i want to thank annette gordon-reed for making my first year memorable. thanks, annette gordon-reed. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [cheers and applause] >> this weekend on "american history tv," at 6:00 p.m. on the blackuthor women who worked as nurses, soldiers, and spies for the union army during the civil war. of edward the wife bannister, one of the leading artists, african-american artists. she became involved on the underground railroad. she was a proud and consistent supporter of the u.s. colored troops. >> on lectures in history, professor margaret o'mara on the 1960 presidential election and events that affected the outcome. >> hero after hero was slain -- john f. kennedy, mother the king, and a robert f. kennedy. if recipient a broader national mourning. and now, it throws the democratic -- into turmoil. >> lynne cheney, and life reconsidered discusses president madison's personality, health problems, and political career. tomadis

. >> and at 8:00 on the presidency -- historian annette gordon reed on the relationship between thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemmings family. >> people as property who can be bought and sold and that was a thing that many members of the hemmings family despite whatever privilege that sally hemmings and her children might have had, they all lived with the specter or the possibility that that could happen because the la construed them as property. >> for our american history tv schedule go to www.c-span.org. >>> scottish historian mile ferguson debated the future of geopolitics. they looked at nationalism around the world. it was part of the munk debate series. >> and i would argue that's a much better gamble for the future than to continue the current system, the current policies, the current bureaucracies, the current mess if washington. that's why i think we have a much better chance of making america great again with donald trump.

. >> than at 8:00, on the presidency, annette gordon reed on the relationship between thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemmings family. >> people were property that could be bought and sold. that was the thing that many of hemmingsmembers of the with thehey all lived specter of the possibility that to that could happen, because the law construed them as property. jefferson construed them as property. complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> we are standing in front of the turtle bay exploration park and museum in redding, california. ♪ come inside as we look at an exhibit that shares the agricultural history of the region. i think it is really important for us to remember that agriculture is one of the backbones of california. even in far northern california, where it is mountainous and the terrain does not really lend itself to a lot of big ag. it does lend itself to pockets of ag in a community that is close to the land. julia: welcome to turtle bay exploration park's exploration home. you are in "rooted in this land," which is a temporary exhibition we have this

. >> and at 8:00 on the presidency -- historian annette gordon reed on the relationship between thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemmings family. >> people as property who can be bought and sold and that was a thing that many members of the hemmings family despite whatever privilege that sally hemmings and her children might have had, they all lived with the specter or the possibility that that could happen because the law construed h construed them as property. >> for our american history tv schedule go to www.c-span.org. >>> scottish historian mile ferguson debated the future of geopolitics. they looked at nationalism around the world. it was part of the munk debate series. >> and i would argue that's a much better gamble for the future than to continue the current system, the current policies, the current bureaucracies, the current mess if washington. that's why i think we

ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, the wonderful, and at gordon reed. ---- annette gordon reed. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is wonderful to be here. i was in charlottesville earlier today for the presentation of the thomas jefferson medal. one of my dear friends, letter -- loretta lynch, received a medal for loss. --topped in charlottesville i got in the car and came here to be with you today. to be her in a beautiful, spring day. i've been able to enjoy the hospitality of people here command the beautiful campus. this is interesting for me. i'm in the mental -- middle of the book to her with my co-author, who helped me write both -- thomas jefferson and the empire of the imagination. going together so flying solo is interesting. i was used to doing it before but i've gotten used to having him here. tonight is a hemmings story. aboutad to talk to you this. my first book, thomas jefferson and sally hemmings, un-american controversy, i thought was about historians, the way people approach history. particularly the way historians -- whether americans or not thomas jeffers

at 8:00 on the presidency, historian annette gordon reed on the relationship between thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemmens family. >> people as property who could be bought and sold. that was a thing many members of whatevery, despite sally and her children might have had, they all lived with the specter of the possibility that could happen because the law construed them as property construedson

at 8:00 on the presidency, historian annette gordon reed on the relationship between thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemmens family. >> people as property who could be bought and sold. that was a thing many members of whatevery, despite sally and her children might have had, they all lived with the specter of the possibility that could happen because the law construed them as property construed them as property. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. host: we are joined by gerald connolly, serves on the oversight governmental reform committee. you are featured on the website politico this morning talking about the idea that democrats are secretly hoping for a vote on health care. is that the case? not this democrat peer the better wisdom is to move on. obamacare is achieving the goals it was set up to achieve in helping millions of americans and to snatch away that health care coverage i think would be a catastrophic event in american political life. what i'm trying to do is basically worn my moderate republican friends, you are staring death in the face

