it is amazing to see what the going threw in the united states. absolutely incredible what is going on in chicago. there is also severe weather here for the rest of the afternoon. we have an amp —— amber warning from the knit offices for south and south—west wheels. rain is knitting and which will turn to snow for the afternoon. some lovely sunshine across scotland for the moment. let us across scotland for the moment. let us focus on the snow for the moment. into that i share, parts of devon, somerset and gloucestershire, that is where the amber warning is in force. significant disruption is likely. it'll continue to spread to the south—east of england, the south midlands, patchy snow to the north of that but through the night, these are the accumulations we expect, three to 7 degrees in this atheist and three to eat centimetres in parts of the says waste. —— in their south—east. and —— says waste. you're watching bbc newsroom live. these are today's main stories. for the first time, a government minister acknowledges brexit may

i wonder if given your perspective if you have an opinion on education in the united states and whether there is something different they should be doing than just giving all the issues that are facing us right now. >> since i did not go to law school i'm not sure i am the best person to answer that. i think it is probably the bar association will be stricter and forcing ethical concerns. people think either through nondisclosure agreements or whatever, we have the ones that existed for national inquiries that have been finally confirmed and the fact that those things exist, i don't actually think they are very ethical and it seems to me associations are doing more on that score. obviously law schools teach ethics but the minute you get out of law school no one seems to care and it doesn't help very much.>> thank you, i'm glad you said yes when we invited you so we can't thank you enough for being here joining us, i know you have to rush off to a flight. >> yes i do. >> if you have any comments to the press? >> keep fighting the good fight. if judges don't speak up for their own indepen

states and whether there is something more better difference that law schools throughout the united states should be doing given all of the issues that are facing us right now? >> since i did not go to law school, i am not sure i am the best person to answer that. i think it is probably the bar association who should be a little bit stricter in enforcing some ethical concerns. the fact that people think they actually can either through nondisclosure agreements or whatever, or agreement such as the ones that existed at the national enquirer that has finally been confirmed in the michael cohen plea, the fact of those that they exist, i don't actually think they are very ethical. it seems to me that the bar association should do more and obviously law school speech ethics. you get out of law school and nobody seems to care, and that doesn't help very much. >> thank you so much, and we invited you and you said yes. we cannot thank you enough for being here and join in us and all you have to rush off. >> yes i do. >> if you have any final comments about our topic for today, >> chest keep

the united nations it's good to have been paid hundreds of thousands of u.s. federal employees but they're not getting any thing as a partial government shutdown drags on for twenty four hours a day many are struggling to make ends meet and thousands are filing for unemployment benefits will be live from maryland bordering washington d.c. with a large number of governments workbooks. and the climate thousands of students in belgium skip classes to march for a change i'm sorry it's you can get in touch me. anytime. you're with a news group or live on air we're streaming online through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com as well the u.s. military says it's officially begun the process of pulling out from syria details are scarce at the moment the white house isn't really elaborate ing on locations or even a timetable president donald trump made the shock announcement last month that he was withdrawing all two thousand american troops in the war torn country after claiming victory over eisel. led to panic and concern from regional allies as well as b

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on the united states jewish. conspiracy theory a time in sorest to the caravan started in some private facebook groups and in other chat forums then eventually people started tweeting about it lou dobbs starting to sort of make associations to it a lot of these folks also have affiliates who are getting money from the. state department and then from there really jumps into the mainstream there was a video shot in guatemala we don't really know what it shows in someone distributing some kind of paper maybe take it maybe money out of money change but this video was seized evidence that some larger group was funding and in fact erecting the caravan this is completely baseless conspiracy theory but became so popular that even a congressman was promoting it of course one of the exciting promises of social media is that the. there is no more media gatekeepers but it's also very useful if you're a conspiracy theorist and you think that the mainstream media is not going to tell the story that you think people should shou

