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p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span dove road, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> i was on an airplane first thing. i flew in from detroit to washington national. i was sitting next to a republican member of the house. he will tell you this to this day. said to him i have the weirdest feeling. i want to get up and get off. i don't know why. other people on the plane that day -- i got to my office around 8:15 or 8:30 and we saw the first plane hit then the second plane and we thought there had been an accident. my husband went into the capitol and we begin to get intelligence that there were additional planes in the air. one was headed for the capitol. i begged my husband to leave. on that day, americans were naive. it took me a long time to convince him to leave the capitol complex. it was late afternoon by the time i told him i was by myself and we didn't understand terrorism the way that other countries did. i begged my husband to leave the capital and he refused. he said that nobody was going to scare him out of the symbol of democracy in this country. first, i remember that. second, the

p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> this week, watch c-span's january 6, views from the house, we 14 members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard and experienced that day. >> representative from arizona was objecting to the arizona slates of electors, at that moment i shouted out at the top of my lungs, this is because of you. >> the capitol police officer started coming into the chamber, they were being very loud. we were still actively debating, people were talking and they were making a lot of commotion. the doors to the chamber are typically open, and the doors started shutting, boom, boom, and someone up in the chambers in the gallery, a member was yelling at the republicans to call trump and have trump call off his mouth. >> had a lot freshmen there that i've gotten to know in orientation that this was their first real experience as a member of congress. they were watching them and talking to my fellow colleagues about what we can do to try to stop this. folks watch january 6, views from the house this week at 8:00 p.

p.m. eastern on c-span. line at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> today, virginia gubernatorial candidates participate in a debate hosted by the appalachian school of law. live coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are 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. inues. it is time -- host: it is time for our open forum, turning the phone lines over to you. here's how you can call in to let us know about the political policy issue on your mind. democrats can call in at (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents (202) 748-8002. you can also send us a text at (202) 748-8003. keeping you updated on the st

p.m. eastern on c-span. later, the south dakota governor talks about federalism at an event hosted by the hoover institution. watch that live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> today, the virginia gubernatorial candidate terry mcauliffe, a democrat, and glenn juncker in, a republican, participate in an event hosted by the appalachian school of law. live coverage at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> a very good thursday morning to you. you can start calling and now as the washington times puts it today the hearing. yesterday marks the first official public inquiry into the fbi's failure to properly investigate the largest sexual abuse case in the history of american sports. this was simone biles from yesterday. >> there can be no keener revelation of a society's solo than the way it treats i

eastern, secretary of state antony blinken will be delivering marks on the u.s. ending its military commission in afghanistan. we will have that for you starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. tonight at 9:00 eastern foreign correspondence discuss the u.s. withdraw from afghanistan. a little bit later, a hearing on higher education, the means oversight subcommittee looks into the issue coming up at 10:00 p.m. eastern. watch online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. earlier today president biden spoke at the white house on the latest jobs report. the unemployment rate dipped as they added 235,000 jobs in august. here's with the president had to say. president biden: good morning. we are getting ready to head down to louisiana. a few things i had to do. as we head into labor day weekend, we have more evidence of the progress of the economic calamity. today we found out we created 235 thousand new jobs in august. unemployment is at the lowest it's been in 18 months. despite the impact of the delta variant, what we are seeing is an economic recovery that is durable and strong. we are getting results. america is on the move. this report means that we have b

