have roosevelt asking wilkie to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace, he wants somebody new. typical fdr. lkie says no. announcer: tonight at 8:00 eastern on "q&a" on c-span. >> leo is deputy editor of military times in his work is available at militarytimes.com. let me put a number on the table. 172. >> 172 veterans running for congress, about on par with what we saw two years ago, but the difference is a lot of these races are winnable for veterans. in the past we have seen younger veterans running in races where maybe they are tilting at windmills, districts that are heavily democrat and running as a republican, or vice versa. but with so many tossup races this year, we could see the number of veterans go up in congress in the next cycle, and that is significant because it has been on a steady decline since the 1970's. to a lot of americans, veterans are folks who have observed, who have better knowledge of national security. we have heard from folks like senator mccain talking about the importance of bringing in folks who have a common background,

really have roosevelt asking him to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace, he wanted somebody new, typical fdr. wilkie says no. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. >> days to go until the midterm elections, former president obama was on the campaign trail in indiana today. >> whose ears, please welcome ! hoosiers please welcome your senator, joe donnelly! [applause] [cheers and applause] >> ready! hello gary indiana! [cheers and applause] >> are you ready to win on tuesday? [cheers and applause] mayor, theelcome our mayor of gary, indiana, karen our congressman andre carson, our state ticket, our county officials, our state officials, our local officials, i have a question for all of you. are you going to vote in this election? [cheers and applause] that is what this is about. this is a very, very close .lection and every vote counts your vote is your voice. if we do this rally and you don't vote, this really means nothing. so are you ready to vote? [cheers and applause] >> are you ready to win? >> [cheers and applause] >> here is how powerful your

. >> and it's not henry wallace the common man. and so empire wins. that same time, you do have a party that is roosevelt said was dragged into supporting a united front but of course led to the defeat of not via some into some understanding of the complexity of the postwar world. >> last question. i'm sorry we don't have enough time to listen to david speak at length. it's a truly wonderful book, full of detail and the portrait that you draw of wilkie is that of a man who was described by one of roosevelt's biographers as a man who ate too much, smoke too much in love too much. >> that's a wonderful judgment by the historian of eleanor roosevelt and you could not found. >> wears his bike today? we are in a similar mass. democrats might think about nominating the republicans. >> i think there is a republican i think one thing we might to come a wilkie lives with us. his likeness is just on the wall that side distorting the dead of night by a debt developer. sculpted for him. on the wall of the mayor public library. any moments i love his extraordinary

part where roosevelt asks wilke to consider being the vice president but he is going to overthrow henry wallacend want somebody. wilkie says no. and wallace had been a republican. then they have an agreement to create a new party after roosevelt is reelected in 1944. roosevelt's dining. -- dying. nobody knew wilkie would not be around. roosevelt did not know that. it is clear that he wanted loki -- wilkie to be important in the u.n. and to be the council of the conquered germany. to be the civil authority there. between the two egos. in roosevelt's mind, would live in 1944, -- running in 1948, will be would be there. brian: what about you? mr. lewis: originally, i am from little rock, arkansas. i considered ohio and more formative place. my father was an educator and my mother was also. he was a college president. was the dean of the school of the ologies there. he was president of one of the colleges in atlanta, atlanta university. brian: why did you want to become a historian? it was in the study, the book when study growing up. i did trial law. decided i would like to read history books. i t

have roosevelt asking wilkie to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace. he wants somebody new, typical fdr. wilkie says no. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on q&a on c-span. travelingspan bus is across the country on our 50 capitals tour. during our. in a gusto, maine, we asked folks which parties who control congress and white -- in au gusta, maine, we asked folks who should control the parties in congress and why. >> i would like to see those move forward. i think it is port we keep -- important keep a republican majority. it is important for both parties work together. . >> my main issue is health care. if anything will change after the actual ielection. i have two parents were unable to work due to health issues and i wanould not whether to go to possibly not having health care. >> in the midterm elections results in a change in congress, that would be a good thing for education. we are very concerned about the administration agenda, headed towards privatization of vouchers, having betsy devos as the secretary of education has been the wrong way to

