he'd been with mckinley as secretary of state when mckinley being re-elect md. he stayed on with mckinley. roosevelt came on after ckinley's assassination. stayed on for the full -- the with roosevelt. he was headed into his fourth presidential term as secretary state. in poor health. e had gone to europe to what was the state of the art for treatment at that time, going for the baths in germany. home, he knew his health was not any better. his diary, his -- just about the final entry in his passage. wrote that and, of course, that's where i got the title from. >> i wanted to ask you -- i ask before you started to do this to read that from page 543, he died as you told us early on july 1, 1905. about the u talk diary and it's where he starts with "i say to myself." now, wouldn't we all love to epitaph like this? i knew when i read this this was going to be title of my book. this is john hay's diary. i should not f, rebel at the thought of my life ending at this time. old, lived to be something i never expect in my youth. i have had many blessings, domestic happi

he came home and president mckinley said, i would like you to come to be my private secretary. the exact same job that john hay had for abraham lincoln. you can imagine how proud his father was to see his son go through this great maturation. job,e he could start the and delbert pay went up to his yale reunion, came back to his hotel room, sitting in the window, smoked a cigarette, fell asleep, and fell. out the window and died. it was an awful year, beginning with his son dying, and then the assassination of mckinley in september, then the death of his writing partner and old friend john and george nicolay, and then his other best friend, clarence king. >> who was clarence king? >> he was sort of the ideal man in the world of john hay. anhad gone to yale, he was explorer, he had gone out as a surveyor, geologist, the first decline of many of the mountains in the sierra. he went on to found the u.s. geological service. hansona wonderful and guy who was well-liked. but he never really thrived in any way. he would run off to start a mining inventor, fail, it would borrow money, s

abraham lincoln's bedside immediately after his assassination, but also at the bedside of william mckinley in 1901. i thought, who could this below be? theourse, when i opened archives, i realized with a rich subject it was. john hay, his life really has two bookends at either end of his biographical shelf. there is lincoln on one end, he was his private secretary, lived in the white house for every war years. so much of what we know about techoln come from hay's with him. he served on the mckinley as well and was secretary of state for teddy roosevelt, so you have these iconic bookends in american history, and then when you look deeper, you realize all the chapters in between, from the civil war to the beginning of the 20th-century, he is a presence in every one of those chapters. his fingerprints are on the pages. in many cases, he has written those chapters in american history. >> when did he live? >> born in 1838, and died on july 1 1905. >> where did his last start? when was born in indiana, he was a young boy, his father was a doctor, which moved to warsaw, ill., which is a mississip

on me that he had been not only at abraham lincoln's bedside, but also at the bedside of william mckinleywho could this fellow be? when i opened the archive, i realize just what a rich subject it was. his life are really had to book ends at the biographical. personalrambling of secretary, private secretary. so much of what we know about lincoln comes from intimate contact with him. on the other end of his life, he served not under -- not only under mckinley but also for teddy roosevelt. it is wonderful, iconic the ends of american history. you realize that all of the chapters in between in american history from the civil war

he served on the mckinley.er mccann the's assassination, he was secretary of state -- mckinley's assassination, he was secretary of state under teddy roosevelt. from the civil war through the beginning of the 20th century, he is a presence in every one of those chapters. his fingerprints are on all of the pages. in many cases, he has written those chapters of american history. 8 p.m. on c-span's "q & a." >> on friday, the president made his first comments on the trayvon martin murder trial. he made his comments in the white house briefing room. >> that is so disappointing. jay, is this the kind of respect you get? on television, it usually looks like you are addressing a full rome. -- full room. all right. sorry about that. do you think anybody else is showing up? good. >> i wanted to come out here, first of all, to tell you that jay is prepared for all your questions and is very much looking forward to the session. the second thing is i want to let you know that over the next couple of weeks, there's going to

inside, we have a picture of william mckinley. even when he was away from her, she would have something to remind her of him. she was known for her crocheted slippers and would spend hours crocheting these slippers. approximatelyade 4000 pairs in her lifetime. .hese are unique for the souls she would make them in various sizes. we have pairs from a child size and they were usually made in a variation of blue or gray. colorsepresent the basic she would use. since she was not able to do other types of work as the first lady, this was one of the things she could contribute. she would donate these to a charity or war veterans or to the options -- to auctions to raise money for a charity. to see some of the more fragile and important pieces, we have to go into our main storage area. this is where we keep the white house stresses and other artifacts. this dress is my favorite. we are in the middle of a conservation process so we can have these dresses repaired so they will be able to be on a mannequin. this one is my favorite because it

