watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> host: mr. harrison, what is pandora and how does it work? >> guest: it is what you may known as a personalized radio service. our technology is what sets us apart. our music genome primary. it was founded by a musician himself. he was frustrated because it was difficult for him to communicate with drouirectors. a director would say i want music that sounds like x and the director would say this sounds like x and he would no, no, something that sounds like x. so his idea was you could breakdown music into its genes and map that up to 450 different characterist characteristics and create something that looked at every song. just by way of example, think of vocalist, nora jones, very light and breathy. compare her to tom yates or bob dillion. that is just one example of the ways in which musicolgist will analyze the song and categorize the genes. then we use collective intelligence. so think of that as how a song plays for everybody on the service. if you have a station you seeded with the almond

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. .. with the wearable technology, first f all, is this on the market? >> guest: thank you, peter. actually, we're demonstrating google glass today. it's not currently on the market. we're in the experimental phase. this is one of our earlier models, you're likely to see some models out and about that are a little bit different, but right now we're showing our floor model. we're very much getting this version of google glass in the hands of as many explorers as possible and gathering their feedback or what they think we cannism prove about it. >> host: so what can people do with it? >> guest: you can actually do a lot of things you can do with your phone nowadays. you can send messages, make calls, take pictures and record videos. you can do a lot of the things we're doing in a hands-free way so that you could control google glass with touch and with voice -- [inaudible] in front of our face holding up a camera, just not experiencing the word -- the world fully. >> host: so if you were to

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter.p next on american history tv, president truman's grandson joins atomic bomb survivors from hiroshima and nagasaki to discuss the lasting legacy of the nuclear attack that ended world war ii in the pacific. it was president truman who order the attacks. president truman's grandson, clifton truman daniel, also participated in the discussion. this event was hosted by the japan society. it is about one hour and 10 minutes long. >> it's a very exciting time to be involved in nuclear abolition, that is getting rid of all nuclear weapons. there has been some signifigant the martial islands last week filed a suit in the international court of justice against the nine countries that have nuclear weapons for their failure to negotiate in good faith to abolish nuclear weapons in the world. there's also been two international conferences recently where 120 citizen groups have called for a complete ban of nuclear weapons for humanitarian and environmental reasons. they call for a ban because nucle

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> we're taking the opportunity while congress is on break to show you some of the american history programs you would normally see on weekends,8(d he on c-span3. we begin with army veterans, on what it was like on the front lines during world war ii. including their experiences as part of the d-day invasion of nazi occupied france. then the wives and children of soldiers discuss their memories of world war ii, including pearl harbor, d-day and president franklin roosevelt's death. that's followed by author rick atkinson on the significance of the allied invasion of sicily and the italian campaign, to the eventual liberation of europe. friday, 8:00 p.m. eastern, a history tour looking at the civil war. saturday 6:30 p.m. eastern, the communicators visits a technology fair on capitol hill. sunday on q&a, political commentator, author and former presidential candidate pat buchanan. hillary clinton, barack obama, and edward snowden. saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, daniel hellber. and saturday morning at 10:30, we visit the s

created by the cable tv industry , watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. each week, american history tv's real america rings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. on august 27, 1964, president lyndon b. johnson accepted the presidential nomination of the democratic national convention in atlantic city, new jersey. lbj than a year earlier, was sworn in following president kennedy's assassination. he would go on to win the general election against republican senator barry goldwater. [applause] >> the needs that we seek to fill, the hopes that we seek to not our needs or our hopes along. hopesre the needs and the of most of the people. careamericans want medical for older citizens, and so do i. most americans want fair and stable prices and decent income and so do i. most americans want a decent home and -- in a decent neighborhood for all, and so do i. most americans want an education for every child to the limit of his abilities, and so do i. [applause] most americans want a job for every man who wants to work, and so do i. [appla

