i'm native of eastern louisiana, came here to work at the department of labor. i had to learn the community, the industry, the history. you a history background become interested in where you are. >> i can't wait to hear about the history of lake charles. tell me about the city today. >> southwest louisiana, about 30 miles from texas. cuspa town that is on the of english louisiana, spanish louisiana. it is a population of about 80,000. traditionally, it was a blue-collar town. it started off as cowboy town. through the lumbering industry, through petrochemical and what we find now, a wonderful mixed economy that includes a fairmont of gaming and recreation, as well as blue-collar. let's see it. this part of louisiana was the no man's land. it wasn't part of the louisiana purchase. servant yearsf,or his as a buzzer between the u.s. and spain. was an area that use as a a bit of refuge for scandals and pirates. john lafitte knew most of the early settlers in lake charles. we are talking about the late 1700s, early 1800s. 1803-1820, the. -- that period of john lafit

i'm a native of eastern louisiana. i came here to work for the department of labor. so in doing that, i had to learn the community, had to learn the industry, learn the history, and with the history background from lsu you become interested in where you are. >> i can't wait to hear all about the history of lake charles. tell me about the city today. adley: lake charles is in southwest, louisiana, about 30 miles from the gulf and the great state of texas. it's a town that's sort of on the cusp. it's the cusp of french louisiana, english louisiana, spanish louisiana. it's sort of population of 80,000. traditionally, a blue collar town. through petro chemical and railroads to what we find now which is a wonderful mixed economy, that includes a fair amount of gaming and recreation as well as blue collar. >> should we see? adley: let's see it. this corner of louisiana was the no man's land. it wasn't part of the louisiana purchase so for 50 or 60 years this no man's land served as a buffer between the united states and the umpire of spain. and that meant this was an area

very high probability mississippi or eastern louisiana becomes the impact zone with this system.y, we often talk about how significant these storms are as it relates to storm surge because that's the amount of water displaced from the normal sea levels. so 3 to 5 feet above what is essentially the normal level for the beach there will put parts of the coastal communities around the mississippi and louisiana under water. and that's the biggest concern with the system coming ashore. >> thank you so much for keeping a close eye on all of that. much appreciated. >>> and speaking of dramatic weather a spectacular scene over the windy city. have a look at this amazing time lapse video of a shelf cloud blowing over chicago monday. naturally those clouds meant rain, and that led to heavy flooding in and around the city's o'hare airport. that caused travel delays there and surrounding roads. >>> and at least five people are dead in southwest china after heavy rains triggered flooding and mud slides. crews are searching for at least 15 people currently listed as missing. and in southeast c

it is going to move right over southern mississippi and eastern louisiana. slow down and that will create a problem. these are areas that are already received a lot of flooding rainfall. they may be dealing with flooding this week in from a tropical system currently over the gulf of mexico. i love this picture. that tells me the top of the marine layer is right around 1000 feet. it is only 60 in san francisco. if you are in concord, it is 86 degrees outside. livermore is 83. san jose 75. a big game for oakland tonight, more on sports at 11:00, the first pitch temperature, 65 degrees. overnight lows in the 50s. san francisco 55. as we look at the radar we have had a few storms in the sierra. there are thunderstorms out there, likely nothing around here. this is the time of the year where rain reenters the picture. one quarter inch of rain on average in september. you can quadruple that for october. in november we are back into the wet season with 3 inches of rainfall likely. the pattern right now is high pressure to the south. the ocean breeze keeps you near

i'm a native of eastern louisiana. came here to work at the department of labor. so in doing that, had to learn the community, had to learn the industry, learn the history. and with the history background from lsu, you become interested in where you are. >> i can't wait the hear all about the history of lake charles. tell me a little bit about the city today. >> lake charles is in southwest louisiana about 30 miles from the gulf, about 30 miles from the great state of texas. it's a town that's sort of on the cusp, the cusp of french louisiana, english louisiana, spanish louisiana. it's sort of a population about 80,000. traditionally, it was a blue collar town. it started out as a cowboy town and then through the lumbering industry, through petrochemical and railroads to the, what we find now which is a wonderful mixeded economy that includes a fair be amount of gaming and recreation as well as blue collar. >> okay. well, should we see it? >> let's see it. this corner of louisiana was the no man's land. it wasn't part of the louisiana purchase, so for 50, 60 years

