. >> benjamin ginsberg, author of what washington gets wrong, can you tell us your story you open your introduction with. >> absolutely. this is a true story, and those who live in washington have probably heard versions of this story. i was at a dinner party, and the next to me was a pretty senior hhs executive, very nice person, and she

brian: benjamin ginsberg, author of "what washington gets wrong," can you tell us your story that you open up your introduction with? prof. ginsberg: absolutely. this is a true story and those who live in washington have probably heard versions of the story. i was at a dinner party and sitting next to me was a pretty senior hhs executive, someone whom i have known for a long time, very nice person. and she said to me, "well, what

the co-author, and our guest has been professor benjamin ginsberg from johns hopkins university. thank you so much. prof. ginsberg: delighted. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> all of these are available as a podcast or on c-span.org. sunday, talking about a memoir "undaunted: surviving jonestown, summon encourage, and fighting back." next sunday on "q&a" on c-span. announcer: the c-span3 surveys of presidents, woodrow wilson drops, and bill clinton the 15th spot. ? ere does your favorite rank learn more about the lives and the 44hip skills of chief executives in "the residents," great vacation -- presidents," great vacation reading your books are sold. wherever books are sold. "washington journal" live every issuesh news and policy that impact you. monday morning we will preview the week ahead in washington with noah bierman, a reporter for the los angeles times, and siobhan hughes for the wall street journal. commonn

misconceptions about the american people," with jennifer bachner, and our guest has been professor benjamin ginsberg from johns hopkins university. thank you very much, sir. prof. ginsberg: delighted. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: all q&a programs are available on our website, or as a podcast on c-span.org. announcer: next sunday, congresswoman jackie spear of california talks about her survivingdaunted: jonestown, summoning courage, and fighting back." next sunday on c-span. in c-span's three presidential leadership surveys, woodrow wilson drops from sixth place to 11th place, and bill clinton rises from 21st to the 15th spot. where is your favorite president rank? learn that and more about the lives of the leadership executives in c-span's "the president's," available wherever books are sold or at c-span.org/thepresidents. c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. monday mornin

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. >> benjamin ginsberg professor of political science at johns hopkins university discusses his bookington gets wrong: the unelected officials and what they think of the american people -- execute the law and the court reviews the law but that's not how the system works. much of what we think of as the law consists of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies. by bureaucrats who are not elected by anyone and too often serve for decades. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and day. >> on tuesday the house adopted a resolution condemning the comments made about freshmen lawmakers. --ublican representatives four republican representatives voted in favor with the democrats. the condemnation was in series of-- in response to a series tweets the president posted telling a group of progressive democratic congress women to go back to the " crime infested places from which they came." house speaker nancy pelosi gave voted todoug collins strike her words from the record. described ints this resolution were not just offensive to our colleagues they were inconsistent with the p

. >> benjamin ginsberg, professor of political science and chair of government so studies at johns hopkins university discusses his book "foot washington gets wrong: the unelected officials who run the government and the misconceptions about the american people." >> we learn that we elect a congress, it makes the law, the president executes the law, the courts review the law. that ain't exactly how it works. the of it we think of law consists of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies, by bureaucrats who are not elected by anyone, and he will often serve for decades. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. acting homeland security secretary kevin mcaleenan testified on his agency's policy of separating familiesrossing the u.s. southern border. he also challenged remarks made by members of congress about conditions at the tension

announcer: benjamin ginsberg, professor of political science and chair of governmental studies at johnsopkins, discusses his book "what washington gets wrong: the unelected officials who actually run the government and their misconceptions about the american people." >> we learn we elect a congress that makes the law, the president executes the law, the courts review the law. but that ain't exactly how the system works. not sure what we think of as the law, consisting of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies,

. >> benjamin ginsberg, professor of political science and chair of general studies at john hopkins university's cusses his book "what washington gets wrong: the unelected officials that actually run the government and their misconceptions about the american people." >> we learned that we elect a congress that makes the law, the president executes the law, and the court reviews the laws, but that is not how the system works. much of what we think about as the law consists of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies, by bureaucrats that are not elected by anyone, and who often serve for decades. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. members of the u.s. house marks apollo 11's 50th anniversary earlier this week. here's a look at some of the floor speeches. thank you, mr. speaker. as chairwoman of the committee on science, space, and technology, it's an honor to stand before you today to celebrate the 50th anniversary of apollo 11. the morning of july 16, 1969, neil armstrong, michael collins, and buzz aldrin lifted ff from nasa's cape kennedy. that day, millions watched in

visit ncicap.org] >> next sunday, benjamin ginsberg, pressure at political science at john hopkins universityusses his book what washington gets wrong, the unelected officials who actually run the government, and their misconceptions about the american people. that is key when day next sunday at 8:00 eastern and pacific time on c-span. >> here is look at our live coverage monday on c-span. he house is back at noon eastern for general speeches with legislative business at 2:00. on the agenda are foreign-policy bills related to saudi arabia, sudan, and central america. on c-span two, the justice department holds some on anti-semitism. , the senate returns to consider the nomination of peter the thirdbe judge for circuit court of appeals. in the afternoon on c-span-3, the carnegie endowment for international peace takes a look at nuclear deterrence efforts and later in the day, the house rules committee meets to consider a resolution that would hold attorney general william barr and commerce secretary wilbur ross in criminal contempt of congress for failing to comply with congressional subpoenas

