p.m. eastern. exploring this case with us are sarah peterson, associate lopp professor at the university denmark come back. watch landmark cases monday 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, cspan.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. for background, or a landmark book available for a 95 plus shipping and handling at cspan.org. for additional resources you

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p.m. eastern. for background order a copy of the companion book. available for $8.95 plus shipping and handling. for additional resource there's a link on our website to the interactive constitution. >> a second federal appeals court has ruled against the president's travel ban.

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span .org or listen with a free c-span radio app. for background on each case order a copy of the landmark cases in your book available for $898.95 plus shipping and handling. for an additional resource there's a link on the website to the national constitution center's interactive constitution. >> a second federal appeals court has ruled against a third version of the president's travel plan. the case international refugees assistant project versus trump was heard last december for the fourth circuit court of appeals in richmond, virginia. in the majority opinion chief judge roger gregory said the court concluded that the proclamation is unconstitutionally biased against islam. this oral argument is two hours. >> [inaudible]

p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also see it online at c-span.org, and listen with the free c-span radio app. c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1970 nine, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d c, and -- in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is provided by your local cable or satellite provider. the top ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, sat down with andrea mitchell of nbc news, to talk about the rush investigation, north korea, gun violence, and a number of other issues. this is just over an hour.

p.m. eastern right here on c-span. you can watch the governor's first meeting, that just wrapped up on our website, www.c-span.org. today, joined c-span live at 12:40 p.m. eastern for the political action conference. budget director mick mulvaney will be there to discuss the second amendment. later an address from california congressman and house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes. live coverage begins at 12:40 p.m. eastern right here on c-span. scott pruitt cpac, talked about regulatory reform. ♪ >> it was good to get that right . >> we are all good, very jealous of larry'ss voice. that sonorous tone, bringing that great introduction. exactly right. >> you are a member of the president's cabinet. there is a story that goes before that and it has nothing to do with politics. it has to do with baseball. a superstar athlete, baseball and football, division 1 scholarship to university of kentucky. you became an owner. telesc -- tell us quick. >> spring-training has begun. good news. [applause] >> everyone is opti

p.m. eastern time. tomorrow our live coverage of cpac started at 12:40 p.m. eastern with omb director mick mulvaney discussing the second amendment. next will hear from president trump. ♪ [applause] pres. trump: thank you everybody. [applause] thank you very much. thank you matt for that great introduction and thank you for this big crowd. this is incredible. we have come a long way together. back at cpacbe with amazing friends and supporters and proud conservatives. [applause] remember when i: first started running and people said, are you sure he is a conservative? i think we have proved i am a conservative. [applause] than fourp: for more decades this event has served as a form for our nation's top leaders, activists, writers, thinkers. you're after your leaders have discussed what we could do to protect our heritage, protect our culture, and protect our freedom. ideasas been about big and has also been about putting those ideas into action. cpac really has put a lot of ideas into action and will talk about some of them this morning. from the last year with

p.m. eastern on c-span3.omorrow, commercial debbie attorney general rob rosenstein on cyber security in america's legal priorities. he speaks of the financial services the conference begins live monday at 4 p.m. eastern on c-span3. last week, reverend billy graham died. he will lie at the capitol rotunda on wednesday for the public to pay its respect. a memorial service will take lace with remarks from the house weaker, paul ryan -- house theker paul ryan, and senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell? = -- r: monday, we look at a supreme court case which solidified the government to take actions and restricted state powers. explored this ruling with the university of virginia law professor farah peterson. watch landmark cases live monday at 9:00 eastern on the season and, c-span.org or listen on the freeze is span radio app. c-span radio app. and, for an additional resource, there is a link on our web it to the national constitution center's interactive constitution. week on newsmakers, the president of the am

p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> next, remarks from house armed services ranking member adam smith on current national security issues. he spoke yesterday at an event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. looking at defense and national security oversight. this is an hour. >> cull minuteates the nine-month-long research

p.m. eastern. until then, a conversation on the role of the press and how they are covering the russia investigation story and other news events since president trump took office. and the host of long island university announces the winners of the george polk journalism awards.

