difference ina the minds of both ronald reagan and john paul ii. number two, friends and allies matter. you can't do it alone. and both reagan and john paul ii realized there can't be one single power, even the great and mighty united states of america. friends and allies matter. three, this has almost been a daylong mass in one sense with the very real presence of the father, son, and holy spirit. in other words, god matters. that was certainly one thing that came out very clearly in this. it mattered to reagan, it mattered to john paul ii, it mattered to so many of the people around them. four, morality matters. both ronald reagan and john paul ii understood that what was involved here was a moral struggle. and that there was not a moral equivalence between east and west. between the soviet union and the united states. between the the forces of democracy and the forces of communism. five, and i think this is perhaps the most important . leadership matters. you must have the right leaders. you must have men and women who dare to speak out against t

john paul ii was the pope. he benefited from the opportunity to experience the reality of communism in his native poland. these individuals, more than anyone else changed to europe and the world. would probably want to stress especially their extraordinary role in bringing communism to an end. yes and no. yes because there is no doubt about it. me theyse it seems to did much more. when speaking at a conference in the ronald reagan presidential library in california in november, 2009 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, i made the point that the european so-called helsinki progress was bring anyand naive to results. the only real help from outside that accelerated the final corpse of communism came from ronald reagan and margaret thatcher. they understood that words alone were not enough to bring the end of this evil empire. they understood more than anyone soviet system and the soviet expansionism had to be resisted. not just considered wrong. the role of these three exception

pope john paul ii ronald reagan and -- ronald reagan and pope john paul ii change the world and significantly affected europe. the lives of people like me, of people from the former communist central and eastern europe, i believe in the law of comparative advantages and i'm always trying to maximize my comparative advantages. this time, i am afraid i have a comparative disadvantage here. i am not and i don't pretend to be an expert, a lifelong expert of ronald reagan or on pope john paul ii. nevertheless, they are part of my life and my personal experience. let me see a -- let me see a few words. let me start with two factual remarks. first, i am not convinced that we should speak so sure on lake as it has been done to speak about partnership between ronald reagan and john paul ii. as i see it, it was at the very most and implicit partnership only. they defended freedom and traditional western conservative attitudes. there is no doubt that the synergetic effect was considerable. the communist central europe felt it. most of them were a great inspiration for us. our communist leaders on the co

soon after taking office, president reagan requested a meeting with pope john paul ii. when they met in vatican city in 1982, reagan asked pope john paul ii, at what point would eastern europe be free from soviet domination. , in our pope responded lifetime, the president grabbed his hand and stated, let's work together. u.s.reagan returned to the , he instructed the state department to work closely with the vatican in order -- an ordered a full-fledged embassy. in 1984, the u.s. embassy to the holy see was established. that,er a century before america and the holy see enjoyed a warm but unofficial relationship. that was forever changed in 1984. this new relationship would exist to the benefit of peace loving people everywhere. and for nearly 35 years, it has done that. part of the embassy's initial mandate was to work with the holy see to counter the destructive behavior of the soviet union. communism had claimed tens of millions of lives. the polish pope and american president were under no delusions about the tops task ahead. -- tough task ahead. .oth had battled comm

ronald reagan, margaret --tcher, and john paul ii all these characteristics. ity were exceptional -- was probabilityal, coincidence? mankind deserves it. i am pessimistic. thank you for your attention. [applause] announcer: next come on the presidency we continue coverage from the white house writers' group conference looking at the cold war partnership with president ronald reagan and pope john paul ii. speakers consider how their relationship fits into the story of cold war politics. from, we will hear callista gingrich, u.s. ambassador to the vatican. the executive vice president of the hero to foundation served at the state department and on the defense policy board, and before taking up his present position, he is the

soon after taking office, president reagan requested a meeting with pope john paul ii, and with the two leaders met in vatican city in 1982, president reagan asked pope john paul ii at one point would eastern europe -- europe be free from soviet domination? when the pope responded in our lifetime, the president grabbed his hand and stated fervently let's work together. when president reagan returned to the united states, he instructed the state department to work more closely with the vatican and ordered a full- fledged embassy. two years later in 1984, the united states embassy to the holy sea was established. for over a century before that time, america and the holy sea enjoyed a warm and respectful although unofficial relationship. that was forever changed in 1984. this new relationship as president reagan said, would exist to the benefit of peaceloving people everywhere. for nearly 35 years, it is done that. part of the embassy's initial mandate was to work with the holy sea to counter the destructive and destabilizing behavior of the soviet union. the devastation of communism had c

