anneristopher hitchens, applebaum, and gretchen morgan said are three of the -- gretchen morgenson are three of the stories in "sundays at eight." "washington journal" continues. host: we continue with our discussion of lyndon johnson's vision for a great society. all this week on "washington journal" we are talking about several of them. we talked about the voting rights act, education, just talked about immigration as well. right now we want to focus on housing, president johnson signing into law in 1965 and omnibus housing act that was part of a series of omnibus bills on housing. joining us for this discussion is can't watkins, the chair of the national economy of housing and sustainable development. let's go back before '65. when did the federal government start getting involved in housing for americans, and why? greta, actually, it was way back in the 1700s, although it was more land use and land development and the sale of federal land -- surplus land we might call it today, but it wasn't then. it was new land. get intoeally didn't untilusing business settlers could build on it

. >> christopher hitchens, gretchen morgenson are a few of the engaging stories. now available at your favorite book seller. >>> now, the history of racial equality in professional sports. former basketball player bill russell and former football player jim brown talk about their struggles. they also discussed the role of african-americans in college and professional sports today. this panel from the lyndon johnson presidential library's civil rights summit is about an hour. >> good afternoon. my name is mike cramer. i'm the director of the texas program in sports and media here at the university of texas. we are pleased to partner again with the lbj library and museum. this is probably about our fifth event that we have partnered, at least on a piece of a program with them. today's conversation is part of our series on sports and society that was founded by one of the distinguished alums, cathy mcgar what we're pleased to partner with on many occasions. we also have an interesting timing of this today. yesterday, one of our participants, dr. harry edwards, formal

. >> christopher hitchens, anne applebaum and gretchen morgenson are a few of the 41 and engaging storiesc-span's "sundays at eight" now available at your favorite bookseller. .. sunday, on real america arranges interview with president herbert hoover. let us know what you think. call us or e-mail us. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> tonight on booktv, hillary clinton discusses her book, hard choices. ben shapiro lays out a criminal case against the president in the people vs. barack obama, and then green green walled discusses nsa surveillance in his book "no place to hide." >> in her new book, "hard choices"" hillary clinton talks about her time as secretary of state in the obama administration. this is an hour. >> our guest of honor is known primarily, of course, for her political role as first lady, u.s. senator from new york, and the 67th secretary of state. but she is also just published her fifth book, and has several prevus

. >> christopher hitchens, ann appelbaum and gretchen morgenson are a few of the 41 engaging stories in c-span's "sundays at 8:00." now available at your favorite book seller. >>> while congress is on break, we're using this time to show american history tv programs normally seen weekends here on c-span 3. next, the role of chaplains in war. during world war ii, roughly 12,000 chaplains travelled with combatants into battle and served as friends, advisors, and spiritual leaders. professor lyle dorsett explores the difficulties chaplains faced and shares stories from many of their autobiographies. this hour-long event was part of the national world war ii museum's commemoration of the 70th anniversary of d-day in june. >>> well, thank you for attending this session. and i will try to leave a little bit of time at the end for questions and answers if you would like. because often lectures raise more questions than they answer so i'll be happy to do that with you. a year and a half ago, i published the book that dr. t doctor just mentioned "serving god and country: u.s. military chaplai

. >> christopher hitchens, have five are a few of the 41 -- anne appplebaum and gretchen morgenson in c-span sunday at night now available with your favorite bookseller. >> a house oversight and government reform subcommittee held a hearing recently assessing the future of u.s. postal service and examining new innovations and the postal delivery industry. witnesses testify on behalf of the postal service include chief information officer james cochrane and inspector general david williams. of the witnesses include executives from outbox, stamps.com, m-pack systems and newgistics. this portion is just under 90 minutes. >> good morning. the committee will come to order. as is traditional within the oversight committee i like to start by reading our mission statement or we exist to secure to fundamental principles. first americans have a right to know that the money washington takes for them is well spent and second, americans deserve an efficient and effective government that works for them. our duty on the oversight government reform committee is to protect these rights. our solemn res

