we turn it over to judy woodruff and jon meacham. thank you. [ applause ] >> what a great panel that was. i was thinking and listening and learning a lot from the conversation. full disclosure i'm sitting here with an amazing historian and i'm the true antique. hearing some of these stories was terrific. i have covered 7 presidents. i have the great fortune to have this conversation with one of america's extraordinary presidential -- american's historian and someone that has written about a number of american presidents over our history, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, franklin roosevelt and his relationship with winston churchill and most recently george h w. bush and you wrote a book about the civil war and you written about the presidents of that era. >> it is extraordinarily on historians and the best restaurant or hospital. you want to win but it is not that hard. thank you. >> so the last panel, oh, my gosh. you are going to do this? >> that was for benjamin harris, i love those guys. >> the last topic touched upon wonderful

thank you for that positive. >> i want to bring in jon meacham. at's not lost on me, jon, here we are day by day and week by week, lurching from one scandal to the next. here we are talking about john mccain. >> what to you does he represent in american politics? >> well, he was born into a tradition of sacrificial service. >> he spent the five years or so in captivity. he learned the senate as the navy up there when he came back and went off after his father died and he ran for the house and the senate. what he represents in the broadest possible self-defense is he was a realistic romantic. he loved american history and he loved america's literature. his favorite line is robert jordan's the observation, at the end of hemmingway. >> the world is a fine place and it is worth leaving it. >> senator mccain always hate leaving a fight. >> one of the things that is so poignant here that president trump has gone out of his way for over two or three years now to take mccain on and it is one of the dumber fights could ever pick is trying to pick a fight wi

pew iz litser prize winning author and presidential historian jon meacham on the polarizing politics of trump. >>> plus, the hit musical that swept this year's tony awards. the bands visit. i spoke to star composer david yazbek. good evening everyone, welcome to the program, i am christiane amanpour in london. it's a speech that sounds torn from today's headlines. build a wall of steel as high as heaven to keep problematic immigrants out of the united states. but in fact, the year was 1924. the immigrants were coming from italy. and the speaker was georgia governor clifr walker addressing a national convention of the ku klux klan n. his book, jon meacham explores america's vulnerability to fear, bitterness, and racial strife. it's called the soul of america fo the battle for our -- with literally the whole world trying to figure out the trump era not only does meacham allow us how to see how the fears are lit he allows us to see how we have come through the darkness on every occasion. >> the title of your book, better angels refers to the first inaugural address. at that time we were

are you saying jon meacham, that in order to be successful in electoral politics in this country, you've got to be able to master whatever the current means of communication is? in a way it's stating the obvious, but it's staying on top of whatever it is. whether it's combination of public speaking and having great relationships with the newspapers and now mastering whatever the social media is? >> absolutely. i'd be stating the obvious is how i make my living. i'm all for it. i don't see -- i don't see how it -- i don't see how that part goes back, right. and remember the story your colleague leslie stall, 1984, do you remember the story about cbs evening news did a particularly long report about the '84 campaign and how ronald reagan was the master of style but not substance. and they showed, it was a five or six minute report, which in those days was the ice age. and rolled it on, showed all these pictures of president reagan in front of flags and with children and everything you can think of, and all of leslie's track on it was how empty this was. these were empty calories, this was

i will turn it over to judy tran through-- judy woodruff and jon meacham . >> i have been sitting there taking notes and listening and learning a lot from the conversation. full disclosure, i am sitting here with an amazing historian but i am the true antique in the room. i've covered seven presidents going back to jimmy carter. hearing some of these stories was just terrific. i have the great good fortune to have this conversation with one of america's extraordinary historians and someone who has written about a number of american presidents over the span of our extraordinary history. thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, franklin roosevelt and his relationship with winston churchill and more recently george hw bush. you've written about the presidents of that period as well. >> it's like being called the best restaurant or not. you want to win but it's not that hard.>> the last panel-- you are going to do this the whole time. >> i love those guys. >> the last panel did a wonderful job touching on the history but i want to look at the history of the relationship between the presidents and

