in afghanistan. finally, fawn johnson talks about the national highway trust fund and the role federal and state guest texas play in its funding. washington journal live this morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. this week on q&a part two of our conversation with historian david mccullough. his book is called the greater journey: americans in paris. it s the story of some of the americans who went to paris between 1800 and 1930 to further their training careers. david mccullough, author of the greater journey of americans in paris in the 1800s. of all of the people you wrote about in this book, who would you not want to meet and talk with because of what you learned about them? i can t think of one, and i will tell you why. this book is different for me in form than anything i have ever done because if you re writing a biography or you re writing the history of an event or accomplishment, there s a certain obvious track, a certain structure that s built into t