barnum was not perfect however. i have to say that the imbalan imbalance, he was wonderful company always for me. reading him, he was so witty and he could turn of phrase so well. i always enjoyed being in this company and i often went over by him. one of the things that make him a great character write about, was that he was not perfect. like the rest of us, he was very imperfect. one of the things that really made the job interesting day by day for me, was to think about the things he did in the various contexts. and one is, he may have done this but then everybody did it in that day. this was sort of a historical characteristic. you might think of his treatment of animals. he was very dedicated to bringing exotic animals to exhibit. it was often a grisly process to capture these animals and ship them. the understanding of how to care for them when they got to the museum was limited. they were learning all of the time. parliament did often bring handlers for the animals or people that were familiar with how they l

barnum was not perfect however. i have to say that the imbalan imbalance, he was wonderful company always for me. reading him, he was so witty and he could turn of phrase so well. i always enjoyed being in this company and i often went over by him. one of the things that make him a great character write about, was that he was not perfect. like the rest of us, he was very imperfect. one of the things that really made the job interesting day by day for me, was to think about the things he did in the various contexts. and one is, he may have done this but then everybody did it in that day. this was sort of a historical characteristic. you might think of his treatment of animals. he was very dedicated to bringing exotic animals to exhibit. it was often a grisly process to capture these animals and ship them. the understanding of how to care for them when they got to the museum was limited. they were learning all of the time. parliament did often bring handlers for the animals or people that were familiar with how they l

i'm barnum, i'm mr. barnum. he was supposed to have said and he tipped his hat and everyone in the crowd would waive their handkerchiefs and tip their hat back. it looked very much like a -- he wdn't turn off his phone, it was a triumphal moment. he was much loved. at the end of his, in the 1860s or 70s, left the presidency and went on a two-year tour of the world promoting the united states. when he came back, barnum saw him and said it mustro have been wonderful, you are the most beloved american, go through the world and he said no barnum, you've got it all from me. everywhere i went, people asked me, do you know barnum? [laughter] if there are i questions, i'll stop. [applause] >> what was the most surprising thing you learned about barnum? >> to learn that he really was a better person than hisbe reputation and i guess that is the thing. yes. >> you touched on how many, simplistic sure of barnum toc label the serpent political part, turn that around and hear from you how the current status of h american pol

barnum. women in space. environmental lawyer on his 20-year legal battle against dupont. at 12:45, kent garrett and gene elsworth recounts the journey of black men admitted into harvard. and he hed larson on the partnership between benjamin franklin and george washington. identity and race and here experiences growing up in puerto rico. at 4:30 p.m., michelle sullivan on leadership and philanthropy. the savannah book festival live starting saturday at 9 a.m. eastern. and be sure to watch our live coverage of the tucson festival of books next month on book tv on c-span2. >> sunday, at 9 p.m. eastern on after words, sally pipes makes the argument against medicare for all in her latest book "false premise, false promise", just in december there were over 4 million brits on a waiting list to get treatment and the cancer treatment is not supposed to be delayed from seeing a general practitioner to general treatment more than 62 days. they haven't met the u.k. that standard for over five years and more important, under the world health organization study, brits are the bottom o

barnum, amy title on women in space, and at 11:30 environmental lawyer robert balot on his 20-year legal battle against dupont. 1:45, kent and gene recount the journey of 18 black men admitted into harvard in 1989. at 2:00, edward larson on the partnership between george washington and benjamin franklin. at 3:15, author diaz on identity and race and her experiences growing up in puerto rico. at 4:30, caterpillar foundation president michelle sullivan on leadership and philanthropy. live starting saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. and be sureo watch our live coverage of the tucson festival of books next month on book tv on c-span 2. >> hawaii's democratic governor david ige delivered his state of the state address in honolulu and discussed reducing homelessness, investing in infrastructure and combatt

our coverage robert wilson on the life of pt barnum. at 10:15, a title on women in space. environmental lawyer robert the loft on his 20 year legal battle against dupont. 12:45, the journey of 18 black men admitted into harvard in 1959. at 2:00 p.m., edward larson on the partnership between george washington and benjamin franklin. at 3:15, the identity and race. and the experiences growing up in puerto rico. caterpillar, foundation president michel suleiman on leadership and philanthropy. liveavannah book festival, starting saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. watch our live coverage of the tucson festival of books next month on book tv on c-span2. senator elizabeth warren took her presidential campaign to arlington, virginia thursday. she held a town hall meeting, where she talked about the economy, campaign-finance law, and the green new deal. ♪ so here we are, virginia. the primaries have really started. states,heard from two we have 55 states and territories ready to go. [applause] are super tuesday state, and that means the road to the white house runs right through virgini

