[bugle] ♪ ♪ >> these are the marines who took tarawa. ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> this weekend, american history tv looks back at the supreme court landmark case, tinker versus des moines. sunday morning, two of the students involved in the case talk about their experiences and to questions from students during an event hosted by the state historical society of iowa. cases a year does the supreme court take? not very many. they take about 80 cases out of 10,000. >> so, less than 1%. >> they thought this was an important case because it has to do with student speech rights. >> in our case, the judge is split, butdges also it was a 7-2 split. >> at 8:00, marybeth and john tinker live on "washington journal." they take your questions and comments about their experience and student free speech today. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. i admire him because he is solvable and he often will own up to failures. an english professor at west point o

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> we continue with the film that is in the holdings of the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library which is marking its 80th anniversary this february. we will see eleanor roosevelt's 1958 interview with "mccall's magazine" on the occasion of her 74th birthday. she looks through family photographs and tells the stories behind them. this is 15 minutes. >> regardless of political sentiment most agree eleanor roosevelt is the outstanding woman our time. "mccall's magazine" is proud to have her do a regular monthly column of questions an answers. in our current issue in celebration of already 74th birthday we are running a special nine page story "eleanor roosevelt her life and pictures pictures". we thought you would enjoy her comments about some of the photographs we are running in the current mccall's. she has become a pin kwrp -up -- opinion-up through there charm ing -- this charming picture on the title package. >> i'm flattered and pleased that you have taken this picture whic

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> house minority leader kevin mccarthy also held his weekly briefing with reporters today. he too spoke about president trump's meeting with week with north korean leader kim jong un and yesterday's testimony from president trump's former personal attorney, michael cohen. this is 15 minutes. mr. mccarthy: be kind. i have my cousin with me today. he stopped by. all right? does it work? i don't know. try anything. good morning. there's a lot going on right now, as you all know. i want to be sure the vital threat to the integrity of this institution doesn't go without knowledge. the democrats are considering changing our -- or eliminating the motion to recommit. these minority rights date back no to 1909. 100 years -- date back to 1909. 100 years ago. it was created with the stated purpose of giving the minority a right to have a vote upon its position upon great public questions. recently these pos

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> flags are flying at half-staff at the u.s. capitol today for former congressman john dingell. earlier today, house majority leader steny hoyer and minority whip steve scalise spoke on the house floor about next week's schedule, including next friday's government funding deadline. madam speaker, on monday the house will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. on tuesday and wednesday and thursday, the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour debate and on friday, the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. with last votes expected no later than 3:00 p.m. we will consider several bills under suspension of the rules, the complete list will be available by the close of business today. the house will consider house joint resolution 37, a war powers resolution on u.s. involvement in yemen. this legislation will force a much needed conversation about how to bring

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> president trump saying he will be spending $8 billion on border barriers planning to repurpose through executive actions including the money coming from military construction. counter drug efforts and from the treasury department forfeiture program, $600 million. aids could not specify which military projects could be affected. this morning, stacy abrams, governor cratic because the emergency declaration a political stunt. >> i do believe the moment he determines how he intends to fun the emergency, it's the prerogative of the president but the question of whether he can unilaterally move funds in order to finance his declaration, that is the issue. and that is where we believe immediate judicial intervention and i believe speaker pelosi and leader schumer need to take actions within congress to go through the resolution powers. there is no emergency. it is a falsehood and an entire illuminate nt and the

[applause] [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] on newsmakers, randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers, talks about strikes. strikes our last resort. teachers do not go on strike unless they have tried everything else. and what you see is that there has been 10 years of historic s,sinvestment of state protecting their disinvestment thesing privatization and disparagement of teachers. and at one point or another the straw was going to break the camel's back, and i think you saw after the women's marches in 2017, the activism on fighting to make sure we protected pre-existing conditions from the work inrable, terms of gun violence as we are at the year anniversary of teachers started thinking and having the imagination that if they actually worked together, both through their unions and together as teachers, that they could actually achieve what had heretofore been impossible, which is turning around the austerity and the lack of

