also participating is jamie, associate publisher public affairs a moderating is the publisher public affairs who started with the firm 15 years ago. hell turn things over to vernon who has some stories to tell. [applause] >> anything. >> i'm here for one reason, and one reason only. that is to congratulations public affairs on its 20th anniversary as a publisher of books that matter. and to acknowledge the important role of politics and prose. in the role that place in our community. for a long time i had given some thought to writing about my experiences growing up in atlanta, georgia. and linking them to my days civil rights movement. i wasn't quite sure how to do it. so i consulted with a dear friend in new york who specialized in the book business with great success. mark took me to largest, most influential publishing houses in america. the responses were all the same. they said, this is a beautiful moving outline of her life. except for one thing, there's nothing in this outline about bill clinton. so, had to explain that the book i wanted to write was about me, not about clinto

i wonder why we are called public affairs. there was a company in town called public affairs press. and morris snapper -- i went to see him. he appealed to me and use the name without consideration or compensation. the problem was it was called public affairs press and i thought the initials would be tea a p, tap. not a message we wanted to send. that is why we are called public affairs, one word, that is not a mistake. >> i want to turn to brad. you are now at the forefront of independent bookselling and you deal with publishing companies up and down the country but you didn't know any of that when you started out. my question for you is what do you wish you had known then from your experience as a bookseller before you set out to write your books? >> one thing it gives you is a lot of overconfidence that you can jump into anything, it is true when i wrote my first book, i have never done a full book and when i wrote the biography of donald rumsfeld, i covered donald rumsfeld, politics and prose, 7 years ago i had never been in business let alone a bookstore. you see a pattern here

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alana ryan is the nspcc‘s policy and public affairs officer. good to see you.ese figures surprise you, they do seem very steep. i think it is a worrying trend. we've seen year—on—year increase over the last three years so on average increase over the last three years so on average 183 pupils are fed each and every school day into specialist mental health services. at her own service we've seen a rise in the number of mental health related contexts so over the last four years it has been a 26% increase and now it is the top reason why children are referred to us reason why children are referred to us today so very concerning for the figures four—year—old childminder mirror those figures you have now obtained. what is causing this? i think there are many explanatory factors, it could be that teachers themselves are more alert to early signs and symptoms of mental health problems or the students themselves be more comfortable speaking about their anxieties and worries. i think we also need to be alert to the number of pressures that young people face today, both o

house well to discuss that i'm now joined by dori gold the president of the jerusalem center for public affairs and former adviser to israeli prime minister ariel sharon benjamin netanyahu and knesset it's great to talk to you today thank you very much for your time my pleasure now i know you were greatly overjoyed by the americans deciding to move their embassy to jerusalem is there anything else that you would like the trumpet administration to do on the israeli palestinian track well right now the administration is considering a new initiative a new peace initiative. and i we have to give them time to finish their work and and put this on the table well ambassador the reason i'm asking is because i've heard some american commentators including tom friedman of the new york times suggest that trump has wasted one of the best cars he have instead of using it as leverage with both the government and the palestinians he just gave god baby away for free i'm quoting mr friedman here do you agree with that reasoning well i think that's a very narrow perspective of how diplomacy works. you know we do

observed, and i also have started writing for a very fine magazine put out by the public affairs school of public administration and affairs at ucla call blueprint. it's just starting, it's about a year old, so it deserves a plug. if you're interested in public affairs, look up blueprint. so our authors today are delawarean stillman -- dee ann stillman who wrote blood brothers, the story of buffalo bill and sitting bull, the author of inseparable, the story of the siamese twins, and steven j. ross who wrote "hitler in los angeles." the authors tell their stories through great characters or who were little known at the time or were famous but have slipped off the pages of history. through them, the authors tell much about american culture, society and politics of their era. and tell us lessons -- teach us things that will be of value and enlighten us even today in the era of donald trump. "hitler in los angeles" by usc professor steven ross was a finalist for the pulitzer prize in the history category. in tracking the surprisingly effective -- right. [applause] that's an honor. attractin

of the greater miami jewish federation and he has been heavily involved in the american-israel public affairs committee, or aipac, since the ery start. mr. speaker, mr. speaker, throughout his life stanley has selflessly devoted himself to give back toers o. so thank you, stanley tate, for your commitment to better the lives of so many in our community and our great nation. i am so proud to call you my friend. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until 2:00 p.m. senator hatch: with that we'll close this hearing off. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> we did have to leave this hearing with smoky robinson and other artists as the house was in for a short time. we will have it in our video library at c-span.org. if you did catch the few minutes we did have to break away or watch from the beginning. abo

