c-span: thank you for your time. mark bone. >> sent us a tweet at the booktv twitter site also join us on facebook at facebook.com/booktv. eric larson is next talking about the sinking of the lusitania and the influence of an american fleet in world war i. [applause] ..

c-span: c-span: pragmatism. he is a pragmatist. what does that mean? >> guest: the worst writer imaginable. early 20th century philosopher and and i am not a good person to talk about him. i just failed. but the thing about calling himself a socialist they grew out of that movement. but they grew out of that the early 20th century was the idea of changing the world. it was like a secular religion. in city college, the professors were okay, but the others were not great. the students were awesome. and so they would guess it cafeteria, alcove areas alcove one an alcove to. and in alcove one and alcove two. and they argued back and forth. and they were way ahead of the stalinists because they losing the arguments. if you if you look at the people who were stalinists in that alcove some of the greatest thinkers of that century. daniel bell whole series of others so i am forgetting. c-span: hawthorne. >> he would come later. -- >> guest: he would come later, but it is about the intensity. and the confidence that the world was going is going to turn socialis

c-span: yeah. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ c-span: among other things we see the drinking, eating chicken -- >> guest: fried chicken. c-span: -- and feet on the desk. >> guest: feet on the desk, you know, picking their toes. yeah. i mean, this is what happens when you free slaves. c-span: that's what he said. >> guest: that's what griffith -- and historically accurate. c-span: they passed a bill that all whites had to salute negroes? >> guest: right. not true. c-span: and up in the balcony you see a few white people. >> guest: yeah. now the besieged and helpless white minority. c-span: is and all of this, when they looked at it at the white house, they liked this? >> guest: yeah. wilson liked it a lot. ducks son and griffith, you know -- dixson and griffith, you know, wilson had written a history of america then. they had drawn on to, you know using quotes from the book as some of their intertitles. so they knew how to play to wilson's ego. c-span: was there a time when woodrow wilson saw this after this that he, did h

c-span: ... with three children that she has to support, and he, obviously, has to come here and adapt... >> guest: start again. c-span: ... himself to a new country and adapt to a new environment and all that kind of stuff, language problems cultural problems? what was the attraction? or what is the attraction? >> guest: he's shorter than i am, too! [laughter] >> guest: which, by the way, he thinks is one of the reasons the kgb could never imagine it could be that serious between us because this is a very macho society where such a thing would be unlikely. what was the attraction? that's a very good question. first of all, having described him, of course, in such onerous terms, he was a very brave man. first off, i admire him enormously. he took some very, very dangerous steps at the end of this period in his country, up until the end of the soviet union. i admired his bravery. we're extremely good friends first and foremost. and i don't know. there's something -- maybe people who have experienc

c-span --. c-span: what was that building? >> guest: initially the plan there were 13 buildings that helicopters if they had to resort to what was option for a four options which was the helicopter airlift, there was 13 buildings that they would have helicopters lead from but once they called for the evacuation by playing the song white christmas throughout the streets of saigon if you were call from the film, then the streets got so crowded and overrun with people largely south vietnamese that nobody could get to those buildings. so they ended up centering the entire evacuation out of the embassy. right now what was it that you saw or read that capsulized all of this for you early? >> guest: solo, i would say there are two things. i was familiar with that iconic image and i wanted to understand more what had happened. and i thought i knew a lot and as i did the research i was really blown away by the actual events and what took place and how dramatic they were and how i knew very very little of it and how important it seems.

c-span: after the 20th? >> guest: yes. c-span: right after the 20th? >> guest: about two or three days later. c-span: so you literally move two months ahead to march 30th 1981. where were you when you first heard that jim had been shot? >> guest: i was at home in our rec room in arlington. i'd just picked scott up from a little church play school. and he was playing, and i had turned on the soap opera that i -- my mother and i always had watched for many years on and off. and i heard an announcement that the -- there had been shots fired at the president. and i didn't think too much of it, because i thought, well, jim wouldn't be there. and they did say, "apparently the president was unhurt." and several minutes later i got a call from a friend who asked if she could come get scott. and i said, "well, what for?" and she started crying, and she said, "oh, jim's been hit." so i hung up and called the white house to verify that he had been hit. and then things just went so quickly. i left within 15 minutes to go over to the hospital. during that trip, i'm

