>> david mccullough, jd vance, condoleezza rice, tom friedman. booktv will be most live. >> michael lewis's book has been made it's a very popular movie.and i think that is something that people should think about also when they read a nonfiction book. who is going to be in the movie? especially jd vance's book. >> so what do you spend your day doing now? are you a tourist at that point? >> imacs are going to be opening up the book festival and that will be something because people will be lined up and it will be great. then i will be actually introducing some authors, participating in some workshops and there was a poetry slam and i get to be a judge and that is really cool. so i will be all around and really just soaking it all in and getting a sense of how much people really enjoy this because it is comparable. >> the national book festival, is a creation of the library of congress? >> it's actually a partnership and he started in a wonderful way. first lady laura bush, you may know is a librarian. started a texas book festival when she was fi

>> host: david mccullough, j.d. vance, condoleezza rice, tom friedman -- >> guest: michael lewis, whose books have been made into very popular movies. and i think that's something that people should think about too when they read a nonfiction book, who's going to be in the movie. especially j.d. vance's book. >> host: so what do you spend your day doing there? are you a tourist at that point? >> guest: i'm actually going to be opening up the book festival, and that will be something because people will be lined up, and it's going to be great. and then i'll be actually introducing some authors, participating in some workshops, and then there's a poetry slam, and i get to be a judge, and that's really cool. so i'll be all around and really just soaking it all many in and getting -- it all in and getting a sense of how much people really enjoy it, because it is palpable. >> host: now, the national book festival, is it a creation of the library of congress? >> guest: it's actually a partnership, and it started in a wond

we are going to be having live from our main stage nonfiction others like david mccullough. >> host: tom friedman, condoleezza rice, michael lewis. >> guest: whose books have been made into popular movies and i think that is something people should think about too when they read a nonfiction book. who is going to be in the movie, especially jd vance's book? >> host: what do you spend your day doing? are you a tourist? >> guest: i am going to be opening up the book festival and that will be something because people will be lined up and it is going to be great and i will be introducing some authors participating in some workshops and then there is a poetry slam and i get to be a judge and that is really cool. i will be all around and just soaking it all in and getting a sense of how much people enjoy it because it is palpable. >> host: the national book festival, is the creation of the library of congress? >> it is a partnership and it started in a wonderful way, first lady laura bush who you may know is a librarian started texas book festival when she was first lady in texas and when

and live from the main stage, nonfiction authors like david mccullough. >> condoleezza rice, tom friedman, booktv will be live, michael lewis. >> whose book have been made into popular movies and when you read a nonfiction book, who is going to be on the movie. >> you a tourist at that point? >> opening up the book festival, lined up, it is going to be great and i will be introducing some authors participating in some workshops and a poetry slam and i will be all around and soaking in and it is palpable. >> the book festival is the creation of the library of congress? >> it is a partnership and it started in a wonderful way. first lady laura bush, a librarian, the texas book festival when she was first lady in texas. and first lady of the nation, approached library of congress and other literacy partners to start a national book festival. >> does she have any involvement for james billington at this point? >> what we talk about is their legacy and the fact that it started with doctor billington, the 13th librarian of congress, i am the 14th and laura bush, the first lady at the time. it e

coveragev's live against saturday, september 2 with featured authors including david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and best-selling authors michael lewis and j d mass. one saturday september 2 c-span twos book tv. thursday on washington journal we asked for your comments come per concerning debate over removal of confederate monuments around the u.s.. this portion is two hours. us what you think as we get an update from across the country. thesehould be done about confederate monuments. do you believe they represent haiti or history? we want to get your thoughts on that. we had a discussion about this with two professors,

