after that, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg on the impact of the death of justice antonin scalia. the pakistani american parents of a army captain who spoke at the democratic national convention this summer were among the speakers at the islamic society of north america convention. --o speaking, homeland sec homeland security secretary jeh johnson, the first sitting secretary to address the convention. this is about 45 minutes. >> gratings of peace, brothers and sisters, friends, ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct honor to introduce secretary jeh johnson. he is the secretary of the department of homeland security. as such, he leads the third-largest department of the u.s. government with a workforce of 229,000 employees and two

after that, senator tim kaine campaigns in north carolina will supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg will talk to first-year students at towards town university law center tomorrow. watch live coverage at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> at c-span.org, you can watch our public affairs and political programming at your convenience on your desktop, laptop, or mobile device. here's how. look on the video library search bar. type in the name of face beaker, sponsor of a bill, or the event topic. results list of search and click on the program like to watch or refine your search with our committee-search tool.

this year we are fortunate to be joined by justice ruth bader ginsburg. please join me in a round of applause. [applause] justice ginsberg: thank you. mr. treanor: a long introduction of justice ginsburg is not necessary for georgetown students. as you progress in your studies at the law center you will read and discuss her many powerful and brilliant supreme court decisions, as well as her influential dissents. you will also learn, if you don't already know that she , occupies a rare space in legal history. like justice thurgood marshall, justice ginsburg would have been a historic figure for her work as an advocate for gender equality. she would have been a historic figure even if she had never been a judge. and she is not only a great judge and justice a figure of , historic importance as a lawyer. know theu also already , justices a cultural icon. -- justice is a cultural icon. how many of us can say that have inspired a one act opera, two coloring books, and the phenomenon known as the notorious rbg. justice ginsburg is a special member of our law cen

after that ruth bader ginsburg reflects on her time on the high court. she is interviewed. on "after words" at 10:00 p.m. eastern time, new york times president and ceo mark thompson sits down to talk about his new book, enough said. he is interviewed by huffington post founder arianna huffington. we wrap up at 11:00 p.m. eastern with pulitzer prize-winning author who examines the american revolution. it all happens tonight on c-span to book tv. here is how scott discussing connectedness and contagion. >> welcome ladies and gentlemen for our discussion of how scott's new book connectedness and contagion. here it is. if you didn't notice, we have

in october supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg releases her memoir. look for these titles in bookstores in coming weeks and months and watch for the authors on booktv. >> booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. today at noon eastern booktv will be live from the 16th annual library of congress national book festival, the washington convention center of the nation's capital, program includes author interviews and taking your calls live. notable authors for the call in sick would include bob woodward for the last of the president's men, congressman john lewis and his book march book 3, ken burns, author of grover cleveland again, treasury of american presidents, and interviews with featured authors, lafayette and the somewhat united states. candace miller, author of hero of the empire, a daring escape and the making of winston churchill, john meacham with destiny and power, the american odyssey of george herbert walker bush. black flag, the rise of isis and stacy ship with salem 1692. join us live this weekend from the

ruth bader ginsburg reflects on her time on the high court in her new book, and pulitzer prize-winning historian alan taylor examines the american revolution. plus, booktv visits grand rapids, michigan, to tour the city's literary sites. now, those are just a few of the programs you'll hear and see this weekend on booktv. for a complete television schedule, go to booktv.org. booktv on c-span2, it's 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. >> when we confronted the pakistanis, we were enraged at them, and, of course, their answer -- the whole point was they were going the look the other way, we were going to go take him out. we had to take the body out, and we were not going to talk about it. not for a week or ten days. it was all agreed, the president then would announce we had a drone raid, we do it all the time, in the hindu kush mountains on the pakistani -- not on the pakistan, on the afghan side, making clear it was on the afghan side. and we hit a house with a hellfire missile, and we did an after-a action look and we found the long, tall guy ther

