the ellen johnson sirleaf market fund and she did a lot of that.they were her biggest backers but there was asa push pull tension there. >> host: considering the pathway that a bullet took and the case that you talk about do you know what happened to the women? >> guest: the women were hit hugely because the women tended to be caregivers and ebola the biggest tragedy in my mind of ebola is the punishes you for caring about people. the people were family members of people who were health care workers are caregivers punished for helping people. it's going to hit a lot of women that way. that was a big part of the whole tragedy of ebola but liberians were able to pull themselves out of it. they were hit harder. liberia was hit harder because it got into monrovia. that was a big deal but liberia got through quicker than the other countries in part because of the women, in part because of madam president ellen johnson sirleaf. she had some huge missteps at the beginning of ebola epidemic. she didn't want her foreign investors and people who were looking

ellen johnson sirleaf they found the person vehicle for that. somebody with no qualms at all about flinging any dirt that the men fling at her with dirtier dirt. it was number thinks that supporters did. they bribed guys to give the voter id card so that when the men showed up they wouldn't be able to vote. all the young boys were voting for the football player. a lot of them, their moms stole their voter id cards so they couldn't vote. there were two rounds. the first front and the second rent a lot of young men didn't realize they would need to voter id card after the first ran to vote in the second rent. that's how the women were able to get around that. women were parked at bars up-and-down the highway, saying give me your card for a cold beer. give me your card for this. all this come at the polls women with pass the same baby around to give the women because you you were nursing mother, you could cut to the front of his ten hour lines and vote. they would pass the same baby around. there were all sorts of sneaky things. then there was this

it was just as perfect , so they were still a lot of suffrage. >> to get ellen johnson elected. >> after words airs on book tv every saturday at 10 pm and sunday at 9 pm eastern. you can watch all previous afterwards programs on our website, booktv.org. >> the third major character in this mess is william lloyd garrison and william lord garrison for those of you who are familiar, he led the abolitionist movement went on to become one of the most famous if not the most famous white male abolitionist in history. he was the founding editor of a periodical known as the liberator. and he also was involved in the founding of many of the principal and slavery societies that challenged slavery in 1830, 1840 and 1850s. and so this begins with a speech that he gave on independence day in 1829. and he gave the speech for the american colonization society and in 1820 the most prominent and powerful racial reform organization became the american colonization society, a society geared for ending free back black people back to africa. and thereby sort of encouraging the sort of gradual abolition of sla

liberia's first elected female president in her book "madam president: eastern area journey of ellen johnson surleaf." >> when did you first meet madame president? >> i have known about her all my life. -- she was theus minister of finance in the 1970's, 1979 to 1980 when the coup happened. i knew who the minister of finance was. she knew my parents. somebody that as a child growing up in liberia i had heard of. she was speaking truth to power. she was criticizing the same government that she worked for.

-- ellen johnson sirleaf." >> when did you first meet madame president?> i have known about her my whole life. >> what did you know. financeas minister of in 1979 and 1980 when the coup happened. i was 13, 14 so of course i knew who she was. she knew my parents and she was somebody that, as a child growing up in liberia i had heard of. she was always criticizing the same government she worked for. in 1985 when she was arrested and thrown into jail, i heard all about that. she became at this time sort of a political icon. atwatch afterwards tonight 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. monday night on the communicators, michael beckerman , president and ceo of the internet association made up of 40 internet companies including google, facebook, and amazon talks about new internet proposals from the fcc, and how to preserve a free and open internet. he is interviewed by margaret harding mcgill. >> it looks like the fcc is looking to remove the agency's control over internet traffic. can you explain why that might be a problem. >> at the end of the day i

the extraordinary journey of ellen johnson. ms. cooper is interviewed by congresswoman karen bass of california. >> when did you first meet meta- president? >> have known about her my life. >> she became famous in 1979 in 1980. i was 13 or 14 and i knew who the administer finance was. she knew my parents and so she was somebody as a child growing up i heard of. she speaking truth of power and criticizing the same government should work for. in 1985 when she was arrested and thrown into jail, i heard all about that. she became at this time a political icon. >> watch afterwards, sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span twos, book tv. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to today by your cable or satellite provider. >> this week marks the start of college placement exams and high schools across the u.s. on sunday, we spoke with two teachers about the u.s. government of politics example which will be administered tomorrow. this i

