[applause] two-state 8:00 eastern, see kill a manual on his latest book.edicted in my we will get rid of 1000 hospitals. we are taking care out of the four walls of the medical institutions and delivering it a home, and other facilities. .ig, big part of transformation we should not be a facilities. >> once at 8:00 eastern, personal profiles of president trump's cabinet including rex tillerson, jeff sessions, rick perry, and nikki haley. rex we will show our strength, we will not be afraid to stand up. when we decide to make an action we will follow through and make sure that is known. we will not be shy about the values of america. >> thursday that :00 eastern, personal profiles of president trump's cabinet, including betsy devos, tom price in the ben carson, and scott pruitt. >> states to join together and enter into an agreement to address the epa to serve -- serve the role it is supposed to serve. that should be celebrated. friday at 8:00 eastern, maria shriver and position -- agingians testified on about research efforts to cure alzheimer's disease. >

eastern, dr.zekiel emanuel on his latest book, "prescription for the future." >> i have predicted in my book that we will get rid of 1000 hospitals. of thetaking care out four walls of the medical institutions and delivering it at home or other facilities, big, big part of transformation. we should not be in facilities. announcer: wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, personal profiles of president trump's cabinet including rex tillerson, jeff sessions, rick perry, and nikki haley. >> we will start to show our strength. we will not be afraid to stand up. when we decide to make an action we will follow through with it, and we will make sure it is known. as doug think we will be shy about the values of america. announcer: thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, continued personal profiles of the cabinet, including betsy devos, tom price, ben carson, and scott pruitt. >> the states should join together and inter-into an agreement to address water quality issues and involve the epa to serve the role it is supposed t

eastern,y at 8:00 p.m. dr. ezekiel emanuel on his latest book. we are going to get rid of of0 hospi. taking health care t the institutions and delivering it in other facilities. a big part of transformation. >> wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, personal profiles of president trump cabinet including rex tillerson, jeff sessions, rick perry and nikki haley. >> we will show our strength and not be afraid to stand up. we will follow through with our actions and make sure that is known. i don't think we will be shy about the values of america. >> thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, we will continue with the personal profiles of president trump am including betsy devos, ben carson and scott pruitt. >> states need to enter into agreement about water issues. >> friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, maria shriver and positions testify before the senate committee on aging about research on curing alzheimer's. >> i believe getting more women into clinical trials could possibly lead to the cure for all of us. >> next week at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. >> this weekend on the presi

eastern here on c-span 3.aturday is earth day and we'll cover the march for science rally including speeches with scientists and civic organizers as well as musical performances. live from the national mall in washington, d.c. at 10:00 a.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. >> sunday night on afterwards. congressman ken buck of colorado, also a member of the freedom caucus, discusses his book "drain the swamp: how washington corruption is worse than you think." >> when you arrive in d.c. and you have the surroundings that i've described earlier, you get very comfortable in that situation, and you don't want to give up those comforts. and the way to continue to earn those comforts is to spend more money and to grow government and to not solve problems, but to create programs and take credit for those programs. whether they're efficient, whether they're effective, to take credit for those programs. and, so, many of the members of congress are here. it's the best job they've ever had. it's the highest payi

eastern, former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york at cooper union in new york city. wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, ann holton, former virginia education secretary, and wife of democratic senator tim kaine, shares her views about public education. >> i think that we have to remember that that local ownership of schools has a lot to do with that positive support for schools. >> thursday at 8:00 p.m., a panel on the prescription drug addiction crisis in the u.s. >> they've created things and make a drug for it, and tell you do you ever have anxiety, are you ever hungry? everybody has these ssymptoms. well, we have a drug for it. >> friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, supreme court justice sonia sotomayor talks to students. >> curious people go further. it is curiosity that leads you to experience new things and might lead you to find an interest that you never imagined. >> next week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impa

