p.m. eastern and c-span. . jkéíf has reset relations with russia, though that remains a work in progress.nd has handled relations with china. and, as we will hear, has evolved a sound response to the historic change in the middle east. the u.s. has deep political, economic, and moral interests in the outcome of the arab awakening. the fact the awakening has produced a free elections in countries like tunisia and libya, while it is challenging, it raises new challenges of its own. how will parties governed? what steps will they take to protect individual rights, including those of women and religious minorities and what can be done to reduce sectarian violence? the state department's report on religious freedom, and we have ambassador cook with us today, that report which was released today examines many of these issues and is the theme of the secretary's remarks. no one who has followed her career over decades in doubt that secretary clinton as a personal commitment to freedom of expression and human rights that runs deep and strong in her veins. her intelligence and willingness to speak

future and to sustain a peaceful and cooperative international order. >> you can see the secretary's full remarks from the u.s. institute of peace at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> sopa and pipa are dead. i think that that that's pretty clear that the effort that was undertaken there ran into a lot of controversy, a lot of miscommunications and so i think those bills are not coming back again this year or any year for that matter. >> co-chair of the congressional internet caucus and virginia republican bob good latte on the prospects of anti-piracy legislation tonight at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span 2. >>> next, tea party activist and former naacp texas chapter president c.l. bryant discusses why he left the democratic party to become a conservative. he was at this event, part of the annual leadership program of the rockies to show his movie entitled "runaway slave." this is about 50 minutes. matt kibbe is the president and ceo of freedom works and has been with citizens for a sound economy for over 15 years, an economist by training, matt kiby is a well-respected national public policy expert, best selling author and political commentator.

and elon musk. it starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> for a very specific reason, want to focus on two men in my life who were at my graduation and i know they would like to be here today but for reasons i will mention later, they could not make the trip. these two men are my dad and my grandfather. they taught me what it means to be a man. they both are these outrageous spirits with the corn is jokes imaginable and they would show up to my graduation and both of them would be a stereophonic bad joke teller machine as they would way into may. my grandfather would sidle up to me and say, the tassel is worth the hassle. course, he would look for the program and say i see you're not magna cum laude, thank you come lawdy, i'm out of here. >> will have discussions on the statue of leadliberty. it all starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> vice president joe biden and his wife spoke tuesday to the annual meeting of the national education association, the nation's largest labor union. on monday, the association's president called on memb

c-span.org/history. watch american artifacts every sunday at 8 a.m., 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> this july 4th on c-span 3 it is 24 hours of american history tv. we're usually seen on the weekends providing eyewitness accounts, historic tours, lectures and discussions with authors, historians and teachers. you can visit our with bs to see our weekend schedule and learn more about our programs. today we're marking the by sentinel of the war of 1812. up next we hear from anthony pitch. for the next half hour he talks about his book the burning of washington, the british invasion of 1814 and answers questions from callers. >> you're looking at a dress belonging to first lady dolly madison that is thought to have been made from the red velvet curtains she saved from the white house as british troops advanced on washington. this is american history tv on c-span 3 where we're taking your calls and comments on the war of 1812. we want to open up the phone lines with a reminder the numbers for those of you on the east coast and the central time zones. 202-737-0001. in the mountain

and into our capital city. >> question time airs live on c-span 2 every wednesday morning. and again on sunday nights at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. watch any time online at c-span.org. two live events on c-span 3 tomorrow. general keith alexander will talk about cybersecurity threats. followed by the house rules committee, they're holding a meeting to look at repealing president obama's healthcare law. that bill is expected to be on the house floor on tuesday. live coverage of markup is on at 5:00 eastern on c-span 3. senator rob portman spoke. he said he plans no plans to meet with mitt romney. the senator is said to be the so called short list of candidates for vice president that mr. romney is considering. in his half hour news conference senator portman criticizing the economic leadership of president obama and contrast the federal healthcare law to the one passed in massachusetts under mitt romney. smart portman currently serves as the ohio chair of the ohio campaign. >> it's agreed to be here in new hampshire. a classic point state where as chairman donald said it's a dead heat between the two candida

and he long must -- elon musk. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> we had pulled into the spot

and the teaching profession. our live coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> today, the cato institute hosts a discussion on the supreme court decision on the health care law. panels will discuss the scope of constitutional law and the future of health care. live coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> during a recent hearing before the house financial services subcommittee, home appraisers told regulators that increased regulations have contributed to a drop in home prices. in this two-hour hearing, members of the committee examined how the dodd-frank law has affected the housing appraisals process. >> this hearing of the subcommittee on insurance housing and community opportunity will come to order. opening statements will be made part of the record and without objection, all members' opening statements will be made part of the record. i will yield myself as much time as i may consume for an opening statement. good morning. i want to welcome our witnesses. today's hearing is entitled appraisal oversight, the regulatory impact on consumer and b