my guest this week here in jerusalem is michael our deputy minister of public affairs. this government has rejected any interest. actual investigation into the events again taking place. what's it going to be. complex so for sixteen t.w. folks. who've been fighting for the place to take you seriously in the world of what appears has come out women strong tough. superhero members more talks smart state a legend frank recently dangerous time for me for my own tongue and move closer to the white house ghosts ground is shaking now but the trouble was your favorite place. in the exhibit is back to make the point that my church and europe the politics of the entire country champion of free insurance for the last sixty years just for minds. welcome to a new special edition of check in today we're going to show you the highlights of germany's most populous state north rhine-westphalia from the rhineland to the region to the area known as once the law.

into that he is a leader about the presidency generally he is in hot demand with television and public affairs programs we are glad to have him here today. >> but our colleagues from "time" m magazine he was on the publishing side but they got more money but to his credit they very quickly realize we had more fun. [laughter] so he came over to the writing side pretty quickly one of the layers talents that move back and forth between the world that has served him pretty well at the lbj library. the second reason it is a treat i havehe the privilege to cover bush 40 wanted ministration as well as correspondent traveling around the country president bush and getting to know who would s become 43. and then just to revisit those days and i am in a better position to tell you what a remarkable book it is and how measured and insightful. you are in for a treat. so listen to market open for questions from the audience so please wait for the microphone because this is being recorded. so watch your grammar left after the talk he will be signing books in the signing tent and a portion of every sale goes

he made overtures, but i think that was all for public affairs benefits, and i think the reality is he never actually decided that he wanted to go into a serious negotiation on giving up his nuclear program, and now, if it is true that his people didn't show up in singapore, to meet with mike pompeo's team, it should be blatantly obvious, he did not want to go through with this. liz: nancy pelosi out in force criticizing the president, general. saying trump was not prepared. white house officials saying noko didn't show up to be prepared for the meeting. let's listen to what nancy pelosi is saying. >> this takes preparation. this takes knowledge. this takes judgment, and clearly, it takes preparation, which the president didn't make. it's clear he didn't know what he was getting into, and now he's walking away from it. liz: general, is pelosi saying our career military and intelligence veterans are unprepared? we're talking mattis, pompeo and kelly. and pompeo has been around since the reagan administration. north korea would not have a nuke. >> no, that's exactly right. and i would qu

resources, and the senior research scholar at columbia university's school of international and public affairs. he was involved with the iran sanction negotiation. good to see you. iran's, what happened to production and exports? term,d: for the near nothing changes. the iranians have as much incentive to put as much oil on the market as they can and keep numbers high while u.s. get sections together. alix: they can work around it? richards: i think they can. it may be helping the iranians to of aid sanctions but in the end, they will have some export losses. it is a question of who will they find to buy the extra oil and will they offer discounts? alix: and will they find buyers? i want to put a quote that came out earlier that said whether the price and supply of petroleum and petroleum products produced in countries other than iran is sufficient to permit purchasers to reduce significantly in volume their purchases from iran, it is an addendum to the potential reduction in imports. how tight is the market? chad: today it is tight but the story coming out of this, as winston churchill said,

american history tvs reel america brings you archival films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> although it started like so many others, for president johnson the month of march would call for a momentous and far-reaching decision. the president had been aware of a growing divisiveness within the country, at the same time he clearly knew what the america of tomorrow could be if americans would work together playing aside their differences to realize the nation's true potential. for the president march would sharpen the contrast between america's problems and america's promise. it would be a period devoted to healing the country's ills and the country's divisions, culminating with an announcement on the final day of the month that would both shock and sadden the nation. this dramatic decision would leave march 1968 to be remembered as one of the most significant months in the history of american politics and the american presidency. the month began for president johnson at the swearing in ceremony of the new secretary of defense. as an aide and adviser to three d

each week american history tv real america brings you films that provides context for today's public affairs issues. president johnson would call for a far reaching decision. the president had been aware of a grows divideness in the country, if americans would work together laying aside their differences realizing the nation's true potential. it would strengthen the contrast between america's problems and america's promise. it would help to hale the country's division, and on the final day of the month it will shock and sadden the nation: the month began for president johnson if he swearing in ceremony. as an aid and advisor for three presidents -- >> this is a great day for us here in the white house. we were finally successful in per situating clark, prevailing upon him to move from the kitchen cabinet to the east room. >> some memorial have compared this appointment to a wedding. after a very long and sometimes secret courtship, we're finally making an honest man out of him. >> the chief justice honors us this morning by administering the oath. . >> i do solemnly swear -- >> my remarks ar

