david mccullough is not a writer, he is a historian. >> one more question? >> this is for david also. i was impressed with your reading section, can you describe what your methodology was? choose aspects of lincoln's life and then choose one example for additional reading? >> one example of the books? >> you have an additional reading section at the back of your book. >> what i tried to do and what i did during research is, i did parse it out into different parts of his life. , the is the legal side political side, and then there is the civil war. on a lot of, quite a mix actually, there is a lot of scholarship. , and a lot of research lot of the usual kinds of places that we look like the green provide incredible amount of information plus leads to places. i also try to look up some of the primary literature on some of the aspects as much as you could. the additional reading in the back of the book has a section -- the additional reading in the back of the book is separated by different topics. side, legaltical side, his early life, and the civil war parts.

but anything that i was said about the relationship between jill mccabe and terry mccullough was said as a joke. in no way did the president upbraid mccabe. they said that mccabe knew what it was like to be yelled at by the president and that didn't help. >> shepard: and there's new reporting that the special counsel is looking to question the president. fears the timing is imminent. what do we know about this request about whether the president would be under oath, the circumstances surrounding question something. >> we learned back at the end of last year that the president was likely, we were told, going to sit down with the special counsel, robert mueller, for an interview. you probably remember, shep, i asked the president that question directly. he seemed to suggest because there was no collusion, there may not be a need for an interview. the headlines have been blaring the special counsel wants to ask him about the firing of comey and flynn. of course, if you have the president to sit town in front of you, you'll ask him those questions the same way you would of every other off

i had to go through to find a sponsor and then also in the film you have people like dr serena mccullough we had a video comment she sent us because she couldn't be on the show but you can kind of see the care and the expertise she puts into each of her students this is what she talked to about how to go about doing about this is this is what she thought the greatest support i would give to science education is to identify university partnerships with high school students i believe that currently we provide foundational mathematics and science to all students but we sometimes forget about the exceptional students you know we benefit them all to have someone there to support them in the fields that may not be well understood by high school teachers . so she talks about there her ideas for how to support gifted students but the broader picture is she someone who is one of those people and you don't always find that talk about that juxtaposition in schools where that's the bare and ready for students in others words not so much yet you know and i really wanted to share the diversity of the s

"mccullough." of course that is one of the great biographies.ook.s a very different it's putting a lens on for months. it's not just about truman. have of the book is about truman. half of the book is about what else happened. i thought i could pull it off. it was a gamble. and i was very nervous during the four years i had written it. but it has come out and people seem to really like the book. the amazon reviews are great. that's good. brian: how did you check yourself on the facts? had to in the back this be factual. how did you ensure yourself you have the right fax? who read it in advance? a.j.: i had a whole bunch of readers read it. of course, my publisher. but really, it's on me. everything is on me. i can't rely on assistants, because if an assistant makes a mistake, it's my mistake. i relied on no one except myself. during the process of fact checking this book -- i've been doing it with a blood pressure on. sentence after sentence. you write a book like this, you're out of , especially when truman has been written about by people like

talking about $700,000 in donations that jill mccabe got from terry mccullough's pact. the election was in 2015. the investigation into hillary clinton e-mails did not start until february of 2016. as the white house reminds us, it's the spirit of what the president says that is important, not necessarily the accuracy of it. the president going on to tweet about rumors that mccabe would be retiring soon. "fbi deputy director mccabe is racing to retire, 90 days to go." while sarah sanders didn't have any reaction to mccabe's ouster, she did make a point that the white house had nothing to do with it. listen here. >> we've seen the reports just as all of you have. we don't have any specific comments. i would refer you to the fbi for any specifics on the things taking place today. >> you said the white houses not involved in the decision but clearly the president seemed to be involved in a public relations campaign against mccabe. >> the president stands by his previous comments. in terms of the situation today, as i just said, we've seen the reports just as all of you hav

if anyone is a historian, david mccullough is a historian. rings, he would run around most of us as historians whathis knowledge of happened in this country. >> i was impressed with your additional readings section. could you describe your methodology -- david: one example of books for additional reading? but i tried to do during the toearch, i did parce it out different parts of his life. there was the legal side and political side and the civil war. inre is a lot of scholarship this. i did a lot of research in the like places we look ainther again --burling books. the additional reading at the back of the book -- i have it separated by the different topics. the family, local five, legal side --political side, legal side. there are other books i thought were useful for talking about his legal career. many not want to list too letters. he talks about primary sources. thated to make them books are available that the general public could read. for the last three or four years, i have been writing book iewedws and i reve wasabeth's book and i ta

