join mark levin on c-span 2. >>> up next, author and historian byron price describes the history of the cattle dwriechlt because of the rigorous nature of the job, men only participated in a few drive. he is the director of the charles m russell center for the study of art of the american west at the university of oklahoma. this event was hosted by the cherokee strip regional heritag. >> tonight, professor byron price is going to tell us about exploration in the cattle drive era, 1865 and 1893. professor price currently holds the charles m russell memorial chair and is director of the charles m. russell sent ter university of oklahoma. he is also director of the university of oklahoma press. he is also director of the university of oklahoma press. he graduated from the united states military academy at west point in 1970. he earned an m.a. in museum science at the texas tech university in 1977. we'll have to forgive him that s

looking ahead to the new year on in depth, join radio talk show host mark levin in depth. first sunday of every month on c-span 2. >>> each week, american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes here every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern and sunday at 1:00 p.m. arizona state university professor donald chritchlow discussing 1970s republican revival. the gop brand was weakened to the point where some political observers wondereded if the party would survive. but by the end of the decade, spurred on by phyllis schlaffley, a new coalition made

looking ahead to the new year on in-depth, join radio talk show host mark levin, book tv in depth, the first sunday of every month, on c-span 2. >>> next, the political career of eleanor roosevelt, with insight from her granddaughter, tracy roosevelt. first lady from 1933 to 1945, eleanor roosevelt became a key player, an advocate for women and civil rights and president kennedy appointed her to chair a special commission on the

on the c-span networks. a pm eastern, michigan senator carl levin discusses afghanistan eastern, at 8 p.m. michigan senator carl levin discusses afghanistan policy. on c-span 2, contraceptive coverage and religious freedom. on c-span 3, trayvon martin's mother testifies on the stand your ground law. we talked about how the laws have changed the legal definition of self-defense. this is a tough time for nsa. everyone says, what are you doing and why are you doing it? when we get together, we actually say, it is much more important for this country that we defend this nation and take the beatings than it is to give up a program that would result in this nation being attacked. we would rather be here in front of you today and telling you why thenfended these programs having give them up and have our nation or our allies be attacked and have people killed. span,is weekend on c- intelligence officials defend the nsa intelligence program at a house hearing. saturday at 10 a.m. eastern. live funds on c-span 2, your phone calls and comments for kitty kelley. both tv's noon on "in-depth." in novembe

looking ahead to the new year on in-depth, join radio talk show host mark levin, book tv in depth, the first sunday of every month, on c-span 2. >>> next, the political career of eleanor roosevelt, with insight from her granddaughter, tracy roosevelt. first lady from 1933 to 1945, eleanor roosevelt became a key player, an advocate for women and civil rights and president kennedy appointed her to chair a special commission on the status of women. this event was hosted by the radcliffe institute for advanced study at harvard and the john f. kennedy presidential library. it's about half an hour. >> hi. >> hi. >> it's a pleasure to be here today to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the report issued by the presidential commission on the status of women and it's an honor to be here not at the kennedy library but with the kennedy library and with its wonderful volunteers today. beyond that, for me, it's an honor to have a conversation with professor black who really knows so much about my great grandmother eleanor roosevelt and can tell us more of the official side of her work for women. for me, i know a little bit more of the pe

eastern here on c-span, another chance to see michigan senator carl levin discussing afghan policy after his recent trip to that country. on c-span two, more arguments from the d c circuit court of appeals on contraceptive coverage and religious coverage. and on c-span three, the mother of trayvon martin discusses on capitol hill about stand your ground laws. a tough time for an essay, when everyone says what are you doing or why are you doing it? this is what we do, when we get we actually say, it is much more important for this defend this we nation, and take the beatings, then it is to give up the program that would result in this nation being attacked. we would rather be here in front of you today, telling you why we thatded these programs, having given them up and have be nation, or our allies attacked and people killed. >> this weekend on c-span, intelligence officials defend the nsa's surveillance program. saturday morning on -- at 10 a.m. eastern time. and on c-span three, american history tv. each weekend innovate the -- n, remembering john kennedy. eyewitness accounts surroundi

