-- 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 fe uss gerald r.

-- 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

c-span3. you can also watch online at c-span .org or lbz on the c pan raid app in 15 minutes we'll take you leahy to west virginia, the national boy scout jam boree. president trump will be speaking to the group he serves as honorary karm clarm of the boy scouts. we'll have the comments at 6:15. but now we'll have the national governor's association. >> well i would like to welcome everyone to the great state of rhode island and the official opening of the 2017 summer meeting of the nation's governor's association. before i get started i would like to recognize some of the very distinguished guests we have with us. i would ask if any please stand when when wednesday you first as you will see at this summer meeting that first is the first time we've had a head of state, prime minister trudeau will be with us today. in addition we have representative he was from all over the globe to show the growing importance of the governors and dealing with international trade, and business development issues around the globe, and that we as governors want to do direct/direct relations with many countries and b

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 motion to p

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

c-span 3. and you can watch both hearings online at c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app. congressman mark meadows who chairs the house republican freedom caucus talks about the

it will be live at 7 eastern here on c-span 3, also online at c-span.org and on the c-span radio app. >>> coming up thursday, we'll will live from the national governor's association summer meeting in providence, rhode island. we'll focus on the opioid epidemic. live coverage picks up thursday afternoon at 4:00 eastern. >>> sunday on q & a -- >> in a country that's an absolute monarchy, speaking about the distribution of wealth, about the corruption could get you in jail, could get you arrested, could get you in so much trouble. >> her time in prison after challenging the saudi government's ban on women drivers in her book daring to drive, a saudi woman's awakening. >> you never see women driving in the street in a huge country. we can't drive. we wanted to change this by this movement and the movement is going on, never stopped. we're still campaigning for the right to drive. for us, the right to drive is not an act of civil disobedience. we show that we are able, we are capable of driving our own life and being in the driver's seat of our own destiny by doing this act of civil disob

eastern on c-span3 come online@c-span.org, or, or on the free c-span radio app. >> senate leader mitch mcconnell is expected to release his health care replacement bill today. wednesday senators spoke on the floor about health care here here's a look. >> mr. president? >> the senator from wyoming. >> mr. president, i'd like to address the body and ask any quorum call be vitiated as because event -- >> not in quorum call. >> mr. president, i come here today to the floor to talk about what is happening what i saw over the fourth of july in wyoming visiting with people, visiting with patients, doctors come with nurses that what i'm seeing is the pain of obamacare continues to worsen. the health care crisis we are seeing across this country continues to grow. prices are rising, choices are disappearing, the american people are desperate for congress to step in and do something to help rescue them. from the rising costs and ng health care law. it's interesting when the democrats passed obamacare, the democratic leader at the time harry reid said that we all get what you describe as an earfu

that will be on c-span3, also online at c-span.org and free on the c-span radio app.et's go back to your call on the russian investigation. ralph, virginia, republican line. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span and thank you for taking my call. i agree totally with hundred percent -- totally, 100% the said they are trying to destroy trump and the democratic party. i just listened to cia director pompeo speak. they are working together to keep this country secure, and what is the problem of the emails that were not even sent by trump junior? he received it to look into the email and what it was about, and hillary clinton was labeled as selling all of this uranium and soor if and -- so forth and nothing is said about this. i think it is very important to make all of this information current, and in order to get that information, it would be gathered through this email. i think this is a total witchhunt under a democratic position to destroy trump. he is trying to do a good job. we have the country completely divided and if people will not come together to support

c-span. newsmakers is always available online at c-span.org. we are joined this morning by blake sobczak. he joins us to talk about energy grid security in the wake of recent cyber hacks. let's talk about threats to nuclear power plants. guest: u.s. authorities recently became aware of a sophisticated hacking campaign targeting the u.s. and abroad and manufacturing firms. there are no signs that nuclear safety systems were affected. the bad news is it signals an alarming willingness on the part r critical to go fo systems. host: how many participated in this attempt? guest: details are few. multiple sites were affected. the new york times reported that will create nuclear generating system was impacted. safe andrt they were were not affected. host: where they specifically trying to target power generation or distribution? guest: that is not clear at this point. hackers were sending out phishing emails, which are designed to get employees to click on hijacked documents. aty were clearly directed the power grid. luckily, once you click on the documents, you are in the corporate network. tha

