for free transcripts or give us your comments about this at aq&a.org.t us available on c-span podcasts. push push the british house of commons is currently in recess. so prime ministers questions tonight.be shown instead we'll bring you some of concern 's western after that t and hillary clinton making a possible presidential run in and another chance to see q & a. >> the former republican vice president of candidate and alaska governor addressed a group last month calling for the impeachment of president obama. she spoke for about half an hour. at last month's western conservative summit in denver. ♪ ♪ >> ♪ all the small things who cares ♪ >> thank you so much. thank you so much. i am just so happy to get to be here. it is so nice to get to thatcipate in something ccu is in charge of. they do so much good. they are like light out there in the education arena. we appreciate ccu. the students who are here, keep up the good work, and all the officials and staff. keep up the good work. it is nice to be back in the mile high city. it is absolutely beautiful. flying in, we are over your sno

they are also available as c-span podcasts. >> retired professor debate d inesh. the topic is what it's of great about america. great about america. >> you started out as a revolutionary and you start out a charge obamade the u.s. capitol. here is my question. you talked about teaching and being an educator and doubt and wonder. my question is, what happened to the old revolutionary? it is still alive or has he thrown in the towel? >> i feel like i am still a revolutionary. if by revolutionary you mean, having a fully worked out program by which we can imagine a different world and also a government and will forward, no, i am not. if you meet someone who is trying to make sense of the contradictions and fight for more peace and justice and more balance and be willing to live with ambiguity and complex and will ford, sure, i am someone who sees a fundamental change. i will give you one example. against white supremacy which i invited everyone to join is a struggle that goes on. it has not ended. and it takes on different forms. it is not slavery or jim crow. the de

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q&a programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> coming up, members of the parliament considers scotland's independence from the u.k.. louisianarity whip of speeding in his home district about the current state of congress. later, a look back at woodstock and its cultural impact 45 years >> the british house of commons is in recess until early september. we are showing you proceedings. a national referendum is scheduled for september 18 on whether scotland should end their 305-year-old political union with england. british prime minister david cameron is opposed to the measure, and scottish national party leader is in favor of independence. this first minister's questions is one half hour. thank you very much presiding officer. his plans forts the rest of the day. presiding officer, yesterday, the governor of the bank of england said and i quote, uncertainty of arrangements could raise financial stability issues. the first minister is -- an option which has been called stupidity. a separate scottish currency, -- his own former advisor said it would be stupid for the first minist

q&a programs are also available as c-span podcasts. ♪ ♪ c-span: david marc cull allowing, author of "ter journey," -- mccullough, out of all the people you write about in this book, who would you really not want to meet and talk with because of what you learned about them? >> guest: i can't think of one. i'll tell you why. this book was different for me in form than anything i've ever done because if you're writing a biography or writing the history of an event or an accomplishment, there is a certain obvious track, a certain structure that's built into the subject, and can you're obligated to respect that and cover it, write about it in all fairness to your reader. the cast of characters is already ordained. with this book i could cast the book myself. i would pick people that i wanted to write about. there are probably 12 major characters this -- in this book, probably 20 some people overall who appear, americans, but that's a traction of the number -- a fraction of the number that went to paris during this 70-year period that i'm covering. so in organize toking the book -- organizi

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q&a programs are also available at c-span podcasts. >> here's a great region and do some reading listspan's latest book "sundays at eight," collection of stories from some of the nations most influential people over the past 25 years. >> i always knew was a risk in the boating lifestyle and i decided to take it because whether it's an illusion or not, i don't think it is, it helped my concentration. it's not me being bored, stuck other people from being went to some extent. it would keep me awake and make me come that evening one longer, along the conversation. if i was asked would i do it again, the answer is probably yes. i would've quit earlier possibly hoping to get away with the whole thing. easy for me to say not very nice which opened here. it sounds irresponsible if i say yes, i would do all that begin to you. but the truth is it would be hypocritical to say no, i would never touch the stuff if i don't because i did know. everyone knows. >> soviet union and the soviet system in eastern europe contained the seeds of its own destruction. many of the problems we saw at the end be

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q&a programs are also available as c-span podcast. >> monday night on the communicators. they members of congress talk about their technology legislation. >> i believe in an open internet, a free internet. look where the internet has come. it exposes to tens of thousands of people -- we think it is obsolete. they will vote finally at the end of this year. we believe they will file suit. >> it tries to address concerns over security, retransmission, giving people a level footing when it comes to being able to negotiate with broadcast and being able to negotiate with the providers.

