clarence darrow did not come to me immediately. i was googleing and learned this wonderful collector of letters from minnesota named randy teachham had gone to clarence darrow's granddaughter's house and asked if they had any papers left over from their famous grandfather and she said there may be some boxes in the basement. sure enough they went to the basement and there with a box that said christmas ornaments and they opened it up and there were a thousand letters to and from clarence darrow that he had not given or his family had not given to irving stone when he wrote clarence darrow for the defense. the university of minnesota bought them and have put them on line on a marvelous website, the clarence darrow collection. in research for this book i came to los angeles and spent a week reading the transcript of his bribery trial. year later the university of minnesota put it on line. in the future any of us could do the research from our kitchens using the internet. that is why i picked clarence darrow. there was something new t

they made some arrests, arrested the doctor, and the doctor ended up with all people, clarence darrow as his attorney representing the doctor and his family members. and i would just say to answer some of the racial issues, read the two long posts i have in that chapter, clarence darrow's closing arguments. in the first trial, the jury hung. the juror said i don't care what the facts are, a so-and-so has been accused of shooting a white man and i will burn in hell before i declare it a black man for shooting a white man. that was a quote from one of the jurors on the hung jury. darrow went back and wanted acquittal testimony. read clarence darrow's quotes in this book and asked me that question some other time. >> okay, i want to thank you daniel brooks for hosting this. [applause] >> you have to love independent stores. >> for more information visit the author's web site, thomas peele.com. >> now john taylor former treasury undersecretary of international affairs says that a return to our founding principles of economic and political freedom is necessary to make this country successf

read clarence darrows quotes in this book and then ask me the request some other time. >> okay. well, want to thank diesel books for hosting this. you got to love our independent book stores. [applause] >> journey into the black panther party started -- i want to read you a passage and show you how i walked into the office and how that day changed my life. this is chapter three of the book and it's called, finding the panther lair. i walked to into man their office in brooklyn on september 1968. wait a minute. wait a minute. wait a minute. i meant to save the best for laugh but not until the end of the program here. chairman bob seale is in the house. please stand up. insure. [applause] >> you we get chance to talk to chairman bobby. i walked into the chairman's office in september 1968. dr. king had been assassinated in april of that year. riots and anger flaired in the ghettos around the country. the feeling on the street was that the shit was about to hit the fan. black power was the phrase of the day and hating whitey was the hip thing to do. whitey had gone from being the m

saturday at 3:30 p.m., biographers john farrell, jim newton and richard reeves on clarence darrow, dwight d. eisenhower and jfk. and call in for your questions for steven ross, how movie stars shaped american politics. sunday at 2:00 eastern, watch for eric alterman and his take on liberals in the cause. and at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets with lori andrews, and michael shurmur. the lineup is online at booktv.org. >>> senior officials from the general services administration testified wednesday before the senate environment committee on the investigation into an $820,000 las vegas conference hosted by the gsa. this hearing featuring gsa inspector general brian miller and new acting administrator dan tangherlini was one of four congressional hearings held on gsa mismanagement this week. this runs 1:45. >> the meeting will come to order. the meet willing come to order. thank you to the press. first before i start my statement, i want to enter into the record a letter i received from majority leader harry reid that makes clear well run and cost-effective conferences are effectiv

saturday at 3:30 p.m., biographers john farrell, jim newton and richard reeves on clarence darrow, dwight d. eisenhower and jvg. at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross, author of "hollywood left and right: hoe movie stars shaped american politics." sunday, 2:00 eastern, watch for eric alterman and his take on liberaling and the cause. and surveillance with laurie andrews, michael jacobsen and michael shermer. all online at booktv.org. >>> from the colonial era prohibition to today, blinking for better or worse has always been a part of the american landscape. saturday night live, a history of alcohol in america. watch our simulcast of that story with the american history guys. they have tales of beer and spirits in america. saturday night at 8:00 eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> treasury secretary tim geithner discussed a number of challenges facing the u.s. economy yesterday at the brookings institution. currently he says the recovery is grandly moving along but looking ahead the secretary says america faces a big governing task before the n

saturday at 3:30 p.m., biographers john farrell, jim newton, and richard reeves on clarence darrow, dwight d eisenhower and jfk. and at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross. sunday at 2:00 eastern, watch for eric alterman and his take on liberals and the cause. at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets with laurie andrews. the entire lineup is online at booktv.org. >>> in the new book, rodney king recounts his life following the video recording of his beating by los angeles police in 1991. mr. king recalls the riots following the acquittal of four of the officers in the case and talks about his own legal problems and alcohol addiction. you can see rodney king at the schaumburg center for research in black culture in harlem, new york city, next tuesday at 6:30 p.m. eastern. >>> from the colonial era, prohibition, to today, drinking for better or worse has always been a part of the american landscape. saturday night, live on american history tv, a history of alcohol in america. watch our simulcast of back story with the american history guys. host ed ayers and brian bellow re

