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at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. oking live once again at milwaukee, cited this year's democratic national convention, last night, delegates officially made joe biden the nominee. here's a look at what to expect tonight at 9:00 eastern during a three -- during night three. ♪ our live coverage of the democratic national convention continues tonight with former secretary of state hillary clinton, democratic vice presidential nominee kamala harris and former president barack obama. watch live coverage of the democratic national convention tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span, live streaming and on-demand at c-span.org/dnc or listen with the free c-span radio app. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. >> for only the third time in u.s. history, a major political party is nominating a woman to be there vice presidential candidate. the first was a 1984, when democrats told geraldine ferraro -- chose geraldine ferraro. alaska governor sarah palin three here either convention speeches. when nominated, geraldine ferraro was r

at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, live, streaming, and online at c-span.org/dnc or listen with the free c-span radiopp. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. tonightof the speakers appearing from other places then milwaukee. including minnesota senator amy klobuchar, a nevada senator, the first latino to lead a senatorial committee, new york governor andrew cuomo, michigan governor gretchen whitmer, jim clyburn who gave a key endorsement to joe biden in the primary. joe kasich, former republican candidate in 2016. bernie sanders who was the vice president's main rival for the nomination, and first lady michelle obama, the only african-american first lady. that is highlighted on how to watch the democratic national convention. when it comes to those who will speak from wisconsin, other speakers will be based across the united states. if you go to the milwaukee journal sentinel website this morning they have video of what that area will look like. showing you the stage, that is for those who will be based in wisconsin. that's a bit of the platform you will see. a couple of cameras. and some of the

that starts at 1:00 eastern time here on c-span. you can find both events streaming live online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. ♪ c-span's live coverage of the republican national convention continues tomorrow. 8:30 p.m. eastern first lady melania trump, secretary of state mike pompeo, and senator rand paul. watch live on c-span, life streaming and on-demand at c-span.org/rnc, or listen with the c-span radio app. before the convention's evening session, watching c-span at 6:00 p.m. for past convention speeches by melania trump, reverend jesse jackson, and political activist harry fisher. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. >> this morning, the washington post reviewed the first day of the republican national convention and looked ahead at day 2. we heard from the post writers. let's get started with white garrin, ander anne dan -- it is a tuesday morning. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> led to be here. >> dan, to get your take on what we saw on night 1, was there any one particular thing tha

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[indiscernible] host: you can watch at all 8:30 p.m. c-span at on our website c-span.org, or download the free c-span radio app. we will cover it from beginning andnd uninterrupted afterwards open up our phone lines, and provide analysis. reidsville, north carolina. democratic color. what did you think of last night's convention? caller: my question is, i didn't really see any republican , anyone that republicans had previously worked for the president speak on his behalf, which is unusual. there are so many republican formed for joee biden. that usually doesn't happen. there are at least five or six groups, and several groups are doing ads. i think that is interesting for the people that know him best voting for joe biden. host: naomi? severalhere have been trump allies that split. i take the callers point, there were -- monday night. ashad jim jordan as well matt gaetz. [indiscernible] we did not see the full congressional bench as we did see in the democratic convention and part of that is the format it is only two hours. virtual programmin

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at 1:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. on tuesday, treasury secretary steven mnuchin testifies before the house oversight and reform committee on the urgent need for additional coronavirus economic relief for children, workers, and families'and the administrations if limitation of key stemless programs approved this year. watch live coverage beginning at what a car p.m. eastern on c-span, on-demand at c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are on the c-span radio app. senator bernie sanders talked about joe biden's economic plan over the weekend. senator sanders was in burlington, vermont. good afternoon. let me begin by saying to those of you lost your jobs in this pandemic, and there are millions of you, some of us in washington, some of us have not forgotten about you. and we have not forgotten about the 90 million people in this and in many ways, that is exactly what this entire campaign is all about. it's about whether we will have a gov

