the boy was roger williams. williams did not read or study it cook. he had been beside them, gun with him to the star chamber, the privy council, parliament, direct confrontations with the king in person, to gangs, and his views on liberty ran in his veins. he believe in liberty. by the time of the petition of rights, 1628, williams is no longer a boy. he finished cambridge, a brilliant career as a scholar, and he was a young minister. within days of agreeing to the petition of right charles began violating it. one of the key issues was he was collecting taxes without parliamentary approval. he just agreed never to do it again and started doing it, but in even greater issue was the church of england and its continued drift toward catholicism in this really in planned parliament. parliament reconvened and immediately responded with to attacks hot on the king, and charles dissolved parliament and swore he would never call another, but it was not that simple. soldiers pounding of the door of the house of commons, fist fights on the floor, people physical

he grew so close that he referred to him as his son to be the bully was roger williams. williams hadn't read khator studied him. he had been beside him going with him to the privy council to parliament to direct conversations with the king in person, and his view on the liberty ran in his veins. he believed in liberty. by the time of the petition of rights, 1628, williams is no longer apply. he finished cambridge as a brilliant career as a scholar and he was a young minister and within days of agreeing to the petition of right and he began violating this. one of the key issues was he was collecting taxes without parliamentary approval and he just agreed never to do it again. but an even greater issue was the church of england and its continued to drift towards collis some and this enflamed the parliament when parliament reconvened and immediately responded with new attacks on the king and he swore he would never call another but it wasn't that simple. while the soldiers were coming on the door at the house of commons, there were fist fights on the floor, people physically

. >> next on booktv john barry recounts the life of roger williams whose thoughts on the separation of church and state were deemed revolutionary in seventeenth century america. it is a little under 1 hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> i was in washington where i hang out in bookstores and i figured out rising tide and i asked who is this guy? to make a long story short i got in touch with john and came to find out when i started saying -- he actually wrote the best book about washington. it is considered one of the best books ever written about washington. then he wrote which is my opinion not the best boat -- maybe the best book -- came to find out -- don't know how many of you knew this but john was assistant coach of lsu in 1973. [applause] here is this guy with real passion for history and real passion for football and real passion for new orleans and the louisiana coast, just like that and myself here almost. separate l s u for you. as long as you can't get out of new orleans, the 50 yard line mark around the city. [laughter] to note john and his sort of passion for the truth in

. >> jon: that's a quote from roger williams and i believe the worst law and order spin-off yet. listen. no one loves their= plan, but soul rape? you may not realize this but catholic church already offers health plans that cover viagra. a.k.a., four-hour johnson juice. i'm guessing that that doesn't rape the soul. some of your employee iz guess are getting that subsidized vie ago a and some of them are single unmarried men. what do you think they're doing with their erection? seriously we'd love to know. send your responses to brian williams care of... ( ( cheers and applause ) so how is it that... i can't wait to find out. how is it that women can't get their pill but men can get their pill? as it happens the church answered that very question 12 years ago. >> vie ago a actually answers a medical problem. contraception is a choice that somebody may make, but it doesn't answer a particular health care need. >> jon: two things, why one does 12 years ago look like the '70s on television? have we really advanced that far in 12 years? two, the catholic church says a man is in need b

[applause] we have a very special guest here for you today, a professor at roger williams university and is spoken in front of commerce. his writings have been published in the nation, "usa today," and the boston globe so i think it is important that i confess my apostasy first. i happen to admire buckley tremendously in many, many ways, but i also disagree with many of his ideas, and that may come through, but i wanted to be upfront with you about that. historians debate whether history is made by individuals or by structural forces. if it city says would it be the same country that we know it to be? what other people have come forth and fill their shoes and done what they did or would things be markedly different? for our purposes tonight to the question is, if william f. buckley jr. had not lived with conservatives in the world yesterday, or would it be different? a conservative movement, a conservative movement, would it have achieved the same success that it has received? i am going to put that question aside for the moment and try to circle back to it later. let's start with wh

he's a professor at roger williams university and he has spoken to many stories. he's here today to discuss his latest book buckley. please join me in welcoming carl pogus. it's a pleasure to talk to you today about william f.buckley and maybe most speakers don't start by telling you their political affiliation but i think that's important and interesting. i happen to be a liberal and i know i'm speaking about a conservative icon and a figure who's beloved to millions of people and so i think it's important that i confess my a aposcity first. but i wanted to be up front with you about that. historians debate whether history is made by individuals or by structural forces. if george washington didn't have lived or george madison or abraham lincoln would the united states exist and if it did exist would it be the same country we would know it to be? would other people come forth and filled their shoes and done what they did or would things be markedly different? if william buckley wouldn't have been there would conservatism been different. and if there had been a con

