freeden the head of the c. d.c i think he will come out and be really honest and give very specific details on how this contracted the ebola virus, and where exactly, probably a lot of very specifics because it is one of those things where i believe the cdc and the national institutes of health are going to want to i guess tame the public outcry a little bit, because there are probably going to be likely a lot of people that are freaked out by this. what they should know, is that if someone who has ebola, is put into an isolation unit, and quarantined and taken care of like they have been here in the u.s. the four previous patients here, then the ability to recover is good, and also the infection going to another person is very unlikely, because we have to remember, ebola is not very easy to get. it is transferred from human bodily fluids and the issue in west africa is the hygiene is so bad, and there's not enough paragraph. >> robert, according to the associated press, this particular patient in dallas arrived at

this sample has been sent to the c d.c.or testing. >> the concern is, why did a fer year old toddler pass? four year old toddlers just do in the pass. so the concern is to find out what this poor child passed from. >> reporter: last monday another child in the same classroom was hospitalized with a respiratory illness. the school says thursday and friday they took all necessary precautions. >> we brought in a whole cleaning crew and we completely sanitized that room all day friday. >> pre-schooler sample was zen to the cdc monday. it should be self days before they know whether he tested positive for the virus. many parents plan on keeping their kids out of school. in hamilton township, diana rocco cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> startling new information chose show it's man charged with scaling the white house fence made it much farther into the first pamly's home. were learned tonight the suspect iraq war veteran said to be carrying knife and made it more than 130 feet into the white house. >> right now, go back. >> according

rob getter ray joins us life now, good to see you, the c. d.c.certainly gave us the best and worst scenarios concerning this. put it in perspective for us. >> indeed, tony, they did, behind me, dr. thomas freeden the head of the c.d.c. gave us the best and worst. we will start off on a positive outlook, they say that if the dead are buried properly, in the coming weeks and months, that 70% of the patients that have ebola, could be treated properly, in isolation units and by january that would almost be done as far as the infection and the spread. let me give you the worst now, a staggering number, 21,000 people they say could be infected by september 30th, and 1.4 million by january. if this continues as it is. >> so robert, has the c.d.c. outlines any new plans to try to contain the virus. >> they have, this morning one of the biggest things in this new model they brought out is they want patients isolated. they say that's the biggest thing, if they can get the people into tents and out of the public, then this infection should slow down out the

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the next call for these two gentlemen comes from steve right here in washington d.c.. hi c. >> caller: good afternoon. stokely carmichael was an atheist. how did that happen or how did he become to be of that persuasion and how did that play out in the otherwise fairly christian civil rights movement? >> guest: that's a great question. i think stokely, his people were methodist and he did grow up going to church but his own personal beliefs were probably atheist agnostic. it didn't affect him in a negative way of the reason was because stokely is a very savvy rag medical organizer. he had read that bible multiple times. he could quote from the bible. when he was in church he saying church songs in hymns so he used that christian ethic that was a part of the civil rights movement for his organizing. interestingly by the time he was a black power epic if he goes to multiple churches in washington d.c. and other places as well so he has a great relationship with the black church and understands that the black church is really the root in the seabed for black political activism

d.c. they are a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, physically based in the brookings institution. and it is a great organization. >> we do not have time for this, but in thing to ask it anyway. i had never seen this word before. textualism versus purposivism -- >> purposivism. >> what is that? >> it is that we should try to understand what congress was doing when they made the law. so we understand what they were trying to do interpreting the law that will assist us. justice breyer had written eloquently about the importance of divorcing loss from life. that means understanding what congress had in mind. >> at this stage in your career, how does somebody like you think about continuing to be a judge? >> i would like to stay on as long as my brain is working. it is a great privilege to try to serve the public. one of the great things about my job is there is not a retirement age. if you feel you are not up to it or if others feel you're not up to it, they will tell you. >> is at the same for your twin brother gary on the massachusetts court? >> there is a retirement age there. stat

c. -- in washington, d.c.. she also served as a chair for local businesses that were to increase local access for seller and commercial buyers of food. now i will turn to senator cochran to introduce our next witness. it is mychairman, pleasure to present mr. scott clemons, director of the office of healthy schools in mississippi. aid federalrs intrusion programs including the national school lunch, food service, and child and adult care food programs. his office directs several school related health programs. he has 14 years of experience. he is the past president of the nutrition association. he has served on the usda child nutrition state systems working group. do i also introduce dr. wilson? she is the executive director of the food service management institute at the university of mississippi and not heard. in oxford.in -- she serves as associate professor at the university as well. she holds numerous academic degrees in food science, nutrition, and related fields. she has 23 years of experience as a direc

