colors of clay, so that if you sliced into the mound, it would resemble a layer cake. >> watch the c-span cities tour today at two p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. tour, workingies with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. you had a couple of meals and its shovel. -- mules and a shovel. the ironiess one of to be so antigovernment and oh your entire fortune to the government. on q&a, author and investigative journalist talks about her book "the profiteers" which takes a critical look at one of the largest engineering and construction companies. is the united states government going to get to build these throughout the world? it tok it is fine for be like that, but if the american taxpayers are paying for, then they should have some thess to information about contracts, the amount of money, the worker safety, the political relationship. >> tonight at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. secretary, we probably give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states. {applause} >> wheaton college history professor tracy mckenzie teaches the class on

announcer: watch the c-span cities tour saturday on c-span2's book tv. on on american history tv c-span 3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. announcer: bernie sanders held a campaign rally thursday at saint mary's park in the south proxy new york and he was introduced by actress rosario dawson and director spike lee. this is one hour and 15 minutes. [cheering] spitefully: what's up? how are you doing? i'm going to bring to the my, one of our own, she has been into of my films, rosario dawson. [cheers and applause] spike, i amon: supposed introduce him. ok. i love you. i'm herein the love and of got to throw it right back at you. all right. bear with me. i have a lot to say. ok. today, i heard some obfuscating effects, some information that was be misconstrued, very misleading and very divisive. today, a lot of news outlets and the other democratic candidate -- [booing] no, no, no. we are better than that. [cheering] now, there is this rumor that is being perpetuated that trump talking about a

once the c-span city tour today at noon eastern on c-span's to book tv. the c-span city's tour, working with our favorite affiliates and visiting cities across the country's. >> next, we look at the history of the chicago movement. mask or call spoke about activists in texas that developed from the 1930's through the 60's which brought mexican-americans, african-americans, labor leaders and others together. his remarks are 20 minutes. our next speaker was at the conference in 2012. assistantsor is the professor of history at texas christian university. here's fugitive phd in history from duke university, and he has a book co-authored with one of the giants in the area titled the day of america's politics. his discussion is about to be the released book is entitled blue texas. labor, civil rights and the making of the democratic coalition to be published by the university of north carolina. [applause] >> thank you for that wonderful introduction. and for having me here, again today. i do not think i have ever been call that. it is a real honor. it is especi

tourtch the c-span cities today at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv and on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. this weekend on lectures in dean on watergate and the discovery of the white house taping system. he's now teaching at arizona state university. here is a preview. dean: they put out a document that showed tremendous gaps in what next and had actually -- nixon put in his transcripts. it was this case that went on to the supreme court for 64 additional taped conversations that would really cause the problems for nixon. that would reach for takes like the one on june 25 where nixon orders the cia intervened and cut off the fbi. lie table on look at the dick nixon's defense. after 25 months of cover up it ended when nixon was told by the supreme court, 8-0, that he had to release the tapes. 8-0 rather than 9-0 because judge recusedthe himself because of his relationship with john mitchell. thinking he was too close to it.

once the c-span city tour today at noon eastern on c-span's to book tv. the c-span city's tour, working with our favorite affiliates and visiting cities across the country's. >> next, we look at the history of the chicago movement. mask or call spoke about activists in texas that developed from the 1930's through the 60's which brought mexican-americans, african-americans, labor leaders and others together. his remarks are 20 minutes. our nex

colors of clay so that if you slitesed into the mound it would resemble a layer cake. >> watch the c-span cities tour saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across couple bill, he had a mills and a steam shovel. i think it is one of the other ironies, to be so rabidly anti-government, and over your entire fortune to the government costs -- the governments largesse. >> the book "the profiteers," which takes a look at a large construction company. >> who else is the u.s. government going to get to build these, you know, projects broke -- throughout the world, and it is fine for it to be back till, but if the taxpayer is paying for it, it would seem the taxpayer should have some access to information about their, the contracts, the amount of money, the workers' , the political relationships. q&a.nday night on >> coming up, a senate homeland security committee hearing on the state of the nation's defense against dialogical threats. then, russian bu

. >> watch the c-span cities tour. the c-span cities tour, working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. presidentsk back at giving their last speeches at the annual white house correspondents dinner. after that a european union discussion on counterterrorism efforts. after that a senate hearing on efforts to protect taxpayers and the irs from cyberattacks. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> saturday, april 20th, c-span presents the white house correspondents dinner, an event that typically includes prepared remarks by the president of the united states. coming up in a few minutes we will show you the last white house correspondents dinner speeches from presidents reagan, clinton.'ss and first we discussed the steventon event with thomma. how long have you been attending these events? how have they changed? steve: i think i have been goi

