jeffrey rosen: thank you so much, brian.was such an honor to talk with you. ♪ for free transcripts or to give us comments about the program, visit us at q&a and a.org. programs are also available on c-span podcasts. tariff next week on q&a, historian discuss it -- next week on q&a, historian discusses a biography on andaman harrison. -- benjamin harrison. ♪ washington journal is live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, democratic consultant and republican consultant will discuss the political landscape with over two months to go until election 2018. from a government accountability office, homeland security and justice director discusses a new report on the cost of incarcerating immigrants. watch washington journal live at seven eastern monday morning. join the discussion. ♪ tomorrow, nebraska republican senator debates mechanic thelenger, a member of lincoln city council, at the nebraska state fair. live coverage begins at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span. the primary source for campaig

brian: president of the national constitution center, jeffrey rosen, has been our guest. book is "william howard taft: a biography." we thank you very much. jeffrey: thank you so much. such an honor to talk with you about the constitution. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us. q and a programs are also .vailable as c-span podcasts q&a,ext week, on charles calhoun discusses his biography of benjamin harrison. ♪ >> c-span's "washington ve every day with news and policy issues that impact you. on monday, a democratic and republican consultant will discuss the political landscape, with just over two months until election 2018. and from the government account the new report on the cost of incarcerating immigrants. live at 7:00 eastern, monday morning. join the discussion. >> monday night, on "the communicators," the impact of robots and art

brian: president of the national constitution center, jeffrey rosen, has been our guest. book is "william howard taft: a biography." we thank you very much. jeffrey: thank you so much. such an honor to talk with you about the constitution. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us. q and a programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> next week, on q&a, charles calhoun discusses his biography of benjamin harrison. ♪ q&a and a sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> next, we are live with your calls and comments on ."ashington journal then here on c-span your primary source for campaign 2018, live coverage of the nebraska senator race debate between incumbent senator deb fischer and her democratic challenger jane ray bob. we will have live call bridge of the conversation with richard haas, president of the council of

brian: president of the national constitution center, jeffrey rosen, has been our guest. book is "william howard taft: a biography." we thank you very much. jeffrey: thank you so much. such an honor to talk with you about the constitution. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and-a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> sunday night on "q&a," historian charles calhoun discusses his biography of benjamin harrison. charles: when he was nominated, he was in indianapolis, and is speeches gave four that day, and his campaign people said this is the thing to do, let people come to you. over the next four or five months, that is what happened. wen son stayed at home, he would stay in that committee when visiting delegations from around the state come around the country, talk to special interest groups, farmers, and h

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. >>> jeffrey rosen talks about his biography. >> he never learned. i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me that's their perogative. they plooef believe majority sh rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q and a. >>> we were walked through the andrew jackson born for a storm exhibit. he tells the story of president jackson's upbringing as a relative orphan in america's frontier to his rise to national fame after his win against the british in the battle of new orleans. the exhibit was at andrew jackson's hermitage in nashville, tennessee. >>> we're in the museum in the andrew jackson center and about to tour our exhibit about the life of andrew jackson called "born for a storm." it is the largest and most extensive exhibit we have done on his life in our 127 years as a museum.

tuesday in our hot and eastern, bar, richard norton smith, jeffrey rosen, mark updegrove, and cokie roberts. as well: 30 p.m. eastern, former white house executive pastry chef roland messier. wednesday at 9 a.m. eastern, mike mccurry, run messenger, richard benedetto, kenneth walsh, susan page, and jon meacham. at :00 a.m. eastern, presidential storytelling and its local and 30 p.m. eastern, lbj foundation president mark updegrove, former chief of staff to laura bush, andy mcbride, and white house historical association president stuart mclaurin on presidential legacy. the white house historical associations presidential sites summit, live coverage tuesday and wednesday on c-span3. >> president trump announced the united states has reached an agreement with mexico on a trade deal to replace nafta. the president made the announcement just before noon in the oval office. president trump: hello, everybody. it's a big day for trade, a big day for a country. we negotiate tough, so it is mexico and this is a tremendous thing. they used to collect nafta, we're going to call it the united states me

sunday night on q and national constitution president -- national constitution center president jeffrey rosenalks about his biography on william howard taft. butt,told his aide archie i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to eject me that is their prerogative. adisonianis m view, his heroes were john marshall and the authors of the federalist papers. madison thought the majority should rule but only slowly or thoughtfully over time so reason and passion could be prevented. untapped believed the system was directto slowly and -- popular passion so that people could be governed through popular interest rather than faction, mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. tv's live for book coverage of the 18th annual congress book festival next saturday starting at 10:00 eastern. ourour coverage includes the wee calling in from our set at the washington convention center, with the author of "the soul of america: the batttle for ron turnoutngels," in his book "grant," and brian "andrewwith his book, jackson: the battle of

