so fulbright is elected yet again but johnson takes time to write fulbright, and fulbright had opposed many key initiatives at this point, but he said, i know we disagreed on many things but we were both really doing the best we could for the country. what we are looking at here are two photographs of many, senator fulbright with the other famous politician from arkansas, bill clinton. bill clinton and bill fulbright had a close and friendly and very warm relationship for decades. these are two photographs from fulbright's papers that show fulbright at the very end of his career, almost at the end of his after bill clinton has ascended as the most powerful politician arkansas. -- powerful politician in arkansas. he and bill clinton are sharing a war moment on the dais. later,ouple of years bill clinton has become president in 1992, in this photograph is from 1993 and clinton has the honor of presenting the presidential medal of freedom to his idol and mentor, bill fulbright. , and what cancord nations due to really invest in the future. he saw a long way beyond his state of arkansas. n

signing the fulbright act. this is the act that establishes what question come to understand to be the foughtbright program later. then sin thence school from around the world, more than 150 countries participate in the fulbright program. it is one of the most impactful international exchange programs in the history of the world. so he was elected to the house of representatives for northwest arkansas, representing news d.c. in 1942. just left his role as university pratt, university of arkansas, and he was only a rep from 1942 until 1944. but within that time he did some pretty impressive things. he started -- laid the groundwork for the fulbright program later and also was instrumental in the united states participation in what we have come to understand as the the unite nations and he encouragings the united states to help establish this international body to resolve issues, to help nations get along to use diplomatic solutions instead of -- real to avoid another world world war. so he was a very young repre

to learn more about the life and accomplishments of jay william fulbright. >> james william fulbright was a long time serving in arkansas from 1944 to 1974, 30 years. before that he was a u.s. representative from or fall, arkansas area produced president of the university of arkansas, and the youngest president in the united states at the time from 1939-1949 with the department of justice. he was a rhodes scholar, distinguished graduate alum at the university of arkansas, star football player, and writer, an amazing guy. he was a very distinguished god, lots of important stuff, with lasting implications. he was the leader of international affairs. he was the longest-serving chair of the foreign relations committee, which particular during the cold war, but always in the united states and in the world. he controlled a lot of budget, the key negotiations with diplomatic policy, so he had that role. he was also a fierce advocate for the state and the people of arkansas. so as a representative he was a dynamic poetical figure appeared as u.s. senator he was was a leading figure nationally

had, ever fulbright thee i was there, had taken position that forces not going to cause people to love each other or to tolerate each other will stop what is going to get them to that point is education, education and superior education. what needs to be done is that the black schools ought to be equal, not just separate but equal, and they are not. and you are not going to able to forces issue and come out with be happyhat you would with. >> david lambert ended up being on the board of world food organization that the time. their effort was due make sure children did not starve to death. very exalted efforts from folks that are arkansas-based. irby-jones was the first african-american female to graduate from the university of arkansas medical school. wonderful person. was also great. thing about these interviews that i find is that they believe in doing the right thing. the believe in kind of american way. >> you wonder, why did the less well-educated children get into more trouble. education so,of you know, we know how to do something about this. it is just that we have not had the w

he worked for senator fulbright so his ties to arkansas became greatly amplified. intricate intoy the politics of arkansas, the education in arkansas, national policy that was being driven by senator fulbright. had taken fulbright the position that force is not going to cause people to love each other, or to tolerate each other. what is going to get them to ,hat point is education education, and superior education. what needs to be done is that the black schools all to be equal, not just separate, but equal, and they are not. you're not going to be able to oute this issue and come with any end you would be happy with. >> david lambert ended up being on the board of the world food organization. their effort was to make sure children do not starve to death. are exalted efforts from folks that are arkansas-based. jones was the first african-american female to graduate from the university of arkansas medical school. a wonderful person. was also great. the overriding thing about these interviews is they believe in doing the right thing. in the american way. thatu wonder

