this weekend booktv visits the new york public library and sits down with its president and ceo, anthony marxto talk about the library's past, its current operations and its future. and adele levine recalls her experiences as a physical therapist at walter reed army medical center. you'll also see todd aiken defend his controversial rape comment and books on dietrich bonhoeffer, john negroponte and the last days of the confederacy. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors on c-span2. booktv, television for serious readers. >>> up next, author, doctor and former texas congressman ron paul. the three-time presidential candidate talked about u.s. foreign and monetary policy and the rising popularity of libertarian ideals. the host of internet's ron paul channel is the author of several books including "the revolution: a manifesto, "and "the fed" and "the school revolution."book >> host: dr. ron paul, in your book from 2011, "liberty defined: 50 essential issueslled that affect our freedom," you write that so-called moderatet politiciansis who compromise and seek bipartisanship are the most dange

and anthony marx sheds light on the president's past, present nd future. africa summit continues this morning on c-span 2. bill clinton will moderate a panel that includes the heads of g.e., dow chemical and wal-mart. it continues on c-span just after 11:00 eastern with national security advisor susan rice. secretary of state john kerry discussing issues facing africa and senegal and tunisia. president obama will address the roup in the afternoon. >> south african president jacob zuma is in washington, d.c. po participate in the leaders summit. he spoke yesterday. this is an hour. >> good afternoon and welcome. i'm a former international bureau chief with the associated press and the 107th president to have national press club. the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through our programming with events such as this, while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club please visit our website at press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to wel

sunday at five anthony marx, president and ceo of the new york public library sheds light on the librariespast present and future. booktv, television for serious readers. >> tonight on c-span watch our coverage of the annual western concerns summit. here's a look. >> the middle east, the bloodiest and most dangerous and most unstable region in the world is in flames from tripoli across the horn of africa all the way to the mediterranean. in syria, a bloodthirsty dictator that this president drew a red line and said if he crossed it he would pay, and then retreated at the behest of vladimir putin. that dictator has slaughtered 160,000 of his own innocent civilians in order to keep our this administration that in the cheap seats and watched it happen. >> catholic priest and evangelical ministers have been beheaded by al-qaeda, terrorists who are seeking to overthrow that administration. in egypt, the muslim brotherhood took power immediate they beginn to destabilize the sinai peninsula turning it into the wild west, and it has not been replaced by a military regime. in iraq, isis, an al-qaed

bob woodward interviews john scandal.he watergate and anthony marx sheds light on the library's past, present and future. book tv, television for serious readers. >> political strategist from both sides of the aisle recently discussed the potential impact of the latino vote in the upcoming mid term elections. speakers include head of the hispanic libre initiative. is hour-long event is from the latino elected and appointed officials. >> it's an exciting year politically as well. as you all know, in 131 days, we'll be -- will be election day in terms of the mid term election. what we'd like to do to start off the conference today is to put this in the political context as to how we expect the latino vote and the latino candidates to do in the mid term elections. it's one of the major themes of this conference, the chair discussed some of the other major themes. we'll be working on. but certainly the elections are top of mind at the moment. as we talk about 2014, let's make sure we put this in context about 2010, because when we compare elections, it's only fair to compare a mid term to

anthony marx. he sheds light on the library's past, present, and future. television for serious readers. >> "washington journal" continues. this is featuring texas governor rick perry. here is the ad. [video clip] >> are you tired of american taxes squeezing every penny out of your business? we have created more jobs than every other state. taxes, government, low texas is home to seven out of the 10 businesses in america that do business. visit texas. wide open for business. learn why more businesses are moving to texas. joining us to tell us what is going on, rob garver. guest: glad to be here. this has become rick perry's stock in trade. traveling country -- the country and trying to poach companies with higher nominal business taxes with promises of looser regulations, lower taxes, and various other attractive things to try to get businesses to move to texas. degree, you could argue he has been successful. texas has had extraordinary job growth in the last few years. drawing a straight line between tax policies and job growth is a bit of a trick. host: