anthony batts: fairly young. i used to go to school -- my school was probably about 1.5 hours on the bus. as i went from home to the bus stop, my mom said to stay out of the alley. ireland were going down the alley when i shouldn't have been in the alley and seeing something rolled up in a carpet. it turned out to be a young lady's body. it scared me to death and i just ran. i went to school and didn't talk to anyone about it, but it impacted me and my life. i like to say that it took away my innocence. how i relate that is, think about these kids in a tough neighborhood that see these things on a daily basis. that was a rarity for me. but there are kids that see this on a regular basis. brian lamb: did you ever hate cops? anthony batts: no, not really. my neighborhood did not like the lapd but i don't member hating cops. i grew up in the 60's and i remember kids who thought they were cool calling police officers pigs, because they were emulating hippie culture. but my interactions were, for the most part, more p

anthony batts: thank you for having me. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, >> transcripts are available as c-span podcast. this year marks 10 years of q&a. if you enjoyed this program, here are others you might like. washington dc police chief, the attorney in charge of administering the 9/11 victims fund, and clint hill, president kennedy's security detail the day he was assassinated. you can watch these and search other programs at www.c-span.org . we have received more than 2200 entries in this year's c-span video, petition. we will announce the grand prize winner and show their winning documentary. following the announcement, you can see all 150 documentaries at student cam.org. >> tonight on c-span, british prime minister david cameron takes questions from the house of commons. then, a recent event with senator marco rubio in new hampshire. at 11:00, another chance to see q&a with anthony batts. during question time at the british house of commons, david cameron was asked whether members of par

anthony batts: thank you for having me. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> for free transcripts please visit us at q&a.org. transcripts are also available as podcasts. >> this year marks 10 years of q and a. here are some other programs you may like. kathy lanier, kenneth feinberg, in charge of the 9/11 victims compensation fund, among many others. and clint hill, who was on the president kennedy's security detail the day he was assassinated. you can watch all of these at www.c-span.org. >> cc ban a takes american history tv on the road to u.s. cities. to learn about their literary life next week end, we partner with comcast for a trip to galveston texas. >> opening the canal in 1869 sailing ships were almost a death blow. with the opening of the canal coal-fired ships had a shorter route to the far east, to india so sailing ships needed to find a way to make a living. instead of high-value cargo they started carrying lo

next "q&a," with baltimore police commissioner anthony batts. then prime minister david cameron takes questions from members of the house of commons. after that, marco rubio at a politics and eggs breakfast in new hampshire. >> this week on qa day --q&a anthony batts talks about the challenges of policing baltimore , and the u.s. department of justice coming in to review the practices. he also speaks about baltimore's lower crime rates in 2014 and is upcoming initiatives -- in his upcoming initiatives.

anthony batts: i was born right here in the nation's capital, washington, dc. my mom was from north carolina and came from a very large family that had a farm. my dad's job got moved to the west coast which took us to san francisco and then los angeles. my family separated at that time. my mom and i moved to a very tough part of the city south-central los angeles. my mom struggled, and there were times that she would go without eating to make sure there was enough for us. in the neighborhood i grew up in, you had prostitution, gang activities, and as much as my mom tried to make sure we were in a safe environment, i saw things that may be question what was going on. did anybody care about a young man that looked like me? did anybody care whether we lived or died? i would see reports on the

. >> this week on "q&a," anthony batts talks about the challenges of policing baltimore, and the u.s. department of justice coming in to review the practices. he also speaks about baltimore's lower crime rates in 2014 and his upcoming initiatives. brian lamb: when did you start

strategy against isis, and later, our conversation with baltimore police commissioner anthony batts on "q&a." federal reserve chair janet yellen was on capitol hill recently to deliver her semi annual monetary policy report to congress. prior to her testimony, the senate banking committee marked up legislation to a ward the congressional gold medal to marchers of the 19th defies selma to montgomery voting right march. this is two hours, 25 minutes. >> we will come to order. we have a quorum. the committee will briefly conduct an executive session to report s 527 to award a congressional gold medal to the foot soldiers who participated in bloody sunday, turnaround tuesday, or the final selma to montgomery voting rights march which served as a catalyst to the voting rights act of 1965. i am pleased to serve as an original cosponsor of this bill and thank the ranking member and others you have also agreed to cosponsor this legislation. with that, if there are no amendments and no objections to a voice vote. mr. chairman? >> i am pleased we can mark up this important legislation today, a b