changed. >> mignon cliburn, longest serving fcc commissioner and only democrat on the commission talks about how the fcc is changing under republican leadership and what she sees as the major issues ahead. she's interviewed by telecommunications report senior editor lynn stanton. >> when we go into a direction that might be more philosophical i believe than practical we need to ask ourselves, will consumers be protected and under the current paradigm that i've seen, you know, teed up, the -- i am hearing in terms of moving back to the days of old, i really don't see where the consumer benefits will derive. >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. c-span where history unfolds. in 1979 c-span was created by a public service by america's cable companies and brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. tuesday night july 4th, american history tv, pulitzer-prize winning historian david mccullough talk about how the founders particularly john adams, valued education, viewed slavery and persevered in the face of hardship. here's a preview. >> i don't consider myself a historian. i didn't major in history. i have no ph.d. i was an english major who wandered into writing history. and that's a whole other story. but i consider myself a writer who wants to write about real people and what really happened. and i do all the required research and then some because i use a lot of research resources that most academics that i know don't use at all. and secondly, i've never undertaken a subject that i knew much about because if i knew all about it i wouldn't want to write the book. for me, finding out about the subject is the adventure. that's -- i'm landing on a continent i've never set foot on and i'm setting foot to find out what i can. it's all new to me. >> right. >> most all of it. and it's amazing how if you have that point of view, you will find things that other people who rightfully claim to know all about it won't find because they're not seeing it with a fresh eye. i've never undertaken a book i knew much about, subject i've knew much about or a book in which i didn't find something in my research that nobody had found before. >> on that note -- >> that's very exciting the way it happens. >> watch the entire program at 8:00 p.m. eastern july 4th, here on american history tv. only on c-span 3. on lectures and history arizona state university professor jonathan barth teaches a class about the rise of andrew jackson and his presidency. he focuses on president jackson's clashes with whig party members such as henley clay and daniel webster in the bank wars in fact 1930s. this class is about 55 minutes. >> well, good morning, everybody. and welcome to american history. my name is jonathan barth. you all know me as professor barth. and i am a history professor at arizona state university in conjunction with two very stellar world-class programs and there they are on the screen. the school of historical, philosophical and religious ie