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and followers on twitter. .. for more information about this weekend's television schedule visit us online at booktv.org. >> stephen grant talks about henry and emily folger, a collection of shakespeare books and manuscripts they started collecting in 1885 and creation of the folger shakespeare library. this was toasted by politics and prose bookstore in washington d.c.. is just under an hour. >> thank you, justin, and thank you, politics and prose. authors are so lucky politics and prose is here for them. biographers seek to capture a life. in this case it was two lives. i rode the dual biography of henry and emily "hamlet". a couple from brooklyn. henry and emily norton folger were born in the 1850s when many american families have only two books in their library. the bible and shakespeare. they died childless in the 1930s. i searched in vain for someone who remembered them. the closest i got was an octogenarian who had attended the dedication of the folger library in 1932 on shakespeare's birthday in presence

>> watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> coming on booktv in prime time. books on foreign policy. first, a discussion on the conflict in ukraine, then a look at the return of the taliban in afghanistan, and later an interview with a pepperdine foreign policy professor. >> on the next washington journal, bob cue zack is our guest and carl smit will be here to discuss funding to combat the disease and his role advocating for those living with hiv/aids. >> here is some of the highlights for this weekend. friday at 8 p.m. eastern, a history tour looking at the civil war. saturday, the communicators visits a technology fair. and on sunday pat buchanan. and surveillance transparency act at 10 p.m. on afterwards the weekly standings. and on sunday morning we tour casper, wyoming. and then the negro leagues monar monarch. and an interview with herbert hoover. let us know what you think about what you see. e-mail or call us. join the conversation. like us on facebook or follow us on twitter. >> next a discussion on the conflict in ukraine. it was part of this year'

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> 40 years ago, on august 8, 1974, the country waited as news spread of president nixon's intention to resign in the aftermath of the watergate scandal. up next on american history tv, the last 30 minutes of the cbs news special report from that evening, leading into president nixon's oval office address to the nation. >> this is a cbs news special report. here again is walter cronkite. >> president nixon makes what it seems will be his last address from the white house. he goes on the air, and it is reported he will announce his resignation as president of the united states. that has seemed to be the fact in the last nine and a half hours at any rate as he called , the vice president into the office for a private conversation. he reportedly told him he has decided and will announce tonight on his resignation. george herman is at capitol hill for the senate view on the question which now is being asked on whether some sort of immunity might be offered to the president against prosecution for any wrongdoing in the white hou

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> just this week burger king announced it was buying canadian company to importance that would move there corporate headquarters to canada for tax purposes. we look into companies that use this tactic to avoid certain taxes. this washington note segment is about 40 minutes. >> host: on wednesday our last hour here, we take a look at recent magazine articles as part of our spotlight on magazine. today the focus of the cover of "fortune" magazine with the headline positively un-american, big time companies are moving their headquarters overseas to dodge billions in taxes. allan sloan wrote this be. he joins us from new york this one. let's begin with the technical word for how companies do that, do this and that is inversion. what does this mean? >> guest: inversion is a polite way of saying that a company deserts the united states, moves its headquarters to another country, but everything else stays the same as it is. it does much less tax than what if it had not left the united states. >> host: how are companies able to do

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> host: and our guest this week on "the communicators" is chris harrison who is vice president at pandora media. mr. harrison, what is pandora, and how does it work? >> guest: peter, thanks for having me. pandora, as you may know, is a personalized internet radio service. what distinguishes pandora is our technology, primarily our music genome project. so pandora was founded by tim westergram, a musician himself. he grew frustrated as a composer because it was difficult for him to communicate with directors. a director would say i want music that sounds like x, and tim would say, well, this sounds like x, and the director would say, no, no, no, i want something that sounds like x. and tim's idea was that you could break down music into its constituent parts or its genes, and then you could map those genes across up to 450 different characteristics so that you could create this common taxonomy that looked at every song. just by way of an example, think of vocalists, think of nora jones, if you know her music, very light and

