. >>> we're back now with evan thomas. nixon has become the favorite president of the 20th century. wrote to me the president that doesn't get enough attention is eisenhower and then nicken. what is with nixon that is so come belling. >> he is a shakespeareian play. this book wrote itself in a way. the rise the fall the rise again. hollywood, or homer could not write it. nixon just has so few skills in some ways. and yet, he won one of the largest landslides in history for reelection for president. where do you get stories like that? he was an introvert and extrovert in business. big stories come from tension. >> let's go back to dwight eisenhower. why isn't there -- i thought your book would lead to a renaissance a little bit. >> a renaissance in book sales -- >> i know what you mean but i mean in a day and age when a lot of people complain that we have too much polarization he was the closest thing we had to an independent president. >> he sort of didn't like his own party. we should be nostalgic. he was a moderate that could work both sides and put country first, but he is a litt

andrea mitchell former adviser to president obama stephanie cutter and historian and journalist evan thomas. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, this the "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good morning. it is dynasty weekend. they came from the two most powerful political families in american politics today.

brian: evan thomas, your new book on richard nixon starts out in a way that i assume no other richardixon book has started talking about virgil. why? evan: nixon was in that latin play when he was a high school or, and he had never kissed anybody. he had to go kiss. the never kissed anybody before and he lumbers across the states to kiss her and the high school students arrived in laughter derision mocking. it was an early case of nixon having to deal with adversity. he was humiliated. he tries to make up with the girl who becomes his girlfriend and he learned to deal with diversity and to come back and show people. brian: his girlfriend ola florence weltz. evan: there are hundreds of oral histories about his high school and college years at whittier college and at cal state fullerton. she was quite touching about nixon. she found him to be impressive and not to normal high school kid. she first wrote in her diary, i hate richard nixon, but she was his girlfriend for four years. she finally dumped him and he was sad about that, but he found pat and was pretty happy. evan: i came away

evan thomas out with a major new biography about richard next son. this is "hardball."ur place for politics. boy: once upon a time, there was a nice house that lived with a family. one day, it started to rain and rain. water got inside and ruined everybody's everythings. the house thought she let the family down. but the family just didn't think a flood could ever happen. the reality is floods do happen. protect what matters. call the number on your screen or visit the website to learn more. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent heartburn. because it gives me... zero heartburn! prilosec otc. the number 1 doctor-recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 9 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> welcome back to "hardball." since becoming the first president to resign from office, richard nixon's legacy is obscured by the shadow of watergate, of course. however great his flaws which cost him the presidency, he was a remarkable odds. from 1952 through 1972, 20 years later, every national ticket but one over that whole spread of time

brian: the name of the book is "being nixon: a man divided" and our guest has been evan thomas. ank you. evan: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [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 hyundai.org. transcripts are also available as c-span podcasts. ♪ >> if you enjoyed this week's interview, here are some other programs you might like. former director of the richard nixon presidential library scott berg on his biography of woodrow wilson and talking about theodore roosevelt and william howard taft in her book. you can watch these anytime at c-span.org. monday night on the communicators, we visited microsoft's washington, d. c. office we will talk about i'm hopeful that at some point congress will take on high skilled immigration. h1b is still important. but when we have some of the innovators here, the researchers that are here, we have from all over the world that m

brian: the name of the book is "being nixon: a man divided" and our guest has been evan thomas. thank you very much. evan: thanks, brian. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. guest:015] -- 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 with evan thomas here are some other programs you might like. former director of the richard nixon presidential library, scott berg on his biography of woodrow wilson and talking about theodore roosevelt and william howard taft in her book, "the bully pulpit." you can watch these anytime at c-span.org. >> it's actually to collect mosquitoes that has bitten people. and determine what kind of viruses might be around. what kind of diseases might be around through taking the blood samples of the mosquitoes and figuring out the genetic code of some of the constituents of their blood. >> premise of this research project was around what we'll be able to do with data that's freely available in the environm

brian: evan thomas, your new book on richard nixon starts out in a way that i assume no other richardixon book has started talking about virgil. why? evan: nixon was in that latin play when he was a high school or

conclude with two weeks about richard nixon one by tim weiner, "being nixon: a man divided" and evan thomas' book is called "being nixon: a man divided." >> what we call watergate was not an event that took place 42 years ago tomorrow. it wasn't just the break in at the democratic national committee headquarters. 'twas a series of what john mitchell, attorney general, and campaign manager called the white house horrors and these included breaking into the psychiatrist'sice of daniel elzburg who had released the pentagon papers, spying on teddy kennedy's support, spying on senator ed musky, putting spies in the enemy's camp, stealing people's papers. >> nixon was a genius as a politiciannd long before ronald reagan created the modern republican party nixon created the republican party by appeal to go to disaffected. >> funding for charlie rose is funded by american express. additional funding provided by ... >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose

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. >> evan thomas, offer -- author of nixon, a man divided, talks about the inner turmoil's in richard nixon. tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> this morning, ezekiel emanuel, former supreme court and health care advisor discusses the recent supreme court decision to uphold subsidies in the aca, and how subsidies have a working overall. >> then, armstrong williams examines the current state of race relations in the u.s.. later, gary seymore talks about the iran nuclear program and negotiations. as always, you can join us on facebook and twitter. washington journal is next. ♪ host: good morning. congress in recess for the july 4 holiday. negotiations continue between secretary of state carrie and iran foreign minister on that country'snuclea -- that country's nuclear capabilities. the greek prime minister calling for nationwide reefer random -- referendum that could decide

we're back with evan thomas, author of "being nix zohn." former "newsweek" editor-at-large. , townhall.com. evan, terrific book on nixon. unbelievably good book. nixon of course famously used the irs to attack his enemies including left-wing groups. does this mean this president or people in the administration u.s. the irs to a get right-wing groups. >> bobby kennedy tried to audit nixon and nixon to get even. irs resisted that. nixon wanted him to but they didn't. bureaucrats in the irs had scruples in 1970. david: i think irs commissioner at that time recently died was in his '90s. terrific guy. randy the second article impeachment of president nixon was because of what he was doing with the irs, using it as a political tool. intention is the without emails we don't know anybody's intention, do we? >> when you talk about obstruction you're talking about defeat, impair, impede. isn't that exactly what went on here? no, no, it was an accident. i missed the memo before i hit the destroy button. i'm so sorry. i have never seen intent stretched like it has been stretched today.

andrea mitchell former adviser to president obama stephanie cutter and historian and journalist evan thomas. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, this the "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good morning. it is dynasty weekend. they came from the two most powerful political families in american politics today. but neither jeb bush nor hillary clinton wants to be defined by their last names, and this morning both campaigns are hard at work jeb bush back from europe is in miami preparing for his anointment tomorrow and his campaign has released a little teaser today. it's a video that also happens to unveil the name of the campaign and logo and look what's missing, one key word bush. hillary clinton woke up in iowa this morning, and for those who wondered if she will start taking questions from the media well we've learned that she will. it will be local tv interviews all this week throughout the early states. yesterday though in her big speech in new york she made clear that she wants to tell the story of her life and achievements rather than

. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," our guest is evan thomas, author of "being nixon: a man divided."e talked about the life and career of richard nixon, focusing on the personal stories that help define our nations 37th president. brian: evan thomas, your new book on richard nixon starts out in a way that i assume no other richard nixon book has started talking about virgil. why? evan: nixon was in that latin play when he was a high school or, and

. >> evan thomas author of "being nixon" talks about the inner turmoil of richard nixon focusing on thesonal stories associated with our 37th president. sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> prior to california becoming a state in 1850 it was rolled by mexico. the majority of the population immigrated from that country including many with african ancestry. up next, professor carlos salomon talks

brian: evan thomas, your new book on richard nixon starts out in a way that i assume no other richard nixon book has started talking about virgil. why? evan: nixon was in that latin play when he was a high schooler, and he had never kissed anybody. he was doing "dido and aeneas," and he had never kissed anybody before. he was dido, and he had to kiss aeneas. he never kissed anybody before and he lumbers across the stage to kiss her and the high school students erupted in laughter, derision, mocking him. and, it was an early case of nixon having to deal with real adversity. he was humiliated. the girl hated him for it. and yet, it interested me. afterwards, he tries to make up with the girl -- who becomes his girlfriend -- and he learns to deal with diversity and to be mocked and jeered, but come back and show people. brian: his first girlfriend, i don't know -- ola florence welch. [chuckling] where did you find this stuff about her? evan: there are hundreds of oral histories about his high school and college years at whittier college and at cal state fullerton. i mean, literally hundr