is a pretty long i'm a native of eastern louisiana. i came here to work for the department of labor. that, i had to learn the community, had to learn the history, andarn the with the history background from in you become interested where you are. > i can't wait to hear all about the history of lake charles. tell me about the city today. >> lake charles is in southwest, louisiana, about 30 miles from he gulf and the great state of texas. it's a town that's sort of on the cusp. french cusp of louisiana, english louisiana, louisiana. t's sort of population of 80,000. collar nally, a blue town. petro chemical and railroads to what we find now hich is a wonderful mixed economy, that includes a fair amount of gaming and recreation as well as blue collar. should we see? >> let's see it. the corner of louisiana was no man's land. it wasn't part of the louisiana urchase so for 50 or 60 years this no man's land served as a united states the and the umpire of spain. that meant this was an area as ahad quite a bit of use refuge for scandals and pi

see this where just about every model pushes it to areas in central or western mississippi or eastern louisiana. that's is the highest confidence with strong winds and heavy rainfall and storm surge threat to the east of that. as much as 5 feet for coastal mississippi. >> thank you, p.j. >>> senate confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh begin this morning. democrats will target four areas. portraying him as misleading and evasive. a democratic source will take aim at kavanaugh's candor. they will highlight his skepticism of the affordable care act and pre-existing conditions. they will probe his opinions on executive power and the investigations of the sitting president. >> on the eve of the hearing, the senate judiciary committee received more confidential papers over his time in the george w. bush white house. deposition complain they cannot -- democrats complain they cannot review all of those documents in time, but committee chairman chuck grassley claims his staff has reviewed the documents. we have a preview of the confirmation fight ahead. >> reporter: christine and dave, expect the h

the deep south actually cloud and rain here certainly a possibility anywhere from around eastern texas louisiana mississippi alabama into georgia and i'm afraid because the further showers there just around the carolinas go on into friday still pretty wet around the mid atlantic states want to see showers a possibility down towards the gulf coast here she was not disposed of right still a possibility into parts of ontario into quebec but further west it's fine dry and warm and sunny twenty four celsius for seattle not too bad here thirty one in l.a. more warm sunshine coming through we could do with the rain meanwhile we have got plenty of rain making its way towards the lesser antilles little cluster of storm say we have trouble storm kerk which is regenerated in the atlantic is going to make its way towards the women darlins and then actually pushing up towards the leeward as we go on through thursday and on easter friday so some very heavy rain coming through possibility of some damaging winds that we want to watch out for elsewhere across the caribbean not too bad so with plenty of sunshine.

protecting georgia and alabama and shifting this farther to the west into mississippi and eastern areas of louisianato 7 inches is what we are looking at here, dave, with 65-mile-an-hour winds here and up to 75 miles an hour in 12 hours as it approaches landfall. storm surge is a concern with this system as every system. storm surge is the number one tropical cyclone killer in the u.s. areas in coastal mississippi where the water levels are expected to rise 3 to 5 feet above sea level. the coastal communities will have inundated flooding. >> thank you, pedram. >>> senate confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh begin this morning. democrats plan to target four areas portraying him as misleading and evasive. democrats will take aim at his candor painting him as untruthful and the affordable care act and pre-existing conditions. they will probe his opinions on executive power and investigations of sitting president. >> on the eve of the hearing, the senate judiciary committee received more confidential papers over his time in the george w. bush white house. committee chairman ch

the future for the next generation. >> watch c-span's cities tour of lake charles, louisiana, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> what does it mean to be american? that's this year's student competition question and we're asking middle and high school students to answer it by producing a short documentary about a constitutional right, national characteristic or historic event and explain how it defines the american experience. we're awarding $100,000 in total cash prizes, including a grand prize of $5,000. this year's deadline is january 20th,

. >> watch c-span city tours of lake charles, louisiana, eastern, onnoon c-span 2's book tv and sunday at american eastern on history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> washingto >> washington post reporter bob woodward's our washington journal guest monday at 7:00 a.m. eastern, talking about his new book "fear: trump in the white house." on then tuesday at 8:30 eastern former independent counsel ken starr joins us to discuss his book contempt, a memoir of the clinton investigation. watch next week on c-span's "washington journal." >> coming up tonight on c-span, the senate judiciary committee holding a meeting on the brett kavanaugh supreme court nomination. >> the chair announced that a on confirmation will be held next week. members also voted on motions to get documents related to judge kavanaugh's work in the george w. bush white house. this is an hour.

