american history tv, exploring our nation's past every weekend on c-span tv. next interview with abraham lincoln interpreter. fellow citizens of the senate, and house of representatives, since your last annual assembly, another year of help, and bountiful harvest has passed, well it is not pleased the almighty to bless us with the return of peace, we can but press on, guided by the best that he gives us, trusting in his own time, and wise way, wise way all will yet be well. >> that is from c-span's video archives, of you portraying abraham lincoln, what is the value, to understanding history of the reenactment? >> it reaches a population that might not pick up a book, but they want to come and have the experience, and that's what they have reported over the years. they're not readers, they don't pick up the written word but they want the experience. >> how many years have you been portraying abraham lincoln? >> 33 this year. started extremely small but i wish i could tell you there was a grand plan, and it's certainly not mine. >> how did it get started? >> i

on c-span2's book tv and then sunday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span3's american history tv. as the c-span cities tour takes ou to amarillo, texas. >> earlier today british prime minister boris johnson fielded domestic and important foil -- foreign policy questions from labor party leader jeremy corbin and other members in the house of commons. members asked the prime minister about a ban against trophy hunting, knife crime prevention, and government services for people impacted by recent floods. this is half an hour. >> my right honorable friend has announced the act vakes of the government's emergency bell wind scheme to provide financial support for equal fige affected areas in the north of england and we continue to work closely with our partners to help those affected and, above all, to keep people safe. prime minister johnson: mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with minister of colleagues and others in addition to my duties in the house, i had meetings later today. >> closed question one, mr. speaker. on the defense and security review. >> prime minister. prime minister johnson

at 6:00 p.m.ay eastern on american history tv on c-span three. >> book tv features conversations on u.s. presidents and rates -- race. starting at noon eastern on in-depth a live conversation with april ryan. >> i studied for this just down , this was my vocation. not knowing that i would be under fire. questions of each president, the same question except for one, of each president over the last 21 years. asking questions now has me fearing for my life. >> her latest book is "under fire." conversation with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook messages. afterwards,stern on columnist cal thomas explores andrise and fall of nations the american role of superpower. >> we are not each other's enemies as lincoln said. if we do not make this great experiment called democracy work for succeeding generations, we are going to expire. there is no guarantee. then czar looking great, but when things look great, it is time to shore up foundations. >> watch sunday on book tv on c-span two. tonight, a 1959 film produced by the president's committee on government contracts which dramatizes racial ten

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you're watching american history tv covering history c-span style. account,ered, i went archival films, lectures and college classrooms and visits to museums and historic places. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> tonight at 9:00 eastern on afterwards pulitzer prize-winning journalist nicholas kristof and sheryl we don report on issues facing the working class in rural america in the book, tight rope, they are interviewed by organ democratic senator -- oregon aquatic senator jeff merkley. >> many people in small towns and rural america, people are walking on a tight rope. one missed and they fall. there is no safety net. >> over the last 50 years we have vastly overdone it. we have become obsessed with this personal responsys latina narrative, blaming the people who fall off the tight rope. -- personal responsibility narrative. >> watch afterwards tonight at 9:00 eastern on book to be on c-span2. tv,his is a

tv. it will be on cnn, c-span, local tv. i never understood that. if you could help me, i would appreciate it. guest: that's a great question. i get that question all the time because there's a lot of frustration about the fact that candidates raise all kinds of money to be viable candidates and spend that money. the point is, a lot of times ,here putting these into ads whether on youtube or the regular television station and people get frustrated with that. they doon -- the reason it, 32nd ads work. people are busy with their lives. they may be not have time to watch a debate or focus too much on the news because there tried to get their kids off to school and cook dinner, and they are doing other things so they turn on the tv and in the background, the ad runs and people tune into it. if americans spent more time on civics, there would be less of an influence of advertising in politics and thus on money in politics, but because they're such a need to do this, candidates have to go out and raise this money. u.s. senate candidates, if they run for u

c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. >> next, historian nancy bristow talks about the 1918 influenza pandemic and how it devastated american civilians and soldiers during the final year of world war i and beyond. she also explains why the epidemic is not memorialized like the war itself, despite causing a higher number of deaths. ms. bristow is the author of "american pandemic: the lost worlds of the 1918 influenza epidemic." the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri, hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium. >> i do believe that is my cue to head to this direction and give our introduction for our next speaker. also, i would like to say before that, here is a little public service announcement.

