to be america first and you have to do what other americans decertified to live to defending america because this is our country this is feel that you don't think about. my life defending this country . i get the welcoming i get. that's a powerful thing compared to where i come from how we were how i was you know slaughter a friend of mine who died the war or recount where i come from coming here. you know having what i have. is home. minnesota is a liberal state in the democratic heartland of the midwest a welcoming place for the somalis the latest black immigrants to establish themselves in america but in the early years of its history america was the very opposite of welcoming for the first africans to reach these shores. for three hundred years africans were brought here in chains a slave labor i'm heading to jackson mississippi in the deep south to meet some of the descendants of those first african-americans because it seems that their history lines at the heart of the story of islam in america. this impressive looking building is actually the state capital of mississippi and i

latin america, next on great decisions. (jubilant orchestra music) - [announcer] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers llp. (soft music) - [narrator] the 1960's in latin america was an era of political revolutions. the reverberations of which are still felt today. - latin america was really defined, the 1960's by the cuban revolution. there was a greater push for independence, sovereignty, autonomy from the united states. - it was a region where some of the battles between capitalism and communism, between democracy and authoritarianism, played out with the greatest drama. it was an era of military coups everywhere from central america down through brazil and argentina. - there were movements not just in latin america, but in other parts of the world in the 60's and 70's to bring more left progressive government into power and in reaction to that, military dictatorships took hold in much of the sout

america is counting on us. that weow in my heart will come through and you will come through for this country once again. i have seen the courage and conviction that defines the men and women of the conservative movement all my life. and i see it in your faces this morning. , the truth is we live in a time of widening challenges and unknowable threats. a time of too much division and too much anger in america. you know, it seems like we are becoming more and more disconnected from each other. too often unable or unwilling to meet our fellow citizens where they are, to do with the president did yesterday, just to listen to one another in a spirit of humility and respect. and increasingly, it seems like , we have lostight sight of who we are as a people, that the truth is, here in the united states of america, it is true today and it has always been true that there will always be more that unites us than will ever divide the good and great people of this country. [applause] v.p. pence: so, let's try to reconnect

when leftists in america picked -- [applause] when leftists in america picked on the movement, they insisted their goal was not to silence, it was to open up a new visit of viewpoints. america was so racist, so bigoted, so homophobic, so the other way to allow members to speak was to shut everybody up who offended members of those groups. pc was supposed to make us free. the intellectual jackboots showed up. the demised subgroups became taboo. truth went out the window. victim groups replaced actual victims. language shifted to accommodate feelings of those groups. for years the pc culture grew stronger. at the time of the obama presidency, pc was not just dominant, it had morphed into something unstoppable. advocates have pc have claimed that certain groups in america were recognized, which is true. they present evidence to that effect. under obama, the new pc said you did not even need evidence of victimization to shut other people up. just had to claim you were victimized, and it was our job to give you the benefit of the doubt. a new form of pc was born. we were talking about the pc of w

it's a -- always has been in america. i just have this notion that as soon as the may flower he land, the passengers said hope no people are coming, perfectly happy with this country the way way see it. throughout our history, waves of immigrants have come to make america what it is today and there's always been a resistance from those already here to new people. from new places. with different languages and cultures and religions and food. and we've done some things in the past which are not exactly things to brag about. it was 1924 when we passed an immigration bill that was a fear after world war i that because europe was in shambles, all of these people would come flooding into america. and so the congress, right near this chamber and in the house of representatives, passed the immigration act of 1924. it was horrible. it was horrible. it expressly excluded group wiz didn't want to be part of america's future. groups like people of the jewish religion. italians, people from eastern europe, the japanese, and many other

they bought tickets for 1000 places in america. here they traded their drachmas, lyras, and rupees for dollars. they sang their first american songs, experienced their first american christmas and hanukkah. they waited, and were given permission to pass over to the new land. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, an interview from the west point center of oral history. with the wife of u.s. army general william west moreland who demanded u.s. forces in the enough. >> my main work was with the red cross, and almost every day i worked in a vietnamese hospital. our hospital. and then i once moved to do red cross work. >> watch american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> next, we talk with the james grossman, executive director of the american historical association which held its annual meeting in washington, d.c. in january. he explains how the field has changed in the past decade and how he feels the study of history is important, especially in this polarized political environment. this is about 20 minutes. we are at the 20 18th amer

