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c-span. on c-span two at 9:30 a.m., the fema administrator, deann criswell testifies. on c-span3, house armed services committee hearing on the army's 2022 budget with the army secretary, christine were myth and james mcconville. a house so committee looks at the commitment toward economic and racial justice. >> during monday's white house briefing, jen psaki answered questions on president biden's statement regarding the bipartisan infrastructure deal, u.s. airstrikes in iraq, the look fix and the building collapse in florida. this is 50 minutes. >>

c-span. at 3 p.m., nasa administrator gives an update on nasa operations, with a news conference to follow. on c-span two at 3:00 p.m., a look at the future of conservative foreign policy posted by the american enterprise institute. ♪ >> next: you writers from the smithsonian's national museum of african american history and culture on the 1921. race massacre and why it is important to tell the story now. this 30 minute virtual event was hosted by the washington post. >> good afternoon and welcome to washington post live. i am tracy, race and economics reporter at the washington post. we are speaking today with scholars about the 1921 tulsa massacre, as the city marks 100 years after the attack on a prosperous black neighborhood by a white mob. we are joined by paul gardullo and mary elliott from the national museum of african-american history and culture, both of whom i have had the pleasure of speaking with during my reporting on tulsa and reparations. culture, both of whom i have had the pleasure of speaking with during my report -- reporting on tulsa and reparations. thank you for being with us for t

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watch book tv this weekend on c-span two. >> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people andvents that tell the american story every weekend. saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, and author on his book "jim bridger." saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a brown university professor talks about real warfare -- guerrilla warfare. sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, journalists and law professors compare the definitions of free speech in france and the u.s. and explore whether france's model would work in the u.s. and sunday, on the presidency, a discussion about nancy reagan's legacy with an author, and the white house historical association president. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> house majority whip james clyburn and minority whip steve scalise discussed the upcoming house agenda. this is 25 minutes. >> madam speaker, i ask to speak out of order, unanimous consent to speak out of order for the purpose of inquiring the floor schedule for next week to the house majority whip. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: thanks, mad

c-span three we feature american history. on c-span to focus his public affairs, and on c-span two nonfiction books. here are highlights of programs airing on our companion networks. c-span and c-span two book tv. >> c-span's dilemma cases exports histories and constitutional drama behind significant supreme court decisions. watch key episodes from our series tonight at 945 time p.m. eastern on c-span. fred -- during world war ii. the port voted 6-3 in favor of the united states. watch landmark cases tonight at 9:45 p.m. eastern on c-span, live on c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] announcer: book tv on c-span2 has top authors every weekend. tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern in her book the second: race and guns and infinitely unequal america, professor carol anderson examines the second amendment and argues it was designed in a way that denies rights to african-americans. tonight at 11:00 p.m. eastern

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c-span. at 1:00 p.m., the centers for disease control marks the 70th anniversary of the epidemic intelligence service program on c-span twot 10:30 a.m., the washington post hosts representatives josh gottheimer, democrat of new jersey, and ryan fitzpatrick, republican of pennsylvania. the cochairs of the problem solvers caucus, a bipartisan group of house lawmakers. they will be talking about negotiations on infrastructure and police reform. >> book tv on c-span two has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, in her book, "insanity defense," jane harman looks at pressing national security issues. she's interviewed by janet napolitano, former homeland security secretary during the obama administration. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on in-depth, max hastings on his more than two dozen books on wars in the 20th century, including his soon to be released "operation pedestal." in his book, "really good schools," james tooley talks about revit schools in -- private schools and poor countries -- in poor countries setting an example other countries can learn from. watch book tv

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eastern on c-span two. watch online or on the c-span radio app. >> demonstrator bill nelson announced two new nasa missions and give an update on the mars perseverance mission and the new nasa observatory. this runs 40 minutes. nus, and nasa's new org system observatory. this one is 40 minutes. ♪ >> hello and welcome aboard the international space station. i am megan mcarthur, along with my expedition 63 crewmates. >> we are excited to kick off this year's state of nasa, from 250 miles above the earth, conducting world-class research. >> as astronauts, we have the best jobs in the galaxy, but the work we do would not be possible without your support. we are on a path to land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon as part of the artemis program. >> it is our honor to introduce someone who knows exactly what it is like to live and work here in orbit, our new administrator, the honorable senator bill nelson. ♪ [applause] bill: hi everybody, thank you very much. and thank you, megan, shane and

