this month, professor and author bonnie morris is our guest. and she is the author of six nonfiction books along with poetry books and here they are beginning in 1997 with the high school book called voices from west l.a. the identity and activism in the postwar era. her memoir "girl reel" from 2000. and then revenge of the women's studies professor and her most recent book came out last year called "history for beginners." bonnie, is there a danger in this way? >> with women's groups and women's bookstores and kind of a sense of this? >> that's a very good question. >> the answer is that a lot of the separate culture has come to an end. we have integrated a lot of what used to be separate stock into the mainstream bookstores. and they are all now going out of business as well. some of what would be a natural change as you bring women's work into the mainstream as being affected by technological changes, they defined support groups and communities that before they headed i had to go to a physical site for. but the issue is intriguing to me beca

that we really would amend equality for women in this nation. >> host: let's take some calls for bonnie morris. we begin with paul in morristown, new jersey. you are on booktv. >> caller: thank you. professor morris. >> guest: hi! kristin: in august or september or 2008 when the nation was getting to know sarah palin, did you regard the governor as a powerful symbol of a success of feminism or perhaps even as icon in the fact she built her political career pretty much on her own. [inaudible] and, you know, to the wife of a powerful man. >> host: if i may, quickly. how do you feel about sarah palin? are you a supporter of hers? >> caller: oh, yeah. one of the original supporters of hers. i thought she cleaned up the corruption in alaska. she, you know, put, you know, a lot of people -- i like some of the crusaders for against corruption. >> host: thank you, sir. let's get an answer. >> guest: i thought that, you know, obviously in many ways, she was elected or selected to be an important symbol for not just a woman politician who had already been, you know, empowered as a governor. her represen

that we really would amend equality for women in this nation. >> host: let's take some calls for bonnie morris. we begin with paul in morristown, new jersey. you are on booktv. >> caller: thank you. professor morris. >> guest: hi! kristin: in august or september or 2008 when the nation was getting to know sarah palin, did you regard the governor as a powerful symbol of a success of feminism or perhaps even as icon in the fact she built her political career pretty much on her own. [inaudible] and, you know, to the wife of a powerful man. >> host: if i may, quickly. how do you feel about sarah palin? are you a supporter of hers? >> caller: oh, yeah. one of the original supporters of hers. i thought she cleaned up the corruption in alaska. she, you know, put, you know, a lot of people -- i like some of the crusaders for against corruption. >> host: thank you, sir. let's get an answer. >> guest: i thought that, you know, obviously in many ways, she was elected or selected to be an important symbol for not just a woman politician who had already been, you know, empowered as a governor. her represen

. >>> author bonnie morris, in your book revenge of revenge of the women's study, revenge for what? >> guest: the final tight is not meant to be provocative or rude. it's about having the opportunity to talk back to many people who steer type my field, or ask really unfair students. i have a bunch of terrific students intimidated by taking a basic class in women's history. they come to me and express doubt or concern. they're afraid what people will say. what will it look like on their transcript. so those experiences lead me to a really keen awareness of how many people feel there is something wrong with looking at half the world's history. i've negotiated many of these rude conversations throughout my teaching career. the idea of revenge was i wanted to talk back but in a cheerful way. a cheerful/playful way. i wanted to be the smiling face of women's studies and women history. show that as a diplomat from academic feminism, i'm not scary, i'm approachable, i love my students, but enough with being rude to the professor. people who come by and say i love your class. you're not at

. >> host: half an hour left with professor bonnie morris. dep teaches at george washington and georgetown university, the author of six nonfiction books and poetry books as well. the most recent is women's history for beginners which also is powerbook tv book club joyce for february. if you go to booktv.org you will see a tab at the top, you can click on that, participate in the conversation. we will be posting everything tomorrow. this video from this program as well as reviews and articles by bonnie morris and also posting questions, discussion questions throughout the month of february. pick up a copy and we would love to have you participate and interact, kind of an online book club since so much of our world is on line anymore. our next call is from san antonio, texas. from women's history for beginners, who is the first female member of congress? >> caller: i don't know that. i am 80 years old and i can't remember dates any more. i was an activist. in nashville, tennessee. all the recordings of women's music that you talk about. i have

