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at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. also available on the c-span radio app and the c-span.org. newsmakers, green party presidential nominee jill stein talks about the 2016 presidential race. she officially received the nomination at the green party convention held in houston. ,newsmakers is sunday on c-span. in his weekly address, the president talks about celebrating this year's summer olympics. representative buddy carter of georgia has the republican response, discussing the house agenda and its impact on health care. pres. obama: every four years, our nation's attention turns to a competition that's as heated as it is historic. people pack arenas and wave flags. journalists judge every move and overanalyze every misstep. sometimes, we're let down, but more often, we're lifted up. and just when we think we've seen it all, we see something happen in a race that we've never seen before. i'm talking, of course, about the summer olympics. this month, rio is hosting the first-ever games held in south america. and we're ready to root on team usa. we're excited to see who will inspi

at 830 eastern on c-span two, it is book to be with a look at to be with a look at what members of congress-span three at eight p.m., it's american history to be with programs and events on congressional history. tonight, more about the 1996 welfare law and a look back at the congressional debate that led to a republican congress passed in the bill and president clinton signing it into law. will hear from panelists who discuss how changing the welfare system impacted poor americans and how the law changed existing welfare programs by creative work requirements and allowing states to have more control over welfare dollars. all of this tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span's washington journal, live everyday live everyday with new some policy issues that impact you. coming up on tuesday morning, the healthcare policy scholar at the american enterprise institute and ron, executive director families usa how it impacts the affordable care act. then we look at the consumer financial bureaus recent proposal to overhaul debt collection. c-span's washington journal, live beginning at sev

c-span dodorg is a public service of your cable or satellite provider. so if you're a c-span watcher, check it out atpan.org. >>> on saturday c-span's issues spotlight looks at trade deals, their impact on the economy, jobs and the presidential election. >> we will defend american jobs and american workers saying no to bad trade deals like the trans-pacific partnership and unfair trade practices like -- >> the state of pennsylvania have lost 1/3 of their manufacturing jobs since the clintons put china into the wto. >> the program includes a look at nafta, the 1994 free-trade agreement between the united states, mexico and canada. >> this will weld us together in the cause of more jobs for our people, more exports for our markets, and more democracy for our allies. >> a discussion on how the founding fathers viewed free trade. >> the fact that historically the united states simply was not a free trade nation, for most of american history. the u.s. is in fact a tariff-protected economy. this goes back to our very constitution. >> an in depth examination of the world trade organization, the body that en

c-span two. c-span founding chairman bob rosenkrantz passed away this week at the age of 89. not only was he one of the first cable operators to support the idea for c-span, but he continued to create -- work on our behalf are almost 40 years. -- for almost four years. -- 40 years. ♪ >> with introduce you the man on my right, bob rosenkrantz, the first chairman and adjustment who through the first seed money to get c-span started back in 1977. >> in august, 1977, bob rosenkranz, then president of you may call the cable and his business partner with the first cable operators to agree to support the idea of c-span. at that time, only about 90% of 19%ican homes were wired -- of american homes were wired for cable. he passed away this week and wrote a check for $25,000. with that money, c-span created the infrastructure to send out cable television's first live views of the u.s. house of representatives. on march 19, 1979, the something theirlion homes served by hundred 50 cable systems. -- 350 cable systems. >> let the public understand what goes on in washington and how to deal

first you don't succeed try, try again because now i'm finally getting to speak at a west high school graduation. c-spanthat no senator tammy baldwin we thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. ♪ >> for free transcripts are to give us your comments about this program visit us at "q&a".org. q&a programs are available at c-span podcasts. three years after supreme court ruling overturned part of the voting rights act, courts across the country of struck down a number of state laws saying they discriminate against specific groups of voters. saturday night, c-span's issue spotlight looks at voting rights and the impact on the 2016 election. >> you know all this voter i.d. nowadays, a lot of places are going to have voter i.d.. now what does that mean? do you just keep walking in and voting? >> what is happening is a sweeping effort to disempower and disenfranchise people of color, poor people and from one end of our country to the other. >> watch issue spotlight on voting rights saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. >> congress is in recess until september 6 with senators and

