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c-span's live coverage starts at 9:30 a.m. eastern. can you find it all on c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. > >>>? what marching along the peninsula would be like. but he's so dead set on making sure that he doesn't concede anything to lincoln that he basically puts his army on the virginia peninsula in the spring of '62. is going to turn out perhaps to be the worst possible place to launch his campaign. >> sunday at 6:30 p.m. the 320th anniversary of the salem witch trial. historian margo burns talks about the book "record of the salem witch hunt." >> that's one of the reasons we know so much about salem village and we know so much about the pleas of innocents. because samuel paris took it all down. there's a reason that arthur miller poached from him is that it reads like a play. she says this, he says that. there's sound over here. we couldn't hear. the girls were flailing around. all those descriptions coming from samuel paris because he was reconstituting it from his shorthand. >> and at 8:00 p.m. former boston "globe" journalist curtis wilke "the road to camelot." >> i was a junior in colleg

c-span3 and you can follow it live on c-span.org and with the c-span radio app. coming up wednesday, a hearing on visa overstays. the need for accountability and national security. we will be live the senate judiciary subcommittee starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. the house intelligence committee ranking member adam schiff called a meeting between donald trump junior and other officials with the russian lawyer, a disturbing development that should be looked into carefully. his comments came during a news conference with those on the house investigation into russia and the 2016 elections. this is about 15 minutes. mr. schiff: good afternoon, i wanted to make comments about the emails at a been released today. in the summer of last year, the russians were in possession of information they believed would be damaging to secretary clinton and helpful to the trump campaign. some of this information they stole from the computers at the dnc and elsewhere. in june, we now know that through intermediaries to the russian government thought the trump campaign to see i

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you can follow all of these on c-span3, c-span.org and the c-span radio app. >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. focus on theg, we debate in the senate on efforts to repeal and replace the nation's health care law. be sure to watch "washington journal" live friday morning, join the discussion. theresident trump awarded medal of valor to police officers responded to a shooting at a congressional a small game practice. house majority whip steve scully's and others were wounded. the award ceremony was held in the white house east room. vice president pence: to members of congress, our distinguished guests. members of the law enforcement community from all across the united states. on behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. and welcome to american heroes week here in our nation's capitol. one month ago today, america woke to shocking news. that a gunman had opened fire on a baseball diamond just south of our nation's capitol. in the wake of that horrific attack, our nation was deeply inspired by the heroism of amer

watch on c-span or go or listen using the c-span radio app. c-span's washington journal, live it every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, minnesota republican congressman discusses the opioid epidemic and john garamendi talks about the brescia investigation. of cqen david hawkins roll call will discuss congressional pay and benefits. the sure to watch c-span's washington journal this morning. 20 discussion. next, congressman mark who chairs the house republican -- hem can't talks about takes questions about the caucus and gop efforts to repeal and replace the health care law. >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the national press club, the world's leaders -- leading the news organization for journalists and where news happens. we are the constitution. am 110th president of the national press club. before we get started, i wanted to remind some people here in the audience and our -- about some housekeeping things that we have happening here. first of all, to remind you for those that came late

eastern on c-span two, c-span.org and our free c-span radio app. friday, a look at the global influence of the press. panel of journalists are the center for strategic and international studies talk about how media outlets are influencing the narrative on world affairs. that is live at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday on q and a. >> when you look at president obama's domestic legacy, i think there are two things that are very important that will have long-lasting, good consequences to the united states that can be summarized. kagan.otomayor and elena >> the second of our two-part interview with david gero. he talks about his book "rising star: the making of barack obama." >> i think the point emphasize is that over the course of barack's presidency, there were scores of people in illinois who had known him in years earlier who were deeply disappointed with the trajectory of the obama presidency. number one, disappointed that -- mostorgot the people of the people -- who were essential to

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eastern on c-span and c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> the commissioning ceremony begins the active duty for a newly built naval vessel. we will share -- show you three commissioning ceremonies clinton, presidents bush, and vice president dick cheney. number five president clinton. >> in 1913, harry truman was a young missouri farmer, experiencing some business difficulties as he did from time to time. but as always, he did not give up easily. he wrote to his sweetheart and future white -- wife best his -- bess these words. harry truman was a man of his word create it took 85 years but on july 25, 1998, harry truman's ship has come in. [applause] clinton: of course, president truman's home town of independence, missouri was not exactly a center of naval operations. coming from the state just south of missouri, we are completely landlocked and harry truman was an army man. -- 1944, he spoke at the christening of the battleship missouri on whose decks japan surrendered a year later. he felt a he felt and affection for the ship, and as president came to rely, as all p