that are so marginalized in other media but you are devoting three hours that we can learn from bonnie morris and i am thankful. >> host: tell us about yourself. >> caller: i am a feminist, i am dr. morris's age and a graduate of women's college. >> guest: i can thank you enough and i spent many happy years in a story and i hope you use the public library that is around the corner. many good memories of my friends in a story of. i would say, thank you again, i want to also thank c-span, thanks for giving me an opportunity. doing this kind of work, many people doubted me when i announced my intention to become a women's studies professor. my family had concerns, my friends, they were supportive. people worried about how i would earn a living, if i would find a job. i think it was such an unusual occupation to be interested in. no one was sure how this would work out. it has worked out wonderfully. i have managed to carve out a job for myself. i manage to do the things i want to do with in feminist action and also as a citizen of the global world. i would add that for people who are considering

bonnie morris is women history for beginners is our february 2014 book club selection on booktv. >> we are spending a lot of money in this country to assist peace and reconciliation in israel. because that is the american goal. that is an american value. but it turns out that might investigation documents that taxpayer money is actually financing the flames of confrontation and even terrorism. i'm going to be briefing today on policy on what is wrong with american policy, what is wrong with american legislation and what we can do about it. i'm going to start with one of the most astonishing facts that i found. american taxpayer money is fungible he financing terrorist salaries of palestinian terrorists who are convicted and serving time in israeli prisons. and the more heinous their crimes, the more of your money they are getting. here's how it works. is a palestinian terrorist commits an act of terror against innocent civilians, say a family or a bus with a bomb or even just telling someone with a knife, that person immediately goes on official palestinian authority salary. and that s

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bonnie morris is women history for beginners is our february 2014 book club selection on booktv. >> it begins with a begin an important sense but it begins with the question of the relationship with nature to politics. they would both claim that their political views are based in an idea that politics have an answer to nature, human nature is the nation's and respect the different ideas of what that was. they're different ideas about ot nature means in political debate have a lot to do with the abuse that followed. payne offers an idea of nature that very much enlightenment sciences idea. he understands nature as a source of rules, and rules that govern the behavior of individual particles, if you will, and turned society itself, is basically a function of those particles. it's like physics applied to politics. not any simpleminded way. he understood that politics was in physics, but the basic rethinking of how do we get at the truth of what is the deepest kind of truth beneath politics. he thought the way to get at was to go to the beginning, to the origins of things and not the histo

we also tweeted information about this month's booktv book club selection, bonnie morris' "women's history for beginners." >> the biggest challenge for me, let's say as an american educator, is that women's history and women's studies frighten people because the assumption is all women's issues are about the body. therefore, all women's history will be somehow about sex and birth control. therefore, it's not appropriate for a kindergartener or a middle school class. >> you can watch this entire interview at booktv.org. on facebook we posted a link about the first degree in self-publishing to be offered at the university of central lancaster and to recognize the tenth anniversary of facebook, we posted the 2010 presentation of the facebook effect. >> on facebook you have to really be yourself in order to get the benefits that the software is designed to give you. in other words, you can pretend to be someone you're not, but you won't really have a lot of friends, because the whole point of facebook is to connect with people you really know, and they're not going to know it's you if you don'

women's studies professor bonnie morris will take your questions in depth live for three hours starting at noon eastern. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> this week, the discussion of the impact of the net neutrality ruling by the court of appeals earlier this month. joining us is the managing director of bloomberg bna. has been the fallout from this court of appeal ruling? the ftc is trying to figure out its nesxt step. they could position for a rebate coulding or the agency repeal it to the supreme court. the court essentially said this. the regulations wrongly applied the same rules to services that apply to common carriers. what we know as telephone companies. says that all traffic should be treated equally and is "common carriage." in 2002 hadency classified broadband as a noncommon carrier information service rather than a common carrier telecommunications services, rules themselves were no and void. -- no one void. they handed them a significant victory. it said that section 706 of the telec

women's studies professor bonnie morris will take your questions in depth live for three hours starting at noon eastern. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> this week, the discussion of the impact of the net neutrality ruling by the court of appeals earlier this month. joining us is the managing director of bloomberg bna. has been the fallout from this court of appeal ruling? >>

bonnie morris' women's history for beginners is our february 2014 book club selection on booktv. >> you're watching booktv. next, glenn reynolds argues that americans need to start looking for alternatives to our public and higher education systems which he argues are either subpar, too expensive or both. he proposes a multipronged approach made up of charter or private schools and online education. this is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. i've never been lapidary before that i knew. [laughter] well, one small correction to what john said, 10,000 page views from a link is not bad, but i've discovered that you can double, triple or even quadruple the number of people so long as it contains the word "boobies." [laughter] because this is the internet, after all. i've never been able to do that with one of john's posts, but maybe he'll be inspired now to offer something. [laughter] well, john's introduction is exactly right. my take on education in america, and it's actually both higher education and k-12 education, comes from herb stein's famous statement. some people actu