seeing these kids gives you faith in america. and it was my distinct pleasure to get the republican leadary bottle of brooklyn bosh bourbon at a -- it was not a challenge to kentucky's pride but rather to suggest that maybe kentucky and new york aren't so different at all. our craft distilling industry is booming and we have very good bourbon made in brooklyn, new york. it's called, by the way, as long as it's made in america itening be called bourbon and i believe it -- i'm not sure if it can be called kentucky bourbon but can be call bourbon. now on to the business of the day. mr. president, on in the heels of passing significant bipartisan bug deal, the senate returns this week to grapple with one of the most contentious of issues, immigration. leader mcconnell, to his credit, has promise debate on a neutral pill with an amendment process fair to both sides. democrats and republicans are working hard to find a bill to protect the dreamers and provide border security that will garner six votes no easy task. it's like threading

and too much anger in america. you know, it seems like we're becoming more and more disconnected from each other. too often unable or unwilling to meet our fellow citizens where they are to do what the president did yesterday, just to listen to one another in a spirit of humility and respect. and increasingly it seems like we've lost sight. we've lost sight of who we are as a people, that the truth is that here in the united states of america it's true today and always been true that there will always be more that unites us than will ever divide the good and great people of this country. >> so let's try to reconnect in the days and debates that come ahead. reconnect with one another and reconnect with the communities and lastly, i also believe that we should also seek in these challenging times to reconnect to something deeper. something that speaks to the very heart of who we are, someone who i believe has always been the source of our strength and more than that. our hope. yesterday mourned passing of one of the

this is the america that screams i want my country back and we need to make america great again. in the other narrative, the one repeatedly referenced in almost every one of barack obama's speeches starting with his 2004 key note at the dnc in which he declared there was not a black or white or blue america, but only the united states of america. that's inclusive and egalitarian with race, but gender and sexuality. diversity can be a strength. and now later in the presidency he said those who were born in other countries and came here as person or adults can be inheriters of the american dream. as bill o'reilly gave way to barack obama's vision of america on the rhetoric on the left, the people privileged within the existing system felt increasingly under siege. they felt that their version of america was slipping away. in closing, i want to say that don't think of course that cohesion is impossible, actually. i don't think it is impossible in a multiracial democracy, but it is obviously very challenging given the struggle between groups that is reflected in the two competing nar

in a real sense, america is back. i'm not talking about the progress at home, in jobs and the economy. i can tell turning this country around. in a real sense, america is back. you having traveled around the world in recent weeks, i hear leaders around the world. they see once again under president donald trump, america is once again leading on the world stage. you are supporting and making a possible. >> [applause] v.p. pence: let's go tell the story. can onlye tonight, i imagine what a challenging day today was for so many of you. i remember the experience karen and i were involved in, an incident during the campaign, where an aircraft slid off the runway. thankfully there was no loss of life and no one injured. i remember exiting the plane that night at the airport, and seeing the lights and sirens. in speaking with so many of you today, i know what a troubling day it was. i want to encourage you today. as we gather together in this to have encourage you faith, to remember in these moments how precious life is, how

their own testimonies about how much they love america. how much they give back to america. how they served in our armed services. how they're a resource to us in providing health care in our community and the list goes on. in any event, i don't think the end of march has a viability to it. let's just get on with it. what are you afraid of?

corporate america is doing what is best for corporate america and working america is getting left behind. it goes to show you just president trump and republicans working forri when they crafted their tax bill. it gave corporations and the wealthiest americans a huge tax cut and cut out everybody else. i yield the floor. >> mr. president, this is immigration week in the united states senate and we are preparing with today's procedural moves to bring bills for for consideration as early as today and perhaps tomorrow at the latest. it is an unusual time in the senate is focused on such an issue in actual bipartisan amendment and substitutes were being offered. the reason we a are at this poit and at this moment in time was because of a decision by president trump on september 5th of last year when he announced there was ending the doctor daca program. it was a program graded by by executive order that allowed those have been brought to the united states as children, infants and toddlers to be able to stay legally in the united states on a temporary visa renewable every two years. it was ca

