did want to ask people to focus on one thing which is we all know funny people and granted that dave barry is the funniest human being that i know know, but what we don't tend to think about very much is most of those people can't get it on the page. what dave does not olmeda when he's in person being incredibly funny but the reason you are all here to listen to him and his sidekick is because of what he is able to do on the page. he actually sweats bullets. in the old days his columns in whatever else his wonderful year in review. if you haven't read his summary of 2017 i encourage you to go on line and read it. he is a great writer and people don't often think about that. because you know none of us except dave can remember a punchline 10 minutes after we have heard a joke so there's a certain ephemeral nature to humor and great humor writers like mark twain. >> he's also a member of the band. >> there are the certain amount of skills. if you wanted to actually rest on what it was like to be a writer it would probably be interesting. the other thing that people don't know about dave or d

ever." >> good morning, labeling, please give a warm welcome to the stage, dave barry. [applause] >> thank you. it's really great to be back in the rancho mirage, even though let's behunt kind of a shithole. [laughter] no. i'm just excited that in the new climate it's okay to say shithole. last week it was like the front page of the "new york times," cnn was like all shithole all the time. so, it's a bright new era and i'm -- rancho is a wonderful place. i always feel obligated -- opinion to the book anymore -- a little bit obligated to defend my city. i live in miami, moved there in 1986 from the united states. and it has -- miami us has a bad reputation, i know that. every year the organization does a poll and asks people what they think of various major meant areas and every year miami -- some things people like at bit it always cart cart gorized as a dangerous and violent place which hearts those who live there we want to track those people down and kill them because -- [laughter] -- it's really pretty great. except during hurricane season, which runs from june thro

"best state ever." >> good morning, labeling, please give a warm welcome to the stage, dave barry. [applause] >> thank you. it's really great to be back

please give a warm welcome to the stage dave barry. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. it is great to be back in the rancho mirage even though it's a [bleep] hole. [laughter] i'm just excited that in the new climate it's okay to say the black hole. last week was the front page of "the new york times" and "the washington post" and w cnn was l [bleep] hole all the time. [laughter] is a bright new era and happy to be just right no, rancho is a wonderful place. i always feel obligated and i'm not to the point of the book anymore but a little updated to defend my city. i live in miami and i moved there in 1986 from the united states. [laughter] and miami has a bad reputation. i know that. every year the organization is a poll where they asked people what they think of various major metropolitan areas in every year miami some people like it but it always gets categorized as a potentially dangerous and violent place which hurts those of us who live there and we want to practice people down and kill them. [laughter] because it's pretty great except during hurricane season which

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dave barry talks about his writing life. historians and their favorite historical figures. watch the rancho mirage writer's festival on book tv on c-span2. >> to about 20 minutes, comments from white house, the chairman of the council of economic advisers. until then, part of today's "washington journal." joining this is the president and ceo of the partnership for public service. we are talking about presidential appointments and the filling of federal positions. the 101 about your organization. we are a nonpartisan nonprofit organization trying to make the government more effective. there are 1.6 million nonprofits out there. they are about all kinds of important things. we only have one tool for action to deal with our most medical problems. that is the federal government. we need all those nonprofits to focus on the decision of policy. our government is effective at delivering good results to the public. that is our focus. how do you make sure the government is well led and the system is effective. had you get people to care about what government does and that it doesn'

] [inaudible conversations] >> next up the rancho mirage fred as possible author and satirized, dave barry, remarks on his very books including best day ever: a florida man defends his

and dave barry talks about his writing life. and john beach of on his favorite historical figures. watch book tv on c-span2. senator susan collins, house minority whip steny hoyer, and house intelligence committee ranking member adam schiff, who discussed president trump's first discuss president trump's for state of the union with mike allen of axios. >> good morning. thank you for coming out to the state of the union post game. we appreciate the bank of america for making these conversations possible. we have a fantastic triple crown, tripleheader lineup this morning, people who were in the chamber for helping make the news and are going to illuminate it for us. axios makes you smarter faster on topics that matter, business tech, media, politics and our events follow the same format. they are quick and we start with what happens and why it matters. that's the formula you always get in the axios stream when you go on axios.com. every story starts as one phone screen, and in that what's new, what is happening, why it matters to make you smarter faster. i'd like to thank my axios ev

recent rancho mirage writer festival in california which featured are car rove, brett stephens, dave barry, and historians michigan great mcmillan, douglas and john meachum. for a complete setted all, visit booktv.org doering. >> take care of patients the patient was a chronic patient. multiple procedures. and when patients have multiple procedures they tend to lose all their ven so it gets difficult in starting i.d.s to be able to induce patients in the way you want to. so, this patient comes back to the operating room and i look at the left arm and looking in and there is nothing. not one vein. so i say, okay, walked around the foot of the bed, put the tournament on the other arm and looking at the arm and i look at the patient. up to this point this patient has not said a single word. tried making connections on everything. i even asked what the favorite color was, and i couldn't get anything. movies, books, news, music, nothing. absolutely zero connections. and i'm looking at this arm. and i'm thinking, hmm, and finally, i said, okay, i'll bite. what are you bad as? patient goes, hmm?

