coming up next, brian michael jenkins talks about his book, "when armies divide." then at 8:30, anat ahmadia to talk about "the banker's new clothes." on "after words," lawrence legaller discusses his book, the price of justice. at 10 p.m., conrad black takes a look at the emergence of the united states as a world power. and we conclude our programming at 10:45 with i didn't think -- ying ma. that all starts next on c-span2 ice booktv. >> the rand corporation's brian michael jenkins takes a look now at the problem of securing nuclear weapons during times of rebellion, war and political run upheaval. that's next on booktv, it's about an hour, 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> then you can describe what you do, it's a bit humiliating, but thank you for that introduction, alan. we have, actually, been at this, as many of you know, for some time now, although this is, we're using the occasion of your, the launch of your book, brian, to really have a bit of a coming-out party in terms of announcing this expanded initiative, an array of activities. a lot of the wo

brian jenkins has been throughout his career a cool head and an impassioned observer and an academic on the issue working closely with government and others in the ngo community, and i've been fitted for many years, brian, from your good work and it's a pleasure to welcome you here to launch this book. i think you'll agree that the nuclear nonproliferation narrative today really revosms around the threat of nuclear armed terrorists. the question of iran, of other countries that potentially could be developing in nuclear weapon remains in the news, but this nuclear terrorism issue, the one that's been described by now successive presidents as the greatest threat that our country face, and i know you have strong feelings, but by the end of the cold war, the industry around nuclear terrorism, they were a self-licking ice cream cone industry of itself that after the 9/11 terrorist attacks really became for many in government and for many of us outside government almost a national obsession. to date, there's been since the end of the cold war and 9/11 billions of dollars spent in an array

. >> now we have an interview brian michael jenkins, about terrorism. >> domestically is the united statesit comes to terrorist attacks? appeared >> we have degraded the operational capabilities of out caifa. >> we cannot prevent every single terrorist plot. >> however authorities have detected an aborted 38 terrorist attacks assess 911. >> off and an why you say to americans right now as we're into this summer months that americans are traveling will you say to them about traveling overseas should they feel safe? >> the average american has about 01 and 10,000 chance of being killed in the automobile accident or an ordinary homicide as they do compared to being killed by a terrorist. >> that being said you have a greater chance been killed in a car accident that you do buy any terrorist attack domestically or internationally. >> i have a new book out called when armies and divide. >> at that at the greatest care and i see right now that vegas peoplwouldn't cautious. the avaipeople with weapons with guns. >> thank you for joining us will be back with more news on kron 4 news we can back af

here is our prime-time lineup for tonight beginning at 7:00 eastern, brian michael jenkins talks about his book, when armies divide. at age 30:00 p.m., we sit down at stanford university to discuss the banker's new clothes. at 9:00 p.m. on after words, lawrence flintridge joins the l.a. times to talk about his book, the price of justice. at 10:00 p.m. eastern conrad black takes a look at the emergence of the united states as a world power, and we conclude tonight's prime-time programming a 1045. immigration from china to oakland, california. it all happens tonight on c-span2 at book tv. >> starting now on book tv, robert kaiser recounts the struggle to pass the dodd-frank law street reformat protection act, following the 2008 economic collapse. mr. kaiser talks about the major players and discusses what he learned about the workings of the u.s. congress. this is about an hour and 40 minutes. >> i think we will get going. i want to welcome everyone here today. i am as senior fellow here at brookings and a colleague kabobs. we are here to celebrate a great author, a great book, and an ex

on in this case right now joined by brian, who is not only a defense attorney but got a thing or two he knows about this case, following it along with faith jenkinsere with me as well. brian, let me go to you. this is day two of a young woman, 19 years old, 12th great, who clearly i think as most people have said over and over again it's pretty obvious, doesn't want to be there. some people have weighed in this witness is cantankerous and combative, others have weighed in she's more likable the more you get to see her up there. i want to get your take on her. >> well, i think she gets an awful lot of leeway because of her age. you have a young woman here if she was ten years old people would look at her as being cantankerous. >> she's 19 year old. we put 19-year-olds to death in this country. why does she get leeway because she's 19. >> people will forive her a little more for that. but it's important to say they are chipping away at her testimony, chipping away, making inconsistent statements and the reason that's important ashleigh is because there's going to be a jury instruction at the end of this case that says if a witness is willfully fals