on c-span2. >> host: and now joining us on booktv is vicki alger. her book, "failure: the federal miseducation of america's children," came out in 2016. ms. alger, is it any better today than it was in 2016 when you wrote your book, in your view? >> guest: sadly, no. test scores haven't gone up. we have slipped in the international rankings a bit. common core's been fully entrenched, and we didn't see the improvements, and we saw some losses. so, no, things aren't getting better. but there is, on the positive side, what we are seeing is advances in the states in present bal choice programs -- parental choice programs which empower parents over their children's education and restore that critical local control. so that's silver lining here. >> host: have we seen any changes in the federal department of education? >> guest: actually, we have, and some of the moves have been pretty controversial. for example, streamlining a lot of employees. most recently president trump unveiled a plan to the combine the department of education with the d. of lay are

this is booktv on c-span2. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> so still very active as a senator, serving on committees including health, education, labor, armed services committee, she's got all her ducks in a row. is she coming up for a 2020 run? do you think she's going to be on that roster of presidential candidates? >> well, you know, she did something just this past month that makes me think, yes. of course, she's always denied that -- [laughter] i'm working for the state of massachusetts. you know a lot about elizabeth warren. >> yeah. >> but last month two weeks in a row she brought out these sweeping bills. the first one was the accountable capitalism act, you know, to make capitalism accountable. this is something robert robert reich has been writing about, our corporate entities need to be more humane and people need more of a voice in them. a very interesting bill. and then she followed that up with an anti-corruption bill saying that people who work in government, who work in

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the city tours take booktv on the road to explore the life and history of a selected to be. working with our cable partners we visit various site and we interview local historians, authors and civic leaders. you can watch any of the past interviews online by going to booktv and selecting a book tour from the drop-down at the top of the page or by visiting c-span.org. you can also follow on twitter for behind-the-scenes images. up next on booktv "after words" for new york magazine rebecca traister traces the history of how its anger a it's angered pol movements angered by steve within rutgers university women and gender studies professor and author of "eloquent rage." "after words" is a program with growth and guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. >> host: thank you for being with us, rebecca. rebecca. >> guest: thank you. i couldn't be happier to be talking to anybody that you. [laughter] >> host: there's so much to be upset about. the first thing i'd want to ask how did we get here at this moment? one of the things you outline in the book

it's a day number two and booktv is live all day. you'll hear author author discussions on the #me too movement, technology, immigration and more. the full schedule is available on our website at booktv.org. the first author panel is just about to get underway. it's a conversation on identity politics. this is live coverage from texas on booktv on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the texas book festival, or welcome back if you were here yesterday. it's great to have you here in the c-span booktv can't. and i remind you again at the end but our author francis fukuyama will be in the book signing tent afterwards signing books and the books are available for sale in one of the other tents so go buy the book and then, medium and get your book side sign at the end. the format i think we would do for this is frank and i will talk about 25, 30 minutes conversation and then we will open it up to the crowd for 15 or 20 minutes for q&a, and i think it l

on booktv on c-span2.ailable to watch online at book tv.org. >> remember what happened to the presidential election? do we do not beat truman. so did the newspaper, so did the tv station. 1948 was the first televised election night and two things went wrong, they made the wrong call and it was incredibly boring. if you watch the election coverage from 1948, it will make you weak because it's the cutest thing. it's like cameras on empty podiums and voiceovers saying, who's turn is it now fred? [laughter] nobody has any idea what to do. cvs had this great idea, we will get people to watch election because will have a computer. then they also don't know what to do with it. it was charming then. think about the degree to which that the technological urgency of sputnik in 1958 begins to drive how much investment the federal government makes into the kinds of technology that's now in your back pocket. and that we expect should be unregulated by the federal government as if your iphone wasn't built by the federal

we had flaws. >> you can watch this and all other booktv programs from the past 20 years.ype the other's name and the word book in the search bar at the top of the page. >> booktv's live coverage of the texas book festival continues in austin. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. [inaudible conversations]

