as c-span cities tour brings you to tacoma, washington, 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. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> a new report by the medicare trustees shows the program will have enough money through 2029. >> good morning. i welcome everyone here and everyone on c-span to the american enterprise institute where we are having a discussion today about the medicare trustees' report. the medicare trustees' report was issued late yesterday afternoon. and is an annual report that gives some indication of not

. >> our encore presentation of some of the stops along the c-span cities to or from thispast year continues as we take you to provo utah . >> i've been collecting rare books for the past 30 years. i decided to relocate to provo after selling my bookshop in dallas which also sold new books and the past 10 or 15 years bookstores have been sold and bookstores have suffered with the advent of e-books and everything going digital but what i found is the interest in rare books has increased. in my shop right now there are about 1000 books but in my inventory there are about 5000 books. i specialize in four different areas, i specialize in rare bibles, older bibles, bibles over 500 years being in utah i specialize in early mormon books, classics in literature and early american history. one of the items i enjoy collecting our bibles or religious texts that belong to well-known historical figures and being from utah, one of the more popular items that i like to showcase is brigham young's copy of the book of mormon. >> its house in b protective clamshell but this is according to family tradition, t

people i guess just wanted to think it wasn't anything wrong. >> watch these programs and more as c-span's cities tour brings you to tacoma washington on sat asunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates and visits cities across the country. >>> up

now, our look back at some of the stops on the c-span city store continues on book tv. >> the title of my book is, pageants, parlors, and pretty woman. race and beauty in the 20th century south. one of the jumping off points aside from the conversations amongst southern about how southern women were beautiful is the fact that white southern women have a track record of doing very well and ms. america pageants. and we can document this and see the disproportionate number of titles given how many southern states they are. they did especially well in the 50s and 60s. >> some of the nation's most beautiful girls lists assembled for a beauty contest. i love a parade, don't you. miss texas, no deputy sheriff but interesting. miss alabama. ms. california, susan allen bradley. the winner, ms. alabama and tears for joy. >> one thing that can be difficult to remember is a lot of the practices and rituals that we associate with beauty were very controversial in the south. in the early 20th century talking about the teens in the 20s, there was a lot of controversy about white southern women enteri

. >> our encore presentation of some of the stops along the c-span city tour from this past year continues as we take you to pittsburgh pennsylvania . >> when i left my house i went out into the world into that community to learn, to be a man. what use to be a thriving community although it's a community but the stores and shops all along the avenue. they're not there anymore. >> what sort of discrimination you face was from the other black students, the darker skinned students who take thekids home after school , telling them cracker and things like that and making them fly up the streets. there was a gate there and i would stop the kids. >> one day their mother, they basically told and listen, we're going to put an end to this. don't close the gate, let them come lying on up. she stood in that corner there, back in the corner hidden with this big pail of water that she used debate them. i don't know how she did this. the children play and she doused them with this big bucket of water and said leave my kids alone. but that was part of the dynamic. it was an integrated neighborhood. it was

. >> working with our cable partners the c-span cities tour takes booktv on the road as we explore the history and literary life of american cities. this weekend on booktv on c-span2 a look at some of the places we visited this year and some of the authors we spoke to as we traveled the country. >> you have the right to remain silent. you have the right to a lawyer. if you don't have a lawyer one will be provided for you. everything you tell me today can be used against you in a court of law. did you understand that? they are called the miranda rights or the miranda warnings because the name of the case they came down from the states supreme court in 1966 was miranda versus arizona. they are as fundamental and essential to justice today as almost anything ever created. they are a product of the fifth amendment to the u.s. constitution. that's where they came from, that's why we have been and that's what they stand for today. miranda lived here in mesa, arizona. he was born in mesa, arizona. he was a young man in his mid-20s at the time. he was suspected by the phoenix police department

c-span 3. >> the c-span city tour together with our cable partners travels the country to learn about american history. we select a particular city to feature. tonight we're showcasing state capitols. for more information visit www.cnn.com/city tour. >> welcome to the main state house. the state house was built in 1829. and it was designed by charles bull finch. a very famous architect. in fact he's appeared to be the country's first architect. he designed the building at the same time he was actually rebuilding the nation's capitol building in washington dc. as he was under taking the rebuilding of the capitol after it was substantially destroyed by the british during the war of 1812. he was designing our building. when maine gained state hood. our city was portland. that was a temporary arrangement and there was several reasons. the fact that people thought the portland was too far south. to remain the capitol for very long. on february 24, 1827. governor signed the bill naming awe g augusta. the first official use of the building which was actually the first legislative session happened 184

