. >> richard baker, donald ritchie and ray fund on c-span's q & a sunday night at 8:00 eastern time. >>> next on real america, a look at the tumultuous month of june 1968 through the camera lens of the photographic unit as it covered the activities of resident lyndon b. johnson. during 1968, it covers the investigation and funeral of robert -- the assassination and funeral of robert kennedy, a nuclear nonproliferation treater with the soviets and chief justice earl warren's retirement. this show is one half hour long. >>> ♪ >> the evening of june 4 had been warm and clear and washington. the president retire just before midnight to the family living quarters in the white house after a state reception for a visiting guest. is rest that mike was cut short by a message from presidential assistant paul rust out. at 3:30 a.m. the president was awakened with the news that senator robert kennedy in the midst of his victory in the presidential primary had been shot and critically wounded by an assassin. the president's reaction was immediate. he ordered secret service protection for the majo

brian: richard baker, what are you doing in retirement? mr. ker: i am trying to write a book on the relationship between john quincy adams and daniel webster. at one point, john quincy adams said of daniel webster, "he is a man of rotten heart." both of them left voluminous records, so there is a lock to .ine -- a lot they alternatively loved and hated each other. they went often vastly different directions, so they become sort to a very significant period of american history, particularly for congress. we think of who was the most significant person ever to serve in the senate. many people would say john f. kennedy served on -- said in a little committee, daniel webster . house of representatives, maybe john quincy adams. how they interact during their careers? want to ask all three of you what book you have been reading that you would recommend to someone else. book in history. i have been too busy writing to read anybody else's right now. brian: i've got one of your books right here. >> we ought not go there. is -- i am a historian, but i am

brian: richard baker. dr. r: i would like to have daniel webster and i would like to have john quincy adams. not only because they are from my native massachusetts, but because they were people who really knew how the senate and house of representatives worked in the second quarter of the 19th century. the third person i would like to have is robert c. byrd. people often said about senator byrd that he would be as at home in the 20th and 21st century or in the 19th-century, and probably the 18th century, too. he had the demeanor, the air, and gravitas of a u.s. senator. i would like to hear the three of them sort of mix it all up. they would not believe what he had to tell them, i'm sure. brian: for "q&a" tonight, we are at a place called the byrd center. the emeritus director of this institution is mr. ray smock, he just retired. what does this place do? mr. smock: we study congress. we reach out to people because we believe that the congress and the constitution need to be understood in a public forum. we do

. >> tonight on cue and day, richard baker -- q and a,. >> one of the questions i hear people askingl time in history? there are a lot of centers -- >> there's a broadway musical about the shooting of alexander hamilton. he was the sitting vice president of the united states and that is pretty dramatic. there was one brawl in 1858 that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. pulledthe members another man's weight off and another one yelled, he scalped him. [laughter] that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> that is tonight at 8:00 q&a -- on cue and a desk q&a. >> american history tv is joining our comcast cable partners to showcase the history of new mexico. to learn more about the 50's, visit c-span.org/citiestour. --begin you with the history we continue with the history of las cruces. in new mexico, chile pepper's is

. >> sunday night on q&a, congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie, and ray. >> one of the questions i hear people have all the time is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it's got to be close. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. >> one of the members who had a week, his name was kyte. someone else yelled, he scalped them.

. ♪ announcer: tonight on q&a, congressional historians richard baker, donald richie, and ray small.> one of the questions i hear people asking all the time, is this the most uncivil time in history? certainly the years leading to the civil war if you were to period.different when a host member came to the senator in 1856 because he disagreed with what he said. there are a lot of senators who cheered on the house member. the shooting of alexander hamilton, he was shot by the sitting vice president to the united states. that is pretty dramatic. we have had terrible times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor, fighting one another. >> one of the members who had one of- who had a wig, the members pulled his wig. someone else yelled, you scalped him! that was enough remedy to stop the fight. congressional historians richard baker, donald richie, and ray small, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. monday, a discussion on cyber security threats to u.s. institutions and how the u.s. should respond to hacking and the spread o

