karen redstone, sumner's granddaughter was quoted several times. as well as some cousins. ian: who gets the $6 billion he is worth? keach: the grandchildren. brian: just the grandchildren? what about sherry redstone enter brother? -- and her brother? keach: it is set up for the benefit of the grandchildren. sherry would be one of the trustees that would control it, but the actual payout or --tever is set up brian: who decide to the trustees are? keach: sherry has been influential recently. it was originally -- it came out of a divorce discussion, so it was people on phyllis' side or sumner's side. originally their kids were both on their. there was a falling out between sumner and his son, who moved to colorado and does not want to see any of these people ever again. a lot of it is just lawyers. they have their voice -- divorce lawyer there. lawyers they trust. at this point it is national amusements that really can choose. it is ultimately up to sherry. brian: it is a shock to me to find out -- is 60 years old. and on the compensation committee and she is the anchor of ins

sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and cbs -- and cbs. we talked to a reporter about her book. >> after he had a battle with cancer and came through it, he saw being seen with young women vitality andhis being with them was a sign he could tell the world and i'm going to say. thesewould go to hollywood parties and sometimes he would go home with his grandson's date. awkward for the

sumner redstone eventually accumulating all this? keach: very important. that was the foundation upon which this is all based. sumner loves to say that he is a self-made man. presents himself as building this empire. he is absolutely a brilliant legal mind and deserves credit for that. but much like donald trump, he took over his father's company. his father built this chain of these drive-in theaters, then turned into indoor theaters and multiplexes. they bought the land underneath the theaters so they could flip them. that is what sumner came into. he took that entity and used it, used leverage to take over viacom. without the land purchases and the foundation that mickey created, sumner would not have been able to become a media mogul. brian: was there anything illegal about national amusements when it owned just theaters? talking about the history in the past. keach: about the actual company, i do not think so. they had this very quiet partner who was in and out of prison and who hadus times and been convicted criminal. they co-invested in casinos with

. >> next, q&a and the biography of sumner redstone. in massachusetts senator elizabeth wharton talks to democrats in iowa. after that, a general is roundtable on the 2020 presidential race. ♪ announcer: on "q&a," keach hagey on her book "the king of content." sumner redstone's battle for viacom, cbs, and everlasting control of his media empire. brian: who is sumner redstone? keach: one of the great media moguls of the 20th and 21st centuries. he amassed an enormous media empire that spanned cbs and

that because i sat out to write a four generation saga though it's easiest to say a biography of sumner redstone. so, mickey redstone became eventually known, he was sumner's dad and he was born max rothstein, and that became rothstein in the west end of boston. i'm from new york so i have to compare everything to new york it's like the lower east side of boston.is and he was like just a street kid basically selling papers, hustling, dropped out of high school, made friends with a dentist turned the key and they had kind of a colorful youth and the open one of the first drive-in movie theaters together in 1938 and defend the bookie kind of put the money up for it andd max rothstein was part of the front guy who would go to the newspapers and drive-ins ran into a little bit of trouble with world war ii, tire rationing and stuff so they went to nightclubs for a while and got the last ten quarters which is most famous because barbara walters that started the first one and then they sold it to him so they have this whole sort of night club time in boston and there were a lot of organized crimecl fig

media mogul&a," sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and cbs. we talked with "wall street journal" investigative reporter keach haney about her book. keach: after his battle with he really sawr, being seen with women as a sign and the and with them was a sign that he could tell the world "i am going to " the lovesr, h to say. so he would go to the hollywood parties, and sometimes he would go home with his grandson's date. cbsas awkward for announcer 1: next on the civil war, historian edward ayers talks about the civil war and its consequences. he describes how people in surrounding areas might have experienced the battle and the logistics of the confederate which all to virginia. this talk was part of the annual lincoln form symposium. >> what do we say about our speaker that hasn't already been said? , who servederitus for eight years, and author of this lincoln prize winner of this year. the thin light of freedom. you ought to get your copies if you don't have them already from our bookstore, which remains open during this presentation. ayers