and presidency of liberia's first elected female president in her storymadam president, the of ellen johnsonirleaf. >> when did you first meet madame president? >> known about her all my life. >> she became famous -- it >> she was minister of finance. then i knew who the minister of parentswas, she knew my . she was somebody as a child growing up in liberia, she was always speaking truth to power, i was criticizing the state where she was born, -- always criticizing the state when she was born. then i heard all about her in jail, and she became a political icon. announcer 1: watch afterwords on "book tv." he once called for the removal ,f pluto as a planet, and today author and physicist neil degrasse tyson will be our guest on in depth. >> allow me to tell you that our moon, as small as it was compared to earth, is five times the mass of pluto. some people over here, pluto lovers were never told that, were you? welcome to the company of informed people regarding pluto. ,nnouncer 1: during the live three-hour conversation, we will take questions for mr. tyson and he is the director of the ha

presidency of the first elected female president in her book, madam president, the externa journey of ellen johnson . >> when did you first meet madam president? >> i have known about her all my life. famous in 1979, 1980. course ind 14, and of knew who the minister of finance was. somebody growing up in liberia that i had heard of peer she was always speaking truth to power and criticizing the same government she worked for. in 1985, she was arrested and thrown in jail. i heard all about that. she became at this time sort of a political icon. >> watch sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday 8:00 on lectures in history, messiah college professor john on the people and ideas that shaped the 1776 pennsylvania constitution. >> the continental congress, representative from all the all ofs, have instructed states, tos, now form new governments. >> sunday, fbi agents discuss president reagan following the 19 night -- 81 assassination attempt. >> i recognize those shots had gone off. i'll had a second to determine where those were co

liberia's first elected female president in her book "madam president: eastern area journey of ellen johnsonurleaf." >> when did you first meet madame president? >> i have known about her all my life. -- she was theus minister of finance in the 1970's, 1979 to 1980 when the coup happened. i knew who the minister of finance was. she knew my parents. somebody that as a child growing up in liberia i had heard of. she was speaking truth to power. she was criticizing the same government that she worked for. in 1985, she was arrested and thrown into jail, and i heard all about that. she became at this time sort of a political icon. >> watch afterwards, tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. c-span's newsmakers welcomes congress and peter defazio of oregon. he is the senior democrat on the transportation committee. joining us to ask questions is lauren gardner from politico and bogdanovich with bloomberg. we are recording this on thursday afternoon. a big vote in the house of representatives for the republican passing their health care legislation package by a couple of votes. i am won

"the new york times" reporter helene cooper exploder the life of liberian president, ellen johnson, the first democratically elected fee enemy gov. and history gov john kashich reflecting on this 2016 presidential campaign. in the coming weeks chris hayes will look at racial inequality in the united states. rachel snyder will report on our low and moderate income families manage money. nebraska senator ben sass will argue that america's youth are not prepared for adulthood and this weekend on "after words," stewart taylor will explore sexual assault on college campuses. >> they have sewn, the universes have sewn and the obama administration has shown, i think, resoundingly that they are incompetent at doing this, and that they are terribly biased. the incompetence is they don't know how to investigate. don't have subpoena power. don't do good scientific evidence. don't dig up evidence. they train their so-called adjudicators by telling them, almost all guys who do this are guilty. if the guy is persuasive and logical when he says he is innocent that's a sign of guilt. if he is not persu

and then ellen johnson they found the perfecting seem for that. somebody with no qualms at slinging dirt that the men slung at her that were dirtier dirt. so supporters bribed guys to give them the voter i.d. cards so when the men showed up they wouldn't be able to vote. all the young boys were vote going their football player, a lot of them their mom stole their voter i.d. cards. two round. the first round and second round and young men didn't realize they would need their voter i.d. card after the first round to vote in the second round so the -- >> what about the beer. >> they were d women were parked at bars up and down the highway, saying give me your card for a cold beer, give me a your card for this, and they did -- the polls there are women who pass the same baby around to different women's because if you were a measuring nature wow could cut to the front of the the ten-hour lines and vote in from so they pass the same baby around. all sorts of sneaky things and then this great -- they dug up this video that a football player head back whe

