coverage will continue with the slate national editor josh levine, bill ayers, journalist dorothy butler gilliam, and professor e viewing. watch our live coverage from --cago's starting sunday saturday morning at 11 a.m. eastern on book tv c-span2. newsmakers this week, dr. lena win, planned parenthood discusses theceo, political impact of recent changes to abortion laws in several states. newsmakers here on c-span. has spoken with over 50 freshmen lawmakers from this congress. we recently spoke with two new fema lawmakers. first up, representative susan wild who represents the seventh district in allentown, pennsylvania. >> where were you born? on an air i was born force base in germany. my father was an air force officer and my parents were stationed there. surface --about his service. father lied about his age to join. he retired at 55. he went through officer training school and eventually became an air force pilot. >> he served in world war ii? rep. wild: and korea. >> what did he do? rep. wild: he was a bomber pilot. >> what impact that have on you? rep. wild: he was a disciplinarian, ever

coverage will continue with the slate national editor josh levine, bill ayers, journalist dorothy butler gilliam, and professor e viewing. watch our live coverage from --cago's starting sunday saturday morning at 11 a.m. eastern on book tv c-span2. newsmakers this week, dr. lena win, planned parenthood discusses theceo, political impact of recent changes to abortion laws in several states. newsmakers here on c-span. has spoken with over 50 freshmen lawmakers from this congress. we recently spoke with two new fema lawmakers. first

district court judge haywood gilliam ruled that $2.5-billion allocated for anti- drug programs could not be used for the wall. two cases-- one filed by california on behalf of 20 states, and other led by the a.c.l.u.-- challenged president trump's order to divermore than $6-billion in federal funding after declaring a national emergency last february. the rulings clear the way for the u.s. ninth circuit court of appeals to take up the issue as soon as next week. florida govern ron desantis signed a bill late yesterday that puts limits on a planned voting rights expansion for convicted felons. the state's voters passed an amendment in november to restore voting rights to as many as 1.5-million people with felony records. but the republican-controlled state legislature voted in mayui to r felons to pay court- ordered fines, fees, and restitution to victims before they can register. the american civil liberties cunion of florida and othil rights groups have already filed block the law. on the italian island of lampedusa in the mediteranean sea, a german captain of a humanitarian rescue

education activist, bill -- journalist dorothy butler gilliam and university of chicago professor, eve ewing. watch our printer zero lit fest from chicago today, on booktv on c-span2. >> booktv attended an event where and author offered critique. >> the term socialism was coined in the 1820s or 30s by the -- the followers of a small group of thinkers, british and french who were not out to overthrow governments but had ideas of a better society of sharing and also had the quite good idea that the way to get there was to demonstrate the validity of their ideas.and they created, followers created over a period through the mid- 1800s, some 40 to 50 of these experimental communities. mostly in the united states, even though these visionaries were europeans. why in the united states? because it's easy to get land and because the social mores were much more fluid. and in fact their ideas are taken tremendously seriously. perhaps the most important was robert owen and hennessey is coming to the united states to try out, to create a community that would demonstrate the validity of his ideas an

eastern with slate national editor josh levine, education ayres, earthy butler gilliam, and university of chicago professor e viewing. watch our live coverage from chicago starting saturday morning at 11:00 a.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. guide tomplete congress is now available and has lots of details about the house and senate and the current session of congress. information about every senator and representative and information about state of earners and the cabinet. the 20 19th congressional directory is a handy spiral-bound guide. order your copy from the c-span online store for 1895 -- $18 and $.95. senator grassley and debbie stabenow talked about prescription drug prices at an event in washington hosted by news website axioms -- axios. hour-long event. >> thank you for coming. thanks to pfizer for sponsoring the event. use #are into hashtags, and360,

with me now is former florida gubernatorial candidate and cnn political commentator andrew gilliam.elcome, andrew. there was some good reporting from dave wiegle this week. one supporter said i was a berner supporter last time but i do not appreciate the negativity and only-bernie attitude. i'm afraid we're going to wind up where we were last time, people not coming out to vote if their candidate is not the nominee. what's your take on that? are her concerns justified? >> well, i'll say those are not my concerns, those are not my fears. we are still early in this primary process, but even in the polls that we've seen and this point, what democrats are unitesed behind, even if they're not united behind the same candidate, we're united behind defeating donald trump. so i got to tell you, i have my favorites, but it almost doesn't matter who the democratic nominee is, that democrats i believe are going to unite behind each other beginning with the candidates. but i think the rank and file want to win. >> in particular the anti-biden rhetoric that he is out of touch or stuck in the past