[inaudible conversations] >> sunday, on q & a, media mogul sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and cbs. we talked with wall street journal reporter about her book "the king of content". >> after he had a battle with prostate cancer and came through it, really saw being seen with young women as a sign of his vitality and being with him was a sign he could tell the world i am going to live forever he loved to say. so he would go to these hollywood parties and sometimes go home with his grandson's dates, things like that. it was very awkward for the executives in viacom and cbs, because he still the controlling shareholder of these companies and he would do really weird things. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> this weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to santa monica, california. with the help of our spectrum cable partners, we violent saturday's history. on book tv, a visit with journali journalist, author, saul ruben on santa monica. >> it's a california beach city, a major tourist destination, most well-known for being a place where people might come to en

tonight on q&a, media mogul sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and cbs we talked with wall street journal investigative reporter keychain be about her book "the king of content." >> after he had a battle with prostate cancer, he really saw being seen with young women as a sign of his for calorie and being him -- being with him was a sign that he can tell the world, i'm going to live forever. he would go to these hollywood parties and sometimes he would go home with his grandson's date. things like that. it was very awkward for the executives in viacom and cbs because he still is the controlling shareholder of these companies. he would do really weird things. announcer: tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. in her book "dark commerce" louise shelley talks about his legal trade is going -- growing globally with the emergence of new technologies. >> last year, 60,000 americans died from buying fentanyl. fentanyl is not something you buy on every street corner. or if you do buy it, locally, somebody has probably bought it over the web. so it is something that is killing more americ

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-- talking about her biography of sumner redstone. on saturday, senator elizabeth warned of massachusetts spoke to supporters in des moines, iowa. to theher first visit early caucus state since announcing the formation of an exploratory committee on the 2020 presidential bid. this is about an hour. elizabeth warren made her first trip to iowa this weekend as a potential 2020 presidential candidate, just days after formally launching an exploratory committee. the senator visited several cities around the state. she spoke to democrats at one event hosted by the exploratory committee. >> hello, des moines. [cheers and applause] >> the bad news is i have caught a cold. the good news is -- nevertheless, i persist. [applause] >> so i want to start by saying, these are dangerous times for our country, and the direction we go will in part be set right here in iowa. i am grateful to all of you who take this seriously, who are in this fight all the way, and who are going to make us a better country. so thank you. thanks for being here. [applaus

media mogul sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and cbs. we talked with "wall street journal" investigative reporter keach haney about her book. keach: after his battle with he really sawr, being seen with women as a sign and the and with them was a sign that he could tell the world "i am going to " the lovesr, h to say. so he would go to the hollywood parties, and sometimes he would go home with his grandson's date. cbsas awkward for announcer 1: next on the civil war, historian edward ayers talks about the civil war and its consequences. he describes how people in surrounding areas might have experienced the battle and the logistics of the confederate which all to virginia. this talk was part of the annual lincoln form symposium. >> what do we say about our speaker that hasn't already been said? , who servederitus for eight years, and author of this lincoln prize winner of this year. the thin light of freedom. you ought to get your copies if you don't have them already from our bookstore, which remains open during this presentation. ayers

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mogul on "q&a," media sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and cbs. we talked with a wall street journal investigative reporter about her book "the king of content." >> after he had a battle with cancer, and he came through it, being through it was a sign that "i am going to live loved to" as he say. it was really awkward for the executives at viacom and cbs, because he is still a controlling shareholder of these companies, and he would do really weird things. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> "washington journal" continues. host: welcome back, and we will go into our spotlight on magazines segment, we would will be talking with "wired" magazine contributor jon gertner on his recent piece examining climate change and its impact on glaciers in antarctica. good morning. guest: good morning. thank you for having me. host: why did you decide to write this piece, and why did you focus on this glacier right now? guest: i write about science for magazines and newspapers, and one of the big stories is climate change. we talk about temperat

