the russians business model and alaska required active assistance from alaska natives. which is hard to do when you are busy stealing their resources and lands from them. they put a lot of effort into diplomacy. in 1804, the russian navy came into southeast alaska and took over a site in now what is called sitka from the clink it people that work living there. 180 quickly had to pivot degrees and make peace with the same natives because they needed their help in harvesting the sea otter furs. and also doing things like hunting and cutting firewood, and other necessary jobs because there were not that many russians here. to help establish peace, they had a ceremony with the people on castle hill and presented the double headed eagle crest to one of their principal chiefs. this was given by a chief manager of the russian-american company to one of the clan leaders. this is very rare. it is the only one known to have survived into modern times. they consider this a payment for the land that was taken by the russians. metal was still fairly scarce along -- among alaskan nat

we are the alaska native heritage center.ere at the center we teach youth anywhere from preschool through high school about alaska native cultures and we also have guests that come from all over the world. we see some of our 11 indigenous alaskan native cultural groups. some are classified as eskimos, some as indians and some as alutes, but none of these words come from our people. that people who are classified as eskimos are northwest in northern parts of alaska. my people would be siberian me.k, which is west of no people classified as eskimos. the people classified as alli ut are from the aleutian islands. and the people from alaska peninsula. people classified as indians are the 11 indigenous groups. have -- those of the people classified as indians. i will take you around the lake and take you to our six traditional homes of the native people of alaska. i will be teaching you about the different items we have and about each of the cultures of each of the houses. this is the winter home. the people are located in this ar

if you had 25% or more alaska native blood. these corporations have been in existence as the mid-70's. they have been economic engines for the rural areas of our state. they have become in some instances so the largest industries in our state. chair ofmallott: he is the climate action for alaska leadership. how do you balance that with the states oil industry and potential climate change issues? lt. gov. mallott: this year, the alaska legislature passed of the bill whichrging, a for a percentage of the earnings of alaska's $65 which isermanent fund also the result of oil savings over the years by the state. it would allow earnings of the to be used for state purposes which will reduce the budget by about 78%. is veryindustry significant in our state. up until the governor and i took office. alaska'sout 90% of the governmental revenue coming from petroleum. prices, decline in oil when the governor took office, we faced a $4 billion deficit. oil.e hugely dependent on it's now at 30% of what it used to be roughly. we will be depen

appointed, he was one thing pressing in congress the original land claims of alaska natives in the state. prior to that, oil had been discovered. but the question established under statehood of, who owned in alaska, had never been settled. the discovery of that oil was threatened, because we couldn't access it. calls his time working on what became the claim settlement act his trial by fire. and it was another instance of senator stevens used innovation and bipartisanship, you can a theme that see throughout his career. he worked to bring together others toives and finally resolve these claims. senator stevens realed what a familiar -- realized what a failure the reservation system 48 was and he wanted to create something where the natives had control of their destiny. both to preserve their cultural traditions but also to have an base from which they could perpetuate those cultural traditions in perpetuity. so one of the things that i wanted to show you today is that act finally passed in 1971. here is the note that the senator received. dear ted, the president asked deliver the enclose

alaskasident of the see institute with her book on "alaska natives." on stand joan -- stan jones the exxon valdez oil spill. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern -- eastern on afterwards, author mark adams talks about his book iceberg," retracing an expedition of scientists, artists, conservationists, and writers up the alaskan coast on american history tv sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capitol, the alaska native heritage center and fort wainwright army base. and at four clock on real america, watch documentaries on alaska. silver6 film alaska's millions, 1949 film eskimo hunters in northwestern alaska, centenniallm alaska and the 1944 film alaska highway . watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday on the c-span network , c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> senator mark warner, and senator marco rubio, a member of that committee took part in a discussion earlier today on russia's interference in the 2016 election. by a panelollowed looking at russia's broader efforts to increase its influence in

