. >> next, cartoonist patrick oliphant draws characters.uring the presentation, david mccullough discusses the presidents and some of their most memorable qualities. this is about an hour. >> thank you very much for being here and introducing me. i want to tell you that you are in for a rare thrill of an experience. i saw patrick do what he does this way in rome two years ago and it took my breath away, just like watching a magic show. i think that you will come away with a feeling that many of us have that what he is doing is of immense importance, interest total body of work is a major american accomplishment in art not just in politics. in understanding the times we live in. one of the most obvious lessons of history is that it isn't about just politics and war and boring statistics and provisos. it is about everything. it is about people. history is human. when, in the course of human events, our founding document begins and the operative word is human. this struck me powerfully one day when i was driving down massachusetts avenue and c

i feel very much that patrick oliphant is the art for version of george gershwin. he is a major american phenomenon. the fact that we are going to get to enjoy his way of seeing life and seeing our time is a privilege, believe me. i remind you, for example, of thomas nast, the one who really put old boss tweed down. tweed something up perfectly, as you may remember -- you said, my constituents don't care a straw what you write in those newspapers. most of them can't read. it is those dam pictures that get me. [laughter] then of course, in france -- to my mind, surpassing them all, is our honored guest today, patrick oliphant. where are you, patrick? he is at work. [applause] >> thank you. that is very generous of you thank you. >> go ahead. i want to preach a little more. i think that the phenomenon of the human face is one of the most extraordinary aspects of the human brain. when you think that there are very little difference is between one face and another minute, fractions of an inch and yet you could be in grand central station at rush hour with 10,000, 20,00

patrick oliphant draws ten historical caricatures caricatures.new year's day on the c-span networks. for our complete schedule, go to cspan.org. historian catherine clinton talks about what she called, quote, parlor politics in washington, d.c., during the civil war. women such as merry lincoln and kate chase daughter of treasury secretary treasury salmon p. chase, carried out their own social battles. according to miss clinton, mary lincoln often drew criticism for attempting to keep up appearances through lavish diplomatic dinners despite the ongoing civil war. this hour-long event was part of the lincoln forum symposium in gettys gettysburg, pennsylvania. >> it's my pleasure to introduce your second speaker this morning, dr. catherine clinton. dr. clinton earned her bachelor's degree at harvard and ph.d. at princeton where she studied under dr. james mcpherson. she taught at the citadel, wesleyan wesleyan, brandeis, and queens university in belfast, northern ireland. since august of 2014 she's been the denman endowed professor at american hist

cartoonist patrick oliphant draws ten presidential caricatures as historian david mccullough discusses the presidents and some of their most memorable qualities. new year's day on the c-span networks. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> on december 21st, 1864, union forces under general william tecumseh sherman captured savannah, completing the march to the sea campaign that started in atlanta more than five weeks earlier. todd gross, president of the georgia historical society, talks about the significance of the campaign, and how it has been remembered. this ceremony in savannah is about 20 minutes, and includes the unveiling of a new historical marker about the march to the sea. >>> good afternoon. i'm bob jepsen, chairman of the georgia historical society and i'd like to welcome you all to madison square on this warm and balmy day. i'm taking a big risk, we believe that the bells are finished for awhile, so i hope you can hear me. part of our mission at the georgia historical society is the education of the history of the great state of georgia, and we're here today to

and then at 8:00 p.m., cartoonist patrick oliphant as historian david mccullough discusses the presidentsnd some of their most memorable qualities. new year's day on the c-span networks. for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. historian katherine clinton talks about what she calls, quote, parlor politics in washington, d.c., during the civil war. women such as mary lincoln and kate chase, daughter of treasury secretary sam chase, carried out their own social battles through gossip, spending wars and hosting parties. mary lincoln often drew criticism for attempting to keep up appearances through lavish diplomatic dinners despite the ongoing civil war. this hour-long event was part of the lincoln forum symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. >> it is my pleasure to introduce our second speaker, dr. katherine clinton. dr. clinton earned her bachelor's degree at harvard and her ph.d. at princeton where she studied under dr. james mcpherson. she taught at the citadel wesleyan, brandeis and at queens university in belfast northern ireland. since august of 2014 she's been the denman endowed

at 8:00 p.m., cartoonist patrick oliphant draw thes ten presidential caricatures as david mcculloughdiscuss it is presidents and their memorable qualities. new year's day on the cspan networks. for the complete schedule go to cspan.org. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2, on c-span3 we complement the coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. on weekends, c-span3 is home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story, including six unique series. the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums and historic sites to is see what is revealed about america's past. history bookshelf, the best known history writers. the presidency looking at the policies and legacieses of the nation's commanders in chief. lectures in history with top college professors delving into america's past and reel america featuring government and educational films from the 1930s through the '70s. c-span3, created by the cable tv industry and fund

cartoonist patrick oliphant draws ten presidential caricatures as historian david mccullough discusses the presidents and some of their most memorable qualities. new year's day on the c-span networks. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> next brandeis university professor jonathan sarna talks about how industrialist henry ford founded and supported a newspaper which published andy jewish articles. ford's international weekly the deer born independent published an article in 1920 describing, quote, the international jew, end quote, as the world's foremost problem. the articles were later published as a series of books. this class is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> all right. good afternoon, everybody. the last time we looked broadly at the rise of hatred during world war i, and we looked at immigration restriction, which was in some ways related to that and a little bit about the ku klux klan and we spent a lot of time on the translation of the forgery own as the protocol of the elders of zion and then we mentioned some of the anti-immigrant rhetoric connected rhetoric conne

