watch in-depth fiction edition with author jacquelyn woodson live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern and next month with author geraldine brooks. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, supreme court and other public policy events around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable o satellite providerr. >> former arizona senator jon kyl and retiring senator jeff flake spoke at a memorial service for john mccain at the arizona state capitol in phoenix. senator mccain is survived by his wife, mother, and five

we have about 12 authors that are going to be launching book. >> host: jacqueline woodson will be on book tv for 3 hours the following day on sunday september 2nd as one -- talk with her and what does this cost? >> guest: we are so pleased that we have very generous donors, mr. rubenstien has been don or, and so it really helps to have that kind of support from private individuals as well as corporations. >> host: so hundred or so authors, who decides, do you decide who is going to be invited to come to the festival? >> guest: one of the great things of working in library of congress is we have experts in publishing and so they actually work with the publishers to find out who has a book coming out and we really want to make sure that when we invite authors that people can actually purchase the books and that there's -- i mentioned the launching, but it really is tied to the publishing and that environment of having the books there. >> host: and book tv will be live all day at national book festival with author events and call-ins, you can find the full schedule at booktv.org. how mu

watch in-depth fiction addition with jacqueline woodson live sunday from noon until 3:00 p.m. eastern. be sure to watch in-depth fiction addition next month with geraldine brooks in november with jody pico and brad meltzer in december. on c-span2. >>. [inaudible conversations] [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] thank you all. the historian, american hungarian historian john lucas who has spoken at the library couple of times in his youth and he is now in his 90s, said in an

the interview took place at the carter woodson home national historic site in washington, d.c. what's that at 7 pm eastern only on american history tv. >>> this weekend, c-span takes you to flashback arizona. with the help of the cabling partner, we will explore the literary live in history of flagstaff. located 80 miles south of the grand canyon. saturday at 7 pm eastern on book tv. author don lego discusses his book, grand canyon, a history of the national wonder a national park. >> a quarter of the way to the grand canyon this start about 70 miles up here at the comes another 200 miles to the west. [ audio interrupted ]

national book award-winning author jacqueline nixon -- woodson is in our program. rbor me."book "ha plus, over 15 novels and illustrated books for children and young -- young about -- young adults. watch in-depth sunday from noon to 3:00 p.m.. be sure to watch it next month with geraldine brooks and in number -- in november with germane pico and brad netzer. -- meltzer. americanr day weekend, history tv has three days of feature programming starting saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern with lectures in history as the prep blow -- pueblo professor discusses the anti-slavery movement before the civil war. , the women inies congressman series continues. at 8:00 p.m., on the presidency, a look tween the relationship between george washington and alex -- alexander -- alexander hamilton. watch a american history tv this labor day weekend on c-span3. c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1970 nine, c-span was created as a public service i am america's cable -- by america's cable companies. today we bring you unfiltered --gress -- unfiltered c-span is brought to you by your cable or satel

khalil mack is still a no-show...but raider great woodson was at camp.otted coaching up the defensive however the talk of the camp today was the sheriff...peyton manning. here is manning...on he and jon gruden's relationship. : pro bowl, you know, 18 years ago. pro bowl's a little different now. back then, it's a little more intense and serious. but, that week, guys wanted to kinda run through a wall just for him as our pro bowl hawaiian coach. partially because he bought all the beer for all the players, which was smart. i think it helped him in free agency. the teammate who kneeled alongside colin kaepernick may be close to finding his next job. tennessee titans head coach mike vrabel reportedly said the team plans on reaching out to former san francisco 49er eric reid. titans safety johnathan cyprien suffered a torn acl on wednesday, potentially opening up a spot in the secondary for reid. reid met with the cincinnati bengals this offseason as well, but did not come to terms on a deal. during that meeting, reid was asked whether he pla

khalil mack is still a no- raider great woodson was at camp. woodson spotted coaching up backs.owever camp today was the sheriff...peyton manning. here is manning...on he and jon gruden's relationship. : pro bowl, you know, 18 years ago. pro bowl's a little different now. back then, it's a little more intense and serious. but, that week, guys wanted to kinda run through a wall just for him as our pro bowl hawaiian coach. partially because he bought all the beer for all the players, which was smart. i think it helped him in free agency. the teammate who kneeled teammate who the the teammate who kneeled alongside colin kaepernick may be close to finding his next job. tennessee titans head coach mike vrabel reportedly said the team plans on reaching out to former san francisco 49er eric reid. titans safety titans eric reid. titans safety johnathan cyprien suffered a torn acl on wednesday, potentially opening up a spot in the secondary for reid. reid met with the cincinnati bengals this offseason as well, but did not come to terms on a deal. during that meeting, reid

