then we visit the meuse-argonne cemetery in northeastern france, the final resting place for over 14,000 american soldiers. at 8 p.m., president trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris. sunday, veterans day, on c-span and american history t.v. on c-span 3. every spring, the u.s. army initage and education center carlisle, pennsylvania, hosts a living history event featuring several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. on american artifacts, we visit a mock world war i trench u.s. armyom two veterans who specialize in portraying french soldiers of the great war. is about 20 minutes. >> good

then we visit the meuse-argonne cemetery in northeastern france, the final resting place for over 14,000 american soldiers. at 8 p.m., president trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris. sunday, veterans day, on c-span and american history t.v. on c-span 3. every spring, the u.s. army initage and education center carlisle, pennsylvania, hosts a living history event featuring

officially titled "activities of the graves registration service," the film was shot in northeastern france after the war in 1919 and 1920. this 10-minute film army signal corps film documents the sometimes grisly work of removing the remains of u.s. service members from temporary graves and preparing them for transport to the united states or for burial in american cemeteries in france. we will also show a four-minute film from 1955, which documents the dedication of the u.s. marine monument in belleau wood, france. mr. yockelson: after the fighting had ended, graves registration service teams, which were usually led by a chaplain, would go to the temporary burial sites, which were near where the soldiers fell, and the bodies were exhumed. they would look if the dog tag was there -- two dog tags were issued to american troops -- and then the bodies were either placed in a permanent cemetery or they were placed in coffins and brought to the ports for shipment back home. about 70% of american families elected to have their loved ones returned home at government expense. the other roughly 30%

hello the first world war battlefields of northeastern france and belgium flanders fields if you like when the tourists are still in the tourist in the weather does its part in making them as well and even today it is raining in this part of europe the whole of northwest and the western europe has been wet for days if not weeks on end the pattern of weather seems to be somewhat stuck and that's what to expect for the next three hours from paris probably to copenhagen it's likely to be raining all off now the bigger picture as i say covers all of western europe frontal system has been coming in and not getting very far hitting spain and portugal western france and beyond which is meant that we've been drawing it warm for other places the temperatures from italy right to pardon to been a average by some degree in fact eleven degrees above average in rome is the forecast now and the next few days is four or five elsewhere and it's not set to change very quickly. the picture forced to you've already seen for the northwest well but it's the rain stretching down towards spain and portugal a

soldiers were surrounded by germans in the argonne forest in northeastern france. the story of the lost battalion became front-page news back home. and it continues to be remembered as one of world war i's most dramatic stories. up next on american artifacts, we travel to france with battlefield guide guillaume moizan and historian michel -- mitchell yockelson. they will show as a memorial to the lost battalion. where are we standing? >> we are inside the middle of the forest. we are standing close by a mine crater, that shows a big mine exploding here. it's probably one century after the war, around 25 feet deep. 80 feet wide, possibly. such a big mine exploding here. we have to imagine ground up in the air, probably 50 meters high, so you can see and probably feel the earth trembling for miles around. >> where are we on the front? which troops would have been here that suffered from the mine explosion? >> that mine exploded in 1916. the french were right there. and the german line is very close by. around 60, 70 yards from us. they fought side by side for about t

by your cable or satellite provider. 14,226 americans are buried outside a quiet village in northeastern france at the muse argonne american cemetery. american history tv visited there with french battlefield guide and a historian to learn about the 47 day world war i battle that ended with the armistice on november 11, 1918, and resulted in over 26,000 american deaths. >> so there are more than 14,200 graves here, many of them who died in the meuse argonne area, but there were also some civilians and other soldiers brought from other areas. >> yes, but basically, most of the soldiers here died during the muse argonne. it was grammatical for that battle. it was over 26,000 soldiers killed, 96,000 wounded, more or less. thest a percentage of soldiers are buried in that france in seven -- cemetery. we have a few civilians, especially nurses, people from the american white cross -- american red cross, ymca, walking in the graveyard. >> the cemetery itself were graves consolidated from smaller cemeteries. when soldiers died in battle, they were buried in small cemeteries around the region. and then

