[applause] [inaudible conversations] >> tonight the tv is in prime time with "after words". ken buck is interviewed on his book drain the swamp. elizabeth rosenthal a examines the business side of healthcare in her book, an american sickness how healthcare became big business and how you can take it back. ohio governor john kasich is interviewed on his book, two paths, america divided or united. that's tonight on c-span2. >> don't be afraid of your ambition, of your dream, or even your anger.

those are powerful forces. harness them to make a difference in the world. stand up for truth and reason. >> remember this, nothing worth doing ever came easy. following your convictions means you must be willing to face criticism from those who lack the same courage to do what is right. >> remember what it felt like to gain a new perspective, to understand that new knowledge and a set test, to master a new skill or maximize your talents so that when life knocks you down, and i promise you, it will knock you down, you will get back up because you know what it takes to rise. >> saturday night at 80 stern, 2017 commencement speeches. speakers include hillary clinton at wellesley college

in massachusetts, president donald trump at liberty university in lynchburg virginia, bernie sanders at brooklyn college in new york. representative mia love at the university of hartford in connecticut, former u.s. deputy attorney general sally yates at harvard law school in cambridge massachusetts. president and ceo of hewlett-packard at carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh and national institutes of health director francis collins at southern methodist university in dallas. saturday night at 80 stern on c-span and c-span.org. >> on sunday, author and journalist matt kub will be our guest. >> if you grow up looking at thousands and thousands of faces until one day you see the one face you feel was put on earth just for you and you instantly fall in love in that moment, for me trump was like

that except it was the opposite. when i first saw him on the campaign trail, i thought this is a person who is unique, horrible, amazing terrible characteristics were put on earth specifically for me to appreciate or unappreciated or whatever the verb is. i had really been spending a lot of the last 10 - 12 years, without knowing it, preparing for donald trump to happen. he is a contributor to "rolling stone" magazine and is the author of several books including smell like dead elephants, dispatches from a rotting empire, the great arrangement, a terrifying true story of war, politics and religion, grist topia, a story of bankers, politicians and the most audacious power grab in american history. his most recent book, insane clown president dispatches

from the 2016 circus. during our live three our conversation, we will take your calls, tweets and questions on his literary career. watch in-depth with author and journalist live sunday. >> tonight at 80 stern on our companion network c-span, a conversation with novelist and conservative journalist about the news media and so-called thickness. here is a brief look at the comments from them. >> we can all come up with occasions when the press got it horribly wrong. we can equally come up with the opposite when the press did us in national service and getting things right that people were trying to conceal. only because it's the most famous, watergate comes to mind. i think we are living, part of the reason for this is the

mainstream media have been impoverished and there are fewer working journalists to dig out truths and larger and larger number of opinion of people filling up the spaces and there's more opinion and less hard digging, and that's the problem. it seems to me we live in a changed situation. we live in a situation where on his first day in office, the president of the united states declared war of the news media. he declared them to be his enemy and "after words" expanded that to make them the enemy of the people, a term which stalin would recognize. i am sure that mr. trump is unfamiliar, but he may have heard of stalin, and if he hasn't been steve bannon has. if you are in a situation

where the most powerful authority in the land declares the news media to be not only his personal adversary, but also the enemy of the american people, that is a changed situation. >> you can see all of his remarks on fake news and also conservative journalist on c-span at eight eastern. former fbi director james, he is said to testify thursday before the senate intelligence committee. he is investigating russian intelligence activity. he will testify in an open session followed by a closed session. c-span three will have live coverage at ten eastern. you can also find it as c-span.org and listen live on the c-span radio app. senator kiersten tweeted her response to trump's announcement that the u.s. is withdrawing from the paris climate change agreement

saying new yorkers will lead on climate and take up the mantle read this administration chooses to fail. it is up to us. bob corker sent this message, the left anger about the paris climate agreement should be directed at president obama. now here is french president emmanuel grounds remark shortly after trump made the paris accord announcement yesterday. the six minute portion is courtesy of france 24. >> the president is beginning, reaction to president trumps decision to withdrawal. >> the statement by the united states president, because the times, i duly note the decision by the u.s. president to withdraw from the paris agreement on the climate. i respect the sovereign decision, but i regret it. i hope the view that he is making a mistake in terms of the interest of his countr