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the free c-span radio app. c-span radio. hear historyre you unfold daily. announcer: earlier today, defense secretary james mattis spoke at the army association of the united states annual meeting in washington. andcomments and question answer session lasted just over half an hour. >> i would like now to introduce our keynote speaker for the 2017 annual meeting of the association of the association of the united dates army. you know him. he is well-known and is known internationally. the privilege of serving alongside of him, and you can define our keynote speaker with one word, and i would choose "patriot." his veryhat he is at core. they do's and gentlemen, please welcome the secretary of -- ladieshe honorable and gentlemen, please welcome the secretary of defense, the honorable james mattis.. [applause] thank you.attis: take you very much, ladies and gentlemen. thank you, general. is an absolute delight to be here with you all, and i do appreciate being invited to something like this. i probably could find no

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you can watch all the hearings live on c-span3, streaming live on our c-span .org or listen live with the c-span radio app. >> earlier today senate democrats announced a proposal to expand 4o1k retirement savings plans. this comes ahead of tomorrow's announcement of the republicans have plan which could impact the contribution cap to a retirement account. >> i was one was late. they were not. blame me, not them. i just walked in first. okay. good morning everyone. i apologize for being late. i want to thank the ranking member at senate finance committee, senator wyden for being here as well as finance members step now and cantwell and a leading on retirement issues sheldon whitehouse, though he is years from retirement itself. tomorrow house republicans are expected to unveil the fine prints of their long-awaited tax plan. at the risk of using a hollowing pond, we are sure the republican tax plan will be full of tricks for the middle class and full of treats for the wealthiest americans in the biggest corporations. we don't know yet what the republican will do to middle-class americans 4o1k retirement acc

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watch the hearings live c-span3, online at streaming on the free c-span radio app. also on capitol hill yesterday, wells fargo ceo. committee wasking checking in with the executive one year after the revelation that wells fargo employees fraudulently enrolled customers now let'ss -- fast-forward to 2016 two months before the scandal became public. you were chief officer of wells fargo and an interview asked you if you thought the bank had pushed sales goals and cross-selling too far. your answer was no. the fundamental strategy we have is not going to change -- that was july 26 in right before this breaks open. wells fargo's own investigation, you knew thousands of wells fargo employees had been fired for opening false accounts. you knew cross-selling goals were to blame. still you said the bank did not have a problem, right? that isnator, incorrect. could you read the entire quote? could we go through the entire presentation? senator warren: your answer was no about pushing employees to far. "the fundamental strategy we have is not going to change." >> i was referr

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c-span. watch both on c-span.org were the c-span radio app. >>> next, before among opioid addiction and th the affect it s on families. parents of a young man who died from a heroin overdose talked about their experience of losing a child and addiction. we will also hear from the senator portman and mansion and later a panel of journalists that cover the epidemic. epidemic. the discussion was hosted by the washington post. >> good morning, everyone. i'm lenny bernstein, the health and medicine reporter at the "washington post." i ai'm going to introduce to you today todd and evelyn, the parents of thad berkey who died of a drug overdose and ellis lee, the journalist who made the remarkable video that you just saw. [applause] can you tell us a little bit about how the addiction began and how it progressed? >> in january of 2015, he broke his hand and foot and we took him to the emergency room and everything and he got prescribed painkillers. we had no idea that he got addicted. now around october of 2015, his mom found the walk pills in hism and this is when he told us about his addiction to pa

we are expected to hear from speaker ryan live here on c-span , and the free c-span radio app. before that barack obama on the campaign trail for the first time since he left the presidency, competing for ralph .orth am we will have that at 7:00 eastern on c-span. right now, the candidates for new jersey governor meeting for their final debate before the election. they are answering questions about property taxes. the state public employee public system, legalization of marijuana, and other issues. this is one hour. live, uninterrupted, the new jersey gubernatorial debate sponsored by cbs 2. north jersey.com, and william paterson university. here is your moderator. >> good evening. coming to you live from the campus of william paterson university in wayne, new jersey. the final debate before the election, this is sanctioned by the elect, they new jersey election law enforcement

in about an hour at 10:00 eastern in a little under an hour on c-span online at c-span.org or you can listen with the free c-span radio app. general joseph h-hotel, creator of u.s. central command will be speaking an event put together by the national conference on u.s.-arab relations live shortly after 2:00 and you can see it on c-span 3. live on c-span.org and listen to it but the c-span radio lab. u.s. senate gavels in about 60 minutes or so at 9:30 eastern. we'll have live coverage on c-span2. right now remarks from senator patty murray and lamar alexander who you just saw on the floor of the senate yesterday talking about their compromise health plan. >> trade one later this week, senator murray and i with other senators will introduce bipartisan legislation with additional flexibility to create more choices of help health insurance policies and to extend cautionary production subsidies during 2018in and 2019. the subsidies pay for co-pays and aboutor the bulls for millis of low income americans who buy health insurance on the affordable care act exchanges. our goal is to stabilize a number where the cost of premiums

