. >> on the c-span cam. the nexthe course of five weeks, we are marking the 40th anniversary of the 1976 release of the church committee's final report on government intelligence activities. here is a preview from this weekend's program with cia director william colby, under questioning by the committee. does this -- >> yes, it does. the rest of it is what is practically a normal .45. it works by electricity. there's a battery in the handle. >> when it fires, it fires silently? >> almost silently, yes. >> what range does it have? meters, i believe. about 100 yards, 100 meters. itself, when it does thehe target, target know he has been hit? that depends on the particular dart. a special one was developed which potentially would be able to enter the target without perception. is it true that -- would also not appear in the autopsy? >> there was no way of perceiving that the target was hit. >> in a murder incident, that is about as efficient as you can get. >> it is a weapon, a very serious weapon. record seems

>> tomorrow night on c-span's landmark cases, we'll look at r and would allow states to restrict that right viability of the fetus. our is monthly showcase, student cam winners. c-span's annual documentation for middle and high school students. the road to the white house. what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss. one of our second time high school winners are from california. a sense of security. >> as the election approaches, a variety of topics have cost the eye.ic yet one issue still remains. it's an issue that hasn't as much attention. it's an issue that the candidates must address. 2016 presidential direction, the road to the white the , that means , the ential candidates debate over who's most qualified commander in chief. >> the governor report is disconcerning. we all need to work together issues.ess these >> when there's no agreement, move forward. to >> social security was designed to provide for the general welfare of the american society and to serve as insurance for ble in our lnera nation and it just celebrated day, social security continues to support a large number of americans. in 6 lions, almost 1 americans, depen

the government, but only after they have sanitized it. >> watch monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. > this year's c-span student cam competition features the "road to the white house." what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss? on you of -- one of our entries is from jenks, oklahoma. ethan dennis wants presidential candidates to discuss mental illness. his video is titled, before the fall, a season for prevention in mental health care. >> last year i spent six months making a short film about michael stick, whose mentally ill son stabbed his mother while hallucinating. i spent six years wotching him in the system. i realized there were many other cases like the stick family. >> this has been the bloody summer of 2015 and although theories the incidents that get he headlines, it is a tiny fraction of the tragedies that occur in the area of mental illness that is untreated. >> mental illness is much more common than they -- we realize. >> typically we say it affects one out of four people. >> one in four people suffer from mental illness so if it was, one, two, three, four, it's you, sir. yeah, you with the weird teeth a

the united states. >> this month, we showcase our steering cam winners. c-span's annual video documentary covered -- competition for middle and high school students. this year's theme is road to the white house. students ask what issues you want presidential candidates to discuss. prize middle school winners are from blacksburg, virginia. they want presidential candidates to discuss campaign-finance and money in politics in their video titled, what should be done about money in politics. ♪ >> you see flyers in your mailboxes and advertisements on tv, radio and -- internet. this is how politicians try to get elected, spending millions of dollars on the campaign and as soon as one election ends, fundraising for the next begins. in 2012, the election cost about $2.6 billion. you can't help but wonder, where does this money come from? 68% of election funding is contributed by less than 1% of americans. >> there are people who are spending fast sums of money to influence elections. that is provable in our data across the board and that is what democrats and republicans

the country judicial system. we have him live at 3:30 p.m. eastern here on seas. -- here on c-span. ♪ we showcased our student cam winters. e spans annual video documentary competition for middle and high school students. this year's theme was -- road to the white house. students were asked what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss. one of our second rise middle school winners are from silver spring, maryland. matthew weinsheimer and preston beatty, if greater's from eastern middle school want presidential candidates to discuss criminal justice reform and their video is titled "the american criminal justice system: are we doing it right? " different american adults of different economic, ethnic, political, religious, and racial backgrounds. people is currently in jail. one of the most stunning effects about the u.s. incarceration system is that while u.s. citizens account for just 5% of the world's population, u.s. incarcerated citizens represent 25% of the world incarcerated population. 40% of the incarcerated individuals are serving time for drug-related rides very mandatory minimums, a mandatory sentenc

taking you on the road to the white house on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> this month we showcase our student cam winners. c-span's annual video documentary competition for middle and high school students this year's theme is road to the white house and students were asked, what issues dewpoint presidential candidates to discuss? one of our second prize middle school winners is from clinton, ew jersey. achary kesselhaut, an eighth grader at clinton township middle school, wants the candidates to discuss cyberwarfare and cyberattacks in his documentary titled "cyberwarfare: the next big problem." >> let me talk about guns for a moment. >> you won't be able to insult your way to the presidency. >> the affordable care act. >> i'm a candidate for president. >> of the united states. >> so i'm hitting the road. >> and year going -- >> to earn your vote. >> to make our country great again. >> the 2016 election is coming up fast, can dats are rising and falling quickly. their platforms mostly concentrate on economic issues but none have mentioned what could be our biggest issue ever as a country. ♪ every

