william is on the phone from new mexico from john farrell here in washington. good morning. >> good morning, hi. how much weight do you think the resignation of president nixon and president ford's narrow election loss had the gop move away from the middle and i was also hoping you could expand on his initiatives such as title nine, clean water act. thank you. >> thank you, william. >> the domestic agenda, again, was -- in some cases, these were things that nixon initiated. he brought into his administration liberal thinkers as well as conservative thinkers. and they sort of went to war. but they did have a series of economic initiatives and social initiatives that they presented to congress. civil rights is one of the great moral tests of leadership in nixon's time. in practicing the southern strategy which was a political strategy that preyed on southern resentments, you give him a black mark. but when you actually watch what he did in office, establishing affirmative action, citizens committees in states, and lobbying people to get de-segregation of the sout

live call-in on american history tv with john farrell all tomorrow on the different c-span networks. hear yourn photos and views on public policy issues or any other historical issue that you want to discuss. we will begin with mary, in michigan. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to discuss the fuel tax. toelieve that it is unfair only charge people who drive a car. there are many people who use the roads, the bridges, how do people get their food? how do people get their clothing? all of the things that we use go bridges, over all of these other things that the fuel taxes used for. and yet only people who drive the trucks, or who drive cars get taxed. all of the people that take all they use those bridges but they do not have to pay that fuel tax. host: are you involved in the trucking industry? caller: no. americans, every single person, man, woman, child, and it's the benefits of our roads and bridges. use forit should be a everything that goes on those roads, because every single person gets the benefit of those roads. host: thank you. louise and milton, florida. g

. >> john farrell, the book is "richard nixon an american tragedy." thank you for being here today. >> it was a pleasure. thank you. >> to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. weekend, we are featuring historic sites and local historians from cities across america. i these are highlights from c-span 2014 cities to or. .atch video from our stops ♪ [choral singing] >> i would like to welcome you to the tabernacle in salt lake city. this is the home of the mormon tabernacle choir -- choir. ♪ the mormon tabernacle choir was organized in 1847 when the first pioneers came into this valley. it was a small group of people who met in a bowery type building, very rustic, and they asked for a choir to perform, but it was in 1849 that welsh pioneers came to the valley and they saying in four-part harmony. they sang in welsh, and that is one brigham young decided you needed to be the nucleus of the great choir, so it really started in 1847 and 1849. they used to sing in a building over on the square that was is a temporary link, but they c

john farrell will be joining us at noon on american history tv. a reminder, all of our coverage will re-air tonight. you are looking at the north portico entrance of the white house proved a very different scene 40 years ago as richard nixon said farewell to his staff from the east room of the white house. we will follow that with his departure with then first lady pat nixon as gerald ford and gerald ford said farewell and then reentered the white house to become the 38th president and first lady in 1974. now we take you to the east room of the white house, the morning of august 9, 1974. [applause] >> ♪ ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states mr.merica and mrs. nixon, and mrs. david eisenhower, mr. and mrs. edwin cox. [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause continues] [applause continues] >> thank you. members of the cabinet, members of the white house staff, all of our friends here. i think the record should show that this is one of those spontaneous things that we always arrange whenever the president comes in to s

we will take you live at noon eastern with john farrell who will offer his perspectives. he is working on a new book on richard nixon. we will first year from john from new hampshire. go ahead. , iwhen i was 10 years old went to the white house and capitol with my parents. i still don't know to this day, my parents are long gone, i don't know whether my parents voted for nixon and kennedy -- nixon or kennedy. i was in my mid-20's, i guess i was 27 during the watergate hearings. congress and by their investigation of nixon.

host: we'll go to jim in massachusetts with john farrell here on american history tv. go ahead, jim. caller: hi. how are you? mr. farrell, very nice to talk to you. i was wondering if nixon had won in 1960 -- i know this is a hypothetical question -- but do you think because he wouldn't have had eight years to build up some more resentment or paranoia, whatever you want to call it, would this have happened? i don't think watergate -- the extent that it was -- would have happened. what do you think? guest: it was different times. the republican party was moderate, eisenhower party in 1960. the democratic party was much more conservative. there were some demons that came out in the 1950s in nixon's behavior and also in the 1960 campaign. he famously tried to run it himself. if he had trusted his aides more, he probably could have done better. but there's probably something to what you have to say. he thought he won the 1960 election. a lot of people did. he felt it was stolen. so that really, people have told me who knew him, pushed him over the edge because the greatest