. >> sunday night jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he told his aide to serve both roosevelt and taft. i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me that is their prerogative. he has this view has heroes are james madison and john marshall who he considers the greatest american ever. madison and hamilton believe that majority should role but only slowly and thoughtfully overtime. the reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes that the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed through the public interest rather than factions. >> the andrew jackson foundation president and ceo walked us through the andrew jackson exhibit. over the next 20 minutes he tells the story of president jackson's upbringing as a relative orphan to his rise to national fame after his rise and win against the british in new orleans. >> we are in the museum center. we are about to tour our exhibit about the life of andrew jackson colborne for a storm. it

sunday night on qa day national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics, his aide archie but who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity. of people want to reject me that is their prerogative. this madisoneven you and others in the federalist papers, the greatest american ever and the majority should war but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so reason rather than passion could prevail and the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction -- >> sunday night in eastern on c-span q&a. the minister of the medicaid and medicare services and the comptroller general, talked about medicaid fraud with the governmental affairs committee hearing and discussed

ladies and gentlemen, jeffrey rosen. where are you, jeff?plause] >> thank you, vice president biden, for those moving and significant words. thank you for your service as the chair of the constitution center. it is now my great pleasure and honor to invite the vice president to award the liberty medal to john mccain. [applause] ♪ mr. biden: i am not going to put it around his neck because he gets animated and i think it will hurt him speaking. i am going to say these words. senator mccain, you have honorably upheld the united states constitution as a war hero, a member of the senate, and as a patriotic leader, and you have preserved, protected, and defended liberty at home and around the globe. for your life and sacrifice, it is the greatest honor to award you the 2017 liberty medal. ♪ [cheers and applause] sen. mccain: thank you, my old, dear friend. thank you, joe, my old, dear friend, for those mostly undeserved kind words. vice president biden and i have known each other for a lot of years now, more than 40 if you are counting. we knew e

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jeffrey rosen, president and ceo of the national constitution center. cokie roberts, journalist at pbs and national public radio. mark uptagrove, ceo and president of the lyndon johnson foundation. so please join me in welcoming our guests here today. [ applause ] and susan, i'll turn it over to you. >> thank you, very much. good morning, everyone. it's delightful to be with you. and welcome to my panel of shrinking violets. we've been given a task this morning to talk about presidential mismaking and disruptions to the factual history that all of us in this room and whatever capacity we are in strive to tell. and we had a really lively organizing conference call and then some wonderful back and forth e-mails. and my job was to try to organize all of that for the next hour and a half. so what i've done -- so for this morning is to think about the tech age and how we always hear about disruptions. disrupters. and so what i've done is organize our discussion and their thoughts into six disrupters of presidential history. and we're going to spend the time

and on "q&a," jeffrey rosen talks about his biography on william howard taft. susan: "newsmakers" welcomes neera tanden, president and ceo of the center for american progress. she has been in that position since 2011. c-span viewers are familiar with the progressive think tank based in washington, d.c. let me introduce you to our reporters. darlene superville, her first visit to "newsmakers," glad to have you, covers the white house for the associated press. jerry seib, executive editor for the "wall street journal." darlene, i will start with you. darlene: hi, neera. i wanted to start with the big news of the week. how should democrats respond to paul manafort, his conviction on financial crimes? also, the guilty pleas by michael cohen, president trump's longtime personal attorney. how do you think should democrats respond to those developments? neera: there are tt play. both cases feed the idea of a culture of corruption in washington. democrats have been talking about the challenge of corruption. we have these two instances, and with the news around duncan h

