well, that came out today, the "chicago tribune." and even the "chicago tribune" says there shouldn't be a vote. but there's going to be a vote tomorrow, and i -- i -- i -- i can't imagine that speaker pelosi would bring this up for a vote unless she the votes. and what's the motivation of this knowing full well that it will not pass the senate, will not become law, but there's something that they can take -- i mentioned copenhagen a minute ago. big meeting in copenhagen, the united nations, all of these people saying america should pass these tax increases. they have to take something up there that will make it look like america is going to be taking some kind of a leadership role. well, they're not going to do it. so if they take the bill that's passed out of the house, perha perhaps -- and i expect that one will be passed out of the senate committee because that committee will pass about anything. and they'll take that to copenhagen. everyone will rejoice up there and come back only to find out that we're not going to join in. and

please welcome our moderator rick kogan of the "chicago tribune." >> hi there.se] >> look at these clapping trying to curry favor with me. jeff, i want to start with you. in that you didn't really go searching for this book. this book kind of found you, did it not? >> yeah, i think that's safe to say. i'm a reporter for the tribune and i covered this trial in 2007. .. might be here in the audience. making money, his name is art and he's a counterfeiter. he was on probation and was driving paul a around the city come paul is a producer from hollywood, telling him you are from hollywood, you should hear my story. i've got a great story, i w a

please welcome our moderator rick kogan of the "chicago tribune." >> hi there.applause] >> look at these clapping trying to curry favor with me. jeff, i want to start with you. in that you didn't really go searching for this book. this book kind of found you, did it not? >> yeah, i think that's safe to say. i'm a reporter for the tribune and i covered this trial in 2007. ..

chicago tribune printers row lit fest a. coming out next elizabeth brackett correspondent for pbs our cover her new book is "pay to play: how rod blagojevich turned political corruption into a national slideshow". [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] bodman [inaudible conversations] >> welcome to the 25th annual "chicago tribune" printer's row fast, we would like to give special thanks to our sponsors and community partners to help make this event possible. it just a few housekeeping notes before we begin today's program. please turn off your cellphone and all other electronic devices, also flash photography is not permitted. today's program will be broadcast live on c-span2 booktv. if there is time of the end for question and answer session with the author we asked them to use the microphones located in the center of the room so that our home viewing audience

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we will be right back with more coverage from the 2009 chicago tribune printers row lit fest. coming up next. >> this is happening in new york city, and one of the publishers that is here is chicago review press, elizabeth is the publicity director. tell us about some other books that you have coming up. we have a couple of fantastic books on the fall 2000 minus. first we have a wonderful book by ned. he is the author of cuba and its music as well as of the world that made new orleans. and as he was working on the world that made new orleans he also began writing his memoir of writing it. and that is the year before the flood and it tells literally about as he was living in new orleans in the french quarter, the things that he discovered there, the people that he encountered, especially the musical history which is really his forte's neck is a beautiful book and it will be coming out on august the ninth which is the four year anniversary of hurricane katrina. and they may also have a book which is a young adult narrative, he is the cousin of emmett till's. he was there during t

this concludes live coverage from the 2009 "chicago tribune" printer's row it fast. you can watch the entirety of the booktv coverage from the 2009 "chicago tribune" printer's row starting 11 tonight eastern and watch tomorrow at noon eastern for the author interview and call in program and debt. this month the guest is bill ayers former member of the anti-war group the weather underground. >> john catipano is editor-in-chief of illinois press. what books does the university have coming out this year? >> actually all of the posters on the table top display, these are all brand new books and as you can see we have a series of books coming out african-american history including this biography of sojourner truth, a biography of t.r.m. how word. >> who is t.r.m. howard? >> he was actually a conservative civil rights advocate that doesn't get the sort of attention and respect he should but was instrumental in moving forward a lot of black agendas in the south. >> and why did you decide sojourner truth needed another biography at this time? >> the author has a new and unus

