, getting towards eastern england and eastern scotland, but cloudier further west.xtreme south—east it could make the low to mid 30s depending on the sunshine. thunderstorms continue to rage on in central and eastern areas through friday night and first thing on saturday but, for saturday itself, this area of low pressure is right on top of us, something we haven't seen on top of us, something we haven't seen for a long time, so it will be a cloudier, easier day. dundry rain into north—east scotland, —— thundery rain. some of these in northern and western areas will be quite intense. dry intervals in the south—east, and we could make 25 degrees but considerably cooler on saturday then we've been used to recently. on sunday, another area of low pressure pushes into southern and western areas, with perhaps significant rain on this system, with thundery showers in the south—east. that rain is much needed but it will be a blustery day, with the wind arrows showing how strong it could be, even gale force in the far north—west. temperature wise, high teens to low 20s cels

today he will be before the banking committee at 10 am eastern time. we will have coverage on c- span.org or you can listen with the radio at. but it the chairman tell the house lawmakers yesterday? >> it was straightforward. a message about the economy pick it is in good shape. unemployment is very low and one of the lowest points in the last 20 years. inflation is under control. that is a good place to be and for the economy to be. they feel the current policy and where they projected the fund rate to is a good path. he added a line in the prepared testimony that he delivered yesterday. he said that seems to be the right path for now. it is a little bit of a no -- debate over what they are trying to signal with that pick the one hand there is folks saying this is the same old boilerplate caveat the fed will add. we are not on autopilot. if conditions change, we might speed up the pace of the rate hikes because the tax hikes have stimulative effect. on the other hand, the trade situation will cause the economy to slow down and that will make them slow

working off of the 2008 eastern neighborhoods plan. the plan incorporates and leverages waterfront parks and public realm improvements that have been advanced by the port including the blue greenway design guidelines, pier 70, parks and open spaces including the crane cove park, and the forest city development project. the planning process included a significant amount of community outreach, which robin and sean will go through, and included the identification of nine projects to develop conceptual plans for, two of which are on port property, including 24th street east of illinois street and warm water cove park. both robin and sean will provide an overview of the plan and where it stands today, and we're all available for questions at the end. thank you. >> thank you. >> robin? >> thank you, david. commissioners, president brandon, vice president adams, i'm robin abbad from the san francisco planning department, and i'm joined by my partner in getting this plan together. we're really excited to provide this educational update. so as

the eastern mediterranean is turbulent, mr. speaker. but holds a promise of significant opportunity. cyprus' status as an e.u. member state, as well as its excellent longstanding regulations with its neighbors, enhances its strategic importance to the united states. cyprus has taken steps in recent years to facilitate international partnerships and demonstrate an impressive ability to serve as a catalyst in the development of mutually beneficial goals among countries in the region and around the globe. of equal importance, cyprus also enjoys a longstanding record of serving as an unwavering u.s. ally. by promoting regional stability , energy security, and counterterrorism efforts. regional stability is a necessary precursor to attainment of its full economic , social and strategic potential. moderate countries in the eastern mediterranean have an obligation to strengthen their ties, because the stronger the bonds, the greater the opportunity for building a more proper pouse -- prosperous, peaceful future. as discussed by cyprus foreign

the only answer, jets of water from eastern armored trucks. soviet attacks on rights of the western powers in berlin show that the wall was meant to be a step toward control of the whole city. toward forcing out the western powers. as the last escape routes were cut one after the other final scrambles to not be left behind in the prison. this was an exodus not confined merely to civilians. even among the east german police guarding and maintaining the new barrier some decided they, too, had reached the end of their tether. there was nothing left but to cut and run. [speaking in german] >> at protest meetings held in the western sector the mayor and people of west berlin called for help and support from the three western powers. and they did not call in vain. along the autobahn taking in reinforcements for the three garrisons stationed in berlin. in all they numbered only 12,000 men. a small force compared to the massive weight of the 20 soviet divisions around the city. a force so small it gives the lie to soviet charges that berlin is an aggr

