edison. susan: just a little bit of the music. would a lot of americans be listening to music of this type of this era? jeff: very much so. edison invented the phonograph which first brought music into americans homes. to as edison was looked one of those people, if he is recording it, it must be someone special. with jazz, which was considered heavy metal music of its area, starting to bother a lot of older americans who thought it was sinful and leading young people into criminality and non-virtue. going back, hearkening to old american folk tunes, it simply -- based on foreign folk tunes, but we did not think about that as much, it simply was refreshing and it was something different and it was endorsed by edison and so people listened. susan: what are the parallels between the time period that you are writing about, which is 1914 to 1924, america in that age, and any parallels of the time that we're going through? jeff: that is what astonished me most when i was writing the book . the mor

on q&a, a historian discusses his book about the summer road trips taken by henry ford and thomas edison. >> the thinking was to take a car trip to the everglades. exotic plants and animal life and it will be an adventure. it was pointed out that there aren't early any roads there and it is dangerous and there are alligators and worse and people could die. they knew better. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon, there were snakes, alligators. but they liked the idea. it came about they would take a

tonight, the historian discusses his book about the summer road trips taken by henry ford and thomas edison. >> the idea came that they would take a car trip into the everglades. exoticuld see lots of plant and animal life and it would be an adventure. it was pointed out there are not really any roads, it is dangerous, and there are alligators, and people could die. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon. there were snakes. there were alligators. they fled, but they liked the idea. and so, it came about it they would take a year once a year if they could but with better planning so disaster would be less looming. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." monday night on "the lp's of ators," ye policy vice president on competition and why he thinks google has betrayed the internet. is steering all of this traffic to itself and the -oxygenating-- de the entire world wide web and stifling innovation and ultimately harming consumers because they are not getting access to the best information from across the whole internet. >> watch monday night on c-span2. >> ♪ c-span has unf

they teamed up with a company founded by thomas edison, that's general led -- general electric.d stuff. they are all looking down right now and they would be proud of what they see read you begin the production of 50,000 life-saving ventilators. if you go back to months, most people would say it would be impossible to believe. the media is back there and they would have said a couple of months ago the creation of that many ventilators what have been not a possible thing. every single one of these ventilators is made in the usa with american heart, american hands, american pride. just as your great-grandparents produced more than one model t every minute, just as your grandmothers and grandfathers bomber --b24,e 24 50 drivese ford f1 off the line, you accomplished these complicated delicate machines. they're big, expensive machines. one month ago, ford had never built a single ventilator. now, you're a world leader. that's not bad. you adopted the designs of a company that was building 10 per week. very soon, you will produce one new ventilator every single minute. it is an absol

back in the day of ben franklin or thomas edison.news reports but never social media to reach out to the customers or really they went to the press. elon musk, unfiltered elon musk appears on twitter all the time. we have the new personalities, incredible, brilliant inventor genius, helping us get americans back in space from american soil. he really created the electric car industry. then we have the person who tweets with abandon about all sorts of things and it is hard for me to say but i think the material things that he has done for society, for space, for the, for electric cars, those things will be remembered and remembered as someone very important in history. connell: i think it is a good bet that the whole fully funded taking tesla private thing will be forgotten then. we'll be talking about things we're talking about today. good to see you, lance. as always, lance ulanoff. melissa. melissa: shooting for the stars. spacex certainly not the only private company betting on commercial space missions in the near future. jackie

rich edison has more. reporter: official chinese government spokesman pushing russian propaganda. >> the u.s. establish multiple biolong call laboratories in former ussr countries but kept a mouth shut regarding function, purpose, and safety. story ends up in state run media like c imrks tn becomes multipronged chinese government narrative state department officials took notice they say china's covid-19 disinformation campaign is evolving quickly shifting to elevate and amplify russian disinformation. the head of the state department global engagement center telling fox news, quote, ccp ploying government approach using political, economic, military and information tools to advance its influence and analyst say that chinese government campaign is becoming more regressive. >> negative messaging is a new dimension to its information operation that we're seeing unfold today, and that may become more prominent in its influence campaign in the future as well. >> bay yin is adopting russian government tack tucks

historian jeff wind discusses his book, about the summer road trips taken by henry ford and thomas edison. >> they would go ahead and take a car trip into the everglades. be lots of exotic lands and animal life and it would be an adventure. thats pointed out to them there is not really any roads there, it's dangerous and there are alligators and people could die. but they knew better. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon, there were snakes and alligators. they fled, but they like the idea. so, it came about that they would take a trip once a year. but with a little better planning so disaster would be less. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> earlier today, the u.s. house swore into new republican members. tom tiffany replaces sean duffy in wisconsin seventh district. mike garcia takes over for katie hill to represent the people of california's 24th district. the total number in the house is 432. 232 democrats, 198 republicans, and one libertarian. there are currently still three vacant seats.

