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we will continue to watch the arrivals life on c-span -- live on c-span. [indiscernible conversations] >> nice to see you. [indiscernible conversations] announcer: where live at the renaissance hotel in washington, d.c., the arrivals for the gridiron dinner. terry mcauliffe, governor of virginia, one of the featured speakers for tonight, just now arriving with his wife, being greeted by clarence page gridiron president this year. >> we have more one-liners about you than anybody. >> great to see you. how are you? [indiscernible conversations] >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> how are you? >> how have you been? have you met my wife, dorothy? [indiscernible] >> 50 years this october. glad to see you. >> how is it going? [indiscernible] [indiscernible conversations] >> we are live from the lobby of the renaissance hotel watching the arrivals for the white tie gridiron club dinner, the annual dinner pretty 140th year for the dinner. the event is closed to cameras. this is all we will see, the arrivals tonight. the expected attendees include the president, b

on c-span, c-span2, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> this sunday on q&a, baltimore police commissioner on the challenges of policing the city. drags it was clear to me that i still had a problem with public trust and people believing what i said. regardless of that i stand before you and say use of force is down 46 percent, lawsuits are down, officer-involved shootings are down, we are down, we're moving in positive ways, people in community say they do not believe it. >> sunday night on c-span's qa day. -- q&a. >> coming up a discussion on press freedom and the growing terrorist threat. it and then a discussion on the saying black lives matter with college professor david bryce. >> the french-american foundation recently hosted a program on the impact radicalism is having on press freedom. speakers include to journalists to write for the new york times and the wall street journal. they talk about the recent terrorist attack on the french magazine charlie hebdo. this is one hour and 20 minutes. wallace: i am going to have to introduce a little bit to make sure that everyone understands

on c-span. secret service director joseph clancy testifies on an incident in which two secret service agents allegedly drove into the

eastern on c-span. announcer: a look at the early stages of the 2016 presidential race. ted cruz announced his candidacy this past week. at, our conversation on q&a. >> joining us on newsmakers is the chair of the new hampshire republican party. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >>

house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2 on c-span3 we come from it that coverage by showing you thesional hearings and public affairs event. -- comp womanwe that coverage. on weekends, c-span 3 is home to american history tv. the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields. american artifacts, touring historic sites to discover what artifacts reveal about america's past. history bookshelf, with the best-known american history writers. the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nations commanders in chief. lectures in history with top college professors delving into america's past. and our new series real america featuring archival educational films from the 19 30's through the 1970's era c-span 3 created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us on hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. announcer: monday night on the communicators, rocco commisso founder and ceo of mediacom on the challenges facing media companies and the follow-up from the latest fcc decision affecting the internet. mr. commisso: th

that is on c-span3. >> keep track of the republican let congress on c-span, c-span2 c-span radio and www.c-span.org. >> marco rubio was in manchester, new hampshire to speak at a politics and express it host by saint ann's own college. this was his final stop on his tour in the state. before the event began senator rubio met with several attendees and posed for pictures. this is just under an hour and a half. >> thank you. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. good luck. how are you? >> thank you for having me. >> hello, how are you? >> good to see you. thank you so much. >> senator, good to see you again. >> yet -- yep. >> high, good morning. >> thank you for having me here. you work with bankers right? >> alexander is the banker. >> hello. >> how are you? good to see you. >> thank you. nice to meet you. >> hello, senator. >> good to see you. thank you for having me here. thank you so much. >> hello, how are you? >> glad to be here. [laughter] >> i put my heater on in my room. thank you for having me here. thank you for having me, guys. >> thank you so much, senator. >> thank you for havi

more live coverage today here on c-span 3. at 1:00 p.m. eastern we take you to capitol hill for a hearing with fbi director. he will discuss his agency's 2016 budget before the house appropriations subcommittee on justice. that's live at 1:00 p.m. elsewhere in the capital today shs the hill reports that house republicans are increase ingingly confident they will approve a budget blueprint wednesday with more robust spending on defense after several days of working to bridge the gap between fiscal and security hawks. to get their budget across the finish line, republicans will had vote on two separate versions of the fiscal plan crafted by tom price. that's an unusual maneuver to allow the rank and file to take a more hands-on approach to legislating. gop leaders believe the house will back the amended version of the price budget which would increase the pentagon war fund to $96 billion and require no offsets. the debate takes place on the house floor later today and you can watch live coverage on our companion network c-span. here's a bit m

