in him, making a maryland engineering degree possible. which as a reminder, as we start out learning, what we cannot fathom, true visionaries are building towards what many cannot even imagine. with that, i'm honored to now introduce the 71st u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken. [applause] sec. blinken: good afternoon, everyone. it is wonderful to be here at the university of maryland college park. one of our country's outstanding public research universities, to be joined by some of the students, university leaders, and public servants. who helped make this community such a dynamic place to learn, teach, and to create. mr. president, i especially want to thank you, both for your kind words, for hosting us today, and for your leadership of this institution. leader hoyer, it is always an honor and pleasure to be with you. i know you are a very proud alum of this university. thank you for taking the time to join us. as well as my colleagues and friends, senator harden and senator van hollen. i'm flattered to think i had something to do

in maryland we have some infrastructure that dates back over a century and a half ago. we need a generational investment to modernize our infrastructure and the legislation before us does exactly that. it will make the united states more competitive and create a lot of good paying jobs. it will deal with their growing backlog of infrastructure projects that we have in each one of our states. i applaud the work that brought us to this point. i particularly am pleased that the legislation incorporates the work done by the environment and public works committee as it relates to transportation, infrastructure and water infrastructure. i particularly want to acknowledge the leadership of our committee, senator carper and senator capito. i was proud to be the chair of the subcommittee on infrastructure working with senator cramer and senator duckworth entry would greatly particularly to the water infrastructure. iip also want applaud the leadership of president biden. it is his leadership post brought us to this moment. his vision for america's future, what we need, and he fo

you're a maryland senator.east one dose. i want to you to take a look at this. current transmission rates in your states. almost all of your counties are experiencing moderate to high levels of transmission. the washington post reporting that maryland doctors are basing for a surge in the coming months. what is your concern level? >> don, i'm concerned too. the delta variant is on the rise. it's on the rise in maryland and around the country, which is why i also agree with the statement president biden made today about how we have many of these governors, republican governors, taking a reckless position of banning mask mandates. it's one thing not to impose one. it's something else altogether to say to businesses or to local school districts or officials you may not require masks indoors as the cdc may recommend. so i think we have a long way to go, clearly to finally defeat this virus. the president's right to call on everybody to get vaccinated and get vaccinated yesterday. we've got beat this thing. we had m

a texas man was able to reunite a maryland family with their camera lost in the water from our baltimore has the story >> i was amazed at how fast it happened >> jerry found a go pro camera at the bottom of the ocean in hawaii last month, and he was desperate to find the family that he suspected wad from maryland to get the nearly six hours of precious family videos and pictures back to them. >> i feel like i'm doing everything i can because i so want them to have their memories back >> melissa and lee back home in hartford county were getting messages and phone calls >> there's just no way this was possible >> i would say it was pretty immediate that people recognized either the story on tv or the social media post and just started blowing us up. >> the go pro camera slipped out of lee's pocket while the family was snorkeling near maui they never thought they'd see the camera or all of their pictures and videos again. >> i just had a lot of really, really great memories of such an amazing lifetime trip. i was really just sad that i would never be able to get those back >> but, fortunate

steve: there was land complicated by the state of maryland because it belonged to a loyalist. and i believe it was the land that was shown there will actually make a backup there. here's the land that we were talking about the belong to a loyalist, believe the story that is the loyalist had transfer the ownership to a son who was a patriot by the state of maryland it took the line anyway and it was in litigation for a long time rated and is one of the reasons it was not developed. the map is much larger and includes the entire area and all had been compensated were marked as state of maryland at that point. >> we have another question by the paved streets of washington in particular when they started to be paved it, when they reached a point where they were mostly paved. steve: i would relate to the sewers and running water inventions and for most of the city. people could pay to have their own streets paved it which happened in a number of cases but have not done study research there and that is why i was surprised to find the first street was still unpaid after the civil war

