sunday afternoon at 2:00, race in the criminal justice system with white house senior adviser valerie jarretthen portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include mark warner, al gore, and author anne-marie slaughter. >> we have got to banish the word he is helping. at home. helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help. he is not the agent, he is the assistant. if we are going to get to where we need to go, men have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. >> for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> a bust of former vice president dick cheney was placed in the capital joining other similar statues honoring vice presidents for their role as president of the senate. former president george to be bush, vice president joe biden, and congressional leaders spoke at the unveiling. this is one hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome roy blunt, orrin hatch, mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, george w. bush, and dick cheney. [applause]

post-presidency will be consistent with those values and the vision that he has for america. -- valeriely jarrettthank you. valerie: thank you. [applause] ♪ announcer: tonight on q&a, tyler talks about the second volume of mr. pearson's diary, which gives an insider's take on washington, d.c. from 1960 to 1969. >> it was just remarkable all the things that he did. sometimes, he would criticize himself in the diary. there are different places where he says i think that column was too strong or i shouldn't have said it quite that way. or lyndon is going to get mad at me for the way i wrote that column. what ineeded to be told wrote and i am glad i wrote it. my announcer: tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "q&a." announcer: more now on the criminal justice system in a discussion from the federalist society. a philadelphiae police officer and a minnesota supreme court justice. we will -- they will focus on ferguson in baltimore and police misconduct. this is two hours. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. and i ams gail harriet the chairman of the civil rights practice group. welcome to our breakout

james: valerie jarrett. thank you. valerie: thank you. [applause] ♪ washington c-span's journal, we look at the major security threat facing the u.s. terrorism and cyber security and relations with iraq, iran, syria, and north korea. we will also look back at the top energy related topics of 2015. you can join the conversation by calling in or on facebook or twitter. washington journal starts live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the council on foreign relations recently held a discussion on the dangers that journalists face. this features sebastian junger and lara logan. >> my daughter asked me if she could come with me. she is five. mommy, can i come with you? sweetheart, no, i'm working. eventually, i said, well, it is not safe for little kids. there are some bad guys there. it is not a safe place for children to go. she said, then, why are you going? i said, because there are always good guys. everywhere there are bad guys, there are also good guys. i'm going to be with the good guys. she said, if you don't come back, that means the

day, race and the criminal justice system with white house senior adviser valerie jarrett. portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include marco warner, al gore come in anne-marie slaughter. word heve to interstate is helping at home. actually taking the burden off of you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you're asking him to help. he is not the agent, he is the assistant. men do have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. >> for complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> this holiday weekend, book tv brings you three days of nonfiction books and authors. friday, a range of afterwards. at 7:00 amaga brooks discusses his book "the conservative heart." >> the biggest mistake we make thehe conservative side is one that should be the easiest, to get happy. >> cornell west examines the life of dr. martin luther king jr.. that for understood any human being who once to reach a level of integrity, toesty, decency, you have kill something in yourself -- fear. your obsession with position and status and wealth. >> followed by the author

valerie jarrett says she hopes that will happen in short order. congress is very unlikely to pass any restricted gun restrictions and obama after the san bernardino shootings is looking at an executive order to make something happen. >> i think the working assumption of this ongoing review is that congress hasn't acted and they haven't acted. and that's been the source of immense frustration on the part of the president and a lot of people in the executive branch and frankly a lot of people all across the country. >> reporter: one of the things they have under consideration here is closing the so-called gun show loophole. that's where some sellers at gun shows can avoid a background check. the white house and their lawyers looking into how they may be able to make more sellers liable for the background check. we talked to the nra, and their spokesman said that congress' agenda has -- the president -- excuse me, the president's agenda has already been rejected by congress. they say, quote, now he's doing what he always does when he doesn't get his

race and the criminal justice system white house senior adviser valerie jarrett. portions of this year's washington ideas festival. warner, senator mark former vice president al gore. slaughter: helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help. if we are going to get to where we need to go, man to have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. president obama awarded to the nations highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom, at a white house ceremony in november. the metal is presented for contributions such as world peace, national security and culture. estefan,ys, gloria barbara mikulski, steven spielberg itzhak perlman. posthumously honorees included shirley chisholm and you'll be berra.-- yogi [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] ♪ to the chief) ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. michelle obama. [applause] [applause] president obama: thank you. everybody have a seat. welcome to the white house. a bunch of people were saying