at the other end of his life, he served not only under mckinley, but after mckinley's assassination,he was secretary of state for roosevelt. you have these wonderful bookends of american history. you look deep were to realize that all the chapters in between the american history between the civil war and the beginning of the 20th century a was in every one of those chapters. in many cases he has written those chapters of american history. >> john taliaferro on the life of john hay. sunday at 8:00 on c-span's q&a ind is sword home prices gained nationwide. new construction has seen double-digit growth new family home sales have also picked up. , buthomeowners remain overall numbers appear to decline. to make sure these positive trends in housing continue. two tos's role part address fha's short-term challenges. a bipartisan legislation to get fha back on civil footing. effort we will turn to comprehensive finance several reform legislation. much progress has been made but the market has not fully recovered from the great recession. low, evenion remains when baby boomers and participat

mckinley: i rise in opposition to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. to mckinley: first i want just add a congratulations to my colleague from california whose position has evolved over the past couple years. i remember back in 2011 had he a problem and voted against -- he had a problem and voted against recycling material. so to hear him today -- i appreciate that. that was on h.r. 1 in february of 2011. , this is amendment not necessary. because 2218 establishes a minimum standard for protection of coal ash permit programs. the standard of protection is the minimum requirement to set up for this bill. it includes protection such as ground water monitoring, corrective action, specific cleanup and closure requirements for unlined, leaking impoundments. structural building requirements and dust controls. furthermore 2218 establishes a minimum national standard that is based on the existing criteria for musenies pal solid waste land phils, which were promulgated by e.p.a. to, quote, protect human health and the environment. this chart is just a collectio

mckinley, has put in to perfect this legislation. indeed, the legislation includes numerous provisions offered by democrats, and even reflects input by president obama's own environmental protection agency. the legislation was prompted by a move in june of 2010 by the environmental protection agency, to regulate coal combustion residuals. in this rule the environmental protection agency set out three proposals for coal residuals, commonly referred to as coal ash. coal residuals are often recycled in an environmentally sound fashion and repurposed for parks, golf courses, and any other number of state manners. unfortunately many in the industry viewed these proposed environmental protection agency regulations as placing barriers to the continued use or recycling of coal ash. in response to these concerns mr. mckinley's bill would provide for minimum federal standards but allow states to craft a permitting program that could be tailored to the needs in each individual state. the bill makes clear that it does not provide the environment

this also at the bedside of william mckinley. i realize what a which subject it was. his life has two book ends. he lived there for four years. it was what he came there. it was from intimate contact. . he has these wonderful iconic look ends on american history. when he look deeper he realizes that of the chapters. this is a presence in every one of those chap tours. his being her prints are on all of the cases. in many cases he has written those. tonight at 8:00 on c-span. >> are guest is henry waxman of california. he is the lead democrats. he is a ranking mentor. he has all kinds of issues come before including the economy and the environment, healthcare, thank you for being with us. >> this is a congressional reporter for the hill. you are up first. >> thank you for being here. i wanted to start off on an energy and commerce topic. president obama came out and started talking about the trayvon martin verdict. it is a very racially sensitive thing. are callingpeople for the doj to investigate it. they are calling for congress to step in and take a look at --e of t

this also at the bedside of william mckinley. i realize what a which subject it was.

mckinley wasn't saying, that she was crippled, that she was catholic. [laughter] remember, this is 1896. the theater roosevelt family came to white house with young children. not since the garfield age had such young children been there. received aelt tremendous amount of mail from the public concerned, and dictated to her what should be the proper education of the president's children. as she said, one needs to feel that all ones private life is public property. she wrote the president, you isnot think how much anxiety in the country but the children's education. house, the notion of a first lady decorating the white on a politicalk purpose during the theater roosevelt administration, when during the renovation of 1903, when the firm of mckinley and white, mrs. roosevelt worked with the architect in constructing what was essentially a stage setting. giving america and imperial look , with the classic white columns, and the emblems of the flag, and the equal. giving the image of america as the world superpower it had become. by the early 20th century, t

