c-span original production. explore the history, traditions, and roles of this uniquely american institution. 8:00years wednesday at p.m. eastern and pacific, on c-span. be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original, full-length interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from a long serving members, and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. next, farewell speeches from three senators who are leaving congress. we hear first from missouri senator claire mccaskill, who lost her reelection bid. she is followed by arizona republican jeff flake being about his retirement, after that nevada republican dean heller says goodbye to his colleagues and it reflects on his time in congress. sen. mccaskill: it probably won't surprise my colleagues to know that i don't like much the idea of a farewell speech. farewell speech. i haven't spent a great deal of time contemplating it over the years i have been here. i'm not a big fan of the concept. but i want to respect the

c-span original production exploring its history, traditions and roll of this uniquely american institution premieres wednesday, january 2nd at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go onlinet c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original full-length interviews with senators. to view farewell speeches from long serving members and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber another exclusive locations. >> descendents currently in recess subject to the call of the chair. while they wait for the house to act on funding the government past midnight tomorrow. while we wait for the senate to return, earlier today south carolina senator lindsey graham spoke to reporters in the

senate, conflict and c-span original production, history, traditions uniquely f this american institution premiers wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and be ure to go onlinet c-span.org/senate to learn more bout the program and watch original full length interviews with senators. farewell speeches and a tour inside the senate chamber, and othernate chamber exclusive locations. announcer: c-span's "washington journal" live every day with that nd policy issues impact you, coming up friday morning, we'll discuss the shutdown and top 2018 with stories of national journal political columnist syndicated talks about feminism in america oday and her new book "sex matters." be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at morning.ern friday join the discussion. have seven new members of the house in the whom are ress, all of democrats and all of them represent districts previously by republicans. holly is the first of four representing districts in orange county, south of los angeles. he is a businessman and attorney. he and his wife also opened a homeless shelter for families when they lived in ohio. katie porter in the 45th district oversaw the of a $25 bi

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c-span original production, exploring the history, traditions, and role of this uniquely american institution premieres wednesday, january 2, at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go onlinec-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long serving numbers, and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you on filtered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the cry

c-span. and be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original, full-lengthnterviews with senators. view farewell speeches from long-serving members and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. announcer: earlier this month republican national committee chair brona mcdaniel spoke at a women's leadership summit hosted by politico. topics included the midterm election results, her relationship with president trump, and support of more women running for olves. this is 25 minutes. >> welcome back. i hope you enjoyed the ambassador luncheon and gained valuable insight and maybe made some new friends and

compromise, a c-span original production, exploring the history, traditions, and role of this uniquely american tradition. premieres wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. go onlineonline at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and to watch original, holding interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long serving numbers, and take a tour inside new senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. >> "washington journal" continues. ast: it is the first day of partial shutdown of the federal government, and we will continue on later on in the program taking your calls about what you think about it. first, though, we will talk about the condition of the stock market with scott gamm, of yahoo! finance, a reporter who works on wall street. mr. gamm, good morning. guest: good morning. host: mr. gamm, pc the headlines

compromise, a c-span original production, explore the history, tradition and role of this american institution. premieres wednesday 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span, and go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original full-length interviews farewelltors, view speeches from long serving members, and take a tour inside the chambers and other locations. announcer 2: the washington post posted a series of discussions about opioid addiction and treatment policy. in this panel, medical officials and first responders spent time talking about people with addiction. >> welcome, everyone. i'm a reporter for the washington post, and i am delighted and honored to welcome my guests, leaders on the front lines in the opioid crisis. we have an epidemiologist and it -- deputy director from boston medical center, roger michel, chief medical examiner from the district of columbia, an expert , asocial determinants director for public policy initiative at the o'neill institute. she is chief of staff at the white house office of drug policy under obama and a police chief from newton, ohio. heroinounded a coalition to address long-term and immediate