p.m. eastern. ♪ announcer 1: c-span's washington live every day with policy issues that impact you.ednesday morning we discussed u.s. foreign relations and the trump administration with former obama administration state department policy planning director jake sullivan. then we will talk about rebuilding the infrastructure , from theel bellman building contractors. and we are live in oklahoma city, oklahoma for the next stop .n the 50 capitals tour the governor will join us to talk about the key public policy issues in her state. be sure to watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. at the white house briefing, press secretary sarah sanders answered a range of

p.m. eastern also on c-span. >>> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy, vents in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> join us tonight on c-span for portions of the first unrig the system summit from new orleans. the, vent focusing on issues such as campaign finance and the electoral college and redistricting. speakers include actress jennifer lawrence interviewing former federal election commission chair trevor potter

p.m. eastern.o better help you understand each case, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony morrow. $8.95 plussts shipping and handling. to get your copy, go to c-span.org. >> the u.s. diplomacy center pavilion opened in january 2017. the center uses programs, exhibits, and artifacts to educate the public about policy, and hope to open a museum at the location. up next, in the second part of a two part program, we visit the center for the collection storage area to see some of their 7000 artifacts. the curator and historian

p.m. eastern, also on cspan. >>> cspan, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 cspan was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. cspan is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> a look now at the relationships between president's george h.w. bush and bill clinton and russian president boris yeltsin, how they influenced the new russia after dissolution of the ussr. the miller center convened scholars for a conference

p.m. eastern, also on c-span. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> join us tonight on c-span for portions of the first "unrig the system" summit from new orleans. the event focussing on issues such as campaign finance, the electoral college and redistricting, speakers include actress jennifer lawrences interviewing former federal

p.m. eastern when the fed minutes came on. could you call this a strong close? we have 58 more minutes to go and now up 88 points. folks we are on a trajectory going lower. 10-year treasury yields, changing moment by moment. when the numbers hit the tape, we were at 2.9, now 2.93. interest rates move higher and stronger. that means less fear in the markets and let's see if that's true. the vix volatility index slipping to lowest level since february 5. and climbing, sort of the opposite what stocks are doing. right now down 2 points or 10 percentage points but had been much lower. we're standing at 18.47 for the volatility index. can we look at the tech sector? shining brightly. the nasdaq is on pace for highest close since february 2. we are up 50 points but high of the session for the nasdaq, we did see a gain of 104. i don't know if that still stands. we are writing the scripts and changing them as quick as the actual picture at the moment. the intra-day, we're heading back down. big cap tech titans, keep a close eye on amazon, it could make history today, if

p.m. eastern. >> we are in lynchburg, virginia in front of the home of dr. robert johnson.dr. johnson's role in the desegregation of tenants. mr. johnson: this is where it all happened. dr. johnson set up a junior development program to train the latest kids, mostly african-americans, in the sport of tennis. he would mentor them, work on

p.m. eastern also on c-span. >>> a look at the significance of mccullochv. maryland in 1919. exploring with us, farrah peterson and mark kilnbeck, author of "mccullough v. maryland." watch on c-span, c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. for background on each case, order a copy of the companion book available for $8.95 plus shipping and handling at c-span.org/landmark cases. for additional resources, there's a link on our website to

p.m. eastern on cspan3. >>> this week on the communicators. >> i thought the internet was borderless? >> that's really interesting. it can be borderless but what we've seen and the thing we need to focus on right now is it turns out that this medium we thought gave voice to the voiceless and in many cases did and power to the powerless can also be used by dictators, by terrorists, by dark political money to undermine democracy and we have got to address that problem. >> from the state of the net conference held in washington, d.c., we discuss the impact of technology on democracy and voting. watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cspan2. >>> radio and tv host dana loesch was speaker thursday at the cpac conference last week. the gathering heard from national rifle association ceo wayne lapierre. their remarks are just under an hour. >>> good morning, cpac. good morning you guys. i love seeing all of you people here. i love seeing the youth here. i want to thank the acu and everybody at cpac for making this possible every single year. this is the time we fellowship, make those connectio

