be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern every morning. join the discussion. this weekend, c-span city tour's takes you to flagstaff, arizona will the help of our partners. we will explore the literary life and history of flagstaff. located 80 miles south of the grand canyon. today at seven at 7:00 p.m. eastern on book tv, author don blago discusses his book, "grand canyon: a history." of a way into the grand canyon, about 70 miles east of here and then another 200 miles to the west. is where the canyon for starts to widen and deepen and turn into the classic views that you see and most photographs, calendars, or famous images. at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history to become a visit to the lowell observatory to hear about astronomical discoveries including the discovery of pluto and new mapping for the apollo program. and then a tour of a special national monument. >> many might think of this site isabandoned and empty but it still a living site for a lot of the descendents of the ancestral pueblo people that live in the area. people might come here to do ceremonies and pay homage t

watch c-span's city tour of flagstaff, arizona today at 7:00 p.m.eastern on c-span twos book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3, working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> this labor day weekend, american history tv on c-span3 has three days of featured programming starting tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern with lectures in history as matt harris discusses the anti-slavery movement before the civil war. sunday at 10:00 a.m. on oral histories, our women in congress history continues with barbara can l.a.. at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, a look at the relationship between george washington and alexander hamilton and the historical accuracy of "hamilton, the musical." and the white house association's presidential site summit. watch american history tv on c-span3. the white house did not release a presidential address this weekend. in this week's mr craddick address, ahead of labor day, ohio senator sherrod brown talks about efforts to raise wages and benefits were american workers. senator brown: i'm sherr

. >> this weekend c-span's cities tour takes you to lake charles louisiana with the help of our cable partners we will explore the literary life and history of lake charles, saturday at noon eastern on book tv, hear about how lake charles grew from a lawless home to pirates to one of the country's top manufacturers of petro chemicals with an author, through the book lost lake charles. >> oil and gas has always been a big part of southwest louisiana in terms of the exploration and discovery, but it actually really came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil because we had the ideal situation. we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines cross, where barge lines were connected, where the water was -- oil was able to be moved in and moved out very easily in lake charles. >> on sunday, at 2:00 p.m. eastern, on american history tv, a visit to the small and predominantly african-american community of mossville. >> at one time, this was a beautiful wonderful wonderful community. we had everything that there was. and there was family, church, school, grocery stores, and peopl

. ♪ >> this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to flagstaff, arizona.literary life and history of flagstaff, 80 miles south of the grand canyon. ,t 7:00 p.m. eastern on book tv don blago discusses his book. >> quarter of the way into the seven, it starts about eight miles east of here and another 200 miles to the west. caveshere is one the widen and deepen and turn into the classic views that you see on calendars or famous images. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a visit to care about astronomical discoveries including the discovery of pluto. and moon mapping for the apollo program. then it is to the wall pocky national monument. >> some people might think of it as completely empty, but it is still a very important site. thet of the descendents of ancestor site might have come -- they believe they are still here. this is a very important site where many test for many people in the southwest. >> watch c-span cities tour of flagstaff, arizona. eastern on00 p.m. eastern.nd 2:00 p.m. working with our cable affiliates as we explore amer

c-span 2, the house ways and means committee debates on several tax cut proposals. congressional members attend a leadership summit hosted by the congressional hispanic caucus. this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to lake charles, louisiana. we'll explore the history of lake charles. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, here about lake charles grew to one of the country's top anufacturers of chemicals. >> oil and gas has been a big part of southwest louisiana as far as the exploration and discovery but it came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil. because we had the ideal situation we were suited in terms of where rail lines crossed, where barge lines were connected, where the water -- water was able to be moved in and out. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, visit to the small and predominantly african-american community of mossville. >> this was a beautiful community. we had everything. and it was family, church, schools, grocery stores and people begin to get better jobs for their children and it could be better in the future for the next generation. > watch c-span cities' tour of lake charles, louisiana. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-s