. >> congressional historian, richard baker, donald richie, and ray, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on-span q and a. >>> susan molinari served in the u.s. house of representatives from 1990-1997, as a republican from new york. next, she talks about her experience as the daughter of a congressman, guy molinari, as vice chair of the republican conference, as the keynote speaker of the 1996 republican national convention, and her marriage to a fellow member of congress. the u.s. house of representatives office of the historian conducted this interview, which is about an hour and 45 minutes. >>> my name is kathleen johnson and today i'm with the house historian, we're in the house recording studio and we are very pleased to be speaking with former representative, susan molinari from new york. thank you very much for coming today. >> very excited to be a part of this project. >> great. this project that we're working on is to recognize and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the election of woman into congress. we have a bunch of questions we wantedto

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald richie and ray smock on c-span's q & a. >>> up next, shenandoah battlefield foundation's ceo kevin walker talks about the commitment of his organization for preserving the story of the sif civil war. he also recites his foundation's history. this is just over 10 minutes. >> thank you, all, once again for coming and spending the day talking about such a controversial issue, spending the day together learning from one another. i am thrilled by the speaking panel that we had today. dr. robertson opened us up in true style. we could not have the body of knowledge about the american civil war that we do today if it wasn't for dr. robertson. i am absolutely thrilled to have caroline janey back here in the valley and back here in virginia. we were so graced and blessed to have you with us on the panel today. christy coleman's remarks were remarkable and the work she's been doing in richmond on behalf of the monuments commission there has been daunting, and it was very, very interesting to have her come and talk to us about all of that that sh

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the aspen institute hosted a series of discussions about amateur athletes in college sports, including this one about whether college athletes to be paying a salary. the panel includes former georgetown men's basketball coach john thompson, constance at that director, the commissioner of the atlantic ten conference and nba player, nine no space, the challenge that ncaa band for student athletes. this is two hours. >> hello everyone. i'm executive director of the aspen institute.

. >>> richard baker, donald ritchie and ray swan sunday night at 8:00 eastern time on c- span's q and a. >>> next from the society -- society for historians of american foreign relations annual conference, five historians who have written about u.s. presidents in the presidency discuss the challenges and importance of writing presidential biographies. this is an hour and 40 minutes . >>> let's got underway, thank you for coming. my name is will hitchcock and i teach history at the university of virginia. i am a historian of history, and military affairs. i am really thrilled to have this star-studded panel and it's an honor to be a part of it. we are going to examine the challenges and opportunities of writing presidential biographies and presidential history. i think it's a good time to do it. my guest -- my guess is that most of us would agree with the proposition that we are aware of, engaged with and concerned about following events happening in the presidency today. the president probably matters a lot to each of us right now, june 2018, who is president and what is he doing matt

announcer: tonight, on q&a, congressional historians richard baker, donald richie, and ray small. . >> one of the questions that i hear people asking all the time, is this the most uncivil time in history? period?e pick another certainly the years leading to the civil war. he disagreed with what he said and there were a lot of senators who cheered on the house number. >> there is a great musical about the shooting of alexander hamilton. he was shot by the sitting vice president to the united states. that is pretty dramatic. we have had terrible times, political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had a be running around on the >> floor fighting one another. members pulled his wig off during the fight. someone else yelled, you scalped him! that was enough remedy to stop the fight. announcer: congressional historians richard baker, donald ray small, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. next week, book tv is in primetime starting monday at 8:30 p.m. eastern, senator tim trey gowdyongressman talk about their book "unified, how unlikely friendship gives us h

. >> richard baker, donald richie and ray shock. >> one of the questions that i hear people asking all the time, is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it's got to be close. if you pick another period, certainly the years leading to the civil war when, you know, a host member came over and became a senator in 1856 because he disagreed what he said. there are a lot of senators who cheered on that host member. >> there is a broadway musical now about the shooting of alexander hamilton. he was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that's pretty dramatic. we have had terrible times, political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. >> one of the members who had a wig, his name was kite, one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight, and someone else yelled, he scalped him! that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald richie and are ray shock sunday night at 8 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> up next, shenandoah valley battlefi