it used to be the area of the eastern bloc over which russia believes it should still have influence. are aality is that if you large country in a region, yes, you will probably have outsize influence on what happens in that region, but the reality also is that those are no longer part of the eastern bloc. the south caucasus, georgia, you have ukraine and the baltics and these are independent countries. if they decide to take a certain route, should that really be up to russia? i think with respect to crimea i think now when we are speaking about ukraine, the issue is much and the issue is eastern ukraine and the thousands of people have died there and whether or not the ukrainian government to make the forms necessary while they're still fighting with russia in part of its country. host: as far as the talks

eastern on c-span. >> now the chief political reporter for sky news australia hosts a program looking at the most recent session of australia's parliament. the parliament is expected to return to reconvene in mid-may. this is 30 minutes. >> hello and welcome to the parliament house and chamber. i have a wrap up of the latest parliamentary action. australia has had a big focus on the direction of the trump administration early on in his presidency. >> thank you, mr. president. my question is also to the attorney general. can the attorney general advised

eastern. part of our live coverage also includes a discussion looking at russia's foreign policy, its relationship with the united states and europe, and whether russian interests will be more adversarial to the west in the future. that is live, coming up at 12:30, at the center for the national interest. we will be back at the white house midafternoon for the white house briefing with sean spicer, scheduled for 2:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, starting at 8:00 eastern, events with senior officials from the obama administration. first, senior adviser valerie jarrett speaking at the city club of chicago, followed by loretta lynch at harvard law school. here is a preview. >> how close did you come when president obama gave up his senate seat? >> i knew you were going there. >> it is city club. we always like to program find certain things out. how close did you come to making a decision to strike out for that seat? and you were quoted as saying the obamas sort of dissuaded you. would you talk to that

eight degrees in the eastern side of scotland.igh as 18 in the sunshine on the western side. now, through the evening, those showers could be heavy and thundery across that central sway of england, working ever southwards, eventually clearing away. by dawn on tuesday, most places will be dry. low cloud coming into that eastern side of the uk. maybe some showers as well. temperatures at about seven, eight, or nine degrees in major cities. a little lower in rural spots. on tuesday, the low pressure system will drift to the south, allowing a low pressure system in scandinavia to become the driving force of our weather. and that will be with us for a good few days. an easterly wind on tuesday drags in a lot of low cloud to the eastern side. it will be cool here as well. further west, much brighter skies, and we will see some high temperatures, as well. 15,16,17 degrees in some places. some rain to go with the cloud perhaps further east. cloudy in the southern half the uk on wednesday. still that easterly breeze and cool along the east

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through the evening, some spots of rain in eastern england and the north—west of scotla nd eastern england fine and dry. thursday and friday look like similar days, it might be chilly first thing, and cloud around but breaks as well and temperatures reaching 15 degrees. the high pressure is in charge of our weather for a couple of days, then it slips away and we start to draw in this southerly breeze which will bring fairly warm weather with it. we can expect temperatures to get back up into the high teens, maybe even the low 20s for some. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. at least 58 people are dead, after a suspected chemical attack in rebel—held syria. what we understood it was a chemical attack and it came from the air. as urgent medical help is summoned, the government here says the attack bears the hallmarks of the syrian regime. we condemn the use of chemical weapons in all circumstances. if proven, this will be further evidence of the barbarism of the syrian regime. russian investigators say the explosion on the st petersburg metro, was the result of a suicide bombing. contin

the senate returns april 24 at e3 eastern. they will vote that afternoon on the nomination of sonny perdue to be agricultural secretary and on advancing a deputy attorney general nomination. watch that on c-span2. the house is live on c-span. >> former hhs secretary kathleen sibelius is having a discussion on end-of-life care. a panel will review a report on ways to improve end-of-life care. c-span will have live coverage at noon eastern. what is the reaction to women asserting their feminism at work? they discussed sexism in the workplace and how to stand up to gender bias through activism. that discussion is live on c-span2 at one eastern. tonight on the tv prime time, and evening of our program "after words". they report on attempt alternatives to traditional banking in her book the on banking of america. melissa fleming, spokesperson for the high commission of refugees discusses her book, the hope more powerful than the sea. it tells the journey of young syrian women from syria to europe following the civil war. council on

