eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> president biden yesterday visited a max truck -- mack truck plant in pennsylvania. he was given a tour by a union leader. >> welcome. >> good to be here. >> it has been at the center of building america for 120 years. our products are the core of american infrastructure and those products, those heavy-duty macs are all made here in pennsylvania at this factory, and we are able to do that because of the skilled and strong uaw workforce we have, sir. without these guys -- we are part of the same family and this is what makes us a great company . so kevin maybe say a few words , about our workforce. >> exactly what he was saying. we have a great relationship and we are now looking at ramping up and hiring about four to 600 more people which is creating more in the area and left the best we can have. >> we will continue to invest. we're not going anywhere. who will grow up to our first station will meet some outstanding products. pres. biden: how are you? >> introduce yourself. pres. biden: do me a favor, will you? >> of

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thank you, c-span. as a texas state legislator, and to the legislation is the body that makes the election laws per the constitution, as a state legislator who left the state basically using a filibuster and going to washington so you can make hr one the law of the land and fight the republicans who are using the filibuster to block hr one, you keep asking " why do we need to change?" the democrats spent two years corrupting the voting laws in states like pennsylvania by having judges and election officials change the rules before the election. when you mail out an extra 50 million mail-in ballots, where do all those ballots go? you want to say there is no proof of fraud. what i have proof of is unconstitutional election. swing states ran an unconstitutional election. this is an disputable. -- on disputable. you-- this is undisputable. you asked why. because the state exercises power to determine how elections will be run. that is the states' responsibility, not the federal government's responsibility.

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what live beginning at 10:00 eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer joined senator ron wyden and senator cory booker to announce a new bill passed by both chambers -- that if passed by both chambers and signed by president biden, would eliminate the federal probation of marijuana. this briefing is about 20 minutes. senator schumer: good morning, everybody. thank you for coming. today is a big day in the senate. for the first time, i as majority, senator wyden as chair of the finance committee and senator booker, one of the foremost champions of equity in the senate, we are joining together to release draft legislation to end the federal prohibition on cannabis. this is monumental. because at long last, we are taking steps in the senate to right the wrongs of the failed war on drugs. i was the first democratic leader to come out for the legalization of marijuana. and i will use my clout as majority leader to make this a priority in the senate. as my colleagues and i have said, the war on drugs has been a war

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eastern on c-span. online on c-span.org and also on the free c-span radio app. on tuesday, a conversation about the budget reconciliation process. watch the brookings institution live, online, or on the free c-span radio app. joining us from massachusetts is chris matthews, his newest book my life in politics. guest: happy father's day. big day for all of us. host: what did you learn about chris matthews in writing this? guest: life as a way of going around, what goes around, comes around. in my generation week rub under world war ii hiding under our desks because the russians were coming. i found myself at the end of the cold war in budapest and berlin watching the fall of the iron curtain. i was in africa in the peace corps on the border of south africa during the apartheid and i was there for the election where nelson mandela was elected president. a lot of the things you think that will not change, will. many times for the better, i am optimistic about this. look at gay-rights, marriage, that will never change, but it did. i think we made progress, not enoug

watch on c-span or c-span.org or listen on c-span radio. >> donald trump, jr. gave remarks at the conservative political action conference. he was introduced by his girlfriend kimberly guilfoyle. oh, yes. conservatives look marvelous. you guys are looking good, feeling proud and feeling strong. that's right. [applause] it is so great to be here and see this incredible crowd of freedom and liberty loving conservatives and born-free americans. this is texas style. we like to do it loud. we like to do it cpac style. so the media every few months is trying to write the obituary believe it or not of or conservative movement and then along comes cpac, right? and thank you to mercy and matt for their courage and their vision and their excellence in bringing this to us every single year and downing it biger and better every time. god bless them and the shclapp family. i love it because cpac blows up the fake news narrative of the liberal media time and time again. and thanks to cpac and to our fabulous president trump, we will not be canceled. [cheers and applause] but

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announcer: charter communications supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a pharmacy to democracy. host: jessica dulong, your book "saved at the seawall" is out in paperback in time for the 20 anniversary of 9/11. that's almost a generation in time. what have you learned about grief and processing grief in the span of 20 years? guest: so much. i feel like we are getting an advanced level course right now and soon to be really challenged on that front. all the experts in grief are really expecting a tsunami of grief will rise. typically speaking, i was writing ace -- writing a story about this, about grief and that it takes folks arriving in a place with some kind of safety before they can start to grieve. which means we are shifting out of the worst part of the pandemic, hopefully, and people will be getting some semblance of what normal life will be now. that is when we can really expect the grief to hit. this is something i have been reading a lot about and listening to podcasts and going onto to podcasts about grief. i have learned

