do is to create ate one time fund called cultural fund and that is in alignment with what director shulman and city administrators have wanted to do in terms of finding the ways that we can support the smaller organizations in terms of their basic, basic needs. and that is one of the great things that grants for the arts can do. and so, we would look if you prefer, we could either allocate that, in house, within the arts, or we can also set it up as a work order to the arts commission and it is a program that we will be doing jointly with them and manage with them jointly, and so, either way, that we want to establish in the budget, will be fine. >> and i would like to get the comments from my colleagues, and i, would say thank you for working this allocation out, specifically for cultural equity as a first step towards pulling up the smaller fra gig arts group as we work together to expand the pie and i want to say that in the 2006 arts task force recommendations and i know that many arts organizations are not in total agreement, of the recommendations but on july 16th, we will have a con

wichita" author daniel shulman sunday night on q and a. communicators"he with gordon smith, talking about the future of television. then supreme court oral argument in a case dealing with streaming video and copyright law. then the communist party usa convention in chicago. >> c-span -- created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> national association of broadcasters president and ceo warns smith is our guest this week on "the communicators." the aereo decision came down from the supreme court. what is your reaction? >> i am smiling, peter. i am gratified that the supreme court stood by a principle that is as old as the constitution, which is the copyright material who ownlue and those the copyrights should be free to negotiate for its value. down on the came right side of law and history. breyer's opinion, he compared aereo quite a bit to a cable company. is that a fair assessment in your vie

chris shulman, chairman of the steering committee. i'll be very brief. i think cheryl thomas and [speaker not understood] covered everything very thoroughly. i just want to lend my support to the cbd and thank you for your consideration. >>> good morning, supervisors. my name is lauren martin. i also believe everything ha been covered, but i am a small business owner located on polk between pine and california. and i believe the cbd will allow business to flourish a little more fully. i am present in maiello indication from 9:30 in the morning till 2:30 in the morning. so, i have a coffee business during the day and then i have a bar in the evening. so, i am eyes and ears on the street for most of the day. and this is what i feel would be beneficial for a small business. if we he could get the vulnerable population in our neighborhood the help that they need, i think the average resident would feel a bit safer coming out on polk street at night and during the day. i think if it's cleaner, that would also be beneficial and it would take some pressure off

authors of wichita" daniel shulman sunday night at q&a."on c-span " >> patty limerick is a professor of history at colorado university of boulder and the incoming president of the organization of american historians. what is your job here? >> my job as president helps me catch up with my childhood. my two big sisters were cheerleaders and i was not. i think that my job is to be a cheerleader. there will be no pom-poms or the usual accoutrements. the value of history is understanding our world and the alternatives that we might have passed up before but we can still reactivate or just do not do that again -- anyway, all kinds of excellent lessons to be drawn from history. also, historians are very cool people. we have some of the best stories around. many of them are valuable stories and extremely entertaining and fun. >> why does this interest you so much? >> because i have no other skills. i play to my strengths. that is kind of true. i do very much enjoy stories. i enjoy thinking about stories. if you ask me to think of an important thoug

just want to take a moment and thank shell thomas for his work to put together this effort and chris shulman and other leaders from the lower polk neighbors. and with that, colleagues, unless there are any initial comments or questions, i'd like to invite up from oewd [speaker not understood] to give an overview of what we're talking about and then potentially a brief description of the cbd from cheryl thomas and then move on to public comment. >> good morning, president chiu and supervisor tang. chrisy otano from oewd, [speaker not understood]. as stated, we are presenting on a resolution of intention sponsored by president chiu to establish the lower polk d

. >> author daniel shulman on the koch brothers, their rise to political power, and their two decade power over their father's empire. v. koch is between all four koch brothers, and it culminates in a boardroom showdown that charles ends up wording. bill, frederick, and some of the other company shareholders were essentially trying to expand the size of the board, and this would have ended up opposing charles as the chairman, and they would've taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is bill is tossed out of the company -- >> by his brothers. >> by his brothers, and there is a really dramatic moment in the book where, you know, the board has to sit down and decide bill's fate. writes "sons of wichita" author daniel shulman tonight at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> this morning, a reporters roundtable with the news of the week with paul waldman and weekly standard writer michael warren. then a discussion on the supreme court ruling on presidential recess appointments with chris later, eric olson from the woodrow wilson center talks about why so many unaccompani

