. >> robert weissman is back with us. he served as president of public citizen joins us this morning to talk about the trump organization and a potential conflict of interest. senators around the constitutions.

robert weissman, appreciate your time. guest: thank you. host: next on "washington journal," with 35 days to election 2018, we will discuss super pac spending with cq roll call's kate ackley. we will be right back. >> friday night, yale university historian joanne freeman on her book, the road to civil war. >> we end up with scores of congressman in a mass brawl. it is dramatic. guys are throwing punches. encounter.sive what was interesting to me was people at the time looked at it and saw a group of northerners and southerners, lots of them armed, running at each other in the house of representatives, and several of them said this does not look like a normal congressional fight. this looks like north versus south. battle.ks like a that is striking. it is not that long before the civil war. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. authortzer prize-winning geraldine brooks is our guest on in-depth, fiction edition. she will be with her most recent book, the secret court. peopleer novels include of the book, the year of wonders.

. >> robert weissman is back with us. he served as president of public citizen joins us this morning to talk about the trump organization and a potential conflict of interest. senators around the constitutions. remind us what this is and what it prohibits. >> it's hard because most people never knew in the first place. the cause basically says the president and other officers of the government can't take gifts from foreign governments or foreign entities unless they get approvals in advance from congress. our new country would have been influenced by outside powers and it's remained in effect obviously since the founding. >> a lot of concerns of the trump administration started about what is happening with the trump organization but the conflicts of interest. the lawsuit filed by 200 democratic members of congress. their legend of president trump violated the emoluments cause, how? just how you got this global business and engages and takes from foreign governments at the hotel here in washington d.c. they have held parti

c-span bus if the capitals to her, with ohio's senate president about state.ues facing the then robert weissman look that legal action against president trump on the constitution's foreign emoluments clause. andthen kate ackley on pac super pac spending in the 2018 election. join the discussion on "washington journal," 7:00 eastern on tuesday morning. our campaign 2018 coverage this week includes several debates. wednesday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, virginia senator tim kaine faces republican challenger corey stewart in the second of two town hall events. friday at 8:00 p.m., iowa congressman ron blum debates challenger state representative abbie fink an hour for iowa's first congressional district seat. montana'st 9:00 p.m., dm forte faces williams. your c-span coverage for campaign 2018. night, year university historian joanne freeman on her book "the field of blood: violence in congress and the road to civil war." >> you end up with scores of congressman just in a mass brawl. in and of itself, it's dramatic. guys throwing punches, a massive encounter. is what is interesting to me people at the ti

then robert weissman looks at legal action against president trump on the constitution's foreign emolumentslause. and super pac spending in the 2018 election. join the discussion on "washington journal" live at 7 a.m. eastern, tuesday morning. live tuesday on the c-span networks, 10 a.m. eastern, the atlantic festival features a conversation with senators chris coons of delaware and jeff flake of arizona. dimon, p.m., jamie chairman and ceo of j.p. morgan chase. we rejoin the atlantic festival at 2 p.m. eastern for interviews with hillary clinton, jeffrey rosen, and former new jersey governor chris christie. on c-span to the senate continues its consideration of judge brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. 1030 a.m. eastern on c-span three the senate finance committee holds a confirmation hearing for andrew saul to be the next social security commissioner. p.m., the national press club years from the director general of al jazeera. sunday night on q&a, historian joanne friedman on her book "the field of blood." >> you have scores of congressman in a mass ball. guys are throwing

and then robert weissman looks at legal action against president trump on the foreign emoluments clausepac and super pac spending in the 2018 election. join the discussion on c-span's "washington journal." live on tuesday on the c-span networks. at 10:00 eastern, the atlantic festival features a conversation with senators chris coons of delaware and jeff flake of arizona. at 1:15 p.m., aei here's from chairman and ceo of j.p. morgan chase. we rejoin the atlantic festival for interviews with hillary clinton, national constitution center president jeffrey rosen, and former new jersey governor chris christie. the senate continues consideration of judge brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. at 10:30 a.m. eastern, on c-span3, the senate finance committee holds a confirmation hearing for andrew saul to be next social security commissioner. at 1:00 p.m., the national press club hears from the director general of al jazeera, mostefa souag. >> the c-span bus was recently in honolulu, hawaii for the 39th stop of the 50 capitals tour. this weekend we feature our visit to hawaii on c-s