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also, on c-span.ere is larry wilmore of comedy central talking about how the president, in his feet, has aged over the years. [video clip] larry wilmore: you look terrible, mr. president? [laughter] you do. your hair is so white that it tried to punch me at a trump rally. [laughter] the president's hair is so white, he says all lives matter. fine, i get it. i get it. [laughter] no, you came in here looking like denzel. now you go out looking like grady from samford and sons. [laughter] i know it is a dated reference, but you are dated, mr. president. all i am saying that in less than eight years, mr. president, you have two stereotypes that you busted. black does crack, and apparently, once you go black, we are going back. thank you, ben carson. [laughter] got to be careful picking on you, mr. president. the couple years ago during this in the, you're killing osama bin laden. remember that? who are you killing tonight? host: back to phones. john, independent caller. what would you like to say about th

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we want to welcome our c-span viewers and thank c-span for carrying this live. please shoot us your questions. do you agree with donald trump that beating hillary would be easy? mr. priebus: i don't know he said that. [laughter] mr. allen: he said in indiana 48 hours ago i have not even started yet. now i will start focusing on hillary, and it is going to be so easy, so great. [laughter] mr. priebus: you know, look, i don't think anyone would have predicted trump in this fashion would have taken out 16 other candidates. he has certainly defied the odds. and i would say -- i personally don't think it will be easy because i think raising the money, building the ground game, having the data, targeting voters. the truth is our party is a great midterm party, but we have a hard time winning presidential elections. it is nothing new. it is not like this just happened. in 2004, it was 1:30 in the morning and our still fairly popular president had a tough time putting away a horrible candidate as far as salability in john kerry. we know what happened in 2000. 1996 was n

. >> i am a c-span fan. next on american history tv, richard norton smith talks about rankings of matters in chief and the challenges of ranking presidential failure. he looks at james buchanan, ulysses s. grant, and warren g. harding. he also discusses presidents usually regarded as successful. the free library of philadelphia posted this one hour and 15 minute event. host: i am so pleased to introduce tonight our speaker, distinguished presidential historian, richard norton smith. early in his career, he was a white house intern and then a political speech writer. he has a long record of acclaimed books on presidential men and this has brought him to the helm of five presidential libraries and centers across this country and throughout his career. he appears regularly, as many of you know, i'm sure, on "newshour" and is c-span's in-house historian. next month he will leave his semiannual presidents and patriots history tour. he travels through the american heartland and focuses this year on truman, eisenho

for those of you just tuning in to the c-span, it may not sound like c-span.n talk about appropriations. >> donald from cbs. this is the white house correspondents dinner. this is the arrival. coverage began at 6:00 p.m. dinner program begins at 8:00 p.m., and there is a break for the pre-dinner program which will will take life. we will show you scenes and videos from last week of events and people surrounding this dinner, and then of course, we will be live with the entire program and we will shut up and just let you watch. to ourtulations winners and thank you again, jason. [applause] we have a couple of other guests here tonight. this is the first time in the last eight years that vice president joe biden is attending our dinner. [applause] the vice president is here with his daughter, ashley pyramid's device president, i can confidently say on behalf of reporters, we appreciate how much news you have given us. [laughter] we know this has been a difficult year for you and your family and we appreciate your presence here tonight. thank you. [applause] 70 ye

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be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on tuesday morning. join the discussion. >> joining us now to talk thebt state of roads, bridges and other infrastructure in the united states. the american society of civil engineers. good morning. can you talk about your organization and what role it plays? asce is a professional organization. it has been around since 1852. 150,000 members who work in the private sector, government, research and academia. it's mostly a technical organization but we moved out of our headquarters in new york city and came to washington to have more of a policy influence. host: one of the things you do is keep track of federal spending when it comes to infrastructure and put out reports. your latest takes a look at gaps between what is being funded and what is being needed. what did you find? latest in our the failure to act series of economic reports. has done a number of infrastructure report cards were me great the nation's infrastructure. c'se are a lot of d's and on that report card. polic

c-span tv interviewed mulloy in organization of american historians in providence, rhode island.his is about 10 minutes. >> what is the john birch society? prof. mulloy: the john birch society is a conservative political organization formed in 1958 in indianapolis, and has its headquarters in massachusetts. it was very prominent in the 1960's in particular. >> what was the purpose behind the john birch society? prof. mulloy: they were an anti-communist organization. they opposed and feared that communism would subvert the united states. more broadly, they opposed collectivism of all times, so they were opposed to many manifestations of the welfare state. they opposed what they saw as excessive governmental interference in the economy. they opposed the civil rights movement. in terms of foreign policy, they wanted the united states to take a more active role in trying to win the cold war, to defeat communism in cuba, vietnam, those cons of places. >> who was john birch? prof. mulloy: he was an american missionary and a soldier who was killed at the end of the second world war in c

