hitchcock is the william r. corcoran professor of history at the university of virginia where he focuses on international, diplomatic and military history of the 20th century, in particular the era of the world wars and the cold war and in addition of "the age eisenhower," he's author of "the bitter road to freedom: a history of the liberation of europe," which was a pulitzer prize finalist and also a bestseller in the united kingdom. following dr. hitchcock's remarks, ann compton will join dr. hitchcock for a conversation on this great biography and the 34th president of the united states. a.m. is a pioneer of journalism in america. she was the first woman to cover the white house for network television and was on the air for 41 years with abc news. her longevity and impact are unparalleled. ann's career at abc news spanned seven presidents of the united states, 10 presidential campaigns. she anchored from the white house, from capitol hill, and presidential travel that took her to all 50 states and six contine

. >> and sunday night at apricot eastern, -- at 8:00 eastern, william hitchcock on the age of eisenhower. >> dwight eisenhower was the most popular man, the most admired man of that period, 1945 to 1961. he served the country as president, having won landslide -- two landslide elections. his average approval rating while president for eight years was 65% average. the next president who comes closest to that was bill clinton at 55%, and after that ronald reagan at 53%. >> watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. house speaker nancy pelosi this afternoon sat down for a

. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern, a university of virginia professor, william hitchcock, on the age of eisenhower. >> dwight eisenhower was the most popular, respected, admired man of that period, 1945 to 1961. he garnered massive approval from the public, winning two landslide elections. his average approval rating when he was president for eight years, 65%. average. and the next closest to that was afterlinton, at 55%, and that ronald reagan at 53%, way in the rearview mirror. >> watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> now a look at recent debates in australia's parliament, including discussions about china's foreign policy, australian military operations in the south pacific, and climate change. this runs 35 minutes. >> thanks for your company.

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announcer: in sunday night at 8:00 eastern, the university of virginia professor and author william hitchcocker." >> he was the most popular man, the most respected man, the most admired man of that period, 1945 to 1961. he served the country as president and garnered massive approval from the public, winning two landslide elections. his average approval rating, ladies and gentlemen, well he was president for eight years, was 65%, average. the next president who comes close to that is bill clinton at 55%, and after that ronald reagan at 53%. announcer: watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. announcer: next on american history tv, historian gary peck talks about his book, "the great war in america: world war i and its aftermath." did chronicles how the war impacted americans as well as societal issues such as prohibition, women's suffrage, and race riots. the smithsonian associates hosted this event. it's about an hour and 20 minutes. >> we are thrilled to welcome back up battery and smithsonian associates speaker garrett peck. an author, historian, and to her, he is the author of

presidency, university of virginia professor and author william hitchcock on the age of eisenhower. >> dwight eisenhower was the most respected man, the most admired man of that period. he served the country as president and his average approval rating while president with was 65 years average. the next president who comes closest to that was bill clnten at 55% and after that ronald reagan 53. >> watch american history tv his weekend on c-span 3. >> up next, on american artifacts we go behind the scenes at the u.s. army in itage and education center carlisle, pennsylvania to see a section of world war i objects in their storage facility. we will see how they prepare,

. >> sunday night on the presidency, university of virginia professor and author william hitchcock onower. >> he was the most popular man, most respected man, most admired man of that period. he served the country as president. he garnered massive approval from the public having won two landslide elections. his average approval rating, ladies and gentlemen, while he was president, for eight years, was 65%. average. the next president who comest is bill clinton at 55%. after that, ronald reagan at 53%. >> watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> the american conservative union hosted its annual conservative political action con convenience. we sat down for a conversation about republican strategy for 2020. this is about 20 minutes. ♪ >> hello, cpac. >> we can do better than that. hello, cpac. all right. that's more like it. >> any republicans out there today? a couple? any daily caller readers? good.

