. >> howard smith was the moderator. a news man who is embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for sometimes five, or more minutes at a time, and today, you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. i think really everybody at abc stood back and let the fire burn. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a co -- q&a. >> monday on the communicators michael o'rielly on key issues like net neutrality, the internet and the public's influence on policy. >> when an item is presented to the commissioner level, that document should be made available publicly. i think i would provide an opportunity for everyone to come in and know exactly what we are thinking. you would allow people to hone in on as -- on problematic issues. people raise concerns, they often don't know exactly what is being put forward. they are doing rifle shots in many different scattered structures. that is problematic from my point of view. i would rather people target exactly what they would like to see fixed and not spend time on needless things.

you had to move wilbur mills and get howard smith out of the way.nd you had to get the ama pacified. a couple things happened. the elections of 1965 brought in a number of democrats into the house. there were now almost 300. wilbur mills from arkansas said i think i can get this bill , through because i think it is going to pass 300 democrats and the house. i've got 68 members of the senate, and a number of great senate leaders like harry byrd and others. the climate at that moment was right. the majority in the house. the pendulum had swung in favor of the bill. how do i deal with mr. smith? he will boggle -- he will bottle the bill down in rules. speaker mccormack came up with an ingenious solution, the 21 day rule. which is if you do not get the , bill out of the rules committee in 21 days, it is passed. so, what lbj did, by the depth of his parliamentary knowledge to move away the legal and political obstacles to moving a bill through. remember, you have to introduce a bill, have hearings, it has to be marked up and come out of the committee, th

the second problem is, this cantankerous old guy from virginia howard smith.e is on the rules committee. i cannot get anything through the rules committee. how am i going to break this logjam? lbj had a daunting task. overarching all of this was the ama, the ama would send leaflets to every doctor. you walk in and the first thing the pace -- the doctor would say, i may not see you next week because of a socialized medicine bill. the patient was quivering, i cannot see my doctor anymore. some senior citizens got together and they said every time a patient walks into a doctor let's give them something from the bible to quote back to the doctor. in a moment of concern when the patient walked in trembling and the doctor presented him with socialized medicine -- the patient would squeak out. in the bible, it is said that cast me not off in time of old age, forget-me-not when my strength fails. [laughter] that little epigram turned the doctors from red to blue. they said ok. a couple things happened. wilbur mills, howard smith. and you had to get the ama pacified. a

. >> howard k smith was the moderator, who i think was really embarrassed by this.s moderating, but he disappears or sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping every 30 seconds. i think really, everybody at abc just it back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern c-span's q&a. >> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. up next in the second of the two-part look at the museum of the american revolution, we see highlights of the artifact collection. >> i am scott stevenson. i'm in charge of the team

. >> howard smith was the moderator, who i think was really embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you what you have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burned. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span q&a. >> the sin that has a rare sunday session this weekend considering amendments to the highway bill that legislation that such policy for road, bridges and mass transit. italy provides money for projects for three years. on sunday, senators consider him an amendment that would restart the operations of the export import bank and another that would repair -- repeal the affordable care act. the highway bill was one issue transportation secretary anthony fox spoke about this morning at a breakfast meeting with reporters. he opened the discussion talking about interest rotation department. >> thank you for coming. our guest today is anthony foxx. his last meeting with our group was last year. he earned his bachelors ed davis in college. af

you will see howard k smith from abc, and maybe tom brokaw. let's get your take on this. >> at one minute before 1:00, the switch part of the capital received a phone call. a man's wise said a bomb would go off in the building and a half an hour. at 1:30 in the morning it did. in a restaurant on the ground floor of the senate side, near several small offices, including a committee hearing room. a report on the first serious damage to the nation's foremost structures since the british burned it in 1814, here is congressional correspondent bob clark. >> alarm, for a time, that other bombs may be hidden in the capital. police used trained dogs to sniff out explosives in a search inside and outside the building. the single bomb set off by a timing device in the men's room left it in shambles. rick from -- plaster ripped from walls. experts sought clues to the nature of the explosives. heavy damage to the barbershop. windows smashed, 100 feet away in the senate, tables were overturned and a stained glass mosaic destroyed. don: the capital building

brian: howard k smith moderated those debates. we did not see the moderator but you can hear have a little bit. he did not seem very happy with this. did you talk to anyone at abc that was there at the time? and get with their reaction was at this time? robert: we did. we talked to people who were there, and i think the people who were in the control room were shocked. i mean, no one expected this. and they, you know, i think we have in the film, one of the guys in the control room says, can they say that? and, it had already gone out. it had already been said. actually it was so shocking that , they withheld from the west coast, they delayed the west coast broadcast. brian: did it ever show on the west coast? morgan: no. no. brian: here's some more of your documentary. this is a clip of bill buckley and gore vidal when vidal was wanting to expose buckley for something. >> buckley expected this to be an opportunity to debate the issues. to have some fun, he was not prepared mr. vidal. >> weren't told me he hired a researcher. he w

