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as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. and michael powell is president and ceo of the ncta which represents the cable companies, and he is our guest this week on "the communicators." mr. powell, before we get into some of the issues that affect your organizations directly, i want to ask you about a couple of ongoing issues. number one, what's happening right now with facebook? i want to get your take on that. >> guest: my own belief is what's happening to facebook today was predictable and inevitable to some degree. i think that, essentially, you have a brilliant platform-based advertising model that essentially emphasizes precision propaganda. and that precision propaganda can be used for good or for evil. and i think that you've had this mythology almost in the opening decade of the internet that information always wants to be free and

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to bring, we continue you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. this month on c-span, we feature our studentcam con -- contest winners. we asked middle and high school students to choose a provision of the u.s. constitution and illustrate why it is important to them. our second prize high school central winners are jonathan godfrey and jackson. oklahomaers in jenks, where c-span is available on cap's communication. in their winning entry, they tell us about the first amendment and freedom of the press. take a look. >> it has been a changing cultural stamp of america for over a century. first, we had word-of-mouth and then the newspapers. and then the radio. then the television. and now, the internet. how has the freedom of press affected these changes in media? impress isof the important to the people in the united states because the people expect us to tell them what is going on in the government and in their world. >> people d

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today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by people or satellite -- cable or satellite provider. >> the annual white house correspondents dinner association dinner gets underway this weekend. previous presidents have attended. president trump has opted not to attend for the second year in a row. the dinner celebrates journalists' first amendment rights to freedom of the press and honors reporters and news organizations for their work. maggie, first, congratulations. extensiven with your coverage of donald trump. it began before he was president. when did you begin reporting on him and where was that? >> i spent 14 years in your cite coverage of donald trump. tabloids for a very long time. working for the tabloids, you invariably covered donald trump in some way. he was omnipresent. he was a spicy quote who would make a story better. very long time. he showed up after 9/11 when he to pitch -- when he wanted to of the revamped version twin to

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created as aan was public service by america's companies.ision today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. next on american history tv, congressional research service analyst jane armstrong hudiburg talks about the life and legacy of suffragette, pacifist, and politician jeannette rankin. the first woman elected to congress. the u.s. capitol historical society posted this event. it is about 55 minutes. >> today, we are here to listen ,o jane armstrong hudiburg who is an old friend of the society. as i understand it only your first -- your first involvement falling in love with the capital was as a tour guide with the capital guide service. she was a writer and researcher for the senate history office.

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today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and of policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> earlier this evening, president trump announced that the u.s. was launching airstrikes in syria in cooperation with friends and the united kingdom. in response to the chemical weapons attack last weekend. his statement from the white house diplomatic room was just under 10 minutes.

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today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend, featuring museum tours, archival films and programs on the presidency, the civil war and more. here's a clip from a recent program. i'm asked, what are your favorite items in the museum? anh 3100 on exhibit and inventory of 100,000 to pick from, it's hard to say what that is. there is one. it's this one right here. ward,is julia howell who wrote a poem at 2:00 in the morning at the willard hotel. stub ofays, she took a a penciled by the candlelight available to her and wrote down what she said god gave her to write down. she showed it to her daughter the next morning and it was all scripture she had written down, but it formed a poem. her daughter said, mom, you should have this published. she took it to a publisher and he published it. she created the battle hymn of the republic. that one piece of paper that she that

and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> wells fargo ceo tim sloan spoke on the the detroit economic club recently, touching on the economy, trade, taxes, and his bank's actions since it was revealed wells fargo had opened customer accounts without their permission. >> i would like to thank my fellow d.c. members for your ongoing commitment to the health and vitality of our state and its future. our state's greatest institutions are at their best when they tackle challenges as partners who seek to drive prosperity and enhance our communities. today's speaker and moderator have track records of leading organizations that do just that. they have deep roots in our state and have achieved significant success in their professional fields. tim sloan grew up here in birmingham, michigan. he earned a bachelor's degree in economics and history.

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as a public service by america's cable television companies and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king jr. we will be live at the civil rights museum plaza in front of the motel to mark the occasion. it includes replaying and remarks by civil rights leaders. later at 8:00 p.m.

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and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> next on lectures in history, rhodes college professor charles mckinney teaches a class about early civil rights efforts during the world war ii era. this is 45 minutes. >> all right. good afternoon. let's spend a bit of time discussing world war ii and the african-american experience. or what i like to call the movement before the movement. right? african-american participation in thing about world war ii, grappling with the various issues and challenges that the 1940s present. so today's reading "what the negro wants." in this reading we see some pretty clear unanimity in terms of african-american leadership saying in a fairly full chorus, right, that segregation needs to go. and this is a shock to white southern liberals. all right? and moderates all across the nation. and so the question for today that we're going to answer is how do we get there?

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the 1979 c-span was created as a public service to the television companies and we bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court in public policy events. c-span is brought to buy your cable or satellite provider. >> michael is president and ceo which represents the cable companies. before we get into some of the issues that affect your organizations directly, i want to ask about ongoing issues. what's happening right now with facebook? >> my belief is that was happening today is predictable in some degree. essentially you have a brilliant platform base model that emphasizes precision propaganda. that can be used for good or evil. you had this mythology on the opening decade of the internet that information eyes wants to be free and openness is always good. i don't think it's thinking through the way one can inject into that. as various forces has matured, learning how to to take advantage of this for their own purposes. it's an extraordinary moment but when that's predictable. the government has been desensitized to this for some time. there's no way can