c-span: and then what? >> guest: i worked my way into aparen disship -- apprenticeship, got my journeyman's card and had some good people who helped me along. c-span: how did you get to berryville virginia? >> guest: i worked in kansas back in the '80s, and that plant was shut down. i was out of work, and berryville was looking to hire people, and i needed a job. they interviewed me, and i accepted a position here the first time in 1991. c-span: what's the hard aest part of this kind of -- hardest part of this kind of his? >> guest: it's really having to deal with the schedules. it goes back to the schedules. we have a lot of people that work here and put a lot of heart and effort into it, and we have a tough schedule to meet. and the people have to work a lot of hours, and their schedule is often dictated by the needs of the customer so that we, you know, get the books out in time. so we are always asking the employees to do more. and they're very willing to do it. we have good employees here that step up

♪ >> c-span: why the name?ell "through a lens darkly" comes from the bible, corinthians. the 13th chapter and it is how we see god. we see god right now through a lens darkly a lens darkly and it talks about the idea of reflection and seeing divinity within oneself. so thinking about the ways in which great art has been about this kind of reflection of the divinity and how certain types of -- and how within this country african-americans in some ways are seen as the opposite of being worthy being divine being connected to something that has value. >> c-span: how long did you live in africa and where? >> guest: i lived in africa from the time from 1974 until 1976. and i lived in tanzania which is in east africa. >> c-span: and is there a way to characterize great hallelujah? >> guest: i was there from the time the beginning of adolescence. >> c-span: is there a way to characterize how africans look at themselves versus how african-americans look at themselves? >> guest: actually, i make a film that talked about

c-span: you see that i think what? >> guest: 1st of all, it all, it is a remarkable fact that as late as 1960 richard nixon, the overwhelming favorite, really unchallenged for the nomination nevertheless felt it was in his little interest in the middle of the night without telling anyone on his staff to fly to new york for a secret six or eight our meeting at nelson rockefeller's apartment 1st of all to try to persuade him to go on the ticket as vice president and when that failed to meet rockefeller's objections on the platform stronger civil rights plank. that was an issue that always mattered to his family and to nelson. we can hopefully, talk about that later. and secondly he wanted a stronger military defense plank. he wanted the party, in effect, to repudiate dwight eisenhower eisenhower -- it was believed that nelson rockefeller and the wing of the party he represented had the clout to require this or at least to be taken seriously. we now know that by 1960 service that was probably not, not the case. it was a m

c-span: barack obama.est:is hard to capture one president while he still there and i'm not afraid to say something about it. he's not a complete picture yet create hope and change was what he campaign for and i think people did feel a sense of hope and change. he had a very solid election victory. he won re-election still convincing people that he was the right answer. but i think americans now second-guessed whether he took his hands too much off the controls. on the middle east, on iraq, on the economy, on isis health care reform, getting it to actually happen and i guess the way i would sum him up, barack obama clearly likes campaigning and i'm not sure he is enjoying governing with the same gusto. c-span: a lot of americans over the last 40 or 50 years think presidents are lying to us. how can you tell if somebody is telling the truth and when they are not? as a reporter. >> guest:as a reporter i think i can tell when a president is telling the truth when two things happened. one, when the words coming

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c-span: very quick.ave to ask you about two people you write about and show some admiration for. frank compton and hannah art. why were they mention in your book? >> guest: cafta because he was described in the world of surveillance bureaucracy a world where it seemed as if we were being watched in everything we were doing. the trial and the classic examples of this. i make it clear that cap go was a student of different kind of central european utilitarianism. this world that we are embracing and yet we are being perpetually watched and cafko at its most brilliant and he was extremely brilliant even he couldn't come up with anything quite as outrageous. another two out of 30 that list i would put the argentine short story writer. in many ways he imagined is much more accurately than cafko and the theorist of totalitarianism as the person who argues that totalitarians the origins of totalitarianism lie in the destruction of institutions that lie between the individual and the state. that's what i fear th

that's sunday on c-span 3. >>> here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on c-span. on c-span 2's book tv saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern president of americans for tax reform grover norquist says that americans are tired of the irs and our tax system and sunday night at 8:00 author susan butler on president franklin roosevelt and josef stalin allies during world war ii and their unexpected partnership beyond the war. saturday night at 8:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span 3, on lectures in history university of virginia's college of wise professor jennifer murray on how civil war reunions have changed from the reconstruction era to present. and sunday afternoon at 1:00 american history tv is live from appomattox courthouse national historical park commemorating the 150th anniversary of the confederate surrender and the end of the civil war. >>> all this week we've been featuring american history tv in prime time and tonight the c-span cities tour will begin with austin texas that will be followed by a visit to wheeling west virginia, and greensboro, north car