we're joined now by maryland republican governor larry hogan.ant to get to afghanista first. three questions there: what is your opinion of president biden's handling of the situation, how open are we going to be refugees, and what are you hearing from the state department on how to do that? >> first i think it is an unmitigated disaster on the handling. i was the first governor in to say we wanted to take more of these people with visas. we've got to stand by them. we've got to get our americans out and those allies out there as well. we're going to do everything we can to help do that. we have a discussion with the state department tomorrow. we've already received some over the past week or two, into our state, and we're going to try to get as many as we can. >> garrett: is that information flow from states satisfactory to you? >> some of the information is a little spotty, some of that is understandable. >> garrett: the coronavirus, you said the pandemic is currently under control in maryland, is that true? >> we're the second lowest case rat

schools are about to reopen throughout the state of maryland.for in-class learning as far as masks are concerned? >> well, so in maryland, our duly elected local school boards have that authority and they are all -- first of all, the great news is that every single one of our 24 jurisdictions is going to get all of our kids back into the classroom this year which is, you know, they have suffered >> about half of our system was open the entire year and we had little to no incidents with our kids. kids have not been as impacted by the virus. but many of our school systems are making the decision to require masks in the classrooms and that's their right to make those decisions. we support them. >> you're not going to be hold state funding from those school districts who do that, which is obviously so, so smart. you want to make a final thought, is that what you want to do? >> no. i just want to say we're concerned about making sure we get the rest of those people vaccinated because we don't want to have to reinstitute mask mandates everywhere. we w

maryland's local economy and maryland's environmental well-being. and i'm secured pleased that we secured money for the chesapeake bay program to help us meet the pollution-reduction targets that are spelled out in the most recent multistate chesapeake bay agreement as part of this legislation. madam president, while this legislation provides foreign investments to modernize the infrastructure for this century, we, the federal government, should also take responsibility for the elimination to help eliminate some of the past projects that rather than helping unite communities, divided and harmed them. and there's no clearer example of such a project than what is known as the highway to nowhere in west baltimore. as many marylanders know,the highway to nowhere was a project conceived in the 1960's as a way to link baltimore with the growing u.s. interstate highway system. instead, it tore west baltimore apart. developers started dividing up the community to make way for the highway. residents were evicted from their homes. businesses were shut down. a

>> yeah, well, i think it's so -- i mean, born in maryland, i think all of this maryland history is so fascinating and all of the amazing people buried in married, and now learning that virginia hall is there in maryland, i feel like we should all go pay homage. >> i've been to the town quite a few times, you know. >> okay, i'm going to take us to the lightning round, which is a casual, feel free to just like scream out your answers. laugh >> and start with questions for both of you and then i have targeted questions for each of you. so, i feel like i have to ask the historical fiction writers, if you could live any time period than today, when would it be? >> the 20-- not now, the roaring. >> the roaring not the pandemic to be clear. >> i would not live in any other time because i enjoy indoor plumbing and-- . [laughter] >> yeah, see, i also would like to say the roaring 20's, but i love telehealth. >> in paris that golden age syndrome and you think it's better in the winter, but it's not. it's snowy and no medicine. >> especially for women, you have to say, asterisk, for women. but t

you know, you're a maryland senator.hat 70% goal of adults receiving at least one dose. but i want you to take a look at this. it's up on the screen now for our viewers. these are current transmission rates in your state. almost all of your counties are experiencing moderate to high levels of community transmission. "the washington post" reporting now that maryland doctors are bracing for a covid surge in the coming months. they are really concerned. what's your concern level? >> so, don, i'm concerned too. i mean the delta variant is on the rise. it's on the rise in maryland and around the country, which is why i also agree with the statement president biden made today about how we have many of these governors, republican governors, taking the reckless position of banning a mask mandate. it's one thing not to impose one as the governor. it's something else altogether to say to businesses or to local school districts or to local officials, you may not require masks indoors as the cdc may recommend. so i think we've got a

that first of, all we know that maryland was established as a catholic colony. and then you can't really see it, but here it's showing maryland being one of the very first colonies, first states, to enact a religious toleration act. and it's showing here, though, that if you are blasphemous, there are basic punishments. it starts with a mild beating, or flogging, and then it gets to a more severe flooding, and then actually you will be thrown out of the colony eventually, should you continue with your, when they consider, blasphemous behavior at the time period. we're in this area, we might look at these specialty cases were. but this takes on those early, early stories of lack of tolerance, slavery that involved in slaving indians, as a commercial trade. and those stories are told through the spanish, the spanish we, french explorations, christopher columbus, and the african american experience. and again, this is all done with time periods. bill pick up some of the stories as we keep walking through this area. but these are some of the oldest of the stories we

