good afternoon yo you're on with roger simon. >> caller: thank you. i have the impression that i haven't read a lot of books or seen a lot of movies movies and books tend to pick sides these days, right and left and defend it and criticize the other side and perhaps there are movies or books that don't do this but given your bipartisan background perhaps we need a movie author to produce some sort of fiction or nonfiction movie that actually has people coming together or a way to come together or to think about coming together rather than to always emphasized fighting the other guy to death. thank you. >> guest: i couldn't agree with you more. there is a great quote from the great filmmaker under the sign of a great painter and quote is everybody has his reasons and i've always believed that is ths true in the great filmmaking all the characters have their reasons for being who they are and if we understand that a lot of what you're talking about comes true. i'm always working on a book and i'm writing a novel now. it would never be as explicit as the

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screenwriter, author, founder roger simon. we want to put the phone lines up to participate in the program 202, we are talking about conservatives in hollywood and political opinions and we will explore is a little bit more. (202)748-8200 in the east and central time zones. 748-8201 for those in the mountain and pacific time zones. mr. simon, most recent book as i know best how narcissism is destroying the republic if it hasn't already. in the book you've spent quite a bit of time identifying what you consider to be moral narcissism. >> guest: is how so many identify themselves as good because of what they believe and not what they do in other words as long as you say the right things, what is accepted as the right thing, the results whether they are good or bad or immaterial you see that everywhere. we are in a country that has so many moral narcissists. lately, saying i am an undocumented worker, baloney. he is the son that has more documents than thomas jefferson. what are you talking about. but that is moral narcissism and

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and roger simon with his book "i know best: how moral marxism is destroying our republic, if it hasn'teady." the l.a. times festival of books live on c-span two's booktv. >> the funeral service for barbara bush is today from saint martin's a physical church -- episcopal church in houston. watch our coverage on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the c-span radio app. tuesday, president trump welcomes french president emmanuel macron to the white house for an official state visit. our live coverage begins tuesday with the arrival of the french president and mrs. macron at the white house, and welcoming remarks by the two heads of state. then live coverage of president trump's first state dinner starting at 6:30 p.m. eastern with guest arrivals and dinner toasts. the official state visit of french president emmanuel macron live starting tuesday morning on c-span.org, and on the free c-span radio app. >> "washington journal" continues. host: april is autism must come in here on c-span joining us to take a look at the issue in the u.s. and more broadly, our two guests, julia

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political commentator roger simon with his book.hed our weekend long coverage of the 22nd annual l.a. times festival of books, live on c-span twos booktv. -- c-span2's booktv. >> sunday on q and a, neil ferguson on his book "the square and the tower, networks and power, from the freemasons the facebook." >> what is striking to me when i interact with these groups is not their power but also their sense of powerlessness. if you think about the events of 2016, just to take an example, not many members of the supposedly government planned that britain would vote to leave the european union and that donald would become president of the united states. donald trump is definitely not somebody who gets invited to those meetings. then take the financial crisis. at the meeting in 2008, no one said, what we need for the world government is a massive financial crisis. >> q and a on sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are joined right jennifer cafarella, a senior andlligence planner at -- she is here to help

authors including black lives cofounder, investigative journalist david corn, media cofounder roger l simoneveral others. are full schedule is available at book tv.org you can follow us on social media at book tv is our address for facebook, twitter and instagram as well as youtube. ..

and roger simon with i know best how moral narcissism is destroying our country. if it hasn't already. l.a. festival of books live on c-span 2's book tv. >>> the congressional budget office is forecasting that the budget deficit will surpass $1 trillion by the year 2020 and that eight years later the total deficit debt will be as large as the entire u.s. economy. keith hall testified before the budget committee last week about those numbers. wyoming senator mike enzi chairs the committee. >>> good morning and welcome to our hearing on cbo's budget and economic outlook for fiscal years 2018 through 2028. dr. hall, thank you for this report. as you know, this update was delayed from its normal release in january due to congressional activity at the end of last year. i appreciate cbo's dedication to integrating into the final product analysis of last december's tax cuts and jobs act as well as the 2018 bipartisan budget act and the omnibus appropriations bill. it's vital that this committee have the most up to date information in order to understand the fiscal impact

and political commentator roger simon with his book, i know best, how moral narcissism is destroying our public. coverage weekend long live on book tv. next, the historian peter low back talks about his book, george washington's sacred fire. he argues well many historians consider him to be a nominal christian, he was a devoutly religious person. colorado christian university hosted this program. it is 90 minutes. host: for the last 80 years, the faith of george washington has been the subject of intense debate. why does it matter? for over a century after his death, most people took it for granted that he was a practicing christian. it revised view of washington began to take hold in the 1930's. it suggested that washington was an unbeliever or at most a deist. in 2006, this thesis was challenged by several books. one by michael novak called "washington's god." another one was by peter lillback called "george washington's sacred fire" and it became a national bestseller. washington has been called the father of our country, a man for the ages. some call it one of the greatest men an

and political commentator roger simon with his book "i know best." how moral narcissism is destroying our public if it hasn't already. watch our weekend long coverage of the 22nd annual "l.a. times" festival of books live on c-span 2's book tv. >>> sunday, our look back to the tumultuous year of 1968 focuses on women's rights, the women's liberation movement challenged long held assumptions about american womanhood transforming society. joining us to talk about women's rights in 1968 are debra spar, former barnard college president and author of "wonder women, sex, power and the request for perfection" and mona chairen. she's the author of the upcoming book "sex matters, how modern feminism lost touch with science, love and common sense." watch 1968, american turmoil, women's rights, live sunday 8:30 a.m. eastern. >>> sunday on c-span's q & a, former professional basketball player and author, etan thomas and his book, we matter, athletes and activism. >> when i was younger, i was always taught about the athletes that use their voice and use their pos

