mone, president of the manhattan institute and it is a pleasure for me to introduce loebsack -- jason riley, a regular columnist for the wall street journal and a commentator for fox news. in his new book "false black power?" jason offers a critique of civil rights leaders and their prioritization of your political power which failed to produce significant results for african-americans. two leading black intellectuals, glenn lowry and john mcclure. it is a slender book but packs a powerful punch. what makes this book shine is its clarity to logic and accessibility of its writing style. just as fred astaire made it look easy to dance, jason riley demonstrates elegant so natural it seems effortless. how did you get him to write this? there you go. it is available for just $10. $6 on kindle. jason may not get rich with this book but hopefully he will open a few minds. please join me in welcoming the fearless and peerless jason riley. [applause] >> thank you for that very kind introduction. i am glad he told a few jokes but i want to start with a joke about c-span where i appeared recently. tha

[applause] it's a pleasure for me to introduce jason rileyed -- rileyed today. jason is a regular columnist for "the wall street journal" and a commentator for fox news. in his new book, "false black power," jason offers a critique of civil rights leaders and their prioritization of pure political power which he argues has failed to produce significant results for african-americans. the book also includes thoughtful responses to jason's arguments from two leading black intellectuals. it's a slender book, but it packs a powerful punch. as one blogger noted, what makes this book shine is the clarity of its logic and accessibility of its writing style. just as fred astaire made it look easy to dance, so does riley express his mastery through elegance so natural that it seems effortless. [laughter] naomi, how did can you get to write this? [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> all right, this you go. and it's available for just $10. $6 on kindle. ing and jason may not get rich with this book, but hopefully he will open a few minds. please join me in welcoming the fearless and

[applause] it's a pleasure for me to introduce jason riley today. as most of you jason is a senior fellow at the manhattan institute and a regular columnist for "the wall street journal" and a commentator for "fox news." in his new book "false black power" jason offers a critique of civil rights leaders and their prioritization of pure political power in which he argues its failed to produce significant results revkin americans. the book includes thoughtful responses to jason's arguments from two leading black intellectuals john mcwhorter in glen lowry. it's a slender book but it packs a powerful punch. one blogger note of what makes this book shine is the clarity of its logic and accessibility of its writing style. just as fred astaire made it look easy to dance with israelis mastery or elegance so natural that it seems effortless. how did you get him to write this? there you go. it's available for just $10, $6 on kindle. hopefully he will open a few minds. these join me in welcoming the fearless jason riley. [applause] >> thank you for that very ki

jason riley talks about hiss book false black power. >> most groups in america and elsewhere have done so with little or no political influence. groups that have enjoyed political success have tended to rise more slowly. it's not that you can't take the political route. you can but chances are you're going to rise more slowly than you would taking other routes. >> for more go to booktv.org. >>> senator majority leader mitch mcconnell will delay to complete work on edge is lative issues. he made the announcement after the weekly conference with lawmakers. this address is about ten minutes. >>> good afternoon everyone. the news of the day is we'll be on healthcare next week. we'll be laying out a revised version of the repeal and replace effort. on thursday morning we hope to have it by the beginning of the week. also, due to this unprecedented level of instruction. you may have noticed we had to get closure yesterday on a district judge in idaho. i think as of june 28th there are nominations and only 46 confirmed. we are getting zero coop ir ration. it is of a portfolio which is confirm

that's the title of "wall street journal" columnist and manhattan institute senior fellow jason riley'ss now. his or her we go. it's a spritely read, jason, provocative. what do you mean by false black power? >> well, the book is a critique of a civil rights strategy that's been in place since really the 1960's, that is to focus on gaining political power for blacks. electing more black officials in the hopes that that will bring along socioeconomic advancement. i thought obama's presidency was sort of the culmination of this strategy. paul: in the white house. >> let's look back and see how that strategy has fared. paul: what do you think? where has it failed. >> it's failed for a number of reasons. but, we should never have thought it would succeed based on how other groups have risen from poverty to prosperity. they haven't focused on -- paul: irish they put a premium when they came here boston and new york. >> um-huh. paul: you would think that has had some success. >> well, they are an example of a group that has followed a similar path to what blacks are following. turns out the i