against william jennings bryan, and mckinley's campaign manager was mark hanna who is karl rove's role model. not a joke. i have discussed it with karl rove, a huge ad my error who went around to all the biggest corporations in america at the time and got huge donations and crushed him with money and he was famous for saying that are two things that are important in politics, money and i can't remember what the second one is. this election, 116 years later, was partly about that. you had a fellow on the republican side who gave $100 million to one person. and spend quite a bit of time in the book explaining how the obama campaign used digital technology to win. everybody knows that they did but i wanted to explain how they did that to be one of the most interesting figures after they were able to increase their online fund-raising 10fold over a three or four months period turned down the average obama donation was $66 and the average mitt romney donation, romney's treasurer wasn't exactly sure when i asked about that but he said it was over $1,000 per person so this one's a 99% versus

life, heher end of his served not only under mckinley, but after mckinley's assassination, he was theosevelt. you have these wonderful bookends of american history. when you look deeper, you realize that all of the chapters in between in america's history from the civil war through to the beginning of the 20th century, he is a presence in every one of those chapters. his fingerprints are on auto pages. in many cases, he has written those chapters of american history. ferro on the life "q&a." hague on c-span's >> congressional leadership hosted a ceremony to honor nelson mandela. he served 27 years in prison and he was the first democratically elected president. from emancipation hall at the u.s. capitol visitors center, this is one hour and a half. [drums beating] ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning and welcome to the united states capital. in recent weeks, reports on nelson mandela has refocused the world's attention on this rhubarb noble statesman and the rich expense of his life -- this remarkable statesman and the rich expanse of his life. it can almost feel lik

mckinley, for seven minutes. the chair: the gentleman from west virginia is recognized for seven minutes. mr. mckinley: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today in support of h.r. 2218. for 33 years congress has wrestled unproductively with how to deal with coal ash. an unavoidable byproduct of burning coal. after countless hearings, meetings, and amendments, we come here today with a solution. over the past 2 1/2 years, we listened to environmental organizations, industry, senators, the states, the e.p.a. now the bill has strong bipartisan support with democrat co-sponsors and a broad coalition of over 300 organizations and businesses, including state environmental officials, governors, recyclers, manufacturers, coal miners, coal operators, and labor unions to name a few. if we don't act decisively, congress will once again kick the can down the road. . that would mean the status quo continues. at the committee hearing earlier this year, the e.p.a. administrator testified that states have the ability to ensure prop

william mckinley's mother was ed in campaign paraphernalia as a symbol of the close mckinley family since the couple themselves had no children. the president's obsession with his wife, either the demands on his team and his attention was turned into a pious devotion of being he was called a saintly husband. it was marked the first time that a biography, a campaign biography was issued on a president's wife. it was done so to counteract all sorts of rumors that mrs. mckinley was insane, that she was crippled and that she was catholic. emember, this is 1896. the theodore roosevelt family with the white house young children. not since the garfield days had such young children been there and mrs. roosevelt received a tremendous amount of mail from the public actually concerned in dictating to her what should be the proper education of the president's children. as she said, one hates to feel that all one's private life is public property. she wrote the president, you can't think how much diapers vadse the country about the children's education. i receive dozens of letters from schools and tut

and on the other end of his life, he served not only under mckinley, but after mckinley's assassination secretary of state for teddy roosevelt durin. so you have these wonderful iconic bookends of american history. then you realize that all the chapters in between that in american history, from the civil war to the beginning of the 20th century, he is a presence in every one of those chapters. his fingerprints are on all those pages. in many cases, he has written those chapters in american history. >> john oliver on the life of on c-ay sunday at 8:00 span skew and eight. .- on c-span's q&a >> and now i talk on tax policy. bys is part of an effort the to committee leaders to get support for updating the u.s. tax code and one of many planned events around the country. from the economic club, this is 45 minutes. >> for those that are still eating, do it quietly. the chairmen of the economics committee in washington, i would like to introduce those that might not be familiar, senator baucus is from montana. he is a native of montana, and educated at stanford and a law degree, going back aft

inside, we have a picture of william mckinley. would have something to remind her of him. she was known for her crocheted slippers and would spend hours crocheting these slippers. we think she made approximately thesepairs in her lifetime. are unique for the soles that they have. they were leather soles on the bottom. she would make them in various sizes. we have pairs from a child size and they were usually made in a variation of blue or gray.or an ivory color. these represent the basic colors she would use. since she was not able to do other types of work as the first lady, this was one of the things she could contribute. she would donate these to a charity or war veterans or she would donate them to the auctions to raise money. to see some of the more fragile and important pieces, we have to go into our main storage area. this is where we keep the white house dresses and other artifacts. this dress is my favorite. we are in the middle of a conservation process so we can have these dresses repaired, so they will be able to be on

