C-SPAN Solyndra Coverage
September 19, 2011
This week the congressional hearings on Solyndra continue. Last week C-SPAN covered a full day of hearings with government witnesses. These hearings can be viewed here.
Last year, President Obama toured the Solyndra plant. His remarks on the plant are in the Video Library.
Watch James G. Blaine on The Contenders
September 15, 2011
This week C-SPAN continues its a new American History television series. It will air live each Friday evening at 8:00 PM on C-SPAN. Each program will orginate from a historic site and will feature fourteen men who lost the presidency, but changed history. These contenders were candidates in at least one national election and changed political history as a result of it. This week features James G. Blaine.
Contenders featured include Henry Clay, James G. Blaine, William Jennings Bryan, Eugene Debs, Charles Evan Hughes, Al Smith, Wendell Wilkie, Thomas E. Dewey, Adlai Stevenson, Barry Goldwater, Hubert Humphrey, George Wallace, George McGovern, and Ross Perot. Watch them live each Friday night or view them in the Video Library at this site. More information is available C-SPAN The Contenders web site.
C-SPAN Spotlight on Magazines
September 14, 2011
C-SPAN has started a new feature on magazines weekly on Washington Journal. Every Wednesday morning, the Washington Journal will feature a magazine that has a major cover story on a public policy issue. This week’s program, featured here, was about Mother Jone’s cover article on FBI informants. These selected magazines devote considerable resources to this enterprise journalism. C-SPAN is using this weekly program to showcase these stories. If you miss any you can always find them on our Browse page under Spotlight on Magazines.
9/11 Events on C-SPAN
September 9, 2011
On the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks C-SPAN will feature live coverage of the ceremonies from New York, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, PA. You can watch these events on September 11 live on all three C-SPAN networks. Try searching the Video Library using World Trade Center Attacks and find many events going back to the original attack coverage in 2011. It is all there and free in the C-SPAN Video Library.
Contenders: An Original History Series
September 7, 2011
This week C-SPAN launches a new American History television series. It will air live each Friday evening at 8:00 PM on C-SPAN. Each program will orginate from a historic site and will feature fourteen men who lost the presidency, but changed history. These contenders were candidates in at least one national election and changed political history as a result of it.
Contenders featured include Henry Clay, James G. Blaine, William Jennings Bryan, Eugene Debs, Charles Evan Hughes, Al Smith, Wendell Wilkie, Thomas E. Dewey, Adlai Stevenson, Barry Goldwater, Hubert Humphrey, George Wallace, George McGovern, and Ross Perot. Watch them live each Friday night or view them in the Video Library at this site. More information is available C-SPAN The Contenders web site.