>> george mason university professor cynthia kerner discusses her new book, "inventing disaster: the culture of she spoke at the virginia museum of history and culture in richmond, virginia. >> we are joined by cynthia kierner, who is a professor of history at george mason university. she is the author of several .ooks most recently, the topic of today's talk, inventing disaster: the culture of calamity from the jamestown colony to the johnstown flood. copies will be available for sale. i am thrilled to be with you to hear her talk. i hope you will join me in a very warm welcome. [applause] prof. kierner: in 2012, superstorm sandy destroyed many places i love. i found toys about the storm very riveting. especially the human interest stories about its victims, survivors, different efforts to provide disaster relief. which the whole system became politicized. i also found it interesting what this told us about the larger worlds of new york and new jersey. i notice that the news followed a pattern that was familiar to me from katrina and other disasters. first claim the quantitative inf

veronique de rugy from george mason university. and andres vinelli from the center for american progress, i want to ask you both, i will start with you, first the move by the federal reserve yesterday to lower the interest rate, to induce more money in the marketplace. rate to reduce moreo the marketplace, what did you think of that. -- what did you think of that? guess the idea was to inject with quiddity into the market and apparently the market did not react very positively. i've been seeing what's been happening this morning. a big drop of 4%. i think right now maybe the liquidity problem may not be the main issue. pretty sure it is not the main issue. neededhat might be very but right now it was too soon. host:host: when you say liquidity problem what does that mean in layman's terms? veronique: it means injecting capital into the economy. people want to continue doing .usiness and have needs they have access to funds to do so. host: in response to your comment about how the markets are doing, stocks and bonds yields plummet a

later george mason university professor collin dweck discusses the role of conservative nationalism inu.s. foreign policy. after that, healthcare policy advisor rosemary gibson looks at the risks of the u.s. depending on china to supply essential ingredients for many of our most widely used medicines. check your program guide for more booktv schedule information. now, here is the history of the communist party in the u.s. >> hello everyone, thank you for coming out. i'm part of the events and marketing team

every year we recognize one person for their work in ts year it is going to a law professor at george mason university. all of the fellows will be there and the scholars, it is quite a gala event and a great way for people to come ano ethics and culture and the institute and meet cool young men and women who will change the world. >> and the public is invited? >> yes. >> they can find it on the website and register and get a table. >> april 4th. we want to run a slide, and that shows you how to get in touch. cbc that is your logo and your website. and now, i put below this colleagues and counterparts. >> what is that ? >> the national catholics bio ethic center. >> that is another center like yours on the other coast, catholic in description and teaching but doing the same kind of work. that is wonderful. >> i want to encourage people to support your work. to go to the dinner, if that makes sense, and i would like you to the tell us -- how do i put it. how much is there to learn. should we go every day? >> i don't know about that, just getting on the e-mail mailing list is good, we send out

is a professor at george mason university and an expert on biological weapons she was born in tunisia and studied in france they had several people from teaching. to the western countries by antibiotics that were available at the time and these were used sent back to the former soviet union and used to develop pathogens that would be resistance resistant to those antibiotics some of the diseases which the soviet scientists experimented with have long threatened mankind lithuanian born raymond zilinskas is a former microbiologist and a director at the monterey institute of international studies nobody thought. anybody with so irresponsible as to be working with smallpox virus so there was another contagious from it spreads from person to person and it's very deadly in nature across about 30 percent. but with a weapon i was probably even stronger maybe 50 percent or even higher for so that was horrible and then the circa one i was really awful was a place where the marburg virus against which there is no vaccine no treatment it's about 80 percent. of all. ironically it was soviet citize

george mason university professor paul lin talks about the strengths and weaknesses of president trump's foreign policy and the role of conservative foreignism in u.s. policy. >>> good morning everyone and welcome to the carnegie endowment for international peace. i'm the senior fellow at the endowment and it is a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you to this discussion of colin dueck age of decline. we've also got the bug in a moment before i do, i want to extend on your behalf and mine a warm welcome to call colin himself and a dani pletka and richard fontaine. i'm george mason university and also a nonresident of what the american enterprise institute next-door, literally. colin hast- made his mark thinkg deeply about politics and this book is a trademark that examines the concept of conservative nationalism a phenomenon that has been brought to the attention conspicuously to the rise of president of trump in terms of both the history of ideas and how these ideas have found manifestation especially in the debates about the role in the world. so, the book is both encompassing and