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q&a: charles mentioning our segment with benjamin ginsberg of johns hopkins university.s whate of his book washington gets wrong. just go to our website and type in q&a or benjamin ginsberg and you can see that full one-hour interview. linda is calling from columbia, maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. i wanted to say i don't think it's looking too good right now. the right has moved to the center and the left is almost off the edge. to unite this country we wouldn't hit a centrist and we all would have to agree on a few common themes for that to happen. our respect for constitution and not allowing either party to hijack it. and i think that the left feels that their agenda should be enacted by whatever means necessary now and if that doesn't change our future is very sketchy to say the least. host: who is the centrist you have in mind? caller: on the left i would say tell see gabbert. i do like what trump is doing. shaking things up because i think both parties are very corrupt. for now that's what we need i think. to get back to what made the country success

>> benjamin ginsberg, professor of political science and chairman of governmental studies at johns hopkins university, discusses his book, "what washington gets run, the unelected officials who actually run the government and their misconceptions about the american people." >> we learn we elect a congress that makes law. the president executes the law. the courts review the laws. that isn't exactly how the system works. i am not sure what we think of as the law. it consists of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies. by bureaucrats who were not elected by anyone, and who often serve for decades. >> sunday night at 8 pm eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> the justice department recently held a forum on anti- semitism. education secretary betsy devos look to the gathering about college students protesting the policies of the israeli government. >> [ applause ] >> thank you so much, john. i appreciate that. thank you for all being here for this important discussion today. i wish this subject did not need to be discussed at all. discrimination against anyone on the basis of their faith

announcer: benjamin ginsberg, professor of political science and chair of governmental studies at johns hopkins, discusses his book "what washington gets wrong: the unelected officials who actually run the government and their misconceptions about the american people." >> we learn we elect a congress that makes the law, the president executes the law, the courts review the law. but that ain't exactly how the system works. not sure what we think of as the law, consisting of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies, by bureaucrats who are not elected by anyone, and who often serve for decades. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." based here from the national air and space museum. a couple of facts about the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission. it was neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, and michael collins the team for that day. the launch took place july 16, 1969. 20,moon landing on july 1969. step by neil armstrong at about 10 4:56 p.m. on july 20. about 10:56 p.m. on july 20. astronauts returning to earth on july 24, 1969. we will talk more about the h

. >> benjamin ginsberg, professor of political science and chair of governmental studies at johns hopkinsversity discusses his book, what washington gets wrong: the unelected officials who actually run the government and their misconceptions about the. american people. misconceptions about the american people. >> what do we learn? that ain't exactly how the system works. much of what we think of as the law consists of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies, i bureaucrats who are not elected by anyone and who often serve for decades. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome tim alberta, senior political correspondent verbal -- political correspondent for politico magazine. talking about his new book, "american carnage: on the front lines of the republican civil war and the rise of president trump." trailblazing -- trailblazing as he might be, you're right, president trump is the manifest consequence in presidential politics the candidate must meet at the moment. guest: i think as we have the benefit of hindsight

. >> benjamin ginsberg, professor of political science and chairman of governmental studies at johns hopkins university, discusses his book, "what washington gets run, the unelected officials who actually run the government and their misconceptions about the american people." >> we learn we elect a congress that makes law. the president executes the law. the courts review the laws. that isn't exactly how the system works. i am not sure what we think of as the law. it consists of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies. by bureaucrats who were not elected by anyone, and who often serve for decades. >> sunday night at 8 pm eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> the justice department recently held a forum on anti- semitism. education secretary betsy devos look to the gathering about college students protesting the policies of the israeli government. >> [ applause ]

. >> benjamin ginsberg, professor of political science and chair of government so studies at johns hopkins university discusses his book "foot washington gets wrong: the unelected officials who run the government and the misconceptions about the american people." >> we learn that we elect a congress, it makes the law, the president executes the law, the courts review the law. that ain't exactly how it works. the of it we think of law consists of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies, by bureaucrats who are not elected by anyone, and he will often serve for decades. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. acting homeland security secretary kevin mcaleenan testified on his agency's policy of separating familiesrossing the u.s. southern border. he also challenged remarks made by members of congress about conditions at the tension