that circulates around the country is called indian country today and that is if you will the national journal or the national periodical of the american people throughout this country. but it is important to acknowledge that it is a mistake. but when we think of indian country, and i'm glad you've raised this is important to remember we are in and begin country right now. but anywhere you go in california, you will be in someone's ancient and central homeland people inhabited for thousands of years where many believe since that time and memorial and that is true wherever you go in this hemisphere from the straits of magellan to the shores of the arctic oceans. and one of the things that happened because of the great loss of life with the indian people and the public consciousness not only have all of the indian names for the landforms into the rivers and lakes and inlets and the race but they've been written over often with the very names of the people who did the killing. so we have person peak and numerous places named after john c. fremont, people that we alluded to earlier that were direc

journalism. and also the president of the national press club journalism institute, which is the charitable and educational arm of the national press club. this session is one of a series we have been doing this year to address the problems that have arisen, very dramatically, in washington for reporters this year and the threats facing a free press. this spring we discussed the challenges facing white house and other government agency reporters and also reporters who were covering local issues at the local level. we have spoken out along with other journalism organizations about efforts to block reporting about government, and we are preparing a curriculum for the fall that will give journalists the tools they need to report on money and politics, freedom of information procedures, disappearing databases, and much more. and in a few minutes you will hear about another initiative that we are announcing today.

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that is the national journal or the national periodical of american indian people throughout this country but it is important to have knowledge that it is a mistake. we think of indian country and i'm glad you asked this it's important to remember that we are in indian country right now. anywhere you go in california you will be in someone's ancient homeland the lancet the indian people inhabited for thousands of years. that's true wherever you go. where pico in this hemisphere from the straits of magellan to the shores of the arctic ocean you are in indian country and one of things that happened because of this great loss of life was the array sure of indian people in the public conscience. not only have all the indian names for the landforms in the rivers and the lakes and the mlats been erased but they written over often with the very names of the people who did the killings so we have carson peak and numerous places named after john c. fremont. two men who we alluded to earlier who were direct genocide perpetrators. we also have many schools and institutions named after leaders and hi

biggest periodical that circulates around indian country is called "indian country today," the national journal or the national periodal periodical of the american indian people in the country. it's important to acknowledge it's a mistake. when we think of indian country -- i'm glad you raise this. it's important to remember we're in indian country right now, but anywhere you go in california, you'll be in one's ancient ancestral homeland, landses that indian people inhabited for thousands of years as many believe since time immemorial and that's true everywhere you go the united states or the hemispheres, fro straits of magellan to the shores of the arctic ocean, you're in indian country. and one of the things that happened because of this great loss of life was the eraseure of indian people in the public consciousness, another only have all the indian names for the land forms and the rivers and the lakes and inlets been erased but have been written over, often with the very names of the people who did the killing. so we have carson peak, and numerous places named after john c. fremont, two me

thehe journal supported federal exchange act, again with the idea that this would stabilize money. at that point local banks that issue money against gold. currency, a national the journal supported that in the 1920's began to second thoughts. >> for more of this we can schedule go to book tv.org. when you think about it one-day festival the national -- book festival and you have over 100 authors, children's authors, all these different authors are there all in over 100,000 people come and celebrate books and reading. you cannot have a better time, i think. prejudice but i am a librarian. anybody who wants to get inspired the book festival is a perfect place. coveragev's live against saturday, september 2 with featured authors including david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and best-selling authors michael lewis and j d mass. one saturday september 2 c-span twos book tv. thursday on washington journal we asked for your comments come per concerning debate over removal of confederate monuments around the u.s.. this portion is two hours. us what you think as we get an update from across the country. thesehould be done

guest: i would say to the caller, apart from the economic that she raises, that the national security journalism that we see today, in is very carefully vetted by groups of lawyers and editors want to give her that confidence. nothing is published in any way reckless manner. host: as a reporter, what goes mind and you see stories that say unnamed source or sources close to the document activity, should there be concerned for those who consume this news? for certain i think kinds of information to get out, ources require anonimity and that has been a long-time all ice in journalism and organizations when we right we often recount anonymous of use of sources in american journalism. of course it stretches back far and use of anonymity is necessary from time to time get information out to the public. host: jamie, philadelphia, ohio, republican line. caller: yes, well, i don't know why he mentioned the word caller, on the last since she was talking about security reasons and there ertainly is not vetting with the administration. here may have been quite a bit with the former administration. my concer

