at 6:00 eastern right here on c-span. newsmakers tonight with richard pollock of the american hospital association. let's go over to ames, iowa. gail, you are on c-span on a sunday afternoon. with the you think? caller: i think it should not be repealed. onhink that -- because i'm -- a lot of us are on social security disability. we cannot afford as it is my medication. there is a lot of times where i almost cannot afford my medication. elderly, i think they need to vote to keep because i forlace it has been better off for me. myself, personally. host: we appreciate your call. let's go to robert in dundee, illinois on the line for others. what you think about the health care law and what should be done? democrats andk togetherns should get and replace obamacare or add to it. a lot of senior people that are wayixed incomes, and the they are going about it is wrong. in augustd not recess and work this thing out. host: they should stay here in host: you are saying they should stay here in washington until they work something

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that will be over on c-span 3 and listen live on the c-span radio app. the house is out. members passed a bill that obama-era rule. coordinatey, they'll ways to have a pipeline, a bill o establish a pipeline for importing or exporting oil and natural gas. the house is live on c-span on wednesday 10:00 a.m. for morning speeches and noon for legislative work. in washington this evening, a tweet saying the president set to john huntsman as russian ambassador. he former envoy is going to be named u.s. ambassador to russia. white house official telling righters. >> c-span "washington journal" with news and policy issues and coming up on wednesday morning. we'll continue our conversation on the budget. tom reed and efforts to boost .s. manufacturing and tim ryan on the republican budget of the and the future democratic party. nd the trump administration. watch it 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. > sunday night on "afterwords, a journalist influences public opinion in her book how fake news control what you see, what you think and vote. >> you don't stick up for mccain. you ha

eastern on c-span. later today, kentucky republican rand paul looks at the conservative movement and how young americans can get involved. he'll speak at the young americans student conference starts also on c-span. last week, vice-president mike pence swore in william hagerty, president trump's pick to be the next ambassador to japan. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests. it's my pleasure as the acting chief of protocol to welcome you to the swearing-in ceremony of big hagerty as the next united states ambassador to japan. the honorable mike pence will give the oath of office. it's my honor to introduce the vice-president of the united states, mr. mike pence. [applaus [applause] >> well, good afternoon, and behalf of the first family, welcome to the white house. it's going to be my great honor today and, in fact, a privilege to administer the oath of office to the 42nd united states ambassador to japan, bill hagerty. [applaus [applaus [applause] >> we're join

live today at noon eastern on c-span 3. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> on lectures in history, appalachian state university professor jud browning teaches a class on the 1862 civil war peninsula campaign and seven days battles. he reviews union general george mcclellan's failed attempt to take the confederate capital in richmond, virginia and examines how terrain, disease, and nutrition impacted both sides. this class is about an hour and 15 minutes. professor browning: today we'll pick up where we left off last time in the western theatre. so the last battle we covered was? [inaudible] professor browning: the last battle was shiloh, april 6 and 7, 1862. we talked about how grant thought the war was going to be over, one more battle and this thing will end and then after

floor here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. the constitutional commitments of the members of the people's house as they return to the capitol today. guide and sustain them in your wisdom and inspire all, especially those in leadership, with the insights needed to assist our nation at this time. during these warm days of summer, may the discourse on the floor and in committees be noted more for light than heat, that the important work to be done might be down to the benefit of all americans. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor an glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the royce house his apursuant to the rule. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approve thsmed epledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from sou

eastern time today, with a discussion on opioid abuse in this country on c-span 3, c-span.org, c-span radio. schedule go of the to c-span.org, canadian prime do will meet with governors, as well as foreign inisters from mexico, india, china and japan, as well. that happening this weekend. on the floor of the house the , they'll be taking up national defense authorization of , we covered the markup that legislation that went through the night recently, that on te will be taking place the floor today, right here on c-span when the house gavels in we'll bring you gavel-to-gavel coverage. joe, we near open phones this morning, what is on your mind? caller: how are you? was just wondering if i was the only voter that finds the insulting.vestigation here is what i mean. russians didn't hack the vote tallies, whatever votes voters ame from the themselves. to suggest the russians had an influence be it through fake news, r whatever you call it, that kind tactic is only as good as the dumbest voter, you know what i mean? our y they influenced election, you're saying that all hese stories had a