30 year career. >> fulbright could talk to anybody. different lyrical stripes. people across the aisle. a democratic leader working with the president of future republican president. all here watching texas beat the razorbacks. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. we will tour the prior center for arkansas for oral and visual history and local historian talks about the history of the ozarks of the stereotypes people face living in the region. lots of things that come with the general territory of being a mostly white mostly rural mostly poor place, those images and stereotypes will stick with us. there part of our story. >> watch the city's were beginning on saturday at noon eastern once he spent two and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv. >> working with the cable affiliates as we explore america. >> next, colorado governor delivering his final state of the state address. he outlined his legislative priorities which include economic development, broadband internet access and transportation infrastructure. this is almost one hour.

fulbright was remarkable in a lot of ways.talk to just about anyone from different political stripes, people from across the aisle and people from different parts of the world. he was a democratic leader. bush. with george h w they were all here together watch texas unfortunately beat the razorbacks. host: be sure to tune in this weekend as we travel to fayetteville, arkansas. and --h video of payable to watch video of fayetteville and all of the cities that we'd work, go to c-span.org/cities tour. caller: good morning. this has something to do with what you are talking about. with the fbi. on january 8 of this year, at the bundy ranch in nevada, the federal government brought charges against the bundy men. withhe case was dismissed malice. they found -- the judge found acts of misconduct by the justice department and the fbi. of withholding evidence from the to very derogatory remarks about the bundy people. the surprise was that it was not picked up by anyone. a 22nd clip on fox news about this. in fact, the judge read the m

fulbright was meeting with the president and the future president. watching texas beat the razorbacks. >> on sunday at 2:00, we will tour the prior center for the arkansas history and a local historian talks about the history of the ozarks and the stereotypes that people face living in the region. >> backwardness. a low level of education. poverty. with thathings that, general territory of traditionally being a mostly white, mostly rural, mostly poor place. those images and stereotypes will stick with us. they are part of our story. watch the c-span citicorp beginning saturday at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2 and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> after meeting with north korean defectors at the white house on friday, president trump talked about his decision to authorize the release of the house intelligence committee memo alleging misconduct by the fbi as part of its investigation into the russian interference in the 2016 election. the comments by the president wer

all across the country, a lot of campaigns, worked hard for mcgovern, for frankel, for j william fulbright. p always knew this was going to be the path he was going to take , and he gained a lot of experience before running for office and self. before the clintons were married and bill was living east of town , he decided he would run for congress. he talked it over with the dean of the law school, who gave him his blessing and promised his support, and he had decided to run against john paul hammerschmidt. he had actually asked several other people to run against hammerschmidt, a very popular republican in the third district, and nobody else wanted to do it. they wanted to run for other things, and he finally decided maybe it should be hand. -- media should be him. everyone thought -- maybe it should be him. everyone thought he was fighting a losing battle him and he knew it, but he said ultimately he didn't think it would fight his future chances with other offices. he lost to hammerschmidt, but by only about 6000 votes, which was pretty remarkable for a newcomer against a very broad rep

this is a democratic leader, fulbright, meeting with the future republican president george h. w. bush. texas unfortunately be the razorbacks. >> on sunday at 2:00 we will tour the center for arkansas oral and history. of thebout the history ozarks and the stereotype people face living in the region. backwardness, a low level of education, poverty, lots of things that come with that general territory of traditionally being a mostly white, mostly rural, mostly poor place. those images and stereotypes. they will stick with us. they are part of our story. >> watch the c-span cities tour beginning today at noon eastern on book tv on c-span2. on americant 2:00 history tv on c-span tv. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> next, epa administrator scott pruitt's testimonial for the environment and public works committee. he answered questions about the agency possible making ross s and efforts to eliminate lead from drinking water.

democratic initiatives all across the country, worked hard for george mcgovern, in arkansas, for j fulbright. he knew this was going to be the path he was going to take and gained a lot of experience before running for office. before the clintons were married, and bill was living he decided he would run for congress. he talked it over with the dean of the law school, who gave him his blessing. he decided to run against john paul hammerschmidt. he asked several other people to run against him, a popular republican in the third district. no one else wanted to do it. they wanted to run for other things. he decided, maybe it should be him. everyone thought he was fighting a losing battle, and he probably was and new it. he said, he didn't think it could hurt his options. that early campaign in 1974, he --t, that only by about 6000 but only about 6000 votes, pretty remarkable for a newcomer against a broad republican district. he said losing that congressional election enabled him to go to the white house. n the had one -- wo election for congress, he would've gone to washington and estate. -- an

