first up, here's political cartoonist gary trudeau. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. i had a feeling if we put on an event, even if it was at 4:00 in the afternoon on a monday, a lot of people would turn out, yeah, in august. i'm bradley graham, i'm the co-owner of politics & prose along with my wife, lissa muscatine, and thank you very much for coming. a few quick administrative notes, now would be a good time to turn off your cell phones or anything that might go beep. when we get to the q and a part of the session, we have one microphone stand there, and we'd ask that if you have a question, please step up to it. c-span, booktv is here, ask we're also recording -- and we're also recording, and we'd like to be able to pick up your question on the tape. and at the end of the session, you know, normally we ask people in the audience to fold up their chairs, but don't do that this time. [laughter] just leave them where they are and just form a line to the right of the table and snake it back there out to the street or wherever. [laughter] you know -- being very hopeful

gary trudeau talks about his ge" about the"yu use of donald trump as a character histone -- in his comic strips. the lessons u.s. president learned during their first years in office. new york city's impact on the union cranked on the civil war.and positive impacts on studying abroad. go to book tv.org for the complete we can schedule. with this year marking 15th anniversary of the september 11 2001 terror attacks, the smithsonian is putting together a special exhibit that will be open for just one day tomorrow. here is a preview. institution --on >> he is the curator for the national september 11: collection. we are looking at a collection of pieces. what are we looking at? >> we are looking at the september 11 collection. the collection represents all three of the attack sites. we have here shanksville, pennsylvania. and in the middle we have the pentagon. and on the far right we have the world trade center. >> how did you get these pieces? sentcent curators -- we curators to each one of the sites used after each of the attacks occurred. curators spent time looking at three specific fo

and i wanted to get my perspective on the events that shaped me and their lives as well. 7:45, gary trudeau book aboutis latest his use of donald trump as a character in his comic strip. douglas conant on the -- cohn on the lessons that presidents learned in office. go to book tv.org for the completely skip -- we can schedule -- weekend schedule. a discussion on the latest developments on the presidential campaign. from washington journal, this is one hour. about not going to talk campaign 2016 and our guests are a commentary writer for the national examiner and previously was a web editor and communication structure at the heritage foundation. also joined by zoe carpenter who is associate editor at the nation and previously worked at rolling stone magazine. thank you guys so much for being here. good morning. start with you, and this washington post poll that recently came out. it shows that hillary clinton has a pretty commanding lead when you look at the number of electoral votes and you look at the math. what is donald trump's path forward at this point? guest: i am not sure he really h

political cartoonist gary trudeau talks about his use of donald trump in his comic strip, and nadia lopez discusses her work as a principal at a stool in brooklyn, new york. plus, a look at the lessons u.s. presidents earn during their first year in office, how new york city was hurtful and helpful to the union you during the civil war, and the positive and negative aspects of studying abroad. now, that's just a few of the programs you'll see on booktv this weekend. for a complete television schedule, go to booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. it's television for serious readers. and now we kick off this weekend with a panel on history of civil rights. this is from last month's mississippi book festival. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome, everyone. i'm chris goodwin with the mississippi department of archives and history.f if you've not already, please silence your cell phones. welcome to the civil rights history panel number two. sponsored by the mississippi humanities council. we thank them, we also thank the mississippi legislature who lets us hold this book

gary trudeau discusses his comic strip and his use of donald trump as a character. then at 8:30 p.m., we sit down with senator jean shaheen to talk about the book that have influenced her life and career, and former attorney general alberto gonzalez joins booktv for "after words" program at 9:00 p.m. his new book is called "true faith and allegiance" about his time as attorney general in the george w. bush administration. and at 10:00 p.m., john volunteers done ba ryu details how new york city was helpful and hurtful to the union during the civil war restroom watch up our lineup at 11:00 p.m. with a lochte positive and negative aspects of studying abroad. that all happens tonight on c-span 2's booktv. >> thank you for being here. i want to thank -- we began collaborating maybe 20 years ago when we were each 12 years old. right? when i was doing the national black writers conference and max joined me. he is a good friend. my mentor, john oliver killins who cofounded the conference with me, idea to talk about long distance runners. he would say, you can make a sprint

begin agent 7:45 p.m., political cartoonist gary trudeau discusses his mock struck pie downs bury "and hissy of donald trump as character. then at 8:30 we sit down with senator jeanne she heaven that talked about the book that influence head lower and arrive, and former attorney general a alberto gonsales generals booktv for ore "after words" program at 9:00 p.m. his book is called "through faith and allegiance" about his time as attorney general in george w. bush administration. and at 10:00 p.m., john strauss beau details how new york city was both helpful and hurtful to the union during the civil war. we wrap up our sunday primetime lineup at 11:00 p.m. with a along at the positive and negative aspects of studying abroad. that all happens tonight on c-span 2's booktv. >> next on boar "after words" protect you hear from rosa brooks discussing her book, "how everything became war and he military became away. "she exams he change in how america fights wars and the growing role of the u.s. military in ongoing conflicts. >> well, it's great to be here with you and to discuss this book, w