find the sidebar and every c-span podcast on the free c-span radio app for apple and indian android devices -- and android devices. unfoldsn, where history daily. in 1979, c-span was graded as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> 50 years ago, on july 23, 1967, 5 days of writing erupted in detroit sparked by a police raid on net and illegal bar and fueled by long simmering tensions over racism and segregation. american history will be live sunday beginning at noon eastern to explore what happened in detroit and why. we recently met educator and historian jim on jordan to learn about the uprising which led to 43 deaths, over 7000 arrest, and 5000deployment of over federal troops to restore order. >> my name is jim on jordan and ism an historic -- my name jaman jordan. tours.story charles henry a tempted to get inside 9125 twelve st which is ,hat please call a blind pig and after-hours bar. he was able to get in around 3:00 in the morning and the illegal after-hours bar was raided by police. when they raid

you want to hear on c-span and on c-span.org. first one of the stories we did not get to this morning is about the senate health care bill. a senate parliamentarian dealt a major setback to the gop repeal bill. here is the story from "the hill." host: sanders the ranking member of the senate budget committee. the revisions that would likely be removed include all season order to conservatives, such as restrictions on expert being used for insurance is that cover abortion. with the not sit well number of republicans come as you might imagine, including texas senator ted cruz. this from the "wall street journal." mr. cruz in an interview warns that the consequences of failing to deliver on the party for the signature health care -- or's signature health care promise could be "catastrophic." host: let's go to the phones. we have michelle investment patiently waiting in atlanta, georgia. she is a democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to say i despise donald trump. i wish he would drop dead every day because he ha

twitter as on c-span wj, and post on the facebook page at facebook.com/c-span, we get from the museum in washington, d.c. election of headlines from around the world and across the nati nation. the ersey journal, by governor chris cristie , due to ongoing, the government shutdown today, this cristie vernor today. that is just some of the headlines including from the tweet released by trump trump, or president regarding wrestling cnn yesterday in a tweet, a video of places we a lot talked about in the first hour, that is the reaction, there is reaction coming from that. also, the president sending out tweets, when it comes to the of news and particularly how he sees news organizations, as we go on u that in the morning. you can let us know your hinking on the lines and on twitter. the president sending out these saying,things via tweet fake news will be forced to job numbers, eat success with isis, border and so much else, that is president this morning. first up on this open phone, new hester field, hampshire, ron. ron, go ahead, you're o. caller: hey, good morning. thank you, c-span,

they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. coming up at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3, american history tv will be broadcasting live on the new museum of the american revolution in philadelphia which opened in april. we will take your calls and questions for about two hours starting at 7:00 and look at the artifacts and exhibits and answer your questions with museum staff. here is a preview. >> the next room which we call resistance is about the decades stretching from the stamp act in 1765 to the outbreak of the revolutionary war in 1775. this room introduces one of the exhibition techniques that we used, which is to create these immersive spaces and make you feel transported back in time. the elm treeeated that stood in boston in 1765 that became known as the liberty tree. this was a phenomenon that spread through other towns and other colonies in the time, a place where sons and daughters of liberty gathered in an ton-air political meeting talk about how they would react to these efforts by the british to impose taxes t

listen on c-span radio, and check out our free c-span radio app. our programming streamed on the web at c-span.org. welcome back the president of the interfaith alliance, as we talk about civility in american politics. it's something many americans are not talking about. let's talk about your organization. what is it? what's your mission? guest: thanks, steve. our organization is about 20 years old. our tag line is protecting faith and freedom. we approach the first amendment from a faith-base and had constitutional perspective in the hopes of protecting the rights of all americans to freedom of conscience and protecting the government and the people from interfering with each other on matters of religion. we were formed about 20 years ago in response to the rise of radical right in the religious community who tried to impose their agenda, continue to do that in our country. host: is the first amendment under assault? guest: it's always under assault. people love the protections of the first amendment, but sometimes, in exercises those protections,

