kershaw. john, go ahead with your thoughts on this memorial day. caller: i am a vietnam veteran. my father was a pearl harbor survivor. before that, my grandfather was in the army. lady that just got in making a comment, she does not know what she is talking about. donald trump had bone spurs. i question that highly. for him to be out of the country on the memorial day, he should be up there laying wreaths on the unknown soldiers and paying attention to business. instead of going out and building a wall, he should go to the vietnam wall and figure out how many people died to keep him free and to keep his family free. i have very, very hard feelings because of that. thank you for your time. guest: the president is on a state visit in japan, returning to the u.s. to speak at the air force academy on thursday, but more travel ahead, including travel to the u.k. and to france. he will take part in the 70 foot that a verse or he ceremony -- anniversary -- the 75th anniversary ceremony of d-day ther

you're with alex kershaw. go ahead. >> okay. i want everybody out therapying attention to this broadcast to know one thing. that when it comes to losing a war or winning a war, that is ago oh political matter. when it comes to the man on the ground eating the fire, it is more simple than that. that is when it comes to winning or losing a war, the winners walk out and the losers don't. that is the perspective of a combat veteran. thank you for your time. >> thank you walter. what ale lex kershaw your thoughts on walter's perspective of what it took. >>> well, there was a critical moment on omaha beach, a critical moment for the entire invasion actually. so many men had been wounded and killed and there was little communication. around 10:30, 11:00 in the morning, bradley five miles out at sea rest sea seriously considered pulling troops off omaha beach. if he would have, i believe that d-day would have been a disaster, a great defeat, not a great victory for allied forces but the difference was made as bradley said the difference

kershaw.-alex kershaw. and later we will talk to mary louise roberts about her book about the battle of normandy. we begin with a reading of dwight eisenhower's june 6 message to troops as they prepare for the assault at normandy. [video clip] soldiers -- >> soldiers, sailors, and airmen, you are about to embark on a big crusade . the eyes of the world are upon you. the hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. in company with brave allies and brothers in arms under their fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the german war machine, the elimination of nazi terror, and security for ourselves in a free world. your task will not be an easy one. you're in the me as well-trained, well-equipped, and battle-hardened. he will fight savagely. but this is the year, 1944. much has happened since the nazi tramps of 1940 and 1941. there was great defeat in open airle, man to man, and our offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and capacity to wage war

first author alex kershaw joined us from the d-day memorial in bedford, virginia. his new book is the new wave, those who led the way to victory in world war ii. then you'll hear about normandy 1944 looking at the impact of the invasion and aftermath on the french. both she and alex kershaw responded to viewer questions and comments. >>> soldiers, sailors and airmen of the allied expeditionary force, you are about to embark on the great crusade. eyes of the world are upon you. the hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. in companies with our brave allies and brothers in arms on other fronts, you will bring about the

eastern on monday, alex kershaw, author of the first wave, the d-day victory,who led to join us in bedfordtake your questions. that is memorial day monday here on c-span3. this weekend, an american history tv, historian henry louis gates talks about reconstruction and the croweuent jim laws used in southern states to reestablish white supremacy. here is a preview. henry: but systematically, former-step, the confederate wrote the south indeed rose again, and they disenfranchise the black man, and they did it in such a clever way, you could not -- what are you going to do? your 13th, 14th, and 50 the memos are ratified, right? around them.t starting in 1890 was something called the mississippi plan. there were state constitutions, which then unfolded over 16 years in each of the former confederate states, and that is when they established poll taxes, literacy test, comprehensiv comprehension testt only a law professor could understand. and you want to know how to radically affected state constitutional inventions conventione ? louisiana, in 1888, before their 100e convention ha 38 black men

washington journal are marking the 75th anniversary of d-day with a live fewer call-in program with alex kershaw, author of "the first wave: the d-day warriors who led the way to victory in world war ii" and mary louise roberts, author. during the program, we will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. monday, memorial day, starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. it mean to be american? middleton high school students answered the question for this year's studentcam competition. watch the winning videos saturday 10:00 a.m.'s -- 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. south bend from .ndiana mayor this is an hour. [applause] >> thanks for being here. >> good morning, welcome to washington post live, i appreciate you coming here today. we are kicking off our candidate series. appreciate your time. great to have you here. let's start with the news. is it town for -- time for house in kratz to start in teach went for savings? >> i have learned to think cautiously before offering advice to nancy pelosi. it is will say is that clear

