to me about what you believe the legacy of hubble is or does it have a legacy? >> i think it's incredible. you would know better than i long it's been up there. >> 27 years. heading to 30. >> yeah. doing that kind of science on a daily basis and, you know, letting not only the scientists experience the data that they get from it, which is most of the stuff you don't see, but also the public engagement that is provided and let people kind of get a sense for, you know, where we are in the universe, which is pretty insignificant if you consider, you know, those images. i think it's been a great success, and it was -- and it was a great first mission for me. >> watch "after words," tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on book-tv on c-span2. >>> next, a look at the abolitionist movement and its impact on the civil war. we'll hear from the national park service former chief historian robert sutton on their immigration to kansas and efforts to make it a free state. this is about an hour. >> good morning, everyone. and welcome to the watkins. i want's my distinct pleasure and h

having become an official hubble hugger talk about what you believe the legacy of hubble is. >> it is incredible. it has been up there, you would know better than i how long it has been up there, 27 years. doing that kind of science on a daily basis and letting not only the scientists experience the data they get from it which is most of the stuff you don't see but the public engagement provided and let people get a sense for where we are in the universe which is pretty insignificant when you consider the images. it has been a great success, a great first mission for me. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> the exact number of political kidnap victim is being held today is secret. i don't know. the fbi would have that information. do they work closely with the cia? they compete with the cia and we know that story after 9/11 was the fbi and cia work together, the information would have prevented 9/11. one reason they compete is tribal warfare, they want a larger budget and greater power that as one fbi agent said, and greater accountability, extremely dangerous, don

you believe the legacy of hubble is or does it have a legacy? >> i think it's incredible commune of. -- it's incredible, you know. it's been up there 27 years. >> getting to 30. >> doing that kind of science on a daily basis and letting not only the scientists experience the data that they get from it, which is most of the stuff you don't see, but also the public and gauge meant -- engagement that is provided and let people in a sense of where we are the universe, which is pretty insignificant if you consider those images. i think it's been a great success. it was a great first mission for me. sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span two. >> the house and senate have done with their legislative work for the year, and no legislative work as expected. we will have coverage of the house until they come in. until then, part of today's "washington journal." host: joining us from nashville, tennessee is author stephen mansfield, author of "choosing donald trump." thanks for being with us on this friday. one year into his presidency, do t

would you believe the legacy of hubble is or does it have a legacy? >> you would know better than i how long it's been up there. >> 27 years. >> doing that kind of science on a daily basis -- living not only the scientists experience the data that they get from it, which is most of the stuff you don't see, but also the public provided andat is let people get a sense for where we are in the universe, which is pretty insignificant if you consider those images. i think it's been a great success. a great first mission for me. >> watch afterwards tonight on 2.span >> next, we spent some time at the white house looking at the holiday tree lighting and other festivities starting with the first lady making holiday decorations with children. ♪

you believe that legacy of hubble is or does it have a legacy? >> it is incredible. there -- youp would know better than i. 27 years. doing that kind of science on a daily basis. and letting not only the scientists experience the data that they get from it, which is most of the stuff you do not say but also the public engagement that is provided and let people get a sense for where we are in the universe, which is pretty insignificant, if you consider those images. i think it has been a great success. it was a great first mission for me. cspan2.on this weekend on c-span3. aturday at 8 p.m. eastern am erin bell talks about privacy law and federal surveillance of civil rights leaders. >> here is the head of the co-until operations, william sullivan,

third servicing mission, having been a part of that mission talk about what you believe the legacy of hubble us or does it? >> i think it's incredible. you would know better than i,. >> it doing that kind of science on a daily basis and letting not only the scientists experience the data they get from which is most of the stuff you don't see, but also the public engagement that is provided letting people get a sense for where we are the universe which is pretty and significant when you consider those images i think it's been a great success. a great first mission for me. >> c-span, where history of full staley. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies on his brought to by your cable or satellite provider. >> at a senate hearing, witnesses from the truck and shipping industries talked about the importance of freight and infrastructure needs the u.s. highways, ports and waterways. james and half chairs the subcommittee. this is an hour and a half. >> the meeting will come to order. we're honored to have great witnesses today. josÉ vented actions.

