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. >> and on sunday, we are live with author lee edwards. michael edwards talks about the far right movement and its origins, in his book "the new right." there is no agreement across the subculture other than who the enemy is and the nature of the enemy is. there are those that are complete and archivists, there are those that are internationalist in the sense of , i'm going to be a citizen of the world not in a leftist sense, but i do not owe allegiance to a particular nation. then there are america first, very proud americans that are going to take our country back. we have very little agreement other than who you are against. book tv, every weekend on c-span two. joe biden visited a bakersfield restaurant in detroit on thursday. it was the day after he participated in cnn's pr esidential candidates debate. he met with restaurant patrons after speaking to reporters. [applause] [inaudible] >> thank you so much. [inaudible] >> all right, good. how are you, good to see you. i would love a picture. [inaudible] >> how are you, sir? pleasure to

historian author and lee edwards and afterwards, author michael malice talks about his first-hand account of the far right in his latest book, the new right. >> there are those who are favored in military policing and those who are international -- sense iionalist in the don't own allegiance and those who are america first, so cross this, you will have very little againstt of who you are . >> this weekend on lectures and history, comparisons between abraham lincoln and andrew johnson. it is a very different impression, not that he was a defender, but that he did not .nderstand the constitution sunday at 6:00, a preview of the 19th amendment exhibit. voters beganfirst and the constitution made no mention of discussing voting qualifications. property,own enough could and did vote in elections at the local, state and national level. >> 8:00 p.m., and author talks about nixon's early life and career. >> he campaigned for the marshall plan. ,e went to every rotary club every crowd that would take him. themld them that he owed his best judgment. wendy party primaries were held, richard nixon di

. >> sunday at noon, in-depth is live with lee edwards. eastern, and author talks about his first-hand account of the far right movement and its origin in his latest book, the new right. >> there is no agreement across the subculture other than who the enemy is. there are those that favor the authoritarian police state, there are those who are anarchists, there are those who are internationalist. those who are america first, very proud americans who want to get the country back. you will have little agreement other than who you are against. >> watch tv every weekend on c-span2. it is our spotlight on magazine segment on washington journal. joining us from los angeles is a senior staff writer with rolling stone, stephen rodrick with an extensive pie

. >> sunday at noon eastern, in depth is live with author and historian lee edwards. talks p.m., an author about his first-hand account of the far right movement and its origin in his latest book "the new right." >> there is no agreement across this subculture, other than who the enemy is and what the nature of the enemy is. there are those who would favor an authoritarian police state. there are complete anarchists. there are internationalist, in the sense of, i'm going to be a citizen of the world, not in the sense that i don't know allegiance to a particular nation. and there are those that america first, proud americans, who want to take the country back. across this, you will have very little agreement, other than who you are against. >> watch tv every weekend on c-span2. 1979, an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers make up their own minds. c-span opened the doors of washington for all to see, bringing you unfiltered congress content and beyond. a lot has changed in 40 years, but the big idea is more relevant than ever. on television and online, c-spa

. >> author and historian lee edwards will be our guest in depth, sunday from noon to 2 p.m.. he is the author of a collection of biographies. conversation with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook conversations. "in-depth" with lee edwards. and our coverage of the national book festival on book tv on c-span2. this weekend, author john about nixon's early life and career and how they influenced his presidency and what ultimately led to his downfall. here is a preview. >> how could such a flawed man accomplished so much? if you think about his story, it was amazing. he comes back for more in 1946 and nobody knows his name's effort a few of the burgers back in orange county, who decided this young servicemen as the sacrificial goat against back,term about he comes they don't know him, los angeles times have no idea who he is, and he wins that race. within years, he is president of the united states. an astonishing, meteoric rise. he is running for president. he was smart, he was shrewd he had that great ability to recognize the grievance in his audience, see it in himself, and

watch "in-depth" with author lee edwards live sunday from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern. and be sure to watch our live coverage of the 2019 national book festival on saturday august 31st on book tv on c-span 2. >>> i live in a country where there's no public transportation, where there's no i can walk and a woman to leave the house, to do everything in her life she needs a car. and to function and to drive this car, she needs a man. >> sunday night on q&a saudi arabia womens rights activist talks about her book "daring to drive" a sabe woman's awakening about her decision to challenge the saudi government's ban on women drivers. >> the right to drive is more an act of civil disobedience because women is not supposed to drive. we show that we are able, we are capable of driving our own life and being in the driver seat of our own destiny of doing this act of civil disobedience. >> watch sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> american history tv's look with a look at the civil war continues now with author patrick green on his book. a new history of the gnat turn

