we have picked one of michael o'donnell's songs to close by. as we listen to that, can you give us a brief introduction of what his music sounds like? david: michael and marcus were folk singers in the early 1960's it in the spirit of peter, paul, and mary or the mamas and papas. you will hear songs that are joyful, beautifully composed. they harmonized really well. they are looking forward to a time ahead of them that was not to be, a time of happiness and love, and that is what they wrote about in the 1960's. susan: thank you for your time. appreciate the conversation. as we close, we are going to listen to michael o'donnell and marcus sullivan in one of their songs written during the vietnam era. >> ♪ i remember when you were looking up at me if i were the on one you want to see no one to talk my troubles to no one to talk my troubles to >> all q&a programs are available on our website. at c-span.org. >> ♪ can't remember good times and think of days to come

on vietnam, it's about michael o'donnell. one soldier of the 58,000 who died. dan. good morning, everyone, and it's a real pleasure to have you with us for this day. our hope is, as peter said, that we can spend a day reflecting on an extraordinarily important moment in our history that in all kinds of ways, i think we can agree, changed almost everything about how we live, what we believe, how we select governors, governance, how we think about the military and so forth. we hope to dig into those questions and many others today in our discussion and there will be opportunity for us to discuss with the panelists as we do these these sessions. each panel, there'll be five panels through the day and in between the panels there will be breaks and opportunities for discussion. but we won't be taking questions from the audience during the period of the of the sessions. for those of you who stay with us, you get a free lunch and it's going to be delicious. i promise you, books are available in the lobby, so we have a nice plan for the day ahead. i'd like to just conclude

weiss's book tells the story of poet and musician michael o'donnell who went missing in action during after the helicopter he was piloting was shot down over community a -- over cambodia. >> he went down to the landing zone area, and he hovered on the ground for four minutes, waiting for the reconnaissance team to arrive. which is in a battle condition, a eternity. he waited, the reconnaissance team arrived, and they flew to -- got to the helicopter, they got above the tree line, and radioed, i have everyone coming out. >> this memorial day weekend, sunday night on c-span's q and a. you can listen to q&a and all of our

metropolitan museum of art president and ceo daniel weiss, he tells the story of poet and musician michael o'donnell who went missing in action during the war after the helicopter he was piloting was shot down over cambodia. >> because there was no one else there and it had to be done he made the decision immediately that he would rescue these men. he went down to the landing zone area and he hovered on the ground for four minutes waiting for the reconnaissance team to arrive, which is in a battle condition and eternity. it is a very long time to sit vulnerable to the enemy but he waited, the reconnaissance team arrived, injured but safe. they boarded the helicopter, and o'donnell began

his book "in that time" talks about michael o'donnell who went missing in action after the helicoptere was piloting was shot down in cambodia. >> he made the mission to rescue these men. he

michael o'donnell it right. don't forget, because we gave everything for whatever it was that we were sent here to do. and the most important thing we can do now is remember them and honor that service and learn from that. and the third, at least for me, is that the center of every one of these issues is the quality and character of the leadership that we select to make these decisions that lyndon johnson single handedly could escalate this war. richard nixon single handedly end this war if they had the courage do so and they didn't. and lives were lost as a result of that. so as we think about the future and when one thing we can do as an educated citizenry is ask more of our elected officials and place a higher burden on responsibility and ethical leadership. we do. because when all else is pass by, that's what they have left is to make decisions on the basis of what they might think is right and what make what may matter most, even if it costs them something. this is why we're here because quality decisions w

weiss his book in that time tells the story of poet and musician michael o'donnell, who went missing in action during the war after. the helicopter he was piloting was shot down over cambodia. but because there was one else there and it had to be done, o'donnell made the decision immediately that he would rescue men. so he went down to into the landing zone area and he hovered on the ground for 4 minutes waiting for the team to arrive there, which is in a battle condition, eternity. it's a very long time to be sitting vulnerable to the enemy. but he he waited. the reconnaissance team arrived, injured but safe. they boarded the helicopter, all of them. and o'donnell began to pull the helicopter up above the tree line and radioed, i have all i have everyone. i'm coming out. daniel weiss with, his book in that time this memorial day weekend. at 8 p.m. eastern on c span q&a, you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span app. monday, memorial day will bring you live coverage of the annual wreath ceremony and observance program to honor america's fallen from arlington na

