visite an the washington library at mount vernon, featuring historians edna green membered, douglas brinkley, discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indivisible in a sense was, we are all together, right? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. the american character, what it means to be american is to be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington in the

library at mount vernon for the 2018 founding debates program featuring edward greene medford, douglas brinkley and russell shortoh discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indivisible with the kind of we are all together, aren't we all? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. the american character should be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington and the dark days of december 17, '77 at valley forge, the ability to improvise, to be almost a guerrilla fighter, to live off the land, to be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> from the very beginning that is what an american is. minority groups in certain religious groups were not and women were not really considered citizens. that changes over time. overtime more and more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> a senate hearing on the world bank looked at the role these institutions play in us foreign policy and relations with china. indiana senator todd young chairs the foreign relations subcommittee on deve

douglas brinkley, edna medford and written -- greg tick -- and richard smith. >> i see him as in andrew johnson like president. meaning somebody who has impeachments swirling around him and someone who is not able to heal a racial divide in the country. >> the is a real animosity between the press and the president as early as john adams because he is the person who is pushing towards the act of 1798. what that does is it actually tries to prevent criticism of the government. >> find it at our free c-span radio app. >>> c-span, where history of tolds daily. in 1979 fan was created as a public service by america's cable company. today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> up next, on the presidency, we continue coverage from the wh

here to help us get a sense of that is douglas brinkley, professor of history at rice university and or. welcome, professor brinkley from houston. great to have you with us pay thank you for joining us. douglas: great to be with you. start withnt to something that happened yesterday. the president tweeted out about oil prices about the fed. he said, so great that oil prices are falling. thank you president capital t, referring to himself, add that to our other economic news, inflation down. are you listening, fed? it strikes me that i cannot remember -- he may know, that we had a president with this interventionist in the public markets. douglas: you know, you have to go back when theodore roosevelt was president. the house of jpmorgan was furious. they claiming his trust busting measures were interfering with wall street. curtoosevelt sent a very message back to the morgan crowd. my administration knows no tick tape.e -- ticker meaning i do not care what the stocks do that that is not what we are doing. i am in full trust busting mode and the corporations have to worry about them sel

douglas brinkley, edna green d medford and richard smith who share feelings on the trump presidency. >> meeting somebody who has impeachment swirling around them and somebody who is not able to close or heal a racial divide in the country. >> there is a real animosity between the press and the president as early as john adams. because he's the person who is pushing toward this act of 1978. what that act does is it actually tries to prevent criticism of the government and of the president. >> find c-span's "the weekly" under the podcast tab or wherever you go for podcasts. >>> next a summit focusing on technology policy, digital innovation, education and data privacy. hosted by the meridian international center, it's two hours and 20 minutes. >> announcer: president and ceo meridian national center

i'm backing with carl bernstein, max boot and douglas brinkley. let's talk about what's going on.nn is reporting robert mueller's team has begun writing its final report. rod rosenstein -- it's going to be matthew whitaker. is that a problem? >> if whitaker tries to suppress or alter its findings, that's a huge problem. this is where the fact that the democrats have taken control of the house is incredibly important because they will be able to subpoena mueller's report. that will make it much more difficult to hide that. you could imagine the president trying to claim executive privilege and you could imagine a court fight going all the way to the supreme court. but the playing field is a little bit fairer now with democrats in control of at least one house. >> the "post" is reporting, carl, that whitaker wouldn't approve a subpoena. >> that apparently is true. he won't approve a subpoena to the president of the united states. and it may end up there that the president will not be subject to questioning. >> let me ask you something because you mentioned, you said a low -- did you

and presidential historian douglas brinkley. good evening, everyone.is is shocking even for this president's standards, this administration. he -- this morning he claimed that he's not fear mongering on immigration. what do you think when you see that ad? >> i think this ad, don, is giving demagoguery a bad name. this is so blatant, so over the top, so hysterical, it is a disgrace. just a few fast facts to throw out there. immigrants actually have a lower crime rate than a native born. there is no immigration invasion. illegal immigration is down 80% since the year 2000. yes, there is a slight upturn in illegal immigration in the past year. but that's not on democrats. that's in donald trump. he is the president. he is not securing the border. st. instead of securing the border he's whipping up hatred of latinos and minority groups in order to win his re-election campaign and sending troops to the border and they can't do anything. it's typical sadly of the way donald trump behaves in office. >> and a waste of taxpayer money when you mention the troops