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 is the trouble gets tarted, they were lazy about doing the investigation in the first place.

c-span3. watch both hearings online at c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app. >>> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. and coming up wednesday morning, california democratic congressman raul ruiz will discuss republican efforts to repeal and replace the affordable care act. also, the wilson center's latin american program fellow cabrera will join us to talk about human smuggling and trafficking, after ten suspected migrants died in an overheated tractor-trailer in san antonio last weekend. also, oklahoma republican congressman steve russell will join us to talk about key issues facing congress. including the future of health care in federal spending, as well as his opposition to air traffic control privatization. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> dr. curt newman on his book, healing children, from the frontiers of pediatric medicine. >> the conversations i hear are about cutting things like medicaid, and, you know, cutting the nih, and doing all these things,

eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org or on the free c-span radio app. and on sunday new york congressman eliot engel, ranking member on the foreign affairs committee discusses russia, north korea and iran. that's on newsmakers sunday morning at 10:00 and later that evening at 6:00, also on c-span. >>> the national governors association summer meeting live saturday on c-span starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern. governors talk about computer coding and the importance of computer science in schools with girls who code ceo, former microsoft ceo steve ballmer and tesla ceo elon musk, who will speak at the governors' closing session. watch the national governors association summer meeting live on the c-span networks, c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3 -- state university professor discusses union general george mcclullen's failed attempt. >> haven't done a lot of research about what this peninsula looks like and what marching along this peninsula would be like. but he's so dead set on making s

[applause] announcer: you can view this entire program and all other c-span programs online at c-span.org. announcer: this month marks 30 years since lieutenant colonel oliver north testified before the house and senate committees investigating the iran-contra affair. railamerica from july 13, 1987, , in a 60 minute portion of a day-long hearing, colonel north is questioned by orrin hatch and paul trible. he defends armed rebel groups opposing the nicaraguan government. funding that have been presented by congress. -- been prohibited by congress. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, senator trible. sen. trible: thank you. >> let me thank you for your testimony over than last week. there are many of us on this panel that support ronald reagan and believe in the contra cause. i should note there has been absolutely no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of our president. and i, like you, believe the essence of the american experience is the pursuit of freedom at home and around the world. that is why we must oppose the marxist tyranny in nicaragua. that is why we must help yo

eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday on q and a. >> when you look at president obama's domestic legacy, i think there are two things that are very important that will have long-lasting, good consequences to the united states that can be summarized. kagan.otomayor and elena >> the second of our two-part interview with david gero. he talks about his book "rising star: the making of barack obama." >> i think the point emphasize is that over the course of barack's presidency, there were scores of people in illinois who had known him in years earlier who were deeply disappointed with the trajectory of the obama presidency. number one, disappointed that -- mostorgot the people of the people -- who were essential to his political drive. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. the senate foreign relations committee held a meeting. including canada, singapore, italy, the united kingdom and nato nominees included foreign -- former u.s. senator, chomps nominee for ambassador to nato. -- trump's nominee for ambassador to nato. this is two hour

c-span3. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> a recently published reports on efforts to modernize the army was the focus of discussion -- -- covering concerns about increasing global threats to military readiness. this is an hour. >> all right. thank you everyone for sticking around while we made our transition. as i mentioned, we're going to roll into the second half of the event where we're going to focus on army modernization. and today rolling out a report on army modernization. called the army modernization imperative. a new big five for army modernization. i want to begin thanking the sponsors of that study because without sponsors we don't get to do studies. this was sponsored by a combination of support from general dynamics, d.r.s. technologies, part ofley nardo and l-3, as well. so we want to thank them for their support. i'm going to briefly walk through the chief findings and recommendations of the report. it's about 80-ish pages but a pretty quick read with a lot of pictures. i urge you to read the whole thing. i'll hit the highlights a