eastern, with a live color program with alex kershaw, author of "the first wave: the d-day warriors who led the victory in world war ii." and mary louise arnold. during the program, we will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. monday, starting it :00 a.m. eastern. noon, inday, june 2 at depth is live with author and hoover institute professor. >> from time to time, people complained that george washington, tom jefferson condoned slavery. slavery was there for centuries before either of them were born. neither of them thought that the office of the presidency had any power to do anything about it. lincoln was able to do something about it because he did so not simply as president, but as the commander-in-chief in a war. applied to people who were in rebellion against the united states. there was no basis otherwise. >> he is written many books including "economic facts and " discoloration and disparities." join with your tweets, calls and facebook questions. watch live on sunday, june 2, from noon to 2 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2.

the kershaw, author of first wave, the dj warriors who led the way to victory in world war ii.nd mary louise roberts, author of d-day through franchise, normandy 1944. during the program, we will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comment. monday, memorial day starting at 8:00 eastern. tonight's georgetown university professor catherine onton cohen teaches a class the progressive era. she talks about how politicians and reform groups in the early as 20 century attempted to improve social and economic transitions. and prohibition. here's a preview. >> there is this general insecurity about the state of society and about how it's problem's can be solved. there is this recognition of a fundamental change in the economy, a kind of sober realization industrial capitalism is here to stay. of -- wethis optimism can do something about this. this is not existential, paralyzing fear. this is we have got a problem, let's roll up our sleeves, get it -- doctoral degrees and solve it. the bottom-line is a progressive reformists appealed to those who had nothing to lose, including the

first author alex kershaw joined us from the d-day memorial in bedford, virginia. his new book is the new wave, those who led the way to victory in world war ii. then you'll hear about normandy 1944 looking at the impact of the invasion and aftermath on the french. both she and alex kershaw responded to viewer questions and comments. >>> soldiers, sailors and airmen of the allied expeditionary force, you are about to embark on the great crusade. eyes of the world are upon you. the hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. in companies with our brave allies and brothers in arms on other fronts,

eastern with a live viewer: program with alex kershaw, author of the first and mary louise roberts, author of d-day through franchise. we try to take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. at -- memorial, starting starting at 8 a.m. eastern. on sunday, june 2, in-depth is live with senior fellow thomas hoover institution on the campus of stanford university. people complained george washington comest jefferson condone slavery. slavery was there for centuries before george washington and thomas jefferson were born. neither thought the office of the presidency had any power to do anything about it. lincoln was able to do something about it, as the commander-in-chief in a war. there were no bases otherwise. books,as written many including economic facts and fallacies and discrimination and disparities. join the interactive conversation with your calls, tweets and questions. to 2 p.m. eastern on book tv, on c-span two. >> american history tv products are available at the new c-span online store. what's new for american history tv and check out all of the c-span product. >> we are on t

ii invasion of normandy, france 1944.took place june 6, starting at 8:00 eastern on monday, alex kershaw wave" joins us live from the national d-day memorial in bedford, virginia to take your questions. that is memorial day monday here on c-span3. on sunday, june second at noon eastern, in depth is live with author and herbert hoover institution domicile. sowell.s >> from time to time, people say slavery. condoned slavery was there for centuries before thomas jefferson or george washington were born. neither thought the office of the presidency had any power to do anything about it. lincoln was able to do something about it not as president but as the commander in chief of a war and what he did applied only to people who were in rebellion against the united states. there was no basis otherwise. written many books including "economic facts and "discrimination and despair as the -- and disparity." watch in-depth live sunday, june second from noon until 2:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. tvnext, on american history historian henry louis gates , talks about reconstruction, which lasted

