Transcripts For CSPAN 20170816 : vimarsana.com

Monkey with supremacist protesters, and that there was blamed to be had on both sides . More broadly, do you believe that confederate statues should be removed, as is happening in many cities across the south . Or do you agree with the president that confederate general robert e. Lee should be considered in the same pantheon as George Washington . Whatpresident pence happened in charlottesville is a. Ragedy and the president has been clear on this tragedy, and so have i. Thiske at length about heartbreaking situation on cnday night in olombia. And i stand with the president , and i stand by those words. In today, when i am here chile, our hearts are in charlottesville. Because just a few short hours , family and friends gathered to say farewell to a remarkable young woman, heather heyer. Praying. Ve been we have been praying for gods peace and comfort for her family and her friends and her loved ones. And we are also praying that in america, we will not allow the. Ew to divide the many the strength of the united is alwaysamerica strongest, as the president has said so eloquently, when we are. Nited around our shared values and so it will always be. Tonight on cspan, 8 00 p. M. Eastern, a forum on the changing world of cities. Here is the former mayor of rio de janeiro. Period,is a transition and i think cities will play a major role. The way cities can change is asentative democracies Great Machine to change what is going on. At 8 00 p. M. , an indepth look at the opioid academic, including Ohio Attorney general mike dewine, who is suing several Drug Companies for the marketing of opioid pain killers. What is different with the drug problem we have is how pervasive it is. It is absolutely everywhere. It is in our smallest communities, it is in our cities, it is in our most affluent suburbs. Friday at 8 00 p. M. , a profile interview with secretary of health and Human Services tom price. Secretary price i think my passion for trying to help people and my passion for a healthy society, this just feels like the culmination of a lifes work. The 20plus years in critical practice i have caring for patients, which was incredibly rewarding, overlapped with the 20plus years i had in the representative life, both in state senate and in congress. I to have the opportunity now at this time, this difficult time in our nations history in the Health System we have, to lead this Remarkable Department is as fulfilling as anything. P. M. Bywed at 8 30 conversation with Supreme Court Justice Elena kagan. Justice kagan you said at the very beginning of our conversation, we are not a pure democracy. We are a constitutional democracy. That means the judiciary has an Important Role to play in policing the boundaries of all the other branches. That can make the judiciary and people whent of they say to a governor or president or congress, you cant do