. ♪ >> sunday night on sunday night on q and a, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosenalks about biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he told his aid who served roosevelt and taft as an intimate aid, i will not play a part for popularity if people want to project me, that's their prerogative. he had a madisonian view. his heroes are james madison and alex enter hamilton at john marshall who he considers the greatest american ever. they believed majority should rule but only slowly at thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes the entire system slow the popular passion so the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through action. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> sunday night on afterwards, economist discusses her book edge of chaos. she is interviewed by jason furman. >> you wrote a book with is quite a lot about politics and on political science? >> the most important thing for the motivation is born out of frustration. i talk about this in the book. my inter

night on q&a, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biographyde roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity, if the people want to reject me that is their prerogative. 's has this madisonian view, heroes are james madison, alexander hamilton, the authors of the federalist papers and john marshall. they believed that majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time, so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather bs thatrough action, mo they were self interest rather than the public good. >> announcer: shellshocked is a term coined during world war i to describe psychological trauma and symptoms associated with the daystless and sometimes long artillery attacks soldiers were forced to endure under the trenches. rachellevandos ki gives a talk at the national museum in silver spring, maryland. ofistorian in the secretary defense is historical office, she details th

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. >>> sunday night on q & a, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his wieg gravy of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. i mean, he never learned politics. he told his aide archie butt who told roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me that's their prerogative. he has this mad sewnian view, his heroes are harrison, hamilton and james marshall. hamilton and harrison believe majorities should rule but slowly and thoughtful over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes that the system is set to to slow passion to that the people can be dporchd in the public interest rather than through faction, that is, mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> the andrew jackson foundation's president and ceo walked us through the andrew jackson born for a storm exhibit. over the next 20 minutes he tells the story of president jackson's upbringing as a relative orphan in america's gone tear to his rise to na

jeffrey rosen president and ceo of the national constitution center. pokey roberts, journalist at pbs. national public radio. mark uptogrove the ceo and president of the lyndon johnson foundation. please join me in welcoming our guests here today. susan i will turn it over to you thank you very much. good morning everyone. welcome and welcome to my panel of shrinking violets. and the factual history that all of us in this room in whatever capacity we were in strive to tell. and we had a really lively organizing conference call and then some wonderful back and forth e-mails and my job was to try to organize all that for the next hour and a half. so what i've done, for this morning is to think about the tech age and what we always here about disruptions. disrupters. what i've done is organize our discussion and their thoughts into six disrupters of presidential history. and we're going to spend some time on each one. they are, popular culture, current events and societal trends, research, constituent groups, digital technology and funding. so we're going

tuesday in our hot and eastern, bar, richard norton smith, jeffrey rosen, mark updegrove, and cokie roberts. as well: 30 p.m. eastern, former white house executive pastry chef roland messier. wednesday at 9 a.m. eastern, mike mccurry, run messenger, richard benedetto, kenneth walsh, susan page, and jon meacham. at :00 a.m. eastern, presidential storytelling and its local and 30 p.m. eastern, lbj foundation president mark updegrove, former chief of staff to laura bush, andy mcbride, and white house historical association president stuart mclaurin on presidential legacy. the white house historical associations presidentiasi

tonight on q&a, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never liked politics. you never learned politics. he told his aid who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is there prerogative. he has this madisonian view. -- john marshall, who he considers the greatest american never. they believe the majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so reason can prevail. is setupved the system up to slow the direction of popular passion so people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction, mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span'd q&a. -- >> next, military historian mark snell talks about "gettysburg's other battle," the ordeal of an american shrine during the first world war. the battlefield was used as a world war i training camp in 1917 and 1918, named camp colt. its commander was a young dwight d. eisenhower. the impactescribes on the battlefield and the

jeffrey rosen, president and ceo of the national constitution center. koki roberts, journalist at pbs. please join me in welcoming our guests here today. [ applause ] susan, i'll turn oifver to you. it's delightful to be with you. welcome to my panel of shrinking violets. we're going to talk about presidential myth making and disruptions to the factual history that all of us in this room and whatever capacity we are in strive to tell. we had a really lively organizing conference call and some wonderful back and forth e-mails. my job was to try to organize that for the next hour and a half. what i've done for this morning is to think about the techage. we always hear about disrupters. what i've done is organize our discussion and their thoughts into six disrupters of presidential history. popular culture, current events, research, constituent groups, digital technology and funding. bring in so many scholars but this most successful had nothing to do with that. >> yes. it's called hamilton. signers of the constitution. 39 super bowligned and three re. in

eastern, barbara perry, jeffrey engel, jeffrey rosen, mark odegrove and cokie roberts. and the former white house executive pastry chef. wednesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, mike mcclury, kenneth walsh, susan page and john mitchum. at 12:30 p.m. eastern, lbj foundation president mark epengrove, anita mcbride. live coverage tuesday and wednesday on cspan3. >>> up next on the presidency. historian peter enriquez talks about the relationship between george washington and alexander hamilton. he discusses why their collaboration was important in founding the nation. gatsby's tavern museum hosted this hour long event. >>> my name is liz williams and i'm the director here at gatsby's tavern museum. thank you for braving the elements outside. thank you for joining us tonight and i would also like to welcome our cspan crew as well. you're sitting in the

