. >> you are watching booktv on c-span 2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> and "the bee eater," said to examine school chancellor michelle rhee and her three-year effort to reform the school system. this event is 40 minutes. >> the question that i get asked most about this book is how did i get started on this? it's kind of an interesting story because i finished the book and i knew if i was going to write another book, that it shouldn't be another issue. people love issue books, but they don't actually buy an issue book. [laughter] i wanted to write one that a reason to turn the page. my wife and i were out biking and all of a sudden i realized i ended up asking michelle to cooperate in some way the book. she eventually -- she give me some access here -- enough obviously to the book, which is great. everyone also asked me what my favorite michelle story is. the problem -- there's another one i'd love. in may that might -- when the girls, when the daughters were much younger, kevin and michelle went to the original pancake house for a special meal. and there

[applause] >> c-span2, one of c-span's public affairs offerings weekdays live coverage of the u.s. senate and weekends, booktv, 48 hours of the latest nonfiction authors and books. connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. and sign up for schedule alert emails at c-span.org. >> yesterday in the canadian house of commons, finance minister jim flaherty delivered the annual budget statement. all three opposition parties have already said they plan to vote against the budget. this could lead to a vote of no confidence and force the government to dissolve parliament and call an early election. courtesy of the canadian public service channel, this is a half hour. [applause] >> speech, speech, speech. >> mr. speaker, today our government presents to canadians the next phase of canada's economic action plan, a low tax plan for jobs and growth. [applause] >> since 2006, our government has worked hard to deliver real benefits to canadians, real support for the challenges of the real world. we cut the gst twice from 7 to 6 to 5%. [applause] >> we introduced the $1200 per year universal child care benefit. we es

you are watching 40 hours of nonfiction authors and books on c-span 2's booktv. >> mit american history professor pauline maier is on on booktv's in this sunday. she has written several books on the american revolution, including from resistance to revolution, the old revolutionaries, american scripture. in her latest, ratification last year. joiner three hour conversation with pauline maier, taking phone calls and no country, sunday at noon eastern c-span 2. watch previous and that programs at otb.org, where you can find the entire schedule. .. >> did actually start from a family -- two family stories. and so if we can look at the world map, marina and i were in jerusalem, in israel, visiting with my family, and i learned -- i asked about the story of one of my aunts, a mysterious aunt of mine, a nonjewish woman who had married into our jewish family, and i wondered about her, what's the story about her? it turned out that her grandfather had been a serf in russia. do any of you remember what a serf is? hold on, you in the back row. could you hand this to him, and -- >> um, i think it

. >> visit booktv l.org and check out the news about books section. >> c-span2, one of c-span's publicfairs offerings. weekdays live coverage of the u.s. senate and weekends, booktv. 48 hours of the latest nonfiction authors and books. connect with us on twitter, facebook and youtube, and sign up for schedule alert e-mails at c-span.org. >> here's a look at some of the upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. >> is there a book festival happening near you? e-mail the name and site of the event to booktv at c-span.org. >> about five years ago i got a letter from a teacher that i had in eighth grade in chicago. she had saved one of my papers that i had written about thanksgiving -- >> she must have really liked this paper. >> she really liked this paper. and she mailed it to me, and she said, i've kept this all these years because it was up with of the best paper -- one of the best papers i had gotten from a student. and i read that paper, and i was going, hey! [laughter] i was really good. [laughter] >> what was the paper about? >> thanksgiving. >> the blessings o

and a special welcome to folks all over the world who are joining us on c-span's booktv. my name's jay rochlin, and i have the pleasure of welcoming you to the panel, dispatches from the borderlands, human rights, personal stories. i will also in a moment have the honor of introducing our wonderful authors who will make up this panel. first, i'd like to thank the organizers of the tucson festival of books, all the the sponsors and, in particular, university medical center for sponsoring this venue.sori we've got an hour for our discussion, and here's how it'sr going to work. i'm going to say just a few words to welcome and introduce our panelists. i've prepared some questions fos them just to get our discussiono going, and hopefully, you'llg have some questions, also, later on. i'll invite you to make your way up to one of the two to microphones, one here, one there, where you'll have a chance to askmi about what's, maybe, on your mind. right after our discussion, the authors will go to the signing area and set up in the maddenn media signing area number one, tent b, and

