. >> thank you. >> history sounds like david mccullough. so let's start our question and answer. i want to discharge something. joseph ellis, who helped to organize the program and it was our first speaker, he pulled me aside and said you have to ask david mccullough the following question. i said, of course. here's his question. he would like to know if you would like to tell the audience, is there a secret love affair of abigail adams you're willing to admit to? >> who has he been talking to? [ laughter ] i am -- i feel very strongly that if i can -- with my work bring to light, bring down stage to full theatrical recognition people who deserve that now but didn't get it at the time or haven't gotten it, that i'm fulfilling a need that is important. it's one of the reasons i wanted to write about harry truman. i thought he was vastly underrated and didn't get enough credit for what he did that took a great deal of courage. i felt the same way about john adams. i felt the same way about emily robling, the wife of washington robeling, the b

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nbc senior correspondent tom brokaw caught up with author and historian david mccullough for a look at how the lessons of history can inspire us today. >> reporter: america is deeply divided these days. the worst since the 1960s, but it doesn't have to be that way. >> one of the clearest lessons of history is that almost nothing is done alone. it's a joint effort. and america is a joint effort. >> reporter: historian david mccullough touring the new arsenal of democracy exhibit here at the national world war ii museum, a vivid portrait of a nation at first deeply ambivalent about world war ii and woefully unprepared. in 1939, america's army ranked 17th in the world just behind romania. mccullough was just 7 years old when pearl harbor was attacked and remembers it was all in after that. >> in grade school we were told we're helping to win the war, and we felt very involved, very patriotic about it. >> reporter: but that purpose came at a price. african-american service members were grossly discriminated against by some of their own commanders and the forced internment of japanese ameri

david mccullough can correct me if i get anything wrong.s first command and some sage advice. washington had the forethought to know that the actions they were taking were going to reverberate through history for hundreds if not thousands of years. he warned us of demagogues and gave sage advice to hamilton about how to use this power. and i have to say that there may be no greater moment for me than to get to perform this song in front of our vice president who embodies the ideals that george washington spoke about and i want to thank you for your service mr. joe biden. thank you, sir. [ applause ] >> this next song is called "history has its eyes on you". ♪ i was younger than you are now when i was given my first command ♪ ♪ i led my train into a massacre, i witnessed their deaths firsthand ♪ ♪ i made every mistake, i felt the shame rise in me ♪ ♪ and even now i lie awake, knowing history has eyes ♪ ♪ ♪ history has its eyes ♪ let me tell you what i wish i know when i was young and dream of glory, have no control who lives who dies who tel

we begin with a look back at charlie's conversation with author and historian david mccullough. >> you get to know these people better than you know them in real life. the letters are so revealing and they're so often touching and eloquent and the relationship between bess and harry truman found in those letters, between abigail and john adams is found in those letters. there are over a thousand letters between abigail adams and john adams. and neither of them was capable of writing a boring letter or a short one. >> we conclude with andy card, jack watson and john podesta, three former white house chief of staff. they join chris whipple to talk about his new book "the gatekeepers: how the white house chiefs of staff define every presidency." >> one of the roles of the chief of staff is the president is hearing all the voices that he needs to hear. >> rose: to be an honest broker. >> to be a very honest broker and also, as part of that role, honestly, to tell the president no when he needs to be told no and that's not easy. >> historian david mccullough and a look into the job of white

eastern, author and pulitzer prize winner david mccullough with his book "the american spirit: we are and what we stand for." down, youget knocked don't lie there, you get back up and continue on. something we all need to be reminded of, and are reminded of the examples set in the story of our own country. at 1:30 p.m., utah senator with his book "written out of history: the forgotten found in fathers who wrote big government." >> i don't think anybody for thought what happened -- forgot what happened. unless you read the arguments of the anti-adderall is and the arguments of the federal -- federalist, they appear to do tilt. >> jenna bush hager and barbara bush with their book. >> we felt unbelievably protective of them. people thought it was odd how protective we are, but it is not . we saw ourselves and then when our grandpa became president. when they left the white house it was the same age we wear when our dad became president. being a teenager with your dad as president is not that easy but it is incredibly rewarding. >> at 8:45 p.m., condoleezza rice discusses her book " democ