douglas brinkley, edna green medford, and richard norton smith who share historical context for the trumpresidency. >> i see him as an andrew johnson like president. he is someone who has impeachment swirling around him and somebody who is not able to close or heal a racial divide in the country. >> there is a real animosity between the press and president as early as john adams. because he is the person who is pushing for this act of 1798. what that does is it actually tries to prevent criticism of the government. c-span's commend the weekly come on the free c-span radio app under the podcast cap or wherever you go for podcasts. coming up tonight on c-span, steve bannon and david from debate globalism versus cheneylism, then dick and land panetta discuss national security. after that, prime minister question time from the british house of commons. later, the work of the initiative, she founded with her husband mark zuckerberg. next, former white house state -- chief strategist david frum steve bannon and debate the rise of populism in the biannual munk debate, held in toronto. the 90 min

and douglas brinkley. good to have both of you on., both first ladies are in the news tonight, michelle obama and the first lady now melania trump. just yesterday we heard michelle say she offered help to melania at any time, as laura bush had done for her, melania had not reached out. today melania's office released a statement calling for a national security official to be ousted. were you surprised by that? >> here's one thing i know about a first lady and a first lady's office. they have enormous influence in the white house. full stop, that's just how it is, so was -- what i think about it, though, is that it certainly laid down the mark if anybody had any question about mrs. trump's influence in the white house, or how she wants to do things. and be the independent thinker that she said she is, she made that pretty clear today. i think to have an influence on a national security decision, that's out of the ordinary for sure. >> you think about it, the former first lady, hillary clinton -- i mean, she was criticized a lot, becaus

and douglas brinkley. good to have both of you on.nita, both first ladies are in the news tonight, michelle obama and the first lady now melania trump. just yesterday we heard michelle say she offered help to melania at any time, as laura bush had done for her, melania had not reached out. today melania's office released a statement calling for a national security official to be ousted. were you surprised by that? >> here's one thing i know about a first lady and a first lady's office. they have enormous influence in the white house. full stop, that's just how it is, so was -- what i think about it, though, is that it certainly laid down the mark if anybody had any question about mrs. trump's influence in the white house, or how she wants to do things. and be the independent thinker that she said she is, she made that pretty clear today. i think to have an influence on a national security decision, that's out of the ordinary for sure. >> you think about it, the former first lady, hillary clinton -- i mean, she was criticized a lot, be

douglas brinkley, and richard norton smith will share historical context for the trump presidency.hink of him as an andrew johnson like president, meaning someone with impeachment swirling around him and someone who is not able to close or feel a racial divide in the country. -- between the press and president as early as john personnd he is the pushing toward the sedition act of 1798 and it tries to prevent criticism of the government and of the president. ">>> find c-span's "the weekly on the free c-span radio app. >> this week on "newsmakers," congress member peter defazio, ranking member of the the house transportation committee. the studio,s in schnidereider -- tanya caret go ahead with first question. let's start by asking about the infrastructure plan. the plan to start off the session with trying to get the infrastructure plan through. not unlike the one donald trump couldn't get through congress.

douglas brinkley and richard norton smith, to share historical context for the trump presidency. somebody who has impeachment swirling around them as somebody close ort able to he'll a racial divide in the country. >> there is a real animosity between the press and the president. as early as john adams. he is a person who is pushing toward the sedition act of 1798. what that does is, it actually tries to prevent criticism of the government and of the president. >> find it on the free c-span radio app under the podcast tap, or wherever you go for podcast. >> for conversation about the future of health care, joined by susan dentzer, editor of the new walls,alth care without a roadmap for reinventing u.s. health care. what is health care without walls? >> it's a concept that health care really ought to move outside the classic institutional settings we are all familiar with. doctors offices, hospitals, and is much as possible, should move closer to people in their homes and communities and worksites, schools, etc. closer to people where they are living most of their lives. this.l he