generally and i listen to reviews and then certain authors, david mccullough, you can't go wrong. anything by him 1776, john adams, anything that he's written is going to be engaging and interesting and you're going to learn something. >> but tv wants to know what you're reading. send us your summer reading list via twitter book tv or instagram at book ótv. or posted to our facebook page, facebook.com/ tv. >> book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> the name of the book to stop harassment and take your power back, gretchen carlson is the author. ms. carlson, what are you trying to say with this cover? >> to be fair, to encourage all women who feel like they've been put down or subjugated to speak up and have a voice.and it's not just about harassment in the workplace. it's about any avenue women feel like they had been heard and look, it starts early on for some girls, they're bullied in school. they move on to college and they had a huge problem with campus colts and daybreak. and then we move into the workplace and many of us are confused and surprised to find out

with featured authors including david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and best-selling authors michael lewis and jd vance. the national book festival, live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span to book tv. >> book to be recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> tell us a little bit about the books you are reading this summer. >> i'm delighted to tell you that. i am going to try to undertake something i think of great volume. there are the three books about eleanor roosevelt written by blanche wise and cook, the early years, the middle years meant prewar and postwar years. that is going to be my project. i want to try to read all three of these volumes. i think eleanor roosevelt is extraordinary influence. in her way, in what she espoused , and the differences between herself and franklin roosevelt. there's also another one and i don't know that i'll get to it. it's about the firebrand and the first lady. so, as i say, it's a big undertaking, but i'm excited to be able to do it and to

i've also just gotten david mccullough's new book the american spirit. and then one that i really am enjoying is an entire about washington's farewell address by a guy named john avalon so that's what i'm into right now. >> listening on the airplane to peter the great and reading when i have time either a novel about toronto or the american spirit by david mccullough or something in between. >> those are some great titles that you're looking at right now. i'm familiar with several of them. what did it take to captivate your attention or you to read a book, especially there. >> i thought about that and when i go to browse for example in an online service to download either of online or listen to, i start with history, that's the category that i first go to. a few weeks ago i finished hr mcmaster's book called dereliction of duty about vietnam and that's a timely book because hr mcmaster is now the national security advisor to the president so reading his book which is an incredibly powerful analysis of the lyndon johnson administration and the mistakes th

with featured authors including pulitzer prize-winning author, david mccullough thomas freedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and best-selling author michael lewis and janey vance heard the national book festival live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> book tv recently visited capital to vast members of congress what they are reading the summer. >> tell us about the book you're reading the summer. >> i'm delighted to tell you that. i tried to undertake something, i think, a great volume. the three books about eleanor roosevelt written by blanche wise and cook, the early years, the middle years and the prewar in the postwar years. that will be my project. i'm going to try to read all three of these volumes. i think eleanor roosevelt was an extraordinary influence on public policy and what she espoused and the differences between herself and franklin roosevelt. there's also another one that i would get to it but it's about the firebrand in the first lady. as i said, it's a big undertaking and i'm excited to be able to do it and to learn from a g

it takes place on the eve of the battlefield roughly 1781, and david mccullough can correct me if i getving hamilton his first command and some sage advice. washington had the forethought to know that the actions they were taking were going to reverberate through history for hundreds if not thousands of years. he gave sage advice to hamilton about how to use this power. and i have to say that there may be no greater moment for me than to get to perform this song in front of our vice president who embodies the ideals that george washington spoke about and i want to thank you for your service mr. joe biden. thank you, sir. [ applause ] >> this next song is called "history has its eyes on you". ♪ i was younger than you are now when i was given my first command ♪ ♪ i led my train into a massacre, i witnessed their deaths firsthand ♪ ♪ i made every mistake, i felt the shame rise in me ♪ ♪ and even now i lie awake, knowing history has eyes ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hiss tori -- history has its eyes ♪ dream of glory, have no control who lives who dies who tells your story ♪ ♪ we can win ♪ i know that greatness