virginia governor terry mccullough already declared state of emergency. >> we have live team coverage tonight beginning with sue palka and first look at the forecast, sue, i know, how much snow anyone gets depends on exactly where they are. >> and the closer you are to the coast, tony, the more you will see. this really pacca whallop. you heard people calling this a bomb, i keep forgetting what they're calling it, not how i would refer to it, what is it again, sean? yes, bomb cyclone, blizard bomb, we are calling it wicked nor'easter. what this is basically rapidly intensifying non-tropical storm, and by rapidly intensifying, i mean, 24 millie bar drop in 24 hours. that's what qualifies it. this one will be even stronger, 45, 43 millie bar drop in 24 hours, and the bottom line is it going to have a big impact, especially on coastal areas, because of the winds involved, and that's why in the red, you see blizzard warnings, all the way from norfolk, up through the many portions of the eastern shore, to ocean city, to cape may, to up long island, and eventually up to boston. that's becau

mccullough, long time friends and allie of the clinton's, white house press secretary sarah sanders says the white house had nothing to do with m ccabe departure. >> in terms every anything specific regarding the deputy director particularly the news report of today, i would refer you to the fbi. >> sources say that in an e-mail to f.b.i. staff, ray hadn't dollars government watchdog investigation about 2016 handling of the clinton e-mail probe played a role in mccabe abrupt departure. in washington, karen calf a. >> president's state of the union address tonight at 9:00. cbs-3 will car at this live along with the democratic response followed by " eyewitness news" at 11:00. >>> meantime, the house intelligence committee last vote today make public controversial gop crafted memo critical of the fbi. the four page memo drafted bye-bye republican committee chairman claims the details potential surveillance abuse within the justice department during the investigation into russian election meddling. >> well, coming up: betsy ross waves a new flag. that's coming up on cbs-3 " eyewitness news"

in the coffee to china and i think that mccullough knowledge is that but also sitting in the knowledge is that and for the chinese leaders at the moment is perceived as what we may call the head of your call the c n n if we may put to it michael is in a position that you know you were in the to. get i mean he's facing some don't mistake political problems and she doesn't have the same attributes of power that you have mentioned earlier see that u.n. security council nuclear power and a capacity to sit and forces approve but these are the tributes that france has u.k. also does but has we know the u.k. is a little bit out at the moment so in the eyes of the chinese france is playing a more significant role not only in world affairs but especially in shaping. some sort of european defense and foreign policy and michael is incarnating it so therefore is physically it's not just about french chinese relations it's. far more important than ambition is that it's about don't you see across we have mentioned it's also about china relations and its future so that's why this visit is i think far

work which they -- which is the viaducts on the westside of the island, but we'll need to complete mccullough road before we can start the work. and i concluded some of our recurring board actions and items, you know, every january we have new officers install as we do today and we'll be going through nominating and and then our budget process with a presentation in march and adoption of budget in may and so those are some of the highlights for the year ahead. like i said, looking back in 2016, it was not quite as successful as we hoped it would be but optimistic important in 2018. >> wonderful, that's a busy year ahead of us, board. we are ready to roll up our sleeves. and thank you for the staff and all that you do. so this is an information item, and is there any public comment? hearing none, next item, please. >> clerk: item 11, the future of future agenda items by directors. >> do the directors have any? hearing none. >> clerk: adjourned. >> before we adjourn can we adjourn this meeting on the memory of a great mayor ed lee. >> thank you, thank you all. adjourned. >> shop & dine in the 4

mccullough's can co-author of the new turkey and its discontents gave us his views on the situation this is it to end if we can thaw mistrust between turkey and the united states and in general nato turkey has been calling to nato been best to take an action there is no cooperation between the turkey and united states the biggest friend of turkey is actually i think the biggest enemy of turkey today turkey is trying to create more options approaching to russia or thaw it seems like turkey is trying to lead to make a deal with the start so you want to be more influential to speak up the future of the syria patient northern syria is all about the relationship between them of course and their position to i.p.g. it is they will work together or they prefer to. rallies against the military operation have been held in turkey as well as a number of european countries police in istanbul broke up a gathering and a detained at least a dozen people. britain's top army official has claimed russia represents the biggest threat since the cold war general nick carter called for more funding to bolster