well jennifer victor is a professor of political science at george mason university she says the final race emerging between saunders and buys in presents democrats with the storm of choice on the bernie sanders side you have this sense of a movement he doesn't even talk about it as a party and it's a very revolutionary kind of. kind of rhetoric but it's not really clear what the boundaries of that revolution are is it just about policy is it just about health care and and college payments and so forth or is it about taking down the legislative process and creating you know a whole new policy making structure and that gets kind of scary for people that starts to sound like something that that isn't the america or the democracy that we know and so even if people agree with the goals of what sanders might be talking about not everybody is necessarily comfortable with his sort of scorched earth approach approach to politics and that's where i think joe biden has been able to pick joe biden is this people know who he is he's got the name recognition he's distrusted figure sort of know what

for more on joe biden's chances we're joined by bill schneider a public policy professor at george mason university sir thank you so much for joining us here at odds as they are it's always good to see you so super tuesday i around the corner do you think it is going to be a showdown between bernie sanders and joe biden do you think that they are the 2 of realistic final contenders here it certainly looks that way although michael bloomberg has not been heard from yet he's on the ballot for the 1st time on super tuesday so we have to see whether he has much broader appeal the polls show that he does and it does look like it's going to be a showdown between the center supporters who are in the lead right now and biden who looks like the one candidate who has a change to stop bernie sanders you mention stopping bernie sanders and i've read some of the articles you've written and it certainly seems that the democratic establishment if you want to call it that wants to stop bernie sanders because they describe him as being a self described socialist do you think they're right in thinking tha

essentially they've accused george masonic of attempting to hack. top secret u.s. computers which is a very strange thing because he really only functioned as a journalist not as a hacker if they succeeded next year out in july in a songe and and putting a him on trial on the us and then convicted him then essentially any journalist who receives any information from any kind of government source would be in grave danger of being accused of encouraging and thereby abetting the leaking of secret information so essentially it's a it's a it's a direct threat to journalism as we know it and that if assad is convicted. then really half of journalism we shut down so i think it's very serious it's very dangerous in radio. and i think that any journalist worth his salt should be up in arms when he works government is doing. or that continues to dominate headlines corona virus infections have now been ratcheted in 114 countries meeting to the world health organization to now classify kovac 1000 as a pandemic. the number of affected countries. we have that for many of the sys

murder me for saying this, but he started his college career as a scholarship volleyball player at george mason university in fairfax, virginia. he decided that the mishigos of the d.c. area was too much for him. i am making that up. but he returned home to his native canada. he finished in vancouver with the university of notre dame. he started his teaching career in the midwest at purdue before a brief stint as a associate professor in humanities. proving that you can go home again, darren moved to notre dame five years ago where he is an associate professor of history. his first book, published in 2011, won several major awards including the john h dunning prize from the american historical association, and one from the organization of american historians. a truly wonderful book. i have used it so many times in teaching in undergraduate and graduate classes that i have gotten free copies. i'm not going to give them away to you, but i have free copies. i believe it at that. he has co-edited a volume that emerged at a symposium called sunbelt rising. the politics of space, place, and region, p

later george mason university professor collin dweck discusses the role of conservative nationalism in u.s. foreign policy. after that, healthcare policy advisor rosemary gibson looks at the risks of the u.s. depending on china to supply essential ingredients for many of our most widely used medicines. check your program guide for more booktv schedule information. now, here is the history of the communist party in the u.s. >> hello everyone, thank you for coming out. i'm part of the events and marketing team here. [inaudible] it's only with your support we are able to bring to you wonderful authors to the literary community.we really appreciate your purchases and support. thank you for showing up. we have several upcoming events, author of Ãbjoining us on the 13th to discuss her book on the roots of black trouble in america. [inaudible] [inaudible] be sure to check out our calendar online. we have a bunch of events coming up to february. without further ado, tony pecinovsky is a journalist, activist, politician from st. louis missouri Ãbthe member of the communist party usa answers of