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>>chris allen shows us a photo of his sister amanda kershaw who died in the ghost ship warehouse fire in december 2016 he says his sister was a photographer and posted photos on her instagram minutes before the fire began he flew from boston to sitting on the trial this week of derick almena and max harris, both men charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter accused of failing to provide adequate safety equipment exits and signage inside the warehouse that was filled with pianos sold furniture motor homes in our work on the stand on tuesday doctor thomas rogers said forensic pathologist who said of the 9 fire victims he performed autopsies on all of them died of man ryan o'keefe city greeted people at the door the night of the fire instead within seconds it exploded into an inferno, it just points again. >>to the flawed investigation. did the city of oakland fire department completely missed the ball. >>next friday griffin a former friend of go ship master tenant derick almena who said he told domain of the warehouse was a death trap. you know made a laugh griffin took his con

eastern with a live view your call-in program with alex kershaw, author of the first wave, the d-daywar ii. wease roberts. during the program, we will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. monday, memorial day, starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. announcer: the next, katherine benton-cohen teaches a class on the progressive era and talks about how politicians and reform groups attempted to improve social and economic conditions through trust busting, interstate regulation, and prohibition. the policiesusses and campaigns of theodore roosevelt, the most dominant political figure. our goal is to think what progressivism was in its core dialectic, the

>>chris allen shows us a photo of his sister amanda kershaw who died in the ghost ship warehouse fire6, yes, she was there for >>for the concert that night. supporting her friends that are they're performing. she was part of that community. chris says his sister was a photographer and posted photos on her instagram minutes before the fire began he flew from boston to sit in on the trial this week of derick almena and max harris, both me

really have to look out for bargains is this comes to just one vandals of the flat when did you last kershaw ping apart from food for clothes for example not at all of the last time shopping probably 2530 years ago. she swaps or clothing and saves up all year to buy presents for her grandchildren. although it's quite a challenge right now you want just well you get used to it which i think over the years i've gotten pretty good at saving and finding the best deals it was attention off your. raise 2 children and was a housewife after that she worked at an archive it was only then that she started paying into the pension system. and sponsorship and i worked for 22 or 23 years. so today you know what i tell myself is i didn't work all that long i didn't pay into the system all that long so shut up be happy with what you have this since eloquent socialising i don't have money for that so there's lots of things on offer but everything costs money. so you excluded from society yes excluded from society. though. the vision to his is is it important for you not to let people see how little money you

starting at 8:00 a.m., with a live view or in program with alex kershaw, author of "the first wave, they louise roberts. y throughr of "d-da franchise." day,nday, memorial starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. announcer: on sunday night, yale university historian julian freeman on her book, "the field of blood, the violence of congress and of the road to the civil war." >> it would be scores of congressman in a mass ball. it is dramatic, the guys are throwing punches and spittoon's, it is a massive encounter, but what was interesting to me was that people at the time looked at it and what they saw was a group of northerners and southerners, many of them armed, running at each other in the house of the presented haves and this does not look like a normal fight, this looks like north against south. this looks like a battle. that is really striking. and it didn't look like a battle and it is not that long before the civil war. announcer: sunday night on c-span. this weekend on american history tv, historian henry louis gates talks about reconstruction and the subsequent jim crow laws used in sout

on monday, alex kershaw, author of "the first wave," joins us from the national d-day memorial in bedford, virginia, to take questions. that is memorial day, here on c-span3. our look at milwaukee continues, looking over lake michigan as we travel north of the city we will visit the , northpoint lighthouse which guide boats into and out of the port of milwaukee for over 100 years. mark kuehn: right now, we're at the top of the northpoint lighthouse, about 172 feet above the lake.

eastern with a live viewer call-in program with alex kershaw, author of "the first wave: the d-day warriors who led the way to victory in world war ii and mary louise roberts, author of "d-day through franchise pure eyes." through french monday, more more real day, starting at -- memorial day, starting at 8:00 eastern. fcc commissioner brandon carr talks about 5g and robo calls. he is joined by margaret harding mcgill, technology reporter for politico pro. >> we have elevated mobile calls to the top enforcement priority at the fcc. we are actually voting at our next open meeting on another address thiso issue. we are taking a lot of action to do it. i know it is an annoyance to consumers. it can be used for fraudulent activity. we are very focused on helping to solve this problem. announcer: monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> miller brewing company was founded here in 1855. next, we learn more about its history and the brewing history of the city.

