sexual assault policies. and "new york times" reporter helene cooper explored the life of liberian president, first democratically elected female president in african history. in the coming weeks on "after words," rachelle snyder will report how low and moderate income families manage money. nebraska senator ben sasse will argue america's youth are not preparedded for adulthood. minnesota senator around former "saturday night live" cast member al franken will discuss his senate campaign. this weekend on "after words," msnbc host chris hayes will look at racial inequality in the united states. >> this era what we know starts at the moment of sort of the peak victories of the civil rights movement, in chronologically bound sense when we think of it. it starts at the moment when you know, dejure jim crow

desegregation is dismantled and the fight comes to northern cities where essentially the fight is lost. i mean you get the fair housing act which in some ways kind of a high water mark but then you have the busing fights. when you get, or you get essentially a society that gives up on the project of desegregation as a social project through a million different distinct municipal decisions through dozens of court decisions that just whittle away, concluding like parents involved, which makes it almost impossible to create a desegregation scheme voluntarily for a school district, through the abandonment of fair housing legislation often. like the an forcement of it, right? so, what, what facilitates all this it is like okay we have people living near each other. we have given up on the project of desegregation.

so in its place we'll put in project corralling and controlling. like that to me, big thing i come away, come to believe in writing this book is like, it is actually should be a priority to revive and resuscitate desegregation explicitly in those terms as social project. >> "after words" airs on booktv saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous aft word programs on our website, booktv.org. >> he had a great sense of humor. if you read his jokes and stories he was originator of the humor, not just humor for the sake of humor. he used it to make a bigger point. he used it to put people at ease. you can imagine how i felt meeting president for the first time when people came to meet him. obviously they were pretty nervous sometimes.

he would often use humor to break the ice and put people at ease to make them comfortable. at meetings he would use stories that would make a very significant point maybe using a little humor to do it. as leaders we need to realize that humor is important component. i'm not saying go run out buy a joke book or anything, but i'm saying you can take the role seriously without taking yourself too seriously. ronald reagan was excellent at using self-dep pretty indicating humor making himself the butt of the joke. didn't take himself too seriously. that allowed people around him to relax, if they are relaxed they bring their best work out. i was not terrified the guillotine was going to fall working for this man. he surrounded us with such era of acceptance and appreciation and sense of humor about things because not everything went perfectly. sometimes things actually went wrong even for the president. when you were part of that,

regardless how hard you tried to make everything perfect, sometimes things just didn't go as planned. he was always gracious to roll with that, to have a sense of humor. so then as somebody who works for a man like that, you're not afraid to try something new. put yourself out there a little bit. to maybe take a chance, because you know he has got your back. he will live life with a sense ever humor. he was a man of incredible respect, whether it was presidents that had come before him or presidents that had come after him. what? he also had great he respect for women. he talks about his mother being most important person in his early life. of course there is so much has been written about his relationship with mrs. reagan and respect they had with each other, for each other. mother teresa came in to visit the office. this little tiny woman who he recognized as a giant on the world's stage, he had amazing respect for. being the first president to put

a woman on the supreme court with the appointment of sandra day o'connor, that ising he was very proud of. he respected women. he respected their role. this was many, many years ago. that wasn't even one of our big issues back then. this is important to him to show respect. as a young woman working for him, i always felt his utmost respect toward me and appreciation for the value that i added. he was a man of incredible patriotism. that is something you would expect from a president but i can tell you having been behind the scenes with him all the time, that is not something he did just when the cameras were rolling. this man was patriotic to the core. how many times do you think i heard "the star-spangled banner" or national anthem or any of these other songs being played? when we would have guests come to the office, they would perform for him or sing for him and play music for him. you can imagine if you're coming to the perform for the president what will you probably perform?

probably going to play patriotic music. here is this man, you know he heard these things 1000 times before. yet i would watch him, as the song would start, he would be tapping his toe in time, singing along to every word to verses i didn't even know existed. he knew every word. he with stand up at attention, out of respect. put his hand over his heart. there were certain songs that were just so beautifully performed you would look over and see tears misting up in his eyes. this man was patriotic to his core. this country meant something to him. he felt honor serving at highest level of this country. he was proud to be able to represent and proud what america represented on the world stage. he joked with mrs. reagan hoped it was okay with her and there was another woman in his life.

he talked about lady liberty about was the other woman in his life which i thought was eggs he isly sweet. he would describe lady liberty was a beautiful, feminine lady a beacon of the world. >> watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> here is look at books being published this week. two united states senators have new books coming out. minnesota senator al franken recalls his senate campaign in, giants of the senate. utah senator mike lee reports on lesser-known figures who influenced the u.s. constitution in, written out of history. both senators franken and lee will appear on the "after words" program in coming weeks. also being published former oklahoma senator tom coburn offers his thoughts on reducing government spending in, smashing the d.c. monopoly. a harvard professor describes

relationship between china and united states. in destined for war. an historian take as closer look at the end of romanov's rule over russia in the, the russian revolution. look for titles in bookstores this coming week. watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. [inaudible conversations]. >> good afternoon. thank you for joining us here. welcome to the national spy museum. i'm joins houghton. i'm the museum historian and curator this was not exist ad few weeks ago. we put this together quickly. we appreciate you coming out. we couldn't miss the opportunity to have this man, jack barsky sit in front of you today.