p.m. eastern on c-span 3. later today, the commission on security and cooperation and europe looks at the doping of russian athletes and the policy for protecting whistleblowers and fraud in sports. live coverage at 3:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. eric trump, son of president donald trump addressing the conference at maryland's national harbor. live coverage at 6:00 p.m. eastern on our network c-span. and then join us tonight for more from c pack with remarks from vice president mike pence spoke this morning to the conservative gathering. you can watch his speech tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >> sunday on c-span q and a. duke divinity school sant professor kate talked about her memory," everything happens for a reason" diagnosed with colon cancer at 35. >> i felt the presence of god and the love of other people. people pouring in. the intense prayers, the second i got sick my community got together in a chapel and parade like marathon runners for me. part of it was them reflecting back to me love a

p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span 2. >> next, baylor university history professor thomas kidd on benjamin franklin's faith. he argued that franklin's exposure to skeptical writings undermined his confidence in christianity but did not erase his puritanical core. the talk was part of a symposium hosted by the museum of the bible in washington. it is 45 minutes. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to museum of the bible. i am kay penniger. i am the director of museum education. we are delighted you have joined us today for our february speaker series program titled the bible and america's founders. our program consists of three sessions which will be followed by a roundtable discussion later on this afternoon. following the roundtable discussion, we'll have a book signing with our speakers. at museum of the bible, our mission is to engage people with the bible. the bible has made a powerful impact on world history and cultures. it has influenced nations, laws, and political structures. it has guided debates and shaped pivotal events and inspired views of prominent individuals, both past and

p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> join us tonight on c-span for portions of the first unrig the system summit from new orleans, focusing on issues such as campaign finance, the electoral college and redistricting. speakers include actress jennifer lawrence interviewing

p.m. eastern on c-span. >> our live coverage of the savannah book festival starts saturday morning at 9:00 eastern and includes robert lattis with his book, "future war: preparing for the new global battlefield," scott shapiro with his book and celeste headley with her book "we need to talk: how to have conversations that matter." watch live coverage of the savannah book festival saturday morning beginning at 9:00 eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> sunday night on q&a, michael faby on his book "crash back: the power clash between the u.s. and china in the pacific." >> there's a public shaming. china -- it's hard for westerners to get an idea of what that means to the asian culture, especially someone that is as big and proud, they lost face with that and came away with a never again mentality. so they start after that on this mindset, we will build up our navy and build up our missile defense forces in such a way we never lose face like this again. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> earlier today, senate intelligence chair richrd byrd looked at biodefense issues and how

p.m. eastern here on c-span3. later today, the commission on security and cooperation in europe looks at the doping of russian athletes and the policy solutions for protecting whistle blowers and combatting fraud in sports. our live coverage begins 3:30 p.m. eastern over on c-span2. also today, eric trump, son of president donald trump, will address the annual conservative political action conference at maryland's national harbor. you can watch live coverage beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. and join us tonight for more cpac with remarks from vice president mike pence. he spoke this morning to the conservative gathering. you can watch his full speech tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >> monday on c-span's landmark cases, we'll look at the spleem court case mcculloch v. maryland which restricted state a against the legitimate use of this power. explore this case and the high court's ruling with university of virginia associate law professor farah peterson and mark

p.m. eastern. coming up senator majority mitch mcconnell and paul ryan avenue scheduled at the republican party retreat in west virginia. live coverage of that begins at 230 thymic eastern on c-span. tonight president trump will address the gop retreat a bit earlier will be back here in washington to deliver remarks at the republican national committee meeting at the trump hotel. live coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> at last month's world economic forum in switzerland talk they talked about the future and -- thomas freedom moderates. >> welcome, everybody. thank you for skipping lunch and coming to our panel. the subject today is finding a new equilibrium in the middle east and we have a terrific panel representatives of the region and try left, foreign minister of saudi arabia, deputy prime minister from turkey, administer secretary defense minister from germany, prime minister of bahrain and foreign minister from the uae. i thought i would begin by taking a couple minutes to tal

p.m. eastern here on c-span3. later today the commission on security and cooperation and europe looks at the doping of russian athletes and the policy solutions for protecting whistle blowers and combatting fraud in sports. our live coverage begins at 3:30 p.m. eastern over on c-span2. also today, eric trump, son of president donald trump will address the annual conservative political action conference at maryland's national harbor. you can watch live coverage beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. join us tonight for more from cpac. remarks from vice president mike pence. he spoke this morning to the conservative gathering. you can watch his full speech tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >>> monday on c-span's "landmark cases," we'll look at the supreme court case mccullough v. maryland. a case that solidified the government's ability to take actions not explicit in the constitution and against the legitimates use of this power. explore this case and the high court's ruling wit

