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american history tv in primetime all week on c-span 3. >>> coming up tonight on c-span, defense secretary leon panetta discusses a new national security strategy that emphasizes working together with other nations. >> we continue to see the destabilizing behavior of nations like iran and north korea, the rise of new powers across asia and the dramatic changes that we've seen unfold across the middle east and north africa. these challenges, coupled with a new fiscal reality, led us to reshape our priorities with a new defense strategy for the 21st century. it is a strategy that places a greater emphasis on building the capabilities of others to help meet the security challenges of the future and to sustain a peaceful and cooperative international order. >> you can see the secretary's full remarks from the u.s. institute of peace at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> sopa and pipa are dead. i think that that that's pretty clear that the effort that was undertaken there ran into a lot of controversy, a lot of miscommunications and so i think those bills are not coming back again this year or a

we'll have that live at noon eastern on c-span. then live at 2:00, hillary clinton gives a speech of international religious freedom. that's tomorrow on c-span. >> we did not begin as a city in kentucky. there is a vague knave american region and late ear county and another state called kentucky. so we began in 1778 as louisville, virginia. >> join book tv, american history tv and c-span's local content vehicles from louisville, kentucky. literally life on book tv c-span2. author jason gaines on rebooting the internet politics. and on sunday on american history tv, three weeks at farmington plantation in 1841 would be key on shaping abraham lincoln's view. >> also the steamboat on the ohio river. take a look at the bell of louisville. c-span explores the history and literary life in cities across the american. next week on c-span2 and 3. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney continued his three nation overseas tour with a stop in israel this prime minister, benjamin netanyahu and other officials. he also addressed a gath

american history and prime time tonight here on c-span throw. on c-span 2 we have been featuring book tv's programs in prime time. our conversation with pulitzer prize winner and novelist anna kwind len prime time on c-span 2. this weekend head to the state capital with book tv and american history in jefferson city, missouri at noon eastern. literary on c-span 2, former senator and missouri first lady, jean carnahan. from the book, if walls could talk. a business contract, a provisions list from ancient mesopotam mesopotamia. the stories behind eight miniature tablets and sunday at 5:00 eastern on american history tv. >> at one time, 1967 this was called the bloodiest seven acres in america. >> it takes you through the missouri state penitentiary and walk back through history in the halls of the state capital and governor's mansion. they explore the cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >> we pulled in around 9:30 and had more of the ship to appear. >> the former

that's all tonight on the c-span networks. watch 24 hours of american history tv here on c-span 3. starting at 8:00 a.m., the war of 1812, a little known conflict that bolstered america's international credibility that airs at 4:00 p.m. eastern. at noon and 8:00 p.m., how president johnson viewed the role of government and his great society efforts to institute social reform. it's george mcgovern and walter mondale. a key address from robert caro. at 2:00 and 10:00 p.m., the writings and observations of french aristocrat and his conceptions of liberty, equality and community and commentator michael barone. american history tv wednesday july 4th on c-span 3. >> the life of a sailor included scrubbing a deck and working on the sails and climbing the lost. the gun drill practice and by the end of the day, you are ready for rest. you don't get a full eight hours of sleep. it's four hours on, four hours off. >> this weekend on american history tv, the life of an enlisted man on the uss constitution during the war of 1812. >> the sailor lived in fear over being whipped. it was always car

american history tv in primetime all week on c-span 3. and on c-span 2, watch some of book tv's weekend programs in primetime. tonight, a look at american journalism starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. christopher daly in his book "covering america" captures major news events. at 9:55, timothy gay tells the story of the war against hitler through the cr eyes of reporter. book tv in primetime all week on c-span 2. >>> this weekend, head to the state capitol named in honor of thomas jefferson with book tv and american history tv in jefferson city, missouri. saturday at noon eastern, literary life with book tv on c-span 2. former senator and missouri first lady on family life inside the the governor's mansion from her book "if walls could talk." also, a butcher's bill, a business contract, a provisions list from ancient times to the university of missouri's special collections. the stories behind eight miniature babylonian clay tablets. >> at one time in 1967 this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> a former warden takes you through

