weekend on book tv, saturday at 8:30 p.m. eastern, author richard dawkins scientific on the way of thinking over relying on prejudice or feelings. >> science certainly can help you enormously in thinking clearly about what to do about what is right and wrong. you can identify logical inconsistencies in your moral position. announcer: sunday at 2:30 p.m. eastern, recalling the life of robert smalls, a former slave who became the first african-american captain of an army ship, and went on to serve five terms in congress. by him andscinated particularly fascinated by the idea that i have never heard of him, because i had done through my work at national geographic and smithsonian, and writing for the civil war blog, had met a lot of stories about the civil war. i was amazing to find he was not a better-known figure. announcer: at 9:00 p.m., former wall street journal writer and

actor george malone is interviewed by a financial times global analyst. >> the federal exchange act again, with the idea that this would stabilize money at that point, local banks could issue money against gold. it in theirdly had vault. it created a national currency. the 1920's, they began to have second thoughts. [laughter] announcer: for more this weekend's schedule, go to book tv.org. >> c-span's voices from the road at the national conference of state legislatures summit in boston, asking attendees, what is the most important issue to your state? >> what is really important to

our state is that washington makes sure we maintain health care for the poor, the elderly, and the infirm. we have to make sure if we replace obamacare, we replace it with something smart and reasonable. >> and an issue that we really are struggling with right now is property tax. the fast increase in real estate property, particularly in rural areas, farmers are struggling to pay very high property tax. how do we balance that with what is going on with the property tax and the needs for schools? i am on the appropriations committee, so it is one of those issues we are dealing with. how to balance out and make equitable property taxes for the state. >> the most important issue facing our constituents today the opiatenately,

crisis. i would like to talk about children and how they are the collateral damage. one day, they will need therapy to explain how they lost their education, their family members, and other loved ones. basically we are talking about a neglect issue. we need more money and a declaration of an emergency. thank you. >> seems to me the most important issue facing our state that keepsisanship us from making any progress. i do not believe in putting allegiance in a party over my oath of office. if we can defeat this issue, there's no issue we can't tackle. >> one of our issues this to make sure that they can of this ofl, there is a policy having representation of minorities and women. this is an issue.

we feel it is very important and will be addressed in 2018. announcer: voices from the road, on c-span. announcer: here's a headline from reuters. white house says it is committed to raising debt ceiling. the white house says it was committed to making sure congress raises the nations debt limit, even as the president described a looming legislative mess." as "a it is our job to inform congress of the debt ceiling and it is their job to raise it, spokeswoman sarah sanders told reporters. we need to make sure we pay our debts or it we are still committed to making sure it gets raised. read more at reuters.com. next on c-span, we will review the 2018 federal budget and appropriations process. defense secretary james mattis was in ukraine today, and says

russia has failed to abide by peace agreements meant to end the conflict in eastern ukraine. and later, a forum on north korea. ♪ announcer: c-span's "washington journal, " every day with news and policy issues that impact you. and author talks about his book, "the impossible presidency: the rise and fall of america's highest office." then america conservative union on president trump's recent rally and his performance after charlottesville. and eric olson of the woodrow wilson international center for scholars discusses u.s. policy towards venezuela. live "washington journal," at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning. join the discussion. c-span, a now on review oth