c-span3. you can watch online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. sunday night on "after words" connecticut democratic congresswoman rosa delauro talks about her efforts to protect social programs in her book the least among us, waging the battle for the vulnerable. >> when social security reached its lowest point we had ronald reagan and tip o'neill who came together and acted, and congress acted, to make social security solvent into the future. all of this wringing of hands about social security being insolvent can be solved immediately by lifting the cap. >> watch sunday night at nine nt eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> the senate returns at noon eastern and will try to move forward on health care by voting to begin debate on the house-passed bill from may that repeals and replaces parts of the affordable care act. yesterday, senate democrats spoke late into the evening about their opposition to that procedural vote. next come we show you a portion. of the remarks from the senate floor.o >> mr. president, i rise today to talk about the

you heard, i've been in this industry a long time and i've been remarkably -- >> all of this online at c-span dirg. just search future of amtrak. the house is gaveling back in for more work on the defense authorization bill. will the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, kindly resume the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of the bill, h.r. 2810, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018, for military activities of the department of defense, and for military construction. to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, amendment number 14 printed in part b of house -212 offered by the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock, had been disposed of. pursuant to house resolution 440, no further amendment to the bill as amended shall be in order except those printed in house report 115-217, and amendments en bloc described in section 3. each fur

c-span. you can find all of our nga coverage online at cspan.org or by using the c-span radio app. >>> a house sub committee held a hearing on the opoid epidemic. they talked about programs in their states and the tools they need to help people at risk of addiction and abuse. this is about two hours and 15 minutes.

c-span two. you can also watch online at c-span.org, or on the free c-span radio app. afterwards,ght on, joe atkinson reports on -- cheryl atkinson in her book, the smear: how shady political operatives and fate -- take news control what you see think and how you vote. she's interviewed by eric level. >> you had in the washington post -- who you feel does not properly report on this, as opposed to saying hey, donald trump, are you sneering john mccain? >> of the eroded but that >> no-no. >> number two, i will not cheer on john mccain or donald i think when you set aside a deer -- when i criticize new behavior for donald trump. doesn't mean i support him or them cheering in -- him on. i separate things. not like x orust y because you said this. it's not that, it's looking at actual media coverage about the candidate. i've spoken frequently about that include washington post's coverage. what's what afterwards sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> sunday on q and a >> when you look at president obama's domestic legacy, i think there are two things that are

you can watch both events online at c-span.org or listen live with the c-span radio app. "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact appeared friday morning, mary agnes carey will join us to talk about what is included in the latest senate republican health care bill. be sure to watch "washington journal," join the discussion. >> to health subcommittee's looked at how the v.a. reviews claims from gulf war veterans. a recent report found they denied more than 80% of claims from gulf war associated illnesses. officials from the the a and accountability office testify. -- testified. >> good morning and welcome everyone. this is a joint hearing of the subcommittee on disability oversight and investigation. we will come to order. i want to take a moment to thank for holding the hearing with me today on an important issue we are facing, and that is helping gulf war veterans get the benefits they have earned. itching go without saying we have a duty to take care of the men and women who have been wounded while serving in our miry

c-span two. it airs again sunday night at 9:00 on c-span. you can much anytime online at the span.org. -- c-span.org. >> back in the u.s., defense secretary james mattis met with his british counterpart. secretary mattis answered the

you can find those interviews online at c-span.org. c-span'shington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. monday morning, dr. margaret flowers and michael kantor of the cato institute will discuss the feasibility of a government-funded national health insurance program. also washington times political editor will talk about the trump fornistration's request voter information and reaction from state officials nationwide. we sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. east turn monday morning. join the discussion. this past week at the british house of commons, prime minister theresa may was asked about the uk's role in combating isis and pay increases for public sector employees. this question time is 45 minutes.

c-span. it can much anytime online at c-span.org. >> defense secretary james mattis invited his british counterpart for the mea.

eastern on c-span three. online at c-span.org and streaming on a free c-span radio app. >> the national governors association summer meeting, by friday starting at 9:45 a.m. eastern on c-span2. governors look at cyber threats facing our country. with mike pence and justin trudeau. live saturday on c-span starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern, governors talk about computer coding and the importance of computer science in school. watch the national governors association summer meeting, live on the c-span networks, c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> with the help of our comcast partners, this weekend the c-span city stewart takes book to be in american history tv to concorde massachusetts. with the first shots of the american revolution afire. then, less a century later, writers revolution takes place as the town becomes home to ralph waldo emerson. saturday, and new and eastern on book tv. we will take you inside were two types where we lived in brought the breaking work, but a woman. we'll explore wa