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health care bill, we will have live gavel to gavel coverage on c-span 2, online at www.c-span.org, and streaming on our free c-span radio app. ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal ," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up morning, california democratic congressman raul ruiz will discuss republican efforts to repeal and replace the informal care act. about humanking smuggling and trafficking after 10 suspected migrants died in an overheated tractor-trailer in san antonio last weekend. also, steve russell will join us to talk about key issues facing congress, including the future of health care and federal spending, as well as his opposition to air traffic control privatization. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. >> president trump posted the lebanese prime minister earlier after a meeting in the oval office. they spoke at a joint news conference in the oval office. here is a look. >> thank you very much. please, i am very happy to , with zero of the democrats' votes, the motion to proceed on health care has just passed. and now we move forward

watch live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate on c-span2 and watch any time on c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> we didn't cut our way to surpluses in the '90s. what we had in the '9 o's was a circumstance where the clinton administration and the gingrich-led house specifically and the senate which was in republican hands at the time came together to get welfare reform and spending restraint to sort of keep spending flat while the economy grew and revenues caught up to spending. that's how you get to surplus. that's why you think you're seeing so much focus in this administration on economic growth. you cannot cut your way to a balanced budget. can you not tax your way to a balanced budget but keep that growth on spending an grow your way to a balanced budget. >> watch our interview with the director of office and management and budget friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> next, the israelian police and palestinians in eastern jerusalem. the israeli police closed a mosque but later added metal detectors to the building. they were removed after protests. the m

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also on c-span.org and you can listen with the free c-span radio app. dividual market are sg there worrying in july and august whether they'll have any option to buy insurance in 2018. so i don't think we can wait two years to repeal and replace obamacare which is why i voted twice on tuesday to do it again now, and why i voted against it to repeal it now and replace it in two years if you can. i don't think tennesseans will be very comfortable canceling insurance for 22 million americans now and saying, trust congress to find a replacement in two years. pilots like to know where they are going to land when they take off and so should we. now, mr. president, we are proceeding ahead with our debate on the health care bill. it may be a little >> and once again you can watch this debate as it plays out on the senate floor on our companion network c-span2. and we're continuing live on capitol hill. we're waiting for house speaker paul rirne. he's set to hold -- paul ryan. he's set to hold his weekly briefing. we're planning live coverage here on c-span. we'

this week on c-span's the sidebar podcast, a look back at with a principal domestic aid to president johnson. you can find the sidebar and every c-span podcast on the free c-span radio app for apple and android, as well as google play music, stitcher, and apple announcer: 50 years ago, on july 23, 1967, 5 days of rioting in detroit, michigan. a historian there to learn about the causes and events of the uprising which led to 43 deaths, 7000 arrests, and the deployment of 5000 federal troops to restore order. >> my name is jamon jordan. i am a historian and a tour leader. i do history tours throughout the city of detroit. on july 23,ened 1967? >> a plainclothes

c-span network. c-span.org and listen live on the seat-- free c-span radio app this morning a look at a new report bymedicare trustees on how long that hospital insurance program is expected to last live at 915 eastern on c-span3 and streaming on our free c-span radio app. later today live coverage of a discussion about renewing section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act allowing access of non-us resident communication outside country. join us live that new and eastern on c-span3, streaming live online at c-span.org or the free c-span radio app. >> sunday on q and. >> speaking about the distribution of wealth, corruption can get you arrested and in so much trouble. >> saudi arabian women rights activists talks about her time in prison after challenging the saudi government ban on women drivers in her book "daring to drive, a saudi woman's awakening >> it's a huge country and women can't drive. we wanted to change this by the movement and it's going on. we are still campaigning for the right to drive. for the right to drive its more acts of disobedience because women are not supposed to

