he's the top guy at random house, and how does he... >> guest: he says, "it sounds like a good book. we should make a book out of it." and so i say, "oh, a great idea. i figured it out. i'm sure it'll only take me six months of part-time work to do this." c-span: did you know him before? >> guest: no. c-span: and did they give you a big advance? >> guest: they gave me an advance. it paid for more than the first year of research help, but it's not a way to make a living. c-span: as you know, you've got lots of anecdotes in here. what would you say is the main source of your anecdotes? >> guest: it's about half and half newspapers and magazines and interviews. there's just so many sort of wonderful stories, and i have three times as many stories as i had in the book, but one of the principal points of the book is the idea that law can't be too precise. if you take environmental law, for example, there's a story of the amoco refinery in virginia, where amoco spent $31 million to catch the benzine at the smokestack, but there was almost no benzine at that smokestack. it turned out all th

i doubt -- i did books for random house for years, and sometimes my word to me there and sometimes it was curiosity. i am very interested in the disappearing america. it may not be here 25 years from now. i want to catch all of this. this is fascinating to me, and this is something i want to capture because we are a young country. in comparison to the rest of the world, we are young. there is a lot of black and white -- right on route 66 in arizona. there are old cars along route 66. this is america. >> how long did you spend there? >> i have been there for years. this is a close-up and this is fascinating. look at this great car. >> what happened to rural america since you have been photographed in best? >> what is happening is that the barns are decaying and falling apart, and so we get the metal barns and things like that. i take a lot of time photographing this. this is in camden, new jersey. this is an old barn in baltimore, believe it or not. these are just kind of -- i love going to a big city and doing all the normal stuff and then going to the back of town. this is an old jai

when you work for national geographic and all of that, and random house, what was the most successful book that you published? >> i did a series of america. and this was very successful. financially, for me and for them. >> they were small coffee table books. and they were very reasonable. i also became a publisher. when the world opened it -- everyone on earth called me for images. this is amazing. i was indoctrinated, and i went to union station management. i became a publisher to publish this book. i got 10,000 copies of the book. they were opening their at union station. and i said, you will not believe this. the publishers will be lucky if they will sell five for 10 bucks. i sold 7500 that day. >> the day of union station? >> i sold thousands that day. >> is this the book that they still sell over there? and you published this? >> i published that book and a book on the korean war memorial. in one week, prior to the opening of the memorial, i said that the need to have a book. i told them i would do it. one week later, i had 20,000 copies sitting there. >> this is one week later.

tonight's conversation is led by john beauchamp, executive vice but at random house. a former editor of "newsweek" and because of prize-winning america. contribute to the pbs television newsmagazine need to know. after the conversation you have an opportunity to ask questions. since the recording device presentation on book tv, you have to ask your questions from the microphone right to. we won't be able to accept questions from your seat. but now please join me in welcoming our guest. [applause] >> i love this. thanks. thank you all very much. of the city. you're a lot about even in the american south where i come from. and it actually, they are struck that not everything is a tenement. so they can come and look and see what it used to be like, but thank you for your hospitality. and congratulations to louisa who has written a i think wonderful book, a deeply researched and engagingly written account of her own family, which is not always an easy thing to do. and want to start with some specific questions, and then we're going to read a couple of things, then go be a

you get to these random houses and what do you you do? >> the first thing i do is i inspect every closet and drawer. >> fantastic. >> and then i have to -- i have a -- like a -- it's just my organization. i don't say that this is just kind of how my head works. things that i -- like i have to put things where i think they belong in a room or how you kind of have that access to them. it's really pathetic. this is so bad. seriously. this is -- let's stop talking about it i'm single. i need to find a man. >> this is not going to help. >> this is not going to help. >> guys are going to go, who is this weirdo. >> exactly. >> let's move on. let's go back to the devil's advocate, which is the movie that kind of springboarded you into the a-list. let's have a little clip and watch this. >> you know, you buy a couple of new suits. >> it's a little more than that. >> i have this whole place to fill and i know we've got all this money and it's supposed to be fun but it's not. it's like a test. the whole thing is like one big test. >> fascinating wat

tonight's conversation is a tie jon meacham, executive editor and vice president ran an vice president random house conifer editor of "newsweek" and pulitzer prize-winning author and commentator on politics history of religious faith in?gg america.?g?g?g7g?g he is editor at large at wnet?gg public media and contributor to the pbs television newsmagazine. after their conversation, love the opportunity to ask questions presents a recording to its presentation, you have to ask questions from the microphone hereççççç [applause] >> thank you love very much.x thank you to the tenement museum who has been a relativelyyy short-lived become an important part of the fabric of the city. you hear a lot even in the american south, where i come from. a deeply researched and engage in a written account of her own family, which is not always an easy thing to do. and they want to start with some specific questions and then we're going to read a couple of things. then they will be a little socialist jeopardy to keep her going. but will start with why this book now? >> this book is, as you can imagine from a