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there was a part in the book where we have roosevelt when he's going to overthrow henry wallace and he wants somebody n new. >> sunday night at 8:00 on cspan. >>> the french ambassador to the u.s. spoke about u.s. france relations at the hudson institute here in washington, d.c. recently. this is about 50 minutes. >> we are so pleased and honored to have you with us today as you were reminding me earlier, america's e first treaty with alliance was signed with france in 1778. it was such a stressful eechbt that we didn't sign another one until 1949, i think. france is america's oldest diplomatic relationship. at times, it's been one of stormiest, but over the century bs, it has endured and the french have a tradition of sending very interesting and informative observers to the united states and we've probably learned more about ourselves from one frenchman than from whole university departments of american studies. in any case, i was hoping you might want to start off today with some thoughts about the state of the world, u.s. french relations. whatever is on your mind. [ inaudible ] th

there are twin lineages when they talk about george wallace we have to respond by talking about henry wallacend when they talk about strom thurmond, we have to respond by talking about the populism of the origins of populism in the country that the white and black farmers said they would equally dispossess. and the movements of the 1950s and 1960s and the movement of the campaign from the last effort he put together and that there is an actual vital tradition fighting in this country and that tradition has been tested and sustained their people that can actually find inspiration the example and the information that we need will suit us in this moment of the crisis that we face right now. i would like to thank the moderator and the speaker. if you want your book signed please come back to the stage. thank you again. >> i am in georgia right now. that is the epicenter of the depression. you are seeing a systematic calling of the electorate to the national voter registration act was put in place to try to open up the voter registration. folks moved out of the voting station nobody is arguing wit

the book where we have roosevelt asking to be his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallaceonight at eight eastern, on c-span. >> next, a debate in the new hampshire governor's race. incumbent governor chris sununu is seeking a second term. he and his democratic challenger molly kelly talked about several issues in this hour-long debate. >> this is the wmur commitment 2018 special in partnership with saint anselm college and the new hampshire union leader. the granite state degrees. -- state abates. >> he is the incumbent governor with a well-known new hampshire name. now, chris sununu is battling for a second two-year term in the state's top office. gov. sununu: when you has something good, you should stick with what works. >> he lives in new field, is married and has three children. he graduated from m.i.t. in engineering and work cleaning up hazardous waste sites becoming best before becoming the ceo of a resort.

he is the grandson of one of fdr's vice presidents, henry wallace. this is a toss-up state. e wallace campaign is outdo dr knocking. they have the goal of knocking on 200,000 doors in the last days of the campaign because it's all about get out the vote effort. this has been one of the most expensive congressional races in the country. fitzpatrick is touting his bipartisan, saying he is willing to work across the aisle where you have wallace trying to tie the republican to president trump. speaking to voters today in bucks county, i was struck by two things. one, they are very happy about the state of the economy and they are very unhappy about the state of american politics. i spoke to one man who was wearing the star of david and he spoke about the anti-semitism that he hears both blatantly and subtly. he was so upset, he was visibly shaken. i spoke to another man, a small businessman, he's white. he says, look, i'm sick and tired of being labeled a nationalist because i believe in gun control and strong borders. so, the name-calling has really gotten to people on both side

vice president when he's going to overthrow henry wallace and he wants somebody new. typical fdr. and willkie says no. >> sunday night at eight eastern on "q&a" on c-span. >> at a memorial for washington post journal jamal khashoggi, friends and colleagues discussed his work covering saudi arabia and called for bringing his killers to justice. he died a month ago in the saudi consulate in istanbul. turkey has said high ranking saudi officials ordered killing. this memorial in washington, d.c. was organized by the justice for jamal khashoggi campaign. [inaudible conversations] >> please take your seats, everyone. good morning. thank you all for joining us today. may peace and blessings of god as well as his strength and patience be with all of you this morning. we're here today to honor jamal, jamal khashoggi, fearless advocate, a man of conviction, a friend, a fiance and father. a man whose name translated speaks to a generous spirit of beauty. and to begin in the way to bless this gathering that jamal would have loved, i would like to read some verses from the hole koran. from th

he's going to overthrow henry wallace and he wants somebody new. typical fbi. -- fdr. but he says no. >> q&a on c-span. >> ♪ forhe washington journal november 3, polling leading up to next week's election suggest that young to -- young voters might turnout in significant numbers. what's the driving force for our program today? the youth vote and youth engagement in the midterm elections. elections and we want to hear from you, especially if you are in the younger ages about the election, who you may vote for come issues you are passionate about, and what you think will happen. who want to of us call and talk about that youth engagement in the midterms, you can do so as well. here is how we broke down the phone lines, between 18-24, 202-748-8000. if you are between 25 and 49, 202-748-8001. if you are over 50 years old, give us a call at 202-748-8002. you can post on our social media site @cspanwj is our twitter feed and facebook page is facebook.com/c-span. page,ng of the facebook the question is posted, chris gave some thoughts saying i turned 30 today am i still in th

really have roosevelt asking him to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace, he wanted somebody new, typical fdr. wilkie says no. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span.

