the treaty of versailles was never ratified by the united states congress. the united states was never an official signer of the treaty of versailles. as a result, we also did not take part in regards to the league of nations. the league of nations had no teeth, which was part of the reasons for the breakdown. the reason that occurred was in large part to woodrow wilson who was an uncompromising individual himself. he did not bring any republican members of congress with him to the versailles peace talks. this greatly irritated politicians and congressman back home, which would lead to the versailles treaty not being ratified. it would take a second world war two end popular opinion and congress that we would need to be an active member in that peace organization afterwards. announcer: 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 in washington dc and aroun

the treaty of versailles was never ratified by the united states congress. so, the united states was never an official signer of the treaty of versailles. as a result, we also did not take part in regards to the league of nation in any way shape or form. so, the league of nations had no teeth. which was part of the reasons for the breakdown eventually. so, the reason that occurred, was in large part due to woodrow wilson, who was an uncompromising individual himself. and, he did not bring any republican members of congress with him to the versailles peace talks. which greatly irritated the politicians and congressmen back home, which wound up leading to the versailles treaty not being ratified by congress. it would take a second world war to convince popular opinion and congress, that we would need to be a very active member in that peace organization afterwards. >> we will return to the u.s. army heritage and education centers living history event from carlisle, pennsylvania. featuring several hundred reenactors from all eras of american history. next, we v

states congress. children with debilitating illness canvassed the capital for days on end. people held vigils day and night, all showing incredible strength and sacrifice. they came from everywhere. determine to be seen. determined to share their story. determined in their belief that if they were seen and if their stories were heard that their government would do the right thing. and takes to the people in this room, who organized and mobilize, together, we blocked the appeal -- repeal of the affordable care act three times. remember thelet's accomplishment of what that was. we protected health care for millions of fellow americans. that is the power of the people. the power of people determine to fight. let's fast-forward to today. where some pundits are saying that it is not worth writing a support best pre-court nominee -- a supreme court nominee. [laughter] [applause] this is an informed group of people. there have been think that the fight might be too hard. they are saying success to uncertain.

the united states congress. it might sound like a funny remark, but it's no joke. i've spoken with legislators from across the board, senators, representatives, mayors. and not one single person has -- is confident that one thing can be done about the 7 million people -- the 17 people that died in my school and the many others who have died since. >> on friday, portions of the first annual research and gathering. speakers include a republican strategist and google executive and the texas governor, greg abbott. >> texas is facing an immigration crisis. moving 1000 people a day to the state of texas. people talk about building a wall and we are fed up with the federal government not doing its job to build a wall, so here is what texas is going to do. texas is going to come out of our own pocket, out of our own budget, and we are going to build a wall. instead of building the wall on the border between texas and mexico, we are going to build a wall on the border between texas and new mexico, so we can keep all the californians out from coming into the state of texas.

if we want the united states congress to reflect the united states, we've got to step on it. >> if one of your daughters told you that they wanted to run for congress, what would you say and what advice would you offer? >> oddly enough, in our family, what with a grandfather, mother, and father who were in congress, this comes up from time to time. and i would certainly encourage it. it's not the easiest road. it's not easy sometimes to put yourself out there but boy, that's the benefit. look, you are talking to me and allow me to be part of history. there's not many jobs where you can do that. to get the trust of your neighbor who would be able to make decisions with presidents of the united states and united states senators and leaders from around the world. generals. i look back on my life, the first persian gulf war and i said when i walked into the studio, the last time i was in the studio i was taping a show from my little show on sun island where we brought in all of these human shields who sit on the same -- who saddam hussein had used to keep them safe during the first war, to

