. >> the c-span cities to her throughout the day on book tv. and sunday afternoon on c-span3. working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> president obama talks about equal pay for women. steve shabbat has the republican response, he talks about small businesses. obama: in our house every that he knows president is only the family. this weekend i'm going to take extra time to say thank you to michelle for them -- for the remarkable way she does the most important job, being a mom. we are going to give special extra thanks to my mother-in-law for the role model she has been to michelle and the countless selfless way she has helped me and michelle raise our children. i am lucky to have these helpful raise, love, and look after our girls. i hope you will say thank you to the women in your life. biological moms, adoptive moms, and foster moms. godmothers, aunts, mentors, whomever you think of when you think of mother's day. or take a moment to remember the moms that will rate -- moms that raised us and whom we miss every day, no matter how old we get. o

just click on the schedule. c-span is a free service by the cable or satellite provider. heck it out. it is on the web at c-span.org. on lectures in history, university of georgia professor steven barry teaches a class about corners in the 19th century out. here is a preview. announcer: you have to imagine them as so often happens they are in a basement, morbid, dank little place. doing their work, and yet, what is washing across their examining tables day after day, week after week, year after year, the rest of us may see a death or two. they see hundreds. shifts see patterns for in how people -- or shifts in how people are going out of the world. so they are the ones that sound the alarm. i will give you a few examples. it is really the corners at the turn of the 20th century were calling attention to all of the industrial accidents that we see as industrialization proceeds in the major cities. 1907,pittsburgh in corners leave the charge against steel. the corporation does not want to advertise this fact. ,t is the corners -- corners and they are leading the charge for i

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the cia, fbi, irs and nsa. look for all of our programming every weekend on c-span 3. >>> coming up on c-span, american history tv in prime time features programs marking the 100th anniversary of the pulitzer prize. first, american artifacts with pulitzer prize winning photographs. after that, the pulitzer prize centennial celebration. >>> each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. we visited the newseum's pulitzer prize photograph gallery in washington, d.c. where a john singer sargent portrait of joseph pulitzer on display to mark the centennial. we'll hear about the hungarian immigrant who created a newspaper empire in the late 19th century and the prizes that carry his name. and we'll see a selection of pulitzer prize winning photographs and learn the stories behind the images. >> my name is patty rhue ale ane are standing in the photographs gallery, which is one of our most popular gallery at the newseum. the portrait behind me is of josef pulitzer, the person whose legacy created the pulitzer prizes. he's also probably one of the foremost jour

the world. >> thank you very much. >> you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. artifactsek, american takes you to museums and unique places. next, we tour the innovation wing of the national museum of american history in washington dc. museum director john gracias us some of his favorite objects, including an 1896 bicycle and gold,t gold, server -- silver, and jewels by the tiffany company. we also hear historical kathleend from curator franz. john: welcome to the smithsonian museum of american history. we welcome you to our new floor which is looking at innovation and invention in america. to start, we have some extraordinary path and models and examples of early invention and technical invention. up heree apple one which is extraordinary. invention is one of the most important parts of our country. let's walk through. as you come through, you start to see all these exhibitions that are focused on ways in which we have developed a new way of thinking. here we have the value of money, which has the most extraordinary collection of gold and silver coins,

cities tour on saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2 book tv and on c-span #. the cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> wednesday, a look at the obama administration's response to the zika virus. the brookings institution hears from the director of the centers for disease control and prevention appropriations office. that is live at 9:00 a.m. eastern here on stac-span 3. >>> the impact of low energy prices on oil and gas revenue dependent nations is the topic of discussion wednesday at the center for strategic and international studies. energy market experts will discuss the needed reforms for countries facing fiscal difficulties, including niej earal and iraq and algeria. live coverage starts at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >> recently our campaign 2016 bus made a visit to pennsylvania during the primary. stopping at grove city college, slippery rock university, washington and jefferson college and harrisburg area community college where students and professors and local officials learned about the road

thean archives all of programs online in the c-span video library. you miss an episode of washington journal, but tv, or any program, you can find it online and watch at your convenience. the c-span video library contains more than 200,000 hours of c-span video programs, and its powerful search engine allows you to watch programs going back many years. on television, c-span publishes for allir schedule networks and its radio station. service.g is a public if you are a c-span watcher, watch it out. -- check it out. >> the u.s. postal service reported a $2 billion loss over the first three months of this year. samebillion more than the period last year. the postmaster general testified about the financial shortfall in a hearing of the house oversight committee. billommittee is drafting a to address the chronic financial problems. at the financial oversight committee. this is 2.5 hours. >> the committee on oversight and government thank you for being here. this is important and it affects every american. it is a vital part of the commerce in united stat