is touringr, c-span cities across the country, exploring american history. recent visitat our to fax staff, arizona. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> it is actually a duplex, two separate homes with their own everything, including their own kitchens and servants quarters. 1804 at the same time in for two brothers, tim and michael riordan. they happened to fall in love with two sisters. about 13,000 square feet of living space combined with 40 rooms and six original bathrooms. it was built with all the modern conveniences available in 1904. electric lights, indoor plumbing, central heat. the house is state-of-the-art for 1904 and is more like houses today than it is like the neighbors of the street, the mill workers who works for them. this is the common room that connects the two homes. the family called it the ballroom or the billiards room. the architect labeled it the rendezvous room. this is where the families would come and gather every evening. in one of their letters to their big sister after they moved int

this was part of c-span's cities tour. you can view more of our visit that c-span.org/citiestour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> one month away from -- >> i think the big wild card the government shutdown situation is president donald trump. he has repeatedly called for a good government shutdown. he is still talking to associates, thinking it is a good move to do is shut over immigration before the election. mitch mcconnell and paul ryan are against doing that at all costs. they have tried to pass a series of packages of appropriations bills to at least get most of the government put on full-year funding and leaving the homeland security, justice department, commerce department, as sort of a stopgap through the election. that is the plan, but it could run into some turbulent times it president trump really insists on vetoing some of these bills. he has signed the first of these packages which would at least reduce th

you can watch any of our past interviews and tours online by going to booktv.org and selecting c-span citiestour is from the drop-down at the top of the page or by visiting c-span.org/cities tour. you can follow the c-span cities tour on twitter or behind the scenes images and video from her visits. the handle is @cspancities. >> booktv marks our 20th year bring you the countries top nonfiction authors and the latest books. find this every weekend on c-span2 or online at booktv.org. >> the most important thing in terms of motivation dried in the book is born out of frustration and a talk about this in the book. my interests and academic background are in economics but if you think about the global economy today there are a whole host of very deeply structural long-term problems that the global economy has to contend with -- attend with. with the impact of technology will be for job, , jobless, underclass can concerned run productivity and debts, the debt that opening and income inequality, something when it's doing my phd was never discussed and out it's in the top three big issues on the po

. >> this weekend american history tv is featuring flagstaff, arizona, where c-span city tour staff recently trafd veled to s the historic sites. south of the grand canyon, it rests within the world's largest continuous ponderosa pine forest. learn more about flagstaff all weekend here on american history tv. >> the collection is popular for a number of reasons and significant for a number of reasons. it's important because it reflects the activities of a corporation built from one man's endeavors. fred harvey came to america from england, experienced awful food while traveling and in short determined he could do a better job. and then through a hand shake agreement, began to provide food service for the santa fe railway as they moved westward. so as the lines expanded, so did the fred harvey empire. we're here at northern arizona university. and special collections and c archives selects the material of the colorado play tteau region. that is northern "mad money" "mad money," utah, western colorado and anything along the colorado river. they're kind of glory days really were their southwest

[applause] [inaudible conversations] c-span's cities tour takes you to charleston, louisiana. we will explore the literary life of lake charles saturday at noon eastern on book tv. here about how lake charles grew as a lawless home to one of the country's top manufacturers of petrochemicals through his book, "lost lake charles". >> oil and gas has always been a big heart of louisiana, as far as exploration and discovery. but it came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil. because we had the ideal situation. we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines crossed, where parts lines were connected, where the water gush oil was able to be moved in and out easily. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, favorites -- a visit to moscow. -- maas ville. >> this was a beautiful, wonderful community. we had everything that there was. there was family, church, school, grocery stores. and people begin to get better jobs to show them that it could be better in the future for the next generation. >> watching c-span's cities to work of lake charles, louisiana