it is much the same story across the eastern bay of plenty, across the eastern bay of plenty, acrossss the north island, and so as i say, these soils will really get a testing in the next six or eight hours or so. indeed, you talk about the soil that, but what about communities? at had a chance to recover from the impact of the other storm systems, including ex— cyclone debbie? well, one community that was really thumped by that last system was edgecombe, that is in the bay of plenty here. and the problem for edgecombe was that an adjacent river burst its banks, and a torrent of water into the town, the whole town effectively has been flooded, with several dozen houses condemned. so the waters have only reallyjust receded from that talent after six days of flooding, and the fear of course is that the repaired bank might not hold, that the riverbank could burst in another part, and that those parts of the eastern bay of plenty, edgecombe and the surrounds, would again find themselves awash with water. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the chinese cen

from maybe three years in the eastern mediterranean. 19:40 eastern. -- from navy destroyers in the eastern mediterranean. 19:40 eastern. all 59 hit their target. at 8:30, a notification of foreign leaders and congressional leadership again. the vice president called several congressional leaders and began calling some foreign leaders. secretary of state, secretary of defense, national security adviser and others were also involved in making some of those phone calls to heads of government, defense ministers and congressional leaders. around 8:30, first impact began on the ground. the president informed the president of china the attacks were occurring as the dinner concluded. the security team continue to monitor the event. after dinner, the president went back down to the secure room or -- room where he was briefed by the secretary of state, secretary of defense, joint chiefs, and others via secure videoconference. the secretary of defense was on a secure room as well as the chairman of joint chiefs. several members were convened in the situation room in washington, d.c.. the president wa

eastern. join the discussion. >> all month, we are featuring c-span'sm winners and video documentary competition for senior and high school students. the sure, students told us the most urgent issue for the new president and congress. our second prize winners are 10th-graders from silver spring, maryland. amanda, amy, and karen are and high school. they believe child labor in the tobacco industry is it an urgent issue in their documentary entitled "trotting in the fields ." >> this painful stomach a kidney. it was so strong nose grind at night. my mom is going to take me to the emergency room because i was feeling really bad. >> we feel dizzy. suffocated from the sun. tired and weak. n., age 16 child labor is defined by work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential, and there dignity in that it is harmful to physical and mental development. while many agree that labor is harmful to the health of children, many migrant or immigrant families are forced to send their children in

eastern.s evening, we hear from the former pakistani president live from george washington university at six eastern. -- talks abouter secretary tillerson's trip to moscow and the state of u.s.-russia relations. then, challenges republicans face trying to repeal and replace the affordable care act. vended hoople editor and publisher of "the nation" -- ♪ secretary of state rex tillerson in russia receiving a rebuke from his russian -- britain, france and the west pushing for a boat at the un security council as soon as today. , president trump saying the u.s. is sending an armada to the korean peninsula. china telling the trump administration they will offer willingness to cooperate on a pe

central, northern and eastern areas.wards and eastwards. we could see some heavy bursts mixed into the rainfor see some heavy bursts mixed into the rain for west country in towards central and southern wales. that rain getting in towards the midlands and southern england as well. pushing in towards the london area by the latter part of the afternoon. it's warm ahead of it. could make 18 degrees across the south—east. further north it's going to feel pleasa ntly warm further north it's going to feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine for northern england, parts of northern ireland and towards scotland, with the best of the temperatures in the north—west highlands. from sunday night into bank holiday monday this area of low pressure is going to bring some unsettled weather to our shores, particularly for england and wales. it doesn't look like much of scotla nd wales. it doesn't look like much of scotland will stay largely dry. the best of the sunshine in western parts of scotland. we could see the odd sunny spell. chilly alo