tonight's conversation is led by john mechem, executive editor and vice president of random house. a former editor of newsweek and pulitzer prize-winning author and commentator on politics,?g?g history and religious base in?gg america and is editor of our jeg public media and contributor tog the pbs television newsmagazine need to know. after the conversation you have the opportunity to ask questions, and since we are to do the ka recording twice presentation on booktv you have to ask your question from the microphone right here. we won't be able to accept questions from your seat. now please welcome our guest. [applause]ç >> thank you very much to theç tenant be museum which has axx relatively short time becomey such an important part of the city. you hear a lot about it and in the american south where i come from and their stuff is not everything in the tenement, and so you can see what it used to be like but think you for your hospitality, and congratulations on the wonderful book, a deeply researched and engaged written account and i want to start with some questions and

wilkerson for the warm weather sense, the epic story of america's great migration published by random house. and their certificate says, isabel wilkerson has greeted a brilliant and innovative paradox, the incident affect at its small-scale, the towering work rests on a trio of unforgettable biographies. each of the three main characters began life in various corners of the posting patients out. in different decades and for different reasons, each left the land of the testers and had north and west along with millions of fellow travelers in a powerful, lyrical prose that combines the his story is bigger with the novelist and 50. wilkerson's book changes our understanding of the great migration and indeed the modern united states. isabel, please come and get the word. [applause] >> the judges named one finalist, patrick will can, the poet in his laboratory had one price. and this elegantly written biography, patrick will wilcken policies early fieldwork in brazil to his career in paris has one of the world's most celebrated anchors. along the way, wilcken provided us with a perspective that

>> when i came to see my publishers at random house in new york, i found that my own publisher didn'tieve the conspiracy theories, butelt in some wayhat theublic had been cheated, that there was some secret there. the other thing at the core -- >> rose: your publisher put youi think you say there's a lingering sense that the nation and world had been let down. >> had been let down, and the skeptics believe thain some way the bush administration had either had some warning that something wa coming, but allowed it to happen in order to further their plans to invade in the middle east, as it turned out in iraq, or at the extreme end of conspiracy theory, that they'd actually provoked the attacks themselves. now, on its face it all sounds -- talking about it here and now -- daft, but there were enough straws in the wind to say go and look at this. >> rose: now you have a bookcale fully sotry of 9/11 and osama bin laden." what is it that you think hand that we don't know? >> whatde in the end i hope was successfully dispatch for sane americans the utmost of the conspiracy theorists' ideas.

wilkerson fort "the warmth of other suns," the epic story of americans great migration published by random housee certificates says isabel wilkerson has created a brilliant and innovative paradox, the intimate epic. added smaller scale this towering work rests on a trio of unforgettable biographies. each of the three main characters began life in various corners of the post emancipation south. in different decades and for different reasons each left the land of their ancestors and headed north and west along with millions of fellow travelers in a powerful lyrical prose that combines the historians record with the novelist and the. his books change is our understanding of the great migration and, indeed, the modern united states. please come and get the award. [applause] [applause] the judges named one finalist, patrick wilcken. it was elegantly written. he follows strauss from his early fieldwork in brazil through his career in paris as one of the world's most celebrated thinkers. along the way he provides us with brilliant perspective of structuralism, the movement that was lost as well as an i

he start his career at random house in 1993, and among the authors he is edited is malcolm gladwell, james bradley, robert wright and the comic geniuses of the onion. his office include dana priest and evan thomas, charlie savage and others. and his greatest moment in book publishing occurred this past year wind come in his book, the fifth witness, best selling thriller writer michael, named the law firm shanda, massey and ortiz, which is his first but probably not his last cameo appearance in the book. geoff, welcome. i'm going to be quick because i think questions we were interesting. and their were many things to do that we differ on, for different data publisher. one thing quickly i just want to make it clear after speaking for myself, not for little brown or the company that owns us. i want to talk about library furniture. and there's a reason for that and actually this is a perfect place for it because of mark, the transit system here. there's another market as well, which is a system that was introduced in the early '60s to automate the transfer and recording of the geographic

