on c-span two. sumac up next on book tv. casey kept takes a look at author harper lee's attempt to write it true crime book. and later, columnist george will shares his thoughts on the state of american conservatism with his latest, the conservative sensibility. [inaudible conversation] >> can you hear me okay. my name is rebecca and i'm on the events team and tonight we are really excited to have [applause] [inaudible conversation] this is not his first thing he has given us to write. casey has been writing for new yorkers and new york times, for others for many years now. many of you probably noticed because you are here but in all of her work she has been superhuman ability to make everybody else fascinating. it's a clear and this could not be more true for this book. in this one, casey marks to intertwining mysteries. one is a story of reverend billy maxwell in his trials and the other unfinished work of character. stories with contagious dedication to seeing them through and doing them as must -

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eastern on book tv on c-span, two. announcer: while at the g-7 summit, president trump met with indian prime minister narendra modi. speaking with reporters, the two leaders talked about their meeting, which covered a variety of economic and military security issues. they answered reporters' questions on a number of topics. rters' questions on a number of topics. pres. trump: thank you very much. it is great to be with prime minister modi of india. incredible country, incredible man. they just had a tremendous selection the three -- election victory. we are talking about trade. we are talking about military. we are talking about many different things. we had great discussions together last night for dinner. p.m. modi: [speaking foreign language] 700 million voted. [speaking foreign language] common values. [speaking foreign language] thank you. president, can you clarify -- >> it is a very important meeting to me. you have had the opportunity, as you know, india is the largest democracy and we vote recently were 700 mi

book tv, every weekend on c-span two. joe biden visited a bakersfield restaurant in detroit on thursday. it was the day after he participated in cnn's pr esidential candidates debate. he met with restaurant patrons after speaking to reporters. [applause] [inaudible] >> thank you so much. [inaudible] >> all right, good. how are you, good to see you. i would love a picture. [inaudible] >> how are you, sir? pleasure to meet you. [inaudible] >> of course. after this, i'm going home. that's myr name? >> daughter. >> hi, good to see you. nice to see you. >> thank you so much. [inaudible] >> she's going to be the president. [laughter] [inaudible] >> could we take a picture? >> just a picture, ok. >> i've got a camera, sir. 1, 2, 3. >> nice to see you. [inaudible] >> all right, how are you? [inaudible] >> it's so nice of you to say that. we could certainly use your help. did you hear that, mr. mayor? back. mayor, i've got his i've knocked on 14,000 doors with not a single volunteer. i've got your back. i'm ready to help you. >> wo

eastern on c-span two. formative vice president joe biden was in detroit today following last night's debate. we will bring you both have this week's presidential debates, which were hosted by cnn, this weekend. tuesday's debate will air saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. airesday's debate will sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. here on c-span. >> how are you, >> how are you, sir? a pleasure to meet you. i thought you did a great job last night. >> how are you? good to see you. >> nice to see you. hi, how are you? last night,onderful wonderful. i could use your help. you are ready to help? all right. you hear that, mr. mayor? >> mr. mayor, i have got his back. i'm in. i've not 14,000 doors. trust me, i have got your back. there we go. [laughter] i'm ready, sir. >> where is jill? where is joe? >> labor day weekend? >> oh, yeah. god love you. how's it going? >> hey, guys, we are going to give you a shot that way, ok. quick say, guys, how are you? -- >> hey, guys, how are you? >> we are getting everyone over this way. >

. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span two. >> up next on c-span, "washington post" then, the second circuit court of appeals hears oral arguments in a case involving president trump's financial records. and later, the latest from the wheremit in france president trump is meeting other world >> coming up on washington journal, we take a look at americaninfluence on politics with harvey claire. -- harvey klehr. and later, cassandra newby-alexander joins us to discuss the 400th anniversary of when the first enslaved africans arrived in virginia. going out and taxing our companies, it is very unfair. if we do that, we will be taxing their wine, or something else, like they have never seen before. ♪ host: president trump's remarks last night at the white house before his departure for france, and the start of today's g7 summit. it is saturday, august 24. we take you to a life you of the runway where air force one is scheduled to arrive within minutes. than 13,000 police and security officials are on hand to protect world leaders as they begin talks.

