. >> host: and now joining us on booktv is dennis johnson who is the co-publisher of melville house. melville house is publishing the senate intelligence committee report on torture. mr. johnson, what's the purpose of publishing something that's in the public domain? >> guest: well, for one thing it's not readily available as a print book, and we felt that that was an important format for it to be in so that it could just circulate more widely, be more accessible to more people, be more affordable and findable for most people. we also felt that the edition of it that was issued by the government which is a very low resolution pdf format was very difficult to read. you know, it's not laid out and properly formatted like a book. it's just like a huge collection of manuscript pages, and it's very difficult to read because it's so low resolution. it's very difficult to search. it's almost impossible to search, in fact. so we wanted to make a better edition of that so that i don't know if people really want to read that edition the way you would read a book, but it's more useful to have t

. >> dennis johnson, pressurer of mel veil house. here's the cover, the senate intelligence commitee report on torture. thank you, sir. >> thank you. ... one year i took that class posted in the economics literature and asked the students to either run an experiment in behavioral economics or the short story using principles. i thought the plan would be with cathy davidson and so trying to learn from the students. it is in contrast. we have a view of the human being being perfectly rational. it always makes the decision to just assume this is the case. it's in the systematically rational different ways and we have different predictions on what we should do. they don't have the right information to the new code debate could get that calorie information and people realize it .-full-stop but because it isn't about information if you think about the mistake people make when they make decisions they will think about the very different interventions. we are not trying to study only the behavior but also to think about humanization and how

. >> host: and dennis johnson is the co-publisher of melville house located in brooklyn, new york. here is the cover, the senate intelligence committee report on torture. thank you, sir. >> guest: thank you. >> retired lieutenant colonel john nagl talks about the development and effectiveness of the counterinsurgency strategy that the u.s. used in iraq and afghanistan. this is about an hour. p.m. it is a pleasure to welcome all of you tonight for the celebration of john nagl's new book. "knife fights: a memoir of modern war in theory and practice" 11. his work is well known to you. he was the second president of c cnas and he now serves as ninth head master of the school in pennsylvania and is visiting professor to college of london. john's book "knife fights: a memoir of modern war in theory and practice" eleven i saw in proposali saw in proposal form a while ago. book on counterinsurgency and terrorism, how could it possibly be relevant to the day? but he has timing is because the lessons he has drawn in "knife fights: a memoir of modern war in theory and practice" 11 hafi in the

. >> and now joining us on booktv is dennis johnson who is the co-publisher of melville house. melville house is publishing the senate intelligence committee report on torture. mr. johnson, what's the purpose of publishing something that's in the public domain? >> guest: well, for one thing it's not

. >> dennis johnson is the co-publisher bought co-publisher above a house located in brooklyn, new york. here's the cover. the second intelligence committee report on torture. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> next, james robbins counts the life of george custer including his childhood in formative years as well as time in the field of battle from the civil war to his final defeat at the battle of little bit worn. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, glenn. i would also like to thank arlene and paulie and all the hudson library team. it's great being the sum of human audience. a wonderful busy here. great to be back home in ohio. it is good to shake off inside the beltway every now and then. you know, washington, right? as we heard 80 miles south of here, arthur grant, sherman, one way or another ureter base here. as a friend from mississippi said, you have a lot of bloody from your state. [laughter] i guess it depends what side you are on. last night but anyway. one question i get about my book, "the real custer" is why is that the title? obliges this make you

[applause] >> now joining us on book tv is dennis johnson, co-publisher of melville house. though the house is publishing the report on

commissioner johnson, commissioner >commissioner dennis richards: >president cindy wu:. that places us in the next item. you have two items in the discretionary review calendar they are all related and part of the same project. so i recommend that you hear them altogether as one super large item. so in that case. commissioners, you will hear items 15a and 16a for case number 2013.1521dd v and the zoning administrator will consider case no. 2013.1521ddv and 22v and 24 ord court. there is a single requester on 3 separate building applications and zoning requester will receive 15 minutes and because they are three separate building applications they will each receive 15 minutes. you will also receive 6

dennis johnson finish the work as well. i would stress ioc all these activities have to light a. even if sls is ready, although the earlier underground system isn't fully there. it's still right thing to do to move the rocket down to florida and began checking out the interfaces to see how it's going to fit with the launch charges that we will fit with the launch. that still fishermen overall schedule standpoints was not a disconnect in the schedule. even though they don't come everything does arrive precisely the same time. demonstrated by the house passed nasa authorization of 2014, there's a strong sentiment for nasa to have a policy on termination liability that maximizes the use of appropriated funds to make progress in meeting those technical goals and schedule milestones. how is nasa currently handling potential termination liability for sls and orion? >> it's actually not a nasa policy. we believe it's part of the anti-defamation act where the termination liability is required by all agencies to be handled in a similar manner to which the agency does. that's where we are,