the treaty of versailles was never ratified by the united states congress. the you never -- the united states was never an official signer of the treaty of versailles. as a result, we also did not take part in regards to the league of nations. the league of nations had no teeth, which was part of the reasons for the breakdown. the reason that occurred was in large part to woodrow wilson who was an uncompromising individual himself. he did not bring any republican members of congress with him to the versailles peace talks. which greatly irritated politicians back home would lead to the versailles treaty not being ratified. it would take a second world war popular opinion and congress that we would need to be an active member in that peace organization afterwards. >> monday night on "the at thecators," a look new european privacy laws and how they will impact technology companies like google and facebook. the program is the president and ceo of the , and thealliance president and ceo of the center for democracy and technology. we need to think of our data resp

cardin: i think one of the most important functions of the united states senate of the united states congress is to act as an independent branch of government and to act as a check and balance on the president -- whether the president is of oupaferent party. and i was proud in fact that the united states senate led legislation i helped draft that changed the course in regards to the president's negotiations with russia. we passed a major bill that took away some of the power of the president in foreign policy. so we have acted. i am disappointed that we're not more aggressive as an institution in taking -- we should have passed legislation to protect mr. mueller and his investigation. so i am disappointed as an institution we have not taken up legislation as we should to check and balance on the president the united states. soledad: there are lots of judicial appointments that have been made. the senate's installed i think it's 24 appellate judges under president trump. within two years. that is more than any other president. i would guess, if you and i went out into the street here

the treaty was never ratified by the united states congress. we also did not take part in regards to the league of nations. of nations had no teeth, which was part of the reasons for the breakdown. it was in large part to woodrow wilson who is an uncompromising individual himself. the versailles peace talks greatly irritated politicians back home would lead to the versailles treating -- versailles treaty not being ratified. warould take a second world popular opinion and congress that we would need to be an .ctive member >> tonight, congressional wrist -- congressional historians -- >> one of the questions i hear isple asking all the time, this the most uncivil time in >> certainly the years leading to the civil war when i host member came over in 1856 because he disagreed with what he said and there were a lot of senators who cheered on about the shooting of alexander hamilton. that's pretty dramatic. we have had terrible political times. there was one in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor. wigof the memb

not go to the congress of the united states. that it stay within the deputy attorney general purview, rod rosenstein or whoever is in that position. that seems to be the case that could happen under the guidelines for the special prosecutor. we keep coming back to the question of why is there a cover- cover-up? why isn't the president saying i'm an open book with russia. let's open the books up. let's get everybody in here. show what happened. show what didn't happen. get on with the business of the nation. instead we see the president of the united states who may be the grav gravest threat of all to the national security of the united states, stand in helsinki next to vladmir putin, obvious lly trying to stroke vladmir putin. what happened in helsinki. we still don't know. the secretary of state doesn't know. the national security advisor to the president doesn't know. only trump and putin know what occurred there and there's grave

only one other place where i felt that, the united states congress. it might sound like a funny remark but it is no joke. i have spoken with legislators from across the board, senators, representatives, mayors. and not one single person is confident that one thing can be done about the 17 people who died in my school and the many others who have died since. >> watch on c-span, c-span.org and listen to the free c-span radio apps. >> tonight, booktv is in prime time on c-span28 with a look at recent biographies. we will hear from lillian who recalled the life of the late san francisco politician harvey milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials in america. her book is harvey milk, his life and death. >> booktv all this week in prime time on c-span28. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern, 1968, america in turmoil, we look at civil rights and race relations. we look at the national civil rights agenda in 1968 from martin luther king jr.'s assassination the rising power of the black power movement. watch 1968:america in turmoil tonight at 8:00 pm eastern on

to have that you need not only the approval of the united states congress, you need the approval of the legislatures in canada. that's up from 62%. there need to be a certain number of employees that make $16 an hour. that doesn't though factor into all of the labor and health care and retirement costs that a lot of u.s. companies end up paying. so there are some changes around the edges, but until canada agrees and until you have an agreement from the united states congress, this is really an opening bid and isn't really a final agreement. you heard pena nieto he called it an understanding, not an agreement. >> i think the point, ali, is to underscore this is not the president renegotiating nafta. this is a preliminary agreement that they will take to the canadians? >> yeah, it's not terrible. the canadians are back at the table. donald trump doesn't like to negotiate with multiple parties at the same time. he went to mexico. he knew mexico was in a more vulnerable position than canada in this discussion. he cut a deal he'd like and he would like canada to mirror that. i think it might

