theodore olson will join us. , author ofs smith democracies doorstep. .hat is live monday night for background on the cases, order your copy of the landmark cases companion book. >> next, pulitzer prize-winning author gordon would looks at the role of political pamphlets in the american revolution. they were the primary medium for political debate at the time. taxation without representation to natural rights. societyyork historical hosted this event. gordon

isning us in the discussion douglas smith and theodore olson. life monday night at 9:00 c-span three and c-span radio. your your case -- order casesion book, "landmark ." events secretary ashton carter announced this past week that the u.s. is expanding its special operations forces in iraq and syria to combat isis. he made the announcement while testifying at a house armed talkeds meeting and about expanding airstrikes on islamic state infrastructure. general joseph dunford appeared alongside secretary carter. this is three and a half hours. [indiscernible] is current military effort serving as a recruitment vehicle for isis having stood up to american might. a voting may she is wrote recently that the efforts taken by the u.s. so far have only helped the jihadists. the other consequence of such half measures is it adds to the allies have about our commitment and willingness to see the mission through. the ciampton, who led afghanistan campaign after nine/11 wrote about isis earlier this year -- many have lost faith in u.s. leadership. the lack

joining us in the discussion, theodore olson, former u.s. solicitor general, and douglas smith. that's life monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, and c-span radio. case asground on each you watch, order your copy of the landmark cases book available at www.c-span.org/la ndmarkcases. attorney general loretta lynch spoke last night to the civil rights group muslim advocates and she spoke about hate crimes against muslims in light of the recent terror attacks. before she speaks, we hear from andre carson and the executive director of muslim advocates. from arlington, virginia, this is about an hour and 15 in its session 15 minutes -- 15 minutes. >> i am truly frightened. that was a text message i recently received from an american muslim mother. --lso received this message another mother at two young children. " we are counting on muslim advocates to help us in this very scary and difficult time. it is why we do what we do. evening. thank you all so much for joining us. this is a very special evening. this is actually the 10 year anniversary of muslim advocates. it all s

joining us, theodore olson, and douglas smith. that is live, monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span 3, and seized on radio -- and c-span radio. for background on the case while you watch, order your copy of "m landmark cases. >> live now to ottawa, where canada's governor general, david ton will open the parliament of canada with the speech from the throne. watching live coverage, we join it in progress. >> in addition to formulating the first budget, it is also putting gear stamp on the programs. >> let's listen to what is happening in the senate, as the formal part of the process is underway. >> and to bless the people of canada, guide us in our , let your spirit presided over our deliberations may betters time we serve the cause of peace and justice in our land and throughout the world. [interpreted from french]: know that we will be the cause of peace and justice in our country, as well as throughout the world, amen. >> as there is no business before the senate, it is your pleasure, honorable senators, tot the sitting

joining us in the discussion, theodore olson and douglas smith. that is live come on monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, and c-span radio. for background on each case why you watch, order your copy of landmark cases companion book. it is available for $8.95 plus shipping at c-span.org. >> c-span takes you on the road to the white house and into the classroom. cam year, our student document or a contest asks students what they want to hear from presidential candidates. follow c-span's road to the white house coverage on c-span.org. distance secretary ashton carter announced the military would be opening all combat roles to women. he discussed this at eight briefing at the pentagon. this is 35 minutes. mr. carter: good afternoon, or good morning. no, it's good afternoon. thanks for being here. appreciate it. before i turn to my statement on the subject about which i'd like to speak to you, i'd first like to offer my condolences to the families of those who were killed yesterday in san bernardino, california. president obama just spoke a

joining us in the discussion, theodore olson, and douglas smith. that is live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span3 and c-span radio. one background on each case, order your copy of "land our k cases." the republican jewish coalition hold a presidential candidate forum in washington yesterday. we will hear from some of those candidates next on c-span, starting with dr. ben carson. dr. carson: thank you very much. time tor was the first such israel, and it was cause as a student of the bible, to actually be in the where some of the events occurred that were so noteworthy, but what really impressed me was the fact that the people absolutely surrounded by all kinds of horrors refused to allow their lives be depicted by terrorism. i want to make sure i get all my point today. this might be the first anybody has ever see me doing that, but i do not want to miss any of the point i wanted to make. two terms asng for the first president of a new nation, born from the ashes of european colony, george washington in his farewell address to the nation warned