with her presentation then viewer call in segments featuring alyssa prize-winning historian david mccullough, jd vance and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. sunday, september 17th, look for us at the brooklyn book festival with other discussions on the supreme court, immigrants, and more. later the baltimore book festival taking place at the city's inner harbor and over 200 authors will speak at the southern festival of books. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals, click the book fairs tab on the website booktv.org. >> booktv visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> one was a wonderful book called the rise and fall of prohibition, the definitive history, how it got started, the ancillary movements the jointed, the women's suffrage movement was pro-prohibition and the disaster that created enormous violations of the law, frankly criminalized a lot of americans and led to a criminal underground in our country. a tragic story of good intentions and a law that went bad. one of the best histories of prohibition i ever r

and i discovered that there was lots new, which includes david mccullough's book. a lot of thinks that are sloughed over about the wright brothers story, things avoided. they were fascinating, complex, human beings, with flaws, with some extremely serious flaws, and a wrote other become called "birdman" about their battles in the air and the aviator named glen kurtis. in doing birdman i also came across the end of the 19th good early 20th century was a time of incredible innovation. we think we're in a time of incredible innovation now, and we are, electronic communication, but at the end of the 19th century, the early 20th century, the automobile, submarine, airplane, einstein's relativity, floyd's thierry of the unconscious mine, wireless communication, refrigeratorration, commercial use of -- society changed in remarkable and stunning ways and i also discovered that a lot of the people involved in the aviation story were involved in some other of these innovations as well, one of them being automobiles. and i researched henry ford, and realized that henry ford w

eastern with featured authors including pulitzer prize winning authors david mccullough and formerfriedman, secretary of state condoleezza rice and michael lewis and jd vance. festival,al book live, saturday, september 2 starting at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. >> next, a discussion on some of the ethical challenges facing journalists. then, how data from social media sites is being used in politics. after that, a discussion on president trump's new strategy in afghanistan. now, a discussion about some of the ethical challenges facing journalists in the media age. posted by the chautauqua society, this is about one hour and 15 minutes long. >[applause] fallows: thank you so much maureen thank you to robert franklin, thank you to the hall -- the department of religion, to the hall of missions, to tom hagan and

david mccullough talks about the american spirit. lynn olson on her book troublesome young men. >> booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> i'm in the middle of reading testimony which is a mystery, not mistry but it's a suspense book that is too close to reality as it talks about the struggles of human rights violations against the burma population. i am about one-third through. can't wait to get home to finish it. >> one last question. what does it take to get you interested in a book, especially with your busy schedule? how do you find time? >> the story figures which i always reading and learning the other is suspense fiction that takes this far away from the rallies of what's going on in washington as possible. it's an escape from and is also included. i try to do as often as i can. >> booktv wants to know what you're reading. send us your summer reading list via twitter @booktv, or instagram, or post it to our facebook page facebook.com/booktv. booktv on c-span2, tele

with featured authors including pulitzer prize winning authors of david mccullough and thomas friedman. the national book festival, live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> patricia limerick of the university of colorado boulder teaches a class of westward expansion and the closing of the american west in the 20th century. she talks about how the west has been portrayed as pastoral and wild and switched from ow the government to

eastern with featured authors including david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of, and michael lewis and jd vance. liveational book festival, september 22 on cease -- september 2 on c-span twos book tv. there are several legislative items that congress will need to address when lawmakers return next month from their august recess. on "washington journal," we discussed what comes ahead and what role the president will have based on his current relationship with members of congress. this is about 25 minutes. host: i want to welcome back matt schlapp. thanks for being with us. guest: it is not good friday. [laughter] host: let's begin with this sentence and finish it, please. estate of the republican party between the president and republicans is -- guest: uncharted. we have never been here before. we have never elected a president with such shallow roots. maybe jimmy carter was similar, but he had been elected governor of georgia. an interesting relationship when congress and the president do not see eye to eye. host: why is he going against the very people he needs the m

all they covered to begin saturday featured authors including pulitzer prize-winning authors david mcculloughomas frieden, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, best-selling authors michael lewis njd vance. the national

