position as a democrat in nebraska. statewide office, what advice do you have to offer to democrats running in red states or republicans running in blue states? >> i think you should not be ashamed or shy of reaching across the aisle and having members of the other party support you. and not whisper about it. in other words, when iran we always had republicans for nelson i started off my speeches you are going to be a senator for all nebraskans. you're going to be a governor of all nebraskans. and that is what you should be doing. when bush came to d.c. as president he said i am a uniter not a divider but he brought some dividers on along with him. and he has to face that. we need people today who promised to be uniter's and convince both sides that they are uniter's. i am not suggesting that's all we need is an easy statement to make it's going to be difficult but that is what you have to do. if you promise to be -- i'm going to be a republican for republicans. at some point what goes around will come around. >> justic

he's interviewed by republican senator ben sasse of nebraska. "after words" has people interviewing nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> hello and welcome to book tv. it is my pleasureto be able to interview ben nelson from the great state of nebraska . then was born in mccook. he is the husband to diana, a father of four served 12 years in the u.s. senate from 2001 2013 and we're obviously going to center our discussion on that today but ben was also governor of nebraska for eight years in the 1990s, a brief period during which nebraska won the national championship in football, 38 percent of all years he was governor so given our partisan differences i don't know if i'm supposed to campaign for you to come back as governor but if you can win national championships for our football team 3/8 of allyears i think it would unite our state again so it's good to be with you today . >> i can't take full credit. i just want people to remember it happened during my watch. >> it's good to get to talk with you today about your new book the death

i looked at her and is it i can't, it's not good for nebraska. i'm not sure it's good for the country but i don't mean to be snippy about this but i just don't think i can. you're asked me to do something i just don't think i'm comfortable doing. well then she said okay let me look at this again. she came up there and once again try to persuade me to support the bill as opposed to looking for a commonality, was it something i i could suggest to make it different? finally that didn't get anywhere and i said look i think i finally understood, understand why you came appear to compromise. it's your definition of a compromise is different than mine. we were looking for solution to bring the onboard. you were just trying to persuade me here you are right. i already told you you may be right but you are not right for what i'm thinking about, about nebraska in the country. she looked at me and she started grinning and said yeah, i guess maybe you're right. we still couldn't get together on it that compromises we try to find something, if you can't go 80

i looked at her and is it i can't, it's not good for nebraska. i'm not sure it's good for the country but i don't mean to be snippy about this but i just don't think i can. you're asked me to do something i just don't think i'm comfortable doing. well then she said okay let me look at this again. she came up there and once again try to persuade me to support the bill as opposed to looking for a commonality, was it something i i could suggest to make it different? finally that didn't get anywhere and i said look i think i finally understood, understand why you came appear to compromise. it's your definition of a compromise is different than mine. we were looking for solution to bring the onboard. you were just trying to persuade me here you are right. i already told you you may be right but you are not right for what i'm thinking about, about nebraska in the country. she looked at me and she started grinning and said yeah, i guess maybe you're right. we still couldn't get together on it that compromises we try to find something, if you can't go 80

he's interviewed by republican senator ben sasse of nebraska. "after words" has people interviewing nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> hello and welcome to book tv. it is my pleasureto be able to interview ben nelson from the great state of nebraska . then was born in mccook. he is the husband to diana, a father of four served 12 years in the u.s. senate from 2001 2013 and we're obviously going to center our discussion on that today but ben was also governor of nebraska for eight years in the 1990s, a brief period during which nebraska won the national cio

we oversee over 200,000 accounts in the state of nebraska. so simply put, if the biden administration demands this information, i'm not going to provide it if they sue me, i'm going to take them all the way to the supreme court. i'm not doing this, period. jillian: why $600? >> and an arbitrary, d.c. sausage making. it's arbitrary and capricious. there is no reason for it they are trying to compromise something that can pass. they are trying to get this bill over the finish line. todd: do you think another states will follow suit to get biden to ultimately scrap this plan if they come on tv like you, john and say look, we ain't doing this? >> there's no question. there is a morning consult poll that shows almost 70% of american citizens are opposed to this terrible idea. my fellow treasurers and auditors are around the country understand just how disastrous of a policy this is. and i think once the american people know that this is in the bill, this can't be another obamacare that we have to pass the bill to find out what's in it the people o

he is interviewed by republican senator ben sasse of nebraska. after words is a weekly interview program with guest host top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> hello and welcome to book tv pretty is my pleasure today to be able to interview ben nelson from the great state of nebraska. ben was born emma cookie is the husband to diane at the father of