c-span original production exploring the history, tradition, and roles of this uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday, january 2 at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. and be sure to go onlinet to learn moreate about the program and watch original, full-length interviews with senators. inside thetour senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. announcer: five new members from minnesota during the house of representatives including the only two republicans elected to seats previously held by democrats. the first of whom is minnesota's eighth district. he was a police officer before being elected to minnesota, st. louis county commissions but early in his career, he played professional hockey. he spoke with us about some of the lessons he learned from that sport. >> teamwork, perseverance, hard peoplend for me, many never gave me a chance to play hockey but it was through hard work and perseverance, dedication and just that drive to meet your goal, and i was very fortunate. >> how long did you play professionally? >> three years, i retired due to an injury to my neck. >> the other republican is jim hagedorn in the first district. he succeeds democra

compromise, c-span original production exploring the oftory, tradition and role this uniquely american institution, prepares wednesday january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online more about the program and watch original full-length programs with senators, speeches from long serving members, and to a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. ♪ >> this week join washington journal for authors way, with five-minute segments each morning with a new author, beginning at 8:30 a.m. eastern. discussesan williams his book "what the hell does he have to lose?" and, "the case against impeaching trump." "squeezed: why families cannot afford america." matters: how"sex feminism lost touch with science, love and common sense." and "the view from flyover country." and "american overdosed." join us for authors week this week. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress, peter roskam, duncan and hoskin reflect on our time in congress. >> we go on our app, our devices. this 13 yearse after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we mus

compromise, a c-span original production, ex-ploring the history, traditions and role of this uniquely american institution. it premiers wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. go online to learn more about the program and watch original full length interview with senators. view farewell speeches from long-serving members, and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. >> we continue today with our week-long series, authors series. seven days featuring what we think are the most interesting books of the year. we think aree of the most interesting books of the year. joining us to talk about her book "sex matters: how modern feminism lost touch with science, love, and common sense ," syndicated columnist mona charen. thank you for being here. what is this book about, and what prodded you to write it? guest: it is about how we went wrong and a little overboard in the feminist movement and sexual revolution. the feminist movement was necessary and did some terrific things for our society, but i very badly andd misunderstanding one of the basic things women and men need, which is love and security. those things are best obt

a c-span original production exploring the history, traditions and role of this uniquely american institution premiers wednesday january 2 at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go onlinec-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original full-length interviews with senators, you farewell speeches from long serving members, and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. >> here's some of our live coverage thursday on c-span. >> i didn't know much about the steamy problematic down south my parents had come from. i knew the south was steamy because they never stop complaining about chicago's cold tea. i knew was problematic because television told me so. are flickering -- people who look like me were recorded by starling police dogs are doused with sugar and catch up on the set stoically at lunch counters. i heard about people who look like me gone missing, swaying from toddlers, swirling in rivers. i heard other names for people who looked look like me, namesh ugly blighted edges, names to make a a smaller, quieter, less boisterous, less of ourselves. >> sunday at 9 p.m. eastern on "after words," the ot

, a c-span original production exploring the history, traditions, and roles of this uniquely american institution premieres wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go onlinet to learn moreate about the program and watch original full-length interviews with senators, view farewell speeches, and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. ♪ has been six days since the government shutdown began. the house and senate are back today, but much of the agenda this week depends on whether congress and the white house can reach an agreement on border security. president trump is still calling for $5 billion in border well-funded, to which congressional democrats. remain opposed. you can follow the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span two when both chambers returned today at 4:00 p.m. eastern. >> coming up on today's washington post -- washington journal, an author joins us. quart talking about her book "squeeze: why our families cannot afford america." [video clip] >> to see what we were doing over here and i am very impressed with these folks. we have gotten a lot of communication through the white ho

eastern and pacific on c-span. go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original full-length with senators, farewell speeches with senators, and took a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber. other exclusive locations. >> now, writers and editors from the american conservative emanation take part in a debate on immigration at george washington university. this is one hour and 40 minutes. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] judy: hello, everyone. i'm judy woodruff with the pbs news hour. i'm pleased to be here to participate in this event. i think we have a real treat in store. invigorating and thoughtful discussion of the subject we know is so important to all of us. the resolution the two sides are going to be debating is america needs more immigrants. we have an excellent quartet if you will to do the debating. i will in

c-span original production. explore the history, traditions, and roles of this american institution. premieres wednesday, january 2, at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online to learn more about the program and watch original full-length interviews with senators. view farewell speeches and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. announcer: when the newly elected congress comes into session on january 3, republicans will have an expanded majority in the u.s. senate. mitch mcconnell will continue as majority leader, while john thune will become majority whip. john barrasso will be the conference chair. i the other side of the aisle, chuck schumer is minority leader with patty murray as assistant minority leader. january 3, watch the senate on c-span2 and a house on c-span. new congress, new leaders. watch the prospect -- process unfold on c-span.