eastern on c-span.sident obama will be in boston tomorrow for the dedication ceremony at the edward kennedy institute for the u.s. senate. the building was created in honor of the late massachusetts senator and aims to educate the public about congress and encourage citizens to take a proactive role in the democratic process. >> 50 years ago, i managed the successful reelection campaign for the junior senator for massachusetts, john f. kennedy. although i certainly did not anticipate it at the time, i myself have been deeply honored to hold the same seat he had for some 46 years. during my service in the united states senate, i have often been called a liberal. and it usually was not meant to be a compliment. but i remember what my brother said about liberalism shortly before he was elected president. he said, if by "a liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without quick reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people, their health, their h

eastern on c-span. you can join the conversation with your calls and your comments on facebook and twitter. announcer: wednesday, a look at the future of the u.s. postal service. the brookings institution hears from the acting chairman of the postal regulatory commission and the current u.s. inspector general, life :00 a.m. eastern on c-span three. announcer: here are some of our featured programs. on c-span twos book tv, saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, peter wallace and says that government housing policies cause the 2008 financial crisis, and that it could happen again. sunday afternoon at 5:00 p.m., rector of the earth institute at columbia university on a development plan to counter global issues like poverty political corruption, and environmental decay. saturday morning at 10:30 p.m. -- 1030 a.m. eastern on c-span three, discussion on the last major speeches of abraham lincoln and martin luther king jr.. then, sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. on real america the 1965 meet the press intervie

eastern on c-span 2 and thursday evening at 8:00 on c-span south carolina senator lindsay graham, who spent two days in the granite state this week. friday night beginning at 7:45 live on c-span we'll take you to house party in dover, new hampshire with former florida governor jeb bush. on saturday just after noon live on c-span wisconsin governor scott walker at a republican party grassroots workshop in concord. and sunday night at 9:35 on c-span senator ted cruz at the annual lincoln-reagan dinner. road to the white house 2016 on c-span. >> the supreme court heard oral argument earlier this month on whether police can conduct a warrantless search of hotel guest registries. the case, city of los angeles versus patel involves a city law that allows police to inspect hotel and motel guest registries at any time without the need for a warrant. city officials argue that the law is needed to allow police to investigate crimes like sex trafficking and prostitution. the lower court sided with hotels and motels ruling that there's an expectation of private on their guest registries under the

eastern on c-span two. tonight at 8:00 on c-span, lindsey graham, who spent two days in the granite state this week. friday night at 7:45, we will take you to a house party in dover, new hampshire with jeb bush. on saturday, just afternoon live on c-span, wisconsin governor scott walker at a republican party grassroots workshop. and sunday night at 9:35 on c-span, senator ted cruz on the annual lincoln reagan dinner. road to the white house 2016 on c-span. >> "washington journal," is next. we will look at today's headlines and take your calls. officials from the treasury and justice department testify about various tax scams being used this tax filing season. we have live coverage from the senate finance committee this morning at 10:00 eastern. coming up this hour, david mcintosh discusses his group's recent look at congress and how members vote on economic and limited government legislation. after that, will marshal of the progressive policy institute will talk about the recent policy agenda released by the

eastern on c-span. host: this weekend on "the communicators,," a discussion on the future of television, the internet, and video. joining us is rocco commisso the founder of mediacom communications corporation. welcome to washington and welcome to "the communicators." what is mediacom? mr. commisso: mediacom is what they used to call cable-television companies. in fact, we started our company back in 1995. little by little our mission at that time was to go out and which is maintained, to deliver to the air in smaller markets in the u.s. same level of services you could find in san francisco, new york city, or washington d.c. up $7.3 billion of investment. we have achieved that. we are in 22 states. we have 1500 communities in 22 states. we have 4600 employees. regenerate -- we generate $1.7 billion in revenue. i am a lucky man i have the people i have. host: reporter:are you a cable company? mr. commisso: we like to say we are a cable company but we are multi services. we started as a media company in 1