on c-span 2's book tv and american history on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour. working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums. archives and historic places. on every day of the year, except december 25th, thousands of tourists from the united states and around the world take a short boat ride from either lower manhattan or new jersey to visit the statue of liberty and ellis island. up next, american history tv visited the national historic landmark to learn the story behind the gift from france. which was unveiled on october 28th, 1886. after 21 years of planning, fundraising and construction. i'm ranger chris mullen from jacksonville, florida. folks, i have a great job. i've been working with the national park service since 1999. i've been all over the united states. i got my start in alaska. and klondike gold rush, national historical park. spent a few summers out there. i went to my home town of jacksonville, worked at a small little park on the banks of the st. john'

on c-span 2's book tv and american history on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour.

c-span twos book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. this c-span citiesr working with our cable of physics -- affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next, a conversation about iran's nuclear program and the countries influence in iraq, syria and yemen. the panel debated the iran nuclear agreement and the expanding influence in the region. the heritage foundation hosted the forum. >> good afternoon, welcome to the heritage foundation and our auditorium. we welcome those

c-span 3. >>> this is american history tv on c-span 3. tonight we're featuring state capitols from the c-span city's tour, which takes us across the country to learn about hur history with the support of our cable partners. ♪ >> the kansas state capitol was built over 37 years, which is kind of unusual for capitols. but they started in 1866 after the civil war was over. we became a state january 29, 1861, so that makes us 154 years old in 2015. but they weren't able to start on the building because of the civil warsuch so when they did, they built it in sections. we are played out like the capitol. then they did the south wing which has the former supreme court. and then the north wing has the state library and former secretary of state's office. and then finally the dome. and that did take 37 years at a cost of approximately $3.2 million. and so it was quite a bit of money at that time, but they did spread it out over the 37 years. and we are one of the few capitols all the money was raised before they were built. so there was no debt associated with actually building the capitol itself. when kansas was about to enter the union, there we

, massachusetts is in american history tv exclusive and we showed it today to introduce you to c-span cities tour. for six years we have traveled to u.s. cities bring in the literary scene and historic sites to our viewers. you can watch more of our visits at c-span.org/citiestour. announcer: next, more concerning the announced the part of presidential strategists steve bannon. then c-span's conversation with tom price. after that comes up in court justice elena kagan on the influence of the first woman justice sandra day o'connor. first, we talk with a white house correspondent about the news today on steve bannon. >> john bennett is a correspondent for roll call. the other shoe has dropped, steve bannon is out. if he fired or did he leave on his own terms? john: i think it is pretty clear that mr. bannon was asked to leave the white house, you know, this is definitely the new chief of staff, general john kelly, this is his second big personnel move and it has his fingerprints all over it. it happened a little later than a lot of, even republican lawmakers wanted. they felt it needed to hap

c-span 3. >>> this is american history tv on c-span 3. tonight we're featuring state capitols from the c-span city's tour, which takes us

c-span twos book tv, and sunday at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates, and visiting cities across the country. next, a look at the coalition against isis with the mcgurkepartment's brett briefing a panel on the current situation in syria. this went just under one hour. >> hello everybody. how are you all doing today. good to see you all back.

c-span 3. >>> this is american history tv on c-span 3. tonight we're featuring state capitols from the c-span city's tour, which takes us across the country to learn about hur history with the support of our cable partners. ♪ >> the kansas state capitol was built over 37 years, which is kind of unusual for capitols. but they started

now, our look back at some of the stops on the c-span city store continues on book tv. >> the title oflors, and pretty woman. race aea

this weekend american history tv is featuring highlights from the c-span cities tour with the support of our cable partners. >> the mission was peace through deterrence. our job was to project a credible threat, to be here every day demonstrating to the soviet union that even if they launched a surprise first strike against us, we would be able to ride that out and retaliate quickly and with enough force that we would devastate the soviet union even if they had launched their missiles first. we're at the titan missile museum in arizona about 25 miles south of downtown tucson and we're in the launch control center of the missile site. that's essentially the nerve center of the missile site itself. from here, using all of this equipment, the crew has a bird's eye view of the condition of the missile and of the missile site. they first have to receive a launch order telling them to execute their missile and what time they're going to do that. and in order for them to do that they're going to need two keys, two launch keys. one launch key for the crew commander and one for the deputy crew

