our guess today are documentarian ken burns and henry louis gates junior. i would like to welcome our c-span and of the radio audience. you can follow the action on twitter. #npclive. i have asked that each of you stand briefly as your name is announced. please hold your applause. from your right, michael fletcher, senior writer for espn and the moderator of the luncheon. [applause] channel nine. and jeff ballou, news editor at out to zero. sharon rockefeller, president and c.e.o. of weta. elizabeth, washington bureau chief of "the new york times." skipping over our speaker for a moment. alison fitzgerald kojak chairman of the press club's board of governors. skipping over other speaker for a moment, lisa matthews, vice president at hagers sharp and a member of the speaker's committee who organized this luncheon. patricia harrison, president and c.e.o. of the corporation for public broadcasting. amy henderson, the historian emeritus of the national portrait gallery. joe madison, host of "the urban view" on sirius-x.m. gil klein, american university and a fo

and i started watching this guy ken burns who had this capacity to tell stories. i love great storytelling and i love great storytelling because my dad, god rest his soul, whom sharon knew, was a fabulous storyteller. and i thought, i could never be a storyteller like my father but maybe i could find my way in this new medium and maybe through some back door i could become a documentary filmmaker. and paula kerger was in new york, and executive there before she came here and i got to know her. and she was so encouraging. why couldn't you think about making documentary films? and why don't you find your home here in new york? and as soon as i did that, she welcomed me so warmly she left and went to -- and went to washington. but when she did, she introduced me to not a force of nature but a force of culture. and a woman who was running the corporation for public broadcasting. and the three of them will be my guardian angels, my advisors, my protectors, giving me sage advice all along my career and through a miracle -- i don't know about you all. who each of you has

can burns is our guest. -- ken burns is our guest.inson.ned rachel i want to show the viewers one of the clips from the documentary. >> we never really had a honeymoon. planes.bumped from two , you may needthis it. we were embarrassed. we were bumped in new orleans and that the cola, florida. in passengers were put in our place. i went to the white ladies bathroom just so i could recover my own sense of myself. we finally took a bus to spring training from jacksonville. on our honeymoon. busent to the back of the and when it got dark, i started to cry because i had felt my great husband, who had been a fighter and a dignified person, had been reduced by this --mination and segregation by discrimination and segregation. caved in to what society had wanted in the south. but, the fried chicken was great. host: 93-year-old rachel robinson says that the role she played in helping to make this possible. sum would have been impossible without her. she started the jackie robinson foundation -- this film would have been impossible without her.

through their works, filmmaker ken burns and harvard professor, henry gates jr. shows how -- economic future and past. burns' documentaries have given us insight to facinating and troubling parts of the american story, be it jazz, the civil war or baseball. i'm particularly fond of burns' national parks documentaries and am proud to say he's a fellow national press club member. gates has extended his work beyond the classroom to the pbs series "finding your roots" which shows how diverse racial, religious backgrounds challenge our myths. late last year, they both launched a series of conversations about race. hoping to provide a forum that would encourage participants from having an either/or response to having -- both have documentaries on pbs. burns' documentary on jackie robinson is on april 11 and 12. gates's black america since mlk and still i rise premier in the fall. today, a break from our tradition, i have asked mike fletcher to moderate his discussion given his expertise in the field of sports. -- a digital site will explore the intersection of race, spo

we'll leave this discussion to go live to the national press club for ken burns and harvard professor and this coming april, mr. burns is set to release "jackie robinson." the first african-american to play baseball. this is getting under way. jeff, vice president of the national press club and news editor at "alzheimer's english." sharon, president and c.e.o. of weta. elizabeth, washington bureau chief of "the new york times." skipping over our speaker for a moment. chairman of the press club's board of governors. skipping over other speaker for a moment, lisa matthews, vice president at haguers sharp and member of the speaker's committee who organized this lumplingon. patricia, president and c.e.o. of the corporation for public broadcasting. amy henderson, the historian emeritus of the national portrait gal row. joe madison, host of "the urban view" on sirius x.m. gill kline, american university and a former press club president. and finally, john hurley of hurley consulting, a press club member. [applause] >> thank you, all. race continues to be part of the american fab rib and the

