"newsmakers" this week spoke with richard shelby of the senate.e're back with our two reporters who question him. they toy mcgrane of "the wall street journal," and susan very susan ferrechio of "washington examiner." this discussion over. think reforms -- where is it going? victoria: interestingly senator shelby's bill did not include provisions. he was really try to find something that he could pass, that he could get some democratic support for. what happened was he got that bill attached to an appropriations bill. also included were some measures to suggest the tspb to the appropriations process to replace the director with the board. these are nonstarters for democrats. the question is -- we saw the last time that congress did and on must pass bill at the end of the year. those became bargaining chips because the administration is so opposed to anything like that happening, they were able to -- republicans were able to get other things they wanted in exchange for dropping things out of there. that might be what that's about. i really think th

host: returning to "newsmakers" this week is senator richard shelby of alabama. senator, think you being our guest. sen. shelby: thank you. host: let me introduce our two reporters who will be questioning the center this week. susan ferrechio and victoria mcgrane. victoria: just this last week, the senate appropriations committee included in a spending bill and over 200 page spending overhaul package that you put together. democrats were very upset about this. they said it was inappropriate. what was your goal ?they said it ? what were you trying to achieve by attaching this bill to the appropriations committee? sen. shelby: first of all, we were not doing an end run. i think everything is kind of a frontal attack. it is not the first time the democrats have seen anything in the appropriations bill because they have done it for years and years themselves. why we are doing this is because we are trying to get the attention of the democrats, and i believe we have. we have two trains running now. we have the appropriations bill, where we have first of all penetrated

. >> newsmakers is next. then a town hall event with scott walker. 8:00, are conversation with a college student who has visited the grave's of presidents and vice presidents since the age of nine. >> this is newsmakers. joining us this week is lily garcia, the president of the national association. guest: i am thrilled to be here. host: also joining us is emily of the next america project at national journal, thank you for both joining us. as we sit here, both the house and the senate have a version of the secondary education act and the school bill, which still has to be decided on, can you give us an update on not only what this act involves but the house and senate versions and what you see as what you like and maybe not like? guest: this is like history in the making for us. we have teachers all over the country on the edge of their little seats wondering what is going to happen to no child left untested or originally called the elementary and secondary education act. we loved it when it had a boring nam

mcardle: on newsmakers this week, we are joined by stephanie schriock, of emily's group. and joining us to help us with the questions and studio we , are joined by matea gold of

host: let me step in to say you are watching "newsmakers peter ."eporter: a more explicit political question. the national education association is the largest labor union in america. americaner union, the federation of teachers has and hillary clinton. they did not endorse early in 2008. you have not yet and/or spirit can we expect an endorsement? and if so, when? will it be clinton? is bernie sanders giving her a run for the money? lily: both of the organizations have very different processes to reach decisions. a long time ago when jimmy , that was thening first time that the national education association decided to make a recommendation to our neighbors -- our members. we have made a recommendation and every presidential race since then. i feel very confident that we will make one in this race. .he question is one of timing we are making those decisions now. our political action committee who leadp of educators state affiliates all over the country. they will come together and make a recommendation. they will debate this and make a recommendati

next, newsmakers with new jersey congressman frank pallone. then president obama speak at -- speech at american university on the iran nuclear agreement. then senator mitch mcconnell on the iran nuclear agreement and the senator -- senate record so far this session. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] this week on newsmakers, frank alone joins us from new york. they do for being with us. we also have in studio with us , energy reporter for politico, and emma dumain. certified could begin with what the president announced earlier on his climate change plan. do to ourat it would viewers, and what impact it would have on the state. and reaction it got from republicans. : the main thing i would stress with this clean power plan is it is going to make for a healthier environment. there are many people now who suffer from dirty air and pollution, particularly those that have asthma. they are ne

visit ncicap.org] ♪ "nnouncer: up next, "newsmakers with emily's list. president obama speaking at a community center in the lower net toward to mark the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. after that, more from new orleans with president clinton, louisiana members of congress, and nancy pelosi. they will also discuss the 10 years since hurricane katrina. on newsmakers this week, we are joined by stephanie schriock, of emily's group. and joining us to help us question in studio, we are joined by matea gold of the "washington post," and alexis simendinger. you have the first question. >> welcome, it is great to chat with you

