Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Catholic School Shooting: "Don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying!" Full video here: www.c-span.org/program/news...
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Catholic School Shooting: "Don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying!" Full video here: www.c-span.org/program/news...
President Trump signs executive order on flag burning: "All over the country they're burning flags...through a very sad court...they called it freedom of speech...When you burn the American flag it incites riots...You burn a flag, you get one year in jail."
This fall, C-SPAN is launching America’s Book Club, a dynamic new weekly primetime television series hosted by renowned author, civic leader, and interviewer David M. Rubenstein. More info here: c-span.org/ABC
C-SPAN will air complete Ghislaine Maxwell interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (9+ hours). 8:00pm ET on C-SPAN & online at c-span.org. C-SPAN will re-air the entire interview at 1:00pm ET on Saturday, August 23rd.
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signs legislation to put congressional maps favoring Democrats on the November ballot: "I remind you all the time, it's not the rule of law. It's the rule of Don, and we're standing up to that … They fired the first shot in Texas." www.c-span.org/program/publ...
"We appreciate everything that you're doing. You guys bust your ass all day, we give you a hamburger. Not a fair trade, but we're grateful for everything you guys do." VP Vance with National Guard troops at Union Station, Washington, DC. Full video: www.c-span.org/program/publ...
Q: "Is there a date for you to meet with President Putin of Russian?" Ukrainian President Zelensky: "No. No. We don't have any date. We just confirmed after this productive meeting...that we are ready for a trilateral meeting." www.c-span.org/program/news...
Presidents Trump and Zelensky meet in the Oval Office. President Trump: "I think progress is being made...today's meeting is very important." President Zelensky: "Thank you for the invitation and thank you very much for your efforts." Full video here: www.c-span.org/event/call-i...
President Trump: "There's no deal until there's a deal. I will call up NATO in a little while. I will call up the various people that I think are appropriate and I'll of course call up President Zelensky and tell him about today's meeting. It's ultimately up to them."
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska. Full coverage here: www.c-span.org/event/call-i...
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser on President Trump federalizing DC police: "While this action today is unsettling and unprecedented, I can't say that given some of the rhetoric of the past that we're totally surprised." Full video here: www.c-span.org/event/news-c...
President Trump: "I'm announcing a historic action to rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor and worse. This is Liberation Day in DC and we're going to take our capital back. We're taking it back."
Brig. Gen. John Lubas: This morning shortly before 11 o'clock an active duty soldier assigned to Fort Stewart, GA shot and wounded five of his fellow soldiers...Thankfully, all are in stable condition and all are expected to recover. The alleged shooter is in custody. www.c-span.org/program/news...
Former President Biden: “There are moments so stark that they divide all that came before and everything that followed. Moments that force us to confront hard truths about ourselves, our institutions and democracy itself. We are in my view at such a moment in American history.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: "We are proud to announce the construction of the new White House ballroom will begin...The White House state ballroom will be a much needed and exquisite addition of approximately 90,000 total square feet." Full video: www.c-span.org/program/whit...
POLITICO's Dasha Burns discusses hosting C-SPAN's new program CeaseFire debuting Fall 2025: "I think that we are living in a time where most of what we see is partisanship, polarization, conflict. What if we had a space where that wasn't the case?" youtu.be/0XS92zTq1Tk?...
C-SPAN announces host for new Ceasefire program debuting Fall 2025: Dasha Burns of Politico. More information: static.c-spanvideo.org/files/pressC...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) on calling a vote for Emil Bove's nomination: "What are you afraid of? ... This is absolutely insane. What is the rush?"
President Trump on Russia: "We're very, very unhappy with them and we're going to be doing very severe tariffs if we don't have a deal in 50 days. Tariffs at about 100%."
U.S. District Court Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson: "What keeps you up at night?" Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: "I would say the state of our democracy. I am really very interested in getting people to focus and to invest and to pay attention to what is happening in our country and in our government."
President Trump: "We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth. He's very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless." Full video here: www.c-span.org/program/whit...
President Trump signs GOP Tax & Spending Cuts Bill into law.
House Speaker Mike Johnson: "My friends, the president of the United States is waiting with his pen. The American people are waiting for this relief. We've heard enough talk. It's time for action. Let's finish the job for him. Vote yes on the bill."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) concludes his record-setting floor speech (8 hrs. 44 min.): "No matter the outcome on this single day, we're going to press on...We're going to press on until victory is won."
U.S. Senate PASSES GOP Tax & Spending Cuts Bill, 51-50. After breaking the tie, Vice President JD Vance: "The bill as amended is passed." www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, C-SPAN is proud to announce the launch of America 250: Exploring the American Story — an expansive, 18-month initiative commemorating this historic milestone.
President Trump: "Hundreds of thousands of people are pouring into our country under birthright citizenship, and it wasn't meant for that reason. It was meant for the babies of slaves. So, thanks to this decision, we can now properly file to proceed with these numerous policies."
President Trump on Israel and Iran: "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing." www.c-span.org/program/whit...
President Trump: "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier." youtu.be/KqcNQyqoiqI
WATCH: President Trump complete remarks at the U.S. Army 250th Anniversary Parade & Celebration in Washington, DC. youtu.be/aYDIvLJTIAs
"No Kings" Rally in Philadelphia www.c-span.org/program/publ...
U.S. Army 250th Anniversary Parade & Celebration in Washington, DC – LIVE on C-SPAN www.c-span.org/event/public...
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) Forcibly Removed from New Conference with Reactions from Sen. Schumer and Speaker Johnson
President Trump on Elon Musk: "I've always liked Elon. I was very surprised...He hasn't said anything about me that's bad. I'd rather have him criticize me than the bill because the bill is incredible...I'm very disappointed in Elon. I've helped Elon a lot."
President Trump, VP Vance and Defense Secretary Hegseth participates in a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. Full video here: www.c-span.org/event/white-...
WATCH: President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meet in the Oval Office. www.c-span.org/program/whit...
VP JD Vance on former President Biden's cancer diagnosis: "We really do need to be honest about whether the former president was capable of doing the job...I don't think that he was in good enough health. In some ways, I blame him less than I blame the people around him."
Pope Leo XIV
WHITE SMOKE Conclave has elected a new pope. Full video here: www.c-span.org/event/intern...
Conclave has begun. Full video here: www.c-span.org/event/intern...
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA): "This is the first time we've met, is that correct?" Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: "No, ma'am. We actually met one New Year's Eve in the Bahamas." Rep. Waters: "Why don't I remember that?" Sec. Bessent: "You were much better at the electric slide than I was."
Pope Francis Funeral Mass in Vatican City
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Trump 2028 hat: "It's just a hat...it's not something he’s thinking of, though I hear the hats are flying off shelves." Full video here: www.c-span.org/program/publ...
President Trump: "We're putting up a beautiful, almost 100 foot tall, American flag...they've needed flag poles for 200 years." Full video here: www.c-span.org/program/whit...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on "Signal chat controversy"
Former President Bill Clinton at Oklahoma City Bombing 30th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy on autism: "This is an individual tragedy as well. Autism destroys families but more importantly it destroys our greatest resource, which are our children...we have to recognize we are doing this to our children and we need to put an end to it."
Fed Chair Powell: "We're never going to be influenced by any political pressure."
El Salvadoran President Says He Won't Return Man Who Was Mistakenly Deported
U.S. House PASSES Revised GOP 2025 Budget Plan, 216-214.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX): "What we need to light on fire are Trump’s tariffs...if we are going to talk about efficiency and worry about some solar paneled whatevers, let’s talk about the fact that as of March 31, Trump’s golfing has cost us approximately $26 million."
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on tariff strategy: "Whose throat do I get to choke if this proves to be wrong?" U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer: "Well, Senator, you can certainly always talk to me...I'm at the tip of the spear...I would push back just a little bit on this."
Q: "Would you be open to a pause in tariffs to allow for negotiations?" President Trump: "Well, we're not looking at that. We have many, many countries that are coming to negotiate deals with us."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY): "The Trump tariffs, which are a tax on the American people, are so reckless, so un-strategic, so lacking in any sophistication, that the only conclusion that one can draw is that Donald Trump and Republicans are intentionally tanking the economy."
Canadian Prime Minister Carney on tariffs: "The president's actions will reverberate here in Canada and across the world...They are all unjustified, unwarranted, and in our judgment misguided."
President Trump signs executive orders imposing sweeping tariffs on U.S. trading partners. Full video here: www.c-span.org/program/whit...
Sen. Schumer: "Would the Senator yield for a question?" Sen. Booker: "Chuck Schumer, it's the only time in my life I can tell you no." Sen. Schumer: "I just wanted to tell you, a question, do you know you have just broken the record?"
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ): "I rise with the intention of getting in some good trouble, I rise with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able." Watch live here --> www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy: "Between October 2021 and December 2024 there were over 15,000 close proximity events between commercial aircraft and helicopters at DCA." Full video here: www.c-span.org/event/senate...
President Trump: "There was no classified information as I understand it."
Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) Calls for Streaming Providers to Carry C-SPAN
DNI Gabbard: "There was no classified material that was shared in that Signal chat." Sen. Warner: "If there was no classified material share it with the committee. You can't have it both ways. These are important jobs. This is our national security." Full video: www.c-span.org/event/senate...
Defense Secretary Hegseth: "Nobody was texting war plans..." youtu.be/Ym7_3ESCpSg
President Trump Signs Executive Order to Dismantle Department of Education
President Trump: "Today we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making. In a few moments I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all." Full video here: www.c-span.org/event/white-...
