dick teresi, nice to meet you. this book, and you written others about physics and history of science and even a book on the brain. how did you come to write about organ transplantation and death determination? >> i wasn't drawn to organ transplantation at all. i was stoned to death. the reason was i was watching carl sagan on the charlie rose show in the 1990s. he announced that he had had his second or third own marrow transplant because of a cancerous disease he had. it saved his life. he had been saved by science. my wife looked at me and said, wow, he's going to die, and soon. and i said why do you think? >> this is the denial speech. she had cancer and she was in support groups. this is a speech who are given by those who are pronounced terminal. the show finished, and they announced that it had done everyone. that he had died. he had been taped a couple months earlier, and the man who had been saved by science was dead. he said an interesting thing in his show, which rose had asked him. he said what do you t

the next saturday night on "after words," dick teresi describes the ever-changing description of death controversial argument that organ harvesting is blowing that line. this weekend on a booktv, dirt on the split between old guard members of his former party and is supported by the tea party sunday at 8:00 p.m. booktv every weekend on c-span 2. >> april 15, 1912 kammerer 1500 perished on the book called unthinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, iceberg ahead, they struck the bells three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning, saying there is some object ahead. and he is ahead of the show. it doesn't say what kind. after they struck about, they were to telephone and asked them to call down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. and when the phone was finally in date, the entire conversation was, what do you see? and the response was, iceberg right ahead. in the response from the author was, thank you. >> samuel halpern on the truths and myths of that night. sunday at 4:00 p.m. this weekend on c-span 3. >> coming up on booktv from this year's

. >> dick teresi defined the ever-changing description of death in his controversial argument that the business of organ harvesting is blurring that line. also this weekend on book tv, former pennsylvania senator arlen specter on the split between old guard members of his former party and those supported by the tea party. sunday at 8 p.m. booktv, every weekend on c-span2. >> military historian barrett tillman presents a history of the american aircraft carrier, the uss enterprise, the most decorated military ship in u.s. history. next on booktv. commission in 1938, the enterprise was involved in 20 battles in world war ii world war ii's pacific theater, which included battles at midway, guadalcanal, and iwo jima. this is about an hour. >> good afternoon. i'm barber. this is the poisoned pen in scottsdale, arizona. it's our pleasure today to welcome back barrett tillman who is a local author in some sense because he lives in mesa, arizona. it's all one big megalopolis, but he's actually from oregon. he was first published at the age of 15. he has written 45 books or possibly more, but t

. >> saturday night on after words, dick teresi discusses death and the business of organ harvesting is blurring that line. on booktv pennsylvania senator arlen specter on the split between old-guard members of his former party and those supported by the tea party. booktv every weekend on c-span2. joining us is filled mattingly, finance correspondent with bloomberg news. what financial firm was mf global and what was jon corzine's roll? >> mf global dealt with derivatives and ended up filing for bankruptcy, jon corzine was governor of new jersey, democratic senator from new jersey plug it in as a ceo in 2010 and leading the firm, prior to his political career been chief executive officer at goldman sachs and leading the firm at the time of its failure. >> what caused the collapse of mf global? >> investigators identified one major problem and that was the massive bet on european sovereign bonds. the euro zone. countries that are in so much trouble right now, roth, spain and folks like that. and bonds in europe. they are always able to cover as the situation continues to worsen and th

. >> tonight at 10 eastern, dick teresi describes the business of organ harvesting.lso, on "book tv," arlen specter you're on the split between old guard members of his former party and those supported by the tea party. sunday at 8:00 p.m. "good tv" every weekend on c- span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now is josh rogin, a writer for a foreign- policy magazine. we have been talking about the missile lot from north korea. what is the reaction from the u.s.? guest: the president put out a statement condemning it. secretary clinton expressed regret saying it is unfortunate that north korea's that the senate to change its pattern of provocation. the administration is in a bad spot. they spent the last year pursuing an engagement strategy with north korea. that has now collapsed. that was risky for them politically and strategically and the north koreans decided to take the obama administration offer and throw it in the garbage. the obama administration has a lot of egg on its face. they are facing attacks from mitt romney and the gop. they are cl

on afterwards, dick teresi defines the ever-changing description of death in his controversial argumentthat the business of organ harvesting is blurring that line. also this weekend on book tv, former pennsylvania senator arlen specter on the split between old guard members of his former party and those supported by the tea party. sunday at 8 p.m. booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> our specific issue is to work to see to it that human rights remained a central part to american policy. and that when we are evaluating our foreign policy moves globally, human rights can never be the only consideration but it has to be part of the dialogue. >> katrina lantos swett is the president and ceo of the foundation for human rights and justice. >> when we abandon our deepest values, and whether we're talking about torture as released to the war on terror, or the reset policy with russia. you know, and the upcoming issue of whether or not congress should pass the accountability act which we don't need to go into the details of that policy issue, but whether or not we are going to stay on record as s

eastern on afterwards, dick teresi defines the ever-changing description of death in his controversial argument that the business of organizing is going to blanket also on a tv former pennsylvania senator arlen specter on the split between old guard memos of his former party and though supported by the tea party. sunday at 8 p.m. booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> for this year's student cam competition with students to submit a video telling us what part of the u.s. constitution was most important to them and why. today will be visiting knoxville, tennessee, to speak with katherine fu, an eighth grader at farragut middle school. good morning, catherine. >> good morning. why did you choose gender discrimination as a topic for your documented? >> when we first start to pick a topic which already noted down to the 14th amendment, but after i read a few articles on gender discrimination, i found a specific article about gender discrimination and how it relates to the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. i just thought that it was really interesting and we could build upon it be

. >> saturday night at 10:00 eastern on "afterwords," dick teresi with "the undead." arlen specter and the split of members of his old party and the tea party. >> it has been 10 years since the release of the third volume of "the years of lyndon johnson." in a few weeks the fourth volume will be published. here he is on q &a in 2008. >> this is a but not just about lyndon johnson but jack kennedy. it is a very complicated story. i do not think people know of two very complicated people -- robert kennedy and lyndon johnson. i had to really go into that and try to explain it. it is part of the story all the way through the end of johnson's presidency. i suppose chronologically johnson is passing the 1965 voting rights act. that is in a one way where we are up to now. >> watch the rest of this interview and other appearances online at the c-span video library. watch for our upcoming interview with robert caro on sunday, may 6. >> c-span is congressional directory is a complete guide to the house and senate. it lists cabinet members, supreme court justices, and the nation