we are honored to have with us now valerie jarrett, senior adviser to president obama. oversees the office of public engagement and intergovernmental affairs, chairs the council on women and girls and she is deeply, centrally involved in the president's initiative on criminal justice reform. [applause] valerie: thank you. >> as i was saying backstage, this is at the end of what has been a pretty intense day of conversation about the state of policing in america, the state of incarceration in america. i think that part of the intensity comes from the fact that everybody has a human connection to this set of issues. for all americans, fear of crime, concern about their community, and particularly for people of color, fear often of the police. and some connection sometimes to this system. i wanted to ask you a bunch of questions about policy, but i wondered if we could start out at the human level. i was just wondering whether you have a story. valerie: i have two. the first one, when i was about 11, i was in the car with my mom and we were driving through our neighborhood

sunday afternoon at 2:00 race and the criminal justice system with white house senior advisor valerie jarrett and others. at 6:30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include virginia senator mark warner, former vice president al gore and author ann-marie slaughter. >> we've got to banish the word "he's helping at home." right? helping is not actually taking the bu

. >> and sunday afternoon at 2:00, race and the criminal justice system with valerie jarrett and others. at 6:30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival, featuring former vice president al gore and author ann marie slaughter. >> we've got to banish the word, "he's helping at home." helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done, and you are asking him to help. he is not the agent, right? he's the assistant. and if we're going to get to where we need to go, men have to be lead parents or fully equal co-parents. >> for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> a discussion now on veterans and military issues from a recent edition of "washington journal." this is just over 25 minutes. >>> joining us is bill rausch, political director of the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, here to talk about veterans issuance. mr. rausch, let's begin with what the white house is announcing today, they want congress to pass measures that would easy access of veterans to healthcare. they also want to do work on education. then you ha

sunday afternoon, race and the criminal justice system with valerie jarrett and others and then at 6:30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include mark warner, al gore, and anne-marie slager. >> we have to banish the word he is "helping" at home. helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you're asking him to help. he is not the agent. is the assistant. and if we are going to get to where we need to go, men do have to be lead parent or legal coparents. announcer: for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. announcer: this holiday weekend, book tv brings you three days of nonfiction books and authors. friday, back airings of "afterwards." arthur brooks discusses his latest book, "the conservative heart." that weiggest mistake make on the conservative side a lot, the one that trips people up the most, believe it or not, is the one that should be the easiest, which is to get happy. announcer: cornell west discusses the life of dr. martin luther king jr.. that for understood not just christians, but

valerie jarrett and others. and at 6:30 p.m., speakers include virginia senator mark warner, former vice president al gore, and author anne-marie slaughter. >> we have to banish the word he is helping at home. actually taking the burden off of you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help. he is not the agent. he is the assistant. we're going to get to where we need to go, men do have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. >> for the complete schedule go to c-span.org. the congressional gold medal along with the presidential medal of freedom is the highest civilian honor in the united states. at the museum of american artist in new york city, joel a squids talked about how the metals are designed and awarded. this is one hour 10 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to our friends from the c-span audience. what that means that during the question and answer, please wait for your questions until the microphone gets to you so everyone can hear it. ofm president

valerie jarrett r senior advisor to -- jarrett, senior advisor to president obama was one of the attenders. >> how could in keep happening again and again? >> on december 14, our day started norally -- normally. >> the event was organized by newtown action alliance. it was born of course out of the 2014 sandy hook shooting. >>> supreme court justice anthony scalia is coming under fire for comments he made about race and higher learning. >> we have more. >> reporter: the tweet we showed earlier claiming it was from justice scalia was found -- [indiscernible] what we do know justice scalia subjected it's possible that some black students would benefit from being at in his words a slower track school. that statement lit up social media from actress rasheeda jones. she said this is racist no matter you cut it. justice scalia at one point during the argument did say there are those who contend it does not benefit african- americans to get them into the university of texas where they do not do well. as opposed to having them go to a less advanced school, a slower track school where they do well.