then on booktv's "after words" program at nine, journalist beth macy reports on the opioid crisis in america. she's interviewed by democratic congressman gerald connolly of virginia. at ten, historian nick bunker recounts the early life of benjamin franklin. and we wrap up our prime time programming at 11 p.m. eastern with mit's deborah rah blum's report on the science behind and the development of food safety regulations in the united states. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and weeks every weekend, television -- books every weekend. a reminder, this weekend's full schedule is available on our web site, booktv.org. >>> and now here's david kaplan on the power of supreme court. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening, everyone. good evening. i'm harold holzer, and i'm the jonathan fanta director of roosevelt house. and on behalf of jennifer rab, the president of hunter college, it's a pleasure to welcome all of you to this historic house and to welcome all of our viewers on c-span as well to this special evening.

on booktv on c-span2. >> c-span2 long booktv 20 years ago on c-span2.red thousands of authors and book festivals spanning more than 54,000 hours. in 2008 we visited pat buchanan at his home to discuss his writing process and tour in his library. >> he's been coming down for a couple years on saturdays once a month he will sit there and say, i just read a biography and it's wonderful, he would sit with us a couple hours talking about this. i hated to give the book up it was so much fun to write and work on. i compared it to writing a book to a painting.at some point you have to say you are done. it's over. turn the paper in. then you find some other quote. >> you can watch this and all other booktv programs from the past 20 years at booktv.org, type the authors name and the word book in the search bar at the top of the page. here is a look at some books being published this week. the new yorkers david grant recounts the 2008 antarctic exploration of henry worsley in the white darkness.economist stephen moran and arthur laffer outline and defend the presi

you can watch this and all other booktv programs from past 20 years, at booktv.org. type the authors name and word book in search before at the top of the page. here's a look at the current best selling nonfiction books according to the knock times in "the wall street journal." tomming both lists is fear, a look inside the trump white house from the washington post bob woodward. in the second spot, on wall street journal's list is rachel self-help book girl wash your face in pieces by sally field. in third according to "times" is leadership and account of navy s.e.a.l. and time in combat. and in third for the journal is reese witherspoon whiskey in a tea cup up next for "new york times" pulitzer prize win historian doris goodwin look at presidential leadership for wall street journal it is cravings, a cook book by chrissy teigen in fifth according to the "new york times" harvard profess, jill one volume history of the u.s.. these truths. on "the wall street journal"'s list it is sally field memoir in pieces. the wall street journal's best sellers list continues with

some of these authors have will be appearing on booktv.r their programs aired you can watch them on our website, booktv.org. >> i 9 to 1974 and your mother said in her memoir that this was the saddest day of her life. why do you think that is? >> i remember saying that. for two reasons. at one level she was very sad as many of us where to see a sitting president, richard nixon, have to resign from office. this was a dark day for our nation for many reasons and that never happened before. at the other level, my mother was looking forward to dad retiring. >> had promised! >> and she could see a quieter, more intimate life and she felt this was ramping it up to another level. the good news. and in the office, it was wonderful to be so close by. and spend more time together in the white house when he was moving around, traveling. >> that day had to have been overwhelming and after the swearing in, you go to the oval office and have a family portrait taken and your dad votes to work the first day of work and the family goes back to their house

eastern on booktv. and be sure to watch in depth fiction edition next month with or author jodi pico, and author brad meltzer will be our guest in december on booktv on c-span2. >> to be honest though, having a child hasn't really inspired me to acts of self-sacrifice in the service of abstract and doubtful goals. rather the opposite. i've had to start thinking about schools, health care, housing and investment in whole new ways. i feel a deep obligation to provide for my child's future within the constraints of contemporary american society which demands making some kind of uneasy peace with america's hierarchical, racist and individualist culture. this is how young rad call thes -- radicals become middle-aged hypocrites. my love for my daughter is overwhelming and irrational, and consumer capitalism exploits that by screaming in my ear if i don't do everything i can to make sure my child has more than years, the best whatever, then she's going to fall behind. that if i don't push her to learn her alph

you can also follow along behind the scenes on social media at booktv on twitter, instagram and facebook. >> john january rely, tell us about your fbi career. >> had a great career in the fbi. start thed off over 20 years ago where i worked bank robberies, terrorism, everything in between and did a term as spokesperson for the fbi during the 9/11 time of our lives. >> host: tell us about a specific case that you worked on. >> guest: i've had a lot of great cases in the fbi. probably one that i'm most proud of, inherited a case that had been around for a number of years. we don't close cases until they're solved. 9-year-old girl who was taken -- excuse me, 4-year-old girl that was taken, nine years this case had begun on with the fbi. i was able to the work case, actually found this girl alive at age 13, arrested the person who kidnapped her, reunited her with her family.

