brian: as we continue our series on the presidency, go back to the beginning of herbert hoover. where did he come from? where did it all start? mr. smith: his life began in august of 1874, while grant was in the white house. his father was a blacksmith, jesse hoover. his mother -- they were both quakers, which meant she was an equal presence in the church, community, the home. she was a lay preacher, if you will. so religion was a significant part of his early days. he remembered -- and again, it seems to me such a window on his later shortcomings, if you will, as a politician in particular, he remembered as a boy sitting in in the stark, cold, barren meetinghouse the quakers used in west branch, and his feet did not even touch the floor. and along with all the adults, women on one side, men on the other, waiting for the divine light to illuminate his life and move him to speak as it moved others in the congregation. and he also said something terribly poignant. he said he was 10 years old before he realized he could do something for the sheer joy of it without offending the lord

so in >> host: thomas hazlett your new book is called the political spectrum technology from herbert hoover to the smartphone. >> guest: is not a technical book and not a hard read but a lot of stories about where we are now on how we got here in the wireless world. it's really quite fascinating how we got here in the politics other than how the 1927 radio act basically determined but would work in the market and what wouldn't have her firms led to the stuff we are dealing with today that we carry in our pockets. >> would assure expertise to write a book like this? >> guest: i'm an economist. i'm here at cbs looking at all the great innovation but i look at it from a policy standpoint. i'm a professor. i served as chief economist for the federal communications commission and i have written and researched how we allocate radio spectrum and the airwaves are going to wireless communication for about 30 years now. that's a great question. now much time do we have? we are getting something a lot more right than we used to. the basic framework of the system which comes from the 19th 27 radio act

on "q&a," historian richard norton smith discusses his book, "an uncommon man: the triumph of herbert hoover: richard norton smith, why did you call your book you wrote 35 years ago, "an uncommon man." richard: it's taken from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech

. >> a sunday night on q&a, richard norton smith discusses his biology dust biography of herbert hoover. >> he said when all is had -- said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. when you think about it, it's rather unsentimental. the thing you would expect an engineer to say. that's one of the keys to understanding his life. his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. up next on american artifacts, we travel to northeastern france, to trace the steps of american soldiers during the 18's. of the early 19 and but first up a film to describe the u.s. military at the time. cost thermans will the ames river, in a relentless force. and in three days, the german site had reached the river and was less than 40 miles from paris. there was the second and third u.s. division to help withstand the onslaught.

we are giving -- practically for herbert hoover. he is remembered negatively for the great depression. when i was in graduate school he was called not progressive enough for the time. he was famous for his organization of the belgian food relief. it was so successful that he kind of built up an organization . he ends up being named head of the food administration for the production of food during the war. hoover really kind of has an interesting part, it goes from -- they whipping boy for the depression but it was illustrative of the larger thing about world war i, many famous individuals, franklin roosevelt, george patton, herbert hoover, really cut their teeth in world war i and will have a larger impact on the u.s. in world war ii. this is a great item as well. number -- this is some paper dolls that were sent in an roughly 1915, you see the one with the stars & stripes. this is just tying into -- we often think of the war as european. but you can see american had relief and we were trying to raise money for the troops that were

sunday night on q&a, historian richard norton smith discusses his biography of herbert hoover. >> hoover said, when all is said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. when you stop to think about it it is a rather unsentimental that is the type of thing you would expect an engineer to say. sunday night on c-span q&a. >>> washington post reporter on tuesday at 8:30 am eastern, former independent counsel can start discusses his booked, contempt. a memoir of the clinton investigation. watch next week on c-span journal. and now the chair of the national republican committee, he took questions from reporters and he spoke about rates across the country as well as the november election. >>> it is 8:00, let's get started. this is the congressional correspondent for the christian science monitor. i am filling in and our guest today is representative and chair of the national republican committee. this is his first appearance at a breakfast. welcome. now, for a little bit of background, born in cincinnati and earned his bachelors degree from ohio state university. he has served in the ohio

herbert hoover in 1929 was talking about its potential, but he wasn't able to exploit that. fdr was, and fdr understood the power of radio better than anyone else in his time. what is interesting about what i am looking at and researching is that by 1939, roosevelt also understood that he could not do it by himself. we think of politics and radio in the 1930's and we think fdr , we think fireside chats. in this debate, roosevelt knew he could not be on the radio all of the time. he had learned, by that point, that his ability to go on the radio and talk to the nation was political capital that he had to spend very carefully. and so one of the things i found in my research is that, even before world war ii started in europe, roosevelt was looking to other people to go on the radio and advance ideas that he liked. when the war began, he contacted others, 'would you meet with some like-minded folks and talk to them about going on the radio?' he understood that the more he talked, the less effective he would be. so he wanted to broaden that. and one of the things that happens du

