fact we are offering if you do, and looks like an autographed copy, you will also receive a rare frankland stamp. now it is with great honor i announce to you that in the 200 some years of the post office service of which i serve as the first postmaster general more stamps have been issued with my image on them and george washington's image together than any other american. john adams is turning over in his grave to have heard that he is only on four or five stamps in in the entire history of this great country. now, it is my pleasure to introduce to you an exciting new book called founding rivals, written by a historian, a lawyer by trade, from phoenix arizona. i had never heard of phoenix up until this time. nonetheless, it is my honor and i have been asked to interview mr. chris derose. can we please get in applause for the latest author and regnery history? [applause] >> good day, sir. >> good day, dr. franklin, for you? >> i'm delighted to be here among a friendly audience also i would like to see them a little bit closer of here but can you all here okay? that's the question. good, g

the american public did not obviously know any of this, but the fascinating thing is that to to frankland's girlfriend and eleanor is turned out to be essential to helping these two figures become the great heroes of american history who led us through the great depression and the sec said -- second world war. an essential piece of the story. it is an important piece which has been long ignored. >> you can watch this and other brands online at booktv.org. now on book tv rick baker, former mayor of st. petersburg, florida, presents his thoughts on the revitalization of american cities. this is just under an hour. .. >> here in the comes weeks, you'll be hearing a lot. whether it's examining public employees and their relationships with the public p- the governments for which they work, pension systems, retiree health benefits, whether it's talking about new public health safety or working on issues as diverse as prisoner reentry like newark or assimilations into the cities and states, the institute is at the core of the policy debates taking place. you urge you to visit our web site, manhatt

kneal frankland, executive director, law enforcement against prohibition, a 32 year law enforcement veteran and retired from the maryland state police in 1999. during the time of the foresee held the position of the commander for education and training division in the bureau of drugs and criminal law enforcement. as a speaker of the law enforcement against prohibition, she's my defeated by the high number of civilian lives lost and police officers who gave their lives in this unnecessary war on drugs. and the fellow director of the drug policy project at the institute for policy studies the policy to end the domestic and international war on drugs and replace it with policies that promote public health and safety as well as economic alternatives in the prohibition drugs economy. welcome, panel. [applause] we want to get the ball rolling and start with jasmine over there. we've been in the trenches together for a long time for sentencing reform and other issues evolving the criminal-justice system and i remember back to the early 2000 guess you could say as advocates we were equating the dru