and that's not hitchcock, is it? >> that is hitchcock. some of them are from the 1930s that were made by doane powell, who was my mother's mentor. >> and your mom made some, too? >> she made some of the masks on this end. >> who are these guys? >> those are blondie and dagwood, the comic-strip characters. >> i love them. >> you can try her on. >> oh, dagwood! this is going to be fun. the fun starts here in nebraska, up the road in omaha, back in 1910. that's when the artist karen mentioned, doane powell, takes a job as a political cartoonist for the omaha daily bee. >> he was a very popular political cartoonist and satirist. people looked forward to opening the pages and seeing what kind of scenes he would create. >> but the newspaper biz doesn't cut it for powell, who had studied painting and sculpture in paris after college. he wants his work to pop off the page, so in the early 1920s, the restless artist heads to new york city, where he begins experimenting in mask-making. "an ancient and venerable craft," notes mask-maker david knezz.

speaking of hitchcock, michelle has a biological mystery. >>> this is the deaths of two gray whales whoseorpses were found on angel bay. there trying to figure this one out. >> they biologists are thinking perhaps there is an unusual abundance of some kind of food that is attracting them in here this year, shrimp or something like that. >> these are the second and third dead gray whales found in the bay in the past two years. the marine mammal center says at least one of them was severely malnourished. >>> the sandy hall sandy hook lawsuit is moving for. the families of victims filed a lawsuit against the gun maker remington. they claim the company marketed the gun as a weapon of war. >>> 6:52 am. three houses gutted in a massive fire in the east bay. why crews experienced a big setback while trying to reach the same. >>> police in the bay area are increasing patrols at local mosques. it comes in the wake of a terrorist attack in new zealand where a gunman opened fire during afternoon prayers at 2 mosques, killing 49 people. more on that coming up. ng 49 people. more on that coming up. >>

night on the presidency, university of virginia professor william hitchcock talks about his book "the of eisenhower, america and the world in the 1950's." key fields questions from the audience and former abc news white house correspondent and compton. here is a preview. years, thehe kennedy camelot clan used eisenhower as a foil. to reflect glory on their young and dynamic john kennedy. after all, it is harder than it looks. [laughter] my students would all get this. what did you if you are kennedy's advance man use ike as the counterpoint? mayhe one hand, eisenhower be playing scrabble and i think that looks pleasant and lovely. [laughter] they had to work with this guy. a sharpy, there was contrast. and it worked against eisenhower's memory, against the impression that was given to the public. by the time of his death on march 28, 1969, at the age of press seemed on industry -- on interested in ike and there was an obituary. that concluded that eisenhower was "more of a figurehead than a president." that is what they said about him in the times in 1969 kid he was "out of touch with

. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on the presidency, william hitchcock on the age of eisenhow eisenhower he was the most popular man, most respected man, most admired man of that period. he served the country as president. he garnered massive approval from the public having won two landslide elections. his average approval rating, ladies and gentlemen, while he was president for eight years was 65%. average. the next president who comes close to that was bill clinton at 55%. after that, ronald reagan at 53%. they are in the rearview mirror. >> watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> the senate armed services committee held a hearing with the secretaries of the army, navy and air force as well as the military branch service chiefs about housing conditions on military bases. members asked the officials about reported cases of lead paint, mold and vermin in housing for service members and their families across the country. this hearing is 2 1/2 hours. >> are you ready?

of virginia professor and author william hitchcock on the age of eisenhower. >> dwight eisenhower was the most respected man, the most admired man of that period. he served the country as president and his average approval rating while president with was 65 years average. the next president who comes closest to that was bill clnten at 55% and after that ronald reagan 53. >> watch american history tv his weekend on c-span 3. >> up next, on american artifacts we go behind the scenes at the u.s. army in itage and education center carlisle, pennsylvania to see a section of world war i objects in their storage facility. we will see how they prepare, conserve and store a selection of fragile artifacts. >> i am the curator at the education center. the center is the armies unofficial depository for history. we collect artifacts and two-dimensional materials like letters, diaries, photographs, audio and visual materials and we are the largest collection -- library collection as well. what we try to do here is focused on the army's history through individual soldier's stories that we collect. w

