it is not charley and john. steinbeck wrote about a page and a half saying, "people ask what happened to charley. when my lady fair joined me in seattle, charley is fine." that never appeared in the book. the editor expunged elaine entirely from the west coast. almost 30 days of her presence on the west coast. they were not studying america. they were on vacation. >> he talked about his relationship with adlai stevenson and lbj. the last chapter was supposed to be on jfk. i want to show the video of you at libertyville. >> adlai stevenson. >> the former governor of illinois, presidential candidate in 1952, 1956 and steinbeck wanted him to be the candidate in 1960. did he write for him? >> he helped him with speeches and did some writing for him. it was not like he was the main ghost writer. they had correspondents at the princeton library. and steinbeck was very partisan, very political and geopolitical in national politics. he was sending stevenson all kinds of advice and jokes and ideas. >> here is your video

it's not charley and john. it's -- somebody must have said may, where's charley. steinbeck wrote about a page and a half of a legal tablet saying, people have asked what happened to charley. well, when my lady fair joined me in seattle, charley took his third position in the family thing, yada, yada, he's fine. obviously, that never appeared in the book. what they did do is the editors went in and expunged elaine entirely from the west coast, almost 30 days of elaine's presence with john on the west coast. they weren't camping out or studying america. they were basically on a vacation. >> author and journalist bill steigerwald said john steinbeck took so many liberties with the truth as "travels with charley," it can'ting sign fiction. more on sunday's "q&a." >> now a discussion on the resurgence and interest on the life of president abraham lincoln. from "washington journal," this is about 40 minutes. >> harold hoelzer joins us to talk about president abraham lincoln's influence on modern politics. mr. holzer is scholar and author and author of "how abraham linco

it is not john and and charley. steinbeck wrote about a page and a half on a legal tablet saying, people have asked about him. when my lady joined me in seattle, he took his third position in a family thing. he is fine. that never came up in the book. what they did, editors went in and expunged elaine from the west coast, almost 30 days of her presence with john on the west coast. there were not cannot. there were not studying america. >> bill steigerwald took some liberties with the truth in "travels with charley" that it cannot be considered nonfiction. >> this morning, nancy cook talks about when specific federal budget cuts take effect and their impact on u.s. economy. then it turned jacobs looks at the proposed merger between american airlines and u.s. american airlines and u.s.

somebody must've said, where is charley? he wrote, people have asked what happened to him, and when my lady joined me in seattle, he took this third position. he signed it. obviously, that never. in the book -- came up in the book. editors went in and expunged elaine from the west coast, almost 30 days of -- of her presence with john on the west coast. there were not and cannot. they were not studying america. there were on a vacation. >> build -- bill steigerwald argues that john steinbeck to summoning liberties that the novel cannot be considered a nonfiction. sunday at 8:00 on c-span2 n/a -- c-span's "q + a." >> this is about 30 minutes. host: harold holzer joins us to talk about president abraham lincoln's influence on modern politics. he is a scholar and author. he is also a fellow at the new- york historical society. thank you for being on the program. why does it seem like president lincoln is more popular among political leaders and the general public than he was in the past? guest: the spin doctor is at work in a ma

when did you first read "travels with charley," and what is it?> it was john steinbeck's last major work. it was supposedly a nonfiction account of his trip across the country with his dog. i remember reading it when i was 15. i remember being kind of disappointed that on his great trek he did come through pittsburgh. the closest he came was erie. i have a vague recollection of reading it, but it made no impression on me.

you probably know, a measure to keep the government funded through the end of september but i had charley here who was saying the fact that the president has not submitted a budget, that things are notoriously late nd shouldn't be taken too seriously. part time really paraphrasing here. i raised the issue, why bother if they're just a joke. he quibbled with that, what do you think? >> i would say budgets are very important. in fact we have a law that says that all of our appropriations bills are supposed to agree with our budget. it's a blueprint for how the country's supposed to operate. every business has a budget, from a business that grosses 200,000 to $200 million, they have a budget and plan and pay attention to revenue. every business in america says that they cannot spend more than comes in. they have to pay interest if they borrow money but the balance sheet has to equal each year and they can't do it very long where it doesn't. our country needs to be run more like a business and that's the problem, it's not. we're running the country into the ground by borrowing a trillion doll

not charley and john. someone must've said, where is charley? grow a page in half saying, people have asked what happened to him. charley took his position in the family thing. he is fine. editors when in an expunged elaine entirely from the west coast. almost 30 days of her presence with john on the west coast. they were basically on a vacation. >> author and journalist bill steigerwald. he says a book cannot be classified as nonfiction. qunday at 8 p.m. on c-span's " &a." >> now the joint economic committee on economic -- on the economy and jobs. this is a little more than an hour and a half. >> good morning. i'd like to call the first meeting of the joint committee for the 113th session of dong rder.s session to o the employment act of 1946 established the committee to make policy recommendations to congress. as the 37th chairman of the committee. i want to congratulation senator amy on becoming vice chair and welcome new and returning members to the committee. i would like to introduce our new members. representative of minute, of new york,

when he says "we" it is -- somebody must have said where is charley? he wrote about a page and a half of legal tablet same people have asked what happened to charley. when my lady barrett joins me, he took a third position in the family thing. he is fine. that never appeared in the book. the editors went in and expansion elaine entirely from the west coast. 30 days of her on the west cost. >> john steinbeck did some liberties with the truth and travels that it cannot be classified as nonfiction. more with the author sunday at 8:00. >> and now a hearing on reducing gun violence. dianne feinstein's proposal to ban assault weapons. they hear testimony from the father of the victim of the newtown shooting. senator feinstein chairs this hearing of the judiciary committee. it is about a report by hours. >> i am going to call this hearing to order. i want to begin by welcoming our witnesses and also the people who are interested in this subject and have taken the time to be here. it is very much appreciated. the process will be this -- i will make a statement

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french journalist contends that john steinbeck took so many liberties with the truth and travels with charleyssified as nonfiction. more with the author of dogging steinbeck sunday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span today. recently the nation's governors gathered in washington d.c. for their annual winter meeting. during their closing session governors heard from tv personality dr. ross, cartier-bresson surgeon. he warns against smoking, sedentary lifestyle, an obesity in the country. this is just over 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. appreciate your reminded me to mention that i live in new jersey. [applause] i work in new york. i pay taxes everywhere. it is a great honor to talk a little bit today about a theme that i think will interest many of you because it has huge budgetary implications. but thought i would also speak very personally about what you need help -- may be able to do in your own lives. i had a great honor spending a few hours with your spouse is yesterday would give me a lot of insight about what she does a word about. it will come up eventually in the future. let me start off with