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and thank you for c-span. i oppose marijuana. i'm opposed to any drug that takes something that keeps you from being able to learn and function be normal in life. i have seen so much of it in my life. i have seen people sitting up on the streets, beautiful girls in show business, young people going into drug places and get the marijuana. the next thing you know they are in the street. we don't need this. you have young people coming up, a new generation. we want to see the generation without using drugs. a generation that eats properly. a generation can function and help us in our life. keep giving the marijuana and they will not be around to help you. host: let's go to olivia, calling from pennsylvania. good morning. caller: yes. i am for the legalization of marijuana. i had a hemorrhagic stroke about 11 years ago in march. i'm going to tell you something, my heart stops every night. my husband give me one puff, he buys marijuana legally -- i am for it. for it. i had that hemorrhagic stroke 11 years ago. massive. i have seizures

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eastern on c-span. host: joining us now is chris matthews, and he is the author of "this country: my life in politics and history." what did you learn about chris matthews in writing this book? guest: you know the expression, "what goes around comes around"? in my generation, we grew up hiding under our desks, because the russians were coming, and they were a danger. i found myself at the end of the cold war in budapest and in berlin, watching it fall, the iron curtain. so that came around. i was at the border of south africa in apartheid, and i was there for the election in 1994 when nelson mandela was elected president. so a lot of things you think are never going to change, and they do. so i guess the big message has changed many times, for the better! things we thought would never change. look at gay rights, gay marriage, "that will never change," well, it did change. i think we have made a lot of progress, not enough, but change. i think it is the story of my life. host: let's dig into the book. "t

at c-span debbie . a group of republicans went to the capitol steps yesterday to protest mask wearing among other policy differences, a country in crisis. >> we have a country in crisis. a recent poll showed american's optimism about the direction of the country over the next year has limited 20 points since may. this should surprise no one. every time americans go to the grocery store, they are paying more. every time they turn on the national news they see crime. every time they get updates about our southern border, they see reports about migrants that are illegally entering our country every day. every time the cdc releases new guidance, nunnally does it contradict information they have released, it punishes americans who have already done everything they were asked to do. they were told to be vaccinated. think about what the cdc did this week. they forced vaccinated americans to wear masks because of a study in india about a vaccine that is not in america that has not been peer-reviewed. the cdc ha

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eastern on c-span. c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. >> arkansas senator tom cotton, a possible 2024 republican presidential candidate spoke at an event by the new hampshire republican party. he talked about the coronavirus, immigration and u.s. southern border critical race theory. [applause] >> thank you again and we will get moving right away so we can hear from our key speakers. just to tell you a few things about senator tom cotton, u.s. senator from arkansas and serves on the armed services judiciary and intelligence community. he is a generation arkansas -- how do you say that? one and race on his family'sle cattle farm he graduated from darnell high school before graduating from harvard andva harvard law school. september 11 terror attack occurred during his final year in moscow leading him to decide to join the military after clerking and private practice, draining as an infantry officer. he served in iraq, afghanistan and arlington national cemetery. in 2012, he was elected to the

eastern on c-span, online at cspan.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. which presidents rank best or worst? join us sunday, july 4, for conversation about the history of president--survey of residential leadership. we will discuss who is up, who is down, where the most recent presidents rank, and more join us with the professor doug brinkley of rice university, edna greene medford, howard university, richard norton smith, presidential biographer, and amity shlaes, president of the calvin coolidge foundation. before the program, go to cspan.org/presdientsurvey2021 to see the full results of the survey. >> on june 13, 1971, "the new york times" began publishing the pentagon papers, a classified history of the vietnam war. this event subsequently led to the creation of a special investigative unit in the nixon white house, which became known as the plumbers. author michael dobbs, formerly of "the washington post," has written a book called "king richard," which takes a look at the special unit which led to the resignation of the president of the united stat

caller: thank you for what c-span does. -- from the club for growth. caller: thank you for what c-span does. this trickle down economics, which you base your stances on and everything, how is that putting these billions of dollars into space instead of improving the conditions of the workers that make these people the richest man on earth? i would like a better understanding. you are talking about welfare and everything else, but yet at the same token you ignore these stances where these billionaires are pouring money into space, the people able to fly with them are also billionaires and millionaires. guest: first of all, i am happy it is not a government program where they are forcing taxpayers to spend the millions of dollars on something like that. my view is if somebody has been successful in creating a business and making money and the customers have rewarded them so become -- so they become a billionaire, if they want to spend it on a rocket out of space, that is their choice. if they want to spend it on building mans

live on c-span three. again, that committee with only one republican member, liz cheney, selected by house speaker nancy pelosi in the aftermath of that decision last week to withdraw all the other five, other than liz cheney. this is what kevin mccarthy said to reporters. >> that pelosi would play politics. for more than six months. you have a better example. schumer did not pick. they already had the report done by t different committees. tw mean questions. why was the capital so ill prepared for that day when they knew on december 14 that they had a problem? why do we do to make sure that never happens again? pelosi has created a sham process. unless speaker pelosi reverses course, we will not participate. host: you can send us a tweet with your thoughts. a couple here saying, remember how bipartisanship led to social security, medicare and the affordable care act? no, you do not. they passed without one republican vote. it is not worth selling our principles. fbi did not want to get involved in combat