jennifer victor is a professor of political science it's george mason university is shar school policy and. governments thank you very much indeed all of you for joining us here understand it's very late where you are but it has been a sleepless night for many let's start with you it's all for franco this is nigh argue a 2 horse race this is between joe biden and bernie sanders why do you think this is what's prompted this change in what was once a very crowded field. well a couple of things and i guess we'll speak to this as well is you know just a few days ago everyone was talking about the standards momentum and that he was unsurmountable and and he was going to be the nominee and. first of all everything can change in politics quickly and they can change again but certainly sense. saturday there has been a political earthquake and see change in the democratic party to coalesce around the job by 1st it is the remarkable result of the south carolina primary where he won decisively he was 6 he was supposed to win south carolina that was his fire wall but not by 30 or 40 points the afr

come a harris for the people and in washington jennifer victor professor of political science at george mason university thank you all for being with us this evening once again. jennifer. super tuesday turning out to be perhaps a springboard that joe biden had hoped for do you think you can sustain this all the way to the convention. well i suppose that remains to be seen typically what happens is once it becomes clear that there is a single person that the party is sort of coalescing around that creates the momentum that's necessary it's important to keep in mind here that this is not a winner take all system when we're looking at state by state it doesn't really matter that much who wins which state. in each state the delegates are being allocated proportionally and so to that extent although we are seeing the surge that joe biden has now bernie sanders is still very much in this thing it's not it's not over yet it may very well turn into more or less a 2 person race at this point i wouldn't be surprised if we see mike bloomberg drop out after the dust settles from super tuesday i don't kno

guest of the center at george mason university and the center for american progress focusing on the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak. we welcome your calls and comments. (202) 748-8000 for those in the eastern time zone. you from-8001 those of the mountain specific -- pacific. helpan the financial panic the coronavirus. notwithstanding tensions between the parties and between the branches it may be necessary to give the administration broad authority and flexibility to act within parameters and oversight structures set by the legislature. congress cannot implement every stimulus program or turn on a dime and give authorities to the executive when facts change on the ground. more authority to the executive, what do you think of this idea? administration has not responded very well so far. they have been very slow. their priorities have been cut sooted by trying to nap and other safety nets among other programs. they have been cutting medicaid. there is lack of trust about priorities. what i think we should do is our representatives should make efforts to come up with the right meas

. >> i'm a history graduate student at george mason university. suffice it to say i am a stickler on sources. i am just curious what sampling of sources you used? i know you mentioned newspaper articles and medical diaries but more specifically i'm interested in the use of secondary sources to bolster your own medical knowledge that you already have. >> it's a good question maybe now i will get in trouble with a historian in the room. the truth is that i use both. i began with ever secondary sources that i could do whatever was published in the last decade there are some very good books out there on influenza. but now you have the resource of this thing called the internet. i don't think it was available to the degree when other books came out you could do a search through hundreds of newspapers for the keyword influenza and you could get the gems of information. those are primary sources that the "washington post" reported the death rate was great from world war i that we've never seen that reported observation and what it tells us how to approac

[applause] george mason university professor paul lin talks about the strengths and weaknesses of president trump's foreign policy and the role of conservative foreignism in u.s. policy. >>> good morning everyone and welcome to the carnegie endowment for international peace. i'm the senior fellow at the endowment and it is a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you to this discussion of colin dueck age

with us jennifer victor a professor of political science at george mason university thank you very much for being with us all of you. let me start with you. that's a big night for joe biden no doubt the consolidation by the democratic party around him seems to have helped a lot no doubt that the unity around vice president biden has helped him incredibly the most important part of it though started with the incredible turnout of the african-american community in south carolina giving him such a big boost indorsement of representative clyburn i think was 'd critical to that and the vice president left south carolina demonstrating that he could put together that obama coalition from 08 and 2012 and i think those endorsements started rolling in coming into california where while the vice president has not campaigned a lot personally himself in the state he has had a number of his surrogates in the state he has gotten the endorsement of a number of california state leaders and local leaders and so tonight it's going to be a very exciting night in california for the vice president but also y