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p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. find it wherever you get your podcasts. >> next, federal reserve chair jerome powell talks about a potential interest rate hike if the economy continues to recover. he takes questions from reporters about raising the debt ceiling and efforts to create a u.s.-backed digital currency. this is about an hour. >> good afternoon. at the federal reserve we are committed to -- today the federal open market committee kept interest rates near zero and maintained our current pace of asset purchases. rrent pace of asset purchases

p.m. eastern on c-span. you can watch on c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. c-span is your unfiltered view of government. >> broadband -- charter has invested billions upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. >> charter communications support c-span is a public medication service is long -- as well as these other providers. giving you now proceed -- front row seat to democracy. our first guest of the morning is toby harnden. thank you for joining us. guest: good morning. host: how is it that the cia played the first role in the days after 9/11? guest: the cia had been going in and out of afghanistan since 1999, liaising with the leader of the northern alliance. surprisingly, the pentagon had no plan for afghanistan. the cia said we have a plan, and we have been going in and out of the country, and we have regional experts, linguists, and to send in small teams. that was the plan that president bush went for, and that is what happened

eastern on c-span. >> wednesday, architects and designers of three september 11 memorials discuss their work and the upcoming 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. live coverage begins at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> this year marks the 20th anniversary of the september 11 attacks. join us for a live coverage from new york, the pentagon, and shanksville, pennsylvania starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern saturday on c-span. watch online at c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >> c-spanshop.org is c-span's online store. there's a collection of c-span

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on c-span. >> tonight election night in canada with analysis of the results from canada's c.b.c. network. live at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also watch online at c-span .org. or listen on the free c-span radio app. # continues. host: joining us this morning is christopher sands, the canada institute director for the wilson center, here to talk about the elections in canada today. first of all, explain, what is the snap election, and why is it happening? guest: thanks very much, and good morning. a snap election occurs when the prime minister decides to have an election and goes quickly to a vote. canada switched to fixed election dates back in the early 2000s under the harper government, so you normally you expect an election every four years. two ways you can have an election sooner. one we have just seen, where the prime minister thinks he has a chance to win, so he calls an election. or his government falls and he's forced into an election. this is the former, a bit of a surprise, although the prime minister had been talking about it all summer, so it may be the worst kept secret in ottawa. he is faci

p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> u.s. gymnast simone biles and others testified before the senate judiciary committee about abuse they endured from former u.s. gymnastic team doctor larry nasser. they accused the fbi agent test with the investigation of covering up their claims of abuse. following their testimony, fbi christopher wray and general michael horowitz spoke before the committee about the investigation. this is about four hours.

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p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can also listen as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. announcer: the pakistani ambassador to the united states talks about taliban control of afghanistan and the effects of pakistan's relationship with the u.s. the stimson center hosted the event. it is just over an hour. >> good morning to all those joining in the united states and good evening to our friends in south asia. my name is elizabeth and i am a senior fellow and director at the stimson center south asia program. it is a privilege to welcome you all to the conversation focused on u.s.-pakistan relations after the taliban takeover. we are pleased to have the pakistani ambassador to the united states, dr. asad majeed khan, who played a role in a variety of roles. also with this is the stimson center senior fellow colonel smith. he has invested decades in the bilateral relations between pakistan and the u.s. thank you for joining us. we will have comments from dr. khan and then colonel smith. i will moderate a q&a with the ambassador including questions from the audience. if you

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. of new york university's stern center joins us. he is the lead author of a new report titled "fueling the fire." mr. barrett, start with the first half of that title. how do we quantify political polarization, and why is social media any worse in intensifying it than past mediums of communication? guest: academics quantify political polarization based on a thermometer that identifies the degree to which respondents to surveys condemn their opponents as opposed to how much affection they spread for those on their side of the political debate. that measure over time in the united states has increased steadily. we are now in a period of extreme political polarization, which is to say people classifying those with whom they disagree as being an amazed of democracy, inherently -- and so forth. that environment, it is difficult for government to get things done. you end up with a lot of distrust in major institutions. social media has not caused that problem in the first instance, there was

p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can listen to "q&a" and all of our podcasts on our new c-span now app. >> in a moment, the u.s. house will gavel back in to consider short-term government funding through september 3. december 3. current funding comes to end at midnight tonight. the house is scheduled to vote on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. now live coverage of the house here on c-span. # the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kebben. chaplain kebben: would you pray with me. god, search our hearts and examine our minds. reach into our inmost being and call us into account for what resides there. then heal us, lord, and we will be heale