WATCH: A conversation on the beginnings of "cable's gift to America" on C-SPAN's Founders Day. Founder Brian Lamb and former co-CEO Susan Swain joined CEO Sam Feist to talk about the quest to bring LIVE, gavel-to-gavel coverage of Congress to every American home
"Splashdown. Crew-9 back on Earth." "On behalf of SpaceX, welcome home!" NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore return to Earth after an extended stay on the International Space Station for over nine months.
To celebrate C-SPAN's Founders Day, we taped a conversation on the beginnings of "cable's gift to America." Founder Brian Lamb and former co-CEO Susan Swain joined CEO Sam Feist to talk about the quest to bring LIVE, gavel-to-gavel coverage of Congress to every American home.
President Trump: "I think we're doing very well with Russia. Right now they're bombing the hell out of Ukraine. I'm finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine. And they don't have the cards...in terms of getting a final settlement, it may be easier dealing with Russia."
Rep. Al Green (D-TX) delivers remarks after the House floor shortly after the House censured him for his conduct during President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.
WATCH: Complete Democratic Response from Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin.
President Trump Addresses Joint Session of Congress
Rep. Al Green (D-TX) is removed from the Joint Session of Congress.
President Trump: "The problem is I've empowered you to be a tough guy. I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the U.S. You're people are very brave. But, you're either going to make a deal or we're out. And if we're out, you'll fight it out..." Full video here: www.c-span.org/event/white-...
Q: Do you still think that Mr. Zelenskyy is a dictator?" President Trump: "Did I say that? I can't believe I said that."
Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO): "I rise today with my newborn, Sam, who's just four weeks old. Unfortunately, I wasn't given the opportunity to vote remotely after giving birth, but I wasn't going to let that stop me from being here to represent my constituents..."
Speaker Johnson following budget resolution vote: "We got it done...This is the first important step...we have a lot of hard work ahead of us...Lot of work yet to be done, but we're going to celebrate tonight. We'll roll up our sleeves and get right back at it in the morning."
U.S. House PASSES 2025 House Republican Budget Proposal, 217-215. www.c-span.org/event/us-hou...
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: "For decades a group of DC based journalists, the White House Correspondents' Association, has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the president of the United States in these most intimate spaces. Not anymore."
Q: "You called Zelenskyy a dictator. Would you use the same words regarding Putin?" President Trump: "I don't use those words lightly."
President Trump: "You better do it, because you're not going to get any federal funding at all if you don't..." Gov. Janey Mills (D-ME): "See you in court." President Trump: "Good. I'll see you in court. I look forward to that. That should be an easy one."
U.S. Senate CONFIRMS Kash Patel to be FBI Director, 51-49.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY): "Seven times my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate...Representing our Commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime. I will not seek this honor an eighth time. My current term in the Senate will be my last." youtu.be/dIsl-vXuNwM
President Trump: "A dictator without elections, Zelensky better move fast of he's not going to have a country left...I love Ukraine but Zelensky has done a terrible job."
President Trump: "There's even under consideration a new concept where we give 20% of the DOGE savings to the American citizens and 20% goes to paying down debt, because the numbers are incredible Elon."
Q: "Would you call Ukrainian President Zelensky a dictator, as President Trump has?" Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD): "The president speaks for himself. What I want to see is a peaceful result, a peaceful outcome."
Sen. Schumer: "President Trump amazingly blamed Ukraine for Putin's invasion...It's disgusting to see an American president turn against one of our friends and openly side with a thug like Vladimir Putin...the people of Ukraine did not start this war. Vladimir Putin did."
President Trump signed executive orders on IVF affordability, government transparency and independent agencies. Full video here: www.c-span.org/event/white-...
President Trump on Sen. McConnell (R-KY): "I feel sorry for Mitch...He’s not equipped mentally."
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Sworn-in as Secretary of Health & Human Services
U.S. Senate CONFIRMS Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be Secretary of Health & Human Services, 52-48.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announces the Department of Justice is suing the state of New York over illegal immigration: "New York has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens. It stops. It stops today."
"We reserve the right to decide who gets to go into the Oval Office."
Defense Secretary Hegseth: "Returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective. Chasing this illusionary goal will only prolong the war and cause more suffering...The U.S. does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement."
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) opening statement at first DOGE hearing on government efficiency: "This committee will be laser-focused on bringing full transparency to waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government and presenting the plans to fix the tremendous problems we expose."
President Trump Welcomes Prisoner Released by Russia, Marc Fogel to the White House
Q: "How can we make sure that all the statements that you said were correct so we can trust what you say?" Elon Musk: "Some of the things that I say will be incorrect and should be corrected."
Q: "Your detractors...say that you're orchestrating a hostile takeover of government and doing it in a non-transparent way. What's your response to that criticism?" Elon Musk: "The people voted for major government reform and that's what people are going to get."
President Trump Signs an Executive Order to Impose 25% Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Imports
Speaker Johnson on President Trump's statement on U.S. taking over Gaza: "There'll be more details forthcoming...he's taking bold decisive action to try to ensure the peace of that region. It's a bold move. Far bolder than what's been done before."