veterans affairs secretary robert wilkie testifies about the agency's mission before a joint hearing of the house and senate veterans affairs committees, watch a 2 pm eastern on cspan-3. >> joining us from san antonio, her hometown, the professor teaching at penn state university and a book project titled a natural border the racing environment at the u.s. mexico divide. thank you for being here on american history tv. the so much debate right now, give us the history and what you've learned in researching the topic. >> one of the things i focused on is the environmental history of the border, people don't know we've been building this for a long time and the first was built in the early 1900s to stop at cattle pick on cattle coming from mexico into the united states. so the u.s. department of agriculture officials decided they needed to stop that from happening so they built this but the tech was curing the disease from mexico into the united dates in the u.s. already launched a huge eradication campaign but, mexico didn't need to do that so once the tick was eradicated and this was

>> robert wilkie testifies about the agency's mission before a joint mission of veterans affairs committees, watch on cspan-3. a story following a teenager prejudice against polish immigrants leads to violence, this half-hour film is called the high wall. [ sirens ] >> [ film playing ] >> good morning dustin. >> good morning >> another day on the south side this time period >> they called me about it. >> another game, two kids hurt peter, 18, fractured left radius , commission satisfactory >> thomas gregory, 18, fractured ribs, lower left, perforated lung. that is that the laboratory found no infection, nothing that showed up on a mike scope for on a test tube nothing you could fight with the drug. condition satisfied three -- condition satisfactory. do you mind if i talk to the two boys? >> if they will talk. ♪ >> how are you feeling? >> okay . >> my name is mort off, -- my name is mort off -- nordhoff. >> why did you and your friend attack the other driver . >> are you kidding , they started it, we finished it . >> the police report says you started the fight . >> we didn't start the figh

thank you. [ applause ] [ applause ] [ applause ] >>> veterans affairs secretary robert wilkie will testify before the senate veterans affairs committee, live coverage starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> the house rules committee will meet to consider legislation to consider certain tax breaks that have expired and tax relief for people hit by disasters and repeals of certain health care-related taxes. the rules committee will decide what amendments can be offered during floor debate. live coverage starts at 5:00 p.m. eastern, here on c-span 3. you can also watch online at c-span.org or list within the free c-span radio app. >>> tonight, american history tv in prime time, where we will look at programs on political history, with a discussion on the concept of populism. and its role in the history of american politics. the first event is called the promise and perils of populism. history tv in prime time starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> joining us is lauren cameron, of u.s. news and world report. she an education reporter here to talk about those findings that were done by the trump

robert wilkie will testify on capitol hill before both the house and senate veterans affairs committees on the agency's mission and the community care program. follow live coverage of that at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest most diverse freshman class in recent history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span starting january 3. >> the very government under which we live was created in the spirit of compromise and mutual concession. >> thomas jefferson questioned the need for a senate. quite the framers believed. theet's follow constitution. >> the framers established the senate to protect people from their rulers and as a check on the house. fate of this country and maybe even the world lies in the hands of congress and the united states senate. senate: conflict and compromise. a c-span original production exploring the history, traditions and role of this uniquely american institution. >> please raise your right hand. >> wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and specific -- pacific on c-span. hos

robert wilkie comes in and promises to clean up the .epartment we entered this year where we were last year, folks feeling good about the future of the ca and that there has been -- future of the va, and when will you inject new leadership and drama into the position? host: from alexandria, louisiana. good morning. i am a vietnam veteran, and is privatization of the va hospital is destroying the va hospital. host: in what way? caller: we no longer have the emergency room at the hospital, we no longer have doctors at the hospital. they said you have to drive 40 miles to get to the va hospital, you can go to public doctors. public doctors will not accept us around here because once you plus va splitare the costs. they are turning us down. the person we can go see is 120 miles away in lafayette. my neighbor did not want to drive 120 miles. cancerto have skin removed off his ear because we cannot get service. the young guys might be getting service, i do not know. but these doctors are saying we will not take you because of your medicare. the are just destroying v.a. host: this will be the

upheaval, the new secretary comes in, robert wilkie over the summer -- he promised to clean up the department, put some of the drama behind. we entered this year sort of the same place we were last year, which is a lot of folks feeling good about the future of v.a., feeling like there have been a lot of improvements, but also keeping an eye on the white house, saying when will you inject more political drama? sydney,t's go to calling from louisiana, also a veteran. caller: i am a vietnam veteran. i want to say this privatization of the va hospital is destroying the v.a. hospital. host: in what way? caller: we no longer have the emergency room at the hospital. we no longer have doctors at the hospital. you have to drive more than 40 miles to the v.a. hospital. you can go to the public doctor. notpublic doctor will accept us, because once you turn 65, you use that a care plus v.a. they are turning us down. the nearest person we can go see his 120 miles away in lafayette. my neighbor did not want to drive that 100 20 miles. he had to pay to have skin cancer removed off of his ear, because we can

