supported us too, but i think the lesson from that is we have got to ratchet that down somehow and i know that is a constitutional problem and the court also have to test that again. we have gone way too far on having political money raising as a free speech issue. i don t think it really is the way it has morphed into the way it is now. it takes the candidates out of the game in many respects and gives the ball to these outside groups. in terms of the day-to-day operations and your job, as you leave, what would be your suggestion for how to change the process here on capitol hill? rep. ashford: well, you know, it is i come from a nonpartisan state. we don t do this. it is so different. we don t have we don t really have a rules committee in the traditional sense in the congress. bills come out of committee and move to the floor. i know that can be done in the congress. it is not done now. i think a much more free flowing processing of legislation is the best way to go.
20 year low in the presidential election. we have a lot of rebuilding to do. president barack obama and japanese prime minister abe visited the naval airbase in pearl harbor. wednesday in a beginning at 8:00, a review of house and senate hearings from 2016 on topics including the flint, michigan water crisis, and the wells fargo unauthorized account scandal. seriously? that one of your divisions had created 2 million fake accounts, had fired thousands of employees were improper behavior and had cheated thousands of your own customers and you did not even once consider firing her ahead of her retirement? of theemember some political figures that passed away in 2016 including former first lady nancy reagan and supreme court justice antonin scalia a. and friday night at 8:00, our in memoriam program continues with shimon peres, mohammed l.a., and former senator and astronaut john glenn. this week in prime time on c-span. look at the latest book featured in our weeklong autho
thompson, artistic director the public arts organization, author, editor, curator, and activist. about his brand new book called culture at weapon: the art of influence in everyday life. joining nato in conversation is christian viveros and-faune. join me in welcoming christian and nato. [applause] okay. hey, thank you. not exactly the best weather out there to come here. you know what happened? my train this is just a quick anecdote my train dish was on amtrak on my way here and there s no trains going right now. i was stuck on the train and then i was like, mo, hi god, i m going to miss my book talk, and i talked to two people next to mow who ran out and we got an uber i level live in philadelphia and i looked on the google mapped thing and it said estimate arrival, 7:00 p.m. exhibiter got here, holy shit. i have to get that off my chest. an for be here in this very comfy seat next to christian. i want to think the publishing company, my editor ryan and mark. yo
gentleman. [inaudible] he served as president of the ional underground railroad national underground railroad freedom center for six years and worked at the national museum of american history for 20. exhibitionportant was the groundbreaking feel to factory field to factory. it generated a national discussion on migration, race. he also co-curated the american presidency, a glorious burden. the national underground railroad freedom center has attracted worldwide attention because of the quality of its presentation and focus on race, interracial cooperation, and issues of contemporary slavery. he has published extensively in the areas of public history. he co-authored the american presidency, unchanged unchanged memories unchanged memories. he has served on many boards. he is the pastor of the national council for history education the past chair of the national council for history education. he has been selected to the organization of american historians distinguis
[inaudible] he served as president of the national underground railroad national underground railroad freedom center for six years and worked at the national museum of american history for 20. his most important exhibition was the groundbreaking field to factory. it generated a national discussion on migration, race. he also co-curated the american presidency, a glorious burden. the national underground railroad freedom center has attracted worldwide attention because of the quality of its presentation and focus on race, interracial cooperation, and issues of contemporary slavery. he has published extensively in the areas of public history. he is the past chair of the national council for history education. he has been selected to the organization of american historians distinguished lecture symposium. he graduated from brown university and holds a masters degree in a doctorate degree from rutgers university. [applause] he holds the chair of civil war history at dickins