this month we visit liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. ken klukowski, a liberty university fellow, lawyer and contribute to the "washington examiner" sat down with booktv to talk about his book, "resurgent." he is the co-author with ken blackwell. this is about 15 minutes. >> "resurgent" is the name of the book, and ken klukowski is the co-author along with ken blackwell. mr. klukowski georges here at liberty university on book tv on c-span2. mr. klukowski, what do you mean when you say constitutional conservative, conservatism and what are some of the keys to constitutional conservatism? >> constitutional conservatism is the form of government given to us by our founding fathers. it was unique and unprecedented when they did in the late 1700s. it has over two centuries and change made america the most successful, most wealthy, most prosperous, most powerful and most free nation in all the history of the world history. the history of humanity, worldwide. what we do in "resurgent" is we look at what it is that makes the american constituti

watching booktv on c-span2 and we are on location as part of our series at liberty university in lynchburg virginia talking with some of the professor who are also authors and joining us michael babcock. his book and christian america living with faith and in nation the was never under god. professor, let's start with the subtitle, what do you mean by that? >> is a pretty pointed subtitle and speaking as an author at how the experience of riding titles that get changed along the way and that is one that developed in the course of presentation. it wasn't but the notion that america was and is in some way a christian nation is something that is to be challenged and i try to challenge it in this book and to drive to the heart of what does that mean to claim a america as cultural and as a christian nation, and malae end up with is it is christian only in cultures sometimes as christians we need to understand what that means if we are going to live effectively. it's a historical commonplace that this country was founded by and religious orientation and that's the story the we learn in elementary school.

. >> and now from liberty university in lynchburg, virginia, booktv interviewed professor david dewitt about his book, "unraveling the origins controversy." it's about 15 minutes. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2, as part of our visit to universities. this week we are at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia, talking with some professors are also authors. now joining us here at the law school at liberty university is david dewitt. he is the author of this book, "unraveling the origins controversy." he is also a professor of biology. in fact, he is chair of the biology department here at liberty university. doctor dewitt, let's start with the basics. is there a fundamental argument to be made in favor of either evolution or creation, or is there compatibility in your view between the two? and how do you define the argument? >> first, creationists and evolutionists live in the same world. we have the same size. we have the same data. it's a matter of how that data is interpreted. evolution provides an interpretive framework for evaluating scientific data, and creationism really

this was taped at university of lynchburg virginia as a part of

. >> next up is wrong and lynchburg, virginia. hello, ron. >> hello. great segue.arding ronald reagan, who was a longtime leader of the screen that are skilled, didn't he flirt with joining the communist party early on in his career in hollywood or is that just a myth click >> no, it was rumored ronald reagan was through the end of world war ii is very hard-core liberal as he wrote in his own autobiography i was a bleeding heart liberal. and in fact it is suspect to rumored that he was either a communist party member, which was a rumor, but more that he was sympathetic to the communist cause, which just wasn't true. and in fact at one meeting after -- around the mid-40s, 1945, 1946 and, he goes to a meeting with olivia have been just as i always thought you were a communist. he says i thought you were a communist and they both agreed that they want to carve out a mid-ground between the far left and the far right by calling for coexistence that america can never be communist, but we should have coexistence between the two nations. not also got some people thought re

. >> and now more from liberty university and lynchburg, virginia. book tv interview professor brian melton about his new biography of confederate general robert e. lee. this interview was part of booktv's college series and is about half an hour. >> on your screen is brian melton's new book, "robert e. lee: a biography." professor melton, why have over 2000 books been written about robert e. lee speak what he such a fascinating man an integral part of american history. it's that simple. and then, of course, there's the fact that after the war was over with, when so many people, particularly south of the mason-dixon, were so desperate to revisit the war and try to scare out where could they run, leaking sort of epitomizes that idea. that only if lee been in charge whole time, if only lee been able to leave them better. then perhaps the south could have won the civil war. that would be a bit of a change to u.s. history. >> was lee a successful military general? >> yes, he was. at the same time he wasn't. obviously. on the one hand, lee one some amazin

from lynchburg, virginia.u doing the same thing in the secret service case done in the zimmerman-martin situation? wait for the facts to come out. the they are out, dot. there aren't two sides to the story. secret service agents were seen as a brothel. a number have lost security clearances. nobody is denying what happened. quite a difference from the martin case. charlie from philippines -- hold on, bill, you're out of line condemning the agents. worried about a few guys having fun on their own time. on their own time? on their own time? are you in the sun over there, charlie? they were sent to cartagena to protect the president. c'mon, man. on their own time? jonathan perry -- "you would think with a name like the secret service they would know how to be serviced secretly." [ laughter ] luke short, wyoming -- "bill, check yourself in pinhead column. suggestion of federalized gun crime is wrong. it's a local issue." it's not. constitution dictates all americans have right to bear arms. that crosses state line