. >> evan thomas talks about the victories and defeats and inter-turmoil -- inner turmoil of richard nixon, focusing on the personal stories associated with our nation's 37th president tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historical artifacts. next we travel to witness the tall sailing ship hermione. it was a replicant of the military forget that carried marquis de lafayette general in 1780 with a message of king lou ix xvi. the original hermione participated in the siege of yorktown in 1781. the journey was the beginning of a trip up the east coast of the u.s. with stops in major cities along the way. over the next hour, we will see remarks from american and french government representatives interviews with crew members and we will observe scenes and music from the arrival ceremony. when we arrived on june 5 hermione was just emerging from the fog. [cannon fire] [cherring] -[cheering] [cannon fire] [le marseilleus playing] ♪ [american national anthem playing] ♪ a ♪ [applause] in >> platoon forward. left left

and the books again "being nixon" by evan thomas and "one man against the world" i tim weiner.nk you for watching. see you next time. ♪ angie: still on track. the 17th said improving labor market means gradual tightening remains likely to hear. bracing for a breakdown. the greek prime minister says he's ready to embarrass possibility for rejecting an unfair deal. -- and bracing responsibility for rejecting an unfair deal. plans to fly nonstop to new york. welcome to "first up

. >> evan thomas talks about the victory and a seat and entered for mortal of richard nixon -- and defeat and inner turmoil of richard nixon. sunday night on q&a.

. >> but my understanding is -- norman thomas: just let me finish this -- brian: [chuckling] now, who is this? evan: that is my grandfather norman thomas, who was a socialist, who ran six times for president. he was not a very good father to my father, but a good grandfather to me because he had more time for me. amazingly, the only time i ever met richard nixon when i was at "newsweek" and nixon came over

and the books again, "being nixon" by evan thomas and "one man against the world" by tim weiner. you for watching. see you next time. ♪ rishaad: it's thursday. this is "trending business". ♪ rishaad: live in sydney, singapore, and mumbai. here is what we were watch this morning. the fed maintains its forecast for a rising rate. janet yellen sees optimism in job growth. they want more data to show signs of a turnaround. even then, only gradual increases. china's housing market with prices falling for a third month. prices rose after an easing of mortgage policies. new zealand shares have fallen the most in four years. a major expansion in the domestic markets. qantas chief executive will unveil the deal later today. you can tell us what you think by following us on twitter. here's david with a quick check of markets. >> a fairly mixed reaction to the latest fed announcement overnight. fairly dovish. broad dollar weakness. there are a lot of data points that have come out. property

george will and evan thomas author of the new book "being nixon: a man divided." what do you make of supreme court's decisions this week? >> in my opinion both were in error. on the obamacare ruling it's my opinion chief is justice roberts did hand stands. that's a matter ofstatute. they were on the other side. my own view of this is that on this issue the constitution is basically silent on marriage and for justice kennedy and the majority to reach the result they did, they had to engage in the kind of jurisprudence where new rights are being discovered that had previously gone undetected in the constitution. in this way, we have a new constitutionally deferred right of dignity. i'm glad to know that i have that because sometimes my behavior doesn't measure up. >> you still have to perform properly however. >> well we'll see. you bother me, i'll sue you. >> all right. we asked you for questions for the panel and we got this on twitter. steesh writes scotus is just another political branch of government that swings with the pc wind and not the law. how do you answ

. -- evan thomas discusses his book about richard nixon. have emily badger, a correspondent with washington post and john prior with politico. go ahead with the first question. jon: i want to ask

apply online or at a bank of america near you. >>> with us now, author evan thomas.l, let's talk about your mondays through wednesdays with walter isaacson in the 1980s. the vast wasteland that was. >> working all the time. >> walter said that before the internet, you had nothing to do on monday through wednesday but work. >> with "time" magazine. >> sometimes work was in the 1930s and 1940s, but we were working. >> this book looks absolutely fascinating. you talk about how nixon grew up a very solitary figure. a sad figure almost. and it shaped him for the rest of his life. >> well this is most fun book i have ever written because as his chief of staff said he's the weirdest human being ever. >> really? >> endlessly fascinating because he's theilityimate introvertand the ultimate extrovert's business and one of the most successful politicians in the 20th century. how did he do that? i always wondered about him. i worked for the "washington post" and they were people he hated. they were my employers. i wanted to find out, what's it like to be richard nixon. you can f