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you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span three. >> american history tv is on .-span three every weekend here is a clip from a recent program. wrote flower gardens are numerous. ornament -- and fine cotton villas just as one would expect love and happiness to dwell in are found upon every street. it sounds like a tums kincaid painting, -- thomas kincaid painting, doesn't it? it sounds almost too good to be true. town pictured as the opposite of the ills of the city. stepping out of modern life with all of its problems and being able to recharge your batteries in the countryside. as they created and marketed their tourist landscape, it joined the widespread romanticization -- romanticization of rural life. the quality of quietness and isolation that have led many young people to leave for the cities could now be emphasized to draw city people to the country, even if for only a week. >> you can watch this and all other programs on our website. of c-span cities tour amarillo continues on american history tv with a visit to the panhandle planes. planesalked

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who fall off the tightrope for the catastrophes that follow. >> watch the authors this two -- on tv on c-span on book tv on c-span2. >> the candidates be all the talking points are only revealed over time, but since you can't be everywhere, there is c-span. our campaign 2020 program differs from all over political coverage for one simple reason. it's c-span. you your unfiltered view of government every day since 1979, and today we are bringing you and unfiltered view thisose seeking your vote november. in other words, your future. see the biggest picture for yourself and make up your own mind with c-span campaign 2020, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. president trump held a rally in phoenix at the

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on c-span3 is american history tv as the c-span cities tour takes you to amarillo, texas. >> this week the senate takes up the war powers resolution introduced by virginia senator tim kaine that would limit u.s. military action against iran. final vote expected today. you some of the floor debate from yesterday. >> today, i would like toy rise in opposition to senator mccain's were power resolution, sj resolution 68. i've had a long-standing opposition to the war powers act. act. i think it's ann unconstitutionl intrusion on the ability of any command in chief to defend the nation and to direct military operations. this statute was passed i think in the '70s. it wasas way to deal with the vietnam war. i've always believed the best thing cogs can do when it comes to dealing with military operations, long-standing conflicts, that it disapproves of is to cut off funding. i think that's what the framers had in mind. the inherent authority of any command in chief to defend the nation is part of our constitutional checks and balances. the president is the commander-in-chief of the armed forc

c-span. watch on demand at c-span.org and listen on the go on the c-span radio app. >>> on tuesday, wgbh tv in boston hosts a debate between senator ed markey and two of his challengers in the 2020 massachusetts democratic primary election. congressman joe kennedy and shannon riordan, an attorney. watch live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.orgo or listen live on the free c-span radio app.e natura >>> congressman bruce westman, republican of arkansas, a member of the natural resources committee in the house, is alsot a supporter of what's being called the trillion trees act,'s an effort that was made more um public by president trump's support of that at the davos world economic forum. tell us, congressman, what does this act propose? >> well, this is an act that does just what it says, plant trees across the globe by 2050, for the u.s. to do our share oft that. lott s a whole more, though. our biggest tool that we have are forestsnd kee as far as mitg climate issues. when we utilize those forests and keep them sustainable and working and active, we royal have the best tool tha

