jones: i was a reporter at the anchorage daily news. but also covering business so i had covered oil even before the spill. >> can you tell us what the history of the oil industry was in alaska #how large was it during that time? in 1967s: it started with their was a huge oil strike . the pipeline began operating in 1973 and that's when the traffic again. about 15 years past before the spill. fromil industry in alaska the date oil was discovered had an enough -- enormous mind share in the state. it was recognized as the biggest source of running for state government. for long time it was the only source that matter. the oil industry produced money so fast it's a coffers that one of the jokes was, even the own less than -- alaska legislator could not waste it all. say --f it was spent and state services. besides generating all this money, they are always interested in politics and taxes and regulation. over time, their influence over the legislature became enormous. it was almost mandatory to be oil friendly to get elected to the legisla

and former anchorage daily news investigative reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. and sunday, july 22 at 9 p.m. on afterwards, mark adams talks about his book tip of the iceberg, his expands retracing in 1899 exhibition of scientists, artists, conservationists, and writers. sunday, july 20 second at 2 p.m. 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.

the heritage institute with her book on alaska nate is, and stan jones, author and former "anchorage daily news" reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwords, author mark adams talk bts about his book, "tip of the iceberg," his experience retracing an 1899 expedition of scientists, artists, and writers up the alaskan coast. on american history tv on c-span 3. 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 do

. >>> the "anchorage daily news" reports a small plane crashed with only minor injuries.ales island south of ketchikan where it was headed. the pilot called 911 after the crash. poor weather made for low visibility and made it difficult for investigators to find the crash site. >>> an investigation by tennessee health officials found e. coli in water caused the sickness of ab55p lira authorities say initial tests on water samples from the zip line canopy tour found the bacteria in the company's water. the state health department contacted people who were at the site between mid-june and early july. more than 500 reported being sick. >>> and "the hollywood reporter" says warner brothers wants to build a tramway linking its burbank film lot to the iconic hollywood sign. the studio is now owned by at&t. it says it will pay an estimated $100 billion to build the skyway. it's a los angeles landmark, but it's difficult to get to. the plan must pass environmental impact studies though. >>> and still to come, raising trad china's reaction as the u.s. prepares for a new round of t

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 t.v. they visit the alaska state capital, the heritage center and army base. at 4:00 on reel america, watch for documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film, alaska silver millions. the 1949 film, eskimo hunters and northern 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 on the free c-span radio app. >> british prime minister, theresa may spoke with members of parliament about the 2018 nato summit held in brussels, belgium. she accused russia of trying to undermine western democracies.

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so i decided to send it not only to him to the news minor, to the anchorage times , to the anchorage daily news and the tundra times. everybody printed but bob would. and then a few weeks later i got a call from claire, some of you know claire the artist, she said willie and she called the phone in the hallway at the door. she said really, i just met her. she said willie, send her to greening is going to be in town and he saw your letter. i said if you're serious about what you said, you want to talk to you. that worked up again and i said okay. sure. so we met in the nortel hotel . he was getting up in years ago and here he was, harvard graduate, former governor. former head of the oas, , author. and he a nobody but he took the time to listen to me and he said willie, you know, i saw your letter. i'm the one who got rid of the no dogs or natives. i'm the one who encouraged the natives to get into politics . some of them even ran as republicans. and he said on the land, he said i've been trying to get the secretary of the interior foryears to do something about this problem . and then he s

and stan jones, author and former anchorage daily news investigative reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. and on afterwards, mark adams talks about his book tip of the iceberg. his experience retracing an 1899 expedition of scientists, 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 city's 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. 4:30 on real america. watch four documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film alaska 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 21st and 22nd on the c-span networks at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> secretary of state mike pompeo will be on capitol hill next wednesday to talk about north korea, the president's trip to the nato summit and his meeting with russian president putin. live cover

institute with her book on alaskan natives celebration, and stan jones, author and former anchorage daily newsinvestigative 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 come his experience retracing in 1899 expedition of scientists, artists, and writers of the alaskan coast. on american history tv on c-span3, sunday july 22 at 2 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 4:00 on reel america, watch documentaries on alaska. watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday, july 21 and 22nd 2nd on the c-span networks, c-span.org, , or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> what's happened now is every single group in america feels threatened. it's not just blacks and other minorities who feel threatened. whites feel threatened. study in the book says i think 67% of the white working class feels that they are more discreet made against and minorities. it is not just muslims and jews and buddhists who fe

this is the anchorage daily news in alaska. trump hands putin diplomatic win. look at the chicago tribune headline. like a knife through the ribs. trump supports russia on mueller investigation. here's the houston chronicle. trump sides with putin, casts its doubt and u.s. intelligence. the "miami herald," trump questions u.s. intelligence, not putin. here's a paper from idaho. the moscow pullman daily news. trump embraces long time u.s. foe putin. doubts own intelligence. this is from iowa city, the president citizen newspaper in iowa. praising putin. here's canton, ohio, the canton repository. a one-word headline. treasonous. so we've got three branches of government and the fourth estate. the behavior by one of those barrages of government, the executive, behavior by the president has shaken the nation in a way that is reflected in that big long list of headlines from the fourth estate. people are freaking out because of his behavior. that leaves two other branches, the judiciary and legislature. in terms of the judiciary, full steam ahead. the criminal and