i have jon meacham's book, doris kerr good one amy chan. some of the other authors that i want to make sure i touch on. i have a basket of bucks that i'm reading. >> booktv will be live at the national book center september 1 all day long. we are right at the entrance so if you are down there stop by pickup of booktv add-in say hi and have your picture taken in a booktv frame. dr. carla hayden had her picture taken in the frame as well to thank you for your time today. >> thank you for the badge. it's perfect. >> this summer i'm reading up a by robert caro about lyndon johnson. the fourth in a series of books he wrote about president johnson. this one is called the passage of power. it's about the years when he was vice president for president kennedy and the transition when president kennedy was assassinated and vice president johnson became president johnson >> one of a series of books. the first one is how he became johnson is a young man going to college to be a teacher and the first time he ran for congress called pass the power. one o

our friends clarence page and jon meacham. jon, please keep those better angels on speed dial, will you? a lonely nation is asking. >> it's in our contacts. >> all right. thank you both. really appreciate it. have a good weekend. and coming up for us, does the u.s. military need a sixth branch? can the nation afford it right now? what else is out there that may compete more urgently for our time and attention right now tonight and around the world? ahh... summer is coming. and it's time to get outside. pack in even more adventure with audible. with the largest selection of audiobooks. audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. or discover magic when you hit the open road. with the free audible app, your stories go wherever you do. and for just $14.95 a month you get a credit, good for any audiobook. if you don't like it exchange it any time. no questions asked. you can also roll your credits to the next month if you don't use them. so take audible with you this summer... on the road... on the trail... or to the b

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and a nbc capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d.c., kasie hunt. >> and also jon meacham saysorning. but honestly, jon, i do not think there is a parallel. we'll get to that. we'll see what you come up with. its of a legal landslide like none over in the history of the presidency. what the conservative drudge report described as trump hell hour. his 2016 campaign chief paul manafort convicted by a jury on eight counts at almost the exact same time that trump's former lawyer michael cohen entered a guilty plea to eight counts. and speaking in open court directly implicated the president in a federal crime. this is the worst day of donald trump's presidency both personally and professionally. trump's legal team responded there is no allegation of any wrongdoing against the president in the government's charges against mr. cohen. it is clear that as the prosecutor noted mr. cohen's actions reflect a pattern of lies an dishonesty over a significant period of time. they of course are for getting that trump is on tape talking to cohen about these payments. and we hear him on tape. b

charlottesville mayor nikuyah walker and have a conversation about race with author and historian jon meacham, black lives matter activist deray mckesson. former white supremacist christian pick and cbs political analyst jamelle bouie. all ahead on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." right now all is quiet in lafayette square, streets around the white house are closed and police are preparing for protests later today. both unite the right and counter protesters have permits to march. we traveled to richmond late last week and talked with virginia democrat senator tim kaine at the city's black history and cultural center of virginia about race. and how virginia and the country are recovering one year after charlottesville. you have said that virginia has a lot of scar tissue when it comes to race. but it feels on many of these issues that it's very much an open wound. who has actually changed since charlottesville? >> i think what has changed is charlottesville was shocking, it was shocking that local guy like a jason kessler would have called this unite the right

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jon meacham is with us. jon? >> admiral, in the spirit of testing momentary passion versus long-term impact, what's your sense of where the reaction to the -- within the alliance to helsinki, to trump's performance at the nato summit chi guess has been now three weeks. it feels like yesterday and three years ago, but as the fallout unfolds, what's your sense of the lasting impact of that performance in europe? >> it's all part, john, of these sce centrifugal poreses pulling at the transatlantic bond. that creaking sound you hear is the transatlantic bridge. every performance not only at the nato sum mutt but for example at g7, president trump kind of twists that bridge a bit at the same time turkey pulling away. italy has an election to elect someone who is opposed to the european union. we continue to see these right-wing moments in hungary, in poland, still bubbling in france. it's sentcen centrifugal force our allies. turkey has to make the first step at this point. >> all right, admiral james starvidis, thank