loses market share in latin america because we're buying fewer things and the same thing can be said for investment in the area probably the most famous chinese investment in latin america is the yes go ahead. no i was going to say have to yet so tell tell us about the difference between you know china and other nations that might want to have a relationship with other countries that i mean it china is helping to prop up some of the the industries and i don't mean that in a negative way but by being a customer they are sort of helping a sort of win win circumstances with these other countries in latin america and that's not a approach really i mean separate from president trump that's not really approach that u.s. is known for is it. absolutely we see the china opportunistically and not in a bad way taking advantage of the fact that financing and investment isn't coming from elsewhere latin america has been looking for example to modernize and green its infrastructure base for generations the united states is pulling out of interacting with latin america in that way so china is there

immigrants are not a drain on america, immigrants are the future of america. hard-working men and women who leave behind everything they know for a better life for themselves and their children to breathe new life and revitalize and you have heard the stories with silicon valley look at the best and brightest and to marvel at the fact how many people were immigrants to finally be able to take that idea to turn into a business with employees well paid helping the country move forward. seventeen years ago i introduced a bill called the dream act bipartisan legislation giving a path toed immigrants who came to the united states as children. they have come to be known as dreamers and i know the president went to a republican retreat and mocked the term dreamers. but i am proud of the term dreamers before the bill was introduced if you asked to they were most people answer isn't that a british rock group? now it symbolizes something in america. young people brought here to have grown up pledging allegiance to their flags being the only national and they have ever,

where she slept abandon those people out in the rust belt out in the middle of americas like. let fend for yourself dude's but i mean the u.k. is kind of similar right the whole northern area the country they keep discussing should we build a railway to the north for twenty years including the people from manchester and birmingham and sheffield should we include them into our economy in london and yet for twenty years i've been having this debate and there's still this division going on. the chinese are saying you know what we're going to grow the economy by actually making it inclusive economy and building infrastructure appropriately yes so they're basically there they're bringing in the west and a lot of naysayers and the western world the western economy the likes of you know the. academia economists from new york have always liked their plan for high speed rail but they've been building across china saying the peasants will never be able to afford it but apparently according to the data from this past year that they peasants are affording it so it is actually becoming via

the only great america i canor imagine what a moral america must do. so let us bring america to its feet and get america to walk as doctor king asks us let us dream and dream again of the democracyre if only to everybody that asks us for our vote come i will stand with you if you say to me i will fix this democracy first. now. very much. [applause] thank you larry. next our speaker is of pulitzer-winning journalist and best-selling author and an innovative approach to connecting with autistic childrenne and the price of loyalty hasd been chronicled lecturing about narratives and justice at harvard law school please welcome reverend seth kind. [applause] >> thank you i looked at the roster i am the only working journalist here today so i thought i would speak for the enemies of the people. somebody must. we are used to being hated as that is part of the job. we try to hold elected officialsco accountable. what keeps them up at night and gets them up in the morning. some of them but that damn thing in the newspaper item know what to say. [laughter] and s

so make it in america, invest in america, it adds up for a better deal for america. my colleague, al green from texas, has some important thention to add to the -- important things to add to the discussion tonight on a different subject. but i just want to remind the public that when we talk on the floor here we talk about infrastructure, we talk about create steel programs that actually build infrastructure. we talk about trying to collect resources so that we can pay for this. we talk about how we might engage in various financing programs so that we can over time build a solid foundation for economic growth. and as we do all of this, we're talking about a better deal for the american public. not the raw deal that this tax scam gave to americans. not the kind of deal that "the investors es" says will reap the republican tax bonanza. and if i might, mr. speaker, have this "new york times" editorial placed in the congressional record. and so with that -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. garamendi: thank you. i think with that it's time for know yield t

hurt rural america? the secretary: you are mixing up things here. there is actually going to be a title as i mentioned on rural america. so that is separate from the rest of the titles in this proposal that we are talking about. there will be a special section for rural america. and then as to whether other urban areas want to embark upon tolls or private activity bonds or recycling, that is up to them. we are giving them the flexibility to do so. so they are getting much greater flexibility now to look at creative financing mechanisms and decide for themselves what they want. thank you so much. i'm sure we will be talking