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c-span three. follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. announcer: and state professor leann bannasack refers on the hundred years of women suffrage. this interview was recorded at the organization of american historians annual meeting in philadelphia. >> when did women begin the public campaign for the vote in america and what was it that triggered the movement? >> that's an interesting question. so the traditional date that we look at is 1848, the seneca falls convention for women's rights. in truth, it started a little bit earlier than that with women who were interested in the abolitionist movement and excluded from conventions in london and elsewhere finding that they also thought it was important for women to talk about their own rights. and, in fact, the question of the right to vote in 1848 was probably of the many items on the agenda, was the most controversial. it was a very close vote. women at the convention and others focused on access of women's rights at the time. that's really the date that we highlight as the

follow us at c-span history.fessor martha jones talked about the mid-19th century court case of celia, a female slave who killed her master after repeated sexual assaults. the class discusses what options she may have had, and the involvement of her fellow slaves and her master's white neighbors in her court case. american history tv recorded this class in 2014 at the university of michigan. professor jones now teaches at johns hopkins university. prof. jones: today we will continue the discussion we were having that we began a couple

c-span radio app. >> reach out to your elected officials with crmp span's national directory and contains all the information you need to stay in touch. order your copy online at c-span store.org >> earlier this afternoon speaker pelosi and leader schumer given update on covid-19 negotiations, followed by an update from steven mnuchin and mark meadows. here is a look. [cameras shuttering] thank you for coming. it was a disappointing meeting. terms, we cameur down, they went up $1 trillion from their top number, which was $1 trillion, so we could meet in the middle. unfortunately, they rejected it. muchsaid they could not go above their existing $1 trillion and that was disappointing. the bottom line is very simple. there were only really two choices. choice one, negotiate for them. only two choices for them, negotiate with democrats and meet us in the middle. don't say it is your way or no way. if we can do that, we can accomplish a whole lot of things. them --r choice, is for by their own admission, not close do as good, it does not cover opening up schools, it does not cover testing, it does assistance oral elections or so many things, a long list, i could g

aginning monday at 10:00 --9:00 apm 9:00 p.m. eastern. watch live on c-span, live streaming and on-demand at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. before the convention's evening session, watch c-span at 6:00 p.m. eastern for past convention speeches by prominent politicians. watch past convention speeches at the start of the republican national convention monday, only on c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. this afternoon can mop president trump held a news conference on the federal response to the coronavirus. he also spoke about the california wildfires. the federal government has already deployed over 26,001st responders and personnel to battle the wildfires. we are working very closely with ae governor and closely with lot of great state representatives and local representatives. we will take care of the situation. 26,001st responders already. our hearts go out to the thousands of families who have lost their homes. we grieve for the families of two first responders. and five residents who have wrist their lives. it's been a very hor

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live coverage of the democratic national convention tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. ve streaming and on-demand at c-span.org/dnc. or listen with the free c-span radio app. your unfiltered view of politics. >> among the speakers and activities you can see tonight is the speed from former president bill clinton. rollcall oflso be a america among the states as part of the nomination process for joe biden ,representative alexana ocasio-cortez, and rounding out the night, the former second lady, dr. jill biden. there will be others within that timeframe. 9:00 is when it will start. those are the platforms you can follow along as well. when it comes to last night's coverage in the speakers, the washington post highlights some of the speakers. senator bernie sanders of vermont, also the former ohio republican governor john kasich, but it was michelle obama getting a lot of attention. a washington post story saying that in "the centerpiece speech of the night, a searing indictment of her husband successor, michelle obama declare the president mishandled the pandemic and faile

follow us at c-span history. on august 6, 1945, the united states dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshima, japan instantly killing more than 100,000 of the roughly the hundred thousand resident. hotries and radiation what the city for decade. up next, "the spirit of hiroshima." this documentary was made to promote the 50th anniversary of the bombing and highlight the survivors. young family tries to make sense of the tragedy. ♪ the cards have been winning a lot. they have won the last three games, this time they won 12-4. >> look, we are going to the ceremony today. >> people are already there and lining up? >> this is a picture of last year's ceremony. it is amazing how even after the bomb was dropped the hiroshima dome did not collapse. ♪ > ♪ thehe night before august 6 enemy planes were constantly flying over hiroshima. around 7:30 the next morning there was a siren indicating the planes had retreated from here oshima. all the students and teachers started to go to school. at 8:05 the teachers gathered the student