eastern time on c-span3 and www.c-span.org and the c-span radio app. jimmy in west virginia. u say yes. good morning to you. caller: absolutely. host: why? caller: i've watched all the hearings on c-span. i read the papers. i don't watch any kind of fox news. absolutely, i do believe they played a role in our election to the wonder seeed that -- trump elected. stevie wonder could see that. of have a better chance eat and hold palin il of hay.le ba host: you also say yes. interferedy have from that time in 1959 until. it is the angle it has taken. there is collusion on both sides. you don't have to go to fox news. you can go to the hill this morning and understand that the was allowed over here on a special visa by loretta lynch. that is all coming out. it's not covered by collusion with trump. like collusion with --mpet everybody uses russia it's not covered like collusion with trump. everybody uses russia and russia uses us. defense comeith puts more money toward defense. all of that should be discussed as well as the one sidedness. host: the article you are doj letg to, excl

you can watch both events online at c-span.org or listen live with the c-span radio app. "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact appeared friday morning, mary agnes carey will join us to talk about what is included in the latest senate republican health care bill. be sure to watch "washington journal," join the discussion. >> to health subcommittee's looked at how the v.a. reviews claims from gulf war veterans. a recent report found they denied more than 80% of claims from gulf war associated illnesses. officials from the the a and accountability office testify. -- testified. >> good morning and welcome everyone. this is a joint hearing of the subcommittee on disability oversight and investigation. we will come to order. i want to take a moment to thank for holding the hearing with me today on an important issue we are facing, and that is helping gulf war veterans get the benefits they have earned. itching go without saying we have a duty to take care of the men and women who have been wounded while serving in our miry

that will be over on c-span 3 and listen live on the c-span radio app. the house is out. members passed a bill that obama-era rule. coordinatey, they'll ways to have a pipeline, a bill o establish a pipeline for importing or exporting oil and natural gas. the house is live on c-span on wednesday 10:00 a.m. for morning speeches and noon for legislative work. in washington this evening, a tweet saying the president set to john huntsman as russian ambassador. he former envoy is going to be named u.s. ambassador to russia. white house official telling righters. >> c-span "washington journal" with news and policy issues and coming up on wednesday morning. we'll continue our conversation on the budget. tom reed and efforts to boost .s. manufacturing and tim ryan on the republican budget of the and the future democratic party. nd the trump administration. watch it 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. > sunday night on "afterwords, a journalist influences public opinion in her book how fake news control what you see, what you think and vote. >> you don't stick up for mccain. you ha

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eastern on c-span in c-span .org and listen live at the free c-span radio app. spin under. >> a panel discussion was hosted on the domestic military and economic policies impacting us china relations. panelist shared research from both the american and chinese perspective on the north korean policies, asian-pacific securi security. >> thank you very much. i am mike green senior vice president for asia and professor at georgetown. we had five issue papers with others for each paper on each subject from the us and china. we split the panels up so that this panel will address the papers on us and chinese strategy in the asian-pacific region and also us china military issues. the next panel cover economics, global issues and politics. scott kennedy will try that session. we had a number of participants who helped write the papers or who joined us in study groups to review the papers and this is a representative group with everyone involved in the key authors we will address in the panels. buddy glaser, senior advisor and director of our china project will talk about

online at c-span.org or on the free c-span radio app. >> also this morning federal reserve chair janet yellen testifies before the senate banking committee about the semiannual monetary policy report and the impact policy decisions have on the economy. watch live coverage this morning 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3 come online@c-span.org, or, or on the free c-span radio app. >> senate leader mitch mcconnell is expected to release his health care replacement bill today. wednesday senators spoke on the floor about health care here here's a look. >> mr. president? >> the senator from wyoming. >> mr. president, i'd like to address the body and ask any quorum call be vitiated as because event -- >> not in quorum call. >> mr. president, i come here today to the floor to talk about what is happening what i saw over the fourth of july in wyoming visiting with people, visiting with patients, doctors come with nurses that what i'm seeing is the pain of obamacare continues to worsen. the health care crisis we are seeing across this country continues to grow. prices are rising, choices are disappear

