. >> charlie: and conclude with andrew roberts with the book, "storm of war." >> he kept putting his ideology, his fascistdeology again and again you see in the second world war. he would have done better that a german nationalist would have done better than hitler because hitler when faced with going down the best nazi route or rman route would choose the former. >> charlie: why? >> because he was a one-horse pony. that's all he had. >> charlie: a j.j. abrams mie and a book about the second world war when we continue. >> funding was provided by the followin pass every time a storefront opens. for a real hero, support small business. shop small. >> charlie: additional funding provided by these funders. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: j.j. abrams is here and written and direct and produced some of the most successful television shows and films in recent memory. [♪] >> i can't believe it. i' officially become a cheater. i am a cheater. i cheated on ben and now the paper. >> fine, don't get caught this time

and ann coulter, both andrew roberts and ann coulter out with new books. andrew, let me ask you, your book is about leadership, about world war ii. when you look at all this, do you think that it's the moment of terrible crisis in a sense, the economies of the western world are not doing well, are there people who stand out for you as great leaders? do you think david cameron in your home country is -- >> david cameron is a very impressive man and he has the ability to be a great leader, well in order to be a great leader you pretty much always kneeled a war, it's a terrible thing to have to say but -- >> we've got three of hem, we can give him one. >> we started one and you're coming in slightly late. president roosevelt had depression and a war so in a sense he was lucky in that regard. >> double lucky. >> no, with regard to the great world leaders of the second world war we have roosevelt and churchill, de gaulle stand head and shoulders above the rest. today when one looks around the world it would be easier for the west if you didn't have the looming

square panel, fulfilling the global part of our mission, british historian and conservative, andrew roberts, the author of "the storm of war," just out. chrystia freeland, eliot spitzer is the host of cnn's "in the arena." and new to gps, ann coulter is writer and author of the recently released book "demonic." welcome to you all. you'll explain the title later. eliot, let me ask you, is it possible for somebody to enter at this point or is the republican nominee likely to be somebody who is already declared for president? >> well, if you mean technically declared, i include jon huntsman. if you include huntsman among romney, pawlenty and the lesser candidates who i don't think have a real shot at it, santorum, palin, gingrich, i think that is the field. i think that is probably the universe we'll look at. nobody else has either the name recognition. i guess herman cain maybe will make a dent, but nobody else has the capacity to launch a campaign at this point. >> except giuliani. >> perhaps although at the end of the day, i don't think he does. >> so who do you like among these people? >>

. >> who books, the storms of war, by andrew roberts, and a book called "1861." i think by jeffrey goldberg. anyway, it's about the beginning of the civil war. those are the two books i have been reading mostly. >> tell us what you're reading this summer. send us a tweet at book tv. >> booktv is in new york city at the annual publishers convention held every year here in new york city. we're reviewing some of the fall 2011 books and we're at the chicago review press stand with the publisher of the chicago review press. tell us what your organization is. >> we're a publisher, mostly nonfiction books. we have been in binssons 1973 and publish on a variety of topics, african-american interests, we have several different interests, and one of them does african-american interests, middle east politics, feminism. and chicago review press does an eclectic mix of nonfiction, popular science, travel, history. >> are you private of associated with a university? no we're independently owned, independently minded. >> let's look at some of these coming up books. let's start h

. >> two books right now, "the storms of war" by andrew roberts, and a book called "1861 ," i think jeffrey goldberg. anyway, it's about the beginning of the civil war. those are the two books i've been reading more recently. >> tell us what you're reading this summer. send us a tweet at booktv. you can find out about upcoming booktv weekend programs by using your mobile phone. simply text the word book to 99702 to receive a weekly e-mail about our schedule and sign up now for a chance to receive a signed copy of henry kissinger's new book "on china." standard data rates and messaging apply. >> massachusetts governor deval patrick discusses his live at the national press club here in washington. this program originally aired live online at booktv.org. it's about 45 minutes. >> in january 2007 deval patrick became the first african-american governor of the commonwealth of massachusetts. and one of only two african-american governors elected in american history. that was just, that was just one triumphant step in a long and probable journey that began on the south side of chicago. from a chao

