so i am welcoming steve villano who is next, and he is a native of brooklyn, new york, and is the former head of governor mario cuomo's new york city press office with decades of experience in public service, public education, public health and is the ceo of several national and nonprofit organizations. i'm just going to skip to the inhere. he has written quite a bit, there's a long list of things that he has written. he has authored major pieces on ethnic stereotyping in ambassador magazine, he also has talked about actors like stanley tucci and john turturro, he's a labor journalist for the national education association for a decade. he has won numerous awards, and he has a digital poetry book called "we haiku." 9 the list goes on and on. he has won various awards like the digital book publishers of america in 2014, and if there's anything i've left out, steve, please -- [inaudible conversations] [laughter] >> thank you, joanne. it's -- you deserve to be remembered in the annalses of poetry, because i've never heard a poet get the words putana and madonna in the same phrase. it's pric

>> reporter: sara stanich is an investment varie adviser in brooklyn, new york. and since the market's turbulence-- >> you're not 100% in stocks. >> reporter: ...she's been trying to reassure clients like kate. you don't follow the market on a day-to-day basis, do you? >> no, no, and that's why i rely on a financial adviser. that's why i rely on sara. >> reporter: when you see the dow within minutes plunge 1600 points what, did you think? >> i thought, "oh, my goodness, is this freefall? is it going to correct itself? is it going to keep going down?" so, yeah, it was a little concerning. >> actually, the first thing that went through my mind is i better send my clients an email. >> reporter: president of the new york stock exchange tom farley is trying to put things in perspective. >> this wasn't one of the top 25 down days in the history of the dow jones, so i want to make sure anybody-- investors as you describe, or professional investors in the market-- make prude decision free of anxiety. >> reporter: is it a good time for somebody, let's say, in kate's posit

get the republican leadary bottle of brooklyn bosh bourbon at a -- it was not a challenge to kentucky's pride but rather to suggest that maybe kentucky and new york aren't so different at all. our craft distilling industry is booming and we have very good bourbon made in brooklyn, new york. it's called, by the way, as long as it's made in america itening be called bourbon and i believe it -- i'm not sure if it can be called kentucky bourbon but can be call bourbon. now on to the business of the day. mr. president, on in the heels of passing significant bipartisan bug deal, the senate returns this week to grapple with one of the most contentious of issues, immigration. leader mcconnell, to his credit, has promise debate on a neutral pill with an amendment process fair to both sides. democrats and republicans are working hard to find a bill to protect the dreamers and provide border security that will garner six votes no easy task. it's like threading a needle. i'm sure we'll have the opportunity to vote on a few ways to do it, but the key is to find a consensus bill, largely acceptable to significant number of members in both parties. the purpose

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>> sarah stanic is an investment adviser in brooklyn, new york. >> the market, not the economy.nomy is strong. >> since the market's turbulence. >> you are not 100% in stocks. >> she has been trying to reassure clients like kate. >> you don't follow the markets on a daily basis do you? >> no, no. that's what i rely on a financial adviser, rely on sarah. >> when you see the dow within minutes. plunge, 1600 points. >> is this free fall? it was concerning. >> first thing was i better send an e-mail. >> president of the new york stock exchange, tom farley is trying to put things into perspective. >> this wasn't one of the top 25 down days percentage terms in history of the dow jones. i want to make sure anybody, investors as you describe, professional investors in the market make prudent decisions free of exceptional anxiety. >> so is this a good time for somebody let's say, in, in kate's position? >> better than last week. >> would you be open, would you be open to investing in the dip in the market? >> absolutely. let's talk. >> experts warn, we could see more wild days ahead as i