eastern. wednesday, hearing examines foreign influence ask -- operations held by the senate intelligence committee. it starts live at 10:00 eastern wednesday on c-span. q&a,y night on congressional historians richard baker, donald richie and ray smock. > one of> the questions i hear people asking all the time -- is this the most uncivil time in history? theake another period, years leading to the civil war. a host member and became a senator in 1856 because he disagreed with what he said and there are a lot of senators who cheered on that member. >> there is a musical about the shooting of alexander hamilton. he was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that is pretty dramatic. we had terrible times, political times. in 1858 was one brawl before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor. pulled hismembers wig off during the fight and someone yelled you scaleped him! there was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians sunday night at 8:0

eastern.onday night, ronald reagan and the cold war with highlights of the presidents 1987 trip to west berlin. to sue night, oral histories interviews with former women members of congress with susan molinari and pat schroeder. wednesday night, for speech writers for bill clinton and george w. bush talk about how they are mitigated policy ideas from the president's point of view. thursday night, world war ii vide films featuring the 20 year anniversary of the movie saving private ryan. friday night, the confederate icons conference on the history and future of confederate heritage, my nimitz, and the monuments, and the battle site. watch in primetime on c-span3. we are back live in harrisonburg, virginia at the icons conference hosted by the shenandoah valley battlefield association. our coverage continues until 5:00 eastern. at six clock eastern, you can watch the entire conference again here on american history tv on c-span3. up next, american civil war museum ceo c coleman looks at the con

eastern. in the afternoon, allergy and infectious diseases, dr. anthony fauci discusses the flu season, which was said to be one of the most severe. at 2 p.m. the hearing on the impact of tariffs on the u.s. agriculture. >> join us saturday and sunday for alaska weekend with featured programming on c-span, book tv and american history tv. we'll explore alaska's natural beauty, history, culture and public policy issues facing the state. saturday morning on c-span's washington journal, axios energy reporter on the effect of climate change in alaska and on sunday morning, the executive director of national congress of american indians discusses native american and native alaskan issues. on the communicators, saturday 6:30 p.m. eastern, general counsel for alaskan cable provider gci talks about how the company makes broadband possible for small villages across tundra, glaciers and mountains. and telecommunication in alaska. book tv saturday noon eastern, exploring alaska's literary and historic scene, with dermott cole, author of "amazing pipeline sto

in the eastern sector of berlin, communist power was fully established. party buses, party youth, party rallies. by organizing special police and parra military units the soviets were illegally rearming east germany. in the world councils of the united nations the endeavor was made to establish lasting peace. these were the days of stalinist expansion and so by repeated refusals to cooperate except on their own terms the soviet delegates sabotaged any progress toward real stability. on the 23rd of june, 1948 west berlin introduced monetary reform without which monetary recovery would have been impossible. new for old. the currency was revalued. for the russians their disagreement gave them the excuse for action. west berlin they could not touch but they could and did interfere with the life lines on which west berlin depended. the roads, railways, canals. these were west berlin's vital utterance. so stop the trains. close the roads. bar the canals and cut the power. west berlin was a hundred miles deep into the soviet zone of germany. this was to be the w

in the east of course the soviet zone, and berlin itself which was an outpost in eastern europe was also divided in to four sections the purpose of these deliberations was to find some way to achieve a peace treaty with the germany, we unify the country and the occupation. there was one narrow issue that divided the united states and the soviet union deeply, , that was the issue of reparations. soviet leader joseph stalin was demanding $10 $10 billion in reparation from western germany, a little over $100 billion in today's money. the united states, however, was spending enormous sums to keep western germany alive. it was really the syndicate to disorder and chaos but the united states said this is impossible because we would effectively be financing those reparations because western germany is not even close to self-sustaining. we had effectively done that after world war i and we were not going to repeat that. but it was a much deeper, more fundamental conflict between the united states and the soviet union when they came to germany, and that is that neither the united states nor the s

they were flown to the eastern front by russian pilots. there was a detachment of 350 russian soldiers in the hangar one behind me. they did a lot of things to their -- prepare those airplanes for shipment to the eastern front. primarily, they took off the u.s. insignia and painted the red star on it so it would stop being american airplane and become a russian airplane. those people that brought the airplanes up here were all part of the air transport command. when they got here, they got on a transport airplane and were taken right back to montana to pick up more airplanes because at 250-300 airplanes a month, they had to keep the flow going. when they got here, they were turned over to the russians. the russians serviced them with cold weather oil and hydraulic fluids. the airplanes to make sure they were airworthy, and then they left. how that helped to win world war ii, almost 8000 airplanes were used by the russians to put eastern air pressure on the nazi forces and relieve some of the pressure from the u.s. and its airlock -- allies

