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other ambulances are staged that might be coming in to pick up additional patients, and a mass casualty situation you would be able to leverage it for triage. you could go so far as to think of today there's technology like, you know, fitbits and different wearable technology that you're see anything the fitness world. what if that was done for the emergency medical services where they could place that on a patient and be able to get vital signs as an example? is not necessarily with the devices today, but just think of the innovation that could happen. and you would know where all of your patients are track their vital signs and be able to send them to hospitals and track them there and make sure there's continuity of care and you're able to adjust to a changing situation in a very rapid fashion. >> tonight at 8 eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. in "taking a stand," senator and 2016 presidential candidate rand paul offers his plan for the

country which promotes school choice, reform of mandatory minimum sentencing and a change in u.s. foreign policy. wall street executive jason trenert gives his defense of the investment banking industry in "my side of the street." in "fire fight," ginger adams otis reports on racial inequalities in the new york city fire department and a lawsuit which was filed against the city. godfrey hodgeson a former white house correspondent during the kennedy and johnson administrations, comments on the legacies of the two presidents in jfk and lbj: the last two great presidents. also being released this week yale university professor of philosophy jason stanley discusses the ability of propaganda to undermine democratic governments in "how propaganda works." and neurobiologist richard francis explores the history of animal and plant domestication and how human civilization

affects the evolutionary process in "domesticated: evolution in a manmade world." look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. >> this was in 1979. craig was graduating from high school. he was a very talented basketball player. he had an offer from the university of washington that was going to pay his way, and he had been invited -- he had been accepted as princeton where he, the family would have to pay some of the bills. he would have to earn some money on the side to get to go to princeton, and he had a conversation with his father who was sitting at the kitchen table and his mother who was washing dickers and he was talking -- dish cans, and he was talking it over with his dad and he said, well dad i think i might go the university of washington. he says his father kind of stroked his beard and didn't come down on him, he just said, well craig i'd be kind of disappointed if you made a decision like this based on

money. and craig said well, sort of containing himself, he said, well i'll think about that. but he was elated, because he wanted to go to princeton. and he said it was the most generous act of kindness he had seen in his life, and he went to princeton. his parents paid the difference. sometimes with a credit card. and he loved actually being there. and he just, he has felt so grateful ever since that it's a story he does tell. >> yeah. and michelle a couple of years later decides well, gee, i'd like to go princeton too perhaps. but at the time her counselors said her grades and scores were too low, and her sights were too high. how did she react to that? >> that's right. she looked at craig and said, well if he can get into princeton i can get into princeton. and exactly just as you say cassandra the counselors at

whitney young said you might want to be thinking a little more modestly about where you can go. but she applied, she wrote a long essay and as her mother says she kind of talked her way in. >> she did feel she talked her way in, because i think a lot of people have looked at -- she's told the story about the grades and the scores being not what she'd hoped they'd be, and, you know, this was the era of affirmative action, and a lot of people have looked at michelle going back to those times and saying oh, she only got in because of affirmative action. but you say she did something to make her own case. >> she argued her own case. she had done very well at school and, of course as with so many african-american students who were getting access to these institutions for the first time, she not only went to princeton, but she did extremely well there. >> she did well. was she happy at princeton? >> it was a very interesting remark she made at maya angelou's memorial service last

year when she said looking back on her recent career she talked about what it was like to be on campaign trail when she was criticized and she mentioned a feeling of loneliness in ivy league classrooms. she had a bit of a struggle when she first got there at age 17. and she worked her way through with the help of friends and that pretty patented michelle obama determination and discipline. >> how did the whole affirmative action debate affect her career at princeton and her sense of herself, her sense of living in two worlds and being judged as something other than just michelle? >> right. she wrote in her senior thesis that she -- princeton made her she said it made me more aware of my blackness than ever before. than in chicago. and that was because of the nature of princeton at that time where black students were very much in a minority, where we