mckinley: thank you. chairman, i would like to thank you and the committee for this piece of legislation that's before us today. throughout the entire bill, we can see efforts that will result in more efficient use of taxpayer dollars. additionally, it's encouraging to see that the emphasis on certain research accounts at the national laboratory technology laboratory. it's clear that you understand the challenges that the fossil fuel industry faces in trying to meet the excessive regulations imposed by this administration. however, i am concerned that the $78 million cut from current funding in this amended legislation represents a 16% reduction in funds and will have dire consequences for managing grants and contracts to conduct the necessary research and development fossil - of fossil fuel energy. america needs -- america depends on fossil research. on fossil resources for over 80% of our energy needs. and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. as you know, funding for this research and deve

on the other end of his life he served not only under mckinley, but he was the secretary of state for teddy roosevelt. you have these wonderful, iconic book ends of american history. you realize all of the chapters in between an american history from the civil war through to the beginning of the 20th century, he is a presence and everyone of those chapters. his fingerprints on every one of those chapters. in many cases he has written those chapters of american history. sunday atliaferro 8:00 on c-span q&a. >> we do not know enough about our first ladies. scratch the surface, and you'll find lives that often surpassed their husbands and dreams and fortitude. our original first lady series examines the public and private lives of these women and influence on the presidency. watch the presentation from martha washington to ida mckinley weeknights and august starting august 5 on c-span. journal" gton continues. lehost: let me introduce you to ribble.ressman read fribbid what is that? congressen i came to 2.5 years ago there was no place in congress were republicans and democrats could com

know ryan takes that seriously that's the puts these real issues into you know the the halls of mckinley i you think the public is strongly moving yeah i think it's over it's in it over fifty percent anyway it's fifty six percent fifty six percent of the thing is that it was back to a vote total for who would play which has a yeah i think that not only is it fifty for sixty percent now i think it's like jumped ten points in like just four years ago is that so it's happening like it was sort of be like this yeah yeah well i'll go back to. what's hollywood game night hollywood game what we do this thing and hollywood i don't know if you do it here doesn't see you peasants out here the game nights where you play these are very low reference level games you don't need to know tolstoy or it think like that it's all about pop culture and. we do our little version of charades a name that tune in this game celebrity sean hayes is pretty famous for having them in his house on he's a great guy as you know on the show he is executive producer he created this baby it worked on his own his own the pa

classically trained in debt of one type -- a onetime head of the department and performed for president mckinley, a taft, but douglas barely to it agreed to interest in his grandson. >> if this is him on the lecture proforma slew that struck the in negative a kiva shadow to my friend to the does the mentioned earlier he walks through the city streets and alexander saw how he kept his hair and a very young age. >> host: will keep my hair that way and frederick douglass period the lady who was whites even the was against the law he never was a sellout but douglas always identified as a black man or a black person with the women, young folks, it is jerry purposeful he kept it the way that he did in his autobiography there is two letters from garrison and philips when they travel the circuit he took douglas under his wing and said if you want to tell history history, history will only be told the right way when the lion is rating history and is believed to be the african proverb so he took that to heart so walking around the streets of washington d.c. he kept that wine image. >> frederick douglass s

ryan takes that seriously that's the puts these real issues into you know the lives in the halls of mckinley i you think the public is strongly moving yeah i think it's over it's in it over fifty percent anyway it's fifty percent fifty six percent of the thing is that it was back to a vote telephone you would pay which has a yeah i think that not only is it fifty for sixty percent now i think it's like jumped ten points in like just four years ago is that so it's happening like it was sort of be like this yeah yeah well i'll go back to. what's hollywood game night hollywood game what we do this thing and hollywood i don't know if you do it here or doesn't see you peasants out here at the game nights where you play these are very low reference level games you don't need to know tolstoy or it think like that it's all about pop culture and. we do our little version of charades and name that tune in this game celebrity sean hayes is pretty famous for having them in his house on he's a great guy on the show he is an executive producer he created this baby it worked on his own his own the parties

at the other end of his life, he served only under mckinley. he was the secretary of state for teddy roosevelt. you have wonderful iconic bookends. when you look deeper you realize that all of the chapters in between in american history from the civil war through to the beginning of the 20th century, a presence in every one of those chapter. his fingerprints are on all of the pages. and in many case he's a written those chapters of american history. who was celebrating his 95th birthday. mandela served 27 years in prison and was south africa's first democratically elected president. representative maxine waters who organized antiappar tide protests and attending his inauguration said the leader was, quote, the most historic figure in the world in the past 100 years. other speakers including -- the south african ambassador to the united, and marry francis berry former chair of the civil rights commission who participated in this 90 minute ceremony. ♪ [drum beat] ♪ ♪ [drum beat] ♪ [drum beat] ♪ [drum beat] ♪ [drum beat] [cheering and applause] la

