woodson needs a bigger voice. he needs to be on tv every day and you wille said find people on cnn disappear because their argument will disappear because that man is right. i'm glad you had him on there. host: let's go to virginia beach, virginia. betty is on the line for democrats. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i want to say one thing. the two gentleman you just had on were fine, but i'm extremely disappointed because i happen to be jewish and i was in connecticut, which i'm originally from newtown, connecticut the last weekend my visiting my family there. i heard more news when i got home. know if c-span ever invited -- i know you've had jewish people on talking before, but with the charlottesville think my don't know if you've invited anybody from the anti-defamation league or a rabbi or some other jewish person to come on representing a group. , butawful with the kkk it's also awful with these not nazis marching-- down in charlottesville. it was a horrible thing to see such a thing in 2017 in th

robert woodson, founder of the woodson center. and also from philadelphia i bernard henderson, a wharton school professor emeritus at the university of pennsylvania. thank you both for making time this morning. i understand the two of you are old friends, yet you have very divergent political views. i will start with you, mr. woodson. gives a sense of your friendship and how it came to be you share these views. guest: burning was always very smart. he went to one of those smart high schools, and i was a c student. i have been active in the civil rights movement, as bernie was. having led demonstrations in west chester, pennsylvania, the home of their rustin. -- barrett rustin. i was disappointed in that the movement in the mid-1960's when most did not benefit from the change. low income blacks were used for demographics. when the remedies came they helped middle-class blacks in that separation of interest continues to this day. one of the reasons why i left the movement and began to work on behalf of low income people of all races

robert woodson, founder of the woodson center. and also from philadelphia i bernard henderson, a wharton school professor emeritus at the university of pennsylvania. thank you both for making time this morning. i understand the two of you are old friends, yet you have very divergent political views. i will start with you, mr. woodson. gives a sense of your friendship and how it came to be you share these views. guest: burning was always very smart. he went to one of those smart high schools, and i was a c student.

robert woodson of the woodson center and bernard anderson of the center for human resources discusses race relations in the u.s. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. >> c-span's coverage of the solar eclipse on monday starts at 7:00 a.m. eastern with the washington journal live at nasa's center can rebuild, -- in greenbelt, maryland. our guests are a nasa research scientist and chief scientist at goddard. we joined nasa tv as they provide live views of the eclipse shadow passing over north america. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, you are -- viewer reaction to this rare solar eclipse over the continental united states. live coverage on monday starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and www.c-span.org. listen live on the c-span radio app. today, we take a look at preparations over the first solar eclipse over the united states in 100 years. mars exploration and more. beginning at noon eastern on c-span. >> supreme court justice elena kagan set down for a conversation with margaret marshall, retired chief justice of the supre

and robert woodson of the woodson center and robert anderson of the center for human resources discuss race relations in the u.s.. be sure to watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. "q&a," carlght on cannon recounts events in u.s. history that happened on specific dates throughout the isar in his book "on th date." >> it has this secret mission. what is the secret mission? this thing is loaded onto it, it is very heavy. it is the components of the atom bomb that will be dropped on japan. top secret. so top-secret the navy does not do the normal things they do. they ship after they deliver the rendezvous with what may be the battle for japan and does not get in escort. there is no destroyer escort. not enough people are aware it is missing. it is an submarine infested andrs, sunk by a simmering, eight sunk by a submarine, 900 people going to the water. they diet, sharks eat them, it is a terrible story. >> on "q&a." >> next, more concerning the announced departure of presidential strategist steve bannon. then c-span's conversation wit

robert woodson of the woodson center and renard anderson of the center for human resources discuss race relations in the u.s.. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. saturday morning. join the discussion. >> c-span's coverage of the solar eclipse on monday starts monday onm. on "washington journal." scientist.are a nasa theyon, we join nasa tv as provide live views of the eclipse shadow passing over north america. and then, viewer reaction over this rare solar eclipse. all-day coverage of the solar monday on c-span and c-span.org. listen free on the c-span radio app. on saturday, we will take a look at preparations for the solar eclipse and programs on the nasa budget, mars exploration and more, beginning at noon on c-span. >> supreme court justice elena kagan sat down with retired chief justice of the massachusetts supreme court to talk about their legal careers and the legal career of sandra day o'connor. this is just over one hour. . good evening and thank you merrill. car where ig in my was a relatively recent partner at my law firm. our lawyers and our sp

robert woodson of the woodson center and bernard anderson for -- discuss race relations in the u.s. be sure to watch washington journal at 7:00 this morning. join the discussion. discussion on how increasing ocean temperatures can make hurricane stronger and why tornadoes are coming in bigger and more powerful bunches. an hour.t is just over thanks a lot, felicia. i actually only wear one hat also. i really think of myself as a scientist. that's all i do. but if you do science for a long enough time, they put you in positions like being the chair of the department so it's not something that you seek out, but it is something that happens because you do a lot of science. i like to think of myself as a person who just focuses on one thing. actually it's two things. it's hurricanes and tornadoes.

