. >> tonight on c-span "q&a" with author eric larson -- erik larson, followed by prime minister's questionsthe british house of commons. british prime minister david cameron and labor leader ♪ this week on "q&a", our guest is eric larson, out with his new book, "dead wake: the last crossing of the lusitania". the ship was downed in 1915 on route to liverpool england. brian: erik larson, your new book, "dead wake" you start off on the night of may 6 1915 as the ship

our guest has been erik larson. the book is called "dead wake".e thank you very much for coming on. ? [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments, visit q&a.org. also available as podcasts. >> marking 10 years of compelling conversations. other programs you might like include scott berg, doris kearns goodwin on her book on theodore roosevelt, william howard taft, and journalism. and, margaret mcmillan. she describes the assassination of the archduke and you can watch these any time or search the video library. >> on the communicators more from the international consumer electronics show.

our guest has been erik larson. the book is called "dead wake".e thank you very much for coming on. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments, visit q&a.org. also available as podcasts. >> is to denmark's 10 years of compelling conversations the processes denmark's 10 years of compelling conversations, there are some interviews josh -- as sees them marks 10 years ago compelling conversations, here are some other interviews you might enjoy. you can watch these interviews anytime or search the entire video library at c-span.org. >> monday, on "the communicators," more from the consumer technology show.

. >> this sunday on "q&a," erik larson on his new book "dead weight." rik: it gets complicated when the question arises as to what ultimately happened. why was the lusitania allowed to enter the irish sea without escort, without the kind of detailed warning that could have been provided to captain william thomas turner but was not? this has led to interesting speculation about, was the ship essentially set up for attack by churchill or someone in the admiralty? it's interesting. i found no smoking memo. i believe i would have found a smoking memo with it existed. there was nothing from churchill to jackie fisher or somebody else saying, let's let the lusitania go into the irish sea because we wanted to get sunk. nothing like that exists. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on "q and a ." up next, iowa state university professor sara marcketti talks about what fashion is not covered by copyright protection and the creation of the fashion originators guild of america in the 1930's. the fashion originators guild of america was an attempt to protect

author erik larson, whose previous best-sellers include "the devil in the white city" joins me now.e some of these other of your pases works this one more well-known more well-- why did you want to come into it? >> at first i was a little put off by the fact that it was so well-known and so well trod. but what i realized as i started doing some exploratory research was that there was an opportunity here i felt to bring something to the party that hadn't necessarily been brought before. i saw it as cuz there is so much fantastic archiveality material that it seemed to offer an opportunity for me to put on my-- alfred hitchcock hat and really make it kind of an exercise in nonfiction suspense. >> suspense and mystery so that kind of detail, and that's what you really go through here. the detail you are talking about individual lives diaries. >> intercepted telegrams love letters from president wilson to his girlfriend. i mean there is so much material. it was a surplus of riches. >> brown: this is the kind of stuff that turns you on. >> yes, yes. i mean anything that-- anything that a

erik larson: the question is what happened to the lusitania? why was it allowed to enter without escort, without the kind of detailed warrants that could have been provided to the captain, but was not. this is led to very interesting speculation that that was the ship essentially set up for attack by church hill or someone in the admiralty. it's interesting. i found no smoking memo, and believe me i would have found a smoking memo. there was nothing from churchill or shush her or anyone saying, let's let

brian: erik larson, your new book, "dead wake" you start off first sentence on the night of , may 6,as the ship approaches ireland, captain william thomas turner makes his

our guest has been erik larson. the book is called "dead wake". we thank you very much for coming on. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments, visit q&a.org. programs are also available as c-span podcasts. ♪ >> as c-span it marks 10 years of compelling conversation, here are some more conversations you might like. a biography of president woodrow wilson. doris kearns goodwin on her book, "the bully pulpit." and margaret mcmillan discussing her book. she describes the assassination of archduke and the outbreak of world war i. you can search our entire video library at c-span.org. >> next, your calls and comments on washington journal. and to live at 10:00 a.m., president obama, and others at the edward kennedy institute. and later a symposium on global efforts to fight terrorism. >> tonight on the communicators, more from the consumer electronic show as we look at new technology products. >> if there

visit ncicap.org ♪ >>this week on "q&a," our guest is erik larson, out with his new book, "dead wake:he last crossing of the lusitania". the ship was downed in 1915 on route to liverpool, england. with over 2000 passengers and crew on board. brian: erik larson, your new book, "dead wake" you start off first sentence, on the night of may 6, 1915 as the ship approaches ireland, captain william thomas turner makes his way toward the first class lounge. what are you talking about? erik: this was the night before the lusitania was torpedoed. the next day, the ship was going to enter the so-called zone of war declared by the german navy. the water surrounding the u.k. had been designated as a zone of war. so, the night before, captain turner was going into the lounge to talk to passengers during the intermission for the nightly talent show, one of the features of transatlantic voyages. and he had some sobering news, but also some comforting news. he wanted to, first let everyone know that they were entering the war zone the next day, but the good news was that he said that they would be com

