guest gish: people who have a lot to ,ay are completely undaunted with the storytelling, you know? the whole idea that there is a there is ag -- that triangle. you must learn to do this if you're going to go on to be a fiction writer. it is necessary but not sufficient. it is not going to make you a great writer, but then you sit down, and you discover that actually, they can all do it, you know? learningnothing about to do those things that impedes creativity. announcer: her books include " typical american," "mona in the promised land," and another. "who's irish." this is on book tv on c-span2. : next, a panel of reporters uncovering the white house and congress during the trump administration. "the weekly standard" hosted its in colorado springs with fred barnes and chris wallace. this is 45 minutes.

watch our series, in-depth ,iction edition with gish jen noon to 3 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span two. presidency, veterans of richard nixon's white house gather to talk about the president's relationship with congress. in 1969 he faced the opposition party in control of the house and senate. his former staffers recall how he used white house invitations and trips aboard the presidential yacht to lobby congressional members. the national archives in richard nixon foundation cohosted this 90 minute event.

watch our special series in depth fiction edition with author gish jen live at noon and 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >>> next, a panel of historians looks back 50 years at the vietnam war's tet offensive which started on january 30th, 1968 as viet cong and north vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities, towns and outposts across a broad swath of south vietnam. also speaking is former defense secretary chuck hagel, a former u.s. army sergeant who served in vietnam during the tet offensive. this event took operation at the national archives in washington, d.c. >> tonight's program is part of a series of discussions, films, lectures and other programs that tie into our current special exhibit "remembering vietnam" upstairs in the lawrence f. o'brien gallery. the exhibit is a fascinating collection of newly discovered and iconic original documents, images, film footage and artifacts that illuminate 12 critical episodes in the war that divided the peoples of both the united states and vietnam. one of those episodes f

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watch our special series "in depth" fiction edition with other gish jen sunday live from noon to 3 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> all this week c-span is featuring commencement speeches from around the country. civil rights activist taran burke, the founder of the #me too movement spoke earlier this month to the graduating class of the university of pennsylvania school of social policy and practice in philadelphia. she is followed by clarence thomas. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, dean jackson. almost want to say beddoe, sit down. that was a lovely lovely introduction. thank you. greetings, class of 2018. how are you? [shouting] >> i should echo those sentiments and say puerto rico. [shouting] yes, let's not forget puerto rico. still suffering, joe. here's a fun fact. i did not attend my college graduation. my senior year of college i was a busybody, at least that's what the administration called me. i was serving as the president of the african-american student alliance which was an organization that i had cofounded the year prior. and aside from the best events on campus,

lots of headlines such as about russia going to unleash hooligans on the ground how they're thought gish russian police that are threats when you get there talk about potentially being whipped by horsemen also some of the headline talk about racists in russia as well as hackers potentially breaking into founds phones when they are on the ground but while all of this has been unraveling in the british press officials on both sides really both here and in russia have been saying that there's not very much to worry about and things will be ok now we know that for one the british top football the police chief speaking at the foreign affairs select committee here in westminster has said that russia's on it when it comes to security and we also heard the same message from the england football association let's take a listen. post security team have been impressed with what they see on the ground in the city and particularly organizations went to the confederations cup last year the traffic. cold for the school do we feel we feel we have the right support we need from from the official channels

gish jen, sunday live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. sunday on q&a, patricia o'toole discusses her book "the moralist: woodrow wilson and the world he made." >> there is a huge psychological literature about wilson. sense it, but i had a just reduced hinted at opel tangles and things like that i do not feel i can deal with very fast on the strength of my own knowledge of the theory. his father. some people have said his stubbornness in later life was a reaction to his father's strictness, and they can point to one story where his father made him revise a thing he wrote a bunch of times. the suppositions are wilson resented this, but he was a good boy and put up with it. ofn you read every mention his father, they are worshipful. you never had an unkind word about his father, a presbyterian minister. >> sunday night on c-span's human day. -- q&a. >> a discussion about the spread of misinformation on social media. part of a symposium hosted by the brookings institution and washington, d.c. [crowd talking] >> thank you all for being here.

include "tip ral "qmona," watch "in depth" fiction edition with jen.r gish on book t.v., on c-span2.ashington journal" continues. host: our program today, we turn lines over to you for any public policy issue you want to talk about. something we chatted about this morning on the "washington journal" or anything else on your mind. democrats, 202-748-8000. 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. one reminder as we begin this discussion, some programming for later in the evening. the republican debate for the utah g.o.p. senate nomination is happening at 8:00 tonight. you can watch mitt romney and debate on y in that listen on pan.org, the free c-span radio app. jack is up next. jack, go epublicans, ahead. caller: good morning, c-span. comment is on term i hear way a nonviolent offense. but when it comes to drugs and to say nonviolent, who is say the extent, the outreach of that goes e effect into, part of that crime. i think that is too often overlooked. also, your guest mentioned a man 55 years for selling marijuana. seems not so bad these days, 55 years is excessive, but you have a

sunday noon fiction in depth" edition featuring best-selling iction writers, contemporary novelist gish will be our guest. >> i would have to say if we're and i about creativity know many writers, so on, people say are not --to undaunted by the story telling, you know? the whole idea there is a torytelling, there is a triangle, you must learn to do this if you are going on to be a fiction writer. it is not going to make you a great writer. you sit down with faulkner and discover that do it.y they could all you know, i think there is nothing about learning to do things that impedes creativity. "typical oks include merica," "mona," and "who is irish," watch "in depth" fiction edition with author gish jen noon to 3 p.m. eastern on book t.v., on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. ost: this is sarah pierce, a policy analyst for the migration policy institute joining us to it comes policy when to unaccompanied alien children in the united states. good morning. for having me.u host: we saw similar headlines about the children over the weekend. of all, your interpretation of the headli

contrary novelist, gish jen will be our guest. >> i know many writers and so on, people who have a lotto say are not, are completely umdaunted by being told, from the perspective or the rules of story telling. you know. you know the whole idea there is, you know, a story-telling, you know, there is a triangl

gish jen will be our guest. >> if we're talking about creativity, the people who have a lot to say are completely undaunted by being told the rules of story telling. the whole idea that there is, you know, a storytelling -- that there is a fly tag triangle, that you must learn to do this if you're going to go on to be a fiction writer. it's necessary, but not sufficient. you learning to do this is not going to make you a great writer. then you sit down with early faulkner and early everybody and you discover, actually, they could all do it. there's nothing about learning to do those things that impedes creativity. >> her books include "typical american." "mona in the promised land" and "who's irish." watch sunday live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span 2. >>> up next on american history tv, the dedication ceremony for the vietnam helicopter pilot and crew member monument at arlington national cemetery. speakers include several former vietnam helicopter pilots and members of the vietnam helicopter pilots association which lobbied for the monument. >> good afternoon, lad

watch our series, in-depth ,iction edition with gish jen noon to 3 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span two. presidency, veterans of richard nixon's white house gather to talk about the president's relationship with congress. in 1969 he faced the opposition party in control of the house and senate. his former staffers recall how he used white house invitations and trips aboard the presidential yacht to lobby congressional members. the national archives in richard nixon foundation cohosted this 90 minute event. david: and i am david ferriero, archivist of the united states, and it is a pleasure to welcome you this morning. a special welcome to our c-span audience, and to the head of the nixon library foundation and the director of the nixon library. we are very proud to have one of our nixon legacy forums here. we have been cosponsoring these with the nixon foundation since 2010. we have produced about three dozen of them, all of which are available on our website and that of the nixon foundation. the forums feature individuals from the nixon administration,

novelist, gish j en, will be our guest. toople who have say are completely undaunted by the rules of storytelling. the idea that there is a storytelling triangle and you must learn to do this, it it is by this.y quantified if you do this it is not going to make you good writer. but then you sit down and discover, actually they can all do it, you know. there is nothing about learning to do those things that impedes creativity. watch our special editionn depth fiction on sunday, june 3, live from noon until 3:00 p.m. eastern on booktv on c-span2. announcer: c-span's washington journal, live it every day with news and issues that impact you. coming up tomorrow, talking about oil supply and the impact on gasoline prices this summer. , where weature discuss battlefields where americans once fought. be sure to watch washington journal >> at the british house of commons this past week, prime minister theresa may was questioned about funding and privatization of the u.k.'s national health service by labour party leader jeremy corby

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watch our special series in depth fiction edition with author gish jen sunday, live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> the house appropriations subcommittee on the legislative branch held a hearing on the budget for the u.s. congress office of compliance. kansas congressman kevin yoder chaired the hearing. >> meeting will come to order. thank you, everybody, for attending this hearing on the office of compliance. this is maybe our fifth hearing, fourth or fifth hearing in the last week or so as we work on our fy 2019 appropriations legislation. we appreciate ms. grundmann coming to attend the hearing today. i don't believe we had a hearing with you last year. my first year chairing the committ committee. we're thankful you're here today. from time to time you're brought in for hearings and sometimes you're not. we're glad you're here and we preciate your work. ms. grundmann is the executive director of the congressional office of compliance established by the congressional accountability act of 1995. the office of compliance is tasked with dispute resolutions, sa

watch our special series "in depth" fiction edition with author gish jen sunday from noon to 3 p.m.stern on booktv on c-span2. >> next john sopko the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction talks about your strategy for stabilization and rebuilding thatountry because itarks are followed by a panel discussion focusing on idtifying lessonsnd recommendation for rebuilding afghanistan. hosted by the brookings institution in washington, this is about to one half hours. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the brookings institution. my name is john calvin and i'm the president of brookings. it's my distinct pleasure today to be joined by my friend john sopko, special

featuring best-selling fiction writers, contemporary novelist gish jen will be our guest. >> if we're talking about creativity, and i know many writers and so on, that people who have a lot to say are not -- are completely undaunted by being told the rules of story telling. the whole idea that there is, you know, a story telling, you know, there's a triangle that you must learn to do this, if you're going to go on to be a fiction writer, it's necessary but not sufficient. you're learning to do this, it's not going to make you a great writer. but then you sit down with faulkner and you discover that actually, they could all do it. and i think there's nothing about learning to do those things that impedes creativity. >> her books include typical american, mona and the promise land, and who's irish. watch our special series in depth fiction edition with author gish jen sunday, live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> the house appropriations subcommittee on the legislative branch held a hearing on the budget for the u.s. congress office of compliance. kansas congress

watch our special series with author gish jen sunday, live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span 2. >>> sunday on "q & a," patricia o'toole discusses the book "the moralist. ". >> there is a huge psychological culture about wilson, and i read it, but i have the sense that it just reduced him to tangles and things like that i didn't feel i could deal with on the strength of my own knowledge of the theory. it was his father, you know. so some people that said that his stubbornness in later life was a kind of reaction to his father's strictness, and they can point to one story where his father made him revise a little thing that he wrote a whole bunch of times. and the