a.m. eastern on c-span. a number of live events to tell you about tomorrow. over own c-span 2, at 11 a.m. eastern, indiana governor mike pence will discuss his proposal for expanding health care covering, an alternative to medicaid. and later in the day, missouri senator claire mccaskill holding the first of several roundtable discussions not -- on fighting rape and sexual assault on college campuses the panelists include survivors and leading experts. ive at 2:00 eastern. >> telecommunication policy had been been -- not been reformed since 193 will so there was really a compelling fleed in 1995 -- need in 1995 to begin a process of telecommunication reform. at that time up basically had boxes. a box for broadcasters, a box for telephone companies, a box for long distance, you know, cable, satellite, and our view was we had to come in and try to eliminate the lines of demarcation and promote compstigs, believing that with -- comple -- com pelt television, believing there is would be plor investorment and consumer cloice and in0ization and fortunately i think t

a.m. eastern on c-span 2. next is a discussion about the greenlight to see of former treasury of the timothy geithner. follow us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. we welcome ian katz, he covers economic issues for bloomberg news. inc. you for being with us. test,ok is titled "stress elections on financial crisis." what is your brought take away as we drill down some of the specifics? it is pretty readable for a book that a 600 pages long and it goes over some pretty dense topics. this is a lot of washington inside stuff in there. i think they did a good job putting it together and making it readable. there are some interesting behind-the-scenes stuff from the financial crisis. not full of huge surprises for those of us that followed geithner are closely over the last few years. interestinglot of things about him, his background growing up, and some of the things that happened at crucial moments that will certainly add to the store of knowledge on the financial crisis. and: did he want the job when he face

a.m. eastern on c-span. " with ralph nader. then, reddish prime minister david cameron taking questions at the house of commons. after that, secretary of state john kerry and british foreign secretary william hague on syria. >> for over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences, and offering complete coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> this week on "q&a" our guest is ralph nader who discusses his career in political activism and his new book, "unstoppable: the emerging left-right alliance to dismantle the corporate state". host: ralph nader, in your new book you start off the book and introduction by saying when thinking about the genesis of this book i r

a.m. eastern time here on c-span. in president touched down washington around 6:40 5 a.m. eastern time this morning after an unannounced trip to afghanistan where he visited with troops there. using the country for less than four hours, his fourth trip to afghanistan since becoming president. his second in the last two years. we will go to robert in illinois. robert, when did you serve? can you hear me? early 1972 until late 81. i was meant to make it a career but i ended up getting -- my career ended because of a physical disability that happened to me while i was serving. i was on my way to vietnam when my orders were changed. that was when nixon said he was pulling troops out. i stayed here in the states, but has from a family that served in the military. i am sorry i am nervous her to come from a family that is military. my father is buried at arlington. i want to say to my fellow veterans, that we can blame president obama and general shinseki who do deserve blame, but the real blame belongs to the congress and the senate. right now, as a republican the gamesdon't like

a.m. eastern on c-span.eek, question time this bridge prime minister david cameron calls kidnapping of hundreds of nigerian schoolgirls u.k.evil, and says the would offer any assistance necessary to nigeria. this is just over 35 minutes. prime minister. >> thank you, minister. thisdition to my duties in house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am the proud father of three daughters. i'm sure that the entire house will share my deep concern for the more than 270 nigerian schoolgirls held captive in that country. the only so-called crime which -- was that they wanted to receive an education. >> i know that my honorable friend speaks for the whole house and indeed the whole country. i am the father of two young daughters, and my reaction is exactly the same as his and every father or mother in this landlord in the world. .is is an active your evil it is united people across the planet to stand with nigeria to help find these children and return them to their parents. g