watch in-depth with author lee edwards live sunday and be sure to watch our coverage of the 2019 national book festival on saturday, august 31 on book tv, on c-span two -- c-span2. host: a lot to get to. front page of the washington post, democrats pull no punches. a recap of the house playing in the media and on social media. guest: good morning. look at politico's headline with the data points. four heckler outbursts, 13 obama mentions and 20 minutes is how much -- is how much time former vice president joe biden got. -- unexpected that he got candidates across the board went after biden on his record on women's rights. according to twitter, the most tweeted about -- coming in fifth is mitch mcconnell and number six, andrew yang. notesudge report banner crashes in clashes, dems attack not trump but obama. former attorney general under obama eric holder warning, be aware -- beware of attacking the obama record, build on it, expand it but there was little to be gained by you attacking a very successful and still popular democratic president. from google trends, this is how america searche

. >>> and sunday, lee edwards. and 9:00 p.m. eastern afterwards, author michael malice talks about his first hand account of the far right movement and its latest origin in the book, "the new right." >> there's no agreement in subculture what the enemy is and who the enemy is. there are those police bait and those complete anarchists and internationalists in the sense of i will be a citizen of the world not in the leftist sense but i don't owe alegion to a particular nation and those who want to take our country back. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. >> i live in a country where there is no public transportation, where there is no distances i can walk. i'm willing to leave the house, to do anything, she needs a car. to function and to drive this car. >> sunday night on q&a, saudi arabian women's activists writes a book "daring to drive" willing to challenge the ban. >> it is a act of civil disobedience because women are not supposed to drive. we show we are capable of driving our own life by an act of disobedience. >>

sunday at 12 :00 eastern, in-depth is live with author and historian, lee edwards. "afterwords."on the first-hand account of the far right movement in his latest book "the new right." there is no agreement other than who the enemy is and what the enemy is. you have those that are internationalists in the sense that i am going to be a citizen of the world and that i do not owe allegiance to a particular nation, and there are those who are america first, so you will have very little agreement other than who you are against. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. weekend on american history tv, saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "lectures in comparisons between abraham lincoln and andrew johnson on the constitution. >> who take a look at the whole cartoon. it is a very different impression of what people thought of johnson in the constitution at the time. that he did not understand the constitution. that it was above his ability. and that he was acting in unconstitutional ways. >> sunday at 6:00 on american artifacts, a preview of the 19th amendment exhibit at the national archive

in-depth is live with author and historian lee edwards. at 9:00 p.m.astern, author about hisllice talks book, the new right. >> there is no agreement across the subculture other than who the enemy is and what the nature of the enemy is. there are those who are complete anarchists and those who are internationalists in the sense that i will be a citizen of the world. i don't own allegiance to a particular nation. there are those who are america first. very proud americans who will get the country back. you will have very little agreement other than who you are against. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. this weekend on american history tv. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on comparisonshistory, between abraham lincoln and andrew johnson on the constitution. >> take a look at the cartoon, it is very different impression of what people thought of johnson and the constitution. not that he was a defender but he didn't understand the constitution. was acting unconstitutional. sunday at 6:00 on american artifacts, preview of the 19th amendment exhibit. >

. >> author and historian lee edwards will be our guest on in-depth sunday from noon until 2:00 p.m.astern. he is the, author" of "just right plus, a collection of biographies -- author of "just right," classic collection of biographies. join our program with calls, facebook questions and tweets. be sure to watch our coverage of the 2019 national book festival on august 31 on booktv on c-span2. the democratic presidential candidates met over two nights this week in detroit. for a cnn-sponsored debate. here is the first night with 10 of the candidates. the debate is 2.5 hours. we begin with remarks by members of michigan's democratic party and dnc chair, tom perez. this is 15 minutes.

