craig fugate is the administer -- administrator of fema. probably the most maligned federal administration in history. if you look back at the press coverage of fema and its administrator during that time, the first thing that in terms of doing a historical look at this is, what went so wrong? why did it go so wrong? >> there is a lot of people who want to focus on an individual. i have been in this business for a while and we have seen this pattern over and over again. the nation prepares for something and when something worse happens, we are not prepared. it goes back to her again andrew, hurricane hugo. we plan for what we're capable of doing, not what can happen, and then things scale up. we actually had the national hurricane conference that year in new orleans in april talking about that risk. fema had participated in a -- an exercise with the state. if you don't plan for what can happen -- >> you had a discussion before katrina hit in april of that year that basically simulated out what might happen? >> we actually looked at worst th

give me a 45 second or one minute waffle house in get -- index per craig fugate. craig: i live in florida and i drive back and forth between here and everything you would see was a waffle house. and one thing that we observed if there was anything open at the interchange of the power was out was a waffle house. i wasn't speaking from the company that we just came -- but we just came up with an index that if the waffle house was open, i would tell the search and rescue teams, keep going, it is not that bad. but if the waffle house is close, start looking around. it is pretty bad. they idea goes back that we try to solve problems. it is called a government approach to problem-solving. we tend to look at the private sector and somebody we contract with and we actually get competition with them. we would be putting out food and water and supplies and we found that perhaps the better way was to sit down with the private sector and go, why don't we look at this as a team and if you can get opened and you serve in area, let's go where you are not. what tends to happen is

i love me some craig fugate. although it is a little disturbing, you know, he gets excited when there are disasters, because he gets restless as everything is just quiet. but under his leadership we have into a stronger, more efficient agency. in fact, the whole federal government has gotten smarter preventing and recovering from disasters. and serving as a better partner to local and state governments. and as i'll talk about next week, when i visit alaska, making our communities more resilient is going to be increasingly important, because we are going to see more extreme weather events as the result of climate change. deeper droughts, deadlier wildfires, stronger storms. that's why in addition to things like new and better levees, been investing in restoring wetlands and other natural systems that are just as critical for storm protection. so, we have made a lot of progress over the past 10 years. you've made a lot of progress. that gives us hope. but it does not allow for complacency. it doesn't mean we can re

i love me some craig fugate. it's a little disturbing, you know he gets excited when there are disasters, he gets restless if everything's just quiet. we revamped fema into a stronger more efficient agency. the whole federal government has gotten smarter preventing and recovering from disasters. serving as a partner to local and state governments. as i'll talk about next week when i visit alaska. making our communities more resilient is going to be increasingly important. we're going to see more extreme weather events as a result of climate change. deeper droughts, deadlier wildfires, stronger storms. that's why in addition to things like new and better levees, we also been investing in wetlands that are just as critical for storm protection. we made a lot of progress over the last ten years, you've made a lot of progress. that gives us hope. but it doesn't allow for complacency. it doesn't mean we can rest. our work here won't be done when almost 40% of children still live in poverty in this city. that's not a f

night starting at 8:00, more from the atlantic conference in new england -- in new orleans with craig fugate. at 9:00, we will show you president obama's trip to the region, as well as remarks on the recovery effort 10 years after katrina. hurricane katrina anniversary coverage all this week on c-span. >> we will have live coverage of president obama's visit to new orleans and his remarks thursday at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. coming up on c-span, our special programming marking the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina continues with a look at the city of new orleans one year after the storm. that is followed by testimony from hurricane katrina evacuees at a 2009 senate committee hearing. then keith hall gives an update on the budget outlook. later, a senate committee looks at the increase in the number of americans working later in life. >> on the next "washington kristol,.william he is here to talk about the 2016 presidential campaign. then a discussion on police reform and community relations. sson,uest is deray mcke community activist and black lives matter participant. you can join t

thursday night starting at 8:00, more from the atlantic conference in new orleans with fema's craig fugate and "the new york times" executive editor. at 9:00 we'll show you president obama's trip to the region as well as remarks on the recovery effort ten years after katrina. hurricane katrina anniversary coverage all this week on c-span. >>> our look at the 1965 voting rights act continues now with president lyndon johnson signing the legislation into law on august 6th, during a ceremony at the u.s. capitol. then later a discussion on the history of voting rights from the reconstruction era to today. >> you ready? ready for me? turn it on, mac. run it easy. back to the first line. is that it? >> ladies and gentlemen, the members of the president's cabinet. [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] >>> my colleagues in the congress, ladies of the scene and unseen audience, vi the great privilege and high and personal honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. [ applause ]honor of presenting president of the united states. [ applause ]personal honor of p you the president o

