. ♪ brian: jane leavy, author of "the big fella," who was he? jane: babe ruth. my cabdriver was saying babe ruth, the babe ruth. he was thrilled to see him on the cover of the book. brian: why is he such a big deal?

"q&a" begins shortly with jane leavy. "prime minister's questions" from the british house of commons follows at 9:00. after that, california senator kamala harris holds a rally in oakland to kick of her presidential bid. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," author and journalist jane leavy on her book "the big fella." ♪ brian: jane leavy, author of "the big fella," who was he? jane: babe ruth. saying babe was ruth, the babe ruth.

journalist jane leavy on her biography of babe ruth. then another chance to see kamala harris kickoff for presidential dead in oakland. ♪ >> this week on "q&a," author and journalist jane leavy on her book "the big fella." babe ruth and the world he created. ♪ brian: jane leavy, author of "the big fella," who was he? jane: babe ruth. my cabdriver was saying babe ruth, the babe ruth. he was thrilled to see him on the cover of the book. brian: why is he such a big deal? jane: he was an original. mike rizzo the general manager , of the washington nationals, one of the first guys i interviewed eight years ago, he said he was the original original. he is an archetype. he is the guy who came into baseball and changed everything, from the way it was played to the way players were represented, to the way architecture was built -- everything was different after babe ruth. brian: let's go through some basics. born where? jane: baltimore. brian: to what parents? jane: george and katie. he was the first of their children, she was two months pre

brian: jane leavy, author of "the big fella," who was he? jane: babe ruth. my cabdriver was saying babe ruth, the babe ruth. this is a guy from nigeria.

. >> jane leavy on the life of babe ruth. >> what's the called shot? >> 1932 world series. babe ruth gets back and forth with the pitcher for the chicago cubs. and it becomes a legend that, you know, he's standing at home plate and the cubs in their dugout are yelling at him. the yankees raise at the cubs. he raises one finger for one strike and then two strike. then he point out to the bleachers in the grandstands, pointing allegedly saying i'm going hit the next one. >> jane leavy sun night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> governor michelle lujan grisham delivered her first state of the state address in santa fe, new mexico. the former u.s. congresswoman and new mexico health secretary outlined several policy goals including boosting her state's education budget, cushing gun violence and cushing the opioid epidemic. she was elected to the house back in 2012. >> mr. lieutenant governor, senate pro tem, speaker egoff, leaders of both parties, honorable members of the judiciary, honorable tribal representatives, distinguished guests and, of course, my family that i d

>> sunday on qa day, author and journalist jane leavy with her book the big fellow, on the life of legendary baseball player babe ruth's. >> 1932 world series, babe ruth gets into this back and forth with the picture for the chicago cubs. it becomes a legend that he is standing at home plate and the cubs in the dugout are yelling at him, the yankees yelling back at the cubs. he raises one figure for one strike or two strikes and then points, allegedly, points to the bleachers, the grandstand, allegedly saying i swear i will hit the next one. >> jane leavy sunday night eastern on c-span's qa day. >> middle east analyst michael pregent talked about iranian foreign policy and iran's influence in iraq in an event hosted by the institute for politics in washington. he talked about us missteps in iraq that gave iran opportunities to shift iraq's politics. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. we have people trickling in over the next few minutes. welcome this cold afternoon. at least it is not as cold as it was yesterday. my name is doctor paul coir at the institute of world politics. we are for tho

>> sunday on q&a, author and journalist jane leavy, with her book "the big fella." >> babe ruth gets into it back and forth with charlie wrist, the pitcher for the chicago cubs. it becomes a legend that he is standing at home plate, and that there yelling at him from the dugout. he is yelling back at the cubs. he raises his finger for one- strike, for two strikes. this is the myth, he points at the bleachers and he says this is where i'm going to hit the next one. >> this is on c-span q&a. >>> she became the first democratic women governor in new mexico, when she was warning earlier this month.. she previously served three terms in congress. th

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brian: jane leavy, author of "the big fella," who was he? jane: babe ruth. my cabdriver was saying babe ruth, the babe ruth. this is a guy from nigeria. he was thrilled to see him on the cover of the book. brian: why is he such a big deal? jane: he was an original. the general manager of the washington nationals, one of the first guys i interviewed eight years ago, he said he was the original original. he is an archetype. he is the guy who came into baseball and changed everything, from the way it was played to the way players were represented, to the way rchitecture was built -- everything was different after babe ruth. brian: let's go through some basics. born where? jane: baltimore. brian: to what parents? jane: george and katie. he was the first of their children, she was two months pregnant when they got married. there was a sequence of children born to them afterward. there is some dispute whether they had eight or six, but of the children i could locate in our archives, four died in infancy, and of those, two died of starvation. brian: where did he go

