capitol historical society. >> now i have the pleasure of introducing orville vernon burton. vernon does it all. he is actually a one-man university at clemson university in south carolina. he is also the director of the .lemson cyber institute in addition to that, received the dean's' award in research from the college of architecture, art, and humanities. where is the chemistry and biology? least 25s written at books or edited them. he has published more than 200 scholarly articles. he is a distinguished scholar of lincoln among other things. vernon and i compete as to who can wear the best lincoln tie. i got mine at the u.s. capitol historical society. they have great lincoln ties. in any event, i give you vernon burton who will tell you about the importance of the 14th amendment. [applause] >> well, i appreciate you lowering expectations. it is always a hard act to follow paul. trying to get my timer on, and of course i can't. ok. taught the american south for 34 years at the university of illinois. and then i wrote a book, "the age of lincoln." and then, i moved home to

saturday on the civil war, the 150th anniversary of the eradication of the 14th amendment with orville vernon burtonu.s.y on oral histories, army veteran dennis haynes talks about his experiences during the vietnam war. watch this is been networks this weekend. -- c-span networks this weekend. announcer: bill kristol is a limit of -- political commentator. he spoke in manchester, new hampshire previewing the 2020 presidential campaign and the possibility of a republican challenge to president trump. england council.

saturday on the civil war, the 150th anniversary of the eradication of the 14th amendment with orville vernon burton. u.s.y on oral histories, army veteran dennis haynes talks about his experiences during the vietnam war. watch this is been networks this weekend. -- c-span networks this weekend. announcer: bill kristol is a limit of -- political commentator. he spoke in manchester, new hampshire previewing the 2020 presidential campaign and the possibility of a republican challenge to president trump. england council. >> i want to welcome you. as most of you know, politics -- not just for political candidates. who haveosted figures extensive experience commentating on presidential politics. -- we i did to welcome are delighted to welcome bill kristol. bill began his political career working on the senate campaign in 1976. i was in high school. and alan keyes in 1988. he went on to serve as chief of staff to secretary of education l bennett during the reagan administration. and later as chief of staff to vice president dan quayle, joining the first bush administration. before starting the weekly stan

next, clemson university history professor orville vernon burton talks about the origins of the 14th amendment and why it was the essential and necessary to ratify after the civil war and the abolition of slavery. this 45-minute talk was part of a daylong symposium hosted by the u.s. capitol historical society.

anniversary of the ratification of the 14th amendment with clemson university history professor orville vernon burton. and sunday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on oral histories, u.s. army veteran dennis haines talks about his experiences, injuries and long recovery during the vietnam war. watch the c-span networks this weekend. >> when i first heard that the president had immediately accepted the offer of kim jong un to meet, my first reaction was, oh, my god, what was he doing. and then i thought, well, nothing else has worked, maybe we a ought to try this because, frankly, maybe they do have an opening. and i would just say the following if i were talking to the folks who are going to have to manage this. the first thing is we do know that there's a north korean pattern, i was the last secretary of state to try to negotiate with the north koreans, with the father, kim jung-il. they get in trouble, sanctions start to bite, they get isolated, and then they go on a charm offensive, they come to the table, they make promises and don't live up to them. or as in happened to us, they actually do live up to a numb