next on c-span, house speaker paul ryan holding a briefing on members of thed freedom caucus joined politico for conversation about their agenda. after that, the house rules committee meeting to discuss a new health care proposal. >> c-span's "washington journal," lives every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, cnbc senior contributor larry kudlow will discuss the efforts by republicans to make major changes to the tax code. cofounders talk about grassroots activism and their efforts to engage legislators at town halls. and what is next for u.s.-china relations? a representative from the wilson center. be sure to watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> the senate holds a final

confirmation vote on supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch tomorrow. this comes after leader mcconnell and fellow republicans changed procedural rules to lower the vote threshold for court nominees to a simple majority. the 60ts vote -- blocked votes, prompting the so-called nuclear option. a final passage vote is scheduled for 11:30 tomorrow. you can watch coverage on c-span two. >> the 13th amendment abolished involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. on friday, a discussion about the relationship tween the 13th amendment of the constitution and the mass incarceration of african-american men. we will have live coverage from the hill center in washington, d.c. starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span.

this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern, united states holocaust memorial museum director and president and ceo of the national september 11th memorial in new york city talk about decryption should and message behind both museums. >> why would you build it in washington am a people ask? we designed the architecture and the exhibitions to try and answer that question. the first part of your museum experience is hearing from that american g.i. who asked the big question, how is it that human beings can do this to one another? and throughout the exhibition, we bring back what america new and when america knew it. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the anniversary of america entering world war i.

and at 2:00, upholds a prize-winning author about how the fenders valued education, jude slavery and persevered in the face of hardship. presidents, seven and john adams was the only one who never owned a slave. out of principle, not because he could not afford them. abigail's feelings were even more strongly voiced than his. >> at 8:00 on the presidency, university of virginia presidential scholar talks about the traits of a great president. >> the sign of good leader is a leader who is self-confident but not arrogant. self-confident in his own leadership and his intellect that he did not worry about having really smart people around him. americanr complete history tv schedule, go to c-span.org.

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new health care amendment. he also spoke about devin nune'' decision to step aside from the russian investigation. this is 15 minutes. mr. ryan: good morning, everybody. everybody is just getting off the bus right now. [laughter] this has been a v