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starts live at 6:15 eastern with the former vice president scheduled to speak at 7:00 here on c-span. joining us on newsmakers, larry kudlow. thank you for being with us. cook.nancy thekudlow, let me begin on issue of china and trade. last week, you said we have china over a barrel. where do things stand? mr. kudlow? : actually, we are making good progress. the basic message is we are gaining on it. we are moving forward, closing on a deal. there are still issues to be resolved, particularly in the enforcement area and also want to say as i have in the past, the discussions here have gotten deeper than at a time in u.s.-china trade relations. three weeks ago, he came with his top deputies and that went very well and of course, he has to go back and get parents from president xi and then we had whatever it is, teleconference meetings everyday last week. mnuchin andteven bob lighthizer made a lot of good progress. are not quite there yet. -- they are not quite there yet. there are still some places to hasbut bob lighthizer taught me everything about trade. he's a very cautious man, but he is indic

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for those of us joining us on c-span, glad to have you with us as well.ow we will continue today's journey. this afternoon out for speaker .p is dr. katie shively as the resident professor at richmond's largest institution of higher learning, virginia commonwealth university, dr. shively is a familiar face to many of you. she has spoken and published widely on the subject of her 2013 book, "nature's civil war: and the soldier environment in 1862 virginia." on the subject of her book in progress, the always entertaining general jubal early in his role as architect of the so-called lost cause version of the civil war history. nature's civil war brought to her to the forefront of civil war environmental history. she is one of the most effective voices in the field for the importance of studying military history. she teaches not only civil war history and environmental history, but also early american military history. most recently she has taken on the additional title of associate director of science, technology and society atbcu, and is an advocate of the

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on c-span. on our newsmakers program, from new mexico. thanks for joining us. >> joining us for the questioning, lisa mascaro and mike dibona's of the washington post. >> thanks for joining us today. you guys had a happy ending to this week. a hairy week before that. you guys were turned around the -- withot with it congressman -- congresswoman omar. i wanted to ask you, what are the lessons that were learned by the leadership of the caucus about your new majority and how you need to move forward? first, i think democrats had a good week this week and we have been having strong weeks. we have accomplished more in eight weeks then i republican colleges have an eight years. when there's a challenge, you face it. you have differences and have conversations about what needs to be tended to. i think what we learned is we all need to be communicating more and be thoughtful about everything being said. what i also appreciated is a democratic led caucus under the leadership of speaker nancy pelosi is not going to walk away from those challenges and the resolution this

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for those of us joining us on c-span, glad to have you with us as well.ow we will continue today's journey. this afternoon out for speaker .p is dr. katie shively as the resident professor at richmond's largest institution of higher learning, virginia commonwealth university, dr. shively is a familiar face to many of you. she has spoken and published widely on the subject of her 2013 book, "nature's civil war: and the soldier environment in 1862 virginia." on the subject of her book in progress, the always entertaining general jubal early in his role as

i wanted to use a word but i definitely can't use on c-span but i said guys, this is crazy. this is ridiculous. i have a choice, go and get some flowers. okay, you needed. the ones over there, the most expensiveones that they got. i told them i don't have any money will put it on your bill will add it to your tab . and so we brought some pastries as well. at that point i had a cellmate and he and i were kind of starving and i knew that bringing those back to the cell that night would be a well-received booty and it was. >> host: tell us about this kangaroo court of the trial where you have this harsh infamous judge that assigned to your case. you have strange interactions with him on the court days. there's not anything we would think of as evidence presented, there aren't any real specific charges, but you have these strange days where you're technically in trial and then long gaps that follow. i want to read from page 196 of your book where you describe what ultimately came to constitute the charges against you, the case against you. you write, on the surface this is what

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right on the c- span network, at noon eastern on c-span from thing hudson is a a discussion about foreign policy with the former national security advice city advisor to vice president biden. and usriminal justice system. light from the brookings institution and tennyson. and at noon a rand corporation report on russia's use of social media to influence us politics. and on c-span 3 at nine:40 5 pm i look at the ballistic missile threats posed by iran and north korea with the foundation for the defense of democracy. and at 1205 education policy analyst at the roadway talk about proposals to make college education free. >>> sunday on q&a. >> tragically i had no expect tatian that we would be sitting here in 2019 talking about this war in afghanistan. the way it's been escalated, the way it has escalated every year, the countless lives that have just been wasted and the continual suffering. >> a rack that water in and matthew home on his article time for peace in afghanistan and an end to the lies. >> and nine was the same thing i saw in iraq in 04, six, 07. and when i work at the pentagon and state department in between those times. there was no difference in the administrations we

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on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. tonight, on q&a. penn state history professor amy greenberg discusses her book "lady first: the world of first lady sarah polk." >> i was so astounded by all the stuff she did and the way she exercise power. she wrote letters to a supreme court justice and members of congress that were completely politics, 100% about and were not noticeably different from a letter that a man would write. and they wrote back to her. announcer: tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a. next on lectures in history. university of chicago professor jane daly teaches a class about the 1968 presidential election, politics, and protest over the vietnam war and other issues during richard nixon's first term. unrest in chicago during the democratic national convention, gives background on each of the presidential candidates, and outlines the lead up to the watergate break-in. her classes about 50 minutes. >> today, we are going to start with a 90 the eight democratic national convention. we are going to talk about the 1968 presidential e