. >> this week in american history tv is featuring flagstaff arizona, where c-span's city tour staff travel to see their sites. located 80 miles south of the learn more about flagstaff all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are in a new exhibit called native people of colorado plateau, which opened in april 2018. it is a replacement for an older exhibit that have been here for about four years. this exhibit covers 10 tribes of the ra

. >> this weekend, american history tv is featuring flagstaff, arizona, where the c-span cities tour staff recently traveled to see historic sites. 80 miles south of the grand canyon, it rests within the world's largest continuous ponderosa pine forest. learn more about flagstaff all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are at desert view, the eastern end of the grand canyon and it's called desert view because you are looking out into the painted desert. you can see a little bit of it beyond the watchtower. this is about a quarter of the way into grand canyon, starting 70 miles east of here. from here it has another 200 miles to run to the west. right here is when the canyon starts to widen and deepen and turn into classic views you see photographs for calendars or .amous images before now it is a much narrower gorge and when it reaches desert view is about 10 miles wide and a mile deep and has another 200 miles to run to the west before it ends up at lake mead. the colorado river runs all the way from the rocky mountains to between california and arizona as it heads south. you

. >> our cable partners worked with c-span cities tour staff when we traveled to flagstaff, arizona.ived from a flag raising ceremony held on july 4, 1876, when the u.s. flag was nailed to the top of a ponderosa pine. learn more about flagstaff all weekend here on american history tv. meg: they did a flag raising ceremony in 1876. hence, flagstaff became the name and flagstaff as a city has been established for about 135 years. >> while in flagstaff, we took a driving tour of the city with flagstaff communications specialist meg roederer. meg: the flagstaff visitors center is located at the historic train staon

you can watch any of our past interviews and towards online by going to booktv.org and selecting c-span cities tour from the series drop-down at the top of the page or by visiting c-span.org/citiestour. you can also follow call the cn cities tour on twitter or behind the scenes images and video from our visit. the handle is @cspancities. >> c-span launched booktv 20 years ago on c-span2 and since then went that more than 54,000 hours of programming of authors and book festivals. the late christopher hitchens appeared nearly 40 times. in 2007 he was on booktv in-depth. >> the most notable would be the kgb coup and thug vladimir putin where you may recall the president said welcome i i looked into his eyes and a saw he was wearing his crucifix and i thought what a great man must be and what a friend i've got. i think the president must regret saying that by now. knowing what we know, much of what we do then about vladimir putin. and i'd like to know something by the way some might want to look into this. has vladimir putin been seen wearing the crucifix ever since or before or did his advisers t

. >> this weekend the c-span cities tour take you to flagstaff, arizona. with the help of our cable partners we explore the history and life of flagstaff, located 80 miles south of the grand canyon. today on book tv, author don lago discusses his book "grand canyon." way quarter of the into the grand canyon, it starts east of here and has another 200 miles running to the west. right here is when the canyon for its starts to widen and deepen, turning into the classic views you see in most calendars and famous images. on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a visit to the local observatory to hear about astronomical discoveries including the discovery of pluto, and moan mapping for the apollo program. moon mapping for the apollo program. people might think this is abandoned and empty, but this is an important site for ancestral pueblos who live in the area. hopi people come here to do ceremonies and pay homage to their ancestors. so this is still a very important site for many people in the southwest. what's the c-span cities tour of flagstaff

. >> this week in american history tv is featuring flagstaff arizona, where c-span's city tour staff travel to see their sites. located 80 miles south of the learn more about flagstaff all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are in a new exhibit called native people of colorado plateau, which opened in april 2018. it is a replacement for an older exhibit that have been here for about four years. this exhibit covers 10 tribes of the colorado plateau. we have another community in new the -- another arizona tribe. the apache, who are two distinct people but live on one reservation just about 45 minutes south of here. the navajo, which comprises the largest tribe and the largest reservation in the entire united states. we delved into various aspects about those tribal cultures and history. what was fun was working with the stories that they wanted told in their voice with their perspective. thiswere involved in selection. they outlined and told the stories they wanted told. in most cases they wrote the exits themselves. since the exhibit has been open the response from that commun