on c-span. ful. >> this weekend on booktv on c-span2, the washington post's wilbur leads a panel discussion on john hinkley jr.'s failed assassination of president ronald reagan. on "after words," the sometimes dysfunctional world of the mercantile exchange, and panels on medicine and science, the vietnam war, the founding fathers and religion and more. find a complete schedule at booktv.org, and to have our schedules e-mailed directly to you, sign up for our booktv alert. >> british chancellor of the excheck corps george osbourne proposed new measures this week including delaying a planned fuel tax for another year. in the his one-hour speech, he outlined the government's proposed budget citing additional incentives for first-time home buyers and promising no increase in personal income taxes. criticized the plan adding that the proposed cuts are hurtingne the british economy. this is just over two hours. >> can i now call the right honorable george osbourne. >> thank you, mr. deckty speaker. -- deputy speaker. last year's emergency budget was about rescuing finances and paying for the mistakes of

c-span's booktv. we have you covered on history, biography and public affairs by nonfiction authors. .. >> go to booktv.org. >> next on book t, vietnam -- book t, vietnam book veteran bing west us thes his book, "the wrong war." mr. west argues that a reliance on counterinsurgency strategy has led the u.s. astray in afghanistan. >> what i'd like to do in about the next 20 minutes is give you an overview of two things relative to afghanistan, and the first is what is the nature of the war, and the second is what is the strategy, and why do i call it the wrong war? the nature of the war i base on i have about ten years, now, on battlefields in vietnam, iraq and afghanistan, and as barbara said, generals are okay and secretaries of defense and presidents may have roles, but they better keep their egos under control because tolstoy in his book "war and peace" really had it right. what actually happens in war has much more to do with the tenacity of those who are fighting than it does with the pronouncements from on high. and i'll try to show you why. i'd like to just bring you through very quickly what the war

. >> host: on booktv, we're going to be taping this weekend at the virginia festival of the books. you'll see that on our network on c-span2. c-span jr. 3 is now history tv, people talking about the american story. live this weekend from the organization of american historians. i believe they are meeting in houston, and there's live panel sessions if you like history on both saturday and sunday on c-span3, and politics and debates on c-span with the continuing budget debates here in washington. an independent on for congresswoman. good morning to you. >> caller: good morning. i appreciate you taking my call. ma'am, in reference to the foreign aid, let's bring that down to the united states grass roots. what would the perception be of me if i took my husband's income and went across the road and fixed my neighbor's roof and painted his house and i advised his children, but at the same time, allowing my home to deteriorate? when it comes down to the children, there's ads on the tv that says help feed the children. now they put u.s. children in there, and as far as nafta is concern, i wish they would amend that and not north american

on c-span2. >> c-span2, one of c-span's public affairs offerings. weekdays, live coverage of the u.s. senate. and weekends, booktv. 48 hours of the latest nonfiction authors and books. connect with us on twitter, facebook and youtube and sign up for schedule alert e-mails at c-span.org. >> ireland's new parliament officially elected enda kenny as prime minister wednesday. his party won 76 seats in ireland's february 25th elections and formed a coalition government with the labor party. following members' speeches supporting or posing the new government, we'll hear mr. kenny's first speech as the head of government or prime minister. this is about an hour, 20 minutes. >> this is this item, number four, nomination. i will now receive motions. >> it's a great honor as the youngest member of the 31st to formally rise today to nominate deputy enda kenny as the next leader of this country. deputy kenny will bring to the office integrity, honesty and a work rate which simply cannot be surpassed. he will use his skills as a leader to preside over a government committed to public service at a time when such commitment is

on sundays, "newsmakers," "q&a ," and "the prime minister's questions." c-span -- washington your way. the public service created by american's cable companies. >> this weekend on booktvpan2 -- the selling of author dambisa moyo. three former high-level insiders take a critical look at how the defense department operates in the local pentagon labyrinth." to have our schedules in emailed to you, sign up for our "booktv" color. this weekend on "american history tv" on c-span3, the organization of american historians meeting from houston beginning saturday 1 at 8:00 eastern, authors on why the south seceded from the union. and panelists talk about the rise and fall of enron. then remembering the tragedy of the triangle shirtwaist fire. also a panel reflect on the terrorist attacks of september 11 as this year marks the 10th anniversary. for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org/history. "washington journal" continues. host: sharon squassoni is with the center for strategic and international studies ritchie directs the program on proliferation prevention. thanks for coming in. we wanted to have you talked about nuclear safety. give us the broad picture to start with. gu