c-span: let me get some basics.ge. >> january 1979 at the age of 70 after two rather dispiriting years as gerald ford's vice president and 15 dominant years in albany as governor of new york. c-span: how many times was elected governor? >> guest: four times. times. it is a modern record. and to be governor was ipso facto to[be regarded as a potential president. all the more so in his case because of the resources that he brought to the office and because of the personality. one one of the hardest things for any historian or biographer to do is to capture convincingly on paper something as ethereal as charisma. it is a relative term and different generations defined differently. c-span: how many times as he married? >> guest: twice, and that is another important part of the story, his divorce and remarriage arguably -- it certainly affected his chances to be president. i i would argue he was probably in the wrong party and never would have been nominated by the republican party after 1960 but there 1960, but there is

if you want to see the photos that c-span is posting, at c-span is our twitter handle. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] announcer: the predinner program is about to begin. you can see the vips of entered the room. everybody the things they will be having an dinner include crabmeat housemaid buttermilk dressing, peppery go -- pepe alaskan halibut. that should begin shortly. the president's own is in the room. [indiscernible] ♪ [applause] ♪ [hail to the chief plays] >> ladies and gentlemen please stand for the presentation of the colors. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, george lehner, major garrett, olivia knox bloomberg, tara lee, david morris, cecily strong. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen please be seated. ♪ [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, thanked join me in thanking the marine band. [applause] we are glad you're are here tonight. we invite you to enjoy your dinner. our program will begin when you finish eating. [indiscernible] announcer: live coverage of the white house correspondents dinner, they are a half hour beh

eastern on c-span. announcer: and is live coverage on c-span of the 2015 white house correspondents dinner. we are at the entrance to the washington hilton where the correspondent dinner has been held for about 40 years. you will see the journalists politicians, and hollywood stars arrive, and you will hear later president obama and cecily strong, from "saturday night live" as tonight's entertainment. tickets are $300 a person. tonight you can read facebook comments as well and follow us on twitter, so if you are tweeting remember to tweet to the white house correspondents dinner. the post-dinner festivities get underway at about 8:30, and it will all be live on c-span. now lives get ready for the 2015 white house correspondents dinner in washington. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] announcer: and you are watching live coverage of the red carpet entrances at the washington hilton for the 2015 washington correspondents' dinner, and areata huffington and correspondence from

q&a programs are also available as c-span podcasts. ♪ >> at the international consumer electronics showarlier this year, we spoke with university of san francisco cardiologist dr. michael blom about developments and technology in the future of medicine. >> you have to bring together these two different dnas and cultures to get to that place. we are not going to accept these censures and we're not going to develop these big databases. they do not know anything about clinical process or clinical trials or want really works. we are working on these novel partnerships. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span 2. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to present the winning entries in this year's studentcam document competition. studentcam is c-span's annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues that affect the nation. students are asked to create their documentaries based on the theme "the three branches and you," to demonstrate how a policy, law or action by one of the three branches of government has affected them

this is c-span's live coverage.nt to see some of our behind-the-scenes coverage you can follow us on twitter @cspan is the handle. you can make comments on facebook.com/c-span. announcer: as the guests at the dinner are served, we want to show you an interview that greta bronner did with cecily strong. this was taped yesterday and it gives a little preview of what she is going to talk about and what she thinks about the dinner. >> this year upon host of the white house correspondents dinner. we are talking about the night before the big event. is the speech ready and finalized? cecily: it is just about there. i probably will be making changes up until i am done speaking. i am sure why i am sitting there i will add things and during, who knows? if my brain works during the speech i may even do some tweaks during it. >> how many times have you practiced and what is your practice routine? cecily: i was just in l.a. so i have been using friends out there as my audience, my test audience, so reading through things and se

for viewers watching a home on c-span hello. to most viewers watching at home on c-span, meow. [laughter] if you don't know how to find c-span, you just press the guide button on your remote and push page up until your song cramps. c-span, i just want to do a camera check. nocamera one. that's it. it is great to be here at the washington helton. it is something that a prostitute might say to a congressman. [applause] the washington hilton. man, if these walls could talk they would probably say, clean me. [laughter] it is crazy to think that our president is right here in the ballroom of the washington hilton. it is even crazier to think our vice president is in the ball pit of a washington chucky cheese. [laughter] seriously, the washington hilton is great. i bet that when a president boxed in -- and salt walked in and saw the bellhops thought finally some decent security. i'm getting. let's give it up for the secret service. [applause] i don't want to be too hard on those guys. they are the only law enforcement agency in the country that will get in trouble if a black man gets