>> sunday on q&a, author and journalist jane leavy with their book the big fellow on the life of legendary baseball player babe ruth. >> what's the called shot? >> 1932 world series. babe ruth gets into the back and forth with charlie with, the picture for the chicago cubs. it becomes a legend that he standing at home plate and the cubs in the dugout are yelling at them. the thank you, sir yelling back at the cubs and you raise is one finger for one strike, for two strikes, and then he points out to the allegedly, the myth, he pointed to the bleachers in the grandstands, pointing and allegedly saying that's one one point hit the next one. >> jane leavy sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> a weekend in washington find happens when you come to the shutdown, joining us, alexis simendinger who serves at the national political correspondent. stephan dinan of the washington times, politics editor, thanks for coming on this morning. we've heard this i did a few different tracks going down the road when it comes to efforts on reopening the shutdown or the gorn

. >> sunday on q&a author and journalist jane leavy with her book the big fella on the life of a dairy baseball player babe ruth. >> what's the culture? >> babe ruth gets into this back and forth with charlie ruth the picture for the chicago cubs. it becomes a legend that you know he is standing at home plate and the cubs in their dugout are yelling at him, the yankees are yelling back at the cubs, and he raises one finger for one strike for two strikes and then he points out, allegedly this is the myth, that he points out of the bleachers in the grandstands pointing and allegedly saying, that's where i'm gonna hit the next one. >> jane leavy, sunday night at 8 pm eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> judge stephano bibas was nominated in 2017. he is the newest member of the third circuit us court of appeals .he talked about the us appellate court system at an event hosted by the federalist society in moorestown new jersey last month. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >>> judge stephano bibas is the newest judge on the third circuit court of appeals. he has been on the court since november of las

. >> sunday on q&a, author and journalist jane leavy with her but the big fella on the life of legendary baseball player, babe ruth . >> 1932 world series. babe ruth gets into a back-and- forth with the picture of the chicago cubs and it becomes a legend that he's standing at home plate and the cubs in the dugout are yelling at him and the yankees are yelling back at the and he raises one finger for one strike, for two strikes and then points out to the bleachers and the grand strand and saying i'm gonna hit the next one there . >> jane leavy sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern time on c-span's q&a . >> next to look at sexual misconduct in the media. this portion from the freedom form institute includes a conversation with current and former officials talking about harassment at the work place. >> you can keep eating to go to dead dessert bar if you'd like we will get started in five minutes with the rest of the afternoons session.. >>> back now at the summit for conversation focused on the view from the eeoc, the equal employment opportunity commission. leading the conversation is mizell ste

., another chance to see q&a with awe thorough jane leavy talking about hersch biography of babe ruth. pressure prime minister theresa may discusses the ongoing brexit negotiations. topics include anti-semitism and regulations on cosmetic surgery. this is 40 minutes. >> order, questions to the prime minister. steve kerr. question number one. prime minister may: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm sure members across the house will wish to join me in marking holocaust memorial day this sunday. an opportunity for all of us to remember all of those who suffered in the hole calves and in subsequent general sides around the world and a reminder we must all condemn prejudice and hey dread wherever it is found. nice to my duties in this house, i shall have further meet, later today. >> steven kerr. >> thank you, prime minister. may i say as a pridie scopt that the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland is the most successful political union that the world has every known. >> when mitchell sturgeon, the an with seven independence refrpbledusms, only four years after we had the last one,

. >> jane leavy sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> the defense department recently completed its first-ever audit. more than a thousand auditors visited military sites throughout the u.s. and overseas, and five of the 21 final audits referred a fully passing grade. up next, the pentagon's chief financial officer talks about the results. this is about 40 minutes. >> welcome, everybody. it is really a pleasure and an honor to have david norquist with us. a pleasure because i hired david and he was my deputy. >> all your fault. >> and it's wonderful to see somebody that you had faith in wind up having the country's fate. so that's great. it is an honor, because david is not only confirmed as comptroller but now the acting dep sy secretary of defense which is no small job to put it mildly. we've got a big crowd here, david. and i know your time is really limited. so i'm going to turn immediately over to you. if you don't know who david norquist is, you can leave now. >> well, first of all, thank you for coming. thank you for your interest in the department of defense financial st

