>> first i want to say thank you to you and the other people at the national endowment. [applause] it's not the kind of history that i've done before but twice and iwhysomebody to study the hf religion. >> absolutely. a lot of people talk about how to reconcile science and religion and i would like to hear your insights on whether they may overlap. >> in my family we arose from these ferocious family for darwin. nobody would bother with religion, so he was kind of shocked when i started to become fascinated by this field. he was a physicist when i met him and i said to him why don't you do something that has impact in the real world and stay with elementary particles. we were each fascinated to find something fundamental about our lives and human culture and about the world. so many people in this country have imagined it was to be taken literally fail to see that it's not meant that way at all, that these are symbolic systems that they think about hope and imagination. for those who do interpret it that these extra works over. >> this book starts in a place that surpris

target government and beyond that they received financial and other logistical help from the national endowment for democracy and other u.s. agencies that help them training activists working with journalists to get their side presented more favorably they work on things like how do you get traction how do you get things to go viral how do you then use that to generate support for your cause and support was generated was the fact that you know stuff and i am the founder of one of ukraine's new media outlets. just throw much good t.v. knew very well how to make something go viral. it was his notorious facebook post on november 21st 2013 that brought the 1st crowds to my done gets in the post office to support your pitch it's simple to put the political world with this. if you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed if you read the newspaper you are misinformed. to deliver your message efficiently enough in the modern world with so many different technologies and means of communications you must embrace them all as the disturbing events of your own why don started on nov 21st 20133 new t.v. c

a new organization called the national endowment for democracy which was created in 1903 and it would do pretty much what the agency used to do it would go into one of these countries and it would support various political groups train activists deal with journalists business groups and try to advance u.s. foreign policy interests sometimes against the interests of the host government the target government and beyond that they receive financial and other logistical help from the national endowment for democracy and other u.s. agencies that help them training activists working with journalists to get their side presented more favorably they work on things like how do you get traction how do you get things to go viral how do you then use that to generate support for your cause and support was generated was the. founder of one of ukraine's new media outlets. just throw much good t.v. knew very well how to make something go viral. it was his notorious facebook post on november 21st 2013 that brought the 1st crowds to my down yes in the south of the quit your bitching it's difficult to put

i can't speak for national endowment for the arts. i know that's important too. that's another role. but i'm not the right person to prognosticate on that. mmm-hmm? >> i have a question. so when you're gathering material for collections within your division, at some point a decision is made about what reaches the level of something kind of graphic enough to collect versus a community dance group in hoboken. who makes those decisions and what's it based on? >> we have a recommending officer for dance. so if it were a dance book, the likelihood is it's coming in, if it's published in the united states, it will come in through copyright. but i've been in touch with, you know -- there's a dance book person in new jersey who works with the u.k. publish. we kind of have a reciprocal thing. there was a book i thought we should have in our reference collection. and he donated it to us, because i showed interest. and that was lovely. we also have a purchasing budget when we think something is important for us to go out and get. but, yes, and it's not as though i can say,

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the smithsonian, the national endowment for the arts received increases in the measure. i think it's important to make sure when we think about our treasures, clearly our land, the cleanliness of our water but we also have national treasures and we see so much of that reflected in the arts, whether it's the smithsonians, the galleries, or what the endowment for the arts and humanities do. consistent with f.y. 19, we do not include policies that were not in the enacting bill. we worked with chairman shelby, vice chairman leahy and the ranking member with senator udall to assemble a package that both sides supported in committee. again, i want to reiterate that the work that senator udall and i put in to produce a bipartisan product that invests in programs that we care about, programs that protect our land and our people, enable infrastructure projects to boost the economy, help communities to help provide vital services that many may take for granted. we also worked ha ready to shape the bill so it reflects the priorities of members on both sides of the aisle. i'm proud,