. >> watch the c-span cities tour -- city tour today at 2 p.m. eastern. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and bidding -- visiting cities across the country. this year first lady michelle obama was the commencement speaker for the graduates of jackson state university. in her speech, the first lady discussed the schools segregated past and encourage students to exercise their right to vote. this is 30 minutes. >> let me start by thanking dr. myers for that wonderful introduction and more her leadership of the spine university. mayor want to thank garber, representative thompson, and all the elected officials and members of congress who are here with us today, as well as mr. perry. all of the trustees. of course all of the faculty and staff here at jackson state, let's take a moment to give it up to the people who helped you to hear. thank you all for your incredible hospitality. i would not be anywhere else but here. i may be a little jetlagged, but i'm here right now to celebrate all of you. so i'm grateful. both of theto thank choi

tourtch the c-span cities brought the day on c-span 2's book tv. at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour. working with cable affiliates and is adding cities across the country. iraq andh afghanistan, i hope them with their constitutions -- helped with ththeir constitutions. your influence is considerable to heads of state and government. heads of government are very interesting with you. >> sunday night on q&a, former ambassador to iraq and afghanistan discusses his memoir "the envoy: my journey through a turbulent world." >> extremists exploited. although we corrected it toward the end of the time i was there, by the surge, by reaching out to the sunnis, by building up iraqi forces, by establishing a unity government. to bring about security, violence was way down. unfortunately when we left, the vacuum was filled by rival regional powers pulling iraq apart. the violence escalated and we have isis now. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span's q&a. on lectures in history, university of maryland professor robert chi

-span2. >> here's a look at our primetime schedule from the c-span networks. tonight after the house adjourns, president obama awarding the medal of valor to 13 recipients, law enforcement officers recognized for outstanding service while on duty. on c-span2, supreme court oral argument from march looking at whether the health care law's contraception mandate 1r50eu89s the religious free come rest vation act. earlier today the high court decided to send those cases back to the lower courts for further consideration. and at 8:00 eastern on c-span3, a hear about the government's plan to start checking social media for employees who seek security clearance. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, colorado democratic congressman jared polis joins us to discuss the latest move by the obama administration to stop bathroom laws like the one signed in north carolina as well as efforts to elect more lgbt people to congress. then, economist and author stephen moore who reportedly was asked

itsc-span archives, all of programs online in the c-span library. you can find it online and watch at your convenience. the c-span video library contains more than 200,000 hours of c-span programs. and it's powerful search engine that you find programs going back many years, to watch on your television. c-span publishes its on-air its three networks. c-span.org is a public service of your cable or satellite divider. if you are a c-span watcher, check it out here it is on the web at c-span.org. announcer: coming up next, "prime minister's questions" at the house of commons and then the foreign's intelligence surveillance act. later, a look at the effects of concussions in youth sports. time,cer: during question british prime minister david cameron was asked about the european union, including transportation issues in the u.s. -- the u.k.. this is 40 minutes. honorable gentleman will touch on this. it's good for britain. it's good for trade unions in future working relationships. >> order. questions to the prime minister. thank you, mr. speaker. this m