d.c. and maryland. i asked if it's possible if he went to the d c area. they say it's more likely he stayed around charlottesville, but it's possible he could have gone anywhere. live in charlottesville, tom roussey, abc 7 news. >> the police believe jesse matthew may be driving a vehicle like this one, a light blue 1997 nissan sentra with virginia license plates. matthew is not charged in connection with graham's disappearance, though the police are calling him a person of interest. >> breaking news the district. easterns learned that market will be closed because of a power outage. be other d.c. schools will open, but eastern high school will be closed. >> the weather, it is now officially autumn. brian van de graaff has the first fall forecast. out beautiful evening there, just a few high clouds. overutiful shot from james at redskins park. the belfort furniture weather center, a peek at the sunset, mainly clear skies, light wind. 50's in the suburbs. overnight, some 40's. it will be a chilly night. even a frost advisory in the mountains. >> new develo

c-span3. >>> 200 years ago british soldiers invaded washington, d.c., and burned down the white house and u.sadison fled the city. this week, live coverage of the two-day forum with historians and authors marking the anniversary of the british burning of washington and war of 1812. all starting tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. eastern. and day two of the conference on the war of 1812 also live thursday here on "american history tv." the white house historical association and the u.s. capitol historical society starting at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. >>> each week, "american history tv's" "reel america" brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 45 years ago on july 20th, 1969, as millions around the world watched on live television, neil armstrong became the first person to step foot on the moon. next, a half hour nasa documentary chronicling the "apollo 11" mission from liftoff to splashdown. >> okay. engine stopped. command override off. >> we copy it down, eagle. >> the eagle has landed. >> roger, tranquillity. we copy you on the ground. you got a bunch of guys about to turn

you are watching american history tv on c-span 3. 200 years ago this summer during the war of 1812, british soldiers invaded washington, d.c. on august 24, 1814 and set fire to the white house and u.s. capitol building. president james madison and first lady dolley madison fled the city. historiansouse discuss tonight. discusses the portrait of george washington, saved by dolley madison. house historical historical society hosted the event. >> we have presentations from two good friends of the white -- white house historical association. allman has literally held in his hand the history of the white house since joining the white house curator's office 38 years ago. for the past 12 years, mr. allman has led that very important office as white house curator. this is one of the best jobs there is, to care for one of the most historic and stored elections in the world. the office of the curator is charged with the preservation and study of the collection of art, furniture, and decorative objects used to furnish both the public and private rooms of the white house. as an official residence and an accredited historic house-museu

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c-span2. >>> in the restaurant and bookstore busboys and poets in washington, d.c. recently held a town hall forum discussing the implications of ferguson, missouri, shooting. some include barbara arnwine, hilary shelton, former national black police association executive director ron hampton and institute of the black world president ron daniels. comedienne dick gregory and actor danny glover also provided remarks. this is about two hours. >> good evening. good evening, ladies and gentlemens, sisters and brothers. my name is done rojas, i'm the director of communications for the institute of the black world. i'll be the moderator for the town hall meeting which we billed ferguson and beyond. an open discussion on the crisis of race relations in america today. on behalf of the institute of the black world, sponsor of tonight's event and our co-sponsors, a continuing talk on race series, busboys and poets and the institute of policy studies of progressive think tank based here in washington, d.c. it is my pleasure and honor to extend to you all a warm welcome to this

c-span3. >> 200 years ago this summer during the war of 1812, british soldiers invaded washington, d.c. and set fire to the white house and the u.s. capitol building. president james madison and first lady dolly madison fled the city. next, andrew lambert, author of "the challenge: britain against america in the war of 1812." he spoke at a symposium hosted by the white house historical association, u.s. capitol historical society, and james madison's montpelier. this is 45 minutes. lambert, challenge, naval war of 1812. >> my name is stewart mclauren, and i'm the president of the white house historical association where we are privileged to convene today for this significant event. we're honored to have with us today two members of the board of directors of the white house historical association, the honorable stock and kiplinger. we're also honored to have with us today mr. william almond, who is the curator of the white house. this program commemorates bicentennial of one of america's most critical but overlooked conflicts. with the gathering of extraordinary scholars and experts in h