antonini: >commissioner rich hillis: >commissioner christine johnson: >>commissioner kathrin moore: >commissioner dennis richards: >commission vice-president rodney fong: >president cindy wu: that passes 7-0 and puts you on item 9 the san francisco bicycle plan and improvement on, eir. this is informational only. >> good afternoon, president wu and commissioners. i'm debra dwyer, planning commission staff. i'm for the improvement project at san francisco public works as well as mike rigor and allen robinson from the san francisco municipal transportation agency in addition senior and environmental planner is also here. i'm here to provide the background and and update on the status for the environmental review for this project. it's case 2007-0347. it's an update to the project and turn it over to public works for an overview in the project outreach effort. the second street improvement project is one that was finalize in the bicycle plan eir by the planning commission in june of 2009. the environmental scope addressed an update to the bicycle plan as well as minor long-term and near term improvement pr

antonini: >commissioner rich hillis: >commissioner christine johnson: >>commissioner kathrin moore: >commissioner dennis richards: >commission vice-president rodney fong: >president cindy wu: that motion passes unanimously 7-0. it does appear the city attorney is back and prepared to respond. so with your indulgence we will return to item 12 for case no. 2014. .041c in the castro use for conditional use authorization. the public comment period is closed for this matter. >> president wu, kate stacy from the city attorney's office. there are a number of conditions included on these 2 pages. a few of them we would recommend against including but i thought what might make most sense for the commissioners to hear is for me to walk through each of the conditions. some of them are expansion of conditions that are already in the motion as mr. kef lan indicated to consider expanding the motions. i didn't have this sheet in my packet. i don't know if the commissioners have this sheet. i can summarize each condition. first is the signage and under the constitution there is limitation as far as what the government

. >> reporter: 30-year-old harriette denny, a cafe worker, owes her life to johnson. her dad, watching on television. >> when i first saw her running, i wanted to see that image again, because i wanted to make sure it was her. >> reporter: 38-year-old katrina dawson, not so lucky. she was there having coffee with a friend, judy taylor, who managed to call australia's channel 9 from inside the cafe. >> i'm pregnant and there's one other lady who is pregnant. >> reporter: taylor survived, reportedly because katrina dawson tried to shield her. dawson took a bullet. at the flower memorial today, teddy bears and prayers. >> i can empathize. she was a mother of three young children. i have a young child myself and i just felt very sad for those people. >> reporter: and that is the cafe itself today. those black tarps shrouding the windows that police blew out in order to gain access in that dramatic rescue. the whole area, cordoned off. still very much a crime scene. david? >> true bravery there in sydney. david, thank you. >>> back here at home, and new developments after

you know, i had to make sure i win, watch highlight tapes of dennis, watch carl lewis, michael johnson, those guys, and basically combine that and made who i am today -- a better runner, a smarter runner. >> justin gatlin. >> you're going into all different kind of environments all the time. i'm in jamaica right now. the next one. [ laughs ] in less than a week, i'll be in tokyo. you got to prepare your body to perform at the same level anywhere at any time. i'll put on my tommie copper shorts or tommie copper underwear, and i'll make sure that my body is relaxed, getting ready for the next day. once you're flying, ankles swell up, feet swell up, shoes feel tight on your feet, joints start to feel tight, so you want to make sure you have something that's gonna counter that, so i use the compression wear for that. once we land, we got almost 24 hours to 48 hours to get ready to run as fast as we can. you walk into the stadium, people stand up. having to start running, just get a better look at you and be excited. you're not just a runner. you're a performer. people have paid to come see

