>> guest: the woman in charge of solidarity apple went that was a beneficial boris yeltsin in russia was beneficial, then there is a paradox huey long was a very dangerous figure in american politics but he also paved highways and build public hospitals and build schools and gave textbooks of his relationship was routed on his own ambition and his boundless willingness to manipulate them for his own benefit but also rooted in doing good things for thousands of people. >> host: the fight to save democracy from its worst enemy is the subtitle of your book. who is fighting against him? >> guest: a great question the book is about constitutionalism it follows the stories of six great thinkers to watch as democracy stumbled around them and encountered, there is a paradox where democracy will extend into tyranny in has haunted since it was invented that cycle is arrested when people are committed to a culture of republican values which requires a lot of individual citizens which keeps any leader on a short leash. the book's title refers to the fight of people to save democracy from itself

in poland when they were overturning the regime, the soviet regime it was a beneficial demagogue, boris yeltsin at the beginning was beneficial. then you had there are the paradox, huey long was a very dangerous figure in american politics but also did paved highways and build hospitals and build schools and give textbooks so is rooted on his own ambition and his boundless willingness to manipulate that for his own benefit but also been doing good things for thousands of people. >> the fight to save democracy from its worst enemies is the subtitle of your book. who is fighting against him? >> a great question. the book is about constitutionalism part of it follows the stories of the six great thinkers who watched as democracy stumbled around them and encountered, there is a paradox called a cycle of regimes were it is dissolving and that has haunted since being invented and that cycle was arrested when the people are committed to constitutionalism to republican values that requires a lot that keeps any leader on a short leash. so the book's title refers to the flight of people to save d

poland when they were overturning the regime, the soviet regime, that was the beneficial demagogue, boris yeltsin in russia, a beneficial demagogue. there are a paradoxes, qe long was a dangerous figure in american politics but he paved highways, built public hospitals, public schools. his relationship to the people was routed on his boundless willingness to manipulate them for his own benefit but also in doing good things for thousands of people. >> the fight to save democracy from its worst enemies, the subtitle of your book, who is fighting against whom? >> great question. the book is about constitutionalism. it follows the stories of 6 great thinkers who watched as democracy stumbled around and encountered this. there is a paradox called a cycle of regimes where democracy will generate into tyranny, that is positive humanity since democracy was invented. that cycle is arrested when the people are committed to constitutionalism or a culture of republican values which requires a lot from natural citizens and keeps a leader on a short leash. the book's title refers to the flight of peopl

. >> we are with boris bradley in the book room of the linda hall library in kansas city, missouri.the authors reception for the kansas city literary festival. please tell a little bit about the linda hall library. >> the linda hall library is one of the world's great libraries of science, engineering and technology and in fact we think the collection here is as strong as any library in the world in our areas of subject coverage and would cover all areas of science, engineering and technology. this includes all of the recent monographs and journals and publications in the sciences as well as all of the old publications, the rear and historical materials in the science and engineering. >> please describe the room we are in now and tell about the book fault. >> we are in the rare book room. this is where people come to consult and use the referenced material we have at the library. at the end of the room we have the rare book fault, a climate controlled, secure area where we can keep the books and preserve them for future generations. they are safe and the environment is such a well-p

i've spoken to scott boris in a congratulate tory phone call, also had a great and detailed conversation with steven strasbourg, he was elated to be drafted by the washington nationals and fired up with being the number 1 pick and was having a great deal of fun there in california with the rest of his teammates at san diego state. [ inaudible question ] mike, can you just, other than obvious fastball and can you talk about why this kid is being called a once in a generation kind of pitcher in your opinion? >> i don't always call him that. he is an outstanding pitching prospect. he has got two plus pitches, size, leverage, downhill playing and he can throw both pitches for strikes, competes well on the mound and you know he is a tremendous pitching package and you know, great talent and success, so that was the reason we took him 1-1 and the reason he has been -- he was considered a top guy in the draft. question r [ inaudible question ] . >> he is a 6'2" right-handed pitcher that has two plus pitches and a developing change- up. he has a repertoire to start but we are going to keep him i

