american history tv, the national review institute upset the life and legacy of william f buckley junior, the tv personality, political activist, and founder of the national review, who died 10 years ago in 2008. mr. buckley is often credited with shaping modern conservatism with his writing and debating other commentators on the pbs show firing line. this is just over 20 minutes. >> good afternoon and welcome. thank you all for coming. you can all filter in on the seats here. we have a few on the side here. no need to stand in the back. welcome. my name is lindsay craig. it is my letter to welcome you to the main event in the series celebrating the life and legacy of william f buckley junior, the founder of the modern conservative movement. today marks 10 years since bill passed away. it is an opportunity for us to look back nostalgically and remember the important lessons he offered and how he founded and nurtured the conservative movement. we want all of our events to be inspirational and not just historical. william f buckley junior had a special ability to bring together a range of

sunday on american history to have at 12:55 eastern, remembering the life and legacy of william f. buckley jr., the tv personality, activist and founder of "the national review" who died in 2008. at 8:00 p.m. on "the presidency" the relationship between george washington and native americans is examined by author colin calloway, in his book "the indian world of george washington." >> earlier today outgoing secretary of state rex tillerson delivered farewell remarks to his staff at the state department. mr. tillerson was fired by president trump on march 13 while returning to washington from his first official trip to africa. he served as secretary of state for 14 months. this is 10 minutes. mr. tillerson: for those of you gathered here today, i truly appreciate the opportunity to bid you a proper farewell. first, i must thank each and every one of you for the role you play in enabling the state department to lead our foreign policy efforts and conduct the steady diplomacy that is the work of the department on behalf of the american people. none of this is possible without your daily contri

eastern, remembering the life and legacy of william f. buckley, jr., and the tv personality and the political activist and founder of the national review who died in 2008. at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, the relationship between george washington and native americans is examined by colin callaway and his book, the indian world of george washington and the first president and the first americans and the birth of the nation. >> now to a house homeland security subcommittee where representatives from the tsa and the national center for transgender equality answer questions about the patdown process at airports when s, c accommodating disable the people with disabilities. this is about an hour. >> let's get going. committee of homeland security will come to order. the sub committee is meeting today to examine tsa's efforts to effectively engage with the

sunday on american history to have at 12:55 eastern, remembering the life and legacy of william f. buckley jr., the tv personality, activist and founder of "the national review" who died in 2008. at 8:00 p.m. on "the presidency" the relationship between george washington and native americans is examined by author colin calloway, in his book "the indian world of george washington." >> earlier today outgoing secretary of state rex

american history tv, the national review institute upset the life and legacy of william f buckley junior, the tv personality, political activist, and founder of the national review, who died 10 years ago in 2008. mr. buckley is often credited with shaping modern conservatism with his writing and debating other commentators on the pbs show firing line. this is just over 20 minutes. >> good afternoon and welcome. thank you all for coming. you can all filter in on the seats here. we have a few on the side here. no need to stand in the back. welcome. my name is lindsay craig. it is my letter to welcome you to the main event in the series celebrating the life and legacy of william f buckley junior, the founder of the modern conservative movement.

eastern, remembering the life and legacy of william f buckley junior, the television personality, political activist, and founder of the national review. at 8 p.m. on " the first president, the first americans, and the birth of a nation. >> the white house said the president will sign the $1.3 trillion omnibus bill once approved by congress. the announcement came during a briefing with budget director mick mulvaney and legislative affairs director mark short. this is 20 minutes. ms. sanders: good afternoon. the president has three events today that are open to the press pool, and there's a lot to cover, soy wanted to make sure you have the most updated information on the omnibus. this bill is so important on many fronts, from school safety and troop funding to opioids and veterans care. togive you an update best give your rundown and answer questions, we have mick mulvaney short.k short -- marc at the conclusion of their q&a, our press team is around, as always, to answer questions you may have on news of the day. thanks very much, you guys. >> thanks, sarah. we're just going to make a brie

