c. q. brown, has said he will stay at his post. he attended the inauguration monday. what are you hearing about his future? guest: i was asking about this yesterday. officials in the building that i spoke to said that his interactions with donald trump at the inauguration were generally positive and left everyone feeling a little more confident that maybe general brown would continue in the role . as we have seen in the previous trump term, everybody stares at the pleasure of the president. and he had hot and cold relationships with military officials and civilian leaders, so nobody's job in this building is secure when it comes down to it. host: tara copp, thank >> washington journal continues. host: joining us to discuss climate disaster and insurance market is amy bach the executive director of united policyholders. guest: good morning. host: joining us early from san francisco. we appreciate that. let's talk about year organization. tell us about united policyholders when and why did you start it? guest: actually, the original history came from new york. i was wor

c. q. brown, has said he will stay at his post. he attended the inauguration monday. what are you hearing about his future? guest: i was asking about this yesterday. officials in the building that i spoke to said that his interactions with donald trump at the inauguration were generally positive and left everyone feeling a little more confident that

he was greeted by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general c-q brown, who spoke to reporters highlighting the dod's response to border protection efforts and mass deportations. he's viewed as a controversial pick for the job was narrowly confirmed by the republican controlled senate friday night, with vice president j.d. vance casting a tie breaking vote. speaking of the vp, he's in virginia. he's there to assess the ongoing relief efforts for hurricane helene. back in september, the deadly hurricane ripped through the southeastern part of the u.s. that killed over 200 people and left behind a swath of $78 billion in damage. during his visit, the vp met with virginia's governor, and they went over recovery updates. vp vance pledged the new administration would forget would not forget them, as he strives to get that area back to normal. this was vance's first trip as the vice president. some skiers in washington state avoided freezing to death thanks to an apple watch. this video shows that dramatic rescue happened in the wilderness of washington's cascade mountains last wedne

he was welcomed by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general c-q brown, who's a holdover from the biden administration. secretary hegseth spoke briefly with reporters about the future of the department of defense. he said the new administration is a shift for the dod, and that the american military will support president trump's border enforcement measures and executive orders. >> it's an honor to be here. >> it's an honor to serve. >> on behalf of. >> the president. >> and serve on behalf of the country. >> it's an amazing. job beyond what anyone. >> can fathom. >> but in talking to the chairman and. >> so many. >> other folks here, we're in capable hands. the warfighters are ready to go. if you see what the president said. last week in his executive orders, he's hitting the ground running. this pentagon snapped two last week. we helped move forward. troops put in more barriers and also to ensure mass deportations, support of mass deportations in support of the president's objective. that is something the defense department absolutely will continue to do. this is a shift. thi

there, entering into the pentagon, was the fact that chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general c-q brown, was there to greet him. someone that hegseth before he was nominated to serve as secretary of defense, had said should actually be removed from his position because he is a, quote, woke and he is part of the cadre of generals that needs to be eliminated from the military. so the fact that it appears that hegseth is trying to have a good relationship with brown and brown, of course, is is also trying is an interesting data point, to say the least, in terms of what we can expect. hegseth did lay out several executive orders that he does expect the president to be signing today that could reshape the military, including, he said, an iron dome for america, which is which is a new one that we had not heard previously. reinstating service members who were banned from the military or discharged from the military because they refused to get the covid vaccine back in 2021. we should note that that was actually a repeal to that vaccine mandate back in 2023, and service members were then allowe

sunday night on c-span q&a profiling lesser-known americans that changed the course of history including retail pioneers richard sears and alvin roebuck. former slave and philanthropist clara brown and others. >> you ask people, who is the best person you know? almost never will they say jeff bezos. almost never will they say some tv star. they will almost always say somebody that has impacted them in some really, really important ways. often those people aren't famous. if they aren't rich. they don't have daddy's money. they don't have their name on the side of the building. there are thousands of americans that have changed the course of history, that have changed to the united states has become through their actions, but for a variety of reasons their stories have not been reported in those boldfaced fonts in the history textbooks. >> sharon mcmahon with her book the small and the mighty sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a. on our now cease -- on our free c-span now app. >> the house returns for business monday at noon eastern for speeches with legislative woer in the afternoon. a number of amtrak and disaster-related measures on the lendar. later in the week, rep