louisiana. we'll explore the history of lake charles. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, here about lake charles grew to one of the country's top anufacturers of chemicals. >> oil and gas has been a big part of southwest louisiana as far as the exploration and discovery but it came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil. because we had the ideal situation we were suited in terms of where rail lines crossed, where barge lines were connected, where the water -- water was able to be moved in and out. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, visit to the small and predominantly african-american community of mossville. >> this was a beautiful community. we had everything. and it was family, church, schools, grocery stores and people begin to get better jobs for their children and it could be better in the future for the next generation. > watch c-span cities' tour of lake charles, louisiana. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. working for our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> what does it mean to be american? that's this

louisiana. we will explore the literary life of lake charles saturday at noon eastern on book tv. here about how lake charles grew as a lawless home to one of the country's top manufacturers of petrochemicals through his book, "lost lake charles". >> oil and gas has always been a big heart of louisiana, as far as exploration and discovery. but it came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil. because we had the ideal situation. we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines crossed, where parts lines were connected, where the water gush oil was able to be moved in and out easily. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, favorites -- a visit to moscow. -- maas ville. >> this was a beautiful, wonderful community. we had everything that there was. there was family, church, school, grocery stores. and people begin to get better jobs to show them that it could be better in the future for the next generation. >> watching c-span's cities to work of lake charles, louisiana saturday at noon eastern on c-span twos of tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on americ

eastern ports. it all starts in southwest louisiana. >> because it was no man's land by actual agreement of two of the closest forts the spanish fort in texas in the author from louisiana had a gentlemen's agreement. they have a gentlemen's agreement at the end of the louisiana purchase. any sort of law. it was just underpopulated remote. when i cannot bother with those people there. and because of this by many journals when the people escape. many times they went north of course. but some went west. and i was actually written in the ledger. if mildred went west it meant that they escape to our corner of louisiana. when the settlements were actually sort of the set up in the 1840s and 1850s. they were already established communities. the best example is the town of morrisville. it's an industrial community just west of there. they were established in the 1830s. they might have had other lives and careers in and other parts of the south. this is a place where they knew their masters would not come for them. there was no protection. what happened in reconstruction for us was that the northern entreprene

cattle drives of these wild ranch cattle from here to the eastern port, new orleans, the eastern part of louisiana. >> because southwest louisiana was no man's land actual agreement of the two closest forts, the spanish fort in texas and the fort not far from louisiana, they had a jemez agreement. herrera and wilkinson were the general spirit had a gentleman to agreement at the end of the louisiana purchase that this part of louisiana was not going to or this corner of territory was not going to be visited by militia or any sort of law. because it just was underpopulated, remote, difficult to get to. we're just not going to bother with those people. if you go there you are on your own. it is no man's land. because of this, by many journals, when the laypeople escape or managed to escape, many times they went north of course. but some went west. and that was actually written in the ledger. if mildred went west, it meant that she escaped to our corner of louisiana. because when settlements were actually sort of set up, in 1840s and 1850s, they are already established communities for free blacks. and

the future for the next generation. >> watch c-span's cities tour of lake charles, louisiana, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at two p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> during theg. course of our to others will stick with several legislators and a firstit legislator, represents virginia, representative rob wittman. he serves on the armed services and natural resources committee, republican of virginia. good morning. could you talk about the areas of the commonwealth particularly where you serve and how it might be affected by war it ranking member feinstein the governor ? >> guest: the government has zones taken the very low lying areas. places like mathews county.