u-s supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg will speak at the university o today.justice ginsburg is expected to discuss a wide range of issues.she will be joined by u-s court of appeals judge and notre dame graduate ann claire williams. a high school prep standout in chicago may not be able to continue his sports career... after he was shot over the weekend. . police say the 17-year-old and star running back.... was shot six times -- twice in his hand and stomach. the incident happened while he was sitting on his front porch... just three hours non-life threatening.no arrests have been made. one person is dead and more than a dozen others are injured after a bus crash near the denver international airport.police say a school bus was carrying 17 to 20 students and coaches when it drove off the embankment of the embankment of a terminal approach.they say the female bus driver died and all of the other passengers were taken to local hospitals.no word on what caused the crash. the annual national september 11 memorial and museum's "tribute in light" art installation lighrt after sundown

. >>> "the washington post" reports on justice ruth bader ginsburg views about the politics about filling the vacant supreme court seat. she says senate republicans are wrong to insist that the next president should pick a successor to justice scalia. but a vote on president obama's nominee would be pointless. >>> national public radio reports a hungarian photographer accused of abusing migrants now faces a breach of peace charge. video from last year shows the woman tripping a syrian refuge who was carrying a child. she was fired as international outrage about the incident spread. >>> "the new york times" reports the identities of a couple in a embrace at sunset on the ledge at yosemite park right there. but the tourist didn't know their names. they came forward after hearing about it. now the couple are actors who had just been married in the national park. the bride said that she loved it and she had no idea how big the story had become. i saw that on facebook. >> still ahead, dolling up the new iphone. apple introduces the iphone 7. we will show you all of the new upgrades. you all of

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can speak for everyone here about exactly how excited and how honored we are to have justice ruth bader ginsburg and former solicitor general, ted olson here with us today. [applause] >> i also want to thank so much james williams, who is a former member of our board of directors. jim veil los angeles our vp for programming, and eileen reed our executive directyear for all of the work they put into this event and they deserve a round of applause. [applause] >> , with that i want to turn things over to james and he will do the introductions. thank you. >> thank you for those very kind words. it's a tremendous honor to be here today to introduce our guests, and it's always difficult when we have guests of this caliber to find the right superlatives and adjectives and terms to describe them. a few come to mind. titans, dedicated, principled, dynamic, engaging, brilliant, thought leaders, and pioneers. what has been most personally inspiring for me has been the role also civil rights leaders, whether it's the fight for racial or gender equality or marriage equality or freedom from discrimination bas

on wednesday, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg will discuss her life and career at the ritz carlton in mclean, virginia. her state, historian heather and thompson will recall the prison uprising which resulted in the death of 39 people in september 1971. she will be joined in conversation by national book award winning author ta-nehisi coates at the roosevelt house in new york city. on sunday in new york it is the brooklyn book festival featuring digital privacy, terrorism, economics, and more. that is a look at some of the programs we are covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look at them to air in the near future a book tv on c-span2. >> joining us no book tv is claremont professor roderic ai camp. he is professor of the pacific rim. what is that mean question on what you teach? >> guest: i teach courses on latin america and mexico. different facets of folks to areas including civil military relations and religion and politics in latin america and democracy in violence in mexico in an introductory course. >> host: we have invited you to talk abou

. >>> ruth bader ginsburg is set to speak at the university of notre dame later today.ll be joined by u.s. court of appeals judge claire williams. the two are expected to discuss a wide range of issues. >>> and on the campaign trail, donald trump will deliver remarks to the national guard association in baltimore today. he'll then hold a campaign rally in asheville, north carolina. meanwhile, democratic vice presidential nominee tim kaine in ohio today. i'm betty nguyen, alongside louis bergdorf. "morning joe" starts right now. >> how was your weekend? >> it was wonderful. >> how are you feeling? >> it's fall. it's almost fall. >> are you feeling okay? >> yes, i am. >> everybody okay? nobody going to faint on us here. >> it's monday, september 12th. >> anybody? woozy? come on. come on. it's not like we're talking about a death in the family. you all don't have to be so -- >> they're uptight. >> i'm woozy 85% of the time. >> when you fall back like that, we all know what it has to do with. don't have to wait for 12 hours from your people. >> full transparency on that

