. ♪ ♪ >> today on "in depth," a live conversation with author elizabeth colbert, staff writer for theker. her most recent back is under a white sky. her other books include the sixth extinction and field notes from the a catastrophe. join in the conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and betweens for elizabeth colbert today at noon eastern on booktv's " in depth" on c-span2. and before the program be sure to visit c-span shop.org to get your copies of elizabeth colbert's books. >> kathy o'neil interviewed debra stone in which she argued numbers aren't always objective. >> anything we can do to help people and help our leaders make better decisions is a good thing. and i think that, you know, the good thing about numbers is that coming up with a system whether it's algorithms or a simple list of indicators is that the exercise of trying to measure things forces us to think about what we value, what we care about, what's important. >> yes. >> and i think the point i want to leave people with is but we've got a system, maybe it's be better, maybe it's still got prob

tomorrow and noon eastern we are live with elizabeth colbert. .. charles quote foundation with brian hooks offer their thoughts on how to tackle economic social challenges in the u.s. and abroad in order weekly office interview program "afterwards". former new york chair sarah lewis weighs in on how to build economic sustainability for workers in the future

. >>> and now on booktv, we're live with best selling author and new yorker staff writer elizabeth colbert who over the next two hours will speak about her various books. >> host: so author elizabeth kolbert, how does somebody who studied literature at yale become a pulitzer prize science writer? >> guest: well, there's, it's a long and winding road. i spent a number of years covering politics. my first really journalistic job, job in journalism, was at "the new york times," and i was pretty quickly dispatched toal ban to cover state politics -- to albany to cover state politics. when you're doing daily journalism, one thing follows another. i spent many years covering basically state, local, national politics. and then i went to the new yorker, actually, in 1999, and my -- i was supposed to cover, revive a column about city hall. and i did do that. i wrote that column for a while. but i became increasingly interested in this question of climate change which at that time in the early 2000s was still a lot of the coverage was still wrapped up around this question, is this a big deal or not.

tomorrow and noon eastern we are live with elizabeth colbert. .. charles quote foundation with brian hooks offer their thoughts on how to tackle economic social challenges in the u.s. and abroad in order weekly office interview program "afterwards". former new york chair sarah lewis weighs in on how to build economic sustainability for workers in the future. schedule information online at book tv don't work or consult your program guide. now will kick off this weekend with a look of the dress code, social hierarchies throughout history. >> i'm so excited to introduce tonight's speaker. richard is a professor at stanford law school. his articles have been widely published in the new york times, washington post, san francisco chronicle, christian science monitor. richard appeared on the report and he's the author of seven books including the race card and how long struggles for equality. he's joined tonight by another powerhouse probably also doesn't have free time. professor of law at harvard law school. the author of three books as well as computin

workers in the future and an interview with best-selling author and new yorker staff writer elizabeth colbert. that begins tonight at seven: 10 pm eastern. find more schedule information at bill carr or consult your program guide. booktv.org. >> iq for joining us for this conversation among our authors and annette gordon-reed and jelani cobb. we have striven to publish books that relevant and contemporary issues and what gives me great pride with my own historical background is that we also strive to create in these books the historical route underlying our most entrenched social dilemma. it's not just part of this but we really want to get at the roots . each of these three scholars very important new books that provide fresh insight to the long shadow of racial injustice in america . i'm familiar with all three of the books and from the struggle to set aside a national holiday honoring emancipation including personal memoir, annette gordon-reed to a re-examination of a 1968 current commission report showing how relevant it is, he would have to read that book to get insights into the electio

host: elizabeth colbert, how do asian carp end up in the midwest in the us?what is a danger of them getting into the great lakes? >> asian carp has an interesting history in the us. introduced various species at various times all roughly around the same time in the mid- sixties or early seventies. they were introduced because it was hoped they would perform bio control. one species is a very voracious herbivore eating plants so the hope was thats species known as the grass carp would eat aquatic leaves they were also invitation to on - - invasive species we would have to pay herbicide into the water. another species introduced it was hoped that it would take care of the nutrient loading when you have insufficient sewage treatment. different species introduced for different reasons. not really introduced but put into research stations but very quickly got loose. they have baby fish they are very tiny they got through whatever mesh was supposed to keep them in and pretty quickly in the tributaries of the mississippi then started to move all through the water sy

