detonated near goldsboro, north carolina, in 1961, and according to a new book by the author eric schlosser, that near miss is not an isolated event. in fact, far from it. >> the pentagon has issued an official list of broken arrows, of serious weapon accidents that could threaten the public, and there are 32 accidents on that list. i found that 32 is actually a small fraction of the number of accidents that occurred. one document that i obtained from the sandia national laboratory, which is one of our big weapons laboratories, listed 1200 nuclear weapons involved in accidents or incidents that threatened safety between 1950 and 1968. >> axelrod: 1200? >> 1200. now, some of them were relatively trivial, but they were nuclear weapons accidents that weren't as dramatic as a plane crash or a missile exploding. they were actually very dangerous. >> axelrod: what is the closest we've come in the last 60 years to a major disaster? >> in 1961, in january, there was a b-52 bomber that started leaking fuel while it was preparing the emergency landing, there was a weight imbalance, and the plane star

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investigative journalist eric schlosser uses declassified information to examine the complexity and dangers of the u.s. nuclear arsenal in command and control, nuclear weapons, the damascus accident and the illusion of safety. and a new answer for our broken immigration system, ron paul presents his thoughts on how to improve the education system. assistant secretary of education diane ravage presents her thoughts on the privatization of the education system in reign of error, the hoax of the privatization movement and the danger to america's public schools. an entity and iv, race and slavery in the troubled history of america's universities, greg steven wilder, american history professor at the massachusetts institute of technology report on the relationship between ivy league schools and slavery. and bill mckibben talks about his thoughts on oil and honey, the education of an unlikely activist. and in the mayor's wife, david dinkins recounts his career as the first african-american mayor of new york city. look for these titles this coming week and watch for these authors on the near futur

and widespread nuclear damage in history these documents were obtained by guardian journalist eric schlosser who has been researching the nuclear arms race for an upcoming book through his research schlosser says he's discovered nearly seven hundred incidents like this that took place between one nine hundred fifty and one thousand nine hundred sixty eight and the public has no idea he said the u.s. government has consistently tried to withhold information from the american people in order to prevent questions being asked about their nuclear weapons policy we were told there was no possibility of these weapons accidentally detonating but thanks to schlosser's research we now know that's not the case. it's labeled as popery marked with the faces of popular cartoon characters and sold on store shelves across the country synthetic marijuana is rapidly becoming a public health emergency earlier this month dozens of people flooded into emergency rooms in colorado tennessee kansas and georgia after smoking a bad batch of fake weed and at least three people died just today the mother of one thousan

this week's eric schlosser and his latest book "command and control" nuclear weapons, the damascus accident and the illusion of safety. in it the author of fast food nation argues even the most unlikely of assets with nuclear weapons can happen easier than we think. the program is about an hour. >> host: welcome. eric, here is the book. it's a fantastic cover. >> guest: that is true. >> host: that it is 600 pages. >> guest: a lot of that is footnotes. >> host: say four or 500 regular pages so tell us in a couple of words what your reader needs to take away from your book. >> the book tells a story. it tells a story of a nuclear weapons accident in damascus arkansas that occurred in 1980 and i use that story, that narrative as a way of looking at the management of our nuclear weapons really since the first nuclear device -- device was invented and i hope to remind readers that these weapons are out there and they are still capable of being used and there is probably no more important thing that our government does then manage them because these are the most dangerous machines ever built and

eric schlosser on command and control on sunday night at 9:00 o'clock on afterwards. part of booktv booktv on c-span2. also this month, the online book club is reading this town. get involved and post your comments 24/7 on facebook and twitter. >> next on booktv, doctor sanjay basu reports on the correlation between health and economic issues and talks about the rising rates of things like heart disease and suicide and hiv as a result of government cuts and social and health spending. this is about 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for coming. i'm going to talk for about 30 minutes or so about some data. but i will present to you is data discussing why we might think about the recession, not just in terms of stock markets and economic growth and debts and deficits. but in terms of our health and the public health more genuinely. to do so i will present what

