retiree members of congress, orrin hatch of utah and democratic congressman sander levin of michigan talk about their tenure in congress, the trump administration, and what is next after retiring from politics. join us tonight at 8 p.m. for retiring members of congress on c-span and c-span.org. and listen with a free c-span radio app. new congress, new leaders. watch the process unfold on c-span. democrats have reclaimed control of the house. republicans retained majority control of the senate. as the parties organize the new congress, watch it unfold on c-span. >> c-span, where history unfold 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 white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider.

tonight, two retiring members of congress, orin hatch of utah and sander levin of michigan talk about their tenure in congress, the state of the political process today, the trump administration, and what is next after retiring from politics. :00 us tonight at eight p.m. eastern for retiring members of congress on c-span and c-span.org, and listen with the free c-span radio app. youngare back with cliff who would tell us about what they saw coming and what happened. what drove people to the polls to vote this year? >> the day of, we interviewed 39,000 voters with thomson reuters. ,e asked about 20 questions y they went out there. it is trump that drove democrats to the polls. the democrats, it was about health care. republicans, it was immigration. economy and jobs in one hand, and health care on the other. >> what was the breakdown as far as gender? skewed democrat versus .epublican very strongly we were seeing that in the pre-election polls. it was definitely case on election day. >> was there a big difference between the last midterm and now , or were the same issues coming up? >>

representative who is -- sander levin in michigan who is retiring after serving 36 years in office. this is about 35 minutes. host: congressman levin, you arrived in washington in 1983 as a freshman member of the house of representatives. what do you remember about those first two months? rep. levin: actually, i came to washington to become part of the agency for international development. our family was here then. i had been in michigan all my life before that. so then i went back and ran for a seat that opened up after i had run for governor. i mention that because i came here with all of the background and all of those feelings. i had not expected to run for congress. the seat opened up and my brother said to me, my brother carl had been through some big battles for the governorship when i lost by a small amount. someone with whom i became a good friend. bill and i had worked together in the state senate. with that background with my late wife and the kids, we came here. i can remember driving and seeing the mormon church. i had not seen it for some reason. then i remember standi

saturday, to retiring members of congress, orrin hatch of utah and sander levin of michigan talk about their tenure in the trump administration, and what is next after retiring from politics. and us on c-span www.c-span.org. susan: on this veterans day weekend, c-span is pleased to welcome the secretary of the army, mark esper. joining us from the pentagon. marking his one-year anniversary soon in that role. he brings to it a wealth of experience, including service as a combat veteran himself. service as a senior aide on capital hill working on national security policy. a previous stint at the pentagon. and also working for defense contractor raytheon. mr. secretary, thanks very much for being our guest this week. sec. esper: thank you, susan. thank you for inviting me. susan: let me introduce the two reporters who cover defense issues who will be asking questions. missy ryan works for the washington post as a national security reporter. and pat tucker is at defense one as a national security reporter for that publication. missy ryan, you are up first in just a minute. but we wanted to

ncicap.org] >> tonight, to retiring members of congress, orrin hatch of utah and democratic congressman sander levin of michigan talk about their tenure in congress, the state of the put up -- clinical progress today, the trunk administration, and what is next. join us tonight -- trump administration, and what is next. join us tonight. congress returns tuesday for the start of a lame-duck session . the house is backed work on legislation funding the federal government passed the december 7 deadline. the senate returns for votes on coast guard programs and denomination for the federal reserve board. watch the house lights on c-span and the senate live on c-span2. here is more from a capitol hill reporter. the 115 congress returns tuesday for the lame-duck session and the home stretch of legislative work and leadership elections. joining us is scott long, senior staff writer with the hill. let's start with the elections and nancy pelosi'

representative who is -- sander levin in michigan who is retiring after serving 36 years in office. this is about 35 minutes. host: congressman levin, you arrived in washington in 1983 as a freshman member of the house of representatives. what do you remember about those first two months? rep. levin: actually, i came to washington to become part of the agency for international development. our family was here then. i had been in michigan all my

. >> up next, c-span's interview with democratic congressman sander levin in michigan who is retiring after serving 36 years in the house of representatives. this is 35 minutes. host: congressman levin, you arrived in washington in 1983 as a freshman member of the house of representatives. what do you remember about those first two months? rep. levin: actually, i came to washington to become part of the agency for international development. our family was here then. i had been in michigan all my life before that. so then i went back and ran for a seat that opened up after i had run for governor. i mention that because i came here with all of the background and all of those feelings. i had not expected to run for congress. the seat opened up and my brother said to me, my brother carl had been through some big battles for the governorship when i lost by a small amount. someone with whom i became a good friend. bill and i had worked together in the state senate. with that background with my late wife and the kids, we came here. i can remember driving and seeing the mormon church. i had n

tonight, two retiring members of congress, orin hatch of utah and sander levin of michigan talk abouttenure in congress, the state of the political process today, the trump administration, and what is next after retiring from politics. :00 us tonight at eight p.m. eastern for retiring members of congress on c-span and c-span.org, and listen with the free c-span radio app. youngare back with cliff who would tell us about what they saw coming and what happened. what drove people to the polls to vote this year? >> the day of, we interviewed 39,000 voters with thomson reuters. ,e asked about 20 questions whit they

to retiring members of congress, republican senator orrin hatch of utah and democratic senator sander levin the state ofiscuss washington and what is next after retiring from politics. was sent the free c-span radio app. i thought about forgotten presidents even before i wrote the book. then it occurred to me there might be something that they all had in common. >> university of north carolina constitutional law professor michael gerhardt talks about two of his books. the forgotten presidents and him peter. clinton did al lot to merit his own impeachment. i think he knew members of congress were looking for him to make mistakes come and when he made those mistakes and later testified under oath in a way that was false, for which he was later held in contempt by a judge for perjury, bill clinton made his impeachment almost inevitable. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house,

tonight, two retiring members of congress, orrin hatch of utah, and sander levin of michigan, talk abouture in congress, the state of the political process today, the trump administration, and what is next after retiring from politics. join us tonight at 8:00 eastern, for retiring members of congress, on c-span and www.c-span.org, and listen with the free c-span radio app. c-span sunday, veterans four: 30 a.m. used done, for the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i, with french president emmanuel macron. at 7:30 a.m., washington journalist live on c-span.and american history tv on c-span 3, for a special call-in program about what was hoped to be the war to end all wars, with guests, loyola university professor john more leisure, and -- john moser, at 9:00 a.m. on c-span, live coverage of president trump and first lady melania trump at world war i ceremonies in paris. at 11:00, the wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns, live from arlington national cemetery.and our life veterans day coverage continues at 5:00 p.m. eastern with the liberty awards, honoring former presi

saturday, to retiring members of congress, orrin hatch of utah and sander levin of michigan talk aboutheir tenure in the trump administration, and what is next after retiring from politics. and us on c-span www.c-span.org. susan: on this veterans day weekend, c-span is pleased to welcome the secretary of the army, mark esper. joining us from the pentagon. marking his one-year anniversary soon in that role. he brings to it a wealth of experience, including service as a combat veteran himself. service as a senior aide on capital hill working on national security policy. a previous stint at the pentagon. and also working for defense contractor raytheon. mr. secretary, thas