our guest is edward larson, a professor at pepperdine college. s latest book is "george washington, nationalist," thank you very much. dr. larson: thank you. ♪ for free cram strips -- transcripts or to give us your const -- comments about this -span.org.isit us at c [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] q&af you liked this program, there might be more you might enjoy. there is also lewis lehrman, who discusses the collection of historical documents to modern times. and one taking an in-depth look into the men responsible for drafting the u.s. constitution. you can watch these interviews online at www.c-span.org. >> monday night on the communicators. hope it will come with a requirement or framework for putting data into a central repository where people can have access to it and searched not only on an individual item by item basis but scale basis because we run two point 5 million songs throug

professor larson discusses his book "george washington, nationalist." brian: edward j. rson, author of "george washington, nationalist." if george washington were alive today and he saw the full run of this campaign, no matter who the victor is, what would he say? prof. larson: i think he would be appalled. he really did not believe in politics. he had this vision the people would run hard-fought campaigns. he worked on campaigns with others, hard-fought. but once you got there you were not supposed to be part of a party process. you were supposed to call each one as you saw t

"q&a" with edward larson on his book. then, theresa may takes pressure -- questions from the house of commons. ♪ >> this week on q&a, professor edward j larson discusses his new book, "george washington, nationalist." edward j larson, author of "george washington, nationalist george washington was here today and could see the full run of this campaign, no matter who th

edward larson talks about george washington's role in unifying the country and ratifying the first federal document in his new book, "george washington, nationalist." they wanted to recruit washington. hamilton had talked to washington before about this democracy stuff will never work. you have to be king. washington believed republican government. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. say decembercials 4 is a day for the funeral of former cuban president fidel castro who died last night at the age of 90. let the castro revolutionary forces overthrew the government of president batista. at age 32 he became the youngest leader in latin america. here is a newsreel look at his rise to power. ♪ buildingllion machete peasants jammed the square before cuba's national capital for a celebration of the six anniversary of his 26th of july revolutionary movement. is perhaps the gratis mass rally in the western hemisphere. a demonstration of castro's's weight over the cuban masses. another aspect, the a predictable castro dons a baseball uniform to pitch a full inning in a game for his agra

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talkshor edward larson about president george washington's role in unifying the country and ratifying the first federal government in his first book "george washington: nationalist." they wanted to recruit washington in as the coup d'etat. this democracy stuff is never going to work and you are going to have to be our king, but washington was pro-and believed in republican government. >> tonight, on c-span's q&a. next washington journal, lieutenant general stephen townsend, commanding general of the iraq combined joint task force joins us from baghdad to discuss the fight of isis in mosul. the president of the department for public service talks about donald trump preparations to take office in january and former nato secretary-general anders looks at relations in a trump presidency. we will take a cause and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. now, advocates for opioid recovery founders, newt gingrich, patrick kennedy, and van jones discuss why they joined forces to fight drug addiction. this is about

. >> sunday night, edward larson talks about president george washington's role in unifying the country and ratifying the first federal document in his new book "george washington, nationalist." >> they wanted to recruit washington. hamilton had talked to washington before about democracy stuff is not going to work. you should be a king. washington believed in public -- >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. >> former cuban president fidel castro has died at the age of 90. his five decades of power that began in 1959 after the overthrow of then-president batista made him one of the longest-serving heads of state. in 2006, he seated his power to his younger brother before formally resigning because of health issues. next we will show you an address fidel castro gave to the cuban national assembly a few years after stepping down from office. at the time he also answered questions from members of the assembly. this is an hour and a half. [applause] [speaking spanish] [applause] ♪

. >> edward larson talks about george washington's role in unifying the country and ratifying the first federal document in his new book, "george washington: nationalist." they wanted to recruit russia in the coup d'etat. -- washington in the coup d'etat. washington was a true republican. he believed in republican government. eastern, on:00 "q&a." a look at the challenges and rewards at running a little company. -- running the legal department for technology companies read the american bar association posted technology lawyers at their annual meeting in san francisco. this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning everyone. yes, it is true. i did drive myself here today. but for those of you -- thank you for supporting us. up until four years ago, i was a litigation partner at germane. this wasgo, i thought a good place, i can really serve my clients and i like the people i work with and do good work. through a series of events including networking, the fruits of networking, i really do believe it is important to participate in organizations like the aba and local bar associations. i

hisessor larson discusses book "george washington, nationalist." edward j. rson, author of the book "george washington, nationalist." if george washington were alive today and he saw the election, no matter who the victor is, what would he say? prof. larson: i think he would be appalled. he really did not believe in politics. he had this vision the people would run hard-fought campaigns. on campaigns with others, hard-fought. but once you got there you were not supposed to be part of a party process. you were supposed to call each one as you saw them. if you look at the --stitutional envision convention, he tried to lead by conciliation, by listening, by cooperation. at the constitutional convention, he listened to everyone, he met with people at night, he worked out compromises. sure, some did not go along. brian: how much time have you spent at mount vernon to do your books the last couple of years? prof. larson: i have been fortunate enough to be the library fellow. if you do not think something is a treat, to live in the residence and get up before the to