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> over president trump: no people on earth are so fearless or daring or determined. as americans. if there is a mountain, we climb it. if there is a frontier, we cross it. if there is a challenge, we tame it. if there is an opportunity, we seize it. so let's begin tonight by recognizing that the state of our union is strong because our people are strong. cheers and applause] >> the state of the union first foastponed because -- postponed because of the government shutdown will now take place tonight. watch as president trump delivers his state of the union address live from the house chamber beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, followed by the democratic response by former georgia gubernatorial candidate, stac yembings abrams. the state of the union live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen ith the free c-span radio app. >> live coverage of the ways and means committee starts at 2:00

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> here's a look at our prime time schedule, beginning at 8:00 on c-span our road to the white house coverage continues with remarks from howard schultz at purdue university. the house and ways committee holds a hearing a tax returns. d 8:00 p.m. on c-span 3, the impact of the recent 35-day shutdown on america's small businesses. >> c-span's "washington jourm" with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up on friday morning, tennessee republican congressman discusses news of the day as his goals. >> first appearance before the committee. watch live friday at 9:30 a.m. or c-span 2 or listen live with the c-span radio app. c-span's road to the white house continues with two events starting with sherrod brown taking part of a round table to discuss jobs and the u.s. economy. he will talking to voters in new hampshire. and that starts at 5:00 p.m. and following that, the emocratic mayor of south bend, ind

[applause] ] [cheers] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] c-span's coverage of political events continues monday when president trump travels to el paso to have a rally. susan: it may be difficult for you to believe around the country, but it's about one year

[indiscernible] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, a republican congressman discusses congressional news of the day and his goals as a freshman member of congress. jersey democratic congressman talks about efforts to require presidential candidates to release their tax returns. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. ♪ >> matthew whitaker has been acting attorney general since november when he replaced jeff sessions. on friday, he will testify before the house judiciary committee on his role overseeing special counsel robert mueller's investigation. watch live friday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span two, c-span.org or listen live with the free c-span radio app. from capitol hill, a hearing on the trump administration's policy of separating migrant children from their parents crossing the southern bo

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: this week on c-span will look at the political careers of congressional leaders. using video from the c-span archives and analysis by. tonight we rep up the week with a look at senate minority leader charles schumer. watch this week beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. announcer: c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. friday morning, a discussion about the green new deal proposal. then we will talk about the state of military housing. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ host: key democratic and republican leaders will discuss the congressional agenda for 2019 this morning and even perhaps discuss the effort to keep the government open. that will be part of an event sponsored by axis. you can watch that at 8:00. a funeral service for john dingell will feature bill clinton and john lewis. live coverage of that starts at 10:30 on c-span. this is the "washington journal" for february 14. it has been a year since 11 people were

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> 75 years ago in november of 1943, 18,000 marines made an amphibious assault on a small japanese-occupied island of tarawa in the central pacific. more than 1000 were killed and in one of the most difficult battles in u.s. marines history. next on reel america, with the marines at tarawa, a 1944 academy award-winning documentary filmed by u.s. marine cameramen. this 20-minute film features pictures of death that may be disturbing to some viewers. ♪ [♪ marine anthem playing ] narrator: these are the men of the second marine division. who are now embarking on a full scale amphibious mission after many months of intensive training. the transports are combat loaded. the ships of the navy and coast guard form our convoy. squadrons of carrier planes cover us in the sky. several days from our destination, a destroyer brings us field orders. ♪ it won't be long now before we know where we are bound. the relief map

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp.2019] >> he'll be signing the book in the hall. thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: you are watching american history tv, only on c-span 3. the effects of the american civil war were far-reaching. ia was away visal from the conflict, but tensions were high. ommen shares a piece of visalia's history. erry: this town was so hostile, that it was almost like we fought the civil war on the streets of visalia. when visalia was founded in 1852, the town was attracting a lot of settlers. many of the settlers came from southern states. they brought their belief system with them in most cases. early on in visalia's history, a number of the settlers were supportive of states rights and slavery because of where they came from. there was obviously a conflict. california was a free state. visalia had split loyalties. some were union supporters, some were southern sympathizers. in the middle of basically nowhere. we are about 200 miles north of los angeles. 200 miles south of sacramento. we wer