why he did what he did, but also show the man, not just historical figure. >>> twice a month, c-span's cities tour take book tv and american history tv on the road to explore the literary life and history of a selected city. working with our cable partners, we visit various literary and historic sites and interview local lis tohistorians, authors civic leaders. watch any of our past interviews and tours online by going to booktv.org and selecting cities tour from the series drop-down at the top of the page or by visiting c-span.org/citiestour. you can also follow the c-span cities tour on twitter for behind the scenes images and video from our visits. @cspancities. >> the thing is, early in the book i say i define -- i use a really broad umbrella term but when i talk about specific individuals, i use their self-definition. but i lost an interview because of that, which is really interesting. i had been put in touch with a trans guy and he was totally up for doing an interview and he sent me an e-mail, can you just tell me a bit more about -- he basically agreed, just tell me a bit more what y

visit to flagstaff, arizona is a book tv exclusive to we showed it to you today introduce you to c-span's city's tour. for seven years now we've u.s. cities bringing the book scene to hav viewers. can watch more on tour..org/city ♪ >> c-span "washington journal." live everyday with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, conservation voters president will be on to talk election.november president of public affairs discusses the research group's latest poll on brett kavanaugh nomination.t dean king will join us what it's like being trump supporter in hollywood. watch "washington journal" live 7:00 eastern saturday morning. the discussion. >> c-span's 2018 campaign coverage continues now with a senate debate between republican ted cruz and congressman beto o'rourke. iny're meeting in smu dallas. this comes as courtesy of mcb5. starting shortly. ♪ >> this is no ordinary election. this is volatile. >> i think our best days are ahead. i want texas to lead this country. >> to the together, we will keep red. bright >> tonight, senator ted cruz and beto o'rourke face off. yea

a >> watch c-span cities tour of lake charles, louisiana, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. leading up to the 100 anniversary of the end of world war i on november 11, every weekend on american history tv, we're featuring special programs about the war. >> in late july, 1918, general pershing created the first his states army under command. and immediate steps were taken to concentrate american forces at one point on the line. >> sunday on his command. and immediate steps were taken we're in northeastern facts with a historian visiting villages, monuments, and the american cemetery related to the battle saint-mihiel. >> the weather was horrible. it was rainy. it was chilly. the americans launched the attack heading north in this direction of where we're standing. unbeknownst to thement them, the germans, who had occupied this place, had began a withdrawal and they were starting to move their troops but not quick enough. and by the end of the day of th

this weekend, c-span's cities tour takes you to lake charles, louisiana.ur cableelp of partners, we will explore the literary lines and history of lake charles. here about how it grew from a lawless home to pirates, to one ofthe top manufacturers petrochemicals. gas has always been a big part of southwest louisiana, in terms of the exploration and discovery. but it really actually came more to fruition with the refining of , because we had the ideal situation, we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines crossed, where the water be movedl was able to in and out easily. at 2:00 eastern on american history tv, a visit to the small and predominantly african-american community of moscow. -- of mossville. point, this was a beautiful, wonderful community where we had everything. churches, grocery stores. people began to get better jobs, which showed them that they could be better in the future, for the next generation. ofwatch c-span's cities tour lake charles, louisiana. -- and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, c-span3. washington journ

. >> watch c-span's city tour of lake charles, louisiana. and sunday at 2 p.m. eastern, on american history tv, on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. this afternoon, the pentagon briefed reporters on preparations with hurricane florence and have a military plans to assist with release -- relief efforts. the 40 minute event was assisted by the secretary for homeland defense and the commander for northern command. >> good afternoon. we in the department and defense have appreciated the media attention for the status of preparation for hurricane florence. secretary mattis and others are monitoring storms in the pacific ocean, receiving daily updates. efforts, and currently, 100% has been approved secretary is also throughout the day on actions the military services are protecting the safety and well-being of the military community and ensure the readiness of d.o.d.'s readiness. hurricane florence is a dangerous storm and we encourage anyone and those in our military communities in the path of the storm to heed the warning of state, loc

