it's television for serious readers learn discover explore weekends on c-span 2. this week we're looking back to this date in history. each year for the past 194 years americans have celebrated the anniversary of their independence here and in thousands of towns and cities throughout the united states. this year's fourth of july celebrations were something special. the nationwide honor america day as it was called was a non-political observance with leaders of both political parties taking part. americans from all walks of life took this opportunity to find the common grounds and affection for the country and to share that affection with others. they honor america day program was simply a celebration of the 194th anniversary of the day on which the colonies of north america declared that they were from that time and independent nation and based this national independence on the concept of individual liberty. here in washington the day-long program began at 10:30 in the morning. the morning activities focused primarily on religious observances with protestants roma

eastern on c-span's q&a. you can also listen to c-span as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. st: our first guest is david gantz, with -- a professor of law emeritus at the university of arizona. anchor for joining us this morning. guest: my pleasure. host: we are under, when it comes to trade concerns, something called the u.s. fda. it is the one year anniversary. could you remind people about not only what the new trade agreement is, but what brought on its, i guess, what led to it being created? caller: a number of forces there. basically this is a revised version of the north american free trade agreement that was in effect beginning in january, 1994. that agreement was negotiated in 1991 or 1992 and in many respects was seriously out of date. there also was a lot of political opposition to nafta on both sides of the aisle, and the previous administration, some logic that a new version would be attractive to a wide swath of members of congress, members of the public as well. host: some of the specifics of the usmca, ordinance for cars and trucks, protection for property, i

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thank you for c-span. this is anecdotal, but in response to the idea that people are not going back to work because they are getting too much money, i have somebody around me talking about he was a business owner saying he was having so much trouble finding employees and my husband is out of work and i wanted to say to him, how much are you paying? he owned a restaurant that she owns a restaurant. we have a mortgage, payments, a lifestyle, and he has been out of work for months. and i know if i asked this man what he was paying it would not have been enough for us to sustain, so of course it will not -- of course he will not take that job. it is good they are paying people. maybe this will pressure employers to pay a living wage. host: the other concern is that this is going to spike inflation. caller: i am not that worried yet. i think it might cause some inflation, but from what i am hearing from authorities, they say they don't expect it to be that serious and i am going to have faith in that for the mo

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eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or you can listen on the free c-span radio app. @cspanwj. you can start calling him now, we are expecting that meeting with elected officials and law enforcement leaders to happen at the white house from 1:15 today, perhaps some remarks from president biden at the top of that coverage set to take those remarks if those do happen today. starting our conversation this morning, if you are in that meeting with president biden what suggestions would you have to reduce gun violence in the country? president biden just a couple weeks ago talking about a concern in the rise of violent crimes and gun violence specifically. these are some of his comments from the white house. >> -- pres. biden: crime historically rises during the summer and as we emerge from this pandemic with the country opening back up again, the traditional summer spike may be more pronounced than it usually would be. for folks at home here's what you need to know. i've been at this a long time. there are things we know that work to reduce gun violence and violent crime and things

watch american history tv every saturday and book tv every sunday on c-span 2. to commemorate its 60th anniversary and the publication of james hoban designer and builder of the white house the white house historical association paid tribute to the irish immigrant at hobin's washington dc grave site. next on the presidency we hear from among others the irish ambassador to the united states who spoke about his countrymen the white house historical association hosted this event and provided the video. well, good afternoon again, and thank you all for coming on this. thankfully overcast but not rainy day. we appreciate you being here with us. ambassador archbishop president general van buren the grand master of the grand lodge of the district of columbia our dear friends from the royal hibernians or the ancient hibernians hi, my name is stewart mclaurin and i'm the president of the white house historical association. and it's my privilege to welcome you here for this special occasion today. this is going to be a brief ceremony commemorating james hoban. whose work