. >>> author bonnie morris, in your book revenge of revenge of the women's study, revenge for what? >> guest: the final tight is not meant to be provocative or rude. it's about having the opportunity to talk back to many people who steer type my field, or ask really unfair students. i have a bunch of terrific students intimidated by taking a basic class in women's history. they come to me and express doubt or concern. they're afraid what people will say. what will it look like on their transcript. so those experiences lead me to a really keen awareness of how many people feel there is something wrong with looking at half the world's history. i've negotiated many of these rude conversations throughout my teaching career. the idea of revenge was i wanted to talk back but in a cheerful way. a cheerful/playful way. i wanted to be the smiling face of women's studies and women history. show that as a diplomat from academic feminism, i'm not scary, i'm approachable, i love my students, but enough with being rude to the professor. people who come by and say i love your class. you're not at

bonnie morris will take your questions live for three hours at noon eastern. this is on c-span two. fifth state of the address of barack obama. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> members of congress, i have the high honor and privilege of presenting to you the presidents of the united states. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress. my fellow americans. today in america a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it. they did their part to lift america's graduation rate to its highest level in more than three decades. an entrepreneur flipped on the lights at her tech start up and did her part to add to the more than 8 million new jobs our businesses have created over the past four years. an autoworker fine-tuned some of the best, most you efficient cars in the world and did his part to help america wean itself off foreign oil. a rural doctor gave a young child the first prescription to treat asthma tha

and online at booktv's book club, comment on last months into the guest bonnie morris. join the conversation, go to booktv.org and click on book club to enter the chat room. >> now on booktv, political strategist and consultant roger stone presents his thoughts on who was responsible for the assassination of president john f. kennedy. this is about 45 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very much. first, let me thank books and books for this terrific opportunity. this is my last book signing up 2013, and it has been a tremendous experience. i have been to santa monica, california, new jersey, atlantic city new jersey, three different groups of new york, queens, brooklyn and manhattan. i have been to dallas on november 22, 2013, had a books on their on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president john fitzgerald kennedy, then on to lyndon johnson's hometown of austin. i stayed in the driscoll hotel in the very room where johnson had thrifts with his mistress. and i was roundly ignored by this mostly texas media. the book has become a "new york times" bestseller. i

women's history by bonnie morris for beginners with our february of 2014 book club selection on booktv. >> the all-new c-span.org website is now mobile friendly. that means that you can access our comprehensive coverage of politics and nonfiction books and american history where you want when you want and how you want. our new stites design fits any of your screen from the monitor to your laptop and tablet or smartphone. whether you are at home or the office or on the go. you can watch the live coverage of washington. check our program schedules were searched our extensive video library whenever and wherever you want. the new c-span.org makes it easy for you to keep an eye on what is happening in washington. >> p.j. o'rourke talks about the accomplishments and failures of the baby boom generation. there are 75 million boomers this is about 50 minutes. >> hello.

booktv with author bonnie morris, and a look at the lives of thomas jefferson at 8:00 p.m. eastern. new jersey governor chris christie held a town-hall meeting to talk to residents about hurricane sack -- sandy rougher. next we'll show you a portion where the governor answers a question from an unhappy resident. >> my name is tom, i am an elderly -- flood victim, sandy victim. my comment is, you're right that there isn't enough money to make everyone whole, and we're not going to get that. but i like to know your reasoning behind privatizing a lot of the grant program? you paid about $100 million to different contracts to run the program. the main one that comes to mind is -- that could raise about a thousand houses. one of them is hgi -- >> let me stop you for a second. i'll answer your question. what is your suggestion how i should have done it? should i have hired thousands of new government employees to be able to administer these programs? >> well, i've heard you on tv saying you have 60,000 employees and they're hard to manage but new york did it differently. they didn't priva

bonnie morris's women's history for beginners is our february of 2014 book club selection on booktv. >> you make an observation about childhood that really struck me. you say children of baby boom children were in control of their own childhood. our parents worked as children, our children worked like maniacs and yet we were a generation, our generation of people who had childhoods. >> get out of the house. it is a beautiful day. it is raining comet it is 30. they said it was a beautiful day, get out of the house. never quite figured out the parenting style. we take a lot of grief for being helicoptered parents but our parents, they were strange. they could be so cautious and so fearful of things. don't get to know people who are not from europe. that would be scary. on the other hand the fourth of july would come around and dad would hand out dna babies with some explosives, should probably take a license. everybody has uncles. uncle mighty mike. he would give us -- more spectacle, businessman uncle did this. he would give us the firecrackers at his cottage at the lake, blood on the