his book "in that time" talks about michael o'donnell who went missing in action after the helicopter he was piloting was shot down in cambodia. >> he made the mission to rescue these men. he went down in this landing zone area and he hovered on the ground for four minutes waiting for the reconnaissance team to arrive there which is in a battle condition an eternity. it's a very long time sitting vulnerable. the reconnaissance team arrived. o'donnell began to pull the helicopter up above the tree line and radioed, i have -- i have everyone. i'm coming out. >> daniel weiss with his book "in that time", this memorial day weekend, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can listen to "q&a" and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. host: 2024 presidential candidate, former governor of arkansas, asa hutchinson at our table this morning. thank you for being here. guest: it is good to be back on c-span and i remember when c-span came to arkansas when i was governor. it was on your 50 stator to host you and it's good -- 50 state tour to host you and it's good to be

's new book in that time tells the story of poet and musician michael o'donnell who went missing in actionuring the war after the helicopter he was piloting was shot down over cambodia. >> because there is no one else there and it had to be done, he made the decision immediately that he would rescue these men. he went down into the landing zone area and he hovered on the ground performance, waiting further, since team to arrive there, which is, in a battle condition, and it turned to. it's a long time to be sitting vulnerable to the enemy. he waited, the reconnaissance team arrived, injured by safe, they boarded the helicopter come all of them and o'donnell began to pull the helicopter up above the tree line and radioed, i have everyone i'm coming out. >> daniel weiss with his book " in that time" this memorial day weekend sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span' q&a. which you can listen to on our free c-span now app. >> u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin delivered the commencement speech at the u.s. naval academy graduation ceremony in annapolis, maryland. you can watch it tonight at 9

i had great conversations with jim, who was in the audience here, who was a who served with michael o'donnell in vietnam, a fellow helicopter pilot. and he told me in great detail how their focus each day not on the larger political questions. it was staying alive every day. how do we get through? what do we have to do in order to get the day? how do we make sure we take care of each other? and according to jim and i'm sure this is true for many who serve, it just wasn't time to think about leadership. that wasn't why they what that was on their radar dimension. so what you say, of course, resonates. and that's also what we heard earlier. but stepping back, all of you have reflected on leadership and frankly in your work, has your have your own thoughts about political leadership developed since the fire in, the lake. what are your views about about political leadership and the war making? and and has that taken news for you? yeah, i think it has. i pentagon papers was was published just before i finished the book and that that had an enormous impact on me that that those papers and i actuall

metropolitan museum of art president and ceo daniel weiss, he tells the story of poet and musician michael o'donnell who went missing in action during the war after the helicopter he was piloting was shot down over cambodia. >> because there was no one else there and it had to be done he made the decision immediately that he would rescue these men. he went down to the landing zone area and he hovered on the ground for four minutes waiting for the reconnaissance team to arrive, which is in a battle condition and eternity. it is a very long time to sit vulnerable to the enemy but he waited, the reconnaissance team arrived, injured but safe. they boarded the helicopter, and o'donnell began to pull the helicopter up above the tree line and radioed that he had everyone. >> with his book in that time, this memorial weekend, sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q day. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcast on our free c-span now app. >> a look now at an energy department proposal to regulate the efficiency of gas stoves. this house subcommittee hearing looked at the cost, convenience and public

his book in that time tells the story of poet and musician michael o'donnell who and wt missing in action during the war after the helicopter he was piloting was shot down over cambodia. >> because there was no one else there and had to be done he made the decision immediately he would rescue these men. so we went down into the landing zone area and hovered on the ground for four minutes waiting for the recon into steam to arrive. which is an about condition and in eternity. it's a very long time to be sitting vulnerable to the enemy. that he waited. reconnaissance team arrived injured but safe. they board the helicopter all of them and o'donnell began to pull helicopter up above the tree line and radioed i have everyone, i'm coming out. >> daniel weiss with his book in that time this memorial day weekend sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now. >> and now is a free mobile app featuring their unfiltered view of what's happening in washington live and on-demand. keep up with today's biggest events with live stream

