van buren. there is a lot of van buren in his book about jackson. he appreciated the political smarts of martinan buren. i thought van buren's failure was interesting. his success was a good thing. but his failure was interesting. he lost renomination on his views on slavery and about the panic of 1837. he got even more anti-slavery throughout his career. he might have come back for a second term later in his life but he refused to surrender some principles on slavery. he is an interesting example of a former president getting even more interesting. we have seen that. we have seen a lot of former president remaining true to their conscience. going out on a limb on principle topics. he is an early example of someone like that. all the way to the and he is interesting. i don't think you can find a president who isn't interesting. host: thank you for helping us with our series of presidents. this is from the time series on all of the presidents. it's a little book on all of them. is martin van buren, a's president of the united states. mr. widmer: thank you. ♪ >> for free transcripts are to give u

the hisweek, ted widmer biography of martin van buren. was martin van buren? mr. widmer good question. a lot of people think we need to ask that question. he was the eighth president of the united states. he is often forgotten. his presidency was only four years. there were bigger personalities before and after. but i argue that he was a pretty important guy. his presidency was not a big success. but he read shaped the political landscape around him. he led an interesting life. host: why did you begin in sorrento, italy? that is where he went to write his biography. presidents did not do that then. but now it is almost required by law. set ofu write a long memoirs. he was the first one to do that. he went to a foreign country. gather his thoughts about his long career in office at many levels. he never actually finished the autobiography. he wrote a lot but he did not wrap it up. it did not come out until 1919. a time when pretty much everyone forgot who he was. i thought that was interesting. country toa foreign remember all that happened to him. what impact did

martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states and his often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q&a, ted would murder on his biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamilton's murderer, and there were even rumors persisted throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gorby doll even planted them in his novel, "burr," that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron for. we may never know. by john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg -- aaron burr, and he asked a lot like aaron burr. he's always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> on tuesday, secretary of state mike pompeo briefed reporters on issues, including iran sanctions and north korea's nuclear program. secretary pompeo: good afternoon, everyone. happy thanksgiving. i want to touch on five topics today.

. >> who was martin van buren? >> good question. a lot of people probably need to ask the question. martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states. .e is often forgotten his presidency was only four years on -- long. >> sunday at q&a, the biography of martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with ehrenberg, and there were -- , there were a lot of rumors that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son burke.nberg -- aaron we will never know, john quincy adams what wrote that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts like ehrenberg. -- aaron burr. he always tried to organize factions and get people together. at 8 p.m.night eastern, on c-span skew and that. &a.q >> listen to c-span's weekly podcast. this week, part one of a two-part interview with three nationally known residential historians. they share historical context for the trump presidency. >> it is an andrew johnson like president. somebody who has impeachment swirling around him, somebody who is not able to close or heal a racial divide. is a real animosity between the press and the pres

oftonight, his biography president martin van buren. he spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamilton's birth -- hamilton's murderer. there are rumors persist in threat the life of martin bit -- martin van buren. martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burke. we don't know. no one will ever know. john quincy adams once wrote in that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr. and he acts a lot like aaron burr. -- alwayss tried trying to organize factions and giving southerners and northerners and political alliances to speak together. >> tonight at eight eastern on c-span's q and a. next, on american history tv, a historian talks about his book bureau of spies, the secret connection between espionage and journalism in washington. and espionage that took place inside the building where he gets his talk. for not tohow spies germany, the soviet union and the cia operated from world war ii through the cold war inside the building that stands a few blocks from the white house. club and thepress spy museum hosted this ho