by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] daniel shulman on the koch brothers and their rise to political power in the two decades that'll over their father's empire. >> there is this lawsuit that played out between the four koch brothers. a board roomes in showdown. they weren't trying to expand the size of the board. deposinghave ended up this. they would have taken a greater role in the direction. there is a really traumatic the board has to sit down and decide. now you can keep in touch with current demand using any phone, or any time. your --202-626-8888. can also hear audio of the five network sunday there's program beginning sundays at noon eastern. long-distance phone charges may apply. >> house and senate lawmakers are in the process of working out differences between their health care bills. members met tuesday to give opening statements on delays the medical care. veterans would be allowed to get private care if they experienced long wait times. this would create more health centers around the country. this meeting is just under

author daniel shulman on the koch brothers, their rights to political power and their two-decade battle over their father's empire. >> so this lawsuit laid out between the four koch brothers, charles and david on one side, bill and frederick and other shareholders of coke industries on the other. this culminates in a courtroom showdown. bill and frederick and other shareholders were trying to expand the size of the board. posinguld have ended the charles as the chairman. the end result is bill is tossed out of the company. >> by his brothers. >> and there is a really dramatic moment in the book where, you know, the board has to sit down and decide bill stays. >> daniel shulman sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a." a next, president obama holds town hall meeting in minnesota. the president meets americans across the country. this is one hour and 15 minutes. ♪ >> hey, hello, minneapolis. good to see you. good to see you. will everybody have a seat. it is good to be back in minnesota. the last time i was here it was colder. yeah, here is just a tip for folks who are not from minne

commissioner shulman moves in literal little like a permanent resident of the white house and we havetarget. you all think this is a coincidence? not at all and the media is to blame for this because they've decided to put their partisan support ahead of america and ahead of the american people knowing the truth. and the republicans are just incompetent. >> pat caddell does not mince words. on our way out, we had colonel allen west outnumbered, the daily noon eastern program that i co-host and he was the man in the middle. the #one lucky guy. here's what he had to say. we'll continue the conversation. stay close. >> you and i talked off screen that we talked about a liberty issue. because you got 16,000 irs agents supposed to come in and they're supposed to be in charge much our health care. the next irs return is going to have to check that little box. these people have so much intrusion into our lives and now we're seeing this play out where it's an arrogant way they're not responsible. good job! still runnng in the morning? yeah. getting your vegebles every day? when i can. [ bop ]

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doug shulman when he was commissioner told the oversight committee there was no targeting of conservative groups. that was a lie. steven miller the acting commissioner testified last may there was nothing he irs or he had done wrong. that was a lie. we had danny werfel dispatched by the white house last may and testified there was no wrongdoing even though the didn't interview until employees and that was a lie. >> and we can go back to other scandals, fast and furious and benghazi and seems to be a pattern of behavior and it gets worse. >> that's right. we learned today the commissioner of the irs, you heard his name a lot in the news, he's been giving to the democrats all these years upwards of $85,000 of his own money, the commissioner of the irs, since 1980 he has given to every single democratic presidential candidate including barack obama in 2012. that's when all the scandal was going on. first, we have the irs losing the e-mails and now we find out the epa has also lost e-mails. >> i heard about that, too. also, we went over the timeline of that. the timeline is very suspicious. y

doug shulman when he was commissioner told the oversight commit they was no target of conservative groupsthat a lie. steven miller who was the acting commissioner testified last may that there was nothing that the irs or he had done wrong. that was a lie. we had danny worfel dispatched by the obama white house to go over there last may, and he testified in june of last year there was no intentional wrongdoing, even though he did an interview, that was a lie and now we have koskinen. this is the problem. the irs is the problem. that's the problem. >> and the question is are we going to get to the bottom line here ultimately were they able and capable of destroying all the evidence? 90% of the american people fox news polled, jay, think that the irs -- that these files were deliberately destroyed, these e-mails. even 74% of independents and 63% of democrats. this seems to be a growing scandal, cancer is beginning to sort of work its way certainly around the irs, maybe the white house? >> i think so, sean. there is no way that these e-mails vanished, okay. first of all, there are recipients

shulman, has visited the white house an unprecedented number of times for an irs commissioner and thetransparency here is going to feed the flame of fire. and these people are xwg the 72% in a recent fox poll showed more people believe something wrong happened and they want to know what happened. >> this is a suggestion that everybody who had anything to do with the restoration of tess e-mails be put under oath and asked to testify so maybe one of them won't want to cover up for a boss. >> yeah. but when you have lois lerner taking the fifth, it's just amaze, you'll have everybody taking the fifth. >> if george bush had done this, can you imagine the outrage? once again, i think it's alas, an example of the double standard in the media. >> and what has complicated it, frankly, about a month ago, you had 26 house democrats, some very liberal, join republicans in calling for a special prosecutor. this is not going to go away easily. >> it's amazing, when you have the irs, this is happening in washington and sort of questions about economic policy, foreign policy, yet he's -- the stock m

