we hear from joanne freeman and house speaker nancy pelosi. this is one hour. >>> my name is jane campbell and i am the ceo of the united states capital historical society. a position that i took an of february. it is new for me, and this is my first salute to congress. i am so glad the you are all here with me. and so, the first thing is for us to all rise as the capital police ceremonial unit will present our nation's colors. please rise. >> please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. >> thank you. very much , you may be seated. i am honored tonight , as we gather to salute the 116th congress. to present to you when the most consequential political figures of our time. a woman who makes history every single day. house speaker nancy pelosi is the 52nd speaker of the house of representatives. she made history in 2007, when she was elected the very firs

. >> joanne freeman will be our guest on "indepth" sunday from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern.er latest book is "field of blood." withour live conversation your phone calls, tweets, and facebook questions. then, a 9:00 p.m. eastern on examinesrds," ben howe whether evangelicals are choosing political value over christian values. tempting but dangerous. it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system. it is also an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism or any other faith and use that as a way to get votes, which seems like the worst possible way you can use faith. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span 2. presidento this event hosted by the christian science monitor. ms. feldman: good morning. i am linda feldman, washington bureau chief of the christian science monitor. our guest today is richard trumka, president of the afl-cio, the nason's largest -- nation's largest federation of labor unions. this is his 11th appearance at the monitor breakfast, so you have become a labor day tradition for us. so, welcome.

. >> yale history professor joanne freeman will be our guest sunday from noon to 2 p.m. eastern. her latest book is the field of blood. her other titles include the essential hamilton, hamilton writings, and affairs of honor. join our live conversation with your phone calls, tweets and facebook questions. at 9 p.m. eastern, in his latest examines ifwe evangelicals are choosing political power over christian values. >> i think the lesser evil argument is tempting but dangerous. it permeates to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system. i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelic iism or any other faith and use that as a way to get votes, which seems like the worst way christians who do. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. than 500ear, more thousand students competed in national history day at the local level. just 3000 students advanced to the finals of the university of maryland in june. the 2019 theme was triumph and tragedy. the presentation categories included exhibits, websites, documentary, paper and performance. nex

. >> yale history professor and author joanne freeman will be our guest on in depth sunday from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern. her latest book is "field of blood." her other titles are "essential hamilton," hamilton writings and affairs of honor. join her live conversation with phone calls, tweets and facebook questions. at 9:00 p.m. on after words in his lateststest book "the moral majority" ben howell discusses whether evangelicals are choosing political power over chris shall values. >> i think the lesser evil argument is tempting but dangerous. i think it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system. and i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism or any other faith and use that as a way to get votes, which is about the worst possible way to use faith. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. >>> african-american slaves who escaped to union army lines during the civil war became known as contraband. next, we'll show you a discussion on the washington, d.c., contraband hospital created by the federal government to

todd young, and historian joanne freeman, who discusses her book, "the field of blood: violence in congress and the road to civil war." professor freeman argues that the country has been more polarized in the past than it is now. >> my name is jane campbell, and i have the honor of being the ceo of the united states capitol historical society, a position that i took in february. so it is new for me and this is my first salute to congress. i am so glad that you're all here with me. and so, the first thing is for us to all rise as the capitol police ceremonial unit will present our nation's colors. please rise. >> forward march. forward march. present. >> now, please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. thank you very much. you may be seated. i am honored tonight, as we gather to salute the 116th congress, to present to you one of the most consequential political figures of our time, a woman who make

this is a book called the field of blood by joann freeman and it is a historian of violence in congress and the united states congress. she does a great job pointing out, beating charles sumner on the floor of the senate as a prelude to the civil war. as she points there's a long history and she tells the story through the memoirs and those of the clerk of the house who memorialized what happened, it was fistfights, duels, threatened duels, group fisticuffs, violence and near violence. a lot more violence than we want to believe about ourselves and she does a great job of telling that history. this book by linda gordon is the second coming of the kkk. the first coming of the kkk was right after the civil war, armed resistance to reconstruction and the rights of african-americans. the second coming of the kkk takes place around world war i. the kkk became a force to be reckoned with. it controlled many state governments including the state of indiana, the state of oregon. there reach was alarmingly great and they sort of organized themselves like a sort of social club and finally came to