c-span archives all of the programs in the c-span video library.ou lose -- if you missed a program, you can find it online and watch it at your convenience. it contains more than 200,000 heurs of programs and t powerful search engine helps you find programs going back many years. to watch on television, c-span publishes its schedule for all three channels. service on public your satellite provider. check it out. it is on the web at c-span.org. >> washington journal continues. host: we are back. megan buyer, the executive director of the president's commission on the arts and the byanities, and we are joined a member of the president's committee. let's begin with what this committee is and what are you trying to do? guest: it was created under the reagan administration, the idea that there should be a committee that advises on the arts. i think this committee is a bit of an outlier in that while there have been many committees with philanthropists and art advocates, this one has a lot of artists in it. we have yo-yo ma, john lloyd .oung, chuck close

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senate on television beginning thursday on c-span. and to see more of our 30 years of coverage on the senate, go to c-span.org. washington journal is next with items in the news and your phone calls. later this morning, a look at u.s. policy in the asia-pacific region. that is live from the woodrow wilson center. foundatione heritage and the relationship between worker pay, productivity, and the economy. after that, former israeli military officials take part in a conversation regarding the palestinian conflict. live at 1:30 p.m. eastern. this hour, whether nutrition labels make a difference in changing people's eating habits. served inlliams, who the fda, will join us. then, a conversation with writer jack hit on his recent smithsonian magazine article about the future of flying cars. later, former new mexico governor gary johnson who secured the libertarian nomination will talk about the 2016 race. a reminder, you can join the conversation on phase book and twitter. -- on facebook ♪ host: this is the "washington ." hillary clinton i

is touringr, c-span cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to hattiesburg, mississippi. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> we are in special collections at the university of southern mississippi. today we are looking at the theodore bilbo papers. his collection is very large. [laughter] we have over 2500 boxes of archival material relating to theodore bilbo. his career and his life. theodore bilbo -- and this is one of his signed photos that he would distribute to fans -- was a mississippi politician in the first half of the 20th century. his career started around 1910, when he was doing a state congressman race. by the 1930's he had been elected governor. at the time in mississippi, you could not serve consecutive terms as governor. he served one term into the 1920's, early 1930's, then skipped a term, then stroked another four years later. -- then served another four years later. he was elected to the u.s. senate in the mid-1930's. he served until 1946 when he was

at six apart him on c-span -- 6:00 p.m. on c-span.newsmakers is available online at c-span.org. >> i tried was several different versions of legislation to try and aid to the territory that is $70 billion in debt. what is the status of the most recent version of this, and is this something you think you can get past? >> in all the versions that have been out there that people are referencing, the fundamental issue has always been the same. it is to be some way of providing some kind of security. there will be an oversight board that will go down there and work with the government to come up with a plan in which they will get their financial house in order. they will be able to pay off their debts. then they will work with the creditors who by and large want to stay in puerto rico, they want to get the money back. they will be able to come up with that plan. the board will have the ability of making sure that plan is adhered to in this followthrough. that gives the security to creditors that they can stay involved, they may have some r

c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policyry taking place tomorrow in indiana. 52 delegates are up for grabs in the republicans 92 or the democrats. josh kraushaar political editor for the national gerbil. the tomorrow's contest in indiana and the road ahead for 2016. two --. >> host: tim winter is our guest. he's the president of the parents television council. what is that? >> host: gezdah we are nonprofit privatization grassroots dedicated to protecting children and was there you have a new report out call protecting children or protecting hollywood, question mark. what is the nugget in this report? >> guest: we are looking at the tv content rating system. when you turn on the tv and you're watching your show you see in the top corner tv pg tv 14 and so on that was created by report on order the fcc almost 20 years ago that went along with the v. chip that allows parents to block their inappropriate content for their children and what we did was we looked at the efficacy of the content ratings system itself. is it accuratel

c-span washington journal. coming up on monday, founder and president of the center for .ecurity policy frank gafney keller.nnis .resident and ceo efforts by the justice department to investigate banks . and how reform efforts are bringing change to the banking sector after the dodd frank act. according to a recent analysis, the irs estimates man taxes go unpaid. taxes how the missing funds have affected the federal budget. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal the live at 7:00 a.m. monday morning. >> tonight on c-span, q&a with former u.s. ambassador zalmay khalilzad. that is following with british prime minister. blogger activist and talks about civic participation. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> this week on q&a, formate ambassador to afghanistan, iraq, and the united states, zalmay khalilzad. he discusses his men memoir, "the envoy: fr