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and online at booktv's book club, comment on last month's "in depth" guest, bonnie morris. read a woman's history for beginners and join the conversation. go to booktv.org and click on book club to enter the chat room. .. c-span: gertrude himmelfarb, author of "the de-moralization of society," deep in your book you suggest that the bicycle had more to do with liberating women in the victorian age, or some age, than the feminist movement. is that true? >> guest: i think that is true. i think one of the interesting things about feminism, about all ideologies, is how in the end they are less influential than an awful lot of other things that are going on in society at the same time, and so while the feminists are talking about getting the vote or higher education for women or more job opportunities or anything of that sort, what's really happening is something else in the world, and that something else may be the bicycle, for example, which liberated women in all kinds of ways. it meant that they didn't have to have chaperons, for example; they could go off on their own. they

comments and tweets and e-mails on booktv, and at booktv's become club you can still comment on bonnie morris. >> next, panel discussion about robert edsel's "the monuments men," the allied unit tasked with recovering and protecting european cultural artifacts stolen by the nazis during world war ii. this is an hour and 30 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> robert's second book is entitle "the monuments men, allied heroes." this panel tonight will discuss the allied heroes, the monument's men, the nazi thieves and the greatest treasure hunt in history. with ambassador's staff on the panel we'll also touch on some of the more contemporary efforts by the united states government to address the loss and return of what we began calling holocaust era assets. what's been done since the 1990s is following in the steps of "the monuments men," using the records they created as our guide to the past and help turn history into justice, an expression i stole from the ambassador and have used frequently without attribution. we know that world war ii witnessed the greatest murder in history, the holocau

. >> author bonnie morris. in your book revenge of the women's studies, revenge for what? >> well, you know, the title is not meant to be provocative or rude. it is about having the average into the to talk back to many people is stereotyped might feel or ask unfair questions. a lot of terrific students are intimidated by the nem taking a basic class in women's history. they come to me and expect to have expressed doubt or concern, are afraid what people say, what it will collect on their transcripts. so those experiences lead me to it really keen awareness of how many people feel there is something wrong with half the world's history. and i am initiating many of these conversations throughout my teaching career. the idea of revenge was i wanted to talk back but in a cheerful way to my cheerful, playful way. i wanted to be the smiling face of women's studies and the ministry so that as a diplomat from academic feminism i am not scary. i am approachable. i love my students, but enough with being rude to the professor. people who come by and say, of your class. you're not at

bonnie morris, read a women's history for beginners.ontinue work on a bill dealing with military pensions. it seeks to repeal one percentage point reduction in the cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees and the age of 62. at 12:15 montana democratic senator designate john walsh will be sworn in by vice president joe biden. john walsh will replace former democratic senator max baucus who last week was confirmed as u.s. ambassador to china. live to the senate floor on c-span2.

at book tv's book club, you have on the guestnt bonnie morris. brookings institution scholar peter singer on the current and future state of cyber security. .e discusses his recent book it is from an event held earlier today by the air force association. this is one hour. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. for those of you i have not had the pleasure to meet yet, i am the dean of the mitchell institute. i would like to welcome you all here today for our february mitchell form -- forum. a special greeting to our andence watching on c-span, a mother special greeting to my 93-year-old dad who promised he would get up this morning to watch the show. peter, the rusher is on. it is my -- the pressure is on. it is my pleasure to introduce peter singer. it is not just his book, but peter has been a valued contributor to the defense policy debate. he is currently of -- the director of the center for 21st century intelligence and a senior fellow at brookings. his research focuses on current defense needs, future priorities, the future of war, and the f

