host: we are talking to liza mundy. if you want to join this conversation, if you are in the eastern and central time zones, call 202-748-8000. mountain and pacific time zone, 202-748-8001. you can always reach us on social media, on twitter and on facebook. you've said that a lot of these women who worked on the project never got married. did their families know what they were doing? >> no. their families always wondered. i interviewed a woman who was one of the last living members of this original team. she is 100 years old now. they were always the glamorous aunt and their families. -- in their families. their families were dying to know what they did. theyomen never cracked, would never tell their families what they were doing. it was very difficult to get these women to yield up any secrets. host: were these women part of the washington social circle? guest: that is such a great question. they were part of the community, they were a great friendship group unto themselves. they went bowling, they played bridge. i me

smithsonian magazine contributor and author liza mundy talks about her article looking at the women codebreakers impact on world war ii and the cold war. the sure to watch live as evan :00 eastern saturday morning. and, bob woodward will be joining us on washington a.m. monday7 to talk about his new book "fear : trump in the white house." discussed the book by ken starr about the clinton investigation. ♪ stiersressman steve chairs the national republican committee. he took questions from reporters about the 2018 midterm elections, speaking about some of the key races as well as president trump's impact on the elections. the event was hosted by the christian science monitor. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.

today, liza mundy of " will beian magazine here to talk about her great piece about the codebreakers ap. stay with us. ♪ sunday night on afterwards, former obama administration education secretary duncan on his book. >> i don't know if the voters make the connection between what politicians do and what happens in schools. how do we draw that line a little more clearly? >> we need voters to understand if we want more access, if we want to pay our teachers better, if we want to make college more affordable, we have to get there by challenging and holding accountable our elected officials. sunday nightrwords on c-span2's book tv. >> kids are kids everywhere. they want your attention, they want to feel important and they want to understand what's going on in the world. >> my worry is they are intimidated so they feel -- they feel they can't throw their ideas out. karaoke concert. they know the songs. let's just have a contest and talk about the issues. when we make it relevant, they enjoy it, they are engaged. >> today at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, meet the middle and high school civi