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chest but for the complete -- >>le, go to c-span.org for the complete schedule go to c-span.org. is touringr, c-span cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to hattiesburg, mississippi. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> we are in special collections at the university of southern mississippi. today we are looking at the theodore bilbo papers. his collection is very large. [laughter] we have over 2500 boxes of archival material relating to theodore bilbo. his career and his life. theodore bilbo -- and this is one of his signed photos that he would distribute to fans -- was a mississippi politician in the first half of the 20th century. his career started around 1910, when he was doing a state congressman race. by the 1930's he had been elected governor. at the time in mississippi, you could not serve consecutive terms as governor. he served one term into the 1920's, early 1930's, then skipped a term, then stroked another four years later. -- then served another four years later. he was elected to the u.s. sena

you can watch the c-span archives. if you miss an episode of ,"ashington journal," "book tv or any other program, you can find it online. in fact, the c-span video library contains more than programs and of the powerful search engine helps you find and watch programs going back many years. to watch our television, c-span publishes its on air schedule for all three networks and its radio station. www.c-span.org is a public service of your cable or satellite provider. if you are a c-span watcher, check it out. it is on-demand at www.c-span.org. bushe campaign 2016 continues its travels to honor winners. the bus made a stop in new jersey to recognize six time winner matter line for her second prize video, "when the house becomes a home." she was honored before having a chance to visit the bus. the bus then travel to tensile then you t -- traveled to pennsylvania to honor two eighth-graders. they donated much of their local winnings to a local charity. following this event, the bus drove to clinton township middle school in

look for them to air in the near future on book tv on c-span 2. >> the fact is that we have latinos from big numbers to power for the first time and that's a huge change and i think it is incredibly important that we realize that new power is here and that we can talk about things that in the past we really had no chance to talk about. therefore, when we had a candidate who says, donald trump, that mexican immigrants are rapists and criminals and drug traffickers i think there is-- we can respond to that and was brought-- responded to that. was so interesting is that-- let me just put it in a question. where were all of the candidates by months ago? where was the press by months ago? where was the us government and the mexican government nine months ago when donald trump said mexican immigrants were criminals and drug traffickers and rapists? nowhere to be found and then we responded. we latinos responded and said, no, you are wrong. when you are saying, mr. trump, is not right and absolutely wrong and we responded. we did not wait for the latino candidate and we did not wait for the his

to watch on your television, c-span publishes its on her schedule for its networks and the radio stationicerg is a public on your cable or satellite provider. if you are a c-span watcher, check it out. it's on the web at c-span.org. of a vietnamese political prisoner testified on capitol hill yesterday about the plight of her husband. embers of the house foreign affairs subcommittee on human rights called on president obama to seek his release and address human rights issues in vietnam as a condition for any trade agreement with the country. president obama travels to vietnam later this month as part of the trip that includes the g-7 summit in japan. this is about an hour. >> among the partners, vietnam is the only country that bans independent religious groups, the only country considered one of the worst violators of internet vietnam harbors severe child labor and forced child labor violators and regularly jails and tortures those who speak out for human rights, political inclusion with a right to practice their religion. there are today over 100 prisoners of conscience in vietnam wynn

and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on "american history tv" on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> in both iraq and afghanistan, i u helped both countries with their constitutions being sort of facilitator of agreement on key issues among iraqis or afghans. your influence is considerable. the heads of state or government are anxious to meet with you when you ask for a meeting. >> former ambassador to afghanistan, iraq and united nations discusses his memoir, the envoy from kabul to the white house, my journey through a turbulent world. >> exploited, although e we then corrected it towards the surge. killing him at the end to bring about security. violence was way down, but unfortunately, when we left and the vacuum was filled by regional powers pulling iraq apart violence escalated and we have isis now. >> sunday on q&a. >>> james clapper took questions from reporters at a breakfast hosted by the washington bureau of the christian science monitor. he talked about a range of topics cove

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announcer: watch the c-span city tour throughout the day on book tv. and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span city store to working with cable affiliate and visiting cities across the country. coming up next, a conversation with former secretary of state henry kissinger. after that, president obama gives the commencement address at howard university in washington, d.c. and later, look at political developments in north korea. former secretary of state henry kissinger was part of a recent that on the vietnam war included policymakers, vietnam veterans, and activist. he talked about his role during the war and the events that led to the u.s. withdrawl, more than 40 years ago. this was at the lbj presidential library in austin, texas. it is about one hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> dr. kissinger, welcome. it is a privilege to have you on this stage. one of the things i think smoltz people do not really -- most people do not realize is that you are not only the national security advisor and secretary of state to presiden