. >> sunday night on q & a, congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock. >> one of the questions that i hear people asking all the time, is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it's got to be close, if you were to pick another period certainly the years leading to the civil war when, you know, a host member came over and caned a senator in 1856 because he disagreed with what he said and there are a lot of senators that kind of cheered on that host member. >> there is a broadway musical now about the shooting of alexander hamilton, he was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that's pretty dramatic. we've had terrible times, political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. one of the members who had a wig, his name was kite, one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight and someone else yelled, he scalped him. that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock, sunday night at

and that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald richie and ray smock on c-span's q & a. >>> up next, shenandoah battlefield foundation's ceo kevin walker talks about the commitment of his organization for

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. >> sunday night on q&a, richard baker, donald richie, and -- >> one of the questions i hear people ask all the time is, is this the most uncivil time in history? >> if you were to pick another time, certainly the years leading up to the civil war. when a host member came over and 1856 becauseor in he disagreed with what he said. >> there is a broadway musical now about the shooting of alexander hamilton, shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that is pretty dramatic. we've had terrible times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor, fighting one another. >> one of the members had a wig. one of the members pulled his off during his wig the fight, and a member yelled, "he scalped him!" that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern, on c-span q&a. we will take you live to a senate subcommittee hearing on nasa's priorities in space exploration. we will hear from the head of the -- scientist.er chief ted cruz chairs the subcommittee. >> good afternoon. .his hearing is called to orde

night, congressional historians richard baker and ray spock. >> one of the questions i hear people asking all the time, is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it has to be close. if i picked another. , figures leading up to the civil war. there are a lot of senators who cheered on. >> is a broadway musical about the shooting of alexander hamilton. he was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that is pretty dramatic. we've had terrible political times. >> was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting with another. one of the members who had away , one of the members pulled his wood off. some real skill, he scalped him. that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. next, kenneth s greenberg abouts that -- a class honor in antebellum south. he explains what actions would've of given the most offense during this. as well as the rules that disputes. his classes about an hour and 10 minutes. -- class is about an hour and 10 minutes. class topic for today's is about honor a

. >> congressional historians richard baker donald richie and ray smog friday night on c-span's q and a. in 1998, the academy award winning world war ii film saving private ryan was released in theaters. the movie portrayed the 1944 d day invasion of norm andy and mission to find a soldier behind enemy lines. up next on american history tv, normal national world war ii museum president nick mueller talks about rtd connectithe conm and steven ambrose, a consultant on "saving private ryan" mr. mueller talks about the reaction of historians and military leaders to the film and its legacy today. this 35-minute event was part of a symposium held at the national world war ii museum to mark the 20th anniversary of the film's release. >> okay, welcome back, everybody for our final session of the day. last and certainly not least, early this morning we mentioned that yesterday was the 74th anniversary of d-day, a slightly less known birthday is the fact that it was also the 18th birthday of the national world war ii museum or d-day museum. originally opened in june of 2000. we have a designati

. >>> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray swan. to one of the questions i hear people asking all of the time; is this the most uncivil time in history. if you are going to pick another period it would certainly be leading up to the civil war when a host member came over and's -- in 1856 and disagreed and there were a lot of senators who cheered him on. there's a broadway musical about the shooting of alexander hamilton who was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that is pretty dramatic. we've had terrible times, political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight and someone else said, he scalped him. that was enough levity to stop the fight. >>> richard baker, donald ritchie and ray swan sunday night at 8:00 eastern time on c- span's q and a. >>> next from the society -- society for historians of american foreign relations annual conference, five historians who have writ

. >>> sunday night on q & a, richard baker, donald ritchie and respond. >> one of the questions i hear people asking all of the time; is this the most uncivil time of history. certainly if you look at the years leading to the civil war, in 1856, there are a lot of senators who cheered on a house member. >> there is a musical now about alexander hamilton who was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. with had a lot of difficult times. >> there was one time, a brawl with 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another, before the civil war. one of the members had a wig and one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight. and someone said, he scalped him. that was enough to stop the fight. >> richard baker, donald ritchie and ray fund on c-span's q & a sunday night at 8:00 eastern time. >>> next on real america, a look at the tumultuous month of june 1968 through the camera lens of the photographic unit as it covered the activities of resident lyndon b. johnson. during 1968, it covers the investigation and funeral of robert -- the assassination and fun