luca guadagnino, amelia george and marco mccullough. darkest hour...et out, sean mckittrick, jordan peele, producers. lady bird, eli bush, scott rudin and evelyn o'neill, producers. phantom thread, joanne sele, paul thomas anderson, megan ellison and daniel leavy, producers. the post. amy pascal, steven spielberg and chris —— —— producers. the shape of water, guillermo del toro and j miles the shape of water, guillermo del toro andj miles dale, producers. three billboards outside ebbing, martin mcdonagh, producers. thank you very much, all, for watching this morning. congratulations to all of the nominees. make sure you watch as we celebrate the 90th oscars, on sunday night, march the 4th on abc. applause cheering studio: so, finally, the full list of nominations, nine films nominated for best picture. remember, this is the third year where they are allowed a maximum of ten. nine nominated for best picture. if our maths is correct, it is the shape of water leading the way. yes, unlucky for some, 13. i'm sure they will take it now! a record has been bro

mccullough get permission to make common cause with missourian who is had not passed any ordinance to succession and the combined army of confederates and missouri state guard advanced, they approached springfield which is where lyon had gathered his columns and both sides, sized pause to examine each other to find out each other's constituent elements, what was what, because there was a threat of rain the southern side called off attack but lyon only 9 miles away in the city of springfield did not rain there, he moved out during the night and launched his attacks successfully at dawn on august 10th and that produced the battle of wilson's creek. it was a southern victory in the sense that all of the southerners were caught by surprise and lyon did attack them successfully, did catch them by surprise, they fought him off, lyon was killed killede battle and the union troops retreated leaving the southerners in control of the field and definition of victory. the book wilson's crook, second battle of the civil war and the men who fought it, i wrote that book with my coauthor and we wante

conflict of interests because recall his wife had received $700,000 from the clinton ally terry mcculloughirginia governor and that may be one of the reasons mccabe no longer has a job today because reportedly the report was looking at whether he had conflict of interest as well and whether that compromised the clinton investigation, something to do with his removal but we don't know. one of the problems with his removal is we don't know why he was removed and the never 2 official of the fbi's removed we need full disclosure from the fbi. heather: by removing him early, removing him, whatever happens, does that protect him from texts ultimately being released? >> unless the fbi allowed him to tape the text messages, no, they ought to be government documents maintained by the fbi and subject to disclosure whether or not he is there. heather: that is what i was wondering, how will this benefit him? thank you so much for joining us, we always appreciate it. the time is 10 minutes until the top of the are, donald trump not giving up on a deal for dreamers just yet. >> get something done, has t

authors, including presidents carter, reagan, nixon, charles de gaulle, henry kissinger, david mccullough, tennessee williams, and last but not least, among the many, laurence olivier. which he could do whole program on laurence olivier. britain, churchhill, dunkirk, defeat into victory which is why we're all here tonight. before i begin, if you have a cell phone or electronic beeper, device, earns please turn it off. please join me in welcoming the wonderful. michael korda. thankk you. [applause] >> good evening. want to make sure that i am not the one whose cell phone rings. [laughter] i'm so used to speaking here when it proceeds a film, that i find myself constantly looking up at the screen expecting something is going to happen there. but, nothing t is. why dunkirk now? i'm sure you are wondering, as i dom. i saw christopher nolan's stunning film "dunkirk" at 3:00 in the afternoon on a weekday in red hook, new york, a small town between pleasant valley and expecting the theater to be empty. instead it was packed. ias was lucky to arrive earlier than i intended. by the time the pictur

david mccullough, with whom i worked for some years, called me and said "you have caught john adams exactly, elizabeth." and he wrote to the editor and said "this book is not only a wonderful book about the country, but for the country." well, that was kind of nice to hear. [laughter] elizabeth: he is a marvelous man, by the way. so, what was the challenge? and here it is. it is the only site in the country that encapsulates lincoln's life experience as father, husband, commander in chief, greatest and most beloved president. it is the only place left to offer fresh insight into his startling physical appearance, his unusual temperament, the idiosyncratic leadership, and the intensity and breadth of his personal and political relationships. it would be the last time the lincoln would share together. it is a missing link in the study of his presidency. who could resist a challenge like that? i couldn't. well, was it worth it? was it worth living two years like a nun? that is the way i write my books. one anonymous reviewer is on the internet and said it is a little gem in the plethora of inf

