clapmac so in the new era of technology this is how we use influence. let me close this way, years ago my professor told me the story of a lion tamer and a lion. here's the lying, here's the line tamer, little guy with a stick. he throws a stick in the line begins to do all kinds of tricks. imagination in response to the line tamer. my professor asks a simple question, who is actually more powerful? the line tamer or the line? well, it's a lion. so why is the line so sick of acting so obediently prancing to the instruction of the lion tamer? the answer is the lion doesn't know its own power. the line thinks that the line tamer is more powerful. that is our position as americans. we actually are actually are extremely powerful. this progressive hype cannot go on without our permission. it cannot go on if we decide to apply concentrated power against it. but we have to be creative and thinking of how to use that power. next year i'm going to release a movie. it will come out probably the of the democratic convention. [applause]. they're going to be given

clapmac. [applause]. here is his book. it is for sale outside and tom can probably direct you to the signing table. >> thank you again for everyone attending here live. the signing table is directly outside the auditorium. again we would like to thank mr. peters on the habs of the lit fest and the lit fest appreciates your feedback which you can provide at pictures wrote lit best.org. thank you. [applause]. >> [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] >> here's a look at books that are being published this week. journalist judith schwartz look at ways to improve water availability and by the certification and water in plain sight. in the new trail appears, new york post columnist naomi riley puts forth the policies she says will help american indians, from increased access to education to legal protections and entry into the free market. >> university at buffalo political science professor james campbell looks at the causes of america's political division in, polarize. in "the grid" gretchen bakke reports on americ

clapmac i feel my sense of place is completely made up, completely phony and there's nothing i can do about it. >> let me ask you about another place. your new novel that you're working on right now is a novel about charleston. how has that changed your imagination or how is going back to that city shaped your life? >> it has changed totally in my imagination because it's changed from the way it was as a kid. i was weeding eating in buford and i could hear them talking about their books. there were about ten of them in their screaming. five of the women were black and five of the women were white. it tickled me just to see it. there is a friend of mine from new york and i said that would've been illegal when i first came to buford. she said you're always exaggerating what you mean. i said no, they would've been arrested because blacks cannot eat in this restaurant. she said which restaurant? i said i don't think there was any restaurant they could eat at in buford. i felt so many changes come over from the movement in the south for civil rights. you have to see it. it is amazing to me

clapmac do not forget to become a friend of the festival to ensure that our festival remains a free event[applause]. all audience members are asked to please continue with your day they give her much. >> a former israeli ambassador to the u.s. will talk about some of the challenges facing israel and the middle east including the palestinian complex. will be at the wilson center tomorrow and have live coverage at ten eastern on c-span2. later, discussion of of new privacy rules proposed by the fcc to cover broadband service providers and what those rules might mean for consumers and businesses. that is life in the congressional internet caucus at noon eastern. >> the media teaches us that democrats and republicans are supposed to be at odds with each other. i think that people need to recognize that we need to be respectful towards each other and we need to understand that senators are respectful towards each other and that will be more conducive to getting real policy done instead of just acrimony. >> the the truth is these people we see on television, and c-span are real people. when we

clapmac. i also want to recognize trustees in the audience this evening. i want to acknowledge the work of our colic, michael ryan and the administration of our price. tonight's program will last about an hour. it will be a reception following following the program and our smith gallery outside. copies of the nominees books will be available for sale in our museum store. we are pleased to welcome andrew roberts back to the new york historical society. he is the distinguished fellow at the new york historical society and director of the harry frank guggenheim foundation in new york. he is also the chair of the 2015 judging committee for the guggenheim prize in military history. in 2012, andrew roberts was awarded the william penn price and in 2007 he delivered the prestigious white house lecture. andrew roberts recent book, was the 2000 winner and 2015 winner of the los angeles times via the price. andrew roberts is the author and editor of 12 books including masters and commanders, how for titans won the war and the west, 1941-1945. we are also thrilled to