on our companion network c-span2. also on c-span.org and you can listen with the free c-span radio app. dividual market are sg there worrying in july and august whether they'll have any option to buy insurance in 2018. so i don't think we can wait two years to repeal and replace obamacare which is why i voted twice on tuesday to do it again now, and why i voted against it to repeal it now and replace it in two years if you can. i don't think tennesseans will be very comfortable canceling insurance for 22 million americans now and saying, trust congress to find a replacement in two years. pilots like to know where they are going to land when they take off and so should we. now, mr. president, we are proceeding ahead with our debate on the health care bill. it may be a little >> and once again you can watch this debate as it plays out on the senate floor on our companion network c-span2. and we're continuing live on capitol hill. we're waiting for house speaker paul rirne. he's set to hold -- paul ryan. he's set to hold his weekly briefing. we're planning live coverage here on c-span. we'

eastern on c-span arena and online -- on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org. you can also listen on the c-span radio app. saturday, trump attended and spoke at the commissioning of ford ingerald r. norfolk, virginia. it is the first of a new class of nuclear powered aircraft carrier. >> ship's company, attention. will the guests please rise and remain standing for the arrival of our platform guests. military honors to the president of the united states, our national anthem, and the invocation. we welcome and thank the united states fleet forces band and the naval station norfolk saluting gunnery for assisting us today. ladies and gentlemen, our platform guests. commander steven barstow, chaplain corps, united states navy, our ship's chaplain. ms. maryellen baldwin, president and ceo, hampton roads navy league. mr. greg willard, white house staff assistant to president ford and commissioning committee cochairman. mr. byron cavaney, commissioning committee cochairman. mr. douglas devos, committee cochairman. from huntington ingalls shipbuilding, mr. matthew mulhe

dated black :00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." collects a look at some of this week's developments concerning senate action on the health care lot replacement. on wednesday, president trump posted republican senators at the white house to discuss their strategy for repealing and replacing the federal health care law.

eastern on c-span and c-span.org. listen live on the free spin radio radio. -- c-span radio app. >> sunday on q&a. >> we look at president obama's domestic legacy, i think there are two things that are very important that will have long-lasting good consequences for the united states that can be summarized in four words -- sonia sotomayor and elena kagan, his two nominees to the supreme court. >> the second part of our two-part interview with david garo. he talks about his book "rising star: the making of barack obama" which covers president obama's life to winning the presidency. >> the point to emphasize here is over the course of barack's presidency, there were scores and scores of people in illinois who had known him years earlier were deeply disappointed with the trajectory of the obama presidency, and disappointed in two ways. number one, disappointed that barack forgot many of the people, most of the people who were essential to his political rise. >> sunday night at eight according -- at 8:00 eastern on c-span'

in eastern on c-span two. on voter security technology. live coverage starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. is in trouble they rally tonight in youngstown, ohio. one at 7:00 p.m. eastern c-span3. watch on c-span or go or listen using the c-span radio app. c-span's washington journal, live it every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, minnesota republican congressman discusses the opioid epidemic and john garamendi talks about the brescia investigation. of cqen david hawkins roll call will discuss congressional pay and benefits. the sure to watch c-span's washington journal this morning. 20 discussion. next, congressman mark who chairs the house republican -- hem can't talks about takes questions about the caucus and gop efforts to repeal and replace the health care law. >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the national press club, the world's leaders -- leading the news organization for journalists and where news happens. we are the constitution. am 110th president of the national press club. before we get started, i wanted to remind

feinstein on your screen, member committee, as that hearing gets underway on c-span 3. at can watch it online c-span.org. back to calls, lawrence, assachusetts, james, hello there. caller: hello. host: hi, you're on the air, go ahead. caller: hi. when you first started the show, the ead an article about dossie r that they were using trump. donald host: yes. caller: and you said it ahead of below, the entence one last sentence you didn't get dossierhe fact that the was commissioned by hillary clinton. complaining about donald trump talking to a dossier that he was commissioned as op ed piece hillary clinton relied on russians, whichm was distributed by that steele me that was -- it seems to we got a push in the situation here that everybody seems to be russians and it hypocrisy t make -- of what is going on is country, it'sthis got to stop some place. theantics and tantrums, people just take w up, they sarkastic remark and twist to to iteral truth and everything else. comey used that dossier to go the election ring and then they found out it was bogus and made up and that