eastern with a live call-in program with alex kershaw, author of the first wave, d-day warriors who led the wave to victory. and mary louise law roberts, author of d-day through franchise, normandy, 1944. during the program, we'll take your phone calls, tweets, and facebook comments. monday starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. communicators,e fcc commissioner kate or brendan carr talks about 5g and robo calls. he's joined by margaret harding mcgill, technology reporter for political pro. >> we have elevated robo calls to the top enforcement priority. we have taken a lot of action. we're voting on another step that can address this issue. we're taking action to do it. i know it's an annoyance to consumers. it can be used for fraudulent activity and we're very focused to help solve the problem. >> monday on c-span2. once, tv was simply three giant networks and a government supported service called pbs. in 1979, a small network rolled out a big idea. let the wrist decide all on their own -- let viewers decide all on their own what was important to them. bringing you unfiltered content from congr

anniversary of d-day starting at 8 am eastern time with the life you are calling program with alex kershawhor of the first wave, the d-day warriors who led the way to tree in world war ii and mary louise roberts, offer of d-day through franchise , normandy, 1944. during the program we will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. monday, memorial day, starting at 8 am eastern . >> here are some of the featured programs this weekend on book tv, sunday at 6:50 pm eastern in burdens of freedom, new york university professor lawrence mead argues that the main threat to american leadership is the decline of individualism within american society . >> europe has a constantly changing quality not found in other cultures because for them people don't initiate things they wait for direction from above and that temperament appears to be the major reason by europe became unusually rich and powerful . >> van etten 9 p.m. eastern time on afterwards, in her book no visible bruises, journalist rachel louise snyder reports on domestic violence with other social issues and is interviewed by mich

>>chris allen shows us a photo of his sister amanda kershaw who died in the ghost ship warehouse fire in december 2016, yes, she was there for >>for the concert that night. supporting her friends that are they're performing. she was part of that community. chris says his sister was a photographer and posted photos on her instagram minutes before the fire began he flew from boston to sit in on the trial this week of derick almena and max harris, both men charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter accused of failing to provide adequate safety equipment exits in signage several men testified today one of forensic pathologist who said of the 9 fire victims he performed autopsies on. >>all of them died of smoke inhalation another man brian o'keefe said he greeted people at the door the night of the fire and said within 5 seconds the flames spread like an inferno next a former friend of go should master tena derick almena who city told our man at the warehouse was a death trap been now made a laugh asked griffin took his concerns to the fire department nearby in said he felt as if t

eastern with a live viewer call-in program with alex kershaw, author of the first wave, the d-day warriors who led the way to victory in world war ii. and mary louise roberts author of d-day through french eyes, normandy, 1944. during the program we'll take phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. >>> monday memorial day starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. >>> next walks the next national oceanic and atmospheric administration looks at the 2019 hurricane season then a senate hearing on banking regulations. after that, a house hearing on the state of medicaid funding for puerto rico, the virgin islands and other u.s. territories. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration held this press conference in arlington, virginia, to announce 2019 hurricane season outlook. noaa model exist a near normal hurricane season running from june 1st to november 30th. commerce secretary wilbur ross delivered remarks before turning the press conference over to the noaa scientists. this is 35 minutes. >> doctor jacob black i welcome you to the podium. >> dr. jacobs, i welcome you to the podium. >> at thi

eastern monday, alex kershaw, author of the first wave, joins us live from the national d-day memorialvirginia to take viewer questions. that is memorial day monday here on c-span 3.

eastern monday, alex kershaw, author of the first wave joins us live from the national d-day mclemoreay in virginia to take viewer questions. that is memorial day monday here on c-span 3. >> on sunday, june 2 at noon eastern, in depth is live with author and senior fellow, thomas sole, from the hoover ins takes on the campus of stanford university. >> from time to time people complain that george washington and thomas jefferson condoned slavery. slavery was there for centuries before they were ever born, and neither of them thought that the office of the presidency had any power to do anything about it. lincoln was able to do something about it because he did so not simply as president, but as the commander in chief in a war. and what he did applied only to people who were in rebellion against the united states. but there was no basis otherwise. >> mr. sowell has written many books including economic facts and fallacies. and discriminations and disparities. join with your falls, tweets and facebook questions. watch in depth live with thomas sowell, sunday june 2, from noon to 2:00 p.m

eastern on monday, alex kershaw, author of livefirst wave," joins us from the national d-day memorial in bedford, virginia to take fewer questions. that's memorial day monday here on c-span3. next, georgetown university professor catherine teaches a class on the progressive era. she talks about how politicians and reform groups attempted to improve social and economic connections through prohibition. she also discusses the policies and campaigns of theater roosevelt, the period's most dominant political figure. is to thinktoday about what progressivism wise

