group.er hi, mo -- lamar alexander. tell me your name. >> i work at the statehouse for the speaker of the house and president. lamar: let's get out of the road. [indiscernible] lamar: good morning. hello. you live here in this town? >> i was born here. quite a few years. i would rather live in a small town in a big city. too many things going on in a big city. in a small town, you know each other. lamar: thank you, doris. good to meet you. good morning. hello. good to see you. our you, sir? i met doris grant mason. how about you? >> ok. thank you. lamar: is grand mason a new hampshire name? every grand mason i have ever known was here. >> it is a french name. a lot of grand mason's. lamar: they are not all republicans, either, are they? >> no, and independent. lamar: out of that happen? -- how did that happen? >> god knows. lamar: i'm lamar alexander. good to see you. i would like to be our next president. lamar: i just got back from your home state. >> i am from maryville. >> i had a great time. [indiscernible] >> we we

> on road to the white house rewind the 1996 campaign of former republican tennessee governor lamar alexander and his walk across new hampshire and later at 4:00 eastern on real america, 1963 interview with reverend martin luther king jr. on his non-violent approach to civil rights, his comments on president kennedy and civil rights bill and how mahatma gandhi influenced his approach. >> when i first studied the gandhi philosophy and the myth of nonviolence resistance i came to the conclusion that it was the most potent weapon available to oppress people in their struggle for freedom and human dignity and i would say this overall direct action movement with its sit ins and stand ins, mass marches and pilgrimages and all the other elements in the struggle have been a great deal after gandhi. >> for the complete american history tv weekend schedule go to c-span.org. >> we are live at secretary of state john kerry, a prepared to outline the 2015 u.s. foreign policy agenda and a speech at national defense university in washington. secretary john kerry expected to highlight some of the themes touc

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the chair, lamar alexander, the ranking democrat is patty murray of washington. not yet in the room. should get under way shortly. they'll hear from janet woodcock, the director of the f.d.a.'s center for drug evaluation and research testifying on the accessibility of generic drugs. there is senator murray, live coverage here on c-span. senator alexander: the senate committee on health, labor, pension will please come to order. senator murray and will i each have an opening statement. we'll introduce our panel. after witness testimony, we'll each have five minutes of questions. in december, president obama signed into law the every student succeeds act, which proves our committee can work on difficult issues successfully. but a law that isn't properly implemented isn't worth the paper it's written on, which is why we are going to have strong oversight on that law, and why we are having this hearing today. because we are here for the similar purpose of conducting oversight on the 2012 generic drug user fee amendments. for the food and drug administration act. spec

will number three in iowa matter the way it did with lamar alexander in 1996 where he got a boost for about 48 hours where people thought he was a real alternative to bob dole. dole.the clinton campaign has changed a lot and learned a lot since 2008, learning from what went wrong. but have they made the right questions. questions.that's a great question, kevin. one of the things that's very different this time around is that in 2008 they didn't see the obama thing coming and once they did it was too late and obama had a sste of the art organization building on what howard dean did in 2004. this time, the clinton campaign went to iowa even before and worked the state like madad and really worked the state. has the right kind of opperatives in the state. so they have really done everything they could in terms of buildinan iowa organization and taking the state sererusly and thinking about it as an important place. never the less, bernie sanders has the love and the enthusiasm of the vers. they are both working hard in the state it's juju two dififrent appraches. i don't think she could

republicans in the state.it started when she and her husband moved to iowa -- and she got behind lamar alexander -- trying to take down bill clinton.clinton won the white house -- but iowa republicans got joni -- supporting candidates for all offices.a glance on her wall shows the history of republican politics in iowa as well as any history book -- with a story behind each picture. picture.and he'd say what's up boss and i'd laugh because i knew i wasn'twhen mitt romney ran in 2012 -- she committed to him before he even offically announced. announced.he said, i'd like you to be my linn county chair and i said, i'd be honored. honored.i'm here with my two campaigns tried to pry her away -- she stayed with romney -- just like she's picked jeb bush this time around.she won't even go to events for other candidates. candidates.i want everybody to know that jeb is the one that i'm voting for in the iowa caucus. caucus.the caucus is like being the pig in the breakfast experience -- not like the chicken -- you gotta be all in and joni's all in. every week -- we'll be going inside iowa politics -- talki