use of smart speakers has risen as people stay home, according to national public media and edison research. american adults are increasingly turning to smart speakers for news, music, other entertainment. 36% of those, more than a third that own smart speakers report listening to more news and information via the devices. 52% of users use that technology several times a day or nearly every day, compared to 46% before the pandemic started. so back to you. >> interesting. thanks very much. >>> here at abc7 we are honoring the class of 2020 who had to forego graduation certificate moans and other milestones because of the coronavirus pandemic. joe is a four year varsity golfer, talented pianist. he is also a devoted son, cousin, friend who conducts himself with honesty and integrity every day. he is headed to university of wisconsin in the fall to study engineering. congrats to you, joe, good luck. >> way to go, joe. if you want to honor a graduate, share the details on abc7news.com. we may give them a shoutout on television or online. please, no professional photos on the site. check out a p

nguyen talks about his book, the vagabonds, about summer trips taken together by henry ford and thomas edison. after that, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. south korea'srom president and china's premier on challenges their countries are facing due to the coronavirus. ♪ susan: jeff guinn, what is the story you tell in the book, "the vagabonds"? jeff: the story i meant to tell is how america morphed into a car culture, and just about 20 years, from horse and wagon to everybody wanting cars to go places. i did not know until i started researching that henry ford and

con edison -- i have buddies that work for con edison. -lemonis: the electric company? -sal: yeah, the electric. fabio: delta, another one. -lemonis: somebody you knew? -fabio: [ laughs ] it actually is a good friend of mine. lemonis: maybe we need to hire some salespeople. nick: well, i don't know about that. lemonis: you can't even rattle off to me the customers that you have. nick: i have a lot of relationships with a lot of my customers, and they'll recommend me -- lemonis: the relationships seem to be coming from him. nick: no, but i have tons of relations, but they're not big companies. lemonis: have you ever pitched to any big customers? nick: uh... off the top of my head, no. lemonis: sales in this company are everything, and after seeing that nick doesn't really even know who his customers are, i want to see him in action. i'm taking him to a local business to see what his sales pitch is like. -good morning. -jonah: good morning. -lemonis: jonah? -jonah: yes. hi. lemonis: i'm marcus. how are you? nick: how are you doing? nick meola, artistic stitch. jonah: hi.

on q&a, a historian discusses his book about the summer road trips taken by henry forde and thomas edison>> the idea came that they would take a car trip into the everglades. to see the plants and animal life and it would be an adventure. it was pointed out to them that there are not really roads there, it is dangerous, alligators and people could die. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon. there were snakes, there were alligators. they fled, but they liked the idea, and so, it came about that they would take a trip once a year if they could, but with a little bit of planning so disaster will be less likely. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a parent -- q&a. witmerigan governor encouraged residents to maintain social-distancing and wearing masks, while also announcing statewide business openings. this is 35 minutes. >> from the michigan state medical society, who is not a doctor, but the president. and patti roberts, the owner of once upon a time. i will begin by giving you an update on the emergency situation in midland county. over the past 48 hours, i

the cannabis business cultivating it from edison all purposes is legal in the suit too . but 1st we consider the future of globalization past the covert 19 pandemic forces a major everything. an unbridled quest for profit and untainted consumerism characterized much of the world's economy. 'd that is until the coronavirus hit. say it is cinemas and bonds was shouted cities resembled ghost towns national borders were closed fleets of planes grounded travel is good to see east millions around the world may see their livelihoods destroyed as usual people in poverty here benefited the least from globalization of the hardest hit will the shock of the pandemic realigned priorities or will we pick up where we left off. these old fashioned globes in a berlin bookstore evoke a time before our planet was plunged into its current crisis a crisis that could well change our world in many ways. what might this mean for globalisation in cross continental cooperation. we've asked for people for whom globalization and its discontents are major themes of their work the globalization is not