mccullough was going to do experiments and demonstrations cents for children around the world, but, never got the chance. more than 30 years later those lost lessons will finally be coming to life. >> official autopsy report says rock icon, tom petty, died from an accidental drug overdose. now the la county coroner says a number of his organs failed, because of a toxic mixture of drugs. petty was on several pain medications cents, including fentanyl patches, oxycodone, and several other. he had been treated for several ailments, including knee issues and a fractured hip and emphysema. petty died on october 3rd, after going into full cardiac arrest at his home. he was only 66 years old. >> flat tires, they're a pain. and it happens almost everyone. even the pope. >> and love a first tweet. a new jersey man meets a girl on social media, next thing he's driving 19 hours to meet her in person. >>> caught on camera, a double fuel tanker explodes near salt lake city utah, just look at the massive flames. unbelievable. it started when the truck brakes caught fire. causing it to over turn. the ta

need to mccullough showed up a very male of a kid i mean sure lots of limb you're telling me don't before. then. there's a mushroom it's a. big awfully seen and surface affection your mere inside information and it shows you because they seem to you seem to show him. leash of bats and made out as a baby with a much to look on with any of the look at me meant to me that if they're not tonight we're not nicholas money game known or c poor polish ashleigh surely goal should be so for the inches of india and china where the dublin book. israel military intelligence was able to intercept much of these communications. i would say that. he was not paying enough attention from his point of view enough attention intention to feel security let. me in with it how that. with. them i didn't have the. more. i had the fun ily. he had the had the fit and the whole of no one had the. one. high enough for that. poppy. most son appears to have monitored shikaki for several months. his movements to tehran damascus beirut and libya which have been reported back to television. some reports say that at one poin

virginia governor terry mccullough already declared state of emergency. >> we have live team coveragea and first look at the forecast, sue, i know, how much snow anyone gets depends on exactly where they are. >> and the closer you are to the coast, tony, the more you will see. this really pacca whallop. you heard people calling this a bomb, i keep forgetting what they're calling it, not how i would refer to it, what is it again, sean? yes, bomb cyclone, blizard bomb, we are calling it wicked nor'easter. what this is basically rapidly intensifying non-tropical storm, and by rapidly intensifying, i mean, 24 millie bar drop in 24 hours. that's what qualifies it. this one will be even stronger, 45, 43 millie bar drop in 24 hours, and the bottom line is it

it was published a couple of years ago by david mccullough. the wright brothers. you would say why the book? this is about people who dream. this is about people who believed in bigger possibilities. my high school yearbook quote - was by henry wadsworth longfellow. he said that lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime. and in passing, leave behind us, footsteps on the sands of time. the footsteps that this legislature is going to lay down. i would administration is going to lay down in conjunction with you that we collectively are going to lay down for the people of kentucky pearson will follow in. i want to encourage you to read this book. it is a powerful story. it's about people you've heard but maybe don't know much about. about the father in the sister who helped make everything but the two brothers be a part of able to do the things that they did. it's an incredible story. i encourage you to read this as you dream big dreams. to think about the possibilities ahead of us here in kentucky. there is no reason why we cannot truly lead the

. >> mccullough was going to do those experiments and demonstrations for children around the worlds,sly never got the chance, more than 30 years later those lost lessons will finally be coming to light. >> official autopsy report says rock icon team petty died from an accidental drug overdose. the la county coroner says the number every his organs failed because every mixture of drugs. , pedi was on several pain medications including fentanyl patches, oxycodone and several others, he is was being treated for several ailments including knee issues, fractured hip and fame seem a petty died october 3rd after going into full cardiac arrest at his home. he was only 66 years old. >> these props often get a bad rap. one local woman is showing the community that pitbulls are some of our best pro tech ores. >> amazon prime members listen up. soon, it is going to cost you more to use a service. we will tell you how much more you can expect to pay, and when, it will take effect. monica? >> guys, most of our sunday should remain dry. then we head into the new work week. we are talking some wet w

