c-span. you can see the senate live on c-span two starting at 3:00. we mentioned the resolution in the house terminating the president's emergency declaration for the southern border wall. join us later today when the house rules committee meets to discuss that good you can see live coverage starting at 5:00 eastern on c-span three. >> tonight, on the communicators, christopher shelton, president of the communication workers of america talks about their opposition to the proposed t-mobile/print -- t-mobile/sprint merger. is a bad idea that will destroy 30,000 jobs in the united states for a german government owned company and a japanese billionaire company. we do not see why the german government or the japanese billionaire should seek to make money off of american jobs. that is with the merger will do. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. returning to the program's nina olson. she serves as the taxpayer advocate to the irs. remind our viewers about the role you serve. he national taxpayer advocacy position created by congres

eastern on c-span two, c-span.org or listen live with the free c-span radio app.rom capitol hill, a hearing on the trump administration's policy of separating migrant children from their parents crossing the southern border. minuteur hour and 45 hearing begins with administration officials talking about how the decision to implement the policy was reached. energy of the house committee here from child health experts on how the separation affects children's mental health. committee will come to order.

c-span networks. 8:30 p.m. on c-span, matthew whitaker testifying on the mueller investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. , housem. on c-span two freshmen profile interviews, with new members of the 116th congress. on c-span three, two former chairs on the fcc's repeal of open internet rules, known as net neutrality. ♪ announcer: c-span's washington date withive every news and policy issues that impact you. saturday morning, politico reporter joins us to discuss the new green deal and the new house select committee on the climate crisis. of memorial sloan-kettering talks about president trump's call to boost pediatric cancer funding. magazine on a special report looking at migration around the globe and how countries are responding. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 am eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. c-span's coverage of political events continues trump night as president travels to el paso, texas for a make america great again rally. our live coverage is on c-span2 in 9:00 p.m. eastern. announcer: c-span's road to the white house coverage continues , thepete buttigieg democratic mayor of

eastern on c-span two, c-span.org or listen live at the seat -- free c-span radio app.ill, a hearing on the chubb administration's policy of separating migrant children from their parents crossing the southern border. this four hour and 45 minute hearing begins with administration officials talking about how the decision to implement the policy was reached. members of the house energy and commerce oversight committee ar from child health experts on how the separation affects children's mental health. committee will come to order. good morning.

and onhe house on c-span c-span two. this past thursday night president trump delivered his second state of the union address to congress. it ran an hour and 22 minutes, making it the third longest such address, beating out last year speech by two minutes. we air that now followed by the democratic response.

watch the house live here on c-span and see the senate on c-span two. c-span's coverage of political events continues tonight as president trump travels to el paso, texas for a make america great again rally. our live coverage is on c-span2 at 9:00 eastern. each week when congress is in session we like to take some time at the look -- to look at the week ahead. with john bennett of roll call and mike lillis of "the hill." where do the negotiations stand at this point? >> it looks like we will find a mess again. there is a lot of talk at the negotiations are going to continue. -- get it through the house and senate and get it to the president's desk to avert a shut down that would happen saturday at midnight. yesterday, it seems things just fell apart. except not over the issue we thought they would fall apart over. it was all the attention over the wall and trump asking for 5.7 billion and -- 5.7 billion dollars and democrats saying nothing. and yesterday, it seemed to deteriorate over the number of detention beds, which is a totally different issue, alt

eastern on c-span two. >> house and senate negotiators have a little more than a week to come up with a bipartisan border security proposal before temporary funding expires for the homeland security department and several other agencies that could result in another potential government shutdown. on wednesday, negotiators have the chance to question customs and border protection officials during a classified briefing on capitol hill. some of the lawmakers spoke to reporters afterwards. >> --