25 years how do we feel christianity in europe is doing after the great effort made for it by john paul ii>> not great, generally, not grade. i think in poland religion was what kept poland going during the communist years. the fact that john paul ii came along -- he was definitely instrumental in the solidarity movement and the church in poland is still pretty strong. not as strong as it used to be. but that does not go for the rest of europe or the rest of the world. i think the problem is that we see christianity suffering all over the world now with the rise of islam and really nobody is coming to their aid, i think if john paul ii were alive today, if he were depressed than, he would be even more depressed today. >> most european governance, not all, have not responded with enthusiasm to the course of persecuted christians there. would you like to add anything? >> one of the most touching things i heard today was the story of the pope in zaire. i think that is where the future -- one of the futures for the catholic church but for christianity. i think there is a rising, an explosion,

it is just over half an hour. >> ronald reagan and pope john paul ii, a partnership that changed the world. today, we are in washington at a conference devoted to that subject. with us today, an eyewitness to the relationship tween president reagan and pope john paul ii, the former attorney general, edwin meese iii. [applause] welcome to uncommon knowledge. i'm peter robinson, a graduate of yale and the university of california berkeley law school, edwin meese served as foreign affairs secretary for newly elected governor ronald reagan from 1967-1968 and then as chief of staff to the governor from 1969 until governor reagan left office in early 1975. from 1981 to 1985, mr. meese served in the reagan administration as counselor to the president. from 1985 until the end of the administration, he served as the 75th attorney general of the united states. mr. meese now holds an emeritus status as the heritage foundation's ronald reagan chair in public policy and emeritus as a distinguished visiting fellow at the hoover institution. no one knew ronald reagan better, and this is ronald reaga

john paul ii's biographer. "the claim that the men entered into a conspiracy to bring the downfall of communism is journalistic fantasy." how do you characterize what took place between the white house and the vatican and those two men? edwin: it is interesting that even last night there was a little bit of a dispute about what this was. it is somewhere between dick alle and george weigle. biggest back to faith. it was that faith which made him admire the pope, particularly this pope because you had a very strong person on behalf of his faith, on behalf of his church, and that the whole thing, what he had done up to that time, ronald reagan admired. and admired him as a leader of his church. think fornatural, i him to admire that kind of leadership. but beyond that, what you had was two people, both leaders, one him across secular world, one in the religious world, with parallel interests. when those parallel interests were obvious as what happened in poland where they were under attack, if you will, it was log

it is just over half an hour. >> ronald reagan and pope john paul ii, a partnership that changed the rld. today, we are in washington at a conference devoted to that subject. with us today, an eyewitness to the relationship tween president reagan and pope john paul ii, the former attorney general, edwin meese iii. [a

discussion about ronald reagan's cold war politics from a conference titled "ronald reagan and john paul ii: the partnership that changed the world." speakers include two former national security council staffers that served under president reagan. the white house writers group organize this 50-minute event. , he has held a number of prominent positions in diplomacy and academia, serving for example as the national security council's director of european and soviet affairs during the ministry should of -- the administration of george w. bush. a resident scholar at the university of california at berkeley, a fellow at ashland university, a fellow at pacific research institute and a frequent contributor to powerlineblog.com, dr. steven hayward is the author of a number of books including a magisterial two-volume work, "the age of reagan." the founder and president of the institute of world politics here in washington, he is the author of many works including his 2011 book, "full spectrum diplomacy and grand strategy." he served on the national security council in the white house of ronald rea

