ben carson and also armstrong williams. are co-authors of the book called "crisis in the classroom." welcome to all of you. dr. courson, i want to start with you. you have different backgrounds and political persuasions. how did you come together to write this book? guest: we have known each other for a noble of years and we were talking about what was going on in the city of baltimore, inflation, people graduate from high school who are functionally illiterate, and how this was literally robbing these people of opportunity. even though we come from very different political perspectives , we recognize that good education is really the ticket to success in this country and we have so many who are not getting a good education that it has resulted in a crisis, particularly in the inner cities. from the very beginning of this country, john adams said our system is based on a well educated and informed populace and the reason that is so important is people who are well education -- educated and informed are difficult to fool. if

ben carson and also armstrong williams.re co-authors of the book called "crisis in the classroom." welcome to all of you. dr. courson, i want to start with you. you have different backgrounds and political persuasions. how did you come together to write this book? guest: we have known each other for a noble of years and we were talking about what was going on in the city of baltimore, inflation, people graduate from high school who are functionally illiterate, and how this was literally robbing these people of opportunity. even though we come from very different political perspectives , we recognize that good education is really the ticket to success in this country and we have so many who are not getting a good education that it has resulted in a crisis, particularly in the inner cities. from the very beginning of this country, john adams said our system is based on a well educated and informed populace and the reason that is so important is people who are well education -- educated and informed are difficult to fool. if t

saturday morning, political commentator, entrepreneur and talk show host, armstrong williams and dr. ben carson discuss their book "crisis in the

coming up saturday morning, political commentator, entrepreneur and talk show host, armstrong williams, and former trump health and humaner ises secretary, -- human services secretary, dr. ben thompson, discuss their book, "crisis in the classroom". watch it live saturday morning starting at 7:00 eastern for a special authors week series on c-span or on c-span now, a free mobile video app. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1,000 community centers to create wi-fi-enabled lists to students from low income families can have the tools they need to be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> up next, the inaugural speech from former u.s. representative and new los angeles mayor, karen bass. she talks about her clean energy plan and homelessness in the city. mayor bass is the first black

saturday morning, political commentator, armstrong williams, and former health and human services secretary ben carson discussed her book, crisis in the classroom. watch washington journal live saturday morning starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span or c-span now, our free mobile video app. >> now, look back at the career of house speaker nancy pelosi, following her decision to step down as party leader after two decades in the role. susan page wrote a biography in joint the discussion, which is one hour and a half. speaker pelosi: scripture teaches us for everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. my friends, no matter what title you have bestowed upon me, speaker, leader, whip, there is no greater official honor than to stand of this floor and to speak for the people of san francisco. this i will continue to do is a member of the house, speaking for the people of san francisco, serving the great state of california, and defending our constitution. and with great confidence in our caucus, i will not seek reelection to democratic leadership in the next congress. for me

saturday morning, political commentator, entrepreneur and talk show host, armstrong williams and dr. ben carson discuss their book "crisis in the classroom." saturday morning at 7:00 p.m. and special authors' week on c-span. >> next a discussion about the significance of president zelenskyy's visit to the united states with a member of the ukranian parliament and u.s. official and they talk about military and dpeeo. from the atlantic council, this is just end an hour. >> good morning in washington. good afternoon in europe. we're going to talk about the visit of president zelenskyy to washington. within a 34-hour period, he went from the height of the war in ukraine, the city of bakhmut, which moscow still failed to take, to washington to meet with the president and congress we have with us an extraordinary panel. we have former deputy secretary of state steve egan with us. we have general breva with us. and former national security adviser steve hadley. we'll go a couple of rounds of questions and then take questions from the audience. why do you think president zelenskyy came to wa

saturday morning political commentator entrepreneur and talkshow host armstrong williams and former trump health and human service secretary discussed their book, crisis in the classroom. watch washington journal live saturday morning starting at 7:00 eastern for our special authors week on c-span or on c-span now our free mobile video app. >> next, on book tv's author interview program after words, chris miller traces the history of microchip technology and how it has become an indispensable global technology. he is interviewed by jim himes of connecticut. after words is a weekly interview program with guest host interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest works. thanks for joining us. i'm congressman jim himes, and i'm just delighted to be joining chris miller to talk about his his new book, chippewa. i'm i'm i'm holding it right here. i read it. i as i just told the author, if you told me that i was going to enjoy a 400 page book on the history of semiconductors, i would have said you were crazy. but this reads like a spy novel. it is. it is. it is absolutely gripping, belie

saturday morning, political commentator, armstrong williams, and former health and human services secretary carson discussed her book, crisis in the classroom. watch washington journal live saturday morning starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span or c-span now, our free mobile video app. >> now, look back at the career of house speaker nancy pelosi, following her decision to step down as party leader after two decades in the role. susan page wrote a biography in joint the discussion, which is one hour and a half. speaker pelosi: scripture teaches us for everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. my

coming up saturday morning, political commentator, entrepreneur and talk show host, armstrong williams, and former trump health and humaner ises secretary, -- human services secretary, dr. ben thompson, discuss their book, "crisis in the classroom". watch it live saturday morning starting at 7:00 eastern for a special authors week series on c-span or on c-span now, a free mobile video app. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1,000 community centers to create wi-fi-enabled lists to students from low income families can have the tools they need to be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> up next, the inaugural speech from former u.s. representative and new los angeles mayor, karen bass. she talks about her clean energy plan and homelessness in the city. mayor bass is the first black

well joining us in the studio to discuss this further, russia expert daniel armstrong and political commentator andy williams . thank you, us once more. thank you, gentlemen, for being with us . gentlemen, for being with us. first, let's just test the water down as to where we are on this sort of diplomatic dance, if you like. we had suggestions from the ukrainian foreign minister that they'd be try and get the un involved in february . and un involved in february. and then both putin and lavrov have come out saying, then both putin and lavrov have come out saying , well, yes, but come out saying, well, yes, but it will be on our conditions, peace will be on our deal. yeah. and of course, one of the biggest condition for that is the ukraine needs to recognise all the world needs to recognise the for annexe regions of theresia , the next people's theresia, the next people's republic, the people's republic and of course hit on this one that has been lost so far that is the main stumbling block for any peace talks or any negotiation . and the russian negotiation. and the russian side says, look, these need to b