there were rumors persistent throughout his life that gore vidal planted them in his novel burr that he may have been the ill legitimate son of aaron burr. we will never know. john quincy adams once wrote in is diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and cts a lot like aaron burr. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is broug to you by your cable or satellite provider. when the new congress starts in january, there will be more than 100 new house and senate members the democrats will control the house. the republicans the senate. new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on -span. >> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic laces to learn about american history. in 1619, 35 english settlers arrived in berkeley, virgin

the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore vidal planted them in his novel that martin van buren may have been ,he illegitimate son of and are and you know, we don't know. john quincy adams once wrote in , that martinsaw it van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts a lot like aaron burr. always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. next, dr. priscilla chan on the chan zuckerberg initiative. she spoke at the annual techcrunch disruptions for san francisco. dr. chan is a pediatrician and wife of mark zuckerberg. this is 20 minutes. >> thanks so much for coming. as you might know, we have someone very special here, who is part of a very special family with a very special member. max and her sister august. dad.ight know their i want to get to know a little bit more about you. i think we hear a lot about the dorm room, the early days at harvard from facebook, but what i want to hear a little bit more of is your background. so you are a doctor in teacher, and you have

with burr, and there were rumors that were so persistent that gore the doll planted that -- that gore vidal novel that martin van buren may have been deal at image -- may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. it was noted that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg, and acts a lot like

with burr, and there were rumors that were so persistent that gore the doll planted that -- that gore vidal his novel that martin van buren may have been deal at image -- may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. it was noted that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg, and acts a lot like ehrenberg, trying to organize factions and getting southerners and northerners together. >> sunday night at it :00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> on c-span's newsmakers, our guest is usaid administrator mark green, a former congressman with a deep background in diplomacy, and humanitarian assistance programs and sworn in in 2017. let me introduce the reporters who will be asking questions, the washington post diplomatic correspondent and from the wall street journal, reporter on national security issues. >> ambassador green, since you have been in this office, you have spent a lot of time about how the goal should be to eliminate the need for foreign aid by encouraging resiliency so countries can weather disasters. a half, can you give an example of where you have made progress? we have made

persisted even rumors throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore vidal planted them into "burr." martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. nobody will ever know. adams once wrote in his diary, in fact i sought, that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg. he acts a lot like ehrenberg. he is always trying to organize factions and get northerners and southerners in political alliances together. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. what does it mean to be american? that's this year's c-span student jan's video competition question. posts on social media about it. heidi long from jane stream middle school tweeted what it means to be an american. social studies students brainstorming constitutional rights. national characteristics. important people and events of the nation. tweeted thatlorida civics students brainstorm ideas. gary has two students recognize their projects. i think he is going for a trifecta. visitedng tweeted, fischer high school to speak with the government class. i was interviewed by students participating.

and there were rumors throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore vidal planted them in his novel, that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. thatquincy adams wrote martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts a lot trying to getr, northerners and southerners together in factions. >> sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span q and a. u.s. representative joe crowley of new york is retiring at the end of this term. he talks about his life, his political career, and the events around 9/11, specifically his cousin, who was killed when the second tower went down. steve: do you remember the first time you stepped into the u.s. capitol as a member of congress? rep. crowley: oh, boy. as a member? it was the day i was sworn in, i guess, as a member of congress. that day itself was magical. steve: house so? -- how so? rep. crowley: i had busloads of people from new york. my family, my mom and dad, my wife, and it was just an incredible atmosphere. i remember being on the floor, taking the oath of office, raising my right hand, and looking up. i

>> norman mailer would have killed gore vidal on principle. >> all due respect to you, professor, but"law & order: svu" airs thursday at 10:00 p.m. on nbc. [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with macaulay culkin, everybody. stick around. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ being in love with your best friend is everything. this is ever us... one diamond for your best friend, one for your true love. for the one woman who's both. we hide hotel names, so you can find four star hotels at two star prices. h-o-t-w-i-r-e (e-e-e-e) h-o-t-w-i-r-e the shortcut?ant take the pathr not too fast. (vo) you do more than protect parks when you share the love. you protect our future. get a new subaru, like the all new forester, and charities like the nationalk (avo) get zero percent during the subaru share the love event. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ...uniting the world. ♪♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: welcome back to "the tonight show", everybody. we got a lot more coming up for you. >> jimmy! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ how are ya? >> jimmy: howie mandel? howie mandel what are you -- what are you -- what are you d

there were rumors that gore vidal planted them in his novel burr that maernt van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know, no one will ever know. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr, he acts a lot like aaron burr. he was trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> next on lectures in history abram van engen of washington universi

there were even rumors, persistent throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore vidal planted them in his novel that martin van buren may have been ,he illegitimate son of and are and you know, we don't know. john quincy adams once wrote in , that martinsaw it van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts a lot like aaron burr. always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. next, dr. priscilla chan on the chan zuckerberg initiative. she spoke at the annual techcrunch disruptions for san francisco. dr. chan is a pediatrician and wife of mark zuckerberg.

