it is not because of c-span cameras. i think it is because of gerrymandering and too much money in politics. members are not getting to know and trust and respect each other like they did. i am not going to say that even i had dinner every night and we played basketball, and i would pass to tim: but he was a member of my delegation. i had regular lunches and breakfasts and meetings. i would go on the house floor and sit with republican members and talk to them. they would come over and talk to me. we would go to individual districts. that did not mean steve and i were kumbaya, lovey-dovey. but there was respect. he got elected by his constituents. he worked hard for his district. he deserved that vote given the people's confidence in him. today, i don't think we see that as much. i do not think that respect level, that working relationship, that opportunity to work across the aisle is there, and it is the glue that makes congress work. brian: robert browning who started the archive and has run it for the last 30 years, l

as always you can watch the house live on c-span sf and the senate live on c-span 2. >>> c-span city tour takes you to springfield, missouri. on january 6 and 7. while in springfield we're working with media come to exemployer the literary scene and history of the birthplace of route 66 in southwest missouri. on saturday january 6 at noon eastern on book tv. author talks about the conflict occurring along the kansas missouri border. in the struggle over slavery. in his book the border between them. >>> so the legend of john brown grows. as part of this struggle that people locally understand is really the beginning of the civil war. >>> then sunday january 7. at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv. we visit the nra national sporting arms museum. >> roosevelt was probably the shootingest president. a very avid hunter: first thing he did when he left offices organize and go on a very large hunti hunting safari to africa. it has the presidential seal. engraved on the breech. and of course roosevelt was famous for the bull moose party. and there is a bull moose engraved on the side plate of

c-span, where history unfolds daily. a 1979, c-span was created as public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. now from capitol hill, a press conference calling for a criminal investigation into sexual harassment allegations made against president trump. congresswoman lois frankel and the democratics woman's working group and were joined by other democratic members as well. this is 10 minutes. we are going to start when we said we would. is everybody

watch the house live on c-span, the senate on c-span two. c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. morning, wenday discussed the upcoming vote on the final republican tax reform bill with americans for tax reform, and andy greene with the center for american progress. reincorporation saps jones on threat to the u.s. homeland during the holiday season. journal's,ngton beginning at 7 a.m. eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. c-span, where history unfold daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies.

c-span, but these devices -- wow. when you think about you, c-span as a disruptor -- right? that was a huge technological shift in 1979, 1980, 1986 with the u.s. senate. this, in about 2006, really changed our lives. it used to be people would come up to you and say, congressman, can i get a picture with you? you say, well, sure. today you would not do that. you can't do that. and twobe on the town young ladies come up and say, congressman, can i get a picture with you? you cannot do it for review no idea who they are. you have no idea. this could be used to set you up. they can all of a sudden get into a conversation with you like that, take the video and load it like that and making can -- and it can go viral and you can be harmed. so, the ability to use this as a weapon -- it can be used for good, but to be used as a weapon and how campaigns and members and senators will use that against each other, it begins to erode the very same trust. when we began to recognize that, ,e started to create a retreat so members could get to know each other. it is easy to attack someone y

we'll have that for you here on c-span or watch online at c-span.org or listen live using the c-span radio app. former national security advisor michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his contacts with the russian am batsdor during president trump's transition into office. this is video as he headed into a federal district court in washington, d.c. this morning. in a statement, general flynn said he recognizes the action he is acknowledged in court today are wrong and is working to set hings right. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> the house intelligence committee considered legislation that would re-authorize section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act or fisa. section 702 allows intelligence agencies to listen in on phone calls and read emails and other electronic communication of people outside the u.s. this is an hour.

on c-span two. can follow live on c-span.org and our free c-span radio app. this weekend, c-span's cities tour takes you to saratoga springs in upstate new york, with the help of our spectrum cable partners, we will explore the history and literary life of the city known for its famous mineral springs. saturday at noon eastern on book tv. >> this is the place where ulysses grant penned his memoirs in 1885. he once was dying of throat facingand his family was serious financial problems. at this point in his life, he was a man trying to take care of his family. we get to tell a story here that most people do not know about. >> local author and former federal prosecutor andrew scheer -- shares his book "sheer madness." i thought the person addicted to heroin lived under a bridge somewhere and was pushing a shopping cart around. that is not the case. one of the most abuse drugs right now in wall street among are professionals , it is open rights. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. we will take a trip to the saratoga race course. we will visit the saratoga national historic p

