mr. stanton: i'm a mayor. and as mayor, we had a lot of success in transportation and infrastructure investment. in fact, in 2015 i put on the ballot in phoenix the largest transportation infrastructure investment postrecession up to that time. it was on the same ballot as my re-election. i won and our infrastructure investment plan passed. 35-year, $32 billion plan to increase our investment in light rail, invest in bus service, so buses would come much more quickly on the major route. dial a ride services to provide mobility independence for those that need it. make our city much more bikeable. and walkable. and to fix our streets. we went big. i won, it passed. and we're advancing infrastructure in phoenix. with that experience, i think i have a lot to offer here in washington. from the perspective of a local leader, a city leader, as to the fact that washington has not been a good partner to local government when it comes to infrastructure investment. and our country's falling further behind our competitor

mr. stanton: no. i have two young children, my son is 11, my daughter is they eight, are in great schools, they will stay in our home community. i will be back and forth. we will be doing a lot of work. we will be here in washington generally four days a week and then i will be at home working at least two days a week. we will be incredibly busy. the work we do back home is even more important than the work we do in washington. reporter: explain the logistics of getting from arizona to washington, d.c. twice a week. mr. stanton: you get on an red eyes.ften you get here, work your tail off. it is about a five hour flight, 4.5 here. a little longer on the way home. a great opportunity to study up on public policy. when you have that much time on a plane, you better take advantage of it and be as prepared as possible. two good work here. -- to do good work here. reporter: what will be your legislative priorities? mr. stanton: as mayor, we had a lot of success in transportation and infrastructure investme

mr. stanton: i served as mayor for many years before that and on the city council. i have been a public life for a while and i am really into urban policy, city policy. reporter: what did you decide to run for the seat? mr. stanton: as a mayor, i cannot complain about congress unless i was willing to do it myself. a great opportunity to support not just my district, make sure we get our fair share of federal resources, but also the opportunity to set good urban policy for all of america. i am an american. congress,ome being in being part of history. i am excited to be here for me. i wanted to stay in public service. it is a great opportunity. reporter: who are you are placing and who did you talk to bill -- talk to about replacing? won that senate seat in the state of arizona. i talked to a lot of people. most important like, my wife. this is a big family decision. i had been in public life before, in my hometown. it is a big family commitment. that was my most important advisor to talk to about this constituents also of mine, neighborhood leaders, business leaders.

i guess my question to both mr. stanton and ms. novick is in 2018, where is the civil disobedience and where is the outrage over the war in iraq and the war in afghanistan that is going on now much longer than the vietnam conflict. >> thank you for calling. doug will you take that one? >> it is true, in my book that came out in 2010, the first interview i did was with a reporter who said are we still in afghanistan? 18 years now. i have three nephews and family members who are in the armed service. i am an anomaly among my writer friends. where is the protest? where are the people fighting this war? you know, we can debate whether we should bring the draft or public service back. but if we did either one, it would be immediate more public engagement. with this very issue you are raising. >> i want to play a trailer for the new documentary called hidden -- is called the catonsville nine. who are they catonsville nine? >> i believe these were the draft resisters who went into the selective service office, that's the story right? they

stanton lafayette grave of in 1917 on the fourth of july. macron to president give him a report on the lafayette trail ahead of the president of the united states because, of ourse, it's a milestone of our bilateral relationship. i would like to finish this real quick. george at to be back at washington university one more time. i was last time here with the a completely it's environment now. great to be back. >> thank you all. thank you. appreciate it. [applause] announcer: monday, martin luther king jr. day, at 8:00 relations in race the u.s. with american university professor leonard and radio and tv talk commentator, live on "washington journal." 4:00 p.m. on book tv on c-span 2, discussion on race in america. voter suppression. real, suppression is florida, georgia, texas, north dakota, yeah. today in 2019, we're dealing issue on dr. king's birthday. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the 1957 film, "a time documents the civil rights rally at the lincoln memorial. battle and we ill no longer plead to the federal government for an anti-lynching law.

stanton is speaking because he's one of my mentors. anyway, get back to it. our grants are the historic preservation grants and we preserve hbcus. we do all of the buildings. so if the building is on the national regulate we will give funds so that. we also have the african-american civil rights grants. so what i usually tell hbcus, if you're interested in it, look in your buildings and see if there was any civil rights activity. if there was civil rights activity and if the building is on the national register you can apply up to $500,000 to get that building restored. the other grant that we have with the civil rights grants are the oral history grants. and that is also 20th century. so with hbcus, the thing that you want to do is find anything that is civil-rights related on your campus and apply for that and you can do oral histories or museum exhibits. that is not just specific to hbcus. if you have any civil rights activity anywhere in the country, you can apply for those grants. so it's $500,000 for preservation and $50,000 for oral histories or mutual

stanton said on the grave of lafayette in 1917 on the fourth of july. i wrote to president macron to give him a report on the lafayette trail ahead of the visit of the president of the united states because, of course, it's a milestone of our bilateral relationship. i would like to finish this real quick. it's great to be back at george washington university one more time. i was last time here with the president and it's a completely environment now. great to be back. >> thank you all. thank you. appreciate it. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> interested in american history tv? visit our website. you can view our tv schedule, review upcoming programs and watch college lectures, archival films and more. american history tv on c-span.org/history. >> this week on the communicators. consumer technology association president schapiro on the major issues facing the technology industry in