announcer: brown university professor cory brad schneider with his book "the presidents and the peoplers with threatened democracy and the citizens who fought to defend it," on this episode of book notes+, available on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ announcer: white house press secretary karine jean-pierre spoke to reporters aboard air force one about president biden bargaining has sent --

announcer: brown university professor cory brad schneider with his book "the presidents and the people: five leaders with threatened democracy and the citizens who fought to defend it," on this episode of book notes+, available on the c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ announcer: white house press secretary karine jean-pierre spoke to reporters aboard air force one about president biden bargaining has sent -- pardoning his son, hunter, and fielded questions on statements made by the president that he would not pardon him. ♪ >> so, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this fun meeting on ukraine in the future of ukraine, especially after the u.s. elections. we could not be more delighted and honored to have the former ukrainian president with us today for this discussion. thank you all for joining a spear -- thank you all for joing us. i will be presiding today's discussion, which will be on the record and debatable later. you will also have the ability to ask questions later in the conversation. you all know petro poroshenko. he was president of ukraine from 20

. >> according to brown university professor cory brad schneider, the following presidents in historyned mock pursue. john adams waged war on the national press, prosecuting as many as 120 six who dared criticize him. james buchanan colluded with the supreme court to deny constitutional personhood to african-americans. andrew johnson urged violence against his political opponents. woodrow wilson nationalized jim crow by segregating the federal government and finally, richard nixon committed criminal acts, ordering the watergate break-in. >> brown university professor cory with his book, presidents and the people. five presidents who threaten democracy and the citizens who fought to defend it on this epise book notes plus, with our host, brian lamb. but notes plus is available now on the c-span free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. c-span now, the free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what's happening in washington. live and on-demand. keep up with the day's biggest events with live streams of floor proceedings and hearings from the u.s. congress, white house e

. >> according to brown university professor cory brad schneider, the following presidents in historyeatened mock pursue. john adams waged war on the national press, prosecuting as many as 120 six who dared criticize him. james buchanan colluded with the supreme court to deny constitutional personhood to african-americans. andrew johnson urged violence against his political opponents. woodrow wilson nationalized jim crow by segregating the federal government and finally, richard nixon committed criminal acts, ordering the watergate break-in. >> brown university professor cory with his book, presidents d the people. five presidents who threaten democracy and the citizens who fought to defe it on this episode of book notes plus, with our host, brian lamb. but notes plus is available now on the c-span free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. c-span now, the free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what's happening in washington. live and on-demand. keep up with the day's biggest events with live streams of floor proceedings and hearings from the u.s. congress, white ho