i wasn't ever of gun control, and i have found jefferson and adams smith and the federalist papers, and it changed my life. >> did you find it at oxford? >> absolutely. i thought that's what i am. >> were you an anomaly in britain when you started developing different political fought? >> yeah, i was always very well could at oxford. it's not quite like some of these college campuses you hear about. there was no burn the witch. i was an eccentric but people would debate my new ideas with me. but i go back to an idea centric at the end of the table who believes people should be able to own automatic weapons and speak freely without being arrested or gosh, how radical. in england this is not really on the table. >> conservative and libertarians in agreement when it comes to the use of the police, the use of terror watch, et cetera speak was no. i think that's another flashpoint. domestically there i am more with the libertarians. some conservatives, not all, many conservatives have embraced this right on crime wave. but some conservatives are suspicious of the government until their agent

adam smith, david hume, they started the rational skeptical scientific movement. >> host: a lot of people here like john locke. >> guest: absolutely in the top five. >> host: the moral arc is the name of the book. justice and freedom. here is the cover. michael shermer is the author. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. book tv, television for serious readers.

i want to talk about this with democratic congressman adam smith of washington state a ranking memberarmed services committee. congre congressman, i want to start by showing live pictures, protesters on the streets of chicago reacting to the very disturbing dashcam police video showing white police officers shooting a young black teenager. that police officer now charged with first-degree murder. we're going to keep showing the viewers images but let's talk about the disturbing situation. what is going on in the world. congressman, the president, president obama announced today the u.s. knows that his words of no specific credible intelligence indicating a plot on the homeland but there was no specific threat apparently warning paris officials of the terror attacks there. was the president overly careful in his language because u.s. officials don't necessarily have 100% confidence? >> you'll never have 100% confidence, what the president was doing is reassuring there is no specific threat. there have been times since 9/11 we had specific warnings and we don't have that now. that's not

hobbes, somehow the great enlightenment philosophers, voltaire, the people that opened the doors up, adam smith, david hume, the start of the rational skeptical scientific movement. >> a lot of people here and freedom fest. >> i would throw them in they're, absolutely. john locke. >> moral arc is the name of the book.book. science and reason lead humanity for truth, justice, and freedom. here is the cover. michael shermer is the author. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> already. my name is ted hammon. i want to welcome you to the college. this next year will be our 100th anniversary. good luck to you. [applause] and this is truly one of the most anticipated events that we have had in that century. [applause] i just want to say very quickly one of the great things about brooklyn is that one day you can be a delivery man and before you know it you can become a world-famous author. that is we have here tonight. it's my pleasure to bring up the co-owner of greenlight bookstore to introduce tonight's event. jessica. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. we are so pleased to be h

adam smith, david hume, they started the rational skeptical scientific movement. >> host: a lot of people here like john locke. >> guest: absolutely in the top five. >> host: the moral arc is the name of the book. justice and freedom. here is the cover. michael shermer is the author. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. book tv, television for serious readers. >> tomorrow at noon easter's economist on a williams his life. he will talk about his life and career and answer your questions. his books include his most recent american contempt for liberty, race, economics, and a from the projects. the projects. have a question? e-mail it to book tv at c-span.org, posted to our facebook wall, or tweet us. you can also call in during the program. this month's guest on book tv and depth, economist walter williams. book tv, television for serious readers. >> next on teewun, the 27th annual book festival held every year in nashville. author talks and panel discussions on race in america, southern culture command much more. first, best-selling aut

i want to say thank you to chairman mac thornberry and adam smith.at i urge my colleagues to vote for this for the country. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: i thank congress manhunter for his kind words for mr. thornberry and i. it's really the whole committee, and thrick the staff that puts this together. i think the staff that i'm most impressed w they are absolutely 100% dedicated to the national security of this country. i think mr. hunter is absolutely correct. it is the first and most important responsibility that we have is to protect this country and to give the troops the equipment that they need to succeed in that venture. i was particularly moved by congressman johnson's comments about not having the equipment that he needed in vietnam. i thank mr. thornberry for his leader