. >> what's the c-span cities tour sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on cspan3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> next, republican president of candidate john kasich of a coyote, had a couple of campaign stops today. then, the congressional gold metal ceremony. then, a look at president's giving their last speech is the annual white house correspondents dinner. announcer: republican presidential candidate, ohio governor john kasich, brought his campaign to a synagogue in great neck, long island, where he spoke to members of the congregation. cameras were not permitted inside. but afterward, the governor talked to reporters about what he said, as well as the u.s. -- the role of the u.s. in the middle east peace process. new york holds its presidential primary on tuesday. this is 10 minutes. governor kasich: i am currently working on a secret plan, to delay the primary so that i can spend more time eating in new york. and we have not been -- we are going to reveal the secret plan soon. because, listen, yesterday we were in

the nightly show." that is coming up saturday, april 30, here on c-span. this weekend, the c-span citieses you to tuscaloosa, alabama, to explore the history and literary culture of the southern city which is home to the university of alabama. american history tv will visit the archaeological site and learn how the native american culture lived from about the 11th through the 15th centuries. >> welcome to mountville archaeological park. it was the largest city north of mexico and contains the 30 blacktopbout mounts. , thee standing at mound b largest in alabama. it contains about 11,000 cubic yards of dirt. this would have been where the structure for the highest ranking ruler of the highest-ranking clan would have been. thoughty, scientists they were built one basketball at a time. recent research indicates the base and possibly sides were blocks thatilt with were filled in with clay. this would give a lot more stability to the structure as they were building it. we know periodically after the mound was built, it would be capped over with different colors of clay so that if you slice in

watch throughout the day on the tv and sunday afternoon in american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates. each week, american history tv's real america brings you films that provide context to public affairs issues. why braceros? is a 1962 film by the council of california growers which argues in favor of a guest worker program that began in 1942 due to world war ii labor shortages. the agreement between the u.s. to bexico allowed bracero transported across the border when farmers and agribusinesses .annot hire american workers at the program's peak between 1956-1959, 400,000 mexican workers participated each year. the program was discontinued when congress decided not to extend the law in 1964. ♪ >> forming is america's biggest industry. while most industries have made advances in productivity, agriculture has outpaced them all. one of the reasons has been intense mechanization. progress has been impressive. however, some crops must be harvested by hand. where such things as inspection, cutting, and handling are basic to quality. every hand-picked

years later is sitting on the most modern, sustainable marine container in the world. >> watch the c-span cities tour throughout the day on spoin 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. this weekend on road to the white house rewind the 1980 republican debate between ronald reagan and former c.i.a. director george h.w. bush. here is a preview. >> now some questions from the audience. yes. my name is david grossberg. i'd like to know do you think the children of illegal aliens should be allowed to attend texas public schools free or do you think their parents should pay for their education? >> he's looking right at you. >> well i'd like to see something done about the illegal alien problem that would be so sensitive and so understanding about labor needs and human needs that that problem wouldn't come up. but today if those people are here, i would reluctantly say i think they would get whatever it is that, you know, what society is giving to their neighbors. but t

visit ncicap.org] announcer: the c-span cities tour takes you to long beach, california to explore the history and literary culture located south of los angeles. learn about women's contributions to the world war ii effort. >> when the army was looking for a place to build a plant to , they pickedaft long beach because steps away we have a wonderful airport. it was one of the first airports that had a takeoff and landing in different directions which the army loved. douglas wanted to full production mode and was turning out planes 24/7. it needed a lot of people to work. women for the first time were brought out of the house and into the workforce. at its peak, douglas employed 45,000 people a day in the long beach area. 48% of those people where women. announcer: we visit the port of long beach to discover the importance of the nation's second busiest container port. >> it was established as a harbor in 1911. we are over 104 years old. this port started on a wooden wharf. lumber for thely growing city of long beach. station and naval shipyard and naval complex were the early 1990's. u

are today, 104 years later, the most modern sustainable marine terminal in the world. >> watch the c-span cities to r on c-span3. , workingn cities tour with our affiliates across the country. , on theweekend presidency, david ward chronicles abraham lincoln's life through photographs and portraits. here is a preview. is the famous crack a lincoln. at some point when he heeded the plate to pull the image, you had to heat the chemical mixture it cracked. the myth was it was dropped. these are incredibly fragile items. there are only two surviving pictures. gardner looked at this and said that's not any good and throw away the plate. there is only one cracked plate image. it is not in very good condition. that in the have show. this is a single moment. what we are looking at is lincoln in february 1865. he still has to win it. he is thinking about the inauguration, the speech. he is thinking about reconstruction. he is looking forward to the in. he can see that in that photograph. some people disagree with me about this. if you notice the shoulders are out of focus. the left eye doesn't have the u

