manager at theam national association of secretaries of state. founded in 1934, it's the oldest nonpartisan group for officials. manages the associations relationships related to cybersecurity and election security, she has a masters degree from auburn university and is a doctoral candidate in auburn's graduate program in public policy. we are also joined by maggie brunner who served as the program director for public security and safety. it is the voice of the leaders of the 55 states and commonwealth. she focuses on cyber security policy, homeland security and public safety technology. maggie holds a jd from william and mary law school and a bachelors degree in history. thank you for joining us. could you share opening or marks about your perspective representing nga? maggie: thanks for having me today. i am the cybersecurity program manager at the national association of secretaries of state. nass represents secretaries of state and some lieutenant governors. 40 of our members serve as their state's chief election official. that varies from sta

association of state election directors in the national governors association. over that time we have really focused on defining our mission which, to us is to provide risk-management advice to election stakeholders. we focus on helping election stakeholders to identify and then detect, manage and mitigate risk to their respective systems. and then it is important to recognize we see the election stakeholders, not only election officials that manage voting systems and bota databases and the vendors that support them or the community we call election infrastructure. we also engage of partisan organizations, campaign and the electric as her third line of effort to restructure our work accordingly. in early 2017, our support to election infrastructure was more formalized by declaring that sector part of critical infrastructure now in all candor, we can do a lot better of a job explaining what that meant. popular the time dhs is present and they see the infrastructure and this purity is really a supporting function helping to provide information and overbuild man pu

wilson he is chairman of the national association of black law enforcement officers he spent 45 years in law enforcement he joins me tonight from providence rhode island incident wilson it's good to have you on to the day you know we're learning tonight just like i'm sure you are that all 4 of these officers involved in the death of george floyd they have now been charged derek. and who need the neck of george for he's now been charged with 2nd degree murder now all of this coming knowing days after the event that has rocked the us what's your reaction to nothing but i want to say thank you for inviting me you on your. detractors were due. and upgrade that i'm. most likely appropriate. and how much of an impact that's going to have on what has been taken place nobody's for sure yet. i end it people need to recognize that they hold is that having upgraded their charges and charging the other 3 officers will help to curtail some of the more violent parts of the protest it had been going on. that you said the upgrade from the from 3rd degree murder charges to 2nd degree he said it's most

of police organizations, national district attorneys association, national sheriffs association, sergeants beociation, and many others. they worked on this with me and my team, and fantastic. i want to thank my team. what a team it is. and we take very much into mind what they're saying because these are the people that keep us safe, and they've done an incredible job. thank you all vy much, thank you. [applause] [applause] >> great job, mr. president. >> take one of these. thank you very much, everybody. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. [applause] [background sounds] >> the president's, from public affairs, avail nn paperback and e-book. presents biographies of every president organized by the ranking by noted htorians from best to worst. and features perspectives into the lives of our nation's sheath executives and leadership styles. visit our website c-span.org/thepresidents to learn more about each president and a story and featured, and order your copy today wherever books and e-books are sold. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme co

and it doesn't matter who it is or ask you about what the british association today the national association of law enforcement it condemned the actions of those 4 officers in minneapolis it also highlighted that lowered force in the u.k. is policing by consent meaning that the people want the cops to be prez it can you say the same about us policing at the moment. if you won't talk the idea of right now i have to tell you no i at least not in communities of color. they don't have a lot of trust in law enforcement and that even extends to do those of us in black forces. while yes we are. typically imbedded in our communities did the vast majority of the members of our it is asian are working in muni's where they live and grew up in. so that they they know the people they are the people know their own and they know that they can be trusted to do treat them with respect and dignity. that you hadn't always happened let me ask you before we run out of time you know you have seen almost a half century of law enforcement in the us i mean you've seen so much change. you started being a police offic