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. >> who was martin van buren? >> good question. a lot of people probably need to ask that question. martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states. he is often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. witmerght on "q&a," ted on his biography of martin van buren. >> the spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamiltons murderer. there were persistent rumors that even gore rudolph planted them in his novel that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know. no one will ever know. but john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts a lot like aaron burr. he is always try to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances with one other. "q&a."ght on c-span's artifactsek, american takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. here is a look at one of our recent. >> what they needed to do first is find a leader. that leader was john woodlief. after looking at certain peop

the biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr. there were rumors persistent throughout his life that gore vidal planted them in his novel burr that he may have been the ill legitimate son of aaron burr. we will never know. john quincy adams once wrote in is diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and cts a lot like aaron burr. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is broug to you by your cable or satellite provider. when the new congress starts in january, there will be more than 100 new house and senate members the democrats will control the house. the republicans the senate. new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on -span. >> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and his

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martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states. he is often forgotten, if presidency was only four years long. q&a, ted: tonight on witmer on his biography of president martin van buren. >> you spent a lot of time with hamilton's murder. there were even rumors persistent throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that or the dolly , thatd them in his novel martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron better. we do not know. no one will ever know. people -- john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron berger. he is always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. announcer: tonight at 8:00 eastern, on c-span's q&a. weeklyto c-span's podcast care this week, part one of a two-part interview with three nationally known presidential historians. douglas brinkley, and richard norton smith who share historical context for the trump presidency. >> i see him as an andrew johnson like president. meaning someon

martin van buren was the 8th president of the united states. and he's often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q and a, chad whitmer on his biography of martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with the murderer. so persistent that he implanted them in his november he will that he may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know. no one will ever know. but john witness eadams once wrote in his diary. i saw it that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts a lot like aaron burr. always trying to organize and try to get people in political alliances together. >> on c-span q and a saturday night. >> next on the civil war, joanne freeman talks about her book the field of blood violence in congress and the road to civil war. she describes the process of researching the topic and says she found that while fights were not always included in the official congressional record, clerk notes and private letters showed more than 70 altercations in the an at tebellum period. this is about an hour. >> i'm please today introduc

visit ncicap.org] >> who was martin van buren? >> good question. a lot of people probably need to ask that question. martin van buren was the eight resident of the united states -- eight president of the united states. >> sunday on q&a, ted would murder on his biography of martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamiltons murderer. and there were even rumors consistent throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore v doll i did them in his novel, "burr," that martin van buren may have been the individual -- illegitimate son of aaron burr. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg and heat -- ehrenberg, he he -- aaron burr, and talks a lot like aaron burr. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. photographers share stories and images from covering residential campaigns. then c-span interviews congressman joe crowley of new york and arizona senator jeff flake, who are both retiring at the end of this term. on the day arizona senator john mccain

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that martin van buren may have been ill legitimate front. jorge quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron berry. he's always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> next look at religious voters and impact on the midterm elections.

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martin van buren was the 8th president of the united states. and he's often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q&a, the biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamilton's murderer. there were even rumors persistent throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that they were even planted in a novel burr that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. no one will ever know. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and he acts a lot like aaron burr, always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. :: or divide in the country. >> here's a real animosity between the press and president. as early as john adams. he's the person who is putting for this act. what that does is, it applies to prevent criticism of the government. >> by c-span on the freak c-span radio at. under the podcast tab. >> the state department counte

announcer: >> who was martin van buren? good question. a lot of people need to ask that. he was the eighth president of the united states. he is often forgotten. his presidency was four years long. sunday on q&a, on the biography of martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with ehrenberg -- aaron burr. persistentumors so that they were implanted in the novel "burr" that he may have been the illegitimate sun -- son. we will never know. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and ask a lot like him. always trying to organize factions. announcer: sunday night at eight eastern on c-span q and a. and the runoff election for mississippi senate seat, republican cindy hyde-smith faces democrat mike and their only scheduled debate. neither candidate receives 50% of the vote and the general election prompting a runoff. do to healthnted reasons.

martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states and he is often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q&a, ted witmer on his biography of martin van buren. >> he would spend a lot of time with denver, hamilton's murderer, and there were even rumors, persistent throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore vidal planted them in his novel that martin van buren may have been ,he illegitimate son of and are and you know, we don't know. john quincy adams once wrote in , that martinsaw it van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts a lot like aaron burr. always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. next, dr. priscilla chan on the chan zuckerberg initiative. she spoke at the annual techcrunch disruptions for san francisco. dr. chan is a pediatrician and wife of mark zuckerberg.