text and tweets for elizabeth colbert sunday at noon eastern on tvs in depth on c-span2. before the program be sure to visit c-spanshop.org to get your copies of her books. >> you are watching c-span2, your unfiltered view of government. c-span2 was created by america's cable-television companies and today we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span2 to viewers as a public service. >> the senate about to gavel and for more debate on the nomination of rhode island governor gina raimondo to become commerce secretary. a boat set for 2:15 p.m. eastern. after after that senators moved to the nomination of the chair of the white house council of economic advisers. democrats and republicans are also holding their weekly lunches today. president biden is expected to speak virtually the senate democrats during their closed-door session. now live to the senate floor. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. .eternal god, restore us and bring us back to you. .give us back the joy we once felt in your presenc

join in a conversation with your phone calls, facebook comments, text and tweets for elizabeth colbert sunday at noon eastern on tvs in depth on c-span2. before the program be sure to visit c-spanshop.org to get your copies of her books. >> you are watching c-span2, your unfiltered view of government. c-span2 was created by america's cable-television companies and today we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span2 to viewers as a public service. >> the senate about to gavel and for more debate on the nomination of rhode island governor gina raimondo to become commerce secretary. a boat set for 2:15 p.m. eastern. after after that senators moved to the nominn

elizabeth colbertes the author and yesterday store. the profit of love is her first book in 2004 and other tales of power and d see expect then the science books, field notes from cat strife, man, nature tour and climbed change, six pulitzer prize winning the sixth extinction came out in 2014, and her most recent, just out this year, "under a white sky the nature of the future 'owhich we have been talking about today i. also want to bring in another topic before we -- more -- a little more on 0 to the climate change issue, and here is senator james inhofe. he is republican from oklahoma and he has been critical of efforts to control climate change. here's a little bit from him on the senate floor. >> one of the universities here in virginia commissioned a poll to be done of all the weathercasters of -- on tv, they came back that 63% of the weathercasters said that any global global warming that occurs is a result of natural variation and not human activities. so, when i hear people -- i have good friends -- that really believe this and

. >> sunday on "in depth" -- a live conversation with author elizabeth colbert, staff writer for theew yorker. her most recent book is "under the night sky." and her other books is "the sixth extinction" and "field notes from a catastrophe." join in with your conversation with phone calls, facebook comments, texts and sweets for elizabeth kolbert sunday on book tv's "in depth" on c-span2. before the program, be sure to visit c-span.org to get copies

elizabeth: why? >> the president of the united states, after he was elected when he was president-elect he was asked on stephen colbert'm not concerned at all they are just using it to get to me and it's all play, what do you think if your prosecutor align prosecutor or line fbi agent working on the case that's when president obama said he was confident that hillary clinton did not endanger national security and did not intentionally hide her e-mails, it's not something you want to hear if your career prosecutor or fbi agent trying to do your best or irs agent in investigating case, it's inappropriate and he's the president son even if the president didn't say anything should be handled by a special counsel that's why the regulation is there the appearance of propriety to make those comments and i'll put a special counsel in. elizabeth: this also reports that the senate report by chuck grassley ron johnson indicated suspicious business dealings potential money laundering exposure to criminal espionage and exploitation by the business dealings that hunter biden was involved in with oversea actors, the special counsel w

elizabeth: why? >> well, the president of the united states -- after he was elected, when he was president-elect, he was asked on stephen colbert'sm not concerned at all. they're just using it to get to me and it's foul play. so what do you think if you're a prosecutor a line prosecutor, or a line fbi agent working on the case? that is just like when president obama said he was confident that hillary clinton did not endanger national security and did not intentionally hide her emails. it is not something you want to hear if you're a career prosecutor or fbi agent trying to do your best or irs agent in this instance to investigate a case. it is inappropriate. he is the president's son. even if the president hadn't said anything, it should be handled by a special counsel. that is why the regulation is there. it is appearance of impropriety to make those kind of comments, and then not to put a special counsel in. elizabeth: there are reports that the senate report by chuck grassley, ron johnson, indicated really suspicious business dealings, potential money laundering, exposure to criminal espionage and exploitation about the busine