. >> yale history professor joanne freeman will be our guest sunday from noon to 2 p.m. eastern.r titles include the essential hamilton, hamilton writings, and affairs of honor. join our live conversation with your phone calls, tweets and facebook questions. at 9 p.m. eastern, in his latest examines ifwe evangelicals are choosing political power over christian values. >> i think the lesser evil argument is tempting but dangerous. it permeates to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system. i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelic i

we could go on and on, but mercifully i shall not do that, youinstead will present to joanne freeman. [applause] dr. freeman: thank you so much for that introduction, and good evening. i want to start by saying that particularly, given that i am here speaking at an event that is honoring a congress that does include so many women, i am very happy to stand before you as a woman historian, so it is only appropriate. [applause] thank you very much. now, i want to start by saying something that was just referenced. i am very honored to be speaking before you this evening in this particular space before this particular audience, speaking in honor of this particular congress. i spent much of the past 17 years focusing my scholarship on the institution of congress in the decades leading up to the civil war. congress, the capitol building, and this hall, for a time, the house of representatives, have been at the center of my thoughts for much of those 17 years. a lot of what i wrote about happened in this room. the people, the politics, the passion, the politicians, particularly lesser-known

the program also featured remarks by historian joann freeman who looked back to a polarizing era in the mid-19th century in discussing her book "the field of blood, violence in congress and the road to civil war." that's at 8:00 p.m. eeastern hee on c-span3. >>> next author john farrell discusses the life and career of president richard nixon. he's the author of "richard nixon, the life" and he now examines how president nixon's early life influenced his presidency. held by the smithsonian associates. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> it's my pleasure to welcome our speaker tonight. john farrell is an author and contributing editor to "politico" magazine and "the atlantic" following his career as a journalist for "the denver post" and globe. where he worked as white house correspondent and served on the spotlight team. in his capacity as a journalist he's covered congress, the supreme court, and every american presidential campaign from 1980 through 2012. in additio h

the program featured remarks by historian joanne freeman on her book "the field of blood: violence inongress on the road to civil war." you can watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern on c-span3 and enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span3. announcer: tonight on the communicators, -- >> people come up to me and they say sir, i can't follow you. they make it impossible. these are people that are really good at what they do. they say, they make it absolutely impossible. announcer: we will talk about the recent presidential social media summit where president trump discusses social media censorship by big tech firms and what should be done about it with robber blew a from the heritage foundation and patrick hedger from the competitive enterprise institute. >> i think as consumers, we can certainly demand that as users of facebook and twitter and google, if we are going to be on the platform, we expect they will respect our ability to communicate. if we don't like it, we can quit. >> it seems hard to levy an accusation that big tech is a net negative in any way, sh

give you a brief history of backstory, considering that we're four historians, myself, nathan, joanne freeman at yale university and ed ayers president emeritus at the university of richmond, considering that we're four historians we know nothing formally about our own history. we can't tell you exactly when we started, we have no archives. i guess since you are all historians none of this comes as a great surprise to you. i actually did some primary research, meaning i went back to the oldest emails i had and there is an exchange in 2005 about possibly doing a show, it has had many horrible names. the one i remember best is the one i suggested, history hotline. that lasted -- that lasted about three minutes, i think. the show started when a man by the name of andrew wyndham who worked for virginia humanities, which we are still housed in and they still support us, andrew wyndham suggested to ed ayers and peter oniff that it would be fun to do a radio show on history and apparently peter responded saying two things, number one, we don't know enough history, we need somebody in 20th century. n

. >> yale history professor and author joanne freeman will be our guest on "in depth," sunday at noon. her titles include "the essential hamilton," hamilton writing, and others. join our conversation with phone calls, tweets, and facebook questions. later come on "after wo rds," in his book, are they choosing political power over christian values? >> i think it is tempting the dangerous. i think it attributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system , and i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism or any other faith and then use that as a way to get votes, which seems like about the worst possible way to do it. >> watchable tv every weekend on c-span2. next, an update on some of the latest research and treatment options for type 1 diabetes. with the national institutes of health official, other witnesses up with an aging committee hearing include actor victor garber and a nine-year-old girl to testify about their experiences living with diabetes. susan collins chairs the committee.

