john tinker was 15. do you think you would have the courage to do what they did more than 50 years ago on issues you are facing today in high school, elementary school, or middle school? caller: i think if it was affecting our country that it would be affecting me too, and i would want to play a role in that and speak out. host: diane, think you very much. where do you go to school? caller: roto country school in the bronx. host: thank you for the call. john tinker, what do you here from this 12-year-old? guest: i think it is wonderful. we need that kind of courage from our students and i think they will carry that courage with them as they grow older and become more active citizens, voting citizens. i think that is a very good attitude to take. host: in des moines, iowa, where rachel is joining us, a teacher. good morning. caller: good morning. i am a middle school teacher in des moines, iowa, and our students study your case and it is a great honor to speak to you, mr. tinker. my question concerns -- i

host: our guest is john tinker, a defendant in the case tinker v des moines. did you have a chance to listen to the oral argument? guest: this is kind of a sad story for me. i arrived at the airport in cedar rapids, with plenty of time for the 11:00 p.m. flight. i had had a long day. when i got to the terminal full of people, i fell asleep. when i woke up, everybody else was gone. i was kind of surprised that nobody had bothered to just shake me on the shoulder or something to wake me up, but there it was. i don't know if the fact that i had a beard and long hair at the time had anything to do with that, but anyway, i missed that flight. in the morning, i could only get a standby flight. i got bumped off of the flight that connected from washington to chicago. so by the time i got to washington my father picked the up -- and my father picked me up, it was all over. i have since been able to hear the oral arguments and they are quite interesting. if anyone in the audience would be interested to hear those arguments, they are available online. host: and they are

john tinker was 15. do you think you would have the courage to do what they did more than 50 years ago on issues you are facing today in high school or middle school? caller: i think if it was affecting our country that it would be affecting me too and i would want to play a role in that and speak out. host: thank you very much. where do you speak out? caller: i go to -- school in the bronx. host: john tinker, what do you think? guest: that is wonderful. we need that kind of courage from our students and i am sure they will carry that courage and them as they grow older become more active citizens, voting citizens. i think that is a very good attitude to take. host: you're in des moines, iowa and that is where rachel is joining us. she is a teacher. caller: good morning. i am a middle school teacher in des moines, iowa and our students studied your case and it is a great honor to speak to you. my question concerns the internet and speech on cyberspace. the court seems conflicted on how to apply the stand

had his own gun shop, and he offered to linda gunn to anyone who would shoot my dad, >> that was john tinker talking about the pressure on the tinker family, and others who supported them in the community. as this case began to work its way through the courts. let's get some people involved in the conversation. our 1st call is from glenn in flint michigan. your on the air, welcome. >> think you very much, it's very interesting show, and we've actually had a student free speech controversy in this area, in a town called bob michigan, recently over the confederate flag, of all things. anyway, my question, though, is about academic work, i was thinking of a time a while back, when some holocaust deniers were creating a lot of controversy over whether they could take ads out in college newspapers, i was wondering, if a student, for example, had a controversial opinion, like the holocaust is a big lie for example, which is obviously ridiculous, to most people, that if they actually believe this and wanted to write a paper or whatever in the history class, or what have you, would they have the rig

please join me in welcoming john and mary beth tinker. [applause] thanknk you, thank you, you, everybody. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you so much, and thank you -- stateate has sor historical society in iowa and to all of you following us online. we are so happy to be here today. >> it is a great honor and privilege to be with so many people who are celebrating the first amendment rights, especially those of students in the schools. this is a very powerful moment. for me personally to be participating in this. thank you for inviting me. i also want to mention national history day, which has done so much to promote student awareness. >> and we will have a chance to meet some of the national history day students in a little bit. we are going to meet some of the students taking our country toward ideals of equal justice under the law and equality for all. we have tried to do throughout the ages. we are honored to be with you to do that. and to honor each other's stories. we are going to tell you the story of how this al

eastern, two of the students involved in the case, sibling mary beth and john tinker talk about their speernls and take questions from students during an event hosted by the state historical society of iowa. >> and how can cases a year does the supreme court take? not very many. >> you tell me. >> they take about 80 daleses -- occasions outs of about 10,000. >> so less than 1%. >> they thought this was an important case because it had to do with student speech rights. >> in our case, the judges also split but it was a 6-2 split and we won. it was a resounding victory for student rights. >> then at 8:00, american history tv will continue the discussion with mary beth and john tinker live on washington journal as they take your questions and comments about their experience and student free speech today. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >> this weekend on book tv, sunday night at 9:00 eastern on rezient of theon "washington post" recounts the time he was held in an yoirnian prison in his book "prisoner." >> you recounted that day in a lot of detail and it was a terribl

. >> at 8:00, marybeth and john tinker live on "washington journal."and comments about their experience and student free speech today. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. i admire him because he is solvable and he often will own up to failures. an english professor at west point on her annotated addition of grant's memoirs. >> i had this moving experience of reading the manuscript notes notes.se you get this desperate clinging to all the reserves of energy he has left and an iron determination to give every last ounce of strength to the memoirs. he doesn't want to write his memoirs initially, but he's compelled to in the last few years of his life by bankruptcy and this diagnosis of cancer. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. transport helicopters used during the vietnam war and a unique contraption to combat hypothermia. i would like to welcome you to the museum. you can see behind me the rest with a