know and culture i didn't crack and don't own cars the group has had ties in the past to the national endowment for democracy foundation here in the united states that is sponsored by the u.s. government and aims at promoting democracy abroad now that foundation has been around since the 1980 s. and its own president said that the goal is to influence democratic movements without direct funding from the cia however the citizen power initiatives for china group has denied that today's rally is sponsored with money that came from the us government as the protests have continued in hong kong many activists have been seen waving american flags and holding signs that call on president trump to liberate hong kong we spoke with some of the activists here today in d.c. and we asked them what they think the united states should be doing to intervene in these protests not only do united states. democracies the whole world should stand behind hong kong and try. to preserve freedom it's very lonely and it's very weak the hong kong. part is still protesting and you know hong kong 2 against the tennis court

i'm the chairman of the national endowment for the humanities and on behalf of my colleagues, i want to welcome you to the pavilion we have funded. before we start, could we just acknowledge the wonderful work the library of congress and the staff. [applause] it is my honor to have you been with us for this special session. i know you know a lot about her books and achievements

there are some bills now regarding the national endowment for the arts and humanitity was proposal to increase the budgets by 12.5 million each. and others for arts therapy for serviceman, veterans and people. i wonder if you could tell me a little bit about -- looks like you have a fairly robust arts council in your state and i wonder if you attend the governor awards for the arts or people in your family are involved in the arts or if you would support the budget propositions. >> well, i think it is one of the -- yeah, there is the governor's award for the arts. i get to actually help pick them out. at times we hosted at the montana governor's residents. we do it in the rotunda. we try to make sure investments in the community continues. because it's more than -- there are so many different levels of this. it's so great -- and my wife who is a self-described computer geek. a programmer has done all kinds of work in s.t.e.m. because it's actual steam. because it begins with the not just technical side but need to artistic side as well. when you look at what makes a small town become

there are bills regarding the national endowment for the arts and humanities, there is a proposal to increase their budgets by $12.5 million each, and there other arts related proposals to allow art therapy for servicemen or people and veterans. i wondered if you could tell me -- you have about fairly robust arts council in your state. i wonder if you intend the governor's awards from the arts or people in your family are involved in any way in the arts or you would support these budget propositions? gov. bullock: i think it is one of those -- there is the governor's award for the arts and i get to help pick them out. at times we have hosted at the montana governor's residence. we do it in the rotunda. we have tried to make sure investments in the community continue. there are so many different levels of this. wife, who is a self-described computer geek, she is a programmer, she has done work in makingt said we are not steam. overall education begins not just with the technical side but the artistic side as well. if you begin with what makes a small town become a place where people w

this festival is presented annually by humidity his tendency and it is is affiliate of the national endowment of the humanities. public financial support helps make this a free if it and for information on how you can donate please go to communities . org and before i introduce our featured guest please let me provide a brief logistical information. you should and can visit the tent on legislative plaza and chopper titles by the author lineup. that will certainly include some of the powers new book, the education of an idealist mmr and a portion of book sales and fits the festival. ambassador power will sign copies of her new book and the author tent which is located was from the nasa tent. now about her guest. actress connie britton is the boston native. she was raised in virginia and graduated from brockman college. her feature debut was in the independent film, the brothers mcmullen. a great film. she has since starred in numerous films and talk television programs including friday night lights, american horror story and of course nashville. in 2014, misprint was named a goodwill investor

i serve as the chairman of the national endowment for democracy trying to spread democracy around the world and it's a little embarrassing. >> can i just say there's nothing normal about any of this that's being called out on a daily basis. remember the last time the state department rose up against barack obama because they didn't like his political views? >> never happened. >> of course. >> chris whiple, andy card, jill winebanks. thanks to all of you. great conversation. up next, we're going to be live in northern syria where just one day after president trump touted the pause in the turkish invasion as a quote incredible outcome, the gunfire and mortar shelling continues to be heard. you're watching msnbc. heard you're watching msnbc. when you shop for your home at wayfair, you get more than free shipping. you get everything you need for your home at a great price, the way it works best for you, i'll take that. wait honey, no. when you want it. you get a delivery experience you can always count on. you get your perfect find at a price to match, on your own schedule. you get fast a