having been a part of that mission and an official hubble hugger, what do you believe the legacy of hubble is? >> is incredible. you would know better than i -- >> 27 years. >> doing that kind of science on a daily basis, letting not only the scientists experience the data they get from it, which is most of the stuff you do not see, but also, the public that is provided and lets people get a sense for where we are in the universe, which is pretty insignificant, when you consider those images. it has been a great success. it was a great first mission for me. >> afterward, sunday night at 9:00 eastern on booktv on c-span2. monday night on the communicators, national association of broadcasters ceo gordon smith on the future of television. view, isture, in my very bright for broadcasting because of this new 3.0 receiver standard. dramaticallyng into the efficiency of our spectrum. so ifl wake up your phone there is an emergency coming into your neighborhood, you can be alerted to that through a broadcast signal. said, tremendous pictures, the sound capabilities it will give and augment. the b

the legacy of hubble is? or does it have one? doing that kind of science on and you know, letting not only the scientists experience the data they get from it which is most of the stuff you don't see, but also the public engagement that is provided and let people kind of get a sense for where we are in the universe, which is pretty insignificant, if you consider those images. i think it has been a great success. and it was a great first mission for me. >> afterwards, sunday night on book tv on c-span2. >> each week, american history america provides archival films for today's issues. first 90th congress's session reflects the contention over the vietnam war. nevertheless, the congressional machinery financed the war, kept the important domestic programs going and passed some key a distillation. was the largest increase in social security benefits in the program's 32 year history. and expanded federal jurisdiction over the control of air pollution. remarkable was the recent history of consumer legislation. wit

a part of that mission, and having beneficial whate hunter, talk about you believe the legacy of hubble is. >> is incredible. it's been up there -- 27 years. >> get into 30. >> doing that, science on a not onlyis and letting the scientists experience the data that they get from it, which is most of the stuff you don't see, but also, public engagement that's provided, and let people kind of get a sense for where we are in the universe, which is pretty insignificant, if you consider those images. it's my great success. it was a great first mission for me. >> "afterwards," said in a 9:00 eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> is a look at the past year in politics. from today's "washington journal," this is half-an-hour. ngton journal continues. host: we want to welcome back author and syndicated radio talk show host bill press, the former chair of the democratic party in california. what does the landscape look like for democrats and where should republicans be most concerned in 2018? bill: merry christmas. nice to be back. blue wave, is what i think of for 2018.

come in the night while doing that hubble one of the from the one that hit. the headlines terror nazi. independence parties look set to keep their absolute majority in the council and parliament a result that would likely lead to renewed political conflict with the spanish government. the u.s. suffers a stinging rebuke over its recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital as the un general assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn the move. the use of the veto obstructed the security council and shameful that you even think the blatant violation of the rights of promise to america will put our embassy in jerusalem this is bullying and will not. in the vote over one hundred countries ignore the intense pressure from washington and threats from the u.s. president and ambassador.

you believe the legacy of hubble is, or does it have a legacy? >> i think it is incredible. it has been up there -- you would know better than i. >> 27 years. >> 27 years, doing that kind of science on a daily basis, letting not only the scientists experience the data that they get from it, which is most of the stuff you don't see, but also the public engagement that is provided, and let people get a sense for where we are in the universe, which is pretty insignificant, as you consider the images. i think it has been a great success, and it was a great first mission for me. announcer: watch "afterwords" on book tv on c-span2. announcer: monday night on "the communicators," national associations of broadcaster gordon smith on the future of television. >> i think it is, again, the future in my view is very bright for broadcasting, because of this new 3.0 receiver standard. it's investing dramatically into the efficiency of our spectrum, and it will wake up your phone so if there is an emergency coming into your neighborhood, you can be alerted thro

having been a part of that an officialbecoming hubble hugger, talk to me about what the legacy of it is? >> it is incredible. you would know better than i. 27 years. doing that kind of science on a daily basis, and you know, letting not only the scientists experience the data that they get from it, which is most of the stuff you don't see, but also the public engagement that is provided in letting people in a sense for where we are the universe, which is pretty insignificant, if you consider those images. i think it has been a great success. you know, it was a great first mission for me. >> afterwards, sunday night at 9:00 you stern on c-span2. virginia democratic senator mark warner says he believes there will be a tax reform bill in 2018. this comes came during an interview. also, talks included the russia investigation, the upcoming midterm elections, and topics for next year.

