this is booktv on c-span 2. hi everyone sorry to interrupt. welcome to the 25th annual texas book festival. thanks for coming out for authors, the festival and great writing, and literacy. after the session here, ellen will sign books in the tent down the way. the books are for sale here courtesy of book people our great, local independent book seller and i encourage you to support local book sellers. the texas book festival is a nonprofit organization and its mission is to support low income schools and texas with author visits easer book donations via reading rock stars program and to fund immigrants for libraries nb texas so your purchases make a huge difference in the lives of texas kids. so please buy early and often. this texas book festival is also running book drive this weekend to raise money help to rebuild texas libraries affected by hurricane harvey so if you don't $15 at any register to buy a book for reading rock star, student -- the texas book festival and talker foundation will each match your donation with a book to rebuild a

. >> look for these titles in bookstores in coming weeks, and booktv on c-span 2. >> what will inspireyou to write this book. >> yes, yeah, austin. thank you to all of you for turning out for this panel. i agree that this is the civil rights issue of our time. to have you listening and thinking with us means a lot so thank you for being here. to answer that question i want to read the final chapter of the book because it is the shortest way of answering it, a paragraph, chapter 30 called my heart's locket. in my heart's locket, five gangly, round skinned kids, cousins, will be forever at play, based in the beneficent june sunshine. and as much of my cousin michael did. and i'm here, leg there, delicate stain of pink and purple bloom. when we found and bloomed bloods we would gently press at their nub until the skin split and a fragile, crinkled blossom emerged whole. meanwhile, inside the house, through the living room picture window the adults, beloved are forever passing their time in glancing, distracted talk. how is that an answer to your question? i grew up as a huge set of cousin

for titles in book sthoars coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span 2. does anyone else have an experience they would want to share tyrone asks about the medication and deflect and conversation turns to drugs and alcohol when tyrone instead begins talking about getting arrested for smoking a blunt everybody except for wall flower patient has something to say about drugs may i say something minor asks manny during a pause in the discussion. sure cynthia knots i don't mean to take up time i don't dweive it thank you so much for letting me speak. he sighs in frustration you're fine man just talk. thank you, thank you. it's just that i struggle with alcohol for so long almost 40 years now. and i've been sober since getting locked up. i hope so badly i can stay clean when i get out. he seems to be a little more kivel now and still continues talking. he tells us about being whipped against the wall as seven-year-old when he didn't do a good enough job cleaning up from the father's night partying the night before and drank a glass of leftover orange juice no

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watch in-depth with walker -- author michael lewis live on booktv on c-span two. >> "washington journalntinues. for the nextones 30 minutes this morning. we want to hear from you on policy issues you want to talk about. phone lines -- we turn them over to you. janet, line for democrats, what do you want to talk about? for -- obamalaming for everything he has done. he tried hard and was not perfect but he was not responsible for the deficit. biggestg bush made a deficit in history. $3 trillion every other day for that war. reagan put that in us to begin with p or he spent social security, all the money, he kills people deliberately -- borrowed for four --rs and then clinton got in social security and then the new havelied to congress to that war and was borrowing $3 trillion every day for that war. and they said on c-span he made the biggest deficit in history -- got your point. president obama is back in the yesterday, the campaign slogan of hope and change as he closed his foundation's first summit launching his post-presidency initiative to foster young, civic leaders. president obama

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one of the first settlers of dakota territory, josiah philips. >> watch c-span's cities tour today at 6 p.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at two p.m. american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour working with our cable partners as we explore america. .. [applause]. >> good evening. i had the great honor of being the president of the institute and it's my pleasure to welcome you here tonight

on krshes span 2. c-span2. and you're watching booktvon c-span2, it's television for serious readers and this is live coverage of the texas book festival in austin. now up next you're going to hear from the head of cambridge, with university polar ocean physics group and you're going to hear from ocean scientists julie and they're going to talk about the effects of climate change live coverage of the texas book festival. okay, hello everybody. welcome to the c changed session of the 2017 texas book festival the 22nd annual texas book festival. it's great to have you all here, i'm dr. spencer wells i'm a geneticist and anthropologist sometimes author. for many years i was the explore resident e for the national geographic society and directed the project. which was an effort to use genetics to study how our species has populated the world and lived here in austin founter ceo of a term here in town. and co-owner of a nightclub -- [applause] [laughter] i would like to introduce our authors we have julie who is an austin based science writer

