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>Ñ craig, we also asked our crewers to submit questions via our facebook page, facebook.com/c-span history one of those questions is from bob who writes, barely two decades after he was secretary of navy, major battles were fought in the pacific by two nations that had theny=÷ basics our modern aircraft carriers. what weapons systems that would have been considered futuristic by the standards of the day were already in development by the end of the first world war? >> the british had developed a hybrid ship, the battle cruisers that were a mixture of a faster battleships. in order to get the speed of the cruisers, they had omitted some of the armor, and daniels did not feel like those ships had done very well in performance in the first world war. they were -- their protection was too shallow, so the united states and the building programs that he had gotten through congress, which i mentioned earlier, had included some of these large battleship type ships that were -- had lighter armor and, therefore, faster speeds. but once he saw that those ships were not -- could not stand up to the gu

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a lot of you weighing in on our facebook page at facebook.com/c-span and send us a tweet at c-span wj. linda sanchez is the next claire of the congressional hispanic caucus and talks about the president's actions on immigration earlier this year. here is a portion of the program which airs at the top of the hour at 10:00 o'clock eastern time. >> i think the president deserves a b plus. there are areas which we obviously would have liked more done on immigration. clearly, the president has limited by certain legal precedent but we think he has been receptive on the issue, far, far, far more receptive than the republican leadership and the house has been in their delay and stalling tactics and promising they want to work on comprehensive immigration, renege okay that and sitting on their hands and pointing a finger of blame. i think the president has been solid. i think he understands the issue. i think he really, fundamentally understands what's at stake for the hispanic communities and so i think he is done over all a pretty decent job host: our guest on newsmakers, we hope you tune i

leave your comments on the facebook page facebook.com/c-span. and on twitter #c-span chat. some of the other members are arriving so it looks like it could start any moment now. elijah cummings. >> i want to welcome everyone. i want to apologize to our two witnesses and to everyone else who's been waiting. just blame me for the delay. that would be the quickest and easiest thing to do. i'll do my best to start on time henceforth. this is hearing number two, reviewing efforts to secure u.s. department diplomatic facilities and personnel. the committee will come to order. chairman notes a quorum for taking testimony pursuant to the appropriate house resolution number and house rule number, i want to recognize myself for the opening statement. in september of 2012, four of our fellow americans were killed and others were injured in an attack on our facility in benghazi, libya. shawn smith, tyrone woods, glenn doherty and ambassador chris stevens died under circumstances most of us can not fathom. fire, violence, the weaponry of war. i want to read something and i want to ask m

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following the news conference this afternoon, we will get your facebook.com/ -- facebook.com/c-span.p, the president wraps later this afternoon, he and the first family are departing the white house, heading to hawaii. for the next couple of weeks, the president will be back in early january. just today, getting a letter from the speaker of the house inviting him to deliver the state of the union address. that will be on january 20, at 9:00 eastern. we will have live coverage of that as well, here on c-span. [no audio] >> waiting to hear from president obama and his year-end news conference. a number of news organizations typically pose questions they would like to ask the president at these news conferences. amy barnes and justin think of the hill.com writing in five questions. this one on cuba -- will the new cuban policy in both the new castro regime, and worsen human rights abuses in the country? they also pose a question about north korea, they talked about the fbi finding on that hacking of sony pictures. also the question they would like to ask about capitol hill -- how will t

you can weigh in on facebook, go to facebook.com/c-span, or use twitter using the #cspanchat. just waiting for the committee hearing to start here momentarily. >>> committee on homeland security will come to order. committee's meeting today to hear testimony from secretary jeh johnson on the administration's recent executive actions to grant temporary relief to millions of unlawful immigrants and the effect such actions will have on the security of our nation's borders. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. today we are here to talk about illegal immigration and the grave consequences of the administration's recent actions to bypass congress. immigration reform is an emotional and divisive issue. there's no doubt about that. but the president's unilateral actions to bypass congress undermine the constitution and threaten our democracy. let me be clear -- our immigration system is broken and we need to fix it. america has always stood proudly as a beacon for hope for millions who are seeking a better life. and we should work hard to keep it that way. but regardless o

