chris: we discussed the growing tribalism with ben sass.ith cory lewandowski and david bossie. outside advisors to the president josc his enemies including some top officials in the white house, are undermining him. plus, our sunday panel with a new report on climate change. he presents the grimmest picture yet of the threat to the us.all right now on "fox news sunday". and hello again from fox news in washington. as family and friends get together on this thanksgiving weekend, there is one piece of advice a lot of people are taking. do not talk politics! views of president trump and hot button issues are so divisive, you run the risk of blowing up the family gathering. now, as we head into the 2020 ss race for president, will the growing tribalism get even worse? in a few minutes, we sit down with two outside advisors to the president, cory lewandowski and david bossie for their first interview on the new book on mr. trump enemies. the first nebraskan, senator ben sass, a frequent critic of the president and author of his own new book, the

but first, from nebraska, republican senator ben sasse, a frequent critic of the president and authorf his own new book "them: why we hate each other and how to heal." senator, welcome back to "fox news sunday" ." >> senator sasse: thanks for coming to snow in nebraska, chris. >> chris: will get to your book about political tribalism in a moment but i want to start discussing another threat and that is the 13 federal agencies came out with something called the national climate assessment on friday and here are the major findings from that assessment. temperatures in the u.s. are 1.0 years ago. sees are 9 inches higher. he waits, hurricanes and wildfires are much worse and climate change could cut our gdp by 10% by 2100 if there are no changes. senator, how seriously do you take this report from the trump administration? >> senator sasse: i think it's clear that the climate is changing. i think reasonable people can differ about how much and how rapidly but i think it's clear that it's changing and it's clear that humans are a contributing factor. i think the real question becomes what

there are two americans -- now this is ben sasse in the story. there are two americans that hold the solution to this problem. two heros, we should all know. james madison, and george washington. take them in turn and tell us how james madison can help us make progress today. >> so, i am fascinated by madison for loots of reasons, historically and because i have taught american history survey classes. hamilton should get you excited about lots of the founder but when i looked back at madison, and -- has a book on the -- papers as well. harvey man steel -- i was there to wrestle -- but anyways, mans field and others resurrect madison and when you read madison it feels like he is the ferv guy of the twitter age to give us a lesson about the absurdity of the movement of the imups to self-certain instant montana mentality, and on twitter you're not doing violent mob but the sort of mujoritarian certainty by which you answer every question by a quick hot-take put down. it's not thattering. and it doesn't satisfy you. and it certainly doesn't persuade

please welcome senator ben sasse!e. >> good to be mere. my kids want to know who canceled. >> stephen: nobody. you did!caeled on me weeks ago because you had to vote or something like that. >> yeah, it seems like paying the bills is part of the job. >> stephen: i suppose so. i suppose so. well you've got a new book here called "them: why we hate each other-- and how to he'll." before we get to the heeling, let's talk about some of the reasons yes people might be divided in this nation. let's talk about the news in the last 24 hours. ivanka trump, it has been discovered, was using her private email server and her personal email for government business. in 2016 you called hillary's emails a serious matters that deserves our serious attention. same here? >> so, secretary clinton was using classified information on a private server that she denied having. i don't know what kind of email -- >> stephen: she also originally denied there was classified information on there. >> that wasn't true. so if ivanka trump has classifi

senator ben sasse brings us. and ideas on how to reverse that in bring us back together as a country. sasseng today, senator will talk about what it will take in his words to pass along a country is great and free and opportunity-filled for the next generation as we were blessed to inherit our grandparents. so some of you in the audience here today already know this, but i and especially pleased to welcome senator sasse to the press club because he represents a state that is near and dear to my heart. my dad is from nebraska. vacations going between humboldt and omaha, and completely coincidentally, truly, my husband is from nebraska, from omaha. so, everyone, whether you have a nebraska connection already or not, please join me in welcoming senator ben sasse to the national press club. [applause] thank you, there is so much i want to talk about that is not officially on the agenda, but it feels like she gave us 15 jumping off points. she mentioned that i wrote a 520 page dissertation. there is an old joke among