. >> the story and annette gordon reed talks about thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemmings family, who worked on his monticello, virginia, plantation. he -- she discusses sally hemming who she argues has six children by jefferson. the university of mary washington in fredericksburg, virginia, hosted this event, as part of their great lives lectures series. [applause] [clears throat] >> wow. it is perhaps appropriate that on thomas jefferson's birthday, we bring to you one of our most petite -- prestigious speakers. professor annette gordon reed is the one who definitively cracked the case, as our speaker on tuesday might have said, on one of american history's most complex and now expunged -- until now, expunged stories, which is the relationship between the jeffersons and the hemmings. professor gordon reed is the charles morin proor

. >> at 8:00, on "the presidency," historian annette gordon reed on the relationship between thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemings family. >> people as property who could be bought and sold. and that was a thing that many members of the hemings family, despite whatever privilege sally hemings and her children may have had, they all lived with the specter of the possibility that that could happen, because the law construed them as property. and jefferson construed them as property. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> now, survivors of sexual assault and harassment in military academies testify on capitoll

ontorian annette gordon reed the relationship between thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemin gs family. >> people as property who could be bought and sold. many members of the hemings family, despite whatever privilege sally and her children may have had, they all lived with the specter that that could happen, because the law construed them as property and jefferson construed them as property. announcer: for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. now a discussion on the future of the republican health care replacement bill, which was passed by the house on thursday. from "washington journal," this is about an hour. washington journal continues. host: here to take questions and republicansut the care.ement for health

. >> and at 8:00 on the presidency, annette gordon reed on the relationship between thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemmings family. >> people as property who can be bought and sold and that was a thing that many members of the hemmings family despite what privilege sally hemmings and her children might have had they all lived with the specter of the possibility that that could happen because the law constru d them as property. >> for our complete american history tv schedule go to www.c-span.org. >>> next, agriculture secretary sonny perdue talks about the school lunch program and the use of migrant farm workers. he spoke to farm industry reporters gathered at his agencies headquarters in washington. this was one of his first public appearances as the agriculture secretary since being confirmed by the senate. >>> we're privileged to be joined by the secretary of agriculture. most of you know his background as well as i do. he grew up on a farm in georgia, a veterinarian by training and spent many years in public service. welcome the 31st secretary of agriculture, sonny perdue. [ a

. >> at eight, on the presidency, historian annette gordon reed on the relationship between thomas jefferson. >> people were property and could be bought and sold. that was a thing that many members of the family, despite whatever privilege they might have had, they all lived with the specter of a possibility that that could happen because the law construed them as property. jefferson construed them as property. >> for the complete american history tv schedule go to see c-span.org. >> he once called for the removal of pluto as a planet. on sunday, author an astrophysicist neil tyson will be our guest on in-depth. >> allow me to tell you that our moon, as malls it was compared to earth has five times the mass of pluto. pluto lovers were never told that, were you. so welcome to the company of informed people regarding pluto. >> during the live three hour conversation we will take your calls, tweets and facebook questions for mr. tyson who is also the director of the hayden planetarium in new york city and author of several books including welcome to the universe, death by blackhole, and his mo

sunday on the presidency, historian annette gordon reed talks about thomas jefferson and his relationship with the enslaved hemmings family who lived and worked at his monticello virginia plantation. here's a preview. one of the reasons it was easy to dismiss the story of the hemmings family was because people did not know anything about the hemmings family. other than that there was a scandal and they knew the name sally hemmings. and men knew her brother james hemmings. by and large people did not know much about the family. thinking that if i could tell the story in a way that made people feel that they had a stake in them, that it might give people pause in the future about dismissing the story of enslaved people. , and partlynhattan in cambridge. city, sorty, crowded of an anonymous city. when you meet somebody in the neighborhood, i immediately began to see them after that. you see them all the time. you have been walking past them before but you did not know them. once you begin to know them you notice their children come you notice where you expect to see them. they become a part