. >> sunday night on q&a, congressional historians richard baker, donald richie, and ray sma. >> one of the fquestions that i hear people asking all the time, is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it's got to be close, if you were to pick another period, certainly the years leading to the civil war, when, you know, a host member came over and became a senator in 1856, because he disagreed with what he said and there are a lot of senators who kind of cheered on that host member. >> there's a broadway musical now about the shooting of alexander hamilton. he was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that's pretty dramatic. we've had terrible times, political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858, before the civil war, that had 80 members rolling around on the floor, fighting one another. one of the members who had a wig, his name was kite, one of the members pulled his wig off, and someone else yelled, he scalped him! and that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald richey, and ray sma sunday night at 8:00 eastern

congressional historians richard baker and ronald richie and ray smog. >> one of the questions i hear people asking all the time is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it's going to be close if you were to pick another period, certainly the years leading to the civil war when you know, a host member came over and came to senator in 1856 because he disappeared with what he said and there were senators who cheered on that host member. >> there's a broadway musical about the shooting of alexander hamilton, shot by the sitting vice president to the united states. that's pretty dramatic that we've had terrible times political times. >> there's one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. >> one of the members who had a wig, his name was kite, one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight and someone else yelled he scalped him. that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians richard baker donald richie and ray smog friday night on c-span's q and a. in 1998, the academy award winning world wa

sunday night on q & a, congressional historians richard baker and ray smock. >> one of the questions i hear people asking all the time, is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it's going to be close. if you were to pick another period, certainly the years leading to the civil war when, you know, a host member came over and came to senator in 1856 because he disagreed with what he said, and there are a lot of senators who kind of cheered on that house member. >> there's a broadway musical about the shooting of alexander hamilton and he was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that's pretty dramatic. we had had terrible times, political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor, fighting one another. one of the members who had a wig, his name was kite, one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight and someone else yesterday, "he scalped him!" that was enough lefty to stop the fight. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald richie and ray small, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-s

. >> richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock on c-span q&a on sunday night at 8 pm. >>> next on american history tv, former presidential speak writers talk about communicating policy from the present point of view. we hear from who worked with clinton and first lady hillary clinton and john mcconnell who wrote for president george w. bush and vice president dick cheney. new york university hosted this 90 minute program. >> i'm the external affairs associate here at nyu, washington, dc. on behalf of the center, thank you for coming to tonight's event. tonight marks the first of many summer events in the young leaders network series. by developing the young networks leader the center seeks to create programs that will enrich the time students spend at their summer internships and in washington, d.c. we hope events like this will help interns like you build a network of relationships with mentors and peers. maybe encourage you to return to the nation's capital to start a career in public service after you graduate. tonight we are joint by former presidential speech writers during the george

sunday night on q and a, historians richard baker, donald richie and ray smock. >> one of the questions people ask all the time, is this the most uncivil time in his three -- history? >> the years leading to the civil war. 1856, there were a lot of senators that cheered on that member. >> there was the shooting of alexander hamilton. that was pretty dramatic. have had terrible times in political times. --there was one time in 1958 1858 before the civil war where there were members rolling around on the floor, fighting each other. one of the members was wearing a rigged -- wig. one of the members pulled his wig off and another member yelled, "you scalped him!" >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on human day. -- q&a. >> foreign-policy analysts talked about the relationship gulf states.ucing the effect of u.s. and european sanctions on russian oil and gas production area this is an hour. -- gas production. this is in our. >> good morning. moderator forthe this second session. we have two speakers for the first of

