. >> coming up next we feature karen houppert. she is our guest on "after words" and interviewed by jenna green of the international law journal. >> host: it is a pleasure to meet you. i really enjoyed your book, "chasing gideon." i thought that we could start at the beginning. who was the somewhat unlikely figure who made such an impact on history clarence earl gideon was an itinerary cap. >> guest: he broke into a pool hall and accused of stealing some change from the jukebox, a couple of beers come a couple of bottles of wine and arrested and brought to court there in florida. he approached the judge on the day of the trial and said that i am not ready to go to trial. and he said that i am looking for an attorney and he said that i am entitled to an attorney, the constitution guarantees my right to an attorney and the judge said, no, it does not. you have to try yourself. and the judge coaxed him through the trial. very kindly. but he lost and he was a fairly complicated law, going to court is very complicated and selecting a j

eastern it's karen houppert, author of chasing gideon. at 8:50 p.m. be, martin clancy and tim o'brien talk about "murder at the supreme court: lethal crimes and landmark cases." after that, sarah garland discusses "divided we fail: the story of an african-american community that ended the era of school desegregation." booktv is in prime time this month on c-span2. >>> the cato institute is hosting a forum today on the costs of social security disability insurance. our live coverage is on c-span at noon eastern. >>> the 50th anniversary of the march on washington is a week from wednesday. up next, an economic policy institute forum on how the march has affected the economy and civil rights today. this nearly three hour event was at the afl-cio headquarters many washington last month. -- in washington last month. [inaudible conversations] >> so, ladies and gentlemen, we do expect a full crowd, so at some point if we gets folks who come in this and we don't have enough seats, i may ask you to raise your hand so we can identify seats unoccupied next to yo

we'll hear from karen houppert, the author of "chasing gideon."nd then martin clancy, tim o'brien, "murder at the supreme court: lethal crimes and landmark cases." and our final author tonight, sarah garland, "divided we fail." the story of an african-american community that ended the era of school segregation. all tonight starting at 8 eastern here on c-span2. and now some to have latest on egypt and u.s. aid. the national security council issued a statement that says it is not quietly cutting military aid to egypt after a daily beast article came out yesterday that the u.s. had decided privately to halt some aid because of egypt's crackdown on protesters who are supporters of the elected president, mohamed morsi. a spokesman for senator patrick leahy had told cnn funds for egypt were being reprogrammed while the u.s. continues to review the situation there. we talked to a daily beast reporter about the u.s. cutting aid to egypt. >> the administration public line, they're disputing the term "suspended." so they are saying that this is under revie