it is a >> host: got your point ronnie, ken burns. >> guest: this is a huge essential point is something i've been talked about. we have black history month andt we think of african-american history as a politically correct addendum to our national heritage. we have an argument with regard to the confederate flag in many aspects of our complicated history with regard to race and a lot of people complain in a reactionary mode that we aretr trying to take away history. i think what you are suggestingr is how to expand our history? how do we tell history that includes everyone? for a long time absolute film history the newest the western one. things began in ancient greece and went around in christianity happened and all of a sudden here we are having created the united states of america and its white and essentially european and it excluded asian andh african history and many other peoples history. the more you know it doesn't mean the less you care about the others. the more you know is the more you know and the fact is we are impoverished if we don't include everybody now given example.

. >> that is our parody segment, in the spirit of ken burns and how people will describe this crazy year to their grand kids. >> it was a cross-roads of our being and a hell of a cross-roads. >> it kicks off right here at 11:30. >> a beloved candy is celebrating its diamond anniversary. & anniversary. company wants you to vote on the next flavor. coffee net, chili nut and honey nut. >> the chili nut sounds going. i don't know whether to like it or be disgusted by it -- >> just eat it. >> check out some of these pictures we have here. a beautiful sunset up there, just a few thin clouds and it's heads up. andrew send this one in, and this one from tampa bay, kayacking and the almanac, 78 and 52 for a low. a little bit below average in the low and evens out to right around where we should be this time of year. degree or two each day of the week but humid will be slower to creep back up. maybe feeling a bit muggy heading towards thursday and friday but i don't see them getting near that 70-degree mark. some of the models saying showers arrive friday into saturday and others saying it may hol

ken burns and harvard university professor henry louis gates junior discussed race in america.onight on the communicators, jim halpert, a privacy and cyber security lawyer and john simpson, project director for consumer watchdog discuss how and whether the fcc should develop privacy regulations for the internet. they are joined by howard busker. >> the ftc can no longer regulate that one aspect aspectt access provider of the business of internet access providers. there is now a rulemaking coming up where the fcc will decide what to put in place in lieu of or perhaps replicating the ftc hospitals under the new -- ftc's rules. >> most of the rules that exist existed in the world of telephones. now that they have extended by reclassification, the situation to cover isps, they have to, with rules appropriate to the world of the internet, not just telephones. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. , talks about the battles within the publican party for a nominee. the chances of a brokered convention and who he will support for the nomination. later, ken burns

can burns is our guest. -- ken burns is our guest. robinson.ned rachel i want to show the viewers one of the clips from the documentary. >> we never really had a honeymoon. planes.bumped from two , you may needthis it. we were embarrassed. we were bumped in new orleans and that the cola, florida. in passengers were put in our place. i went to the white ladies bathroom just so i could recover my own sense of myself. we finally took a bus to spring training from jacksonville. on our honeymoon. busent to the back of the and when it got dark, i started to cry because i had felt my great husband, who had been a fighter and a

ken burn worked with her in the '80s and kept in touch ever since. he was a former drug addict and says mrs. reagan gave him chance. he helped with her drug awareness program called just say no. he always got a thank you note in return for sending flowers to her. >> looking at the letters, i -- i'm saddened by that. for also a sense of peace that there was always a friend and it just happened to be nancy reagan. >> she died sunday at age 94. burn received an invitation to tomorrow's private funeral. she will lay in repose for a second day today and the public can pay their respects at the ronald reagan presidential library. >> new research is taking aim at one of the most commonly used standards for assessing health. scientists at the university of manitoba told the "washington post" body mass index or bmi which measures a person's does not give a true picture of health. they also say it doesn't provide the best method of determining risk factors like heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions. some health experts recommend a new standard that tak