afternoon at 2:00, race in the criminal justice system with white house senior adviser valerie jarretters. then portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include mark warner, al gore, and author anne-marie slaughter. >> we have got to banish the word he is helping. helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help. he is not the agent, he is the assistant. if we are going to get to where we need to go, men have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. >> for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. each year, 300 members of britain's youth parliament meet at the house of commons for debates on current issues. the youth parliament is made up of young people from across britain between the ages of 11 and 18. this part of the debate focused on issues related to racism, religious discrimination, and education. it is one hour and a half. speaker: please, take your seat. home.ke yourselves at parliamentary colleagues here are present, but more importantly, members of the united kingdom yo

. >> race and the criminal justice system with the advisor valerie jarrett and others and then at 6:30 portions of this year's washington ideas festival speakers include virginia senator mark warner, former vice president al gore and the author anne-marie slaughter. >> helping is not actually taking the burden off of you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help come he's not the agent, he's the assistant and if we are going to get to where we need to go the duty to be parents or fully .-full-stop parents -- co. parents. >>> signs of water on mars was a top topic. science space and technology committee members had the opportunity to ask experts in the field about the possibility of life in space. at this hearing is one hour and 40 minutes. welcome to today's hearing which is called astrobiology and the search for life beyond earth in the next decade. one is an explanation that is to say that we expect more members shortly but at least on the republican side all of our members are in the republican conference that i left early in order to start on

but white house adviser valerie jarrett said last night that people should expect it soon.s space. >>> last week the former host of "the daily show," jon stewart, joined 9/11 first responders as they went door to door in congress trying to drum up support for legislation that helps the first responders who got sick after helping in the rescue and cleanup effort after 9/11. they visited lots of lawmakers' offices who have not yet backed that bill. mr. stewart said that instead of face-to-face meetings with lawmakers mostly what they got were business cards. one of those first responders doing that round by round of all the office that's day says he took those business cords and threw them in the trash. here's part of how he explained why. >> oh, geez. for god's sakes. >> what are we looking at here? what are these cards from? >> all the guys who were killed -- i went to their services. so when you go to the service you would have a card of the guy that was killed. and these are all -- 12 guys from my firehouse were killed. and then the rest were in my battalion and guys i ju

>> ticking off barack obama and valerie jarrett. >> we don't want to tick off the groups and populations and armies of people. why are we worrying about it? >> i took that to mean something different. he said i want to be careful about describing the trajectory of that success. think it's one of two things, one he either has classified information that he didn't want to provide in open setting. or he is trying to be cautious because he knows that the trajectory is not good. and therefore, he doesn't want to overpromise to the american people that we are doing better than we actually are. >> or i think he's probably both. i thought about that very carefully. and both are suggested in the tone and the deliberation in which he spoke. that perhaps -- yes? hope he does, about doing something. and he also doesn't want to give anything up. he wants to underpromise and then overdeliver, otherwise it becomes problematic for the administration and you get a babysitter. >> every night on espn you see the highlights, you don't say i don't want dallas to look too good because that might tick off the

sunday afternoon at 2:00, race and the criminal justice system with white house senior adviser valerie jarrett and others. at 6:30, mark warner, former versus -- former vice president al gore, and author anne-marie slaughter. >> i think helping is not actually taking the burden off. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are him to help. if we're going to get to where , fully equal coparents pulled -- four equal coparents. first -- our full schedule, go to c-span.org. coming up next, a discussion on improving the u.s. prison system. that come a look at what can be done to address the israeli-palestinian conflict. later, leaders from several muslim organizations discuss ways to improve anti-muslim attitudes in the u.s.. >> we are back with jeff smith, ,uthor -- author of this book "mr. smith goes to prison." how did you end up in prison? >> in 2004, i was running in congress in a 10 way primary. -- the front runner father had been governor and his mother had been senator. we were way behind, but over the course of the campaign, we put together a nice operation. we were buildin

