over there ♪ >>> next on booktv afterwards with guest host "washington post" national reporter nia hendersonis week stonewalled by fight for truth against the forces of obstruction, intimidation and harassment in obama washington. and if the in it the former cbs news investigative reporter presents her account of the opposition that she says she encountered while trying to report on the administration's at least policies. the program is about one hour. >> host: welcome. so great to have you here today and tell us about your book stonewalled. the title is my fight for truth against the forces of obstruction, intimidation and paragraphs meant in obama's washington. why did he want to write this book lacks >> guest: some people approached me with it and it's something i'd been thinking about the state of journalism and the things happening in the industry. some of it because of my experience at cbs to decide that not all specific to cbs. i attended investigative reporting conferences and notes with other investigative reporters, friends, local news reporters and it seemed as though there were s

with to us share their reporting and insights, nia-malika henderson, jonathan martin of the "new york times," cnn's peter hamby and dan balz of "the washington post." two days to election day and there's a clear republican advantage in the biggest battle in 2014, that's for control of the united states senate. des moines register, joanie ernst takes a seven-point lead running against bruce braley. eight or ten of the races including the iowa race still tight. is there any path left for democrats to somehow hold their senate majority? this is the state of play, 55 democrats, 45 republicans, two of those democrats are independents who work with the democrats. here are the big races we're watching, 13 races we've been watching throughout the year but even most democrats concede montana, south dakota, west virginia, likely to be republican pickupups on election day. let's give republicans the three that would get you to 45/45. can the democrats somehow hold onto the ma jo are the? the "easiest" path is to keep the states i'll call the blues, new hampshire, iowa, colorado, and north caroli

with me, nia malika henderson of the "washington post" and ron fournier of the "national journal" everybodyg because congress is back. this is the so-called lame duck session. the question is post election do you get cooperation or confrontation? early indications are, confrontation. overnight you may have seen this, the president struck a deal with the chinese, he's in asia on the climate change agreement to reduce emissions. republicans are saying it's not worth the paper it's printed on. it doesn't require anybody to do anything for 11 years. and yet, ron and nia malika. mitch mcconnell, the incoming republican leader who will soon be majority leader says it's going to hurt the economy. listen, our economy can't take the president's ideological war on coal. it will increase the squeeze on middle class families and struggling miners. the unrealistic plan that the president would dump on his successor would insure higher utility rates and far fewer jobs. >> on the one hand, it's useless, on the other hand, it's devastating. >> i guess he doesn't like it. this is something mcconnell ran aga

with me to share their reporting and insights, nia malika henderson of the "washington post" and "washington president says we're going to get along. mitch mcconnell says we're going to get along. the republicans are sitting around their campfire, having their s'mores and having a great time. here comes the president down the road with a big barrel of kerosene, he's about to did executive action on immigration reform and on to the fire. the little roast is about to become a bonfire. mitch mcconnell said the president acting with executive powers on immigration, bad idea. >> it's an issue that most of my members want to address. legislatively. and it's like waving a red flag in front of a bull. to say, if you guys don't do what i want i'm going to do it on my own. and the president has done that on obama care, he's done it on immigration. and threatening to do it again. i hope he won't do that, because-day think it poisons the well for the opportunity to address a very important domestic issue. >> it was not long after the soon-to-be senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, said no that would