and on live on booktv comment on in-depth guest bonnie morris.go to booktv.org and click on boot club to enter the chat room. >> you can see his entire testimony at 4:25 a.m. eastern ere on c-span or any time at c-span.org. >> i have two questions about the health care law and the labor market. what is your best estimate of the effect that obamacare will have on the total number powers worked which is the issues we're talking about. i ju want to make sure we accurately understand we know what you're saying. >> we think the aforbled care act will reduce the total numbers worked in the economy relative 7 and 2024 to what would have happened during that act. so given the fact that the -- well, this is the calculation that we've done suggests that it will be equivalent to two, to two and a half million. >> reading the report two million equivalent in 2017, 2.3 million in 2021 and 2.5 in 2024? >> yes. >> it's not that employers are laying people off. it's that people aren't working in the workforce aren't supplying labor to the equivalent of two and a

bonnie morris will take your questions live in depth. cspan2. attorney general eric holder testified on justice department policies and oversight before the senate judiciary committee. this hearing followed president obama's recent remarks about marijuana and the administration's announcement it would make it easier for banks to do business with legal marijuana sellers. the hearing is about three hours. >> before we start today's , i know the public will act accordingly. i appreciate so many members of the public coming in. we try to have these hearings as open as possible. they are streamed live, so anybody can watch. rules of the senate prohibit any outbursts or clapping or demonstrations of any kind. this includes blocking the view of people around you. these be mindful of those rules. be mindful of those rules. [no audio] restoring america's faith in the department. grassley --tor nor grassley nor i were there at the .ime the responsibility to protect americans. general ofttorney the u.s., not the secretary of justice, but the attorney gener

and at booktv's book club used the time to comment on february's in depth guest bonnie morris, read "men's history for beginners" and go to booktv.org to enter the chat room. >> arizona congressman matt salmon is calling for more transparency and privacy with government surveillance programs. he was one of the lawmakers addressed the audience at heritage foundation's a long constructive policy summit here in washington because comments are about 50at minutes. tim? spent thanks, mike. thank you all for being here and i'm excited to be able to introduce congressman salmon to than you. i'm this guy is very special and one of our great allies here. this in a landmark year of 1994, matt was elected to the use house of representatives where he served three terms are during that timf he grew a reputation as being a, watchdog, a guy who went after spending, a real fiscal conservative. but in 2000, he remained true t. his promise to self impose a term limit. so he went home and retired hise seat. but after the passage of obamacare like a lot of conservatives he startedme to rethink what he nee

bonnie morris' women's history for beginners is our february 2014 book club selection on booktv.[inaudible conversations] >> our live coverage of the savannah book festival will continue in just a few minutes. >> so the final aspect of kennedy's senate career i want to talk about is his presidential candidate. and here, i think, you know, senator lieu ger said, you know he'd long wanted to run for president, and i think a lot of people think he had decided to run the day his brother was killed in world war ii and sort of the mantle of the family leadership was passed to him. certainly by the time he entered the senate, he was thinking of it. i think, you know with some people it's sort of hard to gauge where their political career turns. i think with jfk it's very clear, 1956, as senator lugar mentioned, was the year. profiles in courage came out, became a national bestseller. he was the star of the 1956 convention, sort of like obama was, president obama was in 2004. he narrated a film to introduce the convention. he nominated adlai stevenson. he came within just a standful of v

and online that booktv's book club comment on papers in depth guest bonnie morris. join the conversation, go to booktv.org and click on the book club to enter the chat room. >> according to a recent study by the foundation, highest rate of entrepreneurship in the u.s. over the last decade has shifted to those in the 55-64 age group. yesterday a senate panel examined the growing trend of older americans starting their own businesses and ways to reduce barriers. this is one hour 20 minutes. >> good morning. with the chairman's very kind permission, i am going to convene our hearing. we do expect to have a series of votes later this morning, so we want to make sure that we have ample time to hear the testimony from our great panel of witnesses. i am very pleased that the chairman has been able to put together this joint hearing with the senate small business committee. we've just been joined by the chairman of that committee, senator landrieu, who is chairman for a few more hours i think, before she changes committees and senator cantwell becomes the chairman of the sm