on c-span q&a. >> c-span2, one of c-span's public affairs offerings, weekdays live coverage of the u.s. senate and weekends booktv, 48 hours of the latest nonfiction authors and books. connect with us on twitter, facebook and youtube and sign up for schedule the alert e-mails at c-span.org. >> pure of ocean energy management director michael bromwich announced yesterday that more offshore drilling request will be approved in the next couple of days. he testify before house appropriations subcommittee on what the interior departments natural resources revenue director about the department 2012 budget request and report on loss of royalties from oil companies. .. >> it will take a larger staff and larger resources to do this. at the same time, there's no blank check coming from the subcommittee. we expect results from appropriated dollars and will comet to rigorously conduct oversight at bomer and honor, did i say those right? >> perfect. >> i understand it may take some time after the tragedy last summer to review and revise the proceed -- procedures and actions, but it's been a year. people in the gulf have been

on c-span. tomorrow, booktv continues its live coverage from the tucson value -- to sun festival box. e will have panels on the stories of the american west. also, on "afterwards" the congeniality of barack obama -- the ethnic congeniality of barack obama. the congressional budget office estimates that the social security reserve will completely run out of funds by 2037 if nothing is done to address the problem. earlier this week, chief actuary stephen goss explained the shortfall and what could be done. held by the national economists club, this is an hour. >> we will share little but of what we know, what we think we know, and have the opportunity to share more of what we should know. that is my objective today. what we think we know is that a shortfall as coming -- is coming. one topic test and of some interest for awhile is the concept of due trust funds matter? social security is a trust fund- based program and. there are others. the hospital insurance program of medicare is a trust fund- based program. another thing i want to talk a little bit about today and we're looking for yo

[applause] c >> c-span2, one of c-span's public affairs offering. live coverage of the u.s. senate and booktv. 48 hours of the latest nonfiction authors and books. connect with us on twitter, facebook and youtube. and scandal alert e-mails on c-span.org. >> the u.s. set about to gavel in to start the day. first of, business speeches on any topic. they will speak for an hour before turning to legislative work. on the calendar for debate on of past overhaul bill. votes are expected throughout the day. senators will break between 12:30 and 4:15 to 10 their weekly party caucus lungees. now live to the senate floor on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o god of time and eternity, we come to you not because we are perfect, but because we trust your mercy and kindness. by your grace we are able to triumph over evil, living no longer for ourselves alone but for you. give our senators a vision of the goals that produce righteousness, honor, justice, understanding, and peace. empower th

c-span's booktv. every weekend we bring you 48 hours of books on history, biography and public affairs by nonfiction authors. .. >> which experienced some of their lives fighting in iraq and the psychological damage that members of the regiment sustained after completing multiple tours there. mr. phil spoke at the national press club here in washington. >> i'm here not to talk about an issue, i'm hopefully her to tell you a story. it is a story of my hometown recently. i grew up in colorado springs right outside of fort carson, which is a very large army base. right now it has around 32000 active duty. when i was growing up in the '80s and had a lot of friends who are in military families there, getting deployed agenda that may be spending a year or two in west germany. my friends would come back with superior knowledge of types of chocolate i had never heard of the. it was not a bad gig. and when i moved back to colorado springs when i was an adult things were very different. i started working for the colorado springs gazette. and being deployed met going to the sunni triangle or going to the pashtun river

on c-span. >> this weekend on "booktv," a panel discussion on john hinckley jr.'iled assassination of president ronald reagan. on "after words," -- and a panel on medicine and science, the vietnam war, and more. find a complete schedule at booktv.org. ahead of our "booktv" coverage this weekend, the night of prime-time coverage on c-span2, a panel of journalists, judges about fair court proceedings. can take proceedings affect the outcome of files? momentarily we will take you back to our coverage from the cbc of the expected no- confidence vote, coming up shortly in the canadian house of commons in iowa. the prime minister submitted his budget this week in a house committee controlled by the opposition liberal party, ruling that the conservative party acted in contempt by failing to disclose in that budget the full cost of a number of government programs. the house is set to vote just after 2:00 eastern. if that vote passes, a vote will be held in may for a new government. the conservatives came to power in 2006 but need opposition support to pass legislation. re