c-span radio. we are at 90.1 f.m. 4 in the washington, d.c. area. wide on xm satellite radio channel 120 and online at c-span.org. you can also listen with free apps for your iphone, android and blackberrry. monday night on the communicators, wade baker, chief technology officer and security director for verizon on the recent data breaches at home depot, target and j.p. morgan chase. >> it's true in all of the above. we have worked with law enforcement agencies who have busted down doors and dragged people out of their basements literally. we have also participated in the arrest of multiple individuals that are very highly connected together, very well organized. they each have individual specialties and roles. someone rights malicious software. the others know how to wash the money and all of these things. just like physical organized crime and then there are others that definitely are working on behalf of the government. they have an. there is pictures of it they goo to that building. >> that's their job, to hack in the companies and steal informat

c-span.org/history for more information. >> no, from international spy museum here in washington, d.c., retired cia operative kenneth daigler looks at u.s. intelligence efforts and revolution were and the war in defeating the british. from george washington's interest and use of counterintelligence practices, an espionage network operate in your city. this is just under one hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the international spy museum. my name is vince houghton, oms pod museum the story and curator of like to welcome all of you to another author debriefing. today subject will be the american revolution, and intelligence. we're joined by an exceptional often will introduce momentarily. before that i watched a couple words about the revolution itself and history about intelligence. this is one subject that is vastly underrepresented in historical literature, the impact of intelligence on the revolution. most of us when we went through school, even in college level don't delve into the importance of intelligence operations on the american revolution. that's quite problematic because if you look at the strategic imbalance

c-span: i wrote down you talked about the money in d.c.. who are the money for his? >> guest: i think the system itself and i came to this conclusion that the system itself is dysfunctional read john mccain was going to clean up the system. we were going to not have money as we noted in the system. it proliferated into a nuclear war of campaign funds. the feingold campaign finance reform did zero and created loopholes for 527th. i believe a lot of it is the race for money. i am asked constantly on radio shows today about members of congress and there are plenty of good members of congress on both sides of the aisle and there are some people that we know since i've gotten into trouble for unethical activities but the system itself is doomed to corruption. anything jack abramoff -- i.e. drank booze with james -- jake tapper mocks anything jack abramoff and i did is codified in united states law. if i'm a lobbyist and brian you are a congressman today, i give true examples in the book that it happened. i put these examples in the book sometimes with names omitted for a

. >> and taking you live here on c-span2 to the newseum in downtown washington, d.c. and audience ready and candid remarks by president bill clinton and george w. bush to announce the launch of the presidential leadership scholars program, a partnership between a number of presidential centers for the study of presidential leadership philosophies, styles, practices and to allow leaders from various sectors to learn about aspects of presidency from key administration officials from practitioners and leading academics. today's moderator is josh bolten, a former chief of staff for george w. bush. we will wait in the room as the audience is gathered and waited for participants to take the stage. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> and waiting here at the newseum for the start and the launch of the presidential leadership scholars program. remarks expected by former presidents bill clinton and former president george w. bush. later today on c-span2 we will have remarks from george washington university,

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c-span2, "book tv." american history tv with programs on the war of 1812 in the 14 burning of washington, d.c. tonight, american history tour on westward expansion continues with a look at the lewis and clarke expedition from st. louis to the pacific, and in covered wagons. here is more now. >> we see them circling the wagons. rarely if ever did that happen. there were very few deaths along the trail that had anything to do with thinly -- with indians. the indians actually helped the pioneers more than hurting them. but the dangers came in, first of all disease, which hit about 10% of the people west, and also things like drowning and accidental death by gunshot being run over by a wagon. that happened to a lot of kids who were climbing on the wagon and would fall off in the wheels the wheels would roll over them. it was really kind of an unprecedented mass migration. we're talking about over 300,000 people during methe period in question who passed up everything and went west. >> watch the entire event tonight on c-span. recent job look at numbers released for the month of august. initiatives

tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern on c-span3. >>> coverage of the speakers at the symposium on the british burning of washington, d.c., during the war of 1812 continues with alan taylor, author of "the civil war of 1812." it's 55 minutes. >> so i now have the great pleasure of introducing dr. alan taylor. he joins us as the thomas jefferson -- just talking about that gentleman -- thomas jefferson chair in american history at the yuuniversity of virginia. this is a new role for dr. taylor. his previous two decades were at the university of california at davis. he is, as probably all of you know, a very distinguished scholar of the war of 1812 and wrote the book "the civil war of 1812" which really looks at that engagement in great detail. but recently, and very exciting for us who live in virginia, he published the national book award and pulitzer prize winning "the internal enemy: slavery in the war in virginia 1782 to 1832." and it really looks at the war of 1812 with such a different lens. alan's groundbreaking work "the scholarship" which highlights this very understudied story of the war of 1812, particularly th

c-span. >> the senate for american progress and washington, d.c.sted a talk on strategy of against fighting isis. the formerncludes ambassador robert forward and foreign-policy and national security experts. this is one hour, 30 minutes. >> welcome to the center for american progress. i'm brian katulis. we had such a good turnout today. such a turnout. what we are gearing for here is an in-depth discuss on isis in syria and iraq. we really have an excellent panel here today. first and foremost, i am going to introduce in the order of speaking. we are lucky to have ambassador robert ford. after 30 years of service, he resigned in february as our ambassador to syria. he is well-known to everyone in this room for his committment and dedication to service. we look forward to hearing to his remarks. then we we hear from hardon lang. he is a senior fellow here at the center. and then we will hear some remarks from andrew tabler. our friend at the washington institute for policy. anyonelso well-known to who is paying attention to syria. andrew and i met i

d.c. this is live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. [inaudible conversations] >> you hear me now? oh, you have to push -- yes. good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> pleasure to welcome you here to the u.s. capitol in the this congressional auditorium for a meeting on new research on a very importantish i shoe which is -- important issue i which is the question about how to do accountability for higher education in a way that doesn't disadvantage the disadvantaged, does not have unintended, negative consequences. many people have been worrying about it, and as the center that researches issues of civil rights for the last 17 years, the civil rights project was very interested in working with others in commissioning new research to look at the problems of implementing accountability and maintaining equity at the same time which is great challenge. and it's a challenge that the country has failed pretty badly, particularly in things like no child left behind in which there were very high accountability standards which all the states

c-span student cam documentary competition. >>> 200 years ago this summer during the war of 1812, british soldiers invaded washington, d.c. and set fire to the white house and the u.s. capitol building. at a symposium on the war to mark the anniversary, kenneth bowling discusses the white house and capitol buildings. the historical society jointly host this symposium. this part of the event is 35 minutes. so the first speaker that will be coming up this afternoon is kenneth r. bowling. kenneth received his phd from the university of wisconsin. his specialty is the creation of

we went to the metropolitan police in washington, d.c., and they were familiar with a store in potomac, maryland, and the name of the store was poch, p-o-c-h hardware. >> investigators speak to the hardware store owner. they post a flyer at the hardware store of the victims. they only put four of the victims on the flyer because one was so badly injured. >> at that point we didn't know how to proceed in that area, and myself and the agent returned back to north carolina. >> one thing that i've learned firsthand unequivocally, it only takes one small tip to break open a case. the public is the biggest resource that law enforcement has. and in this case, a good citizen did the right thing and really drew attention to that little house in bethesda, maryland. >> the neighbors said they hadn't seen the family in a week, and the papers and mail were backing up. normally the family would actually tell the neighbors that they were going out of town, they were going somewhere. >> i received a call on the police radio, i was working that beat, and they told me to go to the residence on williston drive in bethesda. as soon as i got in there, the wh

c-span student cam documentary competition. >>> 200 years ago this summer during the war of 1812, british soldiers invaded washington, d.c. and set fire to the white house and the u.s. capitol building. at a symposium on the war to mark the anniversary, kenneth bowling discusses the white house and capitol buildings. the historical society jointly host this symposium. this part of the event is 35 minutes. so the first speaker that will be coming up this afternoon is kenneth r. bowling. kenneth received his phd from the university of wisconsin. his specialty is the creation of the federal government. he's been very active and interested in particularly researching the seat of government. he's been the author of many book and articles. throughout most of his professional life, he's been the co-editor of documentary history of first federal congress. i do want to say one thing about one of his books, which i think is a real classic now, that's the creation of washington, d.c., which is published back in 1991. if anybody wants to know about behind the scenes and proceedings and meetings and all the things that went on in term

