because i had gone to georgetown university.ll open because my relatives had been sold. and it was just surreal. i'm going to always feel some kind of way about that. >> reporter: in 2019, an effort led by students at georgetown university resulted in the school committing to raising $400,000, annually, for the descendants of the 272. the descendants, led by karen, wanted to be included in the conversation about how this money should be used. >> i thought we got to do something. we created what we call the descendants' declaration. we go there for their announcement. they do their really beautiful presentation. >> we must acknowledge that georgetown university participated in the institution of slavery. >> and then, they pass around the mic for q and a. >> they shouldn't have done that. >> so, instead of just sit there and ask them the question. we all stood up. and went to the front of the auditorium. and then, i read the declaration. >> from the legacy of slavery. >> people thought we were part of the program but we just kind

he's also taught courses in political science, journalism and political communication at georgetown university and george mason university. during his tenure at mary washington, dr. farnsworth has earned the reputation of being an outstanding teacher, as evidenced by winning the university's three most prestigious awards for excellence in teaching, being the 2017 recipient of the virginia outstanding faculty award from the council of higher education in virginia. he'll be recalled by great lodge regulars with previous presentations. it's truly a pleasure to introduce one of the most distinguished professors, dr. stephen farnsworth. >>> there has never been anyone like johnny carson, and there never will be. from 1962 to 1992, more than 5,000 episodes over 30 years, johnny carson walked through the rainbow colored curtains as he hosted america's top late night show. he tucked americans in at night with his mix of gentle barbs directed at the leading lights of politics and culture and his lists of almost and he always had interesting guests. he offered a nonstop parade of the key personalities o

she will speak at georgetown university's institute of politics and public service. watch live beginning at 5:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen live with the free c-span radio app. announcer: listen to c-span's podcast, the weekly. this week, the workplace after the pandemic, with technology correspondent kim hart. she will talk about a newly released poll from credential morning consult which indicates most employees prefer working remotely. >> 87% of the people surveyed said they went to work remotely at least one day a week. a lot of people want to work even more than that. only 13% said they want to work full-time on site the way they used to. that is a huge seachange for employers who are used to having everyone in the office every day, people were commuting, people wanted to live closer to their jobs. that is no longer quite as important. announcer: find it c-span's the weekly where you get your podcast. why has covid-19 response team gave an update on the virus numbers and vaccination efforts nationwide. discussed vaccination numbers fo

degrees from georgetown university. he was a newspaper journalist before becoming a professor, and has lectured widely on the news media, presidency and elections before u.s. and international audiences. a prolific scholar, he has written seven books including, presidential communication into character, nightly news nightmare, spinner and chief, and his most recent, late night with trump, political humor and the american presidency. there's also the author and coauthor of dozens of scarlet early articles. u.s. public opinion and virginia politics. his political commentary has appeared in a wide range of media outlets including the new york times, washington post, pbs, news owl, politico, c-span and bbc world. he is currently professor of political science and international affairs and instead of leadership in the media studies at the university of mary washington. he is also taught courses of political science, journalism and political communication at the georgetown university, mcgill university and george mason univer

vaccination clinics and we do need all the tools at our disposal that we need julie fisher from georgetown university medical center always enjoyable told you thank you thank you so much the rest of the day's news is coming up as chad's opposition makes cries of a after a just a b.s. buried and he's some takes over as president. and scientists a major breakthrough in the fight against malaria seas which kills half a 1000000 people every year. yet more showers are brewing you know you have a couple of days off between good weather and these big things i'm afraid and that's the southern states again with orange top thunderstorms quite light to produce big hail damaging winds possibly even tornadoes and it's the same states that have had the same problems this is spring after all now that goes slowly through the eastern seaboard it's very warm ahead of its new york and toronto both well above where they were in a couple of days ago but once he's gone through the cold start to leak in again no starter it's time to drop in temperature but look at the pacific coast the snow again for the mountains of middl