"newsmakers" today at 10:00 a.m. and six clock p.m. on c-span -- 6:00 p.m. on c-span >> the republicans debating at the forum on monday at 7:00 p.m.. c-span is providing live coverage. the new hampshire union leader along with leadership organizations are sponsoring the forum. following the life forum you can provide your input by joining the colin programs are adding your comments. the road to the white house 2016 on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> officials from the dea, the white house and other federal agencies testified tuesday about how to stop the increase in heroine abuse and how pain relief medications have contributed to the problem. they were at a hearing at the homeland security committee it is one hour 15 minutes. >> our nation faces a profound challenge with the growing heroine epidemic. last year, a number of heroin deaths grew by a shocking 72%. while northwestern wisconsin suffered six overdoses in six days this february. clearly this is a problem that does not discriminate by race or class and transcends geography. earlier this year

thank you for being this week's newsmaker. host: now let me turn to both of you and we will begin with climate change which the president announced on monday, this new epa rule. you heard from the congressman, he thinks there are not enough votes to veto. that republicans opposition to this do not go anywhere. what are republicans saying? >> republicans have already moved legislation that would move in multiple avenues, halt, block, slow these regulations. they are probably going to make a big pr show when we get back from recess. the senate has just advanced its version to the floor but i think he is correct, they don't have the votes to sustain a veto. host: and what is the plan for planned parenthood? another big vote that could be coming this fall when lawmakers return. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, republican from kentucky, just had a news conference on capitol hill on thursday basically reiterating what he said earlier in the week, which is there is not going to be a government shutdown. planned parenthood i

at 10:00 our "newsmakers" interview. later, president obama talking about the iran nuclear agreement in a speech at american university. q&a," then c-span's " former emergency manager of detroit. >> if detroit had taken that $1.5 billion it filed in 2005 in 2006 when the stock market went down to 6700 and it just invested in index fund, what ever, stock market is now trading at 18,000. they not only would have tripled their money, they would have paid the pensions in full and got back in the business of declaring the 13 check, the practice of giving pensioners a 13th check at the end of the year. it could have fixed itself that there had been some sort of sober management going for just like any organization. if you have some strong leadership and some focus leadership, you can resolve these problems, but it takes a lot of effort. >> tonight on c-span's " q&a." coming up on this morning's "washington journal," a look at the job numbers with chief economics writer ben councilman. the robert daley with wilson center who ta

"newsmakers," sundays on c-span.er: and now joining us is kevin ashton, he is the corner of the term, "the internet of things." he is also the author of "how to fly a horse: the secret histroy of creation, invention, and discovery." where is the origin of the title of the book? kevin: it comes from the wright brothers. they said this is the kind of horse we have to learn to ride if we are going to fly. peter: how does this tie in with the theme? kevin: the interest thing -- interesting thing is where did they come up with the idea? they were not the first people to try to fly, how did they succeed? they understood the problem they were trying to solve much better. at the end of the day, being creative is not about having ideas in the shower or a ha moments, it is about solving problems one step at a time. understanding that a piece of paper problem, which is a problem of balance, which is the key to the wright brothers that led to implying. -- flying. peter: you talk about the development of the "the internet of thin

we have what is called an auction list, which is what major newsmakers public and private, celebrities, et cetera, who a lot of people want to invite. and so we don't have a dozen members all inviting the same person, we do an auction ceremony where you literally pick numbers out of a hat which gives you the right to choose ahead of other people who you want to invite. it takes a little while, but it does work well for us. and then there is other folks who are not on the list but if you want to invite them -- each member of the club gets to invite a certain number of people. i think each member basically starts with four. me, as president, i have an unlimited amount of people i can invite. if i can afford to pay for their tickets. and that is the one benefit of being president besides being the center of attention for a whole evening, whether i want to be or not. and i should not quite the center. if the president of the united states he or some day she is the center. this is inevitable. how do we get the president there.