it comes from richard hooker used by roger williams, picked up by jefferson. stayed out of the language until hugo black brought it back in 1947. so the idea that church and state are separate is an american tradition. the only mention of religion in the constitution is no religious test for office. president kennedy said in the speech in houston, if you don't want a religious test, if you want a religious test, get out and openly argue for that. and i think there is a de facto argument here about returning to a much more overtly religious politics that at our best in america we have avoided. would rather have a is... we'll come right to you. >> what i think is fascinating about this, having grown up in a very irish catholic household and been in a lot of irish pubs with j.f.k.'s picture in them throughout my life is what's happened in the last 50 years. j.f.k. gave that speech not because he wanted to give a great treatise on church and state. he felt he had to give that speech in order to get elected because he knew the bigotry and a lot of the prejudice of

roger williams was not a man out of time. he belonged to the 17th century and puritans of that century. yet he was also one of the most remarkable men of the century with absolute faith in the bible and absolute faith in his own interpretation of it he nonetheless believed that monstrous to compel another person to believe what he or anyone else believed or to compel the conformity to his or anyone else's views to get his enemies called him a fire brain. they feared the free thought it might and they lacked faith in the sort of god's word. they feared being challenged and having their world under challenge to disintegrate. soon after his banishment, winthrop, who maintained a relationship with -- -- wrote him a letter asking him several questions. one was, what have you gained by you new-found practices, and williams is now living virtually in a hubble. he was barely surviving. to the first question williams answered, i confess my gains, loss of friends, maintenance, but he went ton say he hoped to gain the excellence sis of

cabinet room, and you can see president nixon there in the middle with mel laird on one side and william rogers, the secretary of state, on the other. remember when you took this? >> guest: that was done probably in december of--november or december of 1970. nixon had the--the reputation in the press for not using his cabinet the way others did. he was relying a lot on his aides, they said. and it was very important for me, when i knew there a cabinet meeting, that i photograph a cabinet meeting so that i could show that he did, in fact, use his cabinet. c-span: when we pull back on this, you can see, as we went in close on the shot, daniel patrick moynihan sitting at the table. >> guest: a young patrick moynihan. he was in the president's cabinet, and though a liberal democrat, it just showed the range that--that nixon used to get the members of his cabinet and their different political beliefs. c-span: do you know these people personally? >> guest: no. i n--knew one or two of them very casually. but i got to know some of the aides to the president while doing the book. c-span: what's your--wh

roger simon will be describing the republican field as not just weaks but barren, the gop party is quote, would of, could of, should of. he will defend those remarks when he joins us. >>> brian williamsns me now from new york with a preview of what will be a great interview tonight on nbc's "rock center," brian, we have come to know charles murray through the book "the bell curve" and his new book arguing a different genetic programming that could explain academic performance. >> i want to say at the outset, that we sat down with him yesterday in new york, last time i interviewed charles murray, he was coauthor of the bell curve, it stamped his life. one of his ideas was that iq was created by a lot of things and environment is one and he went there on the subject of race. and he paid a heavy price for it. this book essentially says, we are coming apart. it's saying that our society is degrading and we are splitting apart and when he gives an example -- well, i'll let you see one of the examples he uses between the classes in america. >> it's not particularly important if a truck driver understands the priorities of the law professor. you know? a truck driver has no influence over th

williams are back with your washington castles of world team tenn1tennis. i know you'll like that. let's hit had the hellie pad wizards in portland look for back-to-back wins against the blazers. rogeroodell set to make $20 million a year at the end of his current contract. at least one nfl player thinks that's too much. falcons receiver roddy white tweeted, how in the heck can you pay a man this much money that can't run, tackle or catch? roddy, have you heard of bill gates or warren buffett? >>> finally, west virginia moving over to the big 12. their membership in the big east will be terminated june 30th. i don't know if anybody's told roddy white, but his owner arthur blank makes a lot of money and he doesn't run, catch or tackle anybody. guys? >> just a run to the bank. >>> coming up next, a young girl battling a rare form of cancer, she scores her dream date with a pop star. >>> also, a tribute to "soul ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what