and lowery homers off the oakland native joe ross with a 2-0 lead for the a's. and three batters later, ryan healy makes it 4-0 with the 11th homerun of the year. 4-for four with two homeruns in the afternoon. and alonzo goes deep now in the 7th. to make it 9-4. alonzo's 16th of the year. and oakland hit four homers in the game. as they beat washington. the best team in the national league. 10-4. >>> marlins starter edison volquez's day nearly ended when he injured his ankle in the first inning but volquez gutted it out and had the first career no hitter, struck out 10 and walks, with miami winning. and the sixth no hitter in marlins history. >>> well, stanford facing elimination from the ncaa tournament this afternoon. in palo alto.

look at insurers all of which seem to be doing higher, rich lowery. so there is a thought process on wall street as we continue to see upside in the overall market 34 points right now. this will be better, keep insurers in business. don't forget they have pulled out of markets entirely one after another. >> not as though option to maintain obamacare status quo. it is collapsing around us. you have inyou are you -- insurs pulling out. premiums spiking. that system is gone eventually. question of what is going to rao placeit. this is imperfect. rand paul cited subsidies to prop up the system in near term. conservatives will not like that. politics of eliminating right away might have been i am possible. trish: final thoughts, ford, whether or not they get this done soon are rather than later? because this is the precursor to everything, right? they need the tax savings in order to get through some kind of a tax reform i would argue, jose, everybody needs but your thoughts, ford? >> two points to that. look they don't have to get this done by next thursd

vanessa lowery brownies hosting that event. >>> well, big construction project begins today at philadelphia's ronald mcdonald house. >>> great thing. we will tell you what it means for families who come to fail to get medical treatment for their children, we will be right >>> first ronald mcdonald house is expanding, today construction begins on an addition that will more than double occupancy here in the city. yesterday a ground breaking ceremony at ronald mcdonald house on chestnut street celebrated a new expansion, the eight store a digs will provide 88 more rooms for families who are coming to philadelphia seeking medical treatment for their seriously ill children. >> there are so many families, that are coming from the greater philadelphia area, across the you had, pennsylvania, mid-atlantic states, they are coming to children's hospital of philadelphia for medical treatment for their seriously ill children and they need a place place to stay. right now we are not able to accommodate the requests and this will enable to us serve many more families each and every year. >> a great organiza

lowery had four rbis in the game, healy makes it 4-0 with his11th home run of the year.he had two on the afternoon. now 7-4 in the 7th. alonzo going deep, making it 9- 4. oakland hit four homers in the game and beat watch watch, the -- washington, the best team in the national league, 10- 4. >>> the giants off to a great start in their game, a shut out into the 6th. but then joseph homered to tie the game at 1. next inning, 2-1 philadelphia. herrera doubles, it clears the bases giving philadelphia the lead. the giantings cut the deficit to 2 in the 9th, but then philadelphia hangs on to win. san francisco has last four of their last five. >>> marlins starter volquez' day nearly ended when he injured his ankle, but stuck it out and threw his first no hitter. the first no-no in the majors since 2016, and the first no hitter in marlins history. >>> >. barry bonds still leads major league baseball with 762 career home runs, but tonight pujols becomes one of nine players to go deep 600 times in their career, and he does it with a grand slam. >>> up next as sports continues, t

this was carried by sergeant david lowery. he refused to surrender his flag at the surrender ceremony. he folded it up. he wrapped it around his body, put his uniform on top of it, and walked home with it. he kept it on an easel in his parlor and it remained there until he passed away. the flag was given to us by his daughter. that was the story that she told us. in the fall of the first year we opened in 2012, his great-granddaughter came to visit this particular flag and told us the same story. that he had brought it home with him this way, kept it on an easel in the parlor. they kept it with him at all times. the battle flags that the men followed into battle were very significant for them. bearer, who carries the flag, was a target for the enemy. they felt that they shot down the color bearer, it would morally defeat that particular unit. color bearers were particularly courageous and their fights. they carriedhings these flags on, you can see on the flagstaff's that were all surrendered in appomattox. some of them are nic

[applause] >> next to avis jones-deweever we have wesley lowery, the national report from the "washington post" and the author of "they can't kill us all." let's give him a round of applause. [applause] >> that title alone leaves you thinking. and without further ado we want to introduce to you and economist, the president american of bennet college as well as the author of "are we better off" -- race, obama and public policy. she is the author, and economist and tonight and thank you for being here with us. with us to talk about activism. >> we have to get julian hafner up. >> yes. [applause] >> julianne malveaux. >> these two ladies right here i remember being a young lady watching them march for us, talk for us when we didn't have voices. and just basically let us know that we count, we matter in a time when many of us are not at the table. if you don't have a seat at the table, bring as folding chairs. hello. so i want to start off with something that came to me while we were driving in tonight. harry belafonte, activist,on entertainer said right after the election, this last election

