johnny taylor, sophia nelson, thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> woodruff: just days ago, the e.p.a.'s new administrator, scott pruitt, promised an "aggressive rollback" of regulations that had been put in place by former president obama. "the future," he said, "ain't what it used to be." president trump made good on his and pruitt's promise today, with an order to dismantle a controversial obama rule about smaller bodies of water in the u.s. william brangham has the story. >> brangham: it's called "the waters of the united states rule," and it has to do with which smaller bodies of water, like streams and wetlands, should be regulated and protected by the federal government under the clean water act. that question has been litigated in court battles for years. for more on what today's move is all about, i'm joined now by juliet eilperin, who's been reporting on this for the "washington post." juliet, welcome back to the news hour. before we get into the rollback, can you tell me what this rule is really about? as i understand it, this is a very big part of obama's environ

. >> now on afterwards, author and journalist sophia nelson reflects on the founding fathers calls for unified america. she's interviewed by the michael steele. >> e pluribus unum one, this book is part history lesson, part call to arms, part roadmap. what was going through your mind first to move you to write the book and then as you are writing it to take that approach where you are doing all these things at one time. i'm going to teach you something and show you something to tell you something. >> first of all thank you for being here. it means a lot to me. we been friends for 25 years. i don't talk about how old we are. two things happened in 2015. they were game changers. the first was the riots in baltimore. my sorority sister and good friend i was in shock because i am bored right after the riots and everything so i never saw that in my lifetime. so see an american city burn was shocking. the the second thing that happened was the charleston shootings. the issue over the confederate fight, seen nine african-american african-american shot in the church by someone to this day does

. >> now on afterwards, author and journalist sophia nelson reflects on the founding fathers calls forunified america. she's interviewed by the michael steele. >> e pluribus unum one, this book is part history lesson, part call to arms, part roadmap. what was going through your mind first to move you to write the

author and journalist sophia nelson will reflect on the founding fathers calls for a unified america and this weekend, radio host hugh hewitt outlines how republicans can lead america out of political gridlock. >> i got the twitter treatment as well. >> people don't like not being in the club. >> he called me a loser. >> i'm well rated so you are low rated. >> this was quite a while ago. >> i love your show. >> it's a remarkable time. when you decide try was going to get your vote because i know you interviewed him more than a dozen times. you told him to quit the race once on twitter. where did you get to the place where you said this is who i'm voting for? >> the history is documented with me that i was swift through the whole campaign, i did 170 interviews through the debate to be fair. when you want i said i'm for you, i've always been for the republican nominee. when he attacked in the broadcast, attacking the judge, i said if you don't stop it, if you don't treated, it will kill you. now i'm back on the bus. i campaigned for him. also this summer, trump, trump. he was on the ac

sophia nelson will reflect on the founding fathers called for a unified america. this weekend, radio radio host hugh hewitt outlines how republicans can lead america out of political gridlock. >> -- people don't like not being there. well he call me a loser. >> i'm already. >> i would've been been fired quite a while ago according to him. >> it's remarkable. so when did you decide that trump was going to get your vote. i know you interviewed him more than a dozen times. i. i know you told him to quit the race. when did you get to the place where you said, this is who i'm voting for. >> the history is not very interesting to anyone but me. but i switched in the entire campaign. i was doing the debates they have to be fair. and so i said said okay and for you. when he attacked the judge -- said you're flying the plane into the mountain attacking the judge if you don't stop it and treated they will kill you. he stopped and i got back on the trump bus and campaigned for him. we barnstormer for them all through the summer. along comes the hollywood access video. i'm a

later more booktv in prime time from afterwords sophia nelson and her book the purpose one. then hugh hewitt >> saturday evening at 8:3 8:30. eastern on booktv, david horowitz outlines the parties the white house should focus on in his latest book. >> my fear is republicans going off on their own in their own directions. i'm worried about the congress. i'm worried about people who don't understand, people in the republican leadership who don't understand the political battle. >> and sunday, harvard history professor provides a history of civil wars throughout the world. >> civil war has something atrocious about it. its fraternal war because it is conducted within a common political unit and because both warring sides at the same time absolutely affirm and absolutely deny this common unit. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> the lantos foundation for human rights and justice presented on iraqi