>> a professor of political science at johns hopkins university talks about his book. the unelected officials who run the government and the misconception about the american people. >> we elected congress, that makes the raw -- laws. andcourse revealed the laws that reveals how the system actually works. the way we think about the law is a system of rules and regulations are is. --bureaucrats who out actually serve for decades. on march 3 19 15 the day before president woodrow wilson's inauguration, there was a parade down pennsylvania avenue, it was a right to vote for women. thousands watched as the women were attacked i the mob. the u.s. cavalry was called to subdue the crowd. has many talks about the women's suffrage movement. it was founded in january of 1913. on this day on march 3 they participate in the suffrage march. this happened before african-americans were allowed to vote. they were activists and their own day and time. they had to get a chaperone to leave campus. before that we did not have freedom of movement like we do now. onlysorority was the sororit

for boys and girls at a time women, i mean, as the first woman in history department at johns hopkinsyou know, it was segregated by race and by gender. until Ãbut eleanor roosevelt was fighting it. and she was fighting that beginning in the 1930s. and i have an incredible speech that she makes in 1934. may 1934. in which the educators of america passed a resolution. segregation has to go. it hurts children of color and it hurts white children who are persuaded that they are somehow better. when in fact, they are not. and the language of that resolution of 1934 is pretty much the language of brown versus the board of education. eleanor roosevelt strolled across the stage and gave the speech. that she was not accepted to give. supporting this great event at the educators of america have opposed aggregation and she says, this is it. this is what we must do. we must recognize that we all put our heads together or we all go down together. and that is her team until the end of her life. >> what interesting in your books is that you quote her in letters to friends and family. almost undermin

benjamin: john hopkins. i teach political science. brian: you talk about this in the book.someone listened to last couple of minutes, they say well, that guy is cynical. benjamin: i am so. the census is very important. i tell students that cynicism is the beginning of wisdom, because you have to look realistically at the world's politics. the germans have a term, realpolitik, which means realism. we don't take what politicians say at face value. what we found, they make promises lots of times, they make up things. to them, they are lessons to garner support. we need to understand what is really going on in politics. politics is usually about power, money, status. it is not about truth, justice, and the american way. brian: let me show you some video to go along with what you just sd, and we will get your un states d fo.eny >> it is my duty to the american renewedo report that cost elections against united states ships on the high seas and the gulf of tonkin have today required me to order the military forces of the united states to take action. note did not, repeat, did tra

. >> political science at johns's hopkins talk about his book what washington gets wrong. the officials who run the government and misconceptions about the american people. what do we learn, we electric a congress that makes the law, the president executes the law, the court review the laws but that ain't exactly how the system works. much what we think of as the law, consists of rules and regulation written by bu cats who have

johns hopkins environmental health scientist professor ellen sill bear geld reported on industrial meat production. and georgetown university philosophy professor jason brennan provided a critical look at democracies. in the coming weeks on "after words," new york magazine's jonathan chate weighs in on the legacy of president barack obama. alfred university philosophy professor explores if happiness comes from frugality. also bret baier of fox news looks at president dwight eisenhower's final days in office. and this weekend journalist sofie pinkham reports on how the ukraine's past conflicts with the soviet union have impacted its current political landscape. >> although, you know, it was very different from fukuyama who infamously or famously coined the term the end of history after the fall of the soviet union u but in some sense this idea that once you achieve your political goal time will end, i thought was relevant for what's happened in the years after the fall of the soviet union. because for a while there was the sense that now that the soviet union is gone, now that we, you kn

internet and my father would stay awake dialing phone number after phone number, the mayo clinic or johns hopkins wouldn't take her, u.v.a. wouldn't take her and my dad doggedly pursued finding a place to treat my mother and she celebrated her 73rd birthday, ironically we lost my dad a few years back but that sort of determination and persistence and then when you decide something's right, that the right thing to do is x, y, off z, then dam the torpedoes and full speed ahead in doing it. my first cousin ironically i think turned down baseball scholarships to go in the marine corps and people like like that had those opportunities and delayed the opportunities to serve something bigger than themselves, then when i sit in the military and looking around, again, with the women and men with whom i served, anybody who serves, you had brian mast on earlier, i agree really there's something in their lives bigger than them and worth sacrificing for and to be around men and women like that and then when you're having a bad day you think everything in perspective, it's not so bad, so those were things that