because i had never understood the nature of our own alaska native history. until i took a few months during that spring to look back at our country's history and the relations between nations that involved land, and with that comprehension i came down to juneau, trying to do whatever it was that we might do to try to protect our land at that point in time, seven years after statehood. and i remember how fragile the state really was, because we had small population, almost no profit, private property to tax of any consequence. the little industry we had couldn't pay nor little government we had it and was questionable really in retrospect whether or not alaska could actually survive as a state. and eagen, when he came back, he ran alaska like he ran his store. you know, penny by penny. stack's paper this high because he knew that the state was barely making it. but my story really begins 29 miles above the arctic circle and is a described it in the book 100 miles from the russian mainland and 50 miles from the international dateline so that was two -- 50 mile

tourrn, the c-span cities visits the alaskan state capital , the alaska native heritage center, and fort wainwright army base. watch for documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film alaska silver millions, the 1949 film eskimo northwestern alaska, the 1967 film alaska centennial. and the 1944 film alaska highway. alaska weekend saturday and sunday, july 21 and 22nd on the c-span network. or listen on the free c-span radio app. published by the u.s. capital historical society, the book create capitol hill, because of how the this -- how the district of columbia was chosen. and how the neighborhood and city developed in the early years of the republic. american history tv, a book launch and a discussion with the three co-authors, the editor, and the mapmaker of the book. dean melissa portrays george washington, who was instrumental in founding the u.s. capitol. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> we are going to start our program now, i want to thank everybody for coming tonight to this occasion that represents the culmination of many years of the authorslf of and the u.s. capital historica

there are continuities in alaska native life from the past to the whaling anduding the people of northern alaskan communities hunt whales in the ocean. they are in traditional boats that are covered with traditional skins. boats the traditional would be this seat that would go in the back where the captain would sit. this whale would be hidden under the seat. you're looking at the bottom of the sea. it was one of the ways that the hunters communicated their respect to the whale. you could call it a charm or a sign of respect that the art conveyed. whenf the elders told us the whales are under the water and they are looking up at the them, they look and see which ones are clean, which one has the hunters wearing real clothing, showing respect. they will pick which hunters they want to give themselves to. i would like for visitors to come away with a sense of the depth of indigenous knowledge. imagine you are in an indigenous landscape, people have created this art from the resources of the land and the sea and using their knowledge of history and technology, of spiritual ecology, knowledge

capital, the alaska native heritage center, and fort wainwright army base. watch four documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film "alaska's silver millions," the 1967 film, alaska centennial, and the 1944 film, alaska highway. watch alaska weekend. sunday, july 21 and 22nd on the c-span network. or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle pennsylvania host a living history event, featuring several hundred reenactors from american history. we visit a mock world war i trench to hear two u.s. army veterans who specialize in for training veterans -- specialize in portraying veterans from the war. >> i'm a first lieutenant in the , circafantry regiment 1917 and 1918. we are sitting here at carlisle barracks at the army historical education center. and we are giving presentations on the french army and its role in world war i and its links to the american. if you look here at this trench system, it is embedded with wood. was actually taken off the u.s. army manual dated 1917 of how to build a trench system. it was

the president of the sea of heritage institute with her book on alaska natives, celebration, and stan jones, author and former anchorage daily news investigative reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. and sunday july 22 at 9 p.m. eastern on "after words", mark adams talks about his book tip of the iceberg, his expression retracing in 1899 expedition of scientists, artists, conservationist and writers of the alaskan coach. -- coast. on c span three, the c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capitol, the alaska native heritage center at fort wainwright army base. at 4:00 on reel america, watch four documented on alaska, the 1936 film alaska's sylvan billions in 1949 film, eskimo hunters in northwestern alaska. the 1967 film, alaska centennial, and the 1944 film alaska highway. watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday like 21st and 22nd on the c-span networks. .. >> at presidential library museum. we would like to welcome you to festival. it's been a great day so