any woman that goes from william f buckley junior to sean hannity. goes from milton friedman to stephen benton. it is not experiencing an intellectual -- [laughter] it is experienced a disaster. a movement that goes from ronald reagan to donald trump has taken a very strange turn. and frankly, as i sat there and i watched this happen in real time, i was struggling, what is going on here? is this radical continuity? was donald trump really, is he just a bizarre cartoon version of a conservative has always been? is this a hostile takeover? i wanted to believe this was a hostile takeover with a otherwise healthy conservative movement. i think it is harder to sustain. donald trump is not nearly a cause, he is clearly a symptom. the dysfunction of conservative movement and republican party was clearly a pre-existing condition. it would not have been covered under any of the more recent more public health care plan by the way. [laughter] but my dissolution, and have to tell you what my experience was. because i had worked very closely with many of the cons

weekend on american history tv, the national review institute looks at the life and legacy of william f buckleyr.. politicalsonality, activist, and founder of the national review who died in 2008. here's a preview. thing and let us which dusty rhodes called me. editor of national review online at the time. posto you write a coroner saying that bill buckley died? people started emailing you right away with their stories. oh my goodness. first of all, people were devastated. all these people who maybe never met bill or met him once at their college campus -- they felt like they lost a friend and said that they were devastated. some of the stories that people were sending me, first of all, they were all similar in the sense that if you had met hill on a college campus or whatever the story -- if you admit bill , the person campus would say that they made them feel like the most important person in the world. the kind of respect that you have when you appreciate other people as created beings created by creator and all that. there was one letter in particular from a man who said, i hope christopher

the national review institute looks at the life and legacy of william f buckley junior, television personality, political activist, and founder of the national review, who died in 2008. here is a preview. >> one other thing. rich and dusty rose called me. the person who wrote the corner post, saying the u.s. buckley just died. buckley hadlliam f just died. how do you write a eulogy? people were devastated. maybe they met him once at the airport or on their college campus. but they regarded him as a friend. it was like someone in their family had died. sending me stories that were all similar in the sense that if you had met him on a college campus, at a dinner, the person would say, he treated me like i was the most important person in the world, fully present. he treated them with respect. the kind of respect you have when you appreciate other by ae, creative beings creator. there was one letter in particular from a man who said, i consider bill my father. he didn't have a father growing up. line" was just fatherly presence in his life. fatherly presence in his life. the days following were l

john birch society back when i was a little child, and the true conservative movement led by william f. buckley and barry goldwater and others kept their distance from that. - right. - and then, little by little, people running the republican party didn't keep their distance so much and allowed that conspirasism to seep into the mainstream, and by the way, it's not only the right. - well, there's left conspirasism, right? - sure, but it is, the bad consequences of fantasyland that i talk about politically are disproportionately right. - or at least at the moment they are. - exactly. we'll do the sequel in 10 years where the left has gone completely crazy. - it occurs to me that one great example of this or topic of conversation around this would be climate change or climate science. - [kurt] yes, yes. - where it's such false equivalency. 97% of the world believes that this is a thing, or more. 2% doesn't, we have to leave it there. - yeah, teach the controversy. - right, he said, she said. - and again, i didn't really, until i started doing the research for this book, didn't realize to what deg

i was part of a movement for 25 years and a movement that goes from william f. buckley junior and from milton friedman isn't experiencing. it experienced a disaster. a movement that goes from ronald reagan to donald trump has taken a very strange turn. i was struggling what is going on here is this radical continuity, was donald trump sort of a bizarre cartoon version of what conservatism has always been, is this a hostile takeover? i wanted to believe it was a takeover. the dysfunction in the conservative movement was clearlyen a pre-existing conditn that wouldn't have been covered under any of the recent republican health plans by the way. [laughter] >> but my disillusionment, and i have to tell you what my experience was because they worked very closely with the conservative leaders in wisconsin and nationally when we eradicate this narcissism. meaty it won't be so bad if we do this. i'm old enough to remember when the republicans actually said character matters. do you remember that moment? was a moment i'm sitting watching cable television which i do too much of a.