. >> tonight, author edward larson talks about president george washington's role in unifying the country and ratifying the first federal document in his new book "george washington, nationalist." >> hamilton had already talked to washington before about this democracy stuff is not going to work. you're going to have to be parking. washington was a true republican. he believed in a republican government. c-span's you and i. president fidel castro has died at the age of 90. castro was one of the longest-serving heads of state. in 2006, he ceded much of his power to his younger brother raul before formally resigning because of health issues. next, we will give you an address fidel castro gave to the cuban national assembly after stepping down from office. he also answered questions from members of the assembly. this is an hour and a half. [speaking spanish] [applause] ♪ the message to the national assembly. outset, only eight weeks believed that the imminent threat of war had no possible solution. scenario wewas the face before us that i saw no perhapsternative than the likelihood of there

. >> edward larson talks about president george washington's role in unifying the country and ratifying the first federal document. his book, george washington, nationalist. >> they wanted to put washington in but hamilton had already what talk to washington before about this democracy stuff is never going to work. you're going to have to be a king. washington was a true a true republican and believed a republican government. now panel law professors and pen talk about consumer bankruptcy and debt. topics include the criminalization of consumer debt, but it reports, debt collections collections and stigma of filing for bankruptcy. duke university host the event. >> i'm creel and johnson, the moderator. i want to thank duke for having us. i want to thank all of the students and everyone involved and especially -- hawkins. our panel is about the aftermath. art company panelist is richard heinz, michael -- we will each take 15 minutes and i will go first with the most extreme consequence of the aftermath of being in debt. that is the idea of consumer debt, criminalization. i came across th

. >> this week on "q&a" edward j larson. professor larson discusses his washington,e nationalist. j larson, if george washington was here today, and he was able to see the full run of this campaign, no matter who the victor is, what would he say about what happened to his democracy? prof. larson: i think he would be appalled. he really did not believe in partisan politics. he had this vision the people would run hard-fought campaigns. he worked on campaigns with others, hard-fought. but once you got there you were not supposed to be part of a party caucus. you were supposed to call each one as you saw them. if you look at the constitutional convention and when he was a general, he tried to lead by conciliation, by listening, by cooperation. before every battle coming he brought in all of his lieutenant and listened before they talked. at the constitutional convention, he listened to everyone, he met with people at night, he worked out compromises. sure, some did not go along. there were people he broke with like george mason. but he brought enough together to work across lines. it

. >> edward larson talks about president washington's role in his new book "george washington, nationalist they wanted to recruit washington in the coup d'etat. hamilton had talked to washington about how this democracy stuff is not going to work. washington believed in republican government. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." at it is white house briefing, spokesman josh earnest talked about the transition to the trump administration. this is just over one hour. [indistinct conversation] sec. earnest: good afternoon, everybody. nice to see you all. thank you for joining us. welcome back. hopefully got lots of sleep, maybe a little. [laughter] sec. earnest: i do have any announcements this afternoon. i will just take your questions. has the president spoke into the president-elect since their meeting in the oval office shortly after the election? sec. earnest: there has been some reporting about off the record meeting with the president elect that he reportedly held with media executives. those of you who covered the president-elect's at to the oval office a couple of weeks

. >> sunday night on q and a, edward laws edward larson talks about unifying the country and ratifying the first federal documents in his new book "george washington, nationalist." >>> what they wanted to do is recruit washington as part. talked to washington before about this democracy stuff isn't going to work. you're going to have to be our king. washington was a true republican. he believed in republican government. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern, on c-span's q & a. >>> a look at global health risks and how auto preparing and responding to them. we're going to hear from dr. tom fre freiden. this is about 45 minutes. >>> well, good morning. we're going to get right to the worst case scenario here. i don't know how many of you have seen the movie conta containgaion, how close are we in the infectious disease world to a scenario like that? i'm going to start with you dr. freiden. we've seen ebola, we're dealing with zika, all these desisiseas. how close are we to some biblical playing? >> every year, we identify one new path jen. everyday, we start a new investigation that could dete

