so he sided with van buren. van buren resigned as secretary of state. then he was nominated to be minister to england. "minister" was the word we use back then instead of ambassador. his appointment got tied up in the senate, as calhoun knew that it would. he cast the deciding vote against his former friend and famously said, it will kill him, sir. it will kill him. he will never kick. that was supposed to be the end of van buren's career. but the opposite happened. he came back stronger than ever. as vice president. calhoun was really angry for a long time. a lot of the growing debate around slavery was tied up in these personal aspirations. they both wanted to be president. host: you say in the book that there were 17 million people in the united states. there were 13 slave states and 13 free states? mr. widmer: right. it was balanced for a long time. that is why expansion into the west was so crucial. it really was the undoing of the union. the inability of north and south to agree over how slavery would expand west. even before kansas and nebraska i

van buren got out-van burened.e had been a political tactician of the highest genius of to that point. they made fun of him. there were songs that made fun of them. "van, van, he's a used up man." songs that made fun of how he looked. questioned if he was a man or woman. did he wear a corset? vitriolica lot of language and he came up on the losing end. host: independence hall became a clothing store? with the sign that read, we hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they can obtain clothing as , as cheap and ester of all as at any other establishment in the nation. is that a true story? mr. widmer: yes it is. independence hall has been many things. it once was an art museum. a natural history museum. and early smithsonian. i was doing some recent research on independence hall for the book about lincoln that i am finishing up. amazingly, it was a jail for african-americans in the 1850's after the fugitive slave law was passed. african americans were expected of running away from s

in a way van buren got out-van , burened.d been a political tactician of the highest genius to that point. his enemies figured out a new kind of politics that was even more participatory. they may politics fun. they made fun of him. there were songs that made fun of them. "van, van, he's a used up man." songs that made fun of how he looked. questioned if he was a man or woman. did he wear a corset? there was a lot of the true all -- a lot of vitriolic of language in and he came up on 1840 the losing end. host: independence hall became a clothing store? there was a sign that read we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal and they can obtain clothing is that a true story? mr. widmer: yes it is. independence hall has been many things. it once was an art museum. it was a natural history museum. and see place to go in the latest samples of lewis and clark that they were sent it back from their expeditions. it was an early smithsonian. i was doing some recent research on independence hall for the book

the hisweek, ted widmer biography of martin van buren. was martin van buren? mr. widmer good question. a lot of people think we need to ask that question. he was the eighth president of the united states. he is often forgotten. his presidency was only four years. there were bigger personalities before and after. but i argue that he was a pretty important guy. his presidency was not a big success. but he read shaped the political landscape around him. he led an interesting life. host: why did you begin in sorrento, italy? that is where he went to write his biography. presidents did not do that then. but now it is almost required by law. set ofu write a long memoirs. he was the first one to do that. he went to a foreign country. gather his thoughts about his long career in office at many levels. he never actually finished the autobiography. he wrote a lot but he did not wrap it up. it did not come out until 1919. a time when pretty much everyone forgot who he was. i thought that was interesting. country toa foreign remember all that happened to him. what impact did

martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states and his often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q&a, ted would murder on his biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamilton's murderer, and there were even rumors persisted throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gorby doll even planted them in his novel, "burr," that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron for. we may never know. by john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg -- aaron burr, and he asked a lot like aaron burr. he's always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> on tuesday, secretary of state mike pompeo briefed reporters on issues, including iran sanctions and north korea's nuclear program. secretary pompeo: good afternoon, everyone. happy thanksgiving. i want to touch on five topics today.

van buren was a northerner.voters, he was a slave owner, he was someone they could identify with. withholding these same principles. responding in detail. the southern voter base was similar to the coalition he put together. including public events such as campaign rallies and parades. the newspaper descriptions of these rallies and parades are in some cases very detailed. you get a really good flavor of what politics was like at this time. you can also find this in the correspondence. there is the campbell collection one of the letters in the campbell collection is by virginia campbell. where the university is located and where i teach. this is her description of the wig campaign in 1840. our eyes were charmed i the liberty pole. the grandest of all, made at muskegon, ohio and has traveled to alter more to nashville for this parade. you have these campaign balls that appear in 1840 that are rolled down streets. usually they have names of some sort of campaign slogan on them. this was one of the highlights in pa

