this weekend ellen malcolm will recall her creation of emily's list, a political action committee that works to elect pro-choice democratic women to political office. >> we did that because we want to raise early money, by raising early money, they can go on and raise the additional money they needed to win so we were like little political venture capitalists, going out there, we were the kick starter for women and emily stands for early money, we make the dough rise and we have been doing that ever since. >> afterwords airs on booktv every saturday at 10:00 pm and sunday at 9:00 pm eastern. you can watch all previous afterwords programs on our website, booktv.org. >> c-span created by america's cable television companies and brought to you as a public service by your cable or satellite provider. >> you are watching booktv. we are live from the 14th annual and apple's book festival in maryland where several authors will be discussing their books on a variety of topics including politics, race in america and drone warfare. we kick up live coverage with a panel call the american dream, a

ellen malcolm will recall her creation of emily's list, a political action committee that works to elect pro-choice democratic women to political office. >> we did that because we wanted to raise early money >> we did that to raise early monday if we gave them credibility and to raise the additional money they needed to win nizolek will venture capitalist we were the kickstart your. we make the dough rise in doing that ever since.

in an interview with representative maxine waters political activist ellen malcolm talks with the creation of emily's list at the is the rise of women in politics. >> host: well hello. >> guest: hello, congresswoman. >> host: it's good to see you. >> guest: likewise. >> host: i read the book the rise of women in american politics can and it brought back so many memories. >> guest: qaeda is dead. >> host: i'm so proud of the book and you should be very proud. it should be required reading in every college and university. what were you thinking about when you decided to write this? >> guest: we have had such a phenomenal change for women in politics on the democratic side at least over the past 30 years. and people have been asking me to write this book for years and i thought i've got to get the record out there on what we've done and how it's changed and of course in the process i was remembering all of these remarkable women into these wonderful races and wins. the world was a different place when you look at the congress now. three quarters are democratic women which were very proud of a

. >>> this weekend, ellen malcolm will recall her creation of emily's list, a political action committee that works to elect pro-choice democratic women to political office. >> we did that because we wanted to raise early money and we thought if we gave women credibility by mate-- raising early money, then they could go on and race that additional money they needed to win, so we were like little political venture capitalists. we were the kick starter for women and emily stance her early money is like yeast. we make the dell rise and have been doing that ever since. >> afterwards airs on book tv every saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous afterward programs on her website, book tv.org. >> hello. welcome. we are very happy to have you all here today. thank you for c-span book tv for being here. we are delighted to have henry petroski, who is on the claimed historian and-- engineer and best-selling author and also the alexander -esque professor of civil engineering and professor of history at duke here tonight to discuss his new book: "the road t

ellen malcolm recalled her creation of emily's list, a political action committee who elects pro-choicedemocratic women to political office and former congressman jc watts talk about guiding principles he soloed in this professional and personal life. in the coming weeks, peter marks with robert benmoche who turned the company around at the height of the financial crisis. don watkins will argue that measures to alleviate income inequality actually end of hurting low income americans. also coming up, criminal justice reform and recall his 19 years in prison. aol cofounder steve case will tell you how emerging technologies are reshaping the internet? >> the internet is shifting from being this interesting phenomenon like internet companies, internet enabled and at some point not not too distant future, electricity and enabled -- >> that is a great example. internet on a similar path, we know how to get there but we don't know the heightened way to get there. we call it email. someday we will just call it mail. we call it e-commerce but when they we will call it commerce. we are not there

on sunday night at 9:00 o'clock afterwards with ellen malcolm discussing her book when women when. looking at the rise of women elected to public office. >> we wanted to raise money and thought if we gave remain credibility they can go on and raise the additional money needed to win. political venture capitalists. they were the kickstart her. early money will make the dough rise and have been doing so ever sense. >> the complete weekend schedule. >> five representatives of automakers, supply manufacturers and consumer safety advocacy groups. a house energy and commerce subcommittee is looking into the agencies on road in vehicle safety.vehicle safety. this portion of the hearing is one hour. >> thank you for your time and patients being here today. we will follow the same format as the 1st. summarize the opening statement. for our 2nd panel the following witnesses, president and ceo an alliance of automobile manufacturers. president and ceo. ceo automated recyclers association. jackie julian, president advocates for highway and auto safety. senior vice president and motor and equip

on sunday night at 9:00, afterwards with ellen malcolm, founder of emily's list. she discusses her book when women win, which looks at the rise of women elected to public office. ms. malcolm is interviewed by kathleen waters of virginia. >> we wanted to raise money. and we thought if we gave women credit by raising early money then they could go on and raise the additional money they needed to win. so we were like little political venture capitalists. we were going to go out there. in today's terms we were the kickstarter for women. and emily stands for early money is like yeast, we make the dough rise. and we've been doing that ever since. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >>> members from the european parliament discussed efforts to combat the islamic state and other terrorist groups following the recent attacks in brussels. members debated intelligence sharing, islamic radicalization and the migration crisis in europe. this is the first hour of that debate. >> translator: the minutes from yesterday's sitting has been circulated. are there a

