king, to what extent have you predicated your movement on the struggle of mahatma gandhi in india?> to answer the last part of the question first, i would say that our movement here in the united states is in a real sense part of a worldwide struggle to break down the barriers of injustice and oppression. it is not an isolated or detached struggle, but it is a part of this worldwide struggle for freedom and human dignity. now on the first part of the question i would say that our movement has been patterned after the gandhian movement in india a great deal. i have been influenced by mahatma gandhi a great deal, and i think it is true of many, many people in the movement in the united states. some years ago when i first studied the gandhian philosophy and the method of non-violent 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. i would say this overall direct action movement with its sit-ins and stand-ins, its kneel-ins, its mass marches and pilgrimages have been patterned a great de

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i have been influenced by mahatma gandhi a great deal. i think this is true of many people in the movement in the united states. some years ago, when it first studied -- when i first studied the gandhian philosophy and method of nonviolent resistance, i came to can the conclusion was the most potent weapon available to oppress people in their struggle for freedom and human dignity. i would say this overall direct action movement, with its kneel-ins,and-ins, its mass marches and pilgrimages, all of the other elements that entered the struggle, have been patterned a great deal after gandhi. there are certainly some sociological differences in the unit states. we are a numerical minority here facing the opposition of many individuals who fall under the majority. whereas in india, it was the other way around. we are struggling for integration, where is in india there was a struggle for independence. there is a difference. in one instance you are seeking to gain freedom from a foreign invader. in the other instance, you are seeking to come to

on his nonviolent approach to civil rights and how mahatma gandhi -- mahatma gandhi influenced his work. >> we have college aged kids covered here in alabama. it is really kids in elementary school that are suffering. poor education, horrible buildings. >> documentary filmmaker talks , abouter latest film julius rosenwald and partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and education to children in rural america. why don't we just use the kit houses? the best thing booker t. washington ever said was, i want the communities to build them. from that it morphed into 5000 schools all over the south. >> monday night on the communicators, republican fcc commissioner discusses key topics considered by the fcc, including the speed of broadband deployment across the u.s.. broadband employment really is one of the key drivers of job creation and economic growth. the 21st century there has been a democratization of entrepreneurship. people building businesses that in a previous era that would have had to migrate to the coast or would have

president kennedy's civil rights bill and how mahatma gandhi influenced his work. for the complete holiday schedule go to c-span.org. weekend, american history tv is featuring hartford connecticut. samuel clemens lived in hartford while writing the adventures of tom sawyer and the adventures of huckleberry finn. c-span cities to her staff recently visited the site. >> this collection came to the in 1957.connecticut it represents a flyover survey of american firearms in the 19th and 20th century. ands very heavy experimental prototypes where they are working out the design ideas. t was a hartford native and had this incredible knack for three-dimensional thinking that he applied to firearms technology and was a consummate draftsman as well. number ofave a examples of these original watercolors and blueprints that he drew up to pay to others especially gunsmiths and mechanics that he hired to help him work up metal prototypes of his guns. to raise money for his vision, sam had a traveling medicine show. he engaged lyceum's in public calls up and down the east coast.

his comments on how mahatma gandhi influenced his work. for the complete holiday schedule, go to c-span.org. all weekend, american history tv is featuring hartford, connecticut. during the civil war, samuel colt supplied firearms to both the north and south from his hartford factory. posted by our comcast cable partners, c-span cities to her staff visited many sites showcasing the city's rich history. learn more about home for -- more about hartford all weekend. >> when mark twain moved to hartford, it is a very wealthy town. supposedly at that time the richest city in the nation per capita. mark twain's legacy attracts people from everywhere. they get to come inside this house and sort of time travel back to a different time. clemens we know today as mark twain. samuel clemens was born in florida, missouri. grew up along the banks of the mississippi river. when his father died he was 12 years old. sam had to be apprenticed as a typesetter. it certainly influenced a lot of things later in his life. mark twain began looking into hartford as

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 touched on by president obama in his state of the union address. >> be introduced by army general frederick podilla. should start in just a moment. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inau

president laid race at mahatma gandhi's memorial.roject was launched last isa is anther institution. it is continued -- considered one of the climate change summit 's important contributions. barack obama has weighed in on the democratic contest. he says that bernie sanders has the luxury of being a long shot and hillary clinton has the burden of being a front runner. this is ahead of the final democratic party debates. we look ahead. goorter: with a week to before the first caucus, the battle between two democratic visions intensifies. hillary clinton is that can with bernie sanders. and-neck with bernie sanders. >> i know some of you are supporting me and some of you are still shopping. i like to shop, too. reporter: clinton is the establishment candidate and plans to build on obama's legacy of health care, the economy, and national security with what she calls "a sensible, achievable agenda." are flocking towards bernie sanders, a new deal-style candidate. any objective: assessment of our campaign campaign -- any objective assessm