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"the chicago tribune" has it exactly right, mr. president. the fact is a lot of americans are pleased with their health care options. in fact, 70% of americans with health insurance rated their coverage good or excellent, according to to a rasmussen report poll data dated may 14, 2009. those 70% might be the precise group of americans who will lose their health insurance and be forced into government-run programs if the legislation is enacted. now it is a fact that premiums continue rising, eating into family budgets and preventing the uninsured from getting covered. this is the problem we need to be addressing. we need to bring down the cost of health care and, thus, the cost of health insurance coverage. this will lead to more coverage of the uninsured and insure that those who like their health care coverage can keep their coverage and their doctor as the president promises. yet, the majority bill contains not a single reform that will save money. instead, as i've just pointed out, it will cost up to $4 trillion and displace up to 79 milli

mexico days, he has written for magazines such as national geographic, "the new york times", "chicago tribune" and also of the losses angeles times. it publishes essays in the american scholar and teaches writing of the film department at johns hopkins. he has just written a new novel and on work of a second in search of another biographical historical subjects. his most recent book entitled "now the drum of war: walt whitman and his brothers in the civil war". final 8014 who needs no introduction but he is the senior lecturer at the college of u.s. the and the best known for his presidential biographies of kennedy, nixon, reagan. his latest book was a biography of eight new zealand physicist ernest rutherford. he describes as a labor of love designed to show his fellow engineering graduates he was not as dumb as they thought he was. [laughter] to begin, i invited each fan us to offer some opening thoughts we're here today stock of biography and history through the development of characters do you want to go first as the award winner? [laughter] >> i think the greatest challenge it took me a

it was called the best book of the year bit "washington post" and the "chicago tribune" and although it notes here that it was a final -- well, it was a finalist for the national book critic award it notes that it was a finalist for the "los angeles times" book prize, i'm happy to report to you that as of 9:30 last night it is the winner. [applause] >> paula also holds the elizabeth woodson chair and is the editor of the academic journal. she's a journalist who has been published in the "washington post" and among other publications. at the far end of the panel robert roper, we're here today, obviously, to take about biography and related topics. but, in fact, most of robert's published books are novels or story collections. he's written for magazines such as national geographic, outside and men's journal, for newspapers including the "new york times," "chicago tribune," "san francisco chronicle" and happily the "los angeles times." he's alsok# been publishing ess in the american scholar and he teaches writing and -- teaches in the writing and the film departments at johns hopkins.

head of the american medical association, which has endorsed our legislation said this in the chicago tribune today. he is talking about the british agency. it is the national institutes -- i will get it in just a moment. the agency that makes these decisions in the united kingdom determine that we are all worth it 2000 -- $22,750 for six months of life or $125 a day. $125 is the cost of a nice day with my wife, not the value of pilot -- nice with my wife, not the value of life. the value that they're going to place on the life for the purpose of comparing the cost to see whether the cost of the treatment outweighs the value of the life. and think about that. let me quote from the nuys webb said. national institute for collette -- clinical health and excellent. here is what it says. with the rapid advances of modern mersenne -- medicine, most people except that no publicly funded health care system can possibly pay for every new medical treatment which becomes available. if that is right. if the federal government has a monopoly, it probably does not have enough money to pay for every treatme

. >> and up next more live coverage from the 2009 chicago tribune printers row lit fest. coming up can bobo author of wage that in america and john deere who wrote flat broke in the free market. >> welcome to the 26th annual chicago tribunes lit fest. we would like to thank our sponsors and community partners who make this event possible. just a few housekeeping notes before we begin today's program. out of courtesy for our panelists and gas, please turn off her cell phone and all other electronic devices. flash photography is also not permitted. today's program will be broadcast live on c-span2 book tv. if there is time for a question and answer session with the author at the end, we asked you to use the microphone in the center of the room so the home viewing audience can hear your question. if you would like to watch the program again, note that the coverage will be re- aired saturday evening beginning at 10 p.m. central standard time. please welcome our moderator, author of which side are you on, trying to be for labor when it's flat on its back. >> i'm just a moderat

