my mother lived in gaithersburg for a number of years. i practiced law in the state of washington for ten years before i got married and my family comes from new york, one is from -- two are from maryland and one from indiana. they've come all the way out today to see me and we are going to celebrate tonight. [applause] >> can we give our author another round of applause, please. [applause] >> right after the presentation she will be signing books and tent a, line 4, if you are interesting. thank you again for attending the 2008 book festival. the date for calendar is already on books so mark your calendar for next year. thank you for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> that was author ann marie ackerman, starting in a few minutes hoffman, this is book tv on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> this weekend c-span's city tour takes you to selma, alabama with the help of spectrum cable partners we will cross the bridge arriving in a town known for its role in both the civil war and the civil rights mo

my mother lived in gaithersburg for a number of years. i practiced law in the state of washington for ten years before i got married and my family comes from new york, one is from -- two are from maryland and one from indiana. they've come all the way out today to see me and we are going to celebrate tonight. [applause]

my mother lived in gaithersburg for a number of years. i practiced law in the state of washington for ten years before i got married and my family comes from new york, one is from -- two are from maryland and one from indiana. they've come all the way out today to see me and we are going to celebrate tonight. [applause] support book seller by buying from them. so let me tell you a little bit about carl hoffman. he's a journalist and adventurer and very classic sense of those words. to say that carl has been around is a massive understatement, he's traveled on assignment to 80 countries for writing his book and in the past he's published with the likes of national geographics, smithonian and wired among other journalistic outlets. now he's concentrating on books. for his book lunatic express he sought out the most her win ways to travel in the treacherous landscapes on purpose.

this is the gaithersburg book festival the ninth annual and both tv is live all day. throughout the day you'll hear from several authors the national institute of mental health barbara lipscomb and many others. for complete schedule of our coverage today go to booktv.org. first up we are going to hear from former national security official philip padgett talking about d-day. this is booktv's live coverage of the gaithersburg book festival once c-span two. >> phil has applied 40on years f experience in research analysis working for the government, the military and the private sector from washington as deputy intelligence of the u.s. disarmament industry supported teams that negotiated 5 international treaties. this expertise expanded to homeland security and the planning implementation and assessment of national level counterterrorism exercises. even retirement fill has been busy serving in famous reserve corps including superstorm sandy. his book "advocating overlord" examined to enter told story of thisat dreaded to an liberate europe. as you know i'm really enjoying

live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv. words"ay night on "after barbara come up with her book "natural causes" which explores how the body ages and dies. she is interviewed i natalie -- by natalie anger. >> that is one of the jobs of "old. passing the torch. taking what you'll have done and passing it on to younger hands. >> watch "after words" sunday bookt at 9:00 on c-span2's tv. abbott, governor greg senator ted cruz, and others eight officials held a briefing to discuss the early investigation of the texas shooting. this is just over 30 minutes. i am mark henry.

little ere in gaithersburg in maryland and we right ch other here, here. i know the space, because of the ly caring for ual ly is i have, my concern -- ce and about the issue you know [indiscernible] -- this could have been to the whole nation. time my s that it is so leaving the house, i'm worried about their lives, so orried about them coming back trump on't know whether administration is understanding what there is according to emotionally, concerning all the and -- s, host: we are going to leave it there, brenda cassellius, we're to the school safety and guns.n school and education commissioner: yes, so i didn't hear the previous i did hear just a brief thing about young men and know that i n't quite understood the question, was something about being young men going out into the community. you could clarify for me so that i could answer more -- not clarify any of the callers' questions, we'll johnny in norman beach, florida. johnny, you are on c-span. hi, i really wanted for doing such a good job and i also wanted to know that i'm going to be visiting

