to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by tony morrow. landmark cases, volume two. to get your copy, go to c-span.org/landmark cases. ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," author and national correspondent for the atlantic , mark bowden. he discusses his book, "hue 1968: a turning point of the american war in vietnam." brian: mark bowden, hue, what was it? mark: a city in the war, the -- the scene of probably the biggest, bloodiest battle fought in

understand each case better, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony morrow. the book costs 895 -- $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to get your copy, go to www.c-span.org. synagoguer in the here in newport was built in 1763, which makes it the oldest synagogue of the only one surviving through colonial times. join us on american history television as we learn more about this historic building. >> this synagogue is the oldest existing synagogue building in the united states of america. and it has a wonderful story. first of all, it is most important for you to understand that above all, the touro synagogue is a place of worship. we have this happening all year round, a full-time rabbi, a congregation. there are about 120 members, and it is orthodox in its service. that is what we are doing today. the story starts in 1492 in spain. king ferdinand and queen isabella issued the alhambra decree. what they wanted at that particular time was to have a purely catholic country. they gave jewish people two choices. the first one was to convert to catholicism, the seco

to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by tony morrow. ii.mark cases, volume the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. now, to boston for massachusetts governor charlie baker's stay of the commonwealth address. among his priorities, the opioid epidemic, renewable energy, and transportation infrastructure. this is 40 minutes. [applause] [applause] >> is my pleasure to be able to introduce to you his excellency, the governor of the commonwealth, charles baker. [applause] gov. baker: thank you. [applause] gov. baker: thank you very much. thank you. thank you all for being with us tonight. thank you. it is nice to have you with us. thank you for being here. mr. speaker, madam president. members of the house and senate. congressman neal. thank you for joining us. fellow constitutional officers, members of the governor's counsel, mr. chief justice, welcome. members of the judiciary, members of the cabinet in my administration, sheriffs, district attorneys, mayors, local officials, reverend clergy, distinguished guests. members of my fami

to help you understand each case, we have a companion guide written by tony morrow, landmark cases, volume 22, and the issues cost $8.95. to get your copy go to cspan.org/landmark cases. >>> the senate energy and natural resources committee recently held a hearing to m measure the impact of weather events on the power grid. the chairman of the federal regulatory commission, and the assistant energy secretary for electric reliability testified. >>> we call this hear ing ing t order. i want to welcome everybody here, and senator mu koskcoskizg to be here shortly. i'd like the to start by calling on the ranking member, senator cantwell, to give your opening statement. >> good morning, i am sure that to

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to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by tony morrow. ii.mark cases, volume the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. now, to boston for massachusetts governor charlie baker's stay of the commonwealth address. among his priorities, the opioid epidemic, renewable energy, and transportation

guide written by tony morrow. landmark cases, volume two. to get your copy, go to c-span.org/landmark cases. ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," author and national correspondent for the atlantic , mark bowden. he discusses his book, "hue 1968: a turning point of the american war in vietnam." brian: mark bowden, hue, what was it? mark: a city in the war, the -- the scene of probably the biggest, bloodiest battle fought in the vietnam war. or with the the enemies call the , american vietnam war. brian: how did you approach this differently? mark: this is the first time a journalist like me would have access to get to meet -- vietnamese participants. i was able to tell the story through both the american soldiers and marines to five and -- who fought and also the vietnamese viet cong. i think as time is gone by there was a lot of documentation in the archives and hanoi as well as here in bethesda, maryland, at the national archives. there are also the records of the johnson administration at the lbj library. all of william westmoreland's papers a

better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony morrow. to get your copy, go to c-span.org/landmarkcases. >>> next week marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the vietnam war's offensive of vietcong and north vietnamese attack on more than 100 cities, towns and outposts across south vi ♪ >>> good evening, everyone. welcome to the newseum's theater. i'm chair of the moo newseum. we're here to mark the marines in tet, the battle that changed the vietnam war. this is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive, which, if you're a millennial, i'll explain it to you, was a coordinated offensive by vietcong and north vietnamese troops on more than 100 towns, cities and american and south vietnamese military facilities. it began on the night of january 30th, 1968. and i remember it well, because i was an intelligence clerk with mac fee at the time. our exhibit showcases the work of john olson who, like me, was a young army draftee. he was a photographer for "stars & stripes," the military's daily newspaper. and he spent three days i