with robert woodson and bernard anderson. always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. today is saturday, august 19, 2017. president trump has ousted his chief strategist, steve bannon. he is out at the white house. he had been accredited with helping trump when last year's presidential election and is seen as the key architect of the president's nationalism policies. the last week was also marked by the president's contradictory who's to blamet for the violence in charlottesville.

robert woodson of the woods center and bernard anderson of the center for human resources discusses race relations in the u.s. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern saturday morning. join the discussion. c-span's coverage of the solar eclipse on monday starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern with the washington journal live at nasa's center can rebuild, maryland. our guests are a national research -- a massive research scientist and chief scientist at goddard. we joined nasa tv as they provide live views of the eclipse shadow passing over north america. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, you are reaction to this rare solar eclipse over the continental united states. on monday starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and www.c-span.org. listen live at the c-span radio app. we take preparations over the first solar eclipse over the united states in 100 years. mars expiration and more. beginning at new eastern on c-span. supreme court justice elena kagan setup them with a conversation with market marshall, retired chief justice of the supreme court to talk about their legal careers a

host: next, woodson senate president robert whitson and the university of pennsylvania's bernard anderson joining us to talk about race, legacy of the civil war, and the president's comments about charlottesville. stay with us. ♪ >> c-span's coverage of the solar eclipse on monday starts at 7:00 a.m. eastern with the washington journal live at nasa's goddard space flight center in maryland. our guests are a nasa research space scientist, and jim garvin, chief scientist at goddard. at noon eastern we join nasa tv as a provide live views of the eclipse shadow passing over north america. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, viewer reaction to this rare solar eclipse over the continental united states. live all-day coverage of the solar eclipse on monday starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span and c-span.org. listen live on the free c-span radio app. , and today we take a look at preparations for the first solar eclipse of the united states in 100 years. plus programs on the nasa budget, mars declaration and more. beginning at noon eastern on c-span. sunday night on q&a, carl cannon recounts events in u.s. histo

and robert wouldson of the woodson center andber naar anderson of the center for human resource ask you race religiouses in the u.s. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal "on saturday morning. join the discussion. >> every month booktv on c-span2 booktv features an in department depth conversation with a nonfiction author about their writing year. join us on september 3rd when the guest is eric matexas. his books include amazing grace; october 1st, author in "new york times" columnist maureen dowd will discuss her books. november 5th, michael lewis will talk about his books. >> in his book, "why will son matters" tony smith writes about woodrow wilson's lasting influence on american foreign policy. he talked about the book at southern methodist universities' center for presidential history in dallas. this is a an hour and a half. >>> i found that in the age of trump it's important to choose your words very carfully so i consider them to be both wilson experts. to my mind, professor knock has done more than anything totle us what woodrow wilson had to deal with, and kell us the hi

later on, we will speak with robert woodson and bernard anderson.hey will talk about race and the legacy of the civil war and the president's comments this past week. stay with us. ♪ >> we've been on the road meeting winners of this year's studentcam video documentary competition. at royal oak high school, first place winner jared clark won a prize of $3000 for his documentary on the rising cost of pharmaceutical drugs. the second place prize of $5,000 to a- $1500 went documentary on mass incarceration. the third place winner won a prize of $750. and honorablen mention prize. thank you to all the students who participated in our 2017 studentcam video documentary competition. to watch any of the videos, go to studentcam.org. studentcam 2018 starts in september with the theme "the constitution and create a video illustrating by the provision is important. coverage of the solar eclipse on monday starts at 7:00 a.m. eastern washington journal live at nasa's goddard states fight center -- spaceflight center. a nasa research space scientist and jim garvin

in fact, at one point former teammate charles woodson was doing the interviews for him. >> seth roberts, what did you do today? >> just put the team on my back. >> today roberts was rewarded for that with a $12 million three-year contract extension. 70 career catches, 10 as touchdowns. he was going to make $600,000 this year. >>> baseball news. the astros have been playing this week series against the rangers in st. petersburg, florida, because of the flooding in houston. today the team announced that they will return to houston saturday to play the mets. their president reed ryan tweeted this picture of a flood-free minutemaid park. >>> video from the stands of the nationals game in washington, dc. she solves the rubiks cube in between pitches and does it in about 10 seconds. perhaps dusty baker should hire her to solve his bullpen situation. it's funny, in the newsroom looking for a rubiks cube that you could try and solve during the sportscast. >> nobody has one? >> you remember the day when everyone had one? you sit there and you -- doing your -- [ crosstalk ] >> did you solve it? >