the united states congress. it might sound like a funny remark but it's no joke. i've spoken with legislators from across the board, senators, representatives, mayors. and not one single person is confident that one thing can be done about the 17 people there who died in my school and the many others who have died since. >> on friday at 8 pm portions of the first annual resurgence gathering, speakers include republican strategists and google executive max pappas and texas governor greg abbott. >> texas is facing an immigration crisis. we have thousand people a day moving to the state of texas. you know, people talk about building a wall and the federal government's not doing its job to build the wall so here's what texas is going to do. texas is going to come out of our own pocket, our own budget and we are going to build a wall with this difference. instead of building the wall on the border between texas and mexico are going to build a wall over the border between texas and new mexico we can keep all californians from coming in to the stateof texas . >> watch on

to what extent can the united states congress provide foreign aid to the palestinian authority while ensuring the - - will not miss misappropriate the aid >>. [indiscernible] we give about 3.25. i'd like to see us bump that number up and reevaluate where our aid is going and what we are getting in return for the assistance so we can recalibrate and find a better equilibrium. i don't know were getting the right - - on our efforts. particularly in the middle east as we seemore challenges . there's no real specific question to what we can do with the palestinian. one of the more interesting parts of that relationship, perhaps a provocative part is not ours with the palestinians. it's the state of israel with the palestinians as they anticipate training to create order and structure where chaos sometimes rules the day. their desire is creating order around the country and its admirable and noble. i hope we find a better way to hold folks accountable when there getting a lot of resources from the united states of america. >> thank you so much. [applause] >> my name is jonathan. my questio

the united states congress made the determination if facts give rise to that kind of course of action, that's a violation and we have a judge that accepted the plea here. >> ambassador, this is the president changing his story again about this payment and about what he knew of this payment, but legally what changes now that trump claims payments to women shouldn't be a campaign finance issue because they didn't come from the campaign, came from me. >> on the campaign finance violation, it is whether you believe cohen or the president. this is a president who has lied over 4,000 times, according to "the washington post" who has motive to do it. we'll see if there's corroborating evidence of that campaign finance crime, kim is right, as cohen put it. but the striking thing about the video we just watched, ana, is that the president in his usual clumsy way stumbled into another federal crime because he signed his federal financial disclosures under false statements penalty. guess what. if you owe somebody money, he just said i knew about the payments, he repaid michael cohen, he had to l

states congress you have to be able to work with all kinds of people. people that don't think like you. look like you. worship like you in this district there is a majority of no one you have to be able. >> what is a major the major thing that you worked on across the aisle? >>capuano: that's been hard because it's been very bipartisan but we just passed a bill a bill with the faa was bipartisan the policy was good he didn't have a lot of money but helps to quiet the skies. >>pressley: i cannot work with everyone i have been here for three consecutive elections the first woman in 30 years to them i championed in my record is proven and translated otherwise i would not be a years and in my fifth term with 50,000 votes. >> there are a ton of topics we have not reached him sure you feel frustrated so take 30 seconds on a topic i did not bring on september 4. >>pressley: i am running i am running for the seventh congressional district because i have a vision for the seven. the disparities that the disparities that are through this administration long before

and certainly in the united states congress. i think that these concerns are widely felt. i do think that there has been a change over the years and, you know, there may be some areas where meaningfulful reform has continued to take place, but i think in a number of others there's -- concerns continue to be strong and in some ways they've expanded. >> [inaudible] members, like, how many companies, like, how many companies have been forced to joint venture with china's -- [inaudible] >> so the chamber has issued over the past i'd say seven years a series of very detailed reports that are available on our web site. we did one on the made in china 2025 program, others that focus on the ic tsec to have, some on agriculture -- ict sector. it's a stack this tall if i had them all printed off here. so it's quite detailed. yes. >> i was surprised that -- well, you mentioned concern in congress particularly from republicans, but how surprised have you been that there has not been any concrete action by republicans to, you know, rein in the president given that he is turning decades

