their community has been here for centuries - and seen the river carved up over time. the colorado is now the most endangered river in america. despite record drought, the water is being used at the same rate as ever by industry and major cities across the west. >> i think it goes back to the values of american governance. how unsustainable development has been in this country and continues to be unsustainable. >> if the law of god was in place, the law of god says the water's gonna flow downhill. but what did we do? we put a dam here, there, there, and use it to push the water. making it flow uphill. phoenix should have never been developed. tuscon should have never been developed. >> as fears rise about the water running out, we're taking a journey down the colorado to find out who really controls this river - and why - in a time of crisis - they're taking more water than it can supply. >> what does that look like 50 to 100 years from now? i worry about the future generations. what are they gonna have? >> we're paying our lives for that. we have to pay that price so a group of pe

but the upper colorado river basin and the western half of colorado which approximated his huge congressional district. wayne aspinall represents i think at least three of the major themes that shaped the 20th century west. above all he was interested in water, maintaining an adequate water supply for present and future generations. he also represented the extractive industries and of course mining and colorado are synonymous. he was always a reliable friend of various types of mining activities during much of his congressional career. he was a major supporter of the uranium industry and uranium was huge in grand junction's history the third issue that i think he represents is the vital shaping role of the federal government. a lot of things that we have been able to do here in western colorado is because we have been able to bring federal monies and expertise to bear, to reshape the land and build an economy out of the desert dust so to speak. he was on the frontlines of all of these things. wayne aspinall moved to colorado at age eight from ohio. like many, many people wh

the first major success was the passage of colorado river storage in 1956. known as the crisp colorado project. he's taking care of his constituents on the water question. that was in 1956, and many of those projects would be constructed oifer -- over the next 10-15 years. he was called the environmental movement most durable foe and other things we can't mention. was he a foe, yes, and no. i think he understood the conservation as he liked to call it, not environmentalism what he saw as the domain of zealous, he believed that they were going too far. aspinall made a decision on environmentalism on the one hand and conservation on the one hand. and he really did not like the direction that environmentalism was going. things like endangered species protection, he liked clean air and clean water as much as the next person, but his problem was with what he saw -- and i don't think he understood this ultimately, was the small minority of environmental zealous. he believed most people like himself were for the stewardship of our water resources, for example, and

they are found close by evear along the colorado river. but pearple were living actually in houses that are semi subterranean structures more than sell mhffs years ago. to me that is just fascinating thinking of people shivering in caves that they may hthe bie been in stlosctures. i think the early time period it is interesting. the vegetation was totally dian.erent than. e wiout 10,ffsaskfeet higher in terms of the ecosystem this is juniper here but in the late pleistocene it could be conieenr or aspirin. saddam by a river maybe it was juniper instead of saltbush. but this indly in time was pret des scary. they had saber toothed cats cats, a cave bears that were 14 eenet tall that had an arm span ofin cjunieenet. they were competing for shelter with the people. of course, their loved up ros ro overhangs so did the bears so there was competition but every time a hunter whe bie to be prepared tt with a gly int sloth that was 15 feet tall and the sabres to ruth katz and though woolly mammoth worse huge. bay acts belly hunted them. it took a

they have found close by here near denison and along the colorado river here that there were people living actually an houses that are semi-subterranean structures. more than 10,000 years ago and to me that's just fascinating when you think of people living shivering in caves that they might have been in structures. i think their early time period is interesting. the vegetation was totally different then. about 2000 feet higher in terms of the ecosystem. this is juniper here but it might have been the aspen and conifer. so by the river might have been juniper and such. the paleoindia time is pretty scary. they had mega-fauna then the favor to katzen cave bears that were 14 feet tall and they had a span of 14 feet. and they were competing for shelter with the people and the people loved overhangs using warm sheltered overhangs so there was competition there. you would have to be prepared to fight with giant slots that were 15 feet tall. and woolly mammoths were huge. they ask we hunted them it's a good community to hunt this one woolly mammoth getting away from the rest of the herd would ha