eastern on c-span 2's book tv. this sunday on american artifacts, we visit the willard hotel, located two blocks from the white house, it has been a witness to history for 200 years. here is a preview. >> a very historic spot. there has been a bar going back almost 200 years. henry clay came to washington in 1808 and along with him came barrels with shower -- sour mahs whiskey. the barrels he brought from bourbon county were stamped with bourbon county for tax reasons and that is how the name of all f-- evolved for bourbon. he discovered that washingtonians were drinking mint juleps with rum or brandy. he was appalled and decided to show case the proper way to make a southern style mint juleps and people to relish showing how to make a mint juleps southern style of kentucky whiskey.bourbon we continue to practice that legacy here. we use henry clay's original recipe. henry clay traditionally, in the beginning of every new session of congress, would bring a a barrel of bourbon and invite on a bipartisan basis member

tv in prime time tonight in a week here on c-span2. >> c-span student him, the tweet say at all. video editing for constitutional documentaries. this group showed us how it is done. two stellar interviews in one day and the students asked some hard-hitting questions about immigration reform. we are asking students to choose a provision of the u.s. constitution and create and video of why it is important. our competition is open to all middle school and high school students grades six through 12. $100,000 prizes and cash will be awarded. the grand prize of $5000 will go to the student or team the best overall entry. the deadline sure is january 18. get details on her website at student cam .org. >> tonight on c-span new york city mayor bill diblasio recently spoke had holiday dinner party at the group of progress iowa. here's a preview. >> there's a phrase that should define all of us have democrats do in 2018 is a powerful and simple idea. fortune favors the bold. we have to be a comprising. we have to be strong. we are the problem of working people and we believe in the labor mo

eastern on our companion network c-span. among the celebrities and issues, ashton future testifying at a hearing on modern slavery. jennifer gardner on early childhood education. actor robert dobby on his support for donald trump. >> the c-span bus tour continues its 50 capitals to her in january with stops in raleigh, columbia, atlanta, and montgomery. on each visit we will speak with state officials during our live "washington journal" program. follow the tour and join us january 16 at 9:30 a.m. eastern for our stop in raleigh north carolina when our "washington journal" guest is north carolina attorney general josh stein. >> at his annual year ended news conference, russian president vladimir putin this year answered question on north korea and syria. relations with president trump, russian interference in u.s. elections and his decision to run for president again. this is a 90 minute portion of his for hour-long news conference. ♪ ♪ ♪

announcer: watch friday beginning at 8:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org, and 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 television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] updateard burr gives an on the russian election. he says 100 witnesses have been issued but offered no timeline on when the inquiry would be completed. he discusses his concerns about security for the midterm elections. this runs one hour. >> senator, thanks for joining us. to all of those of you who are well fed and back in the room, i'm david sanger from the new york times, and i would like to welcome senator richard burr to fascinatingof this morning of discussion of russia, the election interference, and also broader issues. we are

on q&a on c-span. author eric wittenberg talks general john buford's defensive stance during the first day of the battle of gettysburg. buford's calvary division have been credited with delaying confederate forces long reinforcements to arrive, preserving the high ground of gettysburg for the main union army. this hour long talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. >> most of us today no google as a search engine. actually derived its name from a mathematical term, the one followed by one million zeros. google is also the number of folks -- books that eric wittenberg has written.

watch the house live on c-span, the senate live on c-span 2. wednesday the gop will meet to discuss the two tax reform bills passed by the house and senate. and the recent democratic national committee unity reform commission meeting. the 21-member commission was convened ahead of the 2016 democratic national convention with the intention to boost party-to change the way the party accepts delegates and other matters. this portion is just over 4 1/2 hours.

watch the house on c-span and senate live on c-span2. >>> a 1962 u.s. army film narrated by actor james cagney presented a critical history of soviet communism beginning with a failed revolution in 1905 up to the construction of the berlin wall. the film was nominated for a 1963 short subject documentary academy award. ♪ ♪ >>> at the road's end, the wall. these are the people who move along the road. some walk. some ride. some are well shod. some are barefoot. some are so young they must be carried. or so old. of the hundreds of millions who take this road, some do willingly. others hope that the road leads to bread for the hungry, peace for the weary and land for the landless. some protest openly, doesn't matter. some were born on the road. many will die along the way. a have van naw, cuba, january, 1959, this road leads to this wall. >>> red china, september, 1960, this road, this wall. >>> berlin, december, 1961, this road this wall. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> in the beginning the road exists in the mind of a 19th century philosophy and scholar, carl marx,