p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. you're watching american history tv, where this july 4th, we're marking the bicentennial of the war of 1812. up next, we hear from nicole eustace. for the next half hour she talks about her book, "1812, war and the passions of patriotism" and answers questions from callers. >> joining us in the studio here at american history tv, for the war of 1812, nicole eustace, a history professor at new york university and the author of "1812, the war and the passion of patriotism." thanks for joining us today. >> thank you so much for having me, bill. it aps pleasure to be here. >> you write in the book that the war needs to be considered as much a cultural event as much as a military event. what do you mean by that? >> one of the things that's quite fascinating about this war that makes it truly significant in american history is that it's the first war which was formally declared through a constitutional process. in the history of the united states and depending how you define it in the histo

and to sustain a peaceful and cooperative international order. >> you can see the full marks at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> sopa and pipa are dead. that is pretty clear that the effort that was undertaken there ran into a lot of controversy, this communication, and so i think those bills are not coming back again this year or any year, for that matter. >> bob goodlatte on prospects for anti-piracy legislation in the next congress and other issues, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> congress on its recess, we're featuring "book tv" in prime time. "the impossible state," "private empire," and a book looking at the nobel peace prize. now david cameron returns to the house of commons after attending last week's summit with european leaders to discuss the debt crisis. years from the 27-member european union agreed on measures to assist struggling economies like spain and italy. this is an hour, 20 minutes. >> mr. prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the whole house will be deeply saddened by the debt of three british servicemen in afghanistan yesterday's. the perpetrator is in custody and we will

p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> senator apartment that he has no plans to meet with mitt romney while in new england. he will serve them in any way he can. he is said to be on the short list of candidates for vice president that mr. romney is considering. in this half hour news conference he criticizes the economic leadership of president obama and contrasts the federal help call lahealth care law. he served as the a high a chairman for the romney campaign. this was hosted by the new hampshire republican state committee in congress. >> it is great to be here in new hampshire. there is a dead heat between the two candidates. did you say they gave them a suggestion that it is a strong suggestion. i think mitt romney will run very well here. bulks know who he is. -- folks know who he is. he is a governor who inherited a $3 billion deficit and turned it around to a $2 billion rainy day fund, a surplus, working with a democratic legislature. he was able to cut taxes 19 times. he was able to show leadership as an executive. that is what we desperately need right now. with your leadership he

c-span 3. and on c-span 2, watch some of book tv's weekend programs in prime time. tonight a look at american journalism starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. christopher daley covering america captures the culture of journalism and major news events. at 9:0055, timothy gay tells the story through the eyes of five reporters and at 11:10, jeff draws on post memos and correspondents and photographs and private interviews and book television and prime time all week on c-span 2. this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend. 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. the senate judiciary committee held a hearing looking at racial profiling in the u.s. specifically state immigration laws in alabama and arizona, law enforcement against african-americans and efforts that target american muslims. the hearing also examined proposed solutions and witnesses include senator ben cardin of maryland who introduced legislation called the end racial profi

p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. and for more information go to c-span.org, click on c-span series for prime minister's questions, plus links to international news media and legislatures around the world. you can watch recent video including programs given with other international issues. >> this weekend on booktv, growing up in the shadows and secrets of the rocky flats nuclear weapon facility. >> she saw the dominoes start to fall during this time. by 1979 she was a full-fledged opposition to carter and what she saw a car tourism, that appeasement and particularly crucial in this respect in 1979 she saw the fall of the shaw and the fall of others in nicaragua from a couple of lacerating experiences for her and people like her. >> the political woman behind the reagan cold war doctrine sunday night at nine, and that 10, marine sniper and author of job had -- all part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney held accountable meeting yesterday where he told the president the

saturdays at 8:00 a.m., sundays at 3:00 p.m., and mondays at 4:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> all weekend american history tv is joining our media comcable partner in jefferson city, missouri, to showcase its rich history. to lrn more about our local content vehicles and our 2012 tour, visit c-span.org/local content. we now continue with our rook at jefferson city. this is american history tv on c-span 3. >>> this is not our first state capital here in jefferson city. this is actually our third one. what makes it unique from other state capitols, we only used the resources found in missouri to create it, and we didn't use wood in the construction of the building because of the fear of fire, but all the walls, the outside, this is all carthage marble from missouri. it's not a true marble. it's a limestone. the big pride is that all these materials are from missouri. world war i was type of and going on during this time frame, and there's building that did cost about $3.5 million to create the building, and the people in missouri had to buy bonds to actually build this. th

