. >>> it was essential to remove france canada for the united as it became to have the opportunity to achieve the independence. they -- and a few people lead by frack lynn recognized the possibility for america to become a great country. i mean, -- let me put in in different words from what i said a moment ago. the american achievement people of two and a half people half a million slaves for them in effect to get the british to evict the french from their borders then the french to help them evict the british to manipulate the two british powers in the world was an astonishing achievement. >>> the emergence on the united as a world power. part of booktv this weekend. >>> we have more coverage of non-fiction books and book industry here on c-span2 every weekend on booktv. along with the schedule, you can see our programs any time at booktv.org. and join our online book club as we feature a current seller. follow us on facebook and twitter. >>> kevin williamson is next on booktv. mr. williamson argues that the collapse of the modern welfare state in the u.s. presents an opportunity for

the two-day summit will include leaders from france, canada, russia and japan. security is expected to be extremely tight in the u.k. can large protests planned. >>> north korea wants to negotiate with the united states. the country proposed high level nuclear and security talks today. the white house says it's open to negotiations as long as those negotiations are credible. the obama administration says the discussions must be based on north korea living up to its obligations including scrapping any plans to build nuclear weapons. >>> intelligence officials released more evidence today that those controversial surveillance programs are actually helping to stop terrorism. they gave new details about a previously unknown terror arrest and as brian mooar reports now, even some of the president's biggest adversaries are defending the surveillance. >> reporter: when colorado based extremi extremist was arrested in 2009 with deadly backpack bombs intended for subways, federal authorities say he was taking orders from al qaeda and now u.s. officials are revealing that

host: why did you open the book with -- >> guest: well, because it was essential to remove france from canada from the united states as it came to have the opportunity to achieve independence, and a few people led by franklin recognized the possibilities for america to become a great country, but let me put it in different words from a moment ago. the american the achievement of the two and a half million free people and half a million slaves for them, in effect, to get the british to evict the french from the borders and the french to evict the british to manipulate the greatest power was an astonishing achievement, and it wouldn't have been possible without the results in this continent of the seven years war. the french and indian wars as they are called in the united states. i mean, that war had a different name everywhere it was fought. it depended what part of it you were talking about. >> host: now, conrad black divided the book -- >> guest: it was the first world war in the sense that it was fought all over the world. >> host: conrad black divided his book in four sections, and the fi

before the g 8 summit where president obama will meet with leaders from the u.k., germany, japan, france, canada. last night, ben rhodes telling reporters on a conference call the assad regime crossed the line by using chemical weapons and that changed the president's calculus. former president bill clinton praised the obama administration on "morning joe." >> the white house made it clear they intend to do more, they're exploring their options, and right now don't want to talk about the details and i don't blame them because the less they talk about the details, more likely increased assistance is likely to be effective, and as i said, they want to see what our other allies are willing to do. i think on balance this should be seen as a positive story. >> just as the decision was announced, senator john mccain's reaction was mixed. >> so i applaud the president's decision and i appreciate it. but the president of the united states better understand that just supplying weapons is not going to change the equation on the ground and the balance of power. these people of the free syrian army need wea

do you open the book with a -- >> he made some -- well, because it was essential to remove france from canada for the united states as it came to have the opportunity to achieve its independence. and a few people led by franklin recognized the possibility for america to become a great country. let me put it in different words from what i said a moment ago. the american achievement of people to and a half million free people and half a million slaves come for them to get the british to eject the french from the borders and then to help manipulate the greatest powers in the world was an astonishing achievement. and there was -- it wouldn't have been possible without the results in this continent of the seven year war since they are called the united states. that war had a different name everywhere that it was fought. it was elsewhere depending what part of it you are talking about. >> conrad black has divided his book -- >> was the first world war -- i'm sorry. i just said was the first world war in the sense that was fought all over the world. >> he has divided his book, "flight of the eagle,"

before the g 8 summit where president obama will meet with leaders from the u.k., germany, japan, france, canada telling reporters on a conference call the assad regime crossed the line by using chemical weapons and that changed the president's calculus. former president bill clinton praised the obama administration on "morning joe." >> the white house made it clear they intend to do more, they're exploring their options, and right now don't want to talk about the details and i don't blame them because the less they talk about the details, more likely increased assistance is likely to be effective, and as i said, they want to see whatur

