But certainly since he was a significant general in the civil war, everyone understood he wasnt physically there. [ applause ] so i will hang out. Some of you are wanting to go and find out whats happening in the hockey game. Next week is mckinley. Another set of really fascinating stories. On saturday, cspans issues spotlight looks at police and Race Relations. Well show you president obama at the Memorial Service for Police Officers shot and killed in dallas. When the bullets started flying, the men and women of the dallas police, they did not flinch and they did not react recklessly. And South Carolina republican senator tim scott giving a speech on the senate floor about his own interactions with police. But the vast majority of the time i was pulled over for nothing more than driving a new car in the wrong neighborhood or some other reason just as trivial. Our program also includes one familys story about an encounter with police in washington, d. C. , followed by a badge the city
Ho you are looking at some of the images from the 1884 president ial electionthey discud his time. 1884 against cleveland. Ironically, in 1876, it was b laine who prevented Ulysses Grant from making a comeback and winning a third term. Besides being secretary of state for James Garfield and Chester Arthur he was secretary of state under three president s. What else did he do . He was a speaker of the house. He was a governor. He changed some of the rules in the house. The speakers are always changing the rules somewhat to their advantage is. This was after the civil war when congress was much more central, much more potent than it had been. Their reaction against the strong executive said in. To be the secret the speaker of the house, to be a power in congress meant a lot more fun than it would today. Do you have anything to say . What do you think would have happened if he won . I think he would be regarded as the best president between lincoln and tr. He was assertive, he had intelle
Digital digital h. Whats ahead for afghanistan in 2016. Today a discussion on the political and humanitarian situation there with former military personnel and the executive director of doctors without borders. Theyll cover the 2015 hospital bombing in afghanistan and the u. S. Military presence. Thats live today at 10 30 a. M. On cspan. Tomorrow republican senator rand paul holds a town hall in new hampshire. Live at 6 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 2. Cspan takes you on the road to the white house and into the classroom. This year, our student cam documentary contest asks students to tell us what issues they want to hear from the president ial candidates. Follow cspans road to the white house coverage, and get all the details about our student cam contest at cspan. Org. A new state attorneys general push back as what they see as overreach from the federal government. From the federalis societys National Lawyers convention this is just under an hour. If you could all take your seats, ladie
Executive editor of defense one. Good morning. We wake up to this headline in usa today about ramadi and isis, iraqi forces claiming a victory, the Islamic State losing ground in syria. Its the third major defeat. What is ahead . On the ground, the next two raqqa, the mosul and headquarters of isis. Interesting. We had a couple lowerlevel city wassaying the liberated, and in the same breath, they said, we havent gone in yet. Fromight, we have heard the spokesman for u. S. Forces in iraq saying, using language little bit more measured like, we congratulate the iraqis on their progress in the city. There are parts of the city that are still not liberated. This is not a total victory. In your what to watch in 2016 piece in defense one, you talk about the antiisis campaign. Talk more broadly. This isnt just iraq and the u. S. How do you expect the campaign to play itself out . Who else might be involved who is not involved now . Its more of the same. The president has said more frequently
Three or four constitutional officers in a state. And there has been an enormous amount of activity in the state attorney general space over the past few years. Were seeing an unprecedented amount of activity by state ags, particularly with regards to pushback against federal overreach that oftentimes comes in the form of litigation. Not only are there unprecedented number of lawsuits being brought against the federal government by state ags, but an impressive number of state ags joining in each of those lawsuits. Weve got a group of great people here who are going to have a conversation about this. Im going to introduce our facilitator and moderator, adam white, who has been a long time volunteer leader in the federalist society, is now i believe serving with some distinction at the hoover institution. On monday. Starting on monday. And he just came out with a wonderful piece in the Weekly Standard which is out today i believe called judging roberts, the chief justice of the United St