. >> our encore presentation of some of the stops along the c-span cities tours from this past year continues as we take you to pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> when i left my mother's house i went into that community and learned what it meant to be a man. there were stores and shops along the avenue. they are not there anymore. the discrimination they faced was from the darker skinned students who chased the kids home after school calling them cracker in this and then they come flying up the street. there was a gate there in that would stop the kids. one day their mother daisy told this

c-span tws them primetime. working with our cable partners throughout the year, the c-span span cities tour visit sites in talks with authors to feature on book tv and american history tv on c-span three. tonight, we want to show you some of the steps we've made over the past year. >> the home of franklin d roosevelt national historic site features a spring what a state, presidential library next door and the final resting places of fdr and first lady, eleanor roosevelt. we visited the grounds and went to the home of david roosevelt, grandson of president and mrs. roosevelt to talk with him about his memories of hyde park and his time spent there with his grandmother. >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized that it really hit me l that she was really a special person. and something of a celebrity and see the president, to ex- presidents, one futurend other president, and all sorts of ambassadors another diplomatic people there, very important people.e my gosh that it really dawned on me, my gosh, she really was important.l >> we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my gr

tour brings you to tacoma washington, saturday at noon eastern on c-span's book tv and on american history tv on c-span 3. the c-span citiestour working with our affiliates and cities across the country. >>> warren burger was u.s. supreme court chief justice from 1969 to 1986. next, new york university law school professor, john sexton talks about chief justice burger's life and legacy. mr. sexton was a law clerk to the chief justice and later served as nyu's president and

tour brings you to tacoma washington, saturday at noon eastern on c-span's book tv and on american history tv on c-span 3. the c-span citiestour working with our affiliates and cities across the country. >>> warren burger was u.s. supreme court chief justice from 1969 to 1986. next, new york university law school professor, john sexton talks about chief justice burger's life and legacy. mr. sexton was a law clerk to the chief justice and later served as nyu's president and law school dean. this is a 50-minute event in the supreme court chamber. >>> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the trustees of the supreme court historical society, welcome to our 42nd annual lecture. before we do anything else, i'll ask everyone to take out their phones and turn them off, even on silent mode, they will interfere with the sound system here in the court. i'm greg joseph. i'm president of the society. welcome. we're delighted to have you here today. we're honored to have as our lecturer, john sexton of nyu, whose topic tonig

tonight, a look back at some of the stops on the c-span city store. >> gettysburg is a place that took place over three days a 90-degree heat. there are thousands of courses on the battlefield. there thousands of corpses on the battlefield they are always riding it so you think about the stench and then you think about a field hospital where limbs are being -- so there's an incredible amount of blood. once you get infections that setting, things like angering, it smells awful. these women had to deal with horrific sights and sounds of things they were not accustomed to. but they had to deal with the fact that men did not want them there. the name of the book is worth a dozen men early in the war, the confederacy was disorganized. they did not create an overarching system until the end of 1862. there is a gap in medical care. that created this opportunity for these ambitious women to step in and establish their hospitals. early in the war they were running hospitals. and there are volunteer efforts, that's because the confederacy hadn't organized anything at that point. when they create

tonight a look back at some of the stops on the c-span city for tour that took place over two days in 90-degree heat and there were thousands on the battlefield and if there are files in the forces on the battlefield and all our swelling and rocking so you think about the strange people had to deal with and then you think about a field hospital where limbs are being amputated so there's an incredible amount of blood. there is a pretty horse sex now because if you get infections that set and it smells awful. these women had to deal with some pretty horrid sick sights and sounds and things they were not accustomed to but also the fact a lot of men didn't want them there and the name of thehr book is in the civil war south and earlier the confederacy was very disorganized compared to the union an and didn't create n overarching medical system until the end of 62. to step in and create an account of their own hospitals earlier these women were running hospitals. the confederacy hadn't organized a system at that point afterse c september 1862 but they did is create a new position so they c

c-span 3. >> the c-span city tour together with our cable partners travels the country to learn about american history. we select a particular city to feature. tonight we're showcasing state capitols. for more information visit www.cnn.com/city tour. >> welcome to the main state house. the state house was built in 1829. and it was designed by charles bull finch. a very famous architect. in fact he's appeared to be the country's first architect. he designed the building at the same time he was actually rebuilding the nation's capitol building in washington dc. as he was under taking the rebuilding of the capitol after it was substantially

