better understand each case we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony mauro. the book costs $8.99 plus shipping and handling. to get your copy go to landmarkcases. 1884, theshed in naval war college is the home of the u.s. navy. join us as we learn more about it in the history of the navy in newport. >> here at the center of american maritime history in newport, rhode island, it is one of the deepest natural in closed ports in the world. for that reason the united states navy chose it as one of its key anchorages during the prime of american naval seapower in the early 20th century. arguably the origins of the naval war college began. the germans were ahead of the game, literally, in techniques of wargaming. during the wars of german unification, they came up with an idea called the general staff. the general staff was an organization that enabled all the different principalities to fall in line with their regiments under this centralized organization called the general staff. there was a guy named emory upton, a greater general. he said look at what the germ

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better understand each case we had a companion guide written by better supreme court journalist tony mauro. landmark cases volume two, the book cost $8.95 plus shipping and handling. go to c-span.org/landmark cases. >> next week tuesday january 30 president trump gives his first state of the union address to a joint session of congress. coverage begins at 8 p.m. eastern with a preview of the address followed by the state of the union at 9 p.m. following the speech we take a calls and your reactions from members of congress. coverage live on c-span, c-span.org and also available on our free radio app. >> the senate returns at 10 a.m. to continue with the nomination of alex cesar to head the department of health and human services. he previously served as the departments general counsel during the george w. bush administration and as ceo of a large our music research and manufacturing company. watch live gavel to gavel coverage right here on c-span two. next we will show you his confirmation hearing before the senate finance committee. the faltering runs almost two and half hours and we will

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better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony mauro. landmark cases volume two. the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to get your copy, go to c-span.com/landmarkcases. >> next on american history tv, representatives from a variety of museums and history and public policy centers on the importance of these

you understand each case we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist, tony mauro. "landmark cases volume 2." it costs $8.95 shipping and handling. to get your copy, go to c-span.org/landmark cases. >>> a look at the global economy with financial experts including christine legarde managing director of the international managing fund the economic forum in dove vose, switzerland, just over an hour. >> i'm so -- i'm delight again to be moderating the global economic outlook. after what one has to agree was rather an unusual warm-up act. i am very disappointed, however, that for some reason they forget to provide the band. [ applause ] >> which i think we would have enjoyed very much. the previous speakers said three things with which i think we can all agree. growth is very important, jobs are very important and trade needs to be free, and perceived, i agree with this, to be fair. i think those three points, growth, jobs, and the nature of the trading system are pretty important for our discussions now. we are meeting at a point in which i think for pretty well the f

better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony mauro, "landmark cases volume 2." the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to get your copy, go to c-span.org/landmarkcases. >>> tonight american history tv is live with a look at the veteran war's tet offensive with a discussion on the tet offensive. with remarks from author mark bouwden. we'll also hear from former stars and stripes photographer john olson whose photos taken during the battle make up a new exhibit at the nuwseum. hear there three vietnam veterans who fought in wai during the tet offensive. >>> next week marks the 50th anniversary of the star of the vietnam war's tet offensive and tonight during american history tv prime time oral histories from west point graduates who served in the vietnam war. starts tonight at 8:30 eastern here on c-span3. >>> now a discussion about how the trump administration chooses judicial nominations. the

we have a companion guide written by tony mauro. landmark cases, volume two. to get your copy, go to www.c-span.org/landmarkcases. >> president trump is in davos, switzerland. the president spoke about trade with the u.k. and shared security concerns. after meeting with prime minister may, president trump israeli primeh minister benjamin netanyahu, and weighed in on the middle east. this is the first time they met since president trump announced the embassy would move to jerusalem. the president will address the dollars forum friday morning.

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to help you understand each case we have a companion guide written by supreme court journalist tony mauro. the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to get yours go to c-span.org-landmark cases. >>> next on american history tv, cokie roberts has a discussion at the american historical association's annual meeting. it talks about the association's founders who met from and decided how it should function. this is an hour and a half recorded at the american historical association annual meeting in washington. >> hi, everybody. i'm cokie roberts. i am here in my history hat. it is a thrill to have this panel on the first federal congress.

better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony mauro. landmark cases volume two. the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to get your copy, go to c-span.com/landmarkcases. >> next on american history tv, representatives from a variety of museums and history and public policy centers on the importance of these institutions and their methods for public policy centers on the importance of the institutions and the methods for educating and offering information no the public. this is an hour and a half. >>> all right. we can begin the session. thank you to all of you who have weathered the snow and the ice to be here this afternoon. welcome to this panel, history and public policy centers sponsored by the national history center. i'm nick mueller, president and ceo emeritus of the world war ii museum in new orleans and before that enjoyed a 32-year career at the university of new orleans and i will say more about that after the panelists are introduced. we are going to take a little bit of a different approach today and rather than h

to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide witton by tony mauro, "landmark casesvolume 2." to get your copy, visit c-span.org/landmarkcases. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this is reid wilson, the national correspondent for "the .com. at thehill a new story taking a look at city economies and what it does for the middle class. guest: how are you? host: thank you. what interests you? guest: this is part of a larger story that is driving the evolving shape of american society and american politics. we are seeing a fundamental shift in the way the american economy operates and we have been seeing that for a long time and after the recession, there have been some fascinating economic and population shifts that all play together. last week, the u.s. conference of mayors was in washington and in talking to a lot of mayors from leading cities around the country, we heard the same concerns. that the rising cost of housing inside their cities is effectively pushing the middle class out. i come from seattle, the city dominated by the tech industry amazon has a mas

we have a companion guide written by tony mauro. landmark cases, volume two. to get your copy, go to www.c-span.org/landmarkcases. >> president trump is in davos, switzerland. the president spoke about trade with the u.k. and shared security concerns. after meeting with prime minister may, president trump israeli primeh minister benjamin netanyahu, and weighed in on the middle east. this is the first time they met since president trump announced the embassy would move to jerusalem. the president will address the dollars forum friday morning. -- davos forum friday morning. pres. trump: thank you very much. it is a great honor to be with prime minister may. we had a great discussion. we are on the same wavelength. the prime minister and myself have had a really great relationship, although some people don't necessarily believe that. but i can tell you, it's true. i have a tremendous respect for the prime minister and the job she's doing. pres. trump: i think the feeling is mutual from the standpoint of liking each other a lot. there is a false rumor out there. i

better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony mauro. landmark cases volume two. the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to get your copy, go to c-span.com/landmarkcases. >> next on american history tv, representatives from a variety of museums and history and public policy centers on the importance of these institutions and their methods for public policy centers on the importance of the institutions and the methods for educating and offering information no the public. this is an hour and a half. >>> all right. we can begin the sessn.