foreign-policy, author and centrist dave barry on his writing

and dave barry talks about his writing life. and john beach of on his favorite

coverage of the recent writers festival in california which featured karl rove, brett stephens, dave barry and historians margaret mcmillan, douglas brinkley and john meacham. that's just a handful of the programs airing this weekend on booktv on c-span2. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. we now kick off the weekend with a look inside the publishing world. it's the fourth annual editorial excellence award presented by the bioer ifs excellence -- biographers. linda gordon and ruth franklin discuss their experiences working with mr. weil. [inaudible conversations] >> so, again, encouraging people to take their seats. >> good evening, everyone. my name is kai bird, i'm the new executive director of the leon levy center for biography which is celebrating its tenth year now all due to shelby white and the leon levy foundation. and i want to advertise, first of all, our new alliance with bio. this is our first sort of jointly-sponsored event with them, but we are also, courtesy of will swift here the president of bio, we are also going to be doing, cosponsoring their great annual confer

barry bridge. meteorologist dave will tell you what you want, what you really, really want in the "action news" forecast, [laughter]. >> very good, very good. >> time for this week's 6 minute meal and a deal. we're going into the kitchen with a celebrated vegan chef in rittenhouse square. >> reporter: he love the concept top chef elevating home dinner. the chef is world renown for his vegan fair, we head to v street where his israeli salad is made in 6 minutes. >> israeli salad we want to get the eggplant grilled. this is a mar nate. you can use -- mar -- marinade use olive oil and salt and pepper. use red onion, cucumbers, a dash of cumin and dash of dill. and we to say. everything the same by the size. we have turmeric. we have grilled long hot peppers and jalapenos. we have this middle middle eastern healthy dish. >> reporter: and two seconds to spare, we have posted that recipe at 6abc.com. now for the deal, mention you saw this segment on 6abc they will give you a dollar over the king could be salad at whiz kid. we have these top she was -- chefs all over the city they are helping us out. >> 6 minu

dave barry talks about his.argaret macmillan and john meacham on their favorite historical figures. watch the writers festival starting at 2:00 eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us is alex with the cato institute. policy immigration analyst. we wanted to do find this term that some people use, chain migration. we want to learn about what this program is about. we wanted to hear first from the president at the state of the union tuesday. he talked about chain migration. final protectsnd the nuclear family by ending chain migration. under the current row can system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives. plan, we focused on the immediate family by limiting sponsorships to spouses and minor children. this vital reform is necessary not just for our economy but for our security and the future of america. in recent weeks, to terrorist attacks in new york made possible by the visa lottery and chain migration. in the age of terrorism,

dave barry talks about his writing life.lowed by margaret macmillan and john meacham on their favorite historical figures. watch saturday starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern on book tv on c-span2. "washington journal" continues. host: at our table, clarissa martinez-de-castro. calleddosus, formally the national council of the -- of laraze. the president tweeted that march 5 is rapidly approaching and democrats are doing nothing about daca. they resist, blame, obstruct, and do nothing. disagree.ould only because the reality is that , and we have seen the reality play out on national television as recently as when the president had the televised meeting on this issue at the white house, we know that there has been, for a good time now, a group of members from both sides of the aisle trying to move the issue forward. the president in that meeting asked for a bipartisan agreement, and that was represented. i think that members of congress have prepared multiple bipartisan proposals in the house and the senate. that includes democrat,

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barry bridge matt. >> thanks karen. 28 degrees on city avenue as we take a live look at philadelphia international airport. daveher forecast. david. >> matt we have a good deal of cloud cover early on. take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan. a couple of light snow showers up by allentown and reading. probably not having a great impact but slow it down if you happen to see some of that sticking to surfaces. 29 degrees is your current temperature in philadelphia. not as much wind as yesterday and this afternoon will be milder with a high of 40 degrees, clouds giving way to some occasional sun. tomorrow look out, some areas could see a wintry mix of snow and sleet early before a changeover to rain. 42 is the high and then sunny and brisk for that parade on thursday, matt. >> thank you david. a car struck and killed a woman along the roosevelt boulevard near large street in northeast philadelphia. police did not find any identification on the victim. they say the 22-year-old driver stopped nearby and had been driving without a license. >>> the city of philadelphia will release detailed plans later today. th

and then in the new york times dave barry talked about his writing life. on the favorite historical figures. on book tv. on c-span two. up next the white house on the trump administration and the regulatory priorities she reviewed the federal compliance. with the and previews this year's initiatives. i also direct that center on regulation and markets which is hosting this event today. i'