that is this spring on c-span 2's book tv. >> live today on c-span, "washington journal" is next.t 10:00 a.m. eastern, jeh johnson testifies before the senate judiciary committee. at noon eastern, the u.s. house returns with legislative business at 2:00. they will work on naming of u.s. customs port of entry in arizona and a federal land bill. coming up in 20 minutes, we will look ahead to the supreme court oral arguments regarding same-sex marriage with brian brown, the president of the national organization for marriage and evan wolfson founder and president of freedom to marry. our guest is david savage, the supreme court reporter for the l.a. times and chicago tribune. he will discuss what a ruling either way could mean. ♪ host: the supreme court will hear two and half hours of arguments centering on the topics of same-sex marriage. the justices will not only have to consider if the constitution requires a state to license a marriage between two people of the same-sex but if the constitution also requires them to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. four sta

eastern on american history tv on c-span three. as a comp lamented the series, c-span's new book is now available. -- as a complement to the series, c-span's new book is now available providing lively stories of these fascinating women, creating an illuminating entertaining, and inspiring read. it's available as a hardcover or an e-book. >> in 2003, the new york times reporter judith miller wrote several stories on the lead up to the invasion of iraq and weapons of mass destruction in an effort to reveal her source vice president cheney's chief of staff . she was found in contempt of court and prison for 85 days per it's sunday she talks about her time in jail as well as her new book of what the story/. >> i was in jail because i refused to reveal the identity of a source whom i thought did not want his identity revealed. in our business, as you know protecting sources is the life light of independent journalism. i really felt that unless the people that i routinely spoke to who had access to classified information, unless they cou

live sunday here on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> were you a fan of c-span's first lady series? first ladies is now a book published by public affairs looking inside the personal life of every first lady in american history. based on original interviews with more than 50 preeminent historians and biographer p learn details of all 45 first ladies that made these women who they were, their lives ambitions and unique partnerships with their presidential spouses. the book t request first ladies presidential historians on the live of 45 american women" provides lively stories of these fascinating women who survived the scrutiny of the white house, sometimes at great personal cost while supporting their families and famous husbands and even changed history. c-span's "first ladies" is an illuminating entertaining and inspiring read and is available as a hard cover or e-book through your favorite bookstore or online book seller. >>> the cities tour takes c-span 3's american history on the road. up next, galveston, texas. we'll visit a retired world war ii era submarine. also the rosenb

peter: the real michael kelly, on c-span, thank you. and that was mike kelley, chief of staff to the president on "house of cards." back to the hilton, there is connie britton of "nashville." [indiscernible] >> president obama was at this year's dinner as he and other presidents past. he spoke for about 20 minutes. christi: ladies and gentlemen, please join me and raise a glass in toast to the president of the united states of america. the podium is yours. [applause] [video clip] ♪ i don't care ♪ ♪ i love it ♪ ♪ i don't care ♪ ♪ i love it, i love it ♪ ♪ i don't care ♪ ♪ i love it ♪ ♪ i don't care ♪ ♪ i love it, i love it ♪ ♪ i don't care ♪ ♪ i love it ♪ [laughter] president obama: good evening, everybody. welcome to the white house correspondents dinner. it is the night when washington celebrates itself. somebody has got to do it. and welcome to the fourth quarter of my presidency. it's true. [applause] that was michelle cheering. [laughter] the fact is i feel more loose and relaxed than ever. those joe biden shoulder massages -- they a

those and other comments you can find at facebook.com/c-span. there has also been reaction from politicians, including former florida politician jeb bush. we also saw political ads from a pac in support of presidential candidate centered -- senator rand paul. >> in the coming weeks and months, i look forward to an exchange of ideas and subsequent policy proposals. i believe every american deserves the right to rise and the opportunity to achieve the american dream. abroad america's -- americans should be respected by allies and feared by allard -- energies. that is why we must change the way that direction of our country is going. we must do better than what obama and clinton have done. better than failed big government policies that fail that and stand in the way of real economic growth and prosperity. i believe it is conservative ideas that will renew america put our fiscal help in order and make our great country even stronger. i know we can do better. together, we will. >> what path will america take? the past, a road to yesterday? hillary r