dari: remembering a baseball icon while tackling the tricky steve: ken burns and his new documentary about jackie robinson. in the new food crazes inspired by cadbury creme eggs next in new york state, all across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and new infrastructure for a new generation attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in rochester, with world-class botox. and in buffalo, where medicine meets the future. let us help grow your company's tomorrow - dari: frank sinatra junior has died. he was rushed to the hospital. the family said that he went into cardiac arrest and passed away. frank junior toured for years singing his own music and the standards that his father made so famous. >> discussing robinson's place in history in america. >> at a great value in holding up the question that we ask of the past. right now went on then. reporter: in a society that relies on piece,reporter: this man has made it living telling stories about history. today we are talking about race, politics and his new fil

in the spirit of ken burns we bring you the presentation of the great republican war of 2016 >> on the cornfields, a soft spoken surgeon tried to heal his sleepy words. >> what kind of adjustments have they made -- judgments have they made. the salad of their life i will look at. >> lieutenant carson. would someone attack me. >> he was too late for the wounds had fasterred and the plunging back into the furnace. >> my party is going (bleep) crazy. >> and little marco rubio he is going around, he is going crazy. >> the great republican war of 2016 opened us up to what we became. it was a cross roads ever our being and a hell of a cross roads. >> the cold insults have chilled me to the bone. how i long for the comfort of mitt. >> the brash general from new york cleared through a dozen states with ruthless abandon and show nod mercy he tore through the south. >> i would like to punch him in the face. out in the cold. no coats. [music] >> mr. trump, the cheek of every american must tingewell shame of a come back is bless your heard. nikki haley. >> the party establishment bucks swaggering

the ken burns documentary. let me give you an example of when this all started. host: ok. teddy: when tony wa roosevelt filed an indictment from the department of justice without warning against j.p. morgan and the northern securities company for being a trust, that came out of nowhere. he invoked the sherman antitrust act to do so. was he within his rights as the president to do so? absolutely, he was. absolutely. he was within his rights. he was exercising his constitutional duty because congress had passed the sherman antitrust act in 1890. host: thanks for the call. you can respond to that. guest: i don't know if i am a worthless academic. i think it is important for young people in america to understand the constitution like this individual and history. what we do is research, but we also teach people about how the system works. i do believe the president was within his right to do that. there is a controversy now over using executive order. way, this president has had fewer executive orders on average than almost any president for the last about 70 years. i agreethe

later, a discussion on race in america with documentary film maker ken burns, and harvard professor henry louis gates junior. ♪ >> during campaign 2016, c-span takes you on the road to the white house. we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. ♪ arizona is a winner take all primary this tuesday for the republican presidential candidates. donald trump in a campaign stop in the state this weekend, holding a rally just outside of phoenix, arizona. he was joined by state treasurer jeff to wait, former governor jan brewer, and maricopa county sheriff. this is 40 minutes. >> look at this crowd. [applause] what a great group of americans that we have today. [applause] jeff dewitt: the establishment has called us the silent majority, and they tried to give

then, a discussion on race in america with documentary film maker ken burns and harvard professor henryr chance to see republican presidential candidate donald trump campaigning in arizona earlier today. here to talk presidential politics is adam wollner, and in particular the potential for a convention that would be either brokered or contested, particularly focusing on the republican side. adam wollner, why are these terms entering the political dialogue now? people areeason talking about the possibility is because there has been a good chance that no candidate will come into the republican convention in july in cleveland with the majority of delegates for the nomination. donald trump is only the only candidate who has a viable mathematical path to get there. ,ed cruz would need to win 80% john kasich, it is mathematically impossible. he can't even win the nomination. donald trump is really the only candidate who has an opportunity to reach this magic number, but he very does not and no candidate enters the convention without that magic number, 1237, it becomes contested. host: all th

and a discussion on race in america, with documentary filmmaker ken burns and harvard professor henryates junior. security, a homeland hearing on the u.s. visa program with immigration officials in the homeland security department possible specter general stop -- homeland security department's inspector general. here to talk politics is adam warner, in particular, the potential for a convention that would be either brokered or contested, particularly focusing on the republican side. why are these terms entering the political dialogue now? adam: the reason people are talking about the possibility is because there has been a good chance that no candidate will come into the republican convention in july in cleveland with the majority of delegates , 1237, to clinch the nomination. that's kind of the magic number. candidate who has a viable mathematical path to get there. ,ed cruz would need to win 80% john kasich, it is mathematically impossible. he can't even win the nomination. donald trump is really the only candidate who has an opportunity to reach this magic number, but he very does