"newsmakers" is also heard on c-span radio. is withcarnevale georgetown university and the center on education and the workforce. have seen a real kic up take in the recovery. the recovery has been very slow. it has been coming on at about been of previous recoveries. nonetheless, it is performing well. we have about 2.9 million good jobs, another 1.8 million jobs in the middle, and then we've jobs that1.9 million pay less than $32,000 per year, not so good jobs. host: wiki. that this is a jobless recovery, jobs are not coming back as they have in past recoveries, and that we saw what happened on wall street last week -- whether that has any impact on jobs, yet to be seen. guest: we have recovered at half have in that we previous recessions during we have finally come to the point where we have all the jobs above $53,000, the have come back pretty much to where they were in 2006-2007. not terrific. we lost all the jobs that would have been there. the middle jobs are still lagging behind. that is a concern. we are losing constru

then newsmakers with the president of the national education association, lily eskelsen garcia. after that, a discussion marking the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina focused on the impact of the storm and the lessons learned from it. on q&a 20-year-old college student kurt dion has been visiting the graves of u.s. presidents and vice presidents documenting 9-year-o and his adventures on his website. gravesite that everybody has trouble getting to is the rockefeller grave. >> yes, nelson rockefeller. >> how did you do it? >> we were able to get it through what my father describes as an act of god. my father saw this gigantic tree had fallen and crushed the fence. he went in and saw nelson rockefeller's grave and decided he would have to get me there fairly quickly after that. tonight at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. this morning, anthony carnevale, director of the georgetown talks aboutenter, the report of good high-paying jobs available and the effect on recent and soon-to-be college graduates. -- discusses the groups opposition the iran nuclear deal. and author of ashley's war, th

visit ncicap.org] "newsmakers" tim pawlenty is our guest. he shares his thoughts on the republican party and the 2016 presidential race. there is a long way to go between now and the iowa caucus next year. owans are notorious for deciding late. it is a more conservative state than many other places. not that many people show up. and i want, only a few hundred thousand participate. it is a subgroup of a subgroup of a subgroup. they tend to be pretty conservative. iowa favors more conservative and populist candidates. donald trump is in the lead with about 20% but that means there is 80% of the vote not for trump. if someone can succeed in consolidating the other 80% that is a win. but the field may need to shrink and that may not happen by iowa. so 20% could be the winner. >> is it time to start talking about donald trump as a potential winner? >> if you had asked me a month ago i would've said no. seeing the surprising resilience of his appeal, and the rawness, and he can say almost anything and it does not affect polling numbers, he may hav

that is from art "newsmakers" program, senator richard shelby is our guest. that is right after this program. for the next hour, a discussion about the campaign in 2016. stefan hankin, democratic pollster and strategist. joining us as well, david winston, a republican pollster and strategist. how much attention should be to polling? be paying guest: it is the most important thing. for most americans, it is a little early. for those of us in the beltway and political junkies, this is what we live and die by. look, we are still 4-5 months away from the first primary for both democrats and republicans. we have a long way to go until the general start. it is early. it is fun to look at, but what we are seeing in the polls now is not necessarily indicative of comewe will be seeing, 2016. side, on the republican polling is critical given that is how they decide who will be in the debate. it is very important for all those candidates to be able to be on that stage. in this particular situation, but where our research is playing is critical. host: when it comes to th

on this weakens newsmakers she talks about education policy, including standardized testing and congressional efforts to rewrite the no child left behind law. watch the interview tomorrow at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern. >> this week on first ladies, influence and image, we learn about ellen and edith wilson. after a year and a half serving as first lady she tell gravely ill and passed away. president woodrow wilson remarries edith wilson, and he suffers from a stroke, making her primary role as his companion and later guardian. she also became the first first lady to travel to europe. and edith wilson sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on seat -- on c-span's original series, first ladies coming influence and image. from martha washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >> coming up next from washington journal, a look at the debate over immigration and where the 2016 presidential candidates stand on the issue. -- on the issue. . and then a discussion on the future of digital technology. >> "washington journal" continues. host: a discussion about immigration iss

and the "daily show" becomes a newsmaker itself. >> he had a great advantage.veryone wanted to be on his show. because he had that power, he can ask people anything, and he usually did. >> when guests came on, almost everything they did made some news. and it sort of powered a million blogs the next morning. >> all the candidates wanted to be on, even though i'm sure they were afraid at the same time. >> i think i know whose side they're on. >> they're on america's side. >> obama in particular has been pretty funny when he's been on there. >> if you could, i'd like you to hope up some of these common phrases people hear. i'm calling to ask if you're happy with your cell phone service. >> i'm calling to find out if you're happy with your cell phone service. [ applause ] >> there's such an efficiency to our presidents now. and maybe if they're sitting there maybe fooling around with jon stewart, maybe people can see the other side of them. >> i'm issuing a new executive order. that jon stewart cannot leave the show. [ cheers and applause ] >> jon stewart is taken

