announcer: in the weeks ahead, we will hear from pat shriver, helen bentley, barbican l.a., nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. announcer: c-span, were history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. announcer: we are back live now for the confederate icons conference. battlefieldsvalley foundation ceo kevin walker on the politics of conserving confederate heritage icons. kevin: i would like to thank you once again for coming and spending the day talking about such a controversial issue, spending the day learning from one another. i am thrilled by the speaking panel we had today. dr. robinson opened this up in true style. not have the body of knowledge about the american civil war that we do today if it were not fo

nancy johnson from connecticut talked about how she and barbara boxer were interested in women working out in the gym, members' gym, and the difference between the difference in the gym that the male members had and the difference in the women. the women's gym had just a rowing machine and nothing much at all. they talked about how they went to the member who was in charge of the committee that was overseeing the gyms and he talked about the exercise equipment, and he just couldn't understand. the quote that she said he used was, why would you want to have muscles? why would you want to build muscles? i think it was just some of those instances that seemed so comical now but that the male members, especially from a different generation, they just didn't understand some of the things that women take for granted now. >> that in a way answers my next question, which is how candid did you find these women? they're politicians, they're used to speaking carefully. how truthful were they? did you believe their stories? >> i think they were quite truthful. one of the interesting things, there

. >> in the weeks ahead, we'll schroeder, sue kanellly, nancy johnson. sunday at histories 10 a.m. eastern on american history t.v. on c-span 3. states purchased alaska from russia in 1867 for two cents an acre. president dwight d. eisenhower signed the state act. up, we visit the foundation to learn about one of the longest serving members of congress. >> mr. president, alaska was not a folly. it is no longer an impoverished territory. and anis a great state essential contributor to our nation's energy security and national defense. i am proud to have had a role in tos transformation, working help alaska achieve its potential. it has been and will continue to life's work. >> senator ted stephens was senator moreor over 40 years. senator stephens was involved in the seminole legislative initiatives that helped shape alaska. continuing on through the claims settlement act, the conservation and trans-alaskat, the pipeline act and numerous others that we're going to talk about today. the ted stevens foundation was created in 2001 as a way to his service and to apply his legacy to outr

. >> in the weeks ahead, we will hear from pat schroeder, helen bentley, barbara cannoli, nancy johnsonand lynn woolsey. watch oral history sunday at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> american history tv on c-span3 is in prime time next week starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. monday night, ronald reagan and the cold war with highlights of the presidents 1987 trip to west berlin. to sue night, oral histories interviews with former women members of congress with susan molinari and pat schroeder. wednesday night, for speech writers for bill clinton and george w. bush talk about how they are mitigated policy ideas from the president's point of view. thursday night, world war ii vide films featuring the 20 year anniversary of the movie saving private ryan. friday night, the confederate icons conference on the history and future of confederate heritage, my nimitz, and the monuments, and the battle site. watch in primetime on c-span3. we are back live in harrisonburg, virginia at the icons conference hosted by the shenandoah valley battlefield association. our coverage continues

the weeks ahead we will hear from pat schroeder, eva clayton, helen bentley, barbara and ellie, nancy johnson and lynn wolseley. watch oral histories sunday at 10 am on american history tv on c-span3 sunday night on q and a, constitutional lawyer david stewart on his impeached. the trial of andrew johnson and the fight for lincoln's legacy. >> it's a scandal. the chapter on johnson, i will speak beyond that. thechapter on jantz johnson should be expunged from every library in the country. it focuses on an amendment lost who is credited with casting a single vote that saved johnson's tail . and it caused bosses vote the most heroic moment in american history. i think it was water that was purchased. and saving johnson i think was not a heroic moment. >> david stewart sunday night at eight eastern on q and a. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and the public policy events in washington dc and around th

clayton, helen bentley, barbara tonelli, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. and on newsmakers, ben cardin. at the ninth circuit trajectory anthonyial, justice kennedy talked about his decision to retire from the supreme court, effective at the end of the month. this is 40 minutes. >> thank you all very much. what a great privilege it is for all of us to be here, particularly for us to be up here on this stage with justice kennedy. as i mentioned monday, this is a very unique conference. justice kennedy is our representative. you will see something in a moment, we are looking at it. he has been with us in these conferences and fully supportive. this is his last as a sitting justice. he will always be our friend, welcome to come back. with that backdrop, this conversation has some special meaning to all of us. thank to recognize and justice kennedy's wife for being here. thank you. [applause] discover things at these conferences when you meet with folks you haven't seen in a wild. b