my name is eric and i'm a by the history graduate student at george mason university. i was just curious what the sampling of services you use. i know you had mentioned in newspaper articles and medical diaries but i'm more interested in your use of secondary sourc sources. the truth is i use both. i began with one of the second resources and pretty much everything that has been published in the last decade or so. there were several very good books out there on influenza and i was actually talking before we came in. now we have the resource resours thing called the internet, and i don't know if this was available to the degree that it is with the others that came out. you can do a search for hundreds through hundreds of newspapers for the keyword influenza. you can get these gems of information. the "washington post" reported the death rate for influenza was greater than the death rate in world war i and was on that page and i've never seen that as it is reported and what it was us about how they approach works so thankfully i'm sure you are also grateful for this in t

. >> we are joined by cynthia kierner, who is a professor of history at george mason university. specialist in the fields of early american women, gender and early southern history. she is the author of several ands including scandal bizarre rumor in jefferson's america. randolph, daughter of monticello. changing history, virginia women for centuries and most recently in the topic of today's talk, "inventing disaster the culture : of calamity from the jamestown colony to the johnstown flood. " copies will be for sale. thrilled to be with you to hear her talk. i hope you will join me in a very warm welcome for cindy kerner. [applause] prof. kierner: in 2012, superstorm sandy destroyed many places i cared about. it was not in the ocean on a road on it. stories about this storm really riveting. especially the human interest stories about its victims, survivors, efforts to provide post disaster relief in the way in which the whole says -- situation became politicized. it happened so soon before presidential election. i also found it interesting what all the stories told us about the

the antifederalists, chief among them patrick henry and george mason, have a lot of concerns with the power-sharing proposed by the constitution. they already fought a revolution to escape a strong central government, thank you very much. they do not want another one. they are not ok with that. they think the proposed federal government has way too much power, and the constitution is taking away the powers of the states. they also have real fears that the federal government would threaten both state rights and individual liberties. that's the main concern of many of them. so the antifederalists are writing newspaper essays, pamphlets, giving speeches. so a debate begins to play out in print, as well as in person at the different ratifying debates. so if you ever have the opportunity or desire to read any of the anti-federalist papers, it's important to kind of notice, this is not an organized force. the antifederalists don't even own necessarily agree with each other, but their opposition to the constitution collectively brands them as antifederalists. partly because they don't really

someone from george mason university makeda center and another from the center for american progress.atch 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. what is onsome of our schedule tonight on c-span. time npr on q&a, long morning edition host steve inskeep talks about his book, imperfect union, which chronicles those who mapped the american west in 1842 to help usher in the caliper in a goldrush. after that prime ministers questions from the british house of commons. the today's briefing by coronavirus task force updating the government's response to the outbreak. ♪ susan: steve inskeep, your book is entitled "imperfect union: how john and jesse fremont helped cause the civil war. why did you believe the story of a 19th-century power couple would have resonance today? steve:

jennifer victor was a professor of political science at george mason university thank you all for being with us on al-jazeera on this special evening for the democrats a spectacular night for joe biden no doubt. is this seeing what what's happening here do you think it's people finally discovering joe biden or more a case of them being more worried about bernie sanders. i it's definitely not that people are finally discovering joe biden a candidate who's been vice president for 8 years probably 100 percent name id so there are no new discoveries here i think it is probably some combination of the. disagreement with some of senator sanders policies and not believing that his policies and positions are going to help the democrats wind up and down the ticket and a desire to really try to bring the party together in preparation for november or post convention where the party really is going to be having to face down and stop and to unite the country and so it's not because joe biden is new folks this is been a long process i think a lot of democrats are ready to unite behind a candidate and

as you probably know, colin is a professor at george mason university in a nonresident fellow at aei next-door literally at american enterprise institute. this book is examines the concept of conservative nationalism that has been brought to public attention through the rise of president trump in terms of both the history of ideas and how they have a manifestation especially medically so it is encompassing and granular and despite the gravity of the subject i can tell you is also a very delightful read. i read the book over the last weekend and i commend it to your attention. so it's a pleasure to have you with us. i am also very grateful those that have agreed to join us we cannot ask for better commentators given their intellectual interest in conservativism and to making and implementing foreign policy in the united states a long career on capital here - - capitol hill where she worked at the senate foreign relations committee also with foreign us policy and appears widely on television and senior vice president at aei where she continues to remain a senior fellow in environmental