. >> c-spanshop.org is c-span's online store. contact information for members of congress and the biden administration. go to c-span shop.org. >> the reason ransomware has become such a problem is because it has become a huge threat. not only a cyber criminal threat but the same as you mentioned because of the applications for critical infrastructure like pipeline companies or the largest meat supplier in the country. >> he discusses recent ransomware attack's and other cyber threats, saturday on the communicators at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> democratic u.s. senators talked with voters about voting rights. several texas lawmakers are in washington dc after leaving their state to protest greg abbott's special pledge light of session to approve several republican voting bills. >> i am here with these people of >> i am here with these people of courage, these feed him -- these freedom fighters who came

watch live on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> this week marked the six-month anniversary of the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. each night, we are showing congressional hearings that took place in the aftermath of january 6. tonight, a senate hearing from march with homeland security officials and major general william walker who served as d.c. national guard commander at the time of the attack. on friday, former trump administration official ndc police chief robert contee appeared for the house oversight committee to testify about their actions in response to the capital security breach. watch both hearings tonight and tomorrow, starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ announcer: we are waiting for the start of the heritage foundation discussion on the supreme court's most recent term with reporters and legal experts including gregory gar. that is expected to start in just a few minutes. until then, a look at former president donald trump's newly filed lawsuits against facebook, google, and twitter from this morning's washington journa

, at twitter c-span double j and, on instagram at c-span w.. now john, is there anything on governments latency that is in charge of spaceflight, nassau can learn from what is being done by bezos, branson and elon musk? but the government learned off from what is being done by private companies? >> let's take one step back. nasa has nothing to do with these flights. they are regulated by the federal aviation, and a department of transportation, who has to issue a license for the flight. again, they're not making contributions to the nasa program. they hope to make money with these businesses that have regulations associated with him coming out of the department of transportation on. >> but is there anything that is being done by these private companies that nasa may want to emulate in the future? >> no, i don't think so. nasa has the capability putting people in orbit since john glenn's flight in 1962, and in fact, the first two flights, with alan shepard of may of 1961, and august of 61, were like these flights, just quick up and down. >> so,

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, on twitter at c-span wj, and now on instagram where you can follow us at c-span wj. once again, we are talking about your stay's marijuana laws and whether you support what your state is doing. we are going to start with setting the stage. right now, there is a story that we are going to bring to you from the hill newspaper that talks about how our laws are changing in this country. as we came up on july 1, we saw new laws go into effect and let me bring to you that hill story. new laws legalizing marijuana use for recreational and medicine all use in three states on thursday. expanding the number of americans who will have access to consumable cannabis products. new laws may give momentum to the push to legalize marijuana across the country as supporters circulate new ballot petitions and legislative's drop their reluctance to marijuana reform. residence in virginia and connecticut will be allowed to legally possess and use marijuana for recreational purposes after lawmakers in those states approved new measures earlier this year. in south dakota, a voter past -- pa

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eastern on c-span. c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >> arkansas senator tom cotton, a possible 2024 republican presidential candidate spoke at an event by the new hampshire republican party. he talked about the coronavirus, immigration and u.s. southern border critical race theory. [applause] >> thank you again and we will get moving right away so we can hear from our key speakers. just to tell you a few things about senator tom cotton, u.s. senator from arkansas and serves on the armed services judiciary and intelligence community. he is a generation arkansas -- how do you say that? one and race on his family'sle cattle farm he graduated from darnell high school before graduating from harvard andva harvard law school. september 11 terror attack occurred during his final year in moscow leading him to decide to join the military after clerking and private practice, draining as an infantry officer. he served in iraq, afghanistan and arlington national cemetery. in 2012, he was elected to the

we will air it on c-span. you could also hear it on the free c-span radio app and also watch it on c-span.org. the subcommittee on competitive policy with trust and consumer rights holding that hearing. this is joan in rochester minnesota, good morning. caller: back in the 1950's and 1960's, i went to a -- in 2020 when i went to a dentist and i was prescribed a drug for $2.97. since the patent had run out, the pharmaceutical company decided to price it like it was a new drug. it was now $93. there's a lot of hanky-panky the drug company does when it re-releases things. i said i'm not going to fall for this. they need to clean up their act. people are getting hurt. people are losing things in their lives because of drug companies, thank you. host: your thoughts? guest: generic drugs, this is an example of the markets are working quite well. we have patents. this is what drives innovation. this is an important aspect of one of the key ways that we drive improvement that we could deliver. it could provide this to