continue the conversation on books tonight on c-span2's in depth it will talk to author and professor bonnie morris. she's the author of "women's history for beginners." that starts at 8 p.m. eastern. >> the beauty of america is that in this country we have the ability to write the script of her own life. we are in a sense in the driving seat of her own future. and our biggest decisions in life are made by us. america creates the sense of possibility and out of that you can become an activist, a tenured organizer. innocents what are you doing? you are living off the great explosion of wealth that you didn't even create. spent so many strongmen set up comments hard to know where to begin. nobody said america is the most terrible place. but there are a couple of assertions a ship to take on things that are astonishing but one is that america's great invention was wealth creation. not based on stuff at all. that doesn't mean 90% of the residents who live here were murdered, and that was a part of it, you. >> what's so great about america, friday night at eight eastern on c-span. >> author and mit prof

and online at booktv's book club, bonnie morris, read a woman's history for beginners and join the conversation, go to booktv.org and click on book club to enter the chat room. >> the context here is that leave enjoys a reputation in a modern-day of someone who counseled acceptance and submission and resignation to the situation. and that has always struck me as, it's a sort of series that doesn't add up in essence, that we no believe was most prestigious man in the south and we're told he cannot sufficiently know him at the south didn't sympathetic to the political will of the north, the southerners, ex-confederates began very quickly to contest the northern understanding of the meaning of war and peace in northern plans for reconstruction through political means and extralegal means. and violent means. what i found is that in the eyes of confederates, lee was not a leader of submission. he was a symbol of unbowed pride and a kind of measured defiance to rethink and grant and lee at appomattox, saturday night at 10 eastern and sunday morning at 11, part of a three-day presidents' day weekend o

we will talk to author and professor bonnie morris, author of women's history for beginners and revenge of the women's studies professor. that starts at 8:00 eastern. >> apple computer co-founder steve wozniak talks to students that was a university in cambridge, mass. to talk about technology and education. discussed his experiences in apple and steve jobs and his efforts in developing the first personal computer. this is 30 minutes. [applause] >> since you very much. i will go home and tell my sister they named the university after you. my sister lesley. everybody was young thinking oh my gosh, will i have ideas i can turn into important, valuable things. will i start companies and the entrepreneurs like avalanche facebook and google and twitter and all these little companies that start that way, microsoft. a lot of us started -- so much of a passion what we wanted to do was we started this company without college degrees. i had three years university worked on, great designer and we started the company. after ten years i took the opportunity to go back to college, my name was very we

bonnie morris's women's history for beginners is our february of 2014 book club selection on booktv. >> this weekend on c-span the national governors' association kicks off their winter meeting live this morning at 10:00 eastern with an opening news conference and throughout the weekend with panels on homeland security, early education, jobs and prescription drug abuse. live on booktv, talk to the "the monuments men" author robert edsel, the task of withdrawing european cultural artifacts stolen by the nazis this morning at 11 on c-span2. un c-span3 the premier of american history tv's real america:archival films produced from the 1930s-1970s my government, industry and education institutions, watch sunday at 4:00 p.m.. >> next panel discussion about "the monuments men," about the allied team task with recovering and protecting european cultural artifacts and not seize stole during world war ii. this is about an hour and 30 minutes. [applause] >> michael, you are down. [laughter] >> there we go. okay. >> robert's second book is entitled "the monuments men":allied heroes, not the thie

professor and author bonnie morris will take your questions in depth by for three hours starting at noontern. booktv's "in depth" on c-span c-span2. >> booktv is at a book party for peter baker. author of trenton. he mingled with guests and made informal remarks. the party was held at p. j. clarke's sidecar, a restaurant in washington, d.c. >> it's not really a reality show. how are you? >> i had to wait. the press is setting up. >> we got stuck for 25 minutes. wasted moments. is he threw? did he get through? that's good at least. that will open up. >> i haven't seen you for ever. >> how are you? >> good to see you. >> you know the president tried to block your book? >> obama's revenge. i don't if he is against, me, whatever. maybe he is stopping by. that would be enjoyable if he could come by. >> everybody was stuck. there was a whole group of us stuck on the other side of the tree. >> literally. >> two blocks away and i couldn't get here. >> they literally wouldn't let you walk across the street. >> it was all a plot. >> see how partisan this town has gotten? [laughter] dan, how are yo

and on the book club is still have time to comment on bonnie morris. read a woman's history for beginners and then go to c-span.org to enter the chat room. >> new york times foreign affairs columnist thomas friedman talk about national security and freedom of the press at the national press club here in washington. the three-time pulitzer prize lead dust and everything from the concept of freedom in a democratic society to what it means that a free press. he is interviewed by former cbs and nbc news reporter. this event is part of the series which is hosted by george weston university and harvard university along with many others. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> funded by a grant from the epics -- ethics and excellence in journalism foundation. ♪ ♪ >> from the national press club in washington d.c. [applause] >> hello and welcome to the national press club and to another edition of that caliber port. and tonight a conversation with new york times columnist thomas friedman about freedom. over the last 20 years i've had the pleasure, indeed the

