don't know you, all three people out there, you are the distinguished professor of economics at george masonndicated columnist, author, numerous books and essays and so forth, libertarian/classical liberal i would say and of course you write for townhall and hundreds of newspapers across america. let's jump right into this. let's start with fundamentals. let's start with the basics. how would you define liberty? >> i do find it as people being able to engage in peaceable, voluntary exchange without interference by others , and typically down through mankind history, liberty is not a normal state of affairs. that is throughout mankind history if you've been subject to arbitrary abuse and control by others and so the amount of liberty that americans have and perhaps western europe as well is relatively rare in humankind and, i think the danger we face is that some historians may be 200 yearsom ne says look, the normal state of affairs is arbitrary abuse and control of others, and there's this little tiny curiosity where a relatively few people have a large amount of liberty for a short amount

let's go live now to quite a leap a career cabrera associate professor of political science at george mason university welcome to the program i surprised at the scope of these latest sanctions. well i am not never surprised because you know when a slave to such an important country in terms of oil production and the united states is not have leverage over over those resources and now and it is very interesting how the country has been the by the over so many things democrats and president trump and his republican party have been really divided but with these issues they ignited again is very interesting and very important to see how important it is venezuela for the united states and the intervention of this country in the minutes well and matters is this is is very very interesting. these new sanctions they come after the arrest of 6 american oil executives in venezuela . could this have been a contributing factor do you think sorry could that have been a contributing factor. yeah i mean it's it it was got i mean these sanctions will go on and on and on until until really. you know one way

he's a political analyst and also a public policy professor at george mason university bill this has undoubtedly been a huge mess and i was not only the coding error that caused all this but the way that that that the that the democratic party itself has dealt with it how damaging is this for them going forward. well it's slightly damaging but we'll see what happens is a long primary season ahead alan fischer was correct no one comes out of this with any real momentum in fact his only negative momentum and that's for joe biden who had a disappointing 4th place finish 4th place finish bernie sanders was expected to have a big win he didn't mayor pete did very well he did surprisingly well better than expected but it's going to be very difficult for him to be able to claim the nomination well as we were saying earlier a lot of the verses in iowa when making their decision seemingly based on electability and as we were just saying that joe biden coming a distant 4th is this the beginning of the end for him especially as his entire campaign is basically premised on his electability it's

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we are joined by frank luckily, george mason university buckley,ssor, -- frank george mason university law professor. what you base that on? guest: i moved here from canada and went through all this before and i remember how would one point this was something that no one talked about and then a few years later we are having a referendum and nearly passes. countryn a very divided , in many ways it resembles the country a left and you begin to wonder whether or not we might just be better off with two separate countries. it's not what i want. i feel a little bill of the skunk of the garden party. all these people talking about great presidents and here i am talking of a breakup. ultimately i'm not arguing for secession. i'm saying it's a real threat and we should think about that. maybe turn down the volume a bit. host: a passage from your book, we are less united today than we have been at any time since the civil war divided by politics, religion and culture and all the ways that matter say for the naked force a law. we are already divided into two nations just as much as 1861. describ

george mason prophetically asked the founders to wrestle with the concept of impeachment at the constitutional convention saying, i quote, shall any man be above justice. the founders answered that question with a resounding no. the constitution made clear that any federal officers, even the president, would be subject to impeachment and removal. no one, no one, no one is above the law. this was seen as the ultimate safeguard, and it's only been invoked twice before in american history. this is the third. i sat in this very spot and listened to the evidence presented honoring my oath to be objective. and based on the evidence that was presented in hour after hour after hour of presentations, i've concluded that the president, donald john trump, is guilty of committing high crimes and misdemeanors against the united states of america, against the people. i believe he abused the awesome power of his office for personal and political gain to pressure a foreign power to interfere in the most sacred institution of our democracy -- our elections. he then engaged in a concerted far-reaching and categ

he's a political analyst and public policy professor at george mason university the plenty to talk about tonight let's start with kimberly left off that i see going into tonight's state of the union president trump's approval rating is a personal best 49 percent presumably it's the economy that's driving them. that's right now the economy has given him a real boost and that's what he's going to talk about he's going to talk about his record you know the state of the union speech is not a campaign rally healy enjoys campaign rallies where he's surrounded by adoring supporters here half the room will be republicans who are many of them adoring supporters the other half the room will be very sullen they probably will be respectful some may not even show up but it will be a very mixed audience and in the past when he's given a state of the union those speeches have been mostly kind of dull and not memorable because they don't sound like what people know trip president trump enjoys which is poking his opponents in to sort of thing he does on twitter. i recall that bill clinton had to give a s