the g8, a group of eight consists of russia, the u.s., the uk, germany, france, italy, canada and japan. g8 leaders, notably, put inand president obama met in northern ireland for a two-day summit this week. the civil war in syria has taken at least 93,000 lives. the g8 leaders concluded the conference with an agreement to seek a negotiated peace in syria by bringing together the warring to peace talks in syria. include top leadership that inspires public confidence, unquote. in addition to supporting a peace process, g8 leaders pledged 1.5 billion to aid syrian refugees and condemn the use of chemical weapons and human rights abuses committed by both sides in the conflict. >> question, did anything happen at the g8 make it more likely that the syrian president will take part in the geneva talks to end the fighting? pat buchanan. >> i think assad is ready to go to the talks, but the rebels are not. they are getting whips. put inhas his one last naval base, his last one ally is syria. he wants to maintain that ally. they are winning the war now. it's the rebels who are in retreat. and pr

. >> it was essential to remove france from canada for the united states to have the opportunity to achieve its independence. and a few people recognize the possibilities for america to become a great country. let me put it through different words for what i said a moment ago. the american achievement of the people of 2.5 million, for them in effect to get the british to evict them from their borders and the french to help them evicted the british to manipulate the two greatest powers was an astonishing achievement. >> the emergence of the united states is a world power today at 7:00 p.m. eastern, part of booktv this weekend. >> were you reading this summer? booktv would like to know. >> two books. the first is by hedrick smith. and it is entitled who stole america. and it is a real eye opener. anyone who really wants to understand america and how we got where we are today, why the average american is struggling the way they are, i think that this is one of the most thoughtful, and as i said, eye-opening reads that i have read in a long time. i have listened to it before and i would highly

. >> it was essential to remove france from canada for the united states as it became to have the opportunity to achieve its independence. and i few people led by franklin recognized the possibilities for america to become a great country. let me put it in different words from what i said a moment ago. the american achievement, people of two and a half million free people for them to get the british to evict the french from their borders and then the french help them evict the british was an astonishing achievement. >> the yilets as a world power saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern >>> part of book tv this following season one of c-span weekend. series "first ladies: influence and image" our series continues. >> that begins tonight with john robert on his bookthis is one hour. . >> i wanted to ask a question. before i do that, i prefaced it by saying i would like to get a show of hands from people. if you could take a look, am i just right for the season? maybe in florida. anybody who things i am, raise your hands. anybody who thinks it is premature? thank you. welcome to the world of first adies.

removeas essential to france from canada for the united states as it became to have the the opportunity to achieve independence. the few people recognize the possibility for america to become a great country. let me put it in different words from what i said a moment ago, 2.5american achievements, million free people, for them to get the british to affect the french from borders and the french to help them event the british, to manipulate the greatest powers of the world was astonishing achievement. >> conrad black on the emergence of the united states as a world power saturday at 7:00 eastern. he accepted it as a defeat. clearly he could not accept it as anything else. but he also recommend that the logistical outcome of the campaign had been very good from a confederate perspective. as for the long-term impact, he argued the heavy losses at gettysburg did not exceed what it would have been from the series of battles i would have been compelled to fight had i remained in virginia. >> the 150th anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. live commemoration from the gettysburg battlefield s

it's comprised the participation of heads of government from canada france germany italy japan russia the u.k. and the u.s. but there are nine seats in the last ones filled by a delegate of the e.u. the group meets for two days at a different location every year and at the end of the meeting the group delivers a final document which serves as an outline for the global issues g eight leaders will have agreed to work on in the past those umbrella issues have ranged from climate change to global poverty and at times are absurdly broad and unfeasible previously the g eight ambitiously declared that they would end world hunger by two thousand and fifteen but later announced that that goal was simply unattainable chris lee their senior food advisor for oxfam international spoke and disappointment about the jays failure in this regard saying that quote ministers have made an extraordinary admission of collective failure the g eight has failed the world's one billion hungry people look i'm not saying that it's the responsibility of these eight countries to feed the world's hungry what i am sa

eight summit in northern ireland this week canada france germany italy japan russia the u.k. and the u.s. are all in attendance and syria isn't the only serious issue facing world leaders president obama has some explaining to do in the wake of the revelation of secret n.s.a. documents that detail the magnitude of the government surveillance programs the president is in the process of meeting with the leaders of some of the very countries the n.s.a. has been spying on his administration has said that the president plans to address the issue with the other world leaders though we don't know to what extent and britain is going to have to answer some questions regarding its own surveillance scandal this week the guardian newspaper reported that british intelligence agencies were tracking foreign politicians communications at the g twenty summit back in two thousand and nine for the latest from northern ireland artie's polyploid reports. this really is the worst possible timing for a story like this to come out where just kicking off the g eight summit here in la today now we kno

