ne, addison mcdowell, julie johnson, john mannion, julie fedorchak and kimberlyn king-hinds. announcer: republican addison mcdowell of north carolina is one of 60 members of the u.s. house. he has congress related work experience, and this is his first time in elected office. the congressman talks about his motivation running for office following the death of his younger brother. >> in 2016 we lost my little brother to a fentanyl overdose. fentanyl that was here and should not have been, so we lost my little brother. he was 21 years old, and it is tragic. i talked to people like it is losing an arm. it drove me to do this at a run for congress. >> tell us more about how you felt when that happened. >> the hardest part was the shock, the shock of this was very unexpected, and get hurt that way, but having to see my mom and dad and what that did to them. losing a son or daughter is very different than losing a sibling, and as a father i now understand that, but it was shocking and you just have to understand how to move forward. you can either stop or just feel bad for yourself

eastern on -- eastern, our interviews include north carolina congressman addison mcdowell. >> we lost my little brother. he was 20 years old and it was tragic and i tell people it is like losing an arm and having to go through life without something that should be there and is not so it drove me to do this. >> watching a member's of congress all this week starting at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> georgia governor brian kemp on issues impacting his state, including the tariffs being implemented by the trump administration, and his relationship with president trump. this is part of politico conversations on the sidelines of the munich security conference in germany. i. [applause] >> we are now joined by governor kim in great state of georgia, not country which is down the road but state of georgia. in the u.s. i think he is only governor hear from the states so there is feet to get a bit of a different perspectives after the senators no over to the senators. that is the first question. you usual are involved -- as you would like it state budgets an education and prisons an plead candi

eastern, our interviews include north carolina congressman addison mcdowell, who ran for office after of his younger brother, who died from a fentanyl overdose. >> we lost my little brother, he was 20 years old, it was tragic. i tell people it is like losing an arm. having to go through life without something that should be there when it is not. it drove me to do this and run for congress. >> watch new members of congress tonight starting at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> american history tv. exploring the people and events that tell the american story. this weekend on the civil war. harry leiber, a military history professor at the university army command on the role of african-american soldiers in the union army and their efforts to gain civil liberties. watch american history tv series first 100 days as we look at the start of residential terms. this week, we focus on the early months of resident frank and roosevelt first term in a 1933. including actions taken to relieve economic conditions during the great depression. yale university professor marlene daut talks about the legacy

eastern on -- eastern, our interviews include north carolina congressman addison mcdowell. >> we losty little brother. he was 20 years old and it was tragic and i tell people it is like losing an arm and having to go through life without something that should be there and is not so it drove me to do this. >> watching a member's of congress all this week starting at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> georgia governor brian kemp on issues impacting his state, including the tariffs being implemented by the trump administration, and his relationship with president trump. this

announcer: republican addison mcdowell of north carolina is one of 60 members of the u.s. house. he has congress related work experience, and this is his first time in elected office.