of today's 75 anniversary forum of the battle of the mid way of the japanese navy and world war ii reairs tonight on c-span 3. code breaking and navy at the battle and new information at the state of japanese navy. all of that is tieonight starti at 8:00 eastern. >>> each week, american history tv brings a archival film that helps tell a story of the 208th century. >> hollywood directors making films for the u.s. government during world war ii. we featured john ford. he made for the u.s. navy about the june 1942 battle of mid way. the film presented a victory and vivid color to an american public eager for some good news. first, we speak with author mark harris about john ford. >> author harris focused on the five books. heart atta mark harris, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> what can you tell us about the work of ford? >> he's the most respected before the war. between 939 and 941, he went on an unmatched terror in hollywood making the grapes of wrath and how green was my valley and drums along the mohawks. just a set of movies that gave him the reputation as

hbo said it was taste less and the segment wouldn't be reaired. >> it was a battle today in downtownfield. this is the skirmish on king's highway marking the british encampment. the red coats were known to loot and pillin pillage their way thh the area. this has become a five year tradition. >> veterans are seeing the war memorial dedicated to their service in world war ii. they boarded busses from williams town high school. this was made possible by an organization dedicated to ensuring veterans visit the memorial at least once in their lives. >> it was a great day for a bike ride and run at the board week. we show you the try athlete competition at the shore. >> and students who created a prosthetic hand for a friend. melissa? >> walter, double scan radar 3d showing you showers across the great lakes working their way eastward as we get to the day tomorrow. we have detail in the accuweather forecast. ♪ ♪ >> it was a perfect day for a swim and about bike ride and a run at the beach. athletes competed at the triathlon, biked four miles and ended with a one mile run along the boardwal

free c-span radio app and a quick reminder if you miss any of it during the day, the hearing will reair at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 and later that night on c-span. a look now at the former director's testimony in march confirming the russia investigation. director comey: i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the f.b.i., as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. as with any counterintelligence investigation, this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed. because it is an open, ongoing investigation and is classified, i cannot say more about what we are doing and whose conduct we are examining. at the request of congressional leaders, we have taken the extraordinary step in coordination with the department of justi

reminder if you missed any of it during the day the hearing will reair at 8:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span2 and then later at night on c-span. a look now at a recent interview with vermont senator bernie sanders, interviewed by former president jimmy carter at the carter center in atlanta. >> yes, maybe this is our nation's great transition. we're living in a very difficult

a reminder if you missed any of it will reair at 8:00 p.m. on c-span2 and later that night on c-span. the u.s. house back at 4:30 eastern today to begin legislative work for the day. live coverage here on c-span. in the meantime, a discussion from this morning's "washington journal." continues. ebellfirst guest is myron with competitive enterprise institute. chefs as director for center for environment. here to talk about the recent decision by the white house on agreement.limate good morning. little bit about your organization first. yourself you describe and what you do? nonpartisan a nonprot

. >> why -- just to reberate it, if you didn't tape it we're going to reair it tonight. john on the independent line, go ahead. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. listen, i only got one thing in my mind that's bothering me. first -- well, two things, actually. first of all, why isn't anybody in the senate or congress going after flynn? because he's the one that started all this. >> going after who? >> flynn. >> ok. >> ms. yates was the first one to get fired because she brought the attention to the white house that he was -- might be in a position to be blackmailed by russia. but that's neither here nor there why i called. i'm just wondering that, number two, if i had been the most honorable senator from tennessee today i would have asked him one thing. listen, your president said -- with lester holt that comey was fired because of the russia investigation and you say and rosenstein say and your letter was to the effect that it was the way pretty much the way he handled the clinton debacle. now, who's pulling whose leg right here? is it both? is it one or the other? y

if you miss that, we will be reairing the hearing with mr. comey at 8:00 p.m. eastern time here on c-span. highlights oning c-span2. if you want to see the whole thing, we will re-air it at 8:00 p.m. c-span -- eastern time on c-span. you can watch the hearing, and alongside the video of the hearing, you will see any tweets from the president as they are happening in real time. if you would like to see both of those things happening at the same time, go to our website. let's get you your calls. we want to hear what you have to say to washington about this. terry, a republican. you are up first. good morning. caller: i must say, i know i lookingrd the liberals for smoking guns come but i just see a smoking p shooter. -- this is just the liberals in the media showing how they had donald trump and i cannot get over the fact that their gal hillary lost the election. (202) 748-8000 -- host: are you referring to mr. heards statement you yesterday, no smoking gun their? caller: if they want to talk about collusion, there was collusion in the election. as we know, the d

