honoring general scott and keith alexander. thank you to our speakers. senators bob dole and nancy kasser balm on their decades on capitol hill. then african-americans in congress. then the 50th anniversary of the national historic preservation act. of that the ceremony unveiling the statue of inventor thomas edison at the u.s. capitol. that's ahead here on c-span 3. former u.s. senators bob dole

i am on a panel keith alexander is with me. and eric schmidt from google is there.were talking about this. he is to understand how powerful metadata is. we don't do that. did any of those numbers call that one. google and amazon together along with some other companies like this they know a lot more about you what sites you visit and so forth. there was a lot of folks you should know better. even after someone may have tried to explain it and then they really get interested in that they can click on the number and get the contacts of the call. that is a laws of physics. you can't do that. let me turn you to another easy gordy i had been in many discussions about this and i'm curious as to your views and largely clear the press the navy seals in our special forces many of them perhaps most are water boarded as part of their training. >> when i came to cia my deputy was water boarded. and then there is also the case that some journalists and authors back during the peak interest in this head themselves water boarded so they could write better articles. the test for to

who proposed that as a compromise reform was the director of the nsa at the time, general keith -- >> alexander >> alexander, right. because metadata hadn't helped that much. because there's another provision called section 702 which is not metadata, it's data. and while the commission, and it's from foreign stuff, and the commission concluded that there had been no connection to a terrorist found through metadata. they found there were about 48 cases where the 70 to 2 data -- 702 data actually had helped in capturing terrorists and in forestalling terrorist notes. plots. that's something that isn't noted much. and i think a lot of people -- >> bruce, you're shaking your head. >> 51, actually, not 48 --- >> one, actually. >> no, you're thinking of the metadata. >> no, no. >> i'll take a different tack, we don't know. >> i'm just say what the commission's report -- >> no, the commission's -- >> 51 cases in which 702 data that helped forestall terrorist activities. this can be -- in my book, there is a footnote to it, you can look up the page. [laughter] but the point is a lot of people are willi

honoring general scott and keith alexander. thank you to our speakers. see you next time. >> for the next three weeks, c-span 3's american history tv will air in prime time. tonight, former republican senators bob dole and nancy kasser balm on their decades on capitol hill. then african-americans in congress. then the 50th anniversary of the national historic preservation act. of that the ceremony unveiling the statue of inventor thomas edison at the u.s. capitol. that's ahead here on c-span 3. former u.s.

honoring general scott and keith alexander. thank you to our speakers. see you next time. >> for the next three weeks, c-span 3's american history tv will air in prime time. tonight, former republican senators bob dole and nancy kasser balm on their decades on capitol hill. then african-americans in congress. then the 50th anniversary of the national historic preservation act. of that the ceremony unveiling the statue of inventor thomas edison at the u.s. capitol. that's ahead here on c-span 3. former u.s. senators bob dole and nancy kasser balm, representing kansas in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s discuss their experiences in government and the state of congress today. this 80-minute conversation is hosted by the bob dole institute of politics at the university of kansas. it's moderated by the institute's director, bill lacy. >> hello and welcome to the robert j. bowl institute of politics. my name is kooed christiansen and i'm from the student advisory board which is the official student organization fs dole institute. some people know this but when senato

we'll be honouring federal cio tony scott and keith alexander. thank you to our speakers. we will see you next time. >>> on the campaign trail, hillary clinton will be joined by senator elizabeth warren. they appear in manchester, new hampshire, with live coverage starting at 12:30 eastern. later, a look at opioid addition in the u.s. they will look at ways to prevent overdoses and provide treatment. >> if you missed any of the presidential debate, go to c-span.org using your desktop, phone or tablet. on our special debate page, you can watch the entire debate choosing between the split screen or the switch camera option. you can go to specific questions and answers finding the content you want quickly and easy. create clips of your favorite debate moments to share on social media. cspan.org on your desktop, phone, or tablet for the presidential debate. >> now, a look at potential cybersecurity threats to the presidential election and the u.s. electoral process. kim zeter, senior reporter from wired moderated this event. from the atlantic council, it is 90 minutes >>> good