i love me some craig fugate. although it's a little disturbing, you know, he gets excited when there are disasters, because he gets restless if everything is just quiet. but we under -- under his leadership, we've revamped fema into a stronger, more efficient agency. in fact the whole federal government has gotten smarter at preventing and recovering from disasters. we have data that shows before the storm, the high school graduation rate was 54%. today it's up to 73%. [ applause ] before the storm, college enrollment was 37%. today it's almost 60%. we still have a long way to go, but that is real progress. new orleans is coming back better and stronger. >> new orleans is coming back better and stronger, the president says. but he also went out of his way to say basically it's coming back up evenly too. joining us now is mark morial. he's president and ceo of the national urban league. new orleans chapter of the league put out a report called "the state of black new orleans" which documents the uneven nature of t

there is a man named craig fugate who works at fema. [laughter] [applause] his team of across the country have done extraordinary work. i love me some craig fugtate. he gets excited when there are disasters. he gets restless if everything is just quiet. [laughter] but under his leadership, we revamped fema into a stronger and more efficient agency. in fact, the whole federal government has gotten smarter at recovering in preventing disasters. and serving as a better partner to local and state governments. and as i'll talk about next week when i visit alaska, making our communities more resilient is going to be increasingly important. because we are going to see more extreme weather events as a result of climate change. deeper droughts, deadlier wildfires, stronger storms. that is why in addition to things like new and better levees, we have also been investing and restoring wetlands and natural systems that are just as critical for storm protection. we have made a lot of progress over the past 10 years. you have made a lot of progress. t

i have to say, by the way, there's a man named craig fugate who runs fema and has been doing extraordinaryork. his team of across the country have done extraordinary work. i love me some craig. [laughter] president obama: although it is a little disturbing, he gets excited when there are disasters. he gets restless if everything is quiet. but under his leadership, we revamped fema into a stronger and more efficient agency. in fact, the whole federal government has gotten smarter at preventing and recovering from disasters. and serving as a better partner to local and state governments. and as i'll talk about next week when i visit alaska, making our communities more resilient is going to be increasingly important. because we are going to see more extreme weather events as a result of climate change. deadlier wildfires, stronger storms. that is why in addition to things like new and better levees, we have also been investing in restoring natural systems that are just as critical for storm protection. we have made a lot of progress over the past 10 years. you have made a lot of progress. tha

he wasn't in the post when katrina hit back in 2005, craig fugates will be joining others to commemorate the tragedy but celebrate the recovery. katrina, still the most costly natural disaster in the u.s. and also one of the deadliest. more than 1,800 people died. >>> thinking of booking a last-ment getaway, beware. travelers searching for hotel rooms are tricked into paying more than they should. when many travelers booked or checked in, they often didn't get the room or amenities requested. they also had to pay unexpected booking fees on top of the daily rates. the problem, thousands of travelers who thought they had reserved directly through a hotel's website were actually directed to a third party. you're urged to be beware of pop upads that appear on legitimate hotel websites. >>> think your commute is bad? that also has a problem. while you may be sitting in the lucky driver's seat in the bay area, a new report released of the worst traffic in the nation and the results might surprise you. >>> right now on wednesday moving right along this week. very comfortable, we'll keep that go

craig fugate willç visit sever schools that have been rebuilt.urday marks ten years since hurricane katrina made landfall. new orleans was one of the hardest hit cities as you know. >> over the past decade, a lot of work has been done to repair new orleans and mac sure the storm can't do that kind of damage again. this is a look at some of that work. since katrina, billions of dollars worth of proj enects ha been built, including this new levee. they even created new land from sediment from the mississippi river and planted marshes and levees. >>> there's never been a protection system as great, as good, as complicated as the one in place today. >> money from the bp oil settlement is being funneled into the hurricane and flood protection system. >>> the alleged shooter in the france train attack foiled by three americans and a britt is now a suspected terrorist. authorities led the moroccan man barefoot and blindfolded into a courtroom yesterday. he's charge be with attempted mass murder and belonging to a terrorist group. police say suspect watc