ahead, we'll weeks hear from pat schroder, eva cl helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. sunday on histories american history tv on c-span 3. looking at congress next week, continues its summer district work period with members not expected back for legislative work until tuesday, .eptember 4th the u.s. senate, though, will be in session with the chamber at 3:00 p.m.monday eastern for debate on the nomination of rick grant to be a the 11th circuit court. she's a former clerk for supreme brett cavanaugh and was on president trump's retiring justice anthony kennedy. follow the senate live on competence 2 and the house on c-span. >> on c-span next week in prime presidentsy, former george w. bush and bill clinton on lessons from a life in politics. tuesday, nasa administrator jim on president trump's proposal to create a military space force. wednesday, the 2018 national governors association summer meeting on transformation of the workforce by artificial intelligence. thursday at 10:00 p.m., the netroots conference from new jersey senatorw corey booker and penn

weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barbara lynnli, nancy johnson, and woolsey. >> this is american history tv on c-span three. while we wait for this conference to get under way here are highlights of this weekend's programming on the c-span networks. >> a lot of people don't want my kids to read stories that are sad and downbeat. that is not in italy legitimate say. illegitimate thing to there is also a point beyond when areey are 14 now, you going to introduce them to the idea not everything is perfect outside of your all-white suburb? those questions create the dumpster fire of mass censorship of books by marginalized people. depth, fiction edition. the author will discuss his latest book. doctorowwith corey by twitter or facebook. sunday, august 5 on book tv, on c-span2. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 19 79, c-span was created as a public service by american service cable television companies. coverageyou unfiltered of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in d.c. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider.

from pat schroeder, ava clayton, helen bentley, barbara tonelli, nagy --nson, and lynn woolsey nancie johnsonlynn woolsey . american history tv on c-span3 is in prime time next week starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. monday night ronald reagan and the cold war with highlights of the presidents 1987 trip to west berlin. tuesday night oral histories interviews with former women members of congress with susan molinari and patch wrote her. former speechwriters talked about how they communicated policy ideas from the present point of view. film'sar ii d-day thursday night featuring the 20 year anniversary of the movie saving private ryan and friday night the confederate icons conference on the history and future of confederate heritage monuments and the battle flag. watch american history tv in primetime on c-span3. >> lots of people feel like i don't want my kid to read sad, disturbing, downbeat stories. that is not a totally illegitimate thing to say, i want to choose as a parent when my kid understands stuff that might bring them grief. there's a point beyond which, they are 14 now, when are you go

. >> in the weeks ahead, we'll schroeder, sue kanellly, nancy johnson. sunday at histories 10 a.m. eastern on american history t.v. on c-span 3. states purchased alaska from russia in 1867 for two cents an acre. president dwight d. eisenhower signed the state act. up, we visit the

ahead we will hear from pat schroeder, sue myrick, eva clayton, ellen bentley, barbara canales, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10 am eastern on american history tv. or see stiff and i do c-span -- c-span three. >>> sunday night on q and a, constitutional lawyer david stewart and his book impeached, the trial of andrew johnson in the fight for lincoln's legacy. >> it's a scandal, a chapter on johnson, i won't speak beyond that. the chapter on johnson should be expunged from every library in the country. it focuses on a fellow named edmund roth who was credited with casting the single vote that saved johnson's tail and it caused hide of it calls his vote the most heroic moment in history. i think it was bought. and saving johnson was not a heroic moment. >> david stewart sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> london knights here on c- span -- monday night, ronald reagan and the cold war. we will start with the president's 1987 trip to west berlin where he made his famous tear down this wall speech. that gets underway at 8 pm eastern monday on c-s

announcer: we will hear from pat schroeder, sue myrick, eva clayton, helen bentley, barbara tonelli, nancy johnsonand lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3. and on newsmakers, ben cardin. at the ninth circuit trajectory anthonyial, justice kennedy talked about his decision to retire from the supreme court, effective at the end of the month. this is 40 minutes. >> thank you all very much. what a great privilege it is for all of us to be here

. >> we will hear from petra, sue myrick, eva clayton, helen bentley, barbara canales, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch portland history's sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> looking at congress next week, the u.s. house continues its summer district work period with members not expected back until tuesday, september 4. the u.s. senate will be in session. the chamber returns monday for debate on the nomination of bric-a-brac to be a -- brit grant. debate andimit advance her nomination is sit for five or 30 p.m. eastern. for 5:30 p.m.s -- eastern. follow the senate on c-span 2. on c-span next week on prime time, monday, george w. bush and bill clinton on lessons in life and politics. onsday, jim bridenstine president trump's proposal to create a military space force. wednesday, the 2018 governors association summer meeting. the net roots conference from new orleans. cory booker and john federman. friday, more from the neck to netrootsference -- conference. next week on c-span, c-span.org, and with the c-span free radio app. week, washington journal

