don ritchie historian emeritus from the united states entity.nd the same for ray smock former historian in the house. thank you for joining us. announcer: for free transcripts, or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> if you enjoyed this week's q& a interview, here are some other programs you might like. richard baker talks about his book "the american senate: an insider's history" and fred kaplan talks about his book. and former senate curator talking about the art of the u.s. capitol building focusing on the senate collection. you can watch it is or search our entire video library at c-span.org. >> on the next "washington journal," "washington post" reporter discusses in-depth story on how the clintons and built their initiative. and what reporter talks about his report

puts our guests are don ritchie and ray small. they talk about the house and senate, focusing on leaders and scandals among a host of topics. >> you spent 40 years as a historian in the senate. what was the toughest part of the job? >> it had something to do with something that had just happened in the senate. we had no idea what that was. they would have to tell us what happened, and we could try to provide a historic context. >> what about your answer to that question? >> basically went tipper o'neill appointed me he said, be the historian. i had to create the office. >> i have a lot of video clips. let's start with the senator from illinois. here is talking about the difference between republicans and democrats. >> could you tell me what is the difference between a republican and a democrat? >> of afraid we would have to devote the whole evening to it. there are one of two things. one is the insistence on the part of the republicans that we balance our fiscal affairs and make sure we are going to have a solvent country. i think

don ritchie, historian emeritus from the united states senate. the same for ray smock, former historian in the house. thank you for joining us. announcer: for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> if you enjoyed it this week's q&a, here are some other programs you might like. former senator richard baker talks about his role in history. and fred kaplan it talks about his book. and diane skvarla talking about the senate. you can see these books -- interviews and others on q1 day. -- q&a. >> live at 3:15: these speaker talks about challenges facing his country. >> tonight, on the communicators, at this year's electronic show we met up with an author and asked him why he feels the internet is not the answer. rags the internet is not the answer at the mom

. >> don ritchie and ray smock on the history of the house and >> up next, william seale sits down for a conversation about the first ladies who have had the most impact on the executive mansion. this discussion hosted for congressional spouses features the kennedy, edith roosevelt

brian: don ritchie, you spent 40 years as historian in the united states senate.hat was the toughest part of the job? donald: finding out what had just happened so that we could answer the question. reporters would catch

. >> senate historian don ritchie and ray smock on the history of the house and senate, its leaders and scandals host: we want to welcome back senator patrick leahy, democrat of vermont. the longest-serving senator in the senate right now. sir, thank you. we also have an studio with us mike debonis and dustin volz. thank you both for being here as well. senator, i want to ask the first question. in a secret step, nsa expanded its internet spying. can you tell us if you have concerns about its? senator leahy: i do have concerns. i am somewhat limited in terms of what i can say about it, but we are are talking about the fact that they are picking up on foreign material and backtracking it. host: right. the story is -- some are saying it is a major policy decision about how to structure cyber security in the united states. senator leahy: we have to have cyber security. one thing senator lee -- and this is somewhat related -- a bill that would be an update on our own privacy on the internet. it was written back in 1986. we kind of chuckled at a press conference, senator lee mentioned he was

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and congressional historians don ritchie and ray smock talking about the history of the house and the senate. you can find those programs online. texas republican chairman joe barton on the issues with privacy and cyber security. >> you have the basic principle -- whose information is it? is it automatically in the public domain because i choose to use a mobile? we know that the way base things work they go into the cloud and all of that, or can i use it and still have a personal expectation of privacy? if you take the latter view, that changes the way you regulate and the way you legislate. if you take the position that by active participating and using -- by act of participating or using the act i am forgoing my right to privacy, that is a different issue. >> monday night at 8:00 p.m. est on "the communicators." >> next, the prime minister's questions at the british house of commons. then as part of the road to the white house coverage, a town hall meeting with bernie sanders. later, a house foreign affairs hearing at the human. on wednesday, british prime minister david cameron tra

announcer: don ritchie and former house sent -- former house historian talks about the house sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's u.n. day. -- c-span skua day. announcer: cumberland university history professor mark cheathem talks about his book "andrew jackson, southerner." he argues that presenting president jackson as a frontiersman is too simplistic. he believes that jackson's upgrading -- upbringing in the south is more in line with an elite southern gentleman. this 50 minute program was hosted by the library of congress. professor cheathem: thank you. my name is jeff flanery, i would like to welcome you to the library of congress. the menu for the -- the manuscript library is related to american history and culture. among our collection of personal papers of 23 u.s. presidents and numerous other well-known americans including such notables as walt whitman orville and wilbur wright, carl sagan, and civil rights icon rosa parks. 170 years after his death andrew jackson still dominates the. between the onslaught of the slavery crisis that overran midcentury america. one could