at noon eastern on c-span's book tv and on american history tv on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour working with our affiliates and cities across the country. >>> warren burger was u.s. supreme court chief justice from 1969 to 1986. next, new york university law school professor, john sexton talks about chief justice burger's life and legacy. mr. sexton was a law clerk to the chief justice and later served as nyu's president and law school dean. this is a 50-minute event in the supreme court chamber. >>> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the trustees of the supreme court historical society, welcome to our 42nd annual lecture. before we do anything else, i'll ask everyone to take out their phones and turn them off, even on silent mode, they will interfere with the sound system here in the court. i'm greg joseph. i'm president of the society. welcome. we're delighted to have you here today. we're honored to have as our lecturer, john sexton of nyu, whose topic tonight is warren burger, and warren burger, of course, is the founder of our society and is of immense

. >> our encore presentation of some of the stops along the c-span cities to from this past year continues. as we take you to concord massachusetts. [inaudible conversations] [birds chirping] >>. [birds chirping] >> it is interesting that very often readers of walden, when you first come to the pond are a little puzzled may be a little disappointed because when you read walden, you really are expecting to be just amazed at the landscape. and the fact that henry david thoreau could be every day, just staggered by a landscape as humble as this, that takes a little getting used to. it was just a little pond. now it is an icon of american literary history. >> henry david thoreau first came out here is a little boy. he remembered that excursion long after but he came here with his family, actually together sand for his father's sandpaper manufacturing enterprise. and he came here to live. it was actually on the 4th of july in 1845 that he came to live and then was out here for two years after that. and his friend ralph emerson had not long before bought the property where we are standing right

tonight, he looks back at some of the stops on the c-span cities to tour.cameron was without a doubt thet most talented political machine builder, the most talented politician of his generation. and if people talk about the age of andrew jackson that in many t ways we taught that the age of cameron and this is a man whose political skills were undeniable

remains tonight on booktv on c-span2 in primetime, a look at some of the places we stopped on our c-span citiestour. >> one of the most alluring women to apparently ever walked

c-span and c-span.org. listen live for free on the c-span radio app. this weekend, "american history tv is featuring highlights from the c-span cities tour. mr. spicer: right now, we are in the revolution exhibit at the computer history museum in mountain view, california. behind me are over 1000 artifacts that tell about the history of computing, going back to thousand years. the exhibit is laid out into 19 galleries, each one focuses on a certain theme or object from the history of computing. for example one of those themes , is real-time control. here we look at things like pacemakers for hearts. these are computer systems that must function. they're not like your laptop, which can crash once in a while and the worst is that you lose your work. if a pacemaker crashes, you die. the oldest item is a set of what are called napier's bones, small ivory counting sticks from the 17th century. the most recent thing we have is an iphone, the first model. we are in the punchcard gallery. behind me, you see a replica of an 1890 census machine. what is this? in the bureau of the census had 1890, just finished the census, which requires a census to be

tonight, a look back at some of our stops on our c-span city tour. >> this is the most talented and important political theater in american history that people have not heard of. he was without a doubt the most talented political machine builder, the most talented politician

remains tonight on booktv on c-span2 in primetime, a look at some of the places we stopped on our c-span citiestour. >> one of the most alluring women to apparently ever walked the earth, a very beautiful woman, ms. denmark of 1931 but even as pretty as she appears to be photographed, people said it would never did her justice you have to see her in person to understand all the fuss. she had an extraordinary charisma and a way about her she would take over a room she would walk into and turn heads and that was one reason she was an interesting pairing with kennedy who was a good-looking man with a lot

c-span 3. >> the c-span city tour together with our cable partners travels the country to learn about american history. we select a particular city to feature. tonight we're showcasing state capitols. for more information visit www.cnn.com/city

working with our cable partners throughout the year the c-span cities tour visits literary sites in talks with authors around the country. . . >> it really was not until my grandmother's funeral that i realized it really kind of hit me that she was really a special person and something of a celebrity in seeing the president, two ex-presidents and one future president and all sorts of ambassadors and other diplomatic people there, very important people that it really dawned on me my gosh she really was important. we never thought of her in that way. we never viewed my grandmother grandmother -- she was only a grandmother to us and that's all she ever wanted to be to us. i was born january 3, 1942. my father was elliott and elliott was the second oldest of the sons, the third oldest of the children so my dad kind of fell right in the middle and i think he always felt that he was the middle child but my uncles used to claim that he was my grandmother's favorite. i'm not sure that was true. my mother and father were divorced when i was only two and my time with my father was really quite limi

