jim webb, do you want to respond? >> first of all, i want to thank you and your husband and his friends for what they did during that period. and for him stepping forward to serve. i know it was difficult for a lot of people making those decisions. i remember, i know you will talk about it in the next segment, just in the months leading up before i graduated from the naval academy in 1968, martin luther king was killed. april 4. robert kennedy was killed the night before we graduated on june 5. it was 2:00 in the morning and there was a tremendous amount of turmoil in the country. you made a point that i think ought to be on the table and that is a family member of those who serve, i grew up in the military, there was one point when i was young, my dad was gone for 3 1/2 years. he was able to come back for visits but he was stationed overseas. my mom was 24 years he'll -- old and she had no support living alone. now we have a great support structure for our military people. they had sacrifices that we don't put to the

jim webb of -- jim webb, the author of nearly a dozen books. let's get to phone calls. james here in washington, d.c., a veteran. class fromf of my , 12 wereolina, 21 boys vietnam veterans. americans, 8000 marines wouldrs, volunteer for vietnam almost every year of the war. you can i get none of the president to move on the backlog of claims of over 400,000 people , people waiting to in three years. infantry people like myself can i get our plans moved at the va hospital, year after year. that seems to be one of the legacies of those who served in vietnam. you dealt with that in the senate. firsto with that as the -- i have been working veterans issues all my adult life. i would like to say to the gentleman, and appreciate very much your stepping forward and serving. there's been a great misunderstanding in this country about how proud the people served in vietnam are. we did a survey when i was on the committee counsel in 1980, $6 million survey exhausted attitudes toward vietnam veterans. 91% of the people who served were glad that the served. 74% said they enjoyed th

jim webb, did you want to respond? >> yes. first of all, i want to thank you and your husband and your friends for what they did during that period and for him having stepped forward and served. it was -- it was difficult for a lot of people making those decisions. there is no doubt about that. i remember -- i know you are going to talk about it in your next segment, but just in the months leading up before i graduated from the naval academy in 1968, martin luther king was killed i believe on april 7th. >> 4th. >> was it the 4th? robert kennedy was killed the night before we graduated on june the 5th. he was killed at 2:00 in the morning. it was a tremendous amount of turmoil in the country. you made a point which i think ought to be put on the table, and that is, as a family member of people who served. i grew up in the military. there was one point when i was young, i -- my dad was gone for three and a half years. he was able to come back for visits, but he was stationed overseas. my mom was 24 years old with four kids. and

our guests are vietnam veteran and former navy secretary jim webb. we begin with a video on the state of the war in 1967, produced by the u.s. naval photographic center. this is american history tv. >>> these marines just returned from a tough battle in the north. their weapons are cleaned and cared for. a matter of importance in the life of a professional fighting man. this is not a clean or easy life but they learn to accept the physical hardships of battle as their fathers did before them. ♪ marines recount battles. fought in every clime and place. here in vietnam, except for snow, they prove it. from the soft ooze of the ric

this blowback was led by a powerful character by the name of jim webb, subsequently senator from virginia and a very failed presidential campaign. a powerful individual, indeed. very well-connected in washington who gathered congressmen and senators behind him, who wrote beautifully written op-ed pieces in opposition, who went around and spoke all over the country against this. it was a powerful effort to undermine the maya lin design and it nearly succeeded. the fifth phase was the compromise where a superb figurative artist, frederick hart, was brought in and he was commissioned to do three soldiers, a three soldier sculpture and this was to satisfy veterans who hated the gash of shame as it was called. to hart's credit, he rejected the pressure to create a glorified sculpture which would glorify the experience of the vietnam veteran, or for it to be a heroic statue the way you might find at a place like quantico. when this started to gain legs, there evolved an interesting debate between the detractors of maya lin and the architectural community who felt there was a strong principle he

and i have it nam war veteran jim webb as well as they marched to sunlight. we're and peace, vietnam and america, october 1967. american history tv, tonight at 3.0 p.m. eastern on c-span and on c-span2 with book tv with a look at books written about congress. first south carolina congressman tim scottcarolina discuss their book yoonfied how us unlikely friendship gives hope for divide country. danielle thompson examines why moderates may be less look lie to run for congress in her book opting out of congress and u.s. trade negotiator ira "broken"nd his book and david south and the country. atk tv airs tonight 8:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2. c-span's washington journal live every day. coming up tuesday morning, george mason university's ieshard discuss vulnerability to america's electric grid and pipelines. issue one talks about the report all expenses paid and looks at loopholes federal law makes are using to pay for personal expenditures. be sure to watch c-span's 7:00ngton journal live at eastern tuesday morning. join the discuss. senate confirmation hearings

that's followed by a c-span interview with vietnam veteran and former navy secretary jim webb, and author dave meritus, author of the state of the war, leading up to the tet offensive. >>> our c-span series continues throughout the week here on c-span3. if you missed any of today's program, you can see them again tonight at 8:00 eastern. tuesday, it's the 1968 presidential election with former vice president richard nixon facing hubert humphrey and alabama governor george wallace, who ran on the american independent party ticket. wednesday, civil rights and race relations and thursday, the rise of liberal politics with the special look of democratic convention in chicago. friday, conservative politics and richard nixon's rise in the republican party. that's this week on american history tv while congress is on break. >>> senate confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh to be a supreme court justice are expected in september. and senators are likely to question him about roe versus wade, the 1973 decision that struck down many restrictions on abortion. on tuesday, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, c-s

webb andear from jim the author of a book, "they marched into sunlight." american history tv tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. trey gowdy and tim scott discussed their book, "unified." then a professor examines why moderate i be less likely to run for congress in her book "opting out of congress." book,a shapiro and his "broken." booktv" airs tonight at 8:30 p.m. on c-span2. senate confirmation harry's for brett kavanaugh to be a supreme court justice are expected in september, and senators are likely to question him about roe v. wade, the decision that struck down many researches on abortion. tuesday at 8:00 p.m., landmark cases provides a look at roe v. wade. savage hear from david discussing judge kavanagh's nomination and the abortion issue. ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," a discussion on american history and the u.s. congress with congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie, and raymond smock. this program was recorded at the robert c. byrd center for congressional history and education in shepherdstown, west virginia. brian: ray

jim furyk has a few more weeks to decide on his final four. he says he's take into account fitness and form over the year, players playing well at the minute and those pairings that will work. remember though — tiger's ryder cup record is not great. he's lost more matches than he's won down the years. but everybody would love to see him back. now british athletics. they have a new golden gird en girl and she is back from berlin. what a week it's been for dina asher—smith. remember she's just 22 years old. in the space of a week broke the british records in winning the 100 and 200 title and then stormed to victory in the relay to become the first briton to win three golds at a single europeans. she's returned to heathrow in the last couple of hours — no doubt to a few more cameras and paparrazzi than when she left for germany. she returns with her hand luggage a little heavier as well. she proudly show. definitely not used to this, i'm not the kind of person that hunts out the limelight. that is not me at all. so i don't think i will ever