he is interviewed by "new york times" investigative reporter eric lipton. >> when you have one front group spending $700 million plus in the last election, and planning million in the next election, the midterms, that is a huge footprint, and there is a lot more going on behind it. the second piece of that has the kind of bringing home long-term effort of the republican party to put so-called business friendly judges in the courts, so that the courts have become increasingly hostile to regular folks and increasingly interested in protecting corporations. announcer:corporations. afterword onwatch "book tv." next, history professor and author thomas brown takes a comprehensive look at monument and memorials in america. he contrasts the design of pre-civil war monuments with those built after the war and also talks about the high number of memorials dedicated to the common soldier both on civil war battlefields where so many died and in the communities where the soldiers were from. this 50-minute talk was part of the american civil war museum annual symposium held at the library of virg

he is interviewed by investigative reporter eric lipton. >> when you have one corporate fund group spending700 million plus in the last election and threatening, planning to spend $400 million in the next election, the midterms, that is a huge footprint. there is a lot more going on behind it. the second piece of that has been kind of bringing home the long-term effort of the republican party to put so-called business friendly judges in the courts. so the courts have become increasingly hostile to regular folks and increasingly interested in protecting corporations. >> watch afterwards, tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span 2's book tv. ♪ >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. created as aan was public service by america's cable television companies.

he's interviewed by eric lipton. >> when you have one corporate front group spending $700 million plus in the last election, and threatening, planning to spend $400 million in the next election in the midterms, that's just a huge footprint. there's a lot more going on behind it. the second piece of that is bringing home the long-term effort of the republican party to put so-called business friendly judges in the courts. so that the courts have become increasingly hostile to regular folks at increasingly interested in protecting corporations. >> watch afterwards sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span twos book tv. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, today at , author ofastern theive paradise talks about life of the last queen of the kingdom of hawaii. >> she had been working on a new constitution that would restore her royal powers. in fact, from this, she went back and announced her new constitution. and that was the beginning of the overthrow. >> at 9:00 on the presidency, historian william luxembourg on the effectiveness of legacies of 20 century presidents. >> how wea

he is interviewed by eric lipton. >> without one corporate front groups group spending $700 million plusreatening planning to spend forager million dollars in the next election -- $400 million in it the next election, that is a huge footprint and more going on behind it. the second p of that has been bringing home the long-term a businessut friendly judges in the courts. so that the courts have become increasingly hostile to regular folks and increasingly interested in protecting corporations. watch afterwords sunday night at 9:00 p.m. on book tv. on american history tv a on april 9 at 10:00 a.m. eastern marking the 100 anniversary of america's entry into world war i. states world war i centennial commission host the program from the national world war i museum in kansas city missouri. president woodrow wilson signed a declaration of war against germany on april 6, 1917. more than 4 million men and women served and more than 1000 died. un-american history tv, here on c-span3. on lectures in history, university of chicago professor jonathan levy teaches a class on the great recession from

he's interviewed by eric lipton. >> when you have one corporate front group spending several hundred million dollars plus in the last election and threatening planning to spend $400 million in the next election and the midterms, that is a huge footprint and there is a lot more going on behind it. and the long-term effort of the republican party to put so-called business for the judges in the court so that the courts become increasingly hostile to regular folks and increasingly interested in protecting corporations. >> watch afterward sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> our visit to chico, california continues with robert cottrell as he explores the counterculture of the 1960s and influential people and movements. >> the rise of america's 1960s counterculture. my book "sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll: the rise of america's 1960s counterculture" focuses on the whole of american bulimia to a certain extent which i talk about early progenitors, edgar allan paul, i talk about members of

groups ., the corporate american democracy.he's into the new york times investigative reporter eric lipton when you one corporate front rope spending $700 million plus in the last election, and that any planning to spend $400 million in the next election in the midterms, that is just a huge footprint. and there's a lot more going on behind it.the second piece of that has been kind of brought home the long-term effort of the republican party and the social business friendly judges in the courts. so that the courts have become increasingly hostile to regular folks and increasingly interested in protecting corporations. >> watched "after words" tonight at nine eastern on c-span2's booktv.

