deborah lee james. our destination, west point, the u.s. annual olympic-style competition for wounded service men and women put on by the department of defense. >> these are survivors, but more importantly they are thrivers and they are demonstrating resiliency and demonstrating team work. the power of camaraderie. >> reporter: some of the athletes have obvious injuries, but many are broken in ways you can't see, suffering brain injuries and post traumatic stress, what the secretary calls invisible wounds. >> invisible wounds may be invisible, but they are real and they are serious and our job, my job in the air force is to give visibility to the invisible wounds of war. >> chris farrow who competed in track and field events and is a member of the air force sitting volleyball teams suffers from post traumatic stress. >> this is my first warrior games as well, and it's been about recovery. not only for just the adaptive sports side of it, but also with the mental and personal side. >> he's changed so much. >> mallory dinkel was injured in ku

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her name is second deborah lee james.e. i'm bruce hi i'm wendy (both) and we are turketarians. i switched to turkey 5 years ago. and you went "cold-turkey" 10 years ago? "cold turkey"? sorry, little turketarian humor. you know people think that all turkey tastes alike. (both) wrong! true turketarians swear by butterball. did someone say butterball? we eat butterball every day. we like to say, (both) "what is this? thanksgiving?" (both laughing) get it? butterball. the choice of turketarians. >>> the woman who leads the u.s. air force wrapped up one of her most inspirational mission autos -- cheering on those who do everything for their country and work to overcome challenges through athletic competition. vladim vladimir duthi res flew with her for a story you'll see only on "cbs this morning". >>> good morning. james is the 23rd secretary of the air force and only the second woman to hold the position. she oversees a budget of nearly $140 billion and an active force of offer 400,000 men and women. it's looking after the w

steve: deborah lee james. thank you for joining us on "newsmakers" sec. s: thank you for having me. steve: we continue our conversation with tom vanden brook and richard lardner. let me begin on some of the social issues that the air force secretary touched on. what is your take away? tom: we were just speaking that she is one of the most senior officials to talk about the need for women, or her desire to have them sign up for the selective service for the draft. a significant departure from what we have heard from other officials. it is significant to note that she anticipates the ban on transgender troops serving openly to be relaxed or withdrawn later this summer. steve: part of the overall debate we will see in congress over the defense authorization act, what are you looking at? richard: that is a big issue. in the house, they had it in the bill, and it was taken out at the last minute and never made it to the floor. it is in the senate-version. there are social conservatives opposed to this. ted cruz, mike lee, they offered an amendment to have it ta

steve: deborah lee james. thank you for joining us on "newsmakers" sec. james: thank you for having me. steve: we continue our conversation with tom vanden brook of "usa today," and richard lardner. let me begin on some of the social issues that the air force secretary touched on. what is your take away? tom: we were just speaking that she is one of the most senior officials to talk about the need for women, or her desire to have them sign up for the selective service for the draft. that is a significant departure from what we have heard from other officials. it is significant to note that she says anticipates the ban on transgender troops serving openly to be relaxed or withdrawn later this summer. steve: part of the overall debate we will see in congress over the defense authorization act, what are you looking at? richard: that is a big issue. in the house, they had it in the bill, and it was taken out at the last minute and never made it to the floor. it is in the senate-version. there are social conservatives opposed to this. ted cruz, mike lee, they o

[applause] >> on newsmakers this weekend our guest is air force secretary deborah lee james. she talks about military operations against isis. defense policy debate in congress and whether women should be required to next, c-span looks at 30 years of senate coverage on c-span2. with the weekly addresses president obama and house speaker paul ryan. after that, the communicators and a discussion of consumer privacy on the internet.

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steve: deborah lee james. thank you for joining us on "newsmakers." sec. eve: we continue our conversation with tom vanden brook and richard lardner. let me begin on some of the social issues that the air force secretary touched on. what is your take away? tom: we were just speaking that she is one of the most senior officials to talk about the need for women, or her desire to have them sign up for the selective service for the draft. that is a significant departure from what we have heard from other officials. it is significant to note that she anticipates the ban on transgender troops serving openly to be relaxed or withdrawn later this summer. steve: part of the overall debate we will see in congress over the defense authorization act, what are you looking at? richard: that is a big issue. in the house, they had it in the bill, and it was taken out at the last minute and never made it to the floor. it is in the senate version. there are social conservatives opposed to this. ted cruz, mike lee, they offered an amendment to have it taken out. they don't wa

host: that full interview with deborah lee james, the air force secretary, can be seen on our news makers program at 10:00 in the morning right after this program. if you miss it, you can catch it on seized at 6:00 this evening. you can also catch it on www.c-span.org. we are taking a look at congressional races with two guests joining us. and nathanenberg gonzales editor and publisher of the the report. thank you for joining us. let's start with the condition of the senate. rothenberg, what happens comes this november to the senate in your estimation? guest: there is a bit question mark in terms of turnout and what the election is going to be about. the senate class is overwhelmingly republican. this class was elected six years ago, 2010, a very good year for republicans. they elected republicans and those republicans are in a presidential year. can the democrats net the four or five seats to maintain control of the senate? it depends on if they win the white house. the senate is up for grabs. there is differences of opinion. some people think the democrats have a slight advantage. i wou

