guest: irwin unger. host: back to the prints. you have a photograph in the book, a couple of them, i'd ask you, did you take those by any chance? guest: i took some of them. host: the one i'm thinking of, where he wrote "the prince", the house. guest: yes, i did. host: where is that? guest: a little village 10 miles south of florence and i urge anyone going to florence to visit it because you can see it's a lovely countryside. machiavelli wasn't too happy there, felt he was exiled there. that's machiavelli's house, very much the way it was when he lived there. if you have the concierge open up the house, and it's funny, because italians have so much history around them, they don't -- it's not like going to mount vernon with a big deal made of it, you have to go across the street and find someone to open the door for you and they'll show you around and they'll say, here's the desk where he wrote "the prince" and the village is very much the way it was in machiavelli's day. host: how much time did you spend there? guest: i spent a

tonight, author miles unger argue that is machiavelli's theories may have been a response to the corruptionand what to look for when congress returns. then associated press national writer martha mendoza reports writer martha mendoza reports on the

miles unger argues his leading may have been the spon to shows around him. >> this weekend a holiday weekend. from katrina's secret. the storms after the storm on afterwards. the inusual on racial politics on the first african-american president. live sunday. three hours in depth. look for the complete book tv schedule and sign up for a book tv a lerlt. weekend schedules in your in box. washington journal continues. host: welcome fred barns, the executive editor of the weekly standard, a contributor to the fox news channel. cheap shot, condoleezza rice says the dick cheney book is an attack of her integrity. this is just one of the latest responses, which you've read. guest: one of the closing chapters in the book, he disagrees with her. she's secretary of state. he is vice president, on the policy of north korea. he thinks she was extremely l n lenient and wanted president bush to sign the agreement with the north koreans. cheney said it wasn't that at all but as a result of conversations her assistant had had. obviously cheney disagreed heartily. it is strenously written. at the en

tonight miles unger argues his theories may have been a response to the corruption around him. at 8:00 on c-span's "q & a." >> "washington journal" continues. >> we're back with open phones >> we're back with open phones for the next 10 or 15 minutes on "washington journal." we focused in our first 45 minutes about sarah palin who was in iowa yesterday. a larger story by jeff zell turns the attention on the candidates. a debate will take place at the president regan library in simi valley, california. representative michelle bachmann is working to shatter the notion that the race is becoming a two-person contest. also this morning, more reaction from the discussion at the white house. obama's strategy confounds allies and foes. the president's controversial decision to extend new anti-smog standards. discussion over which regulations to sacrifice and which to fight for this fall. the "the washington post" editoral has "the curtain rises but will the fall political season bring anything but fear?" that is the editoral this season. also the jobs crisis is the editoral in the "the

miles unger at 8:00. host: our next gest guest is from the national war college.-- joan john j:0nson-freese. what -- who is a war college student? guest: typical war college students are at senior level, war 5, war 6 which is a captain or colonel. who because of a mandate in 2006 they are required to attend professional military training. >> so it is required if a person achieves a rank, they will go to school? >> yes, it is called joint professional military education. there are two levels, and these service schools are the schools where they attend to fill that requirement. the war colleges are also the 3anting of institutions. we award a masters degree in national security studies. >en so if a person is educated enough to gain the ranks of an officer within the various services, why do they have to go to schoo>> s what did they learn that did he didn't learn at officer's school? >> well, they basically looked around and said, we have to do many things with the military. one of them was to become more joint, to work together, to learn to work together, and to le

sunday night author miles unger says his theories may have been in response to the corruption aroundim sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> this weekend, a three-day holiday weekend on "book tv." former new orleans mayor ray nagean's accounts of the storm after the storm. on "after wards," randall kennedy looks at racial influence. and live sunday three hours "in depth." ellis on race and the media. look for the complete "book tv" schedule on booktv.org. weekend schedules in your inbox. "washington journal" continues. host: charles tiefer, what is the commission on wartime contracting and how did it come about? guest: well, it's a commission created by congress. three-year commission. congress had seen there was too much waste, fraud and abuse in the wars in iraq and afghanistan from contractors. it created a commission. the eight commissioners, including myself and chris shays to go to iraq and afghanistan, hold hearings and find the facts and make suggestions. host: chris shays, what did you find? guest: well, we found a lot. first off, the obvious half of our military effort, the

