theyou could explain actions of good, decent men like the piouslee and stonewall jackson. they fight because virginia needs them not that they support the confederate cause. they did not believe in slavery. his state needs them, and so he went to war. host: so, you taught 20,000 students at virginia tech over the years. how many in a classroom when you did your lectures? when wer robertson: were on the quarter system, there were 577. then when we went over to the semester system, so you did not did notas many -- you have as many electives, so it went to 350. host: after you spend a semester with the students, what did they most often say what they change their mind about? professor robertson: the human

stonewall robinson: jackson. and the untold civil war from he national geographic is second i suppose now. it's a coffee table book. very attractive. geographic's ional art work. of 're beautiful producers the books. host: hayes, in the war, what he do. professor robinson: he wins the presidency in a little known in virginia. it was part of that 1864 all encompassing campaign that grant hayes went from that to the white house. he had had a distinguished ohio, and he was president, and in 1876. was to the memorable act order the end of reconstruction o the occupation of the south officially ends. one thing the voters like about him in 1876 was his promise to term. one it was an interesting term. president hayes and his wife t-totalers, no profanity, no alcohol, no smoking or anything. known first lady became as lemonade lucy. they had a state dinner, and after the state dinner, the came out of state the white house saying, what a wonderful evening. flowed like champagne. great s did not set any standards for socia

lee and the pious stonewall jackson. they fight because virginia needs them not that they support the confederate cause. they did not believe in slavery. his state needs them, and so he went to war. host: so, you taught 20,000 students at virginia tech over the years. how many in a classroom when you did your lectures? professor robertson: when we were on the quarter system, there were 577. then when we went over to the semester system, so you did not haven't as many -- you did not have as many electives, so it went to 350. host: after you spend a semester with the students, what did they most often say what they change their mind about? professor robertson: the human element. that is the way i taught history. history should be the most exciting subject of all because it is the story of human beings. god's most unpredictable creatures. no two human beings are alike. you can't say that about the other species. mark twain once said that human beings are the only animals that need to blush. we are unpredictable. feelings ar

jackson that they fight because they need them not that they supported the cause neither wanted. >> mr. jackson would you do for a living? >> i am the publisher and editor-in-chief of one world books a new imprint of random house that was founded 20 years ago and i every imagining and reanimating. >> host: what is the focus? >> good question many books have been published across my career to focus on social old justice issues of fiction and nonfiction and that will help us understand the past in the narrative trails to understand our history in the shins and the crisis of storytelling and also to a magic in the future so the most essential conversations we have today as a new approach from those that we consider to be the mainstream whether people coming from different national backgrounds or those that have political ideas better use the term mainstream loosely i really mean people better outside of the discourse better in the center of american life and culture. >> what are some of the books you have published? >> lee did publish a book last year that won the national book award a

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lee and stonewall jackson -- they fight because virginia needs them, not that they supported the confederate cause. neither one day. >> tonight at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> this weekend, we continue our series the contenders, which looks at key political figures who ran for president and lost. won sunday, we feature wendell bidlkie who lose his against franklin roosevelt in 1940. here is a preview. >> the doctrinaire's of the opposition have attempted to picture me as an opponent of liberalism, but i was a liberal before many of those men heard the word. and i fought for the reforms of the -- and theodore roosevelt and woodrow wilson before another roosevelt adopted and distorted the word liberal. american liberalism does not consist merely in reforming things. it consists primarily in making things. we must substitute for the -- district it scarcely the philosophy of unlimited productivity. i stand for the restoration of full production and reemployment and american private enterprise. the present administration has spent $60 billions. the new deal stands for doing what has to be done by spe

the best james robertson: stonewall jackson. it is in the 15th printing. and the untold civil war is second. attractive thanks to national geographic's hard work. referred theyrd -- case -- hayes? part of theson: 1864 all-encompassing campaign that great initiated and hayes went from that to the white house. yet had distinguished career in ohio and was elected president in 1876 and his one remember will act was to order the end of reconstruction. the occupation of the south and officially ends. one thing the voters liked about him where his, sister served one term. it was an interesting term. president hayes and his wife were teetotalers. they were very evangelical. no alcohol, no smoking. the first lady became known as lemonade lucy. they had a state dinner and after this date during the -- dinner the secretary of state came out and said what a wonderful evening and the water for the campaign. -- flowed like champagne. men were wounded in battle that cannot be presidents -- came to be presidents? james robertson: hayes and grant. he thought with crutches,

