on c-span 3. c-span. where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of house, thehe white supreme court, and public policy in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. dinner held by the ohio republican party, president trump encouraged activists to work on voter

thanks to c-span for giving us this opportunity. i would like to make you mentioned that there is a system called agenda 21. some people know this, it is public information, there is a plan to depopulate the world, maybe by 6 billion or 7 million people, and it is a universal system to to populate the world, so there are some systems and helpmethods going on to the people that are behind that campaign. it was started by henry kissinger and all the other leaders from the world to help depopulate the world. it is good that you have this conversation, and we need to do what we can to do the natural things that god has put in this world to keep us alive, because we are over populating, and they feel like they have to help eliminate, and so that is what we need to be on the watch out. thank you so much. agenda 21. google it and do your due diligence. thank you so much, sir. host: let's go to anna who is calling from goliad, texas on the democratic line. good morning, anna. caller: good morning. yes, we need to get more democrats back in

time on c-span. in the afternoon, president trump delivers remarks at a republican party state dinner in columbus, ohio. cato institute looks at state regulations and fiscal responsibility at noon eastern. then the school superintendents association and howard university hosting a discussion on the challenges facing urban school superintendents. >> saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, live coverage of the democratic national committee summer meeting in chicago to decide on changes to presidentialse nominating process, including the role of superdelegates. watch live saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, >> coming up on "washington cbs news elections and surveys director anthony salvanto discusses election polling and stephanie devaney with the national institutes of health on a program to gather data from americans to improve health research. ♪ host: good morning, everyone. it is friday, august 24th. we will end this week on the "washington journal" with your top stories and it begins with

thank you for c-span. host: ann coulter is here at 8:00 and in the 9:00 -- is here at 9:00 and in the 8:00 hour, we are joined by cenk uygur. the paul manafort convictions on coounts, and the michael hen guilty plea on 8 counts as well. caller: good morning. i wanted to tell everybody i am reading a new book that came out in june by madeleine albright. secretaryormer 64th of state and she was involved with a lot of things to do with politics. she served as secretary of state from 1997 to 2001 and she wrote a book called "fascism: a warning." it opens up a whole can of worms about trump and how he is pulling some of the same stunts mussolini pulled before he howme dictator of italy and mussolini had collusion with hitler. "fascism: as called warning." madeleine albright, it is a wonderful book and i thought everybody should take a look at it and get informed. a republican, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. there are a couple mistakes your colors are making. -- callers a republican, good mo

on c-span twos book tv. author bernadette loeffel-akin's about morning in the victorian area. she talks about the different rituals for men, women, and children when people died and how that impacted previous norms. the gettysburg heritage center hosted this talk. >> without any further introduction, i would like to bernadetteo you loeffel-atkins. she has been a friend of mine for a number of years. for those of you not familiar with burde bernadette, she is a native new yorker and moved to gettysburg 20 years ago. after managing two military history bookstores, she is happily retired and continues her research and writing and caring for a number of battlefield adopted position sites. today, bernadette is going to speak to us about life in the midst of death, mourning rituals in the 19th century america. thank you. thank you, bernadette. [applause] bernadette: i am really happy to see so many familiar faces here today. before we start, i would like to thank tammy and the heritage center for the support and for c-span being here and filming this, and most especially kevin drake

c-span viewers know. you and your colleagues have been so wonderful in collaborating, from landmark cases to other great programs. the constitution center, like c-span, has this inspiring mandate from congress, although we are both private nonprofits, to increase awareness and understanding among the public. about the u.s. constitution, and for you about public affairs. such a meaningful, important mission. i need to sit here and thank you on behalf of the constitution center, and all your admirers, for creating this marvelous instrument for public education. it is exactly what taft would have approved, allowing citizens to absorb complicated arguments, make up their own minds, educate themselves and develop the faculties of reason. it is a tremendous service, and such an honor to have our collaborations, the constitution center and c-span. brian: back to the beginning, at the new republic, how did it happen that you headed this up? how big of an organization is it? jeffrey: thanks for asking. it was the