c-span two, and c-span radio. -- new congress, best access on c-spanpan2, and c-span radio. host: david drucker. you have been covering this town for about 10 years or so. how significant is the hillary clinton e-mail situation? guest: at this stage in the campaign it is significant. i am surprised at the lives it has because you see so many of these stories and they come and go in the news cycle is so fast. it has really captured the imagination of political players and journalists in washington and new york and around the country. it will be interesting to see where it goes next. host: a lot of ink. a lot of editorials. he was today's "washington post." sunlight foundation. even the "new york times." guest: well they broke the story. you have to give them a lot of credit for the work they did. i think the key point about the clinton e-mail situation is not that she is a politician who didn't necessarily want everybody to have access to her e-mails, even though some people try to make this a story about politicians and whether or not they are willing

>> find out where c-span's cities to her is going next online at c-span.org/cities to her. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. >> next weekend marks the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday when voting rights advocates on a march from montgomery to selma, alabama were met i violence from alabama state troopers. american history tv will be live from soma next saturday and sunday and each night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, we will show highlights of our coverage. here is john lewis, one of the leaders of the march reflecting on some of 50 years later. >> when i heard that dr. king had been assassinated, it was a sad time and our time for me. i love to dr. king. if it had not been for him, i do not know what would've happened to me. i had grown up very poor in rural alabama -- he gave me a way out. maybe a way in. but the philosophy and the discipline of nonviolence tell us that you should not get in a state of despair, you should be hopeful, you should pick yourself up and continue to move -- keep going. i think one of the great moments of hope when we were marching from selma to montgomery -- the reaction

eastern on c-span. later, a hearing on the consumer product safety commission's 2016 budget request. the commission's chair will be among the witnesses. that is live at 3:00 eastern on c-span3. the c-span cities to work takes book tv and american history tv on the road. traveling to cities to learn about their history and literary life. next week, we partner with comcast for a visit to galveston, texas. >> heave ho. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1869, sailing ships are almost dealt a death blow. with that opening of the canal coal-fired ships had a shorter route to the far east to india those markets. sailing ships needed to find a way to make their own living. instead of high-value cargo they started carrying lower value cargo. coal oil cotton, etc.. alyssa found her niche in carrying any kind of cargo that did not require getting to market at a fast pace. >> watch all of our events from galveston, saturday, march 7 at 12:00 noon eastern, and march 8 at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> florid

eastern here on c-span. announcer 2: monday on the communicators, more from the international consumer electronics show as we look at new technology products. >> if there is something you want to capture, you take it off your rest, and it will be very simple. it will expand, and it will be as easy as gesturing. it is completely autonomous. there is no remote required. it is smart enough to know the direction and the pressure. if you throw it, it will go farther way, it will take a photo and come back. announcer 2: the communicators monday on c-span two. announcer: the house and senate passed their budget plans for fiscal year 2016. the version in the house as a cost of three point $1 trillion and increases defense spending through the overseas contingency operating fun -- fund. the final vote with 220-129, with 17 republicans voting against the measure. here is some of the debate before final passage. me. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: thank you madam speaker. i want to start by jo

we will join that event live on concord high school or at 11 or 5 am eastern here on c-span. sunday, remarks from texas senator -- concord high school at 11:45 a.m. eastern here on c-span. sunday, remarks from texas senator ted cruz. that is at 9:35 p.m. eastern. former texas governor rick perry spoke at the saint ofanselm college in manchester. he spoke about the u.s. economy at the event cohosted by the new hampshire institute of politics. this is 45 minutes. >> welcome back. it is so great to see you. governor perry: it is great to be here and to even remember it. >> when you came through the last time, my brother spoke to you -- governor perry: all, the last time. it is happening. what is he doing now? >> congratulations. he is doing his masters, and he is a graduate doing engineering. governor perry: in what engineering? >> kind of the biotech fields. governor perry: each of the coasts have some extraordinary incubators, but there is some fascinating stuff going on in texas. we became this last year in january 2014 texas became the number one high-tech exporting state. >>

this is the communicators on c-span from las vegas. one of the larger exhibitors here at c.e.s. international in vegas is intel. and joining us now is andrea raines who is a tech

