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the history of the statue of liberty and commencements this is from newark mayor cory booker and elon musk. it starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> for a very specific reason, want to focus on two men in my life who were at my graduation and i know they would like to be here today but for reasons i will mention later, they could not make the trip. these two men are my dad and my grandfather. they taught me what it means to be a man. they both are these outrageous spirits with the corn is jokes imaginable and they would show up to my graduation and both of them would be a stereophonic bad joke teller machine as they would way into may. my grandfather would sidle up to me and say, the tassel is worth the hassle. course, he would look for the program and say i see you're not magna cum laude, thank you come lawdy, i'm out of here. >> will have discussions on the statue of leadliberty. it all starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> vice president joe biden and his wife spoke tuesday to the annual meeting of the national education association, the nation's largest labor union. on monday,

and commencement speeches from the mayor of newark and from elon musk. >> this weekend, had to the state capital named in honor of thomas jefferson in jefferson city, missouri. literary life. former senator and first lady jean carnahan on life inside the governor's mansion. also, if revisions list from ancient mesopotamia to the university of missouri special collection. the stories behind eight miniature battle linnaean tablets. and sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern -- back at one time in 1967, this is called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> a former wouldn't take you through the historian is a historic missouri state penitentiary. -- a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. and this week and from jefferson city, saturday at noon and sunday at 5:00 eastern on c- span2 and 3. >> now discussion on a recent book that makes the case for american except journalism. this is 30 minutes. lism.erican exceptional i host: what inspired this book for you? guest: we sat around and were listening to all the gloom and doom and without that this was such an extraordina

the history of the stat you've liberty and commencement speeches from newark mayor cory booker and elon musk, the creator of the tesla car and papal. >>> caroline kennedy campaigned in new hampshire last week in support of president obama's re-election campaign. she spoke to supporters in nashua about the similarities between this year's election and her father's run for the presidency in 1960. this event at the obama campaign new hampshire headquarters was part of her two-day tour of the state. this is about 30 minutes. >> hello, everyone, and thank you all so much for joining us here tonight. my name is dave tencza, and i have the pleasure of introducing the wonderful caroline kennedy to you tonight. before i turn it over to her, though, i want to say a few quick words about why i'm here and many of you are here as well, besides the fact we are here just to admire caroline. in 2008, we came together to support candidate barack obama. the reason, i think the reason many of us came together was because we had a shared vision about what's best for our country. we wanted to reclaim that basic

commencement speeches from new york mayor, cory booker, and he long must -- elon musk. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> we had pulled into the spot that morning. >> the former commanding officer of the u.s.s. cole on the events surrounding al qaeda's october 2attacks. >> i was doing routine paperwork when there was a thunderous explosion. you could feel all 505 feet and 8,400 tons of destroyer thrown up to the right. it is like the home in the air while the ship was doing this three dimensional twisting. we came back down in the water. lights went out. ceiling tiles came and popped out. everything on my desk lifted up a foot and slammed back down. i grabbed the underside of my desk until the ship stopped moving and i could stand up. >> more with lippold at 8:00 p.m. on sunday. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this week, we have a spotlight on foreign news operations. we kick things off on monday with al jazeera. yesterday, we heard from which a vella -- deutsche welle. today, we looked voice of america, which funds and as the official -- functions

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the elon musk and later, live coverage of president obama and ohio. in 45 minutes, a look at the potential cost of medicaid to states and the federal government. the former congressional budget office director and president of the american action form is our guest. at 8:30 eastern, we will talk about the new book of christopher hayes. it explores the idea that the current economic crisis is limited to cultural inequality. at 9:00 to

also a commencement speech from elon musk. it all starts at 8:00 p.m.>> tomorrow, former cbo director douglas holtz-eakin on the potential cost of medicaid in light of the supreme court decision on the health care law. then, author and host christopher hayes discusses his new book, "twilight of the lease." then, a look at the degree of freedom to report in china. "washington journal" live thursday at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> we pulled in that morning at around 9:30. >> the former commanding officer of the uss coral on the events octobering al qaeda's 2000 attack. >> i was at my desk when there was a thunderous explosion. you could feel all 500 feet thrust and to the right. it seemed like weeks -- were hanging in the air. we came back down in the water, the lights went out, ceiling tiles popped out, and i've literally bread the underside of my desk until the ship stopped moving and i could stand up. >> more, sunday at 8:00 on c- span's "q&a. >> next, remarks from house minority leader nancy pelosi, as she reflects on 25 years in congress. she