. >> sunday night on q&a, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he told his aid who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part from popularity and some people want to reject me, that's their prerogative. he has this madisonian view, his heroes are james madison, alexander hamilton and john marshall who he considers the greatest american ever. they believe that majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. they have the belief that the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction, mobs that favor soap interest rather than the public good.

next week on q&a emma national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biographyilliam howard taft. that is next sunday here on c-span. night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span, the resurgent gathering meeting in austin on social media platform and freezing fuel efficiency programs on cars. >> people should be free to buy the kind of cars that work for them. it should not be second-guessed i washington or sacramento. that is a really big deal about this role, the administration is taking away california's ability to set its own fuel economy standards. and that is completely inappropriate. announcer: on tuesday at 7:00 p.m., president trump is live for a make america great again rally in west virginia. c-span.orgspan and and listen on our free radio out. >> prime minister questions will not be shown tonight. instead, we will bring you our of our series, 1968, america in turmoil, with a look back at liberal politics 50 years ago. later, another chance to see tonight's q&a with historian john furling. we continue our series, 1968, america in turmoil, with a look back at little -

and defense studies for the seni >> sunday night, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> you never learned politics. who served, roosevelt and taft, i when i play a part in popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is their prerogative. he had this madisonian view. alexander hamilton, and john majority they believed should rule but only slowly or possibly over time, so that reason rather than passion can prevail. taft believe the entire system was sent to slow the drastic expression of popular passion so the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction,

tuesday barbara perry, jeffrey engel, richard norton smith, jeffrey rosen. at 12:30 eastern former executive pastry chef, and wednesday mike mccurry, ron nessen, richard ben detta, richard page and susan meacham. and 12:30 p.m. eastern, markupten grove, anita mcbride and white house historical association president stuart mcnorman on presidency. live coverage tuesday and wednesday on c-span 3. >> president gerald ford served as vice president and president without being elected to either office. up next historian scott kaufman talks about how that happened. he's author of "ambition, pragmatism, and party, a political biography of gerald r. ford." it's about an hour. >> good evening. welcome to the ford presidential museum. it is my honor to serve here as the deputy director and welcome you on behalf. todayure speaker is scott kaufman. here

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. >> sunday night on q&a, national constitution center president and ceo, jeffrey rosen, talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he never learned politics. he told his aide, archie butt, who served both roosevelt and taft as an intimate aide, i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me, that's their prerogative. he has this madisonian view. his heros are the authors of the federalist papers and john arthur. and they believe that majorities should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. so that reason, rather than passion, could prevail. and taft believes that the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion, so that the people can be governed in the public interest, rather than through faction. that is mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern, on c-span's q&a. >> next, university of tennessee professor daniel feller and his class talk about andrew jackson and the politics of the

. >> next week on q&a, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biographywilliam howard taft. that is next sunday here on c-span. >> federal partners in prevention are hosting something aunts -- they come is on cyber bullying. live starting in about 20 minutes at 1:15 p.m. eastern. join us later today for live coverage of president trump. a ceremonye part in honoring officials from the agencies which handle customs and border protection, including immigration and customs enforcement or ice agents. we will have that live for you 3:00 on c-span. look ata live washington, d.c., with the capital on a cloudy day as the house is doing their district work period. expected to continue work on fiscal year 2019 federal spending. considerationder that covers the defense department, labor hhs, and the education departments. we expect the amendments to take place at 5:30 this afternoon. you can watch the c senate on c-span2. >> tonight on c-span, the research and gathering meeting in austin on social heaven media platform bias -- social-media platform bias. >> people sh

. >> next week on q&a, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biographyn william howard taft. that is next sunday here on c-span. >> on c-span this morning, "washington journal is next. a discussion on the history and future of voting rights in america. this afternoon, we will take you live to maryland for a cyber bullying prevention summit. >> coming up on today's "washington journal, foreign affairs magazine talks about a series of stories featured in the publication that look at the future of the internet. and later, a wall street journal's matthew hennessy joins us to discuss his new book, zero hour for gen x, which looks at the millennials impact on politics, culture, and technology. ♪ host: it is monday, august 20th and this is "the washington journal." both the president and the first lady have events you can see on c-span. lonnie a trump speaks at a cyber bullying prevention summit -- melania trump speaks at a cyber bullying prevention summit. a new poll from pew research charts how politically accurate experts are leading into the midterm electio