c-span. >> the family research council voter summit in washington, d.c. yesterday. remarks fromluded tony perkins and jim jordan and a panel of former members of the military who were critical of president obama's foreign-policy. this is just over one hour. >> good morning. thank you very much. good morning. of the familyf research council and all of our sponsors and partners, we will mute to be values voter summit. we welcome folks all across the country. one might be tempted to say is a going away party for eric holder. it is not. [applause] the next three days are designed to challenge you, encourage you, and equip you to return home and redouble your efforts to take our country back. [applause] i am happy to announce of this morning that we have a strategy. [laughter] [applause] continue building a coalition, a winning team that does spikes are occasional setbacks, like the last 60 years, we will never -- and six years, we will never surrender to political correctness. [applause] we hear almost every day that conservative is are on the wrong side of history. we

you are watching american history tv on c-span 3. 200 years ago this summer during the war of 1812, british soldiers invaded washington, d.c. on august 24, 1814 and set fire to the white house and u.s. capitol building. president james madison and first lady dolley madison fled the city. historiansouse discuss tonight. discusses the portrait of george washington, saved by dolley madison. house historical historical society hosted the event. >>

c-span.org. >>> our coverage of the white house historical session symposium on the war of 1812 and the burning of washington, d.c., continues with university of virginia historian john stagg. this is a little more than an hour. >>> with that, let me introduce with great pleasure dr. john stagg, professor of history at the university of virginia, and the editor of the james madison papers where he's edited so far 20 of these critical volumes of madison's personal correspondence. and we'd like another 20, john, if you think you could fit that in in the next few years. [ inaudible ] because of the work of john and his team, we have much more complete understanding of madison and the context of his life and really we cannot have done our work of james madison's montpelier without this incredible research. today he's going to illuminate the intricacies of madison, as well as the perpetually fluctuating cabinet and madison's later life reflections on his thought about the war. so please, join me now in welcoming our colleague and and our mentor, dr. john stagg. [ applause ] >> thank you, cathy for the warm welcome. i

c-class. the best or nothing. >> jon: welcome back! (cheers and applause) so recently we sent our intrepid reporter jason jones to the field to explore the phenomenon of a certain washington, d.cntroversial name. we learned later some individuals who participated in the piece didn't enjoy the experience. it's something that happens less than you would think. we take the complaint seriously. we generally don't want people who participate in the show to have a bad experience. we work very hard to find real people who have real beliefs and want to express those beliefs on television and we work hard to make sure that the gist of those beliefs are represented accurately. albeit sometimes comedically on our program. if we find out that someone in a piece was intentionally misled or if their comments were intentionally misrespected, we do not air that piece. we would not air that piece. that being said, i hope you enjoy the following piece. (laughter) once again the washington redskins are getting their ass kicked. this time instead of cowboys and patriots, it's fighting activists. >> a move is underway to change the name. critics say it's offensive to native americans. >> according

c-span's buses, big ten college tour. right now, to the house. >> the speakers rooms, washington, d.c., september 18, 2014. appoint the honorable oug collins to act as speaker pro temporary on this day, signed john a. boehner, speaker representatives. >> the prayer today we offer by chaplain, union baptist church, hempstead, new york. >> let us pray. good morning, lord god. are god edge that you alone, large and in charge and i loving, a for being a forgiving, and a just god. in these hallowed halls-to-house, this chapel of democracy, i asked you to give all of those who have the responsibility to represent, protect we the people, the courage, conscious, thing.art to do the right by choosing the principle positions over political posturing. lord god allow them to enact the laws that will help and heal not we the people. give this body the courage to decrease the divide between the the have-nots, the ourcious to consider all of children as precious, and the love. to lead with o that this house turns from a purpose,pain to one of promise, and productivity for we the people. lease bless speaker boehner, leade

d.c. hosting that event. getting underway at 3:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. coming up tonight on the networks, at 8:00 eastern, this morning's nebraska supreme court argument on the keystone x l pipeline. "book tv." american history tv, the war of 1812 and the burning of washington. all ahead tonight starting at 8:00 eastern. natoer today, the assessment in wales concluded, and president obama held a news conference before departing, saying there is unanimous forement in nato for action the threat posed by isis. the president said the goal is to grade -- to degrade the islamic group because it poses a threat to the international alliance. >> good afternoon. let me begin by thanking my great friend prime minister cameron and his entire team for hosting this summit and making it such a success. i want to thank the people of newport and cardiff and the people of wales for welcoming me and me and my my delegation so warmly. it is a great honor to be the first sitting u.s. president to visit wales. we have met at a time of transition and of testing. after more tha

