like ed meese. also, the head of the criminal division at the justice department resigned in protest at having to work under somebody like ed meese, who was under all of these multiple criminal investigations while still running the justice department himself. four other top officials resigned at the same time, along with those top justice department officials. all of those officials had actually conveyed a demand to the white house. they told white house chief of staff james baker that reagan needed to remove ed meese for the good of the country. needed to get him out as attorney general. get him out for the good of the country, the good of the justice department, if reagan wouldn't do that, they said they would all resign in protest. they all ended up resigning in protest, because reagan wouldn't remove ed meese. he still liked ed meese. he was his longtime friend. he wouldn't let him go. ultimately, the only way they were able to pry ed meese out of the justice department is when that last indepe

former counselor to the president and attorney general of the united states, ed meese. a very special man. [applause] ed, congratulations on receiving a really incredible award. that we hadthing the congressional medal of honor and we have the presidential medal of freedom. this is something that is very special to me to present to you. i have heard so many incredible things about you over the years and so congratulations. it is my honor to be with you. we are delighted to be joined by vice president mike pence, attorney general will you embark, bill, acting a would be director and heritage foundation ll james. kay cu hello. he did a good job, didn't he? terrific us is ed's family including his wife of 61 years, ursula. he was a good husband. at least for the first 38 years. [laughter] his. trump: along with children, grandchildren, and his great-grandson, liam. i know you, he grabbed me and i said -- i like this guy. ed mees was born into a deeply patriotic family committed a public service. his father worked in local government for five decades including many years as

presidential medal of attorney general ed meese. after than, c-span interviews with presidential candidates john delaney and tom steyer. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ is the story you tell in the book "the vagabonds?" >> the story that i meant to tell at the beginning, how america morphed into a car culture, in just about 20 years. wagon,e going horse and to cars. so the book became a susan: head of the idea come to you for telling the story at this time? jeff: when i try to do when i write nonfiction books is to go everywhere where the people i write about went. i'd rather drive and that way you really get a sense of place. somewhere along the line in the 30,000 or so miles i drive every year i started wondering how we got to be a country, a culture where we take for granted and we can get in a car and go anywhere we want to. i thought it would be a good idea to write a book about that and as always happens when you look into history, there's more to it than you ever expected. susan: your book begins and ends with someone that's a minor character, jeff

under brad reynolds and the great attorney general ed meese. my question for the three of you is, what kind of feedback have you gotten from the hill in the last 10 months about what you are doing? what kind of oversight, harassment or whatever -- >> i have not heard too much from capitol hill. [laughter] >> have not heard or have not listened? >> i testified in front of the house subcommittee a few months ago. one of the members suggested the administration was hostile to civil rights. i responded that i thought such a statement was inaccurate and offensive. that was the end of it. under our constitutional system >> under our system, congress >> has certain oversight rights and responsibilities. all power needs to be checked. our belief is those are good and healthy. our department has had our share of -- no more than our share of oversight issues. one in particular i believe related to our actions to ensure religious liberty and to address constitutional issues and some statutes we administer. of the by and large, we have been able to accompl

then, president trump awards the presidential medal of attorney general ed meese. after than, c-span interviews with presidential candidates john delaney and tom steyer. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ is the story you tell in the book "the vagabonds?" >> the story that i meant to tell at the beginning, how america morphed into a car culture, in just about 20 years. wagon,e going horse and to