our guest alex kershaw joining us from the d day memorial in bedford, virginia thank you for joining us. >> thanks so much. >> our focus on world war ii in particular on d day here on american history tv and washington journal will turn as we turn next to author mary louise roberts and talk about her book looking at the battle of norman dethrough the eyes of the french citizens who were caught in that fight. first, though, from 1945, a u.s. office of war information film. this is a french civilian describing the liberation of paris which occurred just 80 days after the d day invasion. >> at the beginning of august, we could be concerned. it was towards the middle of the month the germans started to leave the city. these, those were the same germans who had signed 25-year leases on their apartments. then on the 14th, our police went on strike. the next day the guess tap low left. that was the day, too, when a police car opened fire on a german detachment on the plaza and began the battle of the city. after that, it seemed the french flag was hanging from every window. all the flags we

ahead ofrning, the -- the 75th anniversary of d-day, alex kershaw discusses his new book, the first wave, the d-day warriors that led the way to victory in world war ii. also discussing the book, "d-day through franchise." eyes."ugh french join the discussion. watch commencement speeches all week on c-span. starting monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, speakers include patrick shanahan at the u.s. naval academy. congressman elijah cummings at morgan state university. indian republican governor eric holcomb at -- indiana republican governor eric holcomb. may 1993ook back to for president ronald reagan's remarks at the citadel. watch commencement speeches monday on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app.

eastern on monday, alex kershaw, author of "the first wave," joins us live from the national d-day memorial in bedford, virginia to take the viewer questions. that's memorial day monday here on c-span3. started in 1919, the hoover institution library and archive has been collecting material pertaining to war, revolution and peace for more than 100 years. we visited the library on the stanford university campus in palo alto, california to see items from the collection. records of the forty-year service of american people in battle with famine and pestilence. here are the records of dictators, despots and great statesmen. here are the records of what might have brought peaceth

>>chris allen shows us a photo of his sister amanda kershaw who died in the ghost ship warehouse fire in december 2016. he says his sister was a photographer and posted photos on her instagram minutes before the fire began he flew from boston to sit in on the trial this week of derick almena next harris. both men charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, accused of failing to provide adequate safety equipment exits and signage inside the warehouse on the stand today, doctor thomas rogers said forensic pathologist who said of the 9 fire victims he performed autopsies on all of them died of smoke inhalation another man brian o'keefe said he greeted people at the door the night of the fire instead within seconds it exploded into an inferno. >>next right knee griffin a former friend of go ship master tenet derick almena who said he told al manar the warehouse was a death trap. mean a laugh. it griffin took his concerns to the fire department nearby and said he felt as if the fire chief brushed it off. allen tells us he believes almeda and harris are responsible they created the

eastern with a live viewer call-in program with alex kershaw, author of "first wave: the d-day wereorsled the first ii," andy in world war mary louise roberts, author of "d-day through franchise." monday starting -- french eyes." monday starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. >> the house will be in order. >> for 40 years, the c-span has been provi coverage of the house, the white house, the senate, court, so you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979, c-span is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. ♪ all american youth bring to our people's constitution for america and freedom. ♪ >> happy birthday to you. that is what it says. the occasion is the 100th birthday of mrs. louis berry kentucky,ouisville, and the ame church. wish andh makes a blows at 100 candles. mrs. barry's

monday, alex kershaw, author of livefirst wave," joins us from the national d-day memorial in bedford, virginia to take fewer questions. that's memorial day monday here on c-span3. next, georgetown university professor catherine teaches a class on the progressive era. she talks about how politicians and reform groups attempted to improve social and economic connections through prohibition. she also discusses the policies and campaigns of theater roosevelt, the period's most dominant political figure. is to thinktoday about what progressivism wise and to think about what i think it's core dialectic was, the tension between democracy and efficiency. these were both ideals that people from a broad spectrum of political backgrounds in the progressive era believed were important, and they believed they were not incompatible, but you can see some ways in which they were fundamentally at some tension. throughout class today, be thinking about a famous article that came out was entitled in search of progressivism. quibbling about progressivism, when it started and ended. others define it broa