valerie jarrett, a top obama aide said the president asked for the plan in short order but she hasn't provided many specifics on the timing there. and remember, here in washington, obama's facing a republican controlled congress that's very unlikely to pass tougher gun restrictions. congress rejected a white house-backed bill to expand background checks after the newtown shoot innings 2012 and after the san bernardino attacks last week, the president is considering executive action. >> i think the president's view is he is going to forcefully advocate for the kind of gun safety measures that common sense tells us will not prevent every act of gun violence but, even if it makes some acts of gun violence less likely, and we can do all of that without undermining the constitutional rights of law-abiding americans, then why wouldn't we do it. >> one of the ideas being considered for executive action is expanding background checks on gun sales, closing the so-called gun show loophole. and that loophole allows some sales made at gun shows to skip background checks. i talked with the nationa

sunday afternoon at two, race and the criminal justice system with white house senior adviser valerie jarrett and others. then at 6:30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include virginia senator mark warner, former vice president al gore and author ann marie slaughter. >> we've got to banish the word he's helping at home, right? helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done, and you are asking him to help. he's not the agent, right? he's the assistant. and if we're going to get where we need to go, men do have to be lead parents or fully equal co-parents. >> for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> as 2015 wraps up, c-span presents congress: year in review. a look back at all the nudes-making issues -- news-making issues, debates and hearings that took center stage on capitol hill this year. join us thursday, december 31st, at 8 p.m. eastern as we revisit mitch mcconnell taking his position as senate majority leader, pope francis' historic address to a joint session of congress, the resignation of house spea

announcer: and sunday afternoon at 2:00, race and the criminal justice system with valerie jarrett and others. at 6:30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include al gore. >> we've got to banish the word he is helping at home. helping is not actually taking the burden off your. whatre still figuring out needs to be done, and you are asking him to help. he is not the agent, he is the assistance to men do have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. announcer: for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. announcer: in june, a gunman killed nine people at the mother innuel ame church charleston, south carolina. the church hosted a symposium on gun violence and public health. gun policyter, center director and public health professor, delivering the keynote. this is one hour. >> good morning, everyone. on behalf of the entire college and charleston community, welcome to moving from crisis to action, an approach to reducing gun violence. a special welcome to our friends and sponsors from mother emanuel ame church, the american bar association, and the medical uni

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sunday afternoon at 2:00, race and the criminal justice system with white house senior advisor valerie jarrett and others. then at 6:30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include virginia senator mark warner, former vice-president al gore, and author ann marie slaughter. >> we've got to banish the word, he's helping at home, right? helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done, and you are asking him to help. he is not the agent, right? he's the assistant. if we're going to get to where we need to go, men do have to be lead parents or fully equal co-parents. >> for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> next, the palestinian liberation organization's chief representative to the u.s. speaks about the israeli/palestinian conflict. he called for an end to israeli occupation and settlements in palestinian territories and the need for a multi-lateral international solution to the conflict. >> i'm the executive director here and welcome also to our online audience. today we are so pleased to host a special guest, am

afternoon atnday 2:00, race and the criminal justice system with valerie jarrett and others. at six: 30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival, including mark warner, al gore, and anne-marie slaughter. >> we've got to banish the word "he is helping" at home. helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and your ask him -- asking him to help. he is not the agent. he is the assistant. and if we are going to get to where we need to go, then do have to be a lead parent or evil coparents. -- or equal coparents. as 2015 wraps up, c-span prisons congress, year in review, a look back at all the newsmaking issues, debates and hearings that took center stage in capitol hill this year. join us thursday, december 30 first at 8:00 p.m. eastern as we revisit mitch mcconnell taking his position in a senate majority leader, pope francis's drugric address to a congress, and the election of paul ryan. the nuclear deal with iran and reaction from congress on mass shootings here and abroad. gun control, terrorism, and the rise of

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sunday afternoon at 2:00 race and the criminal justice system with white house senior adviser valerie jarrett and others. then at 6:30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include virginia senator mark warner former vice president al gore and author annmarie slaughter. >> we've got to banish the word "he's helping" at home, all right? helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done, and you are asking him to help. he is not the agent, right? he's the assistant. and if we're going to get to where we need to go, men do have to be lead parents or fully equal co-parents. >> for the complete schedule go to cspan.org. >>> next a discussion about nsa data collection and surveillance with a guest from the american civil liberties union and former nsa general counsel, stuart baker. >> joining us for discussion on the national security agency and collection of information two guests this morning. the american civil liberties union, their legislative counsel. and joining us stuart baker a former nsa general counsel in the clinto