plus a commencement speech from elon musk. it is all starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> coming up tonight on c-span, vice president biden speaks before the national education association, the nation's largest labor union. and it panel of reporters review the supreme court's term. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> vice-president joe biden and his wife spoke with the national education association. this is 40 minutes. [cheers and applause] >> welcome! are you ready for a great day? i endorsed and the lines were better, yes? i was just thinking -- if a vice president biden wants to return as the reelected vice president of the united states, we know how to do it right. [applause] now it is my great honor to introduce a very special guest. actually, she doesn't really seem like a guest at all. she seems more like family because she is a lifelong indicator and a former member of the national education association. [applause] most americans know jill biden as the second lady

then remarks by elon musk. >> the anniversary of the dedication of the statue of liberty. he spoke at the museum of jewish heritage in new york city. gthis is just over an hour. >> good evening, and welcome. i am happy to introduce a brand and just a note but we are being taped by c-span, so when we get questions at the end, we will want to entertain them, so i will call you at that point. he is the director of french studies at nyu. he is the author of five other books. in 1999 he received the distinguished teaching award. we are particularly lucky to be one of the sites to discuss his new book, and this is something we have been looking forward to for over a year now. he has been indelibly linked with the poem at the statue of liberty. good he has worked on the exhibition on display until the end of 2012, and i am pleased he here to share his inside. one reason we decided to do this is this is a big year. we are into the year 125 years into the dedication, so it is a perfect time for your book to come out, and i think very few people really know where the idea came from

changed news coverage, and commencement speeches from newark mayor cory booker and the law and must -- elon musk about the elector car from teselle. it all starts today on c-span. >> will have live coverage thursday at xv a.m. of the president. on friday, you can't see -- at 11:00 a.m. of the president. on friday, you can see him and a pennsylvania. > >> earlier this year a panel of medal of honor winners talked about the importance o community service and the values that they feel make america great. this is one hour, 20 minutes. before we -- >> before we start our discussion, it is tradition to honor our men and women in uniform to the pledge of allegiance. please rise. >> by -- i pledge allegiance to the flight of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> thank you, and please be seated. before i invite our special guests to the stage, i would like to point out just a few of the people in the audience who are here to suggest that learning does not as a surly stop when the bell rings, or when

social media has changed news coverage and commencement speeches from newark mayor cory booker and elon musk starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> we had pulled into a refill of 9:30 and had more the ship to appear in the harbor. . >> the former commanding officer on the uss cole. i was turned back to my desk doing routine paperwork. there was a thunderous explosion. you could feel all 505 feet and 80 -- 800 tons of destroyer thrust up and to the right. it was like we seemed to hang for a second in the air and this ship was doing three-dimensional twisting in the came back in the water and lights went out and ceiling tiles popped out everything on my desk lifted up about a foot fence -- and dropped down for it i grabbed the underside of my desk until the ship stopped moving. >> more with the former commander at 8:00 on sunday on cspan's "q &a." >> "washington journal" continues. majorwe're joined now by general david berger from helmand province in afghanistan. there is a bed of a delay if you call in. thank you for being with us, sir. what is your job? guest: i am here in helmund and my

we will also have commencement speakers from elon musk, the founder of tesla. >> of the life of a sailor means scrubbing the deck in the morning, working on a sales, whatever the duties that are assigned. at the end of the day, you are ready for some rest. you do not get a full eight hours of sleep. it is four hours on and four hours off. >> the life of a man on -- >> it was always carried by a petty officer. the thing a sailor never wanted to see was a petty officer who is getting ready for a flogging. >> and former ambassador to afghanistan, he is criticizing the obama administration for not protecting what he called an image of steadiness in afghanistan. he spoke at the brookings institute. this is 90 minutes. >> good morning. welcome to brookings. thank you for coming out on the third of july in these difficult times of commuting and the weather. we appreciate your commitment to the afghan mission. we appreciate a commitment of the two gentlemen here and the men and women in uniform and civilian the time here. i am from brookings. we will spend the next 90 minutes talking about natio

elon musk deliver the commencement address at the california institute of technology in pasadena. he gives advice to the caltech class of 2012. [applause] >> all right guesi'd like to thk you for leaving "crazy person out of the description." [laughter] -- for leaving "crazy person" out of the description. [laughter] i thought perhaps to tell a story of how i came to be here, how some of these things happened, and maybe there are some lessons there, because i often find myself wondering, how did this happen? when i was young, i did not really know what i was going to do when i got older. people kept asking me. but then i thought that the idea of inventing things would be really cool. the reason i thought that was because our red -- i read a quote from arthur c. clarke -- "significant the advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." the things we can do today you would be burned at the stake for. being able to fly, that is crazy. being able to see over long distances, being able to communicate, having effectively, with the internet, a group of mind of sorts, and having acc