announcer: we will hear from pat schroeder, sue myrick, eva clayton, helen bentley, barbara tonelli, nancy johnsonlynn woolsey. watch "oral histories" at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. there are lots of people who feel like i don't want my kids to read stories that are sad, disturbing, downbeat, whatever. right? that is not a totally illegitimate thing to say. i want to jews as a parent when my kid understands stuff -- i want to choose as a parent when my kids understand stuff like grief. but they are 14 now. when are you going to introduce themthem to the idea that not everything is perfect outside of your all-white suburb? all of those factors i think swirled together to create the perfect toaster fire -- perfect dumpster fire of mass censorship of books by marginalized people. live sunday, august 5 at noon eastern, discussing his latest book "walkaway." owteract with corey doctor on twitter or facebook. " from noon toepth 3:00 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. "washington journal" continues. -- mr. obama: last year, vice president biden said that with a moonshot, we can

announcer: in the weeks ahead, we will hear from that schroeder, sue myrick, eva clayton, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv, on c-span3. >> i am word out there are a lot of people who think that i don't want my kid to read stories that are sad, disturbing, downbeat. that is not a totally illegitimate thing to say, i want to choose as a parent when my kid understands stuff that might bring them grief -- but there is also some point beyond this where well, they are 14 now. when will you introduce them to the idea that some things are not perfect outset of your always suburb? all of these elements swirled together to create the perfect dumpster fire of mass censorship of books by marginalized people. announcer: the science-fiction writer will be on our guest live 5 at noon eastern discussing his latest book " walkaway." interact with 5 at noon eastern discussing his latest corey doc. startscial series sunday, august 5 live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> here is some of what we are covering on the c-s

. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from pat schroeder, eva clayton, ellen bentley, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. sunday night on q and a constitutional lawyer david stewart on his book impeach, the trial of president andrew johnson and the fight for lincoln's legacy. >> it's a scandal. the chapter on johnson, i won't speak beyond that. the chapter on johnson should be expunged from every library in the country. it focuses on a fellow named edmond ross who cast the single vote that saved johnson's tail and it calls the vote the most heroic moment in american history. i actually think that it was bought that, his vote was purchased and saving johnson i think was not a heroic moment. >> david stewart sunday night at 8 eastern on c-span's q and a. sunday night on afterward former white house press secretary sean spicer discusses his book debriefing, politics, the press and the president. he's interviewed by former republican national committee chairman michael steele. >> ronald reagan and about donald tr

ahead we will hear from pat schroeder, sue myrick, eva clayton, ellen bentley, barbara canales, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10 am eastern on american history tv. or see stiff and i do c-span -- c-span three. >>> sunday night on q and a, constitutional lawyer david stewart and his book impeached, the trial of andrew johnson in the fight for lincoln's legacy. >> it's a scandal, a chapter on johnson, i won't speak beyond that. the chapter on johnson should be expunged from every library in the country. it focuses on a fellow named edmund roth who was credited with casting the single vote that saved johnson's tail and it caused hide of it calls his vote the most heroic moment in history. i think it was bought. and saving johnson was not a heroic moment. >> david stewart sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> london knights here on c- span -- monday night, ronald reagan and the cold war. we will start with the president's 1987 trip to west berlin where he made his famous tear down this wall speech. that gets underway at 8 pm eastern monday on c-s

ahead we'll hear from pat schroeder, sue myrick, eva clayton, helen pentsley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. east ownern on ameri history tv on c-span3. >>> a hearing now on the impact of new rounds of tariffs on foreign goods announced by the trump administration. the senate foreign relations committees hearing chaired by senator bob corker of tennessee is about 2 1/2 hours. >> thank you. foreign relations committee will come to order. ranking member menendez will be just a minute late and for us to go ahead and get started. we thank our witnesses and all of you for being here. we're going to consider the implications of recent trade actions by the administration including the implementation of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from canada, mexico and the european union. i do not think it will become as a big surprise to anyone here that i'm very concerned about the president's trade policy, and i think we all should be. from the imposition of tariffs on -- by abusing section 232 of the -- the 232 authorities to threats to with