. >> watch c-span city tours of lake charles, louisiana, eastern, onnoon c-span 2's book tv and sunday at american eastern on history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> washingto >> washington post reporter bob woodward's our washington journal guest monday at 7:00 a.m. eastern, talking about his new book "fear: trump in the white house." on then tuesday at 8:30 eastern former independent counsel ken starr joins us to discuss his book contempt, a memoir of the clinton investigation. watch next week on c-span's "washington journal." >> coming up tonight on c-span, the senate judiciary committee holding a meeting on the brett kavanaugh supreme court nomination. >> the chair announced that a on confirmation will be held next week. members also voted on motions to get documents related to judge kavanaugh's work in the george w. bush white house. this is an hour.

. >> this weekend american history tv is featuring flagstaff, arizona, where c-span city tour staff recently trafd veled to s the historic sites. south of the grand canyon, it rests within the world's largest continuous ponderosa pine forest. learn more about flagstaff all weekend here on american history tv. >> the collection is popular for a number of reasons and significant for a number of

. >> watch c-span's cities tour of lake charles, louisiana, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at two p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> during theg. course of our to others will stick with several legislators and a firstit legislator, represents virginia, representative rob wittman. he serves on the armed services and natural resources committee, republican of virginia. good morning. could you talk about the areas of the commonwealth particularly where you serve and how it might be affected by war it ranking member feinstein the governor ? >> guest: the government has zones taken the very low lying areas. places like mathews county.

. >> watches c-span cities tour of lake charles louisiana saturday, at noon eastern on c- span twos bookand sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, american history tv on c-span three. working with our cable affiliates, as we explore america. >>> tomorrow night, former vice president joe biden will speak at a dinner for a human rights campaign in washington dc. you can watch live coverage starting at 7:00 eastern on c- span. the carnegie endowment for international peace hosted discussion about the u.s. india relations. some of the topics and relations with pakistan, china, and russia. this is a one hour and 20 minutes.

watch c-span city tours today and sunday at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on the c-span3 working with our cable affiliates, as we explore america. this labor day weekend, american history tv on a c-span3 has three days of featured programming starting tonight at eight eastern with lectures in history. as colorado state university pueblo professor matt harris discusses the anti-slavery movement before the civil war. sunday on oral histories, our women in congress series continues with barbara can only. been at 8 p.m., we look at the to 20 george washington and alexander hamilton and the historical accuracy of "hamilton" the musical. and at 8 p.m., the white house historical associations summit. watch american history tv this labor day weekend on c-span3. in the 1960's, martin luther king jr. often visited the jackson family home in selma, alabama three had in the 1960's, martin luther king jr. often visited the jackson family home in selma, alabama. it was there he planned the civil rights march and watched president johnson urg

c-span radio at. we are featuring the honolulu mayor kirk caldwell saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. year, c-span is touring cities around the country exploring american history. here is a look at our recent visit to lake charles, louisiana. c-span 3, allng we can, every weekend, on american history tv. >> lake charles is a very unusual town in the sense of the south. it's unusual in the sense of louisiana. it is not -- it doesn't have a plantation economy. it does have a civil war issue that has to drag along with it and it's a town that's reinvented itself a number of times to make it work. >> while in lake charles, we took a driving tour of the city, with lost lake charles author adley cormier. >> tell me a little bit about your tie. you're not from here originally. adley cormier: i wasn't born here. i've been here for 45 years, which is a pretty long time. i'm a native of eastern louisiana. i came here to work for the department of labor. so in doing that, i had to learn the community, had to learn the industry, learn the history, and with the history background from lsu you become interested in where you are.