the types of authors we will hear from david mccullough to jd everywho's book on reading list in every book club, it is an exciting time. i am thrilled. join book tv for the national book festival. live saturday, september 2. president trump responded to the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia between white nationalists and counter protesters suggesting both sides were to blame for what occurred. this news conference was initially arranged to announce a newly issued executive order for streamlining infrastructure projects. it runs about 20 minutes. pres. trump: hello, everybody. great to be back in new york with all of our friends. and some great friends outside the building, i must tell you. i want to thank all of our distinguished guests who are with us today, including members of our cabinet, treasury secretary steven mnuchin, omb director mick mulvaney, and of course, our transportation secretary, who is doing a fabulous job, elaine chao. thank you all for doing a really incredible and creative job on what we will be discussing today, which is infrastructure. we just had a

eastern with featured authors including pulitzer prize-winning authors david mccullough and thomas friedmanformer secretary of state condoleezza rice, and best selling authors michael lewis and jade events. the national book festival, with saturday, september 2 on c-span2's book tv. >> monday night on the communicators -- >> what is the framework on how we look at cyber security? i think congress with bipartisan support on that, the trump administration is looking to focus on that as well. we will participate as well. >> we visit the microsoft tech fair in washington, d c to learn about tech issues facing congress. fred humphries, vice president of government affairs at microsoft, and a microsoft researcher share their thoughts. >> with this, it is a complete system able to adjust data from sensors, drones and cameras and provide useful services. what services we provide is up to the farmer. somebody once these position maps. >> watch the communicators, monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. continues.on journal host: welcome back. we will speak now with mark bray about the antifa move

all they covered to begin saturday featured authors including pulitzer prize-winning authors david mccullough and thomas frieden, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, best-selling authors michael lewis njd vance. the national book festival live saturday at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> earlier today fema officials briebriefed the media on condits in texas and the federal governments response to hurricane party. >> ok, good morning, everyone. thank you for being here, especially so early in the morning for some of you. this morning we're going to provide an update on the federal support state, local, and tribal officials for response efforts in both texas and louisiana in the aftermath of hurricane, now tropical storm harvey. our speakers the sprinkler the acting sect of homeland security elaine duke, the federal emergency management agency administrator brock long, the national weather service director, and also joining to take questions will be the commandant of the u.s. coast guard. and the secretary of health and human services price. again, the first three speakers will p

mention david mccullough's book "the american spirit." we're going to show you an author talk. he will be with us at the national book festival on september 2nd and taking your calls. here's date mccullough talking about the american spirit. [applause] [applause] >> could have gone on longer. >> would you minds i went out and came in again. >> i would lake to say how special this night is but you beat me to it. i'm steve roth -- rothstein, and on behalf of all the colleagues, we're really thrilled you can be here. all of our forums are great but tonight is really a treat because of the speakers who is here and also the beginning of the john f. kennedy centennial weekend and we planned this months ago, and we really literally thought, who would be the best pair about speaker of and moderator we can get for this historic time and we're thrilled there here. [applause] >> before i introduce them, a few brief announcements. first i want to thank our underwriters and sponsors. the lead sponsor, bank of america, the lowell institute, our media sponsors, the globe, xfinity, bur and the

eastern with authors including electric prize-winning authors david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, and best selling authors michael lewis and jade events. -- jd vance. september 2, starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. c-span, for history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> as washington gears for busy fall, we're joined on "newsmakers" this week neil bradley, cheap policy officer for the u.s. chamber of commerce. to help with our questions in studio we're joined by heather long, economic reporter with "washington post" and sahil kapur a bloomberg news. sahil , you're up first. >> neil thank you so much for joining us. i want to ask you about one of the issues a top of the congressional agenda funding the government. how worried are you about a government shutdown? the president said he will insist on a border wall. the you think he was right in digging in? >> i think concern about a government shutdown is