when george mason proposed adding the term maladministration to the clause during the constitutional convention, the framers rejected the proposal because as madison pointed out, the term is too vague and would be the equivalent during pleasure of the senate. the founders recognized that without safeguards, impeachment degenerated into a weapon to be used to overturn elections in one faction or another decided it didn't like the president, that's what the founders split the impeachment power. as a final check the founders required two thirds supermajority vote to remove a president from office, all of these things, madam president, show how seriously the founders regarded removing a duly elected president. theif he intended it as an extre remedy to be used only in very grave circumstances, and i do not believe the charges to house was leveled against the president meet that high bar. the house managers presentation that stretched over 22 hours included testimony from more than a dozen witnesses. we also heard from the house managers more than 16 hours of question from senators about

when george mason proposed adding the term maladministration two impeachment clause during the ntconstitutional convention the framers rejected the proposal because as medicine pointed out the term was too vague and would be equivalent to a 10 year at the pleasure of the senate. the foundersog recognized that without safeguards impeachment could quickly degenerate into a political weapon to be used to overturn elections in one or the other decided they didn't like the president to that'snt what e founders took the impeachment power giving the house the sole authority to impeach and the senate the sole authority to try impeachment. in a final check the founders required two-thirds supermajority vote in the senate remove a president from office. a president from all of these things madam president shows how seriously the founders regarded removing a duly elected president. they intended it as an extreme remedy to be used only in very grave circumstances. i do not believe the charges the houses leveled against the president meet that high bar. the house managers was including testimony from more t

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she has a phd from george mason university.he has been featured on the history channel, in pr, and other media outlets. this afternoon, rebecca will be discussing her new book "rescue ica's unknown efforts to save the jews of eu rope. of a mans the story york,n the board in new with work that included recruiting spies, generally prudent money to underground organizations. they saved tens of thousands of lives. with her magisterial research, rebecca brings to life the little-known story of this formative moment and the young government lawyers who made it happen. and caucus reviews called it " framework of scholarly detection. detection." ladies and gentlemen. rebecca erbelding. [applause] thank you so: much. i have them working on this for a decade. a product of the holocaust museum, for whom i work. this is my work. this is a really big day and i'm grateful for all of you sharing with me. begins on theard" first full weekend in may 1942 france.ternment camp in ross is watching the first two partitions of from france, north to

george mason university professor examines the possibility in the union. put some prize-winning journalist look on issues facing the working-class and rural america. and they argue on the focus on what is bad. it all begins at 6:45 p.m. eastern, trigger program guide for more information.

. >> and then at 9:00 p.m., george mason university professor, examines the possibility of states exitinghis book, americans at succession. it. >> every morning the washington post arrives at my doorstep and it seems to me like a fresh argument for this is it just drips with contempt on the other side, there is a lot of that. i think what is missing understanding of people with very different points of view. >> is an opening p.m. eastern afterwards, both surprised winning journalists, report on the issues facing the working class in rural america in the book, tight rope. third interviewed by oregon, small towns around america in the rural areas around america, people are walking on a tight rope. in one myth, and the fall, there is no facing it. >> over the last 50 years, we have vastly overdone it. you become obsessed with this personal responsibility narrative we need people who fall off of the tight rope, watch others kevin, buckley, nicholas, and cheryl, this weekend on the tv. i "c-span2". >> next we had to the national governors association and the winter meeting in washington dc. go

and george mason university professor fh berkeley examines the possibility of states exiting the union that all starts tonight at 7:15 p.m. eastern, here on booktv. check your program guide for more information. ... lead. >> welcome. the scheduling of this book and panel is certainly timely given the rising crisis with iran. we will get to that subject eventually, but the book entitled "seven pillars" and the discussion is to look more broadly and deeply at the drivers of instability of the middle from yemen to syria to iraq and now with iran

