coverage continues on c-span and c-span radio. >> this process in illinois will come to a conclusion momentarily. our phone lines are open. the pennsylvania ella tour college meeting in harrisburg, pennsylvania, a state that went for donald trump. that is coming up at noon eastern time. coming up, a conversation with the colorado secretary of state. >> the certificates of vote have been received are in proper form. the chair now recognizes a lakhdar costello for the purpose of emotion. [inaudible] >> i second that motion. costello has moved that the meeting of the 2016 other tall college be adjourned. seconded by elector gately.

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-span and cspan.org and listen live on the c-span app. >>> c-spanhere history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. today members of the electoral college cast ballots confirming their victory for president-elect donald trump. tonight we look at the vote from pennsylvania, illinois, new york and michigan. first we hear from a reporter on the process. >>> a 2016 campaign that began more than two years ago today moved to its final stages as electors met in state capitals around the country. 538 electors meeting in 50 states and here in washington d.c. to give donald trump a 270 plus votes that he needs to become the 45th president. to be sworn in on jan 20th. let's look at the popular results. donald trump, republican states in red. hillary clinton, democratic states

watch on c-span and c-span.org, and listen on this -- on the free c-span radio app. >> "washington journal" is next. ,e will take your phone calls and a look at the life and career of vice president elect mike pence. obama issued 78 pardons, and commuted the sentences of 153 prisoners this week. will get some perspective from attorney samuel morrison who specializes in presidential pardons. then a conversation with professor kathryn cramer about the 2016 campaign and the role of rural voters. her new book is "the politics of ♪ host: good morning. president-elect am calling on the u.s. to restore nuclear capabilities. and the new york times right -- writes, putin and donald trump . he wrote, the u.s. must greatly strengthen and expand nuclear capabilities and the time the world comes to send this -- its senses regarding

and forth. that is how he was as president. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q and a." ♪ [applause] ♪ >> the presidential inauguration of donald trump's friday, january 20. c-spanl have live coverage of all of the days events and ceremonies. watch live on c-span and c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> we have been meeting and talking with some of the new members of the 115th congress, here's is an interview with one of the incoming freshman. elect andytative biggs representing arizona. a republican, replacing matt hammond, a republican who has a long history in the house. what advice to give you? andy: he is a good friend, he represented the district well for five terms. his advice to me was to be myself, represent the constituent interests, and remember where i am coming from. i have lived there for 30 years, ima arizona native -- i am an arizona native. i think i know the district. matt is right there, still, if i need help he will respond. >> what is your background? andy: i am an attorney. i am retired. served the last 14 years in the arizona state legislature. the last six in the state senate. i was majority leader for two years.

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c-span will have live coverage of all of the days events and ceremonies. watch live on c-span and c-span.org, and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday, january 1, in depth will feature a live discussion on the presidency of barack obama. we are taking your phone calls, tweets, and emails during the program. the -- princeton university professor, other of democracy in black. how race still in place the american soul. and a pulitzer prize-winning journalist, author of barack obama, the story. watch in-depth live from new to 3:00 p.m. eastern on sunday -- on c-span. the new congress meets for the first time in january and will include several new members. we spoke with one of the incoming freshmen during a visit to capitol hill. >> representative issa and take, what did you do before you -- representative issa and a gonzales, what did you do before you were elected? >> i was pretty much a lawyer for 20 years. .here was an open seat i have been fighting for families in south texas in courtrooms in board rooms. i decided to bring that same fight to washington to try to bri

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eastern on c-span, c-span.org and on the c-span radio app. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. n 1979 c-span crews created as public service by america's capable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. here is a look at authors recently featured on after words. georgetown university philosophy professor jason brenan critiques flaws in the democratic system. and former senate majority leader george mitchell explored potential for peace between israel and palestine n. the coming weeks, joanne looks at women who have successfully climbed the corporate ladder. sylvia will discover new research on our our bodies react to fat. also new york magazine jonathan weighs in on legacy of president obama and this week john hop since -- hopkins professor ellen. >> there are good things and bad things with anything. >> what are the good things? >> that we have reliable food supply and the cost is less but also wheat and milk as you know. those are the good things. bad things is that this is an industry that has not really come under the appropriate