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> next, television talk show dr. efending the language and diet products he focuses on in his show. his comments came during a senate commerce subcommittee hearing on fraudulent weight loss ads. mary engel with the ftc was also among the witnesses. senator claire mccaskill chairs the hour and 40 minute

c-span3 watch us in hd, like this on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> each week, "american artifacts" takes viewers into archives, museums, and historic sites around the country. next we visit the national cryptologic museum, located just north of washington d.c. on the campus of the national security agency, to learn about the making and breaking of secret codes, and their role in u.s. history. this second of a two-part program includes a look at the breaking of japanese diplomatic and naval codes in world war ii. >> hello, i'm patrick weadon, the curator of the national cryptologic museum. when we use the word cryptology, we mean simply the making and breaking of codes. during my time as curator i've noticed a trend, and it's basically this. many people come into this museum and they don't know what cryptology is, they really have no clue. but they leave highly impressed and the reason is because during the time that they're here, they learn about some of the amazing stories about how throughout time individuals and organizations, nation states, have been able to get critical infor

watch us in hd, like us object facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> our coverage of the dwight d.eisenhower presidential library d-day commemoration continues with stories from the homefront during world war ii. soldiers' wives and children who grew up in the 1940s talk about writing letters to enlisted men abroad. how schools engaged in the war and memories of pearl harbor and d-day. this is 40 minutes. >>> in his book "the second world war," the late distinguished military historian john keegan writes, the second world war is the largest single event in history. it killed hundreds of human beings and materially devastated much of the heartland of civilization. this largest single event in human history affected life here in abilene as well as in communities around the world and where our panelists were during the war. i'll begin our introductions with our abilene resident my immediate right marge olson. marge spent part of the war in texas and oklahoma as she followed her husband from post to post and including time in a defense plant in amarillo, texas, i know we'll talk about.

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> 40 years ago, on august 8, 1974, the country waited as news spread of president nixon's intention to resign in the aftermath of the watergate scandal. up next on american history tv, the last 30 minutes of the cbs news special report from that evening, leading into president nixon's oval office address to the nation. >> this is a cbs news special report. here again is walter cronkite. >> president nixon makes what it

watch us in hd and like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> next on the presidency, political science professor michael nelson explains how and why richard nixon's victory came at a pivotal time in american politics. that year was marked by the assassinations of robert f kennedy and martin luther king jr.. nelson describes how it nixon won over and alienated electorate. hosted by the southern methodist university center of presidential history, this event is about 50 minutes. >> the first thing the speaker wants to know when he is invited to speak at a different institution like sme of, who will be an -- smu, who will be in the audience? willoughby 20-year-olds -- will it be 20-year-olds? or will it be people with a memory of that election? be a mixr was, it'll of people which were no use at all. make some general remarks about the election and specific remarks and give you this handout which is a kind of do not talk about them in my prepared remarks and an interest about pursuing, you will have the opportunity to do that and the question and answer. i would not try to give yo

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. of nick at this seth rogan testifies at a senate appropriations subcommittee hearing on alzheimer's disease focusing on a latest science and research. national institute of health's director francis collins told senators federal investment in alzheimer's research pales in comparison to how much the disease costs the country. from earlier this year this is

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. ago, on august 10, 1954, president lyndon johnson signed the gulf of tonkin resolution which in lieu of a declaration of war gave him broad powers to wage war in southeast asia. that resolution was passed by congress in response to an august 2 attack and an alleged august 4 incident involving bme torpedo boats -- vietnamese torpedo boats. we visited the national archive at george washington university to learn more. >> i'm tom blanton, the director of the national security archive. we are on the top floor of the main library at george washington university which is where we live. we are in a room full of boxes of declassified documents. it's really an artifact because most of the documents we get today are digital. born digital and made digital. people that use our collections are using them online. the courses we teach at george washington, for most of these kids, if it is not online, it does not exist. so part of our whole mission has been to get these primary sources, loosed from th

watch us in hd. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter.>> american history tv airs every weekend here on cspan 3.cess, this month we're featuring highlights of our history contn programming. tonight we continue our look at the civil war and the battle of fort stephens. coming up, officials from the national park service co commemorate the 150th anniversary of the battle of lso fort stephensur as well as visi several surviving forts in the nation's capitol. now officials from the park nati service in washington d.c. km kmemorakme 150th orate the anniversary of the battle that took place in 1864 when confederate forces probed washington d.c.'s defenses before turning back.gnific speakersan discuss the battle significance. this is just over an hour. >>> good morning and welcome to fort stephens. name my name is kim elled er, i'd lir to thank each of you all for alo joining us thisr morning for tn anniversary of the , 150th batt of fort stephens. s please stand forin the and ntation of colors singing of national anthem by