colorado would be treated fairly in any divisions of water, his first passage ofss was the the colorado river storage project in 1950 -- 1956. >> see all of our programs from book junction saturday on tv and sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. announcer: the news today is that obama has clinched the deal and he can get through congress. senator barbara mikulski tipped the balance by saying she is in favor of it or, becoming the 34th democratic senator to do so. statement, she said no deal is perfect, especially one negotiated with the iranian regime. but it is the best program available to block iran from having a nuclear bomb. to senate is expected debated on tuesday. the house is expected to bring the resolution of this approval to the floor next week and, in a letter to her democratic colleagues,

passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all our programs saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >>> next to mark the allied issuation of some of the nazi camps. serving as interpreter for the u.s. after that, mayer adler talks about his time in auschwitz. 70 years ago, allied forces liberated the nazi concentration camps. tonight on american history tv we will hear holocaust of those who lived them. this is the united states holocaust memorial museum in washington, d.c. in about 10 minutes, kurt clein recalls the rise of nazi persecution of the jews, his escape to the u.s. and family's efforts to rescue his parents who ultimately perished. kurt klein died at the age of 81. he describes how as an interrogat interrogator, he questioned hitler's driver who described hitler's final days. first, leslie swift from the holocaust museum discusses the origins and purposes of their oral history collection. >> my name is leslie swift, and i am the chief of the film oral history and rounded sound bra

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all our programs saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >>> next to mark the allied issuation of some of the nazi camps. serving as interpreter for the u.s. after that, mayer adler talks about his time in auschwitz. 70 years ago, allied forces liberated the nazi concentration camps. tonight on american history tv we will hear holocaust of those

located on the colorado river nestled in the grand valley between the colorado national monument in thebook cliffs with the help of our charter cable partners over the next hour people see local authors and learn about the history of the area and some of those important in the city's development. >> wayne aspinall i think represents three of the major themes that shaped the 20th century west. above all he was interested in water, maintaining an adequate water supply for present and future generations. >> first we were count the life and career grand junction native and academy with award-winning screenwriter dalton trumbo. citing his first amendment rights. >> dalton trumbo is an amazingly interesting complex contradictory and courageous person. he is known for a couple of things. for one he was a hollywood screenwriter. he won two academy awards for screenwriting. one for the brave one and one for roman holiday. he also was known as much for his politics and his character and standing up for the american activities committee in 1947. >> i understand the assemblage of the press has been

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all ofur programs from grand junction saturday at a 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. and sunday afternoon at o'clock on american history tv on c-spa c-span3. >>> recently, american history tv was at the organization of american historians' annual meeting in st. louis, missouri. we spoke with professors, authors, and graduate students about their research. this interview is about 20 minutes. >> naoko wake, an assistant professor at michigan state university. please tell us about your research with japanese americans who were in hiroshima and nagasaki in 1945. >> sure. yes, i am doing the historical investigation of japanese american and a handful of korean-americans as well who were born in the states, but happen to be in either hiroshima or nagasaki in 1945 at the end of world war ii when the bomb was dropped on the cities of hiroshima and nagasaki. and their numbers are not huge, but substantial. there were somewhere between 20 to 30,000 asian americans, mostly japanese-americans of

. >> the colorado river. the lifeblood of the american west. from the rockies down to mexico, nearly 40 million people rely on it for water. and for some, it means a lot more than that. >> the river, to me, means homeland and our natural boundary for our people. we use it for life. we use it for livelihood. >> wahleah johns and her uncle, marshall, are from the navajo nation.

colorado with the sunny side corporation. that plug in resulted in the water increasing up to the red and bonita mine and the gold king mine. subsequently, water seeps went into cement creek and animus riverthe stakeholders then asked the epa, along with the state of colorado to get involved to address that risk of water flow into the animus river as well as the cave in at the gold king mine. >> now i've heard that the installation of the last bulk head of the american tunnel in 2002 may have been a supouuperig cause. can you talk about what its relationship might be to august 5th blowout at the gold king mine? >> yeah. epa was not directly involved in that decision. what we do know from the internal review that was conducted was that a permit was issued by the state of colorado to sunny side mine that plugged the mine, you know, and as dr. williamson noted, that once you plug a mine you will have water plug a mine you will have wakpá water backup to the red and bonita mine, which is the mine right on top of that and then the gold king mine which then subsequently lid to the water releases to cement creek and the animus river. >> thank you. mayor brookings, thank you for your testimony. a