woodson and peyton. derek carr is a student of the game.t. >> stinks one time we beat them while he was there, just decided he didn't want to play that one. no, i think the world of peyton. knew him before a little bit. just seeing him today and talking to him on more personal level, asking questions, really beneficial. >>> nfl hall of fame game in canton, ohio. ray lewis among the eight inductees. bears and ravens, bears down seven late, tyler bray to tanner gentry. preseason, going for the win. two-point conversion incomplete, ravens take it 17-16. >>> san jose, venus williams taking on heather watson. venus won first, dropped second, came back with a vengeance,ngea, third and decisive set 6-0. venus advances. to quarterfinals. great that venus won, serena lost her opening so one you know when you're at ross and you'rhello.... ...and then the price is like, helllooo! that's yes for less. find the latest trends and styles at prices that are a perfect fit. it feels even better when you find it for less. at ross. yes for less. ♪ ♪ ♪ i put a

speaking to the locals barson saloons conceded their life woodson still has mining mines harder now. relief their collective legend and whether played a part where said when private sector survived first war it disappearing before day i ask for the rose parade rest. in their stride branded a bit of a work first see a racist god shield but diversity of life when sixty of them miners grow. it was work and i got a good deal well as my grandpa grandma a six awful sweater. but maybe you mean old you. will. go. in every lady made home a and. e. always had because you know now we face the life that you'll say. drew. you won't want to hear that there's no water in the mine and soon you would have to drown through water and get it over your knees and . the horses would have to pull through the opponents from there and then they would lay to mouthfuls for tracks sometimes when they'd run out of traffic people here named were you know anywhere. there's nothing for him to day and there have been all the young pay for the turning to. alcohol. and. it was if we were some one would have a state and

bob woodson's president and founder of the woodson center and offer of the triumphs of joseph and hes tonight. thanks for joining us. >> please to be here, tucker.s >> tucker: i assume you are not a supporter of confederate statues? but tell me what you think when you watch that video. >> i am outraged that as a veteran of the civil rights movement we fought to fulfill the dream of america. it we supported our founding values and our principles and we also didn't destroy anything in the name of justice. for those people out there who are supposed to be heirs of that legacy, they are a fraud. i am against taking those statures down. to remember something that doesn't mean that you are celebrating it. the jewish people brought the holocaust museum because they said it's important to remember it. as a christian, we remember the cross not because it celebratesi roman oppression. because it is victory over death that we celebrate,ma resurrecti. it is important to apply your own narrative to the symbols but i think what is being done there is an outrage and these are anarchists. they are n

paid paid and charles woodson showing up for practice in napa. they made a combined 23 pro bowls in their careers and will soon be in the hall of fame. manning asked coach if he could stop by camp because i need my football fix for the summer. >> if they have a question, i'm always dshl i never consider myself a coach but you're always paying it forward, so i guess if somebody has a question, yeah, i can anxious. >> derek car said manning is one of his favorite players of all time. >> so there. ok. we'll be right back with the celebrity who wants to buy a celebrity house. the brady bunch pad. distance relationship. this is long distance with the best wifi experience, plus the most free shows to stream. and with savings on wireless, this is a relationship with more money to spend on the important things. this is how xfinity makes life... simple. easy. awesome. xfinity gives you the best wifi experience to stream the most free movies and shows from anywhere. plus, staying connected on the go is easy with xfinity mobile. switch today and see how you

welcome, i'm jacqueline woodson, and i'm glad you're here, and back to my question. [laughter] so in terms of being an athlete and being an activist, what came first? and how? >> well, in some ways i feel as an african-american i was born an activist. there's so many parts of my childhood that i feel like my parents reminded us to be conscious of where we came from, our lineage and always to be proud of that. and then you also have the, on the other hand, i mean, i grew up with, you know, a ball in my hand in a sense where we weren't really given the option of whether or not to play sport, it was more so which sport do you want to play. and we were always really encouraged to be active. when i was a kid, we stayed outside til the streetlights came on. so there was this importance put on not just being active, but also, you know, being healthy in a sense. >> and so in that, how did you find fencing? >> i, again, we were playing all these different sports as a kid, and we had a really hard time finding long-sleeved tops and spandex to go underneath team uniforms. and i

