eastern on c-span and and listen using the free c-span radio app. coverage of the solar eclipse on monday starts at 7:00 a.m. eastern, with the "washington journal," live at the nasa goddard space flight center. scientistearch space and the chief scientist at goddard. at noon we join nasa tv as they provide live views of the eclipse shadow passing over north america. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, fuhrer reaction to this rare solar eclipse over the continental united states. live all day coverage of the solar eclipse on monday starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. listen live on the free c-span radio app. a look at the upcoming renegotiation talks are the north american free trade agreement those at -- known as nasa set to begin tomorrow. expressedde officials their concern whether a final agreement could be reached and discussed the possibility that p could could pull out if it does not benefit the united states. from the wilson center, this

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. >> our encore presentation of some of the stops along the c-span cities to or from thispast year continues as we take you to provo utah . >> i've been collecting rare books for the past 30 years. i decided to relocate to provo after selling my bookshop in dallas which also sold new books and the past 10 or 15 years bookstores have been sold and bookstores have suffered with the advent of e-books and everything going digital but what i found is the interest in rare books has increased. in my shop right now there are about 1000 books but in my inventory there are about 5000 books. i specialize in four different areas, i specialize in rare bibles, older bibles, bibles over 500 years being in utah i specialize in early mormon books, classics in literature and early american history. one of the items i enjoy collecting our bibles or religious texts that belong to well-known historical figures and being from utah, one of the more popular items that i like to showcase is brigham young's copy of the book of mormon. >> its house in b protective clamshell but this is according to family tradition, t

listen live for free on the c-span radio app. this weekend, "american history tv is featuring highlights from the c-span cities tour. mr. spicer: right now, we are in the revolution exhibit at the computer history museum in mountain view, california. behind me are over 1000 artifacts that tell about the history of computing, going back to thousand years. the exhibit is laid out into 19 galleries, each one focuses on a certain theme or object from the history of computing. for example one of those themes , is real-time control. here we look at things like pacemakers for hearts. these are computer systems that must function. they're not like your laptop, which can crash once in a while and the worst is that you lose your work. if a pacemaker crashes, you die. the oldest item is a set of what are called napier's bones, small ivory counting sticks from the 17th century. the most recent thing we have is an iphone, the first model. we are in the punchcard gallery. behind me, you see a replica of an 1890 census machine. what is this? in

the women did use it in this way. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2 in prime time. television for serious readers. tonight, a look back at some of the stops on the c-span city store. >> gettysburg is a place that took place over three days a 90-degree heat. there are thousands of courses on the battlefield. there thousands of corpses on the battlefield they are always riding it so you think about the stench and then you think about a field hospital where limbs

as c-span cities tour brings you to tacoma, washington, saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv. and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv, on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> a new report by the medicare trustees shows the program will have enough money through 2029. >> good morning. i welcome everyone here and everyone on c-span to the american enterprise institute where we are having a discussion today about the medicare trustees' report. the medicare trustees' report was issued late yesterday afternoon. and is an annual report that gives some indication of not

c-span at ch on c-span.org, on the c-span radio we are joined on the phone by carrie johnson, justice correspondent for n.p.r. good morning. what do we know, heading into announcement today at 11? very serious a show by attorney general jeff sessions and deputy attorney rosenstein will be there and head of the director intelligence, dan working on ill, leaks and intelligence for a long time. glean, we do an not expect criminal charges to be announced today, rather message from administration about cracking down on national security leaks say threaten the nation's position here and abroad when it security.ational host: national security leaks ould be transcripts of the president's phone calls with the president of mexico, the prime australia, the front age of the "washington post," would they fall into that category? guest: good question. administration coming from trump on down has done decrying leaks all year long. criminal.eaks are some are gossip, some are negative information about the president and what he's doing, what is criminal are leaks that implicate national security natio

c-span's washington journal, 7 a.m. wednesday morning. join the discussion. wednesday, a look at iran's nuclear program and their expansion into iraq, syria and yemen. c-span 12:00 eastern on two, online at c-span. orc and streaming on our free c-span radio app. c-span2, nation, national affairs writer john nichols on his book "hear horsen of the trump of collapse -- alypse." of the trumpoc our live coverage starts at 7 p.m. eastern. >> for the past 23 years, c-span middleught more than 60 and high school teachers here to washington dc in the summer to learn more about our nation's government, and its process. also learning how they can use the videos of the c-span video library in the classroom. we have a teacher from new whoey, and california teaches government and the other teaches history. welcome to both of you. let me begin with you, how do you engage high-school students in government? >> it is definitely a challenge, particularly because of political discourse which places so much emphasis on -- the students do not always come up with the knowledge of