. >> this sunday on "q&a," eric larson -- erik larson on his new book "dead wake." erik: it gets complicated on when you ask what happened to the lusitania. why was the lusitania allowed to enter the irish sea without the detailed warning that could have been provided to captain william thomas turner but was not? this has led to interesting speculation. was the ship set up for attack by churchill or someone in the admiralty? it's interesting. i found no smoking memo. i believe i would have found a smoking memo. there was nothing from churchill to jackie fisher, let's let the lusitania go into the irish sea because we wanted to get sunk. nothing like that exists. >> sunday night on c-span's " q&a." american artifex takes you to historic places to learn

this sunday on cue in day erik larson on his book "dead wake." >> why was the lusitania allowed to enter the sea without escort? without the kind of detailed warning that could have been provided but was not? this has led to some interesting speculation if the ship was set up for attack by churchill or someone? it is interesting. i found no smoking memo. believe me, i would have found a smoking memo if it existed. let's let the lusitania go into the sea because we want to get something. nothing like that exists. >> sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> a gold medal was awarded sunday night to jack nicklas. this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guest. members of the united senate and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, these pay red the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> welcome to the united states capital. a special thank you to the united states marching band for being here. i guess they have more time on their hands. speaking of the buckeyes, pursu

this sunday on cue in day erik larson on his book

. >> this sunday on "q&a" erik larson on his new book "dead wake." >> the story gets complicated when the question arrives. why was it allowed to enter without escort? without the kind of detailed warning that could have in provided? this had led to some very interesting speculation. it is interesting. i would have found -- there's nothing from her chill -- churchill. nothing like that exists. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span "q&a." >> the radio and television correspondents association held their annual congressional dinner wednesday in washington d.c. joaquin castro and his twin brother livered a joint keynote address. the median and actor was the guest entertainer for the dinner . at the organization aims to promote access for radio and tv reporters for members of congress. this is an hour and 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please turn your attention to the large screen for a fine video preview. ♪ >> get over it. >> huge mistake. are you trying to lose? >> i'm not saying you are a tell for -- terrible person. >> boehner was number one on my list of peop

. ♪ >> this sunday on q&a erik larson on his new book. : the question gets complicated when you talk about what happened with the lusitania? why was it allowed to enter without escort, without the detailed warning that could have been provided to the captain but was not, and this has led to it in speculation about was the ship essentially set up for attack by churchill? it is adjusting. i found no smoking memo and i would have found a smoking memo, if it existed. there was nothing from churchill, or to jackie fisher or someone else, saying let's let the lusitania go into the irish sea because we wanted to get sunk. nothing like that exists. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." >> this weekend peter wallison says it could happen again. sunday afternoon, jeffrey sachs on a development plan to counter global issues like poverty political corruption, and environmental decay. today, at 10:30 a.m. eastern, a discussion on the last major speeches of abraham lincoln and martin luther king jr.. sunday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. the 1965 "mee

. >> this sunday, erik larson on his new book "good way," the crossing of the lusitania -- "dead wakethe last crossing of the lusitania. eric: why was the lusitania allowed to enter without escort and the detailed warning that could have been provided but was not. this has led to some very interesting speculation about was abusive essentially set up for it. the ship -- leadership essentially set up for it. i found no smoking memo and i would have found a smoking memo which is to say there was nothing from church oh two anybody -- churchhill two anybody saying let's let it get sunk. >> history

courts this sunday on "q&a," erik larson on his book "dead weight." erik: it gets complicated when the question arises, what happened to the lusitania? why was it allowed to enter without escort, without the kind of detailed warning that could have been provided to captain william thomas turner but was not. this has led to interesting speculation as to whether the ship was set up for attack by churchill for someone in the admiralty. and it is interesting. i found no smoking memo, and believe me, i would have a smoking memo if it existed. there was nothing from churchill saying let's let the lusitania go into the irish sea, nothing like that exists. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific, on "q&a." >> thursday, president obama outlined new steps by the consumer financial protection bureau to target payday lenders. he spoke in birmingham alabama and praise the house for passing legislation which permanently blocks medicare physician cuts. this is 30 minutes. ♪ [applause] president obama: hello, lawson state. [applause] yeah. it's good to be here. th

. ♪ >> tonight on "q&a" -- rick erik larson. mr. on: the question gets propagated as to what actually happened to the lusitania. why was the lusitania allowed to enter the irish sea without an escort and without detailed warning that could have been provided to the cap jimtain but was not. this leads to some speculation as to whether the ship was set up for an attack by churchill or someone in the admiralty. it is interesting. i found no smoke a memo, and i would have found a smoking memo if it existed. there is nothing from churchill to jackie fisher, or someone else in the admiral saying let's let the lusitania go into the irish sea because we wanted to say. they like that. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." monday on the communicators. more from the international consumer electronics show as we look at new technology products. >> you just taken off your wrist. it would be very simple to take off and it would expand. you would literally just toss it. it's completely autonomous. no remote required. you don't n