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. >> don ritchie and ray smock on the history of the house and >> up next, william seale sits down for a conversation about the first ladies who have had the most impact on the executive mansion. this discussion hosted for congressional spouses features the kennedy, edith roosevelt laura bush, and michelle obama. william seale is the volume of a history of the white house. anita mcbride, former chief of staff to former first lady laura bush, delivers introductory remarks. this program held at the house across from the white house is just over one hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the white house historical association. i am anita mcbride a member of the board of directors. our association's president could not be here. i'm delighted we are hosting you at the historic decatur house. this is the perfect setting for today's special c-span presentation of the book "first ladies: presidential historians and the lives of 45 iconic women." the white house historical suspicion was in fact founded by first lady jacqueline kennedy in 1961. we are a nonprofit educational's association

a q&a with don ritchie and former house historian, ray smock. your calls and comments on washington journal. >> freedom of information act compliance officers testified at a house hearing on wednesday looking into how federal agencies, -- cooperate. jason j fits -- this is over three hours. chafitz chairs the oversite committee. this is just over three hours. >> the committee on oversite and reform will come to order. >> we appreciate all of you being here for the third panel of this two-day hearing ensuring agency compliance with the freedom of information act. the president has committed to creating an unprecedented level

. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," our guests are historians don ritchie and ray smock.hey talk about the history of the house and senate, focusing on leaders, characters legislation, and scandals. brian: don ritchie, you spent 40 years as historian in the united states senate. what was the toughest part of the job? donald: finding out what had just happened so that we could answer the question. reporters would catch us out of breath and want an answer about something historical. it clearly had something to do with something that had just happened in the senate. we had no idea what that was. we had to tell them to calm down, tell us what happened, and try to provide historical context. brian: really i think you spent about 12 years in the house. what about your answer to that question? raymond: i had to create the office. luckily, i had the senate historical office for a couple years.

. >> don ritchie and former house historian on the history of the house and senate. its leaders, characters, and scandals. >> the son of vice president joe biden died of brain cancer. he was 46 years old and served as delaware attorney general and lay in honor of the delaware senate chamber in dover. vice president biden, jill biden, and more joined dignitaries for a memorial ceremony. president obama will deliver the unity -- the eulogy in wilmington on saturday. >> the son of vice president joe biden died this past saturday of brain cancer. he was 46 years old and served as delaware attorney general and his casket lay and honor of the senate chamber in dover. vice president biden, jill biden, and family members joined for a memorial ceremony in legislative hall. president obama will deliver the eulogy in wilmington on saturday. >> former texas governor rick perry formally announced his candidacy for the presidential nomination today. the tent gop candidate in the race. he talked about his record and criticized president obama's domestic and foreign-policy record. t

announcer: senate historian don ritchie and ray smock on the history of the house and senate, its leaders, characters, and scandals. this will be on c-span's "q&a." announcer: the new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114th congress, with color photos of every senate and house member, as well as information twitter handles foldout maps, and a look at the congressional committees, the president's, and federal agencies as well as state governors. you can order that through c-span.org. announcer: the house energy and commerce subcommittee on health held a recent hearing on menu labeling guidelines by the f ea that requires restaurants and retail food establishment to provide calorie and nutritional information to consumers. cathy mcmorris rodgers has introduced legislation that would exempt most non-restaurant food retail establishments from having to comply with the rules which go into effect later this year. she is a member of this committee. we will hear from her later on in this committee. this is 140 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, if you will take your seats, we will ge

. >> don ritchie and ray smock on the history of the house and senate its leaders, characters and scandals sunday night at 8:00 a.m. eastern and pacific. next a look at how extremist groups are written -- a recruiting people to their cause. and then, tom cotton talking about u.s. foreign-policy. after that states efforts to comply with new regulations by the epa. next a discussion about recruiting by extremist groups and ways to counteract the radical mindset. this is just under one hour. joining us live from toronto canada is blue been shake. he is a co-author of a book, undercover jihadi. why did you write your book? >> i really wanted to put the mustache the muslim -- the message out for other muslims and for academics so that they could make sense of this radicalization. what happens to people, how do group dynamics play a role so there were multiple reasons. it came out at a good time. >> you talk about your own adoption of radical ideas. tell us about your story and how you came to that point. >> i went to public school during the daytime. it was a mixed environment of girls and boys

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. >> senate historian don ritchie and ray smock on the history of the house and senate, its leaders and scandals host: we want to welcome back senator patrick leahy, democrat of vermont. the longest-serving senator in the senate right now. sir, thank you. we also have an studio with us mike debonis and dustin volz. thank you both for being here as well.