c-span. >> thank you so much. pleasure >>> follow the transition of government on c-span, as president-elect donald trump lects his cabinet and republicans and democrats. we'll take you to key event without interruption. watch live on c-span. watch on demand or listen on the c-span radio app >>> return guests is congressman kevin grady of texas, joining us from houston. mr brady is the chairman of the house, ways and means committee, and returned where he met with the members talking about strategy for the new session in january. with a focussed on tax reform, code rewriting, and the health care act. thank you for being with us, mr brady. >> thank you. let me introduce you to the reporters asking questions. rachel is with politico observing congress, and richard reuban, tax policy reporter with the "wall street journal", making a return. we'll start with taxes. richard, you are first. >> you were here meeting with house ways and means and republicans after the rest of republicans went home. what did you accomplish, come out of that meeting with that you didn't have going in? >> we had several very good days. look, america voted for change. we have a new president who wants to make america competitive again. tax refor

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we will have a full replay on andan and c-span them -- c-span 2. memoriam segment continues. nobel laureate, peace activist elie wiesel died in 2016. in 1998, he spoke at the holocaust memorial museum and included a plea to president clinton to intervene on the bosnian civil war. this is about 10 minutes. mr. wiesel: 50 years ago, somewhere in the mountains, the young jewish woman read in the hungarian newspaper about the ghetto uprising. she wondered aloud, why, she said, are our jewish brothers doing that? why are they fighting? couldn't they wait quietly? the word was "quietly" until the end of the war. birkenau, she had never heard of these places. one year later, together with the entire family, she was already in a cattle car, traveling through the black hole in time, the black hole in history named auschwitz. but, mr. president and distinguished guests, these names, and others, were known to officials in washington and london and moscow and stockholm and geneva and the vatican. after all, by april, 1943, nearly 4 million jews from surrounding countries had already vanis

c-span, the senate on c-span two. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was graded as a public service by america's table television companies and is broughtyou today by your cable or satellite provider. today, a daylong conference on government surveillance and privacy issues. on the cato institute live at night :00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. also this morning, the afghan abassador to the u.s. joint panel on security, economics, and regional politics. that is live from the heritage foundation live on c-span3 at 9:30 a.m. eastern. >> i do think you can learn from failure. i think the next president, if he wants to aspire to be like somebody, they probably want to aspire to be washington or lincoln. they cannot re-create the country and they cannot have a civil year. so what you do next? aspire to be james monroe? but would you can do is aspire buchanan.james >> historian robert straws talks on q&a about james buchanan's residency in his latest book "worst president ever: the least of the lesser presidents." >> i think the differentiation of good presidents and bad presidents, washington and fdr always at the top of the list. they were dec

watch live on c-span and c-span.org and listen live on freere-c-span radio abp -- c-span radio app. cently joined the army chiefs of staff, commander of the u.s. pacific command and to defense contractors to talk about the future of u.s. deterrence strategies with most of the focus on china and russia. this was part of the reagan national defense form at the reagan library in simi valley, california. it runs one hour 10 minutes. >> welcome, everyone. it is a really amazing privilege .o be here i think the reagan national defense form for the invitation. we have extremely important questions to address today, and to get to the first, which i will limit to admiral harris and general millie, it is who will win the army navy game next week? >> i think the navy will win. >> this is my 15th time on a -- actually the 15th army navy game that we have won -- >> > i tried to be diplomatic. navy did not cover ourselves in glory today against toledo. if you have any toledo fans, good on you. temple. temple fans. >> we are playing the first annual army navy hockey game as the same week as the hoc

inauguration of donald trump is friday january 20th, c-span will have live coverage of all of the day event and ceremonies. watch live on c-span, and cpan organ and listen live on the free c-span radio app. ♪ and look now at preparations for inauguration at the west front of u.s. capitol where donald trump will take the oath of office to become the nation's 45th president on january 20th at noon eastern. the vice president also takes his oath of office. that will happen just before the president. [silence] [bell ringing] joins own tuesday, january 3rd for live coverage of the opening-day of the new congress. watch the official swearing in of the new and reelected members of the house and senate and election of the speaker of the house. our all day live coverage of the days events from capitol hill begins at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. and c-span.org, or you can listen to it on the free c-span radio app. coming up next here on c-span2 a conference on the security issues facing latin america and the go politics of the region following at the time of fidel castro. also hear about how president-elect donald trump might approach u.s. relati