>> the popularity grows an "the daily show" is a newsmaker itself. >> he had a great advantage.ryone wanted to be on his show. because he could have that power, he asked people anything and he usually did. >> when guests came on almost everything they did made some news and it powered a million blogs the next morning. >> all of the candidates want to be often even though they're afraid every time. >> i think i know whose side you are on. >> they are on america's side. >> and he's funny when he is on there. >> if you could, you could you hope up these common phrases that people hear. i'm calling to ask if your happy with your cell phone service. >> i'm calling to find out if your happy with your cell phone service. [ applause ] >> there is such an efficientness to the president and you don't feel like you know the person and when they are sitting there fooling around with jon stewart, maybe they have a sense that people see the other side of them. >> i'm issuing a new executive order. that jon stewart cannot leave the show. [ cheering and applause ] >> jon stewart is taken seriou

. >> newsmakers is next. then a town hall event with scott walker. 8:00, are conversation with a college student who has visited the grave's of presidents and vice presidents since the age of nine. >>

newsmakers sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> carol. -- carol folt talks about college affordability at the national press club in washington dc tuesday. she also talked about the issues facing higher education institutions including guns and the role of campus police, and t uition for undocumented students. this is about one hour. >> our guest today is carol folt chancellor of the university of carolina at chapel hill. the first women to hold that post into 13 after a national wide search upon resignation of a scandal that put this cool -- thi schs school's accreditation at risk. about 3000 students, many athletes tooko sham classes and took great not based on academic performance. in response, folt issued some 17 reforms. the ncca has regardless submitted inquiries. sentience on the athletic graham is not have the questions. -- sanctions on the athletic program is not out of the question. folt spent 30 years at dartmouth as a faculty member and administrator, and served as an interim president before movin

"newsmakers" is coming up next. to check out our full schedule online at www.c-span.org next, newsmakers with new jersey congressman frank pallone. then president obama speak at -- speech at american university on the iran nuclear agreement. then senator mitch mcconnell on the iran nuclear agreement and the senator -- senate record so far this session. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] this week on newsmakers, frank alone joins us from new york. they do for being with us. we also have in studio with us , energy reporter for politico, and emma dumain. certified could begin with what the president announced earlier on his climate change plan. do to ourat it would viewers, and what impact it would have on the state. and reaction it got

"newsmakers" today at 10:00 a.m. and six clock p.m. on c-span -- 6:00 p.m. on c-span >> the republicans debating at the forum on monday at 7:00 p.m.. c-span is providing live coverage. the new hampshire union leader along with leadership organizations are sponsoring the forum. following the life forum you can provide your input by joining the colin programs are adding your comments. the road to the white house 2016 on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> officials from the dea, the white house and other federal agencies testified tuesday about how to stop the increase in heroine abuse and how pain relief medications have contributed to the problem. they were at a hearing at the homeland security committee it is one hour 15 minutes. >> our nation faces a profound challenge with the growing heroine epidemic. last year, a number of heroin deaths grew by a shocking 72%. while northwestern wisconsin suffered six overdoses in six days this february. clearly this is a problem that does not discriminate by race or class and transcends geography. earlier this year

. >> our newsmaker of the hour sounding off on america's china policy.oins us live from the campaign trail. >>> and unsinstagram thinking outside the box. the second hour of "squawk box" begins right now. >>> welcome back to "squawk box." i'm joe kernen along with andrew ross sorkin and sarah isen. becky quick is off today. has a great voice. >> he does. >> our top story, the markets. u.s. stocks coming off -- >> we had him on. >> we'll see him in a couple of weeks at a golf thing. all the major averages turned positive for the week. u.s. equity futures at this hour are down 135. it's gotten worse. now down 15 on the s&p and down 33 on the nasdaq. >> yeah. sorry. i just made a face to the camera. is that like trichet comes on and then -- >> defending his move and legacy. >> people blame everything on us. the left thinks there should never be again anything that looks like austerity anywhere and we should just have -- everybody needs to live the same. if we have to borrow to do it. that doesn't distinguish talent or hard work or anything else. that's what