general keith alexander -- not a politician, not somebody prone to hyperbolic language -- here greateste said -- "the transfer of wealth in the history of the world occurred in the last 20 years when chinese companies, aided by their government through cyber attacks , stole the intellectual property of american companies." and yet to know, he is the head of cyber security in our government. we ought to be coming down on chan all the time. ms. benjamin: we're going to get there. sen. schumer: i could go on and on about trade. ms. long: i wonder what he would have to say about how his friend hillary clinton, his nominee, says she wants to see basically open borders and a global, open free-trade hemisphere. ms. benjamin: on fast-track power, just quickly. would you vote in favor of giving that negotiation power to either candidate? neither candidate? thank you for much. mr. louis: we have to take a short break, but we have more questions. the senate debate continues in 60 seconds. ♪ ♪ mr. louis: welcome back to our time warner cable new york senate debate between senator charles schumer and

on november 10th, we'll be honoring general scott and keith alexander. thank you to our speakers. see you next time. >>> american history tv prime time continues while congress is on break until after the november lecks. tonight the civil war even recondition struction begins at 8:00 eastern with the war in gettysburg, then ulysses grant after the civil war. three people's refugee camps and reconstruction in the authority. american history tv in prime time on c-span3 all this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> this weekend on c-span3, saturday morning from 9:00 eastern 'til just afternoon. >> the british empire and its commonwealth last for a thousand years. men will still say this was their finest hour. >> focusing on the former british prime minister's speakers and contemporaries, featuring andrew roberts, author of "masters and commanders: how four titans won the battle of the west." late at 7:00, commissioner george p. bush, jose menendez and musician phil collins talk about the spanish mission, the alamo at the 2016 texas tribune festival in austin. >> the memories i have this gro

we'll be honoring tony scott and keith alexander. thank you to our speakers. see you next time. >>> hillary clinton is campaigning in north carolina with first lady michelle obama. abby phillip with the washington post tweeted out this picture of the first lady's plane and hillary clinton's plane at the tarmac saying, floats and hillary clinton arrive within a minute of each other in north carolina. c-span has live coverage of their stop in winston-salem. >> our children, they look up to us. what we value, how we treat others. and now they're looking to see what kind of leaders we choose. who we'll entrust our country and their future to. will it be the one respected around the world or the one who frightens our allies and emboldens our enemies? the one with the understanding of the challenges we face or the one who is unprepared for them? a steady hand or a loose cannon. common sense and unity or drama and division? a woman who spent her life helping children and families or a man who spent his life helping himself? our children are looking to us. what exampl

anybody happens to have any memory or some idea of a musical there is a famous character called alexander keith'sricature of the vice presidency had been in american history. no vice presidents ever had an office in the white house that has been the case the last 30 to 40 years. in fact i think president cart carter, vice president mondale was the first one to do so. no vice president was ever a regular companion up until that time. the vice president hung out at the capitol and presided over the senate. he was not part of the national security team because in some sense there was no national security team. it was a simpler structure for the time that had already ceased to be. if the president had decide pred to bring harry truman into it it would have been a good thing. it would have been a great innovation in the statecraft. he didn't do it. the third thing to say about that, they were in washington. roosevelt was inaugurated and left almost immediately and was away for five weeks, came back to address congress and went to hyde park. terry truman and franklin roosevelt were as president and vic

we'll be honouring federal cio tony scott and keith alexander. thank you to our speakers. we will see you next time. >>> on the campaign trail, hillary clinton will be joined by senator elizabeth warren. they appear in manchester, new hampshire, with live coverage starting at 12:30 eastern. later, a look at opioid addition in the u.s. they will look at ways to prevent overdoses and provide tr