inside, we have a picture of william mckinley. even when he was away from her, she would have something to remind her of him. she was known for her crocheted slippers and would spend hours crocheting these slippers. we think she made approximately 4000 pairs in her lifetime. these are unique for the soles that they have. they were leather soles on the bottom. she would make them in various sizes. we have pairs from a child size and they were usually made in a variation of blue or gray. or an ivory color. these represent the basic colors she would use. since she was not able to do other types of work as the first lady, this was one of the things she could contribute. she would donate these to a charity or war veterans or she would donate them to the auctions to raise money. to see some of the more fragile and important pieces, we have to go into our main storage area. this is where we keep the white house dresses and other artifacts. this dress is my favorite. we are in the middle of a conservation process so we can have these dres

at the other end of his life, hayes served not only under mckinley, but after mckinley's assassination, he was secretary of state for teddy roosevelt. you have these wonderful, iconic bookends in american history. when you look deeper, you realize that all of the chapters in between in american history on the civil war through to the beginning of the 20th century, he is a presence and everyone of those chapters. his fingerprints fingerprints are on all the pages. in many cases, he has written those chapters of american history. taliaferro on the life of jonathan hage on c-span's "q&a." >> the u.s. house passed a major revision of the 2001 no child left behind act. after the vote majority leader eric cantor discussed the next items on the congressional agenda, the 2014 budget and the farm bill. this is 25 minutes. mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour into an :00 p.m. for legislative business. on tuesday and wednesday, the housel meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning our and noon for legislative business. on thursday, the house will meet at 99:00 a.m. for legislat

on the other hand his life, he mckinley, only under but the secretary of state for teddy roosevelt. even of these wonderful, iconic bookends of american history pretty realize all of the chapters in between from the civil war through to the beginning of the 20 century as a presence in every one of those chamfers -- chapters. >> the life of "john pang -- of john hay. >> at a hearing to reconfirm them is of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey told mummers of the service committee they are not ruling out the use of forces in syria. when asked by john mccain, he declared to -- declined to offer his opinion on intervention. senator mccain put a hold on his confirmation. hours -- 1.55 hours. >> thank you. let me ask you the standard ourtions which we ask of military nominees. -- have addressed the you at hereto apical -- applicable laws? >> yes, i have. yes sir. >> you agree when asked to give your personal views, even if party infer from the power question were >> yes. >> will you ensure that your staff complies with deadlines established requested communications, including

i think he shot mckinley. >> bill: he would be too old.e couldn't do that. >> i think he gave zachery taylor end rights. gave william son e he caused warn harding's heart attack. i think he shot j.r. ewing. and he think he might have knocked up january jones from mad men. >> you are going to have a lot of first kisses. >> bill: we will put you in the not sure category: do you believe and this is a legitimate poll ladies and gentlemen, do you believe media, the government adds secret mind controlling technology to television broadcast signals? do you believe that? 15% say yes, there are the secret things coming in your living room. 70% say no. no, they don't and 15%. nbc there might be something to this question. >> i definitely believe they exist. cause commercials. particular tach. i don't even want them. secret mind controlling? >> yeah. of course, they put that thing where they make the desert and flash the coke sign. remember that years ago? >> sure. >> what does that do? thirsty want to move to the desert. >> maybe go see lawrence of

the unit that rutherford served in and future president mckinley .as a member of the 23rd oh vi he and his family were frequent guest here. veteran groups were always welcomed. when they would gather on the ground and come to sit and talk, they would sit in this formal parlor. lucy was a wonderful hostess and wanted people to feel very welcome here. this is where they would sit and discuss the issues of the day. they would have posted a number of political figures, including future presidents taft and william tecumseh sherman was a guest as well as a number of other national political figures. as a political partner with her husband entertaining these figures and serving in the role of hostess, that would have been incredibly important. >> lucretia and james garfield had a great love of books and knowledge and created a learning environment for their family. , she established the prelude to a presidential library. >> this is the parlor, the way it looked during james garfield 's 1880 campaign. the former parlor and family lucretia spent a lot of time with their children. iny lost two c