craig fugate will begin a tour of the region impacted by the storm in mississippi today. >>> a consumer alert this morning. before you cut your grass, about 4400 liberty zero turn lawnmowers, if you have one of those, it's being recalled due to potential gas tank leak. please stop using it immediately and contact the manufacturer. >>> time for a check of weather and traffic. pat, i have to stop right here and say chris, what is going on with the mets? they won again. do you have your world series tickets? >> i'm waiting. my hand is out. anybody listening. five games, what happened? it's a whole new team. let's keep it rolling into september. we want to keep the good weather rolling too. it's on a roll. certainly today, notice the flags flapping around. new air mass in place. front came through getting the humidity down. temperatures still warm this afternoon. but, again, with low humidity and a bit of a breeze, it will feel delightful out there. 70 degrees. mostly clear skies. weather headlines, talking about near perfect today. heat building into the weekend along with the humidity. we

please give a hand to craig fugate, former administrator of fema. femae man who headed during hurricane katrina, michael brown, wrote his explanation of the federal government's hurricane response. in it, he says the new orleans mayor and louisiana governor failed to evacuate the city despite his urging. you can read michael brown's article on politico.com. this afternoon, president obama will be in new orleans to meet with residents who continue to rebuild their lives and communities. he will deliver remarks at a newly opened community center in the ninth ward, one of the areas most part it was the storm -- hard hit the storm. ""washington journal" will be live from new orleans tomorrow and saturday. we will speak to the former mayor. coming up saturday, the actual anniversary, we will see video of the hurricane's aftermath and the resulting rebuilding. " startston journal every morning at 7:00 eastern. holds a, new orleans commemoration to mark the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina starting at 6:00 p.m.. community members and faith advocates w

craig fugate will visit several schools. new orleans was one of the hardest hit cities by katrina.r the past decade there's been a lot of work to repair and make sure the storm cannot do that kind of damage to the city again. since katrina, billions of dollars worth of projects have been built, including this new levee. crews have even created new land using sediment from the mississippi river and planted new marshes to protect the new levees since been built. officials say new orleans has never been this prepared or this protected. >> never in the history of new orleans has there been a protection as great, as good, as complicated as the one that's in place for today. >> money from the bp oil settlement is being funneled into the flood and protection center in new orleans. the waiveland city center is th ground zero hurricane museum. a new exhibit called backyard and beyond opened saturday. >>> the alleged shooter in the france train attack foiled by three americans and a britt is now a suspected terrorist. authorities led the moroccan man barefoot and blind folded into a paris co

craig fugate took up a position after the hurricane and will take a few days visiting the gulf coast. fugate has visited schools that have been rebuilt since the 2012 storm. he will also join with officials looking at recovery efforts. >>> and port part of stafford park is closed due to a sewage leak. a sewage plug apparently broke from upstream of the park. if it's safe that park should reopen thursday. >>> a developing story at the national mall after an elevator malfunction at the washington monument leaves a number of people stranded at the top. what we're learning about the incident and why two of the visitors needed help from crews to get back down. >>> and breaking news at bw park away, southbound at nasa. details coming up. >>> but first, showing you how they pulled it off. the new video of the escape route used by those prisoners in new york as they made their dash to freedom. the >>> take a look. this is the escape route two convicted murderers took from an upstate new york prison earlier this morning. correction officials washingtoned the route david sweat and richard matt

craig fugate is that minister of payment, probably after katrina's emotional line, federal bureaucracyin history. so it's very good to be with you today. if you look back as i did insert a look at the press coverage of female comments administrator during that time, the first thing in terms of doing an historical look at this is what went so wrong, why did it go so wrong. >> there is a lot of people who focus on an individual. i've been in the business for a while. we've seen the pattern over and over again. a nation preparing for what we think would happen we are not ready for it. it goes back to hurricane andrew, hurricane hugo and the earthquake. it is a tendency we plan for what we are capable of doing, not what can happen. there's no real mystery what can happen in new orleans. we have the national hurricane conference that you enable talking about many risks. fema had participated with hurricane pam that simulated the things. the challenge was if he can not execute come you don't plan for anything that can happen. >> you had a discussion before ,-com,-com ma in april of that year

after that, fema administrator craig forgotten -- craig fugate and public commemoration in new orleans on hurricane katrina. there will be a celebration of new orleans's resilience. hosted by solar that o'brien, this will be held on the official anniversary of the hurricane's landfall. watch that live today on 6:00 p.m. on c-span. announcer: this sunday night on "q&a," brookings institute representative speaks about -- vanda: i hesitate an increasingly interrogate myself and question myself because we do not know how it will end. but it is also possible that it could still be true years down the road or five years down the road that where -- that we will see a civil war in afghanistan. isis is coming into the country and they are much worse than a tele-ban and so if we end up five years down the road in a new civil war in afghanistan and it is a safe haven for the tele-ban and isis, that i would say i would not be surprised. announcer: vanda felbab-brown on "q&a." announcer: community leaders and artists explore the challenges of a broader ecosystem and the challenges facing housing, e