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> next book tv talks with political commentator bruce herschensohn about his political career. professor herschensohn also provided his take on president obama's performance over the past five years. he sat down with us at pepperdine university in malibu, california. this is part of book tv's college series. it's about 45 minutes. >>> joining us now on book tv is bruce herschensohn, professor here at pepperdine university. professor herschensohn, how long have you taught here and what do you teach? >> i teach u.s. foreign policy and started teaching here in the beginning of 1998, really when the school of public policy opened up for students. before that i had an affiliation with pepperdine since the mid-early 1970s. >> what kind of affiliation? >> i think you know i used to work for president nixon. when you get a request to go to a college, i always got the straw that meant i'm going to go in his place. of course, the college was never really delighted to see me, but too bad. so most of the colleges in those days, it was rough go

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> the senate aging committee recently looked into phone scams targeting seniors. the focus was on scammers who call pretending to be a family member or loved one to get the victim to wire money. americans lost over $73 million to phone scams last year according to the federal trade commission. ftc and fbi officials testify along with a phone scam victim. this is just under an hour. >> good afternoon. i've asked all of you to join the table insteaded of two panels because we have -- instead of two panels because we have a vote that is being called at around 2:20. so i want to take the advantage of going ahead and getting all of your testimony. this hearing is the latest in a series of investigations the committee has conducted on the devastating impact that fraud and scams have on senior citizens. over the last two years, we've explored the rise of jamaican lottery scams, tax refund schemes and social security and medicare fraud. so today we're going to examine what is now making a comeback in the scam world, and it's call

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> coming up, book in prime time with books about u.s.-iran relations. first, we have united states: an insider's view on the failed past and the road to peace". now the former iranian national security administrator talks about iran and the united states relationship in insider's view on the failed past and the road to peace". this is 90 minutes. >> we have a prized seat in the front row if i can induce someone to come on up. good evening, and welcome. i am hoge warren and i am happy to happy to welcome you to this event. we are insider's view on the failed past and the road to peace" and. sain sain he is here to talk about iran's program and the conflicted relationship with the united states and his own close personal association over the years with the two principles on the iranian side in the current nuclear negotiations. this makes him a perfect quest for ipi tonight because this is a -- guest -- because this is a tantling time for the united states and iran. the two countries have been sworn enemies for the last 35 years

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. of nick at this seth rogan testifies at a senate appropriations subcommittee hearing on alzheimer's disease focusing on a latest science and research. national institute of health's director francis collins told senators federal investment in alzheimer's research pales in comparison to how much the disease costs the country. from earlier this year this is just under two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> the senate subcommittee -- senate appropriations subcommittee on labor health, human services, education and related agencies will please come to order. today's hearing is the sixth that this subcommittee has held since 2000 focusing on alzheimer's disease. the burden of the disease, the state of the research and the challenges we face. going back many years we heard predictions from experts about the far reaching consequences this disease will have on the quality of life of american families and the burden will place on our economy in the years ahead. last april major study predicte

watch us in hd, lik like us on facebook and follow was on twitter. >> business and government leaders from the u.s. and 50 african countries are meeting in washington. this warning will hear from former new york city mayor michael bloomberg and commerce secretary penny pritzker and former president bill clinton will lead a panel discussion. our live coverage gets started at 9 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. later in the morning the meeting will move over to c-span to participated would not chose a good adviser susan rice, secretary of state john kerry, and later president obama. we will also hear from the ceos of ibm, mastercard and coca-cola. that's just after 11 eastern. .. >> i'm an adjunct professor at the george washington school of made ya and -- media and public affairs and the 107th president of the national press club. [applause] no need to applaud. [applause] the national press club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through our programming with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for mo