the mound, it would resemble a layer cake. announcer: watch on c-span3. the c-span citiesble affiliates and visiting cities across the country. anniversary ofth the pulitzer prizes, the poynter institute paid tribute to prizewinners who were focused on social justice and civil rights. a preview. >> good evening, everyone. my name is jean louise fitch. actually, my name is charlie barely. i live next door to mr. roy peter clark. [laughter] >> who is the best neighbor and the whole world. in the whole world. he told me to say that. [laughter] >> but at least for tonight, you can call me scout. you all know me as 10-year-old girl, if you read the novel "to kill the mockingbird." by the way, in 1961, harper lee won the pulitzer prize for fiction. go ahead, you can clap. [applause] we were all sad to hear about her passing. something strange happened last year, another book about me was published. it was called "go set a watchman." it was about me as a young woman, but also about my father, atticus. you know, atticus finch, played in the movie by gregory pac? a lot of people lo

would be cap over with different colors of clay said that if you sliced into the mound, it would resemble a layer cake. c-span city store today at 2 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. monday on the communicators, george ford, chief economist for the phoenix center for advanced legal and economic public policy cooper,and mark research director for the consumer federation of america debate the fcc's proposal allowing consumers to buy their own boxes instead of renting them from cable providers. by aare joined telecommunications reporter for bloomberg. >> we think we need competition in the box market. places that has worked, someplace it has not. this is one place where it really hasn't. we think the consumers would have low prices and more choices if there were bigger is competition. >> the first question is, is there a market? of answer really in terms what is delivered over the cable network, no, because that box is actually a component of the network. that is the most efficient way to design and deliver

different colors of clay so if you sliced into the mound it would resemble a layer cake. >> watch the city tour on saturday and sunday on c-span3. the c-spanuring campaign 2016 c-span takes you on the road to the white house as we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio and cspan.org. >> new york holds its presidential primary this coming tuesday with 95 republican delega delegates at stake. tonight the three republican presidential candidates are attending a party fundraising dinner in manhattan. a live picture from new york city where we expect to hear from donald trump, john kasich and ted cruz this evening in that order. the event should get started shortly and we will have it for you live here on c-span2. while we wait for it to get underway we will bring you house speaker paul ryan's weekly briefing from earlier today. >> good morning, everybody. let me give a shoutout to our interns. raise your hands. good to see you guys. he turned it off. yeah, right. i could keep going but i am not going to do that. the oversight and government committee approved bipartisan legislation to renew the school choice program here in washington,

the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. ng up next on c-span, ted cruz and john kasich speaking to the republican party of milwaukee county at a dinner last night in wisconsin. that is followed by washington journal, live with your calls and a look at today's headlines. the presidential candidates are in wisconsin ahead of the primary on tuesday. the republican party hosted a dinner on friday that included presidential candidate, ted cruz. he was introduced by scott walker, who publicly endorsed the texas senator earlier this week. walker: thank you. what a great crowd. welcome to serve all of the best fish fry in the entire country. .t is good to be close to home good to see you sheriff, i feel safe already with david clark here in the front row. great to be here, i will spend a couple minutes telling you a few things. i have a question to begin, how many of you think wisconsin is better off than it was five years ago? [applause] that is because of all of you. that is because of all of you here tonight. think about it, with

watch the c-span cities tour saturday at four clock p.m. tv and on c-span book american history on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. road to the white house coverage continues tomorrow in hartford, connecticut where donald trump will address supporters at a campaign rally. voters in connecticut cast their ballots in the primary on tuesday, april 26. we will take you to the rally live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. the cdc's director of public health preparedness and response, dr. stephen red-p says virus is a new thread and a supplemental appropriation is needed to address the problem. he made the remarks during the governmental affairs committee. from capitol hill, this is just under two hours. >> good morning. this hearing will come to order. i want to thank the witnesses for taking the time to attend, for taking the time to write your thoughtful testimony. we appreciate it being on the record. this is an important hearing. i would consider this our second hearing on

the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> this weekend the c-span cities tour, hosted by our comcast cable partners, takes you to tuscaloosa, alabama, to explore the history and hit area culture of this southern city which is home to the university of alabama. on booktv we'll learn about the history of the university of alabama in the 1960s with earl tilford author of "turning the tide: the university of alabama in the 1960s." >> what frank rose was trying to do i think above all was to get the university of alabama away from this party school/football school focus and get us heading in a new direction to become a viable academic institution first in the south, and then nationally. .. >> welcome. in its heyday, melville was the largest city north of mexico and contains the remains of about 30 flat top mounds. >> we are standing at the largest amount in alabama. it contains about 112,000 to the chart of dirt and this would've been where the structure for the highest ranking member of the highest ranking plan would've been. ori