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as we feature american history tv each night as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span 3. watch american history tv. part of american history tv here on c-span. three first we hear from the fbi just tap followed by assistant attended john the murders. thank you good afternoon welcome back our next conversation is about ongoing counter terrorist experts and here to guide us through that conversation is award winning journalist and extend miss jean reserve thank you rob. >> so we heard from acting secretary wolf about the constellation of threats facing the country summer new some have intensified unfortunately. but we're gonna look at that landscape a little bit more closely with our guest this afternoon jay tab is this executive assistant director of the fbi, they cover terrorism met weapons of mass destruction you've had a very successful and decorated career i want to start first because i am still trying to inform myself as a reporter with the news of the day we, we heard yesterday there been three arrests from individuals who allegedly posed a threat we -- let me as

c-span3. >> you are watching american history tv, covering history c-span style, with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, archival films, lectures in college classrooms and visits to museums and historic places. all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> sunday on american history tv, historian jared hardisty talks about his book black lives, native lands, white worlds, history of slavery in new england. here is a preview. largele there were not numbers of enslaved people in new england, the economy revolved around what historians call the business of slavery. the selling of provisions to plantations, the transportation of enslaved people throughout the is him -- throughout the transatlantic slave trade, the entire economy raw around enslavement, and a historian in new england just published a giant book on boston and he said boston was a slave society were most enslaved people lived elsewhere. that is what we can say for new england as a whole. so the demographics, i push back against getting caught up in the demographics, for the reasons i explained but also for the way in which you see white n

it is part of our museum week here on c-span 3 featuring our american history tv program normally seen on weekend. watch museum week night this week here on c-span 3. up next, governor desantis delivers his state of the address in tallahassee. he spoke about a race of the schoolteachers and funding new water projects. this is about 35 minutes. >> mr. president, members of the house and senate and fellow citizens. the constitution requires me to inform the legislature concerning the condition of the state and recommend measures on the great interests. florida's unemployment rate is near a historic low. we have a aaa credit rating. florida's public university system is ranked number one in the nation. we are ranked one of the top states in the nation for fiscal help. we have no state income tax. [ applause ] now it says the only thing certain in life were debts and taxes. no, i am nwe can say with certa that we won't have an income tax here in the state of florida. [ applause [ applause ] or a debt tax for that matter. last session was productive on a number of front. i want to thank spe

on book tv on c-span two. all previous afterwards are available as podcasts into watch online. >> our live coverage of the savanna book festival continues now with the space flight historian. there is a competition to have the first woman in space. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning everyone. i am delighted to welcome you to the 13th annual savanna book festival presented by georgia power, and the

watch american history tv and be sure to watch museum week, next week, on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour is exploring the american story, taking book tv and american history tv on the road every third weekend of the anyh.to watch videos from of the places we have been, go itiestour and/c follow us on twitter. established in 1926, route 66 was one of the original highways in the u.s. highway system, carrying motorists over 2400 miles from chicago, illinois to santa monica, california. in the book, "a matter of time," a photographer and historian nick gerlich capture scenes along the route that speak to its past. in amarillo, we rode along with nick gerlich, following the path of the old highway. >> why do you think this highway is still popular today, even after decades after it was decommissioned? nick: it has a lot to do with nostalgia today. people want to revisit places that may be they experienced as a child. that is a huge part of the nostalgia. but there is another kind of nostalgia as well. visit a place to in the past that you never experienced. so for younger america

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announcer: watch afterwards tonight at 9:00 eastern on book tv on c-span 2. announcer: next, from the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia, historian stephen brumwell explains why the revolutionary war hero benedict arnold betrayed the american cause. he is the author of "turncoat -- benedict arnold and the crisis of american liberty." scott: for tonight's event, my dear friend stephen brumwell, a native of portsmouth in england. stephen is one of the most engaging, accomplished public historians that's practicing the craft today. part of that i think is because he spent a good bit of time as a newspaper reporter and a journalist. and he specialized in the 18th century. he has written a lot of topics about the british army in north america, and the french and indian war, he has written a wonderful book about robert

c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span three. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern pulitzerards, prize-winning journalist nicholas kristof and sheryl would on report on the issues facing the working class in rural america in their book tight rope. there interviewed by jeff merkley. >> these people, in the small towns around america, the rural areas, people are walking on a tight rope. one miss in the fall. >> in the last 50 years, we have vastly overdone it. we have become obsessed with this personal responsibility narrative blaming the people who fall off of the tight rope for the catastrophes that follow. >> watch afterwards sunday night on book tv on c-span2. >> next on lectures in history, university of north carolina at chapel hill professor william sturkey taught a class about expanding rights in the 1960's and 70's. looking at women's liberation and the gay rights movement. he covered topics such as birth control, the equal rights amendment and the stonewall riots.

