brian: robert gordon, why did you do this documentary on bill buckley and gore vidal? bert: because it was exhilarating to watch them have dialogue back and forth and though it was 45 years ago, it spoke very much to the present tense. brian: and i'll ask the same to your partner in crime over here. morgan: robert called me and said he had come across a bootleg tape of some of these debate between william buckley and gore vidal. did i want to see them? absolutely, i wanted to see them. [laughter] i was very interested in him as a character. buckley was someone we all knew from being such a tv presence, but when i saw the debates i saw something that was really speaking to today as much as it was to 1968. and then we got excited and , decided to make a film about it. brian: when did they start to get there? and what was the point of your documentary? robert: they had their first confrontation in print in 1960 or 1962. bill on the right, gore on the left. three columns, i think it was associated press that they did. a stunt. but it really became more , personal when gore

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary, "best of enemies," on a debate over war politics, god, and sex. >> there is not someone in their ear unlike today. today, i believe there is someone saying, the numbers are dwindling, talk about hot topics , talk about salacious topic number two. whereas then, i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time. i don't think these guys needed as morgan said he did not need that. >> howard smith was the moderator. a news man who is embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for sometimes five, or more minutes at a time, and today, you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. i think really everybody at abc stood back and let the fire burn. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a co -- q&a. >> monday on the communicators michael o'rielly on key issues like net neutrality, the internet and the public's influence on policy. >> when an item is presented to the commissioner level, that document should be made available publicly. i think i would provide an opportun

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary "rest of enemies" on the968 debates between william buckley and gore vidal over war, politics, god, and sex. >> today i believe there is someone saying the numbers are dwindling, talking about hot topic number two whereas i do not think that was the norm in tv at the time and i do not think these guys needed -- these guys did not need it. >> a distinguished news man who i think was really kind of embarrassed by this -- he was moderating, but he disappears for five or more minutes at a time. today you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. everybody at abc stood back and let the fire burn. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> on thursday a house judiciary subcommittee held a hearing on so-called sanctuary cities and immigration enforcement laws. sanctuary cities have policies sheltering illegal immigrants and do not use local resources to enforce federal immigration laws. thursday the house approved a republican bill to deny federal funds to those cities. this heari

we have eileen crimons the expert on aging talking about that problem two economists, robert gordon, the famous pessimist predicting our years of rapid economic growth are over the period for the last 150 years will look like a blip in history. we have another economist dick easterland, who thinks that our -- the happiness that the economy realizes is going to be better regardless of what the growth rate is. --we have a couple of people from the nature conservancy. >> host: let's start with the topic of education two professors have written that, gary morson, yourself, and mort top shapiro who teaches economics and happens to be the president of northwestern university, what do you teach here prefer professor? >> guest: i teach russian literature. i'm an expert on tolstoy and dote receive city, and the russian novel. and i always do something else because i feel like it, though anything in the humanities -- i teach a class with morty shapiro, which is about the relationship of humanities and the social sciences, and this book came out of that class. >> host: what's the importance of

. >> film makers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary on the 1968 debate between conservative william f utley and liberal gore vidal over war politics, god and sex. >> today, i believe there is someone saying, the numbers are dwindling, talk about hot topics , hot salacious topic number two. whereas, then, i don't think that was the norm on tv at the time. i don't think these guys needed that. >> the moderator was a distinguished news man who i think was really in their us by this. he was moderating. today, you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. really, everybody at abc stood back and let the fire burn your it >> -- burn. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern. >> on tuesday, donald trump was in south carolina to kick off his campaign. he talked about immigration, the economy and trade. this is a most 45 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] ♪ >> i think we have turned things to our advantage. we have to make our country great again. [applause] i made a statement and i read a speech. i do use teleprompters, they are too eas

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and neville talk about their documentaries on the debate between buckleyhevidal over politics and sex. >> today, i believe there is someone saying the numbers are dwindling. talk about hot topics hot topic number two, whereas then, i do not think that was the norm in the tv of the time. i do not think these guys needed , as morgan said, they did not need that. >> howard k smith was the moderator, who i think was really embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears or sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping every 30 seconds. i think really, everybody at abc just it back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern c-span's q&a. >> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. up next in the second of the two-part look at the museum of the american revolution, we see highlights of the artifact collection. >> i am scott stevenson. i'm in charge of the team

