p.m. a.m. eastern on c-span. several world leaders delivered remarks of the study for session of the united nations general assembly. leading up is chinese president choosinxi jinping. >> mr. president, colleagues, this year marks the 75th anniversary of the victory of the anti-fascist war and the founding of the united nations. yesterday, the high level meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the u.n. was held. the meeting was a significant one as it reaffirmed our commitment to the purposes and principles of the u.n. charter on the basis of reviewing the historical experience and lessons of the world anti-fascist war. mr. president, we humans are battling covid-19, a virus that has ravaged the world and has kept resurging. in this fight we have witnessed the efforts of governments, dedication of medical workers, exploration of scientists and perseverance of the public. people of different countries have come together with courage, resolve, and compassion which we have confronted the disaster head on. the

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on c-span, the houses is back at 9 p.m. a.m. eastern followed by legislative business at 11:00. members are considering nearly 100 amendments to a bill that establishes new clean energy initiatives. returnsn 2 the senate to debate and vote on the nomination of roderick young to be a u.s. district judge for eastern virginia. on c-span 3, treasury secretary steven mnuchin and federal reserve chair jerome powell appear on capitol hill for the second time this week to testify on the economic impact of the coronavirus. that hearing gets underway at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on "q&a," eric j dolan talks about his book, "a furious sky," which looks at the history of hurricane destruction in the u.s. >> this massive category four hurricane was barreling into galveston, pushing an enormous wave of -- wave on the right-hand side of the hurricane. a mound of water. thats that mound of water slammed into galveston that day and essentially turned galveston into a lake. night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> federal reserve chair jerome powell testified on the economic impact of the pandemi

a.m. -- 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> "washington journal" continues.t: democratic california congressman jared huffman joins us now. his district spans six counties up to the oregon border. can you give us a sense of the impact of the wildfires in the second district and how your constituents are doing? guest: thank you for having me and asking about my constituents. this is a tough summer for folks all over california, and much of the west. we have had the worst wildfires by acreage that our state has ever seen. my district has borne a lot of that. as we get containment on some of the biggest fires, we are still not out of the woods. we have several more weeks of fire season ahead of us, and the intensity and the smoke has been so great and the inversion layer has held it in place for so long that air quality in almost every part of california is very unhealthy. we are struggling. people are feeling the health effects. evacuatedem have been and unfortunately most of them have lost homes. host: compare it to 2018, which is known as the worst wildfires

on c-span, at 10 a.m. eastern, dr. francis collins from the national institutes of health join suburban general jerome adams for a senate health committee hearing on a coronavirus vaccine. 3 p.m., the senate intelligence committee looks at policy for declassifying government documents and possible changes to the process, with a representative from the office of the director of national intelligence. on c-span2, the senate is back at 10 a.m. to consider judicial nominations. and on c-span 3, a house transportation subcommittee looks at amtrak's response to the coronavirus pandemic, with the company's president and ceo. that gets underway at 11 a.m. eastern. there are several events streaming live wednesday on our website, at 1:15 p.m. eastern, our campaign 2020 coverage continues with former vice-president joe biden speaking in warren, michigan. then at 3 p.m., vice-president pence attendance a workers for trump event in freedom, pennsylvania. and at 3:15 p.m., the senate veterans affairs committee holds a hearing on suicide prevention and providing mental healthcare for veterans, again, that's live at c-span.org. tuesday in the senate, majority leader mitch mcconnell gave an

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p.m. eastern on c-span. officialsd security speak tuesday at an annual cybersecurity summit. other speakers include security experts from amazon, whose allen hamilton, raytheon and cisco. live coverage begins at 9:30 a.mc-span2. -- >> you're watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government, created by america's television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >> british lawmakers return to the house of commons following their summer recess. british foreign minister restaurants and spoke with lawmakers about providing relief for the tourism and hospitality industry amid the coronavirus pandemic and addressed allegations that the government reversed course on covid-19 pandemic measures. this runs about 40 minutes. >> can i wish the leader of the opposition a happy birthday, as well? >> question number one. prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i shall have

p.m. eastern on c-span. coming up in an hour, economic reporter jim tankersley on his book about the middle class in the united states. rudolph discusses foreign interference in campaign 2020 at 9:15 a.m. ♪ host: following the police killing of a black man, jacob blake, in kenosha, wisconsin, and a week of protest and violence, president trump went to kenosha yesterday to meet with law enforcement and tour the damage. he reiterated his campaign theme of law & order. good morning. this is washington journal. we will spend the first hour getting your views on the campaign message on law & order. is it working? the lines for those of you supporting former vice president joe biden is (202) 748-8000

