Bloomberg News Congressional Reporter Michael Bender discusses the current state of legislation on Capitol Hill as Congress begins its August recess and what to expect lawmakers return in September.

Phone lines are open for viewer calls on news of the day.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations holds a hearing on the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict and whether Israel is complying U.S. and international laws in its most recent battles with Gaza.

The Hill Staff Writer Peter Schroeder discusses the latest on border security emergency supplemental spending legislation in the House.

Representatives Bob Latta (R-OH), Brian Higgins (D-NY) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) discuss telecommunications legislation on preventing the FCC from reclassifying broadband as a utility, sports blackout rules and reducing communications regulation.

Cheryl Chumley talks about her book, Police State U.S.A.: How Orwell’s Nightmare is Becoming Our Reality, in which she argues that the government’s desire to monitor and control the public is greater now than ever before.

Former Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) responds to viewers' questions and comments on topics such as the U.S. economy and foreign policy. He’s the author of The Revolution: A Manifesto, End the Fed, and more.

This 1968 Office of Economic Opportunity documentary describes a fact-finding trip by Johnson administration officials and efforts to assist Spanish speaking Americans as part of the War on Poverty programs.

Sylvia Jukes Morris, author of Price of Fame: The Honorable Clare Boothe Luce, discusses her second volume on the notable politician, socialite, writer and diplomat who lived from 1903 to 1987.

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The House debates and approves a $694 million border security bill to deal with the flood of immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as they flee from violence in Central America, including $35 million for the National Guard to help in the effort.

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Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) criticizes Republicans for "hatefulness" in their approach to the influx of unaccompanied immigrant children across the U.S. border and says "we will remember that" at election time.

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