just to the diplomats that were there but really to the nation at large that indied we are a nation that is endowed by our by our creator where certain unalienable rights are god given and to recognize that and to see that brought tears to my eyes. it was one of those times when, as we were finishing up with that battle hymn of the dying for us im and some of our sons and daughters dying for freedom, there is a calling on each one f us, and i share that because this president and first lady against all odds are willing to stand in the gap, to stand shoulder to shoulder with each one of you and believe that we are a country that once again can be god-fearing and god-honoring. thank you, god bless you. thank you for allowing me to come and be a part of the team. god bless you. thank you. ♪ >> the former research council held its summit in d.c. among were mr. gorka preeve who previously

touch but then we crossed paths later when he was doing his jefferson work i think it was the national endowmenthe humanities. but we didn't had a debate he represented jefferson i represented hamilton and i remember he made a snide comment about hamilton hsomething like it's taken me a lifetime to get to know jefferson but i could do hamilton in a weekend and i remember i was very offended. [laughter] so then they stood up for him but i have no idea what you remember of that event but it was fun. and what an honor to do that with a former teacher and the weirdness of having that because he was teaching english at the time he was in english major and had nothing to do with history. somewhere i think i have that on the vhs videotape which means i cannot play it. >> maybe you could reenact that on your podcast. >> maybe not. [laughter]wh >> the podcast is back story so basically we do a deep dive back into history looking at eethe deeper path there recently was a show about revelations over slavery. we recently for this week we did a show about the history of labor in america. they are cultural ab

that indeed we are a nation that is endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, that areot given. and to recognize that. and to see that. brought tears to my eyes. it was one of those times when as we were finishing up, with that battle hymn of the republic, and him dying for us, and some of our sons and daughters die for freedom, there is a calling on each one of us. and i share that because this president and first lady, against all odds, are willing to stand in the gap. rep. meadows: to stand shoulder to shoulder with each one of you and believe we are a country that once again can be god-fearing and god honoring. thank you, god bless you, thank you for allowing me to come and be a part of the team. god bless you. thank you. ♪ [military band music playing] >> today president trump delivers remarks of the 14th alley -- 14th annual value voter summit. or listenc-span.org live on the free c-span radio app. ♪ c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact to you. sunday morning we will talk about efforts to impeach president trump and ho

i'm the chairman of the national endowment for democracy.t the people's voice to be the one that makes a difference, not a small group of people in an impeachment process or senate. i want the ballot box to determine who our leader is. that's where i'd like to be. but there are questions and they should be investigated and exposed. i don't know if it's an impeachable offense but people should look at it in a fair and open way. right now it's one-sided. it's the democrats doing it. and i think speaker pelosi made a mistake by not calling for a full vote? the house to move forward with rules that will allow the minority to have rights as well. >> kelly, following up onreport anything we know that might of of substance to the impeachment inquiry or the white house's defense? >> i think it will be interesting to see if ambassador sondland can explain why he decided to call president trump after the text from bill taylor, suggesting this was extortion and probably shouldn't be done. i would like to know why he called president trump. that's not t

paths later when he was doing his jefferson work, we cross paths again and i think was the national endowmentor the humanities that decided we would have this debate. i can't member now what state it was in but we did, we had a debate in which i represented hamilton, clay represented jefferson. it was a public debate. i remember it was filmed. and i remember he made a snide comment about hamilton, he said something like it has taken me a lifetime to get to know jefferson but i could do hamilton in a weekend and he got to and i remember he was very upset at the audience. i was kind of shocked. it meant somehow or other i must've put in my $0.02 for hamilton enough that they stood up for him at that one little moment. but i have no idea what your memory of that event was but it was wonderful fun and what an honor to do that to a former teacher of mine and the weirdness of having him end up where he ended up and he was teaching english. i was an english major and colleague. we had nothing to do with history at all. it was wonderful debate. somehow that has to be on vhs videotape which means i ca

