. >> sunday night on q&a, congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie, and ray. >> one of the questions i hear people have all the time is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it's got to be close. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. >> one of the members who had a week, his name was kyte. someone else yelled, he scalped them.

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the aspen institute hosted a series of discussions about amateur athletes in college sports, including this one about whether college athletes to be paying a salary. the panel includes former georgetown men's basketball coach john thompson, constance at that director, the commissioner of the atlantic ten conference and nba player, nine no space, the challenge that ncaa band for student athletes. this is two hours. >> hello everyone. i'm executive director of the aspen institute.

. >>> richard baker, donald ritchie and ray swan sunday night at 8:00 eastern time on c- span's q and a. >>> next from the society -- society for historians of american foreign relations annual conference, five historians who have written about u.s. presidents in the presidency discuss the challenges and importance of writing presidential biographies. this is an hour and 40 minutes . >>> let's got underway, thank you for coming. my name is will hitchcock and i teach history at the university of virginia. i am a historian of history, and military affairs. i am really thrilled to have this star-studded panel and it's an honor to be a part of it. we are going to examine the challenges and opportunities of writing presidential biographies and presidential history. i think it's a good time to do it. my guest -- my guess is that most of us would agree with the proposition that we are aware of, engaged with and concerned about following events happening in the presidency today. the president probably matters a lot to each of us right now, june 2018, who is president and what is he doing matt

. >> richard baker, donald ritchie and ray fund on c-span's q & a sunday night at 8:00 eastern time. >>> next on real america, a look at the tumultuous month of june 1968 through the camera lens of the photographic unit as it covered the activities of resident lyndon b. johnson. during 1968, it covers the investigation and funeral of robert -- the assassination and funeral of robert kennedy, a nuclear nonproliferation treater with the soviets and chief justice earl warren's retirement. this show is one half hour long. >>> ♪ >> the evening of june 4 had been warm and clear and washington. the president retire just before midnight to the family living quarters in the white house after a state reception for a visiting guest. is rest that mike was cut short by a message from presidential assistant paul rust out. at 3:30 a.m. the president was awakened with the news that senator robert kennedy in the midst of his victory in the presidential primary had been shot and critically wounded by an assassin. the president's reaction was immediate. he ordered secret service protection for the majo

. >> sunday night on q & a, congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock. >> one of the questions that i hear people asking all the time, is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it's got to be close, if you were to pick another period certainly the years leading to the civil war when, you know, a host member came over and caned a senator in 1856 because he disagreed with what he said and there are a lot of senators that kind of cheered on that host member. >> there is a broadway musical now about the shooting of alexander hamilton, he was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that's pretty dramatic. we've had terrible times, political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. one of the members who had a wig, his name was kite, one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight and someone else yelled, he scalped him. that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock, sunday night at

. >>> sunday night on q and a, congressional historians richard bake e donald ritchie and ray smaugh. >> one of the questions i hear people asking all the time, is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it's going to be close if you were to pick another period, certainly the years leading to the civil war, when, you know, a host member came over and became the senator in 1856 because he disagreed with what he said. and there were a lot of senators who kind of cheered on that host member. >> there is a broadway musical now about the shooting of alexander hamilton. and he was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that's pretty dramatic. we have had terrible times, political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858, before the civil war, that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. >> one of the members who had a wig, his name was kite -- one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight. and someone else yelled, he scalped him! and that was another levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians richard bake, he donald ritchie and r

. >>> sunday night on q & a, richard baker, donald ritchie and respond. >> one of the questions i hear people asking all of the time; is this the most uncivil time of history. certainly if you look at the years leading to the civil war, in 1856, there are a lot of senators who cheered on a house member. >> there is a musical now about alexander hamilton who was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. with had a lot of difficult times. >> there was one time, a brawl with 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another, before the civil war. one of the members had a wig and one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight. and someone said, he scalped him. that was enough to stop the fight. >> richard baker, donald ritchie and ray fund on c-span's q & a sunday night at 8:00 eastern time. >>> next on real america, a look at the tumultuous month of june 1968 through the camera lens of the photographic unit as it covered the activities of resident lyndon b. johnson. during 1968, it covers the investigation and funeral of robert -- the assassination and fun