and we will continue shirley with our coverage of the "chicago tribune" printer's row book fest withscussion on the sojourner truth and it t.r. m. howard. we'll be right back. >> us for university press in 2009 has several new titles coming out, susan ferber, a senior editor with oxford. what are some of those new titles? >> how be thrilled to, we have a range of new books and i thinki will talk more about political ones that have political implications today. real enemies, i realize there's a lot of talk about a conspiracy theory and use them on the internet -- this is an author who spent time looking at what this conspiracy there remain for american democracy and how does the fact there have been conspiracy theories over a long time since world war i, what does that mean about americans and what they think about their government and do they trust government. it is a book that looks at pearl harbor, looks at fear of using government, it looks at what happened after the kennedy assassination with huge literature, on that and it comes up to 9/11, it's a wonderful read in something th

legislation that senator mcconnell and i are introducing here, said this in an op-ed in the "chicago tribune" today. he said, he's talking about the british agency which ironically is the acronym is nice, the national institute for comparative-- i will get it in just a moment but he says quote for example the agency that makes these decisions in the united kingdom determined that we are all worth $22,750 for six months of life or $125 a day. i am sorry but $125 of the cost of the nice date with my wife, not the value of my life. what he is talking about are something called quality adjusted life years, which is the british definition of the value that they are going to place on a life for the purpose of comparing the cost done by this cost effectiveness research to see whether it because the of the treatment outweighs the value of the life. just think about that. let me quote from the nice web site. i told you i would tell you what it stands four, national institute for health and clinical excellence. here is what it says on its web site in britain for the with the rapid advances in modern m

[applause] >> thank you for attending today's discussion and supporting the chicago tribune's commitment literacy. a book signing will take place in the arts room as you exit this room to the left, it is the first room on your left. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

in march of 2007, interview with the "chicago tribune," care's chicago executive director said, quote, neither care chapters nor the national office solicits or accepts money from any foreign government, end of quote. a january, 2007 open letter on care's website says they are, quote, proud to receive support of every individual whether muslim, christian, jewish, or of another faith background who supports the mission of promoting justice and mutual understanding as long as they are not an official of any foreign government and there are no strings attached to the bequest, end of quote. yet in a sensitive but unclassified may 2006 state department cable which was brought to my attention, u.s. embassy staff in abu dhabi cabled the u.s. press was reporting that sikh mack too many, deputy roller of dubai finance of ministry has, endorsed a proposal to build a property in the u.s. to serve as an endowment for care. in another sensitive but unclassified june, 2006 state department cable, u.s. embassy staff in saudi arabia report the following after meeting with care, quote, the cable said,

then, another look at all of today's coverage from the chicago tribune. and alive, tomorrow, and that with bill eyres. the university of illinois professor and former underground member. he will take your calls. for all of this weekend's programs at times, go to book tv dog or. >> today marks the sixty fifth anniversary of d-day. president obama was in normandy, france to attend the ceremony. joining him was french president nicholas sarkozy. this is just over an hour. >> president obama, your royal highness, prime minister rao, prime minister harbor, presidents are cozy, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. -- president sarkozy. it is our privilege to welcome all the illustrious visitors joining us today. we extend a special welcome to the d-day and world war ii veterans and family members in attendance to honor us all with their presence. [applause] today we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the d-day landings that took place in the early morning hours of june 6, 1944. today's ceremony will honor the soldiers, sailors, and air

from "the washington post" -- the "chicago tribune" -- and the front page story in "the star-ledger." rarely in memory has a man become such a planetary pariah. not a single person, no member of his family, no friend of a lifetime stepped forward to attest to his character. humanity has written off bernie madoff. also, "the new york post." inside "the new york daily news" has this photograph. from inside "the new york post" -- they reprint his remarks. he said, "there's nothing i can do, but i will live with this pain for the rest of my life. i apologize to my victims. i am sorry. i know that does not help you, your honor. thank you for listening." caller: my question is -- reggie walton is report about the sexual abuse in prison, i am concerned about the number of rapes being reported. a lot of the men that are being raped, some of them are being infected with hiv and aids. when they come out of the prison, they are sleeping with these different women. host: that is one of the points that he mentioned. 95% of those incarcerated in u.s. prisons ultimately leave jail in move back into