jason riley discusses his book "false black power," and his argument that blacks are disadvantaged economically by political capital. >> most groups in america have done so with little or no political influence. and groups that have enjoyed early political success have tended to rise more slowly. so, it's not that you can't take the political route. you can. the chances are you are going to rise more slowly than you would taking other routes. >> for more of this weekend's schedule, go to booktv.org. house minority leader nancy pelosi and other members of the democratic women's working group responded to comments about sexual assault on college campuses. the comments were made by candace jackson, head of the education department's office for civil rights, who told "the new york times" that 90% of accusations made on campus were made because of alcohol and bad breakups. ms. jackson later apologized for her comments. >> thank you everyone for being here to join us to talk about title ix protections for students across our country. leader pelosi, thank you for being here, you have been a tireless a

hisnd jason riley discusses power" and hisck argument that blacks are disadvantaged economically by political capital. have doneacks who well have done so with no political influence. it's not that you can't take the political route. you can. but chances are you are going to rise more slowly than taking other routes. >> for more on our schedule, go to booktv.org. >> joining us now, the director of europe and eurasia research at the atlantic council and she is here to discuss russia's lobbying efforts, historically and today, against u.s. sanctions imposed against them. thanks for being here today. guest: thanks for having me. ction to the latest is that a former russian counterintelligence personl was the eighth in the room and the meeting conducted with donald trump jr. and jared kushner, paul manafort last june. what do you think the implications of that revelation are? guest: as far as i know about the specific individuals we are discussing, he was someone who became a lobbyist and was engaged in this effort for quite some time in the united states. he had dual citizenship, russia and u.s.

. >> and 9:15 p.m., a wall street journal columnist jason riley discusses his book "false black powerand his argument that blacks are disadvantaged by political capital. >> most that have risen canonically have done so with little or no political influence. and groups that have enjoyed early political success have tended to rise more slowly. it is not that you can't take the political route, you can, but chances are you are going to rise more slowly than you would taking other routes. >> for more of this we can schedule, go to book tv.org. >> u.s. governors are attending their summer conference. in one of their panels, they discussed state efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. this is part of the national governors association summer meeting held in providence, rhode island. >> good afternoon. can i ask everyone to take a seat? that is quite a rumble.

p.m., "wall street journal" columnist jason riley iscusss his book "false black power," and his argument blacks economically ged by political capital. >> most group necessary america nd elsewhere, who have risen economically have done so with little or no political influence groups that have enjoyed political success have tended to not more slowly, so it is that you can't take the olitical route, you can, but chances are, you are going to rise more slowly than taking other routes. for more of this weekend's schedule go to book t.v. dot org. >> "washington journal" continue says. host: open phones until 10:00 eastern. house coming in for morning speeches at 10 and legislative work at noon. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. and others, 202-748-8002. donald trump, jr. issue, jerry piece, he ol journal writes, in sum tis more clear the trump white house has rather than short-term problem on its hands, it

differences the machines are coming after people with college degrees and twitter accounts. 9:15, jason rileyiscusses his book "false black power" and his argument that blacks are to savannah taste economically by political capital -- disadvantaged economically by political capital. >> groups that have enjoyed early political success have tended to rise more slowly. it's not that you can't take the lyrical wrote. -- the political route. you can. you would rise more slowly than other routes. >> for more, go to booktv.org. starting at 9:30 east and, governors talk about computer coding and the importance of computer science in school with co, and stevecode ballmer and elon musk. watch the national governors association live on the c-span networks, www.c-span.org, and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from boston is the reporter for the christian science monitor. he is here to discuss his article about midwest cities that are trying to a just to a more high-tech future as part of our spotlight in magazine series. thank you for joining u

. >> and 9:15 p.m., wall street journal columnist, jason riley discusses his book, false black power in his argument that blacks are disadvantaged economically by political capital. >> most in america and elsewhere have done so with little or no political influence. groups that have enjoyed early political success of tended to rise more slowly. it's not that you can't take the political route, you can but chances are you're going to rise more slowly than he would take another routes. >> for more of the schedule go to book to be.org. >> sunday and q&a. >> it's the absolute monarchy talking about the distribution in the corruption. the kitchen so much trouble. >> saudi arabian women's rights activist talks about her time in prison after challenging the saudi government's ban on women drivers in her book "tearing to drive, a saudi woman's awakening. >> was a huge country you can put -- and then we can try. we wanted to change this by this movement. in the movement is going on. we are still campaigning for the right to drive. for us, the right to drivers more of civil disobedience gives