. >> who was martin van buren? >> good question. a lot of people probably need to ask the question. martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states. .e is often forgotten his presidency was only four years on -- long. >> sunday at q&a, the biography of martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with ehrenberg, and there were -- , there were a lot of rumors that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son burke.nberg -- aaron we will never know, john quincy adams what wrote that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts like ehrenberg. -- aaron burr. he always tried to organize factions and get people together. at 8 p.m.night eastern, on c-span skew and that. &a.q >> listen to c-span's weekly podcast. this week, part one of a two-part interview with three nationally known residential historians. they share historical context for the trump presidency. >> it is an andrew johnson like president. somebody who has impeachment swirling around him, somebody who is not able to close or heal a racial divide. is a real animosity between the press and the pre

adams wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg and ,cts a lot like ehrenberg always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliance together. at 8:00 eastern on q&a. ♪ >> washington journal is live every day with policy issues that effect you. monday morning, bloomberg news reporter and npr's white house correspondent discussed the week .head in congress the center for strategic and international study and ounces -- will talk about the pentagon failing its first conference of audit. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 on monday morning. join the discussion. on tuesday, mike pompeo briefed reporters on a range of foreign-policy issues including if a manic relations with saudi arabia, iran sanctions, and north korea's nuclear program. secretary pompeo: good afternoon, everyone. happy thanksgiving. i want to touch on five topics today. first, the united states today sanctioned an international network that the iranian regime and russia are using to provide millions of barrels of oil to the assad regime. the movemen

oftonight, his biography president martin van buren. he spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamilton's birth -- hamilton's murderer. there are rumors persist in threat the life of martin bit -- martin van buren. martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burke. we don't know. no one will ever know. john quincy adams once wrote in that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr. and he acts a lot like aaron burr. -- alwayss tried trying to organize factions and giving southerners and northerners and political alliances to speak together. >> tonight at eight eastern on c-span's q and a. next, on american history tv, a historian talks about his book bureau of spies, the secret connection between espionage and journalism in washington. and espionage that took place inside the building where he gets his talk. for not tohow spies germany, the soviet union and the cia operated from world war ii through the cold war inside the building that stands a few blocks from the white house. club and thepress spy museum hosted this h

. ♪ buren?was martin van good question. a lot of people probably need to ask.hthvan buren was the president of the united states. he is also forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. widmer onon q&a, ted his biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with burr, and there were rumors that were so persistent that gore the doll planted that -- that gore vidal his novel that martin van buren may have been deal at image -- may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. it was noted that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg, and acts a lot like

. >> 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. he is often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. witmerght on "q&a," ted on his biography of martin van buren. >> the spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamiltons murderer. there were persistent rumors that even gore rudolph planted them in his novel that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know. no one will ever know. but john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts a lot like aaron burr. he is always try to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances with one other. "q&a."ght on c-span's artifactsek, american takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. here is a look at one of our recent. >> what they needed to do first is find a leader. that leader was john woodlief. after looking at certain peo

the biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr. there were rumors persistent throughout his life that gore vidal planted them in his novel burr that he may have been the ill legitimate son of aaron burr. we will never know. john quincy adams once wrote in is diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and cts a lot like aaron burr. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is broug to you by your cable or satellite provider. when the new congress starts in january, there will be more than 100 new house and senate members the democrats will control the house. the republicans the senate. new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on -span. >> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and his

angelica van buren is the daughter if law of martin van buren who followed andrew jackson and she was from a wealthy south carolina family, educated in philadelphia. a very kind of progressive education where the elite of the whole country were gathered, whether jewish or catholic or protestant or quaker. and so she had sort of a very worldly view. and she married the president's son. van buren was a widower and took a honeymoon in europe. and was welcomed in england and france as an american princess, because their idea of a presidential family was still new so that is what they equated her with and when she came back, she thought that too. and so she received on a dais and she would wear three feathers in her hair and one of the wig party spokesperson delivered a famous speech, congressman charles ogle of pennsylvania, when van buren was seeking re-election. what happens is during van buren's administration is the panic of 1837. this huge terrible lingering economic depression. and so people are really suffering. and meanwhile there is reports of president van buren ordering gold sp