troan of maryland, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. troan will vote yes on s. 325. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. deutch of florida, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. deutch will vote yes on s. 325. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. mceachin, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. mceachin will vote yes on s.325. as the member designated by ms. porter, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on s. 325. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. david scott of georgia, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. scott will vote yes on s. 325. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman f

host: larry in maryland. to give you a highlight on some of the proposals in the package, separate from the infrastructure bill being voted on tightly today, establishing universal pre-k for three-year-olds and four-year-olds, extending the earned income tax credit and creating federal paid family and medical leave benefits and reduce prescription drug costs and when it comes to issues of climate change it would require the electric utility sector to generate 80% of power from clean energy sources by 2030 and when it comes to those clean energy futures that some of you have commented on this morning it would provide green cards to millions of immigrant workers and their families. for the next 40 minutes we can comment on whether you support the efforts were not in it comes to the budget land. (202) 748-8000 if you support it and say yes. if you say no, (202) 748-8001. text us at (202) 748-8003. dexter is in washington, d.c. you are next. hello. caller: hello. i 100% agree with the plan. i think it's a good de

fitzgerald, i gase lover but -- >> and this from a marylander.> there's just something about being nasty on a fishing boat that i get. >> i love it. >> i love the end are those. this is when it gets real. so, this one, i guess it's for both of you. erika, a lot of code names in your week and want to know what both of you would pick as your code name and i'm going to say i put both your names through a code name generator and i'll let you know what it is at the end. >> zelda. >> code names are very basic, women's names but i feel like -- >> well, the nazis called her artimus, so she did a play on that as diane. she had a little bit of fun with it. but i would be zelda. when guy to starbucks and order i tell them my name is sell -- zelda. >> my name is karin so i have to change it. >> or you get giggles. >> i think i'm going to go with athena because i went to greek high school and so she was our mascot and she is the goddest of wisdom from whom i would like to learn. >> in the combe code name generator neither of you got those.erica you got honest

currently maryland has a republican governor larry hogan. you think of there being another republican governor succeeding larry hogan? >> i'm very confident the democrats will win the governor's spot in maryland. we have great candidates running on the democratic nomination, the democratic nomination. whenever there is an open seat for governor, you know you're going to get a lot of interest. i'm very confident the vision i've seen from those that are running on the democratic side is what the people of maryland want and they want to see that type of progressive leadership in our state. >> maryland senator ben cardin, senator, i hope you get to bed at a decent hour. until then i'll let you get back to work on capitol hill. thanks very much. >>> coming up, persuading the unvaccinated. preaching and arguing don't really work. but a technique called motivational interviewing could help you convince others to get their shots. >>> plus, who better to explain what simone biles might be going through than someone who has been on the mat herself, ol

we turn now to the governor of maryland, larry hogan.nor hogan, thank you very much for being with us. as we have been reporting, this delta variant is rising across the country. we saw in your state of maryland hospitalizations are up something like triple what they were a month ago. what are you seeing? gov. hogan: well, so, we're a little bit luckier than most of the rest of the country, because we're one of the most vaccinated states in america. and we have vaccinated 78% of the people in our state, and nearly 94% of all of our seniors. so, we were down to almost no cases and no hospitalizations, and it's gone up. we're concerned about it, but we're much lower than just about any other state. this delta variant is of great concern to us, though. it's much more contagious. it potentially causes more serious illness. but, right now, we're -- our big focus is just continuing to vaccinate those last few marylanders, because, right now, nearly 100% of all of our hospitalizations and deaths are people who are not vaccinated. judy: you are

the state of maryland was listed as one of the land owners. they are curious how that might have come to be? >> that was land that was confiscated by the state of maryland because it belonged to loyalists. i believe it was the land that was shown here here is the land we talked about this goes to the loyalists i believe the story is that the loyalists had transferred the ownership to his son who was a patriot. but the state of maryland took the land anyway and was in litigation from 110 that's one of the reasons it was not developed. it includes the entire area and all the places that had been confiscated. >> sure we've got another question asking about the paved streets of washington. in particular when they started to be paved and when the streets reached a point there mostly paved. >> that would relate to the introduction of sewers and running water. people could pay to have their own streets paved, which happened in a number of cases. but i actually have not done any study or research i was surprised to find a first he was still unpaved af