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and roger simon was "i know best." festival ofmes" books come alive on c-span2. >> a look at changing demographics in the u.s. and the impact on politics and elections. we will hear reports by a number of think tanks, the bipartisan policy center, center for american progress, brookings and americanprri, enterprise institute partnered on this project. john: good morning. welcome to the bipartisan policy center. i am john fortier. i work for the democracy project here. we're happy to see all of you and all you viewing from afar here at a very important fourth anniversary of project that's been going on called the states of change. the states of change is a coalition of a number of think tanks working on election demographic work, and it includes -- we're happy, as bpc, to be part of this with the center for american progress, the brookings institution, now the public research, public religion research institute, as well as some other think tanks that event evolved along the way like aei and others on our advisory board.

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and political commentator roger simon with his book "i know best."g coverageend of the 22nd annual l.a. times festival of books, live on c-span2's book tv. >> "washington journal" continues. host: congressman john garamendi is back at our desk, a democrat from california, and we know there is in all member briefing on the syria strikes this afternoon with secretary mattis. what questions will you be looking to have answered? guest: my principal issue is what is the legal authority for this act of war? when you bond a -- bomb the country, that is an act of war. this is not going after isis, authorized under the 2001 afghanistan authorized use force . this is a second time in one year that the president has launched bombs, missiles, against syria. there is no authority to do so. under the constitution, the congress, article one, section eight, has the authority to wage war. this is a declaration before. the president, article two, section two, knowing does it say commander in chief can unilaterally attack another country. the chemical attacks were horr

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and political come tater roger simon with his book, i know best, how moral narcissim is destroying our republic, if it hasn't already. watch our weekend coverage festival of books live on c-span 2 book tv. >>> next remarks from afghanistan's national security adviser on security and politics in that country. he spoke about the current security environment, relations with pakistan, and counter terrorism efforts, held by the u.s. institute of peace. this is an hour. >> good morning everyone. good morning. my name is nancy lynn boring. i'm the president of the u.s. institute of peace and pleased to be able to welcome everybody this morning for a very special program. i'm glad the weather cooperated to let us continue with this morning. welcome to everyone who braved the sort of pseudo weather event to join us this morning.

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authors including black lives cofounder, investigative journalist david corn, media cofounder roger l simonnd several others. are full schedule is available at book tv.org you can follow us on social media at book tv is our address for facebook, twitter and instagram as well as youtube. .. what is an amazing dialogue and conversation. i should note that my name is anthony hunter, chair of department of studies and division of social sciences and society professor of social sociology. you can follow me with father of dragons. [laughter] >> brief introduction if that's okay. first to my left we have kendra field who is assistant professor and director of race and democracy at university and author of the wonderful book growing up with the country, family, race nation and after the civil war, can we have a round of applause for kendra. [applause] >> i am a big fan of collaborative work with scholars , so i love seeing wonder twins activate. we have our own wonder twins here. he is the author of romantic reformers and antislavery struggle. joined by blane roberts, author of pageants, this is th

we'll be here again tomorrow and one of our guests is roger l. simon on for an hour taking calls he's written a book called moral narcissism. he's screen writer here in hollywood. he's robust loose and scenes from a mall -- pardon me. used to be a liberal. now a conservative. so we're bringing him on as you know -- we do not have control over who is on the panels in these -- at these book festivals. we do like to present lots of point of view on booktv. tony -- utah -- what did you think of that author discussion on president trump and what's your ?riew view? >> well i like to see what the other side has to say and my view is -- you know, it was ridiculous. you know, the guy has been in office for 15 months and -- they started out blaming him for everything, they were against him for everything. and they talked about propaganda. you've got jen and abc -- cbs. they're all the main news sources of america. they've been bashing trump since day one. and so -- when they talk about we're all influenced by propaganda well i'm sorry you know in 2012 when obama

. >> host: roger simon has been a guest for the most recent book i know best how moral narcissism is destroying the republic if it hasn't already. thank you for being on booktv. we want to also think the university of southern california and the los angeles book festival for hospitality, the wonderful weather and set up out here. we appreciate everythinger david cameron testifies about global security. unfoldsn, where history daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events aroundington, d.c., and the country. c-span

her book when they call you a terrorist, a black lives matter memoir and political commentator roger simon at his book i know best. watch every weekend long coverage of the 22nd annual l.a. times festival of books live on c-span twos book tv. senators reacted after a closed-door all senator briefing on the syria with defense secretary matus and joint chiefs of staff chair joseph dunford. here's a look. number one, i appreciate the professional nature of our military. those who performed these strikes did a good job. the strategy is total distraction of isis and combating the malign influence of iran and syria. misgivings about whether we can accomplish those goals. it seems to me that the president is going to pull out of syria as soon as he can and i believe isis can never be destroyed unless there is a credible holding force. some americans need to be part of that force because if we learned nothing from iraq, if you leave without an adequate force they come back. my biggest concern is that the day we leave his democratic forces made up of arabs and kurds will be exposed. i am afraid tha