his stomach then at 9:00 p.m., george mason university professor examines the possibility of state exitinge union in his book, americans succession. >> every morning the washington post arrives on my doorstep, and just groups with contempt on the other side, there is a lot of that. i think what is missing is intolerance and an understanding of people with very different points of view. >> and sunday and 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, report on the issues facing the working class in rural america in the book, tight rope. and interviewed by oregon democratic senator jeff merkley. >> the small towns around america in the rural areas, around america, people are walking on a tight rope. and one missing they follow. over the last six years, we have vastly redundant. we have become kind of that success with this narrative. if for the people who fall off of the tight rope. if. >> watch authors kevin buckley nicholas and cheryl. this weekend on book tv, on "c-span2". ♪ ♪ june a saturday, at 6:00 p.m. eastern, with the results of the nevada caucuses. precinct results, candidate speeches from joe b

for more on what that means is the founder of the national security institute at george mason law and former senior advisor to the house intelligence committee. he comes to us from washington. thanks for your time and for joining us. what went wrong last night and what can be done to fix it? >> we don't know a lot yet, but we know there is an app the precinct leaders were given to transmit the result back up the county level and then from the county to the state party and at some part of that process broke down. the results did not get there. they were inconsistent. what they have done is as of 3:00 they were sending staff to every county. there were 99 counties in iowa. i was out there in 2004 working on the reelection campaign of president bush, and it is a lot of territory to cover, a lot of individual precincts to collect the individual ballots and the cards and match them up against the totals they have. when they report the results, it will be very late, i'm not sure we will get them today, that there very accurate. we talked earlier about the political ramifications, but fundam

in this same city stands the george washington masonic national memorial, reminding this great nationt this war might have been lost without his steadfast leadership. memorial chapel and bell tower at valley forge is a shrine to george washington and his soldiers. a militarytrained as tactician to do memorable things in the face of overwhelming odds. it is no wonder that a life such as this has resulted in myths, fables, and fantasies that have made him a superman. but he was instead a real man of iron will, capable of anger and love, dedication and despair, this appointment and -- disappointment and devotion. the mark of the man can be seen at valley forge. he knew that somehow he would have to keep alive a starving army. the victory that led to the america of today. indeed, was the courage that made a nation. ♪ to help educate foreign harry s truman, president of the united states.

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welcome now an expert on election security, jameel jaffer, from day university of george mason.me back. that mr. o'brien is right and that the brief is right, in that there was not specific intelligence that the russians were not doing this to buttrump are reelected, there is evidence that they are interfering, and there is evidence that they are interfering, and generally they like president trump? jameel: it is exactly right that we know the russians have been interfering in our election since the last cycle. they are interested in causing discord in the american body politic. on top of that, but we have heard in a new reports is they think president trump is somebody they can work with, is approachable to them. we also see what is happening that senator sanders. what is clear is the russians are supporting both sides, trying to create a problem within our system, undermine the validity of our elections, the trust in our law and institutions. david: you and i have talked before, there are two sources of election security, what is tampering with the election process, how the vo

and george mason university professor fh berkeley examines the possibility of states exiting the union. that all starts tonight at 7:15 p.m. eastern, here on booktv. check your program guide for more information. ... lead. >> welcome. the scheduling of this book and panel is certainly timely given the rising crisis with iran. we will get to that subject eventually, but the book entitled "seven pillars" and the discussion is to look more broadly and deeply at the drivers of instability of the middle from yemen to syria to iraq and now with iran the region more than ever seems in a permanent state of turmoil and it's become and land of endless wars. despite decades of intense and often well-meaning american attention. u.s. policy had more often than not been a failure. more often than not is too kind. if one accepts that the basic aim was to foster stability and a better life for the people of the region. of course the ones ultimately responsible ot of questions about whether the united states should continue to be engaged in the region and if so, how. in this regard, the editors of seve

when george mason and james madison debated the specific language of the impeachment clause, mason stated, and i quote, why is the provision restrained to treason and bribery only? treason as defined in the constitution will not reach many great and dangerous offenses. hastings is not guilty of treason. attempts to subvert the constitution may not be treason as above defined, end of quote. mason then moved to add after bribery or maladministration to which madison replied, and i quote, so vague a term will be equivalent to a tenure during pleasure of the senate, end of quote. the framers knew what they were adopting when they chose high crimes and misdemeanors. they explicitly rejected maladministration and other vague terms in favor of more specific allegations which had a limited and technical meaning. in the first article of impeachment before the senate, the question is whether abuse of power as a charge on its own is an impeachable offense. the answer is no. abuse of power does not have a limited meaning and is as vague as maladministration. the framers actually discussed abuse of po