the types of authors we will hear from david mccullough to jd everywho's book on reading list in everyook club, it is an exciting time. i am thrilled. join book tv for the national book festival. live saturday, september 2. president trump responded to the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia between white nationalists and counter protesters suggesting both sides were to blame for what occurred. this news conference was initially arranged to announce a newly issued executive order for streamlining infrastructure

the types of authors that were going to have from david mccullough to jd van whose book is on every reading list say you can imagine in every book club, it's an exciting time. >> trying book tv for the national book festival, live from washington, d.c. saturday september 2 on c-span2. >> lenten administration advisors have written a biography of abraham lincoln called wrestling with his angel. the talked about the book at the lip fest. this is 45 minutes. >> good afternoon everyone. welcome to the 33rd annual lip fest. i would like to thank all of the festival sponsors for keeping us going. today's program is being broadcast live on c-span twos, but tv. we will have time to take questions to the end of the program. when the time comes, please line up with microphone to your right sore home viewing audience can hear the question. was senator interviewer. >> thank you. [applause]these mi hello.r thank you so much for coming out. this is a wonderful turnout for a wonderful book. b we are delighted to be here. i was in this cherry year ago talking about the first volume of cindy blumenthal's wi

with featured authors including pulitzer prize winning author's david mccullough and thomas friedman. former secretary of state condoleezza rice. and best-selling authors michael lewis and jd vance. the national book festival, live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span2's booktv. >> next on booktv, black hawk down and killing pablo author mark bowden talks about his latest book, "hue 1968: a turning point of the american war in vietnam". this event was part of the chicago tribune printers are lit best. held annually in the city. >> good afternoon. good afternoon and welcome to the 33rd annual chicago tribune printers lit fest. i would like to go over to michael phillips. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for coming out today. it is my pleasure to talk with mark bowden about his book, "hue 1968". for those of you that do not know, his resume, he is among other things a national correspondent for the atlantic contributing editor for vanity fair, longtime philadelphia inquirer writer for 24 years. author of many books. on subject all over, literally all over the world from

the types of authors that were going to have from david mccullough to jd van whose book is on every reading list say you can imagine in every book club, it's an exciting time. >> trying book tv for the national book festival, live from washington, d.c. saturday september 2 on c-span2. >> lenten administration

with authors including pulitzer prize-winning authors, david mccullough and thomas friedman. former secretary of state, condoleezza rice and best-selling authors, michael lewis and jd vance. the national book festival, live saturday on c-span2's book tv. >> tomorrow, book tv and primetime looks at authors her on the summer reading list for members of congress. michelle alexander talks about crime policies that began in the early 70s in her book, the new jim crow. davis a bell on the glass universe, history professor holder hook talks about the revolutionary war and scars of independence. jd vance discusses his book, hillbilly elegy, book tv this week and primetime in c-span2. >> a book tv on c-span2 continues and primetime tonigh

profession, and he joins an impressive list of recipients that includes doors kearns goodwin, david mccullough, ken burns, and james mcpherson. the event will be held on september 6 and at the cooper union in new york city. [applause] mr. carmichael: oh's going to ask if you are going to talk about your career into an half hours? i'm really worried because cooper union holzer 950 people. there will be buses to take this group of. but lincoln could not fill the hall. what am i going to do? mr. carmichael: and who is going to help you fill the hall is stephen lang. mr. holzer: he will be my makingcutor fresh off of "avatar" 2 and 3. mr. carmichael what is your favorite stephen lang performance? as many problems as i have with the script interpretation, i think gods and generals is my favorite. mr. carmichael: i'm surprised. what about death of a soldier? mr. holzer: i did not see it. i fit we were just doing film. men, he played the nicholson part before nicholson on broadway. mr. carmichael: full disclosure -- harold and i have had some email correspondence about this evening. we have a framewo