c-span.org/cities tour. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. announcer: our c-span campaign 2020 bus is traveling across i'll add of the caucuses next week asking voters, what issues should presidential candidates address? >> one thing i want presidential candidates to talk about is how we can make our democracy work again, whether that is electoral reform or making sure we had gerrymandering and stop all sorts of attacks on our democracy. i want to make sure the presidential candidates are committed to making sure our government works for the people and nothing other way around. >> i would say foreign policy. i was really excited in the last debate when it had more speaking time for the candidates to talk about their foreign policy objectives and how they would do things differently than the trump administration. especially after the assassination of general soleimani. i think it is important for a -- that we have a president in the oval office's of escalations in the middle east and who also listens to intelligence community officials who advise his decision. >> i

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experiment in democracy going. >> just a little over five minutes left here on c-span, and c-span 3's american history tv we are live from george washington's not vernon on this presidents day, doug brad burn, president and ceo of not vernon is with us, the image of george washington's tomb this morning and the scene outside george washington's tomb, you can see it on your screen. one of our viewers tweets in to ask if george washington buried at mount vernon. >> we believe that william lee is buried at mount vernon, but we have no idea where. there is no gravestone that is marked, no record of a position. so it's a shame. we do have an african american burial ground where we have a memorial to the enslaved people who work in mount vernon, the first one was created in 1929, very early at a time when these kind of stories we're not readily told, and was the leadership of one member of the board, one of the ladies that made that happen. that memorial stone was placed in an area that had traditionally been known as a place where formerly enslaved people were buried and was known as the enslaved burial groun

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c-span2 book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span3 american history tv, as the c-span cities tour takes you to amarillo, texas. >>> next the state of the state address from wyoming governor mark gordon. he's a first term governor who was elected in 2018 after serving six years as the state tressurer. from the state capital in cheyenne, this is just under an hour. [ applause ] >>> thank you. it's amazing to be here. thank you so much. [ applause ] oh, my gosh. thank you. thank you for that prayer. thank you for being here. thanks so much. take a good seat. this is only three and a half hours. [ laughter ] oh, thank you. president perkins, speaker parchmen and members. legislature, thank you for your welcome. to the people of wyoming here and those watching at home, good morning. and i also want to welcome secretary of state ed buchanan, auditor christie resines, treasureur kurt meyer and superintendent daily. [ applause ] together we have addressed many tough issues this year, all with workable solutions, even the most challenging of some of the votes facing our faith, communities large and small, and i thank you for your w

tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span three. american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend. the civil war and more. here's a clip from a recent program. >> he was a good co. he had lost so many marines from his company. let me say this, when the flag went up a thousand yards up the beach, we had no idea what was going on. busy in our own realm to be paying attention to what anybody else was doing. may, -- aroundd , the marines around mate raised up, jumped up and started firing their weapons into the air. i thought everybody had lost their minds. i cannot figure out what was going on. then, i caught on what was going on. there is old glory, i jumped up and started doing the same think they were doing. -- same thing they were doing. the pistol that i carried on my ashore, ion as i got found a rifle. i grabbed an m -- m1. i wondered how any marines we lost in that particular moment. >> you can watch this and other programs on our website, where all our video is archived. that's c-span.org/history. next, on the presidency, this is the third and last program looking back i georg

on c-span twos book tv and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on c-span3's american history tv. e c-span cities tour takes you to amarillo, texas. students from across the country told us the most important issues for the presidential candidates to address our climate change, gun violence, teen vaping, college affordability, mental health, immigration. we are awarding $100,000 in total cash prizes. the winner will be announced on march 11. >> "washington journal" continues. host: bipartisanship in congress , we are joined by josh gottheimer of new jersey and tom reed of new york, cochairs of the problem solvers caucus. josh, remind us what the caucus is therefore, what your -- there for, and what your goals are? guest: it is 24 republicans and democrats. we come together every single week to figure out how to govern and put america before party and figure out ways for the country. we have all these groups that work on legislation all week long, and our job is to make sure when we get 75% of us agreeing, we stand behind a piece of legislation, two, we don't campaign each other --