then documentary film maker ken burns will be with us tacking about his latest pbs documentary projectbout jackie robinson, the man who was first to break baseball's color very are and who went on to become a leader in the civil rights movement. plus, the supreme court correspondent for wall street journal will be with us by phone to discuss the latest in the search for supreme court nominee. be sure to what washington journal at 7:00 p.m. eastern on monday morning. - join the discussion. ? during this week's "question time," british prime minister david cameron told members he would not resign if u.k. decides to leave the european union. the practiced are also discussed jobs, the british economy, and reports of abuse of syrian refugees staying in resettlement housing. this is 35 minutes. ce over a yee it was working well that's why we've extended it across the government. >> order. questions to the prime minister.

later, a discussion on race in america with documentary filmmaker ken burns and harvard professor henry louis gates junior. arizona is a winner take all primary this tuesday for the republican presidential candidates. donald trump in a campaign stop in the state this weekend, holding a rally just outside of phoenix, arizona. he was joined by state treasurer jeff dewitt, former governor jan brewer, and maricopa county sheriff. this is 40 minutes. >> look at this crowd. [applause] >> what a great group of americans that we have today. [applause] jeff dewitt: the establishment has called us the silent majority, and they tried to give us their candidates. but, we are not silent anymore, are we? [applause] jeff dewitt: thank god we've been given the gift of one of our brightest minds in our country, a true business success, the man who's going to make america great again. this is the proof of why more people have already voted in this election than all the people in 2008 and 2012. already, with 20 states to go, this and donald trump! [applause] jeff dewitt: we are so lucky to have him. i don

then ken burns talks about his documentary on checking robinson -- on jackie robinson. bravin will be with us to discuss the supreme court nominee. journal" everyon morning at 7:00 a.m. month -- >> monday on "the communicators," they discuss how and whether the fcc should develop privacy regulations for the internet. they are joined by howard buskirk. >> the ftc can no longer regulate that one aspect, internet access provider or telecommunications service provider. there is now rulemaking coming up where the ftc will decide oft to put in place, and lou replicatingf, or the fcc rules. >> most of the rules that exist existed in the world of telephones. the situation to cover isp's, they have to come up with rules appropriate to the world of internet, not just the telephones. >> watch "the communicators," monday night at 8:00 p.m. et. >> c-span's newsmakers welcomes tony perkins, the host of a nationally syndicated radio program. asking questions this week, meet tom and david making his first visit. mr. hamburger, you are up first. mr. hamburger: thank you for being with u

gonna be right back with some very important information on preventing burn injuries. >> welcome back to "new york viewpoint." i'm ken rosato. the american burn association states that roughly 450,000 patients receive hospital and emergency-room treatment for burns each year. according to the cdc, burns and fires are the third-leading cause of death in the home. in 2010, a fire-related death occurred every 169 minutes. a fire injury occurred every 30 minutes. please join me in welcoming william lerner, who is a burn-prevention expert and an inventor. recently he's been praised by many burn centers for his patents for an excessive- temperature warning on glass-fronted gas fireplaces and gas ranges and cooktops. good to have you with us. >> good morning, ken. >> so, tell me about what led you to all your inventions and patents. >> well, what led me to it was that i was almost burned on a cooktop, and i thought that there should be an indicator hot after somebody cooked, and it was -- burns are devastating injuries, so you really need every bit of precaution that you can possibly have. concept? >> yes, it was. >> so, yo

and documentary filmmaker ken burns talks about his latest documentary, "jackie robinson."ut the man who became a leader in the civil rights movement. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. on c-span. journal" tonight, on the communicators, jim helper, a privacy and cyber security lawyer and john simpson, a privacy project director, discussed how and whether the fcc should develop privacy regulations for the internet. they are joint by howard busker. deal --ec can no longer provider aspect of the business of internet access providers. there is now a rulemaking coming up for the fcc to decide what to put in place in lieu of or perhaps replicating the ftc's rules under the new fcc of 30. existt of the rules that existed in the world of telephones. now that they have extended by reclassification the situation to come isps, they have up with rules that are appropriate to the world of the internet, not just to telephones. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 on c-span2. on thursday, the senate judiciary committee held their first

