this is your opportunity to talk with ben mezrich. i want to ask you about the process of ternate a book into a movie. have you been actively involved in those two movies? >> guest: i am actively involved but i have no power. i handle it as much as i can but it is two very different movies. "21" was a very fine retelling of "bringing down the house" and kevin spacey was my first person in hollywood to become my brothers and they brought it to sunday and then the social that work i have been with sony both times with a great experience but not think they are marvell. i have been lucky and they have allowed me to be a part of it from the very beginning. i met them out of the blue and had written an article of the m.i.t. kids and wire magazine with of random fall call that dana said kevin spacey blended to talk to me. i hung up and called my mom and said kevin spacey is trying to call me and she said it was a prank call. i google dain and and it turns out he was his assistant at the time but he says you want to make a movie out of this.

-- you're -- there's meaning in everything. >> host: roger, ohio, you're on booktv with author ben mezrich. >> caller: anyway, i hadn't herd of mr. mezrich, so i looked him up on the internet, so that gives me questions. >> guest: that's scarry. i don't know what you find on the internet. >> caller: there's one obvious one, it was either rigged or of the ugly american, maybe both was about a guy who used the stock markets to -- rigged the market to make a lot of money, and according to occupy wall street, that's what's going on now. it's the great recession that's all a result of the goldman sachs conspiracy. how much of that is true and is in your book? >> guest: i get so many pitches about evil conspiracy, wall street conspiracies. i mean, i get ten of those a week. i wish i found a really good one, but i have not found a true one yet. i write about people who gamed the system or figured out a way to make money from a corrupt system. that's what ugly americans is, rigged is like that, but bringing down the house in a lot of ways, there's a system in place, but there's a way to make money

. >> this is booktv's "in depth" program. 202 is the area code if you'd like to talk with ben mezrich, 737-0001 in the east and central time zones, 737-0002 mountain and pacific time zones. you can also send us an e-mail, booktv@cspan.org, or twitter.com/booktv is our address. patrick in new london, connecticut, you're on booktv. >> hi, guys, how are ya? >> good. >> ben, a question for you. when you're an author and then you become a screenwriter, too, what's the difference aside from the obvious having to consolidate down into the two-hour movie format? and also does it get frustrating? it seems to me like whenever you watch a movie after you've read a book, 99% of the time you can always say there was something left out. i mean, i just went to the movies, i just saw a movie that was in theaters -- not yours, by the way -- but i was amazed at, i think, important things get left out of a screenplay that were in the book, and i understand you can't fit it all in, but can you talk about that a little bit? >> sure. first of all, i'm not a successful screen writer yet. i have done one or

called e-mail or two it -- tweet ben mezrich sunday on booktv on c-span2. libera >> all eight of your books about liberals? is that fair to say? >> yes, the first book was onto the grounds for impeachment of bill clinton slander and thebill rest are about liberals. actually big column but how tore talk to a liberal if liberal if you must covers everything under the sun including dating tips in washington. >> slander, treason, godless, guilty, demonic. are those fighting words?>> >> tzipi titles, are they?onic [laughter] like i said i was thinking of calling this book demonic. i was thinking of calling at legion where my name is legion but t a small slice of christias would understand what i was talkingg about and yeah i want people to read my book. i think they are interesting and i think you will learn things. i think you'll see the world in a different way and understand things in a different way sonk ' yeah we give them tzipi titles. we put me on the cover. even the black cocktail dress annoys liberals, smiling. drives them crazy. black cocktail dress us

the military life and political career of his father and live sunday, three hours in depth with ben mezrich his accidental billionaires was the basis for the film the social network and the latest is filled with is a safe filled with stolen moon rocks. follow the schedule online on booktv.org. >> and now from the eleventh annual national book festival on the national mall here in washington, biographer edmond morris presents his book "colonel roosevelt." .. >> many years ago there was a tree in front of their house on second street, back in a city of washington was determined to cut down. edman was so determined it not be cut down that he climbed the tree and wrapped his arms around it and said shoot if you must, this old gray head, but spare my favorite tree, he said. [laughter] >> he does not need an introduction. he is now conclude after three debt going to work the monument biographical studies of american literature, third volume is of course "colonel roosevelt" which covers a protracted and difficult and at times painful period in theodore roosevelt's life within miss the bully pulpit