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q&a, richardht smith discusses his biography of herbert hoover. >> is that accomplishment is all that matters. it is an unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. this 17th anniversary on terroristber 11, 2001 attacks, we are joined by the expert from the rand corporation. where are we on the war on terror? be a balance sheet of pluses and frustrations. we have succeeded in degrading the operational capabilities and plundered al qaeda. was of the territory that taken by isis has been recovered. truly degraded their operational capabilities, particularly their ability to carry out large-scale, ambitious attacks in the united states. they have been largely reduced to haveexploitation homegrown terrorists carry out attacks. in that regard, they have had some measure of success. dozenhave been about two attacks over the 17 year. .- 17 year period these have resulted in over 100 deaths, and average about six a yea

tonight on q&a, a historian discusses his biography of herbert hoover, and uncommon man. >> hoover said when all was said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. when you stop to think about is .nsentimental the sort of thing you would expect from an engineer. that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> leading up to the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i on november 11, every weekend on american history tv, we feature special programs about the war. 1918, general pershing created the first united states army under his command. immediate steps were taken to concentrate u.s. forces on the line. artifacts,n american northeastern france for a story and visiting villages, monuments, and the american cemetery related to battle, fault 100 years ago on the western front. >> the weather was horrible, rainy, chilly. the u.s. launch the attack heading where we are standing. unbeknownst to them, the germans who occupied this whole area, had begun to withdraw, and they were starting to

q&a with historian and author, richard norton smith, talking about his biography on president herbert hoover. is prime minister theresa may discusses the british economy, brexit negotiations, and whether lawmakers should participate in interviews on russia today, which the prime minister describes as a tool of propaganda for the russian state. this is 40 minutes. >> order. questions to the prime minister. david duquette. >> prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. and i'm sure measures across the house would join me in congratulating alexander cook. as england's highest ever scoring advancement, his incredible career has many highlights, including the magnificent 147 against india. we wish him the very best in his feature. this morning, i had meetings in addition to my duties, i shall have further meetings later today. >> david to cap. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i know the premise or appreciates fishing communities. exportou look at ways to -- support the expansion of infrastructure and other businesses reliant on the sector? >> prime minister? >> i fully recognize the importance of the fi

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sunday night on qnx, historian richard norton smith discusses his biography of herbert hoover.d, when all is said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. stop to think about it, it is a rather unsentimental, the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. and that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success, in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8.

a sunday night on "q&a" discussion of a biography of herbert hoover: an uncommon man. >> hoover said when all is said and done, accomplishments is what matters. isn you think about it, it the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> house republican leaders held a news briefing as they discussed their legislative agenda and the economy. speaker ryan answered question on president trump's tweets on puerto rico and the catholic church sexual abuse crisis. this is a half hour. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: good morning, everyone. we are continuing to monitor hurricane florence and urge everyone to take the necessary precautions and listen to the emergency responders to keep safe. good news in the house is the senate has done some work on the appropriations bills and that we will be passing three

herbert hoover a scaling mistake that we will never make again. what might democrats do to bring that about. the first question and the obvious question facing them is of course the parties identity. that's really the only question at this point. do we accept the republicans invitation to continue on as they have done before making themselves more and more into an expression of professional class disdain. careful curator. of the silicon on the one side and resentful billionaires on the other. you get that great majority back together i think and they would be unstoppable. there is really only one form of a politics for an age of inequality like this one and naturally favors it naturally favors the parties of roosevelt. trump succeeded by pretending to be the air a populist past acting out this role as a refuge reformer who detested the powerful and cared about working-class people. and now, it is the turn of the democrats to take that away from him. they may have to fire their consultants they may have to stand up to their donors. and they will ce

said in an interview that his choice to be seen as either -- if he were to choose between being herbert hoover or fdr, he decided to go with the fdr route. what rold do you think the federal government should play, whether it is helping with a bailout, or in any other way? senator corker: i am not a bailout person. if you remember, gm ended up filing for bankruptcy and what the government, they provided financing for that to occur. ideology plays a big role in how we go about approaching our jobs. there are times in our nation's history when you have to step outside a box to solve problems. i will say that that whole era has brought about, i think, and help to bring about some of the populism that you see today, right? it has been a small source of some of what we see happening in our politics today. steve: you served during the eight years of obama presidency. what was your relationship like with him? senator corker: i served with him on a committee, and just like you, steve, you go to the grocery store sometime and you see the same people time and time again because he share the same pattern