internet, technological progress the apollo era has been disappointing and this is anee argument that george mason has made and peter teal, very famously paid his line about how we expected flying cars, lorient making their way into the future and said, we got the 140 characters on twitter which is now 280 characters. so there's no great stagnation. [laughter] robert gordon and economist at the university of chicago northwestern, it was written at a sweeping thousand page book and the.they make, it's not the technological progress that ceased. the internet era has demonstrated a lot of incredible breakthroughs in communication and information transmission and stimulation. it's more that technological progress has become model dimensional. it's all tech and nothing else. areas like transportation, energy, agriculture and the belton environment don't see the progress we took for granted between 1840 -- 1970. then further, when tech companies leave the world of tech and try to revolutionize real-world industries, those of the companies that often end up being the supposedly unicorns that turn out to

meantime let's speak to bill schneider 'd who is a political analyst and public policy professor at george mason university he's live from los angeles bill always good to have you on al jazeera so biden winning big tonight mrs if they missouri and michigan the big prize michigan which was a make or break state for bernie sanders do you think it's all over now as will be and he be under pressure to drop out of the race. well there is pressure for him to drop out i don't think he'll do it until joe biden has a clear majority of the delegates for the 1st ballot that means he'll be the nominee he's on his way but you need 1991 nearly 2000 delegates to have a majority it'll take a few weeks before you'll get to that number what is it that's how biden secure these crucial victories. one word trump you know in the 1st couple contests the very small wins early in february new hampshire iowa sanders did very well and then he won a big sweep in nevada which had a court which had caucuses when voters democrats around the country saw that they said oh my god we're on our way to nominating bernie sanders to

someone from george mason university makeda center and another from the center for american progress.atch 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. what is onsome of our schedule tonight on c-span. time npr on q&a, long morning edition host steve inskeep talks about his book, imperfect union, which chronicles those who mapped the american west in 1842 to help usher in the caliper in a goldrush. after that prime ministers questions from the british house of commons. the today's briefing by coronavirus task force updating the government's response to the outbreak. ♪ susan: steve inskeep, your book is entitled "imperfect union: how john and jesse fremont helped cause the civil war. why did you believe the story of a 19th-century power couple would have resonance today? steve: it is a story leading to the civil war when the nation was very clearly divided into two political camps. we live in a politically divided time, although i don't want to imply we are headed for civil war. i don't know what we are headed toward, but there is resonance in the way we have red and blue states to

eastern, george mason university professor examines the various ways early americans respond to the naturalan-made disasters, as outlined in her new book "inventing disaster: from jamestown to the johnstown flood." at 8:00 p.m., professor jenny martinez teaches a class about the confederacy's economic policies during the civil war. at 8:45 p.m. eastern, a discussion on u.s. and japanese perspectives of world war ii. grandson of an intelligence officer who served under general dwight eisenhower. that's what's coming up here on american history tv. again for the invitation to speak here in the old dominion home. i want to take just a couple of specifico thank two groups. long story short, i was invited to speak at a church in washington county in july of 2016.

george mason university professor talk about the strengths and weaknesses of president trump's foreign policy. lee drutman, and former chief of staff to president obama rahm emanuel will offer a firsthand account of how innovation is taking place in cities across the country. booktv in prime time starts tonight at 6:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. check your program guide for more information.

