6, live from boston for the texas book festival with authors such as former attorney general alberto gonzales

6, live from boston for the texas book festival with authors such as former attorney general alberto gonzales >> it was not for africans nor the indigenous population. it's more for great europeans. that is to be sure. they do not comprise the entire humanity. what is set in motion is actually what we see in 26 teen. that is to say was 1776 you have the progressive expropriation of land on the indigenous population and the land was parceled out oftentimes to europeans which helps to solidify a coalition between poor european thinsulate europeans and the africans who can't stop that land and in 2016 once again you see it cross class coalition in europeans and various costs background. for those who say or do you think make america great again fundamentally means make america way to gain, they have a point to be made. >> on booktv, a discussion about such a big challenge because of race, ethnic state, challenge our preference of their care areas. the panel is part of a literary movement this week. -- banned books this week. [inaudible conversations] >> hi, everyone. thank you for coming out ton

are live from austin for the texas book festival with authors such as former attorney general alberto gonzales, law professor tim wu and "orange is the new black" actress diane guerrero. later we will be live from the miami book fair on november 19 and 20th. our coverage includes author discussion and call them featuring bernie sanders, fox news host and colton whitehead. for more information about the book fairs and festivals, and to watch previews festival coverage, click on the book fair tab on our website, booktv.org. >> professor richard gamble, wended the phrase city on a hill originate? >> it originated in the new testament, in the gospel of matthew and it made its way into american history by way of a speech or a discourse written by the puritan governor back in 1530. he he wrote what became later a very famous speech called the model of christian charity. gradually, the phrase city on a hill came to describe the use by historians and others to describe america. one of the things i'm most interested in is how america americans got into the habit of calling themselves a city on a helper

attorney general alberto gonzales, who is a republican, worked for president bush. he called comey's decision, and i'm quoting him now, and error in judgment. so is gonzalez wrong? >> he is, and, again, he's part of the establishment. but let's go back to, you know, director comey was criticized for what he did when he led the bill of particulars that frankly could have been an indictment on hillary clinton and then said no prosecutor would bring charges. that was unprecedented, as well. so this whole election is unprecedented. at least now the narrative we have the last eight days is beneficial as people have the binary choice between hillary, who has proven herself to be unfit as president, putting our classified information at risk, and donald trump, two of the most unpopular candidates. but now the binary choice is coming down to this narrative. i do believe, as certainly republicans are seeing the choice, they're coming back to donald trump saying we can't put our nation's secrets at risk. so the narrative is good for the trump campaign as we move into the last

i take it you disagree with alberto gonzales. >> well, i disagree with him.umber of people are going to say, well, this breaks protocol. well, we've never had a nominee for the highest office in the land that has been under federal investigation at time that the american people have to make a decision. i would like to error on the side of transparency. hopefully, that's what the administration wants to do. and certainly, i agree with the direction that director comey took on this. >> she was cleared of any wrongdoing, criminal wrongdoing, even though the fbi director said she was extremely careless in dealing with classified information. he recommended against any criminal charges being put forward. and they haven't really reopened this case right now. they're reviewing some details that may or may not be related. it's unfair to say right now she's under criminal investigation, right? >> well, i don't know that it's unfair. obviously, they're reopening the case s what director comey has said. look at this additional information. >> he said they're reviewing i

author talks, which include former attorney general alberto gonzales. and clint hill and much more. and that's a look at some of the author programs book tv is covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on book tv on c-span 2. >> code written three books with my husband and i'm happy to be here today with dirt talking about death on howl -- tough on hold. >> i usually write about economic history. i'm interested not rigorous, the rest of the united states becoming a world power. what propelled the united states to achieve and that greatness. >> host: if you had to narrow that down into a semi-soundbite what would that be. >> guest: the rise of the united states and the ability of entrepreneurs in a free market having with property rights to establish tremendous economic development. >> host: where did you two meet? >> guest: we met at murray's take university in kentucky when bert came there to work and he was a very young fellow then and i was a lot younger. but i graduated and then was working in the department and he w

