buckley was great on tv. he was great in part not because he is so articulate and smart and charming and usually long words that a lot of people to understand, sounded great, but he was not afraid to show what he really thought and felt. here he is with the john lindsay. lindsay looks peeved, and buckley is so bored. because lindsay is not very articulate and smart and interesting, and buckley complained that lindsay wrote his own speeches with theed tha reclining syntax. just terrible syntax. so people sent letters to buckley is that i disagree with you, i would never vote for you but thanks a lot for being honest and pointing to how much of politics was rigmarole. for example, he would decline to go to parades, because, we are not going to talk policy at parades. best just image. he was campaigning part-time for mayor. he was running his magazine, writing editorial columns and so on. he was seen as an honest candidate even by people who thought that he was much too right-wing and much too conservative. they

not buckley's limo. the price of advocating no holds bar tv debates was that sometimes you would lose, and your opponent would proffer you had at one point really been full of baloney. [applause] >> can i take some questions? >> where to begin. first of all, this was the best idea i've had in a long time to come to this. this has been -- >> thank you for coming. >> every single word. i've lode every moment of this. this has been great. cannot wait to finish the book which will be this weekend. okay. gore vidal. you have seen the recent documentary -- >> best of him ins. >> exactly. what did you think of it -- best of enemies. what did you think of and it particularly the gore vidal -- in documentary is said that vidal knew that buckley wouldn't prepare for the debate such as it was. is that true? and what was his preparation for the shows? i was raised on the show, and i -- so what was his preparation on the show? one question. the other question is, i've been told but don't know that english is not buck

buckley. disagree with you, would never vote for you, but thanks for being honest and pointing to how much of politics was kind of rigger more roll. he would decline to go to parades. we'll not talk about policy at parades. that is image stuff. he didn't want to do that. he was campaigning part-time for mayor. writing for his magazine andam editorial columns. he was seen as sort of honest candidate even by people who thought he was much too right-wing and much too conservative for him. the year after the campaign, he started his television show, "firing line" which ran from 1966 to 1999, about 1500 episodes. i want to show you a clip from the very first year with david suskind as the guest. suskind was tv talk show host. he was well-known as liberal. he had a show called, open end. it was called "open end." it was open-ended, if the conversation was going well, they would talk for three or four hours. if the conversation wasn't going well. it was cut off at 30, 40 minutes t was amazing. this i

so buckley is so bored. he is not very articulately or smart that he wrote hisan own speeches with spirit ands -- terrible syntax so to say i disagree with. [chanting] never vote for you but thanks for being honest and pointing to how much policy is bigger role but then as a crime to go to parades' we will not talk about policy he did not want to do that.nd hs he was writing his magazine and editorial columns so he was seen as honest peopleon thought he was much too right wing more conservative for them so one year after the campaign he started his television show "firing line" 66 through 99 about 1500 episodes and i will show you a clip a liberal talk-show host was his guest and the segment was called open end because open-ended of the conversation was wa going well they would go for a couple of hours of is the end of the day if not it would be 35 minutes so he was one of the earliest best of the shows i will assure you we quick clip to give you a sense of the flavor of the program. >> for the first time in

not buckley's limo. the price of advocating no holds bar tv debates was that sometimes you would lose, and your opponent would proffer you had at one point really been full of baloney. [applause] >> can i take some questions? [applause] >> can i take some questions? [inaudible] >> this is the best all -- id>>e i've had. >> thank you for coming.ery mome >> every single word. i've loved this. it's been great. i cannot wait to finish the book which will be this weekend. okay, gore vidal. using the recent documentary,ns best of enemies, exactly. what did you think of it, andant particularly in the documentary and says that gore vidal knew that buckley wouldn't prepare for debate, such as it was. is that true? and what was his preparation for the shows? i was raised on this show, and so what was his preparation on the show? that would be one question. the other question is, i've been told that don't know that english is not buckley is first language it's actually spanish here is that true? and what's the sour