virginia festival of the book in charlottesville and the national black writers conference in brooklyn, new york. in april we're headed to texas for the san antonio book festival, and we'll be live once again at the los angeles times festival of books. for more information about up coming book -- upcoming book fairs and test values, click -- festivals, click the book fairs tabben our web site, booktv.org. >> let's dive in a little bit more. who is eric garnersome. >> eric garner -- >> excuse me, who was eric garner. >> yeah. the reason i wrote this book, let my back up for a moment, is because on the day that the grand jury decided not to indict the police officer responsible for or his killing -- and i'll use a different word, but i can't legally -- but i went over to staten island, and i started talking to people in the street asking, you know, what was he like. and i immediately found that everybody had a story about this guy, and he was, he was just interesting and funny and complicated and flawed, and i thought he, he was a person whose story would be really powerful to tell if i could some

stein meat products is a prime beef wholesale business in brooklyn, new york. r 75 years, they've been selling quality meats to new york's finest restaurants and butcher shops... >> that's beautiful. >> and shipping their product all over the country. >> we carry a lot of choice and prime meat. we only carry a high-end product. >> howard mora... >> i also need about 20 prime loins. >> and alan buxbaum... >> what are you waiting for? >> are sons of the original two founders. together, they now run stein meats. and over the last 18 years, they've grown their revenue from $4 million to $50 million annually. >> when our fathers first started, it was much smaller. it really expanded the business. >> meat is a competitive business. and sellers like stein work on a very low profit margin. >> meat's priced like the stock exchange. you sell stuff for pennies a pound over your cost. >> and even with $50 million in revenue last year, stein is still struggling to make a profit. >> um, we still have a balance of 2,300. >> last year, stein meat showed a loss of over $400,000.

let me just tell you if you go to a school in brooklyn new york you might go through a metal detector if you go to a school in detroit michigan you might go through a metal detector you might have schools that are locked down twenty four seventh's you might have police on the campus you might get security personnel and campus but in these white suburban neighborhoods where most of these shootings happen they don't want prison schools in their neighborhoods so they won't allow this to happen and neither should they it shouldn't happen in brooklyn it should never been in detroit it should have been in the nation's capital but it does and the reason it does is because these guns are in the hands of people that everyone there is more than three hundred fifty million people there is i mean there's more than three hundred thirty million people in this country and there's more than three hundred million guns out there on our streets we've got to get a grip otherwise there is going to be mass murder all the time in this country without stop the next person is going to try best that person for

our next contestant's from brooklyn, new york, beth donovan. applause] welcome to the show, welcome to las vegas. >> thank you. so excited to be here. >> well, you're about to face 14 questions. the money values growing from $500 all the way to that $1 million. you got your three lifelines. you ready to go on this ride? >> i am. >> all right, let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] $500 question starts us off. good luck, beth. >>ha since 2014, las vegas has been home to a 550-foot observation wheel, fittingly called what? >> well, if it's 550-feet tall, i would assume that's pretty high, so i'm gonna have to go with "a," high roller. final answer. >> yeah, we're literally in the shadow of it right now. that's right. [cheers and applause] $500. here's your $1,000 question. canada's coat of arms features all but which of these symbols? >> canada.ar in canada, but their coat of arms? i'm gonna ask the audience on this question. >> okay, final? >> yes. >> all right, audience, we could use some help here. if you would, pick

for example, i was a teacher in brooklyn new york in the dinosaur age, in but having it o have real resourcesa school. the 1990's, but we still had in my school guidance counselors, and two days a week a psychiatrist. one day, i will never forget this. i am in a class and one of my kids comes into class looking completely vacuous. you could see it, touch it, feel it. she was a complete zombie. rule in thevery book, every rule. i leave my classroom. i take my kid. i hold her tight to me. i asked one of the kids to lead .he class or whatever, i'm on the opposite side of the school. i walk all the way around the guy did sweet, and i say, please, she needs help. because i know the school and these folks, everybody helped her. what happened? her father had been murdered. but she saw the school as safety. she saw my classroom as somewhere where she could get some degree of refuge. this is what we need in schools. if we do not have that in are vulnerable. and this takes resources. kids have anxieties now, and we need to deal with it. teachers now have lots of anxieties. look at those teachers and do