. >> we reached out to ucsf's public affairs office but no response yet. >>> feisty face-off in the bayrea in the race for governor. last night's debate in san jose finally included all of the top six candidates. and at one point it got personal for the front-runner gavin newsom. >> if you can't trust gavin with his best friend's wife, how can you trust him with your state? >> it's -- it's hard with respect to -- to hear from mr. allen, who is a desprout supporter of donald trump, talk about the issue of sexual harassment. >> besides that, they also talked about healthcare, taxes and immigration. one hot button issue, the state's new sanctuary law. >> security is the number one role of government. i will act as soon as i get the office to reverse the sanctuary state. >> the fact of the matter is these people are contributing to the economy. we ought to work with them. we ought to -- um, um, celebrate them and their work. >> newsom has skipped several previous debates and is not likely to take part in another before june's primary. >>> two bay area school districts are losing tens of mil

our public affairs specialists work with local media. many of our public affairs specialists have weekly radio shows where they talk about social security benefits. they talk about when to claim benefits. they talk about medicare enrollment and the importance of enrolling in medicare before your 65. we are using some of the more traditional means of communications to ensure that we reach rural america, but we are not stopping there. we also, you mentioned libraries. not all seniors are comfortable using a computer at the library, but many are. that's why we have the ssa express program were reported with libraries to provide one click access to online information and services. >> thank you. my next question is for both dr. ayati and for ms. chavez. doctor, i was so intrigued in your written testimony by your phrase that we live in an anti-aging society. because i think this is a key issue in addressing isolation, in addressing how we treat our seniors, in keeping them engaged. and i would like both of you to address that issue. what advi

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tony s*ig, assistant secretary for public affairs treasury department back with us in new york. in person. you have found the ladder in the swamp and crawled out and came back to new york. >> thanks for pulling me out. >> bill: full credit. john bolton is suggesting this government will go after european companies to help enforce the iran deal. is that what will happen? >> we're willing and the president has made it clear to negotiate a better deal that makes sure iran never accomplishes the achievement of nuclear capacity and asked our european allies to work with us on that. we have a 180 day window of time to make that happen. in the time being we're serious about using primary and secondary -- they're the biggest proliferateors of terror and support and help fund the assad regime in syria. the biggest destabilizing factor in the middle east. if we want to look out for our national security and region's stability we have to en sanctions. >> iran was trying to take over the middle east. now that will not happen. i mention john bolton. here is his interview from cnn on sunday.

house well to discuss that i'm now joined by dore gold the president of the jerusalem center for public affairs and former adviser to israeli prime minister ariel sharon benjamin netanyahu and that's it it's great to talk to you today thank you very much for your time my pleasure now i know you were greatly overjoyed by the americans deciding to move their embassy to jerusalem is there anything else that you would like the trumpet administration to do on the israeli palestinian track well right now the administration is considering a new initiative a new peace initiative. and i we have to give them time to finish their work and and put this on the table well ambassador the reason i'm asking is because i've heard some american commentators including tom friedman of the new york times suggest that trump has waste they have one of the best cars he have instead of using it as leverage with both the government and the palestinians he just gave god baby away for free i'm quoting mr friedman here do you agree with that reasoning well i think that's a very narrow perspective. how diplomacy works. you k

my guest this week here in jerusalem is michael aren't simply demystify the public affairs. this government has rejected any international investigation into the events of the field taking place in gaza. what's it got to be. complex so close to sixty minutes p.w. float. would often find full details to take you seriously in the world of work here's what's coming up women's talk. superheroes smart women smart talks smart state the legend frank recently dangerous time the two dollars for moms play book club team play the white child the flu round is shaking about to go to the top of the food was your favorite team plays. a little bit about to make the point that muslim church didn't go for the politics of the entire country the champion of free and fearless and for the last sixty five years joplin for mines. welcome to tomorrow today this week the pros and cons of new mobile technologies. no blood no needles a ugandan stars have with up the tests will malaria. social media addiction how companies are manipulating young users. and a flying blood bank could drone soon start savi