that's the c-span network shortly after the polls closed. if you seven republicans and 92 democratic delegates in the hoosier state. hillary clinton is in ohio on a campaign swing through kentucky, west virginia, and ohio. speechn athens giving a about jobs and the economy. i also want to mention senator bernie sanders, campaigning in kentucky. live coverage of his kentucky in louisville starts at 7:30 eastern time here on the c-span networks. this morning, we spoke with a reporter covering the indiana primary. host: thanks for joining us. and the all important delegate count, what does it mean for indiana terms of delegates, both for republicans and democrats? guest: it's especially important on the republican side, where this is sort of ted cruz's last best chance to stop donald trump and lock up the nomination and prevents a contested convention. trump -- is not possible for him to reach the number he needs today. but looking ahead to the states that are going to be voting, between now and the convention, indiana really is, for ted cruz,

house the division headquarters at that time. >> watch the city's tour throughout the day om book tv d sunday afternoon ol c-span 3. the c-span cities tour and visiting cities across the country. >> a conversation with former secretary of state henry kissinger, followed by president obama and the teacher of the year at a white house ceremony earlier this week. and representative john lewis is horpped by the holocaust museum. >> policy makers veterans and activists. he talked about his role during the war and the events that led to the u.s. withdrawal more than 40 years ago. this was held in austin, texas. an hour and 15 minutes.

the country. from politicians and white house officials. on c-span. .org is a video complement to your viewing. most of our government programs like the house and senate an congressional hearings stream. so you can watch on your desktop or laptop. c-span archives all of the programs in the c-span video library. so if you lose -- if you missed a program, you can find it online and watch it at your convenience. it contains more than 200,000 heurs of programs and t powerful search engine helps you find programs going back many years. to watch on television, c-span publishes its schedule for all three channels. service on public your satellite provider. check it out. it is on the web at c-span.org. >> washington journal continues. host: we are back. megan buyer, the executive director of the president's commission on the arts and the byanities, and we are joined a member of the president's committee. let's begin with what this committee is and what are you trying to do? guest: it was created under the reagan administration, the idea that there should be a

the disease. that all happens tonight c-span 2 book tv. >> you're watching the tv on c-span 2 and on your screen is claremont mckenna government professor george thomas. is a book called the founders and the idea of national university. here's the cover pair professor thomas, was a national university? >> guest: will come in the national university was an idea put forward by a number of leading founders. many of the name she think of, george washington, james madison, benjamin franklin, thomas jefferson and the idea really in chart was that the new constitutional order created, which we take for granted in our day was really in the process of being built and they turned to education as one central way of trying to foster in further the kind of political culture, the kind of education they thought was necessary to sustain that constitutional order. >> host: what would it look like? what we teach? >> guest: what's really unique about the idea of a national university at the time is that, i mean, first week it goes back two centuries and think what the dark educationalists institutions look like and t

this year, c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to hattiesburg, mississippi. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> we are here in hattiesburg, mississippi, in st. paul united methodist church. it is important because we were very active during the civil rights days it was home of freedom school during 1964. we are going downstairs to our fellowship hall. this is where we were. we were all here, and our teachers were. we spread out into small groups around the room. if you'll notice here is a class, where one of our teachers was working with us. that is me with my head turned. on any day, 20 or 30 children were here at this location. there were six locations in 1964. here at st. paul's, these are some of the original chairs that we sat in as students. for church, during the summer we would have vacation bible school, but this is different. we were not focusing on just church-related activities. it was a lot different. freedom school lasted the summer of 1964.

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. >> watch the city's tour at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. the c-span city's tour and visiting cities across the country. peter: this week on the communicators f.c.c. commissioner, michael o'rielly. i want to start with one of the issues that was the charter-time warner merger. why were conditions put on that merger? michael: that item is still before the commission. i can tell you that i have personally voted on the matter, but it is still before us and i have to be careful on exactly what i say about such a proceeding. peter: when you say you have voted on the matter, how did you vote? michael: that is to be released in a certain time period. all of that information will come forward in the next couple of weeks. peter: when we talk about a merger or some type of activity like that, putting conditions on uch a richer philosophy. michael: my approach to mergers. we have certain charges in the statute and for the review of whether to transfer licenses between parties, transferring wireless licenses. you have a number that different companies ow

