my mother was a member of the young communist league as a young student. my father was not but he was a leftist. after he came back from the say from 1946 to 1952. >> did they like the idea of the soviet union? >> my father said he was stubborn in his ignorance. i think they liked the idea. i think my father particular and my mother to some extent was shaped by what he saw as the weremic any qualities that more obvious during the great depression, when the whole notion of capitalism was being questioned more strongly because what had happened with the collapse of that system. stubbornness in was ignoring the paranoia and murderous history of the soviet union. niss tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. announcer: c-span cities tour visited palo alto, california. we continue our look with the hoover institution to tour the hoover tower. linda: we are in the hoover tower on stanford's campus, which was dedicated by herbert hoover himself in 1941. hoover himself was in front of the tower there, giving his

marx and engels had the group renamed the communist league and were commissioned to write its policy program. the communist manifesto was published in eighteen forty eight a year of republican revolts against european monarchies. the specter is haunting europe the specter of communism all the powers of the old europe have entered into a holy alliance to exercise the specter. like the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution the proletarians have nothing to lose but their change they have a world where workers of the world unite. in the one nine hundred fifty nine a young charismatic revolutionary letter faction who overthrew the cuban dictatorship. fidel castro then established a socialist republic just off the shores. that bastion of capitalism the united states. less than a decade later young people in capitalist countries rose up to oppose their parents' generation fidel castro and cheikh of our became the idols of the one nine hundred sixty eight student movement. of course we invoked marksmen we told ourselves that intellectuals were merely a superstructure from which th

say, my mother was a member of the young communist league as a young student at the university of michigantist. back from the war, i would say from 1946 to 1952. >> did they like the idea of the soviet union and why? >> my father at one point said he was stubborn in his ignorance. i think they liked the egalitarian ideas. particular and my mother to some extent were shaped by the economic inequalities that grew out of the great depression. capitalismotion of was being questioned more strongly because of what it happened with the collapse of the system. stubbornness of his ignorance was not seeing the paranoia and murderous history of the soviet union until later. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. this weekend on the presidency, former nixon administration official offers his view of the white house watergate tapes and what they did and did not reveal. he was principal deputy to the presidents lead defense lawyer. here's a preview. on april 30, 1974, we released a transcript of 50 conversations. "the illusion of anticipated certainty." everybody thought the tapes would resolv

my mother was a mobe of the young communist league at the university of michigan.y father was not but definitely a leftist. and then after he came back from the war, i would say from 1946-1952. >> you say you're not quite sure in your book what they ever saw in the soviet union. >> how can you be? >> did they like the idea of the soviet union and why? >> i think they liked the -- my father once said he was stubborn in his ignorance. i think they liked the ilega atarian idea and i think the economic inacalls that were more obvious in the great depression when the notion of capitalism was questioned more strongly with what had happened with the collapse of that system and i think that the stubbornness and ignorance is not seeing the paranoia and murderous history of the soviet union until later. brian: when did he lose his ?irst job and why david: fired february 29, 1952 during those hearings when an f.b.i. informant called the grandmother spy, burnese baldwin was called to testify. she'd been a member of the communist party, a paid informant from the f.b.i. until 19

my mother was a member of the on communist league.y father was not, but he was definitely a leftist. after he came back from the war, i would say from 1946-1952. brian: you say you are not quite sure in your book what they ever saw in the soviet union. did they like the idea of the soviet union, and why? i think they like the egalitarian idea. think that my father in particular and my mother, to some extent, were shaped by what --saw as the economic equalities that were more obvious during the great depression when capitalism was being questioned more strongly with what had happened with the collapse of that system. i think his stubbornness and ignorance was not seeing things in the paranoia and murders history of the soviet union until later. when did he lose his first job, and why? fired february 29, 1952, during those hearings when an abbey i informant called the called tor spy was testify. of the been a member commonest party, a paid informant for the fbi from 1943-1952, when she came in from the cold. everybody in the party knew