museum of art president daniel weiss, his will in time tells the story of poets and musician michael o'donnell went missing after the helicopter he was piloting was shot down over cambodia. >> donald made the decision immediately so he went down into the landing zone area he hovered on the ground for four minutes waiting for the reconnaissance team to arrive which is in battle conditions and eternity, is a long time to the same vulnerable to the annie e wade, the reconnaissance team arrived, injured or say. and with all began to pull the helicopter above the tree line radio i asked everyone, i'm coming out. >> daniel weiss with his book that time this memorial day weekend sunday 8 pm eastern on c-span's two and day. listen to you and they all on the c-span now. >> author and journalist david frommer will take calls about natural history and the origins of deadly viruses like evil and hiv. contributing writer national geographic has written many books including mister darwin and spillover. is his breathless race to the virus costs the covid-19 head . join with your phone calls, texts d treats i

weiss his book in that time tells the story of poet and musician michael o'donnell, who went missing in action during the war after. the helicopter he was piloting was shot down over cambodia, but because there was no one else there and it had to be done, o'donnell made the decision immediately that he would rescue men. so he went down to to into the landing zone area and he hovered on the ground for 4 minutes waiting for the reconnaissance team to arrive there, which is in a battle condition in eternity. it's a very long time to be sitting vulnerable to the enemy. but he he waited. the reconnaissance team arrived injured but safe. they boarded the helicopter, all of them. and o'donnell began to pull the helicopter up above the tree line and radioed, i have all i have everyone. i'm coming out. daniel weiss with his book. in that time, this memorial day, weekend, tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. book tv every weekend on c-span two features leading authors discussing. their latest nonfiction books design

weiss his book in that time tells the story of poet and musician michael o'donnell, who went missingaction during the war after the helicopter he was piloting was shot down over cambodia. but because there was no one else there and it had to be done, o'donnell made the decision immediately that he would rescue these men. so he went down to to into the landing zone area and he hovered on the ground for 4 minutes, waiting for the reconnaissance team to arrive there, which is in a battle condition in eternity. it's a very long time to be sitting vulnerable to the enemy. but he he waited. the reconnaissance team arrived, injured, but safe. they boarded the helicopter, all of them. and o'donnell began to pull the helicopter up above the tree line and radioed, i have i have everyone. i'm coming out. daniel weiss with his book. in that time, this memorial day weekend tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a. you can listen to q&a, all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. washington journal continues. we're back and we're

his book tells the story of michael o'donnell who went missing during the war. helicopter he was piloting was shot down over cambodia. >> o'donnell made the decision immediately that he would rescue his men. he went down into the landing zone area. he hovered for four minutes, which is in a battle condition and attorney. it is a long time -- condition an intern eddie. -- condition an eternity. the men came. >> daniel weiss with his book "in that time," this memorial day weekend on c-span's q and a. you can listen to q and a and all of our podcastss on the c-span now app. host: we are back and we are joined by evan thomas, whose new book looks at the roles of war secretary carl spreads had in the ending of world war ii. with memorial day coming up, this is an appropriate conversation to have. guest: good morning. host: what made you decide to write "road to surrender"/ guest: i grew up scared of nuclear weapons, and i am still scared of them. i have always been interested in the first time we used these things. i had always wondered, did we really have to use tha

michael o'donnell went missing during the work after the helicopter he was piloting was shot down overdia. >> o'donnell made the decision to medially he would rescue these men. he went down and these landing zone areas. he hovered on the ground for four minutes waiting for the reconnaissance team to arrive, which is in about condition and attorney. it's a very long time to be sitting vulnerable to the enemy. he waited. the reconnaissance team arrived, injured but safe. they boarded the helicopter. o'donnell began to pull the helicopter up about the tree line and radiod i have everyone and i'm coming out. >> daniel weiss with his book on sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a at our podcast on our free c-span now app. >> washington journal continues. host: good morning. we are back with representative greg murphy. he's a republican from north carolina, a member of the house ways and means committee and we will be discussing this stalemate over raising the debt ceiling and other republican priorities. guest: it good morning to you. host: thank you for joining