going to explain to you why i think this is a course of action to pursue and the 1996 campaign of lamar alexander and his walk across new hampshire to greet voters. and later on real america a 1963 interview with reverend martin luther king junior on his approach to civil rights and his comments on president kennedy's civil rights bill. >> some years ago when i first studied the philosophy and method of nonviolent resistance i came to the conclusion that it was the most potent weapon available to oppress people and this overall direct action movement with it's sit in and stands in and neal ins and mass marches and all the other elements that enter the struggle have been patterned a great deal afghandy. >> for the complete american history weekend schedule go to cspan.org. >> aimed at creating a private flood insurance market. the deal would expand coverage beyond the current government backed national flood insurance program. the house subcommittee hearing is just over 2 hours. >> so let's call the

is a course of action to pursue. 10:00, on road to the white house rewind, the 1996 andaign of lamar alexander his walk across new hampshire to greet voters. later, at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america, an interview with the reverend martin luther king nonviolent approach, his comments on president kennedy, and how gandhi influenced him. >> several years ago, when i studied his philosophy and nonviolent resistance, i came to the conclusion that it was a most potent weapon available to oppress people in their struggle for freedom and human dignity. the overallthat direct action movement, with its citizens and stand in's and wait in's and pilgrimages and marches and all of the other elements in the struggle, have been a great deal after gandhi. >> for the complete weekend schedule, go to www.c-span.org. up next, a coordinator for the state department's u.s. sanctions policy takes part in the conversation about the role of financial sanctions and their impact on russia, iran, and north korea. american university in washington dc hosted the event. >> welcome, everyone. thank you so much for joinin

. >> and on road to the white house rewind, the 1996 campaign of lamar alexander and his walk across new hampshire to greet voters. and at 4 p.m. eastern on real american, a 1963 interview with reverend martin luther king, jr. he ta >> some years ago when i first studied the gandhi philosophy i came to realize it was the best way to end the struggle. this overall movements with sit-ins and stand-ins and kneel-ins and mass marches and pilgrims and all of the other elements that enter the struggle have been having a great deal after gandhi. >> for the complete american history weekend schedule go to cspan.org. >> iran's revolutionary guard today released ten u.s. sailors who were detained after their armed boats strayed into iranian territorial waters. secretary of state john kerry thanked the iranian authorities for the quick response during the remarks at the national defense university today. >> i want to undercore how pleased i am that our -- underscore -- our sailors were returned into united states hands this morning safely. [applause] >> as a former sailor myself, i know as well

will number three in iowa matter the way it did with lamar alexander in 1996 where he got a boost for about he was a real alternative to bob dole. dole.the clinton campaign has changed a lot and learned a a lot since 2008, learning from what went wrong. but have they made the right questions. questions.that's a great question, kevin. one of the things that's very different this time around is that in 2008 they didn't see the obama a thing coming and once they did it was too late and obama had a state of the art organization building on what howawa dean didiin 20000 this time, the clinton campaign went to iowa even before bernie sanders was a threat and worked the state like mad and really worked the state. has the right kind of f opopratives in e state. so they have really done everything they could in terms of building an iowa organization and taking the state seriously and thinking about it as an important sanders has the love and the enthusiasm of the voters. they are both working hard in the state it's just two dferent appraches. i don't think she could have done anything differen

