a reminder if you missed any of this event, you'll be able to watch it on demand. go to c-span.org. a response to last night's strikes against syria. political co writing president trump split congress into several camps, winning bipartisan backing from some senior lawmakers and sparking a coalition of those on the left and right who raised constitutional concerns. congressional leaders in both parties, largely signalled their support. house house speaker paul ryan called the strikes appropriate and just and said he looks forward to the administration further engaging

congress in this effort. top democrats like house minority leader nancy pelosi and dick durbin also offered their support but both made clear they believe any escalation would require the approval of congres you can you can read more about it at politico.com. speaking speaking of the syria attacks, the u.n. security council is meeting right now to discuss last night's actions against syria. you can you can see that live on our companion network, c-span. and over on c-span 2, the senate is taking a final confirmation vote now on supreme court nominee, neil gorsuch, that coming after members voted yesterday to move forward with the nomination after republicans changed the procedural rules to lower the vote threshold for high court nominees to a simple majorit watch watch that senate vote live now on our companion network, c-span 2. the jobs report was released earlier today. u.s. employers added just 98,000

jobs last month. the fewest in a year. though the unemployment rate fell to a nearly seven-year low of 4.5%. according to the labor department, the rate fell because nearly a half million more americans reported finding jo economists economists had expected a falloff in hiring in march after job gains in january and february had averaged a robust those 237,000. those increases had been fueled partly by strong hiring and construction, which occurred because of unseasonably warm winter weather. construction companies added 6,000 jobs in march. the fewest in seven months. retailers suffering from the shift to online shopping slashed 30,000 jobs. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern, united states holocaust memorial

museum museum directors of the september 11 memorial and museum in new york city talk about the creation and message behind both >> museums. >> why would you build it in washington, people asked. doesn't it belong in berlin or jerusalem? so so we designed the architecture and the exhibitions to try to answer that question. so the first part of your museum experience is hearing from that american g.i. who asks that big question, which is how is it that human beings can do this to one another. and then throughout the exhibition, we keep bringing back what america knew and when america knew it. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the centennial of america's entry into the great war from the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, and and at 2:00, pulitzer prize winning historian, david mccullough on how the founders valued education, viewed slavery and persevered in the face of >> hardship. >> first seven presidents of the united states, be john adams was the only one who never owned a slave.

out of out of principle. not not because he couldn't necessarily afford one. but out of principle. and abigail's feelings about it were even more strongly voiced than his. >> and then at 8:00, on the university of virginia presidency. un presidential scholar, barbara perry, talks about the traits of a great president. >> the sign of a good leader is a leader who is self confederate, but not arrogant. so confident in his own leadership and in his seleintel that he didn't worry about having really smart people around him. >> for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. dr. scott gottlieb testified before the senate health and education committee about his nomination as commissioner of the food and drug administration. dr. gottlieb dr. gottlieb said, if confirmed, his top priority would be combatting the nation's opioid