john: we're back at freedomfest. it's easy for me to say the american dream is alive because i'm a white guy. my parents came to america dead broke and worked hard and made it, again, they were white. it's much easier for white people, i'm told. if you're black you face discrimination, racism. it's harder to achieve that american dream. i hear this all the time from activists, politicians, star parker once believed it. now she runs the center for urban renewal and education. and you believed it, and you were on welfare and said i'm helpless, give me stuff. >> yeah, i bought the lie of the left. everything they say today, poor people are poor because the wealthy are wealthy. my problems are somebody else's fault. america is so racist, i got lost, reckless, criminal activity, drug activity, sexual activity, ended up six years in and out of welfare. john: you were collecting? >> a lot. i was on a long waiting list waiting for section 8 watching my life spiral down a hole. i bought the idea of freedom and opportunity. we

. >> what are you doing here at freedomfest in las vegas speak was i was invited to be the i gave a speech wednesday evening as an opening speech. i've on several different panels throughout the rest of the week. >> finally let's bring up one more controversial issue and that's your choice of motorcyc motorcycle. >> that's not hard in this picture. >> no. it's a 251800, november series and i've had to show you something. if anyone were to get on the bike with fuel injection and shaft drive, it is one of the most smooth ride you'll ever find. most of the harley people don't mind me pulling up in writing within because they have a ton of power. >> how often do you ride? >> this past sunday i got out with a bunch of reserve component soldiers national guard guys back in dallas, texas, and we went out and had a little bbq. i try to get out every other weekend if i can. >> allen west, former congressmen, author and now a think tank president, "guardian of the republic" is the name of the book. here's the cover. this is booktv on c-span2. >> now on booktv michael oren talks about his years as is

. >> next, glenn beck on his book "it is about islam" and he spoke at the freedomfest last month. his book comes out next week. >> host: glenn beck, "it is about islam," why do you open with thomas jefferson in the library of congress? >> jefferson changed my life. he wrote a letter to his nephew peter car and peter was 13 or 15, i don't know remember, somewhere in that area. his mother had died and his father was about to die. his father went to thomas and said thomas will you oversee the ed ed education of my son when i pass on and he said sure. peter comes of age and writes this beautiful letter in mathematics learn this, when it comes to literature never read a book from outside of the native tone because you will lose too much. the last one is religion and with he said above religion stick reasons in her seat and question with boldness even the very existence of god for there to be a god he would rather have questions over blindfolded fear. that changed by life. that coupled for the fact thomas jefferson fought the 1st war against islam in the office. he had the barbary pirat

. >> host: here at freedomfest we talked to an author yesterday and he said that in his view, saudi arabia is a powder keg. >> guest: my gosh. the whole middle east -- saudi arabia i can't believe they're our allies. that's the biggest problem we have as a country in the world. would you want to be friends with them? do you know what we stand for? i don't. i don't. i know what our constitution stands for. but i don't know what our parties stand for. i don't know what our government stands for. i know what our people do. our people generally both republican and democrat, independents, are all generally pretty good. the government seems to stand for power, and money and control. that not america. and when we get into bed with saudi arabia, or mubarak where our principles there? where are our principles? we're going to ghost-plane somebody send them over to a dark prison to torture because we don't torture? that's insane. if you're standing there and your loved one has been ghost-planes by the united states and put in mubarak's prison what drew think? are we the freedom loving guys? no. we ap

davis will be signing books right outside in the lobby.ut ie at the freedomfest last month. his book comes out next week. >> host: glenn beck, "it is about islam," why do you open with thomas jefferson in the library of congress? >> jefferson changed my life. he wrote a letter to his nephew peter car and peter was 13 or 15, i don't know remember, somewhere in that area. his mother had died and his father was about to die. his father went to thomas and said thomas will you oversee the ed ed education of my son when i pass on and he said sure. peter comes of age and writes this beautiful letter in mathematics learn this, when it comes to literature never read a book from outside of the native tone because you will lose too much. the last one is religion and with he said above religion stick reasons in her seat and question with boldness even the very existence of god for there to be a god he would rather have questions over blindfolded fear. that changed by life. that coupled for the fact thomas jefferson fought the 1st war against islam in the office. he had the barbary pirat