and encourage growth. join us live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. ngress returns this week with the senate gambling in tomorrow to discuss a judicial nomination and campaign finance disclosure. live coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. and the house is back on tuesday on the agenda. the 2013 defense spending bill and a request to the white house on how sequestration is applied. live coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> immigrations and customs enforcement director john martin testified about u.s. immigration policy last week. he talked about border security and cooperative agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies, such as the secure communities program. it also answered questions about the supreme court arizona immigration ruling. this is just over one hour. >> the meeting will come to order. the said committee is meeting today to examine how the department of homeland security can better leverage state and local partnerships through programs like safe and secure communities. john morton, director of immigra

c- span. later tomorrow, secretary of state hillary clinton idelivers a speech on international religious freedom. live coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. >> governor and mrs. romney, distinguished, honored guests, friends of jerusalem, today is the ninth day of the jewish month of at. a day when jews around the world mourned the destruction of to terrorism -- of jerusalem and a long line of tragedies that have befallen our people throughout history. as we conclude this day of fasting and prayer, we welcome new to a renewed, united, and thriving jerusalem, the heart and soul and the eternal capital of the jewish people in the state of israel. [applause] since its reunification in 1967, and after 2000 years, jerusalem has again become a desired destination for over 3.5 billion, p seeking tourists. israel has ensured the freedom of religion and friedman -- freedom of movement as never before for all faiths. we are grateful to you, governor romney, for taking time out of your busy schedule in the final months before the election to bring a message of friendship and support from the american people to the people of isra

and at 10:00 p.m. eastern, vanderbilt professor richard blackett details how a fugitive slave planned and executed escapes to canada, mexico and the caribbean. american history tv in prime time tonight here on c-span 3. >>> and on c-span 2 we've been featuring some of "book tv" weekend programs in prime time. tonight our conversation with pulitzer prize winner and best-selling novelist anna quindlen on "in-depth." it's "book tv" in primetime, all this week on c-span 2. >>> this weekend head to the state capitol named in honor of thomas jefferson with "book tv" and american history tv in jefferson city, missouri, saturday at noon eastern, literary life with book tv on c-span 2. former senator and missouri first lady jean carnahan on family life inside the governor's mansion from her book "if walls could talk." also a butcher's bill, a business contract, a provision's list from ancient mesopotamia to the university of missouri special collections, the stories behind eight miniature babylonian clay tablets, and sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv -- >> at one time in 1967 this was called the bloodiest 47 achers in america. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri stat

and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> next weekend, head to the state capital named in honoromas jefferson in jefferson city, missouri. literary life with book tv on c-span 2, former senator of missouri and first lady gene carnahan. if walls could talk, also a provisions list for the university of missouri's special collection. the stories behind eight miniature babylonian clay tablets on american history tv. >> at one time in

and elon musk. it is all starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, head to the state capital named in honor thomas jefferson with book tv and american history and tv in jefferson city, missouri. a butcher's bill, a business contract, provisions less from ancient mesopotamia to the university of missouri special collection, the stories behind eight miniature babylonian clay tablets. and sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv -- 9 >> at one time, 1967, this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. former warden takes you through the state penitentiary. once a month, c-span is local content vehicle explores the history of literary life of cities across america. this weekend, from jefferson city, saturday and noon and sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2 and c-span 3. >> next, a panel of journalists who covered the supreme court discuss the courts just- completed term. over the next hour and 40 minutes, they examine the court's decision on health care and other cases. >> i am the legal director of the aclu and an ama

and cooperative international order. >> you can see the secretary's full remarks from the u.s. institute of peace at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> this weekend head to the state capital in honor of thomas jefferson saturday at noon eastern. former senator and missouri first lady on family life inside the governor's mansion from her book. >> p at one time in 1967, this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> a former warden takes you through a pententiary. this weekend pfrom jefferson ciy on c-span 2 and 3. >>> next, young female activists speak out about their efforts to advance womens issues. among the speaker was sandra fluke who was criticized by rush limbaugh for her views on women's reproductive rights. also was an msnbc speaker. this was part of the national organization for women held in baltimore. it runs just over an hour. >> a grant of $5,000 to support workshops devoted to the discussion of organizing women workers. the strengthening of unions and young activists. please give a round of applause. [ applause ] >> who is excited about this topic? who is excited that the mic sounds better? i'm excited. let'