host: newsmakers is back after our conversation with governor tim pawlenty, the ceo of the financial services roundtable and himself a presidential hopeful in the 2012 race. michael, i want to start with politics. you talked with the governor about the influence of his industry on the campaign this year, not just on the presidential election but on some of the congressional seats. what did you learn and what is the history of this sector in politics? michael: his group is a small player, but the financial services industries is a major player in politics. in presidential cycles, we have seen a shift from supporting largely democratic candidates in 2008 at the federal level. since then, it has slowly moved toward the republican side. the interesting thing there where the governor and his group are involved is how they will handle these congressional races. particularly guys like scott garrett who say things not politically correct, not supported by large swaths of voters, their clients, their customers. they have been talking for a while about trying to find more moderate republicans

on today'st "newsmakers" program.ou can watch that after "the washington journal" here on c-span and listen to it on c-span radio. we want to welcome back christopher farrell. he is investigative and research director for judicial watch, which is what? guest: our mission is to grow up .- to promote transparency we do that by using the freedom of information act at the federal level and state level. host: you have been using that to go after hillary clinton's records. some new developments now that the fbi has the server and the e-mails. why is it such an important ?ssue jek guest: we have 3400 freedom of pendingion act requests on the operations of government. what happens, what the government is or isn't doing. of that universe, we have about 18 lawsuits that we filed because we need to go to court to compel the government to give us records. we are trying to help educate the public on the operations of the government. that is what our goal is. we get these records, and then make them public. we hope the public revie

tim: newsmakers will know about this, the fiduciary rule, sounds like something from star trek. for certain retirement investing products, we should move to a better standard so that these advisers, brokers, investment firms can put the best interests of their clients first. right now, the standards are suitable. if i am advising you, i can give you suitable advice. i'm not obligated to give you the best advice. we agree that we should move to a best interest standard. it should be done simply and not with miles of red tape. we are trying to get the department of labor to say, do a best interest standard, but do it simply, commonsensical he, practically. should not have different standards depending on what investments than -- arena you're in. am giving you advice for retirement and non-environ -- retirement, i should give you the same standard. we are saying take that same standard and apply across all platforms, matches retirement platforms. in terms of congressional action , they don't appear poised to take action on this issue. some are writing letters and expressing their c

newsmakers with senator richard shelby at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.hen first lady ida mckinley arrived at the white house in 1897 she was in poor health and suffered from epilepsy. at white house events her husband would sit next to her that when he saw she was having a seizure he would cover her face with a large anchor chairs until the episode passed. she traveled as first lady even attending the exposition where her husband was assassinated. ida mckinley on c-span's original series "first lady's: influence and image." examining their lives and their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama. on american history tv on c-span3. >> the republican presidential candidates are new hampshire for the first four on monday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. c-span's "road to the white house" is providing coverage on c-span, c-span radio and www.c-span.org. media organizations from the early caucus and primary states are sponsoring this forum. following the live forum, you can provide your input by joining the call and program or adding comment

on newsmakers this week, we are joined by stephanie schriock, of emily's group. and joining us to help us question in studio, we are joined by matea gold of the "washington post," and alexis simendinger. you have the first question. >> welcome, it is great to chat with you and what has been a very eventful summer already. my first question for you is about the democratic primary. it appears that vice president biden is seriously considering jumping in the race. this is something a couple months ago most people didn't expect was likely to happen. we are hearing from a lot of former obama advisers were backing him. i am wondering what you think the impact will be on hillary clinton if he does that and how her supporters will react. ms. schriock: well, we have lots of speculation. i feel like every time i open the paper in the morning, there is another story that is different from the one yesterday. he is going to make his decision by the end of summer, which i think the specific date is september 23. [laughter] we will all be waiting. i really feel strongly about s

if you are, you know each week, my team of reporters and i talk to various ceos and newsmakers. this is a serious show. it's not a sunday morning infomercial, but that said, let me talk to you about toothpaste. we have for you this morning a revolutionary new toothpaste created in silicon valley, gets teeth 260% cleaner than the leading brand, but that's not all. it cuts your risk of gingivitis and leaves your mouth minty fresh. or so claims amit goswamy. he is the guy trying to disrupt the toothpaste industry with livionex, a $20 toothpaste. joined by john swartz of usa today and alice truong, of course. let me ask you about this 250% claim. people say it's twice as good as brand x. yours is--how is something 250% better? amit goswamy: well, first, we got to take a look at what people do today, scott. scott: brush their teeth. amit: yes, and you brush it the way your ancestor brushed it 4,000 years ago, with scrubbing them. then, they used to scrub with twigs. now, you scrub with-- scott: it's got some detergents in there, and something to make it rough, and some fluoride. i ca