current state of healthcare, new york times reporter cooper explored the life of liberian president ellen johnson surly, the first democratically elected female president in african history and ohio governor john kasich reflected on his 2016 presidential campaign. in the coming weeks on afterwards, chris hayes will look at racial inequality in the united states, rachel schneider will report on how low and moderate income families manage money. nebraska senator ben sass will argue america's youth are not prepared for adulthood and on afterwards stuart taylor will explore sexual assault on college campuses. >> the obama administration has shown resoundingly they are incompetent at doing this, terribly biased. incompetent that they don't know how to investigate, don't have subpoena power, don't have scientific evidence, don't dig up evidence, they train their so-called adjudicators by telling them almost all guys who do this are guilty. if the guy is persuasive and logical when he says he is innocent that is a sign of guilt. if he is not persuasive and logical that too is a sign of guilt. so the que

liberia's first elected female president in her book "madam president: the extraordinary downof ellen johnson sirleaf." miss cooper is interviewed by karen bass, the top democrat on the foreign aaffairs subcommittee on africa. >> host: i must tell you i every minute of reading the book. >> guest: the best thing you can say to me. >> host: absolutely. when there's a book you really like, you're almost disappoint end when it comes to the end, and that's exactly the i felt in reading "madam president." it was very special to me because i certainly know president johnson sirleaf, and i thought i knew about her past and all but you went into such incredible detail about her rise, and it left me feeling, what an unbelievable leader she is, international leader. also made me want to ask about you. i know this isn't your first book you first book its "the house at sugar beach." >> guest: yes. i'm from liberia, and just to echo something you said, i thought i knew about her. i had heard about her all my life, even when she was political dissident. i was amazed how much i didn't know. i'm from liberia,

liberia's first elective female president good her book "madam president: the extraordinary journey of ellen johnson" she is entered view by congress month karen bass of california. >> when did you first meet madam president. >> i've known her all my life. >> did you know. >> she was famous -- she was mr. finance in 1979-1980 when he coup happened. at that time 13 and 14 and knew who the minister of finance was, she knew my parents parents ands somebody that as child growing up that it heard of, always peeking truth to power -- always speaking truth to power and criticizing the same government she worked for and then in 1985 when she was arrested and thrown into jail i heard about that and the became a political icon. >> watch "after words" sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's booktv. >> now, veterans affairs secretary david shulkin testifies at a house appropriations subcommittee oversight hearing on his department's operations. this is two hours and 20 minutes. >> good morning, we're placed to welcome back a good friend,

liberia's first elected phenol president in her book "out of president:" the extraordinary journey of ellen johnson early." she's interviewed by congressman karen bass of california. >> when you first meet that a president? >> i've known about her all my life. -- she was theus minister of finance in 1979, 1980 when the coup happened. i need to the minister of finance was. she knew my parents. she was somebody that as a child growing up in liberia i had heard of. she was speaking truth to power, always criticizing the same government she worked for. in 1985 when she was arrested and thrown into jail, i heard all about that. she became at this time a political icon. >> watch afterwards, tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >> american history tv was at a organization of american historians in the meeting in new orleans where we spoke with historian kate epstein about the history of the relationship between the u.s. military and the private sector. interview focuses on her book "torpedo: inventing the military-industrial complex in the united states and great britain." this interview is

ellen johnson surley. and so there are other places they are really on the front lines and do everything we can to institutionalize that and i'm going to publicly request that this administration not end our efforts making women's rights opportunities central to foreign policy. >> so then i don't need to ask you, i was going to ask you what you made of the proposed cuts to the women issues and platforms that you started and what you make of the distinct lack of any women as the security and defense and peace table of this current administration. >> well, i'm hoping that voices like many of yours in this room and i would say bipartisan, voices will speak up for the diplomacy and development. i know that secretary of defense mattis understands that. he has spoken out and said you cut the state department, you're going to have to buy me more ammunition. because you cannot talk about pursing that will be to the benefit of the united states to our security, to our values and interests without understanding, the

the first on the continent of africa, ellen johnson surly.nd so there are other places where women being involved has made a difference and what we have to do is to raise up organizations like women for women international, that are really on the front lines and do everything we can to institutionalize that and i am going to publicly request that this administration not end our efforts making women's rights and opportunities central to american foreign policy and national [ inaudible ]. [ applause ] >> so i don't need to ask you, i was going to ask you of what you made to the severe proposed cuts to the state department, to the usid budget and women's issues and platforms you started and what you make of the distinct lack of any women, most women, at the security and defense and peace table of this current administration? >> yeah. well i'm hoping that voices like many of yours in this room and i would say bipartisan, nonpartisan voices, will speak up for the work of diplomacy and development. i know that secretary of defense mattis understand

library is first elected female president in her book, madam president, the extra new journal of ellen johnson. she is interviewed by karen bass of california. >> and you first meet madam president? >> i have known about are all my life. she became famous -- she was minister of finance in 1979. at that time, i am 13 or 14. she knew my parents. as a childebody growing up in liberia, she was always speaking truth to power. she was also criticizing the government. in 1985 when she was arrested, i heard all about that. she became a political icon. >> watch after words, sunday tv.t on c-span twos book next, a conversation on the high school advanced basement u.s. government exam. from washington journal, this is 55 minutes.

