betty: one book would be my colleague dick baker's book which came at a couple of years ago. it is the most comprehensive history that you will find in one volume. i often say to people when they ask me back, which era of senate history are you interested in? because if you want to capture the senate of the 1940's to 1950's, i might recommend one book in the senate has evolved a great deal through the years and so, even from the 1960's until today, it is a very different institution. so i would ask them that question first. but if you are really looking for a one volume comprehensive history, i would go to richard baker's "the american senate." brian: give us another one. betty: if you want to capture something from the mid-20th century, look at william white's "the citadel." it was written about the senate in the 1950's and really sort of looks at how the senate this did clubisted in a very atmosphere way. it goes through the types of people who become senators and how they relate to each other. it is kind of a time capsule of the senate of the mid-20th century. if you want

my colleagues, dick baker, and don richie, said it will be nice and quiet. we have an election coming up. you'll have time to set until and read and get comfortable with your job. within a few weeks the house decided to impeach bill clinton and we got very busy very quickly and had to do a good dollar of research on impeachment trials. we had not had a presidential impeachment since 1868, and the senate leaders at that time, trent lott and tom daschle, really wanted to follow historical precedent as much as they could. >> sunday might at 8:00 eastern and pacific, on c-span's q & a. >> monday the supreme court ruled 7-1 in favor of black georgia death row inmate, finding that prosecutors unlawfully excluded potential black jurors from his trial nearly 30 years ago. the ruling means foster will likely receive a new trial. justice thomas was the sole dissenter. next, the november 2015 oral argument in foster vs. chatman. this is an hour. >> you'll hear argument first this morning, case 148349, fosters vs. chatman. mr. bright. >> mr. chief justice, may it please

my colleagues, dick baker and ron ritchie, said to me, oh, it's going to be nice and quiet. you'll have lots of time to settle in and read and get comfortable in your job. and within a few weeks the house had decided to impeach bill clinton, and we got very busy very quickly and had to do a good deal of research on impeachment trials. we had not had a presidential impeachment since 1868, and the senate, the senate leaders at that time, trent lott and tom daschle, really wanted to follow historical precedent as much as they could. >> sunday night at 8 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q and a." >> for the past three years, the agriculture economy has weakened due to improving crop yields and lower global demand. next, the farm credit administration chair testifies before the senate agriculture committee. it's an hour, 20 minutes. >> i call this hearing to have senate committee on agriculture, nutrition and forestry to order. thank you all for coming. today's hearing will examine the overall climate of credit in rural america, the health of ag lending from both the commercial b

my colleagues dick baker and don mickey said to me it's going to be nice and quiet, we have an election coming up, you half what's a time to settle in and read and get comfortable in your job and within a few weeks the house decided to impeach bill clinton and we got very busy very quickly and had to do a great deal of research on trials. we had not had a presidential impeachment since 1868 and the senate leaders at that time, trent lott and tom daschle wanted to follow historical precedent as much as they could sunday night at the eastern and pacific on c stands q and a. >> the supreme court this week ruled in favor of a black georgia death row inmate, finding the prosecutors unlawfully excluded potential jurors were black from the man's trial nearly 30 years ago. the ruling was 721, justice clarence thomas was the sole dissenter. the oral argument from the case now, this is about an hour. >> you will hear arguments first this morning in case 1483 49 foster versus chapman . mister wright. >> mister chief justice, it may have please the court, the prosecutors in the state came to court

betty: one book would be my colleague dick baker's book which came at a couple of years ago. it is the most comprehensive history that you will find in one volume. i often say to people when they ask me back, which era of senate history are you interested in? because if you want to capture the senate of the 1940's to 1950's, i might recommend one book in the senate has evolved a great deal through the years and so, even from the 1960's until today, it is a very different institution. so i would ask them that question first. but if you are really looking for a one volume comprehensive history, i would go to richard baker's "the american senate." brian: give us another one. betty: if you want to capture something from the mid-20th century, look at william white's "the citadel." it was written about the senate in the 1950's and really sort of looks at how the senate this did -- existed in a very club atmosphere way. it goes through the types of people who become senators and how they relate to each other. it is kind of a time capsule of the senate of the mid-20th century. if you

my colleague dick baker and don ritchie said to me it's going to be nice and quite. we have an election coming up. you have lots of time to settle in and get comfortable danger job. within a few weeks the house i decided to impeach bill clinton and we got very busy very quickly. and had a good deal of research on impeachment trials. we did not have a presidential impeachment since 1868, and the senate leaders at the time that lott and tom daschle really wanted to follow historical precedent as much as they could. >> sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> this memorial day weekend booktv features three days of nonfiction books and authors. here are some programs to watch for. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> this memorial day weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday evening at six eastern on the civil war. >> sherbet did not have agreed more. about the time he captured atlanta, his thoughts on the matter but slowly matured. once again a rebel army had been defeated and another major city had fallen, and still

my colleagues dick baker and don richie said to me, oh, it's going to be nice and quiet. we have an election coming up. you'll have lots of time to settle in and read and get comfortable in your job. and within a few weeks the house had decided to impeach bill clinton and we got very busy very quickly. and had to do a good deal of research on impeevement trials. we had not had a presidential impeachment since 1868 and the senate leaders at that time trent lott and tom daschle really wanted to follow historical precedent as much as they could. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >>> on tuesday, virginia senator tim kaine discussed cyber security at the center for strategic and international studies. he addressed the challenge in balancing privacy with national security needs. after his remarks, a panel discussed strategies for defending against cyber threats. this is an hour and 40 minutes. . >>> well, thanks to everyone for for coming out this morning. we should go ahead and get started. ooh, it's live. our speaker today is senator tim kaine of

baker who went on to be the majority leader. barry gold water. charles mathias of maryland and dick shwiker in pennsylvania. how did these 11 big figures get chosen by the respective leaders. what was the thinking in constituting these individuals and what would they expect the outcome to be? >> i was not privy tow those discussions, but my sense is they chose people who had stature within the institution and within the nation. this would be and they had associated stature of the members. for me it was extraordinary in the sense that it represented a brought spectrum of views from the most conservative to the most liberal at the time. and what fritz said earlier about the desire to make it a unified finding. it was the choice in the chair and the choice of the members. >> our program in american history tv will center around video as it must. i wanted to talk to you about the television aspect of these hearings. i mentioned that the subcommittee and full committees met for 16 months and over the course of time, they had 126 full committee hearings and 40 subcommittee hearings. only a portion of those were b

my colleagues, dick baker and don ritchie, said to me, oh, it's going to be nice and quiet.n election coming up. you'll have lots of time to settle in and get comfortable. within a few weeks the house decided to impeach bill clinton, and we got very busy very quickly and had to do a good deal of research on impeachment trials. the senate, the senate leaders at that time, trent lott and tom daschle, really wanted to follow historical precedent as much as they could. >> sunday night at 8 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> on june 23rd the united kingdom will decide whether to remain in the european union. wednesday a british parliamentary committee considered the implications of that decision on scotland. this is just over two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> order, order, and welcome -- [inaudible] scotland and the european union referendum, and we're very grateful we've got john withered ward from the -- [inaudible] -- john edward from the campaign in scot 4r57bd. i'm not going to give you an opening statement because we haven't had a lot of time, but tell us why y