tonight, at 8:00 eastern, speakers include supreme court justice, sonia sotomayor. at manhattan college in the bronx. businesswoman and philanthropist cindy mccain at the george washington university school of international affairs. and we'll look back to june 1990 and former first lady barbara bush, speaking at wellesley college. watch commencement speeches tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online any time on c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> reno had been called the biggest city on the map starting in 1910. and what it meant is that for its size, there was so much excitement and culture and action happening in reno that it really was the biggest little city around. >> there are not very many cities in north america that have what reno has. we're right on the edge of this vast wilderness. it's really special. i think of the natural environment as being a crucial determinant of what life is like in our home city. >> the c-span cities tour is on the road, exploring the american story, with the help of our spectrum cable participants,

we'll hear from supreme court justice sonia sotomayor and cindy mccain, the wife of the late senator john mccain. from the c-span archives, first lady barbara bush's 1990 address at wellesley college in massachusetts. supreme court justice sonja sotomayor is a native of bronx knox. she gave the commencement address this year at manhattan college, a small roman catholic liberal arts college in the bronx. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming and congratulating the latest jasper among us jasper sonja sotomayor. [cheers and applause] justice soto mayor hello, i'm thrilled to be a new jasper. president o'donnell, i thank you and the board of trustees of this college of bestowing on me my honorary degree. i take great pride of joining the great class of 2019. [cheers and applause] justice soto mayor: it is an honor for me to share this occasion with all of you. it is elastically lovely for me to be here because it lets me return to my home borough, the bronx. [cheers and applause] >> a place that makes my heart smile whenever i come back to it. you can

speakers include elijah ,ummings, patrick shanahan stacey abrams, president donald trump, and sonia sotomayor. startsmitment coverage memorial day and you can watch ,nline anytime and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> hurricane jefferies talks talks-- hakeem jeffries in a conference for the center of american progress. mr. jeffries: morning, everyone. it is an honor and a privilege for ourre, and thankful voice for the voiceless and defender of the disenfranchised. i want to thank each and every one of you for your tremendous involvement over the last two years in particular in helping to turn things around, or begin the process of turning things around here in this great country. it is my understanding that after ice become adam schiff is next, so -- it is my understanding that after i speak , adam schiff is next. bright, and be gone. agenda.o share the i'm so honored to have the opportunity to serve as chair of the house democratic caucus. i assume responsibility for the beginning of this conference. my first act as chair, it was my responsibility to place the name of na

house minority leader stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: here is some of what is happening on c-span this evening. this week on "q&a," historian david mccullough talks about his book "the pioneers: the heroic story of the settlers who brought the american ideal west ." with minister's questions theresa may from the british house of commons is at 9:00 p.m. after that, a forum on the u.s. army's report on the war in iraq with the authors who wrote it. ♪ >> david mccullough, your new book "the pioneers," why that title? david: because it is about a group of very brave and, i feel, noble people, americans, who went west in the last part of the 18th century to found the first legal community, settlement, in all of what was called the northwest territory. that territory north and west of the ohio river, which would ultimately make up five very famous and important states -- ohio, indiana

georgia house minority leader stacy abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. our coverage starts memorial day at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch on-line anytime on c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell introduced a bill to raise the tobacco purchasing age from 18 to 21. he and co-response sore virginia democrat tim kaine spoke about the history tobacco played in their home states, and its detrimental health effects. >> today i'm introducing federal legislation to make 21 the new minimum age for purchasing any tobacco product anywhere in the united states. let me say that again. a new age nationwide for purchasing anything classified as a tobacco product. cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vapor products and everything else. it shouldn't be 18 any longer. it should be 21. and this legislation will make that happen. now, i recognize i might seem like an unusual candidate to lead this charge. i'm the senior senator from kentucky. i've consistently stood up for our kentucky farmers, including our tobacco farmers. i c

president donald trump and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. our commencement coverage starts memorial day 8 p.m. eastern. watch anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the complete guide to congress is now available. it has lots of details about the house and senate for the current session of congress. contact and bio information about every senator and representative. plus, information about congressional committees. state governors, and the cabinet. the 2019 congressional directory is a handy, spiral-bound guide. order your copy from the c-span on-line store for 18.95. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in. they continue work today on

eastern, speakers include supreme court justice sonia sotomayor at manhattan college. remarks atn delivers the george washington university school of international affairs. back to june, 1990, former first lady barbara bush speaking at wellesley college. wa