the c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capital, the alaska native heritage center and we'll take a look at preparing seafood for market from alaska glacier seafood incorporated at 4:30 on real america, watch four documentsries on alaska. the film "alaska silver millions," the film "eskimo hunters in northwest alaska," "alaska centennial" and the 1944 film "alaska high." watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday july 21 and 22 on the c-span networks. at c-span.org. or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> former prettyish foreign secretary boris johnson stepped down last week to protest prime minister theresa may's brexit plan but delivered his resignation speech yesterday. >> who have done an outstanding job over the last two years. and i'm very proud that we have rallied the world against russia's barbaric use of chemical weapons with an unprecedented 28 countries joining together to expel 153 spies in protest of what happened. we have rejuvenated the commonwealth a superb summit that saw zimbabwe back on the path to membership and angola now wanting to join. and as i leave w

he recounts his childhood as an alaska native and histonnures in the alaska house of representatives and state senate. >> i'm actually shocked and awed. thank you very much for coming. i'd like to thank susan and hartside for inviting me down to

in the book he recounts his childhood as an alaska native and his ten years in the alaska house of representatives and state senate.

alaska native issues, hunting issues. we will talk about how broadband is made possible for small villages across tundra, glaciers, and mountains. president forming the alaska -- will talk about remote communities of alaska. noon, exploring alaska's literary scene with the amazing pipeline story." also, stan jones, author and former anchorage news investigative reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. talksuthor mark adams about his book "tip of the an expeditioning of scientists, artists, conservationists, and writers up the alaskan coast. sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the tour- the c-span cities visits several facilities. at 4:00, watch documentaries on alaska. a 1936 film, 1949 film about eskimo hunters, a 1967 film about the alaskan centennial and a 1944 film "alaska highway." watch saturday and sunday on the c-span network, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. warner, theark intelligence committee's vice rubioand senator marco lead member of the community, took part in a discussion earlier today on

. ♪ >> welcome, we are at the alaska native heritage center.romwe teach youth preschool to high school about alaskan native cultures. we also have guessed -- guests from all over the world and we teach about our 11 indigenous groups. >> some of us are classified as eskimos, some as classified as indians, but these worst not come from our people. the people classified as eskimos would be northwest, northern part of alaska. my people would be st. lawrence nome., which is west of and then we have the people classified as eskimos. there are also the people of the aleutian islands, and the alaska peninsula. the people classified as indians, the 11 indigenous groups. i'm going to take you around the lake and to our six traditional homes of the native people of alaska and i will teach you about the different items we have there and about each of the cultures in each of the houses. home, this iser from this area, south-central alaska. that is house on site after contact, meaning when the russian explorers arrived, they taught them how to build log cabi

. >> guest: the story of the alaska native people is something that did emerge from 1899.some relationships are building friendships forged but you described in places like siberia along the coast this is how hurt the people had been better for traders, the gold miners, people leaving behind disney's admissions and things like that. what did you go into wanting to understand the history and how it impacted the alaska native people of today? >> guest: i wanted to hear the native side of the story because it's written by the victors. it was essentially white people wiped out centerpiece of oral history. so i wanted to go in and find out from the native perspective what do they think about the environmentalism and the changing climate? what you find is a lot of unhappy stories. grandparents, great grandparents because that was supposedly for the best and people were sent off to state schools and stuff like that, tribal traditions, they were told not to practice medicine anymore. something that you see a lot in alaska after 50 or 60 or more years of children being told in scho

the alaska native science and engineering program at the university of alaska, anchorage. we feel the most important issue based in alaska has to do with education and workforce development. we see a lot of students coming into our university here who are under prepared for college. and then we are also not doing a great job of providing the environment and community on campus to support them through their undergraduate degree program. we are engaging students as young as six grade all the way through middle school, high school, and into the university to provide a string of longitude and opportunities that help support them academically, socially, i providing the inspiration and guidance and opportunities for them to provide -- for them to succeed. see that the issues i is important is nationwide. as well as in alaska. that is giving children garbage backs when they are removed from their homes by ocs. rotary cares for kids tries to eliminate that issue in the state of alaska by giving backpacks and duffel bags to children when they are removed from their home, transition