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so you mentioned pope john paul ii, which was really neat. a lot of evangelicals don't read pope. [inaudible] >> yes, exactly. >> you mentioned pope john paul ii even a house in and why for us was to practice chastity. they're not supposed to not commit adultery, but also supposed to practice chastity in there and relationship which wasn't an idea taught me growing up as an evangelical southern baptist. so one can have a thing has been in wife practice chastity in relation to each other and do you think the widespread in an question of contraception should be mouth forming our consciousness. >> start with the easy uncontroversial questions. [laughter] so, what i say about chastity in the book and began coming from my background, your background from evangelicals, and talk about abstinence, which is not the same thing as chastity. there's a component to that, but abstinence is so negative and chastity is a positive thing. we are all called to crack as chastity regardless of our situation whether we are single, married, struggle with this or that, we are all to practice chastity. the

attorney general talks about president reagan's views on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii. >> there are relationships between these leaders, in the secular and religious world, with parallel interests. these interests were obvious in terms of what happened in poland, where they were under attack. reaganlogical for ronald to cooperate. >> and the world war i centennial. american history television airs every weekend on c-span3. launched our longest running and most successful community outreach program ever 25 years ago. program hasus visited teachers and students in all 50 states. bus has promoted television programs and c-span educational resources and highlighted cable and public service offerings. we thank teachers and students for allowing us to open our doors across the country. we are grateful to experience all the things the c-span bus has to offer. >> it was a really great experience. >> c-span works closely with cable partners and your community to foster a stronger relationship with local educators, media, and the government. enables us tor solidify our position

attorney general talks about president reagan's view on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii. >> you had two people, both leaders, one of the secondary -- religious world with parallel interests. when those interests were obvious as to what happened in poland there where they were under attack if you will, then it was logical that ronald reagan particularly with his ideas about defeating communism would cooperate. >> next weekend on american history tv, the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every weekend on c-span 3. >> which party will control the house and senate? watch c-span's election night coverage starting tuesday at 8 pm eastern as the results come in from house and senate around the country. here victory and concession speeches from the candidates. at 7:30 a.m. eastern on wednesday we will get your reaction taking your calls live. c-span, resource for campaign 2018. >> we take it back now to detroit, michigan on september 30, 1968, for another hour-long broadcast from the nixon campaign. republican presidential nominee took questions from seven michiga

attorney general talks about the 40th president's views on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii by the right -- white house writers group. here is a preview. >> one of the things he knew was coming was because in the 1940's, when he was president of , thecreen actors guild communist party usa was trying to take over the movie industry the cousin wanted to use it for propaganda and so they will in -- they were infiltrating the various unions. stage managers union, they tried to take over the screen actors guild. so ronald reagan literally let all of those unions in defeating the communist. backup them interested in the the communist. backup them interested in the subject and he read a great deal about it. so he formed his own idea by the time he became governor and was already talking about these ideas of how do we overcome what was our than enemy in the cold war. you put it just now had never occurred to me just now. we listen this morning to the panel of polls talk about what communism was like. for ronald reagan in hollywood in those days it was not like living in poland. he h

you mentioned pope john paul ii, which was really neat. of evangelicals don't read pope. >> especially baptist ones. >> you mentioned pope john paul ii that is says even a husband and wife are supposed to practice chastity with regards to each other, not just not commit adultery but there also supposed to practice chastity in their own relationship. which wasn't an idea that was taught to me growing up as an evangelical southern baptist. so how do you think a husband and wife can practice chastity in relation to each other? and do you think that the widespread and unquestioned use of contraception could be male forming a consciousness? >> let's start with the easy uncontroversial questions. [laughter] what i say about chastity in the book is, again coming from a background, evangelicals especially the baptist side tend to talk about abstinence. which is not the same thing as chastity. there is a component of that but abstinence is so negative and chastity is a positive thing and we are all called to practice chastity regardless of our situa

