and then at 7:00 p.m., on c-span 2, author david unger talking about his latest book "the emergency state." and here at 8:00 on c-span3, a look at the history of u.s. space policy. >>> there is a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview the upcoming videos and series, and access the history tweets, history in the news, and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and four square. follow history tv all weekend on cspan.org and c-span3.tv. >>> the nation's governors are headed to washington, d.c. this weekend to attend the winter meeting of the national governors association. our live coverage picks up saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern with the opening news conference. we will show you also a discussion on the growing state economies. as the governors convene in the nation's capital, we thought we'd take the opportunity to show you state of the state speeches from around the country. nex it is pennsylvania republican governor tom corbett. he delivered his speech earlier in the month, and his speech is about 35 minutes. [ applause ] >> welcome to the

we are delighted to have as our guest this evening david unger.s a living by expressing opinions. the editorial opinion of "the new york times." he's been on the editorial board of the times for more than 30 years. and if you ever read a times editorial of the military, foreign policy, or international finance, there is a good chance david had a hand in it. he got a historian's training to his journalism having earned a ph.d. from the university of texas at austin and his provocative new book "the emergency state americas pursuit of absolute security at all costs" offers a broad historical perspective that surveys 70 years of u.s. security policy to argue that the united states has gone terribly awry trying to make itself safe. david's basic point is that the institutions that we have built, and policies we have established to ensure our national security or our originally designed to fight nazi germany and wage the cold war against the soviet union. they were not conceived to protect us against today's international terrorism and other 21st centu

we are delighted to have as our guest this evening david unger. who makes a living by expressing opinions. the editorial opinion of "the new york times." he's been on the editorial board of the times for more than 30 years. and if you ever read a times editorial of the military, foreign policy, or international finance, there is a good chance david had a hand in it. he got a historian's training to his journalism having earned a ph.d. from the university of texas at austin and his provocative new book "the emergency state americas pursuit of absolute security at all costs" offers a broad historical perspective that surveys 70 years of u.s. security policy to argue that the united states has gone terribly awry trying to make itself safe. david's basic point is that the institutions that we have built, and policies we have established to ensure our national security or our originally designed to fight nazi germany and wage the cold war against the soviet union. they were not conceived to protect us against today's international terrorism and other 2

now, please join me in welcoming david unger.[applause] >> thank you, all, for coming out on this balmy february evening to this great washington institution. i'm glad to be here. the most important part of the evening are your questions and responses to them, but because the book just came out and he gave an excellent summary, i'll give you a chance to tell you what's in it because you have not read it. the title. what is the emergency state? it's not -- i live in europe most of the time, and i have to, it always translates to state of emergency, and it's not the safe thing. the emergency state is a set of procedures, practices, institutions that we've developed, constitutional shortcuts we developed over the last 70 years to fight world war ii, fight the cold war, and fight the war on terror. without the intent of building a system parallel to our constitution, but with that effect, undeclared wars is one of them, budgets of agencies not reported to the congress like the cia, congress can't exercise its power over the purse, ov

this begins at 7 eastern -- 7:00 eastern with author david unger on c-span2. this weekend on c-span, live coverage of the national government association meeting here in washington starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on saturday. this is what governor heineman and governor -- the governor of delaware. at 11:00, the discussion of growing state economies. at 3:00, efforts to encourage entrepreneurship in states. all this weekend on c-span. at the 1968 olympic games, john carlos raised his fist in the black power salute. >> this is black power. intimidated some many people by using that phrase. but power. when they use a -- black power. when they use that phrase, many people think that black power of destruction. blowing up the statue of liberty. ground zero. destroying america. there was nothing about destroying america. i t was about rebuilding america and having in america that has a new paradigm in terms of how we can be with each and everyone of us. we made that pledge in america about the land of belfrey, the home of the brave. -- land of belfrey, the home of th