and there's so many -- jon meacham, you go through all the paradoxes, all the conflicts that are internal to the united states of america and its greatness and you talk about always arking towards ever upward in our trajectory of the civilization. john mccain had some conflicts, he had some contradictions, he had sharp edges, he had sharp elbows, yet in all of my years dealing with the man, it made me love him even more. even when i knew at times when he loathed me, he was a straight shooter. he spoke his mind. and he was exactly what america needed, not only in the 1960s in vietnam, the courage that he showed, the extraordinary strength he showed, but also in the age of trump. a man who just didn't give a damn about an errant tweet from a blustery president because he had already been through hell and back and he could put up with it. >> absolutely. as the greeks said, character is destiny and his character, as a young man, both before his captivity and afterward were those salient elements that you just described. he's a young man who i think graduated fifth from the bottom of his class

eastern, mike mccurry, run messenger, richard benedetto, kenneth walsh, susan page, and jon meacham. at :00 a.m. eastern, presidential storytelling and its local and 30 p.m. eastern, lbj foundation president mark updegrove, former chief of staff to laura bush, andy mcbride, and white house historical association president stuart mclaurin on presidential legacy. the white house historical associations presidential sites summit, live coverage tuesday and wednesday on c-span3. >> president trump announced the united states has reached an agreement with mexico on a trade deal to replace nafta. the president made the announcement just before noon in the oval office. president trump: hello, everybody. it's a big day for trade, a big day for a country. we negotiate tough, so it is mexico and this is a tremendous thing. they used to collect nafta, we're going to call it the united states mexico trade agreement and we will get with the name nafta, that has a bad connotation because the united states was hurt very badly by nafta. for many years. but now it's a really good deal for both countri

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columnist for the "washington post" david ignatius and pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham, author of "the soul of america: the battle for our better angels." a battle we're in right now for sure. joe will be back aon monday. willie what did you think of the president? your gut watching? >> extraordinary a couple hours after his entire national security apparatus appeared in the white house briefing room laying out chapter and verse how russia continues to interfere in our elections the president went out at that rally and called it a russian hoax and reportedly sent those people out. i also just thought it was sort of another pathetic grievance session airing his grievances talking how unfairly he's treated by the press, and i wondered what it would be like if he spent the time and energy he spends on that focusing on things like clean water in flint, or visiting troops in a war zone, for example. it just strikes me as a monument's waste of time for a president of the united states to go on and on and on on one or two subjects that he can't get past. >> and ham erg tmering

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jon meacham i think could attest to that.ou need a pulitzer prize winni inning hisn to attest to that. he seems to be flailing around. as michael schmidt and maggie haberman have written don't seem to really understand the implications of the white house counsel, first of all, being the counsel for the presidency, not the counsel for the president. and whether he was involved in every meeting or not, he certainly was aware of the details and of the president's mindset going into the comey firing and going into the threats against mueller and the threats to get rid of sessions or to protest against the recusal of sessions. so there's a lot of information and the middle state of the president that he is very well aware of and truly in 30 hours must have been questioned about. >> and david ignatius, again, andrea touched on it, but the rich, rich irony of donald trump protege of roy cone and without a doubt the most mccarthy-like figure on the american stage since joseph mccarthy himself accusing robert mueller of mccarthyism wh

joining me from nashville, tennessee, presidential historian jon meacham.to the victims of the latest shooting

joining me from nashville, tennessee, presidential historian jon meacham. begin by sending condolences to the victims of the s latestoting in jacksonville, florida. it happened again. this time aid

at 9:00 a.m., mike mccurry, richard benedetto, kenneth walsh, susan page, and jon meacham. at 11:00 a.m., presidential storytelling. president mark updegrove, former chief of staff and white house historical association president stuart mclaurin on presidential legacy. the white house historical association's presidential site summit, live coverage wednesday on c-span3. >> treasury secretary steven mnuchin talked to reporters about the future of nafta, the north american free trade agreement. he said he hoped a deal with canada would be reached soon, following yesterday's announcement of an updated bilateral deal between the u.s. and mexico that revises key portions of the accord. here's the treasury secretary in the white house driveway. >> how is everybody?