live coverage of the senate on our companion network c-span2, c-span.org and with the free c-span radio app. live on capitol hill now as we get remarks from nancy pelosi. she's been holding her weekly briefing with reporters this morning. we'll get the last few minutes. ms. pelosi: as to what that debate is about. that's called the regular order. at's what senator mccain was talking about. depending what they do, if they decide they'll take it up on the house side and send it to the president's desk, i doubt they could pass it. i doubt they could pass it, but that's one option. the other is to go to conference. , i haven't -- i will say praise our ranking members, they know as do i chapter and verse what the opportunities are and the rest. they would -- they would have to be at the table because their committees are the committees of jurisdiction that are affected by the bill. do you have any other ideas? reporter: i was curious. i know in the senate there's been some republicans that have, you know, made the play to leadership that they want to be part of the conference committee should it

huckabee sanders tonight at 8 p.m., you can also catch it of on c-span.org or listen to it on c-span radio through app, that span radio ou can find on cell phone providers. pritchard.ling from how you doing, jeff? caller: thank you for c-span. of middle class, a lot of, you know, poor people in on this line and tony, the guy before me, stole a little of my thunder. i'm here in west virginia, as you know, we're an extraction tate or energy state and have been for the last 100 years. we are suffering greatly because of what energy, especially coal has done to us. nothing. us with our state is broken beyond belief. it didn't make any difference in of west virginia, which party was in power because the coal, oil or and gas and chemical companies. e have probably a higher percentage of any state on medicare. opiate storm n down here is the best way you can say it. were introduced mostly by the mining industry to avoid time injuries and we are suffering. we have no jobs. president obama, even though i campaign and voted for president obama, he didn't take the action decided to when he change the power plant

c-span radio app for apple and android, as well as google play music, stitcher, and apple announcer: 50 years ago, on july 23, 1967, 5 days of rioting in detroit, michigan. a historian there to learn about the causes and events of the uprising which led to 43 deaths, 7000 arrests, and the deployment of 5000 federal troops to restore order. >> my name is jamon jordan. i am a historian and a tour leader. i do history tours throughout the city of detroit. on july 23,ened 1967? officer,nclothes charles henry, attempted to get inside 9125 twelve st which is what please call a blind pig, an after-hours bar. he was able to get in around 3:00 in the morning and the illegal after-hours bar was raided by police. when they raided the place they found it was not a small amount of people they are used to in these types of raids, the police confronted about 85 people who were there because to vietnam war veterans had returned to and a party was being held at the club for them. it was sunday morning. the police were at their lowest manpower so it took a long time for your them to get all of these p

. >> watch our interview with mick on c-span,riday c-span radio app c-span.org. staff army chief of talked about security challenges. the president's statement on transgender people in the military and u.s. army priority. >> good afternoon. and welcome to the national press club, the place where news happens. i'm myron belkein, the 2014 national press club president and a former correspondent and bureau chief for the associated press in england, india and japan and i now teach journalism and the importance of accuracy at george washington school of media and public affairs. before we get started, i want to remind our in-house audience to please silence your phones if you haven't already done so and for our viewing and listening audience please feel free to follow the program on twitter at #npclive. and for our c-span and public radio audiences, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, so any applause or reaction you hear is not necessarily from the working press. before i introduce the head table, i want to recognize two very

we posted the bill at c-span rgan follow live coverage on span.org and on the free c-span radio app. this from politico, house republican leaders will decide next week whether to brave an ugly floor fight. a proposal applauded by rank and file republicans but risks embarrassment. in a closed-door conference meeting today, house majority leader said all 12 appropriations bills will be in committee by the end of next week. leadership will begin a tentative whip count on whether lawmakers would vote on a package that combines all of hose one $1 trillion funding bill. it would allow members to offer hundreds of amendments an ercise that and read more at politico.com. . tonight at 8:00, our interview with linda mcmahon. before becoming s.b.a. administrator, she was co-founder and former c.e.o. of world wrestling entertainment. mrs. mcmahon also ran in connecticut as the republican nominee for the u.s. senate in 2010 and 2012. this sper view is also online -- interview is also online at c-span.org or on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday on "q&a." >> in a country that's an absolute monar