it is similar to being handed a hubble telescope when you have only had binoculars.at i have called the missing link between structure and function. in canada, they were carrying out the world's biggest study into sleep — what happens if you don't get enough of it. you sleep for four hours, then i will personally come and wake you up. volunteers were asked to carry out tests designed to work at how well we function if we are tired. the hope is we will find out how much sleep we need for our brains to be at their best. and at this lab in london, researchers have been manipulating the dna of very early embryos to see how one fertilised cell can create a human. this is basic research that is providing a foundation of knowledge about early human development within this first seven—day window, and our hope is that this information can be used as a basis to build further understanding about underlying causes of infertility. the technique is called gene editing. inside the nucleus of each cell in our body is our genome — the blueprint for life. a single error can affect dev

i woke up my hubble. check this out. he's half awake it look likes kung fu panda my son's favorite movie. >> reporter: is it a gloat or glare. we went around city to hall see what people think. >> i see a ghost. >> light something with lights or i don't know. >> reporter: does it kind of look like a ghost? >> maybe a little bit. >> reporter: it could be a light flare some people think. >> no. >> it's a ghost. >> it looks like a ghost. >> it's a ghost. >> that's ghost. >> reporter: we took our investigation to john levy founder of old old city paranormal. that's right, folks a professional ghost hunter. >> there's really cool picture, um, but what i see out of it is what we call may tricking effect you can get that if you're taking pictures fully blossomed trees maybe dirty windows. if you look to the left, around the lights around the window, you almost see the same kind of little glare from the lights. >> reporter: okay. so it's not a ghost according to an expert but we were still curious. >> have you sensed any spirits

it is similar to being handed a hubble telescope when you have only had binoculars.ime we can address what i have called the missing link between structure and function. in canada they were carrying out the world's biggest study into sleep, what happens if you don't get enough of it. if you don't get four hours i will personally come and wake you up. volunteers were asked to carry out tests designed to work at how well we function if we are tired. the hope is we will find out how much sleep we need for our brains to be at their best. and at this lab in london researchers have been manipulating the dna of very early embryos, to see how one fertilised cell can create a human. this is basic research that is providing a foundation of knowledge about early human development within this first seven—day window and our hope is that this information can be used as a basis to build further understanding about underlying causes of infertility. the technique is called gene editing, and inside the nucleus of each cell in our body is our genome — the blueprint for life. a single e

part of that mission and having become an official, talk to me about what you believe the legacy of hubble is. does it have a legacy? you would know better than i how long it is been up there. doing that kind of science on a daily basis and, you know, letting not only the scientists it,rience the data they get but also the public engagement that is provided to let people get a sense for, you know, where we are in the universe, which is pretty insignificant if you consider those images. i think it is been a great success. it was a great first mission for me. "afterword," on c-span2. c-span, where history unfolds daily. as a79, c-span was created public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. house daily white briefing was dominated by questions about the tax reform bill. thoseary sanders praised passing the bill. this is 25 minutes. mrs.

and having become an hubcial couple -- official ble hugger, tell me what you think the legacy of hubble is. years, to have a telescope doing that kind of science on a letting not only the scientists experience the data they get from it, which is most of the stuff you don't see, but also the public engagement that it has provided, let people kind of get a sense for where we are in the universe, which is .retty insignificant i think it's been a great success. first mission for me. >> in a surprise trip, vice president mike pence addressed airfield ingram afghanistan. he talked about the importance of the united states mission in the middle east. terrord that the 9/11 attacks were hashed out of afghanistan. he also talked about some of the military policy changes that the trump administration has implemented since taking office, including more engagement and leadership on the ground. due to technical difficulties, the beginning portion of his

having been a part of that mission and become a official hubble hugger, what you live the legacy of hubble is? incredible, 27 years. doing the kind of science on a and not letting on the scientist experienced the data that they get from it which is most of the stuff you don't provided in visit that people get a sense for where we are in the universe which is pretty insignificant if you consider those images. 9:00 afterwards to my at eastern on book tv on c-span2. c-span, q&a with

believe the legacy of hubble is. or does it have a legacy? >> i think it's incredible. it's been up there -- you would know better than i how long it's been up there. >> 27 years. 27 years. to have a telescope. >> getting to 30. >> doing that kind of science on a daily basis and, you know, letting them get the stuff most of you don't see and the public engagement that is provided and let people kind of get a sense for, you know, where we are in the universe which is pretty insignificant. if you consider, you know, those images. i think it's been a great success. it was a great first mission for me. >> afterwards sunday night at 9:00 eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> winston churchill was awarded the nobel prize in literature for the book "the second world war." up next on american history tv, we'll take a look at dhuch hichs historian with andrew roberts. this is 50 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, we ended last year's conference with a prenztation by andrew roberts. and we know winning formula whether we see one. s

mission and having become an official huddle hugger, talk to me about what you believe the legacy of hubble is. it's been up 27 years. >> 27 years, get to go 30. >> doing that kind of science on a daily basis and, you know, letting not only the scientist experience the data that they get from it which is most of the stuff you don't see, but also the public engagement that is provided and let people kind of get a sense for, you know, where we are in the universe which is pretty insignificant if you consider those images, i think, it's been a great success and it was, you know, it was a great first mission for me. you know, when i was writing the book, i realized that i read the book the right stuff and almost 18 years to do day, 18 years later i was flying in space for the first time and not only that, and i don't even write about this in the book because i never really thought about it much, i was actually the first american in my class of 35 people to fly. and for a kid that probably add and couldn't do his homework, that's pretty remarkable. >> it is. >> i almost don't believe it myself.