. >> up next, senator ben ben sass talks bout his new book. "them: why we hate each other and how to heal" and then smart phones have made people more disconnected and isolated from each other. the event from the national press club lasts an hour. >> hello, everyone, and welcome to the national press club. the place where news happens. i'm andrea edney and i'm the 11th president of the national press club. i'd like to ask you to please silence your cellphones. you're on twitter we encourage you to tweet during the program. our handle is press club done dc and use the #npclive. for c-span and radio live, be aware that audiences are member of the general public so any applause or other reaction you've might hear is not necessarily from the working press and now, i would like to introduce our head table. audience, please hold your applause until everyone has been introduced. so, starting from your right, we have lisa matthews, who is the video assignment manager for washington of the "associated press" and co-chair of our national press club head

after that, nebraska senator ben sasse talks about political stability. then, a reporters roundtable on how media outlets are covering news. on c-span's "newsmakers" this we can, our guest is the usaid ambassador mark green. background in diplomacy, humanitarian assistance and development programs. ambassador green, thank you for being our guest. let me introduce the two reporters who will ask bentions, carol morello and kesling. you are up first, carol, with the question. you have spent a lot of time talking about how the goal should be to eliminate the need for foreign aid by encouraging .esiliency after a year and a half, can you give a concrete example of where you have made the most progress? have made aally we time of progress in terms of reshaping ourselves around that vision. we took the opportunity of the executive order to really embrace that. so, we have had 850 staff members from all across the agency, including about 300 from overseas. we looked at measuring capacities in the country. to beked at realigning more responsive in line with the vi

this weekend on afterwards republican senator ben sass of nebraska argues that the country lacks unitynd offers his thoughts on how to repair it. also we have coverage of the recent southern festival of books in nashville. with author discussions on civil rights, rural america, the country's political divide race in america and more. and jean marie last guest talks about letters from the public that president obama received in responded to while in office. all that and more for a complete schedule visit book tv.org. they were kept the early lace -- they recount the early life of benjamin franklin. good evening everyone.

nebraska republican senator ben sasse talked about his latest book. "why we hate each other and how to heal." he spoke at the national press club. .hour welcome, everybody, and to the national press club, the place where news happens. i am an editor at bloomberg news and i am the 111th president of the national press club. you to silence your cell phones. if you are on twitter, we encourage you to tweet during the program, and please use the hashtag, #npclive. numbers of the audience are members of the general public. any applause or reactions you hear is not necessarily from the working press. i would like to introduce our head table. audience, please hold your applause until everybody has been introduced. starting from your right, we have lisa matthews, the video assignment manager for washington and the associated press, and cochair of our national press club headliners team. we have sarah weier, congressional correspondent for the l.a. times. dan friedman, correspondent for the washington bureau of hearst newspapers. coming from the site, alan fer

nebraska republican senator ben sasse talked about his latest book, "them: why we hate each other - and how to heal." he spoke recently at the club.al press >> hello, everybody, and welcome the national press club! the place where news happens. i'm andrea edney. i'm an editor at bloomberg news. and i am the 111th president of club.tional press before we get started, i'd like to ask you if you haven't already, to please silence your cell phones. if you're on twitter, we do encourage you to tweet during the program. our handle is press club d.c. #npclease use the hashtag live. for our c-span and public radio audiences, please be aware that here at the club today, are members of the public. so any applause or other reaction you might here is not necessarily from the working press. now i would like to introduce our head table. yournce, please hold applause until everyone has been introduced. right, weg from your have lisa matthews, who is the foro assignment manager washington, associated press, ourshe is co-chair of national press club headliners team. sarah weir,e congressional correspond

eastern on after words, senator ben sasse talks about his book. "them." he's interviewed by. arthur brook. s, president of the american enterprise institute. >> i don't think it's the story. i think it's fill iing the vacu of declining local tribes. and the kinds of tribes that make people happy, family, deep friendship, long-term shared vocations or meaningful work, local worship in communities. all those things are being undermined by the moment werth at in technological history. >> watch this it weekend on c-span 2's book tv. >>> join us sunday veteran's day at 11:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span. the wreath laying ceremony at arlington nationaler is ta cemetery. and then it lye coverage from the national constitution center in philadelphia. the presentation of the annual liberty medal to president bush and laura bush. on american history tv, c-span 3, all day coverage commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of world were i. veterans day on c-span and "american history tv" on c-span 3. >>>

