shirley y. craig author of reagan rising, >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and issues that impact you. monday morning, sharon from lambda legal will talk about lgbt workplace discrimination. matt walsh will talk about his book. -- and irs taxpayer advocate will join us. be sure to watch "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. >> tomorrow, the american enterprise institute hosts a discussion on using charter school accountability institutions in public school districts. john king takes part live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. >> in case you missed it. oklama congressman steve russell on the 100th anniversary of the u.s. entry into world war i. >> 100 years ago today where i am standing, with concrete evidence of german hostility to the united states, international peace and liberal democracy, the congress of the united states declared war on germany. >> homeland security secretary john kelly on the building of the border wall. >> i have no doubt i will go back to him and say, o

craig caller: yes. thank you, mr. shirley. wondered if you would maybe offer insights, contrasts, omparisons with the hollywood and entertainment industry majority view on conservatives versus maybe oday reagan's ere in re time. michael landon and john wayne jimmy stewart and bob hope, supporters.ll reagan basically i think the 60s changed everything. the academy and some ood and radicalize other institutions in america today. reagan always loved his time in hollywood. presidencyend of his a reporter asked him mr. president, did anything in become d help you president or help you be president? and reagan responded, he said i you can do this job and not be an actor. shirley y. craig uthor of reagan rising, the decisive years. thank you so much for joining ughs today. migrationt, we have a policy institute randy caps here sharp drop in border apprehension at the the mexican border and affect of the trump administration's immigration policy. but first this week c-span's interviewed -- he discussed the problems onfronting the va i

[applause] my wonderful guest tonight, craig shirley. thank you so much. lause] >> i also want to tell all of you to please line up, mr. shirley will shine his books right here at the podium. thank you all for coming.i really appreciate it. [applause] [inaudible conversations] tonight on the rhode island limited sheldon whitehouse examines how government has impacted my money and interest groups ., the corporate american democracy.he's into the new york times investigative reporter eric lipton. >> when you one corporate front rope spending $700 million plus in the last election, and that any planning to spend $400 million in the next election in the midterms, that is just a huge footprint. and there's a lot more going on behind it.the second piece of that has been kind of brought home the long-term effort of the republican party and the social business friendly judges in the courts. so that the courts have become increasingly hostile to regular folks and increasingly interested in protecting corporations. >> watched "after words" tonight at nine eastern on

and then craig shirley discusses his book "raisin -- reagan rising." and later, randy cap of the migration policy institute looks at the sharp capps is have a sharp drop of apprehensions at the u.s. and mexico border and president trump immigration policies. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning. it is sunday, april 9, 2017, and on today's "washington journal" the headline focuses on donald trump's changing foreign policy. last week, international challenges dominated the white house agenda from the chemical attack in syria that spurred a u.s. strike on a syrian air base to the president meeting with key heads of state, including chinese president xi. the trump administration international policy is taking a dramatic shift from the campaign message of america first. a shakeup in his own team last week

eastern craig shirley recalls ronald reagan's path to the presidency. at 7:45 eastern, historian and activist rebecca feldman officer thoughts on changes occurring within the feminist movement. at 9 pm on the book tvs afterwards, sheldon whitehouse weighs in on how corporate money impact the white house. at 10 pm brought pilot reports on some of the us lesser-known space operations in the creation of nasa. and at 11 we wrap up our sunday primetime lineup with tom biden and a history of dodge city kansas, once considered one of the most violent towns in the west. it all happens tonight on c-span2's book tv. >> our visit to chico california continues with local author

t 8:30, craig shirley will be here to talk about the rise of ronald reagan. 9:15, a conversation about the u.s.-mexico border arrests. will do it for today's program. thanks for making "washington a part of your morning. we'll be back here tomorrow at 7:00 o'clock. until then, enjoy the rest of your saturday. >>> we'll go ahead and call the subcommittee to order and i would liabling to say good our ng and welcome all of witnesses here today to the hearing.

eastern craig shirley recalls ronald reagan's path to the presidency. at 7:45 eastern, historian and activist rebecca feldman officer thoughts on changes occurring within the feminist movement. at 9 pm on the book tvs afterwards, sheldon whitehouse weighs in on how corporate money impact the white house. at 10 pm brought pilot reports on some of the us lesser-known space operations in the creation of nasa. and at 11 we wrap up our sunday primetime lineup with tom biden and a history of dodge city kansas, once considered one of the most violent towns in the west. it all happens tonight on c-span2's book tv. >> our visit to chico california continues with local author robert cottrell as he explores the counterculture of the 1960s and some of the influential people and movements that help define it. >> the name of my book is "sex, drugs and rock and roll: the rise of america's 1960's counterculture" . my book focuses on kind of the whole of american bohemia to a certain extent so i go back and talk about early progenitors, i talk about figures like edgar a

and important conversation with with craig because for those of you who are not familiar with craig shirley and i can imagine many of you aren't familiar with craig he's a -- widely respected and widely known leading presidential historian. and one of the most important biographers of ronald reagan the author of -- [inaudible conversations] reagan revolution, last ax, the time year emerging legacy of ronald reagan and "new york times" best seller december 1941 which is one of my personal favorites, craig. also visiting reagan scholar at eureka college and lectures at reagan library and reagan ranch and if you have not spent time at the reagan library or ranch i highly advise that you go because those places are incredibly beautiful and incredibly important to our history. he's also regular throughout the media and been seen on television and radio and gurud t the firm and not author of the brand new book a book that we're here to celebrate tonight called reagan gathering and 1976 and 1980. please give a warm welcome to my friend craig shier shirley. [applause] introduce right now. yeah, i b

we are excited to have with usth this evening craig shirley. [applause] and i might add his wife is with