the purpose of my life. thank you, and god bless. [applause] campaign 2016, c-span takes you on the road to the white house as we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> donald trump will be campaigning in charleston, west virginia on thursday. it's his first campaign rally since his remaining republican rivals dropped out of the race. watch our live coverage on c-span. >> in iraq and afghanistan, a help to both countries with their constitutions, being a sort of facilitator of key issues among iraqis and afghans. the government is very anxious to meet with you when you ask for a meeting. >> sunday night on q&a, former ambassador to afghanistan, iraq, and the united nations discusses his memoir. extremistshat exploited -- although we then corrected it toward the end of by thee i was there surge, by reaching out to the sunnis, by building up iraqi forces, by establishing a unity bring abouto security. violence was way down. unfortunately, when we left, the vacuum was filled by rival regional powers, and we have isis now. >> sunday night at 8

. >> watched the c-span cities to work saturday at noon on c-span2's of tv and sunday at two on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities to ar to her g with their cable affiliates and visiting cities across a count country. >> now live to london for british prime ministers question time. each week the house of commons is in session we bring you prime minister david cameron taking questions from members of the house of commons live wednesday mornings here on c-span2. we invite your participation using the hashtag ucubed. prior to question that members are finishing up other business. now live to the floor of the british house of commons. >> what we're doing isn't just good for the poorest people on our planet it is our national interest as well. >> order. questions to the prime minister. [shouting] >> number one, mr. speaker. >> prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i know the whole house will wish to join me in congratulating on winning the premier title. >> here, here. >> 5000 to one outsiders at the start of the season. they showed incredible resilience and a great team e

the watergate scandal on american history tv in prime time. it starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >>> this weekend the c-span cities tour hosted by our charter and time warner cable partners takes you to san bernardino, california, located east of los angeles. on december 2nd of 2015, 14 people were killed and 22 were seriously injured in a terrorist attack at the inland region center in san bernardino. we'll talk with congressman pete aguilar about the attack and recovery efforts by the community. his district includes the inland regional center. >> when we talk about terrorism when we talk about the fight against terror, it isn't something that is in the abstract any more. it is something that across this country means something because this isn'tsy -- is a big city here in san bernardino that was attacked and this could happen anywhere. >> and we'll speak with the councilman john valdez about establishing a permanent memorial to the vikes of the attack. >> it provides a semblance of remembrancd

the house judicial subcommittee on the constitution and civil liberties meets at 9:00 a.m. eastern, and you can see that here on c-span. >>> donald trump campaigns in lawrenceville, new jersey thursday. the presumptive republican presidential nominee will be joined by new jersey governor chris christie. live confidential at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> at politico.com this headline, "donald trump's gold-plated convention." sort of where "celebrity apprentice" meets the republican party. the reporting of ha das gold, a media reporter for politico. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> safe to say this is not going to be your father's or grandfather's republican convention. what can we expect when the gavel comes down in july in cleveland? >> i mean, with donald trump as the presumptive nominee i think you can expect trump's side version of the convention, whether that will probably mean unveiling of his vice presidential pick at the convention itself versus beforehand. and quite a few other surprises including the nominee himself perhaps speaking every single night. and you might want to call it an

[applause] >> this weekend the c-span cities tour takes you to san bernardino, california to ask for the history and literary culture of the city. 2, 2015, 14 people were killed and 22 were celery injured in a terrorist attack at the end when regional center in san bernardino. congressman the about the attack in the recovery efforts by the committee. when you talk about terrorism, when we talk about the fight against terror, it is not something that is in the abstract anymore. something that across this country means something. because this is in a big city here in san bernardino that was attacked. this could happen anywhere. we also talked about establishing a permanent memorial for the victims. provides extensive remembrance. it highlights their lives. what they contributed to our local community. be artainly always will near and dear place for us. we are keeping a serenity garden, a prayer chapel. on american history tv, we will visit the san bernardino history and reverent museum, and talk about the importance of the railroad to san bernardino. located in the 1918 santa fe depot,