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the ultimate showman knew how to do the pt barnum thing and turned it into a reality tv moment. so people connect to. when asked the question why supporting donald trump and she said because he's just like me. and if you don't understand why, you will never get to any of the things you talked about. because we have to understand why someone sees these things the way they see them and when they hear themselves being called the portal debate could. if you don't understand why he did that and why that was a sb 11, that was a big deal but he did and his. you need to understand this not in the conventional way we are not in the conventional moment. we've long left kansas. we are not there anymore. we are in the space for asymmetrical politics of the quintessential player calling the place so the democrats looking to november need to ask not just who can beat trump but who can beat him in an asymmetrical way and isn't afraid to step out there. there are ways in which you have some people who've already done this, watch what nancy pelosi has done. she's the only player in the town righ

barn thing -- the barnum thing and turn it into a moment. why would a single mother of two, living in new hampshire, right, divorced, when asked a question in 2016, why she was supporting donald trump,, and she said because he is just like me. now, if you don't understand the why of that, you will -- you will never get any of the things you talk about. because we have to understand why someone sees these things the way they see them, and why they hear what they hear. when they hear themselves being called deplorables, or when they hear someone talking about clinging to their gods and guns, that is when the beast drives around the nascar track. if you don't understand why he did that, and why there was a big deal, that sends a huge message. why i like, that is him and that is why he is just like me. you need to understand that. you need to understand is, not in a conventional way. we are not in a conventional moment, folks. we have long left kansas. .e have even passed oz we are in a space where asymmetrical politics is the order of the day b

donald trump, the ultimate showman, knew how to do the pt barnum thing. and turn it into a reality tv moment. people connect to that. whilst would a single mother of two living in new hampshire, divorced, when asked a question in 2016 why she was supporting donald trump, and she said, because he is just like me. if you don't understand the why of that, you will never get to any of the things you talked about. we have to understand why someone sees these things the way they see them and why they hear what they hear, so when they hear themselves being called deplorables or when they hear themselves talking about clinging to their gods and their guns, that is when the president gets into the beast and drives around the nascar track. if you don't understand why he did that, and why that was a b ig deal. that sent a huge message. what you just said, deaf ears. what he did, that is why i like him. sorry. you need to understand this not in the conventional way. we are not in the conventional moment anymore. we have long left kansas. we have even passed oz. we ar

barnum met ronald reagan. he's the greatest showman i've ever seen and his policies are reagan-like, but his ability to present himself is beyond anything i've ever seen in politics, quite frankly, entertainment. it was an hour and a half and it seemed like 15 minutes. >> last year at cpac when the president spoke, half teleprompter and half ad-lib, if i recall, i think it was pretty close to two hours last year. we'll see what he does this year when he speaks at 3:00. earlier this morning we heard from the g.o.p. candidate who is running for congresswoman ilhan omar's seat in minnesota. she is an iraqi refugee and of course now a united states citizen who lived under the tyranny of saddam hussein. >> we were not citizens, none of us were, the lack of freedom to have ideas made his hostages. because if you don't have the freedom to express yourself any other freedoms don't matter much, if you can't talk, if you can't say anything, nothing matters anymore. >> look for the president to take up the theme at this

our coverage robert wilson on the life of pt barnum. at 10:15, a title on women in space. environmental lawyer robert the loft on his 20 year legal battle against dupont. 12:45, the journey of 18 black men admitted into harvard in 1959. at 2:00 p.m., edward larson on the partnership between george washington and benjamin franklin. at 3:15, the identity and race. and the experiences growing up in puerto rico. caterpillar, foundation president michel suleiman on leadership and philanthropy. liveavannah book festival, starting saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. watch our live coverage of the tucson festival of books next month on book tv on c-span2.