104 years later sitting on the most modern sustainable marine container in the world. >> watch the c-span city's tour saturday at noon eastern on c-span 2's book tv and sunday afternoon at 2 on american history tv. the c-span city's tour working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> democratty presidential candidate bernie sanders held a rally in new york. he was introduced by rose aryo dawson and director spike lee. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> we're going to bring tot mike one of our own. she's been in two of my films. osie dawson. cheers and applause] wanted to get on stage twice. i'm supposed to introduce him. ok. i love you. i'm hearing the love and i've got to throw that right back at you. all right. bear with me. i have a lot to say. ok. facts someheard some information that was being misconstrued. ery mission leading and very÷÷÷ devicive. today a lot of news outlets and the other democratic candidates -- booing. no. e're better than that. now, there's this rumor that is being perpwutted that trump talking about abortion and punishing women and doctors

different colors of clay so if you sliced into the mound, it would resemble a layer cake. >> watch the c-span cities tour saturday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv, and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >>> current u.s. representatives to the united nations and a former u.n. diplomat turned whistleblower were among the witnesses at a senate foreign relations committee on allegations of sexual abuse of civilians by u.n. peacekeeping forces in various conflict zones around the world. they testified and responded to questions on the nature, extent, and coverup of such abuse, as well as u.s.-led efforts to combat it. >> we as a courtesy and as protocol, we have the government witnesses typically first, and then we have other outside witnesses second. today, not to show any disrespect in any way to those panelists who are going first, i wish the second panel was going first, so that you could hear the testimony, especially because of its -- because of its nature, they gener

today is we're sitting on the most modern sustainable marine terminal in the world. >> watch the c-span's citytours on book tv and sunday afternoon on american history tv on c-span three. the spsks pan city tours working with affiliates and working with citizens across the country. >> during campaign 2016, c-span takes you on the "road to the white house." as we follow the candidated on -span, c-span, radio and c-span.org. >> the president candidates are in wisconsin ahead of the state's primary on tuesday. the republican party in milwaukee hosted a dinner on friday that included presidential candidate ted cruz. he was introduced by wisconsin governor scott walker who publicly endorsed the senator earlier this week. [applause] >> that's where i wanted it there. thank you. what a great crowd. welcome to serve all the best fish fry in the entire country. [applause] it's good to be close to home. good to see you, sierra. i feel safe already with david clark in the front row. that's pretty good. it's great to be here. i'm just going spend a couple of minutes telling you a few things here but i've

later, we're sitting on the most modern sustainable marine container in the world. >> watch the c-span cities tour saturday at noon eastern on c-span2's book tv and sunday at 2:00 on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour, working with our capable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. gave his annual testimony on the before the house financial services committee. he answered questions about terror financing, banking security and the european economy. texas congressman chairs the committee. >>> the committee will come to order without objection. the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. this hearing is entitled the annual testimony of the secretary of the treasury on the state of the international financial system. before we begin today's hearing, we need to keep in our thoughts and prayers the victims of this morning's attacks in belgium. as well as their loved ones and the first responders who are working to care for the injured and bring justice to those responsible for this terror. i ask that we pause for a moment of silence. tha

announcer: watch the c-span city tour throughout the day on book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on americanistory tv on c-span3. the city tour, working with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> the media teaches us that democrats and republicans are supposed to be at odds with each other. and i think that people need to recognize that we need to be respectful towards each other. and we need to understand that senators are respectful towards each other. and that will be more conducive to getting real policy done, instead of just acrimony and vitriol. >> the truth is these people we see on television on c-span are real people. when we saw president obama, perhaps the thing that most stood out to me was he had bags under his eyes. he was a real person dealing with real things. i thought dealing with that was most interesting. an announcer: sunday night, high school students from around the country attending the 54th annual youth summit program talk with us about their experience in the program and their plans for the future. the students met with members of the executive

tourtch the c-span cities saturday on c-span twos book tv. the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliate and visiting cities across the country. >> we returned to our issue spotlight program. what today's leaders have said in the past about nominating justices to the supreme court. this portion is one hour and a half. >> you're watching a special presentation on how western handles the confirmation process. the author of the blog. we are going to talk about the george w. bush administration, where you had both parties in control of the senate at one time or the other. the filibuster rules. how did the process play out? >> president bush went his first term without having an opportunity to fill a seat on the supreme court. in 19 95 he had two seats to fill in a short period of time. of 2005, justice sandra day o'connor announces her retirement. announces to be in associate justice. william rehnquist dies and george w. bush decides he likes john roberts well enough to renominate him as the chief justice. and then he has an associate ju