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eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> every spring the u.s. army heritage and education center in carlisle, pennsylvania, posts a living history event featuring several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. next, on american artifacts, we visit a mock world war i trench to hear from two u.s. army veterans who specialize in portraying french soldiers of the great war. this is about 20 minutes. >>> good morning, my name is carter bertone, i portray a first lieutenant in the 18th infantry regiment french army 1917/1918. we're sitting here at carlisle barracks at the army historical education center and we're giving presentations on the french army and its role in the world war i and its links to the american forces. 23 you take a look here at this trench system, you'll see it's riveted with wood. this is actually -- this was actually taken off the u.s. army manual dated 1917 of how to build a trench system copied from the british manual but you can see this is very well built, very well constructed. you probably would not have see

>> live, wednesday on c-span, the u.s. chamber of commerce hosts its annual labor day press briefing to talk about economic and workplace issues facing u.s. businesses. in the afternoon, a ceremony at the arizona state capitol in phoenix where the body of senator john mccain will lie in state over the next two days. on c-span 2, assistant defense secretary randall scriber looks at talks between the u.s. and india starting at 10:00 a.m. on c-span 3, the white house historical association hosts the presidential sites summit in washington, d.c. at 9:00 coming up in about an hour, author and historian richard ,orth -- richard norton smith then usa today reporter alan gomez talks about the effectiveness of the e-verify employee verification system. washington journal --"washington journal" is live now. join the discussion prude ♪ -- join the discussion. ♪ a shot of the u.s. capital where the capital staff remains at half staff -- capitol flag remains at half staff. go to c-span.org for more information prude this is the "wa

eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> kavanaugh has got to go. >> he's one of the most qualified nominees ever picked for the supreme court, and he's contributed a great deal to his community and the legal profession besides being an outstanding judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals. >> judge kavanaugh has a special obligation to make his views on this topic clear given the president's litmus test that he would only appoint judges who would overturn roe. on that obligation judge kavanaugh failed spectacularly. >> i look forward to watching judge kavanaugh's confirmation hearing, and after conducting a thorough review of his nomination i'm confident that judge kavanaugh will be an excellent addition to our nation's highest court. >> watch day one of the senate confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. live tuesday september 4th on c-span 3. watch anytime on c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable televisi

. >> c-span, where history unfolds in 1979, c-span was created as a public service. we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. president trump and first lady melania trump hosted a dinner in the white house state dining room honoring evangelical leaders. during the event, the president made marks about the death of senator john mccain. >> malani and i are thrilled to welcome you and the special -- very special friends of mine, evangelical pastors and leaders from all across the nation. the white you to house. it's a special place at a place we love. we are having a lot of fun and success. today we reach the highest level in the history of the stock market. we are respected all over the world again and it means jobs. thank aant to take -- family that is truly a blessing to our nation. i want to thank mike pence and karen pence. and our incredible first bloody for hosting this evening. we are meeting with those who believe in the power of prayer. if you didn't, we would have a big story. i wan

watch on c-span and listen on free c-span radio app. >> next a look at the limits of free speech including where the first amendment protects so-called offensive or hate speech. the discussion was part of association in journalism and has communication conference held this week. >> good afternoon and welcome, those of you in the room and those of you joining us via c-span, i can't think of a more relevant and parent topic for us so talk about today, for those of you not in the room welcome to the association for education in journalism in mass

this week in prime time on c-span, c-span.org, and the free c-span radio app. tonight, hearing examines foreign influence operations and their use of social media platforms. the senate intelligence committee held the hearing today and you can see it tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span. tonight, testimony from active epa administrator andrew wheeler. it is the first time he will take part of the hearing following scott pruitt's resignation. spoke before the senate environment and public courts committee and that starts at 9:30 eastern on c-span. ♪ journal""washington live every day with policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday morning, the s mark moriel, and a political defense writer. c-span'so watch "washington journal" 7:00 a.m. eastern every morning. join the discussion. citiesekend, the c-span tour takes you to new mexico help of our comcast cable partners, we will explore the history of las crcuces. saturday at 12:00 noon eastern. explores theat impact of the project on new mexico. the cold war and the atomic west. h --hen often brought t

watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> nikola tesla was a scientist and inventor known for his development in electrical engineering including alternating current, radio and the induction motor. richard munson talked about his book "tesla: inventor of the modern". >> good morning. welcome to the science and technology center at the museum of science office. my name is eric. this is a special guest event. we have a guest speaker, richard munson, here to talk about his book "tesla: inventor of the modern". who has heard of nikola tesla? will hear about his life and abolishment. please join me in welcoming richard munson. >> appreciate everybody coming today. tesla has become sort, there has been a modern revival of him. larry page, google's cofounder referred to tesla as a hero. most people when they think about tesla they think about elon musk's car and batteries and solar equipment but i want to talk more about the man. we have some insights that i thought were just key, and the first is the extent of this man's genius. this man invented t