eastern. anday night, ronald reagan the cold war with highlights of the president's trip to west berlin. tuesday night oral history interviews with former female members of congress. wednesday night, former speechwriters for bill clinton and george w. bush talk about how they communicated policy ideas from the president's point of view. thursday night, world war ii d-day films featuring the 20 anniversary of saving private ryan. friday, the icons conference. watch american history tv next week in prime time on c-span3. >> i do want my kid to read stories that are sad disturbing down the downbeat. that is not a totally legitimate thing to say. when my kidoose understands stuff that might bring them grief but there is a point beyond which, they are 14 now when are you going to introduce them to the idea that not everything is perfect. all those factors swirled together to create the perfect abstract fire of mass censorship of books by marginalized people. discussing his latest book walk away. in

central and eastern england, hot and sunny central and eastern england, hot and sunny once again.hot as it was today across scotland. one of two showers for the western isles. lots of scotland and northern ireland, some sunny spells, temperatures of 21 in belfast. a bit patchy rain across the north of england. elsewhere across england and wales, pretty warm and sunny. temperatures not quite as hot as they were today. as we moved into wednesday, lots of sunshine. also parts of eastern england. the odd rogue shower cropping up. temperatures around 21— 31 celsius. it looks like the warm weather will stay with us but we have this front moving on from the west so it could change things a bit later on in the week. we still have the orange colours on thursday saw another hot day. the hottest day this week but cooler conditions not far away in the atlantic. looking ahead towards the atlantic. looking ahead towards the weekend, you will notice those temperatures do is starting to do down. it's been extremely hot. for scotla nd down. it's been extremely hot. for scotland and northern irelan

repeating eastern ukraine where protesters seized government buildings. and the next day the full seven day proclaimed don't yet see people's republic kiev replied by announcing the beginning of an anti-terrorist operation in eastern ukraine. by that time the international media was screaming about a russian invasion in ukraine russia could now be on the verge of invading ukraine but strong words state only in the media the ukrainian authorities never announced a war like situation why i.m.f. cannot give money to countries and gaged an ongoing war that's reporter shan't go over as they can only think you when you go to your show will go to geneva too much money was already invested in ukraine. to stop halfway i've invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic train. as he took a quick democratic start in a city you know well it will slowly new democracy just go it is among the other most of the work across cultures in couplers is just north of that some of them but obv

eastern for the morning hour. at noon, they will take up a number of bills under suspension of the rules and making changes -- 2010. frank lautenberg on c-span2, the senate continues work on judicial and executive nominations scheduled for the week. on c-span3, federal reserve chairman jerome powell testifies before the senate banking committee about monetary policy and the economy. eastern.ive at 10:00 you can find it streaming online at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. -- alaska's natural beauty. history, culture, and public policy issues facing the state starting saturday at 7:00 a.m.. exploreon journal will climate change, energy, and the alaska national wildlife rest -- refuge and hunting regulations on "the community -- "the communicators." and they talk about how the company makes broadband possible for small villages across hundred, glaciers, and mountains. then, incoming president of the alaska collaborative comic christopher dietrich on providing medicine. book tv saturday at noon eastern, th

ahead of that three eastern of rain.ee eastern of england on friday there could be some intense thunderstorms, torrential across the east midlands, yorkshire and north—east england and still the heat, but into the weekend it is all cleared through, temperatures have come down. it is cooler but much fresher into the start of the weekend. it looks like the heat will build next week. all the latest details from nick miller, thank you. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime wildfires ravaging parts of greece have killed at least 60 people — most of the victims were trapped in their homes or their cars. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's 1:30pm and here's your latest sports news. time for some sport on bbc news. hello, i'm hugh ferris. the tour de france was dramatically stopped during today's stage 16, when race leader geraint thomas was one of several riders affected by what appears to have been tear gas that p