thank you, c-span. i'd like to make two comments. one, we've wasted over $100 billion in afghanistan trying to rebuild the country while they let their minerals be leased by the chinese. two, we wasted over $500 billion in iraq and achieved nothing. if we spent that money in the united states, we'd be much better off. >> okay. all right. bill in connecticut, a democrat. what do you think, bill? >> caller: well, i think that unfortunately we are in worse times. i think that businesses have manipulated hours so that they don't have to pay benefits to full-time employees. and i think that out of fairness to the situation i think there's a lot of people that are struggling. i understand you may feel that food is cheaper. but when you go to the grocery store and you walk out with three shopping bags for $120, you still have three bags and it's $120. and it's tough for people to make ends meet. >> okay. and bill, i want to grab michael if i can in kentucky, a republican. michael, quickly your thoughts. >> caller: yes, sir. you know, in the

the libertarian party convention live on c-span, c-span.org c-span radio. >> beside committee chair representative who has been calling for resignation of irs commissioner john testified before the house judiciary committee yesterday on alleged misconduct by the commissioner. he was indicted to testify at the hearing but did not appear and his written statement was not made part of the record. this is about two and a half hours. >> come to order without objection the chair authorize to declare recess was committee at any time. we welcome everyone to this morning's hearing on examining the allegations of misconduct against irs commissioner john, part one. and pill begin by recognizing myself the constitution sets forth a system of checks and balances which plans each branch of tools to ensure that no branch of government attains too much power. the lght e-branch tools include power to write the laws, the power of the purse, imeempment power and power to senture among other os. these tools empower congress to exert oversight over o executive and u judicial branches including rooting out corruption,

i really appreciate c-span. i've kind of made a list so i can remember everything if that's ok with you. i'll turn 70 this year. i'm living on medicare. i make about $14,000 a year. my medicare's only about $900 a month. and then i had the blessing of purchasing a rental home. and so i have that. and that give it me a little extra income. i don't charge very much for rent. it's crazy. the main thing is health care. host: ok. when you say it's the main thing, what do you mean? 800 -- that i only get $ i think it's between $800 and 900. i can't remember when my ren tal care is. host: does that including social security? caller: that includes my social security. host: ok. caller: so i get $800 or $900 and i get $435 rent. host: back when you were younger than you are now, did you feel that you were in "the middle"? caller: oh, certainly. i was a single working mother with two children. and every time i ever earned went to living. there was no putting something away or buying stocks or just -- it's simply wasn't in

c-span tv interviewed mulloy in providence, rhode island. this is about 10 minutes. >> what is the john birch society? prof. mulloy: the john birch society is a political organization formed in 1958 in indianapolis, and has headquarters in massachusetts. it was very prominent in the 1960's in particular. >> what was the purpose behind the society? prof. mulloy: they were an anti-communist organization. they opposed and feared that communism would subvert the united states. globally, they opposed collectivism of all times, so they were opposed to many manifestations of the welfare state. they opposed what they saw as excessive governmental interference in the economy. in foreign policy, they wanted the united states to take a more active role in trying to win the cold war, to defeat communism in cuba, vietnam, those cons of places. >> who was john birch? prof. mulloy: he was an american missionary and a soldier who was killed at the end of the second world war in china. the president of the john birch society discovered his story and identifi

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the white house as we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> this month, we showcase our student cam. annual video documentary competition for middle and high school students. this year's theme is road to the white house. students were asked what issue do you want presidential candidates to discuss? our first prize high school winners are from troy, michigan. kristen ola's, michael fraser, zehn wani. they want them to discuss the scarcity of freshwater. the great lakes and the flint water crisis. their video is titled "the 1%." >> today, americans are drowning in overly debated issues, such as immigration, medicare, terrorism, leaked e-mails. although these are important topics, the issues that will affect the most americans is the issue of the 1%. >> 1%. >> 1%. >> no, not that 1%. this 1%. the shining blue jewel of the united states, the great lakes. >> one of the unique resources the world. nothing like it. everyone has a responsibility to do what we can to protect those waters. >> in the u.s., we are lucky. we have the best drinking water in the world. i t