helmets, french rifles, wrench .mmunition, french canteens >> pulitzer prize-winning historian david mccullough talks about how the founders, particularly john adams, valued education, viewed slavery, and persevered in the face of hardship and how these ideals shaped american society. >> he grew up at a time when they had no money. his mother was illiterate. his father, we know, could sign his name. maybe he could read. there was a bible in the house, and that was the only book. they worked hard every day from he gotod on, but because a scholarship to this little college in cambridge called harvard, and as he said, discovered books and read forever, he became the john adams who helped change the world. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to www.c-span.org. sunday -- anybody thinking in 1962 after nixon's last press conference 10 years later, he then win a landslide, and it all came apart. >> columnist and political commentator pat buchanan served as an advisor and speechwriter theixon and discussed battles that made and broken president and divided america forever. >> dean had

from hard crane to many otherpots and writers and notably to the nonfiction writer, david mccullough, there have been really inspired writing on this subject, and erica wagner is right up there with all of those other writers. what she has done here with this biography of washington roebling is remind everyone although he what's son of a designer he was the person long with his wife who got it through, those dozen or so you'res to the end and it was -- so years to the end and 15 years ago his father died, just up here in the heights behind you, and the young 32-year-old took over and brilliantly brought it to life. a little bit about erica. she has written on many different topics. we were just talking about her notable book, aerial's gift, about ted hughes and sylvia platt. she has had a career over the last three decades in the uk, even though she is a new yorker by birth. and has been a critic and a literaried for, currently literary editor at harper's bazaar in the uk and literaried for for a long time the "london times" and a contributing writer at "the new statesman." we're very

where do you put the presidential medal of freedom among the honors that have come to david mcculloughd: you mean in what cabinet? [laughter] charlie: no you know what i mean. david: i consider it the highest honor i've received. if i had to tally up what maybe matters most to me is that none of my books has ever been out of print. charlie: wow. david: in 50 years. charlie: people still reading every one of them. david: yes. charlie: it's great to have you here. david: thank you, charlie. i consider it a privilege to be your guest. you're tops. charlie: thank you. the book is called "the american spirit: who we are and what we stand for." ♪ charlie: the position of white house chief of staff has been called the toughest job in washington. the man currently holding the job is former republican party chair reince priebus, he's getting the lion's share of the criticism for the chaotic nature of the trump white house and the slow pace of the administration's agenda. is that criticism fair? here to put it into context are three men who held the job. jack watson served a president carter's l

we are honored to be with david mccullough and i will tell you shamelessly i brought my copy for him to autograph a he was gracious enough to do it. the impact of writers is varied as the content of their work other times a much-needed escape writers can show space expected science exposing us to those figures never previously seen. actually he was telling me about the new book he was writing for the person most responsible for the american acquisitions and somebody that i had never heard of is at the center. i have a history teacher by profession spending 10 years of the classroom. so i spend a great deal of time reading about history i've been a big believer in supporter of museums i take our children to the coastal treasures. they allow us to immerse ourselves to learn of past beaders with an eye on current events and discover a land without ever leaving chicago or looking for new things in the process democracy at the same time is the best and most fragile form of government on earth because it requires the active engaged in and informed citizenry. that is particularly true at th

charlie: david mccullough is here, one of this country's best known historians, he's won two pulitzerand the presidential medal of freedom. his new book is a collection of speeches he's delivered over the last several decades. it's called "the american spirit: who we are and what we stand for." i'm pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. david: i am glad to be back. charlie: you've been outspoken about president trump. david: i have. along with a great many other