states congress. children with debilitating illness canvassed the capital for days on end. people, many who are here, held vigils day and night. all showing incredible strength and sacrifice. and they came from everywhere determined to be seen, determined to share their stories, determined in their belief that if they were seen and if their stories were heard, that the government would do the right thing. and because of them, and thanks to the people in this room who organized and immobilized, together we block repeal of the affordable care act not once, not twice, but three times. [applause] and in so doing let's remember, the accomplishment of what that was. in so doing we protected healthcare from millions of our fellow americans. that's the power of the people. and the power of people who are determined to fight. so now let's fast-forward to today, and where some pendants are saying that it's not worth fighting a supreme court nominee, right? ran into a journalist that aspect question just two min

if we want the united states congress to reflect the united states, we have to step on it. >> if one of your daughters told you they wanted to run for congress, what would you say? what advice would you offer? rep. molinari: oddly enough in our family, with a grandfather mother, and father in congress, , it comes up from time to time. i would certainly encourage it. it is not the easiest route. but the benefits, i mean look, you are allowing me to be a part of history. there are not many jobs were you can do that. to get the trust of your neighbors. to be able to make decisions with presidents of the united states and united states senators, and leaders from around the world, generals. when i look back on my life, and the first persian gulf war, and i said when i walked into the studio, the last time i was in a studio i was taping a show on staten island where we brought human shields that saddam hussein used to keep him safe. to be able to look back to unite with some of my sisters to have , fights about funding, domestic violence, or breast cancer, maybe doing a little part to brin

states congress which stuns me voted almost unanimously for sanctions to be expanded against russia. this happened recently so it seems to be almost a reaction to trump. as putin says domestic politics you feel like trump is trying to sort of way emulate leaders like putin to help syria's i'm not sure i can tell you what is in donald trump's head on all the anyone can and if they tell you that i don't think he's stupid i think he's a very sharp guy and i'm sure he wrecks respects the. he may misunderstand mr putin too so i don't know but he certainly hasn't lived up to the idea that he gave many people during the campaign that he was against any foreigner interventions that he thought the united states it squandered its resources its assets in wars abroad so we there was his thinking that it would change but it hasn't changed not because of his willpower it that because he hasn't been able to get anywhere in his administration it behaves been stuck in gridlock from the beginning opposition has been severe also because of russia now because no let's can i ask you really that has been

states congress. i hope they will move, and a test will be action, not just words and statements. laura: senator chris van hollen, thank you for joining us. sen. van hollen: thank you. laura: for more on the white house pushback and what methods russia may be using, i spoke brief me ago with molly mckew, an expert in information warfare. why do you think he hads of the -- the headsu. of th national security team chose today to say that russia is meddling in our elections? molly: it was really interesting timing, and i think we will probably figure out if worse news comes out soon if there was something they were trying to preempt, but it seems here has been enough attention on this in the past few weeks. there were hearings on the hill on this issue, there were letters gog from the senate to the white house and other agencies, there have been statements already from the intelligence agencies essentially saying we don't is doinge white hous enough about this, so we are backfilling and doing our own thi

midterm elections are just around the corner and russia's attacking teams to haunt the united states russian election interference in the twenty eight hundred midterms the russians have not reduced their hacking it's even the first thing the prodigy's at the conference will tell you. which could also be a great excuse when someone asks the suits why the systems vulnerable to say the least by the way when the good will hackers look back at their previous conference they wrote if russia can attack our election so can others iran north korea isis or even criminal or extrude must groups because let's face it if hacking an american election is child's play perhaps it's time the guys in charge did their homework on where the real threats are. germany turkey slam washington over punishing new trade tariffs that story and much more besides right after this. hear you now this new attempt at. the counter global currency. that will be controlled by any government that has the chance to do what failed to do. the trick of the central bankers and. build an economy. hello again germany president tr