center-span.org and c-span radio. c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a america's ice by cable television companies. t's brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. next, we'll spend some time at looking at this year's holiday tree lighting and some other festivities starting making first lady decorations with children. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ look awesome. beautiful. beautiful. doing?t are you are you? >> hi. [indecipherable voices] mrs. mr. trump: it's beautiful. [indiscernible] back? pulled it [laughter] .> here you go >> take some pictures of me. >> here! here. [laughter] >> thank you. >> yes. >> good morning. >> how about you? what's your name? >> hello. >> it beautiful. >> you are doing a great job. >> that's very nice. [indiscernible] mrs. mr. trump: is mine. do you like it? >> we're making -- >> right here. [laughter] >> it is a tradition. a tradition. >> i don't know. >> oh. >> it is beautiful. >> what did you say? which one? >> i don't have one. >> right? exits beautifu

c-span. c-span, where history unfolds daily. a 1979, c-span was created as public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. now from capitol hill, a press conference calling for a criminal investigation into sexual harassment allegations made against president trump. congresswoman lois frankel and the democratics woman's working group and were joined by other democratic members as well. this is 10 minutes. we are going to start when we said we would. is everybody here? ok. good afternoon, i am chair of the democratic working women's group. we will have two speakers today. myself and brenda lawrence who is our vice chair. jackie may come in, she is our policies communications chair. i wanted thank -- i want to thanik my colleagues who are hee today. the me too movement has arrived. sexual abuse will not be tolerated whether by a hollywood producer, the chef of a restaurant, member of congress, or the president of the united states. no man or woman is above the

watch the house live on c-span, the senate live on c-span two. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, generals we love to hate with greg simons on confederate general joseph johnson. thathnson's critics argue the competitiveness with the confederate government so undermined the southern war effort estimate can make intervening factor in confederate defeat. -- a contributing factor in confederate defeat. he was the real mcclellan of the west. will who lacked the moral to commit troops to battle unless he could be absolutely certain of victory. since those circumstances never obtained, he, seldom if ever, some battle at all. >> sunday at four clock p.m. eastern on --lit it -- lyndon johnson. >> after his return from new york, the president's oldest daughter became the bride of captain charles robb of the united states marine corps. was the firstit white house waiting in 53 years. >> at 6:00 on american artifacts, the 200 your history of the willard hotel in whose guests.c., include abraham linco

watch the house live on c-span, the senate on c-span two. c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. morning, wenday discussed the upcoming vote on the final republican tax reform bill with americans for tax reform, and andy greene with the center for american progress. reincorporation saps jones on threat to the u.s. homeland during the holiday season. journal's,ngton beginning at 7 a.m. eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. c-span, where history unfold daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. c-span, minnesota governor mark dayton announces his appointment of lieutenant governor tina smith to replace senator al franken, who amid allegations of sexual misconduct. >> the minnesota constitution assigns me the responsibility to fill the upcoming vacancy in the united states senate. i have given this important decision the most careful consideration. first and foremost, i want

we welcome our c-span radio isteners and on the c app. -- c-span app. let's hear from david in raleigh, north carolina, on our democrats' line. caller: i'm disappointed that the bill has passed and they threw in getting rid of the mandate so the health care system will collapse and they are going to drill in alaska in a preserved area. it's wrong and they know it's wrong. thank you. host: president trump making a note of that, bringing the two senators from alaska to the podium and congressman don young who pushed for drilling in the wildlife reserve. this is new york on the republican line, paul. caller: yes, how are you doing? caller: the republicans need to suicide.g circular they just don't want to back this man. they don't want to back trump. and he's going to turn this country around big time. host: do you think they showed their support for him by long passing this measure and also the comments you heard today at the white house? caller: i'm watching the comments right now. i think they were badgered into it basically because they know if they di

. -- on c-span. "washingtonc-span, journal," is next. at noon, the house takes of coming up in an hour, minnesota congressman erik paulsen discusses gop tax reform efforts and upcoming fiscal deadlines. at 8:30, rhode island representative david cicilline with the latest into the investigation in russian interference in the 2016 elections. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] host: good morning. both houses will begin their business today at 10:00 a.m. throughout the day and into the evening, all eyes will be on alabama for the senate special election between roy moore and doug jones -- it appears to be coming down to the wire. c-span's coverage of the results and candidate speeches begins at 9:30 eastern and we are also beginning washington journal by getting your reports --"washington journal" getting your response. give us a call, especially if you are in our voter. alabama voter, it is 202-748-8003. otherwise, lines as usual for republicans, democrats, and independents. republicans come it is 202-748-8001. dem