robert wilkie says the study proved that runs are getting the care they deserved.makers have one more week to find the money for donald trump's border wall or face a government shutdown. donald trump says this is the promise he is going to keep. >> whatever it takes to get border security i will do. i pledged that a long time ago and i will pledge it always. heather: next guest has an idea that would avoid a government shutdown. washington examiner contributor joins us live to explain. thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. you heard the president say whatever it takes, we have limited time left. you have an idea how to do it. what is that? >> the president giving a formal oval office address, use the full power of his office and give the reasons we should have a border wall or changes to the asylum law, he asked for in congress and not only perspective economically healthwise or prospect of national security wise but the humanitarian costs. according to ask euros, 4000 migrants have gone missing trying to come to the united states because of poor subordinates

veterans issues going into 2019, as well as tuesday's testimony by veterans affairs secretary robert wilkie on the mission of the agency. and, during holiday week, be sure to watch washington journal for authors week starting sunday, december 23, featuring live segments each morning with authors, including krystal fleming, one willingness , alan dershowitz, alyssa, and chris mcgrail. >>> this weekend, on american history tv. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, lectures in history. catholic university professor and former cia historian nicholas on national intelligence operations during resident kennedy's administration's. >> i want to focus on the two biggest intelligence subjects of the kennedy administration, which often are the historic episodes people remember from the period. the bay of pigs fiasco, and the cuban missile crisis. so, we have a fiasco and a crisis, they are both big problems. what they have in common is obviously cuba. >> on sunday on 6:00 p.m. at american artifacts, a look inside the national portrait gallery on its 50th anniversary. >> the charter that was handed to us by c

robert wilkie secretary of the department of veterans affairs, welcome. secretary wilkie, thanks for being here. the secretary is accompanied by dr. melissa glynn, the assistant secretary of the office of enterprise and the executive in charge of the veterans health administration. thank you for being here. secretary wilkie, you are now recognized. sec. wilkie: thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, chairman isaacson, chairman-elect takano, senator tester, and distinguished members of both committee, i want to thank you to address the opportunities to implement the v.a. act and share you with the governance and management approach instituted over the last 130 days. as you have said, we are on the cusp of the greatest transformative period in the history of v.a., and your leadership led to the passage of that historic legislation. as i testified in front of the senate veterans affairs committee earlier in the year, i am happy to report that the state of the department of affairs is better, and it is better because of the work that these committees, and th

then veterans' affairs secretary robert wilkie will testify before the house and senate veterans' affairs committee on the agency's mission. live coverage starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. also the house rules committee meets to consider legislation to extend certain tax breaks that expire. it also includes tax relief for people hit by disaster and it repeel -- repeals certain health care acts and they'll offer what amendments can be offered during floor debate and you can watch online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> this very government under which we live was created in the spirit of compromise and mutual concession. >> thomas jefferson questioned the need for a senate. >> let's follow the constitution. >> the framers established the senate to protect people from their rulers and as a check on the house. >> the fate of this country and maybe even the world lies in the hands of congress and the united states senate. >> the senate, conflict and compromise, a c-span original productionlo

. >> robert wilkie testifies about the agency's mission before a joint mission of veterans affairs committees, watch on cspan-3. a story following a teenager prejudice against polish immigrants leads to violence, this half-hour film is called the high wall.

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live on wednesday at 2:00 p.m., robert wilkie, the veteran affairs secretary, will talk about veterans. >>> now several civil rights activists recall stories from violence called the troubles. also the foreign minister of ireland marking 40 years of civil rights. >>> i'm going to do it myself and switch off my cell phone. so good afternoon to you all. a very warm welcome to georgetown university. my name is jared m ar-- gerard mannion. i teach here religious studies. all of us can remember the words of martin luther king where he had been imprisoned for demonstrating civil rights in april 1963. and i quote, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. but that moving, energizing line is immediately followed by another which would have far-reaching consequences that would reverberate around the globe to this day. dr. king continued, we have an inescapabl er inescapable union that meets with detriment. today as we gather to explore civil rights in trans-atlantic perspective, dr. king's words hold extra poignancy. our day we'll explore what tied together what he called a single g

of zimbabwe voted -- they had a presidential election for the first time in nearly four decades robert wilkie abe was not on the ballot. his ouster was one year ago. in ahat era has ushered promise of peace and prosperity for the people of zimbabwe who have suffered for part two long. i had the honor of serving as an election observer where i bore witness to the excitement of thousands who walked up for miles and waited in long lines to cast votes that mattered. i was there in a tent late at night watching the count of ballots by kerosene lamp and it was democracy in its broadest form andit -- rawest it was a pleasure to be there. horrorasure turned to the next day after demonstrations turned violent and six were killed. we watched as opposition figures including a city member of the zimbabwean parliament were arrested on charges of inciting postelection violence. for all of the -- for all of us had change in zimbabwe, especially the zimbabweans themselves, these events were crushing. nevertheless, the constitutional court eventually declared emerson the winner of the election and an election

veterans affairs secretary robert wilkie testifies about the agency's mission before a joint hearing of the house and senate veterans affairs committees, watch a 2 pm eastern on cspan-3.