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house well to discuss that i'm now joined by dore gold the president of the jerusalem center for public affairs and former adviser to israeli prime minister ariel sharon benjamin netanyahu and ester it's great to talk to you today thank you very much for your time my pleasure now i know you were greatly overjoyed by the americans deciding to move their embassy to jerusalem is there anything else that you would like the trumpet administration to do on the israeli palestinian track well right now the.

the border with gaza my guest this week here in jerusalem is michael oren deputy minister for public affairs his government rejects any external investigation into the gaza violence what's it got to fear.

welcome back to worlds apart with the what he called the president of the jerusalem center for public affairs and that's it or just before the break you were talking how the palestinians have the custom of call lasting gold in muslim countries to get what they want that the united nations and russia is not a predominantly muslim country moreover russians rarely criticize their country's security actions particular way when it comes to israel because i think with israel we have a lot of similar security challenges but even here i can tell you israel's security argument is very quickly losing its relevance that massacre on may fourteenth with dozens killed and thousands injured shocked many people here and you know better than i do that the russians are not particularly faint hearted when it comes to the use of force what i want to ask you is whether you worry at all about how your country is being perceived internationally and this naked point to pointless cruelty it. gets associated with israel more and more well first of all i totally disagree with your characterizations of israel those who

a discussion on the 20th anniversary of the book publisher, public affairs. featuring its founder, peter -- booktv all this week in prime time on c-span2. this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to tyler, texas with the help of our usa cable partners. we will explore tyler's literary scene and history. saturday at 12 pm eastern on booktv. author robert stricken discusses his book about the former lieutenant texas governor and -- >> everything he did in the senate was in a problem-solving mode. how he fits this particular thing for texans. how to make this better. and so, he did that without ideology. getting in the way. he did it without partisanship getting in the way. and so, that made him greatly loved. he was hands down, both parties, he was a person people can work with. >> on sunday at 2 pm eastern on american history tv. we visit with bobby evans, form engineer the tyler district texas department of transportation. and father of the adopt a highway program. >> 1994, we took a trip to south kota. a highway meeting. i had to give a speech to a club. i

jong il and president moon the first of course on april the twenty seventh but that was a very public affair everybody knew about the advance the t.v. cameras were there to capture the historic moment in contrast this one that's happened saturday afternoon on the korean peninsula time took place without any fanfare obviously showed you a lot of the last moments and no reporters knew about it in advance and so we just got this statement as you say under an hour ago from the blue house here in seoul saying that this summit took place between three and five pm south korean time about four hours ago now and we know from a very brief statement from the blue house that what was discussed was an honest exchange of ideas for the successful resumption of the north korea u.s. talks so again that does suggest that president moon has hit the ground running he got the news that the summit was off a surprise to him from washington but he has set about trying to get these talks between the u.s. and north korea back on by going to see kim jong un in person they have a hotline for important last minute thing

each week, american history week provides context for today's public affairs issues. >> the germans rolled across the defenses on the ames river. this was a driving relentless force that struck panning into the prince nation -- french nation. this was both the second and third u.s. division into the area. they were trying to out stand this onslaught. both divisions were bonded. wrote one ofision them most brilliant pages of our military panels. the second division, holding the road between paris. they began pushing the germans back. u.s. marines fighting with the second division regained important round known to history . that breast of the counterattack forward. by the end of july, they were remote. the tide had now turned. the initiative passed. that is where it would remain. a u.s. divisions have participated in a successful counter defensive and their performance had met their commanders expectations and exceeded all others. bravo to the young americans and the french dispatch who reported the victories that had electrified the world. had proved his ability as a fighter. it was obvious

it is going overboard to make a political point about public affairs policy issues in a particularly dramatic way. it is not a punishable threat. the same would be true of kathy griffith. is "hate: why we should resist it wit >> coming up this morning, the federal election commission on its ability to oversee campaign-finance laws. the center for public integrity. then a roundtable on the advanced placement of the u.s. government and what students can expect on the test. joining us, high school government teachers. they will take questions and calls from students. be sure to watch c-span's washington," live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. weekend, c-span's cities tour takes you to tyler, texas, with the help of our cable partners, to explore its literary scene and has three. today on book tv, author robert sturgeon discusses his book about the book of the former texas lieutenant governor bill ratliff. >> everything he did the senate was in the problem-solving move. how did he fix this, make this better? he did that without ideology. he did that without partisanship. him greatly