at 130 eastern, michael hayden author of playing to the edge. at 3:00 p.m. eastern, thomas dolby, author of the speed of sound, breaking the barriers between music and technology. watch the 15th annual book festival live saturday at 10:00 a.m. on c-span to book tv. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span three, saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern, united states holocaust memori l museum director and president and ceo of the national september 11 museum in new york city talk about the creation and message bu behind both museums. >> why would you build it in washington? doesn't belong in berlin or jerusalem. we try to answer that question so the first part of your museum experiences hearing from the american g.i. who asked that question which is how is it that human beings can do this to one another, and throughout the exhibition we keep bringing back what american new and when america knew it. >> the centennial of the entry into the great war from the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city missouri. at 2:00 p.m., david mccullough on how th

but the questions on eastern and western relations remained open. in an article of foreign affairs in 1982, he offers a clear vision of what he thinks relations should be like which is fundamentally the hormel version. he had pointed to unity as a precursor to the east but it was an inverted form that needed to happen. if the east and the west did not get along, how could they be united and to get worse. the u.s.-soviet relations. reagan gives the evil empire speech. peace protesters continue to march. the united states tried through 1983 to improve its image. bush made trips to canada to assuage korns. united states produces two proposals in the hopes in part of combatting these public relations problems. they even stayed at the inf talks after the shoot down of the korean airliner. when trudeau launched, he pointed to the dialogue. inf was a public relations issue and had been since the carter administration but was that all it was. i argue that the answer is no. it all gave the administration a means of testing its relationship with moscow while

eastern scotland, seven degrees or so. further south, it's eastern scotland, seven degrees or so. could see temperatures up to 15 degrees, chance a few more showers particularly in the east. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at three. the most powerful non—nuclear bomb ever used by the united states targets so—called islamic state in afghanistan — 36 militants are thought to have been killed. a british tourist, thought to be aged in her 20s, has been stabbed to death on a tram injerusalem. schools in england are facing their worst funding cuts in 20 years — a warning from teaching unions. the mission to re—take mosulfrom so—called is, we report from the frontline. also in the next hour — bank holiday travel chaos on the m4 after a tanker catches fire. this force is part of the motorway to close, traffic stretches back for many miles. security's to be improved at the online booking site air bnb — after a bbc investigation finds scammers burgling homes.

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eastern on lectures in history. jeffrey johnson on the 1916 bombing at san francisco's parade. the worst act of terrorism in san francisco history. >> what happened next after 2:00 p.m. about a half an hour into the parade. the local press would deem one of the most pathetic results of the explosion and of the parade. >> at 10:00 on reel america. the 1915 film on the firing line with the germans. >> look in the back, he's kneeling with a pipe in his -- one of the few times you see a pipe. loading film in his camera, that's what i think he's doing. watch the guy there, he just got hit. >> sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts we visit the portrait gallery of the second bank of the united states in philadelphia. >> inside, what we

live coverage at 12:45 eastern on c-span., president trump will hold a news conference with the italian prime minister. italy will host the g7 summit in i cicilline the month. aboutour, we will talk president trump's executive order to revamp the worker visa program. then a question on the trump administration's climate record. >> an unchecked iran has the potential to travel the same path as north korea and take the world along with it. host: that was secretary of state rex tillerson discussing the trump administration's desire to thoroughly review u.s. policy toward iran and specifically review the iran nuclear deal. even though it was earlier this week the administration had announced the country was complying with elements of the deal, which was established by the obama administration and other countries, and even earlier as the administration reiterated that iran was a state sponsor of terrorism. we'll hear more from the secretary of state. with that in mind and specifically toward the iran nuclear deal, should the u.s.

live at 3:15 eastern here on c-span. >> tonight on "the we recentlys," attended the state of the netonference in washington, d.c. and spoke with george sadowski and georgia tech school of public policy professor milton mueller about issues with internet use today. >> i'm concerned when countries try to shut up internet access, or when they try to monitor the internet in a major way. that is not my concept of internet freedom. >> there's a lot of pressure on the intermediaries, facebook and suppressd twitter to the communication of these people who are pro-isis. that's one of these fine lines that you have to draw in internet governance. "communicators," tonight that it got eastern on c-span two. >> check out the c-span classroom website at c-span.org /classroom. it's full of teaching resources for c-span classrooms. including short current events videos that highlight important events in washington, d.c., constitution clips that bring the constitution to life, social studies lesson plans, as well as on this day in history resources. the search function allows a c fan -- c-span classr