. >> on the net on q&a national constitution center president el jeffrey rosen talk about his biographyf william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he told his aid archie but who served both roosevelt and taft as an intimate aid, i will not play a part of popularity. the point reject me that's their prerogative. he had this madisonian view, his heroes are james madison, i was in hamilton, the authors of those papers and john marshall reconsiders the grace american ever. madison hampton believe the majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through action, mobs that favor the self interest rather than the public good. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> next, remarks by frank cissna, head of the immigration services at the homeland security department. he talks about challenges, his agency faces including the processing of credible asylum

eastern, barbara perry, jeffrey engel, richard norton smith, jeffrey rosen, mark upgrow and cokie roberts. former white house executive pastry chef, roland messnier. wednesday at 9:00 a.m., richard benedetto, susan page and john meacham. at 11:00 a.m., presidential story telling. and at 12:30 p.m. eastern, historian and author, william seale. the white house historical association's presidential site summit, live coverage tuesday and wednesday on c-span3. >> up next on the presidency, the design history of the white house and how it was influenced by

john mitchum and jeffrey rosen. we even have democratic senators this morning tammy duckworth, elizabeth warren all saying this isn't the time to talk about impeachment, we have other things to talk about. jeff, let me start with you. i heard allen dershowitz on with hallie jackson a little while ago saying the things that michael cohen said he did with the president don't amount to high crimes and merchandise. the president actually tweeted out this morning they're not actually a crime. i think the more relevant thing for people who are thinking about this politically is that michael cohen admitted to doing something that was designed to influence the outcome of the election and many out there saying, maybe the outcome of the election was affected by the fact that these two women karen mcdougal and stormy daniels were not able to speak as freely as they otherwise would have had there not been money paid to them? >> that's exactly right. and history suggests that not all crimes are high crimes and impeachable and no

[applause] >> sunday night on q&a, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never liked politicians. he never learned politics. he told his aid, who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity if the people want to reject me that is their prerogative. view, hiss madisonian heroes were the authors of the federalist papers, john marshall, alexander hamilton and medicine and they believed the majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction, mobs that they were self interest rather than the public good. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. c-span, where history unfolds daily. 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 supre

. >> next week on q&a, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography on william howard taft. that is next sunday here on c-span. >> on c-span this morning, "washington journal is next. a discussion on the history and future of voting rights in america. this afternoon, we will take you live to maryland for a cyber bullying prevention summit. >> coming up on today's "washington journal, foreign affairs magazine talks about a series of stories featured in the publication that look at the future of the internet. and later, a wall street journal's matthew hennessy joins us to discuss his new book, zero hour for gen x, which looks at the millennials impact on politics, culture, and technology. ♪ host: it is monday, august 20th and this is "the washington journal." both the president and the first lady have events you can see on c-span. lonnie a trump speaks at a cyber bullying prevention summit -- melania trump speaks at a cyber bullying prevention summit. a new poll from pew research charts how politically accurate experts are leading into the midterm elect

irgel >> jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of taft. >> he never learned politics. he told his aid that served as an intimate aid i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me, that's their prerogative. he had this view, his heros are james madison, alexander hamilton and john marshall who he considers the greatest american ever and madison and hamilton believed majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail and taft believes that the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction. that is mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on cspan's q and a. >> sunday night on afterwards, she discusses the book "edge of chaos." she is interviewed by jason fur man. former chairman of the council of economic advisers during the obama administration. >> you wrote a book which is quite a lot about politics and draws a lot on polit

on both days. , jeffrey engel, william norton smith, jeffrey rosen, and cokie roberts. at 12:30 p.m. eastern, former white house executive pastry chef, wednesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, mike mccurry, like andcine, richard benedetto jon meacham. at 11:00 a.m. eastern, presidential storytelling. eastern, william seale. the white house historical association's presidential site summit. live coverage tuesday and wednesday on c-span3. >> he is one of the most qualified nominees ever picked for the supreme court and he has contributed a great deal to hurt -- to his community and the legal profession besides being judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals. >> judge kavanaugh has a special obligation to make his views on given the clear president's litmus test. that he would only appoint judges that would overturn roe. forward to watching judge kavanaugh's confirmation hearing and after conducting a thorough and objective review of his nomination, i am confident he will be an excellent addition to our nation's highest court. of the senatene confirmation hearing for brett kavanau

barbara perry, jeffrey engel, richard norton smith, jeffrey rosen, and cokie roberts., roland messier. wednesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, benedetto,y, richard kevin walsh, susan page, and john beauchamp. at 11:00 a.m. eastern, presidential storytelling and a 12:30 p.m. eastern, a historian and author. the presidential site summit. live coverage tuesday and wednesday on c-span3. republican senator john mccain died yesterday at his home in arizona after a battle with brain cancer.