you love me some craig fugate. those it's a little disturbing, you know, he gets excited when there's disasters. he gets restless if everything is just quiet, but under his leadership we've revamped fema into a stronger, more efficient agency. in fact the whole federal government has gotten smarter and preventing and recovering from disasters, and serving as a better partner for local and state governments. and as i talk about next week, when i visit alaska, making our communities more resilient is going to be increasingly important. we're going to see more extreme weather events as a result of climate change. deeper droughts, deadlier wildfires, stronger storms. that's why in addition to things like newer and better levees, we've always been investing and restoring wetlands, other natural systems that are just as critical for storm protection. so we made a lot of progress over the past ten years. you've made a lot of progress. that gives us hope, but it doesn't allow for complacency. it doesn't mean that we can re

this'll be hosted by the atlantic with fema administrator craig fugate. looking at the disaster preparedness, how doors in particular has responded to to and recovered from the hurricane. the housing education environment race and neighborhood development situation in new orleans and more broadly in louisiana. that is coming up monday at 10:00 a.m. eastern over on c-span. just for your information, this morning more road to the white house coverage. scott walker shortly will unveil his health care plan coming up shortly live over on arkham pinion up where common c-span. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we understand it should get underway shortly. housing secretary william castro and members of the housing development team will be talking about the recovery efforts in the gulf of mexico tenure since hurricane katrina, one of the deadliest in u.s. history. more than a million people evacuated 1800 people di

thursday night starting at 8:00, there are the atlantic conversation in new orleans with fema's craig fugateand "new york times" executive editor dean mckay and family. and we'll show you president obama's trip to the region as well as remarks on the recovery effort ten years after katrina. hurricane katrina anniversary coverage all this week on c-span. >>> actor gary sinise talks about his efforts to help american war veterans, an issue he first became involved with in the 1980s, including plans to build a medal of honor museum in mount pleasant, south carolina. mr. sinise is a board member of the project. the national press club hosted this event earlier this summer. [ applause ] >> thank you. [ applause ] thank you. thank you very much. it's good to be back. i do want to say something. last time i was hear there was a big sort of wooden medallion here on the back and about halfway through my speech it fell down. [ laughter ] so i'm glad it's not here. i'd like to thank the members of the national press club. john, thank you very much for the invitation to speak today. it's a great honor f

on thursday, more from fema's director craig fugate.ionma's trip to the 10 years after the hurricane. all this week, on c-span. washington journal, continues s. host: the reverend barry lynn joins us now, he is the president of americans for separation of church and state. he is the author of god and government: twenty-five years of fighting for equality, secularism, and freedom of conscience. is covering writing old and new, including your own speech, saying that religion thrives best where government takes no position. it turns out, 13 years later, it has not changed. right does not understand something fundamental, that the history of this country really demonstrates and government works us religion works best when you keep a distant distance between the two. government should not be hostile to religion, they should accept unlessims of religion they come in direct conflict with someone else and the constitutional right right we are better off we keep that decent distance and i said it in 2002, and i say it is still too today -- true

the individual running fema used to run our statewide emergency management team so craig fugate knows issue. your parents, siblings, children and grandchildren, think about what are their needs. do they need a shelter? have an evacuation plan. hope for the best and prepare for the worst. so is it more likely the severe part of the storm will hit miami, ft. lauderdale, the east part of ft. lauderdale or move to the western part, tampa, orlando? >> so, wolf right now the track is moving west. the tampa area is saturated with water. we've had a hurricane dump a lot of water in our state and it causes a lot of flading. that's what my concern is. flooding. >> governor rick scott of florida has his hands full but good luck to all the folks in florida right now. obviously the storm has caused a lot of death and destruction in the caribbean. good luck to all of our friends over there as well. thank you very much, governor. >> thanks, wolf. thanks for what you all do. >> thank you. >>> take a look at this. these are live pictures from the democratic national committee meeting in minneapolis. h