. >> and stonewall jackson was the first person in they tried to make fun of him dumb as a donkey in he said it is loyal and hard-working and trustworthy. of course, i was quick 2.0 that jackson was also on the now how many died from his policies. so either way not to anyone we want to remember. >> but the symbol hasn't george -- into word. >> you didn't mention your relatives end of the amendment comedy could there be? >> we were sick of them there were lots of stories you have to keep the narrative moving but this is my first improbably only book my mom would say back when being a republican meant something. and as governor 24 years and i was the first chair of the atomic energy agency and now what that would be called a liberal but back then he was a moderate republican looking for money for public education. >> so explain how low many of you know, what that amendment was? period basically if a foreign government had nationalized if they didn't work out a plan of reparations the privately owned assets there would not give them any money until the famines in ethiopia they had natio

stonewall" jackson... and jefferson davis. swimmer dies - while at a water park in washington state. "we saw him jump off but we didn't see him come up and i went underwater to see it a little and he was just laying there. " the wild waves theme park says lifeguards pulled the man out of one of the activity pools saturday night. c-p-r from first responder teams - and later - firefighters - failed to revive him. guests at the park noticed some changes the next day. "a lot more higher security in the waters... the ride that the accident happened on is completely closed down and roped off and extra employees making sure nobody goes around that area." the drowning comes after a 10- year-old boy was killed on a huge slide at a kansas water park earlier this month. a final report has been released - after a chiild was attacked and killed by an alligator at a disney park in florida. and wildlife comission says little could be done to prevent what happened. the report says the gator acted in a "predatory manner" - and that 2-year old

lee and stonewall jackson. they fight because virginia needs them, not because they supported the confederate cause. neither one did. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> the c-span radio app makes it easy to continue to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. it's free to download from the apple app store or google play. get audio coverage and up to the minute schedule information for c-span radio and c-span television, plus podcast times for our popular public affairs, book and history programs. stay up to date on all the election coverage. c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. >>> now the contenders. our series on key political figures who ran for president and lost but who nevertheless changed political history. tonight we feature former secretary of state and supreme court chief justice charles hughes who ran for president in 1916 against woodrow wilson. this two-hour program was recorded at the u.s. supreme court here in washington, d.c. this is american history tv,

lee and stonewall jackson. they fight because virginia needs them, not because they supported the confederate cause. neither one did. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> the c-span radio app makes it easy to continue to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. it's free to download from the apple app store or google play. get audio coverage and up to the minute schedule information for c-span radio and c-span television, plus podcast times for our popular public affairs, book and history programs. stay up to date on all the election coverage. c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. >>> now the contenders. our series on key political figures who ran for president and lost but who nevertheless changed political history. tonight we feature former secretary of state and supreme court chief justice

lee and stonewall jackson that fight because virginia needs them, not that they supported the confederate policy or wanted to be in it. >> in her book, "grunt mary roach writes about the science and technology used to improve the effectiveness of soldiers in combat prejudice book at a bookstore and corte madera california. this is 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> okay once more if i can have your attention please. can everybody hear me in the back? also if you are in the back and anybody is standing with us a half monitors on tonight. there's a monitor in a cafÉ and a monitor by one of the registers of the registers next use of anyone wants to get a slightly better view you can go to the cafÉ or that monitor out there. welcome to book passage. i am dana kelly and its size a pleasure to have mary roach back. she's been here for any number of british titles and that's always a pleasure to have her back to book passage. "grunt is about what the military has to go through. we are not going to mars tonight. we are going to the front lines and there are some things that i certainly di

