. >> watch the c-span cities tour of reno, nevada, this saturday, at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> coming up, a look at the recent ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo. we'll hear from officials from the cdc and the world health organization, who are part of this pandemic and biosecurity forum.

thanks for joining us on c-span 's "newsmakers" program. we tightened their grip on iran's economy. where is this heading? tuesdayll find a lot on -- or we won't. that may be the question. when the senate gets disclosed briefing tuesday on what has prompted the administration to ratchet up forsure and this planning military action that seems to be -- ifay, we will find out senators find out anything. if you start to hear people like ben cardin saying now i understand why the administration is doing what it is doing, we will have a different conversation tuesday and wednesday then if they say they walked out of the closed briefing room in the basement of the capitol insight we do not know anything. host: did we learn anything last week when senate leaders and the house speaker had that closed briefing? >> that was a gang of eight, congressional leaders and leaders of intelligence committees on both sides. what we will hear tuesday out of that briefing is the argument the administration is going to make. the thing top of mind for me is whether they mention al qaeda specifically, becau

thanks for joining us on c-span 's "newsmakers" program. we tightened their grip on iran's economy. where is this heading? tuesdayll find a lot on -- or we won't. that may be the question. when the senate gets disclosed briefing tuesday on what has prompted the administration to ratchet up forsure and this planning military action that seems to be -- ifay, we will find out senators find out anything. if you start to hear people like ben cardin saying now i understand why the administration is doing what it is doing, we will have a different conversation tuesday and wednesday then if they say they walked out of the closed briefing room in the basement of the capitol insight we do not know anything. host: did we learn anything last week when senate leaders and the house speaker had that closed briefing? >> that was a gang of eight, congressional leaders and leaders of intelligence committees on both sides. what we will hear tuesday out of that briefing is the argument the administration is going to make. the thing top of mind for me is whether they mention al qaeda specifically, becau

. >> c-span>>'s -- washington journal live every day with issues that impact your. -- impact you. coming up -- we will talk about the unrest in venezuela with eric farnsworth of the council of the americas. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. guide to: the complete congress is now available. it has lots of details about the house and senate for the current session of congress, contact him bio information about every congressman in representative and information about congressional committees, state governors, and the cabinet. the 2019 congressional directory is a handy spiral-bound guide. for $18.95.opy nancy pelosi accused attorney general william barr of lying to congress. she is followed by republican house leader kevin mccarthy, who also comments on the attorney general's testimonium the mueller report. this is a half-hour. . day. i lost sleep after watching over and over again the testimony of the attorney general of the united states. how sad it is. how sad it is for us to see the top law enforcement officer

eastern on c-span's 2's become toofb and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> this is representative french hill, represent can of arkansas, serves on the financial services committee, and serves the second district for his state, good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> on the topic of trade, whose better positioned in the current back and forth of tariffs over china and the u.s.? >> well, i think america's better positioned because we're the larger economy, and we have a better trade position with them than china does and china's economy has been slowing, and they've got debt problems in china, they've got employm

. >> watch the cities tour of reno, nevada, this saturday, at noon eastern, on c-span 2's book-tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m., on american history tv, on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> the reviews are in for c-span's the president's book. it recently topped "the new york times" new and noteworthy column. kirkus reviews calls it a milepost in the evolving and ever-changing reputations of our presidents. and from the new york journal of book, "the presidents" makes a fast engrossing road. and with grau graduations and father's day fast aapproaches it makes a great gift. ranking the best and worst chief executives from george washington to barack obama. explore the life events that shaped our leaders, challenges they faced, and the legacies they have left behind. c-span's "the presidents" is now available as a hard cover or e book today. at c-span.org/the presidents. or wherever books are sold. >>> florida democrat donna sha laila is the rare freshman member who came to congress with over 300 videos in the c-span video library, that is in la

eastern on c-span's 2's become toofb and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> this is representative french hill, represent can of arkansas, serves on the financial services committee, and serves the second district for his state, good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> on the topic of trade, whose better positioned in the current back and forth of tariffs over china and the u.s.? >> well, i think america's better positioned because we're the larger economy, and we have a better trade position with them than china does and china's economy has been slowing, and they've got debt problems in china, they've got employment challenges so i think we're slightly better positioned at this moment. >> when it comes to the additional tariffs the president plans to place on china, is that something you support. >> i don't support using tariffs as extensively as the president has, i pope the section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs across the board in steel and aluminum for national securit

c-span? the price of washing machine is $100of 45's tariffs added right now. the farmers. bailout is not going to last. one former said he got his $20,000 and it went want tractor that had blown -- one farmer. host: so you don't want to see the tariffs take place? no.er: it will not compete with anything and there are not going to be in the manufacturing jobs coming back here, really. the corporations got their tax breaks, we didn't. i haven't seen any increase in anything. and another thing, the media has decided to pick joe biden as the democratic pick. not happening. his time was in 2016, although i know he was grieving,, that was his time.