. >> who do you see as hillary's valerie jarrett or david, you know, the assistant to obama? >> yeah. i don't know that there's one person. you know, one of the things about the clintons is that they've been in public life so long that they have a number of people around them to draw on. and there's not, there's not one particular person, at least right now. obviously, when she becomes president, she'll make certain appointments, but there's not an overall dominant figure. >> do you see any interesting differences or overlaps between jeb bush and his father? or brother? and hillary and her husband? >> good question. so, yeah. >> the other question is why do these same two families dominate the field once again? >> so with jeb bush, seeing his lack of ability politically to stand up to a donald trump, for example, someone is going to have to do that. and he's also weak in his response. what i was reminded of was the wimp factor with the father. >> yeah, yeah. >> so, i mean, that's one comparison i would make. i think that, you know, hillary -- it'll be interesting to see. hill

first, speakers including valerie jarrett and a form hosted by the atlantic, followed by lawyers and a police officer talking about civil rights and criminal justice. >> tonight, tyler able, stepson of drew peterson, talks about the second volumes of mr. givesn's diaries, which an insider take on washington dc from 1960 to 1969. >> it was just remarkable all the things that he did. and sometimes he would criticize himself in the diary if you read them carefully. you must've come across different places where he said i think that column was too strong or i should not have said it that two way or lyndon b. johnson will be mad at me for the way i wrote that call. andhe needed it be told i i'm glad i read it. on q&a.ht >> now a discussion on how to address the issue of world hunger. we will hear from howard g buffett, a foundation that deals with food and water resources and public safety. mr. buffett's father is warren buffett. former british prime minister tony blair also joins the discussion, moderated by tv news anchor judy woodruff. this is an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] judy wo

sunday afternoon at 2:00, race and the criminal justice system with white house senior adviser valerie jarrett and others. portions of this year's washington ideas festival -- speakers include virginia senator mark warner, al gore, and author anne-marie slaughter. >> we've got to banish the word "he's helping" at home. helping is not actually taking the burden off of you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help. he is the assistant. if we're going to get to where we need to go, men do have to lead parents or fully equal coparents. >> for our complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. we have more now on the middle east with a forum on the israeli-palestinian conflict. scholars and diplomats talked about what is needed to create stability and leading peace -- lasting peace in the middle east. , kindlys and gentlemen phones. your cell . good afternoon. director of the university center for terrorism studies. it is administered by the potomac institute for policy studies, international center for terrorism studies, as well as the inter-university center for l

. >> sunday afternoon at 2 p.m., race and the criminal justice system with valerie jarrett and others. we've got to banish the word these helping at home. right? helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are stupid out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help the key is not the agent. he is the assistant. if we're going to get to where we need to go, man do have to believe parents are fully equal coparent. >> for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> afghanistan to enter your minister now on the future of afghanistan security and the nation's stability. he spoke of the carnegie endowment for international peace in washington, d.c. and fielded questions from the audience, including about his potential challenge to the current afghan president in the next national election. this is about an hour and a ha half. >> i'm ashley tellis. it gives me very special pleasure to welcome all of you to the discussion on afghanistan and its future prospects. i also want to extend a warm welcome to our speaker this afternoon, mr. mohammad umer daudzai. as all of you know, h

and a sunday afternoon at 2:00, race and the criminal justice system white house senior adviser valerie jarrett at 6:30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include virginia senator mark warner, former vice president al gore. anne-marie slaughter: helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help. he is not the agent, right? he is the assistant. and if we are going to get to where we need to go, man to have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. announcer: for our full schedule, go to c-span.org. this holiday weekend, but tv brings you three days of nonfiction authors. on friday, back to back airings of afterwards. president arthur brooks discusses his latest book on how to build a fairer, happier america. biggest mistake we make on the conservative side a lot, the one the trips people of the most, believe it or not, is the one that should be easiest -- which is to get happy. announcer: dr. cornel west examines martin luther king. cornel: martin understood that for christians or any hu