c-span 3. and on c-span 2, watch some of book tv's weekend programs in primetime. tonight, a look at american journalism starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. christopher daly in his book "covering america" captures major news events. at 9:55, timothy gay tells the story of the war against hitler through the cr eyes of reporter. book tv in primetime all week on c-span 2. >>> this weekend, head to the state capitol named in honor of thomas jefferson with book tv and american history tv in jefferson city, missouri. saturday at noon eastern, literary life with book tv on c-span 2. former senator and missouri first lady on family life inside the the governor's mansion from her book "if walls could talk." also, a butcher's bill, a business contract, a provisions list from ancient times to the university of missouri's special collections. the stories behind eight miniature babylonian clay tablets. >> at one time in 1967 this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> a former warden takes you through the historic missouri state penitentiary. also, walk back through history in the halls of the missouri state capitol and governor's mansion.

and 10:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> next weekend head to the state capitol named in of thomas jefferson with american history tv in jefferson city, missouri. saturday at noon eastern, literary life on jeanne karn han from her book "if walls could talk." and sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. >>> at one time in 1967 this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in

and elon musk. it all starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-spanhad pulled into a refill of 9:30 and had more the ship to appear in the harbor. . >> the former commanding officer on the uss cole. i was turned back to my desk doing routine paperwork. there was a thunderous explosion. you could feel all 505 feet and 80 -- 800 tons of destroyer thrust up and to the right. it was like we seemed to hang for a second in the air and this ship was doing three-dimensional twisting in the came back in the water and lights went out and ceiling tiles popped out everything on my desk lifted up about a foot fence -- and dropped down for it i grabbed the underside of my desk until the ship stopped moving. >> more with the former commander at 8:00 on sunday on cspan's "q &a." >> "washington journal" continues. majorwe're joined now by general david berger from helmand province in afghanistan. there is a bed of a delay if you call in. thank you for being with us, sir. what is your job? guest: i am here in helmund and my job is to command marine ground forces here i

c-span 3. tonight, we look at african-americans resistance to slavery starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the life and escape of former slave, robert smalls, who served south carolina in the u.s. house of representatives. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, vanderbilt professor richard blackette details how fugitive slaves planned and executed escapes to canada, mexico and the caribbean. american history tv in prime time tonight here on c-span 3. on c-span 2, we have been featuring some of book tv's weekend programs in prime time. tonight, our conversation with pulitzer prize winner and best-selling novelist, anna quindlen on in depth. book tv in prime time all this week on c-span 2. >> we had pulled in for the refueling that morning around 9:30. we had moored the ship to a pier. >> the former commander of the "uss cole" on the events surrounding the al qaeda attack that left 37 injured and 13 dead. >> at 11:18 in the morning there was a thunderous explosion. you could feel all 505 feet and 80,000 tons of destroyer thrust up and to the right. it almost seemed we were hanging in the air for a for a second. we came

and 10:00 p.m. eastern. here on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> each week american history tv sits in on a lecture with one of the nation's college professors. you can watch the classes here every saturday at 8:00 p.m. and midnight eastern and sundays at 1:00 p.m. this week, columbia law school professor nathaniel persily looks at the history of redistricting and gerrymandering in the united states. professor persily discusses the origin of the term gerrymandering in the early 1800s and the use of redistricting by political parties and incumbents to protect and advance their interests. he also talks about more racially charged redistricting fights such as the 1960 gomillion v. lightfoot supreme court case in which the court found a district had been created to disenfranchise black voters. that case helped lead to the 1965 voting rights act outlawing discriminatory voting practices. columbia law school is located in new york city. this is a little over an hour. >> we're going to continue our discussion of redistricting law. last time we dealt with one person, one vote. we'll review those, and we'll also

and 6:00 p.m. on eastern -- eastern on c-span. >> trip was about those men and women who are almost mortally injured in war, who, because of the huge advances in medical trauma treatment over the last 10 years, and up being saved. an incredible number of them are being saved. almost everybody who falls on the battlefield is being saved. i wanted to write about what life was like for these people. i started off with the question, having seen some people who were pretty gruesomely maimed, or would it be better off if they were dead? do they wish they were dead? >> in "beyond the battlefield, " his 10-part pulitzer-winning series, and the subsequent book, david would spoke to veterans and families, as well as surgeons, combat veterans, and nurses on those severely wounded in combat operations. learn more sunday at 8 on "quq &a" >> of the colorado theatre shooting is the topic of both weekly addresses. we will first hear from president obama, and then from republicans, with comments by house speaker john boehner. >> as many of you know, early on friday, at least 12 people were killed when a gunman opene