compromise a c-span original production with history and its role of this uniquely american institution premieres wednesday january 2nd at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span go online to learn more about the program and watch original full-length interviews with senators and fell on - - farewell speeches and from people inside the senate chamber the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. brian garner on his relationship with the supreme court justice antonin scalia this took place at heritage foundation washington d.c. antonin scalia this took place at heritage foundation washington d.c. [inaudible conversations] hello everybody welcome to the heritage foundation we are delighted to have you we are here today for a special event a new book from brian garner i will start with a introduction and then he will come up and talk to you a little bit he is the founder and president

c-span original production. exploring the history, tradition, and role of the american institution. premieres wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. he sure to go onlineo learn more about the program. watch original, full-length interviews with senators giving farewell speeches from long serving members. take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. the government will continue to be shutdown until at least next thursday. both chambers of congress held session starting at noon eastern, no deal was reached on the reopening parts of the federal government. several senators spoke on the floor. we will begin with majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> i have on a red

a c-span original production exploring the history, traditions, and role of this uniquely american institution. premiers wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. and be sure to go onlinet c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch originally full length interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long serving members, and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber. and other exclusive locations. >>> during the spanish-american war, the ymca initiated a program to recruit women to bring a little bit of home to u.s. troops abroad. in this program, historian kara dixon vuic talked about the women who were sent to france during world war i. she's author of "the girls next door: bringing the home front to the front lines." this is an hour. >>> so on that, it is my

-- a c-span original production, exploring the history, tradition, and roles of this uniquely american institution. 2,mieres wednesday, january at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span. and go online at www.c-span.org /senate. view farewell speeches from long serving members, and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. next, a conversation with mcraven,william the former commander who oversaw the mission to kill osama bin laden. he joined a panel in dallas.

c-span original production. explained the history, tradition and role of this uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original falling interviews with senator. take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and other locations. when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest most diverse customer class in recent history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span. starting january 3. [applause]

c-span original production. explain the history, traditions and role of this uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday, at 8 pm eastern and pacific on c-span. and be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original, full-length interviews with senators. view farewell speeches from long serving members and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber. and other exclusive locations. former secretary of state, condoleezza rice moderate a discussion on the evolution of communication. and its effect on democracy at stanford university is hoover institution. she is joined by british historian, neil ferguson. and former national intelligence council chair, joseph nye . [applause] >> good afternoon. and you for joining us for what we hope would be a very stimulating and interesting discussion. i am joined by my colleague, senior fellow at the institution, neil ferguson. historian of considerable note and our colleague from harvard university, joe nye who is also, visiting at hoover from time to time and so, we very much look forward to our

c-span original production, exploring the history, traditions, and role of this uniquely american institution premieres wednesday, january 2, at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long serving numbers, and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you on filtered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> the book is called the fourth age, smart robots, conscious computers and the future of humanity. the author is byron reese. he joins us from austin texas. what we done in the modern age is expanded knowledge at such a great rate that i think it was edison who said nobody knows 11 thousands of anything. that is the explosion we have had of knowledge in the modern era. host: but that

compromise," a c-span original production exploring the history, traditions, and roles of this uniquely american institution, permit is wednesday at a to talk p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. go onlinew.c-span.org/sen ate to learn more about the program and watch interviews farewelltors, view speeches from long-suffering members, and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. announcer: according to author and historian robert flatlander, the lost battalion of world war i was not actually lost, and they were not actually a robert laplander, the lost battalion of world war i was not actually lost and they were not a battalion. next, from a symposium hosted by the national world war i museum and memorial, robert laplander presents "the story of the lost battalion." he has studied the subject for over 20 years. this is about an hour.