p.m. eastern on c-span two watch online at c-span.org or with our new video out, c-span now. ♪ >> washingtonost reporter craig whitlock begins chapter 15 in his new book, the afghanistan papers this way. quote hamid karzai's fraudulent reelection worsened a delusion of corruption that involved afghanistan in 2009 and 2010. dark money cascaded over the country, money launderers loved suitcases loaded with a million dollars or more on flights leaving kabul so crooked businessmen and politicians could stash their ale gotten fortunes offshore. >> now house republican leaders take questions on democrat's efforts to raise the debt ceiling and continue funding the federal government past the fiscal year. they also discuss democratic spending proposals. the leaders are joined by budget committee ranking member jason smith and appropriations chair kay granger.

p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you could also listen to q&a as a podcast.d it wherever you get your podcasts. >> both the house and senate are back next week. the house returns monday at noon for speeches. legislation starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern. members may begin debate on the infrastructure bill. the house majority leader hoyer plans to spend a larger spending package, the build back better act, to the floor. the house may consider two bills considering worker discrimination and another funding emergency shelters for domestic violence victims. >> ♪ ♪ litical roundtables. we are joined by rory cooper and adrienne elrod. adrienne elrod, it was cnn who put it this way on friday

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the radio app. >> 20 years ago, on september 11, 2001, 2 large commercial airliners flew into the world trade buildings in new york city. 2763 people lost their lives. a few minutes later, flight 77 of american airlines crashed into the pentagon, killing 189 people total. a forth plane, united 93, crashed into a field near shanksville, pennsylvania at three minutes past 10 a.m. on that morning. 44 perished. these events as everyone knows were a great shock to our nation. in the world. as a small mate -- way to commemorate this moment, here are the colors to the c-span network the morning after, beginning at 6 a.m.. caller: the entire united states is shut down. you're talking to people around the country and around the world who are shaken to their roots by this. >> a look back on the september 11 attacks on this episode of book notes plus. listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ it's -- >> next, a discussion on civics education and its impact on democratic engagement. the u.s. chamber of commerce foundation hosts

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.work or listen on the c-span radio app. ♪♪ >> sunday night on q&a, jessicaong was chief engineer of the historic fire vote john jake harvey september 11 when he was called back into service to aid firefighters following the attacks on the twin towers in her book, saved at the seawall, the story of a community of mariners who came to the rescue of thousands. >> the evacuation that delivered nearly half a million people to safety is an incredible example of the goodness of people that when you're given the opportunity to help, you have the tools skill set, you have availability people over and over again made the choice to put themselves in harm's way for the psaki of fellow humans and that is very instructive and something we need to continue to member. >> jessica sunday nights 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span sku and i. you can find q&a interviews wherever you get your podcast. ♪♪

eastern on c-span. >> the leaders of canada's political parties take part in a two-hour debate in quebec ahead of the september 20 federal election live thursday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can watch on c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. c-span is your unfiltered view of government. >> broadband -- charter has invested billions upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. >> charter communications support c-span is a public medication service is long -- as well as these other providers. giving you now proceed -- front row seat to democracy. our first guest of the

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. ♪ >> washington journal, every day,e are taking their calls live on the air on the news of the day and discussing policy issues that impact you. saturday morning, former u.s. capitol police chief looks at capitol security ahead of the justice for j6 rally in support of the january 6 writers and a christian science monitor talk about their recent podcast series, stronger, looking at the impact of the pandemic on women. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls

p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can also find "q&a" interviews wherever you get your podcasts. >> earlier today, former president trump visited and made brief remarks at a police precinct and fire department in new york city on the 20th anniversary of the september 11 terror attacks. [indiscernible chatter] >> attention! >> what a group of people. thank you all. thank you very much. thank you very much. how are you? >> we are well. >> sad day. very sad day for a lot of reasons, and we just added to that reason last week. that should never have been allowed to happen, i have to say. i watched all the speeches that mention what they did, but we have to live with that for a period of time. very disappointing. an incredible job you do. you are new york's finest. you are incredible people i appreciated during the election new york city police endorsed trump. first time they have ever endorsed a candidate. they told me. maybe they do it every time, i don't know, but they told me first time they had ever endorsed a can