. >> watch the cities tour of reno, nevada, this saturday, at noon eastern, on c-span 2's book-tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m., on american history tv, on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> the reviews are in for c-span's the president's book. it recently topped "the new york times" new and noteworthy column. kirkus reviews calls it a milepost in the evolving and ever-changing reputations of our presidents. and from the new york journal of book, "the presidents" makes a fast engrossing road. and with grau graduations and father's day fast aapproaches it makes a great gift. ranking the best and worst chief executives from george washington to barack obama. explore the life eventst

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. >> what c-span's cities tour of milwaukee, wisconsin, this saturday at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> next, a discussion about litigation against drug manufacturers in response to the opioid epidemic. among the speakers, oklahoma attorney general mike hunter, who talks about the lawsuit his state had against the pharmaceutical company, purdue pharma. from a bipartisan policy center, this is an hour and a half. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to the bipartisan policy center and thank you for coming out on this rainy morning. i am bill hoagland, senior vice president here with the senator, and i have the pleasure of working with our health team on several health policy issues that confront our country today. of course, one of those terrible problems is and has been the scourge of this opioid epidemic. the latest statistics i have found from the national prescription audit indicates that at least over the last two years we've had a reduction in the prescribing

c-span's the presidents is now available as a hard cover or e-book. at c-span.org/the. s. >> next, house speaker nancy pelosi sits down with robert kosta. during the event hosted by the "washington post," the speaker spoke about the contempt citation against attorney general bar and addressed the 2020 democratic presidential field and how her can work with the president. this runs an hour.

s -- 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. south bend from .ndiana mayor this is an hour. [applause] >> thanks for being here. >> good morning, welcome to washington post live, i appreciate you coming here today. we are kicking off our candidate series. appreciate your time. great to have you here. let's start with the news. is it town for -- time for house in kratz to start in teach went for savings? >> i have learned to think cautiously before offering advice to nancy pelosi. it is will say is that clear

. >> watch the c-span cities tour of reno, nevada, this saturday, at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> coming up, a look at the recent ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo. we'll hear from officials from the cdc and the world health organization, who are part of this pandemic and biosecurity forum. >>> all right. howdy! hi. have everybody sit down, and we're going to go ahead and resume. i want to introduce quickly our panel speakers for panel two. and this really, again, represents more of an institutional leadership and innovation panel. we have -- we're very honored to have dr. ann schuchat, principle director for the center for disease control and prevention. and dr. daniel salman, professor of international health for vaccine safety at the bloomberg school of public health, johns hopkins university. dr. mauricio bar biscay, he has gone above and beyond the call of duty as he has flown in from australia through los angeles and took the

. >> watch c-span cities tour of milwaukee, wisconsin, this saturday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span 2's book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m., on american history tv, on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> the house science space and technology committee held a hearing on the event horizon telescope. which captured the very first image of a black hole. committee members asked about the significance of the discovery. possible impacts on science and future plans for the telescope. >> good morning. this hearing will come to order. and without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. we're delighted to see everyone this morning. and welcome to our witnesses. i'm eager to hear more about this exciting breakthrough. not long ago, scientists were not sure black holes were real. even einstein had his doubts. scientists have since uncovered evidence of black holes, but they had no way to capture an image until the event of the horizon telescope. and science's most knowledge is gained incrementally from efforts to peer into the far

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c-span 3. >> up next historians talk about u.s. immigration from the 1920'sncluding a japanese guest worker program and cuban immigrants during the cold war and they also explore how the 1965 immigration and nationality act changed restrictions. the organization of american historians hosted this session at their annual meeting in philadelphia. >> all right. thank you all for turning out for this session, rethinking 1924 to 1965 in immigration his fri for

we hope you to remain as you travel to milwaukee, wisconsin, part of the cities tour today on c-span 2'sand american history tv, you can check out every city online at c-span.org/cities tour. this from stella -- host: the answer is yes, we focused at not only eight question but a segment on that issue. we are dividing the phone lines between those who think that abortion should remain legal with exceptions, legal at all times, or illegal at all times. we will go to marcia, next. good morning. caller: yes, good morning. i'm calling in because eyes saw bbcthing astounding on the channel, the british broadcasting channel, on friday. it was the recent medical news, they operated on a baby boy named jackson in utero. his mother was in her 27th month. they had diagnosed him with spina bifida. they could see the cord, the spinal cord. went in, theys showed a diagram of the pregnant woman and of a show to the tools and they had a tiny camera that went all the way right to wear the baby was. they corrected it. if that doesn't change your mind about -- they wouldn't perform surgery if this wasn't