her first book called the female woman was published by random house back in 1974, not long after she graduated from cambridge with a masters in economics. and interestingly enough, she served as president of the university's famed debating society. perhaps what is most intriguing is that her life so far, or what am i so is there may be more surprises in store down the line coming from arianna. finally, win a special guest here who helped to put all this in perspective, walter isaacson, the former chairman and ceo of cnn and managing editor of "time" magazine who cut his journalistic teeth on the "sunday times of london" and at times ptm in it worse. he is author of a number of books and biographies about einstein, benjamin franklin and henry kissinger. currently serves as chairman of the broadcasting board of governors which runs the voice of america, another broadcasting operations with the federal government. he's president and ceo of the aspen institute, nonpartisan public organization. i thought i had trouble balancing two jobs. so we are looking for to hearing from all these ind

her first book was published in -- by random house back in 1974, not long after she graduated from cambridgeith a master's in economics. she served as president of the university's famed debating society. perhaps what is most intriguing is that her life so far is that there may be more surprises in store down the line. finally, we have a special guest to help put all this in perspective, walter isaacson. managing editor of time magazine, he cut his journalistic the at the sunday times in london and the times picayune in new orleans. it currently serves as chairman of the broadcasting board of governors which runs the voice of america and other broadcasting operations for the federal government. he is president and ceo of the aspen institute. and i thought i had trouble balancing to jobs. we are looking forward to hearing from all these individuals before we get to questions and answers at the bottom of the hour. tim, you will lead us off. [applause] >> first and foremost, this is a very special institution and we are honored to be here today. i just want to say one thing quickly quicklyarian

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. >> we've been seeing an increase in some random shootings, so the officers have been -- shares been more foot patrol. officers have been -- the housing officers have been in and out the developments more. >> the uptick in crime in the western addition started a few weeks ago. the district supervisor says the focus needs to be specifically on young people, ages 17 to 26. >> it has to be both ends. both ends it's smart on crime law enforcement and the other end is an accountability social service strategy that's able to reach out to these people. >> the men in custody are in his targeted age group. witnesses say they were with a larger group of african american men at the corner of eddie and laguna last night, when suddenly an argument started and one suspect pulled out a gun and fired. police are still releasing very few details about what the suspects were arguing about, and what the charges are they're facing. live in san francisco, leigh >> the death toll stands at 92 in the terror attacks in norway, and expected to grow. police charged 32-year-old norwegian anders behring breivik with setting off a bomb in oslo killing seven. he's

. >> we've been seeing an increase in some random shootings, so the officers have been -- there's been more foot patrol. officers have been -- the housing officers have been in and out of the developments more. >> the uptick in crime in the western addition started a few weeks ago. the district supervisor says the focus needs to be specifically on young people, ages 17 to 26. >> it has to be both ends. both ends it's smart on crime law enforcement and the other end is an accountability social service strategy that's able to reach out to these people. as for the suspects, police are releasing very few details about what they were arguing about, and what they'll be charged with. >> bart police have released another video in the case of a man shot to death at san francisco civic center station. the tape was released late last night, but it's too far from the scene to show much. bart police chief ordered the release of the video after earlier saying all surveillance tape of the incident had been released. tapes show the bart officer pulling out his weapon. rainy says he was misinformed about the new tape, which is it was not released until

. >> random gunfire was taking place. a lot of it directed to housing developments in the city. we were having multiple shots fired during these shootings. there was one particular incident that took place on underwood street on a saturday afternoon. >> there was a running gun battle in the middle of the street. there were 60 rounds exchanged. there were 60 casings in the street. and it was a miracle that nobody was killed. i mean, there were children out playing. the rounds were flying. and everything went back to duck. >> now we're coming up on central. we're still on the west side of town here in rockford. we're going to go by the auburn street mcdonald's where julio allen, a member of an opposite gang here in rockford, wanfronted by davis bradford dodson. >> bradford dodson, who had the nickname of hustler, played the role of enforcer. at duck's orders, at the mcdonald's restaurant at auburn and central, tried to carry out a hit in retaliation for a home invasion at one of the gang's drug houses. they found out julio allen was there. davis gave the order, and bradford dodson

random shootings. so the officers have been -- there's been more foot patrol, the housing officers have been in and out of the developments more. >> the uptick in crime in the western addition started a few weeks ago. district supervisor, ross, said the focus needs to specifically be on young people, ages 17 to 26. >> it has to be both ends. and both ends is smart on crime, law enforcement and the other end is a social service strategy that can reach out to these people. >> police are releasing very few details about what they were arcing about and what they will be charged with. in san francisco, lisa amin guleziana, abc7 news. >>> in richmond police are investigating a deadly shooting. last night one person was killed and another victim rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds. it happened near 24th and mcdonald's streets just before 10:00 p.m. san francisco police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck a young girl yesterday evening. it happened around 5:30 at tenth avenue and lincoln near golden gate park. police say the girl road her bike into the street and ran into a car that was maki