[indiscernible] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] coming up tonight, former starbucks ceo howard schultz speaking in indiana. he has said he may be interested in running for president in 2020. tosident trump signs a memo help women into the developing world. later, a house hearing on the separation of migrant children from parents at the southern border. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. morning,iday republican congressman jim burchett discusses news of the day and his goals as a freshman member of congress. then, new jersey democratic talksssman bill pascal about the requirements of presidential candidates to release tax returns. live atton journal" 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. >> coming up live friday on c-span, the house returns for more work on a bill that would provide child care assistance to certain veterans. road to the white house coverage of two events. the mayor of south bend, indiana

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] thank you all. quick c-span's washington journal, live everyday with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, will preview the week ahead in washington post congressional reporters. then a discussion about the latest u.s.-china trade talks with robert daily. be sure to watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. >> monday night, on the communicators, christopher shelton, president of the communications workers of america, talks about their opposition to the proposed t-mobile-sprint merger. he's joined by howard buskirk. >> we think it is a very bad idea. we think it will destroy about 30,000 jobs in the united states for a german, government owned company and a japanese billionaire company, and we don't see why the german government or japanese billionaire's should seek to ,ake money off american jobs but that's what that merger will do. >> wat

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] > i'm enthralled by the senate chamber. the walls themselves. if they could speak, what could they tell us? what would they tell us? >> c-span's newest book "the senate" transports you inside the senate wing of the capitol revealing rich architectual details. the or nate hallways, private workplaces and elaborate historic meeting rooms. this book has beautiful color photos of architecture and offers lots of information about the senate's rich history. to order your high-quality paperback copy of "the senate" for just $18.95 plus shipping go to c-span.org/senatebook. >> matthew whitaker has been acting attorney general since november when he replaced the outgoing attorney general jeff sessions. on friday, he'll testify before the house judiciary committee on his role overseeing special counsel robert mueller's investigation. his first appearance before the committee. watch live friday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> flags are flying at half-staff at the u.s. capitol today for former congressman john dingell. earlier today, house majority leader steny hoyer and minority whip steve scalise spoke on the house floor about next week's schedule, i

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> here's a look at our prime time schedule, beginning at 8:00 .m., remarks in former starbucks c.e.o. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 199, c-span was created by a public service by america's cable television company and we bring you congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington d.c. and around the country. >> earlier today at the white house, president trump signed a memorandum to launch the women's global. his is 15 minutes. president trump: good job this morning. reat news. thank you very much.

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning instituteich is responsible for its caption content and accuracy, visit ncicap.org] [indistinct conversations] ms. abrams: good evening my fellow americans and happy lunar new year. i'm stacey abrams and i'm honored to join the conversation about the state of our union. growing up, my family went back and forth between lower middle class and working class. yet, even when they came home weary and bone-tired, my parents found a way to show us all who we could be. my librarian mother taught us to love learning. my father, a ship yard worker, put in overtime and extra shifts, and they made sure we volunteered to help others. later, they both became united

[cheers & applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] "> c-span's "washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, we will talk about the week ahead in washington with politico white house correspondent anita kumar and bloomberg news congressional reporter erik wasson. then a discussion about states and teacher pay with education daarellicy reporter burnette. " live aton journal 7:00 a.m. join the conversation. >> vermont governor phil scott outlined his $6.1 billion budget proposal, which includes school safety combating the opioid , epidemic, and water projects. this video is courtesy of vermont public broadcasting. it is 40 minutes. [applause]

