next, "q&a," author and journalist jane leavy on her biography of babe ruth. then another chance to see kamala harris kickoff for presidential dead in oakland. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," author and journalist jane leavy on her book "the big fella." babe ruth and the world he created. ♪ brian: jane leavy, author of "the big fella," who was he? jane: babe ruth. my cabdriver was saying babe ruth, the babe ruth. he was thrilled to see him on the cover of the book. brian: why is he such a big deal?

journalist jane leavy on her biography of babe ruth. then another chance to see kamala harris kickoff for presidential dead in oakland. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," author and journalist jane leavy on her book "the big fella." babe ruth and the world he created. ♪ brian: jane leavy, author of "the big fella," who was he? jane: babe ruth. my cabdriver was saying babe ruth, the babe ruth. he was thrilled to see him on the cover of the book. brian: why is he such a big deal? jane: he was an original. mike rizzo the general manager , of the washington nationals, one of the first guys i interviewed eight years ago, he said he was the original original. he is an archetype. he is the guy who came into baseball and changed everything, from the way it was played to the way players were represented, to the way architecture was built -- everything was different after babe ruth. brian: let's go through some basics. born where? jane: baltimore. brian: to what parents? jane: george and katie. he was the first of their children, she was two months pregnan

we became leavy.y grandfather got enough money to get a tailor shop, and somebody paints the name on the door and thinks that it has to be o'leary, and there's no money to change -- have it redone. the painter is not going to redo it for free. so they changed the name and the spelling. l-e-a-v-y. the kicker is that flashforward 70 years and i go to the "washington post" for my interview with ben bradlee, oh your name is funny. you spell your name funny. i said, so are you. he said, you are hired. brian: the name of the book is "the big fella." babe ruth and the world he created. our guest has been jane leavy. thank you very much. jane: thank you, brian. >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and-a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> next s

we became leavy.grandfather got enough money to get a tailor shop, and some paints the name on the door and think that has to be a leery -- 'leary, and there's no money to have it redone. the painter is not going to redo it for free. changed the name and the spelling. flashforward that 70 years and i go to the washington post for my interview with ben bradlee, oh your name is funny. i said, so are you. he said, you are hired. brian: the name of the book is "the big fella." our guest has been jane leavy. thank you very much. jane: thank you, brian. ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. q&a programs are also available as c-span podcasts. ♪ >> next sunday on q&a, ron liebman and tim baker. two of the prosecutors who brought down vice president talk about in 19 3 the case against him. next sunday on c-span. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and polyissues that impact you. monday morning we'll talk about the week ahead in washin

"q&a" begins shortly with jane leavy. "prime minister's questions" from the british house of commons follows at 9:00. after that, california senator kamala harris holds a rally in oakland to kick of her presidential bid. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," author and journalist jane leavy on her book "the big fella." ♪ brian: jane leavy, author of "the big fella," who was he? jane: babe ruth. saying babe was ruth, the babe ruth.

leavy, author of "the big fella," who was he?e: babe ruth. my cabdriver was saying babe ruth, the babe ruth. this is a guy from nigeria. he was thrilled to see him on the cover of the book. brian: why is he such a big deal? jane: he was an original. the general manager of the washington nationals, one of the first guys i interviewed eight years ago, he said he was the original original. he is an archetype. he is the guy who came into baseball and changed everything, from the way it was played to the way players were represented, to the way architecture was built -- everything was different after babe ruth. brian: let's go through some basics. born where? jane: baltimore. brian: to what parents? jane: george and katie. he was the first of their children, she was two months pregnant when they got married. there was a sequence of children born to them afterward. there is some dispute whether they had eight or six, but of the children i could locate in archives,does arc -- four died in infancy, and of those, two died of starvation. b

brian: jane leavy, author of "the big fella," who was he? jane: babe ruth. my cabdriver was saying babe ruth, the babe ruth. this is a guy from nigeria.

points to the bleachers, the grandstand, allegedly saying i swear i will hit the next one. >> jane leavy sunday night eastern on c-span's qa day. >> middle east analyst michael pregent talked about iranian foreign policy and iran's influence in iraq in an event hosted by the institute for politics in washington. he talked about us missteps in iraq that gave iran opportunities to shift iraq's politics. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. we have people trickling in over the next few minutes. welcome this cold afternoon. at least it is not as cold as it was yesterday. my name is doctor paul coir at the institute of world politics. we are for those who don't know, we are not a think tank. we do like to think that we are not a think tank. we are graduate school. we have 17, one year graduate certificates, several masters degrees and just started a doctorate in strategic studies. we are privileged to have michael pregent here from the hudson institute. michael and i came into contact in the last year or so as i become more active in the middle east, getting involved in how religion shapes the

