welcome to the newseum's theater. i am peter prichard, chair of the newseum and we are here to mark the opening of our latest theater. exhibit, the marines in tet, the battle that changed the vietnam war. this is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet to mark the marines in tet, the battle that changed the vietnam war. this is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive, which, if you're a millennial, i'll explain it to you, was a coordinated offensive by vietcong and north vietnamese troops on more than 100 towns, cities and american and south vietnamese military facilities. it began on the night of january 30th, 1968. and i remember it well, because i was an intelligence clerk with mac fee at the time. our exhibit showcases the work of john olson who, like me, was a young army draftee. he was a photographer for "stars & stripes," the military's daily newspaper. and he spent three days in february with the marines as they took back the city of hue, in what turned out to be the bloodiest battle of the vietnam war

welcome to the newseum's theater. i'm chair of the moo newseum. here to mark the marines in tet, the battle that changed the vietnam war. this is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive, which, if you're a millennial, i'll explain it to you, was a coordinated offensive by vietcong and north vietnamese troops on more than 100 towns, cities and american and south vietnamese military facilities. it began on the night of january 30th, 1968. and i remember it well, because i was an intelligence clerk with mac fee at the time. our exhibit showcases the work of john olson who, like me, was a young army draftee. he was a photographer for "stars & stripes," the military's daily newspaper. and he spent three days in february with the marines as they took back the city of hue, in what turned out to be the bloodiest battle of the vietnam war. this innovative exhibit features 20 large format photographs and ten tactile versions of these photos with touch activated sensors that trigger interviews. this enables blind and low-vision visitors to experienc

now we visit the newseum in washington, d.c. to mark the 150th anniversary of lincoln's assassination. the new york herald special edition published on april 15th and 14th, 1865 show how the news unfolded after the first associated press report that the president had been shot. >> i'm the cure rater and direct or collections here at the museum and we are in our new exhibit called "president lincoln is dead." this exhibit has a really sort of tight focus on seven additions of the new york herald, which was the most widely circulated newspaper of the time that were published in the 18 hours immediately following lincoln's assassination. so it is the minute by minute story of the news as it happened, as people were getting it in this country about the assassination of lincoln. one of the ways that we help people understand sort of not just time but place is through this great map that we have on the floor in the center of the gallery. because we are almost here in this building at the epicenter of things. ford's theater is certainl

has been and is today a big hairy deal involving big money for more here's ashley banks from the newseum ashley social media has taken the news industry by storm out of one point many people used to take to the newspaper or television or radio to get their news however now many people are taking to social media to get the latest the only issue with that is that some of the information that's being shared is either skewed or not true at all it seems more and more people are turning away from traditional news looking to facebook and twitter as a result it's taking aim at the nomic toll on the industry especially at newspaper outlets according to the pew research center and twenty six teena the newspaper industry face challenges all the major u.s. newspapers reported an increase in digital subscription the new york times added five hundred thousand digital subscriptions and twenty six team to forty seven percent year over year right. the wall street journal added one hundred fifty thousand subscriptions which is a twenty three percent rise in the chicago tribune i added one hundred thousand

has been and is today a big hairy deal involving big money for more here's ashley banks from the newseum ashley social media has taken the news industry by storm out of one point many people used to take to the newspaper television or radio to get their news however now many people are taking to social media to get the latest the only issue with that is that some of the information that's being shared is either skewed or not true at all it seems more and more people are turning away from traditional news looking to facebook and twitter as a result it's taking in at the nomic toll on the industry especially newspaper outlets according to the pew research center and twenty think fifteen at the newspaper industry face challenges all the major u.s. newspapers reported an increase in digital subscription the new york times added five hundred thousand digital subscriptions and twenty six team to forty seven percent year over year right. i the wall street journal added one hundred fifty thousand subscriptions which is a twenty three percent rise in the chicago tribune i added one hundred thousa

thursday night at 7:00, we are live from newsy him in what -- from newseum in washington, d.c.. and friday night at 8:00, caller and edna green mumford on abraham lincoln's friends and enemies. watch american history tv on c-span3. representatives was in session on sunday. to standby in case the senate passed legislation to fund the government. they will return this morning at noon eastern. here are some of the speeches from sunday. this is about 35 minutes. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray, god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. you have promised that you are with us wherever we are and whatever we are doing to heal and to help, to give strength and make us whole. we pray that we all and the members of this assembly especially will be receptive to your promises and receive them with confidence and conviction and armed by your spirit, we will be able to forge good solutions to the current impasse to promote equity, justice and truth. pardon us as we have missed the mark to