saturday at noon eastern, a live call-in program with john farrell on nicks's life, legacy and the water gate scandal. and sunday night, gerald ford becomes the 38th president of the united states. this weekend on c-span 3's american history tv. >> on tomorrow's washington journal, congressman chris smith on the ebola virus and the public health danger it could pose. then james zog bsks y looks as the conflict between the israelis and palestinians d after that, rob garver discusses the competition among states to character businesses and jobs. then your comments and tweets. you can see "washington journal" live every morning starting at 7:00 eastern here on c-span. the united nations general assembly met today to discuss the ongoing situation in gaza and the cease-fire. this is an hour. >> as we collectively consider the crisis in baseline arising from this - palestine arising from this latest uprising against the palestinians in the gaza strip. the international response to this calamity based on international law, the u.n.'s political, legal, and moral responsibilities over the questio

saturday at noon eastern a live program with author john farrell on nixon's life, legacy and the watergate scandal that ended his administration. and sunday night in our series, gerald fordcy, becomes the 38th president of the united states. c-span 3'sd, on american history tv. former president bill clinton sat down with business leaders to talk about investment in africa. included in the discussion were the c.e.o.s of the dow chemical electric andral wal-mart. this was part of the u.s. africa business forum. this is probably something we should have done a long time ago. there are many heads of state africa and political and business leaders from both continent. want to say that our ofughts are with the leaders low low guinea 'sierra own -- leone. the panelists that i hate panels that are overdirected. where thet like ones members filibuster. but i do want them to be able to what they have to say about this issue. all want more trade, more ties.ment, better it is generally known that africa is going to grow as it for somewhere between five continent. six of the 10 fasters growing economie

saturday at noon eastern, live: program with author and journalist john farrell on the watergate scandal that ended nixon's administration. on sunday, gerald ford becomes 38 president of the united states this weekend on c-span and-3's american history tv former president bill clinton took part in discussion on business opportunities. >> good morning, everyone. i would like to begin by thanking secretary pritzker and mayor bloomberg for the enormous amount of work they and their teams have done to bring us together. i am very grateful to president obama for sponsoring this. this is probably something we should've done a long time ago. there are many heads of state from africa here and political and business leaders from both continents. i do want to say that our thoughts are with the leaders of liberia, guinea, and sierra leone who could not be here because they had to stay home to deal with the ebola outbreak. we wish them well. i told a analyst before we came out today that i hate panels. they are over directed. i do not like ones where members filibuster. i do want them to say what th

updike, you're getting quite a workout here. >> thank you, chair farrell. john updike, director real estate still. this item is 258a laguna honda boulevard, [speaker not understood]. under prior ownership, ownership [speaker not understood] simply self-renewing leases. i have the ability to execute those within certain parameters and so within the administrative code we have taken care of that until now when we have a new owner who desired a longer term agreement, we thought that was also beneficial to the city. and, so, we have now before you this five-year lease with a renewal option for another five years and as a result of negotiations we're actually decreasing the rent of office space, which i find startling. and i'm very pleased to bring you a deal that has the rent rising from $3500 a month to about $39 50 a month in year five ~. that's 23 28 square foot a year ~ and i mentioned what the rates are currently so you know where we stand from a market perspective. the increaseses are set at 3% per year, so, this gives some fiscal stability to the public defen

and a live call-in program with john farrell. sunday night at 8 p.m. on our series the presidency, gerald ford becomes the 38th president of the u.s. tv.an 3 is american history >> the super pac called ready for hillary raised $2.5 million over a three month period. his digital director was on a panel with clinical consultants that discussed how they are ready. this is part of the annual netroots nation and known conference in detroit -- national -- nation and all conference in detroit. >> let me do some quick introductions. we are running short on time. we are going to get started. if folks have questions, we will try to take a few. afterward, feel free to come up. and hopefully we can get questions answered and get through everything as quickly as possible. first, to my left, we have nikki titus. she had that the digital operations. then we have -- what is your title? >> politics advocacy and non-profit client partner. a lot going on. >> who used to work with me. and then we have eli down at the end. he generally causes trouble, but is one of the fou