c-span reader is available in washington, on 90.1 fm, on our website c-span.org, or by downloading the free c-span radio app. c-span radio at 20 years where your history unfold daily. >> today fbi director christopher wray took part and a discussion on the pending renewal of the section seven the two of the foreign intelligence surveillance act which allows surveillance on foreign citizens under specific circumstances a doctor that impact the authority has on his agency. >> it is my distinct pleasure to introduce to the audience both here in this realm and obviously to the world out there, i think i can say new director still and get away with that, chris ray of the fbi. director ray comes from new york city, graduated from yale university in 89 makes me feel old, earned his law degree from yale law school in 92. he then click for judge michael of u.s. court of appeals for the fourth district. in 1993 began working in private practice in atlanta. he began at the department of justice grid in 1997 as an assistant u.s. attorney for the northern district of georgia where he prosecuted a series of cases on publ

all those online at c-span.org or on the free c-span radio app. >> the c-span bus is traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. we recently stopped in annapolis maryland, asking folks what's the most important issue in their state. >> hi. i'm xena. i live in annapolis, in maryland, and i teach at sta john's college where we're filming now. and an issue that a lot of us in maryland are concerned with is our heritage, the heritage of slievry, and the heritage of the civil war. i'm sure many of you heard, there's a statue of the justice who wrote the dread scott decision that was taken down in front of the state house. my real concern is how do we have conversations about our past? and here at st. john's, we read frederick douglass. we read the dread-scott decision, speeches of lincoln, and try to have real conversations with one another about the issues and different points of view you might have on them. i suppose that's one of the things i care about most deeply, is how can we as americans, how can we as marylanders have real cobsations where everyone is respected and also

they will be available online at c-span.org or with the free c-span radio app. c-span buses traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. we stopped at nashville, tennessee asking what the most important issue is in their state. >> one important issue to me is the difference in gender wages. women are paid a little less then meant for the same exact jobs. i feel like they should be paid the same amount. >> i am a junior accounting major. an important issue to me is education. i think tennessee has done a great job offering free community college across the state. i would like to see across the federal level. >> i am a junior at belmont university in tennessee. this important issue to me is protecting the right to life. >> an important issue to me is daca removal because i think those who have contributed to our society should they in ou data should stay in our society. >> everyone should receive a quality arts education. it builds self-worth and self-confidence and give skills not just to understand other cultures but to develop their own voice and intera

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online, at c-span.org, or an the free c-span radio app. >> tonight, on the communicators, russia's involvement in the 2016 election with reporter julia anguiy. >> facebook said they learned a bunch of ads placed during the election were praised by russian outfits under anonymous accounts and politically divisive ads, not necessarily same at one candidate or another but just aimed at sewing divisiveness on charged topics. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> france's defense minister was in washington, dc recently and said that scrapping the iran nuclear agreement would be a gift to iranian hardliners and a first step toward future wars. this cams after president trump's recent announcement to decertify the agreement and continue threats to ultimately pull out of the deal. she spoke for about an hour last week at an event hosted be the center for strategic and international studies. [inaudible discussion]

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c-span. also watch online at www.c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> c-span buses traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. we recently stopped in charleston, west virginia, asking folks, what is their most important issue? major come and i think the most important issue for west virginia is somewhat too full. i think it is an issue of poverty, which ties into our drug epidemic, lack of jobs, makesf opportunity, which the drug epidemic worse, and it is a cycle that builds upon itself. >> i'm a senior political science major at the university of charleston. one of the biggest issues i see now is the governor pushing a road bond for a special election that is going to supposedly pump millions in infrastructure, which sounds nice, but when you look at the big picture, it is going to hurt my generation and millennials in the future. problem,going to be a but if you look down the road, it is going to do screw west virginia. >> house of delegates, and in west virginia we have had some very difficult economic times over the past five or six years, particularly in the co

you can follow live coverage of both hearings at c-span.org or on our free c-span radio app. c-span bus is challenged across the country on our 50 capitals to earth this -- in -- and issued that a lot of us and maryland are concerned with is our heritage, the heritage of slavery, and the heritage of the civil war. statue that was taken down in front of the statehouse. how do we have conversations about our past? john's, we read frederick douglas, we read the dred scott discussion -- decision. we have conversations about issues and points of views. ist i care about most deeply how can we as men -- how can we as americans and maryland, find on issues that matter to our history and heritage and what is happening today. i'm hoping for, not just fighting, not just arguing, not just power struggle, but conversations and building real community. i believe a major issue and when people come out of prison walls, employment and housing, and the support system is very vital to people staying out of prison. formally who are incarcerated get employment, it is something essential to their f