. >> watch c-span's cities tour today at 6 p.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv and sunday at two p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. the c-span cities tour working with our cable partners as we explore america. .. [applause]. >> good evening. i had the great honor of being the president of the institute and it's my pleasure to welcome you here tonight along with our special guest for this evening's program, katy tur and robin young who will come through this door in a minute. we are thrilled to be joined by so many community leaders and we are especially excited to welcome our new members of the institute. membership is one of the ways we make it possible to have programs like this evening. for those of you that might be visiting that institute for the first time, welcome to our replica senate chamber. it's truly spectacular in the way senator kennedy envisioned it might remind people about the important role of the senate and the life of our government and every day students and adults like you and i sit in those seats and they become senators for a day and actually try to grapple

c-span2. >> we are pleased to welcome you to our douglas and sarah allison auditorium this afternoon. those joints on heritage.org website as well as in the future on c-span's booktv, for those in-house would ask that courtesy to see our mobile devices have been silence or turned off and, of course, those watching online are welcome to send questions or comments at any time simply e-mailing speaker@heritage.org. hosting a program to look at our special guest is senior communications advisor and senior contributor to the daily signal.

c-span2. >> we are pleased to welcome you to our douglas and sarah allison auditorium this afternoon. those joints on heritage.org website as well as in the future on c-span's booktv, for those in-house would ask that courtesy to see our mobile devices have been silence or turned off and, of course, those watching online are welcome to send questions or comments at any time simply e-mailing speaker@heritage.org. hosting a program to look at our special guest is senior communications advisor and senior contributor to the daily signal. genevieve? [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you offering your i know you are in for a treat. our speaker today doesn't need huge introduction because many of you recognize him. brian is meant who spent six hours a day on the airwaves to get pricing 3000 morning from six to 90 on "fox and friends." the president without a night -- a nice shout out. he said you're doing a great job. the brian kilmeade show, he's also become a prolific author because piggies offered out of five books, the last three of which have been on three uppermost famous presidents. so george washington, thomas jefferson and the triple pirates and now

those joining us on the heritage.org website as well as in the future on c-span booktv. for those in-house we would ask the courtesy to see their mobile devices have been silenced or turned off. of course those watching online are welcome to send questions or comments at any time simply emailing speaker@heritage.org. hosting our program and welcoming our special guest is done -- genevieve wood. [applause] >> good afternoon everyone. thank you for being here.i know that you are in for a treat.i was speaker today does not need a huge introduction because many of you recognize him. brian is a man that has spent six hours a day on the airwaves. he has seen 3001 from 6 to 9 am on fox and friends. by the way that present tweeting out a nice comment saying that you are doing a great job! [laughter] and his radio show is for three hours from 9 am until noon. the brian kilmeade show, you can catch him in the morning if you don't see him on tv. he is also a prolific author. the author of five books, the last three of which have all been on three of our most famous presidents. geor

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one-year-old baby. also thrilled to have c-span booktv so for the format tonight we will talk then open the microphone to your questions and then they will sign copies of their book please join me to welcome kelly and zach to the strand. [applause] >> hello. we are thatth weinersmith we wrote a book. [applause] it is called "soonish" i am kelley by steady parasites and the other one with of breakfast cereal restarted to write the book in 2011 in a bunch of undergrads are talking t heads blowing hot air? with the is rangingity from mostly white but also mostly want wrong but they all had jobs and we should write a book because queeney have job security. and then to predict future technology it isn't particularly interesting how long weinersmithat thinks there will be a space elevator but what happens exists? so to tell you about technology for the major problems we need to overcome and how that can make everything more awesome or horrible. so we will talk today about one of the technologies are the chapters so as we do research we discovered a lot of stuff that is weird we cannot keep it to ourselves so y