meuse-argonne morecan cemetery where than 14,000 americans are buried outside a quiet village in northeastern franceoldiers fought in the final offensive of world with theich ended armistice, signed on november 11, 1918. here's a preview. soldiers buried in the meuse-argonne, three are kind of special. three first from that row are the three american soldiers elected to be the buried inonsoldier arlington. in fact, in 1921, it was decided american, a nonsoldier, to symbolize all the war.s from the so four bodies were exhumed from four of the american cemeteries in france. coffins were sent to a town about 70 miles we from here. coffins from americans, nonsoldiers. one american soldier to choose one coffin theg the four to become new -- the american unknown soldier. one was elected. sent back to the u.s.a. that's the one that is buried in arlington. the three others that were there on that ceremony and not elected are these three soldiers, buried meuse-argonne. the closest cemetery was then the meuse-argonne and it is the main american cemetery for the first world war, now buried here. >> watch the e

then we visit the meuse-argonne cemetery in northeastern france, the final resting place for over 14,000 american soldiers. at 8 p.m., president trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris. sunday, veterans day, on c-span and american history t.v. on c-span 3. every spring, the u.s. army initage and education center carlisle, pennsylvania, hosts a living history event featuring several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. on american artifacts, we visit a mock world war i trench u.s. armyom two veterans who specialize in portraying french soldiers of the great war. is about 20 minutes. >> good morning. my name is carter bertone. i portray a first lieutenant in infantry regiment, french army, circa 1917-18. here at carlisle barracks at the army historical education center. giving presentations on the french army and its role in and its links to the american forces. if you take a look here at this system, you'll -- trench system, it's rivetted with wood. the was actually taken off u.s. army manual dated 1917 of a trench system. it was copied from the british manual. veryo

at 6 pm, we visit the music argonne american cemetery in northeastern france the final resting place for over 14,000 americansoldiers and at 8 pm eastern , president from world war i ceremonies in paris sunday, veterans day on c-span, and american history tv on c-span.org 23. >>. >> up next, former leaders of the us conference of catholic bishops child protection review board discussed child abuse by catholic priests and reforms the catholic church could undertake from the sitting club of chicago, this is about an hour. >>. >> thank you jay. thank everyone today for being here, good afternoon. i'd like to thank the city club members as well for inviting us to discuss the current crisis in thecatholic church . when i last had the opportunity to speak to the city club audience regarding this topic, it was march 3, 2004, 14 years ago. the crux of my talk at that time regarding the release of the national review boards report, i said as a rational thinking person and a legal professional, i have had to recognize the difference between the church and the hierarchy. i hope we all do. while

the:00 p.m., we visit american cemetery in northeastern france, the final resting place for over 14,000 american soldiers. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the rear of president trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris. sunday, veterans day, on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. looking at our live coverage today on c-span, veterans affairs secretary robert wilkie will talk about veterans the yearand goals for ahead. live coverage from the national press club in about 15 minutes at 1:00 p.m. eastern. and tonight, ben carson speaks at the national conservative students conference in washington. young americans foundation is hosting the gathering, live at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. ofocrats every claim control the house. republicans retain majority control of the senate. as the party is organized

argonne american cemetery in northeastern france. the final resting place for over 14000 americans soldiers. and 8:00 p.m. eastern, three president trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris. sunday, veterans day on c-span. in american history tv on c-span three. booktv recently attended a book -- guest, signed copies of her book, resistance is futile. [inaudible] okay, great. thank you. thank you. okay. i haven't seen. i'm sure you do. don't let me to come. thank you. hi -- >> how are you? >> i need some -- oh, food. yes i would. no ice, just a -. i thought of someplace we coul could -- club soto of mostly club soda. mostly club soda. guess what i have for you. a brother. permanently? i love you. thank you. thank you. my purse holds nothing. i am not a thief. where do we go? >> follow me. c-span. hi there, i have to do an interview. i have an important book. [inaudible] high. [inaudible] i know. you don't mind, do you? fantastic. >> be careful. >> can we get going? i am done, let's go. oh for pete's sake. i really want to get to m

the cemeteryisit in northeastern france, the final resting place for alover 1400 american soldiers.and the re-air of president trump at the ceremonies in paris. c-span,veterans day, on and american history tv on c-span3. >> each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums, and historic sites around the country. next, we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about stone carvings created in trenches of bunkers by world war i soldiers and only recently rediscovered. our god is dr. jeff -- our jeff guskey, whose photographs are featured in the exhibit. dr. gusky: hello, my name is dr. jeff gusky and i am a national geographic photographer. welcome to the smithsonian national air and space museum and to artist soldiers commemorating world war i. and its 100th anniversary. the space i am standing in front of is a large underground city. we are just seeing a small segment of this vast space, which once held up to 4000 world war i soldiers. it was occupied initially by the french and then the german and then the french took it back and then the american