. >> sunday on q&a author and journalist jane leavy with her book the big fella on the life of a dairy baseball player babe ruth. >> what's the culture? >> babe ruth gets into this back and forth with charlie ruth the picture for the chicago cubs. it becomes a legend that you know he is standing at home plate and the cubs in their dugout are yelling at him, the yankees are yelling back at the cubs, and he raises one finger for one strike for two strikes and then he points out, allegedly this is the myth, that he points out of the bleachers in the grandstands pointing and allegedly saying,

. >> jane leavy sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> the defense department recently completed its first-ever audit. more than a thousand auditors visited military sites throughout the u.s. and overseas, and five of the 21 final audits referred a fully passing grade. up next, the pentagon's chief financial officer talks about the results. this is about 40 minutes.

. >> jane leavy, sunday night at 8 pm eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> judge stephano bibas was nominated in 2017. he is the newest member of the third circuit us court of appeals .he talked about the us appellate court system at an event hosted by the federalist society in moorestown new jersey last month. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >>> judge stephano bibas is the newest judge on the third circuit court of appeals. he has been on the court since november of last year just a little bit of interesting information about stephano bibas's career, he grew up in a family in the restaurant business. he worked in his family's restaurant in new york city. he graduated from high school at the age of 15, went to columbia for undergrad then to oxenford university to stuttering study jurisprudence. he worked for judge higginbotham and justice kennedy and then before beginning his academic career he worked for eus attorney for the district of new york. at the university of pennsylvania he directed his law school supreme court clinic where he argued six cases before the us supreme court. i think in

. >> jane leavy sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> a weekend in washington find happens when you come to the shutdown, joining us, alexis simendinger who serves at the national political correspondent. stephan dinan of the washington times, politics editor, thanks for coming on this morning. we've heard this i did a few different tracks going down the road when it comes to efforts on reopening the shutdown or the government over the shotgun. what happens with house and the senate generally when it comes to this reopening effort? >> guest: both chambers are expected to take votes on completely substantially different plans to reopen the government.ed both have a fairly noncontroversial bill to reopen. there are seven bills that didn't get passed last year, those account for nine different departments thatt are shutdown can dozens of agencies across this department. of those seven bills six are noncontroversial. they worked out most of the deals. the seventh is homeland security bill. the house is going to vote on a package of putting those p bills together with a little b

. >> sunday on q&a, author and journalist jane leavy with her but the big fella on the life of legendary baseball player, babe ruth . >> 1932 world series. babe ruth gets into a back-and- forth with the picture of the chicago cubs and it becomes a legend that he's standing at home plate and the cubs in the dugout are yelling at him and the yankees are yelling back at the and he raises one finger for one strike, for two strikes and then points out to the bleachers and the grand strand and saying i'm gonna hit the next one th

announcer: jane leavy sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: and about 25 minutes, the house is scheduled to come into session. more live gavel to gavel coverage when the house does commence, but until then it is open phones on "washington journal." any policy issues, the phone lines are yours to do it. democrats (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001, independents (202) 748-8002. as we've noted throughout the program today, we are on the morning of day 33 of the partial government shutdown, although there may be some light at the end of the tunnel. we will see what happens tomorrow in the senate. the senate will hold competing boats on two -- competing votes on two bills that could end the sat down -- to end the shutdown. here's how it is described in "the new york times." "it will be the first time the senate has stepped off the sidelines to try to end the months long shutdown, and we will see what happens tomorrow on day 34 of the government shutdown." your calls, open phones. carl is in l

leavy y on "q&a," jane with her book "the big fellow." >> what's the called shot? >> world series and babe ruth gets into this back and forthwith charlie, the pitcher for the chicago cubs. and it becomes a legend. that, you know, he's standing at home plate and the cubs in their dugout are yelling at him. the yankees are yelling back at the cubs and, you know, raises one finger for one strike, for two strikes and then he points out -- allegedly -- >> "washington journal" continues. host: cathy chase is the president for advocates for highway and auto safety. what is your group? guest: well, advocates for highway and auto safety is an organization comprised of some of the leading property as alty insurance companies well as leading public health and consumer groups. we are a unique organization in that these two groups that don't necessarily see eye to eye do on auto safety and saving lives and we're about to celebrate our 30th anniversary this year. host: so from this 2017 report, from the numbers, 37 -- over 37,000 people killed in motor vehicle crashes. over 5,00