. >> tonight, benjamin ginsberg, professor at johns hopkins university, talks about his book. "what washington gets wrong." >> what did we learn? we learn that we elect a law and who selects the the president executes the law. courts review the laws. but that isn't exactly how the system works. much of it, we think of as the law, it consists of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies. written by bureaucratsmuch of ie you are not elected by anyone and you often serve for decades. >> tonight on c-span's q&a. tv, as american history the centennial of america's entry into world war i approaches, a historian discusses economics and the role of big is this in the u.s. response to the great war. the professor examines relationships between british, u.s. and german business communities. bigt is in a talk titled " business and questions of american neutrality." part of antation was two-day symposium hosted by the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. a professor of history at columbia university, where he specializes in modern german german a

engineering victory, how technology won the civil war, published by johns hopkins university press. we thank you them for producing that and getting tom here. 369 pages, wonderfully illustrated. the price is $49.95. and if you wish to order a signed edition in the next hour, please do so. tom, walk to lincoln -- book store. let's start the beginning. why engineering? what brought you to this top wick? >> my interest in engineering came as a result of exploring interests in technological advancements and innovation. all been fascinated by that. i am not a scientist. don't know much about science. didn't do particularly well in science in school. but certainly in the last ten to 15 years, as i watched the development of american science, and biotechnology, and nano technology, medicine, even in construction and architecture, and in everything that touches our lives, i became fascinated with the subject. recently, for example, visited a world war ii museumer in newton, massachusetts, where i had a chance to play with an enigma machine which was made famously the german army during the

. >> sunday night, benjamin ginsberg, a professor at johns hopkins university, talks about his book.what do we learn? we elect a congress that makes the law. the president executes the law. the court's review the law. that is not exactly how the system works. what we think of as the law consists of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies. by bureaucrats who are elected by anyone, and you often serve for decades. >> sunday night at it if i on c-span's q&a. coming up next, a look at the last eight years of the obama presidency, from book tvs in-depth series. after that, the national action network has its annual martin luther king jr. breakfast with reverend sharpton and the senator cory booker, and governor terry mcauliffe. later, a look at president obama's influence on race relations, with associated press raise and at this the reporter.

editor joann lupin profiled someone who had successfully climbed up the corporate ladder area at johns hopkins environmental health scientist professor ellen silver guild reported on industrial meat production and georgetown university philosophy professor jason brennan provided a critical look atdemocracies . in the coming weeks on after words, new york magazine jonathan chase lays in on the legacy of barack obama. alfred university philosophy professor amorous west across explores if happiness comes from frugality. also brett barrow fox news looks at president dwight eisenhower's final days in office and this weekend, journalist sophie pinkham reports on howthe ukraine's past conflicts with the soviet union had impacted its current political landscape . >> although this was different from yokohama who famously coined the term the end of history after the fall of the soviet union, but in some sense this idea that once you achieve your political goal, time will end. i thought it was relevant that it first happened in the years of the fall of the soviet union. for a while it was this sense that

. >> sunday night, the professor of political science and chair of studies at johns hopkins, talks about his book, what washington gets wrong. the unelected officials that run the government. >> we learn that we elect a congress that makes the law and the president executes the law, the courts review the law, but that is not exactly how the system works. ,uch of it we think as the law is written by bureaucrats not elected by anyone, and who often serve for decades. >> sunday night on c-span. trump did not do a weekly address today. he will begin his weekly addresses next saturday. charles schumer of new york delivers the democratic weekly address. he talks about the democratic agenda on the middle class. schumer: yesterday, our country took part in a tradition that is a cornerstone of our government. the orderly transfer of power. the ceremony also offered a chance to hear the new president articulate his vision for the country. today in a conversation with you, i want to share the democratic party's vision and how we will work to advance it in the new year and new congress. first, we ar