u-s supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg will speak at the university of notre dame today.justice ginsburg is expected to discuss a wide range of issues.she will be joined by u-s court of appeals judge and notre dame graduate ann claire williams. "sully" a movie about the 2009 "miracle on the hudson" is at the top of the box office after pulling in 35.5 million- dollars.doreen welsh was one of the flight at u-s airways flight 15-49.she says the movie was pretty spot on, besides a little embleshing when it came to the n-t-s-b investigation.doreen and the other crew members attended the film's premiere in new york where she was recoginzed by one of the film's stars. hanks knows my name"tom hanks was walking toward us and he pointed his finger at me and said 'doreen' and i thought tom hanks knows my name. (laugh)"dorren snapped a selfie with hanks before the night was over.she says his captain chesley "sully" sullenberger was phenomenal. aaron eckhart plays sully's co-pilot jeffrey skiles, who is from the madison area. still ahead on live at daybreak-- a final check of your weather a

supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg reflects on her time on the high court in their life. she is interviewed by ted olson, former solicitor general in the george w. bush administration. our "after words" program begins at 10:00 p.m. this evening. ceo and president of "the new york times," mark thompson sits down with arianna huffington to discuss his new book about political language. it's called enough said and we wrap up booktv in prime-time at 11:00 p.m.. pulitzer prize-winning historian allen taylor examines the american revolution. now that all happens tonight on booktv on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> okay let me check the mic first. did you hear in the back row? okay comment rates. i am barbara meade one of the founders of politics and prose and i just wanted very much to come in and introduce stephen budiansky because i enjoyed this book so much. i just thought it was such an impressive accomplishment and to write this book steven had to delve deep into mathematics, linguistics, engineering as well as the technical history of code making and code breaking.

some books being published in september, ruth bader ginsburg releases her mem memoir. also coming up in october let me tell you about jasper, the latest from dana and cohost of fox news the five. guardian editor at large gary young reports on gun violence in another day in the death of america. historian hw grant discusses harry truman and douglas macarthur. being released in november, bernie sanders recalls his campaign for the democratic party presidential nomination in our revolution. megyn kelly looks back on her life and career and her book settle for more. thomas friedman looks at the speed with which the world is changing and thank you for being late. former u.s. special envoy for middle east peace, george george mitchell outlines his recommendations for peace and not region. look for these titles and bookstores in the coming weeks and months and watch for the authors on the tv. [inaudible conversation] , lot

on wednesday, ruth bader ginsburg will discuss her life and career at the ritz carlton in mclean, virginia. there's a, heather and thompson will recall that a cup risen uprising which resulted in the death of 39 people in september 1971. she will be joined in conversation with national book award winning author, ta-nehisi coates at the roosevelt house in new york city. on sunday in new york it is the brooklyn book festival featuring book discussions on digital privacy, terrorism, economics, immigration and more. that's a look at some of the author programs a book tv is covering this week. many events are covering this week. many events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on book tv, on c-span2. >> ever your online bookseller amazon puts out the 20 most red cities across the u.s. it's a based off a sales on their kindle e-reader and imprint. seattle washington list this year in its home of amazon's corporate headquarters for the close by city of portland, oregon comes in second. followed by the nations capital in third place. san francisco and austin, texas round

this year we're fortunate to be joined by justice ruth bader ginsburg. join me in a round of applause for justice ginsburg. [applause] >> thank you. thank you -- already. >> now, i know a long introduction of justice ginsburg is not necessary for georgetown students. you know, as you progress in your studies at the law center, you will read and discuss her many powerful and brilliant supreme court decisions as well as her pointed and influential dissent, and you will also learn, if you don't already know, that she occupies a rare space in legal history. like justice thurgood marshall, justice ginsburg would have been an historic figure in her case in her work as advocate for gender equality. she would be an historic figure even if she had never been a judge. and, she is not only a great judge, a great justice, a figure of historic importance as a lawyer, but, as i'm sure you also already know, the justices a cultural icon. [laughter] so, how many of us can say that they have inspired a one-act opera, two coloring books, and a phenomenon known as, the noto