jon meacham, thank you so much. we want to bring in andy card, the former chief of staff to george w. bush, of course, and someone who understands very well the on again, off again relationship, the difficult relationship at times after that 2000 race. but how george w. bush and john mccain worked together on surge, on iraq. andy, your thoughts. >> well, first of all, i first met john mccain in 1983 when he was a new member of congress and i went to washington, d.c. to work for reagan. i didn't start till august of 1983. he was sworn in to be a member of the house of representatives. had a lot of the interaction with him over the years. most significantly as a result of george w. bush winning the presidency. when john mccain had campaigned against him. and mccain had a big victory in new hampshire and it was south carolina that made the difference for george w. bush. it did strain the relationship but john mccain was someone who understood the importance of recognizing challenges and looking for opportunities to men

and of course, i wish jon meach meacham, and so you know, spoke earlier today on the presidents and the press panel, of course, is the only person in america other than barbara bush who has read her full diaries. because she kept incredible diaries. and mrs. johnson kept incredible diaries. and of course, as we know, john was a eulogist at her funeral and captured her beautifully. her whit, her humor. very self-deprecating, but she could slice and dice pretty good, too. and i think people kind of liked that about her personality. >> we had george w. bush at the library around a civil rights summit we did four years ago, around the passage of the -- 50th anniversary of the passage of the civil rights act. and we were in the great hall of the lbj libraries. majestic space with the presidential seal etched in marble. and around the perimeter of the hall are portraits of all of our presidents and first ladies. and barbara bush was infamously known around her family ranks as the enforcer. and george w. bush looked at her portrait, he leaned over and he said, if you look carefully, you can se

and the presidential his or tto jon meacham will speak with pbs about thomas jefferson and frankl franklin roosevelt. live coverage with representatives from presidential sites across the country begins wednesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> former first lady betty ford was remembered on her centennial by hillary clinton and linda johnson rob, the daughter of lady bird johnson. we talked about mrs. ford's white house years and her contributions to the equal rights amendment and breast cancer prevention. nbc's andrea mitchell moderates this discussion. it's about 40 minutes. >>> lena meyer, hank and leisel, wally tepp, wherever you are, joe and donna kavaruso, and the staff and trustees of dad's foundation, reverend char, martha reeves, brother mike, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a wonderful, lovely luncheon. this is a wonderful celebration of my mother's

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judy woodruff, the managing editor of the pbs "newshour" will interview presidential historian, jon meacham. the president -- the relationship between the president and the press is a crucial one for all of us. when you look at all of the events that a president has where he speaks, in looking from presidents reagan through trump, a third -- at least a third of the occasions where he speaks are ones where a president is answering questions from reporters. so it's an important relationship for us, simply because of what information we get from them and from the sessions that they have. the relationship is naturally a somewhat fraught one. leo rosten who was writing about washington correspondents during the roosevelt administration talked about the nature of the relationship and the way in which it's a contest over information. the newspaperman motivated by the ancient values of journalism is interested in precisely that type of news which the official, the president, is least eager to reveal. in the final analysis press conferences reduced itself to a contest between reporters, skilled at f

. >> i hope to read a new book by jon meacham called john meacham called the soul of america.heard him discuss it and it's about the history of the country and i understand why the book reviews it is inspiring and i can't wait to read it. i also want to read the biography of one of my favorite american presidents, dwight eisenhower called "the age of eisenhower," and it's by the professor at the university of virginia. when i was a little boy i had the honor of meeting dwight eisenhower and he's always inspired me and is now rated one of the best presidents in american history. i'm also going to read chris matthews biography, "bobby kennedy." i think that chris matthews has done an excellent job in this regard and of course we commemorate this year the 50th anniversary of the tragic assassination of senator kenned. so these are three books at the top of my list to read thischanf summer. >> send your summer reading lisy that booktv on twitter, instead grandma or facebook.

