. >>> sunday night on q&a former emergency manager of detroit kevin orr talks about detroit's financial issues and his job overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. >> if detroit had taken that $1.5 billion in 2005 and 2006 when the stock market went down to 6700 and if it had just invested it in an index fund the stock market is now trading at 18,000. almost three times what it was. they not only would have tripled their money but could have paid the pensions in full.

from ourht on q&a emergency manager of detroit, kevin or -- former emergency ,anager of detroit, kevin orr talks about overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in our country's history. >> if detroit had taken that money when the stock market went down and had invested it in an index fund, dow jones industrial, standard & poor's, whatever. the stock market is now trading him is three times what it was. they not

some of you will remember kevin orr if you watch the news and just returned to us from about two years as the manager of detroit where he has made the news probably more than he wanted to but -- >> for a number of different ways. >> we are really glad to have him back and i want to give this. this is the embodiment of the prize and i want to ask somehow to assemble ourselves and pose for a picture if we can get organized to do that.

some of you will remember kevin orr if you watch the news and just returned to us from about two years as the manager of detroit where he has made the news probably more than he wanted to but -- >> for a number of different ways. >> we are really glad to have him back and i want to give this. this is the embodiment of the prize and i want to ask somehow to assemble ourselves and pose for a picture if we can get organized to do that. >> good, good, good. here. i'm handing it to you. [ applauds ] >> we should know that the prize consists of more than this piece of marble. i mean, there is a financial -- >> there absolutely s. i'm advised on these premiseses, checks cannot change hands so the prize itself will be given to him shortly in another place. but with that, i think i would just want to thank professor mcmahon again for his wonderful book. i want to thank justice scalia for his good offices and i think with that we'll adjourn. >>> saturday, august 29th, marks the 10th anniversary of hoda kotb. wednesday night at 8:00, c-span's tour of hurricane damage at st. bernard's parish. >> t

former emergency manager of detroit kevin orr talks about detroit's financial issues and his job overseeing largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. >> if detroit had taken the $1.5 billion it borrowed in 2005 and 2006 and stock market went down and they invested in a index fund, the stock market is trading at 18000, three times what it was, they would have tripled their money they have could have paid the pensions in full and got back in the business of declaring the 13th check, a practice of giving pensioners a 13th check at the end of the year in addition to the 12 they are due. so it could have fixed itself if there had been a sober management going forward, just like any organization in the united states as well. if you have some strong leadership and some focus leadership you can resolve these problems but it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday on c-span's q&a. >>> senior leadership from the army navy air force and department of veterans' affairs spoke recently about the social needs of military children and programs to assist them. they also responded to questions from the audience

night on q&a, from our emergency manager of detroit kevin or -- former emergency manager of detroit, kevin orr talks about overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in our country's history. >> if detroit had taken that money when the stock market went down and had invested it in an index fund, dow jones industrial, standard & poor's, whatever. the stock market is now trading him is three times what it was. they not only would have tripled their money, they could've paid their pensions in full and gotten back to the business of what scald the 13th check giving pensioners a 13th check at the end of the year in addition to the 12 they are due. it could've fixed itself it they had comes -- if there had been some sober management. if you have strong leadership, focus leadership, you can resolve these problems, but it takes a lot of effort. >> and a night on the spans "q&a." >> president obama today called on congress to approve the nuclear agreement with iran. you can see his entire speech in about eight minutes. right now, a few minutes from the speech. president obama: now because more sanctio

. >> sunday night, on q&a, kevin orr talks about his role in helping with the detroit's bankruptcy. kevyn orr: the stock market is now trading at three times what it was. if they had been there, they could have tripled their money. there used to be a practice of giving pensioners a 13th check at the and of the year and addition to the 12 that were due. could've fixed itself, if there had been some sort of sober work going on. if you have strong and focused leadership, you can resolve these problems. >> that is sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> in his weekly address, president obama talks about voting rights. senator bob corker has the republican response, talking about the iran nuclear agreement. president obama: hi, everybody. the right to vote is one of the most fundamental rights of any democracy. yet for too long, too many of our fellow citizens were denied that right, simply because of the color of their skin. fifty years ago this week, president lyndon johnson signed a law to change that. the voting rights act broke down legal barriers that stood between millions of african amer

former emergency manager of detroit kevin orr talks about detroit's financial issues and overseeing thegest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history >> in detroit had taken that $1.5 billion in 2005 and 2006 when the stock market went down to 6,500 and if it had just invested in index fund, dow jones, standard & poor's, it is now trading 18,000, almost three times what it was. they not only would have tripled their money, they could have paid the pensions in full and declared the 13th check. it used to be a practice of giving the pensioners an additional check in addition to the 12 they're due. if you have some strong leadership and some focus leadership you can resolve these problems. but it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. here on c-span3 tonight a hearing on challenges facing the federal prison system. and then a discussion on mexico's political and economic future. and later, the senate foreign relations committee on the latest report on human trafficking. the senate homeland security and governmental affairs hearing held a hearing on prison system, the handling o