>> i was a district ranger i oversaw the two pieces of man made forest out in nebraska. it's coordinate with the nursery as well i had a lot of fun managing that very interesting and small piece of public land in nebraska. >> that is so wildly here. normally it wanted tell people i'm from nebraska they say i think i flew over it at one time. [laughter] exactly it was flat, do you drive a tractor to school? the very cool that you used to work there too. >> yes i know a little bit about dorothy lynch. it's something we have along the way. >> so with that, and as you talk about your journey coming into this space, i really wanted to give you some kudos around but i sell the weaving of a technical knowledge around forestry and wildlife firefighting into your storytelling. it was just really profound for me and definitely one of those moments where i was a proud, this is impressive. you actually note some of the terms but you also use them in a way where i pick up on that. but the person who is not a professional forestry and natural resources it makes sense to them. i great

stand up for that brought nebraska the brought everybody to their everybody to their feet. feet. big progressives progressives upheld upheld women's women's rights rights and and certainly importantly economic justice for economic average people, justice for average people. and opposed the corrupt political machines and corporate monopolies of the areas where patient 1% up until that time there have been rich people in america, but really until the gilded age is which started after the civil war, there were not these a norm is inequities like that separated the super rich from everybody else. so this was something than americans were just coming to terms with, and that's how the progressive movement the developed kansas homesteader. turned the kansas homesteader turned lawyer mary lawyer -- elizabeth louise cofounded the new cole founded the new people's people's party party before she could even before she could even vote anne -- . the electrifying orator the electrifying held people in scrawled for hours, warning in her irish -- voice that the the u.s. have become. u.s. h

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as nebraska public media's dennis kellogg reports, one nebraska couple is doing what they can to save them. >> welcome to willow valley farms, welcome. we're going to take you guys on a goat walk. >> reporter: chad wegener is a modern-day goat herder. >> time for breakfast. >> reporter: the goats are like family to him. he's gotten to know each one, since he left his corporate job to take care of them full-time. >> i'm part goat. maybe that was my calling, to do this. >> reporter: there are fewer than 1,500 of these san clemente island goats. threatened with extinction, the largest herd, 250 of them, is located here in gtna, nebraska. >> it's a nice relationship. i like to keep these guys as feral as possible, as wild as possible, because that's in their nature, and there's something beautiful about it. >> the goats, used to be as many as 18,000 of them, but after they overran the island's natural now, more than 1,000 miles away now, on a 40-acre farm, chad and his life partner, john carroll, are doing everything they can to save the breed. >> so, ihink it's really important that thes

she was also a folk singer and a poet and she wrote a very rousing ballad called stand up for nebraska that brought everybody to their feet. progress is upheld women's rights and a poorly economic justice for average people, and opposed the corrupt lyrical machines and corporate monopolies of the eras -- political machines up until this time there certainly have been rich people in america but in two oh the gilded age which started after the civil war, there were not these enormous inequities like that separated, like the superrich from everybody else. so this was something that americans were just coming to terms with, and that's how the progressive movement developed. the kansas homesteader turned lawyer mary elizabeth lease, cofounded the new people's party before she could even vote. the electrifying orator help audiences enthralled for hours, warning in her irish voice that the u.s. had become a government of wall street by wall street and for wall street. many progressive women also quietly helped to shape the laws of new western states, right down to the more gender-neutral word

huge numbers of women, such as luna kelly, a nebraska farm wife and mother of eleven, helped make the west the national capital of the new progressive politics. she wrote -- she was also -- luna was also a folk singer and a poet, and she wrote a very rousing ballad called "stand up for nebraska" that brought everybody to their feet. progressives upheld women's rights and importantly economic justice for average people and opposed the corrupt political machines and corporate monopolies of the eras rapacious 1%, up until this time, there had certainly been rich people in america, but really until the guilded age started after the civil war, there weren't these enormous inequities like that separated the super rich from everybody else. so this was something that americans were just coming to terms with, and that's how the progressive movement developed. the kansas homesteader turned lawyer, mary elizabeth lease. cofounded the people's party before she could even vote. the electrifying orator held audiences enthralled for hours. warning in her irish voice that the u.s. had become a govern

