mcpherson: i'm happy. [laughs] >> [inaudible] dr. mcpherson: right. well, i did research on three continents, essentially, like, north america, latin america, and europe. when i began this, it was about 2014, and i thought all the documents were out, right? i figured i was sort of go and find them. then i realized while i was at this amazing archive, while i called the national security archive here in washington while , i was doing research there, i realized shortly after that we done declassifying materials, so new declassifications came out in 2015 and 2016. among those, as i mentioned in my talk, were the cia documents that basically concluded that pinochet not only covered up the crime but also ordered the hit. up to that point, this had only -- something that everybody knew was true but nobody had any evidence, right, that pinochet had ordered this. the cia said, we are concluding this, so it has become an official finding of the letelier assassination. i found great documents at the institute of policy studies. all the archives of not only lete

mcpherson: so, we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier. at the same time, ronni moffitt, a u.s. citizen, was also killed. bomb, and all of this happened at sheridan on embassy row in washington, d.c. on that morning, september 21, 1976, orlando letelier was an employee of a think tank in washington called the institute of policy studies. he was driving his car to work. he lived in that direction. he came down embassy row, massachusetts avenue, lined with several embassies. the car with him were two ronni in the car with him were two ips, ronnifrom moffitt and her husband michael moffitt. they turned the corner here and unbeknownst to them, following them was a gray sedan. in that gray sedan were two cuban-americans who had helped put a bomb underneath the the driver's seat in the chevelle orlando letelier was driving. the order was given by the secret police of chile, ruled at augusto by a custo a pinochet, a dicta

mcpherson: so, we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier. at the same time, ronni moffitt,

former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch the miami book fair saturday and sunday on c-span2's book tv. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in for a brief pro forma session with no votes expected. lawmakers finished business yesterday before leaving for the thanksgiving state work period. and now live to the senate floor here on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., november 22, 2019. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable roy blunt, a senator from the state of missouri, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 7:00 .tands adjourned until 7:00 >> guest: and that wraps up the pre pro forma. they're back monday, december 2nd for votes. we expect more pro forma sessions next week. and more live coverage when

next on american history tv, historian alan mcpherson on his book "ghosts of sheridan circle." how a washington assassination brought terror state to justice. mr. mcpherson gives an illustrated talk at busboys and poets, but first we visit with the author to see where the crime took place and the memorial there for the two victims. >> so, we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies. to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier. at the same time, ronni moffitt, a u.s. citizen, was also killed in this car bomb, and all of this happened here in sheridan circle in the heart of nbc row in washington, d.c. on that morning of september 21st, 1976, orlando letelier was an employee of a think tank in washington called the institute for policy studies. he was driving his car to work. he lived in that direction. in bethesda, maryland. he came down embassy row, massachusetts avenue, lined with several embassies. in the car with him were two colleagues from isp, ronni moffitt and her husband michael moffitt. th

eastern, historian alan mcpherson on his book ghosts of sheridan circle. visit the washington, d.c. location where 1976 car how i washington assassination t'sught in a shea -- pinoche terror to justice. that is what is coming up here on american history tv.

and former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch live coverage of the miami book fair saturday and sunday on c-span 2's book tv. howard ruffner talks about the photos he took on may 4, 1970, when national guard troops shot and killed four students at kent state university in ohio during an anti-vietnam war protest. a student and photographer for the college newspaper at the time, one of his photos was used on the cover of "life" magazine. and he has published a book about his experience, "moments of truth." max: thank you all so much for coming out tonight. tonight, we are hosting the photographer howard ruffner who, during his college years at kent state university was a , photographer for the yearbook and newspaper. his book tonight "moments of truth

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former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch live coverage of the miami book fair november 23 and 24 on book tv. this past july marked the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. four months later, apollo 12 blasted off on the second manned mission to land on the moon. next, a documentary telling the story of the mission, beginning with a lightning strike to the launch vehicle 26 -- 36 seconds after liftoff. ♪ 1967, surveyor three landed on the moon, in a crater of oceana's -- of the ocean of storms. with surveyor's electronic eye, we viewed the lunar surface. with its mechanical arm, we dug a small, shallow trench in the lunar soil. 1969, 31ovember 14, months after surveyor's landing, men were leaving the earth to land on the ocean of storms. charles pete conrad. richard gordon. alan bean. the crew of apollo 12. the second manned landing on the face of the moon. their target, the site of surveyor 3. >> ignition sequence start. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 0. all engines running. commence liftoff. >> apollo 12 lifted off in

