p.m. eastern on c-span sku and i. can find q&a issues wherever you get your podcast. >> there watching book tv on c-span2. if you are of a certain age, you would have one of these on your shelf, a dictionary and he probably looked upwards and brought your life but if you are a little younger, chances are you've done it digitally. french is. trying to change, the founder something called the dictionary project. what are you trying to do? >> we want everyone to have a dictionary benefits of earning their in the third grade so they can into the habit of looking up words and spell them correctly their meaning and there are multiple meanings to work. >> what is the importance to you getting into a book rather than typing it into your phone? >> dictionary tools for learning, i have been doing this for 25 years you for, the technology being used today, dictionary whether it comes from, it's what holds us together society it is our world and how we communicate. you have to be able to use different tools to access information,

p.m. eastern on c-span, online at www.c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. sunday, c-span's series january 6, views from the house continues. two more members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard and experienced that day including pennsylvania democrat susan wild who recounts what happened during the early moments on the house floor. >> i honestly don't remember how long we were in that situation between the time they barricaded the door and the time we finally got out. jason crow has told me it was somewhere like 20 minutes. it could have been two hours, it could've been five minutes, i had no sense of time whatsoever. i remember when i got off the phone with my kids but i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest and i felt, i was actually worried i was having a heart attack, i never had a heart attack but my father had a heart attack and we've got family history. so i was kind of worried, i was very worried about that. i must've put my hand up to my chest because that photograph of me that was taken shows me lying on my back with m

p.m. eastern. we will have live coverage from the white house on c-span. each night this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, we are featuring cabinet secretary's testimonies on their department's budget. we hear from janet yellen tonight. watch that beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. senator amy klobuchar talks about ways to prevent misinformation on the covid-19 vaccine and how to encourage people to get it. she spoke at an event hosted by the clinton foundation.

p.m. eastern. we will have live coverage from the white house on c-span. each night this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, we are featuring cabinet secretary's testimonies on their department's budget. we hear from janet yellen tonight. watch that beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. senator amy klobuchar talks about ways to prevent misinformation on the covid-19 vaccine and how to encourage people to get it. she spoke at an event hosted by the clinton foundation. >> hi, everyone. good afternoon. for those of us on the east coast, good morning and good evening. for those of you just joining us, from across the country grateful for the conversation we are about to have. vaccine misinformation, lies about vaccines and vaccinations are as old as -- themselves. unfortunately today with all of the tools that exist in 2021, the reality of the misinformation and lies is arguably as infectious as any of the diseases that thankfully we know have vaccines to help prevent, including covid-19 and covid-19 vaccines. as incredibly grateful the senator klobuchar has taken time from her busy d

eastern. we will have live coverage here on c-span. each night this week at 8:00 p.m. stern on c-span we are featuring testimonies on the department budget. tonight, we will hear from janet yellen. watch that at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. host: this is bob bigsby, the executive director to talk about spending issues and particularly, the debt limit. good morning. guest: good morning. host: could you remind viewers about the coalition and how you are financially backed? guest: we were started in 1992 by two former united states senators. and a former commerce secretary. the idea was to have grassroots organization that would be based in washington but be active around the country to focus on issues of fiscal re

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p.m. eastern on c-span, we're featuring cabinet secretaries testimonies on their department's budget. tonight we'll hear from janet yellen beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captions performed by national captioning institute] announcer: weekends on c-span2 bring you the best in american history and non-fiction books. saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, a discussion on the results of c-span's fourth historian survey of presidential leadership with historians richard norton smith, douglas brinkley. the survey ranked presidents from best to worst in 10 different categories and at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history, turn-of-the-century women journalists faced societal pressures to balance traditional femininity and having a career in journalism. iowa state university professor tracy luke talks about the challenges these pioneering women overcame. book tv features leading authors discussing their latest non-fiction books. on sunday starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern, hear from authors attending freedom fest in r

p.m. eastern on c-span, cspan.org, is on the c-span radio app. >> i come to you from the national archives building in washington dc, the federal city built on a site chosen by her first president george washington. the location from a capitol in 1790 in washington actively advocated for site along the potomac river, not far from his own home of mount vernon. when the commissioners in federal district named the new capitol for washington in 1791, only honored the commander-in-chief, but also acknowledged the guiding role in the selection of young nation seat of government and although he did not see it is officially relocated here, it shaped the national capitol for years to come in george washington's final battle, robert watson highlights the political skills and reveals how he worked behind the scenes to establish the new city. robert watson distinguished professor lynn university senior fellow at the citizenship, the author of numerous books on history and politics including brooklyn and the nasi titanic, and america's first price of the war of 1812. as the editor of two is like the pr