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eastern on c-span, online at cspan.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. which presidents rank best or worst? join us sunday, july 4, for conversation about the history of president--survey of residential leadership. we will discuss who is up, who is down, where the most recent presidents rank, and more join us with the professor doug brinkley of rice university, edna greene medford, howard university, richard norton smith, presidential biographer, and amity shlaes, president of the calvin coolidge foundation. before the program, go to cspan.org/presdientsurvey2021 to see the full results of the survey. >> on june 13, 1971, "the new york times" began publishing the pentagon papers, a classified history of the vietnam war. this event subsequently led to the creation of a special investigative unit in the nixon white house, which became known as the plumbers. author michael dobbs, formerly of "the washington post," has written a book called "king richard," which takes a look at the special unit which led to the resignation of the president of the united stat

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eastern, c-span, c-span.org, or listen to the c-span radio app. the house committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol held its first that holds its first meeting tuesday. officers from the u.s. capitol police will sell numbers but they saw and experienced on that day. watch the hearing live tuesday beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free radio app. announcer: house minority whip steve scalise and majority leader steny hoyer

c-span viewers, the c-span viewership certainly know charlie cook, the cook political report, it's 176th appearance on c-span today dating back to 1985, back when we were still calling you charles cook, it was november 1st, 1985. if you want to join charlie cook this morning, democrats can call in at 748-0800, republicans 748-8001, independents 748-8002. charlie cook, you were talking about razor thin majorities who govern as if they are not in razor thin majorities. when did that start? you went back to republicans and the trump administration, but when did that start and how did the majorities act in the old days whenever those were? >> that's a great question, john. i think our entire political system basically started changing about 30 years ago. around 1991-'92 and that this was sort of the ultimate reach, hopefully it's ultimate, but the thing is that in the old days you saw a fairly substantial percentage of people in one party would say they approve of someone from the other party. i mean, for example, eisenhower and kennedy each of them had 60% job approval ratings at the 100-da

what live beginning at 10:00 eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer joined senator ron wyden and senator cory booker to announce a new bill passed by both chambers -- that if passed by both chambers and signed by president biden, would eliminate the federal probation of marijuana. this briefing is about 20 minutes. senator schumer: good morning, everybody. thank you for coming. today is a big day in the senate. for the first time, i as majority, senator wyden as chair of the finance committee and senator booker, one of the foremost champions of equity in the senate, we are joining together to release draft legislation to end the federal prohibition on cannabis. this is monumental. because at long last, we are taking steps in the senate to right the wrongs of the failed war on drugs. i was the first democratic leader to come out for the legalization of marijuana. and i will use my clout as majority leader to make this a priority in the senate. as my colleagues and i have said, the war on drugs has been a war

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eastern on c-span. >> joining us this terry schilling. he is the president of the american rentable project. we want to talk about the american family. what is your organization and why was it founded? >> thanks so much for having me. i've always been a c-span fan. we were founded in 2009. we were almost like an orphanage for all of these super important issues that politicians and conservatives weren't really caring about. an immigration project. a few years ago, we reassessed what the real threats were to this country. we found that there was a major gap when it came to filling the puppet -- the political gap for family policy. there is a lot of great family groups out there. there was no one who was going into campaign elections, running campaign ads against the bad guys, running them for the good guys. we revamped. there was a mini revolution and we wanted to fill that little cool gap for families. our board chairman says we are the nra for families. i think that's the right way to look at this. we are organizing families and politics

watch on c-span, on c-span outward, or listen on the free radio app. final hour of "washington journal," we are joined by william barber to talk about what he calls the moral movement and moment needed in america today. what is that movement and what is that moment? guest: thank you for having me on. the poor people's campaign for revival has 42 state correlating committees across the country of more than 300 partners and over 2000 clergymen connected. each of our coordinating committees is chaired by an impacted person of poverty and low wealth. even before the pandemic, the small crisis of america was we have 140 million low income people in this country. that means we have people less than $400 -- you have less than $400 for emergencies and we had the reality of systemic racism that you can measure in many ways that affects black people, brown people, indigenous people, asian people and the collateral damage done to fight people, and we have millions of people who get up every morning, we had 87 million people uninsured in the country with the great