woodson could be spotted coaching up the defensive backs.p today was the sheriff...peyton manning. here is young carr and peyton manning...on their blooming relationship.(sot: carr & manning)) : pick his mind, see some things that we think the same on, see some things that he's seen over the years that he can add to help me and my preparation. you know, whatever we were doing on the field, i took full advantage. : i really like derek. i've known him just a little bit from playing against him but, uh, just, you know, jon let me sit in the quarterback meeting this morning. you can tell he loves it and he is very engaged and obviously trying to learn a new system, which is a challenge. one thing about jon gruden, he loves football, and so everybody playing for him better love it too. : just having today with peyton was just fantastic. i've taken things from his game. even, from the way, preparation, you know, things that i could learn from my brother, through eli and, you know, all those kind of things to steal

peyton manning and shawn woodson, showing up in napa. they had 22 pro bowls in their careers. the speaker circuit. when his schedule brought him to the bay area, he asked jon gruden if he could swing by and pay a visit. he needed to get his football fix for the summer. >> i never consider myself a coach but you're always paying it forward. if somebody has a question about no-huddle offense or calling automobi audibles, i'm glad. >>> a sneak peek of the public park on the roof of the transit center in san francisco today. the center does not open until august 11th. but today, they gave two public tours to give a taste. there's long, curving walkways, a lot of vegetation. a lot of places to sit and benches. when the transit center opens in nine days, it will connect people to b.a.r.t., caltrain and greyhound. >> oh, gosh. >> so innovative. >> that's very exciting. >> that's need. >> and a park up on top of there. >> its own climate, maybe? >> yeah. >> a microclimate. >> yeah. you get up closer to the fog, it will be chillier. not emba embarcader blowing, i'll have details and yo

she'll be joined in conversation by jacqueline woodson, an award-winning author of books including d foster, feathers, and stowaway. she was named the national ambassador for young people please join me and given a warm welcome to jacqueline. [applause] >> hello. thank you so much for coming. i see so many familiar faces. i'm very appreciative of this moment. i'm happy to share with everyone today. i'm going to read a few paragraphs from my book. >> her voice trailed off, the substitute teacher squinted and brought the list of names closer to her face. she was stuck and i could guess why. she was looking at the seven letters of my first name and wondering how to pronounce it. is your last name mohammed chess? her eyes fixed on me. the only fourth-grader in the classroom wearing a hijab. yes, not a. my eyes glued in front of me. and how do you pronounce your first mate? it's in p hodge. it's pronounced like it is written. that helped people understand my name but it didn't help her. she made another face, the kind you make when your mouth plans on something better. oh, that's too hard

watch in-depth fiction addition with jacqueline woodson live sunday from noon until 3:00 p.m. eastern. be sure to watch in-depth fiction addition next month with geraldine brooks in november with jody pico and brad meltzer in december. on c-span2. >>. [inaudible conversations] [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] thank you all. the historian, american hungarian historian john lucas who has spoken at the library couple of times in his youth and he is now in his 90s, said in an essay written in 1974, almost 50 year joint anniversaries of the deaths of wilson and --.they both died in 1924. it looked like in the 1970s, still that it might be the age, the 20th century and beyond like you know the age, he presented it would not be known as the age of woodrow wilson. that turns out to be a little bit more precedent but maybe not in the ways that he thought. wilson was a great in the power of rhetoric, persuasion as a tool of noble democratic leaders. he said at one point in one of his early essays quoted by patricia o'toole, if arguments are weapons and people

but i'm proud to say that mayor woodson is just doing us justice. he's someone that is not afraid to be bold. so would you join me in welcoming the new mayor of birmingham, alabama. [applause] > thank you, everyone. good afternoon net roots. it's such an honor to be with everyone tonight. this room, in to the future is in this room. people from all around our nation coming together despite our differences, working towards a common cause. i am of the belief that you all the future is are the people who are making change happen right now. you all are also the people that will be responsible for nge we need in november. each and every single one of us been called we need inctively together by been called together by a fierce sense of urgency of now. say.. king would we all face unrelenting attacks on our right. we all face unrelenting attacks on our freedom. unfortunately we face unrelenting attacks on who we unfortunately we face a place where congressional districts have been designed to create division and distrust. but it is our time to make histor

