anthony lukas prize awards will be announced march 30th. book tv has covered many of the books nominated this year and you can watch them on booktv.org. >> i've been in washington covering national security issues and legal policy issues since 2003. sort of rode the with a in on abu ghraib and the attempt by senator mccain to impose a ban on pour tour and the defining statements by bush that came out of that as well as the revelations about warrantless wire tapping by my future colleague at the "new york times." i was then at the "boston globe." and this is -- essentially became a specialist in this layer of what the government has been doing, this sort of continuing dilemma and legal fights over executive power, national security, individual rights, after 9/11. and you may remember in january of 2009 when president obama was inaugurated there was this moment in which it look like the war on terror was suddenly abruptly over. he had run on a platform of change from president george bun terror, and has been a critic on the campaign trail how

. >> the columbia school of journalism establish the answer to from annual j anthony lukas prize award in 1998. they recently announced this year's finalists for works in progress, nonfiction writing command history. the 1st is for unfinished books including social heisenberg writing history of same-sex marriage in america and steve luxembourg looking at the end of segregation in the us. another finalist is researching the creation of national public radio and meredith wadman examining cells used to develop vaccines. we also give annual awards for nonfiction writing the finalists like adam bridles of feel philosophers guide to cracking which reports on the efforts of the texas town to stop and oil companies use of hydraulic fracturing. catherine eden and luke schaeffer's $2 a day. >> at extreme poverty in america, and the prize is another nonfiction finalist. the book reports of how newark new jersey school system use the donation of 100 million dollars from facebook founder mark zucker berg. the history of music piracy in the last award is the mark let inmark linton history prize whic

the winners of the j anthony lukas prize awards will be announced march 30. book tv has covered many of the books nominated and you can watch them on book tv.org. >> good evening. it's great to see all of you tonight, thank you so much for coming. this is conversation in freedom studies. how many people have been here before?awesome.

anthony lukas prize. for another book called the dark side but numerous awards but i urge those of you that should buy this book to read her biography. it is interesting. where do we start? since we have several students that aspire to be jane mayer, can you please explain where you come from and what that story is about? >> em part of what it got me on the trajectory and to working on stories for "the new yorker" magazine. in day caught my eye. but i just want to say that chuckle was gave me this quotation that was of many peace that made me think there may be more here. that the koch brothers throttle whole different level. the sheer dimensions sets us apart the have a pattern of political manipulation provide have been in washington since watergate and i have not seen anything like it there the standard oil of our time. the wide we spend 450 pages added to that? he would sum that up. [laughter] thank you. you have been an incredible colleague and amazingly generous. and with the word you have done to f

citing the appointment of justice anthony kennedy during regan's last term as president. lukas: and grassley's not the only siouxland senator talking about the potential scotus appointment. nebraska republican senator deb fischer spent part of her monday in south sioux city nebraska for a community coffee q-and-a. when asked about the potential appointment, fischer said, just like supreme court justices, in order to make the best decision for scalia's replacement. " i'm just looking at the process and i don't believe that should have a court justice at this the white house. it has been a long long time since that has happened and there's a reason for it. so i probably would be supporting that the president not have that appointment confirmed." says senator fischer. fischer also spoke to nebraskans about other issues facing the nation nebraskans about facing the nation such as free tuition and manufacturing in the u-s senator fischer also stopped by our studio for a chat with our own tim seaman. to hear more about what the senator has to say about the current state of the nation

critics of grassley have brought up the last time this citing the justice anthony kennedy during regan's last term as president. lukas: siouxland senator potential scotus appointment. nebraska senator deb part of he monday in south nebraska for a q-and-a. the potential appotment ... fischer said, just like supreme court juices, we need to look at past precedent in order to make the best decision for scalia's replacement. " i'm just looking at the process and i don't believe that the president should have a confirmed supreme court justice at this point in his tenure in the white house. it has been a long long time since that has happened and there's a reasas for it. so i probably would be supporting that the president not have that pointment confirmed." says senator fischer. fischer also spoke to nebraskans about other issues facing the nation such as free tuition and manufacturing in the u-s senator fischer also stopped by our studio for a chat with our own tim seaman. to hear more about what the senator has to say about t e current state ofof the nation and t t presidential racac tune into this that's this sunday at