>> host: joining us and booktv is doug casey. mr. casey what do you do for a living? >> guest: what do i do for living? i were a number of hats actually venture capitalists, publisher and author. you have my last book in your hands. >> host: we will get to that in just a minute. how did you get into the businesses that you are and? >> guest: well like many things it's a question of taking a right turn at a corner instead of a left turn. so a lot of these things are accidental but when i was a kid the first thing i wanted to be was a paleontologist and that led me to an interest in geology later on i wanted to make some money so i started studying economics. i put them together and got into the mining business mining finance but for many years i kept up an interest in many different subjects because if you are going to be a venture capitalist is good to know as much as you possibly can about as many different subjects as you possibly can. so i guess that sums it up. >> host: and think of venture capitalists we often think of is simi valley and technology. >> i met tech

will even be one entity. >> host: doug casey, this from "right on the money." ever since i was a teenager i thought christmas, as practiced in most of the west, is a bad idea. what have you got against christmas? >> guest: well, that's a comment on christianity. i grew up a roman catholic. which i like to joke was being a member of a canniballistic dealt cult. it's a point i'm -- i don't believe in an entity in the sty that we have to worship, and so i like the trappings of christmas. but actually if people took their religion seriously, which they shouldn't, i don't think -- unless you want to define religion as a quest for a possible spiritual existence -- which i think is interesting and you should do because we might have a spiritual -- very well might -- got nothing to do with the commercial enterprises, like all the churches are today. they're corrupt, they're counterproductive, and -- well, i guess i good on about religion in a number of -- actually, the series of novels i'm writing, which we get together next year, i hope we're talking about the next on

at seven pm eastern, doug casey sits down with book tv to talk about politics and economics. from the rest. at 730 firefighter recalls his life as a smoke jumper battling wildfires from above. chelsea clinton highlights young people from around the world who are having a great impact on their communities. at nine pm 9:00 p.m. eastern. on afterwards at 10:00 p.m., fox news host bill o'reilly discusses the reagan presidency after the assassination attempt with dave buchanan. at 11 eastern david looks at race through the lens of his experience as an african-american dr.. that all happens tonight on c-span twos book tv. >> next on book tv from politics and prose bookstore in washington dc, max takes takes a critical look at israel and its involvement in the 2014 conflict in gaza. >> thanks. i need to tie myself here so we have enough time for q and a and heckling and so forth. my last talk in d.c. i happen to have summoned the audience to help handle hecklers. i was in scotland and to her and i achieved a milestone out there which is for the first time i refused entry to a scotti

on sunday afternoon at 1:00, author and investor, doug casey, sits down with book tv at freedom fest in las vegas to discuss his latest book on politics and economics. on american history tv on c-span3, today, starting at 7:00 eastern, we are live from gettysburg college to mark the 125th anniversary of president dwight d. eisenhower's birth, discussing his military and political career with his grandchildren, susan, ann, and mary eisenhower. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america, an archival film documenting the 1963 visit of the king and queen of afghanistan to the united states. which included a meeting with president kennedy and a parade through washington, d.c. get our complete weekend chedule at c-span.org. >> president harry truman referred to his wife, best, and the boss. and she served as first lady on her own terms. she had little to say to the media, especially after some unforgettable public moments. >> she spent a good part of her white house years in a moment missouri. best truman, this sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's original series, first ladies. infl

libertarian conference. >> host: joining us and booktv is doug casey. mr. casey what do you do for a living? >> guest: what do i do for living? i were a number of hats actually venture capitalists, publisher and author. you have my last book in your hands.