[applause] >> this week during the july 4 recess in primetime on c-span, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, author david horwitz. all, communism, socialism, and the social justice movement, progressivism, they are all modeled on christianity. world is a fall in place, would never use that. it is a place of injustice. >> tuesday, a debate on technology and privacy and whether tech companies should be required to disclose customer data. >> some suggest we ought to build it back door to allow law enforcement access to data and you cannot build a act or that works only for the u.s. government, good guys, or other people with good motives. if you build it for them, it will be weaker for everyone. >> wednesday, arizona supreme court justice -- >> the most important and enduring decision a president will ever make is who to appoint to the united states supreme court and the federal judiciary. [applause] >> thursday, hillary clinton talking about women in politics. hillary clinton: women are often the first spot, conflict on the horizon coming their way. insight and information is ignored,

eastern on c-span. earlier today on capitol hill, south carolina republican senator lindsey graham was joined by illinois democrat and minority whip dick durbin. they talked about an immigration initiative they're spearheading. this is about 25 minutes. mr. durbin: i want to thank my colleague, senator graham, for joining me as we reintroduce the dream act. we'll be joined by senator schumer and senator flake as co-sponsors. i have introduced this bill over many years. started 16 years ago. it has two basic premises. two basic reasons. first, we don't belief that young people should be held responsible for the errors or the illegal actions of their parents. number two, we believe that those who were brought to the united states as children, have grown up in this country, have no criminal record, who are prepared to serve this country in a variety of ways, should be given that chance to make america a better nation. over the years we have tried many times to pass this legislation. we've been able to pass

caller: on c-span, i saw a wonderful segment on this subject. a female doctor and the man from the cato institute. the mail was thornell the conversation and the doctor was saying we are -- the male was throwing conversation and the doctor was saying -- to waste our paperwork. ononder if you could comment the copperheads of health care 46gram, which was started in -- in 1946 and 1947 when truman was having the big debate. why can't we go back to some sort of universal thing with the government? i have met many of the people in do county, in the state who the health care for us in a did a great job. guest: when you are talking about insurance at the county or state level, it is probably still delivered or administered by private insurance companies. the interesting point is the paperwork and administrative cost. could those be examined? could they be trimmed? it is an ongoing debate. how can you make more cost-effective, less frustrating -- on the paperwork side? before will care act -- the affordable care act try to examine this. thatcouldn't fi

c-span. i want to comment on you guessed. i fully agree with her wonderful comments. i may say it in a stronger way. but i think c-span is promoting .olitical segregation now calling in on the democrats line, republicans line. let's get together. guest: thank you. that is beautiful. i did not want to be offensive to my host. i said it in the most politically correct way. is stability -- civility when you watch c-span. i think we should appreciate that and thank them for that on this fourth of july because they are not getting into the catfight, stir the pot, and take the worst possible tweet and turn it into a three-day story. i feel that c-span is above it all. that is why i am here. i would like to celebrate that part of c-span today. host: we have a tweet from james. [laughter] guest: thank you. i appreciate that. if only everyone could be so positive today. let's keep it positive. let's take a moment to celebrate and say let's all be that positive. host: we are trying. let's go to ready in clearwater, florida, on the independent line. caller: hello. for making it k

on c-span3.u are watching american history tv on c-span3. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. announcer: 50 years ago on july 23, 1967, a series of riots erected near present-day gordon in detroit, michigan. we have a historian there to learn about the causes and events of the uprising which led 43 deaths, over 7000 arrests, and the deployment of 5000 federal troops to restore order. >> my name is jamon jordan. i am a historian and a tour leader with blacks scroll network history and tour. i do history tours throughout the city of detroit. >> what happened on july 23, 1967? >> a undercover or plainclothes officer, charles henry, attempted to get inside 9125 12th street, which is what police call a blind pig, an illegal after-hours bar. after he was finally able to get in mainly around 3:00 in the morning, the illegal after-hours bar was raided by the police for breaking the law. when they rated the place, they found it was not a small amount of people, which they were used to in these types of raids. the police co

tomorrow life here on c-span and on c-span radio.next up from today earlier today off to another subject with the senators the chair of the foreign relations committee and the senate senator bob corker. >> good morning everybody. this really is a city of early risers. we are sorry that cheryl couldn't be with us this morning that we have senator and journalists, senator corker and me to have a good early morning conversation with you. would you briefly introduce senator corker in?