that is friday, 9:30 eastern on c-span two. there are nearly 100 new faces in congress following the midterm elections. from tennessee, all republicans. voters in the desk -- second district elected tim burchett, who has held office as the mid-1990's, serving as mayor and terms in the state senate and house. congressman mark green came to national attention as president trump's nominee to be u.s. army secretary. he withdrew his name from consideration after his nomination to criticism for statements he had made about transgender people and muslims. congressman is a west point graduate who served 20 years in the u.s. army, first as an infantry officer and later as a military doctor. he spent time in afghanistan and iraq, taking part in the mission that captured saddam hussein. militaryiring from the , representative gene green cofounded a company that finds staff for hospital emergency rooms. he was elected to two terms in the state senate. startedtative john rose an i.t. training company after law school and later became owner

c-span networks, the house returns at 10:00 a.m. take up fiveers bills from the transportation committee. on c-span two, the senate continues work on natural resources management legislation and at 7:00 p.m., the fed chair jerome powell takes part in a town hall. on c-span3, at 10:00 a.m., house judiciary committee hearing on gun violence. journal,'s washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. , we arep this morning getting your reaction to president trump's state of the union speech and the democratic response i stacy abrams. -- by stacy abrams. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. >> i am always enthralled by the senate chamber itself, the walls themselves. what would they tell us? >> c-span's newest book "the transports you inside the capitol revealing the , privateways workspaces and the elaborate historic meeting rooms. it is a keepsake with beautiful color photos and the art and architecture that provides in the senate space and offers information about the senate's rich history. to order your high-quality paperback copy o

eastern on c-span two. >> on thursday, president trump addressed attendees at a white house east room reception or african-american history month. this is about 20 minutes. >> thank you very much. what a good group this is. this is the future. that's true. the first lady and i are thrilled to host so many friends and pastors and government stage is being filled up with a bunch of winners like you. i've known you for a long time, and i want to thank you very much. special guys, special friend for a long time. to be at the white house, to celebrate african-american history month. this is the place. we are also grateful to be joined by our wonderful vice president and second lady, mike and karen pentz. come on over here. get up here. come on, karen. what a job they do. today we are here to honor extraordinary contributions of african americans to every aspect of american life, theory, and culture, from earliest days of this nation, african-american leaders, pioneers and visionaries, have uplifted and inspired our country in art, science, literature, law, politics, is this, and every aren

communicators, monday night on c-span two at 8 p.m. eastern. today, five spanish missions make up the san antonio missions national historical park, a unesco world heritage site. next, texas a&m community -- joeln jolt kitchens kitchens talks about history and the process of preserving missions about 300 years old. american history tv recorded the interview at the western history associations annual meeting in san antonio, texas. >> joining us from san antonio, we have joel kitchens, the humanities librarian at texas a&m university where he earned his doctorate. we wanted to focus on the missions and san antonio in particular and across texas. what are they and what were they? joel: the missions worth settlements created by the franciscan friars to bring the indigenous people into the spanish colony. the goal was to converse the -- to convert the indigenous population into spanish towns. it was a way to extend the empire by converting indigenous people into spanish subjects. they would bring them in and convert them to roman catholicism. they w

conversation come with your calls, emails, tweets and facebook questions live sunday at noon eastern on c-span two. >> in the 1950's and 60's, the cia secretly funded radio free europe, which broadcast anti-communist propaganda behind the iron curtain. talks about the program's u.s. operations, which saw funds and support from politicians, corporations and american citizens. this 25 minute interview was recorded at the american historical association's annual meeting in chicago. >> i want to talk about your book in just a moment. we begin with a topical here so much about, especially our current president. fake news, what is it? them a fake news is a new term for an old phenomenon -- >> fake news is a new term for an old phenomenon. untruths propagated through the media. this is as old as the media itself. isepisode that comes to mind on the eve of the spanish-american war, william randolph hearst, the powerful media magnet of his