a reminder if you missed any of it will reair at 8:00 p.m. on c-span2 and later that night on c-span. the u.s. house back at 4:30 eastern today to begin legislative work for the day. live coverage here on c-span. in the meantime, a discussion from this morning's "washington journal." continues. host: first guest is myron ebell with competitive enterprise institute. chefs as director for center for energy environment. here to talk about the recent decision by the white house on the paris climate agreement. good morning. little bit about your organization first. how would you describe yourself and what you do? guest: we're a nonpartisan nonprofit policy. issues to free market perspective. we concentrate on regulations. we accept no government funding in our annual budget is getting close to $8 million. host: who funds that budgets? guest: several thousand individual charitable foundations and few corporations. host: any of those corporations individuals tied to the energy industry at all? guest: we have a policy not to disclose who our donors a

slew of new questions were asked which went back into the testimony itself, and they've essentially reaired? >> just like you said, it is tea leaves, astrology, but one thing that could be happening is the majority of jurors trying to convince a minority of jurors, and that's why reading back reasonable doubt, and maybe by war of attrition, simply reading through all of the testimony and all of this evidence, trying to convince any hold out jurors irrespective of which way they're going, and of course the defense raised the very real concern we may now be getting into the area of coercion. and that's why they moved several times for mistrials at this point. >> it seems like lawyers believed the prosecution has the upper hand because as you point out, defense attorneys have been asking for a mistrial and the production seems content that maybe this is inching their direction. is that how you see it? >> yes, but just like me, the defense and prosecution are ultimately guessing. how ironic if ultimately it turns out they're advocating based on the reverse belief, that they're actually advocati

later tonight at 6:00 p.m., a reairing of today's live coverage, which includes all six speakers. you can also watch all of our civil war institute conference coverage any time by visiting our website, c-span.org/history. , you can find our tv schedule and view all our programs in their entirety. to share your thoughts, connect with us on twitter at c-span history, and on facebook at facebook.com/c-span history. this is american history tv only on c-span3. >> next on american history tv, scott harrison talks about james monroe's life. will hear about the fifth president's revolutionary war service, work as a lawyer, path to the presidency, and the monroe doctrine that carries his name. he is the director of the james monroe museum and memorial library grid the mosby area heritage association hosted this 45 minute event as part of a monroe,m entitled james presidential inauguration, a bicentennial commemoration and reflection. >> our first speaker is scott harris, the director of the james monroe museum and memorial library. he has been as such since 2011. the museum is operated by

tonight at 8:00, we'll reair all of today's hearing with the former fbi director. here is how some of the reports are going this amp. >> media belly flops still no trump russia collusion evidence. shocked. >> frcomey, i leaked to get a special prosecutor and focusing on of the testimony of james comey in response of senator roy blunt. her is what he had to say. >> you said after he was dismissed, you gave information to a friend so that friend could get that information in to the public media. >> correct? >> what kind of information did you give to a friend? >> the phone conversation, that the president asked me to l let -- the conversation in the oval office. >> you did not consider your memo or that sense of documentation to be a government document. you considered to be your own personal document that you can share with the media as you wanted to through a friend. >> correct, i understand this to be my recollection reported of my conversation with the president. i felt free to share that. i thought it was important to get it out. >> all of your memos you reporte

hbo also released a statement saying the episode will never be reaired.done. political analysts gianna caldwell supposed to be a guest on real time this month but immediately following the racial slur he cancel his appearance and tweeted this video to explain why. jianne know joins us live now video skype with more. good morning to you jianne know. >> good morning. i heard it. i watch the show pretty frequently. i gasped what were you your reaction when you saw it? >> i was completely and totally disgusted when you look at the video and you see that he used the word with just ease, i mean, that tells me this is something that you not just did a slip of the tongue on your show but this is probably the kind of language you use in your day to day up again with people saying why is it okay for some people to use it and others not. bill ma her is down liberal guy. he didn't mean it. what do you say to that argument today? >> i say that's the problem with white liberals. they think that just because they may be down with some black us a causes they're okay to u

of today's 75 anniversary forum of the battle of the mid way of the japanese navy and world war ii reairsapanese navy. all of that is tieonight starti at 8:00 eastern. >>> each week, americanis