. >>> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray swan. to one of the questions i hear people asking all of the time; is this the most uncivil time in history. if you are going to pick another period it would certainly be leading up to the civil war when a host member came over and's -- in 1856 and disagreed and there were a lot of senators who cheered him on. there's a broadway musical about the shooting of alexander hamilton who was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that is pretty dramatic. we've had terrible times, political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight and someone else said, he scalped him. that was enough levity to stop the fight. >>> richard baker, donald ritchie and ray swan sunday night at 8:00 eastern time on c- span's q and a. >>> next from the society -- society for historians of american foreign relations annual conference, five historians who have writ

. >> richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock on c-span q&a on sunday night at 8 pm. >>> next on american history tv, former presidential speak writers talk about communicating policy from the present point of view. we hear from who worked with clinton and first lady hillary clinton and john mcconnell who wrote for president george w. bush and vice president dick cheney. new york university hosted this 90 minute program. >> i'm the external affairs associate here at nyu, washington, dc. on behalf of the center, thank you for coming to tonight's event. tonight marks the first of many summer events in the young leaders network series. by developing the young networks leader the center seeks to create programs that will enrich the time students spend at their summer internships and in washington, d.c. we hope events like this will help interns like you build a network of relationships with mentors and peers. maybe encourage you to return to the nation's capital to start a career in public service after you graduate. tonight we are joint by former presidential speech writers during the george

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and way smart sunday night at eight eastern p.m. >>> unionist and confederates remember the were differently. carolyn jamie author of remembering the civil war reunion and the limits of reconciliation talks about to the competitive memories in the influence of veteran reunions and women's groups creating civil war monuments. this 50 minute talk is part of the conference on confederate monuments posted on the shenandoah valley battlefield location. >>> i'm very excited to introduce our next guest and speaker. she is definitely a bright light in the field. with the american civil war especially. but we love her dearly because she is the daughter of the shenandoah valley. our own caroline jamie will be the next speaker. she is now the john l now professor of american civil war and director of the institute here for the civil war at the university of virginia. she was previously the professor of history at port duke university. we are glad to have her back here virginia. she is a specialist in the civil war era. she is also the aut

congress with congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie, and raymond smock.his program was recorded at the robert c. byrd center for congressional history and education in shepherdstown, west virginia. ♪ brian: ray smock, if you had to have a dinner party for people in history, say four or five people, who would you have at the table? mr. smock: well, i would want ben franklin there because he is a good friend of mine. [laughter] mr. smock: i would think i would like to sit down wih dinner with franklin roosevelt, and i would like to have at the same dinner ronald reagan. and then, to keep a little moderation in between, my old boss tip o'neill. i think that would be a pretty good crowd. brian: don ritchie. mr. ritchie: i would love to find some of those senators i've years.iting about for i would love to have henry clay at the dinner, and i would love to have huey long at the dinner. i think the conversation would be very sparkling. there are a lot of other orators. alvin berkeley of kentucky, a famous storyteller, and many others whom i never had the opport

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie, and ray smock sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> unionists and confederates in the post-civil war era remembered the war differently. carolyn janney, author of "remembering the civil war: reunion and the limits of reconciliation" talks about the competitive memories and the influence of veterans reunions and women's groups in creating civil war monuments. this 50-minute talk was part of a conference on confederate icons host b icons hosted by the shenandoah valley battlefields foundation. >> i'm very excited to introduce our next guest and speaker. she is definitely a bright light in the field of the american civil war, but we love her dearly because she's a daughter of the shenandoah valley. our own caroline janney will be our next speaker. she is now the john l. now professor of american civil war and director of the john l. now institute for the civil war at the university of virginia. she was previously the history -- professor of history at purdue university, so we're very glad to have her back here in virg