watch live on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> this weekend on book tv discussions on race, gender, gender at 6:00 p.m. eastern charles murphy talks about his book human diversity. >> on us a century now the socials have been in an orthodox scared stiff of biologist. at the moment, it takes the form of three widely and loudly proclaim truths. gender is a social construct, race is a social construct, class is a function of privilege. >> then at nine eastern "after words". espn senior writer howard bryant on sports and race in america. he is interviewed by author and former nba player thomas. >> dealing with the police whether it's dealing with schools, whether stealing with their work ethic, whatever it is, you are looking at other people, and by other people your white counterparts. will they be able to do things that you can't do because there are two sets of rules. >> i noticed that my white counterparts never questioned their own competence. they assumed that they belonged. they always assumed that they belongs. and yet when you begin to look at the a

watch our live coverage of the tucson festival of books, next month on c-span tv, on c-span2. >> sundayht on q&a, a look at american presidents. with journalist and historian, craig fairman. thatu saw it in that quote kennedy's father was the one pulling the strings behind the scenes. that's not true. jack kennedy won the pulitzer prize. he brought up the pulitzer prize. he said i would rather win a pulitzer prize than to be president. because he had this strong desire for literary fame, even though he did not want to do literary work, he got himself the prize. in new york city, in washington, d.c., people have been gossiping, did people really write that book? i wonder how much money they are getting out of the royalty text -- checks. the pulitzer changed the equation. it made it a moral and ethical question. leaders are like this too. when i was at the presidential library, i looked at the letters kennedy was receiving in 19 i seven. librarians -- 1997. librarians and schoolteachers were sending him letters, did you write the book? you wouldn't except if you did not write the book, th

c-span. online at c-span.org. or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> sunday, book tv features conversations on u.s. presidents and race. plus america as a superpower. starting at noon eastern on in depth, a live conversation with author and white house correspond ebt april ryan. >> i staudied for -- i studied for this at morgan state university just down the road. studied for this. this is my vocation, not knowing i would be under fire for asking questions. i have asked questions of each president, the same question except for one. of each president over the last 21 years. but asking questions now has me fearing for my life. >> her latest book is "under fire." her other books include "at mama's knee" and "the presidency in black and white." during your conversation -- during the conversation we'll take your phone calls, tweets and facebook messages. and on "after words," in his latest book "america's ex- pration date," he explores america's role as a superpower, interintride author and cnn contributor amanda carpenter. >> we are not each other's enemies, as lincoln said. if we don't make this great

. >> [inaudible] off.re to cast you're watching american history tv, covering history c-span style, with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, archival films, lectures and college classrooms, and visits .o museums and historic places all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. you can watch archival films on public affairs each week on our america," on american history tv. here is a look at one of our recent programs. of his official duties, the president must report to congress on the state of the union. shortly after his inauguration, dwight eisenhower delivered this message in person. in outlining his foreign program, he declared -- >> the policy we pursue will recognize the truth that no single country, even one so powerful as ours, can alone defend the liberty of all nations threatened by communist aggression from without or subversion within. mutual security needs effective .utual cooperation for the united states, this means as a matter of common sense and national interests, we shall give help to other nations in the matter that they strive earnestly to do their full share of the

c-span radio app. >>> here on c-span 3 this evening, we continue american history tv museum week, highlighting washington d.c. area museums with exhibits exploring the american story. and take you to the museum 1830 indian removal act. part of museum week every night this week showing the types of programs you'll find on american history tv every weekend here on c-span 3. >>> one of our neighbors was a priest. we used to come by once a week to ask my father for the donation to the church and also some dairy products for some of his constituents or some of his people that could not afford it. in 18 years my father never refused such a request. one day in november of 1942 the same priest showed up, however, this time he showed up with an armed police officer and two armed guards soldiers also armed. we did not know why that happened this time, so we all went out to find out what was going on. when we came close to the priest, he's looking at the police officer, pointing at us and saying, these are jews. so we were turned in to the police. >>> the hearing was held 75 years. watch it tonight 9:00 p.m. in c-s

