the detective hope russell douglas' widow, brenna douglas, might shed some light on that. but that night, when he told her the father of her two children had been murdered, the detective says he got a strange feeling. i never try to judge how people are going to react when i tell them things. but her response wasn't what i expected. as in not emotional enough? she wasn't shocked, at least not visually shocked. it was a bit matter of fact. and that did leave us, at least, wondering when we walked out of the house, yes. josh mankiewicz: and so brenna douglas, as the wives of murdered men often do, became a person of interest. the domestic situation seemed unsettled. they were separated. russell was living in an apartment in renton. according to brenna, they were trying to work it out-- talking about getting back together. josh mankiewicz: in fact, the new widow told the detective that her husband had spent the holidays with her and the kids. she said the last time she saw him was the morning of december 26. he left the house somewhere mid-morning. and she thought he was goin

the washington library at mount vernon for 2018 founding debates program featuring historian, douglas and russellsing what it means to be american. >> one nation invisible in a sense was a kind of we are altogether, right, aren't we all in so that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. >> the american character of what it means to be american is to be able to improvise, when you look at george washington and the dark days of december 1777 at valley ford, the ability to general washington to improvise, to be like a guerrilla fighter and live off the land and be able to do to get the job done. >> in the beginning not all groups were not included on what americans were minority were not and women were not considered citizens at least, that changes over time. over time more and more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> watch live coverage next week as congress faces a december 7th deadline to fund the federal government. 7 spending bill congressional action to avoid partial shutdown, homeland security, agriculture and trans

at mount vernon for the 2018 founding debates program featuring edward greene medford, douglas brinkley and russell shortoh discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indivisible with the kind of we are all together, aren't we all? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. the american character should be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington and the dark days of december 17, '77 at valley forge, the ability to improvise, to be almost a guerrilla fighter, to live off the land, to be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> from the very beginning that is what an american is. minority groups in certain religious groups were not and women were not really considered citizens. that changes over time. overtime more and more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> a senate hearing on the world bank looked at the role these institutions play in us foreign policy and relations with china. indiana senator todd young chairs the foreign relations subcommittee on developers, econ

the washington library at mount vernon for the 2018 debate program featuring historian douglas brinkley and russell chortled discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indivisible was a kind of we are all together, aren't we all? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. the american character, to be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington in the dark days of december 17, '77 at valley forge, the ability of general washington to improvise, to be like a guerrilla fighter, to live off the land, to be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. from the very beginning not always included in what an american news. minority groups, certain religious groups were not and women were not really considered citizens. that changes over time. over time, more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and c-span's q and a. >> best-selling thriller author brad meltzer will be our guest on in-depth fiction addition. are alive call in program sunday at noon eastern. his most recent book the escape artist debut at n

library at mount vernon for the 2018 founding debates program featuring historians ed ford, douglas brinkley, and russell shorto, discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indie visible in a sense we're all together, right? that is how elemental to what it means to be american. >> the american character, what it means to be american should be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington and the dark days of december, 1777, at valley forge, the ability of general washington to improvise, to be almost like a guerrilla fighter, to live off the land, to be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> i think from the very beginning not all groups were included in what an american is. certainly minority groups were not. certain religious groups were not. and women were not. really considered citizens. that changes over time. over time more and more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> the u.s. house returning in about an hour. they will take up legislative work later today. bills including a short-term

featuring historians edna green medford, douglas brinkley, and russell shortell, discussing what it meanso be american. >> one nation indivisible, in a sense was was a kind of we are all together are we all? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be american. >> the american character of what it means to be american to be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington and the dark days of december 17 1777 at valley ford the ability of general washington to improvise to be a guerrilla fighter to live off the land, to be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> i think from the airy beginning not all groups were included including american, certainly minority groups were not, with certain religious groups were not. and women were not really

vernon for the 2018 founding debates program, featuring historians edna green medford, douglas brinkley, and russell shoreto, discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation, indivisible was a sense, we are altogether, aren't we all? so that is somehow elemental to what it means to be an american. >> the american character, what it means to be american is that to improvise. by that i mean, when you look at george washington in the dark days of december, 1770 valley forge, the ability of general washington to be improvise, to be almost like a guerilla fighter, to live off the land, to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> i think from the very beginning, not all groups were included in what an american is. certainly, certain american groups were not, certain religious groups were not, and women were not really considered citizens, at least. that changes over time. over time, more and more people brought into the american family. >> sunday night, at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> best-selling thriller author brad meltzer will be our guest on "in depth" fiction edition, our live call-

douglas brinkley and russell shorto discuss whag it means to be american. >> one nation inadviceable was a sense of we are all together, right, aren't we all? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be american. >> the american character what it means to be american is to be able to improves. when you look at george washington and the dark days of december, 1777 at valley forge, the ability of general washington to be improvise, to a guerilla fighter living off the land, to do what we need to to do to get the job done. >> i think from the beginning not all groups were included in in what an american is. certainly minority groups and certain religious groups were not. and women were not really considered citizens at least. that changes over time. over time more and more people are brought into the american family. >> sunday night, at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> c-span with, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress. the whit

featuring historians edna green medford, douglas brinkley, and russell shortell, discussing what it means to be american. >> one nation indivisible, in a sense was was a kind of we are all together are we all? that is somehow elemental to what it means to be american. >> the american character of what it means to be american to be able to improvise. by that i mean when you look at george washington and the dark days of december 17 1777 at valley ford the ability of general washington to improvise to be a guerrilla fighter to live off the land, to be able to do what we need to do to get the job done. >> i think from the airy beginning not all groups were included including american, certainly minority groups were not, with certain religious groups were not. and women were not really considered citizens at least. that changes over time. over time more and more people are brought in to the american family. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the heritage foundation hosted this discussion about human rights in north korea. analyst talked about how to handle the issue duri