. >> the makers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about the documentary, best of enemies on the 1968 debates between william buckley and gord woodall -- and gore for doll vidal. >> today there someone saying the numbers -- talking about hot topic number two. whereas then, that was not the norm on tv at the time. i don't think these guys did not need that -- i don't think these guys needed that. >> he was a distinguished news man who was embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for five or more minutes. today you can have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burned. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span skua day. >> next a conversation on the dodd-frank. we will hear from the bill's authors who talk about the passage of the legislation and its implementation. this is hosted by the group better markets. >> good afternoon everyone, i would like to welcome everyone here today and to welcome the audience watching on c-span. thank you for joining us. i'd like to welcome antonio weiss, for joining us. and the man

. >> few makers -- filmmakers robert gordon talk about their film on the debates between buckley and vidal over war politics, god, and sex. >> very unlike today. today i believe there is somebody saying the numbers are dwindling, talk about hot topic, hot, salacious topic number two. whereas then i do not think that was the norm in tv at the time and i do not think these guys needed -- as morgan said. >> howard was the moderator who was a distinguished news man who i think was embarrassed. he was moderating but he disappears for minutes at a time. now you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30. i think everybody at abc stood back and let the fire burned. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> each week, american history tv's reel america brings you archival films that told the story of the 20th century.

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about the documentary best of him is on the 19th of the eight debate between conservative william f. buckley and liberal or but all over war, politics, god and sex spirit there's not someone and their gear. today i was there someone the same the numbers are dwindling, talk about hot topics, hot salacious topic number two were as then i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time and it don't think these guys as morgan said, these guys didn't even. >> the moderator, a distinguished newsman who i think was really kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you would have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. so i think really everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> today the british foreign affairs committee heard testimony from foreign secretary philip hammond talked about isis, the tunisian terror attacks and international agreement over iran's nuclear program. secretary

morgan neville who lives in los angeles and has done a lot of documentaries with our other guests, robert gordonnk you for bringing us the best of enemies. gore vidal and bill buckley. ♪ >> for free transcripts, or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. >> if you like tonight's q&a, here are some others you might enjoy. journalist and author christopher hitchens discussing his life and work. a director on his documentary on hubert humphrey called, "the art of the impossible." former speechwriter ray price talking about his time with the nixon administration. and his role in preparing nixon for a series of interviews with journalist david frost. you can find those online. >> washington journal is next. then the house devils then at 12:00 noon. and the u.s. house legislative business at 2:00 p.m. coming up on today's washington journal, the highway trust fund and congressional efforts to fund it. with bud wright, of the highway trust fund. and mark rosenblum talks about the immigration policy and the debate over so-called sanctuary cities. and emily badger talks about ho

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary on the 1968 debates betweenrvatives and liberals over war, politics, god, and sex. >> it is very unlikely today today, i believe there someone saying that the numbers are talking about hot topics, a hot salacious topic 2. it then, i don't think that was the norm at the time, and as morgan said, you guys did not need that. >> howard case was a distinguished news man and the moderator. he was embarrassed. he was moderating but he was disappearing for five or more minutes at a time. today you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. everyone at abc stood back and let the fire burn. >> on c-span's q&a. coming up, next, author gary may talks about someone alabama and its role in the 1965 voting rights act in the south. he discusses the movie "selma" and argues about historical inaccuracies. he is the author of "bending toward justice: the voting rights act and the transformation of american democracy"." this hour and 15 minutes of event was hosted by the american folklife center. >> good afternoon.

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan nettle talk about documentaries, best of enemies on the 1968d want debate between conservative will yamt fmt buckley and liberal gore vidam. >> there's not someone in their ear, very unlike today. you know, today i believe there's someone saying the numbers are dwindling, talk about, you know, hot topics, hot, salacious topic number two. whereas then i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time and i don't think these guys needed -- as morgan said, these guys didn't need that at the time. >> and howard was a moderator, who was a distinguished news man who was kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears sometimes for five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 second. so i think, really, everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday nice at 8:00 eastern and pacific. on c-span's q&a. sflo in two weeks, a forum with republican presidential candidates, c-span is partnering with the new hampshire union leaders for the newspaper's first forum on monday augus