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a.m. eastern c-span. also, a senate subcommittee on africa will lead a review on on thellars see kidnapping of nigerian schoolgirls and the government's response. that will the airing on our companion network c-span3. at the white house today, president obama will award the medal of honor to army sergeant kyle white for his actions in afghanistan. that is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on c-span. book "sundays at eight." what it wassay because i have been living it all my life. my errands emigrated from the south. from virginia. washington is where they met, married. without the great migration, i would not be here. so, i have lived with it all my life. i grew up with people from north carolina, south carolina, georgia, all around me in the neighborhood where i grow up. i was surrounded by the language, the food, the music, the ambitions, too, of the people who migrated from the south. a lot of common -- competition about whose child would go to what school. >> isabel wilkerson, one of 41 uniq

a.m. eastern on c-span. during question time this week, british prime and mr.avid cameron called the kidnapping of hundreds of nigerian schoolgirls and active. evil and said that the u.k. would offer any assistance necessary to nigeria. later, the prime minister responded to questions about the proposed takeover of the u.k. pharmaceutical giant astrazeneca by pfizer. this is just over 35 minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. thisdition to my duties in house, i will have further such meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the proud father of three sure that them entire house will share my deep concern for the more than 270 nigerian schoolgirls held captive in that country. the only so-called crime, which had, is they aspire to receive an education. what my honorable friend set out for the house the steps this government is taking to ensure that we help to ensure their release as soon as possible? that my right honorable friend speaks for the whole house and indeed the whole country. i am a father

a.m. eastern on c-span. coverage of the 2014 white house correspondents dinner. we would hear remarks from mchaleent obama and joel as they speak to journalists. live coverage starts at 6 p.m. eastern with the red carpet arrivals. see it all saturday on c-span. >> the women were not only the first women stockholders of the ford, not to be repeated 100 years. they had a radical newspaper. they spoke to 6000 people. they were celebrities. of they had headlines with just their names like madonna. they were very aim is based on the beginnings with vanderbilt. pt threatening them with blackmail -- we are going to expose you and show what the past is like. the mother start of ridiculous court trial in which she said pretoria's then husband wanted to put her in an insane asylum. and runabout is very trashy family. the sisters had been trying very hard for two years to hide all of that and they were inventing and reinventing themselves. they were not the least educated but they said they were. them,ng that would help they were willing to wreck their old lives just to get

a.m. eastern on c-span. saturday, live coverage of the 2014 white house correspondents dinner.we will hear remarks from president obama and joe mikael of the nbc show "community" as they speak to celebrities, journalists, and the white house press corps. live coverage starts at 6 p.m. eastern with red carpet arrivals, followed by the dinner. that is sunday on c-span. -- that is saturday on c-span. >> c-span posner was to book, "sundays at 8:00," a collection of top storytellers. >> at the beginning of the war, you were pressed into it. you were afraid of holding the gun, but then you pushed back and fought. i shot somebody and killed somebody and it does something to you. it's very difficult in the beginning, but as time went on, it became easier. it became normalized. war,lly, in the context of you normalize the situation so you live through it. if you don't, you actually die. ah, one of 24 unique voices. "sundays at 8:00," now available from your fairford bookseller. >> next a look at a political article on how much money is expected to be spent on political ads in the 2014 e

a.m. eastern on c-span. >> we kind of set up our on prison, our own trap. that we're contributing to it. when you get addicted to drugs, the whole world gets spilled around your need for drugs. suicidal, every signal in the world is you gotta die. sunrise, it's a beautiful day, your pans, people love you, but everything gets closed in. i could think about, i gotta go. so i think we ourselves get traps, that those society somehow contributes to. but on the other hand we take it can't seelly and we what's really out there. we can't see that the world is aslly there, beautiful angels and mentors and people who do care for you. >> this month, book tvs book club selection is "it calls you back," an odyssey through love, addiction, revolutions and healing, by former gang member luis j.unity activist, rodriguez. start reading and join the conversation with other readers in our book club chat room, at tv.org. >> now a discussion of u.s. strategy regarding china. the center for strategic and international studies hosted the head of the pacific air force for a little less than an hour. we cover fr

question time airs live on c-span 2 every wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern and again on sunday night on c-span. much anytime at c-span.org where you can find video of past prime minister's questions and other british public affairs programs. the head of the u.s. air force pacific command speaks tomorrow at the center for strategic and international studies about u.s. military strategy in the asia-pacific region. you can see his remarks live on c-span at 11:15 a.m. eastern. in the afternoon, a discussion on russia's intervention in ukraine. that is also live from the center for strategic and international studies. you can see it at 1:30 eastern monday afternoon here on c-span. the house foreign affairs committee on africa held a hearing on the central african republic where thousands have died amid ethnic violence. france's leading peacekeeping efforts and the state department officials told the subcommittee with.s. is "stretched thin other humanitarian crises in africa." this is just over 2.5 hours. >> order and thank you for being here. our hearing addresse