you have a house that looks like -- >> hitchcock. >> yes. you see all those trees with no leaves because it's winter. there's snow on the ground. getting in is also a nightmare on whatever street this is. >> go around back. >> when they go in, you realize the nightmare continues because once again, donna, from stray rescue of st. louis, is braving an abandoned house to go look for some dogs in need. >> dog rescues in the zombie apocalypse. >> the dog is barking. she has to climb on something to see what the dog's situation is. >> do they believe the dogs were left behind or looking for sh t shelter? >> the mom took refuge because she has five little babies. i want do like on "sesame street" and say this is brought to you by the number five. it's five degrees outside. there are five puppies. if they stayed another night, they wouldn't have survived. >> you can see your breath. it's five degrees outside. >> there's mama in that closet. girl, get those dogs and get out of there. >> it's okay, mama. >> she was out playing around. >> she's seen t

at travis 64, brentwood 62 and in pleasanton it will be 63, ditto for petaluma and up 101 where hitchcock 65 degrees in santa rosa. >> wow. >> we'll look at 50s in lakeport, 58 at clearlake. extended forecast, clouds thursday but no rain and by the weekend the numbers will be in the low 70s inland. so a little warming trend on the way for the bay area by the weekend. that's weather. >>> as for what's ahead, here's ken and liz. >> thank you. we've got sports coming up. >> i left my phone downstairs, bad news because so many deals are evolving right now. >> that quickly. >> in the nfl. it's crazy with all the deals going down right now. the 49ers made big news tonight reportedly acquiring pro bowl pass rusher dee ford from the rounpin n exchange for a no d a career high 13 sacks last season, led the nfl defense that ranked 22nd in sacks did the 49ers last year. he reportedly get a five year deal worth over 17.5 million a year. the bigger news nationally odell beckham, jr. traded by the giants to cleveland in exchange for a first round pick, a third round pick and jabrill peppers. the 49ers

eastern, night at 8:00 william hitchcock on the age of eisenhower. >> he was the most popular, the most respected, admired man of that. 1945-1961. he garnered massive approval from the public. his average approval rating while president for eight years was 65%, average. the next president who comes closest to that was bill clinton at 55%, after that, ronald reagan. >> watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created by american public cable companies. we bring you coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. the homeland security secretary talked about border security yesterday. members questioned her about the president's use of an emergency declaration to fund a border construction.

it looked like a scene from "game of thrones" or from the alfred hitchcock movie "the birds." no word yet on why all the crows gathered there. >>> a police officer in boulder, colorado, is on paid leave after pulling his gun out and confronting a black man picking up trash in his own yard. at least six other officers and a supervisor joined him at the scene. police say the officer saw a private property sign and asked the man if he was allowed to be there. but even when he showed his i.d., police did not back away. >> you have weapons, you have protection. i'm over here picking up trash on property. i don't have a weapon. this is a bucket. >> of course, the officers left without charging the man. an internal investigation is now under way. >>> facebook's mark zuckerberg is promising to improve privacy with encryption that even facebook won't be able to read. in a blog post zuckerberg acknowledged past controversy saying, quote, we don't currently have a frank reputation for building privacy protective services. about 15 million users have left facebook in the last two years. >

and not some kind of a hitchcock movie either. >> that is incredible. >>> a secret reveal 27 years later. that story is next. >> first, we want to thank brian for this lovely picture of lime kiln state park in big sur. really serene, right? share your pictures with us using the #abc 7 now. >> you may see it on our air or online at abc7news.com. >>> i'm ama dates coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, blowing off hot air in benicia. at 6:00, the outrage over a refinely rhode island that didn't shut down after spewing toxic material into the sky over the weekend. >>> also -- >> i live in hayward because it's way too expensive to find any housing in oakland. >> we all know it costs a fortune to rent or buy place in the bay area. now a new poll shows how many people are ready to move out. one group more than any other. all coming up in a half hour at 6:00. >> we'll see you then. >>> finally tonight, a police officer discovers he has known one of his supervisors his entire life, since the moment he was born. not only that, the supervisor saved his life. >> take a look at these photos from the el mo

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. >> next, on "the presidency," university of virginia professor william hitchcock talks about his book, "the age of eisenhower: america and the world in the 1950s." later, mr. hitchcock sits down with former abc news white house correspondent ann compton for a conversation about the life and legacy of the nation's 34th president. the white house historical association hosted this event. it's an hour and 10 minutes. >> and now to the lecture part of our program. our speaker tonight is dr.