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the speaker: the house will come to order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father croix. chaplain conroy: let us pray, loving god, we thank you for giving us another day and as we meditate on the pleasings of life, the prayer is that people will learn to live together in reconciliation and respect so the terrors of war and dictatorial abuse may be no more. may your special blessings be upon the members of this assembly in the important and difficult work they do. we thank you for having inspired those who fashioned a bipartisan agreement earlier this week, continue to give all members wisdom and charity that they might work together for the common god. may all that is done this day in the people's house be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of ru

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. isit ncicap.org] >> as this press briefing comes to a close, speaker pelosi will be joining her colleagues in the house when members gavel back in at noon eastern, just over half an hour from now. live coverage here on c-span. right now we'll take you live to house energy committee panel looking into the f.c.c.'s repeal of net neutrality rules with testimony from two former f.c.c. chairs. ive coverage here on c-span. >> what our colleagues have talked about all along. i'm once again asking our friends across the aisle to work with us on a bipartisan solution. let me close with this. i want to read from a letter that is from 2010. it says, and i quote, internet broadband access as telecommunication services that are subject to the provisions of title 2 of the communications act may have far reaching implications. to reclassify these services is to create uncertainty, internet access something that's sure to adversely affect jo

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> in our -- and our road to the white house coverage will continue with two more 2020 candidates who took part in the politics and eggs series. at 5:00 eastern, former massachusetts governor bill wells, and at 6:40, democratic presidential candidate john delaney. current president donald trump spoke earlier today. he held a signing ceremony in the oval office called space ,olicy directive four establishing the policy framework for the new space force, set to become the sixth branch of the u.s. military. president trump: thank you very much. i had a great conversation today with president moon of south korea. we discussed the trip next week to hanoi and vietnam. i look forward to being with chairman kim and i think a lot will come out of it. we had a tremendous first summit. it was really breaking the ice but a lot of things came from that including good relationships, and we are looking forward to having a

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its captioning content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org.] [inaudible] >> history book shelf features the country's best known american history writers of the past decade talking about their books. you can watch our weekly series every saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span 3. >> this weekend, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of springfield, illinois. to learn more about the cities on our current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our look at the history of springfield. >> the purpose of this building was to show that illinois was now a player in the world. illinois had it made. when they built this building, when they knew they were going to build a new capital. they wanted something that showed that illinois and we were it. that is what this building is. that is what to some extent it represents. we are actually the sixth capital building in this weren't. the old sta

[applause] [indistinct conversations] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [indistinct conversations] >> c-span's vocal washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning. a discussion about policy aimed at reducing the national debt. then we talk about u.s.-venezuela relations with frank morra. and emergency declaration the is our guest.y washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. on theng up live tuesday c-span networks, the house returns at 10:00 a.m. on c-span for morning our speeches and a 12:00 p.m. to consider a resolution to block the president's national emergency declaration to build a wall on the southern border of the u.s. the senate continues work on a judicial nomination and on c-span3, the senate finance committee examines drug pricing in the u.s. with the ceos of major pharmaceutical

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. isit ncicap.org] >> republican senate leaders also held a news conference after their meetings with members. this briefing is about 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. we'll have two votes this afternoon. we'll finish up the middle east policy bill and then we'll move to proceed to the lands package, which was stymied at the end of last year's congress. we're going to move forward with that. and then move to the barr nomination after that. senator mcconnell: with regard to the big issue we've been dealing with for the last month or so, the conferees, i'm told, are having useful bipartisan discussions trying to craft this bill in a way that allows security.ess border we pray for them each night and hope for the best. and looking forward to what they're going to do tomorrow which senator blunt, who's with us and part of our leadership team, can point out -- going to bring in the experts. and hear from them. people that don

\[applause] \[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] \[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] shirley: let's welcome speaker pelosi. [applause] speaker pelosi: thank you very much, shirley. thank you for your introduction and thank you for the invitation to be here. i'm pleased to welcome all of you to capitol hill. so many of you, familiar faces, back to capitol hill. certainly among them, galen carey. thank you, galen, for your leadership, being a wonderful representative of the values of the evangelical community, for being here today, and our wonderful people from christian colleges and universities. as shirley says, cccu. shirley, thank you for your leadership as president. my apology for running late. votes on the floor. i don't know who's in charge there. \[laughter] whatever it was, the votes came sooner than expected and prevented me for being here from the start. but i truly do welcome you here. i believe that faith is so much of this support not only the , aspiration for many of us, but th