. >> sunday noon eastern life with author and historian lee edwards. other than who the enemy isn't whais andwhat the nature of the. there are those that are internationalist you're going to have very little agreement on this end of the review are again a the measure was passed by the house last week shortly before the mes

. >> on our live author call-in program, in-depth historian lee edwards shared his thoughts on the current state of the conservative movement and reflected on its past. wesley things were exciting. people are a little bit -- we're fighting too much. we are arguing too much. disputing too much.

in depth is live with author and historian lee edwards. author p.m.eastern, an talks about his firsthand account of the far right movement and its origin in his latest book "the new right." >> there is no agreement across this subculture other than who the enemy is and what the nature of the enemy as. there are those who favor and authoritarian police state. therefore complete anarchists. and there are those who are internationalist, in the sense of i'm going to be a citizen of the world, in the sense that i don't own allegiance to a particular nation. there are those that america first, very proud americans who want to take the country back. across this, you are going to have very little agreement, other than who you are against. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. >> u.s. navy vice admiral michael gilday appearing at his confirmation hearing to be chief of operations. he took questions on a variety of topics and was asked about some of the challenges facing the u.s., including russia, china, and iran. the senate armed services committee is ch

. >> in depth is live with lee edwards. at 9:00 p.m.tern on afterwords, michael ballack talks about his first-hand account of the far right wing and its origins. favor ans those who authoritarian police state, there are anarchists, there are those with a sense of i don't owe an allegiance to any nation. you have little agreement other than who you are against. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. "> "washington journal continues. host: this is erin bliss with the health and human services department. good morning. welcome to the program. kenny remind people what the role of the inspector general's office is? guest: our mission is to protect the integrity of health and human services programs. such as medicare, and the health and well-being of the people they serve. we do oversight and enforcement of the programs of the health and human services department. host: you turned your attention to the topic of hospice. why is that? what were you looking to find out? guest: the health and safety of medicare beneficiaries is one of our top

. >> to watch the rest of lee edwards and other interviews go to c-span.org and click on the tab at the top of the page. >> hello and welcome, everyone. my name is herman, i am the supervisor here at the franklin roosevelt presidential library and museum. i'm at the library and museum i would like to welcome you to the 16th annual roosevelt meeting festival. fdr planned for his library to become the premier research institution for studying the entire roosevelt era. library research room is consistently one of the busiest of all of the presidential libraries. this year's group of authors with a variety research. if you like the festival and went to the point is in programs we do, i encourage you to become a member. you can do so in the hall. let me quickly go to the former appeared at the top of each hour session begins with a 30 minute author talk. followed by 10 minute question and answer period. authors will be at tables in the lobby we can purchase books and have the authors sign them. now it is my pleasure to introduce, james lacey, whose book is subject of the session. mr. lacey i

. >> author and historian lee edwards is our guest on in-depth sunday. he is the author of "just right," and a collection of biographies of william f buckley, william goldwater, and ronald reagan. join our live conversation. watch in-depth with author lee sureds live sunday and be to watch our live coverage of the 2019 national book festival on saturday, august 31, on book tv on c-span2. >> next, he said on how to protect -- a senate hearing on how to protect children online. announces a powell cut to interest rates. and that discussion of those rates. now, a senate judiciary protectingearing on children online. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning. we will wait a minute to start. complement senator lee for bringing thi

announcer 2: sunday at noon eastern in-depth is live with author and historian lee edwards.afterwards,ern on michael malice talks of his accounts of the far right movement and its origins in his book, the new right. >> there is no agreement across the subculture of event who the enemy is and what the nature is. there are those who favor authoritarian police state, those who are anarchists and those who are internationalist in the sense of i will be a citizen of the world, not the leftist sense but that i don't own allegiance to capitulation and those who are america first, you will have little agreement, other than who you are again. >> watchable tv every weekend on c-span2. >> u.s. navy vice admiral michael gilday appearing at his confirmation hearing today to be chief of operations. he took questions on a variety of topics and was asked about some of the challenges facing the u.s., including russia, china, and iran. the senate armed services committee is chaired by senator jim inhofe of oklahoma. this runs one hour and 40 minutes.

. >> the edwards will be our guest on in-depth -- lee edwards will be our guest on in-depth. collectionuthor of a of biographies. join our live conversation with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook questions. noon until 2:00 p.m. eastern. watch live coverage of the national book festival on book tv. this weekend, on american history tv, sunday at 6:00, a preview of the 19th amendment exhibit at the national archives. weremen in new jersey america's first voters. state,w jersey became a the new jersey state constitution made no mention of sex when discussing voting qualifications. women who owned enough property, primarily widows and single women, could and did vote in elections at the local, state, and national level. farrell talkshn about nixon's early life and career. >> he campaigned for the marshall plan. he went to every rotary club, chamber of commerce, vfw, american legion hall. , and he convinced them. when the party primaries were held in california, richard nixon did not just win the republican nomination. he won the democratic nomination. he wagered everything a