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p.m. eastern on c-span pus q&a and you can find all interviews were you get your podcast. >> following yesterday's attack at the kabul airport, house minority leader kevin mccarthy is calling on speaker meant -- nancy pelosi to bring the house back into session to address u.s. efforts in afghanistan. his news conference from earlier today is about 20 minutes. >> to this new 13 gold star families, my message to you is this -- your loved ones died as heroes. we will always honor their memories and we pray you will know peace. those who died knew there was the threat of an attack but carried out their mission anyway. heroic. the only way to describe their actions and their work each and every day. to the brave troops and stranded americans in afghanistan, we pray for you to return home safely. our enemies have taken advantage of this chaotic nature of withdrawal and yesterday, they crossed the red line. like many of you, i listen closely to what president biden had to say last night. i heard the president dodged tough questions about his execution of the withdrawal. i heard him present a full choice

p.m. eastern on c-span. finally, president biden will speak to the nation today about covid-19 and vaccination efforts. from the white house, as expected at 4:30 p.m. eastern. watch live in the present begins here on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday, c-span series january 6 news from the house continues. it two more members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard, and experienced that day. including susan wild recounting what happened it during the early moments on the house floor. >> i don't remember how long we were at that situation by the time they barricaded the door and we got out. jason told me it was like 20 minutes. it could have been two hours or five minutes, i had no sense of time whatsoever. i remember when i got off the phone with my kids my heart was pounding out of my chest. i felt -- i was worried i was having a heart attack. i have never had one, but my father had heart attacks, we have a family history. i was kind of worried about --

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> the senate homeland security committee held a hearing on the threat of domestic terrorism and extremism in the u.s., including testimony on the reasons behind the rise in white supremacy, attacks on religious institutions, and the targeting of asian americans. this is about two hours.

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on c-span. each night this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span we are featuring testimonies on the department budget. tonight, we will hear from janet yellen. watch that at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. host: this is bob bigsby, the executive director to talk about spending issues and particularly, the debt limit. good morning. guest: good morning. host: could you remind viewers about the coalition and how you are financially backed? guest: we were started in 1992 by two former united states senators. and a former commerce secretary. the idea was to have grassroots organization that would be based in washington but be active around the country to focus on issues of fiscal responsibility. we are backed by people who send us donations every year. we have a fundraising dinner most years. we have not the last year or so because of the covid 19 situation. we get funding from the peter peterson foundation among others. host: i want to ask about the passage of not only the budget reconciliation but the infrastructure built. i want to start

p.m. eastern on c-span's "q and a." can also find "q&a interviews" wherever you get your podcasts. >> sunday c-span's series january 6th: views from the house continues. two more members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard and experienced that day including pennsylvania democrat susan wild who recounts what happened during those early moments on the house floor. >> i honestly don't remember how long we were in that situation between the time they barricaded the door and the time we finally got out. jason crow has told me it was somewhere like 20 minutes. it could have been 2 hours, it could have been 5 minutes that i had no sense of time whatsoever. but i remember when i got off the phone with my kids, that i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest, and i felt -- i actually was very worried that i was having a heart attack. i've never had a heart attack, but i do have -- my father had heart attacks. you know, we've got a family history, so i was actually kind of worried about -- i was very wor

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> health and human services assistanttary dr. rachel levine talked about covid-19 vaccination efforts at an event hosted by the washington post. this is about 30 minutes.

