with professoray barbara feinman todd. a with professor barbara feinman todd. en, justice ruth bader ginsburg and it will be followed by a presidential leadership survey. ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," georgetown professor barbara feinmann todd. and how she was still able to did herself out of the washington swamp. brian: barbara feinman todd, your book is "pretend i'm not here,"

with professor barbara feinman todd. a with professor barbara feinman todd. then, justice ruth bader ginsburg and it will be followed by a presidential leadership survey. ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," georgetown professor barbara feinmann todd. and how she was still able to did herself out of the washington swamp. brian: barbara feinman todd, your book is "pretend i'm not here," why the title? barbara: the most salient reason is because i felt as if i was not here for many years. that other people treated me as though i was not visible. and that was in part because of the role i played. i was a ghostwriter. but also because it was easier for people who needed a helper to pretend as if i was not there. brian: why? barbara: because i think people don't >> people in washington want power. they want to appear powerful. needing help is seen by a lot of people i guess as a sign of weakness. brian: we are going to talk about a lot of the people, he -- but just name a lot of them so people know how involved you were with ghostwriting. barbara: i want to make a dist

eastern, another chance to see q and a with professor and author barbara feinman todd.lier this month, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg discussed her life and career at a forum at stanford university. she also took questions from students. this is about 90 minutes.

. >> sunday night on "q&a," barbara feinman todd talks about working as a researcher and ghostwriter for hillary clinton and others in her book "pretend i'm not here," how i worked with three newspaper icons, one powerful first, and still managed to dig myself out of the washington swap. barbara: i spoke in general terms about what it was like being in the white house, and then i told the story of being in the room during this unusual exercise. i told her you cannot use it. there were only two women in the room who were doing this, and then there were one or two staffers. i said if you use it, everybody will know that i was the source. and i was very worried about the. but i trusted her. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." weekly press briefing, house minority leader nancy pelosi commented on allegations of a betrothed administration's communications with russia and call for a congressional investigation. rep. pelosi: here we are. the soggy conditions -- the saga continues. veryommunication has been revealing. democracyrmining our and compromising our national sec

hillary clinton is a huge moneymaker for simon & schuster so i was collateral damage in was barbara feinman-todd versus simon & schuster. brian: why did you wind up writing this book for morrow, owned by harpercollins? barbara: my literary agent sent -- sent it out to several publishing houses. one of them was william morrow. henry faris is my editor. he was alice mayhew's assistant when i was bob woodward's assistant. we fell out of touch, we had not talked to each other in more than 20 years. i asked my agent among the people she shopped it around to. we had just fallen out of touch. people fall out of touch, but i followed his career and he had edited a lot of great books, father,g dreams from my -- "dreams from my father," barack obama's book. i just thought that he -- if no other reason, i thought he would get a kick out of reading the book proposal. he more than got a kick out of it, he bought the book. brian you went to occidental in : california, then went to uc berkeley around the time that barack obama was there. barbara: yes. brian: and you studied writing. you also in the course of t

q&a, your sound university professor barbara feinman todd talks about working as a researcher and ghostwriter for hillary clinton, and bob woodward in her book "pretend i am not here: how i worked with one powerfulns, first lady and still managed to dig myself out of the washington swap." >> i spoke in general terms about what it was like to be in the white house and then i told him the story about what it is -- what it was like eating in the room during this unusual exercise. i told him he could not use it. there were only two women in the room who were doing this. two guests. and then one or two staffers and mrs. clinton. if you use it, everyone will know that i was the source. and i was very worried about that. but i trusted him. p.m. easternt 8:00 on c-span's q&a. afterwards,on republican strategist roger stone talks about the election of donald trump in his book "the making of the president 2016." he is interviewed i susan for each hero of the washington examiner. >> what you make of the response after the election? himthey permanently hobble by trying to obstruct him at every turn? >> s

at 8:00, our conversation with arbor feinman time -- barbara feinman todd on "q&a." >> we are four weeks into the trump administration. what have we learned about president trump, and what did you learn about what role democrats need to play in the trunk era? >> you mentioned four weeks. it feels like four years. one thing we are learning is we thought he was erratic. we are learning just how erratic he really is. if this last week's press conference is any indication of how he is going to conduct himself, i actually think it's not just about house democrats but also my house republican .olleagues when do they show any sign of resistance to this administration? there is some indication that the intel committee may take up the flynn issue. there has been tremendous resistance so far. we have to focus -- many of us never thought he could be elected in the first place. the exit polls indicated nothing. people actually thought he was unfit for office. it spoke loudly to us as to where do we go wrong? people felt compelled to vote for someone who was unfit to vote for the president of the uni

