our guest has been candice millard of near kansas city, kansas. thank you very much. ms. llard: thank you. >> all q&a programs are available on our website or as a podcast at c-span.org. [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] >> they are "q&a," editorial cartoonist michael ramirez, a two-time pulitzer prize winner. he talks about his career and his book, "give me liberty or ive me obamacare." that is next sunday on "q&a." >> the reviews are in for c-span's "the presidents" book. kirkus reviews calls it a milestone in the evolving and ever-changing reputations of our presidents, and from the new york journal of books, "the president's" makes a fast, engrossing read. how notedt presidential historians rank the best and worst chief executives, from george washington barack obama. challenges they faced, the legacies they have left behind. "the presidents" is now available as a hardcover or e-book today wherever books are sol

our guest has been candice millard. thank you.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] arell duende programs available on our website, or as a podcast at c-span.org. >> nine sunday on "q&a," michael ramirez. a three-time pulitzer prize winner, talks about his career and his book "give me liberty or nextme obamacare." that is sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific time on c-span. the reviews are in for c-span's," it topped the new york times noteworthy column. archase reviews calls it milepost in the ever-changing reputations of our president. from the new york journal of bucks, the president's makes a fast, engrossing read. read about have noted presidential historians rank the ,est and worst chief executives from george washington to barack obama. explore the life events that shaped our leaders. the challenges they faced and the legacies they have left the fine. c-span's "the pre

lamb: candice millard, your third book, "hero of the empire." where did you travel to write the book? ms. millard: one of the reasons i wanted to write the book was because i had an incredible opportunity. i spent a lot of time in england, obviously in the churchill archives in cambridge, the national army museum, but what was most fascinating was going to south africa. i spent several weeks there traveling everywhere that churchill did. it was extraordinary. i think the boer has been largely forgotten. not many people know about it, but in south africa it is everywhere, battlefield, museums, archives, specifically for this story, i was able to go where winston churchill was captured, to where he was kept as a prisoner of war. the same building is still there, a public library. i stood in the trapdoor in the floor of his room where he had thought about tunneling his way out. i went to where he was hiding in a coal mine shaft with rats. i went into what is mozambique but was in portuguese east africa. they still have the same building that was th

lamb: candice millard, your third book, "hero of the empire." ere did you travel to write the book? ms. millard: one of the reasons i wanted to write the book was because i had an incredible opportunity. i spent a lot of time in england, obviously in the churchill archives in cambridge, the national army museum, but what was most fascinating was going to south africa.

lamb: candice millard, your third book, "hero of the empire."re did you travel to write the book?

. > sunday night on "q&a," historian candice millard talks about the early military career of winston churchill in her book "hero of the empire: the boer war, a daring escape, and the making of winston churchill." >> he says, give me a regiment, i want to fight. e went to praetoria on the day it fell to the british, he takes over the prison, frees the men who had been his fellow prisoner he puts into prison his former jailers and he watches as the boer flag is torn down and the union jack is hoisted in its place. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> the reviews are in for c-span's "the presidents" book. it recently topped "the new york times" new and noteworthy column. kir cus news calls it a milestone in the presidents. with father's day this weekend, c-span's "the presidents" makes a great gift. read about how noted presidential historians ranked the best and worst chief executives from george washington to barack obama. explore the life events that shaped our leaders, the challenges they faced and the legacy they left behind. c-span's "the presidents" is now availa

lamb: candice millard, your third book, "hero of the empire."here did you travel to write the book? ms. millard: one of the reasons i wanted to write the book was because i had an incredible opportunity.

historian candice millard talks about the early military career of winston churchill in her book hero of the kbir. the bore war a daring escape and the making of winston mcclain. >> he says give me a regiment i want to go and fight. he ends up going with a regiment to prey torreira on the day it fell to the british. and he takes over the prison. and he frees the men who have been his fellow prisoners. he puts in the prison his former jailers. and he watches as the bore flag is torn down on a the union jack hoisted in its place. >> sunday night at 8 eastern on child support's cspan's q and achlt. >> up next the education secretaries or the school environment. bill frift is now with the bipartisan policy center and hosted former education secretary john king, pennsylvania education secretary pedro rivera appear healthy schools campaign ceo rochelle davis in this discussion. >> well, good morning, everyone want to welcome all the title is education and health twin pillars for driving students. good to see all of you. for those of you new to bpc the mission is to actively seek and take th

historian candice millard talks about the early military career of winston churchill in her book hero of the kbir. the bore war a daring escape and the making of winston mcclain. >> he says give me a regiment i want to go and fight. he ends up going with a regiment to prey torreira on the day it fell to the british. and he takes over the prison. and he frees the men who have been his fellow prisoners. he puts in the prison his former jailers. and he watches as the bore flag is torn down on a the union jack hoisted in its place. >> sunday night at 8 eastern on child support's cspan's q and achlt. >> up next the education secretaries or the school environment. bill frift is now with the bipartisan policy center and hosted former education secretary john king, pennsylvania education secretary pedro rivera appear healthy schools campaign ceo rochelle davis in this discussion. >> well, good morning, everyone want to welcome all the title is education and health twin pillars for driving students. good to see all of you. for those of you new to bpc the mission is to actively seek and take th

. >> sunday night on q birdie a, historian candice millard talking about the early military career ofwinston churchill in his book, hero of the empire, and the making of win symptom churchill. >> he says give me a regiment. so he goeses a regiment to pretoria on the day it dispel the takes over the prison and he frees the men who had been his fellow prisoners, he puts in the prison his former jailers and he watches as the boar flag is turn ton and the union jack is hoisted in its place. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q & a. >> die look forward to running against them. >> tuesday, president donald trump holdses a rally in orlando, florida, lawning his run for a second term. watch live at 8 permanent on on c-span2, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> the trump administration recently approved the transfer of sensitive nuclear technology to saudi arabia. next a state department official taking questions about the decision and whether other u.s. armed sales to gulf countries are creating unstable in the region. congressman eliot engle chairs the forei

historianon q&a candace mullarkey talks about the early military career of -- kansas mullarkey -- candice millardbout the early career of winston churchill in her book "hero of the empire: the boer war, a daring escape, and the making of winston churchill." pretorias up going to on the day it fell to the british. he takes over the prison and he frees the men who have been his fellow prisoners. he puts into prison his former jailers and he watches as the flag is torn down and the union jack is hoisted in its place. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. monday night on the communicators, we are on capitol fromtalking to exhibitors ces on the hill, an event that gives staffers an advanced look at new tech products. >> we are in a changing world where technology is moving so quickly and so many policies are affected, whether it is artificial intelligence or robotics. -- of this amazing software congress has to be aware of it so they can make a difference and tackle issues like privacy or other issues involving competitiveness. we are in a major battle with other economies, especially china. >>

announcer: sunday night on q & millard oron candice talks about the early military churchill in her book. me a he says, give regiment, i want to go and i want to fight. going with a regiment to pretora on the day hat it fell to the british and he takes over the prison and he his the men who have been fellow prisoners. he puts into prisoner his former jailers and he watches as the flag is torn down and the union hoisted in its place. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. announcer: at her weekly news conference, house speaker nancy pelosi talked about the protests in hong kong and comments made by president trump during an abc news interview on accepting information from russia about his political opponents. this is about 30 minutes.