c-span, where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. series 1968,r america in turmoil, a look at the media 50 years ago. americans were eyewitnesses to war in vietnam, astronauts orbiting the moon, and assassinations. television and news magazines caught america at its most vulnerable and vibrant while shaping the stories it covered. newsman walter cronkite delivered his on error assessment that the bloody experience of vietnam is to end in a stalemate. our guests are former cbs and nbc journalist marvin kalb, the founding director of harvard's center on media, politics, and public policy, and david hume caverly he covered senator robert kennedy's campaign, the vietnam war, and the white house. first, here is cbs news coverage

eastern on c-span. live coverage of the democratic national committee summer meeting in chicago to decide on changes to the party's presidential nominating process including the role of superdelegates. watch live saturday at 11:00 eastern. listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the c-span buses traveling across the country on our 50 capitals to war. the bus is on its 39th stop in honolulu asking folks what is the most important issue in hawaii. you see these lemon groves, one of the big issues is will the have a place to live, will they have -- be able to afford to stay in the home of their birth. we have a huge homeless situation right now. we are looking for ways to take them off of the streets and i think the problem will get worse if we do not take care of it now. >> i am from hollande -- honolulu, hawaii. one of the important issues i feel we are facing is trying to manage work life balance. i work full-time, my husband we havell time and three young children and are trying to take care of everyon

eastern here on c-span. nominated to the supreme court in 1987, justice antonin -- justice anthony kennedy is retiring. look at his a legacy on the supreme court and impact on the nation. clerk for justice kennedy from 2011 to 2012 and former assistant to the solicitor general. watch the legacy of supreme court justice anthony kennedy, tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> tonight, a look at the general data protection regulation, privacy laws and how it will impact companies like google and facebook. program,s on the president and ceo of the software alliance. >> we need to think of our data custodian responsibilities. every company is a tech company. people are using and analyzing and amalgamating data. i think this signals a real change in our thinking in the private sector and government about the race of an individual in his or her own data. person has ongoing rights even when used legitimately by corporate actors. if we want all the innovation that

eastern on c-span two. >> the c-span bus has arrived by boat in hawaii for the 39 stop our 50 capitals to work. we are on the island of the wahoo, visiting -- are on the island of oahu. with all the a low high spirit we can share and display for the culture, this is great opportunity. welcome and aloha. impressive bus is going all over our nation. while in hawaii, i know c-span will enjoy the beauty, the sunshine, and of course, the aloha of the 50th state. i'm sure c-span will feel the aloha spirit as the bus embarks on its discovery of hawaii as part of its 50 capitals to her. governor doeutenant proclaimht -- hereby in hawaii, soek congratulations. >> watch more of our visit to hawaii during hawaii we can, october 6 and seven, on www.c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> our guest on newsmakers is marilyn senator chris van hollen. he has the responsibility for the democrats, hoping to turn the senate lose this election cycle. democrats are suspending 26 seats. center, thanks for being here. let me introduce

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communicators" tonight at 8:00 on c-span two. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought you by your cable or satellite provider. "washington journal" continues. morning will end this with open phones letting you drive the discussion. any public policy issue want to talk about, we can do it now. glenn is calling from shreveport, louisiana, an independent, go ahead. are you with us? >> yes, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. why is sources -- why is social security cap? do the wealthy get any of their social security back? , it slippedestion my mind. to your first question, how are you doing in retirement? are you retired? caller: yes, i had a dance with cancer and i won. i feel good about it. i am 70 and keep in on keeping on. thanks for the call. plainfield, new jersey democrat,

i know c-span is aired in canada. i would be interested to see a discussion about nafta, how canadians view what is going on because being a border state, new york, president trump is doing the right thing for america. thank you. host: appreciate the suggestion. mr. brennan has an op-ed in "the new york times." he writes of this morning in that op-ed is saying mr. trump's claims of collusion are in a word, hogwash. the only questions that remain are whether collusion's that took place constitute criminal liability. -- why he made the politically motivated decision to revoke my security clearance in an attempt to scare and silence others who might challenge him. it is critically important the special counsel and his team of investigators be allowed to complete their work without interference. matt is next, republican line. hi. caller: good morning, pedro. good to see you. it is nice to see somebody on tv who still knows how to dress properly, dude. my comment is the story not being said and i would like to see you mayb