douglas brinkley, edna greene medford, and richard norton smith, sharing historical context for the trump presidency. >> andrew johnson like president, meaning, somebody who has impeachment swirling around them and somebody who is not able to close or heal a racial divide in the country. >> there is a real animosity between the press and the president, this early, this act of 1798, and, what that does is, it actually tries to prevent criticism of the government and of the president. >> find c-span weekly on the free c-span radio app. under the podcast tab or wherever you go for podcasts. >>> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service, by america's cable television company, and today continuing to bring you unfiltered coverage of corn -- white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc, and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> the partnership that change the world, speakers include two former national security council staff members who served under president reagan. the white

revisit the washington library at mount vernon for the 2018 debate program featuring historian douglas brinkley and russell chortled discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indivisible was a kind of we are all together, aren't we all? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. the american character, to be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington in the dark days of december 17, '77 at valley forge, the ability of general washington to improvise, to be like a guerrilla fighter, to live off the land, to be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. from the very beginning not always included in what an american news. minority groups, certain religious groups were not and women were not really considered citizens. that changes over time. over time, more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and c-span's q and a. >> best-selling thriller author brad meltzer will be our guest on in-depth fiction addition. are alive call in program sunday at noon eastern. his most recent book the escape artis

joining us now to talk more about this and other topics, douglas brinkley and a congressional reporter for "the washington post". doug, have you ever seen a president try to change immigration law so profoundly? >> no, never before. donald trump is synonymous with the border wall, that u.s.-mexico border what he's most known for and he wants to double and triple down on it. it's a way to do fear mongering. the caravan became his decision for the mid-term elections to prioritize that, to put out scare commercials. you know basically now in tijuana there's unrest. we have a humanitarian crisis and needs to be addressed in a humanitarian way. i think this could be good news for trump on this asylum deal that's being announced by the "washington post" with mexico in the sense it would show that his tough immigration stance is starting to, you know, create a collaborative relationship with mexico on it. but he just exaggerates the problems along the border more than any president before him. >> is this asylum policy likely to get bipartisan support? >> it depends how it plays out. the citie

. ♪ >> next sunday, a discussion at mount vernon with historian douglas brinkley and others.is next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern and c-span -- on c-span. washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, a npr whitereporter and house correspondent discussed the week in congress. and todd harrison will talk about the pentagon's failing is first-ever conference at audit. be sure to watch live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. monday the center for international studies hosted discussions with military leaders on air and missile defense systems. coverage beginning at 1:00 p.m. on c-span. listen to the weekly podcast. this week part one of an interview with three presidential historians. they share historical context for the trump presidency. >> i see him as somebody like -- andrew johnson. somebody who is not able to close a racial divide. >> there is animosity between the press and the president as early as john adams. he is the person who is pushing for the sedition act. tries to prevent criticism of the

douglas brinkley, and richard norton smith will share historical context for the donald trump presidency-- as a him as it andrew johnson presidency. impeachment has swirling around him and someone not able to close the racial divide of the country. is a real animosity between the press and the president as early as john adams because he is a person who is pushing for the sedition act of 7098. 1798.ed -- it tries to prevent the criticism of the president. >> find c-span weekly on the free radio c-span app. on friday, president trump and the first lady hosted a presidential medal of freedom ceremony. babe ruth, elvis presley, and antonin scalia received the award posthumously. other on ariz included orrin hatch, philanthropist and physician miriam a, and pro football players alan page and donald stoll back. this is 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the recipients of the presidential medal of freedom. the honorable orrin g hatch. [applause]

washington library at mount vernon for the 2018 founding debates program, featuring --torians douglas brinkleyiscussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indivisible in a sense was, we are all together, right? that this somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. the american character, what it means is to be able to improvise. when you look at george washington and the dark days of december 1777 and valley forge, the ability of generative oral washing -- general washington to improvise, to do what we need to do to get the job done, from the very beginning not all were included -- the job done. >> from the beginning, not all were included and what it means to be an american. minority groups were not and women were not considered citizens. that changes over time. over time, more and more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> house democrats held leadership elections for the 116th congress. in the first election of the day, new york congressman hakeem jeffries won democratic caucus chair by a vote of 123-113 over