if you are still on eastern break next week, the pressure to the west. the break, pushing the low pressure to the south and east of the uk and as we study —— we will drag from the north. a cool air flow, said temperatures will begin the to mid teens at best. the risk of some rain here and there. nothing too substantial in the south. just the risk of some snow, but only on the risk of some snow, but only on the hills. goodbye now. tonight at ten: us secretary of state, rex tillerson, arrives in moscow to try to persuade russia to end its support for syria's president. he flew in after meeting western foreign ministers in the wake of the chemical attack in syria. he'll urge president putin to abandon assad. it is unclear whether russia failed to take this obligation seriously, or if russia is incompetent. but this distinction doesn't much matter to the dead. we'll be asking how president putin will react to america's demands. also tonight: calls for president trump to fire his white house press secretary sean spicer after he says hitler didn't use chemical

eastern on c-span. also, march for science rally will be held in the nation's and a number of cities around the world marking earth day. john holdren will talk today about u.s. science and technology policy, that will american om the association for the advancement of science and that is 5:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. coming up to not 8 eastern, nbc women's movement key witness rwas a in mark on efforts to fight that how se and talks about alzheimer's affected her father. in march of 2009, i sat >> my father, surgeon shriver, was an optimistic and dedicated public servant. sharp as theys come, a beautifully tuned instrument that let people in all and inspired. he was an expert in sharing his passions with the general public, with thought leaders, and with people like yourself. he often came here to the hill to advocate for increased funding for his beloved peace corps, and war on poverty programs that he created, including headstart, vista, job corps, and legal services for the poor. he loved working in t

dry to begin within in eastern scotland.showers, going into the afternoon. look at the showers breaking out elsewhere. some of them will be heavy. the risk of hail and thunder, fairly slow—moving too. some bright and sunny spells in between. it looks like an improvement gradually through the afternoon in northern ireland, western parts of scotland, western coastal fringes of england and wales. in the sunny spells, at 13—16, not feeling too bad. saturday evening, showers should fade away and sunday morning looks mainly dry. a ridge of high pressure building in for the second part of the weekend. it means quite a chilly start on sunday morning, compared with recent mornings. a touch of frost in parts of scotland and northern ireland possible and a frost on the ground in the northern half of the uk. but we're rewarded on sunday with some cloud around, but some good sunny spells too and the very vast majority will have a dry day, with light winds. in that sunshine, feeling quite pleasant. again, those temperatures mostly at arou

watch "washington journal" live on saturday morning at 7:00 eastern. squoin the discussion. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, saturday night at 8:00 eastern on lectures in history go, a professor on victorian culture in the last half of the 19th century. these are the values they are promoting, restrain yourself. be modest, don't brag and make yourself the center of attention and work hard. >> at 10:00 on "real america" 1984 film soviet active measures" about the measures to use forgery, bribery and the spreading of fake news to further their cold war agenda. [indiscernible] almost each time there will be forgery there. sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern, historians talk about their roles as expert witnesses for court cases. >> as i see it, history is sort of an add-on or contact to which judges and lawyers turn to to the extent that it's useful in a particular case. >> at 8:00 on the presidency, presidential historians on the most influential first ladies. >> dolly madison who really shaped informal politics in washington. she really unders

and eastern parts of scotland running down the eastern high ground of england.st around first up on wednesday. there could be ice around as well. just bear that money in mind. again, a pretty decent start to the day for some spots, but right from the word 90, some spots, but right from the word go, we will have plenty of showers. again, some of them could be wintry in nature, piling their way down to central and eastern parts of england, but that high pressure tending to kill off some of the showers across the northern and western parts of british isles until a weather front topples its way in from the at labtic and thickens up the cloud and produces rain and i think we will get that into northern ireland too. what is going to be another cool day. come thursday, the winds just another cool day. come thursday, the windsjust beginning to another cool day. come thursday, the winds just beginning to crank around towards a slightly milder direction with enough cloud for a bit of rain. hello it's tuesday, it's 9 o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire, welcome to the program