. >>> sunday night on q & a, former emergency manager of detroit kevin orr talks about detroit's financial issues and his job overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. >> if detroit had taken that $1.5 billion that it borrowed in 2005 and 2006 when the stock market went down to 6700 and just invested in the dow jones or s&p the stock market is trading at 18,000, almost three times what it was. they not only would have tripled their money, they could have paid the pensions in full and got back to declaring the business of a 13th check. at the end of the year in addition to -- it could have fixed itself if there had been some sort of sober management going-forward. if you have some strong leadership and some focus leadership, you can resolve these proble takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on c-span's q & a. >>> retired general john allen and special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter isis. he recently spoke about the isis threat at the center for american progress. his remarks are followed by a panel discussion. this entire event is an hour and 45 m

. >>> sunday night on q&a, former emergency manager of detroit, kevin orr talks about detroit's financial issues, and his job overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. >> if detroit had taken that money it borrowed in 2005 and 2006, when the stock market went down and if it had just invested in an index fund, stock market is now trading at 18,000, almost three times what it would. they not only would have tripled their money, they could have paid the pensions in full and gotten back into the business of what's called the 13th check, the practice of given a pensioners a 13th check in addition to the 12 they're due. it could have fixed itself. if you have some strong leadership and some focused leadership, you can resolve these problems, but it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. >>> this morning here on c-span3, the finance committee looking into ways to reduce the needs for foster care. the committee title for this hearing, a way back home, reserves families. we'll be hearing testimony from state health and human services officials as well as a forme

. >>> sunday night on q&a former emergency manager of detroit kevin orr talks about detroit's financial issues and his job overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. >> if detroit had taken that $1.5 billion in 2005 and 2006 when the stock market went down to 6700 and if it had just invested it in an index fund the stock market is now trading at 18,000. almost three times what it was. they not only would have tripled their money but could have paid the pensions in full. used to be a practice of giving pensioners a 13th check at the end of the year, including to the 12 they're do. they could have fixed themselves if there had been some sober management going on. if you have some strong leadership and some focused leadership you can resolve these problems but it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. >>> at the brookings institution, military analysts and defense contractors discussed new technologies that have the potential to transform how wars are fought. much of their discussion focused on 3d printing technology and reforms to how the government proc

. >>> sunday night on q and a, former emergency manager of detroit, kevin orr talks about detroit's financial issues and overseeing the largest bankruptcy in u.s. history. >> if detroit took the $1.5 billion that it borrowed in 2005 and 2006 when the stock market went down to 6200 and invested it in an index fund whatever, the stock market is now trading at 18000, almost three times what it was. they not only would have tripled their money, they could have paid the pensions in full and got back in the business of declaring the 13th check, giving pensioners a 13th check at the end of the year in addition to the 12 they are due. so it could have fixed itself if there had been some sort of sober management going forward, just like any organization in the united states as well. if you have some strong leadership and some focused leadership, you can resolve these problems. but it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on c-span's q and a. >>> at the heritage foundation education analysts talked about school choice programs and the irp mentation of education savings accounts including analysis of h

. >>> sunday night on q&a, former emergency manager of detroit kevin orr talks about his job overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. >> if detroit had taken that $1.5 billion that it borrowed in 2005 and 2006 when the stock market went down to 6,700 and if it had just invested in a dow jones index, standard & poor's, it is trading 18,000 three times what it was. they not only would have tripled their money, they could have paid the pensions in full and got back to declaring the 13th check. you've to be a practice of giving pensioners a 13th check at the end of the year in addition to the 12 they're due. so it could have fixed itself if there had been some sort of sober management going forward. just like any company, if you have strong leadership you can solve these problems but it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. >>> when the senate takes its august break we will feature book tv programming week nights and primetime on c-span2 beginning at 8:00 eastern. and at the end of the summer, look for two book tv special programs. saturday, september 5