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at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." in 1848, a convention was held in seneca falls, new york to state women's rights. the gathering was seen at the beginning of the women's suffrage movement, however, it took until 1920, over 72 years later for women to earn the right to vote. during those years, would formns creating a national movement, yet it was women in every community who led the effort in their towns and states to demand through the work of c-span's cities tour, we will introduce you to some of these women who dedicated their lives to this cause. to aa newspaper agency woman for protesting on the white house lawn. you will learn how western territories were on the leading edge of the movement and you will hear how a letter from a mother to her sun would lead to the ratification of the 19th amendment, giving women the right of au pair we begin syracuse, new york, where an author talks about one of the movement's lesser-known figures. lucretia mott is the most important female white abolitionists and one of the most

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at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. next, we look back at c-span's deal library at the 1972 democratic national convention in miami beach, florida, where senator george mcgovern accepted his party's presidential nomination. he lost in the general election to the incumbent president with richard nixon taking 49 states. our coverages from the richard nixon presidential library and museum. sen. mcgovern: chairman o'brien, chairwoman burke, senator kennedy, senator eagleton and my fellow citizens, i'm happy to join you for this benediction of our friday sunrise service. [applause] i assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention in that my choice for vice president was challenged by only 39 other nominees. [laughter] [applause] and i can tell you that eleanor -- i think we learned from watching the republicans four theirago as they selected vice presidential nominee that it pays to take a little more time. [applause] and i can tell you that eleanor is very grateful that the oregon delegation at least kept her in the race with m

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at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span and at c-span.org, or listen live with the free c-span radio app. remarks from president trump on the u.s. economy and presidentially, -- presidential candidate joe biden. he spoke in cleveland, ohio, for about 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, donald j. trump. ♪ ["god bless the usa" playing] ♪ ♪ pres. trump: thank you very much. thank you. i want to thank you very much. i want to explain this to the fake news. we wanted to see you in town. we couldn't because of the coronavirus, which we are working very hard on. a lot of good numbers, a lot of good things are happening, including vaccines and therapeutics. thank you for coming out here. they said you have a maximum number that you can have and that is all we are allowed, so you are a very special group and thank you all for coming out here. i am thrilled to be back in ohio and proud of the hard work of the buckeye state. four years ago, i came here. it was an amazing four years ago,, when you think of how time flies. right here to cleveland to accept the repu

. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. the perjury case against president trump's former national security advisor michael flynn will be reheard by the full u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit judge on tuesday. the panel of 10 judges will decide whether a federal district judge must dismiss the charges against michael flynn as recommended by the justice department. hear the case live tuesday at 9:00 and eastern on c-span and c-span.org, or listen live with the free c-span radio app. today on capitol hill, house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer held a briefing with reporters to talk about negotiations taking place on future coronavirus relief legislation. this is half an hour. rep. pelosi: good morning, ask everyone. we gather here today in the midst of our negotiations on how we can defeat the virus, how we can keep people employed, how we can put money in the pockets of the american people. to do so in a way that is values-based and can be done with the most, shall we say, what would be

c-span. and monday on c-span2. ordemand at c-span.org listen wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. >> the house of representatives is on a district work period but nancy pelosi has decided to call members back to washington to work on legislation regarding the postal service. they will be in session saturday morning with post -- with first about. -- with first votes. host: our first guest of this hour is aimee allison, the founder of she the people, joining us from oakland, california. good morning. thank you for being on the program. for those not familiar with your organization, what is it? for thr organization, what is it? guest: she the people is a national network of women of color, black, latino, asian-american, and indigenous from all over the country. women of color who are united in a common cause around gender, racial, and economic justice. host: who supports organization financially? combination of foundations and individuals. certain there a political structure? -- doesave progressives there have to be p