looking ahead to the new year on in depth, join radio talk show host mark levin in depth. first sunday of every month on c-span 2. >>> each week, american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes here every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern and sunday at 1:00 p.m. arizona state university professor donald chritchlow discussing 1970s republican revival. the gop brand was weakened to the point where some political observers wondereded if the party would survive. but by the end of the decade, spurred on by phyllis schlaffley, a new coalition made up of conservatives and helped elect ronald reagan. this class is an hour and ten minutes. >> today we're going to continue our saga through conservatism and the republican party. and specifically what we're going to look at today is the revival of the republican party after the debacle of the nixon administration and watergate. you'll recall from previous lectures that republicans were down. many thought the republican party was going the way of the whig party. only 20% of the electorate considered t

levin january 1. book tv in depth the first sunday of every month on c-span 2. >>> all weekend american history tv is featuring ann arbor, michigan, home to the university of oh michigan. the school was moved from detroit to ann arbor in 1837 and fuels most of the city's economy. hosted by our comcast cable partners, c-span's local content vehicles recently visited many sites show casing the city's history. learn more about ann arbor all weekend here on american history tv. >>> this is the story of willow run, one of the ford farms that virtually overnight became the largest aircraft plant that was ever built. a story that now can be told in full. [ bell ringing ] >> we are presently in what's known as hangar one at willow run airport. we are in bay eight. if you look out at a 45-degree angle from here we see the two doors where the bombers would come off the assembly line after they were built. there are a lot of stories that lead up to the building of the factory. with the war in europe turning hot when the blitzkrieg took place in the low countrieses the u.s. was unprepared. roosevelt went to cong

sunday december 1st on "in depth" fort christina hovey sooers and looking ahead join mark levin. book tv in depth on c-span 2. >> feminist gloria steinem spoke today at the national press club about the future of the women's rights movement. this is an hour. >> our guest made it as a high pourer woman when she discovered it was far too narrow to accommodate her. gloria is the face of the feminist movement dubbed "the leading icon of american feminism" in "time" magazine and solidified her legacy by co-founding ""m"ms." magazine. miss steinem celebrated the hag's 40th anniversary right here at the national press club last year. she said then it was the right place to do it since she was also the first woman to appear as a national press club luncheon speaker. after women were admitted in 1971. [ applause ] she received a men a tie as a thank you. she's in town this week to receive the presidential medal of freedom from president obama. [ applause ] ms. steinem is a granddaughter as a suffragist and worked as a journalist in the 1960s after living here in washington during high school and heading to smith co

on c-span, looking ant mamie eisenhower. >> carl levin -- on foreignuncil relations, this is one hour >> it is an honor to be here with carl levin. he is of the senate arms services committee. he is back from a trip to afghanistan where he met with our commanders, and had a one- on-one meeting with president karzai. senator levin has remarks about his trip to afghanistan. >> i appreciate joining you this morning. i look forward to receive some of the ideas. we'll need them in this kind of world religion. as john mentioned, i recently returned from afghanistan where we spent a few days meeting with our commanders, our troops, president karzai. and the defense minister from brussels before he went to afghanistan. he feels that things have significantly improved and changed for the better during the last 10 years. i have been there perhaps 12 times or so. the staff later will tell me if it is really a 11 or 13. we've been there a lot. the changes are pretty striking especially in the last few years. that is not the impression the american people have. that, to me, is the obvious fact tha