george mason's concern that a president may frequently pardon crimes which were advised by himself.n in some future day, he said, that he'll establish a monarchy and destroy the republic. while the federal judge association is calling an emergency meeting to talk about interventions. make no mistake, we are watching the president abuse his pardoning powers and laying the ground work for more. this is the opposite of draingr. and that's your reality check. >> every president has had controversial pardons. obama, clinton, you can go back and look at them. but to your point of the opposite about draining the swamp. does anyone care about draining the swamp anymore? >> i think you can say donald trump never did, but yes, corruption is traditionally something that undermines administrations that have flirted with it too much. this is normalizing corruption. this is really beyond hypocrisy. this is dangerous stuff. they need to call him on it, particularly people in his party. >> stand by on that one. thanks. >>> soon we are going to hear from the family of one of the most prominent names

rebecca has the phd in american history from george mason workrsity and she and her have been profiled in "the washington post," on the history channel, npr, and other media outlets. this afternoon rebecca will be discussing her new book, "rescue board, the untold american efforts to save the jewish people of europe. europe." it tells a little-known story about the organization of the war refugee board in 1944. the agency mobilized diplomats, smugglers, relief workers, bureaucrats in a dozen countries across four consonants, involving forging identity papers, recruiting spies, leaking news, channeling food and money to underground organizations. they saved tens of thousands of lives. her olson says that with magisterial research, "she brings to life the little-known gripping transformative story of this moment in american city and the crusading young government lawyers made it happen. they call the book a fine work of scholarly detection." ladies and gentlemen, rebecca erbelding. [applause] ms. erbelding: first of all, i'm incredibly excited to be here. when i talk about it, this is no

p.m., george mason university professor fh buckley discusses the possibility of states exiting the union in "american secession." >> it just drips with contempt on the others. there's a lot of that. is ank what is missing tolerance and understanding of people with very different points of view. >> sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern ds," the issues facing the working class in america in "tight rope." people, especially in the small towns around america, and the rural areas around america, people are walking on a tight rope. if they fall, there's no safety net. weover the past 50 years, have become obsessed with the personal responsibility narrative, blaming the people who fall off the tightrope for the catastrophes that follow. >> watch the authors this two -- on tv on c-span on book tv on c-span2. >> the candidates be all the talking points are only revealed over time, but since you can't be everywhere, there is c-span. our campaign 2020 program differs from all over political coverage for one simple reason. it's c-span. you your unfiltered view of government every day since 1979, and today we

. >> at 9:00 p.m., george mason university professor fh buckley examines the possibility of states exiting the union. >> every morning, the washington post arrives at my doorstep and it seems like a fresh argument for secession.it drips with contempt on the others. there's a lot of that. athink what's missing is tolerance and understanding of people with very different points of view. >> and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "afterwards," alerts or prize-winning journalists report on the issues facing the working-class and rural america in their book "tight rope." they are interviewed by oregon democratic senator jeff merkley. >> many people, especially in the small towns around america and the rural areas, people are walking on a tight rope. one miss and they fall. there's no safety net. >> over the last 60 years, we have vastly overdone it.we have become obsessed with this personal responsibility narrative, blaming the people who fall off the tight rope for the catastrophes that follow. this weekend on book tv on c-span2. during this election season, the candidates beyond the talking points

p.m., a george mason professor acknowledges the possibility of state exiting the union. >> every morning, the washington post arrived at my doorstep and it seems like a fresh argument for secession. it drips with contempt on the other side. missing is a tolerance, an understanding of people with very different points of view. a pulitzery, prize-winning journalist reports on the issues facing the class on -- case of working-class issues. >> especially in the people in the small towns, people are walking on a tightrope. one miss and the fall, there is no safety net. >> we have become sort of obsessed with personal responsibility narrative. >> watch the authors on book tv on c-span2.