money to get c-span started back in 1977, believe it or not. >> and august, 1977, bob rosencrans and his business partner with the first cable partners to agree to support the idea for c-span. att time, only about 19% of american homes were wired for cable. ns, who passed away this week, wrote a check for $25,000. with that seed money, c-span created the infrastructure to send out cable-television's first live views of the u.s. house of representatives to some three point 5 million homes .erved by 350 cable systems >> let the public understand what goes on in washington, what the issues are and how to deal with them. i think above all, the mission here at c-span has been just that, and we are very proud of that. ns steered thea nonprofit network through its early challenging years and continued to serve the network until his death, most recently in the role of chairman emeritus. >> we believe the nation can only benefit from more exposure to the process, to educate our people both the young and old, and give us all a feeling that we are participating in this process that carries our nation forward. thank you very much. >> tonight, c-span's issue spotlight looks at police and r

follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on her schedule and to keep up with the latestistory news. >> the c-span buses in philadelphia, pennsylvania this week. the is to -- the issues most important to them in the 2016 presidential campaign. >> i'm a super delegate for hillary cleveland, ohio. it gives me pleasure and honor to be part of this historic moment. my first convention was in 2008 to help nominate the first african-american president and i was looking forward to doing it again to nominate the first female president of the united states. i'm excited about this op

that is live at 8:30 eastern on c-span 3. r, attorney general loretta lynch and education secretary john king will be part of an event hosted by the national association of black journalists and hispanic journalists. live coverage gets underway at 9 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> sunday night on q&a "q&a," -- 0--- on >> state allegiance was very deep. it went as far back in generations as there were settlers in the country. one has to keep that in mind. i'm not belittling slavery. but you can explain the actions of good, decent men like robert e. lee and stonewall jackson. they fight because virginia needs them, not that they supported the veteran cause. -- the confederate cause. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> the c-span radio app makes it me to follow the election wherever you are. get audio coverage and schedule information for c-span radio and television, plus podcast times for our public affairs, books, and history programs. stay up-to-date on all the election coverage. you always have c-span on the go

widest coverage continues later as senator tim kaine takes part in a voter registration row at florida in him. c-span will have live coverage of that starting at 2:15 p.m. eastern. a look now at some background on political advertising strategy. >> host: $60 million, seamount hillary clinton campaign has spent so far in the general election. formula dream bob mcdonnell trump campaign. joining us on the phone is niall stanage, associate editor of the hill who's been looking into these numbers. thank you for being with us. >> guest: my pleasure post to let me go to the headline. how significant is this? >> guest: i think it is very significant. i think there's a number of elements to it. one is the sheer disparity in the number that you just mentioned. that is highly unusual at the presidential level do not have campaigns at least somewhat on equal terms. the other important fact is that this is relatively early in the campaign, the height of summer. we have seen in the past the capacity for one nominee to really paint the opponent into a corner doing this kind of face of the campaign. it happened when

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c-span2. >> here's a look at our primetime schedule from the c-span network. starting at eight pm eastern on c-span, the american enterprise institute holds a discussion on the 20th anniversary of the 1996 welfare law. at 830 eastern, here on here on c-span2, it is book tv with a look at what members of congress are reading this summer. on c-span three at eight pm, it's american history tv with programs and events on congressional history. tonight, more about the 1996 welfare law with a look back at the congressional debate which led to a republican congress passing the bill and president clinton signing it into law. we will hear from panelist to discuss how changing the welfare system impacted poor americans and how the law changed existing welfare programs by creating work requirements and allowing state have more control over welfare dollars. see all of this tonight starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issue that impacts you. coming up tuesday morning, healthcare policy scholar at the ame

to join the conversation like us on facebook at c-span history. coverage posted by the civil war institute at gettysburg college. the focus was reconstruction. a panel of historians talk about challenges confederate veterans place -- face in the civil war aftermath. good afternoon i am peter carmichael. i am a history has her -- professor here at gettysburg college. it is my privilege and pleasure to introduce our panel on the return of the confederate century. who are part of our life c-span audience, you can actually be part of this conversation. twitter at #cwi2016. let me go ahead and introduce our panelists. right, david, who is of americanlecturer history at the university of edinburgh in scotland. he teaches a range of civil war and southern history. his first book is in one published by the university of carolina press entitled " moments of despair, suicide, divorce, and debt in civil war era north carolina." next to david is james. james recently assumed instructors up -- instructor university shepherd civil war. it is not far from the ba