p.m. eastern. the wife who commanded u.s. forces india not. i worked on most every day and vietnamese hospitals. and then i went to -- once a week to do work. >> much american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. and about 20 minutes, we will take you to the republican national committee winter meeting in washington. until then, look at the government workforce from today's washington journal. ist: joining us at the table the president and ceo of the partnership for public service. good morning. talking here about presidential appointments and the filling a federal positions. informationus the on the partnership of public service. guest: we are a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization tried to make our federal government more effective. there are 1.6 million nonprofits out there focused on all kinds of important things -- environment, national security, poverty, you name it. but at the end of the day, we only have one tool to deal with and that is problem our federal government. we need to see all of those nonprofits and others focused on making

p.m. eastern. will ben2, adam schiff at the council on foreign relations, talking about some of the global challenges facing the u.s. you can watch that at 8:30 a.m. eastern. on c-span3, a conversation with vietnam's changing relationship with the u.s. and china, and 9:30 a.m. eastern. this weekend on "american history tv" on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, former virginia governor douglas wilder at virginia commonwealth university. >> i have a one word definition that i use for politics. can anyone guess what that is? money. [laughter] something that is a proposition before any tribunal that does not involve money. announcer: sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern from the rest point center of world history, a combat medic during the vietnam war. my father served in world war ii. for a black man, whenever you was your military service, you hope, would confirm your bona fides as a red-blooded american citizen. 4:00 p.m. on "railamerica," we look back to 1988 when president reag

p.m. eastern time. also life, the national governors association with discussions on jobs, the all pure crisis, and the future of agriculture, and food availability. we will have that live at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. the former leader of the u.k. independence party will be speaking at the conservative political action conference. for he begins, we will take a look back at some of the speakers from earlier in the conference, starting with interior secretary ryan zinke he and energy secretary rick perry. >> ryan zinke is served our military and served as a navy seal commander. [applause] give it up for the seals. montana'scted at-large member of congress, and is now the 52nd secretary of the interior. welcome, secretary ryan. we also have with us the secretary of energy, rick perry. [applause] >> there must be a texan in the crowd. [laughter] rick perry, unless i am wrong, you are not only the governor of texas, but the longest serving in texas history. of the air force, something i like. farmer, being a c

p.m. eastern on cspan, cspan.org or listen with the free cspan radio app. for background on each case, order a copy of the landmark cases book. for an additional resource, there's a link on our website to national constitution center interactive constitution. >>> heller is the respondent in the court case district of columbia v heller that challenged gun laws in the capital. he spoke at the cpac conference. following that, a discussion on supreme court and second amendment. >>> dick heller. this is dick heller. those of you that heard of heller supreme court, this is dick heller. it's a real man. right? >> a real dude. >> it's a real dude. he's a real dude. he is a dude. we're great friends and he has changed my life in the sense that i have the right and have a gun at home legally in district of columbia solely because of this man's fight. >> thank you. >> so dick, take me back because people hear about the heller decision and don't realize it was one man that fought and fought and fought for so many years. take me back to, i am sure it was before i was bo

p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. >> sunday night, on afterwards. former u.s. trade negotiator and senior senate staffer with his book "broken" account senate save itself and the country. interviewed by tom dashel. >> politics supposed to be about refining a way to over come differences through extended discussion and a real legislative process. through compromise. it wasn't suppose to be about one party winning on their own. the times as you know, the times in history where one party is able to do this on your own are very few. maybe 1933 and '34, fdr dealing with the depression. lbj, '64 and '65 and fdr had the support the first two years. >>> watch it sunday night, 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2, book tv. >>> today president trump addressed the nation regarding yesterday's shool shooting in parkland florida. 17 died and a dozen injured. the president spoke to children across the country urging them to seek help if they feel lost, alone and confused or even scared. [ inaudible ] >>> my fellow americans. today i speak to a nation in grief. yesterday, a school f