the workplace. c-span extends a special thanks to our cable partners for their help in coordinating our student cam visits in the community. every weekday this month on c-span be sure to watch one of the top 21 winning entries before "washington journal". >> today georgetown university law center hosted a daylong conference on race and government surveillance. it includes panels on the effective surveillance on the african-american community, community policing, surveillance after 911, fbi surveillance of civil rights leaders and encryption technology. it begins with the dean of the law school. william trainer. >> good morning and thank you all for coming. >> i'm built trainer dean of the law center. it's my privilege to welcome you to georgetown law and to our conference, the color surveillance. after the event of ferguson missouri and after the creation of the black lives matter movement, our society has begun a re-examination of policing in african-american communities. as this all started, i reached out to prof. paul butler and we agreed that we as a law school should undertake deep exploration

. >> tomorrow night on c-span's landmark cases, we'll look at r and would allow states to restrict that right viability of the fetus. our is monthly showcase, student cam winners. c-span's annual documentation for middle and high school students. the road to the white house. what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss. one of our second time high school winners are from california. a sense of security. >> as the election approaches, a variety of topics have cost the eye.ic yet one issue still remains. it's an issue that hasn't as much attention. it's an issue that the candidates must address. >> for the

c-span three. this afternoon, washington metropolitan general manager riefs members on safety. ♪ this month, we showcase our student cam winners, thennual competition for middle and high school students. this year's theme is road to the white house. they were asked, what issues do want presidential candidate to discuss? to integrators want presidential candidates -- we are standing and times square, the crosswords of the world. many immigrants have passed on here.rough we believe all emigrants should have the opportunity to reach for the american dream. as i have said earlier, we theirabout their culture, religions, the way they dress, the foods they eat. it makes us better people. >> what are your views on current immigration policies for for immigrants coming to america. thee should never role up welcome mat. this is how the country was founded. ♪ research, itn our wasme clear to us that it cockaded. it also became clear a number of politicians agree on the following points. there are immigration matters that need to be addressed and solved. once ande to finally, for all, six our immigration system. this is a family issue, it is

the complete weekend schedule. >> we show case our student cam winner. c-span's annual competition for middle and high school students. this year's theme is road to the white house. one of our second prize high school winners is from klahoma. last year i spent six months making a short film. i followed michael as he fought to get his son a ruling of not guilty by reason of insanity. as i worked on this project i quickly learned there were many other cases like this. >> this has been the bloody summer of 2015. and although these are the instance that get the headlines of the iny fraction tragedies that occurred in the area of mental illness. >> actually much more common han many people realize. >> one in four people suffer from some sort of mental illness. one, two, three, four. it's you, sir. and you next to him. you know who you are. that whole row isn't right. that's not good. >> since mental illness affects so many people shouldn't there be a system in place to treat it? >> the care varies a lot by tate to state. today i visit the state capital in oklahoma cit

. >> for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to www.c-span.org. ♪ >> this month we showcase our student cam winners. c-span'sssues do you want the presidents to discuss? whereome of our winners en-hua holtz and ethan stewart. russia and had a america, cold snap or permafrost? >> consider russia's annexation of crimea and further aggression in eastern ukraine. we can all stop by what the s violated. i five if i could have been ukraine, a good happen to any nation gathered here today. two centuries, a relationship with russia has been complicated. we have always been rivals who depend on each other. although we are allies out of necessity in world war ii, mistrust dates from the russian revolution, when the allies invaded russia out of fear of communism, which continued in the cold war. u.s. russian relations have improved with the new approach to russia. however, let them if you didn't has revived -- however putin has revived an age of military aggression. >> in late august, we specifically asked the russians, what are you doing? they said, according to the administration, well, we are fortifying our interest

visit ncicap.org] 2016, c-spanpaign takes you on the road to the white house as we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. this month, we showcase our student cam winners, c-span's annual documentary competition for middle and high school students. " road tos theme is the white house." students were asked, which issues would you like candidates to discuss? our first winners were from troy, michigan. they want presidential candidates to discuss the scarcity of freshwater, the great lakes, and the flint water crisis in their video titled "the 1%." >> americans are drowning in issues such as immigration, medicare, terrorism, leaked e-mails. though these are important, the most important issue is the issue of the 1%. >> 1%. >> not that 1%. this 1%, the shining blue jewel of the united states, the great lakes. >> truly one of the greatest resources in the world. nothing like it. everyone of us has a responsibility to do what we can to protect the waters. >> we are very lucky. we have the best drinking water in the world. that has allowed us to become a bit complacent about drinking water. we take it for granted. here is the scale in visualizing just

c-span. >> madam secretary! we proudly give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states. >> this month we showcase our student cam winners. c-span's annual video documentary competition for middle and high school students. this year's theme is road to the white house. and students were asked, what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss? one of our second prize high school central winners is from chardon, ohio. a 12nd grader wants presidential candidates to discuss college affordability and alternatives to postsecondary education in his video, "the big decision." >> hey, my name's andrew. i'm a high school senior, so next year i'm going to college. i want the truth about college, but everyone has an opinion. a professor might say, you need a degree to be successful. or a friend might say, besides the partying and lack of adult supervision, why bother going into such deep, deep debt? to hear one answer to that question, i spoke with chandler, a soon to be freshman majoring in business and marketing at mercy hearst university. >> our society tells us that in order to get a good, well-paying jobs and b

