Thank you very much for being here. We took a really incredible tour and Law Enforcement has just done such a great job working with the National Guard and a lot of people, but we are here to show our support for kenosha, wisconsin. It has been very good to me. We continue to do a lot for the state and we are all in this together. I am pleased to be joined today by attorney general bill barr who is doing a fantastic job. Wolf, thank you. Senator ron johnson, who is outstanding, so outstanding within the beautiful halls of congress and i appreciate the great job you do. I hope the people of wisconsin appreciate how good a senator he is. You are never going to get unelected or i will be very unhappy. Also, a young congressman who has been a true warrior, a fighter not only for good causes but for this cause, because he was the first to call me and say we have a problem. Brian, i want to thank you. I think you are going to win reelection big. Staff,y former chief of reince priebus. Like t
I think it should be amended to depends, cant it you cant just walked in here and have a baby and expect to beauty citizen. The trough is full. Too many cows and one pastor is what im saying. Host that was jeff, our last caller in the segment of the washington journal. Of next, we would hear from ed martin, president of the eagle forum. He joins us to talk about the political and legislative agenda heading into the 2016 president ial elections. Later, we will be joined by reverend barry lynn to talk about the separation of church and state. We will be right back. Said it, august way ninth marks the 10th anniversary of hurricane katrina, one of the five deadliest storms in u. S. History. Cspan live coverage begins today at the atlantic magazine conference in new orleans, an allday event communityauthors and leaders. Tuesday night at 8 00, cspans 2006 tour of new orleans hurricane damage and recovery efforts. And, ehouse hearing featuring new orleans citizens experiences during the storm
Digital Humanities Initiative at the new school. And i want to let those in the audience who are tweeting know that the tag for this session is oah underscore bad president and add the tag oah 2016. So the theme of the conference, as chosen by oah president john butler is on leadership. And as 2016 is a president ial election year, and boy, is it a president ial election year, the Program Committee assembled a round table of scholars willing to talk about president ial leadership. But about its failures rather than about its successes. This seems particularly timely as the trump juggernaut rolls forward. And just yesterday the clinton and sanders campaigns engaged in a verbal sparring match about who is the most unqualified candidate to be president. So things are just really getting interesting. The panel we have here today, all of these scholars have written about president s who were bad in their own special way. Although, it did occur to me on the train coming up, that bad to whom
To whom maybe an important qualifier for this panel. What does it mean to be a bad president . What counts as bad and how do we define a bad president . Specifically, who might have been the worst president ever . Our panelists are david greenberg, are you full position now . Oh, associate professor. Just a little bit inside baseball, sorry guys. Associate professor of history and journalism and immediate study at news brunswick. Hes the author of books of nixon and most recently of a wonderful book of the public of spin. Again, a kind moment, good work, david. This is a history of the white house. David is a long time contributor and now writes a history column for political. To davids right, although not politically ynette gordon reid, professor at the ratliff institute. A renowned professor and scholar of American History, gordon reid has published six books. American family 2008 which won numerous awards for non fiction. A leading and field changing scholar of Thomas Jefferson and
History programming in primetime. W well take you live to conferences and historic site. Go behind the scenes with us to museums and archives and travel with us to the nations classrooms where you will hear some college and University Professors lecturing about history. As the 2016 campaign continues, watch past and president ial campaigns on the way to if white house. And reel america that showcased documentary and other films. Watch our airing of portions from the 1975 Church Committee hearing of the cia, fdi, irs and nsa. Look for all of you are programming every weekend on cspan 3. All this week while congress is in recess showing American History tv on primetime here on cspan 3. Beginning with american artifacts and looking at photographs. Followed by an event in honor of the centennial ce and armstrong cable in help in coordinating the visits. View the winning documentaries at student cam. Org. Next, a discussion about the worst president in u. S. History. Three historians first