valerie jarrett was born in iran. what are we doing? wants to report on this woman. >> you like donald trump. he reports on this issue. >> i think that ted cruz will make a good vice president she had. neil: marco rubio? >> i think he needs a little more seasoning. maybe it is the boorish look that marco has. i think that he is very articulate and very smart. he needs a little bit more. >> the jaws of victory. what do they have to do? >> all the people that buy into the establishment mentality, they have to realize that they are becoming their own. the republican voter isn't revolution right now. a political revolution taking place. they have to come to grips that the establishment has become very irrelevant. treating the people fairly. without this greed that goes on in washington, d.c. which people find onerous. they are so wasteful. they are so off the page. they are letting this president marginalize america. apologize for us. being the savior. the protector of humanity. the protector of human rights. we have to get rid of these wim

afternoon at 2:00, race and the criminal justice system with valerie jarrett, and others.hen, at 6:30, portions of the washington ideas festival. speakers include former vice president al gore and and brief letter -- anne-marie slaughter. word,have to banish the "helping" at home. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and asking him to help. if we are going to get to where we need to go, men do have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. >> for our full schedule, go to c-span.org. >> the new secretary of the smithsonian institution, david skorton talked about the future of the museum and its research products. aspen institute hosted the discussion last month. >> it is my pleasure to cure rate for-five times a year these roundtables. thank you, michelle, for always supporting these conversations be in the conversations i curate deal with the arts, but not just the arts, the arts in society, and how the arts intersect and how they can be productive and evermore interactive partners with all the areas of society, which is very much in keeping with the mission

. >> sunday at 2:00, race and the criminal justice system with valerie jarrett and others.hen, portions of the washington ideas festival. speakers include mark warner, al anne-marieuthor slaughter. >> we have to band the word helping. helping is not taking the burden off of you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help. if we are going to get to where we are going, and they have to be lead parents or equal coparents. for a full schedule, go to www.c-span.org. described american regionalism and politics. bluescribes red states and states. he addresses students at iowa university. >> it is my special honor to introduce our speaker, an award-winning journalist and the 11thd history of rigel -- rival regional cultures of north america, described as the history of north america that describes and explains away partisanship with the claim that culture wars are inevitable. other books include lobster coast and the struggle for forgotten frontier, oceans and, travels through dangerous seas, and the republic of private. he has also been the sta

sunday afternoon at 2:00, race and the criminal justice system with white house senior adviser valerie jarrett and others. then at 6:30 portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include virginia senator mark warner, former vice president al gore and author ann marie slaughter. >> we have to banish the word he's helping at home. right. helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figures out what needs to be done. and you are asking him to help. he's not the agent. right. he's the assistant. if we're going to get to where we need to go men have to be lead parent or fully equal co-parents. >> for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> a recent senate subcommittee looked at a potential impact on the merge of two largest beer companies. inbev offered to purchase sab miller. it included ceos of anheuser busch and inbev. along with the brewers association, the brewers association of america, the america antitrust institute. this hearing was chaired by senator mike lee of utah. >> welcome to this hearing of the subcommittee on antitrust competition policy and c

nra members go on the task force and the other thing is that i was at an event last night and valerie jarrett about this. i also write about it. gun owners came to the white house because they also want something done. over 70% of nra members want background checks. the public. we are not listening to the american people. that is the bottom line. also, the american people have to keep disturbing and look at who they are voting for. if they want this to stop or they would progress. host: mike, from georgia, democrat line. you are on. meler: first of all, let congratulate the congresswoman for his or election to congress. i want to use this opportunity to appeal to you to keep corruption and the avoidance of corruption at the top of your agenda. i am tired of seeing my heroes go down in flames. i'm talking about charlie wrangle, maxine waters, and the congressman you replace, jesse jackson junior. know, and congress people have a low threshold when it comes to corruption. the appearance of corruption or even the talk of it is guilty. we -- all i can think of is the shroud of corruption hovering

announcer: and sunday afternoon, race and the criminal justice system with valerie jarrett and others. then at 6:30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival. al gore and author anne-marie slaughter. anne-marie: we have to banish the word he is helping at home. helping is not taking the burden off of you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done. and you are asking him to help, he is not the agent -- he is the assistant. and if we are going to get where we need to go, men do have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. for our full schedule, go to c-span.org. next, presidential chris town hallolds a meeting in new london, new hampshire. they host the first in the nation president of primary grade from monday, this is two hours. [applause] >> nice to see you. >> how do you do? [applause] >> welcome. >> thank you. >> i am mary. nice to meet you. thank you. >> nice to see you guys. [applause] dan: i used to be the counselor. and now i am the attorney for new london. i have a great pressure of introducing you a man who i truly believe will make a real difference for

