that is sunday night at 9:00 on afterwords, part of book tv this weekend on c-span two. earlier this year, southern methodist university hosted a conversation with every director of the white house office of faith in a neighborhood partnerships. established in 2001 by president george w. bush, the office is tasked with helping faith-based and community organizations provide federally funded social in a neighborhood partnerships. established in 2001 by president george w. bush, the office is tasked with helping faith-based and community organizations provide federally funded social services. the symposium explored the importance of the office and its for years, president osha and his advisers believed that small faith-based and community organizations had been at an unfair disadvantage, competing on an unlevel playing field when it came to qualifying for and accessing and receiving federal funding. although they were serving american communities in many ways, they did not have the resources, information, or connections to pursue federal larger, more prominent organization

she says his call to 911 after the shooting and the remorse afterwords negates malice and premeditation. the jury is considering for different verdicts. first-degree murder, second, manslaughter, or not guilty. the prosecution says malice existed, the defense said it did not. live in alexandria, jeff goldberg. >> howard county police arrested a man in connection with a sexual abuse case that dates back to 1997. he is facing 14 counts of sexual offenses. police were contacted by the family of the victim who is now 23 years old. 200stigation revealed a incidents of sexual abuse. detectives believe there may have been other victims. >> we're following developments of the house voting on a budget deal. ryane live there with paul , one of the architects of the plan. to avoide continuing another shut down for at least two years. it would not raise taxes and a laminate defense spending cuts known as the sequester. extend unemployment benefits. some are against the deal. reaction to his critics. >> it is unlikely anything will be done on immigration reform as long as people are upset. >> those

opened, and they had just opened the afterwords part of it. and it was the first time i got in my mind the idea that i would want to do maybe a bookstore/cafÉ. and it took me about ten years of being in the book business before i opened our first cafÉ which is attached to our coral gables store. and so i realize now that a lot of my bookselling roots came from my experience here in washington, d.c. and this area. .. >> the relief, i though that john mentioned it, but not only the relief, it wasn't just that. and when you meet brad and lissa, what they add to what we're doing, not just the fact that they're being caretakers of old ticks and prose, but -- of politics & prose, but they brought their fresh eyes and an incredible equanimity to the whole process of bookselling. and i thank them for that as well. i thought i would just talk just a minute and give a kind of broad sense of why i think bookstores will never really disappear. i know there's a question, you know, what's going to happen with e-books and the cloud and all of that stuff. i t

nicholas carnes looked at a white collar government sunday at 9:00 on "afterwords" and on n, "in depthl embing vin, all part of book tv weekend on c-span2. on line for december's booktv book club, what were your favorite books of 2013. throughout the month join other readers to discuss the notable books of the year. go to >> that is followed by a federal reserve meeting. house and senate negotiators reach an agreement on $85 billion budget. the deal would prevent another federal shutdown. it does not extend unemployment benefits. paul ryan and senate budget committee chair patty murray held a briefing to announce the agreement. this is 15 minutes. [no audio] >> good evening. i am happy to report that senator murray and i have reached an agreement. we've been talking all year. and this week that hard work of the two of us sitting down and talking to each other all year has paid off. first, it started because we passed budgets. and senator murray deserves credit for passing a budget through the senate. that got the ball rolling so that the two of us started talking. and the reason we're

sunday night at 9:00 on "afterwords," part of book tv, this weekend on c-span2. >> next, defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chief ofs of staff -- chiefs of staff announce restruck structuring efforts and a 20% staff reduction for their department. they spoke about this and several other defense issues during this briefing held earlier today at the pentagon. >> first let me make an announcement about something i said yesterday in regard to christine fox who will be our new acting deputy secretary of defense. i recommended christine to president obama because i felt we needed the continuity to continue with some of the most defining challenges that we have been facing, will continue to face in this department over a number of years. and you know what those are. it's budget, sequestration, we're finishing up q.d.r. review. and how all that impacts strategic interests and focus and where we go from here. she brings the continuity, she brings the expertise, the leadership, she has relationships, she is highly respected in the congress, in the white house, and certainly around here. so i wa