eastern. and here on c-span 3 tonight, american history tv in prime time, oral history interviews with key congressional staff who are charged with investigating president nixon beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern. francis o'brien, chief of staff of the house judiciary committee, chair in 1974, and at 10:00 p.m., bernard nussbaum, senior member of the committee during the investigation. it's american history tv in prime time. that's all this week on c-span 3. we're live again at the washington convention center awaiting the start of the national education association's annual meeting and remarks from vice president biden and his wife, jill. live pictures from the washington convention center, waiting for the national education association's annual meeting to get under way this morning. attendees will be hearing remarks from vice president joe biden. he'll be joined by his wife, jill. she is a professor at a college in northern virginia. the two will be introduced by the president of the nea. yesterday, he urged members of the nea to re-elect president obama. we expect this to start in just a moment. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome nea president dennis van rokel, dr. jill biden

c-span 3. tonight, we look at african-americans' resistance to slavery starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the life and escape of former slave robert smalls, who served south carolina in the u.s. house of representatives. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, vanderbilt professor richard blackette details how fugitive slaves planned and executed escapes to canada, mexico and the caribbean. american history tv in prime time tonight here on c-span 3. on c-span 2 we have been featuri featuring book tv's programs in prime time. tonight, anna quindlen "in depth." >> this is c-span 3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> a dispute between napa county, california, and a local indian tribe came to congress recently when both sides testified at a hearing on the recognition of tribes by the federal government. the tribe is suing the government to have its federal recognition restored,

p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> on tuesday a former ambassador to afghanistan said the u.s. is hurting its own cause by not projecting an image of steadiness in the country. ron newman spoke at the brookings institution along with u.s. aid is presented a list of u.s. accomplishments in energy and how. this is about 90 minutes. >> good morning. welcome to brookings. thank you for coming out on the third of july in these difficult times of commuting and the weather. we appreciate your commitment to the afghan mission. we appreciate a commitment of the two gentlemen here and the men and women in uniform and civilian the time here. i am from brookings. we will spend the next 90 minutes talking about national development and the ongoing state of his agency's efforts and the carter mission in afghanistan. the way we will proceed is that alex will speak with some prepared remarks. then we will have a panel discussion and ultimately go with you. let me say a few words about these two remarkable testament. first, ron. he had a broken leg and rest. he thought through and continued his

and see where we can go with this. host: you can watch that tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. at 6:00 p.m. eastern time and find it on c-span and listen to it on cspan radio. we are asking you how you would get city budgets under control. her pension is a place to look for health care programs? the city of scranton is attempting to cut back city workers' pay to minimum wage. here are the numbers to call -- we have a pennsylvanian on the line from mechanics per, independent. caller: thanks for taking my call. you mentioned pennsylvania and scranton is interesting. i live close to the harrisburg capital. they have the same problem. they have run a budget deficit for 20-30 years. they say the city is $1.5 billion in the red. they have even done audits and i cannot figure out the problems that has created -- that has been created. how should we controlled his budget deficits? we need politicians and the minister izard -- and administrators at all levels understand -- need to understand that they need to do what needs to be done. it is not easy just handing out money they don't have. we need to replace some of the politicians wh

p.m. eastern. a session also on health -- and state health insurance exchanges. on c-span 3, a look at efforts to improve state education from the center of american progress at 9:30 eastern. in 45 minutes, the conversation on the economy, taxes, and politics. later, the new defense of numbers on americans with disabilities. plus, your calls, e-mails, and tweets on "washington

and he long must -- elon musk. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> we had pulled into the spot that morning. >> the former commanding officer of the u.s.s. cole on the events surrounding al qaeda's october 2attacks. >> i was doing routine paperwork when there was a thunderous explosion. you could feel all 505 feet and 8,400 tons of destroyer thrown up to the right. it is like the home in the air while the ship was doing this three dimensional twisting. we came back down in the water. lights went out. ceiling tiles came and popped out. everything on my desk lifted up a foot and slammed back down. i grabbed the underside of my desk until the ship stopped moving and i could stand up. >> more with lippold at 8:00 p.m. on sunday. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this week, we have a spotlight on foreign news operations. we kick things off on monday with al jazeera. yesterday, we heard from which a vella -- deutsche welle. today, we looked voice of america, which funds and as the official -- functions as the official place for broadcast outside

