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app store or google play. get audio coverage and up to the minute schedule information for c-span radio and television was podcast for popular public affairs book and history programs. stay up-to-date on the election coverage, c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. on american history tv, historians and scholars discuss african-americans in the workforce throughout american history. here is a preview. my -- i was convinced there was more to black lights than black business life van the way it is usually depicted, americans have finally existed.ged slavery i had trouble with professional are you sureo said you have the right place? after the exhibit of the new york historical society, they accepted it and everyone thinks slavery ended and the quality and it quality happened and we are sitting around waiting for something interesting to happen. i came across african new yorkers and engaged in the same fashion as their white neighbors. after 30 years i and my colleagues have probably read in the vicinity of 100,000 court cases, i have probably read 200,000 pages and collected material stories abo

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c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. tonight on c-span, two former presidents, clinton and jimmy carter discuss policy changes since they left the white house. former president carter touched on initiatives to get more young people to vote. here is a brief look. >> you got to be answering all the questions, but i don't mind, as a matter of fact. >>well, they know what i think. i'm boring them. >> let me take another problem that exists in our country. that is a decreasing number of people who are poor in america. as you know, there's a lot of -- there's a lot of efforts, i would say, among republican and democratic legislatures. if you get all democrats in the legislature, all republicans, and the same governor you minimize any change in the electoral system. and i think one of the -- because both of it is on the opposite. i see the expression on your face. this is something that republicans are doing. but, you know, how do you get young people registered to vote? if i had my preference, i would let everybody be outmatic

c-span. listen land on the free c-span radio app or watch any time on demand at c-span.org. >> independent presidential candidate of the mcmullen joined us on this morning's washington journal. -- evan mcmullen joined us on this morning's washington journal. this is 40 minutes. joining us now is independent candidate evan mcmullin. you have people asking who are you and where you interested in being president. why is that? >> i believe the two candidates that we have before us that have been nominated are woefully unfit to lead this country, especially at this time, so like many americans i have waited for someone else to step forward and that didn't happen. sensing that it was the last minute in which somebody could offer some competitive edge, i decided to do it myself. host: who got you into this? guest: i would not describe it as being recruited. they were working on finding someone for some time and they were well-known people. i reached out to them a few weeks ago, realizing we were nearing the end of a window, the last window when someone could actually challenge both of these nominees so i reac

app store or google play. get audio coverage and up to the minute schedule information from c-span radio and television plus podcast time for popular public affairs, books and history programs. stay up to date on all the election coverage. c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. governor adlai stevenson accepted his party's presidential nomination at the 1952 democratic convention in his home state of illinois. entered but he eventually allowed his name to be put forward. governor stevenson last the 1952 general election to job dwight eisenhauer with 44% of the popular vote to general eisenhower. the speech was covered by nbc news and lasts 15 minutes minutes. >> it's going to be quite a moment in the life of adlai stevenson and i judge that it is. getting a handsome ovation after that introduction by president truman. you can see the president seated in the background taking it easy and waiting for the speech to begin. >> mr. president, ladies and gentlemen. conventi c of the convention and citizens, i accept your nomination and your program. [ applause ]citizens, i accept nomination and your pr

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c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. >>> for campaign 2016, c-span continues on the road to the white house. >> we need serious leadership. this is not a reality tv show. it's as real as it gets. >> we will make america great again. >> ahead, live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates. on c-span, c-span radio app and c-span.org. monday, september 26th, first presidential debate live from hofstra university in hem stead, new york. on tuesday, october 4th, vice presidential candidates governor mike pence and senator tim kaine debate at longwood university in formville, virginia. on sunday, october 9th, washington university in st. louis hosts the second presidential debate. leading up to the third and final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump, taking place at the university of nevada-las vegas october 19th. live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates on c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app or watch any time on demand at c-span.org. >>> so we're going to be ta

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c-span. listen live on the free radio app or watch anytime on-demand at c-span.org. wilson signedrow legislation creating the national park service on august 25, 1916.1916 -- we are featuring national park service sites throughout the country. we continued with another stop on the "c-span cities tour." >> i think everybody is just amazed -- it is not a widely publicized presence here. the park service doesn't advertise, so people find out about this because they read magazine articles or they see features like you are preparing. but it is not our typical colorado scenery. it is not what most people think of when they think of colorado. so it comes as a pleasant surprise to find it here. john auto was kind of a vagabond, not in the sense that he was a never do well, but he did not have any permanent roots. he was attracted to the area in 1907 by the promise of employment on a waterline project. i guess this was just the type of country that was really appealing to him. he began to agitate for the creation of national park here. -- a national park park here. the first