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>> tonight on american history tv in primetime, we'll show you programs on ronald reagan, pope john paul ii and the cold war. ronald reagan's attorney general talks about the 40th president's views on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii at a conference titled "president reagan, the pope, and the cold war." organized by the white house writers group. watch american history tv in primetime tonight starting at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. book tv is in primetime this week for four nights, followed by a four-day thanksgiving holiday weekend. tonight's focus is books on the financial world and the economy and we'll start with "capitalism in america". then, "noncompliant," and finally, "edge of chaos." book tv in primetime begins tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>> and tonight on c-span, fda commissioner scott gottlieb, national cancer institute director norman sharpless and others discuss the latest advances in cancer treatment and patient care. the event was recently hosted by "the washington post" and you can watch it in its entirety tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c

> tonight, on american history tv in primetime, we'll show you programs on ronald reagan, pope john paul ii, and the cold war. ronald reagan's attorney general talks about the 40th president's views on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii at a conference titled president reagan, the pope, and the cold war. watch american history tv in primetime tonight starting at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. and book tv is in primetime this week with three nights followed by a four-day thanksgiving holiday weekend. tonight's focus is books on the financial world and the economy. we'll start with capitalism in america by alan greenspan and adrian wooldrij. then, noncompliant, and finally, edge of chaos. book tv in primetime begins tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. and tonight on c-span, fda commissioner scott gottlieb, national cancer institute director, and others discuss the latest advances in cancer treatment and patient care. the event was recently hosted by "the washington post" and you can watch it in its entirety tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> coming up thanksgivi

tonight on american history tv and prime time, we will show you programs on ronald reagan, pope john paul ii and the cold where. ronald reagan's attorney general talks about the 40th president's views on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii at a conference titled president reagan, the pope, and the cold war, organized by the white house writers group. watch american history tv and prime time tonight starting at eight eastern here on cspan3. >>> tv is and prime time this week for three nights, followed by a four-day thanks giving holiday weekend. tonight's focus is books on the financial world and the economy and we will start with capitalism in america by alan greenspan and adrian wooldridge, then carmen secure is noncompliant and finally edge of chaos. book tv and prime time begins tonight at eight eastern on cspan 2. tonight on cspan, fda commissioner scott godley, norman should -- sharpless and others discuss latest advances in cancer treatment. you can watch it in its entirety tonight starting at eight eastern on cspan. >>> up next, virginia democratic opener discusses m

theories and rumors, among them that she was kidnapped in a plot to free the man who shot pope john paul ii. orlandi's brother believes she's still alive and that the vatican has answers. the vatican has always denied involvement. as for the bones, police forensic experts are trying to determine the age, sex, and date of death. that could take at least a week, lester. >> kelly cobiella, thanks. >>> a new health alert out tonight, two major studies warn that a widely used treatment for a common form of cancer in women could actually cause the cancer to come back. nbc news' medical correspondent dr. john torres explains. >> reporter: when dr. janine anderson had surgery for cervical cancer last year, she chose a minimally invasive approach using a smaller incision because recovery would be quicker. >> being a mom, i wanted to get back to my family as soon as possible, and as a physician, i wanted to get back to my practice, back to my patients. >> reporter: but 16 months later the cancer came back. and she's fighting for her life. two major studies in "the new england journal of medicine" fin

general edwin meese talks about president reagan's views on communism and relations with pope john paul ii. >> two leaders, one in the political world, one of the religious world, with parallel interests. when those parallel interests were obvious, as what happened in poland when they were under attack, it was logical than for ronald reagan, particularly with ideas about the feeding communism, to cooperate. americaneekend on history tv, the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every weekend on c-span tv. california, republican representative darrell issa is retiring. candidates vying for his seat levin andat mike republican diane harkey. they are debate is next. watch election results tuesday on c-span. announcer: she chairs the state board of equalization. he is an attorney for environmental compliance. ♪ now, they square off for the race for california's 49th district in congress, decision 2018 harkey versus levin. , moderator: good evening. thank you for joining us for si special. i'm lauren phinney. for the first time since 2001, the 49th congressional district will have a