it is far away i'm excited about the proposed bike lane on the western part to bike that with the eastern pan the bridge i have a few questions the estimated cost of this is $300 million. >> in expose of $300 million probably we're still working on the expose no longer than three hundred 3 if not higher and significantly higher. >> it could be the metrics are the barrier on the acreage that project is under 50 and we're twice that length into the length of the bay bridge that is one hundred and fifty with the suicide barrier like a ball park we're in the order of three to $400 million what you saw on the pictures there. >> uh-huh. >> well, i guess that begs the question a little bit over - so i think a bike lane would be great not just a continuing connection if the eastern span to the western span unto the treasure island resident population of which will grow and ultimate form of transit but i guess hearing that the cost will maybe significantly in expose of $300 million has they've been a cost analysis estimation for the increased ferry services plus service i want to make sure that -

particularly chilly first thing in eastern scotland and eastern england, with the cloud more broken.efly not far from freezing. at least we have early sunshine through lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east. the tendency through the day is to increase the cloud from the west. that's already happening in south—west england, across wales and in the north—west cloud is thick enough for some light rain or drizzle, chiefly over the hills. again, fine to the east of the pennines. as it will be in eastern scotland, with sunshine. western scotland a bit dull and damp. not much sunshine for northern ireland too. through the day it clouds over across the eastern side of england and scotland. at the same time in the afternoon we open up a gap in the cloud across south wales, south—west england and that should push into the south—east. here we have the best of the sunshine in the afternoon and the highest temperatures, but still only 13—111. further north, a lot of cloud, a lot of places dry. around the western hills primarily we get the damp weather. over the easter weekend temperatures d

dribs and drabs of rain left in the south—eastern corner.s up a bit. tuesday, we start with patchy rain in the south eastern corner. that moves towards the near continent and them behind it it is bright and breezy. maybe a shower or two in the far north and west. tuesday night into wednesday, this area of high pressure becomes established across the uk and that will settle things down nicely. for the week ahead, very little rain, fine and settled with high pressure and highs will typically be around 12 to 14. this is bbc news. the headlines at four: a state of emergency has been declared in colombia after more than 250 people are killed in mudslides; many more are missing. police in croydon are treating a brutal attack on a 17—year—old kurdish—iranian boy as a hate crime. six people have been arrested. this was a cowardly and despicable attack. a teenager whose mother and brother were stabbed to death at home says the family is "devastated" — lydia wilkinson left flowers at the scene earlier. theresa may reassures gibraltar of britain's stea

i was always interested because frederick douglass was from eastern shore also.ther locations there are statues of him, all kinds of monuments and plaques. i'm wondering if -- was there any relationship between harriet tubman and frederick douglass? other?y know each i don't know the landscape, how close they were. we don't find documentation that they knew each other while they were on the shore. there is a newspaper article -- i can't run for the date -- where frederick douglas talks tubman, once she comes through -- and rochester. if they do know each other. this relationship and she is relying on him to help , one of thoseargo words -- or passengers. [applause] so yes the[laughter] it's not a relationship that is terribly public. cornish defended the oldest african-american newspaper was a missionary on the eastern shore for a time. several newspapers have information about this during this. of significance. i would also ask you to remember that as these individuals are interacting with each other they are breaking the law. do -- inf what they support of each

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more cloud for northern ireland, western scotland, into eastern scotland and eventually over the irishratures always across more central and eastern parts of england. 23 degrees is quite likely but only briefly. things change rapidly overnight into sunday. that weather front moves southwards pushing away the warmer air. the wind direction changing to more of a northerly with some showers and low temperatures. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: washington says it is considering action to overthrow president assad after the chemical attack in syria. we are considering an appropriate response for this chemical weapons attack which violates all previous un resolutions. china's president xi jinping arrives in florida for his first summit with president trump. the us president says he expects a ‘very difficult' encounter with the chinese premier with north korea and the economy high on the agenda. also the next hour, britain's highest court rules against a father who took his daughter on holiday during the school term. the case has implications for any parent, intending to take a child