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. on august 24,go 1814, british soldiers routed american troops at the battle of bladensburg festival said washington. the victory left them wide open to british forces who marched into the city and burned the white house and capitol building. learn more about the burning of washington during the war of 1812 from author and historian anthony pitch at an event hosted by the smithsonian associates. it is about one hour and 15 minutes. >> we are coming up on the 200th anniversary. we wanted to commemorate this anniversary despite the fact it is a less than glorious moment in our nation's history. when we thought about who best to come to speak to us, the unanimous choice was anthony pitch. for those who have been smithsonian associates members, he is no stranger to you. he has been giving lectures about the lincoln assassination and lectures and tours on this topic based on his book aptly named "the burning of washington."

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c-span3 watch us in hd, like this on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> each week, "american artifactstakes viewers into archives, museums, and historic sites around the country. next we visit the national cryptologic museum, located just north of washington d.c. on the campus of the national security agency, to learn about the making and breaking of secret codes, and their role in u.s. history.

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> laurence tribe has written about the supreme court under the leadership of john roberts. the book "uncertain justice" looks at promn't in cases handled by the court going back to the citizens united decision. c-span 2's book tv covered professor tribe's book appearance in cambridge, massachusetts. this is an hour. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, claire. one of the research assistance -- and i should say thank you all for coming here on this gorgeous day when you could be outside enjoying the weather. i'm glad that something drove you all here and i'm glad to be talking to you and i'm appreciative of your being here. one of the research assistance working with me this summer, a terrific kid named max went home to new hampshire in late spring and sent some time talking with his high school music teacher. she knew that he went to harvard law school but didn't know that he was working with me and she kind of unloaded on him about her great disillusionment with the supreme court. she'd been looking at the headlines about

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> we're taking the opportunity while congress is on break to show you some of the american history programs you would normally see on weekends,8(d he on c-span3. we begin with army veterans, on what it was like on the front lines during world war ii. including their experiences as part of the d-day invasion of nazi occupied france. then the wives and children of soldiers discuss their memories of world war ii, including pearl harbor, d-day and president franklin roosevelt's death. that's followed by author rick atkinson on the significance of the allied invasion of sicily and the italian campaign, to the eventual liberation of europe. friday, 8:00 p.m. eastern, a history tour looking at the civil war. saturday 6:30 p.m. eastern, the communicators visits a technology fair on capitol hill. sunday on q&a, political commentator, author and former presidential candidate pat buchanan. hillary clinton, barack obama, and edward snowden. saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, daniel hellber. and saturday morning at 10:30, we visit the s

watch us in hd. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> american history tv normally airs on the weekends but with congress on weekends, throughout august we're featuring highlights through the week. next a look at the battle of the crate crate, union forces demonstrated explosives under confederate lines to create gap in the defenses. coming up the national park serve sis commemorated the 150th anniversary of the battle and we will take a look at why it failed and why the colored troops were blamed and how they were remembered in the years immediately following the civil war. >> here is some of the highlights for this weekend. friday on cspan in prime time we will visit important sites in the history of the civil rights movement. saturday night at 8:00, highlights from this year's new york idea's forum, including cancer biologist and yurew hess and charlie rangel. saturday on afterwards at 10:00, retired neurosurgeon and columnist ben carson and sunday at 11:00 p.m. eastern laurence goldsto

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> now to oregon state university, forcture on the civil rights movement in the 1960s, and the anti-poverty efforts of president lyndon johnson. the class is led by history professor marisa chappell. this is 1 hour 45 minutes. >> so, today we're talking about the war on poverty, and the urban crisis in the late 1960s in the united states. and we're looking at the ways in which the black freedom movement raised the issues of poverty, and of racial disadvantage. really to a level of national attention, and national action that we haven't really seen at any time since. so i want to start just by -- well, first i should lead you through the outline quickly. we'll talk about the ways in which americans at the time thought about black poverty. how did they interpret it. what causes did they think about. and then, what solutions, therefore, did they turn to. so we'll talk about designing a war on poverty. the choices that the federal government made when the johnson administration announced that it was going to wage a war on pove