attorney general talks about president reagan's views on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii. >> one and the secular world, one in the religious world with parallel interests. when those parallel interests were obvious as what happened , then it was logical particularlyagan, with his ideas about defeating communism. >> next weekend, the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every weekend on c-span3. established as a planned city in 1963, today it has a population of 54,000. we will hear about the city's founder and how h

as great as the grand strategy was, i'm not sure it would have succeeded without john paul ii. as a 20 rolled, i was reading time and newsweek about the visit the pope made. some details stuck with me. soviet troops confined to bases in poland. and the civil government had ceased to function during the pope's five days there. i remember thinking, these people are in trouble. back, the pope did not call for a revolt, instead he turned the hourglass upside down and started the sand running out on that form of role. reagan could help, but he could not have done it without that happening. pope have donee it without the united states, without reagan? steven: that is a big question. i think the reagan casey bill clark thought of the vatican as a better source of intelligence and insight into what was going on. paula: on poland, i do not know how many people know this, but at the same time reagan said poland should be poland, he sent documents about the troops that were amassed on the border and made an appeal. moral uplifting, involvement, engagement, i believe was vital. some little

john paul the second, which was really neat. a lot of evangelicals don't read popes. >> don't tell. so you mentioned pope john paul ii says even a husband and wife are supposed to pratt is chastity with regard to each other. they're not just supposed to not commit until three, but they're also supposed to pratt is chastity in their own relationship to which wasn't an idea talk to me growing up as an evangelical baptist. how do you think the husband-and-wife contract is chastity in relation to each other and do you think the widespread unquestioned use of contraception could be malformed in a conscious us? the >> thinks. >> server to use the uncontroversial question. so, what i say in the book coming from a background, your background talking about not meant, which is not the same thing is chastity. there's a component, that is so negative and chastity is a positive thing. we are all called to pratt is chastity regardless of her situation, whether were single, whether we're married, whether we struggle with this her struggle with that, where all to practice chastity. the closest synonym is faithfulness, fidelity. with

attorney general talks about president reagan's news on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii. >> you have two people both leaders one of the secular world and one in the religious world with parallel interests. when those parallel interests were obvious as what happened in poland when they were under attack if you will it was logical for ronald reagan particularly with his ideas about defeating communism to cooperate. >> next weekend the world war i centennial. airs every weekend on c-span three. >>> more about how the fashion choices of betty ford influenced culture. this talk was one of a series. the richard nixon foundation hosted this event. >> ladies and gentlemen i am honored to introduce today's speaker. the nixon library has presented the exhibit before and offered lectures on similar topics but we have not offered the exhibit and luncheon d

pop john paul ii. >> you had two leaders, one in the secular world, one in the religious world, with parallel trillions so when those parallel interests were obvious, as what happened in poland there, when they were under attack, if you will, threaten it was logical then for ronald reagan, particularly with his ylts about american history tv airs every weekend on c-span3. klara talksert about the history of the white house, harry truman and renovations met were made. this involved the gutting of the entire interior and the addition of a steel frame and underground shelter. this was recorded at the new york city bar association in 2014. it is about one hour and 10 minutes. robert: thank you very much. thank you for inviting me. thank you all for turning out. it is nice to be here. this is something that has taken up the last three years of my life. in researching and writing this book -- and encompasses a time. of eight years. it is of no small challenge how to you.nt this and figured out that if i did this thoroughly, i would have to cover one day per second for an eight your story.

she teaches at the john paul ii institute. to summarize her argument, she was, certainly, sympathetic to why advocates for faith in the public square, in particular the religious freedom that enables faith in the public square were primarily emphasizing and appealing to the sincerely held belief. she made reference to our founding documents. and law. and a lot of the case law that relates to this. but her caution was that, to people who may hold a different point of view about faith in general, or at least in the public square, this may be something that is hard for them to understand. she said, just to quote, we ought to be aware of the cost we incur by appealing on such grounds. the reasons pertaining to the kind of religion that has dominated the american landscape, with parameters of public reason, whatever we seek to defend in virtue of religious freedom. will be invariably consigned to the realm of the private and the personal which is to say, the utterly irrational. to see this, one only needs to consider what it would