the colorado river runs to california. we have what they call the colorado water compact that was signed in the 1920's that share the water and all the aids. everybody keeps a close eye on our precious resource, water. >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring the city of rand junction there in 1911, president taft established the colorado national monument after john autobuild trails connecting plateaus to the canyon. before that, many residents believed the canyons were in excess of two humans. hosted by our charter communications cable partners, in the history. learn more about grand junction, colorado, all weekend. >> when you look at the history of the american west, one trend that is seen all over in every little mining town, ranching community, any you could imagine in the west, we tend to see boom and bust economies. , especiallyolorado right here in grand junction, colorado, one of the first boom busts we see in the area was copper mining. when the expedition passed through the area in 1870's, there was a lo

success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. programs for our grand junction today at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span2 book tv. and sunday afternoon. on c-span3. >> the sunday night on q and a. sanford law school professor talks about her book the trouble with lawyers which takes a critical look at the legal profession in united eights. the high cost of law school, and a lack of diversity in the profession. >> i think we need a different model of legal education. we need one that includes several programs. two-year programs, that is an option. and, we need three full years fulleople who want a general practice legal education that we now have. you know, it is crazy to train in the same way somebody who is doing routine divorces in a small town. midwest, and somebody who is doing mergers and acquisitions on wall street. one-size-fits-all model of legal education that is extremely expensive. the average debt level for law students is $100,000. you can assumes that train everyone to do everything in the same way. unless it is to practice

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage process -- project in 1956. >> see all of our programs from grand junction tonight on c-span2 book tv. of exercises at the naval college contribute it to success during world war ii. he is an author for the naval college's "proceedings" magazine. this is a version of his imposing ogres and the pacific in august of 1945. the institute for the study of strategy and politics hosted this hour-long event. >> norman friedman, as i'm sure you all know, is an extremely prolific naval author. he has done untold damage to my bank account. today, he is going to talk about the process of wargaming between the two wars and how that prepared us for the pacific war.

the upper river basin has a long and storied mining history and as with many watersheds in colorado, legacy mining has resulted in significant water quality impacts. for years, drainage above silverton has contributed heavy metal lodes into cement creek which flows into the animas river. our water quality control division within the department has routinely but infrequently sampled the water quality in cement creek and the animas river as part of our water quality program. these samples have consistently shown the quality of the water in cement creek and the animas river is and has been for years impacted by the mine waste coming from the legacy mines. the gold king mine is a historic gold mine located approximately 1,300 feet above sea level in the southwest mountains of colorado near the town of silver ton. on august 5, 2015, an estimated volume of up to three million gallons of mine waste water containing dissolved metals and sediment was unexpectedly released from the gold mine into cement creek. water quality division staff from from my department almost immediately traveled to s

river over time. it was anticipated that there was a serious potential for a blowout. we were there working with colorado and the animas river stakeholder group to address through a work plan an opportunity tory to mitigate that and resolve an issue of significant concern to the communities. >> the effected native nations issue that they have legitimately raised is the issue of notification. >> yes. >> rapid and on-time notification as to what was occurring and the effect that it could have on tribal lands and their people. your response to the lack of rapid and necessary notification to that by the agency. >> the agency did institute its notification procedure the same day, that was able to afek toughly get to the state of colorado that day and ensure before the plume arrived at any intake for drinking water or for irrigation that there was an ability to mitigate that and make sure that the spill was contained. so that was good. the following day we completed the notifications to the downstream folks. we're talking about a spill on the 8th -- i'm sorry, the 5th and we completed the notifications on the

working under the supervision of the epa caused a spill at the goldking mine in colorado, releasing toxic wastewater into a river. the incident was looked into at a hearing that included testimony from epa officials. mayor of durango, colorado. congressman lamar smith chair this is two-hour hearing. >>> the committee on science, space and technology will come to order. welcome to today's hearing entitled holding epa accountable for polluting western waters. recognize myself for an opening statement and then the ranking member. over the last year, the environmental protection agency has proposed some of the most expensive and burdensome regulations in its history. these rules will cost american families billions of dollars, all for little impact on climate change. these rules also will dem inch earn the competitiveness of american workers around the world. the same government agency that has proposed these rules recently caused an environmental disaster that has adversely impacted three states in the mountain west. on august 5, near silverton, colorado, the negligence actions of the epa caused over 3 million-gall