by the 1:30 eastern on c-span. also online at c-span.org. this week marked the six-month anniversary of the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. each night, we have been showing congressional hearings that occurred in the aftermath. tonight, we conclude with former trump administration officials and d.c. police chief robert contee. in may, they appeared before the house oversight committee to testify on their actions in response to the security breach. remarks now from the arkansas governor hutchison who approaches andrew cuomo at the national governors association chair. he discusses covid-19 and his policy initiatives for the coming year. >> governor doozy of arizona. governor ducey? >> hello, everyone. it's great to see everyone even if it is virtually. on behalf of the governor hogen which includes governors mckee, kearney, cox and scott, i'm pleased to present the sway of the n.g.a. executive committee, members and officers. for members to the executive committee, the committee nominates governor charlie baker of massachusetts, governo

live on c-span three. again, that committee with only one republican member, liz cheney, selected by house speaker nancy pelosi in the aftermath of that decision last week to withdraw all the other five, other than liz cheney. this is what kevin mccarthy said to reporters. >> that pelosi would play politics. for more than six months. you have a better example. schumer did not pick. they already had the report done by t different committees. tw mean questions. why was the capital so ill prepared for that day when they knew on december 14 that they had a problem? why do we do to make sure that never happens again? pelosi has created a sham process. unless speaker pelosi reverses course, we will not participate. host: you can send us a tweet with your thoughts. a couple here saying, remember how bipartisanship led to social security, medicare and the affordable care act? no, you do not. they passed without one republican vote. it is not worth selling our principles. fbi did not want to get involved in combat

watch house coverage on c-span. see the senate on c-span 2. the house committee investigating the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol holds its first hearing tuesday. officers from the u.s. capitol police and washington metropolitanol

on c-span. >> saturday on "the communicators." >> digital oppression, i'm referring to the ways that information and communications technologies are being used to further autocratic political agendas. so basically the ways in which technology is being used to via coercion and other means to accomplish political goals. particularly for those leaders who aren't democratic, who have anti-democratic a aspirations. >> watch "the communicators", author of "the rise of digital oppression" friday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> sunday night on "q&a", journalists and historian -- >> the stories a often been, kennedy's father was the one pulling the strings behind the scenes. that's not true. jack kennedy won that pulitzer prize. there are many times he talked about the pulitzer prize. he said i'd rather win that than be president. because he had the strong desire for literary fame, even though he didn't want to do literary work, he got himself the prize. in new york city, in washington, d.c., people h

eastern on c-span, online on c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday night on q&a just get along with chief engineer of the historic fire vote john jay harvey adams called back into service to aid firefighters following attacks on the twin tires -- twin towers. she tells the story of the community of mariners who came to the rescue of thousands. >> the operation that delivered half a million people safety is an incredible example of the goodness of people. that when you are given the opportunity to help you have the tools and the skill set, you have the availability, that people over and over again make the choice to put themselves in harm's way for the sake of fellow humans and that is very important to her member. >> sunday night, on c-span's cuban day. -- q&a. you can also listen wherever you get your podcasts. >> samantha power, who heads the u.s. agency for international development testified about usaid's budget request for 2020 to. powell talked about migration from central america and troop withdrawal from afghanistan. this senate foreign relations hearin

eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday night on q&a, jessica delong was chief engineer of the historic fireboat when it was called back

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one story we're obviously following the senate in today over on c-span 2. also over on c-span 2 and getting under way shortly, our coverage is live now but it's the blue origin launch live in west texas and some video we're seeing from the coverage. that launch of the blue origin spacecraft is set for 9:00 eastern. we will look in and watch that launch if we are able when 9:00 comes around. but it's open forum and your chance to dictate the conversation a little bit. 202-748-8000 is the line for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. go ahead, mary. >> caller: okay, my major concern was what i seen yesterday, which was what going on at the border. we're told, you know, as american people, as citizens that we can't do anything pretty much unless the government tells us to do it because of the virus. but yet when i looked at that picture of those people coming into our country that we do not know who's vaccinated. we don't know what their medical status is. and i don't understand that. why are we letting people into our country during a time when our virus

eastern, on the communicators, on c-span. >> c-span shop.org is c-span's online store. your purchase will support our nonprofit operations. you still have time to order the congressional directory with contact information for memos of congress and the biden administration. go to c-span shop.org. ♪ >> president biden and vice president harris marked the 31st anniversary of the americans