"newsmakers" on c-span. chris sunday night, former emergency manager at detroit kevyn orr talks to buy job overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. that detroit had taken $1.5 billion when the stock market went down to 6700, and invested in an index fund, dow jones, standard and poor, market is trading at 18,000. not only would have tripled their money but could have paid the pensions in full and gotten back of the clearing 13th check. given pensioners a 13th check at the end of the year. it could have fix is self if there been sober management going forth like an organization. the united states is wall. if you have strong leadership and focused the leadership, you can resolve these problems but it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on q&a. >> theodore roosevelt becomes president after the assassination of william mckinley and would someday the family, first lady edith roosevelt renovated the second floor. the creation of a west wing to house the staff offices. by adding the social se

newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on seas am. -- on c-span. sunday night on cue and a, former emergency manager of talks about the traits financial issues and his job overseeing the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history. taken thatit had money when the stock market went edison had just invested in an index funds. tradingk market is now at 18,000, almost three times what it was. they not only what of triple their money, they could have paid the pension sinful and gotten back to the business. it could have fixed itself if there had been some sort of sober management going forward, just like any organization. if you have some strong leadership and some focused leadership, you can resolve these problems. it takes a lot of effort. >> sunday night on c-span skua day. -- q and a. theodore roosevelt becomes president after the assassination of william mckinley. to accommodate her family, first lady edith roosevelt renovates the entire second tour of the second of mansion. thus of the west wing the house the offices. i adding a social secretary

i'm bob weiner and i'm the host of today's event, moderator and this is a newsmakers committee event. we're very happy to have you all here. we're especially happy to have today los angeles mayor eric garcetti, who will discuss the nation's broken immigration system and his plans to address immigration reform through his local auspices, while congress remains in gridlock. he will also -- this year he launched the step forward l.a. campaign which raised nearly $4 million to help 100,000 angelinos work legally by the time his first term ends. mayor garcetti will also make the case for the $15 minimum wage that was recently adopted by the city of los angeles. the nation's second largest city. on june 13th, it was signed. mayor garcetti's plan calls for incremental increases in the minimum wage over the next five years. mayor garcetti will also highlight los angeles's leadership in water conservation as california battles the historic west coast drought. this is mayor garcetti's first national press club event since he took office. he was elected may 21, 2013. following 20 to 30 minutes o

ck of emily'srio list is our guest on "newsmakers." here is a portion. [video clip] , if the vice president enters the race, will those of you at thaty's list, consider a slap? justice bernie sanders has done in the race, and martin o'malley has gotten into the race, it the vice president decides to do so, this is how our system is set up a wish to have a serious debate nominee for the party should be. what i am pleased to see if a wonderful debate on policies facing women and families, and bed by secretary clinton's continuation of her lifelong career fighting for women and families. rolling out debt free student out west, was just talking to a group of millennial women. this is a huge issue facing the country. the democrats are talking about it, and hillary clinton is leading the way. the contrast could not be clearer. the republicans have not talked when any issues feared they do, they talk about the funding planned parenthood. we may be looking at a republican nominee for the first time who does not even believe in exceptions for abortion. this is a

host: if you watch our "newsmakers" program after this program, our guest is richard shelby the chairf the banking, housing, and urban affairs committee. one of the topics that came up was home ownership, and some of the factors that help people decide whether they will own a home or not. here is some of what he said. [video clip] , i we thought that people who borrowed money on housing, they should put something down all the housing equity subsidy. one of the problems with the housing crisis, not only one, was nothing down basically. loans and down down payments. look at what we got. i promote homeownership in this country. europe, they don't have homeownership that we had. we are 60%. we were 16% at one time, that is probably pushing the envelope. i would go back to sound banks. if you're going caps on banks you have to have a mortgage system in which people pay in. host: lets here from jerry and iowa, a renter. hello. thanks for calling. caller: i'm living in a $510 low income housing. it is one of the few. the problem is, being a veteran, we can't pay more than $500-$600 out of a