the first major success is the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> it's an honor to be here at the national constitution center and what they we have in common talking about the constitution that minnesota was not even a state. but to talk about how you came to write the book together. >> i will go ahead and start because i am probably the guy who started it. i was at an academic conference and all the al law professors and college professors get together and with the second bottle of wine. [laughter] an argument broke out between the call the professors and to what did you do to them? to say it was not our fault. it was deep in the culture i spoke up foolishly to say someone ought to write a book that is a name that the professor type. with the objective and a lively and readable so bright that instead of your boring law review articles. [laughter] i was flying in and out of the airport i had three hours with that they to do so i had a little book to play it straight and i wrote it at a coffee shop in the philadelphia airport and i called home because luke was in

the animas river, stakeholder group, and others in colorado have long recognized there is a whole loadcontaminants going into the river. that is why last week at the to discussexaminers a potential superfund listing. >> you approved it for recreational use again based on your analysis of the contaminants and he river. yet, other help agencies say not to drink the water and not to come in contact with the soil. that seems to me to be inconsistent with a water source useg ready for recreational . here is the problem i have with this. the epa plays an important role. i have been a vocal critic of the epa. my problem is that there appears to be a double standard. it has been mentioned several times. if this had been a private company, i do not think the epa would share the same optimism. i do not think the epa would have handled them the same way the epa has handled itself in johnson's video and the obvious alterations of the video. problematic that the epa is not doing the due thisence of investigating the way they would if it was a private company. ar. bevan mentioned they rancher in tex

martha: one month after that massive gold mine spill in the colorado river, authorities say the fishre now safe to eat. >> we all have prematurely given the president a victory without announcing how badly he's going to be defeated. 66u.s. senators are going disapprove of the iran agreement. that's 2/3 of the senate. úr#b martha: new signs the u.s. economy is holding steady. unemployment also dipped slightly in sawg. economists say fewer layoffs and stronger hiring are helping u.s. economy and they will be reflected in the monthly figures which everybody who is following this, stock market will be looking at closely tomorrow morning. bill: fox news getting new video of contaminated waste water pouring into the animas river. the epa sparked that accidents with 3 million gallons of polluted sludge. health officials saying the rivers, water and fish are safe for consumption. does this include all the fish folks eat from that river? >> it doesn't. just rainbow and brown trout because the health department says those are the only ones that have been tested so far. officials say tissue sam

the environmental protection agency came under fire for last month's tomorrowic spill into a colorado river. are are courtney kealclowrntsco. >> on august 5th near silverton, colorado, the negligent actions of the epa caused over 3 million gallons of toxic water to cascade out of a mine that had been closed for almost 100 years. this event turned the anamas river orange and polluted a 300 mile stretch of water. >> mccarthy said more than once, her agency took full responsibility for the spill. but her absence created a target for lamar smith. >> had the epa like an ordinary prudent person this whole incident could have been avoided. >> left to defend the agency, was assistant secretary stanislas. >> we will look at that. >> as well as the navajo nation and while the epa has admitted one of its crews mistakenly misy caused the disaster. >> epa demonstrated a complete lack of rg transparency. >> the scale of the spill has amplified the epa's failure. aaroerin brockovich observed the results. >> they don't have the results of what's really coming through their river. >> some navajo irrigation

treated fairly in any divisions of water to get his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> newly independent states decided to accept a centralized government following the war for independence. his book is the quartet orchestrating the second american revolution 1783, 1789. he spoke with biographer stacy schiff. >> we are so pleased to welcome the acclaimed author and historian who recently charged his position as before professor mount holyoke college where he taught courses in american history since 1972. they've also published over ten books including the book on thomas jefferson. it won the national book award as well as the founding brothers which won a pivot surprised. most recently he wrote the second american revolution which you will hear about tonight. our moderator for the evening received a pivot surprised for her book. the most recent book cleopatra was one of the new york's times books of 2012 as well as number one national bestseller. it's working on a new book regarding 1692 salem and we are looking forward to having her return n

success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. ourou can see all of programs from grand junction, colorado and --. a next, a conversation on insia's economic interest the arctic. steven leer from myers. it is 90 minutes. everyone. welcome to the center for strategic and international studies. my name is heather conley, senior vermont for europe, eurasia and the arctic here at csis, and we are delighted -- i don't know if it's something you should talk about the arctic in august, cool thoughts, warm weather, but we are delighted that you are here with us. i have to say today is a little bit of an unusual day for me because normally when we host a public event, i briefly welcome and introduce our guest speaker, i let our guest speaker give brilliant insight, and then i get to ask questions that were on my mind, but today we're going to do something a little different. i'm going to sort of be the speaker for a few brief moments because today's occasion is to launch a new report that we've issued today just in the pdf form. we'll have