the john hopkins university, and founder and ceo of the equity project.a bratton is executive producer and maurice knicks is a supply chain command and they all join us today. i want to tell you this, an example was, you know, my mother who is 90-year-old could ask me to do the most ridiculous thing. i must tell you, really. but i would make her feel like it was the best thing she asked me to do. she believes me in clothes, way wants me to go clothes on the line, and when the sun is rising --u know why,s important to her, it's more important to me. she will never know about how i feel inside, when i go home. why? because i respect her, and i trust her. because it's important to her, it's important to me. and another thing is, i listen to her. whether she is talking about the chickens, the goats, things that make me realize what is important in life, i listen. a lot of times we don't listen to each other. we demean each other. we disrespect each other and we tell jokes, and sometimes don't know when to be serious. so what we wanted to do is have a conversa

from the johns hopkins school of advance studies this is 90 minutes. >> it gives me a real pleasure to introduce everyone to what should be an exciting event. the subject is right and our speakers will find are the right ones for what should be an important and exciting program. i'm kent calleder here at johns hopkins university. this is our initial program of the year. the third actually in a ser ies of programs focusing on afghanistan in the broader context of the asian region. he is with us today formerly of the civil service megs has helped tremendously in organizing this. we certainly appreciate that. you might wonder what the rational for any study center sponsoring on the future of afghanistan and the future in the new u.s. at minudministrati might be. of course the focus is on the issue of the moment, which is the impending transition in the united states and the implications for what has been ever since the terrorist attacks on the world trade center on september 11th, 2001 now 14 -- nearly 14 years ago has been one of the principal security issues for the united states and fo

. >> johns hopkins retiredir surgeon ben carson sailingarsonl through his confirmationugh conf hearing housing and urban un development secretary t carson pointed to his experience growing up poor in detroit andit working in east baltimore as pers take over the 48 billion-dollar department and itson-d safety net programs. >> this morning another ano aftershock from the tumultuous h presidential campaign.esidentiac the inspector general the department of justice hasrtme opened an inventstigation into o the fbi's actions before the election and it includes ilu whether director james comey c followed policy when he publicly discussed hillary clinton's e-mails at leastat three times during the timesurin presidential campaign.esidal c top democrats still blamesti b comey's handling of the e-mailal scandal for clinton's loss.on'ss >> action to repeal obamacareobm moves ahead today in congress. s the house is due to vote onot the measure the senate passed yesterday.yestda this measure strips theis mea democrats ability to ability to filibuster future debate on that healthcare lsteraw. faw sev

johns hopkins university hired her as a professor and adviser. she was the longest serving woman in the history of congress when she retired and barbara mikulski is 80 she starts her new job next week. >> good for her. >>> if you were wondering just when that work would restart on metro, we now have an answer. work is expected to return starting february 11th. metro has released its newest safetrack work schedule. it will begin with a two-week shut down on the blue line. just about every line will see more work at some point. all of this work will run through june and metro's general manager says some of that work will happen on lines where crews have already been. >> something that we've done differently, i think, is when we find things, we deal with them.. we're not pushing them off. so as we've gotten out there and find more things, we are dealing with them now. >> metro leaders say the work has made a difference. it will give you information about how to the avoid those delays about two weeks before each new surge. >>> if you want to get in o

>> pelley: a study today by johns hopkins found that a lot of patients are getting socked with unexpected bills, despite getting treatment inside their insurance network. dr. jon lapook has more on this. >> reporter: in september 2015, rhiannon schade rushed her five- month-old daughter daisy to an emergency room after a seizure. daisy is fine, but her mother was unexpectedly hit with an anesthesiology bill for almost $3,000. >> at no point in time were we ever notified that the anesthesiologist didn't participate in our plan or were we given any choice. >> reporter: schade is not alone. more than one in five emergency room patients face what are called "surprise medical bills." even though they went to an in- network hospital, they were treated and billed by out-of- network physicians. today's study found some of the largest increases over the medicare price include charges for emergency medicine, anesthesiology, and radiology. >> oftentimes, these surprise bills are coming from what we call the ologist. >> reporter: check bell is programs director for "consumers union." >> for the consu