c-span2. ♪ >> the presidential inauguration of donald trump is friday, january 20th. c-span will have events and ceremonies. watch on c-spanc-span.org and the free c-span radio app. >> the nation's highest court heard oral argument in a case questioning the criteria in texas for determine thing if an intellectually disabled person can be sentenced to death. in 2002, the supreme court ruled executing a mentally retarded person violated the constitution's ban against cruel and unusual punishment. in moore versus texas, the texas court of criminal appeals reversed the ruling, citing the use of current medical standards in defining intellectual disability, not the 1992 standards. here's that one-hour oral argument now. >> your argument in 15797, moore versus texas. mr. sloan. >> mr. chief justice, may it please the court. in adkins versus virginia, this court held that the eighth amendment prohibits executing people who are intellectually disabled. in hall versus florida, this court reiterated that the inquiry into whether someone is intellectually disabled should be informed by the medical community diagnosis theic framework

watch a live on c-span as c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app will stop -- radio app. -span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service america's cable television companies and brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> washington journal continues. host: we will continue our discussion on the electoral college with two guests. james hulme a local attorney and author of an op-ed looking at the ecology and john koza of the national popular vote movement, the founder of that movement. thanks for joining us today. could you give us your take on the role of the college, not only as it was intended, but is wrote today? -- its role today? guest: the final did fathers intended it for to be aristocratic people of wealth and theunity stature notion was they were going to deliberate in a small groups around the country and selected the best candidate for president. that lasted for exactly eight years until washington left. as soon as there was a conflict between competing candidates in 1796 between adams and jefferson , we got t

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c-span will have live coverage of all the days events and ceremonies. watch live on c-span and c-span .org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> this week on c-span, tonight tonight at 8:00 p.m., jerry green fields, founder ben & jerry's talks about responsible business practices. >> the idea that we couldn't sell enough ice cream in the summer in vermont, forced us to look for other markets. >> wednesday night, former vice president dick cheney and former defense secretary on the future of the defense department under president-elect donald trump. >> i think the challenges are very great and i think we have, unfortunately, over the course of the past many years done serious damage to our capabilities to be able to meet those threats. >> we are living in the period where there are a lot of flashpoints and a new administration is going to have to look at that kind of world and obviously defined policy that we need in order to deal with that, but then developed the defense policy to confront that kind of world. >> thursday at eight pm eastern, look at the career of vice

watch on c-span and c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app >>. nday, january 1, in-depth will feature a live discussion on the presidency of barack obama. we are taking your emails and facebook questions during the panel. it includes april ryan, princeton university professor glaude, and professor david marinus. to 3:00 p.m.on eastern on c-span2. military force is one of the things i think the american public very often get impatient about it because they really believe they have this trump card, this great military that can defeat anyone, but it is not true. ,t is an extraordinary military it is very powerful, but it can only win in certain situations and can only destroy things. it cannot build a new order. >> professor mark danner talks about his career and the challenges facing the war on terror. >> what we do not want to do is respond in such a way that will produce more of these militants, more these militant organizations. they want us to overreact. they want us to occupy muslim countries so they can build their recruitment. they want us to

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and the rest of the week here on c-span. as well as online at www.c-span.org and on c-span's facebook page. c-span, outgoing attorney general loretta lynch, house speaker paul ryan, a look at economic opportunities for low and middle income americans, and we sit down with incoming florida congressman darren soto, elected in november. ♪ >> c-span's "washington withal," live every day news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, usa today white house reporter gregory will discuss president obama's use of executive orders. he will talk about how the obama record compares to previous presidents and how president-elect donald trump could reverse or modify obama executive orders after being inaugurated. david strickland, counsel and spokesperson for the self driving coalition for safer streets. he talks about the future of self-serving cars and how technology companies, automakers , and regulators, are working to safely bring the technology onto the market. managing editor, on the syria civil war, the latest on the battle for aleppo and the conflict that has been raging in syr

and c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio at -- c-span radio app. nse secretary ashton carter was in simi valley, california, reflecting on his tenure at the defense department, he offered recommendations on key worldwide military theaters including the middle east and asia-pacific. he spoke earlier this month for just under one hour. [applause] sec. carter: thank you. thank you all. good afternoon, and john, thank you for that kind introduction. it is very good to be back here at the reagan forum, and i am pleased to join so many longtime friends of mine and the defense department, among the dedicated and patriotic americans here, including two of my predecessors, former secretary of defense and former vice president dick cheney, former secretary of defense leon panetta, as well as so many dedicated public servants like chairman mac thornberry and the congressional delegation here today. current colleagues like my deputy bob work, the chairman of joint chiefs of staff, joe dunford, and i believe joe had to leave a little while ago, and many others w

