kelly, my name is darrell davis. come on in. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davis has befriended kkk members to understand their hatred and to show them how they are wrong. sunday on c-span on "q and a." >> today on the civil war, a look at the reasons why civil war monuments were constructed. here is a preview. i have interested in the flag. it is to follow up on something david said. on the changed attitudes public display of the flag and reach compromise. ,f you look at polling data what the flag stands for, whether it is southern pride or racism, has not changed. if you look at polling data, understanding whether the war slaveryut save has not changed. if you take it out without the ofiberate confrontation, slavery in american society, then it may be a good thing, but it is a good thing that is not gone far enough. you can watch the entire program today at 6:00 p.m. .astern this is american history tv, only on c-span3. next, lori lyn price of tufts school of medicine talks about the homemade remedies graded an

. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davis has befriended ku klux klan members to understand their hatred and convince them that they are wrong, tonight at 8:00 eastern on "q&a" on c-span. >> american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend, featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. here is a clip from a recent program. flag, interested in the to follow up on something david attitudes onhanged the public display of the flag and reached number my to take it down. if you look at polling data with the flag stands for, southern pride or racism, has change. our understanding of whether the war was about slavery hasn't changed. if we take the monuments down without the deliberative confrontation of what we have never faced, which is slavery in american society, it may be a good thing, but it's a good thing that hasn't gone far enough. watch this and other american history programs on our website, where all of our video is archived. c-span.org/history. up next from the 34th annual winston churchill conference, father and son historians paul b

. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davis has been friended ku klux klan members to understand theirred and convince them they are wrong. tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on q&a on c-span. >> coming up next, from the 34th annual winston churchill conference. historian and journalist andrew roberts talks about the former prime minister's career as a historian. his six volume book, the second world war, earned him a nobel prize in literature in 1953. this is about 50 minutes. >> we ended last year's conference with a presentation by andrew roberts and we know a

with musician and author darrell davis, to talks about his experience and motivation for befriending members of the ku klux klan. greta: the 51st attorney general of texas joins us today, republican ken paxton. thank you, sir, for being here. atty. gen. paxton: thank you for having me on. greta: i appreciate it. we also have with us kevin diaz, who is with the houston chronicle, the washington correspondent for them, and josh gerstein, who is senior white house reporter for politico. josh, you have the first question, go ahead. josh: welcome, mr. attorney general. i wanted to start by asking you about one of the programs or controversies you have been associated with most recently, which is the daca program for dreamers, litigation threatened by your office appears to have spurred the trump administration into winding that program down. at a hearing just a few weeks ago in new york, a federal judge seemed very perturbed by the way the wind down was carried out. he called it, "unacceptable to me as a human being and as an american," and he also called the winding down of that program

my name is darrell davis. come on in. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davis has met with ku klux klan members to understand them and convince them that they are wrong. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. this weekend on the presidency. alexander zapruder talks about her grandfather, abraham, whose home movie captured the j.f.k. assassination in 1963. here's a preview. >> one of. things that made this story very difficult for me to take on was that there was a moral dilemma at the heart of it. a moral dema that my grandfather was very much aware of and that kind of reverberated through our family even though we didn't talk about it and that was the obvious thing. how does one ultimately financially profit from a national tragedy like this without taking a moral hit? this was something that plagued by grand their over the weekend of the assassination. what to do, what to do. he couldn't keep the film. he knew that he needed to get rid of it. it also represented a financial opportunity. the truth was

. >> for the past 30 this to year, darrell davis has befriended ku to understanders their hatred and convince them they are wrong. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. >> an anticorruption crackdown by saudi arabia's crown prince resulted in the arrest of 200 government leaders on charges of misusing or embezzling $100 billion of assets. middle east analysts discuss what this means for the saudi government at an event in washington, d.c.. this is an hour and a half. mr. jahshan: -- evening, i: good would like to welcome all of you to this special briefing focusing on the shakeup in the riyadh regional and international implications.