from brooklyn, new york, please welcome back beth donovan.lause] hey, beth. >> hey, chris. >> you passed that $5,000 threshold yesterday. >> i did. >> what did you get? >> also got céline dion tickets. >> céline dion tickets, not bad at all

from brooklyn, new york, please welcome back keith williams.cheers and applause] keith, good to have you back. >> thanks, chris. great to be back. >> we stopped you right in the middle of this game. you are 7 questions in, just 7 away from $1 million. [cheers and applause] >> whew. >> still have two lifelines, "50/50" and your "plus one," as we get back to your game with an opportunity to double your money and get to $20,000. you ready to go? >> i am so ready. let's do it. >> let's get back to it. let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flouri]

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for example, i was a teacher in brooklyn new york in the dinosaur age, in the 1990's, but we still had in my school , guidance counselors, and two days a week, a psychiatrist, social workers. one day, i will never forget this -- i am in a class and one of my kids comes into class looking completely vacuous. just, i mean, you could see it. you could touch it, you could feel it. she was a complete zombie. so i break every rule in the book, every rule. i leave my classroom. i take my kid. i hold her tight to me. i asked one of the kids to lead the class or whatever. i'm on the opposite side of the school, i will never forget this -- i walk all the way around the guidance counselor's office and ice they, these, she needs help. and i know that the school and of these folks, everybody helped her. what happened? her father had been murdered. and she saw the will as safety. she saw my classroom as somewhere where she could get some degree of refuge. this is what we need in schools. if we do not have that in schools, kids are vulnerable. they are always going to fall through the cracks. this ta

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>> my name is nat osborn, i'm from brooklyn, new york. >> jimmy: hey, brooklyn boy. [ cheers and applause song title is. >> my song title is "prepare for two inches tonight." [ laughter ] weather related song. >> jimmy: weather related song. of course. [ light laughter ] it's that time of the year. what instrument will you be playing? >> i will be playing a piano keyboard. >> jimmy: an organ. >> exactly. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: why don't you take a a seat over there. and get ready. get in the zone. challenge it. challenge that energy. get ready. ladies and gentlemen, get ready for the world premiere of "prepare for two inches tonight," by nat osborne. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ these new york city winters got me shivering or maybe it's the thought of your perfume ♪ ♪ ♪ the weatherman is saying to stay in tonight so i lite every candle in my room ♪ ♪ yeah well i'm not trying to leave ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm thinking maybe baby we could take this deeper i hope your ready for ♪ ♪ everything i've got so you will take care don't despair ♪ ♪ but prepare for two inches tonight ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>

the virginia festival of the book in charlottesville and the national writers conference in brooklyn, new york. in april, we are headed to texas for the san antonio book festival and we will be live at the los angeles times festival of books. for more information on upcoming book fairs and festivals and watch previous festival coverage click the book fairs tab on our website, booktv.org. >> i am not an expert on fa >> but starting a conversation about patriotism and what it is to make sure that people do understand by the dictionary definition is the difference between patriotism and nationalism patriotism is a deep love of country but if you think of being a patriot if you are a true patriot that you don't beat on your chest to say we are better than everybody else the best in the strongest but to be in search of the more perfect union to say in order to seek a more perfect union that is patriotism but nationalism has arrogance and conceit which is dangerous takenn to extremes with economic nationalism and as an arrogant nationalist one of the things that i wanted to do is remind people of th

she tells a local paper that peter was born in brooklyn, new york, and was wearing a gray rotc shirt when he was gunned down. >> the family of a 14-year-old described her as a vibrant and determined young woman who loved to serve. we're told she was among the hundreds of volunteers who rushed to help those devastated by hurricane irma. >> hixon always found his way to the scene to deal with any altercations on campus. >> we're told she loved to dance and wanted to be an occupational therapist. >> oliver, 17 years old according to his facebook page, he had several musical artists. baseball as his favorite sport and the miami heat as his favorite sports team. >> and 35-year-old beagle was a beloved geography teacher. he was found shielding his students when he was gunned down. >> everyone should know how great she was, beautiful inside and out. she was baby of the family who everyone wanted to protect. we're told she was a good student who planned to attend a university in boca raton. >> and she's been remembered as a very competitive soccer player with an outgoing personality. yesterd