eastern, mike mccurry, run messenger, richard benedetto, kenneth walsh, susan page, and jon meacham. at :00 a.m. eastern, presidential storytelling and its local and 30 p.m. eastern, lbj foundation president mark updegrove, former chief of staff to laura bush, andy mcbride, and white house historical association president stuart mclaurin on presidential legacy. the white house historical associations presidentiasi

you know, jon meacham, i remember in 1999, george w. bush, a man who i disagreed with many of his policies, with his spending. george w. bush quietly and publicly told republicans in no uncertain terms, i'm running in 2000, and one of the major focuses of my major focus, would be to reawaken the republican party to the importance of reaching out to those who may not be just like us. to hispanics especially. the largest growing demographic group in america. we have got to put this nativism behind us. this -- this soft bigotry as a -- >> white supremacy. >> which is looking more and more like white supremacy. these days. and george w. bush in his re-election bid got, what? 43%, 44% of the hispanic vote, because he did what guy vinson said conservatives today need to do. make their views accessible and relevant. >> and you look at just as recently as john mccain. he manages to, remember, he says -- when a questioner, probably the kind of questioner that laura was talking about, who's not happy with the way the country is changing, says he'

jon meacham and others will be there. from august 31 until september 2, it is the aj decatur book festival in atlanta. on september 1 will be live for the 18th year for the national book festival in washington, d.c. was supreme court justice, former secretary of state and many others. later, the baltimore book festival held that the city's inner harbor. for more information on upcoming fairs and festivals and to watch our previous coverage click the book fairs tab on the website. >> so, what was it like for you to work with adam who has a conservative reputation? >> adam has a great reputation as an editor. he had worked with one of my favorite writers. someone named barry lynn. it was one of the first to really punch through a consensus and economic thinking

jon meacham and clarence page. jon, please keep those angels on speed dial. >> it is in our contacts. >> thank you both. coming up for us, does the u.s. military need a six branch. can the nation afford it right now? what else is out there may compete more urgently for our time and attention, right now tonight and around the world. just listen. (vo) there's so much we want to show her. we needed a car that would last long enough to see it all. (avo) subaru outback. 98% are still on the road after 10 years. come on mom, let's go! (avo) right now, get 0% apr financing on the 2018 subaru outback. ♪ keep it comin' love. if you keep on eating, we'll keep it comin'. all you can eat riblets and tenders at applebee's. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. come hok., babe. nasty nighttime heartburn? try new alka-seltzer pm gummies. the only fast, powerful heartburn relief plus melatonin so you can fall asleep quickly. ♪ oh, what a relief it is! >>> i had a great meeting with putin, we discussed everything. i had a gre

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jon meacham, always a pleasure. thank you for spending part of your friday night with us. about the manafort jury this week. it may be a good sign for the prosecution. we'll tell you about it when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪ i put a spell on you ♪ yeah, because you're mine ♪ with chase atms serena can now grab cash on the go, all with the tap of her phone. ♪ stop the things you do no card? no problem. life, lived serena's way. chase, make more of what's yours. it's a high-tech sleep revolution. the sleep number 360 smart bed intelligently senses your movement and automatically adjusts. so you wake up ready to run the world. the new sleep number 360 smart bed, from $999. >>> the last thing before we go here on a friday night, there's a lot riding on the trial we've been covering this week of former trump campaign chairman and jacket enthusiast paul manafort. it's the first trial of the mueller era and the mueller investigation and a guilty verdict in this first of two trials would greatly increase the pressure the government could the bring to bear against manafort. it appears to h

benedetto, richard susan page, and jon meacham. at 11:00 a.m. eastern, presidential storytelling. the white house historical association's presidential site summit. live coverage tuesday and wednesday on c-span3. >> hey, hey, ho, ho, -- has got to go! >> he is one of the most qualified people ever picked to the supreme court and he is the ideal of the legal profession besides being the outstanding judge on the d c circuit court of appeals. senator schumer: judge kavanaugh has a special them -- a special obligation to make his point -- make his point of view on this clear based on the president's saying he wants to overturn roe. >> after conducting a thorough and objective review, i'm confident that judge kavanaugh will be an excellent addition to our nation's highest court. >> watch day one of the confirmation hearing for brett kavanaugh, live on tuesday, september 4, on c-span3. listenct c-span.org or on the radio app.