. >> howard k. smith was moderator, the distinguished newsman who i think was really embarrassed by this. was moderating but disappears for sometimes 5 or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have moderator jumping in every thirty-second so really everyone at abc stood back and put the fire burn. >> sunday night a:00 eastern and pacific on c-span2's q&a. >> c-span2 brings the best access to congress live debate and votes from the senate floor. hearings and public policy events and every weekend booktv with nonfiction authors and books and authors, live coverage of book festivals around the country and behind-the-scenes look at the publishing industry. c-span2 the best access to congress and nonfiction books. senate majority image mcconnell has set up a procedural vote on reauthorize and export/import bank which saw its charter expired last month. tivo isn't the form of an amendment to the transportation spending bill prompting, republican ted cruz, an opponent of reauthorize in the bank to call sena

. >> howard k smith was the moderator, who i think was really embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears or sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping every 30 seconds. i think really, everybody at abc just it back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern c-span's q&a. >> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. up next in the second of the two-part look at the museum of the american revolution, we see highlights of the artifact collection. >> i am scott stevenson. i'm in charge of the team developing exhibitions and programs that will be in the new museum in philadelphia. this is about a century old project. we have been working on the project since five years. we expect to open in 2017. we have a place to show up these wonderful and amazing original object from the revolutionary era. for general view, or sometimes looking at 18th-century firearms they tend to look alike that this really speaks to the one power of the ideas that were made the country and parti

whereas howard k. smith was a distinction and was embarrassed by this. it was moderating but he disappeared for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. that he would have a moderator not jump in every 30 seconds. i think of it at abc stood back and let the fire burned. >> sunday at eight eastern and pacific on c-span cuba and a. >> a federal grand jury has indicted a suspect in last question at historic black church in charleston, south carolina, on federal hate crime charges. is accused of killing nine people during a bible study in charleston and was charged on 33 federal counts. attorney general loretta lynch spoke about the indictments at a briefing at the justice department. >> welcome good afternoon, everyone and thank you for coming. i'm joined today by vanita gupta, the head of the department's civil rights division and mark juliano deputy director of the fbi. we are here today to announce that a federal grand jury in south carolina has returned a 33 count indictment against delta and move, charging him with federal hate crimes and firearm char

. >> howard k smith was a distinguished news men who was embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you would not have the moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. everybody at abc stood back and let the fire burned. next sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on quoting q"q&a." >> the two countries relaunched diplomatic ties. the u.s. opened its embassy and cuba monday. secretary of state john kerry will attend the ceremony in cuba next month. [cheers and applause] ♪ [crowd chanting] [applause] ♪ [applause] [speaking spanish] >> her excellency, mrs. roberto jacobson, officials of the u.s. government accompanies her. honorable members of congress, esteemed representatives of the u.s. organizations, movement and institutions who made huge efforts in favor of the change in the u.s.-cuba policy and the improvement of bilateral relations. distinguished ambassadors. officials and workers of the cuban embassies, esteemed friends. [speaking spanish] >> the flags that you revere at the entrance of t

and i don't think these guys needed as morgan said, they didn't need that >> and howard k. smith was the moderator who was a distinguished news man who i think was embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. so really, everybody just stood back and let the fire burn. >> every morning "washington journal" is live with officials policy makers and journalists and your comments. legs>> water discusses his economic plan is acknowledgment is governor -- accomplishments as governor of wisconsin. this is an hour. >> very good. >> how are you doing? scott walker: good to see you. >> best representative in the land. >> feeling the same way? scott walker: it is good to be here. >> i am so happy. scott walker: this will be fun. [indiscernible] scott walker: wow. that's great. this is my wife, tonette. these are my sons. >> nice to meet you. scott walker: these are my nieces. this is my brother and sister-in-law who were driving the car behind us. they have a winneba

. >> and howard k. smith, the moderator, a distinguished newsman, who i think was embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but sometimes disappears for five minutes at a time. today, a moderator jumps in every 30 seconds. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span's "q and a". >>> democratic candidates for president gathered in iowa last week. together, the comments to the iowa democratic party run just under two hours. >>> thank you very much. thank you, doctor mcgwire. congratulations to all of the hall of fame inductees. and thank you for inviting me to this exciting night in cedar rapids. tonight you'll hear from five good candidates with a wide range of passions and experiences. it's good to be in iowa. i'm a college wrestler and i have long admired the many hawkeye and cyclone champions. i'm the only candidate that has been a mayor, and governor. throughout these experiences, i have tried to earn a reputation for courage and honesty. i also have shown strong convictions, sometimes under e