he worked on a lot of campaigns, worked for frank colts and arkansas, and james fulbright. he knew this was going to be the path he would take and he gained a lot of experience before running for office himself. before the clintons were married and bill was living east of town for decided he would run congress and he talked it over with the dean of the law school who gave him his blessing, promised his support. he was running against john paul hammerschmidt and he had asked several other people to run against hammerschmidt and nobody else when it to do it, they wanted to run for other things. he finally decided maybe it should be him. everybody thought he was fighting a losing battle and probably he was and he knew it but he openly said he did not think it could hurt his future chances at other offices and he was correct. that early campaign in 1974 he lost to hammerschmidt but only about by 6000 votes which was pretty remarkable for a newcomer against a very broad republican district. he often says losing that congressional election enabled him to go to the white house. if

j williamsit the fulbright special collection at the university of arkansas libraries, where we will hear about senator fulbright's career. >> he was mark in a lot of ways, but he could talk about anybody, s, sorent political stripe this is a democratic leader president,h the watching texas unfortunately beat the razorbacks. sunday at 2:00 p.m., we will tour the prior center for the digital history and local history and talks about the history of the ozarks and the stereotypes that people face living in the region. backwardness, low level of education, lots of things that , thoseth that territory images of stereotypes, they will stick with us and they are part of our story. >> watch the cities tour beginning saturday at new tv," and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span3, working with cable affiliates as we explore america. just happening at this hour, the white house has declassified republican memo on the russia thee, clearing the way for committee to release it. that is the headline, the house intel committee, what it says. byron york saying the key points from that include the steele dos

and this is a democratic leader, fulbright, meeting with the president, and future republican president, george h.w. bush, all here together watching texas unfortunately beat the razorbacks. announcer: on sunday on american history tv, we will tour the prior center for the digital history and local historian brooks talks about the history of the ozarks and stereotypes people face in the region. >> backwardness, low level of education, poverty, a lot of things that come with that general territory of traditionally been a mostly white, rural, mostly poor place. those images, those stereotypes, they will stick with us, and they are part of our story. announcer: watch the c-span cities tour, beginning saturday at noon eastern on book tv on c-span 2. sunday on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates, as we explore america. ♪ -- c-span'shis band washington journal live every day with issues that impact you. friday morning, max dyer of the partnership republic -- for public service talks about the federal workforce under the trump administration. alexhe cato institute

is democratic leader fulbright meeting with the president and the future president. they are all here watching texas --eat the razorbacks did razorbacks. the history of the ozarks and the stereotypes people face leaving -- living in the region. >> lots of things that come with that general territory of traditionally being mostly white, mostly rural, and mostly poor. those stereotype

fulbright was liberal in a lot of ways but he could talk to just about anybody.om different parts of the world. this is a democratic leader the futureh republican president, george h w bush all here together watching texas beat the razorbacks. on sunday on american history tv we will tour the center for arkansas

important role in civil rights, remember the civil rights act and then i got to college and i remember fulbright exposing the follies in vietnam. jean mccarthy and robert kennedy stepping forward to run for president. got hooked on the senate and had a senate internship in 19691 day after college. convince me to come back and work for the senate and i got back in 75. i had a great time for 12 years doing different things. at that time the senate i would call mansfield senate. mike mansfield set the tone for that senate. the longest-serving majority leader. he built the senate that was premised on trust, mutual respect, good faith engagement and i would say, bipartisanship. it was a healthy place and i found that to be the case while i was working for senators in the majority in the 70s. they carried over into the 80s even though we lost a majority control of the senate. i loved what i was doing. i think everyone loved what they were doing. it was a great place it's no accident that people we know now that we didn't know them i can't even begin to fathom what it would be like now all these bright

we'll visit the j when fulbright special collection at the university of arkansas libraries where willhear about senator paul brights 30 year political career and the u.s. senate. he was remarkable in lots of ways but he could talk to just about anybody, different political stripes, people across the aisle, from to the parts the world. this is democratic leader of course fulbright meeting with the president of the future president george h. w. bush all here together watching texas unfortunately beat the razorbacks. >> on sunday at 2 p.m. we will tour the prior center for arkansas oral and visual history and local historian talks about the history of the ozarks and the stereotypes that people face living in the region. >> backwardness, low level of education, poverty, lots of things that kind of come with that general territory of traditionally been a mostly white, mostly rural, mostly poor place, those images and stereotypes, they will stick with us. they are part of our story. >> watch the c-span cities tour beginning today at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2, and sunday at 2 p.m. on