c-span3. >>> next, day two of the symposium marking the 200th anniversary of the burning of washington, d.c. during the war of 1812. first donald hickey, author of "the war of 1812:a forgotten conflict." then steve vogel, author of "through the perilous fight: six weeks that saved the nation." that's followed by holly schulman, editor of the dolley madison project at the university of virginia. and later remarks by ralph eshelman, historical consultant to the national parks service for the spar spangled national historic trail. now from day two of the symposium on the british burning of washington, d.c. during the war of 1812, hosted by the white house historical society, the u.s. capitol historical society, and james madison's montpelier. next, author donald hickey talks about his book "the war of 1812:a forgotten conflict." this is about 40 minutes. >> donald hickey is an award-winning author and professor of history at wayne state college in nebraska. he was called the dean of 1812 scholarship by "the new yorker." he has written seven books on the conflict. most notably "the war of 1812:a

coauthors of "madisons and jefferson" tonight beginning on c-span 3. >>> coverage of the speakers at the symposium on the british burning of washington, d.c. during the war of 1812 continues with alan taylor, the author of "the civil war of 1812," it's 55 the great pleasure of introducing dr. alan taylor. he joins us, thomas jefferson chair in american history tv at the university of virginia. this is a new role for dr. taylor. his previous two decades with the university of california at davis he is a very distinguished scholar of the war 1812 and wrote the book "the civil war of 1812" which really looks at that engagement in great detail. but, recently, and very exciting for us who live in virginia, he published the national book award and pulitzer prize winning, the internal enemy, slavery in the war in virginia, 1772 to 1832. and it really looks at the war of 1812 with such a different lens. alan's groundbreaking work, the scholarship which highlights this understudied story. particularly the run away slaves who sought their freedom by joining with british forces. it's just something i think is very intriguing. and alan, we want to le

c-span.org. follow us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> more from day two on the symposium of the british burning of washington, d.c., of the war of 1812. hosted by the white house historical society, the u.s. capitol historical society, and james madison's mount pelier. steve vogel, author of through the perilous fight, six weeks that saved the nation. this is about 55 minutes. >> our next speaker will be speaking about -- mr. madison will have to put on his armor, in the capture of washington. steve vogel is the author of "through the perilous fight." he's a veteran journalist who wrote for the "washington post" until 2014. most recently covering2014. most recently covering the treatment of veterans from the wars in afghanistan and iraq. vogel covered the september 11th, 2001 terrorist attack on the pentagon, and the building's subsequent reconstruction, he also covered the fall of berlin -- of the berlin wall. he's working on a project, the history of berlin during the cold war, maybe he has gone back in his mind at least to the fall of berlin. and he also covered the class of the war -- he received a master's degree in internationa

c-span. in the meantime, a portion of this morning's "washington journal." washington, d.c.ontinues. >> -- "washington journal" continues. host: michael barone joins us. longtime political analyst from the "washington examiner" and the co-host of "the author of american politics." recently wrote the piece. "how the g.o.p. got this way" in the "washington examiner." but michael barone, what does the republican party stand for today? guest: well, the republican party stands more for markets than big government as compared for the democrats that stand more for big government than big markets. it stands to some extent for traditional values. both our political parties over our history have been somewhat ambiguous about what they stand for, because they are trying to do something that parties in parliamentary democracies don't have to do, which is get 50% of the votes. and in our highly, culturally diverse society. some people say we are suddenly culturally diverse, we have always been culturally and economically diverse in many ways. but it's something both parties struggle to d

d.c. on human beings and what are you hearing about that? >> yeah, basically, the company and the national institutes of health right outside of d. c. have tlie -- three volunteers taking strains of the virus and seeing whether that will create the vaccine and the body's immune system will take them in. the most important thing about this, he said, you know, we just don't have time to wait for the trials, we have to stop the infection from spreading across the borders and to other countries, not just in africa. it is hopeful for the vaccine, but the time is taking, tony. >> thank you, robert. >> coming up on aljazeera america, spending for the midterm elections passing the billion dollar mark and where is the money going and why a casino that cost $2 million to finish two years ago the closing in atlantic city. >> in today's poier politics, the midterm elections are nine weeks away and the spending surpassed a billion dollars. david is here with more on this. >> tony, the midterm elections just about reached the amount of level spent in all of 2012, which was a presidential election year, and the figure in two months may reach $3 bi