american history tv, featuring events, interviews, archival films, and visit to college classrooms,. museums, and historic places. . exploring our nation's past, every weekend on c-span three. history tv is on c-span three every weekend, featuring museum tors, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. here is a clip from a recent program. >> look, it is sheer sexism in some cases. a lot of people believe women lacked the intelligence, talent, or stability to perform the same job as men, that women need a man to take care of them and manage the broader parts of their lives, and they don't have a broader role in society outside of rearing children in the kitchen. they have real consequences here. moderate just a inconvenience, shucks, i can't go to law school, i have a baby. it is real discrimination that limits freedom and affect the outcome and potential of their lives. in 1960, a credit card company could refuse to give a woman a credit card simply because she was a woman. you have a credit card in your pocket today, not always the case. women cannot serve on juries in every state. you cannot get birth control in every state. a woman could be fired fr

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watch on c-span's "q&a is american history tv, exploring our nation's past. next on our weekly series "the civil war," author elizabeth varon talks about political rhetoric used in the union during the civil war, which, she argues made northerners believe they were saving the south. she -- the south. the lincoln forum symposium hosted the event. of u.s.., a discussion presidents. 8 p.m. eastern, it is "lectures in history." we hear about how the rural areas evolved after the civil war using monson, maine as a case study. tourism at the rise of aided by the expansion of the railroads. "reel p.m. eastern on a look at presidential biographies including washington, truman, and eisenhower. that is what is coming up here on american history tv. >> good morning. my name is jonathan white and i am vice chair of the lincoln forum. our next speaker is elizabeth r. varon. varon is associate director of the center for civil war

tv. ♪ >> c-span, your unfiltered view of government.979 and brought to you today by your television provider. sunday night on q&a, a look at the american presidents through the lens of the books they have written. >> the story has often been in quote thatng candidate's father was the one pulling the strings. that is not true. ted kennedy wanted that pulitzer prize. old another story he would rather win upon surprise -- so, because he had the strong desire for literary fame, even though he did not really want to do literary work, he got himself -- in new york city, and washington, d.c., people have been gossiping. did kennedy write that book? i wonder who wrote that book. but the pulitzer change the equation and it made a moral question and ethical question. readers realize this, too. kennedy at the letters was receiving and librarians were sending him letters, school teachers, saying did you really write this book? you would not have accepted that price if you did not write the book, would you? that is not the right thing to do. >> watc

these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many authors in the near future on book tv on c-spanbook tv features the latest book from journalist andrea bernstein and author and professor deidre mccloskey. starting at noon eastern on in-depth a live conversation with deirdre mccloskey her most recent book is why liberalism works. other titles include the rhetoric of economics and the bourgeois era trilogy. join in the live conversation with your phone calls for tweets, and facebook messages. at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words" andrea bernstein chronicles the trump and kushner families in her latest book "american oligarchs". >> where the president as a private businessman was extremely adept at sending off criminals investigations. he made sure that he understood who his friends were and they understood hugh he was. he was able to make it work for him. he was never charged in any criminal case. it's interesting to have that background sort of in the rearview mirror as they go into the impeachment situation where he's being called to account and where there is a public reckoning

your cell phone so as not to disrupt the event and please speak clearly into the microphone and c-span book tv is here as well. on the q&a and if we haven't already purchased books there are plenty at the registers. so tonight i am very excited to welcome yuval levin celebrating his newest book a time to build how we committee to institutions as the nations have increasing divisiveness and politics and that rather than try down to tear down the frameworks we should be looking to them as sources of strength and support. with a time to build the current crisis is due to the oppressive force which is the absence of uniting forces and for us to commit ourselves to a new vitality of institutions. to churches and military and renew our ties to each other. founding editor of national affairs. at aei contributing editor of national review cofounder and senior editor of the new atlantis and the fractured republican the great debate. those that have appeared in the numerous legislation like wall street journal and washington post among many others. please join me to welcome to politics and prose, yuval