the woodson family gave $3500. >> i just felt compelled to give.hought it was really special. >> reporter: it's one small step for mission control, one giant leap for future generations. >> they're going to see this thing as it was and they're going to live exactly what we did, and that's what we're going to create for them. that is going to be our gift to the next generation. >> i was lucky enough to be in that room once, and as many things on television, it's much smaller than you think it is. that was kerry sanders reporting. >> a good little piece of history, right, to see? >> totally cool. >> we'll be right back. are putting together a spraying plan .. after contra costa county reported its first positive )west nile virus ) tests of the year. >>> east bay vector control teams are putting together a spray plan after contra costa county reported its first west nile virus test of the year. two migrant birds tested positive as did a group of mo h mosquitoes in west bay. there are no signs of people getting the virus. >> i imagine it's going to be

the whole organization that woodson pulled together, and the theme was the 190th year of the abolition of slavery in the state of new york. 190 years ago. that's going back to -- back to 1827. and dish reminded audience that at the same time that you're talking about the 190th 190th abolition of slavery, czeched to that other few months before was a found of freedoms journal, the first african-american newspaper that was pulled together by john russ worm and samuel cornage. who individuals who put their ideas together, put together this newspaper, and within a year or so they're going into different directions. one becoming samuel cornage, his understanding that, oh, i'm a little bit more involved in what happens with us and this country and less concerned about africa. russworm was what they called at that time a colonist. he was the whole american colonialization was part of that and he being go to go to liberia and teach and bring the idea of struggle we had in this country to the african population. samuel cornage had a different view. in 1820s you have this kind of break, two indi

the woodson family gave $35. >> just felt compelled to give. i thought it was really special. generations. >> they're going to see this thing as it was and they are going to live exactly what we did and that's what we're going to create for them. that is going to be our gift to the next generation. >> reporter: as a nod to the engineers who did so much in this room i've put on the black tie, the short white sleeve shirt, the glasses. new york, this is houston, how do you read me? >> we read you. >> really loud and clear, kerry. what a great story. and i think a lot of people will be interested in donatito >> elon musk, are you listening. >> kerry, thank you. >>> just ahead, how to throw the perfect beach party in your own backyard right after your local news. >>> this is a "news 4 today" news break. >>> hi, good morning, everybody, the time is 8:26 on this first day of august. i'm angie goff. we do want to get a check on your roadways and commute with wtop's jack taylor. what's going on? >> good morning. troubles getting into college park off 95 southbound and rolling on the i

the woodson family gave $35. >> felt compelled to give. control. one giant leap for future generations. >> they're going to see this thing as it was. and they're going to live exactly what we did. and that's what we're going to create for them. that's going to be our gift to the next generation. >> reporter: as a nod to the engineers who did so much in this room, i put on the black tie, the short sleeve shirt, the glasses. new york, this is houston. how do you read me? >> loud and clear, kerry. what a great story. a lot of people are going to be interested in donating to that cause. >> jeff bezos, elon musk, are you listening? >>> just ahead, how to throw the perfect beach party in your own backyard. just ahead after local news. ♪i )m scott mcgrew. here )s a big local headline we )re watching today. ==live== tonight - the giants take on the a >>> good morning, everyone. 8:26. i'm true grew. tonight the giants take on the a's for the second time in the bay brain damage r bridge series. overnight, a fan tweeted out video of a brawl in the st

the woodson family gave $35. >> felt compelled to give.on control. one giant leap for future generations. >> they're going to see this thing as it was. and they're going to live exactly what we did. and that's what we're going to create for them. that's going to be our gift to the next generation. >> reporter: as a nod to the engineers who did so much in this room, i put on the black tie, the short sleeve shirt, new york, this is houston. how do you read me? >> loud and clear, kerry. what a great story. a lot of people are going to be interested in donating to that cause. >> jeff bezos, elan musk, are you listening? >>> just ahead, how to throw >>> 8:26, good morning, i'm tracy davidson. the talking about a beach party. the beach would be a great place to be today, right, bill henley? >>> yeah, it looks like some people are getting the party started early. the crowd will be building at cape may. a beautiful day ahead if you're racing to the water, no surprise. the temperatures are warming up now, 76 degrees at cape may point. cape may cour

i would like to think peggy woodson, jack breznik. on september 3.we will posit -- toss back to you. >> mike, thank you. >> it is good to be a part of the nasa team. >> we got you here. this is your first eclipse here. >> i never saw one in space, or on the ground. this is my first one in space or on the ground. >> how did you feel? >> it to a lot of people excited. this was one of the biggest events we have had for a while anyway. lots of people flocked to the path of totality. there was a lot of excitement. i do wish the weather was a little bit better. we had some clouds in the way. even with that, it got dark and cool. when you see things in space, you don't hear anything. you can see the terminator between night and day, these reminders of what our planet is about. i was able to experience the .oolness to -- good to be able this is a nice way to welcome them back to school. >> thank you for being here. >> i have a professor of physics and astronomy at the college of charleston. is this your first eclipse? >> this is my third totality. andw one i