c-span and c-span.org. our c-span campaign 2016 bus continues to stop around the country, visiting winners from this year's student camtition. metropolitan art institute in phoenix, arizona, was visited. winners got there first prize awards. it looked at reform, prisons in america. secondlassmates won prize for their video on gender wage inequity. then in los angeles, the third prizewinner ceremony. moving on to different areas of california to present other winners. c-span presents a special thanks to our cable partners for their help in coordinating our student to visit speared be sure watch one of the top 21 winning a.m. eastern50 before "washington journal." >> "washington journal" continues. host: each candidate has developed their own individual and corporate tax plan. kyle pomerleau studies at the tax foundation. this is your chance to call and to ask about the candidates' tax plans. if you have questions about whether they are proposing or changes they are proposing, now is the time to call. kyle pomerleau, let's take this one tax issue at a time, starting with individual rates on ordinary income. what are the

c-span fan. >> this month, we showcase our student cam winners. annual student documentary for high school and middle school students. this year's theme is wrote to the white house and students were asked -- what issues you want presidential candidates to discuss. secondour second prize -- high school winners is from all hamburg, california. -- all hamburg california. they want presidential candidates to talk about social security area -- security. >> in variety of topics have caught the public eye. one issue remains. it has not garnered as much attention. it has far-reaching implications. and candidates must address it. >> only a year remains until the ballots are cast. is aoad to the white house rocky one, not only for the candidates, but for the american people as well. the debate over who is most qualified -- the issue of social security has largely been ignored. >> the government report is disconcerting. we all need to work together to address this issue. orwhen there is no agreement consensus, there is no way to move forward. founded in 1935 as part of fdr's new deal, social security was designed to provide for the general welfare of the americ

the case is submitted. >> this month we showcase our student cam winners, the annual c-span documentary for middle and highool students. this year's theme is road to the white house and students were asked, what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss. our first prize middle school winners are in blacksburg, virginia. mia lazar and ava lazar, eighth and sixth graders at blacksburg new school want president to discuss about politics in the title, what should be done about money in politics? >> you find advertise presidents in your box and this is where the politicians try to get elected. they spend millions of dollars in their campaigns. as soon as one ends, another begins. every day that congress is in session, there are fundraisers all over the country. in 2012, the presidential elections cost $2.6 billion. where does this money come from? the truth is surprising. over 68% of election funding is contributed by less than 1% of americans. >> there are people who are spending vast tons of money to influence elections. that's proveable in our data across the board and that's what democrats and r

c-span. bus continuesgn his travels to visit the winners of the student cam contest.he repeat student documentary ona the wild horse population and the united states. headed tod crew california, including a visit to a middle school in san diego were scott peters recognized students for their winning documentaries. mbre, congresswoman judy chu joined classmates on the second prize winners for their winning documentary on social security. a special thanks to our cable partners for helping to coordinate these community visits. remember, every week davis months, be sure to watch one of the top 21 winning entries that -- every week this month, be sure to watch every one of the top 21 winning entries before "washington journal". representatives from federal, state or local law enforcement and apple's general counsel will be on capitol hill this morning to discuss encryption. the houseke you to energy and commerce subcommittee hearing live at 10:00 a.m on our companion network c-span 3. >> republican presidential candidate and ohio governor john kasich brought his campaign t

the national spotlight. ♪ >> to watch all of the prize-winning document trees from this year's winning cam conditions, visit studentcam.org. tonight on c-spansupreme court hears a challenge to presidential executive orders on immigration in the case of u.s. versus texas. president obama holds a joint news conference with british prime minister david cameron. in london later an interview with what has economic advisor jason berman. house economic advisor jason berman. >> the supreme court heard oral apartments in the west versus texas, a challenge to president obama's executive actions on immigration. in 2014, the president ordered a policy of deferring deportation of undocumented immigrants with children who are u.s. citizens or legal residents. texas and 25 other states are challenging this action as unconstitutional. here is the audio of monday's supreme court proceedings. this is an hour and a

the white house on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >>> our c-span 2016 bus continues to make stops around the country, featuring winners from this year's student cam competition. metropolitan arts institute in phoenix, arizona, to present awards to winners from the west division for their first prize video, rethinking reform, prisons in america. their classmates won second prize for their video on "gender wage inequity in the workplace." in los angeles, a ceremony for third prize winner jerry sun before heading to palo alto and rockland, california, to present awards to winners in those areas. we want to thank cox, time warner and comcast. be sure to watch one of the top 21 winning entries at 6:50 am eastern before "washington journal." >>> a look now at the labor market and the digital economy. american enterprise institute and center for american progress got together in creating this panel with purdue university president, governor john hickenlooper and zoe baird. >> welcome to the american enterprise institute. i'm delighted to welcome you to this discussion entitled "a labor market for the digital age." i'm honored to welcome the president of