nation thatwe are a is endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, that are not given. to recognize that. and to see that. brought tears to my eyes. whens one of those times as we were finishing up, with that battle hymn of the us,blic, and him dying for and some of our sons and daughters die for freedom, there is a calling on each one of us. and i share that because this president and first lady, against all odds, are willing to stand in the gap. rep. meadows: to stand shoulder to shoulder with each one of you and believe we are a country that once again can be god-fearing and god honoring. thank you, god bless you, thank you for allowing me to come and be a part of the team. god bless you. thank you. ♪ playing] band music announcer: here's a look at our primetime schedule on the c-span networks. starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, live coverage of president trump holding a campaign rally in lake charles, louisiana. on c-span2, it is book tv. with authors who have appeared on her in-depth series. and on c-span3, it is american history tv, with programs looking at

this festival is presented annually by humidity his tendency and it is is affiliate of the national endowmentf the humanities. public financial support helps make this a free if it and for information on how you can donate please go to communities . org and before i introduce our featured guest please let me provide a brief logistical information. you should and can visit the tent on legislative plaza and chopper titles by the author lineup. that will certainly include some of the powers new book, the education of an idealist mmr and a portion of book sales and fits the festival. ambassador power will sign copies of her new book and the author tent which is located was from the nasa tent. now about her guest. actress connie britton is the boston native. she was raised in virginia and graduated from brockman college. her feature debut was in the independent film, the brothers mcmullen. a great film. she has since starred in numerous films and talk television programs including friday night lights, american horror story and of course nashville. in 2014, misprint was named a goodwill investor to

cal tech doesn't cater to alumni kids, and it has one of the largest endowments in the nation. ridge with their centuries of hallowed tradition refuse to favor alumni children. their endowments are well into the billions. >> we like to think in this country that england is the land of social class and aristocracy and america is the land of democracy, but at least in college admissions the reverse appears to be true. >> when you add up all the admissions preferences at elite schools, like legacies, recruited athletes, and children of wealthy donors, you get an astounding number. at some schools, it's around 50% of the class. >> that is the behavior that's typical of some moribund, irrelevant, corrupt private club. >>> coming up, there's one school in america that's doing admissions entirely differently. at berea college in kentucky, in order to get in here, you must be poor. when we come back. [ "turn around, look at me" -the vogues ] ♪ there is someone ♪ walking behind you ♪ turn around ♪ look at me ♪ there is someone ♪ look at me ♪ head in now for applebee's new pasta & grill c

indeed, we are a nation that's endowed by our creator.n inalienable rights that are god-given and to recognize that and to see that brought tears to my eyes. it was one of those times when, as we were finishing up with that battle hymn of the republic, and him dying for us, and some of our sons and daughters dying for freedom, there is a calling on each one of us and i wear that because this president, and first lady, against all odds are willing to stand in the gap, to stand shoulder to shoulder with each one of you and believe that we are a country that once again can be god-fearing and god-honoring. thank you, god bless you. thank you for allowing me to come and be a part of the team. god bless you. thank you. we love you. we love you. god bless you. ♪ ♪ >> thank you, mark. aren't you glad he's on our side? (laughs) amen. hey, folks, just a quick word before we move on to a very impressive panel that i know you're going to love. i want to follow up on the campaign that tony perkins referenced before. if you'd like to participate and pu

nation was born. here was adopted the declaration of independence, which proclaimed our freedom. >> all men are created equal. they are endowedtheir creator with certain inalienable rights. among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. narrator: the constitution of the united states guarantees our freedom, determines neither king nor dictator, but only we the people, shall rule. ♪ >> dr. franklin, you have just come from the constitutional convention. what have we got, a republic or a monarchy? >> a republic, if you can keep it so. narrator: a prophetic statement from benjamin franklin as the constitutional convention ended in september 1787. a republic, if you can keep it so. it was here in philadelphia the george washington penned his immortal farewell address, and which he established the great american tradition unbroken for 145 years, and our safeguard against dictatorship and tyranny, that no president should serve for a third term. ♪ you >> friends and fellow citizens, the period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the united states, being not far distant, and a time