associations throughout the country are being placed in harm's way. as you've seen in the last couple of days, many police leaders throughout the nation have given their opinion and their objection to what they witnessed as a result of the tragedy so close to minnesota. however, how men and women of our association and all law enforcement are still compelled to be a line of defense to protect the innocent and it's a tragedy what's taken place. many elected officials and professionals have clearly identified that the agitators in this nation are undermining the message that the peaceful protesters are attempting to deliver. >> can you talk a little bit, let's go back to the beginning of the george floyd incident. how does this happen? looking at this video, what is your reaction and how does it happen. >> my personal response is, i'm a member of law enforcement for 40 years. the actions that were taken in the videos that i observe were not what i have been trained to do in my 30 plus years in law enforcement. the process has taken place, it's not an excuse, it's an explanation but the legal process has taken place, the investigation has taken place and

mick mikael is the president of the national association of police organizations. thank you for being with us. i want to get your thoughts as you look at this, and obviously curfews extend all across our country tonight. >> i appreciate the opportunity to participate. as we are seeing many of our groups and associations throughout the country are being placed in harm's way. as you've seen in the last couple of days, many police leaders throughout the nation have given their opinion and their objection to what they witnessed as a result of the

of police organization in chief association and the national urban league. g i believe this type of legislation guess is the basic framework for lasting changes we are b after as an umbrella under which those issues could be voted on and debated to become part of the law. i hope it will become a part of the conversation coming days and weeks rooting out racial injustice that has existed for generations to require long-term bipartisan here in congress i do believe it is wrong to paint all police and all law enforcement is somehow racially biased that is not deservednd and flat wrong and irresponsible clearly when there are cases of abuse even the police officer crosses the h line they need to be held accountable and we need to be focused on identifying those individuals not only prosecuting them that sending a message that action will not be tolerated in a civilized society. we need to regain the confidence for all people of all colors that the police are our friends and a necessary part of our order of liberty. without order, you have anarchy. only with orde

national association of police organizations. national district attorneys association. national sheriffs association . sergeants, benevolent association and many others. they worked on this with me and my team , have been fantastic. i want to thank my team, what the team it is and we taken very much into mind what they are saying the cause these are the peoplethat keep us safe. and they've done an incredible job area you all very much. [applause] >> thank you everybody. >> thank you very much, thank you . >> i am a republican chuck grassley gave an update on police reform efforts in his state, followed by the majority leader mitch mcconnell who discussed judicial nominations and the public lands maintenance bill . >> too often americans are cynical about our political system . llwhen all they see is legislative gridlock. yet i ones were capable to set themselves apart, working together on law enforcement reforms in the wake of george floyd's murder. amber every step of the way, the iowa process was fueled with input from the grassroots including those who demonstrated pe

of police organizations and major city chiefs association and the national urban league. i believe this type of legislation would give us the basic frame work for the lasting changes that we're all after. it would be an umbrella commissioned under which a lot of very specific and granular issues could be debated and voted on and if meritorious, pass and become a part of the law. i hope it will become a part of our conversation that we're having in the coming days and weeks, rooting out racial injustice that has existed for generations will require long-term bipartisan commitment here in congress and in homes and institutions across the country. i do believe, madam president, it's simply wrong to paint all police and all law enforcement as somehow racially biased. i think that's not deserved and i think it's just flat wrong and irresponsible. clearly when there are cases of abuse, where even a police officer crosses the line, they need to be held accountable and we need to be focused on identifying those individuals not only in prosecuting them, but sending a message that

of police organizations, national district attorneys association, national sergeant'ssociation, benevolent association, and many others. they've worked with me and my team and it's been fantastic. i want to thank my team. we take very much into mind what they are saying because these are the people that keep us safe , and they've done an incredible job. thank you all very much. [applause] [applause] thank you very much. thank you very much, everybody. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] house judiciary committee looks set the democrats' act. if approved, it goes to the full house. watch wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> what do you think we can do about that? 7 announcer: with police reform, protests, and the coronavirus continuing to affect the country, watch our live unfiltered coverage of the government's response was briefings from the white house, congress, governors and mayors from across the country updat