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on his nonviolent approach to civil rights and how mahatma gandhi influenced his work. for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. prime up next, minister's questions at the british house of commons. that is followed by president obama at the white house. later, senator ted cruz makes a campaign stop in new hampshire. later, president obama speaks the the white house about implementation of the iran nuclear agreement. time,eek during question british prime minister david cameron spoke about benefits for first-time homeowners and funding for colleges. it was also asked to ensure that iran is fulfilling its commitment in the nuclear agreement signed in july. to pun amount. >> this morning i had meetings with others, i should have further such meetings later today. >> the royal college of mid wives and the honorable member lewis since she's a nurse, for proposed changing, why does the prime minnesota store think it's right >> additional 10,000 nurses because of this change because the facts are today two out of three people who want to become nurses can't because it's con

nonviolent approach to civil onhts heard his comments president kennedy civil rights bill and how mahatma gandhi influenced his work. for the complete holiday schedule, go to c-span .org. each week until the 2016 presidential election, american history tv brings you coverage of past presidential races. next on the road to the right ouse rewind, weh look back to the 1996 campaign of lamar alexander. we follow the former tennessee governor on his second day of his walk across new hampshire as he traveled on foot between towns and greeted voters. after alexander finished third in the state's with pat buchanan winning the contest. before we join mr. alexander on his walk, a look at his first political ad in new hampshire. the experts said we would never win. then he walked 1000 miles across the state and became the governor who claimed up the corruption in tennessee. a conservative governor who balanced eight budgets, caps taxes the fifth lowest of any , and, improved education helped found a new business that now has 1200 employees. lamar alexander, governor, businessman, education secretary. a rep

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 have this extraordinary opportunity to see day by day how life was lived on board new england's slave ships, two of which were from connecticut. i came to the realization that this logbooks were not maintained by the sentiment of secure connecticut

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.s. a petition to ban him has gotten more 650,000 signatures thch edebate will take place at westminster hall. watch the debate live, monday morning at 11:30 eastern here on c-span. earlier today the president and c.e.o. oaf this u.s. chamber of commerce

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nonviolent approach to civil rights, his comments on president kennedy possible rights bill, and how mahatma gandhi influenced his work. >> some years ago when i first studied the gandhian philosophy and the method of nonviolent resistance, i came to the conclusion that it was a most potent weapon available. itsall direct action, with movements and citians and stand-in's, wait-ins, kneel-ins, pilgrimages and all of the other elements in the struggle have been pattern a great deal after gandhi. >> for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to www.c-span.org. booker t. said to him, you know, we have kids covered here thelabama, but it's really kids in the elementary school that have suffered. the african american kids are getting poor education, horrible buildings. separate and not equal. a sunday night on "q&a to get documentary filmmaker talks about her latest film, juliusald," about rosenwald and his partnership with booker t. washington and the african-american communities in the south to build schools and bring elementary education to children in rural america. id, why don't we ju

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we were reading that policy, he came back with martin luther king and mahatma gandhi. he was trying to work through something so. you were about to send 30,000 people to war, you know. he took it seriously. what came out was interesting. >> i have been an admirer of your work, even begrudgingly so, for two years there. as we talked about and you are so well-known for, nationalthe come a security and foreign policy adviser to the president on everything from egypt, libya, opening ofe relations with myanmar and cuba. i wanted to

we were reading that policy, he came back with martin luther king and mahatma gandhi.e was trying to work through something so. you were about to send 30,000 people to war, you know. he took it seriously. what came out was interesting. >> i have been an admirer of your work, even begrudgingly so, for two years there. as we talked about and you are so well-known for, nationalthe come a security and foreign policy adviser to the president on everything from egypt, libya, opening ofe relations with myanmar and cuba. step back and wonder how the hell you got there, because you do not come from the , neitherrajectory diplomat nor professional politico. so, let's walk through your path a little bit. you grew up in manhattan. what is your first political memory? ben: interesting question. you you know, what was interesting was my political personality and it h with theke -- ed koc wiffleball bat and they used to walk around and i thought it was cool and he was a bigger and larger-than-life personality. ,n terms of national politics the surprising thing is my e andte as a reag