watch the c-span cities to work today at nine eastern on c-span twos book tv and center -- sunday afternoont 2:00 on c-span3. -- touran cities to her , working with cable affiliates across the country. >> tonight on c-span's issue spotlight, the growing problem of addiction to prescription painkillers and heroine. known asugs are opioids. according to the national institutes of than 2 million americans are they did to them. nih says the number of overdose deaths have crippled in the u.s. since 1999. over the next three hours, we are going to take a look at the problem and what congress and the executive branch are trying to do about it. we start with a visit president obama made to west virginia last fall. that has the highest rate of overdose deaths in the nation. >> when i came into office, i started studying this issue. of, let's call it opioids. and i was stunned by the specifics. more americans now die every year from drug overdoses and they do from motor vehicle crashes. more than they do from car accidents. the majority of those overdoses involve legal, prescription drugs. in 2013 al

watch the c-span cities tour saturday on c-span2's book tv on sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. tour, workingies with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. during campaign 2016, c-span takes you on the road to the white house as we follow the candidates on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders received the endorsement of transit workers union local 100, which represents employees. new york will hold its primary on tuesday. the union president and bernie sanders spoke at the event. it is 10 minutes. [applause] [chanting bernie] >> good morning and welcome to the home of the local 100. today, transit workers are feeling the bern. tw local 100 is a blue-collar transport sector, industrial union. our 42,000 members carry the enormous response ability of keeping new york city and beyond moving every day. we move more than 8 million new yorkers to jobs and schools every day of the week. we are blue-collar new york. [applause] >> transit workers are the backbone of new york's working communities. we live here and we

the communicators on monday night on c-span2. solving in, american history tv features long beach, california. it was named in 1888 after the length of its beaches. c-span cityour visited many sites, showcasing the city's history. learn more about long beach all weekend here on american history tv. standing inrrently the south gallery of the historical society of long beach . on the table in front of me are of an iconictos event, the discovery of oil in 1921 and how these pictures demonstrate how that changed the nature of the community over the next 40-50 years and helped produce the modern city of long beach. currently getting ready to open an exhibition about oil in long beach. gold." we hope to be able to educate citizens in and beach and children visitors about how important oil was in the development of the region in the 20th century. newle in the oil industry there would be oil everywhere along the southern california coastal area because oil has been discovered in the central valley of california earlier, , andills above los angeles so when oil people came, and also, what is basically downtown los angeles, discovered oil in the 1890's -- and so peopl

the communications industry. this year c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next a look at our recent visit to long beach california. you are watching american history tv. >> we're at the port of long beach. sitting in the middle of the port complex. approximately 3200 acres in size. seaporthe most modern in the united states. we are a department of the city of long beach. we consider ourselves part of the community. economiche largest engine for the city. billion worth of cargo that comes through here. it supports about 15,000 jobs in the region. the port of long beach was established in 1911. through that time this port entry start on the wooden wharf. it used to come up from the northwest to supply lumber here. we're sitting on the most modern sustainable container terminal in the world. over 100 years we've really builds out the facility. we would be sitting in the middle of the harbor. we've built a lot of this land and once again made a successful the reason this port is so successful is because of our location. and theh the state geographic features. t

tourtch the c-span cities on american history tv on c-span3. working with affiliates across the country. >> he had a couple of meals and a steam shovel. again, that is one of the other ironies to be so rapidly and o yourent, entire fortune to the governments largess. >> sally denton talks about her book, "the profiteers." it takes a look at one of the largest construction companies in the world. >> who else is the united states government going to give these projects throughout the world. it to bet is fine for them, that it is the american taxpayers paying for it. the american taxpayer should have some access to information for the contracts, the amount of , the, the worker safety political relationships. bands -- mazer -- masur speaks on lincoln's legacy. this lecture took place at ford's theatre in washington, d.c. and is about 15 minutes. on a rainy night of april 11 1865, president lincoln addressed a crowd for the last time. this speech was remarkable less for its oratorical qualities, stylistically, it was far from his best.

be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" beginning friday morning. join the discussion. >> this weekend, the c-span cities tour hosted by our comcast cable partners to explore the history own literary culture of this southern city, which is home to the university of alabama. on book tv, we'll learn about the history of the university of alabama in the 1960s withal the author of "turning the tied" in 1960s. >> what he was trying to do i think above all was to get the university of alabama away from this party school, football school focus. to become a viable institution, first in the south and then nationally. it look a while to do that. first thing he had to do was hire faculty. by 1965, 2/3 had them. today we have our share of some of the finest faculty in the country. we're also attracting kids today who can go to harvard, yale, places like that. we lead the country in the number of national merit scholars that come here. >> and on "american history tv, we'll visit an archaeological site and learn how the native american culture lived from the 11th through the 15th centuries. >> welcome to moundville ar