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c-span. at 3:00 p.m., nasa administrator bill nelson gives an update on operations with a news conference to follow. on c-span two at 3:00 p.m., a look at the future of conservative foreign policy posted by the american enterprise institute. ♪ >> next, federal reserve vice chair of supervision randal quarles, on the u.s. economic recovery. he talked about the actions the federal reserve has taken to limit the strain of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy. about economic output. we will take you there now. >> it is also joining me this morning is a federal reserve vice chair of supervision, randal quarles. thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. we will be discussing how the nation's banks are faring, the u.s. economic outlook, and what to expect from the fed on rates and regulations. good follow the conversation on twitter using the hashtag #politicoeconomy. i didn't want to go back to last year for a second. the fed launched a dozen emergency programs. but was it like for you at that time? was there a time when you were worried that we might have a financial crisis? >> well, it was a very

watch book tv this weekend on c-span two. ♪ >> washington journal continues.ost: to focus on animal agriculture with caitlin glover, the national resources executive director at the national cattlemen's beef association. first on the association itself, explain who you represent and what your group does here in washington and around the country. guest: good morning. thank you for having me. as you said, i'm from the national cattlemen's beef association, it's the largest trade organization and we represent members through beef and cattle production in the united states. we are a member driven organization from the grassroots and our communities all the way to washington. we represent a cot -- approximately 25,000 individual members but have more than 175,000 members in total across the country. we have affiliates and each state who deals with state focused issues. but they bring the tissues to us in washington, not only for things like nutrition, but land policy. and really telling their story on a very national stage. host: how many members are cattle farmers

on c-span two, the senate holds a confirmation vote for the head of the federal trade commission and memories take up the president's nominee to head up the office of personnel management. that session starts live at 10 a.m. at 2 p.m., hearings on c-span3, the senate judiciary committee takes up an immigration reform bill and a 2 p.m., the house oversight committee continues its probe into the january 6 attack on the u.s. -- in the u.s. capital. >> senate intelligence committee member mark warner talking about his legislative priorities. he is asked about infrastructure talks and a variety of foreign intelligence challenges. >> 117 congress in an evenly split senate most diverse house of representatives in the history >> good morning. i am karen, a columnist here at the washington post, the right of politics and i want to thank you for joining us in the latest on our series on the 117 congress. our guest this morning is senator mark warner, the chairman of the senate intelligence committee and also a key negotiators in this bipartisan effort going on in the senate, president biden's

you can join in on in-depth, live at noon eastern on sunday with max hastings on book tv on c-span twore to visit c-span shop.org to get copies of books from our featured offers -- authors. >> washington journal continues. host: dedrick asante-muhammed joins us now with the national community reinvestment coalition who serves as a fellow for the institution of policy studies. " from the 2020 federal reserve report on this issue of the racial wealth gap in america, this is what it said, long-standing and substantial wealth disparities between families in different racial and ethnic groups were little changed since the last survey in 2016 p the typical white family has eight times the wealth of the typical black family and five times the wealth of the typical hispanic family. how did we get here that the typical white family has eight times the wealth of the typical black family? guest: the question is more what did we not do to remain with this great disparity. i was like to say, i heard the conversation earlier this morning about racial inequality. the foundation of racial inequality i

watch live coverage of the senate on c-span two, the house on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listenn the c-span radio app. next, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell talks about political leadership at an event hosted by the mccain institute. this is 25 minutes. >> it is great to have leader mcconnell with us. i would take this opportunity with his long history of public service to talk to him today about leadership. he recently wrote a book called the long game. i know having served in the senate that for many senators, the long game is running for president. did you ever think about running for president? what is your long game? >> i didn't, unlike most senators.

