manal: 2012. sorry, 2011. brian: six years ago? manal: six years ago. brian: you are behind the wheel in saudi arabia. where are you? manal: 10 minutes from where i used to live. [video clip] brian: explain what we are watching. manal: a woman driving. brian: who is shooting the video? friendit was my activist . i never met her and i met her because of this movement. brian: what impacted this video have? this onhen we put youtube it was number one trending. everyone was watching what was going on with this video. i met people shooting the video and i wanted to show landmarks in the city. we prove that it can happen. brian: what led up to your decision to do this? manal: in 2011, everybody wanted to bring social change. there was a lot of frustration with corruption and in just laws. in 2009, in new hampshire, the live free or die state, i got my drivers license. when i went back to saudi arabia -- i bought my car in 2007, and four years later, i finished paying the car loan, even with drivers license, i cannot drive it. i must got kidnapped once late at

manal: 21.opefully when he is a teenager andan speak up for himself, he requires and the man's the right to visit his mother. host: how many times have you been in prison? manal: just one time. time i was in detention, they arrested me and release me. the second time i was sent to prison for driving while female. host: is that an actual turn the use in saudi arabia? manal: yes it was on my paper. driving while female. host: what do they mean by that. manal: it means a woman driving a car. host: why is at a big deal? reallythey will not it is a society issue that woman can drive, society does not want them to drive. drove, there were other cars, no one stop me. the ones that army where the authorities. we told them there is no law that prevents me from driving. quo -- the status drivers license holder. cannot issuehat we a drivers license, even if you apply. it is the custom. it is complicated in saudi arabia. a politicalnk it is issue, it has nothing to do with society, it is a political decisio

manal: 21.efully when he is a teenager he can speak up for himself, and he requires and demands the right to visit his mother. brian: how many times have you been in prison? manal: just one time. sometimes they write multiple times but no, he it was just one time. the first time i was in detention, they arrested me and released me. the second time i was sent to prison for driving while female. brian: is that an actual turn the use in saudi arabia? manal: yes it was on my paper. driving while female. brian: what do they mean by that. manal: it means a woman driving a car. brian: why is at a big deal? manal: they will come and really argued that, it is a society issue that woman can drive, society does not want them to drive. i drove, there were other cars, no one stop me. the ones that stop me art the authorities. we told them there is no law that prevents me from driving. they insist that we cannot issue a drivers license, even if you apply. they say it is the custom. it is complicated. i always

manal: no. i think for particular reasons they don't allow it because they could use it as a weapon. there were children with us. there were kids there in jail. the whole situation was humiliating. the first night for me i slept on the floor. they didn't give me anything. they pushed me. i was taken from my home, interrogated. i was pushed in jail. no one told me why i was there. no one explained to me what i should have said. it was staggering. it was the most shocking experience i went through. brian: how much did you -- i don't know how to ask you, did you sleep with the cockroaches? were they crawling on you? manal: over the food, over your hands, over your face. they were everywhere. they live with you. to the way you get used to seeing them around you. brian: how long were you there in that cell? manal: i was there for nine days. there was an international rally that led to my -- brian: how did you have an international rally? who helped you? manal: that video got the attention of the worl

manal: tough question. i never thought of writing a

. >> saudi arabian womens rights activist manal al-sharif talks about her time in prison in her book "daring to drive," a saudi woman's awakening. >> never see a woman driving in the street in a huge country the size of three texas, you can put three texas inside saudi arabia. and women can't drive. we want to change this by this movement. and the movement is going on, it never stopped. we're still campaigning for the right to drive. >> for us the right to drive is more act of civil obedience because women are not supposed to drive. we show that we are able, we are capable of driving our own life and being in the driver's seat of our own destiny by doing this act of civil disobedience. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >> vice admiral thomas moore, commander of the naval sea systems command talked about the navy's plans for maintenance and new ship construction to work toward the goal of a fleet of 355 active ships by the year 2045. he spoke at the center for strategic and international studies. his remarks are about an hour 20 minutes. >>> all right, well, we're g

. >> saudi arabian women rights talksst manal sharif about her book "daring to drive: a saudi woman's awaking." you can put three taxis in saudi arabia, and women can drive. we wanted to change this by this movement. and the movement is going on. we still campaigning for the right to drive. is us, the right to drive more an act of civil disobedience, because a woman is not supposed to drive. we showed that we are able, capable, and driving, being in the drivers seat of our own destiny i doing this act of civil disobedience. at 8:00r: sunday night eastern on c-span's "q&a." announcer: the white house is facing questions after report this weekend that president trump's oldest son met with a russian lawyer and the 2016 election, who was believed to have damaging information about hillary clinton. after some members of the senate intelligence committee expressed interest in meeting with donald trump, junior, he indicated he would cooperate, saying in a tweet he would be happy to work with the committee to pass on what he knows. deputy white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was

. >> saudi arabian women rights' activist manal al-sharif talks about her time in prison after challengingthe ban on women drivers in her book, "daring to drive: a saudi woman's awakening." >> you never see women driving in the streets in a huge country, the size, you can put three inside, and women can't drive. we wanted to change this by this movement. the movement is going on, never stopped. we're still campaigning for the rights to drive. for us, the right to drive is more civil disowe bed against, because woman is not supposed to drive. we show that we are able, we are capable of driving our own life and being in the driver's seat for our own destiny by doing this act of civil disobedience. >> that's sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> after returning from the g-20 summit in germany, british prime minister theresa may addressed the house of commons about her visit with the world leaders. the prime minister reaffirmed the u.k.'s commitment to the paris climate agreement and personally urged president trump to reconsider pulling out of the accord. she also took several questions on trade