said,layed my hands and my name is darrell davis. >> darrell davis has for a friend ku klux klan members to convince them they are wrong. on "q&a" on c-span. on wednesday, house minority leader nancy pelosi and arizona senator jeff flake spoke at a ceremony dedicating the house democratic cloakroom in honor of representative gabby giffords and the late congressman leo ryan, both government -- both victims of gun violence. this is 35 minutes. rep. pelosi: good morning, everyone. thank you for being here. as we begin, let us welcome to the room a national heroine, congresswoman gabby giffords.

i said, my name is darrell davis, cumin. -- come on in. mr. davis has befriended clew clucks clan members to understand them and convince them they are wrong, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. >> at their convention in washington dc the federalist society hosted a panel of law professors for discussion about financial regulations and the power of regulatory agencies. this ion

. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davis has befriended luke scott's plan members -- ku klux klan members.

. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davis has befriended ku klux klan members to understand them hatred and convince they are wrong to her at 8:00 eastern on ago, on november 8, 1942, british and american forces launched operation torch, the invasion of north africa, then occupied by nazi germany and vichy france. next on "reel america", "tunisian victory," a world war ii propaganda film on the north african campaign coproduced by the british and american government and released in early 1944. the documentary uses cartoons, animated maps, recovered footage, and alternates with british and american narrators. the campaign ended with an allied victory in may, 1943 when 275,000 axis soldiers surrendered. this is about 75 minutes. ♪

is darrell davis. befriended davis has ku klux klan members to understand their hatred and convince them that they are wrong. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. today's white house briefing featured remarks from white house chief economist kevin hassett. he talked about the republican tax reform plan. press secretary sarah sanders also took questions on alabama senate candidate roy moore. federal funding for hurricane relief and tax reform. the briefing ran a half an hour. ms. sanders: good afternoon. yesterday, momentum continued to build behind our plan to deliver massive tax relief and job creation to the american people. the house passed the tax cuts and jobs act, and the senate finance committee passed the companion tax reform bill. these were important moments as we move closer to a final vote. in recent months, we have heard from american entrepreneurs and families from every corner of the nation about how this will empower them to build a better life. in pennsylvania, suzy said our

. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davis has been friended ku klux klan members to understand their hatred and convince them they are wrong. tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on q&a on c-span. >> coming up next, from the 34th annual winston churchill conference. historian and journalist andrew roberts talks about the former prime minister's career as a historian. his six volume book, the second world war, earned him a nobel prize in literature in 1953. this is about 50 minutes. >> we ended last year's conference with a presentation by andrew roberts and we know a winning formula when we see one. to introduce andrew this year, we have the beautiful catherine katz. [applause] catherine: i will keep my remarks brief in order to maximize the amount of time we have to be entertained by our final speaker, andrew roberts. for though who recall his presentation at last year's conference, you have undoubtedly been looking forward to this as much as i have. among his numerous endeavors, andrew roberts serves as the guest curator at the folder shakespeare library. -- folger shakespeare library. he is

kelly, my name is darrell davis. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davis has befriended ku klux klan members to understand their hatred and convince them that they are wrong. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. >> the senate foreign relations committee wanted to discuss nuclear weapons. among the witnesses was a retired air force general who led the u.s. strategic command. if our defense department official from the obama administration. this is just over two hours.

for the past 30 years, darrell davis has befriended ku klux klan members to understand their hatred and convince them they are wrong. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. >> american history tv is on c-span 3 every weekend featuring archival films and programs on the presidency. here is a clip from a recent program. calls spanish inquisition -- >> i will tell you everything i know about myself. i would for if you would allow me not to mention other people's names. don't present to me with this choice of either being in contempt of this khamenei or going to jail -- of this committee or going to jail. or forcing me to crawl through informer.d be an i do not think this is american. it is more a can to what happened -- a kin to what happened under hiller. >> [inaudible] about 1945. >> this is what i have been talking about. longer fighting for myself. i am probably the most completely ruined man u have ever seen. -- ruined man you have ever seen. this is what i have been talking about. i do not believe it benefits this committee to force me to do this. i do not believe it benefits

kelly, my name is darrell davis. befriended davis has ku klux klan members to understand their hatred and convince them that they are wrong. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. today's white house briefing featured remarks from white house chief economist kevin hassett. he talked about the republican tax reform plan. press secretary sarah sanders also took questions on alabama senate candidate roy moore. federal funding for hurricane relief and tax reform. the briefing ran a half an hour.