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there were even rumors persistent throughout the life of martin van buren. so persistent that they were implanted in a novel. that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of ehrenberg. no one will ever know. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr. always trying to organize actions and get southerners and northerners and political alliances together. >> sunday night at eight eastern. on c-span's q&a. >>> a look now at some of the live events we will be covering next week. british ambassador to the u.s., kim derek will discuss the latest on the brexit negotiations and the latest on u.s. and uk relations. live coverage starts at 12 noon eastern on c-span. also on monday discussion on popular -- with authors and political analysts. we will hear from andrew sullivan who writes for new york magazine. watch love coverage beginning at 5 pm eastern time here on c- span 3. >>> authors reflect on their recent thoughts about world war ii. and some of the military operations led by the u.s. and th

martin van buren was the eighth president of united states. forgotten his presidency was four years long. ted oner: sunday on q&a, his biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time on ehrenberg. -- aaron burr. there were rumors throughout his persistent, that he planted them in his novel. then martin van buren may have been the illegitimate sun of ehrenberg -- aaron burr. we do not know. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr. and that's a lot like aaron burr. and would get southerners northerners and blood alliances. announcer: sunday night at eight eastern. listen to c-span's the weekly print this week part one of a two-part interview with historians. douglas brinkley, edna green and richard norton smith. >> i see him as an andrew johnson like president. meaning someone who has impeachment swirling around him close orne not able to do what the racial divide. >> there is a real animosity between the press and presidents as early as john adams because he is the person who

she even serrated martin van buren.nteresting is part of her evisceration seems to come with the fact that she went to him first in asked for support to publish pro- democratic pamphlets. she went to the other side and decided to write for the whigs. very political in that way. those were examples of cultural politics. what do they tell us about this? it tells us a lot. i will mention two things. it helps explain why voter participation rates between 1840 and 1900 exceed in the% threshold. in some cases the 80% threshold. think about this. in today's world we get close to 60% voter participation rate. talking about how energized and how interested voters are, consistently between between 1840 and 1900, 70% of american voters who were eligible were voting. in some cases, 80%. voters in the 19th century were interested in politics. part of the reason is because of the way parties reached out to them and involve them in ways that we sort of assume are the norm today. they were in many ways, new at that time. cultural polit

his presidency was four years long. >> on q&a, ted would murder on his biography of martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr. there were rumors persistent thatghout his life gorbachev planted them in his novel burr, that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we do not know. adams wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg and ,cts a lot like ehrenberg always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliance together. at 8:00 eastern on q&a. ♪ >> washington journal is live every day with policy issues that effect you. monday morning, bloomberg news reporter and npr's white house correspondent discussed the week .head in congress the center for strategic and international study and ounces -- will talk aut

widmer onon q&a, ted his biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with burr, and there were rumors that were so persistent that gore the doll planted that -- that gore vidal his novel that martin van buren may have been deal at image -- may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. it was noted that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg, and acts a lot like ehrenberg, trying to organize factions and getting southerners and northerners together. >> sunday night at it :00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> on c-span's newsmakers, our guest is usaid administrator mark green, a former congressman with a deep background in diplomacy, and humanitarian assistance programs and sworn in in 2017. let me introduce the reporters who will be asking questions, the washington post diplomatic correspondent and from the wall street journal, reporter on national security issues. >> ambassador green, since you have been in this office, you have spent a lot of time about how the goal should be to eliminate the need for foreign aid by encouraging resiliency so countries ca