eastern part of the country. they are -- florida area, louisiana, they are getting hit hard with rain, tropical moisture from potential tropical systems. that will be the story next week. hurricane and tropical storm activity. for us, it is more of the same which is not a hot pattern. a mild weather pattern. temperatures in the 70s to low 80s. for most of the bay area cities. hot spots 94, 93, 94. something like that. livermore, something like that. beautiful day tomorrow. again, spare the air day. but today could have been a spare the air day and today was great. 66 concord. 60 livermore. the current temperatures. and then there is lot of red. that is good. we have breeze developing. that will help the air quality that is probably the footprint for tuesday as well. temperatures -- you will see that in the 5-day forecast. tomorrow morning san francisco, tomorrow afternoon in san francisco. looks like that. around the bay looks like that. late afternoon, mostly sunny skies except the beach. and the 5-day forecast, temperatures, warmer than last week. it is warmer but these are not out of control. this is still a nice p

louisiana. saturday at 12:00 eastern. on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. next, the pentagon ceremony marking the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. vice president mike pence, defense secretary james mattis, and the vice chair printing chief of staff participated in the observance. it is about one hour. >> to the pentagon community in the family that is here and all those who are joining us by to ourst, we welcome you 9/11 memorial and today's pentagon ceremony. , familiese together and friends of those we lost to survivorsgo, building , the first responders who raced to danger to help. ,hose from here at the pentagon those of our local and state partners and other federal agencies. all of the first responders who came to the call. all of our other pentagon personnel and federal family. we will forever be a pentagon family. by theas is the nation tragic day 17 years ago. bonded by our action since then and bonded by our continued gathering here each year. today as we come >> fathers, mothers, husbands, ,ives, brothers, sisters friends, and coworkers. as

. >> watches c-span cities tour of lake charles louisiana saturday, at noon eastern on c- span twos bookand sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, american history tv on c-span three. working with our cable affiliates, as we explore america. >>> tomorrow night, former vice president joe biden will speak at a dinner for a human rights campaign in washington dc. you can watch live coverage starting at 7:00 eastern on c- span. the carnegie endowment for international peace hosted discussion about the u.s. india relations. some of the topics and relations with pakistan, china, and russia. this is a one hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning everyone. let me welcome you to the carnegie endowment, i am

. >> watch c-span city tours of lake charles louisiana saturday at noon eastern on c-span2 tv and send it at two p.m. eastern on history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> now, raj shah discusses energy policy in the developing world at an event hosted by the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies. he is carly president of the rockefeller foundation. this is just under one hour. >> good afternoon, everyone i'm very glad to see all of you here. i started the initiative last year when i started here. we had our launching event in october last year with rachel from sustainable energy for all, and we are talking right now and if you different geographics. the focus is also on the intersection of -- we are interested in solving the problem of sustainable development in emerging economics. we work with india. we work in china. we have active projects in myanmar and vietnam as well. the challenge that we see here is that the center of gravity in today's world energy environment is reshaping away from industry and more towards what the em

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a >> watch c-span cities tour of lake charles, louisiana, saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. leading up to the 100 anniversary of the end of world war i on november 11, every weekend on american history tv, we're featuring special programs about the war. >> in late july, 1918, general pershing created the first his states army under command. and immediate steps were taken to concentrate american forces at one point on the line. >> sunday on his command. and immediate steps were taken we're in northeastern facts with a historian visiting villages, monuments, and the american cemetery related to the battle saint-mihiel. >> the weather was horrible. it was rainy. it was chilly. the americans launched the attack heading north in this direction of where we're standing. unbeknownst to thement them, the germans, who had occupied this place, had began a withdrawal and they were starting to move their troops but not quick enough. and by the end of the day of th

louisiana. and sunday at 2 p.m. eastern, on american history tv, on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. this afternoon, the pentagon briefed reporters on preparations with hurricane florence and have a military plans to assist with release -- relief efforts. the 40 minute event was assisted by the secretary for homeland defense and the commander for northern command. >> good afternoon. we in the department and defense have appreciated the media attention for the status of preparation for hurricane florence. secretary mattis and others are monitoring storms in the pacific ocean, receiving daily updates. efforts, and currently, 100% has been approved secretary is also throughout the day on actions the military services are protecting the safety and well-being of the military community and ensure the readiness of d.o.d.'s readiness. hurricane florence is a dangerous storm and we encourage anyone and those in our military communities in the path of the storm to heed the warning of state, local and d.o.d. installation first. d.o.d. ins