anthony, pikesville, maryland, democratic caller. your turn. caller: yes. thank you for taking my call. focusing just on the bill itself i have always supported it. it's useful to everyone who rides the road, rides the rail, cybersecurity. i can understand the shepherding

a phi beta kappa graduate and a member of the board of trustees in a college in maryland. she earned her law degree from george washington university and her mba from loyola university of maryland, where she has also taught law. she has received recognition and financing for research and grants for fellowships for the national endowment for the humanities, brandeis institute, and the american jewish archives. [inaudible] to be sure. she has been a recipient of our society [inaudible] literary award for an earlier article about you guessed it [inaudible]. today we continue that conversation. i'm delighted to welcome her to the society's virtual platform. i'm delighted to welcome our audience for which i promise will be an interesting and informative afternoon. thanks. >> thank you for that wonderful introduction. while i try to share my screen, as i thought i might even though i practiced this, i'm going to take a minute to thank the historical society for making this book possible and indeed making it possible for me to write about bessie margolin. i received enormous assi

, all these peopleburied in maryland .got its general is buried in maryland. i feel like we should all go pay all my to these great towns. >> that's awesome. okay. i'm going to take us to the lightning round. which is a time to screen out your answers. so some questions for both of you and i have targeted questions for each of you. i feel like i have to ask this, it's the historical fiction writers if you could live in any time other than today when would it be ? not now though. >> not the pandemic, to be clear. >> i would not live in any other time because i enjoy indoor plumbing . i also might go on to say the roaring 20s and then i'm like, but i just love telehealth. it was really mixed. >> you think it's better but it's not, it's really scary. >> that's the thing, you have to beáfor women. but the clothes are better and as a person who's embraced pandemics i could use the roaring 20s in my life. >> if you could be any fictional character who would it be ? or nonfictional since you write nonfiction. >> i'm a might secre

he retired in 2017 as the president of the college of southern maryland he now spends much of his time writing about the civil war as a gettysburg town guide and certified guide. most recently he has released a book the mass of the calvary anl the gettysburg campaign he has written 14 books on the civil war many are map studies of campaign of the eastern theater of the civil war three books will be released including one later this month entitled lincoln comes to gettysburg, the story of the gettysburg national cemetery dedication. he is married and has four children and six grandchildren today he will speak to you about the role of the calvary and the gettysburg campaign i will introduce to you bradley gottfried. >> thank you for coming. this could take me three hours to go through. i am going to go very quickly because most people when you pick about gettysburg you think about the battle of gettysburg you don't think about the campaign as much and were gonna talk about the entire campaign not the infantry, i love the infantry but this is goingca toe the role of calvary and i've writt

custer, real quickly, there in maryland, have you seen an uptick in vaccinations? i know 60% of the population is vaccinated, but that's 40% that still needs to get vaccinated. any uptick? >> absolutely. so -- and i do agree with you that full fda approval should help us on the vaccination front. the eligible people in maryland, i think it's greater than 70%, which is excellent. but remember, if you're less than 12, you're not eligible for vaccination at this time. we're working very hard to get approval for vaccine for that younger population. so it is incumbent on all of us as adults and those of us that have children greater than 12 to get out there and get vaccinated. that is what we can do to help protect the most vulnerable and that younger population. so i do expect hopefully this news to get people out and get vaccinated. it's very available. the science says it is extremely safe. and this is a very serious virus and downplaying the seriousness of the virus could be a mistake. so we want to make sure that we use all of our mitigation strategies, vaccination

so maryland, virginia.ated about half of enslaved children from at least one of their children parents. so the economy had dangerous results for black families. for black communities. enslaved people organized and strategized and looked for ways that they could claim some kind of power over their lives. and these were critical -- and one way we can understand these connections is truancy. running away from a farm and staying away for a few nights. maybe they could stay away for a week or two but instead of truancy and running away -- the distinction between running away and truancy is that enslaved people who were described as truant were not necessarily intending to leave the south. there is a woman named sally smith who describes some of her experiences with this. smith was interviewed in the late 1800s, after having survived emancipation. smith talked to an interview about her light in louisiana. as a slate. smith said that at one point she had a quota. she had to pick 150 pounds of cotton each day. if s

