. >> next on booktv's "after words," former "wall street journal" writer and editor george malone describes the paper's role in shaping america in his book, "free people, free markets." he's interviewed by rana foroohar, financial times associate editor. >> host: so thanks so much for being here, george. it's a pleasure to be discussing

on "after words," george malone describes the paper's role in shaping america. >> the journal supported the federal exchange act, again with the idea that this would stabilize money at that point. local banks could issue money against gold that they supposedly had in their v ault. they created a national currency, the journal supported that, but in the 1920's, they began to have second thoughts. announcer: for more of this weekend schedule, go to booktv.org. defense secretary james mattis held a joint news conference with the ukrainian president into yet today. secretary mattis said the u.s. will continue to put pressure on russia in living up to its commitment to withdraw troops from ukrainian territory. this is about 25 minutes. it is great that you would come to ukraine for the celebration of independence day. today we have this symbolic meeting. your participation today in the military parade, with our allies come together with ukrainian , marched invicemen the parade, testifies our unity and our solidarity. i'm still under the impression after our meeting on american soil as for th

. >> and then george malone is interviewed by "financial times" global business columnist. just but the journal supported -- >> the journal supported the exchange act, with the idea that it would stabilize money. their regularuld currency with golden their vote. they supported a national currency. but in the 1920's, they have second thoughts. [laughter] >> for more of the schedule, go to booktv.org. this weekend on american history tv on c-span3 -- tonight at 10 p.m. eastern on warl america," the department some "don't be a about hate speech. >> i'm an average american, but i'm an american american. some things i see in this country make my blood boil. i see people with foreign accents making all the money. i seenegros holding jobs before holding jobsegros before me and you. what is going to come of me and you? presidency,"he herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> 34 days before the election, coolidge gave hoover an extraordinarily if use of public endorsement in a prearranged evoked sensational new

this weekend on afterwards wall street journal writer and former editorial editor george malone offers his thoughts on his publication's influence. >> very strongly believes in free markets and free people, which was very unpopular with the thousands call minors. he wrote an editorial defending the so call minors. money on mining stocks and that sort of things, workers have just as much right to organize as investors who organize business corporations so that was one of the points i make in the book is that kind of philosophy, fundamental philosophy has carried on pretty much through the history of the wall street journal. .. >> you can watch all previous shows on our website, booktv.org. >> [inaudible conversations] >> good evening. [applause] >> good evening. my name is tom campbell of the regulator bookshop and we are thrilled to welcome nancy maclean here this evening for this marvelous

on afterwards, former wall street journal writer and editor george malone describes the paper's role in shaping america. .s interviewed act, thederal exchange idea that this would stabilize money. local banks could issue money against gold. in their vault. they created a national currency then inrting that, but the 1920's, began to have second thoughts. >> for more on this weekend bus schedule go to book tv.org. >> washington journal continues. host: we want to welcome back matt schlapp. good friday morning. guest: good to be with you but it is not good friday. host: let me begin with the sentence and finish it if you would. guest: unchartered. we have never been here before. we have never elected a president who had such shallow roots with a party. maybe jimmy carter was similar but he is been elected governor of georgia. congress and the president don't see eye to eye. host: why's he going after the people he needs the most. or does he need them? guest: he does need them but they also need the president. if you look at everyone of the senators who have had a skirmish with the presi

and this weekend on afterwards, wall street journal writer and former editorial page editor george malone offers thoughts on his publications influence. >> charles is a very -- very strongly believed in free market and free people that's why he wrote an editorial which i'm sure was very unpopular at the time this were 100,000 coal miners out of the work they were on strike. and he wrote an a editorial defending the coal miners which probably wasn't terribly popular on wall street. [laughter] money on mining stocks all of that sort of something but defending their rights that workers have just as much right to organize as investors did to organize business corporation. so that was one of the points i make in the book is that's kind of a lost day. just to kind of fundamental fit that's carried on pretty much through the history of the wall street journal that's pretty much where the editors are today defending markets. as the journal today defends the parade, trade agreement. and defending people we've had to do when over many years of defending people against the various attorneys of the w

on "after words" "wall street journal" writer and editor george malone describes the papers wrote in shaping america. he is interviewed by global business columnist and associate editor. >> the journal supported the federal exchange act again with the idea that this would stabilize money at that point. local banks could issue money against gold that they had in their vaults. it created national currency but then in the 1920s they began to have second thoughts. next to look at the impact of government policies and regulations on poverty. economists and policy experts argue that occupational licensing and efforts to eliminate payday loans have a negative impact on low income americans. held by the heritage foundation, this is an hour.