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p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or, listen on the free c-span radio app. >> antony blinken testified onhe u.s. withdraw from afghanistan tuesday before the senate for late -- relations committee. live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or, listen on the free c-span radio app. now, former house intelligence committee chair and others count their experiences on september 11, 2001. hosted by the center for security policy, this portion is about half an hour. ways that some never envisioned, but bureaucrats see them as an opportunity. you cannot talk about 9/11 without talking about afghanistan. what could we have done better? we could have made sure that on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 that it was not the taliban that was in control of afghanistan again? these are the people that provided a safe haven to al qaeda to plan and prepare to

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p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app eared -- rio app. >> next week, watch january 6, fees from -- >> at that moment, i sibley shouted out at the top of my lungs, this is because of you. i screamed it. >> these capitol police officers started coming into the chamber, being ariel out. we were actively debating, people were talking, and it was making a lot of commotion. the doors to the chamber typically open, but they started shutting all of them. >> at some point, someone up in the chambers, in the gallery, a member was yelling at the republicans to call trump and have trump call off his mob. >> there were a lot of bushmen there that i got to know during orientation and this was their first real experience as a member of congress. we were watching and talking to colleagues about what we could try to do to stop this. >> watch january 6, used from the house next week on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free radio app. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] ♪ >> now, president biden talks about his views on the history of labor units

p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can also find "q&a" interviews wherever you get your podcasts. >>> we're at the detroit historical museum and we're about to walk into a wonderful exhibit called america's motor city. detroit has been the motor city capital of the world since at least 1915 when there were over 42 companies making cars and another 75 companies making parts. so we have built lots of cars. prior to 1900 the detroit area enjoyed a wealth of strong manufacturing. a lot of it based in the building of carriage bodies but also in building iron stoves and building railroad cars and building railroad wheels and the rails that go with them. so detroit understood the manufacturing process. but they also understood how to deal with steel, deal with iron, deal with wood, deal with rubber. detroit had all of those talents right here and the designers and the tool makers and the things that it took to make an automobile. so why don't we go inside and see the first car that traveled on the streets of detroit. so w

p.m. eastern on c-span, www.c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >> next, a debate between the candidatesor governor of virginia. former governor terry mcauliffe and businessmen glenn juncker and, a republican. this is the first of two debates before the november 2 election. it's about an hour. blican. -- and glenn youngkin. >> welcome to appalachia school of law. we are honored to host the commonwealth's first debate in 2021 and we welcome you to our campus in grundy in southwest virginia. we serve -- asl serves an important mission, to provide opportunities for students to realize their dreams of practicing law and bettering communities.

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> today, president biden and announced a mandate that employees with more than 100 workers require their employees to be vaccinated or have weekly covid-19 tests. he also announced that federal employees and workers at medical facilities that accept medicare or medicaid will have to be vaccinated. good evening americans. i want to talk about where we are in the battle against covid-19, the progress we have made an work we have left to do. and to start understanding this, even the delta variant 19 has covid-19 has been hitting this country hard, we have the tools to combat the virus. if we can come together as a country and use those tools. if we raise our vaccination rates, protect ourselves and others with masking, expand testing and identify people who are infected, we can and we will turn the tide of covid-19. it will take a lot of hard work and it will take some time. many of us are frustrated with the nearly 80 million americans who are still not vaccinated. even though the vaccine is safe, effective and free. you mig

p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. you can also listen to it on a pot -- as a podcast. >> the u.s. capitol police held a conference ahead of land demonstrations tomorrow to test the arrests of those charged in the y. this is just over half an hour. -- capital riot. >> we cannot get into specific security details. with that said, here is the chief. >> we have been working around-the-clock for the last several weeks to ensure we have a safe event tomorrow. perhaps, more importantly, over the last eight months, leadership of the u.s. capitol police department has been preparing and working to ensure that we do not have a repeat of january 6. they have been working on ensuring that we have adequate resources for police officers, training equipment, staffing, to ensure that again we can accomplish our mission. our mission tomorrow, as is our mission every day, is to protect everyone's rights to free speech and to allow them to lawfully demonstrate. again, we are planning for a safe event tomorrow. but, there have been some threats of violence associated with this event tomorrow. we have