last question from "national journal." >> what is your stance on abortion being used as a litmus test for democrats? >> that is a bad mistake. [laughter] think on issues like that, both parties should be big 10 parties and that no party should related tous test that or any other issue, because there are lots of people and all of the parties have a myriad of opinions on a lot of different issues, and if your party is and you see this in the republican party and the democratic party a litmus test , is just a bad idea and they are not politically smart. >> related does anyone else wano weigh in on this before we stop? thank you for doing this. apologies for pressing on the time. we just wanted to get to as many people as we could. thanks again. we hope you come back. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> very nice to see you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] thank you. you bet. take care. >> tonight, president trump endorses a republica

. >> jon: the politics editor at national journal, there has been a lot of criticism of the president for not strongly condemning what happened over the weekend. does that statement from the white house put the matter to rest? >> it doesn't put it to rest but i guess presidents get second chances to and the president, albeit two days late, said what he needed to say over the weekend and he specifically condemned the ku klux klan, white nationalist and neo-nazis and that speech. it was what he needed to say on saturday, the pressure from his own party, it seemed like almost republican member of congress was out tweeting or making a public statement asking him to specifically condemn these groups that initiated the violence in charlottesville, the political pressure was immense. you can't be a president when your own party is yelling at you and pressuring you. it was coming that was overdue, a good speech that probably should've been set over the weekend. >> jon: as you mention, the republican senator from south carolina lindsey graham was one of those who was critical of the president,

we have josh here, political editor for the national journal.ight be blushing because i don't think i said that word on television. thanks to mark. i was quoting him. charles, i have to say, when i look at this, i feel like the criticism from the two of them is actually pretty mild given all the things that are at stake here. it sort of says that the system of checks and balances that our founding fathers envisioned is working. what do you think? >> i could not agree with you more, dana. in particular, that tweet from donald trump. there was nothing harsh about it at all. it was stating the obvious. it's the obvious that a lot of americans across the country are thinking at the same time. he's talking about excessive expectations. what mcconnell is talking about is the american people have excessive expectations apparently because the american people certainly expected congress would have been able to find that republicans control everything, ought to be able to repeal obamacare. the troubling thing about it is, i think that it suggests that rep

last question from national journal. >> what is your stance on abortion being used as a litmus test for democrats? >> it's a bad mistake. >> thank you. [laughter] >> on issues like that, both parties should be big 10 parties and no party should have a litmus test relating to that or any other issue because there lots of people in all of the parties that have a myriad of of different lot issues. if your party is closed off to any particular person, you see this in the republican party and democratic party, litmus tests ideas and not politically smart, either. >> do you want to weigh in on that before we stop? hearing nothing, thank you all so very much for doing this. apologies for pressing on the time. just wanted to get as many as we could. thanks, again. hope you come back. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. thank you for having us. very nice to see you. [indiscernible] [indistinct conversations] [indistinct conversations] >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that affect you. up thursday morning, a discussion on tax policy legislation

representatives. . 2002, 137 members fell in what was described as an ideological center according to national journalngs meaning those members of congress had voting records in between the most conservative democrat and the most liberal republican. in 2013, that number was down to four, four members of congress falling in the so-called middle. this trend over the last 20 years has eliminated that within the parties and left sen trysts to choose as the least offensive option. and probably only depends on where they live is how they vote. >>> when we come back, governor jerry brown of california and what's ailing the democratic party. it's time to rethink what's possible. rethink the experience. rethink your allergy pills. flonase sensimist allergy relief uses unique mistpro technology and helps block 6 key inflammatory substances with a gentle mist. most allergy pills only block one. and 6 is greater than one. rethink your allergy relief. flonase sensimist. ♪ wheyou wantve somto protect it.e, at legalzoom, our network of attorneys can help you every step of the way. with an estate plan including wills

representatives. . 2002, 137 members fell in what was described as an ideological center according to national journale members of congress had voting records in between the most conservative democrat and the most liberal republican. in 2013, that number was down to four, four members of congress falling in the so-called middle. this trend over the last 20 years has eliminated that within the parties and left sen trysts to choose as the least offensive option. and probably only depends on where they live is how they vote. >>> when we come back, governor jerry brown of crohn's disease. you're more than just a bathroom disease. you're a life of unpredictable symptoms. crohn's, you've tried to own us. but now it's our turn to take control with stelara® stelara® works differently for adults with moderately to severely active crohn's disease. studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. stelara® may lower the ability of your immune system to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. before treatment, get tested

