doug suton, on the battle to survive the vietnam war, and filmmaker, lynn novak, whose project with ken burns was a ten-part documentary, the vietnam war. watch 1968 america in turmoil. live sunday at 8:30 eastern on c-span's washington journal. >> congress back from the week-long recess on monday '. the u.s. house will take up legislation to speed up the process for nuclear waste storage at yucca mountain in nevada, and an hearing to turn over a rule on auto loans. the senate is confirmed 15 of president trump ruffle's circuit court knock nyes and when congress back in session next week you can see the house live on c-span, and the senate live here on c-span 2. >> now a conversation from the brookings institution on the trump presidency, political porlarization and the rise of populism. we'll larry from journalists, academies and former official width the clinton administration. [inaudible discussion] >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon, everyone. and welcome to brookings. we have a quite extraordinary panel and discussion for you today. we are cosponsoring this event. we have