eastern. or book tv on c-span2. >> president trump and european commission president jean-claude juncker. they had discussed their meeting at the white house rose garden. this is 10 minutes. [chattering] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and the president of the european commission. pres. trump: thank you very much. appreciate it. i appreciate all of our great senators and so many of our representatives for being here. senator john bozeman, you are here someplace, hello john, thank you. senator mike, thank you. senator steve daines, senator holden, thank you. they are all here. smith, thank you very much. senator james lankford, james, thank you. senator pat roberts, he loves those farms. he loves the farmers like i do. representative diane black, diane, thank you. representative kevin brady, with our new tax bill, how is it coming kevin, good? representative mike conaway, thank you, mike. newhouse,tive dan thank you. representative crist now -- christie, have to call he

south—eastern areas likely to see some rain, but that will clear, and eastern areas not doing too badlyof dry weather and brightness. a bit more cloud and showers further west, then thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing into northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland later in the day. more of a breeze here. 70 degrees in glasgow. the mid—20s across parts of the south—east. wednesday, you can mark that down as a mostly dry day in most places. still the odd shower around. late in the day it clouds over again around. late in the day it clouds overagain in around. late in the day it clouds over again in northern ireland. more rain on the way here. temperatures continuing, and outward journey, 27 degrees possible across the week, remember that rain coming to northern ireland, it comes courtesy ofa northern ireland, it comes courtesy of a frontal system that will wriggle around across the north—western areas, has high pressure builds back in across the south. that will allow southern areas to tap in once again to some increasingly warm air. further nort

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be sure to watch, live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning.oin the discussion. ♪ >> here is a look at what is live on wednesday. the house continues work on the 2019 interior and financial services spending package. 10 a.m. eastern on c-span. on c-span2, the senate debates best judicial nomination for the u.s. circuit court. and, federal reserve chairman jerome powell is back on capitol hill testifying about monetary policy and the economy on c-span3 at 10 a.m. eastern. in the afternoon, the head of the national is the dude and infectious diseases, dr. anthony fauci, discusses this past flu season which the government says was one of the most severe in a decade. that begins at 1:00 eastern. at 2 p.m., the impact on u.s. tariffs on agriculture. >> join us saturday and sunday for alaska weekend. with featured programming on c-span, book tv and american tv.ory we will explore alaska's natural beauty, history, culture and public alessi issues facing the state. saturday morning on c-span's journal.n asked the us energy reporter amy effects of clima

temperatures continuing today very warm temperatures continuing today for inland california including eastern contra costa and alameda counties where highs will again flirt with the triple digits. most inland areas will be slightly cooler than yesterday although highs will still peak well into the 90's. along the coast expect temperatures remaining quite similar today with just a slight dip expected into the weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james )( james ) ( james ) breaking news we are following this morning... several fires burning across the state. first here in the bay area... we have the marsh fire burning in contra costa county. crews have stopped that fire from spreading but evacuations are still in effect. there is also the ferguson fire near yosemite and the cranston fire in riverside county. but this morning the biggest concern is the carr fire burning near redding. ( james ) we have just got new numbers on the carr fire and it has nearly doubled in size overnight. this is the latest video from overnight showing the destructio

monday across eastern night of that.this weekend, and cooler days especially where it has been so hot. but we start the day tomorrow, still some heavy rain around. especially to northeast scotland. some rumbles of thunder still with that. i push is northwards. we will have the sunshine and showers following behind. heavier showers may be thundery into northern ireland. some running into gordon england, especially to the west. easier when‘s, this is anotherfeature especially to the west. easier when‘s, this is another feature from this we can be one of this. it will be windier than it has been of late. and into the cooler feel of thanks, too. temperature and colors change a bit in the space of 2a hours. all that he through central and eastern parts of england, as much as 10 degrees cooler in places, so that is something you have been waiting for, it is here for saturday. and infra pa rt it is here for saturday. and infra part two of the weekend on sunday, here comes another area of low pressure, that means another spell o