and then buckley wents to pbs. "firing line" was a 13-episode series but ultimately ran for almost 1500 episodes. to understand how impress sis the numbers are consider that today a very successful program runs seven seasons to are total of 154 episodes. there were 635 episodes of the long running gun smoke and 456 enseed odd of law and order. buckley claimed from the beginning perhaps with some pride that heirs ratings were ex-signature g .. turn a profit oregon "firing line" or "national review." these were laubors of love and ideological dedication. buckley, the supreme free market capitalist observed that there are enterprise friday life that simply aren't devicessed to generate profit. they do vital work. and as an art and sad row cat for -- excuse me -- "firing line" was not the only unprofitable public affairs type talk show on tv. there was also david suskind's and -- but "firing line" was the was the only specifically conservative example of suchram. programming. it was a specifically conservative public a

buckley, jr. and its mission -- [applause] its mission to the fans the conservative principles bill championed with the magazine to support national review best talent and preserve them promote to what the buckley legacy indeed it has formally launched of buckley legacy project and they are here to explain of plants in the last year the institute through the project has celebrated the anniversary of two important and lasting aspects of the buckleys legacy the 1965 run for mayor of brilliantly captured in his republish campaign memoir and the 1966 launch of his marvelous interview program firing line. that is why we here today to discuss what bill of writer and specifically the observer of men and women public and private giants and small fries. before i introduce our participants, over 20 years ago, my predecessor to do nationally view of so much had a terrific idea, let's published a collection of handbills obituaries and collected them all and consulted his sister who agreed that was a terrific

buckley buckley i have no discernible appear on television you're always see to it does is he cannot think on your feet? he can to be responded it is very high to stand up carrying the weight of what i know talk about lady and entertainment he replied and said if he were more respectable and that is to be desired he remained a good sport while being the dignified face of conservatism he had never watched the entire episode of "laugh in" but archie bunker he noted is the greatest anti-conservative ripoff in modern history. and was putting out on a debtor party because he was appalled watching all in the family. he once a dollar edged anybody who wants to understand what is going on has to achieve the the most bookish man the whitaker chambers watched its and interrupted every single night of his life between seven and 11 he also noted u.s. to busy to watch a much self he had no idea who jaba the hut was and was down to a reference to mickey mantle. he was not aware of mass culture and a devoted yachtsmen and harpsichord and did tv world of of the song from the brady bunch how audaciou

ray buckley? mr. buckley: thank you mr. chairman, jamie and keith as well. i want to reiterate what my two friends appear upset. -- appear have said. we are not running against each other. we have committed to defend each other and as i tweeted out the other day, do not send me crab about one of the other candidates because we are united and we have chosen to believe that we can win but only if we are one party and we cannot be divided. you can say if you want, but it is not going to affect our support. [applause] most of you have known me nearly my entire life. you have seen me as a teenager, 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's. you know the story about studying to become an activist at eight years old because i was so horrified by the injustice of racial injustice. to me, that became my cause. i know little kids are passionate about baseball or barbies or whatever, but for me and the selections and starting at eight years old i started organizing campuses. that is what i believe. i have held every position available within the democratic party from 14 might counter, th

tonight at 8:45 eastern, mit film and media professor hendershott, how william f buckley put american the fireline. looks how mr. buckley of the national review used his program firing line to open up out of early circles which made him an early pundit. >> as our level of discourse seemed to be deteriorating and shouting matches, it seemed like an important time to be talking about a show that really valued civil discourse, civil debate between people who disagreed with each other. >> sunday on in depth, pearl harbor is the focus of discussion and we'll be taking your phone calls, tweets and e-mails questions live to 3 p.m. eastern. 9 p.m. eastern after words, george mitchell to served as u.s. special envoy for middle east peace 2009-2011 looks at the israeli-palestinian conflict in the book "a path to peace" a previous history and interviewed by jane harmon president and ceo from the woodrow center. >> they've long since renounced violence, accepted israeli's existence and opted for peaceful negotiation. >> go to booktv.org for the full schedule. >> this photo was sent in 2012, week

at 5:15 p.m., james rosen and christopher buckley, the son of the late william buckley discuss theirook "a torch kept let." it examines essays on famous figures. the event was moderated by the executive editor of the national review. and at 6:15 p.m., benjamin looks at the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia in her book "kingdom of the unjust." notable tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> coming up, a look at the political career of vice president elect mike pence. indianapolis star reporter tony cook joins us for a discussion on the issues that shape the vice president elect. we will also bring you an afteriew with mike pence winning his first house race and conclude with an indiana governor mike pence speaking at the conservative action political conference. >> here on c-span, we are going to take a look at the career of vice president elect mike pence. he is leading transition efforts and is likely to play a major part in the donald trump administration. he was first elected to congress in 2000. after unsuccessful attempts before and after working as a conservat