. >> at 8:00, american history tv will continue to discussion with mary beth and john tinker live onton journal essay take your questions and comments about their experience and student free speech today. watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, in public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. on november 20, 1943, 18,000 u.s. marines landed on the pacific island of tarawa, occupied by japan. after three days of combat, more than 1000 u.s. troops had died, and about 2,000 were wounded. next on american history tv, clay bonnyman evans, author of "bones of my grandfather: reclaiming a lost hero of world war ii" details his grandfather's experience as a soldier in the battle of tarawa, and his own journey to recover his remains. then rebekah taylor explains the current efforts

eastern, two of the students involved in the case, siblings marybeth and john tinker, talk about theirxperiences and take questions from students during an event hosted by the state historical society of iowa. >> and how many cases a year does the supreme court take? not very many. >> you tell me. >> well, they take about 80. about 80 cases out of 10,000. >> so less than 1%. >> but they thought this was an important case because it had to do with student speech rights. >> in our case, the judges also split, but it was a 7-2 split, and we won. it was a very resounding victory for student rights. >> then at 8:00, american history tv will continue the discussion with marybeth and john tinker live on "washington journal," as they take your questions and comments about their experience and student free speech today. watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. announcer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable public television company. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house,

two of the students involved in the case mary beth and john tinker talk about their experiences and take questions from students during an event hosted by the state historical society of iowa. >> how many cases does the supreme court take? not very many. they take about 80 cases out of 10,000. this was an important case because it had to do with students piece rights. >> it was also split because it was a 7-2 split. >> it 8:00 american history tv will continue the discussion as they take your questions and comments about their experience. much american history tv this weekend on c-span three. >>> two teams of litigators contribute to a competition answering questions about the history of the u.s. supreme court. the event is hosted by

history tv will continue the discussion with marybeth and john thain tinker live on washington journal. take your questions and comments about their experience. tv thiserican history weekend on c-span3. tonight on lectures in history, george washington teaches a professor class about foreign relations between the united states and duringiet union president reagan's administration. here's a preview. gorbachev looks and at like a westerner. says, "yeah he's interested " -- wheng to us visit -- he'sto interested in reforming communism. let's not forget he's trying to fix and strengthen it. beh reminds reagan, don't slowed by this gucci comrade. he may look like a westerner, but he's a communist. and the temptation as we've seen before is to assume a new guy wants to democratize. that's not what he wants to do. >> learn more about foreign in the united states tonight at 8 p.m. and midnight history,n lectures in where we bring the classroom to you. >> i admire him because he often, not always, but often will own up to that come out up to failures. professor at the united states military aca

mary beth tinker and her brother john talk about their experiences and take questions. at 8:00 a.m., american history tv will continue the discussion with mary beth and john tinker live on "washington journal." >> jack riley is on your screen. he is a retired special agent. you say you were compelled to write this book because of the glorification of el chapo and the drug crisis. what do you mean by that? >> good morning. i was somewhat troubled by all of the time that so many heroic dea agents and policeman and prosecutors spent bringing el chapo to justice. , inou go along the border some cases he is revered as a robin hood figure. the attention he was getting even in this country was getting my attention. to hisconnect that responsibility for much of the opioid problem we have today in this country specifically, when you're talking about heroin and fentanyl, el chapo is front and center on that. did you see that glorification continue through his trial last week? >> somewhat. first of all, let me make it clear that i knew the evidence and the prosecutors and the agen

at 7:00 a.m., mary beth tinker and her brother john talk about their experiences and take questions from students. then at 8:00 a.m., american history tv will continue the discussion with mary beth and john tinker, live on "washington journal." watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. >>> the u.s. house and senate return for a legislative work on monday. next week, the house will take up a joint resolution to terminate president trump's national emergency declaration that allows him to build a southern border wall with money that congress intended for other purposes. also next week, measures to require universal background checks for gun buyers and closing certain loopholes. on the senate floor, senators take part in the annual reading of george washington's farewell address. he will then continue work on an abortion bill. and later in the week, the nomination of andrew wheeler to head the environmental protection agency. see the house live on c-span. watch the senate live on c-span 2. >>> the chief of naval operations spoke at the brookings institution recently regarding nava

at 7:00 a.m., mary beth tinker and her brother, john, talk about their experiences and take questions from students. then, at 8:00 a.m., american history tv will continue the discussion with mary beth and john tinker live on "washington journal." watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> the u.s. house and senate return for legislative work on monday. next week, the house will take up a joint resolution to terminate president trump's national emergency declaration that allows him to build a southern border wall with money that congress intended for other purposes. also next week, measures to require universal background checks for gun buyers and closing certain loopholes. on the senate floor on monday, senators will take part in the annual reading of george washington's farewell address. they'll then continue work on an abortion bill and later in the week, the nomination of andrew wheeler to head the environmental protection agency. see the house live on c-span, watch the senate live on c-span2.