. >> the epa stole $3 million of waste water and turned a colorado river orange. lawmakers want answers about how the river still occurred. it is not on the list of witnesses expected to testify next week rather. the assistant administrator will represent the agency instead. >> labor day weekend coming up. maria molina is here with the forecast. what's going on? >> good morning lia and heather. we are going to be tracking some storms over labor day weekend. some could produce severe weather across parts of the northern plains. in the afternoon and evening hours across minnesota and dau coat kaus. the storms roll through and one of the ingredients for the possible severe weather is warm temperatures ahead of the storm system. it is already warm out there. 81 in dallas. you are already at 77 in memphis. as we head into the afternoon temperatures are going to be well above average as much as 10-20 degrees above what's normal for this time of the year. 97 for a high in dallas. 85 degrees for your high forecast in chicago. you can tell it is cooler today. we a back doo

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> >> and next, a former state department consultant talks about women in afghanistan. spoke about the progress of afghan women since the fall of the taliban. this event was hosted in santa barbara, california. [applause] ms. ponticelli: wow. quitet think i ever had such a warm and wonderful introduction and a want to thank my very good friend judy, who has been such a support and inspiration to me also for so many years now for the great here innow she does out this beautiful part of our country and i cannot tell you how honored i am to be here and to have another dream come true to be back in santa barbara. it is really almost like the ark of my life having kind of cut my teethcal and policy during the reagan administration. i never dreamed i would get out here. i never dreamed i would see the reagan ranch, which was such a moving experience for me on saturday. man -- i had the seen the man as the head of ronald reaganelt as the man, the genuine person that he was and remains for all of us who wor

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all of the programs on saturday on c-span2, put tv. and on american history tv on c-span3. >> afl-cio president spoke with reporters tuesday about the u.s. labor movement. his organization's role and the democratic primaries and the presidential election. the christian science monitor hosted this hour-long event. >> ok, here we go. thank you for coming, everyone. wow. we will have some people join us in progress, as they say in tv land. i am dave cook. our guest today is richard trumka, president of the afl-cio. we thank him for coming back. he grew up in the pennsylvania area and followed his father and grandfather into the mines. he worked his way through penn state university and earned a law degree in 1974. at age 33 he was elected president of the united mine workers of america, the end this person in history to hold the position. he served three terms as president and brought the mine workers into the afl-cio. he ran to be secretary-treasurer of the afl-cio and became the young this pe

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river .torage project in 1956 see all of our programs from grand junction on saturday on c-span's book tv. in another panel from the housing and urban development fair housing conference, a look at how some government policies helped establish racially segregated communities throughout the united states. speakers included the president and director of the naacp education and legal fund. this is 90 minutes. >> thank you, and good morning. ne and i'm bryan gree the general deputy assistant office ofof hud's housing. i'm going to be the moderator of this first panel of our national conference. the title of this session is the problem that we all live with, residential segregation. that title comes from a norman rockwell painting. it shows a black girl going to a white school with a federal marshal scored -- escorting her. that painting is from 1964. could be the problem that we still live with. many of the metropolitan areas are largely segregated despite residential desegregation being a stated all of the 1968 fair housing act. yo

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all of our programs from grand junction today at 7:00 eastern on c-span two's book tv tv and on's book c-span3. this labor dayss weekend, president obama highlights recent economic progress in america and why congress should pass a budget. senator pat of pennsylvania has the republican response. against the case iran nuclear deal, expected to be on the senate floor this coming week. hope most ofma: i you are gearing up for the long weekend with family and friends. maybe some barbecues, road trips, or fantasy drafts. i wanted to take a moment to talk to you about the real meaning of labor day, the day we set aside every year to honor the hard-working men and women who fought for so many of the rights we take for granted today. the eight hour workday, the 40 hour work week, weekends, overtime, and the minimum wage, safer workplaces, health insurance, social security, medicare, and retirement plans. all of those gains were fought for and won by the labor movement, folks working not for a bigger

