on oral histories, our women in congress series with barbara canally. then on 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, look at the relationship between george washington and alexander hamilton and the historical accuracy of hamilton the musical. then monday 8:00 p.m. white house historical presidential site summit. watch american history tv this labor day weekend on c-span3. whose stories are

ahead, we will hear from barbara canales, nancy history,watch oral eastern on10 a.m. c-span3. war, theon the civil anova history professor talks about union soldiers and pornography. she is the author of the book sex and the civil war. gettysburg civil war college institute. some viewers may find images in this program offensive. >> good morning everyone. my name is peter carmichael, i am the director of the civil war institute here at gettysburg college. i am also a member of the history department. our opening lecture will be delivered by ginsburg.

announcer: 10 weeks ahead we will hear from sue myrick, eva clayton, barbara canales, nancy johnson andynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. .gov at a senate intelligence committee hearing, a panel of foreign policy analysts as of questions about foreign interests spreading media.rmation on social members question on the panel about russian interference in the 2016 election. senator manchin bar chairs the intelligence committee. business

on oral histories, our women in congress series with barbara canally. then on 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, look at the relationship between george washington and alexander hamilton and the historical accuracy of hamilton the musical. then monday 8:00 p.m. white house historical presidential site summit. watch american history tv this labor day weekend on c-span3. whose stories are told in presidential biographies? historians from associations across the country talked about lou they decide which stories are included and why some are disregarded. they discuss the challenge of explaining the impact of first ladies and outside relationships to a relationships to a president's decisions and development. this is about an hour. >> hello. i'm gail barry west. and i am on the board of the white house historical association. on behalf of the association, the board is pleased that you have chosen to attend this presidential site summit. i know you will agree that we have had an attendance, a unique gathering here of presidential leaders, site directors, educational specialists, an

barbara canally embraced me in terms of advice. i'm not sure i remember too much money coming from robert, but she and i were probably friendly, than myself and nancy. but nancy came down for me in my campaign. she was very supportive for me. i couldn't have asked for more, yeah. >> we haven't talked about the role of staff at all, about you were there any women staff from your office or maybe committee staffers that you witnessed that really stand out in your mind? >> yes. my chief of staff, obviously, she had worked before with other members, aen that was a big help for me in that area. my agricultural staff happened to be a male. in fact, he ended up being the chief staff for senator hawkins in agricultural when i left. but he was very good. the advantage for me having a female staff who was experienced, who knew what regular order meant, but who also had some of the nuances of knowing how things worked outside of the regular order, relationships, that was very helpful, you know. and i think neither men don't have the nuances an

announcer: 10 weeks ahead we will hear from sue myrick, eva clayton, barbara canales, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. .gov at a senate intelligence committee hearing, a panel of foreign policy analysts as of questions about foreign interests spreading media.rmation on social members question on the panel about russian interference in the 2016 election. senator manchin bar chairs the intelligence committee. business -- this is 2.5 hours. try[inaudible conversations] >> i'd like to welcome - - the alliance for securing democracy at the german marshall fund and doctor phil howard, director of the oxford internet institute. i welcome you and your willingness to share your expertise with this committee and more importantly, the american people. we are here to discuss a threat to the nation that this committee takes every bit as seriously as terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, espionage and regions of instability. today we're talking about how social media platforms have been able to influence operations aga

announcer: in the weeks ahead, we will hear from sue myrick, eva clayton, barbara canales, nancy johnsonlynn woolsey. watch "oral histories" sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. weekncer: on c-span this in primetime, tonight at 10 a p.m.,p.m., -- at 10:00 the net roots conference with cory booker. on friday, more from the netroots conference with senators elizabeth warren and kamala harris. ,his week on c-span www.c-span.org, and the c-span radio app. announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: conor o'brien is the defense reporter with politico joining us this morning. as we try to tackle this massive bill, break it down into its main categories. as i understand, this is made up of a base budget for the pentagon, energy department defense programs, and for overseas military operations. how did each one of those faire in this larger bill -- how did each one of those fare in this larger bill? guest: it does not provide funding, but sets these topline and as importantly, prescribes policy for the pentagon. $717 billion, a very healthy about. it is a near his