saturday, 9 a.m., uthors david mccullough and tho condoleeza rice j.d. vance lewis and on c-span's book t.v. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> sunday night on q&a, take a look at anthony clark's book campaign," how presidents rewrite history, run posterity and enshrine their legacy. comment was one of two topics, how angry people are to how what is happening or flabbergasted they are to learn what is happening. mild, oh, i ceived read it and it is okay. >> why are they angry? >> they are angry about the fact we have presidential libraries created to house records and the records won't be open for 100 years. instead we're paying for legacy building. >> on c-span's q&a sunday night. >> "washington journal" continues. host: at our table this morning, afghan h mohib, the ambassador to the united states, here to talk about president the 's new strategy for conflict there. i want to begin with showing presiden

eastern with featured authors including david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of, and michael lewis and jd vance. liveational book festival, september 22 on cease -- september 2 on c-span twos book tv. there are several legislative items that congress will need to address when lawmakers return next month from their august recess. on "washington journal," we discussed what comes ahead and what role the president will have based on his current relationship

eastern with featured authors including pulitzer prize winning authors david mccullough and thomas freedman. former secretary of state conduct leez ah rice and best selling authors michael lewis and j.d. vance. the national book festival, live saturday, september 2nd starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2's book "the final round." >>> journalists are coauthors of "the road to camelot." they talked about the book in kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign at the john f. kennedy presidential library in boston. they were interviewed by historian ellen fitzpatrick in this 90-minute program. >> welcome. we are so thrilled

with featured authors including pulitzer prize winning author's david mccullough and thomas friedman.former secretary of state condoleezza rice. and best-selling authors michael lewis and jd vance. the national book festival, live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span2's booktv. >> next on booktv, black hawk down and killing pablo author mark bowden talks about his latest book, "hue 1968: a turning point of the american war in vietnam". this event was part of the chicago tribune printers are lit best.

with featured authors including pulitzer prize winning authors david mccullough and thomas freedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and best selling authors, michael lewis and j.d. vance. the national book festival, live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> up next, university of minnesota professor erika lee talks about asian immigration to the west coast from 1830 to 1930, including the role of san francisco bay's angel island in the 20th century. she compares the angel island and ellis island

with featured authors including pulitzer prize winning authors david mccullough and thomas freedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and best selling authors, michael lewis and j.d. vance. the national book festival, live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> up next, university of minnesota professor erika lee talks about asian immigration to the west coast from 1830 to 1930, including the role of san francisco bay's angel island in the 20th century. she compares the angel island and ellis island experiences, describing how asian immigrants in california had more extensive background checks and longer holding times than european immigrants in new york. the class is about 90 minutes. >> well, hello, guys. welcome back. i'm really excited to talk to you today for our session this afternoon because so many of us as americans, we grow up learning about the history of immigration through ellis island, right? this is what we tald

and the types of authors that we're going to have from david mccullough to j.d. vance whose book is on every reading list that you can imagine and every

just aghast at what he didn't say when the moment demanded it and i went back to this book from david mccullough, one of our famous historians. during the mccarthy period in this country the senator who stepped up doesn't get a lot of credit. it was a female republican senator named margaret chase smith and she said something i think that bears reminding today, that she didn't want to see her party falling prey to the four horses of columnae, disparageme disparagement, fear, ignorance, bigotry and smear. karoun it seems like we're in a moment where his own party started to step up and said don't make us about this mr. president. don't make us people who pander to the worst of us. >> we are and seeing people are saying look, you frequently heard probably over the years republicans say we're the party of abraham lincoln. that doesn't match up with what we're seeing today. there isn't necessarily for many republicans there is not room under the republican tent to include these white supremacist movements and others like them and so you're actually seeing this issue unlike other policy issues where