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> next, the house armed services committee looks into the release of american pow bowe bergdahl. defense secretary chuck hagel defended the administration's decision to not notify congress or days prior to the prisoner exchange with the taliban. the may 31 swap involved five guantÁnamo bay detainees. sergeant bergdahl was captured in june 2009 but some fellow soldiers accused him of deserting his unit first. representative buck mckeon chairs the committee. this portion is one hour 25 minutes. >> meeting will come to order. 20. >> at the start of this hearing i'm pleased to welcome members of the public who have such an interest in these proceedings. we intend to conduct this hearing in an orderly and efficient manner to ensure all the members have an opportunity to ask questions and to witnesses have the opportunity to be heard. to that end please be advised i will not tolerate disturbances with these proceedings, including verbal destructions, photography, standing or holding signs. i thank you all for your cooperation. i wan

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watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> next, a hearing on private student loans will stop topics included levels of debt in the options available for modifying loans. half.an hour and a >> good morning. financial institutions play a role in higher education. loans toate student student loan services, to collection and banking. student loan debt is currently $1.2 trillion and continues to be the largest form of consumer debt in the country. is especially important to me, as my home state of south dakota has a higher percentage of students graduating with debt than any other state in the country. nearly eight in 10 students. rising student loan debt affects everyone. studenteased number of loan debt can't put off buying a home, starting a business, saving for retirement. higher student loan debt makes it harder for or students to stay and grow communities like south dakota. of student loan debt is significant, equally of thecant are the level options for borrowers and repayment. -- in repayment. recent data shows that nearly arethird of borrowers entering deli

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> the white house deputy director for national drug control policy recently faced criticism from both sides of the aisle on the issue of marijuana policy. house oversight subcommittee chair john mica called the policy schizophrenic, a reference to president obama who recently said marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol. committee democrats, meanwhile, asked how the administration could keep it on the dea's list of most dangerous drugs in the move to decriminalize and each legalize the drug. from earlier this year, this hearing is about an hour, 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. i'd like to call this subcommittee hearing of the subcommittee on government operations of the government oversight reform committee to order. welcome, everyone. sorry for our late start. we did have votes that delayed the beginning of this hearing, but we will go ahead and proceed. and let me just cite, first, the order of business. we'll hear from statements from members as they return from votes or through unanimous cons

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. 100 years after the beginning of whatves. president wilson passed away three years later. mrs. wilson remarkably lived here until 1961 and then upon her death left the home to the national trust for historic preservation. and so, it was opened as a public museum in 1963. we are now more than 50 years as an institution here in washington, d.c. it's good to see all of you here tonight. our program is entitled smile while you kiss me sad adieu, world war i songs. let me set the stage here and introduce the speaker. we like to say here, we like to remind people here that president wilson imagined the world at peace, and then proposed a plan to achieve that vision. that's a remarkable accomplishment when we think about it from the vantage point of our own lives 100 years later. but it's even more remarkable if we transport ourselves back to his time, and think about the world in which he lived, and the ideas that were abroad at that time and the remarkable accomplishment that it was for him in the middle of a world war to imag

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> next, television talk show dr. oz defending the language and diet products he focuses on in his show. his comments came during a senate commerce subcommittee hearing on fraudulent weight loss ads. mary engel with the ftc was also among the witnesses. senator claire mccaskill chairs the hour and 40 minute hearing. [inaudible conversations] >> the witnesses can feel free to go ahead and take a seat, and we'll begin with some opening statements and then move to your testimony. this hearing will now come to order. we have all herald and seen the ads promising quick and substantial weight loss if only you take this pill, drink this shake, use this device or apply this cream. all without adjusting diet or increasing physical activity. it seems too good to be true and, of course, it is. we have a short clip of some of these ads that have run on television, satellite radio, online and in print that i'm going to play so it is clear what we are talking about today. and it will -- >> it's called sensa, the amazing new writteni

watch us in hd. like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> the house judiciary subcommittee continued its liggett music licensing laws earlier this year with a focus on the broadcast of music over radio and the internet. singer roseanne cash testified along with paul williams. also heard from pandora radio and the national association of broadcasters. th