watch live coverage of the house on c span and the senate on c span 2. and watch anytime on c span dot organize and listen on the free c span radio app. >>> next, arkansas senator tom cotton talks about russia and europe's current military strategy. he spoke last week at this event hosted by the center for strategy and international staud i see. it's close to an hour. >> i'm a senior fellow here on the national security program and i run the missile defense prompt here at csi s. today's event is entitled the russia challenge in europe, implications for the inf treaty and army modernization. this is a joint event between the defense industrial initiatives group and the missile defense prompt which i run. and before we get started at bigger events like this we just ask folks to kind of familiarize themselves with the surroundings just in case you have to exit or something like that. take the stairs out here or take some exits to the back. and should there be any reason to do that you can either just look to me or to andrew for that sort of thing. and to kic

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live coverage just getting under way here on c-span. >> corruption takes many forms. but the one that concerns us thieves. ule by nowhere is this idea of corruption as a system of government more fully realized than in the russian federation.

c-span. agreer guest, i firmly with her on one of the comments she made. i could say it in a little bit stronger of away, but i think c-span is promoting political segregation. now calling in on the democrats like him and now calling in on the republicans lie. let's get us all together. is beautiful. thank you for calling. i did not want to be offensive to my host. i set it in the most politically correct way. there ishat c-span, civility. when you watch c-span you feel very civil and grown-up greed and i think we should all appreciate that and think them for that on this fourth of july. because they are not getting into that he said, she said, stirring the pot, taking the worst possible tweet and turning it into a three-day story. so i would like to celebrate that part of c-span today. >> we have a tweet from james who says, i like alexandra's losing personality -- oozing personality and her love of america, politics be dammed. host: we are keeping it positive. we are trying. good morning. >> yes, hello. for making it known for we the people. commend you f

live house coverage when they return here on c-span. in other news today, president trump's son donald trump jr. posted today on twitter emails he sent about his meetings with the russian lawyer during last year's presidential campaign. the associated press reports the emails are the first documentary evidence that a top trump associate took a meeting to hear damaging information about clinton with the understanding that it was connected to a russian government effort to help trump in the 2016 election. trump jr. writes the associated press, in addition to being the president's son, was deeply involved in his presidential campaign. you can see those emails tweeted out by donald trump jr. linked on our website c-span.org. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by

on c-span. you can also hear it on c-span free adio app,he is available at www.c-span.org. in this segment, we're taking calls about what's on your mind. paul is calling from montana on democratic line. paul, what are your thoughts today? morning.hi, good i have one observation to make policy, immigration both for and against, you see. people are on all neglecting one theent issue, the plaque on statue of liberty and what the says. we -- everybody rom the top down, mr. trump seems to be ignoring what the plaque says or doesn't know what says and many persons for muslims are ignoring the plaque ignore it and it's disturbing to me that this is case. i really wish people would stop and look at that plaque and read in what it means and what it says. that's my comment. host: mirial calling from rooksville, florida, on the republican line. good morning, mirial. caller: hi. hat happened to the rules on ellis island, they had to have a to speak nsor, had english and they didn't bring in diseases? that is gone. i go into stores, nobody speaks another thing is like they said, muslims

communicators, tonight 8 eastern on c-span 2. >> "washington journal" continues. clark neily joins us for the first time, vice president catoriminal justice at the institute, joins us to discuss shift in policy by the trump of nistration on the issue civil asset forfeiture. before we shift, let's define explain what civil asset forfeiture is. guest: sure. o you know, i don't use the term civil asset forfeiture, that plays into the government's terminology, i use civil these are not assets, a lot of times, people cars they use to get to work and their homes. forfeiture, civil and criminal. forfeiture, after a government convicts somebody and proves that particular property, involved in was the crime in some way, so they take proceeds of the crime or used to commit it. civil forfeiture is different, is the government has to do assert the property was involved in a crime somehow, they get to the burden shifts to the owner of the property to get for doingompt seedure so are mind-numbingly complex. he government likes to use civil forfeiture tis almost impossible for so