the chicago "tribune bluecoat stated, "of the president promises that anyone who wants to keep private coverage will be able to do so, but we do know things about government run health plans. the federal government is in competition. it is the health care equivalent of nick a. sets low prices, to be sure, lower than many insurers are able to match. it just means those doctors and hospitals recoup their losses by shifting costs on to those with private insurance, which could easily crowd out private plans. a lot of americans think the health care system is not really all that broken. they get good care. aipac predicts that pay for it via insurance, but a government run health plan, experience says that the cure would be worse than the illness. a lot of americans are pleased with their health care options. 7% of americans raided their coverage good or excellent, according to rasmussen report poll data dated may 14, 2009. the 07% might be the precise group of americans who will lose their health insurance and be forced into government-run programs if the legislation is enacted. now it is

host: front page of "but chicago tribune." "harsh sentence for the two journalists in north korea" is making the front page. we are turning our attention to the situation there at the bottom of the next intel rep. john is on the phone from atlanta. who speaks for your party? caller: it is hard to tell who speaks for our party right now. i believe that we need to go more moderate. with john mccain or colin powell or the main senators. i think the republican party has been hijacked by more radicals like dick cheney and rush limbaugh. i think we need to be more inclusive of the minority. host: thank you for the call. in the next hour, we turn our attention to two foreign policy issues. shibley telhami will join us to talk about the elections in lebanon and what is next in the middle east following president obama's speech in cairo last week, and the elections in iran, and the dynamics in the middle east. later in the program, the w ill turn areour focus to the two american journalists in north korea. >> "the wall street journal"

unanimous consent to put the record -- in the record a lengthier statement and also the op-ed in "the chicago tribune" by dr. paul masano which i quoted from earlier. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kyl: thank you. mr. president, i wanted to conclude by just mentioning a couple of things. first of all, we have actually seen the danger in using this kind of research for rationing of care in another context. when we created the medicare part-d, which provides drugs to seniors, we saw the danger of rationing of drugs. and so we specifically provided in the medicare modernization act which provided for the part-d drug benefit an explicit provision that says you can't use cost-effective analysis to allocate the drugs. it's prohibited there. what we should do is take that same policy and apply it to the rest of our health care, to seniors who are on medicare and to the rest of the population to the extent the federal government will be able to dictate its care. we have not provided that same protection for any other care in the country, and that's what our legislation, the patients' act, woul

"the chicago tribune" has the right two what americans are pleased with their health care options 70 percent of americans with health insurance rated coverage good or excellent according to the rasmussen report dated dated me 14, 2009 purchase of a 70% may be the precise cuban-americans who will lose their health insurance and be forced into government run programs if legislation is enacted. it is a fact premiums continue rising eating into family budgets and preventing the uninsured from getting covered this is what we need to be addressing and bring down the cost of health care and thus the cost of health coverage will lead to more coverage of the uninsured and ensure that those that like health care coverage can keep that and the president's promises but the majority bill contains not one single reform that will save money but instead, it will cost up at $4 trillion and forced 79 million americans from their coverage, this is not reform and why we should start over prior believe the democrats and the white house should scrap the bill and start over per democrats and republicans mu

host: this is from "the chicago tribune" were returning lawmakers gear up for a fiscal fight. they are fighting over taxes, deficits, and spending. south carolina on the republican line, alan. caller: we have got terrible unemployment here. i left long island in the hamptons because we were overrun with illegal aliens and having the same problem down here. i guess it is nationwide. we need to close the borders, close the ports, and just thing for america, america it comes first. host: on your governor, graham call for him to finish out his term, what you think? caller: yes, i think we have anarchy. i have just turned 50 years old. as a handyman i cannot find a good job here or anywhere i have been. the governor has got to go. host: the morning, on the democrats line. caller: commenting on your story about the iraq war. i think it is very important for us to re-define those missions now. there is no other country on the other side fighting. the importance would be to first develop a clear drawback on the troops and get support of the international help. that has been lacking. m