coming up monday morning, author and george mason university professor buckley contemplates the breakupf the u.s. in his new book. as part of museum we, we will be live from mount vernon or will talk about george washington and the presidency with the president and ceo of george washington's mount vernon. watch live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. be sure to watch washington journal all this week for using them week. tuesday morning, we will explore the national museum of the marine corps. >> monday, president's day, on book tv, discussions on u.s.-china relations, reforming journalism, and start in san francisco. starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern, condoleezza rice discusses u.s.-china relations in the 21st century. >> there are those that believed that by the integration of china into the international economy we can begin to see the liberalization of chinese politics. you said earlier that the expectation had been cooperative should -- cooperation when china. i actually think it was integration with china. now you see frustration with that. >> then, the book reforming journalism. >> we d

the new hampshire primary bill schneider is a political analyst and a public policy professor at george mason university he's joining us now from washington d.c. as always thanks very much for joining us on al-jazeera. we were talking to our correspondent patty call hain earlier on she was saying that the impression that they're getting in new hampshire is that the democrats are primarily focused on simply finding somebody who is did it will be able to get donald trump out of office but do you think that the democrats are going to be able to unite ahead of the election in order to be able to achieve some sort of united front. well they weren't united in new hampshire they were split between the very liberal part of the section of the party which favors bernie sanders and the more moderate democrats who basically want to be trump one a candidate who can unite the party unite the country but they are split between amy klobuchar who came on strong in new hampshire and mayor mayor people who is competing with her for the moderate vote so yeah democrats want to be trump but they are very divided a

according to a recent poll conducted by yale and george mason university, 83% of democrats and 53% ofependents say global warming should be a very high or high priority for the president and congress. when asked to choose that you are most important issue, global warming is the number one most important issue for liberal democrats and number five among moderate and conservative democrats. but the absence of climate change debate questions was especially surprising because the city they were debating in, charleston, is right now facing a grave threat from flooding and rising sea levels. msnbc correspondent cal perry is in charleston tonight with the story. last time i was in charleston was when hurricane florence hit. and charleston floods fast and floods often. >> reporter: yeah, you know, the local paper here was talking about that debate saying if we're not going to have a conversation about climate change here and now, when are we going to have that conversation? this is a city that lies on average about five feet above sea level, some of it is below sea level, so the conversation

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looks at the leadup to the revolutionary war, we address white supremacy and racial injustice, george mason university professor f.h. buckley examines the possibility of states exiting the union, nicholas kris of and shea lin dunn report on issues facing the mid clals in rural america, that all begins at 6:45 p.m. eastern. check your program guide for more information. >> become tv sits down -- booktv sits down with members of congress to discuss the books they're reading. here's what congresswoman abigail spanberger, a democrat from virginia, had to say. >> i have a tendency t

om>> we are joined by frank buckley, back at our desk george mason university law professor author of his latest book "american secession" the looming threat of national breakup". you argue in this book that secession is a lot closer than we think in today's america, woody-based argument on? >> partly it's my experience. i moved here from canada and i went to all of this before and i remember at one point this was something nobody talked about and a few years later we are having referendum and it nearly passes. when a very divided country. in many ways it resembles the country i left. he began to wonder whether or not we might not just be better off with two separate countries.it's not what i want, actually i feel a little bit like the skunk in ofthe garden party, all these people have been talking about great presidents and hearing them talk you out of breakup. ultimately i'm not arguing for secession it's just the opposite i'm saying it's a real threat and we should think about that. maybe turn down the volume a little bit. >> a passage from your book we are less united today than w

make a german mayor he's an associate professor in the sorry school of policy in government and george mason university who's joining us via skype from arlington virginia hi thanks for speaking to us on the news hour so let's look at joe biden for a moment he's gotten a lot of support from the african community african-american community in south carolina so realistically can he lose this primary no he absolutely cannot i don't see a path to the nomination unless joe biden ends tonight a winner. a winner by how much though because the question is. how much does he have to win to revive his campaign it can't be by a small orange or can it it would hurt him to win by just a little but i think he could survive that if sanders searches and wins i think joe biden is finished if he wins by a little bit i could imagine a scenario in which a couple people indorse him and he gets stronger for super tuesday but you're right what he really needs tonight is to win by 15 that doesn't guarantee him the nomination but it will give him wind at his back as he enters into super tuesday what about bernie sande