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> mark kelly delivered his first hit for speech this week. he was elected in 2020. during his remarks, he paid tribute to john mccain, the late republican u.s. senator who's ct now holds. >> mr. president, it is an honor to rise today and deliver my main speech. nine months ago, the people of arizona trusted me with a great response ability, to represent them in the united states senate. to do so, during a pandemic that has challenged every one of us, taken loved ones too soon, and battered our economy. to fill the remaining years of senator john mccain's six term. each day since then, i have gone to work for the people of arizona striving to fulfill that responsibility. undeterred by the challenges we have in front of us. that is what arizonans have done over the last year and a half. protecting their families from this virus, keeping themselves and their businesses afloat, looking out for their neighbors. arizonans have a face down this virus in the economic fallout that came with it with determination. i came here to

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> the house is back on monday and will work on the $3.5 trillion budget resolution which passed in the senate earlier this month. members are also expected to take up a bill to the store provisions of the 1965 voting rights act. according to speaker pelosi, the house may also debate the infrastructure bill. first votes are expected for 6:30 p.m. eastern. watch coverage of the u.s. house of representatives on c-span. >> the british house of commons yesterday held a special session to address the situation in afghanistan. prime minister boris johnson argued that the core mission in afghanistan ended in 2014 for the united states and nato. the prime minister went on to say that no one could have anticipated the taliban taking over the afghan capital so quickly. speaker: order, order.

p.m. eastern on c-span. online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. president biden met with latino community leaders today. he made brief remarks touching on his economic

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or the c-span radio app. attorney general merrick garland held a press conference to announce the justice department is investigating the city of phoenix and its police department, citing possible civil rights violations. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, i am joined here today by assistant attorney general for civil rights kristen clarke. today we are announcing that the justice department is opening an investigation into the city of phoenix and the phoenix police department. the investigation will determine whether the phoenix police department engages any pattern or practice that violates the constitution or federal law. this is the third pattern or practice investigation i've announced as attorney general. each time i've noted that these investigations aim to increase transparency and accountability. this increases public trust and public safety. we know law enforcement's heirs -- law-enforcement shares these goals. we talked with the mayor and police chief jerry williams about the investigation and

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p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ >> president biden delivered remarks on covid-19 vaccines and plans to offer boosterhots to americans. from the east room of the white house, this is 15 minutes. to get every american vaccinated and protect them from the delta variant of covid-19. pres. biden: good afternoon. i would like to make an important announcement today on our work to get every american vaccinated and protected from the delta virus -- delta variant of covid-19. i just got a briefing for my -- from my covid team. here's the latest data that confirms we are still in a pandemic of the unvaccinated. while we are starting to see initial signs that cases may be declining in a few places, cases are still rising, especially among the unvaccinated. there are still 85 million americans who are eligible to get vaccinated who remain unvaccinated and at real risk. across the country, virtually all of the covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths continued to be among the unvaccinated. in alabama, more than 90% of the current hospitalizations are among the unvaccinated. in texas, 95% of those in hospitals are un

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> antony blinken announced a new program this week to help relocate afghan interpreters and others in the country who assisted the u.s. military during its operations. he also discussed -- and an attack on the oil tanker in the arabian sea. sec. blinken: we have a special guest with us today. >> he will offer some remarks at the top. you have time for a question or two. we will resume with our regularly scheduled programming. sec. blinken: thank you. good afternoon. good to see everyone here. before i turned to today's announcement. i want to address a few urgent matters. first, i want to condemn again the attack on friday because the commercial ship which was peacefully transiting through the north arabian sea, in international water when it was targeted a drone laden with explosives, killing two people. we have conducted a thorough review. we are confident around carried out this attack --iran carried out this attack. there is no justification for this attack on a peaceful vessel, and a -- on a commercial mission in intern

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p.m. eastern on c-span, we are featuring cabinet secretary's testimony on their departments budget.ll hear from secretary of state antony blinken. watch that beginning at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. announcer: next, telecom officials talking about efforts to secure 5g networks for house energy and commerce subcommittee. this is a little more than three hours.

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, and listen on the free san -- on the free c-span radio app. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more, including buckeye broadband. ♪ >> buckeye broadband supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. host: steve is a former democratic congressman from new york and current director of the institute of politics and global affairs at cornell university. he joins us now. welcome back to c-span. how are you? w are you? guest: it is always great to be with you. thank you. i want to talk about one of the latest headlines out of the empire state. yesterday, formal impeachment probe nears and, governor agrees to give evidence to investigators. how do you see this playing out? caller: -- guest: i think the pressure will build on the governor to resign, and if he does not resign, i sense there will be a robust impeachment process. new york is a little different in terms of impeachment than the federal government. in new york, the new

