amy goldstein with the closing of the gm plant in janesville wisconsin. book tv in prime time all this week on c-span two. at 8:00 p.m. eastern. an in-depth look at the opioid pandemic what is different about this drug problem that we have is how pervasive it is. it is absolutely everywhere. it's in the smallest communities in the cities. it's in our most affluent suburbs. a profile interview with secretary of health and human services. i think my passion for trying to help people. in my passion for a healthy society this just feels like a culmination of a life's work. it was incredibly rewarding. overlapped with the 20 plus years that i have with the representative life. and to have the opportunity now at this pivotal time in the station's history and the system that we have to leave this remarkable department is as fulfilling as anything. followed at 8:30 p.m. by a conversation with a the supreme court justice alina keegan. you said at the very many of our conversation we are not pure democracy. and that means that the judiciary has an important role to

please join me in getting a warm welcome to amy goldstein. [applause] thank you for that introduction. and i'm blown away by how many of you are here. the first thing i want to say is that standing here it feels presumptuous to be here talking about your own story which you have been generous enough to share with me. so, i would really say thank you this has been the biggest work of my career and thank you for help they need to do it. being here is pretty emotional actually. i arrived as a complete stranger here in 2011 and people in the room today have welcomed me to your living rooms and classrooms and offices and have showed me the files in tha the room righte at the public library, people that helped me understand this community and i can't tell you how humbled i am by the size of the crowd in this room. it means a lot to me. i'm also interested to hear your questions and hear your take on what i've learned and what i've written because this is after all how i hear your story and it may not be how you see this race and i'm looking forward

manufacturing in america, in his book making it an pulitzer prize-winning reporter amy goldstein talks about the 2009 closing of the gm plant in wisconsin in her book jamesville. booktv primetime at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. later today, secretary of state rex to listen and james matus post japanese, foreign and defense ministers for a press briefing following their meeting at the state department, live coverage at 1:30 eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org and the free c-span radio apps. >> this weekend on booktv saturday at 10:00 eastern live at the mississippi book festival with featured authors including marco boutin on his book on 1968 a turning point of the american war in vietnam. walter starr, author of stanton, lincoln's war secretary and a man and his president, the political odyssey of william f buckley junior sunday at 9:00 eastern, our guest on afterwords. >> trolling is about sweeping away all concerns what people might say about you or think about you safe in the knowledge that if you tell the truth and you do it in an entertaining way, you will win more fans than the m

amy: steven goldstein, we will leave it there.en we come back, part two of our conversation with the former white supremacist as well as a a white supremacist who marched this weekend in charlottesville. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. earlier this week, a remarkable letter was published in a local newspaper in fargo, north pearce tefft, about peter tefft, who was photographed attending the deadly white supremacist rally in charlottesville. pearce tefft wrote -- "none of his beliefs were learned at home. we do not, never have, and never will, accept his twisted worldview. peter once joked, 'the thing about us fascists is, it's not that we don't believe in freedom of speech. you can say whatever you want. we'll just throw you in an oven.' peter, you will have to shovel our bodies into the oven, too. please son, renounce the hate, accept and love all." those are the words of pearce tefft. he is ththe father of peter teft who marched in charlottes

amy: steven goldstein, executive director of the anne frank center for mutual respec,t is calling on twitter to suspend president trump's personal account as trump conontinues to face outrage over his response to last weekend's deadly white

amy: steven goldstein, executive director of the anne frank center for mutual respec,t is calling on twitter to suspend president trump's personal account as trump conontinues to face outrage over his response to last weekend's deadly white

pulitzer prize winning reporter amy goldstein talks about the 2009 closing of the gm plant in janesville, wisconsin in her book janesville. booktv in prime time all this week on c-span2. >> tonight on c-span. at 8:00 p.m. eastern an in-depth look at the opioid epidemic including ohio attorney general mike was suing several drug companies for their marketing of opioid painkillers. >> what is different about this drug problem we have is how pervasive it is. it is absolutely everywhere. it is in our smallest communities and are largest cities. >> friday at 8:00 p.m. a profile in treeview with secretary of health and human services, tom price. >> i think that my passion for trying to help people in my passion for a healthy society and this just feels like the combination of a life's work. in the 20 plus works in clinical practice i had caring for patients was was incredibly rewarding and it overlaps the 20 plus years i had in the representative life of the state senate and in congress. to have the opportunity now at this time and this pivotal time in our nation's history and the health syste