i want citizens on c-span to come see it. it is the most inspiring space, and the only education center in the united states devoted to constitutional education, with a hall of statues of the signers, , wherealled signers call the kids can touch george washington, benjamin franklin, see how tall they were and commune with their spirit. and the rarest original copies of the constitution and declaration of independence, the bill of rights. but also a national education center, devoted to bringing liberals and conservatives together to educate people about the constitution. c-span viewers know about our great online resource, the interactive constitution, which brings together the top liberal and conservative scholars in america to write about every clause of the constitution, describing what they agree about and disagree about. it is so exciting that the college board will work with us to create a special curriculum on the first amendment. supreme court justices gorsuch and kagan will help us to videos to teach kids about the f

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watch on c-span and c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. tonight on the communicators, former fcc chief economist thomas hazel it talks about his book the political spectrum, the to alter his liberation of wireless technology, from herbert hoover to the smartphone. >> we have only scratched the surface in terms of how much spectrum we put out in this way and the great majority of the airwaves that are highly valuable for communication are still squandered. they are allocated to things that were set aside 50, 60 years ago. the technology is gone, the applications are moot, but we are blocking the pretty neat stuff in the way. devoted to talking about things regulators can do to unleash even more of what we and come in without the micromanagement of a federal communications commission. communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. -- on c-span2. now, remarks from the head of the u.s. citizenship and immigration services and the homeland security department. topics include the challenges the agency faces

on c-span3. >>> this weekend, the c-span city tour takes you to list chris's new mexico. with the help of our comcast cable partner we will explore the literary life and history of oscar says mack located at the foot of the oregon mountains and along the banks of the rio grande. saturday at 12 noon eastern on book tv. john hunter explores the impact of an impact project on new mexico. j robert oppenheimer, the cold war and the atomic west. >> when oppenheimer brought nuclear physics to the west, then to new mexico, he changed particularly new mexico, they brought this state that was poor and had very little infrastructure and put in the middle of this a federally funded facility that just transformed the state. >> author martha andrews discusses the role of frontier women and the book out of the shadows, the women of southern new mexico on sunday at 2 pm eastern on american history tv. we visit the white spent -- sands missile museum. >> the testing that was done here, people think it has been mostly military but it really involves a lot of civilian use as well. a lot of

for those of you on c-span three , stick around. in the meantime we are talking with edward lengel. >> i appreciate your program. mr. lengel, i appreciate your work . i grew up hearing stories from my great- grandfather about serving in the calvary. that is during world war i. i wanted to ask you if the stories that he told me were true, he had an old battle -- saddle that they rode horses on. they would ride behind the french kings and support the infantry. i wanted your comments? >> there was calvary behind the front. there was no american calvary attacks. they would not have succeeded. they were held as a potential reserve in case there was a breakthrough. the cavalry could be used to exploit breakthroughs. there were cases where u.s. soldiers came under fire and is the or troll, -- support -- in a support role. >> good morning. my grandfather served in the british army in the first world war. he was awarded -- for bravery and combat. that is just an aside. could you give a rundown of the casualty count each country endured durin

eastern on c-span. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, veteran democratic consultant discusses his book, how to onocrat in the age of trump, how the democratic party can regain congress and the white house. then, the controversy over 3-d printed guns. lieutenanted army colonel discussed the trump administration's foreign policy. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal monday morning. join the discussion. journal'swashington series on 1968. then senator bob casey of pennsylvania talks about ways congress can make air travel safer. at 11:00 p.m., another chance to q&a.d day, -- to see the british parliament is in recess the month of august. our live coverage of prime minister's questions will resume on wednesday, september 5. next we are going to show you a washington journal discussion looking back at the cold war, part of our series of the year 1968. this is 90 minutes.