famous figures written by christopher buckley's father. the event was moderated by executive editor of the national review. and 6:15 p.m., the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia in the book kingdom of the unjust behind the connecti connection. go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >>> good evening. i am a bookseller on behalf of politics and prose owners and on behalf of the entire staff welcome it is a pleasure to have you here and to be hosting sonia shah to her book epidemic contagions from cholera to ebola and so on. if you could silence your phones. she will read and talk for about a half an hour and can take as many questions as we can fit into 20 minutes &-and-sign books afterwards. we encourage questions that need you to use the one microphone on my right by the pillar so everyone can be involved in the conversation and for the c-span audience. after the event is over, please it would be a great help if you would hold up your chair and placplaced it against a bookshe. the books are for sale up front where

buckley, friends or a competitor's? >> guest: she was catholic so he could never be totally blue blood it was as much as what the possible. of course ivy league educated he was the antithesis coming out of poverty but in all of the form of protestantism which michigan state never traveled whereas wail and money coming out of texas they had all kinds of connections so -- he knew he had to have kirk on board of the national review so he went out in the 1950s and i may not be remembering this right. they met at a bar not far from his house and it was there they formulated a. unnumbered of the people recruited were ex- communists and he didn't want to be associated with him at all. a number of these people he couldn't trust them to mingus and he didn't want his name associated. >> host: you do describe him as a fabulous stoic. . and like modern technology. he hated the telephone and he didn't like it when it rang. it was just for him and abominable creation and jokingly i assume that he had no problem carrying the typewrite

welcoming gail lumet buckley. [applause] [applause]

buckley really enjoyed talking to her.oing to show you a clip from the early 70s. >> appear sometimes like a contradiction in my book. are you to make he and she words equal and estimation or argue to screen out she as forever incapable of equaling he and estimation grammatically correct grammatically? >> you could be antifeminist. >> but known by a hierarchy. wind you refer to early man it means you to early humans. >> what it means is that the real attitude is going to be concealed by a form of primitive censorship where the actual situation might change. i think it's a sort of hypocrisy. >> in other words you think that answers is preposterous to make well, i think it's such a trivial aspect of a real struggle edits being given so much attention and i think it's part of a general movement to co-opt a struggle into existence, really and turn it into something-- >> okay, so it's a really interesting moment because actually they sort of agree about the nonsense anyway liberal feminism was to change language and they both a

ray buckley? mr. buckley: thank you mr. chairman, jamie and keith as well.ant to reiterate what my two friends appear upset. we are not running against each other. we have committed to defend each other and as i tweeted out the other day, do not send me crab about one of the other candidates because we are united and we have chosen to believe that we can win but only if we are one party and we cannot be divided. you can say if you want, but it is not going to affect our support. most of you have known me nearly my entire life. teenager,een me as a 20's, 30's, 40's, 50's. you know the story about studying to become an activist at eight years old because i was so horrified by the injustice of racial injustice. to me, that became my cause. i know little kids are passionate about baseball or barbies or whatever, but for me and the selections and starting at eight years old i started organizing campuses. that is what i believe. i have held every position available within the democratic counter, the might war chair, city chair for five terms, county chair for four

at 5:15 p.m., james rosen and christopher buckley, the son of william buckley, discuss their book. it examines essays on famous figures written by christopher buckley's father. the event was moderated by the executive editor of the national review. benjamin.m., medea looks at the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia. go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> ben and jerry's cofounder talking about the origins of his vermont-based company and its socially responsible mission. he was keynote speaker at the university of michigan conference in september. it is about 45 minutes. >> it is an absolute pleasure to introduce the next guest. he is known for a couple of different things. iconic way for the brand of ice cream that has helped many of us get through long nights and oppression. ben and jerry's have helped many of us through rough spots. he is becoming one of the faces of social entrepreneurship and cognitive business. -- and positive business. all the way from vermont, please help me welcome jerry greenfield. [cheers and applause] >> swag aplenty

