professor andrew arnold is the author. >> keep an eye out for more interviews from the national press club book fair to air in the near future. you can also watch them and any of our programs in their entirety @booktv.org. type the author's name in the search bar at the top of the page.

professor andrew arnold is the author. >> keep an eye out for more interviews from the national press club book fair to air in the near future. you can also watch them and any of our programs in their entirety @booktv.org. type the author's name in the search bar at the top of the page. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to your construct society. i'm alex caso, manager of public programs and always a a huge pleasure to welcome you here to our auditorium. now that her broken season is in full force, it's nice to see so many familiar faces back in our audience. tonight program, "young benjamin franklin: the birth of ingenuity" is part of the distinguished speakers series. the heart of our public programs and is also like to thank mr. swartz for his support which has enabled us to invite so many prominent authors and the stories here to the historical. i'd like to recognize and thank trustee susan and over chairman skelton members who are with us tonight for the great work and support. the program will last one and include a question-and-answer session. the q&a will be conducted via que

and spoke with history professor andrew arnold. >> andrew arnold, what you do every about the constitution? >> i'm historian and that got to tell you the most exciting thing about the constitution in the last generation is away the 14th amendment has really come to the senate of the constitution. use me about the of the constitution, really on the last iteration is become about the 14th amendment, about liberties and rights of all persons. >> host: is i can think in your pocket guide to this constitution? >> absolutely. it's the longest part come would've been a shock to think of the people who wrote it. why is that? >> because when they wrote it the constitution, the civil war, just when you see a change in the constitution, change in the nature of the national government from being more of an association of states of international government be in charge of guaranteeing the liberties of all americans. that's a new thing that starts around the support and starts with the 14th amendment. >> host: what else is contained in the pocket guide to the u.s. constitution? >> guest: it's a line by

professor andrew arnold is the author. keep an eye out for more interviews from the national press club book fair to air in the near future. you can also watch them and any programs in their entirety@booktv.org. tight the author's name in the search bar at the top of the page. >> 7 of the most-watched book events were political in nature like number 3, james comey's a higher loyalty and jerome corsi's killing the deep state. the most-watched book event of 2018 was educated. her memoir of being raped by a survivalist and receiving no formal education before the age of 17. you can watch the complete video of these programs and the most-watched book events that booktv.org. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening. i am the president of the la press club. thank you very much.