. >> rosemary stevens, professor emeritus, discusses her book "a for,of scandal: charles r warren g. hardingbes and the making of the veterans bureau." >> it with a big scandal in the the early's, so 1920's, in the harding administration, but at the time, the veterans bureau of which charles forms was the center was equally important and yet, this man had come down in history to the present as a crook. i got intrigued by this. tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. ♪ >> the presidential inauguration of donald trump is friday, january 20 through c-span will have live coverage of all of the day's events and ceremonies. watch on c-span at the span.org free c-spann the pr radio app. the result of the presidential election were certified friday by congress when the house and senate met for a joint session to count the electoral vote ballots as required by the constitution. vice president biden presided over the counting, with trump receiving more than the 270 electoral votes that were necessary for him to become the next president. a number of house democrats objected to the validity of the votes,