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on thursday. the public viewing will occur from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. eastern, streaming live all day at c-span.org. you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government, created by america's television company as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. the senate homeland security committee held a confirmation hearing for chad wolf to formula become head of the homeland security department. mr. wolf has been serving as acting dhs secretary since november of last year. answered questions on election interference, domestic terrorism, and human trafficking, among other topics. this is just under two hours. meeting toe are consider the nomination of acting secretary of homeland security, chad wolf, to be the confirmed secretary of the department of homeland security, which is an enormous task. this in the past, i truly appreciate anybody who was willing to undertake such enormous responsibility. i would ask my written opening remarks be entered into the record, without objection. i will keep it short. i know which got time restraints -- we have got time restraints. the secretary of homela

a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> today democratic scanlon andves mary steve cohen join a national constitution center for a discussion on freedom of the press. watch live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen with the c-span free radio app. >> ladies and gentlemen of the convention. jackie kennedy, john steinbeck. >> it hence -- he was a very unusual, a non-politician and a new ways. he -- in many ways. eventually, by millions of americans who proudly declared themselves stevensonians. >> standing between us is this old office chair. cabinetis stevenson's terror. he had an historic stand of the american passenger to the united nations. he was made a member of the cabinet, this is the chair that commemorate spot. somewhat difficult relationship that he had with the kennedy administration. >> you referred to the dynasty, the stephenson political dynasty. here on the wall or some artifacts. whitevernor stevenson's said -- his grandfather was vice president of the united states. under grover cleveland. he ran again in 1900 under william jennings bryant. this is grandfather stevenson's hat. >> thank you for joining us tonight. live from libertyville, we will wor

p.m. eastern on c-span. coming up in an hour, economic reporter jim tankersley on his book about the middle class in the united states. rudolph discusses foreign interference in campaign 2020 at 9:15 a.m. ♪ host: following the police killing of a black man, jacob blake, in kenosha, wisconsin, and a week of protest and violence, president trump went to kenosha yesterday to meet with law enforcement and tour the damage. he reiterated his campaign theme of law & order. good morning. this is washington journal. we will spend the first hour getting your views on the campaign message on law & order. is it working? the lines for those of you supporting former vice president joe biden is (202) 748-8000. supporters of president and mike pence, (202) 748-8001. areall others, if you undecided, that line is (202) 748-8002. 3. text, (202) 748-800 on twitter, it is at c-span wj. on facebook, we are facebook.com/c-span. president trump touring that damage as you saw in that video. we will show you his comments during that tour. this is reporting from the kenosha news. kenosha." trump in with law enforcement tuesday, despite concerns that such a visit would exacerbate divisions in this community. dur

p.m. you can watch these events live online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. votes thisnate morning on a republican covid-19 relief package. the senators vote at 11:30 a.m. easterns, then whether to advance the plan. we will watch to see how many 53 republican senators vote for it, but it also needs democratic support to get past the super majority it needs to proceed. the hospital -- passed a relief plan in may but the house has not considered it. joe biden's record is a shameful roll call of the most catastrophic materials in our lifetime. he has spent his entire career on the wrong side of history. >> our current president has failed in his most basic duty to the nation, he has failed to protect us, he has failed to protect america. and my fellow americans, that is unforgivable. announcer: the first presidential debate between president trump and the former vice president will be tuesday. live coverage on c-span. on demand at c-span.org. or listen free on the cease ee c-span radio app. announcer: the cdc director robert redfield discussed of pandemic at a virtual event hosted by research america. he talked about covid-19 vaccine trials, the virus's impact on

p.m. a.m. eastern on c-span.eral world leaders delivered remarks of the study for session of the united nations general assembly. leading up is chinese president choosinxi jinping. >> mr. president, colleagues, this year marks the 75th anniversary of the victory of the anti-fascist war and the founding of the united nations.

on thursday. the public viewing will occur from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. eastern, streaming live all day at c-span.org. you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government, created by america's television company as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. the senate homeland security committee held a confirmation hearing for chad wolf to formula become head of the homeland security department. mr. wolf has been serving as acting dhs secretary since november of last year. answered questions on election interference, domestic terrorism, and human trafficking, among other topics. this is just under two hours. meeting toe are consider the nomination of acting secretary of homeland security, chad wolf, to be the confirmed secretary of the department of homeland security, which is an enormous task. this in the past, i truly appreciate anybody who was willing to undertake such enormous responsibility. i would ask my written opening remarks be entered into the record, without objection. i will keep it short. i know which got time restraints -- we have got time restraints.

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