with slate national editor josh levine, education activist bill ayers, journalist dorothy butler gilliamand university of chicago professor eve ewing. watch our live weekend coverage of the 35th annual printers row lit fest from chicago, starting saturday morning at 11:00 eastern on book tv on c-span2. >>> sunday night on afterwards, in his latest book "the conservative sensibility," pulitzer prize-winning columnist george will offers his thoughts on american conservatism. he's interviewed by national review senior editor jonah goldberg. >> i believe our country is superior, so to that extent, i'm a nationalist. superior to an extent that it embodies a philosophy that is right and not suitable for all people at all times, but everyone ought to aspire to it. i don't want to exploit it at bayonet point. i want to make it available to people. i want to help them where we can, and we have a lot of experience with the civil society, of a democratic society. so i'm a mild nationalist. >> watch afterwards sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. >>> the complete guide to congress is n

with dorothy gilliam. that is why i am here today. -- you end up creating the next generation. i know that crossroads in journalism where we are trying to figure out how to monetize but we have to think about the communities we serve and it should not be just the traditional ones that already subscribed. our subscription base is white and wealthy. well with did not so our subscribers, wedding and wealthy that it brought in a new subscriber base, but younger people, it brought in black people, it's skewed more female. these are people who need the news as well. this is a void that has not been filled so we can do that. we can harness this at the l.a. times but other papers should be reaching out and doing this as well. finding aint about way to monetize our business, reaching those readers is key to monetizing our business. our country is becoming younger and more diverse and if we don't figure out how to reach these people and get them to subscribe we are not going to survive. it is a next is of those two things. took a death but it proved this is the direction we need to go. i

for step today is journalist dorothy butler gilliam, first african-american woman reporter at "the washingtonost". >> welcome, everyone. this is presented by the near self-cleaning board. i want to give a special like you to our sponsors who have been generous in their support this evening. excuse me, especially when thrust is our [inaudible] today's program will be broadcast live on the spin to book tv and if there's time at the end for a q&a session with the author we ask you to use the microphone located at the center of the room so the home viewing audience can hear your questions. for we begin today's program we ask you to silence your cell phones and turn off the camera flashes. i'm here to introduce you to -- here to introduce our guest is [inaudible], reporter and columnist for the chicago sun-times, president of the chicago chapter of the national association of black journalists and president of the chicago journalist association. please welcome

annalisa and our coverage continues with slate national editor josh levine, education activist bill gilliamrothy butler and university of chicago professor eve euwing. watch our coverage of the printers rope fest from chicago starting at saturday morning at 11:00 eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> sunday, daryl davis talked about his book "clandestine relationships for he details befriending kkk members and convinces them to leave the organization. >> grant nighthawk walked into the room. he was wearing military camouflage fatigues with the blood drop emblem right here, and the initials kkk on his chest. asbroidered across his beret w "knights of the ku klux klan." he was followed right behind him by mr. kelly, the grand dragon. a dark blue suit and tie. when nighthawk turned the corner and saw me, he just froze. mr. kelly bumped into his back because the guy stopped short. they regained their balance and looked around the room. i knew what they were thinking. either the desk clerk gave them the wrong room number or this was a set up, ambush. i went like this to display my hands, nothing in

when i was like 14 or 15, a program at the "washington post," and it became a program with dorothy gilliam. that is why i am here today. intoen you pour underrepresented communities, you create the next generation. i know we are at this crossroads in journalism or we are trying to figure out how to monetize, but we also have to think about the communities we serve it is should not just be the traditional ones that already subscribe. so our subscription base is white and wealthy. but what my stories did, and we crunched the numbers recently, said my stories did not so well with the white and wealthy, but it brought in a new subscriber base, brought in younger people, black people, and skewed more female. these are people who need the news, as well, a void that has not been filled for a while. so we can harness this at the "l.a. times," but other papers should be doing that. >> to your point about finding a way to monetize our business, i think reaching those readers is key to monetizing our business. our country is becoming younger and more diverse. and if we do not figure out how to reach

journalist, jordan dorothy butler gilliam. and university of chicago professor, yves ewing. watch our live weekend coverage of the 35th annual critters row list fest from chicago. starting saturday morning at 11 eastern. on book tv. on c-span 2. >>> sunday on american history tv on c-span 3. we continue our coverage of the 75th anniversary of d-day. at 1 pm eastern, listen to past american presidents who travel to normandy speeches to honor the fallen. starting with jimmy carter in 1978. is followed by ronald reagan in 1984. bill clinton in 1994. george w. bush in 2004. and barack obama in 2014. at 4 pm eastern on real america, the 1944 film comedy dated germany. >> we thought we could use it as a port. we found the chair bird -- was pretty badly destroyed by the germans themselves. they destroyed the docs, which we thought we could use. and it took them, if i recall, almost 2 months before we could bring a ship in. >> at 6:30 on oral histories, world war ii veteran, john rhonda does discusses how his company was diverted to omaha beach. the constant artillery fire, and the