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. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span two. >> coming up, president terms are expected to ask federal bank to block deutsche bank and federal one of handing the information to the intelligence committee. we will bring you live audio scheduled to start at around 1130 eastern paired we are hearing it could begin earlier. in any case, we will have it live for you on c-span. in a related case last month, a d.c. circuit court heard arguments and a house issue to the mazars and we will play some of that. justified here. back to the question as to how turning over documents in his possession. >> i will address the full thing. saying, >> you responded with a hypothetical instead of how this would prevent the president from executing his powers and how it would impede upon that. >> the question arise with the fact that -- >> this is a subpoena against the president. the circuit court dealt with that issue. these records are isng sought because congress asserting their site -- and the oversight of the president. that is a good point. it is impossible to do that. >> where is the burden? many tha

eastern on book tv on c-span two. the defense department's advisory committee on sexual assault in the military held a public meeting in arlington, virginia with criminal law and justice division chiefs from the army, navy, marine corps, air force, and coast guard. the meeting began with committee members reviewing the conviction and acquittal rates for military sexual assaults in 2018.

that will be on c-span two. >> next former texas congressman beto o'rourke talks about the recent mass shooting in el paso. mr. o'rourke announced he will continue his run for the democratic presidential

on c-span two at 9:30 a.m., a discussion about the importance of maintaining military air superiority globally. noon, a discussion of congressional war powers and whether the 2001 authorization for the use of military force can be applied to future conflicts. and the heritage foundation takes a look at japanese-korean trade relations and how they impact u.s. diplomacy. ay, joining us is rachel quester with "the daily" from "the new york times." tell us why "the new york times" decided to go this route. born outhe daily" was of the question of trying to understand this moment. it launched in february 2017.

eastern on c-span two. announcer: next on american history tv, nixon administration officials describe events inside the white house in the days before the apollo 11 moon landing. two formerm presidential aides who were in the office when president nixon placed a call to both neil armstrong and buzz aldrin, who were on the moon. the richard nixon foundation cohosted this event for the moon landing's 50th anniversary. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. as people continue to wander in , we are going to get started because we have a hard queue at 8:48. hello to the audience watching at home. i'm the president and ceo of the richard nixon foundation. it's my honor to welcome you to our east room. we would like to begin as we always do. please rise for the presentation of the colors and the singing of the national anthem.

. >> monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> this year, c-span is touring cities around the country, exploring american history. next, a look at the recent visit to bozeman montana. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span-3. crystal: we are here in the extreme history project offices which used to be a historic brothel. extreme history is a nonprofit that is located here in bozeman. we bring history to the public in fun, engaging and relevant ways. we do historic walking tours throughout the summer. we do a lecture series in the winter and we do workshops and other events around history. we try to get people to engage in history. what better way then in a historic brothel? in the 1980's, there was a real push to uncover more of the social history. in doing that, there is more to history than just wars and generals and all of those things that we have been studying as historians for many years. we started looking at women's history. we started looking at minority community history. we really discovered that there is so much more to tell within these

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eastern on c-span two. >> more than 500,000 students competed this year at the local level of national history day. just 3000 students advance to the finals at the universityof maryland in june. the theme in 2019 was triumph and tragedy. presentation categories include exhibit, website, documentaries, paper and performance. up next, a 10 minute performance by three middle school students from ralston, nebraska. girls: is "glowing triumph and tragedy of the adium women." >> my name is making, and i was a radium girl. i'm here to tell you the story of how my coworkers, some of my closest friends passed away from radium poisoning. in 1913, radium ain't was commercially produced in america for the first time. a year later, u.s. radium corporation was founded in orange, new jersey. they began producing radium paints and radium parts for american businesses. during world war i, 95% of radio was being used for military purposes, but a small amount was being made into fashionable products such as shampoo, facial cosmetics, clothes, watches. it was even being added to water. the popularity of r

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communicators" at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. next, "q&a," new york times staff photographer doug mills. he talks about covering the presidential race and what it is like to cover president trump. after that, a new york city bar association with professionals on the future of the irs.