eastern on booktv.be sure to watch "in depth fiction edition" next month with jody picot and author brought melzer will be our guest in december on booktv on c-span2. >> c-span, where history unfolds a daily. in 1979 c-span was great as the public service by america's cable-television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court in public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. ..

thanks to booktv for filming this.e do have copies of "a politically incorrect feminist" for sale at the back of the room if you like to buy one. she will sign them now, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. >> do i stay here? [inaudible conversations] >> booktv tapes hundreds of other programs throughout the country. here's a look at some of the events will be covering this week. that's a look at some of what booktv will be covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. .. we want to also welcome our crew filming for c-span tv in case you are wondering about that. before we begin i want to let you know you can always keep up with who's

thank you for being on booktv. >> thanks for havin >> manager for the public library foundation. i'm also a local angry woman. thanks so much for everybody coming out tonight. she's the author of good and bad. the revolutionary power of women's anger. before we get started, a couple of housekeeping items. i want reminded liberty to silence yourself on. i think in this room, you don't want to be the one whose phones goes off. turn your phone off now. in just a few minutes, rebecca will come out and talk about her book. afterwards there will be time for questions. tonight author, rebecca is a writer for the magazine, she's also the author of big girls don't cry. all the single ladies which is a book through which i came to know and love her work. especially in the past years, look to her as a sharp, clear feminist who thought helped me navigate. she is inspiring. i'm especially excited about her latest book. among other things, the women's outrage. i'm very familiar with. i've been an organizer for a while now. after the 26 election, i decided i needed my own megaphone. i couldn't

look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the authors on booktv on c-span20. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the national church a library. i'm the director of the library and executive director of the international society. the library is the result of a collaboration between the society and the university. our opening two years ago, we offered students and visitors access to primary documents, the entire churchill archive online. original artifacts and documents on display over there and a series of churchill conversations with extraordinary figures including david rubenstein last night, general david petraeus, robert harris, tim snyder and neil ferguson, former foreign secretary laura dern and we are welcoming jesse norman. i'm looking forward to this event because jesse wrote the biography of edmund burke, a statesman i admire more than any other and it is particularly nice to talk about adam smith. we have these conversations to live up to churchill's admonition up a lot of you can look backward the farther you can look forward. we are

eastern and pacific on booktv on c-span2. all previous afterwards are available to watch online, at booktv.org. ... >> manager for the public library foundation. i'm also a local angry woman. thanks so much for everybody coming out tonight. she's the author of good and bad. the revolutionary power of women's anger. before we get started, a couple of housekeeping items. i want reminded liberty to silence yourself on. i think in this room, you don't want to be the one whose phones goes off. turn your phone off now. in just a few minutes, rebecca will come out and talk about her book. afterwards there will be time for questions. tonight author, rebecca is a writer for the magazine, she's also the author of big girls don't cry. all the single ladies which is a book through which i came to know and love her work. especially in the past years, look to her as a sharp, clear feminist who thought helped me navigate. she is inspiring. i'm especially excited about her latest book. among other things, the women's outrage. i'm very famili

>> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> coming up on the communicators -- the official responsible for us cyber security and communication. .. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> host: jeanette manfra is the assistant homeland security secretary for cybersecurity and communications, two issues will talk about this week on "the communicators." secretary manfra, airbus kirstjen nielsen, dhs secretary, recently said that we're currently in a pandemic stage of cyber attacks and cyber threats. could you expand on that? >> guest: absolutely. in terms of helping the american public understand, terms they already understand things like pandemics, et cetera, the idea that these incidents are becoming so prol

and it makes me sad. >> and is watching booktv in alabama. good afternoon. >> how are you doing today? i have two questions that i would like to ask. your students do you find that quite a few of them were previously abused or molested? previously before any sexual assault occurred or any sexual activity occurred? and my second question is, >> what's your second question? >> my second question is, do students know how to set expectations between both parties to see if something is con sen consensual or not? or both parties agreeing -- >> before we get an answer from donna why do you ask those two questions? >> i'm trying to see trying to figure out exactly what is the basis of the whole conversation, i mean, is it based on just sexual assault or is it just a hookup or is it consensual? is it -- a misconception or confusion between two parties or how exactly is the layout of the conversation? what are are boundary here? >> bows and expectations. >> in general -- past abuse you know from growing up it is not something that has often come up in

sure to watch "in depth" fiction edition next month with author brad meltzer will be our guest on booktv on c-span2. >> house speaker paul ryan spoke at a campaign rally in hanover new jersey for jay webber, a republican candidate seeking election to the house seat being vacated by rodney frelinghuysen who is retiring. this is 15 minutes. >> all right. thank you, betty lou. and thank you von trapp, i mean the web or. thank you. hannah, thank you very much for being here and supporting thank everyone for coming out today. thank you so much. [applause] i have a question for you. you like winning? we've got good news. we are winning. no one, no one can look at the facts. some electrocute pension tax matter, right? no one can look at the facts and say we are not winning in this country these days. it's not a republican win. it's an american when, right? america is waning every day. if you look at the economy, economy is growing at 4% per quarter. unemployment at 3.7%. business confidence is at an all-time high, wages are going up, housing starts are going up. just today, just today the world

on c-span2. >> host: and now joining us on booktv is vicki alger. her book, "failure: the federal miseducation of america's

[inaudible conversations] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. for a complete television schedule, visit booktv.org. you can also follow along behind the scenes on social media at booktv on twitter, instagram and facebook. >> john january rely, tell us about your fbi career. >> had a great career in the fbi. start thed off over 20 years ago where i worked bank robberies, terrorism, everythiin

going to keep conversation going by inviting in our questions from our national audience on c-span booktv. so stay in the room participate i know we have a question in line and get to that as well so we'ree going to welcome peter from booktv to the stage. again we'll keep the conversation going if you can just -- remindinger for those in the room silence your cell phones that would help as we take some questions which you will be able to hear over speakers as well. so thank you. and name of the book is the gift of our wounds, the coauthors arno thank you for being with us onbook it booktv -- if you live in the mountain and pacific time zones, and you've been listening to this conversation go ahead dial in and we will get to those call and we will also get people in line if you have a question here in line. let's begin with a call from mike in la crosse, wisconsin a couple off hour from where we ae in madison, hi, mike. >> hi, yeah i had a question. how do you think -- [inaudible conversations] that is made up entirely of -- >> made of -- [inaudible conversations] in immigrants -- immigran

booktv, on c-span2.ncer: sunday night on "q and a," yale university historian joanne freeman on her book, "field of blood: violence in congress and the road to the civil war." >> you end up with scores of congressman in a mass brawl. in and of itself, it's dramatic. guys throwing punches and spittoons. it is a massive encounter. what was really interesting to me was people at the time look at it, and what they saw was a group of northerners and a group of southerners, lots of them armed, running at each other in the house of representatives, and several of them said this doesn't look like a normal congressional fight. this looks like north against south. this looks like a battle. and that is really striking, and indeed, it certainly did look like a battle, and it is not that long before the civil war. announcer: sunday night at eight eastern -- at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: it is open phones until our program ends at 10:00. the phone lines are yours f

look for these titles this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> new york times best selling author jodi picoult is our guest on in depth fiction edition on sunday, november 4th, at noon eastern. her most recent book is "a spark of light. " other books include small great things, the storyteller, lone wolf, plus 20 the more novels -- 20 more novels. she's also written five issues of wonder woman comic book series for dc comics. live sunday, november 4th. and be sure to watch in depth fiction edition next month when author brad meltzer will be our guest on booktv on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the national world war i museum and memorial located right here kansas in kansas cit, missouri, where it has been since 1926. and it is our honor in particular in this year, the year of the centennial of the armistice on the western front, to welcome you all whether you are here in our stacy nichols auditorium, whether you're joining us on youtube or if you are joining us on c-span for just a continuing