i'm sure you on your book you get an endorsement from evan thomas who wrote just a wonderful book called "the war lovers" about how william randolph hearst and teddy roosevelt pretty much sent america into that war whether they wanted to or not -- >> and many did not. >> yes. well right. and i read that book, and when i read that book, i couldn't stop thinking about the invasion of iraq. and i couldn't stop thinking about other instances where there have been there's been intelligence that's been wrong or there have been some people who wanted to take things as pretext. the interesting thing about the battleship maine was at the time they said it had been a mine that had blown up the battleship, and it was probably spanish. and it's pretty much thought now that the problem was that they put their ammunition too close to their boiler, right? >> that's what the navy determined after many, probably 70 years later. >> right. 70 years later. a little too late to undo the war. >> right. [laughter] >> and -- >> the horse closing the barn door after the horse is out i believe. >> what's interest

. >> evan thomas talks about the victory and a seat and entered for mortal of richard nixon -- and defeat and inner turmoil of richard nixon. sunday night on q&a. >> the battle of gettysburg in 1863 was a turning point in the american civil war. up next, jared frederick a penn state instructor discusses a different account of women during the gettysburg and how the residents, mainly women and children were affected and shaped by the battle. the journey through hallowed ground partnership. >> welcome, everybody. my name is shown a butcher. i am the director of journey through hallowed ground partnership. welcome to the afternoon session. we are pleased that this session is being taped and aired on c-span sobel welcome our c-span viewers. for those in the audience, you can follow along or learn more on twitter. i am pleased to introduce our speaker, jared frederick. jared has been highly involved in the world of public history conducting oral history interviews, writing grants, in interpreting sites. receiving a masters from west virginia, he is served as a seasonal part ranger a gettysburg

. >> evan thomas talks about the victories, defeat and inner turmoil of richard nixon focusing on the personal stories. sunday on c-span's qe1 -- q&a. coming up, the portion of the university of virginia conference on the and of the civil war historians discuss the cultural environments in the north. the virginia assessment -- sesquicentennial of the american civil war organized this event. within the framework of how americans rabbinate from the wartime generation and later. everybody is awake here. our panel this time around. the first thing we will talk about is what union meant to the loyal citizenry. to begin that i would like all of you to discuss what loyal meant in the context of the effort during the war. >> i will start. one of the members of this audience came up and asked me to make sure there were more jokes. [laughter] i will try. i think at a very basic level -- i think these concepts are very tried together -- tied together. union loyalty and sacrifice patriotism and union loyalty. it meant loyal to your country to the country founded in the revolutionary war followed

in "being nixon," evan thomas recalls the life of our 37th president. william burr and jeffrey kimball report on the nixon administration's plan to use nuclear weapons to end the vietnam war in "nixon's nuclear specter." and tim wiener examines the causes of richard nixon's downfall in "one man against the world." also being released this week, hugh hewitt looks at the political ambition of hillary clinton in "the queen." in "getting real, fox news anchor gretchen carlson recounts her life and the challenges she's faced as a woman in broadcast television. garland tucker iii profiles 14 leaders who helped shape american conservativism in "conservative heroes." and in "unfair," law professor adam veratto examines what he claims are the hidden biases of the criminal justice system. look for the titles in this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> i'm reading several things right now. i'm reading "china shakes the world" by j

. >> evan thomas, talks about the victories and turmoil of richard nixon sunday night at 8:00 pacific on c-span's q&a. >> the confederate flag was still flying. on tuesday, the state's lawmakers agreed to begin discussing whether they should remove the flag. here is the debate before the south carolina senate. it's an hour snav. >> i believe on the disk is i believe house bill 4274, maybe. but what that does and i want to make sure we understand this. that resolution is drawn extremely narrow. we did that on purpose. that the only things that can be taken up pertains to the flag. they cannot deviate to some other area. that pertains to the flag the area that the flag flies in now. i feel like this senate needs to amend the senate resolution to the last to get to this most important issue and it's extremely important issue for our state. the world is watching us. i think -- and i say this. i believe that south carolina the state of south carolina has handled this situation as well as it could ever be handled. as i know you are, i'm extremely proud of the way our people handled this, in