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and way smart sunday night at eight eastern p.m. >>> unionist and confederates remember the were differently. carolyn jamie author of remembering the civil war reunion and the limits of reconciliation talks about to the competitive memories in the influence of veteran reunions and women's groups creating civil war monuments. this 50 minute talk is part of the conference on confederate monuments posted on the shenandoah valley battlefield location. >>> i'm very excited to introduce our next guest and speaker. she is definitely a bright light in the field. with the american civil war especially. but we love her dearly because she is the daughter of the shenandoah valley. our own caroline jamie will be the next speaker. she is now the john l now professor of american civil war and director of the institute here for the civil war at the university of virginia. she was previously the professor of history at port duke university. we are glad to have her back here virginia. she is a specialist in the civil war era. she is also the aut

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald richie, and ray smock sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> unionists and confederates in the post-civil war era remembered the war differently. caroline janney talks about the competitive memories and the influence of veterans reunions and womens groups in creating civil war monuments. this 50-minute talk was part of a conference talks about the competitive memories and the influence of veterans reunions and women's groups in creating civil war monuments. this talk was part of a conference on confederate icons hosted by the shenandoah valley battlefield foundation. >> i'm excited to introduce our next guest and speaker. she is definitely a bright light in the field of the american civil war. but we love her dearly because she is a daughter of the shenandoah valley. our own caroline janney will be the next speaker. she is now the professor of american civil war and director of the institute for the civil war at the university of virginia. she was previously the history professor at purdue university. we are very glad to ha

sometimes you just might find you get what you need ♪ >> tonight on q&a, congressional historians richard baker -- >> one of the questions i hear people ask all of the time -- is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it is going to be close. if you were to pick another period, the years leading to the civil war when a house member came to a senator in 1856 because he disagreed what he said. >> there is a broadway musical now of a shooting of alexander hamilton. that is pretty dramatic. we have had terrible times. in 1858 was one brawl before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting each other. pulled his wig off during the fight and some an him."elled "he scalped richieard baker, donald and ray smock tonight on q&a. >> here on c-span this morning, "washington journal" is next followed by newsmakers. talking about opposition research at the upcoming midterm elections. senate intelligence hearing on the spread of disinformation on social media by foreign groups and individuals. on today's "washington journal" we will discuss the future of medicare in the u.s. at

richard baker and ray smock. >> one of the questions i hear asking all the time. is this the most uncivil time in history? >> if you were to pick another. -- if you were to pick another period, if you are going into the civil war and someone took a cane to the senator and there are a lot of senators richard on that member. >> there is a broadway musical about the shooting of broadway -- off alexander hamilton. we have had terrible political times. >> before the civil war there was a brawl that had 80 members fighting one another. one of the members who had a wuig= -- wig one of the members his wig off.ulled that was enough levity to start -- to stop the fight. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. ivanka trump discussed workforce issues and her role advising her father in the white house. she was interviewed by mike

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> unionists and confederates in the post civil lar era remembered the bar differently. caroline janney talks about the competitive memories and the influence of veterans reunions and women's groups in creating civil war monuments. this 50-minute talk was part of a conference on confederate icons hosted by the shenandoah valley battlefields foundation. >> i am very excited to introduce our next guest and speaker. she is definitely a bright light in the field of the american civil war, but we love her dearly because she is a daughter of the shenandoah valley. our own caroline janney will be our next speaker. she is now the john l now professor of civil war and directors of john l now professor. she is now the previous history at purdue university. we are glad to be her back here in virginia. she is a specialist in civil war era. she is the author of "burying the dead, but not the past: ladies memorial associations and lost cause." she is also the author of "rememberi

congress with congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie, and raymond smock.is program was recorded at the robert c. byrd center for congressional history and education in shepherdstown, west virginia. brian: ray smock, if you had to have a dinner party for people in history, say four or five people, who would you have at the table?

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald richie, and ray smock sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> unionists and confederates in the post-civil war era remembered the war differently.