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american history tv in primetime all this week on c-span 3. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> next weekend head to the state capital named in honor of thomas jefferson with book tv and american history tv in jefferson city, missouri saturday at noon eastern literary life with book tv on c-span 2, former senator and missouri first lady on family life inside the governor's mansion from her book "if walls could talk." a butcher's bill, a business contract, a provisions list from ancient mesopatamia. >> and on sunday. >> this was called the bloodiest 47 acres. >> a warden takes you through the missouri state penitentiary. and walk through history through the governor's mansion. once a month c-span's local content vehicles explore life in cities across america. next week, jefferson city, missouri. saturday at noon and sunday

american history tv in prime time tonight here on c-span 3. on c-span 2, we have been featuring some of book tv's weekend programs in prime time. tonight, our conversation with pulitzer prize winner and best-selling novelist, anna quindlen on in depth. book tv in prime time all this week on c-span 2. >> we had pulled in for the refueling that morning around 9:30. we had moored the ship to a pier. >> the former commander of the "uss cole" on the events surrounding the al qaeda attack that left 37 injured and 13 dead. >> at 11:18 in the morning there was a thunderous explosion. you could feel all 505 feet and 80,000 tons of destroyer thrust up and to the right. it almost seemed we were hanging in the air for a for a second. we came back down in the water, lights went out, ceiling tiles popped out, everything on my desk lifted up about a foot and slammed back down. i literally grabbed the underside of my desk in a brace position until the ship stopped moving and i could stand up. >> more with mr. lippold sunday at 8:00 on q & a. >> tax reform sho

american history tv in prime time all week on c-span 3. and on c-span 2, watch some of book tv's weekend programs in prime time. tonight a look at american journalism starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. christopher daley covering america captures the culture of journalism and major news events. at 9:0055, timothy gay tells the story through the eyes of five reporters and at 11:10, jeff draws on post memos and correspondents and photographs and private interviews and book television and prime time all week on c-span 2. this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend. 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. the senate judiciary committee held a hearing looking at racial profiling in the u.s. specifically state immigration laws in alabama and arizona, law enforcement against african-americans and efforts that target american muslims. the hearing

c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> coming up at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the house agriculture committee holds a markup to -- the measure sets policies and programs for the agriculture department for 2017. this version differs from the bill senators passed last month. including cuts to the food stamp program and consolidating more than 100 agriculture programs. you can see live coverage of the markup starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >> we have great threats to our existence today as a nation. and i would think in my opinion greater than any threat we've ever faced. whether it's been our civil war or revolutionary war. whether it's been world war ii. whether it's been the depression. and that threat comes to us because we've spent the last 30 years in this country spending money that we did not have on things we did not absolutely need and the bill is do. >> colorado christian university held a western conservative issue summit featuring speakers from the netherlands and this country. watch the forum at the c-span video library. >>>

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-- on c-span 2 and c-span 3. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is douglas holtz-eakin. we appreciate your being with us. guest: my pleasure. host: we will talk about "the affordable care act and the medicaid aspect in particular. i want to start with today's headlines. the lead story in the washington post -- romney calls the health-insurance mandate a tax. guest: it is a tax. the supreme court called it a tax. it is collected from americans. that's the bottom line. host: what are your views about "the affordable care act?" guest: i have been troubled by it from its inception. 2008, it was clear the american people wanted health care that's provided low-cost and provided more affordable insurance options. as the bill developed and is now law, there's a consensus, i think, across the inlet de -- across the in the logical spectrum, that it does not control cost. that is the disturbing part of it. there are other aspects which have emerged that threaten private coverage and have employers drop their c

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that is also live on c-span. more road to the white house covers live on c-span at 6:00 p.m. with first lady michelle obama delivering a campaign speech in fredericksburg, virginia. >> this weekend, familiar cities, the harlem book fair, live coverage starts saturday at 12:30 eastern on the future of african-american publishing followed with a look at education at 2:00 and then cornell west examine the next presidential election and at 5:00, we will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation. sunday at 2:00 p.m., the eagle forum summit with authors. harlem book fair and the eagle forum collegiate leadership summit is part of book-tv this weekend on c-span 2. >> florida governor jenna bush on wednesday campaigned for mitt romney in ohio. -- florida governor jeb bush on wednesday campaign for mitt romney and ohio. >> unfortunately, the big fans will not be installed until tomorrow. [laughter] that is the truth, they were scheduled for this morning. my name is tom canard. we are a division of oatmeal steel, the largest family-owned service center in the u.s

tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >>> wednesday morning on c-span, mens health magazine editor on surveillance in cities across the u.s. data is being unknowingly collected on millions of americans via closed circuit cameras and internet monitoring. mr. moore joins us on washington journal at 9:15 eastern to take your phone calls. >>> shreveport in march. april in little rock. oklahoma city may. wichita in june, and this past weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of cspan's local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv, and next month look for the history and literary culture of our next stop, louisville, kentucky, the weekend of august 4th and 5th on c-span 2 and 3. >>> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> colorado christian university hosted its western conservetive summit.