or, put another way, as we often say in gaithersburg, you can disagree without being disagreeable. this is a first principle of how we try to do things here in gaithersburg and let me tell you a secret, folks, it works. bill press knows this because he has spent a varied, exciting and highly accomplished career living this ploss if i. he's a fierce advocate for his views as he should be. but even his equally fierce sparring partners on the right acknowledge what a great guy he is. and while the auto biographical, the novel offers insights, even in the novel's plot and characters are fake news, it seems that mention and studies of human nature can be very real and that's why we're so pleased to also have with us today spy thriller writer and new york times best selling author ted bell joining bill in conversation today. ted's novels include "hawk", "asass sin", "pirate", "warlord", "phantom" and characters with lord alexander hawk and ted's latest book is "overkill", and maybe we should have marketed this as bill and ted's excellent adventure. >> of la. [laughter] . we thought about

tv willweekend, book have live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland. this morning at 10:00 eastern with talk radio host bill press and his book, "from the left." national institute of mental health barbara with her book, "the neuroscientist that lost her mind." a discussionr with on treating our dependence on opioids. the author of "death of the assassin." and former national security official, philip padgett with his book, "advocating overlord." coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland this morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv. >> texas governor greg abbott, senator ted cruz, and other state officials held a briefing to discuss the early investigation of the texas shooting. this is just over 30 minutes. >> i am mark henry. i am the county judge of galveston county, texas. we are unfortunately here today because of a tragic event that occurred today at santa fe high school. fortunate for us, we did have rapid response from state and u.s. leaders who are out here now. we spent time briefing the governor and se

watch live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv. at a house hearing on the electric grid, witnesses talked ways to improve reliability of electricity transmission and the effect of current regulations on electric utilities. fred upton chairs the energy subcommittee of the house energy and commerce committee. this is one hour and 20 minutes.

potential causes of mental illness and cancer in surviving please join me to welcomee barbara to the gaithersburg book festival. [applause] >> thank you for having me here thank you for coming in this weather. i hope you warm up here with my story. as mike said, i am a neuroscientist and have been studying mental illness for my whole professional life first in myfi native poland and when they came to the united states at the national institutes of health mentall health and i became director in 2013 with the postmortem brains of people who died with all kinds of mental illness. we also collected the brains of people who don't have mental illness. this is to serve the research on mental health and hopefully one day we will know what happened in the brains of these people at the molecular ylevel. i became a director and i never never thought i could have an experience of mental illness myself. but i will and i will tell you how itta started. mike also mentioned i am the endurance athlete with triathlons and marathons but i never thought these trainings for these kinds of sports was prepared me for t

coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland. this morning at 10:00 eastern with talk radio host bill press and his book, "from the left." national institute of mental health barbara with her book, "the neuroscientist that lost her mind." a discussionr with on treating our dependence on opioids. the author of "death of the assassin." and former national security official, philip padgett with his book, "advocating overlord." coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in

[inaudible conversations] >> welcome to the gaithersburg book festival. i'm editor in cheech of the independent review of books. we proudly support the arts and humanities and pleased to bring you this fabulous event thanks to generous support of sponsors and volunteers. if you see them say thanks. a few aannouncements, silence your device if you're following us on social media, use the # #gbf. you can fill out a century x-ray you will be entered to win a $100 visa gift card. dr. sederer will be signing books. this is a free event but helps the festival if you've the books from the speakers little make this festival possible and supports politic and prose, a wonderful, independent book store in the d.c. area. so if book the book, please. do okay. so, dr. loyd sederer is an adjunct professor, a contribute you rite for u.s. news and world report and chief medical officer for the office-mental health and a regular on -- in 2013 given an award for excellence in teaching residents about the american psychiatric association which in 2009 gave him -- recognized

look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> booktv is live at the gaithersburg bookfestival in maryland. up next off a discussion on civil war abolitionists. >> good morning, welcome, everybody hear me okay, do i have to get too closer too far? i appreciate your coming out today. an unusual weather day, i have been here when the weather is worse. it can be worse. i was really pleased to be the moderator of this group, we are writing very interesting books. and let me introduce paul a whitaker. paula worked as a freelance writer for many years. organizations and government agencies, web content, articles, reports, and education, and the foreign service officer in costa rica for forest reorganization and environmental education project funded by usaid, she went into freelance work and has been doing just fine. there is hope. we have, she is a native of new london, connecticut. i will let paula explain how she got interested in the civil war. >> you heard from that introduction there is no connection with the civil war in my background but i have always been interested