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. >> you're your watching book tv on c-span two for complete television schedule. you can also follow along behind the scenes on social media. it covers hundreds of author programs every year recently at the american enterprise institute in washington dc. they discussed the life of carter glass. during the wilson administration. >> i started it because i kept running into in my career. when i would join the investment company. i found it was regulated by the sec. where did the sec come from. the roosevelt new deal reform agency. i did a little research. they opposed the creation i was interested in glass. about six years ago i started doing a little research in reading. it was much more interesting than just the things he have done. that is why my book is entitled the unlikely reformer. generally he was a racist in highly conservative reactionary. they have it amended. to the black residents and their vote. it was a very hard thing to do and he did it. have he stayed that way his whole life. he opposed. he have an 80% anti- new deal voting record. the personal life.

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the national book festival live on c-span two. >> president trump is spending part of the weekend at camp david. as he was leaving the white house he took reporter questions on hurricane dorian, china, and the economy. this is about 25 minutes. president trump: thank you very much. hoping the hurricane may be makes a right and goes up north but that is about a 5% chance. it is one of the biggest hurricanes we have seen in a long time. it could be very devastating. i just spoke to rick scott. we have a lot of people we are speaking to. i spoke to marco rubio. doinga and florida are really well, they are working hard. florida seems to be the main target at this moment. i think a lot of good things are happening. tremendous work is going on. guests are coming in from louisiana and all over. we don't know about evacuation. locally, we will see where it is coming in. we just don't know exactly where it will be coming and how far it is coming. i am going to camp david. we have a lot of experts with us. .e have a lot of fema people a sunday at 12:30 we have meeting at fema headquarters. that

sure to watch our coverage of the 2019 national book festival on saturday, august 31 on book tv, on c-span two -- c-span2. host: a lot to get to. front page of the washington post, democrats pull no punches. a recap of the house playing in the media and on social media. guest: good morning. look at politico's headline with the data points. four heckler outbursts, 13 obama mentions and 20 minutes is how much -- is how much time former vice president joe biden got. -- unexpected that he got candidates across the board went after biden on his record on women's rights. according to twitter, the most tweeted about -- coming in fifth is mitch mcconnell and number six, andrew yang. notesudge report banner crashes in clashes, dems attack not trump but obama. former attorney general under obama eric holder warning, be aware -- beware of attacking the obama record, build on it, expand it but there was little to be gained by you attacking a very successful and still popular democratic president. from google trends, this is how america searched for dem debate candidates tonight. number one, tulsi gabbard.

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historian david mccullough on the pioneers who settled the northwest territory tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two month we are featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. is general focus dwight d. eisenhower with historian david mills on how the world war ii partnership between u.s. army chief of staff george marshall and general eisenhower helped win the war. tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span3. sunday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, a washington journal and american history tv live special call in program looking back at woodstock. in 1969 cultural and musical phenomenon. farmer joins us to take your calls. who takes those drugs or why they had the effects they did in the early 1960's and 1970's. it is something we are still wrestling with the understand. the technology of drugs. it is imperative of understanding not just the 1960's but of the production of history. or drugs we used has an incredible ability to change the direction of the given time. >> call-in to talk with david about the social movement of the 1960's leading up to woodstock and its

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tonight at eight eastern on c-span two. next, the senate agriculture committee looks agricultural research in the status of the abutment taken the 2018th our bill. witnesses include deputy undersecretary for research, scott hutchins, who answers questions to address concerns regarding the relocation of research service. the national institute for food and agriculture.