states congress, from montana, one of the 11 states where women could vote. and she was a sensation. the whole country was interested in this idea of a woman congressman. what will that be like? she embarked on a 20-city speaking tour in the beginning of march. crowds, thousands came out to her, to seehear what she was going to say. she believed very strongly in getting a suffrage amendment. her primary goal was to get the vote for women across the country. opponentlso a strong of the anaconda mining company. it owned montana. she was very much opposed to the rockefellers through various holding companies. she believed in federal help for health care for young children and for new mothers. she believed in probation and she believed in help for ranchers. she was quite popular in montana. i just want to give you a little bit of a sense of what it was on her opening address of her 20-city speaking to her. this was in new york city, at connie hall. 3000 people in the audience. she talked about how wonderful montana was and how important it was to organize for the

in your opinion to what extent can the united states congress provide for an aid to the posting authorities while ensuring that thep.a. will not miss appropriate the aid in funding care? >> i think an excellent question. the answer is we can't guarantee i'll when it goes that the one of the things i believe we should do about chuck and we give the best if you dollars foreign aid around the world. we get the 3.5, 3.5, 3.25, 3.5r 3.75 depending with you counting military assistance to show, i would like to see a bump of that number up and i'd like us to reevaluate where r8 is going and what we are getting in return for that for the assistance so that we can recalibrate and find a better equal group. i don't that we're getting the right are a lot on her efforts, particularly middle east as we see more challenges -- are alive. the silver specific question to what we can do with the palestinian assistant i will tell you that one of the more interesting parts of the relationship perhaps even a provocative part of the relationship is not ours, vista visual with the palestinians as they participate

she testified a couple of weeks ago at the united states congress, highlighting the worsening uighur human rights situation. we know that president trump doesn't always do the same as his colleagues. he told fox news last year, "some people might call xijinping the king of china, he is a very powerful man, i happen to think he is a very good person." we have to separate what president trump says or views about the leader of china. the united states has a panel of experts in the united states government who work on china. so i don't know where president trump's mind is heading to when it comes to china and xijinping, but i do believe he has a good team of experts in the government who understand the issue. one last question. murat uyghur, who now lives in finland, says of the internment camps, "they're like a black hole, people go in, they do not come out. i am afraid of the worst now." what are you afraid of? i am afraid of mass murder because we do not know — other than a few key individuals who managed to leave the camps, people are not leaving. where have those 1 million people

in the united states congress, you have to be able to work with all kinds of people, people that don't think like you, don't look like you, don't worship like you. in this district, there is a majority of no one. mr. braude: what is one major thing you worked on that became law where you worked on people across the aisle? rep. capuano: that has been hard because it has been very nonpartisan. the last thing, we just passed the bill on the faa that was bipartisan. did not have a lot of money, but the policy was good. we passed provisions that will help quiet the skies. ms. pressley: it is being inferred that i can't work with everyone. i have been the top vote getter in the city for the past three elections. first person of color to do that, first woman in 30 years. the agenda i is shared and to my record is proven and transcendent, otherwise i would not be eight years in in my fifth term getting almost 50,000 votes. mr. braude: we have about a minute left. i know that there are a ton of topics we have not reached. take 30 seconds on a topic i did not bring up that you think is important

midterm elections are just around the corner and russia's attacking teams to haunt the united states russian election interference in the twenty eight hundred midterms the russians have not reduced their hacking it's even the first thing the prodigy's at the conference will tell you right there which could also be a great excuse when someone asks the suits why the systems vulnerable to say the least by the way when the good will hackers look back at their previous conference they wrote if russia can attack our election so can others iran north korea isis or even criminal or extruding this groups because let's face it if hacking an american election is child's play perhaps it's time the guys in charge did their homework on where the real threats are. new revelations of emerged from cia directed gina hospital's positive involvement in the torture of terrorist suspects the fellows who were released by the national security. to two thousand and two when hospital run a secret cia detention center in thailand they described torches sessions run by a psychologist working as contract is for

