i've actually -- in this chair, year ago, talking about the first volume of sidney blumenthal's four -- to be four volumes on lincoln, and i'm really excite it -- excited about this one. i loved that one and this is even norwich. "wrestling with the angel. ". so, like to set the stage. begins in march 1849. lincoln returns to springfield to practice law. 1849. and then 1856, no-nothing party, nominates bill moore for president, national convention for the republican party. we have that blackdrop. what's the title about? >> host: "wrestling with his angel" is a title i took from the story of jacob in the bible in the bible, jacob wrestles through a long night, possible my with himself. the bible says an angel. and at the end of the night, and with the break of dawn, he comes to a realization of who he is and he adopts a new name. israel. lincoln wrestles through a long night, it's his long, dark night of the soul, for lincoln. the last years. he enters it coming home to springfield after one term in the congress, and he ends it by founding the illinois republican party, and adopting h

and at 4:00, sidney blumenthal with his book. on sunday, our coverage continues at 11:00 a.m.astern with heather and thompson and her book, "lead in the water, the attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy." at 2:00, jeffrey stone with his book. then at 3:00, former congressman .rey radel with his book at 4:00, author thomas riggs with his book, "churchill and orwell, the fight for freedom." watch our coverage of the annual printers row lit fest starting at 11:00 on c-span twos booktv. sunday, q1 day is in hyde park, new york at the franklin d roosevelt museum where we go inside for a look at fdr's personal office and collection of artifacts with the museum's director. >> this museum opened in june 1941 and he was still the president so this essentially became the northern oval office. there are 914 books in this room alone and every book was selected by fdr to be in this room. this room is almost identical to the way it was the day fdr died. >> watch q and a from the franklin roosevelt museum in hyde park, new york at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> "washington journal,"

and then sidney blumenthal with his book a self-made man, the political life of abraham lincoln, in 1849 continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with her book blood and water, the prison uprising in 1971 and its legacy. also jeffrey stone with his sex in the constitution. sex, religion and law the 21st century. also at 4:00 p.m., the book churchill and orwell, the freight fight for freedom. watch our coverage of the lit fest starting saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2 book tv. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television company and is brought to today by your cable or satellite provider. >> the white house requested $1.1 trillion for the department of health and human services. the budget request includes cuts in public health and biomedical research. tom price talks about his department's budget adhering at the senate finance committee. the two-hour hearing begins with opening remarks by the chair of the committeein

sidney blumenthal, with his book, a self-made man, the political life of abraham lincoln." on sunday our coverage continues heather thompson and her book "blood in the water: the attica prison rising of 1970 and its legacy." constitution."he a true story of where politics, money, madness, and finger food. then "churchill and orwell: the fight for freedom." starting coverage saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern president trump offered its first public comments of senate testimony -- -- james comey. this is about 30 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and the president of romania.

and sidney blumenthal, "a self-made man." coverage, our continues at 11 a.m. eastern and heather and thompson, her book on the attica uprising. jeffrey stone with his book, "sex and the constitution." raydell with trey his book, "democrazy." witht 4:00, thomas riggs his book. watch our coverage of the 33rd annual chicago tribune lit fest, starting saturday at 11 a.m. eastern. >> our guest on c-span's newsmakers this week's steve from ohio.blic and he is heading the national is togn committee, which keep republicans in control of the house. as we get started, i want to tell you about our guest. had aa buckeye, and career in financial services, and the ohio legislator. he is also a brigadier general in the ohio national guard, which he has been in since 1985, in he served in active duty 2004 and 2005 as a battalion commander. thank you for being our guest. mr. stivers: it is great to be on. introduce our me commentators. scott is the campaign editor for politico and hosts politico's nerd cast. boulder making a return visit to newsmakers. mr. wong: thank you for

this was a woman whose captain sidney blumenthal employed for decades, conspiracy monitor. it is this worldview that she is a force for truth and justice at all of these evil forces are to blame for anything bad that ever happens to her. >> you have to wonder who this does any good for. doesn't do any good for hillary clinton and her reputation and her standing prayer and she doesn't look big in this interview. she looks small print can't help the democrats. there are a lot of people looking backward that the selection with the inquiries into russian meddling but democrats need to look forward to what they stand for and we know that from these special elections, you need to have a positive message and it's not clear what direction democrats are going in. we know that hillary clinton finding fault with everyone except herself for losing the election doesn't help her. >> bret: to the credit of some of the interviewers, they pressed her on a couple issues. the goldman sachs speeches. >> why did you do those? >> why do you have goldman sachs here? they pay us. they paid me. whe

at 4:00, sidney blumenthal, with his book, the political life of abraham lincoln. on sunday, our coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with heather thompson and her book, the prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy. at 2:00, jeffrey stone with his sex, religion, and law from americans origins to the 21st century. at 3:00, former congressman trey radel with his book, a true money,f weird politics, amendments, and finger food. at 4:00, author thomas ricks, with his book, the fight for freedom. watch our coverage of the 33rd stnual printers row lit fe saturday on c-span2's book tv. journal"'s "washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, we will preview the upcoming testimony i former fbi director james comey to the senate intelligence committee. our guests include my clique, david hawking's, and michigan democratic congresswoman brenda lawrence. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> the director of national intelligence, the nsa director, and t

and therefore clock, sidney blumenthal with his book, the self-made man.unday, our coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with her book, blood in the water. cash authorer jeffrey stone. then at 3:00, former congressman trey radel with his book. 4:00, author thomas ricks with his book church will and or will, the fight for freedom. starting coverage saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two cost book tv. >> are just -- our guest today is congressman steve drivers -- steve strivers. , let met started here tell you about our guest. and had a career in financial services and also the ohio legislature. he is also a

and sidney blumenthal, "a self-made man." coverage, our continues at 11 a.m.astern and heather and thompson, her book on the attica uprising. jeffrey stone with his book, "sex and the constitution." raydell with trey his book, "democrazy." witht 4:00, thomas riggs his book. watch our coverage of the 33rd annual chicago tribune lit fest, starting saturday at 11 a.m. eastern.