a the parking lot invasion at walmart in texas straight out of an alfred hitchcock movie today thursday, march 7, 2019. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie a hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> we start with the personal revelation from senator martha mcsally, sharing a painfulro incident her past during a hearing on capitol hill. here morgan radford is with more on that. >> reporter: savannah and hoda, good morning. marthacsall spoke outda wedn detailing the sexual assault she says happened when she wased enli her powerful testimony highlighting a persistent problem in our armed forces. this morng a u. senator and decorated military veteran opening upnd calling for change. so, like you, i am also a military sexualssault survivor, but like so many brave survivors, i didn't report it. >> reporter: revealing during aa hearing that she was raped by serving in the airport. >> i blamed myself. i was ash shaped and confused and i thought i was strong but feltpo werless. the perpetrators abused their position of power in profound ways. >> repo

. >> the parking lot invasion at a walmart in texas, straight out of an alfred hitchcock movie. today, thursday, march 7th, 2019. >> announcer: from nbc >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. >> nice to have you with us. what a moment on capitol hill yesterday. >> that's where we start this morning. the very personal revelation from senator martha mcsally. re from senator martha mcsally. the refired air force colonel sharing a personal incident from her past during a hearing on capitol hill. morgan radford has more on that. >> martha mcsally is not your average d.c. lawmaker. the 26 year military veteran, tapped to fill the late john mccain's senate seat, spoke out wednesday, detailing the sexual assault that she says happened when she was enlisted. now, her powerful testimony highlighting a persistent problem in our armed forces. >> reporter: this morning, a u.s. senator and decorated military veteran opening up and call

next, we are john -- joined by john hitchcock. center into a cultural hub in investment capital property market amidst brexit uncertainty. what certainty does he pick his plans on? we will talk about that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ welcome back to the european open. we are 41 minutes into the trading day. it'sntial says conservative nature is paying off. says theance ceo approach means it is culpable with the current climate. we spoke in beijing and they started by talking about the brexit contingency plan. >> we replicated the fund portfolio and legacy emergency cap's. that is a strategic value to us because it is very successful in europe and the clients are very familiar with that class. it was done about two weeks ago now. it cost us about 26 million pounds. probablye would have got to that decision with or without brexit but brexit clearly defined the timing. >> is this expected in the u.k.? brexit.olicy saver was said you are responsible for your own retirement. we have had tremendous demand because these consumers are now l

up in marin and sonoma county, bodega bay, where hitchcock filmed "the birds" back in 1952, a few showersin. in san francisco not much, but as you can see on the left-hand side of the screen, we'll get more showers. they're unwinding on a line from fremont in the southeast bay down through san jose and through santa cruz, too, where the boardwalk is getting rained on. tomorrow morning sunrise at 7:28 a.m. tomorrow morning and sun will be setting at just about a quarter after 7:00 tomorrow night. as i say, we didn't pick up a ton, 2/100 in san jose. half an inch, santa rosa. what's happening next? more of the same. midday tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, still be some showers around. and again not much. rain futurecast does show, however, another 42/100 of an inch for santa rosa between now and tomorrow night. expect showers but maybe a peek or two at sun as well. as we look way ahead, high pressure finally begins to build in and warm us up and dry us out. tuesday might be a light shower or two. sunday street block party tomorrow. a few showers around, temps in the mid 50s,

university of virginia professor and more william hitchcock on the age of eisenhower. >> dwight eisenhower was the most popular man, most respected man, most admired man of the period. '45-'61. he served as president and garnered massive approval from the public having one won two elections miss his average approval rating lehman while president for eight years was 65%. average. and the next president who comes closest to that was bill clinton at 55%. and that ronald reagan at 53. they're way in the rear view mirror. >> watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> and while we wait for the freedom of information day conference to resume, we'll show you this morning's discussion on how the press uses freedom of information requests inside and outside the u.s. >> roberto, you're not a resident of the washington, d.c. >> no. >> can you describe a little bit about why you're here. >> i was here 25 years ago. >> you were. >> yeah. >> but this is not your day job. so what brings you to washington? >> well, i had prepared a text if you don't mind. >> absolutely. >> so i would like to ap