>>chris allen shows us a photo of his sister amanda kershaw who died in the ghost ship warehouse fire in december 2016 he says his sister was a photographer and posted photos on her instagram minutes before the fire began he flew from boston to sitting on the trial this week of derick almena and max harris, both men charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter accused of failing to provide adequate safety equipment exits and signage inside the warehouse that was filled with pianos sold furniture motor homes in our work on the stand on tuesday doctor thomas rogers said forensic pathologist who said of the 9 fire victims he performed autopsies on all of them died of smoke inhalation another man ryan o'keefe city greeted people at the door the night of the fire instead within seconds it exploded into an inferno, it just points again. >>to the flawed investigation. did the city of oakland fire department completely missed the ball. >>next friday griffin a former friend of go ship master tenant derick almena who said he told domain of the warehouse was a death trap. you know made a l

>>chris allen shows us a photo of his sister amanda kershaw who died in the ghost ship warehouse fire in december 2016, he says his sister was a photographer and posted photos on her instagram minutes before the fire began he flew from boston to sitting on the trial this week of derick almena and max harris, both men charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter accused of failing to provide adequate safety equipment exits and signage inside the warehouse that was filled with pianos sold furniture motor homes in our work on the stand on tuesday doctor thomas rogers said forensic pathologist who said of the 9 fire victims he performed autopsies on all of them died of smoke inhalation another man ryan o'keefe city greeted people at the door the night of the fire instead within seconds it exploded into an inferno, it just points again. >>to the flawed investigation. did the city of oakland fire department completely missed the ball investigating. what really happened here. >>next friday griffin a former friend of go ship master tenant derick almena who said he told domain of the war

eastern with a live view your call-in program with alex kershaw, author of the first wave, the d-dayriors who led the way to victory in world war ii. wease roberts. during the program, we will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. monday, memorial day, starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. announcer: the next, katherine benton-cohen teaches a class on the progressive era and talks about how politicians and reform groups attempted to improve social and economic conditions through trust busting, interstate regulation, and prohibition. the policiesusses and campaigns of theodore roosevelt, the most dominant political figure. our goal is to think what progressivism was in its core dialectic, the tension between democracy and efficiency. ideas that people from abroad spectrum of backgrounds believed were important and believed they were not incompatible, but you can see ways they were fundamentally at some tension. again, be thinking about democracy versus efficiency. the central question for historians of the early 20th century is, what is progressivism? a famous article in 1982

eastern with a live viewer call-in program with alex kershaw, author of "the first wave: the d-day warriors who led the way to victory in world war ii." roberts, author of "d-day through franchise: normandy 1944." monday, memorial day, starting at 8:00 a.m. in depth is live with, soul, from the hoover institution on the campus of stanford university. >> people complained that george .ashington condoned slavery slavery was there for centuries before george washington and thomas jefferson were ever born, and neither of them. the office of the presidency had any power to do anything about it. lincoln was able to do something about it because he did so, not simply as president, but as commander-in-chief and the war. what he did applied only to people who were in rebellion against the united states, there was no basis otherwise. >> mr. sowell has written many books, including intellectuals and race, discrimination and disparities. join the interactive conversation with their calls ,tweet and face the conversation. watch in-depth sunday june second from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern on books,tv on c-

alex kershaw talks about his new book which draws on interviews, military records and published accountseate two early actions by advancing invaders in the events of the day itself. sharesuise roberts thoughts about her books on normandy through the eyes of french citizens. and you can calls join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. ♪ host: it's memorial day, 2019, monday, may 27. welcome to "washington journal." our camera is live this morning at the tomb of the unknown in arlington national cemetery. as is tradition this morning, the vice president will a a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns, joined by the acting defense secretary, patrick shanahan. vice president pence performing the duties this year at arlington national because president trump is out of the country. for the first hour we would like to ask you this question, when

starting at 8:00 eastern with a live viewer call-in program with alex kershaw, author of the first wavee d-day warriors who lead the way to victory in world war ii, and mary louise roberts, author of d-day through french eyes, normandy 1944. during the program, we will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook posts -- facebook comments. monday starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. watch book tv all day memorial day for noted featured authors. eastern,-- at: 05 government overreach. at noon, a former obama advisor on her path to the white house. aei:30 p.m. eastern, president arthur brooks offers strategies on how to bridge our political divide. at 9:00, kathleen hall jamieson. at 11:30 p.m., award-winning biographer robert caro discusses his writing process. watch memorial day book tv on c-span two. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this is chris pope, a senior fellow at the manhattan institute, talking about issues related to health care. guest: thanks for inviting me. host: the manhattan institute, what positioning does it take on issues of health care? with health care, the cost is

