david burstein, thanks for joining us. >> guest: thank you. one of the professors who spoke to was allan lichtman, his latest book cowritten with richard brightman is "fdr and the jews." watch that interview now. >> host: now on your screen is a familiar is for those of you who watch cable news station and c-span in its american university history professor, allan lichtman, who is just completed another book and this one is titled "fdr and the jews." professor lichtman, wended a policy discussion about european jews begin in the united states? >> guest: well, one could argue it begins as early as the woodrow wilson administration because great britain issued of course it statements balfour declaration in 1917, which said his majesty's government will do whatever it can to provide a homeland for jews in palestine, provided did not validate the rights of the people already there, leading to decades of controversy and woodrow and backed it up a ration that was very, very important. then of course franklin roosevelt to the presidency in 1933, almo

david burstein and his book fast future how the millennials generation is shaping the world in and he argues those come between 18 to 30 years of age are the largest generation in u.s. history and more ethnically diverse and visually tune in the matters mr. burstein says millennials are increasingly more influential in a fast-moving more integrated world. the program lasts about an hour. sort of advising the town elders about the issues of the generation and that begs background. first how old are you? >> guest: i am 24. >> host: where did you go to school, grow up and feel compelled to write this? >> guest: i grew up in connecticut about an hour outside of new york city as a student in high school started a film festival and we saw the first coming in about young people about issues of bullying and teen suicide in 2003 where they were a part of the national conversation and seeing the sort of power of film. from that they decided should go make a film about the election in 2008 and interviewing members of congress to get my peers to vote which led to starting an organization which to

this week, david burstein, and his book, "fast future: how the millenial generation is shaping our world. "o'he argues those between 18 and 30 years of age are more ethnically diverse and digitally tuned in an others and millenials are more influence shall and a fast moving, more integrated world. the program lasts about an hour. >> david, you're a millenial, writing about millenials. how old are you? >> guest: i'm 24. >> host: give me your background. where kid did you grow up? >> guest: i grew up in western connecticut, an hour out of new york city, and as a student in high school i started the film festival for high school students in which we saw great films about young people, issues about bullying and teen south s, this is in 2003, way before being part of the national conversation, and seeing the power of film impacting my generation, and from that decided to make a film about the election in 2008, and went around the country interviewing members of congress about why they thought more young people weren't voting, and trying to get my peers to vote, which led into starting an orga

lenny els are just another ordinary generation everything you know is wrong joining me now is david burstein filmmaker writer and author of the new book. fast future generation is shaping our world david welcome gregory with it great to have you with us first of all define for us the millennial generation who are they how big are they relative to the rest of the population and what differentiates them so the millennial are people who were born in the mid one nine hundred eighty s. to the mid one nine hundred ninety s. they're people who came of age around the time of nine eleven sort of had that that experience which formed a lot of civic consciousness on the part of people in this generation it's the largest generation history and one thing just to point out actually have to correct something in your introduction this jet this generation actually straddles the line between the pre-digital in the digital world this is a generation that actually didn't have cell phones when they were born they didn't maybe get them until they were in high school or middle school and they did their first resea

eighty million people but they're ready to take on the challenge author filmmaker and activist david burstein joins us next to talk about the growing importance of the old generation. planation and free i couldn't take a shit three years for charges free from a german three kids three stooges free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free media dog r.t. dot com you. back to the big picture i'm tom arbonne coming up in this half hour the millennia old generation in america is eighty million people strong it's comprised of this nation's next leaders and thought innovators but is the millennium generation ready to take on the growing number of challenges that our country now faces and if ronald reagan had never been president there's a good chance that the two thousand and eight financial crisis may never have happened so you why in tonight's really take. what you hear you. so sometimes you know what you know and sometimes you know what you don't know and sometimes as the fires and theaters as thing you know is wrong you know if you really are you're right. to say tha

this week david burstein, author of "fast future" sits down with host s.e. cupp. and we conclude tonight's prime time programming at 11 eastern with sandra day o'connor. her book is "out of order." visit booktv.org for more on this weekend's television schedule. >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. bioethicist ezekiel emanuel recounts his upprescriptioning and how his immigrant parents produced three successful children including his brother rahm emanuel and ari emanuel, a hollywood agent, in "brothers emanuel." in "those angry days: roose svelte, lindbergh and america's fight over world war ii, lynne olson recounts world war ii. jeff chu presents his thoughts on religion and gay rights in "does jesus really love me: a gay christian's pilgrimage in search of god in america." in "forecast: what physics, meetology and science can teach us," mark buchanan explains how the ebb and flow of markets and the economy can relate to numerous fields of science. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the

this week david burstein and his book "fast future: how the millennial generation is shaping our world." in the county argued there are currently between 18 and 30 years of age are the largest generation in u.s. history. more ethnically diverse than digitally tuned in than others. mr. burstein says melinda's are increasing and more influential a fast-moving, more integrated world. this program lasts about an hour. >> host: so, david, your millennial writing about millennials sort of advising town elders about the issues of a generation. that takes some background. how old are you? >> guest: 24. >> host: where did you go to school? where did you go up and why he felt compelled to write this country i grew up in western connecticut, about an hour outside the city, and as a student in high school at the start a film festival for high school students, in which we saw these great films coming in a young people making the cells of issues about bullying and teen suicide. this was in 2003, way before the central part of the national conversation, and seeing the power of film and the way it was

>> david burstein on what drives the millenniamillennia l on "after words" sunday night at 9:00 p.m. part of the pd this weekend on c-span2. >> next, an encore presentation of cal thomas who appeared on footnotes in 2004 to talk about things that matter most in this collection of essays. .. >> cal thomas, on the front of your book it says, "america's most controversial columnist." >> that was the triumph of the public relations department. i would not say that about myself, although i get some very wonderful mail and letters to the editor from tolerant, pluralistic, open-minded, pro-academic, freedom liberals who say such things as, "volunteer yourself for brain trauma experiments, you sadistic creep." >> why do you think they wanted to say "america's most controversial columnist"? >> oh, it's part of the hype. i'm in 350 papers in all 50 states, and most editors gratefully respond that they get more mail on my column, pro and con, than all of their other columnists. so, as you know, one of the premiere things in the information or communications business is to get people to read or