that is why we will see the threat of flooding rains today through eastern texas and parts of louisiana. we also have it trying to move into the northeast where we start off with a few spotty showers and we are looking at the chance of perhaps an inch or two of rain in virginia. it is through arkansas and western tennessee where we could have 3 or 4 inches of rain and poss>>. >> >>> and san francisco waking up to fog this morning. a live look. we're expecting this patchy fog to linger through the mid-morning hours as we head into the afternoon to slightly warmer temperatures as the ridge of high temperature settles over california. 57 for hayward. down through the south bay they were also in the 50s and along the peninsula expect breezy conditions this afternoon. we can expect to see those temperatures climb into the 80s for inland areas. >>> and that's your latest forecast. >> is this not the autumnal he can -- equinox? >> it is. i was saving it for later. today at 9:54 p.m. is when the sun is over the equator. that is the official mark. >> >>> we're back on saturday morning with the w

. >> as the tropical storm quickly travels through theul eastern of mexico, experts say the area stretching from southern louisiana to alabama may see rising water of 3 to 5 feet. louisiana governor has already declared a state of emergency and says 200 national ward troopsl be deployed to the region. nbc's dan scheneman has oure on what become the first hurricane to make landfall in the u.s. this season. >> reporter: south florida hit with a force of tropical storm gordon. >> i didn't expect it to end up like this. i thought it was just going to e outer bands, rain, not like this. >> reporter: heavy rains fell on part of the sunshine state. now gordon is moving on and expected to gain strength. forecasters say it could be a hurricane when it reachesgu the coast. >> much of southeast louisiana can expect to see heavy rain of 4 t 6 ches, possibly 7 inches of rain in some areas. >> reporter: throughout the coast, ridents are grabbing sand bags and s spping fore last-minute necessities. stuff stacking up on som just in case. >> reporter: hurricanes are a fact of life along the gulf coast,ut even long-time residents l

so it includes the eastern, southern coast of louisiana also mississippi and alabama as well.nd conditions will deteriorate, especially as we go into tuesday. the water temperatures right now are running around 90 degrees, so that's why this storm should maintain its strength. it's moving west, northwest at 17 miles per hour. winds are at 45 miles per hour and they will get stronger as we go through the next couple of days. tuesday morning it should have winds up to 60 miles per hour, maintaining that intensity on wednesday as it makes landfall somewhere near louisiana and mississippi. so, we are going to see this continue to be an impact especially for the gulf coast because of the significant rainfall we're going to see. we could see up to 3 to 5 inches of rain locally higher amounts up to 6 inches possibly, especially as we go into tuesday and tuesday night. the storm surge could be 2 feet as this storm gets closer. this is something to keep an eye on for the next couple of days. peter? >> dylan, thank you very much. >>> breaking overnight, the search for four people missin

. >> watch c-span's cities tour of lake charles, louisiana, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> what does it mean to be american? that's this year's student competition question and we're asking middle and high school students to answer it by producing a short documentary about a constitutional right, national characteristic or historic event and explain how it defines the american experience. we're awarding $100,000 in total cash prizes, including a grand prize of $5,000. this year's deadline is january 20th, 2019. for more information, go to our website student cam.org. >>> yesterday the atlantic council looked at how president vladimir putin and the russian government used propaganda and state media. from washington, d.c., this is about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon. welcome to the atlantic council, and welcome to this afternoon's session on putin's propaganda, pushing back against kremlin-run television. my name is lauren vanmeter and i'm a senio

eastern. >>> this weekend, the city tour takes you to lake charles, louisiana. help of our sudden link -- cable partners, we will explore the literary life and history of lake charles. saturday at noon eastern, here about how lake charles grew from a lawless home to pirate to one of the country's top manufacturers of petrochemicals. with author -- >> in terms of the exploration and discovery, but it actually really came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil. because we had the ideal situation, we were ideally suited in terms of where -- where the water was able to be moved in and out easily in lake charles. >> on sunday at 2 pm eastern, on american history tv, a visit to the small and predominantly african-american community of morrisville. >> at one time, this was a beautiful, wonderful, wonderful community. we had everything that there was. and there was family, church, school, grocery stores, and people begin to get better jobs so it showed them that they could be better in the future for the next generation. >> watch our city tour of lake charles,