on joanne story freeman and her book. you can watch tonight beginning on c-span3. and enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on c-span3. announcer: tonight, on the communicators. pres. trump: people come up to me and say sir, i can't follow you. they make it impossible. these are people that are really good at what they do. they say they make it absolutely impossible. announcer: we will talk about the recent social media summit where preston trump discussed -- techdent trump discussed firms and what should be done about it. and patrick hatcher. >> i think, as consumers, we can demand that as users of facebook and google and twitter, we expect that they will respect our ability to commit k. if we don't like it, we can quit. >> it seems hard to levy an accusation that big tech is a negative when somebody like dennis is getting a billion .iews >> watch the communicators tonight on c-span2. announcer: the 2020 presidential candidates made remarks at this year's iowa democratic wing ding fundraiser in clear lake. the program includes amy klobuchar, steve

. >> a yale history professor and author joanne freeman will be our guest on in debt sunday from noon to 2 pm eastern. her other titles include the essential hamilton hamilton writings and affairs of honor. join our live conversation with your phone calls, tweets and facebook questions. then at 9 p.m. eastern on afterwards in the latest book, the immoral majority, then how examines whether evangelicals are choosing political power over christian values. >> i think the lesser evil argument is tempting but dangerous. i think it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes the capability out of the system and is also an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism or another faith and then use that as a way to get vote which seems like the worst possible way . >> watch tv on cspan-2. >> next on american history tv, a look at end-of-life care and perceptions of death in the united states since the 1800. it explores how changes in medical practices and technology have extended life expectancy about that in recent decades, americans have become more removed through hospitals an

. >> yale history professor, author, joanne freeman, will be our guest on "in-depth" sunday from noonds," the immoral majority. how evangelicals choose political power over christian values. >> i think the lesser evil argument is tempting the dangerous. it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system and i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism or any other faith and use that as a way to get votes which seems like about the worst possible way to use faith. >> watch booktv every weekend on c-sp c-span2. >>> in the wake of recent shootings in el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio, the house judiciary committee will return early there a recess to mark up three gun violence prevention bills which includes banning high-capacity ammunition magazines, restricting firearms by those deemed bay court to be a risk to themselves and stopping those convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes from purchasing a gun. live coverage starts september 4th at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. if you're on the go, listen to our live cov

yale history professor and author joanne freeman will be our guest on sunday. the field of blood. her other titles include the essential hamilton, hamilton writing. and affairs of honor. join our life conversation with your phone calls. tweets and facebook questions are welcome. then at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, in his latest book the majority, examines whether evangelicals are choosing political power over christian values. >> it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system. i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism or any other faith and then use that as a way to get votes which seems like about the worst possible way you could use faith. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span two. sumac up next on book tv. casey kept takes a look at author harper lee's attempt to write it true crime book. and later, columnist george will shares his thoughts on the state of american conservatism with his latest, the conservative sensibility. [inaudible conversation] >> can your

tomorrow, on booktv, live at noon, the story of joanne freeman we'll be talking but the leadup to the civil war, talking about al alexander hamilton and other issues here's other preview of joanne freedman from a recent q & a program. >> i call this duel no one wanted. and it happened because it's so hard to pull out once that sort of thing goes into motion. so the duel really shows the power of violence, both in congress and around the nation and the ways in which congressmen in particular northern congressmen who were not accustomed necessarily to dueling culture oh, hard to maneuver that in congress. >> whoa southerners bullies. >> a few reasons. on a basic level, slave regime is grounded on violence. people who as leaders have to be violent. that's just the nature of the slave regime. they also knew that dueling and dueling culture and he code of honor which we're beginning to seem very much like southern things and not northern things. northerners are calling it barbaric. they newell they could play with that, throw out the threat of duel challenges and that northerners would not

. >> joanne freeman will be our guest on in-depth. book is the field of blood. her other titles include the essential hamilton, hamilton writings, and affairs of honor. join our large desk live conversation. at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, been help examines whether evangelicals are choosing political power over christian values. >> i think the lesser evil argument is tempting but dangerous. it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system. i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism then use that as a way to get votes which seems like the worst possible way to do that. >> watch tv every weekend on c-span2. >> in the wake of the recent shootings in el paso, texas and dayton, ohio, the house judiciary early from the summer recess to markup three and violence prevention bills. restricting firearms from those deemed by a court to be a risk from themselves and preventing individuals convicted of misdemeanor hate kinds -- crimes from purchasing a gun.