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> now to oregon state university, for lecture on the civil rights movement in the 1960s, and the anti-poverty efforts of president lyndon johnson. the class is led by history professor marisa chappell. this is 1 hour 45 minutes. >> so, today we're talking about the war on poverty, and the urban crisis in the late 1960s in the united states. and we're looking at the ways in which the black freedom movement raised the issues of poverty, and of racial disadvantage. really to a level of national attention, and national action that we haven't really seen at any time since. so i want to start just by -- well, first i should lead you through the outline quickly. we'll talk about the ways in which americans at the time thought about black poverty. how did they interpret it. what causes did they think about. and then, what solutions, therefore, did they turn to. so we'll talk about designing a war on poverty. the choices that the federal government made when the johnson administration announced that it was going to wage a war on p

c spans 3, created by the capable tv industry and funded, watch us in hd, like us on facebook, follows on twitter. >>> a house oversight and government reform subcommittee recently got an update from the irs commissioner about the response to i don't think going congressional oversight. >>> many will come to order. i want to thank our witnesses for being here again. we'll start with some opening statements. first by recognizing chairman of the full committee, gentleman from california, darrell issa. >> thank you, mr. chairman. that's very kind. i know it's unprecedented to which the commissioner in front of this committee so often. as we continue to explore a number of question, the timelines of crash, and inconsistency of the probable of lost e-mails, we appreciate that you were not in gong. as you can imagine, not just the internet, not just fox, but america is beginning to question how convenient so many e-mails of so many people at the hard of targeting conservative groups for their viewing, for their politics and for the facts that citizens united was objected to by the president

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, or follow us on twitter. >> congress on a summer break.bers are on twitter talking about their activities during the august recess. it was great -- talking to centerline machine employees today. great to meet you folks. austin scott of georgia writing this morning i towards cemex southeast plant. they are the only operating cement plant in georgia. another tweaking, it is lunch time. have you voted yet? inate and house incumbents missouri, kansas, michigan, and washington state are trying to be back challengers today. in kansas senator pat roberts races milton wolf a radiologist and the second cousin of barack obama. in michigan carl levin is not seeking reelection, and the race is considered competitive. in missouri, five of the state's eight house numbers face primary challenges. in washington, voters considering 12 candidates fighting to replace doc hastings. former governor sarah palin headlined a summit in denver. she called on congress to impeach the president. here's a portion of her comments. thesese days you hear politicians say o

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> now, a hearing on recent changes to military retirement benefits. the senate armed services committee examined a provision that was part of a biartisan budget agreement -- bipartisan budget agreement which reduced colas for working age military retirees. congress voted later in the year to repeal that cola cut. here's how they came to that decision. it's two hours, 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everybody. the committee meets this morning to review the reduction in cost of living adjustments, the colas, for working age military retirees that was enacted as part of the bipartisan budget act of 2013. we welcome today the acting deputy secretary of defense, ms. christine fox, and vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral sandy winnefeld. and i will introduce the second panel of outside witnesses after we hear from secretary fox and admiral winnefeld. the bipartisan budget act adopted in december included a provision that reduced the cola for working age military retirees by 1% until a reti

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. a washingtonn journal," we will look at issues members of congress will be dealing with during their five-week recess leading up to fall elections. ,ur guest is sabrina siddiqui and carlos will discuss his book "nine and 35 lies." your facebookake comments and tweets. all at "washington journal" starting live at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow on c-span. earlier today we looked at welfare and the argument that is holding back african-americans in the u.s.. this is 45 minutes. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us next in our studio in new york, jason riley, now up with his second book :alled, "please stop helping us how liberals make it harder for blacks to succeed." thank you for joining us on washington journal. what motivated you to write the book? the book because i think that a lot of the efforts to help black underclass have not been working. in many cases, they have been doing more harm than good. i thought the 50th anniversary of the great society programs was an opportunity to

