Electedout the first president. Heres a preview. The most undervalued thing about running for president is knowing why you are writing for like ant, which sounds pretty basic criteria. If you ask Elizabeth Warren in 30 seconds, two minutes, five hours, why she is running for president , she has a clear case and thats consistent with her lifes work and that is a really important facet. Cory booker is building a really strong operation. If theres a chance for a secondtier candidate to move into the first tier, corey has has shown the ability to come out with strong organizations. Certainly, given how late joe biden got into the race, he obviously had strong name id, but they are building strong operations. The key really is, how do you balance the National Needs of a campaign with the fact that so much attention is placed on iowa. The campaigns that can figure that out the best are the ones that will be successful. Is there a state or two that could be a focus . Sure. We obviously had some success in 2018. I expect that mark kelly will be arizona,senator from which helps put that state in play from the president ial perspective. President obama was successful in 2008. Another senate race that will be democracy have. Lots of talks about texas and georgia moving more in the democratic direction. Those are states we tend to keep an eye on. Entire conversation with mr. Cecil airs sunday on at 10 a. M. And 6 p. M. On cspan. The u. S. Senate comes back on september 9. Before senators return to washington, get a behindthescenes look at the historyith cspans program, the senate, conflict, and compromise. Here is a preview. Thomas jefferson questioned the need for a senate. The framers established the senate to protect people from their rulers and as a check on the house. Conjureste of this dushevinas country and maybe the world lies in the hands of the senate. Using cspan archives and unique access to the senate chamber, we will look at the traditions of the u. S. Senate. Sunday at 9 p. M. Eastern and pacific on cspan. Americanste 1850s, generally trusted their congressman, but they did not trust congress as an institution. Nor did congress trust each other. Many were routinely armed, not because they were eager to kill their opponents, but out of fear that their opponents might kill them. Yale history professor Joanne Freeman will he on book tv live sunday at noon. Her latest book is called the field of blood. Brother bucks her other books include the essential hamilton. At 9 p. M. Easternon afterw ords, bben howe examines whether evangelicals are choosing political power over values. I think the lesser evil argument is tempting, but dangerous. In place thattem takes accountability out of the system and i think its also an easy way to bring in something or any othercalism faith and use that as a way to get votes, weekend book tv every on cspan2. Professor Alan Dershowitz talks about impeachment, free speech, the Mueller Investigation and former clients Jeffrey Epstein and o. J. Simpson. Hosted by the steamboat institute, this is 45 minutes. Thank you so much. Have enjoyed your dinners on this beautiful evening. There is a little Dinner Service still going on, but i know everyone is trying to be as quiet as they can. I believe the Service Staff is out of the room, and we can have your undivided attention to enjoy what is sure to be a very compelling discussion. Has spent hisz life defending civil liberties, defending free speech on college campuses, and defending israel. He joined the Harvard Law School faculty at the age of 25, the