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american institution. premiers wednesday, january 2nd, atle p.m. eastern and pacific on chance and good online at c-span.org/senate to learn more but the program, and watch original full-length interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long-serving members and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. >> saturday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress. democratic senator heidi heitkamp and dave brat t who were both defeated and darrell issa who is retiring after serve 18 years in the house. >> there was no interest in a bipartisan tax bill. we could have done some reforms of the healthcare bill. there was no interest in doing reforms of healthcare because it was all about winning politically and not governing in a sustainable way, and those are regrets that i have. >> ideas matter to me and you try to get ideas in the press and they don't care. it's worse than they don't care. they're against your ideas and

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exploring the history, traditions, and roles of this uniquely american institution. wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span. >> earlier today on the house floor, a democrat from guam and a nevada democrat gave their farewell speeches. mr. speaker, i rise today in appreciation of the people of guam for their >> i rise today and appreciate of the people of guam for allowing me to represent them and their interests for eight terms. i also rise this final timee appreciation to my colleagues in this wonderful institution, the u.s. house of representatives. for their support over the years, as we have worked on many impactful issues for the betterment of our constituents and our nation, it has been my honor to serve in congrfo

american institution. >> please raise your right hand. >> wednesday, january 2nd, at 8 p.m. eastern, and pacific, on c-span. c-span. >> next on c-span2 we'll go live to the u.s. senate, today a bill aimed at reducing the rate of recidivism. although the government to be passed is yet to be announced we're expecting senators to speak on it on the floor today. now coverage of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, how brief is the span of human life when compared to the enormity of your univers?

american institution. it premieres wednesday, january 2, at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. and be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original, full-length interviews with senators. view farewell speeches from long-serving members and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. announcer: earlier this month republican national committee chair brona mcdaniel spoke at a women's leadership summit hosted by politico. topics included the midterm election results, her relationship with president trump, and support of more women running for olves. this is 25 minutes. >> welcome back. i hope you enjoyed the ambassador luncheon and gained valuable insight and maybe made some new friends and

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american institutions earlier in -- institutions. 2, on c-span.uary >> james comey back on capitol hill today for a second day of testimony before the house judiciary and oversight and government reform committee's, their year-long investigation into the 2016 presidential election. this was his second visit to capitol hill, 10 days after his first, and he spoke to reporters after the closed-door session wrapped up. >> we have a couple of questions, director comey. mr. comey: great. i will say a few words and then i will take your questions. you all set? another day of hillary clinton's emails and the steel e dossier come this while the president of the united states fbi, lyingout the about the fbi, and attacking the rule of law and schedule. how does that make sense? republicans used to understand that the actions, words of a president matters, and where are those republicans today? at some point someone has to stand up and in the face of the tweets,fox news, mean stand up for the values of this country and not slink away into retirement, but speak the truth. i find it frustrating to be

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exploring the history, productions and role of this uniquely american institution. be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original, full links interviews with senators. view farewell speeches and take a look inside the senate chamber and other exclusive locations. >> next, farewell speeches from three senators who are leaving congress. we her first from missouri senator, claire mccaskill who lost her reelection bid. she is followed by arizona republican jeff flake speaking about his retirement. after that, nevada republican dean heller says goodbye to his colleagues and reflects on his time in congress. sen. mccaskill: it probably won't surprise my colleagues to know that i don't like much the idea of a farewell speech. i haven't spent a great deal of time contemplating it over the years i have been here. i'm not a big fan of the concept. tradition,espect the especially since i have witnessed so many senate traditions crumble. best to get through this without breaking up. a traditional farewell speech in the united states

a c-span original production exploring the history, traditions, and role of this uniquely american institution. >> please raise your right hand. >> wednesday, january 2, at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. the 116th congress starts in january. between the house and senate, nearly 100 members of congress are retiring. we have been speaking to a number of them before they step down. over the next hour and a half we will show you our conversations with south carolina representative mark sanford, missouri senator claire mccaskill, and california congressman dana rohrabacher. we will start with south carolina republican mark sanford.