sunday night author miles unger argues that machiavelli's theories may have been a response to the corruption around him at 8 p.m. on c-span's q&a. >> this holiday weekend on american history tv on c-span3, american artifacts. >> the u.s. senate gaveling in momentarily for pro forma session with no legislative business schedule. lawmakers have been holding these sessions every three days or so to prevent president obama from making recess appointments. now live to the senate floor here on c-span2. >> and senators returned tuesday, september 6 for legislative work started with the judicial nomination of a judge on the u.s. sixth circuit court of appeals. following the vote on her confirmation the senate will begin work on a house passed bill that overhauls the patent system. >> next up we will bring you a discussion of the african-american political power. boating laws and redistricting in the 2012 vote. this is from the naacp's annual convention which took place in los angeles in late july. this is the 102nd annual meeting of the civil rights group and the spam is just under two hours. -- and

miles unger argues that machiavelli's theories may have been a response to the corruption around him. tuesday, live on c-span, mitt romney talks about his jobs plan at a truck company in las vegas. our live coverage starts at 3:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> labor secretary hilda solis talked about job creation. president obama plans to unveil his new jobs plan next week, which includes a package to fix roads and bridges. this is hosted by the national press club in washington, d.c. it runs about one hour. >> members of the public are in attendance. if you hear applause, it is not necessarily evidence that the journalism members have checked their impartiality at the door. jennifer is a member of our speakers committee. she did an excellent job bringing today's events together. america is facing the worst jobs crisis since the great depression. the unemployment rate stands at 9.1%. the real unemployment rate is over 16%. as the unemployed 30% have been out of work more than one year. there are 58% of american adults in the work force. labor day is right ar

tonight miles unger suggests that his theories may have been a response to the political corruption around him. tonight at 8:00 p.m. on "q & a." >> when you decided the list for "the contenders" what was your intention? >> to give mirn americans a view of political history. it has been observed the winners write the history books. there is some truth to that. but that means we are deprived of -- it is like the dark side of the moon. there is say whole story line. and even more, on the buy graphic cal level, there are 14 people in this series, many of whom viewers have never heard of. they will be fascinating and surprising. >> do you have anyone in mind who might have been the most important kpt contender in history? >> i think some modern buying fers saying losing candidates in the last 20 years, people even said george wallace was the most important loser. i don't think that at all. i have to go back to the 19th century and pick up with henry clay. he ran three times, and that's one of the things that interests one of the things that interests me about these folks. they sure are recidavi

sunday night other miles unger argues that machiavelli's theories may have been in response to the corruptionaround him at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> search for your favorite author and every program we have aired at otb.org. tune in every weekend for booktv, with 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. our web site has the entire schedule. >> in his book, "sex on the moon" ben mezrich tells the true story of nasa's moon rocks. he recently talked about his book with texas monthly deputy editor brian sweany at the dallas museum of art. this is just under an hour. >> thank you. thank you. is a great to be here for latee night at the dma?uou for j it is wonderful.p [applause] so thank you for joining us for this and certainly all of thee other programs.nv i toer say this is my third opportunity to host one of thesd conversations at it's been able t to bring to dallas also the fact i always walk out and see a roomful of people who love reading and writing as much as i do in that community that we share when we are able to talk to authors and talk about the work and enjoy that. i've always said th

