. >> for more on the lessons of '76, i'm joined by craig shirley, president of shirley and banister affairshor of "reagan's revolution" i have it here, all about the '76 campaign. craig, i would argue '76 may be the last time where the -- the convention is normally filled with delegates more conservative than the republican nominee. >> right. >> that we will have a bigger gulf, as big of a gulf as we have had between sort of where the delegates are and the party is versus where the nominee is. >> absolutely right. the delegates were far more conservative. it was the beginning of the tipping point of the party toward becoming more conservative. you had these issues going back to the '40s and '50s, goldwater versus rockefeller and romney and the others and '68, but '76 is really the beginning of the time when conservatives do take, at least at the delegate level, take control of the republican party and that holds true today. >> you are mitt romney, going to go through a convention, going to have to give away a lot of stuff in the platform. >> right. sure. >> stuff that he doesn't -- his camp

we will start with craig shirley's book, december 1941. after that, pearl harbor christmas. later, bert and anita poulsen talk about their book. this week on "the communicators", a look at google's new privacy policy. >> on march 1 of this year, google changed its privacy policy, and that is our topic this week on "the communicators." markham erickson is the director of the internet coalition. mr. erickson, can you explain what google did to change its privacy policy and wide? >> google announced about six weeks ago that it was preparing to change its privacy policy. the first time a company that size has given that much time and engagement in that education campaign. what they did is they took privacy policies -- diverse privacy policies that apply to 70 some products that google provides. they consolidated them into one single privacy policy that was uniform across all of those products. >> what is the benefit to google in doing this? >> the benefit to google is first of all, you only have to manage one privacy policy. they would also say that they are able to provide more

this week, book tv on c-span 2 with a look tonight at pearl harbor starting at 8:30 eastern with craig shirley's december 1941. then stanley wine traub's pearl harbor christmas and burt and anita on "fdr goes to war" on c-span2 this week. applications for social security disability insurance have recently increased to 3.4 million people. last week the social security administration's chief addressed what's behind the increase, citing the high unemployment rate and an increase in mental illnesses. he was joined by interest groups representing the disabled who talked about better ways of incorporated the disabled into the work force. hosted by the national academy of social insurance, this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning. i'm mark miller and i'm a columnist for reuters. i wreet about social security and medicare and other health insurance issues as well as pensions and personal finance, and i'd like to welcome everyone and thank you for joining us this morning for our forum on why are more people claiming disability shurngs and what should be done about t. a special welcome to viewers l

our guest today is craig shirley, president of shirley and the minister of public affairs same relations marketing firm whose written for "the washington post," "the los angeles times," the "the washington times," conservative digest, the weekly standard and many other publications putative she previously authors reagan' revolution the untold story of the campaign that started it all. there was the first book detailing his pivotal 1976 challenge president ford in the republican primary. and he also offered that rendezvous with destiny, ronald reagan and the campaign that changed america for the 1980 campaign revealing the behind the scenes story for the white house. you will note there is a consistency in craig' books. rendezvous and this are both very well researched although this one was over about 15 months and this one is only about 31 days. we are pleased to have him with us today and we will do so questions up here and then we will open up to the audience for anything out there as well. there are a lot of things different in 1941. there were a lot of things still the same. the reds

craig shirley with december 1941. at 9:20, stanley weintraub's pearl harbor christmas: world at war. and at 10:15, burt and anita folsom talk about their book, fdr goes to war: how expanded executive power, spiraling national debt and restricted civil liberties shaped wartime america. all in this week on c-span2.ttle >> i'm going to tell you a personal story today, and it's something that i normally don't do, but this story i'm going to tell you is in large part what motivated me to write this second book, "what it is like to go to war." and one of the things i talk about in that second book is that our culture has, basically, got some kind of agreement, ire call it sort of the code of silence, about what really goes on in combat. what really goes on when our nation asks our kids to go outs and killon some other kids.nati i'm no pacifist, but i think that we tend to sort of want to not think about it very much ink it very much. in my family the same as all families, i was 50 years old when i found out that my father h

starting at 8:30 eastern, author craig shirley with december 1941. at 9:20, stanley weintraub's "pearl harbor christmas: a world at war." and at about 10:15, burt and anita folsom discuss their book, fdr goes to war: how expanding power and civil liberties shaped wartime america. starting at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> tonight on c-span c-span pbss smiley leads a discussion on poverty in america and its effects on women and children. >> tavis, there's a number in the fact sheet i shared with folks. in 1990 the average member of congress had a net worth of $250,000 excluding their home. by 2010 the average member of congress had a net worth of $750,000 excluding their home. so what happened to congress that they could triple their wealth in just a 20-year period? meanwhile, for the rest of us the average person had income excluding their home of about $20,000 both in 1990 and in 2010. so everybody else stayed level, but these members of congress found a way to enrich themselves. i'm not hating on members of congress, i'm not hating on wealth. but he

our guest today is craig shirley, president of shirley and the minister of public affairs same relations marketing firm whose written for "the washington post," "the los angeles times," the "the washington times," conservative digest, the weekly standard and many other publications putative she previously authors reagan' revolution the untold story of the campaign that started it all. there was the first book detailing his pivotal 1976 challenge president ford in the republican primary. and he also offered that rendezvous with destiny, ronald reagan and the campaign that changed america for the 1980 campaign revealing the behind the scenes story for the white house. you will note there is a consistency in craig' books. rendezvous and this are both very well researched although this one was over about 15 months and this one is only about 31 days. we are pleased to have him with us today and we will do so questions up here and then we will open up to the audience for anything out there as well. there are a lot of things different in 1941. there were a lot of things still the same. the reds

our guest today is craig shirley, president of shirley and the minister of public affairs same relations marketing firm whose written for "the washington post," "the los angeles times," the "the washington times," conservative digest, the weekly standard and many other publications putative she previously authors reagan' revolution the untold story of the campaign that started it all. there was the first book detailing his pivotal 1976 challenge president ford in the republican primary. and he also offered that rendezvous with destiny, ronald reagan and the campaign that changed america for the 1980 campaign revealing the behind the scenes story for the white house. you will note there is a consistency in craig' books. rendezvous and this are both very well researched although this one was over about 15 months and this one is only about 31 days. we are pleased to have him with us today and we will do so questions up here and then we will open up to the audience for anything out there as well. there are a lot of things different in 1941. there were a lot of things still the same. the reds