eastern and at 6:00 p.m. on c-span. also available on line at www. c-span.org. and today marks the second anniversary of the dodd-frank wall rereform act. and oun this serkt birthday we're joined with financial times reporter. first describe for us the biggest impact the law has been for sort of the average household consumer over the past two years. guest: i would say probably the biggest impact thing that most people can see most readily would be the consumer financial protection bureau. this is the agency that was solely created to protect borrowers from abusive lenders. and it's the first time there's ever been a federal agency solely dedicated to the purpose. in the past it was relegated to bank regulators. now there's this one agency they're looking at everything from the credit bureaus who have our histories to looking at mortgage lending, credit cards, overdraft fees on your bank accounts. student loans and the rest. that probably would be the most easy thing to identify for the average household. >> and that board that got set up has only been around for

on the 2012 campaign and the issues affecting voters and the impact of social media during the campaign. that is today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. former president bill clinton was the keynote speaker at this week's international aids conference held in washington, d.c. the final session included sessions on improving treatment options and increasing domestic spending on a tight the aids research for the former president spoke for about 35 minutes. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much, thank you. thank you. thank you very much. i want to thank you for the introduction. i would like to thank the u.s. share of aids 2013, thank you for your leadership as president of the international aids society. i wish you and your successor well. i thought you did a heck of a speech, by the way. [applause] i want to talk a little bit about where we go from here. how do we propose to implement these goals that have been set for 2015 tax if we believe there can be an aids regeneration even if you define it in the narrowest possible terms, how can we achieve it? when the aids conference first took place in america 22 years ago, the passio

and elon musk. at all starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-spann's wrote to the white house coverage continues with president obama as he kicks off a bus tour through ohio and western pennsylvania. we will have live coverage thursday at 11:15 a.m. see his remarks on friday at 2:00 p.m. in pittsburgh. watch them both on c-span.org. last month, the house of natural resources subcommittee held a hearing on the national. witnesses gave an update on what is currently happening. the national mall has commissions for a massive overhaul with underground parking and performance spaces being built. this is about one hour. >> year will come to order. -- the hearing will come to order. this will be an oversight hearing on the future of the national. opening statements are limited to the chairman and ranking member. i ask consent to include any other member's opening statement to be committed to the record. it will be so ordered. the national mall is america's front yard. actually, the backyard. our guides have to say we have an east front end west front, whic

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and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> it was about those men and women almost mortally injured in war. because of the huge advances made in medical trauma treatment over the last 10 years, they are being saved. an incredible number are being saved. almost everybody who falls on the battlefield is being saved. i wanted to write about what life was like for these people. i started off with a question, having seen some people who were gruesomely maimed. would it be better if they were dead? >> it is series -- in his series, he spoke with veterans, families, surgeons, combat medics, a therapist, and nurses on the struggles for those severely wounded in military operations. learn more on sunday at 8:00. >> something has happened in the last two decades really changing the nature of large corporations. the cycle time, the amount of time they have to stay at the top of the past, has been incredibly compressed by globalization, technology shifts, regulatory shifts. large corporations need to deal with existing markets, known customers and products, they need to deal with destruction. disruptio

eastern on c-span. >> friday president obama ends his two-day campaign bus tour through ohio and western pennsylvania. we'll bring that to you live at 1:50 p.mday, a forum on the future of the middle east. four young people from israel and the palestinian territories. you can see this event from the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies live at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> barclays, the international banking and financial services company based in london was fined $450 million in penalties by u.s. and u.k. authorities to settle allegations of manipulating international interest rates. bob diamond, the chief executive of barclays, who resigned tuesday, appeared before members of the british house of commons treasury committee investigating the banking scandal. this hearing is about three hours. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> we would hope that you able to speak freely and of course, even more freely now that you have resigned. the hearing is about the turmoil at one of britain's leading financial institutions. certainly i have said that

p.m. eastern professor richard blackett how slaves planned and executed escapes to canada, mexico and the caribbean. american history tv in primetime tonight here on c-span3. on c-span 2 we have been featuring some of book tv's weekend programs in primetime. tonight our conversation with best selling novelist anna quinndlen. all this week on c-span2. this weekend head to the state capitol named in honor of thomas jefferson with book tv and american history tv in jefferson ci city, missouri, saturday at noon eastern booktv on c-span 2. former first lady jean carn aah. also a butcher's bill, a business contract, a provisions list from ancient mess po tame i can't to the university of missouri's special collections. the story behind eight miniature clay tablets. sunday at 5:00 on american history tv -- >> at one time in 1967 this was called the bloodiest 47 acres in america. >> a former warden take use through the former missouri state penitentiary. walk back through history in the halls of the governor's mansion and state capitol. once a month c-span explores the history and literary life of cities across america. this weekend from jefferson city, saturday at noon and