announcer: watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> this year, first lady michelle obama was the commencement speaker for jackson state university. in her speech, she discussed the school's segregated past and encouraged the students their right to vote. this is 30 minutes. mrs. obama: let me thank the dr. meyers for that wonderful introduction and leadership of this fine university. and i thank the representatives and all the elected officials and members of congress who are here with us today as well as mr. perry, all of the trustees, dr. blaine, reverend rodes and all of the faculty and staff here at jackson state. let's take a moment to give it up to the people who helped get you here. thank you for your incredible hospitality. i would not be anywhere else but here. i might be a little jetlagged, but i am here right now to celebrate all of you, so i'm grateful. i have to thank the band and both of the choirs today for the beautiful music. you all are amazing. and of course, before we go way in, we have to give it up to all the folks in the stands who he

c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. toledo, university of history lecturer chelsea griffis talks about how conservative women reacted to the introduction of equal rights amendment in the 1970's. c-span's american history tv interviewed ms. griffis at the meeting of american historians in providence, rhode island. this is about 15 minutes. >> chelsea griffis, for those who have forgotten or never knew, what is the equal rights amendment? ms. griffis: a failed constitutional amendment that would have legally fought equality for men and women, regardless of sex. it was originally introduced in 1923 by alice paul. people might know her from the national woman's party, a radical suffrage group. during the 1910's especially, she brought it forth to greater stabilize political equality between men and women. for the 1920's, it was something unfathomable to most people. it was brought up again between the 1920's and 1970's, but never really got much credit. it did not go farther than any congressional committees. to a lot ofthan

c-span. you can watch it at c-span.org. we have the whole thing and it is also cut up into different sections. we have the president speech and everything else. if you don't get in in this segment, we only have a few minutes left about the beltway culture, who will visit this again by 9:15. the phone number is on the bottom of the screen one more time. if you haven't had a chance yet, it democrats (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001, .ndependent (202) 748-8002 ed, you are on the independent line. good morning. caller: i didn't realize there was something in the constitution that you have to sell eight tickets at a time. maybe there is a reason. , you mightse tables not be able to sell all of them because people wouldn't want to in and get everybody together. with just see rich people politicians and celebrities. a bunch of photographers and that kind of thing. they're sitting at the tables next to them. host: thank you for calling. the washingtonian recently wrote that the correspondents association gave less money to scholarshi

larger than decided to house the division headquarters and this location at that time. >> watch the c-span cities tour throughout the day on book tv and on c-span3. tour, workingies with our affiliates in visiting cities across the country. >> afghanistan's former interior minister was part of a discussion on current challenges facing the afghan government and what can be done to strengthen unity and the rule of law. from the middle east institute, this is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon, everybody. mark scheland. i'm the director of programs and government relations at the middle east institute. i am pleased to welcome you all to today's discussion under the title political and security crises in afghanistan. we are gratified by the turnout and media interest today. thank you for being here. if you see empty seats to either side of you, please feel free to move in away from the aisles. we always have late arrivals and we would like to accommodate everybody. there are quite a few open here to my right. this is an event in the middle east institute's lewis r. hughes lecture series. we

you can call the senate live on c-span two. -- follow the senate live on c-span 2. next, q and a with historian adam discussing his book on the spanish civil war and then, british prime minister david cameron takes questions the members of the house of commons. after that, a discussion on islamic terrorism in europe. >> this week on q and a, historian adam hit shield discusses spain in our hearts. >> adam hope shield, the title of your new book is spain in our hearts. what does that title mean? >> it comes from a quotation from albert which i know by heart

the recent right and need of the citizens of our nation to know the business of the government. >> c-span marks the 30th anniversary of our lives gavel-to-gavel senate coverage on c-span two. >> i would show to you the body of evidence from this question. something witnessed that has never before happened in all of senate history. during ae of power session of congress. when the american people still do not understand is that there are three areas that will be government in charge of everybody's health care. made a number of mistakes in my political career, c-span wasagainst one of them. to see more of our 30 years of coverage on the u.s. senate, go to c-span.org. this week the communicators comes to the i in tx show in, the internet and television expo sponsored by the vacation association. we interviewed for fcc commissioners. as a regulator and a consumer, what is your view of the cable industry? : first ofsenworcel all, thank you for having me here. joy to come back to boston. supply somedustry of our most important infrastructure. it is not traditional video but rock band. it is clea

