporter ginger thompson talks about -- cover mexico and the u.s. government's immigration policy sunday night that it :00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> some news from the hill today, president trump celebrating the official proposal of the fifth branch of the u.s. military for outer space. vice president pence outlined the proposed department of defense plans which would require congressional approval. president trump tweeting "space force all the way." the process necessary to establish the space force, the proposal has not yet gain traction among lawmakers or military officials and it could start a fresh fight over where funding for the new military branch work -- would come from. here are some of vice president pence's remarks at the pentagon. speech show the entire on c-span networks were anytime online at c-span.org. >> we knew airpower had ever -- had forever changed and the will to build the most powerful air force the world had ever seen. terrible after the conflict, our nation created a new branch of service to secure american dominance in t

announcer: ginger thompson talks about covering mexico and the u.s. government's immigration policy. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on 1968, america and turmoil, we look at women's rights. we will discuss women protesting the 1968 miss america pageant, anti-women's rights became part of the national conversation, transforming households and workplaces across the country and society itself. -- america american and turmoil, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3, and online programs are available on spotify as a podcast or watch anytime at www.c-span.org. on our 1968 page. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white