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and way smart sunday night at eight eastern p.m. >>> unionist and confederates remember the were differently. carolyn jamie author of remembering the civil war reunion and the limits of reconciliation talks about to the competitive memories in the influence of veteran reunions and women's groups creating civil war monuments. this 50 minute talk is part of the conference on confederate monuments posted on the shenandoah valley battlefield location. >>> i'm very excited to introduce our next guest and speaker. she is definitely a bright light in the field. with the american civil war especially. but we love her dearly because she is the daughter of the shenandoah valley.

congress with congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie, and raymond smock.is program was recorded at the robert c. byrd center for congressional history and education in shepherdstown, west virginia. brian: ray smock, if you had to have a dinner party for people in history, say four or five people, who would you have at the table?

congressional historians richard baker and donald ritchie . >> one question i hear people asking all the time is if this is the most uncivil time in history. >> you have to be close if you think of another period but certainly the years leading to the civil war. there was a lot of disagreements and there were a lot of senators that shared that on.>> hamilton was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that's pretty dramatic. we have had terrible political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor and fighting with one another. one of the members pulled his weight off during the flight and someone yelled that he is scouting. that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> the congressional historians on sunday night on c-span q&a. >> the academy award-winning world war ii film saving private ryan was released and theaters in world war a. this has the d-day invasion of normandy in france with the shoulder behind enemy lines. next on american history tv with historians exploring the accuracy of the omaha beac

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the aspen institute hosted a series of discussions about amateur athletes in college sports, including this one about whether college athletes to be paying a salary. the panel includes former georgetown men's basketball coach john thompson, constance at that director, the commissioner of the atlantic ten conference and nba player, nine no space, the challenge that ncaa band for student athletes. this is two hours. >> hello everyone. i'm executive director of the aspen institute. welcome to our new building at the aspen institute and will come to the future of sports. our conversation series where we think through some of the biggest questions of our time at the intersection of sports in society. completely in line with the mission of the sports and society program which is to convey leaders and facilitate dialogue and inspire solutions that help sports serve the public interest. thank you. the first in the series was hosted in january on the future of footb

congressional historians richard baker and donald ritchie . >> one question i hear people asking all the time is if this is the most uncivil time in history. >> you have to be close if you think of another period but certainly the years leading to the

congress with congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie, and raymond smock.his program was recorded at the robert c. byrd center for congressional history and education in shepherdstown, west virginia. ♪ brian: ray smock, if you had to have a dinner party for people in history, say four or five people, who would you have at the table?

donald trump saying trump's washington is swampy or than ever. congressman collins announced his defense of his reelection campaign. michelle ritchieis collins did something wrong but the coverage has been disproportionate compared to what bob menon does god, deeply suspicious senator. corinne brown, both convicted of fraud barely covered by the networks, this has nothing to do with donald trump. trish: he campaigned on trying to get rid of the swamp so what do you do with swamp creatures? >> people are subject to corruption. doesn't matter if there's a d or r associated with them. we should recognize there is presumption of innocence no matter who these allegations are against but this is a bad one because insider-trading is based on trust, that is the core of it. to violate that trust, fiduciary responsibility, board member who released that information to family members and friends, to trade and avoid losses, classic insider trading. trish: you are in congress, we will not allow you to be able to trade. we will keep your money here in us treasuries. >> we are doing more exposing the swamp, not necessarily draining the swamp and

. >>> sunday night on q & a congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock. >> one of the questions that i hear people asking all the time, is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it's going to be close, if you were to pick another period certainly the years leading to the civil war, when, you know, a host member came over and caned a senator in 1856 because he disagreed with what he said and there were a lot of senators who kind of cheered on that host member. >> there is a broadway musical now about the shooting of alexander hamilton, he was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that's pretty dramatic. we've had terrible times, political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. >> one of the members who had a wig, his name was kite, one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight and someone else yesterday, he scalped him. that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock, sunday