bush said his choice was to be herbert hoover or franklin and -- franklin delano roosevelt. he opted to be fdr. guest: that is not exactly the right reading of history. 1929, the crash, and it was 38 or 39 before the u.s. briefly came out of recession. it was only world war ii that caused the economy to start humming again. we were making all of those weapons for the war. host: you mentioned treasury secretary tim geithner. he appeared at an event we covered. he looked back at 2008 and 2009, became treasury secretary at the start of the obama administration. here is his reaction. [video clip] >> it was easier when we decided. the hardest thing was sitting at the table with my wife in the morning with her reading about what we were doing and seeing her face that mix of despair and doubt. [laughter] i believe that she felt we were ethical people trying to do the right thing, but she looked at what we did and said, really? i think that was the hardest thing. that was mirrored by what we faced across the country and that gap between what we thought was right, the best of availab

sunday night on q&a, historian richard smith discusses his biography of herbert hoover. >> hoover said, when all is said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. ,hich is a rather unsentimental the sort of thing would expect an engineer to set. and that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern. now, clarence thomas shares his view on the law, politics, and the judicial process. he spoke at an event in fort worth, texas. >> >> one of the women >> at dinner was saying that he was one of the first women she met at washington. and what a nice fellow he was and all the great impressions he had made. saying --start out by asking a question of you all. how many of you personally remember the robert confirmation hearings? how many of you were not even born during? [laughter] is fewer than i would have thought, but what this reveals is that this is a very young audience. and this is what the federalist society has done. it has inspired to generations of lawyers who did not find a sympathetic, traditionalis

sunday night on q&a, historian richard norton smith discusses his biography of herbert hoover. >> hoover said, when all is said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. when you stop to think about it it is a rather unsentimental that is the type of thing you would expect an engineer to say. sunday night on c-span q&a. >>> washington post reporter on tuesday at 8:30 am eastern, former independent counsel can start discusses his booked, contempt. a memoir of the clinton investigation. watch next week on c-span journal. and now the chair of the national republican committee, he took questions from reporters and he spoke about rates across the country as

so in >> host: thomas hazlett your new book is called the political spectrum technology from herbert hooverto the smartphone. >> guest: is not a technical book and not a hard read but a lot of stories about where we are now oho

managed to outwit the isolationist leadership of the republican party including at that time herbert hoover, robert taft, arthur vandenberg and the very strong america first -- sorry -- contingent which included lindbergh, robert hutchens, colonel mccormack, even e.e. cummings. there was a strong america first sentiment in the country in the late '30s determined to keep america out of the war. but before we get to those transformative years, 1939-149 1939-149 -- 1939-1944, which i hope we will spend most of this conversation in that time zone, but before we get there, david, tell us whence cometh wendell willkie? where is he born, what is his youth, what is his early career, what kind of a person is he? what does he look like? i mean, bring him into, into view. >> all of the above. wendell has an interesting political genealogy. they were 48ers; that is to say, his family prided itself on its standing arrest a-- athwart the business mark january germism in germany and sax sonny. and in 1848 the family story was an ancestor stood with the barricades against the crown prince who massacred pro

. >> tonight on q&a, historian richard smith discusses herbert hoover, an uncommon man. >> accomplishment is all that matters. when you stop and think about it, it is a rather , and that is one of the keys to understanding his life and his success in everything but -- >> tonight on c-span's q&a. >> here on c-span tomorrow, former u.s. trade representative's discussed president trump's friend agenda live from the center for strategic and international studies in washington dc at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> c-span's washington journal. policies that impact you. fear, trump in the white house. th,

. >> sunday night, richard norton smith discusses his biography of herbert hoover. when all is said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. it's the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say and that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night in :00 eastern. -- sunday night at 8:00 eastern. reporter bobst woodward is our washington sunday guest monday -- at 7 a.m. eastern. and on tuesday, ken starr joins us to discuss his book. watch next week on c-span's washington journal. >> both the house and senate are set to return wednesday and to find out what they're up to, we talked to a reporter from capitol hill. >> lisa mascaro joins us for a look on spending bills. she is a congressional correspondent for the associated press. lisa, where do things stand at this point with the spending packages through congress? lisa: we are in really familiar terrain. congress is staring down at a september 30 deadline to fund the government. that is when the current bill runs out.