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. >> who was martin van buren? good question. a lot of people probably need to ask that question.martin van buren was the eight president of the united states, and he's often forgotten, his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q and a ted whitmer on his boxer of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with bureau the murderer, and there were rumors throughout the life of martin van buren so persistence that martin may have been the illegitimate son of barren bureau. but john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron bureau, he's also trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on as soon as possible's c-span's q and a. >> in "reader come home" maryanne wolf talks about how digital media. affects brain function. she gave a talk at harvard bookstore to promote the book. this runs an hour. >> clare: good evening. i'm claire and on behalf of harvard bookstore thank you for joining us for an event with maryanne wolf, to discus

martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. nobody will ever know. adams once wrote in his diary, in fact i sought, that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg. he acts a lot like ehrenberg. he is always trying to organize factions and get northerners and southerners in political alliances together. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. what does it mean to be american? that's this year's c-span student jan's video competition question. posts on social media about it. heidi long from jane stream middle school tweeted what it means to be an american. social studies students brainstorming constitutional rights. national characteristics. important people and events of the nation. tweeted thatlorida civics students brainstorm ideas. gary has two students recognize their projects. i think he is going for a trifecta. visitedng tweeted, fischer high school to speak with the government class. i was interviewed by students participating. we discussed freedom of speech and the first amendment. studentcam 2019. project-based learning at its fines

angelica van buren is the daughter-in-law of martin van buren who followed andrew jackson. she was from a wealthy south carolina family educated in philadelphia kind of progressive education way the elite of the country were gathered whether they were jewish or catholic or protestant or quaker so she had sort of a very worldly view and she married the presidents son and took a honeymoon in europe and was welcomed in england and france as an american princess because their idea of a presidential family was still new so that's what they equated her with. and when she came back she kind of thought that as well. so she received on a dais and she would also where feathers in her hair and one of the whig party spokesman delivered a very famous speech. congressman charles ogle of pennsylvania but what happens is van buren's administration is from this lingering depression. people are suffering and meanwhile there's reports the president van buren ordering gold spoons and new china and his daughter-in-law although she's not named particularly there was still a propriety about going

, and martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. john quincy adams wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg, and acts a lot like ehrenberg. he's always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night and 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> what does it mean to be american? video this year's competition question. students and teachers from around the country are posting on social media about it. heidi long from illinois tweeted, what does it mean to be an american? social studies students brainstorming constitutional rights, national characteristics and important people and events of the nation. lauren from florida tweeted, chms students brainstormed ideas p.r c-span civics camp durin indiana senator todd tweeted, visited fischer's high school today and was interviewed by students participating in the c-span college program, we discussed the first amendment. and pink from fort lauderdale tweeted, student jam 2019. the c-span classroom is proj

martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states. he is often forgotten, if presidency was only four years long. q&a, ted: tonight on witmer on his biography of president martin van buren. >> you spent a lot of time with hamilton's murder. there were even rumors persistent throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that or the dolly , thatd them in his novel martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron better. we do not know. no one will ever know. people -- john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron berger. he is always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. announcer: tonight at 8:00 eastern, on c-span's q&a. weeklyto c-span's podcast care this week, part one of a two-part interview with three nationally known presidential historians. douglas brinkley, and richard norton smith who share historical context for the trump presidency. >> i see him as an andrew johnson like president. meaning someo

martin van buren was the 8th president of the united states. and he's often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q and a, chad whitmer on his biography of martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with the murderer. so persistent that he implanted them in his november he will that he may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know. no one will ever know. but john witness eadams once wrote in his diary. i saw it that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts a lot like aaron burr. always trying to organize and try to get people in political alliances together. >> on c-span q and a saturday night. >> next on the civil war, joanne freeman talks about her book the field of blood violence in congress and the road to civil war. she describes the process of researching the topic and says she found that while fights were not always included in the official congressional record, clerk notes and private letters showed more than 70 altercations in the an at tebellum period. this is about an hour. >> i'm please today introdu

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martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states and he is often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q&a, ted witmer on his biography of martin van buren. >> he would spend a lot of time with denver, hamilton's murderer, and there were even rumors, persistent throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore vidal planted them in his novel that martin van buren may have been ,he illegitimate son of and are and you know, we don't know. john quincy adams once wrote in , that martinsaw it van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts a lot like aaron burr. always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. next, dr. priscilla chan on the chan zuckerberg initiative. she spoke at the annual techcrunch disruptions for san francisco. dr. chan is a pediatrician and wife of mark zuckerberg.

