[inaudible] [inaudible] >> this weekend, c-span cities tour and the help of our comcast cable partners will explore charlottesville, virginia.this we'll visit the university of virginia to see their exhibit oe william faulkner, the first writer in residence. >> we had a lot of wonderful artifacts, many that have come from uva sources. we have the typewriter he was issued by the university even with the university property stamp on the back. we have a jacket that he wore so

come as you can see when youe look at the jacket it is torn up and ready. he like to keep us close for a long time. he left the jacket hanging inja the office when he went on the his last trip when he passed away. >> at 2:00 p.m. eastern we will travel to thomas jefferson'shome monticello. >> if you visited 20 years ago you would a come up and have seen jefferson's beautiful neoclassical villa. what we wanted to do was change that. we wanted to restore the landscape of slavery. was if you come up this mountain top in jefferson's time the first thing you would've seen most likely were the enslaved people. there would been no place on the mountaintop that slavery was not visible. we want to restore that, make that known to visitors who comei here today.

>> will also visit the miller center to learn about their first year project. with explorers challenges u.s. presidents face with their first year of the job. >> lyndon johnson said, no matter how big your majorities you get one year before the congress stops thinking about you, the president and starts thinking about themselves and their own reelection. yoout january of yourr. second-year after you have done your first year all the members of congress are thinking about their midterm election. they're cautious about taking risk to help you get your mandates an agenda through. >> watch the cities tour saturday at noon eastern on c-span twos book tv and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history to be on c-span three. working with our cable affiliates and working across a the country. >> your some programs this weekend on c-span. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a

discovery of seven earthlike planets orbiting a nearby star. >> were currently using the hubble space telescope to determine if they have hydrogens helium dominated atmosphere. >> than the pros and cons of genetically modified -- >> those of us who do that we think all plans are jim owes because there's nothing you buy in any of your grocery stores whether organic or conventional that hasn't been genetically modified. >> than the white house easter egg event from the last four president. >> then, visit to the african-american history museum in washington. >> i knew the nation was thirsting for this museum, but i confess, i did not know the reaction would be this positive and the strong. >> i 1:35 p.m., a panel of federal judges discussing history of the bill of rights.

>> the bill of rights as part of the whole constitution and isbi hugely important, division of power. >> than a conversation with david squirting, the librarian of congress and the archivist of the united states. >> our collection is 156 million objects including 2 million books and 154 million other things. >> at 6:30 p.m. eastern, presidential historians, douglas brinkley, and richard norton smith discussed presidentialrd leadership. >> it's interesting that the greatest president, abraham lincoln is rocketed by arguably the least successful american president.ca >> this holiday weekend on c-span. >> tonight a book tv, a look at slavery in america.

from the tucson festival of books with national book award winner, later, university of texas at austin remy barry on the economics behind slavery. >> and the talk about on a judge, a slave owned by george and washington his escapea ordered the manhunt by the first president. >> welcome to the ninth annual tucson festival of books. my name is tommy. we want to thank cox communications for sponsoring the venue. this presentation will last one hour, including questions and answers. please hold your questions to the very end of the presentati presentation. immediately following the session the authors will be autographing books in the sales and signing area in