also on c-span3. you can watch both hearings live on c-span.org or listen using the c-span radio app. up next on c-span, defense secretary james mattis testifies about the administration's for 2018.udget west then president trump met with republican senators to talk about health care legislation. attorney general jeff sessions testified about russia and the 2016 elections earlier before the senate intelligence committee. he was questioned by california senator dianne feinstein. senator feinstein: welcome, attorney general. attorney general sessions: thank you. --ator feinstein: essentially told them that president trump intended to remove director comey. when you wrote your letter on may 9, it you know the president

had already decided to fire director comey? sessions:eneral senator feinstein, i would say i believe it has been made public the president asked us our opinion. it was given, and he asked us to put that in writing. and i don't know how much more he said about it than that, but i believe he has talked about it. and i would let his words speak for themselves. on may 11, onein: nbc nightly news, two days later, the president stated he was going to fire comey regardless of the recommendations area so, i'm puzzled about the recommendations because the .ecision had been made so what was the need for you to write a recommendation? sessions: well,

we were asked our opinion, and was we expressed, which consistent with the memorandum and the letter we wrote, i felt comfortable in, i guess the deputyy general -- the attorney general did, too, providing that information in writing. senator feinstein: do you concur with the president he was going to fire comey regardless of recommendation because the problem was the russian investigation question mark -- investigation? attorney general sessions: i guess i will have to let his words speak for themselves. i'm not sure what was in his mind explicitly when we talked with him. senator feinstein: did you ever discuss director comey's fai handling of the russian investigations with the president or anyone else? sessions:eneral senator feinstein, that would

call for medication between the president and attorney general. i am not able to comment on that. feinstein: you're not able to answer here whether you discussed that with him? attorney general sessions: that is correct. how do younstein: view that, since you discussed the determination, why would you not discuss the reasons? sessions: those were put in writing and said to be president. he made those public. he made that public, not -- senator feinstein: you had no verbal conversation with them regarding mr. comey? i amney general sessions: not able to discuss with you or confirm or deny the nature of private conversations i may have had with the president on this subject or others. will beow how this discussed, but that is the rule that has long been adhered to by the department of justice, as you know, senator feinstein.

senator feinstein: you are a long-term colleague, but we admiral. coates and rodgers a essentially the same thing when it was easy just to say the answer was no, no area -- no. attorney general sessions: it would be just as easy to say if the answer was yes, yes, but both would have been improper. at 8 a.m. eastern on "reel america" -- president reagan: general secretary gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. , open this gate. applause]d mr. gorbachev,n:

tear down this road. >> president reagan's trip to berlin. then on "lectures in history" how the baby boom, urbanization, and the emergence of teen culture changed post-world war ii society. >> there was a separate youth culture. advertisers are looking at this. young people have their own style of dress, the kind of music they listen to. there is a segregation, separation of youth culture from mainstream culture. >> and sunday at 8 p.m. eastern on "the presidency," joe haldeman offers an insider's --w into richard nixon's jill haldeman offers an insider's view into richard nixon's white house. house phone rings and i instantly assume it's the dreaded call from nixon. the conversation is surprisingly

brief. me president wants john and to meet him at camp david later that day. when the phone rings again, i find him composed. that was the press secretary, he says. he is at cap david, too. the president now feels very strongly that john and i should volunteer to resign. >> for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. services johnd mccain was critical of the trump administration for not having a comprehensive strategy for the ongoing war in afghanistan. defense secretary james mattis and the chair of the great of staff took questions from senator mccain -- general dunford to questions from senator mccain.