as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. ... >> is actually reasonably stable and in some ways it is an industry that has gone through the wireless side a very tough. through a series of price wars and now it is looking a bit more stable than it has of course with all kinds of challenges those are not getting any easier but on the cable side of the there is tremendous change with traditional video disappearing rather quickly and broadband coming to what i would characterize as a natural maturity with broadband penetration is high and growth is decelerating so different segments each have their own story. >> what have we been reading about? >> on the cable side of the business cord cutting is clearly affecting the satellite companies the most. satellite operators dick long -- dish tv and dish network have no broadband have to fall back on. and

today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme eventsand public policy in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> sunday, a 1968 america in turmoil, conservative politics and disenchantment with the size of government gave the rise of the political right and republican presidential victory. ronald reagan made his debut as a presidential candidate, foreshadowing the conservative revolution to come. watch 1968 america in turmoil, live on sunday and 8:30 eastern on c-span's washington journal. >> yesterday evening president trump announced the u.s. was launching airstrikes in syria. in cooperation with france and the u.k., in part of a response to the alleged chemical attacks taking place last weekend, killing more than 40 people and inju

you don't hear from him very often in a unfiltered way. week responded to unfiltered questions and i was fairly impressed. i am not sure that we don't hear from him very often, but he can do it. david: he is paid to take questions that are unscripted. emily: it looks like the hearing is beginning. you are going to be hearing the opening statements from the chairman and ranking members of the senate commerce and senate just very committee -- and mark zuckerberg will make his opening remarks and then the question link will get underway. that is key. senator chuck grassley is now speaking, he is the chair of the senate judiciary committee and will get his opening remarks and then potentially turn it over to senator diane feinstein, the ranking member of the senate judiciary committee. and then presumably will tend to the senate commerce committee, and care from john thune and ranking member bill nelson, all of them had the opportunity to meet with mark zuckerberg yesterday. fromcame out, and we heard senator nelson, talking about mark zuckerb

created as aan was public service by america's television companies and we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of the white house, the supreme court and public policy events. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. announcer 2: 50 years ago on march 16, 1968, senator robert f kennedy announced his run for the president. building is now named the kennedy conference room. at the team the leading candidate was lyndon johnson who had won the new hampshire primary a week ago, edging out senator eugene mccarthy. "reel america," the press conference as broadcast by cbs news. following the 40 minute event, cbs interview senator mccarthy to get his response. the program originally scheduled at this time will not be seen in in order that we may bring you the following special broadcast. the news conference of senator robert f. kennedy live from washington. first from new york, cbs news correspondent roger mudd. roger good morning. : we are broadcasting this morning the announcement of democratic senator robert f. kennedy of new york that he will be a candidate for the pres

as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> president trump posted participants of the 2000 -- 2018 onnded warrior project thursday. next, he delivers remarks to the group. it is 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, accompanied by dan nevin and micah linton. ♪ [applause] president trump: please, thank you very much. i am thrilled to kick off of the wounded warrior project soldier ride and to be with you, folks. it is such an honor. i know some of you. we have dealing together for more than a year. i watched you get better and stronger. you are stronger than all of us. i want to thank you all for being here. thank you very much. [applause] on stage with me our wounded warriors from the air force, the army, the navy, and the marine corps and we salute you. we thank you, and we will forever be grateful for the sacrifice

bring you unfiltered, -- coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy of ensign washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. earlier this evening, president trump announced the u.s. was launching airstrikes in syria. cooperation with france and the u.k., in part of a response to the alleged chemical attacks taking place last week in, killing more than 40 people and injuring hundreds. his a statement was just under 10 minutes. pres. trump: my fellow americans, a short time ago, i ordered the united states armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian dictator bashar al-assad. with thened operation armed forces of france and the united kingdom is now underway. we think them both. tonight i want to speak with you about why we have taken this action. one year ago,

today we bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house and supreme court. >> acting irs commissioner. before the senate finance committee to talk about tax policy. senator orrin hatch chairs this hearing. >> the committee will come to order. we're going to start with my partner today because he is to get back to the floor. but i will give my statement. >> chairman, i want to thank you for your courtesy. you always go to great lengths to give me opportunities to juggle a hectic schedule. we're getting ready to introduce a big agriculture bill. so i appreciate making the opening statement. we'll keep it brief and then come back. daniel hearing on tax filing typically inspires enthusiasm most people bring to a prolonged root canal procedure. but this year there's tax policy issues with serious consequences for millions of americans. small businesses are stuck in a bureaucratic twilight zone. there's confusion about how the new tax law works. on tested policies, sloppy drafting and outright mistakes in the law. in addition there's a trump cabinet turf battle that is added to

today we continue to ping you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> next, a hearing on border security after reports of a caravan of migrants traveling through mcwas headed toward the u.s. southern border. president trump signed a memorandum to send national guard troops to the southern border. >>> subcommittee on national security will come to order without objection, the member of the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. over the course of 2 1/2 weeks we have heard news of the southern border. we're here to discuss the arise of the an niche callish called . people are taken credit for organizing the effort, they plan to provide humanitarian aid to refugees and what they're doing now is undermining the rule of law. ten years now the group afforded -- through mexico encouraging many to continue to the united states to take advantage of asylum laws. this year they draw their biggest crowd yet, more than 1200

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as a public service by america's cable television companies and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and policy.com events in washington d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provid provider. well, nearly 100 members of congress questioned mark zuckerberg this past week in two congressional hearings that began at the look at facebook's role at election 2016. what was discussed and what potential outcomes of the investigation is our topic this week on the communicators and two long time washington insiders are here at the table to help us break down the hearings. lee goodman is an attorney. he's a former member of the federal election commission and, in fact, former chair of fcc annual-- and nuala o'connor. let's begin with you. what were the facebook hearings originally about and what did we learn over the two days. >> i think the inquiry starts with a perception at least somehow what people saw on-line affected their understanding of the world in the context of the most recent electio