robert will some on the life of pt barnum. women in space.ironmental lawyer robert and a lot on his battle against dupont. recounting the journey of 18 black men admitted into harvard in 1959. on the partnership between george washington and benjamin franklin. race, and her experiences growing up in puerto rico. caterpillar foundation president michelle sullivan on leadership and philanthropy, the savanna book festival live. be sure to watch our live coverage of the tucson festival on book tv on c-span two. article two is adopted. >> do you solemnly swear that in all things pretraining to the -- pertaining to the impeachment of donald john trump, president of the united states, now pending. >> you will do justice according to laws, so help you god. the court will continue with impeachment. >> we have seen a descent into constitutional madness. >> the basis upon which this has moved forward is irregular in the -- to say the least. >> donald john trump is not guilty in the second article. >> for the second time in history, a president has been

our coverage includes editor of the american scholar on the life of 19th-century showman pb barnum. and an environmental lawyer on his 20-year legal battle against dupont. and the recounting of the journey of 18 black men admitted into harvard in 1859. at 2:00 edward larson on the partnership between george washington and benjamin franklin. at three: 15, identity and race and her experiences growing up in puerto rico. and michelle sullivan on leadership and philanthropy. the savanna book festival, live starting saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. watch our live coverage of the tucson festival of books next month. congress approve the equal rights amendment to the constitution in 19 72. the e.r.a. would guarantee equal rights for all american citizens regardless of gender and end distinctions in divorce, property, and other matters. on thursday the house passed an amendment to remove the line for the ratification. the measure now goes to the senate. this is long overdue legislation to ensure the equal rights amendment can become the 20 eighth amendment to the united states constitution. t

robert wilson on the life of pt barnum. amy title on women in space.1:30, robert bilotta on 20 year legal battle against dupont. 12, kent garrett -- at 2:00, edward marson on the partnership between george washington and benjamin franklin. author ds. sullivan onhelle leadership and philanthropy. watch our live coverage of the tucson festival of books, next month on c-span tv, on c-span2. >> sunday night on q&a, a look at american presidents. with journalist and historian, craig fairman. thatu saw it in that quote kennedy's father was the one pulling the strings behind the scenes. that's not true. jack kennedy won the pulitzer prize. he brought up the pulitzer prize. he said i would rather win a pulitzer prize than to be president. because he had this strong desire for literary fame, even though he did not want to do literary work, he got himself the prize. in new york city, in washington, d.c., people have been gossiping, did people really write that book? i wonder how much money they are getting out of the royalty text -- checks. the pulitzer changed

coverage includes editor of the american scholar, robert wilson on the life of 19th century shown in pt barnum 10:15, a conversation on women in space. at 11:30, environmental lawyer on his 20 year legal battle against dupont. and recounting the journey of 18 black men admitted in harvard in 1959. at 2:00, the partnership between george washington and benjamin franklin. author on identity and teresa and her experiences growing up in puerto rico. at 4:30, counter pillar president on leadership and be sure to watch our live tucsone of the tw festival of books on c-span two. eastern, an 9 p.m. argument against medicare for all in a book. >> just in december, there were 4 million on a waiting list to get treatment. the cancer treatment is not supposed to be delayed more than 62 days there they have not met in the u.k. that standard for over five years. more important, under the world health organization study, brits are the bottom of the wrong in most industrialized countries. "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with kathryn waldron from the r street institute. we are going to talk a

know whether you want to make this judgment or not, but i used to dismiss elon musk as a showman, a barnumi have really changed my mind. he has really done something here. he has created an electric car that people want to buy. i think he is a genius. would you say that judgment. >> he is a complicated individual. on one hand you can criticize him for all kinds of reckless actions, things he said over the time. they haven't produced much in the way of profit. the profits recently was from selling tax credits. on the other hand he produced a beautiful car. not only does he have fans, they're passionate about their car and about the stock. he has been doing other things at the same time. you have to give him a lot of credit. stuart: they are buying the car. the demand is there. his production is meeting that demand. >> yes. it has taken a little while. they have missed their goals time and time again in recent years but lately they have shown improvement. you have to give him credit for that. stuart: i see a little stability in, stability is a relative term. >> relatively speaking. stuart: r