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and way smart sunday night at eight eastern p.m. >>> unionist and confederates remember the were differently. carolyn jamie author of remembering the civil war reunion and the limits of reconciliation talks about to the competitive memories in the influence of veteran reunions and women's groups creating civil war monuments. this 50 minute talk is part of the conference on confederate monuments posted on the shenandoah valley battlefield location. >>> i'm very excited to introduce our next guest and speaker. she is definitely a bright light in the field. with the american civil war especially. but we love her dearly because she is the daughter of the shenandoah valley.

congress with congressional historians richard baker, donald richie, and raymond smock.his program was recorded at the robert c byrd center for congressional history and education in shepherdstown in west virginia. smock, if you had to have a dinner party for people in history, say, four or five people, who would you have at the table?

congressional historians richard baker and donald ritchie . >> one question i hear people asking all the time is if this is the most uncivil time in history. >> you have to be close if you think of another period but certainly the years leading to the civil war. there was a lot of disagreements and there were a lot of senators that shared that on.>> hamilton was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. that's pretty dramatic. we have had terrible political times. >> there was one brawl in 1858 before the civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor and fighting with one another. one of the members pulled his weight off during the flight and someone yelled that he is scouting. that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> the congressional historians on sunday night on c-span q&a. >> the academy award-winning world war ii film saving private ryan was released and theaters in world war a. this has the d-day invasion of normandy in france with the shoulder behind enemy lines. next on american history tv with historians exploring the accuracy of the omaha beac

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie and ray smock sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the aspen institute hosted a series of discussions about amateur athletes in college sports, including this one about whether college athletes to be paying a salary. the panel includes former georgetown men's basketball coach john thompson, constance at that director, the commissioner of the atlantic ten conference and nba player, nine no space, the challenge that ncaa band for student athletes. this is two hours. >> hello everyone. i'm executive director of the aspen institute. welcome to our new building at the aspen institute and will come to the future of sports. our conversation series where we think through some of the biggest questions of our time at the intersection of sports in society. completely in line with the mission of the sports and society program which is to convey leaders and facilitate dialogue and inspire solutions that help sports serve the public interest. thank you. the first in the series was hosted in january on the future of footb

congressional historians richard baker and donald ritchie . >> one question i hear people asking all the time is if this is the most uncivil time in history. >> you have to be close if you think of another period but certainly the years leading to the

congress with congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie, and raymond smock.his program was recorded at the robert c. byrd center for congressional history and education in shepherdstown, west virginia. ♪ brian: ray smock, if you had to have a dinner party for people in history, say four or five people, who would you have at the table?

"q&a",ay night on richard baker, donald richie and ray -- >> one of the questions people ask all of thee --is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it is going to be close. the years leading to the civil war if you were to pick another period. disagreed senator with something said and many senators cheered on that house member. >> there is a broadway musical now regarding alexander hamilton. he was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states. in 1858 was one brawl before the civil war. there were 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. one of the members had a whip. one of the members pulled off his wig. and someone yelled -- "he's got scalped him. >> congressional historians sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." has been withw the trump administration since april when he became director of the white house national economic council. c-span sat down with him recently to discuss his early career on wall street, his experience working for president ronald reagan and his experience working in television. he also talked about his struggles with

night, congressional historians richard baker, donald richie. >> one of the questions i hear people ask this the most uncivil time in history? >> the years leading to the memberar, when a host came over and became a senator because he disagreed with what he said. there are a lot of senators who cheered on that host member. >> we have had terrible political times. before thes a brawl civil war that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. wig,f the members had a one of the members pulled his wig off during the fight and someone yelled -- he scalped him. that was enough to stop the fight. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> nominated to the supreme court by ronald reagan in 1987, anthony kennedy is retiring after 30 years on the bench. monday, we look at his legacy and its impact on the nation. nicole argued 29 cases before justice kennedy and the court. anthonye legacy of kennedy monday night on c-span. listen on the free radio app. >> next week on american history tv on c-span3, watch the first of our nine part series, 1968, america in turmoil. y

. >> congressional historians richard baker, donald richey, and ray sma sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> next, from the society for historians of american foreign relations' annual conference, five historians who have written about u.s. presidents and the presidency discuss the challenges and importance of writing presidential biographies. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> all right, everyone. let's get underway. welcome, thank you all for coming. my name is will hitchcock. i teach history at the university of virginia. and i'm an historian of 20th century international history, diplomatic history, and military affairs. i'm really thrilled to have this star-studded panel and i'm honored to be a part of it. and we're going to examine the challenges and opportunities of writing presidential biography, presidential history. and i think it's a good time to do it. my guess is that most of us right now would agree with the proposition that we are aware of, engaged with, concerned about, following events happening in the presidency today. the president probably really matt