host: we will have coverage on c-span two, in a rare show of unity, the senate is pat -- poised to pass a bill, the goal to counter china. guest: legislation -- the legislation is smart. senator schumer and others went around all of the committees in the senate and took ideas to counter china and put them together and it got a lot of republican support for what they are doing. one of the cosponsors is todd young of indiana. in a way, they are following the lead of what the house of representatives republicans did. they formed a china task force last year and put together several hundred ideas in one report, which has been backed by kevin mccarthy and all republicans. there has been this bipartisan support to do something about china, whether it is enough, i don't know. there are a lot of subsidies in it, increasing the national science foundation's budget, making sure we don't fall behind . there is money for artificial intelligence research, a quantum number of things. it is an american version, if you will, of the made in china 2025 policy where china was subsidizing these top 10 high

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c-span. in the afternoon, our live coverage continues with president biden holding a news conference in cornwall, england, ahead of the g7 summit being held this weekend. on c-span twot 10:30 a.m. eastern to consider judicial nominations for the district of new jersey and the d.c. circuit court of appeals. on c-span3 at 9:30 a.m., lloyd austin testifies on the president's budget request for the pentagon in front of the senate armed services committee and then at 2:00 p.m., a house homeland security subcommittee examines the federal response to unaccompanied children at the u.s. southern border. also on our website, officials from the irs and treasury department testify on ways to reduce the u.s. tax cap, streaming at noon :00 -- at noon eastern on c-span.org. >> c-span has your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by television companies and more including media. >> the world changed in an incident. internet tracking and we never slowed down. schools and businesses went virtual and we powered a new reality because we are built to keep you ahead. >> we support c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row stree

c-span. at 1:00, the centers for disease control and prevention marks the 70th anniversary of the epidemic intelligence service program. at c-span two:30 a.m., the washington post hosts the cochairs of the congressional problem solvers caucus, a bipartisan group of house lawmakers. they will be talking about negotiations on infrastructure and police reform. >> coming up in an hour, heritage foundation's jonathan butcher and ashley harrington of the center for responsible lending on propal

c-span. on c-span two at 9:30 a.m., fema administrator testifies before the house homeland security committeen agency readiness. at 11:00 a.m. on c-span3, a house armed services committee hearing on the army's 22 budget with the army secretary and the army chief of staff. at 3:00 p.m., a house subcommittee looks at that financial service industries commitment towards racial justice. >> next, economist talk about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy. the aspen institute hosted robert rubin, and the former white house budget director on federal covid economic relief, inflation rates, and the administration's economic policies. this is 45 minutes. gillian: welcome to fiscal resiliency in an uncertain world. what do we do next with the budget? with that, with interest rates and much else. this is a re

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c-span. in the afternoon, our live coverage continues with president biden holding a news conference in cornwall ahead of the g7 summit being held this weekend. on c-span twothe senate returns at 10:30 a.m. eastern to consider judicial nominations for the district of new jersey and the d.c. circuit court of appeals. on c-span3 at 9:30 a.m., the defense secretary testifies on the president's 2022 budget request for the pentagon in front it -- of the senate armed services committee. the house homeland security committee examines the federal response to unaccompanied children at the u.s. southern border. on our website, officials from the irs and treasury department testify

eastern on c-span two and we show it the following sunday at 9:00 p.m.nd midnight eastern on sunday. the prime minister hosted a climate change session during the summit's final day. a portion included a video featuring sir david attenborough, the english broadcaster and natural historian. p.m. johnson: well done. right. thank you all very much. we are coming now to the final generating -- final juddering climax of this me

eastern on c-span. at two: 15 p.m., secretary of state antony blinken talks about the administrations foreign policy. on c-span two, the u.s. work on district court nominations and will have a final vote on a science and technology bill that had been held up just before the memorial day recess. on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m., secretary of state antony blinken at a subcommittee hearing. 12:30 p.m., we will join the house oversight committee looking at the role of purdue pharma and the sackler family in the opioid epidemic. >> white house press secretary jen psaki and national security advisor jake sullivan briefed reporters monday on president biden's upcoming trip to the g7 summit and his subsequent meeting with russian president vladimir putin in geneva. this is an hour. sullivan, and jen psaki answered questions from reporters. >> hi everyone. the whole room. i hope everyone is cozy. we have national security advisor jake sullivan here to join us to give a preview of the president's trip and we will do a full brie