will talk to author and professor bonnie morris.she's the author of "women's history for beginners." that starts at 8 p.m. eastern. >> the beauty of america is that in this country we have the ability to write the script of our own life. we are in a sense in the driving seat of our own future. and our biggest decisions in life are made i guess. america creates the sense of possibility. and out of that you can become an activist, a committee organizer in a sense, what are you doing what you're living off the great capitalist explosion of wealth that you didn't even create. spink so many strong and set up, it's hard to know where to begin. nobody said america's the most terrible place. nobody, but there are couple of assertions that you have to take on face that are astonishing. one is the idea that america's great invention was wealth creation, not based on theft at all but what about the theft of the entire continent? that was a theft. that doesn't mean -- [applause] 90% of the residents who lived here were murdered, and that was a

and apple tv's book club you still time to comment on february's in depth guest bonnie morris, read "women's history for beginners" and then go to booktv.org to enter the chat room. >> we are live at the center for strategic and international studies here in washington. federal officials and telecommunications executives will be taking part in a discussion on the upcoming spectrum reallocation and how that will impact national security. pathless will discuss the procedures, policies and programs needed to make more spectrum available for new innovations and increased economic growth while maintaining national security. back in december fcc, we are postponing the instant of wireless spectrum auction until 2015. this is live coverage on c-span2. i should get underway in just a few moments. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> once again were alive at the center for strategic and international studies here in washington for discussion on the upcoming spectrum realloca

bonnie morris' women's history for beginners is our february 2014 book club selection on booktv.naudible conversations] >> our live coverage of the savannah book festival will continue in just a few minutes. >> so the final aspect of kennedy's senate career i want to talk about is his presidential candidate. and here, i think, you know, senator lieu ger said, you know, he'd long wanted to run for president, and i think a lot of people think he had decided to run the day his brother was killed in world war ii and sort of the mantle of the family leadership was passed to him. certainly by the time he entered the senate, he was thinking of it. i think, you know, with some people it's sort of hard to gauge where their political career turns. i think with jfk it's very clear, 1956, as senator lugar mentioned, was the year. profiles in courage came out, became a national bestseller. he was the star of the 1956 convention, sort of like obama was, president obama was in 2004. he narrated a film to introduce the convention. he nominated adlai stevenson. he came within just a standful of v

you still have time to comment on february's guest, bonnie morris. >> next, british writer and broadcaster jane little on the media cover -- coverage of religion. this is held at the university of colorado in boulder. it is a little more than an hour. >> thank you. i'm not sure how i follow that glowing introduction. it is a privilege to be with you tonight and i am grateful to stuart her -- professor for inviting me to come here to share some of my experiences in covering religion and the ways in which i have seen the beat change, rise, fall, evolve over the last two decades of my career. it has been largely focused on corunna -- religion as a correspondent, editor, and presenter, or host as you say here. i am very interested in hearing on coverage of religion from all parts of the world. i've come full circle. stewart, who helped first launch me on my path, though i doubt he knows that -- it was while doing an undergraduate dissertation that i read his illuminating book on the subject. i read it on a beach at uc santa barbara, as i recall. that certainly accentuated the positive qualitie

tv book club, you can comment on bonnie morris.d "a woman's history for beginners." >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from west newton, massachusetts is john park. he is an adjunct lecturer at harvard. he is also an advisor at the u.s. is to tune of peace. if you for being with us. we want to talk to you about this report on north korea. to set our discussion, i would to share with you the thoughts of michael kirby, who is chair of this commission, outlining some grim details of what the situation is like in north korea. this is from last week here at the u.n. michael kirby outlined what he thought. [video clip] washen the commission created, we immediately made contact with officers of the mission here in geneva. insequently with the leaders north korea, including the supreme leader, kim jong un. in our endeavors to make contact with them and to be allowed access, we were not successful. that being the case, we had to embark upon our inquiry with the use of a novel procedure. which are not common to the united na