his book tells the story of musician michael o'donnell who went missing in the war after the airplanee was piloting was shot down. >> the decision was made immediately he would rescue these men. he went into these landing zone areas and hovered on the ground for four minutes waiting for the recognizance team to arrive there, which is in a battle condition, and eternity. it is a long time to be sitting vulnerable to the enemy. the reconnaissance team arrives injured but safe. they boarded the helicopter and o'donnell began to pull the helicopter above the tree line and radioed, i have everyone, i am coming out. >> daniel wise with his book, in that time this memorial day weekend sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q and day. you can listen to q and a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. ♪ >> listening to programs on c-span3 c-span radio just got easier. tell your smart speaker play c-span radio app and listen to washington journal daily at 7:00 a.m. eastern. public affairs events throughout the day and weekdays at 5:00 p.m. and nine clock p.m. eastern, catch wa

his book tells the time of poet and musician michael o'donnell, missing in action during the war afteropter he was piloting was shot down over cambodia. >> because no one else was there o'donnell made the decision he would rescue these men. he went into these landing zone area, and hovered on the ground for four minutes waiting for the recognizance team to arrive, which is in a battle condition and eternity. it is a long time to be sitting vulnerable to the enemy. he waited. the reconnaissance team arrived, injured but safe. they boarded the helicopter and o'donnell began to pull the helicopter up above the tree line and radioed, i have everyone, i am coming out. >> daniel wise with his book, this memorial day weekend sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. you can listen to q and a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. ♪ >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what is happening in washington live and on-demand. keep up with the days biggest evens from live streams of floor proceedings, in hearings from the u.s. congress white h

weiss tells the story of poets and musician michael o'donnell who went missing in action during the warthe helicopter he was piloting was shot down over cambodia. >> he made the decision he would rescue these men. he went down into these landing zone areas and he hovered on the ground for four minutes waiting for the reconnaissance team to arrive, which is in battle conditions and eternity. it is a long time to be sitting vulnerable. he awaited, the team arrives, injured but safe. they boarded the helicopter and o'donnell begin to pull the helicopter up above the tree line and radio i have everyone, i am coming out. >> daniel weiss with his book in that time. this memorial day weekend, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> a healthy democracy does not just look like this. it looks like this. americans can see democracy at work. get informed straight from the source on c-span. unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. from our nations capital to wherever you are. get the opinion that matters the most. this is

from the uk lord chesterton mejia, sir michael warren called murphy, jonathan powell,ff and bill jeffries. ireland's, dick spring, davidfr andrews, sean, liz o'donnellcooney, tim o'connell and david donahue. special recognition must of course go to the leaders of the major northern ireland parties. jon q led the social democrats and david trumbull led the unionist party. without jon, there would not have been a peace process. back. [applause] without david trumbull, there would not have been a peace agreement. [applause] they were justly awarded the nobel peace prize. lord trumbull later served as the first minister of the northern ireland government. he was greatly aided by several officials gorge, lord jon taylor, lord ken mugginess for donaldson. in the stl p you received strong support from several talented leaders including seamus a brilliant orator and negotiator who later became deputy first minister rogers, sean. gerry adams the late led into and through the entire process. they were assisted by gerry kelly, barbara o'brien and alex who is now the speaker of the northern ireland assembly. they were always strong and effective advocates for t

of poet and musician michael o'donnell who went missing in action during the war after the helicopter he was piloting was shot down over community a -- over cambodia. >> he went down to the landing zone area, and he hovered on the ground for four minutes, waiting for the reconnaissance team to arrive. which is in a battle condition, a eternity. he waited, the reconnaissance team arrived, and they flew to -- got to the helicopter, they got above the tree line, and radioed, i have everyone coming out. >> this memorial day weekend, sunday night on c-span's q and a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-sn now app. >> florida governor ron desantis announced in video released on youtube that he is officially the candidate for the 24 presidential nomination. he was first elected as governor in 2018 and before that served as a member of congress. >> our border is a disaster. crime infested our cities and the federal government makes it harder for to make ends meet. and the president flounders. but success is attainable and freedom is worth fighting for. writing the ship