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan veville talks about their documentary, "best of enhe please" on the debate between conservative william f buckley and gore vidam over liberals, politics god and sex. >> very unlike today. you know today i believe there's someone saying you know, the numbers are dwindleing, talk about hot topics, hot, salacious topics number two. >> i don't think that was the norm at the time. >> and howard was the distinguished newsman who was embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds you know? so i think, really, everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> agency secretary tom vilsasc testifies before the house agriculture committee wednesday. this is two hours, 15 minutes. >> good morning. this is a hearing on the committee of agriculture for oversight by the u.s. department of agriculture will come to order. i've asked rick crawford to open us with a praye

filmmakers morgan neville and robert gordon explored a series of debates the two held during the 1968al conventions that for a variety of reasons, would alter the future of political discourse on television. we spoke recently at the a.f.i. docs festival in washington. you set this up as both a personal and a kind of national epic. why do you think it rose to that level? >> gore vidal and william buckley represented the polar opposites-- the left and the right-- at a time when america was kinda coming apart at the seams a little bit. this is 1968. there's rioting in the streets and they're representing those poles there on national tv, but what i think what makes it such a dramatic story for us is that it was deeply personal, it was under the veneer of politics, but i think they saw in the other person somebody who could detect their own insecurities and expose those to the world. >> brown: you presented, i mean, you followed ten debates, right? it's like a heavyweight, a heavyweight fight, right? you even have the round one round two, debate one, two, three. what happened, what did yo

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary "best of enemies" william f. buckley over war, politics, god, and sex. >> there's not someone in their ear very unlike today. today i believe there's someone say the numbers are -- dwindling. talk about, you know, hot topic. hot, salacious topic number two. whereas, then i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time. and i don't think these guys needed it. as morgan said, these guys didn't need that. >> and the howard case was the moderator, who was a distinguished newsman who i think was really kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. so i think really everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span q and a. >> our topic here how would you improve congress, asking all of you to weigh in on that. john fort yea is here director of the democracy project for the bipartisan policy center out with the latest heal

freedom breeds inequality. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan et al.k about their documentary, "best of enemies," about debates between buckley and corbett all over war, politics, god, and sex. >> it's very unlike today. today i believe there is someone saying the numbers are dwindling. talk about hot topics, hot salacious topics. whereas then, i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time and i don't think these guys needed it. as morgan says, these guys didn't need it. >> i think he was really kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you would not have a monitor not jumping in every 30 seconds. i think really everybody at abc just stood back and let the firebird. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's key day. -- q&a >> considered underrated by many first lady historians, caroline henderson was a -- harrison was an accomplished artist who took up china painting. she was interested in women's issues and helped raise funds for johns hopkins university on t

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary -- best of enemies. on the debates between conservative william f buckley and liberal gore vidal. >> there is not someone today -- very unlike today. today there is someone saying if the numbers are dwindling talk about hot salacious topic number two. where i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time or it -- time. >> howard cap was the mention for moderator. today you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. >> sunday on c-span's q&a." >> next a conversation on the dodd frank regulations. we talk of the passive -- passage of the legislation and its limitation. this is hosted by the group better markets. >> good afternoon everyone, i would like to welcome everyone here today and to welcome the audience watching on c-span. thank you for joining us. i'd like to welcome antonio weiss, for joining us. and the many congressional and executive branch staffers, many of whom put in months of incredibly hard work into what we now call the dodd frank law including the former staff director

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary "the best of enemies" abouthe debates between william f. buckley and gore vidal. >> today -- the members are dwindling, talking about hot topics, hot, salacious topic number two. whereas then i don't think that was the norm on tv at the time, and i don't think these guys needed -- as morgan said, these guys did not need -- >> howard was the moderator and he was a distinguished news man and i think he was embarrassed by this. he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today, you would not have the moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. really, i think everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> coming up next, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton talks about the economy at an event in new york city. then a discussion of planned parenthood videos. and then a nether chance to see a summit held by the national governors -- governors association. >> democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton was in n