buckley wondering why krauthammer and the new republic were not supporting reagan's reelection in 1984uckley was writing was, why don't you give up on the democrats, and i was still one of those who wanted to sort of save the soul of the democratic party and maintain this conservative element of which the magazine really was. >> krauthammer fired off a letter to buckley, writing, reagan still had "a lot to answer for" on foreign policy, and his domestic policy was far worse. "the catalogue of sins we believe the president has committed is too long to recapitulate here." but krauthammer tells me he privately wanted reagan to beat his old boss, walter mondale. >> but i had worked for mondale in 1980. i liked him and had respect for him. and as a personal matter, there's a kind of a matter of honor. i didn't want to vote against a man for whom i had respect and affection. >> so you have a vote -- reagan or mondale. >> that's the only presidential election where i left that line blank. >> left it blank? >> but if i had been, you know, the swing vote, i would have obviously have voted for r

famous figurers written by christopher buckley's father. executi exec editor the national review. then at 6:15 p.m., lydia b benjamin looks at the u.s. and saudi arabia and in her book "kingdom of the unjust." go to baooktv.org for a complet schedule. >>> now arms and artists. the revolution through painters eyes talks about the lives and works of five american artist of the revolutionary period. the fraunces tavern museum hosts this hour-long event. >> we are delighted to have paul steady presenting of arms and artist, american revolution through painters eyees. paul teach eats mount holo college and is the auj our of sell ral books and esrays on american artists. he is a curator of the fine arts in boston. he is a two-time senior fellow at the met. paul has spoken internationally on the intersection of american art and history. and with that, i would like to welcome paul. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be here this evening. i want to thank my hosts here at the tavern. and i want to thank my publicshr who is repres

monday night at 8:00 eastern, hear from some of the democrats vying to lead the party, including ray buckleyhe new hampshire party. keith ellison from minnesota. hit a seven year low in voter turnout, 36%. the democratic caucus is smaller than any time since truman. got a lot of rebuilding to do. >> tuesday night, president barack obama and since they visit the american naval base at pearl harbor. mr. of a is the first sitting japanese leader to visit the site of the attack that launched u.s. involvement in world war ii. a review of senate hearings from 2016, from topics including the flint water crisis. >> seriously, you found out that one of your divisions had created 2 million fake accounts, have fired thousands of employees or improper behavior and had cheated thousands of your own customers and you did not even once consider firing her ahead of her retirement? >> thursday, we remember some of the political figures that passed away in 2016, including former first lady nancy reagan. 8:00, our inat memoriam program continues with shimon peres, mohammed ali and john g.

. >> now, gail buckley tells the story of her ancestors. the story of her book, the black calhouns from civil war to civil rights with one african-american family. this was part of the book festival in

one of those killed was 21-year-old greg buckley junior. his father appearing on tfox & friends outraged he could be punished for doing the right thing. >> i lost my son. i will never be able to hold my son ever again. now they are turning it around and taking this young man and ruining his career to try to save my son's life. >> he was removed from his post for using his private e-mail. he was retaliated against for complaining to capitol hill about his concerns. using the treatment of hate this flag hillary clinton as an example in court even though she acted extremely careless she wasn't criminally charged. he reacted saying this is a stunning review of the sent elementally unjust proceedings where the decorated marine was let go for three years. hear from brezler's attorney. he joins us at 6:00 to discuss the victory. >>> breaking overnight a powerful earthquake leaving 97 people dead. you can see entire buildings left in ruins. the tremor crumbling to the ground. they are scouring the area for any one who may be trapped under the rebel

at 8:45, heather hendershott provides a history of william f buckley's long running program firing line. on book tv's afterwords program, former senator majority leader talks about a path for peace between israel al palestine and wrap up at 11:15, the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia. that happens tonight on c-span 2's book tv. . >> welcome to tempe, on book tv. the suburb of phoenix with a population of 160,000 is home to arizona state university, one of the largest public universities in the country. with the help of our cox communications cable partners, for the next 90 minutes we'll explore the area's history and culture with local authors. >> for 50 years this country after the great fires of 1910 was r which traumatized the u.s. forest service tried to take fire out of the landscape. the problem is we took good fires as well as bad fires out. the last 50 years, half the history of our engagement we tried to put good fire back in. it's tricky, too, because once you've taken fire out, restoring it is like trying to put an endangered species back in. >> we also