. >> thank you so much, deborah and thank you to everyone joining us here and online and to viewers on c-span. as deborah mentioned, i'm beverly kirk, a volunteer at csis in the international security program and i manage the smart women, smart power initiative. full disclosure, i spent more than two decades as a journalist. most of that time was here in washington, and i've worked with three of the four people sitting on this stage. let me introduce them to you. jeff ballou is the president of the national press club and the first african american man and the first representative of an international media organization to hold that post. jeff is the news editor at al-jazeera news network and part of its global editorial leadership team. he helped to establish the english channel in 2006. he is a peabody, murrow, and emmy award winning journalist who's worked at c-span, npr and local d.c. stations. next to him is diana marrero. the director of the hill latino. it is a new media platform she helped to launch that is focused on latino affairs. before shifting to the business side of the media, s

c-span3. you can watch both events online at c-span.org or listen live with the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> c-span'swashington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, a kaiser health news correspondent joins us for the morning to talk about what is included in the latest senate republican health care bill. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. this weekend on book tv on c-span2, saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, former chess champion garry kasparov talks about his on theeep thinking: future of artificial intelligence and its impacts on society." centuries,ines, for has been taking over all forms of manual labor. when machines were taking jobs from -- you name it, manufacturing jobs, that is natural. now the thing is machines are coming after people with degrees and political influence and twitter accounts. >> and 9:15 p.m., a wall street journal columnist jason riley discusses his book "false black power" and his argument that blacks are disadvantaged by political capital. >> m

they testify before a -- you can watch both hearings online at c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app to -- app. adviserrks from senior jared kushner after his meeting with the intelligence committee staff about russia's involvement in 2016 elections. he spoke outside the white house for just under five minutes. >> my name

c-span3 starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: monday night on "the communicators" -- >> private sector ceo's recognize that your i.t. group is not just a cost center, it is an entity that can help drive innovation, an entity that can help improve your bottom line. we need the federal government to start thinking that way. announcer: the chairman of the house international -- congressman will heard, talks about his bill to upgrade technology at federal agencies, his opinion of u.s. cyber defenses, and his proposal for a cyber national guard. he is interviewed by politico cyber security reporter tim starks. >> the idea is this. if you are in high school and want to go to college and study something around cyber security, we will find you scholarships to go to college. when you graduate, you have to work in the federal government, at the department of interior or at the census bureau, or it social security. you will do that for the same amount of time that you got the scholarship for. when you finish that time and federal

c-span 3. and you can watch both hearings online at c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app. congressman mark meadows who chairs the house republican freedom caucus talks about the group's mission following his remarks, congress meadows takes questions about the freedom caucus and g.o.p. efforts to repeal and replace the health care law. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the national press club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists where news happens and we are the constitution. on and is jeff bal president of the national press club. before i get started i want to remind people in the audience and our -- about some housekeeping things that we have happening here. first of all to remind you for those who came into the room late. if you have a smartphone and we do encourage the use of smartphones here at the club. turments ur ancient acu allow it but we would like it on silent or vibrate because we would like you to tweet and follow along and to our viewing audience. and to do that you would follow us using the handle @pressclubdc

c-span2. also online at c-span.org and listen with the c-span radio app. the senate judiciary committee will hold the confer mation hearing wednesday for christopher wray, nominated to be the next f.b.i. director. will he relace james comey. that confirmation hearing gets under way 9:30 a.m. eastern wednesday morning and you can see it live on our companion network c-span3. 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. greta: this week on newsmakers we are joined by the president and ceo of the american hospital association, rick pollack. thank you for being here. rick: thank you for having me. greta: we have anna edney of bloomberg policy reporter and peter sullivan who covers health care policy for the hill. let's begin with the affordable a