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the senate this week passed a bill that awards congressional gold medals to the u.s. capitol police for their work during the january 6 attack. on -- a number of senators spoke about it on the senate floor. you know, as we all know, january 6 unleashed many horrors, but it also revealed many heroes, a day that many of us remember for its violence, anger and destruction was not without its share of bravery, sacrifice, and selflessness. i am of course talking about the capitol police and the metropolitan police. in a few moments my colleagues, senators klobuchar and blunt, will ask the senate to award them the congressional gold medal. it is the highest expression of gratitude that congress can bestow. i cannot imagine more worthy recipients than the men and women who put their lives on the line to defend this temple of democracy. i want to thank senator klobuchar, the chair of the rules committee, and senator blunt, the ranking member of the rules committee, for working so hard on this. and i want to commend the

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p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. we could also among q&a interviews were of you get your podcast. >> up next on book tv after words program eric cox present life and career these interviewed by the claremont institute center for american way of life fellow. >> you have written a really lovely memoir a spiritual memoir. i wanted to begin by asking what made you feel the need to write the book at this time? it's mainly about events that happened some time ago but was the book growing inside you for a while as a trigger to make you decide to put all down on paper? >> first what you make sure everybody knows you called the book lovely. i don't think of his spiritual memoir is that literary memoir. it's a lot of humor in it doesn't mean a lot to me you'd uses that word to describe it. honestly, when i had this dream around my 25th chbirthday which is the end of the book, i have this dream. for years and years i thought someday i've got to write a book right kind of tell the story what led up to this dream, which i see is n

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> at the white house today, education secretary joined press secretary jen psaki to discuss the upcoming school year and concerns about the resurgence of covid-19. this is about an hour.

watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on wednesday morning. be sure to discuss your questions with text messages and tweets. >> sunday, c-span's series, january 6, views from the house continues. two more members of congress share stories of what they heard, saw and experienced that day, including pennsylvania democrat susan wild. >> i don't remember how long we were in that situation between the time they barricaded the door and when we finally got out. it could have been two hours, it could have been five minutes. i had no sense of time whatsoever. i remember when i got off the phone with my kids, i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest and i felt -- i was actually worried i was having a heart attack. i have never had a heart attack but my father had heart attacks. we have family history so i was kind of worried about that. i must have put my hand up to my chest because that photograph of me taken -- that photograph of me that was taken, it has my hand on my chest. i remember being a little perplexed of that jason was reassurin

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p.m. eastern on c-span. c-span.org will listen on the c-span radio app. >> x on book tvs after the program, radio host aaron talk about his life and career interviewed by the claremont institute center for the american way of life. >> you bring a lovely spiritual memoir, i wanted to begin by asking you, what made you feel the need to write the book it's about events that happened some time ago. was the book growing inside of you for a while or what made the trigger that this was the time to put on paper? >> i want to make sure here's the you called the book lovely, cap means a lot to me because i don't think of it as a spiritual memoir as much as a literary memoir and there's a lot of humor in it, as you know but a lot of this miracle and moving to me personally so that means a lot to me you used that word to describe it. honestly, when i had this dream about around my 25th birthday, the end of the book i have this dream, for years and years i thought someday i got to write a book by tell the story of what le

on c-span. then we will hear from representative peter defazio. we will hear his views on the recently passed $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. our life coverage begins at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. later, president biden will speak to the nation today at from the white house about covid-19 and vaccination efforts. that is expected at 4:30 p.m. eastern. watch live when the president begins here on c-span. online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday, c-span's series "january 6, views from the house" continues. two more members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard, and experienced that day, including pennsylvania democrat susan wild, who recounts what happened during the early moments on the house floor. >> i honestly do not remember how long we were in that situation between the time they barricaded the door and the time we finally got out. jason crow told me it was somewhere like 20 minutes. it could have been two hours, it could have been five minutes, that i had no sense of time whatsoever. but i remember when i got off of the phone with my kids that i felt as though my heart was pounding out of my chest. and i felt, i ac