next weekend, from jefferson city, saturday at noon, sunday at 5:00 eastern, on c-span 2 and c-span 3 this is the conversation we need to have that no one is willing to have. what role should the government play in housing and finance? >> the pulitzer prize-winning columnist, gretchen mortensen, detailed the subprime lending collapse and a continuing issue of government subsidize home ownership. >> if you want to subsidize housing in this country and the populace agrees that it is something we should subsidize, put it on the balance sheet. make it clear, evident. make everyone aware of how much it costs. when you deliver it through these third party enterprises, fannie mae and freddie mac, when you deliver the subsidy from the company would private shareholders and executives who can extract a lot of that subsidy for themselves, that is not a very good way of subsidizing home ownership. we have seen the end of that movie, it was 2008. host: more with gretchen morgan sent, tonight -- morgansen, tonight on "q&a." >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome gail russell c

caller: thank you for c-span. as a person who has travelled across many arabic and muslim nations, the two women who work on the television this morning, what is a culturally about these men that live in these countries who want to oppress women and keep a society and culture that elevates men to great position where the women are basically enslaved to their husbands? guest: the answers to that are very complicated and very from country to country. all i would say is that it would trooper a whole lot of countries in the world until relatively recently in terms of world history. it is an enormously complicated cultural question. if you look at the span of history. women's rights and women's issues are eight fairly recent development. host: if you follow iraq, are there lessons we can apply to afghanistan? guest: the two countries are extremely different in the challenge. the most important lesson that can translate from a rack to afghanistan is the necessity of planning early before large numbers of u.s. troops wit

on c-span, people can actually go to c-span. they can actually see the presentation that was put on by scientists with roscoe bartlett. they were begging our members of congress to come back to washington to solve the problem. because they could solve it with -- i can't remember for sure, but i think it was $350 million and it's called harden the grid. and what they're talking about is this doesn't happen -- >> they're talking about emp. >> caller: in the next two to three years we could be affected by solar flares of the sun that could literally take out approximately three quarters of the people in the united states. >> so, richard, are you talking about electric magnetic pulses? >> caller: that's correct. i'm talking about the electromagnetic pulse. >> in 1989, the sun which works on an 11-year cycle went through an active period. solar wind. the suns throw out protons. the protons eventually get to the earth. the earth has a magnetic belt around it. the protons are charged particles. they hit the magnetic belt and push it a

saturday at noon eastern, literary life with book tv on c-span 2. former senator and missouri first lady on family life inside the governor's mansion, from her book "if walls could talk." also, a provisions list from ancient times to the university of missouri special collections. the story behind eight miniature babylonian clay tablets. sunday at 5 p.m. eastern -- >> at one time in 1967, this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also, walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion. once a month, c-span's local content vehicles explore the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c-span 2 and 3. >>> coming up next, a house financial services subcommittee on how the dodd-frank act affects the housing appraisal process. testifying are the heads of several of those agencies who say implementation should move more quickly. from capi

i like c-span. i like it a lot. i just don't see how we can get out of this mess by just everybody having to pay their fair share. we got into this mess by these wars and all of these tax breaks earlier. i'm sitting back going, well, some day we're going to have to pay for this. and we're here now. we have -- we're in trouble and we have to pay this. there's no getting out of it. host: what would do you? caller: eliminate the tax breaks for everyone. it's time for everybody to buckle down go to work, and pay these bills off. the country is in trouble. host: would you fall into one of these categories we're talking about? would you see your tax goes up? caller: yes, i would i'm not wealthy by any means, but my taxes would go up. and i'm willing to pay that. i love my country. i want it out of this fiscal mess it's in. we've got to straighten this out. everybody has to start paying for it. sooner or later, and i think we're here now. host: this tweet, "the bush tax cuts were temporary. the bush tax cuts are a big cont

thanks for c-span. i have a question to ask of c-span as to why do -- who picked the subject matters that you talk about each day. there is so much going on in this country affecting much more people, and i'm just puzzled as to why do you even comment on a representative's health that has just come into play? naturally we need to know a little bit, but we don't need to dig into it 45 minutes or so. and mental illness is something different than a physical illness. it's not something that people will, you know, if you say you have cancer or just like the senator that has a heart attack, you have more compassion, whereas mental illness is something that people get all -- like we're talking about a person on the moon or something, but it's a disorder of the body also. so i don't think we need to know anything except for what has already been placed out there, but we need to be talking more about people that are out of work. how can we find jobs? how can they find jobs? what is going on in the job market, f