c-span's q&a. >> this weekend american history tv is featuring highlights from c-span cities tour with the support of our cable partners. here is a look at one of the many cities we visited this year. tall, it is feet 2/3 of a mile from one end to the other. it is 883 feet six, so it is thicker than it is tall. wen we look up at the dam, get an idea of just how massive is, it weighs 15 million tons. today we are standing at shashta dan, the second largest concrete dam in the united states. it forever change the state of california and beyond. the central valley of california runs from right here to the shashta dan overweight on 450 miles to bakersfield. it is 50 miles wide and it is a big flat valley. the reason is century after century we have had very wet years and dry years. on those wet years, we get 75% of the state's precipitation here. pollen that rainfall and snow melt would wash down into the valley and cause massive flooding. the native americans lived here prior to us would live by the river, and then they would go to higher ground during the flood season. as the floodwater would procee

tonight a look back at some of the stops on the c-span city for tour that took place over two days in 90-degree heat and there were thousands on the battlefield and if there are files in the forces on the battlefield and all our swelling and rocking so you think about the strange people had to deal with and then you think about a field hospital where limbs are being amputated so there's an incredible amount of blood. there is a pretty horse sex now because if you get infections that set and it smells awful. these women had to deal with some pretty

c-span 2'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 and visiting cities across the country. >>> a new report by the medicare trustees shows the program will have enough money through 2029. >> good morning. i welcome everyone here and everyone on c-span to the american enterprise institute where we are having a discussion today about the medicare trustees' report. the medicare trustees' report was issued late yesterday afternoon. and is an annual report that gives some indication of not only the current fiscal state us of the medicare program, but also the long-term outlook. my name is joe antos, the scholar in health care policy, and i will be introducing the panel in just a second. but i did want to highlight a few things that the trustees said in their report. the -- perhaps their biggest concern has to do with the outlook as they said in their summary. a major concern has to do with the growth of health care innovation, which has its positives and negatives. the positive, of course, is that wi

c-span 2'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 and visiting cities across the country. >>> a new report by the medicare trustees shows the program will have enough

. >> working with our cable partners, the c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road twice each month as we explore the history of selected american cities. this weekend we are airing highlights from a view of the -- few of the places we have visited this year. >> it is 602 feet tall, one -- two thirds of allow from one into the other. 883 feet thick, thicker than it is tall. so when we look at the dam, we get the idea of how massive shasta dam is. it is like a 60 story building standing in front of us. it weighs 15 million tons. today, we are standing at shasta dam, the second-largest concrete dam in the united states. it was built in 1938 to 1945 and forever changed the state of california and beyond. the central valley of california runs right here from redding, california, 450 miles to bakersfield. it is about 50 miles wide and it is a big, flat valley. historically, century after century we had some very wet years and dry years. in the wet years, we get about 75% of the state's precipitation right up here. all that rainfall and snow melt when washed down into the valle

c-span3. visiting cities across the country, the c-span cities tour. andhe white house reefing schedule just under one hour from now, 2:30 p.m. eastern time. when a gets underway, you can see it live here on c-span. and sheldon, a conversation on insurance markets under the affordable care act -- until then, a conversation on insurance markets under the affordable care act. host: joining us to talk about health care, repeal or replace, or whatever might be happening on capitol hill, we have two guests. sabrina corlette from the georgetown university center on health insurance reforms. antos fromh aei, american enterprise institute. thank you for joining us. we start with news that the chairman of the health committee announced he will hold hearings beginning in september. we're talking now about bipartisan legislation, possibly, and the goal would be to stabilize and strengthen the individual health insurance market for 2018. let's start there, sabrina. what is your sense of the conditions right now? guest: i think there is a lot of desk consensus on w

tonight on booktv on c-span2 in primetime, a look at some of the places we stopped on our c-span cities tour. >> one of the most alluring women to apparently ever walked the earth, a very beautiful woman, ms. denmark of 1931 but even as pretty as she appears to be photographed, people said it would never did her justice you have to see her in person to understand all the fuss. she had an extraordinary charisma and a way about her she would take over a room she would walk into and turn heads and that was one reason she was an interesting pairing with kennedy who was a good-looking man with a lot of charisma but it wasn't just her looks, she was also a very accomplished person, very bright and spoke four languages. she had a marvelous ability to draw people out and talk about themselves and make them feel they were fascinating. >> all of the biographies that have come out since the 1970s because at the beginning of world war ii they met i think about coburn of 1941 at the time she was married to her second husband so that was a reason to be discreet about the relationship and they also tu