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eastern on book tv on c-span two. recently on book tvs author interview program afterwards, cnn's interviewed former trump organization executive vice president george soja on his time working for donald trump. there's this misconception out there that president trump is a guy that doesn't listen to people. he's a guy that steamrolled over other people's opinions and he doesn't really want. there's a guy that worked very closely with him on a number of projects for many years i think he truth is actually the opposite. i am kind of taken back to an experience i had very early on in my career with him. we just finished up a difficulty on a construction site, their whole number of issues that we are dealing with. some things were going our way, some things we were happy about but it was a long tough day. we were just walking across the site just me and him and he said to me you know george, people will frequently ask me how did i do it. how did i get successful how did i accomplish anything i did. i would go around the wo

. >> watch the c-span cities tour of bozeman montana, this saturday at 6 pm eastern on c- span two book tv. and sunday at 2 pm, on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates, as we explore the american story. >> saturday, on american history tv, at 10 pm eastern, on real america. the 1970 film, communists on campus. >> yes, they are communist. their mission probably proclaims the violent overthrow of the democratic system. yet our nation seems on bleeding. even unconcerned. >> sunday morning at 10 am eastern, on oral histories. woodstock cocreator, artie, details how the festival came together. >> i said yes, well if we took it outside michael, suppose we had joplin and all these people, about 50,000 people and i said no, it has to be 100,000 people. my wife said there will be more than 300,000. just like that. i swear to god i looked out that terrence and i actually saw that. everybody says you were spaced out. of course i was. i was looking at a dream that came true. >> at 6 pm on american artifacts, virginia museum of history and culture curator, karen and she

on c-span two and on tuesday vice president pence chairs a meeting of the national space council starting at 9:30 a.m., also on c-span2. >> campaign 2020. watch our coverage of the candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind. unfiltered20, your view of politics. c-spanstore.org. check out all of the c-span products. -- go to c-spanstore.org. check out all of the c-span products. host: we are back with peter canellos, editor-at-large with politico and we talk about his story, are americans falling out of love with their landmarks? good morning. guest: good morning. host: why did you decide to write this article? guest: i was shocked when i heard about the very persistent since the colonials got their first taste of history there. visitors ship is about half of what it was in the late 80's. you look at somebody -- someplace like gettysburg, an amazing sight, america's greatest clash, the high water mark of the confederacy and turning born of the civil war -- point of the civil war. it is down about a quarter of what it was in the 1970's. these are surprising statistics. when

on c-span two at 9:30 a.m., a discussion about the importance of maintaining military air superiority globally. noon, a discussion of congressional war powers and whether the 2001 authorization for the use of military force can be applied to future conflicts. and the heritage foundation takes a look at japanese-korean trade relations and how they impact u.s. diplomacy. ay, joining us is rachel quester with "the daily" from "the new york times." tell us why "the new york times" decided to go this route. born outhe daily" was of the question of trying to understand this moment. it launched in february 2017. maybe as journalists, we hadn't understood the country. to create a product that would explore the expertise of our reporters to really understand this moment. the show relies on new york times journalists to help us understand the news of the day, to go deep and understand the context behind the headlines. that is the genesis of it. hearing from voices across the country to really understand the news and the moment we are in. host: expand that idea of understanding the country, unde

announcer: monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> each week american artefacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. history the museum of and culture enrichment to look at their exhibit on 400 years of african-american history. this is the second of a two-part tour. the virginiak to history of museum and culture. we are standing in the middle of the exhibition entitled "determined." this section explores the period from the end of the civil war after the civil war, which ended slavery in the united states, through 1950. this was a period that witnessed both progress and backlash. blackthe civil war virginians and americans embraced new opportunities. on one hand, black lives flourished under the new promises afforded by freedom in american society. black people suffer from backlash from the white establishment. at the same time that we see the incess, we also see regress the form of disenfranchisement and legal s segregation in the forms of american society. we will look at a few stories that exemplify push and pull dynamic. the section starts wi

eastern on c-span two. a former congressman better overall talks about the recent mass shooting and his home town of el paso. this is just over 35 minutes. beto o'rourke: good morning. is in it you to full to hear the el paso band practicing behind us? i was just thinking about charlotte and i raised by melissa and cap and our sister grew up about four blocks from here. when i would walk to el paso high i would climb over this wall and make my way down the side of this mountain and see chris and judith and robert and .ur friends it is a part of who i am. so proud of this community. just looking out at everyone who is taking the time to be here this morning. i want to begin with my thanks and at the expression of my pride and this community at this moment. oner this horrific tragedy august 3 where 22 lives were taken from us, dozens more injured and still grieving, many still and medical center, not yet through the was but being pulled through are the families and their friends and this community. the way th