c-span. at 1:00, the centers for disease control and prevention marks the 70th anniversary of the epidemic intelligence service program. at c-span two at 10:30 a.m., the washington post hosts the cochairs of the congressional problem solvers caucus, a bipartisan group of house lawmakers. they will be talking about negotiations on infrastructure and police reform. >> coming up in an hour, heritage foundation's jonathan butcher and ashley harrington of the center for responsible lending on proposals to forgive student loan debt. at 9:00 a.m., paul gionrfiddo of mental health america on the pandemic's impact on mental health and their latest report on suicide amid the pandemic. "washington journal" is next. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] ♪ >> free times since the start of the covid-19 pandemic the federal government has responded. a new analysis suggests that the latest two rounds, the one of december 2020 and march this year have greatly improved american's economic health. they're able to buy food, pay down debt and to save. now the administration is under pressure to push for a fourth round of stimulus chec

what today on c-span two, online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ host: edwardngerland, your new book entitled drunk, how we stumbled our way through civilization has an eye-popping opening. people like to masturbate. they like to get drunk and eat twinkies. not typically at the same time but that is a matter of personal preference. from a scientific perspective, we have told that these all have one thing in common. they are evolutionary mistakes. sneaky ways that humans have figured out to get something for nothing. you have been researching why people drink. the scientists right or wrong? guest: they are wrong. that is my argument. for a variety of reasons. if alcohol is a mistake, it is a costly mistake. unlike masturbation which is relatively harmless. evolution will not get too worried about people and other species gaming the system so getting a pleasure reward for no good reason or something for. in the case of twinkies, it is more serious because it leads to diabetes, all these problems but it is a really recent problem. the taste for sugar and fat that

fire", watch book tv on c-span two tonight. >> lillian hellman was a 20th-century playwright over her play "the children's our" -- "hour". the controversies running her work, he is the chair of the theater department produce a part of the great allies lecture series at the university and they will provide the video. >> hello and welcome to how great allies lecture. it is -- the 20th american playwright author lillian hellman. let me express expedition to the corporate sponsor of this program, one of our program sponsors, the generous support has helped this presentation and others possible. we are also grateful to the individuals who provided funding for the series, without it would not be possible. we invite you to make a gift to great lives, you can go do so by going to our website. you will find information about how you can make a donation. to introduce our speaker, greg stahl is professor of theater, chair of the department of theater and dance at the university of washington. he has served as a managing director of the woolly mammoth theatre company in washington dc , as a panel

c-span. >> book tv on c-span two has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. tonight at 9:00 p.m.astern, john grisham, author of "the innocent man," on his work with the innocence project and wrongful convictions. and sunday on afterwords, a former nypd commissioner on his book. he is interviewed by the former philadelphia police commissioner and d.c. police chief. then, a yale professor with her book, "america on fire." watch book tv on c-span two this weekend. >> on friday, attorney general merrick garland announced steps the justice department is taking on voting rights and access, saying, "within the next 30 days, we will double the division's enforcement staff for protecting the right to vote." he added the department will provide guidance on early voting, audits and voting by mail.

on c-span two, the u.s. work on district court nominations and will have a final vote on a science and technology bill that had been held up just before the memorial day recess. on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m., secretary of state antony blinken at a subcommittee hearing. 12:30 p.m., we will join the house oversight committee looking at the role of purdue pharma and the sackler family in the opioid epidemic. >> white house press secretary jen psaki and national security advisor jake sullivan

watch book tv this weekend on c-span two. >> washington journal continues. paul steinhauser is a national political reporter for fox news. he is a longtime political reporter for the concord monica -- monitor, joining us to talk about a visitor coming to new hampshire. very well known. he is former vice president, mike pence. guest: great to join you guys again. host: this isn't the first outside trip for the former vice president. he spoke in south carolina. what is the occasion in new hampshire? guest: he will be headlining the hillsborough county gop. it is one of the largest counties in new hampshire and one of the most powerful republican organizations. their annual lincoln-reagan awards dinner and fundraiser, a major fundraiser for the county party. it is also the first visit of what we consider it one of the potential 2024 republican presidential contenders in person in new hampshire. you could say tonight's event will kick off the 2024 cycle in new hampshire. iowa, which is right before us, they hold the first caucus and we hold the first primary, th