and i said, "i'd love to. " grew up watching rod serling and "twilight zod "alfred hitchcock presentsfrom the, "how crazy people are and how diabolic your next door neighbor could be." d "in ice cold blood," it's about normal people who decide that murder is a great idea. and i come from a very rou background and i've never been in a room with any guys that were just like, "we're going to kill him." that's way out. but this is the mother who takes her kids to school and then kills dad, then picks them up. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, no. that's crazy. that's scary. >> yeah, watch it. yeah. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, yeah. >> watch it if you're into that type of thing, you know? >> jimmy: yeah. i want to show a clip. here's ice t on "in ice cold blood." take a look. >> with scott now a person of interest, detectives are eager to talk to the third player in this alleged sex triangle. did scott's mistress have something to do with desiree's death? could paige have evidence against scott? or were paige and scott just oblivious to who wanted desiree dead?la [ cheers and ae ] >>

. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on "the presidency," university of virginia professor william hitchcock on "the age of eisenhower." >> dwight eisenhower was the most respected man in that period, 1945 to 1961. he garnered massive approval from the public. his average approval rating while he was president, for eight years, was 65%. average. the next president who comes closest to that was bill clinton at 55%, and after that, ronald reagan at 53%. they are way in the rearview mirror. >> watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. ♪ ♪ >> guadalcanal airport. the tiny patch of land for which japan has sacrificed a fleet of warships and thousands are fighting men still wrestles with united states bombers. while the forces that control guadalcanal -- for the forces that control guadalcanal control access to australia. today, these land-based bombers are leading the way as the combined united states land, sea, and air defenses begin the task of sweeping the japs from the south pacific. ♪ no armchair commander, the admiral comes all the way from hawaii to decorate the major general, wh

. >> university of virginia professor and author william hitchcock on the age of wiser -- eight of eisenhower >> he was the most admired man of that period. he served the country as president and garnered massive approval from the public, having won two landslide elections. his average approval rating for 65%. years was was 55% andsident ronald reagan at 53. >> watch american history tv on c-span three. sunday night on q&a, penn state history professor amy greenberg discusses her book lady first, the world of first lady sarah polk. >> the way she exercised power. she wrote letters to a supreme court justice and members of that were completely competent, 100% about politics, and were not noticeably different from a letter a man would write. >> next, clare potter, history professor at the new school. she talks about the 1969 stonewall write it's -- stonewall riots. .he reflects on the legacy we recorded this 18 minute interview at the american historical association meeting. >> claire potter is someone who studies and teaches history at the new school and writes about it. let's talk about the s

. >> and sunday night at apricot eastern, -- at 8:00 eastern, william hitchcock on the age of eisenhower. >> dwight eisenhower was the most popular man, the most admired man of that period, 1945 to 1961. he served the country as president, having won landslide -- two landslide elections. his average approval rating while president for eight years was 65% average. the next president who comes closest to that was bill clinton at 55%, and after that ronald reagan at 53%. >> watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. house speaker nancy pelosi this afternoon sat down for a discussion with david rubenstein of the economic club of washington. they talked about the economy, the agenda in congress, and the 2020 election. david: can i have your attention, please. thank you. let me give a brief introduction to our special guest today and then we're going to have a conversation. as i mentioned earlier, the speaker had the good fortune to be born in baltimore. her father was the mayor of baltimore when i was growing up. he served three terms as mayor and five terms as a member of the house o

night at 8:00 eastern on the presidency, the university of virginia professor and author william hitchcock on the age of eisenhower. >> dwight eisenhower was the most popular man, the most respected man and the most admired man of that period. 45 until 61. he served the country as president and he guarded -- massive approval from the public having won two landslide elections. has average approval rating while he was president for eight years was 65%, average. and the next president that comes close to that was bill clinton at 55%. after that, ronald ragan at 53%. they are wait in the rearview mirror. >> watch american history tv this weekend on c-span three. >>> next, a discussion with iran experts -- and we will hear about the history and the events that led up to the 1979 revolution held by the foundation for defense of democracies. this is an hour and a half. >> with the a radiance most -- iranians most wished for, they never gained and what they sought to preserve, they lost. that was written by an oxford university trained persian nest

