he's grinning like a maniac, i call it the visa card of the future. [laughter] >> now if you missed any of these author programs with satirist p.j. o'rourke or want to visit them in their entirety, you can visit our archives, using the search box at the top of the page and search p.j. o'rourke. >> tonight, on book tv, political leaders beginning at 8 p.m. eastern, "time" magazine national political correspondent molly ball discusses the career of house speaker nancy pelosi. followed by a discussion on what donald trump and winston churchill have in common. then a talk about the character and motivations of north korea's kim jong-un. watch book tv tonight and over

the weekend on c-span2. the. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in for a pro forma session. they are meeting briefly every three days to technically stay in session while senators are in their home states. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the parl men tehran will read a communication to the senate. the parliamentarian parliamentarian:washington,d.c. , may 26, 2020, to the senate:under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable josh hawle >> the u.s. senate gavelling out after a brief pro forma.

returning for votes monday, june 1st with work on june 1st, follow live senate coverage here on c-span2. >> with the federal government at work in d.c. and throughout the country, use the congressional directory for contact information for members of congress, governors, and federal agencies. order your copy on-line today at c-span store.org. up next, on book tv, we're going to show author programs from our archives that focus on race. we begin with the manhattan institute's heather mcdonald, she argues diverse thinking at the collegiate level. this is from 2018. >> this is a different experience i've been speaking