you can also tweet us at c-span wj. when you talk about the curbing of the prescription of drugs, that seems to suggest a wholesale change as far as the medical industry is concerned. how do you change the attitude? guest: it's a long time coming. the way this crisis started early in the 2000s is that physicians like myself were introduced to a new class of pain relieving drugs called opioids. we were told that these drugs have no addictive properties. they were kind to elevate pain as a vital sign in this led to overprescribing, which led to addiction. what really needs to change is a culture change among health care professionals. last year the cdc issued very important guidelines for health care professionals to make sure they are only prescribing opioids in select cases, usually for chronic pain. you should not turn to opioids as the first drug. a lot of education news to be done. most of this education is being called for voluntarily. what the commission has called for as well as the bipartisan policy center -- we

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we welcome your tweets as well at c-span. eric tweets the space program hopeful vision of a peaceful, long-term life of humanity, inspirational. here's kelly in madison, wisconsin. kelly, go ahead. you're on the air. you're on the air. >> hello. sure you mute your television. go ahead with your comments, kelly. charlie.ly, i'm i'm not kelly. >> okay. charlie, sorry about that. >> ha ha! right.all theen, i'm a veteran of navy. and i love the space program. and i think the world of it. that's where it's coming from here. sure what to think about it at the moment. on the is in virginia, independent line. hi, john. >> hi! you know, i work with a lot of that's probably something i'll say, as far as my job, that are involved in the space program. know, it's kind of hard. a lot of people i talk to aren't sos andamiliar with orion. if i'm speaking to them in the public or in the d.c. area, where space is such a prevalent thing. one thing we can look at is the kind of internal space race for the united states. we have these private co

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our live coverage at 4:00 eastern, on c-span, at c-span.org, and at the free c-span radio app. horowitz andd others talk about the situation in the middle east and the policies of the bush, obama, and trump administration's. it was part of the annual politicon conference in pasadena, california. >> the one thing that has been missing for decades, i have written three books about it, going back -- after the ideology of the cult of isis and al qaeda. they are an apocalyptic cult because they have taken the peaceful origin of 1.6 billion people, corrupted them to believe they are the executor of thes will to bring about end of times. and their greatest allies are those people in this country and in the west who say it is the one .6 billion muslims that are the problem. no, they are not. million --t the 1.6 alienns mullah dish muslims are -- a toyota corolla. what they do not seem to have is a small fraction of a small thetion of a percent of cult, this guy that existed in history and has equated to people who do not follow the koran, who behave like they are muslims, and have to r

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on begins at 9:30 c-span two. the american enterprise the trumpsays administration is continuing the same strategy be obama administration combined to combat terrorism. you can follow both events on c-span.org or on the free c-span radio app. the 2017 conference thursday and friday thursday at 10: a.m. eastern. a q&a about elections happening this year. plus a look at the 2018 midterm landscape. a friday at 1:00 eastern discussion on standing up for working families and embracing progressive values. how to p.m. a look at win back progressive power through organizing. at 4:00 eastern developing vision statements for the kind of society progressives want to see. for thefor coverage 2017 conference on c-span. >> now, a debate on the situation in the middle east and the policies of the bush, obama, and from administrations. it includes an author and mr. yousef. you will hear from former obama administration officials and former navy intelligence and counterterrorism officials. this is from the conference held in pasad

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announcer: watch on c-span at c-span.org and listen using the free c-span radio app. of missouriy astronomy director angela spec talked about science of monday's solar eclipse and her work as the governing research and public outreach for the eclipse. here is a look. >> professor angela speck is a cochair of the american astronomical society eclipse task force. this task force you are a part of has been working for more than a year to prepare the american people for the total solar eclipse monday. what kind of work have you been doing? angela: we convened about three years ago and really, to make sure people realized what was going to happen -- when you start saying there is going to be this mass migration of people on all the towns that are seeing , people lookipse at you funny. our job has been to interface with every aspect of this, whether emergency services, departments of transport, tourism and business, all that sort of thing as well as educational. it is such an education opportunity that we want to be make sure teachers already and that everyone is safe, beca

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at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span at c-span.org. listen live on the free c-span radio app. tomorrow, to veteran journalist from voice of america talk about the recent elections in kenya. center for from the strategic and international studies at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span two. earlier today, president trump answered questions on the violence in charlottesville, virginia over the weekend. the trump tower press conference over the infrastructure proposal. we will take your phone calls after this. president trump: hello everybody. great to be back in new york, with all of our friends, and some great friends outside the building. i must tell you. of ourto thank all distinguished guests who are with us today, including members of our cabinet, treasury secretary steven mnuchin, director mick mulvaney, and our transportation secretary doing a fabulous job. thank you all for doing a really incredible and creative job on what we are going to be discussing today, which is infrastructure. ofjust had a great set briefings upstairs on our infrastructure agenda. my ministration is workin

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at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. online at c-span dot organize and streaming on the free c-span radio app. >>> saturday, beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, robert oh her ara talks about the life of civil war quarter master general. at 10:00 p.m. real america shows two add voes teams from the mid 1950's about traffic and road safety. >> we need proper traffic regulations to promote efficient travel. and we need one more thing too. we're talking of safe driving. cars and roads have kblooufd, but the driver must improve too. almost a greater challenge. just how can community did about about a safety program. >> sunday starting at 6:00 p.m. on american art i facts, a hyped the scenes tour of the sit seasonian calf on the national mall. and at 6:45 paerm, the u.s. commission on civil rights marks the anniversary of the americans with zablts act with a report on its history and the work that remains. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv, all weekend, e

at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and also online at c-span.org and on the c-span radio app. >> i was hoping to get transportation in 2001, because my whole background is actually in trade and transportation. i was a transportation banker for a number of years for both citicorp and they give america. and i had worked for transportation companies, so my whole background was actually in transportation. so it is nice now to be able to return to a field in which i had worked previously. it is nice to be about a be back in a department that i am very familiar. our interview with elaine chao, secretary of transportation in the trump administration. friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. tour takes cities book tv and american history tv to tacoma, washington, as we explore its rich history and literary culture. located on the puget sound, 60 miles northwest of mount rainier, tacoma was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we will talk to local authors in the city, including the author of "god in captivity ,