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they created a national currency, the journal supported that, but in the 1920's, they began to have second thoughts. announcer: for more of this weekend schedule, go to booktv.org. defense secretary james mattis held a joint news conference with the ukrainian president into yet today. secretary mattis said the u.s. will continue to put pressure on russia in living up to its commitment to withdraw troops from ukrainian territory. this is about 25 minutes. it is great that you would come to ukraine for the celebration of independence day. today we have this symbolic meeting. your participation today in the military parade, with our allies come together with ukrainian , marched invicemen the parade, testifies our unity and our solidarity. i'm still under the impression after our meeting on american soil as for the level of trust, the understanding, the candid nature and fairness -- and really from the first minutes of my visit in washington experienced that and felt mr. secretary is a real and genuine friend of ukraine. it is really symbolic on the number of clocks in the office of the secret

director for strategic partnerships at atlantic media, where he contributes to the atlantic and the national journal including a weekly column on both sites. he's a longtime political analyst for cnn and he was previously a columnist and political correspondent for the la times and he's the author six books most recently the second civil war how extreme partisanship has paralyzed washington and polarized america. and also julia angwin is a senior reporter at pro publica where in 2016 she led a team investigating algorithms that was a finalist for appeal and surprise in explanatory reporting. and from 2000 to 2013 she reported at the wall street journal where her team of reporters won the 2003 explanatory reporting covering corporate corruption. and she's the author of among other things dragnet nation a quest for privacy security and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance. so i wanted to talk about this question of one way to think of what happened in 2016 is to in the 2016 election is to think that it was an attack on the media, like the media information system made out like the -- the way

director for strategic partnerships at atlantic media, where he contributes to the atlantic and the national journal including a weekly column on both sites. he's a longtime political analyst for cnn and he was previously a columnist and political correspondent for the la times and he's the author six books most recently the second civil war how extreme partisanship has paralyzed washington and polarized america. and also julia angwin is a senior reporter at pro publica where in 2016 she led a team investigating algorithms that was a finalist for appeal and surprise in explanatory reporting. and from 2000 to 2013, she reported at the "wall street journal" where her team of reporters won the 2003 explanatory reporting covering corporate corruption. and she's the author of among other things dragnet nation a quest for privacy security and freedom in a world of relentless surveillance. so i wanted to talk about this question of one way to think of what happened in 2016 is to in the 2016 election is to think that it was an attack on the media, like the media information system made out like the -- the w

it created a national currency. the journal supported that. but then in the 1920s began to have second thoughts about that. >> for more on this weekend's schedule go to booktv.org. >>> sunday night on q and a, the lives of winston churchill. we talk with thomas ricks about his book, churchill and orwell. >> they never met, for example. but the hero of 1984 is may winston. interestingly, orwell, though a social list, a real leftist, admired churchwell and wrote really he was the only conservative he admired. >>> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >>> next on american history tv, historian scott harris talks about the life of the fifth president james monroe and discusses his experiences in the revolutionary war, his legal career and his presidential legacy. mr. harris is director of the james monroe museum and memorial library. his talk at a conference in virginia is 45 minutes.

it created a national currency. the journal supported that. in the 1920's, began to have second thoughts. >> for more on this we can schedule, go to book tv.org. >> when congress returns from the august recess, it will have to come to an agreement on raising the debt ceiling. on washington journal, we talked about the significance of the debt ceiling and the coming debate with the economist mark zandi. washington journal continues. chiefmark zandi is the economist at -- analytics. a decision on raising the federal government borrowing limit. it is a lot of really big numbers that we are talking about. just explain why the average person should care about this debate over the debt limit. if we don't raise the debt limit, then the government