a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i wrote something one time, and it stated that in the south, he was looked at as a hero. when you had any kind of crisis, people were always looking for someone they could look up to. you had a person here who escaped a blockade. he devastated union commerce. in the free world or other parts of the world -- understand, commerce back then was ships. no planes, stuff like this. highat he did it on the seas, he captured the imagination of people in england, france, everywhere. people were constantly writing about him. up north, were from you hated him. just like anybody, you were going to label him if you hate him, the lowest names that you can think of, which they did. he was a very honorable man, and he hated that his name was being was not beingthat honorable to him or his family. united states government and all governments frown upon this are disturbing the ability to fight a war. you are also disturbing their semmes countered with that, saying he was doing nothing that had not been done before professionally by the united states during the war of 1812 and espec

a.m. eastern on c-span. >> michele leonhart, that -- ahead of the drug enforcement administration, testified on wednesday. in her remarks she address the increase in marijuana seizures intent is coming from colorado, state that is legalized the drug. this hearing is an hour 20 minutes. >> good morning, everyone and i apologize for the delay. i think the senators who are here, senator grassley, senator sessions, senator flake, senator whitehouse who will take over this hearing at some point, and had a chance to chat with administrator leonhart in the back, and i appreciate very much having you here. the hearing comes at an important time. our nation continues to struggle with an old and persistent problem, the seemingly unrelenting addiction to powerful controlled substances. but i think a lot about that problem is evolving and changing. the drugs of choice are evolving, along with the path to addiction for many americans. i said to ms. leonhart, it's a lot different from the days, decades ago when i was a prosecutor, or when senator sessions or senator whitehouse were. prescription drug abus

a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> we set-up our own prison. >> writes in article that climate change has moved from distant threat to present day problems. it will be released at a whitehouse event and drive the remaining two years of the environmental agenda. the whitehouse is believed to be organizing a number of events to give the report greater exposure. it goes to know to say a draft version of the report says americans are noticing changes with summers hotter and periods of heat last longer than any living american experiences. average temperature in the united states has increased by 1.5 since 1895 with more than 80% of the rise since 1980. the last decade was the hottest on record in the united states. that from a story in the guardian on a reported to be released tuesday. and now our report about congress' efforts to block the epa's greenhouse gas rules. his remarks are 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. happy monday. i hope everyone has recovered from prom and had a fine time on what turned out to be a beautiful weekend weather wise. as you can see i have the senior advi

a.m. eastern. >> c-span's newest book, "sundays at 8:00" a collection of interviews with some of the nation's top storytellers. >> when martha arrived in berlin with the family, she was in love with what she referred to as the nazi revolution. she was enthralled by the nazis which struck me as a surprising thing given what we all know in hindsight. >> eric larson, one of 41 unique voices from 25 years of our book notes and q & a conversations. now available at your favorite book seller. >> the house services committee tonight looked at an annual . fense spending the amendment was opposed by pentagon leaders and was rejected in a 34-28 committee vote. this was from earlier today. >> chairman, i appreciate the work that not just miss spears, miss sanchez, miss davis, a lot of other sfrolings done this. we have a very, very serious problem in the military, sexual assault. it can best be described as deep and cultural. i believe sincerely that the military leadership now recognizes that and is trying to change it. it is not an easy thing to do. there have been a lot of bad examples in recent mont

a.m. eastern on c-span. about an hour and a half ago, president obama made a public statement in the rose garden about the release of u.s. soldier in afghanistan. the sergeant had been at had -- held captive by the taliban since 2009 become the only known soldier to be missing during the afghan war. the president was accompanied by the parents who both spoke. >> good afternoon, everybody. and morning, i called bob jenny and told him that after nearly five years in act -- an activity, their son is coming home. the sergeant has missed birthdays and holidays and the simple moments with families and friends which all of us take for granted. while bo was gone, he was never forgotten. his parents thought about him and prayed for him every single day as did his sister sky who prayed for his safe return. he was not forgotten by his community in idaho or the military which rallied to support them through thick and thin. he was not forgotten by his country because the united states of america does not ever leave our m