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. >> on american history tv on c-span 3, a senate select committee chaired by senator urch democrat from idaho convened to look into activities i.r.s.f.b.i., cray and >> and guaranteeing citizens against unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant bearing upon the national security response bits of the president. >> two former staffers of the church committee are with us to provide some historical context and understand the significance of the 0--year-old video. the committee's chief counsel is with us and here in our studio in washington iselle yot maxwell, counsel to the committee. thank you to both of you for joining us. so, let's start with the basics, mr. maxwell, how did the church committee get started. what was the impet us? >> most of it came about because of the series of articles about activities by the intelligence community within the united uirsch in ten by cyh the post-watergate hearings, resignation of president nixon and still continuing concern about the vietnam war and the thought that the intelligence agencies were being directed against u.s. citizens led to

announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. this weekend on the presidency, ilitary historian jeremy black dates the origins of the cold ar to world war one and challenges various narratives about the conflict and also focuses on dwight d. eisenhower's military role as a man and president. here's a preview. >> eisenhower becomes the very ican candidate in a interesting fashion. eer only only former former general to become president in the 20th century. it had been a common practice prior to that in american history. many american presidents, both well known presidents, like grant, jackson and washington had been generals, and people known,ybe are not so well like william henry harrison, for are le, you know, there been many presidents who have been generals. four union generals of the civil nt in the lateside 19th century but this practice had gone. had had a velt military background but his military background had been not in of being a general and practical terms, his military experience was rather of a civil servant and pol

c-span video library contains more than 200,000 hours of c-span programs, and its powerful search engine helps you to find and watch programs going back many years. to watch on your television c-span publishes an on-air schedule for all three networks and this radio station. servicerg is a public of your cable and satellite provider. if you are a c-span watcher, check it out. it is on the web and c-span.org. >> treasury secretary jack lew discusses the global economies in a breakfast hosted by the "christian science monitor." he also talked about puerto rico's debt crisis. this is moderated by david cook. it is just under one hour. mr. cook: ok, we're going to start right on time this morning. i am dave cook from "the monitor." thanks for coming. our guest today is treasury secretary jacob lew. his last visit here was in july 2015, and we appreciate his coming back before his trip next week to anchorage and then to the g-7 foreign ministers' meeting in japan. our guest flirted with a journalism career while he was the editor of the forest hills high school "beacon." he evidently thought

eastern on c-span.ouncer: now, former green party candidate ralph nader who spoke last week in washington wrapping up a daylong forum on community organizing. 15 remarks are about minutes. [applause] mr. nader: a few closing observations. you have seen now over 500 years of the vick action experienced in one day and you can see what i meant to earlier today by the features of a civic personality. and what it takes to persist and be accurate to en and inviting and to have priorities in order. years ago when i was a youngster we would have discussions at the kitchen table and one time my parents talked about something i did not know anything about. economic opportunity for people andave a decent job livelihood and they said, well what about a civic opportunity? and here i am pretty community-minded. i had a lucky choice and parents. and they said, what is the civic opportunity? i said, one that makes a democracy more able to function and to reflect peoples rights without civic opportunity, how much econom

watcher,e a c-span check it out.t is on the web at c-span.org. >> in a newly released political podcasts, house speaker paul ryan said he wants unity in the republican party and is still not adding on donald trump winning. >> great to be here. >> we will hear an excerpt in just a moment but what is your overall take away? >> it is pretty interesting. paul ryan a couple of weeks ago told cnn he was developing a wait-and-see attitude. he wanted to see if his tone had changed. i have seen no shift in this even after the summit last week. it is funny. the word ryan keeps using is "party unity" and trump keeps using it, too. we had a 45 minute sit-down for the podcast. his definition is different than donald trump's. donald trump's definition of unity is for paul ryan to stand behind him and smile next to chris christie. paul ryan's is different. he wants donald trump to stop speaking as harshly about immigrants. and he has issues with other policies, especially the temporary ban on muslims. ryan was, prior to trump, cons

like us on facebook at c-span history. >> fisher, c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to san bernardino, california. you're watching american history weekend,eekend, every on c-span3. >> the base started early on in the early 1940's. in the 1950's, it became norton air force base. named after an air force captain killed in france bombing mission. it became norton air force base. in the 1960's, just right at the vietnam era, starting with a base transition to the 63rd military airlift wing. 141 was introduced to the base. it became a major logistics supply hub. but their mission also encompassed worldwide. they were the fedex or ups of the early days on the military side. they couldn't deliver quite as quickly. but they could deliver it wherever there was a runway long enough to handle the airplane worldwide. it's interesting to have the norton air force base museum at the former air force base. it's right in the center of where things happened. it used to be a noncommissioned officers club. this little portion of it ha

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c-span's q&a at 8:00 p.m.astern. >> this morning, the chair of the american conservative union talks about the influence of conservatism in the campaign and the future of the republican party. later, it issue one executive director talks about his book -- ion on the take," we won't take your calls and you can join in on the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> with that i just have two more words to say. obama out. host: and that was how president obama signed off last night saying an early good-bye to the media at his eighth and final white house correspondents dinner. a few thousand journalists, government officials, business leaders and hollywood types rubbing elbows at the washington hilton. and they do this every year. but how do you see it? is it just an innocent night of fun or do you think the media get just a little too close to the people they cover? what's

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