. >> following the 2016 election we spoke with new jersey congressman tom mcarthur, c-span had interviewedhim and other members of congress in 2015 was the 114 congress 14 congress began. we'll show you the most recent interview beginning with a clip from 2015. >> we sun articles saying that you have a regular practice of entering the house chamber on the democratic side what you do that? >> i started to do, sometimes you go and on one side and sometime on the other side but i stop and talk to people. never sent which is been really most of my time here i just do it every time because i see my republican colleagues at different events, social and political events, we convene as a republican congress and i have plenty of opportunity to be with my republican colleagues but less so with my democratic colleagues. one of the the things i observed during the orientation process is that partisanship is built into the dna. if you are not intentional about overcoming it you just slip into being a republican or democrat with little interaction. it may seem like a simple gesture but for me it's an op

congressman steve russell of obama and then congressman brad ashford of nebraska, and congressman tom mcarthur. we will also hear from representative elect josh gottheimer of new jersey. >> every weekend, book tv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. here is what is coming up this weekend. saturday at 5:45 eastern, photographer matthew christopher tells the stories behind a series of photos of abandoned schools, factories, zoos and beachfront communities across the u.s. in his book "abandoned america, dismantling the dream." joseph beck talks about his book, "my father and atticus finch." then at 10:00 p.m., afterwards, johns hopkins professor alan silberg ailed looks at new farming methods and technology and their impact on consumers, the environment and workers in her latest book "chickenizing farms and food." she is interviewed by dan glickman, former u.s. secretary of agriculture. most people in america have never really been on a farm. maybe they go to the county fair. but they don't know what it is to be a farmer, which is not a romance. romantic viewis of agriculture that