2 and sunday morning at 10:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to present their winning entries in this year's student cam documentary competition. student cam is the annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues that affect the nation. students were asked to create documentaries based on the theme -- "the three branches and you" to demonstrate how a policy, law or action by one of the three branches of government has affected them or their community. matthew post and john caporaletti from sherwood high school in sandy spring maryland and keza levine from blake high school are one of our first prize winners. their entry focused on the school lunch program. narrator: solar, wind oil coal, these are all methods of getting energy. if you were to put every method in the list ordered by the amount of energy consumed, where do you think -- every year in the united states people consume 2 billion kilowatts in our of energy which in addition to the amount -- is a lot. food is humanity's energy source.

c-span 2's book tv saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern president of americans for tax reform says that americans are tired of the irs and our tax system. sunday night at 8:00 author susan butler on president roosevelt, allies during world war ii and unexpected partnership beyond the war. saturday night on american history tv on lectures in history, university of virginia's college professor on how civil war veterans reunions have changed from reskrukz era. saturday afternoon at 1:00 american history tv live from appomattox courthouse hispanolia hispanolia -- historical park. >>> the c-span's city tour takes american history tv on the road. up next a visit to austin, texas where we tour lbj library and texas capital. first a look at the fly girls of world war ii and inspirational stories of women air force service pilots who answered the call of duty in world war ii. >>> so the texas museum is texas's official state history museum. we opened in 2001 and we are charged with telling the story of texas. we have three floors of exhibit

a big shout out to c-span. i think what they had going, it was most of the iran people that were losing out on their daily activities, their food. this is just a stepping stone for the united states to get back for the middle east people of what they lost in the past. host: thanks for your comments. all the calls per more facebook.com/c-span. we wait for the president to hear his comments on the news from switzerland. live coverage here on c-span. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] president obama: good afternoon, everybody. today, the united states together with allies and partners, have reached a historic understanding with iran which, if fully implemented would prevented from obtaining a nuclear weapon. as president and commander in chief, i have no greater responsibility than the security of the american people. i'm convinced that if this framework le

you will see the entire thing on c-span, c-span.org, and you can listen to it on c-span radio. back to your calls on eric holder and his six years as attorney general. anthony, arizona. go ahead. caller: good morning. good morning c-span and good morning to all who are listening. i approve of attorney general holder's performance of service to our nation. i base that on america has to rate the habit -- break the habit. attorney general has -- attorney general holder has begun to break the habit that individuals have become the law of the land. we know there are just and unjust laws on the lands -- in the books that are still to be rectified from his speech. -- i have people come up behind me in line and ask me are you in line? they do not realize how many people ask me that every day when i am standing in line. maybe i need to get a shirt that says i am in line. then i have a gentleman who has me when i am standing in the fast food restaurant to get lunch. i do not even know him. if he wants to speak to me speak to me. but do not put his 30 hands on me because i do not know whe

eastern on c-span. coming up, yesterday's farewell ceremony for outgoing attorney general eric holder. that is followed by remarks by the president and chair of the export-import bank. look for some of your thoughts on attorney general holder's time at the justice department from washington journal. . we are talking about eric holder and his six years as attorney general. mcconnell whipped for lynch mitch mcconnell worked to round up more than 60 votes to end the filibuster of loretta lynch. he held up her confirmation vote for weeks. mcconnell worked to ensure she would overcome a filibuster, pitting him against ted cruz and other conservatives. some same o'connell wanted to avoid a battle over the nuclear option. the tactic henry reed employed to reduce the threshold for ending a filibuster from 60 votes to a simple majority. one lawmaker said mitch mcconnell talk to colleagues about voting to advance lynch to a final up or down vote. in the washington times is this op-ed. in 2014, they came out with

i would like to invite on behalf of c-span anyone who's here to stay. we have a book signing in that always makes me feel rather embarrassed. but if you are interested in buying it, all the proceeds of the book go to the c-span education foundation. we use it to do teacher scholarships, student documentary contests. you are helping a good cause. thank you so much for being here tonight. [applause] >> she was considered modern for her tied -- called mrs. president by her detractors, and was outspoken about her views on slavery and women's rights, as well as one of the most prolific writers of any first lady. she provides a unique window into colonial america. abigail adams, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, "first ladies: influence and image." from our washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. as a complement to the series, c-span's new book is now available -- "first ladies: presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women," providing lively stories of these fascinatin