. ♪ american history tv is on social media follow us at c-span history. 75 years ago on august 15, 1945an dave remarked -- marked the end of world war ii. tonight, we feature three films about the state of affairs at home and abroad in the years after the war. here is a preview. the new japan has many problems. we are anxious to assist. expert knowledge on such a subject as public health is vital in putting japan on its own feet. ader american supervision, case of typhoid fever is cared for. ♪ the home is disinfected. a cityient is removed to hospital for contagious diseases. large numbers of people are being introduced to methods of preventing disease. in the past, the government of japan neglected most standard inoculations. there is great faith in ddt. many japanese call it a skin tonic. these methods of control are setting a pattern for the future of japan's average citizen. what is most noticeable in japan today are the shortages in the simple necessities of life, a housewife must wait online, food is scarce, a basic ration is barely enough to provide the working members of the fam

at 1:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, on demand at c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are on the free c-span radio app. as the federal government approaches the end of the fiscal year, we are joined by openthebooks.com founder adam andrzejewski joining us to talk about their recent report. good morning, how are you? guest: great to be on the program. host: tell us about your organization. a nationalaunched on basis about five years ago. our mission is to post every dime online in real time. rs followedour audito up with 41,500 freedom of accusation -- acquisition requests. host: you got involved in this how? what is your background and interest in federal spending? guest: i am a business guy. ick in 1997, my brother and founded a publishing company. fundd yellow page directors for small communities. i had the blessings and good fortunes 10 years later, one year before steve jobs invented the iphone, to sell my shares at a multiple never to return. i got involved in public policy and politics. my father, as a conservative democrat had run against one of the most popular illinois republicans in hist

at 8:30 p.m. eastern the evening session kicks off. watch live on c-span, life string and at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. -- live streaming. watch c-span at 6:00 p.m. eastern for past convention speeches by prominent republican politicians, former secretary of state colin powell and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. speechest convention and the start of the republican national convention, monday, only on c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. ♪ 1964, the civil rights act was signed into law. civil unrest over racial disco nation continued across the country. the beatles came to the u.s.. and tensions between the u.s. and north vietnam escalated. this was the backdrop for the political conventions that year and for speeches made by presidential nominees linden johnson and barry goldwater. at the time of the democratic national convention, lyndon baines johnson had been president less than a year after the assassination of president john f. kennedy. on before, lyndon johnson was a teacher at a small segregated mexican-ame

c-span style. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. you are watching american history tv, 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter, atpan history, for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. >> you are watching american history tv, exploring our nation's past every weekend, on c-span3. this week, we are looking back to this date in history. >> the footsteps of the march in washington was firm. with a quite purpose and mannerly rhythm. it aroused even in the centers, larger awareness of the right of any gross as americans -- of negroes as americans to share equally of the sun and air in the right as americans to share opportunity and privilege as well. america has known this intellectually for a long time. 100 years by history's calendar. on august 20 eight, america learned this emotionally, with clarity more penetrating that intellect. every kind and class. every generation of america participated. if not in the city of washington, across the land by television. america mutely attended the feeling of the march, and heard the all-encompassing cry for freedom from indignity. ♪ america h

follow us at c-span history. >> up next on "the presidency." we look back at past presidential convention speeches from the major presidential party. president harry truman at the 1948 democratic convention in philadelphia. truman: -- >> our leader and the next president of the united states. [cheers and applause] ♪ truman: thank you. thank you. thank you. [applause] ♪ harry truman: thank you. thank you. all right. please. thank you. thank you very much. [background chatter] harry truman: i can't, i have to have it up. -- microphones have to be where they are. i have to see what i'm doing. i'm al always able to see what i am doing. [applause] i can't tell you how very much i appreciate the honor. which you just conferred upon me. to dol continue to try service. [applause] i accept the nomination. [cheers and applause] and i want to thank this convention for its unanimous nomination of my good friend and colleague of kentucky. [applause] harry truman: he's a great man and a great public servant. senator berkeley and i will win this election, and

the convention's evening session, watch c-span at 6 p.m. stern for past convention speeches, with political commentator pat weekend and, former secretary of state colin powell, and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. c-span,eeches only on your unfiltered view of politics. ♪ >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with government executive's senior correspondent eric katz who is your to talk about the latest in the proposed operational changes for the u.s. postal service that could impact mail-in voting in november. good morning. guest: good morning. host: i am sure you watched postmaster general dejoy yesterday. what were some of the key moment you saw and what were your takeaways from that hearing? guest: there was a few key moments from my perspective. one was his commitment to treating election mail-in ballots as prioritize prioritized mail, so even if states and municipalities send out mail using a cheaper rate that usually may be delivered more slowly, they will treat it as what they call first-class mail. bat settl

