with a military historian and author anthony beevor. author anthony beevor.

. >> historian anthony beevor from adolf hitler's rise to power to his dark, chaotic final days. >> his main objective was not to be captured alive by the russians and he was afraid of being paraded in a cage and being spat at and ridiculed. he was determined to die and edward was determined to die with him. more with anthony beevor sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q & a." >>> the naacp is holding its annual conference in houston. yesterday mitt romney addressed the gathering and today vice president spoke to the group. mr. biden was introduced by a naacp board of directors. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> naacp delegates! it is my great honor to introduce to you a friend of the naacp. at the age of 29, he became one of the youngest people ever elected to the united states senate. our speaker commuted from washington to willmingham, delawa delaware, by train every day and he was re-elected to the senate six times. as a senator from delaware for 36 years, he has established himself as a leader of some of our nation's most important domestic and international challenges. now, serving as the 47th vice president

. >> more with anthony beevor tonight at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> this morning from the national governor'sssociation meeting, iowa governor terry branstad discuss his state's economy and opposition

military historian anthony beevor. after that, question time with british prime minister david cameron. tomorrow, washington senator patty murray discusses ways to reduce the deficit and encourage economic growth. live from the brookings institution, beginning 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> this week, the noted historian antony beevor discusses his newly released historical narrative titled "the second world war." >> antony beevor, author of "the second world war." when you started thinking about this book, what is your objective? >> it was embarrassing. i was focused on particular battles, stalingrad, berlin, so forth. i realized that i did not understand enough about the way the whole conflict fit together. it was terribly important, really, to acknowledge that. the duty of the historian is to understand and try to convey that understanding. the way that the war in the pacific affected the war in europe

. >> anthony beevor, on his book about the dark final days to he was captured by the russians. he is afraid of being spat on and would've cooled. it was dependent on these things. more with anthony beevor. >> house before and senator rob portman spoke to the associated subcontractors, both republicans discuss the economy and tax policy. speaker boehner criticized president obama's middle-class tax-cut proposal and to the house plans to vote at the end of the month to extend all of the current tax rates. this is 40 minutes. >> thank you, greg, i would like to introduce our first reader. the honorable rob portman. mr. portman is the junior u.s. senator from ohio, he was elected in 2010 after running a campaign focused on conservative values and bringing in overzealous spending in washington, senator portman previously represented ohio's second district in the house for over a decade. before serving in cabinet level post as the united states trade representative and later, as director of the office of management budget. he was one of three senate republicans appointed to the joint

and brown was determined to die with him. >> more with anthony beevor on c-span's q&a. this weekend on book tv, growing up in the shadows and secret offense the rocky flat's weaponry facility. kristin iverson looks at the effects of people. >> carter in her opinion was mcgovern with a magnolia accent, you know, and she saw the domino start to fall during this time. and by 1979, she was in full-fledged opposition to carter in what she called was carterism, that appeasement. and particularly crucial in this respect in 1979, she saw the fall of the shaw and the fall of sammy sosa in anything ya -- nicaragua, a couple of lacerating experience. >> all part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: for the next hour and a half or so, we are going to take a look at the specific tax provisions that are located within the affordable care act. we've asked two gentlemen to join us to talk about these things. not only explain them, but particularly explain what it means for you and me so joining me right now is joseph henchman. he serves as their

. >> anthony beevor with a new look at the second world war. >> his main objective is not to be captured alive by the russians. he was determined to die. >> a more with antony beevor. >> the green party is holding the vice-presidential nominating convention in maryland. roseanne barr did not attend but a supporter read a speech. she criticized the organization and talks about her own campaign in california. >> this is not my phone. i disney to get in here. -- i just need to get in here. okay, okay. i am sorry. i'm not trying to be a jerk. i am the coordinator for the roseanne barr campaign. [laughter] [applause] roseanne sent me a speech that i would like to read. it is right here. thank god for technology. whoa. if i say things or read off things, if they are not my words. i swear to god i am reading them. did not get angry at me. -- do not get angry at me. i think of my delegates here rarely supported me despite a smear campaign that began as soon as i was allowed on the ballot. i am not angry. i am disappointed. that power is not central. how can the green party expect to face down th

. >> anthony beevor, the dark, chaotic days of hitler. >> his main objective was not to be captured alive by the russians. he was afraid of being marched through moscow in a cage. he was determined to die and eva braun was determined to die with him. >> next, we are going to show you two speeches from last week's aa cp annual convention. first, from -- naacp convention. mitt romney tells the crowd he will be a president that makes things better for the african american community. >> thank you. thank you. >> i do love that music. and the piano. hearing sweet hour of prayer wonderful thing. good morning. and thank you for the generous introduction. thank you for the opportunity to be here this morning. and for your hospitality. this is an honor to address here and when i value very highly. i appreciate the chance to speak first even before the vice president. i just hope the obama campaign does not think you are playing favorites. now, you all know something about my background. maybe you wonder how any republican can ever become governor of massachusetts and the first place. when you are i