. >>> sunday night on q&a, congressional historians richard baker, donald richie and ray smock. >> one of the questions that i hear people asking all of the time is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it is close if you were to pick another period, certainly the years leading to the civil war when a house member came over in 1856 because he disagreed with what he said and there were senators that cheered on that host member. >> there is a broadway musical about the sitting president alexander hamilton by the vice president of the united states. >> there was one brawl in 1858, before the civil war, that had 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. >> one of the members who had a wig, his name was kite, one of the members pulled his rig off during the fight and someone else yelled you scalped him. and that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> congressional historians on sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span q&a. >>> next on american history tv, former presidential speechwriters talk about communicating policy from the president's point of view. we here from

night, richard baker, donald richie and race bond. >> the years leading up to the memberar, when a houseaned a senator because he disagreed with what he said. there are a lot of senators that cheered on that house member. about the musical shooting of alexander hamilton shot by the vice president of the united states. we have had terrible put nickel times. there was one before the civil war, 80 members rolling around on the floor fighting one another. they pulledembers, his wig off during the fight. someone yelled, he scalped him. stopwas enough brevity to the fight. >> congressional historians sunday night. at our table at our table, remind us what is democracy alliance? guest: we are an alliance of progressive donors so we can have a more just and equitable nation. host: who are the donors? guest: individual and institutional donors per people of wealth who want to create a more equal and just society, and labor unions. host: what are the big donors? members that want to be public are some of our board members listed on a website. host: you go to the website and people can find it ther

congressionalt, historians richard baker, donald richie, and ray smock. >> one of the questions i havee asking all the time -- is this the most uncivil time in history? >> it is going to be close if you were to pick another period, the years leading to the civil war when i house member came senator in 1856 because he disagreed with what he said and a lot of senators cheer that on. musical that alexander hamilton was shot by the sitting vice president of the united states, that is dramatic. >> there was a brawl in 1858 led 80the civil war members rolling around on the floor, fighting one another. one of the members who had a wig, one of the members anded his wig off, someone else yelled, he scalped him! and that was enough levity to stop the fight. >> the congressional historians sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's companies andon today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-

it was the republicans in congress who finally decided that richard nixon had to go in one thousand nine hundred seventy four when howard baker asked the question what did the president know and when did he know it we're right now there are no howard baker sadly in the senate but if mr. report becomes a smoking howitzer then i think the republicans will have no choice but to consider very seriously the issues that are going to confront the president at this stage it is far too early this may be the end of the beginning but it is not the beginning of the end but in the case of impeachment or removal from office is it as simple as mike pence becomes president and everyone moves on yes absolutely the twenty fifth amendment dominates you need just a majority vote in the house but then you need a two thirds vote in the senate and even if the democrats were to win it's very difficult to see how a two thirds vote would occur but you may have charges against mr trump's family he may be forced to resign as richard nixon did in that case mike pence becomes president and then the fist fight will become over who's the vice president beca

richard nixon. they had private conversations going and barack obama, who did he look to for a model of how to do foreign policy? george hb bush and jim baker. all of that has been lost. when you get beyond the trump personality and all of his obsessions, we are losing something very fundamental. >> everybody knows about president nixon famous for having enemies. is this comparable to that? >> yes, but it's worse. it's hard to make an argument that richard nixon was a threat to the security, the national security of the united states. in this statement from the president and his people, they are saying that brennan's erratic behavior and conduct threatened the national security. it's the erratic behavior and conduct of donald trump that is a threat to the national security through actions such as this and through what we saw in helsinki and through what we saw in the oval office in the presence of the russian ambassador when he revealed national securities. this is a reckless president of the united states with no regard for the rule of law or tradition and for decency in terms of people expressing their legitimate freedom of speech. this,