a reminder, check out c-span 2's look tv this long holiday weekend. 72 hours of nonfiction books goingnto monday. a reminder, the house and senate is in recess for the memorial day week, back in early june. a house needs to vote on a package that was delayed because of procedural moves by house republicans. the bill that passed in the , this is a tweet from another viewer -- host: from buffalo, new york, kenneth, good morning. caller: i think the gentleman who proposed pricing, that's a good idea. there's always a decrease in usage. that's what we need in this country. car, butnce, i have a i have a bus card and a bicycle. most people have to start talking about that. they're using climate change as users, but however if that's not enough, this is the richest country in the world. my question is, where's the money? for the call.u this question from liz -- host: john is joining us from north carolina. caller: good morning. what i think is if trump would reverse those tax cuts he gave to the rich, we could get a good start on paying for infrastructure. thank you, john. from brian -- quin

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. >> what c-span city's tour of reno, nevada, saturday yoon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday 2:00 p.m. american history tv on c-span3. working with cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> i rebuke the cancer. >> when i see that, i can always see it from her perspective. i've had a lot of people pray for me similarly. as a christian, i believe christianity has a long tradition of divine healing so i certainly think it's possible for god to heal people. >> duke divinity school professor and prosperity gospel scholar talks about her memorial ya, "everything happens for a reason" diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer at age 35. >> it's really gone? right? there's no pain in your stomach. well, then, that's real. you can see how quickly he moved from praying for her, he as the anointed vessel of god, and than his confidence in himself as that vehicle. and the idea she didn't have pain in that moment that she's definitely healed. his very dramatic approach to faith healing is one that i often found to be somewhat manipulative. >> q&a sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span

c-span2's booktv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span3. the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> actor and united nations high commissioner ambassador ben stiller testified on capitol hill on the importance of continued humanitarian aid for syria. he appeared before the senate foreign relations committee alongside david miliband, president and ceo of the international rescue committee. both urged u.s. leadership on the humanitarian crisis in syria and not to abandon the syrians after more than seven years of civil war. this is an hour and 35 minutes. >>> the meeting will come to order. thank you for our guest being here today. this is a serious and important matter that we're going to take up this morning. before we get started here, though, i'd like to take a moment to remember our friend and colleague, a former chairman of this committee, senator dick lugar, who passed away just a few days ago. dick was a widely respected senator in his home state of indiana as he was around the globe. he was a

c-span is learning about the city's history. we take you for a closer look at the city's early years. the streets of old milwaukee starts in the 1890's and takes you to about 1917. the time when america breaks out on the world scene. , immersiveerful look and emotive at the way people lived in the 20th century. blocks, itbuilding gives you an idea of the kind of people who were here, the kind of businesses that were going on , and a little bit about what was going on in each and every neighborhood. milwaukee itself had almost 290,000 residents. that, 60% claimed german heritage or direct german immigration. we also experience fast immigration from southeastern europe and southern europe, as well as canada and parts of mexico and asia. there were scores of small , they were all here. over 35 different ethnic groups in milwaukee around 1900. this is a vestibule of our time traveling streetcar. what you will find as you look at the photographs coming across, it is modern times. as we progress through the streetcar, the buildings and cars get older. people change costume. when we get to the opposite vestibule, you find yourself here in t

s -- 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. south bend from .ndiana mayor this is an hour. [applause] >> thanks for being here. >> good morning, welcome to washington post live, i appreciate you coming here today. we are kicking off our candidate series. appreciate your time. great to have you here. let's start with the news. is it town for -- time for house in kratz to start in teach went for savings? >> i have learned to think cautiously before offering advice to nancy pelosi. it is will say is that clear the president deserves impeachment and the case for impeachment is being built each passing day by the white house. what we have now is a steady of taking apart any semblance of respect for the rule of law and you see it, we saw it early on, of taking apary semblance of respect for the rule of trying to block a private citizen from testifying. you see it in refusing legitimate investigative reports, you see it if you look at the preface to the decision that came down recently saying james buchanan. the first time since james buchanan the president has tried to assert tha

sunday night on q and a, lincoln 's scholar herald holdser and best-selling author will share their perspectives on c-span's book the presidents. . . .