and ben sass is very good in his book about that. the unity is not the problem. unity is a good thing. tribalism is a good thing. it is finding healthy attachments and outlets for it. family, friends, local communities. institutions close to home, those are sports teams, those are good things. but politics cannot serve that very well on a national level without becoming distorting and tribal. and that is a problem. >> so identity politics is the fourth mentioned in your subtitle. as just another word for these three things? >> what they all are is, they are important different manifestations of this underlying phenomenon. right? identity politics is an ancient human understanding. or a way of looking at the world. among the first forms of identitypolitics was aristocracy . ... . >> that says some people simply by accident are better or worthy or worse than other people one of the greatest things of the founding fathers was get rid of titles of nobility so the idea inherent in the founding a fully realized that you should judge people on their own individual merit

ben sass, not a pushover. the president when it comes to appointments we're talking about replacing the attorney general, susan collins, lindsey graham voiced serious concerns about the way the president taken a strong attack with saudi arabia. he still has to feed the bulldog. >> shannon: does he has more of margin when it comes to judicial nominees? there are plenty federal judges fielding through the season. it's tough for them having to worry about senator collins and murkowski. >> i don't want it take anything from susan collins pro-choice views. i have every inspection -- expectation he'll continue to get lot of judges through and remake the federal judiciary. >> shannon: i want to play something we heard from president obama. he was big voice in this misraise. he did recorded calls for mike espy. the president being down there twice yesterday. here's what president obama is saying tonight about current political environment. >> you start getting the politics based on nationalism that's not pride and cou

we got ben sasse. ben sasse is a maybe. ( cheers and applause ) then we got-- let's see...a murkowski is a maybe. who else? jeff flake has gone back and forth. but then again, there's joe manchin, there's heidi heitkamp... ( laughter ) and there's... and there's... that leaves us with the possibility of... ( laughter ) yeah, 51-49. okay. ( laughter and applause ) ( piano riff ) got to get some grip on the fingers. one thing that has changed is the f.b.i. investigation. before the f.b.i. investigation, both sides were confused and angry. now both sides are confused and furious. ( laughter ) last night, the white house released a statement saying the f.b.i. had completed its report and that it represented an unprecedented look at a nominee. the statement was released at 2:30 a.m. 2:30 a.m. isn't typically a time you release critical materials that exonerate a supreme court nominee, it's typically when you release your drunkest tweets. ( laughter ) "honestly-- no, no, no-- no, no, no-- shush! shush! shhhh! shhhh! i can't hear the typing!" ( laughter ) "honestly-- honestly, i t

on afterwards, senator ben sasse , why about his book, "them we hate each other and how to heal." >> i do not think political tribalism is the story of the moment, it is filling the vacuum of local tribes. the tribes that make people happy, shared vocations are meaningful work, worshiping communities, those are being undermined by the moment we are at in technological history. >> c-span2, book tv. >> yesterday, president trump held a news conference at the white house to discuss the results of the midterm elections. it includes a heated exchange with cnn journalist jim acosta who had his credentials revoked. this is one hour 30 minutes.

take a listen to what ben sass had to say about this. >> mbs contributed to murdering somebody abroad and it is not strength to mumble past that. strength is telling the truth even when it's hard. our intelligence community is really good and the report is really clear and the president should be stronger. that was ake weak statement. >> will growing dissent among the president's party force him to take a harder stance against the crown prince? >> it's a very good question and i've been pleasantly surprised at the number of public senators, ben sasse, bob corker, who have come out since the murder of jamal khashoggi and said this crown prince is not a reliable ally, he's erratic, he could be a murderer. will that change the equation? so far not. it trump continuing on what previous presidents have done in in the past. is this about his personal bottom line? hopefully adam schiff will teach us more. what i admire most about donald trump and i don't admire many things is his brazenness when it comes to lying. he goes out of his way in pla-- that's the ci a's via's view an take the view

where do you come down, >> very much on team ben sass on this one. it's great in his book how it pinpoints much of our problems and politics are upstream of washington. we had problems in civil society and institutions. if you listen to david bossi and corey lewandowski, i'm an old friend of david bossie's. they exhibit the exact problem but they are actually endorsing this idea that even trump supporters are secret enemies. if they only started supported after the election. if you took their advice at face value. they want the republican coalition to be smaller than it is and it's already tilting away big chunks. like arctic ice chunks melting away under president trump and they want to define the republican party as blind support for one man rather than a group of ideas and i think that's a suicidal choice. >>chris: mo, in just the past week, the president fought with the chief justice. the cia, news media. special counsel. he says if he doesn't fight, he doesn't win. >> i think the president, there are a lot of fissures in our politics and society