technological processes the apollo era has been pretty disappointing so this is an argument that tyler and george mason has made, and very famously made with his line about how we expect a flying car. the laureates, ticking away into the future and said we got 240 o no great stagnation. and at the university of chicago, or northwestern who is written as a sort of swimming, has a facebook the rise and fall of the american growth. the point that they all make, is not the technological progress that it seeks. obviously the internet era has demonstrated a lot of breakthroughs in communications and information transmission and stimulation. that progress is come more mono dimensional all tech and nothing else. in areas like transportation energy agriculture coming in the built environment, don't see the kind of progress that we took for granted between 1840 and 1970. and then further, when tech companies sort of leave the world attack, and they try to revolutionize real-world industries, this of the companies that often be that supposedly uniforms turn out to be front failures. so the attempt to bring big te

as you probably know, is a professor at the school of policy and government and george mason university and also nonresident fellow at the american institute of literally naval. colin has made his mark thinking deeply about american politics. and this book is a trademark to it. it examines the concept of conservative nationalism. a phenomenon that has been brought to public attention. conspicuously to the suppressant and terms of the history of ideas and how these ideas-witnesses stationed in american history. especially the debate about america's role in the world. so the book is both encompassing and grandiose. and despite the gravity of the subject i can assure you it is also a very devout delightful reprint's "age of iron" prayed hard in the book over the last weekend and i commend it to your attention. so welcome, it is a pleasure to have you with us. and also i am very grateful, that they have consented to join us in this discussion. we could not invest for a better commentator. given both of their intellectual interests in conservatism in their own practical contributions, to the

murder me for saying this, but he started his college career as a scholarship volleyball player at george mason university in fairfax, virginia. the d.c. area was too much for him, but he returned home to his native canada. vancouver with the university of notre dame. he started his teaching career in the midwest at purdue before a brief stent has associate professor in humanities. proving that you can go home again five years ago, he is an associate professor of history. published in 2011 and won several major awards from the organization of american historians. a truly wonderful book. copies.ree he has co-edited a volume that emerged at a symposium called sunbelt rising. , publisheds of space in 2011. his research has been supported by the american council society, the american philosophical society, and the rockefeller foundation. he is here tonight to discuss his latest book, anointed with oil. year by basic books. following his lecture, he will be happy to take your questions & books available for purchase. off to the left is a place where darren can sign them for you. please join me in we

evolve from the virginia plan this man had introduced edmund randolph in washington's neighbor george masond the delegates that such a constitution with its vaguely defined but clearly engrossed presidency and fundamentally reconstructed senate would, using randolph's words, would end either in monarchy or tyrannical aristocracy. they both voted against it. franklin had expressed similar concerns throughout the proceedings and they thought he was going to join them and by joining them, scuttle the constitution because of his authority but in part due to his trust in george washington as the first president and been part because he believed in a stronger federal union was absolutely essential. that is the alternative doing nothing was worse. he accepted the final draft. his lingering worries, however, may account for his widely quoted answer to the grand dame of pennsylvania high society elizabeth powell which she allegedly asked him after the convention ended if it created the republic or monarchy. he replied, a republic, if you can keep it. riddled with compromise and Ãb washington neighbo

evolved from the virginia plan that this man it introduced, edmund randolph in washington's neighbor george mason warned delegates to such a constitution with its vaguely defined a clearly in gross presidency and fundamentally reconstructed senate would and either in monarchy are tyrannical aristocracy. they both voted against it. franklin expressed similar concerns throughout the proceedings, and they thought he was going to join them. and by joining them, scuttle the constitution because of his authority. but in part due to his trust in george washington as the first president and a part because he believed in in a stronger fedel union was absolute essential, that is, the alternative of doing nothing was worse. the accepted the final draft. his lingering worries may account for his widely quoted answer to the grand mode of pennsylvania high society elizabeth powell which allegedly asked him after the convention ended if they created a republic or a monarchy. he replied, a republican, if you can keep it. riddled with compromise and here is james mason, washington's neighbor and old friend who ne

george mason and benjamin franklin were proponents of impeachment. they look at precedents in english law, which they wanted to keep, which they wanted to dispense with. one of the things they decided to keep was this language. they look very closely at what it meant for treason. they did not really want to execute anybody for committing high crimes and misdemeanors. my understanding is they pick that term because it could be broad, and what they were trying ofdo was, in the case executive undermining power and liste's trust, you could something like that under high crimes and misdemeanors. clearly, people are debating that today. all sorts of legal scholars that are more qualified than me. >> keep in mind that the role of the executive -- adams got caught in the middle of it. the first president was washington. he wasn't really in elected president, he was the most famous man in america. on adams really fell in a big way. endless debates over whether john adams thought the president should be a king or a president. it is part of what people talk abo

