bill press author of "toxic talk: how the radical right has poisoned america's airwaves" and douglas schoen, co-author of "mad as hell: how the tea party movement is fundamentally remaking our two-party system." the authors spoke about their books and the current state of politics in america. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [applauding] [applauding] >> i'm john avlon. we are going to give you a brief talk about our respective books and then have a conversation with you. take some questions and have some fun. thank you for continuing to have a kidney to talk about politics after this election. my name is john avlon. my most recent book is "wingnuts: how the lunatic fringe is hijacking america.">>k it is a book that is about the rise of extremism that we have e seen in the opening of the obamt years. it is an attempt to remind us f that we face forces of befor and extremism. they are not isolated to one t political party or the other. neither political party has ahes monopoly on virtue or vicevirtue prefer get that in our over in egypt intent -- overheatedhese intense debates. i, as an