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communicators," monday night at 8:00 eastern, on c-span two. >> next, elizabeth todd breland talks about her book "a political education: black politics and education reform in 1960s," shee hte describes the overcrowding in african american neighborhood schools and share stories of parents and teachers who pushed for better conditions. american history tv recorded this 15 minute interview at the annual american historical association meeting in chicago. >> professor elizabeth todd breland, your book, "a political education: black politics and education reform in chicago ," what is the premise behind the book and what did you learn? elizabeth: the premise behind the buck, in the early 2000, so much of the conversation around education reform was dominated groups,ofit philanthropists, big-city mayors, advocacy organizations, and in my own research i was seeing that it wasn't scaring the slager history of community-based organizing around educational improvement, articulate by black parents, community members, organizers and teachers. i wanted to tell that story and tell that history. steve

eastern on c-span two, c-span.org, or life with the free c-span radio app. -- live with the free c-span radio app. >> following president trump's state of the union, reaction from lawmakers on capitol hill. next, we hear from senate leaders speaking on the senate floor. be placed on the calendar. mr. mcconnell: well, last night the president shared a hopeful vision of a bright future for our country. in part he reminded us that the future is the bright because of the big steps we have taken together in the past two years to move the nation forward. steps like historic tax reform that has helped middle-class families acros

the house is live on c-span watch the senate live on c-span two. c-span washington journal, live every day, with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, a discussion about the green new deal proposal, with competitive enterprise institute myron e bell, and greenpeace usa janet redman. we will talk about the state of military housing, with shelley campbell of the military family advisory network. be sure to watch c-span washington journal, live at seven eastern friday morning. during the discussion. >> coming up live, friday, syndicated columnist george will talks about presidential authority. in the role of congress in light of president trump's recent national emergency declaration. that's live at 12:20 pm on c- span. later in the day, massachusetts senator and 2020 presidential candidate elizabeth warren will speak at a democratic party dinner in new hampshire. on c-span two, politico is hosting its 9th annual state solutions conference, with governors from across the country. who are in washington dc for their winter mee

tv"uncer 2: watch "book this weekend on c-span two.oday the house passed a bill that makes more types of done sales and transfers subject to background checks. thethe 240-190 vote was largely along party lines. tomorrow the house debates and votes on a second bill to lengthen the review process on gun checks. here is today's house for -- debate. >> mr. chairman, i am pleased that today we are considering hr-8, the bipartisan background checks act of 2019. we have promised the american people that congress would take steps to reduce gun violence, and this bill is a critical first step toward doing so. during the past four weeks, as the judiciary committee and now the full house have discussed the issue of gun violence, i have cited grim statistics. ited nearly 40,000 americans lost their lives because of guns in 2017. in fact, every day in america on average 34 people are murdered with a firearm and more than 183 people are injured n

communicators," monday night at 8:00 eastern, on c-span two. >> next, elizabeth todd breland talks aboutitical education: black politics and education reform in 1960s," shee hte describes the overcrowding in african american neighborhood schools and share stories of parents and teachers who pushed for better conditions. american history tv recorded this 15 minute interview at the annual american historical association meeting in chicago. >> professor elizabeth todd breland, your book, "a political education: black politics and education reform in chicago ," what is the premise behind the book and what did you learn? elizabeth: the premise behind th

conversation come with your calls, emails, tweets and facebook questions live sunday at noon eastern on c-span two. >> in the 1950's and 60's, the cia secretly funded radio free europe, which broadcast anti-communist propaganda behind the iron curtain. talks about the program's u.s. operations, which saw funds and support from politicians, corporations and american citizens. this 25 minute interview was recorded at the american historical association's annual meeting in chicago. >> i want to talk about your book in just a moment. we begin with a topical here so much about, especially our current president. fake news, what is it? them a fake news is a new term for an old phenomenon -- >> fake news is a new term for an old phenomenon. untruths propagated through the media. this is as old as the media itself. isepisode that comes to mind on the eve of the spanish-american war, william randolph hearst, the powerful media magnet of his day, sent a photographer down to document the war. reporter cables to hearst, there is no war going on to you hearst says you furnish the pictures, i will furnish the wa