coming up on c-span today, house debate on creating a committee to investigate the 2012 benghazi attacks. at 7:00 a.m. eastern, washington journal examines federal highway funding and emergency unemployment insurance. at 9:00, the debate on the research and development tax credit bills, and it charter school bill. >> you can now take c-span with you wherever you go, with our c-span radio app for your smartphone or tablet. listen to all three tv channels or c-span radio anytime. there's a schedule for each of our networks so you can tune in whenever you want, play podcasts of recent shows from our signature programs, like communicators, and q&a. take c-span with you wherever you go. forload your free up online your iphone, android or blackberry. agreed to create a committee to investigate the terrorist attacks in benghazi. whatng the stage for political calls a contentious summer full of hearings about whether the white house bungles the response to the strike. 230 two-hundred 80 six, was split along party lines. dowdyjohn boehner tapped to head the committee. here is some of the debate before the vote. >> mr.

a.m. eastern on c-span. >> here is a look at some of our live coverage tomorrow.:30 in the morning, the u.s. chamber of commerce will host a discussion on the state of u.s. infrastructure and its ties to the economy. it will be on our companion network c-span 2. a little later and the day on c-span, discussion on state expansion of medicaid under the health care law. the alliance for health reform hosted the event. that is why the 12:15 eastern. 12:15 eastern. >> this issue should be handled differently, but i have a debt -- a different philosophy. it starts with the basic premise i approach everything, which is economic freedom. it is my guiding principle. --m that comes four factors does the commission have authority to act on an issue? two, is there harm to consumers and a solution where we can actually remedy any harm that has been brought forward? three, is the solution tailored to the particular problem that we are addressing and that we not regulate by analogy? forthcoming even with those three -- forthcoming even with those three, -- you do tend to take ea

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c-span. rotucky congressman harold gers is our guest. he talks about the current appropriations process in congress for 2015. you can watch the interview sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. become the factory to the world. around to thects planet that makes our lifestyles possible. we couldn't have the quality of life that we enjoy it we didn't have a low cost and low-cost labor in china and elsewhere in southeast asia. in china today, the standard of living remains 1/6 of what it is in the united states. frustrationurce of because people realize we work hard, we are participating in the global economy, we play by the rules and yet we are not enjoying the quality of life that they have in the west. that fornteresting is most chinese history, no one had any idea of what life is like outside. chinese people now can sit on a computer in the village of the middle of nowhere and never pretty accurate understanding of what it feels like to live in washington. that heightens the conflict. >> the rising conflict between the individual and the chinese government, sunday night at 8:00. for over 35 years, c-span brings public affair offense from washington directly to yo

a.m. eastern on c-span. >> can you remember who first influenced you to just think about issues?ernment? >> my father and mother. i was so impressed by it i put it in a book called 17 traditions. how to raise the four children in a factory town in new england. it was conversation around the dinner table. there was a looking at tv or listening to radio or looking like this. we talked and they challenged us in a nice way. asked us questions and joked with us. the bottom line was freedom requires civic responsibility. you cannot just say you want freedom because most people think they are freebie does they are personally free. they can buy their own clothes, go wherever they want, eat whatever they want. that doesn't mean they are cynically free -- civi cally free. you have to engage in democracy. if you don't use your rights, you are going to lose your rights. >> ralph nader, sunday night at 8 p.m. >> michael kimmelman is an altar for the new york times. he discusses his recent travels to other cities where public spaces have become the site of mass protests and activist movements.

washington journal is live on c-span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. saturday, live coverage of the 2014 white house correspondents dinner. we will hear remarks from president obama and joel mchale as they speak to journalists and celebrities. 6 p.m.verage starts at eastern followed by the dinner. see it all on saturday here on c-span. >> almost 5000 students entered this year's c-span student camera competition on the most important issue congress should consider. we talked to the top five winners about their documentaries. >> we decided this would be up -- a topic is when there was an article about fracking. that said how it was happening to hospira my house so it is a national problem and it is a local problem. we were very passionate about the subject. >> food is essential to life. it transcends everything. the fact a lot of people do not know what is being done to our food supply and they just eat the food regularly without knowing what is inside it -- i found that very concerning so that is why i chose the topic. >> there was more that you don't