. >> hello, everybody, welcome to the gaithersburg book festival.i'm also the workshop chair -- chair of workshops for giatherburg book festival, as you heard, a city that proudly supports the arts and humanities and we are please today -- pleased to bring you this fabulous event all year, please silence any devices that you have and we hope you're following gbf on facebook, twitter, instagram, snapchat, whatever social media is your preference and use hashtag, #bgf. services are available on this tent and on website and if you summit a survey you can be submitted for a 100 gift certificate. carl hoffman will be signing books. about buying books here, we do have -- we do partner with politics and prose and we hope that you will support book seller by buying from them. so let me tell you a little bit about carl hoffman. he's a journalist and adventurer and very classic sense of those words. to say that carl has been around is a massive understatement, he's traveled on assignment to 80 countries for writing his book and in the past he's published with

and on saturday, booktv will be live from the gaithersburg book festival just north of washington d.c. that's a look at some of the events booktv will be covering this week. look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. .. professor extraordinaire, george mason university, old friend of mine and a brilliant scholar who will be joining me to discuss the book. jeremy, back to you. >> i think i am here because the last desperate no? it's on. you are saying shout into the microphone? okay. i think i'm here because last chapter of this fine book is about justice scalia and so that is someone from the scalia law school to way that it the book is from and the author is fun. i will say it just about the author in the book and then he has some selections, i guess, from the book. joseph tartakovsky commonly known to many of you here has been associated with the claremont institute and he has a law degree from fordham and he was deputy solicitor general of nevada and he now lives in san francisco and was born in the soviet union. right? he is one of those people who has strong re

[applause] here with us this evening are lisa and bruce alexander, and their family, from gaithersburgmaryland. good place. in january of 2012, the alexanders attended the march for life, and god put it in their hearts to adopt a beautiful child. two years later, in january of 2014, the alexanders got a call that a baby had been born, who was opioid-dependent. she desperately needed a loving home. she was in serious, serious trouble. and the alexanders welcomed her into their home with wide-open arms. [applause] after the baby was treated for opioid withdrawal, they brought home their new and very beautiful daughter, catherine. hi, catherine. hi. [applause] come on up here, catherine. come on. catherine is four years old, and she is full of incredible energy, spirit, and talent. at the age of two -- come on up, catherine -- she memorized "america the beautiful." she recites poetry. and recently she announced to her dad that when she grows up she wants to be a famous police officer. and then, when she gets tired of that, she wants to become president. that's okay with her. [applause] sh

hospital, a clinic before you walk in there because you could potentially put other people at risk.in gaithersburg, jackie bens, news 4. ver, mptoms include cough, runny nose, watery eyes followed by spots in the mth an a rash that could be accompanied by a very high fever. most people are not at risk because they've beencc ated. as of 2016, the cdc reports 91% of children in this country are vaccinated against the massachusettss -- measles virus. >> here in the district, at least nn-e tagers have been murdered in 2018. bill putogether a traveling exhibit with the pictures of 200 murder victims killed in southeast d.c. since 2010. most of those cases remain unsolved. pennel says the code of silence cannot go on. he's urging young people tond speak out a stop letting criminals get away with murder. >> we have murderers in our midst that are being, um, protected, and that are being coddled by people is t community. this.s the bottom line on >> pennel says those memorials will have more meaning if the murderers responsible for them are caught and prosecuted. new at 11 tonight a tribute to the victims

this is the gaithersburg book festival the ninth annual and both tv is live all day. throughout the day you'll hear from several authors the national institute of mental health barbara lipscomb and many others. for complete schedule of our coverage today go to booktv.org. first up we are going to hear from former national security official philip padgett talking about d-day. this is booktv's live coverage of the gaithersburg book festival once c-span two. >> phil has applied 40on years f experience in research analysis working for the government, the military and the private sector from washington as deputy intelligence of the u.s. disarmament industry supported teams that negotiated 5 international treaties

