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. >> british historian andrew roberts in the introduction to his most recent book called the last king of america, 750 page opus on king george the third says the following. " the portrait of a heartless absolute sovereign is repeated almost every single day and america's print and online media , even two centuries after his death. hardly a day passes in the united states without some reference to george the third where he is still held up as an equal opportunity hate figure. an archetypal bogeyman attacks in the same measure by democrats and republicans alike. " andrew roberts over the past 30 years has written major histories about napoleon, churchill, and world war ii. >> british historians andrew roberts on book notes plus. book notes plus is available in the c-span app or where you get your podcasts. >> c-span's online sure that store for products, apparel, books, and accessories. there is something for every c-span fan and every purchase helps support our nonprofit operation. shop now or anytime at c-spanshop.org. >> now, canadian prime minister justin trudeau responding to quest

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so how did andrew roberts book come to be featured was that an easy one for you to to pick or what was the curation process like? well, it was an easy one because i was a great fan his biography of churchill. and in fact through that i i contrived i suppose you could say to meet him and we've become great friends, but i know his biography of napoleon as well, which is another barn burner. and this was something different though, which was part of its interest. this was a very historical book from the 18th century, and it was a book about a a man who in american popular lore at least ever since the declaration of independence was regarded as a tyrant. not a king. that is not a legitimate king but ultimately a kind of tyrant. and andrew disagrees with that very sternly andrew is a tory. he's a british tori. he would have been a tory in the american revolution too. i think and so but that doesn't really matter. i mean, we're he's a very engaging of historian and raconteur and he does it and his book is splendid. the founding with current public affairs. does it matter who's in the white h

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> british historian andrew roberts in the introduction to his most recent book called the lastof america, 750 page opus on king king george ie following quote, from mr. roberts, the portrait of a heartless absolute sovereign is repeated almost every single day in america's print and online media. even to mex entries after his death am hardly a day passes in the united states without some reference to george iii where he is still held up as an equal opportunity figure, bogeyman attack in the same measure by democrats and republicans alike. >> andrew roberts over the past 30 years has also written major histories about napoleon, churchill, and world war ii. >> british historian andrew roberts on this weeks episode of booknotes+. booknotes+ is on the c-span now at or where you your podcasts. >> c-span measure unfiltered view of government. we are funded by the television companies and more including mediacom. >> the world changed in an instant that mediacom was ready. internet traffic soared and we never slowed down.

announcer: british historian andrew roberts on this week's episode of book notes plus. book notes plus is available on the c-span now at or wherever you get your podcast. journal" continues. host: we will look at the week ahead in washington with two veteran reporters. we are joined by tm mitchell, the washington -- tia mitchell, a reporter for the atlanta journal-constitution. and erik wasson. the house is out this week, the senate is in. do you think the president will make the announcement this week of his supreme court choice and what do you think the process looks like in the coming weeks on that? guest: i will start. i think that no, i do not think he is ready. kind of going off of comments that came out of the white house and after he met with democrats on thursday. it does look like the president has narrowed done the list of four candidates he's seriously considering and looking into their backgrounds, and perhaps the interviewing process could start this week, perhaps. but i did not think he has set down -- set down with those final candidates. i think it will

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[applause] >> british historian andrew roberts introduction to most recent book called the last kingf america 757 page opus on king george the third says the following. the portrait of a heartless absolute sovereign is repeated almost every single day in print and online media even two centuries after death hardly a day passes in the united states without a reference to george the third held up as the peak figure the archetypal digging one —- for the man attacked in the same measure by democrats and republicans alike andrew roberts over the past two years has also wrote major histories about napoleon and churchill and world war ii . [applause] thank you. thank you so

. >> british historian andrew roberts of the introduction to his most recent book, "the last king ofmerica," a 150 seven-page opus unk and george the third says the following. "the portrait of a heartless, absolute sovereign is repeated almost every single day in america's print and online media. even two centuries after his death, hardly a day passes in the united states without some reference to george the third, where he is held up as an equal opportunity hate figure, and archetypal looking man attacked -- bogeyman attacked in the same measure by democrats and republicans alike. andrew roberts over the past 30 years has also written major histories about napoleon, churchill, and world war ii. ♪ >> british historian andrew roberts on this week's episodes of book -- book -- episode of book notes plus, available on the c-span up or wherever you get your podcasts. >> coming up tonight on c-span, not, british prime minister boris johnson and nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg held a joint press conference from nato headquarters on the situation between russia and ukraine. then, se