we visit the american cemetery in northeastern france, the final resting place for over read 8:00 :00 p.m. eastern, the reader of president trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris. sunday, veterans day, on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. announcer: on november 11, 1921, an estimated 100,000 people gathered at arlington cemetery in virginia for a ceremony honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. the u.s. army signal corps created a silent film documenting the journey of the soldier's remains from france to the capitol rotunda and its procession to arlington through the streets of washington, d.c. up next, we will show you the entire 23-minute silent film with narration provided by two world war i historians. host: welcome to reel america on american history tv. 2017-2018 is the centennial of america's involvement in world war i and there will be lots of discussion about the impact of that war on the world and on american society. as part of that conversation, we are going to show you some vintage films from that era that document america's participation. and to help

in northeastern france. we discover several artifacts of the great war, including an unexploded artillery shell on the floor. >> on the morning of september 26, the 35th division attacked in this direction. they were starting to fall apart. there's heavy german firing. the troops are scattering. tanks, a general sees what is going on. he sees that the troops are in disarray. he wants his tanks to help take up the german machine guns, all around them. he's leading the tanks forward. they also run into trouble. they start getting blocked off into shell holes and trenches. any further.'t go he was known as a very animated officer. he is on foot. he grabs a shovel off of one of the tanks and teaches his men and encourages them, uses a lot of profanity, he has them start digging out of the trenches. eventually, they get the tanks dislodged and had forward. the officermoving, is hit by a machine gun blast. most likely around this area. >> probably he was fighting in the field down there, or something looking like.

on "american artifacts," we travel to northeastern france to with the story mitchell yockelson to visit few locations and learn about the battle of saint-mihiel. a town just inside of bulge that the germans had occupied since 1914. to begin this story, here is a portion of a 1960 u.s. army film that gives a brief sketch of the operation. >> in late july, 1918, general pershing created the first united states army under his command. and immediate steps were taken to concentrate american forces at one point on the line. that point was saint-mihiel. ♪ the germans had held an area 25 miles since early in the war. penetrating the allied lines 16 miles, it enabled the enemy to harass operations. more than half a million first army troops assembled for the task of crushing it out of existence. 15 infantry divisions were moved into position. by the end of the day on september 11, 1918, the first army was ready for its first independent operations against the enemy. at dawn on the 12th, in a drizzling rain, the attack was launched. [gunfire] [explosions] for the enemy, saint-mihiel was an unplea

president macron is in northeastern france who is going to commemorate 100 years since the end of world> a russian fighter jet saw a us navy game. this shows it flying past a u.s. military plane. the crew reported turbulence and vibrations when it flew by two times. >>> and construction could happen with a border wall with us, and a contract was awarded to build a 6-mile wall along the border. it will be built in rio grande valley which is the busiest corridor for the crossings. they will have a height of 18 feet and the work on the section of the border wall is scheduled to start in february. >>> one jail worker is still in the hospital this morning after a fire in detention facility in santa rosa. a total of 16 workers and 5 inmates were taken to the hospital and released. an inmate with a hiss friday of violence started the fire. ramirez entered the jail activity room and tried to keep people out by closing the doors with a bed sheet. >> he started to put liquid soap on the floor, he broke off a pencil sharpener off the wall and put it in a sock and flinging it around like a weapon.

at 6 pm the visit the muse argonne american cemetery in northeastern france.final resting place for over 14,000 american soldiers. and at 8 pm eastern, the reairing of president trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris sunday, veterans day on the fan, and american history tv on c-span3. >> congress is back for a lame-duck session next week on tuesday, november 13. the house expected to work on legislation funding the federal government passed a december 7 deadline of current government funding expires and the senate will take up legislation on coast guard programs and a nomination for the federal reserve board. see the house live on c-span and watch the senate live on c-span two. >> look now at artificial intelligence and what it means for national security and commercial applications on the center for strategic and international studies, is is two hours. >> good morning everybody, congratulations on getting through the rain and i know it's been kind of wet and soggy and usually when we have rain like that, 90 percent of