. >> watch the c-span cities tour sunday on american history tv on c-span3. >> c-span's road to the white house coverage continues tonight where donald trump will address supporters at a campaign rally. connecticut cast their votes on monday. we will take you live on 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> our live coverage of the coverage continues. live resultsay for and reactions. next, treating veterans with ptsd and the benefits of service dogs. the sponsor of the bill is congressman ron desantis. this one hour and 20 minute hearing. >> we will come to order. veteran suicides continue to be a national epidemic. veterans have a suicide rate that is 50% higher than those who did not serve in the military. the major drive is ptsd. 11% to 20% who served in iraq suffer from it. they my -- they might find that they feel life is long later -- no longer living. the inadequate treatments by the ba have been reported. identifying and utilizing the full range of treatment of those suffering from ptsd is something the da must do. the these are not home for dogs -- therapydogs or their peacoc dogs. currently,

tour.ch the c-span cities tour workingties with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country he had a couple of meals and a steam shovel. ironiese of the other to be so antigovernment and know your entire fortune to the government's largess. book theay night, her profiteers which takes a look at the largest engineering and construction companies in the world. >> who else is the united states government going to get into its project throughout the world? back bute for it to be if the american taxpayer is paying for it the american taxpayer should have some access to information about their contract, the amount of money. , the politicalty relationships. >> sunday night on q&a. >> monday, the chief economist for the phoenix center for advanced legal and economic public policy studies. they debate the proposal allowing consumers to buy their own set-top boxes instead of renting them from cable providers, a move to open up competition in the set-top box market. >> we think we need competition in the set-top box market. we want competition, competition. someplace it has worked. thi

. >> watch the c-span cities tour saturday on c-span's book and sunday afternoon at 2:00 on american story on c-span 3. the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> fema's administrator for protection and preparedness said proposed cuts to the agency's budget reflect difficult decisions in responsing priors across the department of homeland security. he made the remarks before a subcommittee on federal spending, oversight and emergency management. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> i call this hearing to order. good afternoon and welcome to the panel and thanks for joining us today. we are charged with oversight and through regular ports that are provided by agencies that help us to oversee government and spending. today we are examining spending at the federal emergency management agency and the need to make reforms in that spending. given that our government borrows a million dollars a minute and has a $19 trillion debt, we can't afford to provide ways to persist in government. waste at fema and grant program has been described

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. >> this weekend the c-span city tours hosted by our comcast cable partners takes us to alabama to explore the history and culture of the southern city which is home to the university of alabama. we will learn about the history of the university of alabama in the 1960 with the author of turning the tide; the university of alabama in the 1960s. >> well what the president was trying to do, i think above all, was get the university of alabama away from this party school focus and get it heading into new direction to become a viable academic institution first in the south and then nationally. it took a while to do that. first thing you had to do was hire faculty. when he became president only a third of the faculty had dene z degrees. we have our shares of some of the finest faculty in the country today. we are attracting student today that could go to harvard and yale and places like that. we lead the country in the number of national merit scholars that come here. >> and on american history tv we will visit the moundville site and learn how the native american culture lived through the 9 to

the greatest woman of them all. ♪ announcer: this year, c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. r recent visit to montgomery, alabama. you're watching american history tv, all weekend and every weekend, on seas and three. -- on c-span three. dorothy: if you think about the timeline of a modern-day civil rights movement, the beginning of that movement being 1954, brown versus board of education, and the apex of the movement being the assassination of dr. king in 1968, the freedom ride is right in the middle of that history. it was the halfway point for those events. what happened here on the streets of montgomery really became a turning point for the movement. the freedom ride was a civil rights campaign to challenge the segregated laws in interstate travel across the south. in 1961dom rides began with two groups of integrated people, blacks and whites, leaving on greyhound buses and trailways buses traveling through the deep south to test whether the facilities and the modes of transportation work. complying with the recent supreme court ruling in which the supreme court outlaws