eastern on c-span's q&a. >> up next, a look at our recent visit to lake charles, louisiana. you are watching american history tv all weekend on c-span3. >> beginnings are always interesting. the dons of new eras in human history are among the most fascinating of all studies. the dawn have our little days are most important of all. it is how we start that counts. -- dusks and sunsets somehow take care of themselves when we have started arriving. from the pen of the city chronicler. maude reede. when we have started arriving.sh nurse in the region. she was the daughter and granddaughter of a local family who had a long history here. her grandfather was one of the early sheriffs of the area. more than 100 years of sheriffs in the region. in addition to being a nurse, she was an avid scrapbook or. -- scrapbooker. today, we're looking at the scrapbook collection she put together. there are 13 scrapbooks that discuss specific moments in late charles history. there are many smaller scrapbooks that talk about various other subjects from recipes into early doctors to local families.

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. >> watch c-span's cities tour of lake charles, louisiana saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. we'll go live to hear from google, facebook, and microsoft officials on what they are doing to help protect political campaigns online ahead of the 2018 midterms. should get under way shortly live here on c-span. >> hi everyone. can we get the people standing in the back to come take a eat? thank you so much for coming. great turnout. i am the c.e.o. and co-founder of the bridge which is an online community sitting at the intersection of tech, policy, and politics and real excited to have you guys all here. you can learn more about our organization at the bridge work.com. clearly, one thing we are doing is convening people and innovators, regulators, policy makers working in this space. and election security is a huge issue right now. so i thought it would be great to get google, facebook, and microsoft together and the people at those companies talking to campaigns every day trying to find solutions on hese issues. thank you again for coming. thank you so much for hosting. let's

louisiana. and sunday at 2 p.m. eastern, on american history tv, on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. this afternoon, the pentagon briefed reporters on preparations with hurricane florence and have a military plans to assist with release -- relief efforts. the 40 minute event was assisted

. >> watch c-span cities tour of lake charles, louisiana saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday on american history tv on c-span3 working with our affiliates as we explore america. >>> aviation officials testify on cyber threats and standardizing information sharing between u.s. airports. the hearing was held by a house homeland security subcommittee. it's about 90 minutes. >> good morning. the meeting on homeland security subcommittee's hearing on cyber security and protective security will come to order. the subcommittee is meeting today to discuss the posture of the aviation sector. now i recognize myself for an opening statement. i'm grateful to be holding this hearing this morning with my good friend and chairman of the transportation and protective cyber security -- or security subcommittee john kepko. i want to thank him for convening this hearing today to talk about a topic that i think is hand in glove with our nation. i've always said cybersecurity is national security, and there is no better example of that than in the aviation industry. when we think of th

>> watches c-span cities tour of lake charles louisiana saturday, at noon eastern on c- span twos book tv, and sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, american history tv on c-span three. working with our cable affiliates, as we explore america. >>> tomorrow night, former vice president joe biden will speak at a dinner for a human rights campaign in washington dc. you can watch live coverage starting at 7:00 eastern on c- span. the carnegie endowment for international peace hosted discussion about the u.s. india relations. some of the topics and relations with pakistan, china, and russia. this is a one hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning everyone. let me welcome you to the carnegie endowment, i am the senior fellow for the endowment, it's a great opportunity for us today, that we have randy fiber, the assistant secretary of defense joining us this morning. the topic, as we have advertised, is a conversation about the 2+2 dialogue that will happen within a week. it is an event that is very important in the political calendar, because the relationship has really come a long way since we first bega

watch c-span cities tour of lake charles, louisiana saturday at noon eastern.nd sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. washington journal continues. joining us from denver colorado, unite america, or executive director. a discussion on independent candidates and getting them elected. good morning. guest: good morning. host: a little bit about the group. what does purpose? guest: thanks for having me. i want to start by acknowledging observed they we 17th anniversary of the september 11 attacks against our country and remembered that close to 3000 americans that were killed. we vowed to never forget. we have honored that. what we seem to have forgotten is what happened on 12. how our country and political leadership were able to come together in a strength and unity. that is what we have lost since then. the idea that the most important identity we have is the one that we share in common. that we are all americans. it was telling last year when our secretary of defense was asked what is the bi