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join the conversation on facebook.com/c-span or send an e-mail to journal at c-span.org. house narrowly passes bill to avoid shutdown. $1.1 trillion in spending. vote.6 was the inside the new york times story, the final vote was a blow to nancy pelosi. elizabeth warned lead the dodd frank rollback. led thebeth warren opposition to the dodd frank rollback. postponing action on the spending bill until next year would not have been good for either party. republicans were eager to get the package behind them so they can start 2015 with a fresh agenda. it' steve scalise said the boat set the stage for the battle with the president over his immigration action. we want to hear from you this morning. what do you think the senate should do? what do you think of the house passed bill? cq roll call, what is happening in the senate today? now that there was the agreement that you just discussed and the house has mnibus the so-called cro spending bill, what we are one -- what we are going to see first, there is going to be some end of the year business. we are looking forward to the ,

you can also post your comments on facebook.com/c-span. tom, you support the bill so what are your thoughts? >> i am shocked. you know something? let me tell you something, i was shocked. >> what shocked you? it almost gave me a heart attack. support of this, were you surprised by how long it took? >> i'm surprised. >> go ahead. >> i was surprised and i just want to say thanks to the house. the measure passing and the house and headed to the senate, let's hear what thomas thinks. you are on the line for those who oppose the measure. >> i think the measure is a travesty in many dimensions -- not just the last minute adding to allow the banks to put our financial system at risk. in terms of the immigration situation, they continue to spend billions of dollars helping immigrants to come to this country and take advantage and the major complaint of helping them find the way home is that it would be too expensive, that is ridiculous. >> thank you for the call, thomas. sam, you're on the line for others. i am here and i agree with the previous c

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you can also make a comment via social media at c-span wj is our twitter handle or join the conversation on facebook.com/c-span. journal@c-span.org is our e-mail. "the financial times" leads with this editorial this morning. sony surrender is a setback for free speech. do you agree with that? guest: well, i certainly do. because any time you have a foreign government being able to affect discourse in the united states and especially in this way, with the threats that were made, clearly, this is a setback for free speech. the other question is what should sony have done? like everybody else, i would have liked to have seen sony keep the movie, but i can understand why they might have legal liability. they acted like most any company would act. really, it's not their responsibility to defend liberty in the united states. that responsibility belongs to the federal government and the obama administration and congress. so, clearly, we don't like what sony did. we don't like what paramount pictures did with that other movie, "team america world police" but the point is that it's not their responsibility to de

considering a walk to run the most and this from jim -- too, and can weigh in, offer your comments at facebook.com/c-span, or send us a tweet at #cspanchat. ashton carter has served as deputy defense secretary from 2011 to 2013. he taught at harvard and has degrees in physics from yale and oxford. he has also written a number of books on missile defense and national security. >> and content, who recently retired as abc news white house her over 40t, on years covering the white house and administrations of gerald ford through barack obama. listenat and watched him to second graders go through their drill, and he interrupted the president, and i was stunned. he whispered, "nobody interrupts the president, even in front of second graders." the president stood and said he had to go. then we heard, we discovered, that it was two planes down. crashes in new york. ari fleischer came out to the pool. the parking lot outside the school, and since they read here, the president will talk to the pool. there are live cameras in the cafeteria. the president has to speak there. he did not want to scare the children, bu

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join the conversation at facebook.com/c-span. >>> a discussion on immigration reform and the president'snt executive action on immigration. it's from today's "washington journal." >> a conservative and compassionate approach to immigration reform is the new book by former attorney general alberto gonzales and david strange. judge gonzalez joins us from nashville, tennessee, where he is dean of the belmont ski s1 f law. judge gonzalez, we'll judge will get into the book in a second. i want to ask a couple of questions about the cia and the interrogation and what's been going on here in washington. sir, what was your role when it came to approving or knowing about the interrogation techniques used? >> sure. well, i'm not sure these are the kinds of questions that can be discussed very quickly, as you said in your introduction. i'm happy to talk about them. i was whitehouse counsel, of course, in 2002 when discussions about enhanced techniques began. and they relate d to -- george tenant, who was cia director, felt strongly that he had information about pending attacks. and needed to find

