thomas kidd, dr. daniel dreisbeck and dr. james byrd who will talk with us about how the bible influenced the generation. the aenigma of benjamin franklin's faith with thomas kidd. benjamin franklin tells us in his autobiography he became a diest as a young man. franklin proposed that delegates open sessions with prayer. in this session, thomas kidd will explore the enigma of franklin's faith and the tension between his well-known skepticism and the enduring influence of his puritan upbringing on his familiarity with the boibl. thomas kidd is a distinguished professor of history at baylor university. he's the author of "benjamin franklin: the religious life of a founding father" please join me in welcoming dr. kidd. [ applause ] >> well, thank you to kay and thank you to the museum of the bible for hosting this wonderful event. it's a pleasure to be here at the museum. i hope to consult with some of the section on bible in america. it's just a wonderful thing to actually be here and see this lovely facility. so thank you for

thomas kidd and dr. james byrd who will talk us to about how the bible influenced the founding generation. our first session is the enigma of ben franklin's faith with thomas kidd. benjamin franklin tells us in his autobiography that he became a deist as a young man. yet at the constitutional convention in 1787 franklin proposed that delegates open sessions in prayer. in this session thomas kidd will explore the enigma of franklin's faith and the tension between franklin's well-known skepticism and the enduring influence of his puritan upbringing and familiarity with the bible. thomas kidd is from baylor university, and associate director of baylor's institute for studies of religion. he's the author of "benjamin franklin: the religious life of a founding father." please join me in welcoming dr. kidd. [ applause ] >> thank you to kay and thank you to the museum of the bible for hosting this wonderful event. it's a pleasure to be here at the museum i hope to consult with some of the section on bible in am

our first session is ben franklin's faith with thomas kidd. benjamin franklin said he became a deist as a young man. at the constitutional convention, he propose the delegates open sessions with prayer. thomas kidd will explore the andma of franklin's faith his well-known skepticism and the influence of his puritan upbringing. thomas kidd is a distinguished professor of history at baylor he is the author of benjamin franklin at, the religious life of a founding father. please join me in welcoming dr. kidd [applause] . thank you to the museum of the bible for hosting this event. it's a pleasure to be here at the museum. i hope to consult with some of the sections on the bible and america. it's a wonderful thing to see this lovely facility. thank you for having us and thank you to those of you joining us online or on tv. it's great to be here. i want to talk to about the enigma of ben franklin's faith. to open with a story of something that happened at the constitutional convention. time dragged as delegates bickered about representation in cong

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speakers include baylor university history professor thomas ki thomas kidd author of "benjamin franklin. the religious life of a founding part," and daniel driesbach, author of "reading the bible with the founding fathers" and the divinity professor james byrd author of "sacred scripture, sacred word," watch at 9:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> a forum on transparency at the food and drug administration featured a discussion on how transparency affects investors. the chair of the deerfield institute spoke for about 20 minutes. during this event hosted by johns hopkins university school of public health. >>> thank you so much for coming. >> thank you. >> i forgot to turn my mike on. >> jonathan is a partner with deerfield management and chairman of the deerfield institute. he joined this company in 2013. the company focuses on venture capital and structured investments and bio technology and pharmaceuticals. prior to joining deerfield for more than 16 years, jonathan was with warburg pincus where he led investment in bio technology and pharmaceuticals. he's been act

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we'll also hear from baylor university professor thomas kidd on benjamin franklin faith. american history tv is in prime time beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. tonight, book tv is in prime time with a look at military biographies. retired lieutenant general daniel boll gear interviews chuck haggle and brother tom who is the focus of his book, our year of war. then retired u.s. captain flow groberg on his book, 8 seconds of courage. then jerry yellen in his book the last fighter pilot. and later author max boot is interviewed about his book, the road not taken. book tv all this week in prime time on c-span 2. also today eric trump, son of president donald trump will discuss national harbor. you can look live coverage beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. and join us tonight for more from c pack with remarks from vice president mike pence. he spoke this morning to the conservative gathering. you can watch his full speech tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >> monday on c-span's landmark cases. we'll look at the supreme court cas

we'll also hear from baylor university professor thomas kidd on benjamin franklin's faith. american history tv is in primetime beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> tonight, booktv is in primetime with a look at military biographies. retired lieutenant general daniel bulger interviewed former defense secretary chuck hagel and his brother, tom, who are the focus of his book, "our year of war." then it's retired u.s. army captain flo groburg on his book "eight seconds of courage." after that, world war ii veteran jerry yellen recalls his bombing missions over japan in his book "the last fighter pilot." and later, author max boot is interviewed about his book, "the road not taken." booktv all this week in primetime on c-span2. >>> also today, eric trump, son of president donald trump, will address the annual conservative political action conference at maryland's national harbor. you can watch live coverage beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. >>> and join us tonight for more from cpac with remarks from vice president mike pence. he spo