a.m. eastern on c-span. join the conversation on facebook and twitter. defense secretary chuck hagel delivers remarks at the naval academy graduation and commission ceremony in annapolis, maryland. it includes the navy secretary live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> if we don't step up the enforcement side, and brings the media attention. if we're going to say the only thing we are going to rely on making these are risky and colleges do with a should be doing is for them to get a bad story, first of all, that's a lot of victims. me, would be a depressing conclusion. we've got to figure out some way to the anti-that is short of waiting for another tragedy to hit the front rages -- pages. >> i would look at the department of ed. the changes i have seen institutions start to make our when they are immediately under investigation. there is no fine yet area be don't know if it is upwards of $1 million. i would almost rather see that investment. >> but in all fairness, the paying for this. it can come from the institutions that have done wrong and they

c-span brings you live coverage of president obama on memorial day. live, beginning at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> thank you for your service. i am glad you are here. to have a very nice surprise in the memorial. it is beautiful. >> thank you. [applause] my wife and here, where is she? >> 1, 2, 3 >> are you in the navy? >> i was in the marine corps. >> oh. marine corps. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you. thank you very much for all that you do. senator -- former senator bob dole welcomes veterans to the world war ii memorial. >> executives from verizon and at&t have called on congress to create a new law governing the internet and broadband services. hosts a discussion on updating america's communication networks. hours. just over 2 >> we have two presentations today. one is -- or two sections of our discussion. one will be presentations about the ip transition, one will be a panel discussion about what to do about it. let me first thank you for coming to this briefing on the ip transition and what it means that america's telephone networks are essentially merging with

washington journal is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern peaking join the conversation at facebook and twitter. >> almost 5,000 students and did this year's c-span student can video competition on the most important issue congress should consider in 2014. we talked to the top five winners about the documentary's. >> the mullen where we decided that this was going to be a topic was an article in a local newspaper, the press telegram about how fracking was happening to miles from our house said. it's a national problem. and so we're passionate about the subject. >> food is essential to life, transcends everything. everyone requires it to live. i figured the fact that all of people don't know, what is being done of food supply and just eat this food and regularly without knowing what is excited, found that very consuming. there is somewhat more that you don't know, and it is hard for the average person to know exactly what is going down because they don't know what is going on. at that it depends, to you dougie your security over your privacy

a.m. eastern/4:00 a.m. pacific. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> here on c-span we are live at west point for the graduation, the class of 2014 of the u.s. military academy. president obama expected to arrive shortly. we saw the arrival of the army secretary mchugh just a few moments ago. so things should get under way shortly. the president using this commencement address to outline a broader foreign policy, foreign policy magazine says that president obama will use the commencement to launch a new offensive saying this high-profile speech at west point is designed to show it has plans in place to deal with the islamist militants in africa, syria. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 21st secretary of the army, the honorable john mchugh, the 38th chief of staff of the united states army, general ray odierno and the lieutenant tendent, caselen.obert l. ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the resident of the united states. [playing "hail to the chief"] "star spangled banner" playing ] [cheers and applause] >> order. arms. n. staff, return. ready. cut. staff, uncov

a.m. eastern on c-span three. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> everybody says, how do you think these women came from such a very low part of the world, you know, the victorian era is so satisfied, the very rich and the middle class and the real robber baron achievers. the life and times of these women is in the most buccaneer time that you can think of. after the civil war, finances were beginning to become major, rockefeller, all of the robber barons making a lot of money. i think that it was easy for them because they had been running around. there -- they were tough, and they were driven both for power and individualism, but as i say, they could have been kept in a fine manner if they wanted, but they really were pushing for their independence and women's independence. >> she argues to that little-remembered victorian sisters changed the course of women's rights in american history sunday night at 8:00 on c-span queue and may. >> wednesday, the senate rules committee held its first hea

