cokie has paid attention.[applause] and this is a wonderful contribution and i'm so pleased that so many of the capital dame's who were part of this invitation. gloria and barbie in so many who are here. so i just want to raise a glass to all of you capital dame's who helped forge this wonderful period in american history where the role of women doesn't have to wait 150 years to be discovered so thank you. [applause] congratulations. [applause] >> thank you. he does make it seem a little old, but the truth is he had to put up with a great deal because as always i was on frantic deadline because that seems to be the way work and that was particularly true this year. >> or whole two hours. >> i was on lovely to behold and not very helpful around the house and he filled in big time so thank you. also i have a couple of people to think in terms of the book itself. laura nelson is right here. when i would get these letters which are fabulous they would come from libraries or historic societies scanned it into the c

cokie has paid attention to.[applause] and this is a wonderful contribution, and i'm so pleased that so many of the transom who are part of this so many who are here. so i just want to raise a glass to all of you the capital dames who helped forge this wonderful. in american history where the role of women doesn't have to wait 150 years. so thank you and congratulations. [applause] >> thank you. it's kind of steve and even though he does -- the truth is here to put up with a great deal because as always i was on frantic deadline because that seems to be the way i work. [inaudible] >> i was unlucky to go and a not very helpful around the house. he filled in big time so thank you. but also i have a couple of people to think in terms of the book itself. laura nelson is right here. when i would get these letters, which are fabulous, but they would come from libraries or historical societies stand into the computer -- scanned into had written a 19th century letters written both this one and this would across them, and

please give a warm welcome to cokie roberts. [applause] >> thank you. this is a neighbor of mine as well. we live very close to each other. i live in the house i grew up in. she is newer than the neighborhood. i probably moved there before she was born. what a fabulous contribution made to this community really. very wonderful. in addition to taking on this legendary legend in washington during the national book fair was a challenge and one that was while matt. my grandsons are here. you have to sit up and pay attention. but really they did a fabulous job. my college roommate is here. you know, the old gang. our precedents, my roommate in college helped me type my papers late at night and she couldn't help me finish this book and it was really upsetting to me because i was very late in getting it in. but it was great fun to do. i appreciate the women. i started on this quest about women in history as the results of growing up with my mother and many of you knew her. i watched when i was growing up here in post-world war ii washington the women my mother

some of you know that cokie grew up in a political family. she has seen political life on the inside and out. she understand where political dynamics fit into american history. and for that reason it's perhaps not surprising that along with her commentary i can different politics, she's also a student of american history. it's the role of women, women today and in previous eras that captured her attention. i really can't emphasize enough at least for my own personal vantage point what it got a vision i think she's made for filling in some very big blanks and distort of this nation. specifically the role of women at critical junctures over the last 200 plus years. we were talking about this earlier and i was a saint it's actually infuriating how silly people think the story of america is already complete and it's just a matter of interpretation. it's still not complete and thank you very much for helping enlarge and enrich that story. she has relied on letters and journals under the firsthand accounts by and about women. her books without back

cokie, let me ask you, my friend. is it possible that there will be a lot of women saying their husband is making a ton of money, have always voted republican. come election day hillary clinton is a credible candidate for president. she may be a bit to the left of some of these republican women. they will sneak out and vote for her? >> sure. in fact, right now in the polls -- >> without telling hubby. >> absolutely. but the reason she's doing well now is because she is getting white women, and that's unusual for a democratic candidate, so you have to figure that that's already going on. >> nedra? >> yeah, i mean, that's what the clinton campaign is banking on, right, that this is going to be the year of the woman and thrill be able to pull over some of these voters who otherwise might not vote for a democratic candidate. >> but, you know, a lot of republican women vote democratic anyway. >> yeah. >> there's a lot of cancelling out each other's vote. >> my question is how much wasted gas is there going to be on electio