. >> watch "after words" sunday night on c-span2's booktv. >> medicare and medicaid administrator seema verma yesterday said the proposal to allow people under the age of 65 to enroll in medicare is a quote bad idea. remarks came at a conference of health insurance companies. [applause] >> well, thank you. and i'm honored to be with you and welcome to your nation's capital. but before we begin i wanted to say our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone that's been affected by hurricane michael. we are working very closely with state and local officials to ensure that all of our beneficiaries have access to health care services they need and cms has been in full response mode already. i signed our blanket waivers allowing cms to begin helping providers by providing additional flexibilities. the cms team is working closely with hhs and fema and will continue to provide support for as long as needed. one of the advantages of being the cms administrator is that i have a unique vantage point. cms as an agency not only serves 130 million americans on medicare and medicaid, but we also adminis

that's a look at some of what booktv will be covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. .. we want to also welcome our crew filming for c-span tv in case you are wondering about that. before we begin i want to let you know you can always keep up with who's coming to powells by looking online at powells.com. evidence included evening's with novelist amy stewart. pulitzer prize winning journalist chris henson, civil rights lawyer john saying and many others. you can read about those events on our website. remember to call us on facebook, twitter and instagram for news about everything happening in all of our stores. tonight we are excited to welcome david quammen, best-selling author and acclaimed science journalist whose books include the reluctant mister darwin and the spillover which was named scientific american's book of the year. nature magazine says david quammen is one of the rare breed of science journalists who blend exploration with a talent for synthesis a

all this and more on booktv on c-span2 this weekend, television for serious readers. .. it's a new innovation for the school year so we're going to start at 2 and i hope it's not too jarring for you to not wait until 10 after. i'm michba

. >> you're watching booktv, on c-span2. television for serious readers. here's our primetime lineup. first up, a recounting of the life and career of summer redstone whose media empire includes cbs, viacom, simon some shuster and showcase cinema. then a look inside american prisons with shane bower who spent four months working undercover as a correction officer in a louisiana prison. on "after words" at 9:00, member of the trump 2020 campaign, media advisory board, gina louden, offers analysis of the current political climate. interviewed by republican coiningam louis gohmert of texas. at 10:00 p.m. david auerbach describes our algorithms and commuters inform our understanding of the world, and we wrap up with historian shawn williams look at the framer of the constitution and slavery. on booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. television for serious readers. a reminder this weekend's full schedule is available on our web site, booktv.org. >> i think we'll get start now. i'd like to welcome everybody to the radical book fair pavil

some of these authors have or will be appearing on booktv.after their programs have you can watch them on our website, booktv.org. >> why is it that people who are roughly over the age of 40, democrat or republican, can say they understand that to be born in the united states is about the luckiest thing that can happen to you, and to live in 21st-century america is to live in a place more free the more just, more prosperous, why is it that we hear understand that but they seem not to? finding the answer to that question was in part why i decided to write this book and how does it look like something very different. i thought i would find an explanation for this anti-americanism in the political bias, of the college and university system. both of which, and my thinking do me to a conclusion, was staring me in the face, i didn't realize it and that is the internet. can't remember when the internet wasn't standing by, a lot of millennials denied this. i remember when the internet didn't exist but i think their memories deceiving them. they are c

that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and weeks every weekend, television -- books every weekend. a reminder, this weekend's full schedule is available on our web site, booktv.org. >>> and now here's david kaplan on the power of supreme court. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening, everyone. good evening. i'm harold holzer, and i'm the jonathan fanta director of roosevelt house. and on behalf of jennifer rab, the president of hunter college, it's a pleasure to welcome all of you to this historic house and to welcome all of our viewers on c-span as well to this special evening. we're very pleased to welcome david kaplan and burt newborn this evening here to talk about david's new -- and would you say timely? -- book. [laughter] "the most dangerous branch: inside the supreme court's assault on the constitution." so we arranged this talk back in the spring. we, we knew only that it would be beautifully timed and scheduled because, after all, this monday was the first monday in october, and the supreme court session, of course, began as peru teen