. >> author and historian lee edwards will be our guest sunday from noon to 2 p.m. eastern. mr.tion of biographies on william f buckley and ronald reagan. join our live conversation with your phone calls, tweets and facebook questions. watch in depth live sunday from noon to 2 p.m. eastern and watch our live coverage of the 2019 national book festival of august 31 on book tv on c-span2. small network with an unusual name with the big idea. let viewers make up their own minds. c-span open the door to washington policy for all to see, bringing you unfiltered content from congress and beyond. a lot has changed in 40 years, but today that big ideas more relevant than ever. c-span is your unfiltered view of government so you can make up your own mind. brought to you as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. >> i live in a country where there is no public transportation, there is no distances i can walk. a woman to leave the house, to do anything in her life, she needs a car. to function, to drive this car, she needs a man. >> sunday night, saudi arabian women's rights

. >> and on sunday, we are live with author lee edwards. michael edwards talks about the far right movement and its origins, in his book "the new right." there is no agreement across the subculture other than who the enemy is and the nature of the enemy is. there are those that are complete and archivists, there are those that are internationalist in the sense of , i'm going to be a citizen of the world not in a leftist sense, but i do not owe allegiance to a particular nation. then there are america first, very proud americans that are going to take our country back. we have very little agreement other than who you are against. book tv, every weekend on c-span two. joe biden visited a bakersfield restaurant in detroit on thursday.

. >> author and historian lee edwards will be our guest on "in-depth." the author of a collection of autobiographies. join our live conversation with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook questions. author leeepth" with edwards. and be sure to watch our live coverage of the 2019 book festival. on book tv. on c-span2. this weekend on american history tv, today at 6:00, on preview oftifacts, a the 19th amendment exhibit at the national archives. >> women in new jersey who were america's first voters. beginning in 1776, when new jersey became a state, the new jersey state constitution made no mention of sex when discussing voting qualifications. so women who owned enough property, primarily widows and not all women in new jersey, could and did vote in elections. >> and at 8:00 p.m. on the presidency, the author talks about nixon's early life and career. and 1948, he campaigned for the marshall plan. he went to every vfw and american legion hall -- every crowd that would take him. he told them that he owed them his best judgment. he convinced them. when the

. >> author and historian lee edwards will be our guest on in-depth. mr. edwards is the author of just right. join our live conversation with your phone calls tweets and facebook questions. watch live sunday from noon to 2 p.m. eastern. watch our live coverage from the national 2015 book festival on book tv on c-span two. >> next on american history tv, speakers associated with nasa's jet propulsion laboratory look at how the lab contributed to the apollo program and moon landings. what scientists learned about the rocks and other materials gathered during the mission. the event took place on the gpl campus in pasadena california. >> welcome to nasa's jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena california. i am preston dikes. three human beings set out on a journey across a mortar dashed across a quarter of a million miles of space to the moon. two of them sat down on a fragile -- set down on a fragile landing craft. for that one human being to make that small step took the focused efforts of hundreds of thousands of people. did not playch leading roles in the a

. >> author and historian lee edwards will be our guest on in-depth. mr. edwards is the author of just right. join our live conversation with your phone calls tweets and facebook questions. watch live sunday from noon to 2 p.m. eastern. watch our live coverage from the national 2015 book festival on book tv on c-span two. >> next on american history tv, speakers associated with nasa's jet propulsion laboratory look at how the lab contributed to the apollo program and moon landings. what scientists learned about the rocks and other materials gathered during the mission. the event took place on the gpl campus in pasadena california. >> welcome to nasa's jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena california. i am preston dikes. three human beings set out on a journey across a mortar dashed across a quarter of a million miles of space to the moon. two of them sat down on a fragile -- set down on a fragile landing craft. for that one human being to make that small step took the focused efforts of hundreds of thousands of people

. >> then sunday at 2:00 eastern, in-depth is live with the author and historian lee edwards. at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, this author talks about his first- hand account of the far right movement and his origin. >> there is no agreement across the subculture other than who the enemy is and what the nature of the enemy is. there is no authoritative police state or those who are complete and assist. i'm going to be a citizen of the world, not in the sense of i don't owe allegiance. there's those who are american first. we will take our country back. will have very little agreement other than who you are against. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span 2. >>> the house will be in order. >> for 40 years c-span has provided america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from washington dc and around the country. so you can make up your own mind, created by cabell in 1979. c-span is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >>> next, american history tv. univer

