the trio alan kohler fabian stephens and philip martin all rehearsing with the balkan struck in. the last time they had been on tour was in two thousand and five with the german pop poet who is on. the album coming bands heartfelt songs have all been rearranged to fit a live orchestra. it's such an incredible thought that we all have to agree on who plays which night when with so many musicians all performing one song i need. to commit the time to get goosebumps because there's a group of fifth. class musicians create such a rich sound you wouldn't get that from a quarter and told quintet wins the crowd and. composer and singer allan cohen is known for her intelligent lyrics and powerful melodies born to a german doctor and mexican artist she grew up speaking german and spanish in hamburg and started traveling at an early age she even discovered a passion for music on the road. i started writing because i wanted to perform. and i was living in sweden and i went to an open stage event i remember watching the performances and thinking i want to sing for people to watch. but first s

hundred million dollars in needed to rectify problems revealed by the audit is our correspondent philip martin. a number of sections agency's divisions were given what they call disclaimers saying that they had multiple issues that needed to be fixed some of the things that stand out for example we've got fifty three million dollars worth of an installed missile motors that were listed as not working well the auditors discovered that actually these missile motors were functional the pentagon is notorious for wasteful spending of taxpayer money. apparently unconcerned the deputy of defense the defense department came forward and said that they were not surprised that this was simply not a pass fail audit apparently at this point they are saying that this is simply showing what they already knew which was that there was a huge problem wasteful spending in the pentagon and now they are turning to the american taxpayers for more money to correct the problem of wasting money to begin with. crowds in the german city of camden it's have given a hostile reception to angle of a cold the german chancell

we have philip, senior editor at agro pulse. we have betsy fischer martin, executive director of the women in politics institute at american university. she is also cochair of the press club headliners team. so. monthspast couple of have been any evidence, electoral politics are not for the faint of heart. 2014,his election in senator ben sasse, republican from the brassica, has not been shy to speak his mind. two years after his election, he surprised the nation and his party by deciding to not endorse donald trump for president. even after that election, he has continued to question administration policies from border issues to the trade war with china. perhaps this willingness to face issues head-on is due to his background. in contrast with his legal colleagues, the senator holds a doctorate in american history and wrote his dissertation at yale on the religious right's response to the attack on activities like school prayer in the 1950's. that dissertation was twice as long as the book we will be talking about today. but, it did when him some very pres

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constitutional scholars philip bobbitt at akil lamarr talk about how the constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president. that's thanksgiving weekend on the c-span networks. >> who was martin van buren? >> good question. a lot of people need to ask that question. he was the eighth president of the united states. he is forgotten, his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday, ted witmer on his biography of martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with erin burr, hamilton's murderer. there were even persistent , sors throughout his life persistent that gore of it all planted them in his novel that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burke. we don't know, no one will ever know, but john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like lot like and he acts a ehrenberg. sort of always trying to southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on "q&a." >> the national archives foundation gave laura bush the record of achievement awards last month. before the presentation she sat down for a discussion with journalist cokie roberts. >> we give this award each year. we try to

philip bobett and akeel lamar talk about how the u.s. constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president. thanksgiving weekend on the c-span networks. >>> who was martin van buren? >> good question. a lot of people probably need to ask that question. martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states. he's often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q & a, ted widmer on his biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamilton's murderer. and there were even rumors persistent throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore vidal planted them in his novel, that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. but john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr. and he acts a lot like aaron burr. he sort of is always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> energy department officials and utility industry leaders testify before a senate panel on various electric power restoration

philip bobity and akeel reed omar talks about how the constitution defines impeachable offenses for the president. thanksgiving weekend on the c-span admonition. -- c-span networks. >>> who was martin van do you rememberen? good question. -- who was martin van buren? he was the 8th president of the united states. he's often forgotten his presidency was only to your years long. >> sunday on q & a, ted widmer on his biography of martin van buren. >> he spent a had the of time with burr. martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know. no one will ever know. but john quincy adams once wrote in his diary -- i saw it -- that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and act a lot like aaron burr. he is sort of always trying to organize factions and get southerners and thorners in political alliances together. >> sunday night atcal eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies ask. today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the cou