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and i had been a long time admirer of his brother, william f buckley,, jr. i read national review. and i had been a distant supporter of buckley's when he ran unsuccessfully. and james buckley, turns out, one of my first clients and a coalition of politicians joined theage cha, the post watergate reform finance law in a case buckley against leo decided by the supreme court in 1976. >> host: whats with a the genesis of that case? >> basically buckley, mccarthy and all of our plaintiffs felt that the post-watergate campaign law was a way of locking in incumbents by putting limits on contributions, expenditures by candidates, independent expe expenditures by having you believe about fansing for a presidential election. it's a way of protecting incumbents and stlenth strengthening their strong position. and they thought the best way for politics to be fought out is by free and open competition including the free and open spending of money. ralph winter. one of my professors at yale law school basically had been articulating the first amendment argument that money is speech and restricti

tv, the national review institute looks at they life and legacy of william avenue ugly who-- william f buckley jr. died in 2008. here is a preview. bill as a debater was first-class. as we have said, he was fair. he let the other point of view be presented and his view was, i'm going to give the other fellow enough rope to hang himself. sometimes the other fella was good enough to hang bill. he did face occasional to beat and that is when you are a fair-minded debater. defeat and that is when you are a fair-minded debater. how are we going to develop people in this media environment who are going to be able to take on the other side, give them a fair hearing and then beat the living daylights out of them because that is what will did -- bill did. we can create circumstances in which people develop these abilities and in which they're giving a hearing to take on the other side -- they are given a hearing to take on the other side. answered byhave stating his cardinal role that you never debate someone you cannot respect. if you're going to debate them, you had better respect them. that, half ab

eastern, remembering the life and legacy of william f. buckley jr., the tv personality, political activist and founder of the "national review" who died in 2008. at 8:00 p.m. on "presidency," the relationship between george washington and native americans is examined by author collin callaway in his book "the indian world of george washington: the first president, the first americans and the birth of the nation." >>> and now a conversation on preparations for the 2020 census hosted by georgetown university law center here in washington, d.c. this is about an hour 15 minutes. >> all right. why don't we go ahead and get started? hello, everyone, and for our guests, welcome to georgetown law. as you know, we're here today to learn about the challenges facing census 2020. the constitution mandates the census for the purposes of apportioning representation in the house of representatives. during the first congress, james madison who was then a congressman representing virginia recognized that the census allowed for data-driven decisions. he encouraged

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eastern, remembering the life and legacy of william f buckley junior, the television personality, political activist, and founder of the national review. at 8 p.m. on " the first president, the first americans, and the birth of a nation. >> the white house said the president will sign the $1.3 trillion omnibus bill once approved by congress. the announcement came during a briefing with budget director mick mulvaney and legislative affairs director mark short. this is 20 minutes. ms. sanders: good afternoon.

eastern, remembering the life and legacy of -- william f buckley junior. 8:00, the presidency betweeneorge washington and the native americans's examination by author tom callaway. a,sunday on c-span's q and but university law professor -- a university law professor amy chua talks about tribes. to talk to ourselves as americans again and say, oh you are the evil ones. it used to be the people on the other side of the political divide were people we disagree with. now it feels like the people who voted for the other candidates are in, enemies, not real americans. because i studied democracies -- what is thed, difference between libya and the united states? they are a multiethnic country as well. they are a failed state because they don't have the overarching, strong libyan identity, strong enough to hold the country together. but we do. this is what makes us special. >> q and a, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> government funding was set to expire tonight at midnight. earlier today, the white house, president trump signed the $1.3 trillion omnibus bill that congress sent to t

sunday on american history tv at 12:55 p.m., remembering the life and legacy of william f. buckley jr., the tv personality, political activist, and founder of "the national review" who died in 2008. 8:00 p.m., the presidency, the relationship between george washington and native americans is examined by author colin callaway in his book "the indian world of george washington: the first president, the first americans, and the birth of a nation." >>> this sunday on "1968:america in turmoil," the presidential election of 1968 began with eight presidential candidates. by the end, the sitting president bowed out, robert kennedy was assassinated, television coverage was dominated by violent clashes between chicago police and protesters at the democratic national convention, and richard nixon won a decisive victory. joining us, pat buchanan, who served under presidents nixon and reagan, author of "the greatest comeback: how richard nixon rose from defeat to create the new majority." and barbara perry, codirector of the oral history program at university of virginia. watch "1968:america in

eastern, remembering the life and legacy of william f. buckley jr., the tv personality, political activist and founder of the "national review" who died in 2008. at 8:00 p.m. on "presidency," the relationship between george washington and native americans is examined by author collin callaway in his book "the indian world of george washington: the first president, the first americans and the birth of the nation." >>> and now a conversation on preparations for the 2020 census hosted by georgetown university law center here in washington, d.c. this is about an hour 15 minutes. >> all right. why don't we go ahead and get started? hello, everyone, and for our guests, welcome to georgetown law. as