dominated the agenda of the g eight summit that wraps up today in northern ireland world leaders from canada france germany italy japan russia the u.k. and the u.s. have all come together to try to reach an understanding on some of the hans button issues of today the one idea that all nations seem to be able to agree about peace is an absolute must in syria it's the house that they are all still trying to figure out artie's polly boyko has more. this joint statement from all the g. eight leaders is being presented as somewhat of a triumph they managed to come together and issued a statement on syria from everybody one thing about him and putin said in a press conference is that everybody agrees that the only way full. diplomatic and diplomatic resolution to the crisis in syria they want to see all the sides around the negotiating table if they want to see the need for it to. happen as soon as possible before it has been set yet and of course we're very divided about a number of giving the point remains. russia's point of view on the syrian crisis and everybody else is one of them is chemical weapon

it's comprised of the participation of heads of government from canada france germany italy japan russia the u.k. and the u.s. but there are nine seats in the last ones filled by a delegate of the e.u. the group meets for two days at a different location every year and at the end of the meeting the group delivers a final document which serves as an outline for the global issues g eight leaders will have agreed to work on in the past those umbrella issues have ranged from climate change to global poverty and at times are absurdly broad and unfeasible previously the g eight ambitiously declared that they would end world hunger by two thousand and fifteen but later announced that that goal was simply unattainable chris lee their senior food advisor for oxfam international spoken disappointment about the jews failure in this regard saying that quote ministers have made an extraordinary admission of collective failure the g eight has failed the world's one billion hungry people look i'm not saying that it's the responsibility of these eight countries to feed the world's hungry what i am sayin

canada? francein and, of course, the united states. >>> back in this country. flames from a destructive wildfire in colorado are now dying down and firefighters have more than significant% contained. the big task is letting families back to their homes. nearly 500 homes were destroyed in that wildfire and many families have not been able to get in to see the damage from their homes. >>> nelson mendela continues to get better according to south african president jacob zuma. he said he is still in serious condition but improving. the former south african leader was rushed to the hospital last weekend with a recurring lung infection. >>> who better to bless your harley davidson than the pope? pope francis did just that for thousands of harley davidson riders who rode into st. peter's square today, part of the 110th anniversary celebrations in rome. >>> no kryptonite for superman this weekend at the box office. ticket sales put him at the top of the heap with a whopping $125 million. the next closest wa

. >> it was essential to remove france from canada for the united states as it became, to have the opportunity to achieve its independence. and the few people led by franklin, recognized the possibilities for america to become a great country. let me put it in different words from what i said a moment ago. the american achievement of people of two and a half million free people, and half a million slaves, for them in effect to get the british to evict the french from their borders, and then the french to help them evict the british, to manipulate the two greatest powers in the world, was an astonishing achievement. >> conrad black on the emergence of the united states as a world power. >> now, state and local republican officials talk about immigration legislation the senate is working on. this panel is moderated by the university president carlos campo and was part of the faith and freedom coalition conference held last week. [applause] >> good afternoon and welcome. grateful you're here. there's been a lot stated in these past hours or so about colleges and universities across the country. w

cana canada, france, germany, italy, japan, russia, britain and, of course, the united states. >>> and this week, we expect to hear more about the national security agency's surveillance programs. a lot of people still have a lot of questions about the nsa leaks including whether the data collecting programs help thwart any terrorist plots. athena jones is live for us now in washington. it is driving a lot of conversations involving u.s. lawmakers, even today. >> reporter: that's right, fredericka. since the story broke, we have heard opinions on both sides of the issue and also put a lot of pressure on the administration. especially from privacy advocates to explain to the american people just how these programs have worked, how they continue to work, and whether they've been able to thwart any plots. i had a chance to speak this morning with the former director of the nsa general michael hayden about this whole story. here's what he had to say. >> i understand the sensitivities. i have some of them myself but i do think what's been done, as the president said, is a fairly light hand