on c-span, the c-span2 c-span radio, and www.c-span.org. >> this week, c-span is in new hampshire foro the white house." tonight at 8:00 on c-span, we will be in manchester for a policy event with south carolina senator lindsey graham who spent two days in the granite state this week. friday night, beginning at 7:45, we will take you to a house party in dover, new hampshire, with jeb bush. saturday just afternoon wisconsin governor scott walker at a republican party grassroots workshop. on sunday night at 9:35 on c-span, senator ted cruz and annual lincoln-reagan dinner. "road to the white house does vote on c-span. -- "road to the white house >>" on c-span. host: we are back. getting your thoughts on negotiations with the country led by the united states and five other countries trying to stop iran from obtaining nuclear power in exchange for release of those nuclear -- sanctions. the tension between the administration and the republicans was on full display. secretary of state john kerry testifying, along with his colleagues and joint chief, the secretary of state john kerry asked h

eastern on c-span two. later, a look at the supreme court's budget request with anthony kennedy and stephen breyer testifying in front of house appropriations subcommittee at 3:00 p.m. eastern live coverage on c-span3. chinese premier li keqiang held a news conference after the closing of the national people's conference. he answered questions on both domestic and foreign policy, including environmental protection u.s.-china relations and the ukraine conflict. this portion is courtesy of china central television. >> with huffington post, in under the dome, a documentary the filmmakers complain about big oil companies like petrol china have been a block to the introduction of policies on environmental protection and law enforcement in this field. for example, in the subject -- setting of quality standards of gasoline consumed as well as introduction of wider use of natural gas. my question is, if it is, it is it true that these companies are posing an obstacle to enforcing environmental protection laws and po

this is american history tv on c-span three. here are some of our featured programs for this weekend. on c-span twos book tv, tonight at 10:00 eastern on afterwards, former marine and were corresponded david morris on the history of post-traumatic stress disorder that affects over 27 million americans including himself. sunday night at 8:00 am a former navy seal sniper scott taylor argues the obama administration is hurting our national security. on american history tv on c-span three, the commemoration of bloody sunday when 50 years ago voters rights advocates begin a march from summit to montgomery alabama and were met with violence by state and local police. that begins at noon eastern. we are live from soma with your phone calls followed by the commemorative ceremony with president obama and congressman john lewis. on sunday, our live coverage continues with a service from historic round chapel ame church, the starting pouring for the selma-montgomery marches. follow our complete schedules at www.c-span.org and let us know wh

east and on c-span. over on c-span 2, we will be live from liberty university in virginia, where ted cruz is scheduled to speak. he is expected to announce his candidacy for president, making him the first to officially enter the 2016 presidential race. again, live coverage on c-span 2 starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. monday night on "the communicators," we met up with tim moynihan at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. he gave us a tour of the latest technology. >> organic light emitting diode. it refers to the backlight system. it uses led backlight to color liquid crystal display. this one is using the individual particles as a source of light. so they can be turned off and on independently. with an led set there will always be some sort of light seeping through. to my eyes, this is pretty amazing. this is 4k and oled, the big buzzwords at this years show. this is sort of the holy grail of tvs. >> monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicators." >> consideration of attorney general nomi

eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. monday on "the communicators," we look at new technology products. >> if there is something you want to capture, you take it off your wrist. and it will be very simple to take off your wrist. and it will expand. and it will be as easy as gesturing. it is completely autonomous. there is no remote required. it is smart enough to know the direction you talk, the pressure. [indiscernible] if you throw it, it will go farther away. it will compose a photo, take a photo and come back, completely autonomously. announcer: "the communicators" monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. announcer: up next, heather cox richardson author of "to make men free," she chronicles the evolution of the party of lincoln

i remember seeing hans blitz on c-span. why don't you get somebody from the iaea on television and ask them these questions? mr. rubin, it does not make one anti-soemetic to believe that you and others are trying to push our country into fighting israel's enemies. the last one on the list is iran. we love our country unlike some of those names i mentioned, more than we love israel. for you, two quick questions. tell c-span viewers how many nuclear weapons does israel have , the only country in the middle east who has them. any high school student can do a google search to find out what is the second option -- samson option. guest: thank you for your question. it does make you a purveyor of hate to assume that those who agree with you are the only ones who love their country and those who disagree with you are those that don't. recent polls have shown that 70% of americans feel uncomfortable with the way this deal is going. i hate to think that 70% of americans belong to some secret cabal that you and robert are aware of. the