we are about to start and we are live on booktv so let me give you, yes, a big round of applause to everybody here accept our book authors. i would like to remind you at the end we will have a few minutes for questions. please go to the microphones. we went everybody watching to be able to hear your question. with that in mind, w . [applause] i and here with the author of heartland and also the author of squeezed under the texas standard umbrella and i'm so glad you are here today especially because the topics we are talking about pertaining to a big chunk of people in the united states the blog that she wrote is beautiful i don't know if you have it yet but i truly encourage you to get it and y you may say no but i read so many books in a year every month every week i have to read as many as possible and these touched me deeply because they talk about a system but a love story of the workingst poor but it is wrapped under same data but it is a love story it talks about systems and the personal stories of those who are affected by the systems they are completely different in style but so sati

sure to watch "in depth" fiction addition next month when author brad meltzer will be our guest on booktv on c-span2. >> friday morning will live in vermont for the 49th stop on the c-span bus 50 capital store. lieutenant governor david zuckerman will be our guest on the bus during washington journal. starting at 7:40 am eastern.

a reminder that this weekend will schedule is available on the website, booktv .org. now here is lisa mccubbin on the life of first lady betty ford. >> good afternoon everyone. good afternoon. we are going to -- those of you who have not been back on campus and while we are now on time time rather than michigan time. it's a new innovation for the school year we are going to start and i hope it is not too jarring for you to not wait till ten after. i am michael barr,

this weekend, we feature our visit to hawaii on c-span, booktv, and american history tv. exploring hawaii's history and culture, as well as public policy issues facing the state. saturday, on c-span at 7:00 a.m. eastern on "washington journal," leo asuncion, director of hawaii's office of planning, will talk about homelessness and lack of affordable housing. on booktv on c-span2 at noon, stuart coleman on his book "eddie would go" on the life of legendary surfer eddie akai. then a visit for the extensive book collection of late u.s. senator daniel inoe. on "washington journal," jeff mikulina, executive director of the blue planet foundation on renewable energy efforts in hawaii. on "american history tv" on c-span3, at 2:00 p.m. eastern we visit the valley of the priest. in the wimaya valley along the north shore of oahu. at 4:00 p.m. eastern, three short documentaries about hawaii. the 1956 film "soldier in hawaii." the 1924 silent film "the hawaiian islands." and the 1952 film, "longines ch chronoscope." listen to hawaii weekend on the free c-span radio app. we'rehonolul

[inaudible conversations] >> every weekend, booktv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on c-span2. keep watching for more television for serious readers. >>. >> thank you so much for coming tonight. this is the hoover serious security by the book. i'm very pleased to have my friend and former colleague at the university chicago, john mearsheimer to talk about his great new book, the great delusion, liberal dreams of an international reality. pretty scathing and to my mind, convincing critique of american foreign policy for at least the last few decades. thank you for coming. i'll stop asking you to tell us what the book is about. >> basically, it's a book about american foreign policy in the post-cold war period. my principal goal was to try to explain why foreign policy has been largely a failure. especially since 2001. my basic argument is that we pursued this foreign policy which i call, liberal -- to understand this you need to understand the relationship between liberalism, nationalism and realism. in a very poor way it's a book about the relationship between those

noon to three eastern, and be sure to watch next month when author brad meltzer will be our guest on booktv on c-span2. >> next, a california u.s. house debate for the 39th district between democrat gil access narrows and republican -- cisneros and republican young kim. the candidates discussed the trump administration, immigration reform and health care. this is 25 minutes. >> moderator: hi, i'm rick reiff, and i'm here with the candidates of california's 39th congressional district spilling in los angeles and san bernardino counties. it includes more than a dozen cities in all. the area has usually gone republican, but hillary clinton carried it in 2016. so here are the candidates. the democrat, gil cisneros is a former navy supply officer and corporate shipping manager. and since winning the mega millions jackpot, he's become a philanthropist. republican, young kim, she's a former state assemblywoman and a former staffer for congressman royce. the candidates got here by finishing 1-2 in a crowded and bruising primary. now it's less crowded but still bruising. i want to thank both of you