. >> reporter: 30-year-old harriet denny, a cafe worker owes her life to johnson.atching on television. >> when i first saw her running, i wanted to see that image again because i wanted to make sure it was her. >> reporter: 38-year-old katrina dawson was there having coffee with a friend, judy taylor, who managed to call australia's channel 9 from inside the cafe. >> i'm pregnant, and there's one other lady who is pregnant. >> reporter: taylor survived, reportedly because katrina dawson tried to shield her. dawson took a bullet. at the flower memorial, teddy bears and prayers. >> i can empathize. she was a mother. i have a young child myself, and i just felt very sad for those dear people. >> reporter: and that is the cafe itself. those black tarps shrouding the windows that police blew out in order to gain access for that dramatic rescue. the whole area cordoned off, still very much a crime scene. david wright, abc news, sydney. >>> new details on the murderer/suicide in the philadelphia suburbs. the suspected killer bradley stone dived a self-inflicted sword wou

dennis richards: i move to approve. >> second. city clerk: on that motion, commissioners, commissioner >commissioner michael j. antonini: >commissioner rich hillis: >commissioner christine johnson: >>commissioner kathrin moore: >president cindy wu: this passes 6-0. this places you on item 12 for case no. 2014.0417. for 531 castro street. this is for conditional use authorization. >> good afternoon, president of the commission and planning commission this is for an application for 531 castro street. project sponsor conditional use authorization pursuant to planning code section 703.3, 703.4 and 303c and i to convert the existing vacant patio restaurant into hamburger mareey for conditional use. hamburger will build out a restaurant space. has a total gross foot area of 844 square feet. patio restaurant cafe was established in 1960s. it was closed in 2005. after due to the interior renovation and has been closed since. hamburger mary's it was themed and lgbt people friendly restaurant and that opened on 1582 folsom street in 1972 but closed in 2001. the proposed hamburger mary's would include other entertainment use such as live music. in the live music will be restricted to the

denny's! in seattle with a knee inju, and linebacker navorro bowm, who was activated this week, >> 49ers wide receiver steve johnsonmiss the game with a knee injury. this could be the last faceoff between jim harbaugh and pete carroll. carroll called harbaugh a stud and harbaugh said a stud back at you. >> he is a great competitor, he's a great football coach. been in a lot of big games. >> he said you had some coaching magic. and that you are a stud. [ laughter ] >> did he? i feel the same way. the same way about him. yeah. [ laughter ] >> got to be the christmas spirit. all right, the vikings adrian peterson will not be back any time soon. his appeal to be reinstated to the nfl was denied. he was convicted of misdemeanor assault for striking his son with a wood switch. >>> first quarter, rad, one of the top prospects in the country considering cal possibly got the dunk. they had 22 early. later in the quarter, ben simmons. >>> strap yourself in. it is type for the top five. in at number five. lakers against the spurs. shot clock winding down, no problem for colby. as he gets that down. he needs nine more points t

. >> now joining us on booktv is dennis johnson this to the copublisher of mel veil house, publish-the intelligence committee report on torture. mr. johnson, what's the purpose of publishing something that is in the public domain? >> guest: well, for one thing, it's not readily available as a print book, and we felt that was an important format for it to be in, so that it could just circulate more widely, be more accessible to more people, be more affordable and findable to most people. we also felt that the edition of it issued by the government, which is a very low resolution pdf format, was very difficult to read. it's not laid out and properly formatted like a book. it's just like a huge collection of manuscript pages and it's very difficult to read because it's so low resolution, very difficult to search. almost impossible to search in fact. so we wanted to make a better edition of that so that i don't know if people really want to read that edition the way you read a book but it's more useful to have that for researchers and academics and things like that to have a more searchabl

[applause] >> now joining us on book tv is dennis johnson, co-publisher of melville house. though the house is publishing the report on torture. mr. johnson, what is the purpose of publishing something in the public domain? >> for one thing, it is not readily available as a print book and we felt that was an important format for it to be in so that it could just circulate more widely, be more accessible to more people, more affordable for most people. we also felt the edition that was issued by the government, which is a very low-resolution pdf format was very difficult to read. it is not laid out and properly formatted like a book. it is just like a huge collection of manuscripts each is. it's very difficult to read because it is so slow resolution so we wanted to make a better edition of the semi don't know if people really want to read the edition the way you would read a book, but it is more useful to have that for researchers and academics and things like that to have a more searchable edition of the book. >> at how much of the report will you be publishing? was at the

and topics list on the upper right side of the page computers to joining joining us on the tvs dennis johnson and co. publisher of melville house publishing the senate intelligence committee report on torture. mr. johnson what is the purpose of publishing something that is in the public domain? >> guest: for one thing, it is and readily available as a printed book and we felt that was an important format to be in so that it could circulate more widely widely and be accessible to more people and affordable for most people. we also felt it was a very low resolution format that was very difficult to read. it is an plate insulated out and properly formatted like a book. it's just like a huge collection of manuscript pages and it's very difficult to read because it is so resolution it's difficult to search and almost impossible to search and so we wanted to make a better edition of back so i don't know if people really want to read that addition the way you would read a book but it's more useful to have that further researchers and academics in things like that to have them more searchable in the