down or be replaced. that is where we will begin this morning. should john boehner remain the speaker? (202) 748-8000 is the line for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. if you are an independent, the number to call is (202) 745-8002 . join us on facebook at facebook.com/cspan. or send us a tweet at @cspanwj. morning to you. thank you for being with us. this is a headline from this past wednesday on the speaker of john boehner as speaker of the house. from north carolina, there is the story as mark meadows is expected to appear today on meet the press to talk about his efforts to remove john boehner. boehner has kept too much power to himself. congressman meadows, who has links to tea party groups, has generally taken more conservative positions on issues then speaker john boehner. by the way, meet the press is one of five programs you can listen to on c-span radio. it airs at noon eastern time. our thanks by the way to nbc and all the networks that allow us to car
of course, we will post the program on the homepage following his presentation in the internet viewers are also welcome to submit questions or comments added a time our guest today is dr. paul kengor professor of political science the author of over one dozen books and a recognized authority from the cold war and communism with his extensive research of archival research of communist party usa and serves as a visiting fellow at the hoover institution it received his doctorate from university of pittsburg crash risk will and urges master s degree at international service and also holds a eight honorary doctorate today he will discuss his latest book takedown please join me to welcome paul kengor. [applause] thanks for coming. and also 02 c-span as well people say thank god for c-span there isn t many outlets out there that simply put it out there to let people watching and decide for themselves without the interpretation of how you re supposed to interpret that and also t