we are also thrilled to count on our panel our own new york historical trustee, annette gordon-reed. she is the charles warren professor of american legal history at harvard law school. in addition to her role at harvard law, professor gordon-reed is a member of the faculty of arts and sciences at harvard, and she was the carol k. pforzheimer professor at radcliffe institute for advanced study. she is the author of many books, including the pulitzer prize-winning "the hemingses of monticello," and her latest "most blessed of the patriarchs." we are also glad to welcome gil troy back to the historical society, a professor of history at mcgill university, a weekly columnist for the daily beast, and the editor of the revised edition of the multivolume classic "history of presidential elections." he is also the author of several books on political history, including his latest, "the age of clinton: america in the 1990s." our moderator is lesley stahl. she has been a correspondent for cbs' "60 minutes" for 25 seasons. prior to joining "60 minutes," she was the cbs news white house corresp

historian annette gordon reed talks about thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemmings family, who lived and worked on his monticello, virginia, plantation. she discusses sally hemming who she argues had six children by jefferson. the university of mary washington in fredericksburg, virginia, hosted this event, as

. >> than at 8:00, on the presidency, annette gordon reed on the relationship between thomas jefferson all lived specter of the possibility that to that could happen, because the law construed them as property. jefferson construed them as property. complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> we are standing in front of the turtle bay exploration park and museum in redding, california. ♪

. >> and at 8:00 on the presidency, annette gordon reed on the relationship between thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemmings family. >> people as property who can be bought and sold and that was a thing that many members of the hemmings family despite what privilege sally hemmings and her children might have had they all lived with the specter of the possibility that that could happen because the law constru d them as property. >> for our complete american history tv schedule go to www.c-span.org. >>> next, agriculture secretary sonny perdueks

on the presidency historian annette gordon reed on the relationship between thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemmings family. >> people as property who could be bought and sold and that was a thing that was -- many members of the hemmings family, despite whatever privilege sally hemmings and her children might have had, they all lived with the specter of the possibility that that could happen because the law construed them as property. and jefferson construed them as property. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to cspan.org. >>> sunday night on after words, pulitzer prize winning journalest helene cooper discusses the life and presidency of liberia's first elected female president in her book "madam president, the extraordinary journey of ellen johnson-sirleaf." miss cooper is interviewed by congresswoman karen bass of california. >> when did you first meet madam president? >> i've known about her all my life. >> what did you know? >> she became famous -- well, she was minister of finance in 1979 when the coup happened. at that time, i'm 13, 14, of course i knew wh

. >> at 8:00, on "the presidency," historian annette gordon reed on the relationship between thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemings family. >> people as property who could be bought and sold. and that was a thing that many members of the hemings family, despite whatever privilege sally hemings and her children may have had, they all lived with the specter of the possibility that that could happen, because the law construed them as property. and jefferson construed them as property. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> now, survivors of sexual assault and harassment in military academies testify on capitol hill. former and current west point cadets and navy midshipmen told a house armed services subcommittee their experiences when reporting assaults and harassment and the retaliation they faced. >> this hearing is called to order. i want to welcome everyone to this afternoon's military personnel subcommittee hearing. the purpose of today's hearing is to receive an overview on the annual report on sexual harassment and violence at military service academies

watch annette gordon reed on thomas jefferson and the hemmings family on the presidency. here on american history tv only on c-span3. monday night on the communicators, michael beckerman, president and ceo of the internet association, made up of 40 internet companies including google, facebook and amazon talks about new regulation proposals from the fcc and how to propose -- out to protect a free and open internet. he is interviewed by margaret harding mcgill. the fcc is proposing to remove the agencies authority over internet exchange. >> at the end of the day, it is about consumers. you pay your internet service you are paying a lot of money and you want access to the entire internet. if your experience is altered, a site is blocked, or there are things going on, you don't know where that is happening in the process. last mile, the point of interconnection, you don't now. all of should be included to protect the consumer. watch the communicators monday night on c-span2. ♪ >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america'

. >> at eight, on the presidency, historian annette gordon reed on the relationship between thomas jefferson and the enslaved hemmings family. >> they thought it was property that could be bought and sold. that was a thing that many members of the family, despite whatever privilege they might have had, they all lived with the specter of the possibility that that could happen because the law construed them as property and jefferson construed them as property. >> for the complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> he once called for the removal of pluto as a planet. on sunday, author and asteroid physicist neil tyson will be our guest on in-depth. >> allow me to tell you that our moon, as miles it was here to earth has five times the mass of pluto. >> so pluto lovers were never told that, were you. so, welcome to the company of informed people regarding pluto. >> during our live three-hour conversation, we will take your calls, tweets and facebook questions was also the director of new york city and welcome to the universe, death by blackhole and his most recent, astrophysics f