. >> lowery, also resed on the timing on the russia investigation. how is that significant?for the first time i think today, i recused m hi this the senators have been interested in this because the yied idea is that if russia as on the president's mind when he fired james comey, then why does sessions have anything to do with it. if that encompasses the recusal. but it is interesting to think about the fact that we are only having this discussion in a certain, because of what the president said to lester holt. i think it would have been more plausible, james comey with doj regulations. but the president tied those two things. i think it left doj in a mind. >> didn't only tell holt, told it to the russians. told it to the rush ban ambassador to the united states who was this that oval office meeting with the foreign monster. he said the pressure is off now. >> yeah. that's exactly right except the whole nation didn't watch that encounter. >> whole nation learn bed that quickly. everyone stick around. a lot more to address right after this. it's not just a car, it's your dail

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. >> julie: rick lowery and leslie marshall, thank you. >> jon: how much of a advantage do republicans have over democrats following victories and special house elections as we? we will talk with the chairman of the national republican congressional committee. will republicans keep the momentum going? >> they are energized and they are recruiting candidates for not just their seats but also some democratic seats. there are districts where donald trump won in 2016 but a democratic congressman held on. this gives them an advantage of a key moment in their recruiting -- more research on them.done for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. liberty mutual insurance. >> hello everyone, i'm melissa francis, a huge day of news as the white house off-camera briefing is underway. we will bring you all the highlights of the top of the hour. the first topic, president trump's tweets that there is no comey tapes. it will bring that to you. and the senate g.o.p. releasing their draft of their health care bill. we will vote on it next week

jet lowery connects for his eighth home run of the season. a 3-0 lead but in the sixth sonny gray allowed five straight batters to get on base. a game time base hit by fmer athletic chris carter would end gray's night back up in the bottom of the inning,io lonzo puts oakland back on top with a solo shot dead to center field. the a's still on top 5-4. at coors field nolan at it again. he had three hits and four rbi and the first doubles off mat moore. moore allowed eight runs and 11 hits in just three innings. colorado led 9-1 before san francisco rallied in the seventh are you buster posey with a two-run shot but posey did later have to leave with an injury. the giants would not give up. they scored five times in the 8th. brandon crawford's three-run homer cuts the lead to one. san francisco tied the game in the ninth but the rockies won it in their half, 10-9. >>> at the u.s. open in wisconsin it was a rough day for defending kmafrp dustin johnson he's ten strokes off the lead. jordon spieth also took his hacks for a 73. jason day had two tr

if you could pull a lot of with lowery, perhaps prices to have a lot more customers. some of the companies come up with the technology and dozens of dozens driversng, but also woo off of the platform and make that move on the supply side or the demand side? >> to that point, is uber need to bring someone in accurate talk to me about the characteristics of bill persons in the specific potential people who could take job -- travis kalanick's job. not only rally the but also, but also -- the drivers. /driveremployee morale warming monte carlo who joined the board workout. we are looking -- they are looking for ceo with a lot of experience and perhaps an old guard. technology executives will also be in the mix for it in terms of , we said it ises the executive might be in the next a lot of go. i don't want to speculate too much. it is not clear who they take. >> definitely someone who is up for a challenge. thanks to editor at large. >> now let's get a look at first word news. says a draftnnell of the republican health care bill will be posted online tomorrow with the hop

one of those trump voters is lowery who is not a registered republican.te for donald trump? >> because i think he is the man for the job. he is the man that would hopefully drain the swamp. and reform the healthcare disaster that's obamacare. >> let's go into healthcare for a moment. you are an emergency room nurse. tell me why healthcare is such a big problem for you the way you see it currently under obamacare. >> well it, ties back to one of the biggest problems we have in this country is waste and the economy that we have. it's circling the drain right now. i think there is a tremendous amount of waste in healthcare. todd: medicaid specifically. tell me what you see medicaid waste wise. >> i see a lot of people that come in that take advantage of the program that come in for seemingly very insignificant problems on a regular basis. when you have people that work a job, pay the taxes to cover those expenses, and can't afford to come in for very significant problems themselves. todd: that said, what do you think about the republicans delaying the vote?

. >>> also wesley lowery, author of "they can't kill us all," and julian malvo, author of "are we better off." on sunday, david mccullough speaks with former news anchor and journalist charles gibson about his collection of speeches on american principles. >> i began to think about the great presidents down the years who have been avid readers of history, many of them wrote history, including john kennedy, and even those who didn't have the benefit of a college education like harry truman read history all their lives. and realized that it's essential to the role of a leader, whether it's the presidency or leadership of any kind, not cause and effect. history matters. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >>> sunday night on "after words," utah republican senator mike lee talks about forgotten historical figures, interviewed by the acting solicitor general. >> they come to you gradually, i asked friends and other people i knew who they thought should get more credit than they get. and in the case of kanasataga, this was an indian chief who understood the principle of fede

