dwight eisenhower moved joe mccarthy. still he appears to, quote, be down in the gutter with mccart mccarthy. the president of the united states cannot afford to name names, he wrote to a friend. nothing would be more than to get the publicity that would be generated by public repudiation by the president. during the 1953, eisenhower had priorities other than joe mccarthy. the nation was still at war in korea which finally ended in july. the american people were still recovering from the trauma of depression and world war ii. the cold war with the soviet union created a climate of fear. especially the fear of subversion. in january, 1954, joe mccarthy's prestige was an approval rating of 50% favorable, 29% unfavorable. by 1954, dwight eisenhower had a conclusion that mccarthy was more than a nuisance. he was a threat to th the president's foreign policy goals to the legislative program, to the country's political stability and to his partie pard his own electoral prospects. in july of 1953, is boyfriend was notified that h

has been written about most is joe mccarthy. there are a dozen books about joe mccarthy. thethere is no biography on senator who have the backbone to stand up to him first. >> do you remember how you want about caring for that speech? >> it is as hard as i have ever worked on anything i have ever delivered from a podium. >> historian david mccullough on his book, a collection of his speeches going back to 1989. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." host: at our table, frank buckley, foundation professor at george mason university. thank you for being here. the "new this piece in york post" -- why the president should embrace single-payer health care. first tell us what is single-payer health care? single-payer health care is a system in which the government will pick up the tab. it is a system very popular in canada. are then ourthere system is here. and very popular with americans. at this point, there is a solid majority of americans who would like something like canadian-style medicare. and that is a plurality of republicans. i think it would be clever of tru

. >> joe mccarthy.re are a dozen books about mccarthy, yet there is no biography of the senator who ha d the backbone to stand up to him first. margaret smith. >> do you remember how you want about preparing for that speech? about it. i do hardest i haven't looked on anything i have ever delivered from a podium. >> historian david mccullough on his book "the american spirit," a selection of his speeches during that in 1989, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> while overseas this week, vice president pence made an unannounced stop at the demilitarized zone during his visit to south korea. there, he received a briefing for military officials and toward the area with his wife and daughters. hespoke ruefully to sit -- spoke briefly to service members. >> on the far

there are a dozen books about joe mccarthy.hethere is no biography on senator who have the backbone to stand up to him first. >> do you remember how you want about caring for that speech? >> it is as hard as i have ever worked on anything i have ever delivered from a podium. >> historian david mccullough on his book, a collection of his speeches going back to 1989. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." host: at our table, frank buckley, foundation professor at george mason university. thank you for being here. the "new this piece in york post" -- why the president should embrace single-payer health care. first tell us what is single-payer health care?

>> joe mccarthy. there are a dozen books about mccarthy, yet there is no biography of the senator who ha d the backbone to stand up to him first. margaret smith. >> do you remember how you want about preparing for that speech? about it. i do hardest i haven't looked on anything i have ever delivered from a podium. >> historian david mccullough on his book "the american spirit," a selection of his speeches during that in 1989, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> while overseas this week, vice president pence made an unannounced stop at the demilitarized zone during his visit to south korea. there, he received a briefing for military officials and toward the area with his wife and daughters. hespoke ruefully to sit -- spoke briefly to service members. >> on the far right [indiscernible] vp. pence: and this building right across the way is what? >> [indiscernible] >> those are north korean guard posts. the line follows those white pickets. vp. pence: where is the white picket? >> right along

there are doesn't books about joe mccarthy, yet there is no biography about the senator that had the backbone to stand up to him first. margit j smith. >> do you remember how you went about preparing for that speech. >> hardest i've ever worked on anything i've ever delivered from a podium. david mccullough on his book, the american spirit, a selection of his speeches going back to 1989. sunday night on 8:00 eastern. ♪ . . . lazar is homeschooled in the seventh-grade, mia lazar is in the ninth-grade. their documentary is called the tempest tossed. >> is not about what political party you are, it's about values and helping these people. >> as parents, this topic was particularly personal because both my parents were refugees. i think that also drove them a little bit. when they do some video on a topic that's personal for them, that helps a lot. i think you so the energy and that's. >> the reason we named the documentary the tempest tossed is because inside the museum of the statue, there is a plaque that has a following saying send these the homeless, tempest tossed to me. it was wri