and at 4:00, sidney blumenthal, the political life of abram lincoln. our coverage continues on sunday with heather anne thompson and her book "blood in the water" the at ka up rising of 1971 and its legacy. at 2:00, sex and the constitution. sex, religion, and law from america's origins to the 21st century. dhen at 3:00, dray radle with democrazy. at 4:00 churchill & orwell, the fight for freedom. watch our coverage of the 33rd annual lit fest on c-span 2's book tv. st free state foundation held its annual telecommunication policy conference in washington, d.c. at the national press club. speakers included form oer white house counsel c bodien gray and howard shalansky. they took part in a discussion on telecommunications regulations and expected fcc changes under the new chair. this portion is just over an hour. >> ok. well, everyone is so quiet that i think we should get started. that was really good. i'm randy

and at 4:00, sidney blumenthal with his book "a self made man." on sunday, our coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with heather ann thompson and her book "blood in the water." at 2:00, author geoffrey stone with his book "sex and the constitution." and then account 3:00, former congressman trey radel with his book "democrazy." and at 4:00, author thomas ricks with his book "churchill and orwell." watch our coverage of the 33rd annual chicago tribune printers row lit fest starting saturday 11:00 a.m. eastern on book tv. >>> this sunday, hyde park, new york, at the roosevelt presidential library and museum where we go inside for a rare look at fdr's personal office and collection of artifacts with paul spi ro, the museum's director. >> this library opened in june of 1941. he was still president of the united states and the northern oval office. fdr has an incredibly inquisitive mind. there are 22,000 books, 914 books in this room alone. every book in here was selected by fdr to be in this room. this room is almost identical to the way it was on

sidney blumenthal with his book, a self-made man: the political life of abraham lincoln 1809 to 1849. on sunday our coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with heather and thompson and her book blood in the water: the attica prison uprising of 1971 and his legacy. at 2:00 p.m. author jeffrey stone with his book sex and the constitution: sex's, constitution and law from the americans origins to the 21st century. at 3:00 p.m. former congressman trey rado with his book democrat. a true story of weird politics, money and madness and finger food. at 4:00 p.m. thomas ricks with his book churchill and orwell, the fight for freedom. watch our coverage of the 33rd annual such chicago tribune starting saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. >> sunday night on "after words". new america president and ceo anne-marie slaughter examines the global networking in the digital age in her book, the chessboard and the web: strategies of connection and in network world. mrs. slaughter is interviewed by dennis mcdonald, former white house chief of staff in the obama administration from 313

at 4:00, sidney blumenthal with "a self-made man." on sunday, our coverage continues with heather and heather-ann thompson. at 2:00, jeffrey stone. at 3:00, trey radel with his book. at 4:00, thomas rexx. our coverage of the 33rd annual chicago tribune festival starting on saturday at 11:00 eastern on book tv. >> the director of national fbilligence and the acting director testified at a senate hearing on the foreign intelligence surveillance act. expire december. in addition to answering questions, senators brought up news reports about the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. the senate intelligence committee hearing is 2.5 hours. >>> i'd like to call this hearing to order. i'd like to thank our witnesses today, director of national intelligence, dan coats, dan welcome back to your family here in the united states senate. department of justice deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. director of national security agency, admiral mike rogers. and acting director of the federal bureau of investigation, andrew m

therefore, sidney blumenthal with a self-made man, on sunday, coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with heather and thompson and her book, blood in the water. the prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy. two, author jeffrey stone with his book, sex and the constitution. sex, religion and law. then trey rado with his book, a true story of weird politics, money, madness and finger food. and another thomas rick with his book, churchill and orwell. watch coverage starting saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. >> sunday night on afterwards, new american president and ceo, anne-marie slaughter examines global networking the digital age in her book, the chessboard in the web, strategies of connection and a network world. she is interviewed by dennis mcdonough former white house chief of staff in the obama administration from 2013 - 2016. >> we knew there is a world of states and today if you think about north korea, iran, or sometimes china and russia, that world of state to state relations is very important. i think of it as the chessboard world. it's the world of

at four, sidney blumenthal with his book "a self-made man" 18 oh 9 - 1849. coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with heather and thompson in her book, blood in the water. the prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy. then author jeffrey stone with his book, sex and the constitution. then at three, former congressman trey with his book, a true story of weird politics, money, madness and finger food. i'm in churchill and her well. the lit fast start saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on book tv. >> sunday night on afterwards, new american president and ceo anne-marie slaughter examines global networking in the digital age in her book "the chess book of the web. ". >> what would strike me is that we need there is a world of state and today if you think about north korea iran are sometimes china and russia, that world of state to state relations is still very important. i think of it as the chessboard world. the world of how do we beat our adversaries and we think about a move and try to anticipate what move they will make. that world is there and it's very import

at 4:00, sidney blumenthal with "a self-made man." on sunday, our coverage continues with heather and heather-ann thompson. at 2:00, jeffrey stone. at 3:00, trey radel with his book. at 4:00, thomas rexx. our coverage of the 33rd annual chicago tribune festival starting on saturday at 11:00 eastern on book tv.