your questions for christina hoff sommers and join mark levin. next, author and historiany aii allen smith discusses the battle of new orleans in 1812. and he gives a detailed account of the battle. he argues that the navy's involvement was crucial to an american victory that was overshadowed by jackson's role in the battle this took place in anapolis, maryland. >> i'm the chair of the history department and it's my great pleasure to introduce tonight's

your questions for christina hoff sommers. year,g ahead to the new markng mark within -- join levin. first ladies continues tomorrow night with a look at the life and legacy of lady bird johnson. that, a conversation with the former first lady's daughter. she shared some of the personal memories of her mother. >> your mom is a bigger than life character to a lot of people who have written about her. when they do rankings of first ladies, she is in the first five or 10 in terms of influence. can you tell me what she was like as a mom? >> mother was so organized. she did not show a lot of emotion. that was so unlike my father. my father was always on. she was a calming influence to all of us. she was my best friend. we had a special relationship, so i would say, i'm telling you this, not as my mother but as my best friend. when your mother, and i am an expert now that i have three almost perfect daughter's, a mother has to say "eat your spinach." you need to go to bed and clean your room. where is a best friend, you can say, i a

your questions for christina hoff sommers and join mark levin. next, author and historiany aii allen smith discusses the battle of new orleans in 1812. and he gives a detailed account of the battle. he argues that the navy's involvement was crucial to an american victory that was overshadowed by jackson's role in the battle this took place in anapolis, maryland. >> i'm the chair of the history department and it's my great pleasure to introduce tonight's speaker, dr. gene smith. the chair of naval heritage that will be giving the second mcmullen power lecture of the navy and battle of new orleans. the mcmullen c-power lecture by the class of 1957 chair of naval herita heritage was introduced in 2011, to serve as the address at the naval history symposium, made possible by estates of bill daniel and the late dr. mcmullen. this honors dr. mcmullen by impressing the power of c-power on history. inside joke. tonight's speaker, dr. gene allen smith is a seventh distinguished naval historian to hold the chair of naval heritage in the naval michigan's hi

authorestions for christina hoff sommers live for three hours.looking ahead, join radio talk show host mark loven on january 5. levin on january 5. >> "washington journal" is next. president obama pardons the national turkey in a ceremony at the white house. in 45 minutes, the aviation reporter for "usa today" talks about the effect of airline mergers on holiday travel. amtrak ridership heading into the thanksgiving holiday. yahoo! motors gives an update on the u.s. auto industry. host: good morning. a live view of the u.s. capitol as the rain continues in the east. with congress and recess this week for the thanksgiving holiday, it is a getaway wednesday as millions toward planes, trains, and drive to your destination. of the busieste travel days of the year. we want to focus on the terminals, the roads and the rail lines but carry freight and passengers. this question, is america's transportation infrastructure up to 21st-century first cent

sunday, your questions for author christina hoff sommers. and looking ahead to the new in on joint mark leva january 5. nd awe.as like shock ad i could close my eyes and see him on the stretcher. i could see him putting his hands up and his eyes. i could close my eyes and see it. i will never forget that first case, bringing me to reality of what was going on here. after he got into the tent, there was an initial triage. we got the report and saw him. the other team starts to work. we got pulled in, myself and my colleagues that wrote the forward. we both got pulled in. the other team wanted us to begin right away. they did not want us to be bystanders. "get involved right away." once they did that, it was like a jolt. to you have to act, you have be a doctor, a surgeon, a care provider. emotion to dismiss your and talk that away, what you are feeling -- tuck that away. you have one objective. you have to stop the bleeding. you have to get him back home to his family. >> he uses his own military experience is to write about physicians workin

contemporary american culture have let her to be led -- .abeled as anti-feminist hear from christina hoff sommers. 5 >>mark levine on january five days after the assassination of president kennedy, resident lyndon johnson addressed a joint session of congress. remarks, objute talks about carrying out the work and the wishes of his predecessor. >> members of the congress, i had the high privilege and personal honor of presenting to the president of the united states. >> mr. speaker, mr. president, members of the house, members of the senate, my fellow americans. all i have i would have given gladly not to be standing here today. the greatest leader of our time has been struck down by the foulest deed of our time. today john fitzgerald kennedy lives on in the immortal words and works that he left behind. he lives on in the mind and memories of mankind. he lives on in the hearts of his countrymen. no words are sad enough to express our sense of loss. no words are strong enough to express our determination to continue the forward thrust of america that he began. the dream of conquering the vastness o

and look for other guests, including this feminism critic, christina hoff sommers and mark levine. >> this fall, booktv is marking the 15th anniversary and we look back at 2007. they have a legacy of ashes and the history of the cia. and this was given to angela roberts for the history of the english-speaking peoples since 1900. she recounted her family's immigration to the united states on booktv. >> it was difficult to register an emotional voicebox, but uncle frank said he thought he was caught up in something he had no way of understanding and it is not true, they can put you in prison, you have a visa and you have papers. did you tell them how long we had been coming here. uncle frank asked uncle joseph to put the officer on the phone again and he is going to call, the officer said. he can't, heat 81 years old, he is an old man. uncle frank been asked if he could speak to my uncle one last time. cbp officers said we are to have a translator for him and hung up. at 11:00 p.m., but uncle was given chips and soda and again in 1145, he signed a form saying that his personal property