. >> sunday afternoon race and the criminal justice system with white a senior advisor valerie jarrettnd others. then portions of this year's washington ideas festival. >> we got to banish the word he is hoping that home. right? helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you're asking him to help. he is not the aging. is the assistant. if we're going to get to where we need to go, then to have to be lead parents are fully equal coparent. >> for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> next a townhall meeting with democratic presidential candidate martin o'malley in madbury, new hampshire. this event took place after the former maryland governor participate in the third democratic debate last saturday. >> hello, everybody. at ease, at ease. how are you? thank you. hello, will. how's it going? where as our host and hostess? >> right there. >> jennifer wilhelm. thanks a lot for

sunday afternoon at 2:00 race and the criminal justice system with white house senior advisor valerie jarrett and others. at 6:30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include virginia senator mark warner, former vice president al gore and author ann-marie slaughter. >> we've got to banish the word "he's helping at home." right? helping is not actually taking the burden off. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are needing an assistant. men have to be lead parents or fully equal co-parents. >> for our complete schedule, go to cspan.org. >> we have more on the u.s. chamber of commerce's summit on job opportunities for veterans. up next, former first lady laura bush. she specifically focuses on military spouses and the challenges they face. attendees also hear from congressional medal of honor recipient dakota meyer, labor secretary tom perez and joint chiefs of staff vice chair admiral james winfield. this is just under two hours. >>> good morning, i'm the executive director of the institute for military families and i would like to welcome my friend

sunday afternoon at 2:00, race and the criminal justice system with white house senior adviser valerie jarrett among others. at 6:30, virginia senator mark warner, former vice president al gore, and author maann marie slaughter. >> we've got to banish the word "helping at home." helping is not taking the burden off you. you are figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help. he's the assistant. if we're going to get to where we need to go, men do have to be lead parents or fully equal co-parents. >> for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> a discussion now on u.s.-russia relations from "washington journal," featuring former world which is champion garry kasparov. it's about 55 minutes. now on your screen is garry kasparov, former world chess champion and the author of "winter is coming: why vladimir putin and the enemies of the free world must be stopped." mr. caspkasparov, what's your history with vladimir putin? >> i never met vladimir putin. this man has been steadily destroying my country. he's a dictator who is quite desperate for staying in power. now he's been

. >> sunday at 2:00, race and the criminal justice system with valerie jarrett, and others.n, portions of the washington ideas festival. speakers include former vice president al gore and author anne-marie slaughter. >> we have to banish the word "helping" at home. helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done. you are asking him to help. he is not the agent. he is the assistant. if we are going to get to where we need to go, men do have to be parents, or fully equal coparents. >> for the full schedule, go to.org. -- c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now, amy harder of "the wall street journal," .he covers energy for the paper good morning. the prospect of the united states exporting oil. tell us where we are in that process. we never used to be able to do it before. guest: there was a ban in place for 40 years. congress first it in place in 1975 in response to the arab oil embargo. in fact, a lot of people do not on oil.re is a band o if the average american does not know it is there, we can