. >> jane leavy on the life of babe ruth. >> what's the called shot? >> 1932 world series. babe ruth gets back and forth with the pitcher for the chicago cubs. and it becomes a legend that, you know, he's standing at home plate and the cubs in their dugout are yelling at him. the yankees raise at the cubs. he raises one finger for one strike and then two strike. then he point out to the bleachers in the grandstands, pointing allegedly saying i'm going hit the next one. >> jane leavy sun night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> governor michelle lujan grisham delivered her first state of the state address in santa fe, new mexico. the former u.s. congresswoman and new mexico health secretary outlined several policy goals including boosting her state's education budget, cushing gun violence and cushing the opioid epidemic. she was elected to the house back in 2012. >> mr. lieutenant governor, senate pro tem, speaker egoff, leaders of both parties, honorable members of the judiciary, honorable tribal representatives, distinguished guests and, of course, my family that i d

>> sunday on q&a, author and journalist jane leavy, with her book "the big fella." >> babe ruth getsh with charlie wrist, the pitcher for the chicago cubs. it becomes a legend that he is standing at home plate, and that there yelling at him from the dugout. he is yelling back at the cubs. he raises his finger for one- strike, for two strikes. this is the myth, he points at the bleachers and he says this is where i'm going to hit the next one. >> this is on c-span q&a. >>> she became the first democratic women governor in new mexico, when she was warning earlier this month.. she previously served three terms in congress. the coverage of her first state of the state address.

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>> sunday on q&a, author and journalist jane leavy with their book the big fellow on the life of legendary baseball player babe ruth. >> what's the called shot? >> 1932 world series. babe ruth gets into the back and forth with charlie with, the picture for the chicago cubs. it becomes a legend that he standing at home plate and the cubs in the dugout are yelling at them. the thank you, sir yelling back at the cubs and you raise is one finger for one strike, for two strikes, and then he points out to the allegedly, the myth, he pointed to the bleachers in the grandstands, pointing and allegedly saying that's one one point hit the next one. >> jane leavy sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> a weekend in washington find happens when you come to the shutdown, joining us, alexis simendinger who serves at the national political correspondent. stephan dinan of the washington times, politics editor, thanks for coming on this morning. we've heard this i did a few different tracks going down the road when it comes to efforts on reopening the shutdown or the gorn

. >> sunday on q&a, author and journalist jane leavy with her but the big fella on the life of legendary baseball player, babe ruth . >> 1932 world series. babe ruth gets into a back-and- forth with the picture of the chicago cubs and it becomes a legend that he's standing at home plate and the cubs in the dugout are yelling at him and the yankees are yelling back at the and he raises one finger for one strike, for two strikes and then points out to the bleachers and the grand strand and saying i'm gonna hit the next one there . >> jane leavy sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern time on c-span's q&a . >> next to look at sexual misconduct in the media. this portion from the freedom form institute includes a conversation with current and former officials talking about harassment at the work place. >> you can keep eating to go to dead dessert bar if you'd like we will get started in five minutes with the rest of the afternoons session.. >>> back now at the summit for conversation focused on the view from the eeoc, the equal employment opportunity commission. leading the conversation is mizell ste

. >> sunday on q&a author and journalist jane leavy with her book the big fella on the life of a dairy baseball player babe ruth. >> what's the culture? >> babe ruth gets into this back and forth with charlie ruth the picture for the chicago cubs. it becomes a legend that you know he is standing at home plate and the cubs in their dugout are yelling at him, the yankees are yelling back at the cubs, and he raises one finger for one strike for two strikes and then he points out, allegedly this is the myth, that he points out of the bleachers in the grandstands pointing and allegedly saying, that's where i'm gonna hit the next one. >> jane leavy, sunday night at 8 pm eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> judge stephano bibas was nominated in 2017. he is the newest member of the third circuit us court of appeals .he talked about the us appellate court system at an event hosted by the federalist society in moorestown new jersey last month. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >>> judge stephano bibas is the newest judge on the third circuit court of appeals. he has been on the court since november of las

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and in park city there at that screening, tell us a little what leaving "leaviing neverland" is all aboutory he i hear it is. >> yes so it really focuses on the relationship between michael jackson and these two men who were obviously boys at the time, wade robson and jimmy safechuck, and it really dives into how he became best friends what he considers best friends with them and the relationships that developed over the years and turned into alleged sexual abuse, but dan reed, the director, made is a story that focuses on the boys' tales, not a michael jackson story at all it's very much their story. >> indeed. give us a sense. an unusual screening we've been to many movie screenings and you never have the sort of level of security that apparently was there at the screening, and then at the half-way mark, give me a sense what it was like there >> so the security was intense there were pat downs a metal detector they expected a ton of protesters only two showed up with sipes but sort of escorted away quickly. so after the pat downs you went in to the theater, watch theed first half and ad

. >> sunday on q&a author and journalist jane leavy with her book the big fella on the life of a dairy baseball player babe ruth. >> what's the culture? >> babe ruth gets into this back and forth with charlie ruth the picture for the chicago cubs. it becomes a legend that you know he is standing at home plate and the cubs in their dugout are yelling at him, the yankees are yelling back at the cubs, and he raises one finger for one strike for two strikes and then he points out, allegedly this is the myth, that he points out of the bleachers in the grandstands pointing and allegedly saying,