we're going to focus more on high quality nebraska beef. we'll be able to tell agriculture's story and our plant is going to let consumers know where their food comes from. we'll be able to track an individual steak from the plate back to the ranch it was produced on. carley: i'm sure that's a going to be appealing to a lot of people who want to know where their dinner comes from. we have been talking a lot about inflation lately. it's on the mind of every american. and it does seem like meat prices, among a lot of the things that have risen over the past year, it seems like meat prices are particularly affected. why is that? >> we've got supply chain issues. we've got these huge mega plants and if one of them goes down it just sends ripple effects to the entire market and covid really brought this to light and our business model is -- and our theory is more medium-sized plants to spread the risk out, spread the production out across the country so we don't have one plant going down and just shutting down the meat supply to the entire natio

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he is interviewed by nebraska republican senator ben sasse. watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span2, and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. >> sunday night on q&a, david wessel discusses his book "only the rich can play." >> opportunity zones created 87 64 tax havens across the country and gave wealthy people an incentive to put their money in those poor communities in exchange for a capital gains tax break. unfortunately, we don't really know how much money has gone into them as a result of that arcane sent a process known as reconciliation, which is now a household word. the provisions regarding reporting were stripped out. we are talking about tens of billions of dollars going into opportunity zones, but unfortunately, i think the bulk of the money is going into zones that did not really need the money. they were already improving, or went to projects that probably would have been built otherwise. >> david wessel with his book "only the rich can play," sunday night on q&a. you can listen t

it's the size of nebraska. yeah, go ahead. go ahead. >> yeah. it's the size of nebraska, right. they're adding another state to the united states by the people who are coming in, and as governor desantis says, planes aarriving at military bases in the middle of the night, he's not been notify pd, none of the local officials have been notified, and the biden administration is just sort of scattering them around the country with no real idea of what's coming -- they're not vetted, they're not even given covid tests. and yet they're somehow just walking across the border. i don't understand it unless there's some really sinner the thing going on that -- sinister thing going on that i don't get. it's so obvious to anybody with a set of eyes. elizabeth: let's watch the secretary of state admit on camera what's going on is historic. >> in this moment, you know, in our own hemisphere we're seeing unprecedented migration. >> -- to your campaign, why haven't you been to the southern border of our country, and why did your stance suddenly revert to trump-era policies? >> well -- [applause

in a vintage truck, his wife, dog, beautiful nebraska cornfield. but this was no campaign video. >> i wanted to send you a video because we do have something hard to tell you. about five and a half years ago, a person from overseas a legally moved money to my campaign. i didn't know anything about. this and he is some other americans to do so. they were all caught and punished, thankfully. about two and a half years ago, i had a knock on my door, on the weekend. they were fbi agents from california. i let them in my house, i answered their questions, later we went back and answered further questions, i told him when i knew and what i understood. they have accused me of lying to them, and are charging me with this. we are shocked. were stunned. i feel so personally betrayed. we thought we were trying to help. >> well, jeff fortenberry was right, today the congressman was in fact indicted, charged with one count with scheming to falsify and conceal material, facts and two counts of making false statements to federal investigators. as a congressman al

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it is my pleasureto be able to interview ben nelson from the great state of nebraska . then was born incc

he's interviewed by republican senator sasse of nebraska. find a full schedule in your program guide or by visiting c-span.org. now it's a block of programs by former andcurrent members of congress .former congressman mark sanford of south carolina reflects on his political career and weighs in on the future of the republican party. >> it's great to be with my good friend for governor, former congres m