speakers include baylor university history professor thomas kidd author of "benjamin franklin: the religious life of a founding father." professor daniel -- author of "reading the bible with the founding fathers." and divinity professor author of "sacred scripture, sacred war: the bible and the american revolution" watch live starting 9:00 a.m. saturday morning on "american history tv" on c-span3. >>> sunday on c-span's "q&a," "new york times" staff photographer doug mills talks about the for thes he took while covering president. >> obviously he enjoys having us around. i really believe despite his constant, you know, comments about fake news and the immediately and so forth, i really -- i really feel he enjoys having us around because it helps describe his message,

we'll also hear from baylor university professor thomas kidd on benjamin franklin's faith. american history tv is in prime time beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. later today the commission on security and cooperation and europe looks at the doping of russian athletes and the policy solutions for protecting whistle blowers and combatting fraud in sports. our live coverage begins at 3:30 p.m. eastern over on c-span2. also today, eric trump, son of president donald trump will address the annual conservative political action conference at maryland's national harbor. you can watch live coverage beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. join us tonight for more from cpac. remarks from vice president mike pence. he spoke this morning to the conservative gathering. you can watch his full speech tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >>> monday on c-span's "landmark cases," we'll look at the supreme court case mccullough v. maryland. a case that solidified the government's ability to take actions not explicit in the constitution and against

up next, baylor university professor thomas kidd talks about benjamin franklin's faith and the role it played in his life. c-span's washington journal live every day with policy issues that affect you. coming up friday morning, carly coleman discusses the right to try medication that would allow terminally ill patients to obtain drugs not approved by the fda. the heartland institute president and ceo talks about tax reform, climate, and energy policy and drug availability. the vice president of the national education association, becky pringle on the recent school shooting and presidents trump -- president trump's proposal to arm teachers. be sure to watch the washington journal live at 7. joined the discussion. >>> next, a conversation about benjamin franklin's faith. baylor university professor, trenton one argued franklin's writings undermined his confidence in christianity but did not erase the influence of his devout. nist calvinist upbringing. this event was part of a symposium hosted by the museum of the bible in washington dc. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the museum of

speakers include baylor university professor thomas kidd, author of benjamin franklin, the relation low of a founding father. american university public affairs professor, author of reading the bible with the founding fathers. and vanderbilt university divinity professor, author of, sacred scriptures, sacred wariments the bible the american revolution. watch line on saturday morning, starting at 9:00 a.m. eon american history tv on c-span3. >> miller cover this white house and public policy for "washington times" enemy u.s. senate we'll see the majority leader saying whoever gets to 60 wins on senate -- a senate immigration debate what in practice tall terms dot that mean? >> well, that means any bill that is put up has a shot at becoming the immigration bill if they can get the 60 votes. they're going to start with a basically a blank bill, a shell bill that they'll put up monday, and then by wednesday, they'll start taking votes on bills that would replace that. substitution amendments they call

speakers include baylor university history professor thomas kidd, author of benjamin franklin, the religiouslife of a founding father. american university public affairs professor, danielle drosbach, author of reading the bible with the founding fathers, and the vanderbilt university divinity professor, james birdie author of sacred scripture, the bible and the american revolution, washington live on saturday morning an american history tv on c-span3. >> next weekend, the c-span cities tour takes you to lynchburg, virginia. with the happen of come cast we'll explore the rich literary scene and historic sites. watch next weekend, begins at 5:00 p.m. eastern on become book tv on c-span 2 and on sunday on american history tv on c-span3. working with cable affiliates as we explore america. >> the nex r

speakers include baylor university history professor thomas ki thomas kidd author of "benjamin franklin. the religious life of a founding part," and daniel driesbach, author of "reading the bible with the founding fathers" and the divinity professor james byrd author of "sacred scripture, sacred word," watch at 9:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> a forum on transparency at the food and drug administration featured a discussion on how transparency affects investors. the chair of the deerfield institute spoke for about 20 minutes. during this event hosted by johns hopkins university school of public health.