i would aniss: well, say my mother was a member of the young communist league as a at the universityf michigan. y father was not but he was definitely a leftist. after he came back rom the war, i would say from 1946 to 1952. brian lamb: you say you're not in your book what they ever saw in the soviet union. be?d maraniss: how can you brian lamb: did they like the idea of the soviet union and why? david maraniss: my father at one stubborn in was his ignorance. i think they liked the idea.tarian my father in particular, and my mother to some extent, was what he saw as the economic inequalities that grew that were more obvious during the great depression when capitalism tion of was being questioned more strongly because of what had appened with the collapse of that system. and i think the stubbornness and ignorance was not seeing the paranoia and murderous history soviet union until later. brian lamb: he was a newspaperman. did he lose his first job and why? on d maraniss: he was fired those y 29, 1952, during hearings when an f.b.i. grandmotherlled the spy, spaldwin, was called to test

avid: well, i would say my mother was a member of the communist league as a young student at the university of michigan. my father was not but he was efinitely a leftist. and then after he came back from the war, i would say from 1946 to 1952. brian: did they like the idea of the soviet union and why? david: well, i think they like the -- my father, he was stubborn and his ignorance. i think they like the idea. i think my father in particular and my mother to some extent was shaped what he said was the economic -- that grew you out of the -- that were obvious during the great depression when the whole issue of capitalism was being talked about with the collapse of the system. i think the stubbornness and ignorance was not seeing the paranoia and murderous history of the soviet union until later. >> david maraniss sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a q&a. house intelligence committee chair adam schiff sad down with a conversation this morning with mike allen of axios. most of the conversation focused on the mueller report. later, we'll hear from house minority leader steve scalise.

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, my mother was a member of the young communist league as a young student at the university of michigan. my father was not, but he was definitely a leftist. and then, after he came back from the war, i would say from 1946 until 1952. >> do they like the idea of the soviet union and why? said father at one point he was stubborn in his ignorance. i think they liked the egalitarian idea. i think my father in particular and my mother to some extent was shaped by what he saw as the economic inequalities that were more obvious during the great depression, when the notion of capitalism was being questioned were strongly because of what had happened with the collapse of that system. and i think that the stubbornness and ignorance is nothing the paranoia and murderous history of the soviet union and till later. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." tv,ext on american history virginia commonwealth university professor catherine shively discusses military history and the civil war. she talks about help analyzing different aspects of military history can help us understand the cha

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>> i would say my mother was a member of the young communist league at the university of michigan.y father was not, but he was a leftist. the war,came back from from 1946 to 1952. >> did they like the idea of the soviet union and why? >> my father at one point said he was stubborn in his ignorance. i think they like the egalitarian idea. my father in particular in my mother to some extent was shaped by what he saw as the economic inequalities that group -- that were more obvious during the great depression. capitalism was being questioned were strongly because of what had happened with the collapse of that system. the stubbornness and ignorance was not seeing the paranoia and murderous history of the soviet union until later. >> david marinus tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from des moines, iowa, is laura belin bleeding heartland. which is what? guest: it is a politics website politics,oted to iowa everything federal, state, local . lots of things about iowa. host: you are on the ground, the epicenter of presidential poli

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>> my mother was a member of the old communist league is young student at the university of michigan my father was not, but he was definitely a leftist. after he came back from the war, i would say from 1940s -- 1946 to 1952. >> did they like the idea of the soviet union? >> my father said he was never in his ignorance. i think they liked the egalitarian idea and i think my father in particular and my mother to some extent was shaped by what he saw as the economic equality -- great depression where the notion of capitalism was being questioned or strongly because of what had happened of the collapse of that system. and i think these stubbornness and ignorance -- paranoia and murderous history of the soviet union until later. >> david meredith, sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> c-span's newest book, the presidents, the best and worst chief executives. it provides insight into the lives of the 44 american presidents. stories and interviews with noted presidential historians. explore the life events that shaped our leaders, challenges they face, and the legacies they lef