and movement involving doesn't include excels in all schools i was gonna say is man's age in the edison. god does indeed turn as a dummy up to dissolve the might as well just a man who has a star doesn't announce a lead soon. does noir add to the knowledge goldman sachs is. going to be soon learnt to colleagues isn't sieglinde to gold to be good inside soon and i'm going to need to know until a boy is an unpleasant the ambassador of the ash don't deny climbed on on did indeed in just last segment as has his head in love with a man lie in an english stand on sci fi editions has sought movement now and i would say little do you and i'm not one stop and then i used as i'm a small business shot and i'm good this is news media doesn't sell the only good in leaders of good films and yet as i listen i was in a much closer to being in bad as was i listening and distrust i just use you so kind as was i was doing to that cause the last thing is this is a must for news leads to la bob dylan and goodness honest need to. learn to read vegas. is as it is is it in the it is to get this done as is song

jeff wynn discusses his book the vagabonds about the several trips taken by henry ford and thomas edison. >> the idea came they would go hit and take a little cartridge into the everglades. there would be lots of exotic plants and animal life and would be an adventure. it was pointed out to them that there's not really any roads there and its dangers and his alligators and wars, people could die. they knew better. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon. there were snakes, alligators. they fled but they like the idea, and so it came about that they would take a trip once a year if they could, but with a little better planning a disaster would be less looming. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from the presidential primaries through the impeachment process, and now the federal response to the coronavirus. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, online, or listen on our free radio app, and be part of the national conversa

night, a historian discusses his book about the summer road trips taken by henry ford and thomas edison the idea came that they would go ahead and take a little car trip to the everglades. it would be an adventure. it was pointed out to them that there are no roads there and it is dangerous. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon. there were snakes, alligators. they fled. but they liked the idea. and so it came about that they would take a trip once a year if they could. with a little bit of planning so disaster would be less looming. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. next, the chinese president addressed the world health organization. he announced china would provide $2 billion to help countries around the world with vaccines.

they teamed up with the company founded by thomas edison, that is general electric, good stuff. good stuff. andyou put it all together they are all looking down right now and they are very proud of what they see. victim the production of 50,000 life-saving -- began the production of 50,000 my saving ventilators. if you go back two months was people would say that would be impossible to believe. the media is back there, they would have set a couple months of that moneyion ventilators would have been not a possible thing. every single one of these ventilators is made in the usa with american heart, american hands and american pride. just as your great-grandparents produced more than one model t every minute, just as your grandmothers and grandfathers produced a b 24, you did the be 24 bomber, i saw pictures in the back. that was quite a weapon, quite 24incredible weapon, the b bomber. just like the ford f1 50 drives off the line every 52 seconds, you mastered this complex new machine, the ventilators are very complicated, delicate, big, expensive machines. one month ago, ford had

night, on q&a, a historian discusses his book about the road trips taken by henry ford and thomas edison. >> the idea came they would go ahead and take a car trip into the everglades. there would be lots of exotic plants and animal life and it would be an adventure. it was pointed out to them that there is not really any roads, and there's alligators, and people could die, but they knew better. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon. there were alligators. but they liked the idea. and so, they came about that they would take a trip once a year if they could, but with a little bit of planning so a disaster would be less looming. night at 8:00day p.m. eastern on c-span's key monday. announcer: secretary of state pompeo was asked about the recent firing of the state department's inspector general while speaking to reporters at a news conference. other topics included china, the israeli-palestinian conflict, and u.s. relations with taiwan. this is 20 minutes.

jeff quinn discusses his book the vagabonds about the summer trips taken by henry ford and thomas edison. >> the idea came that they would take a car trip into the everglades. there would be lots of exotic plants and animal life in would be an adventure. it was pointed out to them does not really roadster and is dangerous and alligators and worse, and people could die. but they knew better. the trip lasted a day and half. that was a monsoon. there were snakes. there were alligators. they fled, but they like the idea, and so it came about that they would take the trip once a year if they could, but with a little bit of planning for disaster less living. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events from the presidential primaries through the impeachment process. and now the federal response to the coronavirus. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, online, or listen on our free radio app and be part of the national conversation through c-span's d