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you post thoughts on twitter, too at c-span wj. will start with michael this morning, he's in ohio, on withent line, you're michael dobbs. go ahead. caller: yes, good morning, gentlemen. mr. dobbs, i read your book a while ago when it first came one of the most riveting books i've ever read in life. at that time, i was approximately 10 years old and was a frightening experience. both would advise president trump and maybe being here, kim cetious jong-un, to read your book, and one mistake could cause a catastrophe. book, pointed in your kristof and kennedy both fought ii, they saw the happened then t and what would happen with and the idea ge both of them saw what war was and they were affected by president rtunately trump and kim jong-un, neither the f them served in military and neither one of them a world evastation of war. host: thank you. guest: i think you are making a point.od you're right, both president kristof had seen war fact, lost se, in close family members. brother, dy lost his kristof lost many members of his family

c-span 12:00 eastern on two, online at c-span. orc and streaming on our free c-span radio app. c-span2, nation, national affairs writer john nichols on his book "hear horsen of the trump of collapse -- alypse." of the trumpoc our live coverage starts at 7 p.m. eastern. >> for the past 23 years, c-span middleught more than 60 and high school teachers here to washington dc in the summer to learn more about our nation's government, and its process. also learning how they can use the videos of the c-span video library in the classroom. we have a teacher from new whoey, and california teaches government and the other teaches history. welcome to both of you. let me begin with you, how do you engage high-school students in government? >> it is definitely a challenge, particularly because of political discourse which places so much emphasis on -- the students do not always come up with the knowledge of what humanities is important. why does this matter to you, and to conceptualize why the science and technology is important. the iwhere resources like c-span library are incredibly import

at 2:30 p.m. on our cannon network c-span 2 online at c-span dot organize and streaming on our c-span radio app. > sunday night on q and a, real clear politics washington bureau chief carl cannon recounts events in u.s. history that happened on specific dates throughout the year. in his book on this date. >> one of the reactions i got a lot to was august 28th, the one i do two days and it's the second one. it's the martin luther king story, but it's not -- i don't write about the speech. i write about a kid who was rrd for a murder that day he didn't do and how that speech played an interesting role in him actually eventually being exonerated. when the case was reopened by a crusading new york times reporter, they went back and looked at it and his alibi checked out. he had ten or 11 african-american friends and they all remembered exactly where they were and that he feels with them because it was the day of martin luther king's speech and they were watching it. >> sunday night at 8 eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> next, civil war historian william jack davis compares the up brigz and leadership s

at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and www.c-span.org. listen live on the c-span radio app. today, we take a look at preparations over the first solar eclipse over the united states in 100 years. mars exploration and more. beginning at noon eastern on c-span. >> supreme court justice elena kagan set down for a conversation with margaret marshall, retired chief justice of the supreme court, to talk about their legal careers and the legal career of sandra day o'connor. this is just over hour. good evening and thank you merrill. car where ig in my was a relatively recent partner at my law firm. our lawyers and our

. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts takes to you museums and historic places. next we travel to the national constitution center in philadelphia to learn been 42 bronze statues in signer's hall and to learn about the constitution convention of 1787. >> i'm jeffrey rosen, president and ceo of the national constitution center and i'm tlided to welcome to you signer's hall. so let me just tell a little bit about the national constitution center and then tell you about this incredible room that we're standing in. the national constitution center is a very special place. it is the only institution in america that has a charter from congress to dissem mate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. and that means that in these polarized times, we are the only place in america that brings together all sides in the constitutional debates that transfix the country to debate and discuss not political issues, but constitutional issues so that you, the people, can make up your own mind. and we do that in three

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like us on facebook at c-span history. >> all persons having business before the honorable supreme court the united states give their attention. landmark cases, c-span special history series produced in cooperation with the national constitution center. exploring the human story and constitutional dramas behind 12 historic supreme court decisions. >> number 759, ernest, petitioner versus arizona. against wade. >> the decisions that the court took that were quite unpopular. >> let's go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically, and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believed in the rule of law. >> good evening, welcome to c-span and the national constitution center's landmark cases. exploring 12 historic supreme court decision. tonight's case is schenck versus the united states. it is a case from 1919, involving freedom of speech around world war i. it also gave rise to supreme court's most quoted phrases, shouting fire in a theater and clear and present danger. our two guests are with us to tell u

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also america's town hall, a place you can see here at the center, and thanks to our great friends at c-span, often on tv, debates and symposium and panels debating the constitution. we have this phenomenal podcast series, the "we the people" podcasts that are getting great down loads where every week we call up the top civil scholars in america to debate the constitution. finally, for civic education you can find online our incredible interactive tool that allows you to look on any provision of the bill of rights, see its historic antecedence and trace the spread of that liberty across the globe. i figure this place is constitutional heaven. i am a law professor at george washington university and i feel lucky every day to be engaging in this great project on constitution education. signer's hall is in some way the heart and soul of the national constitution center. this is this beautiful room, so simple and so powerful that contains life-size statues of the men who signed the constitution. there are 42 statues in this room, 39 people actually sign the constitution, and they're all here and

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