states congress which stuns me voted almost unanimously for sanctions to be expanded against russia. this happened recently so it seems to be almost a reaction to trump. as putin says a domestic politics you feel like trump is trying to sort of way emulate leaders like putin to help syria's i'm not sure i can tell you what is in donald trump's head on all the anyone can and if they tell you that i don't think he's stupid i think he's a very sharp guy and i'm sure he wrecks respects the. he may misunderstand mr putin too so i don't know but he certainly hasn't lived up to the idea that he gave many people during the campaign that he was against any foreign of the interventions that he thought the united states it squandered its resources its assets in wars abroad so we there was his thinking that it would change but it hasn't changed not because of his willpower it but because he hasn't been able to get anywhere in his administration it behaves been stuck in gridlock from the beginning opposition has been severe also because of russia now because no let's can i ask you really that has

states congress and these sanctions are being codified in legislation which means that they are likely to be around for years if not decades to come for that we'll leave it there thank you. note south sudan's president salva kiir has granted amnesty to former vice president right with shar and others involved in the five year civil war a power sharing agreement was signed this week aimed at ending the conflict it gets kid and his former deputy eight months to form a transitional government tens of thousands were killed in the war that began after south sudan gained its independence in twenty thirteen have morgan our correspondent who's been following events in south side. extensively joins me now in the studio how surprised are you this latest decision can pair to the fact that it actually wasn't part of the original agreement that was signed just for few days ago well let's remember first of all that since the conflict started in twenty thirty every year the president has been issuing amnesty to rebel leaders so that they can come back into the government and form some kind of transit

states congress, someone who is willing to cross party lines and do what was right or the country, not necessarily in the best interests of his political party and that is what so his political party and that is what so many americans tonight are thinking about as we mourn the loss of this true american hero. when he was at the naval academy, he wasn't necessarily seen as someone who would go on to do very well, but in subsequent 30, a0 years, you could say the boy done good. yeah, in fa ct, say the boy done good. yeah, in fact, he graduated at the bottom of his class in the united date naval academy. one thing you can say at thatjohn mccain is that he had a true compass pointing north. what was in the best interest of the country. one of the things that i would point out to your viewers is how he was so instrumental in not only trying to reform our finance here —— finance system here, but somebody who really understood what soldiers, sailors and airmen needed to do theirjob not only to protect america but to protect our allies around the world. another aspect about his career, his

. >> today we announce criminal charges against christopher collins of the united states congress. congressman collins is charged with insider trading and lying to the fbi. as alleged in the indictment, congressman collins cheated our markets and our justice systems in two ways. first, he tipped his son to confidential corporate the expense of regular investors, and then he lied about it to law enforcement to cover it up. >> a portion of a briefing held earlier today as authorities announce federal insider trading charges against new york congressman chris, accused of tipping off his family and friends to insider knowledge of a drug company's failed clinical trials for a drug to treat multiple costs -- multiple sclerosis. we will show you the entire briefing tonight at 7:30 eastern here on c-span. we have cleared up the technical , so we will take you back to the association for education in journalism and mass communication. moderator: ok, we can note to questions now. i ask you to keep questions brief. actually ask a question. i will try to repeat the question. and that will be v

i hope the 535 members of the united states congress are thinking a lot about that and hopefully they will find a way to do the, you know, work together to do the nation's business. >> i didn't know him personally. i'm sorry for your loss. thank you for coming on. >> appreciate it. >> thanks for having me on. >>> when we come back it took two full days for the president to comment on the passing of john mccain, what it says -- why it says more about him and not mccain. that's next. when did you see the sign? when i needed to jumpstart sales. build attendance for an event. help people find their way. fastsigns designed new directional signage. and got them back on track. get started at fastsigns.com. alright guys let's go! let's do this directions to the greek theater (beep) ♪can i get a connection? ♪can i get can i get a connection?♪ ♪can i get a connection? ron! soh really? going on at schwab. thank you clients? well jd power did just rank them highest in investor satisfaction with full service brokerage firms...again. and online equity trades are only $4.95... i mean you can