. >> jane leavy, sunday night at 8 pm eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> judge stephano bibas was nominated in 2017. he is the newest member of the third circuit us court of appeals .he talked about the us appellate court system at an event hosted by the federalist society in moorestown new jersey last month. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >>> judge stephano bibas is the newest judge on the third circuit court of appeals. he has been on the court since november of last year just a little bit of interesting information about stephano bibas's career, he grew up in a family in the restaurant business. he worked in his family's restaurant in new york city. he graduated from high school at the age of 15, went to columbia for undergrad then to oxenford university to stuttering study jurisprudence. he worked for judge higginbotham and justice kennedy and then before beginning his academic career he worked for eus attorney for the district of new york. at the university of pennsylvania he directed his law school supreme court clinic where he argued six cases before the us supreme court. i think in

. >> jane leavy sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> the defense department recently completed its first-ever audit. more than a thousand auditors visited military sites throughout the u.s. and overseas, and five of the 21 final audits referred a fully passing grade. up next, the pentagon's chief financial officer talks about the results. this is about 40 minutes.

. >> sunday on q&a, author and journalist jane leavy with her but the big fella on the life of legendary baseball player, babe ruth . >> 1932 world series. babe ruth gets into a back-and- forth with the picture of the chicago cubs and it becomes a legend that he's standing at home plate and the cubs in the dugout are yelling at him and the yankees are yelling back at the and he raises one finger for one strike, for two strikes and then points out to the bleachers and the grand strand and saying i'm gonna hit the next one th

. >> jane leavy sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> a weekend in washington find happens when you come to the shutdown, joining us, alexis simendinger who serves at the national political correspondent. stephan dinan of the washington times, politics editor, thanks for coming on this morning. we've heard this i did a few different tracks going down the road when it comes to efforts on reopening the shutdown or the government over the shotgun. what happens with house and the senate generally when it comes to this reopening effort? >> guest: both chambers are expected to take votes on completely substantially different plans to reopen the government.ed both have a fairly noncontroversial bill to reopen. there are seven bills that didn't get passed last year, those account for nine different departments thatt are shutdown can dozens of agencies across this department. of those seven bills six are noncontroversial. they worked out most of the deals. the seventh is homeland security bill. the house is going to vote on a package of putting those p bills together with a little b

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announcer: jane leavy sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a.": "washington journal" continues. host: and about 25 minutes, the house is scheduled to come into session. more live gavel to gavel coverage when the house does commence, but until then it is open phones on "washington journal." any policy issues, the phone lines are yours to do it. democrats (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001, independents (202) 748-8002. as we've noted throughout the program today, we are on the morning of day 33 of the partial government shutdown, although there may be some light at the end of the tunnel. we will see what happens tomorrow in the senate. the senate will hold competing boats on two -- competing votes on two bills that could end the sat down -- to end the shutdown. here's how it is described in "the new york times." "it will be the first time the senate has stepped off the sidelines to try to end the months long shutdown, and we will see what happens tomorrow on day 34 of the government shutdown." your calls, open phones. carl is in louisiana o

leavy y on "q&a," jane with her book "the big fellow." >> what's the called shot?rld series and babe ruth gets into this back and forthwith charlie, the pitcher for the chicago cubs. and it becomes a legend. that, you know, he's standing at home plate and the cubs in their dugout are yelling at him. the yankees are yelling back at the cubs and, you know, raises one finger for one strike, for two strikes and then he points out -- allegedly -- >> "washington journal" continues. host: cathy chase is the president for advocates for highway and auto safety. what is your group? guest: well, advocates for highway and auto safety is an organization comprised of some of the leading property as alty insurance companies well as leading public health and consumer groups. we are a unique organization in that these two groups that don't necessarily see eye to eye do on auto safety and saving lives and we're about to celebrate our 30th anniversary this year. host: so from this 2017 report, from the numbers, 37 -- over 37,000 people killed in motor vehicle crashes. over 5,000 moto

joshua leavy buying monticello when it was falling into disrepair. >> guest: thank you, nancy.i agree with you've thomas jefferson is a favorite. we went to do do an i am thomas jefferson. one of the greatest minds we ever had. someone who -- my gosh, owned slaves. so, again, not perfect, complicated, but incredible. but to answer your question, what i -- just to following up quickly, what i was talking about is when you see our president -- i'll do this like this. i we have lost sight of what we talking about. i was talking about if you look at how much time he has spent with -- we know who our enemies are in the world. we know that vladimir putin tried to enter fire with our election and throw its one way or the other. doesn't matter what your politicked but tried interfere. we know that saudi arabia has done some major harm and most recently to an american citizen. those are the bad guys. not hard. they'll admit they're the bad guys and when ensee yesterday the head of russia and the head of saudi arabia getting together and laughing, i'm worried. as american citizen. make m