what what got bob ney into politics i ginned up in washington d.c. what i outlined in the book but i basically i came out of church one day and a friend of my dad stump alito said what do you want to do i said i want to go to college and i want to go to law school and so you got to work for somebody in politics i said who he said jim rhodes who's running in against governor gilligan again i says the republican or democrat because i'm from a three percent republican index county belmont county when they said he's republican i said i don't want to register republican they said you don't have to if you believe in jim rhodes work for him that's what started it. and others you'd campaign and then and then you went to law school and then knowing they were your law school you did should have yeah but i did yeah and eventually actually you got ensnared in the whole jack able thing and this took you down well that's right i had a political career where i was a look at the state representative defeated a former congressman a very powerful congressman a good ma

end date, former ohio republican congressman bob ney discusses his newly-released memoir titled "sideswiped" subfour. c-span: former congressman bob ney in a chapter headlined pretty alice, you called pretty alice the most covert manipulative cunning stealth vicious cold hearted instrumented evil that karl rove and the bush administrative head >> guest: i must have left out a couple of things but alice fisher. alice fisher is a very interesting person that received attention from senator levin and particular and that basically kind of went away as i explained in the book but alice fisher had really never particulaparticula rly tried cases and was criticized for that. she was in the criminal visit -- division went over to work for chertoff. she was basically by the white house directly placed here and there is they needed her. an extreme political operative and a business where there is politics and in the bush-cheney re-election campaign etc.. i don't want to say she was a political hack and i don't want to be unkind but i will say political hack. she was up for appointment when alberto gon

that i will take a look back at my conversations with great minds with former republican congressman bob ney of ohio in our conversation i asked congressman ney how he got into politics and whether he thought capitol hill has changed since he left office then we'll revisit my discussion with feminist and ms magazine founder gloria steinem or we spoke about her life in activism and her opinion of the future of the women's movement and by the way f y i my new book the crash of twenty sixteen the plot to destroy america and what we can do to stop it is.

that i will take a look back at my conversations with great minds with former republican congressman bob ney of ohio in our conversation i asked congressman ney how he got into politics and whether he thought capitol hill has changed since he left office then we'll revisit my discussion with feminist and ms magazine founder gloria steinem or we spoke about her life in activism and her opinion of the future of the women's movement and by the way f y i my new book the crash of twenty sixteen the plot to destroy america and what we can do to stop it.

today's former congressman bob ney the ohio republican spent a year in federal prison after pleadinguilty to federal corruption charges. >>> then at 8:00 eastern booktv in prime time with kitty kelly. then from our after words program bash i are perry on her book "rose kennedy." and then david on the "pate." joseph p kennedy. >>> i'm not sort of suburb person who thinks everyone needs to live in new york city. i was sincetive in coming across as coffee sipping, condo dwelling, you know, elitist of some kind. that's not why i did this book. i understand why people like the suburbs, you know, i get fed up with daily life in new york city a lot. ivity more drawn. the trends were undeniable. the fact there was a shift in the way suburban america is perceived by the people who live there is too big a store to ignore. where the american dream is moving. sunday night at 9:00 on after words. part of booktv this weekend on c-span two. tonight on the encore presentation of first ladies. >> campaigning is not allowed. john quincy said i would like you to vote for me for president. you can't do

former congressman bob ney. the ohio republican spent a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to corruption charges. then at 8:00 eastern booktv in prime time with kitty kelly. >>> we have more coverage of non-fiction books and book industry every weekend on booktv. including in-depth, live every month a three hour look at one author's body of work with your questions. over the next few months, september 1st, author, column nest of breitbart.com. october 6th civil rights leader and democratic congressman from georgia, john louis. and kitty kelly. along with our schedule you can see our program any time at booktv.org and get the latest update throughout the week. follow us on facebook and twitter. 150 years ago our neigh was engaged in a civil war. yet in 1963 our nation was reminded of the revolutionary past when he produced his tail of a wayside in. one of those entries began listen, my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of paul are revere. in 1963 the name is being elevated. however, at th

bob, very much. back to the jc pen ney story. bill ackman so involved in the management of that company has apparently sold his entire 39 million share stake in the company. the stock is down 3% off the lows now, mandy. but if he's already sold, you wonder why the market's going to sell right now. >> absolutely. >> too late. >> of course, i think it's worth saying this is not the first headline on this issue. of course, bill ackman and the company have been in the headlines for a long time. remember back august 13th, bill ackman stepped down from the board of directors. he is best known for using his ownership stake in companies like jcpenney to push for change. with this, it's still struggling despite the pushing for change and everyone is for now wondering obviously on whether or not the retailer can indeed turn itself around and certainly watching this. >> apparently rethinking that sell because it is coming well back. >> it is. >> it was down 5% and now 1.5%. we'll keep an eye on that. by the way, tomorrow the markets no doub