it is wonderful to be here and to be here with one of my best friends, annette gordon-reed. we would like to talk a little bit about that friendship. i would not have done this book if it hadn't been for annette gordon-reed inviting me and an opportunity to spend time with her. that is what a serious scholar i am. maybe you can make a better version. >> people ask how we came to do this. the idea for doing it, i say that it began sometime at the end of the 1990s when i had written a manuscript about thomas jefferson and sally hemmings and american controversy. it looked at the way historians treated the story of jefferson and hemmings and i wanted to find people who had been skeptical or i thought would be skeptical of the story because i thought it is always better to have people who tell you what you do wrong as opposed to people who are just going to agree with you about whatever you are saying. >> i really let her down. >> i called him up and i said i have this manuscript i have worked on. i called him because he was the thomas jefferson memorial foundation professor, was

please join me in welcoming annette gordon-reed and peter to the library. plus the [applause] >> thank you. it's wonderful to be here with one of my very best friends, annette gordon-reed. we would like to start by talking a little bit about our friendship. the secret is i wouldn't have done this but if it hadn't been for inviting me and the opportunity to spend time with her so that is a serious scholar i am. [laughter] i need to make a better argument. >> people ask us how we ca cameo do this and went to the began i would say that it began sometime at the end of the 1990s when i had written a manuscript about thomas jefferson and the controversy. it looks at the way that historians had treated the story of jefferson and hemmings and i wanted to find people that have been skeptical of people that i thought would be skeptical of the story because it is always better to have people that are going to tell you what you do wrong as opposed to people that will just agree about whatever it is you're saying. so i -- >> i really let her down. >> i called up and i sa

election season.tou it's now my pleasure and the honor to introduce the preeminent scholars, annette gordon-reed and peter onuf, who will be the presenters for this evening. annette gordon-reed is a professor at harvard, receivedin the 2008 national award and the 2009 pulitzer prize in history for the hemings of monticello. for other multiple honors include the national humanities medal, guggenheim fellowship and arthur genius fellowship. peter onuf is one of america's leading jefferson scholars serving as thomas jefferson memorial professor emeritus at the university of virginia, and the senior research historian at the robert h. smith institutional center for jefferson studies. his books include the mind of thomas jefferson, and jefferson's empire. in their new book, "most blessed of the patriots: thomas jefferson and the empire of the imagination," they present a reviewing character study of a man from monticello who we thought we knew. presidential historian john that come prices come at a quote with characteristic, insight and intellectual rigor and then annette gordon-reed and peterit onuf

it is my pleasure to introduce annette gordon reed and peter onuf. [applause] >> thank you, great to be here and great to be here with my good friend annette gordon reed. she didn't know we were going to be good friends when she first encountered me. maybe you want to tell that story because we want to tell you about ourselves because it is interesting. >> an interesting thing for historians to collaborate in the way we collaborated. people do it but often one person will be one chapter and another person will do another. we wanted to have one voice in this and it is interesting we should do this because when i first encountered peter i expected him to be an enemy. in 1995 i had written a manuscript, thomas jefferson and sally hemmings, an american controversy and i was looking for people who would be open opponents to what i was saying which was basically that historians had given short shrift to the story that sally hemmings and jefferson had had children together and over a period of 38 years, historians mislaid the evidence so i went through and w

we kick off the evening at 7:30 eastern with annette gordon-reed and jefferson scholar peter to to enough'sdiscussion on the maturation of thomas jefferson. after that charles kessler talks about the claremont review of books based at claremont college. and then at nine, former economic hitman john perkins uncovers the reality behind corrupt financial practices. and on "after words" at 10 p.m. eastern, peter marks reports on the late aig ceo's strategy to revive the company after the financial crisis. and we finish up at 11 with edina hoffman. and that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> host: ed morrissey, in your new book, "going red," who are the two million voters that you talk about in this book? >> guest: the two million voters refer to voters in seven key counties in seven key swing states that republicans won in 2004 but lost in 2008 and 2012. so we're looking at bellwether counties in places like florida, virginia, ohio, north carolina, new hampshire, colorado and wisconsin. wisconsin's actually kind of an interesting case, because republicans haven't9 actually quite won wi