c-span original production, explained history, addition and roles at this uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday, january 2, at 8 pm eastern and pacific on c-span. and be sure to go online@c- span.org/senate to learn more about the program. and watch original, full-length interviews with senators. here farewell speeches from lungs of numbers, and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. >>> when the new congress takes options office in january, but the youngest and most diverse freshman class. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span, starting january 3. >>> we are visiting the vietnam center archive located in southwest special collections library on the campus of texas tech university. it got its start back in 1989, when a visiting professor decided to determine if he could teach classes on the vietnam war, he was a military history professor, he served two tours in the navy, in vietnam, and he wanted to try to educate the student body about what vietnam was about. he went to the library and they had almost no books on vietnam at that time, this is only 14 years after the end of the war, and he went to his

c-span. be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original falling interviews with senator. take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and other locations. when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest most diverse customer class in recent history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span. starting january 3. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, welco welcome. [applause] i'm president of this wonder wonderful institution. the only institution in america chartered by congress to give information about the u.s. constitution on a nonpartisan basis. beautiful. these are congregants at the church of constitution. amen. we are here to inspire ourselves tonight and i'm here to thank you for showing up on this snowy evening to join me in celebrating the launch of my new book on william howard taft. [applause] the snow anecdote, this evening. on the morning of the past in operation, he met with theodore roosevelt and it was so snowy they couldn't get through the streets. she said the storm will soon be ov

c-span original production, explained history, addition and roles at this uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday, january 2, at 8 pm eastern and pacific on c-span. and be sure to go online@c- span.org/senate to learn more about the program. and watch original, full-length interviews with senators. here farewell speeches from lungs of numbers, and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. >>> when the new congress takes options office in january, but the youngest and most diverse freshmanss

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c-span original production exploring its history, traditions and roll of this uniquely american institution premieres wednesday, january 2nd at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original full-length interviews with senators. to view farewell speeches from long serving members and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber another exclusive locations. >> descendents currently in recess subject to the call of the chair. while they wait for the house to act on funding the government past midnight tomorrow. while we wait for the senate to return, earlier today south carolina senator lindsey graham spoke to reporters in the capital about president trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. senate armed service committee jack reid of rhode island and former relations committee ranking member bob menendez of new jersey also spoke in support of senator graham's message. [inaudible conversations] >> all right, ready? good morning. i'm here with my colleagues, senator reid from rhode island who is the ranking democrat on armed services. senator menendez from new jersey who is th

c-span. and be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch originally full length interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long serving members, and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber. and other exclusive locations. >>> during the spanish-american war, the ymca initiated a program to recruit women to bring a little bit of home to u.s. troops abroad. in this program, historian kara dixon vuic talked about the women who were sent to france during world war i. she's author of "the girls next door: bringing the home front to the front lines." this is an hour. >>> so on that, it is my pleasure to introduce our next speaker in our symposium, dr. kara dixon vuic is the lieutenant corporal benjamin w. schmidt professor of war, conflict, and society in 20th century america, a professor at texas christian university. vuic's research focuses on the ways 20th century wars have shaped and been shaped by american society and culture. her work also examines women's military and what are time experiences and the relationship between t

c-span original production exploring the role of this uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday at the clock p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. more --to go onlineo learn more about the program and watch original full-length s, youiews with senator farewell speeches from long serving members, and take a tour of the chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. 14one of george's congressional districts will the new representation to congress. elected to the six states are -- six this dirt. district. she talked about how the shooting death of one of her sons spur her to run for office. can --012 my son was killed in what is called the loud music case. i was asking legislators why this was happening. why were our legislators not willing to keep our families safe? there was silence. complicity. what i began to understand was that no one would be able to do anything. that is what i stood up and why i am taking action. what i have noticed a for and over before -- again is that republican legislators refused to do anything about this unnecessary gun violence. they will not take action. district are the people that i talk to every sing

senate, conflict and compromise," a c-span originale history and role of this uniquely american institution. airs wednesday 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. be sure to go onlineo c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch orange faiginal full-length int with senators, view farewell speeches from long-serving members and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber. and other exclusive locations. >>> when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest, most diverse freshman class in recent history. "new congress, new leaders," watch it live on c-span starting january 3rd. >>> now a look at efforts to digitize u.s. history. and how to make it more accessible. we'll hear from members of the white house historical association, the national parks service, the smithsonian institution, and the library of congress. it's an hour and 45 minutes. >> all right. so good afternoon, everybody. and welcome back. i'm dr. curtis sandberg, and i serve as the director of the david

