brian: thomas payne, thomas jefferson, james monroe. they are in a room with you.u are trying to have a conversation with them. describe what they would be like. and paineg: jefferson would dominate the conversation. jefferson was described by people as someone who talked a great deal. i do not mean to suggest he did not listen. but he and paine were similar in a sense that they were only interested in meaningful conversations. if they were in a conversation with somebody who talked about the weather, they would have been turned off. brian: what is the difference in the ages of the three men? was six yearsaine older than jefferson. jefferson was 15 years older than monroe. brian: so what would monroe do in that conversation? mr. ferling: munro is the one i had the most difficulty figuring is the one i had the most difficulty figuring out. keeps moving into important positions that people looked upon as trustworthy individual. somebody who was competent. he certainly seems to have been a compassionate individual. when he liberates paine from the luxembourg prison in

he could have chosen thomas payne because thomas payne was an immigrant, too. he came over when he was 37 years old, much older than hamilton was when he immigrated. paine did pretty well, too. brian: will you take us through a man we know little about in the history, at least not many books have been written about him, james monroe? who was he? john: james monroe was from virginia. he went to -- he started at the college of william and mary when he was about 18 years old. and like hamilton, who dropped out of college to go into the army in 1776, monroe dropped out of college and joined the third virginia regiment and soldiered during the american revolution. the third virginia regiment was training right outside of the room he was living in at the college of william and mary. williamsburg was aflame with revolutionary sentiment at that point. monroe got caught up in that. he soldiered through the revolution. then he met jefferson, and jefferson became his mentor and his law teacher. monroe remained a satellite of jefferson through the rest of his career. in fa

that's what thomas payne said in "the rights of men," his volumes on french revolution. that's what the french said and for a time women actually enjoyed many more rights in france than in the united states. and there was a very strong rights discourse about women's ights in france. on women's ly wrote rights in france. this rose and spread in the united states with the revolutionary discourse on equality and natural rights that traces back to tom payne's ommon sense" and to the deck calculation of insurance -- deck layers -- declaration of independence but it becomes -- by the writer mary will stone crash. she wrote "a vindication of the rights of woman." she wrote this in direct reaction to thomas payne's rights of man" in which he had articulated anded a vo indicated the rights of man but had not bothered to discuss women. ut in the vindication, she extends the argument about universal rights to women explicitly. she says if rights are uniform, and inherent in the condition of being a person, then why do men have rights and women not have rights? universal rights must

he is not to quote thomas payne, sunshine patriot. when things get tough, he does not retreat from the fight. today andy is devote full time to the defense of spread economic liberty. her continues to write his terrific editorials for "the wall street journal" and texas news opinion and a frequent guest on fox news cnbr and fox business. this past spring he published a new book "the capitalist comeback: the trump boom and the left's president to stop it." and he is going to be having a book signing in the hallway of the session. that's what he is their talk but today. let is welcome back to freedomfest, andy puzder, a fearless fighter for freedom and a great guy. [applause] >> thank you, elizabeth and thank you all for coming here this afternoon. that was really wonderful. i used to hear people get very nice introductions when i was younger and thought how great that is. now i listen to the thing is have done and makes me feel old and yesterday was my birthday so now i'm 68 years old and i'm justififully feeling old. it's very nice to

i keep thinking that this country began because a pamphleteer thomas payne. somebody wrote a good editorial. and i think about uncle tom's cabin and all of the things that come, because somebody sat down and wrote something they believed in. and i wonder how a president would dare to criticize the trend of the good enough in our history. >> right. that's exactly what prompted us to do this. it was an alarming turn of events to have the president of the united states your president, my president saying these things about journalist, calling them the enemy of the people. and it really is a dangerous path there. and like you were saying, historically, the media has always been attacked and always called bias and sort of, because we hold power accountable. kind of expected that presidents would call a media outlet bias. but the president crossed a line. that is what prompted us to act. felt like we needed to do something and couldn't stand on the sidelines anymore. if we don't do it who else would stand up for the press. >> reflecting its individual perspective.