cokie roberts and jon karl.thew, let me begin with you and the week jeb bush has had, several different answers on how to handle the iraq war. you worked with his brother. what did you see from watching jeb this week? what was that all about? >> if you look at the span of the field and pick out the most fundamental question they would have to answer? this would be the most fundamental question jeb would have to answer. he made a mistake, i think he misheard it. the handling of it in the aftermath i think it's a real vul neblt. he hasn't come to terms with he's the candidate that everyone thought was the dominant candidate. >> you're pretty close to jeb bush, that first question he didn't hear correctly, why so many takes? >> you know, because i think everything he said in each of those days was true. it's hard for him to be critical of his brother to prop himself up. i think it's true that he thinks it's a disservice to the people who served in iraq to talk about it in that way and i just think, frankly, you kno

cokie roberts recounts washington d.c. during the civil war through the lives of women who worked there. and monday, books on first ladies, including michelle obama and eleanor roosevelt. on american history tv, saturday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the university of minnesota professor erika lee on immigration to angel island, and how their arrival compared to that of the europeans and ellis island. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america, in 1940 production of "true glory." monday evening at 6:30, three creation of the grand review parade of 1865, including reenactors per train u.s. colored troops who weren't allowed to participate in the original precession. find our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> at a senate hearing, two retired generals said the white house's current strategy against isis is failing. john keane and derrick harvey were part of a panel of military analyst testifying before the senate armed services committee. they recently captured ramadi. senator john mccain shares this two and a half hour hearing

sunday evening at 7:00, cokie roberts recounts washington during the civil war through the lives of womennor roosevelt. on american history tv on cspan3 tonight the university of minnesota professor on asian immigration to california from 1830 to 1930 and how their arrival compared to that of the europeans in new york. sunday afternoon at 4:00, the 1945 production that chronicles the events to the surrender of nazi germany. on monday evening, the re-creation of the grand review parade of 1865 including reenactors portraying colored troops who were not allowed to participate in the original procession 150 years ago. find our complete schedule at www.c-span.org. >> he that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. this day shall gentle his condition. gentlemen in england shall think themselves accursed that they were not here. >> one drop of blood drawn from thy country's bosom should grieve thee more than streams of foreign gore. >> the director of the shakespeare library talks about shakespeare and how politicians use quotes from the famous playwright in their speeches. >> sometimes yo

and then secondly, cokie roberts has a book, "ladies of liberty" and in that book you get the impressionatherine that she is very much involved in the politics of washington but, you know, you don't get the sense of whether it's just on the surface or whether her works are contributing to the compromises that are made during that time. would both of you mind commenting on those two things? swain: ok, thank you. the johnson's actually which to explain are - is louisa catherine's birth family. so connections in calvert county, maryland, do you know of them? mathews: well, yes. so her family was from maryland and her father was born in maryland which is very important because that's how she makes her claim that, "no, i am an american. i might have been born in london but my father is an american. i am very much an american." and her uncle was the first governor of maryland. and so, she has an important connection with maryland and actually is able to use those when she's campaigning to get maryland to vote for john quincy in the 1824 election. swain: how about the second question which was

sunday evening at 7:00, cokie roberts recounts washington, d.c.ing the civil war through the lives of some of the women who lived and worked there. monday at 8:00 on prime time, books on first ladies, including michelle obama and eleanor roosevelt. on american history tv on c-span3, saturday night at 8:00 eastern, on lectures in history, university of minnesota professor erika lee on asian immigration to angel island, california from 18:30 219:30. how their arrival compared to that of the europeans to ellis island in new york. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on "real america," the production of the true glory which chronicles the events from d-day to the surrender of not to germany. monday evening at 6:30 on "american artifacts," the grant review parade of 1860 five including reenactors for trained u.s. colored troops who were not allowed to participate in the original possession hundred 50 years ago. find a complete schedule at www.c-span.org. >> next, how homeland security chair michael maccomb once at allowing the patriot act to expire could make the