in dc at the newseum. tell me about that >> d.c.ian doing a bunch of panels, um, an autograph signing here in town it will be crazy bike mobile d.c. museum for the dc comic fans and we're doing the premier of episode one and after party at the actual newseum. i'm super excited about and stoked about. >> right. talk about comic books in general because now we're seeing comic books come to the big screen they've been coming to the big screen. now they're on tv. >> yes sir. >> a lot of them are coming tv. com pick books featuring african-american super here wrongs villians as well. >> 21 hey is the going to be the year of the black super hero. we've seen some trip kell and sprinkles of black super heroes in movies and television shows but i think 2018 black lightning and black panther some other things you see coming out will be onslaught. black lightning being the first black super hero family because both his daughters asa jennifer are black super heroes on their own thunder and lightning which you'll soon see. that's a first. single

this is t w news live from berlin a nation shaken by days of unrest to newseum out of the seventh anniversary of the arab spring amid fears of fresh protests and the economic hardship of a reporter in june as has been speaking to the family of a man killed during a protest in this week. also on the program was killed anything also let's never forget a shamefaced apology from authorities in hawaii this offer a message is mistakenly sent out warning of a mistrial approaching the island panicked residents fearing for their lives for almost forty minutes before the era is correct it will tell you what went wrong. and the first baby panda ever to be born in france makes its public debut at a zoo just outside paris and just five months of age she's already crawling his way into people's homes. hello and welcome my name's christopher spring a good to have you with us tonight is your is bracing for more street protests today as the north african nation marks the seventh anniversary of the arab spring uprising that toppled its former dictator. ben ali since monday tunisians have been demonstrating aga

fresh protests erupt into newseum as the country marks the seventh anniversary of the arab spring there are fears that the situation could escalate as the north african nation struggles with major economic problems. and how to ensure is tonic after a turkish plane skids off a runway and clinches down a seaside cliff it stops just meters from the docks a markedly nobody in terms. of . meeting members of germany's social democrats are calling for improvements to a coalition blueprints agreed with chancellor angela merkel's conservatives they have to win over the party's rank and file who could vote against the deal to form a grand coalition ask congress next weekend. marco center right christian democrats and their varian sister party the c.s.u. oppose making changes to the new friends. the leaders of germany social democrats are trying to win over party members and gain their approval for formal coalition negotiations but it's not proving easy it's not saying we should take our topics into the coalition talks and discuss them in detail if that means discussing some points again i don't k

i'd like to thank the other sponsors, our military personnel, the newseum for the great leadership in this effort. it is our privilege to be here. i now would like to introduce another one of our sponsors this evening. i have the opportunity to invite to the humid mark subban, who is the senior manager of professional services for nikon. mark? >> thank you and good evening. for 100 years, nikon's been making products to allow individuals and families and the press to make some amazing photos and nikon is proud to bring a new vision to photography to everybody. again, on behalf of nikon and nikon professional services, thank you and enjoy the evening and we'll see you soon. thank you. >> and now i'd like to introduce mark bowden and our distinguished panel. please give them a warm. >> all right. well thank you all for coming tonight. as i heard in the introductions, it was explained that i published a book just recently about the battle of hue, and in reporting that book, i think both because i'm a journalist and also because i'm here at the newseum tonight, i should say that i was eve

too from a construction workers and the odd passer by said she was from london's magnet he saw the newseum which couldn't obviously resist the marketing opportunity we spoke to a senior local labor party official who says it is clear from canceled because he's worried about facing protests we know that it's because he was going to face you know huge protests when he came here he's a deeply unpopular man decided to take and there were going to be hundreds of thousands maybe a million people on the street this is the kind of pressure donald trump would be facing if he came over here and he doesn't have the spine to take that you know he as soon as someone insults him he's straight on twitter i don't think it's going to alienate his support base you know there are a lot of angry people out there and trump has manipulated vast anger into into a support base and he's been wholly disingenuous about it but he has managed to whip up a lot of just content about the the drawbacks of globalization how globalization is not working for everyone there are some left behind people and those left behind pe