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, on twitter at c-span wj, and now on instagram where you can follow us at c-span wj. once again, we are talking about your stay's marijuana laws and whether you support what your state is doing. we are going to start with setting the stage. right now, there is a story that we are going to bring to you from the hill newspaper that talks about how our laws are changing in this country. as we came up on july 1, we saw new laws go into effect and let me bring to you that hill story. new laws legalizing marijuana use for recreational and medicine all use in three states on thursday. expanding the number of americans who will have access to consumable cannabis products. new laws may give momentum to the push to legalize marijuana across the country as supporters circulate new ballot petitions and legislative's drop their reluctance to marijuana reform. residence in virginia and connecticut will be allowed to legally possess and use marijuana for recreational purposes after lawmakers in those states approved new measures earlier this year. in south dakota, a voter past -- pa

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>> c-spanshop.org is c-span's online store. there's a collection c-span products. browse to see what's new. your purchase will support our nonprofit operations and your time to order the the congrl directory with contact information for members of congress and the biden administration. go to c-spanshop.org. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer join senator ron wyden and senator cory booker to announce a new bill that is passed by both chambers and signed by president biden within the federal prohibition on marijuana. this briefing is about 20 minutes. >> okay, good morning, everybody. thank you for coming. so today is a big day in the senate. for the first time, i as majority leader, senator wyden as the chairman of the finance committee, and senator booker, one of the foremost champions for justice and equity here in the senate, we are all joining together to release draft legislation to end the federal prohibition on cannabis. this is monumental. because at long last, we are taking steps in the senate to right the wrongs off the failed war on drugs. i was the

thank you for c-span. this is anecdotal, but in response to the idea that people are not going back to work because they are getting too much money, i have somebody around me talking about he was a business owner saying he was having so much trouble finding employees and my husband is out of work and i wanted to say to him, how much are you paying? he owned a restaurant that she owns a restaurant. we have a mortgage, payments, a lifestyle, and he has been out of work for months. and i know if i asked this man what he was paying it would not have been enough for us to sustain, so of course it will not -- of course he will not take that job. it is good they are paying people. maybe this will pressure employers to pay a living wage. host: the other concern is that this is going to spike inflation. caller: i am not that worried yet. i think it might cause some inflation, but from what i am hearing from authorities, they say they don't expect it to be that serious and i am going to have faith in that for the mo

eastern on c-span, online c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> now a a conversation with e yale university history professor elizabeth hinton about the history of police violence and social unrest. she's author of the book "america on fire." >> i am keeanga-yamahtta taylor, and i am here with elizabeth hinton, , and we're here togethr to talk about the publication of her new book, "america on fire: the untold story of police violence and black rebellion since thehe 1960s" ." so elizabeth is an associate professor of history and african-american studies at yale university, a professor of law at yale law school. i am a professor african american studies at princeton, and so excited to talk about this wonderful book. how are you doing? >> i'm great to be talking with you, keeanga. this is quite an honor and i couldn't think of a a more fig way to launch this book so thank you for taking the time to read and be in conversation with me. >> absolutely. let's get into it. okay, so i want to start with kind of a long question. i have a quote i want you to talk about income w

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by the 1:30 eastern on c-span. also online at c-span.org. this week marked the six-month anniversary of the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol. each night, we have been showing congressional hearings that occurred in the aftermath. tonight, we conclude with former trump administration officials and d.c. police chief robert contee. in may, they appeared before the house oversight committee to testify on their actions in response to the security breach. remarks now from the arkansas governor hutchison who approaches andrew cuomo at the national governors association chair. he discusses covid-19 and his policy initiatives for the coming year. >> governor doozy of arizona. governor ducey? >> hello, everyone. it's great to see everyone even if it is virtually. on behalf of the governor hogen which includes governors mckee, kearney, cox and scott, i'm pleased to present the sway of the n.g.a. executive committee, members and officers. for members to the executive committee, the committee nominates governor charlie baker of massachusetts, governo

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caller: good morning, c-span. just listening to all the comments, i really appreciate the show because this portion right here is taking government people out of it and putting regular citizens in to speak about the issue. i think what the illegal growers were talking about, there will always be a need for people who sell without licenses, the reason being the dispensaries will be higher because they have to pay more on utilities and whatever, but the guy on the street who grows, he does not have that overhead cost, so he can supply the marijuana for less. i think ohio, he was saying the dispensary, it is like $22 a gram and $8 a gram on the street. that is a part of it. i had a total knee replacement in may. i just happen to have some marijuana and i smoke before i do my rehab exercise. i take one puff. it really helps me do the exercises i need to do to rebuild my knee. it has helped me in that way. i looked at the schedule for the controlled substances and on level 3 and 4, they had ambien as a schedule 4, and

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