hamill top's murder and there were rumors throughout the life of martin van buren, so prominent that gore vidal that he was the son. martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and only factions and get southerners and northerners in alliance together. >> saturday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. . >> at the annual project on government oversight summit. former senator carl levin presented south carolina representative newton an award for his oversight. this part of the conference is two hours. >> good afternoon, i'm happy to welcome you to the lunchtime session of this impressive-- i thought, i think the mic is live, is it? let's try that again. i'm happy to welcome you to this lunchtime session of this impressive first ever oversight summit. my name is bob ackerman, a professor of law at wayne state university and director of the levin center at wayne law located in detroit, michigan, at wayne state, and which also has the presence here in d.c. through our two washington co-directors, ellyse bean and linda. the levin center is pleased to be one of the co-sponsors of this summit. than

and there were even rumors persisted throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore vidalif you plant them his novel that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know, no one will ever know people, john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr, and he acts a lot like aaron burr. he is sort of always trying to organize and get so there's an northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> belgians have been displaced by the three-year civil war in yemen. the brookings institution hosted a discussion about the conflict in the u.s. policy towards the ongoing violence and related to managing issues. it's about 90 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. thank you very much for joining us. welcome to arguing here i

murderer, and there were even rumors persisted throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent gore vidal even planted them in his novel that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know. no one will ever know, but john quincy adams once wrote on his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron birth and him, sort of always trying to organize factions against northerners and southerners in political alliances together. easterny night at 8:00 on c-span's q and a. what does it mean to be american? that is the studentcam video competition question. students and their teachers from around the country are posting on social media about it. haidi lun from j stream middle school in illinois said, what does it mean to be an american? constitutional rights, national characteristics and important people and events of the nation. pascoe county, florida said, physics students brainstormed ideas for the studentcam. gary hoskins has two students recognized for projects. i think he is going for a trifecta. indiana senator todd young set visited high school senior

with aaron burr and there were rumors persistent throughout the life van buren, so consistent that gore vidal in his novel, "burr" that van buren may have illegitimate son of aaron burr. quincy adams wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks like aaron burr and acts like aaron burr, always trying factions. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 "q&a". on c-span's announcer: this weekend on american history tv, constitutional scholars talk constitution u.s. defines impeachable offenses for the president. here's a preview. let's turn now, before we get to the question period, to some factual situations that have been rattling around a little in late.ws of electronic you think theing into the emails of democratic national committee in 2016 before the last thatdential election, is comparable to the break-in at thergate where republican -- the plumber's crew planted microphones in the offices of the democratic national committee? >> i think it's not only comparable, i think it's virtually identical. the methods of the thieves are ingenuity of the burglars is always cutting-edge technology. yes, i th

with urr, andg -- aaron b there were rumors throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent gore vidal implanted " thatn his novel "burr, martin van buren may have been one illegitimate son of aar burr. we will never know. diary,adams wrote in his martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr. on burr. lot like aar he organizes factions. > sunday at 8 p.m. eastern on "q&a." c-span, where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. justice elenart kagan

and there were rumors throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore vidal plantedhem in his novel, that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. thatquincy adams wrote martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts a lot trying to getr, northerners and southerners together in factions. >> sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span q and a. u.s. representative joe crowley of new york isir

hamill top's murder and there were rumors throughout the life of martin van buren, so prominent that gore vidal that he was the son. martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr

with burr.erg -- with aaron they were persistent rumors throughout his life, so persistent that gore vidal planted them in his novel that martin van buren and have been the illegitimate son of aaron her. -- aaron burr. we will never know. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and act a lot like him. he is always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. atouncer 1: sunday night 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. what does it mean to be american? that is this year's c-span student video question. as students and their teachers around the country post on the social media about it. carol stream,m illinois tweeted, what does it mean to be an american? social studies students brainstorming constitutional rights. national characteristics, and important people and events of the nation. gary hoskins has two students recognized for his -- for the project in recent years. check out the post. this year, we are asking middle and high school students to produce a documentary answering the questio

and there were even rumors persistent throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore vidal planted them in his novel, that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. but john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr. and he acts a lot like aaron burr. he sort of is always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> energy department officials and utility industry leaders testify before a senate panel on various electric power restoration strategies for dealing with systemwide blackouts, efforts to protect the electric grid from cyber attacks and natural disasters. >>> good morning. the committee will come to or

there persist in throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gorby doll -- gore vidal plaintiff that he made in the illegitimate sign of aaron burr. we don't know. wroteincy adams once that martin van buren looks a -- aaronehrenberg burr. he's always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners and political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. c-span, for history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. continues.on journal host: at the table is dr. roberta debiasi, division chief for infectious disease at the children's national health system. good morning. becauseou to come on your story has been getting our attention. afm, acute flaccid myelitis. its prevalence right now around the country. what is afm? guest: it is a polio-lik