. >> watch c-span city tours of lake charles louisiana saturday at noon eastern on c-span2 tv and send it at two p.m. eastern on history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> now, raj shah discusses energy policy in the developing world at an event hosted by the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. he is carly president of the rockefeller foundation. this is just under one hour. >> good afternoon, everyone i'm very glad to see all of you here. i started the initiative last year when i started here. we had our launching event in october last year with rachel from sustainable energy for all, and we are talking right now and if you different geographics. the focus is also on the intersection of -- we are interested in solving the problem of sustainable development in emerging economics. we work with india. we work in china. we have active projects in myanmar and vietnam as well. the challenge that we see here is that the center of gravity in today's world energy environment is reshaping away from industry and more towards what the em

. >> watch c-span cities tour of lake charles, louisiana saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's

this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to louisiana. with the help of our cable partners, we will explore the hillary life and -- literary life of the town. a group from a long list town for pirates to one of the country's top manufacturers. been a biggas has part of southwest louisiana in terms of the exploration and discovery. it actually really came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil. we had the ideal situation. in termsdeally suited of where rail lines crossed, where water was able to be moved in and out. >> on sunday at 2:00 eastern on american history tv. a visit to the small and predominantly african-american community of boss fell. >> at one time, this was a wonderful community. we had everything that there was. there was family, churches, schools, grocery stores. jobs, began to get better which showed the mcbee better in the future for the next generation. -- them it could be better in the future for the next generation. >> watch saturday at noon eastern. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. wa

c-span cities tour staff recently traveled to see its historic site. south of theles grand canyon, it rests within the world's largest ponderosa pine forests. learn more about flagstaff all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are at desert view, the eastern end of the grand canyon, and it is called desert view because when you look at the east, you are looking out into the painted desert. you can see a little bit of that beyond the light tower there. this is about a quarter of the way into the grand canyon. miles east of here, and from here it has another 200 miles to run to the west. --ht here is with the canyon when the canyon starts to widen and deepen and turns into the classic view that you see in most photographs or calendars or famous images. it is a much narrower gorge, and the desert view really opens out. it is about 10 miles wide here deep.e mildly -- one mile and then it runs to the west before it ends up at lake mead. the colorado river runs all the way from the rocky mountains through the bottom to -- between california and arizona

c-span. here on c-span, washington journal is next. that's followed by our recent visit to alaska as part of c-span's cities tour. former trump white house advisor sebastian gorka talks the trump presidency and potential threats to the u.s. and later, former president barack obama speaks at an event in south africa honoring the life and legacy of nelson mandela. election day is nearly two months away, and over the next three hours on washington journal, we will get your andtion to campaign 2018 also hear from various radio talkshow host from around the country sharing their thoughts on the upcoming midterms. ♪ host: good morning. we are just over two months before the midterm elections prayed64 -- elections. 64 days to be exact breed of the house said to be in a total of legislativetive -- days in september. the hearing for brett kavanaugh to serve on the u.s. supreme court. we will be live from the senate judiciary committee. a traditional start of the political season, we want to take a look at the issues driving this election. the confirmation of brett kavanaugh is one of those

. >> watch c-span's cities tour of lake charles, louisiana, 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 america. >> what does it mean to be american? that's this year's student competition question and we're asking middle and high school students to answer it by producing a short documentary about a constitutional right, national characteristic or historic event and explain how it defines the american experience. we're awarding $100,000 in total cash prizes, including a grand prize of $5,000. this year's deadline is january 20th, 2019. for more information, go to our website student cam.org. >>> yesterday the atlantic council looked at how president vladimir putin and the russian government used propaganda and state media. from washington, d.c., this is about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon. welcome to the atlantic council, and welcome to this afternoon's session on putin's propaganda, pushing back against kremlin-run television. my name is lauren vanmeter and i'm a senio

this was part of c-span's cities tour. you can view more of our visit that c-span.org/citiestour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> one month away from -- >> i think the big wild card the government shutdown situation is president donald trump.

is touringr, c-span cities across the country, exploring american history. next, a look at our

