. >> we're back with brett cohen, executive director of generation talk abouttion to impeachment, election 2020 and the youth vote. good morning. and the youth vote. guest: good morning, thanks for having -- having me. host: tell us what -- generation progress is. -- we work with 18 to 35-year-olds. we move progressive solutions to the most pressing problems facing our generation. host: where do you guys get your funding? guest: our funding comes from individual donors, the tap action fund. that is how we do our business there. host: how do you expect the youth of america to vote in the upcoming election? do you expect it to go up or down? or even stay flat? guest: it is going through the roof. there is no question. this was or shadowed in the 2018 midterms where voter turnout had the highest mark in 20 years, particularly pronounced between voters 18 to 35. you're seeing engagement from young adults now. that will shoot through the roof in 2020. host: why are more young people getting involved in voting and civil action? guest: young people have led civic and social justice actions throug

book, "our broken america" that looks at the political divide, and central for american progress's brett cohenalks about the impact of impeachment on the youth vote and campaign 2020. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning. join the discussion, and be sure to watch authors week all week starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. coming up next on c-span, a look at life along the u.s.-mexico border, with journalists from the new york times, albuquerque morning journal and dallas morning news. that is followed by an emory university professor talking sd.ut her book on voter -- voters. and later in the communicators, stephen baker talks about transportation with his book, hop skip go. >> it is my great pleasure to introduce our moderator. simone romero as a correspondent the new york-- times. he covered brazil and other parts of south america and is written on a broad range of issues

. >> we're back with brett cohen, executive director of generation talk abouttion to impeachment, election0 and the youth vote. good morning. and the youth vote. guest: good morning, thanks for having -- having me. host: tell us what -- generation progress is. -- we work with 18 to 35-year-olds. we move progressive solutions to