. >>> sunday night on q&a, former emergency manager of detroit kevin orr talks about detroit's financial issues and his job overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. >> if detroit had taken the $1.5 billion it borrowed in 2005, 2006, when the stock market went down to 6700, and invested in an index fund, dow jones industrial average index, whatever, the stock market is now trading at 18,000, almost three times what it was. they not only would have tripled their money, they could have paid the pensions in full and got back in the business of declared what was called the 13th check. at the end of the year, in addition to the 12 they were due. it could have fixed itself if there had been some sort of management going forward like any organization in the united states as well. if you have some strong leadership, and some focused leadership, you can resolve these problems. but it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. >>> president obama spoke to young african leaders as part of the mandela washington fellowship program. it was established in 2014 to train

former emergency manager of detroit kevin orr talks about detroit's financial issues and hi job overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. >> if detroit had taken the $1.5 billion it borrowed in 2005 and the 2006 and the stock market went down to 6,500 and just invested in index fund, dow jones, standard and poors, the market is trading at 18,000, almost triple what it was. they could have paid the pensions in full and gotten back in the practice of a 13th check, giving pensions a 13th check at the end of the year in addition to the 12 they are due. it could have fixed itself if there was sober management going forward, just any lake organization, the united states as well. if you have strong leadership and some focus leader shirp, you can resolve these problems but it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. >>> next, federal communication commission chair tom wheeler and ajit pai testify on the house communications and technology. they discuss rural access to broadband and over the top video services. this is three hours. >>> we'll call to order the sub-c

. >>> sunday night on q & a, former emergency manager of detroit kevin orr talks about financial issues and the largest bankruptcy in u.s. history. >> if detroit had taken that $1.5 trillion borrowed in 2005 and 2006 when the stock market went down to 6700 and if it had just invested in an index fund, dow jones industrial average, standard & poors, stock market is now trading at 18,000 almost three times what it was. they not only would have tripled their money, they could have paid the pensions in full and gotten back in the business of declaring what was called a 13th check. used to be a practice of giving pensioners a 13th check at the end of the year in addition to the 12 they're due. so it could have fixed itself if there had been some sort of sober management going forward, just like any organization in the united states as well. if you have some strong leadership and some focus leadership, you can resolve this problems but it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on c-span's q & a. >>> next, remarks from retired general john allen, special presidential envoy for the global coali

. >>> sunday night on q&a, former emergency manager of detroit kevin orr talked about detroit's financial issues and his job overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. >> if detroit had taken that $1.5 billion that it borrowed in 2005 and 2006 when the stock market went down to 6,700 and invested it in an in dex fund, dow jones, standard and poors, whatever, stock market is now trading at 18,000, three times what it was. they would have not only tripled their money, they could have paid the pensions in full and got back in the business of paying the 13th check, giving pensioners a 13th check in at the end of the year in addition to the 12 they are due. so it could have fix the management, just like any organization like the united states as well, if you have strong and focused leadership you can resolve these problems but it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on c-span q&a. >> next remarks from nigeria president muhammadu blv. he was in washington, d.c. last month and delivered a key note speech on his relationship with the united states at a an event hosted by the u

. >>> sunday night on q&a former emergency manager of detroit kevin orr speaks about the financial issues and the job overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. >> if detroit had taken the $1.5 billion that it borrowed in 2005 and 2006 when the stock market went down to 6,700 and just invested in a index fund, dow jones, s&p it is trading at 18,000, three times what it was. they would have tripled their money, they could have paid the pensions in full and got back in declaration of the 13th check, giving pensioners a 13th check at the end of the year in addition to the 12 they are due. so it could have fixed itself if there was a sober management going forward, just like any organization, the united states as well, if you have strong and focused leadership you can resolve the problems but it takes a lot of effort. >> on sunday night on c-span's q&a. >>> a panel of advocates and a panel of justice department officials testified before the senate homeland security committee on the effectiveness of the federal prison system. the first panel which included piper kerman autho

. >>> sunday night on "q&a," former emergency manager of detroit, kevin orr, talks about detroit's financial issues and his job overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. >> if detroit had taken that $1.5 billion that it borrowed in 2005 and 2006, when the stock market went down to 6700, and if it had just invested it in an index fund, dow jones, standard & poor's, it's now trading almost three times what it was, they would not only have tripled their money, they could have paid the pensions in full and gotten back into the business of the 13th check, a practice of giving pensioners a 13th check at the end of the of addition to the 12 they are due. so it could have fixed itself if there had been some sort of sober management going forward, just like any organization in the united states as well. puff some strong leadership and some focused leadership you can resolve lease problems, but it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on c-span's "q & a". >>> the senate foreign relations committee recently examined sanctions relief and the iran nuclear agreement with two former off

former emergency manager of aboutt kevin orr talks detroit's financial issues and his job overseeing largest been visible bankruptcy in u.s. history. if detroit had taken that $1.5 billion when the stock market went down and if it had just invested in an index fund, the stock market is now trading at almost three times what it was. it not only would have tripled their money, they could have paid the pensions in full and then gotten back in the business of declaring what is called the 13th check. so it could have fixed itself if there had been some sort of sober management going forward, just like any organization. if you have strong leadership and focused leadership, you can resolve these problems. it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> washington journal continues. jasonjoining us now is plautz, energy and environment correspondent with national journal here to talk about president obama's new climate change regulation. what did the president announce on monday? finalized the first ever carbon pollution standards for power plants. cut 870andards will million t