historians, authors and civic leaders um you can watch our past interviews and tours online but going to booktv.org and selecting c-span cities tower from the series drop down at the top of the page or by visiting c-span.org/citiestour. you can follow the c-span cities tour on twitter for behind the scenes images and video from visitment the health is is,@c-spancitys. [inaudible conversations] >> tell low, everyone. >> hello. >> thank you for being here tonight. this a great turnout, love seeing the community support of local authors. normally i write a little introduction here but tonight that responsibility has been lifted from me so i'd like to introduce naomi. >> thank you for come, latin america has been of interest tee thus since james monroe decidedmer was for the americans over 200 years ago if not before and now seems to be mostly of interest to the politician as a source of people fleeing the u.s. or gang members, but throughout our history, the americas happen been intertwined. resources, people, and new ideas, culture and consequences have flowed up and down the hemisphere. much of that history is unknown i

c-span original production. explore the history, traditions and roles of this uniquely american institution, premieres wednesday, january 2nd at 8:00 pm eastern and pacific on c-span and be sure to go online-span.org/senate and watch original full-length interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long serving members and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. >> saturday at 8:00 eastern conversations with three retiring members of congress, democratic senator heidi heitkamp and republican representative dave bratt who were both defeated in the midterms and their allies the who is retiring after serving 18 years in the house. >> we could have gotten a bipartisan tax bill passed. i think there was no interest in doing a bipartisan tax bill. i think we could have done some reforms of the healthcare bill. there was no interest in doing reforms because it was all about winning politically and not governing in a sustainable way. those are regrets that i have. >> ideas matter to me and you try to get ideas in the press and they don't care. they are against your ideas and they put them down and they cannot name a substitute that is

a c-span original production exploring the history, traditions and role of this uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. and be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program. and watch original, full-length interviews with senators. view farewell speeches from long-serving members. and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. now c-span talks with outgoing u.s. representative peter roskam of illinois. on his career and time in congress. his is 30 minutes. congressman, let's first talk about your own re-election bid this year. you lost. what happened? did the politics change? did the district change? rep. roskam: i think it's going to be the professionals that are going to analyze these races and look at the trends and so forth. so there were a couple of things that were going on. obviously president trump and disposition was on the ballot and a gubernatorial race that was very significant. the republican spent was worth a billion dollars and you'd think that's real money. but not in illinois because his democrat opponent and now the guy who won, govern

eastern and pacific on c-span. go online go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and to watch original, holding interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long serving numbers, and take a tour inside new senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. >> "washington journal" continues. ast: it is the first day of partial shutdown of the federal government, and we will continue on later on in the program taking your calls about what you think about it. first, though, we will talk about the condition of the stock market with scott gamm, of yahoo! finance, a reporter who works on wall street. mr. gamm, good morning. guest: good morning. host: mr. gamm, pc the headlines concerning the suv on the stock market. what you think is behind the activity? 7% alonee s&p 500 fell this week. this is behind months of theines and volatility rate s&p 500 is down almost 20%, which would be a bear market. one or two more days in the bear market, and we have market, which is something we h

c-span original production. that premieres wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online at c-span.com. speeches and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. tonight at 8:00 eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress. >> i think we could have gotten a bipartisan tax bill passed. i think there was no interest in doing about -- bipartisan tax bill. we could have done some reforms of the health care bill. there was no interest in reforms of health care because it was all about winning politically. not governing in a sustainable way. those are regrets that i have. >> ideas matter to me. you try to get those out and they don't care. they are against your ideas. they put them down. they cannot name a substitute that is better. they don't have an alternative. --t is an internet intellectual fraud. that is what the press is engaged in, unfortunately. >> term limits sound like a good idea. leadership has no term limits area nancy pelosi will probably be over 100 by the time she finishes her last time a speake

c-span original production. and rolesraditions, of this uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday, january 2, at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go onlinen c-span.org to learn about the program. watch original interviews with senators. view farewell speeches and take a look into the senate chamber and other exclusive locations. wolf deputy general of the debbie tio on the state of global trade. he spoke about the importance of the wto and facilitating agreements and resolving disputes between member nations. peterson institute for international economics hosted this hour-long event.