now, just before mcdowell moves south, stonewall jackson's going to kick up his heels in the shenandoah valley and start kicking up dust. as a result, troops will be sent to the shenandoah valley and the entire military situation is going to change. by the time the union army returns to fredericksburg in the fall of 1862, it's now under a new commander, a man named burnside. a man who's today known not so much for his generalship but for his whiskers because he had these fierce mutton chops which were called sideburns. they took his name and inverted it. burnside comes back with an army of 115,000 men intent on crossing the river, attacking lee and bringing him into battle here in the fredericksburg area. when that takes place, chatham is going to come under the union army's control and it's going to be used once again as a headquarters by several different officers. before the battle it was used by orlando wilcox, the commander of the 9th corps. during the battle itself, it's going to be the headquarters of sumner, burnside's right wing of the army. it's sumner's troops who will cross

lee and stonewall jackson. they fight against virginia needs them not that they supported the confederate cause, neither one did. c booktv continues now with fawaz gerges whose book "isis" leeland eisenberg points to several events over last several years that led to the groups rise in the middle east. >> host: fawaz gerges welcome to booktv and we are so honored to have you today and particularly unfortunately given the tragic events in orlando at your book isis a history is particularly relevant today. we want to have a conversation in the context of what happens but also as your book very eloquently lays out the history of isis and that's what we want to try to understand because many people focus so much on the brutality but your book goes much further and much deeper than just talking about the violence. you talk about the ideology and you talk about the religious dimension which is so important for english-speaking audiences to understand. just as a starting point i wanted to just talk about the first cha

lee and the pious stonewall jackson. they fight because virginia needs them not that they support the confederate cause. they did not believe in slavery. his state needs them, and so he went to war. host: so, you taught 20,000 students at virginia tech over the years. how many in a classroom when you did your lectures? professor robertson: when we were on the quarter system, there were 577. then when we went over to the semester system, so you did not haven't as many -- you did not have as many electives, so it went to 350. host: after you spend a semester with the students, what did they most often say what they change their mind about? professor robertson: the human element. that is the way i taught history. history should be the most exciting subject of all because it is the story of human beings. god's most unpredictable creatures. no two human beings are alike. you can't say that about the other species. mark twain once said that human beings are the only animals that need to blush. we are unpredictable. feelings ar

. >> and stonewall jackson was the first person that was a great populist candidate tried to make fun of genji sequoia was hard-working and trustworthy answer all these things about donkey. i was quick to point out andrew jackson was also not very -- tens of thousands died on the policies and president andrew jackson, either way about someone we want to remember thed a fond way as democrats. but the symbol has endured. >> think about the name hickenlooper. you didn't mention by the way your relatives in the hickenlooper amendment, or if you did i missed it. how many could there possibly be? spinnaker there were lots of stories you just have to try to keep the narrative moving. i think that as my mother would always say being a republican meant something. being the governor for 2 24 yeas in iowa, he was the first chair of the energy agency that would've now be called liberal and back then he was a moderate republican. i believe dan hired education. >> how many of you know what the event was? >> essentially it said if the foreign government had nationalized the company or assets and the

lee and stonewall jackson. they fight against virginia needs them not that they supported the confederate cause, neither one did. c booktv continues now with fawaz gerges whose book "isis" leeland eisenberg points to several events over last several years that led to the groups rise in the middle east.