watch the house on c-span and the senate on c-span two. ♪ announcer: this week on q&a, helen andrewsiscusses her first things magazine essay on online shaming, called "shame storm." brian: helen andrews, in january of 2019, you wrote for first things magazine something called "shame storm." what is it? ms. andrews: i noticed that it seemed to be happening just somebody,y week that even a famous person or an ordinary man on the street was getting subjected to social media condemnation. they found themselves in the middle of a shame tornado over -- for some kind of misbehavior, pileonst these were bigger than they had ever been in human history because of the internet and this was a massive social phenomenon that was creating casualties left and right. a lot of people are worried about this effect that is having both on the victims and the rest of us and the voyeuristic appetite it is creating. i have my own particular perspective on this phenomena because back in 2010 the same sort of thing happened to me. this was very early on in the phenomenon of people and things going viral. so a

eastern on c-span two.entagon officials discussed the recent missile-defense review with recommendations on space-based operations, hypersonic missiles, and the f-35 fighter. this was hosted for the center for strategic and international studies. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the

. -- c-span two. the c-span bus traveled to texas , asking people what it means to be american. >> is the great opportunity of this nation. all the good things that we can do in this nation. >> being american is so much more than a nationality. it is an idea of who we are as a people and what we represent. the u.s. represents freedom and liberty to allow others to do so. andstep up for other people you are never afraid to fight for what you believe in. be ant does it mean to american? what doesn't it mean to be american? being an american, you do your own thing. it is reinventing yourself. people all around the world come here. they all come together. we are doing it now and we will do it in the future. announcer: voices from the road on c-span. the national governors association has been holding their winter meeting in washington dc. among the topics discussed were technology innovations, digital skills and education programs. we began with a form on international trade. good morning and welcome back

the house is live on c-span and the senate is live on c-span two. c-span's washington journal, live every day, with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, we will preview the week ahead in washington with associated press white house reporter darleen super bowl. and washington post congressional reporter mike devona is. a discussion about the latest u.s.-china trade talks with the olsen centers robert daley. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. announcer: the c-span bus recently traveled to texas, asking folks, what does it mean to be american? americant means to be is the great opportunities this nation gets us to compassionate about the projects and things we can do in this nation. i'm excited of where we will go from a nation. >> being an american is so much more than a nationality. it is an idea of who we are as a people and what we represent. the united states itself represents. -- represents freedom. when you are an american, you step up for other peopl

writers festival discussing the day that is a look ahead at the next three programs on book tv on c-span two.

eastern on c-span two.his week on the communicators, a technology update with assistant at -- assistant attorney general and the rhode island representative. >> recently you've heard at&t andmerging, or time warner, disney and fox, those are mergers that go through us. we determine whether or not they are violating antitrust laws by reducing competition in certain markets. >> critical infrastructure, that is where most damage can be done to our electrical bills come our hospital systems, our banking systems. so there are major things that are in place to protect us but the tax service is so broad that we need to continue to strengthen public-private partnerships going forward to make sure the public stays protected. >> we deploy technology that provides lots of increased capability and functionality, but we also got less resilient. now a single issue can actually cause widespread disruption, and that is that is what we are grappling with. new sectors of the economy about technology. announcer: jenness tonig

and onhe house on c-span c-span two. this past thursday night president trump delivered his second state of the union address to congress. it ran an hour and 22 minutes, making it the third longest such address, beating out last year speech by two minutes. we air that now followed by the democratic response. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. madam speaker. mr. vice president. members of congress. the first lady of the united states. [applause] president trump: and my fellow americans. we meet tonight at a moment of unlimited potential. as we begin a new congress, i stand here ready to work with you to achieve historic breakthroughs for all americans. millions of our fellow citizens are watching us now gathered in this great chamber. hoping that we will govern not as two parties but as one nation [applause] >> the agenda i will lay out this evening is not a republican agenda or a democratic agenda. it's the agenda of the american people. many of us have campaigned on the same core promises to defend america