former virginia governor terry mccullough, democrats.ll that money given for a failed virginia state senate run. that is an astronomical sum in a senate race in virginia. these are all individually massive stories. not even mentioning uranium one. let's see, bribery, extortion, money laundering, kickbacks. and they knew it before cfius, before nine separate agencies approved of giving 20% of our uranium, knowing that vladimir putin's thugs were in america trying to get a foothold into the uranium industry in our country? we don't have enough, we need more. it's insane. i do look at the money behind that. you have mountains of evidence here of wrongdoing. if the media is not touching any of it. why? because the media is infatuated. they cannot control themselves anymore, and it's all about hating president trump. it's kind of like a sickness. doesn't have a cure, apparently never will. they can't see anything else. that is their singular focus. even, by the way, they would prefer kissing the rings and backsides of dictators. the media is

and you have mccabe right praund same time frame who went to see mccullough. all of that looks bad. >> it doesn't mean the investigation was tainted. do i believe someone should review it. i argued oriole, the fbi should do this on their own. bring a group of independent thinkers. review the facts around all of these particular instances. it is starting to serve to diminish the credibility of the fbi. we're watching in real-time the impeachment of a witness. so including fbi agents who take the stand in criminal cases, they use the old line of really, you're a special agent. is there any other special agent? are you the only -- everything they can do to impeach the credibility of that witness. you're seeing it happen in real life in the court of public opinion where everybody will go after the witnesses. did fbi has to get a handle on it. you have to be able to investigate any party in the country. >> let's turn back to my panel. let's talk about these text messages. in the campaign, i think it is fair to call it a campaign of attack go the fbi. what is your r

the first case, mccullough versus maryland is the power of congress to write laws to overrule the state. yik wo is a great case anthony kennedy has mentioned many times and that's all about immigration. we'll have two very good guests on set here in washington, and we have a video journalist producer who will go out around the country to the places that help tell the story for each one of those stories. for yick wo, we'll go to san francisco. for the civil right cases, that was a case that overturned in 1875 law, made it unconstitutional, after the supreme court ruled against that, jim crow laws went into effect in this country. frederick douglass makes an amazing speech just a week afterwards. we'll take you to the speech where frederick douglass makes the speech. that's a little on the set. we'll have your phone calls, tweets, interact with the audience to talk about how these shows are relevant today. >> be sure to watch season two of landmark cases beginning february 26th at 9:00 p.m. eastern live on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> and to help you bet

the first case, mccullough v. maryland, really is the power of congress to write laws.ennedy has mentioned many -- anthony kennedy has mentioned yick wo. we'll have two gets on set, and we'll have a video producer go around the country to the places that help tell the story. yick wo was about chinese laundromats in san francisco. for the civil rights cases, that was a case overturned in 1875 law, made it unconstitutional. after the supreme court ruled against that, jim crow laws went into effect in this country. frederick douglass makes an amazing speech just a week afterwards, so we'll take you to the place where he makes that speech. that's a little bit of on the set. viewer phone calls, betweens, interact with the audience to really talk about how these shows are relevant today. >> be sure to watch season two of landmark cases beginning february 26th at 9 p.m. eastern live on c-span, cell phone span.org or -- crush span.org or -- consider span.org. -- or or or glierntionz grsh j,-- c-span.org. landmark cases volume two, the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling

other speakers on this panel were david mccullough, the pulitzer prize winning historicalion, i believe, and opera singer rene fleming and brad way singer steven son heim. a disparate group of people. i'm not sure that my father knew that steven sonheim wrote on west side story and i think he wrote into a dissent, but definitely some court opinion. but i don't think my father realized that at the time, but i wished they had a chance to talk about that during their encounter. apparently, my father got an along with him very well before the speech and at the speech itself, he tells it went over great. and it was faculty, students, artists and law students from around the city and my father begins the speech by kind of recognizing how out of place he is. how incongruous his presence there is. let me find the beginning, it's pretty great. >> host: i remember that one. >> guest: he said, i'm happy to be here this afternoon, and to tell you the truth, somewhat surprised to be here this afternoon. today's program reads like some sort of iq test. which of the following is out of place? diva, au