[applause] >> it was esperm to remove france from canada for the united states as it became to have the opportunity to -- to achieve its independence. the few people led by franklin recognized the possibilities for america to become a great country. i mean -- let me put in the different words. -- the ican achievement people -- 2.5 million free people and the slaves for them to get the british to evict the french from their borders then e french to help evict the british, to ma nine you late the biggest powers of the world is an astonishing achievement. > this is part of book tv this weekend. >> next, the con formation of thomas wheeler, president obama's pick for the chairman. he was president of the cable national television and c.e.o. of the wireless commission. this is just over two hours. >> mr. wheeler, if confirmed you will lead an agycy that has the most challenging issues pending since 1934. i don't say this lightly, the decisions the f.c.c. makes under your leadership, should you be confirmed then i will stop saying that. the future of the nation's public safety, broadcasting i

so whether you are in japan, china, canada, france, you can grow industrial hemp.use industrial hemp in the united states. we have to pay for the raw product to come in here. >> bill: ridiculous so many of these antiquated laws. >> you would think 800,000 arrests a year for possessing marijuana would be bad enough but hemp and denying the american farmer this ability is one more absurdity. >> one more thing norml is working on norml.org, alan saint pierre is the executive director. and i guess the one thing that people can do is raise hell with their own state legislators. right? >> yeah. bill to get hair state in mind to follow the example of colorado and washington state. >> i promise you without that political upward pressure coming from the states, it won't happen. >> bill: without that pressure and more and more states the federal government is not going to change it either. >> right. >> alan, you are out there on the forefront. we thank you. >> thank you, bill. >> bill: i will come back and tell you what the president is up to today. a big meeting with you kn

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removeas essential to france from canada for the united states and who became to have the opportunity to achieve its independence. led by franklin recognize the possibilities for america to become a great country. let me put it in different words from what i said a moment ago. theamerican achievement of 2.5 million free people, for them in effect to get the british to evict the french from their borders and then the french to help them evict the british, to manipulate the two greatest powers in the world was an astonishing achievement. 7:00 p.m.y at eastern, part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. >> next, confirmation hearing for president obama as pick to head the federal communications commission, thomas wheeler. he testified before the senate commerce committee chaired by senator jay rockefeller of west virginia. >> the hearing will come to order. you lead an agency that the most challenging and complicated issues pending since the telecommunications act of 1934. i don't say this lightly, obviously. the decisions the sec makes under your leadership, should you be concerned, the f

the senate stands adjourned until senate stands adjourned until >> it was essential to remove france from canada for the united states as they came to have the opportunity to achieve its independence. and a few people led by franklin recognized the possibilities for america to become a great country. just let me put it in different words from what i said a moment ago. the american achievement of the people of 2.5 million people, for them and effect to get the british to evict the french from their borders and then the french to help them if it's the british to manipulate the two greatest powers in the world was an astonishing achievement. president obama was in berlin following this week's g8 summit. at a news conference with german chancellor on july merkel the president was asked about the data collection program. in a few moments fbi director robert mueller tells a senate panel that the bureau has used surveillance drones in the u.s.. >> i came into office committed to protecting the american people but also committed to our values and ideas and one of our highest ideals is civil liberties an

. >> it was essential to remove france from canada for the united states as it became, to have the opportunity to, to, achieve its independence. and the few people led by franklin recognized the possibilities for america to become a great country. let me put it from different words from what i said a moment ago. the american achievement, people of, 2 1/2 million free people, half a million slaves, for them in effect to get the british to evict the french from their borders and french help them evict the british, to manipulate the two biggest powers of the world was an astonishing achievement. >> conrad black on the emergence of the united states as world power. saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> and to think about, to think about the lives lost, the through the great battles before fred exdocto exdoctorburg -- fred dixburg, chancellorsville, we talk about antietam, we talk about shiloh, all these battles for people defending either what they think are slaves, all that, this contradiction, and, we won. we have our country. and i like to go to gettysburg to

essential to remove france from canada for the united states to have the opportunity to achieve its independence. and the few people led by understood the possibilities for america to become a great country. in different fro words. two and a half million free people, for them to in effect get the british to eve the french from their borders and then the french to help them to get the british -- vict theish to edict french from their borders and then have the french evict the british was extraordinary. secretary moniez. this is 90 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. ok, that works. , to the 2013ybody gia energy conference. we intend to delve deeply into critical energy issues that face us today. one housekeeping note before we get started. you will have the opportunity to ask questions of our keynote speakers. at your table, there are several notecards. write down your questions, hold up the card and a staff member will collect them. the mic is not working? too bad. not loud enough. ok. sounds really loud appeared to me -- loud up here to me. we will follow the same practice at our panel discuss