>> here's a quote i read in the "washington post" this morning quoting douglas brinkley. this is what he said. "trump needs adulation. so heading into the midterms, holding these rallies, he was keered and it became narcissistic fuel to his engine. after the midterm, it's the sober dawn of the morning. this sober dawn of the morning might be the time when the white house staff aides fear the most. >> look, a lot of them are going to be up on capitol hill testifying, and a lot of them are going to leave. some of them are going to be fired. as for himself, the president is sort of like, okay, i can deal with this, i know how to run this place. he knows he needs a new chief of staff. i was told by somebody who speaks with him that what he believes the chief of staff's job mastered reasoning t running the white house. he does miss the add u lauulati washington, he doesn't get that in washington. don't forget, it's not as if there's nothing going on in the world. it's not as if he doesn't have trade policy to deal with. it's not as if he doesn't have saudi arabia to deal with,

douglas brinkley, and richard norton smith who share historical context for the trump presidency. >> i see him as an andrew johnson like president. meaning someone who has impeachment swirling around him and someone who is not able to close or heal a racial divide in the country. -- a reals a real animosity between the press and president as early as john adams. because he is the person who is pushing for the sedition act of 1798. what that does is it actually tries to prevent criticism of the government and the president. announcer: find a c-span's the weekly on the free c-span radio app under the podcast or wherever you go for podcasts. now, from harvard law school, judges and legal experts discuss a new book titled "tough cases." it features stories about how the legal system deals with the most difficult cases. this is one hour. >> good afternoon, everyone to welcome to our book talk. my name is jocelyn kennedy. i am the executive director. i want to thank you for joining us today for a great discussion on "tough cases." would like ton, i thank our dean's office for providing lun

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featuring historians edna green medford, douglas brinkley, and russell shortell, discussing what it meanso be american. >> one nation indivisible, in a sense was was a kind of we are all together are we all? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be american. >> the american character of what it means to be american to be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington and the dark days of december 17 1777 at valley ford the ability of general washington to improvise to be a guerrilla fighter to live off the land, to be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> i think from the airy beginning not all groups were included including american, certainly minority groups were not, with certain religious groups were not. and women were not really

library at mount vernon for the 2018 founding debates program featuring historians ed ford, douglas brinkley, and russell shorto, discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indie visible in a sense we're all together, right? that is how elemental to what it means to be american. >> the american character, what it means to be american should be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington and the dark days of december, 1777, at valley forge, the ability of general washington to improvise, to be almost like a guerrilla fighter, to live off the land, to be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> i think from the very beginning not all groups were included in what an american is. certainly minority groups were not. certain religious groups were not. and women were not. really considered citizens. that changes over time. over time more and more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> the u.s. house returning in about an hour. they will take up legislative work later today. bills including

douglas brinkley, and richard norton smith will share historical context for the donald trump presidency. see him as an andrew johnson like president. he has impeachment swirling around him and someone that is not able to close or heal a racial divide in the country. >> there is a real animosity between the press and the president as early as john adams because he is the person who is act of for the sedition 1798. and what that does is try to prevent criticism of the government. and of the president. >> find c-span's "the weekly" on the free c-span radio app. >> now, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein talks about free speech on campus. he is joined by republican senator lamar alexander of tennessee, chair of the senate education committee. this is part of a conference hosted by the justice department. it is 40 minutes. rod rosenstein: thank you very much. good afternoon. thank you for joining us on constitution day to discuss a topic central to the rule of law in america. i want to say a special thanks to jesse panuchio, our acting social attorney general and his team for putting tog

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douglas brinkley, edna medford and richard norton smith, sharing historical context for the trump presidency sfla i see him as an andrew johnson-like president, meaning somebody who has impeachment swirling around him and somebody who is not able to close or heal a racial divide in the country. >> there is a real animosity between the press and president as early as john adams because he is the person who is pushing forward the sedition act of 1798. what that act toes is tries to prevent criticism of the government and the president. >> find c-span's the weekly on the free radio app under the podcast tab or wherever you go for pod casts. . >>> mo was martin van buren. >> >> good question. a lot of people need to ask that question. marten van buren was the 8th president of the united states and he is often forgotten. his presidency was four years long. >> sunday on q and a ted whitt mere on his bioography of marten van buren. >> he pent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamilton's murderer. there were rumors persistent throughout the life of marten van buren so persistent that gore individualle

