but of course within a private institution, i want to brown university. there was a kid expelled for yelling anti semtic language outside a dorm room window. a lot of us thought at that time to expel a kid. today, i wish the university had handled it differently. but they had certainly the right. they're a private university. to expel this kid. the university of colorado had a right -- well, that's debatable. some would say they did not have a right to investigate waren churchill because it stemmed from free speech. that's a very complicated question. these are very, very complicated questions. but yes, private institutions have the right to make these decisions. my father represented don imus. he made a very infamous comment that made a lot of people very upset. cbs fired him for that. those are questions about private institutions which are complicated. host: liz, up in new york, who is director and producer of "shouting fires," stories from the edge of free speech. thanks a lot for your time this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> your guests tomorro

he is a distinguished professor at brown university. i got the pleasure of his hospitality many times down there in connecticut, a fine gentleman about a -- with a beautiful smile and a beautiful wife, ok, who spent 16 years in a chinese communist prison for no reason than speaking the truth. dr. shu win lee. >> translating for mr. shu win lee is his assistant. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. [speaking in chinese] [speaking in chinese] >> this year a fellow in new jersey wrote me an email asking me for my thoughts regarding the tiananmen massacre and the unknown rebels tankmen. the young men who bravely stood before the tanks in tiananmen in 1989. her email moved me tremendously. it has already been 20 years, and yet this young american girl was still concerned about the tiananmen square protests that happened 20 years ago in china, a land thousands of miles away from where she lives. unfortunately, i'm sad to say that due to the brutal suppression of information and sensorship by the chinese communist party, many of china, many

for one thing he has taught oral history for a long time at brown university, and he has for long time been a studs terkel admire and fan. i think that you know, i think the art work was a real nice too. >> it is not all yours either. it is not all yours. >> i didn't mess around with his words. i did not change anything. so, you know. i just broke the text down into panels. some of the artists apparently didn't want to, i don't know what. but anyway, that's-- paul, i have been working with paul on a few projects now and he suggests-- >> when he suggested this did you all of a sudden go, were you excited immediately about it? >> i am always excited when i get a chance to make more money. [laughter] nothing frills me more. i, studs terkel, i have a connection with him and we both are real interested in quotidian life. >> mostly because you let it. this behe interviewed people about their jobs and i just used to just like, and i wrote about my job like an autobiographical thing, but i immediately saw like felt an affinity for him when i became aware of him in the '70s. >> did you ever mee

. >> educated at brown university, liz garbus has done several document tear ris, including "coma,," also produced specials. she's in new york where she's getting ready to premiere "shouting fire: stories from the edge of free speech," and that's tomorrow night, monday, 9:00, hbo. greensboro, north carolina. sorry race on the line. republican caller. good morning. >> hello. >> hi there. >> long time watcher, first-time caller. i have a brief comment and then a couple questions. i want to make it really quick. for the comments, i personally feel it's not really responsible for c-span to show or to talk about a documentary that we haven't seen yet, i think that it is -- i'm going to watch it but i'm really going to be watching it with skepticism. >> why? >> well, because i really think that, you know, she really didn't put her political views out before she was -- before a caller called it in and now we know what her political view is, but, you know, i really think that we should have seen the documentary first and then have her come on and then we could have made comments. >> what's y

brown: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. res. 168 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 168, commending the university of washington's women's softball team for winning the 2009ncaa women's college world series. the presiding officer: no objection to proceeding to the measure. the senate will proceed. mr. brown: i ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to and the preamble program and any statements related to the motion be placed in the record in the appropriate place as if read. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. brown: i ask unanimous consent when the senate completes its business today at 2:00 p.m. on monday, june 8 and the journal of proceedings be approved tjournal of proceeding, the morning hour be deemed expired, the team for the two leaders reserved for their use later in the day and there be a period of morning business until 5:30 with senators permitted to speak for ten minutes and following morning business the senate resume consideration of calendar number 47, h.r. 1256, the family smoking prevention and tobacco control act under the previous order. the presi

brown vs. board of education. one was what vs. painter which was about ending discrimination in the university of texas school of law and the other was maclaren vs. oklahoma which had to do of graduate education in oklahoma. the court was unanimous in striking down those practices of discrimination in many people see those as being a prelude to the court eventually overturning the discrimination in the lower elementary and secondary schools, public schools. >> how did it justice vinson make his way to the supreme court? >> he started his political career, the main part of the national level in the u.s. house of representatives and he was expertise in the area of taxes. he then was put on the district of columbia court of appeals by president roosevelt and then he was back into the administration secretary of treasury and then truman, he and truman struck up a friendship and he was appointed to the courts by truman at a time when there's a lot of in-fighting on the course, a lot of conflict. vincent was known as a very affable person and seem to get along with people on both sides of the political aisle social and thought he would

university in the 1980's. "q & a" next sunday at 8 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. coming up, british prime minister, gordon brown, speaks of the fate of iraq. later a look at highlights of newly elected speaker of the house of commons and lords. tomorrow on "washington journal" a political roundtable of faiz shakir. >> "washington journal" is live at 7 a.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations maybe, i have no idea. >> government. >> c-span gets its funding through taxes. >> sort of a federal funding. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, american cable companies created it as a public service of the a private initiative. >> the prime minister has been caught red-handed. and if he believes in transparency and honesty and truth in public life. he would get up and say, i am sorry, i got it wrong, i gave the wrong figures, here the right ones. now do it. >> now from london, prime minister's questions from the british how the of commons. this week john birduron is speaking since been elected on monday. and later gordon brown answers questions on the iraq war and governm

university and talk about the tolerence of peace. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. brown: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. brown: thank you, madam speaker. for years my republican colleagues and i have focused on implementing an all-of-the-above energy plan to cut the ties of foreign oil and create affordable american energy. however the democrat tax and cap plan will serve as a national energy tax, resulting in fewer jobs. more than $3,100 will be added to the annual energy cost of american families if financial hardship that will greatly impact the poor who spend a large part of their income on energy. these taxes would directly im pact farmers of south carolina as every day costs of fuel and fertilizer may become too expensive for them afford. additionally our state's clean energy production would be excessively taxed. forcing companies to move to countries with less stringent standards resulting in little progress towards protecting our environment. the relocation of these