california state university fullerton, on the 12 american presidents who were slave owners, eight of them while in office. go to c-span.org. >> c-span's touring cities across the country, exploring american history. next a look at our visit to long beach california. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> we are at the port of long beach here in california. are right in the middle of the port complex. approximately 3200 acres in size. modern andmost largest seaport in the u.s.. are the department of the city of long beach. we partner does we consider ourselves part of the community -- we consider ourselves part of the community here in long beach. this is the largest economic engine for the city, for the region and for the state to some degree. $180 million with of cargo come through this port to supply the state and other region in the nation. regionally, the port supplies 315,000 jobs in the region 1.2 , million jobs throughout the u.s.. our cargo touches every congressional district in the united states. the port of long beach was harvardhed as a department in 1911. we are over 100 years old. through that

the church committee 40 years later. next weekend. >> this year c-span is touring cities across the country. the look in her recent visit to tuscaloosa. you are watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend. >> if there was ever a man that deserve recognition it was him. men and women that deserve the recognition don't receive it. to see him receive it was a wonderful thing. standing in the lobby of at the university of alabama. this is the first profile in courage award ever awarded at the john f. kennedy library. in 1990. the former alabama congressman carl elliott. he was a congressman from until 1964. 1948 carl elliott was born very poor. in northwest alabama. at the depths of the depression came to the university with two dollars and $.50 in his pocket. and a $25 check even given. when he arrived he presented himself to the president and said you said anybody can come to the university. the president said if you want it badly that we will find a place for you. he ended up as president of the student body. no law degree. he actually ran for a county judgeship and lost. then in

later is we're sitting on the most modern sustainable marine container terminal in the world. >> watch the city to her on c-spant book tv. the c-span city's tour, working with the cable affiliate and cities across the country. washington journal continues. host: we are returning to our discussion whether or not donald trump is conservative. we are taking your calls on special lines. jump supporters, and those ,upporting -- trump supporters and those supporting other candidates. let's take a look at his political philosophy. this is at an event in wisconsin. donald trump: are you republicans? are you mostly conservative see? i'll he said i'm just a commonsense conservative. and so important, common sense. and somebody told me, they said walker, here's my term. i said make it america -- make america great again. and then walker was making a speech and said make america great again because he saw the response i got, the difference was he didn't get a response. now i heard he use the term because the press was up and the interviewed me and he said he is a commonsense conservative. i coined the phrase a few months a

tourtch the c-span cities saturday at 4:00 eastern and sunday at 2:00 on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> our live coverage of the presidential race continues tuesday night for the new york state primary. join us at 9:00 eastern for election results and viewer reaction. on the road to the white house with c-span, c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> donald trump spoke at a campaign rally in hartford, connecticut. new york state holds its presidential primaries next tuesday. connecticut voters go to the polls on april 26. this is about 30 minutes. ♪ mr. trump: hello, folks. hello. [applause] amazing. who loves hartford, connecticut? everybody. thank you, everybody. it is an honor to be here. a lot of people. people pouring in from outside. it is great. an honor to be with so many -- wow, look at this. i want to thank you. we have phenomenal poll numbers in connecticut. [applause] we are going to bring back your economy, jobs to connecticut. we are going to bring them back. it is sad what is happening. our jobs

the greatest woman of them all. ♪ announcer: this year, c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. ok at our recent visit to montgomery, alabama. you're watching american history tv, all weekend and every weekend, on seas and three. -- on c-span three. dorothy: if you think about the timeline of a modern-day civil rights movement, the beginning of that movement being 1954, brown versus board of education, and the apex of the movement being the assassination of dr. king in 1968, the freedom ride is right in the middle of that history. it was the halfway point for those events. what happened here on the streets of montgomery really became a turning point for the movement. the freedom ride was a civil rights campaign to challenge the segregated laws in interstate travel across the south. in 1961dom rides began with two groups of integrated people, blacks and whites, leaving on greyhound buses and trailways buses traveling through the deep south to test whether the facilities and the modes of transportation work. complying with the recent supreme court ruling in which the supreme court

all lands, and who saysy to the land the finest warrior, the greatest ofan although all -- woman them all. ♪ this year, c-span is touring citiescross the country exploring american history. next, a look at a recent visit to long beach, california. you're watching american history tv. all we can, every weekend on c-span3. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> rancho los alamitos is one of the rare sites that has a continuous history lasting more than 1500 years. if you follow that chain of occupancy, you are looking at the development of southern california. the site is particularly important because it is where god descended from heaven, gave the laws to the people and is considered sacred. the map on the floor is designed to give you a good sense of the territoryrican overlaid by the first rancho, given under spanish rule. many of the people who received land under spanish rule were former soldiers who had been in the expeditions exploring southern california. and that