follow live coverage on c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radioapp. tomorrow, house and senate conferrees will meet and discuss reconciling the tax reform bills that were passed separately out of each chamber. live coverage starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern. watch c-span3 thursday at 10:30 a.m. eastern for live coverage of the fcc's vote on net neutrality. the vote is no roll back net neutral rolls passed during the obama administration and intended to reduce regulation of the internet. live thursday at 10:30 on c-span3, c-span.org or listen to it live with the free c-span radio app. >>> the c-span bus is traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. we recently stopped in tallahassee, florida, asking folks what's the most important issue in their state. >> and the most important issue to my state is funding. a lot of times we talk about the lack of resources and the lack -- the quality of the education at hbc r cus, however it all starts at the source. the board of governors, everything, the amount of money that they give us, it's important that we

on c-span 3. >>> c-span's student cam. the tweets say it all. student cam in action. video editing and splicing for constitutional documents. this group showed us how it's done. two stellar interviews in one day. they ask hard hitting questions about immigration reform and the dream act. we're asking students to choose a provision of the u.s. constitution. and create a video illustrating why it's important. our competition is open to all middle school and high school students. grade 6 through 12. $100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded. the grand prize of $5,000 will go to the student or team with the best over all entry. the deadline is january 18. get contest details on our web site. student cam.org. >>> this next cia video briefing from 1986 depicted how soviet state run media portrayed america. in 2011 the agency information management services declassified over 200 documents regarding intelligence on the soviet union. that the cia provided the reagan administration. included were cia video briefings created by the direct tr of intelligence for policy makers. >>>

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watch the house live on c-span, he senate on c-span 2. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily in 1979. c-span was create is as a -- created as a public service but american's cable companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> we're joined by andy kroll, he is a contributing writer of pacific standard and he's here as part of our spotlight on magazines to talk about a piece he wrote about the secondary market for retail goods. thank you very much for joining us today. >> thanks for having me. >> first, tell us what made you want to look amount this issue, what happens to the goods after we return them? >> it's one of these questions that we never think about but taking

c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1920 nine, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to today by your cable or satellite provider. next, the relationship between muslims and the west. the muslim public affairs council looked at expectations placed on american muslims and combating terrorism, policy differences between the obama and trump administration, immigration and the potential impact of president trump's national security strategy. this is one hour. >> you can start any time in 10 seconds. >> hello everyone. publice media and affairs director for the muslim public affairs council. thank you for attending our round table. grateful to our esteemed panelists for agreeing to speak on this very critical and timely topic. to all of our viewers watching on c-span2 and listening on c-span radio. we would like for this panel to be as interactive as possible so we have

eastern on c-span two. today on c-span, "washington journal" is next followed by live coverage of the u.s. house following morning business, they will debate a spending bill. in about an hour, we talk to daniel house about that spending measure, and then about the president's decision to officially recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. ♪ host: good morning. it's thursday, december 7, 2017. pearl harbor remembrance day across the country. it marks the 76th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. flags have been lowered to half-staff at the u.s. capitol. the house and senate will both reconvene at 10:00 a.m. today. at some point this morning on the senate floor, minnesota democrat al franken is expected to make an announcement about his political future, one day after new allegations of inappropriate behavior emerged and after over 30 of his fellow democratic senators called for him to resign. that's where we begin this morning on the "washington journal," as we take your calls and hear your thoughts.

. >>> our c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road to feature the history of cities across america. here's a recent program. >>> the lewis and clark expedition is key in u.s. history. the idea of the expedition was to encourage more american travel up the missouri river and more american trade with the american announced. the story of south dakota, there's some interesting tales, first of all when you come into south dakota, sergeant floyd had died, but the current city of sioux city, but when they got to now what's the current city of elpoint, south dakota, they elected patrick gasse as the mayor. clark was elected in that situation. highly unusual. farther up the river, they saw spirit mound, where it was supposed to be inhabited by 18-inch high devils. and they had to go see these devils. once they got the top of spirit mound and what did they see but bison, acres and acres of bison. and these are men coming from the eastern united states who are used to trees and forests and hills and rocks and this open plain is like a farmer's delight, as well as a hunter's delight wi

we'll have live coverage for you when they resume here on c-span 3. >>> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning. a discussion o reform bill that congress is set to pass this week, with bloomberg tax reporter laura davidson and ammanda becker. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. >>> 75 years ago in june of four japanese aircraft carriers at the battle of midway, a decisive victory that changed the course of world war ii in the pacific after pearl harbor. up next on american history tv. navy veterans recount their experiences opinion