eastern here on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. announcer: were you a fan of c-span's first lady series? first ladies is now a book published by public affairs looking inside the personal lives of every first lady in american history. based on original interviews with more than 50 preeminent historians and biographers learn details of all 45 first ladies that make these women who they were. their lives, ambitions, and unique partnerships with their presidential spouses. the book, first ladies, presidential historians on the lives of 45 iconic american women provides a lively stories of these fascinating women who survived the scrutiny of the white house sometimes at great personal cost while supporting their families and famous husbands. and even changed history. c-span's first ladies is an illuminating, entertaining, in inspiring re-, and it is now available as a hardcover or e-book through your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. announcer: c-span's profiles of new members of congress continue with democrat norma torres of c

eastern on c-span. announcer: during this month c-span is pleased to bring you the winner of the student can documentary competition. it encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues that affect the nation. students were asked to create a documentary based on the theme "the three branches and you," to demonstrate how policies and action or action -- action or law affect you are the community. cole sebastian, thomas norris, and amy geomet -- and amy gilbert are winners. >> alone, afraid, searching for hope with no one to turn to. escaping from lives of trauma and hoping to find a place to call home. >> carlos is one of the 70,000 who immigrated to honduras. -- from honduras. he now lives in takoma park, maryland, with his foster parents. >> the office of refugee resettlement and local programs for undocumented refugee minors are working to find housing for these youth across the nation. but there are thousands more to come, and the or are does not have enough resources. carl

house on c-span and the senate on 2, here on c-span 3 we show you the most relevant hearings and public affairs events. then on the weekends c-span 3 is the home of american history tv. the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battle fields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums to discover what art pacts reveal about america's past. history bookshelf, the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nations commanders in chief. and our new series, real america, featuring archival by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> with congress out this week for their spring recess we are featuring american history tv in primetime. each year, time magazine selects a single person who had the most influence on events during the previous 12 months. if the same question were posed in the year 1865 who would "time" have selected as the person of the year? the library of virginia and the american civil war museum invited five hist tore yaps to present their arguments for their candidates. next author and hist

eastern on c-span. announcer: and is live coverage on c-span of the 2015 white house correspondents dinner. we are at the entrance to the washington hilton where the correspondent dinner has been held for about 40 years. you will see the journalists politicians, and hollywood stars arrive, and you will hear later president obama and cecily strong, from "saturday night live" as tonight's entertainment. tickets are $300 a person.

the c-span cities tour take c-span tour on the road. greensburg, north carolina opens at blandwood. also discussion on the deadly 1979 mass shooting that was sparked by racial tensions and has come to be known as the greensboro massacre and a tour of the civil war long arms exhibit. up next we examine the dolley madison collection. >>> the trunk was large leather carriage trunk reenforced with iron and large daughters and sons nails. inside it was a roller printed cotton fabrics and tooled red leather. in an attractive carriage trunk. silk slippers, odd pieces of fabric and the kind of treasures that maybe any of us would keep that were momentos of our past. they all belonged to dolley madison. you're at the historical museum. we're going to talk about our dolley madison collection. dolley was the wife of our fourth president james madison and probably one of our most popular first ladies. she was born may 20th 1768 here in gillford county to quaker family and lived an american life which took her to become one of the most popular figures in early american history. she had seven bro

this year, c-span's touring cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look at our visit to saint augustine, florida. you are watching "american history tv" all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> we are at the saint augustine lighthouse and museum. this is the location of florida 's first lighthouse. there was originally a lighthouse built here sometime in the late 1600s. in the 1700s, it was turned into a functional lighthouse. it was down on the water. after florida became a state, they put money into it and made it into a lighthouse with oil lamps. they realized it would fall into the ocean, so they built the current lighthouse we have today. that one was completed in 1874. the old one fell into the ocean in 1880. the purpose of the lighthouse here, there are two. one, to serve as a location reminder to all of the ships in the area. each lighthouse has its own individual day mark and night mark. our day mark is the black and white stripes with the red top. if you see those colors, you know you are in saint augustine. our night mark is our o