. >>> and this afternoon film maker, ken burns will be joining harvard professor, harvey lewis gates jr. about race in america. we'll take you live to the national press club for that conversation at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. and then the house energy and commerce committee will meet to look into head trauma and concussions in sports. this afternoon they'll be hearing from medical, military, athletic and research experts, live coverage at 2:00 p.m. eastern right here on c-span 3. and later this afternoon, live road to the white house coverage from a campaign rally for ohio governor john kasich. he'll be joined by a number of people, former presidential candidate, mitt romney, rob portman, all ahead of the primary tomorrow. we'll have live coverage tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> campaign 2016 continues on tuesday with primaries taking place in missouri, illinois and swing states ohio, north carolina and florida. live coverage of the election results, candidate speeches and viewer reaction begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern. taking you on the road to the white house on c-span, c-s

ken. >>> 6:25 flames burn through a yacht club leaving $2 million in damage. the fire responded around 3:00, by the time firefighters were able to get to the water. three boats were totally destroyed. 3 more were devoured by the flames, the boats spilled diesel fuel into the waterofficials say it could take several weeks to clean that up. >>> closing in on 6:30. an accuweather alert slick and slushy roads in some parts of the tri-state area for what we hope will be our last blast of winter weather. >>> firefighters in new jersey battling freezing temperatures and snow when flames break out inside a building over night. >>> video you just have to see to believe when an easter at a local slow, building african-style music it's the little moments that make the biggest waves. kalahari resorts & conventions the world's coolest indoor waterparks. mama . >>> now, new york's number one news. channel 7 eyewitness news this morning. >>> new video of a fiery danger in this winter storm falling snow sparking fires on long island. >>> good morning i'm ken rosato. >>> i'm l

. >> over the next hour on "washington journal" ken burns is our guest. eddy manchin and rachel robinson said david j. jackie robinson story but let's look at the documentary. >> with our first spring training was terrible. this and david is that the airport with the shoebox full of fried chicken andd city may need it. going to pensacola florida to put on in our place. i have never seen signs along restrooms so went into the white ladies bathroom just to recover and they did what i had to do in the ladies walk out sorry to the bus to spring training and jacksonville. cry we went to the back of the bus. because my great husband had been a fighter and a dignified person, one is by segregation. and caved to what society wanted in the south for about the fried chicken was sayl great. >> en to make the film possible. -- th she started the jackie robinson foundation with scholarships but the most important we had access to her. and jackie was the center ofof the baseball series with stand-alone treatment as they finish the film on the central part five to reali

the ken burns documentary. let me give you an example of when this all started. host: ok.eddy: when tony wa roosevelt filed an indictment from the department of justice without warning against j.p. morgan and the northern securities company for being a trust, that came out of nowhere. he invoked the sherman antitrust act to do so. was he within his rights as the president to do so? absolutely, he was. absolutely. he was within his rights. he was exercising his constitutional duty because congress had passed the sherman antitrust act in 1890. host: thanks for the call. you can respond to that. guest: i don't know if i am a worthless academic. i think it is important for young people in america to understand the constitution like this individual and history. what we do is research, but we also teach people about how the system works. i do believe the president was within his right to do that. there is a controversy now over using executive order. way, this president has had fewer executive orders on average than almost any president for the last about 70 years. i agreethe qu

one week from today we will host ken burns and henry lewis gates junior to discuss race in america. that night, the national press club will welcome home jason rozion, a journalist held hostage. he will be with us that night. i would like to present our guest with the national press club mug. i would like to remind you not to use this on the metro system to drink out of. >> thank you. >> we have talked earlier about a lot of the issues coming with metro and the bus system and your efforts to address those. recently, d.c. started running its streetcar after many years and many failed promises of when it would start running. $200 million i believe is the effort. what are your thoughts on the management of the d.c. streetcar and will you be able to use metro fare passes when they -- so it's all integrated in some form? >> they are doing a fantastic job running that system. he's a board member, too. they have done a really -- he's done a very good job. i know his team has to get that up and running. i think they did the same approach. they are not going to put something out there until