veterans issues going into 2019 as well as tuesday's testimony by veterans of foreign affairs robert wilkie on the mission of the agency. and during holiday week sure to watch washington journal for authors week starting sunday, december 23. featuring like seven segments each morning with crystal fleming, orin kass, juan williams, ellen dershowitz, alyssa cord, motor chair and, sarah kinsey or and chris christie real. >>> government under which we live was created in the spirit of copper mice and the spirit of mutual concession. >> thomas jefferson questioned the need for senate. >> let's follow the constitution. >> the framers established the senate to protect people from the rulers and as a check on the house. >> the fate of this country and maybe even the world lies in the hands of the congress of the united states and senate. >> the senate, conflict and compromise. a c-span original production exploring the history, traditions and roles of this uniquely american institution. >> please raise your right hand. >> wednesday, january 2 at 8 pm eastern and pacific on c- span. up next a panel

. >>> then veterans affairs secretary robert wilkie will testify before both the house and senate veterans affairs committees on the agency's mission. live coverage starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> the house rules committee meets to consider legislation to extend certain tax breaks that expire and also includes tax relief for people hit by disasters and repeals certain health care related taxes. the committee is going to decide what amendments can be offered during floor debate. live coverage starts at 5:00 eastern on c-span 3 and watch on-line or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest, most diverse freshmen class in recent history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span starting january 3rd. >>> chinese president xi jinping delivered a speech in beijing on the 40th anniversary of chinese's policy. president xi who serves as the general secretary of the communist party of china talked about modernization of the chinese military and the future of trade relations. this 50-minute portion is co

. >> veterans affairs secretary robert wilkie testified before a joint hearing of the house and senate veterans affairs committee last week. he answered questions about medical care for veterans, the backlog of veterans claims and improving facilities for veterans. this is two hours 45 minutes. >> the committee will come to order. before it began i would ask unanimous consent to cox with someone beloved to sit on the diet is that in today's proceedings. during no objections so order. wow, thank you for joining us today for the joint hearing of the house and senate committees on veterans affairs. this morning we will discuss the implementation of the john s. mccain, daniel k. akaka, and samuel r. johnson department of veterans affairs maintaining internal systems and strengthening integrated outside networks act of 2018, better known as the mission act. the mission act is a truly transformative piece of legislation that will impact virtually every aspect of the care that va provides. developing it took many months of intense negotiation and close collaboration between our committees, th

. >> at a joint hearing of the house and senate veterans veteransommittees, affairs secretary robert wilkie discussed aiming better access at v.a. providers, reducing wait times at v.a. hospitals, and produce

upheaval, the new secretary comes in, robert wilkie over the summer -- he promised to clean up the departmentut some of the drama behind. we entered this year sort of the same place we were last year, which is a lot of folks feeling good about the future of v.a., feeling like there have been a lot of improvements, but also keeping an eye on the white house, saying when will you inject more political drama? sydney,t's go to calling from louisiana, also a veteran. caller: i am a vietnam veteran. i want to say this privatization of the va hospital is destroying the v.a. hospital. host: in what way? caller: we no longer have the emergency room at the hospital. we no longer have doctors at the hospital. you have to drive more than 40 miles to the v.a. hospital. you can go to the public doctor. notpublic doctor will accept us, because once you turn 65, you use that a care plus v.a. they are turning us down. the nearest person we can go see his 120 miles away in lafayette. my neighbor did not want to drive that 100 20 miles. he had to pay to have skin cancer removed off of his ear, because we cannot

here's what robert wilkie had to say about the benefit benefits.want i want to make it clear that every post-89/11 veteran will be made whole for their academic year based on the forever gi bill rates, not the post-9/11gi rates. they're eventually made whole but it's going to bring some temporary pain and that is still an antiquated bureaucracy. >> that's right. this isn't the first time this has happened. when they rolled out the post-9/11 bill in 2009, thi thee was similar issues. this affected me personally. it goes into how deep and systemic the problems are within the va and this really isn't the fault of the current administration. certainly not secretary wilkie who came on after a lot of decisions were made. but it's on them to fix it. >> so much of what matters around the department is perception, same with the mission act and implementation of choice. veterans are being told they have new choice options but the rule haven't been written. fean you get ahead of yourself too much, veterans wonder why the choice hasn't been delivered as smooth