tonight on cspan 3, american history in primetime. conversations with african-american women leaders including dorothy hite. american history tv in primetime begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cspan 3. on sunday, author and journalist will be our guest. >> if you grew up looking at thousands of faces, until one day you see that one face that you'll was put on earth just for you and that's instantly you fall in love in that moment. you know, 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 and amazing terrible characteristics were put on earth, you know, specifically for me to appreciate or unappreciate or whatever the verb is. because 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 smells like dead elephants. dispatches from a rotting empire. the great derangement. a terrifying true story of war, politics and religion. griftopia. and his most recent book, insane clown president. dispatches from the 2016 circus. during our live three hour conversation, we'll take your calls, tweets and facebook

questions on his literary career. watch in depth with author and journalist matt taibbi 3:00 p.m. eastern on sunday. in case you missed it, the oregon senator ron widen on the cbo score on the american healthcare act. >> what's still intact is medicaid cuts. and these cuts are going to hit american communities like a wrecking ball. and the pain is going to be felt throughout the ages. >> vermont senator bernie sanders and mick mulvaney on the proposed 2018 budget. >> why does a billionaire family get a $52 billion tax break, please tell the american people. >> we think it's wrong that ordinary folks lose coverage and we want -- >> ordinary people. is the walton family an ordinary family? >> no, they're not they're

extraordinary but ordinary people are losing -- >> i asked you'd why the wealthiest family -- >> because we repeal obamacare. >> secretary of homeland security john kelly on future manchester style terrorist attacks. >> these are kids, mostly, men and women, that were born and raised in france, germany, they have legal passports. they have left to go fight in the caliphate. many cases their countries don't know they've left. then they come back. now they're hardened warriors that will do things like manchester. so as horrible as manchester was, my expectation is we're going to see a lot more of that kind of attack. >> bob woodward on his impressions of president trump. >> we asked him about kind of power. what's power and quoted some things obama had said about power is -- comes to the united

states because of its humility and restraint. you know, trump is -- then he said -- it's one of those moments where he said real power is -- i hate to use the word. but real power is fear. >> cspan programs are available at cspan.org on our home page and by searching the video library. the house way and means committee recently held a hearing on the gop proposal for an import tax, called a border adjustment tax. the ceo's of target and archer daniels midland testified along with the former ceo of walmart and an economic official from the george w. bush administration. the committee will come to order. well to the way and means committee hearing on increasing u.s. competitiveness in prev