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p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> c-span's washington journal.veryday we are taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day. in discussing policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning. heather reames from citizens for responsible energy solutions and sarah of the league of conservation voters talk about president biden and congressional democrats plans to combat climate change and push for green energy investments. then the campaign legal senator on the biden administration's ethics pledges. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> thursday, virginia gubernatorial candidates terry mccullough, a democrat, and glenn juncker in, a republican, participate in a debate hosted by the appalachian school of law. live coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> u.s. gymnasts simone biles and others testified before the senate judic

p.m. eastern on c-span. u can also watch online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> this year marks the 20th inner bursary of the september 11 attacks. -- this year marks the 20th anniversary of the september 11 attacks. watch saturday on c-span. watch online at c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. ♪ >> sunday night on q&a, the chief engineer of the historic fireboat john jay harvey on september 11 when it was called back into service to aid firefighters following the attacks on the twin towers. in her book, she recounts the events. >> the evacuation that delivered nearly half a million people to safety is an incredible example of the goodness of people. that when you're given the opportunity to help, you have the tools, have skill set, you have the availability the people over and over again made the choice to put themselves in harm's way for the sake of fellow humans. that is very instructive and something we need to continue to remember. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern

p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. ♪ >> washington journal, every day,e are taking their calls live on the air on the news of the day and discussing policy issues that impact you. saturday morning, former u.s. capitol police chief looks at capitol security ahead of the justice for j6 rally in support of the january 6 writers and a christian science monitor talk about their recent podcast series, stronger, looking at the impact of the pandemic on women. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls , facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. host: the conversation now with matt braynard. the conversationh matt braynard. he is the organizer of justice for j6 rally taking place tomorrow. matt braynard, who are the people you don't believe have gotten justice related to january 6. guest: before that, i want to clarify something. there has been a lot of misinformation about this rally. when we begin this advocacy, we condemn all violence. we believe those that destroyed property at

p.m. eastern on c-span. online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> this week watch c-span's at january 6 views from the house or 14 members of congress share stories of what they saw, heard, and experience of that day. >> representative from arizona was objecting to the arizona slate of electors and at that moment i simply shouted out at the top of my lungs, this is because of you, i screamed at her. >> the capitol police officer started coming into the chamber for the thing that was odd as they are being very odd and we were still debating. people were talking there's a lot of commotion. the doors to the chamber are typically open and all of the doors, the start shutting all of the doors going boom, boom, boom, boom. >> at some point someone up in the chambers, in the gallery, a member was yelling at the republicans to call trump and have trump call off his mob. >> there were a lot of freshmen there i got to know during orientation. this was their first real experience in congress we we

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p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can also find "q&a" interviews wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ c-span wj. the "new york times" described the commemoration like this. "the loved ones gathered again for moments of silence and the peal of the bell paying tributes and listened as bruce springsteen sang about memory and loss. "in pennsylvania, hundreds gathered in a clearing where a highjackers -- hijacked plane crashed. in chicago, firefighters too long to remember september 11 climb thousands of steps to honor emergency responses to who have not lived past it. in nebraska, children sat on the shoulders of their parents and waved american flags to honor the victims of a tragedy that to them, has only been history. for two decades, americans have mourned the attacks of september 11 that killed nearly 3,000 people, a loss so deep it shook the united states to its core. but even as time has passed, and the horrific days has moved from fresh memory into the chronicles of history then people who gathered around the coun