you can listen live on the free c-span radio app. ♪ announcer 1: c-span's washington journal," live everyay with policy issues that impact you. we will continue our conversation on the federal budget. tom reed from new york will join us to talk about that and efforts to boost u.s. manufacturing. and the ohio democratic congressman on the proposal and the future of the democratic party. from theiam holden wall street journal looking at the future of nafta and the trump administration's work to renegotiate. be sure to watch "washington journal," wednesday morning. join the discussion. sunday night on afterwords, reporting on house near tactics are used. tactics are used. she is interviewed by the washington post media critic. >> you don't stick up for mccain , you hammer the washington post who has not reported on this incident as opposed to say, why are you smearing john mccain? >> [indiscernible] >> i know it. >> i am not going to defend john mccain or donald trump. any behavior, and people misbehave you use media behavior -- it doesn't mean i am supporting him or cheering him on. it is a

see the entire interview tonight at 8:00 eastern time on c-span, c-span dot-org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> our live coverage commissioning of the uss gerald r. ford is 10:00 a.m. eastern. the supercarrier, named after our 38th president, is the navy's newest nuclear powered high-tech aircraft carrier. president trump will attend the ceremony at naval base in norfolk, virginia, an deliver remarks to 14,000 people expected to attend. saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org. listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> on wednesday, vice president mike pence chaired the first meeting of the presidential advisory commission on election integrity, established by the president to study federal election processes enconcluding voter registration and information, allegations of fraud and cybersecurity. the president and vice president opened the meeting. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states. >> well, good morning. please be seated. on behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. and welcome to the inaugural meeting of the presidential advisor

c-span and the senate on c-span 2. watch anytime on c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> now a conversation on the just and the -- the justice department's policy. from washington journal, this is 25 minutes. continues. clark neily joins us for the first time, vice president catoriminal justice at the institute, joins us to discuss shift in policy by the trump of nistration on the issue civil asset forfeiture. before we shift, let's define explain what civil asset forfeiture is. guest: sure. o you know, i don't use the term civil asset forfeiture, that plays into the government's terminology, i use civil these are not assets, a lot of times, people cars they use to get to work and their homes. forfeiture, civil and criminal. forfeiture, after a government convicts somebody and proves that particular property, involved in was the crime in some way, so they take proceeds of the crime or used to commit it. civil forfeiture is different, is the government has to do assert the property was involved in a crime somehow, they get to the burden shifts to the owner of the property to get for doingompt seedure so

you can also follow it live on c-span.org and with the c-span radio app. wednesday, a hearing on visa overstays. the need for accountability and national security. the senate judiciary subcommittee starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>the need for accountability ad next, cia director mike pompeo speaks that the intelligence and national security alliance dinner in washington. he talks about his goals for the cia as well as national security threats. afterwards, he sits down for an interview. this is 50 minutes. i'm pleased to introduce cia director mike pompeo. as director, he leads the cia intelligence collection, analysis, covert action, counterintelligence and liaison relationships with foreign intelligence services. role, ensuing this director pompeo was serving in his fourth term as a congressman from kansas' fourth district. he served on the house intelligence committee, as well as the energy and commerce committee. prior to his service in congress, director pompeo founded fair aerospace where he served as ceo for more than a decade. director

watch the national governors association summer meeting live on the c-span networks, c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3 -- state university professor discusses union general george mcclullen's failed attempt. >> haven't done a lot of research about what this peninsula looks like and what marching along this peninsula would be like. but he's so dead set on making sure that he doesn't concede anything to lincoln that he basically puts his army on the virginia peninsula in the spring of '62, it's going to turn out to be perhaps the worst possible place to launch his campaign. >> sunday at 6:30 p.m. on the 325th anniversary of the salem witch trials, historian margo burns talks about "records of the salem witch hunt". >> that is one reason why we know so much about salem village, why we know so much about the pleas of innocence because samuel harris took it all down. there's a reason that arthur -- is it reads like a play. she says this, he says that, oh, this town over here, we couldn't hear, girls flailing around, all those descriptions come from samuel

you can watch both events online at c-span.org or listen live with the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> c-span'swashington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, a kaiser health news correspondent joins us for the morning to talk about what is included in the latest senate republican health care bill. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. this weekend on book tv on c-span2, saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, former chess champion garry kasparov talks about his on theeep thinking: future of artificial intelligence and its impacts on society." centuries,ines, for has been taking over all forms of manual labor. when machines were taking jobs from -- you name it, manufacturing jobs, that is natural. now the thing is machines are coming after people with degrees and political influence and twitter accounts. >> and 9:15 p.m., a wall street journal columnist jason riley discusses his book "false black power" and his argument that blacks are disadvantaged by political capital. >> m