. >> exploring the history, traditions and roles of this uniquely american institution . >> please raise your right hand >> wednesday, january 2 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> coming up live on wednesday, at 10:30 am, members of a presidential task force at the risk to children from lead on c- span. the house returns at noon for work on several suspension bills and possibly extending federal spending past friday night deadline. on c-span two at 8 am, a discussion on the criminal justice reform bill with senators stick durbin and amy klobuchar. the senate takes up the nomination of joseph mcguire to lead the national counterterrorism center and on c-span three at 9 am, the discussion on the state of trade between the u.s. and china , house speaker paul ryan delivers a farewell address at 1 pm on the great hall of the library of congress and it 2 pm the house and senate veterans affairs committee hold a joint hearing on improving va healthcare. >> good morning and welcome to the fourth morning of the workshop on immigration history. today we are going to talk about the immigratio

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, a c-span original production, exploring the history, traditions of this uniquely american institution, premieres wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern. be sure to go online at c-span.org to learn more about the program and watch original interviews with senators. longfarewell speeches from serving members and take a tour inside the chamber and other exclusive locations. announcer: when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest, most diverse reshma and class in history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span, starting january 3. announcer: homeland security secretary kiersten nielsen testifies before the house judiciary committee about border security and immigration enforcement. she was asked about the death of a seven-year-old girl who was importer patrol custody. -- who was in border patrol custody. [chatter] >> good morning. the judiciary committee will come to order without objection . the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. we welcome everyone to this hearing on oversight of the department of homeland security, and i will b

a c-span original production exploring the history, traditions, and rules of this uniquely american institution. >> please raise your right hand. >> wednesday, january 2, at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. former fbi director james comey met monday with members of the house judiciary and oversight committees to answer questions about the russia roletigation and the fbi's in the 2016 presidential election. it was a second time this month mr. comey appeared on capitol hill, where he remained behind closed doors for several hours. when departing the interview, he stopped to answer a few questions from reporters. sit to capitol hill 10 days after his irst and he spoke to reporters after the >> i am going to say a few words. great.

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exploring the history, tradition, and role of the any -- the uniquely american institution. from wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original full-length interviews with senators. view farewell speeches from long serving members and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. next, live on washington journal, your calls and comments. congress weigh in on a possible government shutdown and the robert mueller investigation. we will hear from val demings and republican congressman jodey arrington at 8:30. washington journal is next. host: good morning. the senate yesterday agreed to avert a government shutdown but funding the government without money for a border wall. the white house says they are looking at the deal. what is your take on it? call into washington and let them know, do you support or oppose? if you agree to it, (202) 748-8000. if you oppose the short-term bill, (202) 748-8001. wjn us on twitter at c-s

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production exploring the history, traditions, and role of this uniquely american institution. >> please raise your right hand. >> january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. us --jennifer shot joins jennifer shutt joins us. a deal that needs to come together. what is the latest on the state of the negotiations and who is doing that negotiating? guest: we know they been in conversation for months now about how to address border wall funding, whether they will do what .6 billion dollars or somewhere between that and $5 billion. it seems like right now we are in the final days heading into that deadline and there's confusion about who is supposed to be talking to whom and when they may be getting together with staff to write legislative text and senator schumer basically said republicans are nowhere to be found where republicans are saying it's up to senate democrats and the white house to negotiate this so it seems like there might be crossed wires. host: who's doing the negotiating at this point? is this staff talking distaff? -- is this staff talking to staff? explain what's h

american institution, permit is wednesday at a to talk p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. go online at www.c-span.org/sen ate to learn more about the program and watch interviews farewelltors, view speeches from long-suffering members, and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. announcer: according to author and historian robert flatlander, the lost battalion of world war i was not actually lost, and they were not actually a robert laplander, the lost battalion of world war i was not actually lost and they were not a battalion. next, from a symposium hosted by the national world war i museum and memorial, robert laplander presents "the story of the lost battalion." he has studied the subject for over 20 years. this is about an hour.

