when you think about it, it's rather unsentimental. the thing you would expect an engineer to say. that's one of the keys to understanding his life. his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. up next on american artifacts, we travel to northeastern france, to trace the steps of american soldiers during the 18's. of the early 19 and but first up a film to describe the u.s. military at the time. cost thermans will the ames river, in a relentless force. and in three days, the german site had reached the river and was less than 40 miles from paris. there was the second and third u.s. division to help withstand the onslaught.

when you stop to think about it it's rather unsentimental. sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. that is one of the keys to understanding his life. his success. and everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span q&a. >>> washington post reporter bob woodward is a washington journal guest monday at 7:00 eastern talking about his new book, fear, trump in the white house. on tuesday at 8:30 a.m. eastern former independent counsel can start joins us to discuss his book, contempt, a memoir of the clinton investigation. watch next week. on c-span washington journal. >>> now to a discussion on the means by wish russia was witching to exacerbate critical divisions of the u.s. as well as what countermeasures were in place to combat that interference. the heritage foundation host this event. it's about one hour 20 minutes.

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it is an unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. this 17th anniversary on terroristber 11, 2001 attacks, we are joined by the expert from the rand corporation. where are we on the war on terror? be a balance sheet of pluses and frustrations. we have succeeded in degrading the operational capabilities and plundered al qaeda. was of the territory that taken by isis has been recovered. truly degraded their operational capabilities, particularly their ability to carry out large-scale, ambitious attacks in the united states. they have been largely reduced to haveexploitation homegrown terrorists carry out attacks. in that regard, they have had some measure of success. dozenhave been about two attacks over the 17 year. .- 17 year period these have resulted in over 100 deaths, and average about six a year. seen -- in the immediate shadow of 9/11, we were concerned about further 9/11 scale att

which, when you stop to think about it, is a rather unsentimental -- and the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. and that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success, in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. hearing. mr. royce: the committee will come to order. we meet today to consider a single item. pursuant to notice for purposes of markup i call up house lu

en raised i am absolutely unsentimental and couldn't bear to do that. the diplomacy center requested it. it truly makes my heart feel good that this suit has a home in such a peaceful place. >> one of the things that saved a lot of people from being injured or killed was it was not a concussion grenade 10 seconds before the bomb went off. i have to say i'm thankful even personally because when the bomb went off my instinct was to get up and go out the window. so many people did that. not only people working at the u.s. embassy but all over downtown nairobi. so many people had eye injuries when the ball did go off and after the concurrent version -- after the concussion grenade. >> you are right. there were about 5000 people wounded in nairobi. one of the true perpetrators threw a stun grenade, which human instinct, you go to the window if you hear a loud noise. please don't go to the window. ironically i was the last one up. responses are pretty good but i swear to you after 70 security briefings, there was this -- i did get up and was blown back. not b

i am unsentimental and know how to throw things out, but i could not bear to do that. the diplomacy center requested it and it makes my heart feel good that the suit has a home in such a peaceful place. one of the things that saved , therefrom being injured was not aching is -- a concussion grade -- grenade. i am thankful because when the bomb went off my instinct was to look at the window. and so many people did that. all over downtown. so many had high injuries when the bomb went off seconds later. >> there were 5000 people injured in nairobi because one of the perpetrators through a stun grenade. human instinct, is to go to the window if you hear allows noise. ironically, i was the last one up. good butses are pretty after so many security briefings, i don't think i did get up. most of the wounds of the were from the chest up and very bloody. i returned to the bomb site the once i had left the building with my colleagues, we got first a, then i went to our building being used as a crisis center. returned toning i what was a tomb of an mc. i was given by our security

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when you think about it that is a rather unsentimental, the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. and uniformedn leaders of the pentagon and a former nasa administrator spoke of the center for strategic and international studies in washington dc about the trump administration plan to create a u.s. space force. this is just over 90 minutes. >> i congratulate you for being the brave ones who came to the terrible reign. it dissuaded some of our colleagues. of csi s.resident when we have public events, we start with a safety announcement. i am responsible for all of you. wewe have to do anything, will go through that door over there because it is the closest to the street. to ground level through the emergency exit and take two left-hand turns and a andt to national geographic i will buy everyone's tickets to see titanic. it is a great show. discovering the titanic was a cover story for the navy finding the scorpion. we lost the scorpion, one of our

when you stop and think about it is, is a rather unsentimental sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. and that's one of the keys to understanding his life, his success, in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created 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. >>> coming up next, a discussion on the trump administration's plan to create a u.s. space force. we'll hear from former deputy defense secretary robert worth and former nasa administrator sean o'keefe. this is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. >> good morning, everybody. welcome. i congratulate you for being the brave ones who came through the terrible rain. it didn't dissuade some of our colleagues. i'm john hamre, president here. when we have