you know, i've read various economists, eloquent one, adam smith, david ricardo, keynes and all that, but i've really never heard a more eloquent statement that succinctly summed up the economic world than george bush made in september, i think, of 2008 when he said in a memorable ten words, he said, "if money doesn't loosen up, this sucker can go down." [laughter] /-- tell us, i mean, that really hit, you know, it was like gettysburg address. short but to the point. [laughter] did, as i read the book, i really did gain an appreciation for the fact that he understood what was going on, and he understood what needed to be done. was ever a time that you went to him with proposals that he shot you down on? >> no. because he was -- he wasn't -- he was only surprised when i was surprised. and i was surprised more than once. [laughter] >> what was the biggest surprise? we'll get boo that. >> well, but i would say that i poke to him -- spoke to him, one of things i learned, warren, from my previous career or is no matter what you negotiate, i could have all kinds of understandings about the

i thought that was a line from adam smith. it is pjs line. >> oh the insight. >> it has been a great partnership, they told us we should leave ten or 15 minutes for questioning. >> i just want everything. i'm working on a larger project but in the interim morgan and i and this is morgan's idea, have a small project. i hope his stay small. we are asking our selves very nonpartisan political question can't which is how did the u.s. federal government get so big? the thing is so big, i googled this and i googled several different sources, not just wikipedia. nobody really knows for sure, exactly how many government agencies there are. they don't know how many government agencies are. it is hard to count, you count this one twice or is that really happen agency, no one really has a count on how many there are. there are 400 and some, they think. like how did this happen? i think george washington started out with him, his horse, martha. [laughter] some kid from down the block, jefferson, whatever. how did it get -- i'm not sane it

conference, and i would like to join the chairman, chairman mccain and matt thornberry of texas and adam smith. the cooperation was extraordinarily outstanding. the reason we are here today most fundamentally is the leadership of chairman mccain on the committee. it was thoughtful, it was bipartisan, it encouraged participation by all the members of the committee. there was vigorous debate and then there were votes. but that's the way this committee and this congress should operate. and ultimately, too, i think it reflected what the chairman has always brought to his duties as a member of the united states senate and before that the united states house of representatives and before that the united states navy. understanding that what we do here ultimately reflects and influences and shapes the service and sacrifice of millions of young americans in uniform. and the chairman never forgets that. he has laid out some of the extraordinary reforms that have been introduced in this legislation, and he has also indicated that we will continue to work next year under his leadership at additional refor

time, he only has a seventh grade education but he reads like mad, he reads economics and he reads adam smith and all the important political economists and determines they all got it wrong and he is going to sort this thing out and come up with a diagnosis and a prescription. and there are a couple -- he's a wonderful writer for a guy with a marginal education and this in some way indicates why he becomes so popular. he has complicated economic sections but a lot is beautifully written and poetic and it's biblical and he cites the bible and other figures. and here's essentially the crux of the problem. it is as though an immense wedge were being forced not underneath society which, of course, would lift everybody but through society. those who are above the point of separation are elevated. the few. but those who are below are crushed down. and he says that's the problem. we have to figure out where this wedge is coming from and how we can redirect it. all right. a couple -- i won't bury you. the book is 535 pages, so it would take us a couple of days to read through it. but i'll give you a

and adam smith said in "wealth of nation," preserve justice and erect and infrastructure to promote congress. if you don't believe me, read "wealth of nations." to would urge everyone oppose this amendment. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida has yielded back. the gentleman from florida is organized. -- oregon is recognized. mr. defazio: so actually under the gentleman's proposal, going back to the states away with the receive news would actually be in that loss of florida but they would have to raise their gas taxes by the 18.3 cents and a bit more in order to make that up. and again, we lose the coordination among the states. priorities of states bordering florida may not match the priorities of florida in terms of access, egress to the state of florida. so i think we are well served as a nation of having a coordinated federal program, stream declined reformed and efficient. and i urge members to oppose. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida.

smith talks about nurse jackie. you're watching talk to al jazeera with me, adam may. i'm speaking this week with playwright and actor, anna deavere smith >> speed round. couple of fun questions, i am curious to know. of the television and film that you did, who was the best president? >> isn't that a good question? well, i don't know. again, i wouldn't wanna get in trouble. i mean, i think that, you know, michael douglas was a good president, but martin sheen was a really good president too. >> tough choice? >> that's tough, really tough >> what message did nurse jackie send to television viewers? i have to tell ya that in the nurse jackie years, what meant so much to me is the people who came up to me on the street and said how much that show meant to them in their recovery. that was very moving to me, the people who really felt that the character of jackie helped keep them-- on track, because they watched her fumble. >> what's next for you? >> this project for the moment, this project that we're talking about today for the moment. >> why is it your passion? >> well,