which is a new history of the second world war written by phenomenal british historian named andrew roberts. and also reading a book called the fight of our lives written by bill bennett which is laying out the real threat, the existential threat united states faces from islamic fundamentalism. >> visit booktv.org to see this and other summer meeting rest -- reading list. >> when the deepwater horizon exploded on april 20th off the coast of louisiana i was in houston with a group of oil activists -- activist is the wrong word. a group of people who lived in oil impacted communities around the world. nigeria, angola, cavs expand, california, tx, coming together in houston for chevron's annual shareholder meeting and they came to explain to the shareholders would it means to live in a chevron impacted community. while we were there, it with a couple weeks during the course of our time there after the explosion happened after the loss of life, after it started flowing. it was an enormous disaster but a really crushing reality to people like myself who spent the significant amount of time setti

. >> two books, the storms of war by andrew roberts and a book called 1861, by jeffrey goldberg. anyway it is about the beginning of the civil war. those are the two books i've been reading most recently. >> tell us what you are reading this summer. send us a tweet at oak tv. .. >> he's in conversation with simon johnson, co-author of "13 bankers". this is just over an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. thanks for your patience as we get started, and thank you, all, for coming out today for government place. i'm the marketing director of boston review. it's an independent, non-profit magazine of ideas. we cover a wide range from global politics and economics to contemporary fiction, poetry, and film. please pick up a copy on your way out at the door or at the table in the lobby. today's event is the final installment of the academic year of the ideas matter lecture series. it's a joint project of boston review and the finance department. the goal of the series is to encourage serious debate, reasonable and phak-based on key issues of public policy. over the course of the year, we

which is the new history of the second world war written by a phenomenal british historian named andrew roberts. it's masterful work. and am also reading a book called the fight of our lives written by bill bennett, which is laying out the real threat, the existential threat of the united states faces from islamic fundamentalism. >> visit booktv.org to see this and other summer reading lists. >> next take a tour of urban sites in savannah, georgia, with a co-author of civil war savannah. >> we are standing in the basement today of the second african baptist church and a second african baptist church in savannah's history tells the story of twice freedom is what i like to see. first of all, second african baptist church was founded in 1802. reverend cunningham was the first reverend, and second african over its use has trained more ministers in the baptist church than any other baptist church in america. but it's important to our city of savannah, in 1865 on february 4, it was the site of the 40 acres speech but it was delivered here by general saxton in this room. also, here in this room are th

robert and sam. would click on those photos. i think andrewght thing keeping them under wrap. >> speak for yourself, will. >> sam. i think andrew likes his time in the sun as the guy who holds those naked picture, i fully allow that time in the sun. >> what a pleasure, this is the first political buzz experience. how much fun is this? i look forward to the next one. >> thanks, guys. >> you bet. >> an nfl player actually spends lockout time by giving back. david bruton is substitute teaching at his old high school in dayton, ohio. we'll talk with him in less than ten minutes. for people with astigmatism. acuvue® oasys for astigmatism. he said it's the only lens of its kind designed to realign naturally with every blink and created with hydraclear® plus. i'm seeing more clearly, crisply, comfortably, all day long. now life doesn't have to be a blur. [ male announcer ] learn more at acuvue.com. acuvue® oasys for astigmatism. personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice.

robert gates says farewell to u.s. troops we'll take you inside "the situation room." the lewd photo on andrew weiner's twitter account was in fact sent by him and not by some hacker. after one photo surfaced, appearing to show him shirtless. there it is. the congressman admits to a number of inappropriate online relationships with women. listen to some of weiner's comments. >> thank you very much for being here and good afternoon. i'd like to take some time to clear up some of the questions that have been going on for the past ten days or so and take full responsibility for my actions. i'd like to make it clear that i have made several mistakes and the people that i care about the most and i'm deeply sorry. i have not been honest about myself, my family, my constituents, my friends, and supporters, and the media. last friday night i tweeted a photograph of myself and i intended to send as a direct message as part of a joke to a woman in seattle. once i realized i had posted it to twitter, i panicked, took it down and said that i had been hacked. i then continued with that story, to stick to t