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on c-span 2 we have been featuring some of book tv's weekend programs in primetime. tonight our conversation with best selling novelist anna quinndlen. all this week on c-span2. this weekend head to the state capitol named in honor of thomas jefferson with book tv and american history tv in jefferson ci city, missouri, saturday at noon eastern booktv on c-span 2. former first lady jean carn aah. also a butcher's bill, a business contract, a provisions list from ancient mess po tame i can't to the university of missouri's special collections. the story behind eight miniature clay tablets. sunday at 5:00 on american history tv -- >> at one time in 1967 this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> a former warden take use through the former missouri state penitentiary. walk back through history in the halls of the governor's mansion and state capitol. once a month c-span explores the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern. >> up next, remarks

part of book tv this weekend on c-span 2. >>> you're watching american history tv on c-span 3. weekend, hear historic speeches by national leaders and eyewitness accounts of events that shaped our nation and watch our series "american artifacts" and learn which artifact teaches about the past. 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> next weekend, head to the state capital named in honor of thomas jefferson in jefferson city, missouri. literary life with book tv on c-span 2, former senator of missouri and first lady gene carnahan. if walls could talk, also a provisions list for the university of missouri's special collection. the stories behind eight miniature babylonian clay tablets on american history tv. >> at one time in

a look at our our schedule heren c-span. next, a congressional gold medal ceremony for the first african american marines known as the montford point marines and then at a hearing on feature plot -- future plans for the national mall. after that, how minority leader nancy pelosi and she reflects on her 25 years in congress, including being elected the first female speaker of the house. president obama staying here in washington to celebrate america's 236 birthday. in about 35 minutes he will take part in a naturalization ceremony for active service ceremony for active service members

and c-span. the rebroadcasts begin at noon eastern with meet the press, at 1:00, hear abc's this week, followed at 2:00, fox news sunday, at 3:00, cnn's state of the union, and finally, at 4:00 p.m., face the nation from cbs. listen to them all on c-span nadeo on 91 -- 90.1 financial, on xm satellite radio nationwide, channel 119, listen on your blackberry, download us as an iphone app or go online, cspan radio.org. >> a lot of the stores i've seen fail are stores opened by people who were interested in having a business, not that they had an attachment to books or lub of books. but they were business people. i think you really have to have a gut attachment to book toss care about them. bar your customers are like that. they come because they really care about books. >> watch for book tv and american history tv in louisville, august 4 and 5 on c-span2 and three. >> host: we want to well come president elect of the aids society, thank you very much for being with us. >> and regan hofmann, editor i

richard, you're on c-span. please go ahead with your question or comment for our two guests. >> caller: yes. my grandfather albert godwin was a county democratic chairman. a state senator and supporter of al smith. compare al smith's campaign for president and dewey's campaigns for president. sheridan, arkansas. richard, you're on c-span. please go ahead with your question or comment for our two guests. >> caller: yes. my grandfather was a county democrat chairman, a state senator and supporter of al smith. compare al smith's campaign for president and dewey's campaigns for president. >> well, let's ask the former new york state assembly historian, if he could do that in a minute or less. >> oh, sure. there's no comparison. >> tom dewey will be one of the subjects of a future "contenders" in, i think, two weeks. >> new yorker, right? >> there really is no comparison. with dewey, the personalities couldn't be more different. they really couldn't be. first of all, smith is a democrat. dewey is a republican. smith

eastern on c-span radio or watch the hearing on c-span 3.hose are the latest headlines on c-span radio. >[video clip] >> if i'm president, job one for me will be creating jobs. let me say that again. my agenda is not to put in place a series of policy that get me a lot of applause. my policy will be to create jobs for the american people. i don't have a hidden agenda. if you want a president who will make things better in the african-american community, you're looking at him. take a look. >> republican candidate mitt romney and vice-president joe biden spoke at the naacp national convention in houston. [video clip] >> close your eyes and imagine what the romney justice department will look like. imagine when his senior adviser is robert bork. imagine the recommendations for who likely will be attorney general and the head of the civil rights division or those other incredibly important positions of justice. host: want the entire speeches online at the c-span video library. >> "washington journal" continues. host: every wednesday we focus on