. >> on our life author program historian lee edwards shared his thoughts on the conservative

. >> sunday at noon eastern, in-depth is live with author and historian lee edwards. at 9:00 p.m.astern on afterwards, author michael malice talks about his account of the far right movement and its origins in his latest book "the new right." >> there is no agreement other than who the enemy is and with the nature of the enemy is. there are those that favor an authoritarian police state, those that are anarchists, and those that are internationalists in the sense i will be a citizen of the world and that i don't owe allegiance to a particular nation. there are those that are america first to will take the country back. -- will have very little >> washington journal continues. host: we are back with ed mierzwinski, the consumer program director at the u.s. public interest and research group. we will talk about what really happened with the capital when data breach and how it affects you. good morning. happenedk about what with this incident with capital one. was it a hack, a breach? what is the difference? case itn capital one's was a hack that resulted in a breach. hacks,eaches we

. >> lee edwards will be our guest today from noon until 2:00. biographiesthor of of barry goldwater and ronald reagan. join the live conversation with your phone calls and facebook questions. until 2:00from noon eastern. watch our coverage of the national book festival on august 31 on book tv on c-span2. night on the communicators, we will talk about the future of broadcast television and broadcasters they face with online platforms like netflix and amazon. gordon smith. it >> we are the answer to once happening to journalism, we are still doing the reporting, we're still holding people accountable. i think the future for broadcasting is not just one we will survive, we will thrive will need what we do, even though they take for granted we will be there. we occupy what i describe as an indispensable niche into mutations. >> wants the communicators, monday night at 8:00 eastern. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us is justin myers , the ceo of the organization for our future. much, steve.you so it's great to be here. is based inre mi

announcer: than sunday at noon, in-depth is live with author and historian, lee edwards. and that men :00 p.m. eastern on "after words" on account of the far right movement and its origin. >> there is absolutely no agreement across this subculture other than who the enemy is and nature of the enemy. there are those who are in favor of a police state, there are those who are complete anarchists, and then there are those who are internationalists in the sense about i do not owe allegiance to any particular nation, and then there are those who are very proud americans who want to get the country back. so across this, you will have very little agreement other than who you are against. announcer: watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. announcer: the president is spending the weekend at his private golf course in bedminster, new jersey. as he left the white house, he responded to reporter questions about the withdrawal of texas congressman john ratcliffe to be the next director of national intelligence and other topics. this is about 20 minutes.

. >> author and historian lee edwards will be our guest sunday from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern. he is the author of just right, a collection of biographies. join our live conversation wit

. >> lee edwards will be our guest on in-depth sunday from noon to 2:00 p.m.eastern strip edwards is the author of just right, biographies. join our conversation with your questions, comments and tweets. live sunday fromlive sunday from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern. >> yesterday national security advisor john bolton discussed foreign policy challenges facing the u.s. at a student conference hosted by the young america's foundation. this is half an hour. >> good evening everyone. we are going to get started with tonight's programming so good evening to everyone attending in person as well as everyone watching along online area high serve as program assistant for public relations.

in-depth is noon, live with author and historian lee edwards. at 9:00 p.m. eastern, michael malice talks about his first-hand account of the far right movement and its origins in his latest book, the new right. >> there is no agreement in the subculture other than who the enemy is. there are those in favor of authoritarian police state, those who are complete anarchist, and those internationalist in the sense of i'm going to be a citizen in the world in that i don't own allegiance to a particular region. and then those are american first. you are going to have very little agreement other than who you are against. >> watch book tv every on c-span, morning we will show you the first of two democratic national primary debates in detroit posted by cnn . sunday morning, the second round of presidential primary debates. listen with the free radio app. next, a discussion about the resignation of puerto rico's governor and top priorities for the island's next leader. panelists include a reporter covering puerto rican politics.