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vernon for the 2018 founding debates program, featuring historians edna green medford, douglas brinkley, and russell shoreto, discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation, indivisible was a sense, we are altogether, aren't we all? so that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. >> the american character, what it means to be american is that to improvise. by that i mean, when you look at george washington in the dark days of december, 1770 valley forge, the ability of general washington to be improvise, to be almost like a guerilla fighter, to live off the land, to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> i think from the very beginning, not all groups were included in what an american is. certainly, certain american groups were not, certain religious groups were not, and women were not really considered citizens, at least. that changes over time. over time, more and more people brought into the american family. >> sunday night, at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> best-selling thriller author brad meltzer will be our guest on "in depth" fiction edition, o

douglas brinkley, and richard norton smith who share historical concepts of the trump presidency. >>somebody who has impeachments whirling around him and somebody who is not able to closer healer racial divide in the country. >> there is real animosity between the presidents as early as john adams. he is the person who is pushing for this act of 1798. the act tries to present criticism of the government and the president. >> you can find this on the podcast have. >> the national council on the u.s. arab relations held a conference in washington. in this hour and 15 minute portion, a panel discusses the impact of oil and gas production in the united states on the middle east as well as u.s. sanctions on iran. >> to keep things on time i'm just going to start and introduce the speakers. this is the energy session on u.s. arab energy relations. given the situation today it is more than a little bit complicated and unusual. first off, my traveling body to windsor castle in march, herman franson and former chief economist at the international energy agency. i will be brief with the

douglas brinkley and russell shorto discuss whag it means to be american. >> one nation inadviceable was a sense of we are all together, right, aren't we all? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be american. >> the american character what it means to be american is to be able to improves. when you look at george washington and the dark days of december, 1777 at valley forge, the ability of general washington to be improvise, to a guerilla fighter living off the land, to do what we need to to do to get the job done. >> i think from the beginning not all groups were included in in what an american is. certainly minority groups and certain religious groups were not. and women were not really considered citizens at least. that changes over time. over time more and more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night, at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> c-span with, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. the whit

douglas brinkley and richard norton smith, who share historical context for the trump presidency. >> i see him as an andrew johnson like president. meeting someone who has impeachment swirling around them and to is not able to heal a racial divide in the country. >> there is a real animosity between the press and the president as early as john adams. he is the person who is pushing for the sedition act of 1798. tries to act does is prevent criticism of the government and a president. c-span's "the weekly" on the free c-span radio app under b or wherevera you go for podcasts. up next, a look at the impact of religious voters on the 2018 midterm elections and the 2020 presidential campaign.

featuring historians edna green medford, douglas brinkley, and russell shortell, discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indivisible, in a sense was was a kind of we are all together are we all? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be american. >> the american character of what it means to be american to be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington and the dark days of december 17 1777 at valley ford the ability of general washington to improvise to be a guerrilla fighter to live off the land, to be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> i think from the airy beginning not all groups were included including american, certainly minority groups were not, with certain religious groups were not. and women were not really considered citizens at least. that changes over time. over time more and more people are brought in to the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the heritage foundation hosted this discussion about human rights in north korea. analyst talked about how to handle the issue duri

. >> visiting the library at mount vernon teaching historians edna greene medford, douglas brinkley and ruffled shortell discussing what it means to be american . >> in a sense, we are altogether , that is somehow fundamental to what it means to be an american. the american character is improvising. by that i mean when you look at george washington in the dark days of december, the ability to improvise to be a guerrilla fighter and live off the land and do what we need to do to get the job done . >> >> sunday at eight eastern -- at 8 p.m. eastern time q&a . >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy

washington library at mount vernon for the 2018 founding debates program featuring historians douglas brinkleythers, discussing what it means to be american. weone nation indivisible, are altogether right? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be american. to be american character, able to improvise. i mean, when you look at george ofhington and the dark days december, 1777 at valley forge, the ability of the general to improvise and be like a guerrilla fighter, to live off the land, to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> from the beginning, not all groups were included and what an american is. minority groups, religious groups, women were not. were not really considered citizens, at least. that changes over time. over time more and more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. >> washington journal continues. host: sarah pierce joins us. we are here to talk about the process of asylum. guest: good morning. host: a bit about the institute. guest: it is a nonpartisan think tank that studies the movement of people worldwide. i work in