you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. robert caro is the author of the years of lyndon johnson. the fourth book in his series is titled "the passage of power" and it captures l.b.j. in the years from 1958 to 1964. its transition from the u.s. senate to the presidency. up next mr. caro's keynote address during a symposium aimed at a great society policy and politics that franklin d. roosevelt and lyndon b. johnson. this is about 50 minutes. >>> thank you, president. it is altogether appropriate that this conference be held at hunter college, and at roosevelt house where we will convene tomorrow. he was a protege of president roosevelt who served as president when l.b.j. was he first elected to congress in 1936. l.b.j., a new dealer by background and heart believed in f.d.r. and his vision for america. in many ways the seeds of l.b.j.'s great society were planted many the fields of f.d.r.'s new deal. as johnson often said to his aides during his administration, i really intend to finish franklin roosevelt's revolution, but

can watch it on c-span.se are the latest headlines. >> if i am president, a job one for me will be creating jobs. let me say that again. my agenda is not to put in place a series of policies that get me a lot of attention and applause. my policy will be number one, creating jobs for the american people. i do not have a hidden agenda. [applause] and i submit to this coming at you and the president will make things better in the african- american community, you are looking at him. you take a look. >> mitt romney the and vice- president joe biden spoke at the naacp in the houston. >> close your eyes and imagine. imagine what the mitt romney the justice department will look like. imagine when his senior advisor is robert. imagine the recommendations for who is likely to be chosen as the head of the civil rights division, or those other incredibly important decisions. >> what the entire video online. -- watch the entire video online. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our final guest is lina khan. a new rep

watch for the continuing travels of c-span's local content vehicles every month on book television and american history tv and next month look for the history and literary culture of our next stop. louisville, kentucky august 4 it is and 5th on c-span 2 and 3. >> now a look at the supreme court term that wrapped up last month. the immigration law and the constitutionality of president obama's health care law. we will hear from the court reporters with the associated press, reuters, "the washington post" and the "new york times." . >> i'm art spitzer and the legal director of the local office of the aclu and amateur court watcher. standing next to a panel of professional court watchers. starting next to me is adam covers the supreme court for the "new york times." he has been doing so for four years. has a long history with the times as he joinedas a copy boy after graduating from yale. in 1992 he joined the times's corporate legal department advising and litigating on defamation privacy news gathering and similar issues. a decade later he jumped over the chinese wall and covered legal

american history tv in prime time tonight here on c-span 3. on c-span 2 we have been featuri featuring book tv's programs in prime time. tonight, anna quindlen "in depth." >> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> a dispute between napa county, california, and a local indian tribe came to congress recently when both sides testified at a hearing on the recognition of tribes by the federal government. the tribe is suing the government to have its federal recognition restored, which it claimed was illegally stripped in 1959. in the meantime, a napa county supervisor argued that only congress should be able to recognize a tribe. the house indiana faaffairs subcommittee held this hearing. >> let me welcome mr. lujan and the position he's had. it makes me feel good about that side of the ais

3. >>> tonight c-span's road to the white house continues with vice president joe biden and his wife jill as they address the national education association's annual meeting here in washington. in his remarks the vice president points out the differences between president obama's and mitt romney's plans for education. >> look, folks, let me get straight to the point. you guys, educators, teachers, you're under full-blown assault. romney, romney, governor romney and his allies in the congress, their plan for public education in america is to let the states use title one dollars to boost enrollment in private schools. no, no. i'm not looking for boos. i think we should have just a straight honest-to-god talk about the difference between -- [ applause ] the difference between how president obama and i view education and how our republican colleagues today view it, and again, i want to make it clear, a lot of you know me pretty well -- by the way, where's delaware? hello, delaware. now i'm not prejudiced, but they're probably the best educators in the room. ladies and gentlemen, very ser