sunday at nine afterward with ellen malcolm, founder of emily's list. she discussesher book when women win : emily's list and the rise of women in american politics which looks at the rise of women elected to public office. as malcolm is interviewed by congresswoman maxine watersof california. >> we wanted to raise early money and we thought if we gave women credibility raising early money , they could go on and raise the additional money they needed to win so we were like on political venture capitalists. we were going to go there. in today's terms we were the kick starter for women and early money is like yeast, we make the dough rise and we've been doing that ever since. >> go to book tv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> house subcommittee this week examines the benefits of providing service dogs to veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress and other mental health issues. members heard from a panel of witnesses from the veterans affairs department and the head of a nonprofit organization that provides train service canines. the sponsor of

afterwards with ellen malcolm, she discusses her book "when women win: emily's list" which looks at the rise of women elected to public office. miss malcolm is interviewed by congresswoman maxine waters of california. >> we wanted to raise early money. we thought if we gave women credibility by raising early money, then they could go on and raise the additional money they needed to win. so, we were like little political venture capitalists. we were going to go out there. in today's terms we were the kickstarter for today's women. emily stands for early morning is like yeast. you make the dough rise. and we've been doing that every sense. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >>> gao comptroller general gene dodaro testified on the oversight committee on his government's report of ways to -- they showed 12 areas of duplication or fragmentation in federal programs and activities and provided 59 new opportunities for cost savings. officials from the irs, defense department and centers for medicare and medicaid services testified on efforts to implement the gao recommendati

on sunday night at 9:00, ellen malcolm, the founder of emily's list. she discusses her book.looks at the rise of women in the life of the public office. >> we wanted to raise early money and we thought that if we gave women credit -- women credibility by raising money then they could go on and raise the additional money that they needed to win. so we were political venture capitalists. we were the kickstarter for women. rise andke the dough we have been doing that ever since. >> go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. secretary. we proudly give 72 of our delegates to the next president of the united states. [applause] ♪ >> washington journal continues. toosi, hert is nahal work is available online at politico.com. thank you for being with us. this is the headline. the administration is struggling to craft a new antiterrorist grading progress -- screening process ordered by congress last year. guest: last year, in the wake of the san bernardino attacks, congress passed changes to the visa waiver program. that program is a program that allows people from 38 countrie

guiding principles, ellen malcolm will recall her creation of emily's list.also coming up mother of columbine high school shooter don't people will discuss mental health and recall how she dealt with the tragedy. and this weekend professor and former chair mary frances jerry will explore the history of voter fraud and suppression. >> you can buy of voter cheaper than you can actually invest in educating voters and all that. >> especially when turnout is so already. >> and you run the risk, they may hold you accountable. what are you doing over there in the legislature. you better vote for orioles and you next time. you are free to wheel and deal with other people have greater resources, another donor class and you have freedom. voting over and over again and for you and is cheap which is why i call it voter suppression on the cheap. your suppressing choice and real democracy and doing a very cheaply. >> every saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern and you can watch all previous programs on our website, booktv.org. >> nancy: is next. speed one

ellen malcolm will recall her creation of emily's list, a political action committee that works to electpro-choice democratic women to political office. >> we did that because we wanted to raise early money and we thought if we gained women credibility by raising early money, then they could go on and raise the additional money they needed to win. we were like political venture capitalists, we were going to go out there and we would kick starter for women and emily stands for yeast, we make the dough rise and we have been doing that ever since. >> afterwards airs on booktv every saturday at 10:00 pm and sunday at 9:00 pm eastern. you can watch all previous afterwards programs on our website booktv.org. here is a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. coming up in may look for coverage of book expo america from chicago, the publishing industry's annual gathering featuring hundreds of books and authors. later in the month live from gaithersburg, maryland for its annual book festival featuring fox news host juan williams and washington post columnist ej

ellen malcolm will recall her creation of emily's list, a political action committee that works to elect pro-choice democratic women to political office. >> we did that because we wanted to raise early money >> we did that to raise early monday if we gave them credibility and to raise the additional money they needed to win nizolek will venture capitalist we were the kickstart your. we make the dough rise in doing that ever since.political >> we made this so legally difficult and dangerous to captured then pulled someonelte. we seem likely default to the kill option and.ou if we had our successor in here we're still a capturing business. if you just look at the numbers