. >> watch c-span's city tour of lake charles, louisiana. and sunday at 2 p.m. eastern, on american history tv, on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. this afternoon, the pentagon briefed reporters on preparations with hurricane florence and have a military plans to assist with release -- relief efforts. the 40 minute event was assisted

. >> c span's cities tour travels the country exploring the american store rhythm this weekend we take to the homes of important figures in american literature, seing the places where they write and learning how thees spaces influenced their think, writing and future works. we begin our 90-minute presentuation a visit to writer louisa may alcott's orchard house in concord, massachusetts. >> here we are in concord, massachusetts, on the lexington road, also known as the battle

. >> watch c-span's cities tour of lake charles, louisiana saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. we'll go live to hear from google, facebook, and microsoft officials on what they are doing to help protect political campaigns online ahead of the 2018 midterms. should get under way shortly live here on c-span. >> hi everyone. can we get the people standing in the back to come take a eat? thank you so much for coming. great turnout. i am the c.e.o. and co-founder of the bridge which is an online community sitting at the intersection of tech, policy, and politics and real excited to have you guys all here. you can learn more about our organization at the bridge work.com. clearly, one thing we are doing is convening people and innovators, regulators, policy makers working in this space. and election security is a huge issue right now. so i thought it would be great to get google, facebook, and microsoft together and the people at those companies talking to campaigns every day trying to find solutions on hese issues. thank you again for coming. thank you so much for hosting. let's

c-span radio at. we are featuring the honolulu mayor kirk caldwell saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. year, c-span is touring cities around the country exploring american history.

>> watches c-span cities tour of lake charles louisiana saturday, at noon eastern on c- span twos book tv, and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, american history tv on c-span three. working with our cable affiliates, as we explore america. >>> tomorrow night, former vice president joe biden will speak at a dinner for a human rights campaign in washington dc. you can watch live coverage starting at 7:00 eastern on c- span. the carnegie endowment for international peace hosted discussion about the u.s. india relations. some of the topics and relations with pakistan, china, and russia. this is a one hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning everyone. let me welcome you to the carnegie endowment, i am the senior fellow for the endowment, it's a great opportunity for us today, that we have randy fiber, the assistant secretary of defense joining us this morning. the topic, as we have advertised, is a conversation about the 2+2 dialogue that will happen within a week. it is an event that is very important in the political calendar, because the relationship has really come a long way since we first bega

working with our cable partners, c-span travels around the country to explore the literary life and history of selected cities. if you would like to watch any of our features, you can see them all at c-span.org/cities tour. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service 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 in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. in illinois today, former president obama was critical of president trump and republican party policies. we will have that next on c-span. then remarks from president trump at a fundraiser in north dakota. after that, agriculture secretary discussing terrorists and their impact on farmers. later, a confirmation on whether social media needs to be regulated. ♪ ,> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. saturday morning, alliance for andring democracy director ge

. >> watch c-span city tours of lake charles louisiana saturday at noon eastern on c-span2 tv and sendit at two p.m. eastern on history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> now, raj shah discues

c-span. this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to lake charles, louisiana, with the help of our sudden link the literary life and history of lake charles. saturday at noon eastern on book tv hear about how lake charles grew from a lawless home to one of the country's top manufacturers of petrochemicals with author adly cormier through his book lost lake charles. >> oil and gas has always been a big part of louisiana in terms of the exploration and discovery, but it actually really came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil because we have the ideal situation. we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines crossed and where bart's lines were connected and where water -- and it was able to be moved in and moved out very$aÑ easily. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a predominantly african-american community of mossville. >> at one time this was a beautiful, wonderful, wonderful community. we had everything that there was, and there was family, church, school, grocery stores and people begin to get better jobs and it showed them that it could be better in