, defense secretary abrams,shanahan, stacey president donald trump, and supreme court justice sonia sotomayors memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen free on the c-span radio app. >> we shift our focus to ways to improve the financial security of future retirees. witnesses representing seniors and the financial industry testify at

cummings former georgia house minority , president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage of memorial day at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. this weekend, american history tv joins our spectrum cable partners to showcase the history of milwaukee. from themore video current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our history of milwaukee. >> we are taking a harley-davidson motorcycle tour of milwaukee to the walkers point neighborhood where a music

president donald trump and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. our commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online any time at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the national oceanic and atmospheric administration made its prediction for this year's hurricane season which runs from june 1 to november 30. noaa's outlook predicts a near normal hurricane season. here's their news conference. >> dr. jacobs, i welcome you to the podium. >> at this time it's a distinct honor and pleasure to introduce the secretary of commerce, mr. wilber ross. >> you can see how efficient noaa is with their introductions and the rest of their activities. thank you for those words. and especially thank you for your leadership of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. welcome, everybody, and thank you for joining us today for noaa's annual outlook on the 2019 hurricane season. the united states is fortunate to have such dedicated experts at noaa's forecasting offices and at the national hurricane cente

resident donald trump and sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 a.m.an. listen on the free c-span radio app. a discussion on political imprisonment in iran, saudi arabia, and syria. speakers include jason rezaian, who was held for over a year. from the council on for -- foreign relations, this is about 45 minutes. and: good afternoon.

and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. our commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online any time at c-span.org. and listen on the free c-span radio app. earlier today house speaker nancy pelosi hosted a reception to mark the 100th anniversary of the house passing the 19th amendment to the u.s. constitution. which guarantees women' the right to vote. this is 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pe he see. companied by the honorable david mccarthy. ladies and gentlemen the honorable nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house of representatives. cheers and applause] ms. pelosi: yes, indeed, this afternoon is very much a cause for celebration and cheering for what happened 100 years ago today. in the house of representatives. i want to thank the u.s. army string quartet for making it so pleasant for us. i'm honored to be here with leader kevin mccarthy and the bipartisan members of congress. mostly our women members of congress. we salute our co-chairs of the bipartisan

house minority leader stacy abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. joining us from baltimore and c-span's newsmakers program is then carson, a member of the senate foreign relations committee and joining us in the studio, covering congress for politico and a senate reporter. senator, let's begin with some news over the weekend. a learned that the faa issued warning to u.s. commercial airlines flying over the gulf of oman and over iranian airspace. how concerning is this to you? >> first, it's good to be with you. it's very concerning. i am really concerned about miscalculation on iran's part or the u.s. part. the temperature could not be hotter. iran is a dangerous country, no question, they support terrorist and they do a lot of things that are really bad. what they are doing in yemen is against national security interest. trump has elevated the potential for conflict by the manner in which he has handled the designation of their national terrorist groups and withdrawing fr

president donald trump and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. our commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online any time at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the national oceanic and atmospheric administration made its prediction for this year's hurricane season which runs from june 1 to november 30. noaa's outlook predicts a near normal hurricane season. here's their news conference. >>