monday, next or daybook to book to be featuring several authors including, pulitzer prize winner annette gordon reed on the intellectual life of thomas jefferson. dennis talks about the imports of the ten commandments, npr's diane reames talking about her involvement with the right to die movement, you will learn about the namesake of the john birch society. that is just a few of the authors coming up this holiday weekend, for a holiday weekend, for a complete schedule, go to booktv.org. book tv on c-span two, 72 hours of nonfiction books and authors, this memorial day weekend. >> now joining us on book tv is chris jackson, what you do for living? >> i am the publisher, am the publisher, editor-in-chief of oneworld books, it is with the random house, it existed 20 years ago and i am reimagining and reanimating it today. >> what is the focus of oneworld? >> some of the books that my career, the focus was on social justice issues. really their fiction and nonfiction and it will help us understand the past in different ways we understand our history more, understand or crisis better through storytellin

annette gordon reed and peter onus on the patriarchs, thomas jefferson and the empire of imagination, juan williams with his book we the people, the modern-day figures to have reshaped the founding father's vision of america. james ryman on pay any price, greed, power and endless war. kristin green on her book something must be done about prince edward county, a family, a virginia town, civil rights battle. joann banburger with her book love her love her not, the hillary paradox. john noris on his book mary mc worry, the first queen of journalism. marlene cressman talking about fair labor lawyer, the remarkable life of new deal attorney and supreme court advocate bessie mark a list. >> the worst thing i have ever done was committed an act of murder in 1991. caused a man's death. by far one of the worst things you can do. i made that unfortunate decision at the age of 19. devastated a family, took somebody's husband, son, brother, father, family. it was one of the things that stays with me to this day. the reason i do the work i do in the city because i never want another child to grow

book festivals of any authors will be featured including annette gordon reed, and williams and james rison and more. convicted murderer shock us and gore talks about his experiences in prison and when he was released. he is interviewed by paul butler of georgetown university and author of let's get free. also this week in the presentation of the j anthony lukas prize for nonfiction writing. former army officer and historian looks at us involvement in the middle east. war correspondents christina lamb, janine giovanni and kim barker share their reporting experiences and we talked to local authors and visit literary sites in mississippi. for complete television schedule, booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and office, television for serious readers. we start with erin mchugh who talk about political blunders throughout history. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good evening. welcome, thanks for coming out here on a brisk spring evening. appreciate you being here. if you would take a moment to look at your cell phones and make sure they are turned off.

we kick off the evening annette gordon reed, discussion. after that, the claremont review of books.0 hit man, uncovers reality of corrupt financial practices and on after words, peter mark reports onto revive aig after the 2008 financial crisis and finish up our prime time programming at 11:00 with adina hoffman. it all happens tonight on c-span2 book tv. here is a look at some authors recently featured on book tv after words. aol cofounder steve case told us how emerging technologies are reshaping the internet. mother shooter discussed mental health and how she dealt with the tragedy and ellen malcolm recalls her creation of emily's list, works to elect pro-choice democratic women to political office. in the coming weeks on after words, will argue that measures to alleviate income inequality actually end up hurting low-income americans. chuck will discuss criminal justice reform and recall his 19 years in prison. also coming up we will talk about america's new working class and potential political power and this weekend peter marks will remember the career of the late aig ceo bob w

book festivals of any authors will be featured including annette gordon reed, and williams and james rison and more. convicted murderer shock us and gore talks about his experiences in prison and when he was released.

eastern, pulitzer prize-winning scholar and annette gordon-reed talk about the intellectual mat tour requirings of thomas jefferson from earlier influences to political ideologies and in the book, most blessed of the patriarchs. >>> on sunday night at 9:00, after words with "washington post" reporter peter marks, author, good for the money. my fight to pay back nerc america. he talks about the former aig ceo benmosche revived the company after the 2008 financial crisis and how the company became profitable again. >> he was the only person who thought this was possible essentially. i mean the government didn't think this was going to happen. the company certainly didn't think it was going to happen. they were ready to sell it off for spare parts. certainly the american people had no expectation this was going to happen. so that idea he was a little crazy, you had to be a little crazy to take this on. he was the right kind of crazy. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >>> up next here on c-span2 conversation on genetic engineering and synthetic biology. we'll hear fr

it is now my pleasure and honor to introduce the preeminent scholar annette gordon reed. and the presenters for this evening. a professor at harvard, we see the 2008 book award and the 2009 pulitzer prize in history for the hemmings of monticello. her other honors include the national humanities metal, goo in time fellowship in the humanities and macarthur genius fellowship. peter is one of america's leading jefferson scholars serving as thomas jefferson memorial foundation professor emeritus at the university of virginia the senior research is strain at the robert h smith institution for jefferson studies. his books include, the mind of thomas jefferson, and jefferson's empire. in their new book, most blessed of patriot, thomas jefferson, ms. gordon reed in they presented a character study the man from monticello who we thought we knew. presidential historian john makem praises and i quote, with characteristic insight and intellectual rigor and an they have produced a powerful and lasting portrait of a mind of thomas jefferson. this is an essential and brilliant book by