join us -- joining us in the discussion, theodore olson and douglas smith. that is live tonight at nine a crock eastern on c-span radio -- at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, and c-span radio. >> this morning, new york times correspondent jonathan martin looks at the rise of donald trump and how the republican party establishment is responding. lorenzo that he, director of the george washington ,niversity program on extremism details a report on isis supporters in america. washington journal is next. >> the threat from terrorism is real, that we will overcome it. -- but we will overcome it. obama last night in his third overall -- oval office address 10 -- attempting to calm a nervous nation. insisting that congress should pass a new authorization for military force against isis. we begin this morning with your calls, tweak and e-mails -- tweets and e-mails. republican style (202) 748-8001 -- republicans dial (202) 748-8001.

joining us in the discussion, theodore olson, former u.s.olicitor general, and douglas smith, author of "on democracy's doorstep: the inside story of how the supreme court brought one person, one vote to the united united states." that's live monday night at nine eastern on c-span, c-span3 and c-span radio. for background on each case while you watch, order your copy of "landmark cases" companion book available for $8.95 plus shipping at c-span.org/landmarkcases. ♪ ♪ >> booktv has 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend on c-span2. saturday afternoon at two, it's the 15th annual vegas valley book festival in las vegas featuring author talks on race, free speech and the american west. >> there's a fantastic word, and it's tragic it had to be invented, but it was invented by an australian anthropologist, and it is the unconsole bl loss of a place that you know that's been pull bed out from underneath your feet. so you feel nostalgia b for a place you've been or where you grew up, whatever. some nostalgia is when you're standing

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joining us, theodore olson and douglas smith. that's live monday night at nine eastern on c-span, c-span3 and c-span radio. for background on each case while you watch order your copy of "landmark cases" companion book available for $8.95 plus shipping at c-span.org/landmarkcases. >> defense secretary ashton carter and chair of the joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford announced abuses expanding special operations force in iraq and syria to come by the islamic state militants. the specialist force will be sent to iraq to assist iraqi and kurdish forces and will be positioned to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture isis leaders. they testify tuesday. [inaudible conversations] >> the committee meets today to hear testimony from the secretary and the chairman on our strategy against isis and the implications for the middle east. today is the first hearing we have had with secretary carter and chairman dunford together in their current roles, and i think it is appropriate that it be on this topic which

joining us, theodore olson and douglas smith. that's live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span 3, and c-span radio. for background on each case, order your copy of the "landmark cases" book, at c-span.org/landmarkcases. >>> next, a hearing on the veterans affairs department's plan to consolidate its private healthcare program and to improve veterans' access to treatment and increase their healthcare services. >>> i call this meeting of the senate veterans affairs committee to order and welcome everybody. i hope y'all had a great thanksgiving and i hope everybody has a wonderful holiday season coming up. this is a very important hearing for the veterans affairs committee of the united states senate. on november the 4th, if my memory is correct, we had a meeting at the va when we had a stand-up with some of the people in the room talking about the vision for the future in terms of va health services delivery to our veterans, about veterans' choice, consolidating programs, simplifying the rates so there were no preferences one

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joining us in the discussion, theodore olson and douglas smith. that is live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span and c-span radio. case,ckground on each order your copy of "landmark cases" companion book at c-span.org/landmarkcases. a marble bust of former vice president dick cheney was in bill this past week at the u.s. capitol. the ceremony included remarks from the former vice president, as well as former president george w. bush, joe biden, and several lawmakers. this is one hour. >> -- on rules and administration, roy blunt. senate president pro tempore, orrin hatch --. speaker of the house of representatives, paul ryan. president, george w. bush. and vice president, dick cheney. [applause] [applause] [indistinct chatter] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of the colors by the united states armed forces color guard, the singing of our national anthem, and the retiring of our colors. >> ♪ >> halt. >> ♪ o say can you see ♪ by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whos