eighthvan buren was the president of the united states. he is also forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. widmer onon q&a, ted his biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with burr, and there were rumors that were so persistent that gore the doll planted that -- that gore vidal his novel that martin van buren may have been deal at image -- may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. it was noted that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg, and acts a lot like ehrenberg, trying to organize factions and getting southerners and northerners together. >> sunday night at it :00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> on c-span's newsmakers, our guest is usaid administrator mark green, a former congressman with a deep background in diplomacy, and humanitarian assistance programs and sworn in in 2017. let me introduce the reporters who will be asking questions, the washington post diplomatic correspondent and from the wall street journal, reporter on national security issues. >> ambassador green, since you have been in this of

visit ncicap.org] >> who was martin van buren? >> good question. a lot of people probably need to ask that question. martin van buren was the eight resident of the united states -- eight president of the united states. >> sunday on q&a, ted would murder on his biography of martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamiltons murderer. and there were even rumors consistent throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore v doll i did them in his novel, "burr," that martin van buren may have been the individual -- illegitimate son of aaron burr. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg and heat -- ehrenberg, he he -- aaron burr, and talks a lot like aaron burr. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. photographers share stories and images from covering residential campaigns. then c-span interviews congressman joe crowley of new york and arizona senator jeff flake, who are both retiring at the end of this term. on the day arizona senator john mccain

martin van buren was the 8th president of the united states. and he's often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q&a, the biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamilton's murderer. there were even rumors persistent throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that they were even planted in a novel burr that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. no one will ever know. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and he acts a lot like aaron burr, always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. :: or divide in the country. >> here's a real animosity between the press and president. as early as john adams. he's the person who is putting for this act. what that does is, it applies to prevent criticism of the government. >> by c-span on the freak c-span radio at. under the podcast tab. >> the state department count

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announcer: >> who was martin van buren? good question. a lot of people need to ask that. he was the eighth president of the united states. he is often forgotten. his presidency was four years long. sunday on q&a, on the biography of martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with ehrenberg -- aaron burr. persistentumors so that they were implanted in the novel "burr" that he may have been the illegitimate sun -- son. we will never know. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and ask a lot like him. always trying to organize factions. announcer: sunday night at eight eastern on c-span q and a. and the runoff election for mississippi senate seat, republican cindy hyde-smith faces democrat mike and their only scheduled debate. neither candidate receives 50% of the vote and the general election prompting a runoff. do to healthnted reasons.

in his that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg. he acts a lot like ehrenberg. -- aaron burr. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. former vice president cheney and former defense secretary leon panetta discuss national security, bipartisanship and civil discourse in politics. the university hosted the hour-long event. -- the discussion was hosted by the university of pittsburg. this is just over an hour. the university hosted the hour-long event. >> good evening and welcome. parte here this evening as of the event. for those of you who have not heard about congressman john and the foundation, the congressman exemplified,ho sacrificed civic duty and .ourage things that are very important in this day of remembrance and for the students here, what day it is in terms of history. what is that? veterans day and what do we celebrate on veterans day? on this day we are reminded of the courage of veterans and was a veteranrtha and one

in his novel, "burr" that van buren may have illegitimate son of aaron burr. quincy adams wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks like aaron burr and acts like aaron burr, always trying factions. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 "q&a". on c-span's announcer: this weekend on american history tv, constitutional scholars talk constitution u.s. defines impeachable offenses for the president. here's a preview. let's turn now, before we get to the question period, to some factual situations that have been rattling around a little in late.ws of electronic you think theing into the emails of democratic national committee in 2016 before the last thatdential election, is comparable to the break-in at thergate where republican -- the plumber's crew planted microphones in the offices of the democratic national committee? >> i think it's not only comparable, i think it's virtually identical. the methods of the thieves are ingenuity of the burglars is always cutting-edge technology. yes, i think it's very much the same. that if it could be shown a president authorized