. >> american history tv visited key monuments, battlefields and cemeteries in northeastern france with historian mitchell yockelson. theegin the story, we began chÂteau thierry monument to learn why u.s. forces were in the region. mitchell: directly behind me is the chÂteau thierry monument. we are on top of hill 204, which means it is 204 meters high. the significant of the monuments is to honor the troops that fought in the aine-marne sector. aine is one of the rivers, marne the other. the chÂteau tierney monument is being restored in honor of the world war i centennial taking place for the american contribution on 2017 and 2018. on the opposite side of the monument from where i am standing are statues of two women, one american, one french, who are holding hands in honor of their sons, brothers, uncles, and fathers who risked their lives here in the aisne-marne, particularly in chateau-thierry. the monument was dedicated in 1937. ♪ it's one of three significant american monuments on the western front that's established by the american battle monuments commission, and remains under t

justin trudeau who paid tribute to the canadian troops who lost their lives at a battlefield in northeastern francetrump also skipped the paris peace forum, opting to fly home inste instead. yesterday as other world leaders walked shoulder to shoulder, president trump decided to go alone. russia's putin also went separately. president macron took square aim at his american counterpart. >> translator: as the very opposite of the selfishness of a nation which only looks after its own interests because patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism. nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism. by saying who cares about the others, we erase what a nation holds dearest, its moral values. to ruin this hope by giving into the fascination for withdrawal and isolationism, violence and domination would be a grave error that future generations would very rightly make us responsible for. >>> now to california where crews are working around the clock to contain those deadly wildfires that continue to burn out of control. the largest among them is in northern california and is known as the campfire. it has wiped ou

historian mitchell yockelson and french battlefield guide guillaume moizan visit key locations in northeastern france, including places where harry truman, george patton, and douglas macarthur had formative life experiences. this is about an hour. mitchell: we are standing in front of the pennsylvania monument, dedicated in 1927 to honor the veterans of pennsylvania, many of them in the 28th national guard division that were directly involved with liberating a town, which was in the opening stages of the meuse-argonne operation, which ultimately involved 1.2 million soldiers, also called doughboys. you grew up not far from here. is it easy to say you've explored this battlefield on many occasions as a young man, and today as a battlefield guide? guillaume: i was born in a small town around 15 miles away from here. i grew up close to the argonne forest, so always walking it when i was a child. discovering the remains of french bomb holes. i started to get interested in the war. who fought here? that's how i got my first interest. then, i've been working in several countries and came back to my homelan

we visit the american cemetery in northeastern france, the final resting place for over read 8:00 :00 p.m. eastern, the reader of president trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris. sunday, veterans day, on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. announcer: on november 11, 1921, an estimated 100,000 people gathered at arlington cemetery in virginia for a ceremony honoring the unknown soldier of world war i. the u.s. army signal corps created a silent film documenting the journey of the soldier's remains from france to the capitol rotunda and its procession to arlington through the streets of washington, d.c. up next, we will show you the entire 23-minute silent film with narration provided by two world war i historians. host: welcome to reel america on american history tv. -2

world war i, american history tv visited american battlefields, monuments and cemeteries in northeastern france. village is on the edge of the muse argonne american placery, the last resting of over 14,000 soldiers who died in world war i. we stopped in the village to visit a privately owned museum housed in a former barn. i have been collecting since i was seven years old. i have found more than 200,000 objects. i found them within four miles of this museum. that shows the craziness of the war. claimedan see, i never the things i found. i wanted to show the wars. i work a lot with youth and 11 understand it is real human beings. that is the main purpose of my museum. everything is mixed up. it is all in one museum. i have a little bit of weapons exposed but the main purpose is to show there are plenty of things that have nothing to do with the war. stock of cards, normal belongings. purpose to understand is all the soldiers, boys and girls, don't forget they are humans. they go to war. they trained for that or whatever. all soldiers will discover something will happen with them. many of the so

american cemetery in northeastern france, the final resting place for over 14,000 american soldiers. re-air p.m. eastern, the of president trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris. sunday, veterans day, on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. >> looking ahead at the midterm congress,impact on democratic national committee chair tom perez talked to the christian science monitor about the results. his conversation with reporters is an hour and 10 minutes. linda: i think we are about to start. i am linda feldman, washington bureau chief of the christian science monitor. our guest today is democratic national committee chairman tom perez. this is his second appearance at a monitor breakfast. thank you so much are coming. i think the timing is pretty good. chairman perez is the son of immigrants from the domain can republic -- dominican republic and grew up in buffalo, new york. he attended brown university, and i am told he worked as a trash collector to help the for college. after receiving a law degree from harvard and a masters in public policy from the kennedy school, he be