"booktv." c-span's studentcam video competition is in. . this year's question is what does it mean to be american? students and teachers across the country have taken to social media posting about their entry. an ap government teacher tweeted -- newman high school's john garner tweeted -- and harrisburg academy's ms. bowman tweeted -- this year for studentcam, we are asking middle and high school students to produce a five to six-minute documentary. we are rewarding $100,000 in total cash prizes including a grand prize of $5,000. for more information, go to our website. >> former independent counsel ken starr, who investigated the clinton administration, took part in a heritage foundation discussion about the power and limits of special counsels.

up next on booktv "after words," journalists beth macy reports on the opioid crisis in america. she's interviewed by democratic congressman gerald connolly of virginia. "after words" is a weekly program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest works. >> host: so, beth macy, i've got to say you're both, "dope sick is a book i couldn't put down but also couldn't pick up. it's a frankly depressing story about this crisis, this opioid crisis that has taken hold. you do such a great job of telling the story. as you said the book is in your face. we need a reality check on how bad this issue has gotten. dope sick is a word i heard over and over from users and it is the word they use to describe the very painful withdrawal when they can't get the opioids they are now addicted to. diarrhea, vomiting, restless leg and as somebody in the buck says at the end of your journey, you're not giving drugs to get high you are doing it not to be dope sick. that's an important concept people don't get. >> it's also to try to not get sick. >> host: you started

. >> you can watch this and all other booktv programs from past 20 years at booktv.org. type the author's name and the word "book" in the search bar at temperature of the page. -- at the top of the page. [inaudible conversations] >> hello, everyone. >> hello. >> thanks for being here tonight. this is a great turnout, seeing community support for local authors. normally i write a little introduction here, but tonight that responsibility has been lifted from me, so i'd like to introduce naomi ropes. [applause] >> thank you all for coming. james monroe decides america was for the americans over 200 years, be not before. it now seems to be mostly of interest to our politicians as a source of people fleeing the u.s. or or gang members. but throughout our history, the american has been intertwined. resources, people, new ideas, culture and consequences have flowed up and down the hemisphere. much of that history is unknown in the u.s., and march -- mary jo mcconaughey is the perfect person to recount that history. she's the real deal. she's a journalist who spent years in the

that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. television for serious readers. a reminder that this weekend's full schedule is available on our web site, booktv.org. >> good evening, everybody, i'm president of the l.a. press club, and welcome to the press club tonight -- [applause] thank you, thank you very much. and i will note that this is being recorded for c-span, which is very exciting for us. and so a quick introduction. i'm going to talk -- a lot of you probably know sumner redstone already, obviously, we're here to talk about the king of content, and we're with the author, keach hagey, sitting the my right. with those of you not familiar with sumner redstone, he is an l.a. resident, 95 years old, i believe. he took over his family's theater chain based in boston, and through a lot of really high-profile acquisitions, hard-fought acquisitions, assembled a media empire that now includes two of the largest media companies in the world, cbs corp. and viacom, and cbs is home to to "60 minutes," "big bang theory," they also own

. >> you can watch this and all other booktv programs from the past 20 years. type the author's name and the word book in the search bar at the top of the page. fall is a busy time for bookers and festivals across the country. we are live this weekend from the texas book festival in austin featuring education, journalism, middle-class, me too movement and more. the national book awards in new york city. and wrap up our fall book festival season with live author talks from the miami book fair. november 17th, and 18th. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch our previous festival coverage quick the book fairs tab on our website, booktv.org. >> i am the general manager here. i would like to welcome you tonight. we are very excited to host bethany mclean, author of "saudi america: the truth about fracking and how it's changing the world," her brand-new book. i want to mention if you don't know much about it, houston's independent booksellers since 1974 and we host 250 events this year. if you are in houston come back and join us fo