belts, and our helmets, issued french helmets, french rifles french canteens and instead of and david mccullough talk about the founders, particularly john adams, viewed slavery and persevered in the face of hardship and how ideals shaped american society. >> he grew up on a farm where they had no money, his mother was illiterate, his father we know, could sign his name, maybe could read, because there was a bible in the house the only book. and, they worked hard everyday. from childhood on. and -- but because he got a scholarship to this little college in cambridge called harvard and he said discovered books and read forever, he became the john adams who helped change the world. >> for complete american history t.v. schedule go to c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: again, open phones until 10:00 today. it's 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. and independents 202-748-8002. you can post on twitter as c-span wj, and post on the facebook page at

tom brokaw caught up with david mccullough for a look at how the lessons of lift can inspire us today america is deeply divided these days, but it doesn't have to be that way. >> the clearest lessons of history is that almost nothing is done alone. it's a joint effort. and america is a joint effort. >> david, touring a new arsenal of democracy exhibit here at the national world war ii museum, a vivid portrait of a nation at first deeply ambivalent about world war ii, and whoafully unprepared. in 1939 america's army ranked 17th in the world just behind romania. mccullough was just seven when pearl harbor was attacked and remembers it was all in after that. >> in grade school we were told we're helping to end the war, and we felt very involved, very patriotic about it. >> reporter: but that unity of purpose came at a price. african american service members were grossly discriminated against by their own commanders and the forced internment of japanese americans remains a deep wound. >> it's a scar on fdr. >> yes, it is. >> reporter: places like this museum in new orleans bring history t

. >> on tuesday, at 7:15 am withrn, david mccullough this book, the american spirit, who we are and whatand for. to,f you get knocked down you get back up on your feet and continue one. something we all need to be reminded of. and are reminded of by the examples set in this story of our own countries -- our country. >> mike lee with his book written out of history. the forgotten founding fathers who fought the government. >> i will think anyone can comprehend fully what happened in philadelphia unless they read both sides of the argument. unless you read the argument of the anti-federalist and the arguments of the federalists appear to tilt more in the direction of federal power than they do. >> at 2:30 p.m., jenna bush hager and barbara pierce bush with their book, "sisters first." >> with melia and saucer we thought unbelievably protective of them. people thought it was odd how protective we were. we saw ourselves and them. we saw our little selves in them when our grandpa became president. being a teenager when you're dead as president is incredibly rewarding. >> at 8:45 p.m., condole

and david mccullough talks about how the founders, particularly john adams, viewed education, slavery, and preservation in the face of hardship and how these ideals shaped american society. >> he grew up in a family were they had no money. his mother was illiterate. his father may be could read a was the only book in the house. and they worked hard every day. some childhood on. -- from childhood on. but because he got a scholarship inthis little college cambridge called harvard, and as you said, discovered books and read forever, he became the john adams who helped change the world. american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. the south korean president is in washington, d.c. for meetings with president trump and other officials. discussions include strategies for dealing with north korea and eliminating its nuclear program. after a

>> it's tough to go up against a fellow like david mccullough. that is a quote from john adams that is often taken out of o context. the original letter is actuallyo referring to the opinions of t americans towards the french revolution. you know, a little bit post war. but it actually is -- i think speak to a larger truth that we try to present in the museum of the american revolution here, is that this wasn't just a i unanimous decision of all of the people in british colony to h rebel and all have the same idea about the revolutionary project that they were embarking on. a you know, this has been a -- this has been a subject of a lok on loyalism, and one of the difficulties is defining what we mean by a loyalist. i think most historians would agree that a majority of the populationon probably was kind sitting there a little neutral, uncertain which way things would go. of course, most people whenost think aboutlo people's loyalty, you know,, it is to family, it s to community, you know, almost like the rings of an onion. aitit lot of times det