i thought that was a mine from adam smith. it's p.j.'s line. >> oh, the insight. but, you know, it's been a great partnership. they have told us that we should leave about 10 or 15 minutes for questioning. >> i was going to say one more thing. the next thing is small. i'm working on larger project. this is morgan's idea. i have a small project. i hope he stays small. we were asking ourselves very simple, non-partisan political question, which is how did the u.s. federal government, how did it get so big? how did it get so big? the thing is so big. i googled this and googled several different sources, not just wikipedia, nobody really knows for sure exactly how many government agencies there are. they don't know how many government agencies, they are. you count this one twice. is that half an agency? nobody really has a count on how many -- there is 400 and some they think. wait, how did this happen? i think george washington stated out with him, his horse, martha. some kid from down the block. [laughter]. jefferson, whatever. it is not, i'm not saying it east good

his name is adam smith, and he's famous for the following line: "if everybody pursues his or her own self-interest, it'll work out for the best for everybody." most of you know that that's silly. it's a wonderful rationale to go out there and do what you want for yourself and not care about anybody else, but where that leads is exactly where we are... in a very, very bad crisis. so, let's begin by analyzing this crisis as the crisis of a system. and we'll go on to talk about this system even when it's not in crisis, because that's as big a problem as the crisis itself. but crisis is where we are. 2012 is the fifth year of this crisis. what does that mean? first and foremost, it means that we have in the united states today something on the order of 20 million to 25 million people who either don't have a job at all, have been without a job long enough that they've given up looking-- so-called discouraged workers-- or folks who have to take a part-time job because that's all they can find, but they would like to have a full-time job. the bureau of labor statistics in washington keeps r

adam smith wrote about this, "the wealth of the nation's." look it up.ost: we are taking your calls this morning on president obama's decision to reject the keystone xl pipeline. i want to get in a couple more headlines for you on that topic. here is the story in "the washington post" on the job report. the story reports that the u.s. t is almost fully healed, raising expectations that the federal reserve will begin withdrawing support for the recovery by the end of the year. government data released showed that the economy added a blockbuster 273,000 jobs in october. unemployment rate dipped to 5%, and wages raised at the fastest rate since 2009. a healthy labor market can also give policymakers the confidence to raise its key interest rate target for the first time in nearly a decade. "the wall street journal" has charts showing how far the economy has come since the recession. here you can see the jobs lost in 2008-2010, and the blue bar represents the number of jobs that have been added to the economy since then. you can also see the increase in the

coming up, anna deavere smith shares how she hopes theatre will provoke an in-depth look at the problem. this is talk to al jazeera -- i'm adam may. my guest this week is the actor anna deavere smith. her solo show looks at how children are being pushed from school into the criminal justice system. >> notes from the field, you interviewed 150 people? >> right now, just about. but normally i'm, like, up to about 300. it's just that this project is-- is developing-- more slowly, in large part 'cause i was on a television show for 7 years-- nurse jackie. >> "notes from the field: doing time in education" is a two-act show and in that first act you become many, many characters. how do you change hats so quickly? >> well, this is a smaller show. i mean, in-- my biggest show was about washington and about the press, and i did 52 characters in that show. so, i mean, notes from the field maybe had i think less than 20. it's all technical, you know, it's all what i've been teachin' myself how to do for a long time. but and it helps that, when i was a little girl in baltimore, i was-- i was a mimic, you know. it wasn't socially accepta

adam johnson, tracy smith. we have edgar, and winners of national book award.lo, phil clye and gloria, please join me in recognizing these great writers who are here. [cheers and applause] >> thank you for being here. now, before we go on to the award ceremony we have to thank barnes & noble, penguin random house, i remember penguin random house, big supporters. amazon, book span. debra willey. thank you for making this possible. [applause] >> thank you also for our afterparty committee. everybody here is invited in the afterparty, it's up in the boll -- balcony behind me. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you to our extraordinary dinners who have transform third-degree dinner, debra, shelley, thank you. [applause] >> thank you to fellow board members who worked so hard and care about the foundation and its mission. i have one more thank you. i have a big thank you here. a big one. he has made a huge difference in the world. since he arrived bookup, you saw the video 535 awards, national book awards on campus, these are programs that. >> laun