you'll hear from political cartoonist gary trudeau and his use of donald trump as a character in his comic strip, doonesbury. and nadia lopez discusses her work as a principal at a school in brooklyn, new york. plus, a look at the lessons u.s. presidents learn during their first year in office, how new york city was helpful and hurtful to the union during the civil war and the positive and negative aspects of studying abroad. now, that's just a few of the programs you'll see this weekend on booktv. for a complete television schedule, go to booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. >> next, a look at the fight for 15 wage movement with service employees international union vice president david rolf. >> hello, everybody, welcome. i am so, so happy to see you. good evening. >> good evening. >> good evening. thank you, good evening. i know. hopefully, everyone has enjoyed some wine and some food x this is a lovely, lovely room this evening. so it's not every day that we get these kinds of moments to pause, to ten back and reflect -- to

you'll hear from political cartoonist gary trudeau and his use of donald trump as a character in hiscomic strip, doonesbury. and nadia lopez discusses he

eastern, political cartoonist gary trudeau discusses his latest book, huge. thirty years of doonesbury on trump about his use of donald trump with his comic strip. plus douglas on the lessons u.s. presidents learned during the first years in office. john on new york city's impact on the civil war. i'm a grim elbow on the positive and negative aspects of studying abroad. go to book tv.org tv.org for the complete we can schedule. >> now, conversation on the congressional agenda with new york congressman tom reed, from, from "washington journal", this is 35 minutes.tom reed >> joining us now is a congressman tom reed, republican from new york state.. he is a donald trump supporter and is here to talk about that.s as well as congress's agenda, thank you for joining us this morning. t >> thank you for having me on. i appreciate it. >> up first, the republican are in a conference later this morning to talk about the strategy

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eastern, gary:45 trudeau discusses his next book, e!"g he speaks in washington, d.c..as combs on the lessons the u.s. presidents learn in their first year of presidency. john straw spot and greg lake malvo -- john straw small and gregory malvo. sunday march the 15th anniversary of september 11 and c-span's live coverage of the events begins at 7:00 a.m. eastern during washington journal where you can join the conversation. join presidente obama live for a moment of silence at the white house. go to0 a.m. eastern we the september 11 memorial at the pentagon with remarks from president obama and at 10:00 we will be at the flight 93 national memorial. we were returned to new york for the remainder of that ceremony. the 15th anniversary of september 11 on c-span, the c-span radio app, and c-span.org. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us now is anthony center forfrom the strategic and international studies. he was the national security assistant to senator john mccain of the armed services committee, and director of intelligence assessment at the awkward -- off

tried as he is wants to do, striking back at gary by calling "doonesbury" overrated or asserting most people don't comprehend the strip. for his part, garry trudeau couldn't resist. he says in the preface of his book, ignoring trump's comedy malpractice. there is a book titled alcatel featuring trump -- farenthold of -- much about trump hasn't changed, he once regarded as harmless buffoonery is now dangerously symptomatic. a few brief biographical facts, "doonesbury" started 36 years ago in 1975, the first comics trip artist to go pulitzer, several times since. also won numerous other awards, theater and tv and called the most influential editorial cartoonist of his time. latest gentlemen, please welcome garry trudeau, farenthold of. [applause] >> those who come here, and here most authors speak, is this not on? i will speak a little louder. it is on? most of you who are regulars here are accustomed to hearing authors read from their books. that would not be a treat in my case, reading comic strips is pretty hard. what i thought i would do is read the preface from the book and explain to you how i had this peculiar relationship with mister trump.

trudeau. so david, what does this mean, though, for gary johnson?s hard for me to think that that's going to impact his vote. but i don't know. it's hard. >> i think right now he, you know, is probably getting some traction or some support because he is not hillary clinton. he is not donald trump. he is doing very well with millennials, which is why i mentioned that a moment ago. in some polls he is placing second amongst millennial voters after hillary clinton and above donald trump. but i do think he needs a good look at. i don't think he wants to have the government help young people with college debt or college tuition since he is a libertarian. i mentioned his climate change position. and i tend to think as people look at him more closely and see answers like this, his support is probably not likely to grow. but might diminish. >> david corn, who is running first with millennials who watch this program. david, thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> chris matthews himself in person will join brian williams tonigh