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all of our programs from grand junction saturday on c-span, and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on c-span 3. >>> 70 years ago, american forces dropped two bombs in japan, one in hiroshima and one in nagasaki. up next, we hear about the manhattan project to build an atomic weapon. he served as an assistant to leslie droves. he recalls going behind european enemy lines to determine nazi germany's atomic bomb capabilities. robert furman died in october 2008 at the age of 93. this 90-minute oral history is from the voices of the manhattan project, created by the atomic heritage foundation and the los alamos historical society. >>> the war came along and in 1940 i was drafted in. well, i was asked to join. and i came in as a second lieutenant in ft. dix. and the draft occurred, and we had processed all the people from several states through ft. dix, put them in uniforms and sent them off to training camps. wasn't long before i got transferred to washington, where i picked up, i was employed by the same

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all of our programs from grand junction saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span three. 70 years ago on july receive, st. 45, the first atomic bomb was tested. next on real america, the moment in time the manhattan project, a library of congress and national cob coproduction from the year 2000 which tells the story of the race to create the bomb..this interviews includes interview is with some of the key project transitions. >>> things change in time. in a moment in time in 1945, everything changed. the desert of central new mexico. the journey of death. named by spanish conquistadors pause if you ran out of water you did not survive. this is now known at trinity site. in a moment in time at this spot in july 1945, things changed. in the instant of what happened here, the length of a war changed, along with the course of history. it began years before and thousands of miles away. ♪ for years adolf hitler forced the nazi

colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all of our programs from grand junction sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. on c-span 3. >> coming up on c-span come a look at how new technology is being used for civic engagement in cities across the u.s. then south carolina governor nikki haley talks about race relations in her state. and later richard trumka's system with reporters to talk about the u.s. labor movement and the 2016 race. >> dustin haisler is chief information officer. he recently spoke at the city club of cleveland about the use of social media and other trends in cities across the globe. this is just under an hour. >> it is official. good afternoon. in recent years we have heard a lot about how technology could improve citizen engagement. i spent an earlier part of my career mining that. i educated a council meeting on trinity engagement. citizens report potholes and inaccessible public meetings and contribute ideas and fun community projects. when it comes to disruptive technology, the stories we most often hear about uber and airbnb. the question is not whether there is disru

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all of our programs from grand junction saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. >> in this part of the conference on world war ii and the pacific, military historian d.m. giangreco expresses allied lands for an invasion of hokkaido, the northern island. an invasion that was avoided when japan surrendered 70 years ago. hosted by the institute for the study of strategy and politics, this is an hour. >> next we have dennis giangreco, who is editor at ft. leavenworth and written an excellent book on the invasion planning for the invasion of japan, and is also an expert on the casualty issue, and he has been tremendous support and assistance in organizing and making this a much better event, so we're very appreciative of that. and now he's going to talk to you about the hokkaido myth. [ applause ] >> hi. great to be here. well, i'm going to start off with some interesting quotes that i've heard recently. okay. quote, the

this first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956.our programs from grand junction on american history tv on c-span three. here on c-span this morning, "washington journal" is next. at 10:00, pv of the pope's upcoming visit to the u.s. with kurtz.hop joseph he is our guest on "newsmakers." we will learn more of the visit uerl.cardinal donald w >> coming up, reuters mohammeddent arshad talks about diplomacy in the iran nuclear deal. then, author michael o'brien talks about his new book on the iraq war and the rise of isis. to discuss the august jobs report and how we could lead to a possible hike interest rates by the federal reserve. ♪ host: good morning. it is sunday, september 6, 2015. this morning, kentucky county clerk can davis is coming -- kim davis is coming off her third night in jail for refusing to grant marriage licenses. stand have some calling her the poster child for a new push for a religious freedom exemption law. we are asking our viewers to