air force on the history of the national rifle association. this is from the american historical association's annual meeting. >> patrick charles is a former marine and now senior historian for the summertime air force and author of the book armed in america. thanks for being with us on c-span3's american history tv. >> thank you steve. flood to be here. let's again with the origins of the national rifle association. how did the association come about and why? >> well, it came about after the civil war where there was poor marksmanship by the soldiers during the war. two soldiers decided to form the nra. one is to facilitate and grow long range rifle ranges and the other was to assist the state nascars in marksmanship. the nra initially, just so you know, was kind of working to get appropriations from the government and they started off with one organization. the they grew to 1700 by 1929. they also are, just so you know, built on -- there was an english national rifle association, and they were -- that was the predecessor in 1859. the franchi

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air force on the history of the national rival association.his is from the american historical association's annual meeting. >>> patrick charles is a former marine and now senior historian of the u.s. air force, and now armed in of gun rights to concealed carry", thanks for being with us. >> thank you, steve. glad to be here. >> let me begin with the origins of the nra, the national rifle association. how did the association come about and why. >> well it came about after the civil war where there was poor marksmanship so two officers decided to form the nra based out of new york with two purposes. one is to facilitate and build and grow long range rifle ranges and to assist the state national guards in marksmanship. the nra initially, just so you know, was kind of a working to get appropriations from the government and they started off with one organization, they grew to 1700 by 1929. they are also are, just so you know, built on an english national rifle association and they were predecessor in 1859 so this is the american version. the only

ons and the national association of police chiefs. ons and the national association of police chiefs. jonathan: part of the conversation when it comes to police reform, the three word mantra, defined the police. part of the conversation has now become, don't take it literally. everyone has a different interpretation of what that means. you said already that you are -- what is your definition? what is a better alternative? chairwoman bass: i told some friends that that is probably one of the worst slogans ever, but anyway, police officers are the first ones to say that they are law enforcement officers, not social workers. in health, invested social, and economic problems in communities, and we leave the police to pick up the pieces. in my city, on any given night, we have over 40,000 people who are homeless. why should the police be involved in that? if you are talking about substance abuse, intellectual challenges, why should police officers have to clean up societies problems? one of the main points i think the movement is making is

so with that, we are really thrilled to have experts from the national association of secretaries of state and the national governors association got joining us here today. we're also grateful for you jeff that you will stick around for this is lindsay is the cyber program manager at the national association secretary of state. founded in 19 therefore it's the oldest nonpartisan for officials purging manages the associations relationships related to cybersecurity and election security, cybersecurity administration from auburn university and a doctoral candidate auburn's graduate program in public, lindsay. we are also joined by maggie brunner who is the owner's association homeland security and public safety program. she's the leaders of the 55 states and commonwealth she focuses on cyber security policy, homeland security and public safety technology. maggie holds a jd from william and mary bachelor's degree in history. thank you maggie for joining us. >> lindsay and maggie could you share some opening remarks about your perspective? >> certainly. i will start us off. thank you for h

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earlier today, the bipartisan national governor's association, the national league of cities, the national association of counties, the u.s. conference of mayors, the national conference of state legislatures, the council of state governments and intercounty management association sent a joint letter to senate leadership. i don't ever think i've been part of some of those organizations at different times, i've never seen them all come together on any given issue. they came together on this one. over 170 businesses and organizations sign on, all unified with a clear message that if we failed to provide our states and communities with immediate assistance, we will only hamper our nation's ability to fully recover and americans will needlessly suffer. according to the bureau of labor statistics, more than 1.4 million public employees and counting have been laid off or furloughed across the country. over 90,000 in texas, 65,000 in ohio. nearly 30,000 in kentucky, 25,000 both in colorado and florida, every state and community is bleeding. we're talking about first responders, teachers, nurses,