on c-span, amazon and local bookstores, we support this institution. please join me in welcoming bruce hoffman. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. here is our prime time line up. >> that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> author d watkins has written two books, walking on a third. tell us about your early life. >> i am from east baltimore, i grew up in a place where a lot of people think it is rough and place they would never want to visit but i have to say despite what people say this is my favorite place in the world, it is where i live, who i am connected to and try to represent. >> a lot of people want to get out. >> you don't want to be there, you should go. i am staying. we are buying properties, fixing places up, creating a culture of reading the didn't exist when i was a child, doing important work was there are a lot of young writers and artists in the city who have deep connections with their communities and creating a foundation, the most exciting place to be. it is like brooklyn, you are going through it and you have to run out. >> host: you haven't always been tha

it's held on the campus of miami-dade college in the downtown area. we've got a booktv set here as swell as the c-span bus. and if you're in the area, come on down and pick up a book bag from the bus, and you can take a tour as well. in about 15 minutes, walter isakson will be speaking about his new book on leonardo da vinci. joining us now on the booktv set in the center of the festival is journalist and author helen thorpe. her newest book just out is called "the newcomers: finding refuge, friendship and hope in an american class room." now, ms. thorpe, before we get into that book, is there a relationship between your three books or a thread that connects them? >> guest: yeah, absolutely. my first book was about undocumented students growing up here, families that had immigrated from mexico and what happened when people didn't have legal status. my second book was about women veterans serving in iraq and afghanistan and then trying to come back home. and that's a little bit like immigration because you're returning to your home country, but it's hard to come back. so it's a big transition as well.

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happen to be watching from one particular perspective but i know you work very hard to have a very broad spectrum and that is what we love in that is what i love about c-span booktv. >> you shall titles? do they sell in coral gables?. >> moderate i have to admit south florida was a blue part of the state even though the state went red south florida is pretty liberal. we do carry them and when there is one that is popular people will buy it. >> would be reading? thanks for holding. >> caller: [inaudible] >> we don't have scott so we have to say goodbye. let's try oklahoma good afternoon. >> caller: i just got it yesterday a librarian's love letters i of the retired librarian so this was of interest to meet and then also from the 50 shades of gray. i will hate you forever for that. [laughter] i am also reading be osage murders. ad is from osage oklahoma where i live. >> guest: he is actually at the fair. >> host: and a finalist. >> guest: he writes remarkable nonfiction and. >> host: is she still on the line? tell us about your career as a librarian and where do you get your books from? online or a bookstore. >> guest: a was a public library in 30 years. a small br

. >> watch afterwards sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span's booktv. >> next, we hear from donald trump's pick to lead the to permit of health and human services alex azar who testified yesterday, from the senate health education labor and pensions committee, this runs about 3 hours. >> senate committee on health education labor and pensions will come to order. today's hearing is on alex azar, nominated as secretary of the department of health and human services. the health committee holds a courtesy hearing on the nomination of the secretary, the finance committee receives paperwork, it will vote on the nomination. senator murray and i will have an opening statement and former secretary and former governor of utah michael leavitt who we welcome today, good to see you and have you back and senator young who is a member of this committee will introduce alex azar after his testimony then senators will each have five minutes of questions. we have a lot going on in the senate today but we have a good turnout so i anticipate a good, vigorous questioning period. alex azar, if confirmed will be

on c-span2. >> tonight booktv is in prime time with a look at u.s. science policy. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television companies and is brought you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> the senate energy committee last week took up legislation that would open alaska's arctic national wildlife reserve to oil and gas drilling. alaska senator lisa murkowski is a picture of the energy committee. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. the committee will come to order. before we begin this mornings markup, i'd like to extend a

. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> host: representative ann wagner, a republican from missouri, has authored a bill to regulate online sex trafficking. it would amend the communications decency act of 1996, specifically section 230 of that act. she's our guest on "the communicators." representative wagner, before we learn about your proposal, explain what the communications decency act and section 230 are. >> guest: well, this was an act that was done over 20 years ago in 1996 really at the dawn of the internet to make sure that good samaritans and those that are actually posting would not -- things online would not be subject to certain lawsuits and things of this nature. now, again, this was something that was done over 20

of vermont and the adirondacks of new york. >> watch c-span's cities tour of burlington, vermont, saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2's "booktv." and sunday on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. "> "washington journal continues. austin,ining us from texas, is president of the foundation for research on equal alsotunity, avik roy, contributor to "forbes" magazine, and former policy adviser to three presidential candidates. are here to talk about the affordable care act. thank you for joining us. if the senate republicans want to include in the tax reform bill repeal of the individual mandate. what do you think about that idea? guest: i think it makes a lot of sense. one thing you have to remember about the individual mandate is it has played an outside role in the fiscal debates about both replacing obamacare and tax of courts and the way washington works. the congressional budget office believes that if you repeal the millional mandate, $16 were 13llion people million is the latest estimate, they would drop out of the insurance market because they would not be forced to pay a fine if they do not

of the miamiwo book festival and we are covering it live on c-span two as part of our 48 hours of books at booktvone of the speakers, al franken is canceled. al franken was accused of sexual harassment and has canceled his miami appearance. the book is called "al franken, giant of the senate." his cancellation was for later today. you can watch all of our coverage on c-span.org and c-span2. tim is joining us from wilson, north carolina, independent line. caller: good morning. the other caller that had called, i like you but you seem to lean republican. the last time i called, you immediately cut me off. i made a statement and you cut me off in probably about 20 seconds. i need a statement about russia preying on less educated americans and using the internet to do it, and that was the way that they was getting in and corrupting the mind of a lot of the people here. you immediately cut me off because a lot of time republicans call in and feel offended. i have not called any of them uneducated or anything, but they automatically think you are talking about them. you play right to them. , young to t

for the 20th year in a row we are in miami, held on the campusn of miami-dade college in the downtown area, got a booktv set here as well, as the c-span bus, and if you're in the area come on down to pack up a book bag from the bus to take a tour as well. in about 15 minutes walter isakson will be speaking about his new book on leonardo da vinci. joining us now in the booktv set on the center of the festival, is journalist and author helen thorpe her new pest book just out -- is called the newcomers finding ref tiewj friendship and hope in an american classroom. now ms. thorpe before we get into that book, is there a relationship between your three books or -- a thread that connects them? >> yeah, absolutely. my first book was about undocumented students, growing up here families immigrated from mexico and people coming of this age and department have legal status. my second book was about -- women very longs serving in iraq and afghanistan trying to come back home and that's a little bit like immigration because you're returning to your home country. but it's hard to come back. so it's a big transition as well. and many this case, i'

just a couple of moments from now on my net c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. yesterday the defense -- >> join us this weekend for booktv life at the texas book festival in austin. coverage begins saturday at 11 a.m. eastern and includes liza monday, michael heard, kevin young, a a farewell to i, report from the arctic. daniel allen. ..

in 1979 c-span was created as a public service for america's cable television company and brought to you today by your cable on satellite provider. up next on booktv afterwards daily call or news foundation editor in chief christopher examines donald trump leadership as a businessman, politician, and president of the united states. he's interviewed by robert, xm radio host and political analyst. >> why did you decide to write the book? >> because people around the me didn't get it. journalists who often take themselves very seriously they they're supersmart and understand the world were frequently understilting donald trump being surprised by things that he did, and being incorrect in prediction because of this. at the beginning when he first started to run this round i have kind of assumed to make a splash gotten some publicity not been serious, and i

in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2 with the top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> it's thanksgiving weekend on booktv. this holiday you will see many recent book fairs and festivals including the national book festival and the brooklyn book festival as well as past in-depth programs with eric metaxas and lynn olson, last weeks national book awards. also this weekend on our afterwards program christopher bedford examines donald trump's leadership as a businessman, politics

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