p.m. eastern on american history tv, we explore the consequences of that day's events. >> american historyon c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, elizabeth and william of the university of virginia's now center for civil war history on their project, black virginians in blue. about african-american union soldiers fighting for emancipation. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, the university of california riverside professor catherine allgor on the american revolution and the early republic, and sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, the arrival of the reconstructed ship in yorktown, virginia, exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> on lectures in history, ken gormley teaches a class on the constitutional issues with richard nixon and gerald ford. he focuses on the watergate investigation and questions of control over nixon's secretly recorded white house tapes. as well as issues surrounding ford's pardon of nixon. they mov

p.m. eastern with a devote to limit minority at 5:30 p.m. eastern live coverage of the senate is on c-span2. tonight, communicators -- >> republicans and democrats attacking from all angles, antitrust trust one of them but they have coalesced on and trust laws, in order to go after tech companies but they will have a different reason for doing so even though they the same resolution. for democrat to be rude in a typical democrat animosity toward state businesses in general and shook them down to size that has this culture war against these technology companies in general where they perceive them as being biased against conservatives in a way a moderate content or culture so antitrust push is tied to the general feeling that tech companies are out to get them. >> watch the communicates with reason magazine visit ron on her recent article bipartisan antitrust crusade against big tech. tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> louisville, kentucky police chief erica talks about the impact of the covered pandemic on crime. revamping from loss prev

p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can also listen to it as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >> deputy defense secretary kathleen hicks testified on sexual assault in the military tuesday live at 2 p.m. eastern on c-span three. where you can listen on the free c-span radio app. >> next, president biden delivers remarks on voting rights. he said the united states is facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war and accused republicans of election subversion. from national constitution center in philadelphia, this is a little less than half an hour. [applause] pres. biden: that is an awful lot of friends out there, please take a seat if you have one. i used to be important, the chairman of the board of this place, and jeffrey rosen allowed me to do that, but thank you all for being here, i truly appreciate it. governor, mr. mayor, i thought you are a great mayor, still think you are with your judgment is even stronger, but all of you, my good friend. al sharpton, how are you, pal? it

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p.m. eastern. we'll have live coverage here on c-span. >> saturday on "the communicators" -- >> what i'm talking about is repression. the ways information and communications technologies are being used to further autocratic political agendas. so pacecally the ways in which technology is being used to -- via coercion and other means to accomplish political goals, particularly for those leaders who aren't democratic. who have anti-democratic aspirations. >> watch "the communicators" with steven feld steen, senior fellow at the carnegie endowment, author of "the rise of digital repression," saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> sunday night on "q&a," a look at american presidents through the lens of the books they've written with journalist and historian craiger ifman. >> the story has often been, you saw it in the piercing quote that kennedy's father was the one pulling the strings behind the scenes. that's not true. jack kennedy wanted that pulitzer prize. he told one historian, i'd rather win

p.m. eastern on lectures in history in the university professor felix harcourt teaches a class on the role ufo conspiracy theories have a american culture. and on sundays at booktv features leading authors discussing their latest books. on sunday on booktv at 8 p.m. eastern on "after words" economist dambisa moyo offers an and insider you on corporate boards in her book on boards were and how they can work better in a chaotic world. then at 9 p.m. best-selling author james patterson and former president bill clinton discuss their thriller the presidency daughter about the direction of a a former u.s. presidents daughter by terrorists. watch american history tv every saturday and booktv every sunday on c-span2. >> and now on booktv from the virginia festi

p.m. eastern. wednesday night, on book tv, on "c-span2", space travel, we start with the book, virgin galactic's in the making of a modern astronaut. in the author of liftoff, elon musk in the desperate early days launched space x and the conversation on the book, shuttle houston, my life in the center seat a mission control. tv starts wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "c-span2". ... ... it doesn't get any newer than this, it's an exciting book, the indispensable's. i do want to mention one upcoming programs, richard stbernstein in his new book, the education of john adams. it's an exciting event,, please consider joining us wednesday night. live from the reading room here in mount vernon, the official launch of patrick o'donnell's new book the indispensable's subtitle diverse marine to shape the country and maybe in broke washington across the delaware. we have a number of autographed copies going out to people who submitted questions, who got exciting questions wind up. let us know what you want