eastern with a live call-in program with alex kershaw. author of the first wave the d- day warriors who led the way to victory in world war ii. and mary louise roth roberts author of "d-day through franchise, normandy 1944." during the program will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. monday, memorial day starting at 8 a.m. eastern. >>> the house hearing on medicaid funding for puerto rico, the virgin islands, and other u.s. territories. representatives discuss current funding challenges which could result in 1.5 million people losing access to healthcare. wants funding from the a formal care act expires september 30th. this is about two hours and 10 minutes. >> the committee will now come to order. the committee is meeting to hear testimony on the impact on the end of medicaid funding for the areas underneath the affordable care act also known as the areas medicaid. the committee for any floor opening statements are limited to the chairman and the ranking member. therefore i am asking unanimous consent that all other memb

eastern with a live call-in program with alex kershaw. author of the first wave the d- day warriors who led the way to victory in world war ii. and mary louise roth roberts author of "d-day through franchise, normandy 1944." during the program will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. monday, memorial day starting at 8 a.m. eastern. >>> the house hearing on medicaid funding for puerto rico, the virgin islands, and other u.s. territories. representatives discuss current funding challenges which could result in 1.5 million people losing access to healthcare. wants funding from the a formal care act expires september 30th. this is about two hours and

eastern,at 8:00 am alex kershaw and mary louise roberts.uring the program, we will take your phone calls, tweets, and facebook comments. monday, memorial day, starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. starting memorial day, may 20 seventh, all week in primetime, c-span has coverage of commencement ceremonies, taking place at colleges and universities across the country. featured speakers include a maryland representative, allies shanahan,, patrick former georgia house stacey abrams, president donald trump, sotomayor. our commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online at any time on c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: has it gotten to personal between president trump and nancy pelosi? we will get more of your calls and a little bit. here's a little bit from each. the president, again, stormed out. he first pounded the table, and walked out the door. next time, have the tv cameras in their, live. have my say, that didn't work for him either. this ti

eastern with a live viewer call in program with alex kershaw, author of the first wave, the d-day warriors who led the way to victory. and mary louise roberts. during the program, we will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. monday, memorial day starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. >>> starting memorial day, may 27th, all week in primetime, c-span has coverage of commencement ceremonies taking place at colleges and universities across the country. featured speakers include elijah cummin cummings, patrick shanahan, stacy abrams, president trump and supreme court associate justice. our commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> next, treasury secretary steve mnuchin continues his testimony on the international financial system before the house financial services committee in this the second part of the hearing he answers questions on a variety of topics including banking regulations, financial system troubles for marijuana businesses and appropriations delays for puerto ri

eastern with a live viewer call-in program with alex kershaw, author of the first wave, the d-day warriors who led the way to victory in world war ii. and mary louise roberts author of d-day through french eyes, normandy, 1944. during the program we'll take phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. >>> monday memorial day starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. >>> next walks the next national oceanic and atmospheric administration looks at the 2019 hurricane season then a senate hearing on banking regulations. after that, a house hearing on the state of medicaid funding for puerto rico, the virgin islands and other u.s. territories. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration held this press conference in

eastern, with a live viewer call-in program, with alex kershaw, author of the first wave, the d-day warriors who led the way to victory in world war two. and mary louise roberts author of d-day through french eyes. normandy, 1944. during the program we will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. monday, memorial day. starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. >>> after the memorial day weekend, c-span 3 brings you american history tv and prime time next week. from our oral histories series, interviews with world war ii navajo code talkers. they begin at 8:00 p.m. eastern on tuesday with samuel jessy smith who transmitted messages for general cliffton b gates, a commission commander in the battle of iwo jima. >> up next, from the center from strategic and international studies here in washington, a discussion on the army's two volume report on the war in iraq. this is

our guest alex kershaw joining us from the d day memorial in bedford, virginia thank you for joining us. >> thanks so much. >> our focus on world war ii in particular on d day here on american history tv and washington journal will turn as we turn next to author