host: travel to lake charles, louisiana, all part of the c-span cities tour.ooktv and american history tv. midterm elections, governor races, louis jacobson is following this as a contributing editor to governing magazine. guest: there are 36 governors races this year. host: why are they significant? guest: there are a lot of reasons. a lot of policies made at the state level. not everything is at the federal government level. there is a big policy impact. because the 2020 census is coming up, you have the last chance for democrats, who currently trail in the governors by 32-16, it is their last chance to even up the governorships. governors have a significant role in a lot of states, not all states, power over redistricting, often veto power. for the number of seats in the u.s. house that are controlled by each party. it has lots of significance. this is the big year for governors races with 36 contests. this is by far the biggest year in the four-year cycle. there are 10 or 12 races two years from now. midterm contest. let's talk about georgia. it is an open

. >> watch c-span cities tour of lake charles, louisiana saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday on american history tv on c-span3 working with our affiliates as we explore america. >>> aviation officials testify on cyber threats and standardizing information sharing between u.s. airports. the hearing was held by a house homeland security subcommittee. it's about 90 minutes. >> good morning. the meeting on homeland security subcommittee's hearing on cyber security and protective security will come to order. the subcommittee is meeting today to discuss the posture of the aviation sector. now i recognize myself for an opening statement. i'm grateful to be holding this hearing this morning with my good friend and chairman of the transportation and protective cyber security -- or security subcommittee john kepko. i want to thank him for convening this hearing today to talk about a topic that i think is hand in glove with our nation. i've always said cybersecurity is national security, and there is no better example of that than in the aviation industry. when we think of th

the visit to alaska was part of c-span's cities tour. you can see more of our visits at c-span.org.ncer: tuesday at 9:30 am eastern, watch live coverage of the judiciary hearing on the nomination of brett kavanaugh. day one includes opening statements by the committee chairman, senator chuck grassley and committee members. introductions of judge kavanaugh from former secretary of state condoleezza rice, ohio senator rob portman and attorney lisa blatt. following the introductions, judge kavanaugh makes his opening statements. senateay one of the confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh, live, tuesday, at 9:30 am eastern on c-span. or listen on the free c-span radio app. communicators, louis risotto, cofounder and former editor in chief of wired talks about the impact of the magazine, the early stages of the internet and eating fired from the company he started. -- and being fired from the company he started. watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> up next, sebastian gorka, the former deputy assistant to president trump talks about working with the presiden

programming note for all of you, this weekend c-span cities tour explores the american story as we travellake charles, louisiana, to feature the history and literary life. how severe weather has affected that city, as well as the petrochemical industry has led to the area's economic growth. >> lake charles is actually the parish in louisiana in the extreme southwest corner of the state. state. weather affec% southwest louisiana is the number one explorer for lng for the united states of america. lake charles someone of those cities where there is enough population where a businessperson can make a living and good living. we're small enough city where one person can still have a huge impact on the future of this city. and i like that. i like that we're still a very personal city and of course i want to see us grow. but i like that the citizens here really care and feel like they can make a difference by getting involved. host: to learn more about lake charles, tune in this weekend to book tv and american history tv. and you can follow and watch all of the cities we visited on our c-span ci

c-span's q and a. c-span is in like charles learning about city's history. up next, the mardi gras museum of imperial caucus you to learn more about the traditions here in lake charles. ♪ >> our museum houses the largest collection of micro costumes in the world. we keep on 280 customs of war. we even have, and stored, approximately 300 costumes. wonderful,as is a colorful, crazy time of the year where people get together to socialize. and, just, let their hair down. ♪ >> it is an original french tradition. students from the states went to france to go to school, and they came back and put on a celebration that mimicked what they saw and france. mardi gras is actually a celebration that is the for the coming of lent. it starts on january 6 with just the up if any. this is the beginning of the corn of -- carnival season. every year, it changes. this is a lunar year. it calendar. the day before ash wednesday is always mardi gras day. the largest celebration day. all of our mardi gras crews, the old english spelling for crew, kr ewb, is a group of people that g

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