at that time obama was a civil rights leader in chicago and he certainly read the "chicago tribune" whichan a very careful study of the events. they reported that the union was stunned to find unemployed workers crossed the picket line with no remorse while caterpillar workers found little moral support in their community. this is where the community lifted the standard of living for many communities. which is waged by the highly class conscious business classes. now, the union leadership had refused to understand it was only in 1978 that uaw president doug frasier recognized what was happening and criticized the leaders on the business community and i'm quoting him for waging for waging a one side class, the unemployed, the poor, the minorities, the very young and the very old and even many in the middle class of our society and for having broken and discarded the fragile unwritten compact previously existing during a period of growth and progress. that was 1979 and placing one face in a compact with owners and managers is a suicide pact. the uaw is discovering that right now. as the sta

the chicago tribune, the loss angeles times, the new york times was marketing its building. i think the speaker makes a point. when you are our age, -- right now, the big change i see -- >> none of them think they're going to be our age. [laughter] >> you can go and never read a conservative thing. you can spend your entire life -- so many people use information the way that a drunk uses the lamppost. the use it for support and not elimination. people want validation. they do not want to be challenged. they want their views validated. i knew i was right. this guy says so. whoever it is you go to. i think it has to be that kind of challenge out there, too. >> those two guys, it was a pleasure being up there for an hour. let's go to another student. >> my name is caitlin from nebraska. i was wondering, what you guys think is the greatest lesson that students can take up -- can take away from the close-up academy? >> to challenge yourself and critically think about all of the important issues of the day, but not to buy into your own biases. >> accept the role of citizens. jimmy

steves also writes a weekly syndicated column for the "chicago tribune." for more, visit big -- rick steves.com. >> there's lots more books and authors every weekend on book tv. our website has the entire schedule and great new features including streaming video, archives that are easy to search and simple ways to share your favorite programs. booktv.org. >> in her new book abigail thernstron says the 1965 voting acts right was official but in its current form is harmful to minorities. she said by creating majority black congressional districts in southern states, the candidates elected have limited appeal for the general electorate. from the american enterprise institute here in washington, she's joined by richard pildes of new york university law and michael carvin. this is about two hours. >> thank you very much for joining us at today's event. i'm henry olson. i'm vice president at the american enterprise institute and director of its national research initiative. the nri is an entity with aei that financially supports original research and writing on

please welcome the moderators, elizabeth taylor and rick kogan of "the chicago tribune." [applause] .. i know you agree liz, paul and harvey, how did you do this, who was the genius who came up with this? it is unbelievably good. >> paul. i mean, paul deserves i think you know, paul desserts you know, like i think airlines share of the material, i mean the praise for doing the book. for one thing he has taught oral history for a long time at brown university, and he has for long time been a studs terkel admire and fan. i think that you know, i think the art work was a real nice too. >> it is not all yours either. it is not all yours. >> i didn't mess around with his words. i did not change anything. so, you know. i just broke the text down into panels. some of the artists apparently didn't want to, i don't know what. but anyway, that's-- paul, i have been working with paul on a few projects now and he suggests-- >> when he suggested this did you all of a sudden go, were you excited immediately about it? >> i am always excited when i get a chance to make more money. [laugh

. >> host: we have about two hours left in our program with bill ayers we're live with "the chicago tribune", printer's row literary fast and we're at the corner of south state street and congress and just about one blocks from where the festival is taking place this is where a lot of the author ebanks take place at the university center. the next call comes from james from oregon. >> caller: hello? this is what i have mostly heard about you what you said about the clinton administration and fox news, if you believe rightly labeled a terrorist of that is a true assumption or that you have committed a terrorist act? >> guest: no. >> host: day you care to expound on that answer? >> guest: he wanted a yes or no answer. [laughter] >> host: in the 1960's were you considered a terrorist and looking back you consider yourself during those years, during the '60s and early '70s as an early terrorists? >> guest: i do not than and i do not know. we created a mythology on the war on terror which it was bizarre you may remember there is a fierce debate after 9/11 about how to understand what had just ha

