. >> this is c-span booktv.e've been talking with jorge castaneda, author of maÑana for ever. >> when i began working for the prospect they said it was probably one of the topics that i got the most interest in and the most questions about and even still today i could still kind of tell what it meant to people and how important it was to people and the timing worked out because it was undergoing a renovation that is actually pretty close to being done today. as of the interest was a fever pitch. >> can you describe their brand of the shopping center as follows its importance to chicago and its suburbs beginning in the early 1960's? >> welcome it was definitely a big first. there was a lot of unique features and really we hadn't seen shopping centers built on a grand scale with so much attention to detail and religious kinds of imposing architecture. it was very important to the northwest suburbs it was a condition of the fact that this area was a boom town, just growing rapidly in one of the more important areas

today's program will be recorded for future broadcast on c-span's booktv. if there is tenet began for a q&a session with the author, we ask you to use the microphone located at the center of the room said the home viewing audience can hear a question. the schedule of when the program will air, go to www.booktv.org. please welcome moderator, it karen long and deborah baker, author of "the convert." [applause] >> good morning. it's wonderful to be here and thank you for joining us. i drove here from cleveland and i was delighted to be occupied with a complex object and engaging biographer. deborah baker seems allergic to the facile answer and drawn to flags that are complicated and eliciting more questions than answers. so if that is your cup of tea, you walked into the great room. because margaret marcus, who became mary and jamaal is so complicated, i thought the respect one interesting thing to do would to begin with some of her words. so, we are going to ask deborah baker to read for us. >> hi, thank you for coming. it's great to be in chicago. i love thi

all of you here tonight for this special evening, and we just want to say a special hello to c-span's booktviewers who may be tuning in. when we originally booked manning several months ago, we were, as you can imagine, very excited to have him here in baltimore and to hear him discuss as much anticipated landmark claus, malcolm x, the life of reinvention. we were heart broken when we heard he became ill and passed away days before that monumental book was released, but we stillmented to honor him and his work and definitely his life, so thanks to a lifelong library supporter, mark steiner, we alived at this event tonight, and we are really honored to have the people we have on our panel tonight. we know it's going to be a great tribute to a great man, but before we get started, we have a very special guest here who we want to come up to say a few words. manning's stepdaughter, malia. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. >> goos evening. >> on behalf of my stepfather and rest of my family, i'd like to welcome you to this wonderful event. i'm happy to see you here who honor him and his legac

[inaudible conversations] >> welcome to c-span's booktv. every weekend we bring you 48 hours of books on history, biography and public affairs by nonfiction authors. this weekend on booktv on c-span2 is everything you know about the ok corral wrong? with newly available documents jeff quinn to all the different story about wyatt earp, doc holliday and the clinton gang. and the lost war against the international state system. for mexican foreign minister george jorge castaneta talks about mexico. find out about booktv alert on weekend schedule in your in box. .. >> not just on cnn, but also through this book. steve, i want to get right to the action. this is a provocatively-titled book. not push come to shove, it's push has come to shove: getting our kids the education they deserve. what do you mean? >> enough is enough. there's no more room for our children to be failed by the system. we finally have an opportunity to transform education as we know it. we have an opportunity now like we've never had before because 20 years ago, 20 years ago

this is europe to need to get on national television, c-span's booktv. while you prepare your questions please line up to get your chance. mark, get your book is called "basketball slave." your dad was one of the first in the nba, crack? >> that is correct. >> what would he think about his time in the nba where i'm assuming he probably made pennies versus now, where nba players are making so much money, hundreds of millions of dollars? >> what would he think out this now? would he be pleased or would he say gee i wish that was me? >> well, you know, i think he would say like a lot of these guys say, that they feel as though they came along at the wrong time in their careers. i have never heard them -- and when i talk about them i am talking about all of the 360 globetrotters who played before 1960 and my father was included in that, where they loved the people and young guys getting the opportunity to number one, show their talents because it was the thing where it wasn't only just money. it was talent. just look back a little bit. whenever anybody watch

also want to welcome the folks who have joined us on the internet and on wilson forum tv, and web c-span booktv he here with us today as well. so we are glad that there as an expanded audience out there that will be enjoying it and benefiting from this presentation. you probably have seen jorge's bio. i won't go into detail about that, but i think the things that are most important is that he is well regarded, renowned scholar, thinker, writer about mexico, policy issues. as andrew said, this is not necessarily a policy book, but a book into the mexican so, maybe if you will. i was thinking this morning that we in the united states have had others come and put the mirror up to us and show us what americans and american democracy is all about. jorge has done a great job over the last several books trying to explain a little bit to an american audience and to mexico, kind of the uniqueness, and in this case some of the paradoxes of the mexican so, the mexican spirit, and helps us as outsiders, as foreigners understand a place that often is confusing, but beloved to so many of us. so we are privil