the heatwave will be mostly across southern and south—eastern parts of the country.e have a weather frontjust to the north west of the uk, that is bringing cloud and rain to western parts of scotland but what we will see into the weekend is extremely hotair see into the weekend is extremely hot air drifting from spain and portugal across france and moving right across europe and just with the south—eastern quadrant of the uk. so we will be feeling the heat. for now i think the weather is going to be relatively cool across most of the uk and certainly overnight. lots of clear skies across england and wales. and temperatures around 13 degrees. then tomorrow lots of sunshine across many central and eastern and southern parts of the uk. in the west later found an over and we do expect some rainfall in belfast and parts of scotland. but very warm if not hot in the south—east with temperatures already in the mid—to high 20s. through the course of thursday we still have a weather system crossing the country but increasingly be start to see high pressure building across the

on april sixth the crimean scenario began repeating eastern ukraine where protesters seized government buildings. and the next day the full seven day proclaimed don't yet see people's republic kiev replied by announcing the beginning of an anti-terrorist operation in eastern ukraine. by that time the international media was screaming about a russian invasion in ukraine russia could now be on the verge of invading ukraine but strong words state only in the media the ukrainian authorities never announced a war like situation why i.m.f. cannot give money to countries and gauge an ongoing war that's roboto shango over as they can only think you when you go to be of showable go to geneva too much money was already invested in you. to stop halfway i've invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic train. mccarthy writes in a city. new democracy just what is among young. voters. some of them but obviously the funds had to keep coming and the conflict had to keep going. and more bloody and deadly. she only

still relatively warm in this south—eastern corner, 1516 degrees, but some parts of the north will getwery rain across the south—east, that will tend to care tearaway, tomorrow, south—east, that will tend to care tea raway, tomorrow, and south—east, that will tend to care tearaway, tomorrow, and for many eastern parts of the country, it will be dry. many bases will avoid showers, northern ireland, western scotland, frontal system bringing some showery rain. temperatures, 17 degrees in glasgow bar but grief being back up again in the south—east. 25 degrees in london. wednesday, dry across many parts of the country, some good spells of sunshine. those temperatures climbing a little bit further, down towards the south—east, up towards 27 degrees, but further west, we seem he's frontal systems tried to push some rain into northern ireland. as we move into thursday, this wriggling called front will continue to wave across parts of northern ireland, western scotland is, some rain at times, here. but for many eastern and southern parts of the uk, high pressured its control, and we bring in a

eight hundred fifty two middle eastern time the fighting would stop. in desperate battles on the western side of the canal egypt had lost hundreds of men. two of its senior commanders. who design and when he met a family had died in the fighting. but despite these losses egyptians had stopped the israelis from achieving the strategic goal of stout talk to the man. today just south of the city of a smiley israeli tanks remain at the point where their advance was stopped and its tracks. headway at that point at the cairo through the road had not been cut and neither the third nor the second army was besieged but then who said anything about israel respecting un security council resolutions and in the slave that then commitments. as the hour of the cease fire approached american secretary of state henry kissinger arrived in tel aviv. the ceasefire he had just spoken straighted with the soviets had come too soon for israel they were desperate to fight on to consolidate their position. kissinger agreed to turn a blind eye. witness so that israel had a great

on april sixth the crimean scenario began repeating eastern ukraine where protesters seized government buildings. and the next day it will seven day proclaimed don't yet see people's republic kiev replied by announcing the beginning of an anti-terrorist operation in eastern ukraine. by that time the international media was screaming about a russian invasion in ukraine russia could now be on the verge of invading ukraine but strong words state only in the media the ukrainian authorities never announced a war like situation why i.m.f. cannot give money to countries in gauged an ongoing war that's real pushing go over as they can wish for both you when you go to your show will go to geneva too much money was already invested in you. to stop halfway they've invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic train. mccarthy writes in a city you know well it will slowly new democracy just go to the other. just north of that some of them but obviously the funds had to keep coming and the conflict had to keep go

very warm temperatures continuing today for inland california including eastern contra costa and alameda counties where highs will again flirt with the triple digits. most inland areas will be slightly cooler than yesterday although highs will still peak well into the 90's. along the coast expect temperatures remaining quite similar today with just a slight dip expected into the weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin )breaking news this morning.... fire crews are still hard at work putting out the massive wildfire in shasta county. now this started on monday, but has since tripled in size. 3 firefighters were injured last night... and one person died who was operating a buldozer at the time. it's not clear what happened but the victim was not a cal-fire employee... but was hired to help fight the fire. at last check that fire has burned over 28-thousand acres and is only 6-percent contained. over a dozen home are now destr