. >> howard k. smith was the moderator and he was a distinguished newspaper think was really kind of embarrassed by this. it was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you would never moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. so i think really everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in on this wednesday morning. they will be spending the first part of the day on general speeches. the highway bill is standing by for debate. it is that the porsche for highway bridge, mass transportation projects nationwide for the next six years. current funding for the program runs out at the end of this month. the house passed a bill to continue funding into december senators received their bill mid afternoon yesterday and have been looking over. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. t

. >> and howard k. smith was the moderator who i think was really embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. i mean today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. so i think really everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q and a. >>> up next treasury secretary jack lew talks about the financial regulations. this event was organized by the group better markets. >>> hello. we're honored to have secretary lew here today on this historic occasion. most of you know his background. he was confirmed by the united states senate as the 76th treasury secretary in february of 2013. in that kmas fi he's also chairman of the financial stability oversight council. before becoming treasury secretary he served as president obama's white house chief of staff and before that he was director of the office of management and budget in both the obama and clinton administrations. while there are many high profile activities in the financial

. >> howard k. smith was the moderator which was a distinguished news man who was really i think embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. i think really everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific an c-span's q and a. >>> next it's a discussion on financial regulation and the effects of the dodd frank law. the american enterprise institute hosted economic analysts who discussed the different provisions of the law, including the authorities granted to the consumer financial protection board, the financial stability oversight council, and the new authority granted to the federal reserve, along with their recommendation for change. this event runs just over two hours. >> a 100% predictable feature of financial cycles is that after a crises there is a political and regulatory overreaction always. so with the dodd frank act wh

. >> howard k. smith was the moderator, a distinguished newsman who i think was really kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappeared for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. so i think really, everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >>> next, secretary of labor thomas perez testifies about a proposal to change investor adviser standards for savings accounts. it is aimed at eliminating conflict of interest for advisors. >> welcome to our visitors and welcome to our secretary of labor. secretary perez and our other members who will testify in a little bit and glad to have my ranking member franken here. he keeps me straight all of the time. if not straight, at least he keeps me laughing. >> you keep me laughing too. is that the proper thing to say. >> that sounds good. >> no we're good friends we are. and you are the co-sponsor of my very

. >> howard k. smith was the moderator, who was a distinguished newsman, who i think was really kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for, you know, sometimes five or more minutes at a time. i mean today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds, you know, so i think really everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q & a. >>> veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald testified on capitol hill earlier this week warning of the potential consequences of a $2.5 billion budget shortfall, which would include hospital closures and employee furloughs. house veterans affairs committee chairman jeff miller and committee members from both parties criticized the va about the lack of accountability and not revealing the budget issues sooner. secretary mcdonald said his department came to the conclusion in mid-may that they could not solve the budget problems. he urged the committee to transfer up to $

. >> howard k. smith was the moderator who was a distinguished newsman who was embarrassed by this.was moderating but he disappears sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. everybody at abc. >> president obama saying opponents of the nuclear agreement with iran, are quote, the same folks who were quick to go to war in iraq and said it would only take a few months. the president making comments to veterans of foreign wars convention in pittsburgh. [cheers and applause] >> it is now my honor and privilege to introduce someone who is no stranger to the veterans of foreign wars of the united states. he has served his state senate for eight years before becoming a u.s. senator from the prarie state of illinois in 2004. [applause] >> he would become a member of the senate veterans affairs committee and co-sponsor a number of v.f.w. legislations like the post 9/11 g.i. bill and he would attend the v.f.w. washington office lemmingstive conference reception speak at our national convention for two years in a row as a candi

police arrested nelson howard ford in a stabbing case from suitland overnight. investigators think ford knew the victim, william smith. smith was found on huron avenue with multiple stab wounds, but no word yet on a motive. >>> an unsupervised house party, aburg rained one teen found dead. right now, a 16-year-old is at the center of it all, being questioned by police. it all started early friday at a home on sunny chapel road in odin ton, maryland. police say the 16-year-old had a power had party there. hours after the party was over, there was a burglary and the teenager stabbed two of the burglars, 19-year-old jesse rousseau died. >>> a baby is living with his grandparents after police say his mom and dad put him down for the night and walked to a store a while away. the couple were arrested last night in brooklyn park maryland. someone who lives with the couple found the baby called 911. >>> a candidate in fairfax county is back on the campaign trail after being attacked by a constituent. kathy smith was campaigning in the century oaks neighborhood last week. she says one of the resident assaulted her because of