with ceo kevin walker. he talks about the politics of conserving confederate heritage icons such as monuments and memorials. until then, more civil war history with our c-span cities tour. when you name a bridge, certain things happen. the first is, you stand a modern marvel with the name of someone who supported white supremacy for decades. he was also a confederate war hero so anyone who goes of his bridge sees the name. the past and the present come together and that the bridge is stamped with the name of a former possible kkk leader. in 193930 andegan of the depression and it was completed in 1940. they wanted to replace an old dysfunctional bridge that had to be cranked by hand of a ship came through of any height. the linkant to update between the montgomery state capital and the black belt here in dallas county. entry designed to be an point for people living be black belt going into mcgahn right to visit the state capital. so, the significance of the connection of the bridge is that many people woul

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

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 before this subcommittee having been reauthorized by congress. i am delighted to welcome the recently

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.

speakers include christy coleman , kevin walker, ceo of the shenandoah battlefield association, and jamesertson, 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 increases funding so that more students can participate in a care

confederate i cans -- icons conference continues in about 15 minutes with our final speaker with ceo kevin walker. he talks about the politics of conserving confederate heritage icons such as monuments and memorials. until then, more civil war history with our c-span cities tour. when you name a bridge, certain things happen. the first is, you stand a modern marvel with the name of someone who supported white supremacy for decades. he was also a confederate war hero so anyone who goes of his bridge sees the name. the past and the present come together and that the bridge is stamped with the name of a former possible kkk leader. in 193930 andegan of the depressio

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

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 politicians never have. and he talks very bluntly in his own style. but i don't think that he would

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.

kevin walker, carolyn janney and james robertson. watch the confederate icons conference saturday morning starting at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. sunday at 10:00 a.m., former republican congresswoman susan molinari. >> it also made me a fighter and i was just forced to be tougher. that's sort of the cigarette sometimes being underestimated in a good thing. i remember a lot of my debates with the people i was debating didn't take me seriously and i got out there and it was too late. i think the same thing happens when you're negotiating. rjts ni >>> nikki haley talks about president trumped decision to withdraw from u.n. human rights council. the heritage foundatio

justin walker, kevin sir illy and kimberly atkins. >>> reunion delay.f migrant children waiting for the government to reunite them with their parents. what is the hold up there? we'll discuss it. i've always looked forward to what's next. and i'm still going for my best even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'm up for that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. so what's next? seeing these guys. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual brui

kevin zero in review with. first then a large batch of weapon this discovered informally terrorist controlled areas of eastern aleppo and syria came from the west according to an investigation by walker respondent robert fisk he tracked serial numbers on the missile cases and then tried to find out how those weapons ended up in the terrorists' hands with more caleb maupin looks more closely at the results of this probe this is a weapons factory located in bosnia most likely you have never heard of it but it's here that the weapons were manufactured for one of the bloodiest battles in syria lots of homes were destroyed and lots of civilians were killed in western aleppo by those questionable rebels. we got it almost exactly eight o'clock in the morning and it happened at the worst possible time just as thousands of children were killed in the school the first shell actually came in between these buildings and you know that then the children were on their way to school when a mortar shell landed at the end by a few of them were killed i knew them they went to maher screw a thirteen year old lost her foot in a rebel shelling three weeks ago and it was good this does. the rebels launch t

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