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c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. the wall street journal reports that the florida senate race is shaping up as patrick murphy versus marco rubio. latewrite that in the primary, representative patrick to easilyexpected defeat representative alex grayson to face republican marco rubio this fall. democratic leaders are concerned that a nasty primary race has left democrats week and into the tough fight against mr. rubio. who wins this he is crucial for both democrats and republicans as it could help determine which party controls the senate next year. that is from the wall street journal. you can follow the results of the primaries and arizona and florida. watch here on c-span and c-span.org for all the results. american friends of tel aviv university posted its second annual ideas los angeles conference. they focused on the future of digital technology in media, entertainment, and health. now a panel on the future and privacy of your health care and genetic data. have a great fireside chat about the health care sharing

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stay up to date on all the election coverage, c-span radio app means you always have c-span on the go. >> governor adlai stevenson accepted his party nomination at the 1952 national convention in his home state illinois. governor stevenson lost the 1952 election to general dwight howard with 44% of the popular vote. >> the eisenhower is 55%. this speech is only 50 minutes of our coverage of nbc news. the introduction by president truman. [ applause ] mr. president, ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my fellow citizens. i accept your nomination and your program. [ applause ] i should have preferred to hear those words uttered by a stronger, wiser, a better man than myself. [ applause ] after this president's speech, i even feel better about myself. [ applause ] none of you, my friends, can appreciate what is in my heart. i can only hope that you understand my words. they will be few. i have not sought the honor of you have done me. i could not seek it because i aspire to another office which was the full measure of my ambitio ambiti ambition. one does not treat the highest office

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c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. day, aght on cuban documentary film instructor talks about his students award-winning documentaries. grand prizeh a been winners at our annual student competition. he teaches at jenks high school in jenks, oklahoma. >> i'm not the kind of teacher that will look at something that is not very good and go, that is nice. i will say that is not working. eventually every single one of my kids makes it better peace than they did in the beginning. every single one of them. eventually became to do really well internalize all this stuff. i no longer have to say it to them. their own brain is saying these things. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. presidents bill clinton and jimmy carter talk about public service and various policy changes that have occurred since their time in the white house. this was part of a recent event hosted by the clinton global initiative in atlanta. it is just under an hour. mr. clinton: now i would like to invite one of america's all-time great citizen serva

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c-span. also available on the c-span radio app and the c-span.org. newsmakers, green party presidential nominee jill stein talks about the 2016 presidential race. she officially received the nomination at the green party convention held in houston. ,newsmakers is sunday on c-span. in his weekly address, the president talks about celebrating this year's summer olympics. representative buddy carter of georgia has the republican response, discussing the house agenda and its impact on health care. pres. obama: every four years, our nation's attention turns to a competition that's as heated as it is historic. people pack arenas and wave flags. journalists judge every move and overanalyze every misstep. sometimes, we're let down, but more often, we're lifted up. and just when we think we've seen it all, we see something happen in a race that we've never seen before. i'm talking, of course, about the summer olympics. this month, rio is hosting the first-ever games held in south america. and we're ready to root on team usa. we're excited to see who will insp

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president and vice president, watch commercial-free coverage on c-span, listen on your desk top and mobile device using the c-span radio app. stay up to date on all the election coverage, c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. sunday on q&a, civil war historian james robertson discusses his book after the civil war, the heros, villans, soldiers and civilians who changed america. >> state allegiance was very deep. it went as far back in again rayings as there were settlers in the country and i think one has to keep that in mind. i'm not belittling slavery, slavery was major causes of the war but you can see action. they fight because virginia needs them, not that they support it had confederate cause, neither one did. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >> live to the senate.or >> the senate will come to order, the clerk will read a communication to the senate. paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable bob corker, a senator from the state of tennessee, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the pr

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announcer: ahead, live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates on c-span, the c-span radio app and c-span.org. monday september 26 is the first presidential debate live from hofstra university. then on tuesday, october 4, vice presidential candidates governor mike pence and senator tim kaine debate at longwood university. on sunday, october 9, washington university hosts the second presidential debate leading up to the third and final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump taking place at the university of nevada on october 19. live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates on c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app or watch live or anytime on demand at -span.org. announcer: a u.s. commission on international religious freedom is recommending the state department add nigeria to its list of countries that engage in the worst violations of religious rights. next former congressman frank wolf talks about religious freedom in that country in an event hosted by the westminster institute. > ladies and gentlemen, good before i introduce our speaker,

c-span fan. i listen on my way to work. the conventions -- : since you mentioned, we have a new c-span radio app that you can check out on our website, c-span.org. will, i will. see the convention was awesome. i did not have to hear the talking heads. so, yes. paul ryan. 84%. i am not a democrat, but he is a good politician. you have to know your base, and nehink trump, he endorsed len. he thought there is no way that this nehlen is going to win, and then haul ryan by 84%. i think that is why he went ahead and endorsed him. i do not think trump likes paul ryan, and i do not think paul ryan likes trump. paul ryan is honest. he has integrity. i do not agree with most of what he says, but he is a totally different politician than trump, and the wisconsin republican party got it together. they have an agenda. they are together. ryan, he is trying to save his party, and it is so factious and disillusioned. it has been eight years. instead of cooperating and compromising and making deals with obama, they just obstructed. need kickbacks. people will kill me for this, but we need kickbacks back. when we had kickbacks, at least we co