buren? as martin van >> good question. a lot of people need to ask that question. martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states, and he is often forgotten. he was only four years long. >> sunday, the biography of president martin van buren. >> spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamilton's murderer, and there were even rumors persisted throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent gore vidal even planted them in his novel that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know. no one will ever know, but john quincy adams once wrote on his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron birth and him, sort of always trying to organize factions against northerners and southerners in political alliances together. easterny night at 8:00 on c-span's q and a. what does it mean to be american? that is the studentcam video competition question. students and their teachers from around the country are posting on social media about it. haidi lun from j stream middle school in illinois said, what does it mean to be an

them in his novel, that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. thatquincy adams wrote martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts a lot trying to getr, northerners and southerners together in factions. >> sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span q and a. u.s. representative joe crowley of new york is retiring at the end of this term. he talks about his life, his political career, and the events around 9/11, specifically his cousin, who was killed when the second tower went down. steve: do you remember the first time you stepped into the u.s. capitol as a member of congress? rep. crowley: oh, boy. as a member? it was the day i was sworn in, i guess, as a member of congress. that day itself was magical. steve: house so? -- how so? rep. crowley: i had busloads of people from new york. my family, my mom and dad, my wife, and it was just an incredible atmosphere. i remember being on the floor, taking the oath of office, raising my right hand, and looking up. i could only get one ticket for the inside for my mom and dad, they were both alive at the ti

in his that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like ehrenberg. he acts a lot like ehrenberg. -- aaron burr. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. former vice president cheney and former defense secretary leon panetta discuss national security, bipartisanship and civil discourse in politics. the university hosted the hour-long event. -- the discussion was hosted by the university of pittsburg. this is just over an hour. the university hosted the hour-long event. >> good evening and welcome. parte here this evening as of the event. for those of you who have not heard about congressman john and the foundation, the congressman exemplified,ho sacrificed civic duty and .ourage things that are very important in this day of remembrance and for the students here, what day it is in terms of history. what is that? veterans day and what do we celebrate on veterans day? on this day we are reminded of the courage of veterans and was a veteranrtha and one w

, so persistent that gore vidal if you plant them his novel that martin van buren may have beenthe illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know, no one will ever know people, john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr, and he acts a lot like aaron burr. he is sort of always trying to organize and get so there's an northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> belgians have been displaced by the three-year civil war in yemen. the brookings institution hosted a discussion about the conflict in the u.s. policy towards the ongoing violence and related to managing issues. it's about 90 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. thank you very much for joining us. welcome to arguing here i

witmer onon q&a, ted his fire fee of president martin van buren. with spent a lot of time aaron burr. there persist in throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gorby doll -- gore vidal plaintiff that he made in the illegitimate sign of aaron burr. we don't know. wroteincy adams once that martin van buren looks a -- aaronehrenberg burr. he's always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners and political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. c-span, for history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. continues.on journal host: at the table is dr. roberta debiasi, division chief for infectious disease at the children's national health system. good morning. becauseou to come on your story has b

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martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states and he is often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q & a, ted wydmer on martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr the murderer of alexander hamilton. there were rumors that gore vidal planted them in his novel burr that maernt van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know, no one will ever know. john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr, he acts a lot like aaron burr. he was trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> next on lectures in history abram van engen of washington universi

martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know. john quincy adams once wrote in that martin saw it, van buren looks a lot like aaron burr, and ask a lot like aaron burr. he is always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners a political alliances together. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, sahil co discussaisha ras the week in congress and at the white house. harrison will talk about the pentagon failing its first-ever competence of audit -- competence of audit. watch monday morning. join the discussion. >> now, former vice president dick cheney and former defense secretary leon panetta discuss national security, bipartisanship, and civil discourse in politics. this event, hosted by the university of pittsburg's john mica center for public service, is just over an hour.