news coverage, and commencement speeches from newark mayor cory booker and inventor elon musk, all starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-spanas holtz-eakin on the cost of medicaid to u.s. states and the federal government. then christopher hayes discusses his new book, "twilight of the elites, america after a mediocracy." then a look at china central' television. that is here on c-span. >> barclays, the international banking and financial-services company based in london was fined four hundred $50 million in penalties by u.s. and u.k. authorities to settle allegations of manipulating international interest rates. bob diamond resigned yesterday and is here before members of the british house of commons treasury committee investigating the banking scandal. this portion is 40 minutes. >> on page 3 of the fsa, on numerous occasions, between september 2007 and may 2009. it took into account concerns of the mission. in relation to that, the fsa goes on to say on page 3, senior management concerns about what the banks were doing, perhaps not telling the truth, resulted in instructions being given by less senior managers at barclay

and encourage economic growth. live from the brookings institution, beginning 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> this week, the noted historian antony beevor discusses his newly released historical narrative titled "the second world war." >> antony beevor, author of "the second world war." when you started thinking about this book, what is your objective? >> it was embarrassing. i was focused on particular battles, stalingrad, berlin, so forth. i realized that i did not understand enough about the way the whole conflict fit together. it was terribly important, really, to acknowledge that. the duty of the historian is to understand and try to convey that understanding. the way that the war in the pacific affected the war in europe, the way the war in western europe was affected by the soviet front -- one that does need to understand the truly global aspect of the conflict. >> what kind of military experience have you had? >> i was a regular officer. i was in a cavalry regiment. that

and governor's mansion. once a month, the c-span local content of vehicles explores across america. this weekend, from jefferson city, sunday at noon and sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, on c- span3. next, the polk investigated seminar held in brooklyn, new york. the speakers included the 2012 winners from aljazeera, "the new york times," and others. this is just over 1.5 hours. my name is david steinberg and i am president of long island university. days of the 63rd george polk award. it is extraordinary that this award has gained in strength and stature over the last decade. pursuing the story and murdered because of it. then of course there was a complicated second half of an investigation launched into who killed george polk, leading to some of america's most distinguished journalists participating at the very beginning of the cold war. we are proud and privileged to keep his memory alive and celebrate him. this evening's activity -- i think we started, we were discussing whether it was 21 or 20 years ago. i think it is 21. it is certainly in that universe. what we suddenly realized was that at a lunch which will take place tomorrow where everyone is allowed a mi

and for c-span. have a wonderful evening. thank you. >>> coming up here on c-span3 at 3:00 p.m. eastern, general keith alexander, director of the national security aswrensy, will deliver the keynote address at an american enterprise institute event looking at cyber security threats. that will be live at 3:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> and at 5:00, live to capitol hill where the house rules committee will hold a meeting on repealing president obama's health care reform law. republican house majority leader eric cantor introduced legislation to repeal the health care law with a vote set for wednesday, july 11th. last month the supreme court in a 5-4 vote upheld the health care law. we'll have that rules committee meeting beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> the life of a sailor includes scrubbing the deck in the morning, working on the sails, climbing aloft. whatever the duties assigned. gun drill practice. but by the end of the day, you're ready for some rest. you don't get a full eight hours of sleep. aboard a ship like "constitution" it's four hours on, four hours

and national conservative clinical action committee at 6:00 p.m. eastern in washington dc. nationwide on channel 119 and online at c-span radio.org. >> to energy analysts discuss the possibility of a north american oil and gas boom. at an event hosted by the new america foundation. afterwards, they were joined by energy executives to talk about whether the boom has the potential to kickstart a kick start a new era of prosperity in the u.s. participants often discuss the politics around current federal energy policy, including international negotiations regarding global climate change. this is two hours. nine months ago, the world's premier energy historian, daniel juergens, wrote the sequel to this seminal work the pride. in his quest, he attempted to chronicle the central issues in the energy world. primarily, that included the theory of oil and global warming. these are issues that have residents not only in the oil industry, of course, but also to civilization. one issue that was not covered in the book, however it was not mentioned at all was the new age -- the golden new age of oil abundance. a flurry of new oil di