and he serves not only under mckinley, but after mckinley's assassination he was the secretary of state for teddy roosevelt. so you have this wonderful iconic individual and then we look deeper you realize all of the chapters in between from the civil war to the beginning of the 20th century is someone who has fingerprints on all of these pages. in many cases, these are written in the pages of american history. >> sunday at 8:00 p.m., john oliver. on c-span "q&a". >> we do not know enough about our first ladies in the fine lines that often surpass their husbands in drama and fortitude. presidential historian richard norton smith and the first lady's influence and image. >> max baucus and dave camp and the ways and means committee took their efforts to reform the tax code on the road today. i spoke with community leaders to update the tax code. this runs about 45 minutes. >> for those of you who are still eating, please do it quietly. we would appreciate some quiet eating. thank you so much. we are very honored today to have the chairman of the senate finance committee and the chairman o

for many years in the 1970's and 1980's i served on board of directors of the mckinley-dirksen research senator in illinois. really state-of-the-art research facility. neil macneil did biography of everett dirksen. >> was he the show horses and the workhorses? >> he was both. he really was both. may be little more on the show horse side. there he was at the tournament of rose parade grand marshal 1968. he was cutting record albums using his magnificent voice. i heard ken burns, respond to a question, what your favorite story about the capital. he had to think. he did a film on the capital in the 1980's on congress. in that film, there's a story about these ladies who came and stopped everett dirksen outside the door of his republican leader's office. ladies, you wish to work with me. what can i say to you. one of the ladies said, nothing senator, we just wanted to hear you. he was so theatrical. this is a man who grew up in a country outdoor theater circuit and was very proud of his voice and was indeed an actor. people criticized dirksen for being -- he was too infusive. the grand old

mckinley: later today the president will once again refocus his efforts on jobs. well, house republicans never lost our focus on jobs. we have a plan to create jobs, growing our economy, secure our future for all americans by expanding opportunity, not expanding government. our plan holds the government accountable to hardworking taxpayers. our plan raines in runaway government spending. our plan combats waste and abows in government. our plan promotes an all-of-the-above, all-american energy strategy that will create jobs, lower energy costs and sfrengen our national security. -- strengthen our national security. these are commonsense solutions that the american people deserve. it's not fair that washington liberals keep offering up only more spending and political games. real solutions to real problems, that's the american commitment. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. maloney: mr. speake

and he performed for president mckinley. and for president taft. unfortunately he died before duets at the white house and he spent a lot of time together and there is a couple of images of them together. it is rare. 19th century to have the two folks together but douglass really took an interest in his grandson. this is frederick douglass in the library. this frederick douglass. we will have time to squeeze in one more question. this is the lecture platform. okay good. frederick doug lax why call the line of anna cost yeah. that struck me. i will give a shout out to the modern day line. and he roams the street to make sure everybody is right. douglass said. i will keep my hair that way. he married helen pitts white. against the law in some states frederick douglass never a brandoned black folks or like a sell out or all of the other various uncle tom he knew the real life uncle tom. but douglass always identified as black man. a black person and champ beyonded the cause of black folks. women. young folks. so it was purpose full that he kept the ha

life, other in-depth his -- on the other end of his life, he served under mckinley.was the secretary of state for eddie roosevelt. you have these wonderful, iconic bookends of american history. when you look deeper, you realize that all of the chapters in between from the civil war through to the beginning of the 20th century, he is a presence in every one of those. >> the life of john hay. sunday at 8:00. >> the chief of naval operations reporters on the effect of the sequestration budget cuts they plan to prevent sexual assault and other issues. >> thank you for the opportunity to get back together. i appreciate your time here. i was recently reminded last night why they're the finest navy. some of you and your help support that. i want to say thank you very much. it is amazing what our sailors and coast guardsmen are doing out there. thank you for your support in that regard. the trip to the george bush to see the system landing reminded me why these folks we have out i thank you for showing our sailors and their environment. this is the 40 anniversary of the all

mckinley, for their work on this issue. i am proud to support the underlying legislation that student success act that removes the one size fits all federal annual mandates that are strangling local school districts and forcing teachers to teach to the test. while testing is an important part of a school's assessment, we can agree that other measures such graduation rates, involvement in advanced classes or extracurricular activities are also an important indicator of where a school district stands in their effort to to educate our children. this amendment would allow state and local education agencies to use multiple measures when it comes to these assessments. state and local legislators should be encouraged to base academic achievement systems on these measures. no child left behind is showing that schools are being labeled and punished based on testing scores alone and that's not fair this amendment gives states further flexibility to include program turnovers their choosing in their accountability systems to better mea