on sunday afternoon at 1:00, author and investor doug casey sits down with booktv and freedom fest in las vegas to discuss his latest book on politics and economics. on american history tv on c-span3, saturday evening, starting at 7:00 eastern, we are live from gettysburg college to mark the 125th anniversary of president dwight d eisenhower's birth. discussing his military and political career with his grandchildren. sunday afternoon, at 4:00 on real america, and archival film documenting the 1963 visit of the king and queen of afghanistan to the united states, which included a meeting with president kennedy and a parade through washington, d.c. get our complete weekend schedule at c-span.org. >> coming up on this morning's "washington journal," we look at today's news and take your calls. the house is back in a 9:00 a.m. eastern and will work on a bill that will change the environmental review process and permitting for energy and for structure -- infrastructure projects. lighthouse coverage here on c-span. -- live house coverage. coming up, the pope's visit to new york. any review

political doug casey sat down with tv at freedom fest, a libertarian conference. he talked about his latest book, right on the money. also this weekend, chelsea clinton's the book, it's your world. she talks about what she sees as some of the world's biggest challenges and highlights a few young people who are impacting their communities around the world. you'll also see books on economics, china, firefighting, u.s. firefighting, u.s. military bases around the world and much more. for complete television schedule, book tv.org, book tv, 48 book tv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. >> author tim weiner, winner of the national book award is next on book tv.

doug casey sits down with book tv to discuss his latest pook on politics and economics.complete weekend schedule at c-span.org. >>> the house held a hearing on automotive safety and how consumers are notified about safety recalls. this is an hour. >>> the sub committee on commerce, manufacturing and trade will now come to order. the chair will recognize himself five minutes for the purpose of an opening statement. and i do want to welcome everyone to our hearing this morning >>> the draft companion legislation to the motor vehicle safety whistle blower act and the discussion draft of the improving recall tracking act. in 2014, there were over 63 million vehicles recalled in the united states, due to safety concerns. this represents the highest number of vehicle recalls in more than three decades. under current law, vehicle manufacturers are required to report defects and non-compliance to the national highway traffic safety administration. the chairman of the full committee, mr. upton has seen to it with good work he did on the tread act, but there have been types when t

on sunday afternoon at 1:00 author and investor doug casey sits down with pope tv in las vegas to discuss his latest book on politics and economics. in american history tv on c-span3 today starting at 7:00 eastern time. we are live from gettysburg college to mark the 125th anniversary of president eisenhower's birth discussing his military and political career with his grandchildren. sunday afternoon, at 4:00 on filmmerica and archival documenting the 1963 visit of the king and queen of afghanistan to united states. it includes a meeting with president kennedy and a parade through washington dc get our complete weekend schedule at c-span.org. undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs marc dobbs addresses and all day data transparency conference in washington. of how someles agencies like the census bureau, in cities like chicago are using data information to connect communities. this is 45 minutes. good morning. my name is herschel i am the president of information. i am here to work on the act. as a public and private partnership dedicated to improving government with the applicati

political doug casey sat down with tv at freedom fest, a libertarian conference. he talked about his latest book, right on the money. also this weekend, chelsea clinton's the book, it's your world. she talks about what she sees as some of the world's biggest challenges and highlights a few young people who are impacting their communities around the world. you'll also see books on economics, china, firefighting, u.s. firefighting, u.s. military bases around the world and much more. for complete television schedule, book tv.org, book tv, 48 book tv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. >> author tim weiner, winner of the national book award is next on book tv. he utilized recently on classified tapes and documents to report on the inter-workings of of the nixon administration during the watergate scandal. >> i'm going to put this down here, okay, good evening. i am bradley graham, co-owner of politics and prose along with my wife. on behalf of of the entire staff, thank you so much for coming. a few quick administrative notes. no

and on sunday, doug casey discusses his latest book on economics.nd on c-span3, we're live from gettysburg college to mark the 125th birthday of president dwight d. eisenhower's birth, discussing his military and political career with his grandchildren, susan and mary eisenhower and a documentary film on the king and queen of afghanistan's visit to the united states. get our complete weekend schedule at c-span.org. >> up next, congressman darrell issa, answers questions on how congress will handle the issues of data and transparency going forward. his remarks are about 50 minutes. >>> hello, everyone. thank you all for being here and braving the traffic in support of open and structured data. my name is jonathan elliott. you really don't want to hear me talk as much as you want to hear this man to my left talk, so i will be quick. research data group provides compliance services and software tools to public companies to help them communicate with investors and comply with regulations with greater ease. and we've been in this industry for nearly 30 y