. >> daniel shulman on the koch to political rise power, and the two decade battle over there -- them this is a massive lawsuit that played out between the four koch brothers. sidees and david on one and bill and frederick of the other. this culminates into a boardroom shoretel -- boardroom show them -- boardroom showdown. they were essentially tied to expand the size of the board. this would have ended up opposing charles as the chairman. they would have taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is bill is tossed out of the company a few years later by his brothers. of there is a really dramatic where the the book board has to sit down and decide his fate. >> daniel shulman sunday night at eight eastern. host: last week was a busy one for the supreme court and the most high-profile decision of the term hasn't even been released yet. here to spotlight what is happening is just brave and -- bravin. in riley vt happened california, a case that could have more caliph -- more ramifications. guest: this really is the most significant privacy decision the supreme

. >> author daniel shulman on the koch brothers. >> this lawsuit played out between the four koch brothersles and david on one side, ill and frederick and other shareholders of koch industries on the other. this: it's in a boardroom showdown -- this insight and a boardroom showdown. they were essentially trying to expand the size of the board. this could have ended up to opposing charles is the -- deposing charles as the chairman. is tossedsult is bill out of the company. a few years later -- >> by his brothers. >> by his brothers. there's a really dramatic moment in the book where the board has to sit down and decide bills fate. >> daniel shulman tonight at 8:00 eastern on "q&a." host: we want to welcome eric olson with the woodrow wilson center for international studies as we focus on latin america and in particular, those unaccompanied minors were coming to the u.s. across the mexican border. let me begin with news on the sunday morning from the "l.a. times." the president to seek $2 billion just in the search of the central american immigrants. the president will be asking congress to

authors of wichita" daniel shulman sunday night at q&a."on c-span " >> patty limerick is a professor of history at colorado university of boulder and the incoming president of the organization of american historians. what is your job here? >> my job as president helps me catch up with my childhood.

copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] cracks up next -- >> up next, q and a with daniel shulman. calls and comments on "washington journal." i learned as secretary of state to expect the unexpected. nobody expected the so-called arab spring until it was upon us. we have to learn to be agile and ready for the unexpected. while we try to build the world we want, especially for our children, and now for my future grandchild. we have got to be aware of the fact that all of these other countries, all of these billions of people, they are making hard choices every single day. we have to be ready for that. because i am absolutely convinced that we have to continue to lead the world into the kind of future that we want. we can't sit on the sidelines. we can't retreat. we are going to have setbacks and disappointments. story hasime, our become the dominant story. it represents the hopes and aspirations of people everywhere. that is what i want americans to understand and the main reason why i wrote this book, i know there's a big debate going on about our role in the world and we have so

between may and november when you were there, if i get your e-mails, your schedule, like who was the -- shulman was before that. he came and testified to us that the only time he went to the white house was for egg rolling. then we subpoenaed the white house records and find he went there 113 times or something like that. but you had no contact with the white house during that period? >> actually you're jogging my memory. i want to use that as a footnote to just say i'm doing this completely by the fly off my memory. >> was there some contact? >> yes, i'm going to tell you what it is. >> now you wind up in the white house. you had a subsequent job i guess helping with the obamacare situation. >> could i answer that question? i feel like it's something important 0 finish the sentence. mr. werfel went to the white house in i think late june with secretary lew in the order to give the president his report. i went into the white house with him. i wasn't in their meeting >> was this matter discussed at all? >> i wasn't in the meeting. i just accompanied him to the building. >> we would find that rec

to put into the record a letter from this committee funding as chairman to then commissioner doug shulman on june 3, 2011 asking for the name, title, and divisions of any individuals who were involved in investigating taxpayer contributions to 501(c)(4)s which were sent to the irs 10 days before lois lerner's e-mail crash. without i would yield to mr. brady. >> point of information, mr. chairman spent the latter without objection is put into the record. >> was that less are committed to members of the committee? >> the letter was signed by me and sent to the commission of the irs. >> so we have, none of us have seen it, okay. spent you may have seen it. it's certainly been -- we can get you a copy. but i think is larger bring up a time when we got to get a complete picture of the timeline which is the e-mail crash occurred 10 days after the first letter went to the irs. mr. brady is recognized spent when we told about the problems with the lerner e-mails, february? >> i was told there was an issue with her e-mail? >> in february? >> instead were spent why did you choose to withhold that i