[applause] wesley lowery author of they can't kill us all ferguson baltimore and a new era of americans racial justice movement. [applause] and last and not least, dr. julianne, the author of are are we better off race obama and policy policy, and with that, i thank you all for this segment of our race conversation with college and our books are up for sale. we are signing books so buy them, full of knowledge thank you c. span you're awesome. thank you politics and pros you are the best bookstore ever. thank you guys. have a great evening. [inaudible conversations] i'm coming back. i'm coming back -- [silence] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 television for serious readers here's our prime time lineup, at 7 p.m. eastern, you'll hear from former head leader christian, author of a memoir entitled romantic violence. memoir of an american skinhead. ...

we have the new french president emmanuel macron to get through a in the lowery house of parliament. first of vote will hold on until next sunday after the that until the next round. of the seats. the republicans are on track to get less than 100 seats. the national front were not even get 10-15%. the largest majority for the french president in more than a decade will allow the french reformst to put through . investor that every has been waiting for this which is major labor market reform. we will see if it holds fast when the strikes actually start. french politics look strong today but u.k. politics look anything but. prime minister theresa may has to find an agreement with the ecb and the northern ireland. i'm not sure we have seen that yet. within hers payoffs own party. how will this play out this week? questions, first of all, you have been talking about emmanuel macron and we hear that theresa may will travel to paris tomorrow to meet with him. she said the main focus will be on counter terrorism but rex it is a big question looming over everything. thedup which was one elem

$5 and a pork chop sandwich, avis jones weaver, author of how exceptional black women lead, wesley lowery, they can't kill us all and jerked julianne author of are we better off. on a sunday at 1:15 p.m. pulitzer prize winning david mccullough starts with former news anchor charles gibson about his collection of speeches on american principles. >> i began to think about the great presidents down the years who have been avid readers of history, many of them wrote history, including john kennedy. even those who didn't have the benefit of a college education, like harry truman, read history all their lives. they realized that is essential to the role of a leader, whether it's the presidency or leadership of any kind. it's a cause and effect. history matters. >> go to tv .org for the complete weekend schedule. >> c-span, where history unfold daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider.

lowery author of they can't kill us all and julianne author of are we better off? on sunday at 1:15 p.m. eastern pulitzer prize winning historian david speaks with former news anchor and journalist charles gibson about his collection of speech on american principles. >> and i begin to think about the great dresses don the year who have been avid readers of history. many of them wrote history including john kennedy. and even those who didn't have the benefit of a college education like harry truman read history all their lives. and realized that is essential to the role of a leader whether it's the presidency or leadership of any kind. about cause and effect. here's history matters. >> go to booktv.org for the complete schedule. >> sunday night on afterwards utah republican senator mike lee talks about forgotten historical figure who is fought against big government in his book written out of history. senator lee is interviewed by former acting solicitor general neil. >> when you're on the lookout for them, they come to you gradually i asked friends other people i k

and a pork chop sandwich, avis jones d weaver, author of how exceptional black women lead, wesley lowery, author of i can't kill us all and julianna mumbo, author of are we better off. on sunday at 1:15 p.m. eastern, pulitzer prize-winning historian david mccullough starts with warmer news anchor charles gibson about his collection of speeches on american principles. >> i began to think about the great presidents down the years who have been avid readers of history, many of them wrote history, including john kennedy. even those who didn't benefit have a college education like harry truman, read history all their life. i realized that it's essential to the role of a leader, whether it's the presidency or leadership of any kind. it's a cause and effect. history matters. >> go to but tv .org for the complete weekend schedule. this weekend cities booked were takes tv and american history tv to hyde park new york as we explore the history and literary life of a town that come to be synonymous with the story of franklin roosevelt eleanor roosevelt and the extended roosevelt family. saturday at

. >> also mary francis, avis jones-deweever, wesley lowery. on sunday at 1:15 p.m. eastern david mccullough speaks about his collection of speeches on american principals. >> i began to think about the great presidents down the years who have been avid readers of history, many of them wrote history including john kennedy, and even those who didn't have the benefit of a college education like harry truman and realized their role as a leader whether it's presidency or leadership of any kind about cause and effect. history matters. >> go for the complete weekend schedule. >>> and a hearing on federal spending for veterans. david talkinged about the veterans choice program and efforts to reduce wait times for veterans who reduce treatment. it ran two hours. >>> let me apologize for being a little late. we will stand at ease for just one minute while i talk to my ranking member and then we'll open the meeting.

wesley lowery, author of they can't kill us all. julian malvo, author of aren't we better off. on sunday at 1:15 p.m. eastern, pulitzer prize-winning historian david mccullough speaks to charles gibson about the collection of speeches on american principles. >> great presidents down the years who have been avid readers of history, any of them wrote history including john kennedy, even those who didn't have the benefit, read history all their lives. and realized it is essential to the role of a leader, leadership of any kind, not cause and effect. history matters. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> sunday on qa day. >> very deeply committed to presenting his story. >> part one of our interview with pulitzer prize-winning biographer david garreau who talks about his book rising star, the making of barack obama which covers president obama's life up to his winning the presidency. >> i think barack's political aspirations and sense of destiny lead him to push sheila yeager aside. during that time there was a well-known figure hugely respected man, anyone in b