c-span, law online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> on american history tv, tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on two films from the 1970's dealing with the vietnam war. >> for quadra years, american boys have been fighting and dying in vietnam. for 12 months, our negotiators have been talking with the other side in paris, and yet the fighting goes on, destruction continues, and brave men still die. the time has come for some new initiatives. >> each day, it becomes clear to us that we consumers must act in self-defense. we must stop buying war. >> sunday at 6:00 p.m. on american artifacts, tour the rise of exhibit on the lgbtq rights movement at the exam -- museum on the anniversary of the stonewall riots. on the gate preyed mail wall street workers socializing going on there. it was not the nicest place, but it was a place gay people could call their own. >> and hear about the watergate tapes 45 years later from jeff sheppard, who worked with president nixon's defense team. >> if you listen to these tapes -- the president said this, -- todecreed that, told do a thorough investigation, and you will not find anything that

c-span is learning about this cities tour history. we take you inside the milwaukee public museum streets of old milwaukee exhibit. >> the streets of old milwaukee starts in the 1890's and takes you to about 1917, when america breaks out on the world scene. it is a wonderful look immersive , the way people lived in the late 19th and early at -- early 20th century, but it is building blocks, when you look at each of the structures in there, it gives you an idea of the people who were here in the business that was going on and about what was going on in every neighborhood. , milwaukee depicted itself had almost 290,000 residents. of that number, almost 60% claimed german heritage or direct german immigration. we experienced best immigration from southern europe as well as canada and parts of mexico and asia. in milwaukee there were scores of small neighborhoods that were cloaked -- polish, german, you name it. ethnic35 different groups in milwaukee around 1900. this is the vestibule of our time traveling streetcar. you will find, if you look at it is modernhs, times. as we progress, the buildings get older, the cars get older. people change costume. when we get to the

captures the fear and paranoia of the red scare during the 1950's through the story of his family's own ordeal. sunday night at 8:00 eastern, on c-span's "q&a." >> the president and congressional democrats have agreed on $2 trillion in infrastructure programs for ands, bridges, schools, high-speed internet. here's more on some of the ideas. thosetalk about some of funding issues, eugene from the

s. it is the story of his own sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. the nationalxt, urban league releases its 2019 state of black america report with the focus on voting rights issues. late president mark morial reviews the report and then journalists and reporters talk about the findings and talk about legislative initiatives. [applause] so, ladies and gentlemen, let's get to the heart of the matter. are you ready? over the last 10 years, the right to vote

c-span2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates as we ask laura the american story. -- as we explore the american story. washington state governor and democratic presidential candidate jay inslee spoke about climate change at the commonwealth club of california in san francisco. he is introduced by climate one host greg dalton. gov. inslee: a warm welcome. you have fans. me.: they are not here for this is climate one, changing the conversation about america and the economy and environment. i'm greg dalton. in 2007 i went on a global warming expedition to the arctic on an icebreaker. it changed my life and when i returned, i created climate one as one of the projects here at the commonwealth club. for the past 12 years i have been interviewing leaders about how burning fossil fuels changes our fuel system, water system, ecosystems, lifestyles and economy. climate changes everything. climate is now surging on the national agenda. politicians who ignored the issue are now talking about it

c-span2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> the wilson center in washington, d.c., hosted a morning-long forum on implementation of the u.s. government's global water strategy released in november 2017. this portion of the event includes a series of panel discussions with administration officials, intergovernmental leaders and water infrastructure experts. they discussed efforts to improve water security and sanitation services in various regions, including africa, southeast asia and the middle east. this runs two hours and twenty minutes. >> thank you, everyone, for complying with the 10:00 a.m. start time. so let's transition to our first panel. i have the distinct honor of introducing very briefly, because full bios are actually in the agenda and in the packet. so let me do a quick introduction of each speaker. each speaker will have between seven and eight minutes. i may have a question or two afterwards to just prime the discussion. and then we really

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c-span, online or listen live on the free c-span radio app. tv,n american history tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, two films from the 1970's dealing with the vietnam war. boysr four years, american have been fighting and dying in vietnam. our negotiators have been talking with the other side and paris and get the fighting goes on and distraction continues and brave men still die. the time has come for some new initiatives. >> each day it becomes clearer acts that we consumers must in self-defense, in defense of the health of our families, our society. we must stop buying or. >> sunday at see us -- at sea :00 p.m., on the 50thm anniversary of new york's stonewall riots. on the gay wall street workers who socialized there. it was sort of a blackmailing ring going on. it was a place where gay people could call their own. >> at 8:00 on the presidency come here about the watergate tapes 45 years later from jeff shepherd who worked with president nixon's defense team. >> if you listen to all of the tapes, the president said this, he said that. and you will not find anything that says the president gave an order or acknowledged c