then author and investor doug casey sits down at freedom fest in las vegas to discuss his latest book on politics and economics. american history tv, saturday evening, starting at 7:00 eastern we're live to mark the 121st anniversary of president dwight d eisenhower's birth. they discuss his career with his grandchildren. then, on railamerica, and archival film documenting the 1963 visit of the king and queen of afghanistan to the united states which included a meeting with president kennedy and a parade to washington dc. >> the white house give a preview of the state dinner in honor of the visiting chinese president which will be held friday evening. this briefing was given by the first lady's press office. >> i want to thank everybody for coming. i'm joanna. i know most of you by now. i want to thank lauren, our deputy press secretary today. if you need anything throughout, let us know. we can find an answer. as we have done in the past, we will have several officials come out and speak. everything is on the record. once we have everyone speak a little bit about the dinner we'll --

political contrarian doug casey sat down with booktv at freedom fest, libertarian conference, talks about his latest book right on the money. also this weekend chelsea clinton's book is your world, she talks about what she sees as the world's biggest challenges and highlights a few young people who are impacting their own communities as a world. fire fighting, u.s. military, and much more. for complete television schedule, booktv.org, booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. >> many presidential candidates have written books to introduce themselves to voters and promote their views on issues and here's a look at some of the candidates's books.

on sunday afternoon at 1:00, author and investor doug casey sits down with book tv at freedom fest in las vegas to discuss his latest book on politics and economics. on american history tv, on c-span3, saturday evening, starting at 7:00 eastern, we're live from gettysburg college to mark the 125th anniversary of president dwight d. eisenhower's birth, discussing his military and political career with his grandchildren. and sunday afternoon, at 4:00 on "real america," an archival film document being the 1963 visit of the king and queen of afghanistan to the united states which included a meeting with president kennedy and a parade through washington, d.c. get our complete weekend schedule at c-span.org. >>> interior secretary sally jewel recently answered report questions on a variety of environment and natural resources issues that her agency regularly deals with. topics included the renaming of den n denali, highest peak in north america, the obama administration's policy on coal

on sunday afternoon at 1:00, doug casey sits down with book tv at freedom fest and las vegas to discussis latest book on politics and economics. on american history tv on c-span3, saturday evening, starting at seven easton, we are live from gettysburg college to atk the 125th college -- one the 25th anniversary of dwight d. eisenhower's birth. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america, and archival film documenting the 1963 visit of the king and queen of afghanistan to the united states which included a meeting with president john f. kennedy. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> following his remarks, pope francis headed to the balcony congressional leaders and made brief remarks. [cheering] [applause] [cheering and applause] [chanting] [crowd noise] [cheering and applause] i am grateful for your appearance here. [cheering and applause] the most important ones here, children. [applause] i will ask god to bless them. all, bless each of them. bless the families. bless them all. and i ask you all please to pray .or me if there are among you who do , or cannot pray, i ask you please t

on sunday afternoon at 1:00, author and investigator doug casey discusses his latest book on politics and economics. on american history tv on c-span 3 saturday evening starting at 7:00 eastern we're live from gettysburg college to mark the 125th anniversary of dwight d. eisenhower's birth discussing his military career with his grandchildren. and sunday afternoon at 4:00 on eal america an ark ivel film which included a meeting with president kennedy and a parade through washington, d.c. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> today a reporter for nbc 4. is this marion barry's place? that is his seat over there. i called him up. i said mr. mayor. i've just been to club 55. don't you realize people are watching what you do and where you go. they said you sit there all the time and watch naked dancing girls. there was a pause on the phone. he said it's nice, isn't it? a" tom night on "q & sherwood on political corruption in d.c. >>> several signed a letter saying they agreed with governor mcdonald. that he should have reported the gifts. he didn't report the gifts. $15,000 far child