and at p.m. a look at the career of vice-president elect mike pence as vice ew role president. c-span c-span and the c-span radio app. [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] . titled "the poll six of resentment." of the book?enesis why did you write it? >> i study public opinion. i'm a professor at the university of wisconsin in madison and i was interested in of way people make sense politics. the way they interpret politics, nd i live in wisconsin, i love wisconsin, and i was very interested to hear when people thinking, and ere also, how they were thinking about our university. wisconsin was sort of out of convenience and just by chance, being a pretty fascinating place to study public opinion. >> especially in light of what with the results in wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania, flipping from republican, giving donald trump the presidency. you write a lot about scott alker and the recall petitions that he faced as the republican gove

c-span and www.c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the new congress starts tuesday. watch all of the opening day events and activities on c-span. we are live from the u.s. capitol starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you will meet new representatives in here from returning members. the house a gal's in a new and. it includes a the election of the house speaker, his address, and later a debate and vote on rules for the new congress. one rule in particular is getting attention, a proposal to find members who live stream video from the house floor. it is in response to the democratic city and that was streamed by several democrats. on c-span2, our live coverage of the senate begins at noon eastern and includes the swearing-in of senators. opening day continues on c-span3 with a ceremonial swearing-in of members of congress at 1:00 p.m. eastern. vice president joe biden sweat -- helps with the swearing-in of senators. and paul ryan, members of the house. we will have our replay of opening day on c-span and c-span2. in memoriam 2016 continues. activistreate, peace elie wiesel died in 1997. -- died in 2016. in 1998 he spoke at the holocaust

live coverage from the heritage foundation on c-span3, at c-span.org and the c-span radio app. >>> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, former indiana congressman, democrat tim roemer and former transportation secretary ray lahood will be on to discuss their efforts as members of a bipartisan non-profit group of former government officials who want to reduce the power of money in politics. >>> then former florida democrat senator bob graham will be on to talk about the news of the day and a book he co-authored "america, the owner's manual" offering tools to make government more responsive. and michael warn of the weekly standard will join us to discuss republican efforts to appeal the affordable care act in 2017. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> at an american bar association conference, four past administrators of the centers for medicare and medicaid talked about the challenges in implementing new federal health care law

c-span will have live coverage of all the days events and ceremonies. watch live on c-span and cpan.org, and listen live on the three c-span radio app. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1970 nine, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable public television service. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> joining us from austin, texas julian aguilar, talking about immigration policy and how it affects border states. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. kimberly: given your perspective as a reporter in a border state, what are some of the biggest obstacles the incoming trump administration faces when it comes to border security? security? guest: number one will be trying to convince members of congress that represent texas to build 1002order wall across hundred 50 miles of the texas-mexico border. it is by far the largest border with mexico than any of the border states. my colleague, not more than two weeks ago, polled every member of the texas delegation. not one member who responded was in favor of a brick-and-mortar fenc

c-span 2. ♪ >>> the presidential inauguration of donald trump is friday, january 20th. c-span will have live coverage. watch live on c-span, and by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> in june of 1942, president roosevelt established the office of strategic services, or oss, to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines during world war ii. next, a conversation with major general john singlaub as he recalls his missions in europe and asia. following world war ii, he was a founding member of the cia. this program is part of a multi-day conference at the national world war ii museum in new orleans. it is about one hour, 20 minutes. >> i will leave the introduction of general singlaub to our interviewer, but it is my pleasure to introduce my new colleague to you all. [ applause ] >> thank you.

c-span will have live coverage of all the day's events and ceremonies. watch live on c-span and cn.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> coming up, programs from the national world war ii museum conference in new orleans. first, a look at the post-war fate of nazi and japanese war criminals. then on how world war ii changed the united states and the world. later, the life and postwar career of cartoonist bill maudlin. >>> a look at the fate of nazi and japanese war criminals. to punish or to partner was part of a conference hosted

c-span as president-elect donald trump select his cabinet and the republicans and democrats prepare for the next congress. we will take you to key events as they happen without interruption. watch live on c-span and on demand at c-span.org or listen on our free c-span radio at. -- app. >> washington journal is live every day with news and politics. the democrat and former transportation secretary ray lahood will be on. bipartisan nonprofit group of government officials that want to reduce the power of money in politics. will belorida democrat on to talk about the news of the day. and a book he co-authored called america, the owners manual. of the weeklyran standard will discuss republican efforts to repeal the affordable care act in 2017. beginning live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. alain kamarck is back at our desk. our topic is white presidents fail which is the title -- topic is why presidents fail which is the title of your book. what leads to successful