more importantly, we go to these senior set edison's because they are vulnerable. we focus on ways to reduce their deaths. we now have all these strategies to make sure we are able to contain any type of outbreak. that allows the rest of the economy, big states like texas, to go and grow, while we manage and contain outbreaks where they exist. pres. trump: we would not have known two months ago. the governor could not have given that answer two months ago. there are things we do not know about this crazy plague, this virus. the answer greg just gave was good. i would not have known that answer either, two months ago. president, sunday you said there would be a strong report coming out soon. is that coming? when should we expect it? pres. trump: it is coming, i do not know that i will give it to you. -- it came out of china. europe.ed to blame they were saying it came out of europe. it came out of china. went to europe, went to 184 countries, probably more than that. 184was a week ago, countries. it could have been stopped at the source. do,ould have been easy to bu

on q&a, a historian discusses his book about the summer road trips taken by henry ford and thomas edisonhe thinking was to take a car trip to the everglades. exotic plants and animal life and it will be an adventure. it was pointed out that there aren't early any roads there and it is dangerous and there are alligators and worse and people could die. they knew better. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon, there were snakes, alligators. but they liked the idea. it came about they would take a trip once a year if they could, but with better planning so disaster less looming. >> sunday night on c-span's "q&a." secretary steven mnuchin and federal reserve chair jerome powell toes divide aid under then cares act, a $2 trillion economic relief bill that congress passed in march in response to the coronavirus pandemic. from the senate banking committee, this is 2.5 hours. >> with that, to

beach take of a caucus airport and then put him out there on a plane to the u.s. a lot in america edison seen human as more. prosecutors are saying quite a bit he started off by assuring the world or attempting to. international public opinion no that unlike the way that the united states had treated arab prisoners in abu ghraib during the iran iraq war that is without treated its prisoners well he said that the 2 u.s. captives had not been tortured or mistreated in any way now remember that there have been ample charges against the venezuelan government about the way that it treats its own political prisoners but he didn't get into that he did however say that all of them of these 30 people are being charged with treason with mercenary activities with the attempts to kill innocent people he said he did not specify whether this also included president nicolas maduro who earlier had said that this whole incursion was aimed at killing him but later the testimonies by the 2 americans at least the ones that were published or put on television by the venezuelan authorities both of them said t

historian jeff quinn discusses his book, about the summer road trips taken by henry ford and thomas edison>> the idea came when they said go ahead and take a car trip into the everglades. there would be lots of exotic plans, animal life, and it would be an adventure. it was pointed out to them that there is not really any roads there, and it is dangerous and people could die, but they knew better. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon. there were snakes, alligators, they fled, but they like the idea. it came about that they would take a trip once a year if they could. would be less looming. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. --tern on c-span'sq&a >> c-span has on federal -- unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from the residential and product -- presidential primaries through the impeachment process. now, the federal response to the coronavirus. you can watch all of the public affairs programming online, on television, or visit on our free -- or on our free radio app. or, through our social media. c-span, created by america's

has meddled in a criminal investigation into his son in america edison you see in human the. this videotape is what those accusing president jade bosso not all of interference in brazil's justice system considerate the smoking gun a cabinet meeting in which the president explains his motives for wanting to sack rio de janeiro's police commissioner and the federal police chief. i tried to change the security official in rio and i couldn't that's it i'm not going to stand by let them my family or my friends because i can't change someone in charge of security who was part of the structure i'm going to change him and if i can change him i'll change his boss and if i can change his boss i'll change the minister full stop the minister sitting at the meeting was none other than said to mortal brazil's most popular and corruptions are who resigned shortly thereafter refusing to fire the country's top policeman who is now leading the charge against bullets or not all through an impeachable offense the president dismissed the recording saying he was talking about his son's personal se

about the summer road trips taken by henry ford and thomas edison. >> the idea came to take a car chip into the everglades. we see lots of exotic plants, animal life it would be an adventure. it was pointed out to them there's not really any roads there and it's dangerous, there's alligators and worse. people could die but they knew better. the trip lasted a liked the idea. and so it came about that they would take a trip once a year if they could. but with a little better planning so disaster would be less looming. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. ♪ ♪ c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public-policy events from the presidential primary through the impeachment process. and now, the federal response to the coronavirus. you can watch all of c-span public affairs programming on television. online, or listen on our free radio app. and be part of the national conversation through c-span daily "washington journal" program. or through our social media feed. c-span, created by america's cable television company as a public s