for an interview to do confirm via twitter they were instructed to stop services to tune a spy to newseum authorities a fictive to seen between the fifth children as young as two years old were being barred from flying i mean not many people would consider the threats and officials were even informing families that even if you were a one month old female baby you wouldn't be allowed to fly and you wouldn't be allowed to enter the territory emirates is the only airline that flies you a direct meaning it severed the transport link between the countries it's unclear if the diplomatic link will also be cut. to his ear has been trying to repair relations with the u.a.e. after its twenty eleven revolution its biggest political party has strong ties to casa currently under blockades by the u.a.e. and three other arab countries emirates will remain suspended until feels it can operate within international regulations the sudden and vague ban that museum woman face now turned on the line or joining us from london is peter morris peter is a chief economist at global flight good to have you with us

coming up our reporter actually ashley banks is going to be covering the economics of news from the newseum here. in washington d.c. thanks for watching we sure to catch boom bust on you tube youtube dot com slash boom bust r.t. catch you next time. the two thousand and eight economic crisis turns some countries into paix these are the countries with weaker economies that needed austerity policies if you are in a situation of flow bloat even the recession austerity is a very bad idea it doesn't work it makes millions of people very unhappy those who are unemployed see their wages decline almost a decade how good are the results in your duties will by the people gathered in greece to watch it all get people to see what i. believe will be she still calamitous i mean to for legal. challenge not to. think they see something. while the same mission is still in place to one of the consequences to weaken bluebirds food. will first be one of the suits the truth be considered is the consequences are actually quite acceptable to the decision makers. global war hawks sell you on the idea that dropping

eastern we are alive from the museum -- from the newseum in washington, d.c. on the tet offensive. on friday night, lincoln scholar errol holter, author walter starr and howard university professor edna green medford on abraham lincoln's friends and enemies. watch american history tv this week in prime time on c-span read -- c-span3. live at capitol hill for a budget committee oversight hearing for the congressional budget office with keith hall, senator mike and zinc of what -- mike enzi of wyoming is chief chair. >> we are live on capitol hill as the senate budget committee is meeting today. this is an oversight hearing for the budget office. cbo director keith hall will give his testimony. cbo recently enacted tax cuts will increase the deficit by about $1.8 billion of the next decade. senator mike enzi of wyoming is chair of the budget committee. he did gavel in a minute ago, we are waiting for democrat members of the committee to arrive.

coming up our reporter actually ashley banks is going to be covering the economics of news from the newseum here. in washington d.c. thanks for watching we sure to catch boom bust on you tube youtube dot com slash boom bust r.t. catch you next time. it's a new year but the same stories persist outfront is the chaotic trump white house followed by the steel dossier and a possible breakthrough with north korea. i had a great education a good job and a family that loved me. i never had to worry about how i would eat and where i would sleep. i'm facing christmas alone out on the streets of london. well you look to be honest. i thought the love the glory like going to school you know to simulate it to still give up food for the see. her. because you don't really feel like a human being you know. and then. the guy just came over to me so me and gave me his you know this book. north and south korea holding their first formal talks for two years after donald trump claimed his tough stance on pyongyang to make the meeting possible. israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu faces mass protests over

vietnam to mark the fiftieth anniversary of what became known as the tet offensive an exhibit at the newseum in washington d.c. is currently showcased in the work of a young photographer who spent three days with u.s. marines at the one nine hundred sixty eight battle of way which was part of that offensive a stars and stripes photographer during the offensive tells us about his experience . i'm john olsen i'm co-founder of a business name three d. photo works this is a series of photographs i made as a young combat photographer in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight during the tet offensive in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven i was a nineteen year old u.s. army draftee in saigon with an incredible job i was the only photographer assigned to the newspaper stars and stripes i'd heard that the battle for a was vicious fighting there i was met by a number of eighteen nineteen twenty year old marine and i spent three days with them they were taken heavy casualties and it was a totally new experience tet is the vietnamese new year that celebrated every year and in one thousand nine hundre

coming up our reporter actually ashley banks is going to be covering the economics of news from the newseum here. in washington d.c. thanks for watching be sure to catch boom bust on you tube youtube dot com slash boom bust r.t. catch you next time. power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely and they fell of the metro over their heads up saudi arabia these days is as corrupt as the day is long and he's just stealing money from folks and with us right to be had it but america is like that's reform meanwhile ok already there actually are in the process of reform but that somehow evil. the two thousand and eight economic crisis turns some countries into paid these are the countries with weaker economies that needed austerity policies if you are in a situation of flow bloat even the recession austerity is a very bad idea it doesn't work and it makes millions of people very unhappy those who are unemployed see their wages decline almost a decade how good are the results she saw in a fifteen year old piece of her by the people gathered in which to watch the world get people to see what

