mr. jonathan capehart came to talk to us, and i really loved the insight he gave us of kind of being the outside source reporting back to us and the electorate about what's going on in our government. >> ruth bader ginsburg is the most inspirational people we have met this week. i want to be in the legal profession or possible a senator. >> i understand the need for bipartisanship at times, but i think it is important that politics go to washington with a goal. >> we need to get back to having a constructi ivive discourse. we need to get back to respecting all people despite their backgrounds. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >>> more now from the abraham lincoln symposium. up next, remarks from author and professor thomas carson. his book is "lincoln's ethics." >> good afternoon. my name is michael burlingame. i teach history at the university of illinois springfield, and i bring you greetings from the holy land. when i saw this set, i was startled when i came into the theater because i saw the title of the show that's being done tonight is "110 in the shade," a and i

mr. jonathan capehart came to talk to us and i really loved the insight he gave us about the outside chores, reporting back to us in the electorate about what's going on in our government. >> ruth bader ginsburg was the most inspirational person we met this week. she's been one of my idols for a long time. i even want to be in the legal profession or possibly a senator. >> i understand the need for bipartisanship at times, but i also think it's a port and that politicians go to washington or go to their state capitals with their eyes on the goal and they're determined to meet that goal instead of sacrificing it in the light of money or bipartisanship or whatever it is. >> we need to get back to having constructive discourse. we need to make this country a more respectful place where people feel welcome to give their opinion. >> sunday night on eight eastern on q&a. >> when i tune in on the weekend, usually usually it's authors sharing their new releases. >> watching non-fiction authors on book tv is the best television for serious readers. on c-span they could have a longer longer conversat

mr. trump, like -- >> lewandowski's attorney also maintains he is absolutely innocent. michelle fields maintains her story has not changed. i want to bring in "washington post" opinion writer, msnbc contributor jonathan capehart, senior correspondent for vox, liz plank is with us as well. jonathan, you had a few weeks ago a column about lewandowski. you said what corey lewandowski says about what a potential trump presidency would look like. you pointed out when you were in new hampshire in 2011, you said the director of the koch brothers was unlike anyone i had seen on the political stage. he was a belligerent presence with a burn this mother down eethos that struck me as dangerous. what are your thoughts? >> i'm not surprised by what i'm seeing. and what it says about who could come into a trump administration is actually quite disturbing. i mean, here we are, tamron. we're talking about the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination whose campaign manager assaulted a member of the press. and we're listening to the candidate defend his campaign manager, when we all know under normal circumstances during a presidential run, with a normal candidate running for president, that campaign manager wou