then on "after words," darcy olson on the use of medical treatments deemed experimental or not available for terminally ill diseases. we wrap up booktv in prime time with sonya purr knell who profiles clementine churchill, wife of winston churchill, at 11:15 p.m. eastern. that happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. [inaudible conversations]

darcy olson will make a critical look at the review period new medications must undergo to receive fda approval. also coming up, karl rove will discuss the importance of william mckinley's 1896 presidential campaign. and this weekend nurse and new york times columnist at least a brown -- teresa brown will talk about the challenges patients face in the health care system. >> i really wanted readers to get a sense of how important nurses are to patient care and to give them a very tactile, do detailed sense of that. and writing a book that was one shift seemed like a great way to do that. >> right. >> it also makes a great story, because you start, you meet these people at the beginning of the day, and then at the end of the day you more or less find out how they did -- >> right. >> but it lets people know what the shift is really like and everything that goes into it. >> "after words" airs on booktv every saturday at 10 p.m. and sunday at 9 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous "after words" programs on our web site, booktv.org. >> as 2015 comes to a close, many publications are offe

at ten darcy olson talks about the restrictions on using medical treatments deemed experimental or not available for terminally illdiseases. and tonight at 11, win symptom groom pro-- winston groom on "the generals." that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> host: professor menzie chinn, your book, "lost decades: the making of america's debt crisis and the long recovery." how big is the u.s. debt, and who owns it x what do we mean by "own"? >> guest: well, the u.s. debt is, like, $14 trillion, and it's member in terms of publicly-held debt about 70% of gdp. so that's giving you some perspective. that tells you it's an unprecedented amount at least in postwar history. now, who is it owed to, i'd say most of it is owed to other americans. so in some sense you can think about it as we're borrowing from ourselves. a sizable chunk is owed to foreigners of which if you wanted, you know, a list of main candidates it'd be the chinese and various oil exporters. >> host: what -- how do you quantify debt? what is considered u.s. debt? >> guest: well, or that's a complicated question. i mea

darcy olson, president president of the goldwater institute will take a critical look at the review. new medications must undergo to receive fda approval. also coming up, karl rove will discuss the importance of william mckinley's 1896 presidential campaign. this weekend, nurse and new york times columnist tresa brown will talk about the challenges patient space in the healthcare system. >> i really wanted readers to get a sense of how important nurses are to patient care and to give them a very tactile detailed, sense of that. reading the book seemed like a great way to do that. it also makes a great story, you meet these people at the beginning of the day and then at the end of the day you more or less find out how they did. but it lets people know what's the shift is really like and everything that goes into it. >> afterwards airs on book to be every saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous afterwards programs on our website, book tv.org. [inaudible]

in this weekend, weekend, darcy olson, president of the goldwater institute take a critical look at the review. new medications undergo to get fda approval. >> it's all about when your life hangs in the balance and you have a terminal illness, it's about giving you the right to try to fight to save your life by accessing experimental and investigational medicines why they are understudied at the fda but before they receive the fda final greenlight. >> "after words" airs on book tv every saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous "after words" programs on our website apple tv.org next the panel on social change from the tenth annual brooklyn book festival. >> last night at the gala, i was introduced as nick already, so since this is a book festival, i'll take that as a clever pun or complement or both. i actually appreciated that introduction. the law school is enormously proud to once again be supporting and participating with the incredible signature brooklyn book festival which has grown to be, in a very short. of time, even though were observin

in this weekend, darcy olson, president of the goldwater institute takes a critical look at the review. that pneumatic medications undergo to get approval. >> when your life hangs in the balance, when you have a terminal illness, it's about giving you the right to try to fight to save your life by accessing experimental an investigation medicine while they are understudied at the fda but before they receive the fda final greenlight. >> "after words" airs on book tv every saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous afterword programs that book tv.org. :

. >> darcy olson, thank you so much for joining me today to talk about your book, the right the right to try. i'm looking for to speaking with you today. >> thank you kimberly. i first wrote

. >> darcy olson, thank you so much for joining me today to talk about your book, the right the right to try. i'm looking for to speaking with you today. >> thank you kimberly. i first wrote about right to try lots for u.s. news and report about a year ago. at the time only five states had passed right to try laos. now it it has climbed to 24 states. pretty quickly, and one year one of the senators, who supports this bill said it was the first piece of legislator he had come across those both pro-life and pro-choice. let's just talk about what right to trial laws are. >> what right to try laws are is all about when your life hangs in the balance, when you have a terminal illness it is without giving you the right to try to fight to save your life by using experimental medicines while the understudy with the fda but before they receive that these final green light. the reason he calls that pro-life and pro-choice is because you have a choice as to whether or not you want to try some of these investigational medicines. it is pro-life because instead of right to die laws we have not only

in this weekend, weekend, darcy olson, president of the goldwater institute take a critical look at the review. new medications undergo to get fda approval. >> it's all about when your life hangs in the balance and you have a terminal illness, it's about giving you the right to try to fight to save your life by accessing experimental and investigational medicines why they

at 10:00, darcy olson sideses down on after words to talk about the restrictions on using medical treatment deemed experimental or not available for terminally ill diseases. and tonight at 11:00, win strom groom profiles the careers of the generals of world war ii. that all happens tonight on c-span 2's booktv. >> alyssa katz is next. her book "the influence machine" looks at the influence of the u.s. chamber of commerce. >> thank you everybody, and thank you so much for being here here and for that introduction as well. this is not going to be a late discussion by any stretch but you'll final it worthwhile. i'll speak for a while and then engage in questions and answers with you in the audience. this is a -- like i said headquartersy subject, crucially important for this nation as we head into the 2016 elects. and that is the mean by which business business bs have moved to steer the american political process their way, and by and large, by no means entirely but by and large, they're succeeding. in its entirety and complexity, this is a story far, far bigger than any one book can hold. it

at ten darcy olson talks about the restrictions on using medical treatments deemed experimental or not available for terminally illdiseases. and tonight at 11, win symptom groom pro-- winston groom on "the generals." that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> host: professor menzie chinn, your book, "lost decades: the making of america's debt crisis and the long recovery." how big is the u.s. debt, and who owns it x what do we mean by "own"? >> guest: well, the u.s. debt is, like, $14 trillion, and it's member in terms of publicly-held debt about 70% of gdp. so that's giving you some perspece.

then on "after words," darcy olson on the use of medical treatments deemed experimental or not available for terminally ill diseases. we wrap up booktv in prime time with sonya purr knell who profiles clementine churchill, wife of winston churchill, at 11:15 p.m. eastern. that happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> oh, that's much better. good evening, everyone, and what a great crowd. thank you all so much for coming out tonight. i'm lissa muscatine, one of the co-owners of politics and prose bookstore, and we are really delighted to be here at 14th and v and sponsoring this event. i don't know how many of you realize we also have a book operation here in the store as well as the busboys and poets in brookland and tacoma. and that all started about a year ago, the owner of busboys approached us and asked if we would help run his book sales in the restaurants. one of the reasons we were ec t static is because we have such a parallel, synergistic role in our communities with busboys, and we were very, very grateful for the opportunity to be here, to be able to b

at 10:00, darcy olson sideses down on after words to talk about the restrictions on using medical treatmentemed experimental or not available for terminally ill diseases. and tonight at 11:00, win strom groom profiles the careers of the generals of world war ii. that all happens tonight on c-span 2's booktv. >> alyssa katz is next. her book "the influence machine" looks at the influence