wrong," right went annette gordon reed and peter on their book "most blessed of the patriarchs, thomas jefferson and the empire of imagination." "the founding fathers vision of america." greed, power, and endless war. christian green and her book with "something must be done with prince edward county." her, love her not, the hillary paradox." and "the first queen of journalism." lawyer, thebor remarkable alliance of new deal attorneys and betsy margolin." the worst i have ever done was committed like a murder in 1991. i shot a man. and one of the worst things you can do. i made that unfortunate decision that day i was 19 and devastated a family, took somebodies husband, son, brother, father. and it was one of the things that we take the state. the reasons i do the work that i do in the inner-city. i never want another child to grow up with that type of burden , because it never goes away. >> the author of "writing my wrongs, discusses years in prison and his life after." go to c-span.org for the complete sick -- schedule. journalist morley safer died today. we will show an interview we

dionne, annette gordon-reed, juan williams anymore. but first up christian green talks about her book, something must be done about prince edward county. booktv on c-span2 live from the gaithersburg book festival. [inaudible conversations] .. ..

to david's right, although not politically, is annette gordon-reed. a charles warren professor and scholar of american history, she has published six books. among them a book in 2008 which won numerous awards, including the pulitzer prize for nonfiction. a leading and field changing scholar, her most recent book is about thomas jefferson into the empire of imagination into actually, and and peter will be signing that book outside in the book exhibit after the plenary. for those of you got a program early, one of the panelists will not the here and jacob weisberg has agreed to join us which is very exciting. he is a veteran journalist and political writer and currently chairman of the "slate" group. he is the author of a book about the bush tragedy which was a new york times bestseller in 2008. he cowrote "in in uncertain world," which was published in 2003. his first book was published in 1996 and his newest book, a biography of ronald reagan, one of my candidates for worst president ever, was published in 2016. that is the order we will go in and we

annette gordon reed and peter on us on their book, book, most blessed of the patriarch. thomas jefferson and that empire of imagination. the book, we the people, the modern-day figures who have reshaped and affirmed the founding fathers vision of america. james rising, and his book, pay any price, greet, power and endless war., greet, power and endless war. kristin green in her book, something must be done about prince edward county. a family family of virginia town, a civil rights battle. joann with her book lover, love not, the hillary paradox. john nourse on hurt his book the first queen of journalism. and talking about the book fair layer lawyer, the remarkable lawyer of new deal attorney and supreme court bessie, on on sunday night at nine on afterwards. >> for me, the worst thing i've ever done was committed a murder 1991, i shot caused a man's death and it was by far one of the worst things you could do. i made the unfortunate decision at the age of 19 and devastated a family, i took somebody's husband, son, brother, father, from the family. it was one of the thin

annette gordon reed, most blessed of the patriarchs. juan williams with his book.odern-day figuresmodern-day figures who have reshaped in the firm the founding fathers vision of america. greed, power, endless war. something must be done about prince edward county, family, virginia town, civil rights battle. john noris and marlene trestman talking about her book fair labor lawyer, the remarkable life of new deal attorney and supreme court advocate. sunday night at 9:00 o'clock on afterwords. >> me, the worst thing i have ever done was commit a murder in 1991. it is by far one of the worst things you can do. i made that unfortunate decision at the age of 19 and devastated a family, took somebody's husband, son, brother, father from a family. it stays with me to this day. largely the reason i do some of the work that i do in the city because i never want another child to grow up with that type of burden because it is one that never goes away. >> author of writing my wrongs discusses his 19 years in prison and life after. >> tomorrow president obama heads to vietnam. .