from gaithersburg, maryland. caller: our son just graduated from a state school in maryland. a businessd with degree. i gave him the opportunity to ck on how he would get through college. we've put this money aside for him. he went to another community codes that fed into maryland, the mac when school, and he was able to get scholarship through the third year. so the money we save, about $80,000, $60,000 of that to him and the rest went to scholarship. it was a great way to keep my some local and let him to be involved in the decision-making on how he would pick the different schools. he did get a lot of offers out-of-state, but i explained to him, even though they were full scholarships, they were not room and board and would not include travel. by getting him involved, he ended up getting a business college anda state got a great job. he just graduated and it cost him $20,000. enough options like that available to students who are trying to graduate without that enormous loan debt? guest: there are options out there, but it is challenging. schools arete definitely a good de

it will have live coverage of the gaithersburg book festival in maryland. with the talk radio host bill press in his book from the left. with her book the neuroscientiho

watch coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> following the school shooting in santa fe, texas, governor abbott spoke to reporters about the investigation and response. he was joined by senator cruz, lieutenant governor dan patrick and state and county officials. >> is everybody ready? >> i'm the county judge and chief elected official in galveston county. we are all here today because of a tragic event that occurred today at santa fe high school. we did have rapid response from state and u.s. leaders who are out here now. we spent time briefing the governor and senator cruz and other elected officials on the events that happened this morning. i will pass it off to governor nd boat. - governor abbott. >> i thank you for your time to help your county respond to this. we appreciate you and your entire team stepping up and showing the way to respond to what has to be probably the worst disaster ever to strike this community. i express my gratitude to the other officials who are gathering with us here

. >> this weekend, book tv will have live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival inaryland, starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern with talk radio host bill press and his book, "from the left: a life in the cross fire." national institute of mental health's barbara lipska with her book, "the neuroscientist who lost her mind: my tale of madness and recovery." psychiatrist lloyd sederer on "the addiction solution." former attorney ann marie ackerman, author of "death of an asis assassin," and former national security official philip pageant with his book "advocating overload -- the d-day strategy and the atomic bomb." watch live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland, saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >>> the u.s. house begins work today on the farm bill, which sets agriculture and food programs for the next several years. you can watch the debate live on c-span. earlier, agriculture secretary sonny perdue testified before senate appropriations subcommittee on the agency's 2019 budget request. other topics during this he

watch live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> now the house administration committee examines the operations of the u.s. capitol visitors center as it nears its 10th aer

>> and that wraps up booktv's live coverage of the gaithersburg book festival in maryland. now, if you missed any of our coverage today, watch a reair of all of our programs beginning at midnight tonight. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> president obama did not want to be perceived as political, and, you know, there's an element of his own image, self-image there that, you know, i don't want to be out there and be accused by my foes of trying to tilt the election. >> and paul ryan and mitch mcconnell weren't going to help. >> no, no, we tell that story too, how the president tried to put up, come up with a bipartisan response. he thought, you know, this was an attack on an american election, and, you know, i don't always like the word meddling in

on may 19 in maryland, it is the gaithersburg book festival which has been held on the city hall grounds since 2010. later in the month love for us in new york city at the publishing industry is annual convention book expo where we talk with publishers and authors about the forthcoming books. then we will be in chicago. the next weekend the fdr presidential library and museum hosts the result reading festival the day of author programs and the like and tenure america's 32nd president. june 21-26 is the american library association annual conference held this year in new orleans. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals, and to watch previous festival coverage click the book fairs tab on our website, booktv.org. >> good evening and welcome to common good books. we are very happy to welcome maya dusenbery . she is award-winning. an economist. before becoming a journalist, she worked at the national institute for reproductive health. she is a minnesota native and please help me welcome maya dusenbery. [applause] >> thank you. how does this sound? [laughter] okay. how abo