jackson. they fight because virginia needs them. not that they supported the can threat or cause in either one did. 8:00 easternht at on c-span's q&a. university ohio professor compares richard nixon's 1960 present a campaign to doll comes presidential run. kevin mattson joined us on this morning's washington journal. athens, ohio is kevin mattson. he is a professor of contemporary history. good morning. guest: good morning. host: your joining us to talk about comparisons that have been made to richard sick -- richard nixon's 1968 campaign and what we are seeing out of donald trump. before we talk about the gentleman involved, how does it compare to 1968? what are the similarities and differences? guest: donald trump is trying to paint a picture of the country as falling apart and collapsing which is the sense that a lot of americans had in 1968. we are not near this domestic turmoil that you had going on in 68 without -- with assassinations and confrontational protest. seem more like the coun

but you can explain the action of good decent men like robert e lee and stonewall jackson. they fight because virginia needs them. not that they support the cause. neither one did. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. ministergapore prime talks about his country's trading and political relationship with the united states. during this event hosted by the u.s. chamber of commerce, prime minister also spoke about the importance of the transpacific partnership trade agreement. toplease me and join me welcome the prime minister singapore. [applause] >> good evening, your excellency. ladies and gentlemen, i'm the ceo of the business council. on behalf of the u.s. council and your chamber of commerce and i would like to welcome you to this trade hall as we honor prime minister lee and his visit to washington. welcome, welcome back, you been hearing about times. we're always glad to see you. thank you for making time in your busy schedule and thank you for your long-term support of america business in singapore and southeast asia. have membersd to of the singapore government wit

but you can explain the actions of good, decent men like robert ely and the pious stonewall jackson, they fight because virginia need them, not that they supported the confederate cause. neither one day. announcer: sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this week and come our road to the white house coverage takes you to the political party for the green party in houston. see the acceptance speeches by the nominees for president and vice president. watch commercial-free coverage on c-span, listen on your desktop or mobile device using the radio app, or watch anytime at c-span.org. >> now, the contenders. our series on keep little figures who ran for president and lost, but who nevertheless changed history. we feature former governor of new york al smith, democratic candidate in 1928. this two-hour program was sen. mccain: i come here tonight knowing i am the underdog in these final weeks. if you know where to look, there are signs of hope. even in the most unexpected places. even in this room full of proud manhattan democrats. i can't shake that feeling that some people here ar

lee and stonewall jackson. they fight because virginia needs them, not that they supported the veteran cause. -- the confederate cause. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> the c-span radio app makes it me to follow the election wherever you are. get audio coverage and schedule information for c-span radio and television, plus podcast times for our public affairs, books, and history programs. stay up-to-date on all the election coverage. you always have c-span on the go. >> next, a conversation on national security and the media. you will hear from leon panetta and retired general michael hayden, and the former editors of the new york times and washington post. this event was held at the george w. bush presidential center in dallas. the right to know versus the responsibility to protect. difference.the leonard downie junior is the professor of journalism at arizona state university. he was executive editor of the washington post of 1991 to 2008. during his 17 years as executive editor of the wa

jackson, they fight because virginia needs met. now that they supported the confederate calls. neither wanted. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> in her book, white rage them or university professor carolyn anderson argues that the racial divide in america is fueled by white resentment over progress by african-americans. she discussed her book at the ferguson missouri public library. this this is just over one hour. >> i think will get started. hello and welcome to our event with carol anderson. i am shane and host for left bank books. i'd like to think or cosponsor for the evening, the ferguson public library. their work and activism is incredible and inspiring. they are a. they are a wonderful partner too have her such an event like this. left bank books host over 300 author events each year and it is with your help we are able to continue to bring in your favorite authors. when you support us you are reinvesting in your community because your tax dollars are going into your schools, parks, streets, librarie

jackson. they fight virginia -- they fight because virginia them. easterny night at 8:00 on q and a. national park service director jonathan jarvis addressed the national press club on the 100th anniversary of an nation's park system. he talked about increasing fees to cover the cost of park maintenance and how the nps is addressing recent allegations of sexual misconduct in the department. this is one hour. burr: our guest today is jonathan jarvis, director of the national park service. i look to welcome our public audiences.-span i would remind you you can , follow the action on twitter. now it is time to introduce our head table guests. i asked each of you stand briefly. please hold your applause until i have finished introducing the entire table. from your right, dylan brown, a -- a longtime national parks volunteer. maria visio, a correspondent for the clashing newspapers. will shamrock, ceo and president of the national parks foundation. elizabeth bill miller. john warner, former secreta