not in that post when katrina struck back in 2005, craig fugate will join to not only commemorate the tragedy but celebrate the recovery over the past decade. visiting a few schools built near the coast. katrina one of the deadliest, more than 1800 people died. >>> a follow-up on a heated debate in the south bay surrounding where to house the home ms the new proposed site at air force station near 101 and 107. the new site could house 100 homeless people. the change after many residents voiced concerns having a shelter near homes and schools. dozens spoke to city council asking them to approve change of location. >> it's not that it's just not near a residential area but more avenues for the homeless to get to where they need to go through, whether it's a job, restaurants, grocery store. >> santa clara county plans to invest $1 37b1.3 million. >> one of the south bay's most scenic spots off-limit to the public but not for much longer. leaders will sign off on a mountaintop park of the summit south of san jose. it was a radar station. 20,000 acres of the mountain converted now into pub

the current fema administrator craig fugate was asked about the recovery efforts of hurricane katrina. and what is being done by current obama administration. this was done earlier by the atlantic. here are some of the thoughts. [video clip] >> what went so wrong? >> a lot of people are focused on the individual. i've been in this for a while. we have seen this pattern over and over. the nation preparing for what we think will happen, when something worse happens, we are not prepared. he goes back to hurricane andrew, hurricane hugo. it is a tendency that we plan for what we are capable of doing, not what can happen. then we scale up. there's no mystery of what can happen in new orleans. we had a national hurricane conference here that year in april talking about many of these risks. fema had participated in exercises that simulated these things that we talked about. the challenge was, if you cannot execute, you cannot plan on what will happen -- beforehad a discussion katrina hit? in april of that year, that basically simulated out what might happen? >> we actually looked at a worse

craig fugate will join others to commemorate the tragedy and celebrate the recovery. visit several schools today rebuilt near mississippi' gulf coast. katrina the most costly natural disaster in the u.s. and one of the deadliest. more than 1800 people die. >>> thinking of booking a last-minute getaway, beware, travelers searching for rooms are tricked into paying more than they should. according to the better business bureau, when many booked or checked in they did not get the room or amenities they requested. travelers also had to pay unexpected booking fees on top of the daily rate. the problem here, thousand of travelers who thought they reserved directly through a hotel's website were directed to third party ones. you're urged to beware of pop-up ads that appear to be legitimate websites. >>> using high-tech features in your car? one out of every five new vehicle owners has never used half of the 33 technology features measured in its annual sa survey. owners didn't find certain features useful or it came part of a package of an option they didn't want. they prefe

. >> craig fugate has headed female for six years, previously running florida's emergency services, aery different resume than the man in charge during katrina. michael brown, an attorney who had been with an arabian horse association, after katrina, push president bush praised him but within 10 days, brown resigned faced with scathing criticism over fema's inept response. >> a little's eric holderman who has spent decades in emergency management said the man at the top of fema makes a huge difference. >> you can't overestimate having someone who is not a political hack, nost just an appointee who doesn't know anything about disasters but someone who comes within -- with a vision for how the federal government can best support state and local jurisdictions before, during, and after disasters. >> reporter: there is widespread agreement that fema is on the ball these days when it comes to preparing for and responding to a disaster. but the agency's role doesn't end with the waters recede. critics say that's where fema still needs to improve operations. >> they made it extremely hard. >>

. >> thursday night more from the atlantic conference in new orleans with craig fugate. >> now a discussion on history and future of civil jury trials. the aspen institute recently hosted a panel of top litigators who examined whether the right to trial by jury is disappearing and the rise of arbitration and victims' compensation fund. this is one hour. >> and welcome everyone to the conversation about the disappearing civil jury trial. i am jeff rosen, that the great privilege of having this wonderful institution, the national constitution center in philadelphia which has a mandate from congress to disseminate information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. what we have the opportunity to do tonight thanks to this wonderful program is to delve into a provision of the bill of rights that many of us are less than me with and we are with the first amendment and the fourth amendment and that is the seventh amendment to the u.s. constitution. we are going to ask why is it that the civil jury trial which represented 20% of all trials in 1930 now represents only 2% of federal tria

. >> thursday night starting at 8:00, more from new orleans with craig fugate. at 9:00, we will show you president obama's trip to the region. hurricane katrina anniversary coverage all this week on c-span. >> new orleans mayor mitch landrieu spoke to members of the national press club on tuesday to mark the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. he discussed his city's urban renewal and economic recovery and the continuing efforts to restore the crescent city and its people. this is an hour. john: welcome to the national press club. i am president. our guest today is new orleans mayor, mitch landrieu who joins us near the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. first, i want to introduce our distinguished head table which includes club members and guests of the speaker. adamthe audience's right, shapiro, ceo of adam shapiro public relations. pat mcgrath, former international correspondent for tv. gtb -- wctg bill loveless. the acting assistant secretary for health in the u.s. department of health and human services and she is a former health commissioner for the