night on q and a, gwynnrian jeff discusses "the vagabonds," about henry fordtrip with and thomas edison they took a trip into the everglades. it was pointed out to them, there's not any roads, and it is dangerous and there's alligators and people could die. tyhe trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon, snakes, alligators. the fled, but they liked idea, so it came about they would take a trip once a year if they could, but a little planning so disaster would be less looming. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span'a q&a -- c-span's q&a. >> the presidents, from public affairs, available in paperback and e-book, presents biographies of every president organized by the ranking by noted historians from best to worst, and features perspectives into the lives of our nation's chief executives and leadership styles. org,sit our website, c-span. to learn more and order your copy today, wherever books and e-books are sold. >> attorney general william barr and fbi director christopher wray give an update on the investigation to last year's fatal shooting at a naval air station in p

just because they are the most well-known provider of it, but there is a countervailing concern that edison point if someone really is associated with a term there is a potential for confusion if other people use the term, even if there are strong reasons to use the term in some way. booking.com is a good example. through marketplace success and advertising, it has developed a reputation, but it also allows you to make bookings online, which is pretty much what you would expect from any online reservation service. control presents at least the potential for preventing other people from doing things like booking.net. it is actually a significant judgment call whether we should give booking.com a tiny little right and let it see where the right goes in specific cases, or if we should say no, the game is not worth the candles or the risks that will be associated, so it shouldn't get a tiny right at all. just a big question and american intellectual operative law generally. >> thank you so much for that. i hear you saying that this russian of putting.com at the end of a generic term, it should

a historian discusses his book about the summer road trips taken by henry ford and thomas edison. >> the idea came they would take a car trip into the everglades. animald be plants and life and it would be an adventure. it was pointed out that there is not any roads there and it is dangerous and there is alligators and worse. and people could die, but they knew better. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon. there were snakes, there were alligators. they fled, they liked the idea. so, it came about that they would take a trip and see year if they could. but with a little letter planning so disaster would be less looming. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern q&a.span's noonday -- >> monday, memorial day at 9 a.m. eastern on c-span, live coverage from arlington national cemetery of the laying of the wreath at the tomb of the unknown by vice president mike pence. at noon eastern president trump will participate in the memorial day ceremony at fort cannery to honor heroes who sacrificed their lives. watch live, monday on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio

they were questioning our brief after finding him alone edison park park. officers attempt use a stun gun. they found nothing illegal. investigators can determine if this video is relevant to our brief killing. gregory mcmichael accused of killing him is a retired detective with gwinnett county police. >> the drug company maternal produced a covid-19 vaccine showing some promising results. the national institutes for health conducted the study this is the first vaccine to be tested on humans. modernity says eight healthy vaccines were given alternatives and they successfully evoked in the ream is a immune response. >> reporter: in the global race to find a vaccine for the virus, madera, a biotech firm, provided hope monday. we can lead with this vaccine and induce a response and everyone that receives vaccine. >> the phase one trial includes multiple shots of the sars-cov- 2 vaccine. the study in partn volunteers had ntp abilities. a people high enough to reduce the virus. according the center for emerging and neglected diseases says injecting the virus blu

jeff gwen discusses his book the vagabonds about the summer road trips taken by henry ford and tomas edison>> the idea came to take a car trip into the everglades. lots of exotic plants and animal life and it would be an adventure. it was pointed out to them that there is not really any roads there and it is dangerous and there is alligators and workers. but they knew better. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon. there were snakes, alligators. they fled. but they liked the idea, so they came -- so it came about that they would take a trip once a year if they could, but with a little better planning so disaster would be less looming. at 8:00 p.m.ht eastern on c-span's q&a. set asides has legislative work on capitol hill over the memorial day holiday. they are set to return wednesday and thursday next week, where they will allow proxy voting on bills for the very first time. the houseplants plans to vote on --anding -- extending members may also considered another coronavirus relief package. the senate's meeting every few days in pro forma sessions during their weeklong reces

historian jeff lynne discusses his book about the summer road trips taken by henry ford and thomas edison> the idea came that they would go ahead and go into the everglades. it would be a lot of exotic plants and animal life, and it would be an adventure. it was pointed out to them that there were not any roads, and it is dangerous, and there are alligators and worse, and people could die. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon. there were snakes, there were alligators, they fled. they liked the idea. it came about that they would take a trip once a year if they could, but it was a little better planning, so disaster would be less looming. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. president trump began the white house briefing by calling on governors to open houses of worship as soon as possible. after directing the centers for disease control to issue guidance deeming them essential. then dr. deborah birx, the coronavirus response coordinator, and the white house press secretary took questions from reporters. facilities to report death and infections that occurred before early