prime ministers questions is live on c-span two wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. eastern and again on sunday nights on c-span. next, a minnesota congressman and others at the new populism conference, hosted by the campaign for america's future, and then later tonight, "q&a" with the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction. after that, another chance to see eric cantor and others on the domestic agenda. >> apple and google arguably started at the same time. apple obviously started in the 1970's, but then steve jobs got fired from the company in the mid-1980's, and then apple 10 ord a period of, say, 15 years, where its fortunes really declined steadily, and it was not really until 1997 when steve jobs returned that apple's rebound.began to it is pretty well-known among people who pay attention to what is going on in the or 15 years, where its fortunes really declined steadily, and it was not really until 1997 when steve jobs valley, when back, apple had about 90 days of cash left before it was going to auger in, so in some respects, you could say both comp

a.m. eastern right here on c-span. afternoon, c-span's coverage of commencement addresses from around the country continues. we will hear from scott walker, terry mcauliffe, and antonin scalia. here are some of his remarks. >> in more than a few law schools, including some of the most prestigious, the university of chicago for example, it is possible to graduate without ever having studied the first amendment. talk about citizen lawyers. can someone really call himself an american lawyer who has that gap in his compendious knowledge of the law? so a society that depends much upon lawyers for shaping public perceptions and preserving american traditions regarding freedom of speech and religion afford such an ignorant bar? all of justiceh scalia's remarks and commencement addresses by terry mcauliffe and scott walker starting this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. eastern right here on c-span. >> thank you for your service. thank you. glad you are here. >> excellent to be here. a veryare going to have nice surprise when you go in t

you can watch this live on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern. what's coming up next, "newsmakers." after that, marco rubio speaking at a gop dinner. in a look at the cable show in los angeles osa by the national cable and telecommunications association. >> we want to welcome back to "newsmakers" the chairman of the appropriations committee, hal rogers. republican ofhere with us to help us with kentucky. questions, two reports, andrew taylor with the associated press and roxana tiron with bloomberg news. >> i do not need to remind you but it may be useful to remind people viewing that last year's appropriations process was a bit of a mess. you saw it ahead of time. it ultimately got resolved with a budget deal that's given you at least some certainty that what you used for last year's major omnibus bill and for the upcoming round of appropriations bills. esterday you could already see some land mines. the democrats are unhappy with some of the allocations for the bills that have been traditionally difficult to move through the republican house. how are you going to avoid a situation

a.m. eastern on c-span. a couple of live events on ompanion network c-span 3. live coverage of the senate armed services committee is at 9:30 a.m. eastern. at 3:00 p.m. the senate foreign relations committee will hear from representatives of the treasury and defense departments about intervention in ukraine. >> c-span's newest book. >> when she arrived in berlin with the family, she was in love with what she referred to as the nazi revolution. she was enthralled, which really struck me as a completely surprising thing. given what we know in hindsight. >> one of 41 unique voices from 25 years from our booknotes and conversations. 8:00. at >> the sexual assault in 2015. we'll hear from major general jeffery snow who heads the prevention and response office. . we'll hear from jeffrey snow who heads the pentagon's sexual assault, prevention and response office. >> all right. good morning, and welcome to this meeting of the response systems to adult sexual assault crimes panel or as we call it response systems panel for short. this is the sixth meeting of the respons

a.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, indiana governor mike pence on medicaid alternatives. john sopko. h >> in some respects, apple and google arguably started at the same time. in thebviously started 1970's, but then steve jobs got fired from the company in the mid-1980's and apple went from a. of 10 or 15 years where its fortunes really declined steadily. it wasn't really until 1997, when steve jobs returned, that apple's fortunes really began to rebound. in fact, it is pretty well-known among people who pay attention to what is going on in the valley, that when steve jobs came back, apple had 90 days of toh left before it was going in.r in some respects, you could say both companies started around the same time. >> tracing the origins of apple and google, monday on the communicators at eight a.m. eastern on c-span2. republican governor mike pence wants to expand health age. the obama administration would have to approve the expansion. the american enterprise institute hosted the governor and former u.s. representative on monday. this is about 50 minutes. >> good morning, ladies and