earlier he called on gulf nations to unite and in the blockade against qatar. iran's foreign minister has met his counterpart in baghdad and discussed u.s. sanctions against iran and the normalization of relations with syria zimbabwe has more than doubled the price of fuel over night but the move has failed to ease the nationwide petrol and diesel shortage. petrol stations in some cases for several days. at a funeral for a single senior rebel commander an indian administered kashmir as government forces try to block mourners from attending or ship ari has the latest. paying their respects thousands defied barriers and roadblocks to gather in the hometown of rebel commanders in actual islam he was one of the two men killed in a gun battle with government troops late on saturday. was a. zenith a list. almost a pious muslim and one of the greatest fighters what compulsion made zenit to pick up arms these young men are taking up arms because of the ongoing oppression from india on the state of jungle in kashmir from one nine hundred forty seven till now it is this

later then our goal is simple to ensure that we can detect and destroy any missile launched against the united states anywhere anytime anyplace the u.s. president outlines his new space based missile defense system. also questions in ghana about the death of a leading investigative journalist and his links to corruption in the stay with us . well i once again i have to bring you a forecast of rain in the middle of winter and in the middle of china it's because we're feeding up a bit of moisture from the size of what is it sensually a cold time the years here balance develops on the way of time the eventually rain it's not respect hong kong or shanghai it is in the middle here it probably will get his father north as who hung with the thames about seven degrees so it's largely a story of rain is just shouldn't really be there there's more useful substantial unexpected rain in store running through afghanistan catching the finals of both pakistan and india is going to rain again in certain a go slow summer in the kashmir valley that's been happening virtually every day of the year so far and tha

to president of the united states. the power was in the daytime we will honor the american people with the truth and nothing else discussed. for winning the white house unfair game on al jazeera. this is al jazeera i'm doubting you navigate that with a check on your world headlines south korea says a second summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un next month will hopefully be a turning point for peace on the korean peninsula the white house made the announcement after pyongyang's lead nuclear negotiator met trump and secretary of state. on friday the office of special counsel robert muller has disputed a news article that claimed donald trump ordered his former personal lawyer to lights in congress trump was also denied the report by buzz feed news but the publication says it stands by the already full. at least twenty people have been killed and dozens more injured in a pipeline fire in central mexico the state oil company says people were trying to fill containers with fuel from

sheriff's office more than three hundred of them all hot trying to smuggle drugs or people into the united states reportedly smuggling corridors between the u.s. and mexico. in tears and shock forty five thousand people turned out to bid farewell to a polish man who was stabbed in front of his supporters. hello after all the action the last couple of weeks is time for central east europe to settle down a bit still plenty of cloud around has been a lot of rain recently in greece heading for turkey but really this represents rather like precipitation in capacitance that was recently still some more to come from hungary in play in preparing to remain here in the eastern side of austria but all the action really is taking place to the west and that northerly winds brought a drop in temperature but as following on from a period range will happen overnight sas day into sunday and then beyond that will take place in the western med and develop into the sort of storm system quiet weather to follow that and at the same time you've now look at the water just to generate the weather rob of the not no

forces pull out something which is a result that neither the united states want this is a conversation between these two presidents where the turkish president shortly united states president that his going to be ready to take over security control and he described the recent attack one of the deadliest on u.s. forces there or americans are willing to u.s. military servicemen were killed as a provocation and an attempt to derail the u.s. pullout from the area somalia's government says it's climbing a major offensive against the group in the coming days the announcement comes just after the u.s. military said it carried out an asteroid killing fifty five says it was launched after the group to talk to somali army base. police in sudan have fired to gas to break up the latest protest against the president's security forces were deployed in khartoum and money rights groups say at least fifty people have been killed since protests began a month ago over the rising cost of bread the government says the number is much lower but. some young men wanted to express themselves in protests but the

and to find a peaceful negotiated settlement to this crisis which as the high commissioner for the united nations commission for the u.n. human rights commission said earlier today could spiral completely out of control leading to catastrophic consequences and i'm quoting you here evacuated there but part from president equinox and a little while is supposed to give a news conference himself at any moment in fact old one why don't i and my little head said that they would begin speaking an hour from an hour ago neither one has started yet to meet in the way it is he who is going to be first and what they're going to say but we have a situation now an area where we have two men both claiming to be the legitimate president of a country that is clearly in a crisis without precedent precisely in the sierra and we were just looking a crowd i don't support says and as he said they were there waiting to hear what he has to say and i suppose you could argue that there is a great deal of pressure on him right now because he made a very bold challenge to the government and to present nicolas maduro