and now you have this proposal, maybe buckley would run it and be the messenger and maybe somebody else would do the day to day work, as well as jamie harrison who is another good candidate from south carolina, runs the democratic party there. i think it may be boiled down to those two. there's also tom perez. that's a new name. he's being pushed by the president as someone who's less of an ideal -- >> find a place called unity. now how do they get to unify and around what willnify because clearly their message was far off base and it happened quite expensively because they thought they had this election in the bag and it turns out they were woefully wrong. >> i think they're going to look to what attracted new voters and what excited the voters. the clinton faction is at a bit of a disadvantage in this fight because they didn't win. whereas the people who were attracted to donald trump were from the same region that went for bernie sanders in the primary. so i think they're going to look at what happened during the primary. >> but looking at that, where do they go forward? what do they

new hampshire party chair ray buckley and keith ellison. here is a preview.strict is the fifth congressional district of minnesota and when i first got there, my district was the lowest turnout district in the state. today it has the highest in the state. because we have invested in year, all65 days a over, everybody. young people enter new americans, we are doing the deal. that is a qualification for this job, i fulfill that criteria. i hope you take this into consideration. who is actually produced electoral success. by less thanon 10,000 votes in 2010 but more than 100,000 in 2014 because we turned out to vote. in 2008 butt by -- he won by more than 200,000 into an dust in 2014 because we turned out to vote.

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at 5:15 p.m., james rosen and christopher buckley, the son of the late william f buckley, discuss their book "a torch kept lit, great lives of the 20th century." it examines essays by impressive figures. at six: 15 p.m., medea benjamin looks at the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia in her book "kingdom of the unjust, behind the u.s.-saudi connection." for thew.c-span.org complete schedule. >> in 2016, c-span conducted a variety of interviews with new -- 114thf the 115th congress. this interview with steve russell of oklahoma's fifth district begins with a clip from the 2015 interview. [video clip] >> i think the framing of the constitution was a giant compromise. you had states that wanted autonomy. a road and need for communication and defense system that they could not really provide. to so they were willing ditch the articles of confederation for the constitution. and they labored over it. john j and james madison, alexander hamilton and many others, they debated. they studied. they looked at past democracies and wondered why they failed and determined we needed a republ

ray buckley, chairman of the new hampshire democratic party.son, the chairman of the south carolina democratic party. ellison was the early front-runner, receiving support from big names like chuck schumer, elizabeth warren, and bernie sanders. but he's facing condemnation from the anti-defamation league over a controversial 2010 speech. another hurdle is that ellison may want to keep his seat in congress despite critics who say the dnc chair is a full-time job. he says he's still weighing that factor. >> i didn't think it was a problem, but i recognize we really are in a new age. but let me just tell you this. so i'm in the process of deciding this issue of whether i can perform both roles. but you asked me will it be my first priority? absolutely. i am hearing from you and listening carefully. >> republicans hold majorities in governorships, state legislatures, as well as both houses of congress, of course. they'll defend far fewer seats in 2018. so who will lead the democratic party as they defend and rebuild? jamie harrison is the current c

then mit professor remembers william f buckley's television program and we wrap up our monday primetime lineup at 1145 with author with author courtney

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if after they hatch and the flea the woman told him buckleys turner drink heavily jury didn't buy it to the d.a. s for six years in prison turner's father as for lenience seen his son should not be penalized for what he called 20 and selection of toys plus years of life. affectively three months in the county lockup he had a national debate and local fire storm. activists' group culture violet delivered more than a million signatures on judicial performance. half a cent to assess is the chilling message. judge percy's name when on billboards judgment the center of a fierce debate. three separate efforts to launch to unseat the judge. ha >> reporter: and they made no secret of her feelings turner got off too easily. turner flew back to his home in the small town of the bill burke ohio where he registered as a sex offender. as december issue limousine known only as toledo one of its women a year that ends are survivors and survivors are going to be more than surviving. >> reporter: >> reporter: the first started in europe about a successful in decreasing credit card fraud. some places

james rosen and christopher buckley, the son of the late william f buckley discuss their book, greaterlives of the 20th century which examines essays on famous figures written by christopher bus-- a buckley's father. at 6:15 p.m. medea benjamin looks at the relationship between the us and saudi arabia in her book. go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> the us institute of peace recently hosted a discussion on india pakistan relations. we will hear from a security council staffer, a number of journalists and foreign-policy scholars. this is about 90 minutes. >> good morning and thank you for joining us. i am the associate vice president here and look after much of that institute and i apologize horse starting on south asap-- south asia time, but it is only fitting. let me welcome my panelists for today's events and before that let me just say whenever you talk about in the and pakistan you almost have to say it's a very interesting time, so it's clichÉ, but it is a interesting and trebly-- troubling time for the india pakistan relationship. you would know that since mid