. >> at 9:15 p.m., jason riley discusses his book false black power and his argument that blacks are disadvantaged economically by political capital. >> most groups in america and elsewhere whoever is in economically have done so with little or no political influence. groups that have enjoyed political success have tended to rise more slowly. it is not that you cannot take the political rap, you -- route, you can, but chances are you will rise more slowly. >> forit is not that you cannotd schedule, go toe booktv.org. governors from across the u.s. are holding their annual summer meeting in providence, rhode island. vice president mike pence is a former governor at indiana. he addressed the gathering and talked about efforts to replace the current health care law. years introduced by virginia governor -- he is introduced by virginia governor terry mcauliffe.

at 9:15, jason riley discusses his book "false black power." and his arguments -- argument that blacks are disadvantage politically. havest groups in america done so with little or no political influence. enjoyeds that have political success have tended to rise more slowly. it is not that you can't take the political route, you can. the chances are, you are going to rise more slowly than you would taking other routes. >> for more of this weekend schedule, go to book tv.org. >> sunday night on afterwards, columnist naomi klein on her book "no is not enough, resisting trumps politics and winning the world we need," she is interviewed. >> can wonder if you could tell us a bit about how this stage was set for trump. >> i see this as a bipartisan process that -- the table that was set for trump. it is not just about politics, it is about media, news coverage, the table was set for him in many ways that all he needed to do was just show up because it was the way we were were treating elections like reality tv shows. we arty have a media landscape tha

jason riley talks about hiss book false black power. >> most groups in america and elsewhere have done so with little or no political influence. groups that have enjoyed political success have tended to rise more slowly. it's not that you can't take the political route. you can but chances are you're going to rise more slowly than you would taking other routes. >> for more go to booktv.org. >>> senator majority leader mitch mcconnell wil

it let's bring in our panel, jason riley, "wall street journal" columnist, amy walter, national editor and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. >> it's clear trump runs a very personal presidency and he never had the personal relationship with reince that he has with others. it became rather chaotic, the president's own style from when he ran his business. you can't have that kind of chaos in the white house. the really important question and importance of a military man is precisely what's needed. trump respects generals and he need somebody with a sense of the chain command and discipline. i'm sure kelly negotiated a deal in which he really is in charge. you know what i think it's going to be the ultimate question that was raised in what you said a little earlier? does anthony scaramucci go through kelly or does he go directly through the white house, to the president? the answer to that question will determine because it will reflect the authority of kelly, it will determine the success of kelly's tenure as chief of staff. >> bret: an interesting piece of history, when richard

. >> wall street journalist jason riley, blacks are disadvantaged. >> most groups in america have done so with little or no political influence. and groups that have enjoyed early political success have tended to rise more slowly. so it's not that you can't take the political root, you can, but chances are you're going to rise more slowly than other roots. >> for more, go to booktv.org. >> next a discussion about a proposal to allow foreign police access to u.s. social media data. this is just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everybody. hi, my name is erica, our briefing is from across the pond fighting while preserving privacy. this caucus is with the support of the cochairs from the house side, congressman bob and anna shu and from the senate sideg john thune. just a couple of housekeepingvi things. we are live streaming this event so audio and video will be able shortly after the event on net caucus.org. also don't forget to follow us on twitter at netcaucus ac. just another quick reminder, before we begin we will be having our next event balancing national

. >> and i 15:00 p.m., wall street journal columnist jason riley discusses his books, false black power in his argument that blacks are disadvantage economic clean by political capital. >> most groups have done so with little or no political influence. groups that have enjoyed early political suspects have tended to rise more slowly. it's not that you can't take the political route, you can, chances are, you're going to rise more slowly than he would take another routes. >> for more of the schedule go to booktv.org. >> the national government association summer meeting live sunday starting at 9:30 a.m. mrt computer coding and the prince of computer science in school with girls who coat ceo, former microsoft ceo, tesla ceo. they will speak of the governor's closing session. watch the summer meeting live of the c-span networks, c-span.org, only some live in the free c-span radio app. >> the medicare board of trustees has issued a report saying the federal health care program will remain solvent through 2029. you'll hear more about that in some of the reports other findings and ways to imp

," jason riley and democratic congressman eric swalwell and representative tom cole and, katrina, letwith you right now. we've heard from the president this morning. his tweets about the meeting and we've heard from vladimir putin and we've heard from steve mnuchin. if you sort through it, everybody is saying, it appears they basically said let's agree to disagree about what happened to the election and let's move on. >> it sounds like that. i think but to step back i think perhaps even more important, there was a dialogue established at a time of deteriorating u.s./russian relations. i think it is in america's national interest to have a working partnership with russia and they proposed a cease-fire, we've seen cease-fires fail in syria but thousands of lives may be saved and the destabilizing refugee flow is in europe which were subject to the g20 may be halted. i think you need a working partnership to halt nuclear escalation, nuclear proliferation, to combat terrorism, so i step back, the nation set -- the nation leads the resistance against trump. i don't see this in the context