author of the divided family and civil war america. from the georgia university law center, the political theory of the american founding. based on consent, virtue is needed in more than any other form of government. the people themselves pick the rulers. sunday at 4 p.m. on "real america." thety decides, about historic supreme court decision involving brown v. board of education. >> some kid stuff like colored people. colored kids don't like people. >> when the supreme court ruled segregation was illegal, these children were ready. >> at 6 p.m. on "american ," popular political cartoons from the early 20th century. cartoons appeared almost daily, usually on the front page of the paper. >> watch american history television, every weekend on c-span 3. next, the unranked -- un

on real america. inh the cpac conference washington, d.c., we look back to 1988 when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation, and the move toward privatization have been. it has meant the largest peacetime expansion in our history. they won't want to throw that a way for a return to budgets. host: watch american history tv every weekend on c-span3. c-span, >> -- >> c-span, were history unfolds daily. 1970 nine, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. thomas jefferson force in lynchburg, virginia. we are learning about the history. we speak with the archaeology department to learn about the material culture left behind and what it can tell us about the people who lived

there is too much that a moral america, the only great america that i can imagine, a moral america must do, so, my friends, let us, like reverend barber, bring america to its feet. andus get america to walk, in those walks, as dr. king asked us, let us dream. dream again of the greatness a democracy in america could give if we could only finally sing in unison to everyone who asks us for our vote. i will stand with you if you , "i will fix this democracy first now." thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, larry. ar next and final speaker is journalist, best-selling author, and the founder of an innovative approach to connecting with autistic children. his books like confidence men and the price of loyalty have chronicled and defined presidencies. he lectures about narrative and justice at harvard law school. please welcome ron sus kind. [applause] >> thank you. i looked across the roster, and i realized i am just about the only working journalist here today, so i thought i would speak for we enemies of the people. that's one of me. someone must. someone must. look, we as reporters

that is the fixed policy of united states of america. as president trump has said many times, i always believe in talking. we have made it very clear that we are open to communicating our policy to the regime in north korea. what north korea needs to understand, as i made clear in an announcement in japan, when we announced a new round of sanctions that will be imposed, the largest ever. we are confident our allies will join us in it. nothing will change until the day comes that north korea permanently abandons its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs and seizes to threaten -- ceases to threaten the united states of america. mike: it does not sound like those two things are preconditions for any conversation. it sounds like you are looking at the tools in your belt and do more talking. vice pres. pence: it is accurate to say that we want to make sure north korea understands us. if there is an opportunity for talks that can communicate the fixed policy of united states of america to them, the president has made it clear. he alwa

>> this is "rld news america." funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, and kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. >> plaing a vacation escape that is relaxing, inviting, and exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with rm, sunny days, cooling trade witas, and the crl blue caribbean sea. nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more information for yourva tion planning is available at aruba.com."b >> and now, bc world news." jans america."as reporting fromngton, i am jane o'brien. special counsel robert muelleran charges 13 ruswith interfering in the u.s. presidential election. the juice department said they wanted to spread distrust in america's political system. >> the defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states. jane: the funerals begin for the 17 people shot at the florida high school

ultimately, this exhibition says it can help america be better, help america to live up to our state of ideals. and that the best way to honor the ultimate sacrifice of dr. king is to cross those boundaries that divide, boundaries of race, gender, ethnicity, to demand a fair and freer america. thank you very much for being with us this morning. [applause] >> thanks so much, lonnie. i also would like to ask the curator of exhibition to join us in the seats appear. after that terrific framing, -- no, we want to appear, my love. yes, because you are the curator. what the heck. as aaron is getting situated, i want to remind everyone that we are live streaming today's event. i know lonnie wants to know this, particularly, being a twitter-er, it is #cityofhope. you can find the exact link on twitter. the letters my colleague sent me are too small for me to see. after the http, i am lost. but, #cityofhope. you will find the brilliant tweets they have done. we are going to start with questions of the panelists that i am going to raise. then we are going to follow with questions from you. ple

that's my story, that my family story but that's a america's story. i came here with a strong back and a determination to work and feed his family, and he did it. my grandmother was the same. that is the story of this country. now we are going to debate this week. some will argue we've had enough immigrants, we don't need more and others, i hope will realize that we have an opportunity to create the diversity that makes us unique in the world. the diversity of immigration. i think we can come up with a reasonable answer to this. there will bees difference of opinion and strongly held beliefs on one side of the other. the question is whether this body, the u.s. senate with 49 democrats and 51 republicans, almost as close as you can get can reach a common bipartisan agreement. would it be a headline across america if the senate actually had a debate and actually agreed on something. i see some heads nodding of people who are following this debate. i really believe we can. that's what we are sent to do. too actually tackle problems. the president has cre