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a.m. eastern on c-span. several live events at play today, including a speech by former secretary of state hillary clinton with the new america foundation. you can see that at 11:30 a.m. eastern. hen at 12:20 p.m., the naacp marks the 60th anniversary of the supreme court's unanimous brown vs. board of education decision that found that state laws establishing separate schools for black and white students was unconstitutional. >> c-span's newest book, a collection of interviews with the nation's best story tellers, including david mcculloch. >> we're sitting here today in a city designed by frenchmen, l'enfant, the french engineer and architect, the great symbolic way of the sculpture, the gang way to the country in new york, the statue of liberty, a gift from french by a french sculptor, countless rivers and towns and universities and colleges all over the country with french names. we don't pronounce them the way they do. but the french influence on this country is far greater than most americans appreciate

eastern europe, dominate the conference. live on c-span and c-span radio at 11:40 a.m. live coverage of the white house correspondents dinner tomorrow, getting underway at 6:00 eastern time. you can join the conversation on our facebook page as well as the president pokes fun at the media. you will also be able to see the red carpet as we stream it live on www.c-span.org as well as some behind the scenes perspective of the correspondent dinner. ask for joining us on this friday edition of " washington journal." enjoy the rest of your day and a terrific weekend. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] the labor department releasing the april jobs numbers this morning showing employers adding 288,000 jobs last month, the most in two years. the unappointed rate also dropped to its lowest level since 2008 26.3%, down from 6.7%. john thune tweeting labor participation force dropped by nearly as much as south dakota's entire population. the senate and house are out today, returning next week. in the house

a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> changing some of the rules regarding charter schools in the ein is atates, alyson kl reporter with education week. >> it would make it easier to have a track record of starting high-quality charter schools, groups like kip and aspire, to start more schools while also making sure that charter schools serve students and special education, english language learners. those are two populations they have sometimes been accused of ignoring. like there are a dozen amendments lit evenly between democrats and republicans. what are ones we should watch for? >> we should look at amendments supported by the national education association which is essentially neutral on this bill but wishes it went a little further in terms of accountability for charters. one of the amendments introduced by representative castor would require the secretary of education to develop and enforce conflict of interest guidelines for charter schools and another would set aside money for state oversight of charter schools. >> alyson klein with us. your tweet -- what is the level of support like in the w

a.m. eastern on c-span. >> in place of president obama, michelle obama gave the president's weekly address. she addressed the kidnapping of hundreds of nigerian schoolgirls. a group of republicans give their weekly address. they called on the president and senate democrats to take action. hello, everyone. i am michelle obama, and on this mother's day weekend, i want to take a moment to honor all the mothers out there and wish you a happy mother's day. i also want to speak to you about an issue of great significance to me as the first lady and more importantly as the mother of two young daughters. like millions of people across the globe, the husband and i are outraged and heartbroken over the kidnapping of more than 200 nigerian girls from the school dormitory in the middle of the night. this unconscionable act was committed by a terrorist group determined to keep these girls from getting an education. grown men attempting to snuff out the aspirations of young girls. i want you to know that barack has directed our government to do everything possible to support the nigerian government's ef

a.m. eastern on c-span. the president of the united states. [applause] >> hello. hello, everybody. hello, mountain view. [cheers] it is good to be in california. this is actually my third day on the west coast. on wednesday, we went to l.a. we went to san diego. we are here in the bay area. i have to get back because sunday is what? >> mother's day! >> mother's day. that is a public service announcement. do not forget. [laughter] i told michelle one time, how come people put so much emphasis on mother's day and father's day not so much? [laughter] she said, every day other than mother's day is father's day. [laughter] [applause] which i thought kind of quieted me down. i want to think your mayor for hosting us. [applause] i want to thank the folks at walmart. i know this looks like a typical walmart, but it is different. that is why i am here. a few years ago, you decided to put solar panels on the roof of the store. you replaced some traditional light bulbs with led's. you made refrigerated cases more efficient. you even put in a charging station for electric vehicles. those upgra

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a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the president and mrs. obama participated in a wreathlaying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. they were joined by joint chiefs and pratthair dempsey -- vice president joe biden. >> >> halt. present arms. ["the star-spangled banner" plays] >> ladies and gentlemen, present arms. present arms. [drum roll] plays] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the invitation and the national anthem. >> the chaplain, national captioning will -- national capital region, and the military district of washington, major general geoffrey buchanan, military district of washington, executive director your army national military cemetery, general martin dempsey, chairman, joint chiefs of staff, the honorable chuck hagel, secretary of defense. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. the chief" ladies and gentlemen, the chaplain. let us join together in prayer. god, we ask that your presence be upon us this day, a day in which we as a nation come us to honor these men and wome