p.m. eastern on c-span. c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >> arkansas senator tom cotton, a possible 2024 republican presidential candidate spoke at an event by the new hampshire republican party. he talked about the coronavirus, immigration and u.s. southern border critical race theory. [applause] >> thank you again and we will get moving right away so we can hear from our key speakers. just to tell you a few things about senator tom cotton, u.s. senator from arkansas and serves on the armed services judiciary and intelligence community. he is a generation arkansas -- how do you say that? one and race on his family'sle cattle farm he graduated from darnell high school before graduating from harvard andva harvard law school. september 11 terror attack occurred during his final year in moscow leading him to decide to join the military after clerking and private practice, draining as an infantry officer. he served in iraq, afghanistan and arlington national cemetery. in 2012, he was elected to the

p.m. eastern on lectures in history. the university of california riverside professor on the lives of women during the american revolution and the early republic. sunday on american artifacts, the arrival of the reconstructed friendship, as the 18th century port of yorktown, virginia, designed after the french vessel that brought the major general back to the united states in 1780. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> book tv on c-span2 has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern, on after words, the former xerox ceo, the first black female ceo of a fortune 500 company, on american business and the corporate world. she is interviewed by the amazon senior vice president. sunday, live at noon eastern on in-depth, join our to hour conversation with pulitzer prize-winning author and historian annette gordon reed as she talks about american presidents, slavery, and emancipation. her prize-winning books include the hemmingses of monticello. sh

p.m. eastern, on american artifacts, a french vessel. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> on may 31st, 1921, tensions over the arrest of a young black man for his interactions with a white woman led to an armed mob of white men marching on the predominantly african-american greenwood district in tulsa, oklahoma. over the next day, the neighborhood known as black wall street was burned to the ground and hundreds of african-americans were killed. up next, the great granddaughter of a massacre survivor discusses the events of 100 years ago and the steps she believes are needed for tulsa to heal. this talk is part of a national symposium held by the john hope franklin center for reconciliation. they provided the video. >> as you may know, i am the great granddaughter of mary e. jones parrish. the first person to write an eyewitness account about the 1921 tulsa race massacre. my great grandmother was a journalist and a writer. she was also a teacher. so she was well versed in the literary arts.

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p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >>> 60 years ago on april 17th, 1961, there was a failed invasion at cuba's bay of pigs. next on reel america, a compilation from the 1959 cuban revolution through end of april 1961. the chronology reveals how initial enthese. i can't for fidel castro turned to skepticism, then opposition . ♪♪ >> cuba's if i had. he castro emerged triumphant against the battista regime. it began with castro, a fugitive, practically alone, thanning with 82 followers to be wiped out by government forces. ended with the fight of dictator batista and the entry into havana of rebel forces to be claimed by the city. ♪♪ the forces of castro's 26th of july movement named for the anniversary of his first attack on the regime in 1953 have grown vastly, captured army weapons. nearly two years aimed at toppling the government culminated in victory as 1958 ended. castro led an all-out government offensive with a counterattack. and in the battle of santa clara won the crucial victory. batista resigned to prevent more bloodshed, and fled the country. his departure touched

p.m. eastern, here on american history tv on c-span3. >>> 60 years ago, exiled forces backed by the cia mounted a failed invasion at cuba's bay of pigs. next, a compilation of news reels from the january 1959 revolution through the end of april 1961. it reveals how enthusiasm for castro turned to skepticism, then opposition as the island nation allied with the soviet union and china. ♪♪ >> from his hold in the mountains, fidel castro emerged triumphant after two years of warfare against the regime. the revolution ended with the fight and entry into havana of rebel forces. the forces of castro's 26th of july movement, named for the anniversary of his first attack on the regime in 1953, have grown fastly. their power enlarged by captured and surrendered army weapons. nearly two years of warfare culminated in victory at 1958 ended. the departure touched off rejoicing. at first, the celebration was peaceful. shouting and cheering crowds surged through the city. then the temper changed and an ugly mob ran through the streets. its target, the symbols of the overthrow regime. now a new leader is on th