eastern on c-span 3, online at c-span.org or the free c-span radio app. >>> sunday book tv features conversations on u.s. presidents and race. plus, america as a superpower. starting at noon eastern on in depth, a live conversation with author and white house correspondent april ryan. >> i studied for this at morgan state university just down the road. i studied for this. this was my vocation. not knowing that i would be under fire. for asking questions. i have asked questions of each president, the same question except for one, of each president over the last 21 years. but asking questions now has me fearing for my life. >> her latest book is "under fire." her other blooks "at mama's knee" and "the presidency in black and white." and at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, in his latest book "america's expiration date" cal thomas explores the rise and fall of nations historically and america's role as a superpower. he is interviewed by author and cnn contributor amanda carpenter. >> we are not each other's enemies as lincoln said. if we don't make this great experiment called democracy or constituti

. ♪ >> you are watching american history tv, covering history c-span style with event coverage, eyewitnessssrooms and visits to museums and historic places. all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. ♪ >> c-span, your unfiltered view of government. created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. >> tonight on "reel america." girl, a 1959 film produced by the president's committee on government contracts, which dramatizes racial tensions caused by the first hiring of a black secretary in an office doing federal contract work. here is a preview. now i will introduce you to mr. harden. you the gentleman who has been complaining about the lack of office help? if you don't get someone to sit at that desk pretty soon, you will have to dig me out of all this paperwork. >> i have someone for you right now. she is 22, graduate of secretarial school, honors student, conscientious, loyal, here to work. >> i don't believe it. bring her in. and tell her to have her pencils sharpened so we can get started. newton, mr. kurt harden. i think you will find your work cut out f

topic in this hour of the "washington journal" and we welcome in our viewers on american history tv on c-span 3 on this presidents' day. we're talking with douglas bradburn, the president and ceo of george washington's mt. vernon, taking your phone calls as well as we talk about george washington and the presidency. if you're in the eastern or central time zones, it's 202-748-8000. we'll also look for text messages as well. douglas bradburn, if george washington couldn't know at the time exactly how the office of the presidency would evolve over time, did he know that it would evolve and was he okay with that? >> well, that's a really great question. washington gives us a hint of what's in his mind with the presidency. he writes a great letter to katharine graham, an english historian and a woman, which is remarkable for the time. she is -- she's a friend of the washingtons and she's a big fan of the american revolution and george washington in general. he writes an extraordinary letter to her january i think it's 9th, 1790, where after the first session of congress actually, the new session

you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. >> you are watching american history tv, covering history c-span tile. with eyewitness accounts, archival films, lectures and college classrooms and visits to museums and historic places. all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. announcer: each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums, and historic sites around the country. up next, we visit the international spy museum to tour -- spy museum in washington, d.c. to tour their exhibit on cold war berlin. our guide is lead curator alexis albion who explains how the city came to be divided after world war ii and shows us artifacts used by the east germans to spy on visitors and control their own citizens. alexis: hello. i'm dr. alexis albion and am a curator historian at the international spy museum in washington, d.c. we have the largest collection of espionage and intelligence related artifacts in tor

c-span2" book tv. and then on sunday, at 2:00 p.m., on c-span three american history tv.the city's tour takes you to amarillo, texas. >> live from the savanna book festival held in the city's downtown area at the methodist church. now the full schedule is available at booktv.org. some of the authors to view a pair from today include that space historian and any title who reports of the first woman in space. garrett and jane, discussed harvard university's class of 1963 which graduated 18 african-american men including mr. garrett, an attorney robert. chronicles 20 year legal battle with dupont which was the basis dark waters and it's all day live coverage from the savanna book festival and first office roberts wilson. his biography of barnum. this is live coverage of the savanna book festival. [background sounds]. >> good morning fellow bookrs