republicans in the state.it started when she and her husband moved to iowa - - and she got behind lamar alexander -- trying to take down bill clinton.clinton won the white house -- but iowa republicans got joni -- supporting candidates for all offices.a glance on her wall shows the history of republican politics in iowa as well as any history book -- with a story behind each picture.and he'd say what's up boss and i'd laugh because i knew i wasn'twhen mitt romney ran in 2012 -- she committed to him before he even offically announced.he said, i'd like you to be my linn county chair and i said, i'd be honored.i'm here with my two favorite joni'seven when other campaigns tried to pry her away -- she stayed with romney -- just like she's around.she won't even go to events for other candidates.i want everybody to know that jeb is the one that i'm voting for in the iowa caucus.the cauclike being the pig in the breakfast experience -- not like the chicken -- you gotta be all in and joni's all in. to see much more on the final days of the iowa caucus campaign, be sure to watch iowa in focus with host kev

. >> sunday morning at 10:00, on "road to the white house rewind," the campaign of lamar alexander and his walk across new hampshire to greet voters. america" a 1963 interview with martin luther king junior. >> what i first studied gandhi and a method of nonviolent resistance, i came to the conclusion that it was the most potent weapon available to open rest people in their struggle for freedom and human dignity. i would say that this overall direct action movement with citizens and stand-in's and marshes --and mass marches and pilgrimage, added a great deal. >> for the complete we can schedule, go to c-span.org. -- weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. house and senate republicans house they retreat. senator thune and representative mcmorris rodgers briefed -- spoke and reacted to nikki haley's state of the union response. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us in baltimore. this is our second annual house-senate retreat and we are here as the people's representative to engage in a competition of ideas as we think about the future of 2016 and beyond. so

on road to the white house rewind, the 1996 campaign of former republican tennessee governor lamar alexander and his wealth across the answer to greet voters. -- walk across new hampshire did to greet voters. -- on his nonviolent approach to civil rights. his comments on president kennedy's civil rights bill and help mahatma gandhi influenced his work. >> some years ago my first study the gandhian philosophy in nonviolent resistance i came to the conclusion that it was the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom and human dignity. i would say that this overall direct action movement with its it'sns, it's wait ins, pilgrimagesits and other elements have defended a great deal -- defended a great deal on gandhi. >> get a c-span.org. this weekend the c-span cities toward posted by our comcast cable partners explore is the history and literary culture of hartford, connecticut. on book tv author and pharaoh discuss her book "the long box." trade andt the slave the significance they had in telling new england's role in the slave trade. >> from the logbooks we

morning at 10:00, on road to the white house rewind, the 1996 campaign of tennessee governor lamar alexander. and his walk across new hampshire to greet voters. later at 4:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, 1963 interview with reverend martin luther king jr. on his nonviolent approach to civil rights, president kennedy's civil rights bill, and how mahatma gandhi influenced his work. dr. king: when i first studied the gandhian philosophy and methods of nonviolent resistance, i came to the conclusion that it was the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in our struggle for freedom and human dignity. i would say this overall direct action movement, with its sit-ins, stand-ins, wait-ins, kneel-ins, mass marches and pilgrimages, and all of the other elements of the struggle, have been a great deal after gandhi. >> for the complete we can schedule, go to c-span.org. -- weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. >> each week, american history tv's reel america brings you archival film that provides context for today's over the physicians. next, from july 5, 1963. reverend martin luther king jr. i

on "road to the white house rewind" the 1996 campaign of former republican tennessee governor lamar alexander and his walk across new hampshire to reet voters. later, at 4:00 p.m. eastern a 1963 interview with reverend martin luther king jr. on his nonviolent eaproach to civil rights, his comments on president kennedy's civil rights bill and how mahatma gandhi influenced his work. >> some years ago when i first studied the gandhiian philosophy and method of nonviolent resistance i came to the conclusion it was the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom and human dignity and i would say that this overall direct action movement with its sit-ins and stand-ins, its wait ins, neil-s in, mass marches and pilgrimages and all of the other elements that enter the struggle have been patterned a great deal after gandhi. >> for the complete american history tv weekend schedule go to c-span.org. monday, the british house of commons plans to debate whether or not to bar mr. trump from entering the u.k. following his comments on banning muslims from coming into the u.