"newsmakers" on c-span. >> and first lady ida mckinley arrived at the white house in 1897, she was in poor health suffering from epilepsy. in white house events, her husband william mckinley would sit next to hurt so that when he saw she was having a seizure, he would cover her face with a large handkerchief in the episode past. despite her health albums, she traveled as first lady, even attending the 19 one pan-american exposition where her husband was assassinated. i do mckinley this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series -- "first ladies." their influence on the presidency from martha washington to michelle obama sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv" on c-span3. >> the republican presidential candidates are in manchester new hampshire for the voters first presidential forum on monday at 7:00 p.m. eastern and c-span's road to the white house is providing live coverage of the two-hour forum on c-span, c-span radio and www.c-span.org. the new hampshire leader and news organizations from an early caucus of primary states are sponsoring this forum.

front of an audience similar to what we do every day rate obeid talk about the news of the day with newsmakers. tonight we will talk about mormon rifles a new book we're very proud of. this book is though long a former journalism that the tribune is capable of for all the work of this and is c-span booktv and i would like to thank nick with c-span tv. so i will turn the microphone over to introduce the authors of the book. [applause] >> we are thrilled to be with you it is a great read. i will start congratulating new what motivated you to write this? and i moved back last year something beyond sunday dinner we talked about how these two families don't tend to get along and a friend suggested right to book the thought that was a fantastic idea may be a couple months or 70 pages then restarted to work with 380 pages but there was too many tidbits but the first time we went for it. >> how much access and al ( were they to the idea? >> that depends on your redefinition spending hours with jon huntsman, sr. and jon huntsman, jr. and close families the romney was a little more difficult we were den

[applause] ♪ >> we will hear more about the presidential race's weekend on newsmakers.nie speaks about doorstep of hillary clinton and the role of women voters in 2016 watch sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. president george w. bush new orleans yesterday with his wife laura to mark the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. washington journal get your thoughts on the recovery efforts on the gulf coast. former president george w. bush traveled with his wife laura to new orleans friday to mark the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina. one of their stocks included a high school which benefited from a recovery initiative started by the former first lady. this is 20 minutes. laura bush: thank you very much. lauren is a wonderful example of a student at warren easton charter school who goes on to college and comes back and teaches. that is so meaningful. i was thrilled i got to meet her here when i visited when she was a student and now get to come back while she is an english teacher. i also want to thank jared for leaving us in the pledge of allegiance.

newsmakers, 6 p.m. the only pilot in history to ever fight the british navy to a standstill. >> this is unheard of. >> he actually fired the first shot. >> this sunday night author robert kersin on the search for the pirate ship the golden fleece and its captain joseph bannister. >> he started off his life as a noble english sea captain who was trusted by very wealthy shipowners to sail their ship between london and jamaica which was known as the wickedest port on earth. for years, he did that responsibly and nobly. one day in 1684 for reasons no one could determine joseph bannister stole his own ship, recruited a pirate crew and turned into a pirate. >> sunday night at eight 8:00 eastern and pacific. >> on monday, secretary of state john kerry announced the release of the state department's 2015 human trafficking report. it assesses efforts around the world to fight slavery. the secretary's remarks are about 15 minutes. [applause] secretary kerry: thank you. thank you very much. sara, thank you very mu

megan soldiers and apache helicopters killed in unarmed journalist and civilian, before all the big newsmaking leaks. they cannot process these leaks and they made it more, so i encourage people to donate money to them and provided a link to how they could donate money to them by paypal or to their bank accounts and other information. ,n response to that article specifically in response to my anchor urging people to donate money to wiki leaks, i had dozens of people, literally dozens and dozens in various , and the comments section, events like this say to me essentially something along the lines of, look, i concur completely with what you wrote about wiki leaks, i see the value in the work they are doing in the promise they hold. i definitely want to support them. my fear, though, is if i wire money to wiki leaks or use paypal, i will end up on a government was somewhere. or even worse, if at some point wiki leaks is formally decreed to be a terrorist organization i could be subjected to liability, criminal liability for materially supporting a terrorist group. these are not people prone to w