here with us this evening are lisa and bruce alexander and their family from gaithersburg, maryland. good place. in january of 2012 the alexanders attended the march for life and god put it in their hearts to adopt a beautiful child. two years later in january of 2014, alexanders got a call that a baby had been born who was opiod dependent. she desperately needed a loving home. she was in serious, serious trouble. the alexanders welcomed her into their home with wide-open arms. [applause] after the baby was treated for opiod withdrawal, they brought home their new and very beautiful daughter katherine. hi, katherine. hi. [applause] come on up here, katherine. come on up. katherine is 4 years old. she's full of incredible energy, spirit and talent at the age of 2 -- come on up, katherine -- she memorized "america the beautiful." she recites poetry. recently she announced to her dad that when she grows up she wants to be a famous police officer, and then when she gets tired of that she wants to become president. that's okay with me. [applause] she'll be president some day. every time k

watch live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland, saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> sunday on q&a. university of virginia's professor, william hitchcock on the book of eisenhower, america, and the world in the 1950s. >> well, i call it the discipline of the presidency. and eisenhower in a way carried himself and the man he was, the disciplined man, a great athlete when he was young. an organized man in every respect. that's how he ran the white house too. he was extremely organized. in a lot of people, especially the young senator, future president john kennedy, they kind of criticized eisenhower for being so disciplined and organized and predictable. but for eisenhower, it meant that when they came, he had a plan. he knew how to respond. he knew who to turn to. he used to say plans are worthless, but planning, it is everything. so you are always thinking what's over the hill, what crisis might erupt. we should be thinking about it. so he was very system -- systematic. he met congressional leaders every week. he chaired the nationa

watch live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> now the house administration committee examines the operations of the u.s. capitol visitors center as it nears its 10th anniversary. members heard from the ceo of visitor services what talked about the center's educational mission, its features, and rotating exhibits and some of the planned redesigns. this is about 45 minutes. >> i now call to order the committee on house administration for the purpose of today's hearing examining the united states capitol visitor's center as it approaches its 10th anniversary. the hearing record will remain open for five legislative days so members may submit any materials they wish to be included. a quorum is present so we may proceed. first i would like to thank our witnesses for taking time out of -- our witness, excuse me, for taking time out of her schedule to be with us today. on october 20th, 2008, president barack obama signed legislation sponsored by my friend and colleague, then house administration committe

>> welcome to the gaithersburg book festival. i'm editor in cheech of the independent review of books. we proudly support the arts and humanities and pleased to bring you this fabulous event thanks to generous support of sponsors and volunteers. if you see them say thanks. a few aannouncements, silence your device if you're following us on social media, use the # #gbf. you can fill out a century x-ray you will be entered to win a $100 visa gift card. dr. sederer will be signing books. this is a free event but helps the festival if you've the books from the speakers little make this festival possible and supports politic and prose, a wonderful, independent book store in the d.c. area. so if book the book, please. do okay. is an adjunct professor, a contribute you rite for u.s. news and world report and chief medical officer for the office-mental health and a regular on -- in 2013 given an award for excellence in teaching residents about the american psychiatric association which in 2009 gave him -- recognized him as psychiatric ad

. >> this weekend live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland.tarting saturday, with talk radio host bill press and his book from the left did a in the crossfire. and former attorney and mary ackerman, author of death of an assassin. and phillip padgett with his book advocating overlord. the d-day strategy and the atomic bomb. watch live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland saturday at 10:00 eastern on book tv. >> i approached some of the and and huts. when i got to the side a soldier came out of the ground. my guy saw him but it was too late. he threw a hand grenade at me. it hit one of the polls in the hut. it bounced off and then went off. jacket,eard my flak a shovel. it cut the handle off of that. it threw me to the ground. a piece of shrapnel hit my leg. caller: watch our five-week series on american war veterans. on c-span 3. >> washington journal continues. att: congressman steve cohen our table talking about the mueller investigation. thanks for being here. i want to begin with our guest yesterday, this is

watch live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg festival in maryland saturday at 10:00 a.m.eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> i approached some abandoned huts and when i got to the side of the hut a soldier came out of the ground and mike i saw him but it's too late when he threw a hand grenade at me and the hand grenade hit one of the polls in the hut in a large oak beam or whatever the word is there, mahogany beam, and bounced off and then it went off and it peppered my flap jacket and ripped and i hadn't entrenching tool in the back, a shovel, and cut the handle off of that. if the meat to the ground and my leg in a piece of shrapnel -- >> starting sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv watch us interview phenom