om>> we are joined by frank buckley, back at our desk george mason university law professor author ofrican secession" the looming threat of national breakup". you argue in this book that secession is a lot closer than we think in today's america, woody-based argument on? >> partly it's my experience. i moved here from canada and i went to all of this before and i remember at one point this was something nobody talked about and a few years later we are having referendum and it nearly passes. when a very divided country. in many ways it resembles the country i left. he began to wonder whether or not we might not just be better

in this same city stands the george washington masonic national memorial, housing many mementos of theence, reminding a grateful nation that this war might have been lost without his steadfast leadership. memorial chapel and bell tower amemorial chapel and bell tower at valley forge is a shrine to the heroism of george washington and his soldiers. this granite shaft stands at washington's virginia birthplace. from here he went, neither trained as a military tactician nor educated as a statesman to do memorable things , in the face of overwhelming odds. ♪ it is no wonder that a life such as this has resulted in myths, fables, and fantasies that have made him a superman. but he was instead a real man of iron will, capable of anger and love, dedication and despair, disappointment and devotion. the mark of the man can be seen at valley forge. despite seemingly he knew that insurmountable difficulties he knew that, somehow he must keep alive a starting army in the freezing, snowbound encampment, to win a victory. the victory that led to the america of today. his courage, indeed, was the cou

. >> at 9:00 p.m., george mason university professor buckley examines the possibility of states exiting the union in his book "american secession." >> every morning the "washington post" arriveses on my door step and seems a fresh argument for secession. just drips with contempt on the other side. there's a lot of that. i think what is missing is a tolerance -- an understanding of people with very different points of view. >> sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on after words, a report on the issues facing the working class in rural america in the book "tightrope," i they're interviewed by oregon senate democratic jeff merkley. >> in she small towns around america, people are walking on a tightrope and one miss and they fall. there's no safety net. >> over the last 50 years we have vastly over -- kind of obsessed with this personal responsibility narrative. blaming the people who fall off the tightrope for the cat catastrophes that follow. this weekend on booktv on c-span2. >> today u.s. special representative for iran, brian hook, made an announcement outlining new sanctions against five irani

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economist at the international trade commission and before that, he was a senior research fellow at george mason university and her the commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics, chief economist for the white house council of economic advisers and for the department of commerce, senior international economist at assistant professor at the university of arkansas and international economist at the department of treasury. she worked on a variety of topics including labor market analysis and conditions and measurement macroeconomic analysis forecasting and policy and computational equilibrium modeling. from purdue university but they turn it over and ou now to you r introductory remarks. >> thank you and it is a pleasure. it is a pleasure to be here. this session is about fiscal policy and i would like to make three points and keep it very short. the first point is when we are thinking about what role should the fiscal policy play so we have seen 2019, 2020. we saw the monetary policies cutting interest rates and that certainly helped to support the global economy. the estimate contributed abou

when george mason and james madison debated the specific language of the impeachment clause, mason stated, and i quote, why is the provision restrained to treason and bribery only? treason as defined in the constitution will not reach many great and dangerous offenses. hastings is not guilty of treason. attempts to subvert the constitution may not be treason as above defined, end of quote. mason then moved to add after bribery or maladministration to which madison replied, and i quote, so vague a term will be equivalent to a tenure during pleasure of the senate, end of quote. the framers knew what they were adopting when they chose high crimes and misdemeanors. they explicitly rejected maladministration and other vague terms in favor of more specific allegations which had a limited and technical meaning. in the first article of impeachment before the senate, the question is whether abuse of power as a charge on its own is an impeachable offense. the answer is no. abuse of power does not have a limited meaning and is as vague as maladministration. the framers actually discussed abuse of po

brown chronicles the 18th-century slave that took place in jamaica known as khakis rubble and george masonility of states exiting the union, that all starts tonight at 7:15 p.m. eastern here onbook tv . check your program guide her more information. >> on our weekly author interview program republican congressman matt gates of florida interviewed republican senator rand paul about his new book case against socialism. there'ssome of their discussion . >> if i'm going to be a successful capitalist and i sell something i'm not caring about my desire, i may want to be successful but i have to hear about what you want, i have to care about everything you want so everything is focus outward towards trying to getyou to accept and buy my services for my product but if i'm a socialist, i really am not caring too much about popular opinion or pleasing a consumer , in fact when we socialize things like healthcare, they just say yes, everybody's going to get it, no longer be bankrupt but you will have to have rationing read don't seem to care you have to wait in line for six months or a year for your