clapmac, will that is a little bit how i feel looking around the room is seen so many old friends. so let me start off by, this book really starts with my father. my father died in 2004 and he and he was a connecticut city planner. a mild-mannered city planner. in suburban connecticut who went to the zoning board meetings in the evening. were talking about a racy upbringing i had. but my father kept talking about his uncle, his uncle freeman. my grandmother's older brother and he kept saying he was a really big and vaudeville, he knew people like sophie tucker, he married a showgirl and ultimately he cheated hitler on a nickel deal. wait a second. we are in a suburban connecticut living room, this makes no sense. it was like my father taking me my father taken me aside and sang, you know son, your direct descendent of sitting bull. back okay. after my father died, i didn't really think about freeman bernstein until 2010. that was when a visiting when a visiting cousin from paris showed up and the visiting cousin, second cousin was from a branch of the family i did not even recogniz

clapmac you don't mind holding up your chairs and putting them aside you'll make our staff very happyinaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> you're watching book tv. television for serious readers. watch any program you see here online at booktv.org. >> mary katherine ham, co-author of end of discussion, what is the outrage industry that you referred to in the subtitle? >> i think one of the things we talk about in the book and in the discussion is that every single thing becomes a thing. it is driven by social media starts on college campuses and it's a very tiny slide in speech, the wrong word at the wrong time that everybody's getting into a tizzy about. i think it ends up becoming a lot of pressure on everyday people of how they talk about issues especially thorny issues. the risk of people coming after them on facebook, twitter or or even their jobs where they face economic costs of having the wrong opinion are saying the wrong word. that's that's what people worry about. >> what is an example of one of those wrong words? >> i think there is a bunch of them. we talk abo

clapmac. if you think about it, i didn't know i didn't even know george bush beforehand so my life changed so dramatically and peter has allowed me to grow professionally and personally so, thank you peter. i know you're not supposed to do this, but i have you as a captive audience. i didn't know you want supposed to read other reading but apparently this is a rule. the reason i'm going to read this is because it's hard for me to get through it. i came early today to make sure i was here to listen to travis mills. we met not long ago at an event in new york. he and i share, as i said, we share a commander-in-chief and this affection for president bush. the story that i'm about to read to you briefly is about a scene that nobody knew about until this book was written. it was a wounded warrior visit at bethesda naval. this is one of those scenes. he it is called, i think he wants the president news of america's military men and women were killed in afghanistan and overta whelmed me on sunday. ma

clapmac and daniel and daniel ellsberg, and the secret history of the vietnam war [applause].chuster man, challenger [applause]. and noel stevenson, pneumonia [applause]. we take great pleasure in awarding this year's national book award in young people's literature to neil schuster man [applause]. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> wow. i have finally achieved my father's dream for me. to be an nba star. [applause]. i don't know how the judges did this, the field the books for the finalist were so, everything was so different, it was like comparing apples to oranges to grapefruits, to pomegranates and bananas. i am just thrilled, there are so many people to thank. starting with my editor, rosemary brosnan. [applause]. she's shaped this book and took this bizarre story and then help me make it something that people could read. everyone at harpercollins, really every editor in my career who has shaped me as a writer from david yale to stephanie owens. everyone in my career, careers made from so many different people helping you and believing you, believing in you. from my agent need andrea brown who b

clapmac he. [applause]. he wasn't elected into office and he wasn't voted in by the media.round check, you can always trust his word. his foreign-policy is perfect. he gets it with discrimination, welfare, healthcare, and border control. he border control. he is the ruler of the nations. he himself was discriminated against as an outcast and crucified. he understands welfare. he feeds feeds the hungry and cares for the needy. he is the great physician who heals the sick and has conquered the grave. he is the one who understands the borders, he gives every nation has boundaries and says to the ocean you come this further and no further. he is the king of kings and is firmly seated on his throne. he's. he is not going anywhere. what we need is to remember who we are. and whose we are. we need to elect leaders who represent the king's ways in our land so that we can have the air cover that we need as the people to begin reviving our nation from the bottom up in the inside out. and to get back to the work that we have neglected over the last 50 years. [applause]. i would like t