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a.m. eastern on c-span. >> let me be clear that i am not defending his murder. i've wanted to here. i want to five questions of why she was unaware of the inappropriate criteria for more than a year after. i want to know why she did not mention the inappropriate criteria and her letters to congress. i cannot vote to violate an individual's fifth amendment right just because i wanted to hear what she has to say. a much greater principle is the state your check. the sanctity of the fifth amendment rights for all citizens of the united states of america. i have never alleged that it goes to the president. and i have said that tea party would clearly be described as enemies or adverse to the president's policies that were targeted by somebody you politics is what the president and to quite frankly was trying to overturn the supreme court decisions in support of the president's decision using airpower. with that, i yield back and her support. >> this weekend on c-span house debate on honing former irs official most wondering to congress for refusing to answer questions and on book tv sun

a.m. eastern on c-span. convergence.ou use that word throughout your book. >> throughout the country, there is a convergence of left-right agreement on important things. -- we start, for example, with public opinion around the country. they are upset with the patriot act restrictions on privacy and civil liberties. a big convergence. they don't like handouts to corporations on the backs of taxpayers. especially the wall street bailouts were no crooks were prosecuted and put in jail. they want to corp. -- crackdown on corporate crime. it it is mainstream versus wall street. they don't like empire. right, left, they don't like empire. they don't like us pushing around all over the world and into countries and losing our soldiers. they come back traumatized. all the people around the country see crumbling public works. america needs repair. we are blowing it up over serious -- overseas. that is a convergence issue. >> ralph nader on creating left-right alliances. sunday night at 8:00. >> c-span's newest book. >> i can't say

a.m. eastern on c-span. >> one of the stories that resonated with me was the moment when they're dithering about need toor not they inject sea water into unit one. and it's a matter of the clock is ticking and they're just the wire. to the plant superintendent, who in the ebb would have to make the final call, knows it's desperate, they need to get water in there quickly. meanwhile, everybody wants a say. and japaneseials government officials are all just hemming and hawing, and yoshida gets an order from one supervisors that the g.o.p. hasn't signed off on this yet, he's got to hold off. already started. so he basically calls one of his says,people over and okay, i'm going to give an order but ignore it. proclaims, sodly everybody in tokyo can hear, we're going to halt the sea when in facton, they didn't. was a humanat element in that story, in which japan where ignoring the acting on yourof own is not rewarded. here was a moment where a guy he didn't act, things would go even more worse going.ey were >> more about the tsunami and resulting meltdown, saturday night at 10:00 eastern. ont o

a.m. eastern on c-span. i am not be clear that defending ms. lerner. i wanted to hear what she had to say. i have questions about why she was unaware of the inappropriate criteria for more than a year after they were created. she did notow why mention the inappropriate criteria in her letters to congress but i could not vote to violate an individual's fifth amendment rights just because i want to hear what she has to say. in much greater principle is at stake here today. the fifthty of amendment rights for all citizens of the united states of america. i have never alleged that it goes to the president. i have said that the tea party be described as adverse to the president's policies and i think that's pretty comfortable to understand. they were targeted by someone with politics who was quite frankly trying to overturn the supreme court decision in citizens united in support of the president's decision using her power. can urge, i yield support. >> this weekend on c-span, house debate on holding former irs official lois lerner in contempt of congress f

that is on c-span at 10:00 a.m. eastern. so at ten on c-span three the senate foreign relations subcommittee on africa will review u.s. policy regarding the nigerian government response to the kidnapping of more than 200 school rules. >> c-span newest book sundays at 8:00, a collection of interviews this of the nation's top story tellers. >> i can't say what the moment was because i have been living in all my life. my parents migrated from the south to washington d.c. my mother from georgia, my father from southern virginia. washington is where they met, mary, and then at me. without the great migration of would not be here. so i have lived with them all my life. i grew up with people from north carolina, south carolina, georgia all around me. i was surrounded by the language, the music, the ambitions of the people who migrated from the south, of competition about his child would go with school, catholic school, schools across the park. has been with me all this time. >> one of 41 unique voices from 25 years in book notes and