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virginia festival of the book in charlottesville and the national black writer's conference in brooklyn new yorkin april we aren headed to texs the san antonio book festival and will be live once again at the los angeles times festival of books. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch previous festival coverage click the book anfairs tab on our website, booktv.org. >> so now we understand how it is that you were able to get waived in to the white house to basically become a potted plant in the west-wing lobby. so most of your -- your -- your meetings at the white house were with steve bannon or at least you were scheduled to meet with steve bannon and then what would happen? >> no, i was scheduled to meet -- i've had a lot of presidents with steve and steve was one of the pillars of this book, but i basically met with everybody and everybody was under the impression that they were supposed to meet with me. [laughter] >> where did they get the impression from? did the impression come from the president or did it -- because you were talking to steve bannon they fi

stein meat products, a wholesale meat supplier in brooklyn, new york, that does $50 million of revenue annually. >> good burger. >> it's the best. due to high operating costs and razor-thin margins, stein is hemorrhaging cash. >> everybody you order from, wants their money in ten days. we don't have the money to pay them. >> i can't turn this business around... this business is two weeks away from closing. this 75-year-old company will close for good. my name is marcus lemonis. i fix failing businesses. i make tough decisions. and, frank, you are no longer the general manager. and i back them up with my own cash. it's not always pretty. >> perfect flavor. >> but this is business.

this next one was sent in by matthew scott right here in brooklyn, new york.line. let's see what it says. "jetblue is hiring pilots. no experience necessary." [ laughter and applause ] >> steve: hey, why not, man? give it a try. >> jimmy: as long as you have fun, that's all that matters. >> steve: who are we to judge? >> jimmy: just have fun. this next one was sent in by riley sirovcheck in toronto, canada. he was searching for a gym and came across this one here. "anytime fitness. closed now." [ laughter and applause ] might want to change the name. this next one was sent in by tess ginardi in philadelphia. she got an e-mail from banana republic that said, "why every guy needs a polo in his arse." [ laughter and applause ] arsenal. if you click on it, you need a a polo in your arsenal. >> steve: arsenal. arsenal, yeah, sure. >> jimmy: we're down to our last one here. it's from stephanie macik in cleveland, ohio. she spotted a photo of a guy online. she thinks that he looks a lot like me. i don't know if i see it. take a look at this guy here. [ laughter ] [ a

> people about know we have that important thing in common. , that we were born and bred in brooklyn, new york. it and has just taken off from there. it is amazing to me. in march i will be 85, and everyone wants to take my picture. [applause] >> host: so, [applause] so, kate mckinen plays you on "saturday night live." felicity jones is starring -- as you in a new feature film, a documentary just debuted last week at sundance. how does it feel to see yourself on the screen? >> i have seen the documentary. it is really good. [laughter] >> my personal trainer is in it. the filmmakers spent an hour in the gym with the two of us, and maybe two or three minutes of it shows up in the film. the one with felicity jones -- i should give equal billing to the person who plays marty. -- he is taller than marty. do you think you're the same height as felicity jones? anyway, that film is called "on the basis of sex," and it will be out probably at the end of 2018. the script was written by my nephew, the son of marty's sister, and he based it on a case that marty and i had argued together. it is a case that

