the second book i'm going to read is chris buckley's mum and pup. i think all of us who read some of this, it has a now famous line to his mother on his death bed and he looked at her as she was about to take her last breath, he said i forgive you. but when i read the excerpts of the book in the "new york times" magazine i realized how truly revealing it is about the way in which families of a certain kind live together and how you come to terms with the fact that these extraordinary people that you grew up with have reached the end of the line. it sounds like something really worth reading. so i will. >> to see more summer reading lists and other program information, visit our website at booktv.org. if that >> a former self-described anarchist and punk rock stripper talks about how her life changed after marrying a military intelligence officer. lily burr ranna writes about living at west point and post-traumatic stress disorder and building new friendships in "i love a man in uniform" from tattered cover bookstore in denver, this program is about

did a two-minute lumn at the end of e news and jontewart did one and ellen degeneres did one and chris buckley one andhen on friday night i'd get the editor of some college newspaper to do one. that's how you're going to brincollege kids -- tavis: i accept. >> you got it. tavi even well into his 80's donewitt was still thinking of innovative ideas and perhaps nothing speaks me to his lega than this, last sunday night, me than 40 years after its debut the ngle most watcd television in all of television,60 minutes." don hewitt passed away today at the age of 86 following complications from pancreatic cancer but the shadowf his legacy willxtend for generations toome. that's our show for tonight. until xt time, good nigh lfromng from l angoses. and as alway keep the fai. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavissmiley@pborg. tavi hi, i'm tavis smile join me next tim with.s. education ofsecretary arne duan on president oma's education agenda. next time. see you en. there's so many this wal-ma is looking forward to doing, like helping people live bett but mostly w're looking foward to hel

the second book i'm going to read is chris buckley's mum and pop.ll of us who follow this kind of thing have heard a little bit of the book or seen one way or the other what has a famous -- now famous line is what he said to his mother on her death bed. he looked at her as she was about to take her death breath and she said i forgive you. what i'm hoping my grandchildren don't say that to me when my time comes. when i read the excerpts of the book in the "new york times" magazine i realized how truly revealing it is about the way in which families of a certain kind live together and how you come to terms with the fact that these extraordinary people that you grew up with have reached the end of the line and it sounds like something really worth reading. so i will. >> to see more summer reading lists and other program information, visit our website at booktv.org. ♪ >> ohio university history professor kevin mattson remembers jimmy carter's malaise speech delivering in 1979. according to the author president carter's response to his falling popularity

chris: bill buckley he said no anti-simentism, none of this bircher stuff. you're out the movement. is there a way to say, you're not fair. he's an american like us, stop the talk. >> if the conservative movement today was like the conservative movement then, you could do that. but not now. and there is a straight line now that i think about it, from the birthers to the birchers. there's -- part of the american political psyche that is the underside. we talk about being united and being in this together, but we also fear them, the immigrant, the stranger. chris: the mob at the feat. >> that's part of the american mentality. gina is right about the long-term demographics. but republican strategists are not looking at that, here look acing at the 2010 elections. this is low turnout elections. in low turnout locations, those that are highly motivated show up and the anger could work and they're willing to let it happen. chris: scoops andt÷ought of a sm as a luxury item,@ you're not alone. a lot of sunroom owners start out feeling that way. but once they begin using them, betterliving o

the second book i'm going to read this chris ee-- buckley, mum and pup.all of us have heard a little bit about the book or seen one way or another what has it now famous line is what he said to his mother on a death bed. he looked at her as she was about to take her last breath and he said i forgive you. what i'm hoping is my grandchildren don't say that to me when the time comes but when i read the excerpts of the book in the near times magazine i realized how truly revealing it is about the way in which families of a certain kind live together and how you come to terms with the fact that these extraordinary people that you grew up with have reached the end. it sounds to me like something really worth reading, so i will. >> to see more summer reading lists and other program information visit our web site at booktv.org. >> now, doug stanton talks about u.s. special forces who fought the taliban on horseback and achieve when the early victories following the invasion of afghanistan. the event, just over an hour, was hosted by the university club of chicago