on sunday afternoon at 1:00, author and investor doug casey sits down with book tv in las vegas to discusstics and economics. on american history tv on c-span3, saturday evening, starting at 7:00 eastern, we are live at gettysburg college to celebrate dwight d. eisenhower's birth. susanis grandchildren, and marianne. on real american, and archival visitocumenting the 1963 of the king and queen of afghanistan to the data states, which included a meeting with president kennedy and a grade through washington, d.c. >> in a morning party caucus, speaker of the house john boehner told his congress that he will resign his post in congress next month. he is facing the threat of a floor vote on whether he should stay on as speaker. it is a formal challenge that hasn't happened in more than 100 years. he discussed his reasons for resigning at a news conference. this is about 20 minutes. this is a stunning and abrupt end -- speaker boehner: ♪ my oh my what a wonderful day ♪ i used to sing that on my way to work every morning. my mission every day is to have a smaller, less costly, more accountable go

eastern doug casey said down with booktv to talk about politics and economics, from freedom fest, an annual libertarian conference and at 7:30 firefighter jason rate goes recalls his life as a smoke jumper battling wildfires from above. >> coming up next, mississippi governor haley barbour recalls his role in the state's recovery from hurricane katrina. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> welcome. i am leila salisbury, and i am thrilled to see all of you this evening, i want to give a special thank you to our book friends of the university press of mississippi for this beautiful spread of snacks and to take

author and investor doug casey sits down with "book tv" at freedom fest in las vegas to discuss his latest book on politics and economics. on "american history tv" on c-span3, saturday evening, starting at 7:00 eastern, we're live from gettysburg college to mark the 125th anniversary of president dwight d. eisenhower's birth. discussing his military and political career with his grandchildren, susan, yarn and mary eisenhower. and sunday afternoon at 4:00 on "real america," an archival film documenting the 1963 visit of the king and queen of afghanistan to the united states. which included a meeting with president kennedy and a parade through washington, d.c. get our complete weekend chedule at c-span.org. >> as we said earlier, the pope addressed a joint meeting of congress this morning. you can see his 50-minute speech tonight on c-span at 8:00 p.m. eastern. this afternoon pope francis' traveling to new york. tomorrow he speaks to the united nations general assembly at 10:00 a.m. eastern. then at 11:30 eastern tomorrow morning, pope francis participates in an interfaith service at the 9/1

an author and investor doug k-6 sits down -- doug casey sits down to discuss his latest book on economics and politics. today starting at 7:00 eastern, we are live from gettysburg college to mark the 125th anniversary of president dwight d. eisenhower's birth, discussing his military and political career with his grandchildren. sunday afternoon at 4:00 and archival film documenting the 1963 visit of the king and queen of afghanistan to the united states which included a meeting with president kennedy and a parade through washington, d.c. get our complete weekend schedule at www.c-span.org. >> on wednesday, the data transparency coalition hosted its third annual gathering. representatives from the government, nonprofit, and private sectors participated. entrepreneurs discussed the challenges with access to data and efforts to streamline working with the federal government. this is almost 30 minutes. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. for those of you who have not been outside in the last few hours, when you get outside, you will find we are at the epicenter of entrepreneurship just abou

killing reagan," a look at the ronald reagan residents political and tear -- and then on sunday, doug casey sits down with c-span to discuss his latest book on politics and economics. on american history tv on c-span3, saturday evening, 7:00 eastern, we're live from gettysburg college to mark the anniversary of dwight d. eisenhower's birth. and sunday afternoon, at 4:00, on real america, an archival film documenting the 1963 visit of the king and queen of afghanistan to the united states, which included a meeting with president kennedy and a parade through washington, dc. get our complete weekend schedule at c-span.org. >> thursday, the senate failed to move forward on a bill to keep the federal government funded after next week because of a provision in the measure that defundedded planned parenthood. following the vote, senator armed services member jack reed spoke on the floor about his disappointment with how government funding is being handled. this is 25 minutes. >> mr. president, i rise today to join my colleagues in support of a clean, shore-term continuing resolution or, as we say,