air force, on the history of the national rifle association. this is from the american historical association's annual meeting. >> patrick charles is a former marine and now senior historian for the u.s. air force and the author of the book armed in america, the history of gun rights from colonial militias to conceal carry. thanks for being with us on american history tv. >> thank you steve. glad to be here. >> let me begin with the origins of the nra, the nice channel rough rifle association. how did the organization come about and why? >> it came about after the civil war, where there is poor marksmanship by the union soldiers, two officers decided to form and murray based on new york in for two purposes. to facilitate, build and grow long-range rifle ranges and the other one was to assist the state national guards in marksmanship. the nra initially just so you know, was kind of a working to get appropriations from the government and it started off with one organization in 1700, by 1929. they also are, just so you know, build on, there is an

the national rifle association, how does the organization come about and why? >> well it came about after the civil war and where there is poor marksmanship by the union still soldiers and two officers start to form the nra. for two purposes, one is to facilitate build and grow long range rifle ranges. the other one too was assist the state national guards and marksmanship. and the nra initially just so you know was kind of a working to get appropriations by the government and they started off with one organization there were 1700 by 19. gfkç29. they also are just so you know, built on there was the english national rifles association. and that was a predecessor this was mostly the american version. so the difference in the two to start off with was this franchise like model, and you could start with the rifle club locally or statewide. those rifle clubs would then compete in local and national events. >> with the founder of the recognize would the founder of the nra recognize the nra today in 2020. >> not at all, it was not intended to be political in any way

air force on the history of the national rifle association. this is from the american historical association's annual meeting. >> the author of the book, armed in america, hadraa history of g rights. thanks for being with us on c-span 3's american history tv. >> thank you, steve, for being here. >> how did the organization come about and why? >> well, they came about after the civil war where there's poor marketing by officers during it the war so two officers decided to form the nra for two purposes. one is facilitate, build and grow long rifle ranges and assist markmanship. the florida initial sale so you know was kind of working to get appropriations from government, and they started off with one organization. they grew to 1,700 by 1929. they also are just so you know built on -- there was an enlish national rifle association, and they were -- this supposed to be the american version. the only thing that really differentiated the two to start off with you could start or build a rifle club locally or statewide and you were an nra affiliated

joining us now is the national restaurant association ceo tom bene.necdotally,if some of your members have been giving you glimpses that this was happening. have they been slowly started to rehire? tom: thank you for having me today. the news that came out about johnson in our sector is encouraging. with the reopening happening out there, not at the rate that we need today, we are seeing some employees coming back to work. , at thelenge for us is height of this pandemic, we had around 8 million employees laid off or furloughed. we are certainly on the road to slow recovery but there is a lot of uncertainty out there. taylor: are you surprised by some of the nimbleness of restaurants to shift to do take-out and delivery, as many were closed for indoor dining? what are restaurants showing you in hell nimble they had them in transitioning throughout this pandemic? tom: it is one of the great things about this industry. it doesn't surprise me at all. one thing that makes this industry great is the creativity and entrepreneurial spirit that has always exis

> laura: rudy perez a officer for elite school police department and vice president of the national association for resource officers. sergeant perez, is the plan really to protect kids with what? social workers? what about all the schools with gang violence? >> that is absolutely true. thank you for having me on tonight. that is absolutely true. who was going to respond to the thousands, 153,000 calls of emergencies we received in their organization alone, but like i tell you the vice president of the national association for police officers, i keep asking the question, who is going to come? who is going to be responding to the emergencies? who will respond to the guns and the things we have to deal with with properly trained officers, properly selected officers? this is definitely a word. all of a sudden, we became the money after feeding 60 million meals in a unified district. it is very disheartening to see where we are out. >> laura: sergeant perez, if you could point to one reason why this is happened, and it seems to have happen quite quickly with this attack on foundational institutions

major county sheriffs of america association, national association of police organizations, national district attorneys association, national sheriff's association, sergeant benevolent association and many others. they've worked on this with me and my team and have been fantastic. i want to thank my team. what a team it is. and we have taken very much into mind what they are saying because these are the people that keep us safe. they've done an incredible job. thank you all very much. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> harris: at a time when our nation is struggling to find its way forward after so much protesting and the death of black men at the hands of some police officers and the stride and struggle that they push forth, the president of the united states making history with the safe policing executive order ahead of congress doing any legislation. they're working on it. they haven't passed anything. the president jumps ahead with these four messages. we're a nation, we grew together, we heal together. i gave my commitment to families hurting today with attorney general barr and