the president of the alaska heritage institute with her book on alaska natives, celebration., stan jones, author and investigative reporter on the spill. some valdez oil then on sunday, at 9 p.m. eastern on afterwords, and author talks about his book, cap of the iceberg. his experience retracing a 19 89 expedition of scientists, conservationists and writers of the alaskan coast. on american history tv on c-span3 sunday at 2 p.m. eastern, the c-span cities tour of visits the alaskan state capitol, the alaskan heritage center and we take a look at preparing seafood for market. america,00 on reel watch for documentaries on alaska. ,he 1936 film, in 1949 some eskimo hunters in northwestern film, alaskan57 centennial, and the 1944 film, al askin highway. watch alaskan weekend saturday on all the c-span networks, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. sunday night on q&a, grace discusses her memoir, daughters of the cold war. >> i met vladimir putin in a 1981 in st. petersburg. >> was he deputy mayor then? >> yes, he was. i was running a business consulting firm.

very simple, and beautiful alaska native, a proud family. i have a great mother-in-law and father-in-law. after my first tour in the and i moved to fairbanks, her hometown, and started our life there. we have three wonderful daughters and a great life in alaska. for me, it is simple. it was love. love for the state, but first and foremost love for my wife. >> you mentioned your service in the marines. you recently said alaska is very important when it comes to missile defense for the u.s.. sen. sullivan: i always like to talk about alaska constituting three pillars of america's military might. i am >> you necessity, i always like alaska about of tituting three pillars america's military might. i'm sure you've seen this on your road trip. cornerstone of the missile defense. that's important with rogue and es like north korea iran. he major radar sites, ground ase missile interceptors at fort greeley. testing of the systems. the real systems, radar systems. we're building that up, very bipartisan support to build that up. first and foremost, w

the president of the sea alaska heritage institute with her book on alaska natives, "celebration." author andnes, former news investigative reporter on the 1989 exxon oil spill. sunday, july 22 at 9:00 p.m. eastern, author mark adams talks about his book "tip of the iceberg," to experience retracing the 1899 expedition of scientists, artists, and writers of the alaskan coast. that is sunday, july 22 at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capital, the alaska native heritage center, and fort wainwright army base. watch four documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film "alaska's silver millions," the 1967 film, alaska centennial, and the 1944 film, alaska highway. watch alaska weekend. sunday, july 21 and 22nd on the c-span network. or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle pennsylvania host a living history event, featuring several hundred reenactors from american history. we

the president of the sea alaska heritage institute with her book on alaska natives, celebration and sames, author and former daily news investigative reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. and someday 9 pm eastern on afterwards, author mark's thoughts about his two of the iceberg, his experience retracing in 1890 exhibition of scientists, artists, conservationists and writers off the alaskan coast. american history tv, sunday at 2 pm eastern, the c-span city store visit the alaska state capitol, the alaskan native heritage center and fort wayne army base and work on real america or documentaries on alaska, the 1936 film alaska's over millions, 1949 film eskimo hunters in northwestern alaska, the 19th 57 film alaska centennial in 1944 alaska highway. what alaska weekend saturday and sunday on the c-span network, c-span.org or listen on the free radio app. >> up next on c-span2, a

>> i work with the alaska native science and energy are graham here. we see a lot of students come into our university here who are under prepared for college, and then we are not doing a great job, i feel of providing the community and environment to support them to the undergraduate degree program. we are engaging students as you sixth grade all the way to middle school and high school, providing longitudinal opportunities. >> i'm with rotary cares for kids. instances i see is very important is nationwide, as well as alaska, and that is giving children garbage bags when they are being removed from their home by ocs. rotary for kids try to remove that issue by giving backpacks and duffel bags to children who are being removed from their home and transition from one home to another. >> another issue important to me , coming to fruition is fisheries management. fisheries are extremely important to alaska. from a sportfishing standpoint and from a tournament standpoint. they need to be dealt with soon. >> based on my understanding of , a way they can get

