this morning the first author is none other than dave barry. let's give him a round of applause. we all know that you can't do justice to dave reside talents by reading his lengthy -- here he is. [applause] >> you just can't do justice to dave's talents by reading his lengthy biography or merely saying his new work, "insane city," his first adult novel in more than a decade. dave is a humorist who has appeared in 35 newspapers. author of 30 books and win ore of pulitzer prize. like every other okayed in the 305, i grew up relishing reading dave. today we hear from a hometown favorite, dave barry. >> i'm going to keep going. our next author, roy blount. let's have them couple out and give him a round of applause. a master of language and a humorist to boot. roy has authored over 22 books in a wide range from robert e. lee to the pittsburgh steelers. i if you're an npr nerd, like i suspect you are, you might know hill as a regular panelist on "wait, wait, don't tell me." let's give him applause for that. very call. and as a contributing editor of atlantic monthly. today he has his n

eastern on c-span2 with dave barry, roy blunt jr. and brad meltzer and continues with appearances by doris kearns goodwin and a. scott burg. plus call-ins with sheri fink, peter baker and susan herman. sunday's coverage starts at 10:30 and includes mark halperin, bill ayers, thomas cahill and chris matthews. the miami book fair international live this weekend on booktv on c-span2. and don't forget to weigh in on our november book club question: what books are you reading on jfk? post your thoughts anytime on our book club chat room, booktv.org/bookclub. >> presidential historian tevi troy examines the popular culture that american presidents have partaken in over the past 200 years from andrew jackson's interest in attending the theater to the reading habits of dwight eisenhower. he speaks on a panel with jonah gold burg, william galston and political analyst and columnist mona charen. this panel discussion is just under two hours. >> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. i'm chris demuth, fellow here at the hudson institute, and i w

eastern on c-span2 with dave barry. and continues with appearances by lawrence wright, and a.g. plus call ins. if you're a middle or high school student c-span video cam exe tension wants to know the most important issue congress should address next year. with $100,000 in total prizes. the deadline is january 20th. get more info at studentcam.org. >>> next the alliance for health reform talking about the rollout of health insurance exchanges. the enrollment rate, and the makeup of those applying. the white house promised that the federal exchange will be working for most people by the end of the month. this is about an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we want to try to find a seat, and allow us to get a and ted. we'll tryal to codo it on time. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. my name is ed howard. i'm with the alliance for healtn reform, and on behalf of senator rockefeller, our board of torectors want to welcome 0 you to this program to take a look at the initial, almost eight til weeks of experienc

there is dave barry -- variation of maoa that regulates how much maoa is produced in the body and the men have a lower amount that may help to explain some of the differences of the increase that we see it is not proven it is a theory but if has interesting support. some researchers published a remarkable study in 2002 and it showed the first of its client gina environment extraction. you have heard it is not just in nature but also nurture but the combination of interaction between the two has never been shown before this study which conclusively showed there is in fact, an interaction. what you've looked at here is to different ones. here you see the gray is high maoa production the black is low maoa production what we the gatt is antisocial personalities. there is not a huge amount of difference of low and high activity but there is some difference but not much. said uc there is a big difference over here. what is that? if you take or looked at a core horton individuals over a 20 your time period looking at the social history to determine if they have been subject to sexual abuse o

eastern on c-span 2 with dave barry, roy blunt meltzer, andrad continues with appearances by lawrence wright, doris kearns goodwin, and a scott berg. king collins with sherry and susan herman. sunday's coverage starts at 10:30, and includes mark halperin, bill ayres, chris matthews. the miami book fair international, live this weekend on book tv on c-span 2. don't forget to weigh in on on nor -- on our november book club question -- what books are you reading on jfk? poster thoughts anytime on our book up -- bookclub chat room, booktv.org/bookclub. >> next, a discussion on the future of digital currency. this is 45 minutes. host: on wednesdays we take a look at our spotlight magazine articles, today taking a look at "wired magazine." inside there is this piece, "how to save bitcoin." the author is joining us this morning. let's start with -- what is bit coin? guest: a form of money born in the digital age for the digital era. it is a way for people to send money back and forth that is as close to friction free as we have ever seen. it is simultaneously indicative of the explosive grow

coverage kicks off today at 10:00 eastern on c-span2 with dave barry, brad meltzer, continues with appearances by lawrence wright, doris kerns goodwin and scott burr, plus call ins with cheri thing, peter baker and susan herman. sunday's coverage starts at 10:dirty and includes marc halpern, bill payers and chris matthews. the miami book fair international live this weekend on booktv on c-span2. don't forget to weigh in on our november book club question, what e-book are you reading on jfk? post your thoughts on our book club chat room. booktv.org/bookclub. >> this week in american history tv looks back at the assassination of jfk and its aftermath with eyewitness accounts, scenes from the president's trip to texas and commemoratives events from the jfk library and museum. also your chance to talk to lawyers and historians at 5:00 eastern with dallas 1963 co-author and at 5:45 november 22, 1963, coverage continues with lyndon johnson's number twenty-seventh address to congress and your questions live with lbj biographer robert caro and presidential historian timothy naftalee and nbc coverage o

coverage kicks off saturday at 10:00 eastern on c-span2 with dave barry, brad meltsir, lawrence wright, doris kerns goodwin, nathaniel of philbrick and call ins with peter baker and susan herman. sunday's coverage starts at 10:30 and includes john higher oilman and chris matthews. miami book fair international live on booktv on c-span2 and don't forget to weigh in on our november book club question, what books are you reading on jfk. post your thoughts any time on our book club chat room, booktv.org/bookclub. >> ladybird johnson was the first wife of a president to become a millionaire by investing in and running radio and tv stations in texas. watch our program saturday at 7:00 eastern on c-span, live monday night our series continues. >> the historic trip to china, mrs. nixon was looking at a package of cigarettes. the cigarettes hata pin on them and the package, i understand you also admire the panda at the zoo. he says we will make sure you have pandas to go home with. wasn't expecting her to support her husband, just her being there was so much good will and always evidence that t