jon meacham, doris kearns goodwin with "leadership in turbulent times", ron churnow, and battle of new orleans, the battle that shaped america's destiny. watch the library of congress national book festival live on c-span2's book tv. saturday at 10 a.m. eastern. >> next, remarks by michael hiddnojos hinojosa. he gave a speech for the superintendents. superintendents. [applaus [applause] >> thank you, dwight. and you're not going to get off the hook. i'll be back to you in a minute. first of all, congratulations for being selected to be part of this premier organization and this activity that you're going to go through. i've been a member of aasa since 19-- . [laughter] >> '94, and proud of it. aasa is a great organization and it's done a great job for public education and they are our champions. first of all, thank you aasa for your work. howard university, thanks stepping up because being-- stepping up and stepping into these tough shoes as an urban superintendent is a different paradigm than any other job there is so there needs to be specialized training that occurs there. for the u

call-ins from our set at the washington convention center with pulitzer prize-winning biographer jon meacham and his book, "the soul of america: the battle for our better angels." pulitzer prize-winning historian doris kerns goodwin with "leadership in turbulent times." ron chernow with his book, "grant." and fox news host brian kilmeade with his book, "andrew jackson and the miracle of new orleans: the battle that shaped america's destiny." watch the 18th annual library of congress national book festival live on c-span2's booktv saturday at 10 a.m. eastern. >> sunday night on q&a, historian charles calhoun talks about his biography on the 23rd president of the united states, benjamin harrison. >> when he was nominated, he was in indianapolis, and and at his house people thronged, and he gave four speeches that day. and his campaign people said, you know, this is the thing to do, let people come to you. so over the next four or five months until the election, that's what happened. harrison stayed home, he slept in his own bed. he would meet these delegations, these visiting delegations from

on august 18, will be live at the mississippi book festival in jackson with jon meacham, and others.om august 31 until september 2 it is the decatur book festival in atlanta. then will be live for the 18th here in a role at the national book festival in washington, d.c. with supreme court justice, sonia sotomayor, former secretary of state, madeleine albright and others. later in the month is the baltimore book festival. for more information about upcoming fairs and festivals and to watch our previous festival coverage, quick the book fairs tab on the website, booktv.org. >> book tv recently visited capitol hill task members of congress what they're reading the summer. >> i just read this book called the simpl sympathizer. it's the perfect book to talk about for world refuge day. i'm now reading the second book called the refugees. they are remarkable. remarkable books who captured the complexity of a refugees left those are the two books that are front and center for me right now. >> book tv wants to know what you're reading. send us your reading list on instagram or facebook. this

mike mccurry, run this in, , andth walsh, susan page jon meacham. at 11:00 am eastern, presidential storytelling. at 12:30 p.m. eastern, mark updegrove, former chief of staff to laura bush and white house historical association president on presidential legacy. the white house historical associations presidential site summit. live coverage wednesday on c-span3. >> last week, secretary of state mike pompeo called off a trip to north korea hours before he was supposed to depart. according to cnn, he received a letter from top north korean officials warning that denuclearization talks are again at stake and may fall apart. today's state department spokesman was asked about the status of talks between the two nations at a press conference. we will play about 10 minutes of it for you. >> good to see you. >> good to be here. i want to start out asking about north korea. after the cancellation of pompeo strip, is the diplomatic effort they're in trouble, and i was also wondering if you could give us further details about why the trip was canceled. there ar

jon meacham's look at critical moments in american history and how they relate to today in "the soul of america." our look at some of the best selling books according to the los angeles times continues with astrophysicist degrasse tyson's astrophysics for -- [inaudible] in eighth is trevor noah's memoir of growing up in apartheid-era south africa followed by psychologist jordan peterson's self-help book,12 rules for life. and wrapping up our look at some of the los angeles times' nonfiction bestseller list is michelle mcnamara's firsthand account of her search for the golden state killer. some of these authors have appeared on booktv. you can watch them on our web site, booktv.org. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> well, i'm a great fan of detective/mystery stories, and i sort of tend to find an author that i really like and then make my way through almost all of their books sort of in a sequence of time, which is especially possible with being able to download onto my ipad. so right now i had a friend tell me abou