for reforming america and bringing america to respect its own constitution all blending is really was that's what makes me optimistic about the future. this corner of the exhibition is really interesting because you've goals real evidence of this link between islam and slavery in mississippi and it him of the man who was known as the prince among slaves who was sold into slavery for forty years before winning his freedom and going to live as a free man in liberia and i understand that there are his descendants still living in the united states and i'm going to try and find them. i now see that what's up the heart of the story of islam in america is the story of slavery and on this issue america was divided as early as the seven hundred seventy s. some americans were calling for the abolition of slavery one of these thomas jefferson proposed forming a colony in africa to take freed slaves but it wasn't until eight hundred sixty three after the civil war that slavery was finally abolished with it came the economic collapse of the southern states which depended on slaves the big plantati

>> this is "bbc world ne america." funding of this presention is made possible by the freeman foundation, and kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. >> planning a vacation escape , at is relaxing, invitingand exciting is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families, couples, and friends can all find their escape on the island with warm, sunny days, cooling trade winds, and the crystal blue caribbean nonstop flights are available from most major airports. more infmation for your cation planning is available at aruba.com. >> and now, "bbc world news." jane: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i'm jane o'brien. more details about the allegedor a school shooter, as the debate over guns in america starts again.en prestrump calls for action , but offers no specific president trump: it is not enough to sply take actions at make us feel like we are making a difference. we must tually make that difference. jane: a changing of the guard in south afric

one problematic thing between latin america, south america, central america, south america, central america and washington, sometimes it is the use of president trump's colourful language. for example, it he did not want migrants from countries like el salvador and haiti saying that they are ? — whole countries. —— f —— s—hole countries. we share with all the latin american countries, were opened to migrants and we respect the entity of each country and the characteristic of each. it was offensive language, wasn't it? it is language that is not good for dialogue. you said we are open to immigration from countries in latin america. that is not quite the case because in 2017, president macri's government curbed immigration to argentina from poorer countries in latin america. he said his first concern was caring for argentines, caring for ourselves. where is your latin american solidarity? in our country with emigration from bolivia, uruguay and paraguay, peru and chile, we have plenty of people coming after the situation in venezuela. we are country situation in venezuela. we are

they stood in line together, those who saw america as an adventure, with those who saw america as a beacon of hope. it was a business of numbers, an operation designed to house, feed, and process 4000 people at a time, to identify those whom american authorities might reject and return to europe at steamship expense. woman: first thing they do with you is delouse you. look your hair all over. your hair, if there was a nit in your hair they would -- you would have to shampoo it. narrator: fearing epidemics, huge facilities were established to fumigate clothing, baggage, and people. processed and ticketed, they waited for their ship. they boarded in many parts of europe and in many kinds of vessels, most to new york and some to other ports. but they had one thing in common. they were traveling steerage, and the steamship companies understood the profit in numbers. they began a journey that could last from a week to a month. woman: that was the last time it ever ran again. that was the last trip she made. she should have never made that one either. narrator: for some it would be a voyage with

you are optimistic because you pressomething -- this ident has made america optimistic once again. whether it is tax cuts, jobs, orion, growth, more importantly, it is america's standing in the world. thoseow something, of eight years of obama, people thought march left of america at the end of the eight year period . [applause] nigel: i agree. speechht from the first he gave to the one he gave in davos. that said he was about forthcoming would embarrass himself and america on the world stage, and been proven wrong, have they not? have been proven wrong. [applause] nigel: he was so full of self-confidence that when he was walking around in beijing, i thought he was about to put a bid in for the place. [laughter] if you golf courses, a couple of hotels, it is always possible after he is president. the point is a lot of you are feeling happy and upbeat and the mood is, you are right about these midterm elections. but kind of, we are not so great anymore. [applause] danger, theiggest biggest single danger to the huge victories that we achieved back in 2016 is complacency. [applause] n