i approached him and said my name is darrell davis, come on in. >> there'll davis has befriended ku klux klan members to understand their hatred and convince them that they are wrong, . >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday and noon eastern, the 70th anniversary of the hollywood 10 hearings. family members of blacklisted artists read from transcripts. i justast employment, finished a picture called "the alta tall target." i've been in theater for 25 years. i think i'm well enough known to all of them from the roles i have played. >> ewan mcgregor the commonest party in 1942 -- were you a member of the communist party in 1942? >> at 6:00 on the civil war, discussion on civil war monuments. >> it was about victory. the victory, in many ways celebrated in so many confederate monuments, was the victory over reconstruction. >> the 1944 world war ii propaganda film on the north africa campaign. >> president of the united states welcomed the prime minister of great britain. the gravity of the moment had brought them together. >> at 8:00 on the presidency, "26 seconds: a pe

kelly, my name is darrell davis. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davis has befriended ku klux klan members to understand their hatred and convince them that they are wrong. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. >> the senate foreign relations committee wanted to discuss nuclear weapons. among the witnesses was a retired air force general who led the u.s. strategic command. if our defense department official from the obama administration. this is just over two hours. quest the business many will come to order, we will do a little business on the front end and hopefully take care of some business quickly, i know people have other meetings and then will move to the hearing itself. we think our witness for allowing us to do this and we are glad you are here. items on theber of agenda today, we will move a number of nominations and foreign service officer list. theill also take up multilateral act of 2017. i want to think sen. coons: his leadership and hard work on this bill, i want to recognize senators isaacson, rubio, young, kane and merkley whether contributions to this imp

. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davis has befriended luke scott's plan members -- ku klux klan members. night on q&a on c-span. marr,ning us now is chuck the director of federal tax policy. he is here to talk about how the federal government spends the taxes that citizens pay. thank you for joining us. whoad a caller last week really wanted us to look more about how tax revenue is spent. that's why we have you here today. how easy is it to follow the money of taxpayer funds? easy, there are major categories of spending. budget, theout the first is the defense budget, which is roughly about a fifth of expenditures go towards the military to pay for the defense of the country. and then roughly another fifth would go to social security. a very successful program that manages people's retirement, retirement programs, disability program spread than you get another chunk, which is health care. medicare,ose one is and medicaid which we have seen in the news very much this year 's health care for lower income people and also helps nursing home care for older people. now we see it as part of th

this is my piano player, darrell davis. give him your social security number so you can get paid.ocial and shey was all flustered. withaid, ok, i will talk paul schaefer. chuck berry said, i am going to play let it rock. said, we have been rehearsing another song. chuck said, i am going to do let it rock. so i went down there and there was paul schaefer. he is not only one of the most talented musicians in the country, and underrated, the guy is a genius. also one oft, he is the nicest. he had no problem with it whatsoever. i rehearsed the band on let it rock. he invited me to play with the band for the show. talk we do not normally music on this show. there is more to the story. but i want to go back to how did you develop a relationship with chuck very -- chuck berry. people like chuck berry and buddy holly and elvis presley, these people were the pioneers of rock 'n roll. back in the day, prior to rock 'n roll, musicals and concert venues were segregated, if they allowed black people in at all. there were signs hanging that would say, colored seating only. the jim crow law was

darrell davis has befriended ku klux klan members to understand their hatred and convince them that they are wrong. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. this weekend on the presidency, she talks about her grandfather. >> one of the things that made ae story difficult there was moral dilemma at the heart of it, my grandfather was very much aware of it. my grandfather was very much aware of and it kind of reverberated through our family, even though we did not talk about it. that was the obvious thing. how can >> this was something that plagued my grandfather, what to do. he knew that a needed to get rid of the film. it also represented a financial opportunity. the truth is he grew up incredibly poor in russia. anybody can understand how hard it would be to walk away from that in that moment. yet, it felt wrong. it felt like somebody -- there was something about it that was deeply unpalatable to him and contrary to his ballot -- values. he struggled enormously over those days, trying to figure out what to do. , is thaty, what he did he walked the line. itthat, i mean he did sell