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[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ journal,'s washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning, we will discuss the latest developments in the north korea summit between president trump and north korea's kim jong un. join the conversation all morning long with facebook calls, tweets and more. watch "washington journal" live on thursday morning. announcer 1: here is some of what we are covering thursday. the house gavels in to debate on a gun background checks bill. live coverage on c-span. c-span 2 is live with the senate and debate on the nomination of and -- of andrew wheeler are the environmental protection agency. cpac, the conservative political action conference, speakers including mike lee, james lankford and marcia perdue. on in the house, a hearing the national emergencies act of 1976 which gives the president authority to declare national emergencies. announcer 2: this weekend on "b

[indiscernible] [laughter] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> house speaker pelosi and other democratic leaders last night after the house passed the border security measure and the government funding bill by a vote of 300-128. that was shortly after the senate had done the same thing there by a vote of 83-16. that measure include some $1.4 billion for new border barriers on the u.s.-mexico border in texas and also includes funding for the rest of the year for the remaining nine federal agencies. here on c-span we're waiting to take you live to the white house shortly where president trump will be signing the measure and declaring a national emergency on the border wall. we're expecting the president's comments very shortly here so we'll stay here live. "the washington post" reports this morning that the white house has identified roughly $8 billion that it believes can be used toward building walls and other barriers along the u.s.-mexico border. they write that th

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> thank you. >>> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. >> and the people who knocked these buildings down -- >> c-span's newest book, the noted historians, ranking america's best and worst chief executives. presenting the lines of the 44th president through stories gathered by interviews with noted presidential historians. explore the life events that shaped our leaders, challenges they faced, and the legacies they have left behind. published by public affairs, c- span's "the presidents" will be on the store shelves april 23rd but you can preview your copy as a hardcover or e-book today at c-span.org/thepresidents, or wherever books are sold. >>> executives from prescription drug companies will testify before the senate finance committee on drug pricing, live tuesday morning at 10:15 a.m. eastern on c-span3. and on w

[cheers and applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: now, 350.org founder bill mckibben joins a panel of climate change at uc irvine with authors and activists. this is just under one hour. jon: i am jon weiner from the history department and the "nation" magazine. we have some terrific people to talk today about bill's talk and about their own work. i remind you that this conference continues tomorrow. you don't have to register for tomorrow's sessions. the ones in the program are completely open, please join us. what we will do here is i will start things going by asking each of the panelists in alphabetical order a little bit about their own work so you can find out who they are, if you don't already know. and we will talk to each other about what is going on here today and what is going on in the world today. i would like to start with elizabeth kolbert, staff writer for "the new yorker" since 1999. she has won many awards, the national magazine

. >> thank you chlt [captions copyright national cable satellite corp 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> c-span is live in iowa. announcingisit since his presidential candidacy. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway american dream ♪ at night we ride through the in suicide glory machines ♪ ♪ sprung from cages out on mine ♪ ♪ chrome wheeled fuel injected the line ♪out over the baby this town rips bones from your back ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ maybe we were born to run what's happening? how are you doing? ♪ >> we're live now in des moines, iowa, where we're waiting for senator cory booker to arrive to meet with voters there. iowa s his first visit to since announcing his presidential candidacy. ♪ what's going on ♪ what's going on ♪ what's going on ♪ what's going on ♪ ♪ mother mother too many of you crying ♪ brother ♪brother ♪ there is far too many of you dying ♪ you know we've got to find a way ♪ to bring some loveinhere today, eheh ♪ what's going on ♪ ♪ what's going on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ mic check, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-