chair liz cheney talks about the future of the republican party the conservative movement at georgetown university's institute of politics and public service. and on c-span2 at about 10:00 a.m. eastern, the trial continues for former neapolis police officer derek chauvin, who is charged in the death of george floyd. at 3:00 p.m., the u.s. senate turns to continue work on nomination of the deputy transportation secretary, the number two post undersecretary pete buttigieg. >> weeknights this month, we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every week on c-span3. monday night, the space shuttle's 40th anniversary. on april 12, eight -- 1990 one, the space shuttle lifted off from florida's kennedy space injury -- center with two crew aboard. we start with the nasa film, where dreams come through, and much of the work depicted in the film relates to the fledgling space shuttle program. then two years away from its first mission. watch monday beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. c-span shop.org is c-span's new online sto

degrees from georgetown university. he was in the newspaper before becoming a professor and has lectured widely on the news media, the presidency and elections before u.s. and international audiences. a prolific scholar, he has written seven books including presidential communication character, night, and night used nightmare. spinner in chief and his most recent, late night with trump, political humor and the american presidents and the author or co-author of dozens of scholarly of articles of the presidency and u.s. public opinion and virginia politics. his politic commentary has appeared in a wide range of media, including "the new york times," the "washington post," pbs, news hour, "politico," c-span, and bbc. he is currently a professor of political science and international affairs, and director of the center for leadership and media studies at the university of mary washington. he has also taught courses in political science, journalism and political communication at georgetown university, mcgill university and g

he's also taught choices in political science journalism and political communication at georgetown university mcgill university and george mason university. during his tenure at mary washington dr. farnsworth has earned the reputation of being an outstanding teacher as evidenced by his winning. the universe is three most prestigious awards. excellence in teaching a distinction further tested by his being the 2017 recipient of the virginia outstanding faculty award from the council of higher education in virginia. he'll be fondly recalled by great large regulars before previous presentations on president's harry truman, linda johnson, richard nixon and ronald reagan. it's truly a pleasure to introduce. what a mary washington's most distinguished professors, dr. stephen farnsworth. there has never been anyone like johnny carson and there never will be. from 1962 to 1992 more than 5,000 episodes over 30 years. johnny carson walked through the rainbow-colored curtains as he hosted america's top late night show. he tucked americans in at night with his signature mix of mostly gentle barbs directed

a report from the georgetown university center for education and the workforce found that it would create 8 million jobs for people with just a high school diploma alone and would increase the share of infrastructure jobs from 11% to 14% of the jobs in this country. that would revive the blue-collar middle-class economy across our country. as labor secretary i am thrilled by the investment it would make for american workers and their skills, opportunity, and right to organize and advocate for better paying working conditions in jobs. those will create and open access to good manufacturing and construction jobs. it is also a major investment in our caring professionals, and industry where one in six workers who are women and cover -- color live in poverty. we see how much families append on child care and senior care. those skilled, compassionate workers need and deserve a better deal. the american jobs plan would double the number of registered apprenticeships over one million, while ensuring the programs reach those who have been left out in the past. i have seen the benefits of union ap

she is speaking at the georgetown university institute of politics. these events will be online at c-span.org or you can listen live on the free c-span radio app. joining us is lisa mascaro, the chief congressional correspondent for the associated press. lawmakers back in washington this week to meet on infrastructure, a bipartisan meeting. is there room for compromise between the democrats and republicans? guest: good morning, steve. that will be a fascinating meeting at the white house. president joe biden has been reaching out, trying to court republicans over his infrastructure plan. they say it is all talk and no action. they see what happens on the covid relief bill, where he had one meeting with republican senators, and then had democrats passed the relief bill on their own. there is a lot of skepticism coming into this meeting. yet, at the same time, this has been a kind of issue were all sides can come together. everybody needs roads and bridges and broadband across communities, so there is some interest from republicans to work with the pres

we will hear from a washington post columnist and a professor from georgetown university.watch that tonight starting 8:00 eastern. at 905 p.m. eastern, disabled veterans and the service provided by the department of veterans affairs primetime here on c-span.