the president of the alaska heritage institute with her book on alaska natives, celebration. and stan jones, author and former anchorage daily news investigative reporter on the 89 exxon valdez oil spill. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern, on after word, author mark adams talks about his book tip of the iceberg his experience retracing an 1899 expedition of scientists, artists, conservationists and writers of the alaskan coast. on american history tv on c-span 3, sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the c-span cities tour, visits the alaska state capital, the alaska native heritage center, and we will take a look at preparing seafood for market from alaska glacier seafood incorporated. at 4:30 on real america, watch four documentaries on alaska, the 1936 film "alaska's silver millions". the 1949 film "eskimo hunters in northwestern alaska". the 1967 film "alaska centennial". and the 1944 film "alaska highway". watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday july 21 and 22 on the c-span networks at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> next a discussion about nuclear plant s

the president of the see alaska heritage world with her book on alaska native and celebrations. stan jones, author and former news reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill and sunday at 9 p.m. eastern on after words, author mark adams talks about his book "tip of the iceberg" hess experience retracing a 1899 expedition of artists, conservationists and writers up the alaskan coast. on c-span 3, sunday 2 p.m. eastern, the c-span cities tours visits the alaska state capital, the heritage center and a look at preparing food for market from alaska seafood incorporated. at 4:00 on real america, watch four documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film, alaska's silver millions. eskimo hunters, the 1944 film "alaska highway". watch it saturday and sunday on c-span networks, c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. app. >> sunday night on q & a, grace warnkey, daughterer diplomate george cannon, discusses the cold war. >> i met putin in st. petersburg. >> was he deputy mayor then? >> yes, he was deputy mayor. i was running my consulting firm. i had a client who wanted something to

on sunday at 2 pm, that c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capitol in the alaska native heritage center. they also will look at preparing seafood for market. at 4:30 pm on reel america, watch four documentaries on alaska. a 1936 film, a 1949 film, a 1967 film and a 1944 film.

. >> host: mark, the story of the alaska native people is something that did emerge from the harrimanexpedition in 1899. some relationships that were built, some friendships that were forged but also some very sad since this are likely to start places like siberia along the coast because of how hard the native people had been by the trade talk radio, gold miners of the gun the disease and missions and things like that. what questions did you want to understand about the history and also how it impacted the alaska native people live today? >> guest: to me, i wanted to hear the native side of the story because history is written by the victors, and the europeans and at this point that most americans all those originally russians, white people essentially, wiped out centuries of oral history. so i wanted to go in and find out from the native perspective what do they think about this, what you think about john muir, what do you think about the change in climate? and what you find is a lot of unhappy stories, a lot of these people know grandparents, great grandparents were taken with an of

preterm birthrates in african-american communities are nearly 48% higher and an american-indian, alaska-nativeulations for women, it's about 15% higher than whites. so we really have to do -- we've done a great job so far, but we really have to start implementing more interventions across the country and across fair chance of surviving. >> erica, i'm looking at some numbers that say that you want to get to 8.1% by 2020 of the preterm birthrate, and 5.5% by 2030. that's a very ambitious goal. >> yes, it is, but knowing these road-map interventions and some of the community work, we can get down to 8.1% by 2020, definitely. >> and can you talk a little bit about the road map, please. >> so these are eight emerging interventions that if you bundle them together or even separately, we're looking at reducing preterm birthrates across all jurisdictions, across all population groups. one of them starts with reducing a nonmedically indicated delivery. so women who aren't induced or given cesarean sections without a medical reason before 39 weeks. also, the increasing use of 17p, or progesterone, which

the president of the sea alaska heritage institute with her book on alaska natives, celebration, andstan jones, author and former anchorage daily news investigative reporter on the exxon valdez oil spill. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "afterwards," mark adams talks about his book "tip of the iceberg." his experience retracing an 1899 expedition of scientistses, artists, conservationists and writers up the alaskan coast. on american history tv on c-span3 sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, the c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capital, the alaska native heritage center and ft. wayne wright army base and at 4:00 on "real america" watch four documentaries on alaska. the silver millions. the 1949 film, eskimo hunters in northwestern alaska. the 1967 film alaska centennial and the 1944 film, alaska highway. watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday on the c-span networks, c-span.org, or listen ott free c-span radio app. >> at this house energy and commerce subcommittee hearing, members question members about horse racing and the doping of the support and proposal to set andy doping