to the other poets and writers and of david mccullough there have been inspired writing on the subject and erica is out there over the others. what she's done with this biography is remind everyone how he was the son of the designer and the person along with his wife who got it through a dozen or so years to the end coming upon hundred 50 years ago when his father died just up here and the young 32-year-old and brilliantly brought it to life. >> a little bit about ithaca. it came out of many years ago and had a career the last three decades in the uk even though she is a new yorker by birth and has been a critic and a literary editor and was an editor for a long time at the london times and contributing writer. she's come over to england to speak to us today and i hope you will get a round of applause to erica. [applause] i'm going to put this down. thank you so much. i'm thrilled to be here and it is hard to imagine a better backdrop for my talk this evening. i am never not moved when i looked at this bu which perhaps you won't be surprised to hear that i will explain to you a little

there is a novel about toronto or the american spirit by david mccullough or something in between. those are some great titles that you are looking at right now. what does it take to captivate your attention for you to read a book? >> i've thought about that and when i go to browse an online service to download a book online or to listen to i started history. that's the category i first go to. a few weeks ago i finished the book dereliction of duty about vietnam and that is a timely book because he is now the national security adviser to the president so reading his book which is an incredibly powerful and analysis of the lyndon johnson administration and the mistakes they made in vietnam was interrupted so how do i pick a book? i started history and i listen to reviews and certain authors, you can't go wrong. anything by 1776 john adams, anything he's written is going to be an engaging and interesting and you will learn something. >> ..

david mccullough. he hasn't been recognized very much in his life. everyone has two pulitzer prizes. in two national book awards in the francis parkman prays twice in the presidential medal of freedom from the nation's highest civilian honor. everyone i know has been recognized by 54 honorary degrees. thank you very much. [applause] >> so we are going to do just a colloquy for an hour. if people are going to treat questions from outside the room, those are pretty concise questions i must say. the most famous tweeter and the world probably is not watching. i doubt they will get one of those and i shudder to think what it might be. but we do look forward to this and it is a treat for me as somebody who is a very distinguished history major in college to have a chance to talk to david or something of a legend as stephen mentioned. i'm so pleased their representatives hear from so many different presidential libraries and we do gather in the kennedy library, which leads me to wonder, can i ask you, how many books do you think it would be a veteran presid

. >> in tuesday -- david mccullough talks about how the founders -- particularly john adams value education, viewed slavery and persevered in this hardship and how these ideals shaped american society. >> they grew up on a warm where he had no money. .is father was illiterate there was a bible in a bible in the house and that was the only book. hard every day. as he said, he discovered jobs and became -- go to c-span.org. our comcast cable partners worked with this staff when we traveled to portland oregon. state'se state parse -- largest city. >> for that has one of the largest park systems in the u.s.. there is an abundant amount of greenery and plant life.

on solar power is a time to strip the profit out of the utility business once and for all as david mccullough and valerie irving internet it's politics panel right after the break. all the world's a stage and all the news companies merely players but what kind of partners are into american play r.t. america offers more artsy american personal. many ways to use the landscape is just like the real news fake names good actors bad actors and in the end you could never. so the park and all the world all the world stage all the world's a stage and we are definitely a player. i think the average viewer just after watching a couple of segments understands that we're telling stories there are critics can't tell when you know why because their advertisers won't let them. in order to create change you have to be honest you have to tell the truth parties able to do that every story is built on going after the back story to what's really happening out there to the american what's happening when a corporation makes a pharmaceutical chills people when a company in the environmental business into. polluting

on solar power is a time to strip the profit out of the utility business once and for all as david mccullough and valerie irving incidents politics panel right after the break. i think the average viewer just after watching a couple of segments understands that we're telling stories in our critics can't tell me you know why because their advertisers won't let them. in order to create change you have to be honest you have to tell the truth parties able to do that every story is built on going after the back story to what's really happening out there to the american what's happening when a corporation makes a pharmaceutical chills people when a company in the environmental business ends up polluting a river that causes cancer and other illnesses they put all the health risk all the dangers out to the american public those are stories that we tell every week and you know what they're working. there's a real irony going. in showing up plenty of things in a responsible way from the people and there is always well that's what it always looks and smells. like the old ordinary now wholesale surveilla