all the eligible people in maryland, i think is greater than 70%. but remember that if it's less if you're less than 12, you're not eligible for oxidation at this time. we're working very hard to get approval for a vaccine in that anger population. so, it is incumbent on all of us as adults and those of us who have children greater than 12 to get out there get vaccinated. that is what we can do to help the most vulnerable and that younger population. so hopefully this news to get people out and get vaccinated is very available. the science is is extremely safe. and this is a very serious virus. and downplaying the seriousness of the virus could be a mistake. so we want to make sure that we use all of our mitigation strategies. vaccination and hygiene, masking. and most of all, if you're sick or have symptoms, don't go out and don't send your children to school with symptoms. that will help reduce the spread. >> really quickly dr. bhadelia or dr. custer. i'm wondering, is there a timeline for vaccines for kids? accines for >> jonathan, a huget depend

host: germantown, maryland, this is nate, a democrat. caller: there's no doubt this was a disaster for biden. he bears a lot of responsibility for what has occurred, if not all of it. he is president and should take responsibility for what has occurred. post: that's nate. along with that address, plenty of coverage throughout the day on c-span about the various events, reacting to the fall of kabul, including the emergency you and security council meeting yesterday morning. the u.s. ambassador to the next steps for refugees in afghanistan. here's a portion of what she had to say. [video clip] >> president biden has made clear that any action that put u.s. personnel or our mission at risk will be met with a swift and strong military response. the united states promises to be generous in resettling afghans in our own country and i am heartened by the pledges we have seen from other nations to do the same. we need to all do more and the time to step up is now. we urge afghanistan's neighbors and others in the region and beyond to give refug

really fortunate to be doing it today at this wonderful farm south mountain creamery in middletown, maryland the pharmacist historic and it's surrounded by a number of really important historic civil war sights in this area if you go a few miles to the east in historic frederick, you'll see the national museum of civil war medicine, which is an excellent place to go if you'd like to have a fun way of learning about how medical advances made in the civil war impact us and beneficial way even today nearby. that is the battlefield at monocacy important battle of the civil war now. if you go a bit west from this farm, you'll see the battlefield of antietam one of the most pivotal battles of the civil war and not far beyond that is harper's ferry historic site in the united states. so all of this is in this area if you're visiting these places the farm here at south mountain creamery is a great place to stop by you got great dairy and other food products here that you can enjoy here or bring home. so i highly recommend it and we're really fortunate to have the owner of south mountain creamery her

lee in maryland in september of 1862. now, the battle of south mountain will have a number of famous historic figures in it, including two future u.s. presidents. rutherford b. hayes and william mckinley who will both be fighting for the union. the battle will set up the battle of antitum. it remains the bloodiest day in u.s. history. i'm really happy to be doing this presentation with these animals behind us. my talk will focus on animals on farms like the and in other ways, really played a critical part in almost every major aspect of the civil war. when we talk about animals in the civil war, they performed a number of important functions that i'm going to talk about today. one is as a source of food. another is a source of important materials needed during a war. and they're also a very important way of transporting goods during the civil war. finally, mascots and they play an important role of boosting men's morale when they're in the field. i'm going to start out talking about animals and the important role they pla

my days averaged -- the longest day was down in northern maryland, i did about 24 miles, that was pretty grueling, the third day. the days averaged probably about 14 miles a day. susan: how much preplanning was involved? neil: a lot, but i also allowed for a lot of slack for things to just happen. it's fascinating. if you go into that area, it is extremely hard to find lodging of any kind throughout that whole area up to york. through that whole area i did airbnb's and people's houses. there was a very interesting inn that i stayed in. when i got to southern pennsylvania, i got to an interesting inn called the jackson house. in york i stayed at some airbnb's. you had to plan the lodging. there were places that i also planned to meet various people, because i did not want to leave all the encounters up to chance. i met with historians and writers and various people like that. in many ways, the best was the serendipitous ones. susan: how did covid impact this process? neil: surprisingly little. a year ago, when it was pretty clear that covid was coming on fast, places i wanted to go were c