. >> in '95 before the '96 race, lamar alexander was the first to go negative after anybody. as somebody in his lane. lamar secured third place. is this what rubio is fighting for, third place? >> maybe. he is fighting for the establishment position. i don't think he is an establishment guy, but he's been pigeon holed into that block. i think he's taking that perspective when you've got cruz who is not establishment. trump is definitely not establishment. this is the way to appeal to moderate voters. >> the way you go after christie. there is an obama element. any time you can invokes obama's name, it helps. christie's donors in new york are the biggest. >> but they held off before. will they write the check now? >> it certainly won't hurt him. >> they want evidence he's got jets. >> they don't like cruz or trump. this will help him present himself that way. >> if you're marco rubio and you let ted cruz gain altitude, how do you stop him? this is for everybody. this is all for the establishment guys. you let cruz gain altitude and you may not stop him. >> marco rubio's strateg

on road to theng white house rewind, the 1996 campaign of former republican tennessee governor lamar alexander and his walk across new hampshire to greet voters. , 1963at 4:00 p.m. eastern interview with reverend martin luther king jr. on his nonviolent approach to civil rights. his comments on president kennedy civil rights bill and how the hat mcgann the influenced his work. gandhiow mahatma influenced his work. >> i came to the conclusion that it was the most potent weapon inilable to oppress people their struggle for freedom and human dignity. and i would say that this overall direct action movement with its mass marches and pilgrimages and all the other elements that enter the struggle have been patterned a great deal after gandhi. >> for the complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> students around the country are working on c-span's student cam documentary contest, telling thehe issues they want presidential candidates to discuss. we are following students as they produce their video. here's a tweet from indiana. canterbury fort wayne eighth-grade students were excited to hear ben car

you mentioned lamar alexander. he has been a real credit to our state. i like him.e have a huge homeless population and a lot of christian agencies who try to serve them. but so many of them are mentally ill. they are overwhelming our police. we have seen articles about that in "the knoxville news sentinel." our police department are being overwhelmed by them. urinating have them in the streets in front of a school or whatever. or talking to themselves and scaring people. at any rate, that was pretty much my question. does the law that the president has proposed -- will any of that $500 million go toward more beds? host: thank you, tom. guest: that will be up to congress. it will obviously take a lot more than $500 million to reopen that's in hospitals that might've been closed down. i think one of the things to keep in mind is that we do not just de-institutionalized in the 1980's as a matter of public policy. we laid the foundation for the institutionalizing of people. we have them in our county jails and our state prisons. we need to move people out of county jai

on road to the white house rewind, the 1996 campaign of former republican tennessee governor lamar alexander and his walk across new hampshire to greet voters. and later, at 4:00 p.m. eastern on "real america" a 1963 interview with reverend martin luther king, jr., his comments on president kennedy's civil rights bill and how the hot lugandy influenced his work. >> a few years ago, when i first studied the nied philosophy and method of nonviolence kpisz tense, i came to the conclusion that it was the most potent weapon available to impress people and their struggle for their freedom and human dignity. and i would say that this overall movement with itsds sit ins and way ins and all of the elements that entered the struggle have been patterned a great deal afghan day. >> for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> now, a discussion about the challenges facing asian economies, including asian populations, infrastructure needs and lack of diversification in the financial sector. from the brookings institute, this is an hour and a half.