or listen on the free c-span radio app. all five members of the federal communications commission testify wednesday on a number of topics including media ownership, the f.c.c. emergency responder network and net neutrality. our lye coverage begins from the house energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and technology at 2:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span3 and online at c-span.org or listen live on the free -span radio app. >> hi, this is lois kim, executive director with the texas book festival and we're super excited to have the book festival november 4 and 5, in and around the state capitol in downtown austin. we'll be welcoming over 300 authors for over 150 panels and we're expecting a huge turnout of 50,000 on saturday and sunday. >> join book tv for the texas book festival live from austin saturday and sunday, november 4 and 5 on c-span2. for more information visit our website at booktv.org. >> arizona republican senator jeff flake announce head won't be seek regular election in 2018. senator f

c-span. you'll also be able to watch online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> c-span's student competition is in full swing. this week's theme is the constitution and you. we're asking you to take a portion of the u.s. constitution and use a video to illustrate why it's important. open to all middle school and high school students 6 through 12 and provide a documentary and include c-span programming and opinion. $100,000 will be awarded in cash prizes. the grand prize of $5,000 goes the students or team with the best overall entry. this year's deadline is january 18th. >>> earlier this month, the supreme court heard oral arguments. it focuses on a legal resident understand going deportation after criminal deportations. alejandro was detained three years without a bond hearing. he and others later filed a class action lawsuit challenging the federal detention statutes. this oral argument is an hour. >> we'll hear argument next in case 151204, jennings versus rodriguez. mr. stewart. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court. this court has often stretched e

c-span. you can also watch live online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. tuesday, fema administrator testifies on the federal government's response to the 2017 hurricane season. following major hurricanes like harvey, maria. on starts live on c-span tuesday. this week, sen. jeff flake announces he will not seek reelection next year. the arizona republican is currently in his first term as senator. he came to the floor to discuss his decision. this is 20 minutes. our own values and principles. let me begin by noting a somewhat obvious point that these offices we hold are >> the offices we hold are not ours. state incumbents he is not the point of seeking office. time. it must also be said that i rise today with no small measure of regret, regret because of the state of our disunion, regret because of the disrepair and destructiveness of our politics, regret because of indecency of our discourse, regret because of the leadership, regret because of the compromise of our morale authority and by all, i mean all of our compli city in this -- complicity in this st

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also online or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought today to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> the senate health committee looked to the nation's opioid academic. dr. francis clolens and scott got leeb testified at the hearing. the senate committee will come to order. today's hearing is about the opioid crisis we're facing and what the federal government is doing about it. senator murray and i will each have an opening statement and we'll introduce the witnesses. after the testimony they will have five minutes of questions. the senate has inefficiently scheduled three votes starting now and all of us would like to hear the witness's testimony. the best thing to do is go ahead and get started with the opening statements. the opioid crisis is tearing our communities apart, tearing families apart and posing an enormous challenge to health care providers and law enforcement officials. the amount of opioids prescribed in the unite

watch it live on c-span3 or find it on c-span.org or find it on the c-span radio app. announcer: close eyes for a moment. .> closure eyes i see you. -- close your eyes. i see you are trust me. empathy. i want you to stretch your open your eyes. that is how fast it happens. in a blink, no warning. 10, executive director of paralyzed veterans of america and retired u.s. marine corps officer sherman gillam's junior talks about his own paralysis and his work to help paralyzed veterans. >> i'm try to tell them this is the problem. this is what i see from a patient's perspective, from a policy perspective. you have to empathize. that's what will make it the ideal provider for veterans who gone through this sacrifice. former president george w. bush gave a speech in new york city. he talked about russian efforts to influence the i-16 election. race relations, and the current legal discourse in the u.s.. this is just under any minutes. [applause] president bush: thank you all. [applause] president bush: thank you. ok. gracias. i painted ramon. i wish you were still standing he

you can follow live coverage of c-span.org orat on our free c-span radio app. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. next, a look at public attitudes on foreign policy in the trump administration. the differences of opinion and issues of importance between supporters of the president and those who do not support him. >> good morning. you all get a gold star for supervening the security in the building and being on time. we know there will be some stragglers but that is to be expected. i am jane harman, the president wilson center. i have to say it is hard to seem hopeful about the subject we will address after the past week. hundreds were gunned down last night in las vegas. i do not think we know yet what the gunman's motives were. two women were stabbed to death in front of the train station in marseille france by an asus -- isis sympathizer, and there seems to be an unprecedented disconnect between our secretary of state and presid

also online or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought today to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> the senate health committee looked to the nation's opioid academic. dr. francis clolens and scott got leeb testified at the hearing.