and john glenn. this week in prime time on c-span. >> coming up on c-span, the british youth parliament debates on the national health service and lowering the voting age to 16 years old. speakers on robotics and the tech industry. dannerrnalist mark discusses his new book. we interview one of the new members of the congress. >> representative elect vicente gonzalez, what did you do before you won this house seat? rep.-elect gonzalez: i practiced law for two decades in texas. i am also licensed in new york. i have been a lawyer for pretty much 20 years. >> why did you decide to leave that profession and run for the house? rep.-elect fernandez: we have had a lot of successes and i intend to bring that same fight to washington to bring the necessary resources to our areas. south texas is one of the poorest areas in the country and in the state and it needs good representation. we are ready to go to work. >> who or what from your past influenced you to take up the fights that you're talking about as a lawyer and now here in washington? rep.-elect fernandez: i was influenced by my family, my father. a kor

c-span will have live coverage of all the days events and ceremonies. watch live on c-span and can .org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. former army general david petraeus was a finalist to be his secretary of state. he recently sat down at george washington university to talk about his meetings with the president-elect and offers views on the syrian civil war, they ran nuclear deal and russian interference in the election. : >> welcome to the first of what i'm confident we'll become an important series of conversations on topics as global and national interest. i'd like to extend a special welcome this evening to congressman george holding, representing north carolina, the george washington president emeritus, to the dean of libraries and academic innovation and, of course, our featured speaker general david petraeus. we also note gw students come to us from all 50 states and 140 nations, enjoy a front row seat in the theater of history. tonight is a good example of why that's true. it's hard to imagine someone who would be more important to hear at this moment in h

c-span will have live coverage of all the day's events and ceremonies. , ath live on c-span c-span.orgr listen live on the free c-span radio app. announcer: for the next hour, a book tv exclusive. our cities tour visits scottsdale, arizona to learn more about it unique history and literary life. you can watch more of our visit at c-span.org/cities tour. part of theetter two decades, my family took a road trip every august to the family farm in thompson, i will. we would leave really early and my mom would pack up the night before. in the morning, by 4:00 a.m. we were up and ready to roll, leaving before light. there is nothing more magnificent than being on the road in those early twilight hours. i never understood the attraction of route 66 or why it was such a big deal. it was just a run to me. about 40 years ago, my wife got spain.assignment in i wanted to find the ground zero for the cowboys. if i could find where the country stores emanated from, i would find the cowboys. because it is the country stores who come to the americas and bring horses, cattle, the tradition of branding.

c-span will have live coverage. watch live on c-span, and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, it was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> in june of 1942, president roosevelt established the office of strategic services, or oss, to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines during world war ii. next, a conversation with major general john singlaub as he recalls his missions in europe and asia. following world war ii, he was a founding member of the cia. this program is part of a multi-day conference at the national world war ii museum in new orleans. it is about one hour, 20 minutes. >> i will leave the introduction of general singlaub to our interviewer, but it is my pleasure to introduce my new colleague to you all. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> we are delighted and very fortunate to have added rob to our staff in september here at the museum. he has joined us as the senior historian. rob is well known as one of the leading experts on the german milita

and those values are challenged today. >> watch on c-span or c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. retiring congressmen jim mcdermott spoke with c-span. he served on the ways and means in the. this is about 25 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> congressman jim mcdermott, democrat of washington state represented the seventh congressional district for 28 years. why did you decide to retire? >> well, i have seen a lot of my friends die, and i i've seen a lot of my friends in the congress lose and i just decided that there was a time in your life if there was anything else you wanted to do, you ought to go do it. and in three weeks i'll be 80 and i said to myself, my mother lived to 97 and my mother to 93, but i don't think i'm going to have that long so there are all these things i want to do. i'm not retiring. i'm just going to do other things. >> what are you going to do? >> well, i hope to teach. i have a beginning engagement at the university of washington at the jackson school of internationa