at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> on saturday c-span's issue spotlight looks at trade deals. their impact on the economy, jobs, and the presidential election. >> and we will defend american jobs and american workers by saying no to bad trade deals like the transpacific partnership and unfair trade practices. >> the state of pennsylvania have lost one-third of their manufacturing jobs since the clintons put china into the wto. >> the program includes a look at nafta, the 1994 free trade agreement between the united states, mexico, and canada. >> this will hold us together. cause of more jobs for our people, more exports for our markets, and more democracy for our allies. >> a discussion on how the founding fathers viewed free trade. >> the fact that historically the united states simply was not a free trade nation for most of american history, the u.s. is, in fact, a tariff-protected economy. this goes back to our constitution. >> and an in-depth caption of the world trade organization. the body that enforces global trade roles. >> at the time the wto was being negotiated, or

at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. eting with national security advisers, president obama held a news conference at the pentagon this afternoon, answering questions from reporters. the president said that $400 million of cash airlifted to iran in january did not consist of a ransom payment to secure the release of detained americans released the same day. president obama: it has been interesting to watch this story surface. some of you may recall, we announced these payments in january. many months ago. there wasn't a secret. we announced them, to all of you. josh to the briefing on them. -- did a briefing on them. this was not some nefarious deal. explainede time, we had pressed a claim before in international tribunal about them recovering money of theirs that we had frozen that, as a consequence of its working its way through the international tribunal, it was the assessment of our lawyers that we were now at a point where there was significant litigation risk, and we could end up costing ourselves billions of dollar

c-span'so watch washington journal beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. the c-span radio mobile app makes it easy to continue to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. it is free to download from the apple app store or google play. get audio coverage and up-to-the-minute schedule information for c-span radio, c-span television, plus podcast times for our programs. the up-to-date on all election coverage, c-span's radio mobile app means you always have c-span on the go. >> the prime minister of singapore is visiting the u.s. next week where he will be the guest of honor at a white house dinner. it will be the 13th time president obama has hosted a dinner for a head of state. here is a preview. >> how are you. i would like to welcome you in honor of the singapore state dinner on tuesday, august 2. singapore is the third state dinner of the obama administration and of 2016. you'll get to hear about the meals and hear from all of our wonderful colleagues. obviously we are but we five, represent many. all of us could not be here. but i want to thank you to all of my

at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> book tv on c-span 2. 48 hours of non-fiction books and authors every weekendre's featured programs this weekend. saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on "afterwords" kimberly strassel argues the left is using tactics to usurp the political process in her book "the intimidation game how the left is silencing free speech." she's jond by jenny thomas, contributor to the daily caller. >> government abuse is largely one sided. when i started this -- i care about free speech and the first amendment. i'm a libertarian when it comes to this and i don't think -- you know, i have no allegiance to one party or the other and i went into this -- i'd written a lot about the abuses on the left for my column in the "wall street journal" but i assumed going in that i was going to find a bunch of stuff on the right, too. i didn't. >> on sunday, live with legal analyst jeffrey toobin who will take your call, text and e-mail questions from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern. mr. toobin will discuss his latest book "american heiress, the wild saga of the kidnapping, crimes and trial of patty hea

get c-span started in 1977. >> in august, 1977, bob rosenkranz, then president of you a coleman cable and business partner for the first cable operators to agree to support the idea for c-span. athat time, only about 90% of american homes were wired for cable. mr. rosenkranz who passed away this week wrote a check for $25,000. with that money, c-span created the infrastructure to send out cable television's first live views of the u.s. house of representatives on march 19, 1979 to some 3.5 million homes served by 350 cable systems. understandpublic what goes on in washington. what the issues are and how to deal with them. i think about all the mission here at c-span has been just that and we are very proud of that. the nonprofit network to the initial challenging years and continued to serve on c-span's board of directors until his death. most recently in the role of chairman emeritus. of an issue can only benefit from more exposure to our political process. inform people but young and old -- both young and old and give us all a better feeling that we are percent is paid in -- participating in this process. i give her much. -- thank you very much. >> up next on c-span, public h

at 8:00 p.m. eastern time -- here on c-span. friday night at 8:00 p.m. here on c-span. crystal from kentucky. democrat. caller: thank you for the call. host: what did you think of the speech? caller: the more i listen to both of the candidates, the more it is clear to me that hillary is the right choice. not only does she have a working working in the government, she even lays out the plan that she intends to enforce. i'm a firm believer that just because you can identify a problem does not mean you necessarily have the solution. he isre i was into trunk, great at identifying problems but he never gives a solution said to me, the choice is clear. you want somebody who has experience working in the government, being behind the scenes and the government, having a knowledge of what it headtake and having the that it will take to run the country to make those decisions that will not only affect you but affect the whole country and be logical and reasoning about it. roger on the line. donald trump supporter. caller: thank you. libertariand of the candidate until a couple of days ago. i know nothin