eastern, annette gordon reed and peter anneck explore thomas jefferson from his early influences to his political ideologies in their book, most blessed of the patriarchs. thomas jefferson and the empire of the imagination. on sunday night at 9:00, afterwords with peter marks, author of good for the money, my fight to pay back america. he discusses how former aig ceo revives the company after the 2008 financial crisis and helped the company to become profitable again. he's interviewed by bethany maclaine. >> he was the only person who thought this was possible. essentially. i mean, the government didn't think this was going to happen. the company certainly didn't think it was going to happen. they were ready to sell it off for spare parts, and essentially, the american people had no expectation it was going to happen. the idea he was a little crazy, you have to be a little crazy to take this on. he was the right kind of crazy. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >>> on american history tv on c-span3 -- >> we're here to review the major findings of our full investigati

at 7:00, annette gordon reed and the intellectual maturation of thomas jefferson. 9:00, peterght at marks of "good for the money." ceo helpedmer aig the company to become profitable again. whoe was the only person thought this was possible. the government did not think this was going to happen. the company did not think it was going to happen. the american people had no expectation this was going to happen. you had to be a little crazy to take this on. he was the right kind of crazy. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. , robert stack talks about the effects of foreign tax laws on efforts to change the u.s. tax code. potential changes to u.s. tax laws. bill: good afternoon. we're a few minutes past the hour. so, we thought we would get started. i'm bill gayle. i would like to welcome you to the brookings institution and this tax policy center event. we begin by asking the eternal question, how is this event different from all other events? in all other events, we talk about u.s. tax policy and what it means for the country. in this event, we'll be talking about tax polic

dionne, annette gordon-reed, juan williams anymore. but first up christian green talks about her book, something must be done about prince edward county. booktv on c-span2 live from the gaithersburg book festival. [inaudible conversations] .. >> if you are tweeting today, use the hashtag gbf, and we need your feedback. surveys are available at the tent and on our web site. complete a survey for a chance to win a $100 visa gift card. i'm pleased to introduce author kristen green. she'll be signing books immediately after the presentation, and copies of her books are on sale in the politics & prose tent, a great partner for us this year. a quick word about buying books. even though this is a free event, it does help the book festival if you buy books. the more books we sell at our event, the more publishers are willing to send their authors here to the book festival. purchasing books from politics & prose does benefit the local economy. it supports local jobs, supports our book festival. so if you enjoy the program and you're in a positi

annette gordon reed and peter onuf on their book "most blessed of the patriarchs: thomas jefferson and the empire of imagination." juan williams with "we the people: the modern-day figures who have reshaped and affirmed the founding fathers' vision of america." james risen on his book "pay any price: greed, power and endless war." kristen green in her book "something must be done about prince edward county: a family, a virginia town, a civil rights battle." joanne bamberger with her book "love her, love her not: the hillary paradox." john norris on his book "mary mccrory, the first queen of journalism." and marlene trestman talking about her book "fair labor lawyer, the remarkable life of new deal attorney and supreme court advocate bessie mar golan" sunday night at 9:00 on "after words." >> for me the worst thing i've ever done was committed an act of murder in 1991. i shot and triy tragically cau man's death. it's by far one of the worst things you can do. you know, i made that unfortunate decision at the age of 19 and devastated a family, you know, took somebody's husband, a son, br

to meet the needs of americans today. , a nexty, memorial day her day of book tv featuring annette gordon reedllectual life of thomas jefferson. pragerdio host, dennis and the 10 commandments, and then diane ream and the right to die movement. now i discussion on what has been affecting americans ability to move up the economic ladder. from washington journal, this is just one hour. "washington journal" continues. host: frank buckley, what is the premise of your book, "the way back: restoring the promise of america"? guest: we have changed as a country. we were the country of that, wherever you came from, you had the chance to rise. now it seems that is broken. now we are not that country. , theu look at the numbers way a lot of people cut them, that country is denmark or maybe canada. that is shocking. i think that helps explain what is happening in politics today. host: when you talk about mobility, what do you mean? correlation between the earnings of parents and children. that is how this is measured. immobile.y we are like england in that respect. we are not as we imagine ourselves to be.

annette gordan reed. professor of american history at harvard law school and in the history department and carol k. force heimer professor at the radcliff institute. a renowned law professor and scholar of american history, gordon reed has published six books. among them, the hemmings of monticello, an american family, 2008, which won numerous awards, including the pulitzer prize in history an the national book award for nonfiction. a leading and field changing scholar of jeffson, reed's most recent book is the most blessed of patriarchs thomas jefferson and the empire of imagination. and actually, annette and peter will be signing that book outside in the book exhibit after this plenary theater. now, for those of you who got a program early, you might have thought sean wallence will be here, but he will not be here because he is somewhere else. and jacob weisberg has agreed to join us which is exciting. jacob is a veteran journalist and political writer and currently chairman of the slate group. weisberg is the author of several books, including the bush tragedy, which is a new york times best-seller in 2008. with former treasury secretary robert e. ruben, weisberg co-wrote in an uncertain world published in 2