lee and stonewall jackson. they fight because virginia needs them, not that they supported it. neither one did. >> booktv continues next with stephen moore and kathleen white

lee and stonewall jackson. they fight because virginia needs them, not that they supported it. neither one did. >> booktv continues next with stephen moore and kathleen white this book, "fueling freedom" makes the case for using fossil fuels as an energy resource. after that a look at the energy crisis that occurred in the 1970s. meg jacobs writes about it in panic at the pump. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, look under the heritage foundation. we welcome those who join us ond our heritage.org web site as well as those joining us on booktv at a future occasion. we would ask everyone in-house to be courteous and check that your mobile devices have been silenced or turn off as we prepare to begin.k for those on line or in the future you are welcome to send questions or comments to us at any time. simply e-mail speaker@heritage.org and with coors will post the day's program on the heritage homepage for everyone to future reference.yo we are pleased today to be cohosting this program at their college and allies at the texas public hold the fou

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lee stonewall jackson -- they fight because virginia needs them. because they support the confederate cause. neither one of them did. >> tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on "q&a." , live everyournal day. coming up, why republicans are supporting the libertarian candidate and their effort to get a third-party candidate elected in 2016. jennifer clarke on the efforts of some states to impose tighter voter id requirements, and with announcing -- the air force announcing that a new fighter jet is ready, marcus weiss gerber talking about production. be sure to watch "washington journal." join the discussion. at www.c-span.org, you can watch our political affairs programming any time on your desktop, laptop, or mobile device. here's how. go to our home page, c-span.org, and here you can type in the name of a speaker, and event topic, review the search results, click on the program that you want to watch, or refine your search. if you are looking for the most current programs, our homepage has many current programs available for your immediate viewing, such as c

lee and stonewall jackson they fight because virginia needs them. >> sunday at eight eastern on q-and-a. >>> booktv continues with meg jacobs whose book takes a look at the energy crisis of the 1970s. meg jacobs, it's a pleasure to talk with you. i welcome the audience that's come out tonight to listen to the conversation. the author of "panic at the pump the energy crisis and the transformation of american politics in the 1970s." meg teaches affairs at princet princeton. you've written this a is your third or fourth book? >> something like that. >> you wrote a book i was interested in because we will be talking about conservatives and liberals but one is you were the conservatives in power 1981 to 1989. okay, interesting we are going to talk about conservative politics and liberal politics for that matter tonight. let's start with this if we can. you have a thesis for this book, and i will let you describe it obviously, but essentially what you argue in this book is that the two energy crises of the 70s, 73, 79 essentially were part of a major factor of the transformation in american p

you are thinking what more could be said about lee and stonewall jackson. christian has a lot to say about that. he is going to emphasize the religious and spiritual relationship between those two men and that book i hope will be published by the university of north carolina press as well. i should quickly add that christian was also, back in the day, he was a recipient of one of our high school scholarships. what year was that? prof. isherwood: it was both 1987 and 1988. >> you got two? we don't allow that anymore, man. one and that's it. prof. isherwood: they must have liked me. >> he is a graduate of washington lee college. he did his graduate p.h.d. at penn state. he started with dr. gallacher. i said yesterday, west virginia university, what i was thinking, west virginia university and university of virginia are so close. dr. gallacher moved on to u.v.a. wait, i taught at w.v.u. i love west virginia university, it's a fine institution. dr. gallacher went on to u.v.a. and then you worked with carol and mark neely for your dissertation. so i will turn it