mckinley i believe had epilepsy. her husband's critics back to that time, we did not have an empathy or understanding, they went after her for that. imagine how difficult that was for first families. they've been getting hit since martha washington criticized or having too many horses. there's a long history of this with them stepping up into the lime light and taking shots to the chin. >> we have just a few minutes eft. i want to move to the personal if i may and ask each of you to pick a first lady about whom we don't know enough for whatever eason. presumably because you admire er or she has some relevance to this audience or even to the future of the job. bob? >> all right. the reason i wrote the first book was sarah's children's poem. presidents from number eight to martin van buren to number 15 were some of the worse presidents we ever had except for polk. polk was a pretty good president. i was going to do a book on why polk was a good president. i learned about sarah polk. there was a letter from franklin pea

and then he serve not only with mckinley, but after that he was serving for teddy roosevelt you have these wonderful icons of american history. and then you realize that all of the captives are in between and the civil roller grew to the beginning of the presence and every one of those chapters in some of the cases in many cases he had written those chapters of american history. >> the life of john kay on c-span "q&a". >> now a house appropriations subcommittee hearing looking at the 2014 state department budget that discusses as well as humanitarian and response efforts. this is 25 minutes. >> good morning and welcome to the subcommittee markup of fiscal year 2014 state operations bill. i want to begin by thanking the ranking member for her dedication and her leadership as the ranking member of the full committee. we have a really strong working relationship and it is such important work of this committee and it is such a pleasure to work with her and i respect her very much. i want to thank all of the members of the subcommittee from both sides of the aisle for their participation

lloyd travers from the church where president mckinley last prayed prior to being shot and assassinated. this is the altar and it was brought to bakersfield. this is a little photograph of the outside of the church and you can see how quaint this little church was. there are lots of very interesting pretty much national, nationally known items and things going on in kern county that people don't know about. that is what is so fascinating about all of this. you find these things and you can save them and this is what we are trying to do is save these things for prosperity so people will learn. back here as we go further into the depths of the collection i have a very interesting photograph that i think you might enjoy. this is a photograph of diverse fields ask was taken at the time, taken pretty much just before he was hanged in i think 1874. vazquez was what you would call a noted banditos in california. the ladies loved vazquez. in fact i have letters and notes from ladies who visited him in jail as he was waiting for his trial and sentencing. it's just fascinating what people would d

not only at abraham lincoln's bedside after his assassination, but also at the bedside of william mckinley. i thought who could this fellow be, and when i open the archives, i realized what a rich subject it was. as toey, his life bookends. there is lincoln on one hand. he was abraham lincoln's personal secretary. abouth of what we know lincoln comes from hayes contact with him. he was the secretary of state for teddy roosevelt. you have these iconic opens of american history. when you look deeper, you realize that all of the chapters in between, from the civil war through the beginning of the 20th century, he is a present in all of those chapters. in many cases, he has written those chapters of american and. sunday 8:00 p.m. on c-span "q&a." jackie was raised as her mother was raised. she was the same kind of post this. the entertaining -- that was her heritage and she did it again in the white house. right after her administration, during the johnson years, the world erupted like volcanoes. we had the women that went to work, got divorced this and demanded equal rights. we had free love,

on the other end this life, he served not only under mckinley but teddy roosevelt.hen you look deeper, you realize that all of the chapters waretween from the civil through to the beginning of the 20th century, hay is a presence in every one of those chapters. -- aregerprints all or all over the pages. on the lifeaferro of john hay. sunday 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> jackie was raised as her mother was raised. she was the same kind of wife and hostess. the home, the children, the entertaining with style and panache. that was her heritage, and she did it in the white house. years, thejohnson whole world erupted like volcanoes and we had the women who went to work and got divorces and demanded equal rights. we had flower children and we had free love and free sex. it was great for the young. i missed all that. [laughter] the whole world changed and it became a whole new concept of women. i think mrs. clinton today represents the new woman. >> as we continue our weversation on first ladies, talk about the role of the first lady and how how it has changed along with the na