at 5:15 p.m. eastern here on c-span2 also online on c-span .org or you can listen with the free radio app. >> week ninth this month or featuring booktv programs as a preview of what is available every weekend on c-span2. tonight, starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern university of california berkeley law professor and former deputy assistant attorney general from the george w. bush administration weighs in on physical powers for the u.s. constitution. then princeton university history professor explores the political ascendancy of former speaker of the house, newt gingrich and argues that congressional leadership is the beginning of america's hyper- partisan divide in later newt gingrich offers his thoughts on why president trump should be reelected in 2020. enjoy booktv on c-span2. >> our live coverage of the democratic national convention continues tonight with congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez, former president bill clinton and former second lady doctor jill biden. live coverage of the democratic national convention tonight and 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. live streaming and on-demand on c-span .o

at c-span.org. eveninghe convention's session, watch c-span at 6:00 p.m. eastern for past speeches by prominent republican politicians. former secretary of state colin powell and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. watch past convention speeches at the start of the republican national convention, monday, only on c-span. on day three of the democratic national convention, former president barack obama gave a speech reflecting on his time working with joe biden during his presidency. other speakers that day included senators elizabeth warren and former secretary of state hillary clinton. sec. clinton: the morning after the last election i said we go donald trump a chance to lead. that.president deserves every president came up with so much set up for him. a strong economy. plans for managing a crisis, including a pandemic. democrats would disagree with him on many things, but if he would have put his own interest aside, seeing the humanity of a child ripped from her parent at the b

at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. announcer: the washington post hosted a discussion on this week's democratic national convention in the presidential race. reporters and columnists discussed joe biden's speech and what to expect that next week's republican convention. >> good morning. welcome to first look. the one-stop shop for news and analysis all about the democratic convention. join me each morning for up-to-date information from washington post reporters, followed by commentary from prominent washington post columnists and contributors. we are starting this morning after the democratic convention with the man we started with. joining the conversation is washington post fact checker. good morning, welcome. >> good morning. with you.start give me your initial reaction to the speech last night by former vice president and now democratic presidential nominee, joe biden. >> i thought it was a very strong speech, probably one of the best speeches of a former vice president and democratic money has given his long caree

also online at c-span.org or listen with the pre-c-span radio app. >> week nights this month were featuringook tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span2. tonight starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, university of california berkeley law professor and former deputy assistant attorney general in the george w. bush administration john you way than on presidential powers in the u.s. constitution, then princeton university history professor julian just a former speaker of the house. he argues that his congressional leadership was the beginning of america's hyper- partisan divide and later he offers his thoughts on why president trump should be reelected in 2020. enjoy book tv on c-span2. >> our love coverage of the democratic national convention continues tonight with congresswoman alexandria costa cortez, former president bill clinton and former second lady doctor jill biden, live coverage of the national convention tonight at nine eastern on c-span, live streaming and on-demand at c-span.org/dmc or listen with the pre-c-span radio app, c-span, your unfiltered view of

community from the churches and chairs -- >> we leave this briefing with governor abbott to watch online at c-span .org and we take you to baton rouge, louisiana for hurricane briefing with governor john bel edwards. you are watching live coverage on c-span2. >> he will talk about coastal flooding and we have secretary of department of transportation and of element who will speak in a little bit on roadways and then we have far fire marshall butch browning who is here to answer questions perhaps that you might have about the fire at the chemical plant in westlake and obvious

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follow us at c-span history. 1830, annual alcohol consumption in america reached four gallons per person. the most in the nation's history before or since. history,"ectures in professor alan taylor discusses why americans drink so much in the early republic. he also talks about the consequences of so much drinking and how its bond the temperance movement in the 1830's. american history tv taped this class in 2014 at the university of california, davis. he now teaches at the university of virginia. >> ok, we have been talking in this class about the american republic, which is a radical experiment for its time. there were very few republics in the world. so, this is a risky venture, because it expects a lot of people. in a monarchy, the duty of the people is essentially to obey. but in a republic, the citizens must anticipate. they need to vote. they should follow issues. they should be involved in campaigns. and so, a republic asks much more of people. and this is the foundational generation for this american republic. yet, this is also the peak period for alcohol consumption in america.

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