many prisoners of war are there in the united states congress? >> peterson and johnson from the house. >> did you know either one? >> very much. p peterson is a democrat. is there anything about being in prison that makes you a democrat or republican? think there was some resentment in 1968 when lyndon johnson stopped by. we assumed there would be some .ccommodation made for the pows there was resentment about that period,he 1971-1972 there was much more encouragement and help to the families by the next and administration than there had been before. we could go into reasons for that but there was clearly more help for the families at that time. know, military people have a tendency to be more conservative. our bombing missions that we would go on would be 45 minute missions. because there was really no threat to the ships, out in the tonkin gulf, we stayed close to the north vietnamese coast. to show our audience some perspective, this is china. and then you come down to the hanoi area and on the other side is laos. and in thailand, the air forc

there's only one other place that i felt that, the united states congress. it might sound like a funny remark but it's no joke. i've spoken with legislators across the board, representatives, mayors and not one single person is confident the one thing can be done about the 17 people who died in my school and many others who have died since. >>> up next on booktv "after words" reporting on how russian hackers attack the presidential election interviewed by castro of texas. a program of guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors of the latest works. >> authors of the new book russian roulette. thank you for being here. let me ask you first how did you come up with this title? >> you are asking the right person on this one. we struggled through a lot of choices we are not going to reveal, but in the middle of the process, my 17-year-old daughter i think who was 16 at the time said dad, russian roulette. today she actually negotiated with me and wanted a subscription to "the new york times" crossword puzzle. we are getting off cheap here if that is what we

. >> how many prisoners of war are there in the united states congress? >> none in the senate and to others in the house. sam johnson from texas, pete peterson from florida. i knew them both, sam johnson much better than pete, but i knew both. peterson is a democrat, johnson a republican. is there anything about being in prison that makes you a democrat or republican? [laughter] >> i think that there was some resentment back in 1968 when lyndon johnson stopped the bombing. we assumed there would be some accommodation made for pows there was resentment about that and also i think that in the 1971-72. , there was much more in pertinent and help to the families that their happy before -- had been before. there was clearly more help for the families. but, as you know, military people have a tendency to be more conservative. >> we have a map, and chose vietnam. where was the carrier you were flying from? >> we were further north from that. we would have been very far. we would stay up fairly close. some of our bombing missions we would go on would be 45 minute

states congress. we wanted to recognize legislators and their staff identifying best practices in congressional offices and this award goes to the office and the member and that is because we all know that for any member of congress to succeed, he or she standing team of staff supporting them. [applause] second, the democracy awards seek to provide examples of best practices to members of congress, has done throughout our history, offering them roadmaps to improve their services. finally, we hope the democracy awards will increase public understanding of congress. we know congress is not held in high esteem but the congress we see and you see, the real congress, is made up of amazing dedicated public servants . cmf we can shine a light on these members and offices if only for a brief moment at that time of year when we celebrate democracy and perhaps in many a small way we can chip away at some of the citizens and in our nation. these are the goals of the democracy award and let me explain the history

states congress. it might sound like a funny remark but it is no joke. i have spoken with legislators across the board. senators and representatives, mayors and not one single person is confident that one thing can be done about 17 people who died in my school and many others have died since. >> watch on c-span, c-span.org, and listen to the c-span radio apps. >> tonight, booktv is in prime time on c-span28 with a look at recent biographies. starting at 8:00 pm, recalling the life of the late san francisco politician harvey mill, one of the first openly gay elected officials in america. her book is harvey mill, his lives, and death. sheila tate, former press secretary for first lady nancy reagan on her book lady in red, an intimate portrait of nancy reagan. booktv all this week in prime time on c-span20. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television company. today we continue to bring unfiltered coverage of congress, the white hous