and at 8:45 p.m., supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg reflects on her time on the high court and her life. she's interviewed by ted olson, former solicitor general in the george w. bush administration. our "after words" program begins at 10 p.m. this evening. ceo and president of "the new york times," mark thompson, sits down with arianna huffington to discuss his new book about political language. it's called "enough said." and we wrap up booktv in prime time at 11 p.m. pulitzer prize-winning historian alan taylor examines the american revolution. now, that all happens tonight on booktv on c-span2. >> good evening, even. welcome to the northshire bookstore, and thanks for coming tonight. my name is tracy davies, and i'm director of events here at the northshire. i would like to ask, if you have not done so already, to please silence your cell phones and also to let you know that following our discussion this evening, there will be a book steining down -- signing downstairs at the signing table, and we do have plenty of books available at the register. our special guest author th

which is a fabulous book, with all kinds of fun stuff in it and little lessons about how to be ruth bader ginsburg, if you can think about that. you are an icon. who -- what justice on the supreme court is named after a rapper? my wife, lady, pointed out on the way here that the baskin-robbins was wanting to name an ice cream -- is that -- ben and jerry's -- i get the ice cream people mixed up. will eat any of it. ben and jerry are's wanted to name an ice cream ruth bader ginger and i heard something about a preying mantis. >> it is absolutely true. >> tell me about that. >> praying mantis named after me. >> does this praying man mantis do things other praying mantises -- >> the pictures i've seen, looks like she is wearing a collar. >> tell us about this book "in my words" in -- on my own words, tell us about how it came to be and what is in it. >> well, this book was originally planned to come out after my official biography. i have two official biographers who chose the speeches and the articles in that book. they started writing about me in 2003, and it's still a work in progress. so i say let

supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg will speak at the university of notre dame.e's expected to discuss a wide range of issues. ticket sales were suspend because of high demand. >>> we may find out the identity of july's $487 million powerball jackpot winner today. the new hampshire lottery says attorneys for the winner are planning to come forward to claim the prize. they also plan to announce the winner's philanthropic plans for it. it's unclear if the winner will make an appearance. >>> let's go to jessica and find out what's happening on route 73. >> we're watching this fire of an auto body shop in cinnaminson right now, vai. it's taking a toll on the roads in new jersey. route 73 northbound in cinnaminson, traffic heading out of the south jersey area just before you get around the betry ross bridge, you can see the building completely engulfed in flames. the northbound side of route 73, only one lane is getting by. they have the right lanes blocked, the right shoulder blocked. there's a lot of police activity. i can see fire engines as well.ç we'll have updat

was gender equality under the 14th amendment, thanks largely to litigation brought by justice ruth bader ginsburg. where does that fit into the larger narrative about the burger court? >> boy think it's a sad is that it was of course a response to changes in society, changes in the world around them, changes in the role of women in the work place and the home. ruth ginsburg has said modestly she had a good deal to do with greed and jurisprudence, but she came around at the right time and the court was right for this. so a point we make in the book is kind of this far and no further. one case that i am besides maybe more than people might expect was an early case of pregnancy discrimination, where those of us in this room old enough to remember when a public school teacher got pregnant, she had to leave, whether she wanted to or not, mandatory unpaid leave with a long we've been so one. this was challenged as a violation of equal protection. the court struggled with it and the burger court couldn't quite deal with it. where is the discrimination? if not discrimination between men and women. this d

and it's not that ruth bader ginsburg every time she votes thinks how would bill clinton like me to vote on this issue. t's just that she has shared a certain ideology with bill clinton and she was appointed as someone who shared that ideology, and she expresses it through her opinions. and you could say the same thing of scalia, who was appointed in 1986, confirmed by unanimous senate, and yet was perhaps the most partisan of the justices and the leered of the conservative wing. his death was a dagger to the heart of the conservative wing and that is why his successor is so controversial. host: let's look at another excerpt from your book. you say modern presidents have flavored their appointments as part of the political president's perceived need to accomplish, "balance." the result is that the court has become more rather than less polarized, more rather than less deeply divided, and more, rather than less, conservative. how does -- explain how the desire to seek balance has made the court more partisan in your view. guest: well, i think the appointments in recent years have been fla