. >>> you can weigh in as well and read more comments, facebook.com/c-span. >>> we will be hearing from nfl executive troy vincent and others. we will have that live at 2:30 eastern here on c-span 3. and president obama in washington, d.c. today scheduled to visit soldiers at walter reed medical center as well as visiting the national institutes of health to meet with researchers trying to develop an ebola vaccine. we will be streaming that live on c-span.org. >>> the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv on the road traveling to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend we partnered with time warner cable for a visit to waco, texas. >> as we began to receive the vinyl to be digitized and saved we began turning over the b sides of the 45s that we received. first off, gospel music was not widely heard in the white community. it would only be the hits if that. the b or flip side would be heard even less. what we discovered was how many of the b side songs were directly related to the civil rights movement. since there are few databases and

you can go to facebook.com/c span. we will begin with breaking news. cnn reporting ash carter expected to be the defense secretary nominee. if you go to wikipedia, it says he oversaw more than 600 billion per year. managed global 24/7 operations. in his five years in the pentagon, he served in the number two and number three position. he formulated the current dod investment strategies. you can weigh in on what is president obama's nominee for defense secretary. washington post reporting procurement policies will be scrutinized. of a first casualties was the crusader artillery program, canceled after the pentagon spent more than 2 billion on it. more than twice the amount had been sunk into that account. in 2000 one, and 2011, the -- thatdepartment spent never became operational. for evidence of a procurement look no 4ey say they -- no further than the major programs moving forward. the story goes on to say that ther the new leadership, two are looking at the registration to overhaul the program. john mccain expected to take the helm of the senate arme

send us a tweet@c-span or go to facebook.c facebook.com/c-span and e-mail us: journal@c-span.org. we want to show you what the speaker of the house had to say yesterday talking to reporters about the options that republicans have on immigration. host: . host: /* this is a serious breach of constitution, to our system of government. frankly, we have limited options, limited abilities to deal with it directly. but that's why we are continuing to talk to our members. we have not made decisions about how we are going to proceed. host: speaker of the house speaking about the occasions they have. joining us is mike willis, a staff writer with "the hill newspaper." mike, what is the plan right now? caller: he said he hasn't decided on anything concrete. the thing they are leaning towards is a two-step process, and it would be two separate bills. the first would address the immigration executive order directly. this is a conservative bill that would basically say it could exempt people from deportation. host: that's a symbolic measure because the senate is controlled by the democrats and

c-span history. connect on facebook at facebook.com/cspan history where you can leave comments and check out our upcoming programs at our website, c-span.org/history. ♪ >>> in the fourth of a five-part look at hollywood directors who made films for the u.s. government during world war ii we feature director william wyler and "thunderbolt," a 42-minute documentary he made for the u.s. army air force about a squadron of p-47 fighter planes stationed in italy. mr. wyler also directed the popular world war ii documentary "the memphis belle" filled inside b-17 flying fortress bombers on missions over nazi germany. first, to provide context, we speak to author and film historian mark harris. >> a new book out by author mark harris "five came back" a story of hollywood and the second world war, and among the directors featured is william wyler. mark harris is joining us to explain this book and this director during world war ii. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> who was william wyler? what's his background? >> of the five directors about whom i write, wyler was the only jew. he was an immigr

c-span history. connect on facebook at facebook.com/cspan history where you can leave comments and check out our upcomingy. ♪ >>> in the fourth of a five-part look at hollywood directors who made films for the u.s. government during world war ii we feature director william wyler and "thunderbolt," a 42-minute documentary he made for the u.s. army air force about a squadron of p-47 fighter planes stationed in italy. mr. wyler also directed the

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c-span history. connect on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory where you can leave some comments. and check out upcoming programs at our website c-span.org/history. >>> each week american history tv's reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. in the last of a five-part look at hollywood directors who made films for the u.s. government during world war ii, we feature director john houston and the battle of san pietro a 32 minute film depicting the 1943 battle which destroyed the town of san pietro, italy. praised for a realistic portray portrayal of a battle that killed over 1,000 americans the film was composed almost entirely of re-enacted scenes. before showing the film we speak with film historian mark harris. the book is titled "five came back: a story of hollywood and the second world war" and joining us from new york is mark harris. as we look at some of the leading directors from this time period including john houston. what can you tell us about him? >> well houston was a really fascinating, larger than life figure. his career in h