and not even know it a man infected with the virus visited the dual esairport,ac nortstromk in gaithersburgt. most people have immunityha because the been vaccinated, about ut not everybody. we have more details on the exact locations and timespa the tients was in those areas ots nbc washington app. >>> a new study says these machines, those airline check-in kiosks are the germiest place in the airpor the company insurance kboet tested 18 services in three major airports. they said the check-in kiosk was 14,000 times germier than any other surface, including in the bathroom. the arm wrests on chairs and water fountain buttons were also rated very germy. >>> if you are heading out of town for memorial day, you'll want to hit the road .etty so you see how light traffic is on the bay bridge right now. it's not going to stay that way. >> we have him back now. just ip. >> all right. so we're back. we're back. so far, erica, things a lookinod. just crossed the bridge no problem. take a lookn light so farhe bridge as well. the time to leave to head to the beach mighte now if yan swing it. as the a

on may 19 is the gaithersburg book festival it's been held them the city hall grounds since 2010. later were in the published industries book expo were talk with publishers and authors about their books. june 9 and tenth were live in chicago. then the fdr presidential library museum hosts the reading festival, day of author programs on the life and tenure of america's 32nd president. from june 21 through the 26 is the annual conference in new orleans. for more information about fairs and festivals click the book fairs tab on the website, booktv.org. >> -- succeeds cotton is the forefront. it's mostly making capital goods, things the use by other industries as opposed to direct consumer products. america depends on it. the railroad system needs rails and that's what they grew up on. but also eventually armament, american naval power, even the civil war is economically important. symbolically important, great age of iron you think of the eiffel tower made of iron. many countries come to believe that you can have. interior economy is a nation unless you're in the iron or steel indust

. >> this weekend, book tv will have live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg looks festival in maryland. starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern with talk radio host bill president and his book "from the left: a life in the crossfire." the national institute of mental health, and her book. psychiatrist -- a psychiatrist as well. former attorney and mary ackerman, author of "death of an assassin," the true story of the murder who died defending robert e. lee. watch live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland, saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv. wylie, theher whistleblower at cambridge analytical who exposed their collection of facebook user data, testified at a senate judiciary committee hearing about privacy regulations. this to our and 40 minute hearing begins with committee chair chuck grassley. >> thank you to everyone for coming. the facebook matter involving alexander kogan and cambridge lightical shed a bright on the data practices of some of our largest technology companies . although advertisers and political campaigns ha

watch live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv. at a house hearing on the electric grid, witnesses talked ways to improve reliability of electricity transmission and the effect of current regulations on electric utilities. fred upton chairs the energy subcommittee of the house energy and commerce committee. this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> our committee has a pretty major bill this morning. the house bill on nuclear waste. a number of us have been there to speak and our colleague is helping manage that bill. i'm not sure he'll be back, but we expect votes by 10:45 so i will try to be quick. there will be a series of votes. good morning. today, we are continuing our "power of america" series by looking at an important component of our power sector, the electric transmission system. ever since visionaries like tesla and edison argued the merits of using direct current versus alternating current, the manner and means by which electricity is delivered has been a controversial topic. we depend on our

and on saturday, booktv will be live from the gaithersburg book festival just north of washington d.c. that's a look at some of the events booktv will be covering this week. look for them to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. .. professor extraordinaire, george mason university, old friend of mine and a brilliant scholar who will be joining me to discuss the book. jeremy, back to

little ere in gaithersburg in maryland and we right ch other here, here. i know the space, because of the ly caring for ual ly is i have, my concern -- ce and about the issue you know [indiscernible] -- this could have been to the whole nation. time my s that it is so leaving the house, i'm worried about their lives, so orried about them coming back trump on't know whether administration is understanding what there is according to emotionally, concerning all the and -- s, host: we are going to leave it there, brenda cassellius, we're to the school safety and guns.n school and education commissioner: yes, so i didn't hear the previous i did hear just a brief thing about young men and know that i n't quite understood the question, was something about being young men going out into the community. you could clarify for me so that i could answer more -- not clarify any of the callers' questions, we'll johnny in norman beach, florida. johnny, you are on c-span. hi, i really wanted for doing such a good job and i also wanted to know that i'm going to be visiting