we visit cemetery in northeastern france. the final resting place for over 14,000 american soldiers. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the re-air of president trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris. day on c-spanns and american history tv on c-span3. as of thursday evening the race for u.s. senate in florida had republican governor rick scott leading the democratic incumbent, phil nelson by a ofgin of less than a quarter one percent. as the results were updated by additional ballots, the margin is small enough to trigger an automatic recount. in response, governor scott who declared victory, accused state election officials of fraud and

sunday we tour northeastern france where more than one million u.s. soldiers fought in the argonne offensive. here is a preview. >> the last village before heading to the front line. viewed during the war by french and later by the americans in that church. a very famous picture that was taken here. >> all of the people of the village at the time evacuated and went into the southern part of the state or out of state. -- thegermans started village was empty. nobody in it anymore. the germans started to bombard the village. the church stood up. when the americans came to hear they decided to use the church. brought they wounded soldiers here. >> in the frontline>> stabilized outside the village north. this is the one we see on the pictures. watch the entire tour sunday at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. eastern. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. -- only on c-span3. >> this year marks the centennial of the end of world war i. next on american history tv, three authors discuss their new books. we will hear about personal acco

then we visit the cemetery in northeastern france, the final resting ways for over 14,000 american soldiers. eastern, the re-air of president trump at the world war i ceremony in paris. sunday, veterans day on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. >> coming up this weekend on book tv, saturday at noon eastern, the southern festival of books from nashville, with author adam parker and his book about the civil rights struggle of cleveland sellers junior, followed by a discussion on the political divide. on sunday, our coverage continues with elliott gordon and his book, let the people see, the story of emmett till. at 8:05 p.m. eastern, new york times magazine's jeanmarie laskis talks about her book "for obama." >> the moment with the gold tooth was at a rally for obama in 2007. the rally was a bust, nobody there but a small gathering of local folks needing something to do. obama was looking out at the emptiness, fired up, ready to go. to -- q, the people around her repeated her words and began to chant and the rally went from dismal to glorious. it shows you what one voice can that one

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we visit an american cemetery in northeastern france, the final resting place for over 14,000 american soldiers. , presidentm. eastern trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris. sunday, veterans day on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. coming up this weekend on book at noon eastern, the southern festival of books from nashville with author, adam parker. the civil rights struggle of cleveland's sellers junior. followed by a discussion on the political divide with jennifer kavanaugh and michael rich. on sunday, our coverage continues at 1 p.m. eastern with elliott goren and his book -- let the people see, the story of emmett till. and author bob spitz on reagan. new york time magazines jeanmarie lasker's talks about her book "to obama, would love, joy, anger and hope. >> the woman with a gold tooth was in greenwood, south carolina at a rally for obama. the rally was a bust. no one there but a small gathering of local folks needing something to do. obama was looking out at the emptiness. go, that ready to woman with a gold stews abruptly shouted. and as if on cue, the people a

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at 6:00 p.m., we visit the news american cemetery in northeastern france. the final resting place for over 14,000 american soldiers. and at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the reair of president trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris. sunday, veterans day, on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. >> as your primary source for campaign 2018, we brought you candidate debates and the most competitive races only on c-span, over 160 races from across the country. the voters have now decided on a new congress with new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. >> up next, consumer advocate and presidential candidate ralph nader joins several experts discussing capitalism and free market policies. this is part of a day long conference. >> we're going to get underway. i'm ralph nader. welcome to the conference on the myths of market fundmentalism. we welcome the distinguished participant who's are delivering summaries of their intellectual and active work on this subject. this is really the first of conference of this kind. there have been single issue conferences

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at 6:00 p.m., we visit the news cemetery in northeastern france. the final resting place for over 14000 americans. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, president trump the world or ones their money in paris. sunday, veterans day on c-span. an american history tv on c-span three. about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon. welcome to this debate about for the u.s. strategy in syria. my name is jonas. i'm a nonresident. i'm working on the topics of syria and what happens next. welcome to the viewers out there. we had the pleasure of being covered by c-span today. it's not just everyone here but everyone part of this. each panel is on next steps strategy in syria. the panel with me to talk about the questions. i have next to me opposition to the united nations, through also equally important, the founding member of the syrian women's political movement, something we are also going to address. i have my colleague. we have our candidate and former the u.s. commission on international religious freedom. as introduction about for the u.s. strategy in syria, ambassador jeffrey,