c-span's "news makers." listen on c-span radio, and check out our free c-span radio app. our programming streamed on the web at c-span.org. welcome back the president of the interfaith alliance, as we talk about civility in american politics. it's something many americans are not talking about. let's talk about your organization. what is it? what's your mission? guest: thanks, steve. our organization is about 20 years old. our tag line is protecting faith and freedom. we approach the first amendment from a faith-base and had constitutional perspective in the hopes of protecting the rights of all americans to freedom of conscience and protecting the government and the people from interfering with each other on matters of religion. we were formed about 20 years ago in response to the rise of radical right in the religious community who tried to impose their agenda, continue to do that in our country. host: is the first amendment under assault? guest: it's always under assault. people love the protections of the first amendment, but sometimes, in exercises those protections,

ansys cameraman you can checkout here on c-span, seasonal, or the c-span radio app. let's go back to the news here. there is a story by politico. pill onwallows a bitter russia." the white house said friday hist, in a severe blow to budding relationship with russian president vladimir putin . turning the page -- it requires anump to justify sanctions on russia and mandates an automatic congressional review of such move. host: is by michael crowley of politico. calling in fromawlin fremont, california, a republican. caller: i am an educator, but i work at the library. -- i just passed da-day -- and i have noticed with the the ability varies, of the children. there were five kids in my class, and a couple of them at autism, two of them were there for language situations, and the ones that were a little more educated were not necessarily the leaders. there was a little spanish-speaking boy who had a enthusiasm for being there, but he had no interest in reading. when i put the books on the table, of course they would have picked the toys over the books, but when i did ge

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c-span radio. be sure to check out our free c-span radio app. hans von spakovsky is a member advisoryesidential commission on election integrity. guest: thanks for having me. host: let me begin with this editorial from the new york times calling the commission of bonus voter fraud commission. "the truth cannot be repeated often enough. the congressional advisory commission is a sham and a scam." your response? guest: i wonder why the new york times is so opposed to have a commission that research is and investigates the american election process. we at the heritage foundation provided a printout to the members of the commission this a database of voter fraud cases across the country. we have reached almost 1100 cases. some of them are cases in which hundreds if not thousands of fraudulent ballots were cast. elections were overturned. you have to wonder why the new york times is so opposed to looking at that, and how can we make it that are so everyone is eligible to vote and no one spoke is overturned -- one's vote is overturned. ont: trump's ne

you can watch online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. sunday night on "after words" connecticut democratic congresswoman rosa delauro talks about her efforts to protect social programs in her book the least among us, waging the battle for the vulnerable. >> when social security reached its lowest point we had ronald reagan and tip o'neill who came together and acted, and congress acted, to make social security solvent into the future. all of this wringing of hands about social security being insolvent can be solved immediately by lifting the cap. >> watch sunday night at nine nt eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> the senate returns at noon eastern and will try to move forward on health care by voting to begin debate on the house-passed bill from may that repeals and replaces parts of the affordable care act. yesterday, senate democrats spoke late into the evening about their opposition to that procedural vote. next come we show you a portion. of the remarks from the senate floor.o >> mr. president, i rise today to talk about the

c-span network. c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. with the help of our comcast partners, this weekend, the c-span cities tour takes a look concord, massachusetts, where the first shots of the american revolution or fired. less than a century later, the writers revolution takes place and the town becomes home to henry david thoreau and others. saturday at noon eastern on book tv. he will take you inside orchard house release in may alcott wrote the groundbreaking work " little women." where ralph waldo emerson "the oldture." line >> man" is a house of two revolutions. then later, the second american revolution of intellectualism and thought. it is really a house that has such great history to it. on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we take you to the northbridge, where the battle of concorde began. to bewhat is considered the beginning of the american revolution because it is here shat americans, colonial and the british encounter one fired,, shots will be lives will be lost on both sides. it is where the colonial mi