consent to put into the letter from this committee from me as chairman to then commissioner doug shulman on june 20 320 11, asking for the names, titles, and divisions of any individuals involved in investigating taxpayer investigations into 501(c) four's, sent days before the e-mail crash. they let her, without objection, is put into the record. -- that letter, without objection, is put into the record. >> was that circulated to members of the committee? >> that letter was by me to the head of the irs. >> some on bus have seen it? >> he may have seen it. none of us have seen it? >> you may have seen it. i will get a copy to you. >> when were you told about problems with the learner e-mails? >> in february, i was told there had been an issue with her e-mail. >> in february? why did you choose to withhold that information from this congressional investigation? ask our plan was to find out what the details were. at that point, we did not know whether there had been a crash that affected her e-mails or not. >> you testify that you gave your agency three weeks to determine if it would be ret

but in june -- early in june 2011, in fact, june 3rd, ways and means chairman sent a letter to doug shulman, commissioner in which he identified alleged discriminatory practices on the part of the irs. from your perspective, when somebody alleges discrimination, do you think there is ever a chance that matter goes to litigation? >> the allegations of discrimination sometimes do get to litigation, yes. >> they do sometimes get to litigation, don't they? >> can i -- >> speak into the microphone. >> i'm very sorry. >> around 2011, in fact, very similar to the same time, there were a series -- there had only been 2,000 pages of responsive materials when these original requests had come in. only 2,000 pages. but hundreds of those 2,000 pages that came from the irs were materials and e-mails that were purportedly showing that the efforts were being directed not just to conservative organizations but liberal organizations as well. so we have, in my mind, a very responsive body on the part parsing the materials that are being returned in response to ways and means subpoena. so knowing that there ar

in fact in march of march of, february 2012 commissioner shulman was aware of inappropriate targetingin march of 2012, the commissioner said i can give you assurances, this is to the ways and means committee there was absolutely no target egg. there was further stonewalling. the administration said this was a rogue office in cincinnati of the as it turns out we know that was not the case. there was also the story that this was targeting of both progressive and conservative groups. george confirmed that progressive groups were not targeted. we find out about lost emails and stonewalling when commissioner koskinen knew about the hard drove program in february. when treasury knew about the hard drove program in april of early this year, we didn't find out until 11 days ago that there was these lost emails. so when the president says there was not a smidge general of -- smidge general of corruption and the hard drive crashed 11 days after chairman camp first inquired about this matter back in 2011, do you agree with this assessment there is, maybe not corruption, i'm sure you don't agree

to put into the record a letter from this committee funding as chairman to then commissioner doug shulman on june 3, 2011 asking for the name, title, and divisions of any individuals who were involved in investigating taxpayer contributions to 501(c)(4)s which were sent to the irs 10 days before lois lerner's e-mail crash. without i would yield to mr. brady. >> point of information, mr. chairman spent the latter without objection is put into the record. >> was that less are committed to members of the committee? >> the letter was signed by me and sent to the commission of the irs. >> so we have, none of us have seen it, okay. spent you may have seen it. it's certainly been -- we can get you a copy. but i think is larger bring up a time when we got to get a complete picture of the timeline which is the e-mail crash occurred 10 days after the first letter went to the irs. mr. brady is recognized spent when we told about the problems with the lerner e-mails, february? >> i was told there was an issue with her e-mail? >> in february? >> instead were spent why did you choose to withhold that i

. -- early in june, 2011, june 3, ways and means chairman dave camp settable at her to doug shulman, the commissioner in which he identified alleged discriminatory practices on the part of the irs very specifically. perspective, when somebody alleges discrimination, do you think there is ever a chance that matter gets to litigation? >> allegations of discrimination sometimes do get to litigation. >> they do sometimes get there. can i stay to the witness? >> please big into the microphone. >> around 2011, very similar to the same time, there had only responsiveages of original when these request had come in, only 2000 pages but hundreds of those 2000 pages that came from the irs were materials and e-mails that were purportedly showing that the efforts were being directed not just to conservative organizations that two liberal organizations as well. in my mind, we have a very responsive body on the part of parsing the materials being returned in response to ways and means subpoenas. knowing there are discriminatory allegations and knowing that the irs and those advising the irs are usi