republican john feehery and jim manley. later, we know terrorism has hit the heart of europe, we will talk to a counterterrorism expert, rick nelson. all weekend long, "american history tv" and book tv are featuring the history of wheeling, west virginia. today, at 2:00 pm we will feature all of our history tv program from wheeling in one block. ♪ [video clip] ♪ >> the first project funded by the federal government for growth production was the national road that extended from cumberland, maryland to wheeling, virginia. one of the reasons for that was that ohio had become a stay in 1803, the country was moving west, we needed to find a way to tie these western areas into the capital. the easiest way of doing that in the early 19th_century was to put in a road. it would extend from baltimore to cumberland, to uniontown, in 1818 a came here to wheeling. when it came to wheeling __ at that time, about 15 years old __ it would give the community what it needed to grow. the population of wheeling would almost triple. host: make

john feehery was vice president of communications at policy impact communications.e was communications director for tom delay. lots of issues here. before we get the calls, i want your early take on the short session of congress. how are they doing? guest: pretty much as expected. that is the house democrats and republicans are unable to get on the same page. we have an interesting issue coming up this week with the keystone pipeline. that is low hanging fruit, that the leadership has decided to adjust earlier. the bill will get out of the senate the question is whether or not they will get the votes necessary to overcome a presidential veto. there is a fundamental issue here that has not been addressed __ our speaker boehner and senator mcconnell able to get their caucuses in line in order to compromise, or will they let the inmates run the asylum? after last week, if anyone thinks the house schoolbe able to do much of anything, they need to get their head examined. host: how about that mcconnell_boehner relationship? guest: i think it is like he said, predictable.

republican john feehery and jim manley. later, we know terrorism has hit the heart of europe, we will talk to a counterterrorism expert, rick nelson. all weekend long, "american history tv" and book tv are featuring the history of wheeling, west virginia.

momentum >> on the next "washington journal" a roundtable discussion with republican strategist john feeherynd jim manley. former national security council direct for richard nelson discusses u.s. counterterrorism efforts to prevent lone wolf style attacks on the homeland. as always, you could join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> our guest this under on q&a is on the front line of fighting infectious diseases. >> we have drugs that when given to people who are hiv infected, i could show you the economy -- dichotomy. they would -- half of them would be dead in eight months. now in tomorrow when i go back to rounds someone comes in to a clinic who is 20 plus years old i could accurately addict and say we could do mathematical modeling to say if you take your medicine regularly, you could live an additional 550 years. if you take your medicine, you could live essentially a normal lifespan. that is a huge advantage. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> next health and human services secretary sylvia bu

roundtable discussion on legislative and political strategies in congress with republican strategist john feehery. and richard nelson discusses u.s. counterterrorism efforts to prevent lone wolf style attacks on the homeland. and as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> the c-span cities tour takes both tv and american history tv on the road. travel to u.s. cities to learn about their history and literary life. this weekend, we partnered with comcast for a visit to west virginia. >> there are two volumes. the reason i thought it was important to collect these histories is that wheeling transformed into a and industrial city and it is kind of uncommon in west virginia in that it through a lot of immigrants from various parts of europe in search of jobs and opportunity. that generation, that immigrant generation, is pretty much gone. i thought it was important to record their stories and get the memories of the immigrant generation and the ethnic neighborhoods they formed. it is an important part of our history and most people tend to focus on