i remember a time where just hinting the spring court was political, was heresy, yet ruth bader ginsburg whether she moves to new zealand or not really put that to rest, did it not? i don't understand how the federal reserve with so much riding on controlling -- think brexit. is brexit not proof there's -- and i'm not saying it's good or bad. there is a political issue there. we need to acknowledge that. brexit, they picked not only the side they thought was worse for the economy, they adjusted policy in that regard and the assumptions prove to be false, whether they thought it would happen or the damage that would occur if it did happen. look at other issues that are so data dependent, data dependent was the watch phrase of the federal reserve for years, and i said for years it was a red herring and it has proven to be a red herring. inflation and jobs all -- think about the jobs, okay, how can jones be 5.8 million when we look at all the other data. there is only one answer, but the answer is not a palatable answer. somehow these part-time jobs are counting for more than they should. t

coming up in october, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg releases "my own words. ". in october, let me tell you about jasper, the latest from dana perino, former white house press secretary and co-host of fox news "the five. "garp editor at large, gary young, reports on gun violence in" not a another day in death of america "and an account of the rivalry between president harry truman and general douglas macarthur inch november, senator bernie sanders recalls his campaign for the presidential knock name in" our revolution." megyn kelly looks back on her life and career as a journalist in "settle for more." thomas freedman looks at the speed with which the world is changing in, "thank you for being late." john wideman, literary arts professor at brown university, profiles lewis till, father over -- emmitt till. look for these titles in book stores in the coming weeks and mocks and watch for the authors on booktv. >> after the spread of the cotton gin, the cotton trade exploded. the u.s. export half a million pounds of cotton in 1800, exporting 2 billion pounds by 1860

later, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg will talk about her late colleague antonin scalia and take questions from georgetown law students. watch it live live at 5:00 p.m. on c-span three. >> for campaign to 2016, c-span continues on the road to the white house. >> i will be of president a president for democrats, republicans, and independent. >> work in a with education, working with the second amendment, were gonna win. >> ahead, live information from the campaigns. on tuesday october fourth, vice vice presidential candidates governor mike pence and senator jim tim came debate in virginia. on sunday, october 9 washington university in st. louis hosts the second presidential debate. leading up to the third and final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump. taking place at the university of nevada, las vegas on october nineteenth. live coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates on c-span. and vice presidential debates on c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app. watch live or anytime on demand on c-span.org. speemac@c-span.org you watch our publi

members of the esteemed bench of the supreme court of the state of oceania, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, stepheng breyer , patrice willett and judge cornelia bellard. enjoy the trial. [applause] >>. [applause] oh yea, oh yea, oh yea. the supreme court of oceania is now in session.please be seated. welcome to 1984 as esteemed by people living in 2016. we will hear first from the petitioner, rented represented by amy jeffries. >> thank you your honor. it may please the court. my cocounsel, sally they and i represent our client winston smith. mister smith is not present this evening, however and we understand that he may have vaporized. which goes straight to the first point about our argument. there is a clear threat of irreparable injury in this case. which is why this court must enjoin the state from the unlawful practices of big brother that president rieman promised to him. what injury? winston smith has already been wrongfully arrested, detained, interrogated and tortured and now possibly vaporized. further, he like all other citizens is subject to face constant unwarranted surveilla

you'll hear from ruth bader ginsburg reflecting on her time on the supreme court. pulitzer prize-winning historian alan taylor examines the american revolution, and booktv visits grand rapids, michigan, to visit the city's lit air sites -- literary sites. those are just a few of the programs you'll see on booktv. for a complete schedule, booktv.org is our web site. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend, booktv is television for serious readers. and now we'll kick off the weekend with kate andersen brower. she talks about the first ladies from 1960 to the present day. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening, everyone. thank you all so much for coming out on this friday night. i'm a bookseller and supervisor here at politics & prose bookstore, and on behalf of the owners and the staff, i'd like to welcome you all to tonight's event. just a couple of housekeeping items. first of all, if you could turn off or silence your cell phones, it'd be greatly appreciated. for the q&a, please remember to step up to the microphone we have set up here on your ri