so can i get your commitment that you will initiate consultation with the alaska native health board and other tribal health organizations upon your confirmation on redo negotiations for the va tribal sharing agreements to nail this down, working on a five-year extension to the current contract but that contract is expiring next year and the clock is ticking so it's a very high property issue for me and my constituents. can i get your commitment on this? >> yes. >> the other issue we talked about was how you suggested, and i couldn't agree more, that when it comes to understand the needs of local veterans in different states, oftentimes the local va really knows best. do you agree with that still? [inaudible] >> and get your commitment upon confirmation that you come to alaska and consult with our local va leadership? i think again one of the things that we see here is where challenges at the headquarters, no doubt but a lot of times the va local leadership is working quite well. can i get your commitment on that as of? >> yes, senator. >> i asked dr. shulkin district i had put out,

other alaska natives are also working to stop that. alaska is a lot more than just oil and gas. those who live on the land and embrace the caribou help them survive and are an important part of their way of life. we would like to do what we can to help and protect this iconic place. >> alaska has among the highest -- costs in the country so if the federal government could fundamentally restructure american healthcare, that would go a long way to helping the state. >> the most pressing issue i hear about has to do with concerns about crime. i believe that efforts to increase the police force -- the people are still very worried and as the mother of three kids, that is an issue also for our family. one of the reasons why i chose to run for office. >> be sure to join us july 21 and 22nd when we will feature our visit to alaska.

. >> i've worked with the alaska native engineering program at the university of alaska and we feel that the most important issue facing alaskahave to do with education and workforce development . we see a lot of students running into our university who are under prepared for college and are also not doing a great job of providing the environment in the community to present them through the undergraduate degree so what we're doing is engaging students as young as three all the way through middle school, high school and into the university to provide a string of longitudinal opportunities help support them academically, socially providing the information and guidance for them to succeed at all those different levels . >> i'm with rotary cares for kids. one of the issues i see as important is a nationwide as well as in alaska and that is getting children garbage bags when they are being removed from their homes by ocs. we tried to a issue in the state of alaska giving backpacks and duffel bags to children when they are being removed, transition from one home to the other or transitioning o

the native alaska natives are also working to stop that. alaska's a lot more than just oil and gas. and those who live on the land and subsist and embrace the fact that the caribou help them survive and are an important part of their way of life are active in this movement and we'd like to do what we can to help and protect this iconic place. >> alaska has among the highest health care costs in the country. so if the federal government could fundamentally restructure american health care, provide universal access to health care, that would go a long way to helping the state. >> the most pressing issue i hear from constituents has to do with concerns about crime. i believe that efforts to increase the police force have been yielding gains in this area. people are still very worried and as the mother of three kids, that's an issue too for our family. one of the reasons why i chose to run for office. >> be sure to join us july 21 and 22 when we'll feature our visit to alaska. watch alaska weekend on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the -span radio app. >> c-span, where history unfolds

on sunday at 2 pm, that c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capitol in the alaska native heritage center. they also will look at preparing seafood for market. at 4:30 pm on reel america, watch four documentaries on alaska. a 1936 film, a 1949 film, a 1967 film and a 1944 film. watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday, july 21 and 22 on the c-span networks , at www.c- span.org, or listen with the radio app. >>> senators student -- susan collins spoke about prescription drug prices at an event. including investigative work by the committee on uncovering price increases by prescription drug manufacturers, this is about 50 minutes. >> all right, well >>> good morning, everyone. i am the executive vice president and chief program officer here at pew where we have a diverse mix of initiatives ranging from health , consumer and environmental policy issues to advancing biomedical research. i know that july is prime time for leaving d.c. for beautiful and perhaps cooler summer places, like -- i am to be placed to welcome all of you here today and our special guest susan collins. we are rec