. >> joanne freeman will be our sunday from depth," noon until 2:00 p.m. eastern. her book is "the field of blood," "the essential hamilton," and "affairs of honor." join our life conversation with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook conversations. in later on "after words," his book "immoral majority," ben howell questions whether people are choosing power. ben: i think it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system, and i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism or any other faith and then use that as a way to get votes, lifebook tv every weekend on c-span2 -- what book tv every weekend on c-span2. >> we go to learn about american and next week visit the virginia beach ems history and culture in richmond to look at their exhibit on 400 years of african-american history, this is the second of a two-part tour. >> welcome back. virginia museum of history and culture in richmond, we are standing in the middle of the exhibition titled determine, the 400 year struggle for black equality. this sec

mason with grand master of the district of columbia, benjamin brown french, who is the star of joanne freeman's new book, "the field of blood," which i find interesting. henry was concerned about construction cost but braced himself the with notion of, quote, the integrity of the states is thought to be connected with a large building at washington. henry visited or dined with cabinet secretaries, congressman john quincy adams, john clayton, john crittendon. he attended a white house levy in 1847 where he met polk, quote, the great man who encouraged future visits. once assured of funds and a permanent place to exhibit natural history specimens, he went on to high an assistant and curator, spencer fullerton baird, who played a crucial role in the early decades of the organization. henry hired baird in 1850, but their correspondence began in early 1847. henry informed his wife that month, april of 1847, that the commissioner of the land office will also instruct those engaged in surveying the lands of the government to make observations on the variation of the compass so that without expending b

joe and freeman will be our gaps -- joann freeman will be our guest. include thetles central hamilton, hamilton writings. withour live conversations phone calls, tweets and facebook questions. at 9:00 p.m. on afterwards, in his latest book, the immoral majority, ben explores whether evangelicals are choosing power over christian values. >> i think it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system. and i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism or any other faith and then use that as a way to get votes, which seems like the worst possible way. announcer: watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. announcer: next, holocaust survivor halina yasharoff peabody, recounts her family's radiance after the invasion of experience after the soviet unions 1939 invasion of poland and eventual german occupation. her father was deported to siberia, forced to leave behind his wife and children. they survived by pretending to be catholic. warren: good morning and welcome the holocaustof museum's first-pers

. >> history professor and author joanne freeman will be our guest on "in-depth," sunday.atest book is "the field of blood." the other titles include "the essential hamilton," and "the ."fairs of honor join our live conversation. and then on "afterwards," been how chooses -- looks at whether evangelicals are choosing political power over christian values. argument is dangerous and it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out. i think it is also an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism and any other faith and use it as a way to get the, which seems like about worst possible way to use faith. >> watch booktv every weekend on c-span two. >> sunday night on "q&a," amy wax on free expression on college cut campuses and the conflict around the opinion piece that she co-authored in the "philadelphia inquirer." all cultures are alike. we were trying to tout a code of behavior as being one that was particularly functional and suited to our current technological demo that a capitalist society and comparing it to others cultures which aren't

. >> yale history professor and author joanne freeman will be our guest on "in depth" sunday.the essential hamilton." "hamilton writings" and "affairs of honor." join our live conversation with your phone calls, tweets and facebook questions. then on afterwards, in the latest book "the immoral majority," ben howe examines whether evangelicals are choosing political power over christian values. >> i think the lesser evil argument is tempting but dangerous. i think it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system. and i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism or any other faith and then use that as a way to get votes which seems like about the worst possible way you could use faith. >> watch "book tv" every weekend on c-span2. >> next, valerie neil head of the space history department at the smithsonian air and space museum shows us artifacts that tell the story of space exploration from the moon to mars. >> each week we take viewers into museums and historic sites around the country. next, we visit the smiths

. >> joanne freeman will be our guest on in-depth sunday from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern.the field ofk is blood." join our live conversation with your phone calls and facebook questions. then on afterwards, in his latest book, the immoral majority, and examination of whether evangelicals are choosing political power over religious values. >> i think this is dangerous. i think it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system, and i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelical beliefs, and then use that as a way to get votes which seems like the worst possible way to use it. >> watch every weekend on c-span two. announcer: president trump and vice president pence participated in a welcome ceremony at the pentagon for defense secretary mark esper. he was confirmed as the 27th defense secretary. >> present arms.