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>> i would say my mother was a member of the communist league as a young student at the university of michigan. my father was not, but he was definitely a leftist. war, he came back from the i would say from 1946 to 1952 -- >> did they like the idea of the soviet union? think they liked the .galitarian idea i think my father in particular and my mother to some extent was shaped by what he saw as the economic inequalities that were greatbvious during the depression when capitalism was being questioned more strongly cousin what had happened with the collapse of the system. stubbornnessthe and his ignorance was not seeing the paranoia and murderous history of the soviet union until later. raniss on c-span's "q&a." >> house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff said friday congress is considering levying fines against trump administration officials and others who refuse to comply with congressional subpoenas. we will also hear from house minority whip steve scalise and former planned parenthood president cecile richards at this event hosted by axial's -- axios. >> please welcome axi

. >> well, i would say, my mother was a member of the young communist league, as a young student at the university of michigan. my father was not. but, he was definitely a leftist. and then, after he came back from the war, i would say, from 1946 - 1952. >> did they like the idea of the soviet union? and why? >> i think they liked - my father at one point said he was stubborn in his ignorance. i think they liked the egalitarian ideas. i think that my father, in particular, and my mother to some extent, was shaped by what he saw as the economic inequalities that grew out of - that were more obvious during the great depression, when the whole notion of capitalism was being questioned more strongly because of what had happened with the collapse of that system. and i think that the stubbornness and his ignorance is not seeing the paranoia and murderous history of the soviet union. until later. >>> david meredith. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> next, supreme court case involving employment discrimination claims. the case involves a woman who works as an i.t. supervisor for

political deadline than big chinese communist party trump is very straightforward about wanting to conflict pain on the chinese leadership do you think that china's league. a ship has a capacity to inflict pain on chomp 1st china has virtually no cards to play in this dispute you know people talk a lot about chinese punishment of u.s. farmers but the fact is that global agricultural prices have been in decline for 2 years and the troubles facing american farmers have very little to do with trade war and time trying to use tariffs and a lot to do with the decline in global agricultural prices china has very little leverage in this deal on the other hand you know outsiders you know westerners americans in particular tend to see china as some kind of monolith as this great communist party that you're runs everything with no no disputes and no arguments well you know i'll tell you china's but chinese business people are right now scared and they're right now calling their friends in the communist party they're calling the leadership and they're saying we need to get something done as it is production is leaving china for vietnam people you know chinese manu

league baseball. cuban players getting to the majors has been difficult and dangerous since fidel castro's communist revolutionfect breaking black-market smugglers or flimsy swimming votes. why do they risk their lives? so much better than they are there. my next guest is almost the calmest cuban baseball players of all time when he more games than any other cuban born pitcher and exiled and cut off from his family because he decided to defect and play in the u.s. for turning me tonight share a story red sox hall of fame member and author of son of havana is here. welcome. >> thank you. thank you for having me. kennedy: so great to talk to you. it's a tough story and you love baseball so much and love your family so much so how did you make that critical and difficult decision to defect in the cuba? >> i had no choice. i think what happened was in my time in 1961 when i got out and not come back for 46 years that was my only option. my dad told me you go don't worry about and when i finish in 1961 in mexico he sent me a letter that told me to come back because they will not have a profession in baseball and i

say my mother was a member of the young communist league as a student at the university of michigan. my father was not but he was definitely a leftist. after he came back from the war. 1946 until from 1952. >> didn't like the idea of the soviet union? stubborn in wasn't his ignorance. i think they like the gala terry and idea. i think my father in particular and my mother to some extent was shaped by what he saw as the economic inequalities during the great depression. capitalism was being questioned because of what happened with the collapse. think the stubbornness and paranoia was the history of the soviet union >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "human a." q and c-span's newest book provides insight into the lives of the 44 american president. explore the life events that shaped our leaders, challenges they faced, and the legacies they left behind. order your copy today. "the presidents is available as a hardcover or e-book. >> at the white house, president trump talked about efforts to cut down on unexpected medical bills. he responded to reporters questions about subpoe