when you think about it, it is a rather unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineersay. that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. brian: as we continue our serious -- our series on the presidency, go back to the beginning of herbert hoover, where did he come from and where did it start? richard: his life began in august of 1874, and will grant was in the white house. his father was a blacksmith. jesse hoover. , they were both quakers, which meant she was an equal presence in the church, community, the home. she was a lay preacher, if you will. religion was a significant part of his early days. -- and again, it seems to me such a window on his later shortcomings, if you will, as a politician in particular. he remembered as a boy sitting barrenstark, cold, meetinghouse the quakers used in west branch, in his seat -- his feet did not even touch the floor. along with all the adults, men on one side, women on the other, toting for the divine light illuminate his life and move him to speak as it moved others in the con

when you stop to think about it, it's an unsentimental, the sort of thing you would expect him to say and that one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday at eight eastern on q&a. american history tv is in prime time next week on c-span3. starting monday at 8 pm eastern, a discussion on the role of black teachers in the south who fought against school segregation with emory university professor melissa walker. tuesday, a symposium on the concept ofliberty, exploring how the ideas of freedom, law and liberty have changed throughout history. wednesday on oral history, our women in congress . continues with i recommend lynn will be and nancy johnson. historians look at the role of espionage and us conflict and on friday, one real america, world war ii own serious why we fight about the outbreak of world war ii the pearl harbor and the rise ofauthoritarianism in germany and japan . what american three tv on c-span3. with the control of congress in question this election day, see the competition for yourself on c-span. watch debates fr

hoover said, when all is said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. ,hich is a rather unsentimental the sort of thing would expect an engineer to set. and that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern. now, clarence thomas shares his view on the law, politics, and the judicial process. he spoke at an event in fort worth, texas. >> >> one of the women >> at dinner was saying that he was one of the first women she met at washington. and what a nice fellow he was and all the great impressions he had made. saying --start out by asking a question of you all. how many of you personally remember the robert confirmation hearings? how many of you were not even born during? [laughter] is fewer than i would have thought, but what this reveals is that this is a very young audience. and this is what the federalist society has done. it has inspired to generations of lawyers who did not find a sympathetic, traditionalist voice in the law schools. and given coherence and an opportunity to debate and think about the

when you stop and think about it, it's a rather unsentimental, thing you would say and engineer to that's one of the keys to understanding his life, success, everything but the presidency. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. lectures in history, arizona state university professor jonathan barth teaches a class about the rise of andrew jackson and his presidency. it focuses on jackson's clashes with wig party members henry -- webster and the bank wars of the 1830's. class is about 55 minutes. >> good morning everybody, and welcome to american history. my name is jonathan barth. you all know me as professor barth. i am a history professor at arizona state university, in conjio

that is a rather unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. that is one of the keys to understanding his life. his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. at the state department friday, secretary of state mike pompeo accused his predecessor of actively undermining u.s. policy. when asked about reports of john kerry meeting with iranian officials. secretary pompeo also talked about election security, north korea, and hurricane response efforts. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. started, i want to let our fellow americans know who are affected by hurricane florence that our players are with them. -- prayers are with them.

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when you stop and think about it is an unsentimental, the sort of thing you would expect an engineerto say. that's one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. leading up to the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i on november 11, every weekend on american history tv we are featuring special programs about the war. in late july 1918 general -- created the first army under his command of the many steps are taken to concentrate forces at one point on the line. that point was. >> the weather was horrible. it was raining and it was chilly the americans launch the attack heading north in the direction of where we were. the germans who had occupied have begin a withdrawal and they were starting to move their troops but they didn't move them quick enough. by the end of the day of the 12th americans reach not only the object is that many of the objectives for the following day so i made morning of september september 13 it had been liberated. the congressional class -- hispan

when you stop to think about it is an unsentimental, the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. and that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success, in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8 pm eastern. next a look at the political situation in iraq. after parliamentary elections were held earlier this year, panelists discuss the u.s. involvement in iraqi security operations. in the hudson institute this is 1.5 hours. >> thank you for coming to the hudson institute. my name is michael pregent. vivian salama will be monitoring the panel today, a lot of time in the middle east and she's the right person to moderate michigan hold us to our answers and what we have to say. to my immediate left is michael pregent four, always a pleasure to have you here. >> thank you. >> wearing your nice seersucker suit. going to have an all seersucker panel one day. and ahmad majidyar, thank you for being here. i'm going to handed over to you and we can begin. >> thank you all for joining us. i'm always happy to speak about a country that is dear to my heart. i was

when you stop to think about it it is a rather unsentimental that is the type of thing you would expect an engineer to say. sunday night on c-span q&a. >>> washington post reporter on tuesday at 8:30 am eastern, former independent counsel can start discusses his booked, contempt. a memoir of the clinto