eastern gulf of mexico. gordon is expected to be a hurricane when it makes landfall along the north-central gulf coast later today. a hurricane warning is posted from the louisiana/mississippi border to the florida panhandle. of particular concern is the possibility of a life-threatening storm surge. a state of emergency has been declared in louisiana, and parts of new orleans are under a voluntary evacuation order. yesterday the storm hit south florida with heavy rain and high winds. >> reporter: it was not a beach day in south florida. tropical storm gordon formed off florida's coast monday morning, lashing the region with 50-mile-per-hour winds and dumping as much as four inches of rain. >> the roads are really flooded so you have to drive super slow, but it's really bad. >> the rest of our vacation will be probably be indoors. we were supposed to go to disney world. we may not get to visit that. >> reporter: forecasters say gordon's now churning through warm waters in the gulf where the storm is expected to strengthen. hurricane warnings are up for coastal sections of alabama and mississippi. louisiana's governor has signed an emergency declaration and activ

eastern side of the u.s. these pictures coming out of louisiana still showing the revels the water cresting very high picking around now as we go on through the next couple of days we should start to see things receding at long last the least it will be dry that will stay dry here as we go on through thursday watch the weather around the midwest into the central plains that peps up as we go on through wednesday fairly heavy downpours coming through here with the risk of flooding. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. when they're on line for humanitarians been taken out oh there's going to have been told you about the number on a spread sheet or if you join us on assange and i guarantee no one else has a back story like you as they say is a dialogue and i'm less tired of seeing the negative stereotypes about native americans everyone has a voice this sort of thing that's your comments your questions i'll do my best to bring them into the cell join the global conversation on how to zero zero six one of our biggest strengths is that we talk to normal everyday people we get them to tell their stories and doin

eastern on c-span. this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to lake charles, louisiana, with the help of our sudden link the literary life and history of lake charles. saturday at noon eastern on book tv hear about how lake charles grew from a lawless home to one of the country's top manufacturers of petrochemicals with author adly cormier through his book lost lake charles. >> oil and gas has always been a big part of louisiana in terms of the exploration and discovery, but it actually really came more to fruition with the actual refining of oil because we have the ideal situation. we were ideally suited in terms of where rail lines crossed and where bart's lines were connected and where water -- and it was able to be moved in and moved out very$aÑ easily. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, a predominantly african-american community of mossville. >> at one time this was a beautiful, wonderful, wonderful community. we had everything that there was, and there was family, church, school, grocery stores and people begin to get better jobs and it showed them that it could be better in

eastern edge of florida. a lot of warnings right across the louisiana as well. that is where the storm looks like it is heading. it could increase as far as the strength goes. when he hits the warm gulf waters, that is what we tend to see. by tomorrow and into wednesday, we could start to see wind speeds picking up. 60 miles per hour, maybe even increasing to 70 miles per hour as it hits the southern coastline there. this is where heavy rain is expected. several inches of rain. you can see the widespread precipitation that is on its way towards places like new orleans and mississippi as well. that is tropical storm gordon. this one had a view of the bay bridge, but this is the salesforce travel camera . it is showing clear skies. in san jose, it is not as great. that is also where it is warmer. 69 degrees in san jose. in warm for you guys. 98. not quite record-breaking, but very close. there's a record of 99 back in 1954 san jose. you got very warm today. do not expect to feel the heat as intensely. is 57 right now in san francisco. concorde is 57. we have patch

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louisiana. it may become a hurricane when it makes landfall. hurricane katrina hit in august 2005, causing catastrophic damage from central florida to eastern texas. flooding in new orleans caused most of the loss of life. downrn japan is that ning in the face -- batting down the hatches in the face of a typhoon that may arrive sometime on tuesday, the 21st time of the season. typhoon jebi is expected to weaken, but will still bring gusts up to 160 kilometers per hour. global news 24 hours a day and at tictoc on twitter powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. david: thank you. back to our top story, watching emerging markets as investors digest, bracing if you will for trade war concerns. the deepening selloff or pressure across some emerging market currencies. turkey and argentina have started to really move to shore up confidence. turkey on monday signaled rate hikes after inflation hit 17%, the fastest pace since 2003. argentina, we heard from them this morning announcing emergency measures, including this new export tax. >> i would buckle up. i would prepare for a volatile september. but if the bad news coming out