i look at america as one country. i don't think of white versus nonwhite america. and sorry you feel that way. i would say to you, 3 million total that than the donald trump won disagree with you. at the very least, you are in a minority view. donald trump at 44% approval, which they are high-fiving about at the white house, that is the lowest approval rating in the history of the presidency for a inson after his first year office. you are in a minority that sees this in racial terms rather than on the merits hillary clinton, in my opinion, we respectfully disagree, would have made a better president. ist: if you take a look, pulled this from cnn's website from november 9. for heardready losing latinos, african-americans, the young, they don't know how much to the agreed that jim comey involvement was her but she was already losing with that. would you admit that? guest: two was definitely losing because she lost the act -- the electoral college. she must've been winning among a lot of people. what we know with certainty, and i don't offer an opinion here, the fact

america became energy independent. today, the usa is the number one oil and gas producing country in the world. [applause] it didn't happen because government regulations, it happened his government got out allow the and became, private sector to go out there and do what the private sector does. we have a secretary of interior that understands those resources on our public lands are incredibly important. and thoughtfully be able to do that puts america in a geopolitical position. we don't just export american lng around the world, we export freedom. you think about what that means. people, our allies, people who we want to be our allies, now they know because of american energy coming to their shores, they are free from countries that would put america -- put those valleys that those countries have in jeopardy. ,ecause of american ingenuity energy independence, and administration that truly andeves in freedom exporting freedom around the world. that is the extraordinary story of the second decade of the 21st century. i

or has become in america? >> he was, and he was not hap about that. when the religious right emerged inhe late 1970s in opposition to desesegregation, billy graham was uneasy about it snd made several statements to the fact that he afraid that those on the far right would try to co-op evangelicalism for their political ends, and he was not happy about that. >> sreenivasan: and you also bring out the important point that he did this barn storming and evangelizing in an area pre-youtube, you know, in an era unlike the evangelical ministert we sday who are using television and the internet to reach these wide audiences, he actually physically went to all these countries. >> he did. he was ar vey prepared evangelist but used media along the w to amplify his influence and make himself really into a religious celebrity in the 20th century.re >>ivasan: do you think that there is an heir apparent to -- is anybody doing what billy graham is ableto do or is that even possible in this era? >> i don't think so. i think th

america is counting on us. but i know in my heart that we will come through and you will come through for this country once again. i have seen the courage and conviction that defines the men and women of the conservative movement all my life. and i see it in your faces this morning. my friends, the truth is we live in a time of widening challenges and unknowable threats. a time of too much division and too much anger in america. you know, it seems like we are becoming more and more disconnected from each other. too often unable or unwilling to meet our fellow citizens where they are, to do what the president did yesterday, just to listen to one another in a spirit of humility and respect. and increasingly, it seems like we have lost sight, we have lost sight of who we are as a people, that the truth is, here in the united states of america, it is true today and it has always been true that there will always be more that unites us than will ever divide the good and great people of this country. [applause] vice p

america first is immigration restriction and america first is i am american by american and america first is disdain with the bilateral institutions and alliances and to build up those capabilities and the nuclear arsenal. america first unilateralism in terms of american foreign policy. america first with the authoritarian leaders around the world and the philippines et cetera. that is what america first is. but what are the policies? remember for a moment those policies that actually made america great over two or three decades when was first promoting the open world and free trade to lower the tariffs champion that currency stability supporting multilateral institutions like the united nations to champion democracy and self-determination and freedom of human rights although not always living up to those things but to champion those things what made america great is to build alliances with like-minded countries to support the principles of collective security what made america great is supporting the rule of law. what made america great building up america as the p already but also seeki

pen america is at the forefront. so, tonight we will honor writers from all genres, for which read and he's all embody great read and sacrifice and fearlessness. there words can and have changed america and as we celebrate them, we remember now more than ever how much power there is in the written word. let's give away some awards. [applause] please welcome to stage the professor anthe stage theprofese fulbright scholarship board. tom healy. [applause] >> i'm happy to be here to join you for a free drink. [laughter] tonight's winner of the prize is a young teenager i looked desperately for things to read that assure me i wasn't the only one that might fit into an identity i was unhappily piecing together. i was a teenager, too. here's the official part, shortly observed with and expansion of the self marked the fiction of this year's winner. the previous winners brought to life the american experience for the life's great appreciator. his work emanates beauty, the intellect and all constitutes bliss in this world. th