. >> sunday, in-depth is live with author and historian lee edwards . talkserwards, and author about his first-hand account of the far right movement and its origin in his latest book "the new right." agreement across the subculture other than who the enemy is. are those who are complete whochists, there are those are internationalists in the sense of i will be a citizen of the world. i don't own allegiance to a particular nation. there are those who are america first. you will have very little agreement other than who you are. >> watch book tv every weekend. this weekend on american history tv, saturday at 8:00 p.m. on lectures in history, comparisons between abraham lincoln and andrew johnson on the constitution. >> take a look at the cartoon. very different impression of what people thought. he did not understand the constitution. and he was acting in unconstitutional ways. >> sunday at 6:00 on american artifacts, the preview of the 19th amendment exhibit on the national archives. beginningn new jersey in 1776 when new jersey became a state. the stat

we have you and your money covered from edward lawrence at the white house to susan lee on the floor of the new york stock exchange. let's start with edward. >> stalemate right now with china over trade. the chinese have not confirmed that their delegation is coming to washington, d.c. in september. now, the u.s. side is planning to have that meeting right now government officials in china are at their annual retreat. our sources are saying they are coming up with ways to retaliate against the u.s. without harming the chinese economy. some ideas being thought about are further assistance to state-owned companies, also foreign companies in china, but not from the u.s. another signal the prolonged trade dispute, since june, 33 chinese companies have notified china's stock exchange that they plan to move some production out of china to avoid u.s. tariffs. vietnam and malaysia is another big winner, it raises questions for the u.s. to come up with ways to make sure chinese products are not just relabelled from another country. they are actually made in that country. all of this wrapped ar

bryce edwards, policital commentator and analystjoins us via webcam from wellington. chinese—born leest 31 yea rs, tokyo. the odds are stacked against him; he's a foreigner in a society where only 2% of the population were born overseas. and he is running in tokyo's red light district, where he used to work. here's his story. one of the biggest dinosaur graveyards in the world is being excavated in the united states. the dig, dubbed ‘missionjurassic‘, has already discovered more than a dozen fossils and footprints. but researchers think there could be more than 100 dinosaurs buried there, including new species. our science correspondent rebecca morrelle went to see the dig in wyoming. a hot, dusty landscape extending for miles. but imagine from this barren terrain a dinosaur graveyard where the bones of some of the biggest creatures ever to roam the earth are being discovered. where does this fit on this mass? that slot's straight in here. so, you found the pelvis? yeah, it's brilliant. that's amazing! the dig is called missionjurassic. what is fantastic about this site, there's multi

. >> and now booktv's monthly "in depth" program with author and historian lee edwards. his books include "with goldwater," "the conservative revolution" and most recently, "just right: a life in pursuit

. >> on our live author call-in program, in-depth historian lee edwards shared his thoughts on the current state of the conservative movement and reflected on its past. wesley things were exciting. people are a little bit -- we're fighting too much. we are arguing too much. disputing too much. like hatfield and mccoy. and i say, that's great! because it means these are signs of vitality. of life, not of a movement that is cracking up or that on its last leg. people are fighting and debating and arguing so strenuously because something of value is concerned here. that is the conservative movement which is still a major actor in american politics. at the same time, we have an opportunity to accept change. i think that's part of what it means to be a conservative today. not to be so resistant that we don't allow anything to happen. it was so that change is inevitable. also i am looking for, the right kind of leadership, recommend debate and discussion. i welcome all is going on right now. the various strands and strains of conservatism, that's good. coming out of that will be bigger and bette

announcer: author and historian lee edwards will be our guest on ," sunday. mr. edwards is the author of "just right," plus biographies of mary goldwater -- barry goldwater and ronald reagan. " live sundayth from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern. and be sure to watch our coverage of the 2019 national book festival on book tv on c-span2. the house will be in order. announcer: for 40 years, c-span has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from washington, d.c., and around the can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979. c-span is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> former senator gordon smith is the longtime president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters. he is our guest this week on "the communicators." before we get started looking at some of the issues that the nab is facing, how many people in this day of netflix and hulu and amazon are actually watching broadcast tv? gordon: an awful lot. in fact, t

. >> on our life author program historian lee edwards shared his thoughts on the conservative movement. >> i think it's a very exciting time, people are a little bit boyd and we are fighting too much. we are arguing too much. we are disputing too much. like hatfield and mccoy's. i think that's great. that means these are signs of vitality of life, not of a movement that's cracking up or that it's on its last leg. people are fighting and debating and arguing so strenuously because something of value is concerned here. that is the conservative movement which is still a major factor in american politics. at the same time, we have an opportunity to accept change. i think that's part of what it needs to be a conservative today. not to be so resistant. that we won't allow anything to happen even edmund burke said that change is inevitable. it's a question of being prudent change. that's what i is a traditional conservative, and looking for in the right type kind of leadership in debate and discussion so i welcome all that's going on right now. all of the various strands and various strains o