liberia's first elected female president in her book adam president: the extraordinary journey of ellen johnson certainly. ms. cooper is interviewed by congresswoman karen bass of california. >> when did you meet adam president chris martin smack i knew about her all my life. >> what did you know about her? >> when the coup happened in 1980, i was 13 or 14 and i knew who the minister of finance was. she knew my parents and she was somebody that as a child growing up in liberia, i have heard of, she was speaking truth to power, she was criticizing the same government that she worked for and in 1985 when she was arrested and thrown in jail by samuel godin, i heard all about that and she became at this time a political icon. >> watch "after words" sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span to book tv. >> now a deputy assistant to the president sebastian gorka speaks on the effort to combat isis. he spoke of the republican national lawyers association conference. this is 45 minutes. >> come on up. [applause]yo i didn't intend to make you

liberia's first elected female president in her book "madam president, the extraordinary journey of ellen johnson-sirleaf." miss cooper is interviewed by congresswoman karen bass of california. >> when did you first meet madam president? >> i've known about her all my life. >> what did you know? >> she became famous -- well, she was minister of finance in 1979 when the coup happened. at that time, i'm 13, 14, of course i knew who the minute is of finance was. she was somebody that as a child growing up in liberia i'd heard of. she was always speaking truth to power. she was always, you know, criticizing the same government she works for. and then in 1985 when she was arrested and thrown into jail by samuel dough, i heard all about that. she became at this time sort of a political icon. >> watch after words sunday night at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >> president trump has nominated iowa governor terry bran stead to be the next ambassador to china. yesterday the governor testified before the senate foreign relations committee on his relationship with the chinese president, china's role with nort

also being honoured was doctor ellen 0choa, the first hispanic woman in space, and now the director of the johnsonf the first pieces of advice i got when ijoined the astronaut office was, ok, don't worry, there's really only two ways to mess up as an astronaut. number one, failing to follow the procedure is exactly as written, and number two, following the procedures exactly as written. laughter so, nasa's hall of fame grows ever larger. a collection of individuals, but also a team who have the right stuff. tim holman, bbc news. in a moment we will have the national bulletin with reeta chakrabarti. but first,... whether it's french champagne or italian prosecco, the uk's love of fizz shows no sign of slowing down. but the technique for making it was first documented not by a frenchman or an italian — but by a 17th century scientist in england. nick higham has more. some call it "brit fizz," or simply bubbly. its proper name is ‘english sparkling wine', and it is just like champagne. the french will tell you the method was discovered by a frenchman. a monk called dom perignon in 1967. but here in w

prize winning journalist helene cooper in her book madam president, the extraordinary journey of ellen johnson surleaf. sheez rr interviewed by karen bass of california. >> when did you first meet madam president? >> known about her all my life. she became famous -- well, she was minister of finance in 1979/1980 when the coup happened. by that time i'm 13 or 14 and knew who the minister of finance was. she knew my parents. she was somebody that, as a child growing up in liberia i'd heard of. she was always criticizing the same government that she worked for and in 1985 when she was arrested and thrown to jail by samuel dough i heard all about that and she became at this time

liberia's first elected female president in her book, madame president: the ordinary journey of ellen johnson surly, ms. cooper's interviewed by congresswoman karen bass of california. >> when did you first meet madame president chris mark. >> i've known about her all my life. >> what did you know about her? >> she became famous in 1979, 71980, i was 13 or 14. i knew who the minister of finance was. she knew my parents and so, she was somebody that as a child growing up in liberia, she was always speaking truth to power, she was always criticizing the same government that she worked for and then in 1985 when she was arrested and thrown into jail by samuel godin, i heard all about that and she became, at this time, a political icon. >> watch "after words", sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv

is first elected female president in her book "madame president: the extraordinary journey of ellen johnson sirleaf."