as newsmaker/comedian? >> i think that i'll go down as a 21st century mark twain. >> stewart's going from funny guy to social conscience began after fi 9-1-1. >> any fool can belo blow sometg up. and any fool can destroy. people with literally buckets rebuilding, that is, that is extraordinary. >> but it didn't stop there. stewart championed the 9/11 first responders, designed to help with 9/11 related illnesses, but at the time was suck in congress. >> are you be on be jecting to this bill? how? why? wicker, wa? >> he appeared as a guest on crossfire, with what send like an intention to end its run. >> here's what i want to tell you, stop. stop, stop, stop hurting america. >> crossfire was taken off the air shortly afterwards, and stewart also built his reputation ongoing after not just cnn, but fox, msnbc, and this channel, aljazeera america, with the way that we present the headline. >> you can't look directly at fox. it will indelibly burn your soul. what's it like in cnn's department? hey. kids might b

this weekend on "newsmakers" the president of the national education association is our guest. her name is lily eskelsen garcia. that airs at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on sunday. here's a portion of that interview. >> we've got teachers all over the country on the edge of their little seats wondering what's going to happen to no child left untested or originally called the elementary and secondary education act. we loved it when it had a boring name. when lyndon johnson signed it in 1965 as part of the war on poverty as part of the civil rights movement. let's give states some extra reading. and then 2002 happened, and in great bipartisan fanfare, educators all over the country going do you realize you're signing something that says 100% of children will hit a certain score on a standardized test. and they signed it anyway. and thinking that we'll change it before we get to that fatal year of 2014, which just passed us by, where 100% of kids are supposed to be above average. and now we're all in a panic because technically without some little waivers that have been given so we a

stephen and emily, to both of you, thank you for being on "newsmakers." , tonight on "q&a." hasear-old college student been visiting the graves of presidents and vice presidents since he was nine and documenting the visits on his website. he talks about those visits and his interest in american history. >> the one great site that thatone has -- gravesite everyone has trouble getting to is the rockefeller. how did you do a? didn't through what my father describes as an act of god. my father walked down and saw a fallen tree. he went in and saw nelson rockefeller's grave and decided he would have to get me there fairly quickly after that. andnight at 8:00 eastern "q&aic on c-span's pure g." onnext, a conversation hurricane katrina, 10 years later. and washington, d.c.. this is just over an hour. [applause] >> good evening. i wanted to begin and set the 10th anniversary. it is history, even though people in the south are still living katrina. we talk about the dust bowl .- not just one day, petri in a, it is one word, but it means a whole part of our country tried to come back,

. >> the show won 19 emmys, stewart interviewed some of the world's biggest newsmakers. harry smith is here to reflect on his final week as host. >> jon stewart took a half an hour late night comedy show, turned it into a fixture not only in american television but in politics and culture. >> i'm pretty sure it was one of the most asked questions of the last 15 years or so. >> welcome to the daily show. >> did you see jon stewart last night? when he went on the air in 1999, he was a skinnier, less assured version of the guy who came to own the sat ire i can airways. >> except it was never on the air. it was on cable which meant the daily show was more prone to risk. less afraid of offense. >> kind of reminds me of his campaign slogan. yes we can. but should we? >> it made it perfect for an audience that was simultaneously giving up on network news and definitely not getting its news from the printed page. >> boom! >> stewart and the daily show matured along with the interview. the facts were never more available. like their grandparents, gen-xers wanted someone to bring

. >> he has made newsmakers and politicsians and news in the media more conscientious about their gaffes. you see they articulate and go oh, it will end up on the "daily show." we must, and we will much about that be committed. >> that was either a screwup, or some profound yoda [ bleep ]. >> he would hit me on a gaffe. and it would be funny. but it would also kind of nudge you. sometimes it would be something just totally comical. or sometimes it would be almost like, you know you can do better than that reverend al. you take it as a ha ha you better sharpen that up. but you never took it personally. >> but stewart's talents extend far beyond poking fun at politicians and the media. his audience also comes to depend on him as a reliable source of information. >> you know if i wanted to pick out one thing that best exemplifies our country's relationship with guns the phrase minor shooting incident exists. >> jon stewart became a voice for left-leaning liberals. and intelligent ones. but not ones who were just going to follow blindly. they were going to question everything every step of t