have roosevelt asking willkie to consider being his vice president when he's going to overthrow henry wallacee wants somebody new. typical fdr. and willkie says no. >> sunday night at eight eastern on "q&a" on c-span. >> we continue our conversation with a look at florida with susan mac man us in who is a political -- macmanus joining us this morning from tampa. good morning to you. >> guest: good morning. >> host: well, let's begin with how the florida voters break down by party. explain the breakdown and what impact that could have. >> guest: well, to put it mildly, we're pretty much a tie thed state. we have the -- tied state. we have the closest gap between democrats and republicans ever in the state's history. but right now 37% registered democrats, 35%

we have roosevelt asking him to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace. he wants someone new, typical fdr. he says no. >> tonight and q&a, on c-span. >> we are standing at a german cemetery.

we don't talk about henry wallace and his presidential campaign in 1948, which was cross racial, looking at people who were all at the bottom of the economic pile and saying that we have much more in common than we have that separates us. and there is that kind of legacy, even what we saw with the reverend william barber doing -- >> incredible work. >> right, incredible work. that is the tradition we should be thinking about. it doesn't have to simply be the kavanaugh hearing versus everyone else being excluded. >> make populism great again. >> thank you all. i really appreciate you guys coming in on a friday. can't wait to see "the circus" on showtime. kick it. kick it hard. >> oprah, heard of that name. heard of her? telling the story of a man who inspires her to vote, a story about a man turned away from multiple polling places and who walked a total of 18 miles only to be told the polls had closed. that man's son joins me next. >>> with just four days to go before the midterm elections, at least 27 million americans have already cast their ballots in early voting. but if you still do

have roosevelt asking wilkie to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallaceants somebody new. typical fdr. lkie says no.

there was a part in the book where we have roosevelt when he's going to overthrow henry wallace and he wants somebody n new. >> sunday night at 8:00 on cspan. >>> the french ambassador to the u.s. spoke about u.s. france relations at the hudson institute here in washington, d.c. recently. this is about 50 minutes. >> we are so pleased and honored to have you with us today as you were reminding me earlier, america's e first treaty with alliance was signed with france in

have roosevelt asking willkie to consider being his vice president when he's going to overthrow henry wallacehe wants somebody new -- typical fdr -- and willkie says no. >> sunday night at eight eastern on "q&a" on c-span. >> again, this week we've been taking a look at battleground states across the u.s. as we lead up to the midterm elections. pennsylvania is ours focus tody the, taking aan look at the stae at large and then some of the specific races involved. joiningg us for that conversation, jonathan tamari of the philadelphia inquirer. he serves as the national political writer for that publication. mr. tamari,at good morning. >> guest: good morning. thanks for having me. >> host: in a story you published yesterday, you took a look at two races that could serve as harbingers. can you walk us through those? >> guest: yes. the two races we focused on are ones that have not been kind of on thehe front lines for much of the coverage so far but that really both parties are look at as we get close to election day, and it's pennsylvania 10th district which is right around harrisburg represent

have roosevelt asking willkie to consider being his vice president when he's going to overthrow henry wallace and he wants somebody new. typical fdr. and willkie says no. >> sunday night at eight eastern on "q&a" on c-span. >> at a memorial for washington post journal jamal khashoggi, friends and colleagues discussed his work covering saudi arabia and called for bringing his killers to justice. he died a month ago in the saudi consulate in istanbul. turkey has said high ranking saudi officials ordered killing. this memorial in washington, d.c. was organized by the justice for jamal khashoggi campaign. [inaudible conversations]

willkie to consider being his vice president when he's going to overthrow henry wallace and he wants somebody new. typical fdr. and willkie says no. >> sunday night at eight eastern on "q&a" on c-span. >> we continue our conversation with a look at florida with susan mac man us in who is a political -- macmanus joining us this morning from tampa. good morning to you. >> guest: good morning. >> host: well, let's begin with how the florida voters break down by party. explain the breakdown and what impact that could have. >> guest: well, to put it mildly, we're pretty much a tie thed state. we have the -- tied state. we have the closest gap between democrats and republicans ever in the state's history. but right now 37% registered democrats, 35% register republicans, 27% no party affiliation, fastest growing group, and another 1% the minor party, the largest of which would be libertarians. very, very divided state. >> host: so who could make the difference here in some of these key senate, house races and also the gubernatorial race? >> guest: we're really carefully watching that large

