that profession and run for the house? we havect fernandez: had a lot of success is and i intend to bring that same fight to washington to bring the necessary resources to our areas. south texas is one of the poorest areas in the country and in the state and it needs good representation. we are ready to go to work. who or what from your past influenced you to take up the fights that you re talking about as a lawyer and now here in washington? rep.-elect fernandez: i was influenced by my family, my father. a korean war veteran. a self-made businessman. when i was in law school, i spent time here as an intern with congressman ortiz from south tested south texas the time.the 27th at these were all positive influences in my life. what about that internship? rep.-elect fernandez: i was young and i had a lot of fun. i think that is what interns should keep in mind, enjoy themselves while they learn the legislative process. i was in law school at the time so it was a great com
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
of her retirement? eastern,ay at 8 p.m. we remember some of the political figures that passed away in 2016, including nancy reagan and antonin scalia. friday night at 8:00, hour in memoriam program continues with shimon peres, mohammed ali, john glenn. this week in prime time on c-span. join us on tuesday, january 3, for live coverage of the opening day of the new congress. watch the official swearing-in of the new and reelected members of the house and senate and the election of the speaker of the house. i were all they live coverage of the day s begins at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org, or you can listen to it on the free c-span radio app. astrophysicist who is also the chief science officer for discovery communications talks about science and innovation. he addressed a student audience recently at westminster college in fulton, missouri. this is one hour. i will begin. i will introduce myself. i am chris, a professor at westminster college. it is in fact my g
care act. be sure to watch washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern. follow the transition of government on c-span as donald trump selects his cabinet and the republicans and democrats prepare for the next congress. we will take you to key events as they happen without interruption. watch live on c-span. watch on-demand at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio mobile app. and firstnt obama lady obama hosted an event for the kennedy center honorees. they included pianist martha argerich, al pacino, james taylor, mavis staples, and the eagles rock band. this is about 25 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, the 2016 kennedy center honorees. martha argerich. [applause] al pacino. [applause] mavis staples. [applause] james taylor. [applause] the eagles, don henley, timothy b smith, joe walsh, and representing her late husband glenn frey, ms. cindy fry. [applause] [laughter] [cheers] we love you! [laughter] the president of the united states and mrs. michelle ob
the power to tackle racism and religious discrimination. voting at 16 should not be determined by what accent you have. now is the time, youth parliament. time for this united kingdom to the vote the right to vote to be at 16. thank you. [applause] jack, thank you for that very powerful speech. thank you, members of the youth parliament, for your warm and enthusiastic support of it. thank you especially to the scottish delegation fan club of jack for that explicit and demonstrative show support, which is entirely in order. just before i ask you to welcome our next speaker it is my attempt to identify the members of the house of commons here to support you but i would also like to mention a very senior member of our staff who has taken them taken an interest here, the clerk assistant in the , the second-most senior procedural official in the house of commons. john, just puts her hand up there so that everybody can see you. thank you. [applause] of the youth parliament, i