. >> johns hopkins neurosurgeonsu ben carson largely carson did avoids many of the senate's tough questions to his experiencesxeries growing up poor in detroit and working in east baltimore as prospective that will help himp take over the $48 billion department and its safety netafe program. >> burgundy and gold searchinglg for a new offensiveve coordinator.tor. their former offensive coordinator sean mcvay is the new head coach of the lose angeles rams.ams. at age 31 he's the youngest yngs head coach in nfl history. histy skins also have to scratch thear name off their list ofist o potential defensive coordinators.ordinato mcvay has hired ray phillipshira to lead his defense so that'so ' gone so now they got to findo an offensive leader an defensive leader.e >> you got any advice foror them.m >> i got nothing.>> i got >> just checking n.ot>> just chc usually you have a lot.ot >> snow, it's in the off sees.f. i take the off season off ass well. we >> i respect that.>> i respect >> mike t thomas no off day for you. yo you got lots to talk about.k a >> lots to talk about here.er we'll focus o

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researchers in johns-hopkins found patient was less than 50 y blockage has same risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke as patients with more than a 50 percent blockage. researchers want to update the classification system because right new only patient was bigger blockages are considered for treatment such as stents. >>> and the government is taking strides to keep hearts healthy earl any life. health officials release aid new guide to improve school recess, we had recess at work i wish. it includes 19 ways to increase school activity, studies show recess also strengthens attention and concentration, another reason to have it. >>> ohio ace thought to increase attention, and concentration as well, but now researchers say it is beneficial for people who suffer from chronic lower back pain, and after reviewing a dozen studies, they found that , compared to no yoga, yoga or no exercise, ohio aim proved, back related function and it lessened symptoms of lower back pain by a small amount. >> i was kicked out of the yoga class for laughing. >> what were you laughing at, jim donovan. >>

doctor carson, how will your experiences working with the surrounding community at john hopkins into the carson scholars help fund, help you run the department of housing and urban development? >> having an opportunity to interact with a lot of people in baltimore in particular east baltimore which many of you know is not necessarily a very affluent area and that's putting it mildly, and understanding a lot of their housing needs because many of my patients who came out of that environment, an environment where i children with lead poisoning, chronically and what that did to them intellectually. what what it did to them medically. so so many children with asthma, which is induced and most of those cases by environmental influences. and recognizing that if we can give those people hope, then they can move out of that situation. giving them hope starts with giving them a safe and productive environment. an understanding and understanding how you create those environments are something that will make a very big difference. it's one of the reasons why i have looked in baltimore and talk

. >> the professor of political science at johns hopkins university talks about his book what washington gets wrong. >> we learned that we elect a congress that makes law. the president executes the law. that is and how the system works. much of what we think of as the law consists of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies, by bureaucrats who are not elected by anyone and who served for decades. >> on c-span's q&a. >> american history tv is joining our cable partners to showcase the history of harrisburg, pennsylvania. visit c-span.org. we continue now with our look at the history of harrisburg. >> author robert mcdonald archive. the

but jonathan weiner, a professor of public health at johns hopkins university, says there are definite health benefits to having coverage. >> for the individual, unquestionably, people with an insurance card in their pocket are healthier and over the long term have a better and longer life than someone that doesn't have an insurance card. >> reporter: one of the reasons republicans opposed this medicaid expansion: they say it's been far too expensive for the health outcomes that have been produced. >> well, health care is expensive. people in private insurance plans spend even more than is the case here. but this way they can get preventive care. they can get their diabetes treated. yes, that's more expensive-- but they will be healthier. >> say "ahhhhh". >> ahhhhh. >> reporter: steve ochsner and his wife, melonie, credit the affordable care act with helping keep steve alive during his battle with throat cancer. they're open to changes in the law, including paying a premium or volunteering to keep their medicaid coverage. >> reporter: you'd be okay? >> we'd be okay with it. and i know

was a discovery by the chinese scientists and scientists that the bloomberg school medicine at johns hopkins, that it is much more sensitive to pollutants than two and these thought scientists are just coming out and saying point-blank that the regulations are not adequate. apparently, the mass media has not read this or discovered this. inhink it needs to begin publicity and have some bearing on our energy policy. host: thank you. on both points, a response? guest: sure. on the second one, i'm not familiar with the research fred was referring to, but it does get to the kind of the debate on regulation, which is how much should the federal government be levelsng to the types of of different a mission that can happen in what will be the economic effects of that? defenders of the epa will say, ourave been tightening pollution standards and it has not hindered or humpback economy or growth. that said, they drill down into specific sectors and it could be more pronounced. donald trump talks about the coal industry and a qs president obama waging a war on coal. it is accurate to say epa regulatio