in the coming weeks on afterwards wall street journal writer and editor george malone will offer hiss publication's influence. mark levin warned against federal government expansion. this weekend on afterwards former breitbart editor milo your novelist explores limits on freedom of speech. >> i met journalist and practiced journalism and five countries and american journalists are by clear margin the dumbest people in the world. people with yous of 95 interviewing those of us with interviews -- just not capable of understanding subtlety or nuance. where they detect it they use it to quote racism. anything ambiguous. for me, trolling is about sweeping away all concerns about what people might say about your think about you safe in the knowledge that if you tell the truth and do it in an entertaining way that you will win more fans than the media has made enemies for you. i am proof of that, donald trump is proof of that, there are plenty of other people in the new right movement on the internet who are proof of that. with the exception of the president i am the biggest personality in

on afterwards, former wall street journal writer and editor george malone describes his role in shapingamerica. >> the journal supported the federal exchange act, again with the idea that this would stabilize money of local banks issue money. well they created a national currency, the journal supported that but then in the 1920s they began to have second thoughts. >> for more of this weekend schedule go to booktv.org. but to be visited capitol hill test members of congress with their reading the summer. >> there's three books on my reading list. the first is the path which is about chinese philosophy and then history books that look not just at the history of mankind but also the future that's the sapiens. >> what information did you learn from reading and how have you applied that to your job? >> i'm still working through the book. release the history of the future. it's a fascinating account of where we have been in the past, how are species became the dominant species on earth in a look at what the future has in store for us particularly with incredible advances in technology. very i

. >> next on booktv's "after words," former "wall street journal" writer and editor george malone describes the paper's role in shaping america in his book, "free people, free markets." he's interviewed by rana foroohar, financial times associate editor. >> host: so thanks so much for being here, george. it's a pleasure to be discussing your new book, "free people, free markets." i have to say one of the most interesting things about this book, to me, is its breadth, aha you've got such -- that you've got such a long time period that you're talking about. "the wall street journal" was started in, remind me, what year again? >> guest: 1889. >> host: right. a few years after the financial times, where i work. same era -- >> yours started in london, and ours started in new york. >> host: exactly. and you're the home team. [laughter] i want to come back, because i think the parallels between that era and this era are interesting and something i think a lot about as a business journalist. first off, i want to just note a point of connection we both have, we're both from indiana -- >> guest: exac

. >> then on after words, george malone describes the paper's role in shaping america. he's interviewed by financial times global business columnist and associate editor rana faruhar. >> the journal supported the federal exchange act, again, with the idea that it would stabilize money and local banks can issue money against gold that they had in their vaults and they created a national currency and the journal supported that, but then in the 1920s began to have second thoughts. >> for more on this weekend's schedule go to book tv.org. >> the massachusetts historical society looked at john quincy adams views on slavery and how they evolved with readings of his own writings. we'll hear from matthew mason, auth are on of john quincy adams and the politics of slavery. this is just over an hour. >> a remarkable historical figure and central to almost any academic study of the late 19th to mid -- excuse me, late 18th to mid-19th century and based on the diary that john quincy adams had to matthew mason are here to talk about their book selections from their diary. this book w