my guest this week here in jerusalem is michael aren't fifty the minister for public affairs.his government has rejected any international investigation to be offensive to save the place in gaza. what's it got to feel. conflict so fifth thirty minute. climate change. sustainability. environmental projects we give globalisation the face biodiversity species conservation exploitation ecology. human rights displacement. of the global and current of local actually. three thousand. is known as. the day. you know the banks. and so was the language of the bank. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines higher and higher further and further dirtier and dirtier. the high gloss world of professional sports behind the scenes bitter truth . manipulation exploitation corruption mafia style. a business worth billions but just how murky is the world of sports and reality. dirty games starting june sixth on t w. italy's president has approved the appointment of giuseppe conte as the country's next prime minister who was put forward for the post by italy's two main populi

so not too many details yet, and i think there is a sense now that yesterday was a very public affairall of the world invited to watch what was going on, but now perhaps a bit of private time for the couple. all right, good to talk to you, thank you very much indeed, jessica barker. joining me now is thejournalist ed adoo and angela foster, who's assistant news editor at the guardian. ed, what do think the wedding means for the monarchy? a breath of fresh air? it is a game changing moment, when you see a black reverend, a black choir in windsor, with the monarchy, you know, in—house, so to speak, it was a great moment. and also i think for diversity, if we had this conversation 20 years ago, and we said meghan markle would be pa rt and we said meghan markle would be part of the royal family, i'm sure people would say it will never happen. it has. and i think it is bigger and wider than the actual wedding, it is about embracing different cultures, and i think reaching out to all types of people. i think that is what makes it significant. is that the way you see it, angela? you could te

the border with gaza my guest this week here in jerusalem is michael oren deputy minister for public affairs his government rejects any external investigation into the gaza violence what's it got to fear. michael or unwelcome conflicts are going to be with you said in a radio interview on the sixteenth of may your army had no choice but to use live fire against palestinians on the gazan side of your border because two days earlier a soldier as you said came under intensive fire from those how must terrorists what kind of fire or intense fire don't fire writer vehicles submachine guns and grenades and and roadside bombs but that's not the only reason our soldiers opened fire the principal reason was that there was a threat to the border and the soldiers are charged with defending our border from . terrorists and civilians who have been driven by terrorists with the express purpose of breaking through the border killing our civilians and destroying our state i understand how long did this intensive fun last i wasn't there i don't know i thought was long and. for our soldiers it can last second

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>> liz bowman, the head of public affairs, and she is resigning. the third epa official to resign this week. she certainly did not have an easy job, especially lately, with the dozens of scandals brought to light because of epa chief scott pruitt who has a dozen inquiries looking into his spending, where he was living. he had an apartment owned by a lobbyist, of course, several jobs like that. but it does go to show a lot of people are departing the epa, some close to scott pruitt, the other two left this week. now there is a third departure. there is a chance, jim, we could continue to see more of these departures as these scandals continue at the epa. right now the white house is sticking by scott pruitt, waiting to see what the outcome of these investigations are. there is one person sticking by scott pruitt and that is the president. >> it's the only one that matters. kaitlyn collins, thank you very much. >>> more on our breaking news. the president coming clean on the hush agreement with stormy daniels as his lawyer ties it all back to the 201

riders from the 2018 national black writers conference and a discussion of the anniversary of public affairs, featuring its founder. booktv, in primetime on c-span2. >> this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to tyler, texas: we'll explore tiler's literary scene and on saturdays and then the discussion of the book of the former state senator, bill ratliff. >> everything he did was in a problem, solving mode. how to fix this for texans, make this better. so he did that without ideology getting in the way, without partisanship getting in the way, and that made if well- -- greatly loved in austin. hands down, both parties, he was person people could work with. >> on sunday, at 2:00 p.m. eastern, on american history tv, we visit with bobby evans, former engineer for the tyler district, texas department of transportation, and the father of the adopt a highway program. >> 1994, we took a trip to south dakota, the highway meeting and i had to gave speech to a civic club, and i had a portion of that speech where i challenged them to adopt a highway to get rid of litter. that was just a part of th