my days averaged -- the longest day was down in northern maryland, i did about 24 miles, that was pretty grueling, the third day. the days averaged probably about 14 miles a day. susan: how much preplanning was involved? neil: a lot, but i also allowed for a lot of slack for things to just happen. it's fascinating. if you go into that area, it is extremely hard to find lodging of any kind throughout that whole area up to york. through that whole area i did airbnb's and people's houses. there was a very interesting inn that i stayed in. when i got to southern pennsylvania, i got to an interesting inn called the jackson house. in york i stayed at some airbnb's. you had to plan the lodging. there were places that i also planned to meet various people, because i did not want to leave all the encounters up to chance. i met with historians and writers and various people like that. in many ways, the best was the serendipitous ones. susan: how did covid impact this process? neil: surprisingly little. a year ago, when it was pretty clear that covid was coming on fast, places i wanted to go were c

as for dietrich, maryland. well, let's learn more about this. joseph gregory mahoney, a professor of politics of the east china normal university and shanghai. now joining us ly from memphis, tennessee, here on the international very good evening from moscow to usa, is beijing rights, to be outraged by this study into the origins of the virus. absolutely, this is clearly a politicized effort from a government that repeatedly has proven itself possible. the china u. s. has been an incredible source of missed information about china most before and during the pandemic about many different issues. and certainly about the origins of covered, maintain congressional republicans loyal to trump. recently released to report their own report, the choosing china lab. and we have this, this new report from the intelligence community that is well known for lying openly to the american people and the international community to advance american strategic entrance. remember, all 7 is given to the un security council just by invading iraq after 911. and even whe

so the colonial delegation of maryland hosts a feast for the indians in exchange for this name. it's all about this reciprocity. that has to be learned. conrad wisener is there to tap them on the shoulder. hey, they just gave you a name, you better pony up here. at one point at the treaty of lancaster sits down with the colonial delegates, who are about to have a dinner in the courthouse with the indians and says we've got to go over etiquette issues here, guys, and tells them the proper way to interact with these native american dinner guests that they're going to be having. so that kind of emphasis on not just, you know, talking to the indians, but also learning to engage with them in the social way, is very, very important. let's wrap up here by talking a little bit about the outcome of these treaties, what kind of artifacts they produce. so the colonial secretary would be jotting down notes. if an agreement was reached, especially when it came to land, a land session, native americans would have their names written out by the secretary and then they would write these sort of

i spoke to the national museum of civil war medicine up in frederick, maryland. and they're scratching their heads. they're actually studying his case right now. because of the time of wound. and no one can explain how he possibly lived. the surgeons initially, their major concern once they got the bleeding stopped which was not easy. they thought that the mini ball had struck his spine and they were afraid he would be paralyzed. but i don't know how in the world the mini ball would travel right through the middle of the torso and hit something and deflect and come out the back and not hit any vital organs. i mean, that was just, i think, like i said. i think god had something else in store for him that tom didn't know about at that point in his life. did i see a hand over here somewhere? well, thank you all again very much. >>> during the civil war, animals served in a variety of roles from transporting supplies to acting as regimental mascots. next, brad stone talks about general lee's hen, jeff davis, the marching pig, goats on boats and doug the camel. the na

james in maryland, independent line, you are next. caller: good morning. how are you? host: i'm doing well. caller: great. the thing is that it is good we got out of there. we have been there for a while. we forgot the objective. we ended up staying in there. we did not learn from the russians. we boycotted the olympics during the jimmy carter era. our issue was because they supported bin laden. before 9/11, there was an article in the paper that said -- the taliban had been forbidden for selling drugs and alcohol. then, after we went in, about nine months later, you see an article and they are doing more production of this heroin and drugs going all over the world. we have a war on drugs and no-fly zones but they are not taking all of those drugs out on camels to other countries. they are taking them and sending them all over the world we have a war on drugs. this is a thing you never see. let's see the optics of all of these places where we let that go on. i'm glad that that is over. another thing is this. that is the people's religion. you have to respect the choice