biographers john farrell, jim newton, and richard reeves on clarence darrow, dwight d. eisenhower, and jfk. and at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross, author of "hollywood left and right," how movie stars shaped american politics. sunday at 2:00 eastern walk for eric alterman and his take on liberals in "the cause." and at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets-w laurie arntds, annie jacobsen, and michael shurmur. the entire schedule for the weekend is online at booktv.org. >>> the group citizens against government waste has released its analyst report on federal spending on earmarks. we'll hear from the group's president, thomas schatz, along with senators john mccain, jim demint, plus representatives jeff flake of arizona and tom price of georgia. >> good morning. i'm tom schatz, the president of citizens against government waste. since cagw published the first pig book in 1991, our objective has been to eventually eliminate earmarks. the 2012 congressional pig book shows that tremendous progress has been made toward that goal. there are only 152 ear

featured is that what the 11 l 8 times book price for biography john farrell for his book on clarence darrow. in two hours a call in program with tracymac millen. the book is the american way of eating undercover at wal-mart, farm ville and the dinner table. three hours as the los angeles times festival of books coverage continues. a panel on nonfiction, narrating disaster. a hole at the bottom of the sea. in four hours and interview and call in program with benjamin bush. his book is just to dust:a memoir. 4 hours from now a panel on nonfiction, visions of the west and in five hours are final call in program for the saturday. steven ross is our guest. the book is hollywood left and right:how movie stars shake american politics. now we take you to newman hall on the usc campus for the first panel session

at 3:30 p.m., authors on clarence darrow, dwight d. eisenhower, and jfk at 7:30, call in with your questions for steven ross, author of hollywood left and right. that is sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern and the take on liberals and the cause and a panel on surveillance and secrets with lori andrews, any jacobsen and s michaelhermer. the entire schedule is online @ book-tv.org. >> this year's studentcam competition asked students across the country was part of the constitution was important to them and why. the second prize winners selected article 5. >> i am here in front of the national archives, home of the original copy of the constitution, the framework of our government, the holy grail of our american history. article 5 of this document is a little-known provision that makes america the growing and changing society it is today bennett to better understand what most people values were in regard to the and constitution, i began by asking random people what provisions of the constitution they felt they benefited most from. >> freedom of s

biographers on clarence darrow and dwight d. eisenhower. call in with your questions to steven ross. at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets with these book authors. the entire schedule for the weekend is online. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us right now, bill horn of the u.s. sportsmen's alliance. hello. tell us a little bit about what the alliance does. guest: it is founded in the mid 1970's to come that the anti- hunting, anti-fishing movement and protect the rights of sportsmen and women to engage in these activities. host: when it comes to the activities, what is intersecting with federal policy? guest: the federal government has different areas of land. in the u.s. forest service, the wildlife refuge system, and even within the parks system, there are elements that are expressly open to hunting as well. all of these provide opportunities for fishing and hunting that most of us are committed to protecting their rights to continue to fish and hunt on those lands. basically, you have a group of organizations out

biographers and john farrell and richard reeves on clarence darrow, dwight eisenhower, and jfk.nd call in with your questions for stephen ross, author of hollywood left and right, how movie stars shape american politics. and his take on liberals and the cause. and the panel on surveillance and secrets. the entire schedule for the weekend as online. >> of the white house press secretary of education secretary highlight the president's upcoming trips to universities in north carolina, colorado, and iowa. during his trip, president obama will call on congress to prevent interest rates on student loans for doubling. in effect subsidized stafford loans that are issued to low and middle-income graduates. this is about 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. it is great to have you here today. as intel, i have with me the secretary of education. this week, as you know, president obama is launching a concerted effort to get congress to stop the interest rate on student loans from bubbling in july. secretary duncan is here to talk about that issue, to take questions on that

biographers on clarence darrow, eisenhower, and jfk.and colander with your questions for steven ross, author of hostile " -- of "hollywood left and right." at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secret stockholm -- secrets. >> republican candidate mitt romney and the senator john mccain speak at republican national committee's meeting. the national party chairman introduces the speakers. this is senator mccain have made it clear to me that what people in this country are starting for in america are real, authentic people that want to serve with a pure heart and make a difference. the country always comes first. in the navy, as a prisoner of war, as a member of congress and a senator, and a presidential candidate, personal ambition has never come before the needs of the nation. for that, he is respected throughout the country, especially here in his home state where he has been serving the people of arizona proudly for many years. it is a privilege for me to introduce a man and an american hero who has never stopped fighting for the greate

clarence darrow and jfk. column with their questions for the author of "hollywood left and right." sunday, watch for eric alterman. then it cannot run surveillance and secrets. the entire schedule for the weekend is online at booktv.org. >> jury selection began in the retrial of former major league pitcher robert clements charged by federal prosecutors for knowingly lying to congress not good to thousand eight on performance enhancing drug use. >> let me read you what his wife said in your affidavit. i do propose that he had a conversation with roger clemens in which roger in mid it to him using human growth hormones. -- admitted it to him using human growth hormones. he said the conversation never happened. if that was true, why but they tell her about the conversation. >> our relationship was close enough to know that if he went there, he was knowingly knowing that i had taken hgh. it came to ask me about the effect of it. >> watched the 2008 testimony. >> the house ways and means committee held a hearing on the different kinds of retirement savings one. witnesses discussed what

