>> this week on "q&a," amc network president and officer jeff sapan talks about his book, entitled "the big picture -- america in panorama." >> josh sapan, what impact do you think television has on the political system and political culture.>> a big impact in many ways.a lot of people get their news from tv.a lot of people get their point of view and opinions and analysis from tv.and tv has many stories on the dramatic front the have some connection to politics.so i think it has a pretty big impact.>> of all the programs you produced over the years, which had the most impact on politics, on the pop-culture scene?>> i will answer with a movie we distributed.we distributed a movie several years ago called in the loop.it was done by a guy named armando and it was a british take on politics.armando went on to do a beautiful show on hbo called "veep."it was the lighter side of politics.i don't know if you've seen it.i'm not sure it is the most profound effect but it has caught some attention.not our show.a wonderful show done by hbo. what impact do you think television has on the political

. >> let's talk about josh sapan for a moment. where does the pronunciation come from? >> i will take anything. anyone who says my name in any vague way, like a dog, i will just respond if it is close. >> where does the name come from? sapanisky. at ellis island, we lost the isky. >> where did you grow up? >> i grew up in brooklyn and went to college in the midwest. >> why did you find your way from queens, brooklyn area to the midwest to the university of wisconsin? >> i went to visit it and i thought it was the most beautiful and unlike anything i had ever seen. i had never actually been to the midwest in my whole life. i was attracted to all of it including the university. >> what year did you graduate? >> 1970 -- i took a little time to graduate so i think it was 1976 or 1978 by the time i graduated. >> one of the things that i saw when looking at your background, you started out reading ralph lee smith's, "wired nation." >> yes. >> tell us who that was and why did that matter to you? >> yeah. i don't know how i got the book. i was interested in tv and studied it in

. >> this week on "q&a," amc network president and officer jeff sapan talks about his book, entitled "the big picture -- america in panorama." >> josh sapan, what impact do you think television has on the political system and political culture.>> a big impact in many ways.a lot of people get their news from tv.a lot of people get their point of view and opinions and analysis from tv.

josh sapan is the president of a.m.c. networks. the company's hits include "mad men" "breaking bad" and "the walking dead." terence winter is a writer for "boardwalk empire." he was also a writer and executive producer for "the sopranos emily nussbaum is a tevision critic for the "new yorker" magazine and david carr writes the media equation column for the "new york times." i'm pleased to have all of them here. i don't know who to startith so i'll just ask this question. what do we mean by the golden age, the third golden age of television? david? >> um, i think that when you have this many windows opening up for content. so there's all manner of places to put content now. great stuff is going to get through. i saw john goodman in the new coen brothers movie but then i went to the set and there he is, he's making a great big television show for amazon and it written by gary trudeau and it's -- when window after window opens, you're going to see more opportunities for great stuff and part of what happens is the great stuff -- someti

pam -- josh sapan tonight at 8:00. wisconsin governor scott walker talked to reporters recently at the christian science monitor for breakfast area this is an hour. >> ok, here we go. thanks for coming. i am dave cook. welcome to one of our gatherings. our guest is scott walker. this is his second visit with us. he was born in colorado, lived for a while in iowa, and then moved to wisconsin when he was 10, and he attended marquette university, left before graduating to do marketing for the american red cross. his first elective experience was in a wisconsin state assembly where he served from 1993 until 2002, at which point he was elected as milwaukee county executive. he was noted as returning part of his paycheck to the county. he was elected governor in 2010. in june 2012 he became the first u.s. governor to keep his seat in a recall lection. he has written about that experience in his new book -- if they paid me more, i would've held it up for you. copies are at your seat. thus ended the biographical portion of the