. >> tuesday at 8:00 p.m., david mccullough talks about how the founders, particularly john adams, valueded slavery and persevered -- and persevered and hardship. >> he grew up in a farm where they had no money. name,ther could sign his maybe could read because there is a bible in the house, the only book. his mother was illiterate. and they worked hard every day, from childhood on. he got a scholarship to this little college in cambridge called harvard, and as he said, discovered books and read forever, he became the john adams who helped change the world. >> for our complete american tv schedule, dashed american history tv schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> the columbia river plate in integral role in the development of portland and when i met -- and will animate. come with us to the port of portland as we learn more about one of the cities most important industries. think the importance of columbia and will limit rivers -- willamatte rivers cannot be underestimated. it is the reason why portland was founded and continues to be the lifeblood of the community, from transportation and now

eastern, author and pulitzer prize-winning historian david mcm mccullough, the american spirit. >> youeed to be reminded of and aren't reminded of by the examples set in this story of our own country. >> at 1:30 p.m., utah senator mike leigh with his book written out of history, the forgotten founding fathers who fought big government. >> i don't think anyone can comprehend what happened in philadelphia in 1777 unless they read both sides of the argument because unless you read the arguments of the federalists, they appear to tilt more in the direction of federal power than they, in fact, do. >> at 2:30 p.m. jena bush -- >> with malia and sasha we felt unbelievably protective of them and people thought it was odd how protective we were, but it isn't. we saw ourselves in them. we saw our little selves in them when our grandpa became president and when they left the white house, they were the same age we were when our dad became president. being a teenager isn't easy and it's incredibly rewarding. >> former secretary of state condoleezza rice discusses her book "democracy. stories from t

. >> pulitzer prize-winning historian david mccullough talks about how the founders valued education, viewed slavery, and persevered in the face of hardship and how these ideals shaped american society. >> he grew up on a farm where they have no money. his mother was illiterate. could sign his name, maybe could read because there was a bible in the house and that was the only book. daythey work hard every from childhood on. because he got a scholarship that this little college in cambridge called harvard and, as he said, discovered books and read forever, he became the john adams that helped change the world. americanr complete history tv schedule, go to www.c-span.org. >> american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend, featuring museum tourists, archival films, and programs on the presidency. here's a clip from a recent program. ♪ 1940 eight, half of the population of palestine had fled. the following year, the united nations established the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees. the agency mandate -- to provide refugees, wherever they may live, with food r

charlie: david mccullough is here, one of this country's best known historian, he's won two pulitzer oofl freedom. his new intook a cleck of speeches he's delivered over the last couple of decades. it's called "the american spirit: who we are and what we stand requester." i'm pleased to have him back at this table. you've been outspoken about president trump. david: i have. along with a great

on "american history tv" on c-span3, tonight at 8:00 p.m., pulitzer prize-winning historian david mcculloughks about how the founders, particularly john adams, valued education, viewed slavery, and persevered in the face of hardship, and how these ideals shaped american society. >> he grew up on a farm where they had no money. his motor was it literal, his father we know could sign his name, maybe could read, but there was a bible in the house and that was the only book. and they worked hard every day. from childhood on. but because he got a scholarship to this little college in cambridge called harvard, and as he said discovered books and read forever, he became the john adams who helped change the world. >> for a complete "american rea forever, he became the john adams who helped change the world. >> for the complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> join american history tv here on c-span3 this thursday, july 6th for a live program from the new museum of the american revolution in philadelphia. it opened in april. we'll be joined by top museum staff to learn about their artifacts and exhibit

