up next, daniel ellsberg joins us. he is the author of "secrets." he will talk about the role of government whistleblowers. later, in our annual your money segment, elana schor will be here to talk about federal inspections of oil and gas pipelines. we will be right back. ♪ >> here are a few of the book festivals that we will be covering this spring on c-span2 book tv. in may, we will be at gaithersburg book festival with tom davis and martin frost and david axelrod. we will close out may at book expo america in new york city with the publishing industry showcases your upcoming books. then on the first week of june we are alive from the chicago tribune for his robe lit fest including our three-hour live in death program with lawrence wright. that is the spring on c-span2 book tv. >> at the international consumer electronics show in las vegas earlier this year, we spoke with university of california san francisco cardiologist dr. michael blanche about developments in medical technology and the future of medicine. >> you have to bring together these t

we will be joined by daniel ellsberg who contributed to the public opposition of the vietnam war andby linking documents to the new york times which became known as "the pentagon papers. " ♪ host: good morning it is monday april 27 2015. it at the start of a busy week in washington, d.c. that will include supreme court arguments on the issue of same-sex marriage and a state dinner at the white house with the prime minister of japan read we begin this morning with questions about u.s. efforts to deploy drones to combat terrorism. following the disclosure thursday that two western hostages had been killed in january during a drone strike in pakistan, critics are calling for more transparency and the white house i said it will review r

up next, part one of a two-part interview with daniel ellsberg. while working at the rand corporation in 1967, mr. ellsberg became consultant to the white house and defense department on matters concerning the vietnam war. giving him access to classified and top secret documents. he photocopied a 7,000-page study that later became known as the pentagon papers. in 1971 he gave those documents to the "new york times." the richard nixon presidential library conducted this interview as part of a project to document the 37th president's administration. mr. ellsberg talks about his motivations in leaking is pentagon papers as well as his opinions on the vietnam war. this portion is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> right from the beginning and until late in '71 when they came out, so for, what is that, two years, a couple of years, i always thought for the pentagon papers to have any effect, they should be the basis for congressional hearings. precisely because i knew they didn't tell the whole story or an adequate story. i knew what was -- a lot of what

host: we've got about 15 minutes left with daniel ellsberg. dylan is in south dakota. good morning.caller: i am a vietnam veteran. i appreciate everything you have done. you are a good american. we have a lot of whistleblowers in the v.a. that are getting discriminated against. i can't even understand our president. it's so ridiculous. what if there were whistleblowers in vietnam when they dropped all the agent orange and 10 years later we find out that we've got cancer. guest: the lack of whistleblowers is still to me at 84 startling and shocking. i can't understand it. why there are not more people speak out. when you do, you risk punishment without various kinds of prosecution. only a tiny number of whistleblowers are indicted. a much larger number lose their access, their jobs, possibly their marriages with the loss of income. the sanctions quite apart from prosecution keep most mouths shut even when people know that others are being harmed by their not speaking out. it's surprising to me that there is not more than a handful or a few dozen who do. there is a very recent article

also, daniel ellsberg will join us again. the role of government whistleblowers. what the president the ministration is doing right now about whistleblowers. we will talk about edward snowden, the view of the u.s. military against isis, and other issues. we will also talk with elena schor. that is tomorrow's "washington journal." we hope to see you then. enjoy the rest of your weekend in the meantime. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] them at next, "newsmakers" with ohio senator sherrod brown. then we will show you some of the senate floor debate on loretta lynch and her nomination to be the next attorney general. after that, hillary clinton in new hampshire. host: this week on "newsmakers" we want to welcome sherrod brown, democrat of ohio, in studio with us. we also have two reporters chuck babington and siobhan hughes. reporter: trade is a big issue this week. i know you have a lot problems with the bill. it is starting to move in the house. i'm wondering what

up next, daniel ellsberg joins us. he is the author of "secrets." he will talk about the role of government whistleblowers. later, in our annual your money segment, elana schor will be here to talk about federal inspections of oil and gas pipelines. we will be right back. ♪

we have hosted helen thomas, daniel ellsberg, madeleine albright, and lincoln historian mark neely. in my estimation there is no greater contributor to the ongoing challenge of discovering who we are then david mccullough. as the new york times keeps reminding us there is no one better at social commentary. today it is about his latest book "harry s. truman." for the next hour, put aside the knowledge that david mccullough has written multitudes of books. a yale graduate, a two-time pulitzer prize-winning author, he has won the national book award twice, that he received the presidential medal of freedom and he has open before a joint session of congress. i can say here if david mccullough were to get that chance again, perhaps you might remind our legislators of the words lincoln once used in congress. "we cannot escape history, and we will be remembered in spite of ourselves. we shall nobly say or meaning they lose the last best hope of earth." david mccullough reminds us of this hope as well as the disasters that come when we run astray. what matters is not the fame or glory of h