air force secretary deborah lee james, "maintaining at least two of the existing systems until at least two launch providers are available will be necessary to protect our nation's assured access to space." this is coming from somebody who believes we need to protect this country and the people of this country frommed about actors. -- from bad actors. she goes ton say, "as we move forward, we respectfully respect this committee allow the department the flexibility to develop and acquire the launch capabilities our war fighters and intelligence community needs." assistant secretary of the air force william la plant on july 16 of 20 15* 15, "we believe authorization to use up to 18 rd-180 engines in the award and procurement of contracts through 2022 is a reasonable starting point to mitigate the risk associated with assured being a senior senator to space and enable competition." this is somebody who is interested in protecting the people of this country from bad actors, people who would do harm, people who would do evil acts to this country and our allies. as assistant secretary of defe

our guest is air force secretary deborah lee james. she talks about military operations against isis. defense policy debate in congress and whether women should be required to next, c-span looks at 30 years of senate coverage on c-span2. with the weekly addresses president obama and house speaker paul ryan. after that, the communicators and a discussion of consumer privacy on the internet. >> today is a historic occasion. the proceedings of the united states senate are being broadcast to the nation on television for the first time, not that we have operated in secret until now. millions of americans have set in the galleries and observed senate debates during their visits to washington. but today, they can witness the proceedings in their own homes. we might say that the nation is tuning in late. woodrow wilson said that the informing function of congress should be preferred to its legislative function. today, as the u.s. senate comes out of the communications dark ages, we create another historic moment in the relationship between con

and deborah lee james is our guest on "newsmakers" and she talks about women registering for the draftyou can watch it sunday on c-span starting at 10:00 a.m. and again at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> this weekend the c-span city's tour hosted by our cox communication cable partners explores the history and literary culture of las vegas, nevada. we'll visit the writers block an independent bookstore and artificial bird sanctuary in downtown las vegas. co-owner drew cohen talks about the scene and why he chose to open an giant bookstore. >> there's a population of excellent writers and this city has more literatery vibrancy than many aware of. >>> and then we talk to the author of "being mobster." >> a few moments later a phone call comes into the pit and it's from a reputed mobster and his brother had been arrested and he wants to know who is the best criminal lawyer in las vegas. the fellow that lifted up the phone cups it and said who is the best criminal lawyer in laying and tlas vegas. >> we visit the center for gaming research at the university of nevada las vegas archives to see items i

. >> this week on newsmakers, air force secretary deborah lee james. she talks about defense policy debates in congress, u.s. strategy in the south china sea, and issues affecting women in the military. "newsmakers" this sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> madam secretary, we proudly give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states. >>> we continue now with more from last month's african-american history conference. this panel discussed african-american politics and culture. it's an hour and 45 minutes. >> so this is the sixth session internationalization of african-american politics and cultu culture. i learned this morning that there was some confusion in the mandate to my panel, and i think that may have been the case with others, and so a number of people had prepared rather more full documents and have now geared back. and one of them was really quite wonderful. it would have been a history of internationalism in africa from the battle of auj wa to the end of apartheid and that would have been splendid

. >>> on "newsmakers," air force secretary deborah james lee discusses the congressional policy debates. china's and u.s. actions in the south china sea as well as women and the selective service. newsmakers, watch sunday 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> real america is looking into the activities 40 years ago of the church committee which did a broad examination of the work of the fbi, the cia, and the nsa. today as we continue, we're going to be looking at testimony of two fbi informants before the committee. from december 2nd, 1975, we're going to show you a clip of a ku klux klan fbi informant by the name of thomas rowe. he talked about how he participated in beatings of civil rights activists during the freedom riders movement in birmingham, alabama. let's watch. >> in connection with the freedom riders incident that you mentioned, did you inform the fbi about planned violence prior to that incident? >> sir, i gave the fbi information pertaining to the freedom riders assault approximately three weeks before it occurred. >> and what did you tell them? >> i stated to t

. >>> on "newsmakers," air force secretary deborah james lee discusses the congressional policy debates. china's and u.s. actions in the south china sea as well as women and the selective service. newsmakers, watch sunday 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> real america is looking into the activities 40 years ago of the church committee which did a broad examination of the work of the fbi, the cia, and the nsa. today as we continue, we're going to be looking at testimony of two fbi informants before the committee. from december 2nd, 1975, we're going to show you a clip of a ku klux klan fbi informant by the name of thomas rowe. he talked about how he participated in beatings of civil rights activists during the freedom riders movement in birmingham, alabama. let's watch. >> in connection with the freedom riders incident that you mentioned, did you inform the fbi about planned violence prior to that incident? >> sir, i gave the fbi information pertaining to the freedom riders assault approximately three weeks before it occurred. >> and what did you tell them? >> i stated to t