p.m. eastern on "c-span2". >> book tv, on "c-span2" has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, former xerox ceo ursula burns, the first black female ceo of a fortune 500 company on american business in the corporate world. she is interviewed by amazon senior vice president alicia boulder davis, and senate live at noon eastern on in-depth, join our two hour conversation with pulitzer prize-winning author and historian, annette gordon. she talked about americans presence, slavery and emancipation enterprise willing books including lemmings of monticello and her latest book, on juneteenth. miss gordon reed will be taking your calls, facebook comments and e-mails and tweets. watch book tv, on "c-span2" this weekend. >> you may have heard aboutur unemployment fraud during covid-19 and unemployment money being stolen and we are going to talk about that next with her guest joining us, with risk solutions and the government division it ceo and joining us to talk ab

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p.m. eastern on the civil war.elizabeth and william of the university of virginia's now center for civil war history on their project, black virginians in blue about african-american union soldiers fighting for emancipation on lectures in history, university of california riverside professor, on the lives of women during the american revolution and the early republic. and sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts on the french ship at the 18th century port of yorktown, virginia. designed for the french vessel in 1780. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> on may 31st, 1921, tensions over the arrest of a young black man for his interactions with a white woman led to an armed mob of white men marching on the predominantly african-american greenwood district in tulsa, oklahoma. over the next day, the neighborhood known as black wall street was burned to the ground and hundreds of african-americans were killed. up next, the great granddaughter of a massacre survivo

p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> weekends on c-span2 brings you the best in american history and nonfiction books saturdays american history tv explores the nation's past. coming up saturday at 3 p.m. eastern on oral history, iraq war veteran michael schlitz recalls his expenses in the war including the date his vehicle was hit by an ied and his road to recovery. at 8 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, emory university professor felix harcourt teaches a a class on the road ufo conspiracy 37 shaping american culture. changes in public opinion about extraterrestrials often parallel societal anxieties. and on sundays booktv features leading authors discussing their latest books. on sunday on booktv at 8 p.m. eastern on "after words," economist dambisa moyo offers and insider the you on corpe boards in her book how boards work and how they can work better in a chaotic world. .. >> next missouri republican senator josh hawley gives his thoughts

p.m. eastern on lectures in history. university of california riverside professor catherine allgore on the lives of women during the american revolution and the early republic. sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, the revival of the reconstructed french ship at the 18th century port of yorktown, virginia, designed after the french vessel that brought major general lafayette back to the united states in 1780. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >> at noon on august 9th, 1974 president richard nixon resigned his office and vice president gerald ford was immediately sworn in during a solemn ceremony in the white house. next on real america a time to heal gerald ford's america shown daily at the president gerald r. ford presidential library and museum, this film tells the life story of the michigan republican.

p.m. eastern, right here on c-span. this sunday, c-span premieres january 6, views from the house. 14 members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard, and experienced that day, including oklahoma republican markwayne mullin. he told us about his conversation with a police officer who fatally shot a woman in the capital. >> i don't know for effect, but i guarantee you he never had a pulled weapon in a manner like that before. he was the last person in the world who ever want to do use force like that, and and he was not one to do that. i know for a fact because after it happened, it was physically and emotionally distraught, and i gave him a hug and i said sir, you did what you had to do. unfortunately, the young lady, her family's life has changed, and it is an unfortunate situation that she lost her life and some people lost their loved ones. it is the first time you ever had to use lethal force -- that does not ever leave you. it was not his choice. he did not show up to work today to have to do that. he was

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p.m. eastern on c-span.e at c-span.org or you can listen on the free c-span radio app. >> saturday on the communicators. >> the white house to cite the technology policy under obama and trump and under president biden, -- that they believe in the future of artificial intelligence and self-driving and all these great technologies that are coming down, it is going to make our lives better. as much as we say about the white house, are we talking about the president or the people that do policy to get things done. i have to say, the last two administrations, we had terrific people with a consistent policy agenda. host: president -- >> president and ceo of the technology association talks about major tech policy, including online free speech, antitrust and broadband access. on the communicators, saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ >> weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday, you will find events and people that explore our nation's past on american history tv. on sunday, but tv brings