briefly in the 1990s, almost lost my job with, but thank goodness for providence and forgiving sumner redstone. why is rudy giuliani out there on behalf of the president? it seems like every time he goes in front of cameras, he makes things worse, and he makes the story about him. >> i'm not sure that's fair. i'm not sure that he makes the story about himself. everybody needs, you know, i was in the oval office with the president today, and, you know, he's a little bit busy right now, and everybody needs a rudy giuliani on their team. and whenever i see rudy, you know, i don't know about you, you've got your with own personal history. i've got a warm feeling for this man. americans relate to him, new yorkers or relate to him, and he just -- kennedy: they relate, they relate to a time when the city ran more smoothly finish. >> worked! kennedy: yes, they -- >> yes. kennedy: and that rudy giuliani, there are people who long for that rudy sometimes, because there are other times when he doesn't do his clients a great service by going out and saying that maybe there were people on the campaign who

sunday on "q&a," media mogul sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and cbs. about the book "the king of content." after you have a battle with prostate cancer, he saw being seen with other young women in the side of his vitality. and being with them was assigned he could tell the world and i'm going to live forever, as he loved to say. he would go to these holiday parties and sometimes he would go home with his grandson state -- grandson's date. it was awkward for the executives because he is still controlling shareholder of these companies and he would you really weird things. >> sunday metadata got eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> after being officially sworn in on the senate floor tuesday, senators were ceremonially born in individually by vice president pence in the old senate chamber. >> i would like to addition to my husband. vice president pence. >> i think this is what we do. >> do you swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic? do you pledge to do the same? do you take this obligatio

tonight, on q&a, media mogul sumner redstone and his battle for viacom, and cbs. we talked with wall street journal investigative reporter key chickie about her book "the king of content." >> after he had a battle with prostate cancer, he really saw being seen with young women as a sign of his fatality and being with them was a sign that he could tell the world, i'm going to live forever, as he left to say. to these hollywood parties, and sometimes he would go home with his grandsons date, they -- things like that. it was very awkward for the executives in viacom and cbs, because he still was a controlling shareholder of these companies. he would do really weird things. announcer: tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. interviewed two chiefs of staff, from the house and senate, to talk about the work that goes into setting up a new capitol hill office. as more than 100 new representatives and senators are preparing for the 116th congress , this is 30 minutes. in january, the 116th congress will convene bringing to capitol hill more than 100 new house members and

tonight, on q&a, media mogul sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and pbs. we speak with wall street reporter.vestigative with youngeing seen women as a sign of his vitality and being with them was a sign to tell the world that he would live forever. he would go to hollywood parties and sometimes go home with his grandsons date. it was awkward for the executives because he is still the controlling shareholder of these companies. and he would do weird things. >> tonight, at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. morning, david adesnik from the foundation for defense foundation for defense of democracies talks about the trump administration approach to foreign policy. then a roundtable discussion on the 2020 race with radio iowa was o. kay henderson and the concord monitor's paul ei

. >> sunday, on q&a, media mogul sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and cbs. we talked with wall street journal investigative reporter ter's about the battle. >> after his battle with prostate cancer, he saw being seen with younger women as a sign of his vitality. he would go to these hollywood parties, sometimes you would go home with his grandson's date, things that. it was very awkward for the executives in viacom and cbs because he is still the controlling shareholder of these companies and he would do really weird things. >> sunday night at 8 a.m. eastern on c-span skew and day. q&a.pan's professors and clerks testified before congress on proposed changes to the sexual misconduct policy for u.s. judges. this is an hour and 25 minutes.

. >> media mogul sumner redstone and his battle for viacom.e talked with -- about her book the king of content. >> after he had a battle with prostate cancer and came through, he saw being seen with other young women as a sign of his vitality. being with them was a sign that he could tell the world i am going to live forever as he loved to say. he would go to these hollywood parties and sometimes he would go home with his grandsons date -- grandson's date. very awkward for the executives in viacom and cbs because he was still the controlling shareholder of these companies but would do really will -- really weird things. >> tonight on c-span's q&a. the senior members of the trump campaign, don jr., paul manafort, jared kushner, meeting with a russian emissary, who they were told was bringing them dirt produced by a secret operation of the russian government to harm hillary. they said yes we will meet with you and take your information. presumably they would use it if they found it useful. they were at least agreeing to conspire or collude with

sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and cbs -- and cbs. we talked to a reporter about her book. >> after he had a battle with cancer and came through it, he saw being seen with young women vitality andhis being with them was a sign he could tell the world and i'm going to say. thesewould go to hollywood parties and sometimes he would go home with his grandson's date. awkward for the executives in viacom and cbs because he is still the controlling shareholder of these companies. he would do really weird things. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. >> today on c-span, "washington is next. today's program is dedicated to your phone calls on the new congress and live coverage of the house as they are expected to the rule package. [video clip] >> to the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, i extend to you this gavel. [applause] ♪ host: nancy pelosi once again reclaims the gavel, becoming the first and only u.s. speaker of the u.s. -- only speaker of the u.s. house. leadingis in control, the democratic majority for the 116th congress. your rea

"q&a," sumner redstone and his battle for viacom, we talked with wall street journal investigative reporter about her book "the king of content." >> after he had a battle with prostate cancer, he saw the scene with young women as a sign a his vitality, and that was sign he could tell the world, i will live forever. he would go to hollywood parties, and sometimes go home with his grandson's date. it was very awkward for executives at viacom and cbs because he is the controlling shareholder of these companies. he would do really weird things. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "q&a." [telephone ring] >> there is the bell that the man's attendance on the floor for every legislator. sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern, the 1949 film "a day in congress," which traces the work of the 80th congress. >> they must bring to bear all the strategy they have learned through many years of legislative experience to stop the majority bill in the house. the struggle between the majority and the minority, the parties in congress, the republicans and the democrats is a very essence of democratic lawmaking. it as

media mogul sumner redstone and his battle for via com and cbs. we talk with "wall street journal" investigative reporter about her book "the king of content". >> after he had a battle with prostate cancer and came through it, he really saw being seen with other young women as a sign of his vitality and being with them was a sign that he could tell the world i am going to live forever, as he loved to say so he would go to these hollywood parties and sometimes he would go home with his grandson's dates and things like that and it was very awkward for the executives in viacom and cbs because he's still the controlling shareholder of these companies and he would do really weird things. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a.

sunday on q and a, sumner redstone and his battle for viacom and cbs.journal investigative reporter about her book, "the king of content." he saw being seen with other women as a sign of his brutality, and being with him was assigned that he could tell the world he was going to live forever as he would like to say. he would go to these hollywood parties and sometimes he would go home with his grandson's date and things like that. it was really awkward for the executives in viacom and cbs because he is still a controlling shareholder of these companies. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. announcer:announcer: on the first of the 116th congress, the nucleolus did speaker of the house met with new and returning house members for a some mario -- for a ceremonial swearing-in and photo. this is about three hours.

media mogul sumner redstone and his battle for via com and cbs. we talk with "wall street journal" investigative reporter about her book "the king of content". >> after he had a battle with prostate cancer and came through it, he really saw being seen with other young women as a sign of his vitality and being with them was a sign that he could tell the world i am going to live forever, as he loved to say so he would go to these hollywood parties and sometimes he would go home with his grandson's dates and things like that and it was very awkward for the executives in viacom and cbs because he's still the controlling shareholder of these companies and he would do really weird things. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> the woodrow wilson center recently hosted a discussion on cybersecurity and elections. we'll hear from cybersecurity officials with michigan, indiana and louisiana. this is two hours. >>> welcome, everyone. the translates advances with science and tech and their impact on foreign policy. woodrow wilson was no stran

q&a, wall street investigative reporter talking about her biography of sumner redstone. then, massachusetts senator elizabeth war in talks to democrats in iowa. after that, a journalist roundtable on the 2020 presidential race. ♪ announcer: this week on q&a, wall street journal investigative reporter keach heagy discusses her book, the king of announcer: keach hagey on her book "the king of content." brian: who is sumner redstone? keach: one of the great media moguls of the 20th and 21st centuries. he amassed an norma's media empire that spanned cbs and