interview people who were still alive who had worked with or known arthur vandenberg from william fulbright to gore vidaling to a lot of journalists who had covered him during his years in the '40s. >> so up until really pearl harbor, arthur vandenberg was one of the leading isolationists in the united states. can you talk about how he came to this particular world view? what were the main shapers, the influences that made him an isolationist? >> as a senior in high school, he won an oratory prize talking about 1900 on the peace conference at the hague. so this was a guy who had, as a teenager, an interest in foreign affairs, and one would argue even an impulse to internationalism. but as with so many americans, he was a young newspaper ed editor at the time of world war i and really bought into the wilsonian crusade to make the world safe for democracy. the moral overtones that we gave to our intervention in europe in 1917. and when the treaty of versailles failed to create that lasting democracy, democratic reign that everyone had hoped for and, in fact, sowed the seeds of discontent that

about 22000 vietnamese students studying in the united states some of government scholarships in the fulbright city of the first university will be opening in ho chi minh city. it has opened already but it's a soft opening and they're in the process of building a new campus that will be funded a little bit by congress and the lot by the u.s. and vietnamese private sector. i alluded to different areas in which the u.s. and vietnam are cooperating, it's clear vietnam only go so far. it might be for some of the reasons it you're talking about in terms of buying equipment vietnam has come to window shop but has not purchased anything. they have two or three explanations. the equipment is very expensive. buying in the u.s. is complicated and integrating with our russian equipment is also complicated. beyond equipment vietnam does largely limit u.s. ship visits but basically it limits visits to one exercise. which is what it holds other countries to as well. the question is why is vietnam holding back comments are anxious about china so why hold back? there several reasons, the vietnamese military i

we call the great senators jackson and fulbright but they would have read the intelligence report. >> i will do it from here. half hour and for questions from the fluid responses from our panelist -- okay. that is undersigned. first of all do identify yourself by name position, please state that. then state the question. there are many in this is not yes, there is a roving microphone. i feel right there. >> thank you, bill. paula stern persons, i run to thank you for your presentations question is about like the issue that was raised was in which ira and i worked together to fill on in the 70s rights. the protest. this greatest activity and yet congressional sort of the v white house and being called so my question really to you the baby boomers that explain the aberrations something more systematic so that act to that. of and responsibility taking. >> i will say is that involved a willingness by congress to additional reasons for itself vis-À-vis the executive branch don't think it's unconnected could be in the majority for a long time and i think that given that expectation it was s

before taking this position he held the fulbright chair in human rights and social justice at the university of ottawa's school of law. he has held a number of endowed chairs and was a tenured professor including the chair in american legal history at the duke law school. he authored more than 200 scholarly authors including three or the national archives of was the author or editor a number of books including on constitutional law, the american -- american jewish history, civil rights and legal issues surrounding american sports. has -- numerous other many appellate briefs. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome paul finkelman. [applause] many thank you, thank you very much. for those of you that are scholars or have done genealogy or family history, you realize that we are in the temple of our world. this is the most important building in the united states with the possible exception of the library of congress. the two, they hold the information that makes us whole as people and as americans. if we are to understand our world, we have to understand how we got to where we are and the is by un

with a grand vision to create a new american university. , notroof is in the pudding only with the fulbright scholars he has been able to attract, retain, and graduate, but with the distinction of being named the nations most innovative university for the third year running by u.s. news & world report, beating out institutions such as stanford and m.i.t. this is the gentleman that has not only transform this university, he has laid the groundwork to transform the state. at barrett honors college arizona state university was recently called by the new york times as the nation's gold standard in honors colleges, the equivalent of an ivy league education at an incredible value to our arizona students. it gives me great pride to introduce, and if we could give the president.to >> thank you, governor. it is an honor and privilege to be here and speak with you. i come in off the stagecoach from arizona. 48 states added to the front tier. the frontier where new models that can help us shape our future are possible. we have been able to build a new university model and i mean literally a new model.