philemon talks about the state of the cia detention centers and a professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watchlive coverage of the miami book fair saturday and sunday on cspan2's book tv . >> recently stacy abrams former democratic george or governor of candidate talked about voting rights at the national press club in washington dc . here's a look. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. my name is allison fitzgerald kojak, 112th president of the national press club and i am the investigations editor in washington for the associated press. we have a terrific program ahead and we invite you to listen or watch or follow along on twitter using the hashtag mpc live. for our c-span and public radio audience be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public so any applause or reactions you hear are not necessarily from the working class. i'd like to begin by introducing our head table. please hold your applause until all the head table guests are introduced . to my far less is robert weiner, president of weiner public news op-ed and

and former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch live coverage of the miami book fair saturday and sunday on tv.an who -- c-span2's >> c-span is learning about the history and literary scene. we speak with west virginia state on her work to document the cultures that make up >> we have heritage a lot of people across the state who may not identify as artists but who are extremely creative, extremely important in how they are preserving these

and former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch it live coverage at the miami book fair saturday and sunday on c-span2's book tv. >> campaign 2020. watch our live coverage of the presidential candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind. to may 20,mpaign your unfiltered view of politics. over the weekend, former massachusetts governor deval patrick spoke at an event in las vegas posted by the nevada democratic party. this was mr. patrick's first major speech since a -- since announcing his candidacy for president. toor to the event, he spoke reporters about his campaign strategy and his position on various policy issues. hello, everybody. it is great to be in nevada. i said it right. this is the fourth or fifth city fewave been in in the last days since announcing. it has been an exciting entry into the race. i have been meeting some wonderful people and getting tough questions from you and others. the welcome has been very warm. a terrific field. talentedf marvelously and in many cases friends. and everyone of

philemon talks about the state of the cia detention centers and a professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watchlive coverage of the miami book fair saturday and sunday on cspan2's book tv . >> recently stacy abrams former democratic george or governor of candidate talked about voting rights at the national press club in washington dc . here's a look. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. my name is

and former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. miamilive coverage of the book fair november 23 and 2's book24, on c-span tv. + next, pulitzer prize-winning photographer talks with a 15torian about his more than year long photography career. time ase topics, his president gerald ford's chief photographer. the center for creative photography at the university of arizona and bank of america hosted this event. >> thank you all for coming here. it is a thrill to see you here. said, i am thrilled to be leading arizona arts.

philip mudd talks about the state of cia detention centers and former football player john mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch live coverage of the miami book fair today and sunday on c-span2's booktv. >> wednesday on the senate floor, but diane feinstein and joni ernst presented competing legislation under the violence against women act. senators john cornyn, dan sullivan and marsha blackburn join in the push to reauthorize the violence against women act. this is 45 minutes. >> i rise today to speak on the violence against women reauthorization act of 2019. this bill passed the house by 263-158, with 33 republicans supporting it. a week ago along with every other senate democrat i introduced a bill in the senate. people on the front lines helping these victims wrote these bills. this bill is not a democratic bill. it is not a republican bill. this bill is a survivors bill. it is written with the help of survivors who know what is needed in the real world. the bill accomplishes two things. it preserves the advancements we made during the last reauthorization in 2013 and includes ce

wilkie, the senior officials before me, the duties of undersecretary of the army, the honorable jim mcpherson, chief of staff of the army, general mcconville, mrs. mcconville, welcome. mr. frank kowalski of the catholic war veterans, thank you for being the veteran service organization host and for your participation in this important national observance, and to all dignitaries, veterans and families here today, and everyone watching across this great nation, thank you. what a beautiful day. it is fitting that we are here in the center of these most hallowed grounds. today is the celebration of honor, duty, and patriotism. here at arlington national cemetery, we are surrounded by over 400,000 soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen and coast guard men, and their families who have proudly served our nation in peacetime and in more. their headstones are the brick that form the foundation of the city on the hill, that beacon of the hope that is our united states. stories of the service and sacrifice we celebrate today are etched in marble around us to -- from the inscriptions on gravestones to the to

mudd talks about the state of cia detention centers. 9 and former professional football player don mcpherson. watch live coverage of the miami book fair today and sunday on c-span2's booktv. >> on "after words," our weekly author interview program, republican congressman matt gaetz interviewed republican rand paul of kentucky about his new book, "the case against socialism." here's some of their discussion. >> if i'm going to be a successful capitalist and i sell something, i'm not caring at r about my desires. i have to care about everything you want if you're a consumer, so everything's focused outwards towards trying to get you to accept to buy either my services or my product. but if i'm a socialist, i really am not caring too much about popular opinion or pleasing a consumer. in fact, you know, when we socialize things like health care, they just say, well, yeah, everybody's going to get it, you'll no longer be bankrupt, no longer have to worry about your bills, but you'll have to have rationing. it's directed more towards their ideological concerns of how -- >> so how does that drive s