this morning, at george mason university lawyer talks about his book. later, douglas bradburn, president and ceo of george washington's mount vernon, talks about how washington views the presidency and executive power. as always, you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is next. is next. ♪ host: good morning. 17th.monday, february, we had to morning, mount vernon for a conversation about the first president and his impact on the office. we begin with a question about the qualities you want in the person who occupies the oval office. what do you look for in a president? in the eastern and central time zones, 202-748-8000. in the mountain or pacific time zones, 202-748-8001. you can send us a text this morning. .hat number, 202-748-8003 please include your name and where you are from. otherwise, catch up with us on social media. start calling now on this president's day and as you are thinking about the qualities an want, we take you back to event last year, the release of presidents." "the [video clip] >> there was a pre

at the constitutional convention in 1787, george mason, a delegate from virginia, said he was, quote, against giving the power of war to the executive because the president is not safely to be trusted with it. speaking to the pennsylvania ratifying convention that same year, james wilson stated that, this system will not hurry us into war. it is calculated to guard against it. it will not be in the power of a single man or a single body of men, such as just the senate or just the house, to involve us in such distress, for the important power of declaring war is vested in the legislature at large. james madison, the father of the constitution, wrote to thomas jefferson in 1798 saying, the constitution supposes what the history of all governments demonstrates -- that the executive is the branch of power most interested in war and most prone to it. it has accordingly, with studied care, vested the question of war to the legislature. all of these comments and so many more are about the gravity of deciding to go to war, deciding on whether hundreds or thousands or tens of thousands will wa

economics at the international trade commission and before that, he was a senior research fellow at george mason university, the commissioner of the bureau of labor statistics, chief economist for the white house consul of economic advisers, chief economist for the department of commerce, senior international economist for the r i t c, assistant professor at university of arkansas, and an international economist at the department of the treasury. he worked on a variety of topics including labor market analysis , economic conditions and measurement, macroeconomic analysis, forecasting international economics and policy, and computational modeling.equilibrium he earned his phd in economics from purdue university. let me turn it over to you for your introductory report. >> thank you. this is a real pleasure. ok, let's try this again. it is a real pleasure to be here . the session is about fiscal makey and i would like to three points and keep them short. the first point is clearly, when we are thinking about how to ,eal with the next downturn what role should fiscal policy play? 2019, 2020 we saw m

. >> 9:00 p.m., george mason university professor fh buckley examines the possibility of states exitingnion. >> every morning, washington post arrives at my doorstep and seems like a fresh argument for secession. it drips with contempt on the other side. there was a lot of that. what is missing is an understanding of people with different points of view. >> sunday, 9 p.m. eastern on afterwords, nicholas kristof and sheryl report on the issues facing the working-class in rural america, interviewed by jeff merkley. yamil and the small areas around america, people are walking a tight rope. one miss and they fall. there is no safety net. >> we have vastly overdone it and become obsessed with the personal responsibility narrative, blaming the people who fall off for the catastrophes that follow. >> watch kevin meredith, fh buckley and the others this weekend on book tv, on c-span2. inside theke you now sis money and -- the smithsonian museum of african-american history and culture, we return fighting, the african-american experience in world war i. retired colonel krewasky salter guest assoc

when george mason proposed adding the term maladministration to the impeachment clause during the constitutional convention, the framers rejected the proposal because, as madison pointed out, the term was too vague and would be equivalent to a tenure during pleasure of the senate. the founders recognized that without safeguards, impeachment could quickly degenerate into a political weapon to be used to overturn elections when one faction or another decided that it didn't like the president. that's why the founders split the impeachment power giving the house the sole authority to impeach and the senate the sole authority to try impeachments. and as a final check, the founders required a two-thirds supermajority vote in the senate to remove a president from office. all of these things, madam president, show just how seriously the founders regarded removing a duly elected president. they intended it as an extreme remedy to be used only in very grave circumstances. and i do not believe that the charges the house has leveled against the president meet that high bar. the house managers' presentation