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >> hi, everyone. welcome and good evening. my name is nell pepper and on behalf of of harvard book store i am thrilled to introduce this virtual event with clint smith presenting his new book "how the word is passed: a reckoning with the history of slavery across america" which debuted at number one on the "new york times" bestseller list, and tonight he's in conversation with min jin lee. thank you so much for joining us virtually tonight through virtual events like tonight harvard book store can bring authors and the work to our community. and he week we host events here on arts and the counts picked features events with lin-manuel miranda stacey abrams and a conversation with brandon fleming and nick stone. please check out the event schedule on our website at harvard.com/defense and while you're there you can sign up for our e-mail newsletter for updates. this evenings discussion will conclude with some time for your questions. if you have a question for our speakers at any time during the talk to

p.m. eastern, on c-span, c-span.org come or listen on the c-span radio app. host: former president of the federal reserve bank, currently senior fellow with the mercator center. guest: good morning to you. host: want to start with those jobs numbers just out 15 minutes ago. nonfarm payroll rose by 943,000 in july. unemployment fell to 5.4%. guest: they are very pleasing numbers. they are a little higher than most economists thought they would be come around 840. that is good news. the unemployment rate is now 5.4%. that is good news. the participation rate did not change much. that may continue until we get through the rest of august and son of --some of the unemployment benefits fall away and more people will be willing to join the labor force. i think that will be good in the sense that while we are losing some support from the relief packages, we will be gaining some added jobs into the market. on the whole i think those numbers are pretty good. i was trying to see where the real earnings were. i think those are down a little. that reflects that we are sti

on the complete u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan today at 1:30 p.m. eastern, live on c-span, c-span.org and the seas -- and the c-span radio app. >> the pentagon announced the end of the war in afghanistan, one day before the president's deadline for withdrawal of u.s. troops. pentagon press secretary john kirby and general kenneth mckenzie spoke with reporters. >> general, can you hear and see me ok? gen. mckenzie: good afternoon, everyone. the last aircraft lifted this afternoon at 3:29 p.m. east coast time. the last manned aircraft is clearing the air above afghanistan. we will soon release a photo of the last c-17 aircraft leaving afghanistan with the major and ambassador aboard. while the military evacuation is complete, the diplomatic mission to ensure additional u.s. citizens and eligible afghans who want to leave continues. i know you will hear more about that from the state department shortly. tonight's withdrawal signifies both the end of the military component of the evacuation but also the end of the 20-year mission that began in afghanistan shortly after septemb

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p.m. eastern on c-span. .org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday, the c-span series, january 6, views from the house, continues. two more members of congress share stories about what they saw, heard, and experienced that day, including susan wild, who accounts what happened during the early moments on the house floor. >> i don't remember how long we were in that situation between the time they barricaded the door and when we got out. jason told me it was somewhere like 20 minutes. it could have been two hours or five minute. i had no sense of time whatsoever. but i remember that when i got off the phone with my kids, i told him that my heart is pounding out of my chest. i felt, i was actually very worried that i was having a heart attack. i've never had a heart attack but we have a family history. i was kind of worried, was very worried about that. i must have put my hand up to my chest, because that photograph of me that was taken shows me lying on my stomach with my hand on my chest. i don't r

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or the c-span radio app. ght on q, helen andrews, the american conservative magazine's senior editor talks about her book, "boomers: the men and women who promised freedom but deliver disaster." >> one line i didn't come up with but is brilliant is that they are the generation that sold out but would never admit they sold out. it is a combination of a great deal of idealism and sense of themselves as morally noble, noble idealists liberating humanity but on the other hand a great deal of selfishness and narcissism. a blindness to the ways that their liberationist agenda knocks down a lot of functioning institutions and left a lot of people worse off. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on q&a. you can also listen to q and a podcast wherever you get podcasts. ♪ announcer: todayes

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app.ncer: now federal reserve governor christopher waller talks about digital currency and doubts about calls for the u.s. central bank to develop a digital currency from the american enterprise institute. this is just under an hour. >> i'm michael strain director of economic policy studies at the american enterprise institute. the majority of the world central bank's are exploring digital currency. most were puns for central-bank digital currency could function like u.s. dollars. they could be widely accepted as an alternative to cash in an increasingly cashless society. a digital currency could give

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app.nnouncer: new york attorney general letitia james outlines findings from an independent investigation on sexual harassment and misconduct allegations against governor andrew cuomo. she is joined by the two lead attorneys. this is about 45 minutes. >> good morning. i'm joined here today by ann clark and june kim, the two lead attorneys who are as special deputies to the attorney general's office, to announce the findings of their investigation into allegations of sexual harassment it against governor andrew cuomo. i will make a brief statement and then turn it over to ms. clark and mr. kim who will delve into the investigation's findings.