--aking with c-span at aing of c-span, i was function live on c-span, and there was a nice person i have known for a number of years who used to work at the department of homeland security, was a helpful person there, but he was sitting there giving a talk about the role that the department of homeland security plays in doing what they call preclearance at airports in certain countries around the world. you go through customs before you enter the united states. he was among the panelists of an event he was moderating, and he had the title with a guy sitting next to him from the toronto airport authority. this whole event went on c-span but it was never disclose that the person sitting next to him was a client, a lobbyist. he was helping them nationally promote their agenda and using his title as a scholar. the public should know that. that seems inappropriate to me. host: does it make that title available? guest: at that event, there was no disclosure the fact that the toronto official sitting there was his client. only after the end of the event, i walked up and said stuart, isn't this

at the time his very representative of that. >> c-span: why did he leave the cia? guest: i'm not sure why he left the cia. i did not really go into, at that time he was no longer -- so i didn't really shift into that except for when he becomes a director for itt and was involved in the run-up to the coup. >> guest: did any of them ever serving government? >> guest: no. while they served in different think tank, foreign-policy advisement. i think steve junior was on the xm on the xm bank or one of the advisory, they are in and out of advisory positions. but not willing government. >> c-span: i want to read the paragraphs of people have the understanding of the kind of things that he has been can contracted to do. you say that specialize in and what were called multitier megaprojects they received 24 billion in new contracts in 2013. it is 55000 employees, most are subcontractors divided among project in six markets. similar infrastructure, communications, mining, metals, oil, gas, chemicals metals, oil, gas, chemicals and power. its website has signature projects th

watch c-span's "washington journal" live eginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, tuesday morning. join the discussion. announcer: tuesday on c-span, a look at climate change and jobs. hear from new york university escander on tasha the risks google and facebook take by locating their cities.ters in coastal at two just look sectors that we think of as places of innovation, financial technological innovation, we can see that those centers with a one meter are likely to be affected. but the thing to note here is one-meter rise, the projection for when it is likely moves closer and closer as each scientific study emerges. ago, we thought this would happen in a century. may we are worried it happen within 30 to 40 years, the life of a mortgage. if you are in new york, you might think, okay, that doesn't more errible, you know, people from new jersey, can't cross the bridge, maybe it's not so bad. if you are google, you should be asking yourself why your building headquarters where in 30 years, it will be flooded. should e facebook, you be asking yourself why you are nvesting in locating

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c-span: how do you view at? >> guest: well, susan has been very blessed by having a lot of opportunities and she has made the most of them. i think watching her up close has been inspirational and the editor of roll call. she is right, there are not enough women who have made it to that level in journalism. i have worked probably most of my years with women over the years but at the top levels there is a different expectation conscious or unconscious of what is allowed in the course of being an editor. i have worked for editors who are pretty tough guys and that was celebrated and you know women i just don't think have a tougher time to navigate. c-span: what year did you both leave the "washington post"? >> guest: it was in 2008. c-span: together? >> guest: i went to "the new york times" in 2008 and susan worked for don graham and and help them by foreign-policy magazine and take over as editor-in-chief. c-span: you weren't very happy with the way susan was treated at the post when you left. >> guest: that's tr

at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. announcer: next, ben cardin hosts a town hall meeting in maryland. he took issues on the rise in prescription drug use. recent justice report about baltimore police practices and cyber security issues. this was part of the maryland county's summer conference. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. . sit ncicap.org] to the town hall forum with senator cardin. clark and i'm a research director with maco, and i'm the liaison to the national association of counties. at this time, i'd like to ask to please e members turn off your cell phones or turn them to vibrate. a courtesy not only to ur speakers but also to those sitting around you. it's now my honor to introduce att chase, the executive director of the national association of counties, which is the lead county advocacy organization on capitol hill. . [applause] matt: good afternoon. come on, we've got to get ready cardin.tor good afternoon crowd: good aft