which when you stop to think about it, is a rather unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say, and that's one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." . >>> up next, foreign policy experts discuss russian efforts to influence the u.s. and other parts of the world and what the united states is doing to counter the threat. from heritage foundation, this is just under an hour and a half. >>> all right. let's get started. i am helle dale, senior

when you stop to think about it it is a rather unsentimental that is the type of thing you would expect an engineer to say. sunday night on c-span q&a. >>> washington post reporter on tuesday at 8:30 am eastern, former independent counsel can start discusses his booked, contempt. a memoir of the clinton investigation. watch next week on c-span journal. and now the chair of the national republican committee, he took questions from reporters and he spoke about rates across the country as

that is a rather unsentimental thing to say.nderstanding his life and success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> "washington journal" continues. host: michael greenberger, director for the center for health and homeland security at the university of maryland. what do you think about the response to hurricane florence so far? guest: so far, i think everything is on track. in terms of responding to an emergency, we are in the very early stages. as the hurricane or tropical storm leaves more water in its wake, we are going to see a need for coordination between the locals, the state, and the federal government. especially after the hurricane passes by in terms of restoration, putting things back the way they were, that is going to require a lot of work. right now, things seem to be going to plan. host: the first responders are usually the first ones out when the hurricanes come through. what do we see right now? what can people expect to see if you are still in that impacted zone? guest: hopefully

when you stop to think about it, is a rather unsentimental -- wouldrt of thing you expect an engineer to say, and that's one of the keys to understanding his life, his success, in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. of the look at some cybersecurity threats in the aviation sector. industryfficials and representatives testified at a house homeland security subcommittee hearing last month. it's about an hour and a half. >> good morning. the committee on homeland security, subcommittee on cybersecurity and infrastructure protection and transportation and protective security will come to order. the subcommittees are meeting today to receive testimony regarding the cybersecurity posture of this nation's aviation sector. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. now, i'm grateful to be holding this hearing this morning with good friend and chairman of the transportation and protective security subcommittee, john katko. i want to thank him for convening this hearing with me iday to examine a topic that think fits hand and glove with the secu

which, when you think about it, it is a rather unsentimental thing, the sort of thing you would expectgineer to say. that is one of the keys to understanding his life. his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern, on c-span's q&a. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. 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. >>> the senate foreign relations committee held a hearing to consider ambassador nominees to morocco, bangladesh, uzbekistan, and somalia. they questioned nominees about food security, human rights and middle east terrorism. this is an hour and a half.

it's an unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. and that's one of the keys to understanding his life. his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> up next, a discussion on space based missile defense priorities with pentagon officials, including the head of the missile defense agency. they talk about potential threats and the lat

when you stop to think about it, it is unsentimental. disorder think you would expect an engineer to say. it is key to understanding his life and success, everything but the presidency. next, a look at the cyber security threats in the aviation sector. federal officials and industry representatives testify at a subcommittee hearing last month. it is about an hour and a half. cyber security and infrastructure protection will come to order. the subcommittees are meeting today to receive testimony regarding the cyber security posture of this nation's aviation sector. i'll recognize myself for an opening statement. i'm grateful to be holding here this morning with my good friend, i want to thank him for convening this hearing with me today to examine topics hand in fwhofb with the security of our -- glove with the security of our nation. i have always said that cyber security is national security. traditional avenue was attack are not what first come to mind. these threats like hijackings and bombings will continue to pose a major security c

it's an unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. and that's one of the keys to understanding his life. his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> up next, a discussion on space based missile defense priorities with pentagon officials, including the head of the missile defense agency. they talk about potential threats and the latest technology hosted by the missile defense advocacy alliance. it's 90 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. >> we're going to start this. welcome to our 20th congressional roundtable. i'm the founder and chairman of the advocacy missile alliance. we have one mission statement. we believe the world is a safer place with the deployment and development of missile defense. and we advocate around the world and throughout our country. i've also been engaged with missile defense since 1980, when our nation did not have a missile defense capability. and now we do. we've had a phenomenal movement from those days to where we have a limited capabili

which when you stop to think about it, is a rather unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say, and that's one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." . >>> up next, foreign policy experts discuss russian efforts to influence the u.s. and other parts of the world and what the united states is doing to counter the threat. from heritage foundation, this is just under an hour and a half. >>> all right. let's get started. i am helle dale, senior fellow and public -- studies at the heritage foundation and one of the subjects i have thought over the past many years is russia's attempts at influencing democracies and policies throughout europe and in the united states as well. i have been blown away by the way a lot of people have discovered this problem since the last election, people who would previously not have been very interested in the subject, but it is of great importance. now that it is here, let's talk about not just how the rest -- to influence the political

which, when you stop to think about it, is a rather unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expectsay. and that's one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> washington post reporter bob woodward is our washington journal guest monday at seven a.m. eastern talking about his new book, "fear: trump in the white house." and then on tuesday at 8:30 a.m. eastern, former independent counsel ken starr joins us to discuss his book, "contempt: a memoir of the clinton investigation."