[inaudible conversations] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. and this is coverage of the milford readers and writers festival in pennsylvania held last month. [inaudible conversations] >> hello, everybody. my name is bob levine, and i am welcoming you to our panel which is words won't

sure to watch "in depth" fiction addition next month when author brad meltzer will be our guest on booktv on c-span2. >> friday morning will live in vermont for the 49th stop on the c-span bus 50 capital store. lieutenant governor david zuckerman will be our guest on the bus during washington journal. starting at 7:40 am eastern. >> joining us now, derrick johnson serves as president and ceo of the naacp. talking about border mobilization leading up to the election. good morning. >> we show 56 percent of african americans will turn out to expect that 2018? >> i think the numbers are at an all-time high.when you look at the most recent special elections and primary elections. what percentage turnout we don't know. but the naacp is to try and be as close to presidential turnout as possible. >> you start a new mobilization on the front. what steps are part of the process? >> naacp, during my tenure we invested heavily in data. we really looked at what is turnout among african-americans for midterm elections? we recognize there is a turnout -- we begin to target infrequent african american vo

to 3 eastern and watch in-depth fiction addition next month when brad meltzer will be our guest on booktvon c-span20. now live to london for british prime minister's question time. each week the house of commons is in session, we bring you

all this and more on booktv. booktv.org for a complete television schedule and follow some instagram, facebook and twitter. >> hillary clinton mentioned at the atlantic forum that she recently read, the woman's hour by elaine weiss. a book that led her to a new project. >> a friend of mine, my good friend lissa muscatine, along with her husband on politics and prose. she sent me a book called the woman's hour.by historian i did not know, a woman called elaine weiss. i read it and it is about the absolutely, concluding fight for the 19th amendment. to give women suffrage in our country. which will be 100 years in 2020. i read it and i was so captivated, called the author and i said, i loved your book! and the characters just come alive, it is so hard for in the very end and only passed by one vote. i said you thought about maybe trying to get a movie made or a series made? she said, i wouldn't even know where to start. and i said can i help you? and she said sure. so, i called a few people including my longtime fr

. >> i mean the first thing i thought of was that this is on c-span, booktv. and my dad is watching. >> you are outed. [applause] >> it took me almost 15 years to write this book. first of all, i wanted it to be written well. so i needed to learn the craft of writing. not just have it be my diary. but along the way, i had a lot of criticism because i write about sexual abuse. catholic church, physical abuse. and i am telling my stories to my daughter. i was criticized -- well, what mother would tell her daughter these stories? number the time it was published she was a woman. and it was published two years ago. and i just came to this realization in the past couple of days. being here and talking with different authors. that, if my book isn't published in today's climate, it would not have been as or i would not have been as criticized for writing intimate stories. and telling intimate stories to my daughter, which i felt such a responsibility to tell her my stories, take her to places that were not usually shared by a mother and daughter. but to give her fait

some of these authors have or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch the programs online on our website booktv.org.>> welcome to madison and wisconsin book festival. we've got a full day of coverage from the madison public library. it includes author programs and your chance to talk with authors during call in programs. we are going to kick off now with an author discussion on hate in america this is booktv's live coverage of the "2018 wisconsin book festival". >> i want to thank the public library foundation. they raise all the private funds to make it possible for us to bring authors to madison and for us to make it available to everyone for free. take you to them and all our sponsors for putting on wisconsin book festival this year.part of my job as director of course is selecting the books but one of my favorite things about that is being able to find that wisconsin authors doing incredible work. that's what we are going to start with today. i came across this book, the gift of our wounds by party coleco and otto michaelis. tells an i

this weekend on booktv, the milford readers and writers festival in milford, pennsylvania. starting saturday at 2:00 eastern with pulitzer prize winning journalist susan colludey and the dark room. allen all the with his book if i understood you what i have this look on my face? my adventures in the art and science of relating and communicating. pulitzer prize winning author frances fitzgerald, iraqi war veteran phil clay discuss writing about war. former harpercollins ceo jane friedman on the future of book publishing. on sunday at 1:00 eastern fox news's andrew napolitano on his book it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. the case for personal freedom. .. this is live on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conve