c-span is learning about the city's history. we take you for a closer look at the city's early years. the streets of old milwaukee starts in the 1890's and takes you to about 1917. the time when america breaks out on the world scene. , immersiveerful look and emotive at the way people lived in the 20th century. instead of building

moment you will be hearing from susan another co-ceo but c-span who will discuss how the book came together based on a survey of presidential s leadership. following the presentation, i had the distinct privilege of speaking with brian lamb then founding ceo and chairman who over the course of many years conducted the use of presidential historians that make up the content of the book in addition to your joined by historians ken ackerman and david stewart who both contributed to the book. at this time, please welcome susan swain. [applause] good afternoon, everybody. nice to see you. wwe had a have a long friendshid relationship with the freedom forum and the journalists who run it. it's a delight to be here with them and used to talk about a project that c-span took on about a year and a a half ago ts year is the 40th anniversary of the circuit in 1979 with coverage of the house of representatives. [applause] about a year and a half ago i went to brian lamb's office since i have a project idea for the 40th anniversary. we had done buying books of collectedks interviews and the most recent one was actually 2015 which is a col

captures the fear and paranoia of the red scare during the 1950's through the story of his families on ordeal. sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> next, senator tammy duckworth talks about u.s. policy in iraq. the illinois democrat is a former almy -- army helicopter pilot and served in the veterans affairs department before being elected to congress. the center for strategic and international studies hosted the event. studies this is just under one hour. >> good afternoon. [inaudible] it is my special pleasure to welcome toit is my special pleasure welcome senator tammy duckworth. if anything happens, i will be the control officer and i will direct you either out or back. someplace to go. senator duckworth is the senator from illinois and recently elected. the first senator to give birth in office. this is a wonderful achievement and previously represented illinois and house of representatives where she was elected after serving in iraq. she just came back from iraq from her first trip after leaving iraq under different circumstances and is here to talk about what she saw and what she learned and how that should help in

captures the fear and paranoia of the red scare during the 1950's through the story of his families on ordeal. sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> next, senator tammy duckworth talks about u.s. policy in iraq. the illinois democrat is a former almy -- army helicopter pilot and served in the veterans affairs department before being elected to congress. the

c-span. allen, one of the discussions we've heard about the court cases that this is a decision that should not be made by s deral judge and a decision that should be made congress. where should this argumentt be settled? in the courts or through legislation? >> i currently completely agree it should be settled through legislation but congress often don't like to make controversial decisions and will leave it to the court to make those decisions. in this case again congress wrestled with it a few years ago and did not want to make the decision pushed it into a study in a study things when they don't want to vote on them but in the meantime the courts are asking because cases are being brought. it could end up being the courts rule when congress should be making this decision.ng >> here's more with the justice department had to say. if ordering women to register for the draft would impose draft registration on all eligible women by judicial fiat before congress has considered how to address the matter, no party before this court represents the interests of those be impacted by this change. you do see the con

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media,s no monolithic youtube stars are a thing. c-span'sig idea is more relevant today than ever. no government money supports c-span, it's nonpartisan government of washington is funded as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. on television or online, c-span is your unfiltered view of government's even make up your own mind. ♪ alberto gonzales served as u.s. attorney general in the george w. bush administration. speaking at a conference of the american bar association, he talked about current attorney general william barr and his handling of the robert mueller investigation. this is 40 minutes. ciation. >> thank you guys for being here. my name is logan murphy. aba spring the conference here in washington, d.c. we are incredibly pleased and honored to have here this morning someone that needs little introduction. alberto gonzales. please welcome here and thank him for joining us this morning. [applause] >> thank you for coming up, we appreciate it. thks

s. it is the story of his own sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. the nationalxt, urban league releases its 2019 state of black america report with the focus on voting rights issues. late president mark morial reviews the report and then journalists and reporters talk about the findings and talk about legislative initiatives. [applause] so, ladies and gentlemen, let's get to the heart of the matter. are you ready? over the last 10 years, the fort to vote african-americans has been under a salt -- under assault. pernicious, intentional, deliberate, orchestrated, diabolical, and clever. period sincen no the 1965 voting rights act that these efforts have been so sustained. i would like to think the attack is coming from three main fronts. what i like to call the terrible trio. trio ist member of the the united states supreme court. which in 2013, the year of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington, in a poorly reasoned, in an inexplicable decision that i predict will go down like to read -- dredd and classy as low moments in american jurisprude

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