i moved to brooklyn, new york. i now work in a venture capital turning a small venture fund that invests in early safe life science and frontier technology start-ups. as the c.e.o., daca being repealed does not only affect me t. could affect the start-ups which i work and my ability to invest in them and their ability to continue to grow and employ workers. hundreds of workers across the country. i'm a daca recipient from mexico city, i came to the united states when i was 5. he did not come alone. did he not. he was brought here by his parents. , many of our dreamers here they are called dreamers because they are big dreams, entrepreneurs, teachers, they are researchers in science. our military. they are making such a fabulous contribution to the future of our country. it's not just about them. this daca repeal that we're making. it's about us. who are we as a country? how do we honor the vows of our founders. the statue of liberty and her appeal to the world that has made america such a beacon of hope. the list g

and then national black wriers conference in brooklyn, new york.we're headed to texas for san antonio book festival live once again at the los angeles times festival of books for more informs about upcoming book fair and festivals an to watch previous festival coverage, click the book fairs tab on our website, booktv touring. booktv tapes throughout the country all year long here's a look at the some of the vent events we're covering this woke at a graduate center and queen joshua freeman examine how the onset of factory production included world social and political norms. that night will be at 6th and in washington, d.c. to hear yale law professor amy examine tribalism in america. on tows, we head to brps and noble in new york city where experimental cognitive it scientist steven explores the thought processes behind extremism on making the case that country is in better shape than you might think gite the headlines. thursday, will be at new york university to hear professor melissa schilling highlight the lives and achievements of several innova

later in march the virginia book in charlottesville and gnarl black writers conference in bloke brooklyn new yorkin april we're head to text for san antonio book festival and will be live once again at the l.a. times festival of books for more informs about upcoming book fair and festivals to watch previous festival coverage, click the book fairs tab on our website. booktv.org. your watching booktv here's our prime time lineup, at 6:45 p.m. eastern a discussion about the 100-year history of the university of illinois press. at 7:45, gene harris argues that history of the civil rights movement has been sanitized. then at 9:20, fox news channels howard looks at president trump's relationship with the media. on booktv's afterwards program at 10 details her life as daughter of survivalist in the idaho mountains introduction to former education at age 17 and wrap up prime time programming at 11 p.m. with bloomberg technologies emily on culture in silicon valley for women. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction author a it is and books every weekend. television for serious

he was born in brooklyn, new york, he was wearing a gray rotc shirt when he was gunned down. >> the family of 14-year-old alaina petty described her as vibrant and determined and we're told that she was among the hundreds of volunteers who rushed to help those devastated by hurricane irvin. 49-year-old chris hixon, he was the school's athletic director and wrestling coach. we are told that whenever there was an altercation, a fight or any problem around campus, mr. hixon always found a way to get to the scene and deal with it. 14-year-old freshman jamie guttenberg is being remembered as someone who always looked out for the underdog. always cared for the bullied. we're told that she loved to dance and wanted to be an occupational therapist. joaquin oliver was 17 years old. according to his facebook page david giada was among his favorite musical artists and listed rafael nadal as his favorite athlete and baseball was his favorite sport and the miami heat his favorite team. he also said that chuck e. cheese has the best pizza. >> also lost, 35-year-old scott beigel. he was gunned down shiel

i grew up in new york, it is in queens and i grew up in brooklyn.ot about what gets accomplished and i mention this to you before, i appear in places but i never speak at graduations, the only graduation i ever spoke at was laguardia. >> you know now that laguardia has almost 700 businesses that have gone and we have 6700 businesses that made a difference. beginnings are important and i want to ask you a little bit about your beginning. from all walks of life come all parts of the country, i know that you grew up not just in brooklyn but in public housing in brooklyn, so talk a little bit about your journey, how you got here. wasn't always part of your plan? >> i had no idea what goldman was. even when i got through school i didn't know what goldman was. life is so funny because i never joined goldman. i will skip ahead and go back. i interviewed at a number of firms, goldman didn't hire me. a lot of firms didn't hire me. i got a job, at a small commodity trading firm which is how i got in after i had been turned down. you have to be flexible, but i

