and i feel very much patrick oliphant is his art form's version of george gershwin. he is a major american phenomena. and the fact that we're going to enjoy his way of seeing life and our time is a privilege, believe me. i remind you, for example, of thomas nast who is the one who really put old boss tweet down finally. and tweed summed it up perfectly, as you may remember. he said, my constituents don't care a straw for what you write in those newspapers, most of them can't read. it's those damn pictures that get me. and then of course there was bill maul din in our time, and to my mind surpassing them all, is our honored guest today, patrick oliphant. where are you, patrick? he's right at work. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> very generous of you. >> thank you very much. if you'd let me get on with my work. >> go ahead. i want to preach a little more. >> have you got any johnson stories? >> i think the phenomenon of the human face is one of the most extraordinary aspects of the human brain. when you think there are very little differences from one face to another, ma

patrick oliphant draws 10 presidential caricatures as david mccullough discusses the presidents and some of the most memorable qualities. at 7 p.m. eastern a 1960 interview with herbert hoover discussing his life beyond the presidency. at 9:30 our conversation with james still and mary bacon about the ford theater production of "the widow lincoln." find out complete television schedule at c-span.org, let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us or e-mail us at c-span.org, or send us a tweet at c-span hashtag comments. follow us on facebook. like us on twitter. keep track of the republican-led congress and follow its new members through its first session. new congress, best access, on seas and he's been to, c-span radio, and c-span.org. up next on american history tv, former members of president clinton's administration discusses economic strategy and achievements, examining health care reforms, budget surplus and welfare tax cre

cartoonist patrick oliphant draws residential candidates. at 7:00 eastern, a 1960 nbc interview with herbert hoover discussing his life be on the presidency. at 9:30, our conversation with james still and mary bacon about the ford theater production of the widow lincoln to mark the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination. let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-606-3400. or send us a tweet at c-span #comments. >> coming up, british prime minister david cameron takes questions from the house of commons. then former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina at the politics and eggs breakfast in new hampshire. then rand paul at the annual gala. >> british prime minister david cameron answered several questions wednesday from the house of commons concerning accusations that swiss bank hsbc helped some avoid paying taxes. the president discussed ukraine this is 35 minutes. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition t

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american history tv on c-span3 cartoonist patrick oliphant draws 10 presidential caricatures as a historian discusses the president's. at 7:00 p.m. eastern, an interview with herbert hoover discussing his life beyond the presidency. at 9:30, our conversation with a playwright about before the theater presentation of "the widow lincoln." find the complete television schedule on c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation .like us on facebook/, follow us on twitter. >> kentucky senator rand paul attended the "american spectator" gala on wednesday. he defended the 2013 government shutdown and criticized hillary clinton for the benghazi attack. this is almost half an hour. >> i go to a lot of barbecues. i think i might need to alter my jackets, they are getting a little tight. i was at a barbecue in kentucky and the guy in front of me had a plate of barbecue. he was loading up another plate of barbecue. i said, you are not going to live long eating like that. he said my grandfather lived to b

then cartoonist patrick oliphant draws 10 presidential caricatures as historians discuss the president and memorable qualities. then a 1960 nbc interview with former president herbert hoover discussing his life beyond the presidency. and at 9:30, our conversation with playwright james still and actor mary bacon about the ford's theater production of "the widow lincoln" to mark the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's assassination. find our complete television schedule at cspan.org. let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments at cspan.org or send us a tweet. join the c-span conversation like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >>> now to a house oversight committee hearing looking into the secret service's protection of the white house compound. witnesses include members of an independent panel appointed by the homeland security department to examine recent white house security breaches, including an incident involving a fence jumper who made it inside the white house. the panel of former obama administration and b

cartoonist patrick oliphant draws ten care actemperatures. then at 7:00 p.m.tern, a 1960 nbc interview with former president herbert hoover discussing his life beyond the presidency. at 9:30, our conversation with playwright james still and maerp bacon about the widow lincoln to mark the 150th anniversary of the lincoln's assassination. find our complete television schedule at c-span.org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us at 202-626-3400. e-mail us at comments@c-span.org or send us a tweet@c-span hashtag comments. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. . >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back the former speaker of the house. newt gingrich guest: great to be here. host: the headline yesterday, mitch mcconnell may have locked himself in when he said he did not want to see another government shutdown and yet, your successor, john boehner is saying the house has done its job. the senate needs to do its job. what's going to happen? guest: i think the only effective