p.m. eastern on pbs. we are talking with marcela gaviria. an award-winning director and producer of "the gang crackdown" with us until 8:00 a.m. this morning. we invite callers to join as well. special line for educators, law enforcement officers, and for parents and all others. we will put the numbers on the screen. you can start calling in on those lines. marcela gaviria, as folks are calling, why focus on the crackdown side as opposed to the rise of the gang and what led to the rise? yout: well, on "frontline" will be he is segment called u.s."ise of ms-13 in the but what we wanted to look at was what happened in the aftermath. there has been a crackdown on long island. the law enforcement officials went vigorously trying to figure out who were the killers. what happened after was the teachers, police officers, started focusing on the influx of the unaccompanied minors. during the summer there was a round up, it was called operation matador. and around 400 individuals were apprehended. you should note that law enforcement officials believ

p.m. eastern on cspan. and later the senate arms service committee holds a meeting on protecting democratic elections from cyberattack. we'll have live coverage beginning at 2:30 p.m. eastern. >>> and steve mnuchin testifies -- >>> sunday night on q&a. michael fabby on his book crashback. >> first of all, there's a public shaming and china's lost a lot of face and it's hard for westerners to get an idea of what that means to the asian culture, especially someone that's a big and as proud and long-standing as china. they lost a lot of face as that and they have that never again mentality. after they start, mindset we will build up our navy and defense forces in such a way -- we never lose face like this again. >>> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cspan's q&a. >>> next alaska governor bill walker's state of the state address. he highlighted efforts to boost the state's revenue and employment through oil and natural gas development and increasing mining and timber production. also, education and health car

p.m. eastern on c-span 2 and sunday 2 p.m. on american history t.v.rking with cable affiliates as we explore america. >> c-span history series landmark cases returns this at 12 new a look supreme court cases. istorians and experts join us to discuss constitutional issues and personal stories behind ignificant supreme court decisions. monday, february 26th, live at 9 p.m. eastern and to help you cases, we have a companion guide written by tono morrow. landmark cases volume 2, the $8.95, plus shiping and handling. c-span.org/landmarkcases. >> "washington journal" continues. ost: and an hour ago on "washington journal," we asked democrats only why they became democrats, so the question now why did you s, become a republican. give us a call in the eastern or zone and you're a republican, 202-748-8000. f you're a republican in the mountain or pacific time zones, 202-748-8001. as you're calling in, want to show you some live pictures intelligence e committee, their hearing on orldwide threats featuring the cia director mike mike pompeo, coates, nsa director

p.m. eastern on "real america," the 1989 documentary "island of hope, island of tears." >> over 12 million men, women and children passed this way. passed through rooms and corridors haunted with a special stillness which remains only in places once noisy with human life. here they bought tickets for 1,000 places in america. here they traded their drag mas, their lyras and ruple for dollars. here they sang their first american songs, experienced their first american christmas and hanukkah. here they waited to be given permission to pass over to the new land. >>> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, an interview from the west point center for oral history with katherine westmoreland, wife of u.s. army general william westmoreland, who commanded u.s. forces in vietnam. >> my main work was red cross and i did -- i really worked every -- almost every day i worked in the vietnamese hospital. >> mmm-hmm. >> and the -- our hospital and then i went to nha trang once a week. >> okay. >> to do red cross work. >> watch "american history tv" every weekend on c-span3. >>> the house veterans affairs subcommitt

p.m. eastern on lectures in history, university of professor ona 20th-century century fundamentalism and the growth of pentecostalism. >> unlit mentalists -- fundamentalist are conservative protestants who militantly oppose, militantly oppose -- militants is important -- new science,ut the bible, and society. >> at 10:00 p.m. eastern on real america, the 1989 documentary "island of tears." >> over 12 million men, women, and children, passed to these core doors -- core doors -- corridors. their -- treated traded their money for dollars. a saying their first american songs, experience the first american christmas and hanukkah. permission tor pass over to the new land. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, an interview

p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. state governors from across the country are gathering here in washington, d.c. this weekend for their annual winter meeting and throughout the day saturday, the national governors association will host panels to talk about jobs, the opioid crisis as well as the future of agriculture and food availability. c-span's live coverage begins tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern after "washington journal" on our companion network, c-span. >>> since 2011, an architect has been visiting and compiling a database of former slave dwellings in the united states. her interdisciplinary work includes architectural documentation, photography, interpretation and preservation of slave history. up next on american artifacts, we travel to southern virginia near the north carolina border to visit the former brandon plantation with joe b. hill and learn about her saving slave houses project. she's joined by several archaeologists and preservationists and a team from trimble, incorporated who came along to document