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c-span. listen live on a free c-span radio app. or watch on-demand at www.c-span.org. security secretary jeh johnson is in louisiana in the wake of historic flooding in that state. he is expected to talk to the media this afternoon anytime now. we expect that news conference to get underway and will have it for you live when it starts from baton rouge here on c-span. while he waited here from homeland security johnson, more from today's "washington journal ." former congressman bob inglis representative from 2004 2010. you were talents executive en. tor of rep -- republic guest: where people believe there's a solution to climate change so we are solving the problem of climate change so what we do is go around trying to convince conservatives to overcome our inferiorty complex we apparently think we are no goods at climate change but we have the answer. free enterprise. host: let's back up. how did you come to this position? have you always believed there as climate change? i st: in our first six years thought climate change was hooy and all i knew was al gore was for i

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. >> live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates on c-span, the c-span radio app,pan.org. monday, september 26 is the first presidential debate from new york. tuesday, october 4, vice presidential candidates mike pence and tim kaine debate at longwood university in virginia. washingtonoctober 9, university in st. louis host the second presidential debate, leading up to the third and final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump at the university of nevada las vegas. live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates on c-span. listen live on the c-span radio app or watch on-demand at c-span.org. >> the british house of commons is in recess. prime minister's questions will not be shown tonight. instead, we hear from

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. >> ahead, live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debate on c-span, the c-span radio app and c-span.org. monday, september 26th is the first presidential debate live from hofstra university in hempstead, new york. and then on tuesday, october 4th, vice presidential candidates governor mike pence and senator tim kaine debate at longwood university in farmville. and sunday, october 9th, washington university and st. louis host the second presidential debate, leading up to the third and final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump taking place at the university of nevada las vegas on october 19th. live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates oven c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app, or watch any time on demand at c-span.org. >>> three years after a supreme court ruling overturned part of the voting rights act, courts across the country have struck down a number of state laws saying they discriminate against specific groups of voters. saturday night, c-span's issue spotlight looks at voting rights and the impact on the 2016 election. w

on c-span, the c-span radio app, and c-span.org. monday, september 26, the first presidential debate live from hofstra university. tuesday, october 4, vice presidential candidates mike pence and senator tim kaine -. sunday, october not, washington university in st. louis post the second presidential debate leading up to the third and final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump taking place at the university of nevada las vegas on october 19. live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates on c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app or watch anytime on-demand at c-span.org. >> the british house of common's is in recess. questionsministers will not be shuteye. instead we hear from an author and journalist who talks about islam and the misperception that westerners have about the religion. it's a topic she writes about in the book, if the oceans were inck. from the commonwealth club of california, this is one hour and 10 minutes. >> my microphone is on. [laughter] that is an auspicious start. good even

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information for c-span radio and c-span television plus podcast times for popular public affairs, book and history programs. stay up to date on all the election coverage, c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. >> president obama welcome it is prime minister of singapur to the white house this morning where the two will meet and hold a news conference ahead of tonight's state dinner. in about an hour we will take you to that welcoming ceremony. until then, here is the prime minister speaking yesterday at the us chamber of commerce about relations with the u.s. and trade policy. >> ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the excellency, prime minister of singapore. [applause] >> good evening your excel eveningies, ladies and gentlemen, i'm alex feldman, on behalf of partners of u.s. chamber of commerce i would like to welcome you to this great hall of flags. prime minister mrs. lee welcome back, we are always glad to see you, thank you for making time on your busy schedule and thank you for long-term support of american business in singapore and southeast asia. administer of trade and industry, minister of trade and active minister of educatio

[applause] >> the c-span radio app makes it easy to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. get audio coverage and up to the minute schedule information for c-span radio and television plus podcast times for our popular public affairs book and history programs. c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. >> author and environmentalist gretel spent 20 years traveling . greenland >> if you have been following her writing over the years, you'll know her perhaps from her essays. collection of will read about the american west or her astonishing memoir about being struck i lightning. she won the inaugural 2010 throw award -- therough award. tonight, she is here to talk to us about greenland, about climate change, about rotten ice. tonight she is here to talk to us about greenland, about climate change. about rotten ice. as noted today on n.p.r., if you think today is hot, you're right. if you think this year is hot, you're right. the latest temperature numbers from nasa and the latest numbers from the oceanic atmosphere say that the numbers are the hottest on record