. >>> the 1996 campaign of former republican tennessee governor lamar alexander and his walk across new hampshire to greet voters. and later at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america, a 1963 interview with reverend martin luther king jr. on his nonviolent approach to civil rights, his comments on president kennedy's civil rights bill, and how gandhi influenced his risk. >> a couple of years ago when i studied the gandhian philosophy, i came to the conclusion it was the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom in human digni dignity. i would say this overall direct action movement with its sit-ins and stand-ins, it's kneel-ins, it's pilgrimages and all the other elements in the struggle have had a great deal of effect. >> go to c-span.org. >>> house armed services chairman mac thornberry criticized president obama's state of the union address. from the national press club, this is an hour.

that benefited lamar alexander because he became the freshfaced alternative. the candidate that reporters no longer like to talk about because they spent so much time john edwards.is he made a generational choice argument in 2004 that greatly benefited him. of course, the candidate among the campaigns i have covered -- this is campaign number eight -- that made the generational on was argument, and w barack obama with the "turn the page" rhetoric. theserse, we have all of candidates who attack their experience -- from george w. bush to bob dole, mitt romney. we also have candidates who consider it is their turn to be the nominee. they have to fight against that. mccain. dole, gore, i have candidates who have had a unique policy influence on the caucuses. , will begin with pat buchanan who i already explained. steve forbes brought up a really unusual proposal in the fight tax.- flat he talked about it almost exclusively as the single issue on which his candidatcy was based. howon't remember tremendously radical of an idea that was at the time because so many re

lamar alexander chaired the 90 minute hearing. >> senator murray and i will have a panel of witness and senator mikulski will increase the first witness. then senators will each have five minutes of questions. before we begin today's hearing, i want to mention for the information of the committee that our progress on two or three items on our agenda -- yesterday, i announced we planned to hold our first markup on february 9 two consider the first set of bipartisan bills aimed at spurring biomedical innovation for american patients. senators and staff have been working through 2015 on this on a number of bipartisan pieces of legislation. the house has completed its work on the 21st century here zach and the president has reiterated his support. in the state of the union address for a cancer moonshot, it is urgent the senator -- the senate finishes its work and turns into law these ideas that will help every american. achievebeen working to interoperability of health care records for doctors, hospitals and their patients. we have a lot of agreement on that and the committee will be releas

former republican tennessee governor, lamar alexander, and his walk across new hampshire to greet voterslater, at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america, a 1963 interview with reverend martin luther king jr. on his nonviolent approach to civil rights, his comments on president kennedy's civil rights bill, and how mahatma gandhi influenced his work. some years ago when i first studied the began deian philosophy and nonviolent resistance, i came to the conclusion that it was the most potent represent -- weapon available to oppress people in their struggle for freedom and human dignity. and i would say that this overall direct action movement th its sit-ins and standins, kneel-ins, mass marches, and pilgrimages and all of the other elements that enter the struggle deal een happened a great afghandy. >> for the weekend schedule go to c-span.org. >> white house chief of staff, denis mcdonough, says he has a lot of admiration for south carolina governor nicki haley and the good thing she's gotten done and wasn't surprised in some of the themes in who are response to the president's state of the uni

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on "road to the white house rewind" the 1996 campaign of former republican tennessee governor lamar alexander and his walk across new hampshire to greet voters. and later, at 4:00 p.m. eastern on "real america" a 1963 interview with reverend martin luther king jr. on his nonviolent approach to civil rights, his comments on president kennedy's civil rights bill, and how gandhi influenced his work. >> some years ago when i first studied the gandhiian philosophy and the method of nonviolent resistance, i came to the conclusion that it was the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom and human dignity, and i would say that this overall direct action movement with its sit-ins and its stand-ins, it's wait-ins, its kneel-ins and mass marches and pilgrimages and all the other elements have been haviar patterned a great deal after gandhi. >> for the complete weekend schedule go to cspan.org. >>> up next the state department's sanctions policy director talks about lessons he's learned over the years when it comes to the use and application of sanctions. he also dis