saturday at noon eastern with author and journalist john farrell on nixon's life, legacy and the watergate scandal that ended his administration. sunday night at 8:00 on our series, the presidency, gerald ford becomes the 38th president of the united states. this weekend on c-span 3's american history tv. >>> and next year on c-span 3 a hearing on the climate change on the wildlife industry with the officials from the farming and wildlife sectors. montana senator jon tester talks about farming conditions in his home state. before the senate subcommittee on green jobs. this is two hours. >> i call this hearing on the green jobs and new economy subcommittee to order. just yesterday the president made a historic announcement moving forward with the proposal to tackle the climate pollution in the united states, coal fired power plants. this action could not have come too soon. what we're seeing already are real impacts of climate change, impacts that are being felt today on the ground. it's no longer a conversation about hypothetical events or computer models. what might or might not happen in

and president the nation.ess to saturday at noon eastern, a live author andogram with journalist john farrell sunday night at 8:00 on our presidency, gerald ford becomes the 38th president of the united states much this on c-span 3's american tv.ory >> incumbent tennessee senator won his prarytr party's primary the other night. after his victory, senator reporters.poke to much.nk you very thank you very, very much. thanks for being here tonight, everything. about a half-hour ago the called thisress race, said we were winning, and and the to thank you voters of tennessee forgiving me the nominee. you know, this is one of the largest republican primaries had in our states history. inre are seven candidates this primary, they all run ran 'we're glad that it's over. why, there are so many verse voters 'our primary this year. one hand, tennessee ans to express how proud they our state.pay he led i want to congratulate him. [applause] and second, those who voted in wanted toican primary set a different sort of message, a message to prawp that we're not happy, we are very disappointed with the direc

saturday at noon eastern, a call in with author john farrell. and sunday at 8:00 on our series gerald ford y, becomes the 40th president of the united states. former president bill clinton sat down with business leaders to talk about investment in africa. included in the discussion were the coast of the dow chemical country, general electric and wal-mart. his was part of the u.s./after ca business forum. >> -- africa business forum. >> good morning, everybody. i would like to begin by thanking secretary pritzker for the work done to bring us together. i'm grateful for president obama for sponsoring this. this is probably something we should have done a long time ago. there are many heads of state here from africa and political and business leaders from both continents. i do want to say that our thoughts are with the leaders of liberia, guinea and sierra leone who could not be here today because they had to stay home to deal with the ebola outbreak and we wish them well. i told the panelists before we came out today, that i hate panels that are o

saturday at noon eastern, a live call-in program with author and journalist john farrell on nixon's life, legacy and the watergate scandal that ended his administration. and sunday night at 8 on our series, "the presidency," jelled ford becomes the 38th president of the united states. this weekend on c-span3's american history tv. >> on c-span2 we're live at the national press club in washington where the alliance for health reform is holding another in a series of discussions looking at the impact of the health care law. this morning we'll hear about consumer choice and the adequacy of access to health care providers in the insurance marketplace. just getting underway live here on c-span2. >> so the title of this session is network adequacy, but we've heard many names for these networks. we've heard everything from limited networks, narrow networks, value networks. why are we having so much trouble naming these things? first be, what are they finish first, what are they? some new insurance policy plans in the marketplace offer new consumers networks that do not include certain doctors,

saturday at noon eastern, a live call-in program with author and journalist john farrell on nixon's life, legacy and the watergate scandal that ended his administration. and sunday night at 8:00 on our series "the presidency," gerald ford becomes the 38th president of the united states. this weekend on c-span3's american history tv. >>> the house ways and means subcommittee on health recently held a hearing on hospital coverage issues with the medicare program and the centers for medicare and medicaid services rules regarding in-patient and outpatient payments. witnesses include officials from johns hopkins hospital, the center for medicare advocacy, along with hospital physicians. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you very much. made the introductions earlier so we will for the sake of time go right into testimony. you're recognized for five minutes and welcome to all of the second panel. >> chairman brady, ranking member mcdermott and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you so much for this opportunity to testify today and share the johns hopkins experience on these