force controllers is delaying flights around france as workers protested plans to open up more air- traffic do this by enterprises. about 18 of flight in canadaite the been canceled. the employee and for air-traffic controllers said 11 countries would take part. >> just one month after boeing's seven at seven returned to service, another japanese airline has experienced a mechanical problem this week. all nippon airways says one of the engines on one of lanes would not start today in passengers at stake other flight. yesterday deicing system on japans airlines flight. the problems not related to the lithium ion battery overheating problem that grounded boeing 7874 months adult. >> will be back with more on the kron 4 morning news. >> we're back. >> good, looks only get it so far. you did an internship in college. i did what i did not debate. >> which of the bonds in google. >> this is a great story. the average googel in turn gets $6,000 a month. they're low on the totem pole. the story behind this is tying with the immigration story house googel facebook microsoft is so competitive that getting high quality engineers. you have to get a salar

. >> it was essential to remove france from canada for the yilets as it became to have the portunityhieve its independence. and a few people led by franklin recognized the possibilities for america to become a great country. let me put it in different words from what i said a moment ago. the american achievement, people of two and a half million free people and half a million slaves, for them in toveget get the british to evict the french from their borders and then the french to help them evict the british torks manipulate the two greatest powers in the world was an aston shing achievement. >> saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern part of book t.v. this weekend on c-span 2. >> now associated press president and c.e.o. gary pruitt on the seize sure of phone records. he discusses first amendment protections for journalists and the affect of government surveillance on how reporters operate. this is an hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the national press club. i'm a reporter for bloomberg news. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession

canada, europe, south and central america, and parts of asia. worldpers around the began to connect the pesticides to the vanishing bees. began with aoss pesticide that is sold in france aspects gaucho. french]king dern 2008, germany's iniegel reported bee deaths prime agricultural areas. many beekeepers pointed the finger to a pesticide. >> ," lay awake many nights thinking, what is going on here? changes are coming. this is systemic. in that time when they started getting more and more and more of this stuff, they were mute. --neo nick a titillates make all pollen toxic to insects. >> they are transferred to all portions of the plant, so any insect that shoes on that plant is affected by the insecticide. >> it is a chemical that causes exposure constantly. >> they are related to nicotine and are neurotoxins, or nerve poisons, that attack insect nervous systems, causing paralysis and eventually death. >> charles annenberg weingarten -- clothianidin is very toxic to bees. trillion is very toxic. in some cases it can kill them outright. in some cases, it can compromise their immune system, the navigation abilities, their memories. >> it is linked to disorientation, the

france's nico lebrun. more of the top women have completed the swim. including american suzie snyder and four-time defending champion, melanie mcquaid of canada. not far behind is the defending xterra world champion, lesley paterson. last year mcquaid beat paterson by nearly three minutes. but paterson had a great swim today, which could be trouble for the other women. especially with lesley's ever improving biking skills. yeah, i think this year it's really important for me to have a stronger bike. last year it was melanie who won and she had an incredible bike time. so i've really been working on my bike to try and keep that deficit to a minimum. so i can come off a lot more in touch for the run. so i think that will make the difference, but you can never tell. narrator: making their way around pineview reservoir, mcquaid and snyder try to get as far away from paterson as they can. up ahead in wheeler canyon, ben allen continues in first. the top swimmers like he and branden rakita have the trails all to themselves. but beginning to close the gap is conrad stoltz, who is now in third, riding just ahead of american craig evans. mcquaid has al

among them i can mention costa rica, panama and the pacific alliance like france, portugal, spain, new zealand, australia, canada and even the u.s. has expressed an interest in becoming a member. so what we are trying to do is move faster and get -- move faster and reach goals that without the school incidents in terms of principles and values would haven impossible. some of the effort of integration has been made in latin america and south america has not been as successful as the pacific alliance. and i feel the main reason for that is that we are able to reach an agreement in a very easy way because we have the same approaches. we share the same values. we are not discussing democracy or freedom of press. we are not discussing a separation of power. we are not discussing these things because we fully agree with those basic principles. we are discussing how to join the forces to take advantage of all of the opportunities that we are facing today. and the pacific alliance was than one year ago is today a reality that has been according to my view extremely successful. and i think that the best truth of the paci