." >> this week on "q&a," erik larson, best-selling author of "the devil in the white city" and "thunderstruck." he discusses his latest book "in the garden of beasts." it is a historical narrative following a family of america's first ambassador to enough fillers third reich. >> erik larson, author of "in the garden of beasts," i want to get your immediate reaction. >> that is hitler in one of his historic speeches. why is it in your book? >> i have very few photographs. we can talk about why. but i have that in a particular place in the book because it signals what is coming next. the madness is intensifying. >> would do learn about mr. hitler that you did not know before you started writing your book? >> it is not so much -- well, i learned that his favorite movie was "king kong." but it was what people thought about hitler in these early days that i found very striking. >> what do you see there? >> i see hitler and his onetime friend and ally/officer, ernst rohm, a day -- it is hard to describe their looks. the reason i included that in the book is because it captured their malignant thugg

. >> next, q &a erik larson. today, the system to defense minister talks about egypt's transition erp -- period. live coverage from the u.s. institute of peace today at 12:15 p.m. eastern on c- >> this week on "q&a," erik larson, best-selling author of "the devil in the white city" and "thunderstruck." he discusses his latest book "in the garden of beasts." it is a historical narrative following a family of america's first ambassador to enough fillers third reich. -- adolph hitler's>> erik larson, author of "in the garden of beasts," i want to get your immediate reaction. >> that is hitler in one of his historic speeches. historic speeches.

in the garden of the beast, erik larson covered the rise and fall of hitler. >> i stumbled upon the first ambassador. >> a story of politics, intrigue in nazi germany. sunday on "q & a." >> if you want to be informed of what is going on, it is not so hard. c-span has a digital arkife that goes back to 1987 where you can basically watch anything that happens -- happened in the house or senate chambers right there on your screen. there are sources of information that were unimaginable 20 years ago. >> the c-span video library makes it easy to follow washington with economy rooms and the house and senate chambers. all searchable, shareable, and free. the peabody award-winning c-span video library. it is washington your way. >> this weekend on book tv, literacy, humor. malcolmx and barack obama. the life and career of barack obama senior. and what do you do with your and what do you do with your stolen moon rocks?

. >> erik larson, we thank you for your time. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> for a dvd copy of this program call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. these programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> next, your calls and comments on ""washington journal." the house of representatives gavels and for general business at 10:00. legislative business begins at noon. >> if you want to be informed about what is happening in the world, particularly in congress and politics, it is not so hard. c-span has a digital, are cut that goes back to 1987. you can basically watch anything that happened in the house or senate chambers right there on your screen. there are sources of information that were unimaginable 20 years ago necho the c-span video library and it's easy to follow -- the c-span video library makes it easy to follow. the peabody award winning c-span video library is washin

. >> devil in the white house, erik larson tells the story of adolf hitler. >> i stumbled upon the firstmbassador of germany. tonight on c-span's q and a. >> l.a. times calls it required viewing. sunday night, at nine eastern on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: john jarvis is the national park's director. starting his term of service back in 1976. and is here to talk to us about the state of america's national parks. back in april, when they were going through budget cuts, there was a budget cut with the national parks and a threat of government shut down. there was a concern about the impact on the national parks. bring us up to speed on what the current budget situation is with regard to national parks. guest: basically what happened leading up to the potential shut down, there was a concern about that time of year. spring when the parks were preparing for the ramp-up for the visitation. there was a fear the parks would be shut down. fortunately, we avoided that and in the final fiscal 2011 budget that was passed by congress and signed by the president, ultimately the park

>> in the garden of the beast, erik larson. >> i looked to outsiders and americans and that's when i stumbled on the first ambassador. >> sunday night on c-span's "q & a." >> if you want to be informed about what is happening in the world, and particularly in the american congress, it's not hard. c-span has a digital archive back to 1979? >> 1987. >> where you can watch anything that happened in the house or senate chambers right there on your screen. there were sources of information that were unimaginable 20 years ago. >> the c-span library makes it easy to follow instant access, all searchable, and free, the e peabody library. >> it's the one-year anniversary of the dodd-frank financial regulations law. we'll hear from barney frank and ben bernanke, and several agencies, tim johnson chairs this two-hour hearing. >> good morning, i would like to call this hearing to order. today marks the first anniversary of the dodd-frank reform and consumer protection act. the act was a direct response to the worse financial crisis to the great depression. it created a foundation to protect cons

erik larson's story of mystery and intrigue tonight on "q & a." >> it takes a behind the stacks look. the "l.a. times" calls it mystery. "the library of congress, behind-the-scenes of the world's largest library" sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> david cameron in the house of commons. mr. colson was a former editor of news of the world and was arrested and questioned on his knowledge of phone hacking and police priberi -- bribery. the prime minister said with hindsight, he would not have chosen mr. coleson. this portion is just over an hour and begins with the speaker's statement beginning with an attack on rupert murdoch beginning the day before. >> i want to comment on what happened yet. it is wholly unacceptable for a member of the public to treat a witness in this way. it is all the more regrettable when this should happen when the work of this house and this committee has hurt its reputation. i have set in an investigation into what took place, the reasons for the security failure, and -- order. and the lessons to be learned. this investigation will be entirely independe