brian jennings thank you for joining us. the book is called "censorship," the threat to silence in talk radio, the new fairness doctrine. i am monica crowley. thank you so much for being with us today. >> these places remind me of modern cathedrals that donors would build wings on hoping they would go to heaven. >> walter cairnes, crenson class of '83 would like to see a few changes to the higher education system. >> i think princeton philosophy should be on the web. i think that these wonderfully concentrated islands of talent and wealth and airy addition should be opened up to the larger society and not called this lee kept separate, which they still are and i can understand why. >> walter kern, the other education of an overachiever on q&a, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. yuca nolle solis non-xm satellite radio oradell inlayed this c-span podcast. speak journalist and author nicholas basbanes has written seven books about book culture, book people and book places. his first work, a gentle madness, bubba's in 1995, has sai

the author is brian jennings. i am monica crowley.hank you so much for being with us today. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded? >> donations maybe? i have no idea. >> government. >> c-span gets its funding through taxes. >> sort of a public funding thing. >> maybe, i don't know. >> 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span is the public service, a private, no government mandate, no government money. >> journalist and author nicholas basbanes has written seven books about book culture, but people and places. his first work, and gentlemen is published in 1995, has said 20 printings. his most recent books are coming every book, it's reader and the world of letters, d.o. university press, 1908 to 2008. booktv visited the north massachusetts home of mr. basbanes to two or his collection of books and to learn about his writing habits. he is currently writing a book on the history of paper. >> hi. >> how are you doing? >> good, come on in. welcome to the of this. >> thanks for allowing us into your home. >> thank you for

brian: i met dennis at the met game. this is jen, and that's dennis. long great. alisyn: you've made him look scared. this is what dennis looks like today. he's smiling. brian: good job. steve: dennis popped the question in central park over the weekend, they were over in one of those castle buildings or something like that. and she was looking out the window, turned around, and there he was with that big honking ring, i think down on one knee, and tourists started to applaud, and he had a top ten list of why she should be a rochet. alisyn: really? brian: jen, will you take his time? >> i have to now, he made a top ten list. alisyn: you're not supposed to say congratulations to the woman. you're supposed to say best wishes. steve: congratulations to the happy couple. brian: please send them cash because they need a house to start off. steve: she's back, she's telling us to wrap it up, we've got to go. alisyn: all right. steve: congratulations, jen. alisyn: the health care debate is getting heated on capitol hill, but should decisions on your family's he

jen williams right now? >> i love your paisley black dress. brianirls and coming on to them. >> not at all. that's ridiculous. we obviously don't do that we compliment just as many guys as girls. steve: that's effective. so, we are going to have them out on the streets. brian: how is it going so far? >> i'm sorry, i didn't hear what you said? brian: how is the show going so far? >> we are having a great time. you guys all rock. the green room was awesome. delicious coffee. steve: thank you. alisyn: pouring it on a little thick now. thank you, you are making us all feel better. thanks. stick around all morning. steve: thanks, compliment guys. alisyn: health care reform could mean deep cuts for seniors. that could spell disaster for the president himself. peter johnson jr. is here to break it down. brian: high school cheerleader kicked off the squad for something she wrote in an email. we will tell you what she typed and let you decide did the school cross the line? - hi. - crowd: hi! i hate my phone. what do i do? ( shouting ) this is crazy. you. let

bill: -- brian: first of all, if we open a business it would be a deadly. [laughter] steve: something funny about that. question for jenroom, can we show this that bit from last night when been carden -- ben cardin having a town hall and a guy in maryland, prince george's county, his name was robert, and he had a question and that he could not answer. listen. >> i want to know, are you going to tell me, an individual, that i have to buy health care or else you are going to find a $2,500 every year that i do not? -- fine me a $2,500 every year that i do not? brian: the crowd got unruly. it was unbelievable. it was like being in los angeles when the fans started yelling back at him. alison cope health care, we always hear this number. 46 million people are uninsured. that is a huge number. that is why so many americans support changing health-care somehow. according to the congressional budget office, those people are if you look at the entire year. someone loses their job for a couple of months, then gets another, they are counted. looking at people that are completely under it -- completely under insured for the entire