. >> who would you like to see run, ben sasse? >> there are names out there. i would love to see ben sasse. i'm not speaking for him. obviously i would love to see ben run. john kasich has put things in motion. there needs to be somebody. and i've been to new hampshire a few times. there's a great place to be in the fall. i'm not sure about the wintertime. but, anyway, somebody needs to run. >> it's cold in the wintertime, i'll tell you that, as somebody who went to college there. jeff flake of arizona, appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> stacey abrams says democracy failed in georgia. what does she plan to do about it? she's here next. >> congress will look a lot different in january. three number members of the freshman class will join me live. stay with us. ...one of the toughest parts is the search for a job that takes advantage of the skills you've gained while serving. you can now search with the phrase 'jobs for veterans' directly on google... ...and then enter your military occupational specialty code. google brings together job openings from acros

eastern nebraska senator ben sasse talks about his book "them: why we hate each other and how to heal." political think tribalism is the story of the moment, i think it is filling the vacuum of declining local tribes and the kinds of tribes that make people happy. family, long-term shared vocations, friendships, local worshiping communities. all of those things are being undermined by the moment we are at in technological history. >> watch this weekend on c-span2's book tv. >> charlie cook, the editor and publisher of the cook political report, recapped the midterm election results at an event in washington hosted by the national journal. before his analysis, the executive director highlighted some of the new members of congress elected tuesday. this is just under two hours. >> good afternoon. i'm president of the national journal. welcome you all to our seventh annual members summit. and our day after the election summit. thank you all for coming. it certainly was another exciting night, another late-night.

ben sass? >> well, there are names out there. i would love to see ben sass. i'm not speaking for him. obviously i would love to see him run. john kasich has put something in action. i think there needs to be somebody, and i've been to new hampshire a few times. it's a great place to be in the fall, not sure about the wintertime. but anyway, somebody needs to run. >> it's cold in the wintertime, i'll tell you that. jeff flake, senator of arizona, thank you for your time. we really appreciate it. >>> stacey abrams said democracy failed in georgia. what does she plan to do about it? >>> and congress is going to look a lot different in january. three new members of the freshman class will join me live. stay with us. that takes advantage of the skills you've gained while serving. you can now search with the phrase 'jobs for veterans' directly on google... ...and then enter your military occupational specialty code. google brings together job openings from across the web that match the skills you gained in your military role. just click to apply and use your experi

. >> then at 9:00 p.m., ben sasse from nebraska talks about his "them" and he is interviewed. >> i thinknd -- declining local tribes. family, friendship, meaningful work. worshiping communities. all those things are being undermined in technological history. -- underlined -- undermined by the point we are at in technological history. about theht presidents before i began the book. forgotten -- not that they were forgotten but there were -- they were significant in some way. >> tonight, michael gerhardt talks about those go of his books, the forgotten presence and impeachment. clinton didhat bill --ot he knew members of congress were looking for them to make mistakes. which he was held in contempt by a judge for perjury. bill clinton made his impeachment almost inevitable. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span q&a. weekend,s veterans day welcome theed to secretary of the army, mark esper. joining us from the pentagon. marking his one-year anniversary soon in that role. he brings to it a wealth of experience, including service as a combat veteran himself.

in 2014, election senator ben sasse, republican from nebraska, has not been shy to speak his mind. hisurprised the nation and party by deciding to not endorse donald trump for president. even after that election, he continued to question administration policies, from border issues to the trade war with china. her hats this willingness to face issues head on is due to senator sasse's background. in contrast to his legal minded senate colleagues, he holds a doctorate in american history and wrote his dissertation in yale on the religious right's response to the attack on activities like school prayer in the 1960's. that dissertation was twice as long as the book we are going to be talking about today, but it did win him some prestigious prizes. me one second. senator has also worked as a management consultant, held several positions in the administration of george w. bush, and talked to the university of texas in austin. it was in the administration where he found his most high-profile success prior to his senate run. before senator sasse turned 40, lutheran around the college in his

in this weekend on afterwards republican senator ben sass of nebraska argues that the country lacks unity. and offers his thoughts on how to repair it. we have coverage of the recent southern festival of books in nashville. with author discussions on civil rights rural america the country's political divide race in america and more. they talk about letters from the public that president obama received and responded to an office. all that and more on book tv. for a complete schedule visit our website. historian nick bunker counts the early life of benjamin franklin. [inaudible conversations] good evening everyone. coming up this weekend on book tv. new york times magazine jean marie last guest you suggest that justice cavanagh should read the newest book the spark of light why is that. i think it's probably the most balance looked at abortion rights that i had found. i worked really hard to make it balance. >> we are back live with jody pico. we head about an hour left in our program with her. we are in month 11. her new book a spark of light just premiered at number one. we will put the p