states and between the united states and russia and the only thing at this hour that they seem to be certain of is that there is total uncertainty about how all this will unfold. the un high commissioner for human rights ones that the situation could quickly spiral out of control with catastrophic consequences c. and human al jazeera. reuters news agency is reporting the e.u. has added saudi arabia to a draft list of countries that pose a threat to the book list includes countries seen as having tax controls against a lax controls is that because terrorism financing and money laundering saudi arabia is already under international pressure home for the murder of journalist demarco soji of the countries already on the list include iran iraq syria yemen and north korea or georgia coffee it who is the chief executive of gulf state analytics he says this will put more pressure on siberia to change its ways of course important to keep in mind that this is merely a draft it's subject to change but of course the fact that we're even talking about this in the first place bodes poorly for riya

allies the united kingdom making a clear ultimatum we believe that one why don't you is the right man to take venezuela forward and we will recognize him as constitutional interim president if new elections are not announced within eight days the venezuelan foreign minister was allowed to put his country's point of view and seize the opportunity for a show and tell of what he called illegitimate u.s. intervention in latin america united states is withdrawing forces from syria well they are going to try to start a new war now in latin america venezuela we're not going to give them that satisfaction peace stability and understanding will prevail in venezuela in spite of all the efforts of the countries present here who are trying to trigger a war the u.s. secretary of state was not there to listen holding a brief news conference before walking away and leaving the council still in session behind. mike and his era united nations the death toll has risen to thirty four in brazil following friday's collapse of a dam holding waste from an iron ore mine rescue teams are continuing to search

hundred to nearly eight hundred why they were called in fact on the on the high commissioner of the united nations for human rights we said back to lead to visit venezuela so the tea can witness what is transpiring the search has resumed for nearly three hundred people missing after a dam burst in southeastern brazil fifty eight people are confirmed dead rescue workers say there is little hope of finding survivors under the mining waste released by friday's collapse. a neighboring peru an avalanche of modern rock has question to a hotel killing at least fifteen people it happened in the southern city of guy the mudslide broke through the walls of the hotel injuring thirty four people. i still has claimed responsibility for an attack on a cathedral in the southern philippines at least twenty people were killed and dozens injured in two bomb blasts on the predominantly muslim on them of haldol palestinian protesters and israeli troops have clashed near ramallah in the occupied west bank comes a day after a palestinian man was shot dead during a confrontation between israeli settlers and resi

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-- what america, how different the united states of america is from the rest of the world. i grew up in a communist country under a dictatorship. even though i was a small child i have memories of what it was like to feel powerless. witnessing my parents feeling powerless in front of the state, the police, the authorities. then coming to america and feeling the equation completely reversed. the government works for us and way around.r that made a big impact on me early on. what steering memories do you have as a child? rep. malinowski: a distinct memory of watching my mother push a wad of cash across the table in what i now understand to be a corrupt local official. she was trying to get a passport so we could get out of there. almost every transaction in a country like that carries with and abuse of power. that stuck with me. >> when is it that you knew that you wanted to be involved in that ispolicy, because your background, and public service? rep. malinowski: it began with a desire to be involved in public service. even as a child growing up i , knew that in some way i

went after the communists around the world with freedom fighters by the united states to help defeat the soviet union and protect our god-given rights like abortion with henry and doing things to make sure we do not have federal funds for that. one congressman part of a coalition can get a lot done as long as you work together. >> what are your priorities for the congress? >> our district is primarily agriculture and small business and manufacturing with the mail mail clinic, medical care. we can make sure we take your business in those areas. farm economy has been in recession in many respects for five years and low commodity prices but i'd like to do everything possible to keep the price of culture and farming down make sure we expand our markets and have good global trade and have programs to sustain farmers when times are tough and all that helps our rural community and as a role department that is important to our district. >> democrat tom defeated leonard lance in new jersey seventh congressional district. he was born in poland and previously served as the assistant editor esta