. >> evan thomas, author of being nixon. the inner turmoil of richard nixon, focusing on the personal stories associated with our nation's 37th president. tonight on c-span's q and a. >> next and how -- next a house oversight hearing on breaches an employee records at the office of personnel management. the witnesses include the agency's director and opm's inspector general and chief information officer. so far two data breaches have been confirmed by the white house. estimates suggest 32 million current and former federal workers may have been affected. this year -- this hearing is under three hours. >>> morning. the oversight committee is coming to $529 billion, $529 billion is how much the federal government has spent on i.t. since 2008. roughly $277 million has been spent at the office of personnel management, roughly 80% of that money has been spent on legacy systems and we're in a situation here where the hurricane has come and gone and just now opm is wanting to board up the windows. that's what it feels like. this is

and this hurt him because his lashing out at enemies of course, is what destroyed him. >> evan thomas author of "mean mix on a man divided," talks about the victim riz and defeats of richard nixon focusing on the personal stories associated with our 37th president. that's on c-span's q&a. >> tonight on c-span3, a house hearing on the missing e-mails of former irs employee lois learner followed by a senate hearing on epa regulations on power plant emissions. then the head of the gay rights advocacy organization glad & look at future projects of the smithsonian institution. as part of the investigation of ira targetion of conservative groups, the inspector general examined how the e-mails of former irs employee lois learners with lost. investigators testified at a house oversight hearing that backup tapes containing the e-mails were erased in march of 2014. congressman jason chafis chairs this 2 hour 20 minute hearing. >>> committee on oversight will come to order and without objection the chair authorized to declare recess at any time. today's hearing is about the irs and the targets t

. -- evan thomas discusses his book about richard nixon. greta: we have emily badger, a correspondent with washington post and john prior with politico. go ahead with the first question. jon: i want to ask about the supreme court ruling in the housing case. using data analysis alone and set of a proven 10. what does that mean for your agency? are we going to see more aggressive breaking news cases? if you could just pick about that. julian: this has been just a tremendously important tool in ensuring communities can ensure themselves fair housing opportunities across the board whether it is race or disability or other protected classes. for hhud, we have been doing this for 40 years now. what it does do is it gives us certainty as we go forward with complaints that we can fully use this tool of impact, and we will use it. i believe in using it we will ensure that more people of different backgrounds have the kind of housing opportunity they ought to have in america. emily: it is not about getting it over discrimination, the kind of discrimi

at 11:00 q&a with evan thomas. on tuesday, we sat down with presidential candidate and republican senator rand paul of kentucky. he discussed his decision to become a doctor, his time in the senate, and why he wants to be present -- president. it is part of a series with potential and declared 20 16 candidates as part of our road to the white house coverage. we spoke with senator paul in his office on capitol hill. this interview is almost 25 minutes. >> senator rand paul, presidential candidate. i want to begin with your book, "taking a stand.'you city we need to -- you said we need to reduce areas of government beyond the scope of what was intended by the constitution. what needs to be cut? sen. paul: the shorter list is what doesn't need to be cut. in the 10th amendment, it says those powers delegated to the federal government, though is that are not are left to the people. you have article one, section eight, and it lists 17-19 functions. that is with the federal government should be doing, and little else. now

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. >> evan thomas author of "being nixon: a man divided" talks about the victories and defeats and into turmoil of richard nixon focusing on the personal stories associate with our nation's 37th president sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> on tuesday hillary clinton visited christ the king united church of christ in missouri to participate in a community meeting. she talked about the emanuel ame church in shootings in charleston, south carolina, as well as issues affecting minority communities. this is one hour 15 minutes. >> somehow i'm sure all of that is not for me. [laughter] [cheers and applause] just kidding. thank you for your patience, and it's either really hot in here or on having a hot flash either one could be the answer. we hope it will calm down just a little bit. we are still in a house of prayer. will you pause with me, please for a moment for prayer? gracious god we thank you for your presence and you people that are gathered in this place. our prayers, open our eyes that we might see. open our ears that we might hear, open our hearts that we

. >> evan thomas talks about the victories and defeats and inner turmoil of richard nixon focusing ond him or credit presidential candidate martin o'malley spoke recently about national security. the former maryland governor talks about his idea on homeland security. the event was hosted by the truman national security project in washington, d.c. this is one hour. fmr. gov. o'malley: thank you very much. when i left the pentagon in 2012, i said no to a lot of tempting -- but i said yes to the prospects of being part of the truman national security project and center for national policy. i did so because i thought then and convinced now this organization and its members throughout the country are dedicated to one thing -- making a difference. your political members are dedicated to making things happen while governing. your policy members are dedicated to strong, smart and principled approach to a national security p olicies. the returning veterans are applying your leadership values into the community. it is not often that all of those qualities can be embodied in one leader and that

