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watch the c-span cities tour of independence, missouri, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> illinois businessman j.b. prits kerr is now governor and delivered his inaugural address shortly after being sworn in. he described the state's situation as challenging and vowed to work with the state assembly to pass a balanced budget in 2019. the democratic governor takes over from a republican and told illinois voters that the state's tax system is unsustainable and that change is coming. his speech is a half hour. ♪ ♪ >> please place your right hand and repeat after me. i, at the same time. >> i, j.b. pritzker. >> do solemnly swear. >> do solemnly swear. >> that i will support the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of the state of illinois. >> and the constitution of the state of illinois. >> and that i will faithfully exercise. >> and that i will faithfully exercise. >> the duties of office of governor of illinois.

watch the c-span cities tour of independence, missouri, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >>> illinois businessman j.b. prits kerr is now governor and delivered his inaugural address shortly after being sworn in. he described the state's situation as challenging and vowed to work with the state assembly to pass a balanced budget in 2019.

watch the c-span cities tour of independence, missouri, saturday at noon eastern, on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> the government shutdown now in its 27th day, six days longer than any previous shutdown. funding for nine federal departments expired on december 21st including homeland security, the treasury department, state department, coast guard and secret service. democrats not agreeing to the nearly $6 billion in funding for a southern border wall. the administration has called nearly 50,000 formerly nonessential federal employees back to work without pay and house speaker yesterday nancy pelosi yesterday asked president trump to postpone his state of the union address until after the shutdown ends or submit his address to congress in writing. no official word from the white house yet. we'll take you live now to an event with president trump. he's over at the pentagon this morning where he's expected to join in the announcement of a new strategy for a more aggressive space-based missile defense system to protect aga

watch the c-span city's tour of independence missouri, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday on american history tv on c-span tv. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. for the first time in the state's history, iowa voters elected women to the u.s. house of representatives last november, both are democrats and both defeated republican incumbents. congresswoman sendy axeney earned her, in ba from kellogg's school of management before working under three iowa governors. she and her husband currently own a digital design firm in the des moines area. voters in iowa's first district, ab abby finkenauer. she previously served in the house of representatives. illinois elected two, all democrats and two of whom defeated incumbents and sean represents the 6th district and he's a biochemical engineer of two clean energy firms earlier in his career. >> congresswoman, lauren underwood represents ilno's 14th district and she was senior adviser at the department of health and human services during the health administration. she has masters degrees in murse nursing and public health and repres

c-span cities tour saturday at noon eastern on onpan2's book tv and sunday american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. ♪ history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-spanas created as a public service by america's cable television company. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. education secretary betsy devos and house speaker nancy pelosi address students and school administrators at the council for christian colleges and universities conference. we hear first from secretary devos on sexual harassment and assault. shirley: it's so great, secretary devos, to have you here, to have our students here to be at the 2019 cccu president's conference. we are about faith and education. that is the lens through which we see all things. this idea about having christian faculty, biblical truth be so much part of everything we do in christian higher education and then as you know, christian formation is integral to that educational process. and then, of course, christian wi

c-span 3. >>> c-span was in memphis, tennessee, last april for coverage of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of dr. martin luther king jr.'s assassination in 1968. up next, a ceremony remembering what's known as reverend king's "mountaintop" speech given

c-span and the senate on c-span two. journal,'s washington live with news and policy issues that impact you. tuesday morning, a preview of .he week ahead in washington we discuss human trafficking in the u.s. with bradley miles, executive director and ceo of polaris. washingtonn's journal live at 7:00 a.m. et, tuesday morning. >> here is some of our live coverage tuesday. the release of a report ranking all 50 states and the district of columbia on whether they passed certain traffic safety laws. on day 32 of the government shutdown, the house returns for work on democratic spending bills to reopen federal agencies. the heritage foundation holds a discussion on how economic policies could be reversed. the senate continues work on a middle east security bill. they take up a support -- a proposal by president trump to offer three years of protections in the daca program in exchange for border wall funding. bill press talks with npr's nina totenberg. there is more live coverage on c3. japan'sa.m., a look at economic and political outlook in 2019. later a discussion on iran's influence on iraqi politics and security. spending bill does not include money for a border w all. now a conversation with the rapp --common and the actor -- activist angela davis. packed room. thank you for joining us. you should say that applies. we have some people -- that applause. we will have some people that deserve not only applause but a standing ovation. tonight's conversation, imagining social justice and what we hope to do is not only discussed the current state of social injustice, but also connecting it to the past. we certainly have one of the foremost at the business in history who can give us context into how these are linked