the heat is causing concern for many northern and eastern states of india.r off. warnings continue here and into pakistan coming heat wave warnings further east but look at the intensity of the storms. we could see tornadoes over north—east india and bangladesh. that is not unusual at this part of the world, lightning storms will cause a big problem. temperatures in new delhi are only slowly tapering off into the weekend. in europe, is an interesting contrasts. we have had temperatures well above average in iberia, into the 30s. the cold air is with us through thursday and friday. temperatures overnight into friday are widely below freezing and the cold areas to surround the area of low pressure with tightly packed isobars, so some bitter winds and set dellacqua temperatures significantly below average. 20, 30 or 40 centimetres of snow fall in areas where we don't normally see it, particularly higher ground across the alps and the balkans. that will be an issue. disruptive snowfall is forecast through thursday across the balkans particularly. it is notjust s

eastern on c-span. communicators attended the recent state of the net conference in washington, d.c. we talked with people who helped shape how the internet is governed. they also talk about some issues of internet use today. >> what is your background? >> i started as a mathematics major. i wanted to be a math professor. it took me until graduate school to realize that it like mathematics. i dropped out of became a programmer. i went back and have alex -- back in economics and got a couple degrees. i did work in the united universityn two computer networking operations. i had an internet policy project in the former soviet union. >> when you bring technology and the internet to another country, how do you do that? >> depends when you do it. i put computers and some african countries as a matter of education, working with vendors, making sure you have the right prerequisites like electricity, making sure there is a process that has to happen and people are dedicated to, and making it happen. with the in

eastern, mariah. hriver, and physicians talk alzheimers disease. >> this week 8 p.m. on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: each week in this segment "washington journal" we take at ok at how your money is work in a different federal program, this week we're jorge benitez, director of nato source at atlantic council. benitez, explain how the funding commitment work nato, what do the countries agree to when they nato?p with guest: thank you, pleasure to be not -- alliance, this agreement was made years later. spending nt defense level was made in 2007 at the regus summit, ip formal agreement to spend at least 2% gdp on defense spending. this was a decrease, pack in been 3%, because of end of the cold war, they downht the threat his gone and the alliance could have less defense spending. 2% of their own defense spending? guest: absolutely. establishes the criteria and nato secretary general produces a report and tabalate what the country members spend on different parts of military spending, and things pension like that and give a report. host: how much mon

eastern sunday on "american artifacts." this is american c-span3.v only on join us tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern for a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of america's entry into world war i. the united a's world war i centennial commission hosted the program from the were memorial in kansas city, missouri. the ceremony includes a dramatic retelling of the american debate about whether to join the global conflict. president woodrow wilson signed the declaration of war against germany on april 7, 1917. more than 100,000 died. that's tomorrow on american .istory tv, here on c-span3 >> recently, american history tv was at the american historical association's annual meeting in denver, colorado. we spoke with professors, authors, and graduate students about the research. this interview is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> we are with susan r, a medical professor -- susan lederer. deathd attitudes about change in the united states after world war ii? lederer: there was a growing interest in the increasing costs of the funeral in

the senate returns on april 24 at 3 eastern. they will vote on the nomination of former governor sonny perdue to be agricultural secretary and on advancing a deputy attorney general nomination. watch that debate on c-span2. the house is live on c-span. >> former hhs secretary kathleen sibelius is joining a discussion on end-of-life care. the aspen institute put together a panel to review a report on ways to review end-of-life care. c-span will have live coverage at noon eastern. what is the reaction to women asserting their feminism at work? the american association of university women discussed sexism in the workplace and how to stand up to gender bias through activism. that discussion is live on c-span2 at one eastern. tonight i'm booked to be prime time, and evening of our program "after words". first lisa reports on alternatives to traditional banking in her book the on banking of america. melissa fleming, chief spokes person for the high commission of refugee discusses her book, i hope more powerful than the sea, rich b tel