new yorkerviewed by times investigative reporter eric lipton. >> when you have one corporate front group spending $700 million plus in the last election and threatening, planning to spend $400 million in the next election in the midterms, that is a huge footprint. there is a lot more going on behind it. the second piece of that has been bringing home the long-term effort of the republican party to put so-called business friendly judges in the courts, so that the courts have become increasingly hostile to regular folks and increasingly interested in protecting corporations. "afterwards" sunday night at not a copy of eastern on c-span2's book tv. c-span, where history unfolds daily. created byspan was america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. on lectures in history, university of chicago professor jonathan levy teaches a class on 2007-2009.ecession, he traces the origins of the crisis to the late 1990's stockmarket boom and bust, and looks at how the housing market of the 2000's mimic the same patterns. he also talks about the exo

senator white house's interviewed by "new york times" investigative reporter eric lipton. senator, i want to set is up by asking why did you write this? simple question. >> the simple answer is i was getting really disturbed at all of the criticism frustration about our federal government which generations of americans have fought and bled and died to create and protect and preserve when the real problem i think is not the government. but it is infiltration by corporate forces. i think if we could get those corporate forces where the founding fathers thought they should be which is out of election and out of politics, everybody's frustration with government could decline a lot. >> just sort of wanted to go way back to your beginnings and you went to. your dad was a diplomat in service and thailand. just tell me a little bit about your upbringing and your world view and how you think through the process of, you know, living through the experiences that you live through you sort of developed that. >> well, growing up in the foreign service, i saw two things. one, we were alw

groups ., the corporate american democracy.he's into the new york times investigative reporter eric lipton. >> when you one corporate front rope spending $700 million plus in the last election, and that any planning to spend $400 million in the next election in the midterms, that is just a huge footprint. and there's a lot more going on behind it.the second piece of that has been kind of brought home the long-term effort of the republican party and the social business friendly judges in the courts. so that the courts have become increasingly hostile to regular folks and increasingly interested in protecting corporations. >> watched "after words" tonight at nine eastern on c-span2's booktv. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good evening friends. welcome to the berkeley hillside club. the latest in a series of events produced by the wonderful folks at berkeley arts and letters. we are very privileged to have them as a regular contributor to our cultural events here. evan is the boss and you have him to thank you and his volunteers to thank for a

senator white house's interviewed by "new york times" investigative reporter eric lipton. senator, i want to set is up by asking why did you write this? simple question. >> the simple answer is i was getting really disturbed at all of the

he's interviewed by "new york times" investigative reporter eric lipton. >> when you have one corporate front group spending $700 million plus in the last election and threatening, planning to spend $400 million in the next electioned in mid terms, that is a huge footprint and there's a lot more going on behind it. the second piece of that has been kind of bringing home the long-term effort of the republican party to put so-called business friendly judges in the courts. so that the courts have become increasingly hostile to regular folks and increasingly interested in protecting corporations. >> watch "afterwords" tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span 2's book tv. shepherdes in history, university's bank hurst teaches a course on appalachia in the american imagination and describe house the regional stereotype has changed over time from being viewed as, quote, backwards hillbillies, end quote, to a people respected for their folk culture in the early 20th century. his class is about an hour. prof. bankhurst: all right. let's go ahead and get started, everyone. welcome to class. over the cou

she's e he's interviewed by new york times reports eric lipton. >> when you have one corporate front group spending $700 million plus in the last election and threatening, planning to spend $400 million in the next election, in the midterms, that's a huge footprint and there's a lot more going on behind it. the second piece of that has been kind of bringing home the long-term effort of the republican party to put so-called business friendly judges in the court. the courts have become increasingly hostile to regular folks and i creasingly interested in protecting corporations. >> watch after words sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span 2 book tv. sunday night on q&a. >> it was everywhere in decline, national lists were rising put the big strategic question that the u.s. faced was would it support britain against the rising nationalists or try to create a new order by mediating between the nationalists and the british. >> hudson insurance tucson ought to senior fellow michael duran on america's rise to dominance in the middle east, and sua crisis and its aftermath. >> what he's trying

he is interviewed by eric lipton. >> when you have one corporate front group that has $700 laston plus in the election and threatening, planning to spend $400 million in the next election, and the midterms, that is just a huge footprint. and there is a lot more going on behind it. the second piece of that has been kind of bringing home the long term effort of the republican party to put so-called business friendly judges in the courts. so, that the courts have become increasingly hostile to regular folks and increasingly interested in protecting corporations. >> watch afterwords tonight at 9:00 eastern on book tv. 9 > >> all weekend, american history tv is featuring chico, california. c-span cities tour staff recently visited sites showcasing this history. general john bidwell founded the city in 1860. the town of 92,000 residents is now home to california state university. learn more on american history tv all weekend. prof. dizard: we're standing at a place that holds profound significance for the indigenous people here in this part of what we now call butte county. these people rega