university history professor thomas kidd author of "benjamin franklin: the religious life of a founding father." professor daniel -- author of "reading the bible with the founding fathers." and divinity professor author of "sacred scripture, sacred war: the bible and the american revolution" watch live starting 9:00 a.m. saturday morning on "american history tv" on c-span3. >>> sunday on c-span's "q&a," "new york times" staff photographer doug mills talks about the for thes he took while covering president. >> obviously he enjoys having us around. i really believe despite his constant, you know, comments about fake news and the immediately and so forth, i really -- i really feel he enjoys having us around because it helps describe his message, it helps drive the news of the day which he can do every day and does every day. he's constantly driving the message and therefore having us around really allows him to do that. >> "q&a," sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> homeland security officials talked about what they're doing to combat threats to the u.s., focussing on interagency c

speakers include thomas kidd, author of "benjamin franklin: the religious life of a founding father."aniel, author of "reading the bible with the founding fathers." and james byrd, author of "sacred scripture, sacred word." watch live, this morning, starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. morning, nicholas carlos, executive director of the washington diplomatic academy discusses possible this -- diplomacy with north korea at the olympics. and then zachary mitre discusses the influence of hedge funds on policymaking. and

speakers include baylor university history professor thomas kidd, author of "benjamin franklin the religious life of a founding father," american university public affairs professor daniel drasback author of "reading the bible with the founding fathers" and vanderbilt university professor james byrd, author of "sacred scripture, sacred war." live on saturday morning starting at 9:00 eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> the u.s. election assistance commission met with state and local officials to talk about election system issues. this 20-minute portion included remarks by the university of minnesota election academy director. the election assistance commission is an independent federal agency created in 2002 with the aim of being a national authority on best voting practices. >> so what is the eac? glad you asked. eac stands for election assistance commission and simply put, our goal is to make your job easier. now, seriously, we were established by the help america vote act of 2002 as an independent, bipartisan commission, charged with helping americans vote. the primary way we d

speakers include baylor university history professor thomas kidd, author of "benjamin franklin: the religiousof the founding father," daniel bach, and vanderbilt university professor james byrd. watch live on saturday morning starting at 9:00 an eastern on american history tv on c-span3. c-span -- where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by americans ande television companies is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. c-span's history series landmark cases returns this month with a look at 12 new supreme court cases. each week historians and experts join us to discuss the constitutional issues and personal stories behind the significant supreme court decisions. beginning monday, february 26 live at 9:00 p.m. eastern, and to help you follow all 12 cases, we have a companion guide written by journalist tony mauro. "landmark cases: volume two" comes at eight dollars a five cents plus shipping and handling. -- $8.95 plus shipping and handling. announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: back at our table is margot sanger katz, who writes the

kidd, dr. byrd, and dr. dreisbach talk to us about the bible and generations. the first session is the enigma with benjamin franklin with thomas. at the 1777 delegation, dr. kidd will explore the distinction between his faith and his skepticism and the enduring influence of his puritan upbringing and his familiarity with the bible. he is a distinguished professor at baylor university and the associate director for the study of religion. he is the author, benjamin franklin, the religious life of a founding father. please join me in welcoming dr. kidd. [ applause ] >> thank you for hosting this wonderful event. it's a pleasure to be here at the museum. i hope to consult with the section on the bible in america. it's a wonderful thing to be here and see this lovely facility. thank you for having us and thank you to those of you joining us online or tv. it is great to be here. i want to talk to you today about the enigma of ben franklin's faith. i would like to open with the story that happened at the constitutional convention. in 1787, at the constitutional convention, time dragged as delegates bickered about representation in co

speakers include baylor university history professor thomas kidd author of "benjamin franklin: the religious life of a founding father." professor daniel -- author of "reading the bible with the founding fathers." and divinity professor author of "sacred scripture, sacred war: the bible and the american revolution" watch live starting 9:00 a.m. saturday morning on "american history tv" on c-span3. >>> sunday on c-span's "q&a," "new york times" staff photographer doug mills talks about the for thes he took while covering president. >> obviously he enjoys having us around. i really believe despite his constant, you know, comments about fake news and the immediately and so forth, i really -- i really feel he enjoys having us aroun

up next, baylor university professor thomas kidd talks about benjamin franklin's faith and the role it played in his life. >>> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, the goldwater institutes starly coleman discusses right to try medications that would allow terminally ill patients to receive medications not approved by the fda. heartland president and ceo talks about cpac tax reform, climate and energy policy and drug availability. and vice president of the national education association becky pringle on the recent school shooting and president trump's proposal to arm teachers and school