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>> the 20th century center who has been written about the most is joe mccarthy. >> there's a dozen books about mccarthy yet there is no biography of the senator who has the backbone to stand up to him first. margaret j smith. >> do you remember how you went about preparing for that speech? >> hardest i've ever worked in anything i've ever delivered from a podium. >> david mccullough on his book the american spirit, selection of the speech is going back to 1989, sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> coming up in about ten minutes treasury secretary steven mnuchin and white house budget director mick mulvaney will speak at the institute of international finance policy summit in washington d.c. we will take you there live when it starts. but first a look at the freshman class of the 115th congress. >> trey hollingsworth represent the ninth district of indiana, a republican. what did you do before coming to congress? >> always been in business. i renovated and reposition old manufacturing facilities, so taking decrepit old facilities and turn them around, repositioning them, maki

brian: joe mccarthy. david: then there is a wonderful line. let me just see. i can't quote it offhand. harry truman later said to senator smith, "your declaration of conscious -- of conscience was one of the finest things that has happened here in washington and all my years in the senate and the white house." residents of the other party. but he saw what courage that took, and he knew a lot about courage and strength of character. he was never reluctant to praise somebody who disagree with him on the other side politically if he felt they deserved praise. brian: here's a speech august 5, 1994 at monticello. >> the declaration of independence was not a creation of the gods, but of living men, and let us never forget, extremely brave men. they were staking their lives on what they believed, pledging as jefferson wrote in the final passage of the declaration, "our lives, our fortunes, or sacred honor." brian: how has jefferson done in history? david: he's having a little trouble, and he will have more because there is an awful lot about his time in his nature th

. >> joe mccarthy, a dozen books about him. there is no biography of the senator who had the backbone to stand up to him first, margaret smith. >> do you remember how you went about caring for that speech? worked on i ever anything i have ever delivered from a podium. >> historian david mccullough on his book on the selection of speech is going back to 1989 tonight. "washington journal" continues. host: as congress returns, what can we expect this week? we want to get to your calls and comments. you can send us a tweet. usa today is writing about it with developments over the weekend. congress returns with just five days left to keep the government from shutting down. president trump is adding to the pressure by demanding money for southwest border wall, a controversial program. stopgaps passed a spending bill back in december, which funds agencies through midnight friday. agencies are working on a bipartisan compromise to keep the money flowing through the end of the fiscal year, september 30. they may pass the short-term meas

. >> the 20th century senator who has been written about the most is joe mccarthy, there are a dozen boobs about mccarthy. yet there is no biography of the senator who had the back bone to stand up to him first. margaret j. smith. >> do you remember how you went about preparing for that speech? >> oh, did i go about it. hard as i ever worked on anything i've ever delivered from a podium. >> david mccullough on his book, the american spirit, a selection of his speeches going back to 1989. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q and a. check out our c-span classroom website at c-span.org/classroom, it full of free teaching resources for c-span classroom members. the improved layout gives teachers easy access to resources for the classroom including short current i vents videos that highlight important events in washington d.c., constitution clips that bring the constitution to life, social studies lesson plans, as well as on this day in history resources. our search functional laws c-span classroom teachers to search and fitter by date person key word, topic, and grade level. our bell ringer

there are a dozen books about joe mccarthy, yet there is no biography of the senators who had the back on to stand up to him first -- margaret chase smith. remember how you went about preparing for that speech? ever: the hardest i have worked on anything i have ever delivered on a podium. >> historian david mccullough on spirit," "the american a collection of his speeches going back to 1989, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "q&a." u.s. treasury secretary steve mnuchin spoke at a banking conference about the trump administration's upcoming plan for major tax policy changes. he said a proposal will be reached very soon and will be funded by economic growth. it includes middle income tax cuts and the lowering of corporate tax rates. this is about half an hour. >> i turn to our speaker. let me again thank our good friends and colleagues who have been a cosor