eastern, historian alan mcpherson on his book ghosts of sheridan circle. visit the washington, d.c. location where 1976 car how i washington assassination t'sught in a shea -- pinoche terror to justice. that is what is coming up here on american history tv. host good afternoon. i get the privilege of introducing a good friend. drew and i have been arguing over the past two days, what i should do in this introduction. i will just read what you sent me. it is best [laughter] -- it is kind of funny, actually. gruber as the executive director of civil war trails, lives in williamsburg with his wife kate, their two cats, he enjoys reading, oysters, brown liquor and peace and quiet. drew gruber. [applause] going tor: i am introduce my co-author, doug crenshaw, who is going to lecture about williamsburg today. [laughter] i sat down last night to review notes, and i couldn't think -- couldn't help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. it caused me to rewrite the whole thing. thanks, ryan. forgotten battles is a cool thing and i was going to open with a quote and then i

i'm the book events coordinator here and i'm very excited to invite alan mcpherson for his book, "ghosts of sheridan circle." it's an event i was not aware of, honestly, and very excited to read about it in this book and excited for alan to speak about it. here at busboys we like to have conversations that others aren't having and i feel like this is one of nose so i'm excited for him to speak about it. i'm going to give you a little kind of overview. if you have a cell phone, please take photos but don't make the flash happen. we are filming tonight, as you probably can see. that's a little distracting. we will have the fwoobooks for . we have them for sale currently and if you would like to, i really implore you to look through it and have alan sign it. he'll be signing afterwards as well. we have a wonderful server, aisha in the room. she will be here all night, so please take care of her as she will take care of you. i will now turn it on over to alan for the talk of "ghosts of sheridan circle." thank you all. thanks. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, olivia. thank you to busboys

philemon talks about the state of cia detention centers and former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity . watch live coverage of the miami book fair november 23 and november 24 on cspan2's book tv. sunday night on q and a, the washington post pakistan bureau chief pamela constable talks about her experiences covering the region. >> sometimes people will say things that are very critical of the united states or of the last. that is more common than somebody saying something offensive about being a woman or causing problems. people tend to be generally speaking very broadly more helpful to a woman than to a man. they can also try to take advantage of you in various ways but generally my experience has been that if they're not going to like nothing about you or going to miss trust something about you it's not going to be because you're a woman, it's going to be becauseyou're an american . >> whatsunday at 8 pm eastern on q&a . >> next week the house intelligence committee and chair adam schiff continued public inquiry hearings beginning on c-span3. watch live testimony

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and former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch live coverage of the miami book fair saturday and sunday on cspan2's book tv.

former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch live coverage of the miami book fair november 23 and 24 on book tv. this past july marked the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. four months later, apollo 12 blasted off on the second manned mission to land on the moon. next, a documentary telling the story of the mission, beginning with a lightning strike to the launch vehicle 26 -- 36 seconds after liftoff. ♪ 1967, surveyor three landed on the moon, in a crater of oceana's -- of the ocean of storms. with surveyor's electronic eye, we viewed the lunar surface. with its mechanical arm, we dug a small, shallow trench in the lunar soil. 1969, 31ovember 14, months after surveyor's landing, men we

and former professional football player don mcpherson on masculinity. watch live coverage at the miami book fair, saturday and sunday on c-span2 booktv. >> next they discussed th government's plan to reduce hiv and aids we will hear from doctor anthony the national institute of allergy and effectiveness disease and john brooks chief medical officer at the center for disease control division of hiv aids prevention. the bloomberg school public health hosted this event

mcpherson: so, we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando letelier.