that will be in her book alaska natives, celebration. stan jones on the 1989 xml these oil spill. the experience retracing in 1889 expedition on american history tv on c-span three the c-span cities tour visits the state capital. we'll take a look at preparing seafood for market. watch for documentaries on alaska, the 1936 film. watch alaska weekend, saturday and sunday july 21 and 20 seconds on the c-span networks, and c-span.org or listen the free radio app. >> tonight, it is my honor and privilege to announce that i will nominate judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. [applause] >> mr. president, i am grateful to you and i am humbled by your confidence in me. >> brett kavanaugh of the united states court of appeals is president trumps nominee for the supreme court. >> i'm pleased with the nominee the president has chosen. after talking with him i look forward to supporting his nomination and doing what i can to assure his bipartisan confirmation. >> if judge kavanaugh's conference the b reform * healthcare system, the quality of our air and water and much mor

the president of the alaska heritage institute with her book on alaska natives, celebration and stan jones author and former anchorage daily news investigative report from the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. july 22 at 9 p.m. eastern on "after words," alter mark adams talks about his book tip of the iceberg has experience retracing in 1889 edition of conservationists and writers of the alaskan coast. on july 22 at 2 p.m. eastern c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capitol, the national heritage center and the army base. watch for documentaries on alaska by the 1936 film alaska's silver millions. ..

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i work with the alaska native science programand we feel the most important issue has to do with education and workforce development those that enjoy university are from college and also out here to provide that environment as a support center undergraduate degree all the way through middle school or high school through the university and those that help to support them socially and academically to give them the opportunity to succeed in academic life. >> one of the issues that i feel is important is nationwide more than alaska so we try to eliminate the garbage bag issue with your removed from their kids they are given backpacks and database layer transition or transitioning out of foster car care. >> another issue important to me that seems to be coming to fruition is management from a commercial standpoint or from a tourism standpoint we've got some problems that need to be dealt with on all fronts and soon or we may suffer some severe financial consequences. >> but with my understanding of it it was a way everyone could get p

book, alaska natives, celebration. the 1989 exxonof valdez oil spill. adams talks about his book "the tip of the iceberg," retracing in 1889 expedition of conservationists of the alaskan coast. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities to her. -- c-span cities tour. and we will looking at repairing seafood. america, watch documentaries on alaska. film, "eskimo hunters." the 1967 film, "alaska centennial." in the 1944 film, "alaskan highway." on the c-span networks, at c-span.org, or listen with the c-span radio app. we want to welcome back a longtime friend, charlie cook of the cook political report. you have been on this network for more than 30 years. guest: i think i was on c-span the first year that it was on the air. it is always fun and it was an important part of my career. that is why i religiously come back when you ask. the: i want to get to 30,000 foot level and then we will drill down to some of these races. it is mid july, the election is november, and a lot can

alaska native issues and hunting regulations. on the communicators at 6:30 pm eastern, tina pidgeon, general counsel for alaskan cable provider gci talks about how the company makes broadband possible for small villages across tundra, glaciers and mountains. then incoming president of the alaska collaborative medicine and telehealth, are providing healthcare through telemedicine. two remote communities in alaska. then on booktv, saturday at noon eastern, they c-span city store explores alaska's literary and historical seen with dermot cole. author of amazing pipeline stories. the president of the sea alaska heritage institute with her book on alaskan natives, celebration. and stan jones author and former anchorage daily news investigative reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. and sunday at 9 pm eastern, on "after words" mark adams talks about his book, tip of the iceberg. his experience retracing in 1899 expedition of scientists, artists, conservationists and writers of the alaskan coast. un-american-- on american history

of the sea alaska with her book on alaska natives. a former investigative reporter on the 1980 nine exxon valdez oil spill. sunday on afterwords, his ray "tip of the iceberg" tracing an expedition of scientists, artists, and excavation us of the alaskan coast. tour visitsities the alaskan state capitol, the alaska native heritage center, and preparing seafood for market from alaska glacier seafood incorporated. america, for documentaries on alaska. , a1946 film, a 1949 film 1967 film, and a 1944 film. alaska weekend saturday and sunday on july 21 and 22nd on the c-span networks at c-span.org, or listen with the c-span radio app. "washington journal" continues. host: chris stewart is at our the housember of select intelligence committee joining us ahead of the hearing you have to get to at 8:30. what is that about? china and china's interference. it is actually not about the election. this is about china's interference in our business community and how they steal and the theft of intellectual property. throughl come in business entitie