called e-mail or tweed ben mezrich live on in depth sunday on c-span2. spent now on booktv, lisa randall looks at the contributions that physics and scientific thinking have made to our understanding of the universe. this is a little over an hour. >> good evening. we will get started. if you're just coming in there are seats appear to my left. our you can stand off to the corners or find an open seat towards the back. welcome to politics and prose. thank you all for being here. i want to start just by welcoming you and saying thanks for being here on half of our new owners. and the staff here, just a collective thanks for supporting the bookstore and supporting events here tonight, being here for lisa randall and her second book, "knocking on heaven's door." so we are excited to have her here and talk about this book. so before we begin, if you're new here, i'll commit out quickly go over the format. what's going to happen, lisa is going to present your book. she will talk about her book using some visuals as well. what we are going to do is leave the li

>> in his nonfiction, ben mezrich questions the motivations, ethics and rally of brilliant people.s account of mark zuckerberg integration of facebook was adapted for the screen as "the social network," bringing down the house followed a group of mit students who won millions in las vegas. his latest, on the moon. now it's your chance to ask the question. call, e-mail or tweed ben mezrich live on in depth sunday at noon eastern on booktv. >> recently the "des moines register" published a poll with republican presidential candidate jon huntsman garnering just 1% of those polled. herman cain was in the lead with 23% followed by mitt romney with 22. next, remarks from mr. huntsman at a town hall meeting saturday. this was oh so by the atkinson republican committee of new hampshire. it was the first campaign stop in his four-day trip in the state. this is about an hour spent how is everybody here? >> a good. >> good to see you. it's a pleasure. >> hello. >> thank you. pleasure to see you. >> thank you very much. my goodness. i didn't think it would be anybody here when i arrived. >> th

there's probably a ben mezrich dartboard in there, but everything's worked out, and the company's doing great, and eventually the ipo, and they'll all be worth a trillion dollars. i think she's really an incredible person, so i have no ill will towards them, and i don't think they have any ill will towards me. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. next on booktv, katherine migar recounts the political career of robert strauss. he was well connected inside the beltway and served as chairman of the democratic national committee from 1972 to 1977, ambassador to the soviet union in 1991 and as an adviser to several presidents. this is a little under an hour. >> good evening, everybody. thank you for staying tight while we waited for people to trickle in, and thank you especially for coming out and braving electrical storms, thunderstorms, tornado warnings and everything else. we really appreciate you being here. i'm liss muscatine with my husband brad graham, i'm one of the new owners of politics and prose, and we welcome you all here tonight. this is one of about 4

i think i was enemy number one for a good year, there's probably a ben mezrich carte -- dartboard in there, but everything's worked out. and she's done amazing stuff over there. i think she's really an incredible person. so i have no ill will towards them, and i don't think they have any ill will towards me. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> saturday and sunday, november 19th and 20th, booktv brings you live coverage there the miami book fair international in florida. we'll sit down with various authors who will be taking your phone calls live. on the 19th we'll have james glek, john avlon and jim razzen berg, author of jfk, castro and america's doomed invasion of cuba's bay of pigs along with a few others. on the 20th, randall kennedy, author of racial politics and the obama presidency. brooke hauser, author of the new kids and several other authors will take your calls live from miami. visit booktv.org for more information on live coverage on the 2011 miami book fair international. >> here's a short author interview from c-span's campaign 2012 bus as

call, e-mail or tweet ben mezrich live on "in depth" sunday at noon eastern on booktv on c-span2. >> the israeli knesset began its session this week with prime minister netanyahu calling on the palestinian authority to stop making unilateral moves. he also said israel needs to remain strong to counter iran's quest for nuclear weapons. this is a little more than an hour. [speaking hebrew] >> translator: the honorable president of israel, shi monoparis, honorable former president and his wife, former first lady, mrs. hert sog, speaker of the knesset, reuven rivlin, members in the present and in the past, former speakers of the knesset, ombudsman and the legal counsel to the government, families, our soldiers, our missing soldiers, the heads of the religious -- religions, honorable ambassadors and the citizens of israel, my friends, the knesset return to the winter session while original events -- regional events that are the most dramatic in our generation, the arab strength has awakened, old regimes have fallen, and additional regimes are wavering, and new regimes are starting to rise