on al-shabaab. you are watching and listening to c-span's "washington journal." is sunday, the very first of march. thanks for being with us. we are back in a moment. >> here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks. on c-span two's "booktv," alla ryskind talks about the hollywood -- nazi party in hollywood during the 1930's. and our three hour conversation with adequate air. her books include "the tyranny of the majority," "lift every voice." and on "american history tv," today at 60 5 p.m. eastern, a discussion about the burning of south carolina, following the surrender of the city to union general oil tecumseh sherman and his troops in 1865. and sunday afternoon at 2:00, an interview with daniel ellsberg on the pentagon papers, a classified study on vietnam which he copied and classified -- and gave to the "new york times." let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us. e-mail us at comments@c-span.org . or send us a tweet at @cspan. like a son puts -- like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. tonigh

. >> find out where c-span's cities tour is going next online at www.c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> each week, and american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. next we travel about 15 miles north of washington, d.c. to great falls visitors center where we will take a boat ride to learn more about the chesapeake and the ohio canal. [foghorn] >> i would like to introduce myself. im a park ranger here -- i'm a park ranger here at the chesapeake and ohio canal. i think we will cast off shortly. we will give you a brief history here on the canal. all right, it is called the chesapeake and ohio canal, but it definitely -- starts at the chesapeake bay and rose up to the mouth of the ohio canal. when we told it we wanted to connect to the eastern shore with what was considered the west back then. the west was up in ohio, pennsylvania, that area. we wanted to connect its part to the chesapeake bay. and the piece of the canal from the 1870's -- there were about 15 or 20 boats waiting at the loft. at the peak of its, there were 15 or 20 boats operat

you are watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-spanwitter. for information on our schedule and to keep up with the latest history news. . >> here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks -- on book tv tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern, author peter wallace and says government housing posies cause the 2008 financial crisis and that it could happen again. sunday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. the director of the earth institute at columbia university on a development plan to counter global issues like poverty political corruption, and environmental decay. today at 10:30 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span three, a discussion on the last major speeches of abraham lincoln and martin luther king jr. sunday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. on real america the 1955 meet the press interview with martin luther king jr.. find our complete television schedule at www.c-span.org and let us know it you think about the programs you are watching. you can call us. you can e-mail us. or send us a tweet.

- on c-span two at 10 p.m.rwards, pulitzer prize winning historian eric foner on the efforts of free blacks and white abolitionists to help slaves on the underground railroad. sunday night at 10:00 p.m.,hassan hassan on the rise of ices in the middle east. starting at 9:00 eastern a and throughout the day on c-span three, american history tv joint historians and others at the abraham lincoln symposium live from ford's theater. sunday evening at 6:00 and american artifacts, a visit to the national museum of health and medicine to view items from their civil war items including artifacts related to president lincoln's assassination. find our complete television schedule at www.c-span.org and let us know in you think about the programs you're watching. you ca

c-span and the senate on c-span 2, here on c-span 3 we complement that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. and then on weekends c-span 3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story, including six unique series. the civil war's 150th anniversary. visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts touring museums and historic sites to discover what artifacts reveal about america's past. history bookshelf with the best known american history writers. the presidency, looking at the policies and legacies of our nation's commanders in chief. lectures in history with top college professors delving into america's past. and our new series, "real america," featuring archival government and educational films from the '30s to the '70s. c-span 3 created by the cable effort industry. watchous in hd like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> next secretary of state john kerry talks about climate change and global energy and emissions. his remarks are part of the atlantic council's road to pa

on c-span. sunday on "newsmakers" adam shift talks about the hillary clinton e-mail story and the future of the fisa court. he currently serves as ranking member on the house intelligence committee and also discusses cyber security issues and a possible reorganization of the c.i.a. watch "newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. the secret service director joseph clancy testifies on an incident in which two secret service agents allegedly drove into a white house barricade while drunk. he spoke in front of a house appropriations subcommittee and you can see his comments sunday at 10:30 a.m. eastern also on c-span. c-span created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> welcome to the international convention in las vegas. this is where a lot of the new technology is shown every year telecommunications are also presented. we're going to take a tour with tim moynihan. tim, we're in the lg booth he