historian richard norton smith discusses his biography of herbert hoover, an uncommon man. >> who were said when all is said and done, publish meant is all that matters. when you stop to think about it it's rather unsentimental. sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. that is one of the keys to understanding his life. his success. and everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span q&a. >>> washington post reporter bob woodward is a washington journal guest monday at 7:00 eastern talking about his new book, fear, trump in the white house. on tuesday at 8:30 a.m. eastern former independent counsel can start joins us to discuss his book, contempt, a memoir of the clinton investigation. watch next week. on c-span washington journal. >>> now to a discussion on the means by wish russia was witching to exacerbate critical divisions of the u.s. as well as what countermeasures were in place to combat that interference. the heritage foundation host this event. it's about one hour 20 minutes. >>>

we will be right back. ♪ >> richard norton smith discusses his biography of herbert hoover. >> hooverhen all is said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. which is a rather on fundamental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. that's one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. c-span's q&a.t on inrican history tv is primetime next week on c-span3. starting monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a discussion on the role of black teachers in the south who fought against school segregation. a symposium on the concept of liberty exploring how the ideas of freedom law and liberty have changed throughout history. areesday on oral histories, women in congress series continues with nancy johnson. thursday, historians look at the role of espionage in u.s. complex. america, the rise of authoritarianism in germany, italy and japan. watch american history tv next week on c-span3. " reporter, bobt woodward, is our "washington journal" guest on monday. ken starr joins us to discuss "contempt." watch next week on c-span's "washington jour

talks abouton smith his biography of herbert hoover. >> when all was said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. that is a rather unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. that is one of the keys to understanding his life. his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. at the state department friday, secretary of state mike pompeo accused his predecessor of actively undermining u.s. policy. when asked about reports of john kerry meeting with iranian officials. secretary pompeo also talked about election security, north korea, and hurricane response efforts. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. started, i want to let our fellow americans know who are affected by hurricane florence that our players are with them. -- prayers are with them.

. >>> history richard norton smith discusses his biography of herbert hoover peered an uncommon man. >> hoover said when all is said and done, accomplishments is all that matters. when you stop to think about it, in an unsentimental way, it is the sort of thing that he would say and that's one of the keys to understanding his life. his success in everything but the presidency. unit sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span q&a.

. ♪ >> on the next "q&a," a historian and author talks about his biography of herbert hoover.is next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. on "afterwords," arne duncan on his book "how schools work." i don't know if voters make the connection between what politicians do and what happens in schools. how do we draw that line a little more clearly? understand,oters to if we want more access to pre-k, to pay teachers better, to reduce dropout rates and make college more affordable, have to get there by challenging and holding accountable elected officials we put in office. >> watch tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span two's book tv. at our live look coverage monday on c-span. national security advisor speaks to the society about mobile press facing the u.s.. followed by a look at the state of trade negotiations between the u.s., mexico and canada. on c-span two, defense officials discuss the trump administration's plan to create a space force military branch. leader, deputy interior secretary talks about opposed changes to how the endangered species act is being implemented. c-

. ♪ authorhe next "q&a" richard norton smith talks about his biography on herbert hoover, "an uncommon next sunday at 8 p.m. on c-span. >> monday night on "the communicators," a roundtable discussion on social media regulation and censorship with tech freedom president and the public knowledge senior vice president. aboutcan have a debate what twitter should do. i want to emphasize it is not a political question. not a question of policy, or what the government's role should be. we can have an ethical debate about that just as we can have debates about how we behave towards each other. upset if that happened. i do not think that is going to happen. twitter and facebook have been very reluctant, especially twitter, to take down users. when they have taken people down, it has been extreme examples like alex jones. i keep ending up the president. the fact he is continue to allow to use the platform just illustrates how much twitter has side of allowing people to use their platforms in spite of what their terms of service strictly say to abuse other users. we are not heading towards a worl

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. >>> sunday night, on q&a, richard norton smith discusses his biography of herbert hoover, an uncommon man. >> hoover said, when all is said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. when you think about it, it is the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success, in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> next, rajiv shah, former director of the agency for international development. he talks about energy policy and developing countries. this is 50 minutes. >> thank you. good afternoon everyone.