i want to thank c-span booktv for covering this event. i, obviously, want to thank nathan again, and i want to thank all of you for being here and for being interested in this, in this book. um, the name of the book is "back to our future: how the 1980s explained the world we live in now." and to make this presentation a little bit fun, i've included a kind of trivia question, trivia contest. not really a contest, but see if you can answer the questions as we go through this. the overall thesis of the book is as the subtitle says. it says the 1980s and, in specific, both the political and be pop culture of the 1980s still very much informs the way we think about the world today. and it should be pretty obvious, and i'll just start with the first slide. and this slide took forever to make. and i did make all of these slides, and they took absolutely forever to make. [laughter] so, hopefully, you'll like them. it's pretty obvious, it should be pretty obvious to anybody that the 1980s is -- let me turn this on here. that would be helpful. bu

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c-span. >> this weekend on booktv on c- span2, from the libertarian freedom fest, matching leaders to their counterparts. several oat authors. also, on it "afterards, -- afterwards," the triple agent. also, how a teddy roosevelt lead was shaped as a rancher. look for the booktv schedule. you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning is "washington journal," connecting with elected officials, policymakers, and journalists. weekdays, watch the house and during the ninth congressional hearings. also, supreme court or arguments. on the weekend, you can see our signature interview programs. on saturday, "the communicators," and on sunday, "q&a" and "prime minister's questions." you can also watch anytime at c- span.org, and it is odd searchable at our c-span video library. c-span, a public service, created by american cable companies. >> the house rules committee approved roles tonight for a new deficit-reduction bill, making way for a debate on it in the house tomorrow. this bill includes 917 billion of budget cuts over the next 10 years and increases the debt

. >> well, this is booktv on c-span 2 and we are the university of chicago and joined by professor mark philip bradley, whose rows recent book is "vietnam at war." professor bradley, what are you looking out in this book? >> guest: the idea of the book was to think about the lawyer from the vietnamese perspective and to think about it in a kind of long historical survey. so for americans, the vietnam war is the vietnamese call the american worker in the late 1950s to 1975. but for much vietnamese, the war began at the latest in 1946. and many would argue at the beginning of the century as the french came to take control of vietnam veered as you try and think back as early as tonight 1890s and talk about anti-colonialist and from the french war, american water to talk about the war for memory in vietnam since the war was over. >> had the vietnamese -- had the vietnamese purse acted thomas throughout time? >> non-indian non. but in other places in the world. the american war in vietnam is the most written about topic in american history. there's thousands of books and articles in the scho

c-span. >> this weekend on booktv on c- span2, it is everything you know about the oakton chorale wrong? different story about why it ur, doc holliday, and the clan gangs on "afterwords. looking at the long war on islamism. also, a former mexican foreign minister talks about the challenges facing our southern neighbor. look for that at booktv.org, and sign up for the alert, a weekly schedules in your in box. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> at the end of every week, so we are moving in a particular direction. camasses posed -- cameras pose all sorts of things that the others do not. >> right now on the c-span youtube channel, watch the latest comments on cameras in the courtroom. also, our local content of vehicles on line at youtube .com/cspan. >> addressing the situation about packing into individual cell phones, and members asked about education reform and health care costs. after the half-hour question time, the prime minister makes a statement and takes questions about british troop withdrawal from af

booktv, encore booknotes. in 2000, historian joyce appleby was on c-span's booknotes programs discussing her book, "inheriting the revolution" the first generation of americans examining the legacy of americans who lived between 1776 and 1830. c-span: joyce appleby, author of "inheriting the revolution." where'd you get the idea for this book? guest: well, it was a long time gestating--gestating. it--i'm an early american historian and so i'd studied 17th and 18th century america, the colonies, and then i'd particularly been interested in the american revolution and the era of the writing of the constitution and then i became very curious about what happened to this revolutionary heritage. how did it turn into a heritage? what difference did it make to the lives of those people who were the sons and daughters of the revolutionaries? and that--that was the beginning, that question, and it took me--it took me a couple of years to figure out the best way for me to answer it. c-span: so what period are you writing about? >> guest: well, i'm really writing about--oh, the 1790s through the 1820s, a little bit into