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[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [indistinct conversations] >> you are watching american history tv, only on c-span 3. >> the dedication of the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c., took place in 1922, almost 60 years after abraham lincoln's death. next, harold holzer talks about his book "monument man: the life and art of daniel chester french." which examines the life of the sculptor best known for the statue of lincoln that serves as the memorial's centerpiece. this program from the annual lincoln forum symposium is about an hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the second session of the lincoln forum. i want to make one correction before we begin. in your packet, there are biographies and mine suggests that i am the provost at howard university. the provost,ss, would be very surprised to hear that. that's him. [laughter] ok. so, we'll start with that. but, in any case. i have the great pleasure of introducing harold holzer. for nearly

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] -- [captioning performed by the national captioning institute responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ ♪ >> you can watch archival films on public affairs in their entirety on our weekly series "reel america," saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern, here on "american history tv." >> this weekend, on book tv, tonight at that :00 eastern on of therds, jason resian washington post, recalls the border 44 days he was held in a regime prisoner -- an iranian prison, and his book "prisoner." he is interviewed by jared huffman. >> you recounted that day in a lot of detail. you are arrested at gunpoint, you have mass men take you and your wife up to your apartment, you are blindfolded, driven to one of the most the tories reasons and the world, separated from no wife and told you might die in this place. that's a bad day. >> that's about as bad as it is gotten for me. assumedday, i still that this would get worked out quickly. the goal of these people that had taken us, and at that point, we were unclear about

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national >> u.s. capitol, the house still in recess but we expect members to return within the hour to start debate over border security and government funding for the rest of the budget year. it would provide 1.4 billion for 55 miles of new barriers while including money for nine federal departments and 2% pay raise for federal workers. 83-16.ate-passed measure 11 republicans and north carolina richard burr did not vote. now that the bill has passed the senate, the house will take it with a final vote at 9:00 p.m. and follow the house right here on c-span when they gavel back in. 4 people against genocide? >> that is always the position of the united states. announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: this is representative chip roy, republican of texas. he is here to talk about, among many issues, border security. good morning. what should republicans do with the border security deal being reported on? guest: were i advising t

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> we continue with the film that is in the holdings of the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library which is marking its 80th anniversary this february. we will see eleanor roosevelt's 1958 interview with "mccall's magazine" on the occasion of her 74th birthday. she looks through family photographs and tells the stories behind them. this is 15 minutes. >> regardless of political sentiment most agree eleanor roosevelt is the

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> live now here on c-span. we're at the u.s. institute of peace for a discussion about afghanistan. we'll be hearing from the special representative for afghanistan reconciliation. you're watching live coverage on c-span. >> welcome, everybody. good afternoon. my name is nancy, i'm the president here at the u.s. institutes of peace. i'm delighted to welcome everybody here for a very timely and very important conversation with ambassador halizad on the prospects for peace in afghanistan. i'd like to welcome everyone who is here with us today, as well as many of you who are watching online. i'd like to invite you to follow us on social media ith@usip and use the # afgpeace. and i also encourage you to check out u.s.i.p.'s new podcast network@ --@usip.org/podcast t will include this event and other programs featuring leading voices on issues of peace and conflict. usip was founded in 1984 buy the u.s. congress

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> right now the senators on the senate floor are voting on the house-senate agreement on government funding and border security, a simple majority needed to pass the measure. right now the vote 81-16. they've got that majority. if it's approved, and that seems likely, the measure would move on to the house. thavel gavel in this afternoon with a possible final vote around 9:00 p.mst

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> thank you so much for joining us. we to have lunch. we'll take a quick break. we'll reconvene to talk about tariffs. be there, be square.

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> thank you so much for joining us. lunch at the back of the room. be there, be square. >> the chimes have sounded. time to get back to conversation. if you would not mind taking your seats once you get your food. you can eat and listen to us at the same time. that would be great.