author presentation and call-in segments during the likes of pulitzer prize ending historian david mccullough hillbilly elegy author jd vance and condoleezza rice. then sunday, september 17, look for us at the brooklyn book festival with author discussions on the supreme court, immigrants, big data and more. earlier in the month it's the baltimore book festival at the city's inner harbor and in october over 200 authors will speak at the southern festival of books in nashville. for more information about book fairs and festivals and to watch previous festivals, click on the book fairs tab on our website, booktv.org. >>. >>. [inaudible conversation] now live from the mississippi book festival, and author panel on historical events that shaped the south. >>. [inaudible conversation] >> i'd like to get this going , if you would please put your cell phones on silent and we do welcome picture taking and if you would like to share them on social media, if you would send to hashtag literary lawn party or literary hashtag ms book festival. we want to welcome you to this session on southern history and

this was before david mccullough's book, and so i looked -- i thought it's a waist of time. i agreed to look into the wright brothers, and i figured, there's nothing knew to write about the wrights. and i discovered that there was a lot that was knee. he did not thfnt assembly line or mass production or the automobile. there was no component of the automobile that henry ford invented but he was brilliant at hiring people and firing people. he was brilliant at understanding what the harkt market wanted and creating a product even when it wasn't the best product the holds t was never good of automobile say the buick 10. but he had this ability and he had a toughness, and so i wrote another book called drive which was about early automoteive technology because i found wilbur wright and henry ford to be contrasted in kind of interesting ways. and when doing the automobile book, i came across another character, and his name was isaac lee, and nobody ever writes about isaac rice. isaac rice was fascinating came here a boy of six and musicologist he was head of the political scienc

with featured authors including pulitzer prize-winning authors david mccullough and thomas friedman, condoleezza rice, and best selling authorize michael lewis and j.d. vance. the national book festival live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> c-span's voices from the road, at the national conference of state legislatures summit in boston asking attendees what's the most important issue to your state. >> what's really important to our state is that washington make sure we maintain health care for the poor, the elderly and the infirmed. we have to make sure if we replace obamacare we replace it with something smart and reasonable. >> and an issue that we really are struggling with right now is property tax. and because of the fast increase in real estate property particularfully rural areas, rural farmers are struggling to pay a very high property tax. how do we balance that with what's going on in the property tax and the needs for our schools? i'm on the appropriations committee. so it's one of those issues that we're really dealing with right now, how d

book festival with author presentations and call-in segments featuring the likes of historian david mccullough, j.d. vance and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. and later that month look for us in new york at the brooklyn book festival and the baltimore book festival taking place at the city's inner harbor. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals and to watch previous festival coverage, click on the book fairs tab on our web site, booktv.org. >> host: and now on booktv we want to introduce you to kevin young who's an author. his book, "bunk." it comes out this fall, but, mr. young, before we go too far into the book, what do you do for a living? [laughter] >> guest: i'm the new-ish director of the schomburg center this harlem which is part of the new york public library system, as you know. it's been great, we've had some great announcements. we just got the james baldwin papers which we announced in april, and we've just announced two days ago the sonny roll lins papers. so we're really excited to have those archives come home to harlem and be

and the types of author offers t we're going to have from david mccullough to j. d. vance this book is on every reading list that you can imagine and in every book club, it's an exciting time. i'm thrilled. >> join motive for the national book festival live from washington, d.c., saturday september 2 on c-span2. >> the heritage foundation helped an in-depth discussion on u.s.-taiwan relations. a panel of experts talked about the challenges and possibilities in expanding the economic relationship between the two nations. this panel discussion is one hour. >> we are going to start the panel pretty soon, and before we start the panel i would like to introduce our cosponsor, to say a few words before this event. [applause]

and the types of authors that we will have from david mccullough to jd vance 's book is on every reading list, that you can imagine and every book club. it is just an exciting time. i am thrilled. >> join booktv for the national book festival live from washington d.c.. saturday, september 2 on c-span . -- the second place prize of $1500 went to a classmate for her documentary on mass incarceration and mandatory minimum sentences. also one third place winner won a prize of $750 for her documentary on gender inequality. and another one in honorable mention prize of $250 for a documentary on the relationship between the police and the media. thank you to all of the students who participated in the 2017 students can documentaries. to watch the videos go to student cam.org and student cam 2018 starts in september with the theme, the constitution and you. for asking students to choose any provision of the u.s. constitution and create a video illustrating why the provision is important. >> in his book, "the working class republican: ronald reagan and the return of blue-collar conservatism", hen