. >> friday at 9:15 eastern on c-span, www.c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. earlier today a group of her public and senators spoke in the ol about brett kavanaugh's supreme court nomination. this is about 25 minutes. >> double stacked in the. we are in the process. good morning, everyone. have some brief comments and we will allow time for questions. i want to thank my colleagues, hatch,n hatch, chairman chairman grassley come and senator lee for joining us. senator cornyn will join us in a few moments. tois under -- important understand process that we will go through the next several weeks leading to the confirmation hearings to give you a representation of the school of the documentation. in the past them 170,000 or 180,000 pages was considered by senator leahy as historic. we will see a submission of document of the next several weeks that will be the equivalent of the documentation that have then submitted in total for the last five supreme court nominees. to give you a sense of what we're talking about, these are 167 boxes. each box will hold approximat

in 1970 nine, c-span was created by a public service. today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage. support. house, c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> jonathan edelstein's president and ceo of the wireless infrastructure association. thisdelstein, what is infrastructure? on the companies that maintain the infrastructure. the companies that maintain the infrastructure. the fiber that connects the towers and the small cells that supplement the tower. we represent the whole ecosystem. >> who are some of the companies you represent? at&tu may have heard of and verizon. capital bridge. you may have seen the cell towers but might not know the companies that own them. verizon and t-mobile sold some of their towers to other companies and have become major companies in their own right. your companies the ones who will build on the 5g network? adelstein: we do do that and it is a big project. peter: has it started? has started.: it some are testing it. 5g has started. fifth generation is more powerful. 100 times

normally seen only on the weekends here on c-span 3. but congress is on break this month so we're spending today on the history of cars in the united states. coming up, a couple of ford motor company films pushing for paved roads throughout the u.s. and the development of an interstate highway system. that is followed by a visit to the ford museum in michigan for a look at ford cars from the model a to the mustang and then from our college lecture series, a university of central florida class on post world war ii auto industry mavericks. if you missed any of today's program, we'll show it again tonight at 8:00 eastern and you could find it any time online at c-span video library. thursday american history tv continues with a look at the life of martin luther king jr. we'll show a 50th anniversary commemoration from march and friday the world war i centennial ceremony and looking at aspects of the war from discussions at u.s. army heritage days. >>> this weekend on american history tv, during "reel america," our weekly look at historical

watch hawaii weekend on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. washington journal continues. host: it's open phones until our program ends at 10:00 today. any public policy issue you want to talk about. that's onanything your mind in the realm of politics or public policy. phone lines, republicans (202) 748-8001. democrats (202) 748-8000. independents (202) 748-8002. want to show you the front pages of some of the major national newspapers today. continuing to focus on the president's response to the guilty plea by his former personal attorney michael coh en. president praises brave man up for -- manafort. the washington times, president hen didn'tsting co violate campaign law. the wall street journal. president denies role in payments. usa today focusing on susan page's analysis piece. trump's moment of truth is at hand. consequences could be real. consequences could be real. you want to know what's on your mind. give us a call. james is up first in crystal bay, nevada. republican. go ahead. caller: i want to ask your host there. and grinu set t

at :00 eastern on c-span's q and a. --president trump folded president trump posted around the foreignon investment risk review modernization act. the president and lawmakers talked about protecting intellectual property from other countries, especially china. president trump: thank you very much for being here this morning, and thank you to secretary mnuchin for joining us, and congratulations. you have done a great job. we appreciate it very much, steve. i especially want to welcome senators john cornyn, who has been working so hard lately, and especially at the border, doing things nobody else thought we could do with very bad legislation. we have got to get that changed. i think we will get it done. tom cotton, mike crapo, marco hensarling.ff i want to thank you all. this is something we are announcing today, but people found out about it. each of you was instrumental in passing the foreign investment risk review modernization act, which was included in the national defense organization act that i signed into law ea

we are on c-span and c-span 3's american history tv as we're covering the civil rights movement and race relations in 1968. james is waiting in greensboro, north carolina, on that line for those 61 and older. go ahead. >> caller: good morning, c-span. i'm glad everybody came on to talk about this situation. what's going on back then, ellis cleaver was a type of a hero to me. i remember one of my friends gave me his album, they had albums back then instead of cds, but i listened to his speech and it all made sense. what we need to do is we need to organize even better than the '60s because the '60s was a spiritual movement to advance the program of this country because this country was so dominated against us because of the color of our skin, the melon. he gave us so many names, but back then we was called negroes and color. then it became black. then if you look in the dictionary under the word black it's all negative. so this is why we're getting shot in the streets, the hatred and stuff because hatred is like born and it introduces itself in different faces and different colors and stu