c-span's "q&a." she discusses retail pioneers including richard sears, former slave and philanthropist clara brown, andhers. sharon: you ask people, who's the best person you know. almost never will they say jeff bezos, right? almost never will they say some tv star. they will almost always say somebody who has impacted them. it is a really, really important way. if you are not rich, they don't have a name on the side of a building, there are thousands of americans who have shaped the course of history, who have changed who the united states has become through their actions, but for a variety of reasons, their stories have not been recorded in those bold-face fonts in the history text books. >> sharon mcmahon with her book "the small and the mighty" on c-span's "q&a." you can listen to this and all of our podcasts on the free c-span now app. >> c-span, democracy unfiltered. we are funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? no, it is way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers to create wi-fi enabled places

sharon mcmahon is our guest sunday night on c-span q&a, profiling lesser-known americans who changed the course of history including retail pioneers, clara brown others. >> if you asked people he was the best person you know? almost never will they say jeff bezos. almost never will they say some tv star. they will almost always say someone who has impacted them in an important way. very often those people are not famous, rich, they don't have daddy's money, they don't have their name on the side of a building, and there are thousands of americans who have shaped history and changed the u.s. through their actions but for a variety of reasons their stories have not been recorded in those bold spots in the textbooks. >> sharon mcmahon, sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. listen to all our podcasts on c-span now. >>

c-span's q&a. she profiles lesser-known americans who changed the course of american history, including retail pioneers richard sears and alvin roebuck, former slave in france opposed clara brown -- flava and philanthropist clara brown, and others. >> almost never, will they say jeff bezos right? almost never will they say some tv star. they will almost always say somebody that has impacted them in some important way and very often those people are not famous, they are not rich, they don't have daddy's money, don't have their name on the side of a

c-span's q and a blue she profiles lesser-known americans who change the course of american history including retail pioneers richard sears and alfred roebuck, former slave and philanthropist clara brown and others. >> you ask people who is the best person that you know? almost never will they say jeff baeza's, right? almost never will they say some tv star. they will almost always say someone who has impacted them in some really important way, very often those people are not rich or have daddy's money or their name on the side of a building and there are thousands of americans who have shaped the course of history, who have changed who the united states has become through their actions but for a variety of reasons their stories have not been recorded in those textbooks. >> sharon mcmahon with her book the small and the mighty sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. you can listen to q and a and all our podcasts on our free c-span now apps. >> c-span, democracy unfiltered, funded by these television companies and more. inc. including it cobe. >> where are you going? or may be a better question is how far do you want to go? and how fast do you want to get there? now we are ge

night on c-span's q and a profiling lesser-known americans who changed the course of american history. including retail pioneers sears and roebuck, former slave and philanthropist clara brown, and others. >> if you ask people, who is the best person that you know, almost never will they say jeff bezos, right? almost never will they say some tv star. they will almost always say somebody who has impacted them. very often, those people are not famous, not rich, they don't have daddy's money, they don't have their name on the side of a building. there are thousands of americans who have changed the course of history, changed who the united states has become through their actions, but for a variety of reasons their stories haven't recorded in those boldfaced fonts in the history textbooks. >> sharon mcmahon with her book the small and the mighty sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. ♪ >> attention, middle and high school students across america. it is time to make your voice heard. c-span studentcam documentary contest 2025 is here. your chance to create a documentary that can inspire change, raise a

c-span's q&a. she profiles lesser-known americans who changed the course of american history, including retail pioneers richard sears and alvin roebuck, former slave in france opposed clara brown -- flava and philanthropist clara brown, and others. >> almost never, will they say jeff bezos right? almost never will they say some tv star. they will almost always say somebody that has impacted them in some important way and very often those people are not famous, they are not rich, they don't have daddy's money, don't have their name on the side of a building, and there are thousands of americans who have changed the course of history through their actions, but for a variety of reasons, their stories have not been recorded in boldfaced fonts in history textbooks. >> sharon mcmahon with her book the small and the mighty sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> u.s. attorney general merrick garland and other justice department officials delivered remarks at a farewell event for stephen dental bok -- stephen dettelbach, the outgoing atf director. in his remarks, he thanked those in the department