q&a programs are also available as c-span podcast. >> join us later today when we'll read air the q&aversation with isabel wilkerson but it starts at 7 p.m. eastern right here on c-span2. is a great read to add to your summer reading list. c-span's latest book "sundays at eight." >> i always knew there's a risk in the beginning national and i decided to take it. because whether it's news or not, i just think it is. it helped my concentration. it stopped me from being bored. stop other people from being bored. it would keep me awake. would make you want to go on longer to enhance the moment. if i was asked would i do it again, the answer is probably yes. i would have quit earlier possible. easy for me to say of course. not nice for my children here. not responsible if i say i would do all that the agency. i didn't know. >> soviet union and the soviet system in eastern europe contains the seeds of its own destruction. many of the problems that we saw at the end begin at the very beginning. i spoke about the attempt to control all institutions and control all parts of the economy and pol

they are also available as c-span podcast. here is a great read to ad to your list. -- add -- a collection of stories from the people with the most influence over the last 25 years. >> i knew there was a risk. i decided to take it because whether it is an illusion or not, i don't think it is, it helped by concentration and stopped be being board and others from being bored. asked if i would do it again the answer is probably yes. i would have quit earlier possibly hoping to get away with the whole thing. easy for me to say but not nice for my children to hear. it would be hypocritical for me to see no, i would not transfer if i had not known. i did know. >> the soviet union and system in europe contained the seeds of its own destruction. many of the problems at the end started at the beginning. i talked about controlling the instituti institutions and the economy and the social life. one of the problems is when you control everything you create opposition and dissidence everywhere. if you tell all artist they have to paint the

q and a programs are also available at c-span podcasts. ♪ ♪ >> join us later today when we'll show youerview with dr. alfredo quinones hinojosa again in its entirety. it's one of the author interviews from our latest book, "sundays at eight." you can see the program today at 7 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >>> coming up on c-span2, next a congressional hearing looks into overcriminallization. then we'll show you today's "washington journal" program in its entirety. and later, a congressional hearing looking into phone scams. >>> join us tonight on c-span2 for more booktv prime. at eight it's author sidney powell and his book, "licensed to lie," exposing corruption in the d. of justice. -- department of justice. at 9:35, mike earn talks about u.s. marshals. about an hour later it's lawrence tribe and his book, "uncertain justice." the roberts court and the constitution. and tonight on c-span, a special look at veterans health care, one of the major issues before congress this year. we'll show you highlights from c-span's coverage of the issue. here's a brief look at some of that footage

both the audio podcasts and video will be on the internet caucus advisory website as well as the video on c-span. thank you once again for attending. [applause] >> if you missed any of this conversation about online privacy, you can find it online at the c-span video library. coming up tonight, former secretaries of state. form posted by the aspen institute. secretary gates talked about ukraine and russian foreign-policy. reasons weone of the face a serious crisis and why it is the worst since the end of the cold war is putin is trying to upend two points of international order that people thought were settled. one was that border changes could only be resolved through peaceful negotiations and notent of the parties, and satisfaction or revenge as claims by force. the second was the freedom of sovereign states to choose which other countries with whom they wanted to ally politically, economically, and for security. has of those putin essentially thrown aside. what the europeans and we for a long time felt was a matter settled at the end of the cold war is now very much back on the table. >> you

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i would like to thank our panelists, both the audio podcasts and video will be on the internet caucus advisory website as well as the video on c-span. thank you once again for attending. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> is this even comes to a close, a quick reminder you can see it any time at www.c-span.org. coming up tonight on the coverage of the recent western conservative summit and the faith and free to coalition obamar resizes the administration foreign policy in the middle east and ukraine. here is a look. thehe middle east, bloodiest and most dangerous and most unstable region in the flames from tripoli across the board of africa all the way to the mediterranean. in syria, a bloodthirsty dictator.-- dspespot a this president drew a red line and said if he crossed it, you he would pay and then retreated at the behest of vladimir putin. that dictator has slaughtered 160,000 of his own innocent civilians in order to keep our while this -- keep power while this administration sat in the cheap seats and watched it happen. catholic prie

both the audio podcasts and video will be on the internet caucus advisory website as well as the video on c-span. thank you once again for attending. [applause] >> next a debate between the candidates running in the virginia senate race and live at 7:00 a.m. your calls and comments on "washington journal." >> all weeking watch book tv in primetime. monday at 8:30 p.m. eastern and tuesday through friday at 8:00, book tv features a wide ring of topics including foreign policy, law and legal issues iran, coverage of book fairs from across the country and from the best sellers of this week and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us or you can email us us at comments at crmp span.org. >> now a debate between the major candidates in this year's virginia u.s. senate race. mark warner and his republican challenger ed gillespie face off on a range of issues. they discuss same-sex marriage immigration and the border crisis, the healthcare law and plor-sponsored continue seppings. it was co-hosted by the virginia bar association and held last nopt white silver spring west vi