c-span original production reports the history, traditions, and role of the uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go onlinec-span.org and watch original full-length interviews with senators and view farewell speeches from long serving members and take a tour inside of the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. >> american history tv continues now, with lebanon valley college professor james bruce hart teaching the class about the lead up to the american revolution describing actions by the british government such as the stamp act and stationing british troops in boston which american colonists began to view as a overreach of power, part of our lectures and history series this is just over an hour. >> all right so today we will be talking about the imperial problem that faces britain after the war in 1763 and of course, the coming of the revolution so if you have any questions pipe up if not i will be asking you questions. remember last time or last week anyway we put a graph up here showing the results you probably get if you went around

c-span original production exploring the traditions, history, and roles of this uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original, full length interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long serving members. and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber. and other exclusive locations. >> this christmas week we will begin a series of leading authors and joining us from new york to begin our series, her book is titled "how to be less stupid about race." good sunday morning. thanks for being with us. guest: good morning. thanks for having me. host: let's focus on the book. you write the following "hundreds of years after establishing a nation of colonial genocide people are kind of sort of maybe possibly waking up to the sad reality that our racial politics are still garbage. how could the same country that twice voted for an ivy league educated black president end up electing an over the racist who an barely string twogget two -- string together two coherent sentences." let's begin on that point. >> yes. i think

, c-span original production explain the history, traditions and role of this uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. sure to go onlinet www.c- span.org/senate to learn more about the set program in which original full-length interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long-suffering members and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest, most diverse freshman class in recent history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span starting january 3. next, author samuel goldman discusses the history of christian zionism in america, which he defines as the belief that christians have a religious responsibility to promote and support a jewish state in some portion of the biblical holy land. he is also author of the book god's country, christian zionism in america, held by the national history center and the woodrow wilson center, this is one hour and a half.>>>

-- a c-span original production, exploring the history, tradition, and roles of this uniquely american institution. 2,mieres wednesday, january at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span. and go online at www.c-span.org /senate. view farewell speeches from long serving members, and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. next, a conversation with mcraven,william the former commander who oversaw the mission to kill osama bin laden. he joined a panel in dallas. admiral mcraven: it is teriffic to be with you tonight. earlier this week, we were reminded of the 100 anniversary of the end of world war i. we saw gravesites decorated, crosses, the star david all cleaned up. visited by thousands of people. lots of tension worldwide here at home for the sacrifice that those men and women and their families made on behalf of generations that would follow. in many cases, we do not know their names, but then again, that is the nature of their sacrifice. it does not take long in the commentary that you hear about demographics before comparisons are made between those days in the run-up to world war i and the days that we are in today. the thre

, a c-span original production, exploring the history, traditions of this uniquely american institution, premieres wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern. be sure to go online at c-span.org to learn more about the program and watch original interviews with senators. longfarewell speeches from serving members and take a tour inside the chamber and other exclusive locations. announcer: when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest, most diverse reshma and class in history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span, starting january 3. announcer: homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen testifies before the house judiciary committee about border security and immigration enforcement. she was asked about the death of a seven-year-old girl who was importer patrol custody. -- who was in border patrol custody. [chatter] >> good morning. the judiciary committee will come to order without objection . the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. we welcome everyone to this hearing on oversight of the department of homeland security, and i will begin by yielding to the gentleman from new york. >> thank you, mr. chairman

c-span original production explore the history, tradition, and roles of this uniquely american institution. 2,mieres wednesday, january at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. online toe to go more about the program and watch original, full-length interviews with senators. view farewell speeches from long serving members, and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. >> christmas day on c-span, at 11:45 a.m. eastern, a look back on this year's memorial services for first lady barbara bush, senator john mccain, and president george h.w. bush. ,hen at 3:30 p.m. a.m. eastern the future of the u.s. military. at 8:00, former president barack state former secretary of james baker, an historian john meacham on the u.s.'s historians role in the world. >> people call washington. even our adversaries expect us to solve problems. and expect us to keep things running. >> and at 9:00, a conversation with entrepreneurs on women in corporate america. >> we know that women's networks tend to look very female heavy, men's networks tend to look very male heavy. that might be fine in your first position right out of school. who do you think