with featured authors including pulitzer prize-winning authors david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and best selling authors michael lewis and j.d. vance. the national book festival live saturday starting at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> labor day on c-span, at 6:45 p.m. eastern former president obama accepts the annual jfk profile in courage award. at 8, columnist and national review senior editor jonah goldberg. >> conservatives should not place all of their hopes in any politician. go back and read the founders, read the federalist papers. they say this over and over and over again, that you should have a healthy distrust of any political leader, sometimes particularly the ones that claim to be speaking for you. >> and then at 9 p.m. eastern, university of southern california annenberg professor diane winston. >> six corporations own much of the american news media x. the digital revolution has, meanwhile, transformed the economy. networks and daily newspapers no longer set our national agenda. instead, many of us find informat

authors of david mccullough and thomas friedman. the national book festival, live saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> patricia limerick of the university of colorado boulder teaches a class of westward expansion and the closing of the american west in the 20th century. she talks about how the west has been portrayed as pastoral and wild and switched from ow the government to preserving it under the umbrella of different federal departments. >> okay. so here's our exploration of progressive era responses to the -- what it was understood to be the end of the frontier and if we have time we'll get to a massive adventure in applied history where i got to go to harney county where the national wildlife refuge was taken over by the bundy brothers so i get -- i'll have a presentation on that if time permits because tha

eastern with featured authors including pulitzer prize winning authors david mccullough and thomas freedman. former secretary of state conduct leez ah rice and best selling authors michael lewis and j.d. vance. the national book festival, live saturday, september 2nd starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2's book "the final round." >>> journalists are coauthors of "the road to camelot." they talked about the book in kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign at the john f. kennedy presidential library in boston. they were interviewed by historian ellen fitzpatrick in this 90-minute program. >> welcome. we are so thrilled you're all here. this is part of our sin tennuce activities. i'm executive director of the john f. kennedy library foundation. on behalf of all of my colleagues at the library, we are thrilled all of you are here. you are in for a special, special treat tonight. before i talk about the book, a few other quick things first. first, to thank our sponsors for tonight and for the forum series, the bank of america, the lowell institute, media sponsors, "the boston globe," xfinity an

coverage against saturday, september 2 with featured authors including david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and best-selling authors michael lewis and j d mass. one saturday september 2 c-span twos book tv. thursday on washington journal we asked for your comments come per concerning debate over removal of confederate monuments around the u.s.. this portion is two hours. us what you think as we get an update from across the country. thesehould be done about confederate monuments. do you believe they represent haiti or history? we want to get your thoughts on that. we had a discussion about this with two professors, lester spence was asked about the best approach to removing these monuments. here is what they have to say. guest: the approach that cities have taken before was to have plaques next to the monuments come up with them in context. , thatplaques were just the statue was erected is part -- andst cause project that was ok. gone, what i are would like to see is the base maintained. where the statues themselves are removed but the bases stay

with featured authors including pulitzer prize-winning authors david mccullough and thomas friedman, former secretary of state condoleezza rice and best selling authors michael lewis and j.d. vance. the national book festival, live saturday starting at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> labor day on c-span, at 6:45 p.m. eastern former president obama accepts the annual jfk profile in courage award. at 8, columnist and national review senior editor jonah goldberg. >> conservatives should not place all of their hopes in any politician. go back and read the founders, read the federalist papers. they say this over and over and over again, that you should have a healthy distrust of any political leader. sometimes particularly the ones that claim to be speaking for you. >> and then at 9 p.m. eastern, university of southern california annenberg professor diane winston. >> six corporations own much of the american news media, and the digital revolution has, meanwhile, transformed the economy. .. >> now a form of the trump administration and its relationship with the press. including dif