we were fortunate to reach out to nathan connerly and joanne freeman and they joined us of their lives of experiences and their own experience of public engage. ment . at the same time we decided to make a kind of take a deep gulp decision. we pulled off of 200 public radio stations and went to a podcast only format. at the time i didn't know what a podcast was. i urged to do the podcast even though i didn't know how to find a podcast on my phone because of two things. we wanted to reach a much more diverse audience and we wanted to reach much younger audience. we lucked out. the podcast turned out to be successful. on our 200 public radio stations, the estimates were hazy. the estimates were, we were reaching roughly 40,000 listeners. we are currently downloaded by roughly 100,000 listeners every week. i should have mentioned about 8 or 9 years ago, we went to a weekly format and we continued that weekly format on podcasting. so i am in love with my cohosts. i am in love with our researchers and i am in love with our sizable production staff. we have averaged staff overall full-time o

. >> afsa and author joanne freeman will be our guest on "in depth" sunday from noon to two p.m. 2 p.m. eastern. her latest book is the field of blood. her other titles include "the essential hamilton," hamilton, and "affairs of honor." join our live conversation with your phone calls, tweets and facebook questions. then at 9 p.m. eastern on "after words" in his latest book the moral majority, whether evangelicals are choosing political power over christian values. >> the lesser evil argument is tempting but dangerous pic i think it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system and i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism or any of the faith and then use that as a way to get votes which seems like about the worst possible way you could use faith. >> watch booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> the u.s. senate comes back into session monday september 9 with 2 important issue on their agenda. passing federal spending bills and anti-gun violence legislation. but before senators return to washington, get a behind the scene

. >> history professor and author joanne freeman be our guest on in depth. latest book is "the field of blood." her other titles include "the essential hamilton," and "affairs of honor." join in with your phone calls, tweets and facebook questions. had 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, in his book "the immoral majority," ben howe examines if even villages -- evangelicals are choosing political power over morals. >> it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system. to brings an easy way in something like evangelicalism or any other faith and use that as a way to get votes, which seems like the worst possible wake you can do that. >> watch book tv every week and on c-span2. >> washington drought continues. host: -- washington journal continues. host: health care is one of the key issues of campaign 2020. what would you do to change the u.s. health care system? for those of you who get the aca, (202) 748-8000. for those of you who are employer insured, (202) 748-8001 . if you're on medicare or medicaid, (202) 748-8002. for

. >> joanne freeman will be our guest on in-depth sunday from noon to 2:00 p.m. latest book is "the field of blood." her other titles include "the essential hamilton," "hamilton: writings." on after.m. eastern words -- weather evangelicals are -- whether evangelicals are choosing power over christian values. >> fate contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system and i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism or any other faith and use that as a way to get votes, which seems the worst possible way you could use faith. >> watch book tv every week on --labor day weekend, and americn history tv, saturday, 88:00 p.m. eastern, on lectures in history, it is russian about abraham americans. native sunday, at 4:00 p.m. on "reel america," the 1950 army filled " invasion of southern france." commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the general assembly. nation's passed on american history tv every weekend on seized entry -- on c-span3. mugs arengton journal" available on c-span's new online store. go to c-

. >> yale history professor joanne freeman will be our guest on " in-depth."er latest book is the field of blood. her other titles include " hamilton: writings," and " affairs of honor." join our live conversations. then at 9:00 p.m. eastern, and his latest book "the immoral we is examiningo if evangelicals are choosing political power over christian values. >> i think it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system. -- is the also has easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism and use that as a way to get votes, which seems like the worst possible way you can use faith. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. >> washington journal continues. american enterprise institute visiting fellow jim harper joins us from new hampshire for our conversation on the future of money. we are having this discussion on the 50th anniversary of the first atm installed in the united states. 50 years from now, what do you think the biggest changes will be to the currency system and money as we use it? guest: it would be neat if we