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very happy to welcome you to the hoover institution and to welcome our distinguished speaker andrew roberts. i think everybody realized who he is and what he has done, he's the author of churchill, walking with destiny. the storm of war, et cetera. et cetera. he was educated with bachelors and ph.d. at cambridge university of england. he is no stranger to the hoover institution. he was a charter and original member of our military history and contemporary conflict working group and he has been a visiting fellow at hoover thanks to the generosity of martha roger mertz whose generosity really helped jumpstart the entire military history project. in addition to the 19 books, and his lectures as i said at hoover, he is also visiting professor of new york historical society, and visiting professor of war studies at kings college, london. it's just been announced his book was not a book of the year but the book of the year by the times of london which is an unusual and rare honor indeed and i think it's no challengeeration to say he is probably the most accomplished historical biographer of the e

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speaker andrew roberts i think everybody realizes who he is and what he's done. he's the author of churchill walking with destiny leadership. in war the storm of war etc, etc. he was educated at. with his bachelors and phd at cambridge university of england. he's no stranger to the hoover institution. he was the a charter an original member of our military history and contemporary conflict working group. and he's been a visiting fellow at hoover. thanks to the generosity of martha and roger mertz whose generosity really helped jumpstart the entire military history project. in addition to the 19 books and being of he's a visiting lecture as i said at hoover. he's also a visiting professor of the new york historical site society the lewis lerman fellow and a visiting professor of war studies at king's college london. he's just it's just been announced that his book was not a a book of the year, but the book of the year by the times of london, which is an unusual and rare honor indeed and i think it's no exaggeration to say that he's probably the most accomplished h

. | virginia giuffre is seeking - the testimony of prince andrew , robert 0lney, as well as other testimonyprove quite damaging if it does go to trial. - i think that could cast a darki shadow over our celebrations later this year, likewise prince harry's memoir. that is due to come out. later this year, but also, with potentially embarrassing details and revive these - allegations that were made during their interview- with 0prah about someonej in the royal family making a racist remark, and i think it's quite sad that such - a momentous celebration could be kind of march i by both of those things. there have been dark shadows before, of course, during the 70 year reign. there was the annus horribilis, and the claim that the royal family were perhaps out of touch after diana's death. there have been loads for the queen. there have, and i think stephanie has succinctly summed up how much the queen still having to deal with at the age of 95. it's quite interesting, i have written quite a lot about the queen recently, and there is a feeling, you mention the annus horribilis in 1992, the break

. ♪ >> british historian andrew roberts in the introduction to his most recent book called the last kingamerica, an opus on king george the third says the following, "the portrait of a heartless, absolute sovereign is repeated almost every single day in america's print and online media. even two sentries ever his death, hardly a day passes in the united states without some reference to george the third or he is still held up as an equal opportunity hate figure and archetypal bogeyman, attacked in the same measure by democrats and republicans alike." he has also written major histories about napoleon, churchill, and cold war two. -- and world war two. >>

. ♪ >> british historian andrew roberts out of the introduction to his most recent book called the lasting of america, an openness on cain george the third says the following, the portrait of a heartless, absolute sovereign is repeated almost every single day in america's print and online media. hardly a day passes in the united states without some reference to george the third or he is still held up as an equal opportunity hate figure at archetypal bogeyman attacked in the same measure by democrats and republicans alike. over the past 30 years he has also written about napoleon, churchill, and will for two. -- world war two. >> on this episode of book notes plus, it is available on the c-span app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these companies and more including cox. >> cox is providing affordable internet through the connect program. bringing us closer. >> cox supports -- cox supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> mark gordon has b