c-span 3. also available online at c-span.org or with the free c-span radio app. >>> last month, senators heard from former george w. bush and obama administration officials on the 2001 authorization for the use of military force, which currently guides u.s. military engagements abroad. they argue for a new aumf to more specifically guide against global threats and against groups that didn't exist 16 years ago. this hearing of the senate foreign relations committee is about 90 minute it is. >>> foreign relations committee will come to order. we thank our witnesses for being here and all of our senators i know care deeply about this issue. i'd like to thank you for being here to testify. your insights and experience will be helpful as we begin to reengage on this difficult topic. it's been well over a decade since 9/11. and there's an interest on the part of many members to revisit and refresh the authority we use to fight terrorism. in 2014, we saw the rise of isis, which seized territory in iraq and syria and has drawn thousands of foreign fighters and conducted and abled or inspired repeated

join us live that new and eastern on c-span3, streaming live online at c-span.org or the free c-spanradio app. >> sunday on q and. >> speaking about the distribution of wealth, corruption can get you arrested and in so much trouble. >> saudi arabian women rights activists talks about her time in prison after challenging the saudi government ban on women drivers in her book "daring to drive, a saudi woman's awakening >> it's a huge country and women can't drive. we wanted to change this by the movement and it's going on. we are still campaigning for the right to drive. for the right to drive its more acts of disobedience because women are not supposed to drive.

c-span3. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen on the free 3.span radio app. >> sunday on q&a, mark boutin talks about his book "hue 1968". >> the battle shocked me because the saigon military command was so out of touch with the reality of what is happening in the street. they literally got a lot of young americans killed because what general westmoreland denied that the city had been taken. it was a fact but he continued to deny it for new result on the battle was fought. and as a consequence would never concede the sheer number of enemy forces that were in the taron m. so small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to attack positions that were held by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched position. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> next australian foreign minister julie bishop speaks about u.s.

c-span 3. you can also watch online @c-sp @c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >>> tonight, on "the communicators," the co-founder of aol, steve case, on his book "the third wave" and why he thinks we are at the beginning of a third wave of internet development and why he is looking outside of silicon valley for the newest digital developments. >> now we're starting to see the third wave kind of pick up steam. that's really the internet, integrated in a more seamless and pervasive. sometimes invisible ways throughout our lives and the process changing things like health care, education, transportation. energy, food. pretty important aspects of our lives. pretty good sectors of the economy. the reason i wrote the book is because i think it will require a different mindset and a different playbook whether you are an

. >> thank you so much, deborah you to everyone joining us here and online and to viewers on c-span. deborah mentioned, i'm beverly kirk, a volunteer at international security program and i manage the smart women, smart power initiative. disclosure, i spent more than two decades as a journalist. most of that time was here in and i've worked with three of the four people sitting stage.is let me introduce them to you. jeff blue is the first african american man and first international an media organization to hold that post. editor ate news al-jazeera news network and helped to establish the english channel in 2006. murrow, andody, emmy award winning journalist npr andrked at c-span, stations. next to him is diana marrero. is a new media platform she helped to launch that is focused on latino affairs. an award winning journalist beginning her career at the "miami herald" where she was part of the team that covered the elian gonzales international custody battle. served as the washington bureau chief for the milwaukee sentinel. she's the founder and past president of the washington, d.c

c-span3. watch both hearings online at c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio app. >>> sunday night on afterwards, connecticut congress won rosa delaura talks about her book, the least among us, waging the battle for the vulnerable. >> when social security reached its lowest point, we had ronald reagan, and tip o'neil. who came together and acted, and the congress acted, to make social security solvent into the future. all of this wringing of hands about social security, and being insolvent, can be solved immediately by lifting the cap. >> watch "after words" sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span2's book tv. >>> an update on the national public safety network for first public safety network for first responders. captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008

c-span3. online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. in the afternoon, the national governors association's summer meeting in providence, rhode island. governors will discuss the opioid epidemic and prevention and treatment efforts. live coverage starts at 4:00 p.m. eastern, also here on c-span3. >>> with the help of our comcast partners this weekend, the c-span cities tour takes book tv and american history tv to concord, massachusetts where the first shots of the american revolution are fired, and then less than a century later a writer's revolution takes place as the town becomes home to ravel waldo emerson, henry david theroux and luis ah may alcott. saturday on book tv we will take you inside or chad house where louisa may alcott live and wrote the ground breaking book "little women." then explore "walden pond," and the old man where ""nature" was written. >> the old manse is a house of two revolution. it was the beginning of the american revolution just through the windows down the hill, and later the second american revolution of