eastern on c-span 3. up tonight on. c-span, and arizona supreme court justice on the constitution soniaupreme court justice sotomayor speaks to law students at stanford. and the u.n. security council needs to talk about north korea. -- meets to talk about north korea. last month justice clint bolick the arizona supreme court talked about his interpretation of the constitution and thoughts about the role of the federal and state judiciaries. next his remarks of the conservative forum of silicon valley. they run about an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] justice bolick: thank

eastern on c-span three. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span three. saturday the p.m. eastern on lectures in history. university of washington professor william -- talks about the 1950s beaten beatniks to the hippies. >> the beats were veterans of the great depression and world war ii, the holocaust in the atomic age. the hippies were the optimistic children of the baby boom generation and the rising affluence of the postwar consumer boom. >> at 10:00 a.m. eastern on real america. thirty years ago all over north appear before the house and senate committees investigating the iran-contra affair. >> people ought not to believe how you're asking that question. that we intentionally deceive the american people. had that intent to begin with. the efforts to conduct these operations was made in such a way that our adversaries were not have knowledge of it or that we could deny association with them or the association of this government for those activities. that is not wrong. >> sunday at, history, authors and ron paul explore the com cot consequences of post-world war ii peo

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senate moves ahead with debate on their health care bill, we will have live gavel to gavel coverage on c-span 2, online at www.c-span.org, and streaming on our free c-span radio app. ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal ," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up morning, california democratic congressman raul ruiz will discuss republican efforts to repeal and replace the informal care act. about humanking smuggling and trafficking after 10 suspected migrants died in an overheated tractor-trailer in san antonio last weekend. also, steve russell will join us to talk about key issues facing congress, including the future of health care and federal spending, as well as his opposition to air traffic control privatization. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. >> president trump posted the lebanese prime minister earlier after a meeting in the oval office. they spoke at a joint news conference in the oval office. here is a look. >> thank you very much. please, i am very happy to , with zero of the democrats' votes, the m

visit ncicap.org] >> tonight on c-span, the senate foreign relations committee considers u.s. ambassador nominations. efforts examined to fight gang violence. south carolina congressman -- on find consensus on major issues in progress. >> the senate foreign relations committee held the confirmation hearing for investor nominations to key u.s. allies. including singapore, italy, the united kingdom -- nominees include former u.s. senator -- president trump's nominee for investor to nato. this is 2.5 hours. [chatter]

really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> here on c-span3, american history tv continues with more american artifacts. coming up next, a look at the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city. later we travel to new york city for a visit to the statue of liberty. >>> the united states entered world war i on april 6, 1917 when congress voted to declare war on germany. the conflict was already in its third year. more than four million american men and women would eventually serve in uniform, and the influx of manpower changed the tide of the war, bringing it to

>> coming up next on c-span, a onk at the data in its role politics. that is followed by the naacp convention in baltimore. later, another chance to hear from army chief of staff general readiness. on army now, a look at big data scientistwith a data who teaches organizational behavior at stanford university. he talked about the method he develop for him a person's individual personality traits based on their social media activities. and how this has been used in politics. this event took place at the department ince mountain view, california. it is just over one hour.

really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> here on c-span3, american history tv

really they were riddled with weak spots and places that would crunch in. >> sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> here on c-span3, american history tv continues with more american artifacts. coming up next, a look at the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city. later we travel to new york city for a visit to the statue of

eastern on c-span. announcer: joining us, ryan mccrimmon. >> a reporter on issues -- thank you for joining us. you have a piece on your website with other reporters saying that the health core will be busy next week when it comes to issues including appropriations. one of those dealing with the senate. four spending bills. walk us through this. next week the house will take up a spending package referred to as a minibus -- four appropriations bills in one, so they are taking a bills to fund the military, energy programs, water projects, the legislative

afterwards sunday night 9 eastern on c-span's book t.v. >> "washington journal" continues. it's open phones until the house comes in at 10:00. if you are interested in debate on health care that is on c-span 2. 202-748-8000 for democrats. for republicans. and 202-748-8002 for independents. want to reach us on that, we told you a little about this n the last segment, series of tweets from president trump looking at future of transgender military, this after consultation with generals nd military experts, please be advised the united states government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to any capacity in the u.s. milit