watch anytime on c-span.org and listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> justice department of officials in the trump administration testify at a senate judiciary committee hearing on foreign agent registration requirements. live coverage wednesday starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. in the afternoon, a house panel looks at the u.s.-qatar relationship in light of a recent blockade by gulf states. live coverage starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern, also on c-span3. watch both hearings online at c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app. >>> sunday night on afterwards, connecticut congress won rosa delaura talks about her book, the least among us, waging the battle for the vulnerable. >> when social security reached its lowest point, we had ronald reagan, and tip o'neil. who came together and acted, and the congress acted, to make social security solvent into the future. all of this wringing of hands about social security, and being insolvent, can be solved immediately by lifting the cap. >> watch "after words" sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span2's book tv. >>> an update on the n

you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> a recently published reports on efforts to modernize the army was the focus of discussion -- -- covering concerns about increasing global threats to military readiness. this is an hour. >> all right. thank you everyone for sticking around while we made our transition. as i mentioned, we're going to roll into the second half of the event where we're going to focus on army modernization. and today rolling out a report on army modernization. called the army modernization imperative. a new big five for army modernization. i want to begin thanking the sponsors of that study because without sponsors we don't get to do studies. this was sponsored by a combination of support from general dynamics, d.r.s. technologies, part ofley nardo and l-3, as well. so we want to thank them for their support. i'm going to briefly walk through the chief findings and recommendations of the report. it's about 80-ish pages but a pretty quick read with a lot of pictures. i urge you to read the whole thing. i'll hit the highlights a

livean follow these events on c-span3, c-span.org and with the free c-span radio app. sunday on q and a, mark boughton talks about his book "way: 1968." >> the battle shocked me, because the saigon military command was so out of touch with the reality of what was happening in the streets, they literally got a lot of young americans killed because what the general denied that the city had been taken. it was a fact that he denied it for nearly the whole time the battle was fought. consequence, we would never concede the sheer number of enemy forces in the city. so small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to attack positions held by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched positions. onouncer: sunday night c-span's q and a. governmentthe accountability office set up a sting operation using a fake law enforcement agency which was able to obtain surplus equipment from the defense department. an estimated $1.2 million of military equipment, including night vision articles and simulated pipe arms. gao and pentagon officials testified about the findings

eastern on c-span and since then our come and listen -- and c-span.org, and listen live on the free c-span radio app>> "washington journal" continues. host: dr. helen ouyang is with us now. she is a "harper's magazine" contributor. she is also emergency room doctor. she is with us to discuss challenges on adequate health care in rural america. thanks so much for being with us. guest: hi. thanks for having me on the show. host: last week's spotlight on magazines focus on the rust belt. this focus is on the black belt. tell us what that is. guest: the black belt is historically 17 counties throughout alabama and northeast mississippi, and it was originally named after the soil. it was very fertile, good for growing cotton, and it probably had a larger sociopolitical meeting. -- meaning. black slaves were forced to work the soil in the lands. it expanded to include other states with predominantly african american populations. host: what affects the struggle and part of this country? you profile in the piece marion, alabama. guest: where do i begin? before we talk about marion, this theory, like a lot o

it can be heard on our website at www.c-span.org, c-span radio app and your apple podcast. we will open our phone lines. for democrats. democrats.-8000 for (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8002 for independents. >> live today, author, journalist and history professor herb boyd is our guest. >> i often draw parallels between new york and the short. look at the 1863 draft riots, a nice comparison between what was happening in new york at what was happening here in detroit, all for the same reasons. we talk about the black and irish community at each other's throats in terms of jobs and housing. 1943, onedown to the in parliament in 1943. go down tonight is extended, same kind of ink. and for the same conditions. -- go down into 1968 and the same kind of thing. crook says latest is "black detroit." -- the blackyou lawyers, the black doctors could live next to each other and benefit and the class was going on at that time and we could talk about some benefits of segregation. that would be one, the opportunity to have contact with people of another class. demanding of t

see the entire interview tonight at 8:00 eastern time on c-span, c-span dot-org or listen on the free c-span radio app live coverage commissioning of the uss gerald r. ford is 10:00 a.m. eastern. the supercarrier, named after our 38th president, is the navy's newest nuclear powered high-tech aircraft carrier. president trump will attend the ceremony at naval base in norfolk, virginia, an deliver remarks to 14,000 people expected to attend. saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org. listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> on wednesday, vice president mike pence chaired the first meeting of the presidential advisory commission on election