eastern here on c-span. on the next "washington journal," the under secretary of state for political affairs on foreign-policy challenges facing the united states, including the u.s. relationship with israel negotiations over your rent's nuclear program, and the threat posed by isis. you will also talked to john wunderlich about hillary clinton's use of personal e-mail. washington journal live each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. >> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. not only are there 43 new republicans and 50 new democrats in the house and 12 the republicans and one new democrat in the senate, there are 100 eight women in congress including the first african-american republican in the house in the first woman veteran in the senate. keep track using congressional chronicle on c-span.org. it has lots of useful information, including voting results and statistics about each session. through congress, best access, on c-span, c-span2, c-span radio, and c-span oth.org. >> here at c-sp

also here on c-span at 7:45 p.m. eastern. >> here are some of our featured programs this weekend on the c-span network. saturday at 1 p.m. eastern c-span 2's book tv is like at the university of arizona for the festival of books. featuring race, politics, the civil war, and sunday at 1:00, we continue live coverage with panels on the obama administration and the issue of concussions in football. and we are live from longwood university in virginia for the civil war seminar, with historians and authors talking about the closing weeks of the war. sunday morning at 9:00, we continue live coverage with remarks on the surrender of the confederacy and the immigration of confederates to brazil. find the complete schedule at c-span.org. e-mail us. send us a tweet. join the conversation. like us on facebook. >> the top u.s. general in south america briefed

eastern on c-span three. later, the featured speaker at the center for strategic and international studies. she will discuss her department's energy priorities. to that lot at 1:00 p.m. eastern also on our campaigning network c-span3 bank. >> this week in, the c-span city store has partnered with media, to learn about the history and literary life of collapse, georgia. >> inside the museum is the remains of the confederate army clad, the css jackson, and this is an ironclad that was built your in columbus and the war. there are oval shapes that are actually the gun ports of the jackson. the jackson is armed with six rifles. the particular rifle firing today is one of the guns built specifically for the jackson. it was cast at the selma naval works in some a, alabama and completed in january 1865 -- and selma, alabama, and completed in january to 65. the row claim to fame, there are only 4 ironclads from the civil war we can study right now. the jackson is right here, and that is why this facility is here. firs

there were many. >> watch all of our events from columbus throughout the day on c-span 2. >> 150 years ago on march 4, 1860 5,000 gathered on the east front of the u.s. capitol to hear president lincoln deliver his secondary not real address. it was several weeks before the and of the civil war, and lincoln's assassination. next, on american history tv, from the steps of the lincoln memorial, the 150th anniversary commemoration of president lincoln's second eggnog role. the national park service reenacted the speech. this is about an hour and a half. >> good morning. my name is bob vogel and i'm the regional director of the national capital region of the national park service. it is my great pleasure to welcome you to this chilly march morning to the lincoln memorial as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln's second eggnog duration as president of the united states. abraham lincoln's birthday inauguration was held beneath the gathering clouds of war. a tense standoff at fort sumter and charleston harbor continued. both the north and south anxiously look to the inaugur

everyone rags on c-span. i will not do it. i won't stoop that low. pan so who cares? in fact, the only people who would watch c-span are in this room right now. but i give them credit. what they do is hard. an unfiltered view of the workings of congress and federal government. no one cares. you might as well just but a gas station security camera. no one cares. c-span needs to be more like cnn and just forget about the news. [laughter] [applause] seriously, lastly, i find up in the bargain break into the situation room with breaking news -- anthony bourdain break into the situation when with breaking news about a philly cheesesteak. the only way we will care about the budget is if the budgett suddenly mysteriously disappeared. then, you get a budget simulator, get a panel, you put me right in the middle of the non-action. i am riveted. [laughter] or you go the fox news route. you get the budget to shoot an unarmed black kid and rush to the budgets defense arguing the budget was written on white paper and that is why this is happening. [laughter] i don

on our companion network, c-span. >>> here are some of our featured program for this weekend on the c-span networks. saturday eastern, c-span2's book live is live from the university of arizona from the tucson festival of books featuring discussions on race and politics the civil war and by the nation magazine writers with call-ins throughout the day with authors. and sunday at 1:00 we continue our live coverage of the festival with panels on the obama administration, the future of politics and the issue of concussions in football and saturday morning at 9:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span3 we are live from longwood university in farmville, virginia, for the 16th annual civil war seminar with historians and authors talking about the closing weeks of the civil war in 1865 and sunday morning at 9:00 we continue our live coverage of the seminar with remarks on the surrender of confederacy and the immigration of confederates to brazil. find our complete television schedule on c-span.org and let us know about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400 e or email us at comme