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american institution. premieres wednesday, at 8:00 --. eastern and specific eastern and pacific on c-span. and be sure to go online to learn more about the program and watch original, the link interviews with editors. the farewell speeches from long serving members, and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. >> next on "the presidency," gaye wilson looks for clues in thomas jefferson's manner for to present himself and his politics. wilson is the author of "jefferson on display." attire, etiquette, and the art of presentation. the smithsonian assssssssss posted this program. it's 90 minutes. >> i want to thank you for coming out to listen to me talk jefferson on, "a display," which you see on the screen here. i will go right to the image of the jacket to explain what i was trying to do with this particular study, this particular work. nothing to doly with the design of the jacket. in fact, one evening it arrived on my cell phone, and i said wow

american institution. premieres wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. sure to go online at www.c- span.org/senate to learn more about the set program in which original full-length interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long-suffering members and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. when the new congress takes office in january, it will have the youngest, most diverse freshman class in recent history. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span starting january 3. next, author samuel goldman discusses the history of christian zionism in america, which he defines as the belief that christians have a religious responsibility to promote and support a jewish state in some portion of the biblical holy land. he is also author of the book god's country, christian zionism in america, held by the national history center and the woodrow wilson center, this is one hour and a half.>>>

. ♪ ♪ >> the united states senate, a uniquely american institution. legislating and carrying out constitutional duties since 1789. >> on wednesday january 2, c-span takes you inside the senate learning about the legislative body and its informal workings. we will look at its history of conflict and compromise with original interviews. >> arguing about things and taking them around and having great debates is a thoroughly american thing. >> key moments in history and unprecedented access, allowing us to bring cameras into the senate chamber during a session. >> follow the evolution of the senate into the modern era from advice and consent to the role in impeachment proceedings and investigations. the senate, conflict and compromise, a c-span original production exploring the history, traditions and role of this uniquely american institution premiers wednesday january 2 at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original full-length interviews with senators, you farewell s

exploring the history, traditions and roles of this uniquely american institution. wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. the white house. the supreme court. and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to by your cable or satellite provider. washington journal continues. host: jennifer shutt joins us now, reporter for cq roll call. she has been tracking the shutdown ahead of friday's midnight deadline. what's the latest on the state of the negotiations and who is actually doing the negotiating? guest: the current state right now seems to be sort of a staring contest between senate democrats, house democrats and the white house. we know they have been in conversation for months now about how to address border will bending. -- border wall spending. it seems like right now we are in the final days heading into that

american institution. mears wednesday, january 2 at 8 pm eastern and pacific on c- span. and be sure to go onlineat c- span.org /senate to learn more about the program and watch original full-length interviews with senators. you there will speeches from long serving members and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. >>> this weekend on american history tv, saturday at 8 pm eastern on lectures in history, catholic university professor and former cia historian nicholas doing this on national intelligence operations during president kennedy's administration. >> i want to focus on the two biggest intelligence subjects of the kennedy administration, which often are the to those two major historical episodes people remember from this period, the bay of pigs fiasco and the cuban missile crisis. so we have a fiasco and we have a crisis and they are both big problems. what they have in common is obviously cuba. >> and sunday at 6 pm on american artifacts, look i

explore the history, traditions, and role of this uniquely american institution. ramirez wednesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. and be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original, full-length interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long serving members, and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. >> now, former federal reserve chair janet yellen talks about the possibility of another financial crisis, what tools the fed has to address economic concerns, and current deregulation efforts. this runs one hour in 10 minutes. >> tonight, we will be treated to a wide-ranging

a c-span original production exploring the history, traditions, and role of this uniquely american institution. >> please raise your right hand. >> wednesday, january 2, at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. the 116th congress starts in january. between the house and senate, nearly 100 members of congress are retiring. we have been speaking to a number of them before they step down. over the next hour and a half we will show you our conversations with south carolina representative mark sanford, missouri senator claire mccaskill, and california congressman dana rohrabacher. we will start with south carolina republican mark sanford. congressman mark sanford, as you prepare to leave the house of representatives for a second time, what are you thinking? an openford: it is canvas. i don't know what comes next. >> any ideas or thoughts? rep. sanford: not at this point . my brain still works, i am not tied into that. i have not scored commercial opportunities. runink it is important to through the finish line. if you have one foot in and one foot out you are asking for trouble. come january 5,

american institution, prepares wednesday january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online at to learnn.org/senate more about the program and watch original full-length programs with senators, speeches from long serving members, and to a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. ♪ >> this week join washington journal for authors way, with five-minute segments each morning with a new author, beginning at 8:30 a.m. eastern. discussesan williams his book "what the hell does he have to lose?" and, "the case against impeaching trump." "squeezed: why families cannot afford america." matters: how"sex feminism lost touch with science, love and common sense." and "the view from flyover country." and "american overdosed." join us for authors week this week. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress, peter roskam, duncan and hoskin reflect on our time in congress. >> we go on our app, our devices. this 13 yearse after he wrote the declaration of