sunday night on the presidency, university of virginia professor william hitchcock talks about his book "the age of eisenhower." he fields questions from the audience and former abc news white house correspondent and compton. here is a preview. during the kennedy years, the camelot plan used eisenhower as a foil to reflect glory on their young and dynamic john kennedy. after all, it is harder than it looks. students would all get this. workn't you if you kennedy's advanced menus ike as the counterpoint? eisenhower playing scrabble and i think that looks pleasant and lovely. but they had to work with this guy. naturally, there was a sharp contrast. it worked against eisenhower's memory and against the impression given to the public. by the time of his death on march 20 8, 1969, at the age of president -- the press seemed uninterested in ike. there was an obituary the concluded eisenhower was a figurehead rather than a president. that is what they said about him in time in 1969. he was out of touch with his people. toreat soldier, but judged mediocrity or a failure as a president. startin

it reminded me of an alfred hitchcock movie, where in the beginning it is not a typical movie where someone is killed and somebody tries to figure out what happened. somebody is on a train, they are just sitting there, had they solve a murder mystery, and they are stuck on this wild ride because they know the answer to this mystery. it was kind of like that with the photographs that i found. when i realized i had some really exciting stuff, i decided to write a book. virtual antietam kind of went by the wayside. instead of doing the technology. rare images of antietam came to life. i worked on this for eight years, really trying to dig into rare images of antietam. about two years before this book came out, i found out that the very first photograph taken on the antietam battlefield -- this was after alexander gardner left. andeaves in october 1862, the photographs taken after that . the first photograph taken of antietam national battlefield has this as the background. a photographer named e.m. recher. ,n this, it is spelled recker which is my last name. his actual name is spelled recher,

university of virginia professor william hitchcock. >> dwight eisenhower was the most respected man ofriod, '45 to '61. he served the country as president and garnered massive approval from the public, having won two landslides elections. his average approval rating while he was president for eight years was 65%. average. and the next president who comes closest to that was bill clinton at 55% and after that ronald reagan at 53%. they're way in the rearview mirror. >> watch american history tv this weekend on cspan 3. >>> former colorado governor john hickenlooper formally announced his run for presidency yesterday before a crowd of supporters in denver. he's running for the democratic nomination and spoke for about a half hour. >> put your hands together. let's give him a round of

. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern, university of virginia professor and author william hitchcock on the age of ieisenhower. >> he served the country as president. he garnered massive approval from the public having won two landslide elections. his average approval rating, ladies and gentlemen, while he was president for eight years, was 65%, average. the next president who comes close to that was bill clinton at 55%. and after that ronald reagan at 53%. they are in the rearview mirror. >> watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> the u.s. supreme court is considering whether local governments can display a large cross on public land. the court heard oral argument over a 40-foot high christian cross. the local park and planning commission, which owns the land, has been sued by non-christian residents and the american humanist association who say the government is affiliating itself with christianity. those arguments now. it's about an hour. >> we will hear argument this morning in case 171717, the american legion versus the american humanist association and 1818, the consoli

eastern, night at 8:00 university -- william hitchcock on the age of eisenhower. >> he was the most popular man, the most admired man of that period. he served the country as president and he garnered massive approval from the people. his average approval rating while he was president for to -- for eight years was 68%.

sunday night at 8 pm eastern on the presidency with the university of virginia professor william hitchcock on the age of eisenhower >> dwight eisenhower was the most popular, respected and admired man of that period, 1945-61. he served as president and had massive approval from the public winning two landslide elections. the average approval rating while he was president for eight years was 65% and that was the average. the next president that comes closest to that was bill clinton at 55% and after that ronald reagan at 83%. they are way back in the rearview mirror. >>> watch american tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> the senate health committee heard from the 18- year-old that got vaccinated against his parents wishes and they are looking into the vaccine safety and what to do about preventable outbreaks. this hearing is one hour, 50 minutes. the senate committee on health educat >>> it is the senate committee on health, education, labor and pensions. come to order. we will have an opening statement and then introduce the witnesses. after the witnesses testimony senators have each five min