you can see live coverage of the house here on c-span starting at noon eastern. >> this month we showcase our student cam winners. c-span's annual video documentary competition for middle and high school students. this year's theme is road to the white house and students were asked, what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss? one of our second prize high school winners are from phoenix, arizona. katelyn menard, christian payne, and alexander walter, 12th graders at metropolitan art institute. want presidential candidates to discuss woman's rights and pay equity in their video titled "waging war: the struggle for equality in the workplace." >> when you work in an office, meeting the public, whether in person or by telephone, is an important part of your job. t can be pleasant like this. >> being a working woman today is very different from how it used to be. isn't it? today women have more economic, political, and social power than ever before in american history. but it's better than before good enough? >> today our country faces dozens of problems and many have been the focus of hot deba

the competition. >> this month we showcase our student cam winners, c-span's annual documentary competition for middle and high school students. this year's theme is wrote to the white house -- is wrote to the white house, and the question is what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss? california -- want residential candidates to discuss social security in their video titled "a sense of one significant issue still remains, it is an issue that hasn't garnered much attention, an issue that the candidates must address. only a few months or mental a few months remain until ballots are cast for the presidential election. security hassocial largely been ignored. >> the government report has been disconcerting. [indiscernible] >> we all need to work together to address these issues. hama there is no way to move forward. -- >> there is no way to move forward. social security was designed to provide general welfare to the american society and and sure as -- social security still continues to pour a large number of [indiscernible] almost one in six americans depend on the social security system.

c-span. >> our c-span campaign 2016 bus continues to travel across the country to honor winners from this year's student camion. students from laramie high school were recognized for their honorable mention video. our bus traveled to south dakota to visit with winners in rapid city and sioux falls. the final stop included a visit to delano middle school in north , with students being honored for their video on water pollution. a special thanks to our table partners for helping coordinate c-span's community visits. sure toy this month, be watch one of the winning entries before a.m. eastern time "washington journal." >> independent media is the oxygen of a democracy. it is essential. holding those in power accountable. to conservehere some kind of corporate agenda. when we cover war and peace, we are not brought to you by the weapons manufacturers. a," 80ay night on "q and goodman from "democracy now!" talks about some of the stories and people the show is covered. amy: it really hasn't changed. bringing out the voices of people at the grassroots in the united states and around the world. they very much repr

c-span extends thanks to our partners for their help in coordinating our student cam business in their community. every weekday on c-span be sure to watch the top 21 winning entries at 6:50 a.m. eastern, at the "washington journal". >> tsa administrator testified at a senate hearing about how to defend transportation systems from the kind of terrorist attacks that hit terrace and brussels. this hour and 20 minute meeting was held and begins with committee chair senator, johnson. >> will get the hearing underway and will be joined momentarily by senator nelson, let me start by welcoming the administrator here today, thank you so much for taken time for us. march 20 second, terrorist associated with ices detonated three bombs and brussels, two at an airport and one in a busy metro car. thirty-five people, including four americans were killed. the victims of these attacks remain in our thoughts and prayers. the threat from isis, al qaeda, and their sympathizers is real, we must ensure sound policies are in place to enhance security and prevent these deadly attacks. the hearing will focus on the efforts of the transportation security administra

with you. 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states -- >> this month we showcase our student cam winners. c-span's annual video documentary competition for middle and high school students. this year's theme is, road to the white house. and students were asked, what issues do you present presidential candidates to discuss? one of our second prize middle school winners are from scranton, pennsylvania. fione evans and abby o'brien, eighth graders at west scranton intermediate school, want presidential candidates to discuss immigration in their video titled, undetermined. >> this is fione, we are currently standing in time's square, also known as the crossroads of the world. many immigrants have passed through here not only to build time's square but entire nation. although we know this is a complex problem, we need to come up with a plan tree solve the current immigration issues. the financial and possible security risks, we believe all immigrants should have the opportunity to reach for the american dream. >> what is the greatest benefit that immigrants contribute to scranton? >> well, as i said ear

the third prizewinner before heading to palo alto and rockland to present winners in those areas with awards. c-span extend a special thanks to our cable partners for their help in coordinating our student cam visits in the community. every weekday this month, be sure to watch one of the top 21 winning entries before "washington journal." >> the white house briefing scheduled to begin in about one hour. we will have that live for you. until then, a conversation from this morning's washington journal. the tax plans of the candidates for president. ournal" continues. host: each candidate has developed their own individual and corporate tax plan. kyle pomerleau studies at the tax foundation. this is your chance to call and to ask about the candidates' tax plans. if you have questions about whether they are proposing or changes they are proposing, now is the time to call. kyle pomerleau, let's take this one tax issue at a time, starting with individual rates on ordinary income. what are the range of changes the candidates are proposing on individual rates? guest: thanks for having me. if you think about the tax plans, the changes are very diverse, especially individual income. we will start wit