. >> film makers robert gordon and morgan nelve talk about their documentary best of enemies. over war, politics god, and sex. >> there's not someone in there ear very unlike today. today i believe there's someone saying the numbers are dwindling, talk about topic number two. whereas, then, i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time. and i don't think these guys needed as morgan said, they didn't need that >> and howard k. smith was the moderator who was a distinguished news man who i think was embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. so really, everybody just stood back and let the fire burn. >> every morning "washington journal" is live with officials policy makers and journalists and your comments. legs>> water discusses his economic plan is acknowledgment is governor -- accomplishments as governor of wisconsin. this is an hour. >> very good. >> how are you doing? scott walker: good to see you. >> best representative in the land. >> feeli

. >> robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary best of enemies. >> there is not someone that is very unlike today. there is someone saying the numbers are dwindling, talk about hot topics, salacious topic number two. whereas then, i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time. i don't think these guys needed that. >> howard smith was the moderator, who i think was really embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you what you have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burned. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span q&a. >> the sin that has a rare sunday session this weekend considering amendments to the highway bill that legislation that such policy for road, bridges and mass transit. italy provides money for projects for three years. on sunday, senators consider him an amendment that would restart the operations of the export import bank and another that would repair -- repeal the affordable care act. the highway bill was one issue transportat

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary, best of enemies, on the 1968 debate between conservative william at -- william s buckley and gore vidal. >> it's very unlike today. today, i believe there is someone saying, you know, the numbers are dwindling. talk about hot topics. hot salacious topic number two. where is then, i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time. i don't think these guys needed that. >> as you mentioned the moderator was a distinguished news man, who i think was really kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating, and he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you would not have a moderator not stepping in every 30 seconds. i think really everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burned. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific, on c-span's q&a. >> on wednesday, house homeland security committee chair mike mccaul of texas talks about how the use of social media has changed homeland security counterterror the -- counterterrorism operation. he also commented on the threat of islamic extremis

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary "the best of enemies" abouthe debates between william f. buckley and gore vidal. >> there is not someone in their ear, very unlike today. today there is someone saying the numbers are dwindling, talk about hot topics, hot, salacious topic number two. whereas then, i don't think that was the norm on tv at the time and i don't think these guys needed -- as morgan said, these guys did not need -- >> howard was the moderator and he was a distinguished news man and i think he was embarrassed by this. he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today, you would not have the moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. really, i think everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton was in new york city on friday, talking about her economic agenda. some of the proposals included changes to capital gains and executive compensation. at the start of this event, she spoke about her use of

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their movie "best of enemies" between the conservatives and liberals over wars, politics god and sex. >> there is not somebody in their ear, very unlike today. and today somebody is saying the numbers are dwindling and talk about, you know, hot topic -- hot topic number two, you know, whereas then -- i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time, and i don't think these guys would need it and they didn't need it. >> and the moderator was a distinguished news man who i think was embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. i think, really, everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q & a." >>> and tuesday the american enterprise institute had a forum, and speaking at the forum the speakerevent was held to implement the anniversary of the law. it's about 40 minutes. >>> thank you for your very kind words. i am told c-span is film

. >> robert gordon and neville talk about their documentary on the 1968 debate between war politics, god, and sex. >> today i believe there is someone saying the numbers are dwindling. talk about hot topics. whereas, then, i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time. i don't think these guys needed that. >> smith was the moderator. he was a distinguished news man who i think was embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. i think really, everybody just did back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 80s during an string and pacific on c-span q and a. >> c-span2 brings you the best access to congress. every weekend it's book tv with nonfiction books and authors live coverage of book festival from around the country and behind the scene look at publishing industry. c-span two, the best access to congress and nonfiction books. >> white house economic adviser jason furman talked about economic statistics and how to interpret economic data at the rushin

. >> robert gordon and morgan neville talk about the documentary does depended on the 1968 debate between conservative william f. buckley and liberal gore vidal over war, politics god and sex. it is not someone in their ear are likely today. today i believe there is someone saying the numbers are dwindling, talk about hot topics, hot salacious topic number two what has been i don't think that wasn't was the norm in tv at the time. and i don't think these guys need it these guys didn't need that. >> howard k. smith was the moderator and he was a distinguished newspaper think was really kind of embarrassed by this. it was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you would never moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. so i think really everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at eight eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in on this wednesday morning. they will be spending the first part of the day on general speeches. the highway bill is standing by for debate. it is that the porsch

