the democrats wanted the little giant, steven douglas, the senator from illinois is there. that is the price -- the northern part of the democratic establishment doesn't want to pay that price. it is too high because lots of voters in the north may not vote for the party if that is the price. there is plenty of anti-slavery agitation going on in the north at the time. but it is the price. the radicals, secessionist, charleston radicals would actually prefer to see the party fracture at that point. they would prefer to see the republicans elected. so they walk out. alabama is leading the southern delegation and leads a walkout in the hall. the man in charleston are sitting in the gallery applauding every bit of rejection that the southerners on the floor were planning that convention. they walked out and went over to the hill on broad street and threatened to leave and succeed conventions. in a way it was underplayed. that was like a first secession. it happened in charleston. and the radicals were overjoyed. the two sections of the union have nothing to arrest its fierce co

. >> that's because the creator of the auto art is his dearly departed brother, steven douglas hoopers is me and my brother. >> steven is born in 1946 and raised in clifton, new jersey. according to big brother hugh, he's a cutup from an early age. >> my brother was normal until he was about 8, and then he changed. >> uh-oh. what happened? >> he started acting like stan laurel and mugging and dancing around. and he always had this crazy sense of humor. >> the brothers are drawn down two very different paths. hugh joins the army. little steven idolizes pop-art sensation andy warhol and the psychedelic painters of the 1960s. he wants to be part of that scene. >> as he got into high school, he just got totally into art. >> steven takes a few classes at a small art college. big brother hugh gets married and starts a family. >> where did he get the money to pursue a passion and not have to get a real job like the rest of us? >> well, steven had a job. he worked in a book binder. he operated a forklift. >> but when their mother has a serious health setback, the brothers must figure out a pl

. >> that's because the creator of the auto art is his dearly departed brother, steven douglas hoopere and my brother. >> steven is born in 1946 and raised in clifton, new jersey. according to big brother hugh, he's a cutup from an early age. >> my brother was normal until he was about 8, and then he changed. >> uh-oh. what happened? >> he started acting like stan laurel and mugging and dancing around. and he always had this crazy sense of humor. >> the brothers are drawn down two very different paths. hugh joins the army. little steven idolizes pop-art sensation andy warhol and the psychedelic painters of the 1960s. he wants to be part of that scene. >> as he got into high school, he just got totally into art. >> steven takes a few classes at a small art college. big brother hugh gets married and starts a family. >> where did he get the money to pursue a passion and not have to get a real job like the rest of us? >> well, steven had a job. he worked in a book binder. he operated a forklift. >> but when their mother has a serious health setback, the brothers must figure out a plan. >>

. >> that's because the creator of the auto art is his dearly departed brother, steven douglas hooper. >> this is me and my brother. >> steven is born in 1946 and raised in clifton, new jersey. according to big brother hugh, he's a cutup from an early age. >> my brother was normal until he was about 8, and then he changed. >> uh-oh. what happened? >> he started acting like stan laurel and mugging and dancing around. and he always had this crazy sense of humor. >> the brothers are drawn down two very different paths. hugh joins the army. little steven idolizes pop-art sensation andy warhol and the psychedelic painters of the 1960s. he wants to be part of that scene. >> as he got into high school, he just got totally into art. >> steven takes a few classes at a small art college. big brother hugh gets married and starts a family. >> where did he get the money to pursue a passion and not have to get a real job like the rest of us? >> well, steven had a job. he worked in a book binder. he operated a forklift. >> but when their mother has a serious health setback, the brothers must figure

. >> reporter: steven douglas has been the lead of the sterling protest.onths since his friend was killed, he's coming to the decision makers directly demanding change. he is starting here, armed with this letter asking him the officer that killed his friend is booted off the force for violating policy twice. >> how come? we don't even have these officers just on disciplinary acting suspension with no paid. they should be fired because they did violate orders not one, not two, not three but four and five. >> we know they violated policy by chasing sterling. and then we also know that he violated policy by not turning on his body camera until after the shooting occurred. so two strikes. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: that we know of. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: and that you say is enough? >> that is enough. even using your car to barricade this man at the red light. >> reporter: so we went you have to the chief's office but were kicked