behind the glass in the intensive care unit, he came out for the last time with the health care bill 104 pages long. luckily we have the insurance to take care of it. he's healthy, local college student on our best volunteers. my brother david wouldn't have insurance because of my conversations vote, may 4, 2017, 2 repeal the affordable care act. there are 100,000 people in my district with the exact same story. one ofions americans lost out with health care. everybody saw that they felt like they have to get off the sidelines and get involved in politics because their loved ones were really at risk and that's why we were able to get the punchline. >> you are the only venture capitalists headed to the house of representatives. when you ran for office? >> i was always hope is on the same issue of economic development during looking at it from a couple of different lenses. i worked with nonprofits with the gate foundation east africa helping farmers unless the quarter acre of land figure out how you get access to markets. i was working investing in businesses trying to get all companie

born for the first time because there were all these tubes coming out of and in the intensive care unit. he came out with a health care bill 104 pages long. luckily we had insurance to take care of it. now he is a healthy local college student. my brother would not have insurance until he was 65 and on medicare because of my congressman's vote to repeal the affordable care act. there are 100,000 people in my district with the same story. 23 million americans would have lost access to health care. i think everybody saw that and felt they had to get off the sidelines and get involved in politics because their loved ones were at risk. >> one headline said you are the only venture capitalist headed to the house of representatives. what were you doing before you ran for office? >> a range of things. i have been focused on the same issue of economic development, just a different lenses. i worked on a nonprofit in east africa helping farmers get access to markets. i was investing in businesses trying to get small companies to scale and create jobs. i was teaching community college briefly, hel

i have had the opportunity to live across the world and the united states and i cannot think of a greater place to live than the state of california. >> what are your legislative priorities in washington and how will that impact your district? >> during the campaign, the number one issue people talked about was health care, bringing down the cost of health care and prescription drugs, particularly those with the existing conditions. that is my first priority. the other things we talked about his immigration reform. same with commonsense gun legislation including universal background checks. 90% of americans want that. the 39th congressional district want that and that is what we will work on, but we will also protect our environment, and education is a big issue for me. we need to go out and create up -- create opportunity. >> c-span spoke with republican dusty johnson who won south seata's at-large district which covers 77,000 square miles. >> you have got to be willing to work hard. i have been statewide elected in south dakota before. you have got to remember who the bosses are, got to

insensitive care unit. he came out for the last time with a health care bill 104 pages long. luckily we have the insurance to take care of it. now he's healthy. local college student. one of our best volunteers in the campaign. my brother diffed wouldn't have insurance until he was 65 because of my congress' vote to repeal the affordable care act. there are 100,000 people in my district with the exact same story. 23 million americans would have lost access to health care. and i think everybody saw that and they felt like they got to get off the sidelines and get involved in politics because their loved ones were at risk. that's why i think we were ablele to get across the finish line. >> one headline said you are the only venture capitalist headed to the house of representatives. what were you doing before you ran for office? >> a range of things. i was always focused on the same issue of economic development. looking at it worked with nonprofits, the gates foundation. helping farmers on a quarter acre of land, figure out how they could get access to markets. investing in bus

if i was the emperor of the united states of america, we would have a federal government that had a lot less intrusion into people's lives. we would frankly remember the importance of the 10th amendment and federalism. we would allow these state governments to be innovative. we would give them more flexibility to solve some of these problems. but my style is not to say if i don't get my way i'm going to burn the whole place down. this is about trying to find common ground so we can take one step forward tomorrow which give gives us another opportunity to take another step forward the day after that and the day after that. that incremental progress is frustratingly slow. it is to me and i know it is to the voters as well but that's really the only way that this kind of government works. the founders didn't set it up so that it was going to be fast and easy. they set it up so that this deliberative process this deliberate process would give us good government for the long haul. it's worked pretty well for the last 200 and some years and i'm looking forward to being part of it for the next

i guess dig deeper into the specific economic and environmental impact in the united states. it's very troubling. we basically have around a dozen years to put in place some very aggressive policies and we have to set the foundation now. that's going to require bold tonking and being willing stake claim to some pretty aggressive policies. we have done it in california, we have gotten bipartisan support. it didn't all happen overnight, but we were able to move the and pass significant clean energy legislation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, decrease emissions and i think we can do the same of the federal level if we figure out the right plan and the right tactics to get there in the right coalition, i'm very hopeful we can make it happen in the years to come. >> , new leaders, watch it all on c-span. >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news of policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, a look at the government shutdown in the 116th congress with rollcall.s and we talk about the 2020 provincial field with the university of virginia center