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

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 safety and the dangers of radioactive waste. held by the environmental and energy study institute. thi

of the last to heritage institute with her book , and stannatives jones, author and former anchorage daily newsestigative reporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. -- on afterwards, arthur author mark adams on his book tracing 1889 expedition of scientists and writers of the alaskan coast. on american history tv on c-span the c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capital and we will take a look at preparing seafood for market. america, watch documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film alaska's silver millions, the 1940 nine film eskimo hunters in northwestern alaska, the 1967 film alaska centennial and the 1934 film alaska highway. weekend saturday and sunday, july 21 and 22nd on the c-span networks, at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. continues. journal" to welcome back tim chapman, the executive director of heritage action for america. a lot to talk about, the midterm elections, brett kavanaugh, let's begin talking about the organization. is a: heritage action sister organization of the heritage foundation. they heritage foundation started in 1973. it has been a conserv

heritage institute with her book on alaskan natives celebration and sam jones, author and former anchorage daily news investigative reporter, on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. sunday at 9 pm eastern, on. "after words" talking about -- on the alaskan coast. on american history t.v. on c-span3. sunday at 2 pm eastern. the c-span cities tour visits the alaska state capital. the alaska native heritage center and will look at preparing seafood for market from alaska glacier seafood incorporated. at 4:30 pm on reel america, watch four documentaries on alaska. the 1936 film, alaska 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 22nd. on the c-span networks. at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> in the coming weeks, the house will take up several bills making changes to the 2010 healthcare law peter sullivan of the hill, you been writing there are real political considerations to the debate. why do republican leaders in the house want to take

institute with her book on alaska natives, celebration, and stan jones, author and former anchorage daily newsinvestigative 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 standards. the hearing begins with testimony from a

>> i worked for the anchorage daily news and i was a reporter at the time primarily doing investigative but also covering business. so i had covered oil even before the spill. >> and you tell us what a history of the oil industry was in alaska? how large was it? >> the modern oil industry that we know today got its start in 1967 1967 when it was a huge oil strike at prudhoe bay. pipeline begin operating in 1973 and that's when the taker traffic in prince william sound begin. so about 16, 15 years passed before this spill. the oil industry and alaska from the day oil was discovered had an enormous mind share in the statement was instantly recognized as the biggest source of funding for state government. for a long time it was the only source that mattered. the oil industry produced money so fast into state coffers one of the jokes was even the alaska legislator couldn't waste at all. some of it was accumulated and will recall the permanent fund. a lot of it was spent on state services. so the oil industry besides generating all this money took an acute interest in politics because they a

also headlines from the anchorage daily news. north korea and the u.s.ll at odds over the latest talks following a meeting that took place friday and saturday in pyongyang with secretary of state mike pompeo. the c-span bus was in alaska and we will be featuring alaska later on this month on the network. next month, the bus traveling to hawaii. next up is robert from huntsville, alabama. caller: i just want to copper meant you on the interview with john fay. host: it's fai. -- fia. caller: i was just wondering when that would air again. host: it's already online, it will likely air again today on networks. you can want to anytime, any time a program airs on this network, it immediately shows up on c-span.org. caller: once again, c-span hits it out of the ballpark. thanks for what you do for us. let's go to bethlehem, pennsylvania. caller: i just wanted to respond to the lady that was just on. there are other ways that countries spend the money besides militarizing their whole area. a story inhere was our local press about two juniors in high school that

of the former anchor anchorage daily news on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill.day, july 22 at 9:00 p.m. adams talkshor mark about his book "tip of the iceberg." his experience retracing an expedition of scientists, artists, and conservationists of the alaskan coast. sunday, july 22 at two :00 p.m. the c-span cities tour visits the alaskan state capitol the alaskan state heritage center, and the fort rain right -- fort base.inright a 1949, as comeau hunters in northwest alaska. centennial and the 1944 film, alaska highway. watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday, july 21 and 22nd on the c-span network, c-span.org, or the free c-span radio app. "washington journal" continues. host: we will spend the time talking about u.s. trade china,s with canada, mexico, and we could probably throw in the eu before too long. we're joined by daniel griswold from the mercatus center, the codirector on the program on american economy and globalization. joshua meltzer from the brookings institution. i will start with you. when we are saying we have a trade deficit with china, with

heritage institute with their book on alaska natives,, celebration and stan jones author and anchorage daily newsreporter on the 1989 exxon valdez oil spill. author mark adams talks about his book tip of the iceberg. his experience retracing an expedition of scientists, artists, conservationists and artists of the coast. c-span three sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern. the sea pan city visits the alaska state capitol. the native heritage center. preparing seafood for market. watching for documentaries on alaska. 1936 film alaska million. eskimo hunters and northwestern alaska. the 1967 film alaska centennial. 1944 film alaska highway. watch alaska weekend saturday and sunday, july 211 and 22nd on the c-span networks at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio out. >> here on c-span two we will take you back to santa fe live for more the national governors associate meeting in about an hour. 4:00 o'clock eastern time. fighting addiction. while we wait for that meeting to resume, here is the opening ceremony from this morning. philanthropy and civil society. welcome to the 2018 summer meeting of th

she began her career as a court reporter for the anchorage daily news covering all kinds of trials when our state was new and the court system had just been formed. eventually she moved to gerdwood, which is a beautiful ski resort town outside of alaska where she was a breakfast cook and managed condos. she got restless and drove across the country but missed alaska so much she came home and worked on the transatlantic pipeline that flows of billion of barrels of oil down to valdez and then she met her husband, ken, when she was working on the transalaskan pipeline. they bought and restored a lodge in a wonderful small community called moose paths, a warm, welcoming, and gorgeous community in the heart of the kenai peninsula about 10. if you are going to go fish the famous russian river, moose pass is a great home base. ken and jeannie worked at the resort until they both retired. jeannie always liked to keep her yard and her surroundings clean and organized, free of trash. but when her husband ken unfortunately got sick and then tragically she lost him over 13 years ago, jeannie began