at 8:00, university of washington professor margaret o'mara on the 1968 election. >> hero after hero are slain. king, john f kennedy and robert kennedy's assassination. it has been the democratic nomination into more turmoil. >> sunday at 2:00, lynne cheney, who wrote "james madison: a life reconsidered." this moment marks president john f. kennedy's 100th birthday. sunday, we reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he believed in strong military. but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached across the aisle. onlaunched the peace corps the first of 1961. he started the alliance for progress. he engaged in the space race. >> for the complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. sunday on "q&a," the comparisons between donald trump and andrew jackson. book, "andrewis jackson, southerner." >> he does not represent the positive values that andrew .ackson represented he certainly represent some of the negative values jackson represented. if trump wants to be like andrew jackson, h

. >> on 8:00 in lectures in history, margaret o'mara on the 1968 presidential election and events thatffected the outcome. >> hereafter hero is slain -- john f. kennedy, martin luther king, and now robert kennedy. kennedy's assassination just like king's assassination precipitated the broader national mourning and throws the democrat nomination into even more turmoil. >> lynne cheney, author of the book "james madison: a life reconsidered," discusses his clinical career could >. tomadison was lucky enough encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. >> this month marks jfk's 100 birthday. his nephew and historian douglas wrinkly reflect on the life and career of the president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military, but he had a much robber conception about -- robert conception about what american identity was. >> he reached across the aisle. he launched the peace court on may 1 of 1961, incredible program for young people. he started the alliance for progress and he engaged in the space race. >> for a complete american hi

. >> on lectures and history, professor margaret o'mara on the 1968 presidential election and events that affected the outcome . >> hero after hero was slain, john f. kennedy, martin luther king and now robert f kennedy. kennedy's assassination precipitates a broader national morning and it grows -- it throws the democratic nomination into turmoil. >> lynne cheney, author of the book "james madison: a life reconsidered." >> he was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it is often recommended today for people who suffer epilepsy. >> this month marks john f. kennedy's 100th birthday. kennedy's nephew reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated veteran. he did believe in a strong had a muchut he broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached out across the aisle. he launched the peace corps in 1961, an incredible program for young people. anything -- he engaged in the space race. >> for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> president trump spoke about the firing of the ja

. >> added clock and mustard -- lectures in history, margaret o'mara of the 1968 presidential elections, at events that affected the outcome. >> hero after zero is plain, john f. kennedy, art luther king, now robert f kennedy. kennedy's assassination like kings precipitates a broader rning.al morning -- mou doubt the democratic nomination into more turmoil. >> sunday 2:00, the book james madsen, a life reconsidered. madsen's person -- medicines -- madison's personality. >> he was lucky to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. it is often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this month marks john f. kennedy's 100th birthday. at sunday at 8:00, jfk's nephew and historian douglas brinkley reflect on the life and career. >> he was a combat veteran. in strongieve military. but he had a much broader inception about what american identity really was. he reached out across the aisle, launched the peace corps on may 1 of 1961. incredible program for young -- he started the alliance for progress, and he engaged the states. >> for our schedule go to c-span.org. sunday on

. ♪ announcer: on "lectures in history," university of washington professor margaret o'mara teaches alass about the 1968 president election and the events that impact the outcome. she talks about how the vietnam war eroded political support for johnson and helped lead to his decision not to seek reelection. she also describes month by month events that led up to the election like student protests, the rise of the black power movement, and the assassinations of martin luther king jr. and robert kennedy. her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. margaret: let's get started. welcome.

announcer: on "lectures in history," university of washington professor margaret o'mara teaches a class about the 1968 president election and the events that impact the outcome. she talks about how the vietnam political support for johnson and helped lead to his decision not to seek reelection. she also describes month by month events that led up to the election like student protests, the rise of the black power movement, and the assassinations of martin luther king jr. and robert kennedy. her class is about an hour and 10 minutes. margaret: let's get started. welcome. today we are talking about 1968, a year when a heck of a lot happened, including a presidential election. a year where there were a lot of social, economic, political parallels that are in some ways familiar to us now because, in part, some of the changes the early 21st century america has experience -- particularly in politics were set in motion in this late period. 1960'slet's get started. start with an unlikely as official news conference or address to the american people. march 31, 1968. president lyndon johnson gave

margaret o'mara on the 1968 election and the evidence that shaped the election. the assassination precipitated a broad morning and now into even more turmoil. >> they told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think it's often recommended for today people that suffer from epilepsy. he did believe in strong military that he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. he watched a peace corps in 1961. he started with the alliance progress and engaged in the space race. >> for the scheduled to c-span.org. including the demographics, public health effects of treatment. this panel was hosted by the american association for the advancement of science that's just over 90 minutes.