. >> tonight on "q and a" erik larson on his new book, "dead weight. mr. larson: the question gets complicated when you ask why was the ship allowed to enter the irish sea without the detailed warning that could have been provided. this has led to some very interesting speculation as to whether this chip was -- ship was set up for an attack by churchill or someone from the admiralty. it's interesting. i found no smoking memo. leave me, i would have found a smoking memo if it exists. there is nothing from churchill to jackie fisher, or someone else, letting the ship going to the irish sea. nothing like that. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern ann's and pacific. this morning, "usa today" investigative reporter, steve riley, talks about the nation's power grid. and, steve nardizzi, ceo of the wounded we more your project. then, charles schmitz has the latest on yemen. as always, we will take your calls. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: good morning on the sunday, march 29. congress is in recess for the next two weeks marking the start to the passover season. it

this sunday on q&a, erik larson on his book. >> the story gets complicated when the question arises as to what happened to the lusitania. why was it allowed to enter without escort, without the kind of detailed warning that could have been provided but was not. this has led to interesting speculation about was the ship set up for attack? it is interesting. i found no smoking memo. i would have found a smoking memo if it existed. nothing like that exists. >> sunday night at 8:00 a.m. eastern and pacific. >> president obama outlined new steps by the consumer financial protection bureau. the president spoke at lawson state community college in birmingham, alabama and praised the house for passing legislation that blocks medicare cuts. president obama: hello. it is good to be here. thank you so much. i love you back. i do. thank you. [cheers and applause] everybody have a seat. have a seat. i'm going to talk for a second. can everybody please give ali a big round of applause, please. [applause] i felt a little bad because she said, a man who needs no introduction, so i start walking out. [

a book by erik larson review this morning. but, he said, she is too fast for any submarine.y the way, we're focusing on nonfiction books all weekend at the tucson festival of books. our live coverage on c-span two gets under t weighed today. live from the rest of arizona, the site of the seventh annual tucson festival of the books. also, chance for you to call in. live coverage getting underway at 1:00 eastern time. charles. caller: good morning. i'm just calling in regards to this news of what they give to present state how about george w. bush. i haven't heard you talk about what he has coming and what his staff would be paid. can you do that? host: there is actually a piece from cnn.com -- being a president can be a lucrative gig. the annual pension is $200,000 per year. after leaving office, george bush was paid a hundred way $5,000 for a speech. jimmy carter has been 14 books. george bush earned $7 million for his book, "decision point." again, this is not aimed at any president, but all of them. your take on that deco? caller: thank you. host: nexus film. caller: good

larson on his new book "dead wake." erik.: the question gets complicated when the question arises, what actually happened to the ship. why was it able to enter without the detailed morning that could have been provided? this has led to some interesting speculation as to whether the ship was set up for attacked by someone in the admiralty. it's interesting. i find no smoking memo, and believe me, i would have. there was nothing from churchill to jackie fisher, or someone else, that said, let the ship go into the irish sea. nothing like that. , sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> the brookings institution recently hosted a form on the future of the u.s. postal service. they looked at proposed changes that would help to modernize agency and improve its financial situation. this is one hour and a half. elaine: good morning everyone. i am the director of the center for public management here at brookings. we are gathered here today to talk about a very large and important entity, the united states postal service. one of the perhap

. >> this sunday on q&a, eric larson on his new book deadweight, the last crossing of the lusitania. erikory gets complicated when the question arises as to what ultimately happened to the lusitania, why was the lusitania allowed to enter the irish sea without escort, without the kind of detailed warning that could have been provided to the captain but was not. and this has led to some very interesting speculation about was the ship essentially set up for attack by churchill or someone in the admiralty. it is interesting. i found no smoking memo and believe me i would have found a smoking memo if it existed. nothing from churchill to jackie fisher or someone else saying, let's let the lusitania go into the irish sea because we wanted to get some. -- sunk. >> sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> american history tv, exerts from an interview with john lehman, former national security council in the nixon administration. he talks about joining the foreign-policy team under henry kissinger as well as president nixon's policy towards vietnam and cambodia in the early 70's. he also discusses the

erik larson: the question is what happened to the lusitania? why was it allowed to enter without escort, without the kind of detailed warrants that could have been provided to the captain, but was not. this is led to very interesting speculation that that was the ship essentially set up for attack by church hill or someone in the admiralty. it's interesting. i found no smoking memo, and believe me i would have found a smoking memo. there was nothing from churchill or shush her or anyone saying, let's let the lusitania go into the irish sea. nothing like that exist. >>, sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific on c-span's q&a. each week american artifacts takes you to places and looks at artifacts in american history. bacon's castle was occupied nathaniel bacon supporters during the political uprising. originally called arthur allen's brickhouse, we learn about the structure and some virginians who called it home. in the director of the museum. today we are a weekend castle. -- bacon's castle. bacon's castle is on the national register of histor