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american tour cemetery where more than 14,000 americans are buried outside a quiet village in northeastern france. most of the soldiers fought in the final offensive of world war i which ended with the armistice signed on november 11, 1918. here is a preview. >> three are kind of special. those three are the american that elected not to be buried in arlington. in 1921, it was the idea to have one american soldier from the work. odies were exempt from four of the american cemeteries in france. to a cityere sent couple of hundred miles away from here. it was up to one american soldier to choose one coffin among the four. the one selected was sent back to the usa. that is the one you know buried in arlington. the three others at the ceremony are these three soldiers buried now at the meuse-argonne. the closest ceremony was the meuse-argonne. it is the main american cemetery from the world war i now buried here. flex watch the entire -->> watch the entire tour sunday here on american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. i thought about forgotten evendents before i had started the book,

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france, northeastern the final resting place for over 14,000 american soldiers. at 8:00 p.m.astern, the president trump at world war i ceremonies in paris. >> it occurred to me that there might be something all these presidents have in common. they were forgotten but significant in some way. , constitutional law professor michael gerhardt talks about two of his books. did ahink bill clinton lot to merit his own impeachment. i think he knew members of congress were looking for him to make mistakes, and when he made those mistakes and testified under oath in a way that was false, and for which he was later held in contempt for perjury, bill clinton made his impeachment most inevitable -- almost inevitable. "washington journal" continues. host: we thought it would be a good time to talk about presidents and congress. at our table this morning, david barker, director of american university center for congressional and presidential studies. we are also joined by molly reynolds at the brookings institution. basic question. is it typical in the midterm election of the party controll

at 6:00 p.m., we visit the news american cemetery in northeastern france. the final resting place for over 14,000 american soldiers. and at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the reair of president trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris. sunday, veterans day, on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. >> as your primary source for campaign 2018, we brought you candidate debates and the most competitive races only on c-span, over 160 races from across the country. the voters have now decided on a new congress with new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. >> up next, consumer advocate and presidential candidate ralph nader joins several experts discussing capitalism and free market policies. this is part of a day long conference. >> we're going to get underway. i'm ralph nader. welcome to the conference on the myths of market fundmentalism. we welcome the distinguished participant who's are delivering summaries of their intellectual and active work on this subject. this is really the first of conference of this kind. there have been single issue conferences

france. the president is currently in the northeastern part of the country where he is helping to commemorate 100 years for the end of world war i. >>> a fire has been burning for hours. you can see smoke rising. the fire started just before 2:00 this morning. firefighters are advising people to keep their windows and doors closed to limit exposure to the smoke. crews have been able to get the upper hand on a fire burning in oakland. the fire started right around 7 am. smoke was visible for many in the east bay and we do not yet know how this fire started. >>> there was a fire in morgan hill. this broke out around 3:15 near richmond avenue. no homes were damaged. >> it was all contained within the prop. it did not go past any of the property line. >> firefighters have not yet read what started the fire. our warm and very dry. >> you are right. we have another red flag warning already in the cast. let's take a look at what is going on outside our door. i have given you a few over sentences do and a lot of blue skies. temperatures are just as warm as yesterday and there is no reason at least wh

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we visit the cemetery in northeastern france, the final resting place for over 14,000 american soldiers. eastern, president trump at the world war i ceremonies in paris. sunday, veterans day on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. >> new congress. new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. democrats have regained control of the house, republicans retain majority control of the senate. as the parties organize the new congress, watch it unfold on c-span. >> the 115th congress returns tuesday for the lame-duck session and the home stretch for legislative work and leadership elections. joining us is scott long, senior "withwriter with the the -- ." ff writer with "the hill scott: we have heard a lot of criticism of nancy pelosi over the past two years from rebellious democrats who have won a change in the caucus and have wanted it new generation to step forward. of course, tim ryan 2 years ago challenged her with 63 votes, but so far, he has said he is not prepared to jump in at this moment, he is in wait and see mode. right now we don't have any other names that have been float