you can see the colorado river. it's gorgeous. then you think, i just want to sit up here. to a rope and jump off? >> it's a legitimate question, but there's no backing out now. austin' friend, devin graham, is going to capture it all on camera and then spin it into a video viral sensation. it won't be the first time. devin's videos get millions of views on youtube, and he has a loyal fan base. >> with college kids, you don't have any money. so, you're constantly looking for something fun and exciting to do with absolutely no money. >> the formula is simple. devin hears about crazy things that people are doing, like turning themselves into human slingshots, and snowboarding across utah's salt flats. or even a simple mud fight. then devin makes what's happening even cooler by editing together the stunning visuals and sharing it with millions of online viewers. it looks ridiculously fun, if not a little dangerous. >> a lot of my videos that i create, they're basically taking ideas of kids and making a much larger scale for adults or big people. >> but flying off a 150-foot-hi

colorado would be treated fairly in any divisions water his 1st major success was the passage of the colorado riverorage project. >> see all of our programs grand junction saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. and on american history tv. >> next a discussion on the constitution interviewed by jeffrey rosen president of the national constitution center. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the national constitution center. as one or two of you may be aware this is the only institution in america chartered by congress congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. beautiful. you can all say along. we have now encapsulated this vision statement which is to say that this is the only place in america and is polarized times where people of different perspectives can come together to learn about, celebrate, and debate the greatest vision of human freedom ever invented. how's that? [applause] >> as you know, there are many evenings of great excitement. you are in for a real treat, and i am as well because i have the honor and pleasure o

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all ofour progress from grand junction saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. c-span,ay on "washington journal." at 11:00 a.m., john kerry discusses the iran nuclear deal of the constitution center. at 1:00 p.m., south carolina governor nikki haley speaks at the national press club. coming up and 45 minutes, bob colby, the chief legal officer of the financial industry regulatory authority. talk about his organization's role as a nongovernmental regulator of the securities industry. at 8:30, a look at the cadillac tax, a 40% excise tax on expensive health insurance plans. our guest is julie appleby of kaiser health. at 9:15 our spotlight and magazine series features peter grier of "the christian science monitor" on how americans decide who to vote for in elections. ♪ host: good morning. it is wednesday, september 2, 2015. welcome to "washington journal." president obama returns to the nation's capital after three days in ala

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all ofur programs from grand junction saturday at a 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. and sunday afternoon at o'clock on american history tv on c-spa c-span3. >>> recently, american history tv was at the organization of american historians' annual meeting in st. louis, missouri. we spoke with professors, authors, and graduate students about their research. this interview is about 20 minutes. >> naoko wake, an assistant professor at michigan state university. please tell us about your research with japanese americans who were in hiroshima and nagasaki in 1945. >> sure. yes, i am doing the historical investigation of japanese american and a handful of korean-americans as well who were born in the states, but happen to be in either hiroshima or nagasaki in 1945 at the end of world war ii when the bomb was dropped on the cities of hiroshima and nagasaki. and their numbers are not huge, but substantial. there were somewhere between 20 to 30,000 asian americans, mostly japanese-americans of

river. the issue which my colleague from colorado did acknowledge is what's left after that plume moves through the river. so you have high levels of dangerous metals, such as arsenic and led, which have now been deposited in the sediment. each and every time there is a storm water event or a spring runoff following snow pack, that contamination, that sediment will become agitated and potentially mobilize those contaminants and create a public health issue. there is also, again, while the wildlife. i'm sorry. i'm speaking too long. the water quality has rebounded but, again, the sediment that has been deposited, the impacts on wildlife, macro inver at the brats in particular are unknown and will not be understood for years. while i agree the water quality has rebounded to background levels, that's not really the issue. the issue is what was left over in the sediment that's now all along the river. >> new mexico tech, also known as a mining institute in new mexico, went into colorado and if you back up the pictures, they discovered those heavy metals that you are describing on the bottom of thes

colorado toxic spill. though blow out sent heavy metals into the an -- animus river. >> in this case we were in a remote areaw we got ahold of our state partners immediately. the partners notified the national response center. >> the disaster affected waterways in colorado, utah and new mexico. >>> colorado san juan river took a direct hit from the spill. despite assurances the water is fine, navajo farmers are still not using it and it is putting their livelihoods at risk. >> there is nothing growing over there. >> reporter: navajo farmers grow corn, alpha fa and cantaloupe, but when last month's toxic spill made its way to the san juan river they stopped watering their crops. >> i had a hay right over here as you can see. i had to just plow that up. because of no water. that's just bare dirt now. >> reporter: now instead of using river water, he uses water from his tap in addition to water delivered by a local navajo agency. >> i will be carrying a bucket of water, maybe two back and forth from my faucet all the way down to the corn, and this was the only way i was irrigating. >> reporter: why are you not