had a chance to read the eepertive summary and dig d into the environmental impacts in the southwest united states, where we are. it is very troubling. we have a dozen years to put in place very aggressive policies. we have to set the foundation now. that will require bold thinking and willing to stake clean to aggressive policies. to aggressive policies. we were able to pass significant legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, build green transportation, genetically improve building standards. i think we can do so at the federal level if we figure out the right plan and the right tactics and the right coalition. leaders.ngress, new watch in all on c-span. a record number of women and minorities, and first-time politicians are part of the 116th congress. c-span recently spoke with several of them. he has worked as a venture

to dig deeper into the specific economic impacts to the southwest united states. it's very troubling. we have around one dozen years to put into play some very aggressive policies. we have to set the foundation now. that's going to require bold to stake being willing claim to some pretty aggressive policies. we've done it in california. we've gotten bipartisan support. we were able to move the needle, we were able to pass significant clean energy legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to dramatically increased appointment of electric vehicles and clean transportation to improve building standards. i think we can do the same at the federal level if we figure out the right plan and the right tactics to get there. i'm very hopeful that we can make it happen. >> new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. ♪ journal,'s washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, role erdman on the hat -- housing policy play. , a member of the foreign affairs committee, on the ongoing effort -- government shutdown

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campaigned on that and we are to deliver that for the people of our district and the people of the united states of america. the 17thblican won congressional seats, he previously served in the army. he was the captain of the fifth infantry division during operation iraqi freedom. >> i was a state senator for the state of florida. there only 40 senators, i was one of 24 republicans representing all of sarasota county. >> before that? >> i'm a lawyer by trade. the legislature in section, i'm a lawyer by trade. >> one of the signature issues? to me ising important the second amendment i filed a lot of second amendment will during my time in the legislature. natureg of a judicial that worked for the last two years in the senate, i shared the judiciary committee. anything from illegal immigration on the second amendment to life, i worked on a myriad of different issues. something that has been very popular is the daylight savings bill. congress allows state stopped into daylight savings time's florida locked in. -- will opt in. my district is very diverse, theraphically, you have western porti

stanton: i'm replacing congresswoman sinema who left the seat to run for the united states senate and she won that senate seat in the state of arizona. i'd been in public life before. in my hometown. now to come to washington, that's a big family commitment. that was my most important advisor to talk to about this decision. but also constituents of mine, neighborhood leaders, business leaders, a lot of the nonprofit groups that i worked with, etc. but it was clear that people hought i had the right temperament, the right experience to be temperament, the right experience to be a leader right away here in washington. >> what did your wife say? mr. stanton: i'm here. [laughter] >> will your family join you out here in washington, d.c.? mr. stanton: no. i have two young children. my son is 11. my daughter is 8 years old. they're in grade schools right now. they're going to stay in our home community. and i'll be commuting back and forth. by the way, we're going to be doing a lot of work back home. so we're going to be here in washington generally four days a week, and then i'll be home w

stanton: kirsten sinema who left the seat to run for the united states senate and she won that seat in the state of yastrzemski arizona. i talked to a lot of people, most importantly, my wife. this is an important family decision. i had been in public life but in my hometown. now to come back and forth to washington, that's a big family commitment. so that was my most important advisor to talk about this decision. also, constituents of mine. neighborhood leaders, business leaders. a lot of the nonprofit groups i worked with, etc. it's clear people thought i had the right temperament, right experience to be leader right away here in washington. >> what did your wife say? mr. stanton: well, i'm here. she has always been very supportive after many election cycles, always been very supportive. you can't be successful unless you have a supportive family environment. >> will your family join you out here in washington, d.c.? mr. stanton: no. i have two young children. my son is 11. my daughter is an 8-year-old. they're in grade schools right now. they're going to stay in our home community a