wallace is grandson of former vice president henry wallace. fitzpatrick represents the eighth district before redistricting and finishing his first term. tell us about the race and why to watch the ing direction of the evening? > congressman fitzpatrick lineage doesn't go quite so far, succeeded his brother mike this seat. in suburban district outside of philadelphia, democrats should be winning and they are competing. it hasn't been as easy as the district in virginia. think when we get results tonight, this is probably a good weather of whether this is good night or great night for democrats. the race o tonight, was virtually even or maybe fitzpatrick up a point. >> this was a district where gun policy was a major issue, can that?alk about >> yeah. you know, guns is an issue that various because of the shootings we've had over the ears, that has inspired democrats to be more involved and more engaged. the s been interesting in andidate ads from standpoint expect gabby giffordand her husband's group and not a lot of democrats are leading with

of pennsylvania, and bucks county, one of the candidates out there, scott wallace, grandson of henry wallacet campaign and he lost a key district for the democrats because i think he went a little too far. another candidate where we have seen, didn't perform especially well is georgia gubernatorial candidate stacey abrams. discussing the recounts in florida and the extent to which the republicans went too far rhetoric rhetoric rhetorically. you had people like sherrod brown, corey booker and stacey abrams herself suggesting that this election was illegitimate that there was voter suppression. that's a very serious charge. >> all right, robert costa, thank you for being on this morning. >>> still ahead -- a combat veteran turned congressman, democrat anthony brown joins the conversation. >>> plus, a firsthand look at the devastation in california. where many survivors are reliving the trauma. >> driving through the fire was the most scariest thing i have ever done in my life. i have never experienced anything like that. it's hard to sleep at night. you know, you close your eyes and you see, y

caller: good morning. 1945, henry wallace .as vice president at the democratic convention in 1944, heas about to be nominated again. everybody knew that fdr was dying and the person who was going to nominate him was blocked five feet from the podium at the democratic convention in 1944. was harry truman pointr history at this extends from that time. and the people who were responsible for putting him in the vice presidency in 1945 and the presidency had policies and advice to create the national security act in -- i think it was 1947 and since then, our country has been on a post world war ii military trajectory. today, we are celebrating -- not are honoring- we democraticf our last president, in my opinion. subsequently, over the years, i have watched a few tapes as we of have and there is a tape secret service guys on kennedy's vehicle being told to get off. is waving hiss why? like, host: ok, we will leave it. robert in alabama, democrats line. caller: people are confusing the united states with america. the united states is in the americas as far as i am concerned. the united stat

have roosevelt asking wilkie to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace and he wants someone new. typical fdr. easterny night at 8:00 on c-span. " willshington journal begin shortly and this morning the entire program is devoted to youth engagement in campaign 2018. in addition to your calls, we will speak with student journalists over the next three hours. ♪ host: washington journal on november 3, polling leading up to the midterm suggest young voters may turn out in significant numbers, one poll saying 40% of the 18-29-year-old bracket lands to participate. the driving force for our program is the youth vote and youth engagement in the midterm elections and we want to hear from you, especially if you are in the younger ages about the election, who you may vote for come issues you are passionate about, and what you think will happen. who want to of us call and talk about that youth engagement in the midterms, you can do so as well. here is how we broke down the phone lines, between 18-24, 202-748-8000. if you are between 25 and 49, 202-748-8001. if you a

the book where we have roosevelt asking to be the vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace and he wanted somebody and he said no. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a on c-span. wrecks on thursday, oprah winfrey attended a campaign event thursday in support of stacey abrams, the democratic candidate for governor of georgia. she is running against the republican secretary of state camp, in that race to secede governor who is term limited. the political report rates the race as a tossup. this is just under an hour. ♪ [applause] oprah: hello, georgia!

we have roosevelt asking him to consider being his vice president when he is going to overthrow henry wallace. he wants someone new, typical fdr. he says no. >> tonight and q&a, on c-span. >> we are standing at a german cemetery. this is one of the 29 german cemeteries in the department. >> how do they differ from the american cemetery or the french cemetery? see compared to the are the cemetery, they french cemetery. the original location of the old cemetery, they used to have all kinds, like the one that saw there in the distance. is our original headstones. there were typical headstones like what we see. some were different. some could have different shapes. we imagine a lot of different headstones everywhere on that cemetery. cemeteries, the french moved the original headstones and a change them in black colors. this is where it comes from. the germans have their own commission taking care of other cemeteries. the german commission taking care of other cemeteries, same as the american -- metallic ande sometimes they are from one cemetery to another. many times, they are -- >> i noticed we