. >> and sunday afternoon at 2:00 race and the criminal justice system with valerie jarrett and others. at 6:30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include virginia senator mark warner former vice president al gore and author ann marie slaughter. >> we've got to banish the word "he's helping" at home. helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done. and you are asking him to help. he is not the agent. he's the assistant. and if we're going to get to where we need to go men do have to be lead parents, or fully equal co-parents. >> for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> arthur brooks discusses his latest book, the conservative heart. how to build a fairer, happier america. >> the trip believe it or not is the one that should be the easiest, which is to get happy. >> for any human being who wants to reach a level of integrity honesty and decency as a long distance runner you've got to kill something in yourself, fear. you've got to kill something in yourself. your obsession with position and status and

race and the criminal justice system with white house senior adviser valerie jarrett and others.6:30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival. gore ander, al anne-marie slaughter. >> we have to banish the word "he's helping." helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done and you are asking him to help. he is not the agent, he is the assistant. if we are going to get to where we need to go, men do have to be lead parents or fully equal coparents. >> go to c-span.org for our complete schedule. "washington journal" continues. host: authors week continues here on washington journal. we are joined by matthew green, associate professor of politics at catholic university and author of "underdog politics: the minority party in the u.s. house of representatives." thank you for being with us this morning. great power ofhe the minority in the u.s. senate. it is not so well known that the minority has power in the u.s. house. some: i was watching things in the minority party was doing in the 1990's and i was interested in how mu

sunday afternoon at 2:00, race and the criminal justice system with white house senior adviser valerie jarrettand others. then at 6:30, portions of this year's washington ideas festival. speakers include virginia senator mark warner, former vice president al gore, and author annmarie slaughter. >> we've got to banish the word "he's helping" at home. all right? helping is not actually taking the burden off you. you are still figuring out what needs to be done, and you are asking him to help. he is not the agent, right? he's the assistant. and if we're going to get to where we need to go, men do have to be lead parents, or fully equal co-parents. >> for our complete schedule, go to cspan.org. >>> smithsonian institution secretary david skorton said the u.s. should consider broadening the reach and scope of the smith son yan and he focused on the importance of investments in arts and humanitie humanities. this is about an hour. >> each year about 30 million people visit at least one of the smiths smithsonian's museums or galleries or the zoo. the hope diamond and the other vast animals in this co

valerie jarrett met with koch industries mark holden in an effort to bolster a rare coalition pushing to overhaul the criminal justice system. melinda in sarasota let's hear you. republican. caller: thank you for taking my -- i wanted to make comments. american women have some of the most amazing rights compared to countries, especially islam. i have a friend. i can't say her name because she she found jesus and became a christian. ine a christian bible that's arabic. there is a total difference compared to today. he'sgentleman called in, right, women are treated like animals. no rights. [indiscernible]. hisld trump, i love some of ideas. we need a businessman. wantedsaying he $5 million for the wounded that sounds healthy. nobody come up with that stuff. businessman. he's traveled all over the world. i think he'll be a great president. i'm sorry, everybody has a of whatever rel they country.his melinda ins sarasota, florida. the house coming in to work on a more the federal government. have ray lahood talking about seekingautobiography bipartisan and after that, niels lesniewski will

these are individuals who will meet with valerie jarrett, z and then roads. meeting is a meeting will leadia munoz with representatives of the sikh community to discuss how the administration is supporting the committee and discussed ways to work together to address concerns and challenges. additionalome meetings over the course of the week including one here at the white house on thursday. these are all slated to be staff they aretings but representative of the kind of ongoing dialogue the president maintains with religious leaders of all faiths across the country. is there a reason the white house is concerned about that clash? remarked -- he didn't raise that issue but came down on leadership for not pushing back against extremism. line.k a harder to take arage you look. he talks about how important the muslim community is to the broader international community. the current plan is for these to be meetings at the staff level. change over the it seems like the next step now, that they concern for you all looking ahead is whether or not they are receptive to

reporter: valerie jarrett said that the president has directed his team in short order to finalize a set of recommendations of what can be gun to save lives from violence. can you be specific about what short order means and will the recommendations cover the extended background checks? josh: i don't have enough information about what the administration's trog. and what elements of the president's executive authority can be used of keeping guns away from those who shouldn't have them. what additional steps can we take to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and those who are mentally ill. and that's no surprise that that has been a priority of the president but in terms of ongoing process or a time line for rolling out some new ideas, i don't have an update for you at this point. reporter: one question on the budget. it was said that republicans are trying to avoid a shutdown. are you becoming optimistic or pessimistic of where things tand and what is the administration's opinion on a short-term c.r. until the middle of next week? josh: there's a lot there. let me start from the b