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host: one of the most-watched hearings for the c-span network, jim comey, the fired fbi director who testified on capitol hill. it is on our library if you want to use it in the classroom at c-span.org and our website for teachers at c-span.org/classrooms. here's senator jack reed, a democrat from rhode island. [video clip] >> the russia investigation, as you pointed out, as all my colleagues have reflected, is one of the most serious, hostile acts against this country in our history, undermining very core of our democracy and elections. it is not a discrete event. it will likely occur. it is probably being prepared for 2018 and beyond. and yet the president of the united states fired you because, in your own words, some relation to this investigation. and then he shows up in the oval office with the russian foreign minister first after classifying you as crazy and a real net job job, which you disproved this morning. your conclusion would be that the president is downplaying the seriousness of this threat. in fact, took specific steps to stop a federal investigation of the russian in

listen live on the c-span radio app. today, we take a look at preparations over the first solar eclipse over the united states in 100 years. mars exploration and more. beginning at noon eastern on c-span. >> supreme court justice elena kagan set down for a conversation with margaret marshall, retired chief justice of the supreme court, to talk about their legal careers and the legal career of sandra day o'connor. this is just over hour. good evening and thank you merrill. car where ig in my was a relatively recent partner at my law firm. our lawyers and our

the congo. at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or on the free c-span radio app. live on c-span two tomorrow, a look at the government accountability office's list of agencies and programs that are at high risk due to their vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. live coverage beginning at 8:40 a.m. eastern on c-span two. announcer: c-span's voices from the road at the national conference of state legislatures summit in boston, asking attendees what is the most important issue to your state. >> what is really important to our state is that washington makes sure we maintain health care for the poor, the elderly, and the infirm. we have to make sure, if we replace obamacare, we replace it with something reasonable. >> and an issue we are struggling with right now is theerty tax, and because of vast increase in real estate property, particularly in rural areas, rural farmers are struggling to pay very high property tax. how do we balance that with what is going on with the needs for our schools? i'm on the appropriations committee, so it is one of t

watch coverage on the house on c-span and the senate on c-span2 . >> coming up live on the c-span network, it is discussion about diversity and cyber security with professionals looking at ways to broaden the workforce. live from new america and 9:30 a.m. on c-span3. in the afternoon, a discussion about u.s.-taiwan relations. our live coverage begins at the heritage foundation at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2. you can follow both events online at c-span.org or with the c-span radio app. fifthline from the bc's than swill mayor sentenced over protest. the court finding the mayor guilty of failing to provide -- prevent antigovernment protests. for other mayors have been found guilty of similar charges. up next we hear from two venezuelan democracy activists at a discussion hosted by the council on the americas.

. >> working with our cable partners the c-span cities tour takes booktv on the road as we explore the history and literary life of american cities. this weekend on booktv on c-span2 a look at some of the places we visited this year and some of the authors we spoke to as we traveled the country. >> you have the right to remain silent. you have the right to a lawyer. if you don't have a lawyer one will be provided for you. everything you tell me today can be used against you in a court of law. did you understand that? they are called the miranda rights or the miranda warnings because the name of the case they came down from the states supreme court in 1966 was miranda versus arizona. they are as fundamental and essential to justice today as almost anything ever created. they are a product of the fifth amendment to the u.s. constitution. that's where they came from, that's why we have been and that's what they stand for today. miranda lived here in mesa, arizona. he was born in mesa, arizona. he was a young man in his mid-20s at the time. he was suspected by the phoenix police department