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on book tv only on c-span two. grexit first africans to arrive in 1619. >> saturday, we look back at the first arrival of africans to america 400 years ago. eastern, we live with cassondra alexander the history of religion and slavery and erika and at night: 30, live coverage of the ceremony including senator marketer, senator tim kaine and lieutenant governor's fairfax. live, saturday, beginning at: 30 a.m. and on american history tv live here from of foundation for defense democracy, remarks by ryan .ccarthy about to start he will be seeking here live on c-span. >> welcome to the foundation of the fence for democracy. i am the founder and please welcome

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. >> monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> now, democratic presidential candidate, independent senator bernie sanders, speaks to a crowd at a campaign rally in downtown louisville, kentucky. ♪ [cheering] [crowd chanting "bernie"] senator sanders: thank you! their thank relic for great music. let me think aaron bridges for his remarks, richard becker for his union organizing work, workt bell for the great thankdoing, and let me your great member of the house john yarmuth. you not onlyall of for being here today but for the support you gave me during the last campaign. in 2016, we were not expected to do well in kentucky. turns out that we came within a few votes of winning and i'm very grateful for your support, and this time around, we're not gonna come within a few votes of gonna win.'re not only are we gonna win here in kentucky, we're gonna win the democratic nomination and we're going to defeat donald trump. [applause] senator sanders: the reason i am here in louisville today is not just to ask for your political support. i am here as a united states senator to ask mitch mc

. >> watch "the communicators" monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. this is david mitchell. he is the president and founder of an organization known as patients for affordable drugs, here to talk about the cost of prescription drugs. good morning. guest: good morning. host: talk about your organization. what's behind it, who funds it and why did you start it? guest: patients for affordable drugs is the only national patient organization focused exclusively on policies to lower drug prices. we don't take money for from anybody who profits from the development or distribution of prescription drugs. we collect patients' stories and

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that will be on c-span two. >> next former texas congressman beto o'rourke talks about the recent mass shooting in el paso. mr. o'rourke announced he will continue his run for the democratic presidential nomination in 2020. from earlier today, this is just over 35 minutes. [marching band playing in distance] ♪ [crowd talking] mr. o'rourke: good morning. buenos dias. [crowd talking] mr. o'rourke: good morning. buenos dias. isn't it beautiful to hear the el paso high band practicing behind us? we may hear the strains of the next song coming through over the course of this conversation but i was just thinking about the fact that charlotte and i, raised by melissa and pat and our sister aaron grew up four blocks from here and when i would walk to el paso high i would walk through this park, climb over this wall and make my way to the side of this mountain and see chris and jim and robert and our friends at el paso high, and it's definitely a part of who i am. helped to form me and shape me and makes me proud of this community, looking out at everyone who has taken the time to be here this

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watch that over on c-span two. also this month, we are showing you american history tv programs as a preview of what is available every weekend on c-span3. tonight, a recent purdue university conference called lyrical --meric pew "remaking american political history." tomorrow, onverage c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. sunday on q&a, new york times staff photographer doug mills talks about photos covering president trump. >> obviously he enjoys having us around, i really believe, despite his constant comments about fake news in the media and so forth, i really feel he enjoys having us around, because it helps drive his message and whichthe news of the day, he can do every day and does every day. he is constantly driving the message. therefore, having us around really allows him to do that. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on cease and q&a -- on c-span's q&a. a discussion on congressional oversight of nuclear security and arms control. speakers included representatives from the arms control ass

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