. >>> sunday night on q and a, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he told his aide, i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is their prerogative. he has this jeffersonian view. madison and hamilton believed that the majority should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. so that reason, rather than passion, could prevail. taft believes the system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion, so people could be governed in the public interest, rather than through factions, that is mobs, that favor the self- interest instead of the public good. >>> sunday night, an economist discusses her book, edge of chaos. why democracy is failing to deliver economic growth and how to fix it. she is interviewed by the former chairman of the council of economic advisers during the obama administration. >> you wrote a book that is quite a lot about politics. why did you do that? >> the most important things i think in terms of writing the b

visit ncicap.org] >> sunday night on q&a, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he told his aid, who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity. reject me,le want to that is their prerogative. comment madisonian view authors of the federalist papers and john marshall. madison and hamilton believed majorities should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believed the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people could be governed in the public interest, rather than through faction. favoring self-interest rather than the good. >> on c-span's q&a. >> the c-span buses traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. the bus is on its 39th stop in honolulu, asking folks what is the most important issue in hawaii? you see these places, one of the big issues is will they have a place to live? will they be able to afford to stay in the home of their birth?

. >> sunday on q and a, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he told his aide to serve both roosevelt and taft. i will not play a part of pew -- popularity. people want to reject me that's their prerogative. the majority rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so reason rather than passion what prevail. the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so the people can be governed in the public interest rather through fraction. that is mobs that favor -- >> sunday night at 8 pm eastern on c-span's q and a. andrew and rachel jackson lived at the hermitage in nashville from 1804 until jackson death in 1845. over the next 12 months the head of the into jackson foundation talks about the property's history and how the home grew from a two-story log cabin into a presidential residents. >> i think it ranks right up with mount vernon or monticello. it speaks to a man of significant wealth. jackson is considered to be one of our wealthiest residents. it's an 8000 square-foot house

night on q&a,day national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography "a william howard taft." >> he never learned politics. who served aid, roosevelt and taft as an intimate aid, i will not fall apart for popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is their prerogative. he has this of you, his heroes are james madison, alexander hamilton, and john marshall. madison and hamilton believe that the majority should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. so that reason, rather than passion, could prevail. taft believes this system is setup up to slow popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction. that is mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. a group of conservatives met in austin, texas earlier this month. some of the topics covered ofluded the perceived bias social media platforms, the trump administration freezing fuel requirements, and upcoming ballot measures. this was a conference organized by conservativ

today at 90 eastern barbara perry, jeffrey engel, richard norton smith, jeffrey rosen, mark updegrove and cokie roberts took at 12:30 p.m. eastern former white house executive pastry chef. wednesday 9 a.m. eastern mike mccurry, kenneth walsh, susan page and jon meacham. at 12:30 p.m. eastern, lbj foundation president mark updegrove, former chief of staff to laura bush an anita mcbride d white house historical association president on residential legacy. white house historical association presidential site summit live coverage today and wednesday on c-span3. >> arizona senator john mccain died saturday at the age of 81 turkey was first elected to congress in 1982 serving in the house of representatives before becoming a u.s. senator in 1987. yesterday a number of senators came to the floor to talk about the life and career of john mccain who was a naval academy graduate and was held a as a prisoner of war during the vietnam war. >> on saturday evening, a great loss echoed throughout our country. six decades of patriotic service came to an end. we suspected for some time that we bid far

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>> sunday night, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> you never learned politics. who served, roosevelt and taft, i when i play a part in popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is their prerogative. he had this madisonian view. alexander hamilton, and john majority they believed should rule but only slowly or possibly over time, so that reason rather than passion can prevail. taft believe the entire system was sent to slow the drastic expression of popular passion so the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction, self-interest rather the public at. good. >> six sunday night at it if our eastern on q&a. announcer: c-span's washington journal, live every day with names and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, the host of the online program, the young turks, discusses progress in opposition to the trump presidency. author anne coulter will join us about her new book. how the trump lost its collective mind. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal liv

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