. >> is boris his agent, crow's agent? >> no. oh he is?t was a couple others. >> may work a package deal. >> steven strasbourg came in in high school 250 pounds, worked all the way through high school to get down to 225 into his freshman year at san diego state. he has been motivated by what a coach told him that he was not coachable and didn't have the mental toughness. look at him now. this guy has made some big leaps over the last four years. >> you know, people don't realize how important it is between those ears you know. you can have the greatest arm in the game, the gray test curve ball, the greatest command, but if you're not able to accept advice, if you're not copyable, do what the manager says, if you don't have the philosophy and buy into what they are teaching you're not going to be long for that organization. somebody else may try. that's why you see a lot of guys traded from team to team because they believe they know more than anybody else. that's not the case with this kid. >> let's head-on back to the war room and debbie

to the extent there was kind of a degree the purpose is every time you get one of these large and boris gindin bills there's a lot of back-and-forth which particular program should be funded and that is the reason it took two months to get this done was various lawmakers representing the constituents wanting the programs included. i'm not familiar to that particular but there is a lot of buying of planes and trains and automobiles. >> host: the bill just passed and hasn't been signed yet. so this may be premature. there's an article in this section of "the wall street journal" about general motors and their ad by holding steady. are they likely to take advantage of this passage of this bill and drive advertising along the cash for clunkers program or is this something the federal government will promote? >> guest: there's no money but i'm aware of to spent on promotion. i wouldn't be surprised if gm and others with such a huge success pledging to revive the car if someone lost their job. i think they will take anything right now to deal to drive sales. >> host: one more call, india, joh

and that as my partner, boris, said today will require a sophisticated inside outside strategy.like martin luther king and lyndon johnson in the '60s and the labor movement and franklin roosevelt in the 1930's and 1940's. president obama who started as a community organizer in chicago clearly understands this. that every president, every successful president needs the outside citizen movements in order to make big changes. let's just listen the two what he told us that take back america on his most recent visit >> and all of you, activists from all across the country, we will take our country back. take back to america, this is our time, our time to make our mark on history, our time to write new chapters in american story because there are a few obstacles that withstand the millions of voices, not from the top down but the bottom of. that is how we brought an end to discourage of slavery and brought an end to jim crow, that is how women got the right to vote, how we brought an end to the viet nam war, how we will bring an end to the iraq war and exactly how you and i will chang

and how about nascar now analyst boris said?e'll roll off ninth and should be a factor throughout the day. i'm mike massaro sitting alongside mike wallace. when it comes to road course racing, the two guys we always watch out for, jeff gordon and tony stewart. mike, they've combined for 15 career road course wins. what it is about their style that makes them so good at this type of racing? >> first of all, we're out in wine country, so we'll use the word "smooth" to start with. tony stewart and jeff gordon have grown up to be very smooth with their race car. they know if they keep all four tires on the racetrack, they'll have a great day, good, smooth shift, good braking. that that's what takes them smooth. >> i don't know if the restarts will be all this smooth today. we heard brian vickers say he thinks the restarts will be a mess being double file. if you were in this race, what would be your biggest concern? >> number one, i would be excited to be in the race first of all. brian vickers starts up front, but you got to get in

a-rod goes boris becker, buts it's not enough. didn't matter, roddick 18 ace.ug broken just one. showing the hustle a nd the court coverage has a few people believing he might be able to win this thing. roddick just too much for the russian. he plows through the roundhe three.ne >> i knew i was getting thee better of him. i knew i was getting a lot more looks at his stuff than mine.seb i saw my best stuff in the fourth set. so i got through. you know, it was comfortableot. most of the time. you know, a couple things hereof ere.there, but overall it was all right. >> and the story at wimbledon io andy murray. look at the crowd just gathering at the lawn to watch. yingscotsman trying to become first man from great britain to win at wimbledon since the 1930s. the near court, look at thatt backhand lob. murray's got a ton of game, bigs guy, served pretty well. serving for the first set. works the dropper. impressive. takes the second set 7-5. pod now two points from the match. murray gets the break he needs.t 36 winners, just five unforced errors. he's on to the third round as well.e