a report issued by georgetown university on education workforce found the american jobs will create a 8 million jobs for people with just a high school diploma london would increase the share of infrastructure jobs from 11 to 14% of the jobs in this country. revising the blue-collar middle class of economy across our country. as labor secretary it would make an investment by merck and workers and their skills, and their opportunities and in their right organize and advocate for better pay working conditions and jobs. those investments will create an open up access to good manufacturing and construction jobs. there's also major investment in professionals. in an industry were one in six workers disproportionately women of color live in poverty. we have seen amateur family depends on tacair over the last year. those skills of compassion workers need and deserve a better deal. the american jobs plan would also double the number of apprenticeships over 1 million while ensuring these programs reach those who have been left out in the past. i've personally seen the benefits of apprenticeshi

liz cheney talks about the future of the republican party and the conservative movement at georgetown university'sblic service. on c-span2 at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the trial continues for former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin, who is charged in the death of george floyd. at 3:00 p.m., the u.s. senate returns, to continue work on the nomination for deputy transportation secretary, the number two post under secretary pete buttigieg. ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today we are brought to by these television companies who provide c-span to as a public service. ♪ >> house majority leader steny hoyer hosted a roundtable of maryland education leaders on the federal sponsor to the pandemic and how it will impact students and teachers. rep. hoyer: i want to think all of you for what you do every day. leading extraordinary school systems, all of which i

the only person you want to be speaking to on this is angela stent, georgetown university professor andonal intelligence officer for russia at the national intelligence council. she is also the author of the book "putin's world, russia against the west and with the rest." it is a pleasure to speak to you. how do you think russia is reacting today? what is the reaction from the kremlin? angela: first of all, thank you for having me on the show. i think the russians have been forewarned that sanctions were coming, but i think the way they are reacting now obviously is to push back. i am sure they will react by expelling diplomats and double medic personnel. obviously it is harder for them to react to this financially and economically because we are in a much stronger position , but we have nowbanned any u.s. financial -- now banned any u.s. finaco institutions for trading in sovereign debt -- u.s. financial institutions from trading in sovereign debt, ruble denominated dollar-denominated -- ruble denominated or dollar-denominated. i think the russians will continue to push back. on the ot

people speak at georgetown university -- she will speak at georgetown university. >> next, a look at the rise in hate crimes against asian americans and pacific islanders with mayors from around the u.s. and white house officials. they discuss ways to respond to and prevent these crimes. >> we have all been appalled by the increase in violence in hate crimes directed at asian americans over the last year. these acts have no place in our cities or our nation. the united states conference of mayors have always urged mayor to speak out on hate crimes whenever they occur and we have urged our police departments to report all hate crimes to the fbi. hate crimes against asian people is nothing new. we had a four miss -- we had a famous mayor who interned thousands at the direction of president roosevelt, incarcerations for over 120,000 people. we have had a past president who has referred to the virus as the kung flu, which is not helped either. i have had discussions and conversations over the last few months because of the increase we have seen with asian hate crimes in be have discussed

and the assistant professor of government at georgetown university. a warm welcome to you all. how do we know if the new double mutation coronavirus in india might be behind this fueling of the record surge of cases in the country? >> yes, of course. we speak from statistics and observation. we have observed in the past one month or so that the transmission has increased rapidly. the new strain has so many variations. if you just speculate, if you look at it from the younger population, the younger population mobilizes more. that is one of the contributing factors. also, the new strain as of now, we are observing it is not fully detected on our tests. it tends to get dropped off and we miss it. this mutation does play a role in the escalated, rapids transmission. of course. anchor: i saw you nodding quite a bit. >> i don't think india's government is keen to open up to the fact that there is an indian variant. after the other variance. it is that case of vaccine nationalism gone wrong. i think that is a cause of great concern anchor: how close is the health system in india to a