"wall street journal" writer and editor george malone will offer his thoughts on his publications influence. and this weekend on afterwards, arizona senator jeff flake calls for a return to the core principles of conservativism. >> i remember sitting on the floor at one point with mike pence and he said sometimes after we have presented with the president still no child left behind, which for conservatives a think tank conservative that was federal intrusion into local education and that was not good for conservatives on. mics that i feel sometimes like we are minute men called up to the battlefront only to be told the revolution is older. [laughter] >> so there we were and we had to vote on prescription drug benefits, which added about $7 trillion in unfunded liability and didn't think that was very conservative. than republicans engaged in just horrible types of spending as well, your american euro was fully underway. 2001 to 2006 and we really lost our way and because we could not claim that we were fiscally conservative anymore and mean that was thrown out the window with all this spend

. >> former wall street journal writer and editor george malone describes the paper's role in shaping america and is interviewed by financial times columnist and associate editor. >> the journal supported the federal exchange act, again, with the idea this will stabilize money. and at that point, local banks could issue money against gold supposedly. well, it created a national currency, the journal reported that. but then in the 1920's it began to have second thoughts. [laughter] announcer: for more on the schedule, go to book tv.org. announcer: the center for immigration studies held a discussion on the court backlog of immigration cases. former immigration judge it talks about the increase in the number of cases and this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning. kian, i'ms mark crekor the executive director of the center for immigration studies. a think tank in washington that examines and critiques the impact of immigration on the united states. the issue of immigration courts and the back loss in immigration -- backlogs in immigration courts has broken somewhat into the g

. >> then on after words, george malone describes the paper's role in shaping america. he's interviewed by financial times global business columnist and associate editor rana faruhar. >> the journal supported the federal exchange act, again, with the idea that it would stabilize money and local banks can issue money against gold that they had in their vaults and they created a national currency and the journal supported that, but then in the 1920s began to have second thoughts. >> for more on this weekend's schedule go to book tv.org. >> the massachusetts historical society looked at john quincy adams views on slavery and how they evolved with

. >> former wall street journal writer and editor george malone describes the paper's role in shaping america and is interviewed by financial times columnist and associate editor. >> the journal supported the federal exchange act, again, with the idea this will stabilize money. and at that point, local banks could issue money against gold supposedly. well, it created a national currency, the journal reported that. but then in the 1920's it began to have second thoughts. [laughter]

on afterw george malone -- >> the journal supported the federal exchange act. again, with the idea that this would stabilize local banks so they could issue money against gold they supposedly had in their vaults. increase at a national currency. the journal supported that. -- it created a national currency. weekend'se of this schedule, go to booktv.org. roadspan's voices from the at the national conference of state legislators summit in boston asking attendees what is your most important issue to your state? >> what is really important to our state is that washington makes sure we maintain health care for the elderly. if we replace obamacare, we replace it with something smarter. >> property tax. because of the fast real estate areerty, rural farmers struggling to pay the high property tax. thedo we balance that with needs for our schools? i'm on the appropriations committee. that's one of the issues we are dealing with right now. the most important issue facing our constituents today is unfortunately the opiate crisis. children are the collateral damage. one d

on "after words," george malone describes the paper's role in shaping america. >> the journal supported the federal exchange act, again with the idea that this would stabilize money at that point. local banks could issue money against gold that they supposedly had in their v ault. they created a national currency, the journal supported that, but in the 1920's, they began to have second thoughts. announcer: for more of this weekend schedule, go to booktv.org. announcer:

announcer: at 9:00 p.m., former wall street journal writer and actor george malone is interviewed by a financial times global analyst. >> the federal exchange act again, with the idea that this would stabilize money at that point, local banks could issue money against gold. it in theirdly had vault. it created a national currency. the 1920's, they began to have second thoughts. [laughter] announcer: for more this weekend's schedule, go to book tv.org. >> c-span's voices from the road at the national conference of state legislatures summit in boston, asking attendees, what is the most important issue to your state? >> what is really important to our state is that washington makes sure we maintain health care for the poor, the elderly, and the infirm. we have to make sure if we replace obamacare, we replace it with something smart and reasonable. >> and an issue that we really are struggling with right now is property tax. the fast increase in real estate property, particularly in rural areas, farmers are struggling to pay very high property tax. how do we balance that with what is goi