senator lindsey graham, rand paul and senator ben sasse's on "fox news sunday" this morning and this is what he said. >> mbs contributed to murdering somebody abroad and it is not strength to sort of mumble pass that. strength is telling the truth even when it's hard. >> president trump is made its decision on how hoover's on today's. do you think any other world leaders might stand up to the crown prince of the g20? >> area possible. i actually think the responsibility lies with president trump to clarify america is a country that we have a strong strategic interest in continuing support in saudi arabia, but that doesn't mean we need to give a pass to it happened which was a redness of the gruesome murder. at the same time to say because that is now high in the headlines that should shape our thing is also a misleading approach. what i'm saying is broadly at the moment for president trump to lay down a clear marker. he's a good speechwriter to do this for him and he does have that. he gave a terrific speech is the last year. it is time for him to speak up at the g20. that would be t

nebraska republican senator ben sasse talks about his latest book. he spoke at the national press club last week. you, there is so much i want to talk about that is not officially on our agenda but it feels like she gave us 15 jumping off points, one of which is i wrote a 520 page dissertation. there is an old joke among humanities ph.d student you write a 500 disper says because you didn't have time to write a 200 page dissertation, that's what i did in any undereditted project. we have been talking

new book on the founding fathers and coming up later tonight after words mac with nebraska senator ben sasse. >>> i'm pleased to introduce carmen segarra and an attorney in private practice and cofounder of apron and hair. she attended harvard university, columbia university and cornell law school and has worked at citigroup. when carmen segarra took a job at the federal reserve bank of new york she believed she would be monitoring the big banks behavior in order to avoid another financial crisis. instead, she encountered a federal reserve and affecting and holding the banks accountable and began secretly recording her meetings. recordings became the basis of the american life episode. she chronicles her experience exposing the relationship between the big banks and set up to regulate them. william cohen author of money and power came to rule the world and writes a noncompliant whistleblower carmen segarra detonates a metaphorical explosive device inside the previously impenetrable faÇade of the powerful federal reserve bank of new york and in a gripping and highly personal narrative she rev

new book on the founding fathers and coming up later tonight after words mac with nebraska senator ben sasse. >>> i'm pleased to introduce carmen segarra and an attorney in private practice and cofounder

this week chris wallace will interview nebraska senator ben sasse and it has been a blessing this weekksgiving with family and from new york my brothers paul and christian. that's it for "special report." i'm mike ema dvr the show if you haven't already set that up. hannity is next. ♪ ♪ >> judge: welcome in this special edition of hannity law and order in america. first of all, i hope everyone had a very happy thanksgiving. i'm judge jeanine pirro in tonight for sean. tonight, republicans in congress subpoenaed james comey and loretta lynch but comey vows to resist. more on this explosive story later in the hour. and black friday mayhem. we'll show you the wild ot

tune in tomorrow when my guests will be michael douglas, senator ben sasse, and chef jose andres.oup at wgbh access.wgbh.org millie bobby brown! millie bobby brown! millie bobby brown! millie bobby brown! millie bobby brown. world children's day is tomorrow, millie bobby brown! ♪ are you ready y'all to have some fun ♪ feel the love tonight don't you worry 'bout ♪ where it is you come from yeah, it'll be all right ♪ it's the late late show >> reggie: ladies and gentlemen,

eastern on after words, republican senator ben sass from #talks about his book "them, how we hate each other and how to heal." >> i don't think political tribalism is the story of the moment. i think it's filling the vacuum of the local tribes. and the kind of tribes that make people happy, family, friendship, local worship in communities, all those things are being undermined by the moment we're at in tech logical history. >> watch this weekend on c-span 2's book tv. >>> join us sunday, veterans day at 11:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span. the replaying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown at arlington national cemetery. and live coverage from the national constitution center in philadelphia, the presentation of the annual liberty medal to president george w. bush and laura bush on american history tv, c-span 3, all day coverage commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i. sunday veterans day on c-span and american history tv on c-span 3. >>> as your primary source for campaign 2018 we brought you candidate debates in the most competitive racesmism only on c-span over 16