eastern on c-span2's book tv. and public economist health official talks about potential changes to the medicaid program. the conversation includes access to health services in rural areas, and the republican efforts to repeal the affordable care act. the alliance for health reform hosted this ballroom. forum. d this >> good afternoon. welcome. , president and co-ceo of the alliance of health reform. for those of you not reform -- not familiar with us, we are a nonpartisan nonprofit. we have been around for 25 years. our mission is to inform policy makers on how

eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. all weekend, american history tv is featuring chico, california. c-span cities tour staff recently visited sites showcasing his history. general john bidwell founded the city of in 1860. a town of 92,000 residents is home to california state university. learn more on american history tv all weekend. we're standing at a place that holds profound significant for the indigenous people here in this part of what we now call butte county. these people regard this very place as the particular location where in their cosmology the creator had humans emerge into the world. it is also alumni glenn. with the discovery of gold not too far south of here, and the inability to keep that discovery spread.the news quickly and the ratio of settlers to native people began to radically shift. prior to the gold rush, there would have been somewhere on the order of maybe under 5000 settlers in all of california. have55, that would skyrocketed to above 50,000 settlers. were fraught.ons at everyvery group mo

yet eastern kentucky remained eastern kentucky. and so that's, you know, one of the things so beneficial and we will wrap up, both of your writings, it's not the public policy doesn't matter. public policy matters. it always matters, but there are wounds that public policy can't heal. that is one of the tremendously messages you have both brought, and i know many in the room appreciate it. thank you very much. [applause] we will take a quick break to reset the stage and we be right back with dr. charles krauthammer. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york talked about his accomplishments, his criminal justice plans. he was part of a group of prosecutors asked to resign in march. he was fired after he refuse. his remarks took place last week. we will show you that tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. here's a preview. i am no

eastern, a8:00 p.m.efing on the discovery of seven earthlike planets orbiting a nearby star. >> we are currently using the hubble space telescope to determine if they have hydrogen -helium dominated atmospheres. prosll the discussion on and cons of genetically modified food. petland'sk that all best plans are gmo is because there is nothing you buying your grocery stores, whether it is organic or conventional or whatever that has not been genetically modified >> easter sunday, white house easter egg role event. and then a visit to the african history museum in washington. >> i knew the nation was thirsting for this museum, but i have to confess, i did not know that the reaction would be this positive and this strong. p.m., a panel of federal jesses discussing the history of the bill of rights. >> what it is is part of the constitution. and ahugely important designation of senses. a division of power. >> followed by a conversation with the smithsonian institution and the archivist of the united states. >>

the odd rogue show up for some eastern lots of sunshine.tern areas, lots of sunshine. the odd rogue show up for some eastern areas, but fine and dry, sunny spells. it looks good for the boat races this afternoon temperatures looking good. no problems with the weather at the premier league matches. some eight showers, turning chilly overnight bus in good spills of sunshine. we are going to see whether from coming in from the south—west. down towards the south eastern corner is looking pretty good with spells of sunshine and some reasonable temperatures. thanks, once again. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3pm: seniorfigures in gibraltar have demanded that the british government stands firm and resists moves by spain to regain sovereignty of the rock. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, tweeted his support: "the uk remains implacable and rock—like in our support for gibraltar." research says that nearly half the people who used government help—to—buy scheme to buy a house did not need it. bbc news learns that only 5% of existing prison sta

eastern on c-span2. coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. with kellyanne conway, bob schieffer and a panel of white house reporters. human rights advocates of justice a joint session in the capital ottawa. we will have live coverage at 11:30 a.m. eastern on c-span2. you can watch all of these programs live on c-span.org and listen on the c-span radio app. >> this weekend, c-span cities literary explore the scene and history of charlottesville, virginia. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we visit the university of virginia to see their exhibit on william faulkner. >> we have a lot of wonderful artifacts from faulkner's time at uva, many that came from uva sources. we have the typewriter that he was issued by the university. we have a jacket that he wore. when you look at the jacket, it is pretty torn up and ready. he likes to keep his close for a long time just clean -- keep his clothes for a long time. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, .e will travel to monticello >> if you had visited