. >> our encore presentation of some of the stops along the c-span city tour from this past year continues as we take you to pittsburgh pennsylvania . >> when i left my house i went out into the world into that community to learn, to be a man. what use to be a thriving community although it's a community but the stores and shops all along the avenue. they're not there anymore. >> what sort of discrimination you face was from the other black students, the darker skinned students who take thekids home after school , telling them cracker and things like that and making them fly up the streets. there was a gate there and i would stop the kids. >> one day their mother, they basically told and listen, we're going to put an end to this. don't close the gate, let them come lying on up. she stood in that corner there, back in the corner hidden with this big pail of water that she used debate them. i don't know how she did this. the children play and she doused them with this big bucket of water and said leave my kids alone. but that was part of the dynamic. it was an integrated neighborhood. it was

the building. this is our temporary exhibit, which is c-span's american presidents like portraits. the idea for this to them about taking theng about temporary exhibit from c-span. to show something different about them. we think of them as about the presidents, but we want to show them as human beings as well. that is an interesting aspect. some of these guys were very interesting. we had an extensive process trying to find sites associated with the different people and getting them to read along those items. the work we did with other presidential libraries and the archives, and then everything from the national park service to individual historical societies, state historical society's, and even a few individuals. one of the things about the temporary exhibits we do here at the hoover presidential library is that our temporary exhibits are generally here only. while the base and core of this show is the c-span american presidents piece, the added objects are only going to be seen here in this configuration. if anybody else is putting something like this together, they are on thei

the united states. live all-day coverage on monday starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org. free on the c-span radio app. host: again the numbers -- president trump talking about both sides being responsible for charlottesville violence. president trump: what about the all that came charging at the old right? do they have any semblance of guilt? you this, what about the fact that they came charging with clubs in their hands and swinging with clubs? do they have any problem? i think they do. that was a horrible day. wait a minute, i am not finished, fake news. day.was a horrible iwill tell you something to watch those very closely, more closely than you people watched it. sideave a group on one that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent and no one wants to say that but i will say it right now. you had a group on the other side that came charging and without a permit, and they were very violent. >> do you think what you call the all left is the same as neo-nazis? president trump: all of those people, i condemned neo-nazis. i've condemned many

, online at c-span.org and streaming on the c-span radio app. >> c-span's coverage of the solar eclipse on monday starts at 7:00 a.m. eastern with "washington journal" live in maryland. our guests include a national -- a nasa scientist. tv asn, we join a nasa they provide images. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, to her reaction to the rare solar eclipse. live all the coverage of the solar eclipse on monday starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. listen live on the c-span radio app, and saturday, we look at preparations for the first solar eclipse of the united states in the last 100 years. plus, mars exploration and more purity beginning at noon eastern on c-span. >> this week, trade officials from the united states, mexico and canada are meeting in washington, d c two submit proposals for -- in washington, d.c. to submit proposals for renegotiating nafta. is 25 minutes. at our table this morning, randy woods, economics editor for bloomberg, to talk about the future of nafta. yesterday here in

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from the road on c-span. president tru held a joint news conference yesterday wi the president of finland. president trump answered questions about hurricane efforts, thery pardoning of sheriff joe arpaio, and allegations of colluding with russia. this is about half an hour. pres. trump: thank you. thank you very much. it is my great honor to welcome ninisto to the white house. we concluded a positive meeting and i want to extend my thoughts and prayers to those affected by hurricane harvey and the of flooding and all the other difficulties that they are currently going through in houston, southeast texas

eastern and online at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app area next speech, -- the free c-span radio app. next up, tonight's speech on afghanistan. ♪ announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ president trump: thank you very much. thank you. please be seated. vice president pence, secretary of state tillerson, members of the cabinet, general dunford, deputy secretary shanahan, and colonel duggan, and most especially, thank you to the men and women of fort myer and every member of the united states military at home and abroad. we send our thoughts and prayers to the families of our brave sailors who were injured and lost after a tragic collision at sea as well as to those conducting the search and recovery efforts. i am here tonight to lay out our path forward in afghanistan and south asia. but before i provide the details of our new strategy, i want to say a few words to the service members here with us tonight. to those watching from their posts, and to all americans listening at home. since the founding of our republic, our country has produced a s

the world this way? how can i maybe expand that by on other people's perspectives. c-span, c-span.org and listen using the free c-span radio app. >> sunday night on q&a, lives of winston churchill and george with thomas ricks about his book, "the fight for freedom." orwell never and met. it twice and loved it. lestist all his life across the political chasm, the only really he was conservative he admired. >> sunday night 8 eastern on c-span's q&a. > "washington journal" continues. host: the next 25 minutes, we your o hear from you, calls and comments, tell us what is on your mind. "wall e of headlines, street journal," photographs of the missing soldiers from the u.s.s. john mccain. recovery had been halted for a officials tried to determine exactly what happened vessel, along the pacific and the "wall street journal" markets eyeing debt withing unease, this is one of the leading issues undertake will have to in early september, following a lengthy august recess. you, melvinear from rom fort lauderdale, florida, democrat's line. caller: i want to make a comment, please don