there's been some pressure on republican senator ben sass of nebraska to mount a primary challenge tomp. while he hasn't ruled it out completely, he has said the prospect is pretty unlikely. >> what are the odds that you will launch a primary challenge to president trump or run as an independent and run for president yourself in 2020? >> i think the odds are a lot higher than i run for the noxious weed control board of dodge county, nebraska, than that. i lived on a campaign bus about 16 months five years ago and in my mind i still have flashbacks of a lot of kid puke on the floor of a bus. for me, i don't think about what job i have. i'm pretty happy living in nebraska and going to d.c. five days a week trying to serve the best i can. >> that was a nice image. >> yeah. >> actually, i'm -- >> flashbacks from the noxious weed. >> i don't see it. i think there's a void right in and out in the senate with the death of john mccain for the type of voice that he provided. and he's a young guy. >> mitt romney stepped up and played that role of challenger or doppelganger to this president? >>

that they are also against what the statements coming from the president right now, in fact, ban sa ben sass weak statements coming from the president. is there a way out of this between saudi arabia, because you know there is the issue of iran, syria, areas that you specialize in. >> we've always been able to maintain complicated relationships with countries like saudi arabia. i think we have to, in this case, take into very careful consideration the message that we're sending to the world where a country can go out and murder a dissident in a 30 country, lure them into their consulate apparently, and brutally murder them. that sends a message to the world, particularly if the united states does not respond or seems to excuse that behavior because of other considerations. it's possible to do both. we can stand up for our values. we can support human rights around the world. we can also have relationships with countries like saudi arabia where we must. but i think at this point, given this set of assistance, it's important we take a hard look at this relationship. there's already been a requ

this week chris wallace will interview nebraska senator ben sasse and it has been a blessing this weeksgiving with family and from new york my brothers paul and christian. that's it for "special report." i'm mike emanuel. good night from washington. ♪ >> ed: breaking tonight, growing cries of hypocrisy directed at fired fbi director james comey who says he will quote, unquote, resist republican demands to testify about his actions during the 2016campaign. the man who used to selectively leak to the media to make himself look good is suddenly against selective leaks to the media. good evening, everybody, i'm ed henry in for martha mccallum. in a thanksgiving surprise comey and loretta lynch have both been subpoenaed to testify behind clo

lindsey graham for one, has he met marco rubio or ben sass, all of these are republicans very much against the iran deal and are also criticizing what is going on with saudi arabia. it is almost a willful blindness to the reality of the response. >> i know mike pompeo. tony and i disagreed on the iran deal. we did it when we were having those discussions. he laid out his case and i laid out my case. we came to different conclusions. there are a lot of folks who had a policy question about the iran deal at the time. when you look at what is happening today, people should be concerned about what is happening in yemen. they should be concerned about what the crown prince is doing. it is almost youthful exuberance with power that he is bumping into things he doesn't need to bump into. i argue that is where the united states should step in and say we all need to have a conversation here about what your activities are beyond saudi arabia so that we can continue to build this relationship. we have always had tension with saudi arabia. by finger wagging to the people that you need to support your

this week chris wallace will interview nebraska senator ben sasse and it has been a blessing this week to celebrate thanksgiving with family and from new york my brothers paul and christian. that's it for "special report." i'm mike ema dvr the show if you haven't already set that up. hannity is next. ♪ ♪ >> judge: welcome in this special edition of hannity law and order in america. first of all, i hope everyone had a very happy thanksgiving. i'm judge jeanine pirro in tonight for sean. tonight, republicans in congress subpoenaed james comey and loretta lynch but comey vows to resist. more on this explosive story later in the hour. and black friday mayhem. we'll show you the wild footage we have got of what people will do for a sale. but, first, today president trump is addressing the crisis on our southern border and calling for funding of the border wall tweeting, quote: republicans and democrats must come together finally with a major border security package which will include funding for the wall after 40 years of talk, it's finally time for action. fix the border for once and for a

announcer: on afterwords, republican senator ben sasse from nebraska talks about his book "them: whywe hate each other and how to heal." he is interviewed by arthur brooks. >> i don't think political tribalism is the story of our moment. i think it is filling the vacuum of declining local tribes, family, deep friendship, long-term shared locations or meaningful work, local worship. all those things are being undermined by the moment we are at in technological history. announcer: watch this weekend on c-span2's book tv. announcer: new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. democrats have reclaimed control of the house. republicans maintain majority control of the senate. as the parties organize the new congress, watch it unfold on seized in -- watch it unfold on c-span. announcer: congress returns tuesday at the house is working on funding for the federal government, which runs out on december 7. the senate returns for votes on coast guard programs and a nomination for the federal reserve board. announcer: next, q&a with author michael gerhardt on the presidency of