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c-span's cities tour focusing on religion. first we'll take you to the oldest baptist church congregation in the united states founded by roger williams in providence, rhode island. the tour also includes a visit to a native-american cultural center in alabama and a christian sect in albany, new york. american history tv in prime time friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> in the years before the arrival of the transcontinental railroad, tacoma was not similar to other cities of the puget sound and really the southwest. the percentage of the population was really mostly native-americans. coming over the trail and then some by sea small little villages really of americans and europeans had arrived. but mostly along the shoreline, and that was because the primary purpose here for people that were settling was cutting timber and milling timber. that was then sent down to san francisco. so that prompted a lot of entrepreneurs and small investors and adventures to come up and begin to build cities. and so seattle, bellingham, olympia, al

c-span, work history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. earlier this week, senate democratic leader chuck schumer of new york and house minority leader nancy pelosi of california spoke to reporters about their opposition to the republican tax reform bill. >>

as always, you can watch the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span 2. a review now of politics and the media and how each has changed over the past year. welcome siraj hashmi to program, with the "washington examiner," commentary video editor and writer here to talk about in the media. good morning to you. how do you describe your job to other people? guest: essentially i write commentary for the "washington but i also create a lot of video content, as well. is a story that i'm passionate about or one of my about,gues are passionate they have the chance to actually xplain what the situation is, say, for example, the gop tax bill, a lot of chatter about the bill, because it was very nuance and into the nationally there is a lot of noise and lies going debunk somel need to false narratives and that is exactly what we do. the case goes for child tax credit, you know, the individual mandate and obamacare, things tax cuts going to wealthy, that kind of thing. host: let's break that down. comes to tax cut itself, what has been the noise that is is truth about

c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's public television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> this year, c-span is touring countries -- cities across the country. up next, a look at our visit to saratoga springs, new york. you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. >> "the new york times magazine" says the battle of saratoga was the most important battle ever fought in the last 1000 years because they resulted in a -- in general burgoyne's surrender. it was the first time in history that a british army surrendered. we are located at one of the places at saratoga national park where the battles were fought in 1777 during the american war for independence. saratoga historic national park consists of 4100 acres. it was established in 1948 as a park within the national park service system. the british army had a plan in order to defeat the american rebellion. it was they would have an army lea

. >> tweet us at c-span history. it tweet asking about the issue that still resounds today and the question is about how many fathered by u.s. gis in vietnam and how they were treated 45 years after the u.s. departure. >>'s can be featured during our next life program. fatheredjoin the conversation n facebook and on twitter. >> next, holocaust survivor his experience as a young boy after the nazis occupied his hometown of budapest, hungary, in march of 1944. he and his family were eventually transported to a concentration camp in northern anneny, the same where fran

. >> watch american history tv, this week on prime time on c-span3. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. that is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> this next cia video briefing from about 1986 depicted how soviet state-run medial portrayed america. in 2011, the central intelligence agency information management services deal classified over 200 documents regarding intelligence on the soviet union, that the cia provided the reagan administration. included in the release were tapings created by the director of intelligence for policymakers. [ speaking foreign language ] >>> the people don't have power in your country. what you have has climbed satism, unemployed drug addiction. i don't think your people do anything but harm to your country. ♪ >> "beat it" is one of unprecedented -- >> michael jackson -- [ speaking foreign language ] ♪ ♪ beat it show me how funky >> translator: the americans are preparing for war. we don't want war. we are preparing for self-defense. am

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eastern here on c-span. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by american's cable-television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> all this week "washington journal" has featured authors with new books in 2017. next we talk with cliff stearns. his book "life in the marble palace." looks back on his 20 years in congress. served in thet house of representatives as a republican representative from florida, and he is the author of the book "life in the marble palace." this is cliff stearns. good morning. guest: thank you for having me. good morning. host: what was the goal of the book? guest: the goal of the book was to show some of the flaws of democracy, the positive things in democracy, and during the tumultuous times i served there was so much that occurred that showed the weakness of what we were doing. my book was talking about how can we improve democracy and also remind people of the great history of western civilization and what we have in this country, a