coming up our reporter actually ashley banks is going to be covering the economics of news from the newseum here. in washington d.c. thanks for watching be sure to catch boom bust on you tube youtube dot com slash boom bust r.t. catch you next time. power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely and they fell of the match over their heads up saudi arabia these days is as corrupt as the day is long and he's just stealing money from folks and with us right to be had it but america is like that's reform meanwhile ok already there actually are in the process of reform and but that's somehow evil. when lawmakers manufacture consent to instant of public wealth. when the ruling closest to protect themselves. with the famous merry go round lifts only the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. room in the real news room. in the heart of the swiss alps this is a place probably more secretive than the pentagon more mysterious than the cia and better guarded than for knox swiss customs are here permanently all the science is controlled by as a monday impose the opening time so it will

coming up our reporter actually ashley banks is going to be covering the economics of news from the newseum here. in washington d.c. thanks for watching we sure to catch boom bust on you tube youtube dot com slash boom bust r.t. catch you next time. a little blog selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles that still. produce offspring to tell you that so because it's a template file for the most important news today. off the bat doesn't tell me you are not cool enough and that's why they're probably. all the hawks that we along with all the walking. thank you. thank you thank you thank you i. think. the launch of a state of the art space x. rocket is carrying a classified u.s. government some satellite leads to speculation about whether it made it into space with none of the usual information released. north and south korea hold high level talks for the first time in two years raising hopes of a possible that the months that plagued breakthrough. plans there are calls to boycott the clothing giant h. and m. after one of it

thursday night at 7:00, we are with aom the newseum discussion on the 1968 vietnam war tet offensive. and friday night at 8:00, and lincoln's and howard onversity professor medford abraham lincoln's friends and enemies. watch american history tv this week in prime time on c-span3. >> the senate returns at 10:00 this morning to continue work on a temporary spending measure to reopen the government. they have a vote set for noon that would determine the fate of a three-week extension of government funding. here is a look at some of their floor debate from sunday. mr. tester: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today for one simple reason. that reason is to tell this body to stop pointing fingers and start writing a budget that works for not only my state but every state in the union. it can be done. it's been done many, many, many times before. unfortunately, this year, our budget ran out on september 30. we had a c.r. that took us from the next day, october 1, to december 8. and then when december 8 rolled around, we had another continuing resolution, c.r., to take us from

technology that they have developed and then figured out how to manufacture at something beyond just a newseumce but some form of production level capacity within be proliferated elsewhere in the world. then secondarily it doesn't take too much imagination to understand that if the contingent that nuclear weapon system or the rain is make advancements in theirs, that many other the countries run the world will decide me, too. right? that i want to have one of those things that that guy has. being very careful not to identify countries but you can go through the list of those would feel incredibly threaten and feel that they needed to have similar capacity in order to defend their own national security interests. >> let's talk about vladimir putin for a second. this is a guy who shows up a lot with his shirt off, right? there's a famous story where he told president bush, bigger, stronger. are these behaviors of someone who is a strong leader or a week later? >> our assessment of vladimir putin's intentions have changed. he continues to view the greatest failure of the last century to the disso

conference the government announced it's closing the notorious mock allow a prison and turning it into a newseum facilities been singled out by rights groups in the past for suspected rights violations including torture and critics maintain the government needs to address the underlying grievances of the protesters such as economic social and ethnic rights it's not clear what kind of impact the release of political prisoners will have on the growing opposition movement stephanie decker or jazeera. well as a law electra studied political trials in ethiopia he says the government would be risking collapse if it doesn't follow through on its promises the question of with little more government can be believed. is one that divides a lot of people some people say that because the political landscape is shifting even the interest of the government itself to do this if the government doesn't do this then it would be very difficult to hold on for a very long time there are others who are skeptical some who are cautiously optimistic but my own personal belief is that the government would all know even th

eastern live in the newseum in washington, d.c. friday night, 8:00 p.m.in a green medford on abraham lincoln's friends and enemies. >>> coming up on american history tv, historians and university leaders discuss free speech on college campuses. part of the conversation includes how social media has changed the nature of discourse in university settings, and the role that political protests have played.