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player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch live coverage of the miami book fair saturday and sunday on c-span 2's book tv. howard ruffner talks about the photos he took on may 4, 1970, when national guard troops shot and killed four students at kent state university in ohio during an anti-vietnam war protest. a student and photographer for the college newspaper at the time, one of his photos was used on the cover of "life" magazine. and he has published a book about his experience, "moments of truth." max: thank you all so much for coming out tonight. tonight, we are hosting the photographer howard ruffner who, during his college years at kent state university was a , photographer for the yearbook and newspaper. his book tonight "moments of truth" is a collection of more than 150 photos around the kent state massacre of 1970 in which four students' lives were lost. so without further ado, please welcome howard ruffner. [applause] howard: first of all, i have to say it is nice to see some familiar faces out here. lots of

and former professional football player don mcpherson on masculinity. watch live coverage at the miami book fair, saturday and sunday on c-span2 booktv. >> next they discussed th government's plan to reduce hiv and aids we will hear from doctor anthony the national institute of allergy and effectiveness disease and john brooks chief medical officer at the center for disease control division of hiv aids prevention. the bloomberg school public health hosted this event thank you for joining us today for what will be a compelling conversation. one that will provide great hope that we can make a difference in the fight against aids. but also it will remind us there is still much, much to be done. and partly, we will need to double down on our efforts if we need to set out in the bold tenure federal initiative championed by the nh and cdc and by our special guest doctor anthony and doctor john brooks. here at the bloomberg school of public health we have talked about the power of public heal health, the power that comes from doing the fundamental research and

philip mudd talks about the state of cia detention centers and former football player john mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch live coverage of the miami book fair today and sunday on c-span2's booktv. >> wednesday on the senate floor, but diane feinstein and joni ernst presented competing legislation under the violence against women act. senators john cornyn,

so my colleagues, katherine tully mcmans and lindsey mcpherson went through the transcript of bill taylor's testimony yesterday, and have posted a list of some things that they think that people should behe watching for.ou the one that is most mostable to me is what are the republicans on this committee up to when it comes time for these open hearings, of intelligence. remember, there is the possibility that the housere republicanspo may seek to sort replace devin nunes as their lead sort of member in this questioning. i'mqu interested as much as in what taylor says, and the others say, as to what the republicans do who may be appealing to the audience of one, president trump, and as well as what happens and what exactly the president is doing during these hearings.pr is there a constant twitter feed? what sort of implications he may have as well as this is going on. >> real quick, what do you make of lindsey graham and his position in all of this, the way he is constantly evolving trying to throw something out there to stick. it sounds like he is trying to beg the defense attorney for t pr

in former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch live coverage of the miami book fair november 23 and november 24. on c-span2 booktv. >> next week the house intelligence committee and chair adam schiff continue public impeachment inquiry hearings. getting tuesday morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. at 2:30 p.m., ambassador kurt boger, former u.s. special envoy to ukraine and national security council white house aide to morrison on wednesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern testimony continues with u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland. at 2:30 p.m. deputy assistant secretary of defense for russian, ukrainian, and à affairs laura cooper and david hale under secretary of state for political affairs. on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern the committee will hear testimony from fiona hill, former national security council senior director for europe and russia. march 1 two public hearings in their entirety on their website c-span.org/impeachment. you also find transcripts of witness testimony and procedures of the hearings. pl

next on "american history tv," historian alan mcpherson on his books of "ghosts of sheridan circle." he gives a talk at busboys and poets in washington. but first, we visit sheridan circle with the author to see where the crime took place and the memorial there for the two victims. >> so we are literally at the scene of the crime. this is a memorial that was put here by the institute for policy studies to memorialize the assassination of orlando

and don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch coverage of the miami fair saturday and sunday on c-span2 book tv. american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend featuring museum tours, films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. here's a clip from a recent program. this is essentially the last picture of robert kennedy alive. he gave his peace sign and went into the kitchen where bill everett's was in there when he was shot. this amazing photograph pier 1 my colleagues was with him. and i heard something had happened. i ran outside and i saw ethel in the back of the ambulance. and i took the photo through the ambulance door. it was shocking to me what had happened. point, this at that picture really made me feel bad. i was 21 when i did it and it was the idea of intruding on someone's grief like that, that is not something i'd like to do. but i did it and many years later, i told ethel how bad i felt. she said, don't worry. you were doing your job. she understood. people who live in the public life forev

and former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch live coverage of the miami book fair saturday and sunday on cspan2's book tv. >> next supreme court justice elena kagan speaks about the american legal system, her life and career and the polarization of the confirmation process for supreme court justices. from george mason university earlier this month this portion is just over an hour. >> students guests, president helton, justice kagan, friends and family of roger wilkins. it is my pleasure to welcome you all to the second annual roger wilkins lecture. which this year takes the form of a conversation of supreme court justice elina kagan. my name is matt shearer i'm associate professor of policy and government in this our school and director of the undergraduate program and philosophy and politics and economics the eb for short at george mason. the program is honored to be theinstitutional sponsor and host of the roger wilkins lecture . we are grateful for the trust and support place in us by the university andby the friends a