. >>> mitt romney will be the commencement speaker this year at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. he'll deliver the address at the evangelical christian school on may 12th. >>> weeks after becoming the presumptive presidential nominee for the republicans he struggled during the primaries to win over evangelical christians. the university says they expect a crowd of nearly 50,000 people. >>> back lash over maryland's so-called doomsday budget is growing and college students staged the latest protests. state senator richard metalano rallied with students at the university of maryland today to call on governor o'malley to protect education funding. the state university system stands to lose $50 million in the budget that takes effect on july 1st. students said that will amount to 10% tuition increases next year, a huge blow to families who are already struggling. >>> some say it is only $800 but $800 means $800 new. 800 new uncertainties. 800 new concerns. 800 even greater fears that i may not be able to fulfill my father's dream here at the university of maryland. >>> students and

liberty university down in lynchburg, virginia, is one of the largest evangelical colleges in america. they said we don't agree with thinks beliefs, we don't think mormons are christians and made their voices heard loud and clear. liberty extended that invitation. romney accepted it. neither are saying a whole lot about this. other than he'll continue to be the speaker. and there's a long history of presidential candidates, particularly republican presidential candidates coming and speaking at liberty. ronald reagan did it in 1980. president george h.w. bush spoke there. and of course, john mccain in 2006 spoke there at their commencement as well. >> eric, thanks so much, at the cnn belief blog. and of course, four more stories on faith, check out the popular belief blog at cnn.com/belief. >>> we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] when this hotel added aflac to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha! >

from lynchburg, virginia. same thing in the secret service case done in the zimmerman-martin situation? wait for the facts to come out. the they are out, dot. there aren't two sides to the story. secret service agents were seen as a brothel. a number have lost security clearances. nobody is denying what happened. quite a difference from the martin case. charlie from philippines -- hold on, bill, you're out of line condemning the agents. worried about a few guys having fun on their own time. on their own time? on their own time? are you in the sun over there, charlie? they were sent to cartagena to protect the president. c'mon, man. on their own time? jonathan perry -- "you would think with a name like the secret service they would know how to be serviced secretly." [ laughter ] luke short, wyoming -- "bill, check yourself in pinhead column. suggestion of federalized gun crime is wrong. it's a local issue." it's not. constitution dictates all americans have right to bear arms. that crosses state lines, obviousl

host: melvin is in lynchburg, virginia, on our support from the line. please go ahead. caller: it is amazing how emotional obama supporters can be at times. listening to that lady, i have never understood how people can put down a man just for being successful. one of the reasons i support mitt romney is one of my criticisms of obama in 2008 was his lack of executive leadership. mitt romney brings that to the table in addition to that mitt romney also has shown that he can work bipartisan -- in a bipartisan way. barack obama has not shown that. there's no liberal that can call in to show that barack obama has worked for bipartisanship. barack obama had two years of a democratic-controlled congress, the same congress that in the last two years of the bush and administration that helped in the decline we have today. if i support romney because we need a different direction of someone who has shown effective leadership. it was a trial and error or a trial and fail, to the obama supporters. take the loss. maybe we can reconcile the nation. under this president we are more d

we'll go to lynchburg, virginia to speak to andy. good morning, andy. >> good morning. >> your part was article 5. what is article 5? >> article 5 is basically the constitution's process for changing itself. so what article 5 does, it says that whenever congress deems it necessary, congress may change the constitution in order to fit the current needs of the society. so whenever that's thought of as necessary, either in the congress or 2/3 of the states propose an amendment and then the states are required to ratify it. 3/4 of the states are required to ratify it in order for that change to come into the constitution. >> how did you come to choose this as your topic? >> well, i think -- i think article 5 is really -- it exemplifies the american values. i think within the american dream is this idea of progress and what better way to show progress than through the change that has been made -- the changes that have been made to the constitution in the last few hundred years. through the amendment process, we've had an enormous expansio