. >> in a few moments, q and a with josh sapan. 7:00 a.m., washington journal, with your phone callsnd the day's latest news. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> this week on q and a, josh sa hisdiscusses his work and latest book. >> what impact do you think television has on the political system and political culture? >> a big impact in many ways. a lot of people get their news from tv. a lot of people get their point of view and opinions and analysis from tv. and tv has many stories on the dramatic front the have some connection to politics. so, i think it has a pretty big impact. >> of all the programs you produced over the years, which had the most impact on politics, on the pop-culture scene? >> i will answer with a movie we distributed. we distributed a movie several years ago called "in the loop." it was done by a guy named armando d

. >> josh sapan with the big picture sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. .. >> but i feel like that is a growing number, you know, that is a kind of woman that there can be space for. and the fact that there are some stay at home dads who are very happy and who do not all entirely live in portland, oregon, you know, that is okay too. >> we're the only national television network devoted exclusively to nonfiction books, and throughout the fall we're marking 15 years of booktv on c-span2. >> this weekend booktv of is live this florida for the miami book fair international. coverage kicks off today at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span2 with dave barry, roy blunt jr. and brad meltzer and continues with appearances by doris kearns goodwin and a. scott burg. plus call-ins with sheri fink, peter baker and susan herman. sunday's coverage starts at 10:30 and includes mark halperin, bill ayers, thomas cahill and chris matthews. the miami book fair international live this weekend on booktv on c-span2. and don't forget to weigh in on our november book club question: what books are you reading on jfk? p

. >> josh sapan with the big picture sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. .. >> but i feel like that is a growing number, you know, that is a kind of woman that there can be

josh sapan on tonight's q and a. >> republican governor chris christie of new jersey has criticized both parties in washington for failing to lead. he talked about that failing at an event hosted by the "wall street journal." this is about 40 minutes. >> governor, thank you very much indeed for being with us. you squeaked home. a bit of a close election. you were not quite at the 60% threshold for a wailing. -- four a while. >> i am a republican in new jersey. i am just worried right getting over the finish line. it was gratifying. >> what was striking was to look at the detail of the exit polls. you won 50% of the latino vote, over 25% of the black vote, running against a woman democratic candidate. all in a state where president obama won 50% of the vote a year -- 58% of the vote a year ago. ago. a lot of questions about the future of the future of the republican party. how did you do it? >> reversing as you do your job. i often think people make political leadership to complicated. leadership to consultative. what people expect you to do is do your job. first and foremost. the folks i

sapan with the big picture, sunday night at 8:00. scott walker spoke with reporters and a christian science monitor breakfast this morning and he talked about gridlock in washington, his reelection bid, and a potential presidential run in 2016. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> ok, here we go. thanks for coming. i am dave cook. welcome to one of our gatherings. our guest is scott walker. this is his second visit with us. , livedborn in colorado for a while in iowa him and then moved to wisconsin when he was and he attended marquette -- before, left for graduating to do marketing for the american red cross. his first elective experience was in a wisconsin state assembly where he served from 1993 until 2002, at which point he was elected until no -- elected as milwaukee county executive. he was noted as returning part of his paycheck to the county. he was elected governor in 2010. in june 2 cap is 12, -- in june 2012 he became the first u.s. governor to k

. >> sapan's subway shop taking bitcoin. >>> this report out this morning saying the bureau faked theoser look at that report and what it means in a few moments. >>> plus, the bell's about to sound across europe. a few minutes left in their trading day. we'll get the close in a couple of minutes. [ male announcer ] what if a small company became big business overnight? ♪ like, really big... then expanded? ♪ or their new product tanked? ♪ or not? what if they embrace new technology instead? ♪ imagine a company's future with the future of trading. company profile. a research tool on thinkorswim. from td ameritrade. >> announcer: the european markets are closing now. >>> welcome back, and simon hobbs joins us with a look at europe. it's a red. >> it is. particularly in the peripheral areas. the ft is reporting that people that rely on ecb funding will be penalized in the future, and still a concern about earnings, that the markets are trading 13, 14 times earnings, and half of companies have disappointed this earnings season. so there's a lot of questions, carl icahn, the comments we got