. >> tonight, on q&a, georgetown university professor barbara feinman todd talks about working as a researcherwriter for hillary clinton, colonel bernstein, and bob woodward in her book "pretend i am not here: how i worked with three newspaper icons, a powerful first lady and still managed to take myself out of the swamp." >> i spoke in general terms about what it was like being in the white house. i told this story about being in the room during this unusual exercise. i told him you cannot use it. there were only these two women in the room forward doing this, these two guests, and then there were one or two staffers and mrs. clinton. if you use it, everyone will know i was the source. and i was very worried about that. but i trusted him. >> tonight, at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. historiansning, richard norton smith, douglas -- talk about the survey of presidential leadership in which a cross-section of historians occupants ofmer the white house on 10 attributes of leadership. as always, we will take your calls twitter. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: president donald trump wrap

night on q&a, your son university professor barbara feinman todd talks about working as a researchernd ghost writer for hillary clinton, carl bernstein and bob woodward in her book, pretend i am not here, how i worked with three newspaper icons, one powerful first lady and still managed to dig myself out of the washington swap. i spoke ined, general terms about what it was like being in the white house and then i told them the story about being in the room during this unusual exercise. i told him you can't use it, there were only these two women who were doing this, these two guests and then there was one or two staffers and mrs. clinton. if you use it, everyone will know that i was the source. i was very worried about that. but i trusted him. sundayy night -- >> night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a. >> since its official opening last september, the national museum of african american history has welcomed over 750,000 that is -- visitors. sunday, american history tv -- on c-span3 take you for a live, exclusive to her -- tour. we look from slavery to the first african-american pre

eastern, another chance to see q and a with professor and author barbara feinman todd. earlier this month, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg discussed her life and career at a forum at stanford university. she also took questions from students. this is about 90 minutes. [applause] evening. it is my very great pleasure to welcome you to memorial church for this year's lecture on a meaningful life. tonight, we are deeply honored to have as our speaker associate justice of the supreme court of the united states ruth bader ginsburg. [applause] on the last day of his business law class one spring, the lecture was such a success that it turned into an annual tradition at stanford for many years until the professor retired. it was revived in 2008, supported by a generous gift to the office of religious life by the foundation for global communities, which established the henry and amelia rathbun bond -- fund for exploring for what leads to a meaningful life. year, a visiting fellow is selected to come to stanford to deliver this lecture and to spend time with our facult

. >> sunday night on q&a, georgetown university professor barbara feinman todd talks about working as a researcher and ghost writer for hillary clinton, car, carl bernstein anb woodward in her book "pretend i'm not here." >> i resisted, i just spoke in general terms about what it was like being in the white house and then i told them the story about being in the room during this unusual exercise. i told him you can't use it. there were only these two women in the realm who were doing this, his two guests, and then there was one or two staffers, and mrs. clinton. if you use it, everybody will know that i was the source. and i was very worried about that, but i trusted him. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> watch c-span as president donald trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress spirit of this congress is going to be the busiest congress we've had in decades. >> and life tuesday, december 28 on c-span and c-span.org, and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> c-span, where history unfolds at daily. in 1979 c-span was c-span was greater a

>> sunday night on "q&a," georgetown university profession barbara feinman todd talks about working as a researcher and ghost writer for hillary clinton, carl bernstein and bob woodward in her book here: how i ot worked with three newspaper icons, one powerful first lady and still managed to dig myself out of the washington swamp." >> i told myself about being in the room during this unusual exercise. i told them, you can't use it. they were only these two women in the room who were doing this. these two guests. and then there was, you know, one or two staffers and mrs. clipon. if you use it, everybody will know that i was the source. and i was very worried about that. but i trusted him. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> next up, a hearing on drug cartels, the house humanitarian subcommittee on border and maritime security heard from officials with the coast guard and homeland security and state departments. it's chaired by arizona congresswoman martha mcsally. he hearing's 90 minutes. ms. mcsally: the subcommittee on border and maritime security will come to o

. >> sunday night, on q & a, georgetown university professor barbara feinman todd talks about working as researcher and ghost writer for hillary clinton, carl bernstein and bob woodward in her book pretend i'm not here. how i worked with three newspaper icons when powerful first lady and still managed to dig myself out of the washington swamp. >> i resisted. i just spoke in general terms about what it was like being in the white house then told them the story about being in the room. during this unusual exercise. but i told them, you can't use it. there were only these two women in the room who were doing this. these two guests. and then there was, you know, one or two staffers. and mrs. clinton. if you use it, everybody will know that i was the source. and ways ve i was very worried about that. but i trusted them. >> sunday night on q and a. >> real j care experts recently outlined how the affordable care act works in their state. the brookings institute in washington hosted the two-hour discussion on the health care law's successes and failures. >> good morning and thank you for com

. >> georgetown university professor barbara feinman todd -- ghostwriter for hillary clinton. however worked with three newspaper icons, one powerful first lady, and still managed to dig myself out. >> i resisted. i spoke in general terms and then told him the story about being in the room. during this unusual exercise. he can't use it. there were only these two women in the room that were doing this. and then there were one or two staffers. if you use it everybody will know i was the source. and i was very worried about that. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. --tern on c-span's q and day q and a. next, alexa koenig, victor peskin, and eric stover talk about their book, " hiding in plain sight: the pursuit of war criminals from nuremberg to the war on terror." the library foundation of los angeles hosted this event. it is a little over an hour.

. >> sunday night on q&a, georgetown university professor barbara feinman todd talks about working as a researcher and ghost writer for hillary clinton, carl bernstein and bob woodward. in her book "pretend i'm not here: how i worked with three newspaper icons, one powerful first lady, and still managed to dig myself out of the washington swamp". >> i resisted, you know, i just spoke in general terms about what it was like being in the white house, and then i told them the story about being in the room during this unusual exercise. but i told them, you can't use it, there were only these two women in the room, who were doing this, these two guests, and then there was, you know, one or two staffers, and mrs. clinton. if you use it, everybody will know that i was the source. and i was very worried about that. but i trusted him. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> in case you missed it, here are some clips of c-span's programming last week. california senator kamala harris gives her first speech from the senate floor. >> our country needs a secretary of education wh