and later, joseph lawler to talk about the republican tax bill.hat is in it and what obstacles are still ahead as they try to get it to the president's desk before christmas? -- watching and listening to c-span's washington journal. it is friday, december 15. stay with us. we will be back in just a moment. ♪ >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, generals we love to hate with author craig simons on confederate general joseph johnston. >> johnston's critics argue that the enemy andith his combativeness with the confederate government enrichment so undermined the southern war effort as to make them a contributing factor in confederate defeat. to these critics, johnston was the real mcclellan of the west. [laughter] >> a man who lacks the moral will to commit troops to battle unless he could be absolutely certain of victory, and since those circumstances never obtained, he seldom, if ever, salt battle -- thought battle at all. >> and the white house naval photographic units report on preside