an author craig shirley discusses his new book "mary ball washington: the untold story of george washington's mother." washington journal mugs are available at these fans new online store. 02 c-span store.org and check out the washington journal mugs and see all of the c-span products. on the next q&a, the professor of medicine at columbia university takes a critical look at cancer treatment in the u.s. and how patient care can be improved. that is sunday at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span. after a two-day debate, the house judiciary committee voted 23-17 along party lines to improve -- to approve two articles of impeachment. headrticles of impeachment to the full house for consideration. here is the 10 minute session comprised entirely of to vote. >> the judiciary committee will come to order, a quorum being present. having agreed to the articles of impeachment against president donald j. trump. the pending business is reporting -- reporting quorum being present, the question is now in the motion to approve the resolution hres 755 to pass the motion favorably to the house. pursuant to cla

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craig shirley, the author of his book on george washington's mother.rite about mary washington? we've all heard the story of george washington, but why write about his mother? >> because she is a misunderstood figure of history. she has been badly treated by american history. there has never been a definitive biography done of george washington's mother, which i thought was remarkable. it's not just because she had to give an answer, it's how she raised him. her husband, augustine, died when george was young. she was in her 30's raising six children. that alone would resonate with a lot of women in america today. the tough times she went through raising her children. to byhe was referred biographers, from her passing to the time of the civil war, she came across as june cleaver. war, realismil began to take hold in american literature with moby dick, tom sawyer, huckleberry finn, and all of that. also, the biographers who mentioned her made her look more like joan crawford, so both got it wrong. there were elements of both of her character and makeup,

victor davis hanson and craig shirley tell us how this impeachment is disregarding history. stay there. impeachment is disregarding ♪ >> what president trump has done on the record makes him look almost small. >> we are looking at abuse of power and a level of corruption here that makes the nixon impeachment look like child's play. >> i see it simply as a global watergate. >> laura: they all, they come up with their lines in the morning and they just repeat them all day long. they love comparing trump to watergate. and his conduct to watergate but if that is true, why aren't they following the precedents set of the nixon impeachment inquiry? joining me to set the record straight, richard david hansen, senior fellow along with craig shirley presidential historian and author of the great new book. this book is coming out tomorrow. i read it when it was in proofs. "mary ball washington the untold story of george washington's mother." she was a woman ahead of her time, tough but fair and devoted, devoted woman in prayer. phenomenal book. craig, i forgot it was coming out tomorro

. >> we're back with craig shirley, the author of the new book "mary ball washington: the untold story of george washington's mother." craig good morning. >> good morning. >> so, why write about mary ball washington? we've heard the story about george washington. why write about his mother? >> because she's a misunderstood figure of history. she's been badly treated by american history. there's never been a definitive biography done of george washington's mother which i find remarkable. it's not just because she had him. that would be too easy an answer. it's how she raised him. her husband, augustine, died when george was just 11 years old. mary was a single mother in her 30s raising 6 children. that alone i think would resonate with a lot of women in america today and the tough times she went through raising her children. there was a -- when she was referred to biographers from time of her passing until about the time of the civil war, she came across this kind of june cleaver, or mary, mother of christ, or whatever. after the civil war when realism began to take hold in american lit

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an author craig shirley discusses his new book "mary ball washington: the untold story of george washington's mother." washington journal mugs are available at these fans new online store. 02 c-span store.org and check out the washington journal mugs and see all of the c-span products. on the next q&a, the professor of medicine at columbia university

>> we are back with craig shirley, the . . . . >> there is never been definitive biography of george washington's weather mother which i find remarkable and it's not just because she had him, it would be too oweasy an answer. it's how she raised him because her dad when george was 11 years old was a single mother in her 30s raising six children so that alone i think would resonate with a lot of women in america today , the top time she went through raising her children and when she was referred to by biographers on account of her passing until the time of the civil war, she came across as kind of like june cleaver. or mary, mother of christ or whatever. after the civil war when realism began to take hold in american literature with moby dick and tom sawyer and huck finn,also allow drivers who mentioned her made her look more like joan crawford . so then both got it wrong. there are elements of both in her character and makeup but both were wrong, she was neither and she was cold. i live in the area, epic forest and a lively area of northern virginia and there's a bald sentence down t

every time we mention reagan we're contractually obligated to bring in craig shirley. love to hear your opinion on someone that humiliates himself, that he is a greater president than abraham lincoln than everyone but ronald reagan. what does that say about the biggest spinning republican ever. is small government conservative dead once and for all. >> i wish you had not asked me that, but -- let me say that as a political observer i'm intrigued. as a historian i'm appalled. i would question the methodology of that poll and go back and look at the sample size. how they asked the question. i'm heartenned that reagan came out on top, i question the voracity of the poll, but i'm not sure that it is really factual. >> let us hope that the methodology was way, way off. we shall see. let's talk about marleyball washington and an inkruging line out of it that you have said that she is either described as mother theresa or mommy dearest. >> let me say first, i think that a lot of people like this book, i think a lot of women will like this book. this was a tough woman in a cent

motsi and shirley both give a score double that of craig.ixes for motsi and shirley and craig‘s half is three, six and six is... it is one of those things you can do by trial and abridgement or you can set up trial and abridgement or you can set up algebra. you could say that craig‘s score is c. that should make it five c. the remaining score of 15... that is the mathematician way of doing it. you still got it. i say to students, as long as you get that the method is not as important. the key is having a process. my method is or is go with go with my number and if it is wrong... you are going to set us another one. are you going to set us another one. are you going to tweet this out as well? santa claus is travelling to attend bbc four‘s christmas lecture on boxing day. mrs claus travels separately. sa nta cla us day. mrs claus travels separately. santa claus starts at 6pm and flies on his lay at 100 miles an hour. mrs claus starts 30 minutes later and flies at 150 miles an hour. at what time will they cross each other? read that again reall