also should remember there were not so many women and also where class was a big question after all. michelle said i got to princeton, and i saw some kids with bmws. i didn't even know adults who had bmws. >> right. >> and it was a place where many black students felt slightly other, not welcomed. and this was something that she was very aware of. and she and her friends talked about it. >> and even for michelle's first days on campus -- >> yeah. >> -- in her dormitory -- >> that's right. >> -- her first roommate. >> it's a remarkable story, and it has to do with the mother of her freshman roommate. this student, katherine donnelly -- and this is a story she herself tells -- with some chagrin at this point as you can imagine. she's in the dorm room. everybody's moving in, and craig robinson shows up and says hey is my sister around, and she

budget. and katherine donnelly went up to see her mother and said, mom, guess what, i have an african-american roommate. and her mother went ballistic and tried to get her daughter pulled out of that room. she complained to the princeton authorities and said my daughter did not come to princeton to be live anything a room with a black student -- living in a room with a black student. now princeton, to its credit did not move her. later in the semester she did move out. but it was a very dramatic sign of times. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> this summer booktv will cover book festivals from around the country and top nonfiction authors and books. this weekend we're live at bookexpo america in new york city where the publishing industry showcases their upcoming books. in the beginning of june we're live for the chicago tribune printers row lit fest including our three-hour live "in depth" program with lawrence wright and your phone calls. near the end of june watch for

the annual roosevelt reading festival from the franklin d. roosevelt presidential library n. the middle of july, we're live at the harlem book fair with author interviews and panel discussions. and at the beginning of september, we're live from the nation's capital for the national book festival celebrating its 15th year. and that's a few of the events this summer on c-span2's booktv. >> and booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> i've got a couple books set up. one, i'm a lover of biographies, so i've just found two. one is called rebel yell, it's about stonewall jackson. and it's -- >> [inaudible] >> it is a good one and it's really insightful into the personality of someone who's become larger than life a lot of times and how he came from his teaching to become just this amazing symbol that we've heard you know on both sides about. the other one is the cruise --

cruise billion with grant and lee. so we're excited about reading those. of course, i've still got ben franklin's and the others to go through, but we're looking forward to a good summer of reading. >> are you a civil war buff? >> well started since birth. civil war i've enjoyed just from the history perspective of our country, but also the figures that were raised up there. and i think it goes to show a lot of the interaction where these men and many times women, but these men interacted at west point, then they went on to be separated for various reasons and how they all come back in our country's time. it's an interesting time for me to look at. >> booktv wants the know what you're reading this summer. tweet us your answer, @booktv or post it on our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. >> presidential candidates often release books to introduce themselves to voters. here's a look at some books written by declared and potential candidates for president. former secretary of state

hillary clinton looks back on her time serving in the obama administration in "hard choices." in "american dreams" florida senator marco rubio outlines his plan to restore economic opportunity. former arkansas governor mike huckabee gives his take on politics and culture in "god, guns grits and gravy." and in "blue collar conservatives," potential presidential candidate rick santorum argues the republican party must focus on the working class in order to retake the white house. in "a fighting chance," massachusetts senator elizabeth warren recounts the events in her life that shaped her career as an educator and politician. wisconsin governor scott walker argues republicans must offer bold solutions to fix the country and have the courage to implement them in "unintimidated." and kentucky senator rand paul, who has also declared his candidacy, calls for smaller government and more bipartisanship in his latest book, "taking a stand."

more potential presidential candidates with recent books include former governor jeb bush. in "immigration wars," he, along with clint bolick argue for new immigration policies. in "stand for something," ohio governor john kasich calls for a return to traditional american values. former virginia senator james webb looks back on his time serving in the military and in the senate in "i heard my country calling." inget vermont senator bernie sanders recently announced his intention to seek the democratic nomination for president. his book "the speech," is a printing of his eight-hour-long filibuster against tax cuts. and in "promises to keep," vice president joe biden looks back on his career in politics and explains his guiding principles. neurosurgeon ben carson calls for greater individual responsibility to preserve america's future in "one nation." in "fed up," former texas

governor rick perry explains government has become too intrusive and must get out of the way. another politician who has expressed interest in running for president is former rhode island governor lincoln chafee. in "against the tide," he recounts his time serving as a republican in the senate. carly fiorina, former ceo of hewlett-packard, has recently declared her candidacy. in "rising to the challenge," she shares lessons she's learned from her difficulties and triumphs. former new york george pataki is considering running for president. ..