ronald reagan's attorney general talks about his views on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii at a conference organized by the white house writers group. the program was recorded as part of the hoover institution's

edwin meese, talks about president reagan's views on communism and his relationship with pope john paul iiou had two people, both leaders -- one in the secular world, one in the religious world -- with parallel interests. and so when those parallel interests were obvious as what happened in poland there where they were under attack, if you will, then it was logical then for ronald reagan, particularly with his ideas about defeating communism, to cooperate. >> and next weekend on american history tv, the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every weekend on c-span3. >> sunday on q&a -- >> seven years ago the people of united states set out upon what they thought was a great liberal campaign. somewhere along the line we lost the objective. >> two-time pulitzer prize-winning author david lev ring lewis on his biography of wendell wilkie. >> here was an internationalist, here was a great civil libertarian, here was a man with civil rights convictions that would have matched, say, an obama perhaps. here was a man who was a liberal and at the same time accessible to the role of gover

this is from a conference organized by the white house writers group titled "ronald reagan & john paul ii: the partnership that changed the world." following his remarks, we continue the conference coverage with a discussion about the cold war legacies of president reagan and the pope. later, remarks from a u.s. ambassador to the vatican. [applause] clav klaus. his remarks are about 15 minutes. >> when the soviet union invaded czechoslovakia in 1968, our next guest was forced out of the academy of sciences. 21 years later he became later of the suit -- leader of the civic forum. three years later he became czechoslovakia's first non-communist minister of finance. to call him a non-communist does

general edwin meese talks about president reagan's views on communism and relations with pope john paul ii two leaders, one in the political world, one of the religious world, with parallel interests. when those parallel interests were obvious, as what happened in poland when they were under attack, it was logical than for ronald reagan, particularly with ideas about the feeding communism, to cooperate. americaneekend on history tv, the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every week

ronald reagan's attorney general edwin meese, talks about communeism and his relationship with pope john paul ii. >> you had two leaders, one in the secular world and one in the religious world with parallel interests. and when the interests are obvious as what happened in poland when they were under attack, if you will, then ronald reagan, particularly with his ideas about defeating commune nichl. >> the world war i centennial, american history airs every weekend on c-span3. >> between 1692 and 1693, men and women suspected of witchcraft were jailed, put on trial and executed in salem, massachusetts. next margot burns talks about a book she wrote titled records of the salem witch hunt. people worked for ten years to complete the book, a chronological record from the trials, many transcribed by linguists. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> welcome back. i'm tab baker. this should be a really interesting session. i'd like to introduce margot burns. she was one of the leading researchers of the salem witch hunt, and she has probably forgotten more about the original documents than i'll ever know.

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attorney general talks about president reagan's views on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii. >> you have had two leaders both with parallel interests. and so when those parallel interests were obvious as to what happened in poland where they were under attack if you well, then it was logical for ronald reagan particularly with his ideas about defeating communism to cooperate. >> next weekend on american history tv the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every week and on c-span 3. >> this weekend c-span citysearch takes it a lake have a sioux city arizona with the help of our cable partners we will explore the a history on saturday at noon on book tv here from author and lifelong resident as he shares the story of the early history from his book living at the end of old 95. >> we moved here lock stock and barrel in february 1965. there was somewhere around 600 people and there might've been 20 homes. for our family it was three years before i'm sorry three months three months before we finally got running water. and it was another, i think another five months wh

attorney general talks about president reagan's views on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii. >> you had two people, both leaders, one in the secular world, one in the religious world, with parallel interests. when those parallel interests were obvious, as what happened in poland there where they were under attack, if you will, then it was logical then for ronald reagan, particularly with his ideas about defeating communism, to cooperate. >> next weekend on american history tv, the world war i centennial, american history tv airs every weekend on c-span 3. ♪ a quarter of a century ago, c-span launched our longest running and most successful community outreach program ever. the c-span bus program has paved the way for our grassrootses community outreach by engaging students, teachers and citizens in all 50 states. since 1993, the state-of-the-art mobile classroom and production studio has reacheded into communities promoting our comprehensive television programming. c-span educational resources such as c-span.org and the c-span video library and to highlight cable's public ser