lore this and the larger issues behind all of this with national association of black journalist andan pearlstine, the executive editor of "t angeles times." we welcome both of you to the news hour. >> dorthy:, you told one of my gues this afternoon, yo said this has be a difficult time for black journalists. you described them aste frust and tired, angry and scared. that's a lot to carryround at beto vrtiarr alerl of ts hie s. >> well, judy, quite honestly, so of that is what we kerry all the time anyway. it definitely is harder these days. you know, from my own personal covering the protests, i worked over the weekend.d i have worree or four days in a row. and i'm asking questions of people, and i' interviewing people on this side of the sibrain, but on the other of the brain, i'm thinking of my w 28-year-old soo was traveling from atlanta to chicyio driving and pra the entire time that he arrives home safesn, that he doe get stopped by a police officer, that something doesn't happen to him when he sps at a rest , carry with us when you're covering a protest like this, and you have

i used a volunteer with the national black police association in the 70s and 80s. and even when there were fewer black officers. many of them would not respond in civilian clothes to a crime inog progress because they did not want to showw up with a gun and have white police come and shoot them thinking they were the perpetrator. but they used to do is call y 911. what they came up with though was all police officers if they witness a police officer committing elite illegal act they pledge to arrest that officer. so the black police association in the 1970s and 19 '80s pass that resolution among themselves that they would do that whether or not it was sanctioned by the department are not. i think that something that ought to be discussed is one of the remedies of others. >> guest: robert woodson of theer woodson center joining us for this conversation. check out the organization. we are going to georgia go ahead. >> caller: hello i would just like to say i appreciate mr. robert wood, he said one word that really caught my attention and that was solutions. i remembe

according to the national restaurant association it could lose as much as $240 billion by the end of the year. the national restaurant association is the largest association in the world. than 500,000 more restaurants and businesses. let's talk about what is happening. we have a situation where we thought we would be reopening restaurants in the northeast. that looks to sort of be question. how big of a blow is this? beenrestaurants would've gearing up to open indoor dining. >> it's a pretty big impact. you think about all the work that goes into reopening, whether it is bringing in products, hiring staff, making sure you are prepared. needs to get back in the reopened but we need to do it safely. it feels like the narrative and we were talking about this yesterday on the you are outside, it is ok, if you are indoors, it is not. it is just not ok to have a lot of people in a combined space. what are restaurants supposed to do. if you the about the areas we have focused on, it is masks, making sure we are protecting each other and social distancing. we have many states who have .een ju

of police organizations, national district attorneys association, national sheriffs association, sergeants benevolent association, and many others. they have worked on this with me and my team and have been fantastic. i want to thank my team. what a team it is. we have have taken very much into mind what they are saying because these are the people that keep us safe and they have done an incredible job. thank you all very much. thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. president. >> take one of these. >> president of the united states handing out sharpie pens to the leaders of major law enforcement organizations. he spoke for nearly 25 minutes. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> waiting there to see if he was going to take questions. he is heading back into the white house heading left from the rose garden. that is the oval office. he is turning now to head in there. questions being shouted. the president not answering. he spoke about 25 minutes and his subject was the executive order you watched him sign on police reforms and a national database of so-called bad cops and police

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we explore this e larger issues behind all of this with dorothy tucker, presid the national associationblack journalists.or o"theos angeles times." we welcome both of you to the news hour. >> dorthy:, you told one of my colleagues this aft tnoon, you sais has been a difficult time for black journalists. you described them as frustrated and tired, angry and scared. that's a lot to carry arod at a time when reporters are being asked to cover all of this. >> well, judy, quite honestly, all the time anit definitely ise days. you know, from my own personal experience, i can tell you in coveringe protests, i worked over the weekend. i ve worked three or four days in a row. and i'm asking questions of peop, and i'm interviewing people on this side of the brain, but on the other side of the brain, i'm thinkg of 28-year-old son, who was traveling from atlta to chicago driving an praying the entire time that he arrives home safely, that he doesn't get stopped by a police officer, that something doesn't happen to him when he stops at a rest stop, you knowet so this is sng that we carry with us whe