the communicators" tonight. >> are c-span campaign 2016 bus continues to make stops around the country, featuring winners of our student cam competition. arkansas,we were in congratulating students for their video. then, i stop in los angeles for winner, before heading to palo alto, california to reward winners in that area. x, time warner,o and comcast for their help. ♪ >> this week on "urinate" boston "q&a," a- on ,oston college law professor .ary sarah b >> you have a book out called "madison's hand." what is it about? >> it is a biography of mad'

the former secretary of state of aggressive? want to tell you about some programming on c-span. the top 21 documentaries from this year student camompetition are airing at 6:50 a.m. eastern time each weekday during the month of april. issue would what you like the presidential candidates to discuss during the campaign? education,op issues, jobs and the economy, and the environment. c-span received 3000 films the most entries in 12 years of this competition. entries came from 45 states and washington, d.c., taiwan, and united arab emirates. 100 documentaries have been selected as this year's award winning entries with the cash prizes totaling $100,000. you can watch each of them online at studentcam.org. more information about this contest if you're interested in doing it next year at studentcam.org. felicia, in des moines, iowa, supporting hillary clinton. you are on the air. caller: thank you, greta. good morning. well, greta, we talked right before the damone caucus, i and i told you my husband was supporting donald trump. host: that's right. caller: he did not go to that debate. my husband was coming with me. i was going to ma

this is a tweet from our folks on the c-span bus as you joined the second-place winners in our annual student camontest. thank you for being part of this. guest: can i say that that was a very inspirational event? alhambra high school students who won this contest. they did their video on social security. they did a great job. host: this is what it looks like. if you want to watch the video entries of the winners, you can do so on c-span.org. thank you for being part of it. did you watch the other entries? guest: i did not. but i tell you, i could not believe what jobs these young people did. they had the role and interviews b-roll and interviews. brian is joining us from michigan on the democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning and thank you. representative, my grandmother came over just about the same time your grandfather did. my grandmother came over in 1909. isn't it disrespectful to your grandfather who came legally to just -- there's no difference between legal and illegal? isn't that disrespectful to limit millions of people trying to come here legally? i mean, it disrespect your

the pet medication industry. federal regulators and industry executives testified before a house energy and commerce subcommittee. that will be live at 9:45 a.m. eastern. again, on c-span two. >> this month, we showcase our student cam winner. annual video documentary competition from middle and high school students. this year's seen as road to the white house and what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss? our grand prize winner from oklahoma. olivia heard, a 10th grader wants presidential candidates to discuss the federal debt in her video titled up to our next. >> the united states has $18 trillion in debt. how exactly does america get up to its neck in debt? every year, a budget is formed. a large fund of the federal money, discretionary spending. in 2015, a receive $1.1 trillion. mandatory section is spending which has received 4.5 trillion dollars. lastly, there is the interest on the federal debt which received $229 billion. this totaled a whopping $3.8 trillion. >> in order to pay for these things, the government has to taken money somehow. this is how the budget works. you have revenue and expense. in other words, money you taken and put out. in the case of the u.s. government, revenue is cr

the house reconvenes at 4:30 eastern ime. >> this month we showcase our student cam winners. c-span'svideo documentary competition for middle and high school students this year's theme is road to the white house and students were asked -- what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss. one of our second prize winners s from sandy spring, maryland. john and matt, 10th graders at sherwood high school want presidential candidates to discuss campaign finance laws and their video is tiled "campaign finance: the issue of all issues." >> let's talk about an issue that affects every other issue across our nation, and it may not be what you immediately hink of because campaign isn't exactly a glamerous issue. that's right, campaign finance, the way money gets from donor to candidate, the method, the amount, the motivation, the inherent problem with unlimited money in politics. 84% of americans think money has too much influence in politics. yet, for being such a monumental problem in our democracy, campaign finance is southerly underdiscussed. the 2016 presidential candidates need

the complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org. >>> our c-span 2016 campaign bus continues to make stops around the country for this year's student cam competition. recently our bus visited metropolitan arts institute in phoenix, arizona, to present winners from the west division for their first prize video rethinking reform, prisons in america. their classmates, kathrine, christian and alexander won second prize for their video on gender wage inequity in the workplace. and then our campaign 2016 bus stop in los angeles for a ceremony for third prize winner jerry sun before heading to palo alto, elk grove and rockland, california, to present winners in those areas. thanks to cox, time warner cable and comcast for helping support. every day this month on c-span be sure to watch one of the top 21 winning entries at 6:00 a.m. eastern before washington journal. >>> two perspectives now on the tpp or transpacific partnership agreement and its potential impact on the u.s. economy. the trade pact was signed earlier this year by trade ministers from 12 pacific rim nations including the u.s. and currently awaits congressional approval. you'll