a 14-year-old from edison, new jersey, wins the online version of a national spelling bee. the contest replaces the traditional spelling bee. congratulations to the winner. this is a live look at orlando from fox 35, are affiliate. one of the big stories there tonight, there's a 50/50 chance of favorable weather for tomorrow's reschedule base launch -- space launch, the first u.s. mission in nearly a decade. tomorrow's launch is scheduled for 3:22 p.m. eastern from florida, and you'll see it live if it happens. right here on fox news channel. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ fifty years ago, humpback whales were nearly extinct. they rebounded because a decision was made to protect them. making the right decisions today for your long-term financial future can protect you and your family, and preserve your legacy. ask a financial advisor how retirement and life insurance solutions from pacific life can help you plan for your future. and its mission is to give you truly transformative sleep. so, no more tossing and tu

that is why we have to provide all of the necessary support for science, for edison, for help. amy: brazil recorded nearly 700 new coronavirus deaths monday. it surpassed britain to become the third country wiwith the mot infections in the world reporting over 255,000 confirmed cases. only russia and the u.s. have more reported cases. of the nearly 17,000 fatalities in brazil, at least 116 were nurses who died battling the coronavirus. house democrats say friday''s ouster of state department inspector general steve linick may have been tied to an investigation into last year's arms deal with saudi arabia. in may of 2019, mike pompeo and president trump issued an emergency declaration to fast-track over $8 b billion woh of weapons sales to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates, bypassing congressional approval. the u.s.-backed, saudi and emirati-led war in yemen has caused a masassive humanititarin disaster with about 80% ofhehe yememeni populatioion now relian humamanitarian aidid amid widesd hunger.. an investigation into mike pompeo's misuse of a political appointee to ru

historian on q&a, a discusses his book the vagabonds about the road trips taken by henry ford and thomas edison. >> the idea came to take a car trip into the everglades. a lot of exotic plants and animal life and it would be an adventure. it was pointed out to them, that there is not really any roads there and it is dangerous and their alligators. and people could die. but they knew better. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon. there were snakes. were alligators. they fled. but they liked the idea. so it came about that they would take a trip once a year if they could, but with better planning, so disaster would be less likely. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. >> liftoff. watch live coverage of the launch of space x commercial crew test flight, marking the first launch of astronauts on 2011,an soil and a since tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, live on c-span. the countdown clock briefing with nasa administrator. wednesday, our live coverage of that space x crew dragon launch begins at 12:15 p.m. eastern, on c-span2. with liftoff at 4:30 p.m., as launch to thes

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historian jeff gwynn discusses the book the vagabonds about the road trips taken by henry ford and thomas edison. >> they would take a car trip into the everglades. it would be a lot of exotic plants and animal life and it would be an adventure. it was pointed out to them that there is not really any roads there and it is dangerous and there is alligators and worse and people could die. but they knew better. the trip lasted a day and a half. there was a monsoon. there were snakes. there were alligators. they fled but they liked the idea. and so it came about they would take a trip once a year if they could. but with a little better planning so disaster would be less looming. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a. >>> up next on lectures in history, university of nevada las vegas professor michael green talks about abraham lincoln and the 1860 presidential election, describing the political climate and the background on the other candidates and the deliberations at the party conventions.the mr. lincoln won the presidency over three other candidates wit just under 40% of the popular v

thomas edison's -- edison looked at 3,000 different fillments to invent one practical light bulb. it took him two years. we need to test 3,000 different combinations of compounds and we don't have two years. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom new york seek recognition? jeff edmondson i ask unanimous consent to address -- mr. jeffries: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. jeffries: mr. speaker, i respect those police officers in every community that are there to protect and serve. and those who have fallen in the line of duty. but we cannot tolerate police violence and we cannot tolerate police brutality. george floyd was murdered by an out-of-control police officer. hen will it end? a man, 42 shots, police officer found not guilty. sean bell, 50 shots, police officers found not guilty. eric garner, choked to death, police officers let go by the grand jury. decade after decade after decade . when will it end? this time must

and they can't, they didn't have thomas edison and they didn't have the american spirit of innovatione we do it differently because we have a system that tries to maximize personal freedom and individual liberties to go and see and explore. this sort of relationship is something new for us. certainly in regard to the space program but it's not new for us to be a country where innovators get a wild hair and they say you know what, i'm going for it and i'm going to try it. we still, thank god, live in a country where people can try. you can try. if you live in china, if you want to be an entrepreneur in china, be an inventor, you face a whole different set of restrictions and restraints and everything has to be approved through a very political very bureaucratic process in the central power. that's not been true in the united states and that's why innovation still lives here. >> bill: i want to bring in jennifer. i can see now, i want to check the rundown. around 3:56, and about 90 seconds, the dragon launch escape system is armed. this has a touchscreen cockpit. it is not 2,000 buttons