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> next, look a at the backlogs and waiting lists for medical treatment for veterans affected those transitioning out of military. the assistant ig for audits and evaluations at the va address the backlog before a house subcommittee. linda halliday says the number is dropping which acknowledge his she has concerns with the workload management. this hearing runs just over two hours 15 minutes. >> good afternoon and welcome. the oversight hearing of the subcommittee on disability will now come to order. today's hearing will focus upon va's role in the transition from servicemembers to veterans with a particular focus on the integrated disability evaluation system commonly known as ides. as well as the benefit delivery at discharge and quick start programs. we will seek information on the research and production as well as timeless and quality of va components in the process. further i would like to hear today about the quality of communication both within transitioning servicemembers as well as between the department of defense a

watch us in hd, lik like us on facebook and follow was on twitter. >> hosttwitter. >> and now a discussion on president obama's policy. this is under 40 minutes. >> host: and we're back with dan berman, white house editor for politico join us to talk about president obama's white house foreign and domestic. let's begin with ferguson. the headline on politico's website, obama shuns emotional rescue. what do you make of what the president had to say yesterday? >> caller: it was very interesting. president obama has spoken out more and more about the issue of race, but his experiences. remember less your trayvon martin he said look, if i had a son it would look like trayvon martin. yesterday he didn't go in that direction. he spoke more generally about the more peace, the need for people to protest, about the need for the media to be able to cover the events. he also spoke, said very candidly look, there's some people who commit crimes and should be arrested. it's not a zero-sum game. but he didn't go into that national direction. that was very striking because he has done that before. he spo

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> the congressional internet caucus advisory committee hosted a discussion on online privacy rights. the panel follow the ruling in may by the european court of justice that google must consider requests by citizens to delete information about them. the policy is known about the right to be forgotten. privacy advocates and lawyers defeated the ruling and its potential -- debated the ruling. this is just over an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the internet caucus. thank you for joining us today. we are here today do discuss the european union's right to be forgotten. i am stepping in for tim lord and today. before we get started i would like to take time to thank the cochairs of the congressional internet caucus for hosting this briefing in conjunction with the advisory committee and this entire series of briefings with the advisory committee. namely congressman bob goodlatte. senator patrick leahy and senator john boone. the series is a great platform to debate and discuss internet policy issues. privacy experts and regulato

watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >> a senate health subcommittee convened a hearing earlier this year on coal miners affected with black lung disease. subcommittee members heard from former west virginia coal miner robert bailey on the health and financial challenges he faces. members also heard from deputy labor secretary chris lu who vowed to address the backlog of black lung cases. senator bob casey chairs this hour, 20 minute event. >> okay, good morning, everyone. the subcommittee hearing will come to order. i want to thank the witnesses who are with us, our ranking member, senator isakson, for his presence here today and his work to help schedule this hearing and to ask questions of our witnesses. today the subcommittee on employment and workplace safety convenes to focus on an issue that doesn't get a lot of attention. in particular, we're here today to talk about and to focus on the alleged actions of certain

watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >>> the house foreign affairs subcommittee on asia and the pacific discusses u.s. policy towards north korea on wednesday. members look at the nuclear program and human rights prograh and hear from two state department officials. this is about one hour and 15 minutes. >>> and welcome to the afternoon subcommittee hearing.er i wantno to thank our ranking member again. and also thank our distinguishev witnesses for being here this al afternoon.guis it's taken six months for our schedules to align, so we hope this afternoon's hearing is a nh productiveea one. in march this subcommittee held a hearing to examine the the findings of the united nations commission of inquiry report onu human rights inma north korea.o. anyone who would be -- anyone would be hard pressed to deny the extent of human rights huma abuses being committedn by the most repressive totalitarian regime on earth.regi the report, the first of its fr kind, was a shocking wake-up call for the international community to take action. for the u.s. to take action. unfor