. >> and jason riley discusses his book false black power and argument that blacks are disadvantaged economically by political capital. >> most groups in america who have risen economically have done so with little or no political influence and those who enjoyed early political success tended to rise nor slowly. not that you can't take the political route. you can, but chances are rise more slowly than taking other routes. >> for more of this weekend's schedule, booktv.org. >> sunday on q&a. >> corruption could get you in so much trouble. >> saudi arabian women's rights activity mana al-sharif. her book, daring to drive. >> size of three texas in saudi arabia and we can't drive. want to change this. movement is going on. still campaigning for right to drive. for us, right is more act of civil disobedience. because woman is not supposed to drive. we show we're capable of driving our own life and being in the driver's seat of our destiny with this act of civil disobedience. >> on q&a. >> president trump recently honored veterans at rally at first baptist church. this is about 40 minute

jason riley discusses his book "false black power," and his argument that blacks are disadvantaged economically by political capital. >> most groups in america have done so with little or no political influence. and groups that have enjoyed early political success have tended to rise more slowly. so, it's not that you can't take the political route. you can. the chances are you are going to rise more slowly than you would taking other routes. >> for more of this weekend's schedule, go to booktv.org. house minority leader nancy pelosi and other members of the democratic women's working group responded to comments about sexual assault on college campuses. the comments were made by candace jackson,

jason riley discusses his book and his argument that they are disadvantaged economically by political. most who have risen economically have done so with little or no political influence and groups that have enjoyed success tended to rise more slowly so it's not that you can't take the political route. you can, but chances are you will rise slower than if we were taking other routes. [applause]

. >> wall street journal columnist jason riley discusses his book false black power and his argument that blacks are disadvantaged economically by political capital. >> most groups in america and elsewhere who have risen economically have done so with little or no political influence. and groups that have enjoyed early political suggest have tended to rise more slowly. so it's not that you can't take the political route. you can, but chances are you're going to rise more slowly than you would taking other routes. >> for more of this weekend's schedule, go to booktv.org. >>> coming up later this afternoon, a forum on same-sex marriage hosted by george washington university and a look at lgbtq rights under the equality act. live at 7:00 eastern time tonight on c-span3. you can also stream the discussion live on c-span.org or listen live via the free c-span radio app. the senate held a confirmation hearing for navy secretary nominee richard spencer earlier today. he's a former marine corps helicopter pilot and an investment banker. his nomination has received support from both democrats

also this weekend, wall street journal columnist jason riley argues that political capital for african americans has left them at a disadvantage in terms of a board economic mobility. former world champion garry kasparov examines the future of artificial intelligence. >>

in the meantime, the "wall street journal" editorial board member jason riley, author of false black power with us as well. a lot of crazy, fast moving developments, jason. first on the health care rework. your thoughts on that and even now in the latest incarnation, delaying straight repeal vote. they're going to go through this again and again with a number of measures, where does it end? >> the basic framework of obamacare still in place. they're going to do tinkering to, it call it a victory and move on. neil: some tinkering being just maybe remove the mandatory care? get rid of the medical device tax? >> that might help, yeah, if they can't do that with doing tax reform, do it here now. neil: that would be the only tax that would go. [laughter] >> it's not looking good, and i think the delay that you just referred to is more evidence of this not going well. but the bill is unpopular. the bill is unpopular among republicans. i've come to believe that a lot of the republican voters in states that trump won, in michigan, and ohio and pennsylvania and wisconsin don't want to throw ou

"wall street journal" columnist jason riley discusses his book "false black pow wresh. >> most african americans and elsewhere who have risen economically have done so with little or no political insurance. in groups that have enjoyed success tended to rise more slowly. so it is not that you can't take the political route, you can. but chances are you're going to rise more slowly than you would taking other routes. >> for more of this weekend's schedule go to booktv.org. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, appalachian state university professor browning discusses union general george mcclelland's failed attempt to take the confederate capital in richmond. >> mcclelland and his army haven't done a lot of research about what this peninsula looks like and what marching along it would be like, but he's so dead set on making sure he doesn't concede anything to lincoln he basically puts his army on the virginia peninsula in the spring of '62. it is going to turn out to be perhaps the worst possible place to launch his camp