miles unger argues that his theories may have been a reaction to the corruption around him. >> a discussion on trends in mortality rates in america. from "washington journal" this is about 50 minutes. 2012. >> "washington journal" continues. >> we are joined by dr. michael o'grady, and dr. edward sondik. good morning. 65% of americans live to the age 65 in 1965. today, it is 84%. what does this tell you about the longevity of americans and the impact it has on our society? guest: the longevity has been going up since 1900. if you look at the string of data that we have, you can see that it continues to improve. i think this figure is particularly important, not only in the probability, the likelihood of living to age 65, but also the probability of living to age 85. it is probably dead figure that is the most surprising. somebody born in -- that figure that is most surprising. somebody born in 1940 had a one in 10 chance, and a baby born today has almost a 40% chance of living to 85. the good part of that is life. there are a lot of policy issues that come along with that. we have a populat

unger argues that machiavelli's theories may have been a response to the corruption around him. sunday at 8:00 on "q&a." >> "washington journal" continues. host: today we conclude our week-long series on weather t. yesterday we learned about the role of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration did today, the national weather service. its director is jack hayes. some background on the service. it takes -- it dates back to 87, when ulysses grant authorized the establishment of the national weather service. dr. hayes, that you for being with us. what is the mission at the national weather service? guest: every year, 10,000 severe thunderstorms, 11 tropical storms that become hurricanes, 5000 floods. our job is to detect these extreme weather events in time to alert americans so they can take action to protect life and property. host: how long have you been with the national weather service? guest: since the year 2000. i retired from the air force in 1998, did two years in the private sector, and then joined noaa in summer 2000. host: let's look at what happened with her

sunday night, miles unger argues that his theories may have been a response to the corruption around him. that is at 8:00 on c-span's 2 and 8. >> in the decades since the 911 attacks, the u.s. has failed to implement a number of proposals made by the 9/11 commission. we will hear from tohm kean and lee hamilton. >> welcome to the bipartisan policy center. we are pleased that so many of you have joined us today. we are overflowing, so some things are falling over i am sorry not all of you have seats, but you are closer to the food and drink. there are people who of toiled here diligently since 9/11 to reshape our homeland and national security institutions. the challenges for securing our policies are not theoretical. you have been in those battles. we are fortunate to be joined by seven of the 10 9/11 commissioners. they made an indelible mark on history. their report and recommendation are an example of the bipartisan collaboration that our country desperately needs more of in other areas. the commission is unparalleled in the number of changes that were adopted as a result of its r

author of miles unger argues that the theories may have been a response to the corruption around him. at because on c-span's q&a. >> the name conjures elegance and grandeur but during world war ii the queen mary was commissioned as a troop ship. a university professor on the integration of baseball by women and asians. and remembering 9/11. from the florida trip and the pentagon. cook for the complete schedule at the c-span.org/history. the commission charged with investigating u.s. spending in iraq and afghanistan found as much as $60 billion in waste and fraud. congress created the commission in 2008 and released to their final report earlier today. org.can read it on c-span. jim webb introduces the co- chairs at this hourlong news conference. [indistinct conversation] >> good morning. i am co-chair with my partner, chris shays, who is -- he and i will handle the initial parts of this briefing. each commissioner will also participate. first, i would like to introduce senator webb from the state of virginia. he is one of the two conferences, why we are today -- two cosponsors, why we

. >> sunday night, author miles, unger argues theories may have been a response to corruption aroundunday at 8 on c-span's q q&a. >> good things come in twos. there's c-span with live coverage of the house. >> coverage of the senate on c-span2. >> live events on c-span.org. >> or the c-span video library. >> weekends on c-span3, explore american history tv. >> iphone follow us on twitter, join us on facebook. >> it's washington your way with c-span. >> funded by cable, and provided as a public service. >> the president of france and prime minister of britain announced recently their governments will be producing statistics on the happiness and well being of their people to be useful in creating public policy. we go to the as pen's institute forum on whether happiness should shape policy in the u.s.. panelists include derek bok and from princeton. this is just over an hour. >> thank you all. i'm david gilbert. i'll repeat what i said last track if you wrnt there. one called and said, would it be possible to convince you to come to aspen with the smartest people you know and sit in the