you know, so, kevin from coleman mentioned what this says to black families about whether or not you should be coming to the district versus going to a charter school. i think the thing that they mention is we actually had no idea how often chargers do this. it is off the charts. i think that the severity of the issue requires that we take a zero-tolerance approach, and educational leaders that are constantly suspending students, that we have to -- [applause] that is how we hold people accountable. i understand that we have to be considerate of all the factors. but when we talk about saying that, you know, you are not best in this role as a school leader, you should be in another position, because your inability to do this for this community is unacceptable. and so we should be taking steps to move people out of those roles and elevate people who we think can lead around reducing suspensions and improving school climates. we know that we have administrators that are capable of doing that, as we highlighted it. year-over-year, the question for the district, is he is successful because

all-day coverage of the confederate icons conference from james madison university in harrisonburg, virginia. speakers include christy coleman , kevinker, ceo of the shenandoah battlefield association, and james robertson, offer of the book "after the civil war." watch the confederate icons saturday morning starting at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. "washington journal" continues. our table, two members of the education and workforce committee, republican glenn thompson and democrat raja krishnamoorthi. we had you on about a year ago to talk about legislation for career and technical education. tell us what has happened since then. guest: since then, our really aon, which is transformational piece of legislation for american families, businesses, really for the nation when you look at the economic impact, has been voted on five times. three times in the house, two times in the senate. now it is going directly to president trump's desk for a signature. host: what exactly will this do? it is transformational, it is historic, it is a landmark, bipartisan piece of legislation. it does at least three things -- modestly

from james madison university in harrisburg virginia. speakers include kristi coleman, ceo of the american civil war museum. and the museums historian john coffey. kevin walker, ceo of the shenandoah valley battlefield foundation, caroline jeannie purdue university professor, and james robertson officer -- author of the book after the war, the heroes, villains, so

from james madison university in harrisburg virginia. speakers include kristi coleman, ceo of the american civil war museum. and the museums historian john coffey. kevin walker, ceo of the shenandoah valley battlefield foundation, caroline jeannie purdue university professor, and james robertson officer -- author of the book after the war, the heroes, villains, soldiers, and civilians who changed america. watch the confederate's does make the confederate icon conference saturday morning on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> the house energy and commerce committee on medications for testimony recently dropped federal communications commission or's the ftc members answered questions about upgrades to 5g technology. and the presidents twitter criticism calling action by the fcc sad and unfair. connect the subcommittee communications and technology will come to order >> this panel will now come to order i would look to think our witnesses for being here i recognize myself five minutes for a comment. welcome to this hearing on oversight for federal communications commission. today's hearing marks the first time in 28 years that the ftc has appeared befor

from james madison university in harrisonburg, virginia. speakers are christy coleman, ceo of the american civil war museum and john coski, kevin walker, ceo of the schenn an doan yeah valley battlefield foundation, caroline janney and james robertson, author of the book "after the civil war," the heroes, villians, soldiers and civilians that changed america. watch the conference saturday morning starting at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3.

from james madison university in harrisonburg, university. speakers include christy coleman and the museum's historian, john kosky. kevin walker, ceo of the shen d shenandoah valley's battlefield, and james robertson, author of the book, "after the civil war: the heros, villains, soldiers and siccivilians who changed america." watch the confederate icons conference saturday morning starting at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >>> sunday night on "afterwards," former white house press secretary sean spicer discusses his book. he's interviewed be former republican national committee chairman, michael steele. >> and ronald reagan and donald trump are about 180 degrees apart from each other and yet, here we are in this space. how did you navigate that? because we're both reagan conservatives in that regard. >> that's right. >> so was it a little bit of a, you know, dance every once in a while or how did you do it? >> with respect to the president himself, look, there's no question. he is not traditional in terms of how he speaks. he's got his own vernacular. but he also connects to people in a way that most

from james madison university in harrisonburg, virginia. speakers are christy coleman, ceo of the american civil war museum and john coski, kevin walker, ceo of the schenn an doan yeah valley battlefield foundation, caroline janney and james robertson, author of the book "after the civil war," the heroes, villians, soldiers and civilians that changed america. watch the conference saturday morning starting at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> before the confirmation of robert wilke, peter o'rourke testified before the house veterans affairs committee on workforce morale, whistleblower training, staff vacancies and va employee performance. this is about 2 1/2 hours. >> good morning. the committee will come to order. welcome. thankal you a thank you all for joining us on the implementation of the department of veterans affairs accountable and whistle bs blower protection act of 2017. last year's enactment of this legislation was years of work by members of this committee and also the reforms to the federal civil service system. this law put in place to provide the secretary the tools he or she needs to protect whistle blower

from james madison university in harrisonburg virginia. speakers include kristi coleman, ceo of the american civil war museum. and museum historian john koski. kevin walker, ceo the shenandoah valley battlefield foundation, caroline janie, purdue university professor and james robertson, author of the book after the civil war, the heroes and villains, soldiers and civilians who changed america. was the confederate icon conference saturday morning, starting at 10 eastern. on american history tv. on c-span3. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh continues to meet with senators on capitol hill. follow the confirmation process on c-span leading up to the senate confirmation hearing d the votes. watch live on c-span watch anytime on c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. the nation's chief law enforcement officer attorney general jeff sessions spoke about three -- free speech on campus -- college campuses to a group of high school students. >> great to be with you. you made my morning, i have to say.

from james madison university in harrisburg virginia. speakers include kristi coleman, ceo of the american civil war museum. and the museums historian john coffey. kevin walker, ceo of the shenandoah valley battlefield foundation, caroline jeannie purdue university professor, and james robertson officer -- author of the book after the war, the heroes, villains, soldiers, and civilians who changed america. watch the confederate's does make the confederate icon conference saturday morning on american history tv on c-span