back with me, steven brinkley and douglas smith. position to decide -- 3,600 secret files about the assassination of jfk to be released. what do you think? should they become public? >> i assume he will green light anything that opens up archives. >> are you eager to see them? >> we're eager to see documents. i believed of the oswald assassination near ro theory. i never want to see a president keep things sequestered. >> this is not just history. it's personal. you're a family member. what do you think about these? >> i think it's fine to release the records, for public information. i think my father and rfk believe the warren commission report was accurate. larry schiller who worked on the book with me, knew marine oswald and knew jack ruby. and went back to russia with norman mailer and went through the kgb files with oswald. and he's convinced that oswald acted alone. he was a disgruntled, unhappy man. and he needed to find an identity. but larry who knows the situation very well, never thought there was a conspiracy around it.

. >> kennedy's 100th birthday and sunday, steven kennedy smith and douglas brinkley reflect on the lifer of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in strong military, but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached out across the aisle. >> he started the alliance for progress and he engage d the space. >> go to cspan.org. >> saturday at noon eastern on book tv. military historians discussed their books on world war i. speakers include jennifer keen with her book, world war i, the american soldier experience. the path to war, how the first world war created modern america. retired colonel, and his book over there. america in the great war. and the recipient of this year's kole be award, david barren and his book, waging war, the clash between presidents and congress, 1776 to isis. watch the 2017 colby military writers symposium, saturday at noon eastern on cspan 2's book tv. >>> now, a panel discussion on president trump's $1 trillion infrastructure plan. how that proposal can be funded and what the federal gov

kennedy's 100th birthday and sunday at 8:00 p.m., jfk's nephew steven kennedy smith and historian douglas brinkley reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in strong military. but he had a much broader conception about what american identity

david farr is ceo of emerson leg, douglas peterson is president and ceo of s&p global and steven rat ner is chairman of will advisers llc. the committees have received your written statements and they'll be made part of the formal hearing record. we've reserved five minutes to deliver your oral remarks. mr. stephens, we'll begin welcome. thank you for being here. >> thank you for members of the committee. i appreciate the opportunity to be in front of you today. i'm the chief financial officer of at&t and i sincerely appreciate this opportunity to discuss the importance of enacting comprehensive corporate tax reform with you today. at&t is a company with a 140-year heritage of research and innovation that includes 8 nobel prizes and more than 15,000 patents and pending pat tens worldwide. we employ more than 200,000 people here in the united states and over the past five years we've invested more in the u.s. economy than any other public company, right at $135 billion. one of the biggest issues facing this country is how to unleash economic growth, which has under performed for the l

douglas brinkley. we've been quoting you all morning. also with us board member of the john f. kennedy library and lecturer at the sloan school of management at m.i.t. steven" is out today. it compiles president john f. kennedy's greatest speeches, alongside essays by america's foremost historians and writers, coming our 35th president. >> douglas, we'll get to that in a minute. >> thank you. >> thank you for being with us. with gary, we have business first. >> all right. >> like the president before us you said yesterday, about the same time i was tweeting that things were getting worse by the day. >> yeah. >> you said it was one of the most bizarre 24 hours in american presidential history. and talked about its confused mental state. >> i can't believe the media rollout of donald trump over the last 24 hours, the confusion about andrew jackson and getting people -- giving a nonhistory lesson of -- it was idiotic what he said about jackson, but more to the point, that could be another trump misstatement, what he -- the way he's praising the north korean dictator right now, it's newsating to me when you know what that man does to human live, the schedule m

and sunday at 8:00 p.m., jfk's nephew, steven smith and douglas brinkley reflect on the life and career of the 35th president. >> he was a decorated combat veteran. he did believe in a strong military, but he had a much broader conception about what american identity really was. >> he reached out across the aisle. he launched the peace corps on may 1st of 1961, an incredible program for young people. he started with the alliance for progress, and he engaged in the space race. >> for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> sunday night on after words, physician and journalist, elizabeth rosenthal examines the business side of health care, in her book an american sickness, how health care became big business, and how you can take it back. dr. rosenthal is interviewed by dr. david bloomenthal, president of the commonwealth fund. >> so i was wondering if your book gave you any thoughts about whether health care is a free market, whether we can solve our problems in health care through free market forces. >> i think what we've seen is the answer is probably not. i me