as a complement to the series, c-span's new book is now available. "first ladies, providing lively stories of these american women creating an illuminating entertaining, and inspiring read. it is available through your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. >> today is the white house correspondents dinner. watch our live coverage of the black-tie event on c-span starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern. president obama will address the more than 2600 addressees in the ballroom. this year's entertainment is saturday night live's cecily strong. starting today at 6:00 eastern on c-span. >> in 2003, new york times reporter judith miller wrote several stories on the lead up to the invasion of iraq and weapons of mass destruction in an effort to reveal resource, vice president cheney's chief of staff, she was found in contempt of court and imprisoned in federal jail for 85 days. sunday on "q&a," she talks about her time in jail, as well as her new book. >> i was in jail because i refuse to reveal the identity of the source whom i thought did not want his identity

this holiday weekend on the c-span networks. on c-span, saturday at 8:00. wendy davis on the challenges facing women in politics. and easter sunday at 6:30, golfing legend jack nicklaus receives thes. >>al congressional gold med a activist cornell west on the radical thinking of martin luther king, junior, and on in depth, our live three-hour conversation with "new york times" best-selling author ryan kessler. he's written 20 books, including sins of the father and the first family detail. and on american history tv on c-span 3 saturday at 8:00 eastern. east carolina university's charles calhoun on the obstacles faced by ulysses s. grant. and at 6:00 patrick schroeder takes us on a tour of appomattox courthouse the site of the of confederate surrender. >>> each year time magazine selects a single person who had the most influence on events during the prior 12 months. if the same question were posed in the year 1865 who would "time "time" have selected for their

eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and online at c-span.org. announcer: this sunday on "q&a " senior editor for "the weekly standard" andrew ferguson. andrew ferguson: they want somebody who looks like he has stood up for them. i am amazed now to the degree to which primary voters on both sides are motivated by resentment. and the sense of being put upon. those people really do not understand us. here is a guy who does understand us, and he will stick it to them. that happens with both sides. hillary clinton will give her own version of that kind of thing. i do not think that was actually true 30 years ago. resentment has always been a part of politics. but the degree to which it is almost exclusively the motivating factor in truly committed republicans and democrats. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on "q&a." announcer: tonight, a discussion about the legacy of former first lady laura bush. we speak to a need in the ride -- to anita mcbride former chief of staff to the first lady. anita mcbride: they are partners in everythi

eastern here on c-span. the p county --polk county democrats hosted an event including former virginia senator jim webb and former maryland governor martin o'malley. both of them have said they are considering a presidential run in 2016. this is part of c-span's road to the white house coverage. it is 45 minutes. [applause] senator webb: thank you very much. it is a pleasure to be able to spend a few minutes with you tonight. i would like to think the polk county democrats for inviting us to be here with you. i would also like to express my appreciation to the uaw for hosting this event. it can safely be said that i am the only person ever elected to statewide office in virginia with a union card, two purple hearts and three tattoos. the only one in a statewide campaign ever to walk a picket line during a strike. i'm very proud of this support we have for organized labor. [applause] i would also like to say, that these videos were so extraordinarily well done. the one that really got to me was the first one

a great friend of c-span. [applause] and the final catalyst working on this series i hope you read her biography of "the washington post" the reporter that is covering the show obama she just told us she finished a story on first gentleman and will be in tomorrow's newspaper. it is beginning to doing that modern day perspective. [applause] and we have vague twitter account if you want to send us a tweet a promise not to be too distracted fox said you can see at first lady's. welcome everybody the first one goes to the major topic of duality of public life forced into circumstance to start with the clip from interview with c-span to talked-about public life and responsibility. >> so any level it is because i try to bring a little bit of michelle obama with a valued tradition that is american. >> this is not a new concept. every was that starts the chapter for murtha washington the first in the role. i am more like a state prisoner. from what i mess not depart from the emirate in 100 years later thinking about h

on the c-span networks. on c-span 2's book-tv, president of americans for tax reform grover norquist says that americans are tired of the irs and our tax system. sunday at 8:00 author susan butler on president franklin roosevelt and soviet leader joseph stalin, allies during world war ii and their unexpected partnership. saturday night on american history tv on c-span 3 university of virginia's professor jennifer murray on how civil war reunions have changed from these -- the reconstruction era to present. and then american history tv is live from appomattox courthouse historical park, commemorating the anniversary of the confederate surrender and the end of the civil war. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to present the winning entries in this years student cam video documentary system -- competition. it is an annual competition that encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues that affect the nation. students were asked to complete -- to complete their video on the same