resident donald trump and sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 a.m. on c-span. listen on the free c-span radio app. a discussion on political imprisonment in iran, saudi arabia, and syria. speakers include jason rezaian, who was held for over a year. from the council on for -- foreign relations, this is about 45 minutes. and: good afternoon. anne: good afternoon everyone. thank you for coming to this panel. we are lucky to have great panelists with us today. this is an inside look at political imprisonment. my name is anne barnard. i will be presiding over the discussion. we have speakers on saudi arabia, syria, and iran, on the far side, a senior fellow at georgetown university and a fellow at the islamic institute. he was a research scholar in law and a research fellow at yale law school. he writes about cultural, legal, and political matters and has degrees in islamic law, masters of laws and doctors of political science. his dissertation focused on the role of religious institutions and the transition to democracy. we have the director of the syri

georgia house minority leader stacy abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. our coverage starts memorial day at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch on-line anytime on c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell introduced a bill to raise the tobacco purchasing age from 18 to 21. he and co-response sore virginia democrat tim kaine spoke about the history tobacco played in their home states, and its detrimental health effects. >> today i'm introducing federal legislation to make 21

our commencement -- sonia sotomayor. our commencement coverage begins memorial day at eight eastern. watch on c-span, c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> once, tv was simply three giant networks and a government-supported service called pbs. then, in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers decide, all on their own, what was important to them. c-span opened the doors to washington policymaking for all to see, bringing you unfiltered content from congress and beyond. in the age of power to the people, this was true people power. in the 40 years since, the landscape has clearly changed. there is no monolithic media, broadcasting has given away to narrowcasting, youtube stars are a thing. but c-span's big idea is more relevant today than ever. no government money supports c-span. its nonpartisan coverage of washington is funded as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. on television and online, c-span is your unfiltered view of government, so you can ma

house minority leader stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> david mccullough, your new book "the pioneers," why that title? david: because it is about a group of very brave and, i feel, noble people, americans, who went west in the last part of the 18th century to found the first legal community, settlement, in all of what was called the northwest territory. that territory north and west of the ohio river, which would ultimately make up five very famous and important states -- ohio, indiana, illinois, michigan, and wisconsin. it was an area as large as all of the original 13 colonies, 13 states, and there was nobody as yet living there, except native americans and wolves and bears and rattlesnakes and you name it. but there was also fabulous, deep soil. this was a group of people who were veterans of the revolutionary war, and they had been paid in what was then the longest war in our history

minority leader stacey abrams, president trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sonyayor more -- sotomayor. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. while --, more them memorial day. american history tv and washington journal are marking the 75th anniversary of d-day with a live fewer call-in program with alex kershaw, author of "the first wave: the d-day warriors who led the way to victory in world war ii" and mary louise roberts, author. during the program, we will take your phone calls, tweets and facebook comments. monday, memorial day, starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. it mean to be american? middleton high school students answered the question for this year's studentcam competition. watch the winning videos saturday 10:00 a.m.'s -- 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. south bend from .ndiana mayor this is an hour. [applause] >> thanks for being here. >> good morning, welcome to washington post live, i appreciate you coming here today. we are kicking off our candidate series. appreciate your time. great to have you here. let's start with the news. is it town f

. >> narrator: with democrats back in control, barackbama appointed sonia sotomayor and elena kagan.l, many republicans are asking if she's the right person for the job... >> nrator: through it all, mcconnell had been climbing to power inside the senate.ma rity whip. republican lear. and finally, majority leader. >> there's nobody who's more focused on political conquest than he is. there may t have been anybody who has spent his entire life calculating. he knows more thanverybody else. it was how much he could win and homuch power he could achieve. >> narrator: mcconnell had real power, and still holding on to that grievance about what happened to robert bork, he waited for the right moment to use it. >> this is cnn breaking news... >>reaking news just in to here at cnn. united states supreme court justice antonin scalia has dieds >> scaliound dead in his, in his bed one day. and what to do in this m. in thent of crisis becomes probably the defining moment of, of mitch mcconnell's career. . >>d breaking news, u.s. supreme court justice antonin... >> narrator: mcconnell immediately u