p.m. eastern straight up you can call it a melt up monday. after their worst week since 2016. look at the tao 483 points. it lost in last week's freefall. climbing their way out of territory it has been action-packed and unstable sometimes we have squandered everything that we have. we should tell you that we are awaiting sarah sanders and we are just told that she has more -- moved the conference from right now to about 29 minutes from now that's right 3:30 p.m. eastern and of course the wild rise in stocks in controversy already swirling plus a bloated white house budget plan that was just released. they are sure to be at least dominating those in the news conference. get ready for another wild ride. the treasury department is saying that on the very day that the white house just unveiled the 2019 budget plan and this cannot be good news. uncle sam is spending faster in 2019 then in 2018 then the wallet fattens up. right now this current fiscal year they just announced that in the first performance -- months of the fiscal year. the deficit widened 11% in this first quarter o

p.m. eastern on washington journal, our companion channel on c-span. >>> since 2011, architecture has been compiling a database of slave owner buildings. it includes photography and preservation of slave i history. up next on american artifacts we travel to southern virginia to the north carolina border to z visit the plantation to learn about joe b. hill and the slave p project. she is joined by several archaeologists and preservationist, and team of tremble incorporated who came along to have a series of 3d laser scans. >> we are here the to do laser scanning and documentation of a slave house that is here. this is part of a independent project that i am doing that is called saving slavehouses which is a database of all of the slavehouses in the united states. it is a acting as central depository of documentation and information about slave houses in the united states. i have partnered with turnbull which is the company that makes the survey equipment that i have used to do kind of the highest level of documentation that is available to us today which is 3d laser scanning. it is importan

p.m. eastern for today's white house briefing. sarah sanders is expected to answer questions about immigration, the budget proposal and the obstruction plan. watch that live over on c-span. and this is a live picture from the national portrait gallery here in washington. today the official portraits of former president barack obama and first lady michelle obama are being unveiled. now we're looking at the life picture in the former president and former first lady are expected to be at this unveiling. it hasn't officially begun yet but we're live from the ceremony over on our community network c-span. finally, during the later this afternoon when panelists will discuss the us government role in oversight of national security programs and spending. live coverage from the center for strategic and international studies begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern over on c-span3. >> tonight on "the communicators" from the consumer electronics show in las vegas. technology industry leaders discuss their latest development in artificial intelligence. >>

p.m. eastern but got word it's suddenly been moved again to 4:00 p.m. eastern. one hour from now, this, as a third white house staffer has just resigned. we're working the phones and yes, we will take her news conference with lots of news breaking there. >>> to your money, on the surface, sure, the markets show real resiliency at this hour. dow is up 234 points, s&p jumping as well, both have surged their way back into positive territory for the year. the nasdaq up 123 points. biggest percentage jump of all three, up nearly 2% here. if you scratch lightly beneath the surface of these numbers, we spotted hot lava bubbling up in the form of higher 10-year yield. look at this. it is spiking this afternoon. this morning when we were checking it, it was 2.89. then it jumped to 2.9. now it's at 2.916. it is up 8 basis points. so again, this same interest rate move to the upside is back in play, due to a piece of data we got. i'll get you more on that in a second. and one key industry to the administration's infrastructure plan could be calling it quits or saying we're

p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. they're gathering in washington, d.c. for their annual winter meeting and throughout the day saturday the national governor's association will host panels to talk about jobs and the opioid crisis as well as a future of agriculture and food availability. c-span's live coverage begins tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern after washington journal on our companion network c-span. located about a hundred miles from washington, d.c., on the eastern shore of the chesapeake bay the harriet tubman underground visitor center and up next the grounds and exhibits to learn about the civil war spy, and suffragist harriet tubman. >> welcome to the underground railroad state park. my name is ranger crenshaw and here we highlight harriet tubman's early years. she was born not three miles east of here in the town of madison and she spent a lot of time in this area as well as bucktown a few miles west of here. it was here in this area of dorchester county that she learned the skills vital to make her a successful conductor on the underground rail