. >> on lectures in history, professor margaret o'mara on the 1960 presidential election and events that affected the outcome. >> hero after hero was slain -- john f. kennedy, mother the king, and a robert f. kennedy. if recipient a broader national mourning. and now, it throws the democratic -- into turmoil. >> lynne cheney, and life reconsidered discusses president madison's personality, health problems, and political career. tomadison was lucky enough encounter doctors had said to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it is often suggested today. >> this month marks john f. kennedy's 100th birthday. the family reflects on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated, comment veteran. he did believe in a strong military. but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached across the aisle. he launched the peace corps on may 1 of 1961. an incredible program for young people. he started with the appliance for progress and he engaged in the space race. >> for a complete schedule, go to the span.org. -- go to c-span.org. >> sund

announcer: on "lectures in history," university of washington professor margaret o'mara teaches a class about the 1968 president election and the events that impact the outcome. she talks about how the vietnam political support for johnson and helped lead to his decision not to seek reelection. she also describes month by month events that led up to the election like student protests, the rise of the black power movement, and the assassinations

. >> at 8:00 on lectures in history university of washington professor margaret o'mara on the 1968 presidential election and events that affected the outcome. >> hero after hero is slain. john f. kennedy, martin luther king and now robert f. kennedy. so kennedy's assassination, just like king's assassination precipitates a broader national mourning and now it throws the democratic nomination into more turmoil. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern lynne cheney authority of "james madison, a life reconsiders" discusses his health problems and more. >> he was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it's often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy.

announcer 2: at 8:00 on lectures in history, margaret o'mara on the 1968 presidential election. >> hero after zero is slain, john kennedy, martin luther king, now robert f kennedy. sir kennedy's assassination like king's assassination is a national mourning, and now the democratic nomination is an even more turmoil. announcer 2: lynne cheney, author of the book james madison , discusses president madison's personality, health problems, and political career. >> he was lucky enough to encounter doctors to tell him to exercise. what a modern think the tank. -- thing to think. announcer 2: this marks the 100th birthday for john f. kennedy. and jfk's nephew, stephen kennedy smith, and historian reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in strong military, but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. he reached across the aisle. he launched the peace corps, made first in 1961, an incredible regret for young people. he started the alliance for progress. announcer 2: for the complete "american hist

. >> at 8:00, university of washington professor margaret o'mara on the 1968 presidential election. >> hero after hero is slain. john f. kennedy, martin luther king and now robert f>> kennedy. kennedy's assassination precipitated a broader national mourning . now what does the democratic nomination into more turmoil. >> lynn cheney, author of the book of james madison, discusses president madison's career. >> madison was lucky enough to encounter doctors that told him to exercise. n cheney, author of the book of jameswhat a modern thin. it is often recommended for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this month marks john f. kennedy's 100th birthday and jfk's nephew reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military, but he had a much broader discussion about what american identity really was. >> he reached across the aisle. he launched the peace corps in 1961, an incredible program for young people. he started the alliance for progress. he engaged in the space race. >> for a complete american schedule, go to

university of washington professor margaret o'mara on the 1968 presidential election. >> hero after herowas slain. john f. kennedy, martin luther king, now robert f kennedy. kennedy's assassination precipitates the broader itional mourning, and now throws the democratic nomination into even more turmoil. >> lynne cheney discusses president madison's personality, political problems, and career. >> madison was lucky enough to encounter doctors are told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it is often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. sunday, reflecting on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a directed combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military. but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached across the aisle. he wants the peace corps in 1961. fortarted with the alliance progress. he engaged in the space. >> for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. q&a, comparisons between donald trump and andrew jackson. >> i don't think he represents the positive values that jackson represented. he certa