c-span. also, it will be available online at any time at www.c-span.org. we welcome back to her desk larry noble for discussion on election law and the russian investigation. he is senior director and general campaign director. for those who are not familiar, what is the campaign legal center? guest: we are a nonpartisan organization that fights for democracy. we believe that every american citizen has a right to dissipate in our democracy -- two participate in our democracy. we work on voting rights and ethics law to make sure we are defending promoted people's ability to participate. host: how are you funded? guest: we are funded by foundations and private contributions. host: before we get to detail of donald trump jr.'s meeting last june, what are the rules pertaining to the presidential candidate for his senior officials having contact with some one, a representative from a foreign government during a campaign? guest: campaign finance rules are based on the expenditure of money. a foreign national and a foreign government are prohibited from spending

eastern on c-span3 come online@c-span.org, or, or on the free c-span radio app. >> senate leader mitch mcconnell is expected to release his health care replacement bill today. wednesday senators spoke on the floor about health care here here's a look. >> mr. president? >> the senator from wyoming. >> mr. president, i'd like to address the body and ask any quorum call be vitiated as because event -- >> not in quorum call. >> mr. president, i come here today to the floor to talk about what is happening what i saw over the fourth of july in wyoming visiting with people, visiting with patients, doctors come with nurses that what i'm seeing is the pain of obamacare continues to worsen. the health care crisis we are seeing across this country continues to grow. prices are rising, choices are disappearing, the american people are desperate for congress to step in and do something to help rescue them.

eastern on c-span3 and online at c-span.org or on the free c-span radio app. later this afternoon, retired military leaders from japan and the u.s. will participate in a panel discussion on the importance and future of the u.s.-japan military alliance. our live coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> sunday on "q & a," mark boweden talks about his bood "hue 1968." one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the vietnam war. >> it shocked me because the saigon military command was so out of touch with the reality of what was happening in the streets, they literally got a lot of young americans killed. because general westmoreland, you know, denied that the city had been taken. it was a fact but he continues to deny it, so nearly the whole time the battle was fought, and as a consequence would never concealed the sheer number of enemy forces that were in the city. so small units of marines and troopers were being ordered to attack positions that were held by overwhelmingly superior enemy forces in entrenched positions. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern

c-span washington journal live thursday 7:00 a.m. >>> thursday, the senate foreign relations hearing holds a confirmation hearing to the ambassadors to nato, canada and the p united kingdom. online at c-span.org or on the free c spa radio app. sunday on q and a. >> when 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. his two nominees to the supreme court. >> the second part of our interview with david glaro he stalks about his book rising star, the making of obama. >> i think the point to emphasize here is that over the course of bauk's presidency there were scores and scores of people in illinois who knew him earlier who were deeply disappointed with the trajectory of the obama presidency. disappointed that obama forgot th

c-span2. you can also watch live online at c span.org or listen live on the c-span radio app. >> c pan span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, lantic council's alina policova discusses sanctions. then, consume lawsuits against banks and credit card companies. in our spotlight on magazine segment, "christian science monitor" reporter discusses his piece on how rust belt cities are trying to adjust to a high tech future be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. >> the national governor's association is holding its annual summer meeting this week in rhode island. today, governors heard from vice president mike pence who spoke about ongoing efforts to replace the affordable care act. his remarks were followed by canadian prime minister justin trudeau who talked about the importance of the north american free trade agreement an broader economic relations between thest and canada. this portion of the n.g.a. meeting is just over an hour. >> i'm now honored to i

c-span3. you can also watch online at: or listen on the free c-span radio app. this sunday at noon eastern, a c-span3 special event. -- the 50th anniversary of the 1967 detroit riots. former police chief and pulitzer prize-winning historian to find out what happened and why. then, steven henderson and former detroit free press and journalist: discuss the coverage of the riot and aftermath. the 1967 detroit riot, 50 years later live sunday at noon eastern on c-span3. now, a look at the state department's 2017 report on human trafficking. this senate foreign relations hearing includes are deputy secretary of state john sullivan and susan copich, the u.s. diplomat assigned to combat human trafficking. they outline details ofhe