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. see all of our programs from grand junction on c-span cities tour. deborah brody talks about her book, the trouble with lawyers, that takes a look at the legal profession, the high cost of law school, and lack of diversity in the profession. need a model of education that includes programs for people doing routine work. an optionograms are for people who want to do something specialized in the third year. people whors for want the

his first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project 1956. the global economy and international trade. former undersecretary of commerce was among the speakers to say the issue should be a top the agenda for the 2016 presidential campaign. this is one hour 10 minutes. >> good morning. welcome to the heritage foundation it is the delight to have all of you here this morning it is the end of august school is starting in some areas but it is starting to feel that washington is getting back into the gears we're happy to help that process along. with the release of a new report global agenda for economic freedom this is a study produced in tandem by the davis institute for national security and foreign policy in the institute for economic freedom and opportunity that our distinct entities inside the heritage foundation. i want to post my friend as the key speaker who were the smartest headnote in economics and a true gentleman but most importantly he is a fan of the blues as well i. >> host: to put together the economic freedom group. [laughter] b

. >>> an epa official colorado mayor and geochemist testify about the epa's response to a toxic rivercaused b agency and one of its contractors near the gold king mine site in colorado. they talked about the epa's culpability and the environmental impacts on farmers, residents and businesses along the watershed. they held the hearing this past wednesday. >>> the committee on science, space and technology will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses at any time. welcome to today's hearing entitled holding epa accountable for polluting western waters. i recognize myself for an opening statement and then the ranking member. over the last year, the environmental protection agency has proposed some of the most expensive and burdensome regulations in its history. these rules will cost american families billions of dollars, all for little impact on climate change. these rules also will diminish the competitiveness of american workers around the world. the same government agency that has proposed these rules recently caused an environmental disaster that

rivers. finally i want to clarify the epa was working with the state of colorado to take action to a the gold king mine for a potential of a catastrophic release in the ongoing water quality impact caused by the discharges into the upper animas river watershed. approximately 330 million gallons of contaminated water was discharged in the water shed each year that is 100 times more than the estimated release from the mine on august 5th. it continues to work with the state of the colorado to address the significant discharges better impacting the waterways. it is important to note the work program has successfully cleaned up more than 1,100 sites to successfully respond to the oversight for thousands of removal actions to protect human health and the environment that respects the longstanding commitment and the environment we will continue to pursue at the administration's request for the abandoned mine to cover the cost of cleanup of the sites. all of the affected residents and members of the southern ute tribes can be sure epa has and will continue to take responsibility to help insure that g

the first major success was the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956. >> see all of our programs from grand junction saturday on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon on american history tv on c-span3. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> and now, the senate education committee on improving the higher education and student achievement act. the north carolina community college system, and various nonprofit groups testified there this is about 90 minutes. afterwards, we will open our phone lines to get your thoughts on the subject. >> the senate committee on health education and labor will please come to order. ons is our eighth hearing the reauthorization of the higher education act. the senator and i will each have an opening statement and then introduce our witnesses. afterwards, senators will have five minutes of questions each. we expect to have a vote at 10:30. we will take turns at gavel's. we will conti

the passage of the colorado river storage project in 1956 was his first big project. >> see all of our programs from grand junction this weekend. >>> next, nbc's chalk todd moderates a discussion with democrat and republican strategist and pollsters on the 2016 election. topics include the make-up of the u.s. electorate, donald trump's influence on the cycle and the world of social media. this is an hour and a half. >> thank you for that lovely introduction and for everything you have done for the george washington university. welcome to the school of medium public affairs in the most important city in the world. we will hear remarkable conversation about a truely remarkable event. we with kicking off with a sold out house that i am delighted to see. how many students are in the room? which i am more delighted to see. and with c-span which i am more delighted to see. so i am very delighted. we are presenting this program in true collaborative spirit with the school of political management, college democrats, and college republicans as well. democrats in the room? republicans is in the