the "chicago tribune" printer row litfest. >> for a complete schedule of this weekend's programs and times, go online to booktv.org. >> our party needs, obviously, a lot of work. >> sunday, on c-span's q & a. indiana republican governor mitch daniels on revitaling the gop. >> it needs to look inwardly and think about how it can speak more meaningfully to the problems of today and to the -- and to the americans of today, to the young people of the day specifically. maybe i can be a little part of that. you don't have to be a candidate to do that. >> q & a with governor mitch daniels sunday night on c-span. also on xm radio or download the c-span podcast. >> how is c-span funded? >> private donations. >> taxpayers? >> i don't really know. >> from public television. >> donations. >> i don't know where the money comes from. >> federally. >> contributions from donors. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. >> now margaret hamberg the head of the food and

booktv live coverage from the 2009 chicago tribune printers row lit fest will continue after a short break. coming up next, authors kim bobo and jon jeter talk about workers and the economy. >> we are heading over right now to the in iran institute which is always set up here and for some reason we're going to find out why and talk with jeff of here. what is your name and position. >> i'm archivist at the ayn rand institute. >> why is it that ayn rand always seems to bump up in sales when there's a lack of a crisis of blacks. >> the sales of "atlas shrugged", up and that is directly result of the story and the ideas in the book. this is a book about the not too distant future when of the creative people of all stripes come all talents and all liability is the side to go on strike against a world that does not appreciate their value in their contributions and a world very much like the one we are currently facing economically. >> what do you think of the current response of public policy response to the abdomen situation we're facing? >> total disaster. the whole premise behind the re

the midwest's largest literary effect, "the chicago tribune" printers row lit fest. panels and authors on the economy, globalization expht american worker, homosexual rights, former illinois governor rod blagojevich. civil rights and sojourner truth. the mob and counterfeiting and a look at the graphic adaptation of studser the cels working. later on after words, stanley greenberg on advising tony blair and nelson mandela. he's interviewed by mary madeleine, former counselor in the bush/cheney white house. and live sunday in depth with bill ayers, university of illinois professor and former weather underground member. his latest is race course, against white supremacy, and he'll take your calls as well as questions from the audience. for a complete schedule of this weekend's programs and times, go online to booktv.org. >> now a hearing on the fiscal year 2010 budget for the military's special operations command. including navy sales and army rangers. this is about an hour. >> it's right at 1:00. we certainly expect other members to come terroristing in as we proceed

. >> host: we have two hours left in the program with bill ayers here, we are live at the chicago tribune's printers literaryfest, and we're at the corner of south state street and congress, bat block from where the festival is taking place. this where is the author events take place in the university center. we're going to take a couple more calls. next call is from james in medford, oregon. >> caller: i wanted to know with a yes or no question if possible, since -- what i have mostly heard about you from what you said to the clinton administration and fox news, if you believe that you are widely label a terrorist if that is a true assumption or you're committed to terrorist acts, that is my question. >> guest: no. >> host: do you care to expound on that answer? >> guest: he wanted a yes or no answer. i mean, i can. i mean -- >> host: in the 1960s were you considered a terrorist and do you, looking back, consider yourself during those years, during the '60s anderlily '70s as a terrorist? >> guest: , and i didn't consider myself that then and not now. if you take deaf mission of terror -- o

south state street and congress, just south of the loop in downtown chicago, and this is "the chicago tribune"'s printer's row lit fest that is going on this weekend. we also have a studio audience here joining us at the university center where we are doing our live in depth. 202-737-0001 if you live in the east and central time zones and would like to talk with bill ayers, 202-737-0002 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones, and we'll begin taking your calls in just a few minutes, but first we want to look at some of mr. ayers' books on education. "teaching toward freedom" is one of his book, another one is called "zero tolerance: resisting the drive for punishment in our schools." we have teaching the personal and political, essays on hope and justice. "city kids and city schools," now, these are books that are edited. this is "city kids and city teachers" and this is more reports from the front row. these are just some of his education books, and we'll get into some of his other books, also, as we go. this is "to teach" which also includes the myth of education. what are s