. >> the 20th century senator that is been written about the most is joe mccarthy. of thes no biography senator who had the backbone to stand up to him first, margaret chase smith. >> do you remember how you went about preparing for that speech question mark >> i worked as hard as i ever worked on anything i delivered from a podium. >> historian david mccullough on his book," american spirit." that's sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> trump administration policies were the topic of the committee are economic development conference in washington this week. this portion of the event includes the discussion of assessing the first 100 days of the trump presidency. it's about 45 minutes. >> and we can ask everybody to take their seats, next panel focused on the first 100 days of the new administration in congress and this is a milestone that dates back to the roosevelt -- the roosevelt era. we use the first hundred days to launch the new deal program so the first hundred days has become a nomenclature we use. i don't know how relevant it is but i know the

. >> we've had problems in our history whether joe mccarthy back in the '50s and in watergate, we're very partisan. i know a lot of people who watch this show are passionately progressive. but when we work together, this country is somber off. thank you senator for coming on. there has been a thooem eme by way in sean spicer's briefing today. see if you can pick up on it. watch. >> i don't know what he knows. >> do you know if that is the case? >> i don't. if i start commenting on every one of these stories, gentleman -- that is not our practice. i don't know the answer to that. i don't know the answer to that question. i don't know the answer to that. some of it -- i don't know. i don't know. you should -- i'm not aware of that. >> if you could just find out -- >> no, you can call the fbi. >> do you have any new information about how the chairman did get on to the campus? >> as i said the last few days, i'm not going to discuss it. >> any problem with -- >> i'm not- ---respectfully, th counsel's office is working with them. white house counsel's office sent that letter, it's not my

. >> the 20th century senator that's been written about the most is joe mccarthy. there is dozens of books about mccarthy yet there is no one that -- about one that stood up to him the most. >> do you know how you went about preparing for that speech? >> hards i ever worked on anything i ever delivered from a podium. >> historian david mccullough on his book "the american spirit," a selection of his speeches going back to 1989, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> with the first 100 days of the trump administration approaching, c-span takes a look at the president's cabinet, which includes the senior most appointed officials in the executive branch. we begin our program

and then roy cohn, the math-era fixer -- >> joe mccarthy's lawyer. >> exactly.him essentially, "always be on office and all press is good press." to be clear, i don't actually believe donald trump believes all press is good press ago i have heard him say it a lot. but i think he believes press is important. >> rose: winning is what matters to him. >> selling something is a win whether you win or not. it's very difficult as a president to be clear, you're not going to have an agreement on a shared set of facts with this president sometimes. and we saw this a lot during the campaign. he will present numbers that are just not true about either crowd size or about the effects of his policies or about, you know, when something took place. and when you challenge him on it, he will say, "well, that's what i read somewhere," or "someone sent me that. sm it's never sort of his own domain and he doesn't own it-- he doesn't take proprietary feel for it. a win is in his mind what he decides it is. and that is his challenge right now, how coi tell people, how do i tell the p

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there are doesn't books about joe mccarthy, yet there is no biography about the senator that had the backbone to stand up to him first. margit j smith. >> do you remember how you went about preparing for that speech. >> hardest i've ever worked on anything i've ever delivered from a podium. david mccullough on his book, the american spirit, a selection of his speeches going back to 1989.

books about joe mccarthy. there was no biography of the senator who had the backbone to stand up to them first. >> do you remember how you went about preparing for that speech? >> hardest i've ever worked on anything i've ever delivered from a podium. sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> as part of his visit to washington, d.c., mexico's finance minister discussed his country's economic ties to the u.s. in the future of the north american free trade agreement. from the center for strategic and international studies, this is 40 minutes. >> hello, everyone. i will call us to order relatively quick. sorry we are running late. the secretary has a hard stop at 2:45 so i want to get moving. we hope this is the first of many visits to our new program here with a review focus on both the americas and mexico and particularly you