price and tax hikes the opposition is calling for the twenty eighteen budget to be scrapped that you newseum prime minister has a calm saying the economy will improve this year when it happened was that he said . we would like to send a message to the protesters no matter what the government undertakes its top priority is and. proving economic and social conditions and ensuring the trust in the country and its institutions the government wants open dialogue regarding their demands but look at the snow is the director of the choom this exchange conference and he says it's not just to new zealand to be worried about the instability in the region. it's very damaging for the government it's already damaging the tunisian economy for sure it's damaging also to european an external interests who are quite worried about the situation of another kind of seemingly unstable state on the mediterranean on their borders so all around this is great greatly concerning it's also concerning to our tunisian friends as well who are experiencing extreme economic hardship but who are also scared about unrest and

thursday at 7:00, we are live from the newseum in washington with a discussion of the vietnam offensivefriday night at 8:00, , and howardllar university professor edna green mefford on abraham lincoln's friends and enemies. watch american history tv this week on primetime, c-span3. after three days of uncertainty, the government shutdown came to an end after congress approved a short-term spending bill to fund the government through february 8. the measure also included a six-year reauthorization of chip and for a co-pay for federal urlough payand fo for federal workers. next, we take a look at how the day unfolded

eastern, we are live from the newseum in washington, d.c. with a discussion on the 1968 vietnam war tet offensive. and friday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, lincoln scholar howard holzer, author walter starr and edna green medford on abraham lincoln's friends and enemies. watch american history tv in prime time on c-span 3. >>> the u.s. election assistance commission hosted a summit with state and local officials on election system security and other election issues. speakers in this portion included secretaries of state from washington state and rhode island as well as local election officials and technology experts. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> all right. we will go ahea

eastern, we are live from the newseum in washington, d.c. with a discussion on the 1968 vietnam war tet offensive. and friday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, lincoln scholar howard holzer, author walter starr and edna green medford on abraham lincoln's friends and enemies. watch american history tv in prime time on c-span 3. >>> the u.s. election assistance commission hosted a summit with state and local officials on election system security and other election issues. speakers in this portion included secretaries of state from washington state and rhode island as well as local election officials and technology experts. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> all right. we will go ahead and get started with the next panel. i want to thank you all for coming back, first of all, from the break. i want to welcome my panelists up here. thank you for being willing to participate in this discussion. obviously, it's the topic du jour, i would say, for election administrators as well as folks like jeremy in the computer science community, dealing with e

you know, you go back, you're in the newseum here, and a great newspaper business has to certify how many readers they have and publish that. because that's what they sell advertising rates based upon. you think about today's information world, are we getting scammed in this market? who knows? i don't know. we know there are bots out there that pretend to be people, and there are followers that don't exist, and all of this is getting monetized. i think there's role for the ftc, the fcc and congress. >> is this an area where your committee will be doing some further investigation? >> yep, absolutely. >> on the state of the market, the state of the net overall? >> absolutely. here's my view, you've got to put the consumer first. and if you put the consumer first, it means you have a market you can trust in, and that will drive innovation and competition which should lower prices and expand choices more consumers. and if there's bad behavior, we will go after it, i don't care who it is. and the energy and commerce committee has a pretty good record on doing that going back, republican a

eastern live in the newseum in washington, d.c. friday night, 8:00 p.m. ed in a green medford on abraham lincoln's friends and enemies. >>> coming up on american history tv, historians and university leaders discuss free speech on college campuses. part of the conversation includes how social media has changed the nature of discourse in university settings, and the role that political protests have played. >> thank you, i'm excited. ♪ >>> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, the trump organization's business conflicts of interest. we'll talk about it with public citizen president robert weisman. we're live from the d.c. convention center for the 2018 washington auto show. we'll discuss the future of automotive technology and ride share services in washington with robert grant of lyft. >>> and senator john thune will discuss today's field hearing on automotive technology and the issues facing lawmakers and auto industry regulators. >>> also, kurt meyers of the pennsylvania de

thursday night at 7:00, we are live from newsy him in what -- from newseum in washington, d.c.. and friday night at 8:00, caller and edna green mumford on abraham lincoln's friends and enemies. watch american history tv on c-span3. representatives was in session on sunday. to standby in case the senate passed legislation to fund the government. they will return this morning at noon eastern. here are some of the speeches from sunday. this is about 35 minutes. the speaker: the house will be in order