>> in his nonfiction, ben mezrich questioned the motivations ethics and morality of brilliant people.his account of mark zuckerberg is the creation of facebook was adapted for the screen as "the social network." bringing down the house told a group of mit students who won millions in las vegas. and his latest, "sex on the moon" tracks a possible as our candidate as he steals a nasa save that is full of moon rocks. it's your chance to ask questions. live on in depth sunday at noon eastern on booktv. >> now i look back at the economic policies of the clinton administration, including the 1993 budget battle. this panel is moderated by john suggested who served as bill clinton's chief of staff from 1998-2001. from the clinton library, this is an hour. ♪ ♪ spirit our nation needs a new direction. tonight, i present to you a coverage the plan to set our nation on that new course. for more than anything else, our task tonight as americans is to make our economy thrive again. >> beginning and about late 1989 through the early 90s the economy had gotten week. we had a recession. is also a high

. >> in his nonfiction, ben mezrich examines successful people. latest "sex on the most vocal tracks a -- moon" tracks an astronaut. >> i want you all to know, those of you wanted me to run so badly, and those of you who are so terribly disappointed, that i am doing the right thing. >> 1984 finds the united states in the strongest position in years. >> with every program since 1987, the c-span video library is a definitive source for online public affairs. there is now a new way to access our programming. download audio for 99 cents each. take c-span with here. listen to what you want, when you want, where you want. >> obviously reading the right books is usually helpful, but reading the wrong books can be an education as well. it is like seeing a bad movie, seeing what is done wrong. >> stacy schiff has won a pulitzer prize. >> i think every young writer should remember that publishers are desperate for an exciting new offer to publish. there should be enormous hope for what is yet to be done. >> more with stacy schiff sunday night on c-span's "q

[laughter] >> in his nonfiction essays, ben mezrich talks about social constructs. latest book tracks a possible astronaut candidate that steals a safe filled with moon rocks. sunday, noon eastern, but tv, on c-span 2. >> every weekend, let the c-span network your source for public affairs, nonfiction books, in history. c-span 2 has booktv. american history tv on c-span 3, showcasing the people and events that shaped our country. these are all available any time at the c-span library. c-span networks, washington, your way. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are backed with sean lengell, of "congressional times." is similar headline that we have seen in many papers, two democrats and republicans on this committee, are they as far apart on this as the headline suggests? guest: they have been meeting in secret so much, " we know has been leaked and trickled out. it is hard to get a handle on where they are. we know that last week there were two plans. one by each part that were leaked. we do not even have documents, or anything like that. the plan calls for a

call, e-mail, or tweet ben mezrich sunday on in depth sunday on c-span2. >> a bipartisan group of senators unvailed a bill to fix the post office problems. they encouraged cuts in staffing and reductions to the retirement benefits. they held a 40 minute news conference on their plan. >> we'll confident we'll pull the united states postal service back from the brink of bankruptcy and secure it for the future. we're introducing the legislation today, and we plan to mark it up before the full homeland security and governmental affairs committee next wednesday. five years ago, senator collins led congress in the adoption of postal reform legislation. they have been the real leaders in this area who have devoted a lot of work to trying to rescue the postal service. this year, senator brown and i had joined them in proposing this legislation, which really is an effort to rescue the u.s. postal service which needs a fundamental restructuring of the way it meets its obligations to its customers including individual and business mailers and to its employees. if our rescue legislation is adopted, we