. >> watch book tv this weekend on c-span two. >> have you seen c-span's newest book? hundreds of or just photos. magnificent. senate historian richard baker says mesmerizing photographs establish this book as the ultimate insider's tour. to order your high-quality paperback copy of "the senate" or just $18.95 plus shipping, c-span.org/senatebook. >> now, president trump's remarks friday and the rose garden to declare an emergency at the u.s. mexico border. he also addressed trade negotiations with china, the u.s. economy, and his upcoming meeting with kim jong-un in vietnam. [applause] president trump: thank

. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. , senior editor with the federalist. 's work is available online. -- his work is available online. i want to go to a piece you wrote last week on the democrats and their problem as you put it with anti-semitism. guest: i'm talking about upper freshmen senators who have said anti-semitic things or people think they are anti-semitic. i think there is a deeper problem than the troops they have been tweeting. i think there is a problem with israel and the ideas about palestinian rights the conflicts with what many jewish people in this country believe in some of us believe those ideas are somewhat anti-semitic. that rift between young and old in the democratic party is only going to grow over the next few years. from ane of those quotes freshman democratic senator who later apologized for her twitter remarks referring to jewish money is what is driving the political process. guest: the troops on twitter that people are mad about are a manifestation of something deeper that she believes and i think that is the problem. i don

week, the nomination of andrew wheeler to head the epa could the house is live on c-span and the senate is live on c-span two. susan: joining us on "newsmakers" is the secretary of the air force, heather wilson. dr. wilson was sworn in in may of 2017. she oversees air force active guard and civilian forces, and manages the annual budget. she was also part of the security council earlier in her career. thank you for doing our program this week. it is great to be here. susan: let me introduce the two reporters. thank you. nice to see you. robert: madam secretary, the defense department is in an unusual situation this year with an acting secretary of defense. it is unclear whether the president will nominate pat shanahan to be the confirmed secretary or not. your name is often mentioned as a highly qualified candidate. i wonder if you can tell us if you have been approached by the white house for this, and if so, if you were asked to serve, would you do so? heather: thank you. i think it is humbling to have people speak of me in that way. i serve at the pleasure of the president. my focus is, we have a budget a

eastern on c-span two. pentagon officials discussed the recent missile-defense review with recommendations on space-based operations, hypersonic missiles, and the f-35 fighter. this was hosted for the center for strategic and international studies. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> thanks to everyone for coming today. we are excited to be talking up the missile-defense review. we are glad that it is out. that is kind of the beginning of the national conversation we will have about these issues and how to adapt our missile-defense posture to the strategic environment, the national defense strategy. i might ask the folks in the back to turn down the volume. i hear echo on my mic. i always have to say, just in case we have any reason we have to depart the building, i will give directions down the stairs and out the back. please look to me in case we

week, the nomination of andrew wheeler to head the epa could the house is live on c-span and the senate is live on c-span two. susan: joining us on "newsmakers" is the secretary of the air force, heather wilson. dr. wilson was sworn in in may of 2017. she oversees air force active duty

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. >> watchmen tonight at 8:00 -- watch monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> to the conditionsf the treaty of versailles lead to world war ii? next, a professor explores the 1918 armistice, the treaty terms, and expectations of germany and the allies at the end of world war i. she is the author of "paris 1919: six months that changed the world." this one-hour talk prof. mcmillan: thank you very much for asking me to speak. i was wondering if they opened the doors down there if you could escape quickly if you needed to. it is a great pleasure to be here in this extraordinary museum in this beautiful city and forgiving this lecture. oure have heard from speakers today, the war came to an end in 1918 with what was for many involved in it and for many of the statesman at the time -- , at the time, with surprising quickness. it was not at all clear which w

eastern on c-span two. president trump: the world has seen but we always knew that no people on earth are so fearless, daring or determined as americans. if there is a mountain, we climb. if there is a frontier, we crossed. if there is a challenge, we tame it. if there is an opportunity, we sees it. let's begin tonight by recognizing that the state of our union is strong because our people are strong. [applause] announcer: the state of the union first proposed -- first postponed after the government shutdown will take place on tuesday night. watch as he delivers his state , followedon address by the democratic response by gubernatorial candidate. on saturday, she launched her 2020 presidential campaign with a speech in honolulu. th