. >> henry ford and thomas edison took highly publicized camping trips together at the time of theire. present harding even joined them on one trip. next sunday on q&a, a historian discusses his book "the vagabond," about summer road trips taken between the summer of 1914 and 1925. next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic with white house briefings, updates from governors and congress, and our daily call-in program, "washington journal," hearing your thoughts about the crisis. if you miss any of our live coverage, watch anytime on-demand at c-span.org/coronavirus. coming up on today's "washington journal: we speak with "the hill's" reid wilson author on the coronavirus pandemic. afterwards we discussed key campaign 2020 with cook political report's jessica taylor. journal" is next. host: good morning on this monday, may 18. states across the country are reopening economies and lifting restrictions on activities like going to parks, golfing, dining out, shopping, and going to the gym.

they teamed up with the company founded by thomas edison. that is general electric. that's good stuff. that's good stuff. you put it altogether. they are all looking down right now and they would be very proud of what they see. began the production of 50,000 life-saving ventilators. a number that if you go back to us two, most people say it would be impossible to believe. the media is back there. they would've said a couple of months ago, the creation of that many ventilators would have been not a possible thing. every single one of these ventilators is made in the usa with american heart, american hands, and american pride. just as your great grandparents produced more than one model t every minute, just as your grandmothers and grandfathers -- >> neil: follow up on my president. we are going to have a very important guest with us they will echo what the president is doing. the top global operation president that this country has committed a little bit more than $1.2 billion to a possible vaccine that could be available on the market sooner rather than later. before

. >> henry ford and thomas edison took highly publicized camping trips together at the height of theirame. president warren g. harding joined them on one trip. next sunday on cumin day, historian jeff quinn discusses vagabonds," about these road trips. &a next sunday on c-span. federal reserve chair jerome powell and treasury secretary steven mnuchin testify remotely before the senate about the $2 trillion cares act, which passed in march, as part of the government's coronavirus response. live coverage begins tuesday on c-span. c-span.org. or you can listen on the free c-span radio app. next, we hear from british prime minister boris johnson on the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic and the reopening measures for the u.k.. to questions for the prime minister. i will call the prime minister to answer the engagement questions. boris johnson.

i didn't think it was the right person to do it but i did interview a wonderful woman named carol edison the head of the african american studies department at emory university. i hope you will read about her in the book because i was so struck by her and our conversation and i met her actually by chance at an evening events and i liked her so much we had such a fabulous conversation we agreed to talk the next day and i quickly bought one of her books and read it as much of it is i could we set down the next day and i said, i love your book is amazing. i also noticed you had 15 footnotes in the first two pages. she said, i'm a black woman, and not allowed to make any mistakes. nobody believes what i say anyway so everything i say has to be completely backed up and completely supported. she tells many more stories like that but i was very struck with that. being a white woman that wouldn't have occurred to me. i tried to take readers along with me as i make what may be a very nacve discovery maybe i should've known all of that before but hearing it from her and seeing some specifics reall

he talks about summer trips taken together by henry ford and thomas edison.t 9:00, prime minister's questions. this is tonight on c-span. q&a is. -- next. after, remarks from the south korean president to the world health assembly. that is followed by the chinese premier in an address to the national people's congress. he outlined the work of the government amid the coronavirus outbreak in efforts to combat the virus plus the political situation in hong kong and taiwan. announcer: congress is out of session through the holiday weekend. the house returns for legislative business on wednesday with proxy voting in effect for the first time. votes are planned on the covid-19 paycheck protection and on senate passed fisa reauthorization. on thursday, they will attempt to override a presidential veto of a measure dealing with forgiveness of some student loans. thursday, it is expected to be the last day of the week for votes. every few is meeting days in pro forma sessions during their weeklong memorial day recess. they will return for votes on monday, june 1, with