virginia festival of the book in charlottesville, the national black writers conference in brooklyn, new york. in april we are headed to texas for the san antonio book festival and we will be live at the los angeles times festival of books. for more information about applying book fairs and festivals and to watch previous festival coverage clip the book fairs tab on our website, booktv.org. >> now we understand how it is that you were able to get waived into the white house to basically become a potted plant in the west wing lobby. most of your meetings at the white house were with steve bannon, or you were scheduled to meet with steve bannon and then what would happen? >> i was scheduled -- had a lot of meetings with steve, steve was one of the pillars, everybody was under the impression they were supposed to meet with me. did that impression come from the president or you were talking to steve bannon. >> i was introduced around by various people, hope hicks, the president's personal pr person, kelly and conway, sean spicer, this was not a mystery here. i think on one level nobody quite new

virginia festival of the book in charlottesville and the national black writers conference in brooklyn, new york. in april we're headed to texas for the san antonio book festival, and we'll be live once again at the los angeles times festival of books. for more information about up coming book -- upcoming book fairs and test values, click -- festivals, click the book fairs tabben our web site, booktv.org. >> let's dive in a little bit more. who is eric garnersome. >> eric garner -- >> excuse me, who was eric garner. >> yeah. the reason i wrote this book, let my back up for a moment, is because on the day that the grand jury decided not to indict the police officer responsible for or his killing -- and i'll use a different word, but i can't legally -- but i went over to staten island, and i started talking to people in the street asking, you know, what was he like. and i immediately found that everybody had a story about this guy, and he was, he was just interesting and funny and complicated and flawed, and i thought he, he was a person whose story would be really powerful to tell if i could some

i grew up in the linden projects in east new york brooklyn. i would say it wasn't in that i would go to college. so went to college some didn't. how is wanted to go to way to college and got away to college. i applied for the state university system and i went to a college night. a lot of kids and go to college my high school play which is somebody there is a guy there from wherever and to shows the randomness he said you should apply to harvard. i did. of course i moved on and they gave me an application and i wrote it out like you're filling out your immigration form and that was my application. i didn't get into every school, but i got into there. that is a good thing. somebody hundred years earlier came money and set up financially unlike a lot of people here you benefit from a lot of people you will never meet in the things you do benefit people you'll never meet. that's life. i have a good sense of where from i can't revel in it because life has been kind to me. i went to law school and worked at a fancy loft. so i'm not saying this is l

and then national black writers conference in brooklyn, new york.in april, we're headed to texas for the san antonio book festival and will be live once again at the los angeles times festival of books. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals, and to watch previous festival coverage click the book fairs tab it on our website, booktv.org. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 television for serious readers. here's our prime time lineup, first up tonight emily prfortds a history of marijuana in the united states. at 7:45 rolling stones jeff reports on the rise of sea levels in changing coastlines then at nine ronan talks israel use of targeted assassination and booktv afterwards program at 10 former u.s. trade negotiator and senior democratic senate stacher ira shapiro argues the u.s. senate has lost its political center. he's interviewed by former senate majority leader tom, and we wrap up our prime time programming at 11 temperature with bill, and davis the latest book recounts nixon administrations eferghts to apprehend timny le

the virginia festival of the book in charlottesville and the national writers conference in brooklyn, new york. in april, we are headed to texas for the san antonio book festival and we will be live at the los angeles times festival of books. for more information on upcoming book fairs and festivals and watch previous festival coverage click the book fairs tab on our website, booktv.org. >> i am not an expert on favoritism but the effort of the book is to start a conversation about favoritism and what it is in this time and to make sure people do understand by dictionary definition there is a difference between patriotism and nationalism. patriotism is deep love of country but one key of favoritism and being a patriot is humility. .. and the danger with nationalism carried to extremes, you can have extreme economic nationalism, and also racial nationalism as an arrogant nationalism. we know this. one of the things i wanted to do with what unites us is remind people of the historical perspective that follows, that extreme economic nationalism in the 1920s led to the great depression. an aryan n