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around the country by business leaders, politicians and white house officials. on c-span. >> and live coverage here on c-span from the floor of the house, meeting for legislative business at 4:00 eastern debating nine bills, including one dealing with the i.r.s. and identity theft. and tomorrow, work beginning on defense department programs and policy for the next fiscal year. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. haplain conroy: let us pray. merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. in you, lord, is found the fullness of life and love. it is why the human heart always longs for more. we seek you, lord, sometimes without knowing it. people within our borders, within this chamber, pray for our nation. others around the world pray for the united states of america as well. so many see our potent

the united states. p.m.is life monday at 5:00 eastern on c-span three. nday on the communicators, we broadcast from the int x conference in boston known as the internet and television expo. wheelerinterview tom about the cable industry, set-top boxes, internet neutrality. >> you see the evolution of the nature of television, the explosion of video alternatives, increased talked about smaller bundles and how that changes the relationship with the consumer. you see alternative pathways to the consumer over devices. behave the potential to entering the best area ever for consumers, programmers, and those who deliver. announcer: watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> president obama is visiting vietnam for three days of ceremonies. now, a discussion of the the purpose of the presidential trip. this is about 15 minutes. >> welcome. thank you for being with us. in vietnam today. his first stop in a weeklong trip to asia. how significant is this? very significant for vietnam, the united states, and when you think about that r

because they decided to house the division headquarters at this location at that time. >> watch the c-span cities tour saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. "usa today" writes that reince priebus is giving donald trump a t for trying. the chair of the republican national convention -- republican national committee was asked about this tweet that gop presidential candidate donald trump sent out yesterday. it says happy sifpblgo demayo. the best taco bowls are made in trump tower grill. love hispanics. you saw yesterday that donald trump tweeted a picture of himself digging into a tortilla bowl, big bit of sour cream in it. >> i didn't see it. i heard about it. you can imagine i had other things to deal with yesterday afternoon. >> the tweet says, happy cinco de mayo, the best taco bowls are made in trump tower grill. i love hispanics. [laughter] >> he was trying. and, honestly. he's trying. and i'll tell you what. honestly

city tour saturday at noon on c-span 2 book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. the c-span cities who are working with our cable affiliate and visiting cities across the country. on american history tv on c-span 3,. >> we are here to review the major findings of our fallen basic-- investigation of that pi intelligence including the intel program and other programs aimed at domestic targets. fbi surveillance of law-abiding citizens and groups, political abuses of fbi intelligence and several specific cases of unjustified intelligence operations. >> 1975 church committee hearings convened to investigate the intelligence activities of the cia, fbi, irs and nsa. saturday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern that commission question former associate counsel and staff assistance to president nixon on a plan he presented to president nick sent to collect information about antiwar and radical groups using burglary, electronic surveillance and opening of a male. >> undertaken black bag jobs over a number of years up until 1966. has been successful and valuable again particularly in ma

needed, they decided to house the division headquarters at this location at that time. >> watch the c-span cities tour at noon eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour working with visiting cities across the country. >> the american jewish committee of houston last week hosted a discussion on the economics of immigration and the effects of different plans to combat illegal immigration. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you. good evening. my name is richard fulton, director of national and legislative affairs for the american jewish committee. i am pleased to welcome you to this evening's program organized i the belford institute for latino and latin american affairs. the economics of immigration reform. this could not be a more timely coming together discussion. i can't say whether it was on the front page or not but the wall street journal ran a major story on the thorny economics of illegal immigration. that story, they knew we were holding this session. that story says few issues in th

the senate leaders at the time really wanted to follow historical precedent as much as they could. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on the span -- c-span's q&a. reid, up next, chip author of "lion in the bay: the british invasion of the chesapeake, 1813-14" talks about the important work of 1812 battle that was fodder on the chesapeake a. he also explores the reason why the area was so vital to the americans and the british. the u.s. navy memorial posted this power in 10 minute event. weber: hello. i'm proud to have you all here for another of our office on deck book series. today we are welcoming chip reid to discuss his recent book, "lion in the bay: the british invasion of the chesapeake, 1813-14." it was published last autumn by the naval institute press. chip is an award-winning reporter and editor, and a licensed ship