. >> the 21st century senator that's been written about the most is joe mccarthy. there's a dozen books, but none about the senator who had the back bone to stand up to him first, margaret j. smith. >> do you remember how you went about preparing for that speech? >> i go about it, hardest i've ever worked on anything i've ever delivered from a podium. >> historian david mccullough on his book "the american spirit," a selection of his speeches going back to 1989 sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> sunday night on "after words," congressman ken buck of colorado, also a member of the freedom caucus, discusses his book "drain the swamp: how washington corruption is worse than you think." >> when you arrive in d.c. and you have the surroundings that i've described earlier, you get very comfortable in that situation, and you don't want to give up those comforts. and the way to continue to earn those comforts is to spend more money. and to grow government, and to not solve problems, but to create programs and take credit for those programs, whether they

there are a dozen books about joe mccarthy, yet there is no biography of the senators who had the back on to stand up to him first -- margaret chase smith. remember how you went about preparing for that speech? ever: the hardest i have worked on anything i have ever delivered on a podium. >> historian david mccullough on spirit," "the american a collection of his speeches going back to 1989, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "q&a." u.s. treasury secretary steve mnuchin spoke at a banking conference about the trump administration's upcoming plan for major tax policy changes. he said a proposal will be reached very soon and will be funded by economic growth. it includes middle income tax cuts and the lowering of corporate tax rates. this is about half an hour. >> i turn to our speaker. let me again thank our good friends and colleagues who have been a cosponsor of this event today. the chairman and ceo mark weinberger is a dear friend who will be asking secretary the questions. we are fortunate to have the secretary here today. i have worked directly for four treasury secretaries. oth

joe mccarthy, there are a dozen books about mccarthy, yet there is no biography about the senator whoad the background to stand up to him first, margaret chase smith. >> do you remember how you want about preparing for that speech? david: oh, it was the hardest i had ever worked on anything i had ever delivered from a podium. >> historian david mccullough on american spirit," sunday night at a to point eastern on c-span's "q&a." ♪ c-span, where history unfolds daily. created as aan was public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> "washington journal" continues. we want to introduce you to members, cofounders of the group known as individual, -- indivisible, trying to get people in aggressive politics, in elections overall. joining us are the cofounders, leah greenberg, along with her husband ezra levin, thank you to both of you. tell us about the group. what is the goal? project isindividual supporting what we see as a whe

. >> the 20th century senator who has been written about the most is joe mccarthy.ere are a dozen books about joe mccarthy yet there's no biography of the senator who have the backbone to stand up to him first. margaret chase smith. >> do you remember how you went about preparing for that speech? >> hardest i've ever worked on anything i delivered from the podium. >> historian david mccullough on his book the american spirit. a selection of his speeches going back to 1989 sunday eight eastern on c-span's q and a. >> next a look at russian foreign policy and the future of us russia relations hosted by the center for the national interest in washington dc. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> welcome to the center for thenational interest . we are going to discuss an important but confusing subject.

they are like joe mccarthy's little cousin. bondseared calling barry to testify on steroids. they were afraid that he would say what he was saying to reporters. to useit illegal steroids but it is not illegal to make a t-shirt for $.50 in korea? we can dissect what we like and dislike about sports and challenge not only sports but challenge our society to change. fly overhead and baltimore ravens games, we can ask how many physical education everys are cut to pay for blue angel. windows disgustingly -- when those discussed only sexist -- disgustingly sexist beer commericals are used, we can ask what they are doing. when they see a touchdown dance get to raunchy, we can ask how a network that pays the o'reilly millions and promotes shows like who's your daddy and the littlest groom, i don't want to say what that is about but it is kind of gross. how they have the right to be the purity police. when our cities are attempting to be soaked by stadium deals. .ike the rat house we can stand up as sports fans and say we may love baseball, , i'm not going to give a billionaire $350 m

. >> the 20th century senator who has been written about the most is joe mccarthy. there are a dozen books about joe mccarthy yet there's no biography of the senator who have the backbone to stand up to him first. margaret chase smith. >> do you remember how you went about preparing for that speech? >> hardest i've ever worked on anything i delivered from the podium. >> historian david mccullough on his book the american spirit. a selection of his speeches going back to 1989 sunday eight eastern on c-span's q and a. >> next a look at russian foreign policy and the future of us russia relations hosted by the center for the national interest in washington dc. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> welcome to the center for thenational interest . we are going to discuss an important but confusing subject. what does russia want, what does america need? based on what russia wants, there are a variety ofviews . we don't have any russians here but we have four very accomplished, quite knowledgeable american experts in russia who will present a variety of i would say institutio