nebraska treasurer john morandi said it is an invasion of privacy and he will discuss his plan to fight the proposal to the supreme court if necessary. todd: only three games into the season. jillian: you know i like hip-hop. todd: eminem joining the artists picked to perform the super bowl halftime show. ♪♪ todd: that is eminem. he will be joined on stage, is in dr. dre locked in eminem's basin? jillian: he will bring his green hat. todd: bring your green hat dr. dre will be there if he gets out of eminem's basement. mary j blind as well. jillian: the first time all five reform together, super bowl lvi will take place february 15th in inglewood, california. todd: we are not well. wore the green hat. jillian: it is 13 after the hour. senators on both sides of the aisle terry into facebook over reports the tech giants targeted kids even after knowing social media was toxic for them. >> facebook routinely puts profits ahead of kids online safety. >> we do not trust you. todd: that is next and a very big show still ahead. brian judd, joe concha and we may or may not make more hip-hop m

. >> the 39-year-old nebraska resident eats raw beef, chicken, liver and sheep brains from local farms. >> virtually no vegetables and a rare piece of fruit. >> he said when he changed his diet he felt brain fogginess and decreased energy and then he switched his diet to this and never has gotten close to being sick and never felt better. >> we would like to add a disclaimer to check with your health care provider first. >> doctors, dieticians, somebody. >>> next to a new breakfast offering for the rest of us. >> a mash-up of a morning staple and a beloved fast food dessert. kelloggs is teaming up with wendy's to tlaransform the fros into a cereal. >> it is set to hit store shelves in december. basically candy for breakfast, is it not? >> we can't judge. >> we can't judge. >> we can't judge. >> we can't judge. coco puffs. >> frosties. >> mixing it all together. to a skeleton halloween costume like none other. >> we can't judge, we grew up on coco puffs. >> frosties. >> mixing it all together. >>> to a skeleton halloween costume like none other. >> a dog skeleton for a dog. if you look

he's interviewed by republican senator sasse of nebraska. find a full schedule in your program guide or by visiting c-span.org. now it's a block of programs by former andcurrent members of congress .former congressman mark sanford of south carolina reflects on his political career and weighs in on the future of the republican party. >> it's great to be with my good friend for governor, former congressman mark sanford and we're here this morning to discuss his book, two roads diverged and i'm really excited to talk about this because this book talks quite a bit about second chances. i notice that congressman sanford is a great admirer of the author robert frost who is one of his classic lines of course was two roads diverged in a wood and i took the one less traveled by. that has made all theed difference . that's what this book seems to be about. your personal journey, your highs and your lows and we've been so impressed by your ability to discuss your roads and we can often do that with a sort of self-deprecating humor where you understand

and i believe nebraska is about to complete things there as well. many other states will enact their own plans late they are year, some will enact plans as late as 2022. the bottom line is the new congressional and state legislative lines need to be in place before the 2022 elections guinn the supreme court's mandate under one person, one vote population equality that lines be redrawn once every 10 years, generally after the federal desenall census -- decenial census which was delayed due to the pandemic. states are on track now though a bit late. theon r. lewis voting rights advancement act would restore and strengthen the right to vote by making sure that any changes to voting rules that could discriminate against voters based on race or background are federally reviewed before they can be implemented by state or local governments. the bill would restore the essential portions of the voting rights act that block discriminatory voting practices before they go into effect, putting a transparent process in place for protecting everyone's right to vot

senator from nebraska talks about his book "death of a senate: my front row seat to the demise of the world's greatest deliberative body," on the decline of bipartisanship in the senate. he is interviewed by republican senator ben sasse. watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span2, and find the full schedule on your program guide, or visit c-span.org. ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, funded by these television companies and more, including midco. ♪ >> ♪ no one can do it like you ♪ >> midco supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front-row seat to democracy. >> the u.s. supreme court today heard oral arguments in the boston marathon bombers'death sentence case, this just over 90 minutes. chief justice roberts: we will hear argument fith

next on book tv author interview program after words, former democratic senator ann nelson of nebraska discusses a decline of bipartisanship in e

he's interviewed by republican senator ben sasse of nebraska. "after words" has people interviewing nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> hello and welcome to bo