c-span production. explore the history, tradition and role of this uniquely institution. premieres on wednesday at 8 p.m. eastern pacific on c-span. and be sure to go online on c-span.org to learn more about the program and watch original full-length interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long serving members, and take a tour inside the senate chamber and other exclusive locations. we continue today with our week long series, author series, seven days, about what we think are the most interesting books of the year. talking to us about her book is my next guest is syndicated columnist, mona chaeren. thank you for being here. what is this book about, and what prodded you to write it? guest: it is about how we went wrong and a little overboard in the feminist movement and sexual revolution. the feminist movement was necessary and did some terrific things for our society, but i very badly andd misunderstanding one of the basic things women and men need, which is love and security. those things are best obtained through traditional marriage. unfortunately, feminism or trade marriage -- feminism portrayed marriage and family as traps, when in fac

compromise, a c-span original production, explore the history, traditions and role of this uniquely american institution. it premieres wednesday at 8 pm eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online to learn more about the program and watch original full link programs with senators, view farewell speeches and take a tour inside the senate chamber . >> during the spanish-american war, the ymca initiated a program to recruit women to bring a little home to u.s. troops abroad. in this program, cara dixon talked about the women who were sent to france during world war i that she is the author of the girls next door, bringing the home front to the front lines, this is one hour. >>> on that it is my pleasure to introduce our next speaker in our symposium, dr. cara dixon is the lieutenant corporal benjamin w smit professor of war conflict and society in the 20th century america that a professor at texas university, research focused on 20th- century wars and how they shaped and been shaped by american society and culture. her work also examines women's history, fully women's military and wartime experience in the relationship between the u.s. military and gender. she is the author of an

c-span original production. and rolesraditions, of this uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday, january 2, at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online on c-span.org to learn about the program. watch original interviews with senators. view farewell speeches and take a look into the senate chamber and other exclusive locations. wolf deputy general of the debbie tio on the state of global trade. he spoke about the importance of the wto and facilitating agreements and resolving disputes between member nations. peterson institute for international economics hosted this hour-long event. >> has been for a little over a year. this comes after a very distinguished career in government and in the private sector. worldwas one of the leading international trade lawyers for many years, having in fact prosecuted some of the most groundbreaking cases in the trade wto, going back to kodak-fuji, the semiconductor cases, and a whole variety of other, literally landmark international legal decisions. deputy director u.s. government in the carter when he wason, one of the key architects of the tokyo round, which launched many of the pathbreaking change

a c-span original production exploring the history, traditions and role of this uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. and be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program. and watch original, full-length interviews with senators. view farewell speeches from long-serving members. and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations.

compromise, a c-span original production, explore the history, traditions and role of this uniquely american institution. it premieres wednesday at 8 pm eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online to learn more about the program and watch original full link programs with senators, view farewell speeches and take a tour inside the senate chamber . >> during the spanish-american war, the ymca initiated a program to recruit women to bring a little home to u.s. troops abroad. in this program, cara dixon talked about the women who were sent to france during world war i

c-span. be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch over original, full-lengtherviews with senators. farewell speeches and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. the government shutdown will continue past the christmas holiday as they have ended their sessions. nextgislation until thursday. watch live house coverage on c-span. here are some programs coming up tonight on c-span. time ministers questions from the british house of commons is next. krystal fleming talks about race and racism in america. at 11:00 p.m., q&a with wall street journal columnist. the final question time of the year, british prime minister theresa may took questions on the economy, funding for u.k. public services and brexit negotiations. labor party leader jeremy corbyn pressed her on her leadership and preparing the brexit negotiations. >> questions to the prime minister. mike amesbury. >> question number one. >> this friday marks 30 years since flight 103, the biggest loss

c-span. be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original full-lengtherviews with senators. view farewell speeches from long serving members and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. next, live on washington journal, your calls and comments. congress weigh in on a possible government shutdown and the robert mueller investigation. we will hear from val demings and republican congressman jodey arrington at 8:30. washington journal is next. host: good morning. the senate yesterday agreed to avert a government shutdown but funding the government without money for a border wall. the white house says they are looking at the deal. what is your take on it? call into washington and let them know, do you support or oppose? if you agree to it, (202) 748-8000. if you oppose the short-term bill, (202) 748-8001. wjn us on twitter at c-span or