attorney general talks about president reagan's views on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii. >> you had to people, both leaders, one in the secular world and one in the religious world, with parallel interests. and so when this parallel interests were obvious, as what happened in poland there where they were under attack, if you will, it was logical than for ronald reagan, particularly with his ideas about defeating communism, to cooperate. announcer: next weekend on american history tv, the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every weekend on c-span 3. this weekend, c-span's cities tour takes you to arizona. with the help of our cable partners, we look for the literary life and history of lake have the same. from at noon eastern, hear rick kingsbury as he shares the story of the city's early history from his book, "living at the end of old 95." >> we moved here lot, stock and barrel in february of 1965. 600e was somewhere around people and there might have been 20 homes. threer family, it was years -- i am sorry, three months before we finally got running water

general edwin niece talks about president reagan's view on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii. >> you had two people, both leaders, one in the secular world and one in the religious world with parallel interests and so when those parallel interests were obvious as what happened in poland there where they were under attack, if you will, then it was logical then for ronald reagan, particularly with his ideas about defeating communism to cooperate it. >> and next weekend on american history tv, the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every weekend on c-span3. >> the equal employment opportunity commission held a public hearing recently to review sexual harassment prevention strategies in the workplace. we'll hear on training of appropriate workplace conduct and creating the culture of civility. >> the meeting will come to order. go

general edwin meese, talks about president reagan's views on communism and his rhythm with pop john paul ii. >> you had two leaders, one in the secular world, one in the religious world, with parallel trillions so when those parallel interests were obvious, as what happened in poland there, when they were under attack, if you will, threaten it was logical then for ronald reagan, particularly with his ylts about american history tv airs every weekend on c-span3. klara talksert about the history of the white house, harry truman and renovations met were made. this involved the gutting of the entire interior and the addition of a steel frame ander

> tonight on american history tv in prime-time, we'll show you programs on ronald reagan, pope john paul ii and the cold war. ronald reagan's attorney general edwin meast talks about the 40th president's views on communism organized by the white house writer's group. watch american history tv in prime-time tonight, starting at 8:00 eastern, here on c-span3. >>> and book tv is in prime-time this week for three nights followed by a four-day thanksgiving holiday weekend. tonight's focus is books on the financial world and the economy. and we'll start with capitalism in america by alan greenspan and adrian woolridge. then noncompliant and finally edge of chaos. and book tv in prime-time begins tonight at 8:00 eastern, on c-span2. and tonight on c-span, fda commissioner scott gottlieb, national cancer institute director norman sharpliss and others discussion the latest advancements in cancer treatment and patient care. you can watch it in its entirety tonight starting at 8:00 eastern on c-span. coming up thanksgiving weekend on the c-span networks, on c-span thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, suprem

attorney general talked about president reagan's views on communism and his relationship with pope john paul iie ofhad both leaders, the secular world and one in the religious world with parallel interests. when those interests were obvious, as what happened in poland where they were under attack, then it was logical for ronald reagan, particularly with his ideas about defeating communism, to cooperate. >> next week and on american history tv -- weekend on american history tv, for world war i centennial. the world war i centennial. washington journal continues. this week we have been taking a look at battleground states across the u.s. as we lead up to the midterm elections. pennsylvania is the focus today. taking a look at the state at large and some of the specific races involved. joining us is jonathan tamari how the philadelphia inquirer. he served as the national political writer for the publication. good morning. guest: thank you for having me. host: the story yesterday, you took a look at two races in pennsylvania that could serve as harbingers for what we may see on election day. onst:

it is just over half an hour. >> ronald reagan and pope john paul ii, a partnership that changed the world. we are in washington at a conference devoted to that subject. with us, an eyewitness to the relationship tween president reagan and pope john paul ii, the former attorney general, edwin meese iii. [applause] welcome to uncommon knowledge. i'm peter