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and neville talk about their documentary "best of enemies." they talk about war politics, god and sex. >> there is no someone in here very unlike today, you know, today i believe there's someone saying, you know, the numbers are -- dwindling. talk about hot topics, hot salacious topic number two whereas then i don't think that was the norm in t.v. at the time. and i don't think these guys need that. >> in our case, you mentioned the moderator, who was a distinguished newsman, who i think was really kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears for, you know sometimes five or more minutes at a time. i mean, today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds, you know. so i think really everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific. on c-span's q&a. >> furman, chairman of the white house council of economic advisors spoke on capitol hill today about the nation's employment rate and how economic data should be interpreted. this is an hour. >> thank you every

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary "best of enemies" on the 1968 debates over war, politic, god and sex. >> there's not someone in their ear, very unlike today. today i believe there's someone saying you know, the numbers are dwindling. talk about hot topic, hot salacious topic number two. whereas there, i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time and i don't think these guys needed, as morgan said, these guys didn't need that. >> and howard k. smith was the moderator who i think was really embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. i mean today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. so i think really everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q and a. >>> up next treasury secretary jack lew talks about the financial regulations. this event was organized by the group better markets. >>> hello. we're honored to have secretary lew here today on this historic occasion. most of you know his

. >> robert gordon and morgan neville tack about "best of enemies" on the 1968 debates between william f. buckley and gora vidal over war, politics god and sex. >> there's not someone in their ear. very unlike today. today i believe there's someone saying, you know, the numbers are dwindling. talk about hot topic. hot, cellacious topic number two whereas then, i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time. and i don't think these guys needed it. they didn't need that. >> and smith was the moderator, a distinguished newsman who was really kind of embarrassed. he was moderating but disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. i think really everybody just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >>> a recent house hearing looked at the challenges in providing wider access to broadband internet technology especially in rural communities. witnesses included a former commissioner of the fcc and the director of google's high-speed service. greg walden chairs the subcommittee. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> if we coul

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan nevell talk about their documentary best of enemies on the debates between william f. buckley and gore vidal over war, politics, god and sex. >> there is not someone in their ear unlike today. today i believe there is someone saying the numbers are -- dwindling, talk about hot topic, top salacious topic number two whereas then i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time and i don't think these guys needed -- as morgan said they didn't need this. >> howard k. smith was the moderator, a distinguished newsman who i think was really kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappeared for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. so i think really, everybody at abc just stoodacack and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >>> next, secretary of labor thomas perez testifies about a proposal to change investor adviser standards for savings accounts. it is aimed at eliminating conflict of interest for advisors. >> welcome to our

. >> film makers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary "the best of enemies" on the 1968 debates between buckley and goodall. >> there's not someone in their ear, very unlike today. you know, today, i believe, there's someone saying, you know, the numbers are dwindling. talk about you know, hot topic, hot salacious topic number two whereas then i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time. and i don't think these guides needed it. >> howard k. smith was the moderator, who was a distinguished newsman, who i think was really kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for, you know, sometimes five or more minutes at a time. i mean today you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds, you know, so i think really everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q & a. >>> veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald testified on capitol hill earlier this week warning of the potential consequences of a $2.5 billion budget shortfall, which would include hospital cl

. >> so makers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary, best of enemies, on the 1968 debate between conservative william f buckley and will -- and liberal courted gore vidal. >> today, i believe there is someone saying the numbers are dwindling. talk about hot topics, hot salacious topic #2. then, that was not the norm on tv. i don't think these guys needed that. >> he was moderating, but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today, you would not have a moderator not jumping in 60 seconds at a time. >> sunday night at eight eastern and pacific. -- 8:00 eastern and pacific. american tv is featuring first ladies. that is that it :00 p.m. eastern -- at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. the conversations with experts and that he or tours and questions with the audience, we tell us stories of the 45 first ladies. and now, frances cleveland. this is 90 minutes. susan: frances cleveland was a celebrity first later unlike any before her. and the mass production of her image to sell a bride of goods -- variety of goods by the consumer industry angered h

