two of the authors, matt viser gentleman, kranish, thank you both for being with us.-span's local content vehicle back on the road, and today we feature yuri, pennsylvania. a view of the skyline in northwestern at the mania. -- in northwestern pennsylvania. e look at erie, pennsylvania. there is a collection room that contains a wooden pipe that was played 200 years ago at the battle of lake yuerie. here is a preview. fife.s is a it was played by cyrus tiffany at the beginning of the battle of lake eirie. cyrus tiffany was an african- american sailor, a fifer on board the uss laurens. the fife was said to be played outside the tent of george washington when cyrus tiffany serve as a soldier during the revolutionary war. one of the more exciting things that was observed, and i will say it is not my observation, but another person's on staff here, if you take a look at the fife, you can see there is a discoloration and a stain right there. it indicates the direction in which the fife was held being played. the long and short of it is, we realized that this fife was used

on the next "washington journal" washington bureau chief michael kranish and matt viser talk about their articles entitled "broken city." hen fitch credit rating agency spokesperson john olert. then robin wright of the u.s. institute of peace is our guest. "washington journal" libe at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> 200-year-old clock stops ticking. time stands still. metaphor for easy the government shutdown. >> we are standing near the north extension of the capital. the clock behind me here is the oldest clock in the united states capitol. it was commissioned for the united states senate in the year 1815. twad ordered from a philadelphia clock maker named thomas voight. >> just one of the many reasons the c-span video arkifes are amazing. >> you can see and share c-span programming any time. it is easy. here's how. go to c-span.org. to watch the newest library, click on what you want to watch, and click play. you can search the video library for a spisk topic or key word. you can find a person, type in their name, hit search, and go to people. go to their bio page and scroll down to t

. >> michael kranish and matt viser talk about "broken city," gridlock in washington. the -- project.an's nuclear journal" live on cspan, sunday. thehen you look back at books, what did you find? >> that is my inspriation. i was curious. one of the most famous stories is "the other america." kennedy is supposed to have read that book and led to the war on poverty. new yorkerd was a article. that inspired kennedy to look in policies to alleviate poverty. johnson heard about the program and pursued it. >> -- supreme court heard an affirmativet on action. ban approved in -- prohibits -- >> the issue in this case is whether a michigan provision requiring equal treatment violates equal protection. the answer is no. unlike the law that issues in hunter in seattle, section 26 does not repeal an antidiscrimination law. it reveals preferences. that has nothing to do with an anti--- >> why isn't this identical? >> it is identical because of the remedy issue. in seattle they were trying to create equal educational opportunities by imposing a remedy that wouldn't cause -- and one

captioning institute] >> on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will hear from michael kranish and matt viser both from the "boston globe." olert with which ratings will talk about the brinkmanship that can have an effect on the ratings. and then robin wright about the iranian nuclear program. every day at the clock a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> over the years when you look back at the books that had an impact on a president, what did you find? really an impact on us as people. writingpiration for this book, i was curious to see whether books had an impact, and one of the famous stories as michael arrington wrote a book america."her kennedy is supposed to have read the book and led to be were on poverty. it is not quite that simple. what he read was a book review in the "new yorker," and that inspired walter heller to go look into policies that could be used to alleviate poverty, and kennedy tragically died in november of 1963, but johnson then heard about this program and said that is my kind of program. >> 200 years a popular culture in the white house with tevi troy sunday night at 8:00

followed by a look at politics and gridlock with to "boston globe" journalist, michael kranish and matt viser, followed by discussion on fitch ratings with chief credit rating agent john olert. later, our guesses robin wright of the u.s. institute of peace. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning, a live view of the white house this morning as the story moves from the government shutdown to the implementation of the affordable care act. "the washington post," reporting that the president will be addressing the problems with the health care website. a discussion will come tomorrow at a white house event. on capitol hill expect another hearing this fall looking at the hall and -- looking at the law and its rollout. this morning, sunday, october 20th, we want you to join in on

michael kranish, matt viser, thank you for being with us. we should point out that a baseball game got higher played in your book this morning in "the boston globe," that this is what the front page looks like, "improbable dream soaring into the world series." we will talk about your book out this morning, and it you say " what is behind the gridlock with reference to behind the last two weeks"? when the system seems to be perpetually in crisis even the host: michael kranish? guest: that is right. we have a city where we only just briefly gotten over the last crisis, but as everyone knows it will happen again. even if they do not default in a few months, the underlying issues and framework on which the city is based, a lot of people are concerned that the system is broken. this is based on a series of stories this year from "the boston globe," we try to tell a series of stories in a compelling and readable way to give you a sense of what is behind the broken nature of the city. not just the day today, but the deeper stories that tell us what