junot: america is something we aspire to. america is a dream. we tend to practice a lot of classism, a lot racism, and yet the dream of an america is still alive, a dream where we can be on each other's sides. eric: america has nothing to hold itself tother but a few ideas, a creed. another way to put that is all we have to hold us together is a story, and i think one thing we have learned, whether from the righ is don't expect some archangel to come down and descend angive us that story. maddy: if i could ask every person in america, ou i think it be to have everyone have a conversation like this, e whople genuinely put their identities and their concerns about the nation on the table, because i don't think any other time i've felt more amerin and so frustrated wier what it means to be an, but also so proud. [music playing] announcer: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting as part of "amer man graduate: let'e it happen," a nationwide public media education initiative. support for this program was provided by e

we're some of america's best. i want you to know while taking away from us, don't you want people with degrees, cool internships? our parents are here as iginal dreamers. please be able to see that for yoursel this is the same thing about parents. id we do graciela. mr. hoyer's, did we do mr. hoyer's already? ivy tenley, a chinese immigrant, the youngest of three, became the second to graduate college in her family from baruke college. today she continues to devote er free time to underserved. she is a -- gets so much of her free time to empowering underserved communities. her story is just what this country needs. thank you, mr. hoyer, for referring her to us. ung bin cho, his family came here, they enrolled in first grade in virginia, he garage waited from virginia tech. again,s the only home i know. i've work and saved to pay for college. where i live you need a car for anywhere. now because of daca i can drive my family, drive to study. all these are personal stories about the struggles, the obstacle, the opti

they are so against what america wants. they are so against what rank and file republicans want. even on something as limited as fix nics, the gun groups find a way to get in the way. now, i believe the priority of this chamber should be to pass universal background checks. that would accomplish what fix nics does and a lot more. president trump has said, quote, that he would push strongly comprehensive background checks, unquote, in the wake of parkland. well, we democrats are calling on him today to keep his word. we sent him a letter and we're asking to support existing legislation, bipartisan legislation, that close the loopholes that allows anyone to purchase a gun at a gun show or the internet without a background check. these loopholes make no sense. leaving these loopholes unclosed would be as if we checked someone's i.d. at the liquor store but not at the bar. that's what you could say about fix nics. if would be as if we checked someone's i.d. at the liquor store but not at the bar. we should have the same checks across the board. so today i call on president trump to c

what about by america and everyone says they are for by america. the trump in production plan unwinds by america provisions. you are going to rebuild namerican infrastructure let's o it with american steel, american concrete and american labor. this is the kind of plan you would expect from a president who surrounds himself with industry insiders and financiers and people from wall street who look at infrastructure as an investmentra by corporations but infrastructure has always been something that benefits aren't immediately apparent in a road might not generate short-term profit unless the factory might locate and bring new jobs to the area in the private sector and there isn't a profit but that family is i just as deserving as every other family in america. it is part of the internet which is a necessity these days just as electricity was in the 30s in franklin roosevelt. the private sector, the private sector now cannot pick and choose it will leave large parts of america out. that is why the trump infrastructure plan falls short. for almost al

, north america. we have more great research universities in america the entire rest of the world combined. [applause] because of her republican name eisenhower they would call them the wise man community invest this money in government to say no i will invest in universities every major breakthrough that has occurred the last 20 years is your investment of research in universities it is a laboratory in the world nobody can compete with us. nobody the workers are three times as productive as a matter-of-fact most agile venture capitalist in the world. we are in a position to remind ourselves who in the hell we are. remind the american people who we are. everyone if you were raised in the same household i was that there isn't a damn thing we can do why we are characterized as americans of overconfident that we can do anything. where is that spirit? the american people are hungry for it. i am absolutely convinced he can win back the house got to start hollering more loudly for those. there and not just

and it's ravaging struggling america. a staggering 72% of remaining smokers come from lower income communities. you really see the hold it takes on people. the whole situation is wrong. stopping big tobacco starts with the truth. know the truth. spread the truth. enlist at thetruth.com. ♪ and we're back. in a minute, hillary clinton opens up on the surprising amount of feces in the state department hallways. i was very disturbed by that, and i thought, "you know, we need to bring it up. don't pretend that you can hide it under the rug or in the corner." but first, the trapped-nited states of in-a-well-merica -- our continuing coverage of president trump trapped in a well. let's check back in with gail claymore. gail, have you ever had a dream where your hands fall off? i've had dreams where all my teeth fell out. yeah. that's stress-related. this is different. what's happening at the well? it's getting dire, ted. rescuers are running out of options and, frankly, patience. i'll be honest with you. these are some of the b