[applause] please welcome to stage the professor anthe stage theprofese fulbright scholarship board.. [applause] >> i'm happy to be here to join you for a free drink. [laughter] tonight's winner of the prize is a young teenager i looked desperately for things to read that assure me i wasn't the only one that might fit into an identity i was unhappily piecing together. i was a teenager, too. here's the official part, shortly observed with and expansion of the self marked the fiction of this year's winner. the previous winners brought to life the american experience for the life's great appreciator. his work emanates beauty, the intellect and all constitutes bliss in this world. there's great pleasure to do so the prize in american fiction for 2018 upon edmund white. please welcome to the stage, the winner edmund white. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] [cheering] i've always relied on the kindness of friends to listen to my first draft. i was always writing reading. i wrote longhand and no one could read my writing except for me. at the age of 15, i wrote my first novel ultimately the dar

and the fulbright university is going to be opening in ho chi minh city. it's sort of opened already but it's had a soft opening, but they're in the process of building a new campus. and then that will be a university that's basically funded a little bit by congress and a lot by the u.s. and vietnamese private sector kicked in millions of dollars. so, despite, you know, i alluded to a bunch of different areas in which the u.s. and vietnam are cooperating militarily, it's pretty clear vietnam only goes so far. it might be for some of the reasons that she was talking about, but the -- on terms of buying equipment, vietnam has come to window shop, but it really hasn't purchased anything. if you ask the vietnamese, well, you asked for years for this thing to be lift, why aren't you buyi buying anything. they have two or three explanations. one is, u.s. equipment is very expensive, buying in the u.s. is very complicated and three, integrating with our basically russian equipment is also very complicated. beyond equipment, purchasing equipment, vietnam still doe

one thing that is needed is something like a fulbright scholarship where people can travel and visit fab labs and become mentors. it's good for the individuals. lots of programs can happen butt there's there is a dearth of men the ecosystem. another one joel can speak to this. right now there's not a lot of interoperability across the workflow for the various hardware and software. so you get this mismatch of software that adds friction to the system and makes it difficult to share so they are not at the atoms, and joel can probably speak to that. and then at the end your sort of in the same place you were in the beginning in terms of the larger context. we didn't find a model that assumes it's changing an accelerating rate. if we have timely developed a model you can see here which in a sense talks about how you anticipate change how you align stakeholders, how you cultivate ecosystems so that the social and the technical can co-evolve and it's really the process processes that people in the platform that make up the ecosystems to support the technology roadmap. >> neal talked about

the senators we call the great senators, jackson and fulbright disagreed on everything, but they would have read the intelligence report. phil: i will do it from here. there is half an hour for questions from the floor and responses from our panelists. i will do it from here. requests. a couple of now is an understatement from what i actually have in mind. first of all, do identify yourself by name as you are recognized. if there is an institutional affiliation which is think is relevant, please state that. and then stay to question -- state a question. there are many opportunities for giving speeches. this is not one of them. is a rovingre microphone. i see a woman with her hand up right there. you, bill, it is policy -- paula stern. congratulations, iraq, on your book and thank you for your presentations, both of you. my question is about the ,berrant issue that was raised was the period, i worked together with bill and ira in the 1970's, the aberration, the vietnam war, civil rights, protest, this is a time of the greatest activity and congressional assertiveness vis-a-vis the white

she earned a master's degree from columbia university the following year and won a prestigious fulbright fellowship to continue her studies in paris. she met charles le guin on her way there and they were married shortly thereafter. the pair returned to the united states and ultimately settled in oregon in the late 1950's when her husband took a job at portland state university. she focused on the couple's three children and on her writing, returning to science fiction with cannon's world in 1966. two years later she published a wizard of earth, sea, the first in a series of a highly acclaimed fantasy novels that have remained in print to the delight of millions. i can't imagine it's an easy feat for any author to create a universe that sticks in the minds for generations. mrs. le guin joined the elite group of first writerses like c. s. lewis who have done just that. she used her writing to push back against injustices and social constraints. she wrote about environmental destruction, about feminism, gender inequality, about racism, and about war and peace. she wrote about women protago