. >> joe mccarthy is written about the most. there are one dozen books about him, but there is no biography of the senator who at the backbone to stand up to them first, margaret schmidt. >> do you remember how you went about preparing for that speech? >> how did i go about it? the hardest i have ever worked on anything i have delivered from a podium. >> historian david mccall on his book "the american spirit." a selection of his speeches, going back to 1989, sunday nine on c-span's "q&a." c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. with the first 100 days of the trump administration approaching, c-span takes a look at the president's cabinet, which includes the seniormost appointed officials in the executive branch. we begin our program with attorney general jeff sessions, who was announced as the nominee on november 18 and confirmed by the senate 52-47 on february 8. after working fo

. >> the 20th century senator written about the most is joe mccarthy. there is no book written about the senator who had the backbone to stand up to him first -- margaret chase smith. hard as i have ever worked on anything i have ever delivered from a podium. >> historian david mcculloch on his

was overwhelmed by it and threw them -- and thrown into this huge battle between eisenhower and joe mccarthyis not a surprising took to self medicate himself are going to doctors when he had the symptoms of tension and being prescribed these medicines. on the other hand, if you are member -- if you remember the famous jackson suzanne novel "valley of the dolls," this is what americans did. the pop pills. all the presidents -- they popped pills. all the president before nixon were proud of their ability to pour a drink. i'm reading from the source notes, i will point in the process did he write all the source notes? in the processt did you write all these source notes? john: i keep making the same mistake that i don't write them as i am writing the book, and i have to go back finally i didn't get the exact date right and have to go back and do it again. each time i get a little bit better at it. the next book, i swear i'm going to have them all done when the text is done. brian: it seems to me that this was unusual, that they were more narrative than normal and longer than normal. for you awa

. >> the speaker written about the most is joe mccarthy. there are a dozen books about mccarthy, yet no biography of the senator who had the backbone to stand up to him first, margaret j. smith. >> do you remember how you went about preparing for that speech? >> oh, did i go about it? hardest i've ever worked on anything i've ever delivered from a podium. >> historian david mccullough on his become, "the american spirit," a selection of his speeches going back to 1989. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> senator dan sullivan, a member of the armed services committee, delivered remarks at the for strategic and international studies on the u.s. missile defense. he emtzed the need to strengthen and modernize defense capabilities to counter the threats posed by north korea and other adversaries. i'm tom karako. i direct missile defense projects. we are glad to kick off our event this morning can dan sullivan. she on several committees, commerce, science and transportation, veterans affairs. and senate armed services. and the s

." >> the 20th century sender who has been written about the most is joe mccarthy. there are dozens of books about mccarthy, but there is no biography about the center -- the senator who had the backbone to stand up against him first. >> it was the hardest thing i had ever worked on for what i delivered from a podium. >> it is a selection of his speeches going back to 1989. that is tonight at -- tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern time on c-span. >> now, a look at how foreign policy offense from the past compared to some global issues that speakers discuss the role the u.s. should have an current world affairs. this is one hour. >>

writtenmerican senator about the most is joe mccarthy. there is no biography about the senator who had the backbone to stand up to him first. >> do you remember how you prepared for that speech? >> hardest i have ever worked on anything i ever delivered from a podium. , "the american spirit," and a selection of his speeches going back to 1989, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. >> "washington journal" continues. joining us for discussion on the trump administration's climate agenda is bob deans of the national resources defense council and myron ebell from the competitive enterprise institute. good morning to you both. we talk about the larger issues of the agenda, but first, talk about the paris claimant agreement. the trump administration is debating on whether to stay in it. can you give your perspective on what it is and whether the u.s. should stay in it or not? guest: this is a triumph of american leadership. we're cutting carbon pollution so our children do not inherit dangerous climate change tomorrow. we had the entire world on

