[indistinct chatter] tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern we will be reentering this entire symposium. some of the topics included ulysses s grant and the meaning of appomattox, chamberlain repeats appomattox, and lincoln and the press. finally, what we are about to hear shortly, the medical crisis of emancipation. [indistinct chatter] [indistinct chatter] you are watching live coverage of gettysburg college civil war institute s annual summer coverage. we will also have live coverage tomorrow starting at 8:30 a.m. eastern continuing this conference. the topics tomorrow will include consequences of the civil war the 16th connecticut regiments final year of war, and a discussion called treason and loyalty in the civil war era. that starts tomorrow, sunday, at 8:30 a.m. eastern time here on c-span three. [indistinct chatter] all right. good afternoon. as you know, i am, go. im pete carmichael i mam pete carmichael. it is my honor to introduce professor jim downs. he h
peanuts, and tosses them out to her students. she has a mean right arm. we have ordered boxes of heart attack hard tack. she will be speaking on grant and the meeting of appomattox. [applause] dr. waugh: thank you, peter for the hilarious introduction. i m not a right-hander. if i threw hard tack at you, it would be painful. well, good morning. it is delightful to be here. i have not been at the conference for a long time at the civil war institute. i m happy to be back. i love gettysburg. i have been here many many times . when i say good morning i mean good morning because it is about 5:30 in the morning for me coming from los angeles. i think that will get through this. i do want to say that while i published the book on grant, i have not finished with him yet. i became fascinated by the surrenders that he conducted during the war and really look at surrenders as a way to understand the nature of this war as i have done in my title, and what it meant for reconstruction a
eyewitness accounts of events that define the nation. c-span3, coverage of congress and american history tv. at 3 p.m. eastern today the american enterprise institute will look a survey on american views on k-12 education and some issues being discussed nationally. you can see that live on c-span2. in the meantime on c-span3 we re taking the opportunity while congress is on break to show you some of the american history tv programs that are normally seen only on weekends. at 8:00 p.m. symposium on william f. buckley s view on american conservative. at 9:25 p.m. james baldwin s significance in american political thought. at 10:45 principle ton university president on race in america. on c-span today s announcement by new jersey governor chris christie that he s running for the presidential nomination. you can see his comments beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern. in omaha and in the united states as a city that when you came in if you were black, you needed to keep your head down
homeland security committee ranking democrat congressman thompson of mississippi will discuss threats to the u.s. homeland in light of sunday s mass shooting in orlando, florida. and then congressman wittman on u.s. efforts to combat isis overseas and whether the military is prepared should the current tactics be changed. and california democratic representative jackie spear will discuss the latest on the mass shooting and what lawmakers learned from tuesday s closed door briefing with national security officials. be sure to watch c-span s washington journal beginning live 7:00 a.m. eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. securities & exchange commission chair mary jo white testified at an oversight hearing and was asked about the effectiveness of corporate disclosures and wall street regulations. senator richard shelby chairs the senate banking committee. this morning, we will receive testimony from securities & exchange chair mary jo white. oversight of the co