speakers include elijah cummings, patrick shanahan, stacey abrams, president donald trump, and sonia sotomayor. our commencement coverage begins memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online any time at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> the house will be in order. >> for 40 years, c-span has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from washington, d.c., and around the country so you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979, c-span is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> sunday night on q&a, watch our interview with yale historian joanne freeman on "the field of blood." >> and you end up with scores of congressman in a mass brawl. so in and of itself, it's dramatic. guys throwing punches and spittoons. it's a massive encounter. but what was really interesting to me was people at the time looked at it and what they saw was a group of northerners and group of southerners. running in the house of representative

shanahan, stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: 2020 presidential candidate and south bend, indiana mayor pete buttigieg answered questions from robert costa. it was a series of conversations with presidential candidates. this is about an hour. [applause] you.ank take a seat. good morning. welcome to "washington post" life. we're kicking off our 2020 candidate series, appreciate your time, mayor, good to have you here. let's start with ethis news. is it time for house democrats to start an impeachment proceeding? >> i've learned as a young democrat, i've learned to think cautiously before offering advice to nancy pelosi. but what i'll say is that it's very clear that the president deserves impeachment and the case for impeachment is being built. it's very clear the president deserves impeachment in the case for impeachment is being built at each passing day by the white ho

elijah shanahan,patrick stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: 2020 presidential candidate and south bend, indiana mayor pete buttigieg answered questions from robert costa. it was a series of conversations with presidential candidates. this is about an hour. [applause] you.ank take a seat. good morning. welcome to "washington post" life. we're kicking off our 2020 candidate series, appreciate your time, mayor, good to have you here. let's start with ethis news. is it time for house democrats to start

larger coming, patrick shanahan, stacy abrams, donald trump and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. our coverage starts memorial day start on c-span. and listen on the free c-span radio apps. >> sunday night on q and a yale university historian joann freeman on her book field of blood, violence in congress and the road to civil war. >> scores of congressmen in a mass brawl. in and of itself is dramatic, guys throwing punches and platoons, a massive encounter but what was interesting to me, and a group of northerners and southerners, lots of the armed, several of them said this doesn't look like a normal congressional fight. looks like north against site. that is really striking, it wasn't that long before the civil war. >> sunday night on c-span's q and a. >> senator james langford talking about the white house investigation. >> a quick update of what is happening and i say right now, pretty dramatic flooding, 15 tornadoes in the last 48 hours, most of them hit in open areas and did not hit structures. there have been some structures, the tornadoes and highs -- hh

include elijah cummings, patrick shanahan, stacey abrams, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. our coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, watch online at any time on c-span.org, and listen for free on the c-span radio app. a recent discussion about u.s. included a former ambassador, and retired vice admiral who served in bahrain. the discussion included analysis of the presidents decision to send 1500 troops to the persian gulf region. this event hosted by the washington institute for near east policy is an hour and a half. to the region. this event is 1.5 hours. >> hello. i am the director of resources here. i would like to thank you all for joining us today. first things first, since this is being filmed by c-span, it's particularly important that you turn off your phones. please, either turn them off, or at the very least put them on silent. much ink has been spilled, and many words across the airwaves about the tensions between the united states and iran. and much of the focus has been on what is the trump administration planning to do. that's all ove

house minority leader stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: here is some of what is happening on c-span this evening. this week on "q&a," historian david mccullough talks about his book "the pioneers: the heroic story of the settlers who brought the american ideal west ." with minister's questions theresa may from the british house of commons is at 9:00 p.m. after that, a forum on the u.s. army's report on the war in iraq with the authors who wrote it. ♪ >> david mccullough, your new book "the pioneers," why that title? david: because it is about a group of very brave and, i feel, noble people, americans, who went west in the last part of the 18th century to found the first legal community, settlement, in all of what was