. >> christopher hitchens, have five are a few of the 41 -- anne appplebaum and gretchen morgenson inpan sunday at night now available with your favorite bookseller. >> a house oversight and government reform subcommittee held a hearing recently assessing the future of u.s. postal service and examining new innovations and the postal delivery industry. witnesses testify on behalf of the postal

. >> christopher hitchens, anne applebaum and gretchen morgenson are a few of the 41 and teaching stories in c-span's "sundays at eight" now available at your favorite bookseller. >> here's some of the highlights for this weekend. >> and let us know what you think of the programs you're watching. calls you're watching. call set to zero to 663400 or e-mail us at comments at c-span.org. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> the house judiciary committee over-criminalization task force recently debated whether to reform the prosecution and sentencing of criminals and specifically focused on whether or not to eliminate or reduce mandatory minimum sentences in certain cases. witnesses included former assistant u.s. attorney eric evenson and bryan stevenson with the equal justice initiative. this is just under two hours. >> the over concession task hearing will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the task force at anytime. we will welcome our witnesses today. mr. william otis is an adjunct professor at georgetown

. >> christopher hitchens, anne applebaum and gretchen morgenson are a few of the 41 and engaging stories and c-span's "sundays at eight" now available at your favorite bookseller. >> here's what's ahead today on c-span2. next, a conversation with author david mccullough, this from our latest book "sundays at eight," a collection of c-span interviews done over the years on our book notes and q&a programs. later we will show you all of today's "washington journal" again. .. >> here's a preview. >> it used to be the government would say if you publish the story of national security and somebody will get killed. that's not good enough for me. i want to hear, i want to hear who, or i want to hear the specifics. obviously, i don't mean tell me how they're going to get killed, i just mean tell me what you mean. you can't give me a vague -- i really want to know. you mean a case officer in tehran? and tell me how. second thing is i always demand that a request to hold something back comes from somebody very high in the government. never if the press person asks for it, i won't even take the call

. >> christopher hitchens, anne applebaum and gretchen morgenson are a few of the 41 engaging storiesc-span "sundays at eight." .. this push is about 45 minutes. >> host: very good thursday morning. the situation leading the front pages of both regional papers in missouri and in the area and papers are out of the country. here's the st. louis post-dispatch from this morning out of cry and result sharpton takes the pulpit. you have issues in the city is the headline. the kansas city star protests of shooting continued. police won't name the officer is the front page of usa today this morning. it has a photo into the lead story police fire tear gas and a night of furor in ferguson and the police in the streets wednesday as they clash with protesters and ferguson missouri and you can see the picture. also a picture in the "washington post" on the topic. racial cross between missouri town and police go back years. a picture of a protester taking shelter from smoke billowing around him in ferguson missouri. we'll be talking about this morning. but i want to read some from the dispatch stor

. >> christopher hitchens, anne applebaum, and gretchen morgenson, a few of the engaging stories at "sundays at eight. come -- new york times reporter matthew rosenberg was recently expelled from afghanistan by the karzai administration because of on an interim government. mr. rosenberg spoke at the national press club for a little less than an hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists. i would like to give a special welcome to those of you joining us today on c-span. my name is myron belkin, president of the national press club and host yesterday's news conference. , here are a few guidelines. after our speaker's presentation, i will open the floor for a q&a. questions will be from credentialed media and club members. when you are recognized, please identify yourself and your organization before asking your question. no speeches, please. just a question. our guest today is "new york times" reporter matthew rosenberg, who was expelled from kabul by the government of hamid karzai government last week. b

. >> christopher hitchens, anne applebaum and gretchen morgenson are a few of the 41 and teaching stories in c-span's "sundays at eight" now available at your favorite bookseller. >> here's some of the highlights for this weekend.