senator that has been written about the most is joe mccarthy. there's no biography of the senator who had the backbone to stand up to him first. margaret j smith. >> to know how you went about preparing for that speech? the hardest i've ever worked on anything that i've delivered from a podium. >> the american spirit, a selection of speeches going back to 1989. sunday night on q&a. check out the c-span classroom website at c-span.org/classroom. it's full of teaching resources for classroom members. the improved layout gives teachers easy access to resources. including short current event videos that highlight important events in washington, d.c. constitution clips that bring the constitution to live. social studies lesson plans and history resources. you can search and filter by date, person, keyword, topic, and grade level. bellringer's video clips or teacher favorites. they're paired with vocabulary and discussion questions that make federal government and politics more accessible to your students. >> i love the bellringer's, i will use them i

. > the 20th century senator that has been written about as joe mccarthy or yet there is no biography about the senator would have the backbone to stand up to him first, margaret chase smith. >> do y remember how you went about that. for that speechou? i've ever worked on anything i've ever delivered from a podium. david mccullough on his book "the american spirit," a selection of his speec hes, tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's q&a. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and if brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. ♪ >> on lectures in history, providence college professor jeffrey johnson teaches a class about the 1916 bombing of a parade in san francisco that killed 10 and wounded 40. the bombing took place on preparedness day organized to keep people vigilant in case the u.s. entered world war i. the attack remains the worst act of terrorism in san francisco history. his class is about 50 minutes.

has been written about the most is joe mccarthy. there are dozens of books about mccarthy, but there is no biography about the center -- the senator who had the backbone to stand up against him first. >> it was the hardest thing i had ever worked on for what i delivered from a podium. >> it is a selection of his speeches going back to 1989. that is tonight at -- tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern time on c-span. >> now, a look at how foreign policy offense from the past compared to some global issues that speakers discuss the role the u.s. should have an current world affairs. this is one hour. >> good afternoon, everybody. i would like to welcome you to the public library for our forum, shades of red and blue. along with the carnegie council for ethics in international affairs and the bard college globalization and international affairs program. along with our partners i would , like to welcome you to this important discussion on security. in a moment, i will introduce to the panel. before i do so, if i can just mention a couple of thing

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. >> the 20th century senator written about the most is joe mccarthy. there is no book written about the senator who had the backbone to stand up to him first -- margaret chase smith. hard as i have ever worked on anything i have ever delivered from a podium. >> historian david mcculloch on his story of a collection of speech is going back to 1989. now, a look at how foreign policy events from the past compared to some of the global issues that were prevalent during the 2016 presidential campaign. speakers discuss the role the u.s. should have an current world affairs. this is one hour. towould like to welcome you the near public library. along with the carnegie council for ethics in international affairs and the bard college globalization and internalize ancient affairs program. welcome you to this important discussion on security. in a moment, i will introduce to the panel. if i can just mention a couple of things beforehand. if you are tweeting, then we have the world's longest #-- hashtag. i should mention that a number of our panelists are distingu

presidency in six years and he was overwhelmed by and run into this huge battle between eisenhower and joe mccarthyis not a surprise is that took to self-medicating himself or going to the doctors when he had the estimates of tension and being prescribed these medicines. on the other hand, if you are remembering the famous jackson suzanne novel "valley of the dolls," this is what americans did. they cost a lot of pills and they drank a lot. all the presidents before nixon were proud of their ability to drink or makes a cocktail. drinking as the use of tranquilizers and sleeping pills , as, now as the anti-anxiety drug are today. >> at what point in the process it did you write all the source of? -- source notes? john: i keep making the same mistake that i don't write them as i am writing the book, and i have to go back finally i didn't get the exact date right and have to go back and do it again. each time i get a little bit better at it. the next book, i swear i'm going to have them all done when the text is done. brian: it seems to me that this was unusual, that they were more narrative than norm