president donald trump, and associate justice sonia sotomayor. watch online any time at cspan.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> the house will be in order. >>> for 40 years c-span has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from washington, d.c. and around the country. so you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979. it's brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c spans, your unfiltered view of government. >>> the ranking member of the house foreign afair committee talked about having the need to get policy right before starting military action. mike mccaul's comments. this runs just over an hour. >>> here tess heritage foundation, and -- he's either gotten a lot

include elijah cummings, patrick shanahan, stacey abrams, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. our coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, watch online at any time on c-span.org, and listen for free on the c-span radio app. a recent discussion about u.s. included a former ambassador, and retired vice admiral who served in bahrain. the discussion included analysis of the presidents decision to send 1500 troops to the persian gulf region. this event hosted by the washington institute for near east policy is an hour and a half. to the region. this event is 1.5 hours.

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supreme justice sonia sotomayor addressed college graduates.ess can have. what unites us as americans is far greater than what divides us. this morning don dahler shows us a college road trip and how it's changing lives. good morning. >> good morning. this is such a great program. it ooh's free ridesharing service with a heart that aims to drive home the concept of paying it forward while rolling down the highway. this is what retirement looks like these days for 76-year-old paul goetchius. he's not slowing down. rather he's speeding up, spending much of his time along the open roads of upstate new york. >> the greatest joy a human being can experience is the joy that comes from serve other people. >> reporter: goetchius is with a nonprofit. >> if i couldn't afford the gas the car, i couldn't do it. i can, and therefore i'm happy to do it. >> reporter: they've logged over 442,000 miles shuttling students from hometown to campus and goetchius is responsible for 60,000 of those miles, enough for two trips around the globe. today goetchius is in r

, defense secretary abrams,shanahan, stacey president donald trump, and supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. our coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen free on the c-span radio app. >> we shift our focus to ways to improve the financial security of future retirees. witnesses representing seniors and the financial industry testify at this two-hour senate finance committee hearing. >>> good morning. today the committee will continue its work on retirement security and the various challenges facing the u.s. retirement system. we welcome senator grassley: good morning. today the committee will continue its work on retirement security and the various challenges facing the u.s. retirement system. ideas on ways to improve the u.s. retirement system. last month introduced the retirement enhancement and savings act which typically goes by the nickname of resa and developed by the committee of the last two congresses. passage remains a top priority. it's centerpiece expansion it's centerpiece expansion of opening other commonsense ch

president donald trump, and supreme court associate swrusstiss, sonia sotomayor. our commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. herein on c-span. watch any time at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> earlier today the house judiciary committee called on former white house counsel don cgahn to testify robert mule's investigation. he did not attend the hearing and did not testify. we'll show you comments now from that hearing from house judiciary committee leaderser jerrold nadler and doug collins. this is about a half-hour. mr. nadler: this committee will be in order. without objection, the chair is authorized to decarer recesses of the committee at anaheim. we welcome everyone to today's hearing and oversight of the report by special counsel robert mueller the third. former white house counsel donald mcgahn ii. i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. more than a year ago white house counsel don mcgahn sat through the first of several interviews of special counsel robert mueller. over the course of those interviews, he d

and sonia sotomayor watch online any time at c-span.org. >> c-span's newest book, the presidents noted historians rank america's best and worst chief americans. through stories gathered by interviews with noted presidential historians. explore the life events that shaped our leaders, challenges they faced and the leg agencies they left behind. c-span's the president is now available in hard cover. >> the house will be in order. >> for 40 years, c-span has been providing coverage of the white house, the supreme court and public policy events from around the country. can you make up your own mind c-span is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> live on c-sfan three. a conference about countries in the horn of africa, and how conflicts in the middle east impact this region. you're watching live coverage here on c-span three. >>> live here on c-span3, we're at the middle east institute today waiting for what's expected to be a half day conference on the horn of africa region. the ways regions are being affected by events and