c-span's american his try tv. follow us on twitter @c-span history. connect with us on facebook at facebook.com/cspan history. where you can leave comments, too. and check out our upcoming programs at our website, c-span.org/history. >> new year's day on the c-span networks. here are some of our featured programs. 10:00 a.m. eastern, the washington ideas forum. energy conservation with david crane. business magnate t. boone pickens. cake love owner warren brown. and inventor dean cayman. at 4:00 p.m. eastern the brooklyn historical society holds a conversation on race. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern from the explorer's club, apollo seven astronaut walt cunningham on the first manned space flight. new year's day on c-span2, just before noon eastern, author hector tobar on the 33 men that were buried in a chilean mine. and at 3:00 p.m. eastern richard norton smith on the life of nelson rockefeller. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern. former investigative correspondent for cbs news sharyl attkisson on her experiences reporting on the obama administration. new year's day on american history tv on c-span3, at 10:00 a.m. eastern

c-span's american history tv. we want to hear from you. follow us on twitter. @c-span history. connect with us on facebook. facebo facebook.com/cspanhistory. or you can leave comments, too. check out our upcoming programs at our website, cspan.org. /history. >>> we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern for a look at "history bookshelf" watch as the country's best-known american history writers of the past decade talk about their books. again, that's "history book shelf" every saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >>> here's a look at some of the programs you'd find christmas day on the c-span networks. holiday festivities start at 10:00 a.m. eastern with the lighting of the national christmas tree. followed by the white house decorations with the first lady michelle obama. and the lighting of the capitol tree. >>> just after 12:30 p.m. celebrity activists talk about their causes. >>> then at 8:00, samuel alito and former florida governor jeb bush on the bill of rights and the founding father. on c-span2 at 10:00 a.m.

an we want to hear from you follower us on twitter, c-span history facebook.com/history. and check out the upcoming programs on our website, cspan.org/history. th we show you the most rel lept policy affairs events on weekends, c-span 3 is american y, inc history tv, six unique series, y. the civil war, visiting battle discover fields, american artifacts, and and the presidency looking at the policies and legacies of the commander in chief. what college professionals are delving into . >>> next, mers he university professor chester fontenot examines the life and legacy of booker t. washington. he talks about washington's early years at tuskegee university and looked at his ideological platform which encouraged african-americans to establish their own economic base while washington helped create many institutions for african-americans such as the national negro business league, he also had opposition to his ideas, both during his lifetime and since. fontenot also compared ideas and tactics of booker . >> some of you disagree he was the figure i insisted that he wh is. i mad

facebook.com/cspanhistory where you can leave comments. check out our upcoming programs on- our website. >> new year's day on the c-span networks, here are some of the featured programs, the washington ideas forum. energy conservation with david crane. business magnate t. boone pickens. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, the brooklyn historical society holds a conversation on race. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern from the explorers club, apollo seven astronaut object first man to space flight. new year's day on c-span 2, just beforen in author hector tobar three men buried in a mine. richard norton smith on the life of nelson rockefeller. then former investigative responder for cbs news sheryl ad kinson on her experiences reporting on the obama administration. new year's day on american history tv on c-span 3, at 10:00 a.m. eastern. wanita on her experiences and the role of women in the civil rights movement. at 4:00 p.m., brooklyn college professor benjamin carp between alcohol and politics. then at 8:00 p.m. cartoonist draws ten characters at historian david discusses the presidents and some of their most memorable qualities. new year's day on the c-span netw

c-span's american history tv. we want to hear from you. follow us on twitte twitter @cspanhistory. facebook.com/cspanhistory. or check out c-span.org/history. >>> we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. be with us every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern for lectures in history. join students in the classroom to hear lectures on campuses across the country on topics ranging from the american revolution to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. again that's lectures in history every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >>> up next on american history tv, history professor leah vandervelt talks about a supreme court case of 1987. scott attempted to sue his owner, after being moved to a free state by their former master. the court ruled that slave or free blacks could not sue in federal court because they could not be u.s. citizens. professor vandervelde talks about the repurr cushiercussion decision. this is anho

c-span's american history tv. we want to hear from you. follow us on twitter @c-span history. connect with us on facebook at facebook.com/cspanhistory. or you can leave comments, too. and check out our upcoming programs at our website, c-span.org/history. >>> here on c-span3 all this week we're featuring american history tv programming and we'd like to get your thoughts on our shows e-mail us at americanhistorytv@c-span.org to leave your comments and suggestions. >>> we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern for a look at history bookshelf. watch as the country's best-known american history writers of the past decade talk about their books. that's history bookshelf every saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >>> here's a look at some of the programs you'll find christmas day on the c-span networks. holiday festivities start at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span with the lighting of the national christmas tree. followed by the white house christmas decorations with first lady michelle obama. and the lighting of the capitol christmas