for biographer kitty kelley, and december 1, christina hoff sommers. 5, in depth. . book tv on c-span2 >> now a discussion on the public health care system and whether it can handle a disaster, man-made or disaster. among those representatives of the center for disease control and prevention. this is 40 minutes. >> good afternoon. i am with the alliance for health reform, and i want to welcome you on behalf of our board of directors on this program on how well america is prepared to deal with natural and man-made disasters. an intellectual exercise. i want to steal a sentence written by one of our panelists. a couple years ago, transmitting a plan for public health preparedness and response, dr. recent natural disasters. last five years alone, national and global health security have been stripped -- have been threatened. the deep water oil spill, the the japaneseake, tsunami and radiation release. that is a breathtaking list for only five years. today we are going to speculate on what the next five years will bring. there pleased to have robert wood johnson foundati

christina hoff summer, a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute, argues that society has shifted so much attention to females in the academics it's caused males to fall behind in "the war against boys: how misguided policies are harming our men." jonathan schwartz, professor emeritus of political science at the university of arizona, argues that republicans and democrats have drifted from the common ideologies of freedom and equality that the majority of americans agree with

christina hoff summer, a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute, argues that society has shifted so much attention to females in the academics it's caused males to fall behind in "the war against boys: how misguided policies are harming our men." jonathan schwartz, professor emeritus of political science at the university of arizona, argues that republicans and democrats have drifted from the common ideologies of freedom and equality that the majority of americans agree with in "common credo." and in "the people's advocate," constitutional trial attorney jan dell sheehan re-- daniel sheehan refounts his roles in the watergate case. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. .. thank you. a pleasure to be back and ladies and gentlemen and also my lovely wife, makai law, of all the names, delighted to be here. j.d. is used to declare an emergency and request help. i chose this as the title for the book which is the subject of this afternoon's event because american see trouble is in power. i

and philosophy professor christina hoff summers. radio talk show host and judicial activist mark levine, in depth live the first sunday oaf every month on book tv on c-span 2. >> next, a look at how social media can be used to predict elections from this morning's washington journal. >> we want to bring you to the conversation adam sharp who's head of government and nonprofits for twitter based here in washington, d.c. thanks very much for being with us. >> good morning, steve. >> we were talking earlier about the trends in twitter from 2008 to 2012. can you put that in to some sort of perspective and i want to ask you moving ahead what you can expect in 2014 and 2016. >> the biggest different between 2008 and 2012 was the level and size of conversation in the room, if you will. there are more tweets sent every two days today than ever sent prior to the 2008 elections. i think professor rojas noted earlier that 2008 was an earlier adopted proud. by 2012, it had become a real main stream reflection of kvgs around the campaign. as we

critic christina hoff sommers on december 1.n depth, live the first sunday every month at noon eastern on book tv on c-span-2. josh earnest took questions on the holding of david miranda. here's what he had to say. >> can you say with authority that the british authorities did not obtain information from the personal devices that they confiscated. ? >> i am not able to talk to you --ut >> the white house did not condemn this. was the president please that he was detained? >> this is a law enforcement action was taken by the british government. this is something they did independent of our direction. expect, the british government is going to make law enforcement decisions that they determine are in the best interest of their country. >> was the white house consulted in advance? >> there was a heads up that was provided by the british government. this is something we had an indication that was likely to occur, but it to was not something that we requested. is it at all concerning to the president, the nine hour detention? this is

and then on december 1, christina hoff summers. on january 5, radio talkshow host mark levin.pandepth," on booktv on c- two. >> "washington journal" continues. joining us from new york are the codirectors of her recent documentary on detroit called "detropia," heidi ewing and rachel grady. rachel, let me begin with you and why you decided to make this documentary. guest: well, besides the fact that heidi is from the area and it is near and dear to her heart , we have had many conversations about what had happened and what was happening to this epic place in america. the stories were starting to spring. we were reading them constantly, that there was this story happening in detroit, that new business was coming and that artists were coming and there was this train -- this change that was imminent. we thought that we wanted to capture this positive story about detroit. we wanted to hear how it was impacting people on the ground. in 2010, we started filming. we filmed for one year. and we discovered a story that was much more complex than that. host: and that is why you called it

and christina hoff summers in november.on for breakfast in her pearls. that does doesn't secure -- obscure one of the most important trends which was that forcean woman'women's labor participation increased in the 1950s. they increasingly enter the labor market across the 1950s, a decade that was so powerfully associated with women's domesticity. >> history of women in the workplace in the years hauling world word two. sunday at 1 p.m. eastern, part of the three days american history tv this labor day weekend on c-span3. our original series, first ladies, influence and image, we look at the public and private lives of the women who served as first ladies during the nation's first 112 years. it will feature the first ladies in their own words. is one of the foundation stones upon which we would build in the world and at mr. in which peace could grow. >> i do not think the white house completely belonged to one person. it belongs to the people of america. and i think whoever lives and it, the first lady should preserve its tr

december 1, feminism critic christina hoff sommers.vin.ry, mark live on the first sunday every month on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from bloomington indiana is fabio rojas. at the tweets go, so go the votes. thank you very much for being with us. guest: thank you very much. host: what was the premise behind your study, and what did you learn? well, the premises when a political canada gets buzz or attention, -- candidate gets buzz or attention, people start talking about them whether they like them or not. we decided to test this theory by going to the data that we have an indiana university. they've been collecting tweets, a large circle of tweets since 2010, and we decide to look at every congressional race, we looked at all the tweets that mention a democratic or republican candidate for congress from advanced -- district, and it turns out that number, between share, the percentage of tweets that that candidate gets, it strongly correlated with the percentage of the two-party vote on election day. ho