month, yeah, it came out when we were shooting. [ applause ] >> some are calling jordan the next hitchcockctually -- you know, he's very even-keeled, warm, focused person. of course, he -- this is a very intense movie and he had the levity. he does it with such passion and he enjoys it so much. and it was -- setimesyo know, hy would do this nakia impression on set, the nakia dance, it was not accurate. it's definitely got us a little and ready to play. >> he's brilliant. >> he's amazing. >> but he also gave you homework so you could be prepared so he gave you a list of ten horror films to watch. were there any standouts? >> they went in an order from the mildest to the most intense and the last one was "martyrs" and had a little footnote, enter at your own risk. and i was like, wow, okay. so i saved it for last and by the end of it i never did my homework alone. i always had a friend over that i bribed, that i bribed with one thing or another. and at the end of it, my friend said, okay, i'm going home. and i just started to cry because i was so scared of being alone. do not watch it. don't

eastern, university of virginia professor and author william hitchcock on the age of eisenhower. >> dwighthower was the most popular and respected and most admired man of the. 5-'61. approval from the public, having won two landslide elections. his average approval rating while president for eight years was 65%, average. president who comes closest was bill clinton, at 55%, and after that, ronald reagan at 53%. announcer: watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. washington journal continues. host: we welcome to our program for the first time, freshman congressman kelley armstrong representing north dakota's at large district. hat did you do before being elected to this job? >> i started my adult life as an american legion baseball coach. i was a criminal defense attorney for 10 years, got sick of guys in black robes controlling my calendar, so i went back to work for my dad's company, then in 2012, i got elected to the state senate. years as our three state party chairman in north dakota, then one senator kevin cramer got into the senate race a year ago, i jumped into the congres

. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on the presidency, professor and author william hitchcock on the agef eisenhower. >> dwight eisenhower was the most popular, most respected, most admired man of that period. he served the country as president and he had massive approval from the public. his average approval rating while president for eight years with 65%. the next president who comes close to that was bill clinton at 55%. and then ronald reagan at 50%. they are way in the rearview mirror. >> this weekend on c-span3. >> washington journal continues. host: we are joined by colonel elspeth cameron ritchie, a doctor who is retired. a chief of psychiatry at medstar washington hospital center here to talk about better mental health and good morning to you. guest: it is a pleasure to be here. host: the president has had an interest in the topic of veteran suicide. can you talk about with the white house is interested in doing and what needs to be done? guest: the rate of suicide among active-duty military members and among veterans has been climbing since about 2004. is 20 veterans a day who

sunday at 8:00 eastern on the presidency, the university of virginia professor and author william hitchcock, on the age of eisenhower. >> dwight eisenhower was the most popular, most respected man, the most admired man of that period, 1945 to 1961. he served the country as president and he garnered massive approval from the public having won two landslide elections. his average approval rating while he was president for eight years, was 65%. average. the next president who comes closer was bill clinton at 55% and then ronald reagan at 53. they are way in the rearview mirror. >> watch american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >>> executives from the three credit reporting bureaus in the u.s. appeared before a house committee to propose how companies use spending and debt data. during this portion of the hearing, lawmakers asked questions of the panel's experts, called to testify in response to the ceos. this portion is a little over an hour.

sunday night at 8 pm eastern on the presidency with the university of virginia professor william hitchcock on the age of eisenhower >> dwight eisenhower was the most popular, respected and admired man of that period, 1945-61. he served as president and had massive approval from the public winning two landslide elections. the average approval rating while he was president for eight years was 65% and that was the average. the next president that comes closest to that was bill clinton at 55% and after that ronald reagan at 83%. they are way back in the rearview mirror. >>> watch american tv this

night at 8:00 eastern on "the presidency," university of virginia professor and author, william hitchcock, on the age of eisenhower. >> dwight eisenhower was the most popular man. the most respected man. the most admired man of that period 45s . '45 tos '61. his average approval rating, ladies and gentlemen, while he was president for eight years was 65%. average. the next president who comes closest to that is bill clinton. and after that, ronald reagan at 53%. they're way in the rearview mirror. >> watch "american history tv" this weekend on c-span3. >>> the ceos of equifax and marriott international testified before lawmakers today on recent data breaches. arne sorensen of marriott apologized for information having been stolen from approximately 383 million guests. this hearing of the senate homeland security permanent subcommittee on investigations ran about 2 1/2 hours. >> permanent subcommittee investigations will come to order. it