today we're going to be visiting lynchburg, virginia to speak with andy a 12th grader at central virginia governor's school. good morning, andy. >> good morning. >> the topic of your video was article v. can you explain what article v is? >> article v is, basically, the constitution's process for changing itself. so what article v does, it says that whenever congress deems it necessary, congress may change the constitution in order to fit the current needs of the society. so whenever that's thought of as necessary, either the congress or two-thirds of the states propose an amendment, and can then the states -- and then the states are required to ratify it three-fourths of the states are required to ratify it in order for that change to come into the constitution. >> how did you come to choose this as your topic? >> well, i think i think article v is really, it exemplifies the american value. i think within the american dream is this idea of progress and what better way to show progress than through the change that has been made, the changes that have been made to the constitution in the l

virginia. there's some thunderstorms there as well down through raleigh, up toward lynchburg headed toward maybe richmond this morning. around here we're just going to have to see the northward extent of that over the next few hours. here's a look at live doppler 9000hd. light sprinkles to the west and north. coming out of maybe lovettsville here headed toward point of rocks and also down to clarksburg maybe a light sprinkle. woodstock, though, a little more than a light sprinkle. a shower over there. further down in the valley as well we're looking at a couple of showers as well coming up i- 81 headed toward orange and culpeper. oh, my, this voice is just giving me headaches the last couple of days. here we go in the temps. 50s to about 60 in baltimore and washington. out to the west in the mid-50s. oakland in the 40s this morning. a definite change in air masses. yesterday we managed to squeak to 77 degrees. this morning under our michael & son weather camera, all is quiet on wisconsin avenue. cloudy skies, 60 degrees. the air is dry, though. dew points 37. with a north wind at 12, yeah, there

was around charlottesville referred to that bunch in the party around lynchburg in very disdainful ways. a leader from central virginia to me that the tea party or was in fairfax and alexandria were a bunch of rhinos. >> they've got an internal geography about themselves, as much as you might find on the liberal left about the date function varies different strands. >> i'm just curious, what percentage of the people would you say actually joined the groups, versus were at the tea party rallies themselves. the reason i ask that is because i have been a tea party member since the beginning. maybe the people are not in groups because of kids -- i would like your perspective on that. we were more concerned, at least the rallies i went to, about fiscal responsibility and they get just as angry at at republicans as democrats. the corruption. >> there is no question that they are angry at republicans. if i didn't stress that, i meant to. we need to make a distinction here. are these people who vote for democrats? no, they are not. and they never did. what are they distrustful of the republican party as it was under george bu

charlottesville referred to the christian conservative tea partiers around lynchburg in very disdainful ways. and a leader from central virginia told me that the tea partiers up in fairfax and alexandria were a bunch of rhinos. so, you know, they've got an internal geography about themselves that's much, as you might find on the liberal left about the various different strands. so -- >> i'm just curious, what percentage of the people would you say actually join the groups versus were at the tea party rallies themselves? the reason i ask that is i have been a tea party member probably since the beginning, and a lot of the things that you're conveying are not what have been my experience out at the rallieses, yet i don't join a group, and the reason people aren't in groups are they're raising kids and they're busy. the older people have the time to join, and i just would like your perspective on that. i think we were more concerned -- at least the rallies i went to -- about fiscal responsibility and just as angry at republicans as democrats. the corruption, those were the two things -- >> oh, there's no question that they're ang

candidate mitt romney is coming to virginia to give the commencement address at liberty university next month. the evangelical christian college is located in lynchburg. liberty was founded by televangelist jerry falwell. a crowd of about 50,000 people is expected. >>> clear skies this afternoon after some rain out there this morning and last night. >> let's get your first forecast from meteorologist veronica johnson. how about it? >> yeah. after some fog, too, this morning and we could see a little more of that fog developing during the overnight but the clouds that we talked about that were lingering early part of the day, here they are on satellite as we go back some six hours and now you can see again we're left with the clear skies right around washington. and up to the north into pennsylvania. head off to the west and you can see all that rain, those stormy conditions in minneapolis up at the top of your screen right under the banner there. chicago, too stormy. that is an area of low pressure. that's just part of the storm that's going to be coming our way for the weekend. so we've got just one more nice day here coming our way as we get ready