house minority leader stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. our coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> sunday night on q & a, yale university historian joanne freeman on her book "the field of blood: violence in congress and the road to civil war." >> and you end up with scores of congressmen just in a mass brawl. so in and of itself, it's dramatic. guys throwing punches and throwing spitoons. it's a massive encounter. but what was really interesting to me is people at the time looked at it, and what they saw was a group of northerners and a group of southerners, lots of them armed, running at each other in the house of representatives, and several of them said, this doesn't look like a normal congressional fight. this looks like north against south. this looks like a battle. and that's really striking. and, indeed, it certainly did look like a battle, and it's not that long before the civil war. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q

defense secretary shanahan, stacey abrams, president trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayorencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online any time at c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> "washington journal" continues. host: with graduation ceremony second place of a on many college campuses, it is a good day to talk to richard vedder, senior fellow at the independent institute. he is also author of the new book "restoring the promise: higher education in america." before we dive into the book, mr. vedder, remind viewers what the instan independent institutd how you are funded. guest: well, the independent institute is, i guess you could call it, a think tank, which is located in oakland, california. it has been in operation for several decades. it publishes books and other monographs, journals. it has a very fine journal called "the infinite review," for example. it is an organization that does that. my primary affiliation has been with universities. i am with ohio university as a my 50 fourthll, in year, but i do have

speakers include elijah ,ummings, patrick shanahan stacey abrams, president donald trump, and sonia sotomayor. startsmitment coverage memorial day and you can watch ,nline anytime and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> hurricane jefferies talks about -- hakeem jeffries

president donald trump pan supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. our commencement coverage start memorial day at 8:00 p.m. other than eastern on cspan. watch any time time on at cspan.org and listen on the free cspan radio app. >> once tv was simply three lee giant networks and a government supported service called pbs. then in 1979 a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers decide all on their own what was important to them. cspan opened the doors to washington pl making for all to see. bringing you unfiltered content from congress and beyond. in the age of power to the people, this was true people power. in the 40 years since the landscape has clearly changed. there is no month lithic media, broadcasting has given way to narrow casting. youtube stars are a thing. but cspan's big idea is more relevant today than ever. no government money supports cspan. et cetera its non-partisan coverage of government is funded as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. on television and online cspan is your unfiltered v

and supreme court associate justice, sonia sotomayor.mmencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online any time at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> next, james jeffrey, the trump administration's special envoy for syria, testifies about the president's strategy in the region before the house foreign affairs committee. ambassador jeffrey outlined the situation on the ground and the administration's military and diplomatic objectives in the civil war-ravaged nation. this is about two hours and forty five minutes of the. isys.

speakers include elijah cummings, patrick shanahan, stacey abrams, president donald trump and sonia sotomayorencement coverage starts memorial day at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span, watch online anytime at www.c-span.org and listen on the free journal@c-span.org radio app. >> washington journal continues. cotton served in the army in iraq and afghanistan and between tors he served with the infantry regiment, old guard at arlington national cemetery. he explains what will be happening thursday at the cemetery. guest: thank you for your interest. every thursday before memorial day, thursday is a normal working day in the cemetery, funerals performed at 3 p.m.. of the army,l unit the only time of the year old guard soldiers wear combat fatigues and the cemetery and carrying march in american flags. they have phase lines, timelines and the mission is to place a flag at every single headstone and niche in the cemetery. every soldier buried in arlington, a quarter of a million graves will have a single moment with a new soldier currently wearing uniform to honor their sacrifice to our nation. host: is th

house minority leader stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayorverage starts memorial day at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free radio app. once, tv was simply three giant networks on a government supported service of pbs. then in 1979, a small network with unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers decide what was important to them. c-span opened the doors to washington policymaking for all to see, bringing you unfiltered content from congress and beyond. in the age of power to the people, this was true people power. in the 40 years since, the landscape has clearly changed. broadcasting has given way to narrowcasting, youtube stars are a thing. ideas are moreg relevant today than ever. no government money supports c-span. it is not part of the coverage of washington and is funded by your cable or satellite provider. on television and online, c-span is your unfiltered view of government. so you can make up your own mind. joining us from baltimore and c-span's newsmakers program is then carson, a