>> here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the c-span networks -- on c-span two at 10 p.m. eastern on afterwards, pulitzer prize winning historian eric foner on the efforts of free blacks and white abolitionists to help slaves on the underground railroad. sunday night at 10:00 p.m.,hassan hassan on the rise of ices in the middle east. starting at 9:00 eastern a and throughout the day on c-span three, american history tv joint historians and others at the abraham lincoln symposium live from ford's theater. sunday evening at 6:00 and american artifacts, a visit to the national museum of health and medicine to view items from their civil war items including artifacts related to president lincoln's assassination. find our complete television schedule at www.c-span.org and let us know in you think about the programs you're watching. you can call us, e-mail us, or tweet us. join the c-span conversation, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> since 1985, john douglas hall has been portraying president james madison. he has been in mount vernon, montpelier, and ga

(cheers and applause) here's a sneak preview. >> coming up next on c-span jon stewart looks at congressn c-span's new show, "hatewatch." then at 11:30 p.m., on book tv author michio discusses the challenges of writing a memoir when there's a bee trapped in your office. >> hi, everybody. welcome to "hatewatch" on c-span 2, i'm jon stewart. why don't we take a look today and see what the congress is up to. >> a bipartisan bill to provide assistance to human trafficking victims and additional resources to law enforcement has gotten stuck in the senate. >> jon: it appears the senate is stuck on a bill i'm not sure every american not involved in trafficking humans for sex would support. that sounds like something i would hate. tell me more. >> democrats are stripping out hyde amendment. >> jon: hyde amendment named after republicans, blocking use of federal money for abortions, just because the procedure is completely legal doesn't mean it has to be treated that way. i see what's happened a little bit of republican what we at c-span two call (bleep)ry. how did the sex trafficking bill get pa

--on c-span. some of the expected attendees include president obama and governor terry mcauliffe of virginia. the gridiron club was founded in 1885, making it the oldest journalistic organization in washington, d.c. it's 65 numbers are reporters editors, and grow chiefs who work in the d.c. area. this is the 130th year for the dinner. it is a formal, wait time event known for featuring satirical speeches and skits from journalists and politicians. we will keep an eye on the arrivals for tonight to gridiron dinner as we are live from outside the venue outside the renaissance hotel in washington, d.c.

and you can watch it live on our companion network c-span 2. and later a defense secretary hearing with ashton carter to talk about the situation in ukraine live at 2:30 on our companion network c-span. and carter talking about isis joined by secretary of state john kerry and the chair of joint chiefs dempsey. that started at 9:00 a.m. and continues on our live network c-span. and we'll show you that hearing tonight at 8:00 also on c-span. and should congress approve the use of military force against isis. log on to our facebook page at facebook.com facebook.com/c-span and leave your comments. >>> here are the features programs for this weekend on the networks. saturday at 1:00 p.m. eastern c-span's book tv is live from the university of arizonafor the tucson festival of books, featuring discussions on race, politics and the civil war and by the nation magazine writers with call-ins with the authors. and then on sunday, panels with the obama administration, and the future of politics and cob -- concussions in football. and on c-span three we're

eastern on c-span two. a senate homeland security hearing on records and how in accuracy is have resulted in improper payments to those who have passed away and the withholding of money who were listed as disease. that is at 4:00 eastern, live coverage on c-span3. monday night on the communicators, fcc commissioner on their recent net neutrality ruling. invisible broadband, and the subsidized phone and broadband program, lifeline. >> i am proposing that we overhaul the lifeline program make it concurrent and in sync with the information age. it challenges providers to give more to their consumers. the prices and opportunities have gone down. it should be for lifeline consumers. that has been the number one problem that we have been seeing with not so positive headlines. there is a vulnerability in the system we need to plug. >> monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. tonight, on c-span. q and a with dr. adrian few berman. then david cameron takes questions from the house of commons. ted cruz was the feat