. >> watch on c-span two. >> c-span landmark cases explores the stories and constitutional drama behindignificant supreme court decisions. sunday, a landmark case, a man arrested for suspicion of kidnapping and rape. he signed a written confession. the supreme court ruled the confession was inadmissible because he was not notified before being questioned of his fifth and sixth amendment rights against self termination and the right to an attorney. watch sunday at 9:45 p.m. eastern on c-span, online and -- on c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this is katherine tully-mcmanus discusses the week -- to talk with us from cq roll call. can you highlight some of the action going on? guest: there is a massive, over 7 million infrastructure package the house committee passed out of committee a few weeks ago. this is a massive bill that while it was split along party lines in the committee, we could see a similar split on the floor. this is a more traditional infrastructure package. it is the kind that republicans want and are distant in

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that is on c-span -- january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. on c-span two house homeland security many on agency readiness. at 11:00 a.m. on c-span three house armed services committee hearing on the army 2022 budget with the army secretary and chief of staff. at 3:00 p.m., the house subcommittee looks at the financial services industry's commitment toward economic and racial justice. ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including charter communications. [video clip] [ad] >> tarter is connecting us. -- charter is connecting us. >> charter communications support c-span as a public service with these providers giving a front row seat to democracy. >> next retired gen. david , petraeus, former u.s. commander in afghanistan and former director of the cia on president biden's plan to withdraw u.s. forces from afghanistan. his 40 minutes. david: welcome to washington post live. i'm david ignatius, a columnist for the post.

watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> washington journal continues.ost: susan ferrechio is the chief correspondent for the washington examiner. the house is in recess for the week. the senate is back in session. i want to begin with the headline from the washington examiner, senator joe manchin saying that the democratic election bill would further divide us. i will play some sound from fox news sunday. housing is this? guest: he is doubling down on the idea that the senate should be working in a bipartisan fashion, on everything, and not trying to do things unilaterally. democrats controlled the senate right now and there is a big push from the party base to try to move the president -- president biden's agenda through the house and the senate. in the senate, you have the filibuster rule, which means you need 60 votes to advance legislation. you need republican cooperation. democrats are considering a move that would get rid of that rule and they would in the filibuster. there are several democrats, including joe manchin, who is the most vocal, who d

live coverage on c-span two. the house returns june 14, flag day. john in florence, massachusetts.od -- good morning, john. welcome to the conversation. caller: i will never get the vaccine. dr. fauci lied and told everyone it was a 1% death rate, which was a total ride. -- total lie. it was .16%, just like you said last year, that it would be like a bad flu season, which is what donald trump repeated and got eviscerated for. host: thank you for the call. this is from a viewer in columbus -- "republicans whine and complain that taking vaccines and wearing a mask encroaches on their freedom. they will soon complain that not wearing a seatbelt and not driving drunk also encroaches on their freedom." a headline on partisan differences on the pandemic response growing. trust in medical scientists has increased but only among democrats while optimism about a vaccine is broadly shared. on the democrats line, west jefferson, north carolina, linda. good morning. caller: i am a retired pediatric nurse so i went to give you a list. smallpox, diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, fl

on c-span two, the senate holds a confirmation vote for the head of the federal trade commission andemories take up the president's nominee to head up the office of personnel management. that session starts live at 10 a.m. at 2 p.m., hearings on c-span3, the senate judiciary committee takes up an immigration reform bill and a 2 p.m., the house oversight committee continues its probe into the january 6 attack on the u.s. -- in the u.s. capital. >> senate intelligence committee member mark warner talking about his legislative priorities. he is asked

watch book tv this weekend on c-span two. >> washington journal continues.gressman jeff fortenberry representing the first district of nebraska, a member of the house appropriations committee. you are with us to talk about a number of issues including federal spending. welcome to washington journal. guest: a pleasure to be with you. host: it is spending season, let's start with the proposed budget so far. what is yourwhat is your imprest the president is asking for? guest: it is important to offer insider process, the president proposes a budget and congress can ignore it or take part of it. it is ultimately congress's decision. the budget accelerates spending, it has new debt to be financed. it is the philosophical divide, are we going to centralize more government in washington or are we going to let america run as we traditionally have with a federal process where there are states and locales and other forms of community associations that take care of problem's? -- problems? on the appropriations committee we are engaged over separate areas of public poli