. >> this holiday weekend on c-span3 on american history tv, tonight at 8 p.m., david mccullough talks about how the founders, particularly john adams valued education, viewed slavery, and persevered in the face of hardship and how these ideals shaped american society. david: he grew up on a farm where they had no money. his mother was a literate and his father may be could read because there was a bible in the house and that was the only book. hard every day. from childhood on. because he got a scholarship to this little college in cambridge called harvard, as he said, discovered books and read forever -- he became the john adams who helped change the world. >> for a complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org. president trump will be leaving washington for a series of meetings with world leaders in poland and germany. he will begin his trip in warsaw for what is being called the three seas summit. the president will give remarks and meet leaders of poland and croatia. president trump will travel to hamburg for the g 20 summit where he is expected to have his first meeting

charlie: david mccullough is here, one of this country's best known historian, he's won two pulitzer prizes and the presidentialed me oofl freedom. his new intook a cleck of speeches he's delivered over the last couple of decades. it's called "the american spirit: who we are and what we stand requester." i'm pleased to have him back at this table. you've been outspoken about president trump. david: i have. along with a great many other historians and that was last summer. charlie: i think you and ken burns formed a group. david: yes. they were -- we were all saying pretty much the same thing. it was concern for the country. d concern about values and behavior, belief in the truth. belief in tolerance. belief in kindness and empathy. charlie: these are all things you think should be presidential qualities. avid: yes, i do. and i think a certain confidence is essential and you don't base your campaign or your attacks on our opponents using fear and ear and unkind actions and words. and it -- i think that what disturbed all of us who did that -- made that effort, the historians and biog

pulitzer prize-winning historian david mccullough talked about how the founder, particularly john adams, valued education, viewed slavery and persevered in the face of hardship and how these ideals shaped american society. >> he grew up in a farm where they had no money. his mother was illiterate, his father, we know, could sign his name, maybe could read because there was a bible in the house and that was the only book, and they worked hard every day, from childhood on. but because he got a scholarship from this college in cambridge called harvard, as he said, discovered books and read forever, he became the john adams who helped change the world. >> for a complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's television companies and is brought to you today by this cable or satellite provider. up next on american history tv, alexander hamilton awareness society president discusses the relationship between alexander hamilton and george washington. he spoke at washington crossing state par

. >>> tuesday night, july 4th, historian david mccullough talks about how the founders, particularly john adams, valued education, viewed slavery and percent veer persevered in the face of slavery. here's a preview. >> i don't think we could ever know enough about the revolutionary era or about the founders. we have to see them as human beings. history is human. when in the course of human events, human is the operative word. history is not about dates and memorizing quotations. it's about people. it's about human beings. and they're different from each other and they all have their faults, their failings and they all -- none of them ever knew how it was going to turn out any more than we do. talk about foresight and the foreseeable future. no such thing as the foreseeable future. and that ought to be remembered and that's how history should be taught and, in my view, how it should be written. put yourself in their places and then try to judge what they did or didn't do. >> watch the entire program at 8:00 p.m. eastern july 4th here on american history tv only on c-span 3. >>> up nex

and that was really the story of 1776, that campaign that was documented so well in david mccullough's book "1776," where just fighting and nearly a dozen actions from long island, around manhattan, eventually being driven across new jersey, washington's army is in full retreat by the beginning of december 1776. and these are some objects that we pulled together from our collection and from other lenders that illustrate the american forces that were fighting in 1776. this portrait is by relatively up known at the time artist, very famous today in charles wilson peele. peele had been born in maryland and was part of a large family. he was orphaned when he was relatively young. apprenticed as a saddlemaker. but showed real promise as a painter. and received a patronage of some wealthier, more influential people in maryland. and eventually in the early 1770s had painted a virginia colonel named george washington and was starting to get a reputation as a very good painter. this is a portrait of a philadelphian named ben yeah 9 flower, depicted in his uniform as an officer in the continenta