you can follow both events on c-span.org or the free c-span radio apps. this week on c-span2, tonight at 8:00 with the budget is something for congress to handle we will look at pending proposals for the federal budget and friday a profile of interview with agriculture secretary sonny perdue. >> my political history, i tell people when i was born in 1946, they step democrat on your birth certificate. i made a political decision called truth in advertising in 1998 to change parties and became a republican at that point. >> follow that by a conversation with devcon founder jeff moss. >> there were no jobs for any of us. only people doing security were people in the military so this

live, all-day coverage of the eclipse on monday starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. listen free on the c-span radio app. >> thousands showed up in boston today in protest of a free-speech rally that was thought to include white supremacists and those that identify with the so-called all right. when wenstrations come get after the deadly confrontation in charlottesville, virginia between white nationalists and counter protesters that left a woman dead. despite moments of tension today in boston, there were no media reports of anyone being harmed. next, we take a look at the state of race relations in the u.s.. this is just under one hour. we are joined in washington by mr. robert woodson, founder of the woodson center. and also from philadelphia i bernard henderson, a wharton school professor emeritus at the university of pennsylvania. thank you both for making time this morning. i understand the two of you are old friends, yet you have very divergent political views. i will start with you, mr. woodson. gives a sense of your friendship and how it came

live all-day coverage of the solar eclipse on monday starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. listen live on the free c-span radio app. former mexican trade officials talk about nafta as renegotiation talks are set to

, c-span.org, and listen using the free c-span radio app. joining us from tucson, arizona is representative raul grijalva, who is speaking out on the issue. thank you for being with us. you are the ranking member of the house resources committee. you have been hearing the debate and you have been certainly familiar with what is going on, so what is your point of view? issue at handle right now is really the authority under the antiquities act that president obama and all of his predecessors and former presidents, all of them have used the antiquities act to declare monuments for, for a variety of reasons, all of them having to do with historic and cultural preservation, conservation issues, and all of the monuments under review, the past ones, all under that authority and all are justified and the shrinkage of this of bringing in the boundaries does not deal with the totality of what that area needs to be conserved in protected. the nexus for the antiquities act has always been the native peoples, their sacred sites, their cultural resources,

the classroom? >> i have learned everyday. we have used c-span resources before in my classroom. one of the things i have loved is every time -- it would be a fun thing to do a lesson on that. there is a c-span for that. that has been extraordinary. i learned a lot watching the way people interact here on the that has been a teaching moment for me. also using stuff i have created. forward to teacher conferences and interacting with more educators. >> selfishly, i think a lot of the lessons are created were things where i knew i would use it. i am being encouraged to develop lessons. ilot of them are something want to incorporate. i appreciate having a chance to sit and take in the material c-span has to offer. the other thing that i am hoping to pick up in them -- the fall is another elective. i will let the students have the opportunity to get involved in their community. there is a lot of different ways you can be involved and engaged, that does not always have to be running for congress. there are people who are finding ways to make a difference to be an engaged citizen. there

you can listen with the free c-span radio app. of that event this afternoon we will be live at the american federation for children to traditionalve high schools. that is at 4:00. you can see it here on c-span. announcer: c-span's voices from the road. in boston asking attendees what is the most important issue to your state? towhat is really important our state is that washington makes sure that we maintain health care for the poor dumb of the elderly, and the infirm. we have to make sure that if we replace obamacare, we have to replace it with something smart and reasonable. are strugglinge with is the property tax. because of the increase in real estate property in our rural farmers are struggling to pay high property tax. how do we balance that with the needs for our schools among the appropriations committee? one of the issues we are dealing with right now, how do we balance out and make equitable the property tax across our state? >> among the most important issues is unfortunately the opiate crisis. i would like to talk abou

the u.s. global leadership role. announcer: c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, charlottesville, virginia, based conservative talk show hosts discusses weekends violence. and talking about the opioid crisis. disparities in health care. be sure to watch c-span's liveington journal," tuesday morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. the heritage foundation has speakers talking about their experience in the office of it is meant and budget. 11:00 a.m.ay at , c-span.org,span or listen on our c-span radio app. >> on tuesday, talking about the upcoming negotiations for nafta. we joined the event live at 9:00 a.m. eastern and on c-span.org and streaming on our free c-span radio app. this weekend in :00 p.m. eastern on c-span, tuesday the future of the internet. white house into rim chief digital officer here now. providee how we information that reaffirms what people already think. it's not like they say, you are conservative. i think you are conservative.