let us bring america to its feet. let us get america to walk, and in those walks as dr. king asked us, let us dream, injuring again, jim of the -- dream again, dream of the greatness. i will stand with you if you will say to me, i will fix this democracy first now. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, larry. that was great. [applause] thank you, larry. is aext and final speaker pulitzer winning journalist, best-selling author, and the founder of sidekicks, an intimate of -- innovative approach to connecting with children. he lectures about narrative and justice at harvard law school. please welcome him. [applause] >> thank you. i want to cross the roster and i realized that i am just about the only working journalist today. so want to speak as enemies of the people. that is me. someone must. we as reporters are used to being hated. it is part of the job. urge.e a sco we're trying to hold elected people accountable. coveredthe folks i have have not liked me very much. did not like me. i got nothing against you personally, but that thing in the newspaper, i don't

a huge amount of it outside america. what do you think of america first? >> america first, if you view it very narrowly would say, you know, we should leave nato, we should drop foreign aid to syria. we should get out of the united nations, but then all these global problems, whether it's instability or pan democratics, we would be worse off, but that's the debate we're having now, to say, it's good to help africa, you have to prove that eventually benefits americans. >> again, your optimism. i want to come back to that and ask you about another kind of -- another reason why i wonder this is some cause for pessimism, which is climate change. a lot of the other issues that people worry about, and your answer would be, these are problems, but there are human solutions to it and ways in which human beings are already solving these problems. isn't it so deeply structural, and the response seems lippetmi when you consider india and china and your government into the atmosphere? doesn't that make you pessimistic? >> my optimism is not that we can just sit back a

some other people messed with our elections and they're right here in america. it's hillary clinton and fusion gps and hillary's lawyer. they messed with the election and stole the candidacy from bernie sanders and gave false information to a fisa court. so mr. mueller if you want to put people in prison start with the americans that perverted our election here in america. >> sean: well said. >> and not only that the damage to the bureau and the bureau's reputation that people within the fbi now we know we've seen clear evidence of that. andrew mccabe, others, james baker, the general counsel there were people clearly in the fbi with an agenda and that was not their role. this is not the politburo. >> you mean loretta lynch and page, they had an agenda? i can't wait for the i.g. report to come out. and if the i.g. does his job the fix was in and the process was screwed and it was all set up and rigged from day one. >> we don't have to extradite them. >> i talked to four former fbi officials in close contact with current fbi agents and they, the rank and file are

in america. we have thousands of counties, sussex counties. we raise more counties than anywhere in america. we raise soybeans, more lima beans there. agriculture is a big deal for us. there's also -- we have great beaches in delaware. ra hoe bob -- rehoboth beach, bethany beach and others. there's a lot of interested people close to the beach and not so close to the beach. so there's pressure from development. sometimes you have the interest of farmers, the ag community coming up against the interests of developers. one of the best places we decided to ensure that we have -- we still have farmland, don't overdevelop our county and our state is to make sure that farmers can make money and support themselves or businesses. one of the ways they can do that, frankly, is through the ability to not only feed us with the commodities they raise but also fuel us. and there is a gre way we can do that we are involved in. there is something called r.i.n.'s, renewable identification numbers. there is a comm

mike: thanks the bank of america for that message. think you for making these conversations possible. thank you c-span for carrying this event today and i thank my colleagues for our and our cofounder. you for being here. i really appreciate it and look forward to seeing you on axios were we make you smarter and faster. om. on axios.c our next guest has been a congressman, house republican leader, governor of indiana, and is now vice president of the united states. he is always a hoosier. on behalf of my partners at axios we're happy to welcome vice president mike pence. [applause] mike: mr. vice president, welcome back. vice pres. pence: thank you. mike: you were just telling us that a given fix you realized wintere that it to sports, sweating and skiing. "big picture" if i i get off thece: slopes without anything more than sweat at the gold medal. mike: you used to call yourself rush limbaugh on decaf. [laughter] mike: do you ever think to yourself that this would be so awesome if you are still on radio? vice pres. pence: how do kno