bonnie morris will take your questions in depth live for three hours starting at noon eastern.s in depth on c-span two. >> she was someone who grew in the office. by the bayy burned of pigs experienced. he had listened to the experts, cia, joint chiefs of staff and he went to seedegaule in france -- and he went to see degaulkle in france who said you should surround yourself with the smartest possible people, listen to them and hear what they have to say. at the end of the day, you have to make up your own mind. kennedy remembered what harry truman had said that the buck stops here. after that bay of pigs, he was absolutely determined to make up his own mind and here with these experts had to say and way with they were telling him but, at the end of the day, he was going to make the judgment and he was going to be were the responsible party. clear whenundantly you listened and read the transcripts of all those tapes during the cuban missile crisis. he was his own man. hewas making up his own mind held the joint use arms length. i wanted to invade and bomb and he did not want to

. >> host: just about a half hour left with this month's "in depth" guest, professor bonnie morris. she teaches both at george washington and at georgetown university. the author of six nonfiction books and poetry books as well. her most recent is "women's history for beginners" which also is our booktv book club choice for february. so if you go to booktv.org, you'll see a tab up at the top. it says book club. you can participate -- just click on that, you can participate in the conversation. we'll be putting -- we'll be posting everything up tomorrow, this video from this program as well as reviews and articles by bonnie morris. we'll also be posting questions, discussion questions throughout the month of february. so pick up a copy, and we'd love to have you participate and interact with each other. it's kind of an online book club since so much of our world is online anymore. well, our next call comes from dory in san antonio, texas. dory from women's history for beginners, who was the first tale member of -- female member of congress? >> caller: i don't know that. i'm 80 years

bonnie morris's women's history for beginners is our february of 2014 book club selection on booktv. >> here's a look at book fairs and festivals on booktv coming months. the conservative political action conference takes place march 6th through eighth in maryland's national harbour. several authors will be signing books includes senator rand paul, oliver north and former maryland governor bob ehrlich. on march 15th and sixteenth the tucson test of love book takes place on the campus of the university of arizona and you can watch our coverage of the festival the following weekend on booktv on c-span2. march 19th through the twenty-third of virginia festival of the book will take place in charlotte's ville, va.. many of its including stephen jimenez and james swanson will be present. booktv will be live from the los angeles times festival of books from the university of southern california campus april 12th and thirteenth. for complete schedule of events visit booktv.org and let us know about book fairs and festivals in your ariane and we will add them to our list. e-mail us at booktv

. >>> author bonnie morris, in your book revenge of revenge of the women's study, revenge for what? >> guest: the final tight is not meant to be provocative or rude. it's about having the opportunity to talk back to many people who steer type my field, or ask really unfair students. i have a bunch of terrific students intimidated by taking a basic class in women's history. they come tome >> i have a lot of students were intimidated by taking a basic class. they are afraid what people say. what will look on their transcript. so those experiences led me to become aware of how

bonnie morris's women's history for beginners is the february 2014 book clubs election on book tv. >> the all the c-span.org website is now mobile friendly which means you can access comprehensive coverage of politics, nonfiction books and american history where you want, when you want, and how you want. our new study and responsive design skills to fix a screen from the mother on your computer to your laptop, tabloids, smart phone, when they're at home, at the office tomorrow and go. check our program scheduled research are extensive video library. the new c-span.org makes it easy for you to keep an eye on what's happening in washington. >> i would say that i am working from nine to three. most writers who say that they're right there seven or eight hours a day are exaggerating. you just can't believe you sort of lose it after a while. the senate is it when you're working on all. the edges of your imagination start to blur after, i would say, best case, about three hours. but even when you're writing a nonfiction book, you know, you may be getting three good hours of pounding away. t

we will also be posting a regular basis discussion questions but i hope you can participate, bonnie morris is "women's history for beginners" is our february 2014 book club selection on booktv. spent the teachers that are trying to close the gap are dealing with such a hard problem. at the beginning of the book i write a disclaimer. i said this is making the assumption that no one is going to fix anything outside the school, no one will do anything about the poverty, about racism, anything. can you close the gap, put all the burden on the teachers and principals? they are not getting that message. that's not what is from the schools. the school is like your tickets, you have an inner-city african-american kid, and the white suburban kid in second grade, they can get the same level at june when they graduate. when they come back in september the white suburban kid has gained one month of learning from expenses had come an inner-city african-american get has lost three months of learning. they are now four months apart in september. the teachers again have different burdens. the teachers, it