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thank you, jon meacham. [ applause ] >> thank you, judy and jon. we now have two sessions. inclusive presidential history will be in this room at 11:00 and philanthropy, fund-raising and outreach will be in the pierce room at 11:00. exit through the rear, go around to the left. staff will direct you. 11:00. if you are a presenter on either of those panels, in here, go over here. pierce room, go right over there, please. thank you. >>> our coverage of the white house historical association's conference will continue today at 11:00 a.m. eastern. would he bring you a discussion on presidential history and the whose stories get told. historians from virginia, new york and massachusetts will take part in that discussion. and tonight during american history tv prime time, we'll show you our coverage of the second day of the white house historical association's white house site summit, including the presidential panel on presidents and the press tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span3. >>> during the break, we visit little white house in key west, florida, for stories of how presi

eastern, mike mccurry, like andcine, richard benedetto jon meacham. at 11:00 a.m. eastern, presidential storytelling. eastern, william seale. the white house historical association's presidential site summit. live coverage tuesday and wednesday on c-span3. >> he is one of the most qualified nominees ever picked for the supreme court and he has contributed a great deal to hurt -- to his community and the legal profession besides being judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals. >> judge kavanaugh has a special obligation to make his views on given the clear president's litmus test. that he would only appoint judges that would overturn roe. forward to watching judge kavanaugh's confirmation hearing and after conducting a thorough and objective review of his nomination, i am confident he will be an excellent addition to our nation's highest court. of the senatene confirmation hearing for brett kavanaugh. live tuesday, september 4 on c-span3. watch anytime on c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. the centers for medicare and medicaid services administrator

our coverage of the white house historical summit will continue with a story in jon meacham that talks about press relationships with presidents and since it began and compares it today and followed by historians how they choose which stories are chose. >>> and various presidential sides talk about legacies and how they try to create exclusive history about this president. >>> if you missed any of this week's american history tv program you can find them anytime online at c span library at c span dot org. this continues until labor day. on thursday we turn to the oral history and women that were members of congress. on friday we will show you discussions on world war i known as the great war and including a look at soldiers on the western front and how the u.s. dealt with shell shock on. >> this weekend c span facebook you to flagstaff, arizona. with the help of our cable partners we will explore the life of flagstaff saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. author don hugo will discuss? >> the grand canyon starts 70 miles east of here and right is where the canyon starts to widen and deepen and

our caller includes pulitzer prize-winning jon meacham in his book, the soul of america, the battle for better angels. >> and fox news host with his book, andrew jackson and the miracle of new orleans, the battle that shaped america's destiny. watch live on c-span twos book tv next saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> up next is the first hour of the fiction addition of in-depth with david ignatius. his written many novels including agents of innocence, blood money, body of lies in the quantum spy. >> david, what is the premise of the quantum spy? >> guest: that the united states is locked in a new project in race to bill technology that is world changing and that is a quantum computer. our principal rival in that race

call-ins from our set at the washington convention center with pulitzer prize-winning biographer jon meachamnd his book, "the soul of america: the battle for our better angels," pulitzer prize-winning historian doris kerns goodwin with "leadership in turbulent times," ron chernow with his book, "grant," and fox news host brian kilmeade with his book, "andrew jackson and the miracle of new orleans: the battle that shaped america's destiny." watch the 18th annual library of congress national book festival live op c-span2's -- on c-span2's booktv saturday at 10 a.m. eastern. >> you're

eastern mike mccurry, kenneth walsh, susan page and jon meacham. at 12:30 p.m. eastern, lbj foundation president mark updegrove, former chief of staff to laura bush an anita mcbride d white house historical association president on residential legacy. white house historical association presidential site summit live coverage today and wednesday on c-span3. >> arizona senator john mccain died saturday at the age of 81 turkey was first elected to congress in 1982 serving in the house of representatives before becoming a u.s. senator in 1987. yesterday a number of senators came to the floor to talk about the life and career of john mccain who was a naval academy graduate and was held a as a prisoner of war during the vietnam war. >> on saturday evening, a great loss echoed throughout our country. six decades of patriotic service came to an end. we suspected for some time that we bid farewell to our colleague, the senior senator from arizona, john mccain. john took full advantage of the months since his diagnosis. his hard work continued, but happy reminiscing, fond