three brothers and a friend assaulted this man and killed him and burned his body. and ken suarez is live at the police department for us. the sheriff said the murder was retribution and for what? >> reporter: this started when a woman said that she was sexually assaulted by the victim when she and that set them off and they vowed to get revenge no matter what. investigators say that a series of unthinkable acts happened here and robert banks, a known drug dealer, was the target. >> they kicked him, they strangled him with a cord, they beat him with a pipe. with their fists, they beat him with a stick. >> he was assaulted. >> i think he is innocent. >> why? >> because i don't think he would do anything to hurt anybody. >> investigators say that they have confessed and are behind bars because banks is dead. they say banks invited a woman to get high. she said she was raped. their friend, brutalized and killed banks and burned his body. they called their father brian johnson, senior, he dumped the body in the green swamp where it was discovered by a couple in their jeep. ther

three brothers and a friend assaulted this man and killed him and burned his body. and ken suarez is live at the police department for us. the sheriff said the murder was retribution and for what? >> reporter: this started when a woman said that she was sexually assaulted by the victim when she

chopper 9 sky zoom could see it eyewitness news reporter ken lemon refuged new information about what started this fire. >> it started from burning debris just yards away from what you see now. the son of a man who owns part of what used to be a 20,000 square foot warehouse was working in an office inside. he had no idea the building was on fire until he smelled smoke. he stepped outside and faced a wall of flames and ran out the back door. you can see the flames shooting through the roof of the warehouse at the page land farmers market. four large trailers were destroyed. one was filled with tires. another filled with pallets. randy johnson owns part of the building and all the items destroyed. he was a few minutes away when someone called to tell him about the fire. he stepped outside. smoke. i knew i was in trouble. >> from chopper 9 we could see the smoke from uptown charlotte firefighters say the enormous fire that forced them to shut down highway 601 started from these flames. someone was burning trash. they believe a strong wind drove a spark from the debris pile over to the warehouse. there was a lot of card board inside.

other police officers and firefighters moved her away from the burning home and all of them together gave her a fighting chance. in gastonia, ken lemon, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> ken tweeted out that video >>> we're staying on top of breaking news of a man shot in charlotte over south brevard, and you can see officers are still investigating. they were called near the this afternoon. into custody. investigators say that it -- that the victim and the suspect know each other and the victim was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. dashawn brown is out there, talking to people about what they saw, and she very -- will have a live report at 6:00. >>> and those accused of kidnapping a pizza delivery driver will be in court with a public defender. police say that shannon scott and brayon rhodes kidnapped the driver and took him up i-85 and pair of atms and last him in archdale. >>> a student was on south grand street after midmight when a robber came up to him with a knife. he had injuries but he refused treatment. no arrests have been made. >>> and the district attorney will decide next week whether to charge a driver wh

other police officers and firefighters moved her away from the burning home and all of them together gave her a fighting chance. in gastonia, ken lemon, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> ken tweeted out that video

we have about 25 minutes left with ken burns. walter, on the republican line. caller: think you very much for taking my call. i think it is very interesting when we talk about race in this country and we talk about the injustices on both sides of the fence. white, black, hispanic print whatever the case may be -- hispanic. whatever the case may be. when you say african-american, that is factually incorrect. you're not african. you are american. i think when we say on one hand ,hat we all want to assimilate then you turn around and have black such as the naacp, magazines, black miss america, and on and on it goes. puts thatdoes is that particular group in a special class. it puts them in a special, .ittle bottle -- bubble it says to the rest of us that these people are going to be treated differently and i think the greatest injustice for the african americans in this country is just that. that we don't say that what happened in the past was a absolutely horrible thing, but we are not going to treat you differently. guest: this is a hugely important question. i