he is not to, quote, thomas payne a sunshine patriot, when things get tough, he does not retreat from the fight. today andy is devoted full time to the defense of individual and economic liberty, he continues to write his terrific editorials for the wall street journal and fox news opinion and he's a frequent guest on fox news, cnbc and fox business, this past spring he published new book, the trump boom and the left's plot to stop it and he will be having book signing after the session. that's why he's here to talk about today. let us welcome back to freedom fest andy puzder, great guy,. [applause] >> thank you, elizabeth and thank you all for coming this afternoon that. was really wonderful. ice today hear people give nice introductions and i thought that great that is and listen to the things i've done and makes me feel old. [laughter] >> yesterday was my birthday, i'm 68 year's old. all the things, it's nice of you to say that i was courageous. my wife claims i just can't help myself. it's desire to get out there and convey the message. now, most of you probably are familiar with

eastern, historian john fur reign remembers the effort of thomas evercease-firen thomas payne and james monroe to sow upheaval in colonial america as well as support for revolutionary movements in europe. following that at 7:30, professor ann thereafter traverses on the study that follow thursday live's transgender children for five years, then at 9:00 an economist offers he thoughts on why democracy is around the world are failing to produce economic growth. and at 10:00, fox news host agreeing greg gutfeld offer his take on top news stores he has cover oyears and we wrap up at 11:10:00 p.m. eastern with oncoulter's observations but the political left's resistance to the trump presidency. that all happens tonight on book of the on c-span2. television for serious readers. a reminder that this weekend's full schedule is available on the web site, booktv.org. >> the name of the book is the end of work, the author is freedom works, john tamny.

8:00 on c-span's "q&a," a historian talks about his book apostles of revolution -- jefferson, thomas paynemes monroe, and the struggles against the old order in america and europe. >> if they could see america importantsee the most play on broadway now and for the past several years is a play hamiltonizes alexander and vilifies jefferson and ignores thomas payne and see the distribution of wealth in the united states and the amount of money that suffuses american politics today they would see, many of these things that are going on in the united states today bore an uncanny resemblance to the england they had revolted against. at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. "washington journal" continues. host: last night's frontline aired its first part of the documentary our man in tehran. thomas erdbrink is the bureau chief for the new york times in tehran. how did you become one of the first western journalist allowed to work in tehran? >> there used to be a lot of western journalists here but over the years with the budget cuts in several newsrooms, but also the iranian government expelling reporter

and for the people, all the people, all of us, deeper abyss known them -- all unum, whaturibus thomas payne called an asylum for humanity, not an insane asylum, a refuge from mad kings and religious violence. we would become the last, best hope of the world. so with my friends and my beloved colleague, congresswoman hero ofholmes norton, a the civil rights movement, we are standing up to the america that fred risk doublet -- that frederick douglass envisioned , thehat people died for america that lives in our hearts , the america we can never let slip away from us. we are not just in it for ourselves but for people all over the world. two weeks ago i bestowed a bronze star on my constituent by english for heroic combat against not see forces -- zi forces in world war ii. him, i thought of my uncle who flew dozens of bombing missions over germany, and the millions of men and women who participated in the struggles against fascism in europe. there are not any families in our country that did not send someone into that battle. families sought fascism waging war on democracy and they had no con

jefferson, thomas payne, monroe, and the struggle against the old order in america and europe. >> ifd come back, and and see thatoday, the most important play on broadway now and for the past is a play that lionize is a play that lionize his alexander hamilton and vilifies jefferson and doors and see the amount distribution of wealth in the united states, and the amount of money in american politics today, they would see and fear that many of these things that are going on in the united states today bore an uncanny resemblance to the england they had revolted against. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> the senate judiciary committee met this morning to discuss a decision by the chairman to limit access to the writings and other

and for the past a play thats, lionize his alexander hamilton, vilifies jefferson, and ignores thomas payne, and see the maldistribution of wealth in the united states and the amount of money that infuses american politics today, they would see or fear that many of these things that are going on in the united states today for an anannily resemblance -- bore uncanny resemblance to the england they had revolted against. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. sunday night on afterwards, retired marine corps lieutenant colonel picture mono on gender bias in the military. she is interviewed by military times reporter todd south. >> if a female marine is not board --tered to developed as a quality marine going into boot camp camp and not held to a high standard coming out of boot camp, how does that affect the perception by her colleagues? >> the problem is that because the marine corps does not want to change what happens at that foundational level and because everything is so segregated, those stereotypes persist, and the stereotypes and mentioned earlier sort of speed into the percep