s legacy. i am a mother on a mission to represent everyone. >> new congress, new leaders, watching all of c-span. >> c-span interview to jeeps of staff, one from the house and one from the senate to talk about the work that goes into setting up a new capitol hill office. more than 100 new representatives and senators are preparing for the 116th congress which starts thursday. this is 30 minutes. >> in january the 116th congress will convene bringing to capitol hill more than 100 new house members and senators. one of the largest incoming class of freshmen lawmakers in washington in recent years. between election day and the new year these newcomers have to find offices, build them up and hire staff. we will take you behind the scenes of that process with two people who have made it happen before. we have dana grisham who is chief of staff to senator doug whos in alabama senator filled the seed from departing senator jeff sessions very also joining us is the chief of staff -- you are going to be the new republican -- what is a chief of staff for both of you? >> the chief of staff is the person that makes the trains run in the office. no two day

. >> watch c-span city tour of santa monica, california, 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 senate judiciary subcommittee on immigration held a hearing last month on drug cartels and border security. witnesses included the border patrol chief and an official from the drug enforcement administration. >>> good afternoon and welcome. today's hearing entitled narco, transnational cartel and border security. today's hearing will provide an opportunity for us to look beyond our borders and examine the larger problems contributing to the crisis along our borders. if you watched the news recently you can see just how serious the crisis has become back in the time when we had thousands of unaccompanied minors to the rio grande valley sector, president obama called that a humanitarian crisis that would describe what's happening today in and around tijuana and the san ysidro bridge. there are thousands of migrants waiting at our southern border trying to enter the united states. this is not a new phenome

c-span2's booktv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american historytv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore the american story. ♪ announcer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. as a79, c-spanice by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events and aroundon, d.c., the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. today on the civil war, historian edward errors describes how civilians around gettysburg experience the battle and the logistics of the long confederate withdrawal back to virginia. here's a preview. >> the meaning and consequences of the battle had not been lee'sd when a quarter of army had been dragged under dirt, late into bloodsoaked wagons, or marched into prison camps. the final accounting of gettysburg could be recorded only when the confederates either escaped from pennsylvania or had been caught and destroyed here. burton received his orders from lee, we must return to virginia as many of the wounded must be taken home. and thise had to leave was a 17-mile-long wagon train of wounded men. 17-miles long. wheels, wit

watch c-span's cities tour of visalia, california new eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3, working with cable affiliates as we explore the american story. >> next, a look at the political unrest in venezuela after the national assembly declared nicolas maduro's presidency as a legitimate. since then, the u.s. and several other countries have recognized juan guaido as the interim president. former u.s. ambassador to venezuela william brownfield, and venezuela's newly designated ambassador, discuss the situation at the center for city to and international studies. -- for strategic and international studies. this is under an hour and a half.

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c-span since all this immigration thing been going on. normally whenever there's an issue going on, c-span will be right on top of it. i have noticed that a few caller s have called before and say why hasn't cght in a representative or someone that will talk about why, is immigration is such a problem, why isn't anyone going after the people that hire the illegal immigrants? but c-span seems to avoid that all the time instead of bringing on a representative -- like one time a german called from arkansas -- a gentleman called from arkansas. he said they have pig farms and chicken farms, and yet his senator, cotton i believe, are talking about illegal immigrants, but in their state, no one is bringing on those representatives and saying since illegal immigrants are so bad, what are you doing in your state to these people hiring these illegal immigrants? c-span never brings the month. host: i hear you, but i encourage you to keep watching c-span or go into our archives. we talked about the subject. i think i read member the caller you were talking about. we talked about e-verify and have spoken to numbers of congress about it. i promise it is a subject we are not shying away from. appreciate t