theodore olson, from the u.s. solicitor general, 2001-2004 has argued 60 cases before the supreme court including the 2000 bush versus gore case. douglas smith is a nonfiction author and is the executive director of the los angeles service academy and he has written a book on this case called "on democracies doorstep." thank you for being here. we will begin tonight by listening to chief justice earl warren in his own words talking about the importance of this case to the country and to the court. >> this court found that the question of whether a person is having equal protection of the laws was a judicial question and we have the right to decide, and we have the legislature give equal representation to everyone. that is the expression, one man, one vote, came into being. in that sense, i think that that case, and the others that followed, is perhaps the most important case that we have had since i've been on the court. susan: so, ted olson, why was the chief justice thinking of this as the most important case? t

joining us in the discussion theodore olson to u.s.tor general and douglas smith author of our democracy's doorstep the inside story of how the supreme court brought one person one vote to the united states. that is live tonight at nine eastern on c-span, c-span three and c-span radio. for background on each case order your copy of landmark cases available for $8.95 plus shipping and c-span.org/ landmarkcases. .. >> good afternoon and welcome. that's what a to be back at the national war college. at such a fight institutions. it's a privilege to join today to introduce the chairman of homeland security chairman, chairman mccaul. a fourth generation texan and so that the world war ii veteran is currently serving his sixth term representing texas tech edition which covers from austin to houston. in january he entered his fourth year as the chairman. this committee has oversight of the department of homeland security ensuring its able to carry out its core mission of protecting the american people from terrorist attacks. he also serves on

theodore olson and douglas smith .he inside story of how the supreme court brought one person, one vote to the united states. that's live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span 3 and c-span radio. for background, order your book available for $8.95 plus shipping. >> tonight on "the communicators" terrorism and the use of social media and how it is used by various terrorism groups to radicalize and recruit new members from around the world. we are joined from vice president of the middle east research institute and c.e.o. of the counterextremism project. both guests recently testified at a house oversight committee on radicalization, social media and you look at the look at hollywood and madison avenue, there is more of us than there are of them. if you look at the narrow space where people are searching for this type of stuff and this subworld, this subculture, so in this niche, they outnumber everyone else who is sending a different message. i think we ought to have a robust discussion in the united states that the

joining us is the discussion is theodore olson and douglas smith. live tonight at 10:00 eastern -- at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span three and c-span radio. >> washington journal continues. ast: we are joined now by georgia university -- the director of the george washington university extreme -- extremism program, welcome, glad you could be here to talk about this issue. there's a lot of talk about the san bernardino shooters and how they were radicalized, what does that mean? it means that they adopted and extremist ideology. specifically, isis related ideology. part and parcel of this is the support of violence and the creation of his -- of an islamic state. most muslims do not agree. in a sense, it is the support of against anybody that opposes the political idea. other muslims, westerners, you name it. host: what does radical islam mean, a lot of debate around those words? guest: absolutely a big political debate about whether or not is correct -- it is correct to use that term. it is difficult for some and it -- and an important debate to have

olson andth theodore discussionth and the of one person, one vote and how it came to the united states. for background on each case while you watch, order your copy of landmark cases at c-span.org/landmarkcases. on friday, new america hosted a discussion of isis and al qaeda, the rivalry between those two groups, and the future of these jihadist movements. this is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning, my name is jason fritz, and we wanted to look at al qaeda and the islamic state. the intent of this is to find how al qaeda and isis are in competition with each other. the islamiced at state and al qaeda as revolutionary groups. it is not the only way to examine them. looking at them as resolution -- revolutions as they try to fight against the standard world order and in particularly, in the region around syria and iraq. in this way, we have identified al qaeda as more of a traditional maoist organization. they favor political preparation of areas that they intend to go into. they use violence, but it is not in support of political objectives. the violence comes second. this h

joining us in the discussion, theodore olson and douglas smith, the author of a story on how the supreme court brought one person, one vote to the u.s. that is live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, and c-span radio. for background on each case while you watch, order your companion book -- available for $18 and five cents on c-span.org. >> today, defense secretary ashton carter announced the military will be opening all combat roles for women. he discussed the new policy at a news briefing at the pentagon. this is 35 minutes. secretary carter: good afternoon, or good morning. no, it's good afternoon. thanks for being here. appreciate it. now, before i turn to my statement on the subject about which i'd like to speak to you, i'd first like to offer my condolences to the families of those who were killed yesterday in san bernardino, california. president obama just spoke about this tragedy. we're monitoring the situation closely in coordination with the rest of the president's national security team. this tragedy. we're monitoring the situation closely in coordination with t