. >> think that was a name he got from charles woodson a former player. with him. >>> all right thank you. well, coming up we have new details as investigators are piecing together what led an airport employee to hijack a plane. >>> it is time to pull the boys from the bay, all that kelp might be gross to some. but the marine biologists, it's a treasure-trove of information. to go nose down and call it a night." >>> i'm going to land this. you know? like -- in a safe, safe kind of manner. think i'm -- what i'm trying to do is a barrel roll. and if that goes good i'll just go nose down and call it a night. >> our top story at 6:30, audio recordings of a conversation between an air traffic controller and an airline worker who stole a plane for a joyride that ended tragically. and investigators are piecing together the actions and motives of the man. tony dokoupil has the latest details. >> i don't want do hurt no one. >> reporter: the employee who stole the horizon air passenger plane was a ground service agent and he had worked for the airline for three an

jacqueline woodson, live on sunday from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern.hor brad meltzer will be our guest in december. 2.booktv on c-span >> washington journal continues. author h buckley, of the new book. writer andeech transition adviser to the donald trump 2016 presidential campaign. i want to play this moment for of the president speaking in february of 2017. he was then president, expressing his goal of making the republican party into a worker's party. [video clip] >> the gop will be from now on the party also of the american worker. [applause] >> we have not been given credit for this but if you look at how much bigger our party has gotten during this cycle, during the early days when we had 17 people running the primaries. millions of people were joining. i won't say it was because of me and we have an thatng, powerful party truly does want to see america be great again and it will see it a lot sooner than you think. we will not answer to donors or special interests but we will serve the citizens of the united states of america. believe me. cooper

watch in-depth fiction addition with author jacqueline woodson, live sunday from noon until 3:0. watch in-depth action addition next month with geraldine brooks and in november and in december.

watch in-depth fiction addition with author jacqueline woodson, live sunday from noon until 3:0. watch in-depth action addition next month with geraldine brooks and in november and in december. on the tv, on c-span2. now to an award ceremony recognizing members of congress and staff. it's hosted by the congressional management foundation and among the recipients are arizona democratic congressman and washington republican congresswoman. >> hello and welcome to the first in all congressional management foundation democracy awards. i'm brad fitch, president and ceo of the congressional management foundation and i'm delighted to welcome the winners, finalists, sponsors and friends here at this launch of our new signature program. it's a part of our mission to build trust and effectiveness in congress. i was the first to express our profound gratitude to the founding partner of the democracy, bridge alliance and its founder. bridge alliance -- oh. [applause] david, you will get applause so get used to it. it's a diverse coalition of 80 respected and established organizations around t

watch in-depth fiction edition with jacqueline woodson live sunday from noon to 3:00 p.m.astern and watch in-depth fiction edition next month with geraldine brooks and in november with jodey picot. sunday night on q and a, charles calhoun talks about his biography on the 23rd president of the united states, benjamin harrison. indianapolis and that his house people thronged and he gave four speeches. his campaign people said this is the thing to do. let people come to you. months to thefour election, that is what happened. harrison stayed home. he would meet delegations, these visiting delegations around the , oftenaround the country we farmers, cotton farmers. they would come and harrison would give them a short speech, mostly attuned to their own interests but something that would resonate with people generally. he had his own stenographer taped down what he said. -- taped down what he said. they would give it to the associated press the next morning, it is in the newspapers all over the country. calhoun,: charles sunday night at 8:00 eastern. washington journal continues

watch "in depth" fiction edition with jacqueline woodson live sunday from noon to 3 p.m. eastern and be sure to watch "in depth" fiction edition next month with geraldine brooks. >> next, testament on fighting medicaid fraud with the administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid services, and the u.s. comptroller general. they talked about short-term health plans and the pricing for a drug that is used to counter the effects of drug overdoses. senator ron johnson shared the hearing. >> good morning. this ring will to order. i want to thank administrator verma and general dodaro. i generally get it right, good. we certainly appreciate you coming for. >> this is follow. to our june 27 hearing where we really explored the gao report on overpayments, primarily medicaid, $37 billion, and we

. >> national book award-winning author jacqueline woodson is our guest on in-depth fiction edition onunday at noon with her most recent book, "quote harbor me. -- "harbor me" was over 50 novels and illustrated books for kids and young adults. be sure to watch in-depth fiction edition next month with author geraldine brooks and in november and december. on book tv on c-span2. watch c-span this week for live coverage of events honoring the life and career of senator john mccain. ,ednesday at 1:00 eastern senator mccain lies in state at the arizona state capitol. thursday at 1:00, a memorial service at north phoenix baptist church. the service, senator mccain's casket to parts arizona for joint base andrews in maryland. friday the senator will lie in state at the u.s. capitol. , the national:00 memorial service for senator mccain at washington national cathedral with the eulogy by former president barack obama. watch live on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app app. >> c-span. where history unfolds daily. in 1970 nine, c-span was created as a public service by ame