he came back with martin luther king and mahatma gandhi because he was trying to work through some stuffthere. you try when a nobel peace prize winner but to send 30,000 people to war. he took it seriously and what came out was interesting. there are lots of other ones that were fun or interesting on the way back to campaign. i would point to that one. >> back to the campaign is someone who worked on the other side of the primary in 2008 has long been an admirer of your work, even begrudgingly so for two years. besides the speeches we talked about and that you are so well known for, you have become a national security foreign policy adviser to the president on everything from egypt and libya and syria to the reopening of relations with the mr and cuba. i want to take a step back and wonder how you got there. you don't come from the typical jury, neither diplomat nor professional "politico." so let walk through your past just a little bit. you corrupt admin hat. what is your first political memory? >> interesting question. you know, what is interesting is my first political memory was of

his comments on president kennedy civil rights bill, and how mahatma gandhi influences work.for the complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> c-span takes you on the road to the white house and into the classroom. this year, our student came documentary contest asks tell us what issues they want to hear from the candidates. next, a discussion about tension in the persian gulf region between iran and saudi arabia. middle east analyst talked about u.s. strategy in the region. the sunni shia conflict, and the war against isis. this is one hour and a half. >> good afternoon. thank you for coming to hudson institute. i would also like to welcome our c-span1 audience this afternoon for what i know is going to be a fantastically interesting panel. also a very timely one, given the events of the last week. especially, the detaining of the 10 american sailors this past week. of course, other recent events including the attacks on two saudi arabian diplomats in iran. given the topic, the turmoil in the persian gulf, it is poised for more conflicts. we will go for about an hour and 15 minu

nonviolent approach to civil rights, his comments on president kennedy's civil rights bill, and how mahatma gandhinfluenced 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 union tuesday. his comments came yesterday as he spoke with reporters at the "christian science monitor" breakfast series in washington. it's about an hour. >> ok e. here we g i'm dan cook, christian science montomplet thanks

non-violent approach to civil rights, his comments on president kennedy's civil rights bill and how mahatma gandhi influenced his work. for the complete holiday schedule, go to cspan.org. >>> british house of commons coverage live monday as members hold a debate barring republican presidential candidate donald trump from the united kingdom after his remarks about muslims attempting to come to the usa petition to bar him from entering britain haas received more than a quarter million signatures. live coverage of that debate monday at 11:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> up next, fcc commissioners and industry experts talk about access to broad band for auto and high tech industries. new america held this forum on tuesday. >>> all right, we might as well get started. it's a full house. welcome to new america and to our new offices here in the historic former home of the american bar association and much better av facilities, since i've never been miked up before this here. but at the podium i won't need it. i am michael calabrese, i direct the wireless future program here which is part of new america's

[music plays] martin luther king: why first study the mahatma gandhi philosophy i decided it was the most potent weapon available to us in our struggle for freedom and human dignity. i would say that this overall sitins and massns marches and pilgrimages have been having a great deal after gandhi. greta: matthew lee from the associated press, diplomatic writer is back at our table. let's begin with the sailors that were captured. this video that has come out showing the sailors on their knees with their hands behind the heads. themsaying it shows apologizing for drifting into iranian waters. what do we know and why does this matter? matthew: if they were mistreated then it is incumbent on the united states to make some cap complaint to the radiance or take it to an appropriate authority. this is being hailed by the is a benefit from the negotiations that led to the iran deal. arguable thatt the secretary state for pickup the phone and call the ring and foreign minister now that it probably wasn't the case if you use ago. they're still very troubling issues about iran's behavior. incl

his comments on president kennedy's civil rights bill and how mahatma gandhi influenced his work. >> some years ago when i first studied the philosophy and the method of non-violent 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 that this overall direct action movement with its sit-ins and stand-ins, wait-ins, kneel-ins, 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. >>> three u.s. navy commanders testify on capitol hill about the effects planned reductions in base investments and other capital and operating funding will have on the branches military readiness. >>> call to order. subcommittee of the house armed services committee. i want to welcome everybody this morning. thank you all for being here today for today's readiness hearing on navy readiness. this is the second of three hearings on this topic. in de

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 here and the viewers at home on c-span to the hudson institute. we couldn't be more pleased to host this special event which is this event, which is the penultimate event we will be holding here at her office on 15th street. we have been here since june, 2005. this is the