that's our show tobtd from las vegas and freedomfest. go live the american dream. ] loss >>> right now on "justice." >> this is the usual part sanitization and i may have made up a word of anything that goes on. >> and the fbi investigation of a potential cover-up? it's all just politics, according to hillary clinton. i debate the latest disturbing details with one of her biggest supporters. >>> plus -- >> i don't think i've made mistakes. every time somebody says i've made a mistake they do at polls and my numbers go up. >> the donald takes the hawkeye state by air and by land. both trump and hillary clinton visit the iowa state fair tonight >>> and honeymooning with

david brucker, jillian melchior, thank you, good night. [ applause ] >> i'm here at freedomfest, thest gathering of people who obsess about liberty. tonight's topic, the american dream. still achievable? our guests are some people who have achieved it. the founder of whole foods. the head of the restaurant chain carl's jr. the person the "boston globe" calls the most powerful man in america. and first the man who helped build modern las vegas and made a billion dollars doing it. our topic -- what's happened to the american dream? that's our show tonight. [ applause ]

las vegas and freedomfest. go live the american dream. x buj >>> good evening, everybody, i'm lb. hillary clinton has been spinning her e-mail scandal for months now and now she seems to have spun herself into a spiral from which she may not recover. as the justice department takes possession of her private e-mail server, she insists she did not send or receive communications that were classified at the time, as she put it. and for the first time mrs. clinton is not the front runner in any primary or caucus state. the latest, she's now running behind senator bernie sanders in new hampshire, but the republican front runner remains unchanged, donald trump still leading in the polls and he is heading next to new hampshire working to turn those poll numbers into votes. donald trump our special guest had this evening. >>> conservative commentator and beth selling author ann koulter joins us as well, we will be talking of course about the 2016 presidential race, her thoughts on hillary clinton, clinton's fate and my interview with donald trump. we take up all the issues. >>> our top sto

and then ben carson talks about "one nation" and mark rubio discusses "american dreams" at the freedomfest concert in las vegas and hillary clinton talks about her book called "hard choices". former arkansas governor and presidential candidate, mike huckabee mike huckabee is next. he sat done with cnn's s.e. cupp to talk about cultural and landscape in his book "god, guns, grits, and gravy." this is an hour. >>> governor huckabee, i think it is worth pointing out the irony that you are sitting there in new york where i used to live and i am in washington where maybe you will live in just over a year? >> guest: we will see about t t that. i did say there is only one address in all of washington i would have any interest in moving to and i think you know which one that might be. >> host: i do and we will talk about 2016 in a bit. let's talk about your book "god, guns, grits, and gravy." explain the title, first of all. >> guest: it is not a recipe book of southern food. if you are saying i don't know

that's our show tobtd from las vegas and freedomfest. go live the american dream. from [ applause ] loss >>> right now on "justice." >> this is the usual part sanitization and i may have made up a word of anything that goes on. >> and the fbi investigation of a potential cover-up? it's all just politics, according to hillary clinton. i debate the latest disturbing details with one of her biggest supporters. >>> plus -- >> i don't think i've made mistakes. every time somebody says i've made a mistake they do at polls and my numbers go up. >> the donald takes the hawkeye state by air and by land. both trump and hillary clinton visit the iowa state fair tonight >>> and honeymooning with isis. a couple charged with trying to join terrorists. what's wrong with all these american kids who want to kill americans? i ask an expert tonight. hello and welcome to "justice." i'm judge jeanine pirro. thanks for being with us. tonight my opening a little different. i want you to come along with me as i track the facts of hillary clinton's e-mail scandal, and at the end of believe

davis will be signing books right outside in theut islam" ae at the freedomfest last month. his book comes out next week. >> host: glenn beck, "it is about islam," why do you open with thomas jefferson in the library of congress? >> jefferson changed my life. he wrote a letter to his nephew peter car and peter was 13 or 15, i don't know remember, somewhere in that area. his mother had died and his father was about to die. his father went to thomas and said thomas will you oversee the ed ed education of my son when i pass on and he said sure. peter comes of age and writes this beautiful letter in mathematics learn this, when it comes to literature never read a book from outside of the native tone because you will lose too much. the last one is religion and with he said above religion stick reasons in her seat and question with boldness even the very existence of god for there to be a god he would rather have questions over blindfolded fear. that changed by life. that coupled for the fact thomas jefferson fought the 1st war against islam in the office. he had the barbary pirat