on "booktv." known for his books "airing dirty laundry," "another day at the front." join our three-hour conversation for ishamel reed on c-span 2 and watch previous "in depth" programs at c-span.org where you can find the entire schedule. every weekend experience american hevert on c-span3. it's 48 hours of people and events tell the american story. hear first had been person accounts from people who seave modern america on history oral hevert. travel to important battlefields to leadership about key figures and events that sheaped the era during the 150th anniversary of the self-war. visit college classrooms across the world during "lectures in history." join curators behind the scenes at historic sites on "american artifacts" and "the presidency," as told through historic speeches from administration officials and experts. "american hevert tv" on c-span3 all weekend every weekend. get our complete schedule online and sign them to have them emailed to you using our c-span alert. >> according to a roar by the natural resources defense council, 42 disease clusters have occurred in 13 states since 1976. a study has being called

. >> c-span2, one of c-span's public affairs offerings weekdays live coverage of the u.s. senate and weekends, booktv8 hours of the latest nonfiction authors and books. connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. and sign up for schedule alert emails at c-span.org. >> the treasury department says small businesses across the country are having trouble getting bank loans. officials announced three states so far, california, michigan and north carolina have received funds under a new program designed to ease small business credit. several lenders joined a discussion during the conference of small business loan availability. small business administration administrator karen mills leads this discussion. it's about 50 minutes. >> the moderators and panelists from the first two panels. we're right about to begin. panel 3. great, our third and final panel will focus accessing credit throughout the lifecycle of a small company and it will be moderated by administrator karen mills. i'd like to introduce the following panelists who will join karen mills on this following panel. michael aragetti president

on c-span2. >> c-span2, one of c-span's mix affairs offer -- public affairs offerings. weekdays, live coverage of the u.s. senate. and weekends, booktv. 48 hours of the latest authors and nonfiction books. connect with us on twitter, facebook and youtube, and sign up for schedule alert e-mails at c-span.org. >> the securities and exchange commissions has faced conflict of interest questions recently after it was revealed a former employee with ties to a bernard madoff account can later worked on issues affecting madoff investors. two house panels held a joint hearing last week looking at internal management issues at the sec with testimony by sec chairman mary schapiro. you'll also here about the sec's budget and implementation of financial regulations during this two hour hearing. >> by reading the oversight government forum committee's mission statement. we secure two fundamental principles. first, americans have the right to know that the money washington takes from them is well spent. and, second, americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them. our duty on the oversight and government reform committee is

on march 17th. is there a book festival happening near you? e-mail the name, date and web site of the event to booktv@cspan.org. >> c-span's local content vehicles are traveling the country visiting cities and towns as we explore our nation's history and some of the authors who have touched upon it through their work. this weekend on booktv we take you to downtown indianapolis for a look at the new kurt vonnegut memorial library. >> kurt vonnegut was, perhaps, the greatest american writer. he was a world war ii veteran. he was a hoosier. he was a satirist, he was a political activist. he was a husband, he was a father, he was a friend. he was a friend to his fans. he would write back to his fans. he wrote more than 30 pieces of work including plays, novels short stories. some of his more familiar books are "slaughter orhouse five," which is perhaps his most famous. "breakfast of champions," "cat's cradle" and many other books. von gut always brought in his -- vonnegut also brought in his midwestern roots and often wrote about indiana and indianapolis specifically. and if i may read a quote, many people ask me why should this vonnegut library be

on how corporate pr is killing health care and deceiving americans. booktv did a long interview which you can book at booktv.org. : c-span: nina j. easton, who is -- or who are the gang of five? guest: the gang of five are -- bill kristol, ralph reed, david mcintosh, grover norquist and clint bullock comprise my gang of five. c-span: and who are they? guest: well, what i tried to do in this book was look at what i call the flip side of the baby boom generation. these are folks who ar --o emerged on campus in the 1970s -- social pariahs, really on campus, to be a conservativen at that time -- came to washington with ronald reagan, came to washington behind areag victor. buthey were part of e baby boom generation, so they have the same personality qualities that you find among 1960's leftists. contraryianism. they remain so today. who they are specifically, bill kristol i'm sure most of your viewers know. he is frequently giving opinions on major networks. he's a publisher of "the weekly standard" an influential conservative magazine. grover norquest is an anti-tax lobbyist. but that's only part of it. if you think of this mythical