having been a part of that mission and having become an official hubble hugger, talk to me about what you believe the legacy of hobble is, or does it have legacy? >> guest: i think it's incredible. it's been up there come you would know better than i have long -- >> host: 27 years. >> guest: doing that kind of science on a daily basis and, you know, letting that only the scientists experience the data that they get from it, which is most of the stuff you don't see, but also the public engagement that is delighted and let people kind of get a sense for what we are in the universe, which is pretty insignificant if you consider those images. i think it's been a great success, and it was a great first mission for me. when i was writing the book, i realized that i read that book the right stuff in almost 18 years to the day later i was flying in space for the first time. and, and not only that, and i don't even write about this in the book is i never thought about it much, but i was actually the first american in my class of 35 people to fly. and forgive that probably had add and couldn't

having been a part of that mission, talk to me what you believe to be the legacy of hubble. >> it is incredible. it has been up there -- >> 27 years. getting on 30. >> doing that kind of science on a daily basis -- leading not only the scientists experience the data they get from it which is most of the stuff you don't see, but also the public andgement that is provided let people kind of get a sense for where we are in the universe which is pretty insignificant if you consider the images. i think it has been a great success. and it was a great first mission for me. words tonight on c-span two. up next, we hear about george nayeri on a trip to barbados in 1751, which gives a detailed account of his only journey outside colonial america. traveling with his brother, he survived a serious case of smallpox while on the island. karl watson, who serves on the board of directors george washington house in barbados ofke about this chapter washington's life at a symposium on the places where the first president lived and visited. it was recorded at washington's mount vernon, virginia home. th

loss of this $1.5 trillion to debt that will be paid largely by future generations is something that hubbles our ability to make our nation safe and secure. this tax scam is reprehensible morley. it cut, taxes -- it cuts taxes for the wealthiest while jeopardizing programs that are essential to the safety and security of many in our nation who are most vulnerable. under current law, the g.o.p. tax plan will trigger $25 billion in medicare cuts next year alone. and with this self-inflicted $1.5 trillion hole in our federal deficit, we know what will come next. savage attacks on social security as well as medicaid and medicare. this is an assault on health care. it doesn't end with these programs. the repeal of the affordable care act's individual mandate will raise premiums and eventually lead to $13 million -- 13 million more uninsured americans. republicans are sabotaging these critical programs that provide care to the most vulnerable americans so that those at the top can avoid paying their fair share. and what corporations benefit the most? there is a very simple answer. the ones that be

been a part of that mission and having become an , tell mehubble hugger what you think the legacy of hubble is. >> i think it is incredible. it has been up there 2017 years. years. doing the kind of science on a daily basis and letting not only the scientists experience the day that they get from it, which is most of the stuff you do not see but also the public engagement that is provided and let people kind of get a sense for where we are in the universe, which it is pretty insignificant if you consider those images. i think it was a great first mission for me. "afterwords," sunday night on c-span2. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. c-span was brought to you -- >> after the passing of the tax reform bill in the house, paul ryan and others spoke. this is 10 minutes.

having been a part of that about what you think the legacy of hubble is?ink it is incredible. would no you better than i -- >> 27 years. getting close to 30. >> doing that science on a daily basis and letting not only the scientists experienced the data that they get from it, which is most of the stuff you do not see, but the public engagement that it has provided and let people get a sense for of where we are in the universe, which is pretty insignificant if you consider those images. i think it has been a great success and it was a great first mission for me. announcer: sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, american university professor aaron bell talks about privacy laws and federal surveillance of civil rights leaders. >> here is the head of the operation, sullivan, shortly after the march on washington and the i have a dream speech, we must mark king now as the most dangerous knee grow in the future of the nation, from the standpoint of commun

believe the legacy of hubble is, or does it have a lega legacy? >> i think it's incredible, you would know better how long. >> 27 years. >> yes, that kind of science on a daily basis, you know, letting not only the scientists experience the data that they get from it, which is most of the stuff you don't see, but also the public engagement that is provided and let people kind of get a sense for where we are in the universe, which is pretty insignificant, if you consider those images, i think it's been a great success, and it was a great first mission for me. >> watch after words tonight at 9:00 eastern on book tv, on c-span2. up next on american history tv, former national park chief historian robert sutton explains why new england abolitionists immigrated to kansas, their efforts to make kansas a free state and their