i'll talk about next a professor of history in american studies at yale university, joanne freeman. is the author of "the field of blood: violence in congress and the civil war." how is that for a cliff-hanger, america? we'll be right back. actually, talk to her now. good. okay. i don't want to go to break. i want to talk to her now, because honestly, when i look at all that's happening right now, and we're seeing everything that's happening in the world, the name of your book gives me a little bit of pause. one thing is you didn't just write it after this week. it wasn't like it's here right now when you see all that is going on in congress. instead, any time it's relevant again, it tells me this has happened before, which is scary to think about. you heard tim burchett, mccarthy's incident, juvenile at best. maybe more nefarious at worst. what do you think when you saw this? >> well, certainly, speaking of someone who did write a book about physical violence in the u.s. congress in the 1830, 1840s and 1850s, there was a lot of physical violence at that time. so maybe part of what

joanne freeman, she is the author of the field of blood, violence and congress and the road to civil war. how is that for a cliff-hanger? america? we will be right back. actually, can i talk to her now? good. i want to talk to her right now. i don't want to go to break, i want to talk to her right now, because honestly when i look at all that is happening right, now we are seeing everything that is happening in the world. name if your book gives me a little pause, because one thing is that you didn't just read it after this week, it wasn't like it is here right now. when you see all that is going on in congress. instead, anything that is relevant again tells me this is happening before which is very scary to think about. i mean, you heard him brigitte, parties incident, juvenile at best, more notorious -- what do you think when you saw this? >> certainly speaking as someone who did read a book about physical violence in the u.s. congress and the ap, -- 1850s, let's there was a lot of physical violence -- so maybe part of what i was thinking today was all of this happened in one day,

that was joanne freeman, professor of history at yale university, and zach peacham, senior correspondent at fox who covers challenges to democracy and right-wing populism. thank you both for helping us get started this sunday morning. now, coming, up 2024 is creeping up. while much attention is being paid to the republican field of candidates, there will also be a democratic national convention in exactly nine months. it's a tradition to unify the party under one ticket, but what happens if that unity is not there? the question, coming up. the history of contested conventions in the united states. plus, nbc news has learned that u.s. israel and hamas negotiations are closing in on a deal that would release some of the hostages, in exchange for a pause in fighting. but, how likely is that deal in terms of what's going to get done? we will get the latest, next. i'm charles coleman junior, and you're watching velshi on msnbc. o msnbc. msnbc. no, not that talk. about what the future looks like. for me. i may have trouble getting around, but i want to live in my home where i'm comfortable and

joanne freeman, history and american studies professor at yale university. the person wrote the book, detailing the history of violence in congress. wrote on her x account, please stop providing fire for field of blood volume 2. that book coming out in 2019. it was featured on c-span's book tv. it joanne friedman ticking -- sitting down to talk about this and the in-depth program. all available on book tv on c- span2. all available online at c- span.org, if you want to read more about her book. the field of blood: violence in congress and the road to civil war. back to your phone calls as we talk about civility in congress. this is constance in maryland. good morning. >> thank you for taking my call. >> what are you positing that happened? >> it is an embarrassment. the republicans are imploding. if we like donald trump, this is what we are going to get. they are following their leader with the rhetoric he is spilling on a daily basis. it must stop! this is not america. we are better than this! >> i thought you were done, constance. charles in jonesboro, ark