i was listening to jason riley conservative columnist on sunday. might be as conservative as you.ork the edges but not do it all over again. >> i disagree. i have think we can offer something better than obamacare. 27 million people left behind by obamacare who have no insurance. i offer a insurance to all of them. let every individual in this country, plumbers, let them join together so they can get group insurance at a cheaper price. you have to believe in freedom and leaving people alone will bring the market prices down. brian: no one questions your intellect and experience especially with medical background. ron johnson a conservative says i'm going to try to make this better. it looks like he is ready to get on board. ted cruz wants to be part of it i get the sense that he would bite his tongue and get on board. if it would show a victory for republicans and be better and you can make it better, why not do it and then over the course of time, through a presidented who believes what you believe in many cases who you get along with at least golf with why not try to make it bet

jason riley discusses his book false black power and the argument that blacks i disadvantaged economically by political capital. >> is that political influence. groups that have enjoyed this political success tended to rise more slowly. not that you can't take the political ruse but chances are you're going to rise more slowly than you would taking over. >> for more, go to booktv.org. >> flag to april brise unfurled, here the embattled farmer -- the shot heard around the world. >> located 20 miles west of boston, 17,000. it is here at the old northbridge, for the first shot of the american revolution were fired in april 17, '75 sparking the battle of concorde and where literary revolution begins in the 1830s with ralph waldo emerson and his contemporaries. >> in the book nature, a series of conversations and difficulties really wanted to subscribe to what emerson was saying. and they struggle to conquer it at the same time. and >> for the next 90 minutes we will learn about the literary history and its role in the american revolution. the special feature at the old home where ralph waldo e

. >> wall street journal columnist jason riley discusses his look, false black power, and his argumentdvantaged economically by political capital. most have done so with little or no political influence. groups that have enjoyed early political success have tended to rise more slowly. it's not that you can't take the political route, you can. but chances are, you are going to rise more slowly taking other routes. >> for more, go to the tv.org. booktv.org. >> with the help of our partners, we take book tv to concorde, massachusetts, with the first shots of the american revolution our fight. less than a century later, a writers revolution takes place as the town becomes home to ralph waldo emerson, henry david thorough, and louisa may alcott. we will take you inside orchard house, where louisa may alcott women."d wrote "little thatwe see the place influence henry david thorough. it a house of two revolutions, it stood at the beginning at the bidding -- of the american revolution, then the second american revolution of intellectualism and talk. it's a house that has great history to it. 2

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jason riley discusses his book "false black power." and his arguments that blacks are disadvantaged economically by kplil capital. >> most groups in america and elsewhere who have risen economically have done so with little or no political influence. and groups that have enjoyed early political success have tended to rise more slowly. so it's not that you can't take the political route. you can. but chances are you're going to rise more slowly than you would taking other routes. >> for more of this weekend's schedule, go to booktv.org. >> uk first secretary of state damian green took questions at the house of commons where british prime minister theresa may who was meeting with the king of spain. mr. green was asked about the status of brexit negotiations sand further trade deals with the european union. >> for the questions to the prime minister, caroline flint. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> mr. damian ee

hisnd jason riley discusses power" and hisck argument that blacks are disadvantaged economically by political capital. have doneacks who well have done so with no political influence. it's not that you can't take the political route. you can. but chances are you are going to rise more slowly than taking other routes.

. >> wall street journalist jason riley, blacks are disadvantaged. >> most groups in america have done so with little or no political influence. and groups that have enjoyed early political success have tended to rise more slowly. so it's not that you can't take the political root, you can, but

. >> at 9:15 p.m., "wall street journal" columnist jason riley, discusses his book "false black power" and his argument blacks are disadvantaged economically. >> who have risen economically have done so with little or no political influence. and groups that have enjoyed political success have tended to rise more slowly. it's not that you can't take the political route. you can. but chances are you are going to rise more slowly than you would take ago routes. >> for more of this weekend's schedule go to booktv.org. >> the national governors association summer meeting, live saturday on c-span, starting at 93:00 a.m. eastern, governors talk about computer coding and the importance of computer science in school with steve ballmer and tesla ceo elon musk. wash the summer meeting live on the c-span2 network and listen ton at the free c-span radio app. >> the medicare board of trustees has issued a report saying the federal healthcare program will remain solvent through 2029. we'll hear more about that and some of the reports other findings and ways to improve medicare's lock-term fiscal con