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written by veteran supreme court journalist tony morrow. to get your copy, go to c-span.org/landmarkcases. >>> next week marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the vietnam war's offensive of vietcong and north vietnamese attack on more than 100 cities, towns and outposts across south vietnam. next we'll hear from mark boweden and three former u.s. marine who's fought during the offensive. >> good evening, everyone. and welcome to the museum's theater. i'm the chair of the museum and we're here to mark the opening of our latest exist. this is almost the 50th anniversary of the tett offensive, which is if you're a milli millennial, i'll explain it to you. a coordinated offensive between the vietcong and north vietnamese troops on more than 100 towns and cities and american and south vietnamese facilities. it began on the night of january 30th, 1968, and i remember it well because i was an intelligence clerk with mack v. at the time. our new exhibit showcases the work of john olson, who like me was a young army draftee. john was a phot

better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by a veteran supreme courtournals, tony morrow. $8.95 plussts shipping and handling. go to www.c-span.org /landmarkcases. up next, a forum on government ethics regulations for federal employees and president trump's decision to maintain control of his business operations while in office. they include the messenger, recusal for matters of conflict of interest, and protections for whistleblowers. nicole: good afternoon, everyone, and welcome. we are so happy to see you here this afternoon. i am nicole austin-hillery, and i serve as the director and counsel of the washington office of the brennan center for justice. we want to thank our friends here at nyu-d.c. and the nyu center for co-hosting this event with us this afternoon and for being such a great partner to the brennan center for justice. on behalf of the brennan center, we are pleased you have joined us for what we know will be an exciting and interesting conversation on presidential ethics law, and this ia

understand each case better, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony morrow. the book costs 895 -- $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to get your copy, go to www.c-span.org. synagoguer in the here in newport was built in 1763, which makes it the oldest synagogue of the only one surviving through coloni

better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony morrow. to get your copy, go to c-span.org/landmarkcases. >>> next week marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the vietnam war's offensive of vietcong and north vietnamese attack on more than 100 cities, towns and outposts across south vietnam. next we'll hear from mark boweden and three former u.s. marine who's fought during the offensive. >> good evening, everyone. and welcome to the museum's theater. i'm the chair of the museum and we're here to mark the opening of our

and to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by journalist tony morrow. it costsed 8.95 plus shipping and handling. go to c-span.org/landmarkcases. >> the president of the united states. [applause] >> tonight, president donald trump gives his first state of the union address to congress and nation, join us on c-span for a preview of the evening starting at 8 p.m. eastern. then the state of the union speech, live at 9 p.m. following this speech, the democratic response from congressman joe kennedy. we'll also hear your reaction and comments from members of congress. president trump's state of the union address tonight, live on c-span. listen live on the free c-span radio app and available live or on demand on your desk top, phone or tablet at c-span.org. >> and here on c-span2 the senate about to gavel in. working on the nomination to the 8th circuit court. a confirmation vote scheduled tore 2:15 eastern time after party lunches. tonight, senator

better understand each case we have a cam pan onguide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony morrow. landmark cases, volume 2. the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to order go to c-span.org/landmark cases. >> the office of inspector general late last year identified what it called deficiencies in the food and drug administration's oversight of the food recall process. the house commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations held a hearing on the issue. officials from both hhs and the fda testified. >>> the subcommittee convenes this hearing entitled safety of the u.s. food supply, and continuing concerns over the food and drug administration's food recall process. disease outbreaks from tainted food are an ongoing public health challenge. the centers for disease control estimates that each year one in six americans, 48 million people get sick from food borne illnesses, and 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. the number of multi-state food illness outbreaks is increasing, affecting greater numbers of americans and the number of vulnerable people over and immune

better understand each case we have a cam pan onguide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony morrow. landmark cases, volume 2. the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to order go to c-span.org/landmark cases. >> the office of inspector general late last year identified what it called deficiencies in the food and drug administration's oversight of the food recall process. the house commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations held a hearing on the issue. officials from both hhs and the fda testified.

better understand each case we have a companion guide written by better supreme court journalist tony morrow. landmark cases volume two, the book cost $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to get your copy go to c-span.org/landmark cases. thursday morning we're live in montgomery, alabama, for the next stop on the c-span bus 50 capitals to work. alabama senate president pro tempore del march will be our guest on the bus during "washington journal." starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern. >> witnesses from facebook, youtube and twitter talk about what the companies are doing to prevent criminal activity by users and the tech sectors cooperation with law enforcement. the senate commerce and finance committee held a hearing last week. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. i want to thank everyone for being a to examine what social media companies are doing to combat terrorism including terrorist propaganda and terrorist recruitment efforts online. the positive contributions of social media platforms

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and to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by tony morrow, landmarkase, volume two. the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to get your copy go to c-span.org/landmarkcases. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back to the "washington journal" dr. anthony fauci, director of national institute of allergy & infectious disease. doctor, always good to have you. talking about the flu season. guest: yes, indeed. host: so why is this on the record as becoming one of the worst that we've seen? guest: well there are a couple of reasons on the first thing you start up with the virus itself. and when you have a flu season, there are multiple viruses that circulate. they designated by certain letters and numbers. h 1 and n one. when it dominants a season, it is a bad virus. right away, you have one strike against you and right now, this is an h 3 n 2, a historically, if you look at the flu season over the last 10 years or soshes it's always the one that is associated with more severe disease, with more complication. you superimpose

better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony morrow. to get your copy, go to c-span.org/landmarkcases. >>> next week marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the vietnam war's offensive of vietcong and north vietnamese attack on more than 100 cities, towns and outposts across south vi ♪