random shootings. so the officers have been -- there's been more foot patrol, the housing officers have been in and out of the developments more. >> the uptick in crime in the western addition started a few weeks ago. district supervisor, ross, said the focus needs to specifically be on young people, ages 17 to 26. >> it has to be both ends. and both ends is smart on crime, law enforcement and the other end is a social service strategy that can reach out to these people. >> police are releasing very few details about what they were arguing about, the suspects, and what they will be charged with. in san francisco, lisa amin guleziana, abc7 news. >>> in richmond police are investigating a deadly shooting. last night one person was killed and another victim rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds. it happened near 24th and mcdonald's streets just before 10:00 p.m. >>> san francisco police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck a young girl yesterday evening. it happened around 5:30 at tenth avenue and lincoln near golden gate park. police say the girl rode her bike into the street and ran into

house. >> jimmy: what a good name. i love the name rhoda. >> it's kind of random, right?ere's a sitcom called "rhoda." >> we meant that actually. >> jimmy: you did not! rhoda is really cool. but the prison scenes and all that stuff. >> well, that we totally gorilla stole. mike basically found a prison we could drive close enough to the front entrance. and then he parked across the street. and he's like, "go in there as rhoda." like, i had the costume on. "and come out." i walked into the prison, turned around and walked back and he films the shot, and get in the car and like, "whew, i totally did that." >> jimmy: that's totally illegal. >> all the cops converge on the car. and they are like, "what are you guys doing here?" and they want to take the camera, which we borrowed. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: nothing is legal about this at all! >> and the stuff inside with all the footage of the film. we're panicking. and mike's like, "no, no, you can't take that, because we're location scouts for a very big film." the guy is like, what? and i was like, "yeah, it's a very big film."

. >> reporter: right now authorities believe it to be a random crime, and the suspect may not have even know the houseged to a member of congress. and the suspect has not been caught and it is a federal offense to attack a congressman. that was the congressman's chief of staff who was speaking in that piece. he had broken ribs and scrapes, a pretty dramatic thing that happened. >> i'm glad that he and his family are okay, and i hope they find this guy very, very soon. thank you. >>> a mass execution carried out by the taliban, and all of it recorded on video. stand by. and a baseball legend hospitalized. the latest on nolan ryan's condition. plus, an amazing story of survival by an iphone. [ male announcer ] introducing the ultimate business phone -- t the motorola expert from sprint. its powerful tools help you work faster and smarter so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it lets you access business forms on the go, fire off e-mails with the qwerty keypad, and work securely around the world so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it's the android-powered phone that mixes business with p

house. the windows smashed, tire flat. did you think at first this was maybe some kind of random crime? >> it appeared that way at first. >> jim wesley is on weekend duty at the jefferson county police department. >> the first interview with mel told us a lot. >> he and another detective start with the last person to see brenda, mel ignatow. right off, wesley has a bad feeling about him. he seems overly friendly. >> moments into the interview, it was no longer detective wesley and detective perkins. it was, well, jim, it was like this. or, bob, you understand. >> he's trying to be your buddy. >> he was trying to be our buddy right off. >> how suspicious did that make you? >> extremely. >> there was something else. >> he had the day's events written down. >> he had notes? >> he had notes for that interview. >> so you go in there to interview this guy about his girlfriend, fiancee -- >> right. >> -- disappearing and already has notes about what they did the day before? >> he sure did. i have never seen anything like that. >> ignatow tells detectives he and brenda met in the late afternoon

random spark could start something huge like what we are seeing. chad, we will check in with you a little later on. >>> how bad is the housing crisis where you live?hat's next. i am special sarah crossaddne, and i want to say i miss you guys and can't wait to be home. introducing the brita bottle with the filter inside. is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. >>> the foreclosure crisis is not showing many signs of ending, and in some cities across america the situation is getting worse. we found one town in central new jersey where the bank owns nearly one in every ten homes. with empty homes lining the street and ramping up gang violence, some homeowners feels trapped. >> at a bird's-eye view, plane field new jersey may look like lots of parts in america. but you learn something, the bank owns a lot of the city. >> i lived in three houses, and three times i was forced to move. >> reporter: almost three times the national average are in foreclosure. >> it's terrible.