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about the 1968 debates between william s. buckley and gore vidal over war, politics, god, and sex. >> there's not someone in their ear, very unlike today. you know, today, i believe there's someone saying you know, the numbers are dwindling. talk about, you know hot topics, hot salacious topic number two. you know, whereas then, i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time. and i don't think these guys needed it, as morgan said, these guys didn't need that. >> the method of the moderator, who was really kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today, you wouldn't have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. so i think really, everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q & a. >> democrats on the house energy and commerce committee held a forum on climate change last friday at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis maryland. speakers included superintendent vice admiral walter carter

testifies before the house of veterans affairs committee full top been question and answer with robert gordon. at 7:00, "washington journal" is live with this morning's headlines. robert mcdonald warned that a $2.5 billion budget shortfall may lead to hospital closures and employee furloughs. he testified as to why there was a budget problem and the possible ways to address it. this is just under three hours. >> welcome to this hearing and i appreciate your attendance. we are gathered to discuss va's budget execution for this fiscal year. as the own now, the stakes have been raised considerably since the deputy secretaries testimony on june 5. deputy secretary was asked this question. if congress does not ask on the 2015 budget shortfall, what is it going to look like in the va in july and august? he responded that we get into dire circumstances the longer we go, but before we get to august, we are in a situation where we are going to have to start denying care to veterans in the community because we do not have the resources to pay for it. the deputy secretary testified about antiquated fina

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary "best of enemies" on the debate between william f buckley and glow-in-the-dark -- and gore vidal. >> there's not someone in there in. very unlike today. today, there's someone saying the numbers are dwindling, talk about hot topic number two. whereas then i don't think that was the norm on tv at the time. i. do not think these guys needed it. >> the moderator was a distinguished news man. he was kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today, you would not have a moderator jumping in every 30 seconds. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> nigerian president muhammadu buhari met with president obama to talk about the boko haram and violence in nigeria. later, president buhari spoke in an event hosted by the u.s. chamber of commerce. [applause] muhammadu buhari -- >> please sit down, ladies and gentlemen. when we read our speeches in the other room, the audience was so small. in fact, i wondered why some of the gover

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary, best of enemies on thedebate between william f buckley and gore but vidal. >> very unlike today. today, there is someone saying the numbers are dwindling, talk about hot topics, hot topic number two. i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time. i don't think these guys needed that. >> the moderator was a distinguished news man who was really kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today, you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. everybody at abc stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night and it is not and pacific on c-span's q&a -- sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. >> establishing the china collection -- she was interested in women's issues and help create funds for johns hopkins university on the condition that it admit women. she was the first general of the daughters of the american revolution. caroline harrison, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original ser

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and morgan neville talk about their documentary, "best of enemies." about the 1960 a debate between berkeley and corbett all -- gore but all -- gore vidal. it was very unlike today. >> today i believe there is someone saying, the numbers are dwindling. talk about hot topics. hot salacious topic number two. then a i don't think that was the norm in tv at that time, and i don't think these guys needed that. >> and he mentioned, the moderator, a distinguished news man. i think he was really embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he does appear as for five or more minutes at a time. today you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. i really think everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burn. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific. >> c-span gives you the best access to congress. live coverage of the u.s. house congressional hearings, and news conferences. bringing you events that shape public policy. and every morning, "washington journal" is live with elected officials, policymakers, and journalists. and your comme

sheds a light on the deep-rooted hatred and joining us now, co-drengter erco-directors of the film robert gordon as i named them but give us the background and what you learned. >> i say you called gore videllal democrat. i don't think he would identify with that. he was a hand grenade thrower of the left. >> okay hand grenade thrower of the left. >> bill buckley was one of the -- >> hand grenade thrower of the right. >> exactly. the insurgent on the far right that started the national review, had a tv show firing line, for 33 years and helped confine the conservative movement of reagan's era. >> what did you learn about these best of enemies putting it together? >> a couple things. one was when the red loit turned off on the camera they were still enemies. >> right. >> this was a real -- a real dislike, and even a fear of each other. >> it wasn't a performance, per se. >> they had a good sense of theater, as you can see when you see them on tv. but their enmity was real. the stakes for them were the future of the nation. this was really about what was good for america and what was bad for ameri

