susan swain is president and co-ceo of c-span. she helped launch the washington journal, book tv, and has been in the numerous c-span tv's. she has also been recognized by her industry as a cable tv pioneer. please welcome stephen kennedy smith, douglas brinkley, and susan swain. [applause] susan: good afternoon and thank you for being here. i should also add that for almost 25 years he has been working with c-span on a number of presidential historical projects, most recently our third survey of presidential leadership. i'm looking forward to learning more about your scholarship on your uncle. would you raise your hand if you were born after 1960? for you, john f. kennedy is entirely a historical figure. great. that gives us a sense of perspective as we start. i want to start with you, doug brinkley, because for the past two weeks, all the folks in this room and those watching us on video have been bombarded with 100 day marker stories for our current president. was there a 100 day metric? douglas: there was. it is wonderful to b

my last name is swain. >> 37-year-old bernard "tasha" swain was serving a nine-month sentence for paroletion. >> so, how are you making money on the streets? >> prostitution and selling drugs. >> one of the things bernard did on occasion inside l.a. county jail was put on beauty pageants. he was like a peacock. he wanted to show off his feathers. >> do you like the miss america pageant? we do them in here, but we do them for the boys. and we have the girls, the boys, the schoolboys, the vogue and all kind of stuff like that, so it's a variety of things that you can run for. it's not just beauty. we cover with sheets and towels, stuff like that, make little dresses, you know. we destroy state property to make the outfits, in other words. >> do you wear makeup? >> yes, actually. look at my face. >> we explored another special housing unit at l.a. county as well, the mental health ward, where we encountered one of the most unforgettable scenes ever shown on "lockup." >> there was one gentleman in particular who i could barely see him because there was so much graffiti on his cell door and a

susan swain did the lincoln douglas debates on c-span. that was about illinois politics even though it had national ramifications. it got televised, and people that listened to richard nixon on radio thought he won the debates. people that watched on tv said john f. kennedy won. once he came on, cbs and nbc recognized -- cnn is covering trump all the time. the networks start thinking, let's cover john f. kennedy. they started covering alan shepard, john glenn, must watch tv events during the kennedy years, and press conferences became a big deal. the combination of using the medium of television and photography helps set the tone for john f. kennedy. i would give him an a plus on relations with the press and how to use television to advance your policy concerns. susan: i have some issues that were very much a part of the administration that i would like you to talk generally about. one is vietnam. douglas: i have on my wall at home a note that jackie gave me after president kennedy was killed from his desk. all it says on it is vietnam, v

. >> and maxwell swain he was killed in the battle of the bulge at 19 years old. check out our fallen heroes section on the wusa9 facebook page. it is very easy to put your photos there. download the wusa9 app for more memorial day events. plus you can check on the road and beach conditions too. >>> with a heavy heart, thousands head to arlington national cemetery each year on this day to pay their respects and the volunteers were there handing out flowers as well. we caught up with one of the families. >> it's a time of reflection and a time of being grateful that that person was in our life for the time that we had them, and thanks for that little while. not only am i your husband but i outrank you. he was a major and i was a captain, it's like, you know. he's buried here, so he did years, and it's really a bittersweet moment, you know. there's pride in our sadness. there's -- it's just a tough day for those of us to get through this and then my brother's name is on the wall, so we're going from arlington to vietnam, you know, in one day to pay respects. this is

reverend william barber, and sarah blakely and caitlyn swain.tand and we will continue to report this. >>> listen to this. listen to this. alabama this week, governor kay ivey signed a bill into law which restores voting rights to thousands of felons. until now the state has barred anyone with a felony conviction from voting. not anymore. as under the new law, voting rights are taken away only from those who committed a specific set of felonies bringing thousands to register and taking part in democracy once again. my congratulations to my brother reverend kenny glasgow and others in the fight. >>> up next, what we should be thinking about on this memorial day. stay with us. ♪ you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast-acting, long-lasting relief, try doctor recommended gaviscon. it quickly neutralizes stomach acid and helps keep acid down for hours. relieve heartburn with fast- acting, long-lasting gaviscon. and helps keep acid down for hours. i decided to see if there was a way for design to play a... ...positive role in what was going on