. >> thursday night startin startt eight more from the conference in new orleans with craig fugate and others. and nine bush of president obama's trip to the region as well as remarks for the recovery effort 10 years after katrina. hurricane katrina anniversary in which all this week on c-span. >> a panel discussion recently took place at the international law center in washington. .. >> i'll introduce yonah in one moment. first, the topic of this ram, terrorism -- of this program, terrorism captives. those of you who have come to other programs of the potomac institute will know that yonah invariably says we shouldn't forget the victims of terrorism, and this is a program about victims in a way. maybe the first one we've had. one of my colleagues pointed out that, i think it's isis, the affiliate of isis this egypt has just, apparently, killed a croatian -- i think he was just working in egypt. tactics and strategy. and i think yonah mentions in this little write-up, the chap poe, best practices. one of our colleagues who you'll hear, has written a book which i happen to have realize

administrator craig fugate, new orleans mayor mitch landrieu, local authors and flood victims take part in an event hosted by the atlantic on the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. good morning. my name is madeleine and i'm a ian.ear-old new orleans h i graduated from inter school and will be attending princeton this fall. [applause] >> thank you. i was nine years old when katrina hit. paul recounts my experience evacuated to houston. evacuation texasuated to and a piece of gravel found my eye with anr dug it out aluminum gum wrapper a tongue is an apple that never knew the ground the state of louisiana said i was black so i became black i combed my hair in the shower brown reclusee -- bit me with its woodwind body on my skin and i think of you law -- i rub eucalyptus y on my skin and i ma -- on my skin and i think of yoma playing the violin. a horsefly is a fly that only aceives its wings after mother pounds me to leather but this never happens because i didn't realized work is red meat until my twin 88 tenderloin -- ate a tenderloin and i could hear his thoughts matalin, i'm tired

thursday night starting at 8:00, more from the atlantic conference in new orleans with fema's craig fugate and executive editor dean buquet and family. hurricane katrina anniversary coverage all this week on c-span. >>> yesterday the u.n. security council held a meeting on attacks from isis against lgbt people in the middle east. samantha power talked to reporters after the meeting where she was joined by a syrian refugee who spoke before the security council. >> hello, everybody. it's a pleasure to be here. i'll just say a few words and open it up for questions and feel free to direct your questions here. it was a very moving meeting. the attendance was, i would say, excellent and cross regional. the testimonies that he and a e gentleman offered left people, i think, gripped and moved. everybody has read about what isil and what others are doing to lgbt people around the world, but it's another thing entirely to hear personal testimonies. while others spoke, including members of the security council and other member states, photos also were projected that e depicted what isil is doing to

is hosting the conference with speakers including mayor mitch landrieu and fema administrator craig fugate, plus a number of panels looking at the city's recovery. that is live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. on wednesday, a panel of defense analysts examined china's expanding military arsenal of missiles, its space-based capabilities, and possible u.s. responses. henry trey,luded former director of the missile defense agency. the forum was hosted by the hudson institute in washington, d.c. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. i am rebecca heinrichs. i have the privilege of being an edge on fellow here at hudson. amid heightened tensions between the united states and china over high -- aggression in the south china sea, the prc carried out a 4, a strategic-1 many times travels the speed of sound. this isn't the only missile of concern. china has been expanding and improving its missile arsenal and its counter space capabilities. it has reengineered some of its ballistic missiles to carry warheads and developed a carrier killer. additionally, the commander of the u.s. naval com

craig fugate will begin a tour storm. he'll start in mississippi today. >>> and a consumer alert this morning. about 4400 scag liberty lawnmowers being recalled due to s a cua tension gas tank reak. you're advised to stop using in immediately and contact tthhe manufacturer. >>> time for a check of weather and traffic as we get up to 5:14 right now. let's check in with chris. look at the temperatures. really nice early morning weather, right? >> comfy as they say. a window-opener. breeze kicking in. temperatures dropping into the 50s. nice stuff for the end of august. 59 in howell. 55 in jackson this morning. 58 in toms river. all under a clear sky. on the coast, milder, comfortable between 60 and 65. the city and long island, the cooler air is penetrating. still in the mid and upper 60s. shave off a few degrees here. then we bounce it right back. for the most part, the clear sky is taking over. north to northwesterly breeze of drier air, comfortable cortnditions for today. you zoom in, we're in good shape this morning. be