. >> watch the communicators monday at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. next on lectures in history, kc johnson teaches a class on presidents lyndon johnson and richard nixon. and the difficulties he ran into getting them to confirmed. he outlines the pushback from conservative senators in the confirmation hearings and concludes with background on some of nixon's nominations to the court. his classes about an hour and 15 >> today what we are going to be looking at this development of controversial supreme court nominations in the late 60's and early 70's. at the warreng court.

watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. klobuchar ofor amy minnesota talks to voters at a house party in new hampshire. [applause] >> amy, if the people want to see over there, i will move this over. there we go. we are all good. anyway, i want to thank you so much and this is a home they made for a house party. it is great to be back in new hampshire. if you didn't notice, i have a little town hall meeting here and i actually could have done that anywhere and i wanted to do it in new hampshire because of the importance, of course, in the primaries but also because i love this state. before i was ever in elected office i went on vacation here. [laughter] winnipesaukee, i'm so glad i can say that. [laughter] timesave come here many to host other candidates and democratic dinners that i will never forget, i memorized all these things about new hampshire although my favorite line was that you were the home of presidents, as in franklin pierce and jeff bartlett. [laughter] ofminnesota was the home vice presidents. and the joke

eastern on c-span two. morning, a roundtable discussion on the week ahead and washington with associated press reporter darleen super vale -- super later, robert daly from te wilson center kissinger institute discusses the latest in the trade talks between the u.s. and china and what it means for future tariffs. as always, we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. "washington journal" is next. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ back from the presidential day recess, the house and senate return for a full week of legislative work and hearings on trumpl hill as president today departs for vietnam and his second summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. good morning and welcome to "washington journal" on monday, february 25, 2019. investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election also drawing to

watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. klobuchar ofor amy minnesotlk

eastern on c-span two. >> tonight on the communicators, from the state of the net d.c.,ence and washington, we will discuss internet regulations and monitoring. >> the sec>> has -- fcc has rulemaking authority that is much more expensive. they can say here are the rules of the road. here is how you have to treat traffic and privacy. we don't have the ability to do that across the board when it comes to consumer protection issues. we have much more limited rulemaking ability. we have sector specific laws that will protect some data some of the time. mean so many different things when they talk about privacy that it is hard to see how congress does anything that is specific. people have not agreed on what the problem is. i think there are a lot of areas people could agree on, that these are the types of injuries we are trying to stop consumers from suffering. i think we could get there, but right now the conversation is very vague. it talks about privacy as a general idea. watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. ♪ >> now democratic senator amy klobuchar of minnesota

eastern on c-span two. >> on thursday, president trump addressed attendees at a white house east room reception or african-american history month. this is about 20 minutes. >> thank you very much. what a good group this is. this is the future. that's true.

. >> join us on c-span two. over the last year, the world has seen what we always knew, that no people on earth are so fearless, daring, or determined as americans. if there is a mountain, we climate. crossre is a frontier, we it. if there is a challenge, we tame it. if there is an opportunity, we seize it. let's begin tonight by recognizing that the state of because our strong people are strong. [cheers and applause] >> the state of the union, first postponed because of a government shutdown, will now take place on tuesday night. watch as president trump delivers his state of the union address from the house chamber, beginning at 9:00 eastern on c-span followed by democratic response by stacey abrams. the state of the union, live tuesday at monarch eastern on 9:00n, c-span.org -- at eastern on c-span, or c-span.org. >> on saturday, four-term congresswoman tulsi gabbard of hawaii officially launched her 2020 presidential campaign with a speech in honolulu. this is just under 30 minutes. [cheers ap

c-span networks, border security funding bill debate, 10:30 am funeral service for former congressman john dingell with speeches from former president bill clinton and congressman john lewis. on c-span two at 8 am eastern, axial's house minority whip steve scully's, democratic, office chair, and senator discussed their agendas. mb vote for william barr. the senate armed services committee hearing on c-span three on cyber command. next a discussion on the 40th anniversary of the iranian revolution from the foundation for defense of democracies. this is an hour 45 minutes.