. >> in the weeks it will hear from pat schroeder, helen bentley, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral history sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span, , where history unfos daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span's brought to you either cable or satellite provider. >> health and human services secretary alex cÉsar talked about the role of the free market in providing health care at the heritage foundation in washington, d.c. he also criticizes the affordable care act and medicaid expansion in this 40 minute event. >> good morning, everybody. it's a beautiful morning in washington, d.c. after the monsoons seems to have relieved us some of the rains, a beautiful day. i'm the executive vice president of the heritage foundation and the like to welcome all of you here and for all of you who are watching online, i would

ahead, we will hear from pat schroeder, sue myrick, eva clayton, helen bentley, barbara can only, nancy johnsond lynn woolsey. watch "oral histories" sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. announcer: on c-span next week in primetime, monday, former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton on lessons from the life and politics. tuesday, nasa administrator jim bridenstine nine on president trump's proposal to create a military space force. wednesday, the 2018 national governors association summer meeting on the transformation of the workforce by artificial intelligence. thursday, the net roots conference from new orleans, with cory booker and the lieutenant gubernatorial candidate john federman. friday, more from the net roots conference with senators elizabeth warren,, harris, and deborah holland. next week in primetime on c-span, c-span.org, and with the free c-span radio app. announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: for discussion on the u.s. farm economy and the trade battles, we are joined by roger johnson, president of the national farmers union. for those

johnson cook and a beauty assistant to george w. bush brad blakeman. thank you for being with us. first question to dr. cook, a lot of democratic house members abandoning nancynd the senate candidate -- abandoning chuck schumer. what does it mean for the democratic party? >> i think we have to look at the larger picture of people track records. and there opinions and certainly entitled to it. and the person speaking out of her own beliefs and that is what we take it for. >> a big week for the democrats, potentially a changing narrative in the party. i went to play a soundbite of nancy pelosi on a win from the 28-year-old socialist in new york, take a listen. >> in one district, let's not get carried away. inside or outside the caucus. todd: what do you think? is this a seachange in the democratic party? >> starting to, look no further than the candidates they put up for election, socialist democrats, that is how they identify themselves, democrats have a crisis of identity and the crisis of policy. they are lurching way to the left, not into with where america is. we are right of center nation, we are just right and i think democrats are going to suffer with

johnson. among the highlights riding horse back at windsor castle alongside president reagan and nancy.ing the president takes his place in history as the queen's next guest. that meeting is set to get under way in just a few hours from now. the president telling "the sun" he's not nerve out about it. willie, hoda, back to you. >> thank you very much. to be a fly on the wall. >> can you imagine? that's going to be a good moment. >> all right, guys. coming up, we have the emmy nominations. nominations. dominance, my father passed this truck down to me, that's the same thing i want to do with you. it's an emotional thing to watch your child grow up and especially get behind the wheel. i want to keep you know, stacking up the memories and the miles and the years. he's gonna get mine -but i'm gonna get a new one. -oh yeah when it's time for your old chevy truck to become their new chevy truck, there's truck month. get 18% of msrp cash back on all silverado 1500 crew cab lt pickups when you finance with gm financial. that's $9,000 on this silverado. plus, during truck month make no monthly p

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johnson would "make a great ime minister." in the day's other news, the democratic leader in the u.s. house questioned whether russia influenced president trump'sat conduct at thesummit. nancy pelosi spoke at her weekly briefing in washington and said the president's behavior raises a critical question: >> what do the russians have on donald trump politically, financially, and personally? because this is-- there's no wao xplain the disrespect that he's demonstrating. >> woodruff: pelosi would not say if democrats willth investigatpresident, if they win back the house in the gad-term elections. the russia inveson also spilled into the debate over supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. senate minority leader charles schumer said today that kavanaugh's views on executive power suggest he might block attempts to charge presidentp. tr but majority leader mitch mcconnell called that a ar- left conspiracy theory." meanwhile, kavanaugh's financial forms show thousands of dollars in credit card debt, that was paid off in 2017. the white house says friends reimbursed the judge for baseball tickets. f.b.i. agent peter strzok defiantly denied today thahe let an anti-trump bias affect t

ahead we'll hear from pat schroeder, sue myrick, eva clayton, helen pentsley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. east ownern on ameri history tv on c-span3. >>> a hearing now on the impact of new rounds of tariffs on foreign goods announced by the trump administration. the senate foreign relations committees hearing

in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from pat schroeder, helen bentley, barbara cannoli, nancy johnson, watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> american history tv on c-span3 is an prime time next week. monday night, ronald reagan and the cold war. tuesday, interviews with women members of congress. wednesday, former speech writers talk about and bush how they communicated policy ideas. thursday, world war ii d-day films, featuring the 20 year anniversary of saving private ryan. confederate, the icons conference on the history and future of can federate heritage monuments and the battle flag. watch american history tv next week on prime time on c-span 3. >> as your primary source of campaign 2018, we will show you two recent congressional debates from illinois and virginia, followed by the new chair and residents of the miss america organization, talking about some of the changes in this year's competition. later, jeff sessions talks about free speech on college campuses to a group of conservative high school students who recently met in washing