this is my piano player, darrell davis. give him your social security number so you can get paid. not even planned on playing, i had just come to hang out. so i gave her my social and she was all flustered. i am a member of sagged and all sag andi'm a member of all that. she said, ok, i will talk with paul schaefer. chuck berry said, i am going to play "let it rock." she said, we have been rehearsing another song. chuck said, i am going to do let it rock. so i went down there and there was paul schaefer. and, paul schaefer is not only one of the most talented musicians in this country, he is totally underrated. the guy's a genius, just a top-notch musician. not only is he one of the most talented musicians in this country, he is also one of the most nice. he had no problem with it whatsoever. i rehearsed the band on let it rock. he invited me to play with the band for the show. i said, thank you for the invitation. around this time, they are probably saying, what in the world are they talking about. do not normally talk music on the show. but there is more to the story. i want to

i said, my name is darrell davis, cumin. -- come on in. mr. davis has befriended clew clucks clan members to understand them and convince them they are wrong, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. >> at their convention in washington dc the federalist society hosted a panel of law professors for discussion about financial regulations and the power of regulatory agencies. this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. my name is wayne abernathy, executive vice president for financial institutions policy at the american bankers association. here in the federalist society, i am the chairman of the financial services practice group, who is sponsoring this session today, financial administrationhe -- administrative state. we very much appreciate you being here to listen from our very experienced, distinguished, and insightful panel. if you happen to be interested in the work of a financial services practice group at the federalist society please contact me or one of the officers and weekend at you involved, we love to have p

at 8:00 on q&a, how conversation with musician and author darrell davis, to talks about his experienceand motivation for befriending members of the ku klux klan. greta: the 51st attorney general of texas joins us today, republican ken paxton. thank you, sir, for being here. atty. gen. paxton: thank you for having me on. greta: i appreciate it. we also have with us kevin diaz, who is with the houston chronicle, the washington correspondent for them, and josh gerstein, who is senior white house reporter for politico. josh, you have the first question, go ahead. josh: welcome, mr. attorney general. i wanted to start by asking you about one of the programs or controversies you have been associated with most recently, which is the daca program for dreamers, litigation threatened by your office appears to have spurred the trump administration into winding that program down. at a hearing just a few weeks ago in new york, a federal judge seemed very perturbed by the way the wind down was carried out. he called it, "unacceptable to me as a human being and as an american," and he also called the

. >> for the past 30 years, darrell davis has befriended ku klux klan members to convince them they are sunday night at iraq eastern on q&a on -- 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. tv, liveeekend on book coverage of the miami book fair. starting today at 10:30 a.m. eastern, msnbc's chris matthews on the political life of bobby kennedy. best-selling biographer walter isaacs and how leonardo da vinci. turrews's cater -- katie on following the campaign. house near tactics are used to influence public opinion. political commentator charles sykes offers his thoughts on the conservative movement. van jones weighs in on partisan politics. the president america of spellman college look at race relations in united states. watch our live weekend coverage of the miami book fair this weekend on2 c-span's book tv. -- c-span2's book tv. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us is ronald rubin , a former enforcement attorney at the consumer financial protection bureau. he is here to talk about the decision by current director richard cordray to retire and what that will mean for the future of the

. >> darrell davis has befriended ku klux klan members to understand their hatred and convince them they wrong. tonight at 8:00 eastern on "q&a ," on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: a future out of his hands, the headline from the star tribune, with focus on senator al franklin -- al franken. franken york times, al should go. that horrifying photo of him will confront feminists every boast of decry trump's grabbing women by the genitals. it is not worth it. what is there to the rest of us? i would mourn his departure from the senate, but i think you should go and the message to men in power about sexual to gradation has to be clear, we will replace you. let's get to phone calls. cliff from maryland, democrats line. good morning. cliff, you with us? all right, one more time. caller: can you hear me question mark host: now we can -- can you hear me? host: now we can, we are getting delays. that's go on to missouri. if you get through, turn the volume down to 11 eight echoes. the head. -- to eliminate any echo. go ahead. caller: hello? sorry, there is a bad connection. i am