with dave buchanan on his latest book on sunday afternoon at one pm, author author and investor doug caseysits down with book tv at freedom fest in las vegas to discuss his latest book on politics and economics. on american history tv, on c-span three, saturday evening starting at 7:00 p.m., we are live from gettysburg college to mark the 100 anniversary of eisenhower's birth. sunday afternoon at four pm on real america, and archival film documenting the 1963 visit of three visit of the king and queen of afghanistan to the united states which included a meeting with president kennedy and upright through washington d.c. get a complete schedule at c-span.org. >> today presidential candidate donald trump visited columbia, south carolina and took part in a form. he discussed the economy, immigration economy, immigration and republican efforts to win over minority voters. from columbia, south carolina this is just under an hour. >> thank you. goodness gracious. i tell you what, i would like to say that i draw a crowd, but my goodness gracious [applause]. i see a whole lotta trump out there. he

and doug casey sits down with book-tv to discuss his latest book on politics and economics.rday evening starting at 7:00 eastern we're live from gettysburg college to mark the 125th anniversary of president dwight d. eisenhower's birth. discussing his military and political career with his grandchildren susan, ann, and mary eisenhower and sunday afternoon at 4:00 on "real america" an archival film documenting the 1963 visit of the king and queen of afghanistan to the united states, which included a meeting with president kennedy, and a parade through washington, d.c. get our complete weekend schedule at cspan.org. >>> coming up next remarks from admiral michael rogers the current nsa director and u.s. cybercommander. he testified on the current challenges that agency is facing including retention of key talent and securing the budget, optimization within the nsa and the need for new legislation that benefits the optics and progress of the organization. the senate intelligence committee hearing is about an hour 25 minutes. >> i'd like to call this hearing to order. admiral we

sunday afternoon at 1:00, author doug casey this down at freedomfest to discuss his latest book on politicsnd economics feared on american history tv on c-span3, today starting at 7:00 eastern, we're live from gettysburg college to mark the 125th anniversary of president dwight d. eisenhower's birth, discussing his military and political career with his e,andchildren, susan, ann and mary eisenhower. america," theeel afghan king and queen visiting the united states from 1963. get our complete weekend schedule at c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: as our c-span viewers know, the past two days, the white house has focused on the visit of chinese president xi jinping. here to talk about some of the items highlighted by the visit is jennifer harris, a former policy staffer at the state department. ms. harris, talk through what this does it mean for china and its president, not only the white house visit but the upcoming u.n. address on monday. is being billed as the most important in a generation. there is a bit of hyperbole and every one of these cases, but it comes closer thi

casey er on sunday, doug sits down to discuss his book. and on c-span3, live from gettysburg college to mark the 125th anniversary of president dwight d. eisenhower's birth, discussing his military and political career with his grandchildren, susan, ann, and mary eisenhower. d on sunday, reel america, a movie of a visit of the quick and queen -- king and queeng of of afghanistan. after his speech to congress, pope francis traveled about a mile to st. patrick's, the oldest catholic church in the nation's capital. he spoke to catholic charities and some of those it served, including the homeless and people addicted to drugs. [cheers and applause] translator: it is a pleasure to see you here this morning. you are going to hear two statements. one in spanish and one in english. cheers and applause] the first word i wish to say to ou is thank you. for your efforts to make this eeting possible. here i think of a person whom i love, someone who is and has been very important throughout my life. he has been a support and an inspiration. is the one

career and the challenges he face following an assassination attempt on sunday afternoon and 1:00, doug casey sits down with booktv at freedom fest in las vegas to discuss his latest book on politics and economics. on pan-american history tv on c-span3 starting at 7:00 eastern we are live from gettysburg college to mark the 125th anniversary of president dwight eisenhower's birth discussing his military and political career with his grandchildren. sunday afternoon at 4:00 on real america, and archival film documenting the 1963 visit of the king and queen of afghanistan to the united states which included a meeting with president kennedy and a parade through washington d.c.. get our complete weekend schedule at c-span.org. >> booktv continues now with jack cashill and his book "scarlet letters: the ever-increasing intolerance of the cult of liberalism," he argues that a progressive agenda has eroded traditional values and conservatives are only one awkwardly worded tweet away from being branded a homophobe, racist, sexist or worse. [inaudible conversations] >> good evening, ladies and gentleme