but for eastern scotland, things remaining dry into the evening hours. humid and dry note. through this evening and overnight, we will start to see more cloud just pushing its way into parts of north—west england and wales as well, with a few spells of rain. northern ireland clearer, drier and fresher overnight. but down towards the south east, still 17 degrees or so in london, that's the overnight low, which will feel quite warm and quite humid to start monday morning. monday, another warm, humid day for central and eastern parts of england with the sunshine again. but further north west, a change behind that front. more cloud working dinner across parts of eastern scotland, northern england and wales, with some sharp showers as that front makes its way eastwards. so, temperatures ranging from about 20 in belfast to nearer 30 towards london. so, certainly a contrast in temperature from east to west behind that cold front. there could still be some showers on that frontal system across eastern england through tuesday. they should ease away. but of course

we have seen this happen before in aleppo in eastern even in the homs district of the region executes and arrests people despite assurances that is no different we have the names of the victims and our witness accounts they kill children and the elderly on the basis that their sons or relatives participated in the fight against the regime. the takeover of daraa is another win for assad who now controls around sixty percent of the country but these victories are doing little to foster peace and security for all syrians russian commanders say military police are being sent to guarantee the syrian government won't exact retribution on civilians who lived in rebel areas it's a promise that has been made in the past and a promise the opposition doesn't trust. beirut any more ahead on the news hour including libya's moving to reopen its oil terminals weeks after they were closed by fighting. protests in uganda after the government moves to tax social media. is taking legal action against a company that's pirating world cup broadcasts an entity called be out q has been using the twenty eight

eastern. senators will consider the nomination of former hawaii attorney general mark bennett to serve on the federal appeals court based in san francisco. at 5:30 p.m. monday the senate will take a procedure vote on that nomination and another procedure vote on the nominee to be the pentagon's general counsel. when the senate is back in session on monday, live coverage on our companion network c-span 2. cover the president, what media outlets were going to cover the presiden >>> next on american history tv three former white house photographers on their work with presidents bill clinton, george w. bush and barack obama. they share photos showing presidents in their public and private moments and the stories behind each scene. the it's an hour and -- it's an hour and 40 minutes. >>> good evening, everyone.

a few showers around towards eastern areas. the fresher air follows on behind.going to be a little bit easier for sleeping with temperatures like this, and a couple of cooler nights are to come this week. as tuesday begins, that fresher feel to things is down across all parts of the uk but there will be a lot of sunshine to begin with and the cloud is going to build, and you can pick out one or two showers developing here and there but they will be very hit and miss, probably most reliable on tuesday into northern parts of scotland where some could be heavy and possibly thundery. and it is cooler where it's been so hot by several degrees but nowhere as cold and wherever you get to see sunshine, it will feel pleasantly warm but it's also feeling that bit fresher. the flow of air coming in from the atlantic, an uneventful weather pattern. pressure is not as high as it's been but it's not that low. we are left with several sunny days, the cloud builds and there is a chance of catching a shower. it's not quite as warm as it's been. temperatures in south—east england

eastern. at noon, president trump at the veterans of foreign wars convention in kansas city, missouri. ther that, officials with u.s. olympic committee, usa gymnastics and michigan state university talk about changes to protect amateur athletes from sexual abuse. that begins at 2:30 p.m. eastern. there are a lot of people who feel like i do not my -- want my kids to read stories that are sad, downbeat, whatever. that is not a totally illegitimate thing to say. i want to choose as a parent when my kid understands stuff that might bring them grief, but there is also a point beyond are 14 now. they when are you going to introduce them to the idea that everything is not perfect outside your all-white suburb? factors swirled together to create the perfect dumpster fire of mass censorship of books on marginalized people. the science fiction author will be our guest on in-depth fiction addiction. live sunday, august 5 at noon eastern, discussing his latest book "walk away." his other books include do

eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> in the senate, richard blumenthal was critical of the supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh. asked to receive documents about his time with the george w. bush administration. ask the mandatory quorum be lifted. >> without objection. >> madam president, there are few responsibilities, i would ny none more important to the our duties in connection with the appointment of a united states supreme court justice. much is at stake in the nomination before the senate now to appoint judge brett kavanaugh as the justice who will replace justice kennedy. so much is at stake. the future of roe v. wade, affordable health care, particularly pre-existing conditions and the protection from them for millions of americans. i am not here to talk about judge kavanagh as a nominee, i am here to talk about how we reach a conclusion. as to how we vote, my colleagues and i. how we see and pursue the truth about judge kavanagh, his qualifications, his temperament, his integrity a

that is live at 10 am eastern. you can find all of this streaming online at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. next, senator susan collins, chairs the senate aging committee talks about research done by her committee on rising prescription drug prices. at this event hosted by the pew charitable trusts, the main republican also spoke about the role of government agencies and insurance companies and drug pricing. >> all right, well -- good morning. i'm the executive vice president and chief program officer here at pew. we have a diverse mix of initiatives ranging from health, state, consumer and environmental policy initiatives. to advancing biomedical and environmental research to support our hometown in philadelphia. i know that july, middle of july is prime time for leaving d.c. for beautiful and perhaps, cooler places like the coast of maine.i am particularly pleased to welcome all of you here today and all very special guest, senator susan collins from the great state of maine. we are recording this ev

as we on through monday night, still a few showers around towards eastern areas.aps monday night is going to be a little bit easier for sleeping with temperatures like this, and a couple of cooler nights are to come this week. as tuesday begins, that fresher feel to things is down across all parts of the uk. there'll be a lot of sunshine to begin with, then the clouds going to build, and you canjust pick out one or two showers developing here and there but they will be very hit and miss, probably most reliable on tuesday into northern parts of scotland, where some could be heavy and possibly thundery. and it is cooler where it's been so hot by several degrees but nowhere's cold, and wherever you get to see some sunshine, it will feel pleasantly warm but it's also feeling that bit fresher. the flow of air coming in from the atlantic, a fairly uneventful weather pattern mid—week. the pressure isn't as high as it's been, but then again, it's not that low. what we are left with is several sunny days, the cloud builds and there's a chance of catching a shower. it's not

two hours later at two pm middle eastern time. egypt and syria launched a war against israel on two fronts. after three years in power egyptian president anwar sadat had grown tired of peace initiatives that seemed to be going nowhere. you don't fear them with your toes has not been successful and sort of and and the united states was the main supporter of the surge so it was clear that if you want to solve the problem you would have to do two things either go to war. or try to convince the americans to move into. two weeks into the war and with the opposing forces locked in a stalemate and richeson just arrived in moscow. is goal was to agree a u.n. ceasefire acceptable to egypt soviet allies. the russians had to. for the rich jews it was acceptable so we had to rewrite it in history and. showed up from the. right again. we push it to the next morning. within two days the draft of un security council resolution three three eight had been accepted by both the soviets and the americans. but instead of returning direct to washington

>>> 4:44 eastern time. the georgia state lawmakers who was punk'd by sacha baron cohen is resigning. republican rep jason spencer will leave office by the end of the month. he came under fire after his appearance on "who is america?" where he repeatedly yelled the "n" word and dropped his pants. cohen in character as an israeli antiterrorism expert, told spencer those were effective ways to deter a terror attack. spencer claims the show took advantage of him for profit and notoriety. >>> officials say singer demi lovato is in stable condition in a los angeles hospital this morning after an apparent drug overdose. a representative for lovato says in a statement she is awake and that her family thanks everyone for their love, prayers, and support. the 25-year-old singer has struggled with substance abuse. just weeks ago, she revealed in a new song that she had suffered a relapse. lovato has spoken candidly about her use of cocaine and her addiction to alcohol as well as mental health issues and an eating diso

this is consistent with what is happening throughout the eastern neighborhoods. scoped at 9,000 units between 2000-2025. and according to quarter 4 2015 eastern monitoring report the number is 11,000 units. as to jobs, the number of jobs projected for the eastern neighborhoods was 22,000 but the monitoring report showed there were 30,000. plus another five million square feet of office space to be built. that's about 30,000 additional persons, so population wise, we are way over. and remember, the eastern neighborhoods actually a pretty small geographic area and the mission is even smaller. only one square mile so these will be pretty significant impacts. we will have seven more years of probably impacts that the pipeline doesn't start, it doesn't stop on december 31st, 2017. how is it possible for the e.i.r. that only scoped 2,000 units to discuss cumulative impacts on more than 3400 units, probably closer to 4,000 units. i'm not saying we don't need to build housing. we should do this thoughtfully and equitably because the future of san francisco and the missio