judge laura taylor swain will now oversee the largest-ever municipal bankruptcy in u.s. historory in proceedinings thate expected to drag on for years. puerto rico is legally barred from using chapter 9, the bankruptcy route normally taken by insolvent local governments. puerto rico's dept crisis has forced austerity measures on a population suffering from skyrocketing poverty and unemployment. most recently the government , closed nearly 200 schools across the island. in greece, tens of thousands of striking workers flooded the streets of athens and other cities ahead of today's vote by wednesday the greek parliament on another round of austerity measures. trade union activists say the latest planned cuts would continue a downward spiral for the greeeek economy. >> this government fooled the workers and the rest of the greek people by saying they would get rid of the bailouts. yet tomorrow, it is voting in the fourth bailout, which is much harsher than the previous ones. >> the w workers cannot bear anymore suffering from austerity measures that arare constantly being i

justice swain will have to hear the arguments why puerto rico should be allowed to make its creditorsas opposed to getting 100 cents on the dollar. a little bit about her real quick. harvard law, 1982. she has served on eastern district the of court bankruptcy court from 1996 to 2000. when then president clinton appointorred her to the southern district of new york. she has been on the bench well over 16 years. she could be a the largest bankruptcy-like case in u.s. history. anywhere 73 billion, to 123 billion, if you include restructuring of puerto rico's pension obligations. it is in one word, a mess. neil: detroit, that was like 18 billion, right? reporter: pensions, 18 billion. neil: incredible. adam, thank you very, very much. >>> meanwhile the french election with a three-day weekend as ashley webster told you earlier about. president obama already weighed into this. he will be backing the centrist candidate emanuel macron but when it comes to picking candidates let's just say the former president is not really always 100% accurate. take a look. >> our focus is in negotiating wi

i have tried to get c-span for years, going back to brian lamb and susan swain when they were doing thehows to say, please, please, get a hook up through c-span with people in canada, britain, and so forth, to find out what they really think of their national health care system, but c-span, for some reason, i suppose it's because of the pressure of the insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry, by unbelievable amounts of ads on the cable system, that is why c-span has never done it. but we need the truth out there, and i would hope c-span1 cooperate in getting it. thank you. host: we lost him, i was going to respond. jim from vienna, west virginia, democratic line. how are you? caller: i'm fine, sir. host: what would be your message to your senator? caller: well, i still believe that -- it is hard to believe these days, but the senate is the saucer where the coffee cools. i think they will settle this debate down, and hopefully work something out. that is what the senate is for. thank you. host: ok. let's go to pamela from fort washington, maryland. democratic line. caller: go

swain asked where i wanted to go. i said, central cell block, metropolitan police department. asked -- he asked if we knew the score of the basketball game. and we looked at him like -- i think there were a couple explained this dennis might have said to him. he was very stoic. did not say a word. i reverted back to my training and the knowledge of the previous of assassination attempts. i just wanted to get him to a safe place and make sure officers were there in the garage area. i started thinking about that as a young agent. i really felt -- street.n l couple ofave been a them. >> i was thinking, it is a commercial district. back to the kennedy assassination, i knew i had a secure area going through the central cell block. the scores of the ncaa game. my thing was to get him and married and start to identify him. >> agent macarthur you mentioned me shots were bringing out you do not know if it is one person, a diversionary tactic, you do not know. this is a classic case of what you call a lone wolf. somebody not part of a group or organization. one person. one of the most d

did a crash course in revenue law here in1973, a crash course in revenue law here in 1973, andrew swainor six nights in 1963. is that correct? yes, everyone knows it. they stayed in the grand hotel over there. plenty more facts coming your way between now and 9. 15 from the beach. and i can see the sun behind you. thank you very much. good morning. bbc news has been told the name of the female zookeeper in cambridgeshire who was killed by a tiger yesterday. rosa king, who was thirty—three, worked at hamerton park zoo. it will remain closed today while an investigation continues. let's join our correspondent ben ando, who joins us live from the zoo this morning. ben, what's the latest you can tell us? they are having an investigation here. the police were here for much of yesterday. they sent scientific investigation vans up to examine the scene. they concluded that the death of 33—year—old rosa king was not suspicious, nonetheless the park itself is having an investigation andi itself is having an investigation and i suspect that at the heart of that investigation will be trying to esta