cartoonist patrick oliphant draws ten presidential caricatures as historian david mccullough discussesthe presidents and some of their most memorable qualities. new year's day on the c-span networks. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> on december 21st, 1864, union forces under general william tecumseh sherman captured savannah, completing the march to the sea campaign that started in atlanta more than five weeks earlier. todd gross, president of the georgia historical society, talks about the significance of the campaign, and how it has been remembered. this ceremony inlict that created this world that we live in today. thank you so much for being here. >>> we'd like to tell you about some of our other american history tv programs. join us every saturday at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern for a special look at the civil war. we'll bring you to the battle battlefields. we'll let you hear from scholars and re-enactors and bring you the latest historical forums on the subject. every saturday at 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >>> you've be

cartoonist, patrick oliphant draws 10 presidential caricatures as and they discuss some of the most memorable qualities. new year's day on c-span networks. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> next on booktv, senator john mccain recounts america's armed conflicts through the use of "13 soldiers quod. joseph plum martin, revolutionary in war. michael mansoor a navy seal in iraq and many others. senator mccain speaks at the national press club in washington d.c. for the about 45 minutes. >> senator john mccain, you know all about him. just going to tell you just a little bit. served in the u.s. navy from 1954 to 1981. he was elected to the u.s. house of representatives from arizona in 1982. and the senate in 1986. he was the republican presidential candidate in 2008. he is now serving his fifth term in the senate. and myron belkind over here is our 107th president of the national press club. he has had a 42-year career with the associated press and he has covered many world leaders. myron received his ba in 1961 from ohio state university and an ms with high honors in '62 from columb

then at 8:00 p.m., cartoonist patrick oliphant draws presidential caricatures. for our complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> next from 2007 former senator howard baker talks about his career and his work in congress. senator baker died at the age of 88, was interviewed by historian richard norton smith for the dole institute oral history project. this is an hour. i would love to know the difference. >> my dad was in the house. i never was. >> the senate that you came into in 1967 -- how to that differ from the senate today? >> honestly, i have avoided answering that question for a lot of reasons. one, because i try not to second-guess those who followed me. the other is, in all fairness, you do not know the senate there. you just do not know. you can lose it in a matter of weeks or months. the real touch, the real understanding of what the senate is like. i avoid trying to do that. i have always said it would appear from outside that things are tougher now than they were. more personal, more confrontational. but i cannot say that because i'm not there. >> desc

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cartoonist, patrick oliphant draws 10 presidential caricatures as and they discuss some of the most memorable qualities. new year's day on c-span networks. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> next on booktv, senator john mccain recounts america's armed conflicts through the use of "13 soldiers quod. joseph plum martin, revolutionary in war. michael mansoor a navy seal in

at 8:00 p.m., cartoonist patrick oliphant draw thes ten presidential caricatures as david mccullough discuss it is presidents and their memorable qualities. for the complete schedule go to cspan.org. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2, on c-span3 we complement the coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. on weekends, c-span3 is home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story, including six unique series. the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts touring museums and historic sites to is see what is revealed about america's past. the best known history writers. the presidency looking at the policies and legacieses of the nation's commanders in chief. lectures in history with top college professors delving into america's past and reel america featuring government and educational films from the 1930s through the '70s. c-span3, created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. watch in hd

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then at 8:00 p.m., cartoon he is patrick oliphant draws 10 characters. new year's day on the c-span networks,. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> now google executive chair eric schmidt talks about data collection by private companies. he is interviewed by "washington post" reporter craig timber, from the cato institute, this is 30 minutes. >> thank you all for coming. this is an impressive group the cato institute has put together. i am honored to be here, and am happy dr. schmidt has found time in his schedule to talk about surveillance. >> thank you for having me in this important conversation. >> just so you know, i am going to ask a few questions. about half way threw i am hoping to open up the floor to questions. if there is something you have been dying to ask eric schmidt for years, this is your opportunity. for now, i will start off here. when the waupt first learned that the n.s.a. was tapping the links between data centers for google around the world, some of our reporters showed a diagram of how this worked. some of your engineers

at 8:00 p.m., cartoonist patrick oliphant jaws 10 presidential caricatures as the presidents are discussedir most memorable qualities. new year's day on the c-span networks, for a complete schedule, go to www.c-span.org. tonight on "the communicators," amy mitchell of the pew research center on political polarization and were people get their news. >> you look at facebook in particular because they are the largest outlet that has the greatest percentage of the american public using it in terms of special sites. about half of our respondents said they got political news from facebook in the last week. that puts facebook in particular on par with local television and some of the other really top outlets among the 89% of the population. it clearly plays a role in people's information and how they learn and who they are committing a -- how they are communicating with. we broke down the difference is ideologically, the consistent conservatives were much more likely to have circles of friends and key political views in line with their own political leanings more so than those that are mixed in -

cartoonist patrick oliphant draws 10 presidential carrick ca as a historian discusses the presidentsnd some of their most memorable quality. new year's day on the c-span net works. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> the university of chicago institute of politics recently hosted a discussion on the future of conservativism. topics included challenges facing the republican party, potential candidates, and winning votes of young people. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> republicans won a sweeping electoral victory last november yet many americans struggle to identify with an affirmative party message. these leaders collaborated to write room to grow, a manifesto for a reformatory agenda that makes conservativism work for the middle class. the commentators refer to the intellectual resurgence of the republican party, referring to our guests today. i have no doubt you will soon see why. our first panelist is andrew kelly the director of the center on higher education reform at the american enterprise institute. he researches higher education policy including financial aid re

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