is he proud of the herculean effort his team led by craig fugate but involving over 14 different federal agencies who have all worked together, a whole government approach to be a partner and an obstacle to remove red tape, to streamline the process. have we done a really, really good job? yes. he was also quick to hasten to add we still have a lot of very important work left to do. >> one of the things the president talked about was the difficulty of showing up as president. he talked about boeing there as a senator. he talked about some day maybe being able to go and hear rebirth on a tuesday night, but i'm wondering if there were things he potentially shared, that the president potentially shared with you or with others during the travels about the experiences that he was having emotionally or politically in the context of post-katrina new orleans? >> he traveled to houston about a week after katrina, and he made a commitment to the people who were temporarily displaced there that he would never forget and he would care about them and honor them. and then he went back and had hearings

. >> thursday night, more from the atlantic conference in new orleans with craig fugate and dean decade and family. at nine we should president obama's trip to the region as most remarks from the recovery effort 10 years after. hurricane katrina anniversary coverage all this week on c-sp c-span. >> innovators, venture capitalists and members of the media gathered in a for the sixth annual techcrunch disrupt new york conference look at some new products and services in the technology start a portal. conversations with company leaders from the socially network pinterest, startup that sells do-it-yourself computer assembly kids an and a cofoundef a data storage supplier that was sold to dell computers for $1.4 billion. this is two hours. >> every author needs a proper incentive to travel miles and go somewhere and give a speech. no, which reminds of the wonderful definition of incentive. pd east was a crusading journalist down in mississippi in the 1950s. he was progress on civil rights and always getting himself in trouble forced editorials, and he wrote what he knew was going to cause so

i interviewed the administrator of fema, craig fugate at this conference we had. of the major differences that has changed is that local governments no longer need to be the ones that trigger federal action. because as you remember and as you said, one of the great disasters that happened is people mobilized, resources mobilized too late because local and state authorities failed to move. early enough to sort of move those federal resources to help. and that was one of the big failures that's now been corrected. >> interesting. we're just seeing that this tropical storm erika could be hitting florida over the weekend. the governor already declared every single county in florida a state of emergency. that's a state responsibility. >> so they're moving. they're moving transportation resources. >> there's local responsibility and federal responsibility. >> your comment about communications is important. when you come in, it's a little wonky, but the rockefeller foundation is using new orleans as a test case to look at how do you invest in real resilience and institut

. >> thursday night at 8:00, more from the atlantic conference in new orleans with craig fugate and dean mckay and family. at 9:00 we will show you president obama's trip to the region and remarks on the recovery 10 years after hurricane katrina. hurricane katrina 10th anniversary coverage all this week on c-span. >> today, a look at how involving young people in constructive democratic reduceds can do occur radicalization. that is on c-span2. >> earlier this summer, the senate special committee on aging held a hearing on diabetes research and funding efforts. andarchers from medical -- diabetes patients and medical experts. it is starting today at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. ♪ i'm thrilled and exciting to be here. i want to think c-span for covering this national book festival. we have a beautiful sunny day and i hope the camera shows how huge the crowds are. >> one thing to remember about exceptional presidents can be said that they are the exception. thank you all for coming today. this is a wonderful event. they say that heaven is a library. case, evan has got outside today and

. >> thursday night starting at 8:00 more from the atlantic conference with craig fugate and dean baquetat k we show president obama's trip to region and remarks on the recovery effort ten years after katrina. all this week on c-span. >>> washington journal continues. . . . . he took over that group earlier this year. he replaced in that role a legend in the social conservative world, ed martin, how do you fill those very big shoes she left behind? >> i hate to quote another prominent woman in america. it takes a village to replace phyllis schlafly. we are building the organization to continue her work going forward. that's how we look at it. >> talking about the work of the organization, here is a tweet, a quote from you last week from the eagle forum website. politics is where the action is. we are waging the war. >> what are the front lines in that war? what issues are on the front line there? >> phyllis has been at every republican convention since 1952. she has been on the platform most of the time. one of the great successes she would point to. she has a book coming out this fall i

thursday night starting at 8:00, more from the atlantic conference in new orleans with fema's craig fugate "new york times" executive editor dean baquet and family. at 9:00, we'll show you president obama's trip to the region as well as remarks on the recovery effort ten years after katrina. hurricane katrina anniversary coverage all this week on c-span. >>> "washington journal" continues. >> we want to welcome back to the table bill crystal. founder and editor of "weekly standard." let's start with the latest trump move last night in iowa. what do you make of that interaction and what does it do for the party on immigration? >> there's a good article this morning showing that so far at least latino voters are not letting it spill over to the rest of the republicans. and i think that's generally been the case. i'm a little bit of a critic of the excessive critics of donald trump and the people who worry so much about him. there's no evidence that trump is hurting the republicans. you look at the matchups in states across the country, trump is not putting republicans against clinton or bide