education activist bill ayers, journalist dorothy butler gilliam and university of chicago professor e viewing. watch our live coverage of the lit fest from chicago starting saturday morning at 11 eastern on book tv. on c-span two. >>> sunday on q&a blues musician talks about clandestine relationships. where he does feel befriending ku klux klan members and convinces them to leave your relation. >> so this nighthawk walk into the room first and he was wearing military camouflage fatigues. with the blood drop and him right here in the initialsright here on is just imported across his beret on his head were knights of the ku klux klan and on his hip he had a semiautomatic handgun in a holster. he came in and he was followed right behind him by mister kelly the grand dragon in a dark blue suit and tie with the nighthawk enter the room and turned the corner and saw me he just froze. mister kelly bumped into his back against the guy stopped short and they stumbled in regard their balance looking all around the room i knew what their thinking. they were thinking either the desk clerk gave

journalist dorothy butler gilliam. and university of chicago professor e viewing. watch our live weekend coverage of the 35th annual lit fest from chicago. starting saturday morning at 11 eastern on book tv. on cspan two. >>> sunday on american history tv on cspan 3. we continue our coverage of the 75th anniversary of d-day. at 1 pm eastern, listen to past american presidents who traveled to norman the speeches to honor the fallen. starting with jimmy carter in 1978. he is followed by ronald reagan in 1984. hill clinton in 1994. george w. bush in 2004. and barack obama in 2014. and then at 4 pm eastern on real america, the 1944 home d- day to germany. >> we needed it badly because we felt we could use it as a port. but we found the chair burg shown here was pretty badly destroyed by the germans themselves. they destroyed the docs, which we thought we could use. and it took them, if i recall, almost two months before we could bring a ship in. >> at 6:30 on oral histories, world war ii veteran john ron describes how his company was diverted from pointed to hawk to om

education activists, journalists dorothy father gilliams and chicago professor ewing. was the last weekend coverage of the past from chicago starting saturday morning at 11 dirt on tv on sees and. >>> the complete guide to congress is now available. contact and information about every senator and representative plus information about committees, state governors and the cabinet. the 2019 congressional directory is a handy spiral- bound guide. order your copy online store for $18.95. >> is the director of the defense intelligence agency talking about russia and tiny weapons programs and the state of missile defense systems. from the hudson institute this is 45 minutes. >>> good rn

yes, i owe my career to dorothy butler gilliam and two pioneers such as sheet. those who endured the struggle of being the first. those who endured the struggles associated with breaking down racial barriers. dorothy butler gilliam was only 23 when hired at "the washington post". twenty-three. the year was 1961, a time of civil unrest in the battle for racial equality. she would be the first african-american woman reporter ever to be hired by the iconic newspaper but in the post, prestigious hall miss gilliam was ignored, dismissed by most of her weight colleagues. they were not even speak to her. taxis would not stop for her but a black doorman did stop for her and when she arrived in an upscale apartment building to interview a white resident he informed her the maid's entrance is around the back. the post would not even, at the time, cover deaths in the black community. cheap deaths one editor called them, unworthy of attention. through it all miss gilliam persisted and not seen the highs and lows of the story career a 50 year as an award-winning journalist,

journalist, jordan dorothy butler gilliam. and university of chicago professor, yves ewing. watch our live weekend coverage of the 35th annual critters row list fest from chicago. starting saturday morning at 11 eastern. on book tv. on c-span 2. >>> sunday on american history tv on c-span 3. we continue our coverage of the 75th anniversary of d-day. at 1 pm eastern, listen to past american presidents who travel to normandy speeches to honor the fallen. starting with jimmy carter in 1978. is followed by ronald reagan in 1984. bill clinton in 1994. george w. bush in 2004. and barack obama in 2014. at 4 pm eastern on real america, the 1944 film comedy dated germany. >> we thought we could use it as a port. we found the chair bird -- was pretty badly destroyed by the germans themselves. they destroyed the docs, which we thought we could use. and it took them, if i recall, almost 2 months before we could bring a ship in. >> at 6:30 on oral histories, world war ii veteran, john rhonda does discusses how his company was diverted to omaha beach. the constant artillery fire, and the