festivals including a texas, boston and wisconsin festivals as those programs with republican senator ben sasse of nebraska. fox news host jeanine pirro can retired general stanley mcchrystal, and many other authors. also this weekend on our afterwards program college prize-winning journalist josÉ vargas reflects on living in the united states as an undocumented immigrant. those are a few of the programs you will see this takes getting weekend on booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. for the complete 40 schedule visit booktv.org. >> good evening, everyone. my name is john heubusch. i have the honor of being executive director of the ronald reagan residential foundation institute. to thank everyone for coming this evening and also want to ask that you please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance and honored of our troops. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands: one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [applause] >> thanks. please be seated. >> if you would like to know how to pack

there's also been some pressure on senator ben sass of nebraska. >> what are the odds that you will launchllenge to president trump or run as an independent and run for president yourself in 2020? >> i think the odds are a lot higher that i run for the noxious weed control board of nebraska than that. i lived on a campaign bus for about 16 months and i still have flash b flashbacks of kid puke. >> well, that's a nice image. i don't know where to go here. >> i don't see it. i think there's a void now with the death of john mccain for the type of voice he provided. he's a young guy. >> will mitt romney step up and play that role? >> only if they let him. it's not that easy to say you're going to play that role in the republican party. i'm not sure mitt has the relationships to allow that to happen. when he talked about the bus and everything, running for president in a primary is actually a lot of fun. every debate, everybody's cheering for you, no opposition. you meet a lot of people, you go to iowa. they're not voting for anyone until they meet each candidate three times. it isn't as diffi

after that, nebraska senator ben sasse talks about his new book on politics and civility. >> who was martin van buren? >> good question. a lot of people probably need to ask that question. martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states. and he is often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> tonight on q&a, ted witmer on his biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with erin beer -- aaron berger.

and mitt romney and ben sasse take up that mantle of that role he had been playing.have a more polarized congress. i don't think this election says that the progressive wave is where democrats need to go, should go to win in 2020 going forward. but look at those suburban swing districts that they were able to pull. not -- you know, this is not pennsylvania won, which actually republicans held on to. this is oklahoma city suburbs, kansas city sub bauurbsuburbs. south carolina home district. that is unbelievable to see a democrat in this district. so those are really significant. those are not democrats who are going to embrace the far left, but it shows a more subtle realignment. >> those pick ups in those suburban districts it really was across the entire map. you have done so much reporting on what the future democratic congress might look like. i know you haven't gone to press yet. so tell us everything you can. what's going to happen with nancy pelosi? >> too early to tell. if your number is right, she can only lose 11 votes on the floor. right now of the candidat

festivals including a texas, boston and wisconsin festivals as those programs with republican senator ben sassef nebraska. fox news host jeanine pirro can retired general stanley mcchrystal, and many other authors. also this weekend on our afterwards program college prize-winning journalist josÉ vargas reflects on living in the united states as an undocumented immigrant. those are a few of the programs you will see this takes getting weekend on booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. for the complete 40 schedule visit booktv.org. >> good evening, everyone.

. >> this weekend on "after words", republican senator ben sasse argues the country lacks unity and offers his thoughts on how to repair it. we have coverage of the recent southern festival of books in nashville with author discussions on civil rights, rural america, the country's political divide, race in america and more and jean marie velasquez talks about letters from the public that president obama received and responded to while in office.all that and more this weekend on book tv: television for serious readers. for a completeschedule, visit booktv.org . book tv is back with more author events from the southern festival of books in nashville . first up, it's a discussion on the murder of an till and the civil rights movement. >> .. >> the most dangerous woman in america and dillinger's wild ride, the year that made america's public enemy number one. and the work that he'll be talking about today is let the people see. to his righting sets christopher schmidt. he's a professor and associate dean for faculty development and the co-director of the institute of the supreme court of the u