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watch that debate starting tonight at eastern on c-span2. supreme court justice anthony kennedy discusses his legacy and the court the ninth circuit judicial court conference in anaheim california and you can watch that conversation tomorrow at eight eastern on c-span. this weekend on oral histories, the first eight part series on women in congress. sunday at 10 am, congresswoman susan molinari . >> it also made me a fighter and made me, you know, i was forced to be. that's sort of the secret. at least it was back then. we were constantly being investigated so sometimes being underestimated is a good thing. add the element of surprise. i remember a lot of my debates where the people didn't take me seriously before i got up there and then it was too late and i think the same thing happens when we negotiate. >> in the weeks ahead we will hear from pat schroeder, eva clayton, helen bentley, barbara and ellie, nancy johnson and lynn wolseley. watch oral histories sunday at 10 am on american history tv on c-span3 sunday night on q and a, constitu

eight hundred fifty two middle eastern time the fighting would stop. in desperate battles on the western side of the canal egypt had lost hundreds of men. two of its senior commanders. who design and when he met a family had died in the fighting. but despite these losses egyptians had stopped the israelis from achieving the strategic goal of stout talk to the man. today just south of the city of a smiley israeli tanks remain at the point where their advance was stopped and its tracks. headway at that point at the cairo through the road had not been cut by me the third nor the second army was besieged but then who said anything about israel respecting un security council resolutions and in the slave that then let's. as the hour of the cease fire approached american secretary of state henry kissinger arrived in tel aviv. the ceasefire he had just spoken straighted with the soviets had come too soon for israel they were desperate to fight on to consolidate their position. kissinger agreed to china blind eye. witness say that israel had a greater interest

temperatures probably up to around 20 degrees or so whereas for eastern parts of england and easternumbers will be quite a bit lower than over the weekend. in general, as we move into next week with high pressure around, looked like it is staying dry but it will not be quite as hot day and night. this is bbc news i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: theresa may declares a cabinet rake through on brexit, announcing ministers have agreed the basis of britain's future relationship with eu. -- britain's future relationship with eu. —— breakthrough. aftera britain's future relationship with eu. —— breakthrough. after a day of talks at her country residence, chequers, ministers have signed up to the idea of a free trade area for goods. this is a proposal which i believe will be good for the uk and the european union, and i look forward to it being received positively. aid diver has died in thailand are taking supplies to 12 boys and their football coach, trapped in a flooded cave for nearly two weeks now. police release more information into the nova chok investigation, revealing it coul

on april sixth the crimean scenario began repeating eastern ukraine where protesters seized government buildings. and the next day the full seven day proclaimed don't yet see people's republic kiev replied by announcing the beginning of an anti-terrorist operation in eastern ukraine. by that time the international media was screaming about a russian invasion in ukraine russia could now be on the verge of invading ukraine but strong words state only in the media the ukrainian authorities never announced a war like situation why i.m.f. cannot give money to countries and gauge an ongoing war that's roboto shango over as they can only think you when you go to be of showable go to geneva too much money was already invested in you. to stop halfway i've invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic train. mccarthy writes in a city. new democracy just what is among. some of them but obviously the funds had to keep coming and the conflict had to keep going. and more bloody and deadly was all you show me. as

you can watch that at noon eastern on c-span. also available are c-span.org, or you can listen to with our free c-span radio app. of --in denuclearization and denuclearization of the korean peninsula posted by the arms control association at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, also available on our website and with the free c-span radio app. >> while we wait for this conference on opioids to get baltimore, today on "washington journal" we took your phone calls to find out how opioids were affecting callers' lives. at papers thatok represent cities and states, opioids are a problem there too. this is the seattle times 8 people are dead in one county after the tightening of prescription rules. overdoses have doubled possibly because of stricter rules describing the drugs according to health officials. a week-long survey was conducted that showed 57 incidents in that district on wednesday, that is 8 per day, comparing with 37 total cases early last year. effort toa better understand the epidemic locally, the class of drugs that includes he