you're going to hear shortly from education undersecretary ted mitchell. be talking about education policy and in particular how the state and federal government can work together to improve schools across the country. we are getting word that this was scheduled to start at 12:15 and it looks like it may start a bit later than that of 12:45 eastern. we will keep you posted. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] here at the meeting of the education commission of the states we are going to hear from undersecretary tom mitchell talking about partnership and cooperation between the federal government and states. we understand his comments won't did under way for another 20 minutes or so. so, what we will do is take you over to an event at brookings earlier this week. president michelle spoke about democracy and stability in the country. we will show you as much as we can until the education events gets underway. again about 12:45 eastern. [applause] good afternoon every

also live, under secretary for education ted mitchell will discuss how federal and state leaders can work together to improve the nation's schools. that will be a 12:15 p.m. eastern on c-span two. the facebook question today deals with the supreme court looking for your opinion. sold to the -- " highest bidder. victor adds you can offer your thoughts at facebook.com/c-span. we may read it on the air. >> book tv sat down with former secretary of state hillary clinton in little rock to discuss her new book "hard choices." >> getting to the point where you make peace is never easy because you do not make peace with your friends. you make it with those that are adversaries, people that have killed your own people or those you are trying to protect. it is a psychological drama. you have to get into the head of those on the other side because you have to change their calculation enough to get them to the table. in iran, we had to put a lot of economic pressure to get them to the table. we will have to see what happens. that was the first stop. afghanistan, pakistan -- trying to get the tal

[applause] >> and now it's my pleasure to introduce ted mitchell, the undersecretary of education. the undersecretary overseas policies, programs, and activities related to postsecondary education, adult career and technical education, federal student aid, five white house initiatives and the center for faith-based and neighborhood partnerships. partnerships. can't believe he is made time for us. that's a lot, but please join me in welcoming undersecretary mitchell. [applause] >> thank you, governor. and thanks not only what sounds like a great conference, a terrific invitation. so pleased to be here, but thanks for the great work you are doing at home. you are a champion for high quality education for all the kids in your state, and we are the beneficiaries of that, so thank you. it is terrific to be here today to talk with you and as i look out literally in the room there are a handful of very, very dear friends and it's great to be back doing this work with you in d.c. before i start, just a moment of personal privilege to tell those of you i don't know a little bit about what i

[applause] >> the education commission of the states here's from undersecretary of education ted mitchell today. you can see that live at 12:15 eastern on our companion network, c-span2. ata few moments, look today's headlines, plus your calls live on 'wa "washington journal." washington institute for near east policy look at the situation in iraq from the perspective of the kurdish regional government at 12:30 eastern. in about 45 minutes, edward klein talks about his book, blood feud, the clintons versus the obama's. marilyn g wax will focus on geewax from- marily the npr focusing on the economic update. and we will be joined by the editor of the national journal, richard just, to discuss the magazine's new design and recent addition on the 2016 presidential race. washington journal is next. . .

[applause] just a reminder you can see the comments of education undersecretary ted mitchell anytime on the website c-span.org. in the close of the supreme court's term this week we have been asking your opinion of the supreme court and over 800 of you have left comments on our facebook page. and what the senate out this week it's booktv in primetime pe tonight we will look at the history of nuclear power. booktv satsuma former secretary of state harry clinton in little rock to discuss her new book "hard choices." adding to the point that you can make peace is never easy because you don't make friends with your -- peace with your friends you make it with people who are your adversaries who have killed those you care about, your own people or those you are trying to protect and it's a psychological drama. you have to get into the heads of those on the other side because you have to change their calculation enough to get them to the table. i talk about what we did in iran we had a lot of economic pressure to try to get into the table and we will see what happens but that has to be the

. >> undersecretary of education ted mitchell talks about how the federal and state officials can work together to improve schools. we will be in a meeting of the education commission of the states at all:15. booktv sat down with former secretary of state hillary clinton to discuss her book "hard choices." >> getting to the point you can make peace isn't easy because you make it with people who are your adversaries and to have killed those you care about coming your own people or those you are trying to protect and it's a psychological drama you have to get into the head of those on the other side because you have to change their calculation in us to get them to the table. we will see what happens but that has to be the first step. and i write about what we did in afghanistan and pakistan to get the tablet into the table for a comprehensive afghanistan. in iraq today i think what we have to understand is that it is primarily a political problem that has to be addressed. the ascension of the sunni extremist group is taking advantage of the breakdown in political dialogue into the total

coming up live at 12:15, education undersecretary ted mitchell will discuss how federal and state leaders can work together to improve the nation's schools. he's the featured speaker at the education commission of the states forum in washington, d.c., that's live on c-span2. also today, a look at the ongoing conflict in iraq with two representatives of the kurdistan regional government. they're expected to talk about what the conflict means for kurds and the krg and the potential for an independent kurdistan. that is live at 12:30 on c-span. and tonight, business owners, activists and policymakers discuss the progress, problems and future of the fledgling legal cannabis industry. this was part of a recent event in as the first summit of its kind before recreational marijuana has been legal in colorado for about 18 months. washington state's recreational c cannabis industry becomes legal this week. here is a preview of tonight's event. >> money is one of these things that really can galvanize people. and if you're here mainly for money, that's great. and i think a lot of people come to thi

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mitchell, colson. they all went to chill so the was and accountability that went on. -- went to jail. >> my name is ted cobey, and i was a college student back and can still remember watching president nixon when he resigned. i've read quite a few books on watergate, i guess what it wanted to ask you as an author of one of those books, is there anything still we don't know about watergate? anything you think still needs to be answered that hasn't come out? >> i don't think so. because i think in the end it wasn't the little bitty details. i could get arrested for this but i didn't really care who deep throat was. what's the difference? the story was what nixon and the white house were doing. it was a little intrigue of the was leaking to these very, very hard-working and very smart, good reporters. but no, there's nothing that i'm curious about their some little detail i don't know. we have enough to really understand it, and hope that's what this book does, is it follows events but also reflects on them as they're happening, and afterward, and afterward i go back to what was watergate, who was richard