live from the texas book festival in austin with author talks including former attorney general alberto gonzales, orange is the new black actress diane guerrero, former secret service agent glenn hill and much more. that is a look at other programs booktv is covering this week. many events open to the public. >> william domnarski has been lawyer and legal rights for 30 years and out of three previous books and the nature of practicing law, jd from the university of connecticut school of law, teaching english from university of california riverside. "richard posner," united w senior lecturer at the university of chicago law school, joining conversation tonight by tom ginsburg, professor of international law, presenting this program, please join me in welcoming them. [applause] >> thank you. without further ado i thought i would plunge into a question for the judge and the biographer. "richard posner," when you were the age of some of the people in this room you were fabulous yates scholar interested in literature. what made you decide to go to law school? >> law school was always the default grad

alberto gonzales, attorney general under george bush, they're all saying that this was the wrong move. so i think the clinton campaign has political cover, as it were, when someone says this is just democrats against republicans. it's not. >> are we going to be talking about this for the next eight days? >> and probably for the next 48 years maybe. if hillary clinton is elected, this is sort of a preview, i think, of what we'll see in terms of investigations. representative chaffetz has already talked about that and the oversight they want to take in terms of investigating hillary clinton. so this is just an appetizer. >> it's sort of up to us what we talk about, isn't it? >> whatever interests the american public. stay with us. coming up, the fbi is using special technology to sift through thousands of e-mails linked to a top clinton aide. officials say it's unlikely there will be a resolution before the election. >>> and stunning information about the insecurity within the north korean regime right now. secret recordings show the distrust goes back decades. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ geico motorcycle,

joining us on the phone is alberto gonzales, former u.s. attorney general under president george w.and worked with mr. comey in the past, dean at the belmont university college of law and author of "true faith and allegiance, a story of service and sacrifice in war and peace." mr. attorney general, mr. gonzales, welcome, good to have you with us. i wonder where you think this whole investigation of hillary clinton's e-mail server went wrong and where you think mr. comey, if you think mr. comey made a mistake. >> well, of course, this is all speculation since i'm not privy to all of the evidence that they have looked at. i'm not privy to the conversations that are occurring between the fbi and justice and perhaps even the white house. but i think the first thing that seems somewhat perplexing to me was -- is the director's pronouncement in july or this summer in terms of the decision not to move forward. as many people always said, publicly, that is really not the rule of the fbi. the investigators are to gather up the evidence, turn it over to the prosecutors and they're the ones to

alberto gonzales there was a -- emily: there was a lot said by both sides. first listen to donald trump on syria. >> all the problems you see going on, hundreds of thousands of people coming in from syria when we know nothing about them. >> mr. trump made the comments when talking about his extreme vetting plans. it's false. president barack obama authorized allowing 110,000 refugees in from the whole world and the refugees do undergo rigorous screening. and hillary clinton got mostly high marks from fact checkers but there were some questions like when she said that there is no evidence her email was hacked by a foreign power, while she was using a private server. "the times" ruled that misleading. the fbi says the best has linked to hacking dnc emails, and we'll be hearing more from both of the candidates ahead this morning in news to go. for now back to you. erika: thanks so much. breaking overnight a large apartment fire in bourne. huge flames coming from the canal view apartments on sandwich road. no word this morning on any injuries or what might have

from the texas book festival in austin with author talks, which include former attorney general alberto gonzales. and clint hill and much more. and that's a look at some of the author programs book tv is covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on book tv on c-span 2.

live from the texas book festival in austin with author talks including former attorney general alberto gonzales, orange is the new black actress diane guerrero, former secret service agent glenn hill and much more. that is a look at other programs booktv is covering this week. many events open to the public. >> william domnarski has been lawyer and legal rights for 30 years and out of three previous books and the nature of practicing law, jd from the university of connecticut school of law, teaching english from university of california riverside. "richard posner," united w senior lecturer at the university of chicago law school, joining conversation tonight by tom