i think it's a good idea, and i'm mindful of what the great american humorist dave barry once said which is that the do not call list was the greatest government invention second only to the elvis stamp. >> host: but, lori andrews, you tell the story in your book of a law student of yours who tried to disable all the cookies that track him throughout his day, and it took him forever. >> guest: it does take you forever, and that's why i think the default should be opt in rather than opt out. right now cookies are put on your computer, and you have to try to figure out which company put it on which you often can't find out. go to the company and say could you take me off x. and then there's this very perverse thing. some companies that have a do not track approach actually achieve that by means of putting a cookie on your computer to say, lori andrews, she's the one that doesn't want to be tracked. if you disable your cookies, it actually puts you back into tracking. is right now the situation being opt out is sort of like i come home from a hard day's work, there is 30 strangers in my hom

this morning, the first author that i will be introducing non-other than dave barry. let's give him a round of applause before he comes out. [applause] >> we all know that you cannot do justice to his talents and there he is. [applause] >> you just can't do justice by reading has lengthy biography or saying that his new work, "insane city", his first adult novel in more than a decade. he is an individual for over 25 years have appeared in 25 newspapers, winner of the pulitzer prize and it's pretty cool. like every other kid in the 305, i grew up relishing reading him and today we are hearing from a hometown favorite in dave barry. in our next author is roy blount. come on out and let's give him a round of applause. [applause] >> a master of language and the humorist to boot. he has authored 22 books in a wide range from robert ely to the pittsburgh steelers if you are an npr nerd, and you may also know him as a regular panelist on wait, wait don't tell me. [laughter] and is a contributing editor of atlantic monthly. today he comes to us with his newest work, "alphabet

coverage kicks off today at 10:00 eastern on c-span2 with dave barry, and continues with berg,ances by a scott peter baker, and susan herman. sunday's coverage starts at thomas cahilludes and chris matthews. the miami book fair, live this weekend on booktv on c-span2. on ourorget to weigh in n bookclub question. what books are you reading on -- november book club question. what books are you reading on jfk? host: joining us is francis rooney, the author of "the global vatican" and former u.s. ambassador to the holy see from 2005 to 2008. your title says ambassador to the holy see. what's the difference? guest: the sovereignty lies with , which is the locus of the authority of the influence of the church in the world, represented by the pope and the different constituent organizations of the holy see. the vatican was granted to the holy see in 1989. as far as your position as ambassador, why do we have such a position in the first place? guest: one of the main purposes of the book is to explain the historic, diplomatic role of the holy see and what they have been able to accomplish, and

eastern on c-span2 with dave barry, roy blunt, junior, and brad notes are and continues with appearancesence wright, doris kearns goodwin -- and call-in with sherri think, peter baker and susan herman. sunday's coverage starts at 10:30 a.m. and includes mark halperin, bill ayers, thomas cahill and chris matthews. the miami book fair international live this weekend on booktv on c-span2. and don't forget to weigh in on our n booklet question -- what books are you reading on jfk? post your thoughts anytime on our book club chat room. booktv.org/bookclub. "> "washington journal continues. host: we will watch for just a moment. a scene at arlington national cemetery, the gravesite of president john f. kennedy. host: the gravesite selected on the evening of november 22, 1963, by members of the kennedy family. and the idea of an internal flame put forth by his wife, jackie kennedy. .hat flame continues today and other members of the kennedy family, including robert f kennedy, ~ 1960 eight, senator kennedy who died a few years ago and first lady jacqueline kennedy all buried at this site. c-span

barry's sports is right around the corner. >>> lawyers become targets in the hunger games, catching fire. and davestewart has this week's now showing. >> oscar winning actress, jennifer lawrence, is back on the big screen, reprizing her role as kantiss. she returns home after winning the 74th annual hunger games with fellow tribute, peter mellark. the two embark in a tour. along the way, a rebellion could be on the rise. but, the two are soon ordered to return to the arena to compete in yet another fight to the death. >> we have never seen anything like this. and we will never see anything like it again. >> the hunger games catching fire is rated pg-13. >>> donated to a fertility clinic nearly 20 years ago. while struggling to pull his life together, he learns. >> apparently there was a mix up at the clinic. you're the buy logical father of 533 children. >> david is left to decide if he's going to come forward after some of the children file a lawsuit to reveal his identity. >> maybe strange and over sized, but it's my life. >> vince vaughn and chris star in delivery man. for now showing, i'm dave

coverage kicks off at 10:00 eastern on c-span2 with dave barry, roy blount jr. and roy millssir and appearances by doris kerns goodwin and a scott burr and called ins with cheri thanks, peter baker and susan herman. sunday's coverage starts at 10:30 and includes mark albritton and john hale said the man, thomthomas cahill and chri. us your thoughts on our book club chat room, booktv.org/bookclub. >> i see it as a presumption that somehow, working with the right and leader. sometimes you have to combat a narrative with a narrative. and the narrative is, muslim country and islamic country, and therefore global rules don't apply to us, nuclear-weapons, we told americans we are not making nukes and kept getting buried but in this end, the nukes we said we were not making, at least we broke, if nothing else broke a promise, that can only be combated by a narrative. this review that we develop a personal relationship on the other side it will help, that is not new. not the first to defend the head of the pakistani army and another admiral, and dubee mentioned in the b