if you're not yet a member of the newseum, consider becoming one. is always a lot to do here, it is one of the best museum memberships in town. tomorrow, as you know, to mark the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war, the newseum will open a terrific exhibit that explores the often contentious relationship between the military and the press in america's first televised war. the exhibit explores how journalists brought news about the war to an increasingly divided nation. we hope these photos, videos and artifacts will help you better understand that difficult time, which and my view, was a toxic combination of a high casualty war, universal conscription, and widespread rebellion by american youth. tonight, we will hear from three people who covered the war from different perspectives. bob schieffer was a 28 year-old reporter who was sent to vietnam by the "fort worth star-telegram" to get the local angle. he covered vietnam as a pentagon and white house correspondent. he has anchored cbs's "face the nation" for the past 24 years and his final program

but the newseum can help make sure that people know. think it is instructive because, at a time now that we're analysts -- endlessly told is the most divisive and most divided and most difficult in our nations history, it is important to be reminded that it is not. that paapart from the obvious history lessons we have about the 1860's, we have a lot to learn still from the 1960's. this exhibit does. if you think it was a challenge covering washington today consider the example of those who covered a war in southeast asia for a society that itself was almost at w back homear -- war back home. it has been observed in recent months that the irony of bob simon's death is that he survived so many near misses along route one in vietnam chronically wartime only to die along manhattan's west side highway in peacetime. bob's daughter tonya, a producer, wanted very much to be here tonight but the good news is that tonya is very pregnant with who would have been bob's second grandchild. and she could not make the trip. but tonya and her mother hav

history tv, veteran journalist bob schieffer, peter arnett, and david hume kennerly speaking at the newseum speaking at the exhibit "reporting vietnam." all three reported on their experiences. during this discussion, they

history tv, veteran journalists bob schieffer, peter arnett, and david hume kennerly speaking at the newseum, speaking at the exhibit "reporting vietnam." 03 traveled to vietnam during the war and reported on their experiences. during this discussion, they explore the role of the press during the 1960's, as well is the idea of government censorship. this program is about an hour and 20 minutes. ♪ [video clip] >> in 1965, the war was becoming the big story and i was determined that i was going to get there and cover it. so i became the first reporter from a texas newspaper to go to vietnam. >> when the action did begin i , was a veteran. i had been there four years and i was ready to roll. >> i was there because i wanted to be involved with the biggest american story of my generation. >> because i learned essentially how to control my fear. my choice was to get as close to the action in vietnam as i

veteran journalists discuss their vietnam war experiences at the opening of the newseum's reporting vietnam exhibit. get the full schedule on c-span.org. >> next, republican senator tom cotton about foreign-policy. then a look at policies and laws to protect the rights of transgendered people. >> next, republican senator tom cotton about foreign-policy challenges facing the u.s. he criticized president obama's policy on iran's nuclear negotiations combating ices, and the ukraine-russia conflict. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> ready to go? >> everyone take their seats and we will get started. i think the microphones are mainly for -- i hope you can project. this is the fourth in our series this week for the issues forum. we have gone from senator bernie sanders, we had speak on wednesday. lincoln chafee announced for president. i do not think our speaker will be announcing for president. may in four years will have him back when he decides to announce. along with the financial times in the fall we will be putting -- hosting most of the presidential candidates and we have the chairm

and david kennerly discuss their vietnam war experiences at the opening of the museum -- museum --newseum's reporting vietnam exhibit. get our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. >> now more from the recent milken institute global conference with three former treasury secretary's discussing the u.s. economic outlook and the global economy. you will hear from robert rubin henry paulson, and timothy geithner. this is just over an hour. >> let's start our luncheon panel on the global economy. we are delighted and honored to have a truly exceptional moderator for this wonderful group of former u.s. treasury secretary's. sheryl sandberg, the chief operating officer of facebook, founder of an organization committed to helping women achieve their ambitions, the author of the best seller with their will to lead and before her role in facebook, cheryl was the vice president of global sales and operations at google. we are delighted to have her, our panelists, and you are in for a very enjoyable hour, so here they are. cheryl, it is all yours. [applause] sheryl: i am delighted to be here and still i