rights. >> then, at eight, american history tb will continue the discussion, with mary beth and john tinker live, on washington journal, as they take your questions and comments about their experience. and student free speech today. watch american history tb, this weekend, on c-span three. >> my name is naomi, i'm 11 years old. me and my friend carter had a walk on element tree school on the 13th. >> three years ago, i stood exactly where y'all are today, with my 1st march for life.

sunday morning, mary beth tinker and john tinker discussed the 50th anniversary of their landmark case, tinker versus des moines, on student free speech. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal sunday morning. join the discussion. the white house did not release a presidential address. the democratic address is resented by lucy mcbath in georgia. house democrats are working to pass legislation next week. rep. mcbath:

mary beth tinker and john tinker discussed the 25th anniversary of their landmark case on student freesunday morning. join the discussion. >> the house and senate return for legislative work on monday. t the house will take up a joint resolution to terminate the president's national emergency declaration that will allow him to build a southern border wall. also, measures requiring universal background checks for gun buyers and closing certain loopholes. the annual reading of george washington's farewell address and continue work on an abortion bill. later in the week, the nomination of andrew wheeler, the head of the epa. the house is live on c-span and the senate is live on c-span2. next, coverage of the national governors association winter meeting with sessions on jobs and criminal justice issues.

mary beth tinker and her brother john talk about their experiences and take questions. at 8:00 a.m., american history tv will continue the discussion with mary beth and john tinker live on "washington journal."

coming up this morning, supreme beth competition is mary tinker and john tinker discussed the 50th anniversarytheir landmark case, tinker be the morning on student free speech -- tinker versus des moines. be sure to watch live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >>, our road to the white house coverage follows side or elizabeth warren as she participated in a campaign organizing event at plymouth state university in new hampshire. she has been holding several events in the granite state this weekend. new hampshire traditionally holds the first in-the-nation presidential primary. [applause] >> thank you! sen. warren: hello, plymouth! [applause] sen. warren: it is so good to see all of you. so good to be here

then at 8:00 a.m., american history tv will continue the discussion with mary beth and john tinker live on washington journal. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> the california and alabama secretaries of state testified before the house homeland security committee recently regarding efforts to secure elections. mississippi congressman bennie thompson chairs the

at 7:00 a.m., mary beth tinker and her brother john talk about their experiences and take questions from students. then at 8:00 a.m., american history tv will continue the discussion with mary beth and john tinker live on washington journal. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> the california and alabama secretaries of state testified before the house homeland security committee recently regarding efforts to secure elections. mississippi congressman bennie thompson chairs the committee. >>> welcome the members to the first hearing of the committee on homeland security for the 116th congress. i appreciate your flexibility and that of our witnesses after we rescheduled a hearing due to the services for the former dean of the house, the late chairman john dingell. our thoughts and prayers are with his wife. our colleagues, congresswoman debbie dingell, and their family. today the committee will hold a hearing on defending our democracy, building partnerships to protect america's elections. election security is a national security issue that must transcend party politics b

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anniversary of the decision is marked with a commemorative event featuring remarks by mary beth tinker and her brother, john, co. petitioners in the case. [applause] >> welcome to this special presentation celebrating the 50th anniversary of an important

at 7:00 a.m., mary beth tinker and her brother john talk about their experiences and take questions fromtudents. tv8 a.m., american history will continue the conversation live on washington journal. this america history tv weekend on c-span three. washington journal continues. >> this next hour we will talk about something called the green new deal proposal, something you have probably heard a lot about in the news lately. we have two guests year, one of ebel from thel american enterprise institute. we're also joined by janet redman, campaign director at greenpeace usa. thank you for being here. before we begin the conversation, we have a short clip from the democratic congresswoman from new york, alexandria ocasio cortez, whose name has been linked with this concept of the green new deal. ocasio-cortez: because climate change and our environmental challenges are one of the biggest existential threats to our way of life. not just as a nation but as a world. and in order for us to combat that threat, we must be as ambitious, and innovative in our solution as possible. today, it are doing

. >> coming up, more from mary beth and john tinker and they join us live on american history tv and washington journal to mark the 50th anniversary of the supreme court's tinker versus to ensure decision that students do not lose their their rights on school grounds, fighting for the favor of three i was students who wore lack armbands

sunday morning, mary beth tinker and john tinker discussed the 50th anniversary of their landmark case, tinker versus des moines, on student free speech. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal sunday morning. join the discussion. the white house did not release a presidential address. the democratic address is resented by lucy mcbath in georgia. house democrats are working to pass legislation next week. hi, i'math: congresswoman lisa mcbath -- lucy mcbath. there have never been more women or people and color in congress and i'm honored to be a part of this historic freshman class. [inaudible] this coming week, the bipartisan background check act of 2019 will come to the floor of the house. historic bipartisan gun legislation, and cosponsored by myself and many of my colleagues. the bill will serve background checks for all gun sales, including unlicensed dealers. gun violence is an issue that's deeply personal to me. in 2012, my son was shot and killed by a man who opened fire on an unarmed teenager in jacksonville, florida. my son jordan was 17 years old. he would have turned to