andrew roberts over the past 30 years has also written major histories about napoleon, churchill and world war ii. >> british historian andrew roberts on this week's book notes plus it is available on the c-span now out or wherever you get your podcast. >> the senate judiciary committee held it financial cost in human toll to u.s. drone strikes conducted over the past two decades. included the authorization of military force after the september 11 terrorist attack. this is one hour and 45 minutes. [silence] >> welcome the hearing will come to order. in april 2013 the senates only hearing on the nation's use of drone strikes to legally target suspected terrorists overseas. at the time i was troubled by the stories of innocent people being killed by the strikes. as well as the potential for the strikes to violate the law and undermine our national security. with very little transparency and accountability. in the nine years since the 2013 hearing the watchdog group estimates 10000 - 30000 more civilians had been killed by u.s. coalition strikes. these are not just numbers these are rea

world war ii. >> british historian andrew roberts on this week's episode of book notes plus. book notes plus is available on the c-span now app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> as tensions along the russia ukraine border remain high, there are concerns a russian invasion would cause humanitarian effects and prompt my make -- a migration crisis in europe. the olanta council will hear on that friday at 12:30 p.m. eastern, live on c-span, online at c-span.org or watchful coverage on c-span now, our new video app. >> senate panel holds a hearing on the growing shortage of health care workers. this subcommittee hearing runs an hour and 40 minutes. >> the subcommittee on workforce safety will come to order, will discuss how we can revitalize the workforce we will need for the next several decades. a ranking member, even more of an expert than some of our panelists in his own way, as an employer, we will each have an opening statement that we will introduce witnesses, senators will have five minutes each for a round of questions. while we are unable to have the hearing fully op

. >> british historian andrew roberts in the introduction to his most recent book from the last kingf america, 757-page opus on king george iii, says the portrait of a sovereign is repeated every day in america's print and online media, even two centuries after his death, hardly a day passes in the u.s. without some reference to george the third where he is held up as an equal opportunity hate figure, attacked by democrats and robert -- republicans alike. he has med -- read major histories about napoleon, churchill, and world war ii. >> andrew roberts on this week's ups are -- episode of "booknotes+", wherever you get your podcasts or the c-span up. >> every sunday on c-span2, discussing their latest nonfiction books. at 4:25 p.m., a discussion about the u.s. election system and the authors of "our broken election". at 10:00 p.m., a state senator from connecticut on his book where he talks about his path to becoming stage -- state senator at 22 and legislation in office. watch "book tv" every sunday on c-span 2 or watch online anytime at booktv.org. >> president biden attendant -- at

speaker andrew roberts i think everybody realizes who he is and what he's done. he's the author of churchill walking with destiny leadership. in war the storm of war etc, etc. he was educated at. with his bachelors and phd at cambridge university of england. he's no stranger to the hoover institution. he was the a charter an original member of our

historian andrew roberts defended winston churchill's legacy against contemporary criticism during a recent virtual program hosted by the new york historical society. here's a portion. this was a man who of course was born in the time that charles darwin was still alive and who at a time when however obscene and absurd we might find it today and the scientific view was that there was a hierarchy of the races. and so i'm not sure that he can be terribly much criticized for taking the view of the rest of science. however, one other thing he did very much feel was that there was a duty of profound responsibility on the on the british in the british empire to take care of the native peoples of the empire and to and to promote them. he was incredibly proud that their numbers increased so dramatically especially in india under the rule of the british and doubled in fact in the in the course of the of the ruler of the british empire and this gave him tremendous pride, and he was also willing to to put his life on the line for non-white people. he did it again and again and you see this in t

historian andrew roberts defended winston churchill's legacy against contemporary criticism during a recent virtual program hosted by the new york historical society. here's a portion. this was a man who of course was born in the time that charles darwin was still alive and who at a time when however obscene and absurd we might find it today and the scientific view was that there was a hierarchy of the races. and so i'm not sure that he can be terribly much criticized for taking the view of the rest of science. however, one other thing he did very much feel was that there was a duty of profound responsibility on the on the british in the british empire to take care of the native peoples of the empire and to and to promote them. he was incredibly proud that their numbers increased so dramatically especially in india under the rule of the british and doubled in fact in the in the course of the of the rule of the british empire and this gave him tremendous pride and he was also willing to to put his life on the line for non-white people. he did it again and again and you see this in the

andrew roberts over the past 30 years has also written major history about napoleon churchill and world war ii. >> after the death of george floyd millions of americans marched in protest for racial disparities and often these rallies focused on monuments as a symbolic meeting point for showing who is honored in america and whose lives matter. >> certainly johnson's secretaries knew because they were tasked with transcribing many of those conversations and in fact they were the ones who made sure the conversations were taped as johnson would signal to them through an open door between his office and there's. you will also hear one to talk.