d.c. into a baseball town. i'm carol maloney. we have the video to prove it and the players react to it, c ♪ >>> back here news4 at 5:00, i'm carolaloney. the baseball playoffs are so close, you can almost see it. certainly the fans here are feeling it. last night, they were cheering so loud, so often, no doubt the fan base has scratchy throats today, opening game of the braves' series last night. doug fister on the mound, got him going in the seventh. proving manager matt williams was right for leaving him in. and then drew storm, remember him? he brought the 2012 swagger in the ninth, coming in to close it out, striking out the side. and the playoffs field may be here. some not ready for it, others noticing now. >> it was big. obviously a september win against a division opponent that's in second place is a good way to start off, especially with our struggles against the braves in the past. you know, it was a huge win. >> i don't view these games as anymore important than the game on april 7th. that was an important game too. so that's how we go about it every day. last night was good atmosphere, for sure. and that's great. but

c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >>> also speaking at the symposium of the british burning of washington, d.c., during the war of 1812, homilly schulman director of the dolly madison project. this is about 45 minutes. >> our next speaker will be talking about dolly madison and the british invasion of washington, d.c., in the war of 1812. we already heard some things about dolly madison's role in the war of 1812. now we'll hear more from holly schulman, who is a director of the todd madison papers. it was publicered by the university of virginia press in 2004. dr. schulman has continued to publish dolly documents as the dolly madison digital edition for which she currently has grants for both the national historic preservation and records commission of the national archives and from the national endowment for the amenities. please welcome holly schulman. [ applause ] >> those of you who are interested in the full papers of dolly payne todd madison, what i do now is as complete as possible edition of the dolly madison papers in the dolly madison digital edition. like the book, it's published by the university press. un

d.c. watch that live 2:00 eastern right here on c-span3. members of congress have been tweeting about the 20th anniversary of the vawa and issues regarding violence against women. nancy pelosi tweets, on the an verse of the violence against women agent, i remain committed to strenennening protections for victims everywhere. i applaud the nfl and the ravers violence against women will not be tolerated. senator bob casey says we must recommit ourselves to strengthening those protections and provying support to all victims after bus. joe biden's remarks on the 20th anniversary of the act today at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> water, it makes up 75% of our bodies. take water away and humanity would perish within a week. water is the most vital substance to the human body. 50% of all streams, lakes, bays and estuaries are unsuitable to use because of pollution. we have learned to take the water for granted. faucets, bottled water and flushed toilets reinforce the same idea, water is unlimited. step outside, and their condition tells a different st

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c-span.org. follow us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> more from day two on the symposium of the british burning of washington, d.c., of the war of 1812. hosted by the white house historical society, the u.s. capitol historical society, and james madison's mount pelier. steve vogel, author of through the perilous fight, six weeks that saved the nation. this is about 55 minutes. >> our next speaker will be speaking about -- mr. madison will have to put on his armor, in the capture of washington. steve vogel is the author of "through the perilous fight." he's a veteran journalist who wrote for the "washington post" until 2014. most recently covering2014. most recently covering the treatment of veterans from the wars in afghanistan and iraq. vogel covered the september 11th, 2001 terrorist attack on the pentagon, and the building's subsequent reconstruction, he also covered the fall of berlin -- of the berlin wall. he's working on a project, the history of berlin during the cold war, maybe he has gone back in his mind at least to the fall of berlin. and he also covered the class of the war -- he received a master's degree in internationa

c-span2. the asian-american journalists association held its annual convention recently in washington, d.c. journalists covering stories about the asian-american community discussed the challenges of pitching stories about asian-americans in the newsroom. this is a little over an hour. >>> all right, everybody. shall we get started? thank you all for coming to this panel. and people get situated and everything. this is a panel of why and how should we cover the asian-american community. those are good questions. the question is not, should we cover the asian-american community. because that answer is yes. so -- but my name is phil yu. i'll be the moderator for this. i'm the founder and editor of asianman.com. thank you. so, let's see here. let me talk about this panel. i was on last year's version of this panel as a panelist last year and when i was asked to be on the panel, i was like, what kind of -- it was something that the title of the panel was something about like covering the asian-american community. and i was like, that seems really broad, and sort of i was like, okay, yeah. yeah.

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