. >>> who was martin van buren? >> good question.a lot of people probably need to ask that question. he was the eighth president of the united states and he is often forgotten of the that the presidency was only four years long. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr, and there were even rumors persisted throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent he planted them in his novel that martin van buren may have been the legitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know, but people, john quincy adams once wrote in his diary martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr. it's trying to organize factions to get the southerners and northerners in political alliance together. >>> economist offers her thoughts on why democracies around the world are failing to produce economic growth. she's interviewed by the former chairman of the council of economic advisers during the obama administration. "after words" is a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interin

buren? as martin van >> good question. a lot of people need to ask that question. martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states, and he is often forgotten. he was only four years long. >> sunday, the biography of president martin van buren. >> spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamilton's murderer, and there were even rumors persisted throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent gore vidal even planted them in his novel that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know. no one will ever know, but john quincy adams once wrote on his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron birth and him, sort of always trying to organize factions against northerners and southerners in political alliances together. easterny night at 8:00 on c-span's q and a. what does it mean to be american? that is the studentcam video competition question. students and their teachers from around the country are posting on social media about it. haidi lun from j stream middle school in illinois said, what does it mean to be a

martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states and he is often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q & a, ted wydmer on martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr the murderer of alexander hamilton. there were rumors that gore vidal planted them in his novel burr that maernt van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know, no one will ever know. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr, he acts a lot like aaron burr. he was trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> next on lectures in history abram van engen of washington universi

that marten van buren may have been the ill legitimate son of aaron burr. john quinncy wrote that marten van burens looks like a lot like aaron burr. he is trying to organize factions and get people together. >> sunday night at 8 eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> what does it mean to be american? that's this carrier's c-span student cam video competition question. and students and their teach frers around the country are posting on social media about it. heidi long from j. extreme middle stool in carol noim tweeted what does it mean to be an american. social study students brain storming rights, national characteristics and important people and events of the nation. lauren from in florida, tweeted chms civic students brain stormed ideas to are c-span student cam. gary hoskens has two stunts recognized for projects in recent years. i think he is going for a trifectaa. indiana senator todd young tweeted visited fissures high school to speak with our government class and interviewed by students participating in c-span student cam scholarship problem. we discuss

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there were even rumors persistent throughout the life of martin van buren. so persistent that they were implanted in a novel. that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of ehrenberg. no one will ever know. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr. always trying to organize actions and get southerners and northerners and political alliances together. >> sunday night at eight eastern. on c-span's q&a. >>> a look now at some of the live events we will be covering next week. british ambassador to the u.s., kim derek will discuss the latest on the brexit negotiations and the latest on u.s. and uk relations. live coverage starts at 12 noon eastern on c-span. also on monday discussion on popular -- with authors and political analysts. we will hear from andrew sullivan who writes for new york magazine. watch love coverage beginning at 5 pm eastern time here on c- span 3. >>> authors reflect on their recent thoughts about world war ii. and some of the military operations led by the u.s. and t

them in his novel, that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. thatquincy adams wrote martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts a lot trying to getr, northerners and southerners together in factions. >> sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span q and a. u.s. representative joe crowley of new york is retiring at the end of this term. he talks about his life, his political career, and the events around 9/11, specifically his cousin, who was killed when the second tower went down. steve: do you remember the first time you stepped into the u.s. capitol as a member of congress? rep. crowley: oh, boy. as a member? it was the day i was sworn in, i guess, as a member of congress. that day itself was magical. steve: house so? -- how so? rep. crowley: i had busloads of people from new york. my family, my mom and dad, my wife, and it was just an incredible atmosphere. i remember being on the floor, taking the oath of office, raising my right hand, and looking up. i could only get one ticket for the inside for my mom and dad, they were both alive at the t

martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states, and is often forgotten.his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q&a,. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamilton's murderer, and there were even rumors persisted throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore vidal if you plant them his novel that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know, no one will ever know people, john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr, and he acts a lot like aaron burr. he is sort of always trying to organize and get so there's an northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> belgians have been displaced by the three-year civil war in yemen. the brookings institution hosted a discussion about the conflict in the u.s. policy towards the ongoing violence and related to managing issues. it's about 90 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. thank you very much for joining us. welcome to arguing here i

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. >> who was martin van buren? >> good question. a lot of people need to ask that question. he was the eighth president of the united states. he is forgotten, his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday, ted witmer on his biography of martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with erin burr, hamilton's murderer. there were even persistent , sors throughout his life persistent that gore of it all planted them in his novel that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burke. we don't know, no one will ever know, but john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like lot like and he acts a ehrenberg. sort of always trying to southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on "q&a." >> the national archives foundation gave laura bush the record of achievement awards last month. before the presentation she sat down for a discussion with journalist cokie roberts. >> we give this award each year. we try to make a award something a special significance to the honoree. we underst

diary,adams wrote in his martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr. on burr. lot like aar he organizes factions. > sunday at 8 p.m. eastern on "q&a." c-span, where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. justice elenart kagan