[applause] >> for more information on book expo america, visit book expo america.com. >> booktv as at the annual publishers convention at the center in york city called book expo america. and we are previewing some of the fall 2011 books that are coming out. we are joined by the publicity director, jeff seroy got to talk about some of their upcoming titles. i want to start with that used to be us, a book you have coming up. what is it? >> well. no, it is a continuation of tom friedman amazingly influential and best selling book, the world is flat and hot flat and credit pakistan is collaborating with a foreign policy adviser who is also a close friend and longtime associate of his. and the book is really outlines for ways in which america has gone off the rails and for ways we can get it back on. >> when is this coming a? >> it's coming out the day after labor day. highly problematic and is just a roadmap for the u.s. which is going to be a great event. >> who is andrew feinstein? >> andrew feinstein is most likely the world's leading expert on the global arms trade, the kind of black

. >> now from book expo america, the annual trade show for the publishing show in new york city and michael moore discusses his book. it's about a half hour. .. >> so you're sitting in a state that has a big election. and the democrat one. i think is open for democrats elected there since the civil war. so, it was quite something. my suggestion to the republicans today is don't stop with medicare. the next thing they should propose is getting rid of the veterans administration. i think that will go over really big. and after that the elimination of traffic lights. [laughter] and then kittens. get rid of kittens. just go all out and get those two little kittens. you will do well a year from november. [laughter] enough picking on them. they've got a rough road ahead of them, and you know, i was saying last night, it just resembles, they caught this great cat back in november. but then they started running in the opposite direction down the football field away from their goal. and you know, it's like democrats and liberals, everybody is a peace loving and understanding. we're on the field goin

. >> next, from box expo america, francine prose discuss the authors who passed feminism on to them and influenced how they write about women and touch on the role of women in the publishing industry. it's about an hour. >> hi, thanks for coming. i think we're going to get started. i'm john freeman, and i want to welcome you to today's panel, feminism, the legacy, a discussion about women, and power and writing on the occasion of the launch next week of the new issue themed to the f word of femme niche. for those of you not aware, granta1 the oldest organization in the world as the literary magazine. that's what happens when you say it -- [laughter] of cambridge university and was in print for 100 years, out of print, and it was brought back in the 1970s, and it's been going ever since. we've talked death to money to sex, but we never acknowledged one of the most powerful matrixes within human life is the matrix between women and power, and it's long overdue for this issue. i'm happy we did it this year with the occasion of publishing two of the writers on this panel and hopefully the t

[applause] >> for more information on book expo america, visit bookexpo america.com. >> on booktv, joinedy author david sobel. who was copernicus? >> he turned the earth inside out and saying the earth was actually moving around the sun when a time everybody thought earth was the center of the universe and did not move. >> what did that revelation create? >> havoc. that's what gallieo went to trial and he was trying to predict the positions of the planet that would make sense and realized if he didn't put the earth in motion, he didn't have to move the sun and stars and everything that was confusing came better. >> tell us about copernicus? >> an administer for the catholic church for his day job. people think the church was opposed to that idea. in the until later, and he had studied law, and he was also a medical doctor, so he was the bishop's personal judicial and was nevertheless afraid to publish his books because he was worried about ridiculed and said i'll be laughed off the stage, so he decided not to publish the book he spent his whole life writing, and then a young brilliant mat

from a book expo america, new releases from jim lehrer, roger larson, andrik michael moore on his upcomingoir. on "after words," janny scott on the story of barack obama's mother, hosted by "national journal's" major garrett. c-span2's local content vehicles kicks the city tour this weekend with the booktv events on a c-span2, including an interview with del quentin wilber, and i look at the book industry with local booksellers , and the st. petersburg museum of history, with the first commercial aircraft, and the history of the settlement of angola. the lcv cities tour kicks off this weekend to watch it on c- span2 and c-span3. this weekend on american history to be on c-span 3, "washington post" journalist ben bradlee and bob woodward of watergate. the former policy of president reagan. and we will visit fort myer, virginia, to learn about the army's oldest active infantry unit and its role in presidential funerals. "washington journal" continues. host: kathy deveny is the life and money editor at "the fiscal times." i showed headline to our viewers of recent column written by one of you

from book expo america, new releases with jim lehrer, roger ebert, eric larsen. panels on feminism and favorite books of 2011. activist and filmmaker michael moore on his upcoming memoir. i find the schedule at booktv.org or text. this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, "the washington post" journalist ben bradlee and bob woodward on watergate and the fallout for nixon. associate professor at george mason talks about the foreign policy of president reagan and we will visit fort myer, virginia, to learn more about armey's oldest active in trade union and its role in presidential real spirit of the complete schedule at c-span.org /history or have it emailed by pressing the c-span alert button. follow c-span's "washington journal" on twitter and joined viewers to get advance notice of tomorrow's test, question of the day and high-profile bookings and links to video clips. you can also tweet in questions to our guest and add your comments. don't miss any updates. start your twitter account today at twitter.com/cspanwj. >> the u.s. supreme court is at a uphel

expo and the caribbean. the iranians are too smart and u.s. military power to use this network to strike first in america. but it clearly is designed to allow tehran to respond with violence here if iran is attacked by the united states or by our israeli allies. now, for saudi arabia and the other gulf arab tyrannies that govern the states adjacent to what we too often forget is referred to by the sunni world as the arabian gulf. let me first say that i view saudi arabia and to its lesser degree it's fellow tyrannies is the nation state that is protest the most dangerous to the united states and to the west generally. yes, russia and china are threatens to the united states. but they are threats washington openly acknowledges, closely watches and assesses and is fully capable of defending america against. saudi arabia, however, is a serious threat, indeed, one more dangerous than iran. toward which our governing elite and both parties turn a blind eye. our elite deceitfully pretend that riyadh is a close and reliable loy. it keeps america's security energy dependent on its enemies by relying on the saudis

expo in new york this week, like bell linda. >> veterans are very proud individuals. this serve sufferlessly. when they get out and looking for a job, it's hard because we've never worked in corporate america so we don't know how to package ourselves pretty much and we don't have the right tools to help prepare us to exit. >> let's help package those tools. the leadership and discipline, how do you package that into the job hunt. >> part of the disconnect here is corporate america is and the returning military veterans aren't necessarily on the same page in translating their skills and experiences into what's valuable in the work place. and there's two things that you mentioned, the leadership and the discipline. in and of themselves should be attractive to any employer. >> how do you go from saying i led a platoon to i can lead this group in your office? how do you make that transition i guess from the vernacular of the military into the vernacular of corporate america? it's almost like speaking a new language. >> it is to a degree and again, the communication part isn't -- the burden of communicating isn't entirely on the returning veteran. i would challenge anybody who's hiring, wishing