. >>> sunday night on "q & a" historian richard norton smith discusses his biography of herbert hoover, an uncommon man. >> hoover said when all is said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. which when you stop to think about it, is a rather unsentimental -- the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say, and that's one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." . >>> up next, foreign policy experts discuss russian efforts to influence the u.s. and other parts of the world and what the united states is doing to counter the threat. from heritage foundation, this is just under an hour and a half. >>> all right. let's get started. i am helle dale, senior

. >> sunday night on q&a, richard norton smith discusses the biography of herbert hoover. >> when all was said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. when you stop to think about it is an unsentimental, the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. and that is one of the keys to understanding his life, his success, in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8 pm eastern. next a look at the political situation in iraq. after parliamentary elections were held earlier this year, panelists discuss the u.s. involvement in iraqi security operations. in the hudson institute this is 1.5 hours. >> thank you for coming to the hudson institute. my name is michael pregent. vivian salama will be monitoring the panel today, a lot of time in the middle east and she's the right person to moderate michigan hold us to our answers and what we have to say. to my immediate left is michael pregent four, always a pleasure to have you here. >> thank you. >> wearing your nice seersucker suit. going to have an all seersucker panel one day. and ahmad majidyar, thank you for being here.

herbert hoover decided he wanted a library at that point. but this was all voluntary.t was all voluntary up until 1972 when thanks to president nixon, and his thoughts that he owned his own records, that legislation was passed, the presidential records act which made it government property. so 1972 is kind of our marker for you have to donate -- you have to give your papers to the national archives. >> and so the role really became official then. >> yeah. >> and then the other departments, and that's another confusion that happens sometimes. >> separate set of laws. presidential records act of 1972. the federal records act was created much earlier than that. and that guides all of the records management activities for the executive branch, to all of the 275 executive branch cabinet level and agencies and departments. >> what about congressional records? >> we provide by a gentleman's agreement, way back when, we provide courtesy storage for the records of congress and service them. they are the records of congress, but they aren't at the library of congress. [laughter]

on "q&a," historian richard norton smith discusses his book, "an uncommon man: the triumph of herbert hoover

bush said his choice was to be herbert hoover or franklin and eleanor roosevelt.e opted -- franklin delano roosevelt. he opted to be fdr. guest: that is not exactly the right reading of history. was 38he crash, and it or 39 before the u.s. briefly came out of recession. it was only world war ii that cost the economy to start humming again. host: you mentioned treasury secretary tim geithner. 2008 and 2009,at became treasury secretary at the start of the obama administration. here is his reaction. [video clip] >> it was easier when we decided. the hardest thing was sitting at the table with my wife in the morning with her reading about what we were doing and seeing mix of despair and out. -- doubt. [laughter] i believe that she felt we were ethical people trying to do the right thing, but she looked at really?did and said, i think that was the hardest thing. that was mirrored by what we faced across the country and that gap between what we thought was right, the best of available options, what we thought would provide the broadest benefit the fastest possible, and

sunday night on "q & a" historian richard norton smith discusses his biography of herbert hoover. an uncommon man. >> hoover said when all is said and done accomplish am is all th that matters. it's a rather unsentimental, the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say and that's one of the keys to understanding his life, his success in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." washington post reporter bob woodward is our washington journal guest monday at 7:00 a.m. eastern talking about his new book "fear: trump in the white house." former independent counsel starr, a mem or of the clinton investigation. watch next week on c-span's washington journal. the senate commerce, science and transportation committee questioned several nominees to serve in the trump administration, deputy admen strart of nasa, assistant secretary for aviation and international affairs and director of the white house science and technology

. >> sunday night on q&a, historian richard norton smith biography of herbert hoover, an uncommon man. >> hoover said, when all is said done, accomplishment is all that matters. when you stop to think about it, is a rather unsentimental -- wouldrt of thing you expect an engineer to say, and that's one of the keys to understanding his life, his success, in everything but the presidency. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. of the look at some cybersecurity threats in the aviation sector. industryfficials and representatives testified at a house homeland security subcommittee hearing last month. it's about an hour and a half. >> good morning. the committee on homeland security, subcommittee on cybersecurity and infrastructure protection and transportation and protective security will come to order. the subcommittees are meeting today to receive testimony regarding the cybersecurity posture of this nation's aviation sector. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. now, i'm grateful to be holding this hearing this morning with good friend and chairman of the transporta

. >>> sunday night on q&a, richard norton smith discusses the biography of herbert hoover. >> hoover when all was said and done, accomplishment is all that matters. which, when you think about it, it is a rather unsentimental thing, the sort of thing you would expect an engineer to say. that is one of the keys to understanding his life. his success in everything but the presidency. >> 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. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> the senate foreign relations committee held a hearing to consider ambassador nominees to morocco, bangladesh, uzbekistan, and somalia. they questioned nominees about food security, human rights and middle east terrorism. this is an hour and a half.