p.m.tch this week at 8:00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org and listen using the free c-span radio appalthough the u.s. house is out until after labor day, republicans in utah's third congressional district will elect a noted to replace jason chaffetz. rollcall reporting that the race has tightened next the money being poured into the contest. the winner could hang onto the seat for a while. whoever wins the gop primary with a strong position heading into the november 7 general election against democrat kathy allen, a local physician. the l.a. times reporting on another race, this one in alabama for the u.s. senate. republican loyalty is split. we've got more on the race from washington journal. howarde will turn to couple let's -- howard koppowit z. who is he facing in the special election? guest: thank you for having me. one of the big reasons luther trump'shas donald endorsement is he is the incumbent and luther strange has ,een running on the mainframe that he would be the best candidate to forward donald trump's agenda. i guess it is as simple as that host: who is he -- as that. h

american history tv, all weekend, every weekend only on c-span 3. >>> this is american history tv on c-span 3. tonight we're featuring state capitols from the c-span city's tour, which takes us

c-span.org. listen live on the free c-span radio app. and this saturday, we'll take a look at preparations for the first solar eclipse over the united states in 100 years. plus programs on the nasa budget. mars exploration and more. beginning at noon eastern on c-span. >> earlier this week, house minority whip steny hoyer held round table discussion on the daca program. we heard from several daca recipients who spoke about the challenges being undocumented immigrant in spite of growing up in the united states. held by united we dream and the advocacy group known as casa this is an hour. >> thank you very much. thank you for joining very porn conversation. today i have the honor to introduce a leader in our community. people say that he represented congressional district in pars. he -- maryland. he represented all of us. only reason that we have any problems related to immigration or healthcare

the school superintendents association. live coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span two. you can follow this event at c-span.org and with the free c-span radio app. >> this might be the only government class you never take. you are going to be a loner forever, and a juror forever. i am going to give you tools that will help you. >> tuesday night at 8:00 eastern, high school teachers discuss how current events affect their lessons on history, politics and government. >> as a history component, this is a chance to learn things. their storages and begin the moment they were born -- their stories do not begin the moment they were born. if they start to realize, this doesn't start with me but what i contribute, where i am coming from, it is all a part of a bigger story. that way allowing them to take and other specters of others through social media and through video. it gives them the chance to be able to think, this is how i see the world but why do i see the world this way? maybe i expand that by taking other people's perspectives. >> tuesday at 8:00 eastern on c-span. liste

the readers. and we hope, sell a lot of re books. we are grateful that c-span is here to broadcaster panels we are honored to have the library of congress join us in thes in celebration. [c [applause] [applause] >> immediately after the opening, the congressman, thank you for coming, he will join doctor hayden and engage in this room and a great conversation about reading books in the library of congress.d the capi this great room that we are in, those supreme court chambers has been nicknamed the c-span room around the capital. also the senate's main committei room. we know our manners a mississippi. we would not be in this room without the graciousness of the lieutenant governor, tape great. [applause] >> thank you. what a privilege it is pressed to be here in the mississippi capital today. particularly in the supreme court chambers. it does host about the senate appropriations committee and the senate finance committee during the legislative session. want to welcome everyone to the mississippi book festival. her status blessed with prolifio writers who often

think, well, this is how i see the world and and why is that in how can i expand that a little bit by taking other perspectives. >> tuesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on a c-span, c-span.org and listen using the c-span free radio app. >>> welcome the maine state house the state house was built in 1829 and designed by a gentlemen named charles bullfinch. he was a famous architect. in fact reputed to be the country's first architect. bull firj designed our building at the same time he was actually rebuilding the nation's capitol building in washington, d.c. as he was undertaking the rebuilding of the capitol after it was substantially destroyed by the british during the war of 1812. he was designing our building. when maine gained statehood in 1820 the first capitol was portland. that was the temporary arrangement and several reasons for that. chief among those was that people felt portland walls too far south to remain the capitol. on february 24th, 1827 the governor signed a bill into law naming augusta as the capitol. it was moved from portland upon completion of the building. the first official use of this building, actually the first legislative session hap