send us a tweet at c-span history or join us on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory. as we move outside to inside, one of the displays, and there are so many inside this fabulous museum, is moving beyond earth. and an example of the evolution of america's space shuttle program. and joining us again is valerie neal. we saw you just a moment ago in the tape portion. you are the curator, the chair of the space history department here at the museum. and let's talk about the shuttle program. no other country had something like that. >> well, briefly, the soviet union did. they built a craft called buran that mimicked our space shuttle. but it was several years later. they flew one test flight and then retired it. they didn't really have a need for a shuttle craft. but they were very worried about what we might use ours for. and they thought they should have one too, just in case. but really, in the annals of space history, the u.s. space shuttle is unique. it's the only operational craft that's reusable. it's the only craft that was the size of a cargo freight hauling truc

c-span. here's how. at the top of the c-span.org homepage, click on either the democratic or can -- republican convention. you will find videos of both conventions. you also find convention highlights to the top. you can scroll down and browse through it speaker. click on the speech you want to watch and you can click any .peech you want to share c-span.org is your most comprehensive guide funny video of any convention moment. c-span created by cable, offered as a public service writer public television provider. here's a headline from today's new york times. john mccain denounces donald trump kamman's on family of moment some soldier -- muslim soldier. senator john mccain shall be criticized donald trump comments. the rebuke that provided an opening for other vulnerable republicans to do the same. even though they all stop short numbers and in their endorsement. -- rescinding their endorsement. it is not accompanied by unfettered license to the same those who are the best among us. andr hero who service ca

with no child left behind we had to display for the nation to look at both good, back, and ugly. >> c-span: you made a speech in 2004, here you are on video, see how much of this you still agree with. >> why do i look at school choice and vouchers? in 1992 as a schoolteacher in los angeles and one of my favorite students walked up to me and said i'm going to have to leave here because my parents could no longer afford to pay tuition. as life would have it a gentleman walked into the school with a petition and were talking to the principal and set me to the office and he said we have something here called a petition. what we like to do is get enough signatures on a ballot so that we can but the initiative before they california voters so that we can get public money to children who can go to private schools. using the example i have said this is an option for some students, not all. it is an opportunity that some students could take advantage of if they had it. >> c-span: wears california watchers? >> guest: 1993i was able to get parents to find a petition. ballot was brought forth and it w

to join the conversation like us on facebook at c-span history.itute at gettysburg college. the focus was reconstruction. a panel of historians talk about challenges confederate veterans place -- face in the civil war aftermath. good afternoon i am peter carmichael. i am a history has her -- professor here at gettysburg college.

at 7:00 a.m. eastern on wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> tomorrow c-span's road to the white house coverage continues with live remarks from donald trump. outlining his immigration plants. he speaks to voters and supporters in phoenix. that is live. that is live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this week on q&a, will discuss the book -- about the dynasty that ruled russia for 300 years. >> the book is called, the roman office. 1613-1918. i want to read you a headline in the daily mail, the london daily mail, you wrote this back in january, the romance, the marrieds are and the 16-year-old mistress was about love letters of the head of state. >> i did not actually write that, that is the headline written by the daily mail, headline writer. buds, i would say that the correspondent is referring to the most outrageous to most explicit correspondent ever written by the head of state. i've to say the correspondent is outrageous that they edited the daily mail and they said we are a tabloid newspaper in england but we cannot print all of this stuff, we are a fami

programs are also available at c. span podcasts >> "q and a" continues, monday, with, washington post book critic he talks about the books written by the presidential candidates. monday and all next week at 7 p.m. on c-span 2. we're showing you book t.v. in prime-time. tonight the focus is global health issues. vincent skullses his book the death of cancer, and then karen, and sonia, take part in a panel. after that, kaun looks at the next pandemic. right now we talk about david kesler.

at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. c-span founding chairman bob rosen crans passed away yesterday at the age of 9. not only was he one of the first cable operators to support the idea for c-span but he continued to work on our behalf for almost 40 years. here's more now. >> bob was our first chairman and put the first seed money. 77, bob and f 19 his business partner were the first cable operators to agree to support the idea for c-span. at that time, only about 19% of american homes were wired for cable. mr. rosen crans who passed away this week wrote a check for $25,000. with that seed money c-span created the infrastructure to send out cable television's first live views of the u.s. house of representatives. on march 19, 1979, to some 3.5 million homes served by 350 cable stems. >> let the public understand what goes on in washington, what the issues are and how to deal with them. and i think above all the mission here at c-span has been just that. and we're very proud of that. >> he steered the nonprofit network through its initial challenging years and continued to serve on c-span's board of d