. >> the real crowd pleaser lately beside hillary clinton, though, has been ruth bader ginsburg. >> theren donald trump's mind is shot, stabbed, strangled, put in a vat of wet cement and dumped in a canal. his mind is sleeping with the fishes, but it's waking up, up to a ginsburg. >> yeah, get it. >> i did. >> she moves that way, actually, on the court. >> people don't know that. >> she's a hip-hop dancer by trade. >> why do you think they keep cameras out of the courtroom? they don't want people to see that. >> that's not -- i don't think anyone else on the planet would have come up with that characterization of ruth bader ginsburg. what does that even mean? >> well, you know, she is very outspoken. i mean, for me, the comic juxtaposition of her is that she happens to be the age that she is, but she's also like a very spry -- she does all these push-ups every day and she runs, and she does all these things that you wouldn't think. and she's very outspoken. so just, you know, i extrapolated that into hip-hop dancing and the writers and i. >> so your movie "the master minds." you play a de

. >>> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg speaks to first year law students today at georgetown university. she is expected to talk about the late justice antonin scalia, review the court's 2015 term, and take questions from students. that's live at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> and we're live this morning on capitol hill for a hearing on veterans health care. members of the house veterans' committee will examine a report on commission of care and the future of the va health care system. they'll begin with subpoena motions and the construction of a va hospital in aurora, colorado. live coverage here on c-span3, the hearing should start in just a moment.

and later, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg talks to georgetown university law students. this story from "the hl," r.s. commissioner john costky then on wednesday made his case against impeachment to two groups of house republicans. he met with members of the moderate tuesday group as well as members of the conservative republican study committee where some lawmakers support his impeachment. the argument to impeach koskinen is he didn't comply with a subpoena and made false statements under oath while congress was investigating the i.r.s.'s scrutiny of conservative group's applications for tax exempt status. republican representatives john flemming and tim huelskamp had a privileged resolution to impeach koskinen. if they give notice, the house will have two dies to take action on it. they could move to table the measure instead of holding a vote on the measure. speaker ryan has been cool to he impeachment tk but chad pergram of fox news tweeted this. ryan on impeaching koskinen, it's a privileged resolution, so it will come to the floor. there's a g.o.p. meeting about th

also led its remarks in supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. she's been at the church university law center this evening and that's not 5 p.m. eastern live on c-span3. for campaign 2016, c-span continues on the road to the white house. >> i will be a president for democrats, republicans and independents. >> we are going to win with education. we're going to win with the second amendment. we are going to win. >> live coverage of the presidential vice presidential debates on c-span, c-span radio app and c-span.org. monday september 26 is the first presidential debate live on hofstra university in hempstead, new york. on tuesday october 4, vice presidential candidates debate at longwood university in farmville, virginia. and on sunday october 9, washington university in st. louis hosts the second presidential debate leading up to the third and final debate between hillary clinton and donald trump taking place at the university of nevada las vegas on october 19. live coverage of the presidential vice presidential debates on c-span. listen live on t

donald trump called for justice ruth bader ginsburg to resign after she said she didn't want to thinkt the prospect of a trump presidency. she then said she regretted her 11 buys comment. this intensify the campaign spotlight already turned on the court because of an empty seat. president obama dominated merrick garland to the court to replace antonin scalia. at the moment, republican lawmakers have said they are determined not to let garland take scalia's place. if decisions have frequently shifted the nation's political direction from brown versus board of education in 1954, which desegregated public schools, to roe versus wade in 1973, which legalized abortion in every state. supporters of lifetime tenure say it allows the views of justices to evolve far from the ideologies of the president, who named them with no fear of retribution. critics note the court lacks external supervision so there's no recourse when justices appear to violate ethics laws or hear cases in which they have conflicts of interest. reformers say one solution is term limits. either way, the supreme court is pa