on march 17. is there a book festival near you? e-mail a name, debt, and website of the event to c-span -- booktv@c-span.org. >> called eye of the hurricane, with a forward of nelson mandela and the coauthor. >> that's correct. >> host: you say here my main purpose in writing this book is to share with you that i have discovered the truth. >> guest: to be the truth. >> host: the love of truth is the spirit of men, given where i was and for how long i was there, this is incredible. i have no business at all being here now. >> guest: that is absolutely correct. >> host: now, you say you were in jail 40-something years. what do you mean by that? >> guest: well, i was in jail 47 years. the fact that we are born into a prison actually, when we are born, we are perfect beings complete with all of our possibilities in tact, but we're also born into a world of sleeping people. the level of unconscious human insanity where hate and wars and death and destruction and inequality reigns supreme. we are actually born into a prison, so i was in that prison for the 40 years of my life until i was able to wake up and get out of that prison and realize wh

c-span2, one of c-span's public affairs offerings. weekdays live coverage of the u.s. senate, and weekends booktv. 48 hours of the latest nonfiction authors and books. connect with us our twitter, facebook, and youtube, and sign up for scheduled alert e-mails at c-span.org. >> and we're live once again with the america's promise summit. the organization reports that one out of every four public school students will drop out of high school before graduation. the group is holding the summit on reducing the high school dropout prates. governors in maryland talked with the mayors about what they are doing. we expect this to get underway in just a couple of minutes. we'll have live coverage for you here on c-span2. back to discussion on this morning's -- actually a discussion from the summit this morning here on c-span2. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back mrs. alma powell and michael powell. ♪ ♪ >> good morning, everybody. everybody has your coffee and you are all wide awake and ready to get to work. well, here we are. once again i want to say how happy we are that you are here for t

booktv alert. >> there is a new way to get a concise review of the events of the day. washington review on c-spanadio. every day be will take you to capitol hill, the white house, and many where the news is happening as we put the day's events into perspective. the stories that matter to you the most. even listen in the washington baltimore area at 90.1 fm, nationwide on satellite 132, or go online apple c-span.org -- at c-span.org. you can download the program every evening as a pot test. -- podcast. host: let's begin with and the gang of six. you are a part of it. a bipartisan group of six senators working behind the scenes planning on tackling the deficit and the debt. including kent conrad, dick durbin, mark warner, yourself, three democrats and three republicans. this is the headline coming out of yesterday's meeting. a gang of six, mum is the word. why? guest: you cannot negotiate these things in the press. it is difficult to take people like dick durbin and tom coburn and make hard compromises in public life. anyone against what you are doing is going to be critical. any comment on what we

on c-span radio. you can listen to in the baltimore/washington area at 90.1 fm , or go online at c- span.org. you can download the program every evening. >> this weekend on booktv, boxer hurricane carter spent 23 years in prison wrongfully accused of murder. he will discuss that with journalist juan williams. also, massachusetts senator scott brown on his child -- childhood. look for a schedule on booktv .org, and get our schedule by e- mail. sign up for our booktv alert. this weekend on american history tv, the 150th anniversary of abraham lincoln pulled the first inaugural address and his oath of office, re-enacted by actor sam waterston, with remarks by harold holzer. we will go to s street, and this is the home of woodrow wilson. american history television, how we can, every weekend. to get the complete schedule of mind c-span.org/history, or you can press the c-span alert button, and have the schedule in mailed to you. >> the people of libya have made themselves clear. it is time for gaddafi to go now, without further violence or delayed. >> as on rest in the middle east and libya continues, rhode leaders speak out. listen to their comments in their entir

booktv alerts. >> with a two week extension in place, republican and democratic leaders keep working on a spending bill. what's the debates on c-span's congressional chronicle. we transcripts of the recession. find a full video archive of every member. c-span.org/congress. >> on wednesday, the supreme court heard oral arguments. u.s. citizen claims he was detained as part of a plan to arrest muslim men expected -- is suspected of having terrorist ties. a lower court's rejected mr. ashcroft's assertion that as attorney general he was immune from prosecution. this is about one hour. we'll hear argument next this morning in case 10-98, ashcroft v. al-kidd. general katyal. >> thank you, mr. chief justice, and may it please the court -- this lawsuit seeks personal money damages against a former attorney general of the united states for doing his job, allegedly with an improper motive, yet the attorney general, like the federal prosecutor in idaho who sought the material witness warrant at issue in this case, was performing the functions of his office. there are three reasons why the petitioner should not be personally liable for money dam