craig fugate, a highly competent skilled terrific head of fema. >>> how has the obama administration in terms of helping new orleans overall those several years, is there a feeling since obviously the disaster, is there a feeling he is responsible for the success of the recovery or as we were saying president bush did despite gop opposition pour in tons and tons of money into new orleans to bring it back. >> to the extent that there is success? the rebuilding of new orleans the credit belongs firmly, totally with the people of new orleans. >> and ten years later, trymaine, it's the people that built the city? >> i've said it before. if there are any people in this country that have to resolve to rise up it's the gritty, beautiful, wonderful people of new orleans. i spoke to one person earlier who said "we're tired of being described as resilient because resiliency isn't a natural state." that resonates also that the people of this community have been heaped upon with myriad social maladies, from economic disparities to violent crime to no institution here works the way it should and

. >> thursday night at 8:00, more from the atlantic conference in new orleans with fema's craig fugate dean bekay and family. and president obama's trip to the region as well as remarks on the recovery effort ten years after katrina. hurricane katrina anniversary coverage all this week on c-span. >>> this sunday night on q&a, brookings institutions senior fellow talks about the counterinsurgency and state building efforts in afghanistan. >> the u.s. did achieve improvements in in security but it depends on how it ends. here's where i hesitate and interrogate myself and question myself. we don't know how it will end. it's a moment of opportunity. but it's also possible that still two, three years, five years down the road, we'll be back in the new civil war in afghanistan. isis is now slowly emerging in the country. terrifying prospect that it is, much worse than the taliban. the taliban is deeply entrenched and hardly defeated. if we end up five years down the road, new civil war in afghanistan and new safe havens for the taliban and isis, then i would say it was not worth the price. >

thursday night starting at 8:00, more from the atlantic conference in new orleans with fema's craig fugate and "new york times" dean mckay and family. we will show you president obama's trip to the region as well as remarks on the recovery effort ten years after katrina. hurricane katrina anniversary coverage all this week on c-span. >>> the "washington journal" continues >>> reverend barry lynn joins us, president of americans united for separation of search and state. out with a new book "god and government." 25 years for fighting of equality, separtism and freedom of conscious. it touches on your writings, old and new, including this 2002 speech on page 61 in which you said, i don't think the religious right understands that religion thrives best where government takes no sides and offers no help. >> it was a speech. i concluded it to see if anything had changed dramatically from that time to now. it turns out 13 years later, it hasn't. i really think the religious right doesn't understand something fundamental. they don't understand that the history of this country really demonstrates

, an all-day conference with speakers including mitch landrieu and crazy day -- and craig who gave -- and gcraig fugatespan, 10:00n a.m. eastern. >> monday night on "the communicators," this summer marks the 25th anniversary of digital television. the author of "televisionaries" talks about the development of the medium in the early-19 90's. cbsn june of 1990, convinced us we should submit it to the fcc for consideration as the next generation u.s. terrestrial broadcast standard. we weren't quite sure we wanted to do that because we were really satellite and cable guys and didn't have a whole lot to do with the progressed real -- the terrestrial broadcast -- networkthis business, but we ended up doing that. in june, 1990, at coverage was blown,- our coverage was what we were doing. at first, everyone said it was impossible, what we were claiming. but sure enough, a year later, all of our competitors were essentially following us and it became a real race. >> monday night on "the communicators" on c-span2. with kurt&a -- "q&a" deion discussing his visits to presidential gravesites. later, the japanese p

. >> thursday night, starting at 8:00, more from the atlantic conference with fema's craig fugate. at 9:00, we will show you president obama's trip to the region. hurricane katrina anniversary coverage all this week on c-span. week, american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch it here every saturday, and sundays at 1:00 p.m.. next, university of maryland professor robyn muncy analyzes women in the period after world war ii, focusing on their experiences in the workforce. she argues they did not leave the workforce as popularly believed, but that they were forced out of the higher-paying positions into lower paying jobs. this took place in the university of maryland at college park. >> we will go ahead and get started. i am thrilled to see you. today we will begin our analysis of american women's lives in the period after more to. we will -- after world war ii. andill route that summary the arguments in the summary of the video you heard thursday, and then we will zero inf on women's experiences in the labor market after the the