. >> edward larson talks about president washington's role in unifying the country and ratifying the first federal documents n. his new book, george washington, nationalist. >> they wanted to recruit washington in. hamilton had talked to washington before about you know, this democracy stuff's never going to work. you're going to have to be our king. of course, washington was a true republican. he believed in republican government. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on cspan's q and a. >>> a discussion now on health care policy and technology with technology leaders on latest industry innovations and market movement to value based health care. >> thank you, everyone. i hate to take your away from your lunch and conversations, but i'm sure you'll very much enjoy hearing from our next speakers. i want to thank you for the wonderful reception last night. great food, great conversation and now, a couple of reminders. we are live right this minute on cspan 2, so welcome cspan audience. later today, you can find this section on cspan's website. a reminder for those tweeting, please use the ha

our guest has been edward j. larson, professor larson from pepperdine college. his latest book is "george washington, nationalist." thank you very much. prof. larson: thank you very much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and-a.org. programs are also available as a c-span podcast. ♪ >> if you like to this program, there are others you might enjoy. author and historian ron chern l talking about his biography "washington, a life." also richard gilder and lewis lehrman discuss their collection of historical documents. and a book on the summer of 1787 that takes an in-depth look at the men responsible for drafting the u.s. constitution. you can watch this program online at c-span.org. here on c-span, washington journal is next. live at 10:30, a discussion on hiv/aids research. looking ahead to this afternoon, former pentagon

. >> tonight on q and a, author edward larson talks about president george washington's role in unifying the country, in ratifying the first federal document, in his new book, george washington: nationalist. talkedlton had already to washington about this democracy stuff and that it would not work. washington was a true republican and believed in a public and government. -- in a republican government. >> sunday, on book tv's in depth, we host a discussion on the december attack on pearl harbor on the eve of the 75th anniversary. of countdown to pearl harbor, the 12 days to the attack, author of japan, 1941, book,eg nelson with his pearl harbor, from infamy to greatness, followed by an interview with a pearl harbor survivor and co-author of all the gallant men, and american sailor's firsthand account of pearl harbor. we take your phone calls and tweets come alive. go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. now, suggestions for the new donald trump administration on how to handle biomedical innovation, health care and drug pricing. panelists include a health policy advisor to pre

--edward larson talks about president george washington's role in unifying the country and ratifyinghe document in his new book. >> what they wanted to do was recruit. hamilton had already talked to washington before about this democracy stuff, never going to work. washington was a true republican. he believed in republican government. >> sunday night at>> eight p.m. eastern on c-span's "q and a." >> "washington journal," continues. joining us from new york city is brian bennett, the national security correspondent for the "los angeles times" where he writes about immigration, among other things. he's here to talk about how president-elect donald trump's plans to remove illegal immigrants from the u.s., as one of his key campaign promises and how it will shape up. thank you for joining us. brian: happy to be on the show. host: let's start with a piece you wrote. it says when trump says he wants to deport criminals, he means something starkly different than obama. you write president-elect donald are looking tos ramp up pressure on local police and jails to identify immigrants in the

you know that for something that contractor, general edward larson talks about george washington's roleunifying the country and ratifying the first federal document. they wanted to recruit rushing to in. they had talked about the democracy is not going to work. washington believed in republican government. sunday night on q&a. >> we have a special webpage to help you follow the supreme court. go to www.c-span.org and select supreme court. see four of the most recent oral arguments heard by the court this term. all of the oral arguments covered by c-span. you can find recent appearances by many of the supreme court justices or watch justices in their own words. there is also a calendar for this term, a list of current justices with links to see all of their appearances on c-span. atlow the supreme court www.c-span.org. this weekend on american fromry tv on c-span3, president lincoln's cottage in washington dc we will have a conversation about her book lincoln's generals wives. for women who influenced the civil war. women have ae that means of reinforcing the best in their husbands or th

. >> edward larson talks about president george washington's role in unifying the country and ratifying first federal system in his new book. to get george washington in as part of the coup d'État. hamilton talked about this democracy stuff. washington was a true republican. tonight at eight ago eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> "washington journal," continues. host: henry olsen is back at the desk, the senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center. viewers may know his book, the four faces of the republican party. the republican party has a new face, its leader now, president-elect donald trump. voters -- see trunk trump voters changing the face of the republican party? guest: many of them are not republicans. many of them are independents, and he got a high percentage of democrats who crossed over. they don't fit neatly into any of the four factions of the ruling party. they are not conservative. they are economically populist and socially modern. they're going to be as you can fit. these of the voters with public's need to win a majority, but they don't fit neatly. are these so-ca

. >> sunday night on un day, edward larson talks about president george washington's role in unifying the country ratifying the first federal document. his new book george washington, nationalist. >> what they wanted to do was recruit washington as part of the coup d'ctat. hamilton had talked to washington about this democracy stuff is never ing to work, you'rnever going to be a king and washington was a true republican. he believed in republican vernment. >> this on-span's q and a. >> we are asking students to participate in this years studt candy video documentary competion by lling us what is t most urgentssue for our next presidendonald trump and the incoming congrs to address in 27? our competition open to all middle school and gh school students grad six through 12. students can work alonor in a group up to three to produce a 5 to 7 mute documentary on the issue sected. a grand prize of $5000 will go to the student or teenager with the best overall entry. $100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded and shared between 150 students and 300 teachers. this year's deadline is january 20,

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