for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. q&a programs are also available at c-span podcasts. we found that public officials, the people who really govern this country, that it's not congress, it's not the president, it's bureaucrats. they write thousands of rules and regulations that have the force of law. and we found out that they don't think much of ordinary

americans. >> sunday night on q&a, benjamin ginsburg at johns hopkins university talks about his book, what washington gets wrong, the unelected officials who actually run the government, and their misconceptions about the american people. >> what do we learn? we learn we elects a congress that makes the law, the president executes the law, the courts review the laws. but that ain't exactly how the system works. much of it we think of as the law, consists of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies. by bureaucrats who are not elected by anyone, and who often serve for decades. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. women from across the country will be in the nation's capital city tomorrow for the women's march on washington. among the speakers, gloria steinam, harry belafonte and

cecile richards. c-span will have live coverage tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern. and the 58th presidential inaugural prayer service. president donald trump and vice president mike pence will attend here in washington, d.c. the morning after the inauguration. it gets under way tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern. this weekend, c-span's city tours along with the comcast cable partners explore the literary life and history of harrisburg, pennsylvania. on book tv on c-span2, paul kahan talks about the life of one of pennsylvania's most prominent political figures of the 19th century. >> in many ways people should talk about the age of simon cameron. this is a man whose political skills were undeniable. and a man who built a political machine that lasted far beyond

any of those constructed by his contemporaries. >> then on "american history tv" on c-span3, visit the site of the 1839 wig convention with historian howard parker as he explains the back room details and trickery that led to harrison becoming the party's presidential candidate. >> what makes this convention so special, it was the first time that there was more than one candidate being put forward for the nomination for the presidency of the united states. >> and pennsylvania capital preservation committee historian jason wilson takes us on a tour of the house, senate and supreme court chambers of the state's capital. >> the time when this capitol was built, there was only about a 15 or 20-period where it would have been built in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. we call it the pennsylvania's palace of art. because we were at the height of industry. we were at the height of capitalism. everything was being made and done in pennsylvania. at the turn of the last century.

>> the c-span cities tour, saturday at noon eastern, on c-span2's book tv and sunday afternoon on c-span3. working with the cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. our c-span bus travels to local schools, colleges, and universities in communities across the country. recently our bus stopped in hampton, virginia, visiting students at hampton high school. here's ooh video students made about our visit. >> pretty hard to miss the c-span bus outside of hampton high school today. inside students are receiving an informational session about c-span's mission. c-span's bus goes around our nation speaking to high school students, colleges and universities, and also speaking at political gatherings. let's take an inside look.

>> it was really informative. the way they laid it out was awesome. >> we reach out to students through e-mail correspondence and through their 11th and 12th grade social study classes. they applied and wrote a one-paragraph statement about what this experience would mean to them. many of them responded in terms of their career interests. others in terms of their interest in media. and then others just in response to their questions about how the recent campaign of 2016 occurred, and how c-span was a part of that effort. >> the students of hampton high school, we want them to be able to come on the bus and learn all there is to know. our goal is educational and community outreach. and if they come on, they can learn about c-span, ways they can use that in the classroom as a resource, opportunities for them, whether it's internships or student competition. we just want them to be engaged

and have their voices heard, what's happening in their government and how they can make a difference. >> they go across the nation with this bus. we're excited that they're going to be an interactive experience for the can ids to see what goes on behind the scenes. >> my experience in having the opportunity to sit in the same seats as ben carson, bernie sanders, and learn that more -- i have another source for more political research. >> if i need any political advice, and i need any information on issues, that i can go to a nonpartisan site. >> approximately 150 students had the opportunity to tour the bus today. they learned some information that they can use while in the classroom, and at home. until next time, reporting for school notes, i'm xavier williams. >> on the road with the c-span bus.