. >> it's like pt barnum met ronald reagan, policies are reagan like but his ability to present himself is beyond anything aye ever seen in politics quite frankly, entertainment. it was an hour and a half and seemed like 15 minutes. >> right now they are playing a documentary, tribute to donald trump, we expect his arrival on the stage here to be eminent. the house is packed. i'm sure that the ovation will be rousing. eric, back to you. eric: our house is packed in the fox news channel, we will bring the president's speech in his entirety as soon as he takes the stage, we will get back to you after the president speaks. arthel: president trump did address that in speech earlier in briefing room and will continue to update us from the very room in the days to come. the white house correspondent for usa today and so speaking of president trump he does not need to rally his base. i mean, the base is already rally and strongly supports the president as do gop lawmakers. what is the president's purpose and agenda at cpac today? >> basically just gather troops and get them ready for fall camp

coverage includes editor of the american scholar robert wilson on the life of 19th century showmen pt barnum. >> the savanna book festival live saturday at 90 eastern. watch our live coverage of the tucson festival of books next month on booktv on c-span2. >> hollow campaign 2020 to nevada this weekend. saturday night live at 11 p.m. eastern democratic presidential candidate joe biden, pete buttigieg, senator amy klobuchar, tom steyer, senator bernie sanders and senator elizabeth warren speak before clark county democrats. on sunday live at 5 p.m. eastern jill biden, pete buttigieg, senator amy klobuchar and tom steyer speak at a forum on infrastructure. live coverage on c-span. i joined event at c-span.org and listen and listen on the go on the c-span radio app. >> joining us from new york city is copresident and ceo carol jenkins joining us to talk with us about era and efforts to revive the era at and passing , equal rights amendment. give our viewers a brief history of its passage and why its current now. >> well, thanks so much for having me again. i love coming under program to talk wi

barnum. amy title on women in space and at 11:30, an environmental lawyer on his 20 year legal battle against dupont. a 12:45, two guest recount 18 black men admitted into harvard in 1959 and at 2:00, destroyed edward larson on the partnership between george washington and benjamin franklin. at 3:15, and arthur on identity and race in her experiences growing up in puerto rico. p.m., michelle sullivan on leadership and philanthropy. the savannah book festival, live , starting saturday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, and be sure to watch our live coverage of the tucson festival of books next month on book tv on c-span2. monday, president's day, "washington journal is live at 9:00 a.m. eastern from mount vernon, the home library and museum of our first president, george washington, with an historian. ,t is the start of museum week highlighting washington, d.c. area museums with exhibits exploring the american story. be sure to watch museum week all next week and 9:00 a.m. eastern on "-- on "washington jou

it is like pt barnum met ronald reagan, the greatest showman i have ever seen, his policies are reaganeemed like an hour and a half and it was 15 minutes. jedediah: who would donald trump most like to face. he posed that question and everybody said bernie was the best option. i would like to see biden. what do you think the president really think? >> he will beat anybody that runs against him based on results but you ask me, bernie. i like younger. he would be the young guy in the race. he would be the american capitalist in the race, the commander-in-chief, imagine bernie sanders being commander-in-chief, sitting down with communist china. what would happen if you had a sick socialist negotiating with congress. jedediah: sounds like the start of a great joke. >> there are so many. i have a lot of things. dean: who will take south carolina? trump or democratic people? democrats? >> the president will win by double digits in south carolina and joe biden will win the primary. joe is a good guy. i have known him a long time. he is a very decent guy, african-american supporters strong for

>> that was author robert wilson on the life of showman pt barnum. ... ... ... ... the canadian healthcare system in 1984, with no private coverage was allowed for medical necessary, both are medically necessary in healthcare, a couple of things that are not because medic surgery, i want to make myself look younger and better, lasix surgery for your eyes, all procedure where they come down and not go up because the government is not involved. in canada as a state 84, the government took it over, i worked at the institute where we started a project in 88 called waiting your turn, a guy to the hospital waiting list, 1993 in the first year the average wait time from a primary care dr. to getting treatment by specialist, you don't call up your ob/gyn, you have to go to a general practitioner who referred you if you think is necessary. in 1993, that weight was 9.3 weeks, over two months. last year 2019, the average wait time was 20.9 weeks, that is over five months. 608,000 canadians across the border every year to pay out-of-pocket for getting mris, pet scan, orthopedic