. >> now, gail buckley tells the story of her ancestors. the story of her book, the black calhouns from civil war to civil rights with one african-american family. this was part of the book festival in georgia. . [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you very much for being here. i'm delighted to be in beautiful savannah. i've been asked to speak a little bit about myself to say what role books have played in my life and how i first became interested in writing. i think the important thing to begin with is that i was born in 1937 and there were many important changes in america life. i graduated from radcliff college in 1959 which means i had a harvard education. i wish i'd studied more and enjoyed myself less. after college, i had a terrific job as a reporter at life magazine. the job i loved, even though i was paid less than a man doing the same work. life is probably where i first thought about writing as a career. apart being born in 1937 and most young women with college degrees got interesting if ill-paying jobs and then quit to ge

. >> south carolina democratic jamie harrison and new hampshire chairman ray buckley. the vote doesn't happen until february whichlies plenty of time for candidates to jump in and that will be taking place in february. >> all right. thank you very much, kristin. >> president obama taking action to protect the affordable care act. a big part of had his legacy. and repealing and replacing it though is high on the republican list of >> president obama reminding congress to get behind. repeal and replace is the rallying cry since the law took affect. here's more. >> the closer we get to inauguration. repealing and replacing the affordable care act is at the top of the to do list for them. president obama is trying to make that impossible p. he urged americans to sign up for health coverage and mobilize against the republican efforts to overturn the law. >> millions of americans rely on and raise preiums. don't go back to the days of where you can be denied insurance. >> reporter: they warn 20 million americans could be affected congressman tom price who is the nominee for

discuss their book a torch kept lit which examines essays on famous figures written by christopher buckley's father. the event was moderated by the executive editor of national review. anin the 6:15 we look at the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia in the book kingdom of the unjust behind the u.s. saudi connection. go to booktv.org for the complete schedule. >> steven johnson's book wonderland of the history of entertainment and has driven scientific and technological progress. we talked to the author of this year's miami book fair. >> joining us here on our booktv set is offered steven johnson. before we get into the most recent book, you've are listeninlistening pretty intento what james click had to say.sc >> athis was the first book that got me thinking i couldd potentially be a science

. >> we will hear from representative ellison, as well as jamie harrison, and ray buckley, tonight at 8 p.m. eastern. tomorrow in primetime, a special at the bar -- the bombing of pearl harbor 75 years later. the sitting japanese prime minister will visit the memorial in hawaii, appearing with president obama at the event. join us tuesday. >> next, a look at silicon valley from the annual techcrunch disrupt conference. speakers look at the future of online gaming, robotics, and industry culture in the valley. this is about one hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back [indiscernible] jordan [indiscernible] i appreciate you. what's your name? sam? you are my new favorite. hold on to that, take it with you to the bank. all right, we are going to roll right into our next panel. who here uses slack? i have got a special treat for you. if you type in the giffy slash you are going to get yours truly in your feed and that's a precious gift. page ourlcome to the next guests, leslie and john. [applause] ♪ >> this is the best intro music, ever. crisis is amazing. i'm in love. i want to

today mit film heather author of open to debate, how william buckley put america in firing line. .. thank you so much for coming out. i think we will talk for the first 20 to 25 minutes and then i imagine it will will be all sorts of questions both specifically pertaining to the book and other questions that they may have raised. so, i guess where should we sop -- where should we start. thank you for inviting me to do this. thanks where i was a fellow. i was hard at work on this book. it's very nice to be able to speak to all of you here at this great institution. nick has been a friend of mine he's obviously a very accomplished journalist i'm really glad you're doing this with me. i'm delighted to talk to you about the book. let's get started. my first question is what you talk a little bit about how you found the story into this case and a back story of how you ended up working on this project. assuming i actually came across this case who in the book. i came across the case back in 2009 on the lark i have gone to an fbi lab in quantico to interview an analyst and i wanted to hear

