ladies and gentlemen, we're so lucky to have richard brookhiser back in palm beach with us. please give him a warm welcome. thank you. [ applause ] >>> thank you, gay, for that warm introduction. yes, we did see the mother sea turtle laying her eggs. of course, i didn't get to see the hatchlings because they only came out months later, but i suppose some of them are still swimming around there. maybe we can see one of them laying eggs at some later point. gay has been a good friend for many years. she is a friend of history, not only here at the society of the four arts but also for her many years of service at mount vernon. so it is a great pleasure always to see her and to honor her work for american history. [ applause ] >> abraham lincoln was interested in the founding fathers all of his adult life. the most famous expression of that interest, of course, is in the g the gettys burg address where he said our information fathers brought forth a new nation conceived in liberty. that was in 1863, two-and-a-half years into his administration, two-and-a-half years into the civ

i would like to thank richard brookhiser. thank you. >>> join us tonight for american history tv in prime time. we'll look at the 50th anniversary of the assassination of martin luther king jr. with live coverage of an event marking the milestone from memphis, tennessee, including a panel discussion on his life and legacy from past and present civil rights leaders. including remarks by john lewis. here on c-span3. and book tv with a look at covert operations. a look at the ceo wars in his book. then michelle assad talks about her life as a cia agent in "breaking cover." investigative reporter looks at how the pentagon's interest in surveillance led to the creation of the internet in his book "surveillance valley." and finally it's israel's use of targeted assassinations in "rise and kill first." book tv all this week in prime time on cspan2. and a look at what local, state, and federal governments are doing to combat the opioid including congressional hearings. the national governor's association meeting and white house event

>>> next historian richard brookhiser talks about the founding fathers. george washington, thomas paine -- and this hour long talk is part of the series hosted by the society of the four arts in palm beach florida. >> welcome to the second presentation in the series on the legacies of the founding fathers. my name is david and i serve as president of the four arts. i'm going to ask you to take a moment, if you have a cellphone and make sure it is silence, thank you. twoept thank mrs. ganz for the help of recruiting the speakers we have enjoyed this year and last. dr. joe has served. and dr. watson, robert watson, a strong member of the planning committee. and helped us secure the presence of c-span in filming the talks. we are grateful to the dunn foundation and mrs. rebecca dunn for financial support for the second year of the program possibly. c-span has been our partner from the beginning. you can find videos or films from previous talks on their on line film archive. finally, molly, donna marie and stephanie grant did wonderful work handling details t

. >>> next historian richard brookhiser talks about the founding fathers. george washington, thomas paine -- and this hour long talk is part of the series hosted by the society of the four arts in palm beach florida. >> welcome to the second presentation in the series on the legacies of the founding fathers. my name is david and i serve as president of the four arts. i'm going to ask you to take a moment, if you have a cellphone and make sure it is silence, thank you. twoept thank mrs. ganz for the help of recruiting the

. >>> next, historian richard brookhiser talks about the founding fathers who influenced abraham lincoln, george washington, thomas paine and thomas jefferson. mr. brookhiser is the author of "founder's son, a life of abraham lincoln." this hour-long talk is part of a series on the founders hosted by the society of the four arts in palm beach, florida. >>> welcome to the second presentation t

and how he helped shape modern conservatism with national review senior editor richard brookhiser, brent bozell, and edwin fuelner. tonight here on c-span3. also tonight, book tv in primetime on c-span2 with recently published books on politics. former johnson white house official and carter cabinet secretary examines u.s. democracy in "our damaged democracy." the grassroots populist movement in the u.s. in "the new american revolution." then a discussion about the republican party from the tenth annual tucson festival of books. author craig shirley took viewers' phone calls and tweets on the topic. after that syracuse university professor danielle thompson on her book "opting out of congress." and finally former u.s. trade negotiator and senate staffer ira shapiro on his book "broken." book tv all this week on c-span2. >>> both the house and senate are out this week. the house returns for business tuesday and in the senate lawmakers reconvene monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. they'll swear in a new senator. republican cindy hyde smith. chosen by mississippi's governor to replace thad cochran

buckley, jr., and how he helped shape modern conservatism with national review senior editor richard brookhiser, media research founder president brent moselle and the founder of the heritage foundation. american history tv in prime time beginning tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span 3. also tonight book tv in prime time with recently published books on politics. former johnson white house official and carter cabinet secretary joseph califano examines u.s. democracy in "our damaged democracy." republican national committee spokeswoman kay league mcenany, author craig shirley took viewers phone calls and tweets. after that, syracuse university professor danielle thompson on her book "opting out of congress." and finally former u.s. trade negotiator and senior senate staffer ira shapiro on his book "broken." book tv all this week in prime time on c-span 2. both the house and senate are out this week. the house returns for business tuesday and in the senate lawmakers reconvene monday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. the senate will be working on judicial and executive nominations and they'll swear in a new