. >> and ipm eastern on "after words" republican senator ben sass from nebraska talked about his book, them. while we hate each other and how to heal. he is interviewed by arthur brooks, president of the american enterprise institute. >> think political tribalism is a story of the moment. i think it is filling the vacuum of declining local tribes. in the kind of tribes that make people happy, family, friendship, longtime shared vocations or meaningful

you think colin, marco rubio, ben sass are going to say, put rudy giuliani in there.'ll still have to meet a high bar. >> his champion in the senate today, lindsey graham, said a few months ago that would provoke a constitutional crisis. >> dana: let me ask you. could lindsey graham be a candidate for attorney general? >> yes. >> yep. >> he would clearly be confirmed very quickly. >> dana: senators tend to give -- >> seems like he's had a lot of fun. i don't know. the new lindsey the lion is a fun new character. >> dana: i do, from a communication standpoint, understand why the president didn't make this news before the press conference because it would have been the on thing he was asked about. instead he took questions on a wide range of issues. so much to cover. great time to be in news. anything the president should be concerned about, judge, as he embarks on this decision? >> the optics that he might be interfering with the mueller investigation are very, very serious. he'll begin to lose republican support if there's evidence to support those optics. >> dana: ev

. >>> there's also been pressure on ben sass of nebraska to mount a primary challenge.prospect is pretty unlikely. >> what are the odds that you will launch a primary challenge to president trump or run as an independent and run for president yourself in 2020? >> i think the odds are a lot higher that i run for the noxious weed control board in nebraska. i lived on a bus for 16 months five years ago. in my mind i have flash backs of a lot of kid puke on the floor of a bus. i don't think a lot about what job i have. i'm pretty happy living in nebraska and going to d.c. five days a week trying to serve the best way i can. >> that was the nice image. >> yeah. >> flash backs from the noxious weeds. >> i don't even know where to go here. >> i don't see it. i think there's a void right now in the senate with the death of john mccain for the type of voice that he provided. and he's a young guy. >> will mitt romney step up and play that role? >> it's not that easy to say you're going to play that role in the republican party. i'm not sure mitt has to relationship to make that h

this morning on "fox & friends," senator ben sasse, a republican, but one who hasn't shied away frompresident, said this about the book. >> i hope you'll get them to define their terms. so republics aren't healthy when people use words like "treason" about policy debates. that's a pretty messed up world view. i never met corey lewandowski. i met david bossie before. he seems like a nice guy. but language about enemy and treason about policy and politics is pretty warped. and i think most americans think it's weird. when you look at the small subset of people who put politics at the center of their lives, they tend to be really, really lonely. >> so two questions for you, michael. one, does the president care? and two, do you think that critique could prompt a response? >> well, i think it could prompt a response, although i think many, many people, even those who are most loyal to donald trump, feel the same way. that using terms like "treason" and "enemies" is going too far. but these are two men who have really made their names by going too far. lewandowski, everyone remembers from

this week chris wallace will interview nebraska senator ben sasse and it has been a blessing this week to celebrate thanksgiving with family and from new york my brothers paul and christian. that's it for "special report." i'm mike emanuel. good night from washington. ♪ >> ed: breaking tonight, growing cries of hypocrisy directed at fired fbi director james comey who says he will quote, unquote, resist republican demands to testify about his actions during the 2016campaign. the man who used to selectively leak to the media to make himself look good is suddenly against selective leaks to the media. good evening, everybody, i'm ed henry in for martha mccallum. in a thanksgiving surprise comey and loretta lynch have both been subpoenaed to testify behind closed doors next month. to answer questions about the fbi and doj handling of the hillary clinton email probe. the behind closed doors part is what comey is taking issue with. he tweeted in part, quote: i will resist a closed door thing because i have seen enough of their selective leaking and distortion. let's have a hearing and invite

. >> i would love to see ben sasse. not speaking for him, obviously, i would love to see him run.ch has put some things in motion. i think it will be somebody paid their needs to be somebody. i have been to the hip shirts a few times, it's a great place to be in the fall. not sure about the wintertime somebody needs to run. >> harris: [laughs] he doesn't even break! and the guy told like four jokes! i love jake tapper. where does he fit into the republican party? >> lawrence: nowhere. he couldn't even win his own state. so, bye-bye. >> melissa: he couldn't even win his own primary in his own state. the >> lawrence: couldn't even win it. for this notion of -- look, i have my criticism of the president print i'm a libertarian. there's a lot of stuff he does that i disagree with. we already have this fight to the primary in 2016. some of our best conservative heroes were on that stage. he filleted all of them. why would you do this again? you know who's happy about this? donald trump. there is nothing more than he enjoys than being on the campaign. if you want to fire him up for a ge