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join us on twitter @c-span or well.ook/c-span as your calls coming up on c-span to the conclusions by the general of the mueller report. it just became available and reading through it quickly there things.uple of on russian interference the counsel ites special investigation didn't find that he trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or court maded with russia to presidential campaign. he writes on the obstruction of making a thorough fool investigation in the -- horough investigation they decided whether to evaluate conduct under department prosecution erning and determined not to make a prosecutorial judgment. he sprpbl counsel did tphnot dw a conclusion as to whether the xamined conduct constituted obstruction. instead, for each of the rele

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on c-span, and you can listen live on the free c-span radio app. this is the headline at politico.com is the president's aid is gearing up for the mueller report. joining us on the phone this sunday is anita kumar, white house correspondent for politico. explain that headline. what is happening next within the administration and who will lead the effort? who will lead the effort? guest: good morning. we are hearing that the white house and the trump reelection campaign and republican national committee have been getting ready for this day. the day where we actually find out some of what is in that report. they are thinking it is going to exonerate the president, but they have come up with language for a lot of contingency plans. it is not just going to be black or white. we might see something that says other people close to the president did something wrong even though they are not being indicted. they have all sorts of talking points ready to go when we find out what is in the mullah report. host: we know the president yesterday at mar-a-lago. he golfed with kid rock. he seemed to be pretty comfortable. guest: one of my colleagues is in florida with him

. >> matthew hoh sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. yoho joins us for the first time. he is serving as the top republican on the house foreign ,ffairs subcommittee on asia pacific, and nonproliferation. all three of those are at the heart of the recent summit with king john -- kim jong-un. what was your reaction to that? >> i think it was great that they held in hanoi. that was a good illustration for kim jong-un to see what would happen if he embraced a market economy and i think president trump did right by walking away. kim jong-un was not ready to histiate, to fulfill commitment to denuclearization. he was banking on sanctions being released -- relieved like they were under the previous administrations. president trump says we are not going to do that, when you're ready to come to the table you are here -- we are here. host: we are hearing the potential of a north korean rocket launch into space, where we going from here? guest: we just have to be cognizant. if it's a peaceful launch of a satellite that's ok, i think. but if these are missiles being tested, that's a

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on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. history,ectures in university of massachusetts boston professor vincent cananto teaches a class about the economics and culture of the 1970's. he talks about the 1973 oil crisis, demographic changes in regions, and rise of new types of music, such as disco. this class is about one hour 15 minutes. prof. cannato: bellbottoms, disco, bad hair. in recent years, and historians have seen the 1970's as very important. in some ways, more important than the 60's, which has gotten a lot of attention. is callingthemes this era the age of limit. we will get to a little bit of how that means. we will also talk about the question mark. was it really an age of women? we will discuss the decade and the influence it had not just on the 80's, but really down to our time today. recapping what we talked about earlier, we see in the 1970's a faith profound losss of in the institutions, driven by watergate in 74, the final end of the vietnam war in 1975, you see the iconic photo of the helicopter atop the

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on us. supreme court budget. lesson on the free c-span radio .pp >> penn state history professor amy greenberg discusses her book, lady first. >> i was astounded by all the stuff sarah polk did. she wrote letters to a supreme court justice and members of congress that were completely confident. 100% about politics and were not noticeably different from a letter a man would write. they wrote back to her in the same vein. >> president trump signed an executive order establishing a task force to address veteran suicide. secretary robert wilkie was in attendance and thanked the president for working to prevent veterans a day0 take their lives. this is 20 minutes.

us. he is expected to talk about the state of relations between russia and the united states here in washington. live coverage starts at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. also today, the pakistani ambassador to the us talk about relations between the two countries from the us institute of peace here in washington, live coverage starts at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. you can also watch online at c-span .org and listen the free c-span radio app. >> joining us taking vote issues in congress and the white house. he reports for the philadelphia inquirer and serves as a national political reporter and alina who was with axis, white house reporter for that publication. thank you for joining us both this week. the news as of yesterday and alina, will start with you when it comes to the house judiciary committees spinning a probe into the presidents -- that was happening and how the white house is reacting. >> i think with democrats lot of people are putting all of their eggs in robert fuller's basket hoping that when his report was finally released that would put all the pressure on the trump administration but with reports that that is winding down the demo

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you can weigh in on the twitter poll again follow us at c-span history. richard is next from redlands california. good morning. >> good morning. >> go-ahead richard. >> how you doing sir? this is richard from california. i just moved out here but i came from des moines to southern california. i left them out there, i lost my fianci, well i got say my wife, fianci to cancer and we moved out here and i got my son appear in school. he is now 13 years old and the schools are having like sexual abuse going on, something like that. and i am just not understanding it and the kid is not getting the right schooling, nobody calls me into talk to me or say you know, we need to address or that. you know it's just weird how they do the schooling out here compared to what we are used to. but i just want to say god bless you guys. >> okay richard thank you for the call, do you want to weigh on that point? >> well, thank you richard, i'm sorry to hear about your fianci. the school officials have a tremendous task. and i have nothing but admiration for the and what they a

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