we begin with a look back at charlie's conversation with author and historian david mccullough. >> youhem in real life. the letters are so revealing and they're so often touching and eloquent and the relationship between bess and harry truman found in those letters, between abigail and john adams is found in those letters. there are over a thousand letters between abigail adams and john adams. and neither of them was

author and historian david mccullough on the american spirit, senator mike lee with his book, the forgotten sounding fathers. also author of talking back, talking black and authors of sisters first to discuss their lives in forthcoming book. also, with the help of our comcast cable partner, book tv visits portland oregon to explore the city's history and literary culture. that is just a few of the programs and authors you will see on this four-day weekend of book tv on c-span2. television for serious readers. first up, here is leland melvin. >> all right. good evening everybody.

. >> david mccullough talks about how the founders, particularly john adams, valued education, theery and persevered in face of hardship and how these ideals shaped american society. >> he grew up on a farm or they had no money. his mother was illiterate, his read because could there was a bible in the house and that was the only book. day fromed hard every childhood on. because he got a scholarship to this little college in cambridge called harvard and discovered books and read forever, he became the john adams that helped change the world. >> for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. all weekend long, american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of portland, oregon. to learn more about the cities on her current tour, visit www.c-span.org/citiestour. we continue with our look at the history of portland. >> we are in portland, oregon at the lewis and clark collection. today, we will see a range of selections from our lewis and clark collection, including material representative of the things they brought with them on their expedition to the pa

one more that of a doubt if it was of the best books i've read in a long, long time and that's david mcculloughwas booked on the wright brothers. have you read that. he's just a genius. so all these people from north carolina, kitty hawk, all your it was a bunch of sand and wind. we created the airplane in ohio, so just remember that. national title or not. we claim aviation, not you, okay? >> host: you will get some pushback on that unsure. anyway, i was going to ask you what newspapers do you read? >> guest: i read, well, i read the "new york times." i read "usa today." i read the "wall street journal." i look at times, the atlantic magazine, sometimes i will look at the "daily beast." i mean, i read a whole panoply, and delicate clips sent to me and i look at the cbs, cnn, fox news websites. i read the bpc. that's a lot of stuff on going over. but i also really like to look at the information on the golf channel. >> host: did you watch condi rice interview on the coachella? >> guest: i haven't seen it but i was just so happy and fascinated by the victory of sergio garcia at the masters, and

, on american history tv, on c-span3, tonight at 8:00 p.m., pulitzer prize-winning historian david mcculloughbout how the founders valued education, viewed slavery, and persevered in the face of hardship and how these ideals shaped american society. >> he grew up on a farm, his mother was illiterate, his his name.ld sign maybe he could read because there was a bible in the house. it was the only book. and they work hard every day, from childhood on. scholarshiphe got a at this little college in cambridge called harvard, and as he said, discovered books and read forever, he became the john adams to change the world. >> go to c-span.org. joining us from new york is alexandra pelosi, director and producer of a new hbo film, "the words that built america." thank for being here on c-span. >> thanks very much for having me. >> what is the premise for this film and what did you learn putting it together? >> i started it day after the election. the idea w,

at 7:15 a.m.sday eastern, author and pulitzer prize-winning historian david mccullough with his look "the american spirit: who we are and what we stand for." >> if you get knocked down, you do not lie there and whimper and wine, you get back up and continue on. i think that is something that we all need to be reminded of and are reminded of by these examples set in the story of our own country. >> at 1:30 p.m., utah senator "writtenwith his book out of history: the founding fathers who fought big government." >> nobody can know what happened in philadelphia in 1787 if you read both -- unless you read both sides of the argument. if you read the arguments of the anti-federalist, the anti--- arguments of the federalists tilt toward federal power more than they do. the book "sisters first: stories from our wild and wonderful life." >> we felt unbelievably protective of them, and people felt it was odd that we were protective of them. when they left the white house, it was the same age we were when our dad became president. being a teenager when your dad is president is not easy, but it i