forgotten, his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday, ted witmer on his biography of martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with erin burr, hamilton's murderer. there were even persistent , sors throughout his life persistent that gore of it all planted them in his novel that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burke. we don't know, no one will ever know, but john quincy adams once wrote in his diary that martin van buren looks a lot like lot like and he acts a ehrenberg. sort of always trying to southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on "q&a." >> the national archives foundation gave laura bush the record of achievement awards last month. before the presentation she sat down for a discussion with journalist cokie roberts. >> we give this award each year. we try to make a award something a special significance to the honoree. we understand that laura ingalls wilder is one of our honoree's authors. in 2017 laura bush wrote

martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states, and he is often forgotten. s presidency was only four years long. >> sunday onto an day, ted widmer on his biography on president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with burr, hamiltons murderer. and there were rumors throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore vidal planted them in his novel, that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. thatquincy adams wrote martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and acts a lot trying to getr, northerners and southerners together in factions. >> sunday at 8:00 eastern on c-span q and a. u.s. representative joe crowley of new york isir

martin van buren was the 8th president of the united states and he's often forgotten, his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday, on q & a, ted widmer on his biology of martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time on hamill top's murder and there were rumors throughout the life of martin van buren, so prominent that gore vidal that he was the son. martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr and only factions and get southerners and northerners in alliance together. >> saturday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. . >> at the annual project on government oversight summit. former senator carl levin presented south carolina representative newton an award for his oversight. this part of the conference is two hours. >> good afternoon, i'm happy to welcome you to the lunchtime session of this impressive-- i thought, i think the mic is live, is it? let's try that again. i'm happy to welcome you to this lunchtime session of this impressive first ever oversight summit. my name is bob ackerman, a professor of law at wayne state university and director of the levin center at wayne la

rian: who was martin van buren? >> good question. a lot of people need to ask that question. he is often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday, ted whitten on his biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with urr, andg -- aaron b there were rumors throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent gore vidal implanted " thatn his novel "burr, martin van buren may have been one illegitimate son of aar burr. we will never know. diary,adams wrote in his martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr. on burr. lot like aar he organizes factions. > sunday at 8 p.m. eastern on "q&a." c-span, where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. justice elenart kagan

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. >> who was martin van buren? that is a good question. a lot of people felt we needed to ask that question. martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states, and he is often forgotten as his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday own question and answer, we talk about this biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with erin burke, and there was even -- aaron burr, and there was rumors that was persistent, that martin van buren may have been the a little legitimate son -- illegitimate son of aaron brewer. -- aaron brewer -- burr. he is always trying to organize factions and getting southern and northern people in alliance with each other. >> next on the presidency, historian carl sferrazza anthony talks about the fashion choices of pat nixon and betty ford reflected the politics and culture of their time. mister anthony is an author of a book about first ladies and fashions. this talk is one of a series. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, my name is chris nordic -- chris nordyke, on the rich

. >>> who was martin van buren? >> good question. a lot of people probably need to ask that question. martin van buren was the eighth president of the united states. he's often forgotten. his presidency was only four years long. >> sunday on q & a, ted widmer on his biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamilton's murderer. and there were even rumors persistent throughout the life of martin van buren, so persistent that gore vidal planted them in his novel, that martin van buren may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. but john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i saw it, that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr. and he acts a lot like aaron burr. he sort of is always trying to organize factions and get southerners and northerners in political alliances together. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> energy department officials and utility industry leaders testify before a senate panel on various electric power restoration strategies for dealing with s

. >> who was martin van buren? good question. in van buren was the eighth president of the united states. he has often forgotten his presidency was only four years old long. >> sunday, on q&a the biography of president martin van buren. >> he spent a lot of time with aaron burr, hamilton's murder. there were even rumors persisted about his life, so persistent that they planted him and in his novel that he may have been the illegitimate son of aaron burr. we don't know. but john quincy adams once wrote in his diary, i sought that martin van buren looks a lot like aaron burr. he acts a lot like him. he's always trying to organize factions get southerners and northerners and political alliances together. >> sunday night on q&a. >> listen to the weekly broadcast, this week, part one of a two-part interview with three nationally known presidential historians. douglas brinkley, and richard norton smith who share historical concepts of the trump presidency. >> is somebody who has impeachments whirling around him and somebody who is not a