. >> at 8:00 on lectures, margaret o'mara on the 1968 presidential election and events that affectedhe outcome. >> hero after hero is slain, john f. kennedy, r two of the king and now robert kennedy. kennedy's assassination -- martin luther king and now robert kennedy. it throws the democratic nomination into more turmoil. >> lynne cheney, author of the book, james madison: a life reconsidered. >> madison was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern way to think. it is often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this month marks president john f. kennedy's 100th birthday . they reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in strong military but he had a broad conception about what an american identity was. >> he launched the peace corps on may 1, 1961, an incredible ram for young people. he started the alliance for progress. >> for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> president trump spoke about the firing of fbi director james comey. following the remarks we will

. >> at 8:00 on lectures in history, university of washington professor margaret o'mara on the 1968 presidential election and events that affected the outcome. >> hero after hero is slain. john f. kennedy. martin luther king. and now robert f. kennedy. so, kennedy's assassination just like king's assassination, precipitates a broader national mourning and now it throws the democratic nomination into even more turmoil. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern, lynne cheney, author of "james madison: a life reconsidered" discusses madison's personality, health probables and political career. >> madison was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it's often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this month marks president john f. kennedy's 100th birthday and sunday at 8:00 p.m., jfk's nephew steven kennedy smith and historian douglas brinkley reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in strong military. but he had a much broader conception about what american identity

o'mara on, margaret the 1968 presidential election. >> hero after hero is slain. john f. kennedy, martin luther king and now, robert f kennedy. kennedy's assassination facilitates a broader national mourning. now, it throws the democratic nomination into even more turmoil. >> lynne cheney discusses president madison's personality, health problems and political career. >> medicine was lucky enough to encounter doctors who pulled him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it's often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. 8:00 p.m., jfk's nephew and douglas brickley reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military. he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. inlaunched the peace corps 19 to q1. -- 1961. engaged in the state race. >> for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. q&a, the on comparisons between presidents donald trump and andrew jackson. our guest on his book "andrew jackson: southerner." >> i don't think he represents the positive

o'mara on, margaret the presidential election of 1968. >> hero after hero is slain and now, robert fennedy. assassination precipitates a broader, national morning and throws the democratic nomination into more turmoil. >> sunday, lynne cheney discusses president madison's personality, health problems and political career. >> he encountered doctors that told him to exercise. it is often recommended for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this month marks john f. kennedy's 100 birthday. his nephew, stephen smith and that was brinkley reflect on the life of the president. he was a decorated combat veteran. he believed in strong military. he had a broader conception about what american identity was. reached across the aisle, launched the peace corps, an incredible program for young people. he started with the alliance for progress and engaged in the space race. tofor our schedule, go www.c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: our first guest is heather mcghee.

. >> at eight, lectures in history and professor margaret o'mara on the 1968 presidential election and events that affected the outcome. >> hero after hero is slain. jfk, martin luther king. at kennedy's assassination, it precipitates national morning and it throws the democratic nomination into turmoil. >> lynn cheney, author of the book james madison, life reconsidered discusses his personality, health problems and political career. >> madison was lucky to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. it's often recommended today for people who suffer from epilepsy. >> this month marks john f. kennedy's 100th birthday and sunday at 8:00 p.m., jfk's nephew, steven kennedy smith reflect on my life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military, but he had a much broader conception about what american identity was. he reached out across the aisle, launched the for in 1961, an incredible program for young people started with the alliance for progress and he engaged in the space race. >> for complete

. >> at 8:00, on lectures in history, university of washington professor margaret o'mara on the 1968 presidential election and events that affected the outcome. >> hero after hero is slain. kennedy's assassination, just like king's assassination, precipitates a broader national mourning, and now it throws the democratic nomination into even more turmoil. >> sunday at 2:00 p.m., lynn cheney, author of the book, james madison, a life reconsidered, discusses madison's personality, health problems and political career. >> madison was lucky enough to encounter doctors who told him to exercise. what a modern thing to think. >> this month marks president john f. kennedy's 100th birthday. and sunday at 8:00 p.m., jfk's nephew, steven smith and douglas brinkley reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military, but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached out across the aisle. he launched the peace corps on may 1st of 1961, an incredible program for young people. he sta