barbara lee and chelsea can't discuss the covid-19 vaccine at a virtual discussion hosted by georgetown university. this runs one hour and 15 minutes. >> hello, and welcome to this virtual event on a people covid-19 vaccine. i am melanne verveer and i direct the georgia institute for women's peace and security. we are so pleased to be hosting this programo today with oxfam america. as we all know, covid has exposed deep inequities on people around the globe, and it continues to takee a terrible toll. no one will be safe from the effects of the pandemic until everyone is safe, until everyone is vaccinated. a people's vaccine, one made available to everyone no matter where he or she lives, no matter rich or poor. it is urgently needed. and we are still far from having that globalro commitment that is required to meet the need. in other words, the world today does not yet have what it takes to in the pandemic, to get everyone vaccinated. we have an exceptional group of experts and community leaders with us today to discuss this topic. each has been at the forefront of the effort to ensure equitable v

she is speaking at georgetown university. these events will be online at c-span.org. you can listen live with the c-span radio app. listen to c-span's podcast "the weekly." this week, the work wrote -- the workplace after the pandemic with kim hart. she will talk about a new poll from prudential morning council which indicates most employees prefer working remotely. >> 87% of people interviewed said they want to work remotely at least one day of the weekend a lot more want to work even more than that. only 13% said they want to work full-time on site. that is a huge seachange for employers who are used to having everyone in the office every day , people communing, people wanting to live close. those are no longer quite as important. announcer: find the weekly where you get your podcasts. two good monday morning. -- has to saying john boehner rebukes the current day

city to be a government from dartmouth followed by both ma and phd degrees in government from georgetown university. he worked 10 years as a newspaper journalist before becoming a professor and his lectured widely on the news medi

bioethics committee and here in doha would a chandra assistant professor of government at georgetown university a warm welcome to you all difficult let me start with you today how do we know if the new double mutation coronavirus in india might be behind this fueling of the record surge of cases in the country could that in fact be the case yes of course i mean we speak from statistics and our observation and we have observed in the past one month or so that the transmission has increased rampantly the new strain has so many variations and it sells i mean if you just speculate the population that it affects is the younger generation and you think look at it from a local look that's going to through the younger population in the population that mobilizes more as compared to the older divident which the previous strain affected more commonly so that is one of the contributing factors also the new strain as of now we are observing that it does not fully detected on our t. p.c.r. test as well the s. mutation off it if it denser get dropped off and we didn't even miss it on our t. p.c.r. test so of

he earned his ged and phd from the university of michigan, an llm from georgetown. he has been on faculty at the university of indiana since 2002. our other speaker tonight is mr. zach smith, who is a legal fellow at the heritage foundation for legal and judicial study, having already served for several years as an assistant united states attorney in the northern district of florida. prior to that, he spent two years as an associate in the washington, d.c. office of larry gottlieb, steen and hamilton, which he got after clerking for the united states court of appeals for the 11th circuit. he received his undergraduate, masters, and law degrees from the university of florida. during law school he served as the editor in chief for the florida law or review, and on the executive boards of several student organizations, including the chapter of the federal society. those are our speakers. but before we get into having our speakers introduce the topic , i want to just remind you that, if you have a question, at the bottom you will see a q&a button. click on that and that'

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from 2008-2018, he was associate professor of the practice of religion and world affairs at georgetown university's walsh school of foreign service. he also directed the religious freedom project at georgetown's berkeley center which became the religious freedom institute. in addition to leading rfi, tom is a senior fellow at the institute of senior studies and he also serves as a consultant to the u.s. catholic bishops conference and as a member of several advisory councils. including thick human rights program at catholic university and the international division of alliance defending freedom. many published works include working with state and freedom. white international religious liberty is vital to security. published by oxford university president in 2008. it is a book that has shaped and continues to shape u.s. religious freedom legislation and foreign policy. the judge has had a distinguished career in academia, the law and public service. he currently serves our counsel to the linear law firm. having served as president and chancellor of baylor university and dean of the pepperdine school