richard, you're on c-span. please go ahead with your question or comment for our two guests. >> yes. my grandfather albert godwin was a county democratic chairman. a state senator and supporter of al smith. compare al smith's campaign for president and >> well, let's ask the former new york state assembly historian, if he could do that in a minute or less. >> oh, sure. there's no comparison. >> tom dewey will be one of the subjects of a future "contenders" in, i think, two weeks. >> new yorker, right? >> there really is no comparison. with dewey, the personalities couldn't be more different. they really couldn't be. first of all, smith is a democrat. dewey is a republican. smith is a progressive pre-new deal campaigner. dewey takes over the reins in new york state after herbert -- beats herbert lehman who was the hand-picked successor of fdr and al smith. and he runs new york state during the new deal. and he is, by all accounts, somebody that implements his programs. so he's not a rock republican in the sense

god bless c-span. host: this is from national journal as well, from july 18 -- the senate passed that, by the way, by a voice vote last night. in mexico to the white house for a signature. honolulu is on the line. caller: i believe the spending cuts should happen, but in a fiscally responsible way. we don't want to cut social services, which our country, the backbone and the american people rely on. a lot of people rely on these services. when we find out that federal grants to the various cities and states are being cut, we are, also, learning that we are not helping our states and local governments deprive. -- to thrive. our whole economy will not make it in turn. >> that was chase calling us from honolulu. if you cannot reach us on the phone, you can contact us on facebook -- those are just some of the comments that we are receiving on our facebook page. there have been some reports out about what could happen if the budget sequester actually takes place in january of 2013. agencies are already maki

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also folks from c-span who have joined us this morning. give them a special welcome. as all of you know, mexico held a historic election on july 1st. historic in many ways that we will discuss this morning. one of us was that it appears to have resolved it in the election as the president of mexico's election has been confirmed by the federal electoral institute. while there remains controversy out there about the results and how those will be interpreted, this has been a positive good exercise in elections in mexico. we assembled this morning an excellent panel to help us discuss the results and what they tell us about the thinking that pervades in mexican amongst the electorate and what this may mean for the future of mexico and to some extend the u.s.-mexican elections. our first panelist has been delayed and he will come at some point and probably end up with him rather than begin with him. i wanted to turn now to our colleagues and friends. i will introduce them and they will come and speak and we will have time for questions at the end of that. we will begin wit

eastern on c-span. >> it is independence day and coming up on c-span, "washington journal" is live. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the congressional gold medal ceremony for the marines, a group of african-american marines from world war two. later, a house natural resources committee hearing on proposed changes to the national mall. in 45 minutes, an update on afghanistan, the role of marines, u.s. withdrawal, and dealing with the taliban. our guest is major general david berger, commander of the first marine division in afghanistan. at 8:00 a.m., the president of the heritage foundation on his book "making a case for american exceptionalism." exceptionalism."

thank you c-span for all the to do. it is important to hear every side irritability benefit the i think our governor is doing a fantastic job. with a paper here that pokes at him every chance he gets. he is not taking a salary. he sold the plan that the loss to the governor's office. he uses his own expenses. i think we should stand behind him. when a person with his qualifications. did he is brilliant. he is great. betsy and behind our governor. host: we will leave it there. another tweet. host: our last call comes from washington on our line for democrats. barbara. you're on "washington journal." caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. i want to give a shout out. she is our washington state governor. she is a strong believer in social justice and equality. i as he did say, in general, the party responds for those things. she is always supporting yesin, teachers, the environment. she progresses, which i know it's a bad rap sometimes. she is progressing towards a more perfect union. it has a history which include

c-span local content vehicle exports literary life across america. this weekend from louisville on c-span2 and c-span3. >> we have to be clear about the ways that we own our cells and that we own our history and that we make decisions that our history is phenomenal, vital, and special. >> the former president of bennett college rates on african-american economic history. this sunday, your questions and calls for the author of " surviving and thriving."

watch the forum online at the c-span video library. >>> still ahead here on c-span3 the ceremony forhis year's polk investigative journalism awards and then the deputy director for the johnson space flight center in houston. >>> wednesday morning on c-span, peter moore on surveillance in cities across the u.s. data is being collected on closed circuit cameras, license plate readers and internet monitoring. mr. moore joins us at 9:15 eastern on wednesday morning to take your phone calls. >>> shreveport in march, oklahoma city, may. wichita in june and this last weekend in jefferson city. watch for the continuing travels of the local content vehicles every month on book tv and american history tv. next month look for louisville kentucky the weekend of august 4, and 5, on c-span 2 and 3. >>> long island university awarded the 2012 polk investigative journalism awards. among the winners, the reporter who broke the jerry sandusky sex abuse study and a post humus award. it's extraordinary that and it's gained strength and stature over the last decades. this remarkable man who was pursuing