only on c-span 3. >> the c-span city tour together with our cable partners travels the country to learn about american history. we select a particular city to feature. tonight we're showcasing state capitols. for more information visit www.cnn.com/city tour. >> welcome to the main state house. the state house was built in 1829. and it was designed by charles bull finch. a very famous architect. in fact he's appeared to be the country's first architect. he designed the building at the same time he was actually rebuilding the nation's capitol building in washington dc. as he was under taking the rebuilding of the capitol after it was substantially destroyed by the british during the war of 1812. he was designing our building. when maine gained state hood. our city was portland. that was a temporary arrangement and there was several reasons. the fact that people thought the portland was too far south. to remain the capitol for very long. on february 24, 1827. governor signed the bill naming awe g augusta. the first official use of the building which was actually the first legislative sessi

you can follow both events on c-span.org or the free c-span radio apps. his week on c-span2, tonight at 8:00 with the budget is something for congress to handle we will look at pending proposals for the federal budget and friday a profile of interview with agriculture secretary sonny perdue. >> my political history, i tell people when i was born in 1946, they step democrat on your birth certificate. i made a political decision called truth in advertising in 1998 to change parties and became a republican at that point. >> follow that by a conversation with devcon founder jeff moss. >> there were no jobs for any of us. only people doing security were people in the military so this is a hobby. the internet grew and there were jobs and people were putting things online and there was money at risk. all of a sudden hackers started getting jobs doing security. >> watch on c-span, and c-span.org and listen using the free c-span radio apps. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> next is hillbilly eul

c-span.org. listen on the free c-span radio app. tomorrow night, president trump addresses the nation on the future of u.s. military involvement in afghanistan. live coverage of the president's speech at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. now, the latest on the tensions between the u.s. and north korea. from washington journal, this is about 30 minutes. >> joining us now from los angeles is the senior international researcher at the rand corporation. he is here to discuss u.s.-south korea joint military exercises taking place this week and the threat from north korea. thank you are joining us. >> good morning. host: tell us exactly what will take place tomorrow. what is this joint exercise? the exercise, which is about to take off, is mainly a command post exercise. command post for combined forces with north korea and links them all together with all of the other commands helpghout the peninsula, the new leaders arrive on the peninsula learn how to work together. this is mainly a coordination activity of the commanders. what is the purpos

watch coverage of the house on c-span and follow the senate on c-span two. an's washington journal is live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning, the hills white house columnist talks about the administration's hurricane harvey response and other news of the day. michael brown, former fema the lessonsscusses learned from hurricane katrina and recommendations for hurricane harvey recovery efforts. afghan ambassador to the u.s. talks about president trump's strategy for afghanistan. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. what the house and senate in session, we are taking a look at works that members of congress will be handling. review of what is ahead for congress thursday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org. listen on the free c-span radio app. next, president richard trumka talks about the relationship with the trump administration and his decision to quit the many fracturing jobs council, which was later dissolved. this was hosted by the christian scienc

the trump administration. friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. tour takes cities book tv and american history tv to tacoma, washington, as we explore its rich history and literary culture. located on the puget sound, 60 miles northwest of mount rainier, tacoma was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. saturday at noon eastern on book tv, we will talk to local authors in the city, including the author of "god in captivity ," and she will share the history of faith-based programs in prisons and the role religion plays in the u.s. prison system. >> prison fellowship ministries a big organization. the person who started it worked in the nixon white house. he went to prison and then became born again. they were running an entire wing in an iowa state prison, and there were the same issues. you get a better tv in your cell, access to parole in this way, so the separation of church and state sued them, and they had to repay the state of iowa. there was an argument that they are nonpartisan, that they are fai

c-span.org. listen using the free c-span radio app. a latin american and art discusses the successes and disappointments of president harry truman's policy in that region. he is a history professor at the university of texas in dallas. houseuman little white and the key west institute in florida hosted this symposium which there -- this year is title, harry truman's legacies tort latin and south america. this is 40 minutes. >> i'm happy to be here. what we have decided to do is each introduce ourselves. i will take a little bit about myself. my name is stephen rabe, and my research specialty is u.s. and latin america. i have done a variety of books on this. i've never done a book about truman and latin america. i have done a couple of articles. i have done books on jfk and eisenhower and latin america. i have been a general study of the cold war relations in latin america. i've had the honor and privilege to teach abroad. i have taught in 20 different countries, and in particular i have talked many times in argentina. i have taught in b