clapmac if you don't mind folding up your chairs and putting them to the side, you will make our staff you. [applause]. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] >> when i to knitted on the the weekend usually it is authors share new releases. >> washing nonfiction authors on book tv is the best television for serious readers. >> on c-span they can have a longer conversation and delve into their subjects. >> book tv, weekends. they they bring you author, after author, after author. they spotlight the work of fascinating people. >> i love book tv and i am a c-span fan. >> ed, and your new book, going red going red where the 2 million voters that you talk about in this book? >> the 2,000,000 voters voters referred's to voters and 17 counties in seven key swing states that republicans wanted 2004 but lost in 2008 and 2012. so we are looking at those counties in places like florida, virginia, ohio, north carolina, new hampshire, colorado, and wisconsin. wisconsin is actually an interesting case count because republicans have not one wisconsin yet because of some of the changes that

clapmac. >> thank you. good morning and welcome to georgetown. my name is paul butler and i represent the united states. [laughter] that's how i use to start my opening statement when i was a trial lawyer with the department of justice. as a former federal prosecutor and as an african-american man, i have experienced all sides of the themes of this conference. from my expanse is a officer i understand the importance of using the vast resources of this great nation to keep people safe from harm. the bad guys aren't shy about using the latest technology and i don't think our government should be either. as an african-american i am part of a community of people who, against all odds are incredibly patriotic. there too too often treated like enemy of the state. what does it mean when the long struggle for equal justice is seen as subversive, what what is it about black people being free that threatens the identity of the united states? this conference happened because our dean thought it was important that our law schools play a law in this moment in

clapmac it much. [applause]. it is good to be here.. the lobbyists lobbyists are swarming on capitol hill, buzzes everywhere, congress is going to revive the corporate tax code and the time is nearly here. so, the lobbyists have a pretty strong elevator pitch, it goes like this. u.s. corporations are paying too much in taxes, the tax corporate rate is 35% which is much higher than the rest of the developed world and it is forcing u.s. corporations to flee abroad. the solution the solution is to/corporate rates across the board. so, that is the elevator pitch. the story of over taxation is everywhere. it is told and retold for lobbyists for giant corporations, told and retold by their friends in congress and promoted by more than one republican candidate for president. i put together a sampling of what the republican candidates have said. ben carson - our government is driving businesses to other countries because our corporate tax rate is the second highest in the world. donald trump-art multinational corporations can't compete because

clapmac with common sense and intelligence. we intelligence. it has ever been. so what has happened on immigration is it is all blending and now with migration, the migration is a catastrophe. you have hundreds of thousands, you, you have people who want to pour into all of these countries, you have to see what is happening in germany, there, there have been riots in germany. what the hell is he thinking? they're having tremendous crime where they had none. they have villages overrun, but listen, this could be the great trojan horse of all time. you look at the migration, study it, look at it, now they will start infiltrating with women and children. but if you look at that mike gratian and i am looking at and i'm the first one to pointed out, three weeks ago i'm sitting and same isn't it a it a shame. then i said to myself, wow, they are all men. there were no men, there are so few children, there are so few women. they are all men, they're tough looking cookies. i say what is going on here? then you look at what five or six people did in pari

clapmac week. [applause]. >> we are going to have to leave it at that.k, the title of our lives. the time of our lives. peggy noonan, thank you. [applause]. >> peggy noonan will be with us here in miami a little later today. she she will be taking your calls. right now and are set, here on the campus of miami-dade colleges washington post reporter jody, his upholster plies winner, his latest is called black flag, the rights of of isis. here's what the cover looks like. what happened in 1999 that led to the rise, the creation of isis question marks. >> there is an essential character in this tale, you see his picture on the cover here his name is zarqawi, some people may remind him of the -- the american sniper this was the guy they they were after. he actually became a problem because he got out of jail early. in 1999 there is an amnesty in jordan, he was a prisoner serving a 15 year prison sentence. supposed to be there until he was relatively old man. he ended up getting sprung in his entire group got sprung. this is sort of the beginning points of thi