as you know colin is a professor at the start school of policy and government at george mason university read and is also a nonresident fellow at the american enterprise institute, our neighbor next door literally. colin has made his mark thinking deeply about american politics. and this book is trademark colin dueck. it examines the concept of conservative nationalism, a phenomenon that has been brought to public attention conspicuously through the rise of president trump. in terms of both the history of ideas and how these ideas have manifestation in modern american history, especially in the debates about america's role in theworld . so the book is both encompassing and granular simultaneously and despite the gravity of the subject i can assure you it's also a very delightful read. i read the book over the last weekend and i commend it to your attention. so welcome colin, it's a pleasure to have you with us. i'm also very grateful that danny pletka and richard fontaine have consented to join us inthis discussion . we could not have asked for better commentators given both their intell

i know george mason and benjamin franklin were components -- were proponents of impeachment. they looked at precedents. in english law, what they wanted to keep and what they wanted to dispense with. one thing they decided to keep was the language of high crimes and misdemeanors. they looked closely at what it meant for treason, because in england there was a quote associated with treason and they did not want to execute anybody for committing high crimes and misdemeanors. my understanding is they picked the term because it could be brought it, and what they were trying to do was say if you -- executivee of the undermining power people's trust , in the government, you could list something like that under high crimes and misdemeanors, but clearly people are debating that today, legal scholars who are more qualified than me. and it's a big debate. >> keep in mind that the role of the executive -- i mean, adams got caught in the middle of it, but the first president was washington. he was not really an elected president. he was the most famous guy in america and of course he was

as you probably know colin dueck is a professor at george mason esiversity and is also a nonresident fellow at the american enterprise institute next door. literally. colin dueck has made his mark thinking deeply about american politics. and this book is trademark direct. it examines the concept of conservative nationalism that has been brought to public attention conspicuously to the rise of president trump. in terms of both the history of ideas and how these ideas have found manifestation in the history. especially in the debates in the world. so the book is both encompassing and granular simultaneously. and despite the gravity of the subject, i assure you it's a delightful read. i read the book over the last ten and i commended to your attention. so welcome colin it is a pleasure to have you with us. i am also very grateful that they have consented to join us for this discussion. we could not have asked for better commentators, given both their intellectual interest in conservativism in their own practical contribution to the making and implementing of domestic policy in the unite

guests, veronique de rugy from george mason university and andres vinelli from the center of americanicy. we are not a breaking news network here, but the stock markets opening this morning. this is cnbc's page this morning, stock futures drop hit limit down even as fed slashes rates, the s&p 500 exchange traded funds are down 10%. we welcome your calls, your comments on the economic impact for you. what does this mean in terms of your own individual economic outlook? to beverly in st. petersburg, florida. caller: good morning. about then is economic impact on small businesses you were talking about earlier. smalle a lot of restaurants here in st. petersburg. the restaurant owners do quite well. my daughter is a student. she works as a waitress at one of these high-end restaurants. when you talk about relief, how do you know that the money from the government -- or, how do they regulate that money from the government is going to actually get to the lower end of the small business people like waitresses or busboys, or somewhere around that angle? how do they regulate that and are they

mason weems says that the young george, for his 6th birthday, his father gave him a new hatchet. and the young boy was so excited about getting this gift that he went around and began barking literally every tree he could find. and he barked one of his father's favorite, english cherry trees. and when his father approached him, according to weems, young george simply threw his hands up and said, i did it, father. you know i cannot tell a lie. well, that's the image that school kids for the last 200 plus years have been told. this 1939 painting, by grant wood, which as i said is down at the carter museum just about a mile or so away from here, shows mason weems pulling back the curtain. and it shows the young george being truthful to his father, but the thing that i find particularly interesting about this image is, look. the same head as you have on the dollar bill. that's the young head. this is the old head. they essentially look the same. now, the interesting thing about this story? never happened. there's no evidence that this ever happened. weems had simply made the story up