. >> evan thomas author of "being nixon" talks about the inner turmoil of richard nixon focusing on the personal stories associated with our 37th president. sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> prior to california becoming a state in 1850 it was rolled by mexico. the majority of the population immigrated from that country including many with african ancestry. up next, professor carlos salomon talks about the history of california during the 19th century and the californios who lived in the region. in particular, he focuses on business and pio pico, pictured here who was the governor of alta california under mexican role. this was hosted by the california historical society and san francisco. >> welcome. my name is marie silva. i am the manuscript librarian at the california historical society. i also co-curated our 2014 exhibition. i am really excited about tonight's program. it is my great pleasure to introduce our speaker, dr. carlos salomon. he is an associate professor of ethnic studies at cal state east bay. he works on borderland studies and such. in the

. >> evan thomas talks about victories and defeats and inner turmoil of richard nixon. tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on q&a. >> mexico month author richard white presents a history of the transcontinental railroad. you draws -- mexico, -- next author richard white presented history of the transcontinental railroad. >> welcome to the meeting of the commonwealth club. you can find us on the internet. i am david kennedy, professor of history emeritus and codirector of the center for the american west at stanford university and your moderator for this program. this program is being presented with the california historical society. it is now my pleasure to introduce our distinguished guests, richard white, also a professor of history at stanford university and co-director at the bill lane center for the american west with me and the author of the new book "railroaded: the transcontinentals and the making of modern america." richard is got to be more precise, the margaret byrne professor of history at stanford or he has been since 1998. he previously taught at the unive

thomas evans converted to islam when he was 19 and came to fight alongside al shabaab four years ago. >> thousands of people have come to view the bodies. the air is thick with the stench. the reason the public viewing is going on so people can help in the identification but also to boost public confidence in the ability of security forces to zeal with al shabaab. symon's brother was shot dead during the attack in pecatoni. >> killed our loved ones last year. today we came to see for ourselves and now we go home feeling that we are being protected. >> reporter: government planned to carry out with -- government felt shabaab planned to carry out multiple attacks. >> on going we cannot relent, we can't sleep and we can't even say we are calling off the cooperation. >> esther could not bring herself to view the bodies, instead she came to the memorial plaque put up to honor those who died in last year's attack. her husband for 30 years was found in his car. catherine soy, al jazeera pecatoni somewhere. >> suicide bomb on motorcycles simultaneously attacked two buildings. one went off at

thomas evans converted to islam when he was 19 and came to fight alongside al shabaab four years ago. thousands have come to view the bodies. the air is thick with a stench. the government says the reason why this public viewing is going on is so people can help in the identification but also to boost public confidence in the ability of security forces to deal with al shabaab. symon's brother was shot dead during the fight in mpeketoni. >> people here did not believe the government was good enough to pursue those now we go home feeling that we have been protected. >> reporter: more than 50 gunmen floond carry out multiple attacks. these are gunmen who escaped into forest which stretches all the way into somalia. >> ongoing we cannot relent, we can't sleep and we can't even say that we are calling off the cooperation. >> esther could not view herself to view the bodies, instead she scale up to view the memorial put up. her husband of 30 years was killed had in his car. catherine soy mpeketoni. >> in daramaturu in yorbay state. the armed group boko haram has been behind similar attacks

. >> evan thomas talks about the inner -- victories and defeat and inner turmoil of richard nixon, the stories associated with our nation's 37th president. tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a. " >> coming up next, u.s. resolution's in the aftermath of south carolina's the deadly shooting at a church in charleston. that is followed by president obama delivering the eulogy at friday's funeral services for reverend clementa pinckney. host: we want to welcome you back. this has been a personal loss for you. guest: the reverend was my cousin on both sides of the family. jack leonard was our great great grandfather. his parents and my parents, grew up across the tobacco and cotton and corn fields from one another. and my brother, senator kent williams, was a colleague of clem, and he serves on the finance committee. they were very close. very close relationship. the stephenson's, howards williams so it was very personal. host: you were in friday in charleston. the president delivering a eulogy. your observations? guest: i was just moved by the president. i must tell you. you could tell