we will hear from a washington post columnist and professor from georgetown university. watch that tonight at 8:00 eastern. at 9:05 tonight, it might house hearing on issues to do with disabled veterans. that is prime time tonight here on c-span. the >> >> trial for derek chauvin, the number minneapolis police officer charged in the death of george floyd, continues wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. watch coverage on c-span2, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the c-span radio app. if you missed live coverage, watch at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2 and anytime on demand at c-span.org. >> white house press secretary genet psaki -- jen psaki held a briefing on the biden administration's agenda missing on whether the federal government would impose vaccine passports and the possibility of bipartisanship on the president's proposed infrastructure plan. sec. psaki: hello. happy tuesday. no bunny today, i promise. chicks, may be. candy. a couple updates for all of you at the top. we provided a bit of an update on what the job's has been up to since the president announced th

him but i would be remiss if i didn't also note he was a distinguished fellow residents at georgetown university. thank you so much for being with us today it is a sign of your ongoing commitment to this issue you wrote until the whole world is vaccinated the whole world will be at risk. please help us set the context for this discussion today why is this issue so urgent? what can we be doing, each of us to push the envelope in a way to help us get to our goal? thank you so much doctor. the floor is yours. >> it so wonderful to be with you and speak to this incredibly assembled group. i'm a fan of the georgetown institute and your extraordinary leadership and also want to thank our colleagues who have done such incredible work and then and so we vaccinate the entire planet none of us are safe from covid and the variant and we have it's achieve those objectives as we try to recover from this catastrophe. we know the current situation is unsustainable. there have been millions of deaths around the world. we know it is disproportionate because it has been in the wealthier nations you had pre-existi

degrees at georgetown university. he's lectured widely on the news media, the presidents. prolific scholar, he has written seven books including "presidential communication and character," "the

he's one of the many great people out of georgetown university 1 is. if you send where will yields be at i would have been wrong. it's fascinated to me how well the bond market traded at certain point if prices to get to a certain price and flatten out inflation does as well -- i will tell you lumber prices through the roof we heard goldman sachs talk about copper i think today. through the roof soft commodities, look at grant market through the roof gasoline going higher. all pointing to extraordinary inflation airy times and yet the bonds market today makes zero sense to me, you can explain it five different ways, karen did a great job, still makes on sense. >> at soy, at corn, labor cost might be going higher. let's bring in steve to get his take on market reports this morning. >> i will tell you i talked to a bunch of guys in the bond market and they got one of those wow things going, they're just a little bit out of bremg. ers of the -- breath the trade beginning at 8:30 this morning and by 3:00 you clawed back the yield you went 161 to 151 now 15

i showed up at georgetown university hospital and i got it. it is a miracle of modern science.eck, last summer, we had no idea if scientists would even be able to discover a vaccine and now almost 60 million americans have been fully vaccinated. 4 million americans were vaccinated in just 24 hour this is weekend. and thank god for everyone involved at pfizer, at moderna at johnson & johnson and everyone affiliated with operation warp speed, from the scientists to the officials that signed off on the funding, including, yes, former president trump. we hear a lot from maga folks about why the biden administration seems so reluctant to credit trump for the vaccines. and i get it, they could certainly be more gracious about it. maybe it is political. but many they could not get past the clear derelictions of duty, the refusal to acknowledge what was happening, the undermining of science and scientists, the mocking of those who wore masks the attacks on democratic governors, the promotion of quackeries, and mishandling that had real tangible impact. what impact? but here is how dr.