and supreme court associate justice, sonia sotomayor. our commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online any time at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> next, james jeffrey, the trump administration's special envoy for syria, testifies about the president's strategy in the region before the house foreign affairs committee. ambassador jeffrey outlined the situation on the ground and the administration's military and diplomatic objectives in the civil war-ravaged nation. this is about two hours and forty five minutes of the. isys. this hearing is just over two and half hours. . >> [inaudible conversations] he is [inaudible conversations] [ banging gavel ] the committee will come to order. without objection, all members will have five days to submit statements, extraneous material and questions for the record subject to the length, limitation and the rules. excuse me. the committee convenes this morning to address the crisis that has been raging in syria for nine years, as well as

house minority leader stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. our commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at >> the complete guide to congress is now available. it has details about the house and senate for the current session. contact and bio information about every representative and senator, information about congressional committees, state governors, and the cabinet. the 2019 congressional directory is a handy spiral-bound guide. order your copy from the c-span store for $18.95. >> the house judiciary committee convened to hear from former white house counsel don mcgann about russia's interference and the mueller report. he failed to appear, define a subpoena. subpoena.g a here is the hearing with jerrold nadler. this is a half-hour.

house minority leader stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> david mccullough, your new book "the pioneers," why that title? david: because it is about a group of very brave and, i feel, noble people, americans, who

house minority leader stacy abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. joining us from baltimore and c-span's newsmakers program is then carson, a member of the senate foreign relations committee and joining us in the studio, covering congress for

patrick shanahan, stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. our commencement covered starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online any time at www.c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. q&a, historian david mccullough talks about his book, the pioneers. questions is at midnight. experts tellpace senate lawmakers about policy challenges. ♪ >> david mccullough, your new book "the pioneers," why that title? david: because it is about a group of very brave and, i feel, noble people, americans, who went west in the last part of the 18th century to found the first legal community,

former georgia house minority , president donald trump, and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. commencement coverage of memorial day at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. this weekend, american history tv joins our spectrum cable partners to showcase the history of milwaukee. from themore video current tour, visit c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our history of milwaukee. >> we are taking a harley-davidson motorcycle tour of milwaukee to the walkers point neighborhood where a music genre once popular with early european immigrants is finding a new audience. ♪ >> polka was never intended to be safe. it was never intended to be so bland. polka was meant to get people moving. ♪ >> polka was intended to get people sweating. polka was intended to enlighten the humors in a person, right? >> polka in its most simple form is about sex. polka was about getting a group of people together and making it culturally acceptable for them to touch, to hold hands. to put a hand on a hip, to move together. you have to reme

house minority leader stacey abrams, president donald trump, and supreme court associates justice sonia sotomayor starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. next, we hear from the assistant army secretary of manpower and reserve affairs who talks about the policy changes and the lessons learned since the vietnam war. he argues the u.s. army should remain an all volunteer force for future wars. this discussion is part of an all-day conference hosted by the center for military, war and society studies at the university of kansas. >> it is my pleasure and honor to introduce our keynote speaker, dr. e. casey wardynski. he is the assistant secretary of the army for manpower and reserve affairs. dr. wardynski assumed this position in mid-january of this year. his responsibilities include supervising manpower, personnel, and reserve component affairs for the department of the army. advisor for the secretary for he is the principaladvisor for the secretary for training,

and supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor. our commencement coverage starts memorial day at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. watch online any time at c-span.org. and listen on the free c-span radio app. earlier today house speaker nancy pelosi hosted a reception to mark the 100th anniversary of the house passing the 19th amendment to the u.s. constitution. which guarantees women' the right to vote. this is 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pe he see. accompanied by the honorable