. >> professor and author joanne freeman will be our guest on "in depth" sunday from noon to 2 p.m.rn. her latest book is "the field of blood." or other titles include "the essential hamilton," hamilton, and "affairs of honor." join our live conversation with your phone calls, tweets and facebook questions. then at 9 p.m. eastern on "after words" in his latest book the moral majority, whether evangelicals are choosing political power over christian values. >> i think the lesser evil argument is tempting but dangerous point i think it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system. and i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism or any of the faith, and then use that as a way to get votes which seems like about the worst possible way to use faith. >> watch booktv every weekend on c-span2. sunday night on q&a, university of pennsylvania law school professor amy wax on free expression on college campuses and the conflicts to run an opinion piece she co-authored in "the philadelphia inquirer." >> i i think this is what r

yale history professor joanne freeman will he on book tv live sunday at noon. her latest book is called "the field of blood." brother bucks -- her other books include "the essential hamilton." at 9 p.m. easternon "afterw ords," bben howe examines whether evangelicals are choosing political power over values. >> i think the lesser evil argument is tempting, but dangerous. in place thattem takes accountability out of the system and i think it's also an easy way to bring in something or any othercalism faith and use that as a way to get votes, weekend book tv every on c-span2. professor alan dershowitz talks about impeachment, free speech, the mueller investigation and former clients jeffrey epstein and o.j. simpson. hosted by the steamboat institute, this is 45 minutes. thank you so much. have enjoyed your dinners on this beautiful evening. there is a little dinner service still going on, but i know everyone is trying to be as quiet as they can. i believe the service staff is out of the room, and we can have your undivided attention to enjoy what is sure to be a

participants include house speaker nancy pelosi, senator todd young, and historian joanne freeman, who discusses her book, "the field of blood: violence in congress and the road to civil war." professor freeman argues that the country has been more polarized in the past than it is now. >> my name is jane campbell, and i have the honor of being the ceo of the united states capitol historical society, a position that i took in february. so it is new for me and this is my first salute to congress. i am so glad that you're all here with me. and so, the first thing is for us to all rise as the capitol police ceremonial unit will present our nation's colors. please rise.

andell history professor author joanne freeman will be our guest on in-depth sunday from noon until 2:00 p.m. eastern. miss freeman's latest book is "field of blood." her other titles include the essential hamilton, hamilton writing, and affairs of honor. join the conversation. then at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, and his latest book, the moral majority, been how ponders whether evangelicals are choosing power over christian values. >> the argument is tempting but dangerous. it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system. way toalso is an easy bring in something like evangelical system or any other fate -- evangelicalism or any other faith, and use that to get votes, which seems like the worst possible way you could use faith. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. ♪ the house will be in order. c-span hasears provided america with unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events from washington dc end around the country, so you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979, c-span is bro

the program also featured remarks by historian joanne freeman who looked back to a polarizing ere ya in the mid-19th century in discussing her book "the field of blood: violence in congress and the road to civil war." that's at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers make up their own minds. c-span opened the doors to washington policymaking for all to see, bringing you unfiltered content from congress and beyond. a lot has changed in 40 years, but today that big idea is more relevant than ever. on television and online, c-span is your unfiltered view of government, so you can make up your own mind. braul brought to you as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. >>> this month marks 45 years since president richard nixon resigned from office. american history tv continues now with jeff shepard, a principal deputy to the lead defense lawyer. he taught a class at temple university called watergate revisited, an insider's view, and he talked about helping to transcribe the

. >> yale history professor, joanne freeman our guest sunday, 12:00 p.m. eastern.k questions. then at 9:00 p.m. eastern on after words, the immoral majority. how evangelicals choose political power over christian values. >> i think the lesser evil argument is tempting the dangerous. it contributes to keeping a system in place that takes accountability out of the system and i think it also is an easy way to bring in something like evangelicalism or any other faith and use that as a way to get votes which seems like about the worst possible way to use faith. >> watch book tv every weekend on cspan2. >>> in the wake of recent shootings in el paso, texas and dayton, ohio, house judiciary committee returns early to markup three gun violence prevention bills that includes banning high capacity ammunition magazines, restricting firearms from those deemed by court to be a risk, and live coverage is on cspan and cspan.org. listen to live coverage with the cspan radio act. >>> vice president mike pence delivered remarks for neil armstrong's apollo 11 space suit at the nation