crease and helped them to a 65 run lead in the first innings but certainly batting centuries from smith and adamustralia move ahead by 193 run in second innings and one day's play remaining. a complex hearing involved the court of arbitration for sports, weather and australian rules football team has gone underway in sidney and the case began almost three years ago when afl team bombers announced they were being investigated by the league, australian doping agency and accused of supplying 34 players with ban supplements, in march this year the afl cleared the players of antidoping charges and escaped bans but the world antidoping agency is appealing the decision and courts of arbitration for sport will be final and the hearing will last several days. more trouble for the 2020 olympics in tokyo, the stadium due to be the center piece for the games is falling even further behind and japanese officials are now saying construction will probably start in early 2017 giving them just over three years to be ready, the original plans were scrapped earlier this year because of soaring costs as japan slips

adam johnson, vijay schwartz and casey smith. national book circle winners, francine, cap the politics. >> we have edgar winter lauren whitman, david simon, winners, winners of the national book award, sherman lick sea, robert caro, of course of course don delillo, terrance hayes, marianne hoberman, phil klein, tim weiner, gloria whalen. please chime in recognizing these great writers who are here. thank you for being here. [applause]. now before we go on to the award ceremony we need to thank our financial sponsors first. thank you, barnes & noble, penguin random house. big supporters, choral graphics, lyndon meyer book publishing papers, amazon, the barth foundation, google, harpercollins, lavender, debra wiley, and the other charitable trusts. think often make this possible. [applause]. think it to the after party committee. everyone is invited to the after party committee it is in the balcony behind me. can shannon, rachel, paul morris, debra, and jim martin, thank you. thank you to our extraordinary dinner cochairs who have

adam freaked out over gwen's new et admission. >> then the rivals as judge's handicaptonight's cut throat mirror ball war. >> also, exclusive sophia's co-star and her son talking >> plus, the beer confessional as will smith gets candid about jada. >> our marriage was the most ex excruciating thing in our lives. >> top gun, et. beverly hills cop. movies. tonight. >> we have exclusive details aboutsophia and joe's wedding while gwen shocks us by saying those three little words to blake and will smith calls his marriage grueling. oh yeah, he did. all that on theway. >> and kevin phrasier will be along in a few minutes. first we are just moments away finale and all bets are on mi mindy broke down. they arranged a faye toe. >> she didn't know the photo was going to come up. it was a photo of h her father and the producers knew. she said i had no idea you were going to to do that. tell us what it felt like in the room to watch that live. >> everyone has to take a moment. it was poignant and po it felt larger than the sh >> you can expect more tears tonight. a portion of tonight's hour season finale will be broadcasted here live tonight at the shopping center. three in rehearsal. here is the big question. can a

smith doesn't say how high his political ambitions go. >> as high as a g-6 will let him go. clearly. >> next up, getting the holiday spirit with adamer he debuted the original version of his hanukkah song on "saturday night live" back in 1994. there's been versions 2 and 3 since then and now version 4. here's a sample from his quote list of people who are jewish. ♪ gordon levitt enjoys eating kugel, so does stanley jake gyllenhaal and the two guys who founded google ♪ ♪ adam levine wears a jewish star, so does drake and seth rogen ♪ ♪ goldberg has a gold yamaka to match the belt he won from hulk hogan ♪ >> oh, sandler goes on to mention scarlet johannsen, getty lee from rush, ron jeremy and even jared, the former subway guy. >> i love ron jeremy is getting love from the hanukkah song. and elsewhere. he sings about our old friend shia labeouf who he calls half a jew but 100% nutty. >>> and finally sad news for you, reena. there is new material coming from wu tang clan out there somewhere. and you can't have it. >> yeah, this is just so heart breaking. unfortunately, my favorite rap collective's secret, one-of-a-kind album "once upon

adam sexton. we have learned the names of the two victims from rhode island. >> brian arcand, the father of a teenager, and rebecca smith, both 36 years old from rhode island, died after their pickup truck plunged 15 feet into the charles river. >> the truck hop the curb, hit an electrical box, hit the and then went into the water. >> it happened near the museum of science in labyrinth circle. >> i was doing a lot of yelling, trying to direct people. there was some confusion. >> rescue crews responded, pulling the victims out of the vehicle and the pick up out of the water. >> we activated. teams from cambridge and boston fire. they did a preliminary search of the whole area. the guard rail. state police tell us they are looking into speed as a possible cause of the deadly crash. wmur news 9. adam: new details tonight into the investigation of the russian plane crash. the mysterious noise recorded in the seconds before the tragedy could be the key to figuring out if this is terrorism or a technical failure. molly hunter is in egypt with more. molly: a brief click caught on tape. that some could be critical to figuring o