>>> a study today by johns hopkins found that a lot of patients are getting socked with unexpected bills, despite getting treatment inside their insurance network. dr. jon lapook has more on this. >> reporter: in september 2015, rhiannon schade rushed her five- month-old daughter daisy to an emergency room after a seizure. daisy is fine, but her mother was unexpectedly hit with an anesthesiology bill for almost $3,000. >> at no point in time were we ever notified that the anesthesiologist didn't participate in our plan or were we given any choice. >> reporter: schade is not alone. more than one in five emergency room patients face what are called "surprise medical bills." even though they went to an in-network hospital, they were treated and billed by out-of-network physicians. today's study found some of the largest increases over the medicare price include charges for emergency medicine, anesthesiology, and radiology. >> oftentimes, these surprise bills are coming from what we call the ologist. >> reporter: check bell is programs director for "consumers union." >> for the consumer who

i'm kent calder, the director of the scenter for east asian studies here at johns hopkins university. this is our initial program of the year, but the third actually in a series of programs focusing on afghanistan in the broader context of the asian region. rohullah osmani who is with us today, formerly director general of the afghan civil service commission under president karzai has helped tremendously in organizing this and we certainly appreciate that. you might wonder what the rational for any east asian study center sponsering a program on the future of afghanistan and the region in the u.s. -- new u.s. administration might be. of course, our focus is on the issue of the moment, which is the impending transition in the united states and the implications for what has been ever since the terrorist attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon on september 11th, 2001. now, 14 -- nearly 14 years ago has been one of the principle security issues for the united states and for the world. but it also in that afghanistan lies in the midst of the largest continent in the world and on

sni may historian from johns hopkins dolby silly. but i've is doing diplomatic and military history. to penn then they took me to hide park and rebut it through the papers and the thing that roosevelt wanted to do dealing with with anything she wanted to do and said i don't care and he wrote that she did not care for xhosa there is a little story here from 1981 and i said i will deliver for the centennial. but did not happen that way. >> this year that a regional update was october , volume 3" with her biography. >> really? [laughter] i did not know that. that is funny. the bottom line is over the years they did not read the book but they called me up and of course, what she hated was the story. >> tell me what you say in the book of what they hated and that other people was agreed. . . destroy so many letters we know she sat before the fire in connecticut and burned hundreds of letters that were too specific, and we also lost all of earl mellor's correspondence which is a great loss. i think everybody should look at a photograph. he

style work requirements is presented in another form in the same auditorium a few months ago by johns hopkins, one of the leading academic authorities in the country is the biggest effect, not the only effective were lots of sanctions. bob said they did larger effect in sanctioning and taking removing benefits than in increasing work. okay. if you put these two pieces together, would this mean that large scale sanctioning by reducing income and potentially increasing tax stress among very poor young kids could reduce the degree of their employment and earnings in adulthood and would the net effect over time from these work requirements unemployment and earnings be positive or negative? the answer is i think we don't know. we don't have the kind of data to draw the conclusion of which side would be higher. but the question isn't even being asked. i really do think that the findings on the long term effects on kids has barely penetrated into policy debates on capitol hill at this point. and a challenge for years ahead is can it become not the sole determining factor but, a factor amist a bunch

john hopkins university website says pictures indicate renewed activity of maintenance or refueling.th korea says there are signs that the north may soon fire a missile. day,l news 24 hours a powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. let's get to breaking news coming through from the prosecutor. of theseeking an arrest bribery and embezzlement charges. he is saying he is regretting because heon, decided not to arrest him. the special prosecutor said they will continue with the investigation. that is after the court turned down arresting him of those charges. he was set free after a judge said it was not enough reason, or justification for those charges. ve, what's happening there is a bit of a surprise for some that he did not get arrested? have: for some it might been a surprise. if you think about it, it was a bull move from the special prosecutors to doan unprecedented arrest warrant request. generally, the court would issue an arrest warrant if the suspect is a free -- fleet risk. that was never the case here. they never iss