ah, you're buckley. bickley! mindy's told me about you. i can't concentrate with all that racket. how do you expect me to write sympathy cards with her crying all morning? why was she crying? find out when you hit her up about the check. yes, but you just can't -- oh, daddy! what's wrong? oh, brother. something awful has happened. mork's been transferred to another planet. i'll probably never see him again. oh, honey, i'm sorry. sure glad i don't read lips. mindy! mindy, mindy, mindy, mindy, mindy. and mindy's dad. hi, mr. mcconnell. frederick: hello. hi, susan. buying myself a numero uno charm. susan, i think maybe some other time. oh. well, are we a little depressed today? she's a lot depressed -- personal reasons. well, of course i was never one to pry. all i can tell you is i used to get all these emotional ups and downs all the time at the least little thing, but that was before i got erk. what's erk? "ellsworth revitalization konditioning." i don't mean to be picky, but you spell conditioning with a "c." right. maybe you do, but ellsworth doesn't. so, how about it? susan, i

we've been calling for the demise of buckley's going to die, we've been saying this if for 40 years and it's still standing. the question is going to be whether cases coming up like the soft money case that will be before the supreme court, to possibly take within the next few months, will provide the avenue for a nail in the coffin, but in an alternative w0r8d, which is what you asked me about, then ill say that the accepting an interest that could justify some campaign finance limits is no different than accept corruption as a reason to impose campaign finance limits and if you require that then i think that is the limiting principle, so i would not think that limits alone would be institutional without some kind of voucher system or other way, multiple voices and people can get their points across. >> if you have questions, there are people stationed on the side and they have little cards. you can write them out and send them on in. let me stay in the alternative universe for just a second, there are concerns about our eququality of voice. sufficient to -- policies that would subsidi

. >> what buckley gets right if you concentrate in the hands of the us extremely educated there is potential for real distortions. people believe bad ideas and reinforce them with each other. so that is why we are worried about the harvard faculty as a whole but there are certain departments role they do is propagate bad idea is don't do serious work they just pontificate back-and-forth. so he is right about that but democracy has bad incentives critical knowledge is low on average and lower than and ignorance but if you spread out your power vary widely and concentrate in the hands of very few, then you may have different types of distortions and political power is spread out widely not those of with ph.d. or in other reformation and not to give a voice to everyone in the country. >> host: maybe it is my a mistake to propose a that way because the harvard faculty are people that our high on cognitive skills and very well educated and they all have p&g's as a profession but there are very smart people and even more smart people and that are well informed that not academics so you do not argu

and that leaves jamie harrison, ray buckley and keith ellison from minnesota. now ellison is the front runner but hooels also a sitting congressman, which would mean he couldn't run full time. for dean that's a disqualifier. >> i do not believe at all that you can do this job and do another job in congress at the same time. so no i don't support keith. maybe i will later but i don't know. >> ellison said he would consider giving up his seat in congress if he were elected to the chair of the dnc. but an audio recording from him just surfaced where he essentially says that israel is controlling u.s. policy. >> the united states foreign policy in the middle east is governed by what is good or bad through a country of 7 million people. a region of 350 million all turns on a country of seven million. does that make sense? >> now, the anti-defamation league says those remarks are both deeply disturbing and disqualifying. raising a specter of age-old stereotypes about jewish control of our government. >> thank you very much. >>> as you know president elect donald trum

ray buckley is the democratic chair jamie harrison. a four-way race. bill cosby returning to a pennsylvania courtroom. watching the heated clashes between his lawyers and prosecutors over a request to have 13 other women who accused him of sexual assault testify at his trial set to begin in the spring. cosby denied all allegations. in tennessee officials say the wildfires in the great spoky mountains caused more than half a billion in property damage. at least 14 people were killed. the flame destroyed or damaged more than 2400 structures. a big day on wall street. the dow jones inching closer to the 20,000 mark. dow closing at a new record high for the 16th time since donald trump was elected president. now to south carolina, winding down the case against dylann roof charged with killing nine people in a black church in charl 1207b. jurors getting to see the images found in the gunman's camera. this as prosecutors object to the witnesses the defense said it is going to call. roof is being tried on federal hate crimes and firearms charges and faces a s