speaker andrew roberts i think everybody realizes who he is and what he's done. he's the author of churchill walking with destiny leadership. in war the storm of war etc, etc. he was educated at. with his bachelors and phd at cambridge university of england. he's no stranger to the hoover institution. he was the a charter

and world war ii. >> british historian andrew roberts on book notes plus.le on the c-span now at or wherever you get -- app or wherever you get your podcasts. president biden: america is on the move again. >> the state of the union. president biden reflects on his first year in office and laying out his agenda for the year ahead we will take your phone calls and social media reaction. live, march 1 on c-span, c-span.org where the c-span radio app. >> browse through our latest collection of products, apparel, books, home to core and accessories. there is something for every c-span fan. shop now or anytime c-span shop.org. washington journal continues. host: joining us today is levi. -- lee white. first of all, what is the group? what is your mission? guest: we are a nonprofit nonpartisan group that represents historians, are -- archivists, researches, teachers , political scientists. but we are a nonpartisan group. we are a nonprofit made up of nonprofits, basically. host: what are you advocating for? guest: more funding for agencies like national archives,

and world war ii. >> british historian andrew roberts on book notes plus.able on the c-span now at or wherever you get -- app or wherever you get your podcasts. president biden: america is on the move again. >> the state of the union. president biden reflects on his first year in office and laying out his agenda for the year ahead we will take your phone calls and social media reaction. live, march 1 on c-span, c-span.org where the c-span radio app. >> browse through our latest collection of products, apparel, books, home to core and accessories. there is something for every c-span fan. shop now or anytime c-span shop.org. washington journal continues. host: joining us today is levi. -- lee white. first of all, what is the group? what is your mission? guest: we are a nonprofit nonpartisan group that represents historians, are -- archivists, researches, teachers , political scientists. but we are a nonpartisan group. we are a nonprofit made up of nonprofits, basically. host: what are you advocating for? guest: more funding for agencies like national archives

. ♪ >> british historian andrew roberts in the introduction to his most recent book called the last kingamerica, 757 page opus on king george the third, says the following -- "the portrait of a heartless absolute sovereign is repeated almost every single day in america's print and online media. even two centuries after his death, hardly a day passes in the united states without some reference to george the third where he is still held up as an 8 -- equal opportunity hate figure, archetypal bogeyman attacked by democrats and republicans alike." over the past 30 years he has written age or histories about the polian, churchill, and world war ii. >> british historian andrew roberts on this episode of book notes plus, available on the c-span now app or wherever you catch your podcast. ♪ >> "washington journal" continues. host: from rutgers university, we are joined by professor yana rodgers. we are going to talk about women in work and the effect of the pandemic. thanks for being here, professor p. guest: thank you. host: in terms of women in the workforce, what has been the effect of the pa

watch the rest of this program and many other appearances by andrew roberts online by visiting c-span.org/history. and once again, we're going to bring back things closer to homefront take a different lens and dive into the topic of race relations united states during the 20th century. you know, dr. adrian lewis will lead this panel. on the relationship between african american veterans and movements of quality at home. adrian's a longtime friend in the museum the david p put away professor of history at the university of kansas in lawrence. he is researched and written extensively on the war. military affairs in united states military history. he's also a fellow department history alum from west point. and you know among others some comrades here. so joining him on this panel are two heavy hitters as well. dr. john morrow you saw yesterday the museum presidential counselor the franklin professor and chair of the history department the university of georgia. go dogs. he's back and and joining him is associate professor of history at the university of new mexico, dr. robert jefferson. to r