america's efforts to destroy chemical weapons in syria during the civil war turkeys interviewed by georgetown university professor and author angela stent. >> host: hello, everyone. a fascinating and probably a disturbing conversation. joby warrick is "washington post" national security correspondent, a two-time pulitzer prize winner, one for journalism and one for general nonfiction in the book category. he covers a middle east, terrorism and other national security issues and his book "red line" tells a powerful gripping story about the united states work to destroy present bashar al-assad answer to destroy his arsenal of chemical weapons. and it really does read like a thriller in many places and so is at very compelling book. i'm sure you will really get a lot of out of reading it. i published the book a couple of years ago where i accepted the conventional wisdom that reisch andd the united states could wok together to disarm syria of its chemical weapons but, of course, if you read this book you will see the russians did a lot to extract it and that is itself is another story. i'm going to begin w

meantime economists at georgetown university have estimated that $1.5 trillion infrastructure investment could create roughly 15 million jobs and could put the united states on par with countries around the globe that shuttle their citizens from town to town on high-speed trains, autobahn, and wide bike lanes. some biden administration officials leading by example. pete buttigieg left a recent white house meeting on his bike, security detail in tow. joining me now. i tried riding my bike after in storage a year, you looked better than i did. i wobbled around, congrats on the biking. let's start with the democrats. joe manchin, he does seem to believe he's in charge of the united states senate. says he has half a dozen people not happy with the bill. have you had a conversation with him and do you believe you could get the votes on reconciliation? >> there are 100 senators with 100 views about exactly how they think it should be done, but broadly i'm seeing a lot of energy and excitement for the bill. i'll be catching up with senator manchin soon, speaking with republicans and democrats i

an adjunct professor at georgetown university law school. chief of the appellate division at the u.s. attorney's office for the district attorney virginia. and special counsel to president george h w bush. he is a graduate of stanford law where he received the prize for legal writing. he has since written pieces on criminal law for usa, forbes, the washington post and u.s. news & world report. he has appeared on many major networks and has testified before congress. his expertise centers on criminal procedure sentencing and capital punishment. jennifer givens is an associate professor of law at the university of virginia and the director of the innocence project clinic. she previously worked with an assistant federal defender for the eastern district of pennsylvania. as a senior staff attorney with the virginia capital representation center where she represented inmates on death row. she has argued before trial courts in pennsylvania and virginia. she is a graduate of the university college of law. she will join us after the debate for audie

bill otis is an adjunct professor at georgetown university law center. before joining the faculty, he served in several roles in government, including chief of the u.s. attorney's office for the eastern district of virginia, counsel to the admin a stratum by the dea, and special counsel to president george h w bush. he is a graduate of stanford law, where he received the prize for legal writing. he has since written up its uncritical law for usa today, forbes, the washington post, and u.s. news and world report -- he has since written op-eds. his expertise centers on criminal procedure, punishment, and capital punishment. jennifer gibbons is an associate professor of law at the university of virginia and director of the innocence project clinic. she was a defender in the capital habeas unit in the district of virginia with the virginia representation resource center, where she represented inmates on death row. she has argued before virginia's supreme court and the fourth circuit. she is a graduate of depaul university college of law. professor gibbons wi

we will hear from a washington post columnist and professor from georgetown university. watch that tonight at 8:00 eastern. at 9:05 tonight, it might house hearing on issues to do with disabled veterans. that is prime time tonight here on c-span. the >> >> trial for derek chauvin, the number minneapolis police officer charged in the death of george floyd, continues wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. watch coverage on c-span2, online a

but i would be remiss if i also did not note that he is a distinguished fellow resident at georgetown university. so thank you so much for being with us today, it is really a sign of your ongoing commitment to this issue you wrote until the whole world is vaccinated, the whole world will be at risk. and so why is this issue so urgent? what can we be doing, each of us, to really push this envelope in a way that will help us get to our goal? thank you so much, doctor, the floor is yours. >> thank you, it is so wonderful to be with you, and i appreciate the opportunity to speak to this incredible assembled group and we appreciate your extraordinary leadership and i also want to thank our colleagues as well for this important work to make it clear that until we vaccinate the entire planet, none of us are safe from the virus and its variants and none of us have achieved the equity of justice as we try to recover from this tremendous catastrophe. and we know the current situation is unsustainable and so if i step back and point out that there has obviously been millions of deaths from covid-19 around