wo chief things he first,te destroys the bank of the united states. he says these eastern elites are ot paying attention to the frontier. they don't understand us. they are serving their own needs just like the black boys said of merchants then heading west. and the seg thing he advocates removal and rican in one of his speeches to congress he said there is the the tability of war with indians and therefore the only them.policy is to remove this is, of course, also what the black boys, many of them, envisioned. and so what i -- these patterns, i think, are still present. they have been present as part of the united states and to understand their origins, we need to go back to the country's founding and the revolution to patterns first. thank you. [applause] questions?re any picture of ve the andrew jackson there. ould you talk a little bit about how he connects to this boys he rebellion, black and all of that stuff that was going on, andrew jackson. yeah, no, i think -- >> and i have a follow-up question. >> sure. what jackson represents, if you think

first, he destroys the bank of the united states. he says these eastern elites are not paying attention to the frontier. they don't understand us. they are serving their own needs just like the black boys said of the merchants then heading west. and the second thing he advocates is native american removal, and in one of his speeches to congress, he said there is the inevitability of war with the indians and therefore the only real policy is to remove them from the polity. this is, of course, also what the black boys, many of them, envisioned. these patterns, i think, are still present. they have been present as part of the united states and to understand their origins, we need to go back to the country's founding and the revolution to understand these patterns first. thank you. [applause] >> are there any questions? >> so you have the picture of andrew jackson there. could you talk a little bit about how he connects to this with the rebellion, black boys and all of that stuff that was going on 80 years before andrew jackson? and i ha

that is the united states. jehovah'srse, well witnesses believe that being a good citizen was part of their christian responsibility, he felt that allegiance belonged only to the creator. since nationalism began to spike in the lead up to world war ii, this was about to create a real problem. in 1935, a witness by the name , inarlton nichols massachusetts, became one of the first witnesses to be expelled from school for not saluting the flag. and the story made headlines in the media. you might want to call that lightning strike number one. now, the associated press because it had reached a pretty high level of visibility in the media, they wanted to get a -- judgerom jones joseph rutherford, who was a prominent member of the governing body of jehovah's witnesses at the time. here is an actual recording of what he said in answer to the associated press about what has happened to carlton nichols. >> the saluting of the flag is making it an image to the power for which one looks for salvation. the attempt to comp

in 1968, more than in any other year, it seemed as if the united states had lost its innocence in that war. and the media had lost its innocence in 1968 as well. we have the credibility gap. where the people in vietnam, the officers, majors and colonels would tell us what it was we had covered that day. and it had nothing to do with what we had seen and heard. so there was the credibility gap. and the government itself, the lyndon johnson administration, was up against it. that was one of the reasons the president felt he had to get out. that is what he did march 31st. he felt he no longer had -- whether it was walter cronkite or not was irrelevant, he had made up his mind that he could know longer leave the country and that the war had captured and, in effect, brought him down. lyndon johnson was a very proud man. he had done great things in my opinion, on the legislative front, the domestic front and the society. then the war was always there pulling him down and ultimately dragging him down. and the american people have to face, in a sense, the loss of the president, the loss of inn

there is several violence in the united states. it escalated in 1967 in 1968 including here in washington dc. johnson wanted to focus on domestic priorities. that was always his major interest. he was consumed from early on by the war in vietnam. that is why in his final year in office he wanted to focus on whatever priorities he could do while trying to bring a peaceful end to the war. hubert humphrey was initially not the favored candidate. he was put forth by johnson as someone who can continue his programs to withstand a reasonable chance against richard nixon. johnson did not like robert kennedy. that was no secret. he was uneasy at the same time and was deeply saddened by kennedy's assassination. >> at the same time, the apollo program continues to grow with research being done in florida and texas at cape canaveral and the johnson state center. apollo 8 we saw in the video a moment ago launched in december 1968. >> the thing about the cold war is that it brought out the worst and the best in america. part of that was a peace

there's no way you're going to take over the government of the united states. but it came out of a rage, peaceful protest didn't turn the dial. so we had two majors who believed strongly that something needs to happen and unfortunately, the radical side of the antiwar movement was very good at getting media attention. i think that change the conversation in a way that actually was very destructive to the ultimate and. but peaceful protesters were trying to accomplish. >> let's listen to bill from wilmington, north carolina. >> yeah, i remember, i was in high school. i got out in '65. i had no desire to go to college and this time and i had no idea what i wanted to do. i pretty much assumed that i would get drafted. and i did in 1966. i mean i was there and back before i was even 21. i served at the 11th armored cavalry. you don't seem to hear too much about. it was outstanding on that pbs series. when i got out, this is what my country told me that i needed to do so we must be right. as the years have gone by, i think the whole thing was a mistake. i've never g