you can physical low that on c span doifering also or the free c-span radio app, 8:00 eastern. while we wait for the d.n.c. meeting to get under way, more from this morning's "washington journal." host: joining us on the phone, a national security reporter with the hill to talk about the f.b.i. director, chris rays, testimony on capitol hill yesterday. what do you think is the headline from that five-hour hearing? guest: one of the things that ood out to me was really how smoothly chris way sailed through this apeeshes. this was his first oversight hearing before the house judiciary committee which has jurisdiction over the f.b.i. even though republicans were pushing him on what they say is -- what they see as a double , andard within the f.b.i. targeting hillary clinton and the information into her email server but focusing on the f.b.i. agent that we have since learned has been removed from special counseler -- special counsel mueller's investigation, but even facing tough questions from republicans on that per seed double standard, nobody went after way specifically. he coul

thank you for c-span. democratic on the line, talking about debt and deficit, usually a message we from the republican party, it shows we have cycles, it depends where you stand and here you sit in terms of ajority and minority in congress, but these are big issues we're constantly talking about. to come back to, as long to upreme court continues rule that spending in elections s a former freedom of speech, then all we're doing with the laws is changing how the money how much is spent. we need to take, maybe move, rob didn't say this specifically, move to public financing system, take out the ask and give and take of the money, then people, you have to ask yourself, do you want your tax ads or nasty or mailers you are get nothing your mailbox? unintended consequences with every election. alabama, line for independents, robin, good morning. caller: c-span audience, i have question for the guest. i have a question about the electoral e over the college. i was under the impression that was for oral college pe

. >> c-span sat down with senior white house adviser for strategic communications. she talks about her father's imprisonment in cuba, growing up in miami, and the presidential vote recount. watch friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. sunday night on afterwards, washington examiner editor keith on his book. by louieerviewed gohmert. >> we spent a lot of time with him. you have heard his goals. you have talked about what he wants to do. what odds do you give him for being able to reach those goals? >> do you want to -- you agree to be honest or hopeful -- do you want me to be honest or hopeful? i agree with a lot of what he said. decent --,re is a he thinks the electorate has already changed. even in the general election, trump was victorious. despite obvious flaws in trump, not a perfect person, trump would admit that himself, and despite controversy, they elected him. what then and believes is that, ineady, -- what been believes -- what bannon believes is the longing for populism is already there, but it hasn't changed in washington, in the leadership, particularly

eastern on c-span. c-span.org, and c-span radio. as part of the 30th anniversary of the c-span video library, two former members of congress, steve briere and tim warner participated in a discussion on how television coverage has impacted politics. >> good evening. hello, and welcome to the 30th anniversary celebration of the c-span archives. i am robert browning, the director of the archives. we are just delighted that you all are here. it was 30 years ago this month that we turned on the vhs machine. [laughter] >> i have to explain what those are. they made a lot of noise as they wound and rewound. today, it is all digital recording. our original goal was to index -- to record everything on c-span, to index it and make it available for public use. it is fun, now, 30 years later to look at how those goals have been met which is what our panel is about. back then, the internet did not exist. digital recording was unknown.

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announcer: sunday night on c-span. >> this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to sarasota springs and upstate new york with the help of our spectrum partners. we will explore the literary life of this city known for its famous mineral springs. >> this is the place where ulysses grant penned his memoirs in 1885. he was dying of throat cancer and his family was facing serious financial problems. at this point in his life, he was a man trying to take care of his family and we get to tell a story here that most people do not know about. officer and chairman tells his story. >> i thought a person addicted to heroin was living under a bridge somewhere pushing a shopping cart around but that is not the case. one of the most abused drugs on wall street right now amongst traders, these are easily professionals, or opioids. 2:00 p.m.,sunday at we will take a trip to the saratoga race course. and, we will visit the saratoga national historic park. >> the new york times magazine said the battles of saratoga were the most important battles ever fought in the entire world in the last 1000 years

you can follow live on c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday on c-span's q&a, heritage foundation distinguished fellow lee edwards chronicles his 60-year involvement in the conservative movement. >> i met joe mccarthy through my father. he was something of a confidant to him. he was a hail fellow well met. he liked to party. he liked a drink or two. as long as she did not talk about communism, you could not ask for more fungi to be with. but he was -- for a more fun guy to be with. he was someone who did not take advice very well so he consequently said and did things that hurt the cause of anti-come it is time. announcer: q&a, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> next, we look at the middle east and relations with the u.s. under the trump administration. the washington institute for posted theolicy event. speakers consider the influence of iran and the anticorruption efforts within each nation. this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. welcome to the washington institute. i'm that director. i'm delighted to welcome all of tripo this policy forum repo