the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> our c-span campaign 2016 continues to travel across the country to honor winners of our student cam competition. laramieing winners from -- laramie junior high school. their honorable mention winning video and access to higher education. we travel to south dakota to visit winners. the final stop includes a visit to delano middle school in minnesota where third prizewinners were honored for their video. a special thanks to our cable partner, comcast, charter to help it just for helping to coordinate. -- for helping to coordinate. ♪ >> this morning on capitol hill, members of the house, energy and commerce committee held a hearing on energy regulation and modernization. we will take you there live at 9:30 a.m. eastern c-span3. a hearing on the pet medication industry. executives testify before a house energy committee. that will be on c-span2. >> republican presidential candidate donald trump discussed his foreign-policy plan and the fight against terrorism, improving u.s. relationships with russia and china and improving the military. from washington, dc, this is 45 minutes. mr. khal

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. >> this month, we showcase our student cam school students. this year's theme is road to the white house. issue do youd what want presidential candidates to discuss? our first prize high school winners are from troy, michigan. fraser,ola's, michael zen one he. ni.zehn wa they want them to discuss the scarcity of freshwater. their video is titled the 1%. >> today, americans are drowning in overly debated issues such as immigration, medicare, terrorism , leaked e-mails. although these are important topics, the issues that will affect the most americans is the issue of the 1%. >> 1%. >> 1%. >> no, not that 1%. this 1%. the shining blue jewel of the united states, the great lakes. >> one of you -- unique resources the world. nothing like it. everyone has a responsibility to do what we can to protect those waters. >> in the u.s. we are lucky. we have the best drinking water in the world. i think that's a lot is to become a bit complacent about our drinking water. we take it for granted. >> about 70% of our freshwater is right here.

c-span's q&a. the campaign 2016 bus continues its travel to visit when is from mr. student competition. visited a high school in nevada. our bus and crew then headed to california to meet with student cam winners in that state. and then to a middle school in san diego. congresswoman judy chu joined family members and classmates for their winning documentary on social security called "a sense of security". weekday thisyks t month on c-span, be sure to watch one of the winning entries on 6:50 am eastern before washington journal. >> a military historian talks about his book, "47 days,. appointed to lead the american expeditionary forces by president wilson in 1917, general pershing fought to victory in the 1918 battle of meuse-argonne. the national archives hosted this hour-long event. our guest speaker this afternoon, who just happens to be celebrating his birthday is mitchell jacob' yockleson. he is a former professor of military history at the united states naval academy, and curry

the complete american history tv weekend schedule go to c-span.org. ♪ >>> our c-span campaign between bus continue to make stops around the country visiting winners from this year's student camompetition. recently we were in phoenix arizona to present awards from the west division for their first prize video rethinking reform, prisons in america. their classmates won second prize for their video on gender wage inequity in the workplace. and then our campaign 2016 bus stopped in los angeles for a ceremony for third prize winner jerry sun before heading to plal, oak grove and rockland to present winners in those areas with awards. a special thanks to our cable partners, cox, time warner cable and comcast for their help in koords na coordinating our visits. be sure to watch one of our top entries at 6:50 a.m. eastern before washington journal. >>> a look now at philanthropy and american prosperity. karl zinsmeister spoke for about an hour and 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm a senior fellow at aei, and i'd to welcome you to tonight's bradley lecture. as always, we're very grateful to the line foundation, and they've generously supported this lecture for a quarter ce

the early 20th century. to watch c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7:00 a.m. sunday morning. >> this month we showcase our student cam winner. for middle and high school students. this years theme is road to the white house and students were asked, what issues do you want presidential candidates to address? one of our second prize high school winners is from seattle, washington. leo pfeiffer, a sophomore at allard high school, once presidential candidates to discuss the criminal justice system and mass incarceration. his video title -- and incarcerated nation. president obama: the united states is home to 5% of the world's population but 25% of the world prisoners. we keep more people behind bars in the top 35 european countries combined. every year we spend $80 billion to keep folks incarcerated. >> this age of mass incarceration is violating our core principles in so many areas. we proclaim to be the land of freedom and liberty to have one of four people imprisoned goes against our core ideals, and now is the time we need a revolution when i comes to issues of crime and punishment. >> we are at a place right now wh

the oral argument on friday. you can hear it friday night on c-span at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> the campaign 2016 bus continues its travels to visit winners from this year's student cam competition. our bus recently visited spanish springs hospital in nevada to recognize justice beth for her third prize documentary. our bus and crew then headed to california to meet with student cam winners in that state, including a visit to correia middle school in san diego where congressman scott peters took part in the ceremony. and in elhombah, judy chu joins family and classmates to honor members for their winner documentary on social security called "a sense of security." a special thanks to our cable partners, charter, comcast, cox, and time warner cable for helping to coordinate these community viz tsdz. remember, every week day this month on c-span, be sure to watch one of the top 21 winning entries at 6:50 a.m. eastern before washington journal. >> president obama delivers his last speech at the white house correspondents dinner a week from saturday. and coming up this saturday, c-span takes a look at some of his previous speeches from past dinners. >> no one is prouder to put this b