tsd >> johns hopkins teaming upeamiu with nasa to work on two upcoming space missions.ission they'llr applied ali phys on the missions. the lucy mission is set to launch in 200021.0002 it will site for the thank obama part on january 19.ry the event will be ticketed and a take place during the durg th afternoon but organizers areaniz now trying to figure out howgu h to deal with the nearly nea 175,000 people who rsvpd's.sv >> big party. >> that is it is. i >> as the pittsburgh steeler sel one of the assistant coacheses is preparing to face possiblefal criminal charges.harg. >> not good. now,owe head to break live look across the d.c. reon.n. actually specifically dupont circle.circ sun trust bank. we've gone up a degree. deg take off a glove.ve. 5:42keep did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 m

these are guys from harvard, johns hopkins, columbia, better treating these soldiers, and there had beenoney poured into these field hospitals, and they are doing everything they can, and yet after the war there is population ofarge individuals who return who claim to be shellshocked and become permanently disabled. i think for the u.s. military, there's almost a feeling that, well, we try treatment and it did not work, therefore shell shock must be caused by something else. if we tried treatment and our treatment does not work, it must be because it is hereditary, and it is within the soldier and something no medical technology could ask or steel -- could fix or heal. by the time we get to world war ii, they did not include inchologist or psychiatrists the military units, and instead they invest heavily in screening . the idea is we have already screened out all those people who would suffer from shell shock. if you suffer in the field, it must be because you are just being a pansy, right, and you , because shellp shock is hereditary and those people are tier. it is a much less -- are n

. >> so, in 1984, 1985, montes was working on her masters degree in international relations at johns hopkins university, and her mutual friend saw her in class, knew her opinions, and knew that she was diametrically opposed to u.s. foreign policy and what we were doing in that time period which was 1984, 1985. ana felt that the united states did not have a right to impose their will on other countries, especially in central and south america, and really disagreed with u.s. foreign policy at the time. her friend sensed that she had this passion that the cubans would be interested in. she was introduced to the cubans via a diplomat, their undercover. he recognized she had a visceral empathy for the cuban plight for the cuban cause. and that's folks who they really reach out to and ultimately trust to be their agents. >> ana's cubicle was devoid of anything personal. it was all devoted to business. but ana's cubicle wall posted next to her computer monitor was a piece of paper, that was lined and written in script, the king hath note of all they attempt, by interceptions which they dream not of

again, to put a cap on this book, "engineering victory: how technology won the civil war" by johns hopkinsuniversity press written by tommy army junior, illustrated, the cost is $49.95 and worth every penny of it. a brilliantly written book with a brilliant story to tell us. it's not technological. it's a brilliant story. so thank you, tom. thank you to the staff of abraham lincoln bookshop. thank you to the university press and for those he at home, join us again on house divided on november 12, and have a great day. all right, we're off. well done. spirit it was a lot of fun. great questions. >> thank you for being here. and thank you, c-span. spirit i came when i was four years old and my first memory was from pennsylvania being taken away from my parents and given away to an white foster them because i was away to lead the refugee camp. i

osgood, professor of strategic studies at the johns hopkins school of international studies. that's very impressive. dr. kathleen hicks, also impressive senior vice president kissinger chair of the international security program for center for strategic for international studies, welcome. civilian control of the armed forces has been a bedrock principle of american government since our revolution. a painting hanging in the capitol rotunda celebrates the legacy of george washington who voluntarily resigned as commissioner to the continental army to the congress. this principle is enshrined in our constitution, which divides control of the armed forces among the president and commander in chief and congress's co-equal branches of government. since then, congress has adopted various provisions of military and civilian provisions. in the 19th century congress prohibited an army officer from accepting a civil office. more recently in the national security act in 1947 and subsequent recisions, congress has prohibited any individual from serving as secretary of defense within 7 year

and on this week's "after words" program, johns hopkins university professor ellen silbergeld reports on now new farming methods affect consumers. >> ellen, it's a pleasure to have you here. here i am this poor city boy who became secretary of agriculture which was the greatest job i ever had and a congressman beforehand but before we talk about your book which is "chickenizing farms and food: how