after that, senator tim kaine campaigns in north carolina will supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg will talk to first-year students at towards town university law center tomorrow. watch live coverage at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> at c-span.org, you can watch our public affairs and political programming at your convenience on your desktop, laptop, or mobile device. here's how. look on the video library search bar. type in the name of face beaker, sponsor of a bill, or the event topic. results list of search and click on the program like to watch or refine your search with our committee-search tool. our homepage has many programs ready for your immediate you and such as today's washington journal or the events we covered that day. c-span.org is a public service of your cattle -- cable or satellite provider. check us out at c-span.org. >> now, retired marine corps general john allen part of the conversation about the situation in afghanistan. posted by the brookings institution, this is one hour 40 minutes. michael: good morning, everyone. welcome to brookings, i'm mike here to

can speak for everyone here about exactly how excited and how honored we are to have justice ruth bader ginsburg and former solicitor general, ted olson here with us today. [applause] >> i also want to thank so much james williams, who is a former member of our board of directors. jim veil los angeles our vp for programming, and eileen reed our executive directyear for all of the work they put into this event and they deserve a round of applause. [applause] >> , with that i want to turn things over to james and he will do the introductions. thank you. >> thank you for those very kind words. it's a tremendous honor to be here today to introduce our guests, and it's always difficult when we have guests of this caliber to find the right superlatives and adjectives and terms to describe them. a few come to mind. titans, dedicated, principled, dynamic, engaging,ll

. >>> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg speaks to first year law students wednesday at georgetown university, expected to speak about the late justice antonin scalia, review the court's 2015 term and take questions from students live on c-span 3:00 at 5:00 p.m. eastern. >>> this sunday night on "q&a" david k. johnston discusses his book "the making of donald trump" which takes a critical look at the republican presidential nominee. >> i met donald. i immediately recognized by him that he's p.t. barnum, sending you tickets to the fiji mermaid and amazing two-headed woman. because he was the dominant force in atlantic city, i started asking about him and his competitors including steve ngyuen and people who worked for him and big gamblers all said to me, donald doesn't know anything about the casino big. >> 8:00 eastern pacific on c-span's "q&a." >>> now, national transportation safety board chair christopher hart, he spoke at the national press club on the safety of self-driving cars. this is about an hour. >>> national transportation safety board chairman christopher hart has been

the district of columbia where he served alongside jeurys clarence thomas, antonin scalia and ruth bader ginsburg. during his final four years on the d.c. court abner mikva served as chief judge. he was then selected by president clinton in 1994 to the white house counsel. after a year as white house counsel, abner mikva returned to chicago -- to the chicago area and taught at northwestern university in evanston. in 1997, abner mikva and his beloved wife and partner, zoe, started what they call the mikva challenge, his effort to engage young people in civic leadership. each year the mikva challenge engages 7,000 young people, students in programs across the chicagoland area. these are high school kids. students volunteer on campaigns of both parties, serve as election judges, intern in legislative offices and learn how to be effective advocates on issues they care the most about. in 2014, president obama recognized abner mikva's service to this country with the presidential medal of freedom, our highest civilian honor. when honoring ab mikva, president obama said, ab transcends any single moment

. >>> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg speaks to first year law students wednesday at georgetown university, expected to speak about the late justice antonin scalia, review the court's 2015 term and take questions from students live on c-span 3:00 at 5:00 p.m. eastern. >>> this sunday night on "q&a" david k. johnston discusses his book "the making of donald trump" which takes a critical look at the republican presidential nominee. >> i met donald. i immediately recognized by him that he's p.t. barnum, sending you tickets to the fiji mermaid and amazing two-headed woman. because he was the dominant force in atlantic city, i started asking about him and his competitors including steve ngyuen and people who worked for him and big gamblers all l saido me, donald doesn't know anything about the casino big. >> 8:00 eastern pacific on c-span's "q&a." >>> now, national transportation safety board chair christopher hart, he spoke at the national press club on the safety of self-driving cars. this is about an hour. >>> national transportation safety board chairman christopher hart has been