c family. >> all weekend, american history tv featuring tuscaloosa, alabama. tuscaloosa borders the black warrior river and in our southwest of birmingham. c-span's city tour staff visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about tuscaloosa all weekend on american history tv. ringing] >> we are standing right in the central heart of the original canvas at the university of alabama. -- original campu at the university of alabamas in. 1831 , when the store is opened, it would have been and i doesn't rotunda. -- a magnificent rotunda. up byrth end is taken what is now the library. we are standing in the quad, as it is known today. interestingly enough, the quad has been the central part of campus from its earliest how things. the rotunda was right behind me. you can imagine alongside either edge, east and west, where the university dormitories were. directly behind it was the lyceum. that was another classically inspired building where all the classrooms took place. on either side of the lyceum were the faculty houses. this was like an educational village right and the middle of what, at the time was considered by outsiders as the wilde

c family. >> all weekend, american history tv featuring tuscaloosa, alabama. tuscaloosa borders the black warrior river and in our southwest of birmingham. c-span's city tour staff visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about tuscaloosa all weekend on american history tv. ringing] >> we are standing right in the central heart of the original canvas at the university of alabama. -- original campu at the university of alabamas in. 1831 , when the store is opened, it would have been and i doesn't rotunda. -- a magnificent rotunda. up byrth end is taken what is now the library. we are standing in the quad, as it is known today. interestingly enough, the quad has been the central part of campus from its earliest how things. the rotunda was right behind me. you can imagine alongside either edge, east and west, where the university dormitories were. directly behind it was the lyceum. that was another classically inspired building where all the classrooms took place. on either side of the lyceum were the faculty houses. this was like an educational village right and the middle of what, at the time was considered by outsiders as the wilde

. >> the c-span cities tour, working with our cable affili e affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> 12 new areas of duplication, overlap and in federal programs. it provides 59 new opportunities for cost savings. officials from the irs, defense department and centers for med carr and medicaid services testified at a house oversight hearing on efforts to implement the gao recommendations. this is just over 2 1/2 hours. >> committee on oversight of government will come to order. appreciate the group that we have assembled today. this is of keen interest to the duplication report. government is so big, wide, expansive. talking about trillions in expenditures. we are always seeking ways to make government's dollars more efficient. this morning the government accountability office released the sixth annual report on opportunities to reduce duplication in the federal goth to achieve financial and other benefits. over the course of the six years the gao highlighted 250 areas of the federal government and recommended more than 600 corrective actions. we cannot thank enough the m

this weekend, the c-span cities to tuscaloosa, alabama. home of the university of alabama. history andure the literary life of the city. writer a clip of a local talking about growing up as a during thehe south civil rights era. [video clip] >> we do talk about the culture class that my family experience. argentina has a very rich culture, and my parents embraced a lot of it. coming to the u.s., you realize you are in a foreign land, you have different customs, and they were, to a great degree, resistant to many things. they wanted to keep the spanish-language alive for us, as kids, and yet, we were resisting because once we learned english, we did not really want to go round speaking spanish, and has everybody stare at us because we sound funny to their years. that was one portion of it. host: jim is on the line. what do you think? caller: hello? host: good morning. caller: how are you? host: i am good. what is your thought on simplifying the tax code? caller: i freely believe from what i have read, since eisenhower left office, the tax on

c-span is touring cities across the country. next, a look at our recent visit to long beach, california. you are watching american history tv on c-span3. ocean crossings or transatlantic crossings were very significant if you are an esteemed character, you sailed on the queen mary. it was almost a right of passage as your legacy as an individual. rms queenoard the mary located in long beach, california. construction started in late 1929. due to the crash of the worldwide depression, the hull 534 as she was named at the time stopped. work began again in the early 1930's to get the ship back on track. it employed thousands of -- hundreds of thousands of people. it was very important as an economic development tool. the ship was completed in 1936 and had her maiden voyage may 27. the destination was new york harbor. she sailed with just over 3500 people, combining guests with crewmembers. the crossing took just shy of five full days. she was wonderfully welcomed in new york harbor when she arrived . during the travels in crossing, t

the hit -- the city was officially named in 1888 after the length of its beaches. c-span cities to her staff recently visited many sites, showcasing the city's rich history. learn more about long beach all weekend here on american history tv. >> we are currently standing in the south gallery of the circle society of long beach. on the table in front of me are teachers, photos of one iconic event in long beach history. that is the discovery of oil in 1921, and these pictures demonstrate how that change the nature of the community over the next 40 or 50 years and helped to produce what the modern city launches today. we are currently getting rights to open an exhibition about oil and long beach and the area called "black gold." and we hope to be able to educate citizens in long beach and schoolchildren and any visitors about how important oil was in the development of the city and the region in the 20th century. knewe in the oil industry there would be oil everywhere along the southern california coastal area because oil had been discovered in the central valley of californ