c-span's q&a. she profiled lesser-known americans or change the course of american history including retail pioneers richard sears and alvah roeback, clara brownothers. >> if you ask people who is the best person that you know, almost never will they say jeff bezos. right? almost never will they say some tv star. they will almost always say somebody that has impacted them in some really, really important way, and very often those people are not rich or famous, they don't have daddy's money or their name on the side of the building. there are thousands of americans who have shaped the course of history, who have changed who the united states has become through their actions, but for a variety of reasons their stories have not been recorded in those boldfaced fonts in the history textbooks. >> sharon mcmahon with her book "the small and the mighty" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> senator mitch mcconnell has been for years in the u.s. senate. 17 of those as leader of his apology colleagues, the longest any senator has been at the top of the leadership running ei

c-span's q&a. she profiled lesser-known americans or change the course of american history including retail pioneers richard sears and alvah roeback, clara brownd others. >> if you ask people who is the best person that you know, almost never will they say jeff bezos. right? almost never will they say some tv star. they will almost always say somebody that has impacted them in some really, really important way, and very often those people are not rich or famous, they don't have daddy's money or their name on the side of the building. there are thousands of americans who have shaped the course of history, who have changed who the united states has become through their actions, but for a variety of reasons their stories have not been recorded in those boldfaced fonts in the history textbooks. >> sharon mcmahon with her book "the small and the mighty" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> senator mitch mcconnell has been for years in the u.s. senate. 17 of those as leader of his apology colleagues, the longest any senator has been at the top of the leadership running

guest sunday night on c-span's q and a profound lesser-known americans who have changed the course of american history including retail pioneers richard sears and roebuck, clara brownnd others. >> you ask people who's the best person that you know, almost never will they say jeff bezos, almost never will they say some tv star. they will almost always say somebody that has impacted them in some really important way and very often those people are not famous or rich in the don't have their name on the side of a building. there are thousands of americans who have shaped the course of history and changed who the united states has become through their actions but for a variety of reasons their stories have not been recorded in those boldfaced fonts in the history textbooks. >> sharon mcmahon with her book "the small and the mighty," on c-span's q&a. you can listen on our free c-span now app. >> it is democracy unfiltered with c-span, experience history as it unfolds with live coverage this month as republicans take control of both chambers of congress and a new chapter begins with the swearing in of the 47th president of the united states could on monday, january 20, tu

c-span's q&a. she profiles lesser-known americans who changed the course of american history, including retail pioneers richard sears and alvah roebuck. former slave and philanthropist claire brownhers. >> you ask people, who was the best person you know, almost never will they say jeff bezos, right? almost never will they say some tv star. they were almost always say somebody that has impacted them in some really important way and very often those people are not famous or rich, they don't have betty's money or their name on a side of the building -- daddies money or their name on the side of a building. they have shaped the course of history and who the united states could become through their actions and for a variety of reasons their stories have not been reported in boldfaced spots in history text books. >> sharon mcmahon with her book the small and the mighty sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> attention middle and high school students across america, it's time to make your voice heard. c-span's studentcam documentary contest 2025 is here. this is your chance to create a documentary

c-span q&a. she profiles americans that changed the course of history including retail pioneers richard seay -- richard sears and alfred roebuck, former slave clara brown, and others. >> you ask people, who is the best person you know? almost ever they say jeff bezos. almost never will they say some tv star. they will almost always say somebody that has impacted them in some really, really important ways. often those people aren't famous. they aren't rich. they don't have daddy's money. they don't have their name on the side of the building. thousands of america have shaped the course of history, have changed to the united states has become through their actions but for a variety of reasons their stories have not been recorded in boldfaced funds in history textbooks. >> sharon mcmahon with her book the small and the mighty sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q. listen to q&a and all our podcasts on our free c-span now app. democracy unfiltered with c-span. experience history as it unfolds with c-span's live coverage of this month as republicans take control of both chambers of congress and a new chapter begins with the swearing in of the 40 pre