as a comp limit to the series, c-span's new book --" first ladies." it provides lively stories of fascinating women and creating an illuminating and entertaining and inspiring read. it's now available as a hardcover or an e-book through your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. >> we take you live now to the university of virginia in charlottesville. today is an all-day conference on the end of the civil war. historians will talk about the surrender of the confederate armies, the assassination of resident abraham lincoln the postwar political and cultural environments in the north and south as well as the meaning of the war for african-americans. it's getting under way now and we have covered all day right here live on american history tv on c-span three. >> jerry gallagher and elizabeth braun, their work in organizing this

it's $13.95 plus shipping and handling to the c-span online store at c-span.org. >> coming in a coupleours on c-span, the house gavels in and out briefly ahead of an address from the japanese prime minister before a joint meeting of congress. see his full speech as i live coverage gets underway at 10:45 eastern. the speech starts at 11:00. up next, "washington journal" is live with your calls and today's news. coming up this hour, we will look at the upcoming debate in congress over the house and senate budget deal. our guest is house financial services oversight and investigations subcommittee chair sean duffy of wisconsin. then congressman john delaney of maryland will talk about american hostages captured by terrorists and the need for u.s. officials to oversee the rescue process. after that singer-songwriter and author judy collins and john madigan of the american foundation for suicide prevention will join us for a look at efforts to prevent suicide. those conversations, plus your facebook comments, tweets and e-mails. ♪ host: good morning. the japanese prime minister will address

for he watching it on c-span, thanks for being with us. so many of you were with us for the first lady's series. as jim told you actually want to start with was a quote from abigail adams. when she sent john off to the continental congress she sent him with an explication of john, remember the ladies. tonight we're going to do that for abigail so she should be happy because the lives of these first lady often forgotten and they should be because they are interesting and they've made an enormous contribution to our history. opportunity to his personal as their history and what we'll try to do tonight is telling some of the stories along with video and film from national archives collection and also some of their historic photographs and also some of the clips are more own series. we hope we will inform you and your change and inspire you to ask some questions because there's 30 minute set aside for your involvement. our goal tonight is sort of a first lady's contributions to the presidency and now we are embarking on a new presidential camp

i have been watching these events on c-span for the past four years. i have noticed that the majority of the participants and the attendees are middle-aged to elderly like google. i can say that because i am one. i wondered, with the makeup of the country changing and supposedly the white race becoming a minority in the country by 50 years from now will these events, do you think that these well read bird -- will be well -- as well remembered then as they are now? dr. blight: you raise a very interesting problem. why don't african-americans come to civil war sites? first of all, last night there were hundreds, if not 1000 or more african-americans out here. an extraordinary performance here on the main stage behind me. they held a mock symbolic burial of a former slave woman named hannah reynolds who was killed here on the morning of april 9. no one ever knew where she was buried. they do her name and who her master was, her owner and the african-american community of appomattox county got together with the national parks service and planned for months

again, if you want to follow is, make comments, like us on c-span -- on facebook at facebook.com/c-span or follow us on twitter. this is c-span's live coverage of the 2015 weiss house -- white house correspondents dinner. -- correspondents dinner. >> ladies and gentlemen, police take your seats to the program will begin shortly. >> ladies and gentlemen, lee's welcome christy parsons. [applause] christi: thank you. thank you, everyone. welcome to our dinner. take your seat, if you would. we would like to get started. i want to welcome all of you to the 89th annual white house correspondents association dinner. [applause] i think of this as a rite of spring, a time when we recommit ourselves as a group publicly to the common purpose and that brings us all together, the fight for openness, transparency, and press freedom for ourselves and people everywhere. [applause] it is my honor to serve as your president. thank you. [applause] i want to begin by recognizing an important colleague who is with us or tonight. teacher gress the -- peter is one of three al jazeera journalist who spent 400

on the c-span original series first ladies: influence an image. looking at the lives of first ladies from martha washington to michelle obama. on american history tv on c-span3. as a complement to the series, c-span from new books -- first ladies historians on the lives of iconic american women. creating an illuminating entertaining, and inspiring read. it's available as an hardcover or an e-book through your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. challenging the new fcc internet rules, five organizations have filed lawsuits against the fcc. we will speak with the president and ceo of one of those organizations, walter mccormick, and a supporter of the rules christopher lewis, vice president of public affairs at public knowledge. >> we are challenging the classification from an intermittent -- from an information service to a telecommunication service pursuant to 19th-century railroad regulation. common law was originally applied to railroads covert truck is -- railroads, trucking companies, and airlines. it delays deployment, slowed innovation,