around the eastern seaboard great making its way to new jersey into new york for thomas was sunday looks very wet or the other side of the appalachians big downpours rolling back down towards louisiana for to try to the east of that fondant dry further west notice a little spin is just making its way to that western side of canada i mean what across the caribbean well it's sunshine and showers the heaviest showers but the great trying to ease. in indonesia palm oil is a billion dollar business want to win east investigates the price the country's paying. to feed the world's paul mullett picture. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where every. again you're watching i just you know reminder of our top stories this hour. iraq's prime minister has ordered an investigation into why security forces didn't do more to protect buildings in the southern city of basra protesters stormed and set fire to the iranian consulate and other government buildings. turkey's president and the united nations are warning of a bloodbath if syrian and russian forces push ahead with an offensive to retake the last rebel held province the leaders of turkey iran and russia have been talking about how to prevent a human

towards louisiana that's the remainder of monday we go on into tuesday it pushes a little further eastward still some showers around the carolinas just around the little antic states around the eastern seaboard heavier showers at this stage up to wards new england up towards any society kind of only run right down the appalachians that this stays into the deep south a few showers still coming in behind me again they will just not a little further eastward as we go on through or into wednesday the middle part of the week hopefully it will dry around the east coast but still a chance of some showers here once again peter. thanks very much still to come here on the news for us tariffs on chinese goods come into force as the trade war between the world's two biggest economies escalates. and the small. scenes christiane or an elder was on target as events as continued their perfect start to the italian the scenes. were. i have dedicated almost my entire professional life to that would venture and fight against corruption and what i have heard is that we need champions we need also to shine the light on those shampoos and this award bridges that gap that existed in this. nominate your own

louisiana. rains and winds up to 50 miles an hour closed beaches in miami today. there were also limited power outages. a u.s. soldier was killed today in easternfghanistan, and anher was wounded. ficials said it appeared to be an insider attack involving afghan security forces in all, six u.s. troops have been killed in afghanistan this year. thousands of people turned out in chemnitz, germany today, for a concert against far-rit groups. protesters, including neo-nazis, have descended on the city since migrants allegedly stabbed a german man last sunday. some chased foreigners and gave the "hitler salute." concert organizers said today they hope to send their own signal. >> ( translated ): and i think sometimes it is just impornt to show that people are not alone, and that we are not being left alone, for which we are very grateful to everyone on stage with us today, but also everyone who will come and be in front of the stage today. >> yang: german authorities announced today they will increase surveillanche far-right alternative for germany party. activists from the group have joined neo-nazis in the recent protests. migrants trying to reach

around the eastern seaboard right making its way to new jersey into new york for tom as well sunday looks very wet on other side of the appalachians big downpours rolling back down towards louisiana fought to try to the east of that fought and dry further west notice a little spin is just making its way to that western side of canada i mean what across the caribbean well it's sunshine and showers the heaviest showers but the great trying to ease. ard. as we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was people started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to become a disclosure and an investigation reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs we think ok we'll send our e waste to china but we have to remember that air felician travels around the globe jeff i design on al-jazeera. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories for you. iraq has reportedly close to its border crossing with the rock after protesters stormed and set fire to the iranian consulates in the southern iraqi city of basra one protester died on friday takin

but city in american history tv travel to lake charles, louisiana to see the city's history and literary life. coming up today on new easternl of our programs for the city will air on one time block. here, an author explains how lake charles was a no man's land for iris and runaway slaves. rates and runaway slaves. >> the heel of louisiana, if you think of louisiana as a boot, the part of louisiana that bridges the west of the town and le as occasion and the western culture and southern culture all in one is. there were very few intrepid spanish and french explorers across this area, but it has always been a remote part of louisiana. it has always been sort of separate and apart in terms of thinking. in fact, when the louisiana purchase was made in 1803, this part was not part of the purchase because by definition, the purpose of the purchase was to buy everything drained by the mississippi. we're not drained by the mississippi. because of that, about 50 years after the purchase, this part of louisiana was a essentially a no man's la with an undefined border between the united states and the empire spain. host: once again,

. >> watch c-span's cities tour of lake charles, louisiana saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's bookv. we'll go live to hear from google, facebook, and microsoft officials on what they are doing to help protect political campaigns online ahead of the 2018 midterms. should get under way shortly live here on c-span.