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my goodness, this guy did what daniel ellsberg did, and she would've condemned him as well.hese are people who told us what our government didn't tell us. she lied to us. bulimia just point out, i mean joe's point somehow, she is ok and i forget your writer from -- by the way, let me say i was in seattle recently and i will say again, if your guest from seattle were to run for president, i would vote for her over hillary and uday of the week. -- any day of the week. i would vote for lincoln chafee over hillary because he is a true moderate. althoughin a would also give serious consideration to rand paul. hillary clinton was in favor of a very belligerent attitude in syria, which had led to the unleashing of isis. she is the one who said, oh, assad is the worst thing going just like saddam hussein and they said qaddafi. you look at libya and iraq and syria, terrible mess. and yet hillary clinton seems to have no compunction that their foundation that her daughter -- she says, i want for every child what my granddaughter has. your granddaughter has a father that works for gole

up next, part one of a two-part interview with daniel ellsberg. while working at the rand corporation in

honestly, i have wanted to introduce him for years we.have hosted helen thomas, daniel ellsberg, madeleine albright, and lincoln historian mark neely. in my estimation there is no greater contributor to the ongoing challenge of discovering who we are then david mccullough . as the new york times keeps reminding us there is no one better at social commentary. today it is about his latest book "harry s. truman." for the next hour, put aside the knowledge that david mccullough has written multitudes of books. he is a yell graduate in in discredit her -- a yale graduate, a two-time pulitzer prize-winning author, he has won the national book award twice that he received the presidential medal of freedom and he has open before a joint session of congress. i can say here if david mccullough were to get that chance again, perhaps you might remind our legislators of the words lincoln once used in congress. "we cannot escape history, and we will be remembered in spite of ourselves. we shall nobly say or meaning they lose the last best hope of earth." david mccullough reminds us of this hope as well

with congress on break, it's american history tv in prime time starting at 8:00 eastern with daniel ellsberg who become consultant to the defense department on matters concerning vietnam war. he talks about his motivation leaking pentagon papers and his opinions on vietnam. that wouldish followed by interview, followed by counsel to the president. he talks about his early assignments, watergate and people behind the 1972 break-in at headquarters. american tv prime time tonight and all this week starting at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. >> tonight on the communicators author vincent moscow on cloud storage and big data and how the government is using it. >> national security agency is building one of the world's largest clouds data centers in a secure mountain facility in utah. it's doing so because it's surveillance needs require that degree of storage and security. the u.s. government's chief information officer three or for years ago ordered u.s. government agencies to move to the cloud. and as a result even civilian agencies are turning to cloud services. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on the

congress on break this week, it is american history tv in prime time starting at 8:00 eastern with daniel ellsberg. he consulted the white house on matters of the vietnam war. that will be followed by an interview with john dean. part of the nixon white house in 1970 as counsel to the president. he talks about his early assignments, watergate, and the 1972 break in at dnc headquarters. that started tonight here on c-span 3. last month the supreme court heard three consolidated cases on epa regulations for mercury emissions. they are trying to decide if health risks are the only consideration required under the clean air act. first they require powerplants to cut emissions of mercury. the rules are a key part of the obama administration's environmental agenda and they go into effect this month. >> michigan versus the environmental protection agency and the consolidated cases. >> mr. chief justice, may it please the court, the epa's few whether or not they can regulate, the text sets out two distinct terms and directs the epa whether or not it is appropriate to regulation and whether it is necessary

congress on break this week, it's american history tv prime time starting 8:00 eastern with danielle ellsberg who became white house and defense department with matters concerning vietnam war. he talks about his motivations leaking the pentagon papers and his opinions on vietnam. that will be followed by an interview with john dean, part of the nixon white house in july, counsel to the president. he talks about early assignments, watergate and people behind practicin at dnc headlines. prime time tonight and all this week starting 8:00 eastern on c-span3. >> senate armed services committee held a hearing with leaders of u.s. central command u.s. africa command and special operations forces. they discussed u.s. posture and they discussed u.s. military posture in the regions they cover and threats posed by terrorist groups like isis and boko haram. the hearing's led by john mccain. >> well, good morning. good morning and welcome to general lloyd austin, general david rodriguez and general joseph, the committee meets today to receive testimony on the posture of u.s. central command, u.s. african

also, daniel ellsberg will join us again. the role of government whistleblowers.esident the ministration is doing right now about whistleblowers. we will talk about edward snowden, the view of the u.s. military against isis, and other issues. we will also talk with elena schor. that is tomorrow's "washington journal." we hope to see you then. enjoy the rest of your weekend in the meantime. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]