and c-span.org, and also on the c-span radio app. next on c-span, a look at potential changes to u.s. trade policy under the trump administration. then, president obama and japanese prime minister shinzo abe a speak at pearl harbor. after that, or president george w. bush on north korea. that is followed by former first lady laura bush on the plight of korean refugees. journal,'s washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming wednesday, politico congressional reporter and a news reporter will discuss the records of the men donald trump has tapped to lead his energy and interior departments, as well as the transition taking place at those agencies. guests will also discuss what will happen to obama era policies, such as the clean power plan and drilling restrictions under president-elect trump. an economic policy fellow from the heritage foundation and a league of conservation voters government affairs senior vice president will look ahead at energy and environmental policy during the first 100 days of the trump admini

and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [applause] ♪ >> the presidential inauguration of donald is friday, january 20. c-span will have live coverage of all of the days events and ceremonies. watch live on c-spannd c-span.org, and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday, january 1, in depth will feature a live discussion on the presidency of barack obama. we are taking your phone calls, tweets, and emails during the program. the -- princeton university professor, other of democracy in black. how race still in place the american soul. and a pulitzer prize-winning journalist, author of barack obama, the story. watch in-depth live from new to 3:00 p.m. eastern on sunday -- on c-span.

what's on c-span and c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. ton journal will devote the entire program each day to the key issues raising the new trump administration and congress. at national a look security and defense issues, including challenges facing president-elect trump security team in the year ahead, and a closer look at the secretary defense nominee. on tuesday, december 27, it is trade and the job issues. could change trade laws in an effort to save or create jobs. on the 20th, our issue is environmental policy. we will discuss how energy and climate policies might be impacted by congress and the new and ministration. on thursday, we will talk about how trump and the new congress might change immigration policy. ride a, december 30, we will discuss the future of the affordable care act, and how to and the republican congress will repeal the aca and the key players to watch in the months ahead. >> tonight on c-span, former house speaker john boehner talks about his career and what to expect on the incoming trump administration eared

c-span2. >> the presidential inauguration is friday january 20th. c-span is going to have live coverage of all the days events and ceremonies. watch live on c-span and c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> the new york university school of of law hosted a day long forum on the u.s. political system. in this panel experts said whether a third party can succeed in a two party system. this is about an

eastern on c-span and c-span .org, or listen to it on the free c-span radio app. >> all this week with congress not in session where showing your booktv programming in prime time. tonight a look at notable 2016 books starting with patrick phillips. >> more than 300 members of the uk's youth parliament gathered in a british house of commons for the annual debate. this first part focuses on the uk's national health service with a focus on mental health services. it's 50 minutes. [applause] spectacular much for that. you are a very friendly bunch picture i must say. the previous years the youth parliament hasn't been friendly, it has, but thank you. order, order. welcome to the eight sitting at the uk youth parliament in the house of commons chamber. this marks the beginning of uk parliament week, i program of events and activities which connects people with the united kingdom parliament. this year the are over 250 activities and events taking place across the uk. the issues to be debated today were chosen by the annual nature marked ballot of 11-18 euros. the. the british youth council r

watch live on c-span and c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. up next on american history tv's reel america, from 50 years. "the president, december, 1956." is ahalf hour report report on president lyndon b. johnson. president johnson met with mexico's president at the order, awarded a medal of honor for actions in vietnam, let the white house christmas tree, and celebrated the holiday with his family at his texas ranch. the white house naval photographic unique produce this, which are now archived at the lbj presidential library. ♪ winter to the hill people of west texas is mostly wind and dust. it is a time when the hardscrabble land is at its harshest. when pastors are brown and dormant to the horizon, and the ponds and streams are low. this time of year, particularly an election off year has been a difficult time for presidents as well. most particularly, when it follows a heavily carried presidential election. high policy decisions must be labored out and laid before congress in the forthcoming federal budget statement and the state of the u

c-span will have live coverage of all the days events and ceremonies. watch live on c-span and c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> attorney general loretta lynch sat down with reporters from politico to discuss her time at the justice department and the future of the department. here are a few minutes of the conversation. >> your presumed successor that session, the senator for alabama, do you have a relationship with him? >> i met jeff atkins, he's a member of the judiciary committee that we have spoken on several occasions about the issues of the dayand so i certainly know the senator . >> so you disagree with him on most issues, you would be fair to say. >> i don't think i'm here to speculate about which way he's going to take the department and the people ask me that a lot and i think every attorney general is going to have to answer those questions for him. every attorney general is going to have to be held accountable for how they leave the department and for that, i've always had in my relationship with the press been important in that. i think the