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fillet mud talks about the state of cia detention centers and former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity . watch live coverage of the miami book fair saturday and sunday on cspan2's book tv. >> campaign 2020 as live coverage of upcoming presidential campaign events reedit saturday on c-span senator elizabeth warren speaks with voters at town hall meeting inmanchester . on sunday at 5 pm eastern senator bernie sanders hold a rally with supporters in portsmouth new hampshire. on monday on cspan2 democratic presidential candidate and former massachusetts governor duval patrick will speak at the politics and eggsbreakfast in manchester. and on tuesday at 7 pm eastern on c-span's president trump oldcampaign rally in sunrise florida , his first since changing his residency from new york to florida . live coverage on c-span and cspan2. watch online at c-span.org or listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. >> i think the national primary is probably one of the worst forms we could implement. i would if we were doing it in sort of a rational way have a rotating region

don mcpherson, who is sidney crawford? >> sidney crawford, she is one of the most well-known models. >> no, your friend. sidney crawford. >> she was the first fight i ever had in grade school. i was 10 years old and we started throwing rocks at each other. and i called him a sissy and that's when the fight turned on. >> why? >> we learned at an early age that the worst thing you can be called as a boy, is a girl. i just came from catholic school and here we were, fighting for dominance on the playground. as soon as i evoked gender in the conversation, that from the fight happened. >> why did that incident that was you so much that you left it in your book? >> because it was, going back to fundamentally how boys learn what it means to be a man and how we learn to juxtapose girls are in our lives. it was that moment. that thing that happened at a very early age. my will is i don't like fighting number one. and number two, what me to 10-year-old boys start rolling in the gravel, fighting because one of them questions the othe

former professional football player don mcpherson on talks of masculinity. watch live coverage of the miami book fair saturday and sunday on c-span2's "book tv." >> up next, remarks from general space commander general raymond on the operations of the newly established unified command. strengtheningses relationships with allies. >> good morning, everyone. i am the directorth

and former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch it live coverage at the miami book fair saturday and sunday on c-span2's book tv. >> campaign 2020. watch our live coverage of the presidential candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind. to may 20,mpaign your unfiltered view of politics. over the weekend, former massachusetts governor deval patrick spoke at an event in las vegas posted by the nevada democratic party. this was mr. patrick's first major speech since a -- since announcing his candidacy for president. toor to the event, he spoke

and former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. miamilive coverage of the book fair november 23 and 2's book24, on c-span tv. + next, pulitzer prize-winning photographer talks with a 15torian about his more than year long photography career. time ase topics, his president gerald ford's chief photographer. the center for creative photography at the university of arizona and bank of america hosted this event. >> thank you all for coming here. it is a thrill to see you here. said, i am thrilled to be leading arizona arts. the core of our mission in arizona arts is to ensure that all students regardless of major have meaningful experiences and the archive will further that andion by engaging impacting students across our university and transforming ways. the acquisition of this archive is a prime example of our commitment to integrating the arts into all aspects of the university experience and to making the university of arizona a true arts destination areas tonight, we are in for such a treat as we hear from two pulitzer prize winner

philip mudd talks about the state of cia detention centers and former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch live coverage of the miami book fair saturday and sunday, on c-span2 booktv. >> i think a national primary is probably one of the worst reforms we could implement. if we were doing in a rational way, we could have a rotating regional primary so in different elections we have different sort of groups of states go to gather which would focus retail campaigning. >> learn about the presidential nominating process sunday night on q and a. laura brown mother after of political management school in george washington university discusses how we nominate presidential candidates and what reforms to the process may be in the offing, watch sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a.

former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch the miami book fair saturday and sunday on c-span2's book tv. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in for a brief pro forma session with no votes expected. lawmakers finished business yesterday before leaving for the thanksgiving state work period. and now live to the senate floor here on c-span2.

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and former professional football player don mcpherson on toxic masculinity. watch live coverage of the miami book fair saturday and sunday on tv.an who -- c-span2's >> c-span is learning about the history and literary scene. we speak with west virginia state on her work to document the cultures that make up >> we have heritage a lot of people across the state who may not identify as artists but who are extremely creative, extremely important in how they are preserving these traditions in their community from the storytelling. people do help these the work they are already doing. , we the folklife program document, preserve, present, and support traditional artists, cultural heritage fish in her's cultural communities across the state. basically i travel across the state and do oral history and documentation of banjo players, makers,, neon sign independent wrestlers, ramadan fast breaking dinners, serbian chicken roasts. any kind of aspect of cultural heritage or someone who form or someart practice of folklife in the state. in thinking about how we choose sto