speakers include democratic congresswoman donna edwards of maryland and "washington post" columnist jonathanaypart. live coverage begins at 12:00 noon eastern. later a debate on mandatory voting. some nations including australia and mexico have laws requiringcies zens to vote. it's hosted by the ralph nader center of responsive law. 6:00 p.m. eastern. 22 navy seals were killed over the weekend when their helicopter was shot down in afghanistan. you can find out the life and training of the navy seals and the seal team that killed osama bin laden tonight on c-span, special operations commander eric olson is interviewed by abc news foreign correspondent martha raddatz. that's tonight at 8:00 eastern. security on new york stock exchange plunged this morning in reaction to the u.s. credit downgrade. shares lost over 200 points within the first minute of the market's opening. follow the trend begun by arab shan markets over the weekend after the u.s. credit rating was lowered on friday. we get details on what the credit rating change means from this morning's "washington journal." /congress. >> "

some of you will remember jonathan edwards'er sermon, sinners in the hand of an angry god. edwards would look down at his cowering congregation -- you may play the cowering congregation -- [laughter] the god that holds you over the pit of hell much as one holds a spider or some loathsome insect over the fire abhors you and is dreadfully provoked. his wrath towards you burns like fire. he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else but to be cast into the fire. he is of pure eyes than to bear to have you in his sight. you are 10,000 times more abominable in his eyes than the most hateful serpent is in ours. now, that was standard doctrine. what did it have to do with science? what it had to do with science was this, the mission of science was to study god's handy work, to pay homage to his creation. every feature of the world -- why there's one sun and not two, why the ocean is salty, why lobster is delicious, why one person died of plague and another survived -- everything represented an explicit decision by god. since he had fashioned the universe in its every aspect, to do science m

speakers include maryland congresswoman donna edwards and "washington post" columnist jonathan capeheartat noon eastern tomorrow on c-span. >> i'm not for changing the system just so we can feel good by having voter turnout which may ultimately approximate what they have in australia, which is about 97%. the fact is, voter turnout per se doesn't mean much in terms of the health of the democracy. some of the most vicious dictatorships in the world get voter turnout of 95% to 99% when they hold elections. >> voting is a responsibility and if for whatever reason -- i'm uninformed, hasn't had the time, so on -- i should not be coerced to make a decision which is life and death for many people. >> monday and tuesday on c-span, ralph nader and

edwards. and jonathan cape march. this is live coverage from the center for american progress here in washington. >> good afternoon, everybody. and i am director of the center for american progress the six to promote new ideas. we thank you for being here today. today i am very pleased to welcome to you this event, and also announced the leadership institute, a new program that promotes diversity. it is part of the effort to create a stronger progressive movement that is more reflective of the changing nation. today's panel is the fourth in a series of the beds to better understand the various segments of the voting population. we have had panels on women voters, asian american, and today we are pleased to bring you an excellent wind up to discuss the african-american vote. we are thrilled that are key note speaker is congress woman, na edwards.an she serves on the committee at if rotation and infrastructure, and technology, and the human rights commission. she is a member of the congressional black caucus, at breakfa

speakers include maryland democratic congressman don edwards and "washington post" columnist jonathan capehart. from the center for american progress, this is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon, everybody. thank you very much for joining us today. i am the director of project 26 for american progress for the nation's and [inaudible] schenectady i'm very pleased to welcome [inaudible] programs that seem to grow diversity and the institute is part of the effort to create a stronger progressive movement that is more reflective of the changing nation in a series of events to better understand the segments of the voting population and we of the latino voters, asian-americans and pacific and today we are pleased to bring you an excellent line up to discuss the african-american vote. we are thrilled our keynote speaker is congressman don edwards who represents the fourth congressional district that includes portions of prince george and montgomery county. congressman edwards is the first african-american woman to represent maryland in the house of representatives. she serves on the commit

speakers include maryland democratic congresswoman donna edwards and jonathan capehart. about 90 minutes. >> today in washington, and you know, because i represent a congressional district right outside the city here, i always love august. the traffic is so much better, and i get to go to things and hear a lot of really wonderful interesting panels and events, and so i appreciate being here. the topic today is really fascinating one, and i want to share with you my perspective as someone who represents maryland's 4th congressional district comprising the two counties right outside of washington, d.c., and i want to tell you about those two counties because i think that they mirror what is happening in metropolitan areas, what's happening all across the country. prince george's county is a majority african-american county by population. we have had really strong growth over this last decade like many counties among our his panic and latino populations. month come rights act county also bordering the district of columbia is now a majority county. maryland like many states

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