sunday evening at 7:00, cokie roberts recounts washington, d.c. during the civil war to the lives of some of the women. books on first ladies. on c-span three, at a record on lectures and history. on angel island california from 1830 to 1930. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america, the 1945 production of "the true glory." the re-creation of the grand review parade of 1865, including reenactors portraying u.s. color troops who were not allowed to participate in the original procession 150 years ago. >> eight months ago, bob mcdonnell and his wife were convicted on federal bribery charges. he appealed the conviction to the fourth circuit court of appeals were his lawyers argued that the definition of official acts is overly broad and that jurors were properly -- improperly influenced by media on the case. case, the u.s. versus mcdonnell. before you begin, i want to before you begin i want to reiterate that we have been very generous both in the time and in the oral argument. and we expect you all to honor that generosity by directly answering the

sunday at 7:00 cokie roberts recounts the civil war in the eyes of the women who worked there. then at prime time, first ladies. on american history tv on c-span3 saturday night at 8:00 eastern, university of minnesota professor eric lee on immigration to angel island california. and how their arrival compared to that of europeans in ellis island. sunday night at 4:00 on real america, the reproduction of true glory. monday evening at 6:30 on american artifacts, the re-creation of the grand revue parade of 1865. find our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> the patriot act is set to expire at the end of this month. while the house has voted to extend the law, the senate is working on its own version of the patriot act extension. homeland security chair michael mccaul argued against letting the law expire, saying it would leave the u.s. vulnerable to terrorist attacks. he made those comments as a guest at the christian science monitor's weekly breakfast. this is an hour. mr. cook: i'm dave cook, our guest today is michael mccaul. chairman of the house homeland security committee.

sunday evening, cokie roberts talks about the lives of some of the women who worked there. monday evening at 8:00, books on first ladies including michelle obama and eleanor roosevelt. on american history tv on c-span 3 saturday night at 8:00 p.m.'s earn, on lectures and history, university of minnesota professor erica lee to angel island, california, from 1830 to 1930 and how their arrival compared to the europeans to ellis island in new york. sunday afternoon the 1945 production of the true glory which chronicles the events from d-day to the surrender of nazi germany. monday evening at 6:30 on american artifacts the recreation of the grand parade including portraying the u.s. color troops who weren't allowed to participate 150 years ago. find our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. be he so vile, this day shallend gentle his condition and men shall themselves acursed that they were not here. >> one drop of blood drawn from thy country's bosom should grieve thee more than streams of foreign gore. >> director o

sunday evening at 7, cokie roberts recounts washington, d.c. through the civil war through the lives of some women that lived and worked there. monday evening at 8:00 in prime time, books on first ladies including michelle obama and eleanor roosevelt. on american history tv on cspan3, saturday at 8:00 eastern, on lectures in history university of minnesota professor erica lee, on asian immigration to angel island california from 1830 to 1930, and how their arrival compared to that of the europeans to ellis island in new york. on real america the production of the true glory which chronicles events from d-day to surrender of nazi germany. monday at 6:30 on american artifacts, recreation of grand review parade from 1865, including reenactors for u.s. color troops that weren't allowed to participate in the procession 150 years ago. find the complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> now the u.s. capitol police chief kim dine testifies. shortly before the house administration committee on conduct and mission of his agency. >> the house had a vote and exp

cokie is happy to sign and i just want to thank you again for both common and also for really as i said earlier helping enrich our understanding of a very important aspect of her own history. so i don't know if there's another book in you but if there is i hope you'll come back to politics and if you would by just holding up their chairs when we're done and put it them to the site that will expedite the signing. [applause] >> and now from the museum in washington, d.c., a book party for cokie roberts "capital dames"." >> thank you for coming. >> great to see you. >> i'm glad there's food. i'm so glad you were here. >> how long did it take you to write this is because a long time. university libraries and historical societies, you know, because i done books before, it was helpful. end of this period it's got more passionate and a really fun stuff, the letters are great, real great but the other thing is now newspapers online. and so that's early 19th century and its diverse to read what they are reading. and all the ads and everything so you could waste a lot of time. so now how are thin