blake's constitutional rights and privileges under the united states constitution and -- >> wait a minute. >> and the california constitution. >> wait a minute. >> blake wanted to testify, because he felt he had nothing to hide. >> it's my general understanding that i was going to talk, and when there was a question that you didn't like, you were going to object to it. >> no, mr. blake. i am not going to permit you to respond to aso fighting with his own lawyer, which is just legal bizarro world. >> mr. mesereau, can we just start with the depo before you make your record. >> mr. blake, i'm not going to allow you to respond to any questions in this deposition, and if plaintiff's council keeps interrupting me i'm going to terminate the deposition. >> we haven't even started the deposition yet. >> i got rather abusive with mr. dubin, to put it mildly, and uh, i wouldn't let him speak. >> tom mesereau and i got into a huge fight. >> mr. dubin, i'm not -- mr. dubin, don't touch me, i'm not gonna be lectured by you on the law. >> at one point, so many people are talking over each other that th

do faithfully swear i will execute the office of president of the united states. >> eventually the fcc dropped their investigation. >> they said there was not enough evidence and they voted to close it. >> it starts during the carter administration, um, and it ends during the reagan administration. and that's probably not a coincidence. >> the ptl tv network is setting out a master plan for people who love. >> well, jim bakker took that as vindication. they looked into it. there's nothing here. there's no there, there. let's go. let's raise more money and let's get bigger and bigger. and that's exactly what happened. >> you know, tammy, $15 a month is 50 cents a day. that's small when you think about it. it's just soft drink or a couple of candy bars. >> you could give up one of those tabs. >> and i'd gladly do it. >> in many ways, the federal communication investigation was kind of a -- a practice run for what bakker would later be accused of on a much bigger scale. >> this shows the location where we are right now. we're actually sitting right here. >> the income from the satellite n

once united, any feasible goal is within our grasp. no matter how far our ingenuity or ambition takes us, through unknown challenges and unimagined opportunities, let us always remember the moment we left earth for the first time and we came back to discover what was truly precious. however far we may travel, what will always matter most is homes. all of us together, all of us here on the good earth. thank you all for coming tonight, god bless and keep you always and may we always be reaching for the stars. thank you. every weekend american history tv brings you 48 hours of unique programming exploring our nation's past. to review our schedule and archive, visit our website. nasa was created in 1958. next on american history tv to mark the 50th anniversary, nasa chief historian bilberry gives an illustrated talk about the agency's history. their effort to understand the solar system, universe and the race to put a man on the moon. including the market university that hosted this event. it is a little over 90 minute's. >>> hope is the u

and jim is a retired captain of the united states navy. he's also a veteran astronaut of "gem any 7" and "gem any 12" and "apollo 8" but even more famous for the movie knead in the 1990s "apollo 13." ladies and gentlemen, my good friend, captain jim lovell. [ applause ] thank you. thank you for the kind introduction. i think you've laid out quite a future plan for our state's activities. it was the summer of 1968, the country was fighting an unpopular war in vietnam, student uprisings, and the assassinations of two prominent americans. the me too movement was beginning with angry women threatening to burn their bras in public to protest and hippies were crowding the street corners. i finished my second space flight in november of 1966. i was looking forward to being involved in the apollo program. i didn't pay any attention to what was happening outside nasa's gate. a disastrous fire in january of 1967 when "apollo 1" launch complex killed three friends and delayed apollo for ten months. commitment to land on the moon by the end of the dec

and once united, any feasible goal is within our grasp. but no matter how far our ingenuity and ambition takes us, through unknown challenges and unimagined opportunities, let us always remember the moment we left earth for the first time , only to look back and discover what was truly precious. however far we may travel, what will always matter most is home. and all of us together, all of us here, on the good earth. ♪ [footsteps] >> thank you for coming tonight. god bless and keep you always , and may we always be reaching for the stars. thank you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> [indiscernible chatter] >> this weekend, c-span city tour takes you to santa monica, highlighting santa monica's literary life in history today at noon eastern on saul rubinisit with as he describes santa monica's culture, economy and more. is a progressive southern california beach city,