Exhilarating to watch them have dialogue back and forth and though it was 45 years ago, it spoke very much to the present tense. Brian and to your partner in crime . Morgan robert called me and said he had come across a bootleg tape of some of these debate between William Buckley and corbett all. Gore the doll. Gore vidal. I was very interested in him as a character. Buckley was someone we all knew from being such a tv presence, when i saw the debates i saw something that was really speaking to today as much as it was to 1968. We got excited and decided to make a film about it. Brian when did they start . And what was the point of your documentary . Robert they had their first confrontation in print in 1960 or 62. Bill on the right, gore on the left. Three columns, i think it was Associated Press that they did. It really became more personal when gore went on it the David Celestine david suskine show and dismissed bill buckley as kind of a categorize it like the right had been categori
As always, you can watch the senate live on cspan two. Monday on the communicators commissioner Michael Orielly on key issues before the fcc like net neutrality, regulating the internet, and the public response. When there is an open commission meeting, that information should be made available publicly. That would give an opportunity for everyone to know what we are thinking. Right now we have people who raise concerns regarding this, but they do not know exactly what is being put forth. They are doing rifle shot at scattered structures, you know . That is problematic for my point of view. I would like for them to not have to spend time on things that do not need attention. Monday night on the communicators on cspantwo. Coming up next, q a, filmmakers Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon talk about their new documentary. Then British Foreign secretary hammond. This week on q a, filmmakers Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon talk about their new documentary, best of enemies, which tells the b
The senate was in session on sunday. They did authorize the export import bank. By now, current funding for transportation projects is set to expire by the end of the week without congressional action. You can watch the senate live on cspan2. Coming next, Robert Mcdonald testifies before the house of Veterans Affairs Committee Full top been question and answer with robert gordon. At 7 00, washington journal is live with this mornings headlines. Robert mcdonald warned that a 2. 5 billion budget shortfall may lead to hospital closures and employee furloughs. He testified as to why there was a budget problem and the possible ways to address it. This is just under three hours. Welcome to this hearing and i appreciate your attendance. We are gathered to discuss vas budget execution for this fiscal year. As the own now, the stakes have been raised considerably since the deputy secretaries testimony on june 5. Deputy secretary was asked this question. If congress does not ask on the 2015 budg
[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption contents and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org tonight, f. C. C. Commissioner on key issues before the f. C. C. Like net neutrality, regulating the internet, and the publics influence on policy making. When an item is made for an open Commission Meeting and presented to the level that should be made available publicly. I think that would provide an opportunity to comment on exactly what were thinking and hone in on issues they see as problematic. Right now we have people who raise concerns regarding our items but they auvent dont know exactly whats being put forward. So theyre doing shots in scattered structures. And thats problematic from my point of view. I would rather people target in exactly where they want to see and not spend time on thing that is dont need attention. Tonight on
And what was the point of your documentary . Robert they had their first confrontation in print in 1960 or 1962. Bill on the right, gore on the left. Three columns, i think it was Associated Press that they did. A stunt. But, it really became more personal when gore went on the David Suskind show and dismissed bill buckley as kind of a characters. He sort of made the rirght a the right a respectable place to be. Gore dismissed it and demanded equal time. Brian you knew gore vidal, did you know bill buckley at all . Morgan i did not. He was the revelation to me, i was familiar with gore, but i buckley the man, and buckley the tv personality. Buckley told one of his editors, upon moving to new york, dont hang out with the conservatives, hang out with the liberals. The conservatives are boring. Buckleys apartment in new york with his wife patricia was full of liberal writers and some of her gay friends and people in the art world. Not what i wouldve thought of. He really had kind of a goi