eastern on c-span two. friday, another road to the white house event from new hampshire.new warren speaks hampshire democratic party dinner in manchester. see her comments, live friday at 7:30 p.m. on c-span. week, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, we will look at the political careers of the four congressional leaders using video from the c-span archives and analysis by reporters. tonight, we look at senator mccullen's career

c-span. goldstein gives a speech on his branch's funding and personnel needs at the brookings institution tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. on c-span twoen, a discussion on u.s. plans to withdraw from afghanistan and how that could have -- how that could impact the region. that is at 12:15 eastern on c-span. >> on your screen now is rice university professor and presidential historian doug brinkley, back on this president's day for a discussion about president and relations with congress. which president had the best relationship with congress during their years in the white house?

c-span. goldstein gives a speech on his branch's funding and personnel needs at the brookings institution tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. on c-span two. then, a discussion on u.s. plans to withdraw from afghanistan and how that could have -- how that could impact the region. that is at 12:15 eastern on c-span. >> on your screen now is rice university professor and presidential historian doug brinkley, back on this president's day for a discussion about president and relations with congress. which president had the best relationship with congress during their years in the white house? which president had the best relationship with congress? anjohn f. kennedy had incredible relationship with congress. about it. may 16, 1961, a president in office, white house the only few months and he's able to go to a joint session of congress and say i want $25 billion to go to the moon. that's about $180 billion in today's money and congress said sure, we'll find it for you if that's your pet program and you started finding republicans and democrats working together on this moon shot idea of jack kennedy's. he had most of his time a 70% approval ra

on c-span two. a discussion on u.s.lans to withdraw from afghanistan and how that decision could impact stability in the region. it is hosted by the center for the national interest, starting five at 1215 eastern on c-span. >> someone once told president george w. bush that you were excited over a certain

much american history tv this weekend on c-span three. >>> two teams of litigators contribute to a competition answering questions about the history of the u.s. supreme court. the event is hosted by the heritage foundation. >> good evening i am elizabeth slattery and welcome to the heritage foundation. thank you for coming to the supreme trivia event. you can hear the teams out there that will be coming out in just a minute. we have two teams tonight. they are top supreme court litigators that are ready to go head-to-head in rounds of trivia regarding history, scandal, and more. before we introduce the teams i would like to introduce my cohost sheldon gilbert. thank you for being here. >> thank you. and welcome to basically super bowl for law nerds. we will kick things off by introducing the teams. it's my privilege to introduce team jefferson. the heckling has already started., and out team jefferson. we will start with lisa blatt. lisa heads-up appellate and supreme court practice. somebody recently said that sometimes a superstar is just a superstar. lisa is a superstar among superstars. sh

tv -- bookwatch the tv on c-span two. announcer: next, a discussion about expanding economic opportunity with kevin hassett and former economic visor to vice president joe biden. the --ent is hosted by institute. morning, everyone. welcome to extending economic opportunities for americans. i am the deputy director of the economic strategy group and would like to deduce our cochair and the president emeritus of the university of north carolina. [applause] >> thank you. you met amy gant, who is the heart and soul of the economic strategy grew. thank you for all you do. good morning on behalf of my pal hank paulson and myself, let me welcome each of you to our meeting this morning. to look at the audience and see so many familiar faces and old friends. thank you for joining us. let me begin by thanking four people who have been instrumental in efforts. -- isaacson, bob stiller, they have provided not just leadership but been an enormous help in forming the economic strategy grew. somethingstart with unusual, but with bad new