the prize winning documentries in this year's student cam competition, isit studentcam.org. >> the republican national committee is holding their spring meeting this week. we had live coverage earlier today on c-span. the rules committee of the r.n.c. met and "the hill" reports this afternoon that the rules committee chose to punt on how a presidential nominee is chosen in a contested convention. avoiding a high-profile battle to simplify the rules, they rallied behind the president saying no changes should be made before the july convention. the committee adjourned just a an hour after it started without making changes, including one that would make t more difficult for them to -- committee members warned against against provoking the ire of voters by suggesting rules changes just months before republicans meet for their convention in cleveland. you can read the rest of that story at thehill.com. and we will show you the rules committee hearing tonight on c-span beginning at 8:00 eastern. and now a confirmation hearing held by the senate arms service committee. we see there senator john mccain, chair of the committee. the top democrat on the panel is jack reed. nd general lori robinson has been n

the senate. you can see his remarks here at c-span at 3:30 p.m. eastern and your reaction on the phones on facebook and twitter one hour later. ♪ goes --month, we show we showcase our student camool students. year's theme is wrote to the white house and students were asked, what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss? one of our second prize middle school winners are from silver spring, maryland. matthew and preston are eight graders from eastern middle school want presidential candidates to discuss criminal justice reform in their video. ♪ imagine when a different american adults of different economic, ethnic, political, religious and racial backgrounds. one of those people is currently in jail. one of the most stunning facts about the u.s. incarceration system is that while u.s. citizens account for just 5% of the world population, u.s. incarcerated citizens represent 25% of the world's incarcerated population. 48% of the incarcerated individuals are serving time for drug-related crimes. mandatory minimums, mandatory sentence with judicial discussion is limited by law and it's a highly controversial part of the u.s. criminal system. the time served with little

the top 21 document is from this cam's duty can -- student competition are airing during the month of april. the topic, what issues do you want the candidates to discuss during the 2016 presence of campaign. c-span received the most i injuries from the 12 years the competition. them -- wereis for chosen as the top entries. online, andh them of course, you can watch is here back your tomorrow at 7:00 eastern, for clock pacific. until then, have a great saturday. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> next, a form on the legal issues surrounding encryption. leaders are at how addressing the opioid addiction. live inonald trump wisconsin. then, at 7:00, hillary clinton and bernie sanders. the information technology and innovation foundation hosted this discussion on encryption issues and policy, and what federal officials and policymakers should do to continue technological advances while continuing to protect the rule of law. this is one hour and 35 minutes. >> i would like to welcome you to today's event. the goal of today's event is to ex

. ♪ ♪ >>> our c-span campaign 2016 bus continue to travel across the country to honor winners from this year's student campetition. recently our bus traveled to wyoming. to recognize winners. they were recognized by classmates and families and local elected officials for that video access to affordable higher education is the investment of the future. then our bus traveled to south dakota and visited with winners in rapid city and sioux falls and the final stop of the week included a visit to minnesota where third prize winners were honored for their video on water pollution. a special thanks to our cable partners, comcast, charter and mid cofor helping to coordinate the visits. every week be sure to watch one of the entries. >>> the nightly shows larry will more will be the head lynner at this week's white house correspondent's dinner. we caught up with him earlier. here's a look. >> larry, will more you get to meet the president saturday night. >> i'm excited about that. i had to give them all of my identification and now i can't vote, you know. they got everything. it's going to be a lot of fun. i'm lo

c-span's "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> our bus continues its travels throughout the country to visit our winners from this year's student cam video documentary competition. the bus made a stop at jenks high school in oklahoma to recognize their student cam winners, including the grand prize winner, olivia herd, on her video about the national debt and deficit. students, family members, school administrators and local elected officials attended the school-wide ceremony. the bus has also visited winners in oklahoma and the dallas, texas area this week. the bus will visit winners in roswell, new mexico and el paso, texas. during the week we have worked with our cable partners, cox, charter, time warner cable and cable one to coordinate niece community visits for the winners. please visit student cam.org to watch all the winning videos and get more information on c-span's community efforts and the bus schedule and every weekday during the month of april watch one of the top 21 winning entries at 6:50 a.m. eastern before "washington journal." >> next, history professor and author douglas egerton discusses black activism during t

the c-span networks. starting at k 378 eastern here on see -- >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, our student cam grand prize winner will join us remotely from oklahoma to discuss her grand prize winning documentary. she'll also talk about what she learned producing the documentary. then pennsylvania republican congressman tim murphy will be on to talk about the state of mental health care funding and services. he'll discuss his mental health legislation moving through congress. and california democratic congressman ted lieu will join us to talk about the hacking of his iphone on "60 minutes" and his call to the oversight and government reform committee to investigate the security defect. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> the known as one of washington's premier events. bringing together government officials, members of the press and hollywood stars. >> andre cote is the executive cher here at the washington hilton. you have 2,600 plus people coming over for dinner, what's it like to prepare that? it's an hon