at 10:00 on afterward, former senator ben -- of nebraska talked about his book death of the senate, my front row seat to the demise of -- on the decline of bipartisanship in the senate and his recommendations to restore it. he is interviewed by republican senator ben sasse. watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span two. find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. announcer: the u.s. supreme court today heard oral arguments in the boston marathon bomber's death sentence case. you can watch it tonight at 8:00 on c-span. at 9:30, the house veterans affairs committee hearing on the improvement of -- recruitment of veterans by violence right wing extremist organizations. now. host: then every engine in -- jennifer yachnin joins us now from denver, colorado, reporting after president biden took action to protect three national monuments. explain where these monuments are and why president biden took this action? guest: thank you for having me. two of the monuments are in utah, the grand staircase and the bears ears national monuments. a third monument

kansas-nebraska act, we are going to solve the problem, this vexing question of should slavery be extended into the territories? his answer was popular sovereignty vote up or down he said moral indifference whether it's vote up or voted down. important thing is to vote because america's about majority rule. lincoln's assent to greatness begin with this recall against that doctrine. he said no. american is not about a process maturity what that's about the condition liberty. that's forecourts forecourts come in. courts exist to say majority rule is all very well. majority rule should have a broad sweep but not a limitless suite. there are certain things we do not put to a vote. for example, congress shall make no law. congress, even if anyone wants it, can't do it, sorry. some people call this the counter majoritarian dilemma. there was no dilemma. that's why have constitution is to say certain things can't be done. >> host: how much time do you spend reading history? >> guest: a lot. counting is reading, recorded books. i get an up every morning at 5:20. by 5:21 i'm listening to an audible

kansas-nebraska act, we are going to solve the problem, this vexing question of should slavery be extended into the territories? his answer was popular sovereignty vote up or down he said moral indifference whether it's vote up or voted down. important thing is to vote because america's about majority rule. lincoln's assent to greatness begin with this recall against that doctrine. he said no. american is not about a process maturity what that's about the condition liberty. that's forecourts forecourts come in. courts exist to say majority rule is all very well. majority rule should have a broad sweep but not a limitless suite. there are certain things we do not put to a vote. for example, congress shall make no law. congress, even if anyone wants it, can't do it, sorry. some people call this the counter majoritarian dilemma. there was no dilemma. that's why have constitution is to say certain things can't be done. >> host: how much time do you spend reading history? >> guest: a lot. counting is reading, recorded books. i get an up every morning at 5:20. by 5:21 i'm listening to an audible

granizos y vientos sobre 65 millas por hora, mañana se acerca otro sistema frontal, oklahoma, kansas y nebraska verán precipitaciones d 08:00 de la noche y 11:30 de la noche tormentas sugiere:cciones de (información en pantalla) los granizos podrían ser el mayor efecto en kansas y oklahoma, esto es por la diferencia de temperaturas: (información de temperaturas en pantalla) el aire fresco continúa invadiendo el país en contraste a temperaturas que permiten el desarrollo de tormentas severas que pueden poner en aprietos a muchos. >> (música) . >> la familia de christopher ramírez nos explica cómo pudo desaparecer de su casa en texas, el niño está bien y sale de hospital donde fue atendido después de ser encontrado deshidratado y hambriento. hablamos con el abuelo esta mañana esto fue lo que dijo. co contentos de que apareció, verdad? y felices. >> estamos aquí afuera de su casa, han sido días complicados, cómo está la mamá? nos conmovió escucharla cuando agradecía al oficial. >> (llanto) . >> sí es tremendo lo que pasamos, sí está bien contenta, también estaba feliz. >>c

california, lance corporal kareem nikoui of california, corporal daegan william-tyeler page of omaha, nebraska, sergeant johanny rosario pichardo of lawrence, massachusetts, corporal humberto sanchez of long port, indiana, lance corporal david espinoza -- excuse me jared schmitz of wentzville, missouri, navy corpsman maxton soviak of berlin heights, ohio. i could not be more grateful to their service to our nation. while we as a nation grieve for the service members we lost, we often forget about the families who have lost even more. to be a gold star family is an honor no one wishes for. we owe our sincerest gratitude to the families who eagerly awaited these 13 service members' return. we can never thank them in a way that will make up for their loss. awarding the congressional -- awarding the congress' highest honor is a small token of appreciation. thank you to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle who joined me on this effort. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from missouri reserves. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. . ms. waters: i yield