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

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

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. . . .

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 info

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

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

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. . . . >> we'll hear argument this morning, case 18-966, the department of commerce v. new york. general francisco? >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court, in march 2018 secretary ross reinstated the citizenship question that has been asked as part of the census in one form or another for nearly 200 years. the district court's invalidation -- >> i'm sorry. >> -- was wrong -- >> i'm sorry, it's not been a part of the is survey, which is where he reinstated it, since 1950. and for 65 years, every secretary of the the departmentf commerce, every statistician including this secretary's statistician recommended against adding the question. so it may be that 200 years of asking a citizenship question in other forms may be true, but not on the short survey. that's what's at issue here. >> well, but, your honor, it has been part of the census for the better part of the 200 years, initially part of the -- >> don't we ask the question in context, and for 65-odd-plu

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. >> now, leaders from the navy, coast guard, marines, and maritime administration talk about the current state and future of u.s. military reserve and readiness. it was part of the navy sea, air, and space exposition. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for coming. the navy league has chosen to frame this kickoff panel in interesting way. what does it take to command our maritime forces? it reminds me of a conversation i had some years ago and i ask, why do navy command tours last about 18 months? and he said, well, you see, is just so hard to stay awake any longer than that. [laughter] i don't know if that rings any bells. they're about to wrap up their own senior command tours in a few months. we are delighted to have them here to lead off our day. what does it take to command our maritime forces? i understand this is seeking to know what the leadership philosophies are necessary to guide us through our changing times and how we apply the philosophies to today's very specific cir

s. the premiere of the book is tonight, 8:00 eastern time on c-span's q&a program. here's a portion.video clip] >> what would have been the years that they were communist? >> my mother was a member of the young communist league as a young student at the university of michigan. my father was not, but was definitely a leftist. and then after he came back from the war, i would say from 1946 to 1952. >> you say that you are not quite sure in your book what you ever saw in this -- what they ever saw the soviet union. >> how could you be? >> did they like the idea? why? >> my father at one point said that he was stubborn in his ignorance. i think they like to the egalitarian ideas. my father i think in particular, and my mother, to some extent, were shaped by what they saw as the economic and always that were more obvious during the great depression. the whole notion of capitalism was being questioned more strongly because of what had happened with the collapse of that system. him the stubbornness was to ignore the paranoia and a murderous history of this -- of the soviet union. our guest

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 publication transport topic joins us. the figure, where did it come from? >> it comes from, ideally, direct sources of funding. that is if the democrats really convince president trump if the democrats convince president trump to look at either existing accounts or if they find a way to raise the fuel tax which has not been raised since 1993. expecting democrats to meet in less than three weeks at the white house to talk infrastructure and they are going to work on a way to come up with the funding. democrats, what they are saying is they want trump to lead the way on the funding negotiations. it was actually very telling that last week we learned president trump was not a fan of this infrastructure plan last year and that plan really relied takee