. >> sunday night, 8 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> sunday night on afterwards, democratic congressman loro talks about efforts to protect social necessary her book "the least among us, waging the vulnerable."e >> when social security reached had ronald oint, we o'neal who came together and acted and the social acted to make security solvent into the future. of this, mending of ands about social security and being insolvent can be solved cap.iately by lifting the >> watch afterwards sunday night at 9 eastern on c-span 2 book t.v. >> "washington journal" continues. back david hawkings is with us on the "washington journal," of course senior resident oll call, everything st congress. we should say this topic storms chafis making a pitch before he left congress for a big pay raise for members. we get to that pitch, remind us what congress members ake now, what the general benefits are for a member of congress. guest: sure. of base salary for a member congress, the pace salary is $174,000 a year. been that way for almost 2009, was s, since when that number was reached. he way the law is suppose

live coverage on c-span.no audio] [no audio] >> we are live in norfolk, virginia, waiting for the commissioning's our money to begin for the navy's newest aircraft carrier, the uss gerald r ford. president trump has arrived. the crowd waiting for the ceremony to begin. we also expect to hear from defense secretary james mattis today, as well as virginia governor terry mcauliffe. the president has arrived and the ceremony should get underway shortly. live coverage on c-span. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ waiting for donald> trump and the commissioning ceremony for the uss gerald r ford. the presidential helicopter has landed on the deck. defense secretary james mattis and virginia governor terry mcauliffe also among the speakers scheduled at the commissioning ceremony today. m writing about the $12.9 billion ship -- it has not yet launched or recovered any live aircraft. the most visible difference ford and her predecessors as the island superstructure, nearly half the size of past ships. there's also new technology for fueling and

. >> watch afterwards sunday night on 9 on c span book tv. >>> members of the house freedom caucus said today they will push for a vote on legislation appeal tg the affordable care act. which the gop controlled house passed during the obama administration. this comes after republican attempts in the senate to pass repeal and replace legislation stalled this week. >> good afternoon. thank you you all so much for being here. a few minutes ago, congressman tom garrett started the process to actually look at voting on a straight repeal of the affordable care act. it's the first step in a multi layered process to make sure that we get a vote. and finally deliver what we have been promising the american people for a long time. and standing with the president to make sure we repeal the affordable care act. additionally, we have to answer a question, how long do the american people have to wait until we actually fulfill a campaign promise? how long do they have to continue to wait as they endure higher premiums? and how long do we have to look at state after state losing providers each and ever

also here on c. spanight on the communicate ors, the cofounder of aol, steve case on his book the third wave and why he thinks we're at the beginning of a third wave of internet development and why he's looking outside of silicon valley for the newest digital developments. >> but now we're starting to see the third wave kind of pick upstream and that's really the internet going to be integrated in much more seamless and pervasive ways, sometimes even invisible ways through our lives changing health care, education, transportation, energy, food, pretty important aspects of our lives. meat big sectors of the economy. but the reason i wrote the book to take a different mind-set whether you're an innotice vart or a policy maker if he we're going to be successful in this third wave. >> watch the communicate source tonight at 8 eastern on cspan 2. >>> c span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, minnesota republican congressman eric paul sen

watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. announcer: tonight on c-span, harvard university sociologist professor on race relations in america. income and residential segregation and the effects of donald trump's candidacy and presidency on race relations. the discussion was held earlier this year at stanford university. in order to keep things in proper perspective when talking about the relative gains of more privileged blacks, it is important not to overlook the continuing interracial disparities. for example, a report from the center for policy research reveals that before the great a 1.4ion, there was only percentage point difference in the unemployment gap between recent black-and-white college graduates aged 22 to 27. however, in 2013, shortly after the economic downturn, the gap had surged to a 7.5 percentage point difference. factorce is obviously a at play here. because historically, the periods immediately after downturn's have adversely impacted blacks more than whites. tonight, a stanford university forum on race in america, income and