we're live at the chicago tribune's printers row lit fest they're calling it, and we're at the corner of south state street and congress just about a block from where the festival is taking place. this is where a lot of the author events take place. we're going to take a couple more calls, get some audience questions. next call comes from james in medford, oregon. >> caller: hello. i wanted to know with a yes or no question, if possible, since what i've mostly heard about you from what you said about the clinton administration and fox news if you believe that you are rightly labeled a terrorist f that is a true assumption, or that you have committed a terrorist act? that's my question. >> guest: no. >> host: do you care to expound on that answer? >> guest: you know, he wanted a yes or no answer. [laughter] well, i mean, i can. >> host: in the 1960s, bill ayers, were you considered a terrorist, and do you looking back consider yourself during those years, during the '60s and early '70s as a terrorist? >> guest: no, absolutely not, and i didn't consider myself that then, and i don't now

south state street and congress and just south of the loop in downtown chicago and this is the chicago tribune's printer's row literature fest that is going on this weekend and also have a studio audience here and joining us at the university center where we are doing our live in depth. (202)737-0001, if you lived in the east and central time zones, (202)737-0002 for those of you in the mountains and pacific time zones and we will begin taking your calls in just a few minutes but first we want to look as some of the mr. ayers books on education. "teaching toward freedom" is one of his books, another one is called the zero tolerance: resisting the driver punishment in our schools, we have a "teaching the personal and the political", essays on hope and justice, city kids in city schools -- these are books and edited by mr. ayers with several different contributors in this. this is city kids and city teachers, reports from the front row and the city kids and city schools, more reports on the front row. these are just some of his education books and we will get into some of his other books also as w

steves also writes a weekly syndicated column for the "chicago tribune." for more, visit ricksteves.com. >> we're at the 2009 bookexpo america booksellers convention at the javits center in new york city. i'm here with stacy publicity director of city lights book out of san francisco. what do you have coming out this fall? >> well, this fall we actually have a couple of books coming out from angela davis. we have a collection of essays. it's her first book that's been published in about four years. that covers themes that she's particularly interested in. racism, sexism, the prison industrial complex and then particularly an interesting book that we're publishing with angela is a new edition of the narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave which contains douglass' narrative that was part of a course she taut in ucla in the '70s so it really brings to life that essay and we'll also include a new essay that includes that written by her. it will be enriched by the old and the new world. we're also publishing the awakener it's a long-await

newspapers including the baltimore sun, chicago sun times, detroit news, washington times, used in chronicle, miami burald, orange county register and san diego union tribune and journals like forbes business week, american spectator and the weekly standard. nv. rockwell has been directly involved in nuclear power for 60 years, must have started when he was 10-year-old, he started in te43, the of the process improvement task force at the wartime atomic bomb project in tennessee and after the war, heansferred to the ohrid national labs and became head of the radiation shield engineering group and navy captain by the name of an rickover hired him for the nuclear propulsion program. he has a long list of accomplishments there. is a fellow of the american cclear society, recipient of the first lifetime contribution award now known as the rockwell award, distinguished service medals from the navy and u.s. atomic energy commission and a member of the national academy of engineering. he has written numerous books on technical papers including the madely used text, reactor design manual the rickover affect, how one man change the world, stories and images from the

tribune before he was that the tribune when they were both at the daily news with the famous illustrator mckechin famous mostly for engines summer. there was a show at the chicagotural center as we speak that is running through august of mckechin's work, a great deal of it, he and george ade wrote and illustrated a column called stories of the streets and sidewalks. and there are panels of their of this. there are two of their that will, i don't care how old you are, i don't care how old these look, they are two of the finest doors. one is amazing, about seeing a kid on sort of outside of a window on the ledge of a window behind and held eight runs up to try to say the kid and he is in a panic and he goes to the mother and he does your child-- i know, is she out there again? she has done it 15 times so she was attached to a broke. and she pulls the broke and in comes the kid, but it is a brilliant drawing too and a great story. you have got to get over and see the show. they only did this-- it was so popular, it was a weekly, and in those days it could have been a daily, for three or four years they collected them in books at the end of the year, and gave them