. >> guest: the key one is james buchanan, who had a 32 year public affair. the slave owner and defender of slavery, and james buchanan in the course of the relationship of a romantic notion of slave owners being good. james buchanan brings that into the presidency in 1856 and nothing in the southern states

from alabama who indoctrinate says the young james buchanan with the romantic nation's day snowshoer -- ns notion of the slave owners been good tos bring seven to the presidency and does nothing as the president start to secede and encourage them and abraham lincoln is left with a huge mess 1861 when he takes over the america house to go through civil war and smacked. >> host: will they make their way to the pages of puzzler? >> yes. we're doing an excerpt.m the reception is great the reviews have been good but preliminary sales are a strong indication as well. >> host: your on your way to a panel to hear so we have to wrap up. thank you for being with us today. >> i see him as the result first as pre-adulthood. one decade or more devoted to work and self exploration and women spend years in pre-adulthood but here is the difference. women have the advantage miserable as that makes them to know about biological women. large majority of women and men say they want children that the surveys consistently say that. but women's fertility begins to prime by the age of 30 that means they may

james buchanan brings that into the presidency in 1856 and nothing in the southern states passivity and abraham lincoln is left with a huge mess in 1861. america has to go through civil war. >> are some of the story's going to make their way into the pages of hustler? >> guest: we are doing an excerpt. the key thing i am happy to do, the reception is great. a strong indicator as well. >> host: you are on your way to a panel. thank you for being with us. we are going to be doing a live panel and it is on american history. coming up next, american history blood and back rooms and it is moderated by diane smith. thomas powers on "the killing of crazy horse" and jim newton who wrote "justice for all: earl warren and the nation he made". that is right beside us on the campus of u.s. c. thanks for being with us. >> we appreciate you. in short the panel and i was reading this countdown. 10-9-8-7-6 -- >> thank you for coming on this beautiful day to talk about american history. so great to see so many people interested. i get a heads of that i am not being heard in the back. i know and don't ha

. >> guest: the key one is james buchanan, who had a 32 year public affair. the slave owner and defender of

buchanan will join us. for operations in iraq and that will be followed up by major general james malory of the nato training mission in afghanistan. we'll talk about trading the afghan police force. we will also discuss afghanistan with a senior fellow and we'll talk led u.s. counterinsurgency operations there. we will finish up the discussion with a look at page for highways, upkeep and tens of that nature and what that means for gas tax. all that and we will take a look at the papers and get your calls and tweets as well at 7:00 tomorrow morning. we will see you then. ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ ♪ >> neck", newsmakers" with oklahoma senator tom coburn than bill clinton talks about medicare funding and the deficit and later today, we will show you more of the commencement speakers beginning with florida senator mark rubio. >> our guest this week is oklahoma republican senator tom coburn of. >> we want to talk about the gang of six. this was a group of senators try

>> this morning, major general jeffrey buchanan gives an update on iraq and the progress being made by the iraqi security forces. that major general james and malory discusses training the afghan army and police forces. after that, the center core american progress will talk about counterterrorism strategy in afghanistan. finally, fawn johnson talks about the national highway trust fund and the role federal and state guest texas play in its funding. "washington journal" live this morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this week on "q&a" -- part two of our conversation with historian david mccullough. his book is called "the greater journey: americans in paris." it's the story of some of the americans who went to paris between 1800 and 1930 to further their training careers. >> david mccullough, author of the greater journey of americans in paris in the 1800s. of all of the people you wrote about in this book, who would you not want to meet and talk with because of what you learned about them? >> i can't think of one, and i will tell you why. this book is different for me in form than anything i have ever done because if you're writi

washington journal," major general jeffery buchanan gives an update on iraq since the withdrawal of u.s. troops and the progress being made. then major general james mallory discusses u.s. efforts to train the afghan army and police forces. after that, center for american progress senior fellow brian katulis on current strategy in afghanistan. and finally fawn johnson talks about the trust fund and the role federal and state gas taxes play in funding. "washington journal" live monday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> freelance video journalist david axe was embedded with the u.s. army in afghanistan in march and april. he joined sufment and afghan troops south of kabul on patrols of local villages and a mission to clear roads of ieds. he also talked with commanders about security and the status of training of the army and police. the u.s. is scheduled to begin withdrawing troops from afghanistan in july. >> what the brigade is trying to do here is we have the area of operations three provinces. very critical areas around kabul to try to get expand the security bubble that i'm sure you've heard general petraeus talking about from kabul to make sur

. >> maryland on "washington journal" jeremy buchanan gives an update on iraq by the troops and progress being made on the security forces. then general jamesfforts to train the afghan army and police forces. after that brian katuliso u.s. counterterrorism strategy. and finally, fawn johnson talks about the national highway trust fund and the role federal and state gas taxes play in its funding. plus your emails, phone calls and tweets. washington journal, live monday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> follow c-span's washington journal on twitter and join those who get advanced notice on the guests, questions of the day and links of clips to video highlights. you can tweet your questions to our guests and add comments to the conversation. don't miss any updates from washington journal. start your twitter account today at twitter.com/cspanwj. >> next, pulitzer prize winning political cartoonist gives the commencement address to the graduates at colorado college. his cartoon spare on the website of "san francisco chronicle," from colorado springs, this is 25 minutes. ♪ >> thank you very much. thank you for that very kind introduction. thank

day on "washington journal," major general jeffrey buchanan on an update on iraq and the progress made by the security forces. then major general jamess. after that, the center for american progress senior fellow brian katulis on afghanistan and finally fawn jonson about the role of federal and state gas taxes. your emails, phone calls, and tweets. "washington journal" on c-span. all this weekend, commencement dress -- addresses. next come mayor michael bloomberg speaking at george washington university. after that, on the award winning neurosurgeon alfredo queen johannes he now draws said. -- quinones-hinojosa. next, new york city mayor michael bloomberg addressing the graduates of george washington university. he talks about positive developments that came after the 9/11 terror attacks and the importance of youth volunteering. this is 15 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. and thank you, president knapp, for that kind introduction. i really am honored to be this year's gw commencement speaker, even though i hear i was your second choice after charlie sheen. [laughter] apparently he was already booked to speak at a warlock conventio