buckley put america on the firing line," looks at how he used firing line to open arguments outside of his conservative circles which made him an early pundit. >> as our level of discourse seemed to be deteriorating the shouting matches increasing and so on, it seemed like a particularly important time to be talking about a show that valued civil debate between people who disagreed with each other. >> sunday on "in depth," the 75th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor features steve toomey and craig nelson, and we'll be taking your phone calls, tweets and e-mail questions live from noon to 3 a.m. eastern. and at 9 p.m. eastern on "after words," former senate george mitchell looks at the israeli/palestinian conflict in his book, "a path to peace: a brief history of israeli/palestinian negotiations and a way forward in the middle east." he's interviewed by jane harman, president and ceo of the woodrow wilson center. >> president abbas and the palestinian authority have long since renounced violence, have accepted israel's existence and have opted for peaceful negotiation to achieve

promotion from congressman keith ellison of minnesota endorsed by leaders like chuck schumer to ray buckley jamie harrison who run state parties. the democratic party chair is not just someone who raises money for the party or joins us here on tv, although they do do that. for a party out of power in this trump era, whether the party keeps working on these little questions like should there be a few more organizers in rural wisconsin or the big questions, like should the obama white house have cleared the whole primary field for hillary clinton before voting even began? or should the party keep backing a corporate free trade agenda while its own labor base revolts? many pride themselves on debate, on facing facts, on diversity. so why is there so little debate about how to run the party and who should run the party and why do so few people even want to run the party? okay. these may be some tough questions for democrats. one loyal clinton booster is pushing them. liberal david brock is saying the party should run an audit to recon what's gone wrong. is there an appetite to dig deep down and

tonight at 8:00 eastern hear from some of the democrats vying to lead the party, including ray buckleychair of the new hampshire democratic party. ande harrison representative keith ellison. >> in 2014, we hit a seven year low in voter turnout, 36%, the democratic caucus? had a 20st election we year low turnout. we have a lot of repairing to do. >> tuesday night at 8:00, president obama and president harbor.t pearl he is the first sitting japanese leader to visit the site of the attack that launched u.s. involvement in world war ii. nights, a review of 2016 on topics including the crisis.chigan water >> seriously? you found out that one of your decisions created 2 million fake accounts, fired thousands of employees for improper behavior and have cheated thousands of euro customers and you didn't even consider firing her ahead of her retirement? thee remember some of political figures that passed away in 2016, including the firmer force lady -- including nancyrmer first lady reagan. our in memoriam program does continue with mohammed ali and john glenn. this week in the prime time on c-

other contenders, keith ellison of minnesota, tom perez, also running jamie harrison and raymond buckleye chairmen in south carolina and new hampshire respectively. joining me to talk about this, a his tor i don't know and professor at princeton university, a reporter for the washington examiner and columnist for the new york post. let's start with you. do you see the party going forward with the so-called bernie sanders wing with he willy son or perhaps a more traditional leader like tom perez? what does that choice say about the future of the party? >> well, i think the more important decision going forward, for whoever they pick is not as much ideological as it's about who has the best plan to have more penetration in more states. so think back to 2005 when howard dean was picked as the chair right after the loss from 2004 to george w. bush for john kerry. he developed a 50 state program and within 18 months was able to knock off the house majority for the republicans, for democrats, as well as in the u.s. senate. and they grabbed a bunch of down ballot seats. what the democrats need,

prime at 8:00 p.m.night eastern, hear from some of the leaveats buying to the party, including ray buckley, jamie harrison, and keith ellison from minnesota. in 2014, we hit a 70 year low , theter turnout, 36% democratic caucus is smaller than at any time since truman. in this last election, we had a 20 year low. we have a lot of rebuilding to do. >> tuesday night at 8:00, president obama and japanese prime minister shinzo abe visit the naval base at pearl harbor. the first sitting japanese leader to visit the site of the attack that launched u.s. involvement in world war ii. wednesday night at 8:00, a review of house and senate hearings on topics including the flint, michigan water crisis, and the wells fargo unauthorized account scandal. >> seriously? you found one of your divisions had created 2 million fake accounts, had fired employees for improper behavior, and had cheated thousands of your own customers, and you did not even once consider firing her ahead of her retirement? 8:00 p.m.y at eastern, some of the political figures that passed away in 2016, including former first lady nan