and other issues. today at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> watch american history tv the weekend of august 4th and if it does d.c.'s ban local content vehicles explore louisville ky, home of the church held down, the louisville slugger, and the oldest independent bookstore. >> a lot of the stores i have seen fail our stores opened by people who were interested in having a business, not a love of books. i think you really have to have a gut attachment to books to care enough about them because your customers are like that. august 4th and fifth on c-span2 and 3. >> on tuesday, fed chairman ben bernanke expressed concerns about the libor system which sets interest rates on financial transactions. the system has been called into question recently over allegations that barclays bank of london tried to manipulate interest rate for its own financial gains. on the economy, chairman bernanke said the top two threat remained the european debt crisis and the fiscal situation at home, in reference to various tax increases and spending cuts set to tak

and he called on supporters to stand with him in november. you can watch the president's remarks tonight at 8:20 p.m. eastern here on c-span. night on c-span 2, book tv in primetime. 8:00 eastern our conversation with pulitzer prize winner and best-selling novelist anna quind lin on c-span3, a look at resistance to slavery. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, life of robert smalls, slave who escaped, fought for the union in the civil war and later served south carolina in the u.s. house of representatives. and at 10:00 p.m., vanderbilt university professor richard blackette discuss house slaves escaped to canada, mexico and the caribbean. >> the life of the sailor includes scrubbing the deck in the morning, working on the sails, climbing the loft, whatever duties assigned. gun drill practice. but by the end of the day you're ready for rest but you don't get a full eight hours sleep. on board a ship like constitution, four hours on, four hours off. >> this week on american tv, life of an enlisted man during the uss constitution during the war of 1812. >> sailor lived in fear of the possibility being whipped by a the cat anine tails that wa

words saying we are effective and because we are effective, our speech ought to be choked off. >> the national conservative political action committee at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span radio in washington, d.c. 91.9. >> on "washington journal" this morning our guests include james carvile and stan greenberg to talk about their new book" it's the middle class, stupid." >> and challenging the constitutionalty of the dodd-frank financial regulation ball, and you can call in with your questions on the child and family statistics. our guests are edward sondik and kristin moore from child trends. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. now, a senate homeland security and governmental affairs hearing on the nomination of stephen crawford to the u.s. postal service board of governors. this is a little less than an hour. >> we welcome our colleague and our nominee. and at least part of his family, i think. if you will lead us off. once he has presented, i think he has a lot of other things on his plate. but you're welcome to stay as long as you can. >> first, thank you very much for your courtesy allowing us to introduce a great marylander, ste

and around the world. >> a discussion on the supreme court decision of the health care law. live coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this is the conversation we need to have in this country that nobody is willing to have, ok? what role should the government played in housing? >> the 2008 financial meltdown and government subsidize home ownership. >> if you want to subsidize housing in this country, and we want to talk about put it on the balance sheet -- balance sheet and make it clear and make it evident and make everybody aware of how much it is costing. when you deliver the subsidies through a public company with private shareholders, and executives who can extract a lot of subsidies for themselves, that is not a very good way of subsidizing homeownership. i think we have seen that, the end of that movie in 2008. >> tonight at 8:00. >> next weekend, had to the state capital named in honor of thomas jefferson with booktv and american history tv in jefferson city, missouri. also, the provisions list from ancient mesopotamia to the university of missouri's special collection. sunday at 5:00, on american history

and a.m. at two o'clock 10 eastern, mitt romney campaigns in new hampshire with san a detrick kellyyottee live on c- span. more coverage at 6:00 p.my michelle obama delivering a campaign speech in fredericksburg, virginia. coming up next on c-span "washington journal," with the day's headlines and your phone calls for it at 7:45 eastern, a look at syria, russia and china yesterday vetoed a u.n. security council resolution imposing sanctions on syria. we will talk about what is ahead for u.s. policy towards syria with the former defense under secretary. in our america by the number segment, the census director joins us with new numbers on manufacturing, trade, personal income, and home ownership. income, and home ownership.

and at 10:00 p.m. eastern bernard nussbaum, a senior member of the committee during the investigation, american history tv in primetime all this week on c-span 3. >>> tonight c-span's road to the white house continues with vice president joe biden and his wife jill as they address the national education association's annual meeting here in washington. in his remarks the vice president points out the differences between president obama's and mitt romney's plans for education. >> look, folks, let me get straight to the point. you guys, educators, teachers, you're under full-blown assault. romney, romney, governor romney and his allies in the congress, their plan for public education in america is to let the states use title one dollars to boost enrollment in private schools. no, no. i'm not looking for boos. i think we should have just a straight honest-to-god talk about the difference between -- [ applause ] the difference between how president obama and i view education and how our republican colleagues today view it, and again, i want to make it clear, a lot of you know me pretty well -- by the way, where's delaware? hello, delaware. now i'