. >> right now on c-span and watch chief justice john roberts latest comments on cameras in the courtroom. also american history tv and booktv from our local content vehicles online at youtube.com/c-span. >> french president nicolas sarkozy is proposing a 20 billion euro investment plan to promote research, innovation, science and technology in france. the french president it was up for reelection next year also announced a deal with french banks to give greece more timeb to pay off its debts. his comments now from paris. it's about an hour and 20 minutes. [speaking in french] >> translator: let me thank those who bothered to get up. thank you. and for those who didn't bother, well, that's all right. mr. prime minister, ladies and gentlemen, ministers, on june 22, 2009 in front of the congress in versailles, i was announcing that france was about to launch a large borrowing in order to finance investments for the future which it needed in order to guarantee future growth. we were facing the worst economic crisis the world had ever known for a century, and the response to this crisis was for all the governments of the world

c-span's trip to south carolina visit c-span.org/localcontent. >> the senate is about to gavel in for a weekend session working on harry reid's bill to deal with the debt and deficit. we will bring more booktv programs when the senate is in recess. you can watch booktv program and online at booktv.org. the senate will spend much of the day discussing the senate democratic and house republican debt ceiling plans. due to senate rules 30 hours must pass before they can vote on moving forward on harry reid's plan which puts the vote at 1:00 a.m. eastern time. and your understanding is infinite. we need you on capitol hill. as we gather this saturday, a nation looks to our government's legislative branch for responsible action. deliver our lawmakers from the paralysis of analysis when constructive and prompt action is desperately needed. faced with potentially disastrous consequences, give the members of this body the wisdom to work while it is day. for the night comes, when no one can work. we pray in your great name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic

. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 and here's a look at our part-time lineup for tonight. >> in 2001, 2002, c-span american series writers the authors who created the american literature. in april 2002, broadcasting live from the ernest hemingway house in key west, florida, american writers spent two hours looking at the life and the literary career of ernest hemingway. this year marks the 50th anniversary of his death. watch a re-air of that program right now. ♪ ♪ >> we have some rare footage of ernest hemingway off the coast of key west, florida. ♪ >> and key west c-span is today as our american's writers series. today we're going to focus particularly on the 1920s and '30s through the life and times of this nobel prize winning writer with 21 books to his credit. joining me live from the ernest hemingway home in key west is hemingway scholar susan beagle. susan, if one wants to study this period of history, why would you turn to ernest hemingway. >> in a lot of ways ernest hemingway almost is the first half of the american 20th century. he's born in 1899 just as the new century is about to begin

charleston's south carolina this weekend on c-span to and 3. up next on booktv writers discuss how governments can work together across national boundaries to resolve the world's issues. speakers involved toni morrison, and dale peck. this was part of the 2010 world voice festival in new york city. it is just under 3 hours. >> one of the reasons for having this was to reflect 36 years later after the norman mailer congress of the mid 80s on the themes that were discussed and one of the things people suggest is the legendary 1986 congress was not open to the general public. it was a closed congress in which all the sessions were only for ten members and members of the press. the new version of the festival more rightly opened up to the public that has been a great thing. it is good that we have this talk among ourselves. i want to say a few things about that old congress because to set the tone, one of the things i remember because i was there as a much younger writer leading to these grand figures of world literature was quite a gathering of voices, anybody you

c-span will cover it if that happens. you can watch other events on phone hacking on our web site at c-span.org. >> this weekend on booktv on c-span2 on "afterwords." jane blair relives her experiences on the front lines in iraq. in railroaded, the impact of the transcontinental and in eisenhower 1956, david nichols look at the suez canal crisis, eisenhower faces a change. look for the complete booktv schedule at booktv.org and sign up for booktv alert, weekend schedules in your inbox. >> this is the great hall here at the library of congress. the largest library in the world. did you ever wonder if you were to read one book a day in the library how long it would take you? you'll find lots of answers in c-span's original documentary. the library of congress. airing this monday night. we'll tour the iconic jefferson building, including the great hall and the reading room. we'll show treasures, sound in the rare books, and special collection, including the original thomas jefferson library, and presidential papers from george washington to calvin coolidge, and learn how the library is using technology to discover hidden se

booktv. >> it is a pleasure to be here and also to be talking to an audience on c-span through the camera's. i will tell you about the new book of mine by showing the pictures. it is not music on the music stand but notes for me. i think that writing a book is a matter of following an obsession and why your of assessed by something. for me, but all my life had an obsession with a period of the first world war as long as i can remember. it has fascinated me as they grow older and reading history i realize there are good reasons for being fascinated it left 20 million dead, military and civilian and more than six times the casualty toll of any previous war europe had ever known and it left a larger number of wounded soldiers behind and large parts of europe in smoldering ruins the way armies have retreated on both sides and when one is drawn to a subject matter how much there is something personal as well. fought in the first world war fad is hymns there in the center of the picture with his fighter squadron of the imperial russian air service if you read my first book half the way hollywood