. >> the story of the alaska native people is something that did emerge from the tee5 expedition fromthe herrmann expedition and also those things that they saw like you describe like siberia of how hard those people have been hit by the for treaters in the gold miners to make a fortune and leave behind disease. what questions did you want to understand about the history and how that impacted the alaskan native people of today ? back to me and wanted to hear the native side of the story from the europeans and those that were originally russian and to be wipeout centuries of oral history so i wanted to find out from the native perspective what do they think about environmentalism? or the change of climate? and what you find is a lot of unhappy stories. grandparents or great-grandparents taken away from their own parents because supposedly that was for the best with tribal traditions they were gotten rid of and the shaman were told not to practice medicine anymore. you will see that in small-town alaska after exceed or more years of children told you cannot speak your native language th

alaska natives are also working to stop that. alaska is a lot more than just oil and gas. those who live on the land and subsist and brave the fact that the caribou, help them sir bob are active in this maven and we would like to do what we can to help protect this iconic place. >> alaska has among some of the highest health care costs across the country. if we could provide universal access to health care, that would go a long way to helping this state. >> the most pressing issue i hear about is concerns about crime. i believe efforts to increase the police force have been gaining in this area, but people are still very worried. as the mother of three kids, that is an issue for our family and one of the reasons i chose to run for office. >> be sure to join us july 21 and 22nd when we will feature our visit to alaska. c-span,aska weekend on c-span.org to listen on the c-span radio app. now to the washington institute to hear from lieutenant general. he directs strategic national planning. effectiveness the of u.s. counterterrorism strategy since 2001.

rosita whirl with alaska natives. and stan jones author and former anchorage reporter. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on after words, mark adams talks about his book "tip of the i icebe iceberg." on american history tv on c-span3, sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern the c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capital. the alaska native heritage center. and will take a look at preparing seafood for market. and at 4:00 on real america, watch four documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film alaska silver millions. the 1949 film eskimo hunters. the 1967 film alaska centennial. and the 1944 film alaska highway. watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday on the c-span networks, c-span.org, or listen in on the free c-span radio app. >>> matt walsh is the author of "the unholy trinity" blocking the left's assault on life, marriage, and gender. he was one of he the speakers in denver. we will also hear from a representative of israel's ministry of tourism. >> i want to teach you a hebrew word this morning. t-i-k-v-a. it means hope. say it with me.

the highest number of deaths per capita and incredibly patriotic population that includes the alaska native population, almost 20% of my constituents who served have some of the highest rates in the military of any ethnic group in the country, despite let's face it during world war ii there was a lot of discrimination going on from the federal government to this group of patriotic americans. so, we had a very good discussion and i appreciated that. most of it was about these issues as it relates to alaska and so the first thing i would like from you is to get a commitment to come with me to meet with my veterans in t and e these patriotic americans firsthand with. i think it really had an impact on some of our challenges. can i get that commitment from you? one of the ways va extends reach into my status through partnerships with alaska native health organizations whether it's tribal sharing agreements with the va, one of the many aspects of the mission act that focus on extreme states like ours and some of the other states is these tribal sharing agreements that are mandated in the mission

in the book he recounts his childhood as an alaska native and his ten years in the alaska house of representatives and state senate. >> i'm actually shocked, thank you very much for coming and i like to thank susan and hearthside books for inviting me down to speak to you. i would also like to introduce you to my daughter. she's sitting there. she's named after my sister, francis. [applause] >> it's just a pleasure to see so many familiar faces, old faces from a long time ago. [inaudible conversations] >> i will swallow this damn thing. [laughing] anyway, lots of old friends and new friends, and some great pioneer alaskans, many native people i've worked with over the years in various capacities. and i remember coming to juneau as a 25-year-old when wally was first elected governor in 1967. in those days we scrambled for any kind of four walls and a bad thatat we could. i hear things have changed that much. [laughing] and at that point in time i was young and ignorant, as i recall looking back at it, but didn't know it. but as with others who came down, i was passionate and young and energetic. bu