. >>> our c-span campaign 2016 bus continues to make stops around the country visiting winners from this year's student cam competition. recently our bus visited metropolitan arts institute in phoenix, arizona, to present awards to winners from the west division for their first prize video, rethinking reform, prisons in america. their classmates won second prize for their video on gender wage inequity in the workplace. and then our campaign 2016 bus stopped in los angeles for a ceremony for third prize winner jerry sun before heading to palo alto, elk grove and rockland, california, to present awards in those areas. c-span extends special thanks to cox, time warner cable and comcast for their help in coordinating our student camp visits in the community. every weekday this month on c-span be sure to watch one of the top 21 winning entries a:00t 6:50 a.m. eastern before "washington journal." >>> the national lieutenant governors association recently held their annual meeting to examine ways to advance federal state regulations. this portion of the event included keynote remarks by michael botticelli. he spo

c-span extends a special thanks cox, timele partners, warner cable, and comcast, for their help in coordinating student cam winners. be sure to watch theing entries before washington journal. "washington journal" continues. is melissang us yeager, a senior staff writer at the sunlight foundation. we will talk about congressional fund-raising. guest: exciting topic. [laughter] houselet's talk about members up for reelection. how consuming is the issue of fundraising? very consuming. they spend a lot of their time doing it. a lot of people would be surprised. a member of congress goes to washington to represent them and do not realize that a lot of their time is spent calling people to get donations to continue not just electing themselves but also to elect the party into power. according to the sunlight foundation, house and senate candidates raised a total of $1.7 billion. what sort of things do they do to keep that fundraising going, in addition to their jobs? guest: first, they do have phone ands where they sit actually have someone with them, helping them call different people and ask for money. partiestrack of the they host. someti

the political relationships. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern .n c-span's "q&a" >> our student cam winners.dents were asked what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss? of our middle school winners are from scranton, pennsylvania. and abbie o'brien presidents to discuss -- >> i'm abbie and this is fione. we're standing in times square, known as the crossroads of the world. many immigrants who passed through here. know this is a complex problem, we need to come up with a plan to resolve the issues.immigration we believe all immigrants should have the opportunity to reach for the american dream. >> what is the greatest benefit that immigrants contribute to scranton? >> as i said earlier, the best benefit i think is learning about their culture. their ways, their religions, the they dress, the foods they eat. so it makes us better people. >> on a national level what are your views about current immigration policies for immigrants coming to the united states of america? >> again, you know, we should never, never roll up the welcome mat here to america. this is how this country wa

c-span 3, head of the iris takes questions about what measures are being taken to protect taxpayer information from cyber attacks. live coverage from the senate finance committee at 10 a.m. eastern. >> responsibly showcase our student caminners. this year's theme is road to the white house. students were asked what issues do you want residential candidates to discuss? one of our second prize high school central winners is from jenks, oklahoma. grader burnett, a 12th wants candidates to discuss the cost of medication. in his video entitled "the price is not right." >> every morning thead wakes up and begins drive to langley, oklahoma. i had always thought the pharmaceutical industry was boring. i learned about the dissension that lie within the pharmaceutical industry. up the nextaking morning and find the price of the exact same pill jumped $750 overnight.

cam winners. c-span's annual video documentary competition for middle and high school students this year's theme was road to the white house and student were asked what issues do you want presidential candidates to discuss. one of our second highest winners are -- second prize winners are from scranton, ennsylvania. >> i'm abby and this is fione. we're standing in times square, known as the crossroads of the world. many immigrants who passed through here. >> we need to come up with a plan to solve the current imdwration issue. we believe all immigrants should have the opportunity to reach for the american dream. >> what is the greatest benefit that immigrants contribute to scranton? >> as i said earlier, the best benefit i think is learning about their culture. the ways -- their religions, the way they dress, the foods they eat. it makes us better people. >> on a national level what are your views about current immigration policies for immigrants coming to the united states of america? >> again, you know, we should never, never roll up the welcome mat here to america. this is how this country was founded. it's

the complete schedule. >> if you've been watching c-span regularly over the last couple of months you've seen your student cam contest winners. incite high is where we school and junior high students to talk about issues of send ince and they can the video. it is a contest. today, we are going to talk with our grand prize winner, olivia oklahoma. she was given a check for $5,000 for her video. we want to show you a portion of it. [video clip] spendingcretionary received $1.1 trillion. the second section is mandatory spending, $2.45 trillion in 2015. lastly, interest on the federal debt. this totaled $3.8 trillion. in order to pay for these things, the government has to take in money somehow. you have revenue and asked thence. the u.s.se of government, revenue is created through taxation. when the money taken in through is putoesn't equal what out through spending, we have deficit. borrowing can be a temporary solution to an unbalanced budget, but it is the cause of a greater problem. debt is the sum total of all past deficits and futurents all of the generations, my generation, are going to have to pay that.