. >> the 20th century senator that's been written about the most is joe mccarthy. there are a dozen books about mccarthy yet there is no book about the senator who had the backbone to stand up to him first, margaret j. smith. >> do you remember how you went about preparing for that speech? >> did i go about it. hardest i've ever worked. >> historian david mccullough on his book "the american spirit, a collection of his speeches going back to 1989." sunday night on cspan's q&a. >>> next, connecticut senator christopher murphy speaks about foreign policy issues and national security. he also put forward a plan to increase the state department's budget while increasing funding for humanitar

. >> we have had problems in our history, joe mccarthy back in the 50s, republicans put him away.watergate it was democrats and republicans putting him away. when we are bipartisan and work together, this country is so much better off. thank you senator for coming on tonight. there has been a theme by the way in sean spicer's briefing today, at least on questions on russia, flynn, and devin nunes. see if you can pick up on it, watch? i don't know what he knows. >> do you know if that is the case? >> i don't, if i start commenting on every one of these stories, i can't -- that's not our practice. i don't know the answer to that. i don't know the answer to that question. i don't know the answer to that. some of it -- i don't know. i don't know. you should -- i'm not aware of that. >> if you could just find out. >> you can call the fbi. >> do you have any new information about how the chairman did get onto the campus? >> as i said the last two days i'm not going to discuss that. >> will you release any -- >> respectfully, the counsel's office is working with them. i don't want to get

. >> joe mccarthy, a dozen books about him.here is no biography of the senator who had the backbone to stand up to him first, margaret smith. >> do you remember how you went about caring for that speech? worked on i ever anything i have ever delivered from a podium. >> historian david mccullough on his book on the selection of speech is going back to 1989 tonight. "washington journal" continues. host:

." >> the 20th century senator written about the most is joe mccarthy. there are a dozen books about mccarthy. yet there is no biography of the senator who had the backbone to stand up to him first, margaret chase smith. >> do you remember how you went about preparing for that speech? >> oh, did i go about it? hard as anything as i've ever delivered from a mopodium. >> a selection of his speeches going back to 1989, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >>> congress returns from its two-week recess next week. the u.s. house is back tuesday and is expected to turn its attention to federal spending for the remainder of this budget year. current government funding runs out a week from today. the house also needs to raise the debt ceiling, an issue that was contentious while barack obama was in the white house. live coverage of the house is on our companion network c-span. the senate comes into session monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. that afternoon, senators will vote on the nomination of former georgia governor sonny perdue to be agriculture secretar

. >> we've had really problems in our history, whether it's joe mccarthy back in the '50s, it's been republicans who put him away. and in watergate, it was republicans, and democrats putting them away. i know a lot of people that watch this show are passionately progressive. but when we're bipartisan and work together, the good people get together, this country is so much better off. thank you, senator, for coming on tonight. >> there's been a theme at sean spicer's briefing today, at least on questions about russia, flynn, and devin nunes. see if you can pick up on it. watch. >> i don't know what he knows. >> do you know if that is the case? >> i don't. if i start commenting on every one of these stories, i can't -- that's not our practice. >> i don't know the answer to that. >> i don't know the answer to that question. >> i don't know the answer to that. some of it, i don't know. >> i don't know. you should -- i'm not aware of that. >> well, you could just find out -- >> no. you can call the fbi. >> do you have any fou information about how the chairman did get onto the c campus --

>> just at the moment, we're living in a world where the trump presidency is as if joe mccarthy had at mccarthy did in the early 1950s, remember, we're only one person removed from trump to mccarthy, and that's roy cohn. they shared an attorney. the cohn/mccarthy strategy during the red baiting in the early '50s was simply announce something. doesn't have to be true. just announce it so it's covered and talked about. and that's the nature of propaganda and that's what we're living in and the other thing that the president is -- one of his tells is when he says there's more on this coming, you always know he's making it up. when he says there's more on this coming. and i think that's as though he wants you to tune in next week for the next episode. i think these two cultural tributaries have come together. >> like the tease to a reality show or when i say more on this, right after the break. so, anyway. >> yeah. >> listen, there are some very complicated issues happening, you know, around the world, right? and he's at the seat of power in the center of it. what exactly is our foreign p