robert sutton, former chief historian of the national parks service and author of the book nazis on the potomac talks about fort hunt and its importance during the war. >> there were two russian-american soldiers at fort hunt. they were dressed in red army uniforms. they were conspicuous through the fort. so, if an interrogator thought someone was being ekg and not forthcoming with information that would call in one of these two fellows and say, you do not want to talk to us? how about if ivan takes you to the soviet union. maybe they would like to hear it you have to say. that worked incredibly well at fort hunt and in europe. >> nazis on the potomac tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you >> now, the united nations secretary general lays out his priorities for 2022 at the u.n. general assembly meeting in new york city. this is half an hour. n hour. sec.-gen. guterres: mr. president of the general assembly, excellencies, we begin another year in the grips of a global pandemic. covid-19 continues to upend lives, plans, and hopes. the only certainty is more uncertainty. and mea

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sunday night on "q&a," robert sutton, former chief historian of the national park service and author of the book "nazis on the potomac" talks about fort hunt and the importance it played in the role. >> there were two russian american soldiers who were at fort hunt, they were dressed in red army uniforms. they were conspicuous throughout the fort. if an interrogator thought someone was being cagey and not forth coming with the information, they would call in one of these two fellows and they'd say o', you don't want to talk to us? how about if ivan here takes you to the soviet union? maybe they'd like to hear what you have to say. that worked incredibly well both at fort hunt and in europe. >> robert sutton and his book "nazis on the potomac," sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." listen to "q&a" and all our podcasts on our new c-span now app. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? no, it's way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1,00

. ♪ host: robert sutton you have a new book out titled "nazis on the potomac."hat is the basic story you were telling? >> this is a story that could have very well disappeared. during world war ii in fort hunt, most people consider fort hunt a picnic park, it is halfway between alexandria and mount vernon on the george washington parkway, but during world war ii it became the site of three programs that were top-secret, that were so top-secret that the people who were involved in the program were sworn to secrecy and assumed they would carry the story with them to the grave, and most of them unfortunately did. in about 2000 as many of the different programs from world war ii were declassified, it became clear that something really interesting had happened there. there was one program called misy that brought very high level or high value german prisoners in either from u-boats or the field to interrogate and listening to their conversations. another program mirs translated and evaluated literally tons of german documents and wrote reports about it. the third pro

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tonight on q&a, robert sutton, the former chief historian of the national park service and author ofe book nazis on the potomac talks about fort hunt in the important role it played during the war. >> there were two russian-american soldiers that were dressed in red army uniforms. they were conspicuous throughout the fourth. if an interrogator thought someone was being cagey and not forthcoming with information they would call in one of these two fellows and they would say, oh, you do not want to talk to us? how about if i've been here takes you to the soviet union. maybe they would like to hear what you have to say. that worked incredibly well both at fort hunt and in europe. >> robert sutton and his book nazis on the potomac at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. you can listen to q and a and all our podcasts on our new c-span now app. >> weekends on book tv, leading authors talking about their latest nonfiction books. vanderbilt university professor michael eric dyson examines the impact of black culture and politics on the u.s. with his book entertaining race: performing black

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tonight on q&a robert sutton, former chief historian of the national parks service and author of the book nazis on the potomac talks about fort hunt and its importance during the war. >> there were two russian-american soldiers at fort hunt. they were dressed in red army uniforms. they were conspicuous through the fort. so, if an interrogator thought someone was being ekg and not forthcoming with information that would call in one of these two fellows and say, you do not want to talk to us? how about if ivan takes you to the soviet union. maybe they would like to hear it you have to say. that worked incredibly well at fort hunt and in europe. >> nazis on the p

. >> robert sutton and his book "nazis on the potomac" sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can listen to "q&a" and all of our podcasts on our new c-span now app. >> the house select committee on the modernization of congress held a hearing on recommendations to make congress more effective. efficient, and transparent. we'll hear about telework, staffing, and committee voting systems. >> congress can be a tough place to get things done but we've proven it's possible. to date the committee's passed a total of 142 recommendations to make congress more efficient and effective, over 60% of the 97 recommendations passed in the 116th congress have been implemented or have seen meaningful action toward implementation. kism kism 24 have -- mr. kilmer: 24 have been fully implemented. that's a tremendous accomplishment and we're j