p.m. eastern. and a view on corporate boards in the book how boards work and how they can work better in a chaotic world. at 9 p.m. best selling author james patterson and former president bill clinton discusses the book, about the abduction of a u.s. president by terrorists. watch every sunday on c-span2. >> c-span shop.org is c-span's on-line store. here is a collection of products. browse to see there. and go to c-span shop.org. and now on book tv from the virginia festival of the book in charlottesville, alex macgillis and amelia pang about the downside of our internet driven global economy. >> alec macgillis, fulfillment, winning and losing one click in america, the recipient of the george polk award and tanner prize and others. the author of "the cynic", amelia pang author of "made in

p.m. eastern on american history tv. we explore the consequences of that day's events. >> american history tv on c-span3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, on the civil war, elizabeth varon and william kurtz of the university of virginia's now september for civil war history on their project black virginians in blue about african-american union soldiers fighting for emancipation. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, university of california riverside professor, katherine allgore on the lives of women during the american revolution and the early republic. and sunday, at 6:00 p.m. eastern, on american artifacts, the arrival of the reconstructed french ship at the 18th century port of yorktown, virginia, designed after the french vessel that brought major general lafayette back to the united states. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> at noon on august 9th, 1974, president richard nixon r

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p.m. eastern on c-span. george terwilliger served as the deputy journey -- deputy attorney general for the bush-cheney. he's a partner of mcguire woods. we will talk about election integrity. can you go back to the year 2000 and the role you played in the recount and what it taught you about issues of election integrity. guest: i would be glad to. the issue in the recount as it evolved over time was really, what is a valid vote? much different question than some of the issues that exist today. a vote is really a form of human occasion. where a person -- a form of communication. where a person communicates in confidence. if that communication is unclear for some reason, then what really florida boiled down to is the necessity of having objective criteria and equal criteria by which that communication would be interpreted and judged. in that case, there were of course the use of punchcard ballots in some of the contested counties and every time the punchcard is put through the recount process in a machine, it

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p.m. eastern on american artifacts, the arrival of the reconstructed french ship hermion designed after the french vessel that brought major general lafayette back to the united states in 1780. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> on june 13th 1971 the "new york times" began publishing the pentagon papers a classified history of the vietnam war. this event subsequently led to the creation of a special investigative unit in the nixon white house, which became known as the plumbers. author michael dobbs formerly of the "washington post" has written a book tilktsed king richard, which takes a look at that special unit were eventually resulted in the resignation of the united states. 50 years later, writer dobbs focuses on that time in our history, an event that is well-known today as watergate. >> michael dobbs on this episode of book notes plus, listen at c-span dot org/podcast or whenever you guilty your podcasts. >>> journalist and author cameron mcwhirter and his for yan saje mathieu discuss what's known as the red summer of 1919 racial unvio

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p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. ♪ >> and now, a hearing on managingpace traffic and avoiding collisions with debris. the senate commerce subcommittee on space and science use testimony on the increase in space junk, security to prevent attacks and space and escalation of private industry in space travel. this is 90 minutes. chair: calling this meeting to order. please be seated. good gracious. it should be us standing for you. you should all be aware of several things. one, even though there is not a committee room of people that you can see that is full, we are zooming this to a majority of the commerce committee, which is a large committee. there is a staff member for every commerce committee member, and every senator watching, not to mention millions watching at home. [laughter] or not. i should give fair warning, this is my first committee hearing that i get to chair as the chair of the space and science subcommittee of the commerce committee. so you will have to take your own risks with that. when they told me i was going to get to chair this com

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p.m. eastern on c-span -- 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. british prime minister boris johnson addressed the government's plan to ease covid-19 restrictions beginning on july 19. he also gave an update on vaccination efforts. his remarks, from earlier today. >> we now come to questions. >> mr. speaker, today marks the 16th anniversary of the 7/7 london bombings. we remember the a 52 innocent people who lost their lived and those uninjured and pay tribute to the city's emergency services for their heroic response. i'm sure the whole house wishes to join me in sending condolences to u.k.'s first black female police officer who died earlier this week. she was a u.k.'s first black-- the u.k. 's first black police officer. i'm sure colleagues will also want to join he in wishing the english football team the best of luck. [inaudible] in the final against denmark. i had meetings with others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i will have such meetings later today. thank you, mr. speaker. >> prime minister, we hear a great deal in this pla

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