[inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon and welcome to the new nixon library. i am the president of the richard nixon foundation. we are honored to have several council members here today and a special member joining us today, shelley buchanan. [applause]

he coled the designing construction of the new nixon library which has received two national awards already and hopefully a third next month in new york. frank currently acts as special advisor to the richard nixon foundation. frank. [applause] which i make to reference to reunion there's two individuals i want you to meet and honor they both join the staff of senator richard nixon working with local and loving rose marry woods. since then jacker and louie have been mainstays of every nixon office and campaign and close friends to the nixon family. served in the white house as assistant to rose woods bow by was with the foundation and nixon library from before its opening in 1990 until she retired in 2007. she remains assistant treasure of the nixon foundation board. their combined knowledge of richgd are and pat nixon and career and combine locality and dedication and intelligence and their integrity have guided inspired generation of their colleagues and friends. and delighted that mark and louie are with us today lowe and marx. [applause] now, the reason we're here today to welcome in th

he co-led the design and construction of the new nixon library which has received two national awards already and hopefully a third next month in new york. frank currently acts as spender adviser to the richard nixon foundation. frank? [applause] >> then i make a reference to the union. two other very special individuals i want you to meet and honor. they both joined the staff of senator richard nixon in 1951, working with nixon roz's loyal and loving permanent sect, rose parry -- rosemary woods. he served in the white house that assistant to rose wood though he was with the foundation and the nixon library before its opening in 1990, until she retired in 2007. she remains assistant treasurer of the nixon foundation board. their combined knowledge of richard and pat nixon and their careers, combined loyalty and dedication, their intelligence and their integrity, have guided and inspired generations of colleagues and friend we're delighted that marge and louis are with us today. [applause] >> and now the reason we're here today. to welcome pat buchanan and his new book "the white house

that became special assistant to the president and code lead the design and construction of the new nixon library, which has received two national awards already and hopefully a third next month in new york. frank currently access special advisor to the richard nixon foundation. frank. .mac-- [applause]. >> when i write-- make reference to reunion, there are two other special individuals and want you to meet in honor. about the joint of the staff of senator richard nixon in 1951, working with nixon's loyal and loving personal secretary, rose mary woods. since then, mark jacquard and lou god have been mainstays and close friends to the nixon family. margin served in the white house as the assistant to rosewood though he was with the foundation the next library before its opening in 1990 until she retired in 2007. a treasure of the nixon foundation board work their combined knowledge of richard and pat nixon in their careers, combined loyalty and dedication, intelligence and integrity have guided and inspired generations of their colleagues and friends. we are delighted that they are with us today.

. >> goorchl and welcome to the new nixon library. i'm bill, president of the richard nixon foundation. honored to have president counsel members and a presence counsel member who is joining us today. shelly buchanan. [applause] shelly actually started working to richard nixon before pat did. has that ever been pointed out?

[inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon and welcome to the new nixon library. i am the president of the richard nixon foundation. we are honored to have several council members here today and a special member joining us today, shelley buchanan. [applause] shelley started working for richard nixon before pat. has that ever been pointed out? we look forward to it. thank you for the support that enables us to promulgate the legacy and encourage civics and citizenship in our community. i hope everyone here today can consider being a council member. i would like to introduce several people were the enemy might because this is almost a family reunion and you can tell when i complete how many alumni from the administration and people that were close to the president during his career are here today as a very special group. first served for h. r. haldeman. [applause] a member of the board of directors from the foundation we certainly appreciate the service and focus on advancing the legacy. thank you. >> sandy quinn also a board member and former foundation president. [

joining me here in new york are tim naftali, a cnn presidential historian, and the former director of the richard nixon presidential library. julian zelizer, political historian at princeton and a cnn political analyst. in d.c. robin wright joins us. she writes for the "new yorker" and is a joint fellow at the u.s. institute of peace and the wood rie wilson center. and david frum joins us from l.a. he is a senior editor at "the atlantic" and a former speechwriter for president george w. bush. julian, i want to start with you because it feels to me like we are at a very important moment in terms of congressional reaction to donald trump, republican reaction. when the sessions thing broke, you saw senior republicans like mitch mcconnell publicly disagreeing with trump in absolutely flat out terms. on the russia sanctions they are passing a bill that the white house did not want. on health care three republican senators voted against. but i want to read you, steven pearlstein in the "washington post" had this wonderful story where he tells that lisa murkowski, very conservative senator, is called by the secretary of interior

nixon: a mandy vided." you can search our entire video library at c-span.org. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, the economic policy institutes darren cooper from george mason university mercades center discuss the pros an continues of raising the minimum wage. and a reporter for u.s.as today reports on be sure to watch "washington journal," live on monday morning. join the discussion. unfoldsn, where history daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. british prime minister theresa may answered questions from members of the house of commons with the first time last month general election. many questions focused on the investigation surrounding the building fire in west london that claimed the lives of more than 79 people. this is just under an hour. of the uk too. >> questions for the prime minister? >> thank you, mister speaker. the house will be aware that the prosecution service announced charging petitions and relati

and welcome to the new nixon library. i'm bill, president of the richard nixon foundation. we are honored to have several presidents council members here today and a very special presidents council member who is joining us today, pat buchanan. shelly actually start working