on the other side was on thornton, and industrial ceo, and congressman mccullough. they were the republicans and very much into law and order. and the problem that the executive director and victor somethingying to find that these two factions could agree upon. thethat is when they saw harvest, they had heartburn, that heartburn. [laughter] so they moved ahead. they had to move ahead. and i could see why. i could see why the harvest, particularly the last chapter, and had language that was rather overheated. it could have been toned down and made acceptable, but i doubt it because the notion of thetical elements within south was something that was very difficult, and would be very difficult to get those two factions to agree to. ok. a couple of things. point andop at this maybe answer questions as to what else might have been true, but if --why don't i just do that. [applause] >> thank you. ok, before we open it up to the floor, i want to see if any of the palace want to make any remarks? >> it is interesting the discussion is not just about the report, but about am

and next to her, teresa mccullough is a historian of american brewing history, professor of the american brewing history initiative, excuse me, here at the national museum of american history. and this seems such a wonderful place to have this panel on taste because i can't think of any other place really on a global scale that does such an extraordinary job of raising questions of taste and food history and translating those for the general public. i had the privilege of participating in their food history weekend, for those of you who -- some of it is still up on line. well worth using for your own pleasure, for your own viewing pleasure. but also in using in class. and i would encourage you to spend some time in the exhibit today. before it starts to be -- transformed, expanded. >> refreshed. >> refreshed. and that in a way leads to some of my opening thoughts. what i would encourage you all to do, we're going to lay out some initial questions, give you some quick incites into the ways in which these very, very different perspective, curetorial, museum studies, food studies that we ad

the first one, mccullough versus maryland, it's the power of hours to write laws that can overrule the states. 1986 that anthony kennedy mentioned many times is all about immigration. we will have two very good guests here on set in washington and we have a journal's producer who will go around the country to the places that help tell the stories for each one of those cases. wo, we will go to san francisco. it is about the letter mats in san francisco's. -- san francisco. lissa laurent's case, -- civil rights case, that is when jim crow laws began in this country. we want to hear your phone calls, tweets, interact with the audience and talk about how these shows are relevant today. >> fisher to see c-span -- season 2 of landmark cases. to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by a veteran supreme courtournals, tony morrow. $8.95 plussts shipping and handling. go to www.c-span.org /landmarkcases. up next, a forum on government ethics regulations for federal employees and president trump's decision to maintain control of his business operations while in

on the other side was on thornton, and industrial ceo, and congressman mccullough. they were the republicans and very much into law and order. and the problem that the executive director and victor somethingying to find that these two factions could agree upon. thethat is when they saw harvest, they had heartburn, that heartburn. [laughter] so they moved ahead. they had to move ahead. and i could see why. i could see why the harvest, particularly the last chapter, and had language that was rather overheated. it could have been toned down and made acceptable, but i doubt it because the notion of thetical elements within south was something that was very difficult, and would be very difficult to get those two factions to agree to. ok. a couple of things. point andop at this maybe answer questions as to what else might have been true, but if --why don't i just do that. [applause] >> thank you. ok, before we open it up to the floor, i want to see if any of the palace want to make any remarks? >> it is interesting the discussion is not just about the report, but about am

the first case, mccullough versus maryland, is the power of congress to write laws that can overrule the states. in 1886, anthony kennedy was an the supreme court and that's all about immigration. we'll have two very good guests on set here in washington and we've got a video journalist producer who will go around the country to the places that help tell the story for each one of those cases. for wo we'll go to san francisco. it's about chinese laundromats in san francisco. for the civil rights cases, that was a case that was overturned in 1875, law ma. frederick doug lalas makes an amazing speech. we want your phone calls, tweets, interact with the audience to really talk about how these shows are relevant today. >>> be sure to watch season two of "landmark cases" beginning february 26 at 9:00 p.m. eastern live on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide, "landmark cases volume 2." it's $8.95 plus shipping and handling. go to c-span.org,/landmark cases. >>> next

the first case, mccullough versus maryland. and yick wo versus hopkins mentioned many many times on the supreme court all about immigration. we have two sets and we have journalists who go out around the country to tell the story. foryick wo, we go to subdivision, about chinese lawn dro mats. and for the civil rights case overturned 1875 law, after the supreme court ruled against that, jim crow laws made an amazing effect in country and we will hear the speech. and we will interact with the audience to talk about how these shows are relevant today. >> watch season two of landmark cases beginning february 26th live on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the c-span radio act. to help you understand each case we have a companion guide written by supreme court journalist tony mauro. the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to get yours go to c-span.org-landmark cases. >>> next on american history tv, cokie roberts has a discussion at the american historical association's annual meeting. it talks about the association's founde