saturday at noon eastern, a live call-in program with author and journalist john farrell on nixon's life, legacy, and the watergate scandal that ended his administration. and sunday night at 8:00 on our series "the presidency," gerald ford becomes the 38th president of the united states. this weekend on c-span3's american history tv. >>> a house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee recently held a hearing on the federal protective service and challenges of securing federal facilities and buildings. witnesses included the federal protective service director, the government accountability office physical infrastructure director, along with officials from the american federation of government employees and national association of security companies. this is an hour, 45 minutes. >>> committee will come to order. today we are examining the federal protective service and the security of our federal buildings and facilities. fps with 1300 personnel, including law enforcement officers and nearly 14,000 contract guards, is charged with protecting over 9,000 federal buildings and facilit

a live call in program with john farrell on nixon's life, legacy, and the watergate scandal that endedis administration. 7:00 p.m., gerald ford becomes the 30th president of the united states. 'sis weekend on c-span3 american history tv. "> "washington journal continues. host: we are back with melissa harrison of the national defense -- national resources defense council. what happened with toledo's water supply? guest: thank you for having me. the reason i'm here is i'm actually from ohio, work that ohio epa and was at the forefront where we found these toxins for the first time and realized this was happening in lake erie. in toledo over the weekend, it was a perfect storm of algae. it is a bunch of different contributing factors. think about it as ingredients in fixing a soup. the western basin is a shallow area of lake erie. the water temperature tends to be warmer. , the some rain previously few days leading up to that, which washes nitrogen and phosphorus off into the water. when it says to mix together in the warm water, that is where these type of algae really thrive. what is i

farrell. director updike, director of real estate. this particular project was in city scape by john king this spring and i thought i'd take the opportunity to use that visual for you. it's a very cool building. and the architecture has been described by mr. king as moorish make believe. so, i figured how many times will i get the opportunity to say that at this committee? so i had to bring that to your attention. [laughter] >> we're very excited to bring you what really is a partnership agreement between the city and the san francisco unified school district. this is actually the largest single leased premises by the city as tenant in the general fund family. county adult assistance program and the cal fresh food stamps is located here. we've been in this location since 1993. it was a creative financing agreement between a third-party ownership, a lease to sfusd and a sublease to the city. then in the end of august 2013, after the dee feesance of the debt, the school district became the owner of the property ~. so, now we are here for a direct lease between the school district, its

farrell. [cheering and applauding] >> our district 8 supervisor and park champion, tallest park champion in the city, scott wiener. (applause) >> our district 11 supervisor and another park champion extraordinary narc, john avalos. (applause) >> our city treasurer who does his work to make sure we've actually got the funds to pull this off, jose cisneros. (applause) ~ >> but it's the passion of all of us. and i also want to give a big shout out to the entire city family for their role, mohammed nuru and folks at department of public works had a role, lindsay hirsch. (applause) >> with all due respect to dpw and everybody else who is here, the hardest working staff in government is rec and park. gk, construction manager, mary hobson, project manager. [cheering and applauding] >> director of capital planning, don. our great operations staff, zach taylor, judy auberry who is here, and everyone else who has contributed to this incredible project. so, at rec and park, we're encoloneling people to get out and play. that's our tag line, get ready, 1, 2, 3. >> get out and play. >> we say that because of the importance of keeping our families active and healthy. this is a real serious issue. according to the cent

our guest is john farrell who is coming out with a new book, "richard nixon: an american tragedy."hanks for being with us on american history tv. you wrote a piece for politico and said this dwarfed any other political scandal in american history. he tried to put the entire nixon presidency in context. how so? talking was sort of a point over the years that watergate was this third rate

eastern with john farrell who will offer his perspectives. he is working on a new book on richard nixon. we will first year from john from new hampshire. go ahead. , iwhen i was 10 years old went to the white house and capitol with my parents. i still don't know to this day, my parents are long gone, i don't know whether my parents voted for nixon and kennedy -- nixon or kennedy. i was in my mid-20's, i guess i was 27 during the watergate hearings. congress and by their investigation of nixon. i am a fan of him. law and theut the rule of law as a lawyer. it is absolutely stunning to me he could be so flawed. >> john, do you think the system worked 40 years ago? >> do i think what? >> do you think the system worked, the constitutional balanceshe checks and of the legislative and judicial branch with different responsibilities during the watergate era? >> i think sam ervin and all the witnesses helped the system to work. but the system did not really work in the long run because nixon should have been impeached taskried and brought to for this i

. >> john farrell, the book is "richard nixon an american