been caught. [ applause ] >> reporter: recognized with a standing ovation at the national press club's annual journalism awards, parents of sharnice milton, 27, a reporter for capital community news was shot and killed the night of may 27th, 2015 as she waited for a bus. she was returning home from covering a community meeting for capital community news. the police told them the intended target of the shooting grabbed the reporter and used her as a human shield. >> i never had a chance to really make the big bylines, but working alongside, you know, wonderful colleagues all throughout this town and when she was tragically taken >> reporter: d.c. police released these images of riders described as persons of interest in the murder, but despite the wide dissemination of those images, no arrests have been made. milton's parents express gratitude at the recognition, saying it keeps her memory alive. >> i was very excited that her peers recognized her strength and her commitment to the community. and how important she was to washington, d.c., and to the world. >> proud that she really would have gone so much

. >> the journal supported the federal exchange act, again with the idea that this would stabilize money of local banks issue money. well they created a nationalcurrency, the journal supported that but then in the 1920s they began to have second thoughts. >> for more of this weekend schedule go to booktv.org. but to be visited capitol hill test members of congress with their reading the summer. >> there's three books on my reading list. the first is the path which is about chinese philosophy and then history books that look not just at the history of mankind but also the future that's the sapiens. >> what information did you learn from reading and how have you applied that to your job? >> i'm still working through the book. release the history of the future. it's a fascinating account of where we have been in the past, how are species became the dominant species on earth in a look at what the future has in store for us particularly with incredible advances in technology. very involved in autonomous vehicles this is the biggest technological change. the thomas self driving vehicles will transform our society and primarily from the artificial in

let's talk about all of it with us tonight to analyzed .president's speech and the journalism out to mean national political roert for the washlt moderator for washington week and pbs. robert costa pb claim it reporter for and white house is correspondent for mcanita welcome back to the broadcast to all of you. robert, let's start with you. what do you make of what you have heard tonight? there seemed to be some new rhetorical benchmarks let's call them, even having watched all the previous rallies. >> what a scene tonight in phoenix, brian. the president went there two years ago in the summer of 2015. how much has changed since then? but how little has change? he opened this rally with an airing of grievances against the media, against democrats. he went on and on about his the news coverage of his handling of the tragedy in charlottesville. this was the same trump we saw on the campaign trail. he also took a shot at senator mccain and senator flake two republicans not by name but he certainly made it clear he was alluding to them at this rally. >> jeremy, i'll show germaneness of this in a momen

visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, and trump discusses the administration's review of more than two dozen national monument designations made by the obama administration. talks about federal land ownership. also, a ranking member of the natural resources committee on public land policy and national monument preservation. finally, cap lindsey graham a discusses the interest in federal land. be sure to watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. donald liebenberg, a professor of physics and astronomy at clemson university in south carolina talks about his previous times with silly eclipses. here is a look. >> donald liebenberg, a professor of physics and astronomy at clemson university in south carolina joins us now and that's where he will be watching on monday, the total solar eclipse. it will be the 27th one he has observed in person, by far the most of anyone alive today. mr. liebenberg, for the

the wall street journal's publisher appeared to be using donald trump's national security adviser asheir latest weapon in their continued battle against the america first agenda and movement that enabled donald trump to shock the world on election night. the legacy media and deep state have worked together to de legitimize donald trump. but the journal, by mimicking scarborough and attempted to marginalize donald trump's advisors, that one being steve bannon, is trying to take over that donald trump defeated over and over again. by part news, something the president reads as well, that is their headline. we have mary online, democrat. caller: hello. mormon from ex- utah. and iorted the era climbed on the brigham young statue. old andi am 75 years -- boastingposting about nukes and who will start back to the it goes feminist mystique and the definition of ego. who, the ego is driven by sex. and i figured it out years ago. all of those boomer babies were, you know, born when the atomic bomb went off. host: ok. stephen in idaho, republican, you are next. caller: good morning. thank you

well, they created a national currency. the journal supported that but in the 1920s began to have second thoughts about that >>> for more of this weekend's schedule go to booktv.org. >> this might be the only government class you ever take. you're going to be a voter forever. you're going to be a juror forever, so i need to give you tools that are going to help you for the rest of your life in those pursuits do them well. >> tuesday night at 8:00 eastern, high school teachers william camps and sunshine discuss how current events affect their lessons on history, politics and government. >> as a history component, this is a chance for them to learn a little bit about their story, that their story doesn't begin the moment they were born. their story starts with people that came long before them, who shaped the world around them that they were born into operates. if they realize, wait a minute, it doesn't start and end with me but what i contribute and where i'm coming from is all part of this bigger story. in that way allowing them to tak