there is only one other place where i felt that, the united states congress. it might sound like a funny no joke.ut it is i have spoken with legislators across the board. , and not oneors single person is confident that one thing can be done about the 17 people who died in my school or the many others who have died since. c-span.org,-span, and watch on the c-span radio app. author interviews from the freedom conference in las vegas. starting on saturday at 3:20 thiswith the federal education of america's children. robert with, rethinking america 's highways, a 21st century vision for better infrastructure. book, a north her korean's journey to freedom. and then, how humans will colonize planets, moons, and asteroids. and then george with his book, life after google, the rise of the block chain economy. and then charles discusses his book, profit motive, what drives the things that we do? watch on book tv. ohio republican state senator troy balderson narrowly edged out democrat danny o'connor and the 12th congressional district. the margin was less than 1% in t

because the united states congress ordered all government officials in all states, countyi es counties, and towns through ito ut through it towns town towns throughout america to treat all the same. a clear conflict of interest. she was required to recuse herself from these proceedings. the fp the case is sited on the first page of the guide. it held that a private attorney could not as a councilman and vote on land grant matters -- appearance of proper improprieties. where does that leave us the board's result on june 20 was invalid and one commissioner's opinion is improperly considered . another voted despite a clear conflict of interest. you should right these wrongs and conduct a proper hearing without commissioner wilson's participation. thank you. >> thank you, we will now hear from the permit holder. >> thank you again. >> welcome back we missed you the last hearing. >> thank you. returned from barcelona last night. i will be brief. thank you for your time this evening. the appellants have failed to reach the required grounds for rehearing. we don't believe there is evidence of

you to have donald trump's single most ardent defender in the united states congress who has been there at every turn to undercut the justice department and prosecutors going after trump's associate so you have the absolute quadruple blast m aga versus mister impeachment and the end of the story for florida voters, not talking as much as they should. shannon: you will be unable to escape the ads, they will be on tv night and day, you will not be able to get away. and the trump affect, in not much time he made up a lot of ground, 20 points, that is quite a wild thing in not a lot of time. >> give sanders himself some credit. he would little-known to florida politicos outside his own district. south of jacksonville, he didn't have connections or big career outside that area compared to put them who has been since the earth cooled has been in florida politics and activated big network. desantis was taken with little doubt, the trump endorsement was huge but the other part that was huge was as voters saw him in the ads started to run and money poured in from out-of-state from other trump su

the united states congress. it's no joke. i've spoken with legislators from across the board, senators, and nottatives, mayors, one single person is confident that one thing can be done about the 17 people who died at my school and the many others who have died since. >> watch on c-span, www.c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. tv,his weekend on book author interviews from this year's freedom test conference in las vegas. saturday at 3:20 p.m., vicki discussing her book, "failure: the federal miseducation of america's children." robert pool with "rethinking american highways: a 21st century vision for better infrastructure." sunday at 1:00 p.m. eastern, "in order to live: north korean girl's journey to freedom." walter with "space capitalism: how humans will colonize planets, moons and asteroids." the fall ofgoogle: big data and the rise of the block chain economy." charles discusses "profit motive: what drives the things we do." watch this weekend on c-span2's book tv. on the rolescussion of civil society in

in the united states congress and neither democrats nor republicans are willing to come together and try something between build a wall and abolish ice. there is a consensus in the middle of all this that we have to address in order to move the nation forward. we need to enforce laws but this tragic circumstance in iowa. you have an employer who sounded like in good faith tried to verify the individual's immigration status and the system failed them. how are you supposed to enforce a law when you couldn't figure out whether he was legally in the country or not. >> reports the family is saying this is not the guy they thought he was. he is using a different name. there is one reporting washington post that he was using a stolen id. how do you fix this? >> that happens all the time and if you or i were using a stolen id we would go to jail. if an illegal alien does it we have an establishment to excuse it. he got into this country, he shouldn't have. we should be able to secure our borders. that isa, these are the most basic jobs of any government, to secure a country's borders, protec