we have put the poll on twitter and we are at c-span wj. here's a look at how things stand now.he waylose in terms of people are voting. james.can line, that is good morning. caller: i'm a ronald reagan republican. host: you set a ronald reagan republican? caller: that is a big difference. ronald reagan did not say anything -- when you are president you can't say anything . i don't care how angry you is, obama that the bill. he don't say anything. i'm for hillary because hillary knows about the government. one more thing i would like to say. bushesge bush, the two and john mccain were not there, they should let the other republicans know donald trump is not the one for our country. he is biased. life.er talks about black he is a person who devise this country. -- who divides this country. lie butknow why people trump is not the one for this country. he is a divider. he is a dictator too. this is how he talks. a dictator. harrisburg,s pennsylvania. republican line. good morning to marry. caller: i think donald trump would have more strength and be a stronger president to take car

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c-span: didn't travel but was secretary of state for eight years? >> guest: he wasn't a big trafshler at all. -- traveler. a lot of historians think about whether it was a secret trip to build political interest. they wrote in their letters they felt a lot better after their trip north. gue c-span: our guest is a lawyer and teaches at boston college. her book is called "madison's hand" all about the notes from the constitutional convention and our guest name is mary sarah bilder. we thank you very much. >> guest: thank you very much. ... >> we be

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--aking with c-span at aing of c-span, i was function live on c-span, and there was a nice person i have known for a number of years who used to work at the department of homeland security, was a helpful person there, but he was sitting there giving a talk about the role that the department of homeland security plays in doing what they call preclearance at airports in certain countries around the world. you go through customs before you enter the united states. he was among the panelists of an event he was moderating, and he had the title with a guy sitting next to him from the toronto airport authority. this whole event went on c-span but it was never disclose that the person sitting next to him was a client, a lobbyist. he was helping them nationally promote their agenda and using his title as a scholar. the public should know that. that seems inappropriate to me. host: does it make that title available? guest: at that event, there was no disclosure the fact that the toronto official sitting there was his client. only after the end of the event, i walked up and said stuart, isn't this

can find more tweets at twitter.com/c-span. 2 weeks from today, both the house and senate will return from their summer recess. a full agenda for what will probably be a short session. they are back on tuesday the sixth. the agenda includes federal spending for fiscal year 2017. prevention research programs for the zika virus, and defense policy. also it's possible the house could consider impeaching iris commissioner john cosco -irs commissioner. it's possible they may take up some emergency funding for the floods in the louisiana. you will hear about that in the upcoming video with president obama. he was in louisiana, specifically baton rouge in zachary, where he spoke about efforts of state officials. he was joined by a number of members of congress. he talked about the efforts of fema. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] >> what's going on, guys? [indiscernible] >> good to see you. i assume you guys have been busy. [indiscernible] [laughter] [indiscernible] [laughter] [indiscernible] pres. obama: we will be sure to have that happen. everyone is all lined up? let's get this done. one,

q&a programs are also available at c-span podcast. >> tomorrow on q&a, an interview with public interestd politician, market green. he'll talk but he'll talk about his group, bright, infinite future, generational memoir. that starts tomorrow evening at 7:00 p.m. eastern c-span2. let's it take you to politics and prose a bookstore in washington. we are moment or two away from getting started with a discussion on race, relations, news politics and including an examination and the rise of racial incidents. tonight's program is moderated by april brian. she is from the urban radio networks washington bureau. she is their chief and and she is the author of the presidency in black and white. there she is walking in the red dress. the presidency and black-and-white, and up close view of three presidents and race in america. on the panel tonight joey and read who wrote fractured, barack obama, the clintons clintons and the racial divide. also the author of -- julienne malveaux wrote are we better off, race, obama and public policy. and michael hagan who is the author of jim crow, ending racism i

to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. >> coming up >> coming up next, barbarauthamer talks about using photography to chart american slavery. she discusses the legacy of emancipation and explains how freed african-americans used photography for a means of independence and self-expression. in addition, she goes over the change in depictions of african-americans through photography and its relationship to the perception of african-americans in the postwar united states. her talk is about 50 minutes. >> good evening, i'm peter carmichael. i'm the director of the civil war institute. it's my pleasure to introduce barbara krauthamer. she's an associate professor of history at the university of massachusetts at amherst where she teachings courses on u.s. history,