saturday, clarence darrow, dwight d. eisenhower, and jfk., call in with your questions are steven ross. sunday at 2:00 at eastern, watched our the take on liberals in "the cause of." the entire schedule for the weekend is online at booktv.org. >> a senate environment and public works hearing on the general services administration. members heard from brian miller and dan tangherlini. this is a little less than two hours. a mind reader, a clown, and a $75,000 bicycle building and training exercise. >> the meeting will come to order. meeting will come to order. thank you to the press. first before i start my statement, before i start, i want to the enter in the record a letter that i received from majority leader harry reid that makes clear that well run and cost effective conferences are productive and provide an important economic boost to our communities. i ask unanimous consent to enter his let near the record. do you have a similar letter from senator heller? >> yes, i do, i want his statement to be put in the record. >> absolutely. >> i'm

saturday at 3:30, biographers on clarence darrow, dwight eisenhower, and j.f.k..t 7:30, call in with your questions for the author of "hollywood left and right." sunday at 2:00 eastern watch for liberals and the cause. and at 5:00, camelot's surveillance and secrets. the entire schedule for the weekend is online. >> from the colonial era, prohibition to today, drinking for better or worse as always been a part of the american landscape. saturday night, live on american history tv, a history of alcohol in america. want a back story -- watch the back story. saturday night at 8:00 eastern, part of american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >> when i was imbedded in eastern afghanistan, the soldiers started telling me the u.s. government was wasting tens of billions of dollars on mismanagement and logistics contract. >> following the money in afghanistan, finding corruption from top to bottom right in and taliban.elegr >> a very effective commander, not long after president obama took office and the state department was saying we are going to give you a bunch of de

saturday at 3:30 p.m., biographerson ferrell, jim newton and richard reeves on clarence darrow, dwight d. eisenhower and j.f.k. and at 7:30, call in for steven j. ross, who wrote "hollywood left and right. at 5:00, surveillance an secrets with lori andrews, jacobsen and shermer. the entire schedule is online. >> jury selection began in the retrial of former major league pitcher roger clemens, narged with knowingly lying to congress on performance enhancing drug use in baseball. >> let me read to you what his wife said in her affidavit. i i do depose and state in 1999 or 2000, andy told me he had had a conversation with roger clemens in which roger admitted to him using human growth hormones. once again, i remind you, you are under oath. you have said your conversation with mr. pettitte never happened. if that was true, why would laura pettitte remember andy telling her about the conversation? >> once again, mr. congressman, i think he misremembers the conversation we had. our relationship was close enough to know that if i would have known if he had done h.g.h., that he was knowingly k

later at 3:30 p.m., biographers on clarence darrow, dwight d. eisenhower, and jfk. call in with your questions for steven ross, sunday at 2 eastern, watch for eric alterman. the entire schedule for the weekend is online at booktv.org. we ask is to submit a video telling us what are the constitution is most important and why. today we will go to birmingham, alabama, to visit with talia moore, an eighth grader at john herbert phillips academy. what did you choose to focus on the first amendment as the topic of your documentary? >> as a birmingham native, i thought it would be great to what better place in birmingham for the civil rights movement. my first place was west park. all the african-american school boys in school girls left from their classrooms to go and march for their freedom. >> how do the different sides utilize success first amendment? >> the foot soldier's really, really used freedom of speech when they chanted at the march. i think dr. martin luther king really want to see the world and a better place. >> what about the other side? >> the birmingham h

saturday, clarence darrow and jfk. at 730, colin with your questions or steven ross, author of "hollywood left and right." at 5:00, a panel surveillance and in secret with michael schirmer. the entire schedule is online at booktv.org. >> eric cantor eric sat down with mike allen of politico to talk about elections and politics. we will also hear from congressional reporter jack sherman. >> good morning. thank you for coming. i am mike allen, the chief political correspondent for "politico." hello to c-span and cnn. thanks for following this. we are on twitter. jake sherman will join me in a minute for some pre-game. one of our great congressional correspondents is going to take us behind the scenes a little bit, set the table for a great conversation with house majority leader eric cantor. i would like to thank the bank of america for their continued partnership, talking about the issues that matter most in washington. thank you for coming and making this possible. >> it is great to be here. enjoy getting applause. we

biographers talk about clarence darrow, dwight eisenhower, and jfk. and call in with your questions for steven ross, author of "hollywood left and right." watch for a take on liberals in "because." at 5:00, a panel on surveillance and secrets. the entire schedule for the weekend is on line. -- online. >> from the colonial area, prohibition, to today. drinking has always been part of the american landscape. the history of alcohol in america. watch the back story. there are tales of beer and spirits in america, part of american history tv this weekend. >> now a discussion on wage increases over the last few decades. we will also hear about the cost of health and insurance benefits, as well as gender differences among wage earners. this is about 40 minutes. host: it's time for the america by the numbers segment. we're gonna look at american wages. joining us, two guests, jodi schneider with a bloomberg news. she is their tax and congress' editor. -- congress editor. we're also joined by philip doyle from the bureau of labor statistics. he serves as the e