and cspan.org , and the city using the free c-span radio app. -- listen using the free c-span radio app. presidents of the the largest farm and ranch associations in north america held a news conference to voice support for the north american free trade agreement known as nafta, which is being renegotiated this month by the united states, canada, and mexico. this is 50 minutes. >> good afternoon. under of policy communications at the america i am dr. of policy communication -- i am the director of policy communications at the american farm bureau federation. begin remediation yesterday that is more than 20 years old. much is at stake, particularly for agriculture could today we have with us the three heads of the largest farm organizations in canada, mexico, and the united. they are the president of the american farm bureau federation, the president of the canadian federation of agriculture, and federation inhe mexico. these men will give their views of what should happen with modernization of nafta, some -- for no matter what you may

eastern on c-span and c-span.org and listen using the free c-span radio app. >> c-span's coverage of e solar eclipse on monday starts at 7:00 eastern with the washington journal live in greenbelt, maryland. research are a nasa waste scientist, and a chief scientist. at noon eastern, we joined nasa views ofy provide live the eclipse shadow passing over north america. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, viewer reaction to the rare solar eclipse over the united states. live all-day coverage on monday starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org. free on the c-span radio app. host: again the numbers -- president trump talking about both sides being responsible for charlottesville violence. president trump: what about the all that cch

come online at c-span.org, or on the free c-span radio out. weekend on book tv, saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, we are live at the mississippi ook festival with featured authors. sunday at :00 p.m. eastern -- about>> trolling is sweeping away all concerns about what people might say about you or think about you, safe in the knowledge that if you tell the truth and you do it and it entertaining way, that you will in way more fans than the media has made enemies for you. >> at 10:00 p.m., james o'keefe, founder and president of project veritas, discussing his book "breakthrough: guerrilla war to exposed fraud and save democracy." >> is very hard to break through to the mainstream media these days. on cnn.amera videos cnn did homage in a word about it. the notion of getting on the front page of "the new york times" or getting anderson cooper to talk about you are getting the number one training thing on twitter, these are what we call breaking through. >> for more on this we can schedule, go to booktv.org. live today on c-span, "washington journal

the eclipse. t 4 p.m. eastern, we'll get reaction live on c-span. fox.com, says t we should expect to see in washington, d.c., where the c-span studio is located. now on what the eclipse will look like across the country. need to be ready, people look at you funny. to interface en with every aspect of this, whether emergency services, of transport, tourism that, as well all as educational, it is such an educational opportunity we want make sure the teachers are ready, that we make the most of this and that safe.body is there are safety issues, too. every conceivable aspect of the been pushing out to whoever needs to know about it. that is do you think important? guest: so, a few different things, first of all, it's happening, it is a thing, why do everest, or want to go to the grand canyon? and one thing you should see in your life. it is coming across the u.s., it engage with y to people in science and in atypical way. a view of science, i'm guessing a lot of viewers will not see me as their stereotypical image of scientist. most people have ideas a

c-span 3. >>> this is american history tv on c-span 3. tonight we're featuring state capitols from the c-span city's tour, which takes us across the country to learn about hur history with the support of our cable partners. ♪ >> the kansas state capitol was built over 37 years, which is kind of unusual for capitols. but they started in 1866 after the civil war was over. we became a state january 29, 1861, so that makes us 154 years old in 2015. but they weren't able to start on the building because of the civil warsuch so when they did, they built it in sections. we are played out like the capitol. then they did the south wing which has the former supreme court. and then the north wing has the state library and former secretary of state's office. and then finally the dome. and that did take 37 years at a cost of approximately $3.2 million. and so it was quite a bit of money at that time, but they did spread it out over the 37 years. and we are one of the few capitols all the money was raised before they were built. so there was no debt associated with actually building the capitol itse

all-day coverage of the solar monday on c-span and c-span.org. listen free on the c-span radio app. on saturday, we will take a look at preparations for the solar eclipse and programs on the nasa budget, mars exploration and more, beginning at noon on c-span. >> supreme court justice elena kagan sat down with retired chief justice of the massachusetts supreme court to talk about their legal careers and the legal career of sandra day o'connor. this is just over one hour. . good evening and thank you merrill. car where ig in my was a relatively recent partner at my law firm. our lawyers and our spouses