>> sunday night on "q&a," professor of political science and chair of governmental studies at johns hopkinsversity talks about his book, "what washington gets wrong: the unelected officials who actually run the government and their misconceptions about the american people." >> we learned that we elect a congress that makes the law, the president executes the law, the courts review the laws, but that ain't exactly how the system works. much of what we think of as "the law" consists of rules and regulations written by bureaucratic agencies, by bureaucrats who are not elected by anyone, and who often serve for decades. >> sunday night on "q&a." >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span3's american history tv, real america will air the historic 1970 film "the time has come,'narrated by james earl jones and originally created for overseas audiences. the film documents the progress of african-americans by profiling several newly elected black public officials. >> by being a part of the justice system as a judge, i feel i am making an impact on the socio-economic difference. >> participation of blacks

for boys and girls at a time when the first woman in history was the john hopkins. we were segregated by race and gender. she was fighting that beginning in the 1930s. in volume two i have this incredible speech she makes in 1934 in which the educators of america has a resolution segregation has to go. it hurts children of color who are persuaded that there is somehow better when in fact they're not. and the language of that resolution is a language of brown versus the board of education. they give a speech. she was then expected to give the speech. supporting this great event with the educators of america she said this is what we must do. we might recognize the wheel that have together or we all go down together. and as her theme to the end of her life. >> what's interesting your books is that you call her and letters to friends and family almost undermining her own political skills. she constantly underplays them as if she doesn't know politics and yet she really does and what i think is important is that while claiming that she is not an expert politician she is

johns hopkins university. they announced that the 80-year-old is joining the faculty next week and teaching pub his policy. today is great outside. but a change is coming. doug? doug: a few more hours it will be mile. but it will turn colder and saturday we are back to wintertime with snow, sleet, freezing rain. 69 in baltimore. 72 in annapolis. it's gorgeous out. getting windy out, too. warm winds set the high today at reagan national airport officially for washington at 72 degrees. that was 4 degrees short of the old record of 76. existing record set in 1890. we tied the record for baltimore today from 1890. record of 70 degrees. so the story is a cold front is coming on the way to pass through overnight with a few showers around turn progressively colder today and tomorrow night. late tomorrow night the front will be south of washington. little disturbances will develop along the front. cold air coming down from eastern canada and voila! you have the recipe for wintry mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain. we w

katie mall own was released from john hopkins friday and her three children that survived the fire were released earlier. malone took to facebook to thank everyone for thoughts and prayers and she said their family must now plan a funeral that is frankly impossible to fathom. the cause of that fire still under investigation. >> and the cabinet confirmation process for donald trump nominees continues and so far democrats allowed confirmation votes for defense secretary, homeland security secretary and cia director. those were least controversial. the nomination of betsy devous for education secretary is raising eyebrows and democrats are accusing her of having several business relate the conflict of interest and meantime senate judiciary committee had a vote on senator jeff sessions as attorney it until next week. >> and in a show of bipartisanship the senate overwhelmingly approved south carolina governor nikki haley to become u.s. bam bass door to united nation even though she lacks foreign policy experience. and senator bob quarker who chairs the committee says haley is a proven lead

carson, when you are performing her surgery at johns hopkins hospital, were you concerned primarily with how much the operation costs and how much money you are generating for the hospital or were you primarily concerned with fixing your patience problem? >> primarily concerned with fixing the problem, absolutely. >> i want you to understand my agenda. i'm not interested in taking away affordable housing for people in need i'm interested in fewer people need affordable housing. how are you going to do that? no reason we can't require some training, some education, some skills which then allow them to be much more independent and move up. that's really what i'm talking about, just not leaving the system as it is and continuing to feed the system, but really try to develop our people, and it goes back to what i was talking about before. if if we are going to compete in the future with nations that have three and four times as many people as we do, we have got to develop our people. we have got to get the bank for the buck. >> i want to talk too about the community development program. as w

. >> a professor of political science at johns hopkins university talks about his book. the unelected officials who run the government and the misconception about the american people. >> we elected congress, that makes the raw -- laws. andcourse revealed the laws that reveals how the system actually works. the way we think about the law is a system of rules and regulations are is. --bureaucrats who out actually serve for decades. on march 3 19 15 the day before president woodrow wilson's inauguration, there was