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] nationrnors across the talk about the child welfare systems and employment. ,he method hosted by political including budget priorities regulations. >> welcome. thank you. yes, thank you. good morning, everyone. my name is daniel strauss. we were meeting with kentucky governor matt bevin's. first, we want to tackle some issues. later, we discussed president trump's: our plant. powern -- coal plant. are ready ton, we roll right in. are you ready? kentucky has been amongst many states where teachers have gone on strike over salary and retirement benefits. why do you think cutting spending for the state's pension crisis is the way to go? other states, like illinois, other issues.iple bevin: on a median and absolute basis, the cost was never low. concern is about proposed changes for future employees. paid or benefits perspective in terms of what is now in place, where there was concern is about proposed changes for future employees to an existing pension pl

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning instituteible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] this sunday on q&a, west point push professor on her addition of the memoirs of ulysses grant. that is q&a next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific time on c-span. >> next, live with calls and comments on "washington journal." also talk to someone about their life in a caravan. we'll talk about the end of the mars rover mission. this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, weight will look at the political careers of the for congressional leaders -- we will look at the political careers of the congressional leaders. tonight, we look at senator mcconnell's career. nancyy, it is speaker pelosi. on wednesday, house minority leader kevin mccarthy. on thursday, we wrap up the week with a look at senate minority leader charles schumer. watch this week beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this morning, a university professor and author on the history of presidential relations with congress. laterlater, ivan eland of the ind

indiscernible voices] [laughter] [indiscernible voices] [laughter] [captioning performed by the national captioning institutewhich is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] ]- 2019 [indiscernible voices] announcer: we are live tonight, waiting for the democratic mayor bend, indiana, pete buttigieg. this evening, speaking voters with iowa. time tonightprime , acting attorney general matthew whitaker's testimony from today on the mueller investigation. two, profilec-span interviews with members of the 116th congress. p.m.,pan three at 8:00 former chairs of the sec,, wheeler and michael powell on the repeal of net neutrality. all of that in prime time as we wait for pete buttigieg, the democratic mayor of south bend indiana -- south bend, indiana. [indiscernible voices] >> is anybody sitting there? someone is? [indiscernible voices] >> ok. >> yeah. [indiscernible voices] [coughing] [indiscernible voices] >> yeah? >> yeah? yeah. [laughter] [indiscernible voices] i have got to be in at 7:30-ish. [indiscernible voices] [laughter]

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> house minority leader kevin mccarthy also held his weekly briefing with reporters today. he too spoke about president trump's meeting with week with north korean leader kim jong un and yesterday's testimony from president trump's former personal attorney, michael cohen. this is 15 minutes. mr. mccarthy: be kind. i have my cousin with me today. he stopped by. all right?

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ mrs. trump: thank you. it is wonderful to be here today in the beautiful city of miami. i are honoredand to stand with all of you as we together support the people of, the great people of venezuela. you proud to be here with in the united states of america as your first lady. many of you in the room no what it feels like to be blessed with freedom after living under the oppression of socialism and communism. in venezuela, the people are on the brink of reclaiming their own liberty. let thee must venezuelan people hear us as one voice tonight. there is hope. we are free, and we pray together loudly and proudly that soon, the people of venezuela will be free, as well. [applause] today becausehere he cares deeply about the current suffering in venezuela. this afternoon, he has an important message to share. ladies and gentlemen, it is now my pleasure to introduce my husband, the president of the united states

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> live now here on c-span. we're at the u.s. institute of peace for a discussion about afghanistan. we'll be hearing from the special representative for afghanistan reconciliation. you're watching live coverage on c-span.

sometimes you'll find ou get what you need ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institutewhich is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> ♪ i saw her today at the reception a glass of wine in her hand i knew she was going to be a onnection you can't always get what you want ♪ >> here's a look at our primetime schedule on the c-span networks. starting at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, public health officials examine the current measles outbreak in the u.s. at 8:00 p.m. on c-span2, testimony from military service members and defense department officials on president trump's transgender military ban. and at 8:00 eastern on c-span3, a look at military readiness and what the impact could be for a wall on the u.s. southern order. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. oming up friday morning, emery hutaman of kaiser health news discusses the senate finance committee hearing on drug prices which included seven major drugmakers. then paul rosenstein, a former senior counsel in the whitewater investi