p.m. eastern time. the national governors association meeting to discuss jobs, the opioid crisis, and the future of agriculture, at 10:00 eastern after washington journal. monday on c-span's landmark cases. we look at the supreme court .ate macola v maryland it solidified the ability to take actions not explicitly mentioned in the constitution and restricted state action against the use of its power. university of virginia law professor fara peterson and mark helen back. securing and nation. watch landmark cases live monday at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen with the c-span radio app. each case,und on order a copy of the landmark cases companion book, available landmark5 at c-span.org/ cases. there is a link on her website to the national constitution center's international -- interactive constitution. ahead of the governors association winter meeting this weekend, some of the nations governor held a briefing

p.m. eastern on washington journal, our companion channel on c-span. >>> since 2011, architecture has been compiling a database of slave owner buildings. it includes photography and preservation of slave i history. up next on american artifacts we travel to southern virginia to the north carolina border to z visit the plantation to learn about joe b. hill andhe

p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> earlier today, senate intelligence chair richrd byrd looked at biodefense issues and how we protect and ride rade yo logical or nuclear attack. this runs an hour and 0 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. if we can go ahead and take your seats, we'll get started in a moment. good morning, i'm the chief medical advisor of the bipartisan politics center and i want to welcome all of you to today's event entitled "budgeting for biodefense: are we prepared." our mission is to actively seek to combine the best ideas from both political parties to promote health, security, and opportunity for all americans. we drive principled and politically viable policy solutions through the power of analysis, negotiation, and advocacy. yesterday, former senators tom daschle and judd greg released a b.p.c. report outlining options for policymakers to optimize funding that supports the procurement of medical countermeasures needed in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear event. today we'll hear about the findings from this report and hear from experts from

p.m. eastern here on c-span3. tonight booktv is in prime time with a look at military biographies. retired lieutenant general daniel bulger interviews chuck hagel and his brother tom who are the focus of his book our year of war. then it's retired u.s. army captain flo groberg on his book eight seconds of courage. after that world war ii veteran jerry yellen recalls his bombing mission over japan in his book "the last fighter pilot" and later, author max boot is interviewed on his book "the road not taken," book tv all this week in prime time on c-span2. also today eric trump, son of president donald trump will address the annual conservative political action conference at maryland's national harbor. you can watch live coverage beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern and our companion network c-span, and join us tonight for more cpac with remarks from vice president mike pence. he spoke this morning to the conservative gathering. you can watch his full speech tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >>> sunday on c-span's q & a, duke divinity school professor and prosperity scholar kate bu

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. for background on each case, order a copy of the landmark cases companion book. it's available for $8.95 plus shipping and handling at c-span.org/landmark cases. for an additional resource there is a link on our website to the national center's interactive constitution. >> for nearly 20 years, in depth on book tv has featured the nation's best-known nonfiction writers for live conversations about their books. this year, as a special project, we are featuring best-selling fiction writers for our monthly program in doept fepth fiction edition. join us on march 4th with jeff shera whose novel was made into a motion picture. his most recent book is "the frozen hours." his other books include "the final storm," "to the last man" plus 11 more novels which recount the history of america from the revolution to the korean war. during the program, we will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook messages. our special series with author jeff shaara, march 4th from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on

p.m. eastern on cspan2. later today, the commission on security and cooperation in europe looks at the doping of russian@lights and t russian athletes. our live coverage begins at 3:30 p.m. eastern also on cspan2. >> monday, on c-span's landmark cases, we will look at the supreme court case, mccullough versus maryland, a case that solidified the government's ability to take action, not explicitly mentioned in the constitution and restricted state action. explore this case and the high court's ruling with university of virginia associate law professor, farrah peterson and mark killenbeck. watch "landmark cases" live monday at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the radio app. order a copy of the landmark companion's book. it is available for $8.95 at c-span.org/landmark cases. for an additional source, there is a link on our website to the national center's interactive constitution. >> next, thomas kidd on benjamin franklin's faith. he argued that franklin's exposure to skeptical writings underm

p.m. eastern on our come pain i don't know network c-span. state governors across the country gathering in washington, d.c. for the annual winter meeting and throughout the day saturday, the national governor association hosting panels to talk about jobs, opioid crisis and ago debris culture and food availability. on the companion network, c sp