foray, your questions christina hoff sommers.ooking ahead to the new year, join mark levin january 5. >> in the next hour, supreme court justice elena kagan. she will talk about the workings of the nation's highest court. she gave a lecture at the university of alabama law school. >> i have to get used to that title. we appreciate your service in this role. i are welcoming justice kagan to the university of alabama. we are honored by your presence. i want to give you first a few vital statistics about our speaker. she was born in new york city. she received her a.b. from princeton. then she went to oxford where she was awarded a masters of philosophy. then she got a jd from harvard law school. clerkedw school, she for a judge in the united states court of appeals. then she clerked for justice marshall. then she became a law professor at the university of chicago. she went from there to serve at president clinton's administration in several roles. teachingwent back to at harvard. she was subsequently named as dean of harvard law s

sunday on "in-depth," your question for christina hoff sommers. to the year ofad "in-depth," book tv's "in- depth," the first sunday of every month on c-span2. >> in 1838, a white southerner became the first american woman to address a legislative body. she spoke about the slavery and women's rights before the massachusetts state legislature. coming up, event honoring this early feminist including a panel looking at women in politics. from boston, this is just over two hours. ♪ [applause] >> welcome, everyone. i will be your evening moderator. we are here tonight to explore how women become political. we will look at the past in the present and consider the future, too. there will be some remarks and a panel. regretfully, senator elizabeth warren is not able to join us because she needs to be in washington. someone has to work. she is there to work in the senate. [applause] however, she has made a short video for us that we will share in place of the remarks she would have given. now, during the evening we invite you to tweet and send your questio

sunday on in depth or questions for author christina hoff sommers life for three hours begin at noon eastern. looking ahead to the new year on in depth join we are talked to host mark levine and with it. booktv's "in depth" the first sunday of every month on c-spa c-span2. >> harvard kennedy school of government hosted a discussion in september about rick died in the history of the effects of digital technology on journalism. we hear from john huey, one of the projects researchers and the from and to of "time" magazine.. this is about one hour 20 minutes. >> thank you, alex. and maybe a metaphor too farhan raising the veil on riptides. but i'll do my best. first of all i want to thank some people. also want to thank alex jonesmot for making the shortest in fellowship the best possible destination for a journalist saeking sanctuary, perspectivekg reinvigoration and greatirationt company. i think i'm speaking for both of my co-authors when i say that. u it's just a great place. r makino smoothly. nancy palmer, janel sims. it feels like a home away from home and all three of us are happ

sunday, december 1, your questions for christina hoff sommers. levin.n mark span2.v on c- john kerry spoke about climate change. remarks for to the organization of american states meeting. >> more than two decades ago i visited rozelle as part of the u.s. legation to the rio summit. this was the first time the global community came together united to try to address climate change. it was also the trip where i got to know an amazing portuguese speaking woman who three years later would become my wife so i like to. it is a good place. about and i still talk our 12-year-old girl from vancouver. who took the stage at that itmit in order to as she put , "fight for her future." rememberlater i still what she said about climate change. as follows. i am only a child, she told us. yet i know we are in this together and should act as one single world toward one single goal. that aerstood something lot of folks today need to grasp, something still missing from our political debate. i said asaying goes, moment ago. we need that more than ever now. with respe

sunday on in depth your questions for author christina hoff sommers live for three hours begin at noon eastern and looking ahead to the new year on thank you to reader talk show host marc clifton january 5. booktv's thank you the first sunday of every month on c-spa c-span2. >> the aspen institute hosted a roundtable discussion today on defense related topics including the iranian nuclear deal, budget negotiations and congress and the upcoming afghanistan withdrawal. among the speakers was michele e flournoy, former undersecretary of defense for policy on the president obama and philip -- philip zelikow who served as part of george h. to be bush's national \street/{-|}street council. this is about an hour and 20 minutes.i'm sorri'm >> thank you all for coming and i'm sorry i'm not nick, but her in and i'm pulling myself together. some going to get brirefly introduce michele and philip. i see a number of people in the audience who were after and can simply better weather last summer. soth michele flournoy is the 20 senior advisor from 2009-2000 o luscious undersecretary of defense for p

sunday, december fourth, your questions for christina hoff sommers live for three hours beginning atn :00 eastern. -- noon eastern. and join radio talkshow host mark levin january 5 on c-span2. continues. journal" host: joining us from boston is jon kingsdale, former executive director for the commonwealth health insurance connector authority, also director of weekly consulting group. thank you for letting us. for our final segment we are taking a look at it -- insurance exchanges, especially what is being done in massachusetts and comparing them with the u.s.. can you talk about your role in the exchanges that the massachusetts level? guest: sure. we and act the legislation that was in some regard to the template for the affordable care act accu 2006 under governor romney and a democratic legislature, and a key agency in implementing that reform was the massachusetts health connector, which was an independent -- semi-independent authority i was appointed to run and reported to a board of directors that was ofointed in part constitutional officers and in part appointees to the board.

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