c-span 3. >>> c-span was in memphis, tennessee, last april for coverage of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of dr. martin luther king jr.'s assassination in 1968. up next, a ceremony remembering what's known as reverend king's "mountaintop" speech given at the mason temple the night before he was killed. speakers include two of his children, bernice king and martin luther king iii as well as andrew young who was with the reverend king at the time of his shooting. church of god and christ and american federation of state, county and municipal employees co-host this event. >> sisters and brothers, the church of god and christ and was a afsme welcome you to the "mountaintop" commemoration with a musical performance we judith mcallister and the south wind high school choir. ♪ ♪ come on put your hands together with us ♪ ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall overcome some day ♪ down in my heart ♪ i do believe ♪ that we shall, we shall ♪ we shall, we shall ♪ we shall overcome some day ♪ we shall overcome ♪ come on put your hands together with us ♪ ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall overcome some day ♪ oh down in my heart ♪ oh i do believe ♪ i do believe that ♪ we shall ♪ we shall ♪ we shall ♪ we shall ♪ we shall ♪ we shall overcome some day my brothers and sisters, we have gathered tonight to celebrate our glorious future and we must stand together under the banner of unity to keep fighting, to keep marching, and declaring the truth until all of us have overcome. ♪ oh down in my heart ♪ i do believe ♪ i do believe ♪ oh that we shall ♪ we shall ♪ we shall ♪ we shall ♪ we shall ♪ we shall overcome some day oh, yes, come on. if you believe that we shall overcome, let's rejoice! come on, put your hands together, let's sing it. oh, yeah. ♪ we shall ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall ♪ we shall overcome come on sopranos, lift your voice. ♪ we shall ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall we shall ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall overcome ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ we shall ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall ♪ we shall overcome ♪ we shall ♪ we shall overcome ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ i believe that we will ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ down in my heart ♪ i do believe ♪ i do believe ♪ we shall ♪ we shall ♪ we shall ♪ we shall wave your hands. ♪ we shall ♪ we shall ♪ we shall ♪ we shall overcome some day yes, we will! ♪ ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ persecution ♪ through the pain ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will ♪ yes we will >> he is the presiding for the pentecostal assemblies of the world incorporated, please welcome bishop charles h. ellis. >> greetings, my brothers and sisters. if you will just join hands with somebody. never underestimate the power of connection and the power of our touch. eternal god, we acknowledge that only you, oh lord, in this most separatist and divisive season, could ever gather a people of every age, hue, race, creed, various nationaltists, ethnicities and faiths to demonstrate a peaceful unity and fo foster a bright light of hope into the depths of global darkness. let the onlookers of curiosity now take note that this is the reason and the just cause of our assembling here together. it was a half century ago, lord, that right here in this house built by c.h. mason, that you ordained a young baptist preacher clothed many the maturity of civil rights conviction who found himself walking through the valley of the shadow of death. you empowered dr. martin luther king to lift his voice like a tru trumpet and assure the disenfranchised, forgotten, helpless, vulnerable, and the weak, that there was a promised land. as you graced moses to speak to a fatigued jewish people over 7,000 years ago, dr. king likewise prophetized what you enabled him to see. his shadow of death became a reality one day later on april 4th when a gunshot rang out over at the lorraine motel a few blocks from here. many declared that dr. king was just another false prophet. crying in an abandoned wilderness of despair. however, we stand here this evening to proclaim and to declare that the promised land that moses and, yes, dr. king saw yet exists even today. and its existence is not contingent upon who occupies the white house, nor is it reliant on the mutual cooperation of the united nations, but it exists because you gave us a promise and it continues because your word is true and shall stand forever. so this evening we serve notice to all the negative and oppressive powers that be that it is true that the mantle fell 50 years ago, but like the prophet elijah, we are that generation that ran over and picked up that mantle. and today we will leave here carrying the mantle of justice, the mantle of liberty, fairness, the mantle of equity and equality, the mantle of mutual respect and, most of all, love. and as elijah called upon you, the god of elijah with this mantle we shall call upon you as well, the god of abraham, isaac and jacob, the god of joseph, moses and joshua, the god of peter, james and john, the god of douglas, turner and duboyd, the god of truth and bethune, the of kick evers and abernathy. the god of c.h. mason, g.t. haywood and richard allen. and we know that you will answer us, and with this mantle we shall smote every red sea, every jordan, and tear down every barrier wall and we will enter and live together as brothers and sisters in god's promised land, in jesus' name we pray, amen. >> amen. >> he is the president of the progressive national baptist convention. please welcome dr. james cher here beneath this sacred dome to remember the life and legacy of your prophet and servant, dr. martin luther king jr. we remember with awe and reverence his courage to face the injustices of racism, of poverty and violence, and how he challenged us to transform this nation into a beloved community where every person is treated with dignity and respect, and where every person has the opportunity to live up to their god-given potential. and yet here we are, oh god, 50 years after his apotheosis and the nation seems to have gone backwards. racism has again lifted its serpentine head. economic injustice still burdens the poor. violence is everywhere and our leaders still prepare for war. in these challenging and difficult times, we need you, oh god, like never before. let your spirit fall on us. let your spirit fall on this land. let your spirit fall on our leaders and bring them to their senses. in these days, people are marching and crying out for social change and accountability. pe

s legacy. i am a mother on a mission to represent everyone. >> new congress, new leaders, watching all of c-span. >> c-span interview to jeeps of staff, one from house and one from the senate to talk about the work that goes into setting up a new capitol hill office. more than 100 new representatives and senators are preparing for the 116th congress which starts thursday. this is 30 minutes. >> in january the 116th congress will convene bringing to capitol hill more than 100 new house members and senators. one of the largest incoming class of freshmen lawmakers in washington in recent years. between election day and the new year these newcomers have to find offices, build them up and hire staff. we will take you behind the scenes of that process with two people who have made it happen before.