exploring the history, traditions, and role of this uniquely american institution. >> please raise your right hand. >> wednesday, january 2nd at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> c-span where histories unfold daily. in 1979, c-span was corrected as a public service. and today we continue bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> next senator jim inhofe talks to students about the national defense university in washington. he shares thoughts on u.s. defense strategy and how it compares to other countries like china and russia. lord we in the free world each of us ask you that you do we help us to use their great american for model in our prayers and lives in country that is our fallen hero, george hw bush, we ask this in jesus name . >> what a great guy he was i would be surprised if most of you did not see the funeral yesterday, he had quite a career. this is the first time i've been here, and i've been here

explain the history, traditions and role of this uniquely american institution. premieres wednesday, at 8 pm eastern and pacific on c-span. and be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original, full-length interviews with senators. view farewell speeches from long serving members and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber. and other exclusive locations. former secretary of state, condoleezza rice moderate a discussion on the evolution of communication. and its effect on democracy at stanford university is hoover institution. she is joined by british historian, neil ferguson. and former national intelligence council chair, joseph nye . [applause] >> good afternoon. and you for joining us for what we hope would be a very stimulating and interesting discussion. i am joined by my colleague, senior fellow at the institution, neil ferguson. historian of considerable note and our colleague from harvard university, joe nye who is also, visiting at hoover from time to time and so, we very much look forward

american institution. premieres wednesday, january 2, at 8 pm eastern and pacific on c-span. and be sure to go online@c- span.org/senate to learn more about the program. and watch original, full-length interviews with senators. here farewell speeches from lungs of numbers, and take a tour inside the senate chamber. the old senate chamber, and other exclusive locations. >>> when the new congress takes options office in january, but the youngest and most diverse freshman class. new congress, new leaders. watch it live on c-span, starting january 3. >>> we are visiting the vietnam center archive located in southwest special collections library on the campus of texas tech university. it got its start back in 1989, when a visiting professor decided to determine if he could teach classes on the vietnam war, he was a military history professor, he served two tours in the navy, in vietnam, and he wanted to try to educate the student body about what vietnam was about. he went to the library and they had almost no b

a c-span original production exploring the history, traditions and role of this uniquely american institution. >> please raise your right hand. >> wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and specific -- pacific on c-span. host: for the next hour, we talk about the affordable care act in light of a recent decision by a texas judge and guests joining us, benedic ippolito serves as the economic studies fellow at american enterprise institute and center for american progress' emily gee, who previously worked in the obama administration.

exploring the history, traditions, and role of this uniquely american institution. >> please raise your right hand. >> wednesday january 2 at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. discussion on u.s.-china relations over the past year and whether it is the beginning of a so-called cold war. this is 90 minutes.

american institution premieres wednesday, january 2, at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. be sure to go online at c-span.org/senate to learn more about the program and watch original interviews with senators, view farewell speeches from long serving numbers, and take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and other exclusive locations. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you on filtered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> the book is called the fourth age, smart robots, conscious computers and the future of humanity. the author is byron reese. he joins us from austin texas. what we done in the modern age is expanded knowledge at such a great rate that i think it was edison who said nobody knows 11 thousands of anything. that is the explosion we hav

. ♪ >> the united states senate, a uniquely american institution. carrying out constitutional duties since 1789. on wednesday, january 2, c-span takes you inside the senate to learn about the legislative body and its informal workings. we will look at the history of conflict and, buys with original interviews. >> arguing about things and kicking them around and having great debates is thoroughly an american thing. keep up with history and unprecedented access, allowing us to bring cameras into a session. of thethe evolution senate into the modern era. from advice and consent to their role in impeachment proceedings and investigations. the senate, conflict and compromise. a c-span original production. exploring the history, tradition, and role of the american institution. premieres wednesday, january 2 at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. he sure to go online to learn more about the program. watch original, full-length interviews with senators giving farewell speeches from long serving members. take a tour inside the senate chamber, the old senate chamber and oth