national review." that is all for "washington journal" today. we will be back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. have a great saturday. ♪ [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. 2017] >> coming up next, a look at efforts to combat isis in iraq. then committee discussions about the motivations and tactics used by lone wolf terrorists. >> we have been on the road coming meeting winners of this year's studentcam documentary competition. jack, kyle and handed $1500 for their documentary on environmental justice. honorable mention winners received $250 for their documentary on health care. in concord, massachusetts, a ,econd prize award for cara for theiraroline documentary on the wage gap. in massachusetts, students from won anpton high honorable mention prize of $250 for their documentary on sanctuary cities and immigration reform. , three students received an honorable mention for the documentary on the opioid epidemic. thank you to all the students tha

. >> from this morning's "washington journal", a segment on the national flood insurance program. >> joining us from south carolina, robert herwig. he is a codirector of the centet for risk and uncertainty management and previously the president and economist of the insurance information organization of new york spee2 thank you. glad to be here. >> we are tiny about the national flood insurance progra could you remind our viewers what the purpose of the program is and why we have in the first place.s >> it has been in place since 1968 and has a simple purpose to provide coverage for people who otherwise would be unable to obtain insurance against the disaster of flooding. historically, flood insurance has not been generally available

proceeds from today's event benefit the national press club journalism institute the club's nonprofit journalism training. before we begin please turn off for silence your cell phones. i would like to acknowledge the members that they headline team responsible for organizing the event and if you are in audience please stand be recognized. lisa matthews, roy rousseau beale pierced frank masson no and staff liaison lindy underwood. thank you all. [applause] i first met speaker gingrich 40 years ago at a town hall meeting he was holding outside atlanta. cuomo never did run that speaker gingrich did in 2012 and for a while led opinion polls for presidential nominations. i spent a week with you in florida when you are running and a professor of history became a historical figure himself leading a successful effort to end 40 years of democratic control of the house and became the speaker in 1995. he resigned following the impeachment of president clinton while speaker gingrich never reach the white house the candidate he supported did despite polls up until election day showing clinton ahea

barbara cochran, who is the president of the national press club journalism institute will say a fewwelcoming remarks, and thank you, all, for coming. ms. cochran: good morning, and thank you so much for being here today. i think the size of this crowd is a pretty good indication of the interest there is in finding

well, they created a national currency. the journal supported that. but then in the 1920s began to have second thoughts -- [laughter] >> host: i wonder why? >> guest: but at any rate, the journal -- and one of our editors which we might get to said i've probably written 50 editorials about inflation. he wrote editorials over and over again about how your money depreciates if the central bank or the government inflates the currency. and this gets a little, it gets more complicated than many people understand, but basically the point is that the issuance of currency is what causes inflation. it's not producers, it's the currency, okay? so -- >> host: well, no, so it's interesting though because critics -- i mean, frankly, i started writing columns that were critical several years ago of the amount of qe that was being done. but a lot of people, including me, thought that by now we'd be starting to see more signs of inflation, and we're not. what do you think? is this time different? is there something going on that -- >> guest: i wish i knew. i'm exactl

journal supported the federal exchange act, again, with the idea this will stabilize money. and at that point, local banks could issue money against gold supposedly. well, it created a national currency, the journal reported that. but then in the 1920's it began to have second thoughts. [laughter] announcer: for more on the schedule, go to book tv.org. announcer: the center for immigration studies held a discussion on the court backlog of immigration cases. former immigration judge it talks about the increase in the number of cases and this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. kian, i'ms mark crekor the executive director of the center for immigration studies. a think tank in washington that examines and critiques the impact of immigration on the united states. the issue of immigration courts and the back loss in immigration -- backlogs in immigration courts has broken somewhat into the general news. it seems like the thing that would be inside baseball for immigration experts but the backlog in immigration courts has grown dramatically. that has gotten the attention of regular mainstream media. there is a variety of issues here. what is causing this backlog? wh