watch the senate on c-span two. ile we wait for the house to gavel income earlier today, we spoke with a reporter to get the latest on the u.s. negotiations with iran on nuclear technology. this is from sunday. host: thank you for being with us. let's begin with the very latest. we hear from john kerry that a deal was within reach. what does the framework of that look like? i just got back last night. a few hours ago really. with secretary kerry. they are planning to return next week. i think the talks will resume again i caries level on thursday. they're really hoping that this next round will be the last round for this agreement. i just want to remind you that what they're trying to get now by the end of march, is the outlines of the parameters, or the main principles of an agreement. not the total, complete finished text, which won't come until the end of june. what it would do is constrained iran's capability to uranium. it would try to block their path to a bond using plutonium. an important feature of the agree

new congress best access on c-span, c-span 2, c-span radio and c-span.org. span city store takes booktv and "american history tv" on the road to learn about cities literary life and history. this week, we partner with comcast to go to galveston, texas. >> the rising tide, the rising when through them. they watched in amazement as both of these factors battered the beachfront structures. at the time, we had wooden bat houses out over the gulf of mexico. we also had piers, and a huge pavilion, called olympia by the seed. as the storm increased in intensity, the structures turned into matchsticks. the 1900 storm struck galveston saturday, september 8, 1900. the storm began before noon increased in germanic intensity and finally tapered off toward midnight. that evening. this hurricane was and still is, the deadliest recorded natural event in the history of the united states. >> watch all of our events from galveston, today at 2:00 eastern on c-span 3. >> live here at the historic brown chapel a.m.e. church in some a alabama on the 50th anniversary of the selma-m

military relations next on c-span. then senator john mccain talks about the murder of boorstin involved. this week, c-span is in new hampshire with road to the white house coverage. on thursday, we will be in manchester with rick perry live at 8:30 a.m. eastern. friday night, live on c-span, we take you to a house party in dover, new hampshire with jeb bush. saturday, live on c-span, governor scott walker and republican party grassroots workshop in concord. sunday night senator ted cruz at the annual lincoln reagan dinner. road to the white house 2016 on c-span. >> defense secretary ashton carter held a joint news conference with michael file and -- michael fallon. this is 25 minutes. secretary carter: good afternoon. before i begin, as you know, a uh 60 black hawk helicopter was involved in an accident last night near eglin air force base in florida. we know that on board, there were four soldiers from a national guard unit and seven marines at camp -- assigned to camp lejeune in north carolina. our thoughts and prayer

this is the "the communicators" on c-span from las vegas. one of the larger exhibitors here is intel. joining us now is andea rains who is a tech evangelist. great title. what are you displaying that is new and then i want to talk about the contest that you are having. >> there has been a lot of things here this year. we are showing a lot of wearable devices that came out in 2014. a lot that were announced in partnership with ces last year. we are showcasing a lot of products that came from the make it wearable challenge. so the challenge in october and we announced three winners and the grand prize winner won $500,000 for the project. >> host: this was a wearable contest? and they had to use an intel product. >> yes. >> host: what was the winner? >> guest: a flying grown. you wear it on your wrirs wrist and it flies off, takes a picture of you and comes back to you like a boom a rang. it was a cool product. all of them were shocked. >> host: is that something intel is going to put on the market? >> guest: we continue to support them and yes,

eastern on c-span -- a.m. eastern on c-span. e house and senate return next week with the budget on the agenda. a top priority is increased defense spending. you can watch the house on c-span and the senate on c-span two. on wednesday we will hear more with congressman mac thornberry will discuss the budget and defense issues. that is life monday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. next, a conversation with twitter's chief communications officer. he talks about twitter's culture and the impact on free speech. this is just under one hour. host: today it is an absolute delight for me to introduce and welcome gabriel stricker. he is a cal alum. some of you already know that. he is chief of communications on twitter. chief communications officer. he also has been helping berkeley think about and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the free speech movement, quite an important your -- year in berkeley this year. his bachelor of arts was a latin american studies as an undergraduate at work with. -- at berkeley. his current role as to comm