watch the encore presentation from martha washington to ivan mckinley weeknights in august at 9 p.m.eastern started -- starting august 5 on c-span. >> next a discussion on the marine corps and the future technology of war. >> host: in our last hour of the washington on wednesdays we take a look at recent magazine articles as part of our spotlight on magazine series. we want to show you the cover story of popular mechanics, the future of war, elite u.s. forces deployed new tech and tactics for tomorrow's conflict. senior editor of popular mechanics is joining us from new york to talk about the peace. joe, you went to the marine corps air ground combat center in the mojave desert. what is it and what's going on? >> guest: the combat center at twentynine palms is located close to joshua tree national park, and is a massive, sprawling desert environment where the marines can be very high fidelity life our combat training at the battalion level. it's one of the few places where they can use all the weapons they have at their disposal to train before deployment. so you have tanks, helicopt

mckinley of west virginia and mr. barletta of pennsylvania. our amendment puts $350 million back into the community development block grant program. the cdb fwmbings' budget has been reduced by $1.3 billion from last year and these reductions, we believe, will deeply affect our local communities. with our national debt approaching $17 trillion, it is critical that congress tighten its belt and direct limited resources to the most important priorities. i believe that funding for cdbg is a high priority. this amendment has been scored by the congressional budget office and will not increase the budget authority proposed in this bill. in fact, it will reduce the outlays for fiscal year 2014 by $109 billion. the cdbg block grant program plays a critical role for many communities trying to find funds to improve lower income and -- in underutilized areas and helps tremendously in the rural areas. in my home state of west virginia, there are still some west virginians have to drive to fill up a water tank because they don't have access to safe drinki

mckinley. starting august 5 on c-span the houses approved a defense spending bill.members considered to amendments . this portion of the debate is 40 minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. the amendment i offer clarifies and confirms the scope of two programs that mr. snowden exposed while sitting in a hotel room in communist china. no u.s. citizen can be targeted. u.s. person can be targeted under section 702 by the u.s. government. the u.s. person may be subject to an investigation. they may not do so under section 702. that is what this amendment intends to clarify. the second part of the amendment clarifies section 215. this is also known as section 501 of fisa. be storedcation can or collected by the national security agency. that is no e-mail, no video clips, no skype. no record of the actual conversation can be collected by the national security agency. i cannot repeat that enough. i want to make clear that the nsa has not been acting outside the scope of its authorities. the metadata authority is set up with oversight by all three branches of government. this i

watch the encore presentation of first ladies, from martha washington to ida mckinley, weeknights august starting august 5 on c-span. interestingly, the korean war in a sense would help the south s unify themselves in a way that was not there before. when the communists came down, they were brutal. and a lot of the south koreans turned against the communists in the north. that sort of solidified, i think, the sense of national cohesion and identity. macarthurk general miscalculated because had he waited, it is every possible the south would have disintegrated on its own. >> 60 years after north korean troops also the 38 parallel a look at the war that never really ended. sunday night at 9:00 on "afterwords" part of book tv this weekend on c-span two. " continues.journal are back with a delicate donna christensen who represents the virgin islands, a democrat, and a member of the congressional black caucus. i want to begin with the meeting you had with the president recently and the other 43 members of the congressional black caucus to talk about policy issues. what was on the agenda? what

bill cassidy running against congressman landrieu and the other is offered by congressman david mckinleynd that is the beenash bill which has labeled a hazardous material. this is a bipartisan bill level that they house floor. as you see gas prices rise, you always see more talk on capitol hill of energy. it is no surprise in the east of the summer that house republicans have scheduled a couple of energy bills. host: in his big speech on global warming issues, environmental issues, president obama talked about doing things through the executive branch and not through congress. to lower carbon emissions. is anything happening on capitol hill right now that has -- that have been -- that members have tried to move on carbon emissions? guest: the president has failed to try to get climate bills through. one passed the house. nancy pelosi was able to muscle a bill for the lower chamber and installed in the senate. president obama is going to use his administration powers to address climate change and they will be a series of rule making that they will issue. congress can overturn these rolls

firstl ladies" examines the public and private lives of first ladies from martha washington to item mckinleyweek nights starting next week at 9:00 eastern on c- span. host: this week's spotlight on magazine sekhmet takes a look at "national journal." segement.e said thank you for being here, michael hirsch. you write for nearly 20 years most of these companies, haveca's biggest sectors, the intelligence companies bidding says they find homeland security companies have for their way into privately-run and digital infrastructure. guest: well, i think it is important to have a perspective on this. as we piece together exactly what the edward snowed in at weeks mean and what is out there, because we did not know fully what is out there. -- edward snowden. the history of it, it goes back a couple of decades. actual private sector government corporation goes back much further than that. goes all the way back to world ii and a program called shamrocks whereby the government started monitoring outgoing telegrams. this went on for decades. the 1970's when it was discovered and caused a hughes -- huge