buckley. >> host: christopher buckley of all of your books which is your favorite?ne i will rights because i do not have very much to say maybe i go out on thin ice but i don't think i will write a better book than this one but it is in part because it is so singular in nature and in part because it is about two extraordinary people who provided me with some pretty amazing material. >> host: what was their right to write this book? >> guy sat down one day shortly after i buried my father last year i woke up in the morning with no intention of writing a book and started to write a book and wrote it and 40 days. that was accidental there is no biblical allusion and intended but when i looked up the calendar after i finished it i saw 40 days had elapsed. i work harder my riding high rewrite and rewrite this road to itself by ditto lot of writing after but it pretty much poured out. >> host: were you surprised at what poured out? >> guest: yes. i think the first sentence of the book read something like i am not sure how this book will turn now to and indeed i was surpri

tonight is with christopher buckley, author of 14 books including "thank you for smoking." >> britishpected to go to the polls in national elections next spring. this began, conservative party leader david cameron on british politics. sunday night, on c-span. >> radio talk-show executive brian jennings on the new fairness doctrine, why is a bad idea, and alternatives to censorship. he is interviewed by radio and television commentator monica crowley on afterwards, part of c-span2's a a a tv weekend. >> this fall, enter america's highest court from the grand public places to those only accessible by the nine justices. the supreme court, coming the first sunday in october on c- span. >> and now to the net route conference in pittsburgh where progress of on-line activists, loggers and politicians have gathered for four days of panels and discussions. former president bill clinton spoke to the group last night for just under an hour. [applause] applause] thank you. thank you for the warm welcome. thank you, raven brooks, representative miller for that great talk. i was backstage listening

book tv begins primetime tonight, with an in-depth interview with christopher buckley, the author of14 books, including "thank you for not smoking." >> british voters are expected to go to the polls in national elections last -- next spring. this sunday, david cameron and how it tory government would change british politics. radio talk-show executive brian jennings on the new fairness doctrine, why is a bad idea, an alternative to censorship. he is interviewed by monica crowley. this fall, entered the home to america's highest court and the grand public places to those only accessible by the nine justices. the supreme court, coming the first sunday in october. >> chuck grassley hosted a town hall meeting this week to discuss post health care legislation. he also takes questions from constituents on other issues as well. lawmakers across the country are holding similar meetings this month. this is from the united methodist church in afton, iowa. [applause] >> could i ask a favor of you? could you stand with me, and when people raise their hands, could you call on them? would you call

tonight, we will have an interview with christopher buckley, the author of 14 books including "thank you for smoking." his latest book is "losing mum and pup." 40 years ago, people gathered at woodstock. we will discuss this with an author of the book "road to woodstock." >> i think that some of it is government raised. >> not public. >> probably donations. >> i'm going to say my tax dollars. >> c-span is funded by america's cable companies int. no government mandate, no government money. >> fred kaplan joined us on "washington journal" to discuss his book "1959, the year everything changed." "newsmahost: you began the book with an example of change. guest: this was the beginning of the microchip, court cases that overthrew the laws banning obscenity. many federal and state court cases overturning laws of segregation. it was the year of new kinds of pop art, new kinds of abstract art, independent film, free jazz, sitcom monday. everything that we associate with life today you can trace to the end of the 1950's. host: what led to you putting this book together? guest: it began to oc

tonight on book tv a conversation with author christopher buckley, the son of william f.book is a memoir called losing mom and pop. book tv's index starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> the newest supreme court justice, sonia sotomayor, attended a white house reception with president obama. we will show it as part of c-span's america and the courts saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> this fall, and to the home to america's highest court, from the grand public places to those only accessible to the 9 justices, the supreme court, coming the first sunday in october on c-span. >> discussion now on the obama administration's trade policy, the american enterprise institute in washington post this event, is about an hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning, i'm claude barfield, scholar at the american enterprise institute, i would like to welcome you all to what is our second annual what the hell is august, we're going to hold the conference anyway. somebody reminded me of this this morning, it was just a year ago, weeks after the collapse of the talks, we decided we should take