hispanic officers association asian peace officers of those nations even associations for women in policing and the reason for that is the old guard which is the fraternal order of police is what i consider the reservoir or racism within policing today. the return order police have been around for a long time in these big organizations that i mention the one of the ones of color came about because people police officers of color and women could not get proper representation from the established fraternal order of police the major police union here in the united states and it is that union that holds all into they're not going to publicize it but they hold on to the racism that we currently see within american policing today. until we do something about the unions until we do something about the political power and control that they have over our elected officials it's going to be very difficult to move forward in american policing in ridding it of racism. mexico has reported a record rise in the number of credit hours cases more than $5600.00 units actions but that brings the total to just

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in the past week, the nra has been in the news because -- that is a national restaurant association. in texas when you say nra, it's only the national rifle association. can you give a little historical background on the nra and guns and gun control. it's creation and i read that it was once supporter of control gun control. can you explain that? >> the nra today is known for being a very rarely compromising opponent of gun control. really it wasn't always this way. it was founded after the civil war by two union soldiers who were convinced that poor union marksmanship was -- had last it was why warhead, lasted so long and wanted to improve marksmanship training. in the 19 twenties and thirties the nra actually went out and drafted and endorsed gun control laws, restricted laws requiring anyone who wanted to carry a concealed weapon to have a license, and only allowing those licenses to go to people who were suitable people with a proper reason for carrying their firearms. in fact, in the 19 -- i did some research and found in 1934, it when the federal government congress passed its f

a don't 1st prove the prison name of a saint lucie bring to the national association for the advancement of colored people. you know there's been some improvement the. state legislature did and you know then you have to then you have to things like what the urban league is doing on a site where in the. things they don't want to deal with unemployment mail thing given the training and given the background you know those are improvement but then that a day is equivalent to a prison in ocean trying to call them through. the racial make. them police department i mean the. stance and dramatically change well. most of the significant achievements we have achieved in this country as relates to civil rights advancements the vast majority i'm happy and you do legislate to do chords and so. the rule is that we get in that thing that happened those could not have happened without the protest the willing to sacrifice themselves because they in a day the brutality that they suffer and which we did of courts and got favorable ruling somebody had to had to be on the receiving end in. you know when i lo

has been in the news because herman cain used to be president of the nra, that's the national restaurant associationand in texas when you say nra, it's only the national rifle association. can you give a historical background on the nra and gun control and its creation? i read that it was once a supporter of gun control. can you explain that? >> the nra today is known for being a very rarely compromising opponent of gun control, but it wasn't always this way. the organization was founded after the civil war by two union soldiers who were convinced poor union markmanship is why the war lasted so long and wanted to improve training. in the ''20s and '30s the nra drafted and endorsed gun control laws, restrictive laws, requiring anyone who wanted to carry a concealed weapon to have a license and only allowing the licenses to go to people who were suitable people with a proper reason for carrying their firearms. in fact, in the 19 -- i did research and found in 1934 when the federal government congress passed the first gun control law which outlawed gangster -- didn't outlaw but restricted access to mac

adolphus pruitt the prison name of a st lucie bring to the national association for the advancement of colored people . you know there's been some improvement the. state legislature did act you know then you have to lead then you have to do things like what the urban league is going on the site were quick troop was the things they do want to deal with unemployment meals and giving them the training and given the background you know those are improvement but at the end of the day is equivalent to a prison in the ocean trying to call the police. the racial make a damn. police department many of them have sustained dramatically well well well well well frankly. most of the significant. we have keyed in this country as it relates to the civil rights of vance means the vast majority i'm happen to do the legislature a do 2 chords and so. that we get in the day that have been those could not have happened without protest the willing to sacrifice themselves because they had a day the brutality that they suffer and which we took to the courts and got free will ruin somebody's head to head to be