when it came to my choice, a name came to mind, sierra mccullough, an 11-year-old cancer survivor, usingspecial of friends to help make her dreams come true. >> dance has been my most favorite thing since i was very little. >> dancing is more than movement for 11-year-old sierra mcculley. it's a language. >> it made me express my feelings and say what i had to say in dance form. >> one she knows well. as a competitive dancer for years, sierra is no stranger to the stage. a serious illness nearly ended her young career before it began. at 6 years old, sierra was diagnosed with stage two hodgkin's lymphoma. >> hearing that kind of news was very, very scary for our family. >> she immediately began an aggressive chemotherapy treatment but sierra new the show had to go on. >> she had no hair at the time. we used like packaging tape to tape this hair piece to her ahead hed. >> that next year she danced her way to competition. >> i was proud of myself. i didn't think i could ever do it. >> that is a moment i'll never, ever forget as a mother. >> i'm going to challenge a few other people to chal

freeman, you talk about the days of the panama canal, there's an excellent book by david mccullough. i don't know if you had a chance to read it, the path between the seas but the comment about the time and the complexity and the bureaucracy, all of those things, i think the title is actually in market now, 1870 to 1914. it's been 44 years in planning and actually had to find a cure for major disease that was killing a lot of people down there at the time the construction. it was a remarkable achievement over a hundred years ago. thank you for bringing that up. several projects and programs passed in the water infrastructure improvements for the nation act, they are important to reduce flooding, you mentioned mitigation and in your view, how important is preventing flooding to the economic health of rural communities? >> to reiterate, what we mentioned before, it is immeasurable. communities are responsible, counties in particular are responsible for health and public safety and we take many measures to ensure that our public is protected. we are the first on the scenes of any emerge

i want david mccullough, david ignatius. those are weird books.etting together a collection of weird books. but my original question was there are two things that i wanted to say. number one, i wrote a book nothing like david ignatius, and it didn't become a bestseller. it was living beyond our sell by date. and the reason i wrote that is because everybody is in a rush to retire, and the truth is that we do live beyond our sell by date because there really is not a lot for older people to do. unless they've done something if you become a well known writer or an artist or have some particular skill, you really are no longer needed. there's nothing for you at this particular point. you are just there. and it was interesting to me because i didn't realize -- i read one of your books and enjoyed it very much, mr. ignatius, but many years ago my husband who was not a reader got on the train, we were living in new york, and he got on the train to white plains, and he struck up a conversation, and this man said he had just written a book, "the spy that c

the first cases mccullough about maryland which is the federal government overriding state laws. case about immigration. we will have two guests on set and a video journalist producer who will go around the country to the places that helped tell the story for each one of those cases. wo we will go to san francisco, for the civil rights cases, there was a case overturned in 1875 that made on constitutional affixes supreme court ruled against that, the jim crow law when into effect in this country. read rick douglas made an amazing speech a week afterwards. we will take in the place where frederick douglass makes that space of that's a little bit of on the set and we will take your phone calls, tweets and interact with the audience. we'll talk about how the shows are relevant today. >> be sure to watch season two of landmark cases beginning of february 26 at manacled p.m. live on c-span, www.c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by a veteran supreme court justice journalist. shipping and5 plus

and claire mccullough, founding trustee of the good counsel network, which hold daily vigils outsider happening outside which people still found intimidating, but it is different to what we see today which is people standing directly outside our gates, engaging everyone who comes past trying to persuade them not to attend their treatment and they do this by calling them, "mum" by saying they will be haunted by the ghost of that i foetus, they will say rosarys at them and try and close the gate. all that you have described is lawful? it is and that's the issue is that when we call the police, they're quite frustrated that also little they can do under current laws to protect women from going through that horrific experience, through that emotional blackmail and that's why we're pleased with the leadership that ealing council has shown in bringing the proposal forward and taking the next step. it is a landmark thing and it has implications for the whole country and we're hoping that parliament will take their cue and show leadership at a national level as well. what is wrong with tryin