. >> film makers robert gordon talk about their documentary on the 1968 debate between conservative william f. buckley over war politics, god and sex. >> today i believe there's someone saying the numbers are dwindling. talk about hot topic, hot salacious topic number two. whereas then i don't think that was the norm in it t.v. and these guy didn't need that. >> i think he was really kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you wouldn't have a moderator jumping in every five seconds. "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome a new face to the program this morning. congressman carlos curbelo serving his first term. serves on the transportation infrastructure committee. i want to ask you about immigration issues and sanctuary cities. the house will vote today on legislation that would according to the washington times with hold grants from jurisdiction that's shield illegal immigrants. >> greta, look i'm a major proponent of immigration reform and this legislation is enexpired by the tragic death, horr

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and roger metal talk about their documentary, best of enemies, on the 1968 debate between conservative lien of ugly and liberal gore the doll -- vidal. >> it is very unlike today. today i believe there is someone saying, you know, the numbers are dwindling. talk about hot topics, hot salacious topic number two. whereas then, i don't think that was the norm in tv at the time. i don't think these guys needed that. >> the moderator was a distinguished news man. i think he was really kind of embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. i think really everybody at abc just sit back and let the fire burn. >> tonight at it got eastern and pacific, on c-span's q&a. >> monday on the communicators fcc commissioner michael o'rielly on key issues before the fcc, like net neutrality, regulating the internet, and the public influence on policymaking. >> when an item is made for in -- an open committee meeting that document should be made availab

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and norman rat -- neville talk about the documentary "best of enemies"ween where you left buckley and over war, politics, god, and sex. >> very unlike today. today, i believe there is someone saying the numbers are doing doing, they talk about hot topics, hot salacious topic number two. whereas then, i do not think that was the norm in tv at the time and i do not think these guys need to, as morgan said these guys did not need that. >> the moderator, a distinguished newsnight, who i think was really embarrassed by this. he was moderating but he disappears for some time five minutes at a time today, you would not have a moderator jump in every 30 seconds. i think really everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burned. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." >> "washington journal" continues. host: open phones, 2-74 8-8000 for democrats. 202-7 48-8001 for republicans. 202-7 48-8003 for independents. . john kasich is going to make his announcement and you can see it on c-span3. you can also listen on c-span radio and watch on

brian: robert gordon, why did you do this documentary on bill buckley and gore vidal? bert: because it was exhilarating to watch them have dialogue back and forth and though it was 45 years ago, it spoke very much to the present tense. brian: and i'll ask the same to your partner in crime over here. morgan: robert called me and said he had come across a bootleg tape of some of these debate between william buckley and gore vidal. did i want to see them? absolutely, i wanted to see them. [laughter] my first job out of college was working for gore vidal as his back checker. -- fact checker. i was very interested in him as a character. buckley was someone we all knew from being such a tv presence, but when i saw the debates i saw something that was really speaking to today as much as it was to 1968. and then, we got excited and decided to make a film about it. brian: when did they start to -- to gather? -- together?

. >> this week on cue and day filmmakers morgan neville and robert gordon -- robert morgan brian: robert gordon, why did you do this documentary? robert:

. >> filmmakers robert gordon and robert talk about their documentary "best of enemies" about the debater war, politics, god, and sex. >> very unlike today. today, i believe, there is somebody saying the numbers are dwindling. talk about hot topics, siliceous topic number two -- salacious topic number two. i do not think that was the norm at the time and i do not think they needed it. >> award was the moderator, a distinguished -- howard was the moderator, a distinguished news man. i think he was embarrassed. he disappears for four or five minutes at a time. now you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. everybody stood back and let the fire burn. >> tonight on c-span's "q&a." >> coming up next on american history tv, the gettysburg college civil war institute summer conference holds a panel discussion with contributors to the book "lens of war"

. >> filmmakers robert gordon n and talk about the debates between william feville over politics, god, and sex. >> today, i believe there are someone saying the numbers are dwindling, talk about hot topics, hot, salacious topic number two. i do not think that was the norm in tv at the time. i do not think these guys needed -- these guys did not need it. >> he was the moderator and a distinguished news man who was embarrassed by this. he was moderating, but he disappears for sometimes five or more minutes at a time. today, you would not have a moderator not jumping in every 30 seconds. i think really, everybody at abc just stood back and let the fire burned. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> recently, american history tv was at the organization of american historians annual meeting in st. louis