it's a rather unsentimental thing that you would expect an engineer to say and that's one of the keys to understanding his life his success in everything but the presidency. sunday night at eight eastern p.m. next a panel discussion on the ongoing nafta negotiations between the u.s., canada and mexico. from the johns hopkins university campus. this is one hour and 40 minutes. okay. so, welcome to our nafta apocalypse panel. looking at the latest developments under nafta we have i hope a very interesting, a very very distinguished set of painless and hopefully an extremely interesting discussion as well. given that all of these issues are playing out as we go along. let me just give you a brief antidote of how this event came about for a couple of weeks ago i was walking out going across the street to nearby to brookings for lunch. and i ran into mary and another colleague of ours from the peterson institute where i'm also affiliated and and chris walked by. and the four of us got into a conversation about nafta evidently because the announcement had just been made that the u.s. and me

when you stop to think about it, it's a rather unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say, and that's one of the keys to understanding his life, his success, in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern, on c-span's q&a. washington post reporter bob woodward is our washington journal guest monday at 7:00 a.m. eastern, talking about his new book "fear, trump in the white house". and then on tuesday at 8:30 a.m. eastern, former independent counsel ken starr joins us to discuss his book "contempt, a memoir of the clinton investigation". watch next week on c-span's washington journal. >> earlier this morning, vice president mike pence and defense secretary james mattis participated in a 9/11 observance ceremony at the pentagon. this is an hour. >> well, to the pentagon community and the pentagon family that's here, and all those who are joining us by broadcast, we welcome you. we welcome you to our 9/11 memorial and today's pentagon

when you stop to think about it, it is unsentimental. disorder think you would expect an engineer to say. it is key to understanding his life and success, everything but the presidency. next, a look at the cyber security threats in the aviation sector. federal officials and industry representatives testify at a subcommittee hearing last month. it is about an hour and a half.

stop to think about it, it is a rather unsentimental, the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. and that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success, in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern, on c-span's q and a. earlier this week, former intelligence officials discussed the relationship between the president and the intelligence community. speakers included former cia director michael hayden, former director of national intelligence james clapper, and former nsa director michael rogers. from george mason university, this is 90 minutes. >> good evening, everyone. i am mark rozell. i serve as the dean of the schar school of policy and government here at george mason university and we host the michael hayden center for intelligence policy and international security. i am delighted to welcome you to the first hayden center event of this academic year -- secrets, presidents and dissent. we are pleased to have the general here as a member of the faculty here at george mason university where he has been teaching for us for the past deca

--s a rather unsentimental the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. and that is one of the keys to understanding his life. his success in everything but the president say. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created by as a public service. 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. it is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> the icc is an intergovernmental organization based in the islands. mr. bolton's remarks are just under an hour. >>

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which, when you start to think about it, is a rather unsentimental, the sort of thing you would expectan engineer to say, and that's one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> "washington post" reporter woodward is our washington journal guest monday at 7:00 a.m. eastern talking about his new book "fear: trump in the white house." and then on tuesday at 8:30 a.m. eastern, former independent counsel ken starr jones us to discuss his book, "contempt: a memoir of the clinton investigation." watch next week on c-span's washington jufrm. journal. up next, president barack obama talks about the current political climate and civic engagement during an awards ceremony at the university of illinois, he encouraged students to take part in the upcoming noer

when you think about it is rather unsentimental.he thing you would expect from an engineer to say. that's one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. c-span, where history unfolds daily, in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television company. to bring continue unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. end around the country. -- and around the country. c-span's brought to you by or cable or satellite provider. woodward's are washington journal guest on monday at 7 a.m. eastern, talking about his new book, fear: a trump in the white house. star -- 8:30,kim can a star joins us to discuss his book, contempt, a memoir of the clinton investigation. washington journal continues. host: today marks eight weeks until election day 2018 and the last primary days of the cycle. joining us to talk about it is steven shepard, the campaign editor for poli

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when you think about it, it is an unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to. that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. thursday morning, watch the senate judiciary committees debate and vote on the nomination of judge kavanaugh to the supreme court. >> if this man is successfully nominated he could become the deciding vote on major legal issues that americans care deeply about. >> i now move to report from the committee the nomination of brett kavanaugh to be associate court. of the supreme >>>> follow the process live thursday morning and 9:30 eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or the free c-span radio app. >> monday night on the communicators a discussion with the u.s. telecom president on developing 5-g and the expansion of broadband throughout the united states. he is interviewed by the tech and telecom reporter for "the hill." providersnd are ready to work with any democratic or republican, to advance pro-investment policies that will guide development and the

when you stop and think about it is, is a rather unsentimental sort of thing you would expect an engineerto understanding his life, his success, in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created 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.