c-span every day had 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> this weekend on booktv, marine maj jane glare and relives her experiences on the front lineaq. and a look of the transcontinental railroad in the gilded age, and david nichols will said the suez canal crisis. eisenhower faces of change. look for the complete schedule booktv.org. the british home affairs committee questioned several police officers today about past and current investigations into alleged illegal phone hacking in bribery by journalists. the hearing focused on rupert murdoch. this is a little less than three hours. go >> people can move in and find available seats. thank you. you have your officials near you. if has been alleged that the phone hacking committee has misled this committee. would it be possible to clarify for us what procedures are for investigating such allegations? >> thank you for giving me notice of the point of order. witnesses who gave evidence or mislead the committee who will be considered guilty. if they consider it serious enough to the content of the house, they will reported to the house. the house requires them to explain him or herse

c-span radio. to go with titles like "slader" and "guilty" anne coulter has something to say. your chance to talk with the author in debt for three hours starting at noon eastern live on "booktv.>> the supreme court is now available as a standard and enhanced ebook. 11 original c-span interviews with current and retired justices. this current book includes interviews with elena kagan and the enhanced ebook add to your experience by watching multimedia clips from all of the justices. available wherever ebooks are sold. >> news yesterday that the president has chosen a nominee to lead the consumer financial protection bureau. our guests, carter 4dougherty is here to talk about this organization. guest: this is created by the regulatory overhaul that president obama signed into law, almost exactly one year ago. it consolidated supervision and regulation of banks when it comes to consumer finance, mortgages, payday lenders, your credit card. this put into one agency. she was tapped by president obama in last fall and september to begin setting the bureau up here yet take you have a recent profile about elizabeth warren talking about how she came up with this idea. it really was he

c-span. modern technology reveals that jefferson used the word subjects before replacing it with the word citizens in his first draft of the declaration. >> what are you reading this summer? booktvwants to know. >> well i'm reading ulysses by james joyce. i started that on january 1. it is a new year's resolution of mine to plow through that book. that is bloomsday, the day the whole book is built around. i have a chapter to go. i don't recommend it. it is a classic, but it is impenetrable, very hard to read that i will get it done. also, the summer will be reading "founders" which is a raphael book about those who are part of the american revolution. not a lot of new ground plowed but very interesting stories. looks good to me. two books by patrick o'brian, master and commander in the far side of the earth, which is what was put together to make the master and commander movie starring russell crowe. i loved the movie and want to read the books now. the other book i will be reading is called sword and honor which is a compilation of military stories, some commission and some written about 19th century battles in the napoleonic wars and the civil war. that is what i will be readi

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c-span. if you looked at every photo in this collection and spend one minute on each it would take 24 years to see them all. >> this weekend on booktv on c-span2 on afterwards, marine maj jane malware relives her experience on the front lines in iraq. richard white gauges the impact of the transcontinental railroad on the gilded age. in eisenhower 1956 david nichols looked at the suez canal crisis. eisenhower faces the change in the cold war's balance of power. go to booktv.org and sign up for booktv alert. the weekend schedules in your in box. >> the fourth of the white house council on jobs and competitiveness jeff immelt, ceo of general electric spoke to any event hosted by the chamber of commerce. this is half an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. our next speaker leads one of america's greatest, most innovative and successful companies, general electric as it is commonly known. jeff has one of the toughest and best jobs in the world. ge is the sixth largest firm in the united states with a dazzling array of product from light bulbs to fuel cells, entertainment programming to get engines. it is the single largest exporting

booktv on c- span2. >> have you ever visited the library of congress? over 2 million people have, and this is your chance to tour the world's largest library. tonight, join c-spanare glimpse inside the library of congress. we will explore the main reading room. you will find unique books and special collections, including original books from thomas jefferson's personal collection. we will see how the library is using modern technology to discover hidden secrets and to preserve its holdings for future generations. join us for the library of congress, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on a c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: julie rovner is back at our table. she is health policy correspondent for national public radio, talking about medicare spending reductions, but something specifically known as the independent payment advisory board. sounds like an awful, but it is an important thing for us to know -- sounds like a mouthful, but it is an important thing for us to now. guest: it is going to be a 15- member commission, appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate. they will make recommendations for how to restrain medicare spending

this weekend online on c-span radio and on c-span. >> this weekend on booktv on c-span2 on afterwords in hesitation kills. jane blair relives her experiences on the frontline in iraq. >> tonight on c-span2, white house advisor testified on capitol hill about the new consumer financial protection bureau. the senate foreign relations committee holds a hearing on sudan and the new nation of south sudan. and later today's funeral for former first lady betty ford. >> consumer financial protection bureau advisor e -- elizabeth warren faced the committee today. there was her third trip on the agency set to begin work next thursday, july 21st. it was created as part of the dodd-frank. it's primary is to over see financial products, including mortgages and credit cards. this is three and a half hours. >> we exist for two fundamental principals. first americans have a right to know that the money washington takes from them is well spent. and second, americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them. our duty on the oversight and government reform committee is to protect t