on road to the white house rewind, the 1996 campaign of former republican tennessee governor lamar alexander and his walk across new hampshire to greet voters. and later at 4:00 p.m. eastern on real america, a 1963 interview with reverend martin luther king junior on his non-violent approach to civil rights, his comments on president kennedy's civil rights bill. >> some years ago when i first studied the ghandi philosophy, i came to the conclusion it was the most potent weapon available to oppress people in this struggle for freedom and human dignity. and i would say that this overall direct action movement with its sit-ins and stand-ins, kneel-ins, its mass marches and pilgrim aages and all of the otr elements that enter the struggle have been patterned a great deal after ghandi. >>> monday is martin luther king junior day. with congress not in session, we have featured programs on all three-span networks. at 11:0 a.m., live coverage of the british house of xhan comm debate on whether to ban donald trump from their country. that is expected to last three years. on c-span2's book tv, at 6:30

of action to pursue. 10:00, theorning at 1996 campaign of former republican tennessee governor lamar alexander his walk across new hampshire degree to voters. p.m., in 1963 interview with reverend martin luther king jr. on his nonviolent approach to civil rights, his comments on president kennedy and how gandhi influenced his work. >> some years ago when i first studied the method of nonviolent resistance, i came to the conclusion that it was the most potent weapon available to oppress people in their struggle freedom andmy -- human dignity. innsthe sit and come await , mass marches and pilgrimages it had a elements, great deal after gandhi. >> for the complete we can schedule, go to www.c-span.org. washington journal continues. saiyid,in us is amena she is the water pollution .eporter for bloomberg bna we will be discussing the issue in flint, michigan. thank you so much for joining us. guest: thank you for having me. host: remind viewers what the michigan is in flint, with the water and how began. guest: what happened was flint decided to switch his water from detroit to getting the drinking

on "road to the white house rewind" the 1996 campaign of former republican tennessee governor lamar alexander and his walk across new hampshire to greet voters. and later at 4:00 p.m. eastern on "real america" a 1963 interviewer with reverend martin luther king jr. on his nonviolent approach to civil rights, his comments on president kennedy's civil rights bill, and how gandy influenced his work. >> some years ago when i first studied the ghandian methodology i came to the conclusion it was the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom and human dignity. and i would say this overall direct action movement with its sit-ins and its stand-ins, its kneel-ins, mass marches and pilgrimages and all of the other elements that enter the struggle have been patterned a great deal after ghaandhi. >> go to c-span.org. >>> booker t. said to him, you know, we have college aged kids covered here in alabama, but it's really the kids in the elementary schools that are suffering. they're just not -- the african-american kids are getting poor education, horrible buildings, ju

and also senator lamar alexander. i think we've all come to conclude that regardless of how much time we have in the senate we should leave a mark that makes a difference. when it comes to biomedical research this year's budget which senator blunt referred to will make a difference. now let's make sure it's not a one-hit wonder. let's make sure we do it again in next year's budget as well. mr. president, i'd also like to speak for a moment about the flooding situation in the midwest in illinois, of course in my colleague's neighboring states of missouri. last month right in the midst of the holidays rainstorms swept through my state, covering it with seven inches of rainfall in a very short period of time. the heavy rainfall caused water levels in the rivers to reach record highs. we expect this in the spring, not in december. communities had to evacuate their homes for their own safety. sadly, these storms were so severe, they flooded roadways, claiming the lives of ten people whose vehicles were swept away by the fl

on road to the white house rewind, the 1996 campaign of former republican tennessee governor lamar alexander and his walk across new hampshire to greet voters. later at 4:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, a 1960's interview with reverend martin luther king jr. on his nonviolent approach to civil rights, his comments on president kennedy's civil rights bill, and how mahatma gandhi influenced his work. i first study to the gandhian philosophy and the method of nonviolent resistance. i came to the conclusion it was the most potent weapon available for people in their struggle for freedom and human dignity. i would say the overall direct action movement with citians and -- with sit-ins, stand-ins, pilgrimages,ss and all of the other elements have been a great deal after gandhi. >> for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> house homeland security committee chair talked about national security, isis, and president obama's state of the union address at the hudson institute in washington. this is one hour. host: i'm president and c.e.o. of hudson institute. i would like to welcome our audience