you cannot question stonewall jackson and robbery lee, they fight because virginia needs them. not that they support the spreader cause. . -- confederate cause. night on q and a. anyone meeting of the national urban league. panelist discussed promote justice reform. we will hear from national urban league president mario. this is 1.5 hours. ♪ >> good morning, urban leaders -- leaguers. tell the truth, how many of you were out there with dougie fresh last night? was a good? a party? what are we going to do? >> vote. >> i know you are ready to dive right into this. this important conversation on criminal justice reform and ending mass incarceration. this is one of the most important discussions at our conference here in baltimore. in communities across the nation to many of our sons and daughters are being locked sentencesmes for long and sometimes for like two to our cake mandatory sentencing laws. reform is needed right now if we are truly going to save families, our futures in the lives of our children. we have our work cut out for us. we are making strides in a positive dir

lee and stonewall jackson they fight because virginia needs them. >> sunday at eight eastern on q-and-a. >>> booktv continues with meg jacobs whose book takes a look at the energy crisis of the 1970s.

lee and the pious stonewall jackson. they fight because virginia needs them. not that they support the confederate cause, neither one bit. on thursday, president obama was at the pentagon meeting with his national security advisers about the military campaign to defeat isis. afterward, he spoke with reporters about the progress being made and challenges that lie ahead. some issuesussed raised by republican presidential nominee donald trump including payments to iran and possible voter fraud in november. this is just over an hour. president obama: good afternoon everybody. i just met again with my national security council on the campaign to destroy isil. i

lee and stone wall jaul -- tt stonewall jackson. sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> the c-span radio app makes it easy to continue to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. it's free to download from the apple app store or google play. get audio coverage and up to the minute schedule information for c-span radio and c-span television, plus podcast times for our popular public affairs, book and history programs. stay up to date on all the election coverage. c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. >>> now, the contenders. our series on key political figures who ran for president and lost, but who never nevertheless changed political history. tonight we feature eugene debs, who was a five-time presidential candidate for the socialist party. this 90-minute program was recorded at debs' home and museum in terre haute, indiana. this is "american history conservative," only on c-span3. >> our featured contender is eugene v.

you can explain the actions of good decent men like robert e lee and stonewall jackson. they fall because virginia needs them. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >> the heritage foundation in washington dc hosted discussion of the state of schoolchildren. analysts were education policy analyst. this was an hour and 15 minutes. >> we are prepared to begin. for those watching online, keep your questions and comments. e-mail the speaker and heritage.org and we will post it on the heritage's homepage following today's presentation for your future reference. leading the discussion is our research associate. she served -- workcenter institute for family, community and opportunity. she earned her bachelor of arts andee in political science is currently pursuing a masters in public policy at george washington university. two previous work here as an intern and research assistant in our advanced center for policy innovation. teaching sixear rate. >> thank you for joining us at we are pleased to have you here without today to discuss the lifework of melting a man and current state o

lee and stonewall jackson. they fight because virginia needs them, not because they supported the confederate cause. neither one did. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> the c-span radio app makes it easy to continue to follow the 2016 election wherever you are. it's free to download from the apple app store or google play. get audio coverage and up to the minute schedule information for c-span radio and c-span television, plus podcast times for our popular public affairs, book and history programs. stay up to date on all the election coverage. c-span's radio app means you always have c-span on the go. >>> now the contenders. our series on key political figures who ran for president and lost but who nevertheless changed political history. tonight we feature former secretary of state and supreme court chief justice charles hughes who ran for president in 1916 against woodrow wilson. this two-hour program was recorded at the u.s. supreme court here in washington, d.c. this is american history tv,

lee and stonewall jackson. they fight because for genia needs them, not that they supported the confederate cause. neither one did. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern. c-span's: on saturday, issue spotlight looks at police and race relations. we will look at president obama at the memorial service for five police officers shot and killed in dallas. when bullets started flying, the men and women of the dallas police did not flinch, and they did not react recklessly. announcer: and south carolina republican senator tim scott, giving a speech on the senate floor about his own reactions with police. sen. scott: the majority of the time, i was pulled over for nothing more than driving a car in the wrong neighborhood, or for some other reason just as trivial. announcer: it also includes one family's story about an encounter with police in washington, d.c., followed by a panel with the police chief. >> most people get defensive if they feel like you are being offensive. being very respectful and encounters and re