watch live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland, saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >>> the u.s. house begins work today on the farm bill, which sets agriculture and food programs for the next several years. you can watch the debate live on c-span. earlier, agriculture secretary sonny perdue testified before senate appropriations subcommittee on the agency's 2019 budget request. other topics during this hearing included the crop insurance program, nafta negotiations, and disaster aid for farmers and ranchers. >> are you ready to go? okay. we'll call this meeting of the ag appropriations committee to order. and mr. secretary, right off the bat, we want to thank you very much for being here. we truly appreciate it. the purpose of today's hearing, of course, is to discuss department of ag's fiscal year 2019 budget. we also, in addition to welcoming secretary perdue, want to welcome dr. joanceon. thank you for being here. dr. johansson. and also ms. jones, thank you as well. before we begin, i want to welcome our newest member, senator hyde

from gaithersburg, maryland. caller: our son just graduated from a state school in maryland.usinessd with degree. i gave him the opportunity to ck on how he would get through college. we've put this money aside for him. he went to another community codes that fed into maryland, the mac when school, and he was able to get scholarship through the third year. so the money we save, about $80,000, $60,000 of that to him and the rest went to scholarship. it was a great way to keep my some local and let him to be involved in the decision-making on how he would pick the different schools. he did get a lot of offers out-of-state, but i explained to him, even though they were full scholarships, they were not room and board and would not include travel. by getting him involved, he ended up getting a business college anda state got a great job. he just graduated and it cost him $20,000. enough options like that available to students who are trying to graduate without that enormous loan debt? guest: there are options out there, but it is challenging. schools arete definitely a good deal.

gaithersburg, maryland. go ahead.aller: i would like to say that community here has been on a mutual sense, but more to that is to say that i miss the old days. back in the day, the police was a community server. they were supposed to serve the community. nowadays, they are more the law enforcer. unfortunately, we have more laws on the books. the more laws on the books, the more criminal they make is to be. i would like to say that to the police, to be more of a community server, better so than a law enforcer. host: if the police are a law enforcement officer, onto they doing their job even though you see the many different light? law in they use the their favor, in their motives and in their incentives. pretty much, the community is what it is. it is a member of the community. so those needs are not being tended to, then the community will be, what they call that -- a dysfunction. in that sense, they should focus more on the police service, more so than law enforcement. host: robert in maryland. you heard, when we ta

willis weekend, booktv have live coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland.morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern with talk radio host bill press and his book "from the left: a life in the crossfire." barbara institute's lipska with her book "the narrow scientist who lost her mind." former attorney and marie of a true story of a murderer who died defending robert e. lee. "advocating overlord" by phillip padgett watch live coverage this morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now from new ark city is michael massing, contributor at the american prospect, and he is here as part of our spotlight on magazine series to talk about his latest in the publication, which discusses the decline of local news coverage and how national news organizations are trying to fill the void. thank you so much for joining us today. guest: i am delighted to be here, thanks. first, tell us what made you want to look into this issue, local news coverage and how it impacts greeter news coverage. wast: welcome of the idea to look at t

on may 19 in maryland, it is the gaithersburg book festival which has been held on the city hall grounds for us in new york city at the publishing industry is annual convention book expo where we talk with publishers and authors about the forthcoming books. then we will be in chicago. the next weekend the fdr presidential library and museum hosts the result reading festival the day of author programs and the like and tenure america's 32nd president. june 21-26 is the american library association annual conference held this year in new orleans. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals, and to watch previous festival coverage click the book fairs tab on our website, booktv.org.

watch coverage of the ninth annual gaithersburg book festival in maryland saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> following the school shooting in santa fe, texas, governor abbott spoke to reporters about the investigation and response. he was joined by senator cruz, lieutenant governor dan patrick and state and county officials.