you know, virginia giuffre has — is seeking the testimony- of prince andrew's - equerry, robert 0lneyprove quite damaging - if it does go to trial. so, i think that could cast - a dark shadow over celebrations later this year. likewise, prince harry's memoir that is due to come out- later this year could also come out with potentially— embarrassing details and revive these allegations that _ were made during their interview with 0prah i about someone in the royal. family making a racist remark, and i think it's quite sad, - actually, that such a momentous celebration _ could be kind of marred by both of those things. roya, there have been dark shadows before, of course, during the 70—year reign. there was the annus horribilis and the claim that the royal family were perhaps out of touch after diana's death, so there have been lows, haven't there, for the queen? there have, and i think stephanie has succinctly summed up how much the queen is still having to deal with on her plate at the age of 95. it's quite interesting. i have written quite a lot about the queen recently and there was

. >> reporter: this after andrew repeatedly denied allegations brought by virginia roberts giuffre. she says she was trafficked for sex with the prince on multiple occasions beginning when she was 17. while prince andrew does not admit to assaulting or even meeting giuffre, in a letter to the court, he said he has never intended to malign ms. giuffre's character and accepts that she has suffered both as an established victim of abuse and as a result of unfair public attacks. the statement, a sharp contrast to previous remarks from the prince, including what he said during his 2019 interview about jeffrey epstein. >> do you regret the whole friendship with epstein? >> now? still not, the reason being is that the -- the people that i met and the opportunities that i was given to learn either by him or because of him were actually very useful. >> reporter: the prince now saying he regrets his association with epstein, though it's not clear how much prince andrew will pay out, he told the court he will make a substantial donation to ms. giuffre's charity in support of victims' rights but

and atari selling for $843,000 andrew >> okay, robert, i know there are people watching this and they'redoesn't make any sense at all. but here's what i want to ask you. i've now spent some time in the meta verse i think i get it sort of, but i always thought actually the benefit of living in the meta verse if we were going to live there at least for some part of our day is the idea effectively you can teleport from one place to another so actually the idea of location, location, location shouldn't matter i should be able to go from one place to the other and bop around so i don't really understand how being next to somebody's comb or being in some neighborhood actually matters i could see memberships maybe, and this is like a gated community. i could see this idea you pay to be in some kind of community that you could teleport, and maybe that's what we're talking about here, but i don't get this zero proximity issue in terms of space and time can you help me? >> in a way, andrew, and this is a fundamental debate even within the investors in meta verse real estate there are some who say

intelligence committee and was in the capitol that day, and we have former fbi director, andrew mccabe, and robert pape at the university of chicago, and his research team has been really providing invaluable data analysis into what we saw on january 6th. welcome to you all, first of all. i thought we could just jump in by asking at the top for each of you to tell us a year later what on your mind, what top line threats do you see or questions you have. congressman, this was an attack on your workplace. why don't you begin? >> thank you so much, hannah, and thank you to the committee for having this discussion, and on january 6th it was a dark day on democracy, and in my particular situation, i will never forget the ear-splitting sound of the u.s. capitol police banging violently on my door and rushing me out of my office because they discovered a bomb 200 feet from my office window. i was evacuated twice that day, sheltered in place for about eight hours and emerged, but obviously five people were left dead. 150 law enforcement officers were attacked and we're dealing with the scars of that day a

. >> reporter: this after prince andrew repeatedly denied accusations brought by virginia roberts giuffre. giuffre, now 38, says sex offender jeffrey epstein and his associate ghislaine maxwell trafficked her for sex with the prince on multiple occasions beginning when she was 17. while prince andrew does not admit to assaulting or even meeting giuffre, in a letter to the court, he said he has never intended to malign ms. giuffre's character and accepts that she has suffered both as an established victim of abuse and as a result of unfair public attacks. the statement, a sharp contrast to previous remarks from the prince including what he said during his 2019 interview about jeffrey epstein. >> do you regret the friendship with epstein? >> now still not and the reason being is that the people that i met and the opportunities that i was given to learn either by him or because of him were actually very useful. >> reporter: the prince now saying he regrets his association with epstein, though it's not clear how much prince andrew will pay out, he told the court he will make a substantial don