on c-span and c-span three. also on c-span radio and www.c- span.org. we will move on with our programming. senate armed services committee chair carl levin recently visited afghanistan and gives his thoughts now on how u.s. is going. this is about one hour. welcome to the council on foreign relations. it is a high honor to be here with carl levin. he actually needs no introduction so i will make my incredibly brief. -- he is theate chairman of the senate arms committee from the great state of chicken and he is just back from a trip to afghanistan where he met with our commanders and also had a one-on-one meeting with president karzai. we will hear about that and senator levin has some remarks about his trip to afghanistan we will have a conversation. senator levin -- >> thank you, john. we appreciate the invitation to join you this morning. i look forward to that conversation as well. i am not just here to share my ideas but hopefully, to receive some of the ideas we all need in the world we live in. as john mentioned, i recently returned from afghanistan. we spent a couple of days meeting with our commanders and troops and president kar

on c-span 2. >> "washington journal" continues. guest, frequent west -- sander levin is the ranking member on the ways and means committee. a democrat from michigan. how are you voting today on your michigander's -- bill? i am voting against it because it would destroy an effort to provide health care for everybody and to make sure that premium costs go down. the health care reform bill is already helping to drive down premium increases. more thanto go up 10%. the annual increase in cost care has been going down the last 4-5 years, in part because of health care reform. for everybody, those who have no insurance, health care reform is essential. what upton wants to do is destroy it. host: what do you think of what the president did yesterday? it was necessary. the ball had been fumbled and now we need to pick it up and make it work. essentially he is saying to those insurance companies and to the insurance commissioners, let's make sure that those who market about 5% of the -- those who have policies can keep them next year. host: congressman levin, a lot of articles

on c-span. armed services committee chairman senator carl levin inlks about the situation afghanistan. followed by remarks from obama and prime minister of iraq nouri themaliki and remarks at antidefamanion league. week, michigan senator carl levin traveled to and met with president karzai. today, the senate armed services committee chairman about improvements in the country as the u.s. and prepare to remove troops from afghanistan in 2014. from the council on foreign relations. is an hour. >> welcome to the foreign relations. i'm johnathan karl. a high honor to be here with levin. introduction.s no interduck carl levin is the chairman of the senate armed services from the great state of michigan and of special interest to me, just back from a trip to afghanistan where he commanders over there and also had a one on one president karzai. i'm eager to hear about that and senator levin has some tomarks about the trip afghanistan and then we will have a conversation. levin?r >> well, thank you, jon. we appreciate the invitation to join you this morning and look forward to that conversation

sander levin is here to talk about pending changes to federal unemployment insurance. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. this weekend on c-span, white house 2016. maryland governor martin o'malley for the jefferson jackson dinner followed by congressman paul ryan at a birth day party fundraiser for iowa governor terry branstad. governor o'malley is live starting saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. the-span 2's "book tv," national book award finalists in fiction. on c-span 3 "american history tv," go back in time to 1996 but the internet archive's way back machine. sunday at 7:00 p.m. release ofer the sign-up numbers under the affordable care act, president obama announced an executive order to stem insurance plan cancellations by allowing people to keep their current insurance plans for one year. from "the new york times," the tradeent of the insurance group said changing the rules after health plans have already met the requirements of the wall could stabilize the market and result in higher premiums for consumers. we take a look now at president obama's announcement from the white house. this is 50 minute

and sandra levin of michigan is here to talk about the healthcare law, form bill changes tos and federal unemployment insurance. washington journal is live every at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> coming up on c-span, janet yellin, president obama's choice to head the federal reserve testifies before the senate banking committee followed by president obama's announcement on the healthcare law. will hearpresident we landrieu aboutry legislation to allow consumers keep their current healthcare plans. >> janet yellin, president obama's choice to replace ben bernanke testified thursday. if confirmed she would be the as federal to serve reserve chairman. the senate banking committee is two hours and 15 minutes. call this hearing to order. nominationnsider the of the honorable janet yellin to the board of governors of the federal reserve years.for a term of four dr. yellin is an extraordinary lead the federal reserve. serves as a member and vice chair of the board of governors. she previously served as a member of the board of governors the 1990's. she was a chair of the -- of clinton's council on economic advisors and she served years as the president of the san francisco fed. a