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on c-span. two senators at the senate finance committee on paid family leave. >> we've been exploring on how parents can elect to receive paid benefit through social security. would defer collection of the social security upon retirement. we are working through, but i'm hopeful we can craft a policy that will benefit the most families and those who need it the most. >> the family act is really affordable. it is about the cost of a cup of coffee a week for you and your employer. ,wo dollars a week on average that is not a great deal of money to know if your mother is dying, you can be by her side or if you have a new infant or a special needs child, you can be there. >> on friday at 8:00 p.m., new york times white house correspondent maggie haberman talks about covering the trump white house. >> the relationship between this iste house and the president more or less what you see if you watch these press briefings, they are combative and they have transitioned from what has typicallyn a adversaria

c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of theress, the white house, supreme court, and public policy events and washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. peter: jonathan adelstein is president and ceo of the wireless infrastructure association, former fcc commissioner. mr. adelstein, what is this wireless infrastructure association? mr. adelstein: we represent the companies that build, own, and maintain the nation's wireless networks. we are the people that have all the equipment that is behind your smartphone. when you see your smartphone, how well it works, you cannot imagine how much equipment is behind it. everybody sees the cell towers, but there is a lot more that goes into it. fiber that connects those towers and the small cells that supplement the towers and all of the equipment that makes it possible. so we repr

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. >> you can see the entire senate healing -- senate hearing today on c-span at 4:30 p.m. eastern. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c-span, kissinger legrand at the senate finance committee hearing on paid family leave. >> we have been exploring how new is have paid a benefit to social security. theseurn for receiving benefits, participants would defer the collection of their social security benefits upon retirement. we are still working through complexities but i'm hoping we can cross a policy that would benefit most families and those who need it the most. >> the way we have written it, it is really affordable. it is about cost of a cup of coffee a week. it is about two dollars per week on average for all employees. your mother's dying, you can be by her side. you can be there when needed. >> on friday 8:00 p.m., a new york times a -- talks about covering the white house. more likeationship is what you see when you watch pressed briefings whether you see sean spicer on television, they are combative. they have transitioned from what has always been a typically to somethingatur

c-span and free speech tv. bill, before i get to could i suggest you have two more phone lines for republicans. --whaa-whaa. if you could have a full month for third-party voters. host: we do have that for independent voters. caller: the reason i say third-party in particular, because republicans do not follow the rules. rules are for everybody else except them. host: can you imagine if we set -- one for mine for who? 1-800 boo who who. host: thanks for the suggestion. we will consider it. guest: i will talk about it. offended but i refer to you to gq. you're the best dressed man in television. guy who, i amne got -- not going to mention his name. august sixth, august 15 and he called on the 26th. this is what i mean about republicans not following the rules. it is the same thing with elections. they rig everything with gerrymandering, taking people off the voter rolls. i do not get out anybody could be a republican unless they are just cheaters at their core. it is a pleasure and honor to talk to you. and step

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friends we'd like to thank c-span for provision coverage of the festival. our home is to shine a bright light on the state of mississippi and they let us do that. we want to kick off this year's festival with another kickoff. that is the mississippi writers trail. the up mat goal with this initiative is to identify throughout the state with permanent markers all of the writer we have produced in mississippi. mind you that is hundreds of markers. and conjunction with the markers will be an interactive web site that travelers travelers and other interested visitors can use to discover information about to the authors. mississippi has similar trails for musicians and civil rights. today we are unveiling the first two marker writer trail. this requires lots of resources and partners working together to make it happen. i want 0 to introduce them to you now. visit mississippi and we have craig rey with us today. [applause] the mississippi arts commission with malcolm white present. [applause] the mississippi humanities council, represent it by stewart rockoff. [a

[inaudible] thank you for c-span. fox is owned by rupert murdoch -- would they be considered a foreign lobby? no, fox is not a registered foreign lobby. , they willmes mention different media outlets that different countries will use for pr or propaganda purposes. there are a number of news outlets that will show up in the data. show,news outlets that are they government owned news outlets? guest: there are a variety of different outlets. they can be used for pr purposes or different type of things -- the ones registered as foreign agents are under the direct control of the government. forrester calling from florida on the independent line. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span and thank you for the center for responsive politics. debate aring to the few moments ago when you stated more clarity and not a specific proposal and this focus on process is causing this gridlock, that's why we can't get this clarity. it's really a matter of running the administration into the ground -- the republican party pragmatic,--

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