. >> terrifyingly, eric schlosser filed a freedom-of information act request and found out that in 1961dentally detonate an atomic bomb 260 times more powerful than hiroshi hiroshima. three out of the four fail-safe mechanisms failed aened it hit the ground and one last fuse held and we didn't have massive explosion on the east coast. terrifying. >> that is an insane story. >> yeah. >> that makes me think about moving to greenland someday. >> not safe anywhere, steve. >> true. >> first of all, i learned i'm on the job market because my bureau chief, john stanton, told me i had to win the quiz. anybody who wabs to hire a kind of -- >> well, stand on the show, see if he can do it. >> but, you know, going off on the question, the quiz, it turns out, my colleague, ruby kramer, had this great story about martin o'malley and how he is sort of quietly the most active democratic surrogate out there right now. we hear a lot about hillary clinton, a lot about mostly hillary clinton on the campaign trail. >> joe biden. >> yeah. on the trail. but o'malley is on the ground doing stuff. he's everywhe

investigative journalist eric schlosser on "command and booktv.get involved,wn," post your comments 24/seven on facebook and twitter. " continues.journal guesses morning, representative lynn westmoreland, republican of georgia, also member of the financial services committee. thank you for joining us. when a senate sends back a bill, and if it does not include provisions for finding the affordable care act, what do you think the house will do with that? guest: we really do not know what they are going to send back. we are waiting to do that. i do think that we will send something back. i do not know what it will be, depending on what the senate sends us. you can never tell what those guys and gals over there will do and what they will send back. we're just waiting for it, and then we will respond to it. host: what is the value in sending something back? guest: well, we do not know what they will send us, but we're just assuming from the way they have responded to what we have sent over that what they sent us not going to be something that we can a

investigative journalist eric schlosser on "command-and- nine on sunday night at "afterword" art of bookthis week and on c-span two. and the online book club is reading "this town." get involved and post your comments on facebook and twitter. "> "washington journal continues. host: now joining us is senator bernie sanders, an independent from vermont. senator sanders thomas you helped to draft -- senator sanders, you helped draft the health-care legislation and you were active in your committees. what do you think of the current status of the health care bill? guest: this is what i think. i think health care is a good debate. given the fact that we are the only nation in the industrialized world that does not guarantee health care to all of our people, that we have 48 million people who have no health insurance and many more are paying a high copayments, that we have about 45,000 americans die each year because they do not get to a doctor when they should am a i think obamacare is a step forward, peter. it is a step forward. it will provide health insurance to 20 -- 20 million more peopl

eric schlosser on command and control tonight at 9:00. >> the republican run house approved a continuing resolution to keep the government operating. it included an amendment to delay president barack obama's health care law for one year. condition,that congress moves closer to a shutdown of many federal services. house sent legislation to the senate early this morning by a vote of 231-132. .thiss a portion is about one hour and 15 minutes. forward thatmove will keep the doors of the open. it is unfortunate that we are in this situation facing yet another shutdown showdown funding the government what they resolution should not be plan a. plan b. plan c. our challenges are many. the timeline is short. passing this is absolutely essential. the house passed a version of this bill last friday. the senate amended it. it was sent back to us to consider once again. the motion before us agrees to the senate amendments with two further amendments. one delaying obamacare for a year, and one repealing the medical device tax. included in each amendment are three changes i have requested. the first c

investigative journalist eric schlosser on "command and control" sunday night at nine on "after words." part of the tv this weekend on c-span2. also this month booktv's online book club is reading this town. get involved, post your comments 24/7 on facebook and twitter. >> the senate has scheduled a number of votes for today to fund the federal government beyond monday when the funding expires. majority leader harry reid wanted to hold these votes yesterday but republican syndrome mike lee of jacket. the senate will be in session and just over 35 minutes from now. is part of yesterday's debate. >> the majority leader. >> as indicated to the entire week, each day that goes by, each hour that goes by, each minute that goes by, we are that much closer to a government shutdown. i've been told that the house needs more time to work on this. they are saying maybe what we need is an extension of the c.r. madam president, the stock market, the financial committee, the business roundtable, the american chamber of commerce, all of america, 80% of the american people, including 75% of republican

eric schlosser during sunday night at 9:00 o'clock on "after words", part of booktv on c-span2. also this month, booktv's online book club is reading this town. get involved, post your comments 24/7 on facebook and twitter. >> remarks from the uk independence party leader. he addressed party members at their annual fall conference in london and some of the topics included britain's position within the european union and his party's recent stance on syria. the uk independence party currently holds 11 seats in the european parliament and the british house of commons. this is 40 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> we have been on the march for 20 long years and there have been many failures and many disappointments and many ups and downs, and many things lost in the course we have been at peace and laughed at and delighted. but despite that, over the course of the last 80 months, something remarkable is happening and we are now changing the face of british politics. [applause] [applause] >> coming in second in the election and up by 16%, a tremor sent through we