national constitution center, the honorable neil gorsuch. [applause] >> and our 2019 liberty medal anthonyt, the honorable kennedy. [applause] ♪ >> we hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, and endowedy their creator with certain unalienable rights. among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happyness. >> the declaration of independence. >> 1776. 1787. >> the united states constitution is signed. >> 1787. 1860. abraham lincoln is elected president. divided against itself cannot stand. i believe this government cannot endure permanently, have slaves, half free. abraham lincoln. >> 1861. the southern states secede. >> 1861. >> the civil war begins. >> 1862. >> new year's eve. >> the life and times of frederick douglass. and -- an immense assembly forened in fremont temple the first blast of electric wires. >> we were met together to receive and celebrate the first governments of the proclamation. >> we were waiting and listing. >> we were watching by the dim light of the stars for the dawn of a new day. >> longing for the answers to the prayers of centuries. came and went, still no word. a man with hasty step advanced to the crowd and explained. >> it is coming. it is on the wi

our constitution endows us with the authority and the duty to hold our colleagues in the federal government accountable if they fail to act in the best interests of our nation. i don't think that anyone here believes that the domestic politics should interfere with foreign policy and i hope that we will all vote to continue the investigation simply so that we can be clear on all of the facts. more than anything, i am confident that all of us possess a capacity for fairness and a commitment to doing what is right for the country we love. i yield back. >> gentleman from oklahoma. >> thank you, madam speaker, i yield one minute to distinguished republican ranking member on the house ways and means committee mr. brady from texas. >> the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. the impeachment and the removal of a president is a important matter and to let a small group in washington to overturn the will of the entire american people. above all americans believe in fairness and when accused to do right process, and this sham impeachment is neither. it is secret and impart san and conducted behind closed doors all with one goal in mind

our constitution endows us with not only the authority but also the duty to hold our colleagues in the federal government accountable if they fail to act to the best interests of our nation. i don't think anyone here believes domestic politics should interfere with foreign policy. i hope we will all vote to continue this investigation simply so that we can be clear on all the facts. more than anything i am confident that all of us possess a capacity for fairness and a commitment to doing what is right for the country we love. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, very much, madam speaker. i yield one minute to my good friend, the distinguished republican ranking member on the house ways and means committee, mr. brady from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. brady: thank you, madam speaker. the impeachment removal of the president is a serious matter. at its heart it lets a small partisan group in washington overturn the will of the entire american people. above all, americans believe in fairness. when accuseer a right to due process this. sham

our constitution endows us with not only the authority but also the duty to hold our colleagues in the federal government accountable if they fail to act to the best interests of our nation. i don't think anyone here believes domestic politics should interfere with foreign policy. i hope we will all vote to continue this investigation simply so that we can be clear on all the facts. more than anything i am confident that all of us possess a capacity for fairness and a commitment to doing what is right for the country we love. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you, very much, madam speaker. i yield one minute to my good friend, the distinguished republican ranking member on the house ways and means committee, mr. brady from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. brady: thank you, madam speaker. the impeachment removal of the president is a serious matter. at its heart it lets a small partisan group in washington overturn the will of the entire american people. above all, americans believe in fairness. when accuseer a right to due process this. sham

national endowment for the arts. we spent $25,000 on a museum to hollywood. if there's any person in the country who really does not need anymore adoration and the taxpayers to pay for adoration, it is hollywood. but you spent $25,000 bidding building a human. so i guess they can appreciate themselves even more. in order to combat homelessness in l.a., we paid to tut on plays. if you're homeless, it must make you feel better to watch street performers performing a play in front of you. we also paid to put on dances with cars. now while that may sound entertaining, it might be that we have other things we might want to spend that money on. we're told every year we couldn't possibly cut any spending. there's no way we could do it. and i put forward these spending proposals because i ran for office and said we should balance the budget. i actually believed when i ran and i thought i'd get harder and i thought there would be momentum and republicans they all talked about the debt, said the democrats are not going to vote for it. no democrat will vote for a spendi