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. ♪ host: robert sutton you have a new book out titled "nazis on the potomac."asic story you were telling? >>

. >> robert sutton and his book nazis on the potomac sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our new c-span now app. >> now, more from the u.s. conference of mayors' winter meeting. transportation secretary pete buttigieg joins mayors from arou t

announcer: robert sutton in his book nazis on the potomac, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all our podcasts on our c-span now mobile app. announcer: the u.s. conference of mayors hosted a discussion on immigration issues, including the u.s. relationship with mexico, and the resettlement of afghan refugees, particularly children. >> this being livestreamed on c-span. thank you to everyone. this is a place where we have folks who are latino, interested, and for all of us who focus on key issues across this country, we have leaders and speakers here. i am the mayor of los angeles and founder of the latino alliance. i'm proud to be here with those who head up our task force. if i can start with a point of personal privilege, but when i started attending these meetings eight years ago, there were latino mayors and voices in city halls across the country, but we were not a formalized part of this conference. we have admiration for those who organize themselves. there was no meeting where we address the issues that affect the comm

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that worked incredibly well both at fort hunt and in europe. >> robert sutton and his book not these on the potomac sunday at 8 pm eastern on q and a. you can listen to you and a and all our podcasts on our new app. >> agriculture secretary tom bill zack was on capitol hill for a house hearing on the economy. he testified on topics including covid-19 relief for farmers, supply chain issues and trade exports to other countries. this is 4 hours.

sweet home ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> ♪ >> coming up this evening on c-span q&a with historian robert suttonigence facility outside washington, where 3000 high-ranking nazis were interrogated during world war ii. then, from the british house of commons, prime minister's question time. after that, a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine on tensions between russia and ukraine in the future of nato. -- and the future of nato. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government.

. >> robert sutton and his book nazis on the potomac sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our new c-span now app. >> now, more from the u.s. conference of mayors' winter meeting. transportation secretary pete buttigieg joins mayors from around the country for a discussion on infrastructure, as well as childhood health and food security. this runs an hour and 15 minutes. >> it is now my great pleasure to introduce to you all the president and c.e.o. of the american beverage association and president of the american beverage foundation for a healthy america board of directors who will announce the winners of the 2022 childhood obesity prevention/environmental health and sustainability awards. 2022 marks the 10th round of awards we've made through this amazing partnership. as of this year, we've made more than $5 million in awards to 60-plus cities across the country. that's $5 million in cash funding direct to cities because we mayors understand and the american beverage association understands that th

sunday night on q&a robert sutton, former chief historian of the national park service and author ofs on the potomac" talks about fort hunt. >> there were two russian-american soldiers at fort hunt, alexander should belinsky and alexander dallen. they were conspicuous throughout the fort, and if an interrogator thought that someone was being cagey and not forthcoming with information they would call in one of these two fellows and they would say you do not want to talk to us, how about if ivan takes you to the soviet union, maybe they would like to hear what you had to say? that worked incredibly well both at fort hunt, and in europe. >> robert sutton and his book " nazis on the potomac" on c-span's q&a. you can listen to that and all of our other podcasts on the c-span now app. ♪ >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back and we want to know from you what is the most important issue facing your town and city? we are going to open up regional lines, so if you are in the eastern or central time zones we want to hear from you at 202-748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pac

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. >> robert sutton and his book not these on the potomac sunday at 8 pm eastern on q and a. you can listen to you and a and all our podcasts on our new app. >> agriculture secretary tom bill zack was on capitol hill for a house hearing on the economy. he testified on topics including covid-19 relief for farmers